Daily Courier, October 23, 2009

Governor says no to inmates’ release — Page 2 Sports Into the Lion’s den R-S Central plays its’ most important game of the season as they travel to face the Shelby Golden Lions

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Drug raids target Mexican cartel operation Page 14

SPORTS

Flu update

H1N1 is having impact

By SCOTT BAUGHMAN Daily Courier Staff Writer

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SPINDALE — New federal government guidelines will require medical personnel who deal with patients to wear respirator masks to help stop the spread of H1N1 flu.

Local health officials and company representatives learned this and other details at a Rutherford County Employer H1N1 Forum sponsored by the Community Health Council Thursday.

“This virus has two proteins on the outside that allow it to enter human cells,” said Dr. Martha Salyers, Public Health Regional Surveillance Team 6. “Once there, it is able to reproduce ... we are seeing an increase in cases of H1N1 right now that are almost like a second wave of flu.”

Salyers, who has a masters degree in public health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, said the increase Please see Flu, Page 6

DEATHS

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Dr. Martha Salyers illustrates the difference between traditional surgical masks and the N95 Particulate Respirator masks that are now government required for medical personnel dealing with patients.

RUTHERFORDTON — A company that owns computer software seized by law enforcement officers during an apparent video poker raid in Forest City this summer is going to court to try to get its property back and to stop the prosecution of a man arrested in the case.

Rutherford County District Attorney Brad Conner Greenway and Sheriff Jack Conner are the focus of the legal action in the wake of a raid July 24, 2009, at Commerce Business Center, at 132 Commercial Drive.

An Oct. 19 motion to show Greenway cause was delivered to both men, and they are to report to the courthouse in High Point for a “status conference” today at 11 a.m. concerning an effort to have them held in contempt of court.

That appearance has been cancelled, but the pair have now been instructed to appear at a hearing on Nov. 9.

Greenway said Thursday afternoon that he and the sheriff are planning to go to High Point, along with Shawn Perrin, counsel for the sheriff. The district attorney said the status conference today will not be held in open court. He said he is not familiar with such conferences, so he is not sure how it will proceed.

Presumably, the judge in the case will hear from both sides but will not take any further action.

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Rutherfordton

Forest City hopefuls address the voters

Forest City

By LARRY DALE

Hazel Strickland Nellie Payne

Daily Courier Staff Writer

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WEATHER

FOREST CITY — Three mayoral candidates and three commissioner candidates spent considerable time talking about economic issues Thursday night at a candidates forum at the auditorium of the Rutherford County Schools’ Cool Springs Administrative Offices.

Tommy McBrayer, Keith Price and Dennis Tarlton are running for mayor.

Steven C. Holland, Shawn Moore and Tony K. Smith are the candidates for commissioner. All six candidates attended the forum.

The economy is on people’s minds, McBrayer said. The loss of the Hanes plant will mean some tough budget decisions in the spring of 2010, he noted, say-

ing those decisions will require thought and consideration. He said he thought the town could still provide all benefits and maintain the tax rate.

Lots of work has been done on the Florence Mill project, he said, but “we have not hit on the right combination” for developing the site. He noted that Please see Candidates, Page 10

East teacher, coach will run NYC Marathon

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FOREST CITY ­— All Forrest Gump jokes aside, once Brandon Gosey started running, he couldn’t stop.

The East High School teacher and cross country coach will run in the New York City Marathon Nov. 1.

Gosey is being sponsored by Lifemax, a health food-based company.

He applied to take part in the marathon last December. He found out in early June he’d been selected and began to follow a marathon training plan in order to prepare.

It’s only been about four years since Gosey started to run. He was in marching band in high school, but didn’t start running until after he Please see Gosey, Page 6

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East Rutherford cross country coach Brandon Gosey, left, keeps pace alongside members of the school’s cross county team during a pleasant day of practice Thursday at East Rutherford High School.

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State

Governor refuses to release inmates next week

RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina’s governor refused Thursday to release 20 of the state’s violent offenders next week, saying legal issues involving credits for good behavior must be resolved first.

Gov. Beverly Perdue said in a news release that she questions whether the Correction Department had the legislative authority to apply the credits to inmates serving life sentences. Until the issue is resolved, the inmates won’t be released, she said. “While I understand the decision of the Supreme Court, I believe there remain unresolved legal issues that

were not addressed,� Perdue said. “Before Mr. (Bobby) Bowden or any other offender affected by the court’s decision is turned loose, these issues must be heard.�

The inmates, most convicted of rape or murder, were set to be released next Thursday after Bowden argued a state law from 1970s defined a life sentence as 80 years. The law was changed a few years later.

The 20 were scheduled to be released because state courts agreed with Bowden, who argued in court that the 80-year sentence, combined with changes in sentencing laws and the good-time cred-

its, meant his term in prison was complete.

Staples Hughes, the state appellate defender whose office represented Bowden, said he would to wait to find out why the governor thinks the credits were applied improperly. “It’s curious that after all these years, suddenly in the wake of all the publicity about this, they decide the credit was improperly given,� he said.

Perdue said she questioned whether legislators intended for the Correction Department to have the authority to provide the credits. “I do not believe they

did, and my legal counsel agrees,� she said.

Attorney General Roy Cooper said his office advised the Correction Department “that no prisoners have to be released until further direction from the courts.�

The potential releases appalled victims and their advocates, partially because most of the inmates would be freed without any postrelease supervision. Only one would have official supervision, although those convicted of rape would have to register as sex offenders.

Correction Department records show the 20 have

racked up more than 250 infractions in prison for offenses such as fighting, weapon possession and theft.

Carolyn Ashburn of Wadeville, whose father was killed in 1975 by one of the prisoners scheduled for release, said the governor was doing the right thing.

Pam Hurley, whose mother was killed by Bowden, said she thinks the reprieve may be just temporary. “We are happy, but we are continuing to send letters and e-mails to get our message out. This should have never happened in the first place,� she said. “

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Local

At Your Leisure 3rd Annual Tri Five Chevy Reunion: Bennett Classics Auto Museum will be celebrating its 3rd Annual Tri Five Chevy Reunion (concentrating on performance, style, and color of that era).

There will be a special display of 1955, 56, and 57 Chevys inside the museum through Oct. 24. Exhibits range from 1913 to current with around 70 vehicles of all eras. Bennett Classics is also a designated Toy for Tots drop off.

For more information call 247-1767 or visit www.bennettclassics.com.

M Squared Restaurant, located at 125 West Main St., Spindale., offers the following entertainment/events: Tuesday Tapas and Alex Thompson Wednesday — Trivia at 8 p.m. (half price wine bottles) Friday — Alex Thompson on keyboard Saturday — Collin on Acoustical Guitar Sunday Brunch and Bloody Mary Bar (weekly) Web site www.msquaredrestaurant.com.

Legal Grounds, 217 North Main St., Rutherfordton, offers the following entertainment: Oct. 30 — Jackson Crossing Oct. 31 — Halloween party/ costume contest Web site www.legalgrounds. net.

Barley’s Taproom & Pizzeria, 115 W. Main St., Spindale, (no cover charge)

announces the following entertainment: Oct. 23 — Mercy Creek Oct. 24 — Blunt Head Trauma Oct. 30 — Cabo Verde Oct. 31 — Halloween Party Web site www.barleystaproom.com.

Live music is played every Friday and Saturday from 4 to 10 p.m. at Jake’s Barbecue (the former Golden Valley Music Park). Karaoke every Thursday from 4 to 7 p.m.

Loud & Proud Band plays on Fridays, and the Lonesome Road Band on Saturdays. For more information call 2482223. Jake’s is located at 136 Music Row, Bostic.

Club L.A. is a private club for members and guests, located at 319 W. Main St., Spindale. Admission — members free, guest $5.

Saturdays from 10 p.m. until 2 a.m. Each Thursday is ladies’ night and Karaoke from 8 to 11 p.m. Shagging every Friday night from 8 to 11 p.m.

Wagon Wheel Country & Western Dance Club, W.E. Padgett Rd., Ellenboro area, hosts the following entertainment: Oct. 24 — Broken Axle Band, 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.

Admission $5. Concessions, game room, family entertainment. Dance lessons every Tuesday night from 7:30 to 10 p.m., $3 per person.

Web site www.wagonwheeldanceclub.com.

Union Mills Learning Center is open Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings to assist the community with its computer and printing needs. The gymnasium is also open Saturdays at 4 p.m. for pickup basketball games and shoot-arounds.

Web site unionmillslearningcenter.org.

Off the Beaded Path, located at 120B West Trade St., Forest City, offers Try-it-Tuesdays (every Tuesday) which features brief jewelry-making demos. The following classes are also available: Oct. 27 — Stitch Japanese Cuff Bracelet, 6 to 8 p.m.

Oct. 29 — Celestial Star Pendant, 6 to 8 p.m.

Web site offthebeadedpathbeadstore.com.

Off The Beaded Path will also hold a Breast Cancer Awareness Earring Drive during the month of October, which will go to the Look Good Feel Good Program.

Haunted Hayride and maze: Oct. 23-24, and Oct. 30-31 at Bar H Arena in Boiling Springs. Starting time is dark (approximately 7:30).

Boiling Springs Life Saving and Rescue will be serving concessions each night.

Groups of 10 more may receive an additional discount.

For more information give us a call at (704) 434-2866 or visit our website at www. barhevents.com.

Haunted Trail: The 3rd Annual Trail of Terror opens

KidSenses’ activities this weekend

RUTHERFORDTON — KidSenses will host “Family Bingo Night” tonight from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Kids and grown-ups alike will have a blast when we put a KidSenses spin on this classic family favorite.

Saturday, Oct. 24, from 1 to 3 p.m. is “Healthy Kids Day” at KidSenses’.

Join special guest Kim Rudasil and learn about how to pack a lunch box full of healthy foods.

The Museum is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday - Thursday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Fridays, and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays.

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“In the twelve years I have been privileged to be Rutherfordton’s Mayor, I have learned that it takes much more than love of Rutherfordton. It takes experience in government, committed time to service, consensus building, and a clear vision of the present and future needs for the citizens of our town. Jimmy Dancy, in his many years of service to his community, has done all of this and more. That is why I hope you will join me on Tuesday, November 3rd in casting your vote for Jimmy Dancy for Mayor of Rutherfordton.”

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each Friday and Saturday in October at 7:30 p.m. Admission $7 ($1 off with a canned food item). The Haunted Trail is located at 481 Brooks Road, Bostic, off Whitesides Road. For more information visit Facebook, Trail of Terror Benefit, or call 828-7489945. This year’s proceeds go toward a canned food drive and purchasing Christmas for needy families in the community that have lost their jobs.

Black Pearls Farm in Bostic, a non-profit Equine and CSA Learning Center, announces the following events: Pumpkin carving contest — Oct. 28 and 29, from 5 to 7 p.m., and Oct. 31, from noon to 3 p.m. Limited number of pumpkins. Call to reserve time.

Open horse lessons — Saturdays beginning at 10 a.m., (call ahead) Volunteers needed to help with Halloween preparations as well as the night of Haunted Farm, and a green house raising.

Contact Barbara Henwood at 245-0023. Web site blackpearlsfarm.com.

Dark Wood Hollow Haunted Trail: The guided tour goes through the Road kill Café and into the butcher shop. Shadows will wonder around you in amazement as the tour guide takes you into the Dark Hollow, where the realm of evil waits by Christopher Creek. The trail is located at 875 Christopher Rd., Campobello, S.C. Days of operation are October 23, 24,

30 and 31. The trail opens at dark and close at midnight.

Admission is $10 per person. Sponsored by the Polk County Red Cross. Actors are also needed. If interested, 828-894-2700.

The Chesnee Gospel Music Center has closed and will not reopen. Associates of the center would like to extend their appreciation to those who have supported it for the last 26 years.

5th Annual WNC Pottery Festival: Saturday, Nov. 7; the festival showcases approximately three dozen master potters demonstrating a variety of techniques; hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., rain or shine; admission $2 per person, includes a ticket for a day-long raffle; children under 12 admitted free; for more information call 828-631-5100, or visit www. wncpotteryfestival.com.

9th Annual Carolina Pottery Festival: Saturday, Nov. 14, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Cleveland County Fairgrounds, Hwy. 74 Bsn., Shelby; more than 100 local and regional potters showing and selling traditional and contemporary works; admission is $3, children 12 and under admitted free; admission includes the chance to win one of several door prizes given throughout the day; a portion of the proceeds benefits the Cleveland Arts Council; for information visit www.carolinapotteryfestival.blogspot.com.

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Our Views Running coach a real role model

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ur hats are off to Rutherford County teacher Brandon Gosey, whose efforts to take care of himself ended up creating a positive example for many of us.

Gosey will run in the famous New York Marathon soon.

After graduating from college, Gosey soon found himself gaining weight. He decided to start walking in an effort to get back in shape.

Walking eventually turned into running and he also started paying attention to his diet, eating more organic food and soon found himself in great shape.

Now, he’s added running coach to his resume and, by running in the Marathon, is setting a great example for his team.

Our readers’ views Family of an Owl offers big thanks To the editor: I would like to say a great big thank you to the wonderful fans of the Forest City Owls! Not only did you welcome our son into your wonderful city this summer, but you made him feel like he had a very special home away from home.

Our son wrestled whether or not to come to Forest City because it would have been easy to stay at home and continue to play in the Valley League in Covington, Va. He decided that it might give him some different exposure to play a different venue for his last summer of college wood bat.

