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people at our recent meetings to discuss fiber in the county and I sincerely hope that they will continue to be interested in it.” The project began in earnest in 2005 when Golden LEAF Foundation awarded $400,000 to connect Rutherford County’s Schools to the Cool Springs Administration building in a high speed fiber optic network. The data transfer rates helped county school students and teachers with their connections
FOREST CITY — Between June and November 2009, Rutherford County Schools saved $427,900 in utility costs. Superintendent John Kinlaw updated the board on the energy savings program the system entered in June 2009, during Tuesday night’s board meeting. “Last spring, you approved as a board entering into a consulting arrangement with a group called Educon to help us identify places we could recapture funds from energy expenditures,” Kinlaw said. Following personnel, energy is the second line item the system has in expenses. “This program, just to remind you, is a three-year program with the consultants,” Kinlaw said. “It started in June 2009 — that was a month ahead of the normal fiscal year.” Kinlaw went through the various decreases in utility costs. The largest decrease came in natural gas use. Between the period of June and November 2008, the system used 33,182 units; for June to November 2009, 16,956 units were used. “We reduced that almost in half,” he said. Although there were savings, some utility usage actually increased. Propane use increased by 1,205 gallons. “That, we believe, is the difference in the temperatures in early winter this year,” Kinlaw said. While it would be easy to take the number and multiply it by two to get savings for an entire year, Kinlaw cautioned those in attendance from doing that. “One of the variables is usage,” he said. “The other big variable is what the utility costs. We actually saw increases in three of our six this year over last year. We saw significant decreases in costs of utility in terms of rate charges in natural gas, heating oil and propane.” Kinlaw praised not only the maintenance department in the effort, but RCS employees as well. “They realize it is not a choice, but a necessity, this school system find a way to recapture some of the money spent in other ways to invest in instructional programs,” he said. In other business, Assistant Superintendent Janet Mason informed the board of four teachers who were chosen to take part in the World View trip to India during spring break. They are Sharon Willetts, Paula Davis, Jenny Keeter
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Joyful Living assisted living sustained minor fire damage Tuesday morning, evacuating five residents. The sixth resident has been charged with first-degree arson.
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Joy and James Williams, owners of the home, were asleep when a resident discovered the fire in the living room and alarmed the other residents. Mrs. Williams awakened everyone, assisted in getting them outside, accounted for all and assisted them in getting into her vehicle and her husband’s vehicle. Another resident used a fire extinguisher and was able to get the fire out. Mrs. Williams said as soon as everyone Please see Fire, Page 6A
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CLIFFSIDE — It wasn’t a fortune cookie Benji Jack ate before the Clarity Spelling Bee last weekend, but it may have spelled his fate just the same. Jack, a fifth grader at Cliffside Elementary, won the bee in Simpsonville, S.C., Jan. 23. The bee was a charity event to benefit Clarity, a non-profit speech, hearing and learning center in Upstate South Carolina. Fifth-grade teacher Heather Church saw a commercial for the bee during Christmas break and said she immediately thought of Jack. “I thought ‘Benji could really do this,’” Church said. “He has won our Fast Facts Multiplication competition in third, fourth and fifth grades, so I knew he had confi-
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dence on stage.” After running it by Jack’s parents, Bobby and Michelle Jack, Church entered him in the bee, held for the first time this year. He worked at home on words with his parents and during school with Church. “We went through hours of studying words,” he said. Jack competed against 71 other private, public and homeschool students. “Only two were from North Carolina and the rest were from South Carolina,” Church said. During the second round, Church said, more than half the students were eliminated. By round three, the number went from 30 to 12. Jack held on, spelling the word Please see Spelling, Page 6A
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SHELBY — Nick Lattanzi, Rural Development Specialist with USDA Rural Development, said his agency has funding available now to finance home improvements and repairs for qualified home owners. According to Mr. Lattanzi, some of the highlights of this program are as follows: Loans and grants are available to very lowincome rural residents who own and occupy a dwelling in need of repairs. All areas of Rutherford County are eligible for this program, but the dwelling must be on a publicly maintained road. Loans up to $20,000 at a 1 percent interest rate for a 20-year term can be made to very low-income applicants. Loan applicants do not have to be senior citizens. Grants up to $7,500 can be made to applicants 62 or older who cannot afford a loan. Loans and grants can be combined for up to $27,500 in assistance. Grant funds may be used for repairs and Contributed photo improvements that will remove health and safety Ken Stapp is a volunteer with Mountains Branch Library, Bill’s Creek, Lake Lure. The library is one of four benhazards or to repair or remodel dwellings to make eficiaries of the 2010 Lake Lure Dragon Boat Race. them accessible and useable for household members with disabilities. Loan funds may be used to make general repairs to improve or modernize the property, as long as the dwelling remains modest. Funds can also be used to install insulation, storm windows, wells, By JEAN GORDON and established an atmosphere Information to Enrich Lives,” septic systems, and install or repair a bathroom. in which campers encounter the library enriches the lives of Daily Courier Staff Writer Lattanzi invites anyone interested in applying for God’s love for them in Christ children in our area by providing this home repair program, or for more informaFOREST CITY — Four an open-door policy where they tion, to call USDA Rural Development in Shelby at Rutherford County and Western Jesus. Almost 1,000 children attend the camp in Lake Lure can learn. Every child is encour(704) 471-0235 ext. 4. North Carolina non-profit every summer. aged to discover the value and groups have been selected to n The ARC organization, joy of reading — a fundamental receive proceeds from the 2010 Businessman enters race Rutherford and Polk counbuilding block for becoming a Dragon Boat race in Lake Lure. ties, provides activities through vibrant educated young person HENDERSONVILLE — Hendersonville busiThe Lake Lure Dragon Boat social interactive gatherings and successful adult. nessman Jeff Miller started his congressional Race was begun almost three for people with developmental n Western NC Down Syndcampaign Tuesday for the 11th district seat in the years ago with its mission to disabilities and supports their rome Alliance: Most people United States House of Representatives. improve the quality of life and families. These people are often do not realize the needs famiSurrounded by a packed crowd at the future of the children and youth referred to as “children” due lies have if a child has Down Opportunity House, Miller told supporters he in the area. to their developmental age. Syndrome. The Alliance prowanted to return fiscal discipline and conservative Interim Event Coordinator Developmental disabilities like vides the support and assistance values to Washington. Diane Barrett announced the mental retardation often slow or they need, with the children Miller’s family has owned Miller’s Fine Dry four groups to receive the net arrest the intellectual and emoattending day camps and parCleaning for 95 years. He won recognition as the income from the May 8 race and tional development of these indi- ticipating in a variety of activifounder of HonorAir, an organization that takes cultural festival in Lake Lure. viduals to the level of children ties which stimulate inner action World War II veterans to the National World War Beneficiaries are Camp and youth. Having someone that with others. The organization II Memorial in Washington. Lurecrest in Lake Lure, ARC understands and assists in meet- has also provided funds to famiHe said the country wants leaders who can create of Rutherford/Polk counties, ing the needs of these people is lies for emergency situations. solutions and not become involved in partisan poliFriends of Mountain Branch invaluable. ARC of Rutherford/ Children, and even young adults, tics. The United States is an “over anxious nation Library and Western NC Down Polk counties services over 100 can experience any number of on the verge of exhaustion.” Syndrome Alliance. people with special needs. physical needs on an emergency“Our national government does not seem capable n Camp Lurecrest is a nonn Friends of Mountains type situation as can any child, of solving our national problems,” Miller said. denominational Christian sumBranch Library: Learning equals but these children are heavy Miller, a Republican, joins a crowded primer camp for children ages knowledge, a most powerful tool. with physical needs on a regular mary field. Asheville lawyer Ed Krause, former 8 to 17. For 60 years, Camp Hendersonville Mayor Greg Newman, Clay County Lurecrest has combined the out- In line with the vision statement basis. 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Two people were transported to Rutherford Hospital Tuesday night following a two vehicle accident on U.S.74A at Church Street, Forest City. Forest City police, North Carolina Highway Patrol and the Forest City Fire Dept. and Rutherford County EMS responded to the accident scene. No other details were available late Tuesday. Garrett Byers/Daily Courier
and Amy Cooke. “Five additional teachers will take part in global ecomony workshop Feb. 18-19,” Mason said. Those teachers are Cindy Stewart, Julie Pittman, LaRhonda Whiteside, Kristi Jones and Denise Yelton. Middle and High School Curriculum Director Renn Dominguez and Director of Federal Programs and Professional Development Janice Baynard presented information on grants the system recently received. The McKinney-Vento Grant Homeless Assistance Grant will be used to identify a range of needs for three outreach specialists to identify students in need and provide services or make arrangements to meet those needs, Baynard said. There is a specialist for each district – Maria Davis serving Chase district; Elizabeth Edmondson serving East district; and Jeff Sappenfield serving R-S district. Following a presentation on the grants, Board Vice Chair Sherry Bright said she had worked with each through Family Resources. “They’re doing a great job and I’ve been very Martin could not prepare for his trial, Brown said. And he added impressed,” she said. “I’ve seen the difference they that while there, Martin was “50 are making first hand for a lot of children.” Chief Operating Officer Benny Hendrix updated feet away from the death chamber,” and executions were carried the board on the status of the old Rutherfordton Elementary School. He said the fall was spent out there. Brown noted that while Martin cleaning up the school and two mobile units to the was at Central Prison he did not side of the school have been removed. “The Arts Council will be using a small portion know that it had been decided of the facility,” Hendrix said “For discussion purhis trial would not be a capital poses right now, Isothermal Community College case, and he did not find out has approached us about using it for some of their until later that his mother had services. They will be working with their building died while he was there. committee and trustees to bring proposal to us.” “For months he did not know Hendrix said there could be some uses for the it would not be a death penalty case,” Brown said, “while he was playground similar to Forest City and Rutherford in oppressive pretrial incarcera- Opportunity Center. A portion of the facility will also be reserved for RCS use. tion.” Brown said the prosecution would say that a large part of Contact Flynn via e-mail at aflynn@thedigitalcourier. com. the delays came about because Martin fired his attorneys prior to the first trial, but he said, “Mr. Obama declares disaster in N.C. Martin never wanted the trial delayed.” RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina should receive DA Greenway said the Court of more than $9 million from the federal government Appeals indicated that there was after President Obama signed a disaster declara“no merit” in the speedy trial tion to help with the clean up from recent storms aspect of the case when they in the mountains. viewed it. The White House announced Obama’s declaraAs for Martin getting new tion on Tuesday. State agencies, 13 county governattorneys for his case, “It takes ments and some private nonprofits will be eligible time for an attorney to prepare,” for federal funds to share the costs for $12.5 milGreenway said. lion in emergency work and repairs. The motion to dismiss was Western North Carolina got up to 2 feet of snow denied by the judge. the weekend of Dec. 18, followed by heavy rains Brown also asked for a change and ice a week later. of venue for the trial, specifically The declaration covers Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, to McDowell County, or to bring Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Haywood, Jackson, in a special trial jury. Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, Watauga and Brown said stories in The Daily Yancey counties. Perdue declared a state of emerCourier about Martin’s case gency in 15 counties two weeks ago. may have influenced jurors. He also said conversations among Rutherford County Masons may have affected the case. Greenway said he saw no reason to move the trial or bring in a special jury. Judge Powell said he would not act to either move the trial or bring in an outside jury, but added that if there were problems when jury selection began, he might reconsider.
Judge hears murder case motions By LARRY DALE Daily Courier Staff Writer
RUTHERFORDTON — The defense attorney for the retrial of a man accused of murder said Tuesday that the motions filed in the case seek to ensure a fair trial. Attorney Kent Brown represents Jack Meredith Martin, who is charged with first-degree murder and two counts of attempted first-degree murder. Martin was convicted of seconddegree murder in the case, but the conviction was overturned by the Court of Appeals, which remanded the case for retrial. Martin is accused in the May 2005 shooting death of Lehi Moore, and in the attempted murders of Phillip Chiasson and Philip Salks. Motions were heard in the case Tuesday in Superior Court, and the Martin trial is scheduled to begin Monday. Martin contends that Freemasonry kept him from receiving a fair trial in his first trial, and many of the motions filed for the retrial concern identifying Masons and keeping them from becoming jurors. Brown, in offering his motions, said the first trial had the appearance of being fair, but he said things that went on in secret perverted the process. He said the case was not decided on court evidence alone. He contends that the jury foreman conducted an investigation on his own, told other jurors about the results of that inquiry, and therefore had an effect on the verdict. He contends the juror is a Mason. Brown said the Appeals Court “didn’t open that can of worms,” but returned the case for retrial on another issue concerning Martin’s acting as his own defense attorney in the first trial.
“Mr. Martin is concerned about Masons, a secret society,” Brown said. His contention Tuesday was that Masons take a secret oath to be faithful to their Mason brethren that overrides their oath to be fair and impartial jurors, and Martin was a victim of that. Martin alleges that Sheriff Jack Conner, District Attorney Brad Greenway, the jury foreman, and the people who prosecuted the case are Masons. He also contends that John Byrd, one of Martin’s former attorneys, is a Mason. “Due process and a fair trial cannot coexist with secrecy,” Brown said. “Mr. Martin believes he did not get a fair trial.” District Attorney Greenway, who prosecuted the first trial and is prosecuting the retrial, said if he looks at the title of Martin’s first motion, for a fair trial, “I join in that motion.” But then he said that the contention that Masons would disregard the law in order to be faithful to a secret oath to each other is wrong. That line of thinking would mean “jurors can’t be trusted with the truth,” Greenway said. “The Freemason issue is a red herring in the case,” he said. Presiding Judge Mark Powell said he will allow questioning of jurors on links to Freemasonry, but he added that membership will not be a sufficient reason by itself to dismiss a juror. Brown began the day in court Tuesday by asking for a dismissal of the case on the grounds that Martin had been denied a speedy trial. The Martin defense had filed a speedy trial motion on Feb. 28, 2006. The attorney noted that while Martin was awaiting trial, he was “put in a vehicle and shipped to Central Prison.” There is no law library there, so
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ongress has gone back to work on a jobs bills, so it will be interesting to see if they come up with something new or whether we will see the same old ideas. Everyone knows what the issue is now. The question is do they have anything to offer that will inspire companies to begin hiring? Government can only do so much. When it comes to sustained job creating, the private sector is going to have to carry the load. The question we need to be asking is what is it going to take to get that job creation engine going? There are many ideas. Which will the people in Washington choose? Cut taxes? Give tax credits? Reduce labor costs? Or will they act to spur investment in new ideas, for example, alternative energies? All of these and many other ideas are apparently on the table. All have their champions and their detractors. What we look for as they move forward on this is open honest discussion of the ideas with the hope that when all is said and done, a jobs bill emerges that will actually have some impact on people in the real world.
