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NEIL OFFEN

D U R H A M

Teresa Parrish knows how tohandle people.

As a telecommunicatorfor 25 years with the DurhamCounty Sheriffs Ofce, Parrishhas elded more than 160,000calls to the sheriffs emergencycenter in the basement of theDurham County courthouse.

Her ofce is called thedungeon, because no daylightenters, and the 12-hour rotatingshifts can be long and stressful.

But for Parrish, who is about to retire,the effort has been worth it.

Parrish has talked callers out ofsuicide, and received a commendationfrom the sheriff for helping deputies

capture a bank robbery suspect.The call she remembers most was

in the early 1990s when she dispatchedthen-Sgt. Mike Andrews nowDurham County sheriff to asuicide call. Andrews got intoa bad accident and had to betransported to the hospital by LifeFlight helicopter. He made a fullrecovery.

For Parrish, 50, one of thehardest parts of the job is dealing

with domestic violence calls atChristmas, especially hearing

young children cr ying in thebackground as their parents argue.

But regardless of the call, Parrishknows that staying calm and professionalis important.

You have to be a person who caresabout other peoples feelings and can

handle stressful situations and makegood decisions, she said. You have tobe pleasant and kind with citizens. Theycan call you and be so upset, but you stillhave to be polite. Just because theyrehaving a bad day, you cant fall into theirrealm and be ugly to them.

Now that this chapter of her life iswinding down, Parish is looking forwardto spending more time with her familyand enjoying hobbies such as weddingplanning, oral design and crafts.

Teresa has dedicated her life to thisofce, the men and women who work

at the sheriff s ofce, and the citizensof the Durham County, Andrews said.She has been that voice on the otherend of the line for the people and ourdeputies when help is needed. We saluteher, and wish her much happiness inretirement.

A liesaver retiresBY KEITH UPCHURCHKUPCHURCH@HERALDSUN.COM;4196612

TeresaParrish

Revisiting the past

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DURHAM - Durham resident J.C. Swanseyremembers dragging the cord to her landlinephone into the hallway of her college dormi-tory before leaving for class each day. When shereturned, she would discover messages writtenon a board on her door. If the phone rang whileshe was gone, students would answer it, takemessage, write it down and move on with theirdays without thinking twice.

Now living in a world where a phone can tellher the balance of her bank account, suggest

what food she might eat or enable her to videochat with her friends miles away, Swansey has

witnessed countless changes in telecommunica-tions.

And in about a week, residents in the 919

area code will witness another and prepare theirthumbs for a slight workout when dialing phonenumbers. On March 31, 10-digit dialing for alltelephone numbers in the area will be required.

If residents dial a seven-digit number, that is,a local number without an area code, they willreceive an automated response telling them tohang up and dial again.

The 919 has had its time, and must move overfor its successor, the 984.

After 58 years with 919, the North CarolinaUtilities Commission handed out almost all of thepossible, seven-digit telephone combinations thatcould follow 919.

The 919 area code is nearly exhausted.About 95 percent of its phone numbers have

been used, said Switzon Wigfall, a senior opera-tions analyst for North Carolina Utilities Com-mission. Wigfall predicts the 919 area code will

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All out of919 numbers

BY KAYLEE BAKERNEWS@HERALDSUN.COM;4196644

N.C. Utilities Commission saysTriangles area code is exhausted

Its time to do the taxes.Please follow alongcarefully.

On line 7, put the total of allmonies you received duringthe last year includingwhat you found at the bottomof the vending machine, thedimes banging around in thewasher and yes, even the ve

ucks you hope to get backor coming in last during your

ofce NCAA brackets pool.On line 9a, add your

ordinary dividends. Line 9b isor your qualied dividends.

Line 9c is for your unqualieddividends that didnt measureup and were returned to the

store.Add your other benets,namely rental real estate,royalties, partnerships, Scorporations, trusts, free

-shirts and unlimited sodarells.

On line 6, try to convinceus that you know what an Scorporation actually is.

Attach Schedule E, but notwith Elmers Glue. If you douse Elmers Glue, subtract line16.