To say the least, our son knows now it was the best decision of his life to come to Forest City and experience the magical season of the Owls.

It would be impossible to thank everyone who made our son’s summer so special but we would like to mention a few very special people. Nick, Naima, and Yazmin White for hosting Robbie and making their home his home.

They were awesome host parents and will be our family’s friends for a lifetime.

To Kay Conner, who saw our son as someone very special and made him feel that way with her praise, kind words, and encouragement. She is truly a wonderful person!

Thanks for the album, pics, CD and especially the love you showed our son.

To Keith Arrowood and his wife for being my special friends this summer. They truly are wonderful people and we wish Ryan all the best in his career.

I can’t remember his name but the gentleman who wanted to know if I was Robbie’s dad that I met at the ticket window, thanks for the nice comment on our son and being one of his biggest fans.

To the wonderful lady with the three sons behind home plate on championship night, thanks for letting us have your seats, pics, and kind words to my wife and sister-in-law.

Thanks to the man in the autograph line that told Robbie that he had truly helped make this summer special and the only games he had missed were because of their Bible School at Church. Praise God. To the elderly man who sat beside me at the championship game, thanks for having all the faith in the world that Robbie would have a scoreless ninth and finish the season with no runs allowed.

I know God put you beside me there that night for a reason and for that I am truly thankful.

To Kyle Jones, who was a true Christian teammate and friend, thanks and we wish you well in your career.

To Scott Bowers and M.A. Andrews (no relation), thanks for the wonderful championship article and Rutherford Weekly layout, they will be memories for us all.

And last but not least, I want to thank Coach Matt Hayes and Coach Mike Ranson for having

faith in Robbie to give him the ball this summer and letting him have a chance to pursue his lifetime dream of someday playing professionally.

We truly do thank you both for the support, encouragement and wonderful compliments you gave our son. You both represent what coaching is all about.

And finally to Ken and Bette Silver (owners), Steve and Denise Holland, James and Kim Wolfe and to the whole Forest City Faithful, our family would like to thank you from the bottom of our hearts for making the “Summer of 2009” a memory we will hold near and dear to our hearts.

Forest City, congratulations!

You are the “2009 National Summer Wood Bat Champions.”

Take care and may our God continue to richly bless each and everyone of you.

Mike, Cindy, Megan and Robbie Andrews Covington, Va.

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The editors reserve the right to edit letters for libelous content. All submissions should be sent to The Editor, P.O. Box 1149, Forest City, NC, 28043.

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When bad guys are really good at using Internet I think I’ve decided we need to make the Internet easier to use. For people my age it is pretty easy, and decidedly a daily part of life.

But even some of my fellow Gen-Xers have Internet issues from time to time and have to call the resident geek (like your’s truly) to come and help them out, or offer advice.

And I can’t even begin to tell you how many folks from an older generation I’ve had to help with computers over the years.

But this past week there was an Internet occurrence that had even me questioning the wisdom of having all our banking, phone bills, power bills, phone service, communications, TV, radio, movies, games and everything else you can think of be based on the web.

And with no small amount of irony, it had to do with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

Some of you may recall that early this week, on Monday, there was a press release sent out from the U.S. Chamber saying they had changed their stance on President Obama’s climate control bill.

For a while now, the chamber has been opposed to the cap and trade program, say-

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ing it was bad for business.

But on Monday, they seemed to have changed their tune.

The key word there is “seemed.” It turns out, this press release wasn’t from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce at all. It was from a group called The Yes Men, who apparently make it a habit of going around and impersonating people and companies to bring attention to “views that they consider wrong.”

But it gets worse, it isn’t like it was just a fake press release (which irritates me enough as a journalist) but there was an entire fake news conference!

This group — The Yes Men — went and rented out a room at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. and held a press conference answering reporters questions and making statements purportedly from the U.S. Chamber.

They had a fake letter head (that looked real), a fake

press release (that looked very real) and even a fake U.S. Chamber of Commerce Seal on a poster in front of the podium (that was so realistic, it is kind of scary.

But worst of all, their fake press release had an ACTIVE LINK to a fake Web site.

Having received this press release in my e-mail, and being more than shocked that the chamber was changing their stance (this was before I knew it was a hoax) I clicked the link.

It took me to www.chamber-of-commerce.us and was an electronic version of prepared statements. This is standard operating procedure for media relations these days. So far, I had no reason to suspect anything was up, other than that web address.

Along the left side of the page were several links to other parts of the “U.S. Chamber of Commerce” site.

The home page, the FAQ, etc. I moved my mouse over to them and clicked. Sure enough, it took me to the rest of the chamber Web site.

Then, my inner geek started screaming at me.

“Why would the chamber’s web master not link

this press release on climate change to the rest of the media site? Why give it its own address? That’s a waste of bandwidth, especially since he must’ve known this was going to get a lot of hits,” my inner geek said.

And that’s when I saw one of the places the hoaxers forgot to cover their tracks.

The web address for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is www.uschamber.com.

It has been for about ten years now. It is not www. chamber-of-commerce.us. In fact, most governmental and civic entities don’t use the “.us” extension, they’re either “.org” or “.gov” and “.com” on occasion.

The “.us” site was a complete hoax. Thankfully, legitimate U.S. Chamber communications director Eric Wohlschlegel, walked into the fake press conference and announced: “This is a fraudulent press activity, and a stunt.”

Unbelievably, the hoaxers at the front of the room accused Wohlschlegel of being the fake and demanded to see his business card.

Eventually, the hoaxers were ousted, but yet never really admitted they weren’t the real chamber reps.

But proving they were fake was much easier than spotting the fake Web site earlier on Monday. And for me — an avowed tech geek — spotting shoddy fake Web sites is pretty easy. This site was fake, but it certainly wasn’t shoddy. If it almost fooled me, how easily would it have fooled my dad? Or even my sister?

Granted, they probably would never have cared to look at the chamber’s site, but what about those thieves that decide to do this with Bank of America’s site? Or eBay or Amazon.com? They do it all the time and use it as an opportunity to steal people’s identities, bank accounts or just their e-mail address so they can deluge them with spam.

I urge all of you out there to read up on safe Internet surfing practices and use them. The web can be a great place to share information, but as always there are bad guys out there who want to use it for no good.

If you take some time to educate yourself, and we all work together to make an easier and safer web, we can stop these hucksters and hoaxers in their tracks.

And that’s some good news.

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Local/Obituaries AUTO PARTS STORE BUILDING

Obituaries Hazel Strickland

Hazel Ann Hawkins Strickland, 91, of Rutherfordton, died Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009, at Palliative Care Center and Hospice of Catawba Valley in Newton.

A native of Rutherford County, she was a daughter of the late Vonnie Hawkins and Mae Webb Hawkins, and the widow of the Rev. Broughton Strickland.

She was a member of Shiloh Baptist Church, where she served as a Sunday School teacher. She was a graduate of Appalachian State University and a retired school teacher, having taught at Cross Mill Elementary and Forest City Elementary for 32 years.

She is survived by two sons, Clark Strickland of Conover, and Wendell Strickland of Jackson, Tenn.; one sister, Jane Camp of Huntersville; Scott Baughman/Daily Courier and three grandchildren.

Construction crews were clearing land Thursday for the construction of a new O’reilly’s Auto Parts Funeral services will be store at the intersection of Oak Street and Hardin Road. Those interested in employment at the new held at 3 p.m. Sunday at store should call 1-888-Oreilly or visit their Web site at www.oreillyauto.com.

Shiloh Baptist Church with the Rev. Don Crawford and Dr. Ed Gouge officiating.

Interment will follow in the The attorneys also say that Rutherford County Memorial proprietary software, at the a written request has been business.

Cemetery in Forest City. The made for the district attorney family will receive friends The seizures and the arrest Continued from Page 1 to “cease and desist in all of Hall are the focus of the Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m. at prosecution in the matter of companies’ legal action.

The High Point division of McMahan’s Funeral Home.

State v. Donald Lee Hall as According to the motion the North Carolina Superior In lieu of flowers, memorisame is in violation of Orders als may be made to Hospice filed by attorneys Michael Court has ordered Greenway of this Court …”

A. Grace and Christopher R. and Conner to appear there of Rutherford County, P.O. Prosecution was deferred Clifton, of Grace, Tisdale & and “show cause, if any each Box 336 Forest City, NC in the Hall case on the conClifton of Winston-Salem, may have, why they should 28043. dition that Hall provide on behalf of the plaintiffs, not be held in Contempt of information “concerning the repeated efforts were made this Court,” according to Online condolences www.mcmahpurported operation of the to contact Greenway and court papers in the case. ansfuneralhome.com. business,” the motion states.

Conner about the matter.

The defense attorneys allege The attorneys, in the Greenway said this is a civil motion, allege that they tried that Hall’s statements in the Nellie Payne case, but he added that the Nellie Don Payne, of 143 to contact Greenway 10 times affidavit concerning operacontempt could be either West Liberty St., Forest City, tion of the system “are false by telephone and twice by civil or criminal or both. A died Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009, and are contrary to how the driving to Rutherford and criminal contempt ruling at White Oak Manor.

McDowell counties to discuss system actually operates.” could result in 30 days in She was a daughter of The case by IIT and Hest jail, the district attorney said, the matter. the late Broadus and Lovie is predicated on prior court They say that on one of and a civil contempt ruling Payne. rulings. could allow the companies to those occasions they drove Survivors include three get their equipment back and to Rutherford County, where sons, Scotty Payne of Forest The motion to show cause they were informed by staff resume operations.

City, Larry Payne of Chesnee, indicates that on March that Greenway was in the The plaintiffs in the case S.C., and Bryant Payne of 4, 2009, the plaintiffs McDowell County office. are Hest Technologies Inc. Suffolk, Va.; two daughters, They say that when they then were granted a temporary and International Internet restraining order restraining Sharon Payne of McKenny, drove to McDowell County Technologies LLC. The Va., and Fredrica Payne the defendants, their agents they were informed that “the defendants are listed as the and those acting on behalf of of Forest City; one sister, District Attorney was, in governor, the Department Marjorie Smith of Spindale; the defendants “from makfact, in Rutherford County.” of Crime Control and 12 grandchildren; and 10 ing or issuing any statement They also say they mailed Public Safety and its secregreat-grandchildren. outside of the proceeding in at least two copies of court tary, and the Alcohol Law Funeral services will be this case alleging or contendEnforcement Division and its orders to the district attorconducted at 2 p.m. Saturday ing that Plaintiffs’ products ney’s office. director. at Thompson’s Funeral and equipment associated The attorneys also allege Chapel with the Rev. Donald with Plaintiff’s sweepstakes that they tried to contact The district attorney and Sheriff Conner and the coun- systems constitute an illegal Brown officiating. Burial will the sheriff are considered follow in the Wells Spring gambling arrangement, lotty attorney, but were unsucagents of the defendants, in United Methodist Church tery, game of chance, slot cessful, so they made a writtheir respective job roles. machine or unlawful device.” cemetery. The body will lie ten request for the return of Donald Lee Hall was in state one hour prior to the all the seized property. arrested in the July raid. service.

Hall was initially charged Contact Dale via e-mail at Thompson’s Mortuary is in ldale@thedigitalcourier.com.

The motion adds, “that with two felony counts of charge of arrangements. said request for return of possession of video poker equipment, but those charges the seized property has been made verbally to were later dismissed and Attorney Shawn Perrin (of Hall was charged with the the Mecklenburg Bar, who misdemeanor violation of Collin Willcox-Patton John Morrow, candidate is associated with Womble operating a lottery.

HIGHLANDS, N.C. (AP) for election to the Board of Carlyle Sandridge & Rice), According to the motion, — Actress Collin WilcoxAldermen in Ellenboro, was counsel for the Sheriff the business was principally Paxton, who portrayed the misquoted in a story about of Rutherford County in owned by Hall and secondfalse accuser in the movie this weeks candidate forum. this matter and also to arily by Frankie McGuire. classic To Kill a Mockingbird, Rutherford County Attorney, What Morrow said was: “I Officers made arrests and would be honest and try to do died of brain cancer just Ms. Elizabeth Miller of the seized all of the computers, months after the diagnosis. which reportedly contain IIT firm of Dalton & Miller LLP.” the best job I can do.”

She was 74.

Her husband, Scott Paxton, confirmed Thursday that she died Oct. 14. No funeral was held. Instead, the family held a service before her death.

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The actress played Mayella Ewell in the movie based on Harper Lee’s Pulitzerwinning novel. Her role as the young white woman who accuses a black man of beating and raping her in her home was brief but memorable.

She angrily breaks down as actor Gregory Peck, the defense attorney, suggests she lied to avoid being abused by her racist father. The black defendant is convicted anyway and later killed.

In the late 1950s and ‘60s, she had roles in several Broadway plays, making her debut in 1958 in the family drama The Day the Money Stopped. While the production was short-lived, The New York Times said she “scatters little sparks of humorous vitality throughout her scenes.”

She had guest appearances in many early television series, such as “Gunsmoke,” ‘’The Fugitive,” ‘’The Waltons” and “Little House on the Prairie.”

Her roles in the 1990s included television series and movies that were filmed near her hometown in the North Carolina mountains.

They included Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, which director Clint Eastwood filmed in Savannah, Ga., and the inspirational TV series “Christy,” about a teacher in the early 1900s in remote Appalachia.

Danny Price KINGSPORT, Tenn. (AP) — Danny Price of Rogersville, a field representative for U.S. Rep. Phil Roe and a veteran of many Republican campaigns, has died. He was 69.

