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Harris Elementary teacher Angie Steed is pictured in front of a computer screen displaying video of students at Sunshine Elementary who voted on Harris’ students speeches Tuesday during the social studies’ classes student election.
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FOREST CITY — Students in the fifth grade at Harris Elementary got a first-hand look at how the election process works Tuesday when they used technology in the classroom to connect with fifth graders at Sunshine Elementary. The social studies’ classes at Harris presented their president and vice-president speeches for their classmates and for those at Sunshine by using Skype. Students then voted, with
Sunshine representing the electoral vote and Harris the popular vote. Harris social studies teacher Angie Steed said students had been studying about elections for about two weeks. Steed said students did a similar project last year, but used slips of paper with the number of each state’s electoral votes listed. This was Steed’s first time using Skype, a program that allows you to chat with audio and video features. Please see Students, Page 6
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has now assumed responsibility for burying unclaimed bodies for the county By ALLISON FLYNN Daily Courier Staff Writer
SPINDALE — Rutherford County Department of Social Services has an official protocol on how to handle unclaimed bodies after Wednesday’s board meeting. Rutherford County Commissioners voted earlier this year to do away with funding for “pauper burials” – which allowed DSS to cover the cost of burial for those who could not afford the cost of a funeral. DSS Director John Carroll said the protocol would allow the department to clarify the process for unclaimed bodies. “This policy will be given to the hospital, nursing homes and assisted livings, Hospice and funeral homes to clarify what we do for everyone we work with,” Carroll told the board. According to North Carolina General Statutes 130A-415, DSS is responsible for the disposition of bodies unclaimed in the county after 10 days. The protocol outlines when the department should be notified as well as how the body will be disposed and who may claim the remains. Carroll stressed that prior to the body being disposed all efforts would be made to contact a relative. “We’ve always taken the lead to locate all relatives,” he said. “That’s now how the statute reads, but we’re still going to make every effort.” In short, those who die without a relative to claim them will be released to DSS after 10 days. DSS will then select a funeral home and cremation service by rotating providers in a randomly chosen sequence. Cremation, the protocol states, is the department’s choice of disposition because it has been determined to be the most cost efficient. Cost cutting is the main reason pauper burials were discontinued. Carroll said the cost of pauper burials to the department reached $23,000 one Please see DSS, Page 6
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Patti Wagner, of Transition Resources, Inc., offered tips to job seekers at a special seminar sponsored by the Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce Wednesday.
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SPINDALE — Job seekers looking for a way to land on their feet got some hints at a Career Change seminar sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce Wednesday at Isothermal Community College. Patti Wagner of Transition Resources, Inc. spoke to a crowd of about 25 who had come to look for help in their hunt for employment. Wagner encouraged them to be proactive in their search in stead of reactive. “I know this is a tough time,” said Chamber Director Bill Hall. “But I thoroughly believe we will come out of this and I also believe that we’ll be stronger and better for it.” Wagner explained to job seekers that they must first get rid of beliefs and self-doubt that might impede their job search. And to make sure they are using the most up-to-date job search tools. “Make sure you are able to leverage the on-line tools as part of your overall plan,” Wagner said. “When you’ve lost your job and you look around at the down economic news, you may feel like you’re in a free fall. But you should keep your senses about you and realize that you can land on your feet. With any economic downturn or any job transitions like this there is a good chance Please see Career, Page 6
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University recruiters to share info at ICC
SPINDALE – More than a dozen recruiters from four-year universities and colleges will share admissions information with students at Isothermal Community College soon. The college representatives will be on campus on Wednesday, Nov. 4, from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. in the lobby of The Foundation. The visit is part of a statewide tour of community colleges organized by the Carolinas Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers.
“This is a great opportunity for our students to meet with recruiters from these four-year institutions,” said Alice McCluney, director of Enrollment Management at Isothermal. “There will be information available about programs, scholarships, admission requirements and important deadlines.” An example of the information that might be provided would be a special scholarship that USC-Upstate is now offering to graduates of Isothermal, McCluney said. “This is the kind of information that a student might not get from an
admissions website,” she said. “I hope we have a good turnout, so people can explore what’s available and become better prepared for life after Isothermal.” As of this week, 11 colleges and universities have committed to participating in the event. Another half dozen have been contacted. The participating institutions are Gardner-Webb University, Converse College, University of South Carolina-Upstate, Limestone College, Western Carolina University, Appalachian State University, Mars Hill College, Catawba College, Lenoir-Rhyne University, University of North Carolina-Wilmington and Queens University. Similar visits are held throughout the year in the public schools. McCluney said students from charter schools, private schools and home schools have been invited to the Isothermal event. The public is also encouraged to attend. For more information, contact McCluney at 828-286-3636, ext. 288.
Livestock producers meet tonight
SPINDALE — Dianne Davis, County Executive Director Rutherford County FSA, announced a livestock producer meeting will be held Oct. 22 at 7 p.m. at the Cooperative Extension Office on Callahan-Koone Road. This meeting will be to discuss 2008 Farm Bill Disaster Programs
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Habitat for Humanity held the dedication of their 53rd house Oct. 16, at 6 p.m. This house is now home to Wanda Twitty and her children Shalonda, 16, Shaquisha, 14, and Shaquan, 14, and is located at 161 Allen St. in Rutherfordton. It was built by the ICC Building and Construction Technology Class led by instructor Chester Melton. This is the third year in a row that the ICC class has built a home for Habitat.
Auxiliary earns honors RUTHERFORDTON – The Rutherford Hospital Auxiliary in September was the recipient of the 2009 Five Star Award at the North Carolina Hospital Volunteers Annual Conference in Greensboro. The Five Star Award is the highest ranking possible, which the RHA has earned for 11 consecutive years. Also recently the Rutherford Hospital Auxiliary officers hosted the presidents and vice presidents of District 1 of the North Carolina Hospital Volunteers on Sept. 30. Hospitals in District 1 include Angel Medical Center, Appalachian Regional Health Care, Blue Ridge Health Care, Caldwell Memorial Hospital, Catawba Valley Medical Center, Haywood Regional Medical Center, The McDowell Hospital, Mission Hospitals, Rutherford Hospital Inc., St. Luke’s Hospital, Swain County Hospital and Transylvania Regional Hospital all in
Western North Carolina. The North Carolina Hospital Volunteers President Annette Wright from Edenton attended the meeting as well as President-Elect Lola Lurch from Concord. The District 1 Representative Don Sherrill from Catawba Valley Medical Center also attended. Rutherford Hospital’s Director of Marketing and Customer Service presented a workshop on “Good Customer Service in a Down Economy” and VP Business Service Karen Moore presented “Leadership Trends Leading to Successful Engagement.” The group toured Rutherford Hospital before adjourning. Rutherford Hospital Auxiliary President Sharon Taylor and VP Bobbie Bridges were the hostesses for the event. Volunteer Joannie Jolley and Director of Volunteer Services Ginger Dancy assisted.
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Flu vaccination production is way behind
SWIFTWATER, Pa. (AP) — The federal government originally promised 120 million doses of swine flu vaccine by now. Only 13 million have come through. As nervous Americans clamor for the vaccine, production is running several weeks behind schedule, and health officials blame the pressure on pharmaceutical companies to crank it out along with the ordinary flu vaccine, and a slow and antiquated process that relies on millions of chicken eggs. There have been other bottlenecks, too: Factories that put the precious liquid into syringes have become backed up. And the government itself ran into a delay in developing the tests required to assess each batch before it is cleared for use. What effect the delays will have on the course of the outbreak is unclear, in part because scientists cannot say with any certainty just how dangerous the virus is, how easily it spreads, or whether it will mutate into a more lethal form. Since April, swine flu has killed more than 800 people in the U.S., including 86 children, 39 of them in the past month and a half, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More than half of all hospitalizations since the beginning of September were people 24 and under. “We’re in this race against the virus, and only Mother Nature knows how many cases are going to occur over the next six to 10 weeks,” said Michael Osterholm, a vaccine expert at the University of Minnesota. In the meantime, many states have had to postpone mass vaccinations. Clinics around the country that managed to obtain doses of the vaccine have been swamped. And doctors are getting bombarded with calls from worried and angry parents. “Nobody has it,” said AnnMarie O’Connor, who waited more than four hours for the vaccine in Rockville, Md., standing in line with her two young children and about 1,000 other people. Health officials “said the shots would be here in early October. But where are they?” Federal officials counsel patience, saying that eventually there should be enough of both vaccines for everyone who wants them. “We wish we had better ways to produce vaccines perfectly predictably, but this is how influenza vaccine production often goes,” Dr. Anne Schuchat, who heads the CDC’s immunization and respiratory disease section, said last week. The delays have led to renewed demands for a quicker, more reliable way of producing vaccines than the chicken-egg method, which is 50-yearold technology and involves injecting the virus into eggs and allowing it to feed on the nutrients in the egg white. Federal officials initially projected that as many as 120 million doses of the vaccine would be ready to dispense by mid-October. They later reduced their estimate to 45 million. As of Tuesday, only 12.8 million were available. (Health officials say a single dose will protect adults, while children under 10 will need two doses.) In a sign of how rapidly the virus is spreading, education officials said 198 schools in 15 states were closed Wednesday because of swine flu, with more than 65,000 students affected. That was up from 88 school closings the day before. “Right now, the vaccine is in a race against the virus, and the virus is winning,” Osterholm said.
Missing student sought
ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — The search for a Virginia Tech student missing since she became separated from her friends at a Metallica concert Saturday is being treated as a criminal investigation, police said Wednesday. Virginia State Police Lt. Joe Rader said authorities don’t know whether a crime was committed in the disappearance of 20-year-old Morgan Dana Harrington from the concert at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. “We do not know whether she is alive or has met some kind of ill fate,” Rader told a Charlottesville news conference. Police have confirmed that Harrington, of Roanoke, was near the concert arena at least until 9:30 p.m. Saturday, the lieutenant said. She had called her friends about an hour earlier to tell them she had left John Paul Jones Arena and was not permitted to return. Harrington’s purse and cell phone were found by a passer-by in a small parking lot between the arena and an athletic field, and were turned in to police.
Officers use a bloodhound to search the Grove Park neighborhood Tuesday in Orange Park, Fla. for Somer Thompson, 7, who went missing Monday afternoon. Associated Press
Search for child turns up body ORANGE PARK, Fla. (AP) — Authorities searching for a missing 7-year-old north Florida girl said they found the body of a young child in a Georgia landfill Wednesday, but it has not yet been identified. Clay County, Fla., Sheriff Rick Beseler first said the body was a female, but then corrected himself and said he couldn’t yet confirm the gender. The parents of Somer Thompson, who has been missing since Monday, have been notified. The body was found by Clay County detectives who followed garbage trucks from the girl’s neighborhood to Folkston, Ga., just north of the Florida state line. Beseler said investigators searched through 100 tons of garbage before finding the partially covered body. He did not give any other details about the discovery.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation was helping with the investigation and planned to conduct an autopsy on the body Thursday in its Savannah office, spokesman John Bankhead said. “We all need to say a prayer for Somer’s family,” Florida Gov. Charlie Crist said at a press conference announcing the discovery. Somer vanished on her milelong walk home from school Monday in Orange Park. She was squabbling with another child, and her sister told her to stop. The girl got upset, walked ahead of the group and wasn’t seen again. Orange Park is a suburb of Jacksonville just south of Jacksonville Naval Air Station. The area where the girl disappeared is a heavily populated residential area with homes, apartment complexes and condominiums.
Investigators said before the body was discovered they suspected foul play in her disappearance. “We want to find who did this and bring them to justice,” the sheriff said. Earlier Wednesday, the girl’s parents made emotional pleas for their daughter to be returned home safely. “Somer, you’re not in trouble — if you’re scared, just come home,” Diena Thompson said on NBC’s “Today” show Wednesday. “And if somebody has her, please, please bring her back to us. She belongs with her family.” Father Sam Thompson, who lives in Graham, N.C., also pleaded for her safe return. “Somer, your daddy Sam loves you unconditionally. Stay strong and don’t give up the fight or the hope that we’re going to be a family again. I love you,” he said.
Clerk accused of stealing lottery prize AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A 25-year-old convenience store clerk pocketed a customer’s $1 million winning lottery ticket, claimed the prize and skipped town, possibly back to his native Nepal, authorities said. Pankaj Joshi took 67-year-old Willis Willis’ winning Mega Millions megaplier ticket after Willis asked Joshi in May to check whether any of his numbers were winners, investigators said in a search warrant affidavit last month. Joshi claimed the prize — about $750,000 after taxes — at the lottery claim center in Austin, had the money wired to a bank account and disappeared, authorities said.
“Never to this degree have we seen a clerk steal a megaplier winning ticket,” assistant district attorney Patty Robertson said.. Nick Parveez, Joshi’s former manager at Lucky’s Food Store in Grand Prairie, near Dallas, called the lottery commission in July to voice his suspicions about Joshi after hearing that his store sold a $1 million winning ticket, according to the affidavit. No one at Lucky’s had ever seen Joshi play the lottery, assistant manager Mike Rahman said. “He just left,” Rahman said. “We were shocked. We didn’t know he could do anything like this.” Joshi, who was a student at the
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University of Texas at Arlington and had worked at the store for five years, was charged in Travis County in September with one count of claiming a lottery prize by fraud. If convicted, he could face up to 20 years in prison. A judge set Joshi’s bond at $10 million. The Austin AmericanStatesman first reported on the charge Wednesday. Joshi transferred some of the money to various bank accounts after the initial deposit by the lottery, prosecutors said. Authorities have recovered $365,000 from Joshi’s account. It wasn’t clear when the money might be returned to Willis, if it’s proven in court to be his.
