daily courier march 26 2010

Fly fishing tournament to be held — Page 5 Sports Madness returns The Sweet 16 got underway Thursday and Duke was set to go tonight against Purdue

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Friday, March 26, 2010, Forest City, N.C.

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Pelosi, GOP worried about threats

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Resorts lead to tourism increase

Those Bygone Days Area school students attended a Theatre for Young Audiences presentation of “Patchwork –The Little House Life of Laura Ingalls Wilder” Thursday at the Foundation at Isothermal Community College in Spindale. The production told the tale of Laura Ingalls Wilder, born in 1867, and her travels across America’s rolling plains in the back of a covered wagon with her family. The Ingalls faced hardships and triumphs in a wondrous new land, with sometimes only their faith and the love of family to sustain them. The next Theatre for Young Audiences production will be “If You Give a Pig a Pancake & Other Story Books” held Thursday, April 29, 2010, at 10 a.m. and noon.

For more information, call (828) 286-9990

By SCOTT BAUGHMAN

Daily Courier Staff Writer

FOREST CITY — Rutherford County’s Tourism Development Authority saw tourism numbers increase by 10 percent for the month of February 2010 over the same period last year.

The TDA board was informed of the increase in traffic during their March meeting Thursday afternoon.

“This was great news,” said Michelle Whitaker, acting executive Director for the TDA. “When I attended the governor’s conference on tourism earlier this month I heard from other TDAs around the state that were happy to be down only 15 percent. For us to be up at all, and certainly 10 percent, it is wonderful.”

The increases came across the board in almost all categories such as bed and breakfasts, hotels and campgrounds. But one category raised the bar considerably.

“The one category that led the totals was resorts which were up about 113 percent last month,” Whitaker said.

“We don’t really know

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WNCW moves closer to fundraising goal

By ALLISON FLYNN Daily Courier Staff Writer

DEATHS Rutherfordton

Rusty Buchanan Vaughn Edwards Charles Washburn Forest City Robert McEntire Gene McEathron Elsewhere C.J. Earley Nessa Twitty Mazelle Smith Page 5

FOREST CITY – As of Thursday afternoon, WNCW was $60,000 closer to its goal of $150,000 during the public radio station’s spring membership drive.

The drive began last Saturday and ends this Saturday at 7 p.m., said Dave Kester, director of programming and operations at the station.

This year is the first time the station has really set a monetary goal for the drive, Kester said. That amount – $150,000 – is close to the amount of money the station lost when funding from the state was

stripped by the North Carolina General Assembly last year. The state funding made up about one-sixth of the station’s annual operating budget. The station also receives funding from Isothermal Community College, where the station is located.

“It’s actually going really well,” Kester said of the fundraising event. “We are pretty close to $60,000 now and we have until Saturday to go.”

There are 10 phones being manned at the station for pledges that are called in, Kester said, and people can also make pledges on the station’s Web site at www.

wncw.org.

“We’ve had people calling in from Asheville, Greenville, Charlotte, Tennessee,” Kester said. “Online pledges have come from Austria, Scotland and around the world.”

Those who make a pledge before 6 tonight will automatically be entered to win tickets to the Bonnaroo in Manchester, Tenn., June 10-13.

And while the pledge drive ends Saturday night, people can still contribute to WNCW through the Web site, Please see WNCW, Page 6

Group works to honor memory of ‘Little Detroit’

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Buddy Bennett, Dr. Jack Wofford and Gary Barnett pose by this 1955 Pontiac outside Bennett Classics Museum Tuesday. The three, along with others, are working to gather memorabilia, pictures and anecdotes to place in the Little Detroit Heritage Museum, which will be housed inside Bennett Classics.

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FOREST CITY – In the period following World War II, Rutherford County became known as a hub for refurbished cars, earning the nickname “Little Detroit.”

Now, a group of individuals dedicated to preserving the history are working to create the Little Detroit Heritage Museum, which will be inside Bennet Classics Museum.

“Going to purchase cars up North came to greatest prominence after World War II,” said Dr. Jack Wofford, who is working with Buddy Bennett and Gary Barnett to plan the museum. “There were very few cars being manufactured and the boys would go, buy and refurbish them, and then sell them back to them.”

Preserving the history of the area that involves cars – including racing – is the purpose of the museum, Barnett said.

“It’s just a big history,” he said. “Not just the bringing cars down, but also the repair and racing aspects. Some of the same families are still in the same business today.”

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At Your Leisure Reunion to be held at Cowan

J.C. Cowan plant reunion: June 19, at Crowe Park in Forest City. The Dogwood and Forest City shelters are reserved for the event. Both have picnic areas with playground equipment for children.

Bring a covered dish and drinks to share (no alcohol). Cups, plates, napkins, utensils, ice and tea provided. Bring lawn chairs and wear an old BI shirt or cap, if you still have one.

For more information contact Don or Jackie Wilson at 657-5021 or via email at jccowanreunion@yahoo.com.

CWS presents March Maddness: Saturday, March 27, at the old Mooresboro Gym in Mooresboro; featuring the ECW

original wild eyed Southern Boy Tracy Smothers, ECW’s High Flying Chris Hamrick, and many more CWS superstars; doors open at 7 p.m.; Bell time 8 p.m.; for more information call 828-205-9374.

The Marshall Tucker Band will be in concert May 29, at GardnerWebb University beginning at 7 p.m. Tickets are $30 (floor) and $25 (stadium). For information or tickets call 704-481-9535, or email at michellecrka@aol. com. Web site www. freewebs.com/crkarainbow. All proceeds from the concert will go to Cleveland-Rutherford Kidney Association (CRKA).

Legal Grounds, 217 North Main St., Rutherfordton, offers the following entertain-

ment: March 27 — Matt Ryan Band Web site www.legalgrounds.net.

Barley’s Taproom & Pizzeria, 115 W. Main St., Spindale, (no cover charge) announces the following entertainment: March 26 — The Bad Popes March 27 — Alan Biggerstaff April 1 — Nancy Apple April 2 — The Accentrix April 3 — Pond Water Experiment April 9 — The Lone Derangers April 10 — Makia Groove April 16 — Laurel Ridge April 17 — The Old Meters April 23 — Tater Family Circus

April 24 — The Space Heaters April 30 — Mercy Creek Web site www.barleystaproom.com.

M Squared Restaurant, 125 West Main St., Spindale, offers the following entertainment: Tuesdays — Soup/ Sandwich Night, Alex Thompson on keyboard Wednesdays — Trivia at 8 p.m. (half price wine bottles) Thursdays — Seafood Night Friday — Alex Thompson on keyboard, $5 Martini Night Saturday — No entertainment Sundays — Brunch and Bloody Mary Bar (weekly) Web site www. msquaredrestaurant. com.

Club L.A. is a private club for members and guests, located at 319 W. Main St., Spindale. Admission — members free, guest $5. Saturdays from 10 p.m. until 2 a.m. Each Thursday is ladies’ night and Karaoke from 8 to 11 p.m.

Shagging every Friday night from 8 to 11 p.m.

Memberships available (ages 25 and up). ABC permits.

Wagon Wheel Dance Club, W.E. Padgett Rd., Bostic, offers a variety of music for line dancing, partner dancing, swing and more. The following entertainment is announced: March 27 — Broken Axle Band, 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Admission $7. Concessions, game room, family entertainment. Dance lessons every Tuesday night from 7:30 to 10 p.m., $3 per person.

Web site www.wagonwheeldanceclub.com.

Seams to Be Fabrics, located at 256 U.S. Hwy. 74 Bsn., (beside the Moose Lodge), offers a variety of sewing classes.

Web site seamstobefabrics.com.

LuLu’s Country Club & Karaoke has karaoke and dancing every week, Thursday - Saturday. Doors open at 7 p.m. Cover charge $3 on Thursdays, and $5 Friday and Saturday (BYOB). Ages 18 and up with valid ID. The club is located off Railroad Ave., at 156 Sunset Street in Rutherfordton.

Positively Paper Inc., located at 121 East Main St., Forest City, offers the following classes in card making and scrapbooking.

Web site www.positivelypaperinc.com.

Off the Beaded Path, located at 120B West Trade St., Forest City, offers Try-it-Tuesdays (every Tuesday) which features brief jewelrymaking demos. The following classes are also available: March 27 — Bead Club, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

March 30 — Starfish Pendant, 6 to 8 p.m.

Web site offthebeadedpathbeadstore.com.

Next Level Gamez, 118 E. Main St., Forest City, offers: Tuesdays — Magic the Gathering League, 4 to 8 p.m.

Wednesdays — New comic books arrive, Star Wars Miniatures, 6 to 9 p.m.

Thursdays — Dungeons & Dragons, 5 to 8 p.m.

Fridays — Friday Night Magic starts at 4:30 p.m.

Saturdays — Magic the Gathering tournament from 1 to 5 p.m.

Web site nextlevelgamez.com.

Bo Eason’s Runt of the Litter: Friday, March 26, beginning at 8 p.m., at The Tryon Fine Arts Center, 34 Melrose Ave., Tryon.

Tickets held for the original performance (postponed due to weather) will be honored. For more information call 828-8598322.

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

Web site unionmillslearningcenter.org.

Black Pearls Farm in Bostic, a non-profit Equine and CSA Learning Center, announces the following events: Open horse lessons — Saturdays beginning at 10 a.m., (call ahead) Contact Barbara Henwood at 245-0023.

Web site blackpearlsfarm.com.

Tweetsie Railroad opens Friday, April 30, for the 2010 season.

Golden Rail Season Passes are offered now through May 2, where guests can take advantage of preseason rates and save up to $15 per pass (adults save $15, children $10). Adults can visit Tweetsie all season long for $65, and children ages 3-12 for $45. After May 2, season pass rates are $80 and $55. For more information call 1-877-TWEETSIE. Web site tweetsie.com.

High-living pastors freed until tax trials CHARLOTTE (AP) — Husband-and-wife pastors have been ordered to live apart until their trial next month on charges they dodged paying taxes they owed on millions of dollars in income their church paid them.

Anthony and Harriet Jinwright are charged with tax evasion, conspiracy to defraud the Internal Revenue Service and filing false tax returns. They are accused in an indictment of not reporting $1.8 million in taxable income.

Both Jinwrights have pleaded not guilty and have been free on bond since their indictments in 2009.

Their trial is scheduled to begin April 6.

U.S. District Judge Frank Whitney decided Wednesday to allow the Jinwrights to remain free on bond. But he said there is probable cause that the pastors are conspiring not to pay their overdue taxes and ordered them not to live together so their communication would be limited, The Charlotte Observer reported.

“The government has shown they are involved in a conspiracy,” Whitney said. “I’m going to have to separate them.”

But the Jinwrights’ are not a flight risk or a danger to the community, so revoking their bonds would be inappropriate, Whitney said. He said the couple could to continue to work together at Greater Salem City of God in Charlotte and to meet together with lawyers for trial preparation.

Prosecutors had argued the Jinwrights should be jailed because they were violating their bond by not paying $85,000 in back taxes for 2007 and 2008. The Jinwrights reported total wages of a little more than $465,000 on their 2007 joint tax return, prosecutors said, excluding a housing allowance of about $161,000 and a car allowance of nearly $46,000.

The Jinwrights spent lavishly and received more than $5.3 million from the church from 2001 through 2007, prosecutors said.

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Our Views Good old days often were not

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oung people of every generation have rolled their eyes and looked askance as their parents used the “When I was a kid ...” line to illustrate just how much better off children are this day.

As a nation, we Americans have a similar fixation as we look at what’s happening around us and lament the passing of the “good old days” when everything was so much better.

Unfortunately, the truth is that in most cases, those parental recollections and the oft cited good old days are simply grand illusions. Of course, things were different in the past. But they were not always better. OK, so bread used to cost a dime a loaf, but how long and hard did people have to work for that dime? Or how many people went without store-bought bread?

The march through time to where we are today has been marked by dramatic changes in every generation. All those changes have certainly affected us for good and for bad.

In this sea of change, it is not surprising that we often feel nostalgic for times past. Each of us can look back on times in our lives when we felt secure, happy and comfortable. It is only human to long to have those same feelings again.

Therein lies the problem with nostalgia. We tend to look back through fuzzy lenses, focused usually on the times when we felt good. Any warts or blemishes on those past times are ignored.

These fuzzy lenses on the past often play tricks on us and it takes some effort to be able to sharpen that focus and put some reality back into our reflections.

There is nothing wrong with a bit of nostalgia now and then. By reclaiming those times when we felt good about the world and about ourselves we help to anchor ourselves when we do not feel so comfortable. The threat comes when we allow those warm, fuzzy feelings to overwhelm reality and leave us hanging on to myths instead of seeking truth.

Our readers’ views Expresses objections to TJCA lawsuit To the editor: I’m enraged over Thomas Jefferson’s Classical Academy’s lawsuit against our public school.

This is a greedy attempt to take monies from the taxpayer in order to fund a charter school for programs they don’t even offer.

Thank you to Mr. Petty for your informative letter. I hope his letter could be used as a argument in court, the defense is being paid by taxpayer money.

Citizens should rise up and start a defense fund against this lawsuit.

Karen Marie Lauver Rutherfordton

Says make those Easter bunnies all chocolate To the editor: A week after Easter, the Easter candy will already be forgotten, and sadly, so will the new pet rabbit. Each year thousands of unwanted former Easter rabbits fill local rabbit rescues and humane societies.

Fun Bun Facts: n A well-cared for bunny can live for 10to 12 years. n A bunny is as smart as a dog and will respond to his name and the names of his humans. A bunny can be litter-box trained. n Bunnies like to nibble on power cords so a puppy enclosure is the best place to keep him when you’re not home. n Bunnies love to play with cat toys. n Bunnies need exercise and hate the heat, so an outdoor rabbit house is never a good place to house a bunny. Raccoons and other outdoor predators like to terrorize bunnies at night.

Go to www.rabbit.org, www.

makeminechocolate.org and www.thebunnybasics.com, all are excellent websites that will help you find the information you need to decide if a rabbit is the right companion for you and your family and they can help you find a local rabbit rescue shelter so you can give a homeless bunny a second chance.

Purchases made from these organizations will help to support rabbit rescue and education.

Susan Thompson Ellenboro

Objects to new college admission policy To the editor: The State Board of Community Colleges just voted 13-1 to admit illegal immigrants to our state community colleges provided they graduate from a U.S. high school and pay out-of-state tuition.

The lone no vote came from Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton.

The restrictions for entrance are the same for my granddaughter who graduated from high school in Polk County and works here in Rutherford County. But in order to attend ICC, she would have to pay out-of-state tuition because she now lives just across the state line in South Carolina. In other words, a person in the country illegally has the same rights as my granddaughter, an American citizen. There is something wrong with this picture.

We are not obligated to educate these illegal immigrants just because they are here. They should have to go back to their home country and apply for a student visa. Then they could take advantage of our educational system. They could then return back home and use their new education.

Illegal immigrants should not be in our country much less our schools.

Judy Patterson Rutherfordton

Apparently these are the Droids you’re looking for I’m a huge gadget head.

Our award-winning photographer Garrett Byers is also a big fan of gadgets and technology in general.

We can spend hours (nay, DAYS) discussing some old school tech like the Nintendo Entertainment System — affectionately known as the NES — from the 1980s. Or we can totally geek out talking about modern video games and computers as well.

