daily courier march 31 2010

Seven arrested after Spindale fight — Page 3A Sports Winning big East Rutherford routed Freedom in conference action Tuesday.

Page 7A

Wednesday, March 31, 2010, Forest City, N.C.

50¢

School calendar approved

NATION

We have got a spell going on. We don’t know if they are all related.

— Chief Lovelace After Rutherfordton became third municipality hit in latest crime outbreak

Stocks closer to closing out strong quarter

n Board

Fifth robbery reported

Page 11A

SPORTS

Ali Ruppe held Freedom in check, Tuesday Page 7A

GAS PRICES

Jean Gordon/Daily Courier

At least one assailant pulled a gun on an employee at Corner Stop No. 16, S. Main Street, Rutherfordton Monday, at 10:50 p.m. The armed robbery was the fifth in Rutherford County since March 12, when the ABC Store in Forest City was robbed at gunpoint.

Police agencies join forces

By JEAN GORDON

Low: High: Avg.:

$2.68 $2.81 $2.75

DEATHS Forest City

Cleo Conley Eunice Randall

Golden Valley

Dan Mason

Elsewhere

Helen Panther Daniel McMurry Page 5

WEATHER

Public asked to be on alert

Daily Courier Staff Writer

RUTHERFORDTON — The fifth armed robbery in Rutherford County since March 12 has the law enforcement community on alert and checking leads across county and state lines.

Rutherfordton was the latest community to be hit by the string of armed robberies where suspects are entering places of business, presenting firearms and stealing money.

At 10:50 p.m. Monday, an armed suspect entered the Corner Stop No. 16, 139 S. Main St., Rutherfordton, and assaulted store employee Imran Ahmad, pushing him to the floor and holding him down.

Ahmad told Rutherfordton police officers he was stocking a

By JEAN GORDON Daily Courier Staff Writer

I don’t know if these are ‘copy cat,’ gang related or are the same persons. We don’t know if someone is coming in here or is already here.

Please see Robbery, Page 6A

— Sheriff Jack Conner

FOREST CITY— Law enforcement agencies are asking the public to help solve a spree of armed robberies in Rutherford County.

Officers are continuing to check all leads into information regarding the five armed robberies in Rutherford County the past 18 days. A fifth armed robbery occurred at the Corner Store, Rutherfordton, Monday at 10:50 p.m.

“We are asking anyone to call us who sees anything suspicious or out of the normal,” Please see Public, Page 6A

gets report on technology training offered for teachers

By ALLISON FLYNN Daily Courier Staff Writer

FOREST CITY — As students in Rutherford County Schools look forward to having the week free from classes next week during the system’s spring break, the RCS Board of Education was looking ahead to the 2010-2011 school year and approved the system’s calendar Tuesday night.

The board also approved the Rutherford Early College High School (REaCH) calendar for 2010-2011.

“We have hit a point in the school year we’ve been looking forward to for a long time,” said RCS Superintendent John Kinlaw. “It appears to be spring.

In order for us to properly celebrate, we’re going to have spring break. With all the machinations with the calendar this year, we were able to preserve it.”

Kinlaw said school will dismiss Friday at noon and resume Monday, April 12, “with only nine weeks remaining this school year.”

“I want to applaud our staff for jobs they’ve done this year under some very trying times, starting with the difficulties and challenges in terms of budget,” Kinlaw said. “They have performed admirably. And I want all of them to enjoy next week.”

Board members learned about a program introduced this school year that provides training for teachers in Rutherford County. Quality Teaching and Learning, an interactive process that provides teachers technology training they can use in the classroom, is taught by six QTL instructors who are also technology facilitators with RCS. Offered during the summer, the program is a five day process, said Technology Professional Development Coordinator Sonja Smith.

“During QTL teachers are given the opportunity to take the role of a student and go through an interactive process to collaborate strategies for ways to adapt it to their classrooms,” Smith said.

All teachers will be going through the process over the next three years, Smith said.

She also praised the system for the QTL Center housed at Rutherfordton Elementary.

“A lot of systems that teach QTL have to use facilities after hours,” she said.

Approximately 200 teachers Please see School, Page 2A

Rutherfordton wins Battle of Books title High

Low

77 44 Today, sunny.

Tonight, clear.

Complete forecast, Page 10A

INSIDE Classifieds . . . 5-7B Sports . . . . . . . 7-9A County scene . . . 6A Opinion . . . . . . . 4A Vol. 42, No. 77

By JESSICA OSBORNE Daily Courier Correspondent

FOREST CITY — Rutherfordton Elementary School took home its first win in a Battle of the Books competition Tuesday during the Third Annual Elementary Battle of the Books held for the second year at Harris Elementary School.

Teams from 10 elementary schools in Rutherford County Schools took part in the competition. Harris Elementary’s team was the previous two-year champ, and with the competition held at that school, had the “home field” advantage.

“The competition is always hosted by the school who wins Please see Books, Page 6A

Now on the Web: www.thedigitalcourier.com

Fifth grader Burt Hamrick from Rutherfordton answers questions for his team during a round in the Battle of the Books competition.