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Our Views Cheers, jeers Cheers: To county historian Robin Lattimore for his efforts that lead to his selection as the state’s Historian of the Year. Lattimore works extremely hard on a multitude of activities that chronicled the rich history of Rutherford County. Cheers: To everyone who is pushing county residents to vote online in an effort to gain a $20,000 grant to provide handicap access to an estimated 15 to 20 low-income homeowners in Rutherford County who are unable to safely access their own homes. Jeers: To all the imposters and liars who will seemingly do and say anything to get what they want. For example, a Marine sergeant posed as a Mideast war hero just to gain entrance to special benefits and events for legitimate war heroes. Cheers: To those who help with funding for a special media project surrounding the historic Betchler Mint in Rutherford County. The Betchlers were the first to mint a $1 gold coin in the United States.
Our readers’ views Says donated band instruments help kids To the editor: Could we please get some instruments donated to schools that offer band classes. Kids who can’t afford $32 to $50 a month to rent an instruments are just out of luck. I pay a private music teacher $50 an hour for violin/piano lessons, two instruments that aren’t offered in band class. If a child wants to do band, they must rent an instrument unless they already own one. Please open band to other instruments or get some loaner/donated instruments for children who want to learn. Heather Riley Haynes Green Hill
Says editorial wrong about Ellenboro To the editor: I would like to respond to the editorial by The Courier on Oct. 15. The paper inferred that unlike other towns in Rutherford County, The Ellenboro Town Board was, in your words, “at each others throats,” and ignoring the business of the town. That is entirely untrue. If you would actually check the facts, you would find that the town of Ellenboro is in better financial shape than any other town in Rutherford County. Since 2002, we have installed a sewer system which serves about 200 customers. We have installed new water lines to outlying areas who were in desperate need of water. This
will add approximately 200 new customers to our water system. The tax base has increased from 14 million to around 28 million. The town board has reduced taxes twice from 28 cents per $100 to 22 cents per $100. Compare that to other towns in the county.
Commissioner Steve Holland in the upcoming election. I have known Steve for many years and watched him grow up in Alexander Mills. Steve is a very honest and caring person who has worked hard for the citizens of Forest City.
We have not laid off any workers, in fact we hired two maintenance workers. According to our latest audit for 2008-2009, we have 23 months of reserve in our treasury. Compare that figure to others towns. It is true that the board has friction with the mayor who seems at times to have her own agenda. But in spite of this, the town board has worked hard for the people in town and outside of town to provide much needed services. I will point out that you were correct when you stated that voters need to elect experienced and competent leaders in these hard economic times. It is also true that we have a lot of candidates and the voters should carefully consider the qualifications and experience of all candidates to make wise choices on election day. We would appreciate it if the Courier reporter would give both sides of the issues instead of sensationalizing only the negative stories. Allan Bunt Black Town Alderman, Ellenboro
Steve was very instrumental in getting the Forest City Owls to come from Spartanburg to Forest City. He looked for different avenues to find money to help the town fund the building of McNair Field. ‘ It was Steve who spoke to Robert McNair and was able to get a one million dollar donation from Mr. McNair for the construction of McNair Field. I believe this has given us all, young and old alike, a place where we can take our families and enjoy an evening out.
Endorses Holland for town election To the editor: It is with great pleasure that I urge you to support Forest City
I believe it has employed many throughout the summer months. I personally believe this field and the Owls has been one of the best things to happen in Rutherford County in a long time. Steve started the Forest City Youth Council three years ago. This is really a great opportunity for the youth to learn how the city and county is run. I know they have done several community projects to help the needy in our county. We need to support Steve who we know will work with our youth and community. I urge you to vote for Steve Holland for Forest City Commissioner. Hubert Hardin Forest City
Memories of grandfather and thoughts of regrets I’ve been thinking a lot this week about regrets. I woke up with that word on my mind Monday morning, uncertain as to why it had come up. Later in the day I realized exactly why that one word had been sticking with me. Around 2:30 Monday afternoon, I learned my grandfather had died, only about an hour before. I have to add that on Monday I had an uneasy, queasy feeling about me and had actually stopped at home to get some medicine when I got the phone call. But that’s another story. Backing up to Sunday afternoon, which is usually a day reserved for visiting my family, I opted not to go to my grandparents house. In all honesty, I haven’t been visiting them as much as I should have lately because of being busy with work and home and because I have a three year old – who had been sick the week before – so I didn’t want to carry them any germs.
Total momsense Allison Flynn
I regret not going to see them Sunday, because it would have been my last opportunity to let my grandpa know just how much I love him. I’ve always tried not to live my life with any regrets. I am a firm believer that things happen in your life just the way they are supposed to and when they are supposed to – in God’s perfect time, if you will. I have a propensity to dwell on things, but even still the mistakes I make are mine and I don’t regret any of them. But I do regret not making time for my sweet, sweet grandparents this past weekend. It was my grandpa I clung to first when my mom was
transported to Rutherford Hospital four years ago after an aneurysm in her brain ruptured. I met my grandparents in the parking lot of the ER and remember my grandpa just holding me while I cried and told him I didn’t know what was wrong with his firstborn child at that point. In the days that followed her death, it was my grandparents house that I felt most at home and safe. When my son, Nathan, was born – and even before that – my grandpa was a super proud man. I am incredibly blessed and grateful that in his 84 years here he got to hold, love and nurture not only eight grandchildren, but three great-grandsons and a great-granddaughter. I have a picture of him holding Nathan at just a few months old – Grandpa is smiling and Nathan is just staring up at him. It’s going to be a treasured remembrance for me now. My grandpa was one to never complain. My mom
used to tell stories of how even when he was sick, he’d keep on working and doing what he’d always done, never taking time for himself, but always making time for my grandma, mama and her sisters and brother. And often he’d keep that he was feeling bad to himself. My uncle told a story of how Grandpa once fell down a ladder, scraping his back badly. He landed and said, “We won’t tell your mama about this one, son.” My uncle said he told him he’d have to plan to wear a shirt around her for the next two months, then. I’ve always known how special my grandpa was and still is. Any time I met people who lived in the Cliffside area or who worked at the mill, as soon as I’d mention my Grandpa’s name they’d smile and share a story about how kind he had been to them. In college my roommate’s family friend commented how “nothing could go wrong with Mal T. on your side.”
I just wish now I’d taken a half hour or more in recent weeks to let Grandpa know he was special to me. I’ve made up my mind that this will (hopefully) be my only true regret. And I fully intend to spend more time with Grandma, letting her know how much I love and care for her, and appreciate all she’s done for me in my life. I stole this last bit off a Facebook friend’s status. It seemed, much as how everything else has unfolded, to fit my life at just the exact moment I needed it. “Life is short; make it sweet. Follow your dreams; don’t wake up with regrets. Love the people who treat you right; forget the people who don’t. Believe everything happens for a reason; some things for a purpose. If you get a chance; take it. If it changes your life; let it.” Allison Flynn is editor/reporter at The Courier. Contact her via e-mail at aflynn@thedigitalcourier.com.
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Obituaries Cynthia Yelton
Cynthia Ann Goode Yelton, 58, of Cherry Mountain Street, Forest City, died Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009, at her residence. Born in Rutherford County, she was a daughter of Ralph D. Goode of Forest City, and the late Christine Williams Goode. She was preceded in death by a son. She was a homemaker and member of Smith Grove Baptist Church. In addition to her father, she is survived by her husband, Wade Douglas Yelton of the home; a son, Travis Brock Yelton of Forest City; two brothers, Mike Goode and Scott Goode, both of Forest City; three sisters, Dianne Stamey of Lincolnton, Teresa Harris of Polkville, and Connie Hendrix of Rutherfordton; and her stepmother, Christine Goode. Funeral services will be Garrett Byers/Daily Courier held at 11 a.m. Friday at Technicians with Forest City Electric were at work Wednesday adding and testing the seasonal holi- Smith Grove Baptist Church day lights that will illuminate the downtown area during the fast approaching holiday season. with Dr. Robert Toney, and the Revs. Wayne Toney and Jerry Vess officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. at The Padgett and King Mortuary. grapnel, or anchor, from the Atlantic Ocean NC tax revenues off $45M Memorials may be made near Beaufort on Wednesday and will display to Hospice of Rutherford RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina tax colit Thursday. The anchor originally had four County, P.O. Box 336, Forest lections continue to fall this fiscal year, but prongs, but now has one-and-a-half. City, NC 28043. they are nearly in line with what lawmakers Archaeologists and conservators with the expected when they passed the state budget. state Department of Cultural Resources say Online condolences www.padgettThe General Assembly’s top economist the grapnel was unstable after nearly 300 king.com. Barry Boardman says tax collections in the years in the sea and was too vulnerable to be state are down by 1 percent, or about $45 exposed to possible storms. Sylvia Johnson million, from projections for the first three months of the year through September. Sylvia Gail Fincannon Heroin deaths, overdoses up Gov. Beverly Perdue already held back Johnson, 49, of Rutherfordmoney to state agencies in August in case of CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Police in North ton, died Wednesday, Oct. a shortfall in the $19 billion budget. Carolina’s largest city say heroin deaths have 21, 2009, at Spartanburg Overall revenues are still 4 percent lower more than tripled in the last year. Regional Medical Center. compared to the first three months of last The Charlotte Observer reported A native of Rutherford year as the recession keeps squeezing sales Wednesday that Charlotte already has 33 County, she was a daughter and income taxes. overdoses and 10 deaths from heroin, up of the late Charles Andrew from eight overdoses and three deaths in and Rosa Lee Burgin 2008. Fincannon. Duke rate hearing delayed Police say they’ve shut down seven She was a member of Gilkey RALEIGH (AP) — A hearing by electric Charlotte drug cells since June. Seizures of United Methodist Church regulators on Duke Energy’s request to raise heroin have quadrupled from about 1,000 and taught business at R-S its base rates in North Carolina has been grams last year to nearly 5,000 grams this Central High School. She delayed. year. was a graduate of Limestone The state Utilities Commission had planned Officials blame an increase in heroin gangs College and Appalachian to begin the examination Wednesday in tied to Mexican drug organizations. Police State University. Raleigh. But the Charlotte-based utility say black-tar heroin made from poppies in She is survived by her and the commission’s consumer representaMexico and transported to the United States husband of 26 years, Rusty tives said the hearing was pushed back to is cheaper than other forms of the drug. Johnson of the home; one Thursday after attorneys met Wednesday son, Michael Johnson of the morning. one daughter, Mallory UNC questions use of symbol home; The state Attorney General’s Office had Johnson of the home; one asked earlier this week for more time to CHAPEL HILL (AP) — Some University of brother, Ralph Fincannon respond to additional testimony from Duke North Carolina officials are up in arms about of Spindale; three sisters, Energy. a rifle featuring the school’s symbol on its Judy Cope of Union Mills, Duke Energy and the commission’s Public stock. and Linda Thomas and Staff reached a tentative agreement in which The News & Observer of Raleigh reports LouAnn McDaniel, both of the utility’s 1.8 million customers in North that the Fort Collins, Colo.-based Historical Rutherfordton. Carolina would see their bills go up a comArmory is advertising a .22-caliber rifle as Funeral services will be bined 7 percent on average through 2011. a special “Historic Orange County” edition conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday with UNC’s Old Well engraved in the stock. at Gilkey United Methodist The Old Well — a dome with white columns Church. The Revs. Allan Divers recover anchor — is one of the federally registered tradeMarsh and Rick Brewer, and BEAUFORT (AP) — An anchor from marks of the university. Dr. Hampton Casebolt, will the shipwreck that’s thought to be from The university was alerted by a graduate officiate. Visitation will be Blackbeard’s flagship, the Queen Anne’s who called the symbol’s use on a firearm held Friday from 5 to 8 p.m. Revenge, is so unstable that divers in North inappropriate. A school official says the uni- at Crowe’s Mortuary. Carolina went ahead and retrieved it immeversity had not licensed the use and referred Memorials may be made diately rather than waiting until next year. the matter to its attorney. No guns have been to Gilkey United Methodist Divers pulled up the 4.5-foot, 160-pound sold or produced. Church, 187 Gilkey School Rd., Rutherfordton, NC 28139.
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n The Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office responded to 132 E-911 calls Tuesday.
n Ida Bennick Owens reported the theft of money. n Damage to Biggerstaff fire communications equipment was reported by the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office. n The theft of cookies was reported by Green’s Quick Mart, 2529 U.S. 221 South, Rutherfordton. n David Jerrel Suttles reported the theft of a leaf blower. n Lynn M. Cuthbertson reported a lost or stolen vehicle tag.
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n The Rutherfordton Police Department responded to 19 E-911 calls Tuesday.
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n The Spindale Police Department responded to 22 E-911 calls Tuesday.
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n Dale Lee Humphries, 50, of 311 W. Main St.; charged with assault on a female and communicating threats; placed under a 48-hour hold. (RCSD) n Ronnie Ray Mode, 46, of 187 Dogwood Lane; charged with assault on a female and communicating threats; placed under a 48-hour hold. (RCSD)
n The Forest City Police Department responded to 77 E-911 calls Tuesday. n An employee of Tri-City Animal Clinic, on Withrow Road, reported an incident of larceny by employee.
Arrests n Ryan Lee Gilmer, 18, of 181 Hickory St., Rutherfordton; charged with assault; freed on a custody release. (RPD) n Robbie Carson Praytor, 22, of 262 Chatham Ave.; charged with two counts of misdemeanor probation violation; placed under a $20,000 secured bond. (Probation) n Kevin Andrew Stinchcomb, 31, of 108 Lynch St.; charged with three counts of probation violation; no bond listed. (RCSD) n Wayne Richard Ledbetter, 29, of 128 Heffner St.; charged with larceny from the person; placed
EMS/Rescue n The Rutherford County EMS responded to 31 E-911 calls Tuesday. n The Volunteer Life Saving and Rescue, Hickory Nut Gorge EMS and Rutherford County Rescue responded to five E-911 calls Tuesday.
Fire Calls n Cliffside firefighters responded to a motor vehicle crash. n SDO firefighters responded to an industrial fire alarm.
Hazel Strickland Hazel H. Strickland, 91, of Newton, formerly of Rutherford County, died Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009, at Palliative Care Center and Hospice of Catawba Valley. Arrangements will be announced by McMahan’s Funeral Home.
