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FOREST CITY – Rutherford County’s average SAT score is slightly lower than in previous years. But administrators are pleased that more students are taking the test. The average score for Rutherford County Schools is 1,386; Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy’s average is 1,622. The test score is based on the most recent SAT
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taken by graduating seniors in 2009. “We have two goals related to the SAT each year. One is for the score to go up and the other is to increase the percentage of students taking the test,” said Dr. John Kinlaw, superintendent of Rutherford County Schools. “We did see a slight drop in the grand total, but the good news is we did experi-
RUTHERFORDTON — Rutherford County appears to be following a national trend toward a lessening of a mysterious ailment that has had a devastating impact on honeybees. The problem, called colony collapse disorder because apparently thriving bee colonies suddenly lose most of their bees, has caused nearly one in three American colonies to collapse. The phenomenon is of more than academic interest because honeybees are a vital link in the pollination of crops. So the deaths of bees has a direct impact on the food supply in the country. A recent Time.com article reports that colony collapse disorder may be waning, because the Apiary Inspectors of America reports that honeybee deaths from the disorder “are below 30 percent for the first time since the crisis began.” Jeanne Price of Forest City, the first vice president of the North Carolina State Beekeepers Association, said Thursday, “It seems to have leveled off some. But an awful lot of people have gotten out of beekeeping.” The good news, though, she said, is that even more have gotten back in, with 75 to 80 people in the Rutherford County Beekeepers Club, including young people and newcomers to beekeeping. “From talking to people around the county,” Price said, “there doesn’t seem to be the losses that there were winter before last. My losses were just as bad, but I don’t use chemicals, and haven’t used chemicals in nine years. “Two commercial beekeepers in Buncombe County, though, who do use chemicals, lost 75 or 80 percent of their bees. And we’re talking 300 or 400 colonies.” Scientists are still uncertain what is causing colony collapse disorder, but a recent study may have uncovered some clues. Using sophisticated technology, researchers studied the guts of bees from healthy colonies to bees from
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FOREST CITY — Next year’s race for incumbent Bobby England’s seat in the North Carolina House of Representatives could be interesting as Republican challenger Mike Hager and Unaffiliated candidate Phil Clark have announced they will seek the seat. As Republican party chairman for the county, Hager is more known for his abil-
ity to coordinate campaigns than to run in them, but he said he was ready to step off the sidelines. “I’ve enjoyed being behind the scenes,” Hager said. “It has been a pleasure for me to see how the conservative movement is taking hold in Rutherford County. Most of the people in the county are morally and fiscally conservative. But I think the Please see Election, Page 6A
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RUTHERFORDTON — The case of two men charged in an alleged vehicle chase in which a man crashed and was killed is on the calendar for the trial session of Superior Court that begins Monday in the Rutherford County Courthouse. Philip Tyler Parker is charged with second-degree murder in the death of Dustin Eugene Allen, 17, on Nov. 21, 2007. Brian Ray Bailey is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the case. Investigators say Bailey was driving a 1991 Honda Accord that was chasing Allen’s 1993 Ford Mustang. Parker was a passenger in Bailey’s car. Allen, who reportedly was traveling at a high rate of speed, crashed on Bugger Hollow Road. Allen died, and investigators say the chase led to the fatal crash. In another death case on the calendar, Ray Thomas Wease is charged with second-degree murder.
Also on the docket, B.J. Rogers is facing multiple counts in an alleged crime spree. He is charged with driving while impaired, possession of drug paraphernalia, no operator’s license, possession of marijuana up to ½ ounce, two counts of felony breaking and/or entering, two counts of larceny after break/enter, injury to real property, robbery with a dangerous weapon, two counts of communicating threats, failure to heed light or siren, driving left of center, felony flee/elude arrest with a motor vehicle, felony possession of schedule II controlled substance, assault with a deadly weapon, felony larceny of a motor vehicle and attempted robbery with a dangerous weapon. In another case on the calendar, Lamont Edgerton is charged with first-degree burglary and attempted kidnapping.
A number of people are charged with sex offenses. David Michael Blanton is charged with four counts of statutory rape/sex offense where the defendant is more than six years older than the victim and four counts of indecent liberties with a child. Chance Mitchell Calderon is charged with four counts of firstdegree sex offense on a child, four counts of first-degree rape and three counts of first-degree rape of a child. David James Cole is charged with two counts of indecent liberties with a child. Charles Kevin Jackson is charged with two counts of firstdegree sex offense, felony assault on handicapped, indecent liberties with a child and habitual felon status. Joe Lamar Logan is charged with statutory rape/ sex offense where the defendant is more than four but less than six years older than the victim. Vance Conway Price is charged with two counts of indecent exposure where the defendant is at least 18 and the victim is less than 16, indecent liberties with a child and indecent exposure. Jimmy Jack Walker is charged with indecent liberties with a child. Robert Lee Wilson is charged with statutory rape/ sex offense where the defendant is more than six years older than the victim and contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile. A number of drug cases are on the docket. Larry Timothy Abrams is charged with possession with intent to sell and deliver cocaine, possession of marijuana up to ½ ounce, resisting a public officer, driving while license revoked and failure to heed lights or siren. Robert William Byers is charged with possession of marijuana up to ½ ounce. James Michael Camp is charged with possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana, felony maintain vehicle/ dwelling/ place for controlled substance, trafficking opium or heroin, possession with intent to manufacture, sell and deliver schedule II controlled substance, possession with intent to manufacture, sell and deliver schedule IV controlled substance, misdemeanor simple possession of schedule IV controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of marijuana up to ½ ounce. Kamara Lashone Cannady is charged with felony possession of
marijuana, misdemeanor simple possession of schedule IV controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. Jerry Dean Greene is charged with possession with intent to sell and deliver cocaine, sell cocaine and deliver cocaine. Michael T. Greene is charged with felony possession of marijuana and possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana. Tasha Demicka Hampton is charged with possession with intent to sell and deliver cocaine, two counts of felony maintain vehicle/ dwelling/ place for controlled substance, resisting a public officer, misdemeanor flee/ elude arrest with a motor vehicle, possession with intent to manufacture, sell and deliver schedule IV controlled substance, possession of marijuana up to ½ ounce and possession of drug paraphernalia. Teddy Ray Hunt is charged with possession of marijuana up to ½ ounce, possession of drug paraphernalia, misdemeanor simple possession of schedule IV controlled substance, expired/ no inspection, drive/ allow motor vehicle with no registration, operate vehicle with no insurance and fictitious/ altered title/ registration card/ tag. Debra H. Morrow is charged with possession of methamphetamine. Sonya Valentine is charged with possession with intent to sell and deliver cocaine. Rickie Wilkins is charged with possession of more than ½ ounce to 1 ½ ounces of marijuana and failure to appear, A number of driving offense cases are on the docket. James Ray Allen is charged with driving while impaired, license not in possession and failure to appear. Joseph Franklin Beam is charged with reckless driving to endanger and driving while impaired. Krista Elaine Bolick is charged with driving while impaired. Melvin Neal Bradley is charged with driving while license revoked, reckless driving to endanger and fictitious information to an officer. Justin Keith Bradshaw is charged with felony hit and run injury and giving false information. Clifford Oree Case Jr. is charged with driving while license revoked and possession of open container/ consume alcohol in the passenger area of a vehicle. Dwayne Ford is charged with
driving while license revoked, resisting a public officer and simple worthless check. Candice Lee Hollifield is charged with driving while license revoked and unsafe movement. Roy Dale Ingle is charged with driving while impaired and no operator’s license. Ashley Lynne Leija is charged with three counts of driving while license revoked. Brandon James Lynch is charged with habitual impaired driving. Christopher Lashon Miller is charged with driving while license revoked. Michael Alsdorf Miller is charged with failure to notify DMV of address change, two counts of no operator’s license, driving while impaired and driving left of center. Tammie Nicole Miller is charged with driving while license revoked. Joey Lee Piercy is charged with driving while impaired. Dwayne Eric Smith is charged with driving while license revoked, driving while impaired and driving left of center. Jennifer Leigha Splawn is charged with driving while impaired. Susan Hodge Thomas is charged with driving while impaired and unsafe passing on yellow line Charged with felony probation violation are: Alan Gregory Arrowood; John Paul Arrowood; Christopher Newel Bennick; Michael Scott Bowen; Rodriquez Brown; George Keith Randall Camp; Christopher Devon Carson; Dominique Demar Dato; Roland Ricco Foster; James Noah Greene Jr., two counts; Luke David Greene; Andrea Jeanne Horne; James Leonard Maxwell, out of county; Marcus Demetric Murray; Brandy Dawn Padgett; Rashid Armond Phillips; Simon Joe Spicer; Charles Douglas Teague; Stephanie Rose Turner; and April Bland Wood. Charged with misdemeanor probation violation are: Randy Dean Earley, two counts; Cornelius Isaiah Edgerton, two counts; and Joseph Martin Jarrell. Other cases on the docket, and the charges are: n Donald Richard Bell, resisting a public officer, mislabeled drugs, second-degree trespassing and misdemeanor simple possession of schedule IV controlled substance.
n Brenda Sue Boiter, two counts of obtain property by false pretense and four counts of identity theft. n Stephanie Paige Bridges, simple assault. n Arthur C. Camp, worthless check and failure to appear. n Larry Dean Cannon, two counts of habitual felon status. n Linda Carson, communicating threats. n Ricky Lee Davidson, two counts of obtain property by false pretense. n Anthony Kaleb Hamrick, break or enter a motor vehicle and larceny after break/enter. n Aundra Tyler Hamrick, common law robbery, felony breaking and/or entering and larceny after break/enter. n Christopher Lee Hamrick, two probation revocation appeals, felony probation violation, felony larceny and felony possession of stolen goods. n Michael Kareem Hannon, obtain property by false pretense, felony common law forgery and felony common law uttering. n Calvin E. Hill, criminal contempt. n Chad Alan Hutchins, two counts of criminal contempt. n Alan H. Jennings, two counts of criminal contempt. n Melinda Sue Jones, misdemeanor larceny. n Billy Joe Kelly, resisting a public officer. n Princeton Ellis Logan, felony breaking and/or entering, larceny after break/enter and common law robbery. n Sheena Carmille Logan, injury to personal property. n Chad Antron Miller, probation revocation appeal. n William Brandon Mosley, first-degree burglary and driving while license revoked. n Terry Wayne Norris Jr., break or enter a motor vehicle, felony larceny and felony probation violation. n Johnny Lee Owens, communicating threats. n Mitchell Craig Padgett, two counts of obtain property by false pretense. n David Allen Player, misdemeanor stalking and communicating threats. n Milton Yorro Reyes, two probation revocation appeals. n Debra Jane Solon, simple assault. n Tommy Ray Tipton, assault on a female and resisting a public officer. n Calvin Lew Watkins, seconddegree trespassing and misdemeanor simple possession of schedule IV controlled substance.
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very year parents, students and other education observers check the annual report from the Educational Testing Service on the scores from the SATs. This year is no exception. Scores for Rutherford County this year are down a bit from last year and there will of course be some anguish over that, but it shouldn’t last long. The reason is that while the SATs are a good measure of academic potential, they are not absolute. These tests are just one way to measure a student’s academic potential. In fact, some colleges are no longer requiring the test and many others are giving them less weight. Analysis of SAT scores over the years has shown that among the critical factors for success are a student’s natural ability, the student’s course work (those taking more rigorous academic courses tend to do well on the test) and how well students prepare to take the test. There is a new industry out there in test preparation and parents are forking out large sums of money to get tutors or to pay for training courses to help students prepare to take the SAT. At the same time, high school officials are pushing to get more students to take the test. What that results in is a real distortion of reality. Students who are better prepared score higher, but the more students taking the tests broadens the demographic and tends to counter higher scores with more lower scores. That makes comparisons and averages essentially meaningless. The SAT remains one individual measure for students, but means little beyond that.
Creating budget ‘hot bed of coals’ RALEIGH — One of the real surprises for people first visiting a state legislature is how bills aren’t simply put up for debate, amended and then voted on. Often people who have never seen a legislature in action assume that, as institutions of democracy, they operate in the most democratic fashion, with all ideas considered and majorities of both parties deciding whether those ideas become laws. That’s not how it works. In the North Carolina General Assembly, most bills filed end up in the waste basket. Legislative majorities, and their leaders, control the flow of the legislation. And if you’re not in the majority party, the chances of getting anything approved other than a local bill affecting just your own district can be slim. A while back, a fellow who’s a once- or twice-a-year visitor to the Legislative Building told me that he was surprised that I hadn’t written about how a committee chairman had killed a piece of legislation that he had been pushing. Well, I had written about the issue, fisheries, and predicted that the bill wouldn’t go anywhere. The process — much to his chagrin — isn’t very different for a lot of bills.
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The differences in the assumptions and the reality are most evident on the chamber floors. People are often surprised to see that few pieces of legislation ever make it to the House and Senate floors without the outcome being known. Very few bills actually suffer defeat on a chamber floor. A lot of nose counting goes on in legislatures, and legislative leaders don’t like holding their fellow party members’ feet to the fire unless they believe a bill is going to pass. It’s an important aspect of the legislative process to keep in mind as Gov. Beverly Perdue pursues a new type of state budget reform. Perdue, a longtime legislator herself, essentially wants to rearrange the process, laying down a hot bed of coals before legislators. To try to take politics out of the process, that’s what Congress did when closing and consolidat-
ing military bases around the country. It created BRAC, the Base Realignment and Closure Commission, to recommend base closures, and then required itself to vote yes or no on the recommendations, with no changes. Perdue has borrowed the procedure and the acronym. She recently announcing the ninemember Budget Reform and Accountability Commission. The commission’s job is to come up with recommendations to the legislature designed to save taxpayer money, and eliminate government waste and duplication. Perdue would then like legislators to take an up-or-down vote on the recommendations, with no changes. Just one problem: Legislators haven’t agreed to do any such thing, and many see the step as ceding legislative power, giving it to the executive branch. Perdue, though, recognizes that, unless you can force elected representatives to make a public choice, they sometimes won’t act in the broader interest. Still, putting some heat to their feet to ever get them into that position may prove difficult. Scott Mooneyham is executive director of The Capitol News Service.
Apostate religious leaders cannot bring deliverance Apostacy is a nasty and divisive word. The results of apostacy, which is to make the Word of God antiquated and irrelevant, continue to be felt. Threats of deep division, church splits, withholding of funds and a myriad of other possibilities are presented as immediate results of what can only be called apostacy. Apostacy is the abandoning of the faith. Apostacy is the military equivalent of desertion. We are in the throes of a spiritual war. The need to be clothed with spiritual armour is paramount. Jesus warned us that, “not everyone who says, Lord, Lord shall enter into the kingdom of God.” Maybe we need to be reminded that the Lord God is the undisputed King of the Kingdom and throne rights are eternally established. We cannot change them. What is a mere mortal to do except be a faithful administrator of the duties he has been given to fulfill? As Paul told Timothy, “be thou and example in word and deed.” The gospel is not difficult to understand. A child’s simplistic mind can understand its essence. Jesus even remarked that, “Unless you are converted and become as
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little children you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven,” Matt. 18:3-4. A massive deception is under way in the earth. But should we be surprised at this since we were warned of it early on? Again, in the Gospels, where His disciples asked about end times the very first word’s from the Lord were, “let no man deceive you.” Look it up for yourselves. People are being deceived. We are admonished to be angry and sin not. In other words, righteous indignation, motivated for a love and adherence to the person and holiness of God should be a motivating factor to advance the kingdom. We see this scenario repeated in the ministry of Christ as He forcefully enters the temple and sees the moneychangers. Fueled with the oil and fire of the Holy Spirit and whip in hand Jesus unleashes a
righteous anger directed at those who are religious yet unregenerate in heart and mind. In Luke 13 we see an example that has contemporary application. In verse 10 we see Jesus teaching in a synagogue. We must make note of the word synagogue, as this was not the temple per se. How did the synagogue differ from the temple? The synagogue was a place of prayer and the word, the reading of the Law and prophets. One thing was missing; there was no blood. That could only be found at the temple. Why is this distinction necessary today? Because there is a gospel that is being preached that does not require the blood of forgiveness. The view of many false church leaders is that all are loved in the eyes of God and there are no sinners. With no sin there can be no forgiveness and forgiveness is only found in the shedding of blood. The Word clearly says, “Without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.” Jesus’ death on the cross is the once for all shedding of blood for those who believe. He is the true temple and His body is the place of the shed blood. So what happens in Luke
13 is relevant today. Here, Jesus is teaching in a synagogue, surrounded with religious leaders. There is also a woman who was “bent over” and had been that way for 18 years. Jesus sees her and tells her she is loosed of her infirmity. Immediately the religious leaders are angered at this and rebuke Christ for this. Jesus responds with great indignation to them as he tells them they are hypocrites. Here we have the story of; a bound woman, blind leaders and a blessed deliverer. You will recall that the number of man is 6, as he was created on the 6th day. We also see the number 666 in the book of Revelation, the number or mark of man in spirit, soul and body. So now we see and woman bound for 18 years, 3 times 6; in other words, we see the mark of these religious men in her spirit, soul and body. They could not help her or set her free. This spiritual impotence, so replete today, is why thousands are fleeing apostate churches and will continue to do so. Here was a woman, who represented the offspring of Eve, who was crippled and bowed with her face only seeing the cursed earth. We also see these religious lead-
ers who are clothed with religious clothing yet completely naked and powerless spiritually. These religious leaders had form, symbol, doctrines and fame yet were totally incompetent to heal. But after an encounter with the Living God she was set free. She became a symbol for all of us who are bound with sin and are in need of more that a religious leader. Any religious leader that will not preach that the only way to the Father is through the shed blood of Jesus Christ is preaching a false gospel. That is what the true church has believed from its beginnings. If you were that woman, would you want a blind religious leader or a blessed Deliverer? God’s enemies will surely be put to shame. Jesus said that He and He alone had the words of eternal life. Let us place our trust in God and not in fallen man. As Proverbs 3:5-6 says,” Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not to your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct your paths.” Fr. Lankford is pastor of St. Luke’s Church. He can be contacted at 286-8078 or revjlankford@ gmail.
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Olympiad brings out crowd Obituaries By SCOTT BAUGHMAN Daily Courier Staff Writer
LAKE LURE — Record breaking attendance and participation marked the fifth annual Hickory Nut Gorge Olympiad, with more than 400 competitors in the signature triathlon event. “This beat our old record by a margin of at least 150 contestants,” said organizer Bob Keith. “We’re very excited to have had this amount of participation and the turn out for other events and attendance was great as well.”
Now in his third year as organizer, Keith said the event was a great opportunity to give back to the community. “That’s just the way I was raised,” he added. “During the last third of your life you give to the community the way the community has given to you. That is what keeps me coming back, just knowing that we can help out all those worthy causes.” This year’s beneficiaries are: Bat Cave Volunteer Fire & Rescue Dept.; Bills Creek Volunteer Fire Dept.; Camp Lurecrest; Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy; Chimney Rock Volunteer Fire Dept.; Community Pet Center; Dragon Boat Racing of Lake
Lure; Fairfield Mountains Volunteer Fire Dept.; Friends of the Mountains Library; Hickory Nut Gorge EMS; KidSenses Children’s InterACTIVE Museum; Lake Lure Lion’s Club; Cancer Resource Center; Hospice of Rutherford County; Rutherford County Humane Society; Shepherd’s Care. Olympiad competitors faced off in three races over the three days of the event — which began Friday night and lasts through today. The first race was on Friday and a 5K course run to the Lake Lure Dam. On Saturday the Sprint Triathlon was held and today will see the Run to the Rock — a climb up to Chimney Rock either on foot or by bicycle. “Seeing the view from up there is a real reward for some of our out of town runners who have never seen Chimney Rock before,” Keith said. “I’m always pleased to see new people coming into town for the event. When we first started five years ago it was really about making a family friendly festival for fun. But the more we got into it, the more we realized we could do a lot of good for the community but also we could promote tourism for the area.” Competitors came from
many nearby states including Georgia and South Carolina. “My girlfriend and I brought our families up from Mount Pleasant, South Carolina,” said Elizabeth Bumgarner. “We swam in the one-mile swim at Rumbling Bald resort and we were pleased with our time. Now we’re letting the kids play and hanging out. This is our first trip to the Olympiad and we are having a great time.” Other events hosted during the weekend included a three on three basketball tournament, Dragonboat races and kayak races on the lake. “Friday night is always a big time with our opening celebrations,” Keith said. “We had the Lake Lure Ski Club doing demonstrations, the torch lighting and competitions going on. Behind all that we have the shag dance competitions with contestants from all over the region of various age groups and then the resort also chipped in for a fireworks show to wrap it all up. And our golf tournament on Thursday raised more than $2,500 for charity.” Contact Baughman via e-mail at sbaughman@thedigitalcourier. com.