Our readers’ views Thanks town officials for road plan effort To the editor: I want to take this opportunity to express my appreciation to the Board of Commissioners of the Town of Spindale (Tommy Hardin, Nancy Walker, Toby Tomblin, Carl Bailey and the late Bob Ensley) for having the foresight and determination to see that the Oakland Road intersection project became a reality for Spindale and the community. The Board of Commissioners, at my request, voted to ask the North Carolina General Assembly to shift funds that had been appropriated to the construction of a road between the shopping centers to the Oakland Road area so that this project could become a reality in a shorter period of time. The Board obviously agreed that this project would greatly benefit the residents of Oakland and the surrounding community by providing better safety and convenience for the traveling public. None of this would have been possible without the valuable assistance of Rep. Bob England and former Sen. and present Lt. Governor Walter Dalton, who assisted with the funding and communication with the North Carolina Department of Transportation. I hope that all of the residents of Oakland and the citizens of Rutherford County will thank those who have been involved in securing funding for this needed improvement. R. Mickey Bland Mayor, Spindale
Says change is still needed in America To the editor: If anyone watched Bill O’Reilly and Shawn Hannity, and let’s not forget Glenn Beck (Mr. George Washington) on (Fox New) Fair
and Balanced on 1/22/10, all they could talk about was the ratings that Fox News Network had during the Massachusetts election. Fox, thanks for all the air time or the Haiti people. Sorry, but if you blinked your eyes you might have missed it. May God bless Haiti, CNN News and the less majority of people in the USA. But, most of all, Massachusetts. You are the real losers. We know what the Republicans were thinking, But what were the Dems and the liberals thinking? I think they were using their ears for thinking and not their heads. Maybe too much (Fox News channel). The more majority could care less about the less majority. You know they’re the ones with the jobs, wealth and health insurance. Bottom line — we need change. (We’ve been through seven presidents and still no health care reform.) Zeke Coffey Ellenboro
Says people should oppose gay marriage To the editor: You all need to really take notice. There is a movement in our country to legalize gay marriage. Just recently in the city of Washington, D.C., the city council voted in favor of gay marriage, even though the voters had voted against gay marriage. Also look at the state of California. The voters voted against gay marriage and now the gay rights people have sued the state and they are going to court. It has been reported that there are some in Congress who are working to approve gay marriage nationwide. And if the American people don’t wake up and speak out against gay marriage, you may someday see gay marriages approved in every state in the United States. So, I hope all citizens will call or write their Congressman and their Senators
and let them know we do not want gay marriages approved in this country. You also, need to contact the people in Raleigh and ask them to make an amendment to our state constitution that would ban gay marriage. This is for all the people who have been writing letters to the editor in The Daily Courier. I’ve noticed a lot of people have been writing letters about President Obama and the decisions coming out of the White House. You can call the White House comment line. The number is 1-202-456-1111. Believe me, they will listen to what you have to say. I know some people are saying the President is not listening to the people. So I urge you to call and voice your concerns and opinions. For people who live in the 10th district, you can call Congressman Patrick McHenry at 1-800-477-2576. Call the Congressman’s office and tell him how you feel about what’s going on in Washington. For people living in the 11th district, you can call Congressman Heath Shuler’s Asheville office at 1-828252-1651. People writing letters to the editor is a good thing, but, calling your Congressman and the White House is a sure way to know these folks in office will hear your concerns. Johnny Lowery Henrietta
Thanks letter writer for his submission To the editor: Thank you James T. Tanner for your letter. I have taken the liberty of forwarding a copy to the resident of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C. Now, let’s hope he reads it and heeds it. Peggy L. McBrayer Rutherfordton
The Medicaid mammoth just keeps on growing RALEIGH — Last week, the North Carolina Center for Public Policy Research came out with a report finding that Medicaid, the health insurance program for the poor, is the fastest growing government program paid for with state tax dollars. The conclusion hardly shocked anyone who has been watching state budgeting over the years. More than a decade ago, I recall one state legislator referring to Medicaid as “The Blob” of horror movie fame. The idea was that the program consumed all in its path. The center’s report showed that Medicaid made up about 15 percent of the state’s general operating budget last year, or about $3.2 billion. The figure represents an 8 percent increase from the
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year before. And that’s just the state’s portion of the money. The feds provide 65 percent of Medicaid funding. The report concludes that Medicaid spending will continue to rise over the next two decades as the state’s population continues to get older. At least 20 percent of Medicaid money spent in North Carolina goes to the elderly. Based on the state budget, Medicaid shouldn’t increase this year. Legislative budgetwriters, even when account-
ing for federal stimulus money pumped into program, cut the Medicaid budget by $150 million. That figure is a real, yearover-year reduction. The cut is significantly larger when considering what budget writers refer to as the state’s continuation budget -- the built-in program increases meant to take into account population increases, increased utilization of services and inflation. Of course, a budget is just that. It’s not actual spending. Right now, state health officials expect Medicaid to exceed its budget by $250 million. Yet another well-known fact about Medicaid: Controlling costs isn’t easy when eligibility is determined by people’s individual circumstances. And when
the economy goes bad, so do people’s circumstances. The entitlement nature of Medicaid is one of the reasons for the rising costs. The state’s aging population is another factor. That health care inflation is far higher than inflation elsewhere in the economy (that’s what that little debate in Washington is really about) is another reason. But as last year’s legislative debate over the state budget showed, the complexity of Medicaid and the causes of the rising costs don’t end there. In response to the state’s budget woes, state legislators agreed to cut Medicaid provider rates and take some other commonsense steps to curb costs. Democrats and Republicans alike, though,
balked at other proposals to cut or eliminate services. While the state has no control over eligibility, it has a lot of control over what services Medicaid provides. There’s a rub though: Medicaid is a really a mixture of the public and the private. The dollars are public; many of the providers of health care services are private. Once a service starts, an entire network of private providers springs up. Those providers then become job producers in their communities. And, directly or indirectly, they become lobbyists, urging legislators to protect them. Mooneyham is executive director of the Capitol Press Association.
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Obituaries Bobby Packard
Bobby Griffin Packard, 79, of Cliffside, died Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010, at Cleveland Regional Medical Center. A native of Cleveland County, he was a son of the late Herbert and Ada Condrey Packard. He was a retired pilot, a Navy veteran and a member of Cliffside Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife, Louise Phillips Packard. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the A.C. McKinney Memorial Chapel of McKinneyLandreth Funeral Home with the Rev. Joey Cantrell officiating. Burial will follow in Cliffside Cemetery. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Hospice of Cleveland County, Jean Gordon/Daily Courier 951 Wendover Heights Dr., A 14-year-old Mooresboro teen sustained a gunshot wound to his upper leg mid-morning Tuesday at his home off RSW Trail off Ferry Road. Jacob Kennedy, a Chase Middle School student, was at home Shelby, NC 28150. Tuesday because of school cancellation, when a .22-caliber pistol reportedly fell off a table. The gun discharged when it hit the floor and Kennedy was struck in the leg. He was taken to Rutherford Hospital where he was in the emergency room late Tuesday afternoon. According to Det. Bruce Greene of the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Department, Kennedy’s dad, James Price, picked some clothing off a table and the pistol fell. His mother, Anne Marie Price, and sister were also at home. The family took the teenager to a neighbor’s house (above photo) to call for help. Det. Greene said the case is still under investigation and charges are pending. Assisting at the scene were Rutherford County EMS and the Sheriff’s Department crime investigation team.
Accidents injure six people
FOREST CITY — At least six people were treated at Rutherford Hospital due to automobile accidents Friday and Saturday. The accidents were all weather related. Cathleen Galletti, 58, of Lake Lure was traveling west on Bill’s Creek Road at 5:45 p.m. Friday when she crossed the center line due to snow and hit a 1997 Pontiac head-on, driven by Chad Fitzgerald Taylor, 28, also of Lake Lure. According to North Carolina Highway Patrolman W. S. Morrow, Galletti was charged with driving left of center. Galletti and Taylor were both taken to Rutherford
Hospital for treatment. Friday at 7:55 p.m. Matthew Brandon McClellan, 33, of Rutherfordton, was driving his 1996 Suzuki pick-up truck north on Jack McKinney Road when he was traveling too fast for conditions. He ran off the right side of the road, struck an embankment and overturned. The truck came to a final rest on its right side on the right shoulder of the road. The driver and two passengers, Kyle Buff of Chesnee and Don Buff of Rutherfordton, were taken to Rutherford Hospital for treatment. Trooper J.A. Repasky inves-
tigated. Saturday night at 10:55, Wesley Calkins, 27, of Charlotte, was driving a 1996 Toyota Pick-up truck traveling west on U.S. 74, when he struck a patch of ice and ran off the road to the left. He struck the guard rail facing the median and struck the cable before overturning. He was charged with exceeding a safe speed. A passenger in the truck, Benjamin Michael Williamson of Charlotte, was taken to the hospital for treatment. Calkins and another passenger also sustained injuries, but were not transported to the hospital. Trooper Morrow investigated.
Police Notes DA still waiting on SBI report
E-911 calls Monday.
RUTHERFORDTON — District Attorney Brad Greenway is still awaiting an SBI report on an allegation of brutality made against a Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office sergeant. Sgt. Steve Reynolds allegedly used excessive force in the arrest of Robert Wayne Suttle II, 19, of 108 Plum Road, Ellenboro, in January. Sheriff Jack Conner asked the SBI to investigate. The SBI report will be turned over to Greenway, who will decide if prosecution is warranted in the case.
n The Spindale Police Department responded to 22 E-911 Monday.
Spindale man is facing sex charges
SPINDALE — A Spindale man is under a $30,000 secured bond on a sexoffense charge. Kevin Michael Davidson, 23, of 903 Morgan St., is charged with indecent liberties with a child. The statute under which he was charged says to be charged with the offense a person must be at least 16 years old and at least five years older than the child in question. The alleged victim would have to be under 16.
Sheriff’s Reports
n The Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office responded to 143 E-911 calls Monday. n Yvette Elizabeth McEntire reported the theft of a diamond ring and wedding band. n Janet Nanny reported the theft of firearms and ammunition. n Timmy Eugene Cox reported the theft of a bicycle.
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n The Rutherfordton Police Department responded to 33
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Lake Lure n The Lake Lure Police Department responded to no E-911 calls Monday.
Forest City n The Forest City Police Department responded to 35 E-911 calls Monday. n An officer of the Forest City Police Department reported that William Coggins found property that belongs to Chelsea Suzanne Sosa. n Justin Greene, reported a simple assault.
Arrests n Wendy Ann Stafford, 30, of 598 Gun Club Road; charged with second-degree trespassing and communicating threats; released on a $1,000 unsecured bond. (RCSD) n Michael Wesley Young, 19, of 4190 Seitz Road; charged with failure to appear on misdemeanor larceny and injury to personal property; placed under a $3,000 secured bond. (RCSD) n Tracy Lee Sams, 32, of 242 Martin St.; charged with domestic criminal trespassing; placed under a 48-hour hold. (RCSD) n Brian William Thomas Owens, 17, of 126 Lionel St.; charged with misdemeanor larceny and possession of stolen goods/ property; placed under a $1,000 secured bond. (RCSD) n Barbara Jean Bullman, 47, of 281 Old Church St.; charged with carrying a concealed gun; placed under a $3,000 secured bond. (RCSD) n Jimmy Rogers Coffey,
37, of 281 Old Church St.; charged with driving while license revoked; placed under a $500 secured bond. (RCSD) n Jon Curtis Chrisman, 50, of 22 Casey Rd.; charged with breaking and entering and larceny after break/ enter; released on a $10,000 unsecured bond. (RCSD) n Raeford Scott Huntley, 52, of 1024 Poors Ford Road; charged with driving while license revoked and fictitious/ altered title/ card/ tag; placed under a $3,000 secured bond. (RPD) n Tony Felipe Forney, 45, of 138 Forney Road; charged with driving while impaired, fictitious/ altered title/registration card/ tag, felony possession of cocaine and driving while license revoked; placed under an $11,000 secured bond. (RPD) n Edgar Omar Sanchez, 22, of 35 Freedom Drive; charged with driving while license revoked; placed under a $1,000 secured bond. (RPD)
EMS/Rescue n The Rutherford County EMS responded to 33 E-911 calls Monday. n The Volunteer Life Saving and Rescue, Hickory Nut Gorge EMS and Rutherford County Rescue responded to three E-911.
Fire Calls n Cherry Mountain responded to a motor vehicle accident. n Ellenboro responded to a structure fire, assisted by Bostic, Cherry Mountain and Number 7. n Forest City responded to an industrial fire alarm and to a vehicle fire. n Green Hill responded to a residential fire alarm. n Rutherfordton responded to a structure fire. n Sandy Mush responded to a gas leak.
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Cassel Flack Cassel B. Flack, of Union Mills, died Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Crowe’s Mortuary.
Milton Simpson Milton Simpson, 46, of Polk County, died Monday, Feb. 1, 2010, at Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Ulysses D. Miller Funeral Service.
Malissa Miller Malissa Miller, of 387 North Meridian Street, Rutherfordton, died Saturday, January 30, 2010, at Hospice House of Rutherford County. A native of Rutherford County, she was a daughter of the late Woodrow and Lottie Mae Miller. She was a member of New Dimension World Outreach Church in Rutherfordton. Survivors include: three sons, Bryan Kengatta Miller and Curtis Raemon Miller, both of Rutherfordton, and Bobby Ray Miller Jr., of Forest City; two grandchildren; two sisters, Doris Crute and Mary Proctor, both of Rutherfordton; and two brothers, Henry Wilkins of Polk County and James Miller of Forest City. A funeral service will be held on Thursday, February 4, 2010, at 1 p.m. at St. John A.M.E. Zion Church with the Rev. Wallace Gregory officiating. Burial will follow in the Wheat Creed Baptist Church Cemetery. The body will lie in state one hour prior to the service.
Deaths Jack Brisco STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Former Oklahoma State NCAA wrestling champion Jack Brisco has died at age 68. The university said Tuesday that Brisco died on Monday after suffering from heart disease. THE DAILY COURIER Published Tuesday through Sunday mornings by Paxton Media Group LLC dba The Daily Courier USPS 204-920 Periodical Postage paid in Forest City, NC. Company Address: 601 Oak St., P.O. Box 1149, Forest City, NC 28043. Phone: (828) 245-6431 Fax: (828) 248-2790 Subscription rates: Single copy, daily 50¢ / Sunday $1.50. Home delivery $11.75 per month, $35.25 for three months, $70.50 for six months, $129 per year. In county rates by mail payable in advance are: $13.38 for one month, $40.14 for three months, $80.27 for six months, $160.54 per year. Outside county: $14.55 for one month, $43.64 for three months, $87.28 for six months, $174.56 per year. College students for school year subscription, $75. The Digital Courier, $6.50 a month for non-subscribers to The Daily Courier. Payment may be made at the website: www.thedigitalcourier. com The Daily Courier is not responsible for advance subscription payments made to carriers, all of who are independent contractors.
Brisco was a native of Blackwell and was the 1964 and 1965 Big Eight champion at 191 pounds. He was runner-up for the national title in 1964 and won the NCAA championship the following year. He finished 27-1-1 as a Cowboy. He wrestled professionally after college and was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2008. Marika Rivera LONDON (AP) — Marika Rivera, a daughter of the Mexican artist Diego Rivera, has died in England, her son said Tuesday. She was 90. Rivera, a film and stage actress who had little contact with or support from her father, was born from his tempestuous affair with the Russian-born artist Marevna Vorobieff. They moved in the same revolutionary avant garde circles with the likes of Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, George Braque, Henri Matisse and Amedeo Modigliani. Walter Fondren HOUSTON (AP) — Walter Fondren, all-Southwest Conference halfback at Texas before playing quarterback for coach Darrell Royal’s first Longhorns team, has died at the age of 73. Texas athletics spokesman Bill Little says Fondren died Jan. 28 of congestive heart disease. Fondren earned all-SWC honors as a halfback in 1955 but by 1957 was the starting quarterback under Royal. Texas went from 1-9 in 1956 to 6-4-1 in 1957 with a Sugar Bowl berth. Larry Bortstein ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — Larry Bortstein, a veteran sports writer who specialized in horse racing during a career that lasted more than 40 years, has died. He was 67. Bortstein died Sunday at Arcadia Methodist Hospital after suffering a pulmonary embolism Jan. 23. A New Yorker who moved to California to continue his career as a turf writer, Bortstein covered racing for the Orange County Register for 17 years. He also was a contributor to the California Thoroughbred magazine.
Clifford Thomas Henderson Clifford Thomas Henderson of Forest City, formerly of Spindale, died Sunday, January 31 at Hospice House. A native of Polk County, he was a son of the late Peter A. and Mary Elizabeth Smith Henderson. He was a retired loom fixer and a member of Spencer Baptist Church. Left to cherish his memory are his wife, Sarah Anderson Henderson of the home; one daughter, Joan Flynn and husband, Jimmy of Huntersville, NC; daughter-in-law, Roemelda Henderson-Dahlin of Burnsville, NC; five grandchildren, Tanya Henderson of Colorado, Tod Henderson and wife, Shannon of Evansville, IN, Tyler Henderson of Metaire, LA, Jeffrey Flynn of Huntersville, and Joey Flynn of Greensboro; two great grandchildren, Tannor and Taylor Henderson of Evansville, IN. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, Kenneth Henderson. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, Feb. 3 at 3:00 PM at Crowe’s Chapel with Rev. Billy Vaughn officiating. Concluding services will follow at Sunset Memorial Park. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at Crowe’s Mortuary. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Hospice of Rutherford County, PO Box 336, Forest City, NC 28043. Online condolences at: www.crowemortuary.com Paid obit.
6A — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Calendar/Local Fire
Right now, I’m telling everyone we are making this a holiday. That’s about all we can do right now. Our nerves are pretty frazzled right now, but everyone has been very helpful.