Melissa Ervin Melissa Lynch Ervin, 39, of Forest City, died Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009, at Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte. She was a daughter of Mary Hamilton Lynch of Spindale, and George Lynch of Rutherfordton. In addition to her parents, she is survived by two sons, Quentin J. Flack and Keith L. Ervin, both of Forest City; two sisters, Michelle Lynch of Spindale, and Melanie Lynch of Rutherfordton; two brothers, Michael Lynch and Mark Lynch, both of California. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday at New Bethel AME Zion Church, Forest City, with the Rev. Leroy Staley officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The body
will lie in state one hour prior to the service. Thompson’s Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Deaths Nancy Spero NEW YORK (AP) — Feminist artist Nancy Spero, whose works have been included in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, has died. She was 83. Spero’s work combined drawing, painting, collage and printmaking. She was active in the women’s movement and decided in the 1970s to focus her art on the roles of women. Jack Nelson WASHINGTON (AP) — Jack Nelson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter who covered the civil rights movement and the Watergate scandal for the Los Angeles Times and was the paper’s Washington bureau chief for 20 years, died Wednesday. He was 80. Nelson spent more than 35 years with the Los Angeles Times, stepping down as its chief Washington correspondent in 2001. He joined the Times in 1965 and in 1970 began working in its Washington bureau. He was bureau chief from 1975 to the end of 1995. As a reporter with The Atlanta Constitution in 1960, he won the Pulitzer Prize for exposing malpractice and other problems at the 12,000-patient state mental hospital in Milledgeville, Ga. Joseph Wiseman NEW YORK (AP) — Joseph Wiseman, an actor who played the sinister scientist and title character of Dr. No in the first James Bond feature film, has died. He was 91. A screen and stage actor, Wiseman’s film credits include Detective Story (1951) and The Unforgiven (1960). He also had guest roles on television shows “Law & Order,” ‘’The Streets of San Francisco,” ‘’The Twilight Zone” and “The Untouchables,” according to The New York Times. He is likely best known, however, for his villainous role in Dr. No, the first in a long string of James Bond movies. Clifford Hansen CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Former Wyoming governor and U.S. Sen Clifford Hansen, a rancher who rode his agricultural background to political success in Cheyenne and Washington, D.C., died Tuesday night. He was 97. Clifford was the nation’s oldest living former senator. Hansen, a Republican, was elected governor in 1962. As governor, he supported lowering the voting age from 21 to 18, increasing retirement pay for state employees and repealing the state’s ban on accepting federal aid for education. As his term as governor drew to a close in 1966, Hansen ran for the Senate, beating Democrat Teno Roncalio.
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RHP currently running second in voting Meetings/other Habitat dedication: Habitat for Humanity will dedicate two homes (54th and 55th homes) in Rutherford County on Thursday, Oct. 22 at 6 p.m. The homes, located side-by-side at 242 and 248 Flack Rd. in Forest City will belong to Latasha Hampton and Sharon Harmon. Built by the Habitat Volunteer Construction Crews, FaithWorks Coalition of Churches and the Women Build team. Lost Playwrights meeting: Lost Playwrights of Western North Carolina will meet Saturday, Oct. 24, beginning at 4 p.m., at Doc’s Deli, on the corner of Grove and Barnwell streets in Hendersonville. Performance of short works at 7 p.m. A $5 donation appreciated. Those interested in any aspect of theatre are invited. Regular meeting: Rutherford County Democrat Club will meet Monday, Oct. 26, at Democrat Headquarters, downtown headquarters. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. Financial Aid Workshop: Wednesday, Oct. 28, 6 to 8 p.m., at R-S Central High School’ for seniors and their parents. Annual meeting: Forest City Little League; Wednesday, Oct. 28, 6 p.m., at Mooneyham Library, Forest City; election of officers will be held; all coaches, parents and interested parties urged to attend.
Miscellaneous Volunteers needed: Youth Empowerment is in the process of creating a teen center for youth 10-17. Volunteers are needed to paint at the Power Center and help with making small repairs during the week of caring. Located at the old Special Occasions building behind Bojangle’s. For more information call 288-1021. Cosmetology specials: ICC’s Cosmetology Department will offer perm specials Nov. 3-6, Tuesday Thursday appointments at 9 a.m., 4:15 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.; Friday appointments 8:15 a.m. and 11 a.m. only; includes shampoo, hair cut, perm or relaxer and style for $10. Call 286-2319 for an appointment.
Fundraisers Tailgate/trunk yard sale: Friday, Oct. 23, 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Rutherford County Senior Center, 193 Callahan-Koon RD., Spindale; more than 30 vendors, large variety of items. Auction, hot dog supper: Friday, Oct. 23, S.D.O. Fire Department; hot dog supper and auction preview from 5 to 6 p.m.; no set price, donations accepted; auction starts at 6 p.m. (cash only); sponsored by Long Branch Road Baptist Church; proceeds for Team Kids and a new fellowship hall. Poor man’s supper: Saturday, Oct. 24, 5 to 7 p.m.; Sunshine United Methodist Church, DePriest Rd., off Bostic-Sunshine Hwy.; adults $7, ch $2.50. Chicken pie dinner: Sunday, Oct. 25, Big Springs Baptist Church, Hollis community; serving begins around 12:30 p.m., after the morning worship service; homemade chicken pie with all the trimmings and fresh sweet potato pie; all proceeds for Samaritan’s Purse; sponsored by Cayla Green for her senior project. Breakfast: Sunday, Oct. 25, Alexander Missionary Church, serving starts at 7:30 a.m.; sponsored by the church youth; proceeds for a Christmas mission project and the Trees of Togetherness program. Costume Run 5K: Saturday, Oct. 31, at Isothermal Community College; 5K starts at 8:30 a.m.; Fun Run (ages 10 and under), begins at 9:30 a.m.; Fun Run registration $10; 5K registration $20 ($15 in advance); Oct. 26 -31; T-shirt included if registered by Oct. 25; forms available at Hospice or by emailing carsynlbutler@yahoo. com; all proceeds for Hospice of Rutherford County; sponsored by Carsyn Butler fro her senior project.
Religion 4th Anniversary service: In honor of Rev. Wallace Gregory; Sunday, Oct. 25, 3 p.m., New Dimension Church in Rutherfordton; guest speaker, Pastor Phil Forney of Wheat Creek Church. Revival: Through Oct. 23, 7 nightly, at St. Luke FBH Church; different speakers each night; Thursday, Rev. Jamal Edwards; Friday, Rev. Hattie Dewbwerry. 12th Anniversary service: In honor of Pastor Matthew Traylor; Sunday, Oct. 25, 3 p.m., at St. Luke FBH Church.
RUTHERFORDTON — Rutherford Housing Partnership’s “Project Access” is currently in second place of 50 national projects vying for a $20,000 grant from Tom’s of Maine. Only five winners will be chosen from the finalists as determined by a public vote. RHP Executive Director Nell Bovender is asking everyone to go to: 50statesforgood.com and vote for RHP’s “Project Access.” People can vote every day until Oct. 30. On that day, votes will be tallied and the five organizations with the most votes each win $20,000. During the voting period, visitors can cast votes five times or for five different projects per day. Two people, however, cannot vote from the same computer even if they are accessing the Web site from different e-mail addresses. Project Access is a ramp building project to provide handicap access
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“Ms. Toney, our librarian, met in a meeting with other librarians and came back and asked if anyone was interested in using Skype and I said yes,” she said. “I am working on my master’s in technology in the classroom and this fit in perfectly.” The presidential candidates were nominated by their peers and were told to choose their vice president candidates based on who they thought would work hard, not just their friends, Steed said. “For their speeches they were asked to choose four realistic issues that they would change if they could,” she said. “We actually had a day where candidates debated and reporters asked them ‘How are you going to accomplish that?’” Speeches included the desire to see healthier school lunches, soap in the bathrooms and even the suggestion
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to an estimated 15 to 20 low-income homeowners in Rutherford County who are unable to safely access their own homes. RHP provides urgent repairs for low-income homeowners, and ramps are one of the most common needs we see. Volunteers provide all of the labor; donations and grants provide materials. If “Project Access” is accepted, it will help county homeowners making less than 50 percent of the median income, mostly elderly and disabled living on fixed incomes, and all unable to get in and out of their own homes safely. Handicap ramps provide safe access to and from the home, giving disabled homeowners independence and the dignity they deserve, Bovender said. Tom’s of Maine has a long history of supporting local communities with a focus on clean waterways and greater access to quality, affordable dental
care. After 40 years of donating profits back to the community, this year the company earmarked $100,000 for the public to direct towards grass roots initiatives important to them. The 50 finalists, including Rutherford Housing Partnership, are featured at www.50statesforgood.com, where the public can learn more about community efforts around the country and vote to determine which five projects will split $100,000 in funding. Rutherford Housing Partnership Inc. is a local non-profit organization founded in 1995 by a group of concerned citizens who believed strongly that everyone had a right to safe and livable housing. The organization’s purpose is to assist low-income homeowners with urgent repairs imminent to life or safety. RHP provides repairs using volunteer labor with materials purchased through donated funds. RHP is also the parent organization of The Women Roofers.
of offering laptops to fifth graders to reduce the waste of paper. “I was impressed by the whole thing,” Steed said. Winning students get the notoriety of having won and some of their ideas might be utilized in the classroom. “The presidents get to choose what kind of accelerated reading celebration we have each six weeks,” Steed said. Today the two schools will use Skype again so that Sunshine students can share with Harris students why they voted the way they did. “I wanted them to give us feedback,” Steed said. “When we’ve done voting like this in the past former students have said it helped them when they got to middle school.” In addition to learning about the election process and technology, writing speeches also gave students practice with writing skills. “In fifth grade they change from writing stories to expository, persuasive writing,” Steed said. Skype will come into play in Steed’s
Elections Harris Elementary fifth grade students recently held class elections. Winners were, by classroom: President Clay Fowler and Vice President Rachael Palmeri, Mrs. Steed’s class President Parker Jackson and Vice President Elizabeth Hardin, Mrs. Pintuff’s class President Ty Houser and Vice President Nathan Rodriguez, Mrs. Crawley’s class President Zayn gossett and Vice President Dalen Roberson, Mr. Wallace’s class class again in the upcoming weeks when students will chat with students in New Jersey about explorers. Contact Flynn via e-mail at aflynn@thedigitalcourier.com.
ter children must be seen by a case worker face-to-face once each month, something the department has already been doing.
After the body is cremated, the protocol continued, anyone who wishes to receive the decedent’s ashes would have to contact the funeral home or cremation service handling the referral to make those arrangements. DSS staff will not keep ashes of deceased customers in the office or at home, a point Carroll stressed.
Approval of the protocol was the only action taken by the board Wednesday. In other business, Carroll addressed a question he said the department had received several times recently – whether or not there had been more reports to child protective services as a result of high unemployement in the county and state. “No, there is no increase in CPS reports due to the economy,” Carroll said. “We are seeing about what we’ve always seen. But I’m sure we could see more if things get worse.” Carroll updated the board on a new federal mandate that states all fos-
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to hire you, you need to understand that you are in essence selling yourself. Also, keep in mind that not all jobs get published on the Web or in the newspaper. A good networking skill will help you hear about those jobs that aren’t going to be heavily recruited.”
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year, in a six to seven month period. The maximum funding amount to be authorized for cremation is $750.
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you can wind up with a better job, a better salary, a better boss and better hours.” Wagner offered several lists of tips including encouraging seekers to stay in the “big picture” and not be swayed by emotional responses and a tendency to overreact and become depressed. “Allow yourself to believe that your transition is a gift that will allow you to actually improve your life and job,” Wagner said. “It may not feel like it right now, but new doors and opportunities will open for you. “Don’t feel like you’re broken or useless right now. You’ve just been caught
A key point was to have a job plan, a system for both finding opportunities and landing a new job. Wagner encouraged the attendees to be wary of using only published job listings. “If you’ve looked for a job online, you know about the occurrence of dead data,” Wagner said. “That means you find the same listing for the same job on many different sites. And then sometimes that job is old and the position has already been filled.” But it isn’t only about searching for jobs online, even today. “Don’t neglect your networking skills,” Wagner added. “I know that some of you aren’t all that comfortable talking about yourself. But when it comes to convincing an employer
The board was also introduced the employee of the quarter Mary Chappell. Chappel is a processing assistant in the adult services unit and has been with the department since August 2003. The next board meeting of the Rutherford County Department of Social Services is Nov. 18 at 8 a.m. Contact Flynn via e-mail at aflynn@thedigitalcourier.com.
Wagner offered these final tips: n Understand the new job market and how it works n Leverage technology resources n Use multiple resumes as well as letters, e-mails and conversations n Differentiate yourself from other candidates. n Create a search plan and follow it. n Give your career search the priority it deserves. Contact Baughman via e-mail at sbaughman@thedigitalcourier.com.
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East Rutherford is seeking donations FOREST CITY — The baseball program at East Rutherford High announced on Monday its plan to build an indoor hitting facility. The McNair Foundation is one of the sponsors for this project, and the facility will be named after the McNair Foundation and in honor of former East Rutherford coach Mike Davis. Anyone interested in assisting East with this project is encouraged to contact Bobby Reynolds at (828) 245-6424. In addition, the baseball program’s annual ticket raffle is now underway. The Grand Prize is $1,000. You may contact any East Rutherford baseball player to purchase a $100 ticket.
Charlotte goal: permanent site for ACC title game CHARLOTTE (AP) — The city of Charlotte is enlisting its heavy hitters in the business community in an effort to become the permanent home of the Atlantic Coast Conference football championship game. Former Bank of America CEO Hugh McColl and exCharlotte mayor Harvey Gantt were appointed honorary cochairmen Wednesday for the ACC title game, which will be in Charlotte in 2010 and ’11 after a two-year stay in Tampa, Fla. The game was held in Jacksonville, Fla., before that. Commissioner John Swofford says he wouldn’t be opposed to having a permanent home for the game, which has struggled to draw fans. Swofford says they are close to finalizing an extension with the Meineke Bowl which would guarantee the loser of the ACC title game would not return to Charlotte.
