Daily Courier, November 03, 2009

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Lois Lindsay, left, Chief Judge for the town of Ruth, loads her trunk full of election supplies Monday with the assistance of Dawn Lovelace at the Rutherford County Board of Elections. The poll hours today are from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m..

School Board OKs budget

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FOREST CITY — A budget resolution totaling $87,019,182 was approved by the Rutherford County Board of Education at its meeting Monday night.

The board, meeting in the board room of the Cool Springs Administrative Offices, endorsed the resolution unanimously.

The following amounts were appropriated for the operation of the school administrative unit: n local current expense fund, $19,049,246. n state public school fund, $47,867,492.

n federal grants fund, $12,369,804. n child nutrition fund, $4,731,194. n capital outlay fund, $3,001,446.

Superintendent John Kinlaw pointed out that this year’s budget resolution represents a $14.5 million reduction from the previous year, but he added that some $10 million of that is from the capital outlay side, indicating the completion of the new Rutherfordton Elementary School. So actually, he said, the figure is less than a $5 million reduction.

In an item that was added to the agenda, Please see School, Page 6

RUTHERFORDTON — County employees will have to take three days of unpaid leave to help make up a $350,000 budget shortfall, after a unanimous vote in favor of the cuts at the November county commission meeting Monday night.

Commissioner Margaret Helton was absent from the meeting, recovering from recent surgery, but the Commissioners Susan Crowe, Eddie Holland, Paul McIntosh and Brent Washburn voted in favor of the recommended budget cuts. In addition to the days off, the county will also make departmental cuts to help overcome lower than expected sales tax returns and state budget cuts.

And the information technology department will forgo about $260,000 from their budget so the Sheriff’s Department will be able to purchase new vehicles without doing long-term financing.

“As we entered this year we made a recommendation to spend $1.8 million of the county’s fund balance over the course of this year and last year,” County Manager John Condrey explained. “That is the same amount we added to the fund balance over the last two years. But we didn’t want to exceed that amount of fund balance spent.”

In order to keep from spending more fund balance, commissioners voted to make the cuts and have employees take

Please see County, Page 6

CHRISTMAS CHEER SIGN-UPS BEGIN

Christmas Cheer Center registration began Monday morning and continues through Friday, Nov. 6 at 4 p.m. at the center on Withrow Road, Spindale.

Everyone wishing assistance should bring proof of residency, Social Security cards, photo identification, proof of income for all family members and the most recent bills. Christmas Cheer officials believe the needs will be greater than ever before, and volunteers are urgently needed to assist.

Call 287-0119 to help.

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Chimney Rock elevator repairs under way CHIMNEY ROCK — The elevator at Chimney Rock at Chimney Rock State Park closed for maintenance, Monday.

The project includes replacing the elevator’s guide rails and hoist cables, and is one of several capital improvement projects the N.C. Division of Parks and Recreation has planned for the Park. The Park’s Sky Lounge Gift Shop and Deli will also be closed during project.

It’s uncertain how long the project will take; however, Chimney Rock will remain open for the duration of the repair work.

Tickets rates are reduced to $9 for adults and $5 for youth (ages 6-15).

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“There’s never a good time to take the elevator out of service, but ongoing improvements will always be necessary.

Whenever possible, we try to get major projects done during the slower months of the year,” General Manager Mary Jaeger-Gale said.

Guests can still reach the Park’s namesake, 315-foot Chimney Rock, albeit with just a bit more effort. The Outcroppings trail takes visitors from the upper parking lot to Chimney level in just over ½ mile.

“While the Outcroppings may seem daunting to some Park visitors, most can reach the top in about 20 minutes,”

said PR and Events Manager Meghan Rogers. “Often guests are so focused on getting to the Chimney, they overlook the Outcroppings, but it features some of our most interesting rock formations including Moonshiner’s Cave, Vista Rock, Pulpit Rock, the Grotto and Subway,” she added.

The Park’s normal winter operating hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. with the Ticket Plaza closing at 4:30 p.m. (weather permitting). However, Chimney Rock will have special hours for the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, and will be open New Year’s Day. Visit chimneyrockpark. com for a details.

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Local/state UW SHRIMP FEST TODAY

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Dave Linder, owner of Big Dave’s restaurant, and United Way of Forest City are hosting a Shrimp Fest from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at the restaurant on Oak Street, Forest City to raise money for United Way. Tickets for the Shrimp Fest are $25 each and will include several varieties of shrimp with trimmings and beverages.

This is the first fund raiser for United Way of this type.

Woman injured in crash

FOREST CITY— A 53-year-old Henderson County woman was taken to Pardee Hospital in Hendersonville, following a one-vehicle accident Saturday afternoon on Bill’s Creek Road.

Linda Logan Mills was injured when she lost control of her 2003 Chrysler as she entered a curve on Bills Creek Road.

North Carolina Highway Patrolman Randy Patterson said she was traveling south when she ran off the road to the right, struck a dirt embankment, rolled over, and came to a rest.

She told the trooper she was run off the road by a vehicle that was traveling left in her lane.

Hickory Nut Gorge EMS transported Mills to Hendersonville. Also assisting were area fire departments.

Two people were taken to Rutherford Hospital Saturday afternoon as a result of a two-vehicle wreck on E. Main Street, Forest City.

Alvin Edward Sprouse, 53, of Bostic, was driving a 1987 Mazda and traveling east on E. Main Street when he failed to stop for a 2006 Pontiac driven by Joseph Wray Cook, 24, who was attempting to make a left turn into a residential driveway.

Sprouse was charged with failure to

reduce speed.

Passengers Wanda Sprouse, and Elizabeth Padgett were taken to Rutherford Hospital for treatment.

Forest City police, Forest City fire department and Rutherford County EMS responded to the accident.

Poll: N.C. residents see need for health reforms ELON (AP) — Three out of four North Carolina residents believe the U.S. health care system needs reform, but they are split on whether that should include a public option, according to a poll released Monday

by Elon University.

The poll showed that 76.6 percent of respondents believe the health care system needs reform, with 16.4 percent saying the system is fine as is.

Another 5.3 percent say something needs to be done but not by the government.

It also shows that 54 percent of residents support a public option. But the poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.8 percentage points, meaning residents could be split evenly.

“Obvious from these results is that citizens recognize that the health system is in need of reform, but, like most Americans, are divided over how to do it,” said Hunter Bacot, director of the Elon University Poll.

Forty-one percent said they would use a public option plan.

The poll was conducted Oct. 26-29 and surveyed 703 North Carolina residents.

In a little more than a year, the number of residents who have some form of private health care coverage has dropped. Seventy-three percent said in this year’s poll that they have private insurance compared to 83 percent in a September 2008 poll.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican congresswoman said Monday that people have more to fear from Democratic health care legislation than from terrorists.

Rep. Virginia Foxx of North Carolina made the comments in a speech on the House floor Monday.

“I believe that the greatest fear that we all should have ... to our freedom comes from this room, this very room, and what may happen later this week in terms of a tax increase bill masquerading as a health care bill,” she said. “I believe we have more to fear from the potential of that bill passing than we do from any terrorist right now in any country.”

The Democratic-controlled House is expected to vote later this week on the sweeping health care overhaul legislation that would extend coverage to millions of the uninsured.

Foxx said it was scary because it would raise taxes, increase the power of federal bureaucrats and force people to buy government-mandated coverage — among other things.

Golden Leaf Foundation zapped in audit report

Sunday afternoon, one woman susRALEIGH (AP) — The foundation tained minor injuries in a two vehicle managing half of North Carolina’s crash that occurred on Big Island share of the national tobacco settleRoad at 3:17 p.m. ment violated open meetings laws and could be better protected from The NCHP reported Joshua investment risk and political influAndrew Thomas, 19, of Rutherfordence, State Auditor Beth Wood’s ton was driving a 1984 Toyota when office said Monday.

Ericka Lynn Campfield, 18, of Forest The audit said the Golden LEAF City was driving a 2002 Chevrolet foundation, which has awarded $393 and they collided on the roadway. million in grants to help tobaccoAccording to witnesses the Toyota dependent and economically troubled went left of center and struck the areas since 2000, approved a $15 Chevrolet in her lane of travel. million investment to lure a beverage Campfield tried to miss the car, company to the state in a 2005 pritraveled right and was then forced vate board meeting that was closed onto the soft shoulder and began to the public. spinning.

The Rocky Mount-based foundation She struck mailboxes and caused damage to landscaping in a yard. She is chartered by the Legislature and was charged with a lane control vio- subject to the state’s open meetings law. Auditors said the group also inilation. She was injured, but according to reports was not transported to tially failed to provide minutes from 29 of the panel’s 429 meetings. a hospital.

“As a result, operational transparTrooper Randy Patterson investiency and the public’s right to monigated. tor the administration of state funds were compromised,” the audit said.

The auditors decided foundation staff were uncooperative to the point that they couldn’t be sure the audit since they are difficult to read. is based on their complete review of Town attorney David Lloyd will records. provide advise to council regarding the matter.

Foundation President Dan Gerlach If approved, the cleaning would be said some open meetings mistakes performed with non abrasive cleanwere made but disagreed with ers and water.

Wood’s “limited scope” label on the audit. He said auditors arrived Council will also discuss a request from UPS for the placement of a tem- just before he became president in October 2008 and as the foundation porary building to house a golf cart near Crestview Park during the holi- tried to protect its assets as financial markets collapsed. day delivery time.

Rutherford Council meets Wednesday

RUTHERFORDTON — The older headstones in Rutherfordton Town’s cemetery could receive a cleaning by members of the Griffith Rutherford Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution, if town council approves the project. The request will be discussed Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. during the board’s regular business meeting at town hall.

The town has received requests from several DAR members regarding the cleaning of the headstones,

Foxx: Health reform scarier than terrorism

Golden LEAF defended its investment practices, saying the foundation has different objectives from other state funds because it awards grants, and it follows a code of ethics when determining how investments are made.

“We have a model conflict of interest policy,” Gerlach said in an interview. “Our policy is like that of other foundations.”

The General Assembly created the Golden Long-term Economic Advancement Foundation in 1999 to distribute half of the $4.6 billion that North Carolina is expected to receive from cigarette companies.

Gerlach, a former budget adviser to then-Gov. Mike Easley, acknowledged the board shouldn’t have approved in closed session the $15 million grant to lure Gatorade to build a plant in Edgecombe County.

The foundation’s other 824 grants have been approved properly, he said.

The beverage grant was rescinded 60 days later in an open meeting.

Gerlach and the auditors said the foundation had improved their open meetings and minutes procedures since the audit began.

Wood’s review asked Gov. Beverly Perdue and the Legislature to consider whether laws should be changed to make foundation members subject to state ethics laws when it decides how it will use the foundation’s $550 million in assets. The governor, House speaker and Senate president pro tempore appoint the 15 board members.

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Suspect arrested in shootings

MOUNT AIRY (AP) — A soured love affair may have led an ex-convict to gun down four men in the town that inspired the idyllic community of Mayberry on the 1960s TV series “The Andy Griffith Show,” police said Monday.

Marcos Chavez Gonzalez, 29, was charged with four counts of murder in the slayings late Sunday outside a television store in Mount Airy, about 100 miles north of Charlotte.

The four were shot with a highpowered assault rifle outside Wood’s TV, in the shadow of a water tower that says “Welcome to Mount Airy” and has a picture of Griffith and Opie, his son on the show.

Police do not believe the shootings were random. Mount Airy Police Chief Dale Watson said officers are investigating several leads, including whether it was a contract killing or repercussions from a love affair gone bad.

“This is Mayberry ... Andy Griffith’s house is in spitting distance here,” said Michael Wood, one of the owners of Wood’s TV. The town, population 8,700, has built a tourist trade on nostalgia for the show that continues to thrive in syndication.

Watson identified the victims — all residents of the town — as Victor Alfonso Martinez-Jimenez, 22; Javier Manuel Martinez, 21; Juan Manuel Martinez, 26; and Marcos Oviedo Aguliar, 21.

Michelle Oviedo, 21, said her boyfriend and brother were among the dead and the alleged shooter is her mother’s boyfriend. She said she was sitting on her porch not far from Wood’s TV when she heard the gunshots.

Jose Armando Hernandez, 46, said through a translator that three of the victims were his nephews. He said his family is “destroyed” over the deaths, which he said stemmed from a problem with a woman.

Gonzalez was arrested without incident at a motel about 50 miles northeast of the town, Henry County, Va.

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MILL GETS NEW ROOF

Company adding jobs LOUISBURG (AP) — An Israeli foam manufacturing company is investing more than $7 million to open a North Carolina facility and add 72 jobs.

Palziv North America said Monday it will open a North American headquarters and facility in Louisburg.

The company, which makes foam for packaging, insulation, toys and other items, also received $250,000 from the One North Carolina Fund.

The state grant provides financial assistance for industrial expansion.

Palziv North America is owned by Palziv LTD in Israel. It has facilities in Ohio, and in Canada, Israel, Romania.

Civilian killed in blast

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High above the ground on the roof of Lakeside Mills, U.S. 74 Business, Spindale, subcontractors with Crosby Roofing System, Charotte, add a new roof at the plant.

Contracting the job is Fountain Services. Owner Brian King said the project has been ongoing for about two weeks and when completed, will be the “shiniest roof” in 50 years. The mill was formerly Yelton Mills and is a landmark in the county and town.

Lottery will add Mega Millions RALEIGH (AP) — Lottery players in North Carolina should soon be able to play for up to four big jackpots a week instead of just two.

The North Carolina Education Lottery Commission voted Monday to begin selling tickets for the Mega Millions multistate drawing that’s currently in 12 states. Powerball tickets already are sold in North Carolina and 32 other jurisdictions.

The two state associations behind Mega Millions and Powerball

reached an agreement last month to cross-sell tickets as a way to boost lottery revenues for states.

North Carolina lottery executive director Tom Shaheen says there are still details to work out but Mega Millions could be sold in North Carolina by Jan. 31.

Powerball drawings are on Wednesday and Saturday nights.

Mega Millions is played Tuesdays and Fridays.

FORT BRAGG (AP) — Fort Bragg officials say a civilian killed in an explosion at the North Carolina Army post was scavenging for scrap metal when he stepped on a round and it exploded.

Fort Bragg officials identified the man killed Friday as 47-year-old Ronnie Blue of Hamlet. They said Monday that another man was injured in the explosion, which occurred in the area that overlooks the range where soldiers practice firing artillery, tank shells and smaller weapons.

The post said the men were not Department of the Army employees.

Fort Bragg law enforcement officials are investigating the explosion, which occurred at Observation Point 5.

Perdue aide resigns post RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue’s communications director is stepping down from his job.

David Kochman said Monday he’s resigning nearly 10 months into Perdue’s term in office. He also previously served for a year and a half on Perdue’s gubernatorial campaign.

Kochman said it’s been an honor to help Perdue get elected and work in her administration but that leaving is the right decision for him and his family. His last day in Perdue’s office has not been finalized.

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Our Views There is still time to vote

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fter today’s vote, the direction of some communities in Rutherford County may change, depending on who is elected.

If history repeats itself, a small minority of registered voters will decide who will sit in the mayor’s chair and on town commissions for the next two and three years.

To this point, most candidates have sworn to do the best they can for their communities, but those running for public office have an agenda.

That’s not necessarily a bad thing. The agenda may have been crafted with the best interests of the public in mind.

But it is an agenda, nonetheless. No government can do everything that every person in the community wants to see accomplished. There just aren’t enough resources.

With this in mind, those reading this in the morning or even early afternoon still have a chance to vote for the candidate of their choice.

It’s never smart to leave important choices to others without expressing one’s own opinion.

