Correction
A story by The Associated Press on June 15 misquoted Tana Hartman with North Carolina Voters for Clean Elections. She actually said "The election of public officials should not be dominated by private money."
June 17, 2004
Correction
A photo caption in the what's up section Friday incorrectly identified a lighthouse. The lighthouse pictured was Bodie Island Lighthouse.
May 15, 2004
Correction
An article on Page 5C in the Sports section Wednesday incorrectly identified the school that golfer Chesson Hadley attends. Hadley, who finished second in the N.C. Independent Schools Athletic Association 3-A golf championship, attends North Raleigh Christian Academy.
May 13, 2004
Correction
An article in the City & State section Wednesday incorrectly described the Johnston County school board's vote on its budget request. The vote was 5-2 in favor, with Larry Strickland and DeVan Barbour dissenting.
May 13, 2004
Correction
In the recreational calendar in the Sports section Tuesday, the FVAA Spurs were listed under the wrong sport. The Spurs, a Raleigh-based rising under-18 Division 1 Classic boys team, play soccer. They will conduct tryouts from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. May 27 at West Millbrook Middle School. For information, call Keith Robinson (919) 846-9048 or send e-mail to
KeithRob@aol.com. May 13, 2004
Correction
The Carolina Outdoors section May 6 gave the wrong phone number to call for information about the Cape Lookout Flyfishers One-Fly Tournament on June 19. The number is (252) 728-7480.
May 13, 2004
Correction
A fishing tournament roundup in the May 6 Carolina Outdoors section contained the wrong phone number for the Cape Lookout Flyfishers' One-Fly Tournament on June 19. The number to call for information is (252) 728-7480.
May 13, 2004
Correction
An article in the City & State section May 5 contained the wrong last name for the new principal of Carroll Middle School. Her name is Mary Bishop Rich.
May 12, 2004
Correction
A caption in the Q section Sunday should have made clear that Martin Nesbitt was a state representative when the photo was taken. He has since been appointed to the state Senate.
May 11, 2004
Correction
A review of Big & Rich's "Horse of a Different Color," which appeared on Page 2G in the Arts & Entertainment section Sunday, gave the incorrect rating. The record received three stars. The band's name was incorrect in some editions.
May 11, 2004
Correction
An item in Coming in The N&O on Page 2A Monday misspelled the name of the Duke University residence that will serve as home for the university's new president and gave the incorrect name for the street where it is located. The J. Deryl Hart House is on Duke University Road.
May 11, 2004
Correction
Salma Hayek's first name was misspelled Monday in a People brief.
May 11, 2004
Correction
A headline on Page 2B in some editions Monday incorrectly stated the month when Reginald Deberry Jr. was fatally shot. It was January.
May 11, 2004
Corrections
An article on Page 1B on Friday misstated the actions of the Durham Board of Elections in relation to school board voting districts. It was the Durham Board of Education that changed the district lines in 2001 and had the responsibility of notifying the elections board.
May 9, 2004
Corrections
A photo caption on Page 1A on Saturday gave the incorrect rank for Pfc. Lynndie R. England.
May 9, 2004
Correction
An article in the City & State section April 21 gave an incorrect location for Bugg Elementary School, which was named national magnet school of the year. Bugg is in Southeast Raleigh.
May 8, 2004
Correction
Ned Barnett's column in Thursday's Sports section incorrectly listed the number of N.C. State University home football games for the 2004-05 season. The correct number is six.
May 8, 2004
Correction
The answer to the "Ask Greg" question on the weather page Friday was transcribed incorrectly. The correct answer appears today on Page 10B below the weather map.
May 8, 2004
Correction
The answer to the "Ask Greg" question on this page Friday was transcribed incorrectly. The correct question and answer follow. Q: Does RDU collect wind data that would indicate if our weather has been unusually windy of late? -- Russ Rowlett, Durham
May 8, 2004
Correction
The May 5 Op-ed article "A draft shares service and sacrifice," first published in The New York Times, referred incorrectly to the number of members of Congress with children serving in the military in Iraq or Afghanistan. There are at least three members, not one.
May 8, 2004
Corrections
An article in the City & State section Thursday gave the wrong age for Jessica Lee Faulkner, a Cary woman who was killed in a UNC-Wilmington dormitory. She was 18.