R-S Central’s Matt Simmons (7) battles with the Shelby defense during the soccer game at R-S Central Wednesday.
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Hilltoppers fall to Golden Lions, 1-0 By KEVIN CARVER Sports Reporter
RUTHERFORDTON — R-S Central, for the second time this week, made more attempts than their opponent, but couldn’t score on Senior Night. Shelby only needed one first-half goal from Kevin Petty to ruin the rest of the Hilltoppers going out celebration in a 1-0 victory for the visiting
Golden Lions. “It’s the same gorilla on our back, we can’t seem to find a way to score a goal,” R-S Central soccer coach Jason Hipp said. “If we are going to find any success, especially in the playoffs, we are going to have to do that.” Central came out fired up and posted 16 shot attempts to 13 for Shelby. However, it was Shelby, who put up nine first half attempts to four. Had
Local Sports SOCCER 6 p.m. Chase at East Rutherford JV FOOTBALL 7 p.m. East Rutherford at Freedom 7 p.m. Shelby at R-S Central
On TV 6 p.m. (ESPN2) NASCAR Racing Nationwide Series — Dollar General 300 Final Practice. 7 p.m. (ESPN2) NASCAR Racing Sprint Cup — NASCAR Banking 500 Qualifying. 7:30 p.m. (ESPN) College Football Cincinnati at South Florida. 8 p.m. (FSS) College Football Virginia Union at Virginia State. 8 p.m. (TBS) MLB Baseball National League Championship Series
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Concussion prevents Bills’ QB Edwards from practicing ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Bills quarterback Trent Edwards missed practice days after sustaining a concussion, making backup Ryan Fitzpatrick the likely starter at Carolina this weekend. Though Dick Jauron didn’t rule out Edwards, the coach on Wednesday said the quarterback was recuperating at home and did not attend team meetings. The third-year starter was knocked out while being sacked in the second quarter.
Central’s Brett Thompson not come from behind and made a steal from Petty, who was on his way to possibly scoring in the tenth minute, there would have been a tenth first half attempt for Shelby. Three minutes later, an attempted clear out by R-S Central stayed in play and Shelby’s Jerry Zeller got to the
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Carolina Panthers’ Steve Smith (89) runs in for a touchdown as Denver Broncos’ Josh Bell (34) and Dre’ Bly (32) persue during the first quarter of an NFL football game in Charlotte, in this Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008, file photo.
CHARLOTTE (AP) — Steve Smith first used humor when asked if he saw a difference this season in his struggling quarterback, Jake Delhomme. “He has a little growth on his chest, but nothing (else),” Smith said, smiling. When a reporter followed up Wednesday by telling the Carolina receiver that Delhomme, with 10 interceptions, has never been through a stretch like this in his career, Smith jumped in. “I haven’t either, I don’t think,” Smith said. “It’s new territory, unforeseen territory.” Indeed. There are 50 receivers in the NFL with more yards than the fourtime Pro Bowl pick’s 259. His measly 21 catches rank 49th, and he still hasn’t caught a touchdown pass through five games. Smith’s frustrations boiled over Sunday after catching just on pass for four yards in the Panthers’ 28-21 win over Tampa Bay, when told two reporters that “I’m no longer an asset to this team.” Smith didn’t back down from the comments on Wednesday, but appeared ready to move on. “Am I going to apologize or go back on what I said? No, that’s at the moment and that’s how I felt,” Smith said. “I don’t think I was disrespectful. I don’t think I disrespected anybody. I actually don’t Please see Smith, Page 8
Tonight is big for Davis and Bowden CHAPEL HILL (AP) — Entering the season, this seemed like the perfect setup for North Carolina and Florida State: a nationally televised game, the first Thursday night home date in Tar Heels’ history and a matchup of contenders in the Atlantic Coast Conference division races. Reality has turned out much differently. These are teams that have gone from nationally ranked to a combined 0-5 in the ACC heading into late October. One boasts the league’s best offense and its worst defense, the other has the best defense and the worst offense. And both have plenty of unfulfilled expectations and frustrated fans. At least the Tar Heels (4-2, 0-2) can still claim the benefit of that national TV audience to showcase Butch Davis’ program and the novelty of the first Thursday
nighter at Kenan Stadium. “It’s going to be a special night,” North Carolina quarterback T.J. Yates said. “It’s going to be a different feel.” Probably, but it’s a lot less glamorous than everyone expected when the schedules were set. Bobby Bowden’s Seminoles (2-4, 0-3) were ranked 18th to start the year, but they’ve lost three straight games — all by 10 or fewer points — and have had to work through the growing distraction of Bowden’s uncertain future at the program he built into a national power. No one has to tell the Seminoles what they need to do more to quiet all the chatter. “Knowing the potential we have and the talent we have on this team, I really think we shouldn’t be 2-4,” receivPlease see Big, Page 9
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North Carolina coach Butch Davis reacts during a time out against Georgia Tech during the fourth quarter at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta in this Sept. 26, 2009, file photo.
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ball first. Zeller dribbled left side and dumped a short pass off to an open Petty, who slid a shot to the right post and past Central keeper, J.T. McClain for a 1-0 lead. Central kept the score to within one and by the 34th minute, looked to have something going on offense. Following an in-direct kick, Cody Owens passed off to Eduardo Lopez, but Lopez couldn’t find the net in front as Shelby’s keeper, Rob Binion made a quick save, which closed the half at a 1-0 score in favor of Shelby. Once the half resumed, the Hilltoppers flew out of the gate wide open in trying to find a goal. Central had 12 second half attempts to Shelby’s four and even had three more corner kicks than the visitors. Twice, R-S Central (7-3-3, 5-2-2) had chances from close proximity, but on both attempts by Lopez after breaking down the Shelby (14-3-1, 8-01) defense, the Golden Lions keeper, Binion caught both for saves. Meanwhile, McClain had a moment or two as he made three saves in the second half. His best came when Shelby’s biggest threat, Ben Cheaney, caught an outlet pass with his right foot and waltzed around two Central defenders. Cheaney then went one-on-one with McClain and the Hilltoppers’ keeper punched out Cheaney straight shot from 15-yards out. Central’s Matt Simmons also blocked and stole two would be assist that Shelby looked to counter on, but Central couldn’t produce anything out of it. Central, in the waning minutes, frantically tried to find a score, but Shelby’s defense held. “I thought Dylan and Cody Owens gave a good effort with both being sick,” Hipp said. “I was really impressed with Cody as a sweeper, since he usually doesn’t play that spot. Otherwise, we will regroup and go to Freedom on Saturday and try to gain some momentum.” Senior keeper, McClain collected another six saves to his high school soccer resume. Lopez, Dinga, Dylan Owens, Thompson, Davis Choun and Matt Simmons rounds out the seniors, who played their last regular season game at home.
TJCA runs in WHC meet
HENDERSONVILLE — Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy’s cross country teams took part in the Western Highlands 2A/1A Conference Meet on Wednesday at Hendersonville High. The Gryphons’ mens team finished in 4th place, while the Lady Gryphons claimed 6th. “I am just so proud of these kids,” said TJCA coach Eric Scruggs. “They really worked hard and they have come on as the season moved along.” The Griffs’ Konner Munjas raced to 6th place in a strong time of 17:58, while his teammate, Billy Kirer took 9th place in 18:17. For the ladies, Ryanne Corder lead all TJCA runners as she crossed in 14th place and her teammate, Megan Watson finished in 37th place.
Hamlin on salvage duty
CHARLOTTE (AP) — Forgive Denny Hamlin if he’s a bit frustrated these days. He thought he had a chance this year to win his first NASCAR championship. Instead, he’s facing five final weeks of simply trying to salvage his season. Back-to-back bad weeks have taken Hamlin out of contention in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship. He’s currently 11th in the standings, 372 points behind leader Jimmie Johnson, and his ranking hardly reflects how well he’s been running. “If they gave points for us running up front, we’d maybe have a shot at this championship,” Hamlin said. “But, unfortunately, they don’t. It’s only on finishing position. That’s bitten us right at the very end.” Through the first five Chase races, Hamlin only had one bad run, a 22nd at Dover. But he rebounded the next week at Kansas to close the gap on the points leaders and head into California with a chance to climb back into title contention. Instead, driver error while leading late led to a race-ending crash and a 37th-place finish. “It is disappointing because you look at the stat sheet — it looks terrible when you finish 11th or 12th, when you’ve been the second-, third-, fourthbest car pretty much all year long,” Hamlin said. “That’s what’s going to be disappointing to me.”
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BASEBALL Postseason Baseball LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES American League NEW YORK 3, LOS ANGELES 1 Friday, Oct. 16 New York 4, Los Angeles 1 Saturday, Oct. 17 New York 4, Los Angeles 3, 13 innings Monday, Oct. 19 Los Angeles 5, New York 4, 11 innings Tuesday, Oct. 20 New York 10, Los Angeles 1 Thursday, Oct. 22 New York (Burnett 13-9) at Los Angeles (Lackey 11-8), 7:57 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24 x-Los Angeles (J.Saunders 16-7) at New York (Pettitte 14-8), 4:13 or 8:07 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25 x-Los Angeles at New York, 8:20 p.m. National League PHILADELPHIA 3, LOS ANGELES 1 Thursday, Oct. 15 Philadelphia 8, Los Angeles 6 Friday, Oct. 16 Los Angeles 2, Philadelphia 1 Sunday, Oct. 18 Philadelphia 11, Los Angeles 0 Monday, Oct. 19 Philadelphia 5, Los Angeles 4 Wednesday, Oct. 21 Los Angeles (Padilla 4-0) at Philadelphia (Hamels 10-11), late Friday, Oct. 23 x-Philadelphia (P.Martinez 5-1) at Los Angeles (Kershaw 8-8), 8:07 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24 x-Philadelphia at Los Angeles, 8:07 p.m.
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Sunday’s Games New England vs. Tampa Bay at London, 1 p.m. Minnesota at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. San Francisco at Houston, 1 p.m. Indianapolis at St. Louis, 1 p.m. San Diego at Kansas City, 1 p.m. Green Bay at Cleveland, 1 p.m. Buffalo at Carolina, 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Jets at Oakland, 4:05 p.m. Atlanta at Dallas, 4:15 p.m. Chicago at Cincinnati, 4:15 p.m. New Orleans at Miami, 4:15 p.m. Arizona at N.Y. Giants, 8:20 p.m. Open: Denver, Seattle, Detroit, Jacksonville, Baltimore, Tennessee Monday’s Game Philadelphia at Washington, 8:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1 St. Louis at Detroit, 1 p.m. Miami at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m. Seattle at Dallas, 1 p.m. Cleveland at Chicago, 1 p.m. Denver at Baltimore, 1 p.m. Houston at Buffalo, 1 p.m. San Francisco at Indianapolis, 1 p.m. N.Y. Giants at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. Oakland at San Diego, 4:05 p.m. Jacksonville at Tennessee, 4:05 p.m. Minnesota at Green Bay, 4:15 p.m. Carolina at Arizona, 4:15 p.m. Open: New England, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Kansas City, Washington, Tampa Bay Monday, Nov. 2 Atlanta at New Orleans, 8:30 p.m.
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Duke finds a reason to believe DURHAM (AP) — Coaches usually steer clear of bringing up gambling lines, but that didn’t stop Duke’s David Cutcliffe from posing a rhetorical question about the Maryland game. “Are we favored?” Cutcliffe asked. “Lord, have mercy.” Somehow, the Blue Devils (3-3, 1-1) have gone from losers against a Championship Subdivision team to 5 1/2-point favorites against one of the Atlantic Coast Conference’s perennial bowl teams. And with a week off to savor a surprising rout of North Carolina State and a few seemingly winnable games coming
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up — starting with this week’s visit from the Terrapins (2-5, 1-2) — perhaps a season that started with an embarrassing defeat against Richmond won’t wind up being a total loss after all. “The perception of Duke football has changed a lot — they’re pretty good,” Maryland defensive end Deege Galt said. “People kind of always looked at Duke as a pushover, and these guys aren’t even close to that. They’re tough up front, they come off the ball hard, they’ve got some good kids on the edges and they know how to make plays. They’ve definitely got that going down there.” The upcoming stretch against
other,” Delhomme said of Smith. “I’m sure he Continued from Page 7 was frustrated. I get frustrated, too, because I’m trying to get him believe that I singled the ball. I know what out any one particuhe can do with it in his lar person. That’s how hands.” I was received by the Smith led the NFL individuals that I had in receptions, yards conversations with, an receiving and touchopen dialogue.” down catches in 2005, Delhomme said he and has been doubletalked to Smith and teamed ever since. But stressed there’s nothCarolina was still able ing he’d like to do more to get him the ball. than get the ball to his He caught 78 passes playmaker. Trouble is, for 1,421 yards and six the double teams that touchdowns last year Smith normally faces and made the Pro Bowl have been become near- despite being suspendly constant. ed for two games. “This is a competiThis year, though, tive guy, who has a Smith has been a virdrive and a fire like no tual nonfactor. Part of the problem is that Delhomme has been throwing it to the other team so much. Another is that the bracketing coverage Smith faces is even more intense. That’s happening because fellow receivers Muhsin Muhammad and Dwayne Jarrett
Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina — teams that are a combined 6-9 against Bowl Subdivision competition — could go a long way toward determining whether Cutcliffe’s bold declaration in July that “I believe we are a bowl team” was prescient or merely premature. “We just feel like a team that has an opportunity,” quarterback Thaddeus Lewis said. “Either you capitalize on the opportunity, or you let it slip away. We can either go forward, or we can fold. In the back of our minds, we’re just going to continue to work hard. I don’t think anybody’s cocky, but everybody is hungry.”
have done little to create attention and — until Sunday — the running game had been a disappointment. The Panthers hope they can get Smith free, which will in turn get Delhomme out of his funk. He completed just 9 of 17 passes for 65 yards Sunday. He’s tied with New York Jets rookie Mark Sanchez for the most interceptions and his 56.8 passer rating is fourth-worst among NFL starters. “I wouldn’t believe anybody in the passing game, me or Moose or Jake would say, ’It’s pretty darn good,”’ Smith said. “I think you always need improvement. The year we had last year statistically there were opportunities that we missed.” Sunday’s opponent, Buffalo, ranks last in the league in rushing defense. So it may be another day of mostly runs and few catches for Smith. But the
Panthers know they need their speedy receiver to be a major component of the offense if they play to turn their season around. Smith has used slights, real or perceived, to fuel him in the past. The latest line circling the league — that he’s become the “other Steve Smith” next to the New York Giants’ third-year receiver — might do that. But he has to get the ball, first. “This guy practiced at a different level today. It was something out there today,” Delhomme said. “He’s channeling that energy, that fire, whatever it is to getting better, because we all need to get better in the passing game. “Certainly by running it the way we did last week, maybe we’ll have more opportunities to throw. But when we do, we’ve got to do something with it.”