Jessica Osborne/ Daily Courier

2A — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Local/State LOCAL ARTIST’S WORK FEATURED

School Continued from Page 1A

Contributed photo

Fred Mead’s Crescent Lights featured in Asheville’s First Friday Gallery Crawl at the Bender Gallery during Asheville’s First Friday Gallery Crawl. Along with Crescent Lights, the Bender Gallery has selected several other sculptures to show by Forest City glass artist, Mead, a graduate of Columbus College Art & Design, B.F.A., resides in Forest City. Mead’s sculpture reflects his personal interest in the inter -connectivity expressed in elements of nature.

Prosecutor seals file on donors

RALEIGH (AP) — A prosecutor examining whether campaign contributions made to Gov. Beverly Perdue and possibly others are illegal has sealed records in the case, a state elections official said Tuesday in a move that raises the stakes of the investigation.

New Hanover County District Attorney Ben David closed the file on donations from nine people who work or are linked to Atlantic Corp. of Wilmington, said State Board of Elections Executive Director Gary Bartlett. Board files are closed when possible criminal wrongdoing is being investigated.

The board got involved after The Bev Perdue Committee announced on March 19 it was forfeiting $48,000 in contri-

butions from 2005 to 2008 because her campaign was worried the donors may have been unlawfully reimbursed by their employer.

State laws prevent corporate campaign contributions and anyone from giving on behalf of someone else. Someone breaking those laws can be charged with a misdemeanor and face monetary penalties.

Bartlett declined to discuss details about the investigation except that he and his staff spoke with David and that it went beyond donations received

by Perdue.

Atlantic Corp. is owned by Rusty Carter, a political fundraiser who was subpoenaed by the State Board of Elections for its hearing into unreported air-

plane flights by the campaign committee of former Gov. Mike Easley. Carter wasn’t called to testify.

Michael Murchison, an attorney for Atlantic, said representatives for the company and Carter met with board officials and David’s office the day before Perdue’s committee forfeited the donations. Carter has promised to cooperate, Murchison said.

Senate leader Marc Basnight’s campaign also received $44,500 from the same people. His office said he would forfeit the money if it was found to have been given unlawfully.

Representatives for Basnight and Perdue, both Democrats, have said they had no reason to believe the donations were unlawful.

Drive A Little....

Save A TON!!!! *0% for 60 mos

STK#F4899 MSRP $19,115 Auto., air, power windows & locks, cruise, CD, & more.

2010 Honda Civic LX Drive it for

*125.98

*Based on 36 mo. lease w/3000 cash down, plus tax, tag, $699 doc fee & any other dealer installed options. Residual of 11,660.15 approved on Super Preferred credit thru AHFC. *Rates subject to change without prior notice.

STK# F4932 MSRP $27,515 Auto, Power Windows and Locks, tilt, cruise, CD, & Much More!

2010 Honda Accord LX Drive it for

STK#F4696 MSRP $22,565 Auto., power windows & locks, tilt, cruise, CD player. *Based on 36 mo. lease w/3000 cash down, plus tax, tag, $699 doc fee & any other dealer installed options.

Residual of 13,539.00 approved on Super Preferred credit thru AHFC. *Rates subject to change without prior notice.

*164.14

and administrators have already gone through the QTL process.

Smith showed the board the QTL Moodle site, which will provide a professional learning community for teachers to share lesson plans and ideas.

“We’ve developed an actual collaboration site and teachers who go through QTL and continually return to the site to get activities,” Smith said.

“Teachers can put projects online for other teachers to share.

“Our goal with QTL is to empower teachers to return to the classroom and be energized and equipped with the skills and knowledge they need to reach every student.”

Chase High School Principal Greg Lovelace presented two proposals to the board involving buildings on the school’s grounds.

“A couple of months ago the chairman of our local advisory council approached me about one of the buildings being demolished as part of the Hwy. 221 project,” Lovelace said. The suggestions, Lovelace said, was to use the 40-by-60-foot building as a new weight room for the school.

Overnight, Lovelace said, people were volunteering to help move the building and reassemble it on the school’s grounds.

“Our proposal is to let Gowan Construction disassemble the building and move it to our campus,” Lovelace said. Once on campus, he continued, the building would be “in the dry” by the summer, allowing for plumbing and electrical work to begin.

RCS Board Chairman Dr. John Mark Bennett asked Lovelace if the school would be assuming the expense of relocating and preparing the building for use. Lovelace said yes. The board approved the motion seven to zero.

Lovelace then presented information on a new greenhouse purchased for the school’s career and technical education department. Lovelace said the land for the greenhouse would need to be cleared and graded and that trees on the location could be sold for pulp would, which would be subtracted from the cost. The board approved the motion unanimously.

In other business, the board approved funding applications for Early Head Start and Head Start and $2,500 to be used as start-up expenditures for the Rutherford County Schools Foundation.

The board’s next regularly scheduled meeting is Tuesday, May 4, at 7 p.m.

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

Blood Drives Schedule FOREST CITY — The American Red Cross announces the following blood drives. All blood types are urgently needed.