But the most recent generation of smartphones are what have really been floating our nerd boats over the past few months. Nevermind that we seem to have fallen on opposite sides of the Mac vs. PC debates of that field.

There are basically two schools of thought when it comes to smartphones. There are those who are big on the more Microsoft or PC versions of operating systems and those who are huge supporters of Apple’s iPhone — you know, the device that

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revolutionized the idea of a cell phone into a smartphone.

Two guesses which side of that divide this Macophile is on. Yes, I think the iPhone is one of mankind’s greatest achievements (in the realm of technology anyway) and I am literally counting the days left on my Verizon contract until I can break out of it and go get an iPhone of my own from AT&T. But Garrett is more of a fan of his new Droid phone from Verizon. At first glance, this thing looked like a poorman’s (well, not THAT poor) clone of the iPhone. But I’m a bit prejudiced in that I think any touchscreen mobile

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The head of Garrett Byers has become ‘Droided.’

phone is a clone of the iPhone. The only device that I think predates it as handheld and touchscreen is one of those Palm PDAs (that’s personal digital assistant for those who don’t remember that particular device.)

So, anyway, the Droid is

actually a bit different and uses that new Android operating system. It isn’t really much like Microsoft either.

The Android operating system has more in common with Linux - and if you know what that is, you’re probably a big fan of this column.

So, Garrett is fooling around with his Droid and finds a new app on it’s app store. Okay, it isn’t called “the App Store” as that is obviously Apple’s thing, but it’s the Droid Marketplace, I think. And he found an app that was a bar code scanner. A bar code scanner?

Seriously?

Yes, seriously, a bar code scanner that uses the phone’s camera to scan the UPCs of various foods and then gives you all the nutritional data about the product.

Yeah, that is so incredibly cool. He held his Snickers bar up to the camera and the phone made a cool “Bleep” sound just like the scanner at

Food Lion or any other grocery store. Bam, instantly the nutritional info came up on the phone’s screen.

It didn’t just include all the stuff on the label either.

It had estimated net carbs from the candy bar (It’s 34 grams for those who care) and the fact that this one candy bar makes up 14 percent of your recommended daily intake of 2,000 calories.

While I’m sure that the iPhone has a similar app (after all it has a built-in camera as well) this was my first encounter with such a program. Surely, we can use this to help live healthier lives and make better food choices, right?

The key here, though, is that the phone doesn’t make the choices for you, it just gives you the information and lets you make your own choices. The accuracy is spot-on, though, which makes it a useful tool.

And that’s some good news.

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local/obituaries/state Obituaries Gene McEathron

Eugene D. “Gene” McEathron, 66, of Forest City, died Wednesday, March 24, 2010, at Mission Hospital in Asheville, following a sudden illness.

Born in Ogdensburg, N.Y., he was a son of the late Ernest McEathron.

He served in the Navy before attending Clarkson University in Potsdam, N.Y., where he received a degree in engineering. Mr. McEathron worked as a mechanical engineer for many years at PPG in Shelby, before retiring in 2002 as head of the research and development department.

He is survived by his wife, Rose McEathron; his mother, Ella Hazelton Williams; two sons, Daniel McEathron and Jason Johns; three daughters, Ellen Winchell, Denise Gould and Melissa Auvil; seven brothers, Ernest McEathron Jr., Richard McEathron, Ray McEathron, Daniel Williams, Michael Williams, Edward Williams and Steve Williams; five sisters, Ruth Mead, Linda Manchester, Norma Frankie, Nora Jean Love and Rita Clarke; seven grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.

A celebration of life will be conducted at 3 p.m. Saturday at Crowe’s Mortuary with visitation one hour prior to the service.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Rutherford County Animal Shelter, 578 Laurel Hill Dr., Rutherfordton, NC 28139.

Online condolences www. crowemortuary.com.

Robert McEntire

Robert Levette “Bone” McEntire, 48, of 120 Sherrill St., Forest City, died Tuesday, March 23, 2010.

He was a son of the late Mamie Lee McEntire Douglas and Robert Franklin Hampton.

Survivors include a son, Roddrick McEntire of Forest City; two daughters, Charkelia McEntire of Shelby, and Jennifer McEntire of Charlotte; his grandmother, Bivion Carson of Forest City; six sisters, eight brothers, and a number of nieces, nephews and cous-

ins.

Funeral services will be conducted at 3:30 p.m.

Saturday at Thompson’s Mortuary Chapel with the Rev. Travis McEntire officiating. Burial will follow in the Doggett Grove Cemetery.

The body will lie in state one hour prior to the service.

Vaughn Edwards Vaughn E. Edwards, 87, of Rutherfordton, died Wednesday, March 24, 2010, at White Oak Manor Nursing Home in Rutherfordton.

A native of Macon County, he was a son of the late W.H. Edwards and Martha Florence Wikle Edwards.

He was a member of Oak Springs Baptist Church, where he formerly served as Sunday School superintendent.

He is survived by three brothers, John Edwards, Melbourne, Fla., Troy Edwards of Boiling Springs, and Paul Edwards of Monroe.

Arrangements are being handled by McMahan’s Funeral Home, where the family will receive friends Saturday from noon to 1:30 p.m. A graveside service will be conducted at 2 p.m.

Saturday in the Oak Springs Baptist Church cemetery with the Rev. Don Hollifield officiating.

Online condolences www.mcmahansfuneralhome.com.

Rusty Buchanan Russell Steven “Rusty” Buchanan, 61, of Rutherfordton, died Thursday, March 25, 2010, at Rutherford Hospital.

A native of Rutherford County, he was a son of the late Earl Buchanan. He was a member of Southern Baptist Church and retired from Rose’s Department Store.

He is survived by his mother, Dorothy Owens Buchanan of Rutherfordton; two sisters, Kay Hammond of Lexington, S.C., and Joan Koone of Rutherfordton; two brothers, Joey Buchanan of Rutherfordton, and Lee Earl Buchanan of Chapin, S.C. Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Saturday at Southern Baptist Church with the Revs. John Perry

Jr. and Ed Rogers officiating. The body will lie in state 30 minutes prior to the service. The family will receive friends following the service in the church fellowship hall. Interment in the Rutherfordton City Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Southern Baptist Church, 140 Church St., Rutherfordton, NC 28139.

McMahan’s Funeral Home and Cremation Services is in charge of arrangements.

Online condolences www.mcmahansfuneralhome.com.

Nessa Twitty Vanessa “Nessa” Twitty, 55, of 84223 Fuentes Court, Fort Hood, Tex., died Thursday, March 18, 2010, at her residence.

She was a daughter of the late Mary Lizzie Twitty and a member of New Zion CME Church, Pea Ridge community.

Survivors include two sons, Staff Sgt. Brian Lamont Twitty of Fort Hood, and Ryan Twitty of Rutherfordton; a daughter, Tiffany Smith of Salisbury; one sister, Sallie Twitty of Rutherfordton; a number of nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be conducted at noon Saturday at New Bethel AME Zion Church with the Rev. Eleanor Miller officiating.

Burial will follow in the New Zion CME Church cemetery, Pea Ridge community. The body will lie in state one hour prior to the service.

Thompson’s Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.

Charles Washburn Charles Roosevelt Washburn, 76, of Rutherfordton, died Wednesday, March 24, 2010, at Oak Grove Nursing Facility in Rutherfordton after a long illness.

A native of Rutherford County, he was a son of the late Esro Roosevelt and Annie Mae Turner Washburn, and a member of St. Gabriel’s Episcopal Church.

Survivors include four sons, Terry Wayne Washburn of Hattiesburg, Miss., Charles Kevin Washburn and

Spencer Levon Washburn, of Rutherfordton, and Timothy Henry Washburn of Nebo; one stepdaughter, Vanessa Miller Stovall of Goldsboro; one sister, Catherine Washburn Twitty of Cleveland, Ohio; brothers, Jerry Lee Washburn of Rutherfordton, and Jasper Washburn of Cleveland, Ohio; 18 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m.

Saturday at St. Gabriel’s Episcopal Church in Rutherfordton.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Hospice of Rutherford County, P.O. Box 336, Forest City, NC 28043.

Ulysses D. Miller Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

C.J. Earley C.J. Earley, 88, of 241 W. Durham St., Landrum, S.C., died Wednesday, March 24, 2010.

He was a son of the late Claude and Della Harris Earley, and also preceded in death by his wife, Rachel Frady Earley. He founded Earley Sheet Metal in 1952, was a member of Landrum First Baptist Church, and a Shriner.

He is survived by a daughter, Linda Smith of Gowensville; a son, Dennis Earley of Landrum; four grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren; a sister, Marie Nix of Yadkinville; a brother, Buster Earley of Mt. Pleasant, S.C. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Evergreen Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends following the service.

The family is at the Earley home, 241 W. Durham St., Landrum.

Memorials may be made to Hospice of the Carolina Foothills, 130 Forest Glen Dr., Columbus, NC 28722.

Petty Funeral Home & Crematory, Landrum, S.C., is in charge of arrangements.

Online condolences www.pettyfuneralhome.com.

Mazelle Smith Mazelle Guyton Smith, 82, of Kings Mountain, died

Fly fishing tourney to benefit school

LAKE LURE — Proceeds from the Second Annual Olympiad Fly Masters Tournament on April 24-25 in Lake Lure will benefit the new Lake Lure Classical Academy, a charter school open to students in multiple counties including Rutherford, Polk and Henderson. Day one of the fly-fishing tournament begins on April 24 at 9 a.m. with distance and accuracy casting for both youth and adults. The top ten adult finishers will advance to day two’s fishing rounds where the winner is judged on the combined length of five fish caught in a two-hour time frame.

As a subsidiary event of the Hickory Nut Gorge Olympiad, an annual summer sports festival, funds raised from the fly-fishing tournament will benefit athletic programs of the Lake Lure Classical Academy.

While full funding for the school building itself has already been secured, money is still needed for auxiliary items such as playground

equipment.

Michael Yelton, owner and operator of The Granddaddy Fly-Fishing Experience and member of Team Stonefly Competitive Fly Fishing, is once again hosting the tournament for the Olympiad.

“Fly-fishing tournaments are more about the camaraderie you share with your fellow anglers, not about being the best,” said Yelton.

The 2010 tournament winner will take home a cash prize plus a 3-day/2night stay at Firefly Cove and original artwork from angler Paul Thompson.

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C.J. Earley C.J. Earley, 88, of 241 W. Durham Street, Landrum, SC, passed away March 24, 2010.

He was the son of the late Claude and Della Harris Earley. He was predeceased by his beloved wife, Rachel Frady Earley.

He founded Earley Sheet Metal in 1952, was a member of Landrum First Baptist Church and a Shriner.

Mr. Earley is survived by a daughter, Linda Smith and husband, Charles of Gowensville; a son, Dennis Earley and wife, Ann of Landrum; four grandchildren, Shannon Smith and wife, Amy, Brandon Smith and wife, Elizabeth all of Campobello, Kevin Earley and wife, Becky and Melody Earley all of Landrum; nine great grandchildren; a sister, Marie Nix of Yadkinville, NC and a brother, Buster Earley of Mt. Pleasant, SC. He was predeceased by a brother, N.L. Earley and a sister, Janet Ellington.

Graveside services will be held at 2:00pm Saturday, March 27, 2010 at Evergreen Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends following the service.

The family is at the home, 241 W. Durham Street.

Memorials may be made to Hospice of the Carolina Foothills, 130 Forest Glen Drive, Columbus, NC 28722.

Condolences may be left at www.pettyfuneralhome.com.

Petty Funeral Home & Crematory, Landrum, SC is in charge of arrangements.

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Martha Hope Harrill Martha Hope Harrill, age 84, of Elizabeth Avenue, Forest City, North Carolina died Wednesday, March 24, 2010 at Fairhaven Home where she was a resident.

She was born August 13, 1925 in Forest City and was the daughter of the late Hope and Willie Lou Hardin Harrill; a homemaker and lifelong member of the First Baptist Church of Forest City and a graduate of Cool Springs High School. She was preceded in death by her husband, James Roy Harrill.

Survivors include her cousins, John C. Hardin of Charlotte, NC and Julia H. Jackson of Mill Spring, NC, along with numerous other cousins, her niece, Bobbie Harrill Walker of Forest City, and nephews, Lee Harrill of Rutherfordton, Mike Harrill of Forest City, and Mitch Harrill of Bostic and her faithful caregivers, Katie Kelley, Babara Blue, and Deborah Vance.

Funeral services will be held Friday, March 26, 2010 at Eleven o'clock in the morning at The Padgett and King Chapel with Reverend Dr. Barry K. Keys officiating. Visitation will follow the service at the mortuary. Interment will be private in the Cool Springs Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church, 211 West Main Street, Forest City, NC 28043 or Hospice of Rutherford County, Post Office Box 336, Forest City, NC 28043.

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

Thursday, March 25, 2010, at Cleveland Regional Medical Center in Shelby.

Born in Bladenboro, she was a daughter of the late Oliver and Dellie Bryan Guyton. She was a graduate of James Walker Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in Wilmington. She was a registered nurse, having worked at Rex Hospital in Raleigh, and Rowan Memorial Hospital, and Veterans Administration Hospital in Salisbury before retiring. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Shelby.

She is survived by her husband of 60 years, Paul Lewis Smith; two sons, Michael L. Smith of St. Petersburg, Fla., and Darrell E. Smith of Charlotte; a daughter, Terri A. Williams of Charlotte; five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

A memorial service will be conducted at 11 am. Saturday in the Webb Chapel of the First Baptist Church of Shelby with the Rev. Tony Tench and Frank Garver officiating. Visitation will be held prior to the service from 10 to 11 a.m.

Memorials may be made to Arthritis Foundation Charlotte Region, 4530 Park Road, Suite 230, Charlotte, NC 28209; Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation, 1332 N. Halsted #201 Chicago, Ill 60642; or First Baptist Church, 120 N. Lafayette St. Shelby, NC 28150.

Cecil M. Burton Funeral Home & Crematory is serving the family Online www.cecilmburtonfuneralhome.com.

Mazelle Guyton Smith Mrs. Smith, 82, of Kings Mountain, NC, passed away peacefully Thursday, March 25, 2010, at Cleveland Regional Medical Center in Shelby, N.C. She was born June 18, 1927, in Bladenboro, N.C., to the late Oliver and Dellie Bryan Guyton.

She was a graduate of James Walker Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in Wilmington, N.C. As a registered nurse, she provided nursing care at Rex Hospital in Raleigh, and Rowan Memorial Hospital and Veterans Administration Hospital in Salisbury before retiring.

Mazelle enjoyed flowers and gardening, loved to paint, enjoyed reading the Bible and was a selftaught biblical scholar. She was a wonderful mother and grandmother.

A resident of Kings Mountain, N.C., Mrs. Smith was a loving homemaker. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Shelby, N.C. She formerly resided in Charlotte, N.C. for 27 years, and was a devoted 27-year member and Sunday School teacher at Hickory Grove Baptist Church.

Mrs. Smith is survived by her best friend and loving husband of 60 years, Paul Lewis Smith; sons Michael L. Smith of St. Petersburg, Fla., and Darrell E. Smith of Charlotte, N.C.; daughter Terri A. Williams of Charlotte, N.C.; grandchildren Garret and Erica Smith of Charlotte, Michelle Sharpe of St. Petersburg, Marcus Breneman and Matthew Breneman of Indian Trail, N.C.; and four great grandchildren.