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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Alex Rodriguez limited the celebration of his latest playoff homer to a brisk trot and a few high-fives. CC Sabathia barely even pumped a fist while mowing down the Angels for eight innings. Even while they shined at a pivotal point in the AL championship series, the slugger and the workhorse starter seemed determined to stick to business. Although none of the Yankees’ 26 World Series championships included these two stars, their no-nonsense excellence in a 10-1 victory on Tuesday night put New York one win from routing the Los Angeles Angels Contributed Photo and playing for another title. The Rutherford Showcase 14- and under baseball team captured the runner-up “We just need to close it out,” trophy in the USSSA Fall Color Classic in Canton, the weekend of October 10 and 11. Team members are front, (l-r): Andrew McDaniel, Garen Murray, Dylan Morrison, Sabathia said simply. “It’s that time.” Rodriguez homered in the third Josh Hendrix, Will Owens, Spencer Lane, and Zach Norville. Rear, (l-r): Coach straight game of his outstanding Scott Owens, Jordan Hendrix, Alex Owens, Dustin McEntire, Connor Dailey, Lance postseason, Sabathia pitched fiveGreene, and Coach Ronnie Hendrix. hit ball on three days’ rest, and the Yankees took a 3-1 lead in the bestof-seven ALCS with superstars living up to their big contracts. Johnny Damon added a late tworun homer for the Yankees, who could sew up their first trip to the World Series in six years with a win in Game 5 on Thursday night at Angel Stadium. New York’s A.J. Burnett faces Angels ace John Lackey. Rodriguez had three hits and scored three runs, while Melky Cabrera drove in four for the Yankees, who built a commanding cushion in this once-wild series by draining the drama from it. One day after the Angels handed New York its first playoff loss in an extra-inning thriller, the Yankees put together two early rallies before piling on five runs late — all backed by Sabathia’s steady work in his second win of the series. “This team’s good. We have great players, Hall of Fame players,” said Sabathia, who has won three of the Yankees’ seven playoff games. “We’ve Contributed Photo got all the confidence in the world.” The Rutherford County Pirates won 1st place in the Fall State Championship in With a two-run homer to left field Simpsonville, S.C., on Oct. 18. The Pirates are: Tucker Hamrick (front, l to r), Wesley that silenced an excited Anaheim Smith, Joey Daigle, Grayson Wright; Nathan Brock (middle, l to r), Adam McDowell, crowd in the fifth, Rodriguez drove Landon Smith, Preston Helton, Sam McArthur; Coaches Ferrell Hamrick (back, l to in a run in his eighth straight postr), David Wright, Randy McArthur, Kerry Brock, Michael Smith, Gerry Daigle. Not season game, tying the major league pictured: Matthew Martin. record. It was his fifth homer in
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Youth sports is worthy of a bailout By JIM LITKE AP Sports Columnist
If the high school and youth sports programs in your town aren’t already having trouble paying their bills, they will soon. And if that doesn’t sound like headline-worthy news in this battered economy, just wait. You’ll have your pick of headlines from the ripples it creates soon enough: fatter kids, more dropouts and less safe streets. You also won’t have to wonder why the college and pro teams you follow from the couch don’t seem quite as good as they used to be. The public-private partnership that helped make youth sports part of the fabric of every neighborhood in America for decades is going broke. “Sports are something everybody takes for granted, but already for some kids in some places, those programs are a lifeline,” said Paul Caccamo, executive director of Up2Us, a coalition of school and community-based sports programs from around the country. “It’s already an endangered species in some inner cities, some rural areas and now, even middle-class suburban kids are getting hit with pay-to-play fees. We know as that cost goes up, participation goes down. ... And while we don’t know for certain how many it’s affected in all those places already,” he added, “it’s got to be in the hundreds of thousands.”
Beginning Wednesday, Caccamo and an army of do-gooders will descend on Washington, D.C., bearing that message, some provocative research and high hopes of drawing attention to the problem and bending a few influential ears in Congress and even the White House. During two days of conferences, co-hosted by Up2Us and the Laureus Sport For Good Foundation, the people struggling to keep those programs running want to make policymakers and the public understand how close they are to the tipping point. It’s not about learning to make do with less money; in many neighborhoods, any less will mean having to do without. “If we fail to keep our programs up and running, if we fail to expand them, if we fail to bring more money and more volunteers so we can reach more kids, there will be no one left to do it,” tennis great Monica Seles plans to tell the gathering in Thursday’s keynote address. “We are kind of like the proverbial canary in the coal mine — if we aren’t singing loud and clear, then it is too late for everyone else.” According to a report the coalition will release Wednesday, about $2 billion in funding for public school sports programs will be cut over this year and next. An equal amount in private support — or more, perhaps
as much as double — is expected to dry up over that span for everything from pee wee football to floor hockey leagues that play in church basements. No matter what the final figure turns out to be, youth sports advocates contend it will be dwarfed by what society will lose if the programs disappear. Research on the direct impact sports provide in different communities is spotty, but suggestive. By most measures, funding for physical education classes, school sports and other extracurricular activities has been steadily declining for the past quarter-century. Over that same time, the number of kids aged 2 to 19 classified as obese is up nearly 20 percent; in the 6-to11 group, it’s tripled. Advocates can’t prove there’s a direct correlation, even if common sense hints at one. Tying the loss of youth sports programs to increasing crime rates is tougher still. One study done in Los Angeles County in 2002 found that on average, 1.7 kids per 10,000 in neighborhoods with a wide range of school-based extracurricular activities wound up in trouble with the law. In neighborhoods with few programs, the rate was 30.9 per 10,000. “Youth sports might not be on their (Congress) radar screen right now,” Caccamo said. “It’s too valuable a tool to simply let go.”
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er Bert Reed said. “But it is what it is. We have to learn from everything we’ve done and not let it happen again.” While the Seminoles still have a strong offense led by quarterback Christian Ponder, the defense ranks as the league’s worst (426.7 yards per game) and is allowing 28 points per game. In the last loss, the Seminoles gave up 49 points to the Yellow Jackets, though Bowden sounds optimistic. “We’ve had a hard time stopping the big play,” Bowden said. “We’ll go out there and stop a team and stop a team and stop a team, and then, whoop. So if they ever get that squared away, we’ll be a pretty good ballclub.” The Tar Heels could say the same thing about their offense. While the defense is among the nation’s best (237.7 ypg), the offense has been awful (282 ypg) and managed a combined 10 points in league losses to Georgia Tech and thenwinless Virginia. North Carolina, ranked as high as 19th in early September, used its off week to do what the team described as self-scouting and restore their banged-up morale. “We got our head back on straight,” cornerback Kendric Burney said. “All the frustration is pretty much gone. It helps that we’re playing on a Thursday night for the whole world. It’s definitely going to help us out.” The other challenge was more for the university, namely with the logistics of holding the game at Kenan — which is nestled in the center of campus and backs up against UNC Hospitals. The game was timed to take place during the school’s fall break so as not to seriously interfere with classes, while the hospital closed clinics early.
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MONROE, N.Y. (AP) — A 15-yearold boy accused of stockpiling gasoline, propane and a machete for a planned school attack on the anniversary of the Columbine school massacre burst into tears and admitted to police he was upset about being bullied, according to the detective who interviewed him. The boy, whose name hasn’t been released, was taken into custody Monday after investigators searched his home in Monroe, 45 miles northwest of New York City, said police Chief Dominic Giudice Jr. He remained in custody at a psychiatric facility Wednesday.
Investigators baffled
ORANGE PARK, Fla. (AP) — Investigators have no clues three days after a 7-year-old girl vanished on her way home from school, a sheriff in north Florida said Wednesday. The mother of Somer Thompson went on all three national network morning news shows with a tearful appeal for the child’s return. “Somer, you’re not in trouble — if you’re scared, just come home,” Diena Thompson said on NBC’s “Today” show Wednesday. “And if somebody has her, please, please bring her back to us. She belongs with her family.” “She’s got a twin and he’s lost with-
out her,” Thompson said. Clay County Sheriff Rick Beseler said investigators are baffled. “Somer disappeared off the face of the earth. We just don’t have a clue right now where she is,” Beseler said.
Airport guard accused NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A private security guard at Newark Liberty International Airport was arrested on charges of threatening Barack Obama the night before the president was to fly there. A Continental Airlines employee reported overhearing John Brek make threatening comments at an airport coffee cart Tuesday afternoon. The 55-year-old security guard was arrested several hours later, Port Authority spokesman John Kelly said. He denied making the threats, said Malcolm Wiley, a spokesman for the U.S. Secret Service.
Drug kingpin sentenced MIAMI (AP) — A top Colombian kingpin who shipped billions of dollars worth of cocaine to the United States and ran a private army was sentenced Wednesday to 45 years in prison. Diego Montoya Sanchez, aka “Don Diego,” was once on the FBI’s 10 most-wanted list alongside Osama bin Laden.
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Acting U.S. Attorney Michael Loucks announces at a news conference Wednesday in Boston that Tarek Mehanna, 27, of Sudbury, Mass., has been charged with conspiring with others to plot terror attacks against shoppers in U.S. malls and against U.S. military in Iraq. Watching at right is Warren Bamford of the FBI.
Three charged with plotting terror attacks BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts man and two friends tried and failed to get into terrorist training camps and then plotted to kill two prominent U.S. politicians and randomly shoot people at American shopping malls, authorities said Wednesday. Tarek Mehanna, who recently taught at a Muslim school in Worcester, was arrested early Wednesday at his parents’ suburban Boston home. Mehanna was charged with conspiring with two other men — an American now in Syria and another man who is cooperating with authorities — to provide support to terrorists. Ultimately, the trio never came close to pulling off an attack. Authorities say they never got the terrorist training they sought — that the men told friends they were turned down because of their nationality, ethnicity or inexperience, or that the people they’d hoped would get them into such camps were either in jail or on a religious pilgrimage. The men abandoned the mall attack plans after their weapons contact said he could find only handguns, not automatic weapons. The men used code words such as “peanut butter and jelly” for fighting in Somalia and “culinary school” for terrorist camps, and talked extensively of their desire to “die on the battlefield,” according to court documents. Mehanna, who has taught math and religion at Alhuda Academy, made a defiant court appearance hours after his arrest. He refused to stand to hear the charge against him and finally did
— tossing his chair loudly to the floor — only after his father urged him to do so. “This really, really is a show,” his father, Ahmed Mehanna, said as his son was being led away in handcuffs. When asked if he believed the charges against his son, he said, “No, definitely not.” Prosecutors said Mehanna worked with two men from 2001 to May 2008 on the conspiracy that, over time, intended to “kill, kidnap, maim or injure” soldiers and two politicians who were members of the executive branch but are no longer in office. Authorities refused to identify the politicians and said they were never in danger. Acting U.S. Attorney Michael Loucks said the men justified the planned attacks on malls because U.S. civilians pay taxes to support the U.S. government and because they are “nonbelievers,” Loucks said. He refused to identify the targeted malls. Mehanna — who received a doctorate in 2008 from the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy in Boston, where his father is a professor — allegedly conspired with Ahmad Abousamra, who authorities say is now in Syria. Mehanna, 27, is being held without bail until his next court appearance on Oct. 30. “I’m confident that the American people will put aside their fears and instead rely on the fairness guaranteed by our Constitution,” said his attorney, J.W. Carney Jr. “Mr. Mehanna is entitled to that.”
Woman recants torture story COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Megan Williams’ shocking accusations initially strained the imagination: Seven white people beat her with sticks, forced her to eat feces, raped her and taunted her with racial slurs over several days in a ramshackle trailer in West Virginia. But the suspects eventually confessed to their actions and pleaded guilty. All but one were sent to prison. Now Williams, who is black, is taking it all back. Williams lied in 2007 because she wanted to get back at a boyfriend who had beaten her, her attorney, Byron L. Potts, said Wednesday at a news conference in his Columbus office. Williams no longer wants to live a lie, Potts said. “She told me the only thing not self-inflicted were the bruises on her
face,” Potts said. Williams, 22, who now lives with a caregiver in Columbus, was in the office with Potts, but she did not appear before reporters. Potts said she has received several anonymous phone calls from people threatening her life. “She is recanting the entire incident. She says it did not happen, and she’s scared,” Potts said. Seven white men and women were convicted in the case, in which Williams had also said that hot wax was poured on her and that two of her captors had forced her to drink their urine. Police said the assaults occurred at a trailer owned by Frankie Brewster in a rural area of Logan County, about 50 miles from Charleston, W.Va. Williams was rescued after an anonymous caller alerted authorities.
Wal-Mart plans holiday price cutting NEW YORK (AP) — WalMart, which has ridden low prices to dominate the U.S. retail scene, stepped up its game in price cutting still further Wednesday. The world’s largest retailer said it will cut prices this holiday season for a week at a time on thousands of items, from bananas to
board games. The first group of cuts hit Wednesday. “We will not be beaten on price,” said Eduardo CastroWright, vice chairman of WalMart Stores Inc. and leader of its U.S. business. Castro-Wright was addressing analysts at a two-day meeting that began Wednesday in
Rogers, Ark., a few miles from the company’s headquarters in Bentonville, Ark. The meeting is being broadcast over the Web. Wal-Mart, also the largest U.S. grocery seller and overall retailer, hopes shoppers will see a widening gap between prices at its stores and those of its rivals.