More turbulence awaiting Easley RALEIGH — Minus one shocking revelation, Mike Easley might well have come out of a State Board of Elections hearing with little more than a fine for his campaign committee.

But there was that one surprise, a claim by the former governor’s former buddy, McQueen Campbell, that Easley more or less instructed him to concoct bogus invoices for air travel, to be billed to his campaign to cover the cost of home repairs.

Easley denied the claim. “It never, ever happened,” he said during five hours of testimony before the board.

For the board, the denial didn’t matter. A witness, credible in other respects, had made a claim that would constitute a crime.

Nothing, other than Easley’s words, could disprove the allegations.

So the board voted unanimously to refer the case to a state prosecutor to try to determine whether a crime occurred.

Most everything else that came up in the hearing — the free airplane flights, the use of a car by Easley’s son, big money donations flowing through the state Democratic Party to aid the Easley campaign — was explained away as either an oversight or as legal.

In the case of the flights and car, Campbell and car dealer Bob Bleecker offered no testimony that really countered the claims of Easley that he believed the bills were being paid, that his campaign was paying.

Both Campbell and Bleecker acknowledged never sending invoices to governor or campaign.

Outside of the home repairs,

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donations were tied to decisions about boat ramp permits or whether other government actions were dependent on perks received by Easley.

Other bodies, in other forums, will sort through that sordidness. In fact, for several months, behind closed doors, that federal Easley’s legal difficulties, grand jury has been doing exactly though, don’t stop at whether that. he followed campaign finance If nothing else, Easley showed that he’s prepared to fight to laws. And they don’t stop at whether a state prosecutor will defend his name.

He didn’t have to testify before believe the former governor the board. He could have invoked or a wealthy pilot who liked his rights against self-incrimihanging out with politicians. nation. Rumors around Raleigh were that he split with his original lawyer over a desire to testify.

Campbell said nothing of any In five hours of testimony, conversations that hinted of an Easley demonstrated the charm attempt to hide the expenses. that helped propel him to the But the oversights, real or governor’s mansion. feigned, weren’t forgiven either.

Sometimes charm will carry The Easley campaign received you a long way. Sometimes it a $100,000 fine; the state won’t.

Democratic Party was assessed a $9,000 fine.

Scott Mooneyham

Easley’s legal difficulties, though, don’t stop at whether he followed campaign finance laws.

And they don’t stop at whether a state prosecutor will believe the former governor or a wealthy pilot who liked hanging out with politicians.

At times, the elections board brushed against some of those larger legal problems, ones that will determine whether a federal grand jury indicts the two-term governor for crimes more serious that failing to properly list campaign expenses.

This board, though, wasn’t charged with ferreting out whether $50,000 campaign

Mooneyham is executive director of the Capitol Press Association.

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Experiencing changes of life from a barber chair What is the most segregated hour in the week?

The 11 o’clock Sunday church service?

Or maybe it is the hour we spend every week or two at the barber shop or beauty salon. Those institutions of renewal, relaxation, and exchange of information and opinion continue to be largely divided by sex and race—especially those that serve the older population.

Growing up in Davidson 50 years ago, the barber shops on Main Street were strictly segregated.

Whites were the only customers, even though the shops were owned and run

by African Americans.

Fifty years ago, the favorite barber of many Davidson College students was a young man named Joe McClain. He had grown up in Davidson and served in the military.

He looked like an athlete and shared an interest in sports with many of his customers. A good listener,

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he made friends easily and probably knew as many students as anybody else in town. He could have fit in at any college classroom or fraternity house, except … except for the color of his skin.

He was quietly tactful about everything. He never complained about the segregated social system that kept our lives from intersecting at places other than the barber shop and also limited his options for professional or social acceptance in the college community.

He was a big basketball fan. When I was playing for the Davidson team, we developed a special friendship around that common

interest. Always supportive, he nevertheless found a diplomatic way to make a few suggestions for how we might do it a little better.

At almost every game, I could look up in the balcony of Johnston Gym where the African American fans sat and see Joe on the front row.

Last week, passing through Davidson, I looked in Raeford’s Barber Shop and saw Joe McClain standing by a barber’s chair. It was closing time.

Joe was closing down his station, ready to go home.

“Wait,” I said to him, “you haven’t cut my hair in almost 50 years, and I might never have another chance to get the McClain treatment.”

I wondered what we would talk about. But not for long.

“You know, D.G., I am glad I lived to experience some of the new ways, the new things … . We’ve made some good progress.”

We talked some more. Then I asked him how he had felt

about having to watch the basketball games in the balcony, when he was one of the biggest fans.

“It didn’t bother me much.

It was just the way things were back then. We just found ways to work around most things and get along.

Most white people were nice to me, and I tried to be nice to them. I tried to get along with everybody.

“In fact, I didn’t have any problem—except for once when I almost attacked a man who called me a (the ‘N’ word).

I wondered, still wonder, if he was just pretending, maybe still covering up some powerful hidden anger. Or had his friendly connections simply reached across that oppressive segregated divide?

I left home and Joe’s barber chair in 1962. Soon afterwards, the winds of change blew a little stronger.

Joe’s nephew helped integrate the North Mecklenburg

Rebel football team.

In the 1970s Joe, himself, opened another door, becoming the first African American town council person in Davidson.

I had been in the chair almost an hour when Joe gently laid a hot towel on my face. It felt so good even as it signaled the end of our reminiscing.

Soothing as it was, this conclusion still left me wondering how either of us could have been the least bit comfortable with the way things were the last time I had felt his warm towel fall on my face.

D.G. Martin is hosting his final season of UNC-TV’s North Carolina Bookwatch, which airs Sundays at 5 p.m. For more information or to view prior programs visit the webpage at www. unctv.org/ncbookwatch/. This Sunday’s (Nov. 8) guest is Barry Popkin, author of “The World Is Fat,” a compelling professional appraisal of the causes and consequences of the accelerating world obesity epidemic.

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Obituaries Tony Arrowood

Tony Ray “Chigger” Arrowood, 45, of 137 Joan Drive, Forest City, died suddenly at his residence on Monday, Nov. 2, 2009.

A native of Rutherford County, he was a son of Floyd and Kathleen Butler Arrowood of Forest City.

He was a member of Adaville Baptist Church and was a former truck driver.

In addition to his parents, he is survived by his wife of 10 years, Mona Lisa Arrowood of the home; five children, Blake Arrowood of Forest City, Justin Arrowood of Ellenboro, Rocky Richardson of Forest City, Cody Richardson of Forest Photo courtesy Sheriff’s Department City, and Harlan Dwayne This aerial view was taken by sheriff’s department helicopter pilots Pat Patterson and Randy Adams. There is one grandPatterson just moments after receiving word 79-year-old Bonnie Nickles Reeves of Collins Road, child.

Forest City, had been located. Reeves was missing about an hour early Sunday morning before being The family will hold a found by Sgt. Steve Reynolds near Robertson Church Road. She was taken to a staging area near memorial service at a later Wilson Baptist Church where she was examined by Rutherford County EMS. Her name was listed in the missing persons network by the sheriff’s department as volunteers from emergency departments date.

The Padgett and King searched for Reeves.

Mortuary is serving the Arrowood family.

Police Notes Sheriff’s Reports

n The Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office responded to 310 E-911 calls Saturday and Sunday.

n Charles Scott Gosnell reported the theft of a 1992 Lincoln Town Car and a firearm. n Dwight Bradley reported the theft of a weed cutter and a leaf blower. n Andrew Thomas Tisdale reported the theft of a camera and other items. n Michael Thomas Cushing reported the theft of prescription sunglasses and the faceplate of a car stereo. n Beverly Hill Cobb reported the break-in of a motor vehicle. n Joyce Ann Hering reported the theft of gasoline. n David F. Nichols reported the break-in of a motor vehicle. n Margaret Wellmon reported the theft of change from a motor vehicle. n Ramsey Clayton Lovelace reported the theft of a firearm and other items.

n Theodore Greene Owens reported the theft of money from a motor vehicle. n Tammy Ward Brown reported the theft of a power adaptor for a vehicle. n Kellicia Deanna Schieler reported the theft of an incar television. n Gerald H. Schultz reported the theft of a GPS from a vehicle. n Vandalism to windows on a door and other windows was reported at Restoration Church. n The theft of medications was reported at White Oak Manor. n Amanda Lynn Wease reported the theft of a firearm and jewelry. n Ference John Szilagyi reported the theft of appliances.

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n The Rutherfordton Police Department responded to 36 E-911 calls Saturday and Sunday.

Spindale

n The Spindale Police Department responded to 35 E-911 calls Saturday and Sunday.

Lake Lure

The Lake Lure Police Department responded to 15 E-911 call Saturday and Sunday.

Forest City

n The Forest City Police Department responded to 109 E-911 calls Saturday and Sunday.

n An employee of Ingles reported a larceny. n Alice Wells reported a dog bite. n Kevin Hamrick reported a dog bite. The incident occurred on East Main Street. n An employee of Wal-

Mart, reported an incident of obtaining property by false pretense. n An employee of WalMart, reported an incident of larceny. (See arrest of Owenby.)

Arrests n Mark Allen Stevens, 36, of McBrayer Court, Forest City; arrested on warrants for sexual battery and assault on a female; released on a $10,000 unsecured bond.

(FCPD) n Matthew Raines, 20, of Walls Church Road, Ellenboro; charged with provisional licensee and underage consumption of alcohol; freed on a custody release.

(FCPD) n James Burnett, 19, of Webb Road, Ellenboro; charged with assault on a female and false imprisonment; placed under a 48-hour hold. (FCPD) n Kwanshane Owenby, 18, of Cone Street, Caroleen; charged with larceny; released on a $500 unsecured bond. (FCPD) n Brittany Nicole Puttnam, 18, of 481 Womack Lake Rd.; charged with driving while impaired and drive after consuming less than 21; released on a $1,000 unsecured bond.

(NCHP) n Joyce Buchanan McKinney, 50, of 1014 Coney Island Rd.; charged with misdemeanor larceny; placed under a $1,000 secured bond. (RCSD) n Elijah Thaddeus Edgerton, 21, of 112 Jericho Drive; charged with two counts of communicating threats and simple assault; released on a $7,500 unsecured bond. (RCSD) n Joshua Jermaine Edgerton, 23, of 112 Jericho Drive; charged with assault on a female, two counts of communicating threats and assault and battery; released on a $7,500 unsecured bond.

(RCSD) n Kenny Allen Vandyke, 40, of 120 Sunny Slope Drive; charged with possession with intent to manufacture, sell and deliver methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia; placed under a $30,000 secured bond. (RCSD) n James Stanley Hooper, 25, of 195 Floyde St.; charged with driving while impaired and reckless driving to endanger; released on a $1,000 unsecured bond.

(RCSD) n Tiffany Leeann Suttles, 25, of 1706 Joan Drive; charged with possession of schedule II controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of controlled substance in prison/jail; placed under a $35,000 secured bond.

(RCSD) n Anthony Trent Jones, 20, of 1861 New House Rd.; charged with driving while impaired, no operator’s license, drive after consuming under 21, possession of open container/ consume

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alcohol in passenger area of a motor vehicle and possession of drug paraphernalia; placed under a $2,500 secured bond. (RCSD) n Vernon Lee Conner, 46, of 2004 U.S. 64-74 Alt.; charged with two counts of communicating threats and harassing phone call; placed under a 48-hour hold.

(RCSD) n Erike Goode, 38, of 196 Elms Drive; charged with assault by pointing a gun; placed under a $10,000 secured bond. (RCSD) n Cori Tate Pearson, 31, of 1803 Hines Rd.; charged with felony probation violation and felony larceny; placed under a $10,000 secured bond. (RCSD) n Robbie Carson Praytor, 22, of 1794 Rock Rd.; charged with assault with a deadly weapon; placed under a $15,000 secured bond.

(RCSD) n Ellen Claire Spear, 48, of 164 Lookout Drive; charged with failure to appear on resisting a public officer, failure to comply and four counts of worthless check; placed under a $400 cash bond. (RCSD)

Citations n Jose Cabrera, 34, of West Main Street, Forest City; cited for a noise ordinance violation; released on a written promise to appear. (FCPD) n Jeanne Wray, 37, of Oakland Road, Forest City; cited for shoplifting and second-degree trespassing; released on a written promise to appear. (FCPD) n Mariah Lynn Lattimore, 17, of 115 Old Charlotte Rd., Rutherfordton; cited for the theft of items from Family Dollar Store. (RPD) n Dustin Jake Lattimore, 19, of 115 Old Charlotte Rd., Rutherfordton; cited for the theft of an item from Family Dollar Store. (RPD)

EMS/Rescue n The Rutherford County EMS responded to 48 E-911 calls Saturday and Sunday. n The Volunteer Life Saving and Rescue, Hickory Nut Gorge EMS and Rutherford County Rescue responded to 27 E-911 calls Saturday and Sunday.

Fire Calls n Bills Creek firefighters responded to a motor vehicle crash. n Ellenboro firefighters responded to a motor vehicle crash and to a fire alarm. n Forest City firefighters responded to a motor vehicle crash and to an electrical fire. n Hudlow firefighters responded to a motor vehicle crash. n Rutherfordton firefighters responded to a motor vehicle crash. n Spindale firefighters responded to a motor vehicle crash and to a smoke report.

Elenora Mathis Elenora McKinney Mathis, 86, of Cotton Patch Road, Ellenboro, died Monday, Nov. 2, 2009, at Rutherford Hospital.

Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced

by Harrelson Funeral Home.

Gary Bishop Gary Marion Bishop, 45, died Monday, Nov. 2, 2009, at Hospice House in Forest City.

Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced

by Harrelson Funeral Home.

Charleston Wilford Charleston Henry Wilford, 43, of 121 Locust Trail, Ellenboro, died Friday, Oct. 30, 2009, at Rutherford Hospital.

Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced

by Thompson’s Mortuary.

Charles Martin Charles Franklin Martin, 57, of Spindale, died Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009, at Rutherford Hospital.

A native of Rutherford County, he was a son of the late Howard and Lexie Dover Martin.

He was a former employee of Reeves Brothers and a member of Fellowship Holiness Church.

He is survived by his wife, Vickie Hopper Martin of the home; one son, Ronnie Martin of Spindale; one daughter, Lisa Bailey of Rutherfordton; one sister, Eunice Griffin of Great Falls, S.C.; one brother, Phillip Driver of Asheville; and six grandchildren.

Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Fellowship Holiness Church with the Revs. Leon Brown, Roger Hudgins, and Dennis Yelton officiating.

Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation was held Monday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the church.

Crowe’s Mortuary & Crematory is in charge of arrangements.

Online condolences www. crowemortuary.com.

Sharon Robbins Sharon West Robbins, 56, of 2101 Hogan Road, Harris, died Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009, at Rutherford Hospital.

A native of Rutherford County, she was a daughter of Rev. Bobby Lee West and the late Jennie Ruth Rainwater West.

She had worked at White Oak Manor as a CNA for 10 years and was a member of Mt. View Baptist Church in Polk County.

In addition to her mother, she was preceded in death by her husband of 27 years, John Robbins.

In addition to her father, she is survived her brother, Roger Lee West; one sister, Olivia Kay Branch of Green Creek; and three nieces, three nephews and a greatniece.

Funeral services will be conducted at 4 p.m. Tuesday at Harrelson Funeral Home with the Rev. Tim Gouge officiating. Interment will follow in Holly Springs Baptist Church cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service.

Online condolences www.harrelsonfuneralhome.com.

Todd Brummitt Todd Lawrence Brummitt, 37, of Spartanburg, S.C., died Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009, from complications of diabetes.

He was a resident of Rutherford County for many years and a son of the late Larry Brummitt of Bakersville.