According to the Kingsport Times-News, Price was the Tennessee Republican Party’s “Statesman of the Year” in 2006.

Price had worked in GOP campaigns for the past 45 years, including races involving former Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker and ex-president Ronald Reagan.

Price also worked in campaigns for former U.S. Rep. Bill Jenkins, former gubernatorial candidate Van Hilleary and former Senate candidate Ed Bryant.

Leona Atkins NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Leona Johnson Atkins, wife of Nashville music executive and legendary guitarist Chet Atkins, has died at 85.

A paid obituary from the Harpeth Hills Funeral Home says that as a young woman Atkins and her twin sister performed as the singing duo “The Johnson Twins.”

She met her husband while performing on radio station WLW in Cincinnati and they married in 1946.

Cynthia Ann Goode Yelton Cynthia Ann Goode Yelton, age 58, of Cherry Mountain Street, Forest City, North Carolina, died Wednesday, October 21, 2009, at her residence.

She was born July 24, 1951, in Rutherford County and was a daughter of Ralph D. Goode of Forest City, NC and the late Christine Williams Goode.

A homemaker and member of Smith Grove Baptist Church. She was also preceded in death by a son, Chad Yelton in 2001.

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 step-mother, Christine Goode.

Funeral services will be held at Eleven o’clock Friday morning, October 23, 2009, in the Smith Grove Baptist Church with Dr. Robert Toney, Reverend Wayne Toney and Reverend Jerry Vess officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation was from 6 until 8 pm Thursday evening at The Padgett and King Mortuary.

Memorials may be made to Hospice of Rutherford County, P.O. Box 336, Forest City, NC 28043.

The Padgett and King Mortuary is in charge of arrangements and an online guest registry is available at: www.padgettking.com Paid obit

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Health/education Free breast exams: October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The Community Clinic of Rutherford County will offer free breast exams Oct. 23 and 30, from 9 a.m. until noon-12. You do not have to be a current patient of the clinic. Call 245-0400 for an appointment.

Natural alternatives: Peggy Rue of GAIA Herbs will provide a program about natural alternatives for the cold and flu season and immune health on Tuesday, Oct. 27, beginning at 6:30 p.m., at Plum Natural Market, 213 Oak Street Ext., Forest City. Free samples and demonstrations of products. Call 245-6842 to sign up.

Diabetes awareness month: November is Diabetes awareness month. The Community Clinic of Rutherford County will offer free Hbg A1C checks during the month of November. This test checks your blood sugar level for 3 months at a time. You do not have to be a patient to have this test performed.

Call 245-0400 for an appointment.

Miscellaneous Low Income Energy Assistance: The Rutherford County Department of Social Services will be taking applications for the Low Income Energy Assistance Program will be taken for two weeks, Nov. 2-13, with the exception of Veteran’s Day (Nov. 11). Department hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday - Friday.

Weatherization Assistance Program: The Weatherization Assistance Program is accepting applications for eligible clients for possible assistance. Applicants must provide proof of ownership, verification of income on each household member and past 12 months usage history on their utility bills. It is also open to tenants, providing the landlord gives written permission and contributes a portion of the cost to receive Weatherization measures.

For more information contact Becky McKelvey at 828-287-2281 ext.

1238.

Fundraisers Fall Fixins’: Saturday, Oct. 24, 8 a.m. to noon, Spindale United Methodist Church; selling homemade vegetable soup, baked goods, crafts and more.

Music/concerts Gospel Music Sunday: Oct. 25, 11 a.m. worship service, Spindale United Methodist Church; special music by the choir and instrumental ensemble.

Singing: Sunday, Oct. 25, 2 p.m., Full Gospel Revival Church, 10 miles west of Rutherfordton, on Hwy. 74; featuring The Far City Boys.

Singing program: Sunday, Oct. 25, 3 p.m., New Life Christian Fellowship Church, 601 E. Main Street, Spindale; featuring Legendaires of Gastonia, and the Shoal Creek Choir.

Singing: Sunday, Oct. 25, 2 p.m., Harris First Baptist Church; featuring Truly Blessed of Clover, S.C., and The Golden Valley Crusaders.

Religion Revival: Oct. 25-28, East Rutherford Church of God; Sunday services 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., and MTW, 7 nightly; Evangelist Jay Price will speak; special music each night; church located off Hwy. 74 east, Exit 187.

Revival: Oct. 27-30, 7 nightly, New Life Christian Fellowship Church, 601 E. Main Street, Spindale.

Pastor appreciation service: In honor of Pastors Lamar Hewitt and Troy Dorsey; Sunday, Oct. 25, worship service 11 a.m., Golden Valley Missionary Methodist Church; a covered dish lunch will follow.

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in H1N1 cases nationwide was probably just the start of the infections this season.

“Almost all of the positive influenza tests we’ve seen this year have been H1N1,” Salyers said. “We aren’t counting individual H1N1 cases anymore because there are just too many.”

Health Department Flu Vaccine Availability Rutherford County Health Department has the following flu vaccines available: n Limited amount of Seasonal Flu Injectable Vaccines for children ages 6 months through 35 months n Limited amount of Seasonal Flu Mist (Nasal Spray) for children ages 2 years through 18 years

To help employers make decisions for their staff, the following steps were given from the Centers for Disease Control: n Sick employees should stay home. n Sick employees at work should be sent home. n Encourage your employees to wash their hands often. n Encourage your employees to cover their coughs and sneezes. n Clean surfaces and items that are more likely to have frequent hand contact. n Encourage employees to get vaccinated. n Protect employees who are at higher risk for complications of flu. n Prepare for increased numbers of employee absences due to illness in employees and their family members and plan ways for essential business functions to continue. n Advise employees before traveling to take certain steps. n Prepare for the possibility of school dismissals or temporary closure of child care programs.

H1N1 f lu mist is available for: n People ages 2 years through 24 years of age n People ages 25 through 49 years of age who live with or care for infants younger than 6 months of age or are Health Care workers or emergency medical personnel

Salyers told employers that there had been a number of deaths from H1N1 cases nationwide that were due to other complications, but that some healthy, young people and pregnant women had died from the virus. The average age of H1N1 victims so far is 37.

“We are encouraging everyone who can to get vaccinated,” Salyers said.

“And I know there have been concerns

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graduated from college.

“I was overweight and weighed around 255 to 280,” Gosey said.

“Weight has always been a struggle for me.”

Ready to make a change, Gosey began going to a gym and started walking, beginning with a few miles and working up to five-miles-a-day on the treadmill.

“I started dropping weight and started picking up my pace. I was to the point I was walking so fast that I thought why not try and pick my feet up?” he said.

He also began to change his diet, switching to organic foods, and started teaching fitness classes and working part-time at the local health foods store.

Changing his lifestyle has allowed him to do things he never dreamed he’d do – like running in the marathon.

“It’s allowed me to get my health back,” he said. “I feel accomplishment in what I’ve done. Everybody finds it so fascinating because of the way I used to be – I’m just a completely active person now.”

Gosey’s former teacher, Janet Mason, said Gosey is a role model for others.

“Brandon has demonstrated an ability to set and reach goals such as training for and participating in this marathon. He has inspired others to pursue goals, including a commitment to a healthy lifestyle,” she said.

Before coming to East, Gosey worked at Ellenboro Elementary, where he led a running team. He moved to East this year and was asked to coach the cross country

These injections and/or flu mists are given Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

The health department is out of seasonal flu vaccines for adults and H1N1 injections at this time. We do expect to continue to receive shipments of H1N1 vaccines in the future. We are not sure at this time if we will receive any more seasonal flu vaccines.

Please check with your local pharmacies and physician’s office to see if they have seasonal flu vaccines. Some physician’s offices have received H1N1 flu mist and injections.

5 Myths about the 2009 Nasal-Spray Flu Vaccines (Seasonal and H1N1 f lu).

Myth: I will catch the flu if I get the nasal-spray flu vaccine.

Fact: Both the seasonal flu mist and H1N1 nasal spray vaccines are live attenuated vaccines. However, the virus has been

about the vaccine and safety. The live virus in the nasal spray is live, but it is not the same as the flu virus. It is an attenuated version of the virus which means it will stimulate your immune response but it will not give you the flu.”

Salyers also said that the mercury levels in preservatives for the H1N1 vaccine are very small and that the version of mercury in the vaccines is not the same as the highly toxic mercury.

“As I go around to different places

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and give these talks on awareness, I’m pleased to see people are getting good information for the most part,” Salyers said. “And the medical staff and co-workers like the ones here today are usually good about making sure people have the correct answers.”

For more information about stopping the spread of H1N1 flu, visit www.ncpublichealth.com or www.flu. gov.

Contact Baughman via e-mail at sbaughman@thedigitalcourier.com.

About the New York City Marathon The first New York City Marathon was held in 1970 with 127 runners.

The event has grown to more than 30,000 participants, which includes everyday people, celebrities and Olympic athletes. In 2000 an official wheelchair division was added to the marathon. The 2009 race will be the 40th running and will include special celebrations of this important milestone.

Source: www.ingnycmarathon.org team. He also runs with fellow East faculty member Patti Sappenfield.

“We’ve run in the rain and on some cold mornings,” he said. He’s been known to run from one end of the county to the other.

“It’s kind of like Forrest Gump,” he said. “People will see me running when they drive by and then they’ll ask me ‘How far did you go?’ ” By running with the cross country team, he gets in around 25 to 30 miles each week — good training for the NYC Marathon, which is 26.2 miles in length.

“People keep asking me how I’m going to do it, especially my cross country team — they are used to running fast. If you think about it, if you’re going to run a long distance, you just slow it down.

“It’s a mental game too,” he said. “If you talk yourself through it you can do it.”

Gosey’s also been asked if he will run the entire time.

“I don’t know if I will. But even if I walk a minute or two, it doesn’t diminish what I’ve done,” he said. “I would love to have four hours and

It’s kind of like Forrest Gump ... people will see me running when they drive by and then they’ll ask me ‘How far did you go?’

— Brandon Gosey

under, but I am just going to finish it and wake up the next morning a marathoner.”

The trip will be Gosey’s first time in New York City, which will be bittersweet he said, given all that’s happened there.

“I will get to see the whole city on foot,” he said. “This is one way I’m getting to travel.”

Gosey received an e-mail at the first of the week with a list of some of the celebrities who will be taking part, like the son of the late Christopher Reeve. But it’s not really those kind of stars Gosey wants to see.

“I’d more like to just sit down and interact with true Olympic athletes,” he said. “But I wouldn’t mind meeting Katie Holmes.”

Contact Flynn via e-mail at aflynn@thedigitalcourier.com.

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weakened from its original state and is unable to cause you to catch the flu.

Myth: The flu shot is more effective than the nasal spray vaccine.

Fact: In a study done among children ages 15 through 85 months, the seasonal nasal-spray flu vaccine reduced the chance of getting influenza illness by 92 percent compared with the placebo. A study in adults showed that there were 19 percent fewer severe febrile respiratory tract illnesses, 23-27 percent fewer days of illness and 13-28 percent fewer lost work days.

Both seasonal flu and H1N1 vaccines are expected to be effective during the 2009 flu season.

Myth: The nasal-spray flu vaccines contains thimerosal Fact: The nasal-spray flu vaccines both are thimerosal and preservative free.

Myth: I will shed the virus and infect others.

Fact: Clinical studies have shown that people that are in close contact with someone who has just gotten vaccinated via nasal-spray have only a 0.6%-2.4% chance of getting influenza illness symptoms.

Myth: My child has diabetes, so I cannot get the nasal-spray flu vaccine.

Fact: People who are in contact with people who have diabetes, are affected with HIV or using corticosteroids to treat asthma can get the nasal-spray flu vaccine.

If you are in contact with someone who has a severely weakened immune system that is being taken care of a protective environment then you should not get the nasalspray flu vaccine.

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Tradition And The Challenger Hilltoppers face Shelby in a SMAC showdown

Central fans need to be aware of changes SHELBY — Shelby High announced changes to the school’s parking for football games.

R-S Central fans must come into the school on Academy Street.

Academy Street is the first road to the right after passing Dekalb Street.

For many seasons, high school football fans from visiting schools have used Dekalb Street. The school made changes to its football parking, this year, and visitor parking has been moved.

Dekalb Street is located just past the McDonalds next to Shelby High.

Fans should pass the McDonalds and DeKalb Street and then look for the next road to the right, Academy Street, and then they will be directed to visitor parking.

The Hilltoppers (8-1) face the Golden Lions (7-1) in a game that may decide the champion of the South Mountain 3A/2A Athletic Conference.

Kick off is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. For additional information, please contact R-S Central at (828) 287-3304.

By SCOTT BOWERS Daily Courier Sports Editor

FOREST CITY — For two of the county’s four prep football teams, tonight may prove to be one of the most important nights on the 2009 schedule.

R-S Central enters tonight’s game against Shelby with an opportunity to get closer to the conference title, while East Rutherford will host Freedom with opportunities to become playoff eligible growing slimmer.

The Hilltoppers have blasted through the first four opponents on their conference schedule by a combined 118-14, but, clearly, the Golden Lions will be a much different challenge.

The Cavaliers have just three games remaining to become playoff eligible.

East, in addition to tonight’s game against Freedom, will have Shelby and Chase left on the schedule.

Chase is off this week due to a bye.

Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy faces another huge challenge as they travel to Columbus to play Polk County.