A memorial service will be conducted at 11 am., Saturday, March 27, in the Webb Chapel of First Baptist Church of Shelby, N.C., with Reverends Tony Tench and Frank Garver officiating.

Visitation with family will be conducted in Webb Chapel prior to the service from 10 to 11 a.m.

Memorials may be made to Arthritis Foundation Charlotte Region, 4530 Park Road, Suite 230, Charlotte, N. C. 28209, Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation 1332 N. Halsted #201, Chicago, Ill 60642 or First Baptist Church, 120 N. Lafayette St., Shelby, N.C. 28150.

Cecil M. Burton Funeral Home & Crematory is serving the family.

An onling guest registry is available at: www.cecilmburtonfuneralhome.com Paid obit

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why that is up so high, but the best we could figure was that at the end of February it got a little warm and people were so sick of the cold weather they wanted to get out and do something.”

Long range plans dominated the rest of the group’s meeting, with particular attention paid to visitor’s centers.

“We discussed where we are with our visitor’s centers and where they will be located, but no decisions were made about where to locate them,” Whitaker said. “It is going to be a question of dollars and cents and where the staff is going to be located.”

Research on the group’s Web site continues this month, with board members curious about how the site tracks visitors and traffic.

“I’m still working out finding out what is going on with our Web site and that takes a bit of digging,” Whitaker said. “But our strategic planning is coming together.”

Whitaker’s trip to the governor’s conference included some education about coming trends.

“At the conference, I got to hear several speakers,” Whitaker said. “The keynote speaker talked about how the future of tourism is the baby boom generation as they retire. Those folks aren’t going to take it lying down that facilities might not have services they need. So we’ll see handicap access, a lot more resorts with staff doctors and nurses and many other things to accommodate the needs of an older population.”

Whitaker also had a few comments comparing vacation to chocolate.

“Another report came out that said one thing the travel industry as a whole needs to do is help people understand the value of travel,” Whitaker said. “For example you hear all the time that chocolate is good for you and that comes from one study.

And we know that travel is good for you, but the travel industry needs to promote the benefits of vacations more.”

Hospice Hospice of Rutherford County offers the following services: Free Advance Directive Clinics, to discuss Living Wills and Health Care Powers of Attorney, are offered twice a month at the Hospice Annette Cash Whitaker Center of Living. The first Tuesdays from 12:30 to 2 p.m., and the third Tuesdays from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Call 245-0095 to register or for information.

GRACE support groups: Meets the first Tuesday of each month at Rutherford LifeCare from 4 to 5:30 p.m.; and the third Friday of each month at the Senior Center from 1 to 2:30 p.m.; GRACE is for anyone caring for a loved one in the community; Program schedule — April 6, “Nutrition and Feeding Tips” with Maggie Fekete (at LIFECare); April 16, “Self Care, Stress Management, and Sharing Experiences” with Patty Olson (at the Senior Center); May 4, “Self Care, Stress Management, and Sharing Experiences” with Patty Olson, (at LIFECare).

Hospice Memorial service: April 22, 6 p.m., at CECC featuring Rev. Billy Honeycutt.

PROMISE Support Group: This group is for parents who have lost adult children. The group is conducted for in four week increments.

Call for details.

Widow/Widower’s Lunch Bunch meeting: Third Friday of each month at the Carolina Event and Conference Center. Dutch treat, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. for anyone in the community who has lost a spouse.

Volunteer training: April 12-14, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the HNG office in Lake Lure; and April 26-29 at the Carolina Event and Conference Center from 6 to 9 p.m. Training is also available on DVD. Hospice Library: Open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Contact Hospice at 245-0095 to register for any of the support groups or events listed.

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

Meetings/other Young at Heart Club meeting: Saturday, March 27, 11 a.m., Rollins Cafeteria; special program by Kathy Biggerstaff; all senior citizens welcome; contact Roy McCain at 2454800 for more information.

Welcome reception: In honor of James H. Hines Jr., newly appointed health director, Rutherford County Health Department; Monday, March 29, drop-in from 3 to 5:30 p.m.; open to the public; for information call 287-6101; hosted by RPM District Board of Health.

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Miscellaneous

Workers with AT&T spent Thursday morning relocating phone lines and Internet cables as part of redesigning the intersection of Poors Ford and Oakland roads. The new intersection will ensure that Poors Ford Road meets Oakland Road at a perpendicular angle.

Spring Fling: Friday, March 26, 3:30 to 7:30 p.m.; Rutherfordton Elementary School; games, inflatables, Bingo, cake walk, sand art, food and lots more.

Little Detroit

Easter egg hunt, picnic: For special needs children and adults; Saturday, March 27, 1 to 5 p.m., at Crestview Park, Rutherfordton; sponsored by Ken and Diane Dellinger.

Beginner shag lessons: Last Chance to sign up for beginner shag lessons before summer. Class starts in April.

Call 287-9228 for information or to register.

Fundraisers Poor man’s supper: Thursday, April 8, 4 to 7 p.m., Providence United Methodist Church (Chase Middle community); adults $5, children $3, under 6 free; proceeds will go to the Feed the Hungry ministry; bake sale proceeds go toward purchasing of a musical keyboard.

Spaghetti lunch: Sunday, April 18, 12:15 p.m., St. Francis Episcopal Church, Rutherfordton; adult plates $6; children $3; sponsored by the Brotherhood of Saint Andrew; all proceeds go toward the local prison chaplaincy program.

Relay for Life fundraiser: AMAZINGrace, sponsored by the Little Warriors Relay Team, will be held Saturday, April 24, beginning at 10 a.m. Based on the television reality show Amazing Race. Fee $100 per team. Deadline April 10.

Contact Barbara at 429-4616, or Bobbie at 223-8193.

Religion Revival: March 28-31, Pleasant Hill Baptist Church; guest speaker, Evangelist Frank Walker; special music each night; Sunday services 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m.; MTW, 7 nightly; William Swink, pastor; church located 5 miles west on Hwy. 108, turn right on Pleasant Hill Church Road.

Sunday School program: Sunday, March 28, 3 p.m., New Life Christian Fellowship Church of God, 601 E. Main St., Spindale; guest speaker, Rev. James Lowrance of Tryon.

Revival: Through March 28, 7 nightly, Pleasant View Community Church, 129 Michael Dr., Forest City; Sunday service 11 a.m.; guest speaker, Evangelist Jared McKinney.

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Plans for the museum began years ago, Barnett said, but never really got off the ground because no one was sure where to put the museum.

In January, Buddy Bennett stepped forward to say he’d give space for it inside Bennetts Classics, a museum filled with classic cars.

“We had a preliminary meeting then, but we didn’t even call it that,” Barnett said.

Now that there’s a place to put the museum, the time is right – and particularly important, Barnett said.

“I hate to say it, but we are all getting older and we’re losing some of the history,” he said.

He said the younger generation

might be unaware of the moniker or the associated history.

“If the museum is put in place, they can know about it,” he said. “This is something that should be remembered for the community.”

Phase one of planning the museum includes establishing a board of directors and nonprofit status and gathering items to place in it.

“We would like to accumulate any memorabilia – whether its car ads, maintenance parts or family pictures,” Barnett said.

One item Barnett said he’d like to include in the museum is a copy of a story on Little Detroit written either in the 60s, 70s or 80s by the Washington Post.

“We’d love to have that,” he said.

Phase two will include getting people who were involved in the building of Little Detroit in front of a camera

Kester said.

“This is our first full-fledged drive of the year,” Kester said. “The next will be in October.”

If you’d like to call in a donation, the phone number is 800-245-8878 and phone lines will be open from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. today, and from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday.

and documenting the history. And, phase two will also include finding ways to sustain the museum.

“We’ve got the tools now to get started without any money,” Barnett said.

Bennett said that during the heyday of Little Detroit, the community was built around automotives – where to buy them, repair them, upholester them, etc.

“That’s what we want to bring back,” Barnett said. “We’re not reinventing anything, we just want to collect the history and document it.”

If you have memorabilia or would like to help plan the museum, a meeting will be held May 25 at 6:30 p.m. at Bennetts Classics Museum. For more information, contact the museum at 247-1767.

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The Madness Resumes Cavaliers shell Brevard, 12-0 BREVARD — East Rutherford’s baseball team improved to 8-1 overall, with a 12-0 whipping of Brevard on Wednesday.

The Cavs slammed 15 hits in the win including a Grand Slam off the bat of starting pitcher Dakotah Thomas.

Thomas worked three innings from the hill with teammate Chip Helton working the final two innings of the rule-shortened contest. The duo tallied six strikeouts and held Brevard to just two hits.

Drew Reynolds went 3-for-3 in the win, while Lucas Owens and Derek Deaton each added two hits in the rout.

The Cavs will travel to Lawndale, today, to face the Burns Bulldogs in a conference game. East trails Patton for the conference lead by one game.

Carolina’s Ruutu undergoes surgery RALEIGH (AP) — Carolina Hurricanes forward Tuomo Ruutu is recovering after season-ending shoulder surgery.

Team officials said Thursday that the physical winger will be out for four-to-five months after having surgery in Cary.

The 27-year-old Ruutu had 14 goals and 21 assists in 54 games. He hurt his right shoulder during a fight with Colorado’s Darcy Tucker on Jan. 8 and missed roughly a month before returning and playing through the injury.

Coach Paul Maurice said recently that with the injured shoulder, Ruutu “can’t come close to playing the game that he needs to play.”

Associated Press

Syracuse forward Kris Joseph (32) shoots in front of Butler guard Shelvin Mack (1) during an NCAA West Regional semifinal college basketball game in Salt Lake City, Thursday.

Butler pulls an upset; West Virginia wins SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Willie Veasley scored five of his 13 points during Butler’s 11-0 run down the stretch, and the Bulldogs rallied to upset topseeded Syracuse 63-59 on Thursday night in the West Regional semifinals.

The fifth-seeded Bulldogs (31-4) fought through Syracuse’s zone defense and kept the Orange (30-5) from getting their fast break going most of the night.

Butler is now one win from going home to Indianapolis for the school’s first Final Four.

Gordon Hayward scored 17 points for Butler and started the celebration while dribbling out the clock after the Bulldogs forced Syracuse into its 18th turnover.

Local Sports BASEBALL 7 p.m. Shelby at Chase 7 p.m. East Rutherford at Burns 7 p.m. R-S Central at Patton 7 p.m. Thomas Jefferson at Mountain Heritage SOFTBALL 4 p.m. Shelby at Chase 4 p.m. R-S Central at Patton 4 p.m. East Rutherford at Burns GIRL’S SOCCER 6 p.m. Freedom at RS Central

On TV 1 p.m. (ESPN) MLB Preseason Baseball Detroit Tigers at Atlanta Braves.

4 p.m. (WGN-A) MLB Preseason Baseball Oakland Athletics at Chicago Cubs.

7 p.m. (WBTV) (WSPA) College Basketball NCAA Tournament, Regional Semifinal: Teams TBA. 7 p.m. (TS) NBA Basketball Atlanta Hawks at Philadelphia 76ers.

8 p.m. (ESPN2) Women’s College Basketball NCAA Division II Tournament, Final: Teams TBA. From St. Joseph, Mo. 9:30 p.m. (WBTV) (WSPA) College Basketball NCAA Tournament, Regional Semifinal: Teams TBA. 10 p.m. (ESPN2) Boxing Friday Night Fights. Steve Cunningham vs. Matt Godfrey for the vacant IBF cruiserweight title. From Las Vegas.

11:45 p.m. (SHO) Strikeforce Challenger Series Lavar Johnson vs. Lolohea Mahe. Lavar Johnson vs. Lolohea Mahe; George Bush III vs. Abongo Humphrey; Luke Stewart vs.

Andre Galvao.

West Virginia 69, Washington 56

Associated Press

West Virginia’s Da’Sean Butler (1) dunks during the first half of a semifinal in the East Regional of the NCAA college basketball tournament Thursday, in Syracuse, N.Y.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Kevin Jones scored 18 points in leading second-seeded West Virginia to a 69-56 win over Washington on Thursday night in the East Regional semifinals.

Da’Sean Butler shook off a sore right hand that he hurt in the second half to score 14 points for the Mountaineers (30-6), who won their ninth straight game and set a school record for victories.

The instant karma of Tiger Woods I have always been a big believer in what goes around, comes around.

I’ll use a small personal story to illustrate. The other day, I left the house to go pick up my kids from school and I notice a pickup truck passing my house that is making an odd coughing sound.

The truck came to a stop about 200-yards from the end of my driveway. I pulled my van over to the truck and asked if there was anything I could do to help. The young guy said he was out of gas and that he had a family member on the way.

Nonetheless, I got out of my van and helped him push the truck off the road.

Hours went by, as they often do, and I was on my way home and I made a stop at an area grocery store to pick up two items.

The young lady in front of me, at the checkout line, had roughly 25 items and she turned and asked if I’d like to go ahead of her. A very polite gesture on her part.

On the surface, these moments are not really related, but in the larger picture — I believe they are.

In sports, that rule is altered slightly. It’s more of a ‘what goes up, must come down,’ rule.

The Dallas Cowboys won three Super Bowls in four years, not long after a 1-15 season. Of course, the Cowboys have struggled to return to the Super Bowl since their last trip in

Off The Wall Scott Bowers

1996.

The Tar Heels slid to 16-16 and the NIT, a year after winning the NCAA Tournament and capturing the championship.

The Atlanta Braves won 14 straight division titles, with hardly a hiccup. Then the injury bug bit Atlanta so hard that big names like Mike Hampton and Tim Hudson either never enjoyed the same level of past success (Hampton), or they are still looking for that elusive return to glory (Hudson).

The Braves intrigue the heck out of me as the season quickly approaches.

I can envision a scenario where this team goes on a march, all the way to the World Series. The ‘win another one for Bobby,’ season, as it were.

But, I can also see a scenario where Chipper gets hurt in April, Hudson struggles through May, and young prospects like Tommy Hanson and Jason Heyward struggle to live up to the early billing they each have received.

I hope that I’m wrong about the latter scenario.

In a few weeks, we will see if the rule will apply to Tiger Woods. Golf’s biggest star and, arguably, the biggest star of the sports world will return to the links.

The Masters is a good beginning point for Woods, who will most likely hear all the jokes, one-liners and outand-out verbal abuse that will come his way at other, less gentile places than Augusta National.

A very good question was raised the other day by ESPN’s Rick Reilly — what if he wins?

It seems, at least on the surface, to be out of the realm of possibility.

This man has just gone through one of the greatest public humiliations of nearly any public figure in my lifetime. And, yes, I know he brought it on himself; don’t take this the wrong way.

But, if anyone can rise from the emotional ashes and wreckage of his personal life and flat out whip the field at Augusta, well, the smart money would be on Woods.

Personally, I believe Woods would hear, upon victory, one of the legendary golf claps of all-time. Nice, polite applause. The thunderous ovations may never again come his way, but this is still America and last time I checked, we still give folks another chance.

I hope Woods doesn’t mess this up; because what goes around, does indeed come around.

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sports

Chase JV takes four Scoreboard

CHASE — The Lady Trojans’ JV softball team won back-to-back doubleheaders over a two-day period this week.

On Wednesday, the Lady Trojans swept Polk County by scores of 6-5 and 22-3.

On Thursday, the junior varsity players crushed Chesnee by scores of 11-1 and 13-0.