May 7, 2004
Corrections
An article in the City & State section Wednesday incorrectly said which Wake County school board members voted against allowing high school juniors to eat lunch off campus next school year. The vote was 4-2 with Amy White and Patti Head opposed. Ron Margiotta voted yes.
May 7, 2004
Corrections
An article in the City & State section Thursday incorrectly stated that Gov. Mike Easley spoke at the ceremony to unveil a statue commemorating "The Andy Griffith Show." Easley did not attend the event at Pullen Park.
May 7, 2004
Correction
An article on Page 5B Wednesday misstated the immigration status of Rosalio Vigil Sanchez's children. They are in the United States legally.
May 6, 2004
Corrections
An article in the Business section Monday gave the wrong organization that sought to build a hotel and conference center at Centennial Campus in Raleigh last year. N.C. State University proposed building the hotel and conference center.
May 5, 2004
Corrections
A company earnings item in the Business section Friday should have said that Waste Industries cut 25 jobs through attrition, leaving it with about 17,000 total workers at 36 operations across the country.
May 5, 2004
Correction
A "Political Scorecard" item in the Under the Dome column Monday incorrectly located the section of N.C. 24/27 named for former Lt. Gov. Bob Jordan. It is in Montgomery County.
May 4, 2004
Correction
The April 24 People's Forum letter captioned "Continue the ban," from the assistant director of the North Carolinians Against Gun Violence Education Fund, stated that Hi-Point carbines had been traced to 1,532 crime scenes in North Carolina. The figure, which is for 1995 through 2000, applies to the entire country, not just North Carolina.
May 4, 2004
Correction
A photo caption on the front of the Life, etc. section Friday gave incorrect information about Marvin Lewis' attendance at Moore's Chapel Pentecostal Holiness Church. Lewis had attended the church as a youth but began attending regularly after he met his future wife.
May 1, 2004
Correction
A feature about teen co. in the Life, etc. section Friday gave an incorrect location for the improvisation troupe's performances. They are at Sertoma Arts Center at Shelley Lake, 1400 W. Millbrook Road, Raleigh. The last show is today at 3 p.m.
May 1, 2004
Correction
The Take It Outside column in the what's up section Friday gave the wrong registration and ride times for the Raven Rock Ramble charity bike ride Sunday out of Harris Lake County Park. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m., the ride at 8:30.
May 1, 2004
Correction
The offices for which two candidates are running were incorrect in some editions Friday in the candidate filings box on Page 3B of the City & State section. Democrat Janet Cowell of Raleigh is running for state Senate in District 16. Democrat Norwood Clark of Raleigh is running for state Senate in District 17.
May 1, 2004
Correction
An article Friday on Page 9B of the City & State section incorrectly spelled the last name of Jason Burt, an intern principal at Carnage Middle School who was threatened with assault.
May 1, 2004
Correction
A report in Tuesday's City & State section incorrectly stated that James E. Adams, a witness in the 1993 murder trial of George Goode, is deceased. Adams lives with his family in Sampson County.
Apr. 30, 2004
Correction
Last week's article about the new emergency department at WakeMed North Healthplex gave the wrong last name of the vice president of marketing at Raleigh Community Hospital, who is Carla Parker Hollis. Also, the article mischaracterized the hospital's primary service area; Hollis said it serves all of Wake County, with emphasis on "nine or 10" ZIP codes in North and Northwest Raleigh.
Apr. 30, 2004
Correction
A photo caption on page 3N last week gave the wrong first name of one of the subjects. The woman preparing the dress for alteration was Linda Brown.
Apr. 30, 2004
Correction
A concert review Monday in the Life, etc. section gave an incorrect first name for Prince's keyboardist, Chance Howard.
Apr. 29, 2004
Corrections
A front-page article Tuesday about a new trial for a death row inmate misspelled the first name of Superior Court Judge Erwin Spainhour.
Apr. 28, 2004
Corrections
The party affiliation for Jeff Carver, a Johnston County commissioner from Clayton, was incorrect in an article Tuesday inside the City & State section. Carver is a Republican.
Apr. 28, 2004
Corrections
The title of Mark G. Reamer, associate pastor of St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, was incorrect in the Tar Heel of the Week article Sunday in the City & State section.