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Ruby Blackwell Ruby Kimbrell Blackwell, 84, of 571 Henry Jenkins Rd., Mooresboro, died Saturday, Aug. 29, 2009 at Rutherford Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Harrleson Funeral Home. The family will be gathering at 1953 Harris-Henrietta Rd.
Dillard Carroll Alfred Dillard Carroll, 84, of 219 Pleasant Ridge Church Road, Shelby, died Aug. 27, 2009 at Hospice at Wendover. A native of White County, GA, he was a son of the late Elijah Bunyan Carroll and Lula Flora Gearin Carroll. He was a member of Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church and a Navy veteran serving in WWII. He is survived by his wife, Mildred Humphries Carroll; two sons: Steve Carroll of Cliffside and John Carroll of Shelby; one daughter, June Lail of Shelby; one sister, Olive Freeman of Shelby; and seven grandchildren. Funeral services will be held 3 p.m., Sunday August 30, at Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church with Dr. Eric Davis and the Rev. Andy Oliver officiating. The body will lie in state 30 minutes prior to service. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Memorials may be made to: Hospice of Cleveland County, 951 Wendover Heights Drive, Shelby, N.C. 28150 or National Parkinson Foundation, Inc., Office of Development, 1501 NW 9th Avenue/Bob Hope Road, Miami, F.L. 33136-1494. McKinney-Landreth Funeral Home is serving the Carroll family.
Deaths Robert Schindler MIAMI (AP) — The father of Terri Schiavo, who became a national symbol in a closely watched right-to-die fight, has died, his daughter said Saturday. Robert Schindler was 71. Schindler, a tireless activist through years of legal wrangling, died from heart failure. DJ AM NEW YORK (AP) — DJ AM, the celebrity disc jockey who publicly acknowledged his history of drug addiction and had filmed a reality show in which he offered to help other addicts, was found dead in his apartment. He was 36. Police found a crack pipe and prescription pills in the Manhattan apartment, said a law enforcement official. Paramedics had to break down the door before they found DJ AM, whose real name was Adam Goldstein, shirtless and wearing sweatpants, in his bed around 5:20 p.m. local time on Friday. Richard Egan BOSTON (AP) — Richard Egan, who rose from street kid to the U.S. ambassador to Ireland after making millions of dollars founding data storage giant EMC Corp., died after a battle with lung cancer. Egan, 73, was an electrical engineer and a former U.S. Marine Corps helicopter pilot who worked at Lockheed Martin, Honeywell and Intel before he co-founded data storage technology provider EMC in 1979.
An online guest register is available at www.mckinneylandrethfuneralhome.com.
William McDaniel Jr. This sweet kitten is looking to find a good home and along with many other loving animals can be adopted at the Rutherford County Animal Shelter on Laurel Hill Drive in Rutherfordton. The shelter’s hours are Monday-Thursday 12 p.m. - 4 p.m. and Friday Saturday 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. . For more information call 287-6025. For the Community Pet Center volunteers office call 287-7738. Garrett Byers/Daily Courier
Police Notes Sheriff’s Reports
Arrests
n The Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office responded to 163 E-911 calls Friday.
n Ruby Tuesday Wheeler, 17, of 214 Spindale St.; charged with assault and battery and released on a custody bond. (SPD) n Brian Lee Wilkerson, 17, of 415 Maple Creek Rd.; charged with disorderly conduct and released on a custody bond. (RCSD) n Tiffany Renae Kirby, 20, of 248 Jonestown Rd.; charged with possession of a controlled substance and released on a $15,000 bond. (RCSD) n Amy Tomlin Ray, 33, of 1526 Eaves Road; charged with writing a worthless check and released on a written promise to appear. (RCSD) n Wilton Andre Park, 34, of 233 Whiteside Rd.; charged with communicating threats and harassing phone
Rutherfordton
n The Rutherfordton Police Department responded to 23 E-911 calls Friday.
Spindale
n The Spindale Police Department responded to 21 E-911 calls Friday.
Lake Lure
n The Lake Lure Police Department responded to six E-911 calls Friday.
Forest City
n The Forest City Police Department responded to 87 E-911 calls Friday.
calls and was released on a $2,500 bond. (NCHP) n Jacob Hensley, 17, of 2891 Smawley St.; charged with consuming beer or wine underage and released on a custody bond. (RCSD)
Officials in Forsyth County told the Winston-Salem Journal that the 140 cases of the sexually-transmitted dis-
ease reported so far this year is more than triple the cases reported in all of 2008. About 125 officials and volunteers are spending Saturday walking through a neighborhood where a cluster of cases have been reported, offering free blood tests for syphilis and HIV. Anyone who agrees to be
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EMS/Rescue n The Rutherford County EMS responded to 28 E-911 calls Friday. n The Volunteer Life Saving and Rescue, Hickory Nut Gorge EMS and Rutherford County Rescue responded to 12 E-911 calls.
Fire Calls n Forest City firefighters responded to two motor vehicle crashes. n Lake Lure firefighters responded to a smoke report. n Rutherfordton firefighters responded to a fire alarm.
Health officials fighting syphillis outbreak
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Health officials are fanning out through a North Carolina neighborhood, trying to stop a sudden outbreak of syphilis.
William T. McDaniel Jr., 88, of Asheville, died on Friday, August 28, 2009, at the Laurels of Summit Ridge. A native of Annapolis, Md., he was the son of the late William, Sr. and Dora Heller McDaniel. He was a Navy veteran. He is survived by his wife Margaret Fox McDaniel; a daughter, Lynda McDaniel of West Jefferson; step-daughters, Betty Smith of Asheville and Deborah C. Hinnant of Alpharetta, Ga.; ten grandchildren and seven greatgrandchildren. A memorial service will be held on Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Groce Funeral Home with the Rev. Gerald Davis officiating. The family will receive friends prior to the service. Memorials may be made to Groce United Methodist Church, 954 Tunnel Rd., Asheville, N.C. 28805.
tested will get a Wal-Mart gift card. Syphilis is a bacterial infection that causes rashes and sores. It is easily treated with antibiotics, but if left untreated can damage the heart and the nervous system.
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Dillard Carroll Alfred Dillard Carroll, 84, of 219 Pleasant Ridge Church Road, Shelby, passed away on August 27, 2009 at Hospice at Wendover. A native of White County, GA, Mr. Carroll was born February 28, 1925 a son of the late Elijah Bunyan Carroll and Lula Flora Gearin Carroll. He was a member of Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church where he was a former Deacon, choir member, Sunday school superintendent, Sunday school teacher, RA leader, Brotherhood member and Senior Pleasanteers. Mr. Carroll was also a US Navy veteran serving in WWII. He was retired from JP Stevens and worked at J.C. Penney and AV Wrays & Six Sons in the men’s department. He is also preceded in death by three brothers and nine sisters. He is survived by his loving wife of 56 years, Mildred Humphries Carroll; two sons: Steve Carroll and wife, Lyn of Cliffside and John Carroll and wife, Beth of Shelby; one daughter, June Lail and husband, Tim of Shelby; one sister, Olive Freeman of Shelby; one sister-in-law, Mallie Carroll of Shelby. Mr. Carroll is also survived by his grandchildren: Britt, Lyndsay and Alex Carroll, Madelyn and Emma Carroll and Brad and Katie Lail. Visitation will be held 7 8:30 p.m., Saturday, August 29, at McKinney-Landreth Funeral Home, Cliffside. Funeral services will be held 3 p.m., Sunday August 30, at Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church with Dr. Eric Davis and Rev. Andy Oliver officiating. The body will lie in state 30 minutes prior to service. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Memorials may be made to: Hospice of Cleveland County, 951 Wendover Heights Drive, Shelby, N.C. 28150 or National Parkinson Foundation, Inc., Office of Development, 1501 NW 9th Avenue/Bob Hope Road, Miami, Fla. 33136-1494. McKinney-Landreth Funeral Home is serving the Carroll family. An online guest register is available at www.mckinneylandrethfuneralhome.com Paid obit
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Calendar/Local
RCT finds a home at Union Mills Red Cross The following blood drives are scheduled: Aug. 31 — Red Cross Chapter, 838 Oakland Rd., Forest City, 2 to 6:30 p.m., call 287-5916 to schedule an appointment; All presenting donors (in August) may enter a drawing to win one of three $1,000 gas cards.
Meetings/other
UNION MILLS — The newlyrenovated 250-seat W.E. Sweatt Auditorium at the Union Mills Learning Center will be the home of the Rutherford Community Theatre for three stage productions between now and March 2010. The first production, Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick by Lt. Beale Cormack, a comedy about rural life, will run Friday, Oct. 2, through Sunday, Oct. 4. Friday and Saturday will be evening shows, with Sunday being a matinee.
Chase Athletic Boosters will meet Monday, Aug. 31, at 6:30 p.m. in the office conference room; officers will be elected; members urged to attend.
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Veterans meeting: Tuesday, Sept. 1, 6:30 to 8 p.m.; at The Foundation Performing Arts & Conference Center, ICC; to learn more about the Veterans Health Clinic now under construction at 374 Charlotte Rd., Rutherfordton; representatives from the Charles George VA Medical Center in Asheville will be present; all veterans encouraged to attend.
ence an increase in the number taking the SAT,” he said. Statewide, the number of SAT takers increased this year over last by 1.2 percent. Because the score is based on the latest test taken by students, the averages for students in the county and at Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy could actually be a bit higher, Kinlaw and TJCA Headmaster Joe Maimone said. “We had calculated the average a bit higher than the state,” Maimone said. “We had some who graduated this year who did well their junior year and elected not to take the test again this year. We averaged the scores of all those who graduated this year, but we’re certainly not going to argue with the college board on their result. “We are proud of the great accom-
DAR Chapter meeting: Griffith Rutherford NSDAR; Wednesday, Sept. 2, 3 p.m., at the Genealogical Society of Old Tryon County Library, 319 Doggett Rd., Forest City. Open house: Hospice of Rutherford County will hold open house at its new facility, Carolina Event and Conference Center, on Thursday, Sept. 3, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Hospice is located at 374 Hudlow Rd., Forest City. Shag Club: Rutherford County Shag Club will dance Friday, Sept. 4, at Club LA in Spindale. Prospective members invited to attend. Music starts at 8 p.m. For information call 287-9228. Washburn community meeting: Washburn Community Club members will meet Thursday, Sept. 10, to vote on how to disperse the community funds. Meeting begins at 7 p.m.
Reunions 4th Annual Graham Town reunion: Saturday, Sept. 5, 1 p.m. until 10 p.m., at Hardin Road Park, Forest City; fun, food, live entertainment; arts/crafts vendors welcome (no food vendors); for more information call 288-4760, 289-1207 or 247-4142. Beaver family reunion: Saturday, Sept. 12, covered dish lunch 1 p.m., Big Springs Baptist Church, 534 Big Springs Rd., Ellenboro; for more information contact Donna Beaver Walker at 657-6385. Taylor family reunion: Sunday, Sept. 20, Gilkey United Methodist Church; covered dish lunch 1 p.m.; for more information contact Kim Beam at 287-9480. 40th Class reunion: East Rutherford High School Class of 1969 will hold its 40th reunion on Oct. 10. Classmates who have not received information, contact Linda H. Lovelace at 245-2267 or Max Champion at 245-9243.
Fundraisers Country ham supper: Saturday, Sept. 4, 4 to 8 p.m., Duncan’s Creek Presbyterian Church; adult plates $9; children $4.50; under 6 free; proceeds for the building fund. Community-wide yard sale: Saturday, Sept. 12, at Union Mills Learning Center, in conjunction with the all-you-can-eat breakfast. Annual fashion show: Sept. 14, 11:30 a.m., Lakeview Restaurant, Rumbling Bald Resort, Lake Lure; featuring fashions by Chico’s of Asheville; advance tickets $25; reservations required; contact Nancy Kessel at 625-8115 or Carol Root at 625-4350; sponsored by the women of Fairfield Mountains Chapel. Family portraits: Saturday, Sept. 19, at the county annex building; pictures will be made by Heart Strings Family Portrait Photography; professional photographs for a $10 donation; receive 2 free 10x13 portraits ($69.95 value); contact Debra Conner at 287-6061 for more information; proceeds for Relay for Life.
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colonies infected with CCD. The abstract of the study reported: “Ribosomal fragment abundance and presence of multiple viruses may prove to be useful diagnostic markers for colonies afflicted with CCD.” The Time.com article, in talking with lead researcher May Berenbaum, an entomologist at the University of Illinois, reported: “Berenbaum believes that the presence of those genetic fragments inside the CCDafflicted bees indicates that they may be under attack by a number of insect viruses — including deformed wing virus and Israeli acute paralysis virus — that damage the ribosomes.” Berenbaum said, “It doesn’t have to be a specific virus, just an overload.” That assessment rings true to Price, who said, “I think it is the perfect storm, with the genetic damage from
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direction that Rutherford County wants to take is different than the direction that the state officials are taking.” For Clark, the decision to run against the four term Democrat England was motivated by a desire to break out of what he calls the dominating two party system. “When you look at our economy, you can see why people are fed up with the two party system,” Clark said. “Both parties are the ones who have caused us to be in this situation. I’m a constitutional candidate and we’ve gotten very far away from that. It’s going to take someone who is not party minded, but people minded to help us get back on the right track.” Neither Clark nor Hager have held political office before, but Clark did run in the Democratic primary to
Hospice Resale Shop will hold a storewide, half-price sale on its entire stock, including select items already marked at 25 cents. The store is located at 631 Oak St., Forest City. Spindale Fall Festival: Begins Friday, Sept. 18, with a street dance and classic car show from 6 to 10 p.m., on Main St.; old-fashioned street festival Saturday, Sept. 19, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with arts/ crafts, children’s activities, entertainment, church yard sales, food and much more.; for information or vendor applications, call 288-4875 after 6 p.m.
growth of both organizations.” Beale has directed productions for RCT since the 1980s and is currently serving his third year as artistic director for the group.
plishments of our graduates this year,” Maimone continued. “Our teachers are to be commended for providing the challenge that allowed these students to soar.” The SAT is offered several times a year in the county. Students in RCS can also take SAT preparatory courses that carry high school credit through the North Carolina Virtual Public High School, Kinlaw said. According to the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, the performance of public school students remained the same in 2009 and the math score for public school students in the state was one point higher than the nation’s. North Carolina has posted an average yearly gain on the SAT of approximately three points since 1989, compared with about half a point for the nation. The SAT is not a required test for students in North Carolina public schools, but it is widely used by colleges in the southeast when looking at
students, Kinlaw said. “We do have some who take both (the SAT and ACT),” Kinlaw said. “But it’s very clear the SAT is by far the majority choice for students in Rutherford County.”
all the viruses, and the environmental pressures that we put on the bees.” CCD has left everyone short of honeybees, Price said, and some commercial beekeepers had to replace some of their bees. “Generally what they do is buy a queen,” she said. “When I started beekeeping you could buy a queen for $4 or $5. They’re $35 now. “But they buy a queen and they take an empty bee hive and take some bees and brood and eggs out of a healthy colony, put them over here and give them a new queen, and they take off. It’s called making a split.” In addition to CCD, beekeepers this year have been faced with a lack of honey due to weather conditions in the spring. “When the flowers bloom, and the nectar is in the nectary of the flowers, the bees go to gather that,” Price said. “But bees don’t fly in the dark, and they don’t fly in the rain, and we had rain just about every day while the tulip poplars were blooming. So it
washed the nectar out, and the bees weren’t out flying to get it. “The tulip poplar is our primary honey crop in this area. Bees don’t work clover very well in this area because the clover nectary is real deep down in the clover blossom and the bees’ tongues aren’t long enough to get it. The bee’s tongue is made like a soda straw.” Price said there is not going to be much sourwood honey this year, either. “In 2007 I had a bumper crop (in Jackson County),” she said. “Last year there was a little bit; this year there was very, very little. I probably won’t have three gallons of sourwood from 20 bee hives. Such conditions, Price noted, has led some people to misrepresent their products, such as putting corn syrup in their honey but still labeling it as pure sourwood.
oppose Keith Melton for the senate seat held by Debbie Clary. “I feel I have a good chance to run as an independent,” Clark said. “Someone said there’s never been an independent to win in North Carolina and we’ve never had a black president before either. I think people are ready for change and all independents are going to have a good shot in this next round of elections.”
In order for Clark to qualify for the race as an independent, he’ll have to collect 1,500 signatures on a petition to add his name to the ballot. “We plan to have the 1,500 signatures required before the first of the year and hopefully before Christmas this year,” said Clark. “I realize the tough road ahead as an Independent, but I feel the time is right for an Independent because people are now fed up with the economic crisis that our two mainstream political parties have led us into. It’s time for real leadership and not ‘followship.’ Followship is not a word, but it surely has been an action here for years. Our elected official goes in and just falls in line instead of going in and standing up for what is right. It’s time for the waters to be stirred in Raleigh and I’m the man for the job.” England has not yet announced if he will seek another term.
Hager said his campaign would also be focused on the economy. “We have to ask ourselves, will we be a job creator or will we as a state prevent jobs from being created?” Hager said. “We have the highest tax load per citizen in the Southeast. A business is not a tax generator, it just passes that burden down to customers through fees and rate increases. Government should get out of the way and let people lead a happy successful life. But it should not be in the business of giving them that happy and successful life.”
The group’s president, Natasha Hayes, adds that over the last couple of years, the RCT had to seek out venues. “We are glad to have Union Mills as a base for operations, which will help us to continue to bring our shows to other Rutherford County venues in the future, as well.”
Fifteen percent of North Carolina students take the ACT, according to a release from N.C. DPI. Students in the state also increased their performance on the ACT exam in 2009. North Carolina students outperformed the nation on the ACT with an average composite score of 21.6 compared to the national composite of 21.1. The ACT is scored on a scale of 1 to 36 with 36 being the top score. The SAT has three separate sections — critical reading, math and writing — with scores in each category of up to 800 points. The top SAT score a student can receive is 2,400. Contact Flynn via e-mail at aflynn@thedigitalcourier.com.
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Dairy farmer calls it quits as prices fall
Henson named Bayada ‘Home health Hero’ SHELBY — Bayada Nurses, a home care provider serving Cleveland and Rutherford Counties in North Carolina and Cherokee County in South Carolina, has named Kings Mountain resident Ryan Henson, 21 as its “Home Health Aide Hero” for the second quarter of 2009. As part of Bayada’s Heroes on the Home Front program, Henson was recognized for his dedication to excellence and commitment to caring for the frail Henson and elderly in the community who need help to remain in the comfort of their own homes. Since joining Bayada Nurses, Henson has provided care for Ken Ledford for10 hours a day, five days a week. Even though his health made writing the two-page Hero award nomination quite difficult, Ledford took the time and effort to share with Bayada Nurses his reasons why Henson deserved recognition. “Ryan has changed my life,” said Ledford, 67, of Shelby. “Words are very difficult to describe all of the things that Ryan does. He selects my clothes to wear each day, shaves and bathes me and helps me dress. While I take my medicine he starts the wash and makes my bed. He makes meals for me, keeps my house clean and takes me anywhere I want to go. When he smiles, it lights up the room. He does everything he can to keep me positive.” Simple acts of compassion come easy for Henson, who, as a teen, cared for his ailing father, who suffered from lung cancer. “After my father passed away, my uncle suggested going into healthcare,” explained Henson. “It was the perfect career choice, because I love working with older people.” Henson also enjoys singing gospel, a talent that has not gone unnoticed by Ledford. “Ken loves to hear me sing to him, we harmonize together, it makes him feel really good,” he said. According to Joe Seidel, director of Bayada Nurses Shelby office, the company presents the “Hero on the Home Front” awards to recognize its nurses, aides, and therapists who unselfishly exceed the organization’s expectations for excellence. Bayada Nurses provides skilled nursing and personal care services to people in the comfort and safety of their own homes.
Scherer gets credit union scholarship RALEIGH — Local Government Federal Credit Union congratulates Russell Scherer, the finance officer for the Town of Rutherfordton, who is the recipient of a $575 UNC School of Government (SOG) Scholarship Award. Scherer, who is one of 24 scholarship winners, will use the money to attend an Effective Supervisory Management course at the SOG at UNCChapel Hill. “The credit union strongly supports the School of Government because of their instrumental role in strengthening the job skills of local government employees, which in turn improves the communities in which they serve,” said LGFCU President Maurice Smith.
Keith Hockett says that by selling off the herd they preserve the dirt, which gives them a fighting chance to return to dairy farming in the future.