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THE MARKET IN REVIEW
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%Chg +20.7 +14.1 +12.2 +11.9 +10.5 +10.2 +10.1 +9.3 +8.3 +8.1
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Chg -2.19 -8.05 -.34 -.91 -.58 -1.88 -.48 -.63 -.26 -.24
%Chg -13.8 -13.3 -12.8 -11.9 -11.6 -11.2 -11.0 -10.6 -10.4 -10.3
MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE) Name Vol (00) Last Chg Citigrp 3798859 4.42 -.01 BkofAm 2091506 16.51 -.50 SPDR 2049108 108.23 -.98 WellsFargo 1083373 28.90 -1.56 FannieMae 1023608 1.23 +.11 DirFBear rs 978140 20.18 +.99 Pfizer 960883 17.41 -.52 GenElec 960568 15.53 -.05 BostonSci 851538 8.21 -.36 SPDR Fncl 822489 14.88 -.29 Advanced Declined Unchanged Total issues New Highs New Lows Volume
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%Chg -26.5 -20.9 -16.5 -8.1 -7.8 -6.8 -6.0 -5.9 -5.8 -5.6
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Total Assets Obj ($Mlns) NAV
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CI 107,798 LG 63,925 IH 57,511 WS 55,088 LG 53,656 LB 53,496 MA 47,865 LB 47,348 LB 46,574 LB 41,003 FB 40,009 LV 39,993 LV 37,864 FV 35,309 WS 31,930 FG 31,833 LB 29,549 MA 28,943 CI 28,858 CA 27,764 CI 27,411 LG 27,170 MA 27,044 LB 26,919 LB 25,590 FB 24,646 LB 24,229 MB 23,586 LV 14,741 LB 9,356 LB 4,080 GS 1,232 LV 1,214 SR 408 LG 185
+1.0 +17.7/B +6.8/A NL 5,000,000 +2.1 +23.2/C +4.1/A 5.75 250 +1.6 +18.3/D +5.1/C 5.75 250 +3.5 +30.9/B +8.3/A 5.75 250 +2.7 +17.9/D +5.7/A NL 2,500 +1.4 +18.2/C +2.3/B NL 3,000 +2.4 +18.9/C +3.6/B 5.75 250 +2.1 +18.1/C +2.6/B 5.75 250 +1.7 +16.3/C +1.5/C NL 3,000 +1.7 +16.4/C +1.7/C NL 5,000,000 +3.8 +41.2/A +10.2/A 5.75 250 0.0 +20.5/A +1.4/C NL 2,500 +2.2 +10.2/E +0.9/D 5.75 250 +4.5 +44.4/A +8.8/A NL 2,500 +2.8 +32.4/B +7.5/A 5.75 250 +3.0 +29.2/D +6.3/C NL 2,500 +2.7 +24.2/A +5.4/A 5.75 250 +1.9 +15.0/D +2.7/C 5.75 250 +1.0 +17.5/B +6.5/A NL 5,000,000 +2.2 +30.8/A +4.1/B 4.25 1,000 +1.3 +14.6/C +2.5/E 3.75 250 +1.2 +26.5/B +5.7/A NL 2,500 +1.9 +22.8/B +5.8/A NL 10,000 +1.7 +16.4/C +1.6/C NL 100,000 +1.4 +18.2/C +2.3/B NL 100,000 +3.8 +38.4/A +8.1/A NL 3,000 +1.7 +16.5/C +1.7/C NL200,000,000 +0.7 +33.3/A +5.3/A NL 2,500 +1.3 +16.0/C +2.2/B NL 2,500 +1.9 +29.3/A +5.3/A 5.50 1,000 +3.0 +14.6/D +2.3/B 5.75 1,000 +0.3 +7.0/B +4.6/A 1.50 1,000 +1.8 +19.0/B -0.3/E 4.25 2,500 -4.7 +2.7/D +0.1/C 5.75 1,000 +2.4 +26.0/B +1.4/D 4.75 0
10.92 26.70 47.79 34.01 56.05 26.66 15.15 25.10 99.78 99.14 39.10 93.76 23.74 32.87 25.35 28.44 31.97 15.87 10.92 2.01 11.79 65.62 28.42 99.79 26.66 14.86 99.15 30.98 20.56 29.51 34.44 10.48 2.89 12.57 14.77
CA -Conservative Allocation, CI -Intermediate-Term Bond, ES -Europe Stock, FB -Foreign Large Blend, FG -Foreign LargeGrowth, FV -Foreign Large Value, IH -World Allocation, LB -Large Blend, LG -Large Growth, LV -Large Value, MA -Moderate Allocation, MB -Mid-Cap Blend, MV Mid-Cap Value, SH -Specialty-heath, WS -World Stock, Total Return: Chng in NAV with dividends reinvested. Rank: How fund performed vs. others with same objective: A is in top 20%, E in bottom 20%. Min Init Invt: Minimum $ needed to invest in fund. Source: Morningstar.
Bank worries spook traders; Dow dips 92
In this June 17 file photo, James Sellers, left, vice president of AUS Manufacturing Co., watches one of his employees, Jimmy Payne, grind a piece of equipment at the plant in Bonifay, Fla. Improvements in housing and manufacturing are driving the early stages of the economic recovery, according to a Federal Reserve survey.
By TIM PARADIS AP Business Writer
NEW YORK — Spooked traders unraveled a stock market rally late Wednesday as worries mounted about banks and a jump in the price of oil. The Dow Jones industrial average ended down 92 points after having risen 78 points earlier in the day to a new high for the year. Analysts say a downbeat note from influential banking analyst Richard Bove raised concerns about Wells Fargo and sent investors rushing to dump financial stocks. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. says it is stepping up its price-cutting, in a sign that consumers are still struggling. The stock market touched new highs for the year on Monday as investors grew encouraged about the prospects for the economy. The pullback comes as analysts say some investors have become too relaxed. The Chicago Board Options Exchange’s Volatility Index, known as the market’s fear index, jumped late in the day and ended with a gain of 6 percent, having earlier touched its lowest level since August 2008. The VIX stands at 22.2 and is down 48 percent this year. Its historical average is 18-20. It hit a record 89.5 a year ago at the height of the financial crisis. The dollar fell to its lowest level against the euro since August 2008, lifting oil to a 2009 high. According to preliminary calculations, the Dow Jones industrial average fell 92.12, or 0.9 percent, to 9,949.36. The broader Standard & Poor’s 500 index fell 9.66, or 0.9 percent, to 1,081.40, after reaching 1,101.36, its highest level in the past year. The Nasdaq composite index fell 12.74, or 0.6 percent, to 2,150.73. Two stocks fell for every one that rose on the New York Stock Exchange, where volume came to 1.4 billion shares compared with 1.2 billion Tuesday. Bond prices fell, pushing yields higher. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note rose to 3.39 percent from 3.34 percent late Tuesday. The day’s drop came as crude oil rose $2.25 to settle at $81.37 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange as the dollar weakened. Commodities are priced in dollars, making them cheaper for overseas buyers when the greenback slides. Gold rose to 1,064.50. In other trading, the Russell 2000 index of smaller companies fell 8.30, or 1.4 percent, to 605.11.
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Fed sees economic improvement WASHINGTON (AP) — Improvements in housing and manufacturing are driving the early stages of the economic recovery, according to a Federal Reserve survey released Wednesday. The Fed’s latest snapshot of business conditions nationwide found “many sectors” of the economy either stabilized or logged modest improvements over the last six weeks. The pickups, though, often were from “depressed” levels of activity. Still, the new report adds to evidence that a recovery has started from the worst recession since the 1930s. Only two of the Fed’s 12 regions — Atlanta and St. Louis — reported weaker overall economic activity. An $8,000 credit for first-time homebuyers boosted the housing sector. There’s been concern among private economists and some lawmakers that recent gains in housing will fizzle out when the credit ends. It is slated to expire Nov. 30, although some in Congress are mulling an extension. Meanwhile, factories increased production as businesses restocked depleted inventories. Part of that restocking was due to the now-defunct Cash for Clunkers rebate program, which caused a brief burst in car sales.
Both housing and manufacturing continued a “pattern of improvement that emerged over the summer,” the Fed observed. By contrast, the Fed said weakest link in the recovery was commercial real estate. Conditions were described as “either weak or deteriorating” across all 12 regions surveyed. Consumer spending also remained weak, the Fed said. Consumers, whose spending accounts for about 70 percent of economic activity, are expected to stay cautious given rising job losses, stagnant incomes and hard-to-get credit. “Reports of gains in economic activity generally outnumber declines, but virtually every reference to improvement was qualified as either small or scattered,” the Fed survey said. For instance, Dallas cited slight improvements in residential real estate and at staffing firms. New York noted gains predominantly in manufacturing and retail. Philadelphia, Cleveland and San Francisco cited small pickups in manufacturing. Kansas City noted upticks at technology companies, while Richmond observed revenue gains at service companies. The nation’s unemployment rate climbed to a 26-year high of 9.8 percent in September, and is
expected to top 10 percent this year. Economists predict it will rise as high as 10.5 percent by the middle of next year before slowly drifting down. Districts reported “little or no increase to either price or wage pressures,” but there were some references to downward pressures, according to the survey. In a separate report, the Labor Department found that unemployment rose in 23 states last month. While layoffs have slowed, companies remain reluctant to hire. Forty-three states reported job losses in September; only seven gained jobs. Many analysts believe the economy started to grow again in the third quarter at a pace of at least 3 percent, and is continuing to expand now. The government releases third-quarter results next week. If analysts are right, that would mark a turning point for the economy, which has contracted for a record four straight quarters. The central bank’s survey findings will figure into discussions when Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and his colleagues meet Nov. 3-4. The Fed is expected to keep interest rates at record low at that time and probably into next year to help foster the recovery.
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MULTIPLE DANGERS “Polypharmacy” (the use of multiple medications) is a particular problem for patients over age 65. In fact, about 20 percent of individuals in this age group take at least ten medications per week. Because the body absorbs, metabolizes, and excretes drugs more slowly as we age, the use of multiple medications simultaneously poses a real potential problem for seniors. Studies indicate that about one-third of the drug reactions associated with polyphannacy occur among seniors. With this in mind, it is important to note that doctors may mistake the ensuing response to an adverse drug reaction (including memory lapse, fatigue, and other symptoms) as a sign of worsening disease when it is actually a consequence of taking too many medications. If you are a NC resident, 65 or older who participates in a Medicare Prescription Drug plan, you qualify for a free, one-on-one extended medication consultation with a pharmacist. Smith’s Drugs of Forest City is a participant in the program and can offer this service to anyone in the community who is eligible. HINT: The Institute of Medicine estimates that at least 1.5 million adverse drug events occur annually
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will hold a public hearing on November 2, 2009, beginning at 6:00 pm .The meeting will be held at the County Office Building located at 289 N. Main St. Rutherfordton, NC. The purpose of the public hearing is to receive comments from the residents concerning the County closing out a 2006 Community Development Block Grant Scattered Site Housing Project. The County was awarded $440,000.00 of CDBG funds to complete eligible activities including, Planning, Administration, Home Rehabilitation and Clearance and Replacement of housing units located in Rutherford County. The county proposed and completed Substantial Rehabilitation Repairs on 3 housing units and 3 dilapidated units were demolished; and cleared and replaced with Modular Homes. Four units were completed using emergency repair funds. The County expended a total of $432,897.40 in CDBG funds. Any remaining funds will be de-obligated. The Public is invited to attend this meeting. Persons with disabilities who need assistance in order to attend or participate in the meeting should contact the County at least 24 hours before the meeting, so that appropriate accommodations can be made.
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Administration plans to order exec pay cuts WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration plans to order companies that received huge government bailouts last year to sharply cut the compensation of their highest paid executives, according to a person familiar with the decision. The seven companies that received the most assistance will have to cut the annual salaries of their 25 highest-paid executive by an average of about 90 percent from last year, said the person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because it has not been announced. This person said Wednesday that the Treasury Department will announce the deep pay cuts within the next few days.
Kenneth Feinberg, the special master at Treasury appointed by Obama to handle compensation issues at the seven firms getting exceptional assistance from the government’s $700 billion financial bailout package, is making the pay decisions. The seven companies are: Bank of America Corp., American International Group Inc., Citigroup Inc., General Motors, GMAC, Chrysler and Chrysler Financial. Total compensation for the top executives at the seven firms will decline, on average, by about 50 percent, according to the person familiar with the administration’s decision. At the financial products division of AIG, the giant insurance company which has received taxpayer assistance valued at more than $180 billion, no top executive will receive more than $200,000 in total compensation, the person familiar with Feinberg’s plan said. The administration also will warn AIG that it must fulfill a commitment to significantly reduce the
$198 million in bonuses promised to employees in its financial services division, the arm of the company whose risky trades caused its downfall. The pay restrictions for all seven companies will require any executive seeking more than $25,000 in special benefits — things such as country club memberships, private planes and company cars — to get permission for those perks from the government. Tom Wilkinson, a GM spokesman, said the auto company was “currently in discussions with Mr. Feinberg’s office regarding executive compensation. We will have further information once those discussions have concluded.” Gina Proia, a spokeswoman for GMAC, said the finance company has “been working on a proposal that aims at embodying the principles set forth for compensation along with balancing the need to retain critical talent necessary to execute our turnaround. Until we receive notification about that plan, we have no further comment.” A spokeswoman for Chrysler Financial declined comment. A Chrysler spokeswoman did not immediately comment. Feinberg’s decisions on pay come after administration officials voiced sharp criticism in recent days of the plans of Wall Street firms to pay huge bonuses at a time when the country is still coping with rising unemployment and the effects of the recession.
