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�. State li is COACH ROBINSON COOLS HIS HEELS ' ' .. ' 5
<br /> �4 parkin
<br /> ban
<br /> \ N.C.State University men's basketball coach Les Robinson gets a ,�� i..%mA,
<br /> different perspective on dunking skills as he waits to be plunged into a �* --` ; } k� t` i .
<br /> tank of water during a charity event of the Brickyard.Among the 150 f�4^ Y a 4
<br /> at forest throwers who helped mice money Thursday for Duke Children's
<br /> • Hospital was baseball coach Ray Tanner.tte didn`t succeed rn x��..1 -.7,. .: .p
<br /> n dunking Robinson,but onejof his pitchers did.'It's a pretty good little ;_ :-.1(...
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<br /> entrance drop;Robinson said after being ddnked about a dozen times m t'h �z #� ~.
<br /> hours.'But the hardest thing is climbing up the ladder.'Robinson left s � � ti f
<br /> BY SCOTT SEXTON the booth to continue raking money in a free•th POW Challenge ,"- p*� '-',..\..,.4::::1,,,„_'4*. E GA
<br /> STAFF WRITER ago inst all comers.Coach Robinson'returned to the booth later and ,A , " y , ,.-
<br /> DURHAM — Nature lovers 1; urprised the crowd with+ts own pitching,skills by dunking Drew ' ' '—r 1."' '''•:::•-',;.'?-"':‘. �'' t ,
<br /> Department of Transportation 0.
<br /> Smith,NCSU`s fraternity adviser. I think Coach Tanner needs to talk c�S ,g
<br /> Almost as quickly as signs to Coach Robinson,'said Aaron Bailey,special events coordinator for '
<br /> y
<br /> banning parking along the Whit- Theta Chi Fraternity,which sponsored the event. ,
<br /> field Road egtrance,of Duke For- `A t M •
<br /> est went up,`theyi'cnle down. STAFF PHOTO BY ROBERT WILLETT - saa '.. .-
<br /> Hikers were overjoyed to find the- s,
<br /> signs being taken down this week, ' mr F :yaEa
<br /> less than a month after the state T � � r
<br /> Department of Transportation • ', ,
<br /> started putting them up:
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<br /> "Success, success," said Eva �_`"`�" �� ''° ��� r " '
<br /> Von Haugwitz, a Whitfield Road
<br /> resident adamantly opposed to the ' t
<br /> parking ban. "I'm so pleased I ' µ �;
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<br /> can hardly believe it." . �1 �' � ,,
<br /> The no-parking signs started * 5 w
<br /> { „x is t L : §
<br /> resident
<br /> popping up recently near. the a , ° a•Durham-Orange county line after g �,
<br /> a neighbor complained that park-
<br /> ing along the road had gotten out : 4 s„ ` .K r
<br /> of control and was creating a 4,4 *- , „.,,,41,,,, ,,y r
<br /> safety hazard. DOT officials ap- �;, .
<br /> parently agreed and decided to
<br /> ban all parking. £
<br /> Ridiculous, thought Von Haug- _ .,,P,.�, }:„., a n „r _.;� n ,�„�',•
<br /> witz, and her husband, Dietrich. x '' ��
<br /> They posted hand-lettered signs
<br /> and jars fillet with copies of their ; ,,.,', .. . �• s ---t
<br /> phone number,urging angry hik- t € V V
<br /> ers and bikers to get organized , ,
<br /> and fight back via the Postal
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<br /> Service and the phone lines. t ' ., --.-4,'. a .,yam ,i ' 4,1,,.,.c.,;,i
<br /> "We sent out 190 letters out of x l ` ,s ,V
<br /> our own pocket in the last week,” t� X , �. z '
<br /> Eva Votive Haugwitz said. They ` i?
<br /> must ha fallen into the right °•
<br /> hands,she said,because the signs V` `�
<br /> started coming down earlier this
<br /> week and she received a letter i
<br /> from the DOT on Thursday telling
<br /> her of its change of heart. Try max
<br /> "[The parking ban]didn't seem .
<br /> to be a good Solution to, the s., ...* � -� y , k d- ., ..,' 'i, ',.,, e !,c}s i `, "�,
<br /> situation," said state Sen. Wib
<br /> � " � to r �.`3 t ., r'''1„'.,,,,,,._`$r i a : � �•
<br /> Gulley, one of the letter writers' Vs 1"$¢ ._ ,, ,
<br /> frequent targets. •
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<br /> Gulley, a frequent user of the � r 4 '.
<br /> airdthe is R oncerned about the ,ffi ' -,0--,r•4 awwav A . '. +„" x. : a # r3
<br /> safety of the situation e.,___at a '
<br /> better answer than a total ban"on . f , V V.
<br /> parking can-be found.-For now;
<br /> Gulley said,.the ban and.-the w 0"
<br /> accompanying$5 fine will eontin
<br /> ue to be in effect on the south side `
<br /> of Whitfield Road. .. :
<br /> "With more and more folks
<br /> using it,we need to find a better 9
<br /> solution,"Gulley said. •
<br /> Hearing ut off Matthew to sta at Dig for. nop � stay
<br /> BY RUTH SHEEHAN poned pending the investigation, thorities were stunned to learn Morford's case after he was found suffered a head injury.
<br /> STAFF WRTER hospital officials said. .. that Matthew is actually Robert.. .in Florence.,. - In recent weeks, he seer
<br /> RALEIGH —Authorities want to A second hearing, to establish Lee Morford, a 33-year-old man "I took one look at the tcture of be making a remarkable
<br /> Matthew's mental competence, who showed up outside a Flor- P ery.He took over his own
<br /> find out more about Matthew John has also been put off.
<br /> ence, S.C., addiction treatment him and I knew it was him," ,ing, was able to carr
<br /> Doe's past before making deci- "We need more information," center dressed in a diaper five Caldwell said. conversation and was pr:
<br /> lions about his future. said Steve Shuster, head of adult years ago. authorities with more clue:
<br /> Matthew, the man found wear- Morford called himself Mat- his alt.
<br /> ing a diaper outside Rex Hospital Protective services for the Wake The connection was made by thew when he was discovered in P
<br /> last month,was originally sched- County Department of Social Ser- Detective Laurie Caldwell of the the employee parking lot at Rex Shuster would not corer.
<br /> vices,earlier this week.
<br /> uled for a commitment hearing S.C. Law Enforcement Division on July 18, wearing a diaper and whether Mortar d ,, i_
<br /> vrednesrth t�set the 1.an'..o.his
<br /> Raleich police and the State after she received a tin from a pia in^ o irr hic in u.: ,.;:
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