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Residents who live on Berea Road in Douglas County say they want something done about people speeding.

NEW YORK: Parent power ruled the US Open hard courts yesterday as champion Roger Federer and Kim Clijsters put their young upstart opponents fi rmly in their places to storm into the second round at Flushing Meadows.

The girls from the1961 graduating class of Walter M. Williams High School will meet today at 12:30 p.m. at Two for Tea for lunch. The Williams High School Class of 1959 will hold its 50th reunion Sept. 25 and 26. Friday night is at Moonelon in Elon from 6:30 to 10 p.m. and Saturday at the Alamance Country Club from 6:30 to 11 p.m. Classmates who were not notified and persons from other classes …

(ARA) – From Memorial Day to October is the busiest painting time of the year. Homeowners, apartment dwellers and condo renters get the itch to renovate and repaint while the weather is still pleasant.

(ARA) – The average closet offers a not-so-roomy 5-foot by 2-foot amount of space. And for average people, that is not a whole lot of room to work with when it comes to storing all their clothes, shoes and accessories.

(ARA) – The phrase “you don’t appreciate what you have until it’s gone” can apply to many things in life, but it’s particularly relevant when the heat goes out on the coldest day of the year.

(ARA) – From the salad dressing dripped on your favorite blouse to the chocolate stains your kids smeared on their school clothes, fall and winter are seasons of stains. But stained clothes probably don’t make the kind of style statement you’d like.