He is survived by his mother, Ann McDermott of Fruitland Park, Fla.; two daughters, Katlin and Kristin Brummitt of Forest City; a brother, Tony Brummitt of Middleburg, Fla.; and one niece and one nephew.

Funeral services will be held in Bakersville.

Deaths Clifton Johnson MUSKEGON HEIGHTS, Mich. (AP) — Authorities are investigating the death of the 47-year-old police chief of Muskegon Heights, although they say it initially appears to have resulted from natural causes.

Clifton Johnson died Sunday morning at his home in the city, which is next to Muskegon.

Alan Ogg BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Alan Ogg, a 7-foot-2 shotblocker who played for UAB and spent parts of three seasons in the NBA, died Sunday from complications from a staph infection, a university spokesman said. He was 42.

Forest Evashevski IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Forest Evashevski, the former Michigan football star coached Iowa to two Rose Bowl victories in the 1950s, has died. He was 91.

Evashevski, the captain of Michigan’s 1940 team, was hired at Iowa in 1952, seven years after Iowa’s last winning season.

But by 1956 the Hawkeyes were in the Rose Bowl, defeating Oregon State 35-19.

They went again in the 1958 season, beating California 38-12. Evashevski won 52 games at Iowa and led the team to three Big Ten championships.

Qian Xuesen BEIJING (AP) — Qian Xuesen, a rocket scientist known as the father of China’s space technology program, died Saturday in Beijing, the official Xinhua News Agency said. He was 98.

Qian, also known as Tsien Hsue-shen, began his career in the U.S. and was regarded as one of the brightest minds in the new field of aeronautics before returning to China in 1955, driven out of the United States at the height of anticommunist fervor.

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Rutherford Early College High School recently inducted its National Honor Society members and named officers. Officers are (l-r) Kaley Holmstrom, Treasurer; Morgan Reed, Vice-President; Adrienne Alexander, Secretary; Elizabeth Mackey, President.

The following blood drives are scheduled: Nov. 11 — Rutherford Hospital, noon to 4:30 p.m., contact Ginger Dancy at 286-5338 for an appointment; Nov. 14 — Goodes Creek Baptist Church, 7:30 a.m. to noon, call 657-4444 or 245-3513 for an appointment; Nov. 23 — East Middle School, 2:30 to 7:30 p.m., Shane O’Donnell at 245-3750 for an appointment; Nov. 30 — Red Cross Chapter House, 2 to 6:30 p.m., call 287-5916 for an appointment.

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Health/education Free blood pressure check: The First Tuesday Club of Salem UMC will offer free blood pressure checks Tuesday, Nov. 3, beginning at 10 a.m. Lunch 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Open Enrollment for Medicare Part D begins Nov. 15. Gerry Holland will be there with vital information and answer questions about this program. For information call 245-8518.

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 current patient of the clinic to have this test performed. Call 245-0400 for an appointment.

Meetings/other Regular meeting: American Legion Post 74 will hold its regular meeting on Thursday, Nov. 5, at the National Guard Armory. Dinner at 6 p.m. Meeting at 7.

SWEEP meeting: (Solid Waste Environmental Education Panel) meets on the first Friday of each month at noon at GDS at 141 Fairgrounds Road, Spindale. The meeting is Nov. 6. To learn more visit www.sweeprecycles.com.

Giveaways: Free clothing, household items and toys (used and some new) will be given away on Saturday, Nov. 7, from 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Sunshine Community Clubhouse. Sponsored by Ross Hill Baptist Church, Sunshine. Call 245-7703 for more information.

S.D.O. Fire Dept.: Nominations for the S.D.O. Board of directors will be accepted through Nov. 8, at 6 p.m.

Must be signed, dated and delivered to the board secretary Kaye Ruppe, 500 Long Branch Road, Forest City.

Nominees must be residents and tax payers in the S.D.O. Fire district.

2nd Annual Domestic Violence Luncheon: Nov. 13 and 14, at Union Hill AME Zion Church, 461 Ferguson Ridge Rd., Union Mills; The focus for this year is “Breaking The Silence: Focus on Domestic Violence in Teens and Young Adults with emphasis on “Dating Violence”; Friday from 7 to 9 p.m.; Saturday 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., lunch noon to 1 p.m.; for all adults and parents and young adults ages 13-21; contact Melissia Forney at 286-0810.

Fundraisers Spaghetti supper: Saturday, Nov. 7, 4 p.m., Thermal City United Methodist Church, Union Mills; adults $7, children $3; all you can eat; carry outs available.

Yard sale: Saturday, Nov. 7, 7 a.m. to noon, at Rutherford Life Services, 230 Fairground Road, Spindale; variety of household items, furniture and clothing; sponsored by the Pilot Club of Rutherford County.

Church fundraiser: Saturday, Nov. 7, begins at 7 a.m., Christian Celebration Church, 4517 BosticSunshine Hwy., baked goods and yard sale items; chicken and dressing dinner plates go on sale around noon.

Benefit concert: For Benjy Humphries and family; Sunday, Nov. 8, 6 p.m., Cliffside Baptist Church; music by Jimmy Mason, pianist, Ladell Shields, vocalist and organist, and Scott Moore, vocalist; a love offering will be taken at the door.

Poor man’s supper: Saturday, Nov. 14, begins at 11 a.m., Doggett Grove AME Zion Church, Forest City; $7 per plate; dessert $1; drinks 75 cents.

Breakfast: Saturday, Nov. 14, 7:30 to 10 a.m., Union Mills Learning Center; adults $5; ages 6-12, $3; under 6 free; fall book sale also.

Music/concerts Singing program: Sunday, Nov. 8, 4 p.m., Jerusalem Baptist Church, Harris.

Singing: Wednesday, Nov. 11, 7 p.m., Christian Celebration Church, 4517 Bostic-Sunshine Hwy., featuring Temple Veil.

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off the three days unpaid. All county employees will take the time off, but part-time help will be called in to make sure that emergency services like EMS and the Sheriff’s Department are still covered. The emergency services personnel will have until June 13, 2010, to take their three days, all other county employees will take off on Nov. 25, Dec. 23 and April 5, 2010.

During public comments for the meeting, commissioners heard from three speakers opposed to the public/private partnership proposed between the Community Pet Center and the County. Two speakers came to show support for the project. Also during the public comments section, Chairman Washburn explained a few ground rules after outbursts at the October meeting.

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the board agreed to join a joint defense agreement concerning a lawsuit by charter schools against the state, and various counties and county school boards, including Rutherford County and the Rutherford County Board of Education.

The largest of the school entities named as defendants is Mecklenburg County, joined by Union, Nash, Halifax, Edgecombe and Cleveland counties, in addition to Rutherford.

Among the plaintiffs is Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy.

The suit alleges that “Charter schools and charter school students are being denied the opportunity to receive from counties or local school administrative units a funding source freely granted to traditional public schools, the capital outlay fund.”

The school board Monday voted to be represented by the same law firm as the other school systems in the suit, which are being defended by the law firm of Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, in its Charlotte office.

The Rutherford County share of the defense costs will be 11 percent, compared to Charlotte-Mecklenburg’s 34 percent share.

“In the last few meetings we have had a number who have ventured over the allotted three minutes in time,” Washburn said. “Some have also said we are trying to infringe free speech.

This is not true and this is in no way the only time that people have to exercise their right to free speech. We set a three-minute time limit so we can be fair and balanced to everyone who comes to speak to us.”

Washburn also explained that in the future, commissioners would each have three minutes to make comments.

In speaking against the pet center project, Jennifer Naskov pointed to similar public/private partnerships that exist in Spartanburg and Greenville, S.C. highlighting the two that were in debt and constantly leaning on their respective counties for funding despite the private partners.

In defense of the pet center project, veternarian Dr. Paul Henkle said the spread of many diseases he has seen

in animals coming from the current animal shelter could have been curtailed with a facility that was better designed and constructed to prevent infection.

Commissioners also voted to appoint Veterans Service Officer Marie Champion to the county’s transit authority board. Chester Melton and Russ Horne were appointed to the Industrial Facilities and Pollution Control Financing Authority. And Sheila Spicer and Suzy Smoyer were both appointed as plat review officers for the town of Lake Lure.

Commissioners instructed county employees to prepare an ordinance to allow residents of Moss Drive in Rutherfordton to use golf carts on county roads and decided to vote on an Internet services contract with PANGAEA at their December meeting.

Board members also heard a report on Gear Up, by coordinator Neil VanDyke. The program takes in the East Rutherford district, and serves East Middle and East High School. Gear Up stands for Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs, and is designed to increase the number of low-income students who are prepared to enter and succeed in postsecondary education.

Board’s Advanced Placement Program. Twenty-six students qualified for the designation of AP Scholar, three qualified for the AP Scholar with honors and six qualified for AP Scholar with distinction.

Chase High School had one AP Scholar, East Rutherford High School had 10 AP Scholars, 3 with honors and three with distinction, R-S Central had 15 AP Scholars, and three with distinction.

“We are very proud of these students,” the superintendent said.

The program provides: n college counseling and college visits, with 100 percent of eighth grade students served, n financial aid information, n career awareness, n motivational activities, n parent involvement, n in-school and after-school tutoring programs, including athletic PE tutoring and middle school tutoring, n transition program, n summer enrichment, n and professional development and training.

Dr. Kinlaw praised the effort for some “very positive things,” and especially noted partnering with the McNair Foundation.

In the superintendent’s report, Dr. Kinlaw cited the 35 Rutherford County students who received AP Scholar Awards from the College

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

In other action, the board: n approved Heidi Odom as a Local Advisory Council appointee for R-S Central and Rodney Grant for Ellenboro. n heard from Janet Mason, assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction, on first readings on the student promotion and accountability policy and on the prohibition against discrimination, harassment and bullying policy and that policy’s complaint procedure, n Heard an update from Mason on the Arts Council Partnership.

The school board met on Monday, instead of on Tuesday, to avoid a conflict with Election Day. Contact Dale via e-mail at ldale@thedigitalcourier.com

Aycock birthplace historic site reopens for visitors FREMONT (AP) — The boyhood home of former North Carolina Gov. Charles Aycock is ready for visitors again.

Aycock was governor from 1901 to 1905. His house in Fremont has been closed to the public since a January 2008 fire.

A celebration Sunday will mark its reopening for tours. It also will mark the site’s 50th anniversary and the 150th anniversary of Aycock’s birth.

Aycock is known for his education reforms. But his speeches supporting white supremacy have been scrutinized in recent years since

research into the 1898 race riots in Wilmington.

In 2006, a state panel concluded that white supremacists overthrew government officials in New Hanover County by murdering and terrorizing blacks. It was the only recorded coup d’etat in U.S. history.

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Irish star tops AP’s preseason honors list

Beckham to return to AC Milan in January MILAN (AP) — David Beckham will return to AC Milan on loan in January after the Italian club reached an agreement with the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer.

The England midfielder played for Milan for six months in the first half of the year. He scored two goals in 18 games and has won back his place on England’s national team.

“I need to give myself the best chance possible to make the World Cup squad and playing for Milan on loan will help me to do that,” Beckham said in a statement. “I genuinely enjoyed my time at Milan and I look forward to meeting the players and staff again.”

By JIM O’CONNELL AP Basketball Writer

Carolina Panthers’ Na’il Diggs (53) celebrates an interception returned for a touchdown by teammate Julius Peppers in the second quarter of an NFL football game against the Arizona Cardinals Sunday in Glendale, Ariz.

The Panthers defeated the Cardinals 34-21.

Keselowski replacing Stremme for season MOORESVILLE (AP) — Brad Keselowski will start his new job at Penske Racing a little early.

Keselowski will drive the No. 12 Dodge for the final three NASCAR Sprint Cup races of the season, replacing David Stremme.

Keselowski, who won the Cup race at Talladega in April, signed a deal in September to take over the No. 12 in 2010.

Team owner Roger Penske opted to bring Keselowski in ahead of schedule so the driver can get jump start on next season.

The 25-year-old Keselowski is currently ranked third in the Nationwide Series points race while driving for JR Motorsports. He’ll drive the No. 22 Dodge for Penske in the Nationwide Series next year.

Penske announced the change on Monday.

Philly paper gets ahead of itself PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia newspaper has apologized to readers for mistakenly running an ad congratulating the Philadelphia Phillies on winning back-toback World Series titles.

The Yankees held a commanding 3-1 lead in the championship as of Monday, the day the ad was printed in the Philadelphia Inquirer.

The three-quarter-page Macy’s ad is on the back of the front section and features a T-shirt with the Phillies logo, the commissioner’s trophy and the phrase “Back To Back World Series Champions.”

The Inquirer released a message to readers saying the paper deeply regrets the error.

Coach to step down following this season WINSTON-SALEM (AP) — Winston-Salem State women’s basketball coach Dee Stokes is stepping down after the upcoming season.

The school announced Monday that Stokes plans to pursue a career in educational administration and step away from coaching. Stokes was hired in April 2006 and says she wanted to fulfill her fouryear contract.

Stokes has a 17-69 record in three seasons.

On TV 2:30 p.m. (FSS) UEFA Champions League Soccer Teams TBA. 7 p.m. (ESPN2) College Football Bowling Green at Buffalo.

10 p.m. (TS) NBA Basketball Atlanta Hawks at Portland Trail Blazers. From the Rose Garden in Portland, Ore.

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Panthers show their stuff CHARLOTTE (AP) — DeAngelo Williams was dominant and set a team record, Julius Peppers was spectacular and Sherrod Martin came out of nowhere to produce two of Carolina’s six forced turnovers.

Yet the game ball from the Panthers’ surprisingly easy 34-21 win over Arizona Sunday went to the guy who spent the fourth quarter getting a CT scan: embattled quarterback Jake Delhomme.

“That one is for No. 17,” backup QB Matt Moore said.

Delhomme was back at Bank of America Stadium on Monday to watch the film of the unlikely victory. Coach John Fox said Delhomme has “some soreness, but feels good” after his chest injury and subsequent hospital visit.

Meanwhile, his teammates finally did enough so Delhomme could just manage the game and not have to win it himself.

Delhomme entered the game with an NFL-high 13 interceptions and the Panthers with a league-worst minus-14 turnover margin. Three hours later, Delhomme had his first turnover-free

game of the season and the Panthers forced Kurt Warner into five interceptions and a lost fumble.

Yes, the Panthers harassed Warner into the same six-turnover performance that Delhomme produced in the ugly playoff loss to the Cardinals in January that started his downfall.

“I actually read things today that we weren’t trying as hard,” Fox said. “The fact of the matter is when you turn the ball over at the rate we’ve turned it over we were fortunate to be at 2-4 prior to Sunday’s game. We definitely had to get that fixed.”

They did by returning to the style that Fox craves: a dominant running game combined with a hard-hitting, opportunistic defense.

The Panthers ran it right at the Cardinals’ then-No. 1 ranked rushing defense. They ran it at eight-man fronts.

They ran it on normal passing downs.

They ran it so much (44 rushes to 15 passes) that Delhomme and Moore did Please see Panthers, Page 9

Luke Harangody should get used to being on top of lists.

The senior forward from Notre Dame was the leading vote-getter Monday on The Associated Press’ preseason All-America team, and if he has the type of season he usually does, he will become the leader for his school and conference in scoring and rebounding.

The 6-foot-8 Harangody received 57 votes from the 65-member national media panel and was followed in the balloting by Kansas teammates Cole Aldrich and Sherron Collins. They are the sixth set of teammates selected for the preseason team, which began in 1986-87, and the second from Kansas, joining Raef LaFrentz and Paul Pierce in 1997-98.

Aldrich, a 6-11 junior who recorded a triple-double in the NCAA tournament, received 49 votes, 10 more than Collins, a senior point guard.