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Red Cross Blood drives schedule: Feb. 16 — Chase Middle School, 2 to 7 p.m., contact Trudy Jackson at 247-1043 for an appointment; Feb. 19 — Campfield Baptist Church, Ellenboro community, 4 to 8:30 p.m., all 245-5878 for an appointment; Feb. 22 — Red Cross Chapter House, 838 Oakland Road, Forest City, 2 to 6:30 p.m., call 287-5917 for an appointment; All presenting donors (in February) will be entered in a drawing for a chance to win a $1, 000 gift card. For more information call 1-800448-3543 or visit RedCrossBlood. org.
Meetings/other Photographers meeting: Carolina Nature Photographers Association, Foothill Region, Rutherford County, will meet Monday, Feb. 8, at the county annex. The meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. Robert Phipps will speak on “Techniques for Night Photography and Painting with Light.” Call 828-429-5096 for more information. HNG meeting: “Conservation Conversation”; Wednesday, Feb. 17, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., at Old Rock Café (beside the entrance to Chimney Rock Park); topic “The Green Issue” by Michael Pollan; anyone interested in the protection/preservation of the natural beauty of Hickory Nut Gorge is welcome to attend; call 828-685-8798 for more information.
was out of the house and accounted for, she called 911, and the Ellenboro Fire Dept. was there very quickly. “We are very, very blessed to be able to get out without any injuries,” Mrs. Williams said. “We are so fortunate and thank God we are safe.” Ellenboro Fire Chief Keith Lowery said damage to the residence was between $5,000 and $7,000 and after the home is cleaned, the residents will be able to return to the house. “Right now, I’m telling everyone we are making this a holiday, Mrs. Williams said from the Quality Inn, Forest City, where the residents and the couple are staying until they can go back to Joyful Living. “That’s about all we can do right now,” she said. “Our nerves are pretty frazzled right now, but everyone has been very helpful,” Williams said. Later Tuesday, Mrs. Williams had a doctor’s visit for a check-up after feeling dizzy. The Department of Social Services arrived at the scene Tuesday morning and was discussing moving the residents to other places, but Mrs. Williams said they decided for everyone to go to Quality Inn. “DSS was very, very helpful. Our little family unit is so tight and some of our residents have been together for years. We just decided we wanted to go to the motel and be quiet,” she said. Everyone arrived at the motel at 5 a.m. and received a continental breakfast. Mr. Williams brought hamburgers for lunch and neighbors
— Joy Williams Joyful Living owner/operator
have been volunteering to help in any way they can. One of the staff members returned to Joyful Living Tuesday to pick up toothbrushes and other personal items for the residents to have with them until they can get back home. Lowery said the home will take some clean up work and fortunately, the fire departments didn’t have to use a lot of water. The Ellenboro Fire Department was also considered as an emergency shelter for the residents and the couple, but they decided on Quality Inn. “Somebody knew how to use a fire extinguisher,” Lowery said. And although Roger Hollifield, Rutherford County Fire Marshal encourages people to get out of a burning house and call for help, since the fires in the living room were small, they were able to be extinguished safely. Williams has owned the home 13 years. “It’s been pretty quiet there and we’ve been doing our own things. It looks like we’re going to get to go back,” she said. Robert Daniel Anderson, 49, is charged with first degree arson and is
in jail, Hollifield said after the arrest, shortly after the fire. Hollifield said Anderson didn’t give him a statement. Mrs. Williams said Anderson has only been at the home since Jan. 5 and was having a difficult time adjusting. She talked with his case manager on Monday and discussed moving him to another facility, utilizing the mobile crisis team. “We felt we had it under control,” Williams said after talking with Anderson and his case manager. He told Mrs. Williams he would be alright until morning. “We have a very loving, supportive home and we were trying to make him feel welcome,” she said. Most of the residents at Joyful Living are independent and as situations have changed through the years, there are more middle age residents than older residents. Assisting Ellenboro firefighters are the scene were Bostic, Cherry Mountain and #7 Cleveland County. Contact Gordon via email:jgordon@thedigitalcourier.com
Miscellaneous Chase Corner Ministries will hold a half-price coat sale through Feb. 5. Hours 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., M-F. The store is located on Chase High Road, directly across from the high school. Bridal fair rescheduled: The Bridal Fair set for Saturday, Feb. 6, at The Foundation, Isothermal Community College, has been postponed until Saturday, March 13, (due to weather).
Fundraisers Country ham supper: Friday, Feb. 5, begins at 4:30 p.m., First United Methodist Church, Forest City; no set price, donations accepted; proceeds for the building team trip to Biloxi, Miss. Cancellation: The ham supper set for Feb. 6, at Gilkey Community Clubhouse (to benefit Anath Christian Academy), has been postponed until a later date. Postponement: The country ham supper scheduled for Feb. 6, at Duncan’s Creek Presbyterian Church, has been postponed until Saturday, Feb. 13, from 4 to 8 p.m. The church is located at 1658 Duncan’s Creek Road, Ellenboro. Fish fry: Benefit for Haiti missions; Saturday, Feb. 6, noon to 7 p.m., Temple of Jesus Church, Lake Lure; dessert and drink included with meal. Hearts for Hospice: Hospice of Rutherford County is hosting a Valentine luncheon Friday, Feb. 12, from noon to 1 p.m. at Carolina Event and Conference Center, 374 Hudlow Road; Chicken Rossini is the main course; cost $10 per person; proceeds will be used for Hospice home care patients; to obtain tickets, contact Karen Jarson at 245-0095 or stop by the Conference Center. Sweetheart Banquet: Saturday, Feb. 13, beginning at 4:30 p.m.; Harriett Memorial Free Will Baptist Church; baked spaghetti, salad, dessert and drink; $12 per couple or $6 per individual; children under 6 are free; take outs available; call 657-9446 to order; sponsored by the ladies’ auxiliary. Spaghetti dinner, bake sale: Sunday, Feb. 21, 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m., Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Forest City; $5 per person; children under 5 free; take outs available.
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to educational resources on the Internet — like videos from the Discovery Channel or text for researching projects in chemistry and engineering. “This network has allowed our teachers and students the ability to reach a wealth of educational resources that before were almost unusable due to lack of bandwidth and network capacity,” said Rutherford County Schools Chief Information Officer Benny Hendrix. “It also allows the students to access the many resources and educational opportunities that many other affluent school districts have had in place for several years. Our students now can compete with the students in those areas and be better prepared for higher education and the world of work.” In 2007, the county was able to secure a $1.4 million grant from Golden LEAF to connect public safety services to the PANGAEA backbone in the county including 17 fire departments and four EMS stations. Now, PANGAEA becomes the point of contact in the event something happens to that fiber. “PANGAEA’s responsibilities under the agreement are to incorporate the Public Safety Network and associated support functions into its day to day operations,” County Manager John Condrey said. “This includes
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macadamia correctly for the win. “What’s funny was before we got cookies backstage, and the one I got was macadamia,” Jack said. Jack received a trophy and $1,000 for winning the bee. And because she was in attendance, Church received
Singing: Sunday, Feb. 7, 7 p.m., Riverside Baptist Church, Hogan Road, Harris; featuring Winners Either Way.
Religion Revival: Through Feb. 5, 7 nightly, Little White Country Church, 184 Painters Gap Road, Rutherfordton; speaker, Rev. George Wright; special singing each night. Special service: Sunday, Feb. 7, 3 p.m., New Life Christian Fellowship Church of God; guest speaker, Bishop Eddie Lockheart of Blacksburg, S.C.; church located at 601 E. Main St., Spindale.
sus PANGAEA owning the sheath and the County having IRUs in the fiber were discussed,” Owens said. “The true value of the fiber network lies within the rights to use the fiber strands themselves, which the county has complete control over.” An IRU interest is a form of acquired capital in which the grantee possesses an exclusive and irrevocable right to use the facility for all, or almost all, of its useful life and is one of the most common methods of conveying assets in the telecommunications industry. The contract will expire in November, with county commissioners looking at renewable options then. Either the county or PANGAEA can end the current contract with a 90 day notice. “If either party were to determine that this arrangement were not in its best interest, a detailed series of negotiations would be required between the two parties,” County Finance Director Julie Scherer said. “In the case of the county, since the county does not have the network management, repair and marketing experience, a third party might also need to be explored. In addition, the county has to this point steered away from competing in the private sector as an Internet provider with the exception of connecting county facilities and fire departments.”
$500 to use for her classroom. “I’m hoping to buy some materials – hopefully with word development,” she said. Jack, who celebrated with his family at O’Charley’s after winning, plans to spend some of his prize winnings on a customized Dell laptop. He also plans to donate some to his church and put some in savings. A fan of the film “Akeelah and the
Bee,” Jack’s already gearing up for taking part in another spelling bee. “Last night, me and my mom started studying for next year.”
Contact Baughman via e-mail at sbaughman@thedigitalcourier.com.
Jack is the grandson of Joe and JoAnne Fasolino of Cliffside and David and Debbie Silver of Marion. Contact Flynn via e-mail at aflynn@thedigitalcourier.com.
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Central topples Panthers
Robots, dogs ready for Super Bowl MIAMI (AP) — Several dozen bomb-sniffing dogs, robots that defuse explosives and police bomb squads are being deployed to protect the Super Bowl. The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives showed reporters Tuesday how the dogs can detect even minute amounts of bomb compounds. Four dogs easily found a small amount of residue hidden in a closed car trunk. Miami ATF chief Hugo Barrera says the dogs can smell 19,000 different bomb components. The ATF puts them through a 16-week training course before they’re ready for duty. Some of the ATF dogs deployed for the Super Bowl are veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Dogs from the Miami-Dade Police Department and Broward Sheriff’s Office also are on duty for Sunday’s game.
Hospital sued over late Steeler’s death PITTSBURGH (AP) — The family of former Pittsburgh Steeler Dwight White is suing the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and three doctors, claiming negligence contributed to his death. Monday’s suit in Allegheny County Court says one of White’s doctors was out of town and another prescribed an over-the-counter medication when he weakened after being discharged from back surgery in May 2008. White’s wife took him to an emergency room when his condition worsened. A blood clot was diagnosed in his lung, and he died June 6, 2008, at UPMC Presbyterian hospital at age 58. White family attorney Art Schwarzwaelder says the athlete’s doctors missed chances to save his life. The suit seeks damages of more than $25,000. UPMC didn’t return messages for comment. White was a member of the Steelers’ Steel Curtain defense, which won four Super Bowls in the 1970s.
Furman adds two football assistants GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Furman coach Bobby Lamb has hired two new assistants for the Paladins football team. Lamb said Tuesday that Brian Hill will coach the defensive line and Rusty Wright will coach the linebackers. Hill spent the past season as defensive coordinator at Concord University.
Local Sports BASKETBALL 6 p.m. Burns at E. Rutherford 6 p.m. Chase at Shelby WRESTLING 6:30 p.m. Freedom at R-S Central
On TV 7 p.m. (ESPN2) College Basketball DePaul at Marquette. 8 p.m. (ESPN) NBA Basketball Miami at Boston. 9 p.m. (ESPN2) College Basketball Kansas at Colorado. 9 p.m. (FSS) NHL Hockey Carolina Hurricanes at Calgary Flames. 10:30 p.m. (ESPN) NBA Basketball Phoenix Suns at Denver Nuggets. 11 p.m. (ESPN2) College Basketball Idaho at Utah State.
By KEVIN CARVER and JACOB CONLEY Sports Reporters
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The Hilltoppers’ Shaq Wilkins (21) goes up for a shot against Patton during the basketball game at R-S Central Tuesday.
RUTHERFORDTON — Shaquille Wilkins posted 22 points and R-S Central provided a fantastic third-quarter performance to notch a key 61-41 win over Patton, Tuesday night. Central, who fell in a hard-fought battle at Freedom on Monday, shot 10-of-15 from the field in the third quarter while taking eight steals in the period to kept them in the playoff hunt. “I challenged the kids at halftime and told them what is at stake,” R-S Central coach Greg Wright said. “In the second half, we were able to get into the passing lanes and capitalized on fastbreak opportunities for easy baskets.” Central really opened the game up after leading by one at the break. The Hilltoppers’ Wilkins, Jacob Kinlaw and Jonathan Fuller played key roles in the third quarter as Central burst to a 17-point lead, 45-28. Central out-scored Patton, 25-9, in the frame. Central’s defense held Patton to 3-of15 shooting from beyond the arch, while the Hilltoppers hit six in the contest. “Patton did a good job of executing
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McDaniel, Hilltoppers down Patton By KEVIN CARVER and JACOB CONLEY Sports Reporters
RUTHERFORDTON — Eleven points, seven rebounds, two assists and two blocks was the opening statement R-S Central’s Taylor McDaniel made in the first half. McDaniel finished with 13 points (6-of-8 shooting) 15 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 blocks as the Central girls put away Patton on the court, 63-52, Tuesday at home. With the win, R-S Central’s girls will at least host one playoff game when the postseason starts as the No.2 seed from the South Mountain Athletic Conference. McDaniel blocked the first Patton field goal attempt on the night and ran to the other end. She then earned the putback off a Hines miss and completed the three-point play on a freebie. On the next possession, McDaniel got the roll from 14-feet away on the left baseline for a 5-0 lead. Central led 14-9 at the end of the first quarter.
The Hilltoppers’ Alyssia Watkins (4) tries to come down with a rebound during the basketball game against Patton at R-S Central Tuesday.
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Tar Heels veering close to disappointment Roy Williams looked like a man without answers. The gray-haired legend looked on as the Virginia Cavaliers (yes, those Cavaliers) dismantled the Tar Heels with a blistering 18-0, second half run. Such is the weight of being a national champion; everyone gives you their best shot. Even, Virginia. These much touted, but little-experienced, Heels are learning that nightafter-ACC-night, as everyone comes gunning for them. Back in December, I felt very strongly that the Heels would be poised to make a solid defense of their national title. I felt, then, certain that UNC would be an Elite Eight team at the very least. Now, I don’t even think they will see a dance invitation. I can’t even believe that I am writing this next sentence, but — North Carolina has lost three in a row at home. The last two, they lost by double-digits. They play their next two on the road — Virginia Tech and Maryland — before returning home to face No. 10 Duke. There is nothing ‘give-me,’ about playing Duke anywhere, at any-
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time, but the way the Heels are playing right now, not only are they in danger of losing, but they are in danger of being embarrassed. North Carolina shot just 35.7 percent from the field against Virginia. In six of their eight losses, the Tar Heels have shot below 40 percent. The Tar Heels are suffering from the ladder of woe. The ladder works this way: First, a team lacks real leadership. Second, that lack of leadership leads to a loss of confidence. Third, with the confidence gone, the consistency follows. North Carolina’s big men of Deon Thompson, Ed Davis, Tyler Zeller, the Wear boys, David and Travis, and even John Henson have yet to develop into the type of physical, get-inyour-grill mentality that made Tyler Hansbrough so special.
North Carolina’s little men of Marcus Ginyard, Larry Drew II, Dexter Strickland, and Will Graves have yet to step up to that next level and effectively replace Ty Lawson and Wayne Ellington. Injuries have certainly played a role, but Williams may have some responsibility as well. Only two starters —Thompson and Drew — have started all 21 games. Again, much of that goes to injury, but Williams seems to be uncertain at times with this roster. I wonder just how comfortable he is with these young men. How much he trusts them. Given his recent statements, he is clearly shaken, and after losing to Virginia, much of Heels Nation is shaken too. SMAC Update: East Rutherford (16-1, 7-1) is currently tied with Shelby (15-2, 7-1) atop the South Mountain Conference. The Cavs currently hold the tiebreaker due to beating Shelby, in mid-January. East has four games remaining, including a date at home against Shelby (Feb. 9), that will determine the championship.