Combine the totals ofines 7 through 381, with

the possible exceptionof line 89, which may beineligible because of receivingnon-permissible benets whilein high school.

This is your total incomeor the year, which is a lot less

than you thought it would be,uh?

On line 16, attach Form3903, but only if Form 3902 is

usy and wont respond.On line 22, take a quick

peek at line 21 and be scared,e very scared.

Subtract line 36 from line 22

after adding lines 23 through35. Add line 36 to line 49 andtry to do it without a calculatoror your smart phone. Multiplyine 28 by line 40. Divide twoylenol by six hours.

On line 42, deduct yourdomestic production activitiesdeduction but only if you havereally been domestic all yearand have never travelled toWyoming or Peru.

Combine the amountsin the far right columns forines 73 through 96. This is

your Pick 6 lottery winning

number, so dont forget itand remember we get apercentage.

On line 44, multiply $3,650y the number on line 6d. If

there is no number on line6d, then multiply $3,650 bya number of your choice, asong as its 4.

If the number on line 44is not $3,650 but is actually$7,294, you are lling outsomeone elses income taxorms.You are almost at the

end, but rst must attachorms 8812, 8863, 5405, 4136

and 7529, although, to tell youthe truth, there is no form5405, and were just trying to

ave a little fun with you.OK, add lines 16, 32, 48, 53

and 64 and tell us which onedoesnt belong.

While youre at it, add lines11, 23, 34, 71 and 80 through89. These will be your totalpayments or the hike codethat helped give the Giants theSuper Bowl.

If line 72 is more than line60, youve probably made amistake and should start allover again.

NeilOencanbereachedatnoenheraldsun.comorbytelephoneat919-419-6646.

Taxedto thelimit

DURHAM The Aggie-Eagle rivalryover the years has produced some realclassics, but the stories didnt end onthe best notes for some of the players

who battled in them.Not all of the student-athletes who

represented N.C. Central Universityand N.C. A&T State University earnedtheir undergraduate degrees by thetime the nal whistles blew.

Durhams Delbert DJ Kraze Jar-mon is trying to do something about

that with the second annual Old SchoolAggie-Eagle Hardwood Classic, whichtips off March 31 at 7 p.m. in N.C. Cen-tral Universitys McDougald-McLendonGymnasium.

Proceeds from the event will gotoward a fund to help former student-athletes at NCCU and A&T nish theirundergraduate educations, Jarmon said.

And not just basketball, Jarmonsaid. The scholarship fund will be forany athlete.

Tickets for the event are $15 at thedoor but $10 in advance. For ticketinformation, call the NCCU ticket ofceat 919-530-5170. Doors open at 6 p.m.

Jarmon, an NCCU alumnus, didntplay ball for the Eagles, but hes themain man behind the scenes of thehardwood classic.

Clifton Daye used to get up and

down the floor for the Eagles. Hedoesnt plan on playing in the hardwoodclassic but is helping out with the event,

its mission of helping former student-athletes nish school being somethinghe wholeheartedly endorses.

Especially for those who arefocused and really want it, Daye said.I was blessed and fortunate to be ableto do what I needed to do in four years.

There hopefully will be a betterturnout this time around at the hard-

wood classic, Jarmon said. Last yearsgame A&Ts former basketball play-ers won, by the way didnt turn aprot, so no money was generated to gotoward scholarships, Jarmon said.

Jarmon also is one of the organiz-ers for Old School Alumni Weekend

that reunites classmates from Durhamshigh schools. That event years agostarted slowly before attendance pickedup, so the basketball classic also maytake a little time to get going, Jarmonsaid.

We just want to keep it growing,Jarmon said.

Information about both the hard-wood classic and the alumni weekend isat www.oldschoolalumniweekend.com.

This years hardwood classic is onthe same day as NCCUs open house,so more high school seniors than nor-mal will be on campus then. There willbe an opportunity for those students to

receive a limited number of tickets forfree admission to the game, said VondaEasterling, senior associate director

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NCCU, A&TClassic returns

BY JOHN MCCANNJMCCANN@HERALDSUN.COM;4196601

Annual games proceedshelps ormer Eagles,

Aggies fnish degrees