Junior forwards Patrick Patterson of Kentucky, who had 35 votes, and Kyle Singler of Duke, who had 30, rounded out the team.

Harangody averaged 23.3 points and 11.8 rebounds last season, the only player to rank in the top 10 nationally in both categories. He was a preseason All-American in 2008-09 and was selected to the second team after the season.

Aldrich’s stock rose all last season and it culminated with the first official triple-double in Kansas history when he had 13 points, 20 rebounds and 10 blocks in a second-round NCAA win over Dayton.

Collins didn’t become a fulltime starter until last season when he averaged 18.9 points and 5.0 assists in earning third-team All-American honors. He and Aldrich are the stars of a deep Kansas team picked No. 1 in the preseason Top 25.

The 6-9 Patterson averaged 17.9 points and 9.3 rebounds for the Wildcats last season and he’s expected to be more of an inside presence this season.

Singler averaged 16.5 points and 7.7 rebounds last season for the Blue Devils but his role should change to more of a perimeter one this season.

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WORLD SERIES

NEW YORK 3, PHILADELPHIA 1 Game 1 — Philadelphia 6, New York 1 Game 2 — New York 3, Philadelphia 1 Game 3 — New York 8, Philadelphia 5 Game 4 — New York 7, Philadelphia 4, New York leads series 3-1 Game 5 — New York at Philadelphia, late

If necessary: Game 6 — Wednesday Philadelphia at New York, 7:57 p.m.

Game 7 — Thursday Philadelphia at New York, 7:57 p.m.

FOOTBALL National Football League AMERICAN CONFERENCE

W New England 5 N.Y. Jets 4 Miami 3 Buffalo 3

East L T 2 0 4 0 4 0 5 0

Indianapolis Houston Jacksonville Tennessee

W 7 5 3 1

South L T 0 0 3 0 4 0 6 0

Pct PF 1.000 197 .625 198 .429 133 .143 114

PA 91 168 177 211

Cincinnati Pittsburgh Baltimore Cleveland

W 5 5 4 1

North L T 2 0 2 0 3 0 7 0

Pct .714 .714 .571 .125

PF 163 167 199 78

PA 128 129 137 209

Denver San Diego Oakland Kansas City

W 6 4 2 1

West L T 1 0 3 0 6 0 6 0

Pct .857 .571 .250 .143

PF 140 185 78 105

PA 96 159 201 181

Pct .714 .500 .429 .375

PF 198 177 176 123

PA 98 134 177 169

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

Philadelphia Dallas N.Y. Giants Washington

W 5 5 5 2

East L T 2 0 2 0 3 0 5 0

Pct .714 .714 .625 .286

PF 203 197 212 96

PA 133 136 183 123

New Orleans Atlanta Carolina Tampa Bay

W 6 4 3 0

South L T 0 0 2 0 4 0 7 0

Pct PF 1.000 238 .667 144 .429 128 .000 96

PA 127 114 166 203

Minnesota Green Bay Chicago Detroit

W 7 4 4 1

North L T 1 0 3 0 3 0 6 0

Pct .875 .571 .571 .143

PF 244 187 159 113

PA 174 134 150 205

Arizona San Francisco Seattle St. Louis

W 4 3 2 1

West L T 3 0 4 0 5 0 7 0

Pct .571 .429 .286 .125

PF 157 147 135 77

PA 143 140 147 221

Sunday’s Games St. Louis 17, Detroit 10 Miami 30, N.Y. Jets 25 Dallas 38, Seattle 17 Chicago 30, Cleveland 6 Baltimore 30, Denver 7 Houston 31, Buffalo 10 Indianapolis 18, San Francisco 14 Philadelphia 40, N.Y. Giants 17 San Diego 24, Oakland 16 Tennessee 30, Jacksonville 13 Minnesota 38, Green Bay 26 Carolina 34, Arizona 21 Open: New England, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Kansas City, Washington, Tampa Bay Monday’s Game Atlanta at New Orleans, late Sunday, Nov. 8 Arizona at Chicago, 1 p.m.

Washington at Atlanta, 1 p.m.

Miami at New England, 1 p.m.

Houston at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.

Baltimore at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.

Green Bay at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.

Kansas City at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.

Detroit at Seattle, 4:05 p.m.

Carolina at New Orleans, 4:05 p.m.

San Diego at N.Y. Giants, 4:15 p.m.

Tennessee at San Francisco, 4:15 p.m.

Dallas at Philadelphia, 8:20 p.m.

Open: Buffalo, N.Y. Jets, Oakland, Minnesota, St. Louis, Cleveland Monday, Nov. 9 Pittsburgh at Denver, 8:30 p.m.

The AP Top 25

The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 31, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:

1. Florida (38) 2. Texas (13) 3. Alabama (8) 4. Cincinnati 5. Boise St. 6. TCU 7. Oregon 8. Iowa 9. LSU 10. Georgia Tech 11. Penn St. 12. Southern Cal 13. Houston 14. Pittsburgh 15. Ohio St. 16. Miami 17. Utah 18. Oklahoma St. 19. Notre Dame 20. Oklahoma 21. Arizona 22. Virginia Tech 23. California 24. Wisconsin 25. BYU

Record 8-0 8-0 8-0 8-0 8-0 8-0 7-1 9-0 7-1 8-1 8-1 6-2 7-1 7-1 7-2 6-2 7-1 6-2 6-2 5-3 5-2 5-3 6-2 6-2 6-2

Pts 1,448 1,408 1,390 1,212 1,211 1,147 1,130 1,127 1,036 949 886 741 707 690 636 602 552 361 352 348 322 185 181 172 130

Pvs 1 3 2 5 6 8 10 7 9 11 12 4 15 16 17 18 19 13 25 22 23 14 — — —

Others receiving votes: South Florida 115, Clemson 35, Auburn 30, Texas Tech 24, West Virginia 15, Rutgers 11, Boston College 6, Cent.

Michigan 4, Oregon St. 4, Tennessee 3, Idaho 2, Richmond 1, South Carolina 1, Temple 1.

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

W L Pct Boston 4 0 1.000 Philadelphia 2 1 .667 Toronto 1 2 .333 New York 1 3 .300 New Jersey 0 4 .000 Southeast Division

W L Pct Miami 3 0 1.000 Orlando 3 0 1.000 Atlanta 2 1 .667 Washington 2 1 .667 Charlotte 2 2 .500 Central Division

W L Pct Cleveland 2 2 .500 Milwaukee 1 1 .500 Chicago 1 2 .333 Detroit 1 2 .333 Indiana 0 2 .000 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division

W L Pct Dallas 2 1 .667 Houston 2 1 .667 San Antonio 2 1 .667 Memphis 1 2 .333 New Orleans 1 3 .300 Northwest Division

W L Pct Denver 3 0 1.000 Oklahoma City 2 1 .667 Portland 2 2 .500 Utah 1 1 .500 Minnesota 1 2 .333 Pacific Division

W L Pct Phoenix 3 0 1.000 L.A. Lakers 2 1 .667 Golden State 0 2 .000 Sacramento 0 3 .000 L.A. Clippers 0 4 .000

GB — — 1 1 2 GB — — 1/2 1/2 1 GB — — — 1 1 GB — 1 1 1/2 1 1/2 2 GB — 1 2 1/2 3 3 1/2

National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF 14 11 3 0 22 48 15 9 5 1 19 50 12 8 4 0 16 31 12 7 4 1 15 45 14 5 4 5 15 37 Northeast Division

GP W L OT Pts GF Buffalo 11 8 2 1 17 33 Montreal 14 7 7 0 14 38 Ottawa 12 6 4 2 14 37 Boston 13 6 6 1 13 33 Toronto 12 1 7 4 6 30 Southeast Division

GP W L OT Pts GF Washington 14 8 2 4 20 52 Tampa Bay 12 4 4 4 12 32 Atlanta 10 5 4 1 11 34 Florida 12 4 7 1 9 32 Carolina 13 2 8 3 7 28 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF Chicago 13 8 4 1 17 39 Columbus 13 7 5 1 15 42 Nashville 13 6 6 1 13 28 Detroit 12 5 4 3 13 38 St. Louis 12 5 6 1 11 29 Northwest Division

GP W L OT Pts GF Colorado 15 10 3 2 22 45 Vancouver 15 8 7 0 16 42 Calgary 12 7 4 1 15 44 Edmonton 15 7 7 1 15 45 Minnesota 14 5 9 0 10 31 Pacific Division

GP W L OT Pts GF San Jose 15 10 4 1 21 52 Phoenix 13 9 4 0 18 35 Los Angeles 14 8 4 2 18 46 Dallas 14 6 3 5 17 48 Anaheim 12 4 6 2 10 34

Pittsburgh N.Y. Rangers New Jersey Philadelphia N.Y. Islanders

GA 31 39 28 34 42 GA 24 45 37 35 50 GA 44 42 29 44 50 GA 31 46 38 42 33 GA 34 41 39 46 42 GA 38 25 42 45 42

NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Saturday’s Games Boston 2, Edmonton 0 Philadelphia 6, Carolina 1 Atlanta 3, Ottawa 1 New Jersey 2, Tampa Bay 1, SO Montreal 5, Toronto 4, SO N.Y. Islanders 5, Buffalo 0 Minnesota 2, Pittsburgh 1 Florida 4, St. Louis 0 Nashville 4, Dallas 2 Phoenix 3, Anaheim 2, SO Detroit 3, Calgary 1 Sunday’s Games N.Y. Rangers 1, Boston 0 San Jose 5, Carolina 1 Columbus 5, Washington 4, OT Vancouver 3, Colorado 0 Monday’s Games Philadelphia 6, Tampa Bay 2 N.Y. Islanders 3, Edmonton 1 Los Angeles at Phoenix, late Tuesday’s Games Boston at Detroit, 7 p.m.

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

Atlanta at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.

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RACING NASCAR Sprint Cup-AMP Energy 500 Results At Talladega Superspeedway Talladega, Ala. (Start position in parentheses) 1. (22) Jamie McMurray, Ford 2. (11) Kasey Kahne, Dodge 3. (20) Joey Logano, Toyota 4. (8) Greg Biffle, Ford 5. (18) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet 6. (1) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet 7. (33) Michael Waltrip, Toyota 8. (36) Brad Keselowski, Dodge 9. (26) Elliott Sadler, Ford 10. (37) Bobby Labonte, Chevrolet 11. (24) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet 12. (15) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet 13. (12) Brian Vickers, Toyota 14. (10) Carl Edwards, Ford 15. (13) Kyle Busch, Toyota 16. (29) Reed Sorenson, Dodge 17. (28) David Ragan, Ford 18. (41) Robert Richardson Jr., Toyota 19. (5) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet 20. (3) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet 21. (21) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet 22. (30) David Stremme, Dodge 23. (35) John Andretti, Chevrolet 24. (14) Matt Kenseth, Ford 25. (19) Casey Mears, Chevrolet 26. (16) David Reutimann, Toyota 27. (38) Scott Speed, Toyota 28. (2) Mark Martin, Chevrolet 29. (42) Max Papis, Toyota 30. (6) Kurt Busch, Dodge 31. (23) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 32. (34) Robby Gordon, Toyota 33. (25) AJ Allmendinger, Dodge 34. (17) Marcos Ambrose, Toyota 35. (4) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet 36. (7) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet 37. (31) Erik Darnell, Ford 38. (9) Denny Hamlin, Toyota 39. (43) Regan Smith, Chevrolet 40. (27) Sam Hornish Jr., Dodge 41. (40) Dave Blaney, Toyota 42. (32) Paul Menard, Ford 43. (39) Joe Nemechek, Toyota Race Statistics Average Speed of Race Winner: 157.213 mph.

Time of Race: 3 hours, 13 minutes, 54 seconds.

Margin of Victory: Under Caution.

Caution Flags: 6 for 23 laps.

Lead Changes: 58 among 25 drivers.

Lap Leaders: M.Martin 1; Ku.Busch 2-8; C.Edwards 9; D.Reutimann 10; C.Edwards 11; D.Reutimann 12-16; J.Gordon 17-21; C.Mears 22-41; D.Earnhardt Jr. 42; E.Sadler 43-46; J.Burton 47; R.Newman 48; T.Stewart 49; M.Waltrip 50-51; E.Sadler 52-57; D.Hamlin 58; E.Sadler 59; D.Earnhardt Jr. 60-61; D.Hamlin 62; K.Harvick 63-88; D.Earnhardt Jr. 89; J.Montoya 90; K.Harvick 91; M.Martin 92-97; M.Ambrose 98-99; D.Hamlin 100-105; J.Andretti 106; D.Hamlin 107-108; R.Gordon 109-110; J.Burton 111; J.Gordon 112-113; R.Gordon 114; J.Logano 115; D.Earnhardt Jr. 116-118; D.Hamlin 119; Ky.Busch 120-122; R.Newman 123-124; Ky.Busch 125; J.Burton 126; J.Gordon 127-130; D.Stremme 131-135; B.Keselowski 136-139; J.Andretti 140; B.Keselowski 141-143; J.Gordon 144; K.Harvick 145; M.Truex Jr. 146; K.Kahne 147; E.Sadler 148; J.Montoya 149-150; J.Burton 151; J.McMurray 152; M.Ambrose 153; J.McMurray 154-167; D.Earnhardt Jr. 168-169; J.McMurray 170-175; D.Stremme 176-180; J.McMurray 181-191.

Top 12 in Points: 1. J.Johnson, 6,248; 2. M.Martin, 6,064; 3. J.Gordon, 6,056; 4. J.Montoya, 6,009; 5.

T.Stewart, 5,969; 6. Ku.Busch, 5,936; 7. G.Biffle, 5,908; 8. R.Newman, 5,846; 9. K.Kahne, 5,834; 10. C.Edwards, 5,811; 11. D.Hamlin, 5,800; 12.

B.Vickers, 5,692.

SOCCER Major League Soccer Playoffs At A Glance EASTERN CONFERENCE Semifinals Columbus vs. Real Salt Lake Real Salt Lake 1, Columbus 0 Thursday, Nov. 5: Real Salt Lake at Columbus, 8 p.m.

Chicago vs. New England New England 2, Chicago 1 Saturday, Nov. 7: New England at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

Championship Thursday, Nov. 12: TBD Saturday, Nov. 14: TBD WESTERN CONFERENCE Semifinals Los Angeles vs. Chivas USA Los Angeles 2, Chivas USA 2, tie Sunday, Nov. 8: Chivas USA at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m.

Houston vs. Seattle Houston 0, Seattle 0, tie Sunday, Nov. 8: Seattle at Houston, 3 p.m.

Championship Thursday, Nov. 12: TBD Saturday, Nov. 14: TBD

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New York City Marathon men’s winner Meb Keflezighi, of the U.S., holds up a replica of the Empire State Building while posing for photos on the 86th floor observatory of the building Monday in New York.

U.S. drought in NYC Marathon ends at 27 years NEW YORK (AP) — Meb Keflezighi wrote a letter to Alberto Salazar 11 years ago explaining how American distance runners could again find success.

Salazar was the last U.S. man to win the New York City Marathon, a distinction he held until Keflezighi proved himself right Sunday. Keflezighi broke a 27-year drought with his victory, one of six American men in the top 10.

“Today was a huge day,” said Keflezighi, who finished in 2 hours, 9 minutes, 15 seconds. “You visualize, you visualize, but when reality hits, it hits home, and it’s pretty sweet.”

Derartu Tulu of Ethiopia was the women’s winner on a day when a record field of nearly 44,000 started the 40th edition of this race. Two-time defending champion Paula Radcliffe fell back to fourth, hobbled by tendinitis behind her left knee.

Keflezighi wrote the letter in 1998 to Salazar, who worked with Nike, arguing that for U.S. distance running to thrive, athletes needed the funding to allow them to train full-time.