All presenting donors will be entered in a drawing for a chance to win a cruise for two.

Friday, April 9: 3-7:30 p.m. Big Springs Baptist Church; 453-7485 Ellenboro. Call Polly Gettys; Fozr more info; schedule an appointment.

Tuesday, April 13: Isothermal Community College; 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Call Cindy Martin at 286-3636 ext. 353 Tuesday, April 13: Beta Sigma Phi Blood Drive; 3 p.m.-7:30 p.m. First Baptist of Rutherfordton.

Call Sharon Scruggs at 286-0658.

Friday, April 23: Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy; 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m, Mooresboro. Call Jennifer Hoyle at 657-9998 ext. 7.

Monday, April 26: Red Cross Blood Drive at the Chapter; 2-6:30 p.m. House 838 Oakland Road.

Call at 287-5916.

Wednesday, April 28: Concord Baptist Church Blood Drive; 3 p.m.-7:30 p.m. Call Kim Jones at 245-6130.

Thursday, April 29: Union Mills Community Development Center; 2 to 6 p.m. Call Pat Taylor at 245-8554.

Eligible blood donors must be at least 17 years of age, weigh a minimum of 110 pounds and be in general good health.

Donors must have a form of positive identification in order to donate.

2010 Honda Odyssey LX Drive it for

*219.23

*Based on 36 mo lease w/3000 cash down, plus tax, tag,$699 doc fee& any other dealer installed options. Residual of 15,989.70 approved Super Preferred credit thru AHFC. *Rates subject to change without prior notice.

ALL VEHICLES RUN THROUGH

BUY WITH CONFIDENCE! 3 MONTH/3,000 MILE WARRANTY AVAILABLE*

Only $8,990 2002 Chrysler Town & Country STK# F4932A

Loaded, Low Mils

2006 Pontiac G6 STK# F4927A

Local Trade

wow!

2002 Honda Accord

2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee

STK# F4799A

A/T, Loaded

Local, One Owner

2003 Lexus RX 300 STK# F4874BB

A/T, Loaded

2008 Honda Civic

Newly

STK# F4929A

2008 Toyota Corolla

STK# F4777A

STK# F4687C

A/T, Loaded, Low Miles

Local Trade

Remodeled StoRe, Come by aNd See it!

10,990

$

2007 Dodge Caliber R/T STK# F4934A

A/T, Loaded

2009 Hyndai Sonata STK#F830P.

Local Trade.

2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee Stk# F4924A

2007 Honda CRV

284 Daniel Rd., Forest City, NC

200 Charlotte Rd., Rutherfordton, NC

Sale Hrs: Mon.-Fri. 9am-7pm Sat. 9am-6pm

(828) 287-7117

Loaded, One Owner

STK#F4892B

Local, One Owner

*Dealer to buy down rate, customer to pay full price based on Super Preferred Credit thru AHFC on Accords and Civics only.

828-286-2614 1-877-60-HONDA

The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Wednesday, March 31, 2010 — 3A

Local/state

FC officer gets special training to use polygraph

FOREST CITY — Sgt. Tommy Turner of the Forest City Police Department recently completed a 10-week training program at the American International Institute of Polygraph in Morrow, Ga., where he completed the academic and practical requirements of professional examiner training for psychophysiological detection of deception, or polygraph.

Turner has been with the Forest City Police Department since 1989 and is currently assigned to the Criminal Investigation Division.

The training and equipment was paid for by funds received from the Justice Assistance Grant sponsored by the United States Department of Justice.

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 provides funding to assist local law enforcement agencies to improve law enforcement programs. The Forest City Police Department received $25,945 for 2009 and 2010.

In addition to the polygraph equipment and training, the department purchased covert surveillance equipment and flashlights for officers.

Chief Jay Jackson said, “Sgt. Turner has completed a very rigorous technical training which very few law enforcement officers get the opportunity to attend. Sgt. Turner’s commitment to his continued professional development has given the Forest City Police Department another valuable tool in solving crime. Currently we have to rely on the State Bureau of Investigations to conduct polygraph examinations, and we have to schedule the examinations when they are available to conduct them.

“Having our own polygraph examiner will greatly speed up the investigative process in our cases. Sgt. Turner’s expertise in polygraph examinations will assist all of our law enforcement community in Rutherford County.”

TWO INJURED IN ACCIDENT

Jean Gordon/Daily Courier

The drivers of two vehicles were transported to Rutherford Hospital Tuesday afternoon when the vehicles crashed on US74B east of Forest City near East High Road. Jennifer Poovey of Wildflower Drive, Polk County, was driving a Nissan Altima and Eleana Brooks of Harris-Hollis Road, Forest City, was driving an Outback Subaru when they collided. North Carolina Highway Patrolman J.S. Spence (shown above talking with a victim) said Brooks made a left hand turn into the East High Quick Mart in front of the Poovey as it was traveling west toward Forest City. Also assisting at the scene were Ellenboro firefighters, Rutherford County EMS, and North Carolina Crime Control.

Seven nabbed after Spindale fight

By JEAN GORDON Daily Courier Staff Writer

SPINDALE — Seven people were arrested Monday afternoon after a large fight off Spindale Street.