The Lady Trojans, according to Coach Daniel Bailey, continue to show improvement and the team moved to 5-0 overall on the season.

Associated Press

Washington Wizards forward Al Thornton (14) fouls Charlotte Bobcats forward Gerald Wallace (3) as he goes to the basket during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Tuesday, March 23, 2010, in Washington.

Bobcats’ success fueled by wellrounded defense

CHARLOTTE (AP) — No team in the NBA allows fewer points per game than the Bobcats. An opponent hasn’t reached the century mark against Charlotte in 12 straight games, and seven times this season a team has failed to crack 80 points.

With an offense that can bog down at times, stifling opponents at the other end is fueling coach Larry Brown’s latest reclamation project as the Bobcats (37-34) near the franchise’s first playoff berth.

“Our defense has saved us,” Brown said Thursday.

How Charlotte got to giving up just 93.5 points a game starts with the demanding Hall of Fame coach, who constantly preaches defensive principles and has stocked his roster with long, athletic players through seven trades since the start of last season.

It’s left a club with an underrated defensive point guard in Raymond Felton, an athletic small forward in Gerald Wallace who’s been dubbed “Dennis Rodman” by his teammates for his rebounding prowess, and a trio of shot-blocking big men who allow for more trapping and gambling for steals on the perimeter.

“We have two great point guards that pressure the ball well and pick up full-court,” guard Stephen Jackson said. “I think me and Gerald and Larry (Hughes) are good on-the-ball defenders and get in the passing lanes to get steals. And we have great shot blockers with Tyson (Chandler), Theo (Ratliff) and Tyrus (Thomas).”

The stout defense is needed, because Charlotte averages just 94.8 points a game, third fewest in the NBA. “I don’t think we’re defending good because we slow the ball up,” Brown insisted. “I always look at college and you’ll have a team that’s maybe the No. 1 defensive team in the nation. Well, you look at their number of possessions, you’re going to be pretty good because you don’t have a lot of possessions. But we’re trying to run.”

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W L Cleveland 13 6 Tampa Bay 15 7 Detroit 13 8 Minnesota 11 9 Toronto 9 9 Boston 11 12 Kansas City 9 10 Oakland 9 10 New York 9 12 Baltimore 9 13 Chicago 7 12 Los Angeles 7 12 Seattle 8 14 Texas 6 14 NATIONAL LEAGUE

W L San Francisco 17 7 Chicago 13 8 Colorado 14 9 Atlanta 12 8 Philadelphia 11 8 Milwaukee 12 10 New York 12 10 San Diego 12 10 Houston 11 10 Florida 11 11 St. Louis 10 10 Cincinnati 9 10 Arizona 10 12 Los Angeles 8 10 Pittsburgh 6 13 Washington 5 15

Pct .684 .682 .619 .550 .500 .478 .474 .474 .429 .409 .368 .368 .364 .300 Pct .708 .619 .609 .600 .579 .545 .545 .545 .524 .500 .500 .474 .455 .444 .316 .250

Wednesday’s Games St. Louis 4, Baltimore 2 Minnesota 4, Florida 1 Boston 6, Pittsburgh 4 Atlanta 8, Philadelphia 0 Tampa Bay 5, Toronto 3 N.Y. Mets 5, Houston 2 L.A. Angels 8, Kansas City (ss) 6 Cincinnati 10, San Francisco (ss) 3 Chicago White Sox 10, Arizona 3 Chicago Cubs 12, Texas 1 N.Y. Yankees 3, Washington 1 San Francisco (ss) 7, Kansas City (ss) 0 San Diego 2, Seattle 1 Oakland 3, L.A. Dodgers 3, tie Thursday’s Games Boston 6, Florida 4 Tampa Bay 5, Minnesota 3 Pittsburgh 7, Atlanta 6, 10 innings St. Louis 2, N.Y. Mets 1 Detroit (ss) 5, Toronto 1 Philadelphia 8, Houston 7 Baltimore 8, N.Y. Yankees 0 Chicago Cubs 7, Arizona 2 L.A. Angels 9, Texas 6 San Diego 5, Chicago White Sox 3 Cleveland 3, Seattle (ss) 1 Kansas City 8, Seattle (ss) 7 L.A. Dodgers 7, Milwaukee 3 Colorado 10, Cincinnati 6 Detroit (ss) vs Washington at Viera, Fla., late Oakland vs San Francisco at Scottsdale, Ariz., late Friday’s Games Toronto (ss) vs Boston at Fort Myers, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Detroit vs Atlanta at Kissimmee, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay vs Toronto (ss) at Dunedin, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh vs Houston at Kissimmee, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

St. Louis vs Washington at Viera, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets vs Florida at Jupiter, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Oakland (ss) vs Chicago Cubs at Mesa, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels vs San Francisco at Scottsdale, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

Oakland (ss) vs Texas at Surprise, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox vs Arizona at Tucson, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

Kansas City vs L.A. Dodgers at Glendale, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

Cincinnati vs Seattle at Peoria, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

Colorado vs Cleveland at Goodyear, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

San Diego vs Milwaukee at Phoenix, 4:05 p.m.

Philadelphia vs N.Y. Yankees at Tampa, Fla., 7:05 p.m.

Minnesota vs Baltimore at Sarasota, Fla., 7:05 p.m.

BASKETBALL National Invitation Tournament First Round Tuesday, March 16 Connecticut 59, Northeastern 57 N.C. State 58, South Florida 57 UAB 65, Coastal Carolina 49 Texas Tech 87, Seton Hall 69 North Carolina 80, William & Mary 72 Mississippi State 81, Jackson State 67 Jacksonville 67, Arizona State 66 Wednesday, March 17 Kent State 75, Tulsa 74 Dayton 63, Illinois State 42 Cincinnati 76, Weber State 62 Virginia Tech 81, Quinnipiac 61 Rhode Island 76, Northwestern 64 Mississippi 84, Troy 65 Nevada 74, Wichita State 70 Illinois 76, Stony Brook 66 Memphis 73, St. John’s 71 Second Round Friday, March 19 Mississippi 90, Memphis 81 Saturday, March 20 North Carolina 76, Mississippi State 74 Texas Tech 69, Jacksonville 64 UAB 72, N.C. State 52 Monday, March 22 Rhode Island 85, Nevada 83 Virginia Tech 65, Connecticut 63 Illinois 75, Kent State 58 Dayton 81, Cincinnati 66 Quarterfinals Tuesday, March 23 Mississippi 90, Texas Tech 87, 2OT North Carolina 60, UAB 55 Wednesday, March 24 Rhode Island 79, Virginia Tech 72 Dayton 77, Illinois 71 Semifinals Tuesday, March 30 At Madison Square Garden New York Semifinals Mississippi (24-10) vs. Dayton (23-12), 7 p.m.

North Carolina (19-16) vs. Rhode Island (26-9), 9:30 p.m.

Championship Thursday, April 1 Semifinal winners, 7 p.m.

NCAA Tournament Glance EAST REGIONAL First Round Thursday, March 18 At New Orleans Arena New Orleans Kentucky 100, ETSU 71 Wake Forest 81, Texas 80, OT At HP Pavilion San Jose, Calif.

Washington 80, Marquette 78 New Mexico 62, Montana 57 Friday, March 19 At HSBC Arena Buffalo, N.Y. West Virginia 77, Morgan State 50 Missouri 86, Clemson 78 At Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena Jacksonville, Fla. Cornell 78, Temple 65 Wisconsin 53, Wofford 49 Second Round Saturday, March 20 At New Orleans Arena New Orleans Kentucky 90, Wake Forest 60 At HP Pavilion San Jose, Calif.

Washington 82, New Mexico 64 Sunday, March 21 At HSBC Arena Buffalo, N.Y. West Virginia 68, Missouri 59 At Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena Jacksonville, Fla. Cornell 87, Wisconsin 69 At The Carrier Dome Syracuse, N.Y. Regional Semifinals Thursday, March 25 West Virginia 69, Washington 56 Kentucky (34-2) vs. Cornell (29-4), late Regional Championship Saturday, March 27 West Virginia (30-6) vs. Kentucky-Cornell winner SOUTH REGIONAL First Round Thursday, March 18 At Dunkin’ Donuts Center Providence, R.I. Villanova 73, Robert Morris 70, OT Saint Mary’s, Calif. 80, Richmond 71 At New Orleans Arena New Orleans Old Dominion 51, Notre Dame 50 Baylor 68, Sam Houston State 59 Friday, March 19 At Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena Jacksonville, Fla. Duke 73, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 44 California 77, Louisville 62 At Spokane Arena Spokane, Wash.

Purdue 72, Siena 64 Texas A&M 69, Utah State 53 Second Round Saturday, March 20 At Dunkin’ Donuts Center Providence, R.I. Saint Mary’s, Calif. 75, Villanova 68 At New Orleans Arena New Orleans Baylor 76, Old Dominion 68 Sunday, March 21 At Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena Jacksonville, Fla. Duke 68, California 53 At Spokane Arena Spokane, Wash.

Purdue 63, Texas A&M 61, OT At Reliant Stadium Houston Regional Semifinals Friday, March 26 Saint Mary’s, Calif. (28-5) vs. Baylor (27-7), 7:27 p.m.

Duke (31-5) vs. Purdue (29-5), 30 minutes following Regional Championship Sunday, March 28 Semifinal winners MIDWEST REGIONAL First Round Thursday, March 18 At Dunkin’ Donuts Center Providence, R.I. Ohio 97, Georgetown 83 Tennessee 62, San Diego State 59 At The Ford Center Oklahoma City Northern Iowa 69, UNLV 66 Kansas 90 Lehigh 74 Friday, March 19 At The Bradley Center Milwaukee Georgia Tech 64, Oklahoma State 59 Ohio State 68, UC Santa Barbara 51 At Spokane Arena Spokane, Wash.

Michigan State 70, New Mexico State 67 Maryland 89, Houston 77 Second Round Saturday, March 20 At Dunkin’ Donuts Center Providence, R.I. Tennessee 83, Ohio 68 At The Ford Center Oklahoma City Northern Iowa 69, Kansas 67 Sunday, March 21 At The Bradley Center Milwaukee Ohio State 75, Georgia Tech 66 At Spokane Arena Spokane, Wash.

Michigan State 85, Maryland 83 At Edward Jones Dome St. Louis Regional Semifinals Friday, March 26 Ohio State (29-7) vs. Tennessee (27-8), 7:07 p.m.

Northern Iowa (30-4) vs. Michigan State (26-8), 30 minutes following Regional Championship Sunday, March 28 Semifinal winners WEST REGIONAL First Round Thursday, March 18 At The Ford Center Oklahoma City BYU 99, Florida 92, 2OT Kansas State 82, North Texas 62 At HP Pavilion San Jose, Calif.

Murray State 66, Vanderbilt 65 Butler 77, UTEP 59 Friday, March 19 At HSBC Arena Buffalo, N.Y. Gonzaga 67, Florida State 60 Syracuse 79, Vermont 56 At The Bradley Center Milwaukee Xavier 65, Minnesota 54 Pittsburgh 89, Oakland, Mich. 66 Second Round Saturday, March 20 At The Ford Center Oklahoma City Kansas State 84, BYU 72 At HP Pavilion San Jose, Calif.

Butler 54, Murray State 52 Sunday, March 21 At HSBC Arena Buffalo, N.Y. Syracuse 87, Gonzaga 65 At The Bradley Center Milwaukee Xavier 71, Pittsburgh 68 At Energy Solution Arena Salt Lake City Regional Semifinals Thursday, March 25 Butler 63, Syracuse 59 Kansas State (28-7) vs. Xavier (26-8), late Regional Championship Saturday, March 27

Butler (31-4) vs. Kansas St.-Xavier winner FINAL FOUR At Lucas Oil Stadium Indianapolis National Semifinals Saturday, April 3 East champion vs. South champion Midwest champion vs. West champion National Championship Monday, April 5 Semifinal winners National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct 46 25 .648 35 35 .500 26 45 .366 25 47 .347 8 63 .113 Southeast Division

W L Pct x-Orlando 50 22 .694 x-Atlanta 46 25 .648 Charlotte 37 34 .521 Miami 37 34 .521 Washington 21 49 .300 Central Division

W L Pct y-Cleveland 57 15 .792 Milwaukee 39 31 .557 Chicago 33 37 .471 Indiana 26 46 .361 Detroit 23 48 .324

x-Boston Toronto New York Philadelphia New Jersey

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division

W L Pct Dallas 47 24 .662 San Antonio 42 28 .600 Memphis 38 34 .528 Houston 36 34 .514 New Orleans 34 39 .466 Northwest Division

W L Pct Denver 47 25 .653 Utah 47 25 .653 Oklahoma City 43 27 .614 Portland 42 29 .592 Minnesota 14 58 .194 Pacific Division

W L Pct x-L.A. Lakers 53 18 .746 Phoenix 45 26 .634 L.A. Clippers 26 45 .366 Sacramento 24 48 .333 Golden State 20 51 .282

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x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division Wednesday’s Games Atlanta 86, Orlando 84 Boston 113, Denver 99 Charlotte 108, Minnesota 95 Indiana 99, Washington 82 Utah 113, Toronto 87 New Jersey 93, Sacramento 79 Philadelphia 101, Milwaukee 86 Cleveland 105, New Orleans 92 Oklahoma City 122, Houston 104 L.A. Lakers 92, San Antonio 83 Golden State 128, Memphis 110 Thursday’s Games Miami at Chicago, late L.A. Clippers at Houston, late Dallas at Portland, late Friday’s Games Washington at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

Utah at Indiana, 7 p.m.

Denver at Toronto, 7 p.m.

Atlanta at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Minnesota at Orlando, 7 p.m.

Sacramento at Boston, 7:30 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.

Detroit at New Jersey, 8 p.m.

Miami at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m.

Cleveland at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.

New York at Phoenix, 10 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Utah at Washington, 7 p.m.

New Jersey at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Portland at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Houston, 8:30 p.m.

Dallas at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

HOCKEY National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF Pittsburgh 74 42 25 7 91 228 New Jersey 72 43 25 4 90 195 Philadelphia 73 37 31 5 79 212 N.Y. Rangers 73 32 32 9 73 191 N.Y. Islanders 73 29 34 10 68 189 Northeast Division

GP W L OT Pts GF Buffalo 72 40 22 10 90 203 Ottawa 74 39 30 5 83 198 Montreal 74 36 30 8 80 198 Boston 72 33 27 12 78 180 Toronto 73 26 35 12 64 193 Southeast Division

GP W L OT Pts GF y-Washington 73 49 14 10 108 287 Atlanta 73 32 30 11 75 218 Florida 72 30 31 11 71 190 Tampa Bay 73 29 32 12 70 191 Carolina 73 30 34 9 69 203 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF Chicago 72 46 19 7 99 236 Nashville 74 42 27 5 89 207 Detroit 73 37 23 13 87 200 St. Louis 73 34 30 9 77 198 Columbus 73 29 32 12 70 190 Northwest Division

GP W L OT Pts GF Vancouver 74 45 25 4 94 242 Colorado 73 41 25 7 89 220 Calgary 73 37 27 9 83 187 Minnesota 73 35 32 6 76 199 Edmonton 73 24 42 7 55 187 Pacific Division

GP W L OT Pts GF San Jose 73 44 19 10 98 236 Phoenix 74 46 23 5 97 201 Los Angeles 72 42 24 6 90 214 Dallas 73 32 27 14 78 211 Anaheim 73 34 31 8 76 205

GA 212 172 201 197 227 GA 182 212 203 181 242 GA 206 234 210 227 229 GA 179 206 195 203 235 GA 191 197 182 215 250 GA 193 181 192 231 224

y-clinched division Wednesday’s Games Washington 4, Pittsburgh 3, SO Buffalo 3, Montreal 2, SO Colorado 4, Los Angeles 3, SO N.Y. Rangers 5, N.Y. Islanders 0 Detroit 4, St. Louis 2 Vancouver 4, Anaheim 1 Thursday’s Games Tampa Bay 5, Boston 3 N.Y. Rangers at New Jersey, late N.Y. Islanders 3, Calgary 2 Minnesota 4, Philadelphia 3, OT Carolina 3, Washington 2, SO Toronto 2, Atlanta 1, OT Columbus 8, Chicago 3 Florida at Montreal, late Los Angeles at St. Louis, late Phoenix at Nashville, late Dallas at San Jose, late Friday’s Games Ottawa at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m.