8A — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Wednesday, February 3, 2010
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EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct Boston 30 16 .652 Toronto 26 22 .542 New York 18 29 .383 Philadelphia 16 31 .340 New Jersey 4 42 .087
NFL Playoff Glance Wild Card Round Saturday, Jan. 9 N.Y. Jets 24, Cincinnati 14 Dallas 34, Philadelphia 14 Sunday, Jan. 10 Baltimore 33, New England 14 Arizona 51, Green Bay 45, OT
Orlando Atlanta Charlotte Miami Washington
Divisional Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 16 New Orleans 45, Arizona 14 Indianapolis 20, Baltimore 3 Sunday, Jan. 17 Minnesota 34, Dallas 3 N.Y. Jets 17, San Diego 14 Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 24 Indianapolis 30, N.Y. Jets 17 New Orleans 31, Minnesota 28, OT Pro Bowl Sunday, Jan. 31 At Miami AFC 41, NFC 34 Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 7 At Miami New Orleans vs. Indianapolis, 6:25 p.m. (CBS)
BASKETBALL Associated Press
Phil Mickelson is bent over in frustration after his eagle putt on the sixth hole rimmed out during the final round of the Farmers Insurance Open golf tournament at Torrey Pines Golf Course Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010 in San Diego.
Golf in the news for all the wrong reasons By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer
This is not the kind of publicity the PGA Tour had in mind. Golf’s two best players are linked by accusations of cheating — one because he has a wife, the other because he has a wedge. Oh, for happier times. It was only four months ago when Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson posed on the 18th green at East Lake with commissioner Tim Finchem, both holding a trophy, smiles filling the frame. Woods had won the FedEx Cup for the second time, while Mickelson’s victory in the Tour Championship seemed to signal a renewed rivalry between the game’s brightest stars. These days, handshakes have been replaced by hand-wringing. The biggest blow remains the absence of Woods, missing since his middle-of-the-night car accident Nov. 27 that fueled sordid tales of extramarital affairs. Even though it has been nearly two months since he announced his indefinite break, the laughs kept coming when a San Diego strip club flew a banner over Torrey Pines that read, “We miss you too, Tiger.” One day later, the news shifted to a banner quote in The San Francisco Chronicle. Scott McCarron is not the only player upset about a 20-year-old legal loophole that allows players to use Ping Eye2 wedges with grooves that no longer conform to the rules. He’s just the only player to use the word “cheating.” “It’s cheating, and I’m appalled Phil has put it in play,” McCarron told the newspaper. Mickelson is happy to be a lightning rod on this topic because he doesn’t like the USGA’s new rule on grooves and is miffed that Finchem never takes his ideas seriously. This is a chance to make both of them squirm. In the meantime, he would have expected, even welcomed, healthy debate with his peers on the Ping wedges. But cheating? That’s hitting below his white belt. It’s like the ferry scene in the movie “Jaws,” when Mayor Vaughn is trying to talk Chief Brody out of closing the beaches. “You yell, ’Barracuda’ and everybody says, ’Huh? What?’ You yell, ’Shark’ and we’ve got a panic on our hands on the Fourth of July.” Mickelson didn’t panic. But it’s a safe bet everyone around him did. The world’s No. 2 player said on national television that he was “publicly slandered,” an ominous choice of words that suggested lawyers would be involved if the PGA Tour didn’t handle the situation to Lefty’s liking. The question now is which mess is easier to fix. So far, the only damage Woods has inflicted has been to himself and his family. He has lost endorsement deals with AT&T and Accenture, and his approval ratings have plunged. The gloomy forecast for TV ratings cannot be measured unless Woods is gone longer than eight months, which is how much time he missed last year due to knee surgery. Ratings were slightly up at Torrey Pines for consecutive years without him.
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Prep Basketball South Mountain Athletic 3A/2A Conference (thru Monday’s games) Mens Standings Conf. All Team W L W L East Rutherford 7 1 16 1 Shelby 7 1 15 2 Burns 6 2 11 6 R-S Central 5 5 12 7 Freedom 5 5 10 9 Patton 1 9 7 13 Chase 1 8 2 14
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GB — 13 15 1/2 21 1/2 21 1/2
WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct 30 18 .625 27 19 .587 26 21 .553 26 22 .542 25 22 .532 Northwest Division W L Pct Denver 33 15 .688 Utah 29 18 .617 Portland 29 21 .580 Oklahoma City 26 21 .553 Minnesota 11 38 .224 Pacific Division W L Pct L.A. Lakers 37 12 .755 Phoenix 29 21 .580 L.A. Clippers 20 27 .426 Sacramento 16 31 .340 Golden State 13 33 .283 Dallas San Antonio Memphis New Orleans Houston
GB — 2 3 1/2 4 4 1/2 GB — 3 1/2 5 6 1/2 22 1/2 GB — 8 1/2 16 20 22 1/2
National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF New Jersey 54 35 17 2 72 146 Pittsburgh 57 35 21 1 71 180 Philadelphia 54 28 23 3 59 163 N.Y. Rangers 56 25 24 7 57 143 N.Y. Islanders 56 23 25 8 54 143 Northeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF Buffalo 54 32 15 7 71 153 Ottawa 56 31 21 4 66 157 Montreal 56 25 25 6 56 143 Boston 53 23 21 9 55 130 Toronto 56 17 28 11 45 149 Southeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF Washington 55 37 12 6 80 214 Florida 56 24 23 9 57 149 Atlanta 54 24 22 8 56 165 Tampa Bay 54 22 21 11 55 138 Carolina 55 19 29 7 45 147 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF Chicago 55 37 14 4 78 180 Nashville 54 30 21 3 63 151 Detroit 55 26 19 10 62 142 St. Louis 55 24 22 9 57 143 Columbus 57 22 26 9 53 149 Northwest Division GP W L OT Pts GF Vancouver 54 34 18 2 70 178 Colorado 54 30 18 6 66 156 Calgary 56 27 21 8 62 143 Minnesota 55 27 24 4 58 153 Edmonton 54 17 31 6 40 141 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF San Jose 55 36 10 9 81 187 Phoenix 56 33 18 5 71 154 Los Angeles 55 33 19 3 69 166 Anaheim 56 26 23 7 59 155 Dallas 55 24 20 11 59 157
GA 122 161 149 154 172 GA 132 157 152 136 197 GA 149 161 174 162 180 GA 129 152 147 153 188 GA 132 143 145 163 186 GA 134 145 151 172 177
Monday’s Games Boston 99, Washington 88 Milwaukee 97, Miami 81 Memphis 95, L.A. Lakers 93 Phoenix 109, New Orleans 100 Denver 112, Sacramento 109, OT Utah 104, Dallas 92 Portland 98, Charlotte 79 Tuesday’s Games Indiana 130, Toronto 115 Cleveland 105, Memphis 89 Orlando 99, Milwaukee 82 Detroit at New Jersey, late L.A. Clippers at Chicago, late Atlanta at Oklahoma City, late Golden State at Houston, late Wednesday’s Games L.A. Clippers at Atlanta, 7 p.m. New Jersey at Toronto, 7 p.m. Chicago at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Washington at New York, 7:30 p.m. Oklahoma City at New Orleans, 8 p.m. Miami at Boston, 8 p.m. Golden State at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Portland at Utah, 9 p.m. San Antonio at Sacramento, 10 p.m. Charlotte at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m. Phoenix at Denver, 10:30 p.m. Thursday’s Games Miami at Cleveland, 8 p.m. San Antonio at Portland, 10:30 p.m.
Monday’s Games Pittsburgh 5, Buffalo 4 Anaheim 3, Florida 0 Philadelphia 3, Calgary 0 Edmonton 4, Carolina 2 Tuesday’s Games Washington 4, Boston 1 Toronto 3, New Jersey 0 Tampa Bay 2, Atlanta 1 Vancouver at Montreal, late Phoenix at Nashville, late Minnesota at Dallas, late Columbus at Colorado, late N.Y. Rangers at Los Angeles, late Detroit at San Jose, late Wednesday’s Games Ottawa at Buffalo, 7 p.m. St. Louis at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Carolina at Calgary, 9 p.m. Philadelphia at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m. Detroit at Anaheim, 10 p.m. Thursday’s Games Montreal at Boston, 7 p.m. Washington at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. Dallas at Columbus, 7 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Vancouver at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m. San Jose at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Colorado at Nashville, 8 p.m. Edmonton at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Anaheim at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.
than we were at the beginning of season,” said TJCA Coach Chris Gash. “We had a lead tonight and we held a good team to eight points in the first quarter. “We just seem to get mentally and physically fatigued, but I’m proud of the way we have improved over the course of the year.” TJCA grabbed an early 2-0 lead as John Dunigan scored on a lay up off the opening tap. That was all the scoring for either side for nearly four minutes of game time until Dunigan converted another lay up to push the lead to 4-0. However, the Wolverines finished the quarter on an 8-0 run to take an 8-4 lead at the end of the first. That run continued into the second and by the time the dust settled Polk had grabbed a 20-6 lead midway through the frame. TJCA’s Dillon Moore and Richard Petty allowed the home team to claw closer on a couple
of quick baskets, but TJCA still trailed, 31-11, at the half The Gryphons struggled offensively in the third quarter, and they faced a large deficit in the fourth that the Griffs couldn’t overcome. Petty led TJCA with 13.
MORGANTON — R-S Central will now wrestle with the SMAC champion on the line today, following a 40-31 victory on the road at Patton Tuesday night. The Hilltoppers got wins from Aris Smith, Cody Sellars, Austin Elfers, Evan Boggs, Jack Stephens, Kent Craig, Angelo Nunez and Andres Rodriguez in the winning effort. Today, R-S Central will host Freedom for the conference title on senior night at 6:30 p.m. Both teams are 5-0 in conference matches.
press, putting the game out of reach. Continued from Page 7A Hines posted a game-high 18, while McLaughlin added The Lady Hilltoppers then 14 points and 18 boards in turned to their full court press the match. Alyssia Watkins in the second period. Central and Taylor Gray each had 11 scored four of their eight second- rebounds as well. frame baskets off Patton turnovers. McDaniel finished the Polk County 46, half 5-of-6 from the field and Thomas Jefferson 33 capped off a 14-4 run to lead AVONDALE — Polk County 28-13 at one point in the quarter. used a 17-0 in the 4th quarter to Central held a 32-23 lead at the break open a close game and run break. away from the Lady Gryphons, Central led 49-35 at the end 46-33, Tuesday. of the third and stretched it to The game was tight early, but 59-39 in the fourth due to the
Polk broke out to an 8-4 lead on a transition lay up. The Lady Gryphons’ Murphey Doyen cut the deficit to 8-6 on a rebound put-back, but the Lady Wolverines closed a defensive quarter on a 6-0 run to grab a 14-6 lead at the end of the first. TJCA kept the game tight throughout the second and third quarters, thanks in large part to Doyen and Leah Lineberry. Polk, however, opened the final frame on a 17-0 run that was broken by a Doyen 3, but by that point TJCA trailed by 15, 45-30. Doyen led TJCA with 21 points on the night.
Womens Standings Conf. All Team W L W L Freedom 9 0 16 4 Shelby 6 2 15 2 R-S Central 7 3 14 6 East Rutherford 4 4 11 6 Patton 3 7 4 12 Chase 2 7 4 13 Burns 0 8 1 14 NCAA Atlantic Coast Conference Conf All Duke (10) 5-2 17-4 Maryland 4-2 14-6 Virginia 4-2 13-6 Georgia Tech (21) 4-3 16-5 Florida St. 4-3 16-5 Wake Forest 4-3 14-5 Clemson 4-4 16-6 Virginia Tech 3-3 16-4 Boston Coll. 3-5 12-10 North Carolina 2-4 13-8 Miami (FL) 2-5 16-5 N.C. State 2-5 14-8
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their offense, but I thought we were able to disrupt that in the second half,” Wright said. “That is the best team basketball we have played all year and I am proud of the kids, who played tough on Monday as well.” Kinlaw gained a double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds, and the team calculated 15 assists in the victory.
Polk County 63, Thomas Jefferson 31 AVONDALE — Things started well for Thomas Jefferson as they jumped to a 4-0 lead on visiting Polk County, but long offensive droughts in the second and third quarters doomed the home team to a 63-31 loss, Tuesday. “We are playing so much better
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Wrestling R-S Central 40, Patton 31
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sports Emory Wins Title
Some New Orleans Saints dance with a reporter during media day for NFL football Super Bowl XLIV Tuesday, in Miami. Associated Press
Brees, Manning leave fans divided
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — If the Indianapolis Colts beat the Saints in the Super Bowl, many fans in New Orleans will celebrate hometown hero Peyton Manning’s second championship. And if the Saints win, parts of northwest Indiana might resemble Bourbon Street. Most of Indiana is expected to wear Colts blue on Super Bowl Sunday, but loyalties are split near the Purdue campus in West Lafayette, 65 miles from downtown Indianapolis. Saints quarterback Drew Brees remains an icon in the area since he led the Boilermakers’ revival a decade ago. Brees remains so loyal to his alma mater that he texted Purdue quarterback Joey Elliott the day before last season’s game against Ohio State and told him to “shock the world.” The Boilermakers beat the seventhranked Buckeyes 26-18, adding to Brees’ legend. “Around here, Drew Brees kind of walks on water,” said Kevin Green, a Purdue graduate who works at the university. “He was the quarterback who led us back to the Rose Bowl (2001), so he can do no wrong in the area. We know that he cares about here and we care about him. That’s why most of the people around here are kind of conflicted.” Brees doesn’t just talk. He gave Purdue a $2 million gift in 2007 for the Drew and Brittany Brees Student-Athlete Academic Center, right next to Ross-Ade Stadium and Mackey Arena. “He’s just been a great ambassador for Purdue University,” Purdue men’s basketball coach Matt Painter said. “We can’t thank him enough for what he’s done for our athletic department. Very rarely do you have a guy that gives that much.” Believe it or not, there’s a similar conflict among some Saints fans in New Orleans because of Manning’s ties to the city. The son of former Saints quarterback Archie Manning played at Isidore Newman High School in New Orleans, as did his brothers, Cooper and Eli. All three wore number 18, the only retired number at the school. “The Manning family is the heartbeat of our program,”
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Carson Emory, 7, of Rutherfordton, recently won first place at the Bristol Brawl Wrestling Tournament, in Bristol, Tenn. Emory, a member of the Polk County Strong and Courageous Wrestling Team, competed in the 50-pound Bantum weight division.
National Signing Day holds interest statewide BY BRIANA GORMAN Special to the Courier
CHAPEL HILL — When high school seniors sit down to sign their national letters of intent today, fans will be pouring over the rankings of each school’s recruiting class. And while North Carolina’s recruiting class of 2010 has been ranked anywhere from No. 24 to No. 29, the most important thing for the Tar Heels was not rankings but filling holes. “It’s not going to be as high profile, but I think the main thing is that they filled all their key needs,” said Don Callahan, a recruiting analyst for www.InsideCarolina.com. “I think a lot of people are going to look where it’s ranked and all the stars, but they got the positions that they need and they got their first pick in a lot of those positions.” The Tar Heels’ most pressing needs were along the offensive and defensive lines and at wide receiver. UNC’s offensive line got most of the attention after it struggled during the 2009 season, Associated Press when injuries and graduation departures from the 2008 unit left little depth. Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning (18) is seen in a video Offensive tackle James Hurst (6-5, 285 pounds) camera during media day for NFL football Super Bowl XLIV Tuesday, Feb. out of Plainfield, Ind., was UNC’s lone five-star 2, 2010, in Miami. recruit and was one of the first commitments of the class of 2010. He and three-star offensive Newman coach Nelson Stewart obstacles endears him to Purdue tackle T.J. Leifheit of Wilmington both enrolled in January. said. “They continue to be fans who recall the days when The others expected to sign today are three-star involved in our school, and as he led the program past Big Ten center Russell Bodine of Fork Union, Va., and twophenomenal as they are as footbullies Michigan and Ohio State. star guard Nick Appel of Arlington, Va. ball players, they’re even better He was lightly recruited as an The Tar Heels also are expected to sign a people.” undersized quarterback compair of small, speedy three-star receivers in Stewart said he’s “a divided ing out of Texas, and after he Reggie Wilkins of Shelby and Brendon Felder of soul.” He wants New Orleans finished fourth in the Heisman Monroeville, Pa. to win because the city Trophy balloting in 1999 and UNC also is on the list of four-star receiver proswent through so much after third in 2000, he slipped into pect Markeith Ambles (6-2, 182) from McDonough, Hurricane Katrina and the team the second round of the NFL Ga., who also is has Tennessee and Southern has struggled for so long. He’s draft. California on his short list. also pulling for Manning, his The San Diego Chargers But while UNC’s line recruits on offense were high school teammate for three drafted Brees, but later selected years. Philip Rivers and allowed Brees determined fairly early, the Tar Heels’ defensive line prospects looked shaky until a few weeks ago. “As his former teammate, to go to the Saints. That is when Lane Kiffin suddenly departed there’s never been a game I Brees had a severe shoulder cheered against him, and I’m not injury in 2005, but he recovered Tennessee for Southern California the first week of January, and UNC picked up one of the top defengoing to start now,” Stewart said. and led the Saints to the NFC sive lineman in the country. “But it would be fantastic for championship game in 2007, Four-star recruit Brandon Willis (6-2, 255) out the city of New Orleans to win a was named the Associated Press Super Bowl.” Offensive Player of the Year last of Duncan, S.C., switched his commitment from Tennessee and already is enrolled at UNC. He Brees’ history of overcoming season.
