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	Science Fair Projects - Frank Ballance
		Ballance was born in Windsor, North Carolina; he graduted from W.S. Etheridge High School in 1959 and attended in North Carolina Central University, earning a bachelor's degree in 1963 and a law degree in 1965.
		Ballance was first elected to the state legislature in 1983 and served in the North Carolina House of Representatives until 1986.
		Ballance ran for, and was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 2002.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Frank_Ballance (612 words)

	Frank Ballance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Ballance was born in Windsor, North Carolina ; hegraduted from W.S. Etheridge High Shcool in 1959 and attended in North Carolina CentralUniversity, earning a bachelor's degree in 1963 and a law degree in 1965.
		Ballance was first elected to the state legislature in 1983 and served in the North Carolina House ofRepresentatives until 1986.
		Ballance ran for, and was electd to the United States House of Representatives in 2002.
	www.therfcc.org /frank-ballance-120702.html (269 words)

	AP Wire \| 12/13/2006 \| Imprisoned ex-N.C. congressman seeks eased sentence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Ballance's request claims his case was improperly "wired," or linked to a criminal charge against his son Garey, a former state district judge.
		Frank Ballance was charged in September 2004 with one felony count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud by siphoning more than $100,000 in state funds from the John A. Hyman Memorial Foundation he operated to help poor people fight drug and alcohol abuse.
		Frank Ballance served 1 1/2 years of his two-year term in Congress, resigning in June 2004 due to ill health.
	www.charlotte.com /mld/observer/news/local/16230213.htm (298 words)

	Frank Ballance - Definition up Erdmond.Com
		Ballance was born in Windsor,_North_Carolina; he graduted from W.S._Etheridge_High_Shcool in 1959 and attended in North_Carolina_Central_University, earning a bachelor's degree in 1963 and a law degree in 1965.
		Ballance was first elected to the state legislature in 1983 and served in the North_Carolina_House_of_Representatives until 1986.
		Ballance ran for, and was electd to the United_States_House_of_Representatives in 2002.
	www.erdmond.com /Frank_Ballance.html (251 words)

	abc11tv.com: Former Congressman Frank Ballance Sentenced
		Ballance also agreed to repay $61,917.25 and to forfeit $203,000 in a bank escrow account in the name of the John A. Hyman Memorial Foundation.
		Ballance forged the foundation director's signature on state money requests and diverted foundation money to pay a $15,500 legal bill in a criminal case and more than $69,000 in rent to his church, which housed the foundation's office, according to the indictment.
		Ballance admitted dipping into foundation money to give his son $20,000 toward a Lincoln Navigator luxury sport utility vehicle; to pay his daughter $5,000 for computer services she didn't perform; and to sharing $143,250 with his mother to pay for community programs.
	abclocal.go.com /wtvd/story?section=triangle&id=3529023 (561 words)

	The Common Sense Foundation
		Frank Ballance announced his resignation today, effective Friday, citing his declining health as the reason he can no longer serve North Carolina's First Congressional District.
		Ballance served for 18 years in the N.C. Senate, the last six as deputy president pro tem.
		Ballance's exit from the public stage may be abrupt and the circumstances difficult, but his presence is already sorely missed in the General Assembly, and should soon be in Washington.
	www.common-sense.org /?fnoc=/consider_this/consider_this_040608 (219 words)

	SurfWax: News, Reviews and Articles On Frank Ballance
		Frank Ballance A federal judge Tuesday allowed a state court judge who is the son of a former congressman to plead guilty to a tax charge but said he is concerned Garey Ballance's deal with prosecutors shows "disrespect for the law." (By Estes Thompson, The Associated Press, 03/30/2005 03:01 AM EST).
		Ballance is the son of former Congressman Frank Ballance of Warrenton who late last year pleaded guilty to a federal corruption charge related to the mishandling of taxpayer money earmarked for a local non-profit substance abuse center.
		Frank Ballance, 62, was charged last week with diverting more than $100,000 in state funds meant for the John A. Hyman Memorial Foundation to his son, daughter, mother, church and law firm while he was a state senator.
	news.surfwax.com /politics/files/Frank_Ballance_North_Carolina.html (3887 words)

	Ballance Charged With Corruption
		Former U.S. Rep. Frank Ballance, a Warrenton lawyer who rose to prominence over two decades as one of northeast North Carolina's leading politicians, was charged Thursday with a federal corruption crime.
		Ballance's lead defense lawyer, Joseph Cheshire V of Raleigh, said he had discussed with federal prosecutors a likely agreement under which Ballance would plead guilty, face no other charges and go to prison for three to five years.
		Frank Perry, special agent in charge of the Raleigh FBI office, said Ballance's indictment is another blow to the public's trust in North Carolina public officials.
	www.mapinc.org /drugnews/v04/n1254/a02.html?999 (1127 words)