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Anaheim at Edmonton, 9 p.m.

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Blue Devils eager for next step

HOUSTON (AP) — Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski cringes at the notion that his teams have failed to live up to the program’s high standards in recent years.

The Blue Devils (31-5), the top seed in the South Regional, will try to reach the round of eight for the first time since 2004 when they face No. 4 seed Purdue (29-5) on Friday night.

Duke leads all teams with a .750 winning percentage in the tournament (a 90-30 record), but the road has ended in the regional semifinals in three of the last five seasons, with losses to lower-seeded teams. The Blue Devils didn’t even survive the opening weekend in 2007 and ’08.

Krzyzewski counters critics Associated Press by pointing to the 11 trips to the NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin, left, talks with crew round of 16 in 13 seasons and the chief Mike Ford, right, during a testing session at 111 victories over the past four Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, Tuesday, March seasons. Sure, Duke hasn’t been 23, 2010. to the Final Four since 2004, but Krzyzewski would rather face the challenge of getting the program back than leading one to its first.

“Since and never,” Krzyzewski said. “Try to look at those words CONCORD (AP) — Denny Hamlin stared silent- and see which category you ly at his race car, his hands in the pockets of his would rather be in. We like being firesuit, his hat pulled low on his head. He smiled, in the ’since’ category.” made a quick joke, then quickly turned serious with his crew chief.

Purdue’s pedigree leans toward Hamlin has no more time to waste, and everyone the ’never,’ with no Final Four knows it. appearances since the field The popular preseason pick to unseat four-time expanded to 64 teams in 1985. defending NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson is The Boilermakers are back in off to a disappointing start in what everyone prethe regional semifinals for the dicted would be a breakthrough season. This was second straight year, but haven’t going to be the year that Hamlin separated himadvanced to the round of eight self from the crowded pack of top drivers who win since 2000. a race here or there, but never make the leap into They’re a mild surprise to be superstar status. in Houston at all, after losing Instead, through the first five races, he’s failed junior forward Robbie Hummel to meet expectations. Hamlin is winless, hasn’t to a knee injury in late February. scored a top-10 finish and is ranked 19th in the They’ve adjusted on the fly and points. He’s led just 39 laps all season, 32 of which the process of moving on withwere at Atlanta. out their second-leading scorer “He’s a little disheartened. A little concerned,” and rebounder has ranged from crew chief Mike Ford admitted. “But I would say passable to downright ugly. optimistic.”

The Boilermakers mustered 16 With good reason. second-half points in their first The Sprint Cup Series shifts this weekend to game without their star, a 53-44 Martinsville Speedway, where Hamlin has two loss to Michigan State. They victories and eight top-10 finishes in nine career won their next three games, then starts. He ran a frustrating second to six-time scored an abysmal 11 points in Martinsville winner Johnson last spring, then the first half of a 69-42 loss to flipped the finishing order last October for a grati- Minnesota in the Big Ten tourfying victory. nament.

So Hamlin goes home to Virginia, to a short “The wheels fell off for us at track where he figures he can run top five “in that point,” coach Matt Painter reverse, blindfolded,” knowing Sunday is the day he said. “But we really didn’t dwell must jump start his season. on it too much. We know we Although team owner Joe Gibbs pointed out have a good team.”

Thursday that Hamlin traditionally starts slow The debacle against Minnesota each year, he was only half-kidding about the proved to be a valuable teachimportance of this weekend. ing tool for Painter, and the “I’ll say this,” Gibbs said, smiling, “if we have Boilermakers have gotten conproblems at Martinsville, you’re going to see panic tributions from several players city.” in their first two tournament In fairness to Hamlin, he’s not had a great deal of games: luck this season.

—Keaton Grant, who became a His strategy in the Daytona 500 was to be in starter when Hummel was hurt, position to race for the win at the end, and if not scored 11 points in the second for three late restarts, he probably would have left half of a 72-64 win over Siena in the season opener with at least a top-10 finish. the first round.

Instead, he and Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle —6-foot-10 center JaJuan Busch were shuffled out of traffic in the chaotic Johnson scored 23 points final laps, and Hamlin finished 17th.

Ford admits the No. 11 was off at Fontana, where a tire issue contributed to the 29th-place finish, and the car was just bad at Las Vegas, where Hamlin was 19th.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Davis Love III is trying not to look ahead and concern himself only with the tournaments on his schedule. He gave himself reason to hope Thursday that the Masters might still be on the list.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — St. John’s won’t get its Love chipped in twice durfirst choice for a new basketball coach. ing a five-hole stretch he played Georgia Tech coach Paul Hewitt confirmed in 6 under early in his round, Thursday he has turned down an offer from St. then finished strong with a John’s.

45-foot birdie and an 8-foot “My family and I have developed deep ties to Georgia Tech and the city of Atlanta,” Hewitt said par putt that felt just as good in a statement released by Georgia Tech. “I strong- for a 6-under 66 and a share of the lead in the Arnold Palmer ly believe in what Georgia Tech can do for young people, and I am committed to returning the Tech Invitational.

J.B. Holmes, among the early basketball program to the level of success our fans have come to expect. We took a step in that direc- starters, played bogey-free in tion this past season, and I fully intend to continue calm conditions and also had a 66 on the revamped Bay Hill on that path.” course.

When Norm Roberts was fired last week after Love is in a position that has six seasons at St. John’s, athletic director Chris become all too familiar of late.

Monasch said he wanted to hire “someone who has a record of success of getting into the NCAA tour- He has only two weeks left to nament.” St. John’s hasn’t been to the NCAAs since earn a trip to Augusta National, 2002.

Georgia Tech gave St. John’s permission this week to interview Hewitt, a New Yorker who has been at the Atlanta school for 10 seasons. He took the Yellow Jackets to five NCAA tournaments, including the 2004 Final Four.

Hamlin looks for jump start at Martinsville

Associated Press

Duke players line up on the floor to stretch during an NCAA college basketball practice in Houston, Thursday. Duke will play Purdue in a South Regional semifinal game on Friday.

and grabbed a season-high 15 rebounds in the opener.

—Chris Kramer, primarily known for his defense, hit the game-winning layup and scored 17 points in Purdue’s 63-61 overtime win against Texas A&M in the second round.

“I think that (Minnesota) game really helped us understand that we have to have different people step up, make plays, make shots,” Painter said. “That was a problem for us, just not being aggressive and not playing together.”

Hummel watched Purdue practice on Thursday from a folding chair, with both knees wrapped in bandages. Painter likes having the 6-8 junior here with the team, even if it is a constant reminder of what the Boilermakers won’t have against the Blue Devils.

“I think it’s always good to have an extra set of eyes on your bench, especially with a guy that has the experience that Rob does,” Painter said.

Painter doesn’t need Hummel to point out that Duke has a size

advantage at every starting position. Outside of Johnson, the Boilermakers have no starter taller than 6-4, while Duke’s starting frontcourt trio averages almost 7 feet.

“We’re going to have to establish ourselves early on the offensive end, especially on the glass,” said 7-1 Blue Devils center Brian Zoubek. “We’ve just got to take advantage of it.”

Duke lost to Villanova in last year’s round of 16, and senior Jon Scheyer conceded that the team felt “a little happy to be there.” This year’s squad is more focused and motivated to restore the program’s legacy — even if Krzyzewski does say that he’s satisfied with what this group has already accomplished.

“I know people talk to me about the streak, with us not going past the Sweet 16, but things like that happened before we could control things,” Scheyer said. “So for us, we just want to try to re-establish the program.

It’s always been a great program, obviously, and we just want to get it back to where it’s been.”

Love III claims share of lead at Arnold Palmer

Georgia Tech’s Hewitt turns down St. John’s

which he has not played the last two years. His only chance is to win at Bay Hill or next week in the Houston Open.

Love has never won Palmer’s tournament, although he has come close. He finished a shot out of a playoff in 1999, then was runner-up to Tiger Woods a year later.

Mike Weir had a rare moment when he reached a par 5 from a fairway bunker at No. 12 to set up one of his eight birdies on his way to a 67, tied with Henrik Stenson.

Ernie Els, playing for the first time since his victory at Doral, was in the group at 68 that included Robert Allenby, who was atop the leaderboard at 6 under until putting his approach into the water and making double bogey.

Steve Stricker had a 69, while

Phil Mickelson and Innisbrook winner Jim Furyk were among those at 71.

Andalucia Open MALAGA, Spain (AP) — Defending champion Soren Kjeldsen and Paul Lawrie shot 5-under 65s to share the firstround lead in the Andalucia Open.

Kjeldsen, from Denmark, and Lawrie, from Scotland, each had seven birdies and two bogeys on the Parador course. Kjeldsen won last year at Real Club de Golf de Sevilla.

Wales’ Bradley Dredge was a stroke back along with France’s Julian Guerrier, Dutchman Joost Luiten, New Zealand’s Mark Brown, Argentina’s Daniel Vancsik, Spain’s Ignacio Garrido and England’s Phillip Archer.

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Nation Today Wily coyote captured

NEW YORK (AP) — A wily coyote evaded New York City police for two days before being nabbed in a parking garage. It was the fourth coyote sighting in Manhattan this year.

The animal first eluded police capture Wednesday near the Holland Tunnel. It was spotted Thursday afternoon on the West Side Highway, and police chased it to an open-air garage in Tribeca.

Officers cornered the coyote, sedated it with a dart and then carted it off to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

Animal welfare officials will observe the animal before deciding where to take it.

Last month, three coyotes were spotted on the campus of Columbia University. Earlier this month, one was seen in Chelsea.

Strip club ‘pole tax?’

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The Texas Supreme Court is deciding whether to strip away a $5 entrance fee to watch nude dancers.

The so-called pole tax, requiring strip clubs in Texas to levy the admission charge, made its way Thursday to the state’s highest court.

Talk about strippers engaging in free expression was balanced by rebuttals about tax and zoning precedents as justices considered the law designed to fund programs for sexual assault victims.

“Is it proper or not for the state to have the position that live nude dancing should be discouraged?”

Chief Justice Wallace B. Jefferson asked attorneys for the strip clubs.

“Is it unconstitutional for the state

to target live nude dancing because it believes it’s culturally unsound, immoral?”

Lower courts have sided with the strip clubs, ruling that the fee that has collected more than $13.6 million since 2008 is an unconstitutional regulation of free expression.

The law specifically applies to strip clubs that sell alcohol. Texas Solicitor General James Ho told the nine Republican justices that the fee is justified, since the state could already impose bans on both.

“It would be turning the First Amendment on its head to say that you can criminalize but can’t impose a modest regulation,” Ho said.

The court is not expected to issue a ruling for months.

Reports by at least 10 Democrats of harassment this week have been followed by Democratic complaints that GOP leaders were slow to condemn the incidents.

At least four Democratic offices in New York, Arizona and Kansas were struck, and at least 10 members of Congress have reported threats, including obscenity-laced phone messages and a fax bearing the image of a noose, congressional leaders have said.

On Thursday, two Republicans said they, too, had been menaced.

No arrests have been reported.

A threat to assault a member of Fugitive running chapel Congress in retaliation for the performance of official duties is punishable HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A fugiby up to a year in prison. tive who evaded the hangman’s Rep. Jean Schmidt, R-Ohio, noose after being convicted in the released a recording of a voicemail shooting death of a good Samaritan she said she received in which a man will be returned to Montana four repeatedly accuses Republicans of decades after he fled the state while on parole. But first, a family member being racists.

Cantor, meanwhile, said someone who just found out about his troubled shot a bullet through the window of past is looking for answers. his campaign office in Richmond.

After nearly 40 years on the run, On one point, there was bipartisan Frank Dryman was arrested Tuesday agreement: No act of Congress — when a private investigator hired by health care reform or anything else his victim’s grandson found him in Arizona leading a separate life under — merits threats of violence against lawmakers or their families. the name Victor Houston. He ran a House Republican leader John wedding chapel in Arizona City and Boehner met with Speaker Nancy even has a daughter.

Pelosi about the incidents and both Kathy Houston was headed condemned them.

Thursday to the Arizona jail where Pelosi was careful to avoid blamher father was waiting to be extradited to Montana, hoping to speak with ing Republicans directly for inciting the harassment, though she said that him about a life she knew nothing about. It was unclear from where she words “weigh a ton.” Such threats of retaliation “have no place in a civil was driving.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A fax bearing the image of a noose. A bullet through a window. Bricks thrown, a gas line cut.

Democrats and Republicans revealed new details of threats against them Thursday in the aftermath of the passage of the health care overhaul. They uniformly condemned the harassment, but that’s where the agreement ended.

Democrats said Republicans were slow to condemn the vigilantism, while Republicans said Democrats inspired retaliation.

“By ratcheting up the rhetoric, some will only inflame these situations to dangerous levels,” said House Republican Whip Eric Cantor of Virginia. “Enough is enough. It has to stop.”

Shot back the House Democrats’ campaign chief: “This is straight out of the Republicans’ political playbook of deflecting responsibility and distracting attention away from a serious issue,” said Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md.

debate in our country,” she said.

Boehner followed moments later.

While many are angry over the health care measure, he said, “threats and violence should not be part of a political debate.”

Cantor said he sometimes gets threats because of his leadership position and because he is Jewish. He said he rarely reports them, and he would not release the details of the bullet that went through his office window in Richmond.

The shots were fired into the offices of two Republican political strategists who are longtime advisers to Cantor. The building in downtown Richmond has no markings that link it to Cantor or to political activity, but the top floor is rented to the congressman’s campaign office.

Cantor said the House’s Democratic campaign chairman, Van Hollen and Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine incited retribution against Republicans by telling The Huffington Post that the GOP would “own” responsibility for retaliatory slurs.

“It is reckless to use these incidents as media vehicles for political gain,” Cantor told reporters.

Schmidt, meanwhile, released a tape of a profanity-laced phone message in which the caller said Republicans were racists and, referring to an accident two years ago when Schmidt was hit by a car while jogging, said, “You should have broke your back.”

Ohio Rep. John Boccieri, one of eight Democrats who switched to “yes” on the most recent House vote, said he had received threats.

E-mails sent to Rep. Suzanne Kosmas, D-Fla., another member who switched her vote, urged her to commit suicide and said she and her family should rot in hell.”

Rep. Louise Slaughter, a New York Democrat and chairwoman of an influential House committee, said someone had left her a voicemail that used the word “snipers.”