Apr. 28, 2004
Correction
The e-mail address to purchase tickets for the Robert Thurman discussion at the Long View Center on Wednesday was incorrect in the Life, etc. section Monday. The correct e-mail address is
kadampatickets@att.net. Apr. 27, 2004
Correction
A graphic Sunday on Page 18A listed the wrong pollution reduction goals for Jordan Lake. In the Upper New Hope arm of the lake, the state is proposing to cut nitrogen pollution by 35 percent and phosphorus by 5 percent. In the Haw River arm, the state is proposing to cut nitrogen pollution by 5 percent and phosphorus by 20 percent.
Apr. 27, 2004
Correction
A photo caption Monday on Page 3A incorrectly referred to the sail rigging on an Indian naval ship on which sailors were standing. They were standing on the yards, the horizontal poles from which the sails hang.
Apr. 27, 2004
Correction
A correction on Page 2A in Saturday's edition gave the wrong locations for the new and old shelters operated by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of Wake County. The old shelter is at 327 U.S. 70 in Garner. The new Pet Adoption Center is at 200 Petfinder Lane in Raleigh. Neither facility has a closing date set.
Apr. 25, 2004
Correction
A caption in a front-page article Saturday about Pat Tillman, the former National Football League player who was killed in combat in Afghanistan, incorrectly reported the position he played in the NFL. He played safety.
Apr. 25, 2004
Correction
The solution to the Sunday crossword is illegible in some copies of today's Arts & Entertainment section, which is preprinted. The puzzle is on page 9G; the solution is below.
Apr. 25, 2004
Correction
An article April 16 in the City & State section misstated the position taken by Cary's staff on the destruction of trees in a protected area. The staff said the town could fine Lowe's Home Improvement Center and the contractor who cut the trees up to $40,000.
Apr. 24, 2004
Correction
A photo caption that appeared with Chapter Two in the Life, etc. section Thursday gave an incorrect location in Southeast Raleigh for where a Habitat for Humanity house is being built. It is in a new development called Rosalynn Place.
Apr. 24, 2004
Correction
An article Thursday about the purchase of audio books for Wake County libraries gave the incorrect amount for the library capital improvement bond initiative voters passed in November. The correct amount is $35 million.
Apr. 24, 2004
Correction
A front-page article Friday about a proposed pet-food tax incorrectly reported that the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of Wake County's Raleigh shelter closed when the society opened its new facility in Garner. The Raleigh center will remain open for at least a year.
Apr. 24, 2004
Correction
An item about a weightlifting contest in last week's "Who's Got Game" column incorrectly named the school where Bob Berlinger coaches. He works at Millbrook High School.
Apr. 23, 2004
Correction
An article on the front page Wednesday incorrectly reported the law enforcement agencies that tracked men suspected of a kidnapping in Robeson County. The agencies were the State Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Marshals Service.
Apr. 22, 2004
Corrections
A headline Tuesday on Page 1B gave the incorrect grade for a 14-year-old Reedy Creek Middle School student who died after collapsing during a physical education class. The boy was in eighth grade.
Apr. 21, 2004
Corrections
A game summary on Page 11C in the Sports section Sunday incorrectly reported when the Durham Bulls won their first home victory this season. The Bulls won at home April 14.
Apr. 21, 2004
Corrections
An article in the Business section Friday about a lawsuit filed by former shareholders of UniLink against former executives and directors of BuildNet should have stated that the UniLink shareholders withdrew an earlier lawsuit in January 2003.
Apr. 21, 2004
Corrections
An article on Page 1A Monday misspelled the first name and incorrectly identified the title of the coach of the Olympic Development soccer team involved in a tour bus accident in France. Darren Powell works as an assistant soccer coach at UNC-Greensboro.
Apr. 20, 2004
Corrections
An article on Page 3A Monday gave the wrong day for the start of voting in India. It begins today.
Apr. 20, 2004
Corrections
The Arts & Entertainment section Sunday incorrectly credited Robert Jenkins Onderdonk's "The Fall of the Alamo." The photo was published courtesy of the Friends of the Governor's Mansion, Austin, Texas.
Apr. 20, 2004
Corrections
A text box accompanying an article on Page 15A Saturday about Bob Woodward's book "Plan of Attack" gave the wrong title for Donald H. Rumsfeld. He is the secretary of defense.
Apr. 20, 2004