All three games have a scheduled 7:30 p.m. kick off.

Bobcats waive G Dontell Jefferson CHARLOTTE (AP) — The Charlotte Bobcats have waived guard Dontell Jefferson, reducing their roster to 15 players.

Jefferson was signed near the end of last season. He averaged 2.3 points and 1.1 assists in seven exhibition games.

The Bobcats weren’t saying Thursday if they’ll reduce their roster below the 15-man regular-season limit. Undrafted rookie forward Antonio Anderson, like Jefferson, also has a contract that’s not guaranteed.

Correction The Grand Prize in the East Rutherford Baseball Raffle Ticket drawing is $5,000. The Courier regrets the error.

Local Sports FOOTBALL 7:30 p.m. R-S Central at Shelby 7:30 p.m. Freedom at East Rutherford 7:30 p.m. Thomas Jefferson at Polk Co. VOLLEYBALL 6 p.m. 2A Playoffs Forest Hills at Chase

On Radio FOOTBALL 6:45 p.m. (WCAB AM 590 ) The Countdown to Kick Off 7:30 p.m. (WCAB AM 590) R-S Central at Shelby

On TV 1:45 p.m. (ESPN) Soccer FIFA U-20 World Cup Final.

3 p.m. (ESPN2) NASCAR Racing Nationwide Series — Dollar General 300 Qualifying.

7 p.m. (FSS) Women’s College Soccer Florida at Tennessee.

7 p.m. (TS) NHL Hockey Atlanta Thrashers at New Jersey Devils.

7:30 p.m. (WHNS) MLB Baseball American League Championship Series 8 p.m. (ESPN) College Football Pittsburgh at Rutgers.

8 p.m. (ESPN2) NASCAR Racing Nationwide Series — Dollar General 300.

R-S Central at Shelby RUTHERFORDTON — Neither the Hilltoppers nor the Golden Lions have had a very hard time in the South R-S Central’s Oddie Murray

Please see Football, Page 9

Panthers’ special teams need a spark CHARLOTTE (AP) — Dante Wesley labored under the radar for nearly a decade in the NFL — until becoming the villain of the week for his vicious way-too-early hit on Tampa Bay punt returner Clifton Smith.

Now with Wesley suspended for Carolina’s game against Buffalo Sunday, the Panthers are scrambling to replace their gunner and one of the few experienced players they have on the league’s worst special teams coverage unit.

“It’s hard to replace anybody,” coach John Fox said Thursday. “You’ve got to train him. In this case it’s a new player.”

Wesley hadn’t even been officially suspended by the league Monday when Keith Lewis woke up at 10 a.m. after oversleeping to a text message from his agent that he needed to be on a 12:30

Carolina Panthers cornerback Dante Wesley (21) hits Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back Clifton Smith (22) on a punt during second quarter of an NFL football game, Sunday, Oct. 18, 2009 in Tampa, Fla. Associated Press

Please see Panthers, Page 9

‘Defibrillator Dawgs’ ready for Knights

By JACOB CONLEY Sports Reporter

BOILING SPRINGS — When a football team has a knack for pulling off victories in the game’s final moments, that feat usually earns the team a poignant nickname.

For the Gardner-Webb Bulldogs, that moniker might just be the “Defibrillator Dawgs,” due to the fact that 3 of their four wins have come in the game’s final seconds.

“I’d rather win by more of course,” said Coach Steve Patton, of GWU’s series of nail-biting wins. “But winning close games is defiantly better the alternative.”

Patton’s wish of winning a game by more than a single score has a great chance of being granted as the NAIA Southern Virginia Knights visit Boiling Springs, this Saturday.

“On paper, we should win this game,” Dr. Bob Carey, Gardner-Webb University/Special to the Courier. said Patton. “But the game of football is Gardner-Webb’s Patrick Hall (40) looks to make a cut in a recent game in Boiling Please see GWU, Page 9 Springs. Hall and the Bulldogs will face Southern Virginia on Saturday.

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Scoreboard 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), late 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 (Jer.Weaver 16-8) at New York (Sabathia 19-8), 8:20 p.m.

National League PHILADELPHIA 4, 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 Philadelphia 10, Los Angeles 4

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Florida State’s Korey Mangum (22) defends as North Carolina’s Greg Little (8) brings down a pass during the first half of an NCAA college football game in Chapel Hill, Thursday. At press time, North Carolina lead 24-6 in the 3rd quarter.

Jones gets trail by fire after Bradford injury

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Less than halfway through his first game as the backup to Heisman Trophy winner Sam Bradford, Landry Jones got called on to make his Oklahoma debut much earlier than expected.

A few weeks later, after just one offensive series in the Sooners’ biggest rivalry game of the season, his number got called again.

The nightmarish season for the loser of last season’s BCS championship game has also provided a trial by fire for Jones, the team’s projected quarterback of the future.

“No stage has been too big for him. No situation has overwhelmed him,” said quarterbacks coach Josh Heupel, the 2000 Heisman runner-up for the Sooners. “I think he’s handled himself with a lot of confidence, and I think our football team has felt that as well.”

Jones has had the unenviable task of twice stepping in to replace Bradford, who had one of the most remarkable years in college football history last season with 4,720 yards passing and 50 touchdowns.

Jones was expected to rescue the Sooners’ national title hopes — all while missing a tight end with 26 career touchdown catches, three senior wide receivers and four starters on the front line from last season’s offense. And without ever before taking a college snap.

“This season has gone by so fast. It’s been a lot of fun,” said Jones, a redshirt freshman. “I obviously would have wanted it to come out differently in some of those games, but this season has been a blast for me.

“I’ve played more than I ever thought I would play this year, so it’s been a lot of fun.”

Jones came to the 25th-ranked Sooners (3-3, 1-1 Big 12) from Artesia, N.M., where he was a Parade All-American and won back-to-back state championships. He started out playing running back and linebacker, but stuck at quarterback after he started throwing the ball late in elementary school.

Now, he considers himself a fan of Carson Palmer, admiring the way the Cincinnati Bengals quarterback throws with balance and strength.

“Since he’s been here, I’ve known he’s a good ballplayer,” tight end Trent Ratterree said. “It’s just sometimes you get in a situation where you’ve got a better ballplayer over the top of you.”

Report: Kentucky’s John Wall may not be eligible

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — ESPN.com is reporting that Southeastern Conference commissioner Mike Slive says there are questions regarding the eligibility of highly touted Kentucky freshman John Wall.

Slive says that there are “amateur issues” surrounding Wall and Mississippi State freshman Renardo Sidney.

ESPN.com reported Thursday that Wall’s issues stem from his relationship with AAU coach Brian Clifton, who was a certified agent between 2007 and 2008. Wall made at least two unofficial recruiting visits to Kentucky during that period.

Kentucky spokesman DeWayne Peevy said the school had no comment, but added all players are considered eligible unless it is otherwise noted.

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WORLD SERIES PHILADELPHIA vs. AMERICAN LEAGUE Wednesday, Oct. 28 Philadelphia at American League, 7:57 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 29 Philadelphia at AL, 7:57 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 31 AL at Philadelphia, 7:57 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 1 AL at Philadelphia, 8:20 p.m.

Monday, Nov. 2 x-AL at Philadelphia, 7:57 p.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 4 x-Philadelphia at AL, 7:57 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 5 x-Philadelphia at AL, 7:57 p.m.

FOOTBALL National Football League AMERICAN CONFERENCE East L T Pct PF 2 0 .667 163 3 0 .500 114 3 0 .400 112 4 0 .333 93 South

W L T Pct PF Indianapolis 5 0 0 1.000 137 Jacksonville 3 3 0 .500 120 Houston 3 3 0 .500 143 Tennessee 0 6 0 .000 84 North

W L T Pct PF Cincinnati 4 2 0 .667 118 Pittsburgh 4 2 0 .667 140 Baltimore 3 3 0 .500 169 Cleveland 1 5 0 .167 69 West

W New England 4 N.Y. Jets 3 Miami 2 Buffalo 2

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W L T Pct PF Denver 6 0 0 1.000 133 San Diego 2 3 0 .400 124 Oakland 2 4 0 .333 62 Kansas City 1 5 0 .167 98 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East

W L T Pct PF N.Y. Giants 5 1 0 .833 178 Dallas 3 2 0 .600 122 Philadelphia 3 2 0 .600 136 Washington 2 4 0 .333 79 South

W L T Pct PF New Orleans 5 0 0 1.000 192 Atlanta 4 1 0 .800 123 Carolina 2 3 0 .400 85 Tampa Bay 0 6 0 .000 89 North

W L T Pct PF Minnesota 6 0 0 1.000 189 Green Bay 3 2 0 .600 130 Chicago 3 2 0 .600 119 Detroit 1 5 0 .167 103 West

W L T Pct PF San Francisco 3 2 0 .600 112 Arizona 3 2 0 .600 112 Seattle 2 4 0 .333 118 St. Louis 0 6 0 .000 54

PA 66 136 139 144 PA 119 98 99 96 PA 93 77 125 168 PA 121 93 99 188 PA 98 92 109 169

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.

HOCKEY National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF Pittsburgh 9 8 1 0 16 33 N.Y. Rangers 9 7 2 0 14 35 New Jersey 7 4 3 0 8 18 Philadelphia 6 3 2 1 7 21 N.Y. Islanders 7 1 3 3 5 17 Northeast Division

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GP W L OT Pts GF Washington 8 4 2 2 10 29 Atlanta 6 4 1 1 9 21 Tampa Bay 7 2 3 2 6 17 Carolina 8 2 4 2 6 18 Florida 7 2 5 0 4 16

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GP W L OT Pts GF Colorado 9 6 1 2 14 30 Calgary 9 6 2 1 13 36 Edmonton 8 5 2 1 11 30 Vancouver 9 4 5 0 8 26 Minnesota 8 2 6 0 4 18 Pacific Division

GP W L OT Pts GF San Jose 9 5 3 1 11 32 Dallas 9 4 2 3 11 29 Phoenix 7 5 2 0 10 18 Los Angeles 9 5 4 0 10 28 Anaheim 8 3 4 1 7 18

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Tuesday’s Games Pittsburgh 5, St. Louis 1 Montreal 2, Atlanta 1, SO Calgary 6, Columbus 3 Wednesday’s Games Boston 3, Nashville 2 N.Y. Islanders 4, Carolina 3, SO Buffalo 5, Florida 2 Minnesota 3, Colorado 2, SO Vancouver 3, Chicago 2 Dallas 4, Anaheim 2 Thursday’s Games Philadelphia 4, Boston 3, SO Washington 5, Atlanta 4 Montreal 5, N.Y. Islanders 1 New Jersey 4, N.Y. Rangers 2 Nashville at Ottawa, late San Jose at Tampa Bay, late Columbus at Edmonton, late Detroit at Phoenix, late Dallas at Los Angeles, late Friday’s Games Florida at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m.

Minnesota at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Carolina at Colorado, 9 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Boston at Ottawa, 7 p.m.

San Jose at Atlanta, 7 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Montreal, 7 p.m.

Florida at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Toronto at Vancouver, 7 p.m.

Washington at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.

New Jersey at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m.

Buffalo at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.

Dallas at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Carolina at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Nashville at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

Detroit at Colorado, 9 p.m.

Los Angeles at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

Columbus at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

Edmonton at Calgary, 10 p.m.

Sunday’s Games San Jose at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Columbus at Los Angeles, 9 p.m.

Edmonton at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

With pop in their bats, Phils pop champagne corks PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pedro Martinez broke out the first bottle of champagne, Ryan Howard and Jayson Werth puffed on victory cigars, and beer flew everywhere.

Celebrations are becoming a tradition for the Philadelphia Phillies. It doesn’t get old.

“We won the World Series last year, but we want to win it again,” pitcher Cole Hamels said.

“We’ve done everything right to get there. We want to go to the next level.”

The defending champs beat the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 5 of the NL championship series Wednesday for their second straight pennant, the first team to do that since the New York Yankees in 2000-01.

The Phillies, who beat Tampa Bay in last year’s World Series, are trying to become the NL’s first repeat champion since the Cincinnati Reds in 1975-76. The Yankees were the last team to win consecutive titles when they captured three in a row from 1998-00.

While they enjoyed the party after eliminating Manny Ramirez & Co. in the NLCS for the second straight year, there’s still some work to do.

“This is great and all that, but we have four games to win,” said Werth, who hit two of his five postseason homers in the clincher.

Now, the Phillies have to wait nearly a week to play again.

The World Series begins next Wednesday night in New York or Anaheim.

Rust shouldn’t be a concern for these Phillies. They were in the same position last year.

Philadelphia had six days off while the Rays only had two after defeating Boston in seven games.

The waiting isn’t a problem, either.

Associated Press

Philadelphia Phillies’ Pedro Martinez celebrates after Game 5 of the National League Championship baseball series Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009, in Philadelphia.

Manager Charlie Manuel gets a chance to set his rotation and players have plenty of time to rest. After a day off Thursday, the Phillies will return to the field for a workout Friday.

“Having to go through 162 games and understanding there is another season after that, you kind of get impatient at times and you really want it to come to an end faster than it does,” said shortstop Jimmy Rollins, whose two-out, two-run double in the ninth inning capped a dramatic comeback in Game 4.

The Phillies cruised to their

third straight NL East title this year despite a problematic pitching staff.

Hamels, the postseason hero last October, struggled all season. Closer Brad Lidge, who was perfect in 2008, had 11 blown saves and lost his job a couple times. Three-fifths of the original rotation ended up in the bullpen and two of those pitchers weren’t on the NLCS roster.