	State Auditor Les Merritt - North Carolina
		Ballance, a Democrat who once represented the 1st Congressional District, last year agreed to a plea bargain in which he pled guilty to conspiring to commit mail fraud and launder money.
		Ballance's scheme came tumbling down after Hal Sharpe, a Lumberton native who was editor of the Littleton Observer, pursued a story about the foundation's good work and found out that none was being done.
		His son, Garey Ballance, a District Court judge, had pleaded guilty in April to a federal misdemeanor charge of failing to file an income tax return and was sentenced Wednesday to nine months in prison and fined $5,000.
	www.lesmerritt.com /news_robesonian_ballance_10_14_05.html (350 words)

	Death Penalty Legislation Stranded in Committee - Undefined Section (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Frank Ballance, a Democrat from Bertie, sponsored the legislation, which is unlikely to see any further action.
		Frank Ballance, D-Bertie, the primary sponsor of both death penalty bills, said it is unlikely any further action will be taken on the moratorium bill this year or during the 2002 session.
		Ballance also said he was displeased with the final version of the bill banning executions of the mentally retarded.
	www.dailytarheel.com /news/2001/08/22/UndefinedSection/Death.Penalty.Legislation.Stranded.In.Committee-1343952.shtml (707 words)

	Frank Ballance
		After receiving his law degree, Ballance briefly served as a faculty member of the South Carolina State University School of Law before entering private practice in 1966.
		The charges arose after allegations were made that the elder Ballance took $2.3 million in state funds he secured as a State Senator for the John A. Hyman Memorial Youth Foundation and used the cash for the enrichment of himself, his family, and his church.
		On November 9, 2004, a plea agreement was reached under which Ballance pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and money laundering.
	www.danceage.com /biography/sdmc_Frank_Ballance (472 words)

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		Ballance, a 63-year-old Democrat, who was a longtime state legislator before being elected to Congress, was sentenced Wednesday.
		Ballance also admitted dipping into foundation money to give his son $20,000 toward a Lincoln Navigator luxury sport utility vehicle; to pay his daughter $5,000 for computer services she didn't perform; and to share $143,250 with his mother to pay for community programs, The Associated Press reports.
		Ballance said he expects his four-year prison term to pass quickly and said he might some day return to politics.
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	Archives: Story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Frank Ballance, who was long considered a civil rights leader in the state, has retained respect in some quarters despite his guilty plea.
		Ballance contends, contrary to prosecution statements, that he never committed forgery, that the Hyman Foundation was authorized to spend money on cultural activities and that it was authorized to make “minigrants” to other organizations.
		Frank Ballance's attorney claimed that that money was meant to be used for a legitimate purpose - providing child care for individuals who were undergoing substance abuse counseling.
	www.hendersondispatch.com /articles/2006/12/13/news/news01.txt (1488 words)

	Ballance Sentencing Day Nears
		Frank Ballance was charged with diverting more than $100,000 in state funds meant for the John A. Hyman Memorial Foundation.
		Frank Ballance was chairman of the foundation and also chairman of the board of deacons of Greenwood Baptist Church in Warrenton, where the Hyman offices were situated.
		Garey Ballance was charged with willful failure to file a federal income tax return for the year 2000, a misdemeanor that has a maximum punishment of a year in prison and a $100,000 fine.
	www.carolinajournal.com /exclusives/display_exclusive.html?id=2812 (646 words)

	newsobserver.com
		Frank Ballance basks in the support of people who attended the rally for him in Roanoke Rapids, which raised money to help defray his legal expenses.
		Ballance, 63, is scheduled to begin his sentence Friday at a federal prison in Butner for steering roughly $100,000 in public money from an anti-drug program he founded to his law firm, church and relatives.
		Frank Ballance was a hero in Warren County 30 years ago," Mike Wilburt, chairman of the Warren County Republican Party, said earlier in the day.
	www.newsobserver.com /102/v-print/story/382915.html (834 words)

	John Locke Foundation \| Carolina Journal Exclusives \| Ballance, son indicted in Hyman scandal
		Frank Ballance faces felony counts that carry a maximum of five years in prison.
		The indictment also charged that Frank Ballance knew that more than $100,000 of the foundation’s funds were going to the personal benefit of himself, members of his family, and the church where he was chairman of the Board of Deacons.
		As part of the scheme, Frank Ballance forged or caused to be forged the notarized signature of the executive director of the foundation on 10 official disbursement requests to the state.
	www.johnlocke.org /news_columns/display_story.html?id=1783 (466 words)

	News 14 Carolina \| 24 Hour Local News \| HEADLINES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Ballance is accused of taking $100,000 of state money, intended for a drug rehab center he co-founded.
		Ballance was released of his own cognizance as long as he surrendered his passport.
		Ballance's son, District Court Judge Garey Ballance was also indicted in the case.
	rdu.news14.com /content/headlines/?ArID=54542&SecID=2 (394 words)

	Ballance resigns from seat=The Hill.com= (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Ballance, 62, leaves Congress under a cloud of ethical questions regarding his John A. Hyman Foundation, a drug and alcohol abuse center he founded in northeastern North Carolina.
		Ballance conceded that the federal grand jury influenced his decision to retire early, the Raleigh, N.C., News and Observer reported.
		Ballance’s departure from the safe Democratic seat is not likely to affect the balance of power in the House, said North Carolina and Washington operatives from both parties.
	www.hillnews.com /news/060904/ballance.aspx (349 words)

