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FOREST CITY — Sonia Whitesides returned to her native Port-au-Prince last month to attend the funeral of her mother Avenia Jelot, 88, who suffered a stroke the middle of February. Her death was unexpected and doctors told Sonia, Jelot was a strong woman, but the stress of the earthquake probably caused the stroke and her subsequent death. Jelot lost her home in the earthquake and was living at a Seventh Day Adventist School house. She sustained knee injuries when she fell as a result of the Jan. 12 earthquake. Doctors told Whitesides that stress probably caused the stroke and because she didn’t get proper treatment for the knee injuries, that too could have led to her death. “They just put some cream on her knees,” Whitesides said. “They were trying to get help to people who were more injured.” After the fall, Sonia’s mother asked Sonia to come to Haiti and bring her to Rutherford County. Sonia was planning to go get her mother as soon as she could. “She had a green card and I told her as soon I can get a plane to come and get you,” Sonia said. “In the hospital, she is not talking,” Sonia said of her mother’s condition when she arrived after an emergency flight there. The doctors say there is nothing they can do. She is not going to make it,” she quietly said. A funeral service and burial was held, after which Sonia cooked. Sonia said in Haiti, its the custom for the deceased family to cook for the friends and guests. “I had to cook for everyone,” she said. Sonia was accompanied to Port-Au-Prince by her cousin Marie Williams and during the few weeks they were there, they tried to help as many Haitians as possible. But they were not prepared for what they saw. Please see Haiti, Page 3
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Community has valuable resources By SCOTT BAUGHMAN Daily Courier Staff Writer
FOREST CITY — When money is tight, it can be tough to find what you need. But if you look around, there’s help to be had. Here are a few suggestions on getting some items cheap or maybe even free in the county. Clothes If you need a job, hopefully you’re going on a lot of interviews where you need to look your best. But then, how can you look your best if you’ve got no job to afford new clothes? Check out your local thrift store. “Donations have been constant, which is good. We were afraid it might drop down. Sales have just been great – over the last 18 months, we’ve had great increases. We’ve probably been running about 20 percent up,”
said Brian Strupp, a manager at the Hospice Resale Shop. “Primarily in our store people come to buy clothing, but it goes across the board from clothing to furniture. We’ve had some nice older antique furniture pieces that Please see Resources, Page 6
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FOREST CITY — At age 64, Cindy Ammons has gotten a career second wind. Ammons, a student in the GATE (Growing America Through Entrepreneurship) Program at Isothermal Community College, decided to start her own business after being unable to find a job. Sewing since age 5, Ammons was asked by a local musician if she thought she could make leather covers for equipment. “He couldn’t really find what he wanted, and after looking around, there’s not anything out there like what we’re making,” she said. What she’s making is padded leather covers for speakers, amplifiers and even a grand piano. “Everybody who sees them asks him where he got them,” Ammons said. “I’d never thought anything about it until he mentioned it.” Ammons now has a customer in Connecticutt, and through GATE is working to create a Web site to market herself globally. “I had no idea how many people are on the Web all the time,” she said. Sewing is a passion for Ammons, a trait necessary to create your own business said GATE Counselor Rick Austin. “You’ve got to be passionate about your business because you are going to run into roadblocks,” he said. North Carolina is one of several states to receive the pilot program, funded by the U.S. Department of Labor. There are seven other GATE sites in the state, Austin said, but the program at Isothermal has the highest enrollment with just over 100 participants. “I think part of the reason for that is the demand and part of it is the advertising,” Austin said. For many in the program, Austin said, starting their own business may be their last hope. “A lot of these people have never not had a job,” he Please see GATE, Page 6
Fundraiser kicks off with show
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Church Basement Ladies is a musical comedy produced by Troupe American Inc. The play is a celebration of the church basement kitchen and the four distinct characters who work there, their relationships, and their challenges as they solve the problems of a rural Minnesota church going through changes in 1964. Audiences will recognize these “steel magnolias” from their own community.
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RUTHERFORDTON — A $500,000 campaign for The Rutherford Hospital Foundation will be kicked-off tonight at Isothermal Community College. The “Touching Lives” will officially begin at the performance of The Church Basement Ladies at 7:30 p.m. Proceeds for tonight’s performance will go to the hospital’s foundation drive. “The Rutherford Hospital Foundation has raised over $3 million in the past five years to begin and support vital, compassionate programs offered through the hospital,” said Jill Miracle, hospital foundation’s executive director. “This year, the hospital needed to add a fetalmaternal monitoring system to our Birth Place. In order to maintain the programs that we have always supported Please see Show, Page 6
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Local/State
Cherry Mountain VFD gets grant
RNC’s Steele to visit N.C.
LIGHT POLES CHANGING
By LARRY DALE Daily Courier Staff Writer
BOSTIC — The Cherry Mountain Volunteer Fire Department has received a $66,500 grant from the Department of Homeland Security. The department will be getting a mobile breathing air compressor with the grant money, Fire Chief Roger Hollifield said Monday. He said the unit will be mounted on a trailer so that it will be available to other fire and law enforcement departments in Rutherford County. The breathing air compressor will be the only one of its kind in the county, Hollifield said. The unit will allow firefighters to fill their selfcontained air pack bottles on site at an emergency scene. The funding was part of a more than $900,000 package from Homeland Security’s Assistance to Firefighter Grants. The grants were announced by U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan. Eight North Carolina fire departments received grants, including Cleveland Volunteer Fire Department Inc., which received the largest amount, at $167,789. Hollifield said the grant process is very competitive, so he is pleased that the department received funding. He said Rutherford County fire departments have been successful in receiving grants recently. The purchase will be made through a bid process. Cherry Mountain has a $3,500 match in the grant.
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the value of visitation I’ve have been impressed with the custom in this area to have the family “receive friends” the evening before a funeral. The funeral industry defines this activity as a “visitation period.” Some parts of the country have done away with this tradition or have scaled it down considerably. However, my experience has been that the family and the community find great value in an informal visitation process. The visitation process allows the community to express their support and concern for the family. The funeral is a more formal function and much more structured, this at time does not allow exchange with the family. Funerals are also held mostly during the day, so it is difficult for some to leave work to attend the funeral. Holding a visitation during the evening hours allows those that have to work during
the day the time and opportunity to meet the family and show their support. There also seems to be less stress on the family during the evening, allowing them to relax somewhat and spend time with those closest to them. Visitations are usually filled with the telling of memories and sharing stories about the deceased. it is a time of tears, yet also a time of laughter and warm discussions. There is a lot of grief recovery work that is accomplished by these interactions.
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New Metal Strain Poles are being erected at the traffic signals at the intersection of Church Street and U.S.74A, Forest City. The construction project will take up to six weeks, said Durwin Rice of DOT’s Traffic Service Dept. After the foundation is constructed, concrete will be poured and several other phases of the work must be completed before time to hang the traffic signals. Cost of the poles is about $12,000. Greenlight Construction from Barnersville has the contract on the job. Rice said the intersection is one of several in the highway division for an upgrade.
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RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina is paying $10,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by an “urban fiction” author who says officials destroyed a book manuscript that he wrote behind bars, according to court documents filed Monday. A settlement agreement says the Department of Correction will overturn disciplinary actions against the man and establish new policies allowing inmates to prepare manuscripts. A federal lawsuit filed last year accused prison officials of destroying a 310-page handwritten manuscript that author Victor L. Martin wrote during his incarceration. “It’s heartbreaking to think about losing 310 handwritten pages,” said Katherine Lewis Parker, legal director for the ACLU-NC Legal Foundation. “We just couldn’t believe it was gone.” Parker said the book was Martin’s life story and that he is currently rewriting it. He began writing his first novel before going to prison in 2000 and has since completed four books. Martin’s books detail a narrative of sex, crime and life on the streets. His attorneys say the genre is popular with those who have never read books before and describes urban scenes in a way in which those readers can relate. The 34-year-old is currently being held as a habitual felon, with previous convictions for vehicle larceny, escape from prison and possession of stolen goods. He’s due for release in 2018. Department of Corrections spokesman Keith Acree said the agency settled to avoid the costs of a federal trial. “There’s no evidence that a manuscript was destroyed,” he said. “We believe it was returned to Martin, and believe Martin then mailed it out of prison.”
Man accused of carving rape victim
HICKORY (AP) — A North Carolina man has been arrested and charged with raping a woman and carving the word “Mine” on her stomach. Multiple media outlets reported the Hickory woman was attacked early Saturday. Forty-one-year-old Keith Alan Campbell of Hickory is charged with first-degree rape, firstdegree kidnapping, assault with a deadly weapon, assault on a female and two counts of communicating threats. He was being held in the Catawba County jail Monday awaiting a first hearing. It was unclear if he had an attorney. The arrest warrant says Campbell tied up the woman and used a box cutter to carve the word “Mine” on her stomach.
Pooch a finalist in Valor contest
RALEIGH (AP) — A 4-year-old poodle mix with a knack for saving people’s lives is a finalist in a national contest recognizing canine heroes. Owners Barbara and Fred Berman of Sanford named their dog Prozac because he makes everybody happy. The News & Observer of Raleigh reported Sunday that Prozie — as his family calls him — is a finalist in the Dogs of Valor contest sponsored by the U.S. Humane Society. Prozac’s first heroic act came in 2009 when he was staying with a friend in the neighborhood while the Bermans were out of town. His incessant barking woke up the dogsitters. “He wouldn’t stop for an hour,” Barbara Berman said. “They were ready to kill him.” But that attitude softened when the neighbors realized their house was on fire. The house was destroyed, but everyone got out in time.
On another occasion, Prozie was napping with Fred Berman’s 94-year-old aunt. His barking alerted family members to the woman’s breathing problem and the family was able to wake her and give her medication. Internet votes and a panel of celebrity judges will decide the winner.
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“I was sick when I came back,” she said. “My cousin was sick.” Nothing she had seen on the news prepared her for the devastation. “I don’t know what to say, what to think. You say, ‘My God, how can anyone live like this’?” “There is all kind of mess out there. It is muddy. Mosquitoes everywhere. We took bug spray,” she said. “Right now in Haiti, we see a lot of people who are having psychiatric problems,” Whitesides added. “People are walking around the city mumbling,” she said. “They are saying, ‘here is another one, here is another one.’ They are so jumpy and I didn’t feel it. I don’t feel nothing. They are so scared.” Whitesides said people whose homes were not destroyed will not sleep in the homes. “They are afraid they will fall on them. “There is so much emotion,” she said. So many Haitians put up plastic or other materials for makeshift tent cities. They live on the ground and do all their cooking and wash clothes outside on the grounds. “What you see with your own eyes is not what you see on television,” Sonia said. “They still don’t have anything.” Whitesides and Williams bought food and other materials for families. “We tried to cook for them. We gave them rice and beans. Right now all some people have is a 50 pound bag of rice and nothing to cook it with. They do not have cooking oil or beans. Just a bag of rice. “We helped to buy some beans and oil and helped with beans,” she added. She took 12 pairs of reading glasses with her and gave them all away. Whitesides said she didn’t see much evidence people were getting what they need and is concerned about the food and money distributions. “People need food,” Whitesides said. And they need materials for the tent like homes. In an interview a week after the earthquake, Whitesides said
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Sonia Whitesides (left) with her cousin Maria Williams (right) walk with a child through a makeshift tent city in Port-Au-Prince, made with tarp and materials
she believes the country can recover if other governments will help clean up. “That is the only way for Haiti to be cleaned up,” she said. “Most of the time the government keeps the money for themselves ... . The people are still hungry.” Whitesides came to America 19 years ago, got married in Lake Lure and the couple has a high
school daughter. She loves America and she still weeps for her home in Haiti and wonders if things will ever get any better. She hopes to go back again to help. Contact Gordon via e-mail at jgordon@thedigitalcourier.com.
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mericans have always had a love-hate affair with government and there is very little chance that is going to change. We are a people who cherish our right to do what we want to do, when we want to do it. Unfortunately, that inherent human desire is one of the core reasons for government to exist — to protect us from ourselves. When our human behavior is too selfmotivated or poses a threat to others around us, something has to balance the scales. Our government — of the people and for the people — was designed to protect the rights of all the people. Yet, no government can please everyone. When one man’s exercise of his rights has a negative impact on another man, People are going to take sides. This has been the central conflict in government in all its forms throughout history. So what does all this have to do with today’s problems? It is simple really. Instead of putting our minds toward solving problems, we are simply taking sides and drawing lines in the sand.
Our readers’ views Challenges writer on TJCA policies, suit To the editor: As a student at Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy, I would like to set the record straight regarding the comments made by Betsy Lane in a letter on Wednesday, March 3. To begin, TJCA is a public school because it is funded by taxpayer dollars from the state of North Carolina and is administered by the Department of Public Instruction in Raleigh. Ms. Lane is misrepresenting the entrance process at Thomas Jefferson. From kindergarten through 9th grade, students who apply are entered into a random lottery if the number of applicants exceeds the number of available spots. In grades 10 through 12, a student’s application is scrutinized more closely, not to determine aptitude or intelligence, but rather to determine if the student can fulfill all graduation requirements in a timely manner. In addition, no student at TJCA is required to pay 100 dollars per month to ride the bus. The school asks each family to make a 50 dollar donation per month to help cover the bus expenses; any family that cannot afford this payment is not required to pay it. According to state law, charter schools are to receive a pro rata share of the local current expense fund. This law was upheld in the case Sugar Creek Charter School, et al. v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Board of Education in the NC Court of Appeals last fall, and was solidified when the NC Supreme Court refused to hear CMS’s appeal. Therefore, TJCA, by state law, is entitled to a pro rata share of the local current expense fund. The individual programs funded by Rutherford County Schools using the current expense fund are irrelevant to this conversation. I fully support an open discussion about TJCA and its role in the community. It is not fair, however, to make claims that are not factual in order to put a bad light on TJCA. I have also done my homework on the subject. Ms. Lane stated that her impression of TJCA “cannot be wrong, because it is (her) opinion.” Ms. Lane is indeed entitled to her opinion, but opinion should not be confused with fact. Jonathan Bass Boiling Springs
According to front page article number two the county is receiving emergency funds to provide food and shelter to many of it’s citizens. Please note that this is not money for assisting people who already have the basic necessities. This is for people in our county who are without food or shelter. Just how much clearer an indicator can there be about how hard these times are in this county? And how many of those people needing food and shelter really care whose picture is on a $50 bill? For that matter, do you? And how many of them have even seen a $50 bill in the last year? The article goes further to state that we have one of the worst employment situations in the state, if not the country.
To the editor: I note with interest the March 5 front page story reporting how our Congressman Patrick McHenry is spending his time and energy in Washington on a campaign to get former President Reagans picture on the $50 bill.
Just to be clear, I have no problem whatsoever with former President Reagan’s mug residing on any bill. I would feel the same way if Mr. McHenry were out campaigning for Bill Clinton or Barack Obama. It is just that our representative is hard at work in Washington, prioritizing whose picture is on what money shows a leadership void of major proportions. It brings to mind the phrase “fiddling while Rome burns.”
I found it ironic that this article shared the front page with a second article noting just how bad the economic situation is here in the county.