Two of the seven charged were Lawyer wants delay in murder trial taken to Rutherford Hospital JACKSONVILLE (AP) — The lawyer for a former for treatment in the emergency North Carolina-based Marine accused of killing room before being booked at the a pregnant colleague has asked to delay the trial Rutherford County Detention three months because of a knee injury.

Facility.

In a motion filed on Monday, Richard McNeil said a knee injury he suffered in January has Sgt. Matt Flynn of the Spindale “hampered” his ability to prepare for the triPolice Department responded al. McNeil said if the motion is denied, Cesar to the fight and said when he Laurean’s rights to a fair trial will be violated. The arrived at the scene there was a trial is scheduled to begin in June. “fully engaged fight” with about Laurean is charged with murder in the death 20 people involved. of 20-year-old Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach of Most of those involved ran Vandalia, Ohio. He fled to Mexico shortly before from police, but seven were her charred remains were found buried in his caught. backyard in Jacksonville in January 2008.

Flynn said the men involved

EXPANDING ON A GOOD IDEA The legislation that enables first-time home buyers to take advantage of an $8,000 tax credit has been a great deal for many buying their first homes.

With the window on this tax credit set to close, Congress recently decided to extend it.

This means that qualifying buyers can collect the $8,000 if they sign a purchase agreement by April 30, 2010, and close by June 30. Just as importantly, if not more so, is the decision by Congress to allow many buyers who currently own homes to avail themselves of a similar tax break. Operating under the same deadlines imposed on first-time buyers, buyers who have owned their current homes at least five years would be eligible for tax credits of up to $6,500.

Welcome to our column! In the weeks ahead, we will be presenting you with interesting and informative real estate topics. At ODEAN KEEVER & ASSOCIATES, you will benefit from our 40 years of combined experience successfully assisting buyers and sellers in your community. To learn more, including how to take advantage of real estate tax credits that may be available to you, contact us at (828) 2861311. Our office is conveniently located at 140 U.S. Highway 64, Rutherfordton. We look forward to meeting you!

ALL RECLINERS ON SALE Large Selection of (Leather & Cloth) Swivel Base are Available HOLLAND FURNITURE COMPANY SINCE 1920

Main Street, Henrietta

Linking People with Services

657-6328

Shop the Classifieds

in the fight didn’t say why they were fighting, however, neighbors said it was because of a stolen dog.

All seven men were all charged with simple affray. Bonds varied from $3,000 to $1,000.

Arrested and charged are: n Donald Lee Searcy, 25, of 263 Chimney Rock Road, Rutherfordton, $3,000 bond; n Robbie Carson Praytor, 22, of 1795 Rock Road, Rutherfordton, $3,000 bond; n Billy Ray Praytor, 25, of 1794 Lee Roy Greene Road, Rutherfordton; n Stephen Lemont McEntyre Jr., 17, of 261 Sherwood Drive, Forest City, $3,000 secured bond; n Marquis Tashon Garrison,

19, of 507 Stonecutter St., Spindale, placed under a $1,000 secured bond; n Demont Oshon Garrison, 17, of 374 Willow Run Drive, Forest City, placed under a $1,000 secured bond; and, n Eric Dewayne Greene, 21, of 477-A Spindale St., Spindale, placed under a $3,000 secured bond.

Searcy and Robbie Praytor were transported to Rutherford Hospital for treatment.

Assisting Spindale police officers at the scene were Rutherfordton Police Department and the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Department.

Contact Gordon via e-mail at jgordon@thedigitalcourier.com.

4A — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Wednesday, March 31, 2010 ■ A daily forum for opinion, commentary and editorials on the news that affects us all.

Jodi V. Brookshire/ publisher Steven E. Parham/ executive editor 601 Oak Street, P.O. Box 1149, Forest City, N.C. 28043 Phone: 245-6431 Fax: 248-2790

E-mail: dailycourier@thedigitalcourier.com

Our Views Police can use public’s help

T

he recent spate of armed robberies at local businesses have many in Rutherford County on edge and police working diligently to track down the culprits.

While our county is no stranger to criminal activity, these latest incidents are a bit more than we are used to seeing.

It appears that there are some similarities in some of the incidents, but there is no solid evidence yet that shows all can be traced to the same source.

Incidents similar to these have apparently been occurring in surrounding areas recently and law enforcement officials from several counties and municipalities recently met to compare notes and evidence.

Law enforcement agencies are asking the public to help them bring these culprits to justice. They need extra eyes and ears on the street.

Police are also asking merchants and the public to be alert and to report anything they see that is suspicious so that officers can check it out.

Police are not asking people to put themselves at risk. A quick phone call to report what you know or what you saw will bring the appropriate response from officers.

Our readers’ views Says writer’s argument misses mark on law To the editor: Barbara Sane makes a reasonable response to my letter on laws and seat belts, but the law does not operate, and was not designed to operate, to punish someone for what might happen, but for an act which harms another.

The principle of law, from ancient times, is that the accused is presumed innocent, until proven guilty by a legitimate accuser.