Injured Freeney still hopes to play in Super Bowl
MIAMI (AP) — Colts defensive end Dwight Freeney still hopes to play in the Super Bowl despite a torn ligament in his right ankle. “Hopefully, towards the end of the week it starts to get better,” Freeney said at Tuesday’s media day. “The decision will come later on in the week. It’s kind of early now.”
An All-Pro player, Freeney wore a pair of flip-flops to the morning session. His injured ankle was unwrapped. “Very discouraging” was how he described
Lattimore picks South Carolina
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — Byrnes High School star runner Marcus Lattimore said Tuesday he’ll sign with South Carolina.
his inability to practice for Sunday’s NFL title game against the New Orleans Saints. “The competitor in me says they’ll never stop me from being on the field,” he said with a laugh before adding: “There’s some pain there definitely, with throwing everything at it, all types of techniques, to find the best thing to get this thing as good as possible. You name it, I’ve probably done it.” Freeney injured the ankle in the AFC championship game against
the New York Jets and said the chances of working out later this week weren’t good. He’s the only starter on either team who might miss the game because of injury. Freeney said he’s enlisted the help of chiropractors, slept in an oxygen chamber, used ice, regular therapy and anything else team doctors prescribed, to try to get the ankle to heal. Despite everything, his teammates still believe Freeney will be on the field Sunday. Defensive lineman
Raheem Brock, who would replace Freeney in the lineup, took it a step further. “I think he’ll be back and playing third downs. And I think he’ll be effective, until I see something different,” Brock said. Freeney, the former league sacks champ, led the Colts with 13 sacks and is considered the team’s defensive leader.
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Nation/State Today Arson suspect arrested
NEW YORK (AP) — A drunken man set fire to his apartment by tossing a lighted toilet paper roll soaked in paint thinner into a baby carriage near the front door, touching off a blaze that engulfed the building and killed five people, police said. Daniel Ignacio, 27, was arrested Tuesday on charges of seconddegree murder and arson, said chief police spokesman Paul Browne. Ignacio managed to escape the flames that overtook the three-story apartment on a busy commercial strip in Brooklyn.
Principal suspended
PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona school principal who penned a sarcastic letter that chided parents for children who were either “too lazy or too stupid” to complete their assignments in class was suspended after the missive was mistakenly sent home. “The math we do is really easy,” said the letter from Litchfield Elementary School principal Ron Sterr. “If your child is either too lazy or too stupid to finish it in class, I’m sending it home so that you can work with them and judge for yourself whether it is laziness or idiocy that inhibits your child’s progress.” Ron Sterr has called each parent individually to apologize and take responsibility, the Litchfield school district said. The letter sent home Jan. 26 with second graders also contained passages about students with peanut allergies and emotional problems stemming from puppy deaths. Sterr said Tuesday that he wrote
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the joke letter in response to caustic comments made by “an individual” and a teacher accidentally sent it home.
Thieves swipe Twinkies KINGSPORT, Tenn. (AP) — It was a Zinger of a theft in Tennessee. It also included cupcakes, Twinkies and other snack cakes from the Merita Bread Company. The Kingsport Times-News cites a report from the Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office in reporting 34-year-old James M. Denoon and 18-year-old Anthony Stout were found hiding under a truck at the bakery late Friday night. The deputies found about $300 worth of stolen snack cakes stacked on the ground nearby. Finding the accused thieves was easy: The deputies only had to follow their footprints. There was more than an inch of snow on the ground by Friday night.
Witness is arrested WILMINGTON (AP) — A North Carolina man who witnessed a shooting involving a state lawmaker has been arrested on drug and assault charges. The StarNews of Wilmington reported that Billie J. Wright is charged by Tabor City police with simple assault, assault with a deadly weapon, felony possession of cocaine and resisting a public officer. Police reports say the 23-yearold Wright resisted arrest and had cocaine and more than $2,000 in his possession on Monday night.
PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) — Punxsutawney Phil might be an expert at shadow spotting, but texting? Not so much. About two hours after the famous groundhog “saw” his shadow and predicted six more weeks of winter, the rodent’s inaugural stab at textmessaging appeared. Phil also sent a Twitter update at about that time. Officials with the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club didn’t immediately
return calls about Phil’s texting skills. German tradition holds that if a hibernating animal sees its shadow on Feb. 2 — the Christian holiday of Candlemas — winter will last another six weeks. If no shadow is seen, legend says spring will come early. Phil was alone in his prediction of a longer winter. His other celebrity cousins all predicted an early spring, including General Beauregard in Georgia.
Effort to get compromise health bill is under way WASHINGTON (AP) — Leading lawmakers hoping to revive President Barack Obama’s stalled health care overhaul have started writing a compromise bill, but it’s unclear when the legislation will be ready for votes, a top House Democrat said Tuesday. The measure would change the massive Senate-approved health bill to what bargainers from the White House, Senate and House agreed to last month, Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., said in a brief interview. Rangel’s remarks, if borne out, could be the first concrete sign that Democrats will try enacting major health legislation in the wake of the Republican upset in a Massachusetts special election that cost them their crucial 60th Senate seat. Stunned by that setback, the White House and top Democrats have been conceding that they no longer know if they have the votes to pass health legislation, or what such a bill would look like. In January, White House and congressional negotiators agreed to ease a Senate-approved tax on high-cost health insurance plans opposed by unions and many House Democrats. They also planned to remove a Senate provision having the federal government fully pay for an expansion of Medicaid coverage solely for Nebraska, one of whose senators, Democrat Ben Nelson, was the crucial 60th vote for the Senate bill at the time. Rangel said leaders have to decide whether the health package would begin moving before or after Congress tackles legislation aimed at creating jobs. “The question is when are we going to do it,” said Rangel, who chairs the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee. He said a fight between liberal and conservative Democrats over how to limit federal financing for abortion remains unresolved.
In a remark underscoring the political sensitivities Democrats have about their two top issues, Rangel said, “The major things we’re talking about now are, one, don’t let health care even look like it’s not on the front burner. And don’t forget that the priority of people in their districts is jobs.” The measure Rangel discussed would be a so-called reconciliation bill, a seldom-used procedure that only requires a simple majority of votes for Senate passage. He said he believed both chambers could muster the votes needed for passage, despite virtually unanimous GOP opposition. Meanwhile, the House plans to vote next week on a small element of the massive health bill it approved in November stripping insurance companies of their decades-old exemption from certain federal antitrust laws, according to Nadeam Elshami, spokesman for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. Industry analysts see the effort as largely symbolic as courts have long allowed federal regulators to intervene when competition could be jeopardized. Also Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., emerged from a separate meeting with Pelosi to say no decisions had been made about the health bill. Reid said a scenario in which the House produces a reconciliation package “seems like a strong possibility,” but is not the only option. In a separate interview, former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, who was Obama’s first pick to lead the health care effort, said he thinks Democrats are back on track. “The bottom line is that this is still doable” because many Democrats realize they may take a bigger hit politically if they fail to deliver a bill, Daschle said.
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STOCK EXCHANGE HIGHLIGHTS
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7,101.44 +93.21
GAINERS ($2 OR MORE)
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LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)
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1,836.92 +23.53
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Net Chg
YTD %Chg %Chg
+1.09 +.78 +.83 +1.33 +1.30 +.87 +1.30 +1.39 +1.22 +.79
-1.26 -2.60 -3.45 -1.16 +.66 -3.49 -1.06 -.44 -.87 -1.81
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Dow Industrials 10,296.85 +111.32 Dow Transportation 3,993.12 +30.88 Dow Utilities 384.27 +3.15 NYSE Composite 7,101.44 +93.21 Amex Market Value 1,836.92 +23.53 Nasdaq Composite 2,190.06 +18.86 S&P 500 1,103.32 +14.13 S&P MidCap 723.50 +9.95 Wilshire 5000 11,448.49 +137.97 Russell 2000 614.05 +4.80
9,600
MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE) Name Vol (00) Last Chg PwShs QQQ1019359 43.65 +.39 ETrade 809721 1.53 -.06 Intel 612603 19.91 +.30 Microsoft 532834 28.46 +.05 Cisco 523958 23.02 +.29 Qualcom 451321 39.26 -.51 NewsCpA 344524 12.76 +.23 HuntBnk 333590 4.93 +.03 Oracle 319567 23.76 +.54 TD Ameritr 274524 17.64 -.59 Advanced Declined Unchanged Total issues New Highs New Lows Volume
10 DAYS
10,400
LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)
Name Last PECO II rsh 4.11 JeffersnB 4.61 Tufco 2.86 AmSupr 35.69 SilicnMotn 2.88 PalmHHm 2.18 Santarus 4.41 TidelndsBc 3.28 DialCpA 6.31 RRSat 10.61
10,040
10,800
%Chg +35.9 +31.4 +21.4 +21.1 +19.4 +19.0 +18.1 +17.6 +17.3 +15.8
10,729.89 4,265.61 408.57 7,471.31 1,908.81 2,326.28 1,150.45 755.91 11,941.95 649.15
10,380
Change: 111.32 (1.1%)
GAINERS ($2 OR MORE)
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52-Week High Low
Mutual Fund Footnotes: b = Fee covering market costs is paid from fund assets. d = Deferred sales charge, or redemption fee. f = front load (sales charges). m = Multiple fees are charged. NA = not available. p = previous day’s net asset value. s = fund split shares during the week. x = fund paid a distribution during the week.Gainers and Losers must be worth at least $2 to be listed in tables at left. Most Actives must be worth at least $1. Volume in hundreds of shares. Source: The Associated Press. Sales figures are unofficial.
Total Assets Obj ($Mlns) NAV
Total Return/Rank Pct Min Init 4-wk 12-mo 5-year Load Invt
CI 120,690 LG 66,116 IH 58,324 LB 57,210 WS 56,527 LG 54,252 MA 49,431 LB 49,143 LB 46,604 LB 43,152 FB 40,624 LV 39,228 LV 38,906 FV 35,646 WS 33,009 CI 31,078 LB 30,966 FG 29,974 MA 29,690 CA 29,617 MA 27,900 CI 27,358 LB 27,342 LB 27,014 LG 26,376 FB 25,013 CI 24,642 LB 24,167 LV 15,493 LB 9,451 LB 4,142 GS 1,487 LV 1,193 SR 408 LG 176
+1.7 +14.6/C -1.9 +39.6/C -1.3 +27.5/C -0.8 +39.0/B -3.0 +43.4/C -2.6 +33.7/D -0.6 +32.1/B -1.5 +34.9/D -1.0 +36.9/C -1.0 +37.0/C -2.8 +49.5/B +1.0 +46.9/A -0.6 +30.4/D -0.4 +69.5/A -2.7 +45.6/C +1.7 +14.6/C -1.4 +42.0/B -2.7 +45.0/D +0.5 +28.8/C +0.2 +38.2/A -0.1 +28.8/C +1.8 +16.5/B -1.0 +37.0/C -0.8 +39.2/B -2.6 +42.9/B -2.4 +53.2/A +1.7 +14.3/C -1.0 +37.0/C -0.2 +42.5/A -0.7 +54.4/A -0.8 +34.4/D +0.8 +4.2/B 0.0 +26.6/E -2.5 +49.9/C -2.2 +37.0/C
10.96 26.80 47.26 27.22 33.05 56.75 15.39 25.56 101.68 101.01 37.26 97.07 24.49 31.71 24.96 10.96 32.28 27.24 16.29 2.05 28.81 11.97 101.69 27.22 67.21 14.07 10.96 101.01 20.95 30.45 35.42 10.38 2.94 13.61 14.69
+7.1/A +2.8/B +3.7/C +1.1/B +5.6/A +4.2/A +2.8/B +1.6/B +0.4/C +0.6/C +7.3/A -0.2/C +0.3/C +5.4/A +5.6/A +6.9/A +4.1/A +3.4/D +2.3/C +3.9/A +4.8/A +2.7/E +0.5/C +1.2/B +4.7/A +5.0/B +6.7/A +0.6/C +0.8/B +3.6/A +1.2/B +4.8/A -1.8/E +1.3/B +0.2/D
NL 5,000,000 5.75 250 5.75 250 NL 3,000 5.75 250 NL 2,500 5.75 250 5.75 250 NL 3,000 NL 5,000,000 5.75 250 NL 2,500 5.75 250 NL 2,500 5.75 250 NL 5,000,000 5.75 250 NL 2,500 5.75 250 4.25 1,000 NL 10,000 3.75 250 NL 100,000 NL 100,000 NL 2,500 NL 3,000 3.75 1,000 NL200,000,000 NL 2,500 5.50 1,000 5.75 1,000 1.50 1,000 4.25 2,500 5.75 1,000 4.75 0
CA -Conservative Allocation, CI -Intermediate-Term Bond, ES -Europe Stock, FB -Foreign Large Blend, FG -Foreign LargeGrowth, FV -Foreign Large Value, IH -World Allocation, LB -Large Blend, LG -Large Growth, LV -Large Value, MA -Moderate Allocation, MB -Mid-Cap Blend, MV Mid-Cap Value, SH -Specialty-heath, WS -World Stock, Total Return: Chng in NAV with dividends reinvested. Rank: How fund performed vs. others with same objective: A is in top 20%, E in bottom 20%. Min Init Invt: Minimum $ needed to invest in fund. Source: Morningstar.
Housing news gives stock prices a boost
2010 Ford Mustangs are lined up at a dealership in San Jose, Calif., Monday. Ford Motor Co. says sales rose 25 percent in January, buoyed by a stronger economy and Toyota’s decision to halt U.S. sales because of a gas pedal system problem. Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Signs of strength in the housing market pushed the Dow Jones industrial average to its second straight gain of more than 100 points. An increase in the number of people with contracts to buy homes and the first profit at homebuilder D.R. Horton in three years raised hopes that one of the weakest parts of the economy is improving. The Dow rose 111 points Tuesday, boosting its two-day gain to 230 points and extending a recovery from a slide in January. It was the biggest backto-back advance for the Dow in three months. The National Association of Realtors, a trade group, said its index of sale contracts rose 1 percent in December. It was the ninth improvement over the past 10 months as buyers scrambled to take advantage of a first-time homebuyer tax credit before it was set to expire in November. Ford’s jumped 154 percent. The reports brought a positive tone to the marOther automakers didn’t release ket, which stumbled in the second half of January percentages of fleet sales. While fleet sales can hurt auto- as concerns arose that the recovery might be stalling and that the market’s 10-month advance was makers by flooding the marrunning out of gas. The Standard & Poor’s 500 ket and lowering resale values, index fell 3.7 percent in January, its worst month Czubay said the return of those since hitting a 12-year low nearly a year ago. customers was a good sign. On Tuesday, the Dow rose 111.32, or 1.1 percent, It indicated corporations are to 10,296.85. The Dow’s two-day climb of 229.52, investing again and business and or 2.3 percent, is the biggest point and percentage leisure travel is increasing. gain since Nov. 4-5. So far, only Chrysler is in the The S&P 500 index rose 14.13, or 1.3 percent, to long-term trend of rising fleet 1,103.32, while Nasdaq composite index advanced sales, he said. Analysts estimate fleet amounted to about 40 per- 18.86, or 0.9 percent, to 2,190.06. Bond prices rose, pushing yields lower. The yield cent of Chrysler sales last month. on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note slipped to He said the company is either 3.65 percent from 3.66 percent late Monday. sending a large number of vehiCrude oil jumped $2.80 to $77.23 per barrel on cles to rental companies or selling them to individuals with big the New York Mercantile Exchange, its biggest one-day gain in four months as stocks advanced incentives. and hopes grew that the economy is strengthenFord’s sales rose 25 percent, ing. The dollar fell against other major currencies, although its non-fleet sales fell while gold rose. 5 percent. Hyundai’s sales rose Investors are turning their attention to a series 24 percent for the month. GM of economic reports this week to see whether the said its sales increased 14 pergrowth of late last year has a good chance of concent, including a 3-percent rise in non-fleet sales, while Nissan’s tinuing. The most important indicator will come on Friday when the Labor Department releases its rose 16 percent. January employment report. Chrysler fell 8 percent on Confidence also grew after Treasury Secretary declining sales of Ram trucks Tim Geithner told the Senate Finance Committee and Jeeps, while Korean automaker Kia said its January U.S. that the economy is in better shape than a year ago but that the government still needs to take steps sales were flat. Honda Motor to bring down unemployment, which stands at 10 Co. sales slipped 5 percent on percent. weaker demand for SUVs and wagons, a surprise since Honda is the brand most likely to be considered by Toyota buyers. Mike DiGiovanni, GM’s top sales analyst, said despite mixed economic news, there are enough In Memory Of signs of recovery for the largest U.S. automaker to raise its estimates for total U.S. sales. Last month, GM predicted sales of 11 million to 12 million for 2010, 2/3/49-11/12/09 and on Tuesday, it raised the low end of the range to 11.5 million.
U.S. auto sales up in January DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. auto industry rebounded from last January’s sales collapse with one big exception: Toyota, which lost an estimated 20,000 sales after it stopped selling eight models because of defective gas pedals. Last month, U.S. sales of cars and light trucks to consumers rose 6 percent from a year earlier, thanks to increases in fleet sales and strong demand for newly redesigned vehicles such as the Hyundai Tucson SUV and Buick LaCrosse sedan. Big winners included General Motors Co., Ford Motor Co., Nissan Motor Co. and Hyundai Motor Co., which all posted double-digit sales increases. But Toyota’s sales slipped 16 percent, and they could fall further as its sales stoppage drags into February. It was the first time since February 1998 that Toyota’s monthly U.S. sales fell below 100,000 vehicles, according to Ward’s AutoInfoBank. Toyota’s troubles helped to knock the Camry off its traditional perch as the top-selling car in the U.S. Last month the Camry ranked fifth in car sales, passed by Honda’s Accord, Nissan’s Altima, Toyota’s Corolla and the Chevrolet Malibu. The Camry has been the top-selling car in the U.S. for the last eight years. Toyota announced a recall of eight models, including the Camry, on Jan. 21 and halted sales of those models five days later because the accelerator pedals could stick and cause a crash The recall has affected a total of 2.3 million vehicles in the U.S. Besides the Camry,
the other models in the recall include Corolla and Avalon cars, the Matrix hatchback, the Tundra pickup, the Sequoia SUV and the RAV4 and Highlander. Bob Carter, Toyota’s group vice president and general manager, said the suspended models amount to 60 percent of Toyota dealers’ inventory. All eight saw sales declines. In December, most of them saw increases. The hybrid Prius, which wasn’t affected in the recall, posted a 13 percent gain. Toyota’s pain wasn’t a gain for other automakers. They saw more Toyota owners browsing in their showrooms but few sales despite incentives offered by GM, Ford and some New Yorkarea Honda dealers. Ken Czubay, Ford Motor Co.’s vice president of sales, said Toyota’s actions may have hurt overall sales because consumers and dealers were unsure of the value of Toyota trade-ins. John McEleney, who operates a Toyota dealership in Clinton, Iowa, expected January sales to be up 40 percent over last year until the automaker halted them. Now, January sales will be up 10 percent at the most, said McEleney, who is also president of the National Automobile Dealers Association. January is typically a weak month for U.S. auto sales, but automakers expected sales to improve over last January, when they dipped to a 26-year low because of the tough economy. Sales to fleets — rental companies as well as corporate and government sales — boosted numbers last month. GM’s fleet sales surged 225 percent, while
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12A — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Wednesday, February 3, 2010
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NASHUA, N.H. (AP) — President Barack Obama branded Republicans on Tuesday as electoral opportunists more concerned about their own interests than the people’s, taking a political risk by escalating criticism of the very lawmakers he’s urging to work with him. The newly combative approach is a double-edged sword for Obama. Fearful of losses in the November congressional and gubernatorial elections, Democrats have been urging Obama to throw tougher punches at Republicans. Those calls grew louder after the Democrats’ stunning loss two weeks ago of a Senate seat in Massachusetts, seen as an indictment of Democratic control over Congress and the White House. The president complied on Tuesday, choosing to do so in a state where two House seats and a Senate are in play this fall. Citing examples, he took Republicans to task for switching positions on important issues just to score points with voters. “You’re out of patience with this kind of business as usual,” he told his 1,600-member audience. “You want us to start worrying less about our jobs and more about your jobs.” But even if Obama notches some rhetorical wins, he risks alienating people at the same time. As a candidate, Obama built a winning brand as a change agent. That outsider, reformer image is difficult for any politician to maintain once the messy obligations and barriers of governing take over; it is even easier to lose once the bare-knuckled zingers start flying. What’s more, Obama’s sharper tone comes at a time of deepening voter ire about Washington’s politics of division and inability to solve pressing problems. Sensing opportunity, Republicans have taken note. Countering Obama’s portrayal of himself as above the political fray, the Republican National Committee sent out video of what it called the president’s “perpetual campaigning” of late. So the White House is trying to tread carefully. As Obama seeks to right his presidency and his agenda amid falling
poll numbers and ballot box losses, he and his advisers have concluded that the gloves must come off more often. He intends to unleash more tough talk for Republicans in the coming weeks, under the theme that they, too, must be held accountable for solving the nation’s ills, a senior administration official said. Since last Wednesday’s State of the Union address, Obama has held two campaign-style town hall meetings. In both he has called out Republicans for opposing him on health care, federal spending and other issues. He also spoke at a meeting of House Republican lawmakers, where both sides aired their complaints against the other, sometimes sharply. The idea is to stop allowing Republicans to define the White House through their nearly unanimous opposition to Obama’s proposals and to start using them as a foil to better define themselves, the official said. As Obama put it Tuesday in New Hampshire: “You can’t walk away from your responsibilities to confront the challenges facing this country because you think it’s good shortterm politics.” But he also will continue to reach out to Republicans, asking them to work with him and defining areas where cooperation may be possible. This serves two purposes: put Republicans on the spot, and show himself as a willing conciliator. On Tuesday, as he has done almost daily since last week’s State of the Union address, Obama made a play for bipartisanship. He urged the Republican minority in Congress to work with him and the Democratic leadership to overhaul education, energy and health care policies and take on crippling federal budget deficits. “I can’t do this alone. Democrats can’t do this alone — nor should we,” he said. While he spoke there, the White House pressed the message on another front, releasing a letter from Obama to U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Tom Donohue asking for the leading business lobby’s support for his jobs proposals.
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Dems crafting jobs bill seeking bipartisan help WASHINGTON (AP) — Scuffling over jobs and taxes, congressional Democrats began refining their election-year jobs package Tuesday in a challenge to Republicans to balance their party’s complaints about big spending with action to help unemployed Americans. At the same time, the Democrats’ effort promises to test President Barack Obama’s own ability to set the legislative agenda, Democratic senators were seeking bipartisan support for tax incentives to businesses that add payroll this year. Many Republicans were noncommittal, but they promised an election year fight against Obama’s long-stated plan to let income tax rates return to higher levels for families making more than $250,000 a year. Republicans said the income tax increases would hurt the same small businesses Obama is trying to help, because many small businesses are taxed the same as households. Many Democrats have opposed the tax cuts, initiated by President George W. Bush, for years. Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine, a moderate Republican who sometimes votes with the Democrats, said small businesses won’t add jobs, even with a new tax credit, if they are worried about paying higher taxes next year. “There is no way they are going to move forward to job creation,” Snowe said. “Who is going to take the risk, depending on what they’re hearing coming out of Washington these days?” Democrats hope to pass a series of jobs bills in the coming weeks, starting with one that features tax incentives for businesses that add payroll. The proposal emerging in the Senate is modeled after a bill by Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York and Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah. The Schumer-Hatch bill would exempt companies from paying the employer’s share of Social Security payroll taxes for new workers hired this year, as long as those people had been unemployed at least 60 days. The plan would save companies 6.2 percent of the workers’ salaries that are subject to Social Security taxes. Schumer said the money would be repaid to Social Security through unspecified future spending cuts.
Obama’s proposal has an additional provision that would award $5,000 tax credits to companies that add workers in 2010. Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander, a member of the GOP leadership, suggested that Republicans will look dubiously on the plan because previous efforts had little effect. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said the jobs bill would also extend at least three programs for another year: funding for the highway trust fund; tax breaks for small businesses that buy new equipment; and a bond program to help state and local governments pay for infrastructure projects. Senators also are considering extending unemployment payments for those whose benefits have run out, and renewing a program that offers the jobless a 65 percent subsidy for health insurance premiums under the COBRA program. Those provisions would be paired with the oneyear extensions of $31 billion in popular tax breaks, including an income tax deduction for sales and property taxes and a business tax credit for research and development. The House passed the tax break extensions in December but the Senate, which was preoccupied with the health care debate, did not act. Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., said he and Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., plan to introduce a jobs bill Thursday that would represent “a consensus in our caucus of what we can do to stimulate the creation of additional jobs.” Congressional Republicans reacted cautiously to the Democratic proposals, picking their way through a slowly emerging landscape that will include some items they historically have criticized, and others that may be too popular for lawmakers to oppose in the current economic climate. When Senate Democrats unveil their bill, “we’ll do our best to improve it or support it or oppose it,” said Alexander. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, the top Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, said he is working with Democrats on the bill to provide tax incentives to small businesses. But he cautioned that he would vote for a bill only with broad Republican support.
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Extension office offers health smart programs Eat Smart, Move More. Choosing healthy foods, losing weight and building lifelong healthy habits were probably among the most popular resolutions made on New Year’s Day this year, and every New Year’s Day before that. Maintaining a healthy lifestyle is definitely a commitment, and no, I’m not speaking from a soap box. When it comes to eating healthy every day, all day long .... I am so wishy-washy and non-committed. I do good for a while and then I drift. Back and forth, back and forth. Sound familiar? The good news is — for those ready to make a commitment — there are numerous weight, health and fitness programs offered in our county. So, if it’s the support you need, there are many choices. According to Cooperative Extension Agent Tracy Davis, there was such a large response (more than 100 people) to the the Eat Smart, Move More, Weigh Less program started in January, they are now adding another session this month to meet during the day. Carolyn Dunn, Ph.D., professor of Nutrition with N.C. State University and one of the program authors, said “We created Eat Smart, Move More, Weigh Less to help people adopt the skills that are proven to work for weight loss.” Each session of the 12-week program informs, empowers and motivates participants to make choices about eating and physical activity that leads to a healthy lifestyle. To help develop these healthy habits, participants receive a journal to record their progress and a full-color magazine with tips and recipes to help them along the way. Weekly weigh-ins help keep people on track. The new Weigh Less sessions, held at the Rutherford County Cooperative Extension on Callahan Koon Road in Spindale, will run from Feb. 18 through May 13. Sessions will be held each Thursday from 1 to 2 p.m. Davis said this time was chosen to allow employees to attend during their lunch hour, although anyone, whether employed or not, is welcome to attend. The enrollment fee is $10 for the 12-week program and includes a journal and magazine. Participants must register by Feb. 11. In addition to the Weigh Less program, a Cook Smart Eat Smart Cooking School is being offered by Cooperative Extension beginning Feb. 10. These classes will meet each Wednesday from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for four weeks. Cook Smart Eat Smart focuses on cooking techniques using basic equipment, simple ingredients and healthy foods. The program also provides tips for stretching your food dollar while still eating healthy. Davis believes the cooking school will appeal to a wide variety of audiences, including moms, seniors, singles, men.... anyone who wants to learn to cook, brush up on their skills, or just prepare healthier meals at home for their family. The cost is only $20, which includes educational materials, food samples and recipes. Participants must register by Feb. 8. To register for either class, contact the Cooperative Extension office at 287-6020.
Rutherfordton man returns from trip to Peru Editor’s Note: Rob Decker of Rutherfordton participated in a two week trip to Peru recently. Organized by GardnerWebb University, the group returned home just before the flooding of the Urubamba River. This passes next to the Machu Picchu Pueblo archeological site, where Decker and the others stood and photographed the area, just a week before. More than 2,000 tourists were stranded in the area before evacuation by helicopters last week. Decker shares these comments and photographs from the two week trip.
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rganized by GardnerWebb University’s Divinity Program, the first week of travel to Peru was dedicated to studying Liberation Theology, essentially founded in Peru during the 50s and 60s. It arose principally as a moral reaction to widespread poverty caused by social injustice in the region. Decker and the GWU group met with evangelical leaders (evangelicals are a minority in Peru, a country that is about 85 percent Catholic) that explained their struggles with being in a Catholic nation as well as struggles in providing for the poor and spreading the word. “We even met with a Congresswoman who has a bill up for a vote in the Peruvian Congress in March that would finally allow school children and people in other government institutions practice a religion other than Catholicism. This means that the Catholic class in school will no longer be required, children may take another religion course that is offered. It was very interesting and a very good learning experience,” he said. The second week was devoted to sightseeing and touring the countryside. “We rented a bus with the best driver in all of Peru, Omar,” Decker said. The group was driven from Lima all around the southern portion of Peru. The trip went from Lima to Nazca, to Arequipa to Lake Titicaca and finally to Cusco, the capital of the sacred valley and Machu Picchu. “This area of the country was amaz-
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ing,” he continued. “It went from desert to snow capped mountains, to green farmland and back to snow capped mountains. It was beautiful. This was by far my favorite portion of the trip simply because of the stunning scenery.” Decker said a person could fall asleep to one type of scenery in the bus and wake up five minutes later to something completely different. “The high altitude areas of Puno, Lake Titicaca and Cusco were amazing in terms of learning about the
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Inca culture. The Uros people live on floating islands in the middle of Lake Titicaca and invite tourists to their islands. They were friendly, inviting and were more than willing to show us around,” Decker continued. The sacred valley is made up of several archeological sites open to tourists and is one of the most visually stunning set of places to visit in Peru, Decker said. “Many of these places sit on the side Please see Peru, Page 8B
The Urubamba River in Peru as it flooded recently. Rutherford County resident Rob Decker was in Peru and snapped this shot, unaware that just three days later people would have to be airlifted from the area.
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Simple energy-saving steps to reduce your costs
Saving money and helping the environment - we would all agree that’s a good thing. Although, we often ask “what do I have to give up”? Well, in the case of saving money and conserving water, there is, in fact, very little you have to sacrifice. Water heating is the third largest energy expense in your home after heating and cooling. It can account for 12 percent or more of your utility bill. You may think this is a small price to pay for the convenience of a hot shower. But during the course of a year, this cost adds up. A family of four, each taking a 5-minute shower a day under inefficient showerheads, can use 700 gallons of water in a week — enough for a 3-year supply of drinking water for one person. Not only is this an excessive use of water, it is also expensive to heat. Generally, four destination points in the home are recognized as end uses for hot water: faucets, showers, dishwashers, and washing machines. There are ways to reduce your hot water consumption at each of these points. First however, let’s take a look at the source of hot water in your home. A hot water
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heater is just a tank of water that is heated to a preset temperature – generally about 140 degrees. When you use hot water it is drawn from the tank and new cold water replaces it. Regardless of whether any water is used, it takes energy to keep the water hot. Almost all heaters have at least some minimal level of insulation to help keep the heat inside the tank. Newer models, especially those built in the last few years, have more insulation than older models. Unless your water heater’s storage tank is new and has a high R-value of insulation (at least R-24), you may want to add a water heater blanket to reduce heat loss. Any water heater that is warm to the touch needs additional insulation. Pre-cut blankets (or jackets) for electric water heaters are available at hardware and home improvement stores. Blankets are rated based on their “R” value just like other insulation. A blanket with R-11 is recommended. The blankets are easy to install. The
only tools you’ll need are a razor knife and a tape measure. The cost is fairly modest with most running between $10 and $25. Your local utility company may offer discounted prices, rebates, or installation assistance. When properly installed, a water heater blanket on an electric water heater will pay for itself in energy saved within 1 year. A note of caution about gas hot water heaters: The installation of insulating blankets or jackets on gas and oil-fired water heater tanks is more difficult than those for electric water heater tanks. It is best to have a qualified plumbing or heating contractor add the insulation. If you install it your self, read and follow the directions very carefully. Keep the jacket or blanket away from the drain at the bottom and the flue at the top, making sure the airflow to the burner isn’t obstructed. Do not insulate the top of the tank since the insulation is combustible and can interfere with the draft diverter. Now that the water heater is well insulated, you can concentrate on the four end points of hot water use. A few behavior changes such as turning the hotwater faucet off while shaving or brushing
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Here is a quick test to help you determine if your shower is a good candidate for a showerhead replacement. Turn on the shower to the normal pressure you use, hold a bucket that has been marked in gallon increments under the spray, and time how many seconds it takes to fill the bucket to the 1-gallon mark. If it takes less than 20 seconds, you could benefit from a low-flow showerhead. Installing aerators on faucets also control water flow. Because of the different uses of bathroom and kitchen faucets, you may need different water flow rates in each location. For bathroom faucets, aerators that deliver 0.5 to 1 gallon of water per minute may be sufficient. Kitchen faucets may require a higher flow rate of 2 to 4 gallons per minute if you regularly fill the sink for washing dishes. On the other hand, if you tend to let the water run when washing dishes, the lower flow
rate of 0.5 to 1 gallon per minute may be more appropriate. A common assumption is that washing dishes by hand saves hot water. However, washing dishes by hand several times a day could be more expensive than operating some automatic dishwashers. If properly used, an efficient dishwasher can consume less energy than washing dishes by hand, particularly when you only operate the dishwasher with full loads. The biggest cost of operating a dishwasher comes from the energy required to heat the water before it ever makes it to the machine. Dishwashers require a water temperature of 140 degrees for optimum cleaning. But setting your water heater at 140 degrees could result in excessive standby heat loss since water is constantly heated in the storage tank, even when no hot water is used. If you do not have a dishwasher, a water heater temperature of 120°F is sufficient for all uses of hot water in the home. If you use a dishwasher, you can still lower the temperature of your water heater to 120 degrees IF your dishwasher has a booster heater. A booster heater increases the temperature of the water entering the dishwasher to the recommended 140 degrees for cleaning. Some dishwashers have built-in boosters that will automatically raise the water temperature, while others require manual selection before
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The third six weeks honor roll at Harris Elementary School has been announced by Don Ingle, principal. Those students named to the list are: A Honor Roll 3rd grade Seth Cooper, Katelyn Crowe, Carsyn Kilgo, Bryson McGinnis, Autumn Moore, Sully Stevens, Chloe Vickers, Heath Waldrop. 4th grade Megan Bright, Will Campbell, Megan Cheek, Penny Cheek, Joseph Conner, Stephen Cotarelo, Noah Crawford, Kody Dunn, Juarez Estephani, Cole Francis, Ethan Goode, Anna Kate Jackson, Brianna Jenkins, Summer Keever, Michaela Owens, Savannah Roach, Nick Scherer. 5th grade Jada Barksdale, Mary Grace Braley, Austin Cole, Reagan Davis, Cheyenne Dills, Lindsay Ficklin, Brenn Harrill, Kellan Jones, Braxton Keller, Katie Lewis, Dillon Phillips, Dalen Roberson, Jonathan Rohm, Jeffrey Rollins, Brad Sanders, Caleb Smith, Mackenzie Snyder, Job Wease. B Honor Roll 3rd grade Jaden Beheler, Autumn Blackwell, Garrett Buckner, Clint Condrey, Nathan Cox, Mackenzie Crawford, Jamie Davis, Dalton Dunkle, Tyler Ford, Madison Galloway, Annsley Harrill, Weston Harrill, Cassie Hawkins, Alex Ledford, Caitlin Lovelace, Brandon Lowe, Jeb Lukens, Sidney McCraine, Tyler Norton, Kassidy Owens, Luke Parton, Betsy Perez, Tyler Pinkerton, Madison Poteat, Alex Prairie, Geordy Randlett, Hanna Reep, Makenzie Russ, Brian Sanders, Bethany Scott, Haley Searcy, Linzy Smith, Jacob Wease, Jordan Williams, Tristen Woody, Makayla Wyatt. 4th grade Blake Aldridge, Noah Allen, Adilene Almeyda, Tommy Bailey, Bridget Bledsoe, Madison Branch, Trenton Brooks, Kristin Brummit, Deanna Cole, Cody Dills, Skylar Edwards, Maddie Hammett, Justin Lail, Paige Lee, Max Libera, Dana McSwain, Jesse Mullinax, Jordan Murray, Gracie Powell, Jeffery Quilty, Nathan Roach, Michaela Rudolph, Autumn Spalding, Brandon Walker, Madison Weast. 5th grade Austin Beheler, Kaitlin Callahan, Alexis Forrest, Lauren Frashier, Meredith Glover, Madeline Greene, Cenyetta Hamilton, Elizabeth Hardin, Samantha Henson, Ty Houser, Parker Jackson, Rani James, Carley Laughter, Jessica Morrow, William Newton, Rachael Palmeri, Erika Parris, Cassidy Pinkerton, Joshua Pittman, Nate Rodriguez, Tyler Skipper, Erika Walters, Kacie Willis.
Chase Middle School The third six weeks honor roll at Chase Middle School has been announced by Joey Glenn, principal. Those students named to the list are: A Honor Roll 6th grade Ambria Badger, Braxton Bright, Summer Byers, Megan Ensley, Jamila Hamilton, Raven Harrill, Shana Hoyle, Taylor James, Trevor James, Jacob Jenkins, Alysa McGinnis, Takirah McKinney, Andrew Price, Noah Radford, Madison Reep, Charles Roach, Kaylei Scott, Anthony Stafford, Keely Thomas, Haylee Waldrop, Courtney Wantuch, Haley Wood. 7th grade Kaylyn Adams, Micheal Bailey, Tiffany Barnes, Jacob Blanton, Jennifer Brainard, Eric Brigman, Emilyn Conner, Audrey Gorman, Richard Gowan, Austin Hicks, Sydnie Holden, Kaylee Jones, Breanna Lytle, Kaitlin Owens, Reese Palmeri, Elizabeth Phillips, Tyra Phillips, Dakota Reid, Samuel Scarlett, Courtney Scherer, Summer Shytles, Cody Thompson, Adrionna Young. 8th grade Harley Burgess, Kaylee Campbell, Devyn Gowan, Brentlee Ingle, Brittney Lipscomb, Hannah Mitchem, Kaleb Morrow, Mason Womack. B Honor Roll 6th grade Jordan Adcox, Virginia Bailey, John Baker, Corey Ballesteros, Morgan Bostic, Tyler Branch, Kristin Bridges, Riley Bright, Cole Buckner, Lyndsay Burgess, Sydney Burgess, Donald Carr, James Childers, Haley Cockerham, Kyler Conley, Kayla Crowe, Alyson Culp, Ashley Davis, Zion Deshommes, Cody Dobbins, Corey Dover, Terra Fowler, Christopher Frontena, Zachary Greene, Travis Greene, Kaylan Hampton, Sara Harrington, Ethan Hawks, Hunter Henson, Kelsey Hollfield, Carrie Jones, Suzanne, Jones, Bethany Kinsey, Zackary McGinnis, Tyger McGinnis, Emily Medina, Kia Miller, Moenasia Miller, Kierston Mullinax, Hailey O’Dell, Kaylee Parris, Seth Peteron, Jesica Pogue, Austin Radford, Melia Roberts, Hannah Ruppe, Zellie Scott, Brandon Sebastian, Cypress Snyder, Reina Soto, Anna Tate, Avery Tate, Brendon Thompson, Kristal Villatoro, Jack White, Demoria Wiley, Abbigail Willis, Drew Wood, 7th grade Jordan Baker, Taylor Biggerstaff, Tamara Blanton, Keynari Brown, Lauren Buckner, Juan Castrellon Jr, Larissa Chapman, Mia Chapman, Morgan Deck, Phillip Dobbins, Erika Dover, Audra Dowden, Taylor Funderburke, Casey Haynes, Sarah Heatherly, Rabeckah Heiliger, Jacob Horton, Kelsey Hoyle, Megan Hoyle, Ryan Johnson, Caleb McGill, Dylan
McNeill, Andrew Mech, Victoria Moore, Jessica Morrow, Tyler Nguyen, Garet Parry, Stephan Phillips, Cierra Pyle, Makenzie Reynolds, Gaither Rollins, Jacqueline Ross, Nancy Sebastion, Joshua Short, Austin Smith, Haley Thompson, Destiney Toney, Tabitha Trudel, Bethany Walker, Shannon Yelton, Marco Zavala 8th grade Kenley Adams, Beatriz Aleman, Ashley Allen, Cierra Alley, Jennifer Bain, Rebecca Beheler, Nadia Berry, Tyler Bolick, Tyler Brecht, Brittany Brown, Eric Buchanan, Sierra Carpenter, Margaret Caroll, Emily Dotson, Lucas Eller, Josh Epley, Alma Fabian, Matthew Glynn, Phillip Gosey, Scottie Griffin, Amanda Harris, Maria Head, Adam Henderson, Christopher Hill, Jessica Huffman, Justin Kennedy, Micheal Kuykendall, Michaela Langley, Mckenzie Morrow, Joelle Morrow, Marsden Murray, Joshua Parks, Colby Pettit, Lucas Pierce, Linita Pruett, Jade Rodriguez, Daniel Sams, Devin Scoggins, Ashley Smith, Kelsey Spurlin, Alexandra Vickers, Alyssa Watson, Brittany Williams, Darcie Williams Katherine Wilson
Pinnacle Elementary School The third six weeks honor roll at Pinnacle Elementary School has been announced by LaRonda L. Whiteside, principal. Those students named to the list are: A Honor Roll 3rd grade Sara Shepherd. 4th grade Sidney Campbell, Madison Crain, Callie Dalton, Seth Griffin, Brooke Hargett, Mayden McDaniel, Kodi McMinn, Madison Pressley, Kristen Searcy, Julia Teears, Emily Williams. 5th grade Melissa Alexander, Andy Atkins, Adam Brown, Samantha Crain, Emily Fleming, Kelsey Ledford, Casey Lewis, Autumn McEntire, Shana Own-bey, Rusty Sanders, James Teears, Leah Williamson. A/B Honor Roll 3rd grade Sydnee Arrowood, Angel Baucom, Justin Craig, Pandora Flack, Jacob Hardin, Joshua Hargett, Hannah Harris, Tyler Holland, Chloe Holtzclaw, Carmen Huffman, Klaire Jackson, Carmen Jones, Noah Larson, Anna Lawson, Tyrone Murray, Makinzie Phillips, Brook Reed, Haley Toms, John Torvinen, Joseph Whitener, Jordan Williams 4th grade Kathryn Alton, Jessie Aroche Rios, Javarius Barnette, Dalton Boyd, Taylor Bridges, Tyler Brown, Brittany Carr, Joe Case, Robert Clapper, Lauren Cole, Hayley Conner, Gregory Cope, Sam Fleming, Noah
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Rutherfordton Elementary School The third six weeks honor roll at Rutherfordton Elementary School has been announced by Linda Edgerton, principal. Those students named to the list are: A Honor Roll 3rd grade Logan Bridges, Nathan Craig, Jacob Knox, Timothy Marshall, Mayce Mattox, Maya Ng. 4th grade Corine Barnes, Mark Contreras, Joey Daigle, Mackenzie Epley, Savannah Gillie, Issac Hughes, Emma Hutchins, Christian Keller, Jacob Laughter, Kristen Moore, Will Scofield, Zach Scofield, Taylor Stofer, Wesley Wells 5th grade Preston Byrd, Burt Hamrick, Krisjaria Haynie, Grant Hernandez, Noah Lawing, Jason Rose, Charity Salyers, Emily Yelton B Honor Roll 3rd grade Michael Brown, Trevor Byrd, Nell Bentley Camp, Caitlin Dailey, Jennifer Escalera, Hannah Fox, Morgan Hill, Mackenzie Ingle, Hannah Jones, Logan Mathis, Chelsea McEntire, Ahmad Murray, Henry Ni, Allison Oates, Isaac Salyers, Karsyn Smoak, Jacob Vess, Owen Wilson, 4th grade Zander Bell, Macee Boone, Justin Duff, Sydney Flack, Madison Greene, Landen Lane, Jerrett Mason, Sam McArthur, Miranda McGinnis, Charmee Miller, Nick Owenbey, Jacqueline Porter, Rose Robertson, Katie Rumfelt, Kristen Shehan, Mason Shields, Jalen Singleton, Savannah Smith, Parker Smoak, Makiah Staley, Caroline Terry, Jacob Terry, Jonathan Terry, Taylor Toney, Keyla Twitty, Harley Upton, Lauren Vermeulen, Lorenzo Woods 5th grade Kelsey Anderson, Alyssa Bechtel, Garrett Blanton, Sarah Brown, Allye Butler, Mackie Campbell, Austin Carter, Leyah Cogdell, Joseph Curtis, John Deaver, Jennifer EliasGuadarrama, Markus Emory, Tiahna Guyan, Blake Hardin, Ricki Head, Matthew Hoyle, Taylor Koon, Danielle
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4B — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Wednesday, February 3, 2010 SHOE by Chris Cassat and Gary Brookins
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Wants to leave husband; stay in family Dear Abby: My husband, “Harry,” and I had a good marriage for 25 years, but we have grown apart and have agreed to divorce when our child finishes college. My problem is I have fallen in love with Harry’s cousin “Cyrus.” Because I plan to leave Harry does not mean I want to leave his family. I have a wonderful mother-in-law and great sisters-inlaw, and I love being a part of their family. I enjoy the weddings, family reunions and even the memorial services. When I divorce Harry and marry Cyrus, I plan to remain part of the family, but my sisters-in-law do not approve, and they no longer want to continue our friendship. If it doesn’t bother my soon-to-be-ex-husband, why should my continuing to attend family reunions bother them? — Going Crazy Dear Going Crazy: Allow me to offer a clue. Harry’s sisters appear to be traditional in their beliefs and may consider you to be an adulteress who has wronged their brother. If the breach can be healed, Harry will have to explain to them that the divorce is also his idea because your marriage has been over for years. However, if your soon-to-be-ex is unwilling to step forward, then I seriously doubt time will heal this wound, so please don’t hold your breath expecting any invitations
Dear Abby Abigail van Buren
when their clan gathers. Dear Abby: Ever since my father died 15 years ago, my mother has pursued her children’s friends and made them her own. Last week when I talked to Anne, I learned that Mother will be joining us on a girls’ trip I had planned with my closest friends. I’m having a hard time with this because I can no longer be open about my mother to Anne. Mom’s relationship with Anne has changed my relationship with my friend, and I resent it. Is this normal? — Competing with mom Dear Competing: No, but has it occurred to you that after your father’s death, their friends may have ended their relationship with your mother? According to my mail, it happens quite often because a widow may be perceived as a third wheel or even a threat. Your mother may be competing with you (and your siblings), or it could be a desperate attempt to be more involved in your lives. Does Anne know how uncomfortable this three-way has made you feel?
Yet another uncommon use for vinegar Dear Dr. Gott: I have three new uses for vinegar that I am sure you have not heard of before. I enjoy your common-sense approach to medicine and thought that you would enjoy these. First, for years, I suffered from the itching and pain of psoriasis. I used every over-the-counter cream and lotion I could find, but nothing helped. On a whim, I started rubbing the affected areas (my arms, legs and hands) with distilled white vinegar. It hurts like the dickens for a few seconds, but it clears up the scaly patches. I now use it regularly to clear up spots as they appear. Second, I had warts under my eyes that I couldn’t get rid of. I carefully applied it with a cotton swab. In a few days, the warts came off. Finally, my daughter had a rash on her abdomen so bad that she could barely function at her job. She rubbed vinegar on it, and, for the first time since she developed the
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rash, she slept through the night. After two or three more applications, it disappeared completely. I don’t know why vinegar works when everything else fails, but it does. Dear Reader: Vinegar is quickly becoming a useful medicine-cabinet product and quickly approaching mentholated-chest-rub status. Vinegar also has the distinction of being able to create tasty vinaigrettes for healthful salads. Readers, let me know of your success or failure in treating a malady with vinegar. I will print a follow-up column when I have received a number of replies.
IN THE STARS
Your Birthday, Feb. 3;
In the year ahead, friends and associates might tell you certain things they wouldn’t tell others. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — You may not know it, but others put considerable value on your ideas and suggestions. PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Before requesting assistance, it might be essential to first gain the confidence of a person whose support is needed. ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Many interesting ideas could come out of a discussion with friends. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — Act in harmony with your thoughts, and don’t let anyone convince you otherwise. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Keep the lines of communication open with someone who always has some interesting ideas. CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Even if you have a few false starts, you should be able to find the solution to a nagging problem. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Keep your thinking flexible because you could make a few false starts. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — With your clever mind, even though you may not be looking, you should be able to find several small ways of economizing. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — You might be in the mood to socialize, as nighttime falls, you are likely to want to curl up and relax. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Both friends and family members will have a difficult time keeping secrets from you. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Mix with longstanding friends if you have the time. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — You might only realize a modest return, your pride is likely to exceed money.
The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Wednesday, February 3, 2010 — 5B The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, WEDNESDAY, February 3, 2010 — 5B
local Honor Continued from Page 3B
Bright, Sierra Brush, Ronald Byars, Taylor Curry, Tyrone Dewberry, Trevor Dobbins, Brandi Ellison, Juan Escalera, Endiah Forney, Kayla Goodwin, Mason Jolley, Sergio Lemuz Jr, Taylor Lowrance, Todd Maloney, Mary Pearson, Carlos Perez, Trenton Self, Michael Sersland, Christopher Starkling, Tanner Toney, Anna Towery, Donald Wilkins, Anna Winterburn 10th Grade William Brigman, Mackenzie Brown, Victoria Green, Shalyn Hampton, Tommy Ho, Sara Hoyle, Tabitha
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Need for blood donors critical FOREST CITY — As a result of the recent bad weather across the country, on the heels of the holiday season, the blood supply has drastically decreased in the Carolinas Region. Type O negative and type B negative blood supplies have dropped to emergency levels and help is needed now. Since type O negative blood can be used for any patient when there is not time to determine the patient’s blood type, it is crucial that there is a sufficient supply. Blood drives in Rutherford County are: Tuesday, February 2; Isothermal Community College; 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.; Call 2863636 ext.489 for information or schedule an appointment.
Tuesday, February 16; Chase Middle School Blood Drive; 2 to 7 p.m.; Call Trudy Jackson at 247-1043 Friday, February 19; Ellenboro Community Blood Drive; Campfield Baptist Church, Ellenboro; 4 - 8:30 p.m. ; Call 245-5878 Monday, February 22; American Red Cross Blood Drive Chapter House, 838 Oakland Road, Forest City; 2:00 pm – 6:30 pm; Call 287-5917 All presenting donors at all blood drives will be entered in a drawing for a chance to win a $1, 000 gift card. Every two seconds, someone in the United States needs blood. The American Red Cross Carolinas Blood Services Re-
gion provides lifesaving blood to 103 hospitals and must have 1,600 people give blood and platelets each weekday to meet hospital demand. Accident victims as well as patients with cancer, sickle cell disease, blood disorders and other illnesses receive lifesaving transfusions every day. There is no substitute for blood and volunteer donors are the only source. The Red Cross encourages people who are in good health to donate so that hospital patients have the blood or platelets they need to make a full recovery. Blood is needed to help treat a variety of patients including accident victims and individuals undergoing surgery and cancer treatment.
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NORTH CAROLINA, RUTHERFORD COUNTY NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 09 SP 542 Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Muhsin H. Atty and Bernadette Atty to PRLAP, Inc., Trustee(s), dated June 18, 2007, and recorded in Book 962, Page 857, Rutherford County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Rutherford County, North Carolina, and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustees will offer for sale at the Courthouse Door in Rutherford County, North Carolina, at 12:00PM on February 10, 2010, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property, to wit: Being all of Lot 138 as shown on survey by R. L. Greene, PLS entitled GreyRock Subdivision Phase 1B as recorded in Plat Book 25 at Page 206, said plat being one of a series of plats recorded in Plat Book 25, Page 205 through 209, of the Rutherford County, NC Registry, reference to said recorded plats being made for a more particular description of said lot. Subject to a grading easement which runs the full length of Together with and subject to all easements, restrictions and rights of ways of record and an 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 1B as shown on plats recorded in Plat Book 25 at Pages 205 through Page 208, plats for Phase 2A as shown on plats recorded in Plat Book 26, Pages 114 through Pages 118 and to the covenants, conditions and restrictions for GreyRock as recorded in Book 858, at Page 122 of the Rutherford County 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. Said property is commonly known as: Lot 138 off of Saddleback Trail, Grey Rock Subdivision, Lake Lure, NC 28746 Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, pursuant to N.C.G.S. 105-228.30, in the amount of One Dollar ($1.00) per each Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or fractional part thereof, and the Clerk of Courts fee, pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7A-308, in the amount of Forty-five Cents (45) per each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or fractional part thereof or Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), whichever is greater. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the bid, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale and must be tendered in the form of certified funds. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts will be immediately due and owing. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance AS IS WHERE IS. There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, special assessments, land transfer taxes, if any, and encumbrances of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Muhsin H. Atty and Bernadette Atty. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days' written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, that tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc. Substitute Trustee 1587 Northeast Expressway Atlanta, GA 30329 (770) 234-9181 Our File No.: 158.0934670NC Publication Dates: 01/27/2010 & 02/03/2010
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704-484-1640 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executor of the estate of EMILY S. RICHARDSON PRICE of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said EMILY S. RICHARDSON PRICE to present them to the undersigned on or before the 13th day of April, 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 13th day of January, 2010. Mary Martha Richardson, Executor 229 Big Springs Ave. Forest City, NC 28043
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF RUTHERFORD NOTICE The undersigned, having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Ethel G. Ruppe, late of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned on or before April 27, 2010, or this Notice will be plead in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This the 27th day of January, 2010. Edward R. Ruppe - Executor PO Box 837 Rutherfordton, NC 28139 Elizabeth T. Miller - Attorney PO Box 800 Rutherfordton, NC 28139 (828) 286-8222
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6B — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, WEDNESDAY, February 3, 2010 NOTICE TO CREDITORS
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Having qualified as Administrator of the estate of RONALD EUGENE AMOS of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said RONALD EUGENE AMOS to present them to the undersigned on or before the 3rd day of May, 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 February, 2010.
Having qualified as Executor of the estate of RUBY AILEEN(E) SHERRILL of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said RUBY AILEEN(E) SHERRILL to present them to the undersigned on or before the 27th day of April, 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 January, 2010.
Judy Lee Carswell Amos, Administrator 161 Goldfinch Lane Rutherfordton, NC 28139
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929.0001031 09-SP-576 NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'S FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY UNDER AND BY VIRTUE of the power and authority contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed and delivered by Arthur R. Tucker and wife, Nancy Elaine Tucker, dated April 23, 2008 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Rutherford County, North Carolina, recorded on April 28, 2008, in Book 1005 at Page 495; and because of default in the payment of the indebtedness secured thereby and failure to carry out and perform the stipulations and agreements contained therein and, pursuant to demand of the owner and holder of the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will place for sale, at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at Rutherford County Courthouse, in Rutherfordton, North Carolina at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, February 10, 2010, that parcel of land, including improvements thereon, situated, lying and being in the City of Forest City, County of Rutherford, State of North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Situate, lying and being in Cool Springs Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina, and being all of Lot 8 and all of Lot 16 as shown on a plat recorded in Plat Book 11, Page 44, Rutherford County Registry, the said Lots herein conveyed being described in one consolidated boundary according to a survey dated September 19, 2007, bearing Map No. 21955 and prepared by Nathan Odom, PLS, of Professional Survey services as follows: BEGINNING at an existing iron located in the northern boundary line of the 40 foot wide right of way known as Oak Hill Drive, said existing iron also being located in the eastern corner of the property of Catherine A. Donnelly as described in Deed recorded in Deed Book 799, Page 689, Rutherford County Registry (being Lot 7 on Plat Book 11, Page 44, Rutherford County Registry), and running thence from said beginning existing iron and with the northern cul-de-sac line at the end of Oak Hill Drive with the arc of a circular curve to the right having a radius of 40.00 and a arc distance of 104.79 (chord bearing North 64 deg 44 min 20 sec East 77.29 feet) to a magnetic nail set in the northwestern comer of the property of Steven K. Roper and wife, Lisa C. Roper as described in Deed recorded in Deed Book 644, Page 697, Rutherford County Registry; thence running with the northwestern boundary of the said Roper property North 49 deg 37 min 45 sec East 92.91 feet to an existing iron located in the southwestern boundary of the property of the Town of Forest City as described in Deed recorded in Deed Book 735, Page 178, Rutherford County Registry; thence running with the said Town's property North 45 deg 37 min 16 sec West 165.72 feet an existing iron located in the southeastern corner of other property of the Town of Forest City as described in Deed recorded in Deed Book 549, Page 573, Rutherford County Registry; thence running with this last reference town property North 47 deg 06 min 49 sec West 179.76 feet to an existing iron located in the southern right of way line of Parkland Avenue as shown on a plat recorded in Plat Book 7, Page 126, Rutherford County Registry; thence running with the said southern right of way line South 41 deg 35 min 26 sec West 135.48 feet to an existing iron located in the northern corner of Lot 15 as shown on that plat recorded in Plat Book 11, Page 44, Rutherford County Registry; thence running with the northeastern boundary of the said Lot 15 South 48 deg 55 min 58 sec East 157.23 feet to an existing iron located in the northwestern boundary of Lot 8 as shown on that plat recorded in Plat Book 11, Page 44, Rutherford County Registry; thence running with said northwestern boundary South 51 deg 51 min 32 sec West 25.00 feet to an existing iron located in the northern corner of the above referenced property of Catherine A. Donnelly; thence running with the northeastern boundary of the said Donnelly property South 42 deg 04 min 36 sec East 150.02 feet to the point and place of BEGINNING, and containing 1.08 acres, according to said survey. Address of property: 187 Oakhill Drive, Forest City, NC 28043 Present Record Owners: Arthur R. Tucker and Nancy Elaine Tucker The terms of the sale are that the real property hereinbefore described will be sold for cash to the highest bidder. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. In the event that the Owner and Holder or its intended assignee is exempt from paying the same, the successful bidder shall be required to pay revenue stamps on the Trustee's Deed, and any Land Transfer Tax. The real property hereinabove described is being offered for sale "AS IS, WHERE IS" and will be sold subject to all superior liens, unpaid taxes, and special assessments. Other conditions will be announced at the sale. The sale will be held open for ten (10) days for upset bids as by law required. 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 his sole discretion, if he believes the challenge to have merit, may declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Additional Notice Where the Real Property is Residential With Less Than 15 Rental Units: An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. 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. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a bona fide lease or tenancy may have additional rights pursuant to Title VII of 5.896 - Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act which became effective on May 20, 2009. Dated: January 22, 2010 David A. Simpson, P.C. Substitute Trustee By:______________________________ Attorney at Law Rogers Townsend & Thomas, PC Attorneys for the Substitute Trustee (704) 442-9500 Posted:____ Witness:_____ Assistant/Deputy Clerk of Superior Court
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IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY NATALIE CASTRO AND WILLIAM W. CASTRO DATED MARCH 20, 2006 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 890 AT PAGE 604 IN THE RUTHERFORD COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in the above-referenced deed of trust and because of default in the payment of the secured indebtedness and failure to perform the stipulation and agreements therein contained and, pursuant to demand of the owner and holder of the secured debt, the undersigned substitute trustee will expose for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at the county courthouse of said county at 1:30 PM on February 9, 2010 the following described real estate and any other improvements which may be situated thereon, in Rutherford County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Tract One: Lying and being in High Shoals Township, Rutherford County. N.C., and being a portion of those lands described in Deed Book 552, Page 480 of the Rutherford County Registry. Being specifically Lot No. 39, Section One of the Pine Cone Estates Subdivision as shown on the plat recorded in Plat Book 15, Page 14 in the Rutherford County Registry, reference to which is hereby made for a more complete description. Property subject to restrictions set forth in Deed Book 557, Page 577 of the Rutherford County Registry. Title Reference: See Deed recorded in Book 592, Page 256 of the Rutherford County Registry. Being the same and identical property as described in the Deed to David Bailey and wife, Sheila Bailey, dated August 17, 1994 in Deed Book 636 at Page 503, Rutherford County Registry. Tract Two: Being the same property described by Deed dated May 9, 1990 from Keith Carver and Associated, a North Carolina General Partnership, to Gerald A. Campebell, Sr., and wife, Sarah E. Campbell, same being recorded in Deed Book 559, Page 148, Rutherford County Registry, and described according to said Deed as follows: Lying and being in High Shoals Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina, and being a portion of those lands described in Deed Book 552, Page 480, Rutherford County Registry. Being specifically Lot Number 40 of Section One of the Pine Cone Estates Subdivision as shown on the Plat recorded in Plat Book 15, Page 14 in the Rutherford County Registry, reference to which is hereby made for a more complete description. Subject to restrictions set forth in Deed Book 557, Page 577, Rutherford County Registry. Title Reference: See Deed recorded in Book 643, Page 57 of the Rutherford County Registry. And Being more commonly known as: 500 South Pea Ridge Rd, Mooresboro, NC 28114 The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Natalie Castro and William W. Castro. The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance "AS IS, WHERE IS." Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale. Any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. This sale is made subject to all prior liens and encumbrances, and unpaid taxes and assessments including but not limited to any transfer tax associated with the foreclosure. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. This sale will be held open ten days for upset bids as required by law. Following the expiration of the statutory upset period, all remaining amounts are IMMEDIATELY DUE AND OWING. Failure to remit funds in a timely manner will result in a Declaration of Default and any deposit will be frozen pending the outcome of any re-sale. SPECIAL NOTICE FOR LEASEHOLD TENANTS: If you are a tenant residing in the property, be advised that an Order for Possession of the property may be issued in favor of the purchaser. Also, if your lease began or was renewed on or after October 1, 2007, be advised that you may terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days written notice to the landlord. You may be liable for rent due under the agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. The date of this Notice is January 19, 2010. Grady Ingle Substitute Trustee 8520 Cliff Cameron Drive, Suite 300 Charlotte, NC 28269 (704) 333-8107 http://shapiroattorneys.com/nc/ 09-120853
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Looking from above to Machu Picchu, one of the Seven Wonders of the World. Rob Decker and a group of GWU students visited Machu Picchu three days before thousands of tourists were stranded and had to be airlifted out..
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for a better bookend to the trip. We arrived to rain in Aguas Calientes, Continued from Page 1B three days before they started airlifting peoof mountains in the ple because they were middle of the Andes, trapped due to floods. and it makes one wonHowever, that day the der how the Incas made rain stopped and the these places work. They clouds dispersed once definitely set up shop we arrived to the top of in some of the most Machu Picchu, which beautiful places in the made for a perfect day region.” in one of the world’s wonders. The last stop was “We could definitely Machu Picchu, one of tell due to the state of the seven wonders of the the Urubamba river world. that runs along side the “I couldn’t have asked train going from Cusco
to Aguas Calientes that something wasn’t right. The river looked like class six rapids for miles on end. We actually wondered if the river was typically like that or not and if they considered running some sort of rafting or kayaking world championships. But after further review our group decided that it would take a miracle for anyone to survive the river in its current state, it was that scary and violent,” he added.
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The mountain to the south of Machu Picchu depicts the clouds and volatile weather Rob Decker of Rutherfordton looks at a view of the Andes from one of the highest points at Pisac. He recently traveled to Peru as part of a group from Gardner-Webb going on when Decker was there. University’s School of Divinity.
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Hospice of Rutherford County is hosting a Valentine luncheon to ensure Hospice home care patients have access to care regardless of ability to pay. Give your heart and $10.00 to Hospice and receive a meal consisting of: Chicken Rossini, Marinated Tomato Salad, Rice Pilaf, Green Beans with Roasted Red Peppers, and Black Forest Cake. Bring your sweetheart, your secretary, your best friend or whomever is close to your heart, and come join us for this fund-raising event. Give your heart to Hospice and that special someone this Valentine’s Day!
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