By DONALD W. PATTERSON News & Record of Greensboro
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EVEL CROSS — Don’t ask Keith Hockett if he’s “got milk?” Not today. Not after he just hauled another trailer load of his family’s prized dairy herd to a slaughterhouse in South Carolina. By late August, all 473 cows will be gone — chopped up into steaks, roasts and hamburger. That makes for sad times along Hockett Dairy Road. For the first time in nearly 65 years, the family will be out of the milking business. “Here we are moping over cows, but they are just like family,” the 50-yearold Hockett said recently. “It’s awful. That barn looks like a ghost town.” The News & Record of Greensboro reported that over the past several months, a growing financial crisis has forced the Hocketts and an unknown number of other North Carolina milk producers out of business. The culprit: rising production costs
and falling milk prices. “The tightness in the economy is putting a lot of stress on these operators,” said Chester Lowder, director of livestock programs with the North Carolina Farm Bureau. “We are about nine months into this, and we’re not seeing any turnaround. ... I’m scratching my head trying to figure out what the answer is.” One answer is to bring the nation’s milk supply in line with demand. When that happens, producers should begin to see prices rise again. In 2007 and 2008, milk prices spiked because of production problems in the European Union and New Zealand, two of the world’s major suppliers. That, in turn, benefited U.S. dairy farmers, who found foreign markets for their milk. Then, the global financial crisis hit. “Everything that helped the U.S. become a significant milk producer went away,” said Geoff Benson, a North Carolina Cooperative
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Extension economist and professor at N.C. State. “The production backed up in the pipeline, and there was nowhere for it to go.” In January, milk prices began to drop. While that benefited consumers, dairy farmers began to suffer. “In 64 years in the dairy business, I seen hard times,” said Stanton Hockett, Keith Hockett’s 75-year-old father, who helped start the family business. “But I’ve never seen anything like this.” Producers who had gotten as much as $25 for 100 pounds of milk in 2007 saw the price drop to around $11 this year. To break even, farmers say they needed to get around $17 a hundred. “That’s a loss of $6 a hundred,” Keith Hockett said. “When you are selling a million pounds a month, you are losing $60,000 to $70,000.... Dairy farmers are starving to death.” As Keith Hockett and his brother,
Please see Dairy, Page 8A
Auto sales jumped, but slump expected
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Traders wearing blue jeans as part of a Gap anniversary celebration event work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. The markets are slowing building and again has the 10,000 mark in sight.
Dow aims at 10,000 NEW YORK (AP) — It’s time to look in the closet for that crumpled Dow 10,000 cap. The first time the Dow Jones industrial average entered five-figure territory, corporate bigwigs tossed hats that said “Dow 10,000” to cheering traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. That was a decade ago. Traders could soon see 10,000 again soon, but any celebrating would be more a show of relief than an expression of brimming confidence. The Dow stands about 500 points shy of the 10,000 mark, putting the milepost on investors’ radar for the second time in a year. In October,
the Dow tumbled below that mark as traders saw an already weak economy come to a jerking halt. Now, the stock market is in the sixth month of what investors hope will be a lasting recovery on Wall Street and in the economy. So 10,000 is, once again, in sight. But what would hitting that mark mean this time, if anything? Analysts say it’s mostly a psychological barrier, but it could draw more attention to the enormous run in stocks since March. It could also fan skepticism about a market that some analysts say has gained too much, too Please see DOW, Page 8A
NEW YORK (AP) — Automakers are partying, even though they know the hangover is coming. Auto executives on Friday said new vehicle sales in August likely did something they haven’t done in a long time: they increased compared with last year, thanks in large part to the government’s popular Cash for Clunkers program. It was the best month of the year for the sputtering industry. But sales will probably slow in the coming months now that the program is over. “Will there be a hangover? Absolutely, because we pulled some people ahead,” said General Motors Co. Vice President Brent Dewar, in Novi, Mich. “You’re not going to see the strength that you saw, that the stimulus package brought forward in August.” Cash for Clunkers, which ended on Monday, drew hordes of buyers into sleepy showrooms, providing a muchneeded lift in business. It spurred 690,114 new sales at a taxpayer cost of $2.88 billion, according to the Department of Transportation. The program also helped boost sagging consumer spending, which rose 0.2 percent in July, matching economists’ expectations. “Overall, we thought it was a very, very successful program in jumpstarting sales,” Mark Fields, Ford Motor Co. president of the Americas. The program enticed drivers to trade in gas guzzlers by offering big rebates on new, more fuel-efficient cars and trucks. Automakers are scheduled to report monthly sales on Tuesday. Many analysts are forecasting a year-over-year increase for an industry that has taken a beating during the recession. But they note that the auto industry had already taken a turn for the worse by August 2008 when they sold 13.7 million vehicles on an annualized basis.
8A — The Sunday Courier, Forest City, NC, Sunday, August 30, 2009
Business/finance
THE WEEK IN REVIEW
WEEKLY STOCK EXCHANGE HIGHLIGHTS
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MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE) Name Vol (00) Last Chg ETrade 5378121 1.64 +.23 PwShs QQQ4933191 40.44 +.15 Intel 3059491 20.25 +1.36 Microsoft 2381191 24.68 +.27 Dell Inc 2264159 15.93 +1.44 Cisco 1791614 22.00 -.19 Popular 1732399 2.22 +.44 CellTher rsh1385443 1.56 -.13 Yahoo 1283667 14.85 +.06 DryShips 1166284 6.12 +.10
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quickly. Here are some questions and answers about what it would mean for the Dow to hit 10,000. Q: When did the Dow first close above that level? A: After several tries, the Dow finished above 10,000 on March 29, 1999, in the midst of a powerful market rally that would end with the dot-com collapse at the start of this decade. Q: What would Dow 10,000 mean this time? A: Some analysts say it holds little significance given how far the market remains from its peak almost two years ago. But many contend that seeing Wall Street’s best-known thermometer roll back to five digits could inject traders with confidence. “It’s a like a century rather than 99 years. There’s not that big of a difference but there’s a big difference psychologically,” said Dan Cook, senior market analyst at IG Markets in Chicago. Q: What would it mean for the market’s recovery? A: The Dow is down 32.6 percent from its peak of 14,165 in October 2007. At 10,000 it would still be down 29.4 percent. Other indicators that traders tend to pay more attention to, like the Standard & Poor’s 500 index, are also down by similar amounts. Q: Should a climb past 10,000 make investors more confident? A: Analysts are divided. But it would certainly feel better than when the Dow skidded 370 points on Oct. 6, 2008, to close below 10,000 for the first time in four years. By March, the Dow had tumbled to a 12-year low of 6,547. That was a drop of 53.8 percent from its high. Some analysts say, though, that reaching 10,000 would make them nervous that the market was overheated. “I’d rather almost hit the March lows again before it hit 10,000 because I do think we have run ahead of ourselves,” Cook said. Q: What would be needed to push the Dow above 10,000? A: Investors will need to see more signs of an improving economy, because the stock market tends to bounce back as the economy is getting ready to recover from a recession. Investors need reassurance that they’ve been right to buy into the market.
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Recent economic readings on housing, employment and the economy’s output have signaled that the longest recession since World War II, which began in December 2007, could be ending. “It’s good news that the market has reached 9,500, but it’s particularly good news that it’s confirmed by most of the important economic numbers that we’re looking at,” said Hugh Johnson, chief investment officer of Johnson Illington Advisors in Albany, N.Y. “It’s not fanciful or whimsical or sheer speculation,” he said, adding that some doubters have missed the rally. “The market is right; strategists, economists and individual investors have been wrong.” Q: Should average investors prepare in some way for the Dow at 10,000? Should they even care? A: Long-term investors shouldn’t react to day-to-day moves in the market, but it could be a good time to prune portfolios. Most financial advisers say it’s wise to pull money from the strongest performers and funnel some of it to other investments. That helps guard against letting one part of a portfolio carry too much weight. Q: What if the Dow doesn’t hurdle 10,000? A: If weeks and months go by and the index hasn’t cruised past that number, some investors will see that as a signal that the rally is over. But keep in mind that stocks paused in June before surging again in July. Some analysts say a time-out is what stocks need after the Dow surged 45.8 percent since March — the kind of gain that might take investors five years to amass in less volatile periods.
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Herschel, watched their debts rise, they figured they had three options: declare bankruptcy, which they Q: If the Dow does reach 10,000, quickly ruled out; borrow $500,000 how soon might we see another nota- to pay off their creditors, but lenders ble number? wouldn’t give them any money; or get A: Cook contends that a number out of the business. like 10,500 could come within days An organization called Cooperatives because short-sellers — investors Working Together provided them a who try to make money by predictway to take the last option, but also ing that stocks will fall — could get hang onto their 500-acrefarm, parts spooked by the Dow’s ascent. As wor- of which have been in the Hockett ried short-sellers buy stock to cover family for more than 200 years. their bets, the market could get a The CWT is a non-government boost. organization funded by dairy coopQ: What could blow the market out eratives and individual farmers, who of the water? contribute an assessment of 10 cents A: It’s impossible to say what could per 100 pounds of milk produced. upend the rally, but analysts caution Then, using the assessments, the that any big disruption in the econCWT will periodically buy up dairy omy’s recovery — like new waves of herds in an effort to reduce producforeclosures or jumps in unemploytion and boost milk prices. ment rolls — could send stocks tumThe Hocketts were one of a handbling. ful of North Carolina dairy farmers
accepted for the program. Specific numbers have not been released. Experts cannot predict how many Tar Heel dairy farms could be lost during the current crisis. But numbers have fallen dramaticallys. In 1997, the state had more than 1,200 dairies. Now, the number is below 300. “The pain is over for us,” Phillip Hockett, Keith Hockett’s 26-year-old son, said recently. CWT rules require those accepted for the program to sell their herds for slaughter and refrain from producing milk for a year or pay a 10 percent penalty. The money the Hocketts got from CWT and the slaughter of their cows totals about $700,000, enough to pay off their debts of about $400,000. Eventually, the Hocketts want to get back in the dairy business. They still have 475 cows that are too young to milk. But they want to wait for the economy to improve, figure out how to reduce production costs and save some money.
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Health care foes compete to frame Kennedy legacy
WASHINGTON (AP) — Liberals and conservatives, at odds over health care, are competing to use the legacy of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy to further their goals. The left claims the Senate’s liberal champion would have settled for nothing less than universal care and a new government-run insurance option. Republican foes of those ideas say the Democrats should take a lesson from Kennedy’s gift for cutting a pragmatic deal and sacrifice some of their priorities in the interest of a bargain the GOP could support. The White House appears intent on staying out of an unseemly political debate that’s unfolding even before Kennedy is laid to rest, saying that President Barack Obama has no intention of refereeing disputes over the Massachusetts Democrat’s memory. “There will be a time when it’s appropriate to have discussions on different ramifications, but I don’t think anybody thinks that now is it,” Bill Burton, a White House spokesman, said this week. But even Obama’s secretary of health and human services got into the act on Friday, telling seniors at a wellness center in a former theater named for Kennedy’s family that the driving question on health care should be: “What would Teddy do?” It’s a question that defies a clear or obvious answer, and it may hold little relevance at a time when the health overhaul — and with it a major piece of Obama’s own legacy — is teetering. But Kennedy’s memory has become a kind of Rorschach test in the debate, with both sides seeing what they want to see in his example. “There is going to be a battle over his legacy on health care,” said Roger Hickey of the liberal Campaign for America’s Future. Despite Republican contentions that
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Mourners hold signs as they wait in line outside the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library to pay their respects to Sen. Edward M. Kennedy Friday morning in Boston.
honoring Kennedy means compromise, he said, “No one wants to pass a half-measure in tribute to Ted Kennedy. ... There will be a stronger push to pass comprehensive health care reform because of (his) passing.” Kennedy’s friend, Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., has suggested naming the health overhaul legislation after Kennedy, and a liberal political action committee, the Progressive Change Campaign Committee PAC, has launched a Web site, www.HonorKennedy.com, to press for passage of legislation that reads like a Democratic wish-list and is anathema to GOP lawmakers. The group has gathered 40,000 signatures on a petition to be delivered to Capitol Hill Monday that urges senators to name the measure, which passed the Senate health committee last month, “The Kennedy Bill,” and pass it — “and nothing less.”
Such calls have drawn loud protests from some on the right, where conservative commentators are accusing Democrats of a crass effort to use Kennedy’s death to further their political fortunes. “They’re going to turn this into the biggest political rally you’ve ever seen. They can’t help themselves,” said radio host Rush Limbaugh. Conservatives have also tried to use Kennedy’s death after a long illness to score their own points in the health care debate. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Hukabee said Thursday on his radio show that it would be absurd to enact a farreaching health overhaul in Kennedy’s name when he “gave us the most shining example of why this particular bill is so bad.” Huckabee suggested that Democrats “would devalue older people’s lives, or encourage them to accept less care to save money” and
noted that Kennedy by contrast chose a costly operation and painful follow-up treatments in the face of his own terminal diagnosis. Democrats dispute that the elderly would be denied appropriate terminal care under their proposals. Among Senate Republicans, some see Kennedy’s death as a different kind of rallying cry — one for reviving a spirit of compromise that might prompt Democrats to put aside their favorite — but more politically difficult — ideas to attract GOP support. Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, an ideological adversary of Kennedy’s who nonetheless had frequently teamed with him to cut deals on tough issues, said the colleague he knew would have at least been willing to consider tempering his party’s demands if it meant a broad health care bargain. “If (Kennedy) was there, even though he would want a single payer system and
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always wanted it, he would listen. I’ll put it that way,” Hatch said. Former Sen. Bob Dole, R-Kan., said the two parties would be much closer to a deal had Kennedy not been ill and absent during most of the year’s contentious debate. Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., said there would probably have been an agreement by now. Some conservative analysts were even more certain. “Ted Kennedy would have been willing to jettison the public plan. He would have been willing to jettison more controversial aspects of the health care bill to get it passed,” said Brian Darling of the conservative Heritage Foundation. Immediately after Kennedy died, Obama aides began worrying privately that the left flank of their party might try to use his passing as a call to action for a health care overhaul more to their liking. They were concerned such a push could produce a backlash and alienate Republicans the administration is desperately courting. It’s not at all certain that Kennedy’s death will have an impact on the health care debate.
After all, he’s been absent from the high-stakes negotiations over its key elements virtually all year. While his staff has been deeply involved in the talks, it’s been clear since Kennedy’s diagnosis last year with a serious form of brain cancer that he would not be a broker as he was on many previous debates on health care, education and immigration. “This whole year has in essence been the post-Kennedy era,” said Joseph Antos, a health policy analyst at the conservative American Enterprise Institute. “This isn’t a matter of guessing what a great man would have done; this is a matter of solving real problems now.”
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Nation/State Today Wildfire spreading
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities say a wildfire sending massive plumes of smoke into the sky north of Los Angeles has knocked out power to more than 160 homes and prompted evacuations in a number of mountain communities. Forest Service spokeswoman Rachel Mailo says mandatory evacuations have been extended Saturday into neighborhoods in the canyons on the northwestern edge of Altadena.
Checks lure fugitives
MIAMI (AP) — Police in Florida are using the promise of a stimulus check to make some arrests. Authorities in Fort Lauderdale say they sent letters to fugitives offering them stimulus money. The suspects were asked to call a hot line and set up an appointment to pickup a check from an auditorium where “South Florida Stimulus Coalition” banners hung. When the fugitives arrived, they were identified and about 75 were arrested on offenses ranging from grand theft to fraud to attempted murder.
7 people found slain
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Seven people were killed and two critically injured at a mobile home located on a historic plantation in southeastern
Georgia, officials said Saturday. The county’s police chief, Matt Doering, said authorities discovered the victims when responding to a 911 call shortly after 8 a.m. Saturday.
NC 911 dispatcher fired DURHAM (AP) — A 911 dispatcher in North Carolina has been fired after she caused a four-minute delay for firefighters responding to a blaze that killed a 74-year-old man in Durham home. Multiple media outlets reported that a neighbor across the street from Marvin Jacobs’ home called 911 on Aug. 17 from an Internetbased phone that failed to give her address. Emergency officials say Theresa Hopkins didn’t understand the caller and sent firefighters to a similarsounding street on the other side of the city.
Parasail accident kills 2 OCEAN ISLE (AP) — The Coast Guard says it is investigating a parasailing accident that killed two women near the Ocean Isle Beach Pier in North Carolina. The Coast Guard says an initial report indicates that the rope on the women’s parasail separated from the boat it was connected to Friday afternoon. Coast Guard investigators are interviewing witnesses.
Kate Caroline Swain celebrated her 1st birthday on July 7th and her brother, Brady O’Neal Swain celebrated his 2nd birthday on July 10th.
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Security personnel for the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Richard Lyons, left, of Titusville, Fla., and Pat Phillips of Cocoa, Fla. watch the Space Shuttle Discovery streak across the sky after its launch Friday in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
Kidnapping suspect scrutinized by police ANTIOCH, Calif. (AP) — Police on Saturday searched the home of a California couple charged with kidnapping a little girl 18 years ago looking for evidence linking them to other open cases in the area, including the unsolved murders of prostitutes. The investigations are “preliminary,” said Jimmy Lee, a spokesman for the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Department, east of San Francisco Bay. He declined to discuss what cases were being reviewed. Police in Pittsburg are investigating whether Phillip Garrido, whose home is in nearby Antioch, is linked to several unsolved murders of prostitutes in the early 1990s. Antioch police are also looking into unsolved cases but declined further details. About a dozen agents scoured the modest house and the acre of land it sat on Saturday afternoon as the temperature soared into triple digits. Residents on the once-quiet street complained about the media circus that has engulfed their working class neighborhood since the arrest of Phillip and Nancy Garrido on Wednesday. Television trucks were parked on both sides of the street and about a dozen journalists paced in front of the home, which was cordoned with yellow, crime-scene tape. Phillip and Nancy Garrido are in jail, suspected of abducting Dugard 18 years ago and subjecting her to nearly a lifetime of torment in a squalid backyard compound. They pleaded not guilty Friday to a total of 29 counts, including forcible abduction, rape and false imprisonment. Authorities say Jaycee Lee Dugard, the little girl abducted in 1991 who is now 29, has had two daughters with Garrido. Neighbors in Antioch had complained to law enforcement that a psychotic sex addict was in their midst, alarmed that Phillip Garrido was housing young girls in backyard tents. A deputy showed up to investigate, but never went beyond the front porch. Probation officers showed up at the home, too, but had no inkling that his backyard was actually a labyrinth of tents, sheds and buildings that were Dugard’s prison. They didn’t even know he had children on the premises. Garrido wore a GPS-linked ankle bracelet that tracked his every movement, the result of earlier sex-crime convictions in Nevada. Outrage came as the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Department acknowledged it missed an opportunity to arrest Garrido in 2006 after the neighbor’s complaint about children living in the yard. “I cannot change the course of events but we are beating ourselves up over this and continue to do so,” Sheriff Warren E. Rupf said Friday. “We should have been more inquisi-
tive, more curious and turned over a rock or two.” Garrido gave a rambling, sometimes incoherent phone interview to KCRA-TV from the county jail Thursday, saying he didn’t admit the alleged kidnapping to investigators and that he had turned his life around since the birth of his first daughter 15 years ago. Garrido came under suspicion in the unsolved murders of several prostitutes in the 1990s, raising the prospect he was a serial killer as well. Several of the women’s bodies — the exact number is not known — were dumped near an industrial park where Garrido worked during the 1990s. Dugard, now 29, was reunited with her mother, sister and another relative Thursday. She is said to be in good health, but feeling guilty about developing a bond with Garrido, said her stepfather Carl Probyn. Her two children, 11 and 15, remain with her. “Jaycee has strong feelings with this guy. She really feels it’s almost like a marriage,” said Probyn, who was there when little Jaycee was snatched from a bus stop in 1991 and has been in contact with her mother since they found out the girl was alive. “Hi, mom, I have babies,” was Dugard’s first words to her mother when they were reunited Thursday, Probyn said, adding it appears she never told them she was kidnapped by their father. She is now free thanks in large part to two quick-thinking police employees at the University of California, Berkeley. Garrido was on campus with his two daughters earlier this week saying he wanted to hold some sort of religious event. Garrido seemed incoherent and mentally unstable, and the girls wore drab-colored dresses, were unusually subdued and had an unnaturally pale complexion, said Lisa Campbell, a special-events unit manager with UC Berkeley’s police department. Garrido’s parole officer was alerted. On Wednesday, Garrido arrived at the probation officer’s building with his wife, the two girls and a woman who initially identified herself as Allissa — who was in fact Dugard. Investigators said Garrido confessed to the kidnapping. Authorities say they do not yet know whether Dugard ever tried to escape or alert anyone of her whereabouts. During her period of captivity Garrido did a stint behind bars. After his release, Garrido met with his parole agent several times each month and was subject to routine surprise home visits and random drug and alcohol tests, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation spokesman Gordon Hinkle said. The last unannounced visit by a team of local police agencies was conducted in July 2008.