That same year, Keflezighi became an American citizen. He was born in the East African nation of Eritrea, growing up in a hut with no electricity.

Soldiers would surround his village, looking for boys 12 and older to drag off to war.

When he was 10, his family moved to Italy; two years later, they came to the United States.

Keflezighi began running in junior high in San Diego, then went on to star at UCLA.

Wallace leads ’Cats past Nets CHARLOTTE (AP) — Gerald Wallace had 24 points and a career-high 20 rebounds and the Charlotte Bobcats held the New Jersey Nets without a point for more than 10 minutes in rallying for a 79-68 victory on Monday.

The Nets’ ineptitude allowed Charlotte to go on a 24-0 run bridging the third and fourth quarters, wiping out the Bobcats’ horrible offensive start.

D.J. Augustin added 21 points.

The Nets dropped to 0-4 thanks to a brutal stretch where they lost Yi Jianlian to a sprained right knee and went nearly 11 1/2 minutes without a field goal. The Nets went 0 for 11 from the field with nine turnovers before Chris Douglas-Roberts’ three-point play ended the scoreless drought at 10:03.

Douglas-Roberts had 20 points and Brook Lopez added 18 in a game where neither team shot better than 37 percent.

Two nights after Nets coach Lawrence Frank said the team’s defensive effort was “pitiful” in a loss to Washington, the offense was even worse and the injuries kept piling up.

The Nets played their second straight game without point guard Devin Harris, who was in Chicago where a specialist told him he has a strained groin and not a more serious injury.

Then New Jersey lost Yi midway through the third quarter when a falling Wallace rolled into his leg. Yi was helped to the locker room and didn’t return.

It started the Nets’ downfall — after the Bobcats tied a team record with only eight field goals in the first half.

The Nets tied a team low with seven points in the third quarter on 2-of-15 shooting. That allowed the athletic Wallace to take over. He shot 7 of 14 from the field and 10 of 13 from the line while dominating the glass.

A barrage of missed layups, open jumpers and shot clock violations in the first quarter sent folks scrambling to check records for offensive ineptitude. The teams combined to make eight of 42 shots and New Jersey led 14-10, just six points off the NBA record for the fewest points by two teams in a quarter.

The Bobcats shot a team-worst 19 percent in the first half, yet trailed only 41-33. Then the Nets imploded and the Bobcats got a win in Raja Bell’s season debut.

Deciding to put off surgery to repair a torn ligament in his left wrist, Bell looked rusty. He shot 1 for 8 and finished with three points and four rebounds.

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Panthers Continued from Page 7

Minnesota Vikings’ Sidney Rice (18) has the ball knocked away for an incomplete pass by Green Bay Packers’ Tramon Williams during the second half of an NFL football game Sunday in Green Bay, Wis. Associated Press

Titans, Rams get first victories

By The Associated Press

The Titans and Rams are winless no more. The Broncos finally lost a game. And the Indianapolis Colts did just enough to win.

They always do, it seems.

At Indianapolis, the Colts (7-0) beat San Francisco 18-14 to win their 16th straight regularseason game and became the last undefeated team in the AFC when Denver was manhandled 30-7 by the Ravens in Baltimore.

Tennessee (1-6) hadn’t won since Dec. 21 in Pittsburgh. St. Louis hadn’t won in more than a year — dating to Oct. 19, 2008 against Dallas.

“I haven’t forgotten how it feels, it’s just been a long time,” Rams running back Stephen Jackson said after St. Louis beat Detroit 17-10.

As expected of two teams that combined for one win entering the day, the Rams and Lions played an awful football game.

At Detroit, Jackson’s 25-yard touchdown run with 1:38 left kept the Rams (1-7) from matching the worst start in franchise history. They also ended talk about joining Detroit (1-6) as the only teams in NFL history to have an 0-16 season.

In Nashville, Tenn., the Titans ended their streak of eight straight losses thanks in part to quarterback Vince Young.

Tennessee owner Bud Adams isn’t taking credit for the decision to start Young and bench Kerry Collins, even though Young threw for a touchdown and kept the Titans in the game.

Chris Johnson set a franchise record by rushing for 228 yards and two TDs in the 30-13 rout of the Jaguars (3-4).

Jacksonville’s Maurice JonesDrew ran for 177 yards and TDs of 79 and 80 yards. Johnson had scoring runs of 52 and 89 yards, making the game the first in NFL history with four touchdown runs of 50 yards or longer, according to the NFL. Denver started the day as one of three unbeaten teams in the NFL and was trying to improve to 7-0 for the first time since 1998. Instead, they went from unbeaten to overmatched during a 60-minute beatdown.

Rookie Lardarius Webb returned the second-half kickoff 95 yards for a touchdown, and Baltimore (4-3) rolled to an easy win.

It was Denver’s first loss under rookie coach Josh McDaniels.

The Broncos (6-1) came in with

the NFL’s top-ranked defense, a plus-7 turnover differential and one of the league’s best kick returners in Eddie Royal. Denver had also outscored the opposition 76-10 after halftime.

All that is history, leaving the Colts alone among the conference unbeatens.

Again.

For the fourth time in five years, the Colts are the last perfect team in the AFC. It wasn’t easy, but Jim Caldwell became the first rookie coach since the 1970 NFL-AFL merger to win his first seven NFL games, and Indy became the eighth team in league history with 16 straight regular-season wins.

With Peyton Manning out of sync and the offense struggling to score touchdowns Sunday, the Colts needed running back Joseph Addai to throw a 22-yard TD pass to get past the 49ers (3-4).

Packers 38, Vikings 26 At Green Bay, Wis., Brett Favre sliced up his former team and stuck it to the franchise that cast him aside as the Vikings beat the Packers 38-26 at Lambeau Field.

If walking out to waves of loud jeers from his former fans threw Favre off his game, it didn’t last long. Despite being booed repeatedly by Packers fans who once cheered his every move, Favre completed 17 of 28 passes for 244 yards and four touchdowns. The Vikings (7-1) took a firm hold on the NFC North standings.

Chargers 24, Raiders 16 At San Diego, LaDainian Tomlinson scored twice, the first in the wildcat, and the Chargers beat the Raiders for the 13th straight time, the NFL’s longest active streak by one team over another.

The Chargers (4-3) have swept the series for the sixth straight season. Many Chargers, including quarterback Philip Rivers, have never lost to the Raiders (2-6).

Eagles 40, Giants 17 At Philadelphia, Donovan McNabb threw three touchdown passes and DeSean Jackson had another big TD catch for the Eagles.

The Eagles (5-2) remained undefeated in the division and host Dallas next week. Philly dominated without running

back Brian Westbrook (concussion).

New York (5-3) has lost three straight games.

Cowboys 38, Seahawks 17 At Arlington, Texas, Miles Austin caught a touchdown pass for the third straight game and Patrick Crayton returned a punt for a score for the second consecutive week, sending Dallas into a share of first place in the NFC East.

Tony Romo had his third straight game without an interception. Since a herky-jerky first month, the Cowboys (5-2) have won three straight.

Romo threw for 256 yards, with touchdowns to Austin, Sam Hurd and Roy Williams.

Marion Barber added a TD run.

DeMarcus Ware had a sack for the third straight game.

Dolphins 30, Jets 25 At East Rutherford, N.J., Ted Ginn Jr. had two long kickoff returns for touchdowns in the third quarter. Miami (3-4) swept the two regular-season games after the Dolphins and Jets (4-3) met for the second time in 20 days.

Ginn became the first player to return two kickoffs for touchdowns in the same quarter since Green Bay’s Travis Williams in 1967. Ginn had returns of 100 and 101 yards.

Texans 31, Bills 10 At Orchard Park, N.Y., Ryan Moats, taking over after starter Steve Slaton lost yet another fumble, scored touchdowns on three straight fourth-quarter drives to help the Texans (5-3) win their third straight for the best start in franchise history.

Matt Schaub bounced back from two first-half interceptions to lead six scoring drives on seven possessions. Slaton has fumbled seven times this season and lost five.

Bears 30, Browns 6 At Chicago, Jay Cutler threw for 225 yards, Matt Forte ran for two touchdowns and the Bears (4-3) easily beat the bumbling Browns (1-7).

Derek Anderson had another miserable day and was lifted for Brady Quinn, the man he replaced in Week 3, with about 3 minutes left in the game.

Anderson completed just 6 of 17 passes for 76 yards and was intercepted twice.

not complete a single pass in the second half.

Williams had a career-long 77-yard run on the way to a 158-yard day that moved him past DeShaun Foster as the franchise’s all-time leader in yards rushing. Jonathan Stewart added 87 more yards and two touchdowns. The 270 yards rushing was the second-most in team history.

“I think we’ve run the ball pretty effectively over the last month,” Fox said. “That’s not the area we’ve been concerned with.”

That would be the passing game. Fox debated benching Delhomme last week after he threw three more picks in a home loss to Buffalo. He decided to stick with him, then watched Delhomme be unspectacular — and mistake-free.

He completed 7 of 9 passes for 90 yards in the first half, including a 50-yard touchdown pass to Steve Smith. It was Smith’s first TD and Delhomme’s first touchdown pass to a wide receiver all season.

The running game and the defense, though, took center stage. Peppers, who was criticized for his slow start and his $1 million-a-game salary, continued perhaps the best stretch of his career. He had a leaping interception and 13-yard return for a touchdown. He later sacked Warner and forced a fumble that all but ended Arizona’s comeback hopes.

A newcomer helped, too. Rookie Sherrod Martin, starting at free safety for Charles Godfrey (ankle), had two interceptions. He was part of a secondary that contained one of the NFL’s most feared passing games.

That took the pressure off Delhomme at a critical point in his career. Sure, he was 0 for 5 passing in the second half before leaving after getting crunched by two Cardinals. But Delhomme, who expects to play Sunday at New Orleans, avoided the mistakes that have plagued his season.

It left the Panthers only 3-4 with a game against one of the NFL’s best up next. But the performance was welcomed and needed by the coach, quarterback and his teammates.

“The biggest thing is just getting those turnovers flipped around,” Fox said.

NASCAR Continued from Page 7

for a large portion of the race.

It was so peculiar, many wondered if it was a unified 43-driver thumbing of the nose at NASCAR, which surprised the participants two hours before the race with a no-bumping edict.

It wasn’t anything so contrived.

It was instead the watered-down results of a technology-driven sport that has far surpassed the limitations of the 2.66-mile speedway.

Drivers went into Sunday’s race with one of two options: race hard for 500 miles and risk wrecking early in the action, or tick off laps for two-plus hours and turn it up a notch when the checkered flag was in reach.

“People know they shouldn’t race yet, there’s no need to,” said three-time defending champion Jimmie Johnson.

The last lap mattered most for winner Jamie McMurray, who snapped an 86-race losing streak.

Same for Johnson, whose strategy would have backfired if his nearest challengers had not run out of gas late, allowing him to vault to a stunning sixth-place finish.

But still, in the end, all the measures taken by NASCAR to improve safety and reduce the eyepopping accidents that have become a staple of restrictor plate racing were for naught. The final 10 laps were still marred by two frightening accidents in which cars went airborne — bringing the total to four vehicle rollovers in two Talladega weekends this season.

Wasn’t keeping the cars on the track the point of all the safety measures?

That’s the dilemma NASCAR finds itself in after yet another emotional day in Alabama. The style of racing, a product of the unpredictability at Talladega, left fans and drivers alike unsatisfied, and the end result was still a garage full of wrecked cars.

It’s time, once and for all, for NASCAR to find a solution.

Points To Ponder Lanny funchess

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Becoming A Funeral Director - Part 2

The last time we visited this subject we looked at some of the legal requirements that had to be met to become a funeral director in the State of North Carolina. I would like to briefly look at the personal aspects of becoming a funeral director in this article.

The motivation to become a funeral director must come from a deep concern for others. Serving others in what might be the most difficult times of life takes more than just doing ones job. You must possess empathy for others and have a genuine interest in helping them.

In fact, the more effective funeral directors I have met through the years have been those who have a true “calling” into this field.

To have the ability to set down with a grieving family and to assist them in putting together a meaning celebration of life for their deceased loved one, is a most rewarding experience. However, it takes much patience, good listening skills, and the ability to go above and beyond to see that the’tamily’s needs are met.

You will be asked to sacrifice your own plans very often to serve a

family because death takes no holiday or knows no convenience of time. I have many times just set down for an evening meal with my family to have the phone ring and to be gone for the next several hours serving the needs of a bereaved family.

If you are married, you must have a very understanding spouse.

The unpredictability of funeral service requires much patience on your family’s behalf. In the end, becoming a funeral director must be a commitment shared by you and your family.

“Quality Service with Compassionate Care”

Harrelson

Funeral Home 1251 Hwy. 221-A, Forest City, NC

(828) 657-6383 www.harrelsonfuneralhome.com

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A crowd of people wait in line outside a clinic set up for Swine Flu inoculations, Monday in Worcester, Mass. Dr. Anne Schuchat, director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Disease at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said the flu is currently widespread in 48 states and hospitalizations and deaths continue to increase.

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WASHINGTON — Independent health advisers begin monitoring safety of the swine flu vaccine on Monday, an extra step the government promised in this year’s unprecedented program to watch for possible side effects.

Decades of safe influenza inoculations mean specialists aren’t expecting problems with the swine flu vaccine, because it’s made the same way as the regular winter flu vaccine. But systems to track the health of millions of Americans are being tapped to make sure — to spot any rare but real problems quickly, and to explain the inevitable false alarms when common disorders coincide with inoculation.

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A specially appointed working group of independent experts will track the vaccine’s safety, too.

Although the group will deliberate in private meetings, starting Monday, its charge is to raise a red flag if members feel the feds miss anything.

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Nation Today Muslim cleric enters plea of ‘not guilty’ NEW YORK (AP) — An imam accused of lying to FBI agents investigating an alleged bomb plot against New York City by a suspected al-Qaida associate pleaded not guilty Monday.

“I have nothing to hide,” Ahmad Wais Afzali told reporters outside federal court in Brooklyn after his plea.

The 37-year-old Afzali was arrested in September as federal authorities tried to thwart the alleged plot

by Najibullah Zazi, a Colorado airport van driver they say received explosives training from al-Qaida on a trip to Pakistan.

Authorities say Zazi conspired to use homemade bombs in a largescale terror attack, possibly on the city’s transit system.

Michigan plant burns

MARYSVILLE, Mich. (AP) — Multiple explosions rocked a Michigan welding supply plant after a settling tank burst into flames on Monday, sending at least one person to the hospital and prompting several nearby homes and businesses to evacuate, authorities said.

An employee at the plant in Marysville, about 50 miles northeast of Detroit, was removing a valve from a settling tank when it explod-

ed, said the town’s police chief, Tim Buelow.

Thick plumes of black smoke were visible for miles after the first explosion, which rattled windows in nearby downtown Port Huron.

By BEN DOBBIN

Associated Press Writer

CLEVELAND (AP) — Investigators trying to identify the bodies of six women found in the home of a convicted rapist are focusing the inquiry on eight or nine missing women, the coroner said Monday.

It could take days or weeks to identify the bodies using dental records or DNA mouth-swab samples from relatives. Cuyahoga County Coroner Frank Miller said his office has begun the “arduous” process of collecting materials from dentists and relatives.

The six women were black and five of them had been strangled, authorities said. The cause of death of the sixth hadn’t been determined.

The bodies were discovered last week after a woman reported being raped at the east-side home of 50-year-old Anthony Sowell.

Armed with search and arrest warrants, police went to the home Thursday to arrest Sowell on a rape and felonious assault warrant.

He wasn’t there, but police found two bodies. Police found the other remains on Friday and arrested Sowell on Saturday.