It would almost be comical but forgive me if my sense of humor is a little off these days. Ron Carpenter Rutherfordton
Says bid to get Reagan on bill is not funny
‘The Politician’ — It’s Andrew Young’s story, too The first questions many people want to ask Andrew Young about his best selling book, The Politician. n If the John Edwards story you tell in your book was so bad and distasteful, why did you stay a part of it for so long? n If the money and the promises of a powerful job were still there with Edwards, would you still be there, too? n Are you just trying to get revenge on the Edwardses for their treatment of you? Young is ready for your questions. He has not dodged them as they have come up in multiple interviews. He quickly concedes his own grievous errors in assisting John Edwards in the attempt to cover up the Edwards affair with Rielle Hunter and his responsibility for their child. He has conceded that he now “despises” Edwards and
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that, in addition to giving his side of the story, money to pay expenses and legal bills is a reason for writing the book. Young’s detailed version of the Edwards-HunterYoung saga and cover-up has forced us to come to terms with how close we came to having a presidential or vice-presidential nominee or election winner whose past deceptions would have made him subject to blackmail and disgrace. Thanks to Young, the story about John Edwards has now been carefully reported. What has hardly been mentioned, and is perhaps more interesting, instructive and
poignant, is Young’s story about himself. For instance, there is the story of Andrew and his father, The Reverend Robert Young, who died last year as Andrew was finishing the book. Robert Young was one of North Carolina’s most popular religious leaders. In the pulpit he was a powerful and compelling preacher. He also had a positive concern for politics, and many of us thought he would someday by a successful candidate for high political office. He had, after all, been elected president of the student body at UNC-Chapel Hill. But those expectations came crashing down when Robert Young’s affair with a parishioner broke up his family and his bright prospects for leadership in his church and political life. Thus, Andrew Young knows first hand the kind of agony and challenges faced
by children of much-admired fathers who are publically disgraced. Young acknowledges that John Edwards may have become a “substitute” for his father and that “my commitment to him was like a son’s commitment to his father.” There is more, though, to explain Young’s conduct, and it has to do with Young’s coming to terms with his father’s mistakes. Over time, his father worked hard to regain the respect of Andrew and others, and he persuaded them to accept a very bad mistake in light of his remorse and the many good things he did to redeem himself. “…if you want to understand how I could have aided and abetted the worst in John Edwards, it helps to know that I was also trying to grasp, as an adult, what it means to take the good with the bad. I had confronted my father, watched him seek redemp-
tion, and make peace with him. But I hadn’t developed a mature understanding of what I should do beyond accepting another person’s flaws and moving on.” Young continues, “With my dad’s help, I know now the difference between understanding human nature— the combination of good and evil—and being able to love yourself and others through it all. I am genuinely sorry for all that I have done wrong and for all the hurt I have caused others.” Young certainly understands that there will be skeptics who will wait to judge him until time proves the sincerity of his remorse. But everyone should acknowledge that he has taken an important first step. Read D.G. Martin’s story about Tom Clark and his gnomes in “Carolina Byways,” a new on-line magazine about North Carolina at carolinabyways.com
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on Hunt, and he was placed under a $155,300 secured bond in the Rutherford County Jail on Sunday evening.
The singlewide mobile home of Joni Van Dyke was a total loss, Cherry Mountain Volunteer Fire Department Chief Roger Hollifield said Monday.
Firefighters from Cherry Mountain responded to a structure fire call at 5:21 a.m. Sunday to 161 Jonestown Road. Van Dyke, her fiancé and a friend were at the residence when the fire occurred, Hollifield said, but no one was injured in the blaze. The American Red Cross is helping the victims, Hollifield said. Cherry Mountain was assisted at the fire scene by Bostic and Ellenboro firefighters.
Diabetes shoe clinic scheduled for Friday
FOREST CITY — The Rutherford County Senior Center will host a Diabetic Shoe Clinic on Friday, March 12, from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., for persons covered by Medicare Part B. A diabetic shoe specialist will be available to measure your feet for shoes and provide a prescrip-
tion form to be filled out by your doctor. Through the Medicaresponsored Therapeutic Shoe Program you may be entitled to coverage for one pair of extra depth shoes and three pairs of pressure distributing inserts every calendar year. Medicare will pay 80 percent
of the cost, and in most cases, secondary insurance will cover the other 20 percent. Be sure to bring your Medicare and insurance cards with you. All paperwork except securing your prescription will be done for you.
Police Notes Sheriff’s Reports
n The Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office responded to 249 E-911 calls Saturday and Sunday.
Rutherfordton
n The Rutherfordton Police Department responded to 63 E-911 calls Saturday and Sunday.
Spindale
n The Spindale Police Department responded to 51 E-911 Saturday and Sunday.
Lake Lure
n The Lake Lure Police Department responded to 10 E-911 calls Saturday and Sunday.
Forest City
n The Forest City Police Department responded to 104 E-911 calls Saturday and Sunday. n Lynnel Joyce Boswell reported an incident of assault with a deadly weapon, communicating threats and disorderly conduct. (See arrest of Mooney.) n Corey Harris reported injury to personal property. The incident occurred on Plaza Drive. n Chiketa Twitty reported found property. n Deborah Crawford reported injury to personal property. The incident occurred on Plaza Drive. n An employee of WalMart, on Plaza Drive, reported an incident of concealment. n An employee of Aaron’s Rental, on Hill Top Way, reported an incident of selling rented property. n An employee of WilcoHess, on West Main Street, reported a larceny. n James Wilson reported an incident of obtaining property by false pretenses. n Gary Short reported damage to property and an incident of a suspicious fire.
Arrests
n Joshua Alexander, 21, of Ozzie Drive, Bostic; charged with driving while impaired, possession of schedule VI controlled substance and possession of schedule IV controlled substance; released on a $2,000 unsecured bond. (FCPD) n Ronnie McCombs, 39, of Mountain View Street, Forest City; charged with driving while license revoked, failure to maintain lane and exceeding 35 in a 35 mph zone; placed under a $1,000 secured bond. (FCPD) n Jordan James, 21, of Kent Drive, Forest City; charged with driving while impaired; placed under a $1,000 secured bond. (FCPD) n Jessica Mooney, 20, of South Church Street, Forest City; charged with assault with a deadly weapon, communicating threats and disorderly conduct; placed under a $3,000 secured
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Man charged with arson
BOSTIC — A man has been charged in connection with a fire Sunday morning that destroyed a home on Jonestown Road. Teddy Ray Hunt, 26, of 610 Camp McCall Road, is charged with first-degree burglary, second-degree arson, injury to personal property, injury to real property and communicating threats. Hunt also was charged with failure to comply, in another matter. Officers served warrants
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bond. (FCPD) n Joseph Smith, 31, of Wilson Drive, Forest City; charged with assault and battery; placed under a $5,000 secured bond. (FCPD) n William Tucker, 30, of Mountain View Street, Forest City; charged with larceny; placed under a $525 secured bond. (FCPD) n Seldon Rufus Stepp, 82, of 239 Old Wagy Road; charged with driving while impaired and driving left of center; freed on a custody release. (NCHP) n Joe Talmadge Bowen, 59, of 130 Walker Drive; charged with driving while impaired; released on a $1,000 unsecured bond. (NCHP) n Vicki Lynne Sturgill, 45, of 270 Willow Run; charged with driving while impaired; freed on a custody release. (RCSD) n Ronnie Alan McCombs, 39, of 223 Mountain View St.; charged with driving while impaired and unsafe lane change; placed under a $1,000 secured bond. (RCSD) n Curtis Lashon Jones, 33, of 165 Brooklyn Road; charged with flee/ elude arrest with a motor vehicle, reckless driving to endanger, driving while license revoked and failure to comply; placed under a $12,000 secured bond. (RCSD) n Eric Leonard Queen, 29, of 331 N. Northfork Road; charged with failure to comply/ civil contempt on child support and resisting a public officer; placed under a $2,000 secured bond. (RCSD) n Donald Elmer Camp, 67, of 140 Jim Dobbins Road; charged with disorderly conduct in public building or facility; released on a $1,000 unsecured bond. (RCSD) n Tyree Delontea Boyce, 24, of 409 Dogwood Lane; charged with second-degree trespassing; placed under a $1,000 secured bond. (RCSD) n Maggie Olema Macopson, 71, of 338 Doggett Grove Road; charged with assault and battery; placed under a 48-hour hold. (RCSD) n Marquis Shon Macopson, 40, of 334 Doggett Grove Road; charged with assault on a female; placed under a 48-hour hold. (RCSD) n Delano Archie Dalton, 45, of 312 McDaniel Road; charged with simple assault; released on a $1,000 unsecured bond. (RCSD) n Timothy Edward Tutt, 41, of 195 Iron Horse Drive; charged with driving while license revoked and violation of limited driving privilege; released on a $1,000 unsecured bond. (RCSD) n Steven Jay Mensch, 28, of 173 Deerview Drive; charged with two counts of failure to appear and driving while license revoked; placed under a $6,000 unsecured bond. (SPD) n Ray Eugene Bryant,
Obituaries Cheryl Turner Cheryl O. Turner, 62, of 770 Shiloh Road, Shiloh, died Sunday, March 7, 2010, at her residence. She was the daughter of the late Willie Clarence Owens and Frances Hardin Owens. She worked in textile mills for over 35 years and was of the Baptist faith. Survivors include her husband of 28 years, Steve Turner; one daughter, Crystal Hensley of Shiloh; one stepdaughter, Stephanie Rose Turner of Sandy Mush; and six grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Harrelson Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Cecil Lovelace officiating. Interment will follow in Rutherford County Memorial Cemetery. The family will receive friends Tuesday beginning at 11 a.m., until service time at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Hospice of Rutherford County, P.O. Box 336, Forest City, NC 28043. Online condolences www.harrelsonfuneralhome.com.
25, of 101 Sam Sain Drive; charged with resisting a public officer; released on a $1,000 unsecured bond. (RCSD) n Nathan Blake Walker, 28, of 273 Chapman Road; charged with possession of methamphetamine and simple possession of schedule II controlled substance; placed under a $20,000 secured bond. (RCSD) n Richard Kenneth Wangerien, 57, of 916 Hines Road; charged with seconddegree trespassing and larceny of motor vehicle; released on an unsecured bond. (RCSD) n Felisha Marie Rausch, 23, of 25 Rausch Hill Road; charged with possession of controlled substance on prison/ jail premises, possession of drug paraphernalia, two counts of possession of methamphetamine and simple possession of schedule II controlled substance; placed under a $36,500 secured bond. (RPD) n John Travis Noblitt, 30, of 2042 Sugar Hill Road; charged with possession of controlled substance on prison/ jail premises, possession of methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia and driving while license revoked; placed under a $27,000 secured bond. (RPD)
Citations n Juwan Tyner, 20, of Goode’s Creek Road, Mooresboro; cited for open container; released on a written promise to appear. (FCPD)
EMS/Rescue n The Rutherford County EMS responded to 52 E-911 calls Saturday and Sunday. n The Volunteer Life Saving and Rescue, Hickory Nut Gorge EMS and Rutherford County Rescue responded to 32 calls Saturday and Sunday.
Fire Calls n Cherry Mountain responded to a trailer fire, assisted by Bostic and Ellenboro. n Forest City responded to a motor vehicle crash. n Hudlow responded to a brush fire and to a field fire. n Lake Lure responded to a brush fire, assisted by Chimney Rock firefighters, and to a smoke report. n Rutherfordton responded to a brush fire and to a chimney fire. n SDO responded to a brush fire. n Spindale responded to a motor vehicle crash and to a gas leak. n Sandy Mush responded to a motor vehicle crash, to a fire alarm and to a field fire. n Union Mills responded to a structure fire, assisted by Shingle Hollow and Hudlow. n Union Mills responded to a vehicle fire.
Gene McCurry Gene McCurry, 81, of Beaver Dam Road, Asheville, died Monday, March 8, 2010, at the Golden Living Center in Asheville. Born in Rutherford County, he was a son of the late Clarence J. McCurry and Ethel Simmons McCurry. He worked as a linotype operator for several county newspapers. He was a member of Florence Baptist Church, Forest City, and a veteran of World War II having served in the Navy on the USS Hope Medical Ship. Survivors include one son, Gary McCurry of Forest City; one brother, Earl McCurry of Forest City; two grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Harrelson Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Scott Huffman and Glyn Moton officiating. Interment will follow in the Sunset Memorial Park with military honors accorded by the Rutherford County Honor Guard. The family will receive friends one hour prior to service time at the funeral home.
producer Danger Mouse and musician Christian Fennesz. He was working on the follow-up to 2006’s “Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain” at the time of his death. Linkous was popular in the indie music scene with a unique sound that was engaging, ethereal and hauntingly beautiful. News of his death spread quickly on the Internet and was met with shock and sadness. DeBusk said Linkous left no suicide note behind. The North Carolina-based artist was moving to Knoxville and staying with two friends, who told police Linkous was drinking and became upset after texting with an unknown person. After saying he didn’t want to talk about what was upsetting him, the friends said Linkous went upstairs for a short time, then left the house through a back door. A witness saw Linkous sit down nearby, take out his rifle, place it against his chest and pull the trigger. Linkous was a popular collaborator and respected artist who was a festival favorite. His highly anticipated album with Danger Mouse, “Dark Night of the Soul,” had been held up by legal issues but was cleared for release soon. Filmmaker David Lynch recently released a companion book of photographs.
Richard Stapley PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) — Richard Stapley, the actor who appeared alongside Elizabeth Taylor in Little Women and with Gene Kelly in The Three Musketeers, has died. He was 86. Born in England, Stapley moved to Hollywood and appeared in a string of films in the 1940s and 1950s, including King of the Khyber Rifles with Tyrone Power and The Strange Door with Boris Karloff. He took the name Richard Wyler when he moved back to Britain and starred in Man From Interpol and other television series. His novel Naked Legacy was published in 2004.
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Deaths Mark Linkous NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Mark Linkous, the singersongwriter who released his music under the band name Sparklehorse, has died after shooting himself in the chest in Tennessee. He was 47. Knoxville Police Department spokesman Darrell DeBusk said Linkous shot himself outside a friend’s house around 1:20 p.m. Saturday with his own rifle. DeBusk said Linkous was staying with friends and became upset after receiving a text message. Linkous’ most recent work included collaborations with THE DAILY COURIER Published Tuesday through Sunday mornings by Paxton Media Group LLC dba The Daily Courier USPS 204-920 Periodical Postage paid in Forest City, NC. Company Address: 601 Oak St., P.O. Box 1149, Forest City, NC 28043. Phone: (828) 245-6431 Fax: (828) 248-2790 Subscription rates: Single copy, daily 50¢ / Sunday $1.50. Home delivery $11.75 per month, $35.25 for three months, $70.50 for six months, $129 per year. In county rates by mail payable in advance are: $13.38 for one month, $40.14 for three months, $80.27 for six months, $160.54 per year. Outside county: $14.55 for one month, $43.64 for three months, $87.28 for six months, $174.56 per year. College students for school year subscription, $75. The Digital Courier, $6.50 a month for non-subscribers to The Daily Courier. Payment may be made at the website: www.thedigitalcourier. com The Daily Courier is not responsible for advance subscription payments made to carriers, all of who are independent contractors.
Cheryl O. Turner Cheryl O. Turner, age 62, of 770 Shiloh Road, Shiloh, NC, died Sunday, March 7, 2010 at her residence. Cheryl was born on October 18, 1947 to the late Willie Clarence Owens and Frances Hardin Owens. She worked in the textile mills for over 35 years and was a Baptist. She was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by an infant son, Robert Steve Turner; a grandchild, Stella Turner; her sister, Carolyn Owens Smith; her brother, Wallace Owens; and a stepson, James Turner. Survivors include her husband of 28 years, Steve Turner; one daughter, Crystal Hensley and husband, Chris, of Shiloh; one step-daughter, Stephanie Rose Turner of Sandy Mush; six grandchildren, Darrian Hensley, Colby Hensley, Brittany Stowe, Makayla Thurman, Stesha Turner and Corrissa Turner. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at Harrelson Funeral Chapel with Reverend Cecil Lovelace officiating. Interment will follow in Rutherford County Memorial Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 11:00 a.m. until service time at the funeral home. Memorial donations have been suggested to Hospice of Rutherford County, PO Box 336, Forest City, NC 28043. Harrelson Funeral Home is serving the family. A live webcast and an online guest registry is available at www.harrelsonfuneralhome.com Paid obit
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Red Cross Blood drives schedule: March 12 — Rutherford Hospital, noon to 5 p.m., call 286-5338 for an appointment; March 13 — Cliffside Masonic Lodge, Cliffside, 7:30 a.m. to noon, call 245-7606 for an appointment. March 22 — Red Cross Chapter, Forest City, 2 to 6:30 p.m., call 2875916.
Miscellaneous Booster meeting: Forest City Owls Boosters will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 18, at Big Dave’s Family Seafood. Contact Cecil Geer at 828-919-0000 for more information. Free Boating Safety course: March 16 and 17, 6 to 9 p.m., Lake Lure Fire Department; register for class online at www.ncwildlife. org or contact Officer Dan Vogel at 288-1037. *Special notice — On or after May 1, 2010 any person under age 26 must complete a NASBLA approved boating education course before operating any vessel propelled by a motor of 10 H.P. or greater. For more information and exemptions visit the web site. RHP voting: Rutherford Housing Partnership has been selected by PEPSI to be in the running for one of its $25,000 PEPSI REFRESH grants for March. You can vote once a day at http://www.refresheverything.com/rutherfordhousingpar.
Fundraisers Spaghetti supper: Wednesday, March 10, 5 to 6:45 p.m., Long Branch Road Baptist Church, 621 Long Branch Road, Forest City; no set price, donations accepted; proceeds for Team Kids Yard sale: Saturday, March 13, 7 a.m. to noon, Trinity Christian School in the school gym; rain or shine. Talent Night: “Make a Joyful Noise”; Saturday, March 20, 6 p.m., West Point Baptist Church, 1160 Union Road, Rutherfordton; Christian and/or uplifting talent desired; donation requested for entry fee; prizes will be given; proceeds for mission trip to Jamaica; call 287-0165. Annual barbecue: Sponsored by Forest City Lions Club; Saturday, March 27, 4 to 7 p.m., at First Baptist Church, Forest City; adults $8; children $4; under 6 free; bag lunch ($5 each) 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Music/concerts The Royal Quartet will be in concert Saturday, March 13, at 6 p.m. at Holy Ground Community Church, 139 S. Powell St., Forest City (beside the post office). Singing: Saturday, March 13, 7 p.m., Cooper Springs Congregational Holiness Church; featuring The Kinney Family of Rutherfordton. Singing: Sunday, March 14, 6 p.m., Grays Creek Baptist Church; featuring The Phillips Family of Gaffney, S.C. The Primitive Quartet of Candler, will sing Sunday, March 14, at 6 p.m. at Harriett Memorial Free Will Baptist Church, 1938 Hwy. 221-A in Caroleen. Love offering concert. Singing: Sunday, March 14, 6 p.m.; Harriett Memorial Free Will Baptist Church, 1938 Hwy. 221-A in Caroleen; featuring The Primitive Quartet of Candler.
Lenten services The following churches are holding weekly Lenten services: First Baptist Church of Spindale, (Wednesdays), worship at noon, lunch promptly at 12:30 p.m.; St. Francis Episcopal Church, Rutherfordton, (Tuesdays), soup/ bread supper 6 p.m., service 6:15 p.m.; Spindale United Methodist Church, (Wednesdays), meal at 5:15 p.m., program begins at 6 p.m.; Advent Lutheran Church, Spindale, (Wednesdays), soup/ sandwich supper at 6:30 p.m., service from 7 to 7:30 p.m.
Religion Rainbow Tea: Sunday, March 14, 3 p.m., Union Hill AME Zion Church; sponsored by the Home Mission Department. Men’s Day program: Sunday, March 14, 3 p.m., New Life Christian Fellowship Church of God, 601 E. Main St., Spindale; guest speaker, Pastor Willie S. Workman of Spartanburg, S.C. Revival: March 14-18, Robertson Creek Free Will Baptist Church, Pea Ridge Road, Bostic; guest speaker, Rev. Jeff Duncan from Going Home FWB Church in Marion; Sunday service 6 p.m.; Monday-Thursday, 7 nightly.
have come in and every week we do a silent auction for the nice pieces. For upholstered chairs we range from $20 to $50 and sofas probably range from $30 to $100 at the most. Clothing, the average price for in-season is $1.50, and for out of season is 25 cents.” This and That Sometimes that desk lamp decides to burn out just as you’re doing more computer searching for jobs on the Internet. Then, your neighbor comes by and says he wishes he had known you needed a lamp because he just threw one out. This is were Rutherford County’s Swap Shops come in. Run by SWEEP (Solid Waste Environmental Education Panel) shops at five convenience centers around the county — Gilkey, Shiloh, Pea Ridge, Golden Valley and Bill’s Creek. All sorts of
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said. Toney Arrowood began selling items on eBay, Amazon and Craig’s List several years back. After being laid off from Cone Jacquards – where he’d worked for 12 years – Arrowood went back to school and got a degree in business. Through GATE, he’s learning to turn his pastime into a fulltime Internet broker service. “I have always worked for other people,” Arrowood said. “I enjoy what I do now. I find it less stressful – I get
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and also help purchase this new piece of equipment, our Foundation Board voted to hold our first campaign in many years. We have 36 volunteers from the community helping in this effort, and it is truly exciting to kick this campaign off publicly tonight,” Miracle said. Including the new program, Fetal and Maternal Central Monitoring System, the campaign will also help fund the foundation’s other projects: n Birth Place Fetal-Infant Monitoring System, $300,000 to be used by 700 infants and mothers in 2010; n Cancer Patient Navigator, $125,000, for 95 cancer patients; n Mammograms for uninsured women, $30,000 for 120 patients; n Lifeline Service for Disadvantaged seniors, 75 seniors, $36,000 n Camp WheezKnot, $7,000 for 50 children and teens. The fetal and maternal central monitoring system will provide the capability for physicians and nurses to view real-time vital signs of infants
items are dropped off and waiting for people to pick them up free of charge. It can be everything from vacuum cleaners to pots to lamps. “The Swap Shop is a good place to look for stuff when you’re going to do your recycling,” said Susan LosCalzo of SWEEP. “It certainly doesn’t hurt to stop by and see what is in there. It does help families who are struggling. Quite often the Swap Shops are empty because they are so well used. If you drop by and it is empty, try another time.” Coffee A good cup of Joe can go a long way to making your day easier. Several banks, hotel lobbies and even a few grocery stores in the area have complimentary coffee for most of the morning. Don’t be shy about availing yourself of the opportunities, but you might have to listen to a few sales pitches while sipping.
Food Buying groceries can be a struggle, but some alternatives exist. Yokefellow Service Center and Chase Corner Ministries run food banks in the county where groceries can be found while you’re in a pinch. And don’t be afraid to ask your church for some help as many local congregations run their own food pantries. And check out Angel Food Ministries, a grocery buying service that offers boxes of staples for reasonable prices. The monthly box from Angel Food Ministries is $30 and is basically enough food to feed a family of four for a week. There are no income restrictions so anybody can participate, and there is no limit to the number of boxes that can be purchased. For more information visit the group’s Web site at www.angelfoodministries. com and enter your zip code to see where you can participate. Contact Baughman via e-mail at sbaughman@thedigitalcourier.com.
to do what I know.” For Ammons, it’s also a chance to help send her grandchildren to college. “I feel like I’m too young to sit around and do nothing,” she said. Through GATE, participants get paid courses that include business and entrepreneurship courses, N.C. REAL Entrepreneurship course with online modules and other online courses, vocational courses, if needed, and free, ongoing counseling. “If you don’t know anything about starting a business it’s a good opportunity to learn it,” Arrowood said. There is no cap on how many people can enroll in GATE, Austin said, and
applications are still being taken. In order to apply, you must be unemployed and have lost your job due to a business closing or layoff and be eligible for the Workforce Investment Act; be 18 years of age or older and eligible to work in the United States; and complete an orientation and scholarship application.
and mothers at the nursing station, in all labor and delivery rooms, in the operating room and in the physician on-call room. The monitoring system will allow decisions to be made from locations outside the patient’s room. The Patient Navigator is a registered nurse with oncology experience who will help patients understand their diagnosis and provide a personal resource throughout their treatment. The $500,000 campaign is divided into four opportunities for giving: Annual Gifts, chair, Joan King, named the 1906 Giving Club (hospital was founded in 1906); Corporate Gifts, Paul McIntosh, chairman; Planned Gifts, Connie Bunch; and Special Gifts, Tom Jaski. The campaign is expected to touch over 1,000 lives in 2010. Rutherford Hospital was established in 1906 to provide for the healthcare needs of the county, King said in a letter sent to the public asking for membership into the 1906 Club. Rutherford Hospital is a not-forprofit facility and receives no tax support from local, state or federal government. “Even so, it is recognized for superior clinical and business performance and for bringing healthcare
value to patients and our community year after year.” “Generations of patients have found healing and compassion within those walls. The hospital continues to grow in response to the needs of our community, overcoming challenges and changes. This is an honor to the legacy of quality, local healthcare that began in 1906,” she said. “In 1986, the Rutherford Hospital Foundation was chartered to secure funds to pay for programs and services that go beyond essential treatment, regardless of the patient’s ability to pay for that vital care,” King said. “Personal gifts are the lifeblood of our Foundation,” she said. King added, 100 percent of each tax-deductible gift stays “right here at home and they touch and save the lives of our neighbors.” On Friday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., “Be Inspired” an event for women will be held at The Foundation and proceeds from the event will go to fund the mammograms for the uninsured. For more information, call 2865070
GATE will be offered through 2011. For more information on the program, call Rick Austin at 286-3636 ext. 390 or visit www.ncprojectgate. org. Contact Flynn via e-mail aflynn@thedigitalcourier.com.
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Judge rules warrant must be made public MONROE (AP) — Most parts of a search warrant issued in an investigation into a former North Carolina prosecutor must be made public even though charges have yet to be filed in the case, a judge ruled Monday. Prosecutors were given 48 hours to release the warrant against former district attorney Joel Brewer after redacting two paragraphs from an affidavit filed by the lead investigator in the case that judge Gary Trawick said contain conclusions on what crimes may have been committed and facts that weren’t necessary to issue the warrant. “They go to matters that are highly
prejudicial and could ruin a man’s reputation,” Trawick said. The whole affidavit will be released if charges are filed against Brewer, Trawick ruled. Senior deputy attorney general Jim Coman confirmed state agents are investigating Brewer and he expects charges to be filed against the former lead prosecutor for Person and Caswell counties. But he wouldn’t give any details about what Brewer might have done, saying any information will be released Tuesday when State Bureau of Investigation agents file the warrant Tuesday in Person County, about 45 miles northwest of Raleigh.
Lawyers for Brewer wanted the warrant sealed, saying releasing the information could embarrass others named in the document and could make it impossible if he is charged to get a fair trial in Person County, where he lives. That left prosecutors in the unusual position of asking to be allowed to release information to the public. Coman argued the warrant should be public just like any other and suggested Brewer was just trying to avoid his own personal humiliation. Few details about the warrant came out during a hearing Monday held in Union County Superior Court.
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Central’s Ben Morris (10) takes stride for home plate after a wild pitch is thrown to teammate Christian Pfaff (8) at bat. Morris crossed home for the run Monday during the game against North Henderson at R-S Central High School.
Panthers continue purge, release Hoover CHARLOTTE (AP) — The Panthers added to their purge of veterans on Monday with the release of longtime fullback Brad Hoover, leaving Carolina with only three players on the roster older than 30. Letting 33-year-old Hoover go saves the Panthers close to $1 million in payroll for the 2010 season and ends his 10-year stay in Carolina. “I have no regrets. It’s been a great 10 years in Carolina and I’m very thankful that they gave me that opportunity,” Hoover said. The Panthers will likely turn to second-year pro Tony Fiammetta as his replacement as they rapidly get younger and thriftier. Hoover’s release comes in a one-week stretch where the Panthers let defensive end Julius Peppers leave in free agency, then cut quarterback Jake Delhomme, defensive tackles Damione Lewis and Maake Kemoeatu, and linebackers Na’il Diggs and Landon Johnson. The only players not in their 20s left on the team are kicker John Kasay (40), punter Jason Baker (31) and receiver Steve Smith (30). The moves also knock millions off the payroll in an uncapped year, but the Panthers have done little in free agency. The Panthers’ first signing came later Monday, when they inked receiver Wallace Wright, who was mostly a special teams player the past four seasons with the New York Jets. While not at the level of Delhomme’s teary farewell on Friday, Hoover was a fan favorite who rose from obscurity to one of the league’s top blockers. DeAngelo Williams and Jonathan Stewart continually credited Hoover last season when they became the first set of running backs since the 1970 merger to each rush for over 1,100 yards. Signed as an undrafted rookie out of Western Carolina in 2000, the Thomasville, N.C., native was also a key special teams player. His 152 games played with Carolina rank behind only Kasay (204) and receiver Muhsin Muhammad (154).
Local Sports BASEBALL Chase at Chesnee 7 p.m. East Rutherford at Polk 6:30 p.m. SOFTBALL Chase at Spartanburg 5 p.m. GOLF Chesnee at Chase (Meadowbrook) 3 p.m.
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Central bombs N. Henderson, 15-4 By KEVIN CARVER Sports Reporter
RUTHERFORDTON — R-S Central took no mercy on Monday night in a dominating performance with a 15-4 win over North Henderson in the Hilltoppers’ 2010 home opener. Central pounded out 14 hits in four innings and that was more than enough run support for starting pitcher Christain Pfaff (2-for-3, 3 RBI) to work with as the contest ended in a game-shortened five innings. The win was also the first home victory for new R-S Central skipper Chad Fowler. “We are playing with some confidence right now, but we are still trying to figure out what fits right for us as well.” Fowler said. “Tonight, I felt like we took care of business and its all about getting ready for conference.” Central earned just one run in the first inning, but broke it open with seven runs in the second frame. Matt Adkins put up an RBI infield single, Kyle Holmstrom (3-for-4, 4 RBI) hit his first of three doubles on the night to unload the bases for 3 RBI. Seth Orr pushed a run across on an RBI single and Pfaff’s two-run homer to left, gave Central an 8-0 lead after two innings of play. Please see Central, Page 8
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The Thomas Jefferson Gryphons had a 1-0 lead in Monday’s game against Lincoln Charter, but the home team fell victim to missed scoring opportunities and a six-run outburst in the seventh to fall, 14-2 After Zach Caldwell put TJCA on top 1-0, Lincoln Charter scored three runs in the top of 2nd to take a 3-1 lead. The Gryphons put runners on 1st and 3rd in the bottom half, but a failed double steal attempt kept the home team off the board. TJCA threatened again in the 3rd as Caldwell collected his second hit of the contest, but the Griffs could not come up with the big hit to plate any runs The Eagles tacked on two runs in the top of the 4th on back to back doubles and a hit batsman, but reliever Johnathan Bass kept TJCA within striking distance by registering a strikeout to end the frame Lincoln Charter effectively put the game away by going up 8-1 after five innings of play. The Eagles added six more runs in the top of the 7th.
Central girls win in extras RUTHERFORDTON — Walkoffs are becoming routine for R-S Central’s softball team. The Lady Hilltoppers’ Adrienne Alexander came up with a game-winning double to beat T.C. Roberson, 4-3, in extra innings Monday, to improve R-S Central’s record to 2-0 on the season. Mariah Lattimore reached on a force out, stole second and then Alexander smashed the walkoff double to the fence in left, allowing Lattimore to score easily. “Lattimore pitched her tail off and Chelsea Smith closed it out,” R-S Central softball coach Melvin Digh said. “We played much better than Thursday night, and let me say, that is a good Please see Softball, Page 8
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Central’s Taylor Sullivan (26) connects with the ball during the softball game against T.C. Roberson Monday at R-S Central High School.
Edwards paints NASCAR in corner By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer
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Crew members work to refuel and replace the tires on Kurt Busch’s car during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Kobalt Tools 500 auto race at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Ga., Sunday. Bush won at Atlanta for the second straight year.
CHARLOTTE — The boys sure backed NASCAR into a corner on this one. Determined to give drivers more leeway this season when it came to policing each other on the track, NASCAR opened the year with a relaxed “boys, have at it” attitude. It was interpreted to mean NASCAR would look the other way at a nudge here, a spin there, and all the retaliatory bumping and banging that goes on over a very long season. No one could have predicted, though, that NASCAR’s first true test would come a mere four races into the season following a frightening accident at Atlanta. NASCAR on Monday found itself smack in the center of a dilemma over what to do with Carl Edwards, whose intentional wrecking of Brad Keselowski late in Sunday’s race ignited a heated debate about just what’s permitted under this new policy.
Emotions are high in almost every corner, and no decision NASCAR makes will satisfy everyone. What first must be figured out, though, is what is everyone is so upset about? Is it that Edwards returned to the track down 153 laps, intent on retaliating against Keselowski, and after trying for at least one full lap, finally succeeded with a deliberate nudge? Is it that the high-speed contact sent Keselowski airborne in a spectacular flip that could have caused serious harm to Keselowski or any number of fans in the grandstands? Or, maybe, the issue is that NASCAR wasn’t properly prepared to deal with the ramifications of allowing drivers free rein on the race track. All three are valid arguments. First up is Edwards, who is on a long list of drivers who have been on the losing end of Keselowski’s aggressive charge into NASCAR’s top level.
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Scoreboard BASKETBALL National Basketball Association
EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct 40 21 .656 32 29 .525 23 39 .371 21 41 .339 7 55 .113 Southeast Division W L Pct Orlando 44 20 .688 Atlanta 40 22 .645 Miami 32 31 .508 Charlotte 30 31 .492 Washington 21 39 .350 Central Division W L Pct Cleveland 50 15 .766 Milwaukee 33 29 .532 Chicago 31 31 .500 Detroit 22 41 .349 Indiana 20 43 .317 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct Dallas 43 21 .672 San Antonio 36 26 .600 Memphis 32 31 .508 Houston 31 31 .500 New Orleans 31 32 .492 Northwest Division W L Pct Denver 42 21 .667 Utah 40 22 .645 Oklahoma City 38 24 .613 Portland 37 28 .569 Minnesota 14 49 .222 Pacific Division W L Pct L.A. Lakers 46 18 .719 Phoenix 40 25 .615 L.A. Clippers 25 38 .397 Sacramento 21 42 .333 Golden State 17 45 .274
Boston Toronto Philadelphia New York New Jersey
GB — 8 17 1/2 19 1/2 33 1/2 GB — 3 11 1/2 12 1/2 21 GB — 15 17 26 1/2 28 1/2 GB — 5 10 1/2 11 11 1/2 GB — 1 1/2 3 1/2 6 28 GB — 6 1/2 20 1/2 24 1/2 28
Sunday’s Games Philadelphia 114, Toronto 101 Orlando 96, L.A. Lakers 94 Detroit 110, Houston 107, OT Boston 86, Washington 83 Oklahoma City 108, Sacramento 102 Denver 118, Portland 106 Monday’s Games Cleveland 97, San Antonio 95. Atlanta at New York, 7:30 p.m. New Jersey at Memphis, late Dallas at Minnesota, late Golden State at New Orleans, late Tuesday’s Games Miami at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at Indiana, 7 p.m. Houston at Washington, 7 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Orlando, 7 p.m. Utah at Chicago, 8 p.m. Boston at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. Sacramento at Portland, 10 p.m. Toronto at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m. College Basketball Monday
TOURNAMENT Colonial Athletic Association Championship Old Dominion 60, William & Mary 53 Metro Atlantic Conference Championship Siena 72, Fairfield 65, OT Summit League Semifinals Oakland, Mich. 71, IPFW 58 Sun Belt Conference Semifinals Troy 54, W. Kentucky 48
Women’s College Basketball Monday
TOURNAMENT Atlantic 10 Conference Championship Xavier 57, Temple 55, OT Big East Conference Semifinals Connecticut 59, Notre Dame 44 Horizon League First Round Wis.-Milwaukee 71, Valparaiso 57 Wright St. 61, Youngstown St. 43 Southern Conference Championship Chattanooga 72, Samford 67 Summit League Semifinals Oral Roberts 77, UMKC 71 S. Dakota St. 67, W. Illinois 39 Sun Belt Conference Semifinals Ark.-Little Rock 73, New Orleans 43 Middle Tennessee 76, W. Kentucky 63 West Coast Conference Championship Gonzaga 76, Pepperdine 48 The Top Twenty Five
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll: Record Pts Pvs 1. Kansas (63) 29-2 1,623 2 2. Kentucky (2) 29-2 1,553 3 3. Syracuse 28-3 1,500 1 4. Duke 26-5 1,348 4 5. Ohio St. 24-7 1,344 6 6. Purdue 26-4 1,252 7 7. West Virginia 24-6 1,231 10 8. New Mexico 28-3 1,188 8 9. Kansas St. 24-6 1,063 5 10. Villanova 24-6 1,016 9 11. Michigan St. 24-7 1,015 11 12. Butler 27-4 796 12 13. Wisconsin 23-7 710 15 14. BYU 28-4 690 14 15. Tennessee 23-7 650 16 16. Pittsburgh 24-7 644 17 17. Temple 26-5 552 20 18. Gonzaga 26-5 534 18 19. Maryland 23-7 499 22 20. Vanderbilt 23-7 480 13 21. Baylor 24-6 474 21 22. Georgetown 20-9 277 19 23. Texas A&M 22-8 271 23 24. Xavier 23-7 136 25 25. UTEP 24-5 134 24 The Women’s Top Twenty Five
The top 25 teams in the The Associated Press’ women’s college basketball poll: Record Pts Pvs 1. Connecticut (40) 31-0 1,000 1 2. Stanford 28-1 959 2 3. Nebraska 29-0 920 3 4. Tennessee 30-2 880 4 5. Xavier 26-3 821 5 6. Notre Dame 26-4 770 6 7. Duke 27-5 764 9 8. Ohio St. 30-4 734 10 9. West Virginia 27-4 669 7 10. Florida St. 25-5 616 8 11. Texas A&M 22-7 588 15
12. Oklahoma 13. Georgetown 14. Iowa St. 15. Texas 16. Baylor 17. St. John’s 18. Gonzaga 19. Kentucky 20. Oklahoma St. 21. Hartford 22. LSU 23. UCLA 24. Georgia 25. Michigan St.
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Sunday College Basketball Scores EAST Buffalo 72, Toledo 54 SOUTH Kentucky 74, Florida 66 N.C. State 66, Boston College 54 Wake Forest 70, Clemson 65 TOURNAMENT America East Conference Semifinals Boston U. 70, Stony Brook 63 Vermont 57, New Hampshire 38 Colonial Athletic Association Semifinals Old Dominion 73, Va. Commonwealth 69, OT William & Mary 47, Northeastern 45 Conference Carolinas Championship Mount Olive 83, Anderson, S.C. 80 ECAC Metro Region Championship Baruch 93, York, N.Y. 70 Metro Atlantic Conference Semifinals Fairfield 69, Niagara 63 Siena 72, Rider 62 MidSouth Conference Championship Georgetown, Ky. 64, Campbellsville 61 Missouri Valley Conference Championship N. Iowa 67, Wichita St. 52 Northeast Conference Semifinals Quinnipiac 83, Long Island U. 78 Robert Morris 80, Mount St. Mary’s, Md. 62 Patriot League Semifinals Lafayette 66, Holy Cross 63 Lehigh 79, American U. 57 Southern Conference Semifinals Appalachian St. 77, Coll. of Charleston 54 Wofford 77, W. Carolina 58 Summit League First Round IPFW 71, S. Dakota St. 66 Oral Roberts 65, N. Dakota St. 64, OT Sun Belt Conference Quarterfinals Denver 73, Middle Tennessee 58 North Texas 69, Louisiana-Monroe 66 Troy 67, South Alabama 55 W. Kentucky 65, Arkansas St. 64 West Coast Conference Semifinals Gonzaga 77, Loyola Marymount 62 Saint Mary’s, Calif. 69, Portland 55 Women’s College Scores Sunday TOURNAMENT America East Conference Semifinals Hartford 65, Stony Brook 43 Vermont 69, Boston U. 52 Atlantic 10 Conference Semifinals Temple 67, Dayton 64, OT Xavier 51, Charlotte 49 Atlantic Coast Conference Championship Duke 70, N.C. State 60 Big East Conference Quarterfinals Connecticut 77, Syracuse 41 Notre Dame 75, St. John’s 67 Rutgers 63, Georgetown 56, 2OT West Virginia 47, DePaul 41 Big Ten Conference Championship Ohio St. 66, Iowa 64 ECAC Div. III Metro Championship NYU 54, Stevens Tech 51 ECAC Div. III South Championship St. Vincent 60, Juniata 58 Lone Star Conference Championship West Texas A&M 66, Northeastern St. 59 Metro Atlantic Conference Championship Marist 66, Fairfield 49 Mid-American Conference First Round Cent. Michigan 69, Ohio 66 Northeast Conference Semifinals Long Island U. 61, Cent. Connecticut St. 55 St. Francis, Pa. 80, Robert Morris 79 Patriot League Semifinals American U. 72, Navy 47 Lehigh 73, Holy Cross 57 Southeastern Conference Championship Tennessee 70, Kentucky 62 Southern Conference Semifinals Chattanooga 60, Georgia Southern 49 Samford 66, Appalachian St. 53 Summit League Quarterfinals S. Dakota St. 93, IPFW 52 Sun Belt Conference Quarterfinals Ark.-Little Rock 73, Arkansas St. 60 Middle Tennessee 106, North Texas 66 New Orleans 55, Denver 48 W. Kentucky 72, South Alabama 67 West Coast Conference Semifinals Gonzaga 87, Santa Clara 47 Pepperdine 62, Saint Mary’s, Calif. 56
San Jose Phoenix Los Angeles Dallas Anaheim
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73 166 165 67 178 185 48 162 221 Pts GF 93 212 83 176 80 194 70 184 68 183
GA 160 164 175 206 201
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Sunday’s Games Montreal 4, Anaheim 3, SO Detroit 5, Chicago 4 Pittsburgh 2, Boston 1 Vancouver 4, Nashville 2 Calgary 5, Minnesota 2 Carolina 4, Atlanta 0 Buffalo 2, N.Y. Rangers 1, OT Philadelphia 3, Toronto 1 Edmonton 2, New Jersey 0 Monday’s Games Dallas 4, Washington 3, SO Columbus at Los Angeles, late Tuesday’s Games Boston at Toronto, 7 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Nashville at Atlanta, 7 p.m. Tampa Bay at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. Calgary at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Florida at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Vancouver at Colorado, 9 p.m. Ottawa at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m. Columbus at Anaheim, 10 p.m.
GOLF The Honda Classic Scores At PGA National Champion Course At Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. Camilo Villegas Anthony Kim Justin Rose Paul Casey Vijay Singh Fredrik Jacobson Michael Connell Charlie Wi Lee Westwood Brendon de Jonge Chris Tidland Will MacKenzie Jerry Kelly J.B. Holmes George McNeill Nathan Green Marc Leishman Steve Wheatcroft Oliver Wilson D.J. Trahan Henrik Bjornstad Stephen Ames Tom Gillis Justin Leonard Sam Saunders Alex Cejka Joe Ogilvie Charles Howell III Mike Weir Matt Every Chris Stroud Bo Van Pelt Rich Barcelo Graeme McDowell Jason Bohn Briny Baird Jeev Milkha Singh 8 Alex Prugh Chez Reavie Chris Riley Rory McIlroy Matt Jones Craig Bowden Padraig Harrington Jimmy Walker Jason Dufner Johnson Wagner Angel Cabrera Ted Purdy
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HOCKEY National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF Pittsburgh 66 40 22 4 84 211 New Jersey 64 38 23 3 79 169 Philadelphia 64 34 26 4 72 195 N.Y. Rangers 66 29 28 9 67 170 N.Y. Islanders 65 26 31 8 60 169 Northeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF Buffalo 64 35 20 9 79 174 Ottawa 66 36 25 5 77 181 Montreal 67 32 29 6 70 178 Boston 64 29 24 11 69 157 Toronto 65 20 33 12 52 168 Southeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF Washington 66 44 13 9 97 260 Atlanta 64 28 26 10 66 194 Tampa Bay 64 27 26 11 65 172 Florida 64 26 28 10 62 168 Carolina 65 27 31 7 61 182 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF Chicago 65 43 17 5 91 217 Nashville 65 35 25 5 75 182 Detroit 65 31 22 12 74 175 St. Louis 65 30 26 9 69 177 Columbus 65 25 29 11 61 170 Northwest Division GP W L OT Pts GF Vancouver 65 40 23 2 82 211 Colorado 65 37 22 6 80 192
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(Start position in parentheses) 1. (11) Kurt Busch, Dodge 2. (14) Matt Kenseth, Ford 3. (3) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet 4. (6) Kasey Kahne, Ford 5. (23) Paul Menard, Ford 6. (25) AJ Allmendinger, Ford 7. (26) Brian Vickers, Toyota 8. (13) Greg Biffle, Ford 9. (35) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet 10. (32) Scott Speed, Toyota 11. (12) Marcos Ambrose, Toyota 12. (16) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet 13. (15) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet 14. (38) Regan Smith, Chevrolet 15. (1) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet 16. (34) Bill Elliott, Ford 17. (7) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet 18. (5) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet 19. (8) Elliott Sadler, Ford 20. (22) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet 21. (20) Denny Hamlin, Toyota 22. (21) Bobby Labonte, Chevrolet 23. (18) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet 24. (30) Mike Bliss, Chevrolet 25. (2) Kyle Busch, Toyota 26. (37) David Gilliland, Ford 27. (19) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota 28. (36) Sam Hornish Jr., Dodge 29. (24) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet 30. (40) Travis Kvapil, Ford 31. (41) Kevin Conway, Ford 32. (42) Boris Said, Ford 33. (4) Mark Martin, Chevrolet 34. (31) Max Papis, Toyota 35. (29) Joey Logano, Toyota 36. (28) Brad Keselowski, Dodge 37. (17) David Ragan, Ford 38. (33) Joe Nemechek, Toyota 39. (10) Carl Edwards, Ford 40. (9) David Reutimann, Toyota 41. (27) Dave Blaney, Toyota 42. (43) Michael McDowell, Toyota 43. (39) Robby Gordon, Toyota Top 12 in Points: 1. K.Harvick, 644; 2. M.Kenseth, 618; 3. G.Biffle, 585; 4. J.Johnson, 570; 5. C.Bowyer, 558; 6. J.Burton, 538; 7. M.Martin, 521; 8. T.Stewart, 510; 9. P.Menard, 505; 10. Ku.Busch, 502; 11. J.Gordon, 482; 12. S.Speed, 482.
Vasquez, Scheyer, Delaney top All-ACC RALEIGH (AP) — Maryland’s Greivis Vasquez, Duke’s Jon Scheyer and Virginia Tech’s Malcolm Delaney — the top three scorers in the Atlantic Coast Conference — are unanimous All-ACC picks. Vasquez, Scheyer and Delaney were firstteam selections on all 53 votes in ballots cast by members of the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association. Clemson’s Trevor Booker and Duke’s Kyle Singler rounded out the first team in results released Monday. The Blue Devils, who earned the top seed in this week’s tournament, also had a second-team pick in high-scoring guard Nolan Smith, making them the only program with three players selected to the 15-player squad. Virginia Tech, Wake Forest and Florida State each had two players selected to the three teams, while North Carolina failed to have a player earn all-conference honors for the first time in league history. Wake Forest’s Al-Farouq Aminu led the second team after tallying 18 double-doubles, while senior teammate Ishmael Smith also earned second-team honors. Rounding out the second team were Smith and Virginia’s Sylven Landesberg — last year’s rookie of the year who recently was suspended for the rest of the season because of academics issues — and North Carolina State big man Tracy Smith. The third team included Georgia Tech’s Gani Lawal, Virginia Tech’s Dorenzo Hudson, Florida State’s Chris Singleton and Solomon Alabi and Boston College’s Joe Trapani. Singleton and Alabi were the leading vote-getters on the league’s all-defensive team, with Singleton leading the ACC in steals and Alabi leading the league in blocks to help the Seminoles clinch the No. 3 seed at this week’s tournament. Booker, Duke’s Lance Thomas and Wake Forest’s L.D. Williams also made the defensive team. Georgia Tech’s Derrick Favors led the all-rookie team after ranking third in the league in rebounding (8.4). Maryland’s Jordan Williams, Miami’s Durand Scott, Wake Forest’s C.J. Harris and Florida State’s Michael Snaer rounded out the rookie team.
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Central put up six more runs in the third and one more in the fourth to account for 15 on the scoreboard. Meanwhile, Pfaff cruised on the mound, throwing a one-hitter, sitting down 10 and giving up just one run in four frames of pitching to get the win. Kevin Miller closed out the game, striking out two and allowing three runs. After going 2-1 on the weekend at Myrtle Beach, R-S Central (3-1) will next host the 3A program of Enka at 7 p.m. Wednesday.
East JVs beat Crest East Rutherford’s JV Baseball team defeated Crest 6-3 on Monday afternoon. Chandler Jenkins was the winning pitcher and Ryan Greene had two hits in the Cavaliers (2-0) win.
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team we just beat.” Roberson scored a run in each of the first three innings. R-S Central scored twice in the second inning and tied the game up in bottom of the fifth after Cory Hipp’s RBI single. From there, a pitcher’s duel ensued following the fifth. Lattimore pitched a five-hitter, struckout four and walked six on the afternoon. Smith got the only batter she faced out on a groundout. Roberson’s Kaitlan Ramsey threw a six-hitter in seven innings, striking out three in the process. Marie Mouhar (2-or-4, HR) was tagged for the game-winning hit in the eighth as R-S Central won for the second time by way of a walkoff and by the same score of 4-3. Two other keys came into play as Central threw out Roberson’s Amanda Cope at the plate in the seventh inning and Brooke Owens for R-S Central came up with an over-the-shoulder reaching catch in the eighth to keep the contest tied at the time.
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Atlanta Braves outfielder Jason Heyward takes batting practice during spring training baseball practice Friday in Kissimmee, Fla. Associated Press
Although Denny Hamlin had the most public feud with Keselowski, there is no shortage of topname drivers who privately pledged they’d exact their revenge this season. Edwards’ most obvious run-in with Keselowski was on the final lap of last April’s race at Talladega, where Keselowski’s nudge sent Edwards flying into the fence in a wreck that some may argue was more frightening than Atlanta. But the two race against each other weekly in two series, and Edwards’ hinted at a far deeper history with the unapologetic Keselowski. So when early contact between the two knocked Edwards out Sunday, at a track where he’s won four times in two series, he was ready for revenge. He 100 percent deliberately wrecked Keselowski and has so far been rather unrepentant about his action. Edwards, who was immediately parked for his actions, had little to say after a postrace meeting with NASCAR. But he minced no words in a Facebook posting late Sunday night. “My options,” he wrote, “Considering that Brad wrecks me with no regard for anyones safety or hard work, should I: A-Keep letting him wreck me? B-Confront him after the race? C-Wait til bristol and collect other cars? or D-Take care of it now? “I want to be clear that I was surprised at his flight and very relieved when he walked away. Every person has to decide what code they want to live by and hopefully this explains mine.” Opinions were split, though, perhaps fueled by to do with the 2-2 pitch and he came back and tried to make the the severity of Keselowski’s crash. There was no similar outrage when Hamlin fulpitch again,” said Heyward. filled his promise of payback on Keselowski in last “I don’t want to walk anybody year’s Nationwide Series finale at Homestead. And in spring training,” Scherzer said. “That’s my goal, and he hit it sure seemed that the cheers far outweighed the jeers when Juan Pablo Montoya and Tony Stewart it, so I can turn that page. But played retaliatory bumper-cars a day later. anytime I’m taking the mound But because Keselowski went airborne, bounced trying to get hitters out and I hood-first off the retaining wall, and had to don’t, it’s frustrating.” climb from a cockpit so crumpled it looked more like an accordion than a car, there’s a been cry Eric Hinske went 3 for 4 for for NASCAR to issue serious sanctions against the Braves, and Troy Glaus singled and scored in each of his Edwards. Fans want him suspended, and many analysts two at-bats. Mitch Jones added have agreed. Even Keselowski seemed to taunt an eighth-inning home run off NASCAR into cracking down on Edwards. Enrique Gonzalez. “It’ll be interesting to see how NASCAR reacts to It was the second straight game it,” he said after the wreck. “They have the ball. If in which a Tiger starting pitcher they’re going to allow people to intentionally wreck failed to make it out of the first each other at tracks this fast, we will hurt someone inning. “In my career, I don’t think I’ve either in the cars or the grandstands. It’s not cool ever taken pitchers out of spring to intentionally wreck someone at 195 mph.” It’s left NASCAR to sift through the evidence. On training games two days in a one hand, this is no different than a traffic infracrow in the first inning. That’s tion: run a red light and nothing happens, you a first,” said Leyland, who also removed Casey Cosby before the maybe get a ticket. Run a red light and kill someone, now you’re looking at vehicular homicide. rookie got an out in the ninth So now NASCAR plays judge, jury and execuinning. tioner, and its decision will reverberate through the rest of the season. A severe punishment against Edwards is akin to a death sentence on the “have at it” attitude. If the first driver who actually “had at it” is hit with a stiff penalty, then other drivers won’t ever dare test the limits. A significant fine, points deduction or probation will likely back Edwards into a conservative mode that could alter the way he races the rest of the year. And no action at all, aside from infuriating an enraged mass of fans, well, that could promote repeat behavior from Edwards or others. Whatever NASCAR decides won’t satisfy everyone, but there are some guarantees going forward. Keselowski, for one, got the message loud and clear that some rival drivers have been trying to deliver for a while now, and he’s likely going to think twice before bulldozing his way through a pack of traffic. Edwards, after a night to sleep on it, probably wishes he’d done things a little differently and will likely give deeper thought to how he exacts his revenge in the future. And NASCAR? Well, NASCAR knows for sure it needs a quick handbook on how to deal with these issues. Nobody wants to see the Wild West re-enacted on the track every weekend, but “boys, have at it” was a well-intentioned idea that doesn’t deserve to be scrapped because one incident took everyone — including Edwards — by surprise.
Heyward homer brings wows
LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) — Jason Heyward made his first spring training homer a memorable one. The Atlanta Braves’ 20-yearold right fielder almost cleared the batting cage behind the right-field wall Monday with a two-run homer off Max Scherzer in the first inning of a 12-4 exhibition victory over the Detroit Tigers. “That’s one of the longer ones I’ve seen hit in this ballpark,” said Braves manager Bobby Cox, who was much more impressed than Heyward. “Home runs, I know they’re going to come,” Heyward said. “I know that’s part of my game; I’m not worried about that. But I was just happy about having a good at-bat because he made some good pitches. It was a good at-bat, a good swing.” Scherzer failed to get out of the first inning in his second spring start. The Braves scored five runs in the inning, then made it
8-1 in the second on David Ross’ three-run double off Fu-Te Ni. Tim Hudson pitched three innings for Atlanta, giving up an RBI single to Jeff Larish while striking out three. The 6-foot-4, 245-pound Heyward, rated the top prospect in baseball in some circles, provided the highlight with a blast estimated at 450 feet. “I’ve never been one to get excited about the distance. Anything hit over the fence counts a point,” said Tiger manager Jim Leyland. “But obviously a young man with his size, with the strength he has, he looks like a really good looking young player. I was very impressed with his patience at the plate more than anything. He didn’t chase any bad balls. (Albert) Pujols was the other guy who was like that.” Heyward came back from an 0-2 count to draw Scherzer’s 3-2 fastball. “I saw what he was trying to do. That’s what he was trying
UConn wins 71st straight grame
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The top-ranked Connecticut Huskies made women’s college basketball history Monday night — not that you would have known it by watching them. Tina Charles scored 16 points and Maya Moore added 11 to help UConn win an NCAA record 71st straight game, a 59-44 victory over No. 6 Notre Dame in the semifinals of the Big East tournament. The Huskies didn’t gloat, though. They didn’t even celebrate. Just another night’s work for coach Geno Auriemma’s latest dynasty. At the final horn they just shook hands with the Irish — the way they have with opponents after nearly every other game during their incredible streak. “I can’t think anything is more important than winning and playing in the Big East championship for these kids,” Auriemma said. UConn surpassed its own mark set from Nov. 9, 2001, to March 11, 2003. Unlike that amazing run, which ended in a loss in the Big East conference tournament semifinals to Villanova, this Huskies team has thoroughly dominated its opponents in every game, winning all of them by double digits. “After the season, the last game we play we can look back and see what we’ve done,” said Kalana Greene, who scored 15 points. “You don’t want to celebrate about wins. We don’t plan on our season being over any time soon.” The Huskies are focused on bigger goals — not just winning a 16th Big East conference championship but also a seventh national title. Connecticut Associated Press (32-0) will face either West Virginia or Rutgers on Connecticut’s Tina Charles comes in for a shot as Tuesday night. Notre Dame’s Becca Bruszewski defends during the Even top teams haven’t posed much of a challenge for the Huskies since they beat Georgia tech to start this run on Nov. 16, 2008.
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Greensboro 68/47
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Forest City 65/46 Charlotte 68/47
Kinston 68/46 Wilmington 65/45
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Elizabeth City 59/43
Durham 69/47
Winston-Salem 68/48
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Nation Today Missing executive sought
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Police are searching the French Quarter in New Orleans and checking with businesses for surveillance videotapes of a Texas energy executive who disappeared after walking out of a Bourbon Street bar. About 30 detectives are looking for 54-year-old Douglas Schantz. He was last seen leaving the Razzoo Bar and Patio about 2 a.m. Friday. Schantz is president of Houstonbased Sequent Energy Management. He was in New Orleans to give Tulane University a $25,000 gift.
Suspected gunman killed
COMMERCE, Texas (AP) — A man walked into a Walmart carrying at least two guns before engaging in a shootout with police outside the store, authorities said. The man was killed and an off-duty officer in the store was shot in the chest. The shootout Sunday in the east Texas city of Commerce began when police received a call that shots had been fired from a car in nearby Greenville, about 50 miles northeast of Dallas, said City of Commerce spokeswoman Marty Cunningham. Commerce police intercepted the car just outside the city limits, where the man exchanged gunfire with officers, Cunningham said. He then drove to Walmart and entered the store “carrying a long
gun and pistol.” Cunningham said an off-duty officer from another agency was in the store and saw the man leave. The officer, Delta County Deputy Paul Robertson, tried to stop the suspect in front of the store, Delta County Sheriff Gerald Teague said. Robertson, 42, was shot as he exchanged gunfire with the suspect.
Rock slide rains boulders DENVER (AP) — A rock slide punched gaping holes in a bridge and left huge boulders on Interstate 70, closing a 17-mile stretch in western Colorado and prompting Gov. Bill Ritter to declare a disaster emergency Monday for the road. The slide struck around midnight Sunday near Hanging Lake Tunnel in Glenwood Canyon, a deep, narrow chasm about 110 miles west of Denver.
Ohio inmate ODs COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Gov. Ted Strickland on Monday postponed the execution of a convicted killer who managed to take an overdose of pills in his death row cell and was found unconscious just hours before he was to be executed. Lawrence Reynolds Jr., 43, who was sentenced to die for killing his neighbor in 1994, was found unconscious around 11:30 p.m. Sunday at the Ohio State Penitentiary.
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Dallas Police officials walk into the building where a shooting took place in Dallas Monday. The shooting happened just before 11 a.m. outside the United Texas Bank. The bank is located on the first floor of the Four Forest high-rise office building, near the intersection of U.S. 75 and Interstate 635.
Man shots two, self in Texas office building DALLAS (AP) — A gunman apparently angry over business dealings wounded a father and son at their financial services company inside an office building Monday, then shot himself as police closed in, authorities said. The gunfire at about 10:30 a.m. created a frightening, grisly scene at the 15-story building, with one of the injured men making his way down an escalator with blood gushing from his neck and scared bank employees and customers locking themselves in vaults. After the two men were shot, the suspect apparently turned the gun on himself as three officers were coming down the hall toward the third-floor suite, said Dallas police spokesman Sr. Cpl. Kevin Janse. The suspect was in critical condition Monday. “He’s in the doorway of the suite, they hear a gunshot literally a few feet in front of them, and they’re afraid he’s going to step into the hallway and pop off another round, so one officer shoots into the doorway,” Janse said. The officer’s bullet did not hit the gunman, Janse said. The gunman and the victims, 66-year-old Richard Smith and 39-year-old R. Chris Smith, apparently had an ongoing dispute, Janse said. But it was not clear exactly why the suspect opened fire inside the offices of Smith Financial in northern Dallas. “The suspect is believed to be a past
During the shootings, about 16 people took refuge in vaults in the bank. “The building has announced we should stay in here until they let us know otherwise,” bank employee Linda Farley told WFAA-TV of Dallas and Fort Worth by telephone from the vault. “Everybody is a little scared.” Police declined to immediately release more details about the gunman.
Man eyed as suspect after second teen found dead ESCONDIDO, Calif. (AP) — A registered sex offender charged with murdering a teen girl last month is a focus of the investigation into the death of a 14-year-old girl whose remains were found more than a year after she disappeared near her school, police said Monday. Police said they are eyeing John Albert Gardner III in the death of Amber Dubois, whose bones were found Saturday in a remote area of the Pala Indian Reservation. A police statement did not elaborate on the investigation and only said the scene was still being processed. Police Lt. Craig Carter did not immediately respond to a phone message seeking further details. FBI teams worked under rainy skies during their search of the mountainous area of dense shrubs and rocks. Gardner, 30, pleaded not guilty last week to murdering and raping or attempting to rape 17-year-old Chelsea King of Poway and attempting to rape another woman in December in the same park where
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client that was unhappy over some business dealings,” Janse said. Richard Smith was shot in the legs, and his son was shot in the neck. Both were in stable condition. Witnesses who saw the younger Smith coming down the escalator into the building lobby said blood was gushing from both sides of his neck as he and pleaded for help. “He was screaming and crying,” said Abraham Achar, who was visiting his friend at the United Texas Bank on the first floor. “He said, ‘He shot my dad.’” Becky Hayes, who works in a firstfloor office near the security desk, said she recognized the younger Smith because he sometimes ate lunch in the building cafeteria. She said she persuaded him to sit in a chair until help arrived. “He kept telling me: ‘Stop the bleeding. Stop the bleeding,’” Hayes said. “I was just trying to keep him calm.”
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King disappeared. His public defender, Michael Popkins, did not respond to a phone message. Gardner was expected to make his second court appearance Tuesday in the potential death penalty case. Police have not revealed how they learned the location of Amber’s remains, saying it was part of the ongoing investigation. Amber’s mother, Carrie McGonigle, also declined to say what led authorities to the remains. However, she said she was grateful for the sense of closure after the long hunt for her daughter. Amber disappeared Feb. 13, 2009 near Escondido High School, about 10 miles north of the site where King vanished Feb. 25. A body presumed to be Chelsea was found March 2 in a shallow, lakeside grave, but authorities have said they would not make an official identification until Gardner’s preliminary hearing.
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THE MARKET IN REVIEW
STOCK EXCHANGE HIGHLIGHTS
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NYSE
7,292.53 +1.22
GAINERS ($2 OR MORE)
Name Last Newcastle 2.99 FstPfd pfA 12.75 MaguirePr 2.16 Borders 2.05 ArborRT 2.84 IFM Inv n 8.15 FelCor pfA 16.90 NCI Bld rs 10.50 E-House 20.73 ArmstrWld 38.13
Chg +.50 +2.09 +.30 +.22 +.30 +.85 +1.63 +1.00 +1.91 +3.47
%Chg +20.1 +19.6 +16.1 +12.0 +11.8 +11.6 +10.7 +10.5 +10.1 +10.0
LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)
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AMEX
1,916.90 -2.10
GAINERS ($2 OR MORE)
Name Last NewConcEn5.30 EmersnR h 4.33 EngySvc un 3.90 SagaComm18.15 ChMarFd n 6.89 ATS Corp 3.19 AcmeU 11.50 ReadyMix 2.15 PlatGpMet 2.00 UQM Tech 4.93
Chg +1.50 +.62 +.50 +2.12 +.53 +.24 +.81 +.15 +.13 +.29
%Chg +39.5 +16.7 +14.7 +13.2 +8.3 +8.1 +7.6 +7.5 +7.0 +6.3
LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)
Name Last Chg %Chg UnivTrav n 9.68 -1.17 -10.8 Intl Coal 4.24 -.49 -10.4 MLDJREst106.45 -.71 -9.9 ChinaMM 3.02 -.28 -8.5 Methode 10.03 -.82 -7.6 AMN Hlth 8.29 -.62 -7.0 ChCBlood n 5.10 -.35 -6.4 BkIrelnd 6.40 -.42 -6.2 AldIrish 3.62 -.23 -6.0 DB AgriDL 8.75 -.55 -5.9
Name Last Cohen&Co 6.28 HaderaPap74.32 GenMoly 3.68 Ever-Glory 3.30 NIVS IntT n 3.02 AdcareH wt 2.85 BowlA 13.39 ContMatls 14.99 ManSang 2.47 SwGA Fn 12.02
MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE) Name Vol (00) Last Chg Citigrp 4363536 3.56 +.06 BkofAm 1255153 16.74 +.04 S&P500ETF1072922114.27 +.02 FordM 761312 12.93 -.07 SprintNex 744163 3.40 +.12 GenElec 533013 16.27 -.08 iShEMkts 527389 40.98 +.03 SPDR Fncl 513237 15.25 +.03 Pfizer 461380 17.35 -.13 iShR2K 436919 66.74 +.12
MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE) Name Vol (00) Last Chg ChiArmM 45819 9.45 -.15 GenMoly 38974 3.68 -.31 EmersnR h 24401 4.33 +.62 LibertyAcq 23814 9.92 ... GoldStr g 23661 3.45 +.02 KodiakO g 22629 2.65 +.04 NovaGld g 21771 6.30 -.05 Rentech 21598 1.13 +.01 NthgtM g 20928 3.02 -.04 PudaCoal n 20413 9.57 -.32
Advanced Declined Unchanged Total issues New Highs New Lows Volume
DIARY
1,785 1,291 115 3,191 464 3 3,851,843,390
Chg %Chg -1.67 -21.0 -7.93 -9.6 -.31 -7.8 -.24 -6.8 -.22 -6.8 -.18 -5.9 -.80 -5.6 -.84 -5.3 -.13 -5.0 -.58 -4.6
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Advanced Declined Unchanged Total issues New Highs New Lows Volume
276 221 46 543 38 ... 109,176,151
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GAINERS ($2 OR MORE)
Name Last OccuLogix 4.10 Zanett h 2.89 Tufco 4.70 ZoomTch s 7.82 OhioLegacy 3.08 PSB Hldg 4.50 Travelzoo 15.03 InfoLogx rs 7.78 KandiTech 5.58 RosettaG 2.11
Chg +2.88 +.96 +1.05 +1.72 +.62 +.83 +2.62 +1.27 +.87 +.31
%Chg +236.1 +49.7 +28.8 +28.2 +25.2 +22.6 +21.1 +19.5 +18.5 +17.2
LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)
Name Last WestwdO n 8.69 SinoCkg n 38.01 FstBkshs 9.75 Cowlitz rs 7.14 WldEnSol n 3.00 MonrchCB 2.25 Analyst rs 2.59 Cyclacel pf 3.70 Covenant 4.85 Intergrp h 10.14
Chg -2.70 -8.49 -1.20 -.86 -.30 -.19 -.21 -.30 -.39 -.81
%Chg -23.7 -18.3 -11.0 -10.8 -9.1 -7.8 -7.5 -7.5 -7.4 -7.4
MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE)
Name Vol (00) Cisco 1148550 CellTher rsh 855901 DryShips 605678 PwShs QQQ516576 Microsoft 391209 Intel 354571 Palm Inc 313527 ApldMatl 292779 Yahoo 287311 RschMotn 272305
Advanced Declined Unchanged Total issues New Highs New Lows Volume
Last Chg 26.13 +.92 1.15 +.25 6.09 +.43 46.53 +.09 28.63 +.04 20.77 -.02 5.55 -.16 12.36 +.07 16.52 +.46 73.39 +3.89
DIARY
1,446 1,242 130 2,818 251 7 2,138,980,421
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Dow Industrials 10,552.52 Dow Transportation 4,214.14 Dow Utilities 377.54 NYSE Composite 7,292.53 Amex Market Value 1,916.90 Nasdaq Composite 2,332.21 S&P 500 1,138.50 S&P MidCap 772.07 Wilshire 5000 11,912.57 Russell 2000 667.11
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YTD %Chg %Chg
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CI 122,927 LG 64,425 LB 59,564 IH 56,242 LG 55,524 WS 53,078 MA 48,457 LB 47,853 LB 47,616 LB 44,500 LV 40,010 FB 38,069 LV 37,537 FV 35,758 CI 31,614 WS 31,553 LB 30,216 FG 29,870 CA 29,675 MA 29,546 LB 28,279 LB 28,262 MA 28,252 CI 27,481 LG 27,150 CI 25,333 FB 25,302 MB 24,867 LV 15,542 LB 9,595 LB 4,231 GS 1,496 LV 1,216 SR 430 LG 180
10.99 27.84 28.33 47.74 59.20 33.47 15.66 105.21 26.09 104.52 99.41 37.71 24.99 32.00 10.99 25.71 33.26 27.58 2.07 16.53 105.23 28.34 29.33 11.97 70.99 10.99 14.34 33.71 21.61 31.26 36.69 10.38 3.03 14.59 15.35
Total Return/Rank Pct Min Init 4-wk 12-mo 5-year Load Invt
+0.5 +17.5/C +8.2 +63.2/C +8.7 +74.4/B +4.7 +41.5/C +8.3 +56.9/E +7.5 +64.9/D +5.0 +50.9/B +8.0 +70.2/B +7.0 +59.4/E +8.0 +70.4/B +7.6 +87.4/A +7.7 +67.7/C +6.5 +61.3/D +8.5+101.0/A +0.5 +17.2/C +7.9 +69.1/C +8.3 +67.9/C +7.9 +67.2/D +4.1 +61.2/A +4.8 +48.7/C +8.0 +70.4/B +8.7 +74.6/B +4.9 +47.0/C +0.4 +19.3/B +10.1 +72.6/B +0.5 +17.0/C +8.9 +80.4/A +8.9 +87.0/C +8.2 +84.1/A +7.4 +83.3/A +8.4 +67.2/C 0.0 +3.9/B +7.8 +59.7/E +14.1+131.6/C +9.3 +64.3/C
+7.3/A +3.0/B +1.4/B +3.6/C +4.5/A +5.0/A +2.8/B +0.6/C +1.6/B +0.8/C -0.4/D +6.6/A +0.3/C +4.3/A +7.1/A +5.4/A +3.9/A +2.7/D +3.7/B +2.4/C +0.7/C +1.5/B +4.7/A +2.8/E +5.8/A +6.8/A +4.3/B +3.9/A +0.9/B +3.5/A +1.3/B +4.9/A -1.5/E +1.9/C +1.2/C
NL 5.75 NL 5.75 NL 5.75 5.75 NL 5.75 NL NL 5.75 5.75 NL NL 5.75 5.75 NL 4.25 5.75 NL NL NL 3.75 NL 3.75 NL NL NL 5.50 5.75 1.50 4.25 5.75 4.75
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CA -Conservative Allocation, CI -Intermediate-Term Bond, ES -Europe Stock, FB -Foreign Large Blend, FG -Foreign LargeGrowth, FV -Foreign Large Value, IH -World Allocation, LB -Large Blend, LG -Large Growth, LV -Large Value, MA -Moderate Allocation, MB -Mid-Cap Blend, MV Mid-Cap Value, SH -Specialty-heath, WS -World Stock, Total Return: Chng in NAV with dividends reinvested. Rank: How fund performed vs. others with same objective: A is in top 20%, E in bottom 20%. Min Init Invt: Minimum $ needed to invest in fund. Source: Morningstar.
Obama pushes health reform plan with zeal
GLENSIDE, Pa. (AP) — Stirring memories of his campaign for the White House, President Barack Obama made a spirited, shirt-sleeved appeal for passage of long-stalled health care changes Monday as Democratic congressional leaders worked behind the scenes on legislation they hope can quickly gain passage. “Let’s seize reform. It’s within our grasp,” the president implored his audience at Arcadia University, the first outside-the-Beltway appearance since he vowed last week to do everything in his power to push his health care plan into law. The president’s pitch was part denunciation of insurance companies — “they continue to ration care on the basis of who’s sick and who’s healthy,” he said — and part criticism of his Republican critics. “You had 10 years. What happened? What were you doing?” he taunted members of a party that held the White House for eight years and control of Congress for a dozen. The outcome could affect almost every American, changing the ways they receive and pay for health care — and extending coverage to tens of millions more people — if the legislation gains final approval. “I’m kind of fired up,” Obama said at the beginning of his remarks, a variation on his oft-stated 2008 refrain, “Fired up. Ready to go.” And he included an appeal to his audience — many of whom were students — to help in the same ways they might in a campaign. “So I need you to knock on doors. Talk to your neighbors. Pick up the phone,” he urged them. Obama made his appeal as Democratic leaders in Congress worked on a rescue plan for legislation that once seemed on the cusp of passage, only to run into difficulty when Senate Republicans gained the seat they needed to block action on a final compromise. The two-step approach now being pursued calls for the House to approve a Senate-passed bill from last year, despite House Democrats’ opposition to several of its provisions. Both houses then would follow by approving a companion measure to make changes in that first bill. In general, Obama wants legislation to expand health care to many millions who lack it, with subsidies to defray the costs for lower income families as well as small businesses. In addition, he has called on Congress to ban insurance industry practices such as denial of coverage because of preexisting conditions. Last month, prior to a daylong meeting with key lawmakers in both parties, Obama outlined several provisions he wants included in the second bill, at least some of which appear likely to be incorporated in some form. Several officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said a Senate-passed excise tax on high-cost insurance plans would be scaled back in deference to objections from labor unions. In another White House proposal, a Senate-passed provision to raise Medicare taxes on the wages of upper income earners would probably be extended — possibly at a higher rate — to investment income such as interest and dividends as well. The fix-it bill would also increase funds the
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Joseph Gliozzo, center, with Cuttone & Co., sits in front of his trading screen Monday at the New York Stock Exchange. Gliozzo is working at a newlydesigned trading desk at the exchange. Associated Press
Market stalls; indexes mixed NEW YORK (AP) — A year after the stock market hit bottom and began a spectacular comeback, it’s getting harder to dazzle investors. Monday was a perfect example of what the market is all about. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 14 and the other major indexes were narrowly mixed as stocks stalled after a big rally on Friday. There was upbeat news, the kind that often sends stock higher: Insurer American International Group Inc. reached a deal to sell one of its major foreign divisions to MetLife Inc. for $15.5 billion. And Royal Dutch Shell and PetroChina offered to buy Australia’s Arrow Energy Ltd. for $3 billion in cash and stock. But investors who rocketed the Dow up 61.2 percent from the 12-year low of 6,547.05 it hit last March 9 weren’t impressed enough to extend the previous day’s big advance. That kind of caution is the reason why the Dow is up just 1.2 percent in 2010. It has stumbled through the first two months of the year because the news just hasn’t been good enough to keep the momentum going.
“We still have the opportunities for further gains but expectations have improved,” said Stu Schweitzer, global markets strategist at J.P. Morgan’s Private Bank in New York. A year ago, investors were buying on the first glints of an improving economy. It started with the news on March 10 that Citigroup Inc., the bank hardest hit by the financial crisis and recession, was turning a profit. Investors were so excited that they sent the Dow up 379 points. During the course of the next year: n The Standard & Poor’s 500 index has gained 68.3 percent from its 12-year low of 676.53. The return is greater when dividends are included. n The technology-dominated Nasdaq composite index has risen 83.8 percent and ended Monday at an 18-month high. n Financial company stocks devastated by the credit crisis and recession have led the market higher. Citigroup, which fell to a low of 97 cents before closing at $1.05 a year ago, was up 239 percent to $3.56 by Monday’s close. The climb has been fairly steady but it has also shown
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signs of stopping when it looked like the economy might founder. In June, it was concern about corporate profits and the pace of the market’s climb. And last month, it was fears that debt problems in Greece and other European countries could cripple the global recovery. Investors are looking for reassurance that the economy is strong enough to justify the past year’s rally. There are important signs that the economy is strengthening but there are also plenty of lingering problems. The number of job losses has gone from around 700,000 per month a year ago to 36,000 in February. Unemployment rate is down but it is still higher than it was a year ago. History shows that the market often heals before the job market does. In downturns in the past 60 years, the S&P 500 index hit bottom an average of four months before a recession ended and about nine months before unemployment reached its peak. But without some concrete signs that the job market is recovering and that consumers in turn are spending more, investors are likely to stay cautious.
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Husband can look but not touch Dear Abby: Regarding your answer to “Yoo-Hoo, I’m Over Here!” (Jan. 10), who was bothered by her husband’s constant leering at women, you’ve got to be kidding. Men have been looking at young women since the beginning of time. My husband and his friends hold “office hours” every morning at our neighborhood coffeehouse. I’ve told him as long as he “touches” only with his eyes, there won’t be a problem. My husband and his pals are not “creepy old men.” They are leaders in our community — doing what they can to make the world a better place, while enjoying the scenery. — Keeping it Real Dear Keeping it Real: I told “YooHoo” that from her description, her husband’s behavior seemed obsessive, that it showed a lack of sensitivity to her feelings and I recommended marriage counseling. Responses from my readers were varied. Read on: Dear Abby: In marriage we promise to love and cherish our wives. That is not what “Yoo-Hoo’s” husband is doing. It is disrespectful to her, his supposed one and only, and to the women he is ogling. When a man stares at another woman, it is not just looking. He is fantasizing about her. And sometimes it doesn’t stop there. — Tom Dear Abby: I have been happily married for 18 years, we have four children, and I can attest that all
Dear Abby Abigail van Buren
men do NOT do that. My husband isn’t blind to a beautiful woman, but he is respectful of my feelings and has enough self-respect to not openly drool over any women in my presence. Unfortunately, we do know “Yoo-Hoo’s” husband’s type. We have seen “men” like him gawking openmouthed at the teenage girls wearing tight jeans at school. We have also made careful note of who they are and who their children are. If an invitation comes for one of our girls to visit their kids at their house, the answer is always NO. — Watchful Mom Dear Abby: You said that if “YooHoo’s” husband were 20 years younger, his behavior would be chalked up to “boys will be boys.” Boys of all ages can be respectful of women — the ones they’re dating or are married to, and the ones who do not want to be ogled by strangers. Appreciating attractive people without being creepy is something people of all ages and both genders are capable of. Please don’t perpetuate this stereotype. — Brooke
Farmer’s night sweats a mystery Dear Dr. Gott: I am an 80-yearold retired farmer. I have night sweats that begin at 10 p.m. and last until 10 a.m. I have to change my pajamas three times a night. This has been going on for three months now. I have been tested by infection, kidney, heart, lung and urology specialists, but everything checks out. I have no fever, diarrhea, vomiting or weight loss, and I continue to have a good appetite. Every blood test that has been taken (for which it seems I have given several pints of blood) is normal. I did have a malignant tumor on my prostate in 1996. After both were removed and the tissue was tested, I did not have to undergo chemotherapy or radiation. My PSA was 0 for nine years, but it is now reading 1.08. I also had a slight stroke six months before I started having the night sweats. Please help. I’m miserable. Dear Reader: The thing that stands out in my mind is your
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prostate cancer. You say both were removed. I take this to mean the tumor and the prostate gland itself. However, the problem with this situation is that now your PSA level is going up, which means that there must be some prostate tissue still present. Your rising level could indicate that the cancer was not eradicated entirely and is now making itself known. Your urologist should be examining you thoroughly to check for any possibility that the cancer has returned. My next thought would be your stroke. Your neurologist would be able to tell you if the damage to your brain could have resulted in your night sweats.
IN THE STARS Your Birthday, March 9; The year ahead could prove to be a fortunate one. PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — This is a good day for stimulating good responses for long-neglected endeavors. ARIES (March 21-April 19) — There is far more going on around you than you realize. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — You’re likely to be a standout, but make sure you will leave something good behind wherever you go. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Concentrate on objectives or goals that are large in scope. CANCER (June 21-July 22) — If you can, spend significant time with people who are enthusiastic about life and their future. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — The aspects favor romance and financial success at this time. Keep moving forward. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Favorable results are indicated from team efforts of all kinds. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Give vent to your creative and ambitious aspirations, and don’t be afraid to think big. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Don’t play coy with someone who truly interests you. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — A sketchy and dubious arrangement will work out perfectly if you don’t try to hurry things. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — This is a perfect day to concentrate on your larger ideas or concepts and temporarily shelve the smaller ones. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — Generous gestures will stimulate similar responses from people with whom you spend your day. This is the time to develop long-anticipated relationships.
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NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 10 SP 45 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by John E. Rozner and Kimberley A. Rozner to Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, Trustee(s), dated the 21st day of December, 2004, and recorded in Book 830, Page 548, in Rutherford County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Rutherford County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door at 229 North Main St in the City of Rutherfordton, Rutherford County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on March 23, 2010 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the Township of Duncan Creek, in the County of Rutherford, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Situate, lying and being in Duncan Creek Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina and being located on the east side of State Road No. 1749 and on the south side of State Road No. 1752 and being at the southeast intersection of the said road, being bounded on the north by the said road and by the Baxter Property, and on the west by State Road No. 1749, and the Toney Property, on the south and east by other property of Cleo Withrow Elam and bounded by metes and bounds as follows: Beginning at a stake in the edge of State Road No. 1752 North 68 deg. 45 min. East 228 feet to a stake in the said road, a new corner; thence a new line through the Elam property South 14 East 313 feet to an iron pin, a new corner; thence another new line through the Elam property South 89 West 325 feet to a iron pin, a new corner in the old line; thence with the edge of State Road No. 1749 North 9 East 227 feet to the place of Beginning, containing 1.65 acres, more or less, the same being according to survey by James W. Elliott, Registered Surveyor, on March 4, 1971. Reference is made to deed dated October 21, 1991, from Randy Dean Robbins, unmarried: Denise A. Robbins Porter and husband, John Lewis Porter to Lydia B. Elliott Hamrick recorded in Deed Book 584, Page 791, Rutherford County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; Said property being located at: 4136 Hollis Road, Ellenboro, North Carolina Trustee may, in the Trustee's sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that person must pay the tax of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance "AS IS, WHERE IS." Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws. A cash deposit or cashier’s check (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, except as stated below in the instance of bankruptcy protection. IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY. This 2nd day of March, 2010. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE BY: Attorney at Law The Law Firm of Hutchens, Senter & Britton, P.A. Attorneys for Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. P.O. 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14 — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, TUESDAY, March 9, 2010 AMENDED NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE 09-SP-307 UNDER AND BY VIRTUE OF the power and authority contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed and delivered by Wesley A. Buchanan and Teresa L. Buchanan, Wife, dated the 23rd day of May, 2003, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Rutherford County, North Carolina, in Book 732 at Page 113 and because of default in the payment of the indebtedness thereby secured and failure to carry out and perform the stipulations and agreements therein contained and, pursuant to demand of the owner and holder of the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will expose for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale in the County Courthouse of Rutherford County, in the city of Rutherfordton, North Carolina, at 10:00 am on the 17th day of March , 2010, all that certain parcel of land, more particularly described as follows:
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION 10 SP 7 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF THE DEED OF TRUST OF JOHN B. BRESTEL and DEBORAH K. BRESTEL, Grantor(s), To:
IMPROVEMENTS: House and lot/Condominium/or Lot LEGAL DESCRIPTION: BEGINNING on an iron pin in the old line, the same being located in the center of State Road #2163, said iron pin also being the northeast corner of the Buchanan 1 acre tract (433/165) and also being located South 89 deg. 56 min. East 221.73 feet from an existing iron pin in the Bostic and Carroll line and running thence from said BEGINNING corner and with the center of said State Road # 2163 South 15 deg. 52 min. West 137.86 feet to an iron pin in center of said road and the northwest corner of the Shelby Jean Bumgardner tract (434/57); thence with the Bumgardner line South 70 deg. 43 min. East 200 feet to a new iron pin; thence North 16 deg. 30 min. East 208 feet to a new iron pin in old line; thence North 89 deg. West 215 feet to an iron pin in the center of State Road #2163, the said BEGINNING corner and containing .83 acre more or less. BEING a part of that same certain tract of land conveyed to J. A. Buchanan and wife by deed dated February 4, 1955, and being on record in the Rutherford County Registry in Deed Book 228 at page 151 to which reference is hereby made for all purposes. ADDITIONAL POSSIBLE STREET ADDRESS FOR REFERENCE PURPOSES ONLY: 347 Bostic Road, Forest City, NC 28043 Notice & Disclaimer: The listed street address may be incorrect and is stated hereby for informational and reference purposes only. The Substitute Trustee makes no certifications or warranties that said street address is accurate or correct. It is each potential bidder's duty to determine with his/her own title examination that said street address is correct and matches the above legal description. The above legal description describes the property being sold and shall be controlling. PRESENT RECORD OWNERS as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds not more than 10 days prior to posting the notice are Wesley A. Buchanan and Teresa L. Buchanan. Trustee may, in the Trustee's sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. In the event that this sale is one of residential real property with less than 15 rental units, an order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to NCGS §45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the Clerk of Superior Court of the County in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days written notice to the landlord. That upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that person must pay the tax of forty-five (45) cents per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308 (a)(1). This sale is also subject to any applicable county and/or state land transfer and/or revenue tax, and the successful third party bidder shall be required to make payment for such tax. The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance "AS IS, WHERE IS". Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the Deed of Trust/Security Instrument, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either Trustee of the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, special assessments, land transfer taxes, if any, encumbrances of record, including prior Deeds of Trust. The Substitute Trustee reserves the right to require a cash deposit or certified check made payable to the Substitute Trustee (no personal checks) for five percent (5%) of the purchase price or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, at the time of the sale. The sale will be held open for ten (10) days for upset bids as by law required. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all remaining amounts are due immediately. If the Trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the Trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the Trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, EXCEPT AS STATED BELOW IN THE INSTANCE OF BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION. IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY.
TRSTE, INC., TRUSTEE, AND WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, BENEFICIARY, As recorded in Deed of Trust Book 913, Page 103, Rutherford County Registry. See Substitution of Trustee as recorded in Deed Book 995, Page 781, Rutherford County Registry, appointing Richard J. Kania as Substitute Trustee. NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE BY SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE TO: Deborah K. Brestel 6536 Hudlow Rd Union Mills, NC 28167
John B. Brestel 6536 Hudlow Rd Union Mills, NC 28167
Occupant 6536 Hudlow Rd Union Mills, NC 28167 Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in that certain deed of trust executed and delivered by the above-named Grantors to Wachovia Bank, National Association, dated July 27, 2006, filed for record on August 14, 2006, securing indebtedness in the original principal amount of $70,834.00 as recorded in Deed of Trust Book 913 at Page 103, Rutherford County Registry (hereinafter, the "Deed of Trust"), and because of the default of in the payment of the indebtedness thereby secured and the failure of to carry out or perform the stipulations and agreements therein contained and pursuant to the demand of the owner and holder of the indebtedness secured by the Deed of Trust, and pursuant to the Order of the Clerk of Superior Court for Rutherford County, North Carolina, entered in this foreclosure proceeding, the undersigned, Richard J. Kania, Substitute Trustee, will expose for sale at public auction on March 22, 2010 at 10:00 A.M. at the usual place of sale as designated by the Clerk of Court for foreclosure sales at the Rutherford County Courthouse, Rutherfordton, North Carolina, the real property in Camp Creek Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina (including any improvements thereon), with the address of 6536 Hudlow Rd, Union Mills, NC 28167, and as described in the attached Exhibit A hereto. EXHIBIT A BEING ALL of that certain tract or parcel of land, containing 1.51 acres, said parcel being more particularly described in a deed to John B. Brestel and wife, Deborah K. Brestel, dated June 9, 2004 and recorded in Book 848, Page 370, Rutherford County Registry. Together with an access right-of-way from Hudlow Road (SR 1510) to the aforementioned parcel, said right-of-way being more particularly described in Book 599, Page 745, Rutherford County Registry. The sale will be made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, restrictions and easements of record and assessments, if any. The record owner of the above-described real property as reflected on the records of the County Register of Deeds not more than ten (10) days prior to the posting of this Notice is: Deborah K. Brestel John B. Brestel An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the County Clerk of Superior Court. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007 may, after receiving this notice of the 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. Pursuant to N.C.Gen.Stat. § 45--21.10(b), and the terms of the Deed of Trust, any successful bidder may be required to deposit with the Trustee immediately upon conclusion of the sale a cash deposit of the greater of five per cent (5%) percent of the amount bid or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00). Any successful bidder shall be required to tender the full balance purchase price so bid in cash or certified check at the time the Trustee tenders to him a deed for the property or attempts to tender such deed, and should said successful bidder fail to pay the full balance purchase price so bid at the time, he shall remain liable on his bid as provided for in N.C.Gen.Stat. § 45-21.30 (d) and (e). This sale will be held open ten (10) days for upset bids as required by law. This the 5th day of January, 2010.
Richard J. Kania Substitute Trustee 600-A Centrepark Drive Asheville, North Carolina 28805 (828) 252-8010 Publish: March 9, 2010 & March 16, 2010
This the 15th day of February, 2010. The Caudle Law Firm, P.A., Substitute Trustee David R. Caudle President & Attorney at Law State Bar Number 6075 2101 Rexford Road, Suite 165W Charlotte, North Carolina 28211 http://www.caudlelawfirm.com
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The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, TUESDAY, March 9, 2010 — 15 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 09 SP 356 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Vera F. Walker to Richard P. Williams, Trustee(s), dated the 25th day of June, 2001, and recorded in Book 0632, Page 0363, in Rutherford County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Rutherford County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door at 229 North Main St in the City of Rutherfordton, Rutherford County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on March 16, 2010 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Rutherford, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows:
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LYING and being on the North side of Dogwood Lane, which street runs southeastward from N.C. Rural Road No. 1586, in Town of Forest City, N.C., and lying on the East side of Lot No. 30 in Block "C" of the Subdivision of the Dr. G.E. Young property as shown on a plat of said subdivision, made by Fred A, Wilkie, Registered Surveyor, in June 1964, and recorded in Plat Book 6, on Page 156, in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Rutherford County, N.C., and being more particularly described by call and distances as follows: BEGINNING in the North edge of Dogwood Lane, said point being located 100.28 feet North 84 deg. East from the Southwest corner of Lot No. 30, also being 13.24 feet South 6 deg. West 183.7 feet to a stake; thence South 86 deg. 6 min. East 101.9 feet to a stake; thence South 6 deg. East from the Southeast corner of Lot No. 30; thence running North 6 deg. West 183.7 feet a stake; thence South 86 deg. 6 min. East 101.9 feet to a stake; thence South 6 deg. East 163.4 feet to the North edge of Dogwood Lane; thence with the North edge of Dogwood Lane South 84 deg. West 100 feet to the place of BEGINNING. Together with improvements located thereon;
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BEING the same and identical property by Ruth L. Beard to Willard M. Walker, deceased, and wife Vera F. Walker by deed dated March 25, 1986 and recorded in Deed Book 484, Page 134, Rutherford County Registry. Parcel ID Number: 04-18228 Trustee may, in the Trustee's sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that person must pay the tax of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance "AS IS, WHERE IS." Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws. A cash deposit or cashier’s check (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, except as stated below in the instance of bankruptcy protection. IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY. This 23rd day of February, 2010. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE BY: Attorney at Law The Law Firm of Hutchens, Senter & Britton, P.A. Attorneys for Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 http://sales.hsbfirm.com Case No: 1013266
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AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 09 SP 212 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Bryan R. Davis and Amy Davis to M. Patricia Oliver, Trustee(s), dated the 16th day of November, 2007, and recorded in Book 984, Page 561, in Rutherford County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Rutherford County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door at 229 North Main St in the City of Rutherfordton, Rutherford County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on March 16, 2010 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the Township of Greenhill, in the County of Rutherford, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Tract One: Situate, lying and being in Green Hill Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina, and being a portion of the lands of Steve T. Mode and wife, Margaret Mode by a deed recorded on Deed Book 729, at Page 21, Rutherford County Registry, and being all of Lots 1 and 2 of Maple Creek Estates as recorded in Plat Book 20, at Page 32, Rutherford County Registry, reference to which plat is hereby made for a full and complete description of the property. Tract Two: Situate, lying and being in Green Hill Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina and being a portion of the lands of Kenneth Franklin Head and wife, Betty Jean Head by a deed recorded in Deed Book 454, at Page 587, Rutherford County Registry, and being more particularly described by metes and bounds according to a map of survey by Lattimore & Peeler Surveying D Dobbins Lattimore, Registered Land Surveyor, bearing drawing number 99-234A, and dated June 4, 1999, as follows: Beginning at a mag nail and cap, control corner, in the centerline of Maple Creek Road (SR1178), said mag nail and cap serving as the Southeast corner of the lands known as Lot 1 of Maple Creek Estates as recorded in Plat Book 20, at Page 32, Rutherford County Registry, and said mag. nail and cap lying South 64 degrees 53 minutes 33 seconds East (passing a mag nail and cap at 153.34 feet) a total distance of 306.69 feet from a mag nail and cap in the center of the intersection of Maple Creek Road with Coopers Gap Road (SR 1172) and running thence from said point of beginning along the Lot 1 Eastern boundary, North 19 degrees 38 minutes 34 seconds East (passing a rebar at 29.58 feet) a total distance of 356.20 feet to a rebar, said rebar serving the Northeast Lot 1 corner and also as the Southeast corner of the lands known as Lot 3 of the said Maple Creek Estates subdivision referenced hereinabove, thence South 52 degrees 43 minutes 06 seconds East 150.00 feet to a new iron pin, thence South 18 degrees 31 minutes 09 seconds West 294.86 feet (passing a new iron pin at 294.86 feet) a total distance of 325.05 feet to a mag nail and cap set in the centerline of Maple Creek Road, said mag nail and cap lying North 64 degrees 54 minutes 35 seconds East 150.12 feet from an unmarked point serving as the Southeast corner of the Head lands hereinabove referenced, thence along the centerline of Maple Creek Road, North 64 degrees 54 minutes 35 seconds West 150.00 feet to the point and place of beginning, containing 1.136 acres, more or less. Being the same and identical property which was conveyed by Randy Monteith and wife, Renee Monteith to Bryan Davis and wife, Amy Davis by deed dated November 16, 2007 and of record in Deed Book ____ at Page ____, Rutherford County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; Said property being located at: 2690 Maple Creek Road, Rutherfordton, North Carolina Trustee may, in the Trustee's sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that person must pay the tax of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance "AS IS, WHERE IS." Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws. A cash deposit or cashier’s check (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, except as stated below in the instance of bankruptcy protection. IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY. This 23rd day of February, 2010. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE BY: Attorney at Law The Law Firm of Hutchens, Senter & Britton, P.A. Attorneys for Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 http://sales.hsbfirm.com Case No: 1010133
16 — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, TUESDAY, March 9, 2010 IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION RUTHERFORD COUNTY 09 sp 553 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY JAMES GRANT AND TAMMY O. GRANT DATED SEPTEMBER 16, 2002 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 690 AT PAGE 44 RERECORDED IN BOOK 712, PAGE 719 IN THE RUTHERFORD COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in the above-referenced deed of trust and because of default in the payment of the secured indebtedness and failure to perform the stipulation and agreements therein contained and, pursuant to demand of the owner and holder of the secured debt, the undersigned substitute trustee will expose for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at the county courthouse of said county at 11:30 AM on March 19, 2010 the following described real estate and any other improvements which may be situated thereon, in Rutherford County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows:
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Having qualified as Executor of the estate of PATRICIA ANN SANSING of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said PATRICIA ANN SANSING to present them to the undersigned on or before the 9th day of June, 2010 or the same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment. This is the 9th day of March, 2010.
Having qualified as Executor of the estate of LOREE C. SPURLIN of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said LOREE C. SPURLIN to present them to the undersigned on or before the 9th day of June, 2010 or the same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment. This is the 9th day of March, 2010.
NORTH CAROLINA RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION BEFORE THE CLERK FILE NO: 10 SP 46
Being all of Lot 6 of the Country Meadows Subdivision as shown on Plat duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Rutherford County, North Carolina in Plat Book 23 at Page 17 to which reference is hereby made for a more full and complete description. Together with a right of way over the existing road known as Country Lane as shown on the above referenced Plat. And Being more commonly known as: 339 Dewitt Owens Rd, Rutherfordton, NC 28139 The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are James Davis Grant. The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance "AS IS, WHERE IS." Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale. Any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. This sale is made subject to all prior liens and encumbrances, and unpaid taxes and assessments including but not limited to any transfer tax associated with the foreclosure. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. This sale will be held open ten days for upset bids as required by law. Following the expiration of the statutory upset period, all remaining amounts are IMMEDIATELY DUE AND OWING. Failure to remit funds in a timely manner will result in a Declaration of Default and any deposit will be frozen pending the outcome of any re-sale. SPECIAL NOTICE FOR LEASEHOLD TENANTS: If you are a tenant residing in the property, be advised that an Order for Possession of the property may be issued in favor of the purchaser. Also, if your lease began or was renewed on or after October 1, 2007, be advised that you may terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days written notice to the landlord. You may be liable for rent due under the agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. The date of this Notice is February 17, 2010. Grady Ingle Substitute Trustee 8520 Cliff Cameron Drive, Suite 300 Charlotte, NC 28269 (704) 333-8107 http://shapiroattorneys.com/nc/ 09-120438 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 09 SP 447 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Keven J. Bennema and Kim Bennema, Wife to PRLAP, Inc., Trustee(s), dated the 23rd day of February, 2007, and recorded in Book 942, Page 756, in Rutherford County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Rutherford County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door at 229 North Main St in the City of Rutherfordton, Rutherford County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on March 16, 2010 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the Township of Morgan, in the County of Rutherford, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: All that certain lot or parcel of land situated in Morgan Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina, and more particularly described as follows: Being Lot Number 10 of Queen's Gap, Phase I, as described more fully in plat recorded in Plat Book 27, Pages 280-292 ("the Plat"), Rutherford County Registry, to which plat reference is hereby made for a more full and accurate description. Together with improvements located thereon; Said property being located at: Phase 1,Lot 10 Queens Gap, Shire Extension Road, Rutherfordton, North Carolina Subject to Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions for Queen's Gap as recorded in Book 917, Page 402-442, Rutherford County Register of Deeds and recorded in Book 891, Page 624-664, McDowell County Register of Deeds, and any amendments and supplemental thereto. Subject to all matters shown on subdivision plat of Queen's Gap, Phase I, as recorded in Plat Book 27, Pages 280-292, Rutherford County Register of Deeds, and Plat Book 13, Pages 60-72, McDowell County Register of Deeds, hereinafter referred to as "the Plat". Trustee may, in the Trustee's sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that person must pay the tax of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance "AS IS, WHERE IS." Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws. A cash deposit or cashier’s check (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, except as stated below in the instance of bankruptcy protection. IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY.
Lillian Calvert, Executor 342 Bethany Church Rd. Forest City, NC 28043
Judith Ann Helton, Executor 129 Riceville Road Rutherfordton, NC 28139
IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF THE DEED OF TRUST OF AUNDRA L. STALEY and wife, DEBORAH M. STALEY, Grantor, TO Robert W. Wolf, Substitute Trustee, As recorded in Deed of Trust Book 927, Page 564, Rutherford County Registry. NOTICE OF SALE OF FORECLOSURE Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in that certain deed of trust executed by Aundra L. Staley and wife, Deborah M. Staley, to Peter E. Lane, Trustee, dated November 16, 2006, and recorded in Deed of Trust Book 927, Page 564, Rutherford County Registry, and assigned in Deed Book 986, Page 156, Rutherford County Registry; and assigned again in Deed Book 993, Page 77, Rutherford County Registry, and under and by virtue of an order of the Clerk of Superior Court of Rutherford County, North Carolina, made and entered on the 24th day of February, 2010, default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness thereby secured and said deed of trust being by the terms thereof subject to foreclosure and the holder of the indebtedness thereby secured having demanded a foreclosure thereof for the purpose of satisfying said indebtedness, the undersigned substitute trustee will offer for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the courthouse door in Rutherfordton, North Carolina at 12:00 o’clock noon on the 19th day of March, 2010, the property conveyed in said deed of trust, same lying and being in Rutherford County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: EXHIBIT A Legal Description of Property Lying and being in High Shoals Township, Rutherford County, N.C., being bound on the West by Chase High Road (SR 2210), on the North and East by the lands of Leo Buckner and wife as described in deed recorded in deed book 237, page 634, Rutherford County Registry, N.C. , and being more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at point lying in the centerline of Chase High Road, said beginning point being the Southwestern most corner of the tract herein described, said beginning point also being the Southwestern most corner of the property described in deed recorded in deed book 919, page 125, Rutherford County Registry, N.C., and running thence from said beginning point and leaving said road, North 82 degrees 17 minutes 54 seconds East (crossing an iron pin (axle) at 29.52 feet in line) 266.63 feet to an iron pin at a fence corner, thence North 07 degrees 38 minutes 01 second West 76.69 feet to an iron pin at a fence corner, thence North 88 degrees 50 minutes 23 seconds West (crossing an iron pin at 174.17 feet in the line) 242.67 feet to a point in the centerline of Chase High Road (SR 2210), which point lies South 06 degrees 42 minutes 33 seconds West 12.66 feet from a railroad spike lying in the centerline of said road, thence with the centerline of said road, South 06 degrees 06 minutes 24 seconds West 42.78 feet to a point, thence South 05 degrees 25 minutes 07 seconds West 44.42 feet to a point, thence South 05 degrees 05 minutes 39 seconds West 30.02 feet to the BEGINNING, containing 0.561 acres, according to a map and survey by Burnt Chimney Surveying Charles D. Owens, Jr., Registered Land Surveyor, dated October 1, 2007. SAVING AND EXCEPTING that certain tract or parcel conveyed to BB&G Properties of Rutherford County, LLC by U.S. Bank, National Association, as Trustee for the Specialty Underwriting and Residential Trust Mortgage Asset Backed Certificates, Series 2007-BC2, as described in deed recorded in Deed Book 985, Page 869, Rutherford County Registry, and being more particularly described as follows: Situate, lying and being in High Shoals Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina, being the same and identical property in deed recorded in Deed Book 889, Page 299, Rutherford County Registry, and being described according to said deed as follows: Lying and being on the East side of North Carolina Rural Road No. 2210 near Floyd’s Creek Baptist Church and being described by calls and distances as follows: BEGINNING at a stake in the east edge of North Carolina Rural Road No. 2210 at the point where the North line of the land belonging to the George Allen Estate intersects the East edge of said road, and the line runs thence with the North line of the George Allen estate North 80 degrees 30 minutes East 215 feet to a stake at a new corner in the old line; thence the new line North 04 degrees 45 minutes West 70 feet to an iron pin, new corner; thence another new line North 88 degrees West 190 feet to a line in the East edge of North Carolina Rural Road No. 2210, thence with the East edge of said road South 08 degrees 30 minutes West 112 feet to the place of BEGINNING. Being the same and identical property conveyed by Bobby Glenn Buckner and wife, Rita P. Buckner, by a deed recorded in Deed Book 301 at Page 265, Rutherford County Registry. 2039 Chase High Road, Forest City, North Carolina 28043 The record owner of the above described real property as reflected on the records of the Rutherford County Register of Deeds not more than ten (10) days prior to the posting of this notice is Aundra L. Staley and wife, Deborah M. Staley. Pursuant to North Carolina General Statute Section 45-21.10(b), and the terms of the Deed of Trust, any successful bidder will be required to deposit with the Trustee immediately upon conclusion of the sale a cash deposit of the greater of 5% of the total bid or $750 of the bid as a forfeit and guarantee of compliance with this bid, the same to be credited on his bid when accepted. Any successful bidder shall be required to tender the full balance purchase price so bid in cash or by certified check at the time the substitute trustee tenders to him a deed for the property or attempts to tender such deed, and should said successful bidder fail to pay the full balance purchase price so bid at that time, he shall remain liable on his bid as provided for in North Carolina General Statute Section 45.21-30(d) and (e). The foregoing sale shall be made subject to all prior liens or encumbrances, outstanding ad valorem taxes, restrictive covenants, rights of ways and easements of record. The foregoing sale of the property subject of this action is made as is, where is, with no warranties as to title. This sale will be held open ten (10) days for upset bids as required by law. /s/__________________________ Robert W. Wolf, Substitute Trustee 138 South Broadway Street Forest City, NC 28043 Telephone: (828) 245-7366 State Bar No. 4808
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This 23rd day of February, 2010. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE BY: Attorney at Law The Law Firm of Hutchens, Senter & Britton, P.A. Attorneys for Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 http://sales.hsbfirm.com Case No: 1017391
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