	John William Pope Civitas Institute (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Ballance, a 62-year-old former member of the General Assembly and the U.S. House of Representatives, faces up to five years in prison when he is sentenced this winter or spring.
		Ballance strode to the front of the room with his attorney, Joseph B. Cheshire V of Raleigh, sat in a wooden chair and assumed the posture of a longtime lawmaker: leaning back casually and swiveling slightly to his right.
		Garey Ballance, a state District Court judge, is awaiting arraignment on a charge of failing to file his 2000 income tax return.
	www.jwpcivitasinstitute.org /keylinks/ballance.html (608 words)

	A troubling trend - Opinions
		Unfortunately, former U.S. Rep. Frank Ballance's tale of corruption serves to strengthen the notion that public servants can't be trusted.
		Frank Ballance, a former Democratic U.S. congressman from the 1st District, ignored such a principle.
		Ballance pled guilty to a federal count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and money laundering, According to The Associated Press, the convictions could net him five years in prison, a quarter of a million dollars in fines and three years of supervision after release.
	media.www.dailytarheel.com /media/storage/paper885/news/2004/11/15/Opinions/A.Troubling.Trend-1361798.shtml?sourcedomain=www.dailytarheel.com&MIIHost=media.collegepublisher.com (423 words)

	Exclusives Series - Frank Ballance's Foundation
		Longtime state senator and now Congressman Frank Ballance is in hot water because of revelations by Carolina Journal and others of questionable programs and record-keeping at a nonprofit foundation he helped to create and to fund with millions in state taxpayer money.
		Frank Ballance was charged with diverting more than $100,000 in state funds meant for the John A. Hyman Memorial Foundation to his son, daughter, mother, church and law firm while he was a state senator.
		Subsequent to her conviction as a sex offender, Ballance employed her as an instructor in a substance-abuse program run by an organization of which he was the chairman.
	www.carolinajournal.com /exclusives/series.html?id=5 (2552 words)

	1996 Honorees - Frank W. Ballance, Jr.
		Ballance was alaw professor and librarian at South Carolina State College of Law until 1966 and then moved to Warren County, North Carolina to establish the law firm of Clayton and Ballance.
		In addition to these duties, Senator Ballance is chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee and the Public Safety Committee as well as vice chairman of both the Judiciary and Election Laws Committees.
		Senator Ballance is a constant reader of history books because he realizes that no society can flourish and prosper without a shared sense of the past, an outcome achieved only by honest historical research and writing.
	www.dom.com /about/education/strong/1996/frankballance.jsp (337 words)

	News 14 Carolina \| 24 Hour Local News \| TOP STORIES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Ballance, 63, a Democrat from Warrenton who represented the 1st District of North Carolina, cited ill health when he resigned in June 2004 before completing his first term.
		Former Rep. Frank Ballance was sentenced to prison in October after pleading guilty to funneling tax dollars into the nonprofit John A. Hyman Memorial Foundation.
		Ballance said he didn't ask for the fundraiser, but said he can spend the money however he wants because he has paid all fines and court costs.
	www.news14charlotte.com /content/top_stories/default.asp?vidcart=clear&ArID=109929&addvid=71777 (445 words)

	HAMPTON ROADS News (Printable Version)
		Ballance, who had represented northeastern North Carolina for two decades in the General Assembly and the U.S. House of Representatives, pleaded guilty last year to conspiracy for his use of state money allocated to the John A. Hyman Memorial Youth Foundation, which he founded to help low-income people fight substance abuse.
		Ballance’s son, Garey, was sentenced on Wednesday to nine months in prison at Butner, a $5,000 fine and one year supervised release for failing to file a federal tax return in 2000.
		Chichester told the court that Ballance accepted guilt for giving state money to his family and law firm, including $20,000 to his son to buy a luxury vehicle and $15,500 to his law firm for a bill in a criminal case.
	home.hamptonroads.com /stories/print.cfm?story=93585&ran=200057 (545 words)

	Rally for Frank Ballance will help pay off some legal bills (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Ballance, a one-term congressman and 20-year member of the General Assembly, was sentenced to four years in federal prison in October for misusing $100,000 in public money over nearly a decade.
		Ballance, who was chairman of the foundation, pleaded guilty to taking more than $100,000 in state money for personal use.
		Ballance is expected to report for his four-year prison term at the end of this week; however, he could be called to report early.
	www.wilsondaily.com /print/18533083421930.php (436 words)

	Newsbrief: North Carolina Congressman in Drug Treatment Slush Fund Scandal
		Ballance was chairman of the foundation's board of directors and controlled the checkbooks.
		Over the last three years (the scope of this investigation), Ballance hired a political ally, the pastor of the Greenwood Baptist Church, as his executive director, the treasurer of the Frank Ballance Senate Campaign as an administrative assistant, and the campaign manager of the Frank Ballance Senate Campaign as director of one treatment program.
		Ballance's mother served on the foundation board and was employed by a nonprofit agency that received grants from the foundation.
	www.stopthedrugwar.org /chronicle/309/ballance.shtml (827 words)

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