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out, there seems to be an extraspecial obligation to make sure things remain as uncomplicated as they have in the past,” Dr. Marie McCormick of the Harvard School of Public Health, who chairs the working group, told the AP. Vaccinations against the new flu, which scientists call the 2009 H1N1 strain, have begun more slowly than the Obama administration had hoped, with long lines for the nearly 27 million doses divided around the country so far. More is on the way, even as swine flu cases and hospitalizations continue to rise.

How many ultimately line up depends in part on public confidence in the vaccine’s safety. While vaccine side effects always are monitored, the H1N1 inoculations are getting extra scrutiny in part because the last mass vaccinations against a very different swine flu, in 1976, were marred by reports of a rare paralyzing condition, Guillain-Barre syndrome.

A report in The Lancet British medical journal on Friday said the intense monitoring will be crucial for an additional reason: separating normal disease rates from real vaccine risks. For example, 2,500 miscarriages occur every day in the U.S., and about 3,000 heart attacks — and some are sure to coincide with vaccination yet not be caused by it.

Deaths lead to recall

Six bodies found in home

The Daily Courier

Another group tracks swine flu for side effects

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Two deaths and 26 other illnesses may be linked to fresh ground beef that has been recalled because it might be contaminated with E. coli bacteria, a federal health official said Monday.

One of the deaths involved a New York adult with several underlying health conditions, said Lola Scott Russell, a spokeswoman for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The other is a death previously reported by New Hampshire, where state health officials said a patient died due to complications.

Russell said all but three of the suspected infections are in the northeastern U.S. and 18 are in New England.

Ashville, N.Y.-based Fairbank Farms recalled almost 546,000 pounds of fresh ground beef that had been distributed in September to stores from North Carolina to Maine.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s recall notice, dated Saturday, said that the possibly tainted meat had been sold in numerous ways, from meatloaf and meatball mix to hamburger patties.

Some of the ground beef was sold at Trader Joe’s, Price Chopper, Lancaster, Wild Harvest, Shaw’s, BJ’s, Ford Brothers and Giant stores in packages that carried the number “EST. 492” on the label. Those products were packaged Sept. 15-16 and may have been labeled with a sell-by

William Wesley Wright

celebrated his nd Birthday on November 2, 2009

His proud parents are Thor and Cynthia Wright of Rutherfordton.

Maternal grandfather is William Shehan of Forest City and paternal grandparents are Jack and Chris Wright of Rutherfordton.

date from Sept. 19 through Sept. 28, meaning they’re no longer being sold as fresh product in supermarkets, Fairbank Farms said.

The rest of the ground beef, packaged in wholesale-sized containers under the Fairbank Farms name, was distributed to stores in Maryland, Massachusetts, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia. That meat was likely repackaged for sale and would likely have differing package and sell-by dates.

The USDA was urging customers to contact the stores where they bought the meat.

Fairbank’s CEO Ron Allen urged consumers to check their freezers for the recalled ground beef.

Located in the southwestern corner of New York a few miles from the Pennsylvania line, Fairbank Farms has had two other voluntary recalls over the last two years, according to the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service.

In September 2007, the company recalled 884 pounds of ground beef products because they may have been contaminated with E. coli, the agency said. And in May 2008, it recalled 22,481 pounds of ground beef products that may have contained plastic.

Symptoms of E. coli infections include stomach cramps that may be severe and diarrhea that may turn bloody within three days. E. coli infections may also lead to complications including kidney failure.

Kelsey Leigh Ingle

is celebrating her

1st Birthday on November 3rd!

Parents: Clint & Christie Ingle of Forest City God Parents: Randy & Lisa Childers of Forest City Maternal Grandparents: Keith & Donna Holland of Forest City Paternal Grandparents: Randy & Karen Ingle of Forest City Great-Grandparents: Evelyn Holland & the late Paul Holland of Forest City, Cookie Greene and the late Bobby Greene of Henrietta, Marie Ingle and the late Homer Ingle of Forest City, Malcolm & Betty Vise of Roebuck, SC

The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Tuesday, November 3, 2009 — 11

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GAINERS ($2 OR MORE)

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CIT Group files for Chapter 11 protections

WASHINGTON (AP) — The bankruptcy of a key lender that helps retailers stock their shelves is adding to the industry’s worries ahead of the critical holiday shopping season.

CIT Group Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Sunday in New York after months of struggling to avoid collapse. The company provides badly needed credit to thousands of small and mid-sized businesses, and is a critical part of the flow of capital in the retail sector.

CIT stressed that its lending operations will continue to operate as it proceeds through bankruptcy with the hope of shedding $10 billion in debt. Chairman and CEO Jeffrey M. Peek said the company’s prepackaged reorganization plan “will allow CIT to continue to provide funding to our small business and middle market customers, two sectors that remain vitally important to the U.S. economy.”

But retail groups and analysts warn that the case will likely add to the instability in the retail sector. CIT is an important source of capital, working with 2,000 vendors that supply merchandise to more than 300,000 stores. About 60 percent of the apparel industry depends on CIT for financing.

In the last few weeks, the nation’s stores have begun filling their floors with holiday merchandise, but they still need a reliable source of lending to prevent shipping disruptions and to restock after the holidays.

Even one day that vendors are cut off from muchneeded financing could create a bottleneck, resulting in shipments of merchandise left on docks or in vendors’ warehouses.

CIT expects to emerge from bankruptcy by the end of the year, but a dragged-out case or any glitches could further disrupt the already tight credit markets for retailers, said Joe Alouf, a partner with Eaglepoint Advisors, a crisis management company that is partly owned by Kurt Salmon Associates.

“CIT is the 600-pound gorilla in the industry,” Alouf said.

Craig Sherman, vice president of government affairs at the National Retail Federation, thinks the industry “dodged a bullet on the holiday season” for the most part, because most merchandise is in stores’ distribution centers. However, he said CIT’s woes could throw a wrench in ordering for the important 2010 spring season. NRF officials say that as stores prepare for a rebound in consumer spending next year, access to credit is very important.

Harold Reichwald, co-chair of law firm Manatt, Phelps & Phillips’ banking group, said that CIT’s case will likely force the company’s customers to look elsewhere for financing.

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Stocks jump early, then pull back

By SARA LEPRO and TIM PARADIS AP Business Writers

NEW YORK — Stocks ended higher but well off their best levels of the day as volatility continued to tug at the market.

Stocks jumped early Monday after strong reports on manufacturing and housing but were fluctuating by the afternoon.

The Dow Jones industrial average ended up 77 points after being up as much as 146 points.

The market has been volatile in recent days as investors try to determine whether the bets they’ve been placing on a rebound in the economy over the past several months are still sound.

The worry is that the pace of recovery the market has been counting on may be hard to maintain. The government reported 3.5 percent growth in third-quarter GDP last week but much of that growth came from government spending. Likewise many companies are reporting stronger than expected earnings, but many of those gains came from cost-cutting instead of higher sales.

The seesaw trade on Monday came after the Institute for Supply Management reported that manufacturing activity grew in October at the fastest pace since April 2006. The ISM

index clocked in at 55.7, much better than the 53 economists had expected. It was the third month in a row the index came in above 50, which indicates growth.

Meanwhile, the National Association of Realtors said pending home sales increased for the eighth straight month in September. The index rose 6.1 percent from August to 110.1. It was the highest reading since December 2006 and more than 21 percent above a year ago.

Economists had expected the index would be level at 103.8.

Stocks had posted their biggest losses in four months on Friday after rising sharply a day earlier on the stronger-than-expected GDP figures.

Friday’s losses helped send the Standard & Poor’s 500 index into the red for October, breaking a seven-month streak of gains.

Even with the S&P 500’s 2 percent loss in October, the index is still up 53.2 percent since hitting a 12-year low in March.

“The question is, is the trend changing?” said Jim Dunigan, managing executive of investments at PNC Wealth Management. “We’ve been in an up trend here.”

According to prelminary calculations, the Dow rose 76.71, or 0.8 percent, to 9,789.44. The

Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose 6.69, or 0.7 percent, to 1,042.88, and the Nasdaq composite index rose 4.09, or 0.2 percent, to 2,049.20.

Advancing stocks narrowly outpaced those that fell on the New York Stock Exchange, where volume came to 1.5 billion shares, compared with 1.7 billion Friday.

Trading is likely to be volatile again this week as investors sift through a flood of economic data, including the government’s monthly employment report on Friday. The Federal Reserve will also weigh in on the economy after the conclusion of a two-day policy meeting on Wednesday.

Bond prices fell. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note rose to 3.43 percent from 3.39 percent late Friday.

The dollar fell against most other major currencies, sending commodity prices higher.

Oil rose $1.13 to settle at $78.13, while gold rose on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

In other trading, the Russell 2000 index of smaller companies slipped 0.37, or 0.4 percent, to 562.40.

Overseas, Britain’s FTSE 100 rose 1.2 percent, Germany’s DAX index added 0.3 percent, and France’s CAC-40 rose 0.9 percent. Japan’s Nikkei stock average dropped 2.3 percent.

Three strong reports a positive sign for economy WASHINGTON (AP) — Hopes for the fledgling economic recovery got a boost Monday from better-thanexpected news on manufacturing, construction and contracts to buy homes.

The surprisingly strong readings provided some comfort that the economy is packing more momentum than assumed going into the end of the year. Still, with jobs scarce, lending tight and consumers wary of spending, it’s unclear whether the gains can be sustained as government stimulus programs wind down.

The Institute for Supply Management’s gauge of manufacturing activity grew in October at the fastest pace in more than three years. It was driven by businesses’ replenishing of stockpiles, higher demand for American exports and support from the government’s $787 billion stimulus program.

The ISM index shot up to 55.7 in October, the third straight reading above 50, which signals growth in the sector. It was the highest level since April 2006.

“It clearly looks like we are seeing a turnaround in the

manufacturing sector,” said David Wyss, chief economist at Standard & Poor’s.

Economists cautioned that the manufacturing pattern seen in the past two postrecession recoveries likely will be repeated this time: In each case, early strength in manufacturing, led by companies’ restocking of inventories, faded within a few months.

The overall economy, as measured by the gross domestic product, expanded at a 3.5 percent rate in the July-September quarter.

That number provided com-

pelling evidence that the longest recession since the 1930s was ending. Wyss said he expects GDP growth to slow to around 1.7 percent in the current quarter and to remain sluggish.

Other economists are more optimistic, with some forecasting that GDP growth could come in around 3 percent in the current quarter.

They pointed to the government report Monday that construction spending rose a bigger-than-expected a 0.8 percent in September, fueled by the strongest jump in home construction in six

years. The gain in housing offset continued weakness in construction of office buildings, hotels and shopping centers.

In a third report, the National Association of Realtors said the volume of signed contracts to buy previously occupied homes rose 6.1 percent in September to a reading of 110.1. That’s the highest level since December 2006. And it’s more than 21 percent above a year ago.

The eighth straight monthly gain came as the housing market rebounds from the worst downturn in decades.

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President Barack Obama meets with the President’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board (PERAB), Monday in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. Sitting with Obama are Chairman of the Economic Recovery Advisory Board Paul Volcker, left, and venture capitalist John Doerr.

By BEN FELLER Associated Press Writer

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Monday the public and private sectors must find more ways to create jobs to continue the nation’s climb out of an economic recession.

Obama said the economy has pulled back “from the brink” but still has a long way to go, especially in creating jobs. The president said job losses would continue for weeks and months to come and called for bold, innovative action by his administration, Congress and the private sector to create more good-paying jobs.

Obama made the remarks at the start of a White House meeting in the Roosevelt Room with economic advisers. The session was open to reporters and streamed live on the White House Web site.

He also said the U.S. must break out of a “debilitating gridlock on trade policy,” by ending the false counting premiums, copaychoice between a wide-open, free wheeling import ments and deductible — under policy or fearful, protectionist approach to trade. the House Democratic health He called for a more balanced policy of letting the care bill, the Congressional world know America wants to compete and trade Budget Office said Monday.

— fairly — with anyone. He gave no specifics.

And that’s after counting In opening remarks, Obama credited his stimu$10,500 in government assislus package for recent upticks in economic numtance. bers, including a significant boost in manufacturThe estimates apply to people ing that was reported on Monday. purchasing their own coverage, But, he said, “The reason we’re here today is not those in employer plans. because we just are not where we need to be yet.

We’ve got a long way to go. We are still seeing proand very high effective tax rates,” duction levels that are significantly below peak levels and most distressing is the fact that job growth said Clint Stretch, a tax policy continues to lag.” expert at Deloitte Tax. The new health care tax would come on top of other tax increases for the wealthy proposed

by Obama. The top marginal income tax rate now is 35 percent, on income above $372,950.

Obama wants to boost the top rate to 39.6 percent in 2011 by allowing some of the tax cuts WASHINGTON (AP) — Taxpayers are unlikely enacted under former President to recover their full investment in General Motors George W. Bush to expire. or Chrysler, government investigators said Monday House Democrats said they are in the latest review to cast doubts that the governproud that they found a way to ment will recoup the $80 billion it poured into the finance the health care packtwo automakers. age largely from a tax on the The Government Accountability Office concluded wealthy. There is, however, little that General Motors Co. and Chrysler Group LLC appetite for a millionaire’s tax likely won’t be valuable enough for the Treasury in the Senate, where some hope Department to break even on its investment in the to eventually use tax increases two auto companies that went though bankruptcy on the wealthy to help close the earlier this year. growing federal budget deficit.

The GAO also revealed that the Obama administration is closely scrutinizing the finances of GM and Chrysler and has set some requirements on production even though it has said it will maintain a hands-off approach on the automakers’ daily operations.

To recover the loans Treasury gave Chrysler and GM to keep them afloat, the automakers would have to reach valuations they didn’t approach even when they were healthier.

Treasury officials said they were considering a series of initial public offerings to dispose of the government’s 61 percent stake in GM. For Chrysler, a private sale of the government’s nearly 10 percent stake is more likely because of the government’s minority ownership.

Health care tax to hit wealthy

By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON — The typical family would be spared higher taxes from the House Democratic plan to overhaul health care, and their lowincome neighbors could come out ahead.

Their wealthy counterparts, however, face big tax increases that could eventually hit future generations of taxpayers who are less wealthy.

The bill is funded largely from a 5.4 percent tax on individuals making more than $500,000 a year and couples making more than $1 million, starting in 2011.

The tax increase would hit only 0.3 percent of tax filers, raising $460.5 billion over the next 10 years, according to congressional estimates.

But unlike other income tax rates, the new tax would not be indexed for inflation. As incomes rise over time because of inflation, more families — and more small business owners — would be hit by the tax.

“Twenty years from now, we’re going to see more and more small businesses ensnared into paying higher taxes,” said Rep. Dave Camp of Michigan, the top Republican on the taxwriting House Ways and Means Committee.

The tax would hit only 1.2 percent of taxpayers who

Middle class buying own insurance coverage may end up paying thousands WASHINGTON (AP) — Government experts say some middle-class families would still face a big budget hit for health care, even with the new help that Democrats want to provide.

A family of four making $66,000 could face a total health care bill of $10,000 — claim business income on their returns, according to the estimates by the nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation. But that percentage would grow as business owners’ nominal incomes rise with inflation.

In 2011, a family of four with an income of $800,000 a year would get a $24,000 tax increase, when the new tax is combined with an increase in the top two tax brackets proposed by President Barack Obama and other scheduled tax changes, according to an analysis by Deloitte Tax. That’s a 12.5 percent increase in federal income taxes. A family of four making $5 million a year would see a $434,500 tax increase, about a 32 percent increase, according to the analysis.

