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Family of eight homeless after fire — Page 6 Sports Saints celebrate The New Orleans Saints claimed the NFL’s Super Bowl Sunday for their first world football championship.

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Tuesday, February 9, 2010, Forest City, N.C.

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Preparing a budget is the first step to controlling your finances.

Budgets a key financial aid

By ALLISON FLYNN Daily Courier Staff Writer

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To our readers: Today The Daily Courier kicks off an economic survival guide that will be published each Tuesday for 10 weeks. Topics to be covered include how to make a budget, preparing for a layoff, the right time to refinance your home or replace an older car and how to deal with creditors.

Included with each story will be community resources and Web sites with more information.

FOREST CITY – Do you know where your money goes?

If you answered bills, well, technically you are correct. But if you are like many people, you might not know where any additional money goes. Making a budget can help.

“People don’t know where their money goes. They just don’t keep up with it,” said Nikki Carpenter, executive director of Consumer Credit Counseling Service in Spindale. The non-profit organization aids people in the community by providing financial counseling and debt management for families and individuals. Less than five percent of people CCCS sees use a budget, Carpenter said.

In getting started making a budget, Carpenter said, get all of your sources of income together. Income can come from a variety of places, not just your paycheck.

“Tax returns are considered income,” Carpenter said. “What other sources do you have? If you have rental property, rent paid to you for that is also income.”

After looking at your income, get down on paper what your income is versus what bills you have to pay each month.

According to financial guru Dave Ramsey’s Web site, you don’t have to start out with a perfect budget – just start where you are.

“You have to look to see if you are spending more than what you are making,” Carpenter said.

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McCurry-Deck buys Nissan dealership

By SCOTT BAUGHMAN Daily Courier Staff Writer

FOREST CITY — Nissan of Forest City is now owned by McCurry-Deck dealership. The deal was completed a few days ago, and while there will be some changes, the store is not moving.

“We’ve taken over the management and operations of the store, but it will continue to stay in the same building and same location,” new owner Paul Deck said.

“We’ll try to address the customer’s needs who have Nissans. People can expect to

see a little more inventory and we will try to grow the customer base as we did (at McCurry-Deck) since the early 1960s.”

Former owner of Forest City Nissan, Lawrence LaPlaca, was contemplating closing the dealership after struggling through the economic downturn. Deck said after weighing the options, he took the chance to make a deal with LaPlaca, who also previously owned the Chevrolet dealership at the same location.

“I had learned the Nissan dealership was looking at closing and for one thing I didn’t want to see another dealership

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close,” Deck said. “I also think it is a really good opportunity and I think Nissan is a good product. Those are the things that made me want to have this as a second store. We bought the inventory but we do have to go through the approval process with Nissan.”

The dealership building will remain the same and most of the employees are being retained. Deck has brought in a new manager.

“We went and found a very experienced

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RUTHERFORDTON — After a court day spent hearing the details of a 2009 altercation between a murder trial defendant and a jailer, the judge denied a motion to dismiss the case.

Jack Meredith Martin is being tried in the May 2005 shooting death of Lehi Moore and in the attempted killings of Phillip Chiasson and Philip Salks, and jury selection had been expected to begin Monday in Martin’s Superior Court trial.

But defense attorney Kent Brown on Monday brought up matters that required attention before jury selection could begin, so Judge Mark Powell held a hearing that took the court day.

Martin is charged with seconddegree murder and two counts of attempted first-degree murder in the case. Martin was convicted on those charges in a 2007 trial. The North Carolina Court of Appeals remanded the case for retrial, however, based on an error in the way in which Martin was allowed to represent himself at the first trial.

Brown, early in the court day, asked the judge to reconsider the defense motion to dismiss.

That motion had been made and rejected last week.

Brown said on Monday that Martin was “brutally attacked in jail” on Aug. 12, 2009, by a jailer at the Rutherford County Jail.

That, he said, showed “oppressive pretrial incarceration.”

And he said that when information came into the court system shortly after Martin’s first conviction about jury misconduct,

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Elections Specialist Dawn Lovelance (center) talks with Jack Conner (l-r) and county commissioner candidates Rodney Robbins and Eddie Parker just after filing opened for the 2010 political season.

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FOREST CITY — Just 22 minutes after filing opened at noon Monday for the 2010 Primary Election in Rutherford County, eight political hopefuls signed-in with the Board of Elections and began completing paper work and paid filing fees.

By the end of the day, 15 candidates announced their intentions for the political season.

During the first 22 minutes, a race for sheriff was affirmed and three people had already filed for the County Commissioner District 5 seat, held by Brent Washburn (R) who is not seeking re-election.

Before day’s end, three other candidates filed for Washburn’s seat.

Sheriff Jack Conner (D) filed for re-election and Please see Filing, Page 2

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Griffin said Monday at a news conference where he was introduced as the sole winner of the $141 million Powerball lottery jackpot.

Griffin choose the $69 million cash over the $141 million annuity. That equals about $47 million after state and federal taxes are paid, said Tom Shaheen, executive director of the North Carolina Education Lottery.

Griffin, 66, said he had $5 left over after buying gas Saturday so he bought five tickets, letting the machine choose his numbers and he

was unaware of the total jackpot. A friend, identified only as Larry, said, “you ain’t going to win that,� Griffin recalled.

But at 8:30 a.m. Sunday, Griffin woke up his wife, 65-year-old Loretta, with the news that he thought they had won the lottery. He returned to store to make sure the ticket was legitimate.

He plans to use the money to take care of his family and to travel with his wife to Hawaii. He also plans to play more golf and to help his church, Crossroads Assembly in Asheville.

Griffin, who had a hard time hearing questions, and his wife grinned throughout the news conference at lottery headquarters in Raleigh, holding hands for much of the time.

Two of his three children joined them, although they declined to identify themselves.

G-Team meeting set for today FOREST CITY — The regularly scheduled meeting of the Grahamtown Team (GTeam) will be held today at 5:30 p.m. at New Bethel AME Zion Church on Forest Street.

The main item on the agenda is a presentation by McGill and Associates, engineers for the Gypsy Street project. The firm will present plans for the road work, water and sewer lines, sidewalk, and drainage as part of the $1 million CDBG grant the town received for the

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Chris Francis, (R) Lake Lure police officer also filed.

Conner was the fourth person to arrive at the Board of Elections when filing opened and Francis was the eighth person to arrive at the elections office.

When Francis arrived he said he was excited about the filing date and “May and November.�

Conner said he hopes to be re-elected to complete a work he has begun in making Rutherford County a safer place to live. “I’ll be as aggressive as ever,� Conner said. “Four years have flown by and I can’t believe it’s time to run again,� he said as he chatted with other candidates. I believe I have run a good sheriff’s office over the past three years and so many months and want to continue.�

Eight candidates filed for a county commissioner seat, including incumbent Margaret Helton, (D) in District 4.

Helton lives in Ellenboro and is also a past chairman of the N.C. Farm Bureau Women’s Committee. Helton said four years ago when she ran for office, she promised a vote for her was a voice for the public. “I feel that over the past three years, I have been that voice for the taxpayers of Rutherford County.� she said, “I have continued to fight for what I believe in, even if that means casting the only ‘no’ vote on the board.�

She believes the county’s number one priority is finding jobs.

District 1 candidates filing Monday are Eddie Parker (D) of Elliott Road, Rutherfordton and Bill Eckler (R) of Clark Road, Rutherfordton.

Parker, a former county commissioner is retired and said he has plenty of time to serve the county. Eckler is self-employed. Paul McIntosh (R) is the incumbent for District 1.

District 5 candidates filing Monday are Bob Howard (D),

Grahamtown community.

Updates will also be given on the timetable for the housing rehabilitation portion of the grant. The GTeam also will invite input for the upcoming third annual Multicultural Festival, to be held in the spring.

Anyone interested is invited to the meeting. For more information, call Danielle Withrow at the town at 248-5200, or Chairman Wilfred McDowell at 248-3135.

Painters Gap Road, Rutherfordton, Rodney Robbins (D), Cove Road, Rutherfordton; Rob Bole (D), Stagecoach Lane, Rutherfordton; Julius R. Owens (R) Goshen Road, Rutherfordton and Harry Waters (R), Hudlow Road, Rutherfordton.

Owens is self-employed, Bole is retired finance director for Rutherford County; Robbins is a farmer; Waters is a retired human resources manager; Howard, who previously sought the District 5 seat, is an insurance agent and flight instructor.

Thomas Jeffery Raye (R) of Bennick Drive, Rutherfordton, threw his hat in the ring for the County Coroner position. Raye is a paramedic with experience in Emergency Medical Services and law enforcement. Shane Earley (D) is incumbent.

Clerk of Court incumbent Robynn Lowe Spence (R) filed for re-election.

Filing for N.C. House District 112 are republicans Mike Hager of Walking Horse Trail, Rutherfordton and Alan Toney, Mt. Lebanon Church Road, Bostic. Rep. Bob England (D) is the incumbent. Hager, the chair of the Rutherford County Republican Party, is a developer. Toney is selfemployed.

Tommy Raye (R), the seventh person to write his name down for the ballot Monday, is seeking the office of County Coroner. Shane Earley (D) is the incumbent.

District Attorney Brad Greenway (D) of Rutherfordton, filed with the State Board of Elections in Raleigh for re-election in Judicial District 29A. Greenway was elected DA in 2006, when the legislature formed the new district comprised of Rutherford and McDowell counties.

Candidates have until Feb. 26 at 12 p.m. to file for office. The Primary Election is May 4 and the General Election is Nov. 2.

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Police Notes Sheriff’s Reports n The Rutherford County Sheriff’s Department responded to 199 E-911 calls during the weekend. n Joe Randall reported criminal damage vandalism to his property. n John Lahrmer reported a larceny from a business. n David Eischem reported criminal damage to property. n Diane Aldrich reported vandalism to a mailbox. n Angel Garcia reported the theft of a Mazda Protege. n Steven Ingle reported damage to property. n Todd Mann reported burglary and entry to a home.

Rutherfordton n The Rutherfordton Police Department responded to 70 E-911 calls during the weekend. n A town employee reported the theft of a stop sign and post.

Spindale n The Spindale Police Department responded to 49 E-911 calls during the weekend.

Lake Lure n Lake Lure Police Department responded to 14 E-911 calls during the weekend.

Forest City n The Forest City Police Department responded to 111 E-911 calls during the weekend. n Nicole Wright reported a

breaking and entering, larceny and damage to property. n Walter Walker reported an assault by pointing a gun.

(See arrest of Terry) n A Forest City police officer reported an incident of a sexual offense. n Ida Guffey reported a

larceny. n A Forest City officer reported possession of marijuana. (See arrest of Terry) n A Forest City officer reported possession of firearm by convicted felon. (See arrest of James) n An employee of Wal-mart reported an incident of counterfeit money. n Jonathan Humphries reported a breaking and entering into motor vehicle. n Kaitlin Hawkins reported a larceny. n James Smith reported a breaking and entering and larceny. n A Forest City officer reported an incident of discharge a firearm in city limits. (See arrest of Conner) n Michelle Lockerby reported a breaking and entering and larceny.

n Amy Stafford, 38, of Dillashaw Drive, Forest City; served with a criminal summons for failure to pay money; released on a written promise to appear. (FCPD) n Robert D. Price, 40, of 140 Gypsy St., Forest City; charged with communicating threats; placed under a $300 unsecured bond. (RCSD) n Andrea Houston Williams, 21, 606 Edwards St., Rutherfordton; charged with possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana, maintain a vehicle, dwelling for controlled substance, felony possession schedule VI controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia; placed under a $31,000. (RPD) n Michael Stevenson Baker, 21, of 172 Cliffside St., Cliffside; charged with resisting public officer; released on $1,000 bond.

(RCSD) n Jameson Christopher Lancaster, 25, 333 Tryon Road, Columbus; charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, open container after consuming alcohol, local ordinance littering beer/wine container; placed under a $3,000 bond. (RPD) n Robin Leigh Hall, 39, of 468 Island Creek Road, Lake Lure; charged with unlawfully transporting copper, additional lighting equipment violation; placed under

Arrests n Johnny Hunt, 63, of Mercury Street, Forest City; charged with fail to appear; placed under a $1,000 secured bond. (FCPD) n Ashley Gray, 35, of Carolina Avenue, Forest City; served with a criminal summons for failure to pay money; released on a written promise to appear. (FCPD) n Joshua Williams, 26, of West Main Street, Forest City; charged with probation violation; placed under a $15,000 secured bond.

(FCPD) n Dennis Terry, 24, of Dobbins Road, Ellenboro; charged with assault by pointing a gun, resist, obstruct and/or delay an officer and possession of marijuana; placed under a $1,000 secured bond. (FCPD) n David James, 57, of Kent Drive, Forest City; charged with possession of firearm by felon; released on a $25,000 unsecured bond. (FCPD) n David James Jr., 32, of Kent Drive, Forest City; charged for resist, obstruct

Parents face charges in shooting

By JEAN GORDON Daily Courier Staff Writer

FOREST CITY — The parents of a 14-year-old boy, accidentally shot last Tuesday, were arrested Saturday and are charged with two counts each of contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile.

James Elbert Price, 33, and his wife, Anne Marie Price, 39, of 161 RSW Trail, Mooresboro, were served warrants Saturday and taken to the Rutherford County Detention Facility where they were placed under $5,000 bond each. They were released after making bond about fours hour later.

The misdemeanor charges stem from the couple’s possession of loaded firearms in the presence of juve-

a $500 bond. (LLPD) n Jason Randall Cox, 27, 108-8 London Court; charged with driving while impaired, operate vehicle no insurance, cancelled, revoked, suspended certificate/tag, failure to stop for stop sign and flashing red lighting; released from jail on bond. (RPD)

and/or delay; placed in jail under a $5,000 secured bond. (FCPD) n David Conner, 46, of Heritage Avenue, Forest City; charged with discharging a firearm in city limits and resisting a public officer; placed under a $5,000 secured bond. (FCPD) n Jose Cazango, 27, of Mitchell Street, Forest City; charged with driving while impaired, no operator’s license and left of center; placed under a $1,000 secured bond. (FCPD)

n Tiasha Diane Shaw, 28, 380 Wells Drive, Forest City; driving while license revoked, failure to burn headlights, released from custody; placed under a $1,000 bond unsecured.

(RCSD) n Chad Everette Hunt, 33, of 381 Mountain View St.; charged with possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia; placed under a $20,000 bond.

(RCSD) n Bobby Ray Meeks, 32, 327 Seitz Drive, Forest City; charged with communicating threats; released on a $1,000 bond. (RCSD) n Amy Elizabeth Curry, 21, 326 Campbell Springs Road; charged with communicating threats and injury to personal property; released on a $2,000 bond. (RCSD) n Codi Alan Greene, 20, 355 Cherry Mountain St.; charged with failure to appear on misdemeanor; released on a $300 bond.