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Admiral says U.S. bungling Muslim outreach
WASHINGTON (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The U.S. military is bungling its outreach to the Muslim world and squandering good will by failing to live up to its promises, the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s highest-ranking military officer wrote Friday. Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there is too much emphasis on telling the U.S. story and not enough on building trust and credibility.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;We hurt ourselves and the message we are trying to send when it appears we are doing something merely for the credit,â&#x20AC;? Mullen wrote in an essay published in a military journal. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We hurt ourselves more when our words donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t align with our actions.â&#x20AC;? Mullen said he dislikes the
We hurt ourselves and the message we are trying to send when it appears we are doing something merely for the credit. We hurt ourselves more when our words donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t align with our actions. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Adm. Mike Mullen Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
militaryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s focus on â&#x20AC;&#x153;strategic communications,â&#x20AC;? which he said has become a cottage industry where the shaping of a message eclipses what that message says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Most strategic communication problems are not communicatons problems at all,â&#x20AC;? Mullen wrote. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They are policy and execution problems.â&#x20AC;? Efforts to reach out to the Middle East and elsewhere in the Muslim world is a main priority of the vast
communications and public relations machinery of the Defense Department. Mullen suggested that much of the effort is wasted, or at least misdirected. Public opinion in the Muslim world would seem to bear him out. A survey of two dozen nations conducted this spring found that positive public attitudes toward the United States have surged in many parts of the world
News Notes Kidnapper extradited
WASHINGTON (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Fourteen years after a mass kidnapping of four Americans and other vacationers at a Philippine resort, an alleged Muslim militant accused of leading the hostage-taking has been brought to the United States to face criminal charges. Madhatta Haipe, a Philippine citizen who prosecutors say is a member of the violent al-Qaida-linked militant group Abu Sayyaf, was extradited Thursday after being held in his home country for at least three months.
More postal cuts possible
WASHINGTON (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The number of post offices being considered for possible closure to save money seems to be growing. The Postal Service faces a potential deficit of $7 billion this fiscal year and has been looking for ways to save, including buyouts, spending cuts and closing offices.
since President Barack Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s election, but not in most of the Arab and Muslim world. The poll registered continuing levels of profound distrust about U.S. influence and motives among Muslims, particularly in Turkey, Pakistan and the Palestinian territories. There, the report from the nonpartisan Pew Research Center said, animosity toward the United States â&#x20AC;&#x153;continues to run deep and unabated.â&#x20AC;? U.S. intelligence considers Pakistan, a nuclear-armed Muslim country that Mullen has made a priority with nearly a dozen visits over the past 18 months, among the most profoundly anti-American places on Earth.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates frequently remarks that the United States has let itself be â&#x20AC;&#x153;out-communicated by men living in caves,â&#x20AC;? a wry reference to the skill with which al-Qaida uses the Internet to distribute its messages and capitalize on U.S. failings. Mullen noted one of those failings, the abuse of Iraqi detainees at the Abu Ghraib prison, but he said the problem isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the skill of the communicators. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our biggest problem isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t caves, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s credibility,â&#x20AC;? Mullen wrote in the Joint Force Quarterly. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our messages lack credibility because we havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t invested enough in building trust and relationships, and we havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always delivered on promises.â&#x20AC;?
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Judge dismisses case WASHINGTON (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A judge has dismissed a major international drug case after the prosecution fell apart and ordered that the alleged dealer should not be charged again. Chinese-Mexican businessman Zhenli Ye Gon has been jailed for two years on charges of importing methamphetamine from Mexico into the United States. Authorities said they seized more than $205 million, the largest drug-related cash seizure in history, from his Mexico City mansion when he was arrested.
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Nation/world World Today Civilians reported kidnapped
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — An armed group kidnapped two foreign civilians working for the U.N.-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur on Saturday, a spokesman for the peacekeepers said. The peacekeeping mission has made contact with the kidnappers, who took the two civilians at about 4:30 a.m. from their home in Zalingei, some 60 miles (100 kilometers) southeast of the West Darfur capital of al-Geneina, spokesman Noureddine Mezni told The Associated Press. He did not reveal the names or nationalities of the kidnap victims.
Leader of the main opposition party, the Democratic Party of Japan, Yukio Hatoyama, center, waves to the supporters in downtown Tokyo during the last day of the Parliament’s lower house election campaign in Tokyo, Japan, Saturday.
Bomber training camp destroyed
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Helicopter gunships destroyed a training camp for suicide bombers in Pakistan’s northwestern Swat Valley, killing six Taliban fighters in an area the government had already declared clear of militants, an official said Saturday. The camp’s trainees — including teenagers — were responsible for at least three attacks in recent weeks, an army spokesman said. Pakistan’s army says it is restoring security in Swat and surrounding areas after a three-month offensive wrested the valley back from Taliban control, but suicide attacks and skirmishes continue, with reports Saturday of scattered violence killing at least 12 more suspected militants.
Karzai widens lead in Afghan race KABUL (AP) — President Hamid Karzai widened his lead over his main challenger in election returns released Saturday, creeping toward the 50 percent mark that would enable him to avoid a run-off in the divisive presidential contest. Karzai’s top challenger Abdullah Abdullah stepped up his fraud charges, raising doubts whether the former foreign minister’s followers would accept the incumbent if he wins. Accusations of fraud in the Aug. 20 vote have poured into the Electoral Complaint Commission, which must investigate the allegations before final results can be announced. Fraud allegations from Abdullah and other presidential candidates as well as low turnout in the violent south could strip the election of legitimacy.
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Japan’s ruling party is under dog TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s ruling conservative party, battered by a laggard economy and voter desire for change after more than half a century of virtual one-party rule, was expected to suffer an overwhelming defeat Sunday in hotly contested elections. The Liberal Democratic Party, which has governed Japan for all but 11 months since 1955, went into the elections with all major polls projecting they would lose control of the lower house of parliament. That would likely mean the fall of Prime Minister Taro Aso and his Cabinet and the creation of a new government headed by centrist Democratic Party of Japan chief Yukio Hatoyama — who would become the first prime minister not backed by the LDP since 1994. The vote is widely seen as a barometer of two related issues — voter frustrations over the ailing economy, which is in one of its worst slumps since World War II, and a loss of confidence in the Liberal Democrats’ ability to tackle tough problems such as the rising national debt and rap-
idly aging population. But even with severe challenges pressing the nation, many analysts said the vote may not be about the issues so much as voters’ general desire for something new after nearly 54 years under the Liberal Democrats. They also note that although the Democrats promise to change Japan’s approach on the economy and make Tokyo’s diplomacy less U.S.-centric, their founders are both defectors from the Liberal Democrats and are not likely to present too radical a departure from Japan’s current path. “The election is more about emotions than policies,” Tokyo University political science professor Takashi Mikuriya said in a televised interview. “Most voters are making the decision not about policies but about whether they are fed up with the ruling party.” Japanese media predict a high voter turnout. The Yomiuri, the country’s largest newspaper, reported Saturday that analysts and most political parties are expecting turnout to be higher than the
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67.5 percent in the previous lower house elections in 2005, and could go as high as 70 percent. Trying to cut the ruling party’s losses, Aso — whose own support ratings have recently sagged to a dismal 20 percent — called on voters in a final pitch Saturday to stick with his party, saying the Democrats are untested and unable to lead. “Can you trust these people? It’s a problem if you feel uneasy whether they can really run this country,” Aso told a crowd outside Tokyo. Aso said more time is needed for economic reforms aimed at pulling the country out of its economic doldrums and asked for support “so our government can accomplish our economic measures.” He and the ruling party have stressed that they are the stewards of Japan’s rise from the ashes of World War II into one of the world’s biggest economic powers, and they are best equipped to get it out of its current morass. But that argument has taken a beating.
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Off The Wall Scott Bowers
The other shade of N.C. blue There are so very many things that I love about my children; and I suppose for the cynics that line is a statement of the obvious, but please hang with me a second longer. Gideon, our soon-to-be professional ice cream maker and astronaut (yes, his mother and I are very proud), headed off to school this past week. Gid-Bo is back in More at Four and his teachers dropped by for a home visit, to talk with my wife and I about the little details that go into a More at Four school year. Hey, so long as the kid can drive by June it will be a successful year. Mrs. Lail, Gid-Bo’s teacher, asked our budding Indiana Jones impersonator what foods he wouldn’t eat. Gideon thought for a moment and then replied, “Whale.” Now, he loves fish and so his decision to not eat Rutherford County whale caught me off guard a little bit. I certainly thought I had raised a young man that would eat whale. But, nope, he isn’t going to do it. And, I can’t blame him. I have had several conversations with our county’s small, but loyal, Duke fans. The vast majority of Duke fans only speak to me during basketball season. This summer, however, with optimism running high, several have stopped me at locations ranging from Sandy Mush to Gilkey to talk about (gasp) Blue Devils’ football. Now, I’ll admit I always thought Blue Devils’ football was a myth; kind of like a gridiron tooth fairy. It’s one of those stories that I use to scare my kids when they’re acting up: “If you three don’t settle down, I’ll call the Blue Devils’ football team over here.” “Noooo, daddy. We’ll be good, we promise.” Well, it turns out that there really is a Blue Devils football team. And, apparently, they’re those who believe they may win football games. I know you cynics out there are probably incredulous at this point, saying, ‘wow, this Bowers fella has gone Off the Wall. Honey, listen to this ...’ But, no, these people really exist. The other day, a young man named Thaddeus Lewis, who is suspected of being the quarterback on the Blue Devils football team, said that he believes the team can make a bowl game. Duke plays four preseason Top 25 teams: No. 7 Virginia Tech, No. 15 Georgia Tech, No. 21 North Carolina and No. 25 Kansas. In addition, the Blue Devils will face Wake Forest, Miami, Virginia and Maryland. Of those eight games, how many do they win? One, maybe two. When Mrs. Lail laid before Gid-Bo’s four-year old mind all the possible food combinations that the lunchroom staff at Mt. Vernon-Ruth may come up with, he immediately decided he wasn’t going to eat whale, if it was served. When folks lay out before my 41-year old mind all the possible bowl-eligible college football teams, by season’s end, I just don’t think I can swallow the Blue Devils. But, that doesn’t mean it won’t happen. Which brings us full circle to the things that I love about my children — they can see all the possibilites, including a lunchroom menu that may feature whale one afternoon.
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Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy’s Will Beam (22) delivers a pass during the football game against Saint Joseph Catholic School, Friday. Saint Joseph came away with a 29-12 win in the first varisty football game played in Avondale in roughly five decades.
Toppers stay perfect; Gryphons begin By SCOTT BOWERS and KEVIN CARVER Sports Reporters
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Central’s Oddie Murray looks to break free on a run against East Henderson during the football game, Friday, at R-S Central. Murray was held to 78 yards and a touchdown, but the Hilltoppers spread the ball around in a 34-14 win.
FOREST CITY — The second week of the NCHSAA prep football season found all four Rutherford County schools on the gridiron. The county went 1-3 overall, with Central claiming the lone win, 34-14, over East Henderson. The Friday night action also featured the varsity football debut of Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy. The Gryphons claimed a 6-0 lead, but fell 29-12 to visiting Saint Joseph Catholic School. The most serious news came from the East Rutherford-Forestview game in Gastonia. East’s Matt Murray was removed from the field by stretcher after losing movement in his arms and legs. The game was halted and eventually stopped by coaches agreement with just over a minute remaining to play. Murray was taken to Cleveland Regional where, according to Cavaliers’ head coach Clint Bland, all x-rays for damage to the spinal cord were negative. Murray is suffering from a concussion, according to Bland. In addition to Murray, East’s Ricky Wilkerson also suffered a concussion and was also taken to Cleveland Regional for
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Game 3: Ravens at Panthers
Baltimore Ravens’ Todd Heap (86) catches a touchdown pass as Carolina Panthers’ Na’il Diggs (53) defends. Carolina Panthers’ Jake Delhomme (17) throws a pass. Carolina Panthers’ Mike Goodson (33) is stopped by Baltimore Ravens’ Kelly Talavou (98), Jarret Johnson (95), and Dawan Landry, bottom, during a preseason NFL football game in Charlotte, Saturday. At press time, the Ravens lead, 17-10. Associated Press
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Scoreboard BASEBALL National League East Division W L Pct 74 52 .587 67 61 .523 67 61 .523 58 72 .446 46 83 .357 Central Division W L Pct St. Louis 75 55 .577 Chicago 65 62 .512 Houston 62 66 .484 Milwaukee 62 66 .484 Cincinnati 56 72 .438 Pittsburgh 53 73 .421 West Division W L Pct Los Angeles 77 53 .592 Colorado 72 57 .558 San Francisco 70 59 .543 Arizona 57 72 .442 San Diego 55 75 .423 Philadelphia Atlanta Florida New York Washington
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Phil Mickelson hits his tee shot on the 16 hole during the third round of The Barclays golf tournament, Saturday at Liberty National Golf Club in Jersey City, N.J.
Marino, Goydos share the Barclays lead
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Steve Marino ran off three straight birdies late in the third round Saturday for a 3-under 68 to catch Paul Goydos for a share of the lead at The Barclays and give himself another shot at his first PGA Tour victory. On a Liberty National course shortened by 355 yards — Tiger Woods said it was like playing the “ladies tees” — a bunch of other players felt the same way about their chances. That includes Woods. Despite missing six putts inside 12 feet — one of them for eagle — Woods made two big pars on the back nine and shot a 67 that left him five shots out of the lead going into the final round. Goydos made his move early with three straight birdies that put him atop the leaderboard throughout most of the day. On holes where everyone was picking up birdies, however, Goydos settled for pars and shot a 68. “If you told me on Thursday I would have to play and start Sunday tied for the lead, I wouldn’t play,” Goydos said. Goydos and Marino were at 9-under 204, two shots clear of 24-year-old rookie Webb Simpson (72) and Fredrik Jacobson (68). Steve Stricker had a 68 and was three shots behind at 207. The Barclays is the only PGA Tour event Woods has played at least three times without finishing in the top 10. He was among 11 players separated by five shots going into the final round. Marino lost in a playoff at Colonial this year, and he shared the 36-hole lead with Tom Watson at the British Open. He figures that being in the mix for a title can only serve him well, and Marino should find out how much on Sunday. “I felt like I was ready to win back then, too,” Marino said. “It just didn’t turn out that way. I just feel like I’m playing real well right now, and I’m going to do the best I can. I think if I play well, I’ll have a good chance to win the golf tournament.” There is plenty of other inexperience with him. Simpson, who was in Q-school eight months ago, is trying to become the first rookie to win on the PGA Tour this year. He did well to stay in contention after badly pulling his tee shot into the water on the par-3 11th and taking triple bogey. Jacobson has never won a PGA Tour event in his six years as a full member. Woods, however, also has company. After getting up-and-down from 190 yards for par on the 13th, and making a 12-foot par putt on his final hole, he was at 4-under 209 along with Padraig Harrington and Zach Johnson. Liberty National, described throughout the week as long and hard, received a new identity in the third round. “They are playing the ladies’ tees most of the day,” Woods said. The tees were moved forward so far that the course was only 7,064 yards. The two biggest changes presented the biggest problems for Woods as he tried to get closer to the leaders. The par-5 13th was only 509 yards (54 yards shorter), and Woods had to hit 3-wood off the tee to keep it short of the water.
GB — 8 8 18 29 1/2 GB — 8 1/2 12 12 18 20 GB — 4 1/2 6 1/2 19 1/2 22
Friday’s Games Chicago Cubs 5, N.Y. Mets 2 Philadelphia 4, Atlanta 2 Cincinnati 4, L.A. Dodgers 2 San Diego 9, Florida 5 Milwaukee 8, Pittsburgh 6 St. Louis 3, Washington 2 Arizona 14, Houston 7 San Francisco 2, Colorado 0 Saturday’s Games L.A. Dodgers 11, Cincinnati 4 Chicago Cubs 11, N.Y. Mets 4 San Diego 7, Florida 4 Atlanta at Philadelphia, late Pittsburgh at Milwaukee, late St. Louis 9, Washington 4 Houston at Arizona, late Colorado at San Francisco, late Sunday’s Games L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 8-7) at Cincinnati (Arroyo 11-12), 1:10 p.m. San Diego (Latos 4-3) at Florida (West 5-5), 1:10 p.m. Pittsburgh (Ohlendorf 11-8) at Milwaukee (Suppan 5-8), 2:05 p.m. Washington (Mock 3-5) at St. Louis (Wainwright 15-7), 2:15 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Figueroa 1-3) at Chicago Cubs (Zambrano 7-5), 2:20 p.m. Colorado (Hammel 8-7) at San Francisco (Cain 12-4), 4:05 p.m. Houston (W.Rodriguez 12-8) at Arizona (Haren 12-8), 4:10 p.m. Atlanta (Jurrjens 10-8) at Philadelphia (Blanton 8-6), 8:05 p.m. Monday’s Games Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 1:10 p.m., 1st game Atlanta at Florida, 7:10 p.m. Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m., 2nd game Houston at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m. Washington at San Diego, 10:05 p.m. Arizona at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m. American League New York Boston Tampa Bay Toronto Baltimore Detroit Minnesota Chicago Cleveland Kansas City Los Angeles Texas Seattle Oakland
East Division W L Pct 81 48 .628 74 54 .578 69 58 .543 58 68 .460 53 76 .411 Central Division W L Pct 68 59 .535 64 64 .500 64 66 .492 57 71 .445 49 79 .383 West Division W L Pct 76 51 .598 71 56 .559 67 62 .519 56 72 .438
GB — 6 1/2 11 21 1/2 28 GB — 4 1/2 5 1/2 11 1/2 19 1/2 GB — 5 10 20 1/2
Friday’s Games N.Y. Yankees 5, Chicago White Sox 2, 10 innings Baltimore 13, Cleveland 4 Detroit 6, Tampa Bay 2 Boston 6, Toronto 5 Minnesota 3, Texas 2 L.A. Angels 11, Oakland 7 Seattle 6, Kansas City 3
Saturday’s Games N.Y. Yankees 10, Chicago White Sox 0 Tampa Bay 3, Detroit 1 Cleveland at Baltimore, rain delay Texas 3, Minnesota, 0 Toronto at Boston, late Oakland at L.A. Angels, late Kansas City at Seattle, late Sunday’s Games Chicago White Sox (Garcia 0-1) at N.Y. Yankees (Chamberlain 8-4), 1:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (Niemann 12-5) at Detroit (Verlander 14-7), 1:05 p.m. Cleveland (Masterson 4-5) at Baltimore (Matusz 2-2), 1:35 p.m. Toronto (Halladay 13-7) at Boston (Lester 10-7), 1:35 p.m. Texas (Millwood 10-8) at Minnesota (S.Baker 12-7), 2:10 p.m. Oakland (Bre.Anderson 7-9) at L.A. Angels (Lackey 8-7), 3:35 p.m. Kansas City (Greinke 12-8) at Seattle (RowlandSmith 2-1), 4:10 p.m. Monday’s Games Tampa Bay at Detroit, 1:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m. Toronto at Texas, 8:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m. Kansas City at Oakland, 10:05 p.m. L.A. Angels at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.
FOOTBALL AMERICAN CONFERENCE East L T Pct PF 0 0 1.000 49 1 0 .667 60 2 0 .333 66 2 0 .000 43 South W L T Pct PF Tennessee 2 1 0 .667 58 Houston 1 1 0 .500 30 Indianapolis 1 2 0 .333 42 Jacksonville 0 3 0 .000 65 North W L T Pct PF Baltimore 2 0 0 1.000 47 Cleveland 1 1 0 .500 27 Pittsburgh 1 1 0 .500 33 Cincinnati 1 2 0 .333 35 West W L T Pct PF San Diego 1 1 0 .500 31 Oakland 1 2 0 .333 58 Denver 0 2 0 .000 29 Kansas City 0 2 0 .000 23 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF Dallas 1 1 0 .500 40 N.Y. Giants 1 1 0 .500 27 Philadelphia 1 2 0 .333 73 Washington 1 2 0 .333 41 South W L T Pct PF New Orleans 3 0 0 1.000 100 Atlanta 1 1 0 .500 46 Tampa Bay 1 2 0 .333 50 Carolina 0 2 0 .000 34 North W L T Pct PF Green Bay 3 0 0 1.000 92 Minnesota 2 0 0 1.000 30 Detroit 2 1 0 .667 55 Chicago 1 1 0 .500 37 West W L T Pct PF San Francisco 2 0 0 1.000 38 Seattle 2 0 0 1.000 47 St. Louis 2 1 0 .667 60 Arizona 0 3 0 .000 53
BASKETBALL Women’s National Basketball Association
National Football League Preseason Glance W Miami 3 New England 2 Buffalo 1 N.Y. Jets 0
N.Y. Jets at N.Y. Giants, late San Francisco at Dallas, late Seattle at Kansas City, late Baltimore at Carolina, late Sunday’s Games Chicago at Denver, 8 p.m. Monday’s Game Minnesota at Houston, 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 3 Detroit at Buffalo, 6:30 p.m. Philadelphia at N.Y. Jets, 7 p.m. Baltimore at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. Indianapolis at Cincinnati, 7:30 p.m. N.Y. Giants at New England, 7:30 p.m. Washington at Jacksonville, 7:30 p.m. Cleveland at Chicago, 8 p.m. Green Bay at Tennessee, 8 p.m. Kansas City at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Miami at New Orleans, 8 p.m. Pittsburgh at Carolina, 8 p.m. Arizona at Denver, 9 p.m. Oakland at Seattle, 10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 4 Houston at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m. Dallas at Minnesota, 8 p.m. San Francisco at San Diego, 10 p.m. End of Preseason
PA 32 56 72 47 PA 68 48 46 68 PA 23 27 27 47 PA 26 76 44 33 PA 41 34 82 63 PA 28 40 60 51 PA 58 16 70 30 PA 36 27 61 81
Thursday’s Games Philadelphia 33, Jacksonville 32 St. Louis 24, Cincinnati 21 Miami 10, Tampa Bay 6 Friday’s Games New England 27, Washington 24 Green Bay 44, Arizona 37 Saturday’s Games Detroit 18, Indianapolis 17 New Orleans 45, Oakland 7 Pittsburgh 17, Buffalo 0 Tennessee at Cleveland, late San Diego at Atlanta, late
EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct Indiana 20 7 .741 Atlanta 15 13 .536 Connecticut 14 14 .500 Chicago 14 15 .483 Detroit 13 15 .464 Washington 13 15 .464 New York 11 17 .393 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct Phoenix 19 9 .679 Seattle 17 11 .607 Los Angeles 14 14 .500 Minnesota 12 16 .429 San Antonio 12 17 .414 Sacramento 9 20 .310
GB — 5 1/2 6 1/2 7 7 1/2 7 1/2 9 1/2 GB — 2 5 7 7 1/2 10 1/2
Friday’s Games Minnesota 100, Sacramento 95 Chicago 96, New York 77 Saturday’s Games San Antonio 100, Detroit 88, OT Sacramento at Indiana, late Atlanta at Seattle, late Connecticut at Phoenix, late Sunday’s Games Chicago at New York, 4 p.m. Minnesota at Washington, 4 p.m. Connecticut at Los Angeles, 9:30 p.m.