Will the person or persons who took items from the house across from the Seven Day Adventist Church in Ruth contact Celia Thombs at 828-447-8290. These items were given to you without my knowledge or consent. You did nothing wrong. I just want my merchandise back especially my winter clothes, CDs, bear in a basket, pictures, cards, etc. At least the bear in the basket, CDs, cards, pictures, etc. which were sentimental items. I will come and pick the items up or you can leave them where you picked them up from and call me if you wish to remain anonymous. If this happens to be you what would you do? Thank You!
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Report: Health care bill will not slow spending
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In this Sept. 22 file photo, Senate Finance Committee members, from left, Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., committee’s ranking Republican Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, take part in the markup of health care legislation on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Dems go after insurers’ antitrust exemptions
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats launched a drive at both ends of the Capitol on Wednesday to strip the insurance industry of its decadesold exemption from federal antitrust laws, part of an increasingly bareknuckled struggle over landmark health care legislation sought by President Barack Obama. If enacted, the change would put an end to “price-fixing, bid-rigging and market allocation in the health and medical malpractice” insurance areas, said Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Leahy said he would seek a vote on the plan when the Senate debates health care legislation in the next few weeks. Leahy made his comments at virtually the same time the House Judiciary Committee voted 20-9 to end an industry exemption that dates to 1945. Three Republicans supported the move. Senior Democratic officials in the House said the leadership was inclined to incorporate the measure into the broader health care bill expected to be brought to the floor for a vote within a few weeks. No final decision has been made, they added. The events coincided with a vote in the Senate to sidetrack legislation averting a 21 percent cut in Medicare payments for doctors in January and raising their fees by $247 billion over a decade. The 47-53 vote was 13 short of the 60 needed to advance the bill, reflecting concerns that the measure would have raised deficits. The result was a defeat for Democrats and an embarrassment for the American Medical Association, which had mounted a seven-figure advertising
effort to assure passage of one of its top priorities. Republicans grumbled that Senate Democrats timed the offensive on antitrust matters to obscure their defeat on the bill setting pay rates for doctors, a measure that GOP leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., called “the Senate’s first vote on health care this year.” Even so, taken together, the threats to revoke long-standing antitrust protections reflect the fury Democrats have projected in response to recent insurance industry attempts to influence the shape of legislation. The events occurred less than a week after the insurers’ trade association issued a report saying a measure in the Senate Finance Committee would produce sharp increases in premiums for millions of people who currently have insurance. Democrats and the White House reacted angrily, attacking the study as flawed and politically motivated. Responding to the day’s developments, the industry said the legislation was based on a misperception of existing law. “We believe that health insurers have not been engaging in anticompetitive conduct and that McCarranFerguson does not provide a shield for such conduct,” Karen Ignagni, president and CEO of American’s Health Insurance Plans wrote to Rep. John Conyers, the Michigan Democrat who chairs the Houses Judiciary Committee. “Thus, the bills attempt to remedy a problem that does not exist,” she wrote. The industry holds a large conference beginning on Thursday several blocks from the Capitol. The White House had no reaction.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s health care tab would increase even more under legislation in the House, according to a government report released Wednesday. The analysis by the Health and Human Services Department looks at the impact of the health care bill drafted by House Democratic leaders. It concludes that total national health care spending would increase by an additional 2.1 percent from 2010-2019, mostly because newly insured people would seek medical care. While previous cost estimates have focused on the effects of the legislation on the federal government and the deficit, the latest analysis by career government economists looks at the impact on the U.S. economy as a whole. It raises questions about the Obama administration’s claim that health care legislation will “bend the cost curve” and slow a spending rate that many economists say is already unsustainable. The report found that health care would account for 21.3 percent of the U.S. economy in 2019, slightly more than an estimated share of 20.8 percent of the economy if no bill passes. “With the exception of the pro-
posed reductions in Medicare ... (the legislation) would not have a significant impact on future health care cost growth rates,” said the report from the Medicare Office of the Actuary. It’s “doubtful” that proposed Medicare cuts will stay in place, the analysts concluded. Tens of millions of newly insured people could put a strain on the health care system. “The additional demand for health services could be difficult to meet initially with existing health provider resources and could lead to price increases, cost-shifting and/or changes in providers’ willingness to treat patients with low-reimbursement health coverage,” the report said. Republicans said the report validates their concerns that the sweeping changes proposed by President Barack Obama and other Democrats fail to address the nation’s medical costs problem. “The Democrats’ bill will not reduce the amount America spends on health care,” said Rep. David Camp, R-Mich., the ranking GOP member of the House Ways and Means Committee. “It will only make the situation worse.”
Vote gives states bank oversight WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Financial Services Committee agreed Wednesday to ensure states can impose their own tough consumer protection laws against big banks, dealing a blow to a financial industry blamed for bringing down the U.S. economy and lobbying furiously against more government oversight. The measure, approved by voice vote, would allow federal regulators to exempt national banks from state laws if those laws would “significantly interfere” with the bank’s ability to do business. Otherwise, banks would be forced to comply with a myriad of state laws that are often tougher than federal laws, under the House plan. The House panel was on track to approve by Thursday broader legislation that would create a Consumer Financial Protection Agency dedi-
cated to monitoring such common financial products as credit cards and mortgages. Wednesday’s debate on the agency’s scope was the latest tussle between lawmakers, who say they are working to protect the average American from abusive rate hikes and predatory lending, and a powerful financial lobby with deep pockets. The financial industry has contributed more than $53 million this year to members of Congress and the political parties, with $6 million of that going to members of the House Financial Services Committee as of the end of July, according to the watchdog group Center for Responsive Politics. The Chamber of Commerce has led the attack on the consumer protection agency.
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Workers must speak with one voice Dear Abby: I work in a call center with 35 other workers. Recently our supervisor hired a woman who is mentally ill. The problem is she hears “voices” speaking to her and often responds to them. Other times she “hears” coworkers seated behind her plotting to kill her, which, of course, is not true. We have spoken to our supervisor about our concerns. His answer is, “Just be quiet and it will be OK.” We don’t dislike her — in fact, we’re sympathetic — but we resent the position we have been placed in. — Uneasy Dear Uneasy: Your supervisor is mistaken. Just being quiet is not the answer because the voices the woman is hearing are in her head. She’s acting this way because she has gone off her medication. Dear Abby: Would it be inappropriate or tacky if I had a mother/ daughter dance at my daughter’s wedding? I know it’s a father/daughter tradition, and my husband will obviously have his dance with her, but I’d like to have a shot at it, too. My reason is purely selfish. Having lost my son two years ago, I will never experience the mother/son dance we were supposed to share at his wedding the year he died. Is this crazy? Horribly inappropriate? Am I being too selfish? — Sentimental Dear Sentimental: Please accept
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my sympathy for the loss of your son. The mother/daughter dance is something you need to discuss with your daughter and her fiance. What you have in mind is unusual. However, it would be selfish only if you were to pressure your daughter into it over her objections. Dear Abby: I am extremely thin and have struggled for years with eating disorders and an unhealthy relationship with food. It’s difficult for me to go out with family and friends because everyone watches me — from what I order to how much I consume — and comments on it. If they decide I haven’t eaten enough, they make hurtful comments about my weight. What I need people to understand is that it is just as hurtful to make fun of someone who is thin by calling him names such as “Stick” or “Bean Pole” as it is to mock a fat person. — Robert Dear Robert: Your letter provides me with the opening to remind my readers that joking about someone’s appearance isn’t clever or funny.
Correction for psoriasis treatment Dear Dr. Gott: I recently wrote you regarding my experience with psoriasis, for which my husband (a pathologist and professor) recommended that I take fish oil and vitamin D3. I had very good results and wanted to share them with your readers. When I read my letter in the paper, it said that I was taking 1,000 milligrams of fish oil and 2,000 IU of vitamin D three times a day. This is not what I said. That means anyone who tried this remedy is taking three times as much as they should, and this is a huge amount. Please print a retraction. Dear Reader: Consider it done. There was a misprint in the original column, and “three times daily” should have been “D3.” I would like to mention that I don’t believe any harm will come to anyone who took the tripled dose. According to the Office of Dietary Supplements, people over the age of 14 should not take more than 2,000 IU of vitamin
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D daily; however, several nutrition scientists have challenged this, citing recent research studies that show up to 10,000 IU of D daily is acceptable. So, in my opinion, a short-term dosage of 6,000 IU daily will not be harmful. As for the fish oil, many physicians recommend normal, healthy people consume about 2,000 milligrams daily. That is double what you were taking and just under the misprinted triple dose. Again, a short-term treatment at the elevated dosage should not cause any harm. So, readers, please accept my apology for not catching the error.
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Former task force chairman sees hope for GM, Chrysler WASHINGTON (AP) — The former head of the Obama administration’s auto task force expressed optimism Wednesday that General Motors and Chrysler could rebound and help taxpayers recoup some of their multibillion-dollar investment in the Detroit auto companies. Steven Rattner, in a speech sponsored by the Brookings Institution, said his auto team was stunned by the dire straits of GM and Chrysler when they delved into the companies’ financial books but remained confident that the overhaul of the automakers could eventually restore them to profitability. “I think we gave them every tool, not only that we could, but every tool that they need,” Rattner said at the National Press Club. “We believe that both of these companies are viable and we believe they both can earn good returns for their shareholders.” Rattner cautioned that “it will probably take time for the government to get out” of its nearly 61 percent stake of GM and 8 percent share of Chrysler. He said the task force studied similar cases and found that it took three to five years on average for a government to divest its holdings in private companies. “No one should expect overnight turnarounds ... Be patient,” Rattner said. Earlier, in a first-person account posted on Fortune magazine’s Web site, Rattner said he was alarmed by the “stunningly poor management” at the
Detroit companies before the bailouts and painted a poor picture of GM’s management. GM’s board of directors was “utterly docile in the face of mounting evidence of a looming disaster” and former GM chairman and chief executive Rick Wagoner set a tone of “friendly arrogance” that permeated the company, Rattner wrote. Rattner led the auto task force as it pushed GM and Chrysler into quick bankruptcies last summer with the help of about $65 billion in federal aid, leaving the job in July. The task force won concessions from the union, suppliers, bondholders and dealers to restructure the companies. Rattner said that he, along with Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and White House economic adviser Larry Summers, “hated the idea of the U.S. government owning equity in these companies” but they concluded the government needed to protect taxpayers. “It was frustrating that many commentators were suggesting that the government stay on the sidelines and let the companies fend for themselves,” Rattner said. “With financial markets still frozen, both would have unquestionably run out of cash quickly, slid into bankruptcy, closed their doors and liquidated.” Rattner said the loss of the companies could have severely harmed the economy, costing “more than a million jobs in the short run.” He said their failure also would have dramati-
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cally deepened and prolonged the recession and would have pushed unemployment rates in several states “above 20 percent.” GM said in a statement that it is “a new company with a strong balance sheet, less debt and a fresh product lineup that is making consumers take notice. ... Looking back doesn’t help us with the important work we have in front of us. We are grateful for the second chance our nation’s support has given us, and we are confident we will succeed.” Chrysler declined comment. Alan Reuther, the United Auto Workers’ legislative director, said during a panel discussion with Rattner that the liquidation of GM and Chrysler would have also dragged down Ford Motor Co. and threatened the pensions and health care benefits of 1 million Big Three retirees and their dependents. Rattner said the task force determined that Chrysler could not survive without a corporate partner, leading it to turn to Italy’s Fiat Group SpA. Fiat took control of Chrysler after it emerged from bankruptcy protection in June and received a 20 percent stake in the company, with the opportunity to take on 35 percent. As for GM, Rattner described the administration’s decision to seek Wagoner’s resignation. “It seemed obvious that any CEO who had burned through $44 billion of cash in 15 months should not continue,” Rattner said.
LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — President Barack Obama unveiled plans Wednesday to refocus spending of the government’s $700 billion financial bailout away from Wall Street’s big financial institutions and toward small businesses on Main Street. Speaking in a small business near Washington, Obama said the initiatives would make it easier for smaller community banks to provide credit to small businesses, which have been hard-hit by the financial crisis. The president’s plan also includes a request that Congress increase caps for existing Small Business Administration loans. “Over the past decade and a half, America’s small businesses have created 65 percent of all new jobs in the country,” Obama told about 150 employees in a warehouse at a storage business’s warehouse on the eastern outskirts of Washington. “These companies are the engine of job growth in America,” he said. “They fuel our prosperity. And that’s why they have to be at the forefront of our recovery.” The shift in focus comes amid outrage over record payouts to financial executives, some of whom work at firms that needed Washington to bail them out with billions of taxpayer dollars last year. Obama officials called the bonuses“offensive” and instead sought to convince the country that Obama’s administration was interested in everyday Americans’ struggles, not just the problems of those on Wall Street. On Wednesday, Obama pitched his plan as a way to create jobs and change day-to-day life. “These entrepreneurial pioneers embody the spirit of possibility, the tireless work ethic, and the simple hope for something better that lies at the heart of the American ideal. And they have always formed the backbone of the American economy,” he said.