Some of the anger spilled over in a flood of threat-filled phone and fax messages to the office of Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich. Stupak had pledged to oppose the health care package unless given greater assurance that it would not allow federal funding of elective abortions. He voted in favor after the administration agreed.

Stupak’s office released some of the messages, declining further comment.

A fax carried a picture of a gallows with “Bart (SS) Stupak” on it and a noose. It was captioned, “All Baby Killers come to unseemly ends Either by the hand of man or by the hand of God.”

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Lt gov Dalton asks NC lawmakers for small-biz assistance

RALEIGH (AP) — Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton says North Carolina’s small businesses are getting hit hard by the rough economy because they can’t get loans while essentially having to lend to large companies at the same time.

Dalton told a special House committee looking at small business issues on Thursday that momand-pop operations have been at the mercy of large firms with cash flow problems who delay payments on their invoices.

He asked the committee to consider putting more state money toward a “Small Business Assistance Fund” created last year to provide loans to small companies seeking bridge loans or other expenses that will preserve jobs.

The lieutenant governor has been touring the state recently meeting with small business owners to hear their concerns.

Robert Arciero of Cuttone & Company works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, in New York in this March 23, 2010 photo.

Associated Press

Gov’t to unveil plan to shrink some home loans

Stocks fall on Portugal debt rating

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration will announce Friday a plan to reduce the amount some troubled borrowers owe on their home loans, three people briefed on the matter said.

The people declined to be identified because the program had not yet been announced. Earlier in the day, Herbert Allison, an assistant Treasury secretary, told reporters officials are close to expanding the administration’s $75 billion foreclosure relief effort.

The plan to be unveiled Friday at the White House is expected to include at least three months of temporary assistance for borrowers who have lost their jobs. It also is expected to include an expanded effort to allow borrowers refinance into Federal Housing Administration loans.

The plan would expand the administration’s foreclosure-prevention program, which has been a disappointment to date. Critics have complained the program does little to encourage banks to cut borrowers’ principal balances on their primary loans. Nearly one in every three homeowners with a mortgage are “under water” according to Moody’s Economy.com.

Allison cautioned that any new plan is “not going to mean that all underwater mortgages are suddenly in the program.”

Obama administration officials have been studying such issues for months. An expansion of its foreclosure-prevention program has long been expected because only 170,000 homeowners have completed the process out of 1.1 million who began it over the past year.

And lawmakers have been frustrated by the lack of results.

“It has failed,” said Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., at hearing of the House oversight committee on Thursday. “It has failed miserably and unfortunately we are incapable of saying: OK, this was an experiment, it didn’t work, let’s try something else.”

Though $75 billion in funding is available to the lenders who have signed up, only a tiny fraction has been spent.

NEW YORK (AP) — Major stock indexes fell from their 2010 highs Wednesday as weakness in the housing market and rising European debt loads revived investors’ pessimistic view of the economy.

The Dow Jones industrial average fell about 53 points. It was only the Dow’s second drop in 12 days. Broader stock indexes also slid.

Treasury prices tumbled after a government debt auction drew only modest demand for a second straight day. That raised concerns that the government will have to pay higher interest rates to attract buyers for its debt. Washington has been issuing record amounts of debt to help revive the economy.

The drop in stocks came after Fitch Ratings lowered Portugal’s credit rating. The agency said the country’s recovery will be slower than others that use the euro. Fitch contends that could hurt Portugal’s ability to repay its debt.

Deficit problems in Europe have been one of the few drags on stocks this year. Rising debt in Greece, Portugal and other nations that use the euro have investors worried that troubles there could upend a nascent global recovery.

The dollar rose to a 10-month high against the euro. The stronger dollar makes commodities more expensive to foreign buyers. That cuts into demand.

Stocks also lost ground after

the Commerce Department said that new home sales unexpectedly fell to a record low last month.

The stock market has been carving steady gains for more than a month as reports signal a slow strengthening of the economy. The modest signs of improvement have kept traders from placing big bets on a rebound. Some analysts were already expecting a retreat because major stock indexes had touched new highs for the year.

Subodh Kumar, global investment strategist at Subodh Kumar & Assoc. in Toronto, said investors have been too quick to look past risks still facing the economy. He said stocks have gone up too much.

“The markets, particularly stocks, have been looking at one aspect only and that is recovery,” he said.

The Dow fell 52.68, or 0.5 percent, to 10,836.15, a day after closing at its highest level since September 2008. It was the biggest point and percentage drop since Feb. 25.

The Standard & Poor’s 500 index dropped 6.45, or 0.6 percent, to 1,167.72. The index also closed Tuesday at its highest level in nearly 18 months.

The Nasdaq composite index fell 16.48, or 0.7 percent, to 2,398.76. On Tuesday, the index reached its best level in 19 months.

Bond prices dropped after an

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auction of $42 billion in fiveyear Treasury notes drew weak demand. The yield on the fiveyear note, which moves opposite price, rose to 2.59 percent from 2.42 percent.

The yield on the benchmark 10-year note rose to 3.86 percent from 3.69 percent late Tuesday.

An auction Tuesday of $44 billion in two-year notes also saw a drop in demand.

The drop in the stock market wasn’t as steep as in Treasurys.

Robert Froehlich, senior managing director at Hartford Financial Services, said the slide in stocks wasn’t worse because the financial problems in Portugal weren’t unexpected. Analysts have said that the country has been carrying too much debt.

Froehlich also said the recent slow climb in the market signals that investors don’t have strong opinions about which way the market is going.

“What’s the next move of the Dow — 12,000 or 8,000? No one is willing to make that big bet,” he said.

In economic news, the drop in new home sales brought another reminder of the troubles in the housing market. New home sales fell 2.2 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual sales pace of 308,000 in February as bad weather helped kept buyers out of the market.

Economists polled by Thomson Reuters had forecast sales would rise to 320,000.

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nation AP sources: US-Israeli talks end without accord WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and Israel failed to heal their deepest dispute in decades as a two-day visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ended late Wednesday without resolving a rift over new Israeli housing planned in east Jerusalem.

Before departing the U.S., Netanyahu said he thought some progress had been made in defusing what has become an unusually public spat between close allies.

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President Barack Obama speaks about health care reform at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Thursday.

Obama to GOP: ‘Go for it’

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — President Barack Obama dared Republicans to try to repeal his new health care law, telling them Thursday to “Go for it” and see how well they do with voters in November.

“Be my guest,” Obama said in the first of many planned appearances to sell the revamp before fall congressional elections. “If they want to have that fight, we can have it. Because I don’t believe the American people are going to put the insurance industry back in the driver’s seat.”

With emotions raw around the nation over this week’s Democrats-only vote to approve the nearly $1 trillion redesign of the health care system, Obama took the opposition to task for “plenty of fear-mongering, plenty of overheated rhetoric.”

“If you turn on the news, you’ll see that those same folks are still shouting about how it’s going to be the end of the world because this bill passed,” said Obama, returning to the college town where, as a presidential candidate three years ago, he unveiled his plan to provide health care for all.

No Republican lawmakers voted for the 10-year, sweeping package that Obama signed Tuesday and will shape how

almost every American will receive and pay for medical treatment. Many in the GOP are predicting it will prove devastating in November for the Democrats who voted for it.

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky said the GOP won’t give up “until this bill is repealed and replaced with common-sense ideas” that won’t dismantle the current system and increase the debt.

Some Democratic lawmakers have faced threats and vandalism because of their votes.

Obama didn’t mention the incidents.

The president stressed the notion of a promise kept. As the crowd broke into a chant of “Yes we can!”, Obama corrected them: “Yes we did!”

Challenged by a young man in the audience who shouted several times, “What about the public option,” a liberal-backed proposal for the creation of a government-sponsored plan to compete with private insurers, Obama said: “We couldn’t get it through Congress.”

“This legislation is not perfect, as you just heard,” the president said. “But what this is, is a historic step to enshrine the principle that everybody gets health care coverage in this country,

every single person.”

Afterward, Obama visited Prairie Lights Books — killing two birds with one stone. He had highlighted the store in his speech as a small business that has offered coverage to full-time employees for 20 years, but is struggling to continue to do so after its premiums rose last year by 35 percent. Obama also has frequently complained of his inability as president to do regular things — like browse a bookstore.

The White House suggests it has the upper hand on the issue politically, arguing the GOP risks a voter backlash because a repeal would take away many benefits. Among them are tax credits for small businesses to provide health care to their workers and $250 rebates for seniors to help pay for their presciption medications.

Obama spoke as Democrats in Washington raced to complete the overhaul with a separate package of fixes to the main bill.

Senate leaders finished work Thursday on the fix-it legislation, already approved in the House.

But Republican attempts to derail the bill resulted in minor changes, meaning the House must vote on it again before Obama can sign it. The House vote was expected by evening.

“I think we have found the golden path between Israel’s traditional policies and our desire to move forward toward peace,” the Israeli leader said as he boarded his plane for the trip back home.

American officials said last-minute talks between Netanyahu and U.S. Mideast peace envoy George Mitchell had not ended tensions over Israeli construction in the part of Jerusalem that Palestinians want to be a capital of a separate state.

The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the closed-door talks were confidential.

U.S. and Israeli officials told The Associated Press that the talks were aimed at getting IsraeliPalestinian peace talks back on track. Netanyahu had extended his stay by hours to work on a deal, but the talks ended at about 8 p.m. without any announcements, one official said.

The two sides had hoped to come up with mutually acceptable ideas to improve an atmosphere poisoned by announcements of the new Jewish housing projects. An Israeli official said Israel wants to see talks with the Palestinians resume quickly. The evening talks were intended to promote that goal, the official said.

Netanyahu twice pushed back his departure from Washington after talks with President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton failed to reach consensus on what Israel could do to repair damage caused by the housing announcements.

During Netanyahu’s frosty visit, “the U.S. made clear it is looking for steps to increase confidence and show commitment to the process,” said Mark Toner, the deputy State Department spokesman.

Earlier Wednesday, the Obama administration challenged Israel to explain yet another announced plan to expand Jewish housing in east Jerusalem, the same issue that soured U.S.-Israeli relations ahead of Netanyahu’s three-day visit to Washington this week.

Palestinians claim east Jerusalem as the capital of a future independent state, and the United States sees continued Israeli building there as a provocation that makes peace negotiations harder.

Netanyahu offered no concessions during his visit on an earlier plan to build 1,600 homes for Jews in the disputed part of the city. Netanyahu’s government has refused to back off steady expansion of Jewish neighborhoods in the majority Arab city section.

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HAVANA (AP) — A U.S. replica of the 19th-century Cuban slave ship “Amistad� glided through the millpond-calm waters of Havana Bay on Thursday, a reminder of the countries’ intertwined past and a gesture toward a brighter shared future.

Built in Connecticut, the blackhulled, two-masted re-creation of the schooner, whose name means “Friendship,� flew the American and Cuban flags — as well as the blue flag of the United Nations. It was one of the few times a ship under the Stars and Stripes has called on the island in 51 years of estrangement since Fidel Castro took power. As it neared shore, the crew of 19 Americans lowered the U.S. flag and ran Cuba’s up the main mast. “It feels like a promise fulfilled,� said Gregory Belanger, the CEO and president of Amistad America Inc., the nonprofit organization that owns and operates the ship. “It was built here originally. Its sail is from here. Now it is here.�

U.S. movie director Steven Spielberg made the story of the original Amistad famous with his 1997 film of the same name. The ship set sail from Havana carrying a cargo of captives from Sierra Leone in 1839. The Africans rebelled, commandeering the ship on a zigzag course up the U.S. coast until it was finally seized off the coast of Long Island.

The captured Africans became an international cause for abolitionists, and their fate was finally decided in 1841, when John Quincy Adams argued their case before the Supreme Court, which granted them freedom.

It was an inspirational ending to an otherwise sinister historical period — and some who helped bring the Amistad replica to this country hope its simple arrival could signal hope for improving a half-century and counting of frigid U.S.-Cuba relations. “If one of the two sides, either the U.S. or Cuba, had not wanted this to occur it wouldn’t have,� said Steve Schwadron, a consultant on the Amistad project and former chief of staff for Rep. William Delahunt.

The Massachusetts Democrat has long worked to ease U.S.-Cuba relations and reached out to the State Department to make officials aware of the Amistad’s proposal.

Thursday commemorates the day, March 25, 1807, when the British Parliament outlawed the slave trade.

It also marks the 10th anniversary of the replica’s rechristening. As the Amistad took to the seas a decade ago, its builders at Connecticut’s Mystic Seaport vowed to get it to Cuba’s capital or bust.

It first arrived on the island Tuesday at the port of Matanzas, 60 miles

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The Freedom Schooner Amistad, a near-replica of the ship that sparked a 19th century slave revolt, flies Sierra Leonean and American flags as it sails into port in central Freetown, Sierra Leone, the original West African homeland of many of the Amistad captives, in this Dec. 9, 2007, file photo.

(95 kilometers) east of Havana.

Thursday’s mostly calm, blue-gray waves made for smooth sailing past the Morro Castle, a Spanish fort built in 1859 that guards the sea entrance to Havana. The Amistad then hugged the storied waterfront, passing the iconic Hotel Nacional before reaching a modern cruise ship port on the edge of the city’s historic harbor district.

Using high technology hidden in its wooden frame and rigging, the new Amistad has crossed the Atlantic and wended its way through the Caribbean since 2007 as part of the United Nations and UNESCO’s Slave Route Project.The ship will offer public tours, remaining for six days near the warren of narrow, cobblestone streets and gracefully decaying homes and apartment buildings with colonial-era courtyards and terraces that comprise Havana’s historic district.

Cuba’s state television re-aired the Spielberg film this week. Officials anticipate so many visitors to the ship that they asked the Amistad to add extra hours when it will be open to the public.

On Friday, an educational simulcast will link high schoolers in Havana to an auditorium of 300 students at U.N.

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headquarters, as well as youngsters who have studied the real Amistad in Gambia, the United Kingdom, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana and Jamaica.

Many believed the administration of President Barack Obama could lead a reconciliation effort with Cuba. But the ship arrived as international tension over the island’s human rights record has intensified since the Feb. 23 death of dissident Orlando Zapata Tamayo after a long prison hunger strike.

Obama said Wednesday that Zapata Tamayo’s death was “deeply disturbing� and shows that, instead of entering a new era, Cuban authorities continue to respond to the aspirations of its people with a clenched fist.

On the same day the ship was docking in Havana, pop icon Gloria Estefan was leading a march in support of a top Cuban dissident group through the streets of Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood.

From Cuba, the Amistad will head up the U.S. East Coast with a stop in Washington, and remain in U.S. waters until August, telling the tale of its stop in Cuba all along the way, Belanger said.

Prince Charles visits troops CAMP BASTION, Afghanistan (AP) — Britain’s Prince Charles made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan on Thursday, stopping in the Taliban-infested province where his younger son, Harry, served for 10 weeks until his secret deployment was leaked to the media.

Charles, wearing military fatigues, recalled how much he worried about Harry when he was in Helmand province and sympathized with the families of other British soldiers serving in the country. “For the families, I know when my youngest son was out here, as a parent you worry the whole time,� Charles told reporters after laying a wreath of paper poppies and white carnations for the fallen at the base in Helmand.

The 61-year-old heir to the British throne said troops can keep themselves busy in the field, but for the relatives left behind, it’s “ghastly.�

Britain has lost 276 troops since the war began in 2001, second only to the United States.