SOCCER Major League Soccer EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF Columbus 10 3 9 39 34 Chicago 10 5 8 38 33 Toronto FC 8 8 7 31 30 New England 8 6 6 30 24 D.C. 6 5 11 29 34 Kansas City 5 9 6 21 20 New York 3 16 4 13 19 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF Houston 11 6 7 40 31 Los Angeles 8 4 11 35 27 Seattle 8 6 10 34 29 Chivas USA 10 8 3 33 23 Colorado 8 7 6 30 34 Real Salt Lake 8 9 6 30 34 FC Dallas 6 11 5 23 31 San Jose 5 11 5 20 26
GA 24 27 33 25 34 28 41 GA 21 23 23 23 27 27 35 38
Saturday’s Games Seattle FC 0, Toronto FC 0, tie San Jose at New England, late D.C. United at Chicago, late Real Salt Lake at Kansas City, late Chivas USA at Los Angeles, late Sunday’s Games Houston at Colorado, 3 p.m. Columbus at New York, 6 p.m. Saturday, September 5 Kansas City at New England, 7:30 p.m. D.C. United at FC Dallas, 8 p.m. Toronto FC at Colorado, 10 p.m.
Kenny Wallace to fans: Merci! MONTREAL (AP) — The back bumper of Kenny Wallace’s No. 28 had “Merci Fans!” emblazoned across it on Saturday and thousands of names in tiny black letters were all over the bright red Border Patrol Chevy. That was a way to thank the more than 5,000 people who donated money so Wallace could race north of the border on Sunday at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in the Nationwide Series. The U.S. Border Patrol won’t back the car in events outside the United States. Wallace’s fans learned of his sponsor predicament when he wrote about it on his Facebook page early this year. Fans who contributed $20 or more will have his or her name on the car for the race and after the event will receive a photo of the car with Wallace’s autograph. Among the contributors was Canadian driver Patrick Carpentier. “He gave me 20 bucks,” Wallace said with a smile. Among the names on the car are two deceased drivers who were wildly popular in their
day: Dale Earnhardt and Benny Parsons. Despite the fanfare, Wallace said he was treating the weekend like any other. “Every action we make and how I drive cannot be about the fan car,” said Wallace, who qualified 38th in the rain. “Once you come in the gate, it’s game on. It’s business as usual. If the crew makes pit calls according to how much pride we feel with the fans, we won’t operate normally. “We’ll see how we end up. We’re not 12th in the points because we’re bozos.” EARNHARDT THE ROADIE: The late Dale Earnhardt was no slouch at road racing — he won at Sonoma in 1995 and captured three poles at Watkins Glen in his career. Grandson Jeffrey Earnhardt seems a chip off the old block. The 20-year-old son of Kerry Earnhardt, trying to break into NASCAR’s second-tier series, made his first career Nationwide start three weeks ago on the road course at Watkins Glen and
Very nice car.
finished a respectable 24th. Jeffrey Earnhardt’s second career Nationwide start will come on the street course in Montreal on Sunday, and he’s apparently a fast learner. He clocked the eighth-fastest time before morning practice was cut short by rain. “I don’t know, it’s just something I took to. I was real iffy about it at first,” said Earnhardt, who has raced late model stock cars the past two years in the NASCAR Camping World Series East. “Then, after I ran a few laps and got the feel of everything it actually was a lot of fun. I was having a blast out there, going sideways.” Until he hit a wall and crumpled the right front fender of his No. 40 Key Motorsports Chevy. “I just hit a puddle of water, hydroplaned, and drove straight into the wall,” he said. “She wouldn’t turn or nothing. It wasn’t too bad. We’ve got it fixed now. We should be good to go. I think we’ll be good to go.” He was. Earnhardt qualified 25th on the rainswept street course.
The Sunday Courier, Forest City, NC, Sunday, August 30, 2009 — 3B
sports Chesnee 35, Chase 7 CT — 0 0 7 0 — 7 CE — 7 0 0 28 — 35
First Quarter CE — J. Jones 6 yard run (A. Watford PAT) Third Quarter CT — J. Miller 7 yard run (B. Moffitt PAT) Fourth Quarter CE — D. Rowland 33 yard run (A. Watford PAT) CE — R. Hughes 25 yard run (A. Watford PAT) CE — D. Rowland 4 yard run (A. Watford PAT) CE — J. Martin 10 yard pass from D. Rowland (A. Watford PAT)
RUSHING CT — D. Hines 16-65; J. Miller 9-46-TD; T. Gaffney 6-3; T. McMullens 4-(-9); D. Gossett 2-20; T. Gossett 1-(-2) CE — J. Jones 12-28-TD; D. Rowland 9-44-2 TD; R. Hughes 5-65-TD PASSING CT — T. Gaffney 1-2-14; D. Gossett 0-3-2 INT CE — D. Rowland 3-10-INT-43-TD RECEIVING CT — K. Crawford 1-14 CE — R. Hughes 2-33; J. Martin 1-10-TD
Forestview 19, East Rutherford 7 ER — 0 0 7 0 — 7 FV — 7 12 0 0 — 19
First quarter FV – K. Jeter 9 yard run (M. Florence kick) Second quarter FV – K. Jeter 11 yard run (kick failed) FV – K. Jeter 9 yard run (2-point failed) Third quarter ER – L. Watkins 18 yard pass from M. Stamey (R. Bailey kick) note: stats incomplete RUSHING ER — T. Hamilton 18-90; A. Wilkins 5-41 FV — K. Jeter 17-149-3 TD
R-S Central 34, East Henderson 14 EH — 7 0 0 7 — 14 RS — 7 13 14 0 — 34 First Quarter EH —T. Arrowood 3-yard run (B. Chipol PAT) RS — O. Murray 5-yard run (C. Owens PAT) Second Quarter RS — C. Green 2-yard run (C. Owens PAT) RS — C. Green 1-yard run (PAT missed) Third Quarter RS — W. Lynch 35-yard run (C. Owens PAT) RS — L. Brown 1-yard run (C. Owens PAT) Fourth Quarter EH — B. Bishop 8-yard run (B. Chipol PAT)
RUSHING RS — O. Murray 13-78-TD; C. Green 10-33-2 TD; J. Kinlaw 9-40, W. Lynch 8-52-TD; L. Brown 8-47; J. Smith 3-3; C. Jimerson 1-7; M. Phillips 1-2; D. Goode 1-0 EH — T. Arrowood 5-49-TD; S. Davis 5-12; B. Bishop 4-22-TD; J. Maybin 9-(-9) PASSING RS — J. Kinlaw 3-6-32; C. Jimerson 0-1 EH — J. Maybin 9-17-88; B. Thomas 0-1
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Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy’s Will McCraw (20) returns a an interception during the football game against Saint Joseph Catholic School, Friday, in Avondale.
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treatment. This is the second week in a row that an East player has collapsed on the field. In the season opener, Richard Johnson lost consciousness and was treated at the field by medical officials. Johnson was later cleared and returned to the East sideline. “Well, your heart just stops,” said Bland. “But, thankfully, they are doing well. They’ll be looked at by their personal physicians, this week, and we’ll just go from there.” The night’s most unusual game may have belonged to the Trojans. Chase and Chesnee were tied 7-7 as the fourth quarter began, but the Eagles struck for four touchdowns in a seven minute period to claim the blow out 35-7 win.
Hilltoppers rolling
RUTHERFORDTON — Different weekend, same story for the R-S Central football team. Just like a week ago, the Hilltoppers allowed points on the opening possession, but the defense settled down quickly in RECEIVING a 34-14 rout of East Henderson. RS — T. Abrams 2-25; L. Brown 1-7 Central surrendered a 61-yard EH — S. Davis 5-21, S. Land 2-21, T. Hill 1-40, C. opening kickoff return and a Brackett 1-7 rushing touchdown later in the same possession to view an early seven-point deficit. Central created back-to-back scores, with Oddie Murray rumbling in for the first touchdown and Cameron Green capitalSJ — 0 20 9 0 — 29 izing on the next possession to TJ — 6 6 0 0 — 12 exchange momentum and a 14-7 Hilltoppers lead. RUSHING “After giving up points early, TJ — W. Beam 9-45-2; H. Nelson 8-43 I thought the kids fought their guts out to get the lead and then PASSING keep it,” R-S Central football TJ — W. Beam 18-30-1 INT-137 coach Mike Cheek said. “The offensive line did a great job RECEIVING again this week and the defense TJ — Aaron Connor 6-41; Hank Nelson 9-35; just gets better every week.” Jonathan Bass 3-26; Hayden Blice 1-16; Ryan Anthony Walke earned a sack Spurlin 1-19 following the lead change to
Saint Joseph 29, Thomas Jefferson 12
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force a three and out for the visitors and the R-S Central rout began. Central held the Eagles to 25 yards total offense in the first half. Central’s defense registered four sacks, batted down three passes, plus, for the second week in a row, forced and recovered three fumbles. On defense, Aris Smith registered two sacks, while Walke and Dorrien Goode (who also forced a fumble) each collected one. East Henderson only gained 74 yards on the ground, just a week after Bessemer City tallied 66 rushing yards against Central. While improvement emerged, a challenging test may come next Friday, when Central drives down Highway 108 to face unforgiving Polk County. The Hilltoppers are winless in their last six meetings with the Wolverines, who are 2-0 following wins over Tuscola and Brevard.
East looking on the lines FOREST CITY — For the second week in a row, East coach Clint Bland was disappointed in the play of his offensive line. “We just have to get better, that’s all there is to it,” said Bland. “Our guys, look, Forestview has a good running back, but he’s no better than ours. We have guys that can get free, make guys miss, but we have to give them some time, and they need blocking.” The Cavaliers used all three quarterbacks on the roster in the loss to the Jaguars. Sophomore Maddox Stamey threw his first career touchdown with the Cavs, an 18 yard pass to wideout Lydell Watkins.
Chase making mistakes CHASE — The Trojans’ errors all came back to haunt them. In the first quarter, the Eagles put together a five play drive that covered 51 yards — 30 of the yards were freebies, award-
ed on penalties by the Trojans, including three encroachment calls. Chesnee punched the ball into the end zone and took an early 7-0 lead. Chase (0-2) then put together a solid full half of football. The Trojans kept the Eagles out of the end zone in the second and third quarter, despite being in some tough situations. Chesnee blocked a Blake Moffitt punt attempt in the opening minute of the second quarter and took over at the Trojans’ 41-yard line. The Eagles attempted, and missed, a 39 yard field goal after the Trojans stopped the Chesnee offense at the 22 yard line. The mistakes in the final quarter were game-killers. Chase turned the ball over three times in the final frame, with all three coming on the Trojans’ side of the field. The Eagles struck for touchdowns following all three turnovers.
Gryphons get it going AVONDALE — Head coach Tony Helton was pleased, but disappointed after a seasonopening 29-12 loss to Saint Joseph. “There were three, maybe four, plays that I feel decided that game,” said Helton. “They ripped off three runs that really hurt us.” The game was halted in the fourth quarter as darkness set in, and Thomas Jefferson may move up next week’s kick off against Asheville School to 5:30 p.m. The Asheville School, a private boarding school, agreed to move the game to TJCA, this season, but the Gryphons’ field remains without lights and any delay, from weather to injury, could cause the game to face a darkening sky. “We had a little bit of trouble with the darkness, I don’t want to make excuses, we dealt with the rain just fine. I actually believe that we throw the ball well when its wet, but it was tough as the sun went down,” said Helton.
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‘Kiss da baby’ to this NFL preseason By TIM DAHLBERG AP Sports Columnist
Do his teammates like him? Do they really, really like him? Brett Favre insists it doesn’t matter, and that everything will be all right. Besides, with his 12th retirement only two years away now, he’s a little too old to play the popularity game anyway. At least the rest of the Minnesota Vikings know where things stand. They came to camp thinking the silliness was over, until that fateful day when they saw their coach return from the airport with No. 4 in the passenger seat beside him. It’s a marriage of convenience, this strange alliance between a team all cheeseheads grow up to hate, and the old, grizzled gunslinger who will take their snaps under center. But that hasn’t stopped Viking fans from gobbling up purple Favre jerseys faster than a plate of fried walleye sandwiches. The jersey situation is a bit more complicated in Philadelphia, where the country’s most famous animal abuser now plays for the Philadelphia Eagles. One sporting goods chain is waiting to see whether to sell a green No. 7, scared perhaps that the fur will begin to fly, but others were more than happy to risk the ire of dog lovers if they could make a buck off it. Quarterback controversies are nothing new to the preseason, though most have more to do with playing time than prison time. There are still several going on even now, including one in Cleveland where Bill Belichick wannabe Eric Mangini insists on letting Brady Quinn and Derek Anderson twist in the wind. Doesn’t really matter because Las Vegas oddsmakers have already established that the Browns will be a lousy team whoever is running the offense. But it’s Mangini’s first year in Cleveland, and he’ll spend most of it reminding everyone that he is in charge. Some things even head coaches can’t control, though. Especially when it comes to this preseason, when each day brings a new plot twist to the latest episode of As the NFL Turns. Here’s what inquiring minds still want to know: n Will Favre find happiness in purple? He’s already happy, thanks to the huge contract the desperate Vikings threw at him. But what does he have to lose as long as he only has to throw short passes and hand the ball off to Adrian Peterson? Better yet, he gets to do most of it indoors — and where fans are always Minnesota nice. n Will Vick be loved in the City of Brotherly Love? Sure, until he dogs it the first time. n Will anyone show up at the Meadowlands wearing a Plaxico Burress replica jersey? Of course, because New Yorkers don’t like kicking a guy when he’s down. That is, of course, until the Burress prison replica jerseys come out. n Will Al Davis discipline coach Tom Cable for allegedly punching out an assistant coach? Hardly. Davis might just double his salary for showing something few other Oakland Raiders have shown in recent years — some spark. n Is Big Ben in big trouble after being accused of rape in a lawsuit? Doubtful. The good news for Steeler fans is that if Roethlisberger is as aggressive on the field as his attorneys are in the courtroom, the Steelers are locks for a second straight Super Bowl. n Will the Williams sisters and all the new celebrity part-owners in Miami be a distraction? Only if they start partying with Ricky Williams. n Does Brandon Marshall understand there’s a new sheriff in town in Denver? Apparently not, but he’s a wide receiver so he probably doesn’t realize that it takes at least three good years and a stint in Dallas to get a big contract and a bad reality TV show of your own. n What does Chad Ochocinco mean with his new signature phrase “Kiss da baby?” That it’s all over, as in “The Cincinnati Bengals can kiss da baby on this season.” n What are the chances of the NFL ordering Jerry Jones to raise his video screens when they’re clearly in the way of punted balls? Three words: “Kiss da baby.” n How is it we get the first update on Tom Brady’s injured shoulder from Ochocinco on Twitter instead of from the Patriots? Because Belichick refuses to even confirm Brady plays for the Patriots. n Is there any way we get by one week of season without someone mentioning Twitter? In 140 characters or less, no.
Actor Will Ferrell, right, and tennis player Roger Federer make an appearance at the Arthur Ashe Kids Day, in New York, on Saturday. Associated Press
New dad Federer eyes Slam 16 NEW YORK (AP) — As last year’s U.S. Open began, plenty of people were wondering what was wrong with Roger Federer. Feeling sorry for the guy, even. Federer arrived at Flushing Meadows in 2008 ranked No. 2, not No. 1. He arrived with — gasp! — zero Grand Slam titles for the season, having lost to Rafael Nadal in finals at the French Open (a blowout) and Wimbledon (a heartbreaker). He arrived to a chorus of questions about whether Nadal had surpassed him for good. U.S. Open spectators rallied to Federer’s side, cheering for him as if he were an underdog — rather than the man who would depart with the champion’s trophy for the fifth year in a row. “I was really blown away. I thought that was so cool,” Federer said in an interview with The Associated Press. “It was like they said: ’We have to support our man here, because he needs to come back to where he belongs.’ It was like they wanted to push me back to the top. Winning the U.S. Open was sort of the jump start.” Yes, as this year’s last Grand Slam tournament starts Monday, Federer is back. Starting with his victory in New York, Federer has won three of the past four major tournaments to raise his career total to 15 Grand Slam championships, breaking Pete Sampras’ record. He is ranked No. 1 again. And there’s been more good news off the court: He’s now married and a father — of twins. “You change, all of a sudden,” Federer said, snapping his fingers, “from needing nine hours of sleep, to saying, ’Five is plenty.”’ As Federer-the-father bids to become the first man since Rod Laver in 1969 to win three consecutive major championships in a single season, and the first since Bill Tilden in 1920-25 to win six straight titles at the American Grand Slam tournament, it’s his nemesis, Nadal, who looks to be in need of a boost. It’s Nadal who recently relinquished the No. 1 ranking; he’s now at No. 3. It’s Nadal whose 31-match winning streak at the French Open ended. It’s Nadal who did not defend his Wimbledon title, citing sore knees. Nadal returned to the tour this month, but he acknowledges he’s
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Caroline Wozniacki kisses her winner’s trophy after she defeated Russia’s Elena Visnina in their ladies championship singles match at the Pilot Pen tennis tournament in New Haven, Conn., Saturday. Wozniacki won in straight sets 6-2, 6-4.
not in peak condition. “You never know. You never know,” said Nadal, who needs a U.S. Open title to complete a career Grand Slam. “We will see how I am physically.” Federer’s take? “He’s downplaying his chances, which is very Rafa-like,” Federer said. “I understand. He has to be cautious.” But Federer also thought he noticed something else bothering the Spaniard — a stomach muscle injury. “He looked a bit hurt in his abdominal last week, I have to say ... and already prior to that,” Federer said Thursday as he munched on pretzels in midtown Manhattan. “I don’t know how that’s going to affect him now. You’re not only talking about the knees, but also the abdominal.” There are other men in the mix, to be sure. Andy Murray, for example, is ranked No. 2 and hoping to win one more match at the U.S.
Open than he did in 2008, when he reached his first major final. “I was close last year,” Murray said, “and I think I’m playing better now.”
Andy Roddick, the 2003 champion, is a new man, with a trimmer physique, a more varied game and the confidence that comes with a strong run at Wimbledon — even if it did end disappointingly for the American with a 16-14 loss to Federer in the longest fifth set in Grand Slam final history. Novak Djokovic of Serbia seems likely to add to his lone Grand Slam title one day. There are others who play well on hard courts, such as Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France or Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina. But right now, men’s tennis comes down to the pair known as Rog and Rafa: One or the other has won 16 of the last 17 major championships. They played each other in seven of those finals.
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The Sunday Courier, Forest City, NC, SUNDAY, August 30, 2009 — 5B Ask the Guys Dear Classified Guys, I consider myself a smart consumer, but last week I had an experience that caught me by surprise. Now that my kids are grown, I started to clean out the house. Among the items I wanted to sell were a bunch of children's toys. I took the time to review them, make sure they were in good working condition and even clean them up. Then I took out an ad. One woman came and bought a huge chunk of what I was selling. I thought the moving of things out of my house was going well until she stopped back a day later to return one of the items. She told me that it was on recall by the manufacturer and asked for her money back. I was astounded! It never crossed my mind to look for recalls since all the toys seemed to work fine. I gave her the refund and took the item back, but what about the rest of my things up for sale? Should I continue trying to sell them?