(RCSD) n Kyle Armstead Jessup, 23, 304 Guffey Road; charged with driving while impaired and operating a vehicle no insurance; released on an unsecured $1,000 bond. (RPD) n Jose Manuel Ramos Cazango, 27, of 136 Big Springs Avenue, Forest City; charged with driving while impaired, no operator’s license; released on a $1,000 bond. (FCPD) n Charles Vance Terry, 20, 792 Terry Road; charged with driving while impaired,

drive after consuming, less than 21 years old; released on a $2,000 bond. (NCHP) n Michael Ray Sprouse, 38, 110 Crowe Dairy Road, Forest City; charged with misdemeanor larceny, communicating threats and simple assault; placed under a $5,000 bond. (RCSD) n Marshall Darrell Walton, 41, 303 Wallace St., Shelby; charged with habitual impaired driving, while license revoked and inspection violation; placed under a $61,750 bond. (RPD) n Joey Franklin Skipper, 23, of 212 Raven Lane; charged with intoxicated and disruptive; released from custody. (FCPD) n Jordan Paul Wilson, 20, 541 Oak Springs Road; charged with resisting public officer, assault and battery; placed under a $6,000 bond.

(RCSD) n Johnny Faye Hunt, 63, 107 Beaver St.; charged on ailure to appear, misdemeanor/breach of peace; placed under a $1,000 bond.

(FCPD) n Michael Paul Gordon, 35, 612 Sunset Hill Road; charged with felony larceny and obtain property false pretense; remains in jail.

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EMS n Rutherford County Emergency Medical Services responded to 39 calls Friday and 28 calls were dispatched to rescue crews.

Fire Calls n Hudlow, Ellenboro and Rutherfordton firefighters were dispatched to motor vehicle accidents during the weekend. n Cliffside, Sandy Mush and Ellenboro responded to a house fire at 1:36 a.m.

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Jacob Kennedy, a Chase Middle School, sustained a gunshot wound to his upper leg mid-morning last week while he was home from school due to the weather. A .22-caliber pistol reportedly fell off a table at the home and the gun discharged when it hit the floor hitting Kennedy in the leg. He was taken to Rutherford Hospital where he was released late Tuesday afternoon.

The parents and Jacob’s sister were at home at the time of the accident.

The family took the teenager to a neighbor’s house to call for help because they did not have a telephone.

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Our Views Joint effort may pay handsomely

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hile his fellow Democrats in Washington are still wringing their hands over their loss of the veto-proof majority, President Barack Obama is taking a different tack.

Obama is urging Democrats to continue to work on their legislative agenda, but he is also reaching across the political divide and challenging Republicans to join in the efforts to reform health care and address economic problems.

Is there politics at play here? Of course. Everything in Washington is political. It has been for a long time.

The President’s invitation to the GOP is strategic. Yet, it would be wrong to read this move as sinister.

Good government can only come when both of our political parties decide to quit butting heads and work to find acceptable solutions to the problems that confront the nation.

President Obama may be trying to open the door. If he can get that done, the members on both sides of the aisle need to start walking through it and looking for the common ground from which they can build ideas and develop legislation that works.

Our readers’ views Says commissioners are disappointing To the editor: Response to the County Commissioners meeting or gathering — not sure you can call what they do a meeting because at least three of the Commissioners don’t have the counties best interest in mind.

It’s pretty embarrassing to read about the items that are being discussed by the Commissioners.

It seems to me that it’s always a 3-2 vote on every issue.

It’s also very clear that three of the Commissioners really don’t care about what’s best for the county, all they care about is spending, spending and more spending.

I think if I were that three, or at least two of you, I would remember who elected you.

In the past year and a half, this is all you three have done. If the county has that much money to spend, maybe you should just set up a system and help the people of this county who don’t have a job.At least our tax dollars would be going to a worthy cause and not what best for these three!

I also think that the county manager should have also gone into closed session to discuss the question that a citizen of Rutherford County had regarding the question at hand.

Don’t forget Mr. Condrey, you also are an employee of the county. I really thought you, of all people, would be a little more professional than that.

I’m proud to live in this county but the three sure make it tough to just sit back and let them try to spend our tax dollars on what

you all think is important, not the citizens of this county.

Dean Sisk Rutherfordton

Offers response to letter on gay marriage To the editor: I want to express my sincere appreciation to Johnny Lowery for providing the telephone numbers for comments to the White House and local representatives.

As soon as I complete this letter, I intend to call to voice my opinion that gay marriage should be approved here and nationwide.

I hope that gay marriage will one day be legal in all states, and the sooner the better.

Mr. Lowery wisely avoided expressing any basis for his opposition, because there are no logical reasons for it.

Some people have voiced the opinion that gay marriages would somehow threaten heterosexual ones.

My husband and I have been married for 37 years, and not once during that time, has the happiness and stability of our marriage been jeopardized by gay unions, married or not.

Additionally, there is no reason to believe that gay relationships are less stable than heterosexual marriages, about 50 percent of which end in divorce.

Mr. Lowery correctly avoided passing any judgement on the morality or righteousness of gay people, since, as do I, he evidently believes that judgment is God’s to make.

I believe that gay people, like most straight people, live their

lives as best they can, and do not, nor would not, chose a lifestyle which, sadly, is subject to so much discrimination and prejudice.

Marcia Wilson Caroleen,

Objects to Toyota editorial cartoon To the editor: I enjoy reading your paper daily and usually don’t write in, but I take offense at the cartoon in the Public Square page on 2/6/10.

Posting a cartoon about the Toyota situation in that context was wrong.

People have been killed in these cars due to the accelerator situation. Can you imagine the terror these deceased drivers felt knowing they could not stop their cars?

To display a cartoon reducing this serious problem to a guy getting a traffic ticket is misguided and in very poor taste.

Robbie Daniel Rutherfordton

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Two political wives prove ‘smartest in the family’ “Actually, his wife is the smartest one in that family.”

We still hear that comment from time to time today even though it should have been buried as a relic from the long ago days when husbands were presumed to be the heads of families, with wives deferring to their greater wisdom and judgment.

Our models for the roles of men and women in marriage have changed. But back then the woman, as wife, was supporter and follower, an “equal partner” only in the sense that fulfilling her clearly subordinate role somehow gave her a special “equality.”

That older view holds on in places—in certain religious and cultural groups. You can see a big remnant of it in politics, too. Notwithstanding the growing success of women in elective politics, many people think that the “ideal” candidate for major political

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offices is still an energetic male family man with a very supportive wife who is mother to the family’s children.

She is attractive, articulate, and engaged in her community’s good causes. All well and good, but her role is subordinate to and supportive of her husband and his (or their) ambition for service and power.

What does all this have to do with today’s news?

Think of the ongoing political scandals that have surrounded two of the Carolina’s prominent political families — The Edwardses in North Carolina and the Sanfords in South Carolina.

Having a serious presidential contender from either of the Carolinas is a rarity.

But the political talents of both former Senator John Edwards and South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, backed up by their strong supportive spouses and model families, made both of them legitimate presidential prospects.

Edwards almost made the finals in 2004 and 2008.

Had he been elected Vice President in 2004, as he very nearly was, he could have been the leading Democratic contender for the highest office in 2012.

This time last year, Sanford was on the short list of possible Republican candidates in the next election.

Sanford and Edwards shared something else.

Each married an extraordinary, smart, tough woman.

Carefully whispered behind their backs, however, lots of people were saying about

both of them, “Actually, his wife is the smartest one in that family.”

Before her marriage, Jenny Sanford was a hardnosed successful investment banker and a vice president at the Wall Street firm of Lazard Frères. Then, she managed her husband’s campaigns for Congress and for Governor.

Elizabeth Edwards, herself a successful lawyer and communicator, mastered the nuts and bolts of the country’s health care problems and other political issues to a degree her husband never did. She could be charming or tough as a part of her husband’s political organization.

Her mastery of the issues, her brave response to her illness, and her success as a writer made her a popular public figure in her own right.

The women were the “smart ones” in the family and the political partnerships they formed with their

husbands.

As long as they were working, these were powerful partnerships, strong enough to reach for the White House …. until the politically suicidal conduct of the husbands blew up everything.

Why? How do you explain it?

Was it the same need for ego gratification and adoration that is an infectious disease that always threatens successful politicians?

Or some delayed mid-life crisis?

Maybe it was simply an inability of Mark Sanford or John Edwards to accept the reality that his partner had been the keystone of his success. Maybe, they just could not deal with the fact that, “Actually, his wife is the smartest one in that family.”

Martin is hosting his final season of UNC-TV’s North Carolina Bookwatch, which airs Sundays at 5 p.m.

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Obituaries Elmer Lail William Elmer Lail, 86, of Walls Church Road, Bostic, died Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010, at Rutherford Hospital.

He was a son of the late W.J. and Mary Beaver Lail, and the widower of Maggie Cook Lail.

He was a farmer and the owner of Lail’s Store. He was also a member of Walls Baptist Church and served in the Army Air Corp during World War II in the Battle of the Bulge and D-Day. He is survived by two daughters, Betty Lail of Bostic, and Pat Page of Hendersonville; a sister, Frances Wiggins of Bostic; two grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

A graveside service will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the Walls Baptist Church cemetery. The Rev. Eugene Passmore and Dr. Robert Toney will officiate. The Rutherford County Honor Guard will render military rites at the grave. Visitation will be Tuesday from 5 to 7 p.m. at Washburn & Dorsey Funeral Home.

Memorials may be made to Walls Baptist Church, 822 Walls Church Road, Bostic, NC 28018.

Online condolences www.washburndorsey.com.

Guy Lane Guy Kenneth Lane, 66, of 710 N. Washington St., Rutherfordton, died Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010, at Rutherford Hospital.

A native of Rutherford County, he was a son of the late Edgar and Pearl Lane, and also preceded in death by his wife, Shirley Campbell Lane.

He was a graduate of R-S Central High School, a member of First Baptist Church Spindale, a member of Spindale Masonic Lodge, and a former textile employee and car dealer.

He is survived by two sons, Scott Lane of Mooresboro, and Randy Lane of Forest City; a grandson; and a cousin.

Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Crowe’s Funeral Chapel.

Burial will follow in the Piney Knob Baptist Church cemetery with Masonic rites. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service.

Online condolences www. crowemortuary.com.

Ruth Huntley Ruth Mosley Huntley, 84, of Greer, S.C., died Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010, at her residence.

A native of Rutherford County, she was a daughter of the late David Mosley and Lydabel Bridgman Mosley.

She worked as an office manager for a builders supply firm in Hopewell, Va., for 25 years. She was also a member of Northwood Baptist Church in Greer and a homemaker.

Survivors include her son, Ed Huntley of Sylva; a daughter, Gail Huntley Woods of Prince George, Va.; three grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the Huntley Cemetery in Rutherfordton. The Rev. Michael Harvell will officiate.

Memorials may be made to McCall Hospice House, 1836 West Georgia Road, Simpsonville, S.C. 29680; or to Northwood Baptist Church, 888 Ansel School Road, Greer, SC 29651.

The Padgett & King Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.

Online condolences www.padgettking.com.

Patricia Sansing Patricia Ann Torpey Sansing, 72, of Forest City, died Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010, at Hospice House in Forest City.

Born in Philadelphia, Pa., she was a daughter of the late William Torpey and Gertrude Sheridan Torpey.

In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her first husband, Marvin Edgile McIntyre.

She was a former realtor and co-owner of Froggy’s Café. She was also an Air Force veteran and a member of Immaculate Conception Church, Forest City.

She is survived by her husband of 46 years, William Douglas Sansing; one son, Dennis Michael McIntyre of Forest City; one daughter, Judith Ann Sansing Helton of Rutherfordton; and two granddaughters.

A memorial mass will be held at 12:20 p.m. Friday at Immaculate Conception Church in Forest City. The family will receive friends afterwards in the church fellowship hall.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Hospice of Rutherford County, P.O. Box 336, Forest City, NC 28043; or to the Immaculate Conception Church, Building Fund, 1024 W. Main St., Forest City, NC 28043.

Arrangements are being handled by Crowe’s Mortuary.

Online condolences www. crowemortuary.com.

Gary Carswell Gary Buren Carswell, 55, of 278 Big Level Road, Mill Spring, died Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Columbus.

A native of Rutherford County, he was a son of Addie Mae Taylor Carswell of the home and the late John Buren Carswell.

He was a retired welder, a member of the NRA, and a member of Pea Ridge Baptist Church.

In addition to his mother, he is survived by two sisters, Jeanette Rickman of Mill Spring, and Sandra Crain of Rutherfordton; and two brothers, Austin Carswell of Landrum, and Nick Carswell of Spindale.

Graveside services will be conducted at 3 p.m.

Wednesday at Pea Ridge Baptist Church. The Revs.

Jeff Parker and Bob Philbeck will officiate.

Memorials may be made to Pea Ridge Baptist Church, 8831 Hwy. 108, Mill Spring, NC 28756.

Arrangements are being handled by Crowe’s Mortuary.

Online condolences www. crowemortuary.com.

Eula Smart Eula Mae Greene Smart, 89, of 237 Tryon Road, Rutherfordton, died Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010, at Willow Ridge Nursing Center A native of Rutherford County, she was a daughter of the late Jone and Jeanie Thrift Greene.

She retired from Cone Mills, Cliffside Plant, and was a member of Cliffside Baptist Church.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Edgar Alonzo Smart.

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of Forest City, Linda Bridges of Rock Hill, S.C., and Nancy Ray of Simpsonville, S.C.; nine grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren. She is also survived by a granddaughter she raised as a daughter, Donna Smart.

Funeral services will be held at noon Tuesday at Cliffside Baptist Church with the Rev. Joey Cantrell officiating. Burial will follow in Cliffside Cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the church.

Memorials may be made to Cliffside Baptist Church, Building Fund, P.O. Box 336, Cliffside, NC 28024; or to Hospice of Rutherford County, P.O. Box 336, Forest City, NC 28043.

McKinney-Landreth Funeral Home is serving the Smart family.

Online condolences www.mckinneylandrethfuneralhome.com.

Dwight Nations Dwight Nations, 56, of Railroad St., Forest City, died Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010, at Rutherford Hospital.

Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced

by Washburn & Dorsey Funeral Home.

Lucy Hallyburton Lucy Collins Hilton Hallyburton, 84, of Martin Fish Pond Road, Hickory, died Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010, at Valdese Hospital following a period of declining health.

Born in Buncombe County, she was a daughter of the late Martin G. Collins and Vinnie Hall Collins.

She was an accomplished seamstress and business woman. In the early years of her life, she ran and operated Dixie Dry Cleaners in Marion, and helped work a dairy business in Glenwood.

Later, she was the manager of several health care facilities in McDowell and Burke counties.

Survivors include her husband of 20 years, William Fletcher Hallyburton of the home; her children, Troy A. Hilton of Union Mills, the Rev. Judy H. Eurey of Boone, Gerald D. Hilton of Newton, Dr. William Hilton of San Antonio, Texas; step children, Mary Ann Seagle of Hickory, and Debra Lee Lauritsch of Mount Airy; two sisters, Gerthie Teague and Vera Elliott; and 10 grandchildren.

A Celebration of Life service will be held at 2 p.m.

Tuesday in the chapel of Heritage Funeral Service in Valdese. The Rev. Judy Eurey

Guy Kenneth Lane Guy Kenneth Lane, age 66 of 710 N. Washington Street, Rutherfordton, died Saturday, February 6, 2010 at Rutherford Hospital. Guy was a native of Rutherford County, a graduate of R-S Central High School, a member of First Baptist Church Spindale, a member of the Spindale Masonic Lodge, former textile employee and car dealer.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Shirley Campbell Lane and parents, Edgar and Pearl Lane.