British soldiers have mainly been tasked with battling the Taliban in Helmand, the center of Afghanistan’s illegal narcotics trade that has financed the militant group.

Harry participated in that battle in 2007 and 2008, calling in airstrikes and setting off on foot patrols from an isolated outpost near the war-ravaged village of Garmsir, some 100 miles (160 kilometers) west of the former Taliban capital of Kandahar.

The prince’s secret tour of duty was abruptly aborted after a magazine and Web sites disclosed details of his whereabouts.

More recently, British troops participated in a major operation to retake the Taliban stronghold of Marjah in Helmand — the largest offensive since the U.S. and NATO committed an additional 40,000 troops to Afghanistan.

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Vatican axed trial for priest accused by boys VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican on Thursday strongly defended its decision not to defrock an American priest accused of molesting some 200 deaf boys in Wisconsin and denounced what it called a campaign to smear Pope Benedict XVI and his aides.

Church and Vatican documents showed that Israeli Prime Minister in the mid-1990s, two Wisconsin bishops urged Benjamin Netanyahu the Vatican office led by then-Cardinal Joseph attends the weekly cabinet Ratzinger — now the pope — to let them hold a meeting in Jerusalem, church trial against the Rev. Lawrence Murphy.

Sunday, March 21, 2010.

The bishops admitted the trial was coming years after the alleged abuse, but argued that the deaf Associated Press community in Milwaukee was demanding justice from the church.

An American protester in Rome on Thursday called the Murphy case an “incontrovertible case of pedophilia.”

Despite the extensive and grave allegations against Murphy, Ratzinger’s deputy at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith ruled that the alleged molestation had occurred too long ago and that Murphy — then ailing and elderly — should instead repent and be restricted from celebrating Mass outside of his diocese.

The official, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone — now the Vatican’s secretary of state — ordered the church ress toward solving the Israelitrial halted after Murphy wrote Ratzinger a letter Palestinian conflict impedes saying he was ill, infirm, and “simply want to live other U.S. goals around the out the time that I have left in the dignity of my world and fuels extremism. priesthood.”

Pressure to compromise can The New York Times broke the story Thursday, only increase if that idea gains adding fuel to a swirling scandal about the way steam along with rising interthe Vatican in general, and Benedict in particular, national impatience with Israel, have handled reports of priests raping children most recently illustrated by over the years.

Tuesday’s extraordinary decision On Thursday, a group of Americans who say

by Britain to expel an Israeli they were sexually abused by clerics staged a press diplomat over the alleged use conference outside St. Peter’s Square in Rome to of forged British passports in a plot to slay a Hamas operative in denounce Benedict’s handling of the case and gave reporters church and Vatican documents on the Dubai in January. case.

In what seemed like a veiled Afterward, Italian police detained four reference to Petraeus’ and Americans for 2 1/2 hours because they didn’t have Clinton’s suggestion, Netanyahu a permit for the news conference and suggested told the same pro-Israel conven- they get a lawyer in case a judge decided to press tion in Washington this week charges, the Americans said. that anti-Semitism, in its most “We’ve spent more time in the police station than “pernicious” form, “argues that Father Murphy did in his life,” Peter Isely, the if only Israel did not exist, many Milwaukee-based director of SNAP, the Survivors of the world’s problems would go Network of those Abused by Priests, said after his away.” release.

The Israeli leader’s speech Speaking at the earlier press conference, Isely before the American-Israel called the Murphy case the most “incontrovertible Public Affairs Committee highcase of pedophilia you could get.” lighted the huge gulf between “The goal of Cardinal Ratzinger, now Pope the way many Israelis and Benedict, was to keep this secret,” he said, flanked the rest of the world view by photos of others who say they were abused and east Jerusalem, which the a poster of Ratzinger. “We need to know why he Palestinians claim as the capital (the pope) did not let us know about him (Murphy) of a future state. and why he didn’t let the police know about him “Jerusalem is not a settlement. and why he did not condemn him and why he did It’s our capital,” Netanyahu said not take his collar away from him.” to wild applause.

The Vatican issued a strong defense in its hanAlon Liel, former director gen- dling of the Murphy case. The Vatican newspaper eral of Israel’s Foreign Ministry, L’Osservatore Romano said there was no cover-up described what he called an and denounced what it said was a “clear and despiIsraeli “bubble” where the precable intention” to strike at Benedict “at any cost.” vailing view is “let’s go on setThe Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico tling in Jerusalem, the world is Lombardi, issued a statement noting that the against us.”

Murphy case had only reached the Vatican in 1996 — some 20 years after the diocese first learned of the allegations. He also said Murphy died two years later — in 1998 — and that there was nothing in the church’s handling of the matter that precluded any civil action from being taken against him.

Netanyahu’s tough choice:

Peace or settlements AP Analysis

By STEVEN GUTKIN Associated Press Writer

JERUSALEM — Following a seemingly chilly reception at the White House, Benjamin Netanyahu is learning the hard way that he can’t have it all.

The Israeli leader will not likely be able to settle east Jerusalem with Jews and maintain strong relations with the Obama administration, to pander to far-right coalition partners and negotiate credibly with the Palestinians, or to alienate important allies and expect decisive international action against archenemy Iran.

Israel infuriated Washington earlier this month when it announced plans to build 1,600 new Jewish homes in the disputed part of Jerusalem during a visit by Vice President Joe Biden.

A fresh announcement Wednesday of 20 new Jewish homes planned in the heart of an Arab neighborhood prompted a White House demand for clarification even as Netanyahu was in Washington trying to ease tensions.

With Israel’s international standing in tatters and its relationship with Washington at a low point, Netanyahu’s moment of truth appears close. Will he stick to his hawkish roots or conclude, as his two predecessors Ariel Sharon and Ehud Olmert did, that occupying captured lands and their large Arab populations imperils Israel’s future as

a Jewish state?

So far, Netanyahu is showing no signs of bending on east Jerusalem, despite the international uproar over the new Israeli housing projects.

An unusual decision to keep reporters away from a meeting between Netanyahu and President Barack Obama at the White House and some pointed criticism from Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton at a pro-Israel conference indicated the latest U.S.-Israeli diplomatic row is not over.

Last-minute talks Wednesday between Netanyahu and U.S. Mideast peace envoy George Mitchell — held just before the Israeli leader ended his two-day visit to Washington — failed to heal the U.S.-Israeli row over east Jerusalem settlement building, U.S. officials said on condition of anonymity because the closed-door talks were confidential.

The Americans say the east Jerusalem housing projects — which were announced shortly after Israel and the Palestinians agreed to the first U.S.-mediated indirect peace talks in more than a year — are provocative and prejudge the outcome of negotiations.

But recent comments by Clinton and the head of the U.S. Central Command could have even more sweeping implications.

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Ridiculing someone with dementia is cruel and, in my opinion, qualifies as elder abuse. As to “tricking” your father into thinking her friend was his daughter, I wish you had mentioned what she was trying to accomplish by doing that. Your father — and his assets — may need protection.

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If you have any insight or direction as to what I need to do, I would be grateful. I have tried everything except acupuncture, which I think I will do next.

Dear Reader: Neck pain is a common condition that can result from a number of disorders and diseases, including poor posture, herniated disc, degenerative disc disease, pinched nerve, whiplash from an auto accident and strain. The pain can be minor to severe and cause tingling, sensitivity, headache, diz-

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ziness, tight shoulders and a host of other unpleasant and often debilitating symptoms. Because you are taking OsteoValin and were taking Fosamax six years ago, I assume you have been diagnosed with osteoporosis. OsteoValin is a nonprescription supplement designed to prevent further bone deterioration. One of its three key ingredients is strontium.

Overuse of the supplement can result in headaches. Amlodipine besylate can also cause headaches and muscle pain.

Speak with your physician about your concerns. Perhaps you can consider a trial period of other medications and/or eliminate one or more.

IN THE STARS

Your Birthday, March 26;

Opportunity will be there for you, but you’ll have to be brave enough to make things happen.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) - Get out and mingle today if you get a chance.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) - Your concern and compassion is easily aroused today for everybody, but especially for those you love and cherish.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) - Uplift your spirits today by spending some quality time with good friends and/or family.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) - Someone who knows your desires will be instrumental in helping you.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) - Others who are eager to participate in an endeavor you have been proposing are looking to you.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22) - Soft lights, sweet music and a secluded nook is all it might take for you and your special someone to have a perfect day.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) - Because you’ll be sincere in your efforts in making others feel important and special today, don’t be surprised if people flock.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) - The key to happiness today is simply enjoying what you’re doing.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) - This could be a very fun day for Sagittarians who are restless and need some excitement in their lives.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) - All you have to do to get started is have the courage to try.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) - When collectively aiming for the same target, you and your special someone can make a dynamic team.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) - Motivate yourself to go for bigger and better things today.

16 — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, FRIDAY, March 26, 2010

CLASSIFIEDS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF RUTHERFORD IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION BEFORE THE CLERK FILE NO. 10 SP 062 IN THE MATTER OF: THE FORECLOSURE OF THE DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY HERBERT H. FRANK AND JUDITH K. FRANK GRANTORS

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TO: JOHN R. LYNCH, JR., TRUSTEE As Recorded In Book 1001, Page 636, Rutherford County Registry ____________________________________ NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust executed by Herbert H. Frank and Judith K. Frank to John R. Lynch, Jr., Trustee, dated March 10, 2008 and recorded in Book 1001 at Page 636 in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Rutherford County, North Carolina; and under and by virtue of the authority vested in the undersigned, as Substitute Trustee; and default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness thereby secured; and the 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, and by Order of the Clerk of Court for Rutherford County entered in this foreclosure proceeding, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the Courthouse Door of the Rutherford County Courthouse, Rutherfordton, North Carolina at 3:00 p.m. on Friday, April 9, 2010, the property conveyed in said Deed of Trust, which property as of March 10, 2010 was owned by Herbert H. Frank and Judith K. Frank, that being land with improvements thereon located in the City of Lake Lure, Rutherford County, North Carolina as is more particularly described on Exhibit "A" attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

EXHIBIT "A" Legal Description Situate, lying and being in Chimney Rock Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina, and being a part of the lands conveyed by Archie Faulk and wife, Laura Faulk, to M. Eugene Booth and wife, Patricia H. Booth, (one-half undivided interest) and Javan Calton and wife, Ann H. Calton (one-half undivided interest), by a deed dated August 26, 1993, and recorded in Deed Book 617 at Page 529, Rutherford County Registry, and being shown on a plat of survey prepared by Professional Surveying Services, Nathan Odom, Registered Land Surveyor, bearing map number 19904 L, and dated August 31, 2000, and being recorded in Plat Book 21 at Page 99, Rutherford County Registry, and being lots Two (2) and Three (3) thereon, and being more particularly described by metes and bounds according to said plat as follows: LOT TWO: BEGINNING at an existing iron pin, said iron pin being the north easternmost corner of the original Booth and Calton lands hereinabove referenced, and said iron pin being a common corner with the lands of Larry R. Hyder and wife, Francis M. Hyder, by a deed recorded in Deed Book 394 at Page 434, Rutherford County Registry, and also being common corner with the lands of Geoffrey L. Handel by a deed recorded in Deed Book 661 at Page 515, Rutherford County Registry; and running thence from said beginning iron pin along the Hyder boundary South 67 degrees 47 minutes 09 seconds West 114.19 feet to an existing iron pin; thence continuing with the Hyder boundary South 78 degrees 38 minutes 27 seconds East 109.63 feet to an existing iron pin at or near the shoreline of Lake Lure; thence along the shoreline of Lake Lure as it meanders by the following five (5) courses and distances: (1) South 39 degrees 13 minutes 59 seconds West 22.47 feet to a point, (2) South 36 degrees 53 minutes 47 seconds West 46.87 feet to a point, (3) South 57 degrees 54 minutes 09 seconds West 11.68 feet to a point, (4) South 22 degrees 43 minutes 35 seconds West 15.49 feet to a point, (5) South 13 degrees 23 minutes 35 seconds East 8.30 feet to a new iron pin, common corner with Lot Three (3) of the same said recorded plat; thence leaving the shoreline of Lake Lure and along the northern Lot Three boundary North 81 degrees 36 minutes 01 seconds West 92.42 feet to a new iron pin; thence continuing with the Lot Three boundary, North 67 degrees 02 minutes 14 seconds West 123.29 feet to a new iron pin in the centerline of a twenty-foot private drive and easement; thence North 49 degrees 25 minutes 51 seconds East 155.77 feet to an existing iron pin in the southern boundary of the lands of Sylvia R. Bridges by a deed recorded in Deed Book 550 at Page 182, Rutherford County Registry; thence South 84 degrees 03 minutes 41 seconds East 104.89 feet to the point and place of BEGINNING, containing 0.56 acres, more or less.

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SUBJECT TO a right of way and easement over twenty (20) foot private drive to Snug Harbor Lane.

SUBJECT TO all rights of the Town of Lake Lure to the 995 contour from the shoreline of Lake Lure.

LOT THREE: BEGINNING at an existing iron pin at the shoreline of Lake Lure serving as the easternmost point of the original Booth and Calton lands hereinabove referenced and said iron pin lying in the northern boundary of the land of Edith J. Black by a deed recorded in Deed Book 354 at Page 531, Rutherford County Registry, and said iron pin lying South 54 degrees 06 minutes 17 seconds West 28.77 feet from an existing iron pin in the northern Black boundary and running thence from said beginning iron pin along the Black boundary South 48 degrees 22 minutes 24 seconds West 12.00 feet to a stone; thence continuing with the Black boundary South 74 degrees 26 minutes 56 seconds West 152.54 feet to an existing iron pin, said iron pin being the westernmost Black corner, and said iron pin also being the northernmost corner of the land of Robert L. Hodge and wife, Barbara M. Hodge, by a deed recorded in Deed Book 504 at Page 369, Rutherford County Registry, and said iron pin also being the northeast corner of the lands of George Greene by a deed recorded in Deed Book 384 at Page 47, Rutherford County Registry; thence along the northern Greene boundary South 76 degrees 33 minutes 03 seconds West (passing a new iron pin in the centerline of a twenty (20) foot private drive and easement at 179.81 feet) a total distance of 277.01 feet to a new iron pin; thence North 50 degrees 41 minutes 35 seconds West 65.50 feet to a point in a branch; thence North 29 degrees 20 minutes 06 seconds East 204.39 feet to a new iron pin; thence South 67 degrees 02 minutes 14 seconds East (passing a new iron pin in the centerline of the said twenty (20) foot private drive and easement at 85.00 feet) a total distance of 208.29 feet to a new iron pin; thence South 81 degrees 36 minutes 01 second West 92.42 feet to a new iron pin at the shoreline of Lake Lure, said iron pin being the southernmost corner of Lot Two (2) of the same plat of subdivision; thence along the shoreline of Lake Lure as it meanders by the following four (4) calls: (1) South 13 degrees 23 minutes 35 seconds East 13.24 feet to a point, (2) South 37 degrees 09 minutes 26 seconds West 10.12 feet to a point, (3) North 82 degrees 09 minutes 32 seconds East 25.36 feet to a point, (4) North 85 degrees 4 minutes 45 seconds East 70.84 feet to the point and place of BEGINNING, containing 1.07 acres, more or less.