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nation/world World Today Flu fear closes Ukraine schools KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Urging its citizens not to panic, Ukraine on Monday closed the nation’s schools for a week to avoid the spread of swine flu and suggested that nightclubs, cinemas and food markets in the west also shut down.

The World Health Organization said Monday there was no evidence that Ukraine had a bad outbreak of swine flu but at the government’s request it had sent a health team there to help the country cope.

Ukraine’s Health Ministry said Monday that 70 people in the nation of 40 million have died of flu, but did not say how many of those deaths were related to swine flu. Worldwide, outbreaks of regular seasonal flu claim 50,000 lives each year.

Bombs add to death count BAGHDAD (AP) — Nearly half of all Iraqis who died in October perished in a single coordinated attack against government offices in Baghdad, a tally by The Associated Press showed Monday.

Of the 364 Iraqis killed over the past month, according to the AP count, 155 died in two nearly simultaneous bombs targeting government buildings Oct. 25 in downtown Baghdad — the worst coordinated attack in more than two years.

The impact of the devastating bombing, which occurred in one of the most protected parts of the capital, continues to be felt as the government struggles to convince Iraqis it can protect them.

Clinton softens Israeli praise MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) — In the face of Arab criticism of the administration’s recalibrated Mideast peace tack, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton moderated her praise Monday for Israel’s offer to restrain building settlements in Palestinian areas.

While Israel was moving in the right direction in its offer to restrict but not stop the settlements, Clinton said, its offer “falls far short” of U.S. expectations.

Clinton said her earlier praise of Israel’s offer had been intended as “positive reinforcement.”

But they drew widespread criticism from Persian Gulf ministers who interpreted it as a softening of the U.S. position on settlements, which stand in the way of a resumption of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.

Speedy Bolt adopts a cheetah NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The world’s fastest man adopted the animal kingdom’s fastest sprinter Monday, as Usain Bolt welcomed a new baby cheetah named Lightning Bolt into his life.

The Jamaican sprinter’s sponsorship of the 3-month-old male cheetah is part of an effort to boost Kenyan conservation efforts of its famous wildlife, whose survival is threatened by trophy hunting, climate change and human encroachment.

The world record-holder in the 100 and 200 meters paid $13,700 to formally adopt the cub. He will also pay $3,000 a year to care for Lighting Bolt, who will be raised at an animal orphanage in Nairobi.

The money will go to the Kenya Wildlife Service, and some will be used to protect Kenya’s endangered species, KWS director Julius Kipngetich said.

Report says blast injures 15 LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — News reports say at least 15 people were injured when a bomb went off near a police checkpoint on the outskirts of Lahore.

City police chief Pervaiz Rathor confirmed that a bomb exploded Monday but had no information on casualties. TV news channels are reporting at least 15 people were hurt.

Mohammad Saeed, a police constable, told Geo TV he saw a car approach the checkpoint and then explode. He added: “It was horrible.”

The Lahore blast came hours after a suicide bomber killed 35 people outside a bank in the city of Rawalpindi.

Suspected militants have struck repeatedly in the past month, killing more than 300 people in apparent retaliation for an army offensive in a Taliban stronghold.

An Afghan boy watches as U.S. soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division patrol through his village in the Pech Valley of Afghanistan’s Kunar province, Monday.

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Obama to Karzi: Walk the talk WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama greeted Hamid Karzai’s election victory with as much admonishment as praise on Monday, pointedly advising America’s partner in war he must make more serious efforts to end corruption in Afghanistan’s government and prepare his nation to ultimately defend itself.

“I emphasized that this has to be a point in time in which we begin to write a new chapter,” Obama said in describing his phone call to the Afghan president. When Karzai offered back assurances, Obama said he told him that “the proof is not going to be in words. It’s going to be in deeds.”

Obama’s message of stern solidarity came as he considers sending tens of thousands more U.S. troops into the war zone in Karzai’s country.

Karzai won a second term Monday when competitor Abdullah Abdullah pulled out of the Nov. 7 runoff, suggesting it would be doomed by fraud just as the first voting in August was.

The handling of the first election cost Karzai in international credibility.

Yet the White House put its weight behind the legitimacy of the final outcome after helping to broker a runoff that never happened. Obama called the

process “messy” but said Karzai won in accordance with Afghan law. The White House repeatedly said Abdullah had pulled out for his own political and personal reasons.

The collapse of the planned run-off increases pressure on the Obama administration to quickly end its lengthy deliberations about whether to commit more U.S. forces to a worsening war. Obama may announce his revamped war strategy, including a decision on sending more troops, early next week before a planned overseas trip.

White House press secretary Robert Gibbs acknowledged that Karzai’s win by default is a factor in the coming decision about troops but did not say the timetable for an announcement has changed. The administration continues to say it will happen in the “coming weeks.”

In recounting his call to Karzai, Obama spent most of his time saying what he expects from his fellow president: more diligent efforts to end corruption, cooperation in accelerating the training of Afghan security forces, tangible benefits in the lives of the Afghan people.

Those aren’t just Obama’s standards. He is under pressure to show Congress and the public that the U.S. is dealing with a trustworthy partner, particularly

if it is going to send more troops there. Many Americans have grown weary of the war and are questioning its worth.

About 68,000 U.S. troops are already in Afghanistan, where October was the deadliest month for U.S. forces. Several thousands NATO troops from various countries are also committed to a war that has stretched into its ninth year and is focused on combatting insurgents and dismantling al-Qaida terrorists.

Obama said Karzai needs to “take advantage of the international community’s interest in his country.”

Indeed, the White House made clear that the election gave Karzai legal legitimacy but not necessarily any new boost of credibility.

Relieved U.S. officials said the outcome accomplished two main objectives that have been part of weeks of strategy discussion in Washington: The results yielded finality to a messy process and came only after Karzai acknowledged the illegitimacy of the original balloting.

Knowledge that Karzai would continue at the helm of the Afghan government changed little in the administration’s calculus, at least in terms of pushing for reform and anti-corruption and counter-narcotics efforts, officials said.

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Parental displays of affection win praise Dear Abby: Thank you for your response to “Alarmed in Apple Valley” (Aug. 28), who was concerned because her teenage nephew shows so much affection toward his mother.

I raised a very affectionate son who, to this day at age 30, hugs and kisses me no matter where we meet. I raised him with the principle that because he is male does not mean he has to hide his feelings as generations before him did. Americans coddle girls when they hurt, but a boy is supposed to “take it like a man” and not express his feelings. I am pleased to know other mothers out there are also raising their sons to be wellrounded, emotionally healthy men. — Proud Mom Dear Proud Mom: I advised the “Alarmed” aunt that she was off base in her concerns, and the majority of readers who wrote to comment agreed. Read on: Dear Abby: My 22-year-old daughter hangs on me and smooches me (and her father and grandparents) in public. It’s a great feeling for parents to know their kid loves them and isn’t embarrassed to be seen with them.

(Too many of them are.) The aunt who complained about her nephew kissing his mother on the cheek and putting his arm around her may have intimacy problems that she’s projecting onto her sister. — Leslie Dear Abby: I hope “Alarmed in Apple Valley” doesn’t end up doing

Dear Abby Abigail van Buren

what my sister did when she saw the display of affection between my 11-year-old daughter and me, her dad.

My sister’s “concern” prompted her to coerce her adult son into visiting my clergyperson about it. A short investigation found me innocent of wrongdoing but left me with my innocence violated. I came to realize why she was so suspicious of abuse.

She herself was willing to abuse — the church, her son, her brother and her niece. — Wiser Dear Abby: I was never prouder of my son than when a friend of his said to him, “You hug your mom in public?” (It was after a game.)

I was the one to hold back in public because I didn’t want to embarrass my son who was a “big guy on campus.” My boy’s simple reply to his friend was, “Don’t you?” It was never questioned again.

No child should ever feel it’s wrong to show affection to his or her parents. Having a 15-year-old who wasn’t embarrassed to be seen with his mother was huge.

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Husband and wife seek answers Dear Dr. Gott: My doctor wanted me to take a statin to lower my cholesterol, but I declined because of the side effects. I tried using your recommendation of niacin instead.

I am an 84-year-old male in fairly good health, and, after three months of therapy, my figures are as follows: triglycerides went from 115 to 63, HDL went from 70 to 95, LDL went from 137 to 126, and my total went from 230 to 234 (I believe mainly due to the large increase in my HDL).

I would appreciate your opinion on how effective the niacin has been.

Second, my 82-year-old wife had a mild stroke four years ago and now sees several small spots in both eyes. The stroke did not seem to do her any other damage, so her doctor concluded that they were on her brain rather than in her eyes. Lately, she has become tired all the time and has no energy. She gets almost eight hours of sleep at night, naps for an hour or two in the afternoon and

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again in the evening. Her blood work is normal, and she doesn’t have a thyroid problem. Any ideas?

Dear Reader: I’ll start with your situation first. At age 84 and with a total cholesterol of 230, I would not worry. In my opinion, you did not need a statin drug, and were correct in refusing it. Your numbers were all within normal limits, given that you had a high HDL level (good cholesterol) to begin with.

Now, to your wife. I am confused by her physician’s conclusion that she is seeing spots that are on her brain.

To the best of my knowledge, this is not possible. Perhaps you misunderstood?

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SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Trying to buy time by appeasing your mate with promises you don’t intend to keep will blow up in your face.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Unless you know how to do another’s job better than him or her, keep your mouth shut.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Avoid going to expensive places, and hide your credit cards.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — It’s unlike you not to think your moves through carefully before embarking on an action.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Your usual good insights might not be accurate, so don’t be quick to act.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — There is nothing wrong with the appeal of novel or even faddish merchandise as long as you want it for a purpose.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — You might need a definite game plan in order to get something accomplished.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — You’re usually a person who can do multiple things well, but look to others to cover your bases.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Don’t depend on someone indebted to you to carry through on his or her word now when you need it.

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Study: Nearly half of U.S. children Antibiotics linked will be on food stamps at some time to birth defects

CHICAGO (AP) — Nearly half of all U.S. children and 90 percent of black youngsters will be on food stamps at some point during childhood, and fallout from the current recession could push those numbers even higher, researchers say.

The estimate comes from an analysis of 30 years of national data, and it bolsters other recent evidence on the pervasiveness of youngsters at economic risk.

It suggests that almost everyone knows a family who has received food stamps, or will in the future, said lead author Mark Rank, a sociologist at Washington University in St. Louis.

“Your neighbor may be using some of these programs but it’s not the kind of thing people want to talk about,” Rank said.

The analysis was released Monday in the November issue of Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine.

The authors say it’s a medical issue pediatricians need to be aware of because children on food stamps are at risk for malnutrition and other ills linked with poverty.

“This is a real danger sign that we as a society need to do a lot more to protect children,” Rank said.

Food stamps are a Department of Agriculture program for low-

income individuals and families, covering most foods although not prepared hot foods or alcohol. For a family of four to be eligible, their annual take-home pay can’t exceed about $22,000.

According to a USDA report released last month, 28.4 million Americans received food stamps in an average month in 2008, and about half were younger than age 18.

The average monthly benefit per household totaled $222.

Rank and Cornell University sociologist Thomas Hirschl studied data from a nationally representative survey of 4,800 American households interviewed annually from 1968 through 1997 by the University of Michigan. About 18,000 adults and children were involved.

Overall, about 49 percent of all children were on food stamps at some point by the age of 20, the analysis found.

That includes 90 percent of black children and 37 percent of whites.

The analysis didn’t include other ethnic groups.

The time span included typical economic ups and downs, including the early 1980s recession.

That means similar portions of children now and in the future will live in families receiving

food stamps, although ongoing economic turmoil may increase the numbers, Rank said.

An editorial in the medical journal agreed.

“The current recession is likely to generate for children in the United States the greatest level of material deprivation that we will see in our professional lifetimes,” Stanford pediatrician Dr. Paul Wise wrote.

Wise said the Archives study estimate is believable.

“I find it terribly sad, but not surprising,” Wise said.

James Weill, president of Food Research and Action Center, a Washington-based advocacy group, said the analysis underscores that “there are just very large numbers of people who rely on this program for a month, six months, a year.”

“What I hope comes out of this study is an understanding that food stamp beneficiaries aren’t them — they’re us,” Weill said.

The analysis is in line with other recent research suggesting that more than 40 percent of U.S. children will live in poverty or near-poverty by age 17; and that half will live at some point in a single-parent family.

Also, other researchers have estimated that slightly more than half of adults will use food stamps at some point by age 65.

CHICAGO (AP) — Researchers studying antibiotics in pregnancy have found a surprising link between common drugs used to treat urinary infections and birth defects.

Reassuringly, the most-used antibiotics in early pregnancy — penicillins — appear to be the safest.

Bacterial infections themselves can cause problems for the fetus if left unchecked, experts said, so pregnant women shouldn’t avoid antibiotics entirely. Instead, women should discuss antibiotics choices with their doctors.

The new study is the first large analysis of antibiotic use in pregnancy. It found that mothers of babies with birth defects were more likely than mothers with healthy babies to report taking two types of antibiotics during pregnancy: sulfa drugs (brand names include Thiosulfil Forte and Bactrim) and urinary germicides called nitrofurantoins (brand names include Furadantin and Macrobid).

It was the first time an association had been seen between urinary tract treatments and birth defects, said lead author Krista Crider, a geneticist with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which funded the research.

Used for many decades, the antibiotics in question predate the Food and Drug Administration and its requirements for rigorous safety testing. Sulfa drugs are the oldest antibiotics and some animal studies have found harm during pregnancy. Nitrofurantoins previously have been viewed by doctors as safe to treat urinary tract infections during pregnancy.

The study, appearing in November’s Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, may cause doctors to change the drugs they choose to treat pregnant women with infections. The findings were released Monday.

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of Virginia Lorinczi, of 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 on or before the 27th 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.

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Having qualified as Administrator of the estate of MARGARET LOVELACE HEAD of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said MARGARET LOVELACE HEAD to present them to the undersigned on or before the 3rd day of February, 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 3rd day of November, 2009.

Having qualified as Executor of the estate of JOHN CARSON BURNS, JR. of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said JOHN CARSON BURNS, JR. to present them to the undersigned on or before the 27th 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 27th day of October, 2009.

Saralyn Daves, Administrator 3124 McKinney Rd. Shelby, NC 28152

Martha Burns Ogburn, Executor 6316 Woodleigh Oaks Dr. Charlotte, NC 28226

NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE 09-SP-329 UNDER AND BY VIRTUE OF the power and authority contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed and delivered by James Jackson, dated the 19th day of April, 2005, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Rutherford County, North Carolina, in Book 837 at Page 166 and because of default in the payment of the indebtedness thereby secured and failure to carry out and perform the stipulations and agreements therein contained and, pursuant to demand of the owner and holder of the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will expose for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale in the County Courthouse of Rutherford County, in the city of Rutherfordton, North Carolina, at 10:30 a.m. on the 10th day of November, 2009, all that certain parcel of land, more particularly described as follows: IMPROVEMENTS: House and lot/Condominium/or Lot LEGAL DESCRIPTION: All that certain parcel of land with the improvements thereon, lying and being situated in the County of RUTHERFORD, State of NC, to-wit: TRACT ONE: SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN COOL SPRINGS TOWNSHIP, ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE BOSTIC-FOREST CITY HIGHWAY, SAME BEING A PART OF THE CERTAIN TRACT OF LAND WHICH WAS CONVEYED TO JAMES D. CULBERTSON BY J. REID WASHBURN AND WIFE, AND BEING LOTS NUMBER 6, 11, AND 12 OF AN UNRECORDED PLAT OF SAID PROPERTY, SAME BEING DESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDS AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A POINT IN CENTER OF AN UNNAMED STREET, SAME ADJOINING THE BAILEY PROPERTY AND BEING THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID PROPERTY; RUNS THENCE WITH THE WESTERN LINE OF SAME NORTH 24 EAST 349 FEET TO AN IRON PIN IN THE CENTER OF ANOTHER UNNAMED STREET, SAME BEING THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LOT NUMBER 6, RUNS THENCE WITH CENTER OF SAID UNNAMED STREET, SOUTH 61 EAST 100 FEET TO A POINT, SAME BEING THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LOT NUMBER 5 AND THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF LOT NUMBER 6; RUNS THENCE WITH THE COMMON LINES BETWEEN LOTS NUMBERS 5 AND 6 SOUTH 24 DEGREES 24 MINUTES WEST 168 FEET TO AN IRON PIN, COMMON CORNER BETWEEN LOTS NUMBERS 5, 6, 11 AND 12; RUNS THENCE WITH THE COMMON LINE BETWEEN LOTS NUMBER 5 AND 11, SOUTH 64 EAST 100 FEET TO AN IRON PIN, COMMON CORNER BETWEEN LOTS NUMBER 5, 11, 4 AND 10; RUNS THENCE WITH THE COMMON LINE BETWEEN LOTS NUMBER 10 AND 11 SOUTH 24 WEST 187.5 FEET TO A POINT IN CENTER OF SAID UNNAMED STREET; SAME BEING THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LOT NUMBER 11 AND THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF LOT NUMBER 11 AND THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF LOT NUMBER 10; NORTH 69 DEGREES 30 MINUTES WEST 200 FEET TO THE POINT AND PLACE OF BEGINNING. TRACT TWO: SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN COOL SPRINGS TOWNSHIP, RUTHERFORD COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, NEAR THE TOWN OF BOSTIC AND BEING A PART OF THE LAND WHICH WAS CONVEYED BY JOHN REID WASHBURN AND WIFE TO JAMES D. CULBERTSON LYING TO THE WEST OF THE BOSTIC FOREST CITY HIGHWAY AND BEING DESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDS AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT AN IRON PIN IN THE CENTER OF AN UNNAMED STREET, SAID POINT LYING NORTH 61 WEST 417-1/2 FEET FROM THE POINT WHERE THE CENTER OF SAID UNNAMED STREET INTERSECTS THE CENTER OF THE BOSTIC-FOREST CITY HIGHWAY; RUNS THENCE WITH THE CENTER OF SAID ROAD, NORTH 61 WEST 100 FEET TO A POINT, SAID POINT BEING EVIDENCED BY AN IRON PIN OFFSET IN THE SOUTHSIDE THEREOF, SAME BEING COMMON CORNER BETWEEN LOTS NUMBER 5 AND 6 OF SAID UNRECORDED PLAT OF SAID PROPERTY; RUNS THENCE WITH THE COMMON LINE BETWEEN SAID LOTS SOUTH 24 WEST 168 FEET TO AN IRON PIN, COMMON LINE BETWEEN LOTS NUMBER 5, 6, 12 AND 11; RUNS THENCE WITH THE COMMON LINE BETWEEN LOTS 5 AND 11, SOUTH64EAST 100 FEET TOAN IRON PIPE, COMMON CORNER BETWEEN LOTS NUMBER 4, 5, 10, 11; RUNS THENCE WITH THE COMMON LINE BETWEEN LOTS 4 AND 5, NORTH 24 EAST 161 FEET TO THE POINT AND PLACE OF BEGINNING. This is the same property conveyed to James Jackson and wife, Vickie M. Jackson by deed of Loyd Wayne Sheppard and wife, Sarah A. Sheppard, dated October 20, 1987 and recorded October 23, 1987 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Rutherford County NC in Book 510, Page 263. Parcel Number: 16-05829 & 16-05828 Property Address: 176 Michael Street, Bostic, NC 28018.

ADDITIONAL POSSIBLE STREET ADDRESS FOR REFERENCE PURPOSES ONLY: 176 Michael Street, Bostic, NC 28018 Notice & Disclaimer: The listed street address may be incorrect and is stated hereby for informational and reference purposes only. The Substitute Trustee makes no certifications or warranties that said street address is accurate or correct. It is each potential bidder's duty to determine with his/her own title examination that said street address is correct and matches the above legal description. The above legal description describes the property being sold and shall be controlling.

PRESENT RECORD OWNERS as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds not more than 10 days prior to posting the notice are James Jackson and Spouse, if any.

Trustee may, in the Trustee's sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23.

In the event that this sale is one of residential real property with less than 15 rental units, an order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to NCGS §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. 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.

Should the property be purchased by a third party, that person must pay the tax of forty-five (45) cents per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308 (a)(1). This sale is also subject to any applicable county and/or state land transfer and/or revenue tax, and the successful third party bidder shall be required to make payment for such tax. The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance "AS IS, WHERE IS". Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the Deed of Trust/Security Instrument, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either Trustee of the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, special assessments, land transfer taxes, if any, encumbrances of record, including prior Deeds of Trust.

The Substitute Trustee reserves the right to require a cash deposit or certified check made payable to the Substitute Trustee (no personal checks) for five percent (5%) of the purchase price or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, at the time of the sale. The sale will be held open for ten (10) days for upset bids as by law required. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all remaining amounts are due immediately. 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 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 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 AS STATED BELOW 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. This the 16th day of October, 2009.

The Caudle Law Firm, P.A., Substitute Trustee David R. Caudle President & Attorney at Law State Bar Number 6075 2101 Rexford Road, Suite 165W Charlotte, North Carolina 28211 http://www.caudlelawfirm.com

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BY THE NORTH CAROLINA HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY REGARDING THE FINANCING OF MULTIFAMILY HOUSING WITH THE PROCEEDS OF TAX-EXEMPT BONDS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all interested persons that the North Carolina Housing Finance Agency (the "Agency") has been requested to issue its revenue bonds (the "Bonds") for the purpose of (a) financing the acquisition, renovation, improvement, equipping and furnishing of certain multifamily residential projects and (b) paying certain fees and expenses incurred in connection with the issuance and sale of the Bonds.

The facilities to be financed with the proceeds of the Bonds are located at the following locations, owned by the following entities and managed by Boyd Management: (a) A 40-unit complex located at 332 West Hay Street in Whiteville, North Carolina, to be owned

by New Saw Mill Apartments, LLC. The aggregate principal amount of Bonds to be issued for such project shall not exceed $1,600,000. (b) A 48-unit complex located at 106 Sullivan Drive in Cherryville, North Carolina, to be owned by New Cherrywood Apartments, LLC. The aggregate principal amount of Bonds to be issued for such project shall not exceed $1,625,000. (c) A 24-unit complex located at 215 Oak Street Extension in Littleton, North Carolina, to be owned by New Oakland Village Apartments, LLC. The aggregate principal amount of Bonds to be issued for such project shall not exceed $1,000,000. (d) A 24-unit complex located at 105 Keen Road in Four Oaks, North Carolina, to be owned by New Four Oaks Apartments, LLC. The aggregate principal amount of Bonds to be issued for such project shall not exceed $1,105,000. (e) A 24-unit complex located at 306 West main Street in Micro, North Carolina, to be owned by New Hillmont Village Apartments, LLC. The aggregate principal amount of Bonds to be issued for such project shall not exceed $1,030,000. (f) A 40-unit complex located at 1005 Georgetown Road in Lincolnton, North Carolina, to be owned by New Woodhill Apartments, LLC. The aggregate principal amount of Bonds to be issued for such project shall not exceed $1,725,000. (g) An 18-unit complex located at 160 Shuford Drive in Columbus, North Carolina, to be owned by New Ridge Oak Apartments, LLC. The aggregate principal amount of Bonds to be issued for such project shall not exceed $895,000. (h) A 28-unit complex located at 140 Lynch Street in Rutherfordton, North Carolina, to be owned

by New Cherry Knoll Apartments, LLC. The aggregate principal amount of Bonds to be issued for such project shall not exceed $1,020,000.

Please take notice that the Agency will hold a public hearing at 3508 Bush Street in Raleigh, North Carolina on November 20, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. at which time any person may be heard regarding the issuance of the Bonds.

Any person wishing to comment in writing on the issuance of the Bonds should do so prior to the date of such hearing to Elizabeth I. Rozakis, Chief Financial Officer, North Carolina Housing Finance Agency, 3508 Bush Street, Raleigh, North Carolina 27609.

NORTH CAROLINA HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY By: Elizabeth I. Rozakis Chief Financial Officer

NORTH CAROLINA RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE BEFORE THE CLERK 09 SP 361 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY CHAD BARBIERE AND NIKOLINA BARBIERE DATED October 13, 2005 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 865, PAGE 539, RUTHERFORD COUNTY REGISTRY, TO BB&T COLLATERAL SERVICE CORP, TRUSTEE. NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in that certain deed of trust executed by CHAD BARBIERE AND NIKOLINA BARBIERE dated October 13, 2005 to BB&T COLLATERAL SERVICE CORPORATION, Trustee for BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY, recorded in Book 865, Page 539, RUTHERFORD County Registry; default having been made in payment of the indebtedness thereby secured; and the necessary findings to permit foreclosure having been made by the Clerk of Superior Court of RUTHERFORD County, North Carolina; the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the property conveyed in said deed of trust, the same lying and being in the County of RUTHERFORD and State of North Carolina, and more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 307 as shown on survey by R.L. Greene, PLS entitled “Greyrock Subdivision Phase 2B as recorded in Plat Book 26 at Page 119, said plat being one of a series of plats recorded in Plat Book 26, Page 119 through 123 of the Rutherford County, NC Registry, reference to said recorded plats being made for a more particular description of said Lot 307.

Together with and subject to all easements, restrictions and rights of ways of record and a non-exclusive appurtenant easement for ingress, egress and regress is conveyed over and upon all private subdivision roads for GreyRock at Lake Lure as shown on the above-described plats and the plats for Phase 1A as shown on plats recorded in Plat Book 25, at Pages 188 through 192; Plats for Phase 1B as shown on plats recorded in Plat Book 25, at Pages 205 through 208 and Plats for Phase 2A as shown on plats recorded in Plat Book 26, at Pages 114 through 118 and to the Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions for GreyRock as recorded in Book 858, at Page 122 of the Rutherford County, NC Registry and also being recorded in Book 3827, page 764 of the Buncombe County, NC Registry.

Being a portion of that property conveyed to LR Buffalo Creek, LLC by deeds recorded in Deed Book 855, at Page 816 of the Rutherford County, NC Registry and as recorded in Deed Book 3793, at Page 665 of the Buncombe County, NC Registry.

PROPERTY ADDRESS/LOCATION: Lot 307, Phase 2 Rolling Ridge Trail at Grey Rock Resort, Lake Lure, NC 28746 DATE OF SALE: November 4, 2009 TIME OF SALE: 10:30 A.M. LOCATION OF SALE: RUTHERFORD County Courthouse RECORD OWNER(S): Barbiere Capital, Inc. TERMS OF THE SALE: (1). This sale will be made subject to: (a) all prior liens, encumbrances, easements, right-of-ways, restrictive covenants or other restrictions of record affecting the property; (b) property taxes and assessments for the year in which the sale occurs, as well as any prior years; (c) federal tax liens with respect to which proper notice was not given to the Internal Revenue Service; and (d) federal tax liens to which proper notice was given to the Internal Revenue Service and to which the right of redemption applies.

(2). The property is being sold "as is". Neither the beneficiary of the deed of trust, nor the undersigned Substitute Trustee, makes any warranties or representations concerning the property, including but not limited to, the physical or environmental condition of the property.

Further, the undersigned Substitute Trustee makes no title warranties with respect to the title to the property.

(3). The highest bidder will be responsible for the payment of revenue stamps payable to the Register of Deeds and any final court and/or auditing fees payable to the Clerk of Superior Court which are assessed on the high bid resulting from this foreclosure sale.

(4). At the time of the sale, the highest bidder will be required to make a cash deposit of five percent (5%) of the bid, or $750.00, whichever is greater, with the remaining balance of the bid amount to be paid on the day following the expiration of the applicable ten (10) day upset bid period.

(5). 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. 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.

(6). An order for possession of the property being sold may be issued pursuant to N.C.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.

This the 7th day of October, 2009.

SMITH DEBNAM NARRON DRAKE SAINTSING & MYERS, L.L.P. _______________________________________ Jeff D. Rogers, Substitute Trustee P. O. Box 26268 Raleigh, NC 27611-6268 (919) 250-2000 KMA 97391821

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Camping Out!

Camping SupplieS WOrd SearCH Find the words hidden in the puzzle below.

Camping is the recreational activity of spending the night outdoors. The father of modern camping was a man by the name of Thomas Hiram Holding. He began camping as a boy in the 1850’s and started the Camping Club of Great Britain and Ireland in 1907.

That club is still an active camping club today! Camping may be in a tent, an automobile, a recreational vehicle (or RV), or simply taking a backpack and going out on foot with a sleeping bag.

Camping is enjoyable for both families and individuals as a vacation or just a weekend getaway. There are many campgrounds throughout the United States, both for public and private use. The campgrounds enable people to get into the outdoors without having to travel very far from the cities or towns in which they live.

Many of these campgrounds have outdoor electrical outlets, hot showers, restrooms, and laundry facilities. This allows you to enjoy the outdoors without having to completely rely on yourself for survival. These facilitated campgrounds usually are for people who have tents, cars, or RV’s to place at the campground.

Backpacking is another type of camping. Backpackers are people who travel on foot carrying all their provisions in a backpack.

These packs can sometimes weigh up to 50 pounds, so it is important that they plan carefully. For this reason, they need special equipment that is both durable and lightweight. A typical camping backpack is designed to attach to a metal frame that helps to distribute the weight evenly.

Park Rangers are people who work Hidden WOrdS: in a park. They Army Knife, Backpack, maintain and proBinoculars, Boots, Can tect the park and Opener, Canned Goods, the wildlife in it.

Cantine, Coat, Compass, Cookware, Flashlight, GPS, Hat, Hiking Stick, Lantern, Matches, Sleeping Bag, Tent, Trail Map, Water

Camp dOtS-and-bOxeS

Below is a series of dots that, if connected, will create several boxes. Each person takes a turn to draw a line from one dot to another. When a player completes a box they are allowed another turn. If a player’s turn allows them to make several boxes in a row, they can keep playing until they cannot complete another box. Initial each box you create. The player with the most boxes at the end of the game is the winner!

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indOOr S’mOreS

Camping CrOSSWOrd Solve the puzzle using the clues provided below.

aCrOSS ClueS: 4. Many people go camping during their what from work?

6. This may help you cook or keep warm while camping.

8. Always learn and use this when building a campfire.

9. A meat that is often grilled over the fire on a stick.

10. Never hike alone; always be sure to use the ______.

dOWn ClueS:

1. A person that works at a park is referred to as a what?

2. What is the abbreviation for a popular camping vehicle?

3. A treat that is roasted over the campfire on a stick.

5. People that hike with only a few supplies in a pack.

7. This is what most people use to sleep in while camping.

COlOr tHe Camp!

Follow the directions to make s’mores.

tHingS tHat yOu Will need:

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HOW tO prepare tHe S’mOreS:

Step One: Prepare the large baking pan by spraying it with the cooking spray. Do this on the bottom and on the sides of the pan.

Step Two: Place the cereal in a large bowl.

Step Three: In a pan on the stove (on low heat) melt the margarine. Next add the corn syrup and marshmallows, stirring until melted. Finally, add the chips and melt.

Step Four: Once all is melted, pour the mixture onto the cereal and mix well.

Step Five: Spread evenly into the pan and allow it to cool for 15 minutes.

a SpeCial tHank yOu tO all Our SpOnSOrS!

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