This principle, as shown by the Supreme Court (Miranda vs Arizonam footnote 27), has its analogue in the Bible itself, found not only in the implications of Deuteronomy 19:15, but also in Isaiah 54:17 and 50:8, with God on the side of the accused, not the accuser.

Further, the idea of punishing someone for what might happen and using state laws to punish someone for committing an offense is condemned in Isaiah 29:20-21 and Jeremiah 5:26-31.

The “priest,” or in this case the judge, is not allowed to “rule in his own interest” because the people would have it so.

The history of due process of law is not about majorities deciding to punish someone for what might happen, but was designed anciently to protect individuals only if their actions harmed another individual who could be a witness, and even in that case, regarding all offenses, two witnesses are required.

Why is this so? Because the N.C. Constituton recognizes God as sovereign ruler of nations, and our civil, political, and religious rights are stated as coming from God. Since the judge, prosecutor, and traffic cop are all sworn/ affirmed to obey this law, it is to be honored as a matter of due

process, which, as you can see from history, is defined as “lawful judgment of peers,” not rule by judges. That’s common law, in which N.C. law is based.

Ralph Haulk Forest City

Reacts to mom leaving kids in a running car To the editor: Reading this morning’s papers about the pick up truck being stolen in Forest City brings back a concern I had three weeks ago when having lunch at a local restaurant.

After church, we decided to grab a sandwich. As we pulled into a parking space we noticed a newer model Jeep SUV, gold colored, parked next to us, motor running, inside were an infant in a car seat and a beautiful little girl sitting next to her. No adult in the vehicle.

This threw up a flag to us so we watched this vehicle closely.

We wondered what could be so important that someone would not only leave this really nice vehicle running while parked, but also leave these precious children alone in it as well.

We kept a watchful eye on the vehicle. The line was long at the counter, and several people picked up their order before the obvious mother got hers.

She went out the door and entered her vehicle, it was not even locked. How uncautious can a person be, especially a mother?

We had thought of calling 911, or DSS if there had been any hope of someone getting there before the parent had gotten through the line.

Miss, you are probably not even five-feet tall, and probably do not even weigh 100 pounds.

Did you really think you could have stopped someone had they jumped into your vehicle and left

with your beautiful children?

The restaurant was busy. While you were at the end of the line you probably wouldn’t have even noticed until you were paying for your sandwich and headed out the door.

You were driving a very nice Jeep vehicle, you have a Dominican Republic flag hanging from your reveiw mirror, you have an out of country tag on the front of your vehicle. You are a very small woman, very slight in build, dark hair past your shoulders.

If you read this, you know who you are. You have two beautiful children, one girl, the infant, I couldn’t tell. Do not put your faith in the signs you see on our county lines that say “Small Town Friendly.”

We still have the same problems the rest of the country has.

I am so glad that your children remained safe.

But look at today’s headlines, a truck stolen from an Auto Parts place, and it is located at a very busy intersection just across the way from where you left your children unattended in an unlocked running vehicle.

People, wake up. Times are hard, people are desperate. Don’t put your children at risk.

Theresa McCraw Bostic

Letter Policy The Daily Courier would like to publish letters from readers on any subject of timely interest.

All letters must be signed. Writers should try to limit their submissions to 300 words. All letters must include a day and evening telephone number.

The editors reserve the right to edit letters for libelous content. All submissions should be sent to The Editor, P.O. Box 1149, Forest City, NC, 28043.

Letters may also be submitted via e-mail at dailycourier@thedigitalcourier.com or via our website at thedigitalcourier.com

Do Hollywood’s big budgets really help states?

RALEIGH — Among a good portion of the national political punditry, Hollywood is often portrayed as a bunch of idealistic, liberal do-gooders.

Apparently none of those commentators have paid much attention to how Hollywood has been manipulating state governments to rob from the tax coffers that go to pay for things like schools and health care for the poor.

Gordon Gecko and Charles Foster Kane would be proud.

Hollywood, it seems, is more greedy than the characters often condemned in the movies that they make.

Fantasy is just that. In the real world, greed is good indeed.

So, less than a year removed from convincing

Today in North Carolina Scott Mooneyham

North Carolina legislators to increase the ante on its tax incentives to lure film productions, Hollywood wants more.

Gov. Beverly Perdue recently took a brief trip to the land of make-believe only to learn that Hollywood executives want the state to drop caps on the amount of incentives that can be earned by film production companies working in the state.

Only by doing so will the state see an increase in the movie-making business,

Perdue said.

Last year, legislators increased those incentives by allowing film production companies to receive a tax credit worth up to 25 percent of their expenses. This is a tax credit, not a deduction, meaning the expenses comes off their final tax bill.

Before the change, when the tax credit stood at 15 percent of expenses, the state Department of Commerce valued the credit at $7.5 million on a $50 million film production.

The incentives law caps the credit at $7.5 million and limits per-person wages considered in the calculation at $1 million.

Those limits need to go, Perdue was told, if North Carolina doesn’t want to get beaten out by Georgia and

other states that offer more lucrative incentives.