Left to cherish his memory are his two sons, Scott Lane of Mooresboro and Randy Lane of Forest City; a grandson, Joshua Lane of Forest City and a cousin, Joe Alley of Forest City.

Memorial services will be held at 2 PM Wednesday at Crowe’s Funeral Chapel. Burial will follow in the Piney Knob Baptist Church Cemetery with Masonic Rites. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service.

Crowe’s Mortuary is assisting the Lane family. An online guest registry is available at: www.crowemortuary.com Paid obit.

will officiate.

The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.

Memorials may be made to the American Red Cross, 305 A. West Union St., Morganton, NC 28655.

Online condolences www.heritagefuneralservices.com.

Louise Blankenship Louise Buchanan Blankenship, 88, of Long Branch Road, Forest City, died Friday, Feb. 5, 2010, at Hospice House in Forest City.

Born in Mitchell County, she was a daughter of the late Clayton Buchanan and Lila Buchanan.

She was a member of Long Branch Road Baptist Church and retired from Doncaster Tanner Companies after 20 years of employment.

She is survived by a daughter, Carolyn Rollins of Forest City, and a son, Charles Blankenship of Zellwood, Fla.; four sisters, Delores Thomas of Hickory, Veda Kaylor of Hickory, Georgia Turner of Old Fort, and June Lowman of Hickory; five brothers, Avery Buchanan of Spruce Pine, and Bill Buchanan, Wade Buchanan, Haden Buchanan and Richard Smith, all of Hickory; five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Long Branch Road Baptist Church with the Rev. Jerry Ruppe officiating. Visitation was held prior to the service. Interment will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Cane Creek cemetery in Bakersville.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Long Branch Baptist Church, Fellowship Building Fund, 621 Long Branch Road, Forest City, NC 28043; or to Hospice of Rutherford County, P.O. Box 336, Forest City, NC 28043.

McMahan’s Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Fellini’s 1960 film “La Dolce Vita,” has died. He was 80.

Quinto often was referred to as the “king of the paparazzi” — a term derived from the character in “La Dolce Vita” — and he pioneered some of the aggressive tactics that celebrity photographers use to this day.

He would hide in bushes, wear disguises and zip around Rome on a motorcycle, taking photos that appeared in gossip publications around the world.

Quinto was born in Milan in 1929 and befriended Fellini while living in Rome in the 1950s. According to his wife, Fellini asked Quinto to play a photographer in “La Dolce Vita,” but he declined.

He briefly appeared in the film as a bystander.

In 1960, Quinto snapped a picture of actress Anita Ekberg kissing a married movie producer at a cafe in Rome.

Quinto told ABC News in 1997 that Ekberg shot arrows at him as he stood outside her house at 5 a.m. One nicked Quinto’s hand, and another struck a photographer’s car.

Quinto married Geraldine Del Giorno, an American schoolteacher, in 1963, and moved to the United States that year to work for The Associated Press. His assignments for The AP included John F. Kennedy’s funeral and civil rights marches.

However, he was best known for his celebrity photography. He worked at the famed Studio 54 nightclub in the 1970s, and was Elizabeth Taylor’s personal photographer for a time.

Franco Ballerini PISTOIA, Italy (AP) — The Italian Cycling Federation says national team coach Franco Ballerini has died following a crash during an amateur rally race.

The 45-year-old Ballerini was taking part as a navigator in a rally when his car swerved off the road.

Online condolences www.mcmahansfuneralhome.com.

Deaths Felice Quinto ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) — Felice Quinto, a renowned celebrity photographer and the likely model for the character Paparazzo in Federico

Eula Mae Greene Smart Eula Mae Greene Smart, 89, of 237 Tryon Rd., Rutherfordton, died Saturday, February 6, 2010 at Willow Ridge Nursing Center.

A native of Rutherford County she was born March 12, 1920 to the late Jone and jeanie Thrift Greene. She retired from Cone Mills Cliffside Plant, was a member of Cliffside Baptist Church and loved to garden, work in her yard and be with her family.

In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Edgar Alonzo Smart; three brothers, J. Rush Greene, Albert Greene, and Arie Greene; two half-brothers, Norman Greene and Hubert Greene; one step brother, Thurman Scruggs and two step sisters, Virginia Scruggs and Sally Scruggs Jolley.

Eula Mae is survived by one son, Donald “Gumbo” Smart of Henrietta; three daughters and sons-in-law, Sheila and Gene Tolley of Forest City, Linda and Earl Bridges of Rock Hill, SC and Nancy and Bobby Ray of Simpsonville, SC; nine grandchildren and thirteen great-grandchildren. She is also survived by a granddaughter she raised from the age of 18 months as a daughter, Donna Smart.

Funeral services will be held at 12PM Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at Cliffside Baptist Church with Rev. Joey Cantrell officiating.

Burial will follow in Cliffside Cemetery.

The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the church.

Memorials ma be made to Cliffside Baptist Church building fund, PO Box 336, Cliffside, NC 28024 or to Hospice of Rutherford County, PO Box 336, Forest City, NC 28043.

McKinney-Landreth Funeral Home is serving the Smart family.

A guest register is available at: www.mckinneylandrethfuneralhome.com

Patricia Ann Torpey Sansing Mrs. Patricia Ann Torpey Sansing, age 72, of Forest City, died Saturday, February 6, 2010, at Hospice House.

She was born March 7, 1937 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to the late William Torpey and Gertrude Sheridan Torpey. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her first husband Marvin Edgile McIntyre.

She is survived by her husband of 46 years, William Douglas Sansing; a son, Dennis Michael McIntyre of Forest City; a daughter, Judith Ann Sansing Helton of Rutherfordton and two granddaughters, Taylor Ann Helton of Charlotte and Morgan Danielle Helton of Rutherfordton.

Patricia was a veteran of the United States Air Force, a former realtor and co-owner of Froggy’s Café. Rarely seen without knitting needles or quilting material, she was a gracious donator of many quilts, baby caps and booties to hospitals around the country. Pat was also an avid reader and always had a book with her.

She was of the Catholic faith and a loyal member of Immaculate Conception Church of Forest City. She will be dearly missed by her entire family and all her friends.

A memorial mass will be held at Immaculate Conception in Forest City, on Friday, February 12, 2010 at 12:10 PM with the family receiving friends afterwards in the church fellowship hall.

In lieu of flowers the family is suggesting memorials be made to Hospice of Rutherford County or to the Immaculate Conception Church building fund, Forest City, N.C. Arrangements are being handled

by Crowe’s Mortuary. An online guest registry is available at: www.crowemortuary.com Paid obit.

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Calendar/Local

Family of eight homeless after fire Health/education Health ministry: The First Tuesday Club of Salem United Methodist Church will offer free blood pressure checks on Feb. 9, beginning at 10 a.m. Lunch served from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Kirk Wilkerson, of Covenant Advisory Group, will give instruction on the Family Love Letter booklet. Each participant receives a free booklet.

For information call 245-8518.

CLIFFSIDE — Eight people are homeless after a fire significantly damaged the home they were renting on Main Street and Harris-Henrietta Road early Sunday morning.

The fire was discovered at 1:36 a.m. by a member of the Roy Gibson family and all eight family members – including three children – escaped without injury.

Gibson and his wife, their two grown daughters, a son-in-law and three grandchildren ages 12, 9 and

6, lived in the two story, wood frame home owned by Mark Luthan. The family did not have insurance.

The fire appears to have started around the chimney area, although the family was not using the wood stove, said Cliffside fireman Donald Blanton.

Cliffside firefighters, who remained at the scene about six hours, were assisted by Sandy Mush and Ellenboro firefighters.

Firefighters were able to remove

some of the contents from the home, including medications for family members.

American Red Cross volunteers were on scene to assist the family in shelter and clothing and other immediate needs, said Executive Director Nelson Long.

“We are providing food, shelter and clothing and since they do have anywhere to go, we will probably provide an extended place to live,” Long said.

Meetings/other PWA meeting: The Professional Woman’s Association meets the third Tuesday of the month. The next meeting is Tuesday, Feb. 6, at noon in the private dining room of Rutherford Hospital. Dutch treat.

Dr. Jason Glover, DPM (foot and ankle surgeon) is this month’s guest speaker. For information, contact Charlene Proctor at 286-5218 or Margi Miller at 287-5928.

Schools/students Open house: East Rutherford High School; Thursday, Feb. 11, 5 to 7:30 p.m.; an opportunity for parents to meet teachers; information sessions for parents of ROPE eligible students in the commons area at 5:30 p.m., and 6:30 p.m.; information on new online course; CTE will showcase student work in various areas celebrating Career Technical Education Month.

Information Night: Chase High School will hold a Registration Information Night on Thursday, Feb. 18; Elective Fair from 6 to 7 p.m., featuring various course and club offerings; beginning at 7 in the auditorium, speakers will explain graduation requirements, online course offerings, ICC Concurrent Enrollment and Huskins courses, graduation project requirements, the McNair Program and more; all rising 9th - 12th graders and their parents encouraged to attend; registration is the week of March 1.

Miscellaneous Community Outreach: “Give By Faith Ministries” of Piney Mountain Baptist Church provides a soup kitchen, clothes closet and food pantry to those in need the second Saturday of each month from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Low-cost rabies clinic: Saturday, Feb. 13, noon to 1 p.m.; Thunder Road Animal Hospital; $10 cash, one-year rabies; $12 cash, threeyear rabies; other discounted vaccines available; call 286-0033.

Fundraisers Fish Fry: Wednesday, Feb. 10, 5:45 to 6:45 p.m., prior to the evening service at Long Branch Road Baptist Church, (Shiloh Community); no set price, donations accepted; proceeds for building fund.

Yard sale: Feb. 11-13, begins at 8 a.m., each day at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, Forest City; baked goods will also be sold; proceeds go toward mission projects.

Country ham supper: Saturday, Feb. 13, from 4 to 8 p.m., at Duncan’s Creek Presbyterian Church, 1658 Duncan’s Creek Road, Ellenboro.

Barbecue supper: Saturday, Feb. 13, begins at 4 p.m., Bethel Baptist Church, Ellenboro; adult paltes $9; ages 6-12, $4; under 6 free; take outs available; proceeds for international missions.

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 place an order; sponsored by the ladies’ auxiliary.

Fish fry: Benefit for Haiti missions; Saturday, Feb. 13, from noon to 7 p.m., at Temple of Jesus Church, Lake Lure; dessert and drink included with meal.

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Auto dealerships McCurry-Deck and Nissan of Forest City have been united under the McCurry-Deck ownership.

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general manager, Neil Skillman,” Deck said. “He was in Hendersonville at the Egolf Chrysler and Jeep dealership for over 20 years. He understands the importance of customer service and has the experience, and I think he’ll fit in very well.”

Once the approval process for the

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Begin with the bills you know you will have each month – such as mortgage or rent, power, water and cable.

Those bills often remain the same or close to the same amount each month. Those are also due at regular intervals too.

Next, fill in other categories like groceries and entertainment. These probably fluctuate in the amount you will put in. Ramsey’s Web site advises putting more money down than you think you’ll need for groceries, as most people under fund that category. You should also build in areas for unexpected expenditures like car repairs or new appliance purchases.

A category to consider when doing your budget, Carpenter said, is gifts.

Decide who you will buy for this year and for what holidays; from there, add up the total amount for the year and divide by 12 to get a monthly allotment.

If you can’t decide which categories to include for your budget, Carpenter said get a receipt for everything you spend. That way, you’ll get a real sense as to where your money’s going.

Once you’ve got your amounts for each category for the month, Ramsey advises using an envelope system.

Take the envelopes, write the budget categories on the envelopes and use only the allotted money to purchase specific things. When an envelope is empty, don’t buy anything else in that budget category.

As you work through your budget, you’ll find areas where you can cut costs, Carpenter said.

“You have to decide needs versus wants,” she said.

Carpenter suggested re-evaluating

Religion Anniversary service: In honor of Rev. Delroy Wilmont; Saturday, Feb. 13, 7 p.m., Holy Temple No. 2, Forest City; guest speaker from Charlotte.

Special service: Sunday, Feb. 14, 11 a.m.; Holy Temple No. 2, Forest City; guest speaker, Bishop E.L. Gray from Statesville.

Spiritual Valentine program: The New Beginning will sponsor “Love Never Fails” on Friday, Feb. 12, at Green Creek Missionary Church, Cobb Family Life Center; program begins at 6 p.m., guest speaker, Rev. Juanita Staley; Rev. Arnie Twitty, pastor of the church.

ers,” Deck said. “Mr. LaPlaca was a gentleman during the whole process and got into that position where he felt he needed to make a change, and I hope he will do well in his future endeavors. We’re very excited about the Nissan acquisition and the store is open for both sales and service right now.”

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

Basic Rules of Money Management n Get organized: Designate a work space, filing system and have supplies handy. n Plan and set goals: Determine short- and long-range financial goals. Plan for the present and the future (major purchases and periodic expenses.) n Know your financial situation: Determine monthly living expenses, periodic expenses and monthly debt payments. Compare outgo to monthly net income. Be aware of your total indebtedness. n Develop a realistic budget: Follow your budget as closely as possible.

Evaluate it periodically. Are actual expenses matching your budget plan?

If not, adjust spending or your plan to be on target. n Don’t allow expenses to exceed income: If you discover your monthly income is less than your expenses, look for areas to reduce expenses (coupons, comparison shopping on groceries, reducing money spent eating out) and ways to increase income.

Don’t use credit to fill in the gap. This creates a false sense of security and will eventually catch up with you. n Save: Save for periodic expenses, such as car and home maintenance.

A goal should be to accumulate three

to six months living expenses in an emergency fund. Consider five to 10 percent of your net income as a monthly savings target. n Pay bills on time: This will help you maintain a good credit rating. If you are unable to pay as agreed, contact your creditors and explain your situation. n Distinguish between your wants and your needs: Take care of your needs first. Money should be spent for wants only after needs have been met. n Use credit wisely: Plan your credit purchases. Don’t charge more every month than you are able to repay.

Avoid paying only the minimum on your charge cards. Determine what you can comfortably afford to purchase on credit. Shop for your credit comparing interest rates, terms and conditions. Don’t allow credit payments to exceed 20 percent of your net income (excluding home mortgage.) Avoid borrowing from one creditor to pay another. n Keep a record of daily expenditures: Be aware of where your money is going. Use a spending diary, checkbook register or envelope system to help identify where adjustments need to be made.

your budget every six months or sooner if anything significant changes in your household, such as a new baby or a job loss.

There are a variety of ways for filing bills, too, Carpenter said. Some people use three-ring binders and others use folders.

“Me personally, I have a folder in my utility closet and every time a bill comes in I put it in that folder,” she said.

More information on making a

budget can be obtained through Consumer Credit Counseling, located at 200 Ohio St., Spindale, or online at www.daveramsey.com. CCCS offers services free to families and individuals 18 or older – with the exception of Senior Financial Care and bankruptcy counseling. Clients come from all walks of life and from a variety of backgrounds, Carpenter said.

Source: Consumer Credit Counseling Service

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

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Music/concerts Gospel Showcase: Friday, Feb. 19, 7 p.m., at Chase High School auditorium; featuring The Millwood Family, In His Glory, Mercy’s Touch, and the Golden Valley Crusaders; $10 at the door; all proceeds go toward the purchase of band uniforms.

new ownership is complete, Deck is planning a name change for the dealership.