But first-year general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. made key moves in acquiring two former Cy Young Award winners — Cliff Lee and Martinez.

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Gridiron Great Continued from Page 7

not played on paper, so, I told the team to prepare for this game like it was a conference game, because this is a big game for Southern Virginia and they are going to play hard.”

Patton points to GWU’s contest with FBS opponents to prove his point.

“Southern Virginia coming here to play GardnerWebb, is comparable to Gardner-Webb playing NC State or Buffalo,” Patton said. “This is a big game for their program and I expect them to play well.”

Knights coach DeLane Fitzgerald agrees.

“Playing a team like Gardner-Webb, who has had success within the Big South, will bring great exposure to our program and the university,” said the first year coach, via the school’s website. “We are excited to go down there and give them our best game.”

As in recent weeks, the ‘Dogs enter the contest with a myriad of injuries, including Phillip Peoples out for the second week in a row.

So Patton will turn to reigning Big South Player of the Week Patrick Hall to carry the load on the ground for GWU. “Patrick did a great job in wet conditions last week,” said Patton. “And I expect he will do the same this week too. In a game like this, though, you want to let everyone get some playing time and rest your starters for the stretch run.”

Kick off for this final nonconference game is slated for 6 p.m., and can be heard over the airwaves on 88.3 FM.

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R-S Central’s Jacob Kinlaw (9) is the Daily Courier/Edward Jones Gridiron Great after lifting the Hilltoppers to a rain-soaked 23-7 win over Patton, last Friday. Kinlaw accounted for over 200 yards of total offense and scored two touchdowns in the win. Central’s Darrien Watkins (24) was selected, by the coaches of Central, as the Daily Courier/Edward Jones Lineman of the Week. Joining Kinlaw and Watkins is Edward Jones’ Frank Faucette (l to r), Central’s head football coach Mike Cheek, and Edward Jones’ David Smith.

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Mountain 3A/2A Athletic Conference.

That should change for both programs, tonight.

Shelby brings its years of prep football tradition, speed and disciplined athletes to the field against a Hilltoppers’ team that may be the best the school has produced in nearly four decades.

Central has a strong seniorladen team that will find a much younger Shelby team than when the season began. Injuries to Michael Copeland and R.J. Ussery forced Lions’ head coach Chris Norman, a former East Rutherford assistant, to insert younger players into the line up.

Although the experience level may have dropped off, the talAssociated Press ent hasn’t. Sophomore’s Kipton Carolina Panthers’ DE Julius Peppers comes into Key and Bryan Moss have seen Sunday’s game off an excellent two game stretch. increased playing time in the Lions’ Wing-T, joining the very fast wingback Gerald Jennings.

The trio is joined by sophomore QB Daylan Fuller to make up what may be the youngest Shelby Continued from Page 7 starting backfield in many years.

By comparison, many of Central’s starters will be seeing p.m. flight to Charlotte for a tryout the next day. varsity action for the 22nd time, Lewis, who had been cut by Arizona before the with still others approaching start of the season, ended up being the Panthers’ nearly 30 varsity starts. choice to fill Wesley’s roster spot for the week Central head coach Mike after Wednesday’s practice. He was on the field on Thursday, hoping he’ll be the gunner — or the first Cheek hopes that experience makes a big difference. player down the field on the kickoff and punt cov“That’s one of the reasons we erage units — when the Panthers shoot for their have tried to add programs like third straight victory Sunday.

“I don’t know who’s up or who’s down right now,” a Tuscola,” said Cheek, recently. said Lewis, who was mostly a special teams player “We want the kids to understand in the past five years with San Francisco. “I’m just what it is like to take on these better programs. To be ready. going along with it right now. That’s pretty much “You don’t face winless teams, what I’ve been doing the whole time since I got or struggling teams, in the playhere.” offs.”

Wesley’s loss is a blow for Carolina, which ranks last in the NFL in punt both punt and kickoff coverage. The Panthers are giving up a whopping 32.7 yards per kickoff return, including a touchdown, and 17.3 yards per punt return, including a score.

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The After Wesley was ejected for launching himUniversity of Mississippi has self into Smith on Sunday, the Panthers gave up a shortened one of its fight songs 97-yard kickoff return as the Buccaneers rallied to discourage football fans from from a 21-7 deficit before Carolina’s pulled out a chanting “the South will rise 28-21 win. again” during part of the tune, “People talked about the kickoff return, different guys had to shuffle during the game,” Fox said. which critics say is an offensive reminder of the region’s intoler“It was a game adjustment and we didn’t fit it as cleanly as we did in the other kickoffs prior to that. ant past.

However, some fans have conBut that’s part of the game.”

The Panthers had to replace several spots on spe- tinued to recite the chant at the end of the song, “From Dixie cial teams with younger players in the offseason because of their tight salary-cap situation. Wesley, With Love,” despite the change made last week at the chancelwho ranks in the top 10 in franchise history with lor’s request. The Ole Miss band 47 special teams tackles, was one of the few vetperforms the medley before and eran holdovers.

Wesley had a key fumble recovery on a muffed punt that set up Carolina’s winning score a week earlier in a win over Washington. But Wesley is paying the price this week after badly mistiming a hit on Smith, who sustained a concussion as he stood defenseless waiting to field a punt.

Panthers

Key to the game: Step up.

For anyone who believes the Hilltoppers haven’t ‘played anybody,’ well, after tonight they will have played Shelby. The outcome will not change the fact that this is a good football team.

Freedom at East Rutherford FOREST CITY — East Rutherford head football coach Clint Bland didn’t need to mince his words.

“We need a win,” said Bland.

The Cavaliers are just one win shy from becoming playoff eligible and Bland knows that with three games remaining time is running out.

“We have tried to stress the importance of this week’s game to the kids,” said Bland.

“Freedom is a strong football team and I have to say, they look better ever time I watch the film.

“The next week, we have Shelby and, yes, we go into that game looking to win, but that isn’t an easy task. What I don’t want is to arrive at the Chase game with a kind of one-game, play-in situation.”

The Cavs, who struggled defensively against Burns last Friday, know that the Patriots bring an explosive offense to the field.

“As I watched the tape, they have about three backs that can all produce out of the I-Formation,” said Bland. “We’ve told them all week, what Coach Cash always used to say, ‘the offense you run is the one that often gives you the most trouble to stop.’ They love the toss sweep we will see that a lot and we have to get people to the ball.”

East Rutherford has used the I-formation, in addition to some

Wing-T and a variety of spread sets. All offensive options will be on the table tonight, but the team will be without two offensive lineman.

John Tate Jackson tackles over at center, after Boyce Hart received an ejection during the game against Burns and tackle/ linebacker Richard Johnson is out after an MRI revealed bulging discs in his spine. The injury may cost Johnson the remainder of his season.

“We are looking to find some positive things to do on offense to help keep their offense off the field,” Bland said.

Key to the game: Unleash Kasper and No. 21. The tandem of Tyler Hamilton and Adrian Wilkins could prove to be the biggest difference in this game.

Thomas Jefferson at Polk County AVONDALE — This has all the makings of high school football’s version of David vs. Goliath.

Polk County has for the last decade been an impressive 1A team and this season the Wolverines moved into 2A. Thomas Jefferson continues to be a ‘work in progress,’ and tonight will not be an eays matchup for the Gryphons.

“They have a great offense and they aren’t loaded in upperclassmen like they have been in the past, but they are still a talented and well-coached group,” said TJCA head coach Tony Helton.

“We would like to develop into a rival of Polk’s. That’s an overtime kind of a goal, but we are in close proximity to Polk and it would be a natural rivalry.”

Key to the game: Take another step.

Ole Miss seeks to silence ‘Rising South’ chant after games.

Earlier this month, the Ole Miss student government passed a resolution suggesting the chant be replaced by the phrase, “To hell with LSU.” Dan Jones, who became Ole Miss chancellor in July, said he asked the school’s band director, David Wilson, to modify the song to support the efforts of the Associated Student Body. He said he has received complaints from alumni that the slogan is offensive.

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The modified version of the song ends abruptly before the chanting phase starts.

It was first played Saturday at Ole Miss’s homecoming game against the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

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State/Nation Today Broken pledge will cost WILMINGTON (AP) — A North Carolina congressional candidate says he’s putting his money where his mouth is when it comes to following through on a term-limits pledge.

Republican Will Breazeale (BRUH-zil) said he signed a promissory note Thursday giving $250,000 of his money to a Wilmington nonprofit if he wins the 7th Congressional District race in 2010 and serves more than six years in Congress.

Breazeale says he’s trying to build trust with voters skeptical of politicians who have broken their word on term limits.

Serial killer tied to death SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — For 25 years, the unsolved murder of 9-year-old Mei Leung haunted San Francisco police homicide Inspector Holly Pera, a novice patrol officer at the time who now helps solve the department’s cold cases.

On Thursday, Pera — who revived the case about five years ago — and San Francisco police said DNA evidence has linked the infamous serial killer Richard Ramirez, known as the “Night Stalker,” to the April 10, 1984 homicide.

“I was a new police officer at the time. That’s part of the reason that the case was relooked at,” Pera said.

“It’s the type of case as a new officer,

a case involving a little girl, that you don’t forget.”

Ramirez, 49, is being held on death row at San Quentin State Prison after being convicted in 1989 in Los Angeles of 13 murders.

Dell to pay back $26M WINSTON-SALEM (AP) — Computer giant Dell Inc. has agreed to pay back more than $26 million to a North Carolina city and county and two special funds for incentives given to its soon-to-be-closed manufacturing plant in Winston-Salem.

Winston-Salem Mayor Allen Joines sent a letter Monday confirming Dell will repay $15.5 million in upfront city spending within 30 days. Dell also will repay almost $11 million in grant and county costs.

Dell spokesman Kip Thompson acknowledged the company’s agreement to the terms in a letter written Tuesday.

Two dead in plane crash ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. (AP) — A small plane crashed and burned Thursday afternoon in mountainous terrain in Carter County, killing both persons aboard, the Federal Aviation Administration said.

Kathleen Bergen of the FAA in Atlanta said the single-engine Cessna 206 crashed about 3:15 p.m.

EDT some eight miles south of the Elizabethton airport in the Tiger Creek section of Roan Mountain.

Moore’s Auto Sales.

“There is a lot of work to do,” he said. “In the six years I served, I put the town’s best interest first.” He said he has not felt bad about any of his votes, although some were not popular.

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Morganton has its city hall in an old mill. He commented that Forest City “outgrew its City Hall 25 years ago, and there is not enough room to accommodate it. “It’s an idea,” he said. “We might find stimulus money.”

He also said when he was on the council in 1995, the Riverstone project was going to cost a lot of money, adding, “I didn’t see how we could not do the project. With water, we might get wholesale customers.”

Price said he was born and grew up in Forest City, attending Alexander and Forest City elementary schools and Cool Springs High School. “I grew up in the best of times and in the best of places,” he said.

“We could do things together,” he commented, “and bring more people back.” But he said there has been a loss of togetherness. “We have set on our hands,” Price said. He said the town is a historic, beautiful place with a work ethic and has so much to offer.

He said people come to see the two and a half blocks of holiday decorations downtown and may want to live here. “But when they look for a neighborhood,” he said, “our weaknesses show up.”

Price said the mayor usually does not have a vote, but does provide leadership, saying he would like to “bring all aspects back together.”

Tarlton said it is a rare opportunity to serve, and he would be honored to be mayor.

He put up two graphics on a screen that showed goals. Two-year goals were: build reserves by $3 million a year, complete the Cone Mills Project, complete the Grahamtown project, have the majority of the empty buildings occupied, develop a plan for the water intake program and get back to basic business.

Long-term five-year goals were: services are excellent but analyzed for cost efficiencies, reduce the budget by 2 percent per year, create an environment for growth where the town is vibrant and attractive and develop plans to expand services to generate additional revenue for the town.

Holland, an incumbent commissioner, said he has served for four years. He noted that he was born in Alexander Mills. His parents worked at Fieldcrest. He has been married for 28 years and has two children. He has worked at Duke Energy for 28 years.

He noted that he is especially proud of the Forest City Youth Council, which has raised money for various causes, including Noah’s House and Salvation Army Christmas Cheer.

“We have lost jobs,” he said, “and we need to change that.” He said the Economic Development Commission has “done a great job” looking for opportunities. “We need to promote and look for business. We need to do whatever it takes to bring people and jobs back.”

“I am proud of and love Forest City,” Holland noted.

Moore commented that in many ways, municipal government is “closest to the pocketbook” because of power, water and city taxes. But he added that unlike other levels of government, taxpayers can pick up the phone and talk to or come to see town leaders.

Moore has served on the council for six years.

He was born in Forest City and attended East Rutherford High School, Isothermal Community College, Gardner-Webb University and the N.C. Highway Patrol Academy.

He was a trooper in Mecklenburg County but realized that he did not want to raise children in Charlotte.

Now he is in the family business,

“The times now are like none other for most of us,” he said. “This has been a great depression.”

He said the hardest thing he has had to do on the board is vote to cut city positions, “knowing somebody will lose their job.”

“There are challenges ahead,” he said.

Smith said he has been in Rutherford County for 27 years, and is principal at East Rutherford High School.

He said he attended Appalachian State University, did his student teaching at East, fell in love with it and has remained at the school for 27 years. He is married and has four children.

Education and communication are keys to being an effective leader, Smith said. “Education is a strength of mine.”

He said communication is about talking, but it is also about listening.

“I am willing to listen,” he said.

He cited downtown revitalization, filling empty buildings, developing partnerships, focusing on town affairs and not personal agendas, and budget concerns as key issues. He said he wants to be part of the team.

In closing remarks, McBrayer noted that during his service on the town board, beginning in 1995, the town took over the Sandy Mush water system, took over Alexander Mills after the town gave up its charter, and built the new Forest City Fire Department on Oak Street. “I have paid my dues,” he said.

Price said it is important to “not outsource our dreams and hopes.” He cited his four years in the Navy and his time with Duke Power as honing his leadership skills.

Price said he is chairman of the Revitalization Commission, but that group was “told to sit down.”

And he said the town is at the mercy of Duke Power. He noted that Wal-Mart is served by Duke Power because the town felt it could not compete with Duke, and he wondered why.

Tarlton said in his role at American Greetings he has “learned a lot about running a business.”

He noted he attended the Citadel, where there is a team environment.

“This is a great team to be a part of,” he said.

Holland said that layoffs in the town had been the “hardest thing to do,” noting that $2.4 million had been cut from the budget after the Hanes loss. He said he wants to make the town “a desirable place to call home. I think I can make a difference.”

Moore said he is often asked how he could be a politician. He said, “it is because I love this town. I love the people who live here.”

He said there are some big decisions ahead, including the Cone Mills redevelopment, the expense of the water intake project, the redevelopment of downtown and whether a cinema is coming to the town.

“We need to work on our reserves, and build them back up,” he said.

“Shawn Moore is up to the challenge.”

Smith said of the board, “I see a winning team. The current board is doing a great job.” He said he wants to be a part of that team, and added, “I hope you have confidence in me.”

The candidates then took questions from the small audience.

The Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce presented the forum; Hardin’s Drug was sponsor of the event.

Contact Dale via e-mail at ldale@thedigitalcourier.com.

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Forecast shows activity climbs for sixth month

concerns over whether investors had been too optimistic about an economic rebound fed into the drop.

Consumer stocks rose after Wal-Mart said it expects sales to increase 1 to 2 percent for the current fiscal year and 4 to 6 percent for next year. The nation’s largest retailer also said it would focus on emerging markets when opening stores.

Meanwhile, clothing retailer J. Crew Group Inc. raised its earnings forecast because of stronger sales and profit margins.

Investors were also encouraged by earnings reports from the banks PNC Financial Services Group Inc. and Fifth Third Bancorp, which each said the number of bad loans aren’t mounting as fast as they had been. That helped to push financial stocks higher.

According to preliminary calculations, the Dow rose 131.95, or 1.3 percent, to 10,081.31.

The broader Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose 11.51, or 1.1 percent, to 1,092.91. The Nasdaq rose 14.56, or 0.7 percent, to

2,165.29.

Two stocks rose for every two that fell on the New York Stock Exchange, where volume came to 1.3 billion shares compared with 1.4 billion Wednesday.

Bond prices fell, pushing yields higher. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note rose to 3.43 percent from 3.39 percent late Wednesday.

Mixed economic data contained the market’s advance. The Labor Department said workers filing for unemployment benefits for the first time rose more than expected last week.

New unemployment benefits claims rose to 531,000 last week from 520,000 the previous week.

Economists had expected only a slight increase, according to Thomson Reuters.

Crude fell 18 cents to settle at $81.19 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, while gold fell to $1,058.60.

The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies rose 8.27, or 1.4 percent, to 613.38.

Overseas markets fell after Wednesday’s slide in U.S. stocks.

Treasury orders executive pay cuts

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department on Thursday ordered seven companies that received billions of dollars in government bailouts to halve total compensation for their top executives. But the big reductions will not apply to pay earned before November.

Kenneth Feinberg, the Treasury official leading the pay review, told reporters that average salaries for the top 25 executives are being cut 90 percent

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Stocks posted big gains Thursday after Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said it expects sales to grow this year and increase at a faster pace next year.

At the same time, easing worries about loan losses at some banks made financial stocks look attractive.

The Dow Jones industrial average jumped 132 points and logged the biggest gains of major indexes after Wal-Mart’s forecast and as a number of companies that make up the indicator reported earnings that surpassed expectations.

The technology-heavy Nasdaq composite index lagged after a disappointing forecast from online retailer eBay Inc. but still ended higher.

The market’s climb comes a day after a late slide pushed major indexes lower. Lingering

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starting next month.

The action will apply to the top executives at Bank of America Corp., American International Group Inc., Citigroup Inc., General Motors, GMAC, Chrysler and Chrysler Financial.

The government did not want to make executives return compensation already received this year, but the reduced pay levels will be the base for making decisions on salary in 2010.

The executives will still be

subject to compensation limits as long as their companies are receiving support from the government’s $700 billion bailout fund. Their total compensation was being cut in half, on average.

Cash salaries will be limited to $500,000 for more than 90 percent of affected employees. Personal expenses for such perks as company autos and corporate jets will be capped at $25,000 without approval from Feinberg’s office.

NEW YORK (AP) — A private forecast of economic activity rose for the sixth straight month in September, a sign the economy may keep growing early next year despite rising unemployment.

The number of new claims for jobless benefits jumped more than expected last week. Claims had fallen in five out of the previous six weeks, and most economists expect that trend to continue but at a slow pace, with employers still reluctant to hire.

The Conference Board said Thursday that its index of leading economic indicators rose 1 percent last month after a 0.4 percent gain in August, beating economists’ expectations.

The group said the indicators’ 5.7 percent growth rate in the six months through September was the strongest since 1983, but joblessness is weighing on the rebound. Dips in manufacturing hours worked and building permits, a gauge of future construction, were the only two measures out of 10 that weighed down the index. It is meant to project economic activity in the next three to six months.

The six-month rate is consistent with annual economic growth of about 8 percent, said Paul Dales, U.S. economist at Capital Economics. It’s unlikely the rebound will be that strong, however, as the index may be “distorted” by the Federal Reserve’s rock-bottom interest rates and market liquidity measures, he said.

The government will report on third-quarter economic growth next week. Many economists think gross domestic product — the value of all goods and services produced in the United States— grew about 3 percent after falling for a record four straight quarters. But many wonder if that pace can continue in the current quarter and next year as unemployment rises and consumers remain hesitant to spend.

Lack of job growth is a major problem. The Labor Department said the number of newly laidoff workers filing claims for jobless benefits rose to a seasonally adjusted 531,000 last week, from an upwardly revised 520,000 the previous week.

Wall Street economists had expected only a slight increase, according to Thomson Reuters.

Economists consider jobless claims a gauge of layoffs and a sign of companies’ willingness to hire.

The four-week average of claims, which smooths out fluctuations, fell to its lowest level since midJanuary. But claims remain well above the 325,000 that economists say is consistent with a healthy economy.

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Key Democrats complicate health care passage

By CHARLES BABINGTON Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON — The Democrats’ control of a hefty majority in the Senate — plus the House — would suggest that President Barack Obama is within reach of overhauling the nation’s health care system this fall.

But the numbers mask a more complicated reality: Obama and Democratic leaders have modest leverage over several pivotal Senate Democrats who are more concerned about their next election or feel they have little to lose by opposing their party’s hierarchy.

One is still smarting from being forced to abandon next year’s election. Another had to leave the Democratic Party to stay in office. And some are from states that Obama lost badly last year.

These factors will limit the president’s ability to play his strongest card — an appeal for party loyalty and Democratic achievement — in trying to muster the 60 votes his allies will need this fall to overcome a Republican filibuster in the 100-member Senate.

When lawmakers face a tough vote, their uppermost thought is “survival,” said Alan Simpson, a Wyoming Republican who spent three terms in the Senate.

On a very few occasions, Simpson said, then-President George H.W. Bush asked him to cast a vote likely to cause him political problems back home. That was perhaps three times in 18 years, said Simpson, who held a GOP leadership post. “I swallowed hard and went over the cliff,” he said.

But it’s a sacrifice that presidents and party leaders should not count on, he said.

The Democratic leaders’ limited leverage will complicate the push for allowing the government to sell insurance in competition with private companies. Some Senate Democrats who oppose the idea are from states that voted heavily against Obama last fall.

Democratic Sen. Blanche Lincoln faces a potentially tough re-election race next year in Arkansas, where Obama lost to Republican John McCain by 20 percentage points. She says she will base her health care votes on what is best for Arkansans.

Choice and competition among insurers are good, Lincoln said, but “I’ve ruled out a government-funded and a government-operated plan.”

Sen. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, where Obama lost by a similar margin, said she might be willing to let some states try “fallback or trig-

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Sen. Rolland Burris, D-Ill.: Insists on a public option in the health care overhaul.

ger” mechanisms that would create a public option if residents don’t have enough insurance choices.

But she told reporters, “I’m not for a government-run, national, taxpayer-subsidized plan, and never will be.”

Another Democratic senator, who also may prove wary of Obama’s overtures, takes the opposite stand.

“I would not support a bill that does not have a public option,” said Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill. “That position will not change.”

Burris’ willingness to bend could prove crucial this fall if Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., need every possible vote in crafting a compromise, such as a national public option

that is triggered if certain insurance availability targets aren’t met.

But Burris may be in no mood to play ball. Obama and other top Democrats sharply criticized his appointment to the Senate in December by an ethically tainted governor, Illinois’ Rod Blagojevich, and they forced Burris to abandon hopes of winning election in 2010 by making it clear they would not back him.

In short, Burris, 72, has virtually nothing to lose by defying his party’s leaders and voting as he pleases.

Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut is another potentially crucial senator with tenuous ties to the Democratic Party’s hierarchy.

Rejected by Connecticut’s Democratic voters in the 2006 primary, he kept his Senate seat by running as an independent. He now calls himself an Independent Democrat.

Lieberman has criticized the health care bill that emerged from the Senate Finance Committee, but it and other health bills are undergoing changes.

Another centrist Democrat whose vote is uncertain is Sen. Evan Bayh of Indiana, a political battleground state.

“I want to know what works for families and small businesses,” said Bayh, add-

ing that he might back public insurance options run by states, not the federal government.

It’s possible that Obama and party leaders eventually will ask Democrats such as Bayh, in the name of party loyalty, to vote to block a GOP filibuster of a health bill even if they plan to vote against the bill on final passage. The strategy might enable Democrats to muster the 60 votes needed on a crucial procedural question and then pass the bill with a simple majority.

Bayh said that if a party leader “is asking some of us to enable the passage of legislation that we think would be harmful to the people of our state, I don’t think that’s a fair thing to ask.”

It’s possible that centrist Democrats are holding out for favors from Obama and party leaders, such as pet projects for their states or help in their next campaign.

Obama already has lavished special attention on some of them.

He invited Bayh to the White House last week for a chat about health care and the deficit. In an interview that led to good publicity back home, Bayh told Indiana reporters that the president “was asking for my leadership on both of those issues.”

Home buyer credit abuse eyed

By JIM ABRAMS Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON — Tens of thousands of people may have taken advantage of the first-time home buyer tax credit to defraud the government, an IRS watchdog office said Thursday, in testimony that could jeopardize efforts to extend the popular program.

Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration J. Russell George told a House panel that more than 19,000 people filed 2008 tax returns claiming the credit for homes they had not yet purchased. Russell said his office had identified another $500 million in claims, by some 74,000 taxpayers, where there were indications of prior home ownership.

He told a House Ways and Means oversight subcommittee that they also found 580 taxpayers under the age of 18 who claimed $4 million in first-time home buyer credit. One was 4 years old.

George said that while the IRS has since taken steps to tighten oversight, “some key controls were missing to prevent an individual from erroneously or fraudulently claiming the credit.”

The home buyer credit was a key element of the $787 billion stimulus package enacted last February. Under the measure, low- and middle-income firsttime home buyers purchasing a home between Jan. 1 and Nov. 30 of this year could claim a credit of up to $8,000 on their 2008 or 2009 income tax return.

The Internal Revenue Service says it has processed claims from more than 1.5 million individuals or families. The General Accountability Office, in a report to the subcommittee, said that represented about $10 billion in tax revenue.

With the program scheduled to expire in a month and the housing market’s recovery still shaky, there have been various proposals in Congress to extend and expand it.

Proposals range from extending the program one month to another that would keep it going until next June 30.

As of the end of September the IRS, according to the GAO report, has frozen more than 110,000 refunds pending civil or criminal examinations.

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There are two basic license types available, a funeral director license and a funeral service license. The funeral director licensee is limited to making funeral arrangements and conducting funerals whereas, the funeral service licensee can also engage in the practice of embalming.

The funeral director licensee must obtain a funeral service diploma from an accredited program which may take a minimum of one year and possibly up to two years if one does not have the necessary general education requirements met. In addition to this he/she must serve a one year apprenticeship in funeral directing and pass the NC Funeral Law Exam and Pathology Exam. The apprenticeship can be served before, after, or during the education phase but the individual must work full-time at the respective firm.

The funeral service licensee must complete an associate degree program at an accredited institution which is generally two years of fulltime study, after which he/she must pass a comprehensive Funeral Service Exam including the NC Funeral Law Exam. There is also a requirement to serve a one year apprenticeship which includes both funeral directing and embalming, As I said before, this is just a brief synopsis of what is required by the State of North Carolina. If you need more information you can contact a local funeral professional or go on the State Board’s web-site at ncbfs.org.

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Slim wife is pumping up social life Dear Abby: My wife, “Laura,” and I have been married 15 years. She recently had gastric bypass surgery and has lost 80 pounds so far.

The last time Laura was slim (about seven years ago), she had an affair with a co-worker and we nearly divorced. With her current weight loss, she is now going out with friends from work one night a week. This means that after all the activities we have scheduled for our kids, there is no night for us. I have had two weekends off in the last six weeks. During both of them Laura went to Las Vegas with her friends.

I’m pleased that my wife is happy with her looks, and I don’t want to appear insecure, but I can’t help but feel it’s “deja vu all over again.” When I ask where she’s going, who she’s going with and why now, she gets angry and says she won’t put up with my “insecurities.” We went to counseling after the affair, but Laura lied and denied she’d had one. I would really appreciate some advice. — Yo-Yo Husband Dear Yo-Yo Husband: Your wife may think it’s an invasion of her privacy to be asked where she’s going, when she’ll be back and who she’s spending her time with — but that’s the kind of accountability people sign up for when they have a spouse and children. Your insecurity is understandable in light of her past infidel-

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The fact that she’d rather go to Las Vegas for the weekend than spend some alone time with you sends a strong message. I think you already know your marriage is in trouble, so offer your wife the option of marriage counseling. If she refuses — which wouldn’t surprise me — go without her.

Dear Abby: It’s apparent that the art of saying “thank you” has gone by the wayside. I’m a widow with limited funds who likes to surprise relatives with nice gifts on special occasions. I sent a food gift to one of them as a housewarming present.

Her mother wrote and thanked me, but added that it gave her a stomachache and she was sick for three days!

What is wrong with just saying “thank you”? — Irritated Dear Irritated: Nothing is wrong with it; in fact, “thank you” is the appropriate and gracious response.

But what these mothers are really telling you is that they never taught their daughters one of the important social graces.

Incontinence difficult to accept Dear Dr. Gott: I’m going to be 90 next February. I’m quite an active woman and eat mostly health foods.

I feel great, except for having trouble with “holding my water.” I’ve tried many pills, but none seem to work.

Is there anything on the market that can help me? I have absolutely no control. I wear Depends, pads, rubber pants and am desperate. I would appreciate any advice.

Dear Reader: Urinary incontinence is defined as the inability to control urine leaking from the bladder. This is a relatively common and embarrassing condition that can vary in intensity from person to person.

There are a number of reasons for the condition to occur. I will discuss the most common forms. Stress incontinence is just as the name implies.

When laughing, sneezing, coughing, getting up from a sitting position, or with the removal of the prostate, a weakened bladder can cause an involuntary discharge of urine.

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Urge incontinence can occur when standing or sitting, by hearing running water, drinking fluids and more. Or stroke, Parkinson’s or other diseases may damage the nervous system. Unlike stress incontinence apparent with a full bladder, this overactive bladder activity can occur when the bladder isn’t full. The condition may awaken a person several times during the middle of the night.

Functional incontinence often affects older adults because of physical or mental impairment. Arthritis, Parkinson’s, stroke and Alzheimer’s may prevent a person from rising from a chair fast enough to get to a bathroom.

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Your Birthday, Oct. 23; You still need to be careful about taking on any longterm obligations.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — If you plan to run into someone you would like to impress, spend a little time primping.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Don’t make a promise that you can’t keep merely to quiet someone.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Make sure that your thoughtful gestures aren’t over the line.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — You may not like it, but people will be paying close attention to the smallest details.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — If you have the impression that you can achieve your aims through sheer flattery, you’ll be greatly mistaken.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Be more careful than usual that you don’t become involved in a romantic intrigue.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Those who promise the most are likely to be the first ones to let you down.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — Your responsibilities cannot be rationalized away.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Be extremely careful not to become overly possessive.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — There is a strong possibility that you could make some extremely unwise concessions.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Don’t expect verbal promises to count for too much.

If you are having some work done, get a service contract just to be sure that you get everything you expect.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22) — Your extravagant impulses could be rather pronounced, so unless you don’t care, be cognizant of your weakness and keep a handle on it. Don’t spend more than you can afford.

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Florida girl’s body is found in Ga. landfill

Attorney General Eric Holder, second from left, speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Thursday, to announce the largest single strike at a Mexican drug cartel operating in the U.S. From left are, FBI Director Robert Mueller, Holder, Acting Drug Enforcement Administrator (DEA) Michele Leonhart and Acting Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) Director Kenneth Melson.

By BRENT KALLESTAD Associated Press Writer

ORANGE PARK, Fla. — A body found under trash in a landfill is that of 7-year-old Somer Thompson, a north Florida girl who vanished on her walk home from school, authorities said Thursday.

Clay County Sheriff’s spokeswoman Mary Justino also said the girl’s death was a homicide, though she did not elaborate. Justino confirmed the identification hours after Sheriff Rick Breseler said clothing and a birthmark led authorities to believe they had found the missing girl.

An autopsy was being performed Thursday by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation in Savannah after the body was found near the Florida state line.

Detectives spotted the legs first and found the body partially covered by garbage Wednesday in a Georgia landfill, after investigators followed garbage trucks leaving the neighborhood where the child disappeared Monday.

Somer’s father and other family members were “torn up” after hearing the news, aunt Laura Holt said. She hopes authorities will find her niece’s killer.

“I don’t think they deserve to live,” Holt said. “I don’t think there’s anything worse that a person can do — to kill a child and dump her in the dump like a piece of trash?”

Justino said dozens of investigators would continue to sift through trash from the landfill over the next several days. Detectives had followed nine trucks into the landfill, she said, without specifying what evidence they recovered.

Authorities have not said whether investigators believe the crime was committed by one or more people.

Police have questioned more than 70 registered sex offenders in the area, and that process was continuing. Florida Department of Law Enforcement records show 161 offenders live in a 5-mile radius of Somer’s home.

No suspect has been arrested.

“I fear for our community until we bring this person in. This is a heinous crime that’s been committed,” Beseler said. “And we’re going to work as hard as we can to make this community safe.”

The sheriff said he told the girl’s mother to prepare for the worst, and called her after receiving the news Wednesday night.

“Needless to say, she was absolutely devastated,” he said. “It was the hardest phone call I’ve ever had to make in my life, and I hope I never have to make another one like that.”

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National raids aimed at cartel

By DEVLIN BARRETT Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON — In the largest single strike at Mexican drug operations in the U.S., federal officials on Thursday announced the arrests of more than 300 people in raids across the country aimed at the newest and most violent cartel.

La Familia has earned a reputation for dominating the methamphetamine trade and displaying graphic violence, including beheadings. U.S. officials said the cartel, based in the state of Michoacan, in southwestern Mexico, has a vast network pumping drugs throughout the United States, specializing in methamphetamine.

The arrests took place in 38 cities, from Boston to Seattle and Tampa, Fla., to St. Paul, Minn., in 19 states.

Attorney General Eric Holder pledged to keep hitting La Familia and the cartels responsible for a wave of bloodshed in Mexico. He said the U.S. would attack them at all levels, from the leadership to their supply chains reaching far into the United States.

“To the extent that they do grow back, we have to work with our Mexican counterparts to cut

off the heads of these snakes, to get at the heads of the cartels, indict them, try them, if they’re in Mexico, extradite them to the United States,” Holder said at a news conference.

Michele Leonhart, who heads the Drug Enforcement Administration, said La Familia’s power has grown quickly, in part due to its quasireligious background. DEA officials say the cartel professes a “Robin Hood mentality” of aiding the poor by stealing from the rich. Some drug proceeds are used to give bibles and money to the poor, according to investigators.

The Obama administration has directed more agents, resources and money to fight the cartel’s presence along the Mexico-U.S. border.

But the arrests over the past two days occurred far beyond that region.

“The problem is not just along the southwest border, it is all over our country now,” said Kenneth Melson, head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.

In Dallas alone, 77 people were charged by a number of different federal and local law enforcement agencies.

On Wednesday and Thursday, more than 3,000 federal agents and police officers carried out arrests in more than a dozen states, as part of a long-running effort that has netted nearly 1,200 arrests over almost four years.

In the latest legal assault on La Familia, a New York grand jury has indicted an alleged cartel leader, Servando GomezMartinez. He is linked to one of the more brazen acts of cartel violence.

In July, after a dozen Mexican police officers were found murdered, officials say GomezMartinez publicly proclaimed his membership in La Familia and said the cartel was locked in a battle with Mexican police.

Many of the new charges are centered on the cartel’s methamphetamine distribution, but other charges involve cocaine and marijuana, the officials said.

The officials said states where arrests were made or charges filed include Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Washington state.

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Estate Sale, living room suite, 3 cushion sofa, coffee & end tables, 3 Broyhill chairs, mint cond. $1,000. 828-287-3669 for appt. 336-926-4262

I PAY CASH FOR DIABETIC TEST STRIPS Up to $10 per 100 ct. Call Frank 828-577-4197

07 Buele Blast 500cc 3,800 mi. Windshield, new rear tire.

Exc. starter bike! $2,500 287-3843

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2006 BMW 325i 94,000 mi. Exc. cond.!

Silver/gray leather, 6 spd. manual $15,800 firm 828-748-1294

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2002 Chrysler Concord Auto, a/c, ps, pw, pl, pb. 98k mi.

Clean, nice car! $3,000 firm 828-287-4843

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Missing from Race Path Ch. Rd. 223-2410

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Found

Pets Free to a good home Black lab/retriever mix, male, 1 yr. old.

Sweet & great with kids! 828-447-6069 FREE: Full blooded German Shepherd 2 yrs old, male. Can be seen at Tri City Animal Clinic 429-6006

Black adult female cat w/white paws/red collar. Last seen Sat. 9/19 - Chase High area

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Having qualified as Executor of the estate of CLARENCE A. CONNER of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said CLARENCE A. CONNER to present them to the undersigned on or before the 16th 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 16th day of October, 2009.

OAKWOOD VILLAGE APARTMENTS

Madelyn K. Van Voorhis, Executor 3485 Polk County Line Rd. Rutherfordton, NC 28139

GARAGE SALE Rain or shine! Green Hill area: 1382 Moss Rd. Saturday 7A-until Too much to list!

ROSEDALE PHASE I APARTMENTS 121 Holly Lane Forest City, NC 28043

710 N. Washington Street Rutherfordton, NC 28139

Family Households

Elderly Households Having qualified as Executor of the estate of HAROLD E. PRINCE of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said HAROLD E. PRINCE to present them to the undersigned on or before the 9th 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 9th day of October, 2009.

2 FAMILY Spindale 311 Georgia St. Sat. 7A-until Riding & push mowers, furniture, gas logs, household items and much more!

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

2 FAMILY Ellenboro 241 New House Rd. Sat. 7A-until Toys, small appliances, clothes, household items and more!

1 BEDROOM APARTMENTS Units for Persons with Disabilities Available

1 BEDROOM APARTMENTS Units for Persons with Disabilities Available Section 8 Accepted

Rental Assistance Available Please Call 828-287-2871 TDD/TYY # 800-735-2962

Please Call (1) 828-245-3417 TDD/TYY # (1) 800-735-2962

“This institution is an equal opportunity provider and employer”

“This institution is an equal opportunity provider and employer”

Michael Gregg Prince, Executor 730 Wallridge Drive Winston-Salem, NC 27106

NORTH CAROLINA, RUTHERFORD COUNTY

NORTH CAROLINA RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE DISTRICT COURT DIVISION FILE: 09 JA 99

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 09 SP 351 Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by JOHN A ADORANTE to PRLAP, INC., Trustee(s), which was dated August 28, 2007 and recorded on September 13, 2007 in Book 976 at Page 15, Rutherford County Registry, North Carolina.

RUTHERFORD COUNTY DEPT. OF SOCIAL SERVICES, PETITIONERS,

Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Brock & Scott, PLLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Rutherford County, North Carolina, and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on November 3, 2009 at 11:30AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Rutherford County, North Carolina, to wit:

FOR AMENDED JUVENILE PETITION: VPR, a minor child.

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION To: Karen R. Reese

THE FOLLOWING REAL PROPERTY SITUATE IN COUNTY OF RUTHERFORD AND STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

TAKE NOTICE that a petition seeking relief against you has been filed in the above entitled proceedings for Amended Juvenile Petition: VPR born the 20th day of May, 2008.

SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE TOWN OF FOREST CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, ON THE NORTH SIDE OF UTAH STREET IN SAID TOWN, AND BEING LOTS NUMBERS (80), EIGHTY0NE (81), EIGHTY-TWO (82), EIGHTY-THREE (83), EIGHTY-FOUR(84) AND EIGHTY-FIVE (85) (incorrectly referenced as (850) OF THE HARMON SUBDIVISION AS SHOWN ON A PLAT MADE BY J.A. WILKIE, SURVEYOR, NOW OF RECORD IN PLAT BOOK 1, AT PAGE 112, IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS OF RUTHERFORD COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, TO WHICH PLAT REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE FOR A MORE FULL AND COMPLETE DESCRIPTION OF SAID LOTS.

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that you must make your defense to such pleadings no later than 40 days following the 23rd day of October, 2009, the date of first publication of this Notice upon you, in order to participate in and receive further notice of the proceedings. If you fail to do so, the petitioner will apply to the court for the relief sought. Any parental rights you may have will or may be terminated upon entry of the Judgment. Respond to the Clerk of Superior Court, 229 N. Main Street, Rutherfordton, NC 28139.

PARCEL ID: 421940 AND 421941

This the 22nd day of October, 2009.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 160 UTAH STREET

Brian W. King, Attorney for Petitioners King Law Offices, PLLC 215 N. Main Street Rutherfordton, NC 28139 828-286-3332

Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as: 160 Utah Street and .23 acres adjacent to, 160 Utah Street, Forest City, NC 28043

Yard Sales FC: 1155 Doggett Rd. Sat. 8A Boys 4T-5T, girls 6-Jr., toys, and household, Thomas the train items.

Fri., Sat. & Sun. 7A-5P Dining room set w/4 chairs, couch, loveseat, iron bunk beds & desk, 2 end tables, coffee table, queen bedroom suite w/mattresses, 2 refrigerators, 2 TV’s, 2 recliners, stove, misc.

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4 FAMILY YARD SALE Forest City: 940 Harris-Henrietta Rd. Sat. 7A-1P Baby and household items.

Lots of stuff!

MULTI FAMILY Ellenboro 234 Henrietta Street Sat. 8A-until Men and women’s clothing, men’s shoes, work boots, books, household items, more!

MULTI FAMILY Rfdtn 2240 Big Island Rd. Saturday 8A-until Refrigerator, Coke collectibles, 1985 Jaguar, tools, Christmas items and much more!

MULTI FAMILY Sunshine: 2819 Bostic Sunshine Hwy Sat. 8A-until Furniture, books, clothes, assorted golf clubs!

Too much to mention!

Rutherfordton 174 CC Hoyle Rd. (off of Old Stonecutter Rd.) Sat. 6:30A-12P Various items from clothes to car parts, etc.

Six Points: 1579 Hwy 120 (.5 mile past Six Points) Saturday 8A-Noon Men’s, women’s, juniors, children’s clothing. Lots of stuff!

Trinity Christian School Yard Sale in the school gym 299 Deters St., Rfdtn Sat. Oct. 24th 7A-12P Rain or Shine!

YARD SALE FC: 150 River Hills Dr. Fri. & Sat. 8A-til Household, clothing & misc.

Yard Sale Rfdtn 5140 US 64/74 Hwy Saturday 9A-1P Too much to list!

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Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, and the court costs of Forty-Five Cents (45¢) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) pursuant to NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing.

Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of 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. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are John A. Adorante.

An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, EXCEPT IN THE INSTANCE OF BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION. IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY. Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Jeremy B. Wilkins, NCSB No. 32346 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 09-13242-FC01

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16 — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, FRIDAY, October 23, 2009 NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of MODENIA SHORT STROUD, late of 3320 Pea Ridge Road, Bostic, Rutherford County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned at the Law Offices of Travis S. Greene, PC, 75 South Trade Street, Suite C, Tryon, North Carolina 28782, on or before Friday, January 26, 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.

Having qualified as Administrator of the estate of LEWIS MICHAEL BARNES of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said LEWIS MICHAEL BARNES to present them to the undersigned on or before the 16th 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 16th day of October, 2009.

Beverly Ann Barnes, Administrator 3912 Robin Court Acworth, GA 30101

This the 23rd day of October, 2009.

Evelyn Louise Lane, Administrator Estate of Modenia Short Stroud 532 Sandy Level Church Road Bostic, NC 28018

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Travis S. Greene, Esq. Law Offices of Travis S. Greene, PC 75 South Trade Street, Suite C Tryon, NC 28782

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF RUTHERFORD In the General Court of Justice Superior Court Division Before the Clerk 2009 E 493

Having qualified as Executor of the estate of DOROTHY SCRUGGS WALL of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said DOROTHY SCRUGGS WALL to present them to the undersigned on or before the 16th 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 16th day of October, 2009.

Randy Wall, Executor PO Box 95 Cliffside, NC 28024

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: KENNETH CHARLES TOPPING, JR.

Having qualified as Executrix of the Estate of Kenneth Charles Topping, Jr., late of 2357 HarrisHenrietta Road, Mooresboro, NC 28114, Rutherford County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned care of:

This the 1st day of October, 2009.

_________________________ Desirea M. Topping, Administrator of the Estate of Kenneth Charles Topping, Jr. Richard P. Williams Williams & Martelle, PLLC Post Office Box 550 Rutherfordton, NC 28139

Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by WILLIAM M GRANT BY GLENN E. GRANT, ATTORNEY IN FACT, TRUSTEE OF THE WILLIAM M GRANT TRUST TRUST DATED 09/15/1999 to PRLAP, INC., Trustee(s), which was dated February 28, 2007 and recorded on March 1, 2007 in Book 943 at Page 729, Rutherford County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Brock & Scott, PLLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Rutherford County, North Carolina, and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on November 3, 2009 at 11:30AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Rutherford County, North Carolina, to wit: All that certain lot or parcel of land situated in Morgan Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina, and more particularly described as follows: Being Lot Number 83 of Queens Gap, Phase I, as described more fully in Plat recorded in Plat Book 27, Pages 280-292, ("the Plat"), Rutherford County Registry, to which plat reference is hereby made for a more full and accurate description.

Subject to Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions for Queen's Gap as recorded in Book 917, Page 402-442, Rutherford County Register of Deeds, and recorded in Book 891, Page 624-664, McDowell County Register of Deeds, and any amendments and supplements thereto.

Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as: 83 Queens Gap, Rutherfordton, NC 28139

TOWN OF FOREST CITY PUBLIC NOTICE

on or before the 7th 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.

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 09 SP 342

Subject to all matters shown on subdivision plat of Queen's Gap, Phase I, as recorded in Plat Book 27, Pages 280-292, Rutherford County Register of Deeds, and Plat Book 13, Pages 60-72, McDowell County Register of Deeds, hereinafter referred to as "the Plat".

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Desirea M. Topping Administrator of the Estate of Kenneth Charles Topping, II C/O Williams & Martelle, PLLC Post Office Box 550 Rutherfordton, NC 28139

NORTH CAROLINA, RUTHERFORD COUNTY

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

NORTH CAROLINA, RUTHERFORD COUNTY NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 09 SP 350 Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by JEFFREY K ADORANTE to PRLAP, INC., Trustee(s), which was dated November 5, 2007 and recorded on March 10, 2008 in Book 998 at Page 272, Rutherford County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Brock & Scott, PLLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Rutherford County, North Carolina, and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on November 3, 2009 at 11:30AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Rutherford County, North Carolina, to wit: THE FOLLOWING REAL PROPERTY SITUATE IN COUNTY OF RUTHERFORD AND STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, and the court costs of Forty-Five Cents (45¢) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) pursuant to NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing.

Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of 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. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are William M. Grant Revocable Trust dated 9/15/99 and/or assigns.

An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, EXCEPT IN THE INSTANCE OF BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION. IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY. Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Jeremy B. Wilkins, NCSB No. 32346 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 09-15972-FC01

SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN COOL SPRINGS TOWNSHIP, RUTHERFORD COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, AND BEGINNING AT AN IRON PIN ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE GRIFFIN ROAD, SAID IRON PIN BEING LOCATED NORTH 5 DEG. EAST 254 FEET FROM OLD CORNER BETWEEN G.W. GRIGGIN HEIRS AND G.D. DALTON AND RUNS THENCE NORTH 11-1/4 DEG. EAST 200 FEET TO AN IRON PIN ON THE WEST BANK OF GRIFFIN ROAD; THENCE A NEW LINE NORTH 78-3/4 FEET TO AN IRON PIN; THENCE ANOTHER NEW LINE SOUTH 11-1/4 WEST 200 FEET TO AN IRON PIN; THENCE ANOTHER NEW LINE SOUTH 78-3/4 EAST 250 FEET TO THE BEGINNING. PARCEL ID: 425125 PROPERTY ADDRESS: 298 GRIFFIN ROAD Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as: 298 Griffin Road, Forest City, NC 28043 Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, and the court costs of Forty-Five Cents (45¢) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) pursuant to NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing.

Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of 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. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Jeffrey K. Adorante.

An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, EXCEPT IN THE INSTANCE OF BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION. IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY. Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Jeremy B. Wilkins, NCSB No. 32346 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 09-13236-FC01

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Nation/world World Today Strong quake shakes Pakistan

KABUL (AP) — A strong earthquake centered in the towering Hindu Kush mountains shook a wide area of eastern Afghanistan and Pakistan early Friday, swaying buildings in the Afghan and Pakistani capitals.

There were no initial reports of damage or casualties from the quake, which struck about 12:21 a.m. Afghan time (1951 GMT, 3:51 p.m.

EDT Thursday).

However, the temblor was centered in a remote mountain area where communications are poor and reports of casualties take time to reach the capital.

The earthquake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 and was centered in the mountains about 167 miles (268 kilometers) northeast of Kabul and 140 miles (230 kilometers) west of Mingaora, Pakistan, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

Ethiopia seeks urgent food aid

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia said Thursday it needs emergency food aid for 6.2 million people, an appeal that comes 25 years after a devastating famine compounded by communist policies killed 1 million and prompted one of the largest charity campaigns in history.

The crisis stems from a prolonged drought that has hit much of the Horn of Africa, including Kenya and Somalia.

Drought is especially disastrous in Ethiopia because more than 80 percent of people live off the land. Agriculture drives the economy, accounting for half of all domestic production and most exports.

Somali pirates seize ship

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Somali pirates with automatic weapons seized a cargo ship off Africa’s east coast and are holding its 26 crew members from India and Myanmar hostage, anti-piracy officials said Thursday.

The pirates captured the Panamanian-flagged MV Al Khaliq some 200 miles (320 kilometers) west of the Seychelles islands early Thursday, a statement from the European Union’s anti-piracy task force said.

NATO chief calls for perseverance

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Afghanistan is the most complex challenge that NATO has ever undertaken, but the alliance must remain engaged there to prevent the country from turning back into an al-Qaida training ground, the organization’s top official said Thursday.

Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said some critics are starting to say that the cost of engagement in the eight-year war is too high, but he countered that “the cost of inaction would be far higher.”

Earlier this week, Iran’s Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, left, speaks to media after talks between Iran and the United States, Russia and France over Iran’s nuclear program at Vienna’s International Center. Iran has agreed to a draft deal that would see it ship out most of its enriched uranium to Russia.

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Iranian official rejects nuke plan

By NASSER KARIMI Associated Press Writer

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s deputy parliament speaker on Thursday dismissed an internationally backed draft plan to have Tehran ship its uranium abroad for enrichment, the official IRNA news agency reported.

The remarks by Mohammad Reza Bahonar were the first reaction in Tehran on the proposal, presented Wednesday after three days of talks between Iran and world powers in the Austrian capital, Vienna.

The plan is seen by the international community as a way to curb Iran’s ability to build a nuclear weapon.

Iran says its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes only.

Tehran is expected to decide

by Friday on whether to approve the plan that calls for shipping Iran’s uranium to Russia for enrichment to a level that renders it suitable as nuclear fuel for energy production — not for nuclear weapons.

“The United States demanded Iran ship uranium abroad, in return for getting fuel back,” Bahonar said, according to IRNA. “But Iran does not accept this.”

Iran’s parliament will not vote

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on the draft plan, and Bahonar does not speak for the government, which is to decide on the matter.

But it’s unclear if his comments could reflect high-level resistance to the deal or the opinions of some influential politicians in Iran.

There has been no response so far to the offer from Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has final say on all state matters, or President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

The proposal may meet resistance by some Iranian leaders because it weakens Iran’s control over its stockpiles of nuclear fuel and could be perceived as a concession to the United States, which took part in the Vienna talks with France and Russia.

In Washington, State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said that although some in Iran may disagree with the proposal, the U.S. government was waiting to hear the government’s final decision Friday.

“I’m sure there are a lot of voices in Tehran right now, but we’re going to wait for that authoritative answer tomorrow,” said Kelly, who has called the draft agreement “a very positive step.”

In Jerusalem, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak expressed

skepticism of the agreement in the country’s first official comments.

He said the plan, if signed, would delay Iran’s nuclear program by only a year and will not foil what he called the country’s “real plan to achieve nuclear capability.”

Under the Vienna-brokered draft, Iran is required to send 1.2 tons of low-enriched uranium to Russia in one batch by the end of this year, French Foreign Ministry spokesman Bernard Valero said Thursday.

After further enrichment in Russia, the uranium will be converted into fuel rods that would be returned to Iran for use in an aging reactor used for medical research. Valero said France would be the one making that conversion.

“France is an active party to this accord,” Valero said, stressing that Paris is still a player in the proposal despite Iranian criticism of any French role in the plan earlier this week.

Valero, in an online briefing, also said the proposal drafted in Vienna allows Iran to pursue production of radioisotopes for medical purposes “while constituting a useful gesture that could contribute to reducing tensions over the nuclear issue.”

Vatican offer may lure Anglicans LONDON (AP) — On the surface, it looks like a polite tug of war between two of the world’s great churches, each saying nice things about the other.

But the ramifications of the conflict between the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of England are broad and not yet completely clear.

It is not yet known what part of the Anglicans’ liturgy and rites will be incorporated into Catholic worship under the surprise offer made

earlier this week in a bold bid by Pope Benedict XVI to capitalize on sharp divisions within the Anglican community over the proper role of women clergy and the acceptability of openly gay priests.

Nor is it evident how many Anglicans will seek to switch churches because of the pope’s new policy.

The Right Rev. John Broadhurst, Bishop of Fulham, believes roughly 1,000 Church of England clergy will seek to join the Catholic Church.

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