State officials here and elsewhere believe the film business provides enough of a boost to the economy to make the incentives worthwhile.

One study, conducted by the Arrowhead Center at New Mexico State University, suggested otherwise. It found that incentives offered in New Mexico produced just 14 cents in tax revenue for every dollar offered by the state.

That being the case, perhaps Hollywood ought to go back to doing what it does best, filmmaking.

Here’s a suggestion for a new script: An aging, well-known filmmaker, his mantle lined with Academy Awards, sits

up in his bed in his posh Hollywood Hills home, about to die. As he drops a crystal globe, he utters a final word.

“Blackmail.”

A young reporter from the Los Angeles Times hears the story and does his best to try to track down who could have been blackmailing this icon of the film industry.

His investigation generates headlines and the speculation even ruins careers. In the end, though, he can’t unravel the mystery.

In the movie’s final scenes, a teaching assistant in North Carolina is handed a pink slip, a doctor in Georgia tells a poor man that he no longer takes Medicaid patients.

Mooneyham is director of the Capitol Press Association.

The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Wednesday, March 31, 2010

—

5A

Local/Obituaries/State

Police Notes

Obituaries

Sheriff’s Reports

Helen Panther

n The Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office responded to 161 E-911 calls Monday. n Michael Christopher Poteat reported a breaking and entering and the theft of a television, computer and other items. n Steven Van Brooks reported the theft of a speaker and amplifier and other items. n Quintia Josoun Davis reported the theft of two televisions and other items. n John Barker reported the theft of radio/TV/VCR/stereo equipment. n William David Boykins reported the theft of windows. n Irwin Leroy Leach reported the theft of a chain saw. n The theft of a paper box and money was reported by The Daily Courier, 601 Oak St., Forest City. n John McKenny reported the attempted theft of two motorcycles.

Rutherfordton n The Rutherfordton Police Department responded to 43 E-911 calls Monday. n Damage to sod and the theft of a hole flag was reported at Rutherfordton Golf Club, 191 Twitty Ford Road.

Spindale n The Spindale Police Department responded to 37 E-911 Saturday and Sunday.

Lake Lure n The Lake Lure Police Department responded to seven E-911 calls Monday.

Forest City n The Forest City Police Department responded to 69 E-911 calls Monday. n An employee of Roses reported a larceny. (See arrest of Conner.) n An officer of the Forest City Police Department reported found property. n An employee of Roses reported a larceny. (See arrest of Toms.)

Arrests n Chanika Joiner, 28, of Piney Ridge Road, Forest City; served with a show cause order for failure to pay monies. (FCPD) n Tosha Conner, 21, of U.S. 64/74, Rutherfordton; charged with larceny; placed under a $1,000 secured bond. (FCPD) n Cindy Toms, 43, of Hutchins Drive, Rutherfordton; charged with larceny; placed under a $1,000 secured bond. (FCPD) n Richard Charles Dysart, 29, of 1330 Old Henrietta Road; charged with probation violation; placed under a $20,000 secured bond.

(RCSD) n Tammy Leigh Frasier, 38, of 421 Puzzle Creek Road; charged with possession of drug paraphernalia; placed under a $5,000 secured bond. (RCSD) n William Joseph Beheler, 42, of 109 Foggy Mountain Drive; charged with possession of controlled substance on prison/jail premises, THE DAILY COURIER Published Tuesday through Sunday mornings by Paxton Media Group LLC dba The Daily Courier USPS 204-920 Periodical Postage paid in Forest City, NC. Company Address: 601 Oak St., P.O. Box 1149, Forest City, NC 28043.

Phone: (828) 245-6431 Fax: (828) 248-2790 Subscription rates: Single copy, daily 50¢ / Sunday $1.50. Home delivery $11.75 per month, $35.25 for three months, $70.50 for six months, $129 per year. In county rates by mail payable in advance are: $13.38 for one month, $40.14 for three months, $80.27 for six months, $160.54 per year. Outside county: $14.55 for one month, $43.64 for three months, $87.28 for six months, $174.56 per year. College students for school year subscription, $75.

The Digital Courier, $6.50 a month for non-subscribers to The Daily Courier. Payment may be made at the website: www.thedigitalcourier. com The Daily Courier is not responsible for advance subscription payments made to carriers, all of who are independent contractors.

felony possession of schedule II controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia; placed under an $11,000 secured bond.

(RCSD) n Carlos Laturm Lisenby, 18, of 251 Peppertown Road; charged with communicating threats, harassing phone call and assault on a female; placed under a 48-hour hold.

(RCSD) n Soacth Calderon, 29, of 275 Roper Loop Road; charged with harassing phone call; released on a written promise to appear.

(RCSD) n Kellie Latesha Wilkins, 18, of 231 McGinnis Road; charged with assault with a deadly weapon and communicating threats; placed under a $1,000 secured bond. (RCSD) n Wesley Shane Lawter, 21, of 8 Walls St.; charged with simple assault; placed under a $1,000 secured bond.