“It will remain Nissan of Forest City for now but will be changed to a new name once we have approval,” Deck said. “It usually takes 60 to 90 days to go through this approval process.”

Deck said he was pleased with the way the deal worked out.

“I think it is unfortunate that it has been difficult for a lot of deal-

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Freedom cagers sweep Chase

By KEVIN CARVER Sports Reporter

Judge OK’s former UCLA player lawsuit SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge has greenlighted most of a lawsuit by former UCLA basketball star Ed O’Bannon, who alleges the NCAA used the images of student-athletes without permission.

U.S. District Court Judge Claudia Wilken denied the NCAA’s attempt to have the lawsuit dismissed Monday. The NCAA had argued O’Bannon and others gave up their commercials rights when they annually signed a form permitting the organization to use their images to promote NCAA activities.

But the judge says O’Bannon’s allegations the NCAA is improperly profiting by using the images to sell DVDs, video games and apparel deserve further hearing.

Wilken has combined his case with that of former Nebraska quarterback Sam Keller, who filed a similar suit against the NCAA and video game maker Electronic Arts Inc.

HARRIS — Three Freedom players scored in double figures to beat Chase 75-63 Monday as the Trojans couldn’t hold on to the lead they held for most of the contest.

The Patriots got 18 points from Jordan Jacotine, Anthony Thomas

had 17 and Raymond Beam had 14.

Chase led for most of the first 30 minutes of the game, but Freedom took the lead back from the free throw line and led by a 49-46 advantage at the end of the third quarter.

Hurting the Trojans even more, Freedom scored 16 baskets on Chase turnovers, 11 of those coming in the second half.

Saints celebrate

New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton holds up a newspaper proclaiming the team World Champions after their 31-17 win over the Indianapolis Colts in the NFL Super Bowl XLIV football game in Miami Sunday.

America’s Cup opener postponed VALENCIA, Spain (AP) — The opening race of the 33rd America’s Cup between twotime defending champion Alinghi of Switzerland and American challenger BMW Oracle Racing was postponed Monday because of unsteady wind.

The giant multihulls USA and Alinghi 5 floated idly near the start line, well off the Valencia coast, for nearly four hours in the cold before the race was called off.

Officials will try again on Wednesday to get in Race 1 of the best-of-three series.

However, BMW Oracle meteorologist Chris Bedford was only “hopeful” the race would get under way then.

No. 8 Duke routs No. 18 UNC, 79-51 DURHAM (AP) — Bridgette Mitchell and Keturah Jackson scored 12 points apiece, and No. 8 Duke routed No. 18 North Carolina 79-51 on Monday night to bounce back from its first Atlantic Coast Conference loss.

Krystal Thomas had 11 points for the first-place Blue Devils (19-4, 7-1).

They never trailed and dominated nearly every stat category — their 52-28 rebounding advantage included a 35-12 edge in the second half — in avoiding its first ACC losing streak in a decade.

She’la White and Laura Broomfield had 10 points each to lead the slumping Tar Heels (16-6, 4-4).

Associated Press

Payton, Brees bask in glory FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Clearly exhausted from a late night of post-Super Bowl celebrations, Sean Payton leaned on a podium Monday morning, clutching the Vince Lombardi trophy in his right hand.

“You can’t get enough of this,” the Saints’ head coach said at a news conference at the Fort Lauderdale convention center.

“This thing lay in my bed next to me last night, rolled over it a couple times. I probably drooled on it. But man, there’s nothing like it.”

Certainly, the New Orleans Saints never experienced anything like it.

Before this one, the Saints had only eight winning seasons — and two playoff victories — in their previous 42 years combined. New Orleans had to win three postseason games over three great quarterbacks — Kurt Warner, Brett Favre and Peyton Manning — to win the title this

season.

The last quarterback standing was Drew Brees, who joined Payton in 2006 with the idea of transforming the Saints into champions for a region needing widespread rebuilding after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in August 2005.

That was easier said than done, but in their fourth season together, they did it.

Brees was chosen the Super Bowl MVP after Sunday night’s 31-17 victory over the Indianapolis Colts. After that, his only remaining challenge was believing he’d actually pulled it off.

“I had to wake up this morning and turn to my wife and say, ’Did yesterday really happen?”’ Brees said.

“Our victory last night was the culmination of four years of hard work, fighting through a lot of adversity, ups and downs Please see Saints, Page 9

Please see Chase, Page 8

Duke is riding Big Three DURHAM (AP) — Jon Scheyer, Nolan Smith and Kyle Singler really couldn’t ask for much more.

The Duke trio has found the setup that every college basketball player dreams of: plenty of shots, lots of points and abundant minutes. The formula has carried No. 8 Duke to the top of the Atlantic Coast Conference heading into Wednesday’s trip to rival North Carolina, and the Blue Devils’ hopes of making a strong push in March could hinge on how well their “Big Three” holds up under that burden the rest of the year.

“We ideally would like to have balanced scoring, but it’s not really how it is,” Singler said Monday. “The responsibility that Jon, Nolan and myself has, we don’t necessarily look at it as pressure because we have each other to help each other out.”

So far, Scheyer, Smith and Singler are each averaging better than 16 points per game and entered Saturday’s win at Boston College as the nation’s top scoring trio. All three are ranked among the ACC scoring leaders — Scheyer and Smith rank second and third, respectively — while they account for about two-thirds of the Blue Devils’ scoring output, shot attempts and made free throws.

Scheyer, a senior, leads Duke (19-4, 7-2 ACC) at just under 19 points per game and leads the league by shooting 91 percent at the foul line. Smith is averaging about 18 points, while fellow junior Singler is averaging about 17 points as an inside-out threat. No other Blue Devils player averages more than seven points.

They could be in line for a big performance against the defending national champion Tar Heels (13-10, 2-6), who have struggled to defend the perimeter all season and are limping through their worst stretch under coach Roy Williams.

“All three of us work on scoring off each other and get Please see Duke, Page 8

Patrick shows skill

Local Sports

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer

BASKETBALL 6 p.m. Shelby at East Rutherford 6 p.m. R-S Central at Burns 5 p.m. Owen at TJCA

On TV 7 p.m. (ESPN) College Basketball Tennessee at Vanderbilt.

(ESPN2) College Basketball Georgetown at Providence.

(FSS) College Basketball Boston College at Wake Forest.

8 p.m. (TS) NBA Basketball Atlanta Hawks at Memphis Grizzlies. From the FedEx Forum in Memphis, Tenn.

9 p.m. (ESPN) College Basketball Purdue at Michigan State.

Chase shot just 3-of-10 from the charity stripe and Freedom was 14-of17 in the final frame.

“We couldn’t hit the free throws late and the turnovers killed us tonight,” Chase coach Ken Hines said. We play hard every game, but we don’t play smart all the time and can’t keep our

Associated Press

Driver Danica Patrick signs autographs for fans as she makes preparations for ARCA auto racing practice at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla., Thursday.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Here’s something to consider: Maybe Danica Patrick is a pretty good race car driver.

She certainly has her detractors, the ones who have dismissed her as nothing more than a well-marketed, attractive female who has tallied all of one victory in five seasons of IndyCar racing. So she of course was written off long before she ever climbed into a stock car with the intention of giving NASCAR a spin.

Her critics rolled their eyes at her intentions.

And rightfully so. Dario Franchitti couldn’t cut it, and Sam Hornish Jr. is still struggling three years after his move.

With five IndyCar titles and two Indianapolis 500 wins between them, Franchitti and Hornish have far more accom-

plished resumes than Patrick.

So what would make anyone think Patrick would do any better?

Well, she did.

Patrick bumped and banged her way through the crashfilled ARCA race at Daytona International Speedway, where she successfully dodged one of the sloppiest events in recent memory. She pulled off a masterful save on a slide through the infield grass, fell to the back of the field, and still managed to drive her way to a sixth-place finish.

So it came as no surprise that after taking a day to catch her breath, Patrick decided she should indeed make her NASCAR debut this weekend in the second-tier Nationwide Series race at Daytona.

She’d been previously praised Please see Patrick, Page 9

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Villanova gets past Mounties

Scoreboard SOUTH Appalachian St. 75, UNC Greensboro 69 Coppin St. 70, Florida A&M 44 Elon 81, W. Carolina 76 Hampton 55, Winston-Salem 53 Md.-Eastern Shore 62, N. Carolina A&T 52 Mercer 83, S.C.-Upstate 69 Morgan St. 48, Bethune-Cookman 47 S. Carolina St. 77, Howard 64 The Citadel 72, Coll. of Charleston 65 MIDWEST Butler 62, Loyola of Chicago 47 Detroit 92, Chicago St. 72

FOOTBALL 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 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

Monday’s Women’s Basketball

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 31, Indianapolis, 17

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

W L Pct Boston 32 17 .653 Toronto 28 23 .549 New York 19 31 .380 Philadelphia 19 31 .380 New Jersey 4 46 .080 Southeast Division

W L Pct Orlando 34 17 .667 Atlanta 32 17 .653 Charlotte 24 25 .490 Miami 24 27 .471 Washington 17 32 .347 Central Division

W L Pct Cleveland 41 11 .788 Chicago 24 25 .490 Milwaukee 23 26 .469 Indiana 18 33 .353 Detroit 17 32 .347 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division

W L Pct Dallas 31 19 .620 San Antonio 29 20 .592 Houston 27 23 .540 New Orleans 27 24 .529 Memphis 26 24 .520 Northwest Division

W L Pct Denver 34 17 .667 Utah 31 18 .633 Oklahoma City 29 21 .580 Portland 30 23 .566 Minnesota 13 38 .255 Pacific Division

W L Pct L.A. Lakers 39 13 .750 Phoenix 31 21 .596 L.A. Clippers 21 29 .420 Sacramento 16 34 .320 Golden State 13 36 .265

GB — 5 13 1/2 13 1/2 28 1/2 GB — 1 9 10 16 GB — 15 1/2 16 1/2 22 1/2 22 1/2 GB — 1 1/2 4 4 1/2 5 GB — 2 4 1/2 5 21 GB — 8 17 22 24 1/2

Sunday’s Games Toronto 115, Sacramento 104 Orlando 96, Boston 89 Monday’s Games New Orleans at Orlando, late Dallas at Golden State, late San Antonio at L.A. Lakers, late Tuesday’s Games Washington at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

Chicago at Indiana, 7 p.m.

New Jersey at Cleveland, 7 p.m.

Minnesota at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Houston at Miami, 7:30 p.m.

Sacramento at New York, 7:30 p.m.

Detroit at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.

Atlanta at Memphis, 8 p.m.

Dallas at Denver, 9 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Portland, 10 p.m.

Utah at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Miami at Atlanta, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at Toronto, 7 p.m.

Sacramento at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

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

Orlando at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Charlotte at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Boston at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Utah, 9 p.m.

Portland at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

Monday’s College Basketball EAST Delaware 69, UNC Wilmington 62 Longwood 83, Fairleigh Dickinson 81 Maine 84, UMBC 63 Rider 70, Niagara 62 Siena 69, Fairfield 67 Towson 81, James Madison 78 Villanova 82, West Virginia 75

Duke Continued from Page 7

ting great looks,” Smith said.

“Scoring for us just comes because we’re all veterans and we’ve played in a lot of games.

Now we’re at the point where we’re so comfortable out there that scoring sometimes comes easily.”

Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski has been content to rely on the trio to lead the offense, saying there’s a significant gap between the “Big Three” and the rest of the team in experience and scoring ability.

“If only two of them were scoring, I’d be disappointed,”

EAST Canisius 77, Rider 58 Delaware 67, George Mason 63 Manhattan 59, St. Peter’s 57 Niagara 61, Loyola, Md. 56 Towson 72, Northeastern 57 SOUTH Alabama A&M 60, MVSU 56 Appalachian St. 73, W. Carolina 59 Belmont 77, North Florida 68 Bethune-Cookman 79, Morgan St. 68 Charleston Southern 66, High Point 60 Coastal Carolina 60, UNC Asheville 41 Coll. of Charleston 62, Chattanooga 50 Delaware St. 57, Norfolk St. 44 Duke 79, North Carolina 51 Elon 77, Davidson 63 Florida A&M 74, Coppin St. 72, OT Gardner-Webb 59, Liberty 56 Georgia Tech 68, Clemson 53 Grambling St. 82, Alcorn St. 74 Hampton 67, Winston-Salem 26 Jacksonville 62, Lipscomb 43 James Madison 73, Drexel 56 N. Carolina A&T 76, Md.-Eastern Shore 46 S. Carolina St. 74, Howard 67 S.C.-Upstate 87, Mercer 78 Samford 66, Georgia Southern 47 Southern U. 53, Jackson St. 42 Virginia 82, Maryland 68 Wofford 53, Furman 47 MIDWEST IPFW 96, Oral Roberts 83 N. Dakota St. 65, UMKC 55 Oakland, Mich. 66, Centenary 46 S. Dakota St. 93, S. Utah 59 SOUTHWEST Ark.-Pine Bluff 70, Alabama St. 55 Arkansas St. 77, Louisiana-Monroe 56 The Top Twenty Five The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll:

1. Kansas (55) 2. Syracuse (8) 3. Kentucky (2) 4. Villanova 5. West Virginia 6. Purdue 7. Georgetown 8. Duke 9. Kansas St. 10. Michigan St. 11. Wisconsin 12. Tennessee 13. Ohio St. 14. Texas 15. New Mexico 16. Gonzaga 17. BYU 18. Butler 19. N. Iowa 20. Georgia Tech 21. Temple 22. Vanderbilt 23. UNLV 24. Baylor 25. Pittsburgh

Record 22-1 23-1 22-1 20-2 19-3 19-3 17-5 19-4 19-4 19-5 18-5 18-4 18-6 19-4 21-3 19-4 22-3 20-4 21-2 17-6 19-5 17-5 19-4 17-5 17-6

Pts 1,613 1,553 1,514 1,366 1,361 1,301 1,211 1,142 1,139 968 871 850 845 789 725 693 532 422 298 269 223 222 209 202 149

Pvs 1 3 4 2 6 8 7 10 10 5 16 14 13 9 15 17 12 23 24 21 19 18 — 20 22

Sunday’s College Basketball EAST Army 63, Colgate 49 Case Reserve 69, NYU 51 Clarion 71, Indiana, Pa. 62 Elizabethtown 74, Albright 67 FDU-Florham 69, Kings, Pa. 57 Gettysburg 80, Ursinus 71 Iona 56, Marist 51 Lebanon Valley 70, Widener 62 Loyola, Md. 62, Manhattan 56 Lycoming 69, Arcadia 68 Misericordia 61, Eastern 44 Otterbein 75, Muskingum 61 Penn St.-Altoona 61, Pitt.-Bradford 58 Philadelphia 71, Caldwell 44 Saint Joseph’s 78, St. Bonaventure 71 St. Peter’s 73, Canisius 72, OT West Chester 58, Millersville 38 Westminster, Pa. 83, Chatham 41 SOUTH Belmont 70, North Florida 56 Bridgewater, Va. 61, Randolph-Macon 57 Lipscomb 79, Jacksonville 61 Maryland 92, North Carolina 71 Morgan St. 94, Florida A&M 68 Oglethorpe 86, Rhodes 72 Radford 77, High Point 63 Virginia St. 92, St. Paul’s 80 MIDWEST Aquinas 63, Siena Heights 57 North Dakota 57, SIU-Edwardsville 50 Northwestern 78, Indiana 61 Notre Dame 65, South Florida 62 Ohio St. 68, Iowa 58 Syracuse 71, Cincinnati 54 Washington, Mo. 83, Emory 69 Wooster 64, Wabash 61

Krzyzewski joked. “The way we have set up our team, those three guys have to be put in prominent positions to score and they’ve come through pretty well in doing that. That’s the nature of our team. If we had a fourth really big scorer, then I’d try to figure that out.”

The biggest concern, however, might be the amount of mileage each player is picking up while hoisting all those shots. Scheyer leads the ACC at more than 36 minutes played per game, while Singler is third and Smith is fourth at 35 minutes each.

Singler — who seemed to wear down late in his freshman year — has logged 40 minutes in five games, while Scheyer and Smith

SOUTHWEST Trinity, Texas 60, Millsaps 59 FAR WEST N. Colorado 70, N. Arizona 63, OT Sacramento St. 74, E. Washington 67 Seattle 80, Portland St. 77

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Scottie Reynolds scored 19 of his 21 points in the final 13 minutes and No. 4 Villanova held off No. 5 West Virginia 82-75 on Monday night.

The Wildcats (21-2, 10-1) rebounded from a blowout loss at No. 7 Georgetown on Saturday to pull into a first-place tie with No. 2 Syracuse in the Big East.

West Virginia (19-4, 8-3) led only in the game’s opening minutes, couldn’t overcome an 11-point halftime deficit and saw its six-game winning streak snapped.

Corey Fisher added 17 points and Antonio Pena had 10 for Villanova in the season’s first matchup of teamed ranked in the top five.

Darryl Bryant led five Mountaineers in double figures with 15 points. Devin Ebanks and Da’Sean Butler had 13 apiece.

Sunday’s Women’s Basketball EAST Hofstra 73, UNC Wilmington 58 Long Island U. 67, St. Francis, NY 57 Ohio St. 86, Penn St. 73 Siena 75, Iona 67, OT St. John’s 66, Seton Hall 45 UMBC 57, Maine 45 SOUTH Alabama 55, Auburn 53 Connecticut 84, Louisville 38 Florida 80, Mississippi St. 78, 2OT Florida St. 83, Wake Forest 38 Georgia St. 63, William & Mary 60 Miami 85, SIU-Edwardsville 60 Mississippi 102, LSU 101, 3OT Morgan St. 58, Florida A&M 48 N.C. State 70, Virginia Tech 57 South Carolina 52, Georgia 42 Tulane 78, SMU 59 Va. Commonwealth 75, Old Dominion 56 MIDWEST Bradley 60, S. Illinois 45 Creighton 58, Wichita St. 48 Dayton 73, Saint Louis 54 Indiana 67, Illinois 54 Iowa 77, Michigan St. 66 Iowa St. 65, Missouri 39 Kansas 70, Kansas St. 60 Michigan 74, Minnesota 40 Missouri St. 87, Drake 78 N. Iowa 71, Evansville 52 Purdue 58, Wisconsin 56 Xavier 67, Richmond 55 SOUTHWEST Houston 68, Memphis 62 Kentucky 71, Arkansas 57 Rice 72, UAB 58 Texas 81, Texas Tech 51 UTEP 75, Tulsa 58 FAR WEST Stanford 77, Southern Cal 39

ASU 75, UNC-Greensboro 69.

HOCKEY National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF New Jersey 58 36 20 2 74 153 Pittsburgh 59 35 22 2 72 187 Philadelphia 57 29 25 3 61 167 N.Y. Rangers 59 26 26 7 59 152 N.Y. Islanders 58 23 27 8 54 146 Northeast Division

GP W L OT Pts GF Buffalo 57 32 18 7 71 158 Ottawa 59 33 22 4 70 164 Montreal 60 28 26 6 62 154 Boston 57 24 22 11 59 138 Toronto 60 19 30 11 49 162 Southeast Division

GP W L OT Pts GF Washington 59 41 12 6 88 234 Tampa Bay 57 25 21 11 61 147 Atlanta 57 25 24 8 58 172 Florida 58 24 25 9 57 152 Carolina 58 21 30 7 49 155 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF Chicago 58 38 15 5 81 185 Nashville 57 31 22 4 66 159 Detroit 58 27 21 10 64 150 St. Louis 58 25 24 9 59 149 Columbus 60 24 27 9 57 156 Northwest Division

GP W L OT Pts GF Vancouver 57 35 20 2 72 184 Colorado 57 32 19 6 70 167 Calgary 59 29 21 9 67 150 Minnesota 58 29 25 4 62 161 Edmonton 57 18 33 6 42 144 Pacific Division

GP W L OT Pts GF San Jose 59 39 11 9 87 200 Los Angeles 58 36 19 3 75 178 Phoenix 59 35 19 5 75 157 Dallas 58 26 21 11 63 166 Anaheim 58 27 24 7 61 162

GA 134 171 154 163 180 GA 144 165 162 146 204 GA 161 166 183 167 188 GA 135 160 156 161 194 GA 140 149 149 170 193 GA 145 159 150 181 179

Sunday’s Games Washington 5, Pittsburgh 4, OT Boston 3, Montreal 0 Monday’s Games San Jose 3, Toronto 2 Philadelphia 3, New Jersey 2 St. Louis at Colorado, late.

Edmonton at Phoenix, late Los Angeles at Anaheim, late Tuesday’s Games Boston at Buffalo, Nashville at N.Y. Islanders, Florida at Carolina, 7 p.m.

Calgary at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.

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

Detroit at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Dallas at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Philadelphia at New Jersey, 7 p.m.

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

San Jose at Columbus, 7 p.m.

Washington at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m.

Phoenix at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Atlanta at Colorado, 9 p.m.

Edmonton at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

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Delaware 69, UNC-Wilmington 62 NEWARK, Del. (AP) — Jawan Carter scored 23 points to lead Delaware to a 69-62 win over North Carolina-Wilmington on Monday.

Carter also dished out six assists for the Blue Hens (7-17, 3-10 Colonial Athletic Association), who snapped a three-game losing streak. Alphonso Dawson added 10 points and 12 rebounds.

Chad Tomko and Johnny Wolf each scored 15 points to lead the Seahawks (7-17, 3-10). UNCWilmington has lost four games in a row.

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composure throughout the game.”

Trojan forward Wesley Roach hit on his own put back to end the first period, putting Chase up 16-14. The deciding result of the second quarter came on a late steal by Andrew Scruggs, who scored a beautiful dribble drive baseline lay up to hand Chase a 37-33 lead at the half.

The two teams were tied on three occasions in the third quarter before Freedom eked out a slim advantage and pulled away in the final frame.

Roach led Chase with 21 points, Scruggs ended up with 13, Carlos Watkins 12 and Kishon Crawford added 10 for the Trojans

Freedom 62, Chase 24

Chelsea Connelly scored 16 points and had three blocks to pace the visiting Freedom Lady Patriots past Chase 62-24.

Connelly and the inside game of the visitors bothered Chase in what was a physical contest, but Freedom really didn’t get hot until the second period.

Chase held Freedom to four first-quarter field goals and just one in the first six minutes of the contest, but the Lady Trojans could only manage to score two field goals in the first quarter themselves. have done it three times each.

The Lady Trojans had just one basket during the In Saturday’s 66-63 win at BC, entire second quarter as Freedom shot 66 percent Scheyer and Smith played 40 from the field in the second and third frames comminutes and Singler played 39. bined to pull away.

Yet Krzyzewski said he’s not Chase held the early 3-2 lead, but three late basworried about them wearing kets by Freedom with the Connelly’s leading the down, saying he is careful with limiting their workload in prac- way pushed Freedom out to an 11-5 edge after the first period. tices.

Following a lay up by Kaitlyn Smart to start Scheyer isn’t complaining, the second quarter for Chase, the Lady Trojans either. wouldn’t find another field goal the rest of the “In terms of minutes, I know quarter. even though I might play a lot Meanwhile, Brittney Phillips’ 3-pointer was the of minutes, I owe it to the team start of a 15-0 run for Freedom as Chase watched to give it everything I had for those minutes. If it got to a point the Lady Patriot lead grow to 26-7.

Freedom led 30-9 at the half. where I was pacing myself or Freedom put the pedal to the floor board in the not playing defense like I could, third, shooting 10-of-14 from the field and building then I’d say there’s something a 36-point (52-16) lead by the end quarter. wrong with this. But that’s not Yolonda Connelly added 13 for the Lady Patriots. the case.”

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GREENSBORO (AP) — Kellen Brand and Donald Sims scored 16 points apiece, and Josh Hunter finished with a double-double, leading Appalachian State to a 75-69 win over North Carolina-Greensboro on Monday night.

Hunter scored 10 points and grabbed 11 boards for the Mountaineers (14-10, 8-4 Southern Conference).

Brand and Sims each went a perfect 6-for-6 from the foul line for the Mountaineers, who finished 22-for-26 from the charity stripe (84.6 percent).

The Spartans ended up 18-for-24 (75 percent).

In a close game throughout, the Spartans took a 60-58 lead on Kyle Randall’s jumper with just under 7 minutes to go. But Hunter’s layup sparked a 7-0 Mountaineers run, and they never trailed again.

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Snow woes no worry for U.S. moguls team VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — If the United States Olympic moguls team is worried about the conditions at Cypress Mountain, it doesn’t show.

Trucks and helicopters were still dumping snow onto Cypress Mountain on Monday in an effort to get the Olympic venues ready for the Vancouver Games, which open Friday.

The first event scheduled is women’s moguls qualifying on Saturday, with the finals to be raced later that day.

“I’ve skied on rocks, I’ve skied on ice, I’ve skied in the rain. This is nothing,” World Cup champion Hannah Kearney said Monday ahead of her first pre-Olympic practice run. “It’s unfortunate for the beauty of the surrounding mountains ... but I don’t think it is going to be a problem for us skiing.”

Only athletes and their coaches were allowed at training on Monday afternoon, when they were to get their first look at the conditions.

“For safety reasons and our desire not to have Associated Press any of the course preparation work impacted, we decided just to let on the people that are absolutely In this Monday photo released by Disney, Super Bowl XLIV MVP, New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees necessary for the training,” said Dave Cobb, the joins Mickey Mouse in a parade in the Magic Kingdom in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., celebrating the Saints’ 31-17 executive vice president of the Vancouver organizvictory over the Indianapolis Colts in Sunday’s game. ing committee.

The weather in and around Vancouver has created some problems for Olympic organizers. looking down on his grandson, it ’magical,”’ he said. “When you Although the venues at Whistler — where the doesn’t get any better.” think about the relationship Alpine and Nordic events will be held — are fine, between the Saints and the Continued from Page 7 the Cypress Mountain venues closer to the city Payton said when all was quiet Gulf Coast and the city of New have been affected by the unseasonably warm Orleans, it was more than just and more importantly than that, in the team hotel around 3 a.m., weather. a football game and more than representing a city that has been he offered a prayer of thanks for “There’s still a lot of snow being trucked and his team and his experience in just a football team. The hopes, through so much,” Brees said. flown in to ensure we have enough contingency New Orleans, where he became the dreams and the struggles of “Along the way, people have snow if the warm weather continues,” Cobb said. asked me so many times, ’Do you a head coach for the first time in that community were all reflect- “There’s a lot of activity going on.”

2006. The city was still largely ed in that football team. It was look at it as a burden or extra IOC president Jacques Rogge said he had “absoin ruin then. a great night for the people in pressure? Do you feel like you’re lutely no concerns whatsoever” about the state of “When we got into coaching or New Orleans and the Gulf Coast carrying the weight of the city Cypress Mountain. on your teams’ shoulders.’ I said, playing, we got into it for certain region.”

“There is no concern, and there is no Plan B,” he reasons and yet the reasons in ’No, not at all. We look at it as a said.

New Orleans far exceeded what Throughout the past week, responsibility.’ Our city, our fans, World champion Patrick Deneen was confident Brees used the Super Bowl as gave us strength and we owe this we ever expected,” Payton said. events would go ahead on Cypress Mountain. The The theme for the Saints in a platform to promote New to them. ... There’s no people that men’s moguls are Sunday.

2009 became: A season of firsts.

Orleans’ recovery and express you would want to win for more “If there’s snow we will ski for sure,” he said. “I’ve They opened with their first his adoration for the distincthan the city of New Orleans.” seen pictures, and it looks like there’s a lot of snow 13-game winning streak, which tive and historic city. After on that course right now. They’ve been trucking it earned them a first No. 1 seedthe Saints’ Super Bowl triAs Brees spoke, Payton sat off in and really making it happen.” to the side, elbows on knees, face ing in the NFC playoffs. That led umph, Brees agreed to appear Christian Hrab, director of high-performance for on the Late Show with David buried in his hands. When it was to a first home NFC title game, Canada’s snowboard teams, said the landscape of then a first Super Bowl.

Letterman on Monday night. his turn to speak, he recounted white ribbons of snow draped over bare hillsides “We’re going to enjoy this for Vince Lombardi’s grandson, reminded him of Bardonecchia, the similarly bare Their run to the Super Bowl a while. I think New Orleans Saints assistant Joe Lombardi, Alpine resort where the snowboarding events were captured the attention of footis enjoying it right this secposing for a photo with the sterstaged at the 2006 Turin Olympics. ball fans everywhere. The game ond, still,” Brees said. “We don’t ling silver hardware bearing his “It’s kind of odd because outside of the field of was watched by more than 106 expect anybody to go to work last name. play there is no snow, and where there was snow, million people, surpassing the today in New Orleans, or maybe “Joe Lombardi, his father, they took it to bring it to the field of play,” Hrab 1983 finale of “M-A-S-H” to for the next two weeks considerVince Jr., and his two brothers said. “And then there is this white, glistening parabecome the most-watched proing Mardi Gras is next week. sat and posed with this trophy, dise where the field of snow is.” gram in U.S. television history, the four of them, while pictures Hrab said the snowboardcross track had held up the Nielsen Co. said Monday.

“We know what it’s like to build were taken. And I just thought well during testing over the last couple of days, and Commissioner Roger Goodell something from the ground up to myself, ’You’ve got to be kidthe halfpipe also looks good. called this Super Bowl “clearly and just to feel like this is our ding me,”’ Payton said. “If you “The pipe has perfect walls, they are 22 feet high, more than a game. time. ... I think what’s going to believe in heaven, and you the snow is white, and really they are ready,” he “I keep thinking of the word be fun is using the term ’repeat’ believe Vince Lombardi is there said.

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Patrick Continued from Page 7

for declaring Daytona not the right place to make her NASCAR debut, but after holding her own in the ARCA race, everyone anticipated the about-face that came Monday.

“Racing in the Nationwide Series race was my goal during this entire two-month preparation process, but we wanted to make sure it was the right thing to do,” she said.

“The ARCA race was a blast, and I’m not ready for my first Daytona Speedweeks to end just yet. I want more racing.”

She’ll get it, too. Saturday’s race is a big boy race, with more than half the field expected to be Sprint Cup Series stars.

Kelley Earnhardt, general manager and part owner of JRM, doesn’t think Patrick will take the team back to Victory Lane on Saturday.

But she doesn’t think she’ll stink up the show, either.

Regardless of how she performs, Patrick is guaranteed to have an

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immense spotlight on her the rest of the week.

She’s been the central figure of Speedweeks since her arrival Thursday, and has been constantly swarmed by media and fans everytime she steps into the garage.

Her participation brought a whole new level of interest to the typically overlooked ARCA Series, and will undoubtedly do the same for NASCAR at a time when the auto racing series is looking at anyway possible to re-ignite fan interest.

Earnhardt has seen circus-like celebrity before, first with her father, the late Dale Earnhardt, and again with brother Dale Earnhardt Jr. And even though Dale Jr. is annually named NASCAR’s most popular driver, it’s been quite some time since his big sister has seen such intense interest at the track.

“I’ve been in situations with both of them that have seemed very chaotic, but with Danica, it seemed like there were always at least 200 people swamping her,” Earnhardt said.larger and so loyal.”

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Judge Powell, who Continued from Page 1 read the documents offered by the defense, said he could summarMartin was not presily grant or summarily ent to file an immedideny the motion, but ate motion for misadded that he did not trial because he was feel comfortable with “spirited away from either option. He said Rutherford County” that he could hold a shortly after the verhearing on the matter, dict and transported and defense attorney to Central Prison in Brown asked for a hearRaleigh. ing.

That action, Brown The hearing consaid, meant Martin cerned a 2009 confronwould spend many tation between Martin months in prison before and jailer Ted Cook in his case came up again which Martin suffered on appeal. And that, a wound to his foreBrown said, meant head.

Martin was denied a Jailer Debra Hollifield speedy trial. said she saw the alterBrown offered the cation between the two judge two documents men. She said Martin from Martin in conappeared to be angry junction with the and began swinging at motion to dismiss.

District Attorney Brad Officer Cook. She said she radioed for backup Greenway, who is prosas the two hit each ecuting the case, said the appeals court found other and fell to the floor behind a table in no error concerning a a commons area at the speedy trial. jail.

Greenway also said The incident occurred Martin “was not spirited away” from the jail. during free time, in He said defendants who which inmates are are convicted on serious allowed out of cells and into a commons area. offenses are routinely Sgt. Gene Shell, the transported immediately after the verdict. And supervisor on call that night, came to the jail he said Judge Ronald some 15 minutes later Payne, the presiding to look at the situation. judge at the first trial, Shell said he took had taken the proper a photo of the cut on steps when it was disMartin’s head and covered several jurors had perhaps gone to the electronically sent crime scene in violation the image to Jeffery

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Walker, the nurse assistant on call. Walker, in looking at the photo, said he would come treat Martin.

Shell said he thinks Officer Cook received a written reprimand and suspension over the incident because the “officer lost his control.”

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by Brown, Shell said he had been told that Cook hit Martin with the Mace container but had not been told that Cook struck Martin with the officer’s radio.

Shell added that Martin was hit again after he had apparently stopped resisting, noting, “Cook should have stopped and waited for backup,” and that was why he was disciplined.

On returning to the stand later, Shell said he didn’t recall Martin being disciplined over the fight.

Cook testified next.

He said that while making his rounds he had stopped to talk with another inmate, and Martin wanted to talk to Cook. The officer said Martin would have to wait until the other conversation was done, but Martin reportedly said, “talk to me (deleted expletive) now.”

Cook said he told Martin to “back off or I will spray you.” At that point, Cook testified, Martin said if that happened he would kill the jailer.

Cook said he hit Martin with his closed fists, but did not strike the man with the Mace

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Another storm forecast WASHINGTON (AP) — A $20 cab ride to the airport skyrocketed to the “snow rate” of $100 in the nation’s capital, and those travelers who could get to the airport or train station still had to haggle or wait in long lines to escape the snowbound Mid-Atlantic.

The most pressing matter: get out before another foot or more of the white stuff comes Tuesday.

“I’m done with city, urban snow life,” said Chris Vaughan, a Washington resident who was able to re-book a flight to go skiing in Utah. He dodged the pricey cab fare by having a friend drop him off at the airport — in exchange for a bottle of wine.

The region was still trying to dig out after being buried under nearly 3 feet of snow in some areas. One scientist said if all the snow that fell on the East Coast were melted, it would fill 12 million Olympic swimming pools or 30,000 Empire State buildings. Philadelphia needed just a little more than nine inches to make it the snowiest winter since 1884, the first year records were kept. canister or the radio.

Martin knocked the Mace can out of his hand, the jailer testified.

Walker, a nurse assistant with Dr. John Piland, who has a medical services contract at the jail, said he arrived at the jail less than an hour after he was contacted and sutured the cut on Martin’s head.

He said it was about a one-inch cut that was perhaps a quarter-inch deep, and required seven stitches. He also ordered an oral antibiotic and gave Martin a tetanus shot.

Defendant Martin took the stand to talk about the fight incident and about his physical condition. Judge Powell noted that the answers Martin gave would not be admissible during the trial.

Martin, who said he will be 69 next month, told the court that he has hypertension, diabetes and an irregular heartbeat. He added that he had a heart attack while at Central Prison in 2005 and noted he had been under stress for 56 months now.

Martin said he approached the jailer to talk about the theft of a radio from cell 311.

He alleges that jail staff allowed the radio to be stolen by opening the cell door during free time. Martin said he had no personal interest in the radio, but said it indicated inmates were being exploited.

He said it appeared

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Forecasters predicted the snow would start Tuesday afternoon and continue into Wednesday. Airlines warned travelers more flights would be canceled and the new storm was expected to hit a wider area, affecting travel in New York and Boston.

Sharon Lewis of Bowie, Md., was desperate to spend time with family in Trinidad. She bargained for an hour and got a flight to New York’s Laguardia Airport. But it came with caveat, she would then would have to drive across town in rush hour traffic to make a connecting flight at John F. Kennedy airport within an hour.

“I don’t know how that’s going to happen,” she said. “It’ll be a disaster.”

On Craigslist, owners of four-wheel drive vehicles were selling rides to residents in northern Virginia and the Maryland suburbs. One classified ad read: “Stay safe on icy streets — 4x4 Tahoe available.”

Union Station was bustling with long lines as many passengers decided to try Amtrak after flights were canceled.

the jailer’s conversation with the other person was “just friendly chatter,” so he touched the officer on the shoulder.

That is when the fight began, Martin said.

The jailer reportedly had ordered Martin to return to his cell, but Martin says he doesn’t recall being told to do that. Martin also said the officer threatened to kill him, not the other way around, and he said Cook spit on him.

Martin said he only heard of jury misconduct when his paralegal informed him later on.

Martin said he believes the court received a call about the misconduct shortly after lunch on the day he was sentenced, so he said it is possible he was still at the jail when the word came in.

When Greenway began to cross-examine him, Martin said Greenway had a “conflict of interest. You shouldn’t even be sitting in that seat.” The reference apparently was to allegations that Masons, including Greenway, have acted in concert to deny him a fair trial and ensure his conviction.

Martin said when Judge Payne was told of a call that had been received by Assistant Clerk Laura Bridges about jurors conducting an independent investigation, he should have interrogated the jurors and declared a mistrial.

Brown said because of Martin’s “oppressive incarceration” and

because he was not able to seek a mistrial on jury misconduct, the motion to dismiss should be granted.

Judge Powell said jail is always a stressful situation, but he said that the Rutherford County Jail was no more oppressive than other jails. He also said he “saw no evidence Mr. Martin was targeted by the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office or jailers,” so he denied the motion to dismiss.

Brown also brought up the issue of Martin’s attire for the trial.

Brown said Martin wanted to be able to wear a belt and have a tie on when he is before jurors. That request goes counter to jail policy because of the potential for people in jail to use those items to harm themselves.

But the judge allowed Martin to have those items on when jurors are present. They will be taken back when Martin is not in the courtroom.

Brown also said photographs exist in Martin’s personal possessions at the jail that could be “favorable to the defense,” but that they had not been provided to him.

DA Greenway said he would facilitate Martin receiving those photos.

The trial is scheduled to resume today at 9:30 a.m.

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

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Dow closes below 10,000 extending fall NEW YORK (AP) — The Dow Jones industrial average closed below 10,000 for the first time in three months Monday on nagging concerns about debt loads in Europe.

Shares of big banks pulled the market lower, extending a slump that has led to four straight weekly losses.

Mounting deficits in weaker European economies including Greece, Portugal and Spain have raised questions about the health of the global financial system.

Greece’s finance minister said Monday the government is preparing to boost some taxes to shore up its finances. But civil servants opposed to cutbacks have pledged to strike on Wednesday.

The questions about finances in Europe are only the latest blow to investor confidence. The market began to stumble in mid-January after China announced plans to contain economic growth and as the Obama administration proposed rules to restrict trading by large financial institutions.

That interrupted a 10-month climb in stocks, which hit 12-year lows last March. The Dow is down 817 points, or 7.6 percent, since closing at a 15-month high of 10,725.43 on Jan. 19.

Brett Hryb, a portfolio manager with MFC Global Investment Management in Toronto, said the latest concern is that the financial troubles in a country like Greece, whose economy is small compared with the rest of Europe, will spill into other countries.

“Clearly Greece itself is nothing. It’s just a blip.

It’s what the contagion could be,” he said.

According to preliminary calculations, the Dow fell 103.84, or 1 percent, to 9,908.39. On Thursday, the Dow traded below the psychological barrier of 10,000 for the first time since November. It hadn’t closed below that mark since Nov. 4.

The broader Standard & Poor’s 500 index fell 9.45, or 0.9 percent, to 1,056.74, while the Nasdaq composite index fell 15.07, or 0.7 percent, to 2,126.05.

Bond prices were mixed. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note, which moves opposite its price, rose to 3.58 percent from 3.57 percent late Friday.

The dollar fell against other major currencies, while gold rose.

Crude oil rose 70 cents to settle at $71.89 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

In earnings news, the toymaker Hasbro Inc. said its profit surged 77 percent in the fourth quarter while drugstore chain CVS Caremark Corp. said its earnings rose 11 percent. The results beat analysts’ estimates.

Three stocks fell for every two that rose on the New York Stock Exchange, where volume came to 1.1 billion shares compared with 1.6 billion Friday.

The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies fell 6.49, or 1.1 percent, to 586.49.

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In this 2009 file photo, the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange is seen. The Dow Jones industrial average closed below 10,000 for the first time in three months Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, on nagging concerns about debt loads in Europe.

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Stress levels rose in December An AP news analysis

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press Writer

Weakness in Western energyproducing states helped raise the average U.S. county's economic stress in December to its highest point since the recession began in December 2007, according to The Associated Press' monthly analysis of conditions in more than 3,100 U.S. counties.

States such as Alaska, Wyoming and Montana lost jobs related in part to a drop in energy and mining exploration.

Those states in the past had generally defied the national economy's weakness.

Economic strains in the final month of last year were evident throughout the nation.

Foreclosure and bankruptcy rates rose even as the national unemployment rate held steady.

The spillover to Western states was inevitable, economists say.

The AP's Economic Stress Index found that the average county's score in December was 10.8. That's a sharp jump from the 10.2 reading in November.

The previous worst reading since the recession began in December 2007 was 10.3 in March 2009.

The index calculates a score from 1 to 100 based on a county's unemployment, foreclosure and bankruptcy rates. A higher score indicates more economic stress. Under a rough rule of thumb, a county is considered stressed when its score exceeds 11.

Nearly 45 percent of the nation's 3,141 counties were deemed stressed in December.

That compares with less than 39 percent in the previous month.

Nevada was again the most economically distressed state in December, with a Stress score of

21.08. It had the nation's worst foreclosure and bankruptcy rates and second-worst unemployment rate.

It was followed by Michigan (17.43), California (16.25), Florida (15.78) and Illinois (14.12). All except California saw their Stress score rise from November to December.

North Dakota (4.99) was again the least-stressed state in December. Next were South Dakota (5.47), Nebraska (5.63), Vermont (7.14) and Montana (7.71). Still, each saw its Stress score worsen from November to December.

The leading energy-producing states remained economically healthier than the nation as a whole. But they suffered the biggest jump in economic stress during the second half of 2009.

These states had previously managed to sidestep the worst of the economy.

No longer. Alaska's 21-year streak of job growth ended late last year, when it lost 2,100 jobs.

Alaska's Stress score rose from 8.37 in December 2008 to 9.95 in December 2009.

A downturn in energy exploration dragged Wyoming into a recession last year, more than a full year after the national recession started, said Wenlin Liu, a senior economist with the state.

Wyoming's Stress score doubled from 4.16 to 8.33 in the year that ended in December, driven by higher unemployment.

The loss of high-paying mining jobs has been especially painful.

Wyoming avoided the foreclosure crisis suffered by Sun Belt states. But residential building permits have shrunk to a level not seen in a decade.

Montana has ranked consistently among the least economically stressed states in the AP

index. Yet it's begun to show cracks. The state's wood-products industry has been declining.

And the closing of a SmurfitStone linerboard mill at the end of December was a blow to the Missoula area. Each job paid an average $70,000 a year.

Montana's Stress score rose from 6.04 in December 2008 to 7.71 in December 2009. The state suffered housing price declines, a sluggish mining sector and sharp drop in overtime pay for workers.

In the past six months, foreclosure rates have risen fastest in a stretch of Western counties extending from Montana to Arizona. Foreclosures also have surged in manufacturing counties in the industrial Midwest, parts of Florida and metro Atlanta.

Bankruptcy rates in the past six months have grown fastest in Nevada, Arizona, California and Utah.

Counties with populations of at least 25,000 that saw the sharpest jump in year-to-year Stress scores in December all had sizable work forces in manufacturing and mining: Marshall County, Tenn.; Clinton, Ohio; Maury County, Tenn.; Jackson County, W.Va.; and Highland County, Ohio.

The sharpest year-to-year increases in Stress scores in December for states were in Nevada, Alabama, West Virginia, Florida and Wyoming.

The counties that endured the biggest increase in Stress over the past six months were summer vacation spots: Cheboygan County, Mich.; Worcester County, Md.; Cape May, N.J.; and Dare, N.C. Unemployment in these areas spiked after hotels, stores and restaurants closed for the season.

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Reports: Toyota to recall 300,000 Prius hybrids President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the Democratic National Committee Winter Meeting in Washington Saturday.

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TOKYO (AP) — Toyota plans to recall about 300,000 Prius hybrids worldwide over a brake problem and is likely to notify both the U.S. and Japanese governments Tuesday, news reports said, as a top executive will testify before U.S. lawmakers about defects that have tarnished its reputation for quality and safety.

The recall of the gas-electric Prius will cover the latest version of the cars that went on sale from May last year, Kyodo News agency reported late Monday.

Kyodo, which did not identify its sources for the information, said the automaker planned to notify authorities in Japan on Tuesday and probably also in the U.S. on the same day. The recall will cover about 270,000 of the hybrids sold in the two countries — 170,000 in Japan and 100,000 in the U.S., Kyodo said.

Japan’s Nikkei business daily carried a similar report about Toyota’s recall plans on its Web site, saying the automaker would notify authorities in Japan on Tuesday and was also likely to do so in Republicans was a year ago.” the U.S. at about the same time.

The House and Senate are Toyota Motor Corp. spokeswoman Ririko partisan institutions by design, Takeuchi said no decision on a Prius recall has Holtz-Eakin said. Divided been made. into majority and minority, The automaker is still weighing its options on they sharpen differences. Only how to handle the Prius repairs in the U.S., but it Obama could have guaranteed intends to begin fixing them soon, according to a a bipartisan health care bill.

“You needed the White House to person briefed on the matter who asked not to be spend political capital telling the identified because the remedy hasn’t been made public. liberal base in the House they Toyota has said among its options are a service weren’t going to get everything campaign in which owners would be notified to they wanted,” he said. “They bring their cars in for repairs, or a full-fledged weren’t able to do that.” safety recall.

Toyota is communicating with the The announcement of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration health care summit has struck on how to handle the fix. some Republicans as suspect.

A service campaign wouldn’t have the stigma of Democrats say the idea came a safety recall, but regulators may press for the from the White House, and was recall. first broached last Thursday The reports follow others in Japanese media when Obama met Speaker recently that the world’s largest automaker has Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., Senate decided to announce a recall early this week as a Majority Leader Harry Reid, way of regaining damaged consumer trust. Toyota D-Nev., and Hoyer, to discuss has already recalled more than 7 million other cars the 2010 legislative agenda. for repairs in the U.S. and other countries over Republicans say they were a sticky accelerator and floor mats that can get notified by the White House on Sunday, a couple of hours before caught in the gas pedal.

The company has consistently only said it will a CBS News interview in which soon announce plans to deal with the braking Obama floated the proposal. problem in the Prius.

Usually, White House schedulers At least 100 drivers of Prius cars in the U.S. have call congressional leaders well in advance of such major meetings. complained to Washington that their antilock Democrats say they are aiming brakes seemed to fail momentarily while drivto resolve remaining differences ing on bumpy roads. The Japanese government has also received dozens of complaints. The U.S. between the House and Senate versions of their own legislation says the problem is suspected in four crashes that in advance of the meeting. That caused two minor injuries.

Toyota says a software glitch is behind the probcould signal that Obama means lem.

The company says it has already fixed vehicles to emphasize contrasts between that went on sale since last month. It has also said Democratic and Republican that the brakes will work if the driver keeps pushapproaches, not probe for coming the pedal. mon ground.

General Motors Co. said Monday it will start The meeting is expected to shipping parts to dealers this week to fix about be held at Blair House, the 99,000 2009-2010 Pontiac Vibes equipped with presidential guest house across the same sticky gas pedal systems as Toyota’s. from the White House, but the The Vibe is essentially the same car as a Toyota administration has not released Matrix, built by a joint venture between the two any details about the format. automakers. The Vibe also is covered by the floor mat recall, and GM is urging customers to take out removable mats until a fix is ready.

Health care summit questioned WASHINGTON (AP) — Could this turn into something more than political theater?

President Barack Obama’s televised dialogue with Republican lawmakers on health care, promised for later this month, has the makings of an entertaining exchange. But the differences between the basic Democratic and GOP ideas are stark — and the two sides have increasingly hardened their positions in this election year.

Yet, in a story with more twists than a soap opera, Obama’s invitation to congressional leaders of both parties to attend a Feb. 25 meeting can’t be dismissed as a mere diversion. Although many Americans have doubts about the Democrats’ sweeping plans to cover the uninsured, Republicans can’t afford to be perceived as oblivious to the health care insecurities of middle-class families.

“My expectations? Probably below 50 percent, but not zero,” said Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., a moderate who serves as president of the Democratic freshman class in the House. “At some point, the public is going to demand that Republicans participate like mature adults, and not just say ‘no’ to everything.”

It’s the Democrats’ big-government approach — not the Republicans — that’s the problem, insisted Rep. Dave Camp, R-Mich., author of the House GOP bill. “The president has got to show that he has heard what the American people are saying.

He’s got to make clear we are not going to start off with the current bill.”

But where to start?

n Democrats want an upfront commitment to cover most of the nearly 50 million uninsured Americans. Republicans prefer first taking steps to cut costs, then revisiting the issue of full coverage over time. n Democrats would raise taxes to provide government subsidies for people who can’t afford to buy health insurance.

Republicans say now is not the time to increase taxes. n Both sides want to bar insurance companies from turning down people with health problems, but only Democrats propose requiring most people to get coverage — a necessary first step, according to most experts.

To illustrate the gap between the two sides, the House GOP bill would cover 3 million uninsured people, the House Democratic version 36 million.

“That’s quite a gulf,” said Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., the No. 2 Democrat in the House. “And if that’s where Republicans want to stay, I don’t think it’s going to be perceived as much progress by the 33 million who would be left out.”

After months of seeing Obama try to muscle the legislation through with only Democratic votes, Republicans are a little wary of his new overture.

The election of Republican Scott Brown in Massachusetts changed the balance of power in the Senate, forcing the president to recalibrate.

“This has the feel of a campaign event,” said economist Douglas Holtz-Eakin, a top adviser to 2008 GOP presidential candidate John McCain.

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Rep. Murtha dies following surgery New Orleans mayor elect Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu holds up the front page of the Times Picayune while talking about his election night victory and the New Orleans Saints in the Super Bowl Sunday.

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New Orleans elects new mayor NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Frustrated by term-limited Mayor Ray Nagin’s leadership of New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina, voters elected Louisiana Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu to succeed him Saturday, turning to a political scion to speed up the city’s recovery.

Landrieu, 49, became the majority-black city’s first white mayor since 1979, the year his father Moon left the office. The mayor-elect, a moderate Democrat, won in a landslide over a field of 10 opponents in a campaign that concluded as Carnival celebrations and preparations for the New Orleans Saints’ appearance in the Super Bowl took place.

Landrieu’s victory party was a nod to both: the ballroom of a the Roosevelt hotel — recently reopened after a post-Katrina restoration — was festooned with Saints-themed black and gold balloons. A roving brass band played Mardi Gras tunes and he prefaced his victory speech by leading the crowd in the Saints’ “Who Dat” cheer.

“We’re all going together and we’re not leaving anybody behind,” he shouted to a jubilant

crowd as family members, including his father and his sister, U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, stood beside him.

With all of the precincts reporting, Landrieu had 66 percent of the vote.

The campaign also focused on the city’s violent crime and slumping finances. Landrieu, who lost to Nagin in a runoff four years ago, was a welcome change for some voters who grew frustrated with the city’s current mayor.

Little known outside New Orleans before Katrina, Nagin became a central, and sometimes controversial figure, in the city’s struggle to recover. Though he won re-election as he courted black voters in the 2006 campaign, Nagin notoriously pledged after the hurricane that New Orleans would be a “chocolate city” again, offending many whites.

Polls showed his popularity fell sharply in the years after the storm.

“I certainly don’t want another Ray Nagin — a businessman,” said Charlotte Ford, a 76-year-old semi-retiree and registered Republican who voted for Landrieu.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Rep. John Murtha, the tall, gruff-mannered former Marine who became the de facto voice of veterans on Capitol Hill and later an outspoken and influential critic of the Iraq War, died Monday. He was 77.

The Pennsylvania Democrat had been suffering complications from gallbladder surgery. He died at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, Va., with his family at his bedside, the hospital said.

In 1974 Murtha, then an officer in the Marine Reserves, became the first Vietnam War combat veteran elected to Congress.

Ethical questions often shadowed his congressional service, but he was best known for being among Congress’ most hawkish Democrats. He wielded considerable clout for two decades as the ranking Democrat on the House subcommittee that oversees Pentagon spending.

Murtha voted in 2002 to authorize President George W. Bush to use military force in Iraq, but his growing frustration over the administration’s handling of the war prompted him in November 2005 to call for an immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops.

“The war in Iraq is not going as advertised. It is a

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flawed policy wrapped in illusion,” he said.

Murtha’s opposition to the Iraq war rattled Washington, where he enjoyed bipartisan respect for his work on military issues. On Capitol Hill, Murtha was seen as speaking for those in uniform when it came to military matters.

Murtha “was the first Vietnam veteran to serve in Congress, and he was incredibly effective in his service in the House,” said Rep. David Obey, a Democrat and chairman of the House Appropriations Committee. “He understood the misery of war.

Every person who serves in the military has lost an advocate and a good friend today.”

Plant blast under investigation MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (AP) — Authorities looking for the cause of an explosion that killed five people at a power plant under construction launched a criminal investigation Monday, saying they could not rule out criminal negligence as the cause.

“If everything went right, we wouldn’t all be here right now,” Middletown Mayor Sebastian Guiliano said. “There’s a point where negligence raises to the level of criminal conduct, and that’s what we’re investigating.”

The powerful explosion blew apart large swaths of the nearly completed 620-megawatt Kleen Energy plant as workers for the construction company O&G Industries Inc. were purging a gas line Sunday morning. The blast tore apart sheet metal that covered the plant’s sides and left parts of the complex so unstable that rescuers were unable to work Monday.

The mayor said rescue crews

had been unable to get to all areas of the plant and he could not say for certain that no more victims would be found. But authorities also said every worker who was assigned to work at the plant at the time of the explosion was accounted for.

Deputy Fire Marshal Al Santostefano said the death toll should stand at five.

“We needed something to lift spirits around here, and that definitely did it,” he said.

The men who died were identified by Middletown police Monday as Peter Chetulis of Thomaston, Conn.; Ronald J. Crabb of Colchester, Conn.; Raymond Dobratz of Old Saybrook, Conn.; Chris Walters of Florissant, Mo.; and Roy Rushton of Hamilton, Ontario.

Kleen Energy said about 114 workers for nine subcontractors were on the site at the time. The company said six workers were still hospitalized Monday.

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When a funeral home receives a call from a family member, hospital representative, hospice care worker or an emergency medical technician, a funeral director’s responsibilities toward the at-need family begins.

My first priority is to make personal contact with the family and assure them that their loved one will receive our utmost respect and will be treated with dignity. During the days to follow, I have the responsibility to help the family go through one of the most difficult times of their lives. During the arrangement conference and services to follow, each family member is to be handled with compassion and care.

When dealing with the type of service and the ability of the family to fund a service, I consider it unethical to put the business side of the funeral home ahead of meeting

a family’s needs. Even though as a businessman and employer I must be fiscally responsible, it is my personal goal that no family ever is denied service because of their level of ability to pay. As a funeral director I must make my best attempt to keep the cost of the funeral within the budget of the family. It is my desire to build a lasting relationship with each family that we serve.

I believe what we offer as a funeral home is a service to the community and not a commodity, therefore, we do not gauge our success by profit, but by the level of service we offer to grieving families. As a funeral director, I am obligated to fulfill a higher calling. The words of Christ “Love thy neighbor as thyself” should be the standard by which we live and operate.

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More than two dozen people were injured in the blast, according to hospitals in the area. Most were treated and released and had injuries characteristic of being thrown or in an explosion, such as broken bones and bruises, said Melissa Brady, a spokeswoman for Middlesex Hospital.

They were all expected to survive, she said.

Gov. M. Jodi Rell ordered a review of state safety codes on Monday. She created two panels, one to identify the cause and origin of the explosion and contributing factors, such as construction problems, worker safety issues and licensing or permitting matters. The other, a panel of state agencies, local officials and experts, will be charged with reviewing the first panel’s report and determining whether changes need to be made to Connecticut laws, state or local regulations, building or fire codes.

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The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Tuesday, February 9, 2010 — 15 SHOE by Chris Cassat and Gary Brookins

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Growing older is its own reward Dear Abby: “49 and Holding” (Dec. 5), who doesn’t want her daughter to give her a 50th birthday party, needs to grow up and learn to celebrate life instead of hiding from the fact that she’s growing older. She is aging because she’s alive — and what a blessing that is.

I lived through the worst years of the AIDS epidemic and witnessed the deaths of more than 200 friends — all of whom would have loved to celebrate a 50th birthday. My mother died at 82 and was grateful for every year, as am I. Life’s milestones warrant a party. Those who don’t want to celebrate life and the birthdays that come with it should consider the alternative. — Bruce C. Dear Bruce: My readers agreed that “Holding” should quit whining and enjoy life because everyone isn’t so fortunate. Growing old is a gift, and it sure does beat the alternative!

Read on: Dear Abby: Sorry, 50 is NOT the new 30. Fifty is 50! One of the reasons “Holding” may have issues with aging is this obsession with youth.

“Holding” has every right to feel as she does, but I hope she won’t continue sitting on the sidelines of life.

By the way, I’ll be celebrating my 51st birthday in a few days. My daughter is taking me to Las Vegas to paint the town — Jacqueline Dear Abby: I admit that I felt

Dear Abby Abigail van Buren

much as “Holding” did until my sister told me that, for her, turning 50 was an exceptionally freeing experience.

It’s true.

At that age, I realized I wasn’t going to be the CEO of the company I worked for, that I had a job I enjoyed, that my family was there for me in whatever I chose to pursue, and that there were places on this planet I wanted to visit (and have). I have found it difficult finding a downside to being 50. — Past 50 and Fabulous Dear Abby: Everyone regards aging differently, but why be depressed over something you can’t control? When I turned 50, I decided I could either be depressed and drink myself silly or celebrate the milestone.

I declared to my family, friends and co-workers that it was my year and my goal was to do 50 things I had never done before — or hadn’t done in a long time. I reconnected with neglected friends, went on my first cruise, stayed in a haunted hotel. I had a blast in the process.

— 50 plus and loving it

Sugar hidden in plain sight Dear Dr. Gott: I have both your diet and cookbooks but have a question about sugar. I use an artificial coffee creamer that claims to be sugar-free but contains “corn-syrup solids.” Is this really a sugar-free product?

Dear Reader: In a word, no.

Corn-syrup solids are simply dried, powdered corn syrup. This and other sugars that may go unrecognized include maple syrup, molasses, honey, evaporated cane juice, sucrose and more.

The easiest way to avoid most products with sugar is to look for the words “sugar” and “syrup.”

Appropriate substitutes include no-calorie sweeteners, natural fruit juices and granulated fructose. All should be used in moderation.

No-calorie, no-sugar sweeteners can also have unwanted side effects in people sensitive to them — side effects that may include rash, diarrhea, headache and more.

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Dear Dr. Gott: In a past column, a reader wrote about low cholesterol levels. The writer’s was 135. This has me concerned because my total cholesterol is 91 with an HDL of 51 and an LDL of 40. Should I discuss this with my doctor? If I should, why? Do I need to raise my cholesterol levels?

Dear Reader: My answer greatly depends on all the important information that you left out, such as age, gender, medical conditions and medications you are taking. If you know your cholesterol numbers, you had to have gotten them from a laboratory, which should have reported to your personal physician, so he or she probably already knows.

IN THE STARS

Your Birthday, Feb. 9;

An extremely active social life could be in store for you in the year ahead.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — Involvements with friends will be rather pleasant — with one exception that you need to handle diplomatically.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — A potentially boring involvement will turn out to be tons of fun.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Focus on good character qualities rather than on flaws, and getting along will be a breeze.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — It’s useless to discuss career matters with those who have no knowledge.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — You’re a good arbitrator by nature. Don’t hesitate to help.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Those assignments or chores won’t be as difficult to handle as you think.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Someone aligned with a group that you would like to join might make some introductions.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22) — A seemingly no-win situation could take a favorable twist.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — One of your best assets is the ability to see things from different perspectives.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Your probabilities for personal gain look exceptionally encouraging.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Even though you are usually reluctant to interfere in another’s affairs, you might find it necessary to step in and offer some important advice.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — If you find yourself involved in a situation where you’re not getting a fair share, don’t be reluctant to speak up and point out the discrepancies.

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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF RUTHERFORD IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION BEFORE THE CLERK 09 SP 509 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST FROM LEONA H. BUTLER, TO BB&T COLLATERAL SERVICE CORPORATION, TRUSTEE, DATED APRIL 21, 2005 RECORDED IN BOOK 838, PAGE 609, RUTHERFORD COUNTY REGISTRY NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Pursuant to an order entered January 12, 2010, in the Superior Court for Rutherford County, and the power of sale contained in the captioned deed of trust ("Deed of Trust"), the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at auction, to the highest bidder for cash, AT THE COURTHOUSE DOOR IN RUTHERFORDTON, RUTHERFORD COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA ON FEBRUARY 16, 2010 4:00 PM the real estate and the improvements thereon encumbered by the Deed of Trust, less and except any of such property released from the lien of the deed of trust prior to the date of this sale, lying and being in Rutherford County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: All that certain parcel of land lying and being situated in the County of RUTHERFORD, State of NC, to-wit: LYING AND BEING ON THE EAST SIDE OF SOUTH CHURCH STREET IN THE TOWN OF FOREST CITY, AND BEING LOTS NUMBER ONE HUNDRED THIRTY TWO (132) AND ONE HUNDRED THIRTY THREE (133), AND A PART OF LOTS NUMBER ONE HUNDRED TWENTY NINE (129), ONE HUNDRED THIRTY (130) AND ONE HUNDRED THIRTY ONE (131) OF THE CITY VIEW SUB-DIVISION IN THE TOWN OF FOREST CITY AS SOLD BY HUNTLEY AND HUNTLEY, A PLAT OF WHICH SUB-DIVISION IS REGISTERED IN PLAT BOOK 6 AT PAGE 17 IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS FOR RUTHERFORD COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, TO WHICH PLAT REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE. THE LAND HEREBY CONVEYED BEING DESCRIBED BY CALLS CALLS AND DISTANCES AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A STAKE IN THE EAST EDGE OF CHURCH STREET, SAID STAKE BEING THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LOT NUMBER ONE HUNDRED THIRTY THREE (133) AND THE LINE RUNS THENCE WITH THE MOST NORTHERLY LINE OF LOT NUMBER ONE HUNDRED THIRTY THREE (133) SOUTH 71-1/2 DEGREES EAST 158 FEET TO A STAKE, THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF LOT NUMBER ONE HUNDRED THIRTY THREE (133); THENCE WITH THE LINE OF LOTS NUMBER ONE HUNDRED THIRTY THREE (133), ONE HUNDRED THIRTY TWO (132), ONE HUNDRED THIRTY (130), AND ONE HUNDRED TWENTY NINE (129), SOUTH 7 DEGREES WEST 90 FEET TO A STAKE IN THE MOST EASTERLY LINE OF LOT NUMBER ONE HUNDRED TWENTY NINE (129); THENCE CROSSING LOTS NUMBER ONE HUNDRED TWENTY NINE (129), ONE HUNDRED THIRTY (130) AND ONE HUNDRED THIRTY ONE (131) NORTH 65 DEGREES WEST 193 FEET TO A STAKE IN THE WESTERLY LINE OF LOT NUMBER ONE HUNDRED THIRTY ONE (131), IN THE EAST EDGE OF SOUTH CHURCH STREET; THENCE WITH THE EDGE OF SOUTH CHURCH STREET AND THE WESTERLY LINE OF LOTS NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED THIRTY ONE (131), ONE HUNDRED THIRTY TWO (132) AND ONE HUNDRED THIRTY THREE (133) NORTH 32-1/2 DEGREES EAST 75 FEET TO THE PLACE OF THE BEGINNING. Tax Map Reference: 04-20174 Being that parcel of land conveyed to LEONA H. BUTLER, WIDOW from GEORGE EPLEY AND WIFE, MARY S. EPLEY by that deed DATED 12/21/1963 and recorded 01/09/1964 in deed book 274, at page 45 of the RUTHERFORD County, NC Public Registry.

In the Trustee’s sole discretion, the sale may be delayed for up to one (1) hour as provided in Section 45-21.23 of the North Carolina General Statutes.

The record owners of the real property not more than ten days prior to the date hereof are Ronald Scott Spencer, Shannon M. Spencer, Summer D. Spencer, Nancy Butler Blackburn, Scott R. Butler, Spencer Butler.

A five percent cash deposit, or a cash deposit of $750.00, whichever is greater, will be required of the last and highest bidder. The balance of the bid purchase price shall be due in full in cash or certified funds at a closing to take place within thirty (30) days of the date of sale. The undersigned Substitute Trustee shall convey title to the property by nonwarranty deed.

This sale will be made subject to all prior liens of record, if any, and to all unpaid (ad valorem) taxes and special assessments, if any, which became a lien subsequent to the recordation of the Deed of Trust. This sale will be further subject to the right, if any, of the United States of America to redeem the above-described property for a period of 120 days following the date when the final upset bid period has run.

The purchaser of the property described above shall pay the Clerk’s Commissions in the amount of $.45 per $100.00 of the purchase price (up to a maximum amount of $500.00), required by Section 7A-308(a)(1) of the North Carolina General Statutes. If the purchaser of the above described property is someone other than the Beneficiary under the Deed of Trust, the purchaser shall also pay, to the extent applicable, the land transfer tax in the amount of one percent (1%) of the purchase price.

To the extent this sale involves residential property with less than fifteen (15) rental units, you are hereby notified of the following: a. An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to Section 45-21.29 of the North Carolina General Statutes 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; and b. 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.

This 12th day of January, 2010.

SPRUILLCO, LTD. By:__________________________ James S. Livermon, III Vice President 130 S. Franklin Street P.O. Box 353 Rocky Mount, NC 27802 (252) 972-7051 BBT001-00000444

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245-7400 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Administrator of the estate of BOBBY MONROE LIVERETT aka ROBERT MONROE GRACE of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said BOBBY MONROE LIVERETT aka ROBERT MONROE GRACE to present them to the undersigned on or before the 26th 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 26th day of January, 2010.

Robert Michael Grace, Administrator 140 Temple Drive Ellenboro, NC 28040

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704-484-1677 Mobile Homes For Rent 2 Bedroom Nice, clean, quiet place to live! $200/mo. + dep.

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2 Bedroom Stove, refrig., cable, lawn service & trash incld. $260/mo. + dep. No cats! Long term only!

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Help Wanted Dental Receptionist with a friendly smile wanted for a general dentistry practice in Shelby. Must have basic computer skills, must work with answering multiple telephone lines, dental insurance, collections, and scheduling.

Please send resumes PO Box 1149 • Box H Forest City, NC 28043 TRUCK DRIVER/ WAREHOUSE WORK Class A CDL Forest City, NC based. Mon.Fri. 7a-3p Home every night, insurance, paid holidays. Fax resume to 828-245-6511

FAMILY CENTERED SPECIALIST The Institute for Family Centered Services (IFCS), a nationally recognized organization dedicated to strengthening and preserving families through innovative in-home counseling, seeks candidates for the position of Family Centered Specialist. This position is available in the following location Gastonia, NC offices. These offices serve the Rutherford County areas.

Our family counselors serve families by providing in-home family counseling. Additional specialty areas of counseling may include comprehensive assessments, intensive case management, sex offender treatment, substance abuse treatment, and family support services. Primary responsibility is to provide the Family Centered Treatment™; a model of Intensive In-Home Family Preservation Services.

Required skill/experience: Bachelors Degree in Human Services with two years of professional experience required. Preferred skill/ experience: Licensed/Provisionally Licensed, or QP Mental Health Professionals. Masters Degree with two years of field experience preferred.

Our in-home therapists enjoy a flexible schedule, health insurance, and excellent supplemental benefits.

To apply for these family therapist positions or discover other employment opportunities, please visit our Career Center at https://www.ifcsinc.com/jobs/career.php and search the IFCS Career Center for Job # 333 IFCS is an equal opportunity employer.

Keywords: counselor, counselors, therapist, therapists, therapy, family counselor, family therapist, in-home, in home, social worker, social workers, marriage and family therapist.

saintlukeshospital.com

or mail to: St. Luke’s Hospital Attn: HR Department 101 Hospital Drive Columbus, NC 28722 We need part time RN’s for every other weekend. Apply in person at Fair Haven Nursing Home 149 Fairhaven Dr., Bostic, NC 28018

Receptionist - Local nursing home seeks mature organized person w/good office skills to work 20 hrs. weekends & during the week. Must work independently, handle confidential info & follow procedures.

Serious candidates can apply in person btwn 10A-2P at 237 Tryon Rd., Rfdtn, NC or email resume: hr@ willowridgerehab.com

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Ruth. Mem. Cemetery 2 spaces in eternity sec. $1,050 ea. + deed transfer 803-581-6846

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

WILL BUY YOUR JUNK Cars & Trucks Pick up at your convenience!

Call 223-0277 Pets Chihuahua puppies $100 each Parents on site Call 288-9894 or 828-458-9847 Needs home ASAP FREE female hound mix Call 245-1871

Lost Male Gray & white cat with black stripes. Lost 1/26 on Brooks Rd. in Sunshine area. Family misses him! 429-0803

Thrift Shops Accepting consignments Mon-Thurs-Fri 143A Central St., Rfdtn

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Having qualified as Administrator of the estate of LOIS BAYNARD ALLEN TATE of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said LOIS BAYNARD ALLEN TATE to present them to the undersigned on or before the 19th 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 19th day of January, 2010.

Having qualified as Administrator of the estate of DONNIS ONEIL BROOKS MORROW of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said DONNIS ONEIL BROOKS MORROW to present them to the undersigned on or before the 26th 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 26th day of January, 2010.

Rebecca Katherine Allen Kuhn, Administrator 9236 Stonecrop Court Charlotte, NC 28210

Randy Joe Morrow, Administrator 130 Birdsong Lane Forest City, NC 28043

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nation/world World Today Haitians brace for spring rains

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Survivors of Haiti’s catastrophic earthquake have had one saving grace: There’s been no significant rain since the disaster. But that won’t last.

The rainy season in Haiti is deadly even in a good year. Now, in a devastated capital city, the early spring rains threaten to cause landslides and bring about health problems in the makeshift camps where more than 500,000 people are living.

Rain is already falling in some parts of the country, but Haiti’s shattered capital, where most of the quake damage occurred, has been spared so far — a rarity for this time of year, when afternoon showers are common. Steady rains could come as soon as the end of the month, and hurricane season begins in June.

Two Brits killed in Afghanistan

KABUL (AP) — Two British soldiers died in a bombing in southern Afghanistan, officials announced Monday, raising Britain’s death toll in the conflict to 255 — the number of Britons lost in the Falklands war of 1982.

Britain reached the grim milestone as British, American and Afghan forces are preparing for a major attack on Marjah in Helmand province, the biggest town in southern Afghanistan under Taliban control. Britain’s defense secretary has warned the British public to expect more casualties when the Marjah attack occurs.

U.S. officials have said for weeks that they plan to attack Marjah, a center of the Taliban’s logistical and opium smuggling network about 380 miles (610 kilometers) southwest of Kabul.

17 dead, 53 rescued in avalanche

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — A massive avalanche plowed into an Indian army training center at a ski resort town in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Monday, killing 17 soldiers and critically injuring 17 others.

The avalanche slammed into the army’s High Altitude Warfare School at about 11 a.m. and swept away the soldiers during a training session, said army spokesman Col. Vineet Sood. It was the worst avalanche in the area in many years, he said.

Seventeen bodies were found and 53 troops were rescued about six hours after the speeding mass of snow and ice struck the center high on a Himalayan slope.

Sri Lankan arrested for sedition

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s defeated presidential candidate was hauled from his office by military police Monday and will be court-martialed for allegedly planning to overthrow the government while serving as the head of the army.

Sarath Fonseka, who as the top general helped defeat the Tamil Tiger rebels, was forcibly detained after objecting to his arrest, opposition politician Rauff Hakeem told The Associated Press.

Fonseka and President Mahinda Rajapaksa were once strong allies who combined to end the country’s 25-year civil war last May.

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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, wears eye protection goggles as he visits an exhibition of Iran’s laser science, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday. Ahmadinejad ordered his country’s atomic agency on Sunday to begin the production of higher enriched uranium, a move that’s likely to deepen international skepticism about the country’s real intentions on the crucial issue of enriched uranium.

Iran ups nuclear program goal VIENNA (AP) — Iran moved closer to being able to produce nuclear warheads Monday with formal notification that it will enrich uranium to higher levels, even while insisting that the move was meant only to provide fuel for its research reactor.

Iranian envoy Ali Asghar Soltanieh told The Associated Press that he informed the International Atomic Energy Agency of the decision to enrich at least some of its low-enriched uranium stockpile to 20 percent, considered the threshold value for highly enriched uranium.

Soltanieh, who represents Iran at the Vienna-based IAEA, also said that the U.N. agency’s inspectors now overseeing enrichment to low levels would be able to stay on site to fully monitor the process. And he blamed world powers for Iran’s decision, asserting that it was their fault that a plan that foresaw Russian and French involvement in supplying the research reactor had failed.

“Until now, we have not received any response to our positive logical and technical proposal,” he said. “We cannot leave hospitals and patients desperately waiting for radio

isotopes” being produced at the Tehran reactor and used in cancer treatment, he added.

Western powers blame Iran for rejecting an internationally endorsed plan to take Iranian low enriched uranium, further enriching it and return it in the form of fuel rods for the reactor — and in broader terms for turning down other overtures meant to diminish concerns about its nuclear agenda.

At a news conference with French Defense Minister Herve Morin, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates praised President Barack Obama’s attempts to engage the Islamic Republic diplomatically and chided Tehran for not reciprocating.

“No U.S. president has reached out more sincerely, and frankly taken more political risk, in an effort to try to create an opening for engagement for Iran,” he said. “All these initiatives have been rejected.”

Israel, Iran’s most implacable foe, said Iran’s enrichment plans are “additional proof of the fact that Iran is ridiculing the entire world.”

“The right response is to impose decisive and permanent sanctions on Iran,” said Israeli

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Defense Minister Ehud Barak.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had already announced Sunday that his country would significantly enrich at least some of the country’s stockpile of uranium. Still, Monday’s notification to the IAEA was important as formal confirmation of the plan, particularly because of the rash of conflicting signals sent in recent months by Iranian officials on the issue.

Although material for the fissile core of a nuclear warhead must be enriched to a level of 90 percent or more, just getting its stockpile to the 20 percent mark would be a major step for the country’s nuclear program.

While enriching to 20 percent would take about one year, using up to 2,000 centrifuges at Tehran’s underground Natanz facility, any next step — moving from 20 to 90 percent — would take only half a year and between 500-1,000 centrifuges.

Achieving the 20-percent level “would be going most of the rest of the way to weapon-grade uranium,” said David Albright at the Washington-based Institute for Science and International Security.

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