• • • Carry: It's important to be an educated consumer whether you're buying or selling. And it doesn't matter if you're at the store or shopping the classifieds. Cash: You took a great first step by
Duane “Cash” Holze & Todd “Carry” Holze 08/30/09 ©2009 The Classified Guys®
cleaning up the items and making sure they were working properly. That's important in order to sell things quickly and create a win-win sale for both parties. Carry: For many items, especially those involving children, you need to also check to see if they are being recalled by the manufacturer for any safety hazards. You can find the information by simply visiting The Consumer Product Safety Commission's (CPSC) website and searching for the product. Cash: Safety recalls have gained a lot of publicity in recent years. In fact, the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) now makes it
illegal to sell products that are on recall until they have been fixed. Although the act is geared towards retail outlets, it does apply to private citizens as well. Carry: Since most buyers are not aware of recalls, you should always check prior to a sale. If you find an item was recalled, the fixes are free and often simple, such as adding safety parts or warning labels. If the hazard is more complex, you can return the item for a replacement. Cash: As for your other items for sale, check the CPSC website. If the items are not listed, then you can have peace of mind in knowing that everything is safe for you and anyone else.
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Reader Humor Time Out
Do you want to make sure an item you're buying or selling isn't on the recall list? Just visit The Consumer Products Safety Commission’s website at www.cpsc.gov. Their site contains a complete list of items on recall, the potential hazard and how to resolve the issue. The site lists recalls by product type, manufacturer, product description and even the type of hazard. Also, if you have a product that you think should be recalled, you can report it as well.
My wife Jill is constantly battling with our children over watching television during the day. They much prefer to sit inside glued to the set rather than venture out and play. You can imagine how upset they were when the TV died a few months ago. They nagged us for weeks until we finally gave in and bought a new set. However, recently the TV picture started fading out after a short while. One night we looked up the problem on the internet and found the television had a recall that read, "Television may overheat and turn off after 20 minutes." "Maybe we should take it back to the store," I said to my wife. "Are you kidding?" she smiled. "With our kids, I would have paid for that feature!" (Thanks to Frank L.)
Recalling a Time Back The Consumer Products Safety Commission lists over 4,500 recalls and alerts for everything from food to toys. And some of the largest recalls have occurred in the last few years. In the spring of 2009, peanut products were the focus of attention for the potential of hosting salmonella. The largest beef recall in history, over 143 million pounds, occurred in February 2008. And one of the most publicized recalls was in September 2007 when traces of lead were found in toys manufactured in China. •
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Apartments
Homes
Mobile Homes
Lots For Sale
Business
Work Wanted
Help Wanted
For Sale
Quiet studio apt. near college. Water, power, Direct TV, included. No smoking. No pets. $475/mo. 287-7368
For Rent
For Rent
Services
2BR/1BA in Spindale W/d hookup, h/a, appl. furn. $350/mo + $350 dep. 287-3869
2 & 3BR Stove, refrig., cable, lawn service & trash incld. $260-$350/mo. + dep. No cats! Long term only! Call 453-0078
RIVERBEND at Lake Lure. Fish, swim, canoe today, in your own backyard as you are purchasing your property. Lots starting as low as $15,000. Ask for Martin 828-625-1289
House Cleaning/ Caregiving Service tailored for you! Exp. & ref’s. avail. 289-2384
Bayada Nurses needs CNA’s for Polk Co. M-F days. Please call 828-696-1900
2008 Kirby upright vacuum cleaner with attachments. Paid $1800 new, will take $750 obo. 429-0487
Business
Christian mother will babysit in my home. Rfdtn area. Can furnish ref’s. 828-305-3761
3BR/2BA completely renovated on 1/2 acre plot. All utilities including fireplace. Owner resides on property. Large Camper on quiet priv. lot, suitable for 2. Free electric, utilities and Direct TV. 245-8734
RIVERBEND at Lake Lure. Land/home turn key packages, Starting at $175,000 access to 2 private lakes and the Broad River. Ask for Martin 828-625-1289
Opportunity
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3BR/2BA Private lot near Harris grade school. Cent. h/a. $100/wk. 245-8031 or 305-8827
Property
Gerber Technician First Choice Armor and Equipment of Spindale, NC is seeking a Gerber Technician with min. of 7 yrs. exp. Responsibilities will include the upkeep & maintenance of all plant Gerber equipment, trouble shooting, working directly with Gerber technical support & coordinating Gerber on-site requirements when appropriate. Preferred experience: Technical background working in the textile industry,
2 Bedroom/1 Bath Oakland Rd. area $375/mo. + deposit Call 828-748-8801 2BR & 3BR Close to downtown Rfdtn. D/w, stove, refrig., w/d hook up. No pets! 287-0733 Richmond Hill Senior Apts. in Rfdtn 1BR Units w/handicap accessible units avail. Sec 8 assistance avail. 287-2578 Hours: Mon., Tues., & Thurs. 7-3. TDD Relay 1-800-735-2962 Equal Housing Opportunity. Income Based Rent.
2BR APT in Rfdtn West Court St. $350/mo + deposit Call 287-3535
Homes
Cleghorn Condo 3BR/2BA $1,100/mo. Spectacular, spacious wooded setting! Utilities incld. & appl. furn. 828-429-9442 2BR/2.5BA home on 64/74 1 mile from Lake Lure Beach, Chimney Rock and Ingles. Lake Lure view, $700/mo. Call Eddy Zappel 828-289-9151 or Marco 954-275 0735 3BR/2BA New home in Rfdtn. Hardwood floors, appliances furnished, 2 car garage $875/mo + dep. Ref’s. required. No indoor pets. 828-289-5800 or 828-429-3322
Mobile Homes For Rent
For Sale 62 acres in Rutherford County. Historic home, heavily wooded, large creek, beautiful setting. $500K Call Broker Derek Dougherty at 888-285-0947
Homes For Rent Beautiful 2BR/1BA on 3.5 ac. on Hudlow Rd. Hdwd floors & bsmt. $500/mo. 704-376-8081
2 Bedroom Nice, clean, quiet place to live! $200/mo. + dep. Call 828-657-5974 Single & Double wide Shiloh: 2BR/2BA & 3BR/3BA No Pets! 245-5703 or 286-8665 2BR/2BA Rfdtn on Taylor Rd. Stove, refrig., washer & dryer. $350/mo + $350 dep. No pets! Call 287-2511 2BR/1BA on priv. lot in quiet neighborhood. $275/mo. + $200 dep. Call 245-1552
or 429-8822
2BR/2BA SW in Rutherfordton!
RENT TO OWN! Will Finance! No Banks! Hurry! You pay no lot rent, taxes, or insurance!
NEG. $99 wk + dep
704-806-6686 Land For Sale Motivated seller: 12 ac. in Polk Co. Access to the Green River. $69,000 Owner/broker 828-779-2244 3.88 acres, Bostic, gated comm., breath taking views. $69,500 obo. 941-915-1048
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Commercial
Garage/Shop For Rent 60’x25’, cement floors, Main Street, Bostic $200/mo. 1 yr. lease Call 447-3634
Misc. For Rent 1BR Barn Apt. and 5 stall barn in Green Creek w/10 ac. pasture & pond, 2 riding rings & round pen on farm. $1,200/mo. Pasture board avail. separately! Call 828-863-2979 or 828-817-0896
Business Services We Clean Houses Honest & dependable. Good rates & ref’s. 245-8476 or 287-7819
Rollback Services Cars Rolling $40 local Utility Bldgs. $95 local After 5pm & weekends extra 828-289-8346
Seeking Seasoned Entrepreneurs New local bail bondsman Start up cost $3,165 (includes state license fees). Serious inquiries only. 866-255-9520
Instruction
Professional Truck Driver Training Carriers Hiring Today! • PTDI Certified Course • One Student Per Truck • Potential Tuition Reimbursement • Approved WIA & TAA provider • Possible Earnings $34,000 First Year SAGE Technical Services
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NOW HIRING Earn $65k, $50k, $40k (GM, Co Mgr, Asst Mgr)
We currently have managers making this, and need more for expansion. 1 year salaried restaurant management experience required.
Fax resume to 336-431-0873 Needed: Outside material workers Pay $10.00 and up per hour, depending on exp. Heavy equipment operators, persons with CDL driver’s license or torch cutting exp. Only persons with a good work record apply.
effective communication
skills, proficiency with Microsoft office products, Word, Excel, & proficiency w/Gerber automated software & products. If interested please forward your resume along with salary history and requirements to: jflynn@ firstchoicearmor.com Looking for person with 5 yrs. experience in AR and AP in Quick Books. Must be able to do payroll, experienced
Also taking resumes for local sales and office work, pay salary plus commission. Apply at 23 Memorial Park Rd., Marion, NC Phone: 828-659-9539
in commercial construction and multi task. Fax resume to 888-880-9112 Call 828-245-4174
24” Pacific 1500P Burnisher (Electric floor polisher) $550 245-7277 or 289-4844 3 door drink cooler $350, 6’ glass display case $125, balloon stuffing machine, $25. Call 245-2884 from 9AM-5PM 3 Spaces for Sale Roselawn Garden at Sunset Memorial Park Lot 36 Spaces 1 & 2 and Lot 37 Space 2 $2,100 615-364-9292 Like new wood burning fireplace insert. 44” wide, 30” high $400. 245-7743
Living Room Suite 3 cushion sofa, coffee & 2 end tables, 3 Broyhill chairs. Mint condition! $1,200 Call for appt. 828-287-3669 Sunset Memorial Park Good Shepherd I Lot 109 Spaces 3 & 4 $1,400 obo for both Call 336-623-1376 Washer & Dryer White, super capacity. Exc. cond.! 2 yrs. old $250 828-283-1113
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Trucks
69 Dodge Charger SE 383HP engine with a 727 trans. Comes with clear title but needs total restoration! Need to sell! Bring all serious offers. 828-413-1305 2003 Oldsmobile Alero 4 door, silver, 53,000 miles. $3,975 287-8988 or 447-5047
Motorcycles
1999 Nissan XE (Red) V6, ext. cab, 4wd, 5 speed. Runs good! $6,200 obo. 429-0487
Sport Utility 1995 Landrover Discovery All wheel drive. Exc. cond.! Must sell! $4,200 980-8009
07 Kawasaki Vulcan 500 EN - 8,000 mi., bags & windshield, low seat. Well maintained! $4,600 657-9998 ext 9
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Town of Lake Lure
GOLF COURSE MAINTENANCE TECH POSITION Town of Lake Lure is seeking qualified applicants for the position of Golf Course Maintenance Tech. Applications can be obtained online atwww.townoflakelure.com. Graduation from an accredited high school or GED including technical training in skilled trade area and experience in the skilled operation of the required equipment in golf course maintenance is required. Possession of a valid N.C. Driver’s License and possession of a current or ability to successfully obtain a State Pesticide License is required. Must be able to operate equipment and perform mechanical tasks exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently or constantly. The pay range is $24,164 to $34,653. This position reports to the Golf Course Superintendent. Send cover letter & resume by Friday, September 4, 2009 Town of Lake Lure, Human Resources PO Box 255 • Lake Lure, NC 28746 EEO/AA/ADA Employer
Pets AKC Male Boston Terrier pups $300 Call 828-429-5290 or 828-429-3866 CKC Reg. Bloodline Teacup Chihuahuas 1 male $300, 1 female $350 Call 748-9931
Pets
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Lost
FREE Beautiful Shepherd Collie mix Neutered male, 7 yrs. old. Very social, family relocating. Up to date on shots, etc. Lonely, housebroken Call 828-779-2254 or 828-779-2244
Free to a good home! Spayed. Invisible fence incld. 828-863-0528 or 828-817-6055
Female Boston Terrier About 9 yrs. old. Lost 8/21 from 3282 Pea Ridge Rd. in Bostic Call 286-4889
Male Shih Tzu Gray and tan, 1 year old. Lost last week from Florida Avenue in Spindale. 305-5666
Free to a good home! Three mix puppies, tan in color. 2 girls, 1 boy. Good with kids! Call 286-8514
2 Cocker Spaniels One white, one blonde Lost 8/24 from Trojan Ln., FC. Reward! Call 429-6017 or 289-9125
Miniature Male Red Dachshund Black on tail, no collar. Lost 8/24 Washburn community in Bostic. 748-6078
Free male Chihuahua to a good home! 2 yrs. old, shots needed. Call 248-1087
The Shiloh-Danieltown-Oakland Volunteer Fire Department is seeking a highly motivated professional for the position of CAREER FIREFIGHTER The successful applicant must have a high school diploma or GED, have a Level I Certification, have at least 5 years fire service experience and have or be able to obtain a Class B driver’s license. Applicants may pick up application at the SDO FD from the Chief, Assistant Chief or Secretary. All applications must be returned by the close of business on September 8th, 2009. Position open until filled. Shiloh-Danieltown-Oakland Volunteer Fire Department is an Equal Opportunity Employer
3 Black Lab/Boxer dogs
Lost
Found
White Oak Manor - Shelby is currently accepting applications for
RN - Supervisor Full-time, Mon.-Fri., 2nd shift Supervisory experience required, LTC experience is preferred. Excellent benefits with a well established company.
Apply at 401 North Morgan St., Shelby, NC 28150 or fax resume to 704-487-7193 Julie Hollifield Human Resources EOE
Mix breed Female dog w/tan points. Found 8/23 running on Hwy 74 near Old Macko Plant. Call 288-8106
Small black & brown Chihuahua w/very large ears. No collar. Found 8/22 Main St. in Spindale. 286-2232
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8B — The Sunday Courier, Forest City, NC, Sunday, August 30, 2009
sports
A Day With The Carolina Panthers
The Daily Courier’s Garrett Byers and WCAB AM 590’s DJ Todd Kiser spent Tuesday, August 25, with the Carolina Panthers. Byers and Kiser were invited as part of the Panthers Media/Advertisers Training Day. Byers and Kiser were treated to a full brunch buffet as well as meeting several Panthers’ players and cheerleaders. Byers and Kiser were also given a tour of the Panthers Stadium and were allowed to watch a Panthers practice. More than 200 media and advertising representatives attended along with invited servicemen and women of the United States Military. Above, Kiser stands with two TopCats.
All photos by Garrett Byers
From top, clockwise: Panthers QB Matt Moore (14) drops back to pass during a training drill. Kiser gets an autograph from Panthers offensive tackle Jeff Otah. Kiser looks out over the field at Panthers Stadium. Panthers QB Josh McCown (12) delivers a pass during a drill. Panthers QB Jake Delhomme (17) talks with fellow quarterbacks Josh McCown (12), Matt Moore (14) and an unidentified coach.
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Jean Gordon
No surprise, there’s . no prize When I heard the Prize Patrol would be coming to my house on Aug. 7 with my bouquet of fresh flowers from a nearby florist, and the news media from at least three television stations, and the exact directions to my house, maybe I should have stayed home. Although there was a promise of a check for $400,000 with $400,000 arriving each month for the next year, reckon I should have changed plans and stayed in Forest City? Well, I didn’t change plans. I did get a little over anxious when a visitor arrived at my house at about 8 a.m. that day. When I saw it was my neighbor and friend, I yelled out the window to her, “Is the Prize Patrol out there?” She, however, promised to keep a look out for the Prize Patrol and go on down and collect the winnings. She would pretend to be me, sign my name and I’d give her $100. In addition to the $400,000 a month for a year, I was promised a lot of other junk, too. Call me whatever you want, but since January, I’ve answered all the mail from Publisher’s Clearing House, filled out form after form, spent way too much time frantically searching for the stamps to match the empty boxes on my application form and making sure my identification number was right there in the little rectangular box on the return envelope. They hide those stamps in the middle of 10 or 20 sheets of “best bargain” buys, advertising every trinket available. The silver stamp, the gold one, the green one and on and on and on. There were days when two documents arrived. Just to be sure not to mix them, I’d put them in different places in the house until I had time to read them. Although I was guaranteed I was a possible winner of 1 in 75 million, I still believed. Why else would they have a map to my house and my favorite florist listed? At least twice a week, I got PCH mail and as the contest seemed to be winding down, I got a piece of mail every day. With glaring words printed in block red letters on the outside of envelopes, I had to open them. “Someone with the first name Jean” is going to be a winner. The pages and pages of best buys and a promise that “buying” doesn’t guarantee you’re a winner, a couple items caught my attention and my purse. By the way, Isaac absolutely loves the Pomegranate flavored jelly beans; the sweet smelling liquids with the wick sticks haven’t kicked in and the dish washing sponges and scratchers are long gone. But the Red Rooster kitchen kit — pot holder, mitten and dish cloth — can you say Christmas stocking? It finally dawned on me why the Prize Patrol never showed up. Maybe I should have paid more attention to the letter about “Jean” being a winner. After all that is not my first name. Maybe I should have rushed to the courthouse right then and there and changed my name to Jean Brenda. What was I thinking? Good-bye PCH. Contact Gordon via e-mail:jgordon@thedigitalcourier. clom
Rimes, Flair head . to Rutherford County. in September
FOREST CITY — The Rutherford County Sheriff’s Department is bringing the smack down to R.S. Central on Sept. 12 when The Nature Boy Ric Flair, Big Poppa Pump Scott Steiner and many other stars descend for Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling’s “Rutherford County Rumble.” Flair will join The Barbarian, The Rock-n-Roll Express, The Midnight Express, Rick Steiner, Buff Bagwell and many other stars as part of the event. A 16-time world champion, Flair will be present to emcee the event and will offer autographs for fans. Following his retirement match with Shawn Michaels at Wrestlemania 24, the World Wrestling Entertainment Hall of Famer Flair has vowed not to compete in the ring any more. But that doesn’t stop The Nature Boy from thrilling casual and hardcore fans alike with his various wrestling appearances. Flair recently signed a new contract with MACW to solidify his appearances over the next few months. Current MACW Heavyweight Champion Buff Bagwell will defend his belt at the R.S. Central event, with top ranked contenders like Scott Steiner, J.W. Boss and Andru Bane vying for Bagwell’s title. The doors open at 6 p.m. with an 8 p.m. bell. Tickets are $20 for ringside row 2 and back, $12 general admission and a special $50 Super Ticket that guarantees a front row seat and a photo of Flair.
FOREST CITY – Tickets will be on sale Wednesday, Sept. 2, from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. at McNair Field for the Sept. 11 LeAnn Rimes concert. Opening acts are Ricochet and Fast Ryde. Presented by Audio Ethics, tickets are $20 to $40. Gates open at 5 p.m. with the first band taking the stage at 6:30 p.m. A wide variety of concessions and artist merchandise, will be available. Headline artist
LeAnn Rimes recorded her first album at the age of seven, selling more than 37 million albums and winning numerous awards including Grammy and Academy of Country Music Awards. Wednesday’s sale will be the only local sale date prior to the concert. Cash or credit card will be accepted; no personal checks. For online tickets and complete concert information, visit www.forestcityconcerts.com.
‘Promise Remains’ to Rutherford Building 429, . Todd Agnew to perform Sept. 27 SPINDALE — The Promise Remains Tour featuring Building 429 and Todd Agnew with Kimber Rising, is coming to The Foundation, Isothermal Community College, Sunday, Sept. 27, at 6 p.m. Tickets are $15 at the door and $12 in advance. Building 429 and Todd Agnew have been long time-partners with World Vision and in the past year, Building 429 and the organization paired up for the “Truth, Hope and Love Tour” and the World Vision Summerfest tour. “It’s been over five years since Todd and Building have toured together,” said Building 429 lead singer Jason Roy. “When we drew up a vision for the tour, the thought process was simple: God’s promises remain true today, even with the economic hardships and the continuing wars that are being waged around the world. “The world has changed, economic hardship has hit everyone and wars continue to be waged around the world,” Roy said. “This is God’s timing without question, and we are thrilled to spend a touring season with each other,” he con-
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Building 429, left. Below, Todd Agnew.
tinued “Our respective fan bases are sure to leave each night reminded of the fact God is still in control and all of His promises are guaranteed for those who know Him as King.” “We are really excited
about getting back on the road this fall,” Agnew said. ‘We look forward to sharing some songs from the new record and are really glad to be back with some dear friends, Building 429. We’re also happy to have Kimber Rising back with us after touring together last Christmas. It should be a great tour and we are excited to see what God will do this fall.” Building 429 will be performing songs off their latest self-titled release including their current and powerful single, “Always” and upcoming single “Overcome” that was released to radio this month. Agnew will be playing fan
favorites, “Grace Like Rain” and “This Fragile breath” as well as giving audiences a preview of new songs off his upcoming record “Need” to be released on Oct. 6. “We are in great anticipation of the Promise Remains Tour with Building 429 and Todd Agnew” said Benn Green of World Vision. “Both have been incredible partners and artists over the past year, and we are excited to see the continued impact they will have on lives around the world through child sponsorship.” Spindale is one of 40 cities the band will visit on its “Promise Remains Tour” beginning Sept. 17.
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Out & About Three Amigos Ride
A Principal With a Beat
East Middle Principal Brad Teague, a member of the Florence Baptist Church First Light Praise Band, plays the drums at last Sunday afternoon’s Day of Worship in downtown Forest City.
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Jonatthan Escalera (l-r), Mason Rhodes and Manuel Gavin found their seats in the back row of bus #141 Tuesday afternoon for the ride home from Forrest Hunt Elementary School. While waiting for other students to load, the three friends read a book. Children are seated according to the drop-off schedule.
“Everybody wants to be a car rider on the first day,” said Forrest Hunt Elementary School principal Brad Richard Tuesday afternoon as dozens of cars were lined along the road.
Among those attending youth events at the Lake Lure Youth Center recently was William Malcher of Oxford, England, grandson of Martin and Susan Watts. Lake Lure Police Officer Scott Haynes is on military leave, stationed just outside Iraq, reports Police Chief Eric Hester. The Lake Lure & the Blue Ridge Foothills Sweepstakes drove record traffic to VisitNC.com on Aug. 5, with 20,908 visits in a single day. As part of the Division’s sweepstakes program, sweeps eNewsletters were sent to VisitNC.com’s subscriber base of over 160,000. The monthly blast and the additional drop to Budget Travel’s “Real Deals” subscriber list have resulted in over 16,000 entries in just 10 days. Additionally, VisitNC.
com provided 126,309 downstream hand-offs to partner sites in July. Downstream traffic is one of VisitNC.com’s measurement tools. For more information on sweepstakes or any of the Division’s partner programs, contact Nina Holbrook at nholbrook@lkmideas.com. The Airport Authority talked about self-serve fuel on Monday night and they discussed the need for a gas pump that prints receipts at the pump. Dr. Bob Ralph, Rob Bole and Bob McCutcheon were among those involved in the discussion. Bole mentioned he never gets receipts printed when he pumps gas for his car, so why would people do so in their airplane. “I always push no receipt when I get gas because they just clutter up the car,” he continued. Dr. Ralph commented, “Well, a lot of people want receipts for the fuel they buy.” McCutcheon quipped, “If you start collecting all those receipts, you might have to do a new weight and balance for the aircraft.”
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local TJCA celebrates 10th anniversary, honors supporters, staff and others
AVONDALE — Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy recently celebrated its 10th anniversary with a dinner and recognition ceremony. The invocation was given by the Rev. Mike Shumate and dinner was provided by Gregory’s in Rutherfordton. Various teachers, board members, supporters and others were recognized during the event.
Those honored were: Beyond the Call of Duty – Ken Appling, Odom and Associates, Richard Cole and family, Randy
Wilson and Sisk family, Harmon Grading, Carel Culpa, Ken Olsen, Charles Hughes and Alfred Johnson; Administrators of the Decade – Mary Swanson and Sherri Watson; Teachers of the Decade – Cynthia Gadol, Sally Harbin, Meg Masterman and Scott Scruggs; Board Member of the Decade – Dave Faunce Foundation Supporters – Dover Foundation and Tanner Foundation Donors of the Decade – Stonecutter Foundation and the Challenge Foundation.
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Rutherford County 4-H Poultry Team, in its first year, received second place in the North Carolina State 4-H Poultry Judging contest held July 20. Team members are (l-r): Emily Matheny, Joseph Clay, Rachel Bell, who competed individually, Nathanael White and Kristen Miller.
4-H Poultry team takes second place FOREST CITY — Rutherford County 4-H had its first poultry team this year and received second place in the North Carolina State 4-H Poultry Judging contest held July 20. The 4-H Poultry Judging is not a 4-H Presentation or Demonstration Event; it is classified as a 4-H Activity. A poultry judging team is composed of three or four members from a county. The combined scores of the three high team members will be counted as the team score. Each team member must meet all the requirements of eligibility, 4-H junior (ages 9-13) or senior (ages 14-18) level age requirements and for judging awards that are set forth in the North Carolina 4-H Awards Handbook and National 4-H Poultry and Egg Conference. Counties may have multiple teams to participate at the state poultry judging contest which is held during each 4-H Congress. Each team must be a junior or senior level team, and mixed age level teams are not permitted. Individuals are allowed to compete who are not members of a
Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy founding board members (above) gathered recently for the school’s 10th anniversary celebration. They are (l- r): Georgia Maimone, Linda Roberts, Headmaster Joe Maimone, Judy Saul and Dave Faunce. In the photo at right, Jim Cowan (left) receives the “Donors of the Decade” award from Headmaster Joe Maimone in recognition of his consistent support of TJCA CFA over the past ten years. Contributed photos
Lunch Menus
FOREST CITY — The following lunch menus will be served in Rutherford County Schools. Sept. 1-4 Tuesday — pepperoni pizza, buttered kernel corn, pineapple chunks, milk. Wednesday — corn dog, potato puffs, apple crisp, ice juicee, milk. Thursday — tacos, grated cheese, buttered kernel corn, orange wedges, milk. Friday — submarine sandwich, lettuce, tomatoe, shoestring French fries, peaches, milk. Sept. 7-11 Monday — no school today. Tuesday — chicken nuggets, baked beans, broccoli with cheese sauce, fruity Jell-O with Dream Whip, milk. Wednesday — sloppy Joe, carrot sticks, low-fat Ranch dressing, black eyed peas, brownies, milk. Thursday — breaded fish sandwich, tartar sauce, cole slaw, watermelon chunks, milk. Friday — country fried steak, mashed potatoes, green beans, rolls, milk. Sept. 14-18 Monday — hamburger, shoestring French fries, pineapple chunks, milk. Tuesday — pepperoni pizza, cornon-the-cob, tossed salad, low-fat Ranch dressing, milk.
team. Junior and senior 4-H’ers, who place first as either individuals or teams during the state 4-H Poultry Judging Contest may participate in subsequent state contests. If the first place senior team attends the National 4-H Poultry and Egg Conference contest, they are allowed to participate in the next year’s state contest, however, they will not be allowed to place (first, second or third). Rutherford County’s 4-H Poultry Team had to judge the exterior of eggs for quality, interior quality of the eggs, past production hens and grade and rate chicken carcasses and identify chicken parts. The team scored 1,804 out of a possible score of 2,100. Team member Emily Matheny placed second individual overall with a score of 670 out of 700. Team members are Emily Matheny, Joseph Clay, Nathanael White and Kristen Miller. Rachel Bell also competed individually. The team was coached by Cynthia Clark and Paul Matheny.
Begin fall with TOPS healthy habits MILWAUKEE, WI – When sizzling summer temperatures start mellowing into cooler autumn days and back-to-school bells command attention, a new season of adventure and learning begins. A fresh start can also dawn for a healthy lifestyle through TOPS Club, Inc. (Take Off Pounds Sensibly). The local chapter, TOPS NC #845 Caroleen, meets each Monday at Sept. 21-25 Monday — cheeseburger, shoestring Caroleen Baptist Church fellowship hall. Weigh-in begins at 5:30 p.m., French fries, carrot sticks, low-fat meeting at 6 p.m. Ranch dressing, peanut butter bar, Many times, a renewed commitmilk. ment to an exercise routine and Tuesday — tacos, lettuce, tomato, weight-loss program is bolstered by grated cheese, buttered kernel corn, encouragement. As summer begins apple cobbler, milk. Wednesday — submarine sandwich, lettuce, tomato, shoestring French fries, peaches, milk. Thursday — chicken nuggets, baked beans, broccoli with cheese sauce, fruity Jell-O with Dream Whip, milk. Friday — sloppy Joe, carrot sticks, low-fat Ranch dressing, black eyed peas, brownies, milk. Sept. 28-30 Monday — pepperoni pizza, buttered kernel corn, pineapple chunks, milk. Tuesday — corn dog, potato puffs, apple crisp, ice juicee, milk. Wednesday — tacos, grated cheese, buttered kernel corn, orange wedges, milk. Wednesday — corn dog, baked beans, broccoli with cheese sauce, milk. Thursday — spaghetti and meat sauce, tossed salad, peaches, rolls, milk. Friday — chicken filet sandwich, baked potato, green beans, milk.
to give way to fall, TOPS experts provide guidance to boost back-to-program resolve. Amy Goldwater, M.S., educator, former body-building champion, and physical fitness expert for TOPS, offers advice to get exercisers motivated as brisk days provide a comfortable outdoor environment. She points out that TOPS has long promoted walking as a way to get in shape and has encouraged the use of pedometers to help walkers track their progress. Please See TOPS Page 4C
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George and Jamie Lou Padgett of Rutherfordton announce the engagement of their daughter, Charlee Wallace, to Steven Mark Normann, son of Inge Normann of Mesa, AZ and the late Walter Normann.
To patients and friends of Dr. Paul H. Cartwright: Our father practiced chiropractic in Rutherford County for as long as we can remember. Many of you may have known him through his practice, Forest City Chiropractic, on Main Street in Forest City. He worked hard at being the best doctor he could be, and he loved caring for all of you. He was planning to retire, and turn his practice over to someone who could take care of those that he could no longer help. He was having a hard time giving up his practice, and retired before he could let everyone know his plan. He planned to leave you in the hands of Dr. Charles Sayre, an excellent doctor, who could continue caring for those he left behind. Dr. Charles Sayre is a native of Rutherford County. His father practiced dentistry here for 25 years. Dr. Charles Sayre graduated from RS Central High School, and received his Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Life University in Georgia. After practicing in Tennessee and Alabama for the last 11 years, he has returned home to care for the people here. Dr. Sayre is still caring for and treating those of you who seek help at Forest City Chiropractic. He may not be dad, but he works hard at being the best doctor he can be and cares for those he helps. Forest City Chiropractic is still open and still caring. May God Bless you, Krista, John, Ali, and Hannah Cartwright
Charlee is a graduate of Belmont College in Nashville, TN where she worked in the country music industry in music publishing and record production. She managed the Forest City Manpower office until her move to Salt Lake City, UT where she continued her employment with Manpower. Charlee now works in sales with Columbus Community Center, a non-profit organization that trains and employs people with disabilities. She also chairs the Utah Governor’s Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities. Charlee directs the choir at the Rose Park Center Ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She is the granddaughter of the late Charles and Betty Alcorn of Rutherfordton, and the late Earl and Ellen Padgett of St. Cloud,FL. Steve received a degree in Chemical Engineering and Chemistry from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY and served as a missionary in Taichung, Taiwan. Steve spent six years as an officer in the Army Corp of Engineers. He concluded the last two years of his tour as a Company Commander. He currently works for Coventry Healthcare as a Senior Analyst and serves as the Elders Quorum president in the Rose Park Center Ward where he sings in the choir. Steve enjoys woodworking and riding his BMW motorcycle. He has a daughter, Emily, who studies Mechanical Engineering at Hudson Valley Community College. Steve and Charlee will be married September 5, 2009 in a roof garden ceremony at the Wight House in Bountiful, UT. After a honeymoon in Palm Springs the couple will reside in North Salt Lake, UT. Please visit their website at www.theknot.com/ ourwedding/CharleeWallace&SteveNormann. Paid advertisement
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local Weddings
Leigh Blanton weds Jason Thomas Bishop
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Doyle Medford
Couple married at Brooksong B&B
Metina Carpenter Hintz and Jeffrey Doyle Medford were united in marriage August 7, 2009 at Brooksong Bed & Breakfast in Maggie Valley. The Reverend Cletis Wagahoff performed the noon wedding. Presented in marriage by her son, Justin C. Moore, the bride wore a strapless ivory gown with a high-low hemline, and a pearl adorned headpiece. Her bouquet consisted of red roses. A reception followed the ceremony, where a twotiered wedding cake was served. The layers were frosted white and adorned with red roses. The bride is the daughter of the late Bobby and Betty Carpenter of Bessemer City. She graduated with honors from Bessemer City High School and is the co-owner of Casper’s Costume Closet in Forest City. The groom is the son of Shirley Medford and the late Doyle Medford of Ellenboro. He is a graduate of East Rutherford High School and served in the United States Marine Corps. He is employed as an air traffic controller in Charlotte and the owner of Casper’s Costume Closet in Forest City. The couple honeymooned in Pigeon Forge, Tenn. They make their home in Forest City.
Leigh Justice Blanton and Jason Thomas Bishop were joined in marriage Saturday, August 1, 2009 at the First Baptist Church of Rutherfordton. The Reverend Dean Baughn performed the three o’clock ceremony. Music was provided by Strings of Choice Trio, and Joey Revis and Kim Deaver, vocalists. The bride, daughter of John and Lynn Blanton of Rutherfordton, was escorted to the altar and presented in marriage by her father. She wore a formal A-line gown of white satin styled with veed neckline edged with Swarovski crystals, and an elegant draped bodice. Her chapel-length veil was trimmed with silver beading. She carried a bouquet of white and green hydrangeas and pink alstroemeria, stemwrapped with a monogrammed handkerchief, a gift from the groom, and fastened with a brooch belonging to the bride’s great-greatgrandmother. The bride chose her sister, Caroline Blanton of Rutherfordton, as maid of honor. She wore a floor-length jersey dress with pleating and a ruched charmeuse bust, and carried a bouquet similar to the bride’s. Bridesmaids, gowned identically, were Whitney Moody of Candler, Allison Kennedy of Charlottesville, Va., and Nancy Teston of Charleston, S.C., cousin of the bride.
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with coffee, tea and punch. The guests were also treated to a variety of the bride and groom’s favorite candies. Claude and Elaine Waters were wedding directors. The bride is a 2003 graduate of R-S Central High School and a 2007 graduate of N.C. State University with a BS degree in middle grades education. She is employed as a 7th grade language arts teacher at Salem Middle School in Apex. The groom is a 2002 graduate of Green Hope High School and a 2007 graduate of N.C. State University with a BS in aerospace engineering. He is currently completing his master’s degree in aerospace engineering at NCSU. Following a honeymoon to Sandals Whitehouse, Jamaica, the couple now resides in Raleigh.
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Mrs. Jason Thomas Bishop
The groom is the son of Peter and Kim Bishop of Cary. He chose his father as best man. Groomsmen were Adam Bishop of Charlotte, and Justin Bishop of Garner, brothers of the groom, and Jim Hewitt of Durham, grandfather of the groom. Ushers were Brad Busloman of Holly Springs, and Kirk Haggard of Raleigh. Melea Jones and Clarice Perry, served as flower girls. Kelda Sluder of Fletcher, presided at the bridal register, and Ellen and Will Kirkpatrick, David Bond, and Kelsey Smith, handed out wedding programs.
A reception followed in the church fellowship hall. The tables were skirted with white linens and held tiered centerpieces of green and white hydrangreas, pink alstroemeria and Belles of Ireland. Photographs of the bride and groom were displayed along with pictures of their families. The three-tiered wedding cake featured strawberry and lemon fillings, and two small chocolate cakes with caramel filling. The layers were adorned with flowers to coordinate with the bride’s bouquet and a NCSU insignia served as the topper. A selection of hors d’oeuvres was served
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Goldwater suggests that, using a pedometer, walkers are motivated by being able to see their progress right away, and that helps encourage them to not only stay committed, but to go further, too. “The pedometer can help people set goals and gives them instant feedback about how they’re doing in reaching those goals,” she adds. Goldwater teaches that walking three times per week is a good goal for beginners. Follow a schedule that eventually leads to walking 30 minutes per day most days of the week at a pace of about 3.5 miles an hour, she advises. Strategies for Change Patricia M. Amborn, M.S.M., educator, wellness author and expert for TOPS, offers some suggestions on attaining goals. “I think sometimes we fail because we think we have to wait for the right person to come into SAUour life at the right time to inspire us, but it’s really a lot of little steps.”
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The bride’s co-workers at Salem Middle School hosted a bridal shower in May. On June 14, Sharon Scruggs, Camille Wheeler, Rhonda Franklin, Beverly Rowell, Joan Watson, Nell Bovender and Terry Honeycutt, hosted a bridal shower at First Baptist Church, Rutherfordton. Friends of the bride hosted a lingerie shower in Cary, on July 10. The bride was honored with a bridal luncheon on July 31, at the home of Jane Kirkpatrick in Rutherfordton. Judy Bond served as co-hostess. The groom’s parents entertained with a rehearsal dinner at Water Oak Restaurant in Rutherfordton.
Amborn outlines a four-step process to effect change. She starts with George Bernard Shaw’s quote, “Life is not about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” She advises keeping in mind that each of us creates his or her own self. Her second point is that selfimprovement is a personal choice. Whether good habits or bad habits prevail, it’s a choice. “Remembering this prevents excuses,” Amborn notes. “It puts the onus back on the person because it’s his or her choice to change or not.” Amborn believes that no one actually has to be motivated in order to get moving. “You can start something, and you’ll become motivated,” she says. She gives the example of someone who knows he or she should get outside and go for a walk, but can’t find the willpower to do it. If that person simply puts on sneakers and starts putting one foot in front of the other, the action will create the resulting motivation to do it. TOPS NC #845 Caroleen currently has 25 members. For more information contact Janie Bowen at 2450672, via email at janiebow@gmail. com or visit www.tops.org.
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local Weddings
O’Dell, Singleton exchange wedding vows
Cari-April Elizabeth O’Dell and Anthony Roland Singleton were married in a spring wedding at Fellowship Baptist Church, Rutherfordton. Pastor Brian Caudle officiated at the five o’clock ceremony, and vocalists Rick Ridings and Tracy Wilson, presented music. The bride is the daughter of Danny and Debbie Toms of Rutherfordton. She is the granddaughter of Clyde and Grace Nodine, and Paul and Thelma Toms, all of Rutherfordton. The groom is the son of Betsy Singleton and the late Roland Singleton of Saluda. He is the grandson of Gene and Shirley Anderson of Saluda, and Edna Singleton of Greenville, S.C. Presented in marriage by her father, the bride wore a formal gown of white satin with chiffon overlay and a sweep train. Her finger tip veil of silk illusion was handmade by her mother and caught to a rhinestone tiara. She carried a cascade of red and white roses, white cherry blossoms and greenery. Charlotte Danielle Toms of Rutherfordton, sister of the bride, served as maid of honor. She wore a floorlength gown of apple red satin and carried a lighted wine goblet adorned with white cherry blossoms, red roses and pearls. Bridesmaids were Shawn Mast and Amanda Nodine of Rutherfordton, cousins of the bride. Stacey Singleton of Columbia, S.C., and Sydney Singleton of Saluda, nieces of the groom, were junior bridesmaids.
High School and received an associate of arts degree from Isothermal Community College in 2004. She is employed by Smith’s Drugs of Forest City as a pharmacy technician. The groom is a 1999 graduate of Polk County High School and employed as an engineer by Norfolk Southern Railroad. The couple honeymooned in St. Petersburg, Fla. They reside in Greenville.
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Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Roland Singleton
Groomsmen were Michael Singleton of Columbia, and Charlie Singleton of Saluda, brothers of the groom, Dale Glymph of Greenville, S.C., and Cody Toms of Rutherfordton, brother of the bride. Kasey Smith, cousin of the bride, Gracie Shriner, cousin of the bride, and Lilyana Mast, were flower girls. The groom’s nephew, Ian Singleton, was ringbearer. Tammy Burnett, cousin of the bride, attended the guest register, and Kelly Hall and Jessica Godfrey, cousins of the bride, were program attendants. A reception followed in the church fellowship hall. Guests were greeted by Chuck Godfrey and
Dawn Bostic, cousins of the bride. The tables were covered with white floorlength cloths and centered with lighted crystal vases placed on red chargers. A barbecue dinner was served, and the four-tiered red velvet cake with cream cheese icing, was made by the bride’s mother. The layers were adorned with red roses. Those assisting with the reception were Cheryl Godfrey and Paulette Vess, aunts of the bride, Mike and Yvonne Lawing, Janet Nodine, Judy Nodine, Crystal Nodine, Brandi Whitaker, Ashley Fowle and Dianna Waldo. Sherry Hill was the wedding director. The bride is a 2002 graduate of R-S Central
A bridal shower was held at Fellowship Baptist Church, hosted by Grace Nodine, Libby Dunaway, Ella Mae Suttles, Patricia Whitaker, Judy Nodine, Janet Nodine, Amy Shriner and Anita Suttles. Thelma Toms, Cheryl Godfrey, Paulette Vess, Dawn Bostic and Jessica Godfrey, hosted a bridal shower at the Toms home. A gift card shower was held at Warrior Mountain Baptist Church, Saluda, hosted by Susan Holbert, Jeannie Petitt, Heather Barnette and Symantha Gragg. The bride’s co-workers at Smith’s Drugs hosted a bridal shower. A lingerie shower was held at the home of Debbie Toms, co-hosted by Yvonne Lawing and Danielle Toms. Sarah Jo Lattimore hosted a Pampered Chef shower at her home. The groom’s mother entertained with a rehearsal dinner in the fellowship hall of Fellowship Baptist Church, assisted by Amy Wood, Loretta Pace and Cissy Thompson, all of Saluda.
New Arrivals
RUTHERFORDTON — The following babies were born at Rutherford Hospital. Charlie Cole and Stephanie McCarson, Rutherfordton, a girl, Marley Marie Cole, Aug. 9. Dewayne Tilley and Heather Bailey, Forest City, a boy, James Edward Tilley, Aug. 10. Marlon Francis and Amanda Deviney, Rutherfordton, a girl, Ava Jordis Francis, Aug. 14. Michael and Kari Owens, Rutherfordton, a boy, Ethan McCray Owens, Aug. 15. Kathy McKinney, Forest City, a girl, Joya McKey McKinney, Aug. 16.
Mr. and Mrs. Jamie Dobbins, Rutherfordton, a boy, Jamie Scott Dobbins Jr., Aug. 16. Brian Toney and Kari Crawford, Ellenboro, a girl, Gretchen Paige Toney, Aug. 17. Brent and Tiffany Lowery, Rutherfordton, a boy, Ty Dawson Lowery, Aug. 18. Tre-Mar Powell and Syntevia Francis, Spindale, a boy, Kaden Josiah Powell, Aug. 18. Brent and Mandy Hankinson, Forest City, a girl, Rihanna Ciara Hankinson, Aug. 19. Ashley Harrelson, Forest City, a boy, Trystan Lee Harrelson, Aug. 19.
Shane Hamrick and Jessica McMahan, Forest City, a boy, Joshuwa Shane Hamrick, Aug. 20. Douglas and Angela Cooper, Rutherfordton, a girl, Julia Dawn Cooper, Aug. 21. Dwayne and Heather Prescott, Spindale, a boy, Logan Ray Sidney Prescott, Aug. 22. Aurelio B. Nonthe and Angela M. Miller, Forest City, a boy, Isaiah Elias Miller Nonthe, Aug. 22. Dave and Leighann Craig Windbiel, Rutherfordton, a girl, Ella Leigh Windbiel, Aug. 23.
Mrs. Billy Jones
Crowe, Jones wed at Folly Beach, S.C. Megan Crowe and Billy Jones pledged wedding vows Saturday, August 1, 2009 in an oceanside ceremony at Folly Beach, S.C. Steve Vickers performed the six-thirty wedding. The bride is the daughter of Sidney Crowe of Forest City, and Chris Crowe of Rutherfordton. She was given in marriage by her father. The groom is the son of Bill Jones of Lake Lure, and the late Elizabeth Jones. He chose his father as best man. The bride wore a strapless ivory gown with silver embellishments and organza overlay. The gown featured a corset-style back and a scalloped sweep train. She also wore a crown of Australian and Swarovski crystals, and crystal barefoot sandals. The bridal bouquet consisted of white oriental lilies and greenery, hand-tied with chocolate-colored ribbon. A reception followed at the Holiday Inn Oceanfront, where a three-tiered wedding cake was served. The vanilla and chocolate layers were frosted with buttercream icing. The bride is a 2006 graduate of R-S Central High School and a 2007 graduate of Isothermal Community College, cosmetology program. She is employed by Magic Touch Salon as a hair stylist. The groom is a 1996 graduate of R-S Central High School and employed by Parton Lumber Company. Following a wedding trip to Hawaii, the newlyweds now make their home in Spindale.
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local Weddings Couple wed at Spiegel Farm in Campobello, S.C.
Amanda Danielle Lovelace and Lance Cpl. James Andrew Elder were united in marriage June 13, 2009 at Spiegel Farm in Campobello, S.C., with Jackie Alford officiating. The outdoor ceremony took place in the gazebo garden. Chase Fowler of Blacksburg, S.C., vocalist and DJ, provided music for the five o’clock wedding and reception. The bride is the daughter of Bryan and Kim Lovelace of Mooresboro. The groom is the son of James and Rosa Elder of McIntosh, Fla. Escorted to the altar and given in marriage by her father, the bride wore a strapless ball gown of white satin with a side drape of pearls, crystals and rhinestones on the bodice. The back was detailed with a satinlaced corset and chapel train. The bride entered the ceremony on a white Andalusian horse adorned with a vine of greenery and white flowers. She carried a bouquet of red roses. Elizabeth Mace of Ellenboro, served as maid of honor. She wore a strapless, floorlength gown of apple red chiffon and carried a bouquet of white star gazer lilies. Bridesmaids were Leigh Dickson of Shelby, Haley Lovelace of Mooresboro, sister of the bride, Melanie Fox of Rutherfordton, aunt of the bride, and
Christine Maurer of McIntosh, sister of the groom. They were gowned identically to the maid of honor with the exception of their dresses being tealength. Jason Maurer of McIntosh, brotherin-law of the groom, served as best man. Groomsmen were Will Smith of Mt. Pilot, Joey Cole of Forest City, uncle of the bride, and the groom’s father. Flower girls were Hannah Fox, cousin of the bride, and Charisma Maurer, niece of the groom. Ayden Cole, cousin of bride, served as ringbearer. Dakota Kesterson of Forest City, cousin of the bride, presided at the guest register. A reception followed in the ballroom at Spiegel Farm. The area was decorated with red and white flowers, and the tables were covered with alternating red and white linens accented with silver and white bows. The bride and groom’s table was skirted with a white linen cloth and red overlay, centered with a candelabra. The four-tiered cake of multi-flavored layers was frosted white with silver accents and red rose petals. A heartshaped glass with the couple’s monogram served as the topper. A buffet dinner of barbecue was served with a variety of vegetables and fruits. The guests also enjoyed a candy
Mrs. James Andrew Elder
table with a variety of chocolates, mints and confections. The bride’s aunt and uncle, Callie and Scott Kesterson, catered the reception. Rob Kesterson also assisted. The bride is a 2008 graduate of Chase High School and currently enrolled at Cape Fear Community College in Wilmington. The groom is a 2007 graduate of South Stokes High School and serves as a lance corporal in the United States Marine Corps, stationed at Camp Lejeune.
Following a wedding trip to Honeymoon Island in Florida, the newlyweds now make their home in Wilmington.
Parties/showers A lingerie shower/party was given by Melanie Fox and Stephanie Cole, aunts of the bride, on May 15 at the home of the bride’s grandmother, Frances Cole. On May 30, a household shower was given by the bride’s mother and grandmother at Goode’s Creek Church fellowship building.
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The works of Artist Pam Peters (pictured) will be on display at Norris Library in Rutherfordton throughout September as part of the Guild Artists in the Libraries. The Rutherford County Visual Artists Guild invites artists in all media to exhibit their work Sept. 18-22 during the 3rd annual “Celebration of the Arts” in the Performing Arts Center, ICC. Applications due by Sept. 11. Call 2885009. The Center is at 173 N. Main Street, Rutherfordton. Contributed photo
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SPINDALE – Seventeen Isothermal Community College staff and faculty members were recognized this month for making outstanding contributions to the institution’s learning environment. The Golden Apple Awards, given since 2006, were developed by Isothermal’s Learning Strategies Taskforce as a way to recognize college employees who “dedicate their time and talents to create a college environment where learning can flourish.” Dr. Myra Johnson, Isothermal’s president, presented the awards at last Thursday’s Convocation event, saying the awards were designed for those employees who “go above and beyond the requirements of their jobs to ensure that the learning process flows smoothly for students.” The Golden Apple Award Committee made the awards on criteria including the exhibition of a commitment to excellence; the nurturing of a climate of integrity, care and respect for individuals; demonstration of initiative to resolve problems or improve processes that benefit the college; demonstration of a cooperative spirit and willingness to help others that exceeds job expectations; and serving as an inspiration to others. The winners are: Evelyn Woods, ESL coordinator Nan Thompson, Business Sciences secretary Marnie Beaver, support of Dean, Online, NA and Truck Driving Programs/Continuing Education Vickie Searcy, secretary, Enrollment Management/Student Services Susan Hendrick, counselor, Health Sciences Tina Porter, counseling and Health Sciences Specialist, Career Center and Pre-Health Sciences Johnny Smith, director, Career Center Lisa Padgett, secretary, Dean of Student Services Rhonda Davis, instructor, Business Sciences Bret Watson, health and physical education instructor Nathan Fisher, instructor, welding Carl Jackson, instructor and Criminal Justice Assistant Director, BLET Sheila Francis, PC technician Jeff McEntire, network manager Susan Straw, manager, Campus Print Shop Johnnie Williams, custodian Amy Penson, controller For a complete listing of each recipient’s acheivements, visit www.isothermal.edu/pio.
Guild Artists in The Library
Trike-A-Thon for St. Jude
Nineteen children, who attend the Trinity summer program, recently raised $728 during a Trike-A-Thon for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
ICC faculty, staff receive Golden Apple Awards
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Sunday Break
Woman’s withdrawal concerns longtime friends Dear Abby: My neighbors and I are extremely concerned about my next-door neighbor of 38 years, “Anne.” She was always somewhat of a narcissist, and her husband has always been an unsociable, passive-aggressive bore who thinks he’s always right. Since he retired, Anne has been drinking. She even asked one of our neighbors’ sons if he had any marijuana. Anne never talks to anyone on the phone anymore and has become isolated from most of her former friends. She is always with her husband and only expresses his likes, opinions and thoughts. He apparently likes these
Dear Abby Abigail van Buren
changes in his wife, but the rest of us find them alarming. Do you think there is anything we can do to help her? — Neighbor Dear Neighbor: Does Anne have any children or siblings that you know of? If the answer is yes, contact them and let them know there have been significant changes in her behavior and that you and the other neighbors are worried about her. However, if she doesn’t,
Tic Tacs bad for overnight dry mouth? Dear Dr. Gott: As a DDS (Doctor of Dental Surgery), I would like to commend you for the answer you gave the woman who sought your advice regarding the use of Tic Tacs for relief of her dry-mouth syndrome. I would also like to offer a comment or two. The problem with Tic Tacs is the same as with Life Savers, lollipops, cough drops, mints, etc. Acid is used for the flavoring — malic acid for mints and citric acid for fruit flavors. So when you suck on one of those objects, you are releasing acid directly against the teeth. Sugar does not cause cavities; rather, it reacts with the bacteria present in the mouth and forms an acid that causes the cavities. Placing one of those items next to the teeth releases the acid directly on the teeth — you cut out the “middleman” and go “direct.” I once had a patient who had a bad sinus problem, and he thought if he dissolved cough drops in his mouth on the side where his nose was clogged, it would help. I don’t know what good it did for the sinus problem, but he came in with a number of cavities in the teeth on that side of his mouth. I could relate a number of similar stories and situ-
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ations. Finally, I would like to thank you for using the proper terminology “physician or dentist.” Common uninformed usage has made “doctors and dentists” the popular expression, but it is incorrect since dentists are doctors, too. Dear Doctor: Thank you for the compliments. There are several overthe-counter dry-mouth remedies, including mouthwashes, toothpastes and oral gels. Individuals who do not respond well to these measures should then be seen by a dental professional who can examine the mouth, determine what the underlying cause may be and what an appropriate course of action is needed. Perhaps I am mistaken, but I believe that most cavities may be prevented simply by brushing and flossing the teeth at least twice a day or after every meal and/or sugary product; in today’s fast-paced society, however, that may be hard to manage. Proper oral hygiene is just as important to overall health as is proper body hygiene.
and because she insists that everything is fine, make sure she knows that you and her other friends care about her. Tell her you are concerned because you rarely have contact with her, but will be there for her as always if she needs you. Dear Abby: My husband and I live and work in a delightful resort town. Lately, we have noticed a trend among our friends and family who are traveling to our town. Instead of calling in advance, many of them call us on the day they hope to see us. These are people we like and would enjoy seeing, but we work full-time and we usually need a little
more advance notice. We know our friends make plans well in advance to book airline reservations, so we’re baffled that they don’t contact us while they are making their travel plans. — Beach Dwellers Dear Beach Dwellers: Tell them that you are disappointed, too, and the next time they plan to be in the area to please call sooner because you make your plans in advance and can’t cancel the ones you already have Dear Abby: My girlfriend, “Ashley,” and I have been dating exclusively for about two years. Last week, her boss asked her to be his friend’s date so he and his
girlfriend and the friend could attend a concert for which he had tickets. I was upset about it, but Ashley said that because I couldn’t afford tickets she was going to take the opportunity and go. Am I right to be upset with my girlfriend for being her boss’s friend’s date? — Hurt Dear Hurt: Yes, because it appears that for the price of a concert ticket your relationship with Ashley is no longer “exclusive,” and she went in spite of your feelings. It was also inappropriate for her boss to ask her to be someone’s “date,” especially if he knew she had a steady boyfriend.
Horse show fundraiser returns impressive results On Saturday, August 15, The Blue Ridge Hunter Jumper Association (BRHJA) in Tryon North Carolina hosted a fundraising benefit for Polk County’s Foothills Humane Society and Rutherford County’s Community Pet Center. The purpose of any funds derived from this event was to raise the spay/neuter coffers for both groups. Many of the Polk County volunteers who worked on this project are members of both the BRHJA and the Foothills Humane Society. Their efforts on behalf of the animals in both counties have really helped raise awareness and, importantly, funding for the critical spay/neuter programs in our region. We want to extend our sincere thanks to all of the hard-working and dedicated volunteers in Polk County who made this collaborative effort so successful. We would also like to thank all of the event’s sponsors from both Polk and Rutherford Counties who were responsible for raising almost $11, 000 to be shared by both Counties (after event expenses): Arnold Biscontini, Rhonda Parish & Celia Kudro, David Carmichael, Kay Hooper Foundation, Community Pet Center Spay/ Neuter Team, Landrum Bi-Lo, Costco, Ingles, Stuart Evans, Blue Ridge Design, Dr. William & Barbara Mills, Parsec Financial Management, Patty Lynch, Ramona Lauda, Shelley Dayton, Buddy, Tess & Tika, John & Lee Major, Judy Donlan, Rutherford Plastic Surgery & Spa, Lynn Page, Noreen Cothran, Dr. & Mrs. Dean McKinney, Debra Carton, George Dreyer, Roger & Jennifer Smith, Eric Aschaffenburg, and Steve & Marie King Because of the sponsorships donated by Rutherford and Polk County residents and businesses, The Community Pet Center will continue to offer spay/neuter assistance to
IN THE STARS Your Birthday, Aug. 30; The year ahead is likely to be a far better one because people or things that previously served as obstacles in your path will now disappear from your life. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — It doesn’t happen often, but the odds could be tilted slightly in your favor if you play things right. In other words, if you’re smart, you can do well. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Do not be overly concerned about how to handle any development that could be problematic. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) - This is a better-than-average day to get back on track, so tackle things that have been giving you fits. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Financial indicators look reasonably good so don’t hesitate to dwell in areas where you can focus your efforts. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Being your own person will be more important than usual, and you won’t like to be imposed upon. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — Strive to put yourself out for others, because what you do for others will bring the greatest gratification and happiness. PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Being around pretentious people always makes you feel extremely uncomfortable, so don’t think you must accept an invitation. ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Aim for large targets or objectives because some of your more impressive dreams can be realized. Even if you don’t hit them all, at the very least you’ll still come out as one of the winners. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — Don’t take your reasoning lightly. Your thinking with regard to how things should be done and what their outcome could be is more accurate than usual and better than most. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — You have several good friends in the right places, so if you haven’t angered anyone lately, you should be able to get their support to help accomplish something important. CANCER (June 21-July 22) — More can be accomplished with an effective buddy at your side, so don’t go it alone if you can get another to join up with you. Teamwork will provide what flying solo cannot. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Your physical skills are likely to be a bit sharper than your mental ones, so try to partake in jobs or activities that will give your muscles a workout and your mind a rest.
The Pet Project Produced by Jo-Ann Close and Lynne Faltraco Community Pet Center
those in need. Please contact the volunteer office at 287-7738 for more information or call the spay/neuter hotline directly at 2879761 to schedule an appointment. This yearly event will be held again next August and more sponsors are most welcome to participate. Potential donors are encouraged to consider supporting this event next year. Please help us address the pet overpopulation crisis by planning ahead in your budget to provide this support next year. Please spay or neuter your pets and encourage all of your friends, relations, colleagues and associates to do the same.
Use up an abundance of pears Pears make a beautiful natural display when placed in a fruit bowl as they ripen. They’re a great source of fiber and are delicious eaten out of hand or blended into smoothies. Fresh pears don’t freeze well until cooked or processed. They can be incorporated into spreads, cakes, breads or preserves. Pickyourown.org has a wonderful pictorial on how to make pear butter. Enjoy! Fruit-Spice Sauce 1 cup water 1 cup sugar 1 (12-ounce) package fresh cranberries 1 orange, peeled and pureed 1 apple, peeled, cored and diced 1 pear, peeled, cored and diced 1 cup chopped dried mixed fruit 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg In a medium saucepan, boil water and sugar until sugar dissolves. Reduce the heat to simmer, and stir in remaining ingredients. Cover and simmer for 30 minutes. Stir until the cranberries pop. Remove from heat, and let cool to room temperature. Spoon over a block of cream cheese, and serve with assorted crackers or bagels. Or use on deli-style sandwiches, English muffins or toast as a spread or stir into yogurt or cottage cheese. — Maggie H., Indiana Pear Bread 3 cups flour 1/4 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon sea salt 1 tablespoon ground cinna-
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mon 3/4 cup olive oil 3 eggs 2 cups sugar 2 medium-sized pears, peeled and shredded 1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts, optional 2 teaspoons vanilla Combine all, and mix until just moistened. Spoon evenly into two greased loaf pans. Bake at 325 F for 75 minutes or until done in center. Cool and remove from loaf pans. — Kim, Florida Pear Coffeecake 2-1/2 cups flour 3/4 cup sugar 1 cup dark brown sugar 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon nutmeg 3/4 cup cooking oil 2 cups chopped ripe pears 1 slightly beaten egg 1 cup buttermilk 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon baking powder Topping 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger 1 cup chopped pecans Mix together flour, sugars, salt, nutmeg and oil. Set aside 1 cup of mixture for topping. Add 2 cups of chopped ripe pear to the remaining above mixture. Add egg, buttermilk, baking soda and baking powder. Topping: Add ginger and pecans to 1 cup of reserved mixture. Spread in greased 9-by-13-inch pan. Sprinkle on topping. Bake at 350 F for 40 minutes or until knife inserted comes out clean. — Peggy L., New York
8C â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Sunday Courier, Forest City, NC, Sunday, August 30, 2009
Free fair will honor those who serve
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Begun by a former agriculture teacher, A.B. Bushong decades ago, the fair will feature its traditional midway rides, plenty of fair foods, drinks and the games and the exhibit hall where folks will bring their homemade wares for judging. Opening ceremonies will include a performance by the East Rutherford High School Band and brief words before Smoky Mountain Amusements opens its rides along the midway.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have a lot of local vendors,â&#x20AC;? said Ellenboro Principal Bill Bass. The schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s concession booth will sell its traditional hot dogs, hamburgers and french fries. On Saturday, wristbands will be available for all children beginning at 1 p.m.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are planning a really big fair and certainly hope we will have
a lot of folks coming out and visiting with us and taking in the fair atmosphere,â&#x20AC;? Bass added. While the activities take place on the midway and the exhibit hall, the former gym will include an array of displays. Canned food, baked items, sewing, needlework, potted plants, field crops, clothes, candy and other miscellaneous items will be on display. First place prizes valued at $5 will be awarded. With the theme â&#x20AC;&#x153;Honoring Those Who Serveâ&#x20AC;? there will be informational booths in the exhibit hall presented by the military, emergency personnel from Ellenboro and Rutherford County law enforcement. The Classic Car and Truck Show and the Ugly Truck Contest will be from 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday with awards to be presented at 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. Saturday. Plenty of old engines, tractors and farm machinery will also be on display.
Live music Friday and Saturday nights. The Golden Valley Crusaders will sing Friday and Southern Sounds Saturday night. The fair will be open Tuesday through Thursday from 6 to 9 p.m.; Friday from 6 to 10 p.m. and Saturday from 1 to 9 p.m.
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The Night Move Band, above, will be featured at Ruffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Ton Live Beach Bash â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;09, Thursday, Sept. 3, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the courthouse lawn. At right, â&#x20AC;&#x153;American Big Bandâ&#x20AC;? will bring the Big Band story to life at The Foundation at Isothermal Community College Sept. 19 at 7:30 p.m.
Spindaleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fall festival set for Sept. 18
SPINDALE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Spindale Fall Festival will begin Friday, Sept. 18, from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. with a Street Dance and Classic Car Show on Main Street. An oldfashioned street festival will be held Saturday, Sept. 19, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Main with a great assortment of arts, crafts, childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s activities, entertainment, gem mining, clowns, pet-
ting zoos, church yard sales and of course, food. Highlights of the event will include the unveiling of Robin Lattimoreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new book on the history of Spindale. Books will go on sale that day at the Spindale House with all proceeds going to support the townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s library. There will also be a pie eating contest on the lawn of the
Spindale House from noon until 4 p.m. sponsored by Munchie Town with pies donated by Bi-Lo. Proceeds will benefit the goat parade and festival planned for next spring. For additional information or vendor applications, please call 288-4875 after 6 p.m.
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