(RCSD) n Aaron Christopher Taylor, 28, of 215 N.C. 120, Mooresboro; charged with driving while license revoked and failure to pay monies; placed under a $1,000 secured bond. (RPD)

Helen Panther, 87, of Valley Falls Terrace, Spartanburg, S.C., died Tuesday, March 30, 2010.

Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced

by Washburn & Dorsey Funeral Home.

Dan Mason Dan Lee Mason, 48, of Jonestown Road, Golden Valley, died Monday, March 22, 2010, at Main Methodist Hospital in San Antonio, Texas.

Dan was a Navy veteran.

He is survived by his son, Derek Mason; his parents, Judy Dedmon Mason and Daniel Mason of Cliffside; and two sisters, Donna Jean Parris and Jody Baker, both of Cliffside.

A graveside service will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday in the Cliffside Cemetery. The Revs.

Kevin Towery and Charles Battle will officiate.

Washburn & Dorsey Funeral Home handled cremation services.

Online condolences www.washburndorsey.com.

Cleo Conley

EMS/Rescue n The Rutherford County EMS responded to 24 E-911 calls Monday. n The Volunteer Life Saving and Rescue, Hickory Nut Gorge EMS and Rutherford County Rescue responded to three E-911 calls Monday.

Fire Calls n Cliffside firefighters responded to a house fire. n SDO firefighters responded to a power line fire. n Spindale firefighters responded to a smoke report. n Shingle Hollow firefighters responded to a motor vehicle accident. n Union Mills firefighters responded to a motor vehicle accident.

N.C. Marine on trial for deadly game JACKSONVILLE (AP) — North Carolina prosecutors are expected to open their case against a former Camp Lejeune Marine charged with killing a friend during a deadly game reminiscent of Russian roulette.

The Daily News of Jacksonville reported Tuesday that 21-year-old Michael Everett Smith of Erie, Ohio, is charged with murder. Smith’s roommate, 19-year-old Bryan Thorkelson of Sparta, died of a gunshot wound to the head after a game which has players taking turns pointing a loaded handgun at each other.

Charles Jack Hensley Charles Jack Hensley, 67, of 125 Henderson Circle, Forest City, passed away on Monday, March 29, 2010 at Henderson Care Center in Forest City.

He was the son of the late Bunyan Dee Hensley and Queen Esther Mace Hensley and was of the Baptist faith.

Mr. Hensley is survived by four sisters, Barbara Bridges of Bostic, Massie Sue Baynard of Forest City, Bardee Champion of Forest City and Carolyn Lawson of Ellenboro.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday, march 31, 2010 at 3 PM at A.C. McKinney Memorial Chapel with Terry England officiating. Visitation will be held from 1:30-3:00 PM before the service with burial folowing in Sunset Memorial Park.

McKinney-Landreth is serving gthe Hensley family.

An online guest register is available at: www.mckinneylandrethfuneralhome.com

Paid obit

Cleo Patricia Boyd Conley, of 156 Pointer Road, Forest City, died Sunday, March 28, 2010, at Rutherford Hospital.

She was a daughter of the late Wigfaw and Moise Boyd.

Survivors include four sons, Mark Anthony Boyd Sr. of Brooklyn, N.Y., Byron A. Conley Sr. of St. Louis, Mo., Barron A. Conley of Forest City, and Michael D. Conley Sr. of Charlotte; two daughters, Ramona Worley of Charlotte, and Rebecca L. Conley-Davenport of Forest City; nine grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; one brother, Leo Boyd of New York, N.Y.; her companion and dear friend, Ralph “Sackie” Goode of Forest City; and a number of nieces, nephews and friends.

A memorial service will be conducted at 3 p.m.

Thursday at Thompson’s Mortuary and Chapel.

Eunice Randall Eunice Jones Randall, 90, of 125 Henderson Circle, Forest City, died Tuesday, March 30, 2010, at Henderson Care.

She was a daughter of the late Vess and Oma Holland Jones, and the widow of Richard K. Randall.

She was a charter members of Sandy Mush Baptist Church and a homemaker.

Survivors include one son, Joe Randall of Cliffside; seven grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.

Eunice Jones Randall Eunice Jones Randall, 90, of 125 Henderson Circle, Forest City, died Tuesday, March 30, 2010 at Henderson Care.

A native of Rutherford County, she was born on April 4, 1919, a daughter of the late Vess and Oma Holland Jones. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Richard K. Randall and a son, jack Randall.

Eunice was a homemaker and a charter member of Sandy Mush Baptist Church.

She is survived by one son and daughter-in-law, Joe and Brenda Randall of Cliffside; seven grandchildren, Bethany Goodwin, Vincent Randall, WendyWahl, Regan Randall, Richard Randall, Russell Doherty, Jai Doherty; twelve great grandchildren and a special niece Frances Melton.

Graveside services will be held 11AM Thursday, April 1, 2010 at Rutherford County Memorial Cemetery with Rev. Joey Cantrell officiating. Visitation will be held after the service at Cliffside Baptist Church Fellowship Building.

The family would like to thank the staff of Henderson Care and Hospice of Rutherford Hospital.

Memorial may be made to Hospice of Rutherford County, PO Box 336, Forest City, NC 28043.