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BEING ALSO CONVEYED HEREWITH a twenty (20) foot wide right of way and easement for the purposes of ingress, egress, and regress over the land of grantors and other subdivided lots therefrom as shown on said plat, recorded in Plat Book 21 at Page 99, Rutherford County Registry, to Snug Harbor Lane, the centerline of which said right of way being as follows: BEGINNING at a new iron pin serving as the westernmost Lot Two (2) corner, and said iron pin lying South 67 degrees 02 minutes 14 seconds East 85.00 feet from a new iron pin serving as the sixth (6th) corner of the 1.07 acre Lot Three (3) as hereinabove described; and running thence along the centerline of said easement by the following four (4) courses and distances: (1) North 49 degrees 25 minutes 51 seconds East 35.32 feet to a point, (2) North 68 degrees 38 minutes 39 seconds East 45.31 feet to a point, (3) North 79 degrees 27 minutes 46 seconds East 99.24 feet to a point, (4) North 59 degrees 38 minutes 32 seconds East 64.98 feet to a point, said point being located at the terminus of Snug Harbor Lane.

SUBJECT to all rights of the Town of Lake Lure to the 995 contour from the shoreline of Lake Lure.

Being the same property deeded to Lakeside Builders Custom & Log Homes, Inc. by a deed recorded in Deed Book 762 at Page 394, Rutherford County Registry.

The sale will be made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, restrictions and easements of record and assessments, if any, and the statutes, rules and regulations of the United States Bankruptcy Code and the United States Bankruptcy Courts.

The above-described real property will be sold "AS IS, WHERE IS". Neither the Substitute Trustee nor the Holder of the Note secured by the Deed of Trust being foreclosed nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representatives of either the Substitute 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 real property being sold, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such conditions expressly are disclaimed.

Pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes and the terms of the Deed of Trust, the highest bidder shall be required to deposit with the Trustee immediately upon conclusion of the sale a cash deposit equal to the greater of five (5%) percent of the highest bid or $750.00. The highest bidder shall be required to tender the full purchase price in cash or certified check at a time the Trustee tenders a deed for the property or attempts to tender such deed and should the highest bidder fail to pay the purchase price at that time, the highest bidder shall remain liable on the bid as provided for pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes.

The sale will be held open ten (10) days for upset bids as required by law.

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.

The Notice of Sale hereby given is in satisfaction of the requirements of the aforementioned Deed of Trust and the requirements contained in the North Carolina General Statutes with respect to posting or publishing notice of sale.

This the 15th day of March, 2010.

Stephen L. Palmer Substitute Trustee P. O. Drawer 1470 Hickory, NC 28603

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The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, FRIDAY, March 26, 2010 — 17 Real Estate

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executor of the estate of BLANCHE M. MCGINNIS of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said BLANCHE M. MCGINNIS to present them to the undersigned on or before the 26th 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 26th day of March, 2010.

Sheila Owensby, Executor 1036 Old Ross Road Forest City, NC 28043

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North Carolina, Rutherford County NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 09 SP 462 Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Michael Eric Fall and wife, Lisa Fall to Radey & Layton, PLLC, Trustee(s), which was dated July 27, 2007 and recorded on July 27, 2007 in Book 968 at Page 801, Rutherford County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Brock & Scott, PLLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on March 31, 2010 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Rutherford County, North Carolina, to wit: Being all those lands in that certain Deed from J. Lance Dobbins to J. Lance Dobbins and wife, Virginia H. Dobbins, which is dated December 28, 1987, and is of record in Deed Book 513 at Page 79, Rutherford County Registry, and being more particularly described by metes and bounds as follows: Lying on the Southwest side of Tanner Street in the Town of Rutherfordton, North Carolina, and being Lots Nos. 23 and 24 in Block 1 as shown on plat recorded in Plat Book 5, on Page 111, of the Rutherford County Registry, and Lots Nos. 47 and 48 in Block K as shown in Plat Book 5, on Page 120, of the Rutherford County Registry, and herein described in one boundary according to survey and plat by R. A. Terrell, Civil Engineer, in July 1955, as follows: BEGINNING at an iron pin on the southwest side of Tanner Street, the Northeast corner of Lot No. 23 above mentioned, which stake is 550 feet South 33 deg. 40 min. East from the intersection of the Southwest side of Tanner Street with the southeast side of Hodge Street, and runs thence with the common line of Lots No. 22 and 23 South 54 deg. West 151 feet to an iron pin; thence South 33 deg. 40 min. East 100 feet to an iron pin, the southwest corner of Lot No. 47 above mentioned; thence with the common line of Lots Nos. 46 and 47 North 54 deg. 1 min. East 151 feet to an iron pin on the southwest side of Tanner Street; thence with tthe Southwest side of Tanner Street North 33 deg. 40 min. West 100 feet to the BEGINNING. Being the same and identical property conveyed by Virginia Moore Dobbins to J. Lance Dobbins by a deed recorded in Deed Book 544 at Page 581, Rutherford County Registry. See also Separation and Property Settlement Agreement recorded in Deed Book 547 at Page 293, Rutherford COunty Registry.

Tracy Dobbins Matthews is the sole heir at law of J. Lance Dobbins, deceased in Rutherford County on January 3, 2007. See estate filed in 07 E 11, Rutherford County Clerk of Superior Court.

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Yard Sales

ESTATE/YARD SALE Rfdtn: 131 Fleming Dr. (221N, left on Thompson Rd., across from RS Central) Sat. 7A-until Girls clothes LARGE Rutherfordton Green River Baptist Assoc. & Dean’s Produce Sat. 7A-1P Multi Family Yard Sale Inside the Moose Lodge Sat. 7A-12P Large variety of items!

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North Carolina, Rutherford County NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 10 SP 51 Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Maryann Ann Tocco aka Mary Ann Tocco unmarried to PRLAP, INC., Trustee(s), which was dated May 24, 2006 and recorded on May 24, 2006 in Book 900 at Page 817, Rutherford County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Brock & Scott, PLLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on April 7, 2010 at 11:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Rutherford County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING ALL of Lot 504 as shown on survey by R.L. Greene, PLS entitled "GreyRock Subdivision" Phase 3 B as recorded in Plat Book 26 at Page 236, said plat being one of a series of plats recorded in Plat Book 26 Page 235 through 242 of the Rutherford County, NC Registry, reference to said recorded plats being made for a more particular description of said Lot 504. TOGETHER WITH AND SUBJECT TO all easements, restrictions and rights of ways of record and a nonexclusive appurtenant easement for ingress egress and regress is conveyed over and upon all private subdivision roads for GreyRock at Lake Lure as shown on the above-described plats and the plats for Phase 1A and 1B, Phase 2A and 2B, of Greyrock and the Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions for GreyRock at Lake Lure as recorded in Book 858, at Page 122 of the Rutherford County, NC Registry and also recorded in Book 3827, Page 764 of the Buncombe County NC Registry (herein "Declarations"). BEING a portion of that property conveyed to LR Buffalo Creek, LLC a Georgia limited liability company by deeds recorded in Book 855, Page 816 of the Rutherford County, NC Registry and in Book 3793, at Page 665 of the Buncombe County, NC Registry.

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

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

Said property is commonly known as: 163 Tanner Street, Rutherfordton, NC 28139 Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, and the court costs of Forty-Five Cents (45¢) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) pursuant to NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing.

Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance "AS IS WHERE IS." There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Michael Eric Fall and wife, Lisa Fall.

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

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

Said property is commonly known as: Lot #504 Bryce Trail (Grey Rock Subdivision), Lake Lure, NC 28746 Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, and the court costs of Forty-Five Cents (45¢) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) pursuant to NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing.

Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance "AS IS WHERE IS." There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Homie Land, LLC. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days' written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

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

Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Jeremy B. Wilkins, NCSB No. 32346 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No. 10-00813-FC01, 681405 3/26, 04/02/2010

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18 — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, FRIDAY, March 26, 2010 North Carolina, Rutherford County

North Carolina, Rutherford County NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 10 SP 56

AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 09 SP 341

Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by David J. Shaheen Joined By His Wife Cynthia H. Shaheen to Christopher R. Reddick, EVP, Trustee(s), which was dated February 21, 2006 and recorded on March 2, 2006 in Book 888 at Page 89, Rutherford County Registry, North Carolina.

Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Geraldine V. Munsayac aka Geraldine Munsayac to PRLAP, INC., Trustee(s), which was dated September 6, 2007 and recorded on September 7, 2007 in Book 975 at Page 475, Rutherford County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Brock & Scott, PLLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on April 7, 2010 at 11:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Rutherford County, North Carolina, to wit:

Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Brock & Scott, PLLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on April 7, 2010 at 11:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Rutherford County, North Carolina, to wit:

Situate, lying and being in Chimney Rock Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina, and being the same and identical property described in Deed recorded in Deed Book 863, Page 433434, Rutherford County Registry, and being described according to said Deed as follows: Being all of Lot Number 65, a 2.69 acre tract, of Laurel Lakes Development, Phase IV, as shown on plat entitled "Laurel Lakes Development LLC", prepared by Nathan Odom, Registered Land Surveyor, on July 24, 2001, and of record in Plat Book 23, Page 167, Rutherford County Registry.

Reference to said plat being made for further aid of description. Subject to the Declaration of Covenants and Restrictions for Laurel Lakes of record in Deed Book 779, Page 831, Rutherford County Registry, and any additional amendments or supplemental declarations pertaining thereto.

A map showing the above described property is recorded in Plat Book 23, Page 167.

BEING ALL OF Lot 22 as shown on survey by R. L. Greene, PLS entitled GreyRock Subdivison Phase 1A as recorded in Plat Book 25 at Page 166 renumbered in Plat Book 25, Page 189, said plat being one of a series of plats recorded in Plat Book 25, Page 165 through Page 169 being renumbered in Plat Book 25, Pages 188 through 192 of the Rutherford County, NC Registry, reference to said recorded plats being made for a more particular description of said Lot.

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

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

Said property is commonly known as 266 Shuttle Mill Crossing, Lake Lure, NC 28746 Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, and the court costs of Forty-Five Cents (45¢) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) pursuant to NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing.

Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance "AS IS WHERE IS." There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are David J. Shaheen and wife, Cynthia H. Shaheen.

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

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

Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Jeremy B. Wilkins, NCSB No. 32346 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No. 10-01513-FC01, 681404 3/26, 04/02/2010

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

Said property is commonly known as: Lot 22 (1.81 acres) on Buffalo Shoals Road, (Grey Rock Subdivision), Lake Lure, NC 28746

Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance "AS IS WHERE IS." There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Thee 22 Grey Rock Trust.

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

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

Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Jeremy B. Wilkins, NCSB No. 32346 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No. 09-16245-FC01, 679789 3/26, 04/02/2010

START YOUR SUBSCRIPTION TODAY! 245-6431 North Carolina, Rutherford County NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 10 SP 47

North Carolina, Rutherford County AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 09 SP 352 Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Barry Parker, unmarried to PRLAP, Inc. Trustee(s), which was dated August 30, 2006 and recorded on September 5, 2006 in Book 916 at Page 413, Rutherford County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Brock & Scott, PLLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on April 7, 2010 at 11:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Rutherford County, North Carolina, to wit:

Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Tyrone G Middleton and Anna Long-Middleton, husband and wife to PRLAP, INC., Trustee(s), which was dated July 27, 2006 and recorded on July 31, 2006 in Book 910 at Page 694, Rutherford County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Brock & Scott, PLLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on March 31, 2010 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Rutherford County, North Carolina, to wit:

Lying in Chimney Rock Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina: Being all of Lot 126, Phase 1 B as shown on subdivision plat for GreyRock at Lake Lure Subdivision recorded in Plat Book 25, at Page 206, said plat being one of a series of plats recorded in Plat Book 25, Pages 205 through 208, all of Rutherford County, NC Registry, reference to said plat being made for a more particular description of said lot. TOGETHER WITH AND SUBJECT TO all easements, restrictions and rights of way record and a non-exclusive appurtenant easement for ingress, egress and regress is conveyed over and upon all private subdivision roads for GreyRock at Lake Lure as shown on the above-described plats and to Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions for GreyRock at Lake Lure as recorded in Book 858, at Page 122 of the Rutherford County, NC Registry (hereinafter "Declarations"). TOGETHER WITH AND SUBJECT TO easements for the installation, repair and maintenance of a community water system as set forth in the Declaration, said water system to consist of a shared system of wells and water line to be installed upon the lots. Each lot is conveyed together with appurtenant easements for all shared water line and wells marking up the water system as the same may or will be installed in the resevered easements areas as set forth on all recorded plats and described in the Declarations. ALSO BEING the same property as described in a Deed recorded in Book 896 at Page 139 of the aforesaid Registry.

Lying in Chimney Rock Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina: Being all of Lot 125, Phase 1B, as shown on subdivision plat for GreyRock at Lake Lure Subdivision recorded in Plat Book 25, at Page 206, said plat being one of a series of plats recorded in Plat Book 25, Pages 205 through 208, all of the Rutherford County, NC Registry, reference to said plats being made for a more particular description of said lot. Together with and subject to all easements, restrictions and rights of way of record and a non-exclusive appurtenants easement for ingress, egress and regress is conveyed over and upon all private subdivision roads for GreyRock at Lake Lure as shown on the above-described plats and to the Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions for GreyRock at Lake Lure as recorded in Book 858, at Page 122 of the Rutherford County, NC registry and also recorded in Book 3827, Page 764 of the Buncombe County, NC Registry (hereinafter "Declarations"). Together with and subject to easements for the installation, repair and maintenance of a community water system as set forth in the Declarations, said water system to consist of a shared system of well and water line to be installed upon the lots. Each lot is conveyed together with appurtenant easements for all shared water line and wells marking up the water system as the same may or will be installed in the reserved easement areas as set forth on all recorded plats and described in the Declarations. ALSO BEING the same property as described in a Deed recorded in Book 893 at Page 197 of the aforesaid Registry. Berg, Trustee of the 125A Grey Rock Trust to Middleton (06-1120/SCB)

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

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

Said property is commonly known as: Lot 126 (1.96 acres) on Buffalo Shoals Road, Lake Lure, NC 28746

Said property is commonly known as: 125 Buffalo Shoals Road, Lake Lure, NC 28746

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

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

Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance "AS IS WHERE IS." There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Ronald Berg and 126B Greyrock Trust.

Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance "AS IS WHERE IS." There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Ronald Berg and 125B Greyrock Trust.

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

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

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

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

Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Jeremy B. Wilkins, NCSB No. 32346 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No. 09-14769-FC01, 681423 3/26, 04/02/2010

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female; held for 48 hours. (RCSD) n

assault on a female, communicating threats and possession of a schedule four controlled substance; released after 48 hours. (RCSD) n Cameron Lamar Wright, 23, of 126 Seal Ct.; arrested on a true bill for seven counts of possession of stolen property, released on a $15,000 bond. (RCSD) n Jose Alfredo Alvarez, 24, of 163 Prairie Dr.; charged with speeding and having no operators license; released on a $1,000 bond. (NCHP) n Kenneth Lee Silvers, 44, of 135 Fortner Dr.; charged with two counts of misdemeanor probation violation, two counts of felony possession of a controlled substance and trafficking heroin; released on a $30,000 bond.

(RCSD) n Kristal Gale Carver, 32, of 141 Maple St.; charged with simple assault and injury to real property; released on a $1,000 bond. (RCSD)

EMS n Rutherford County Emergency

Medical Services responded to 27 E-911 calls and rescue crews responded to one call.

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