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TOWN OF FOREST CITY PUBLIC NOTICE The Board of Commissioners of the Town of Forest City has considered a waiver of competitive bidding under G.S. 143-129(g) and will use the Piggy Back process as approved at its regular meeting on September 29, 2009 for the purchase of one Sutphen Pumper from Sutphen Corporation. The seller has agreed to extend to the Town of Forest City the same or more favorable prices and terms set forth in its contract with the Town of Bozeman, Montana, dated March 17, 2009. For additional information, contact Mark McCurry, Forest City Fire Chief at 828-245-2111. Sandra P. Mayse City Clerk
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Collector of Affidavit of the estate of JACK RAY MELTON of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said JACK RAY MELTON to present them to the undersigned on or before the 8th day of January 2010 or the same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment. This is the 8th day of October, 2009. Gail Parton, Collector of Affidavit 251 Painter’s Gap Road Rutherfordton, NC 28139
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executor of the estate of JOHN STEPHEN DORSETT, late of Roanoke, Virginia, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms, and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 15th day of January, 2010, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This the 15th day of October, 2009. Lynn D. Barnes 1706 Old Bridge Road Dolphin, Virginia 23843-2500 Jarald N. Willis, Attorney 120 East Court Street Rutherfordton, North Carolina 28139
IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION RUTHERFORD COUNTY 09 SP 382 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY KIMBERLY H. CALLAHAN AND PAUL B. CALLAHAN DATED AUGUST 23, 2002 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 686 AT PAGE 288 IN THE RUTHERFORD COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA NOTICE OF SALE Pursuant to a Court order and under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in the above-referenced deed of trust and because of default in the payment of the secured indebtedness and failure to perform the stipulation and agreements therein contained and, pursuant to demand of the owner and holder of the secured debt, the undersigned substitute trustee will expose for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at the county courthouse of said county at 2:30 PM on October 28, 2009 the following described real estate and any other improvements which may be situated thereon, in Rutherford County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Situate, lying and being in Rutherfordton Township, Rutherford County North Carolina, and on the Northwest side of a road leading from Highway 74 to Highway 221 and being bounded on the North by an 81 acre tract formerly owned by L. B. Harris and now owned by the heirs at law of Mrs. L. B. (Catherine) Harris and bounded on the South and East by the public road leading from Highway 74 to Highway 221 and on the West by the lands of Mitchell Elizabeth Harris and John Harris and BEGINNING at an iron pin in the Northern margin of Mitchell Elizabeth Harris line, said pin being offset from the center of the public road and running thence with Mitchell Elizabeth Harris line North 22 West 210 feet to an iron pin, a corner of John Harris and of the lands known as the L. B. Harris Estate Lands; thence a new line North 43 East 560 feet to an iron pin; thence another new line South 64 East 212 feet to the center of the public road; thence with the center of the public road the following courses and distances: South 31-1/2 West 200 feet, South 36 West 100 feet, South 44 West 100 feet, South 50 West 100 feet and South 53 West 40 feet to a point in the center of the public road offset by an iron pin in the Southeastern margin of said road; thence leaving said public road and running South 53 East 58 feet to an iron pin in a private drive; thence South 73 West 193 feet to the BEGINNING point in the center of the public road, said point in the center of the road being offset by an iron pin in the Northwestern margin of said road and containing 4.4 acres, more or less. THERE IS EXCEPTED HEREFROM that certain tract of land described as follows: Situate, lying and being in Rutherfordton Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina, and on the North side of State Road 1367, sometimes known as the Thompson Road, and being a part of that 4.4 acre tract described in deed from Walker H. Harris, et al, to Dovie Sue Harris, Single, of recorded in Deed Book 385, Page 374, Rutherford County Registry, and BEGINNING at a point in the center of State Road 1367 in John Harris' line, said point being offset by an iron pin in the margin of said road, said iron pin being located North 25 West 25 feet from said beginning point in the center of said road; and runs thence with an old marked line, same now being John Harris' line, North 25 West 210 feet to an iron pin in John Harris line; thence with another old marked line North 52 East 210 feet to an iron pin at a dogwood, a new corner and in the line of the lands owned by Dovie Sue Harris; thence a new line South 25 East 217 feet to a point in the center of State Road 1367, said line passing an iron pin offset on the margin of said road at 25 feet from the point in the center of the road; thence with the center of State Road 1367 South 52 degrees West 100 feet and South 58 West 110 feet to the BEGINNING and containing one (1) acre more or less, same being taken from a survey and map made by Clyde C. Sorrels, Registered Surveyor, in October of 1977. And Being more commonly known as: 375 Thompson Rd, Rutherfordton, NC 28139
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executor of the estate of GLADYS JUSTICE DOGGETT of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said GLADYS JUSTICE DOGGETT to present them to the undersigned on or before the 8th day of January 2010 or the same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment. This is the 8th day of October, 2009. John Charles Doggett, Executor 244 Justice Road Rutherfordton, NC 28139
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IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION RUTHERFORD COUNTY 09 sp 321 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY DAVID LEE SUGGS AND SUSAN DOWNEY SUGGS DATED DECEMBER 30, 2005 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 879 AT PAGE 581 IN THE RUTHERFORD COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA NOTICE OF SALE Pursuant to a Court order and under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in the above-referenced deed of trust and because of default in the payment of the secured indebtedness and failure to perform the stipulation and agreements therein contained and, pursuant to demand of the owner and holder of the secured debt, the undersigned substitute trustee will expose for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at the county courthouse of said county at 2:30 PM on November 4, 2009 the following described real estate and any other improvements which may be situated thereon, in Rutherford County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN COLFAX TOWNSHIP, RUTHERFORD COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, BEING BOUNDED ON THE NORTH BY DOBBINS ROAD (S.R. 1923), ON THE EAST BY THE PROPERTY OF MICHAEL TODD MOORE AS DESCRIBED IN DEED RECORDED IN DEED BOOK 555, PAGE 662, RUTHERFORD COUNTY REGISTRY, ON THE SOUTH BY THE PROPERTY OF GEORGE E. MOORE, ET. AL. AS DESCRIBED IN DEED RECORDED IN DEED BOOK 429, PAGE 140, RUTHERFORD COUNTY REGISTRY, AND ON THE WEST BY THE PROPERTY OF ERNEST MOORE, ET. AL., AD DESCRIBED IN DEED RECORDED IN DEED BOOK 498, PAGE 340, RUTHERFORD COUNTY REGISTRY, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A POINT IN THE CENTERLINE OF S.R. 1923, SAID BEGINNING POINT BEING THE COMMON NORTHEASTERNMOST CORNER OF THE TRACT HEREIN DESCRIBED AND COMMON NORTHEASTERNMOST CORNER OF MICHAEL TODD MOORE, SAID BEGINNING POINT ALSO LYING NORTH 0 DEGREES 30 MINUTES 4 SECONDS WEST 30 FEET FROM A NEW IRON PIN, WHICH NEW IRON PIN LIES NORTH 22 DEGREES 28 MINUTES EAST 136.5 FEET FROM THE NORTHEASTERNMOST CORNER OF THE ONE STORY RESIDENCE PRESENTLY LOCATED ON THE TRACT HEREIN DESCRIBED, AND RUNNING THENCE FROM SAID BEGINNING POINT SOUTH 0 DEGREES 30 MINUTES 4 SECONDS EAST (PASSING THROUGH A NEW IRON PIN AT 30 FEET IN THE LINE) 296.49 FEET TO AN EXISTING IRON PIN; THENCE NORTH 88 DECREES 43 MINUTES 50 SECONDS WEST 261.46 FEET TO AN EXISTING IRON PIN; THENCE NORTH 0 DEGREES 47 MINUTES 56 SECONDS WEST (PASSING THROUGH AN EXISTING IRON PIN AT 233.01 FEET IN THE LINE) 258.62 FEET TO A POINT IN THE CENTERLINE OF DOBBINS ROAD; THENCE WIT THE CENTERLINE OF DOBBINS ROAD NORTH 87 DEGREES 49 MINUTES EAST 84.98 FEET; NORTH 83 DEGREES 42 MINUTES 4 SECONDS EAST 35.70 FEET; NORTH 82 DEGREES 14 MINUTES 54 SECONDS EAST 85.21 FEET; NORTH 76 DEGREES 51 MINUTES 21 SECONDS EAST 59.12 FEET TO THE BEGINNING, CONTAINING 1.64 ACRES ACCORDING TO MAP AND SURVEY BY PROFESSIONAL SURVEYING SERVICES, NATHAN ODOM, REGISTERED LAND SURVEYOR, DATED MARCH 3, 1992.
The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Kimberly H. Callahan.
And Being more commonly known as: 504 Dobbins Rd, Ellenboro, NC 28040
The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance "AS IS, WHERE IS." Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale. Any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. This sale is made subject to all prior liens and encumbrances, and unpaid taxes and assessments including but not limited to any transfer tax associated with the foreclosure. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. This sale will be held open ten days for upset bids as required by law. Following the expiration of the statutory upset period, all remaining amounts are IMMEDIATELY DUE AND OWING. Failure to remit funds in a timely manner will result in a Declaration of Default and any deposit will be frozen pending the outcome of any re-sale.
The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are David Lee Suggs and Susan Downey Suggs.
SPECIAL NOTICE FOR LEASEHOLD TENANTS: If you are a tenant residing in the property, be advised that an Order for Possession of the property may be issued in favor of the purchaser. Also, if your lease began or was renewed on or after October 1, 2007, be advised that you may terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days written notice to the landlord. You may be liable for rent due under the agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. The date of this Notice is October 7, 2009. Grady Ingle Substitute Trustee 8520 Cliff Cameron Drive, Suite 300 Charlotte, NC 28269 (704) 333-8107 http://shapiroattorneys.com/nc/ 04-62559
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The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance "AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale. Any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. This sale is made subject to all prior liens and encumbrances, and unpaid taxes and assessments including but not limited to any transfer tax associated with the foreclosure. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. This sale will be held open ten days for upset bids as required by law. Following the expiration of the statutory upset period, all remaining amounts are IMMEDIATELY DUE AND OWING. Failure to remit funds in a timely manner will result in a Declaration of Default and any deposit will be frozen pending the outcome of any re-sale. SPECIAL NOTICE FOR LEASEHOLD TENANTS: If you are a tenant residing in the property, be advised that an Order for Possession of the property may be issued in favor of the purchaser. Also, if your lease began or was renewed on or after October 1, 2007, be advised that you may terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days written notice to the landlord. You may be liable for rent due under the agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. The date of this Notice is October 14, 2009. Grady Ingle Substitute Trustee 8520 Cliff Cameron Drive, Suite 300 Charlotte, NC 28269 (704) 333-8107 http://shapiroattorneys.com/nc/ 08-104108
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PARACHINAR, Pakistan (AP) — Soldiers fought for the Pakistani Taliban chief’s hometown Wednesday as they pressed an offensive along the Afghan border, while intelligence officials said U.S. missiles hit territory controlled by another insurgent, threatening to undermine deals that keep some militants out of the battle. The five-day-old offensive in South Waziristan is considered a critical test of nuclear-armed Pakistan’s campaign against Islamist extremists blamed for soaring attacks at home and on Western forces in neighboring Afghanistan. On Tuesday, suicide attacks killed six people at a university in Islamabad, leading Pakistan to temporarily close all educational institutions. The military is advancing on multiple fronts in South Waziristan, a tribal region home to al-Qaida fighters and Taliban insurgents who have focused
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on overthrowing the U.S.-allied Pakistani government. The fight for the town of Kotkai is symbolically important because Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud and a top deputy, Qari Hussain, hail from there. Kotkai also lies on the way to the major militant base of Sararogha. An army statement Wednesday said forces were engaged in “intense encounters” in hills surrounding Kotkai and had secured an area to its east. Two intelligence officials said troops had secured parts of the town and destroyed Mehsud’s and Hussain’s homes, but army spokesman Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas denied that late Wednesday, saying there was no significant fighting inside the town yet.
Security forces on another front cleared Khaisura, a village dotted with heavily fortified bunkers complete with six-foot (two-meter) thick concrete walls, the army said. The statement reported three more soldiers were killed, bringing the army’s death toll so far to 16, while 15 more militants were slain, bringing their death toll to 105. It is nearly impossible to independently verify information coming from South Waziristan because the army has closed off all roads to the region. Analysts say both sides have exaggerated successes and downplayed losses in the past. The missile strike Wednesday targeted Spalaga, a village with at least 1,000 homes in the North Waziristan tribal region. Two intelligence officials said at least two suspected insurgents were killed. Their identities were not immediately known.
The army believes Mehsud and Hussain remain in the region directing militants’ defenses.
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Iran arrests suspects in attack TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian security forces have arrested suspects in a suicide bombing that killed at least 42 people, including senior Revolutionary Guard commanders, Iran’s police chief said Wednesday. Gen. Esmaeil Ahmadi Moghadam said members of the Sunni rebel group known as Jundallah, or Soldiers of God, that carried out Sunday’s deadly bombing entered Iran from neighboring Pakistan. The group has waged a low-level insurgency in Iran’s southeast in recent years
LONDON (AP) — The British lawyer for Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi said Wednesday that his client was alive, contradicting a Sky News report that said he was dead. Sky News television reported that the former Libyan intelligence agent, who is critically ill, had died, but attorney Tony Kelly said the report was untrue.
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Military relations between the United States and China have begun to thaw after a year of limited contact, the admiral in charge of the U.S. Pacific Command said Wednesday. Adm. Robert F. Willard said the U.S. is closely watching China’s military might after years of underestimating its abilities. Talks recently began between the two nation’s military leaders, Willard said, adding that American officials are seeking to reforge U.S.-China ties from enlisted troops all the way up the chain of command.
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s highest court says it has rejected a request to block the trial of John Demjanjuk on charges that he was an accessory to the murder of thousands at a death camp in Nazi-occupied Poland. The Federal Constitutional Court said Wednesday that it rejected complaints from Demjanjuk’s lawyer, Ulrich Busch, against decisions to open the trial in Munich on Nov. 30 and to keep the 89-year-old in custody. Busch cited health concerns among other issues. The Ukrainian-born Demjanjuk was flown to Germany from the United States in May after losing a long battle to avoid deportation.
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NEW DELHI (AP) — A passenger train in northern India crashed into another train’s rear carriage reserved for women and disabled passengers, killing 22 people and injuring 16 who remained trapped for hours Wednesday near Agra, the home of the Taj Mahal, police said. Rescuers had to cut open the wrecked compartment to free trapped passengers following the crash outside Agra, about 130 miles (210 kilometers) southeast of New Delhi, said Rajesh Bajpai, a railway spokesman.
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CAIRO (AP) — A security official for Egypt Air says security guards thwarted an attempted hijacking by overpowering a man who threatened crew with a knife on a flight from Istanbul to Cairo. The official says a Sudanese man used a knife from the in-flight meal to threaten crew and demand that the flight be diverted to Jerusalem. He says guards on the flight were able to detain the man and no one was hurt.
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