McKinney-Landreth Funeral Home is serving the Randall family.

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

Paid obit

Graveside services will be conducted at 11 a.m.

Thursday in the Rutherford County Memorial Cemetery with the Rev. Joey Cantrell officiating. Visitation will follow the service at Cliffside Baptist Church fellowship hall.

Memorials may be made to Hospice of Rutherford County, P.O. Box 336, Forest City, NC 28043.

McKinney-Landreth Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Online condolences www.mckinneylandrethfuneralhome.com.

Daniel McMurry Daniel Wilkins McMurry, 77, died Saturday, March 27, 2010, after a battle with cancer.

He was a son of the late Joshua E. and Mary P. McMurry of Forest City, and a member of Calvary Baptist Church, Murfreesboro, Tenn.

He went to Warren Wilson High School and served in the Navy. He was a graduate of LeesMcRae College and earned his master’s degree from UNC-Chapel. He taught sociology at the University of Southern Mississippi, University of North Carolina at Greensboro and Middle Tennessee State University for 30 years.

Survivors include his wife of almost 51 years, Carolyn W. McMurry; a brother, William D. McMurray of Cary; his children, Dawn McMurry of Greenville, S.C., Josh McMurry of Woodbury, Tenn., and Jenny McMurry Moody of Maryville, Tenn.; two grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Calvary Baptist Church in Murfreesboro. A lunch and time of celebration of Dan’s life will follow.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to La Mano

Lee Arnold Houser Lee Arnold Houser, 92, 241 Eastwood Village Drive, passed away Sunday, March 28, 2010 at Hospice House of Rutherford County.

He was a son of the late Tilden and Essie Ramsey Houser and a retired machine operator at Fiber Industries. He was an active member of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, a deacon and former Sunday school teacher. He was a veteran and served in the US Marine Corp in World War II. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Lucy Silver Houser.

Mr. Houser is survived by his wife, Macy Ramsey Houser of the home; three sons, Troy Houser and wife, Frances of Morganton, Scott Houser and wife, Phyllis of Cliffside, Danny Houser and wife, Lisa of Boiling Springs; a daughter, Kaye Crosby of Matthews; a brother, Maurice Houser of Cliffside; two sisters, Ottie Roberson of West Columbia and Hetty Price of St. Petersburg, FL; seven grandchildren, Mitchell Houser, Wesley Houser, Karen Crosby, Dr. Kevin Crosby, Michele Earley, Cam-eron Houser and Patrick Houser, and six great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held Thursday, April 1, 2010 at 3PM at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church in Cleveland County with Rev. Bobby Gettys and Rev. Joey Cantrell officiating. Visitation will be from 2-3pm at the church with burial following the service in the church cemetery.

Memorials may be made to Hospice of Rutherford County, PO Box 336, Forest City, NC 28043 and Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, 1301 Mt. Pleasant Church Rd., Mooresboro, NC 28114.

McKinney-Landreth Funeral Home is serving the Houser family.

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

Paid obit.

Arriba, c/o Suntrust Bank or the American Cancer Society.

Woodfin Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Online condolences www.woodfinchapel.com.

Deaths Jack Jensen GREENSBORO(AP) — Jack Jensen, who led basketball and golf teams at Guilford College to national titles during a 40-year coaching career, has died. He was 71.

Sports Information Director Dave Walters said Monday that Jensen died of an apparent heart attack last Sunday after returning from a college golf tournament.

Jensen led Guilford to the 1973 NAIA basketball title.

His golf teams took the 1989 NAIA and the 2002 and 2005 NCAA Division III championships.

Jensen coached future NBA players M.L. Carr, World B. Free and Greg Jackson. He also coached Lee Porter, who spent six years on the PGA Tour.

Mike Harkins BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Harry “Mike” Harkins, the winningest men’s basketball coach in Montana StateBillings history, has died due to complications from muscular dystrophy. He was 81.

Harkins died Sunday morning at Billings clinic after battling the disease for 35 years, his son said.

Harkins coached at what was then Eastern Montana College from 1960-76, posting a 290-158 record and winning 12 conference championships. His teams won 10 NAIA district championships and advanced to the NAIA national tournament each of those years.

Daniel Wilkins McMurry Daniel Wilkin McMurry, age 77, died on March 27, 2010 after a battle with cancer.

He was the son of the late Joshua E. and Mary P. McMurry of Forest City, NC. He was preceded in death by sisters, Peggy E. Philbeck, Pauline A. Yelton, and Ida Simmons. He was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church in Murfreesboro, TN. Dan is survived by his wife of almost 51 years Carolyn W. McMurry; a brother, William D. McMurray of Cary, NC, and his children, Dawn McMurry of Greenville, SC, Josh McMurry and his wife, Mary of Woodbury, TN, and Jenny McMurry Moody and her husband, Carsten of Maryville, TN. He had two grandchildren, Dylan and Hannah McMurry of Woodbury, TN and several nieces, Barbara McMurray, Lauren McMurray Kelleyand her husband, Richard, Allison McMurray and Robin Haynes and her husband, Walter, Mary Ruby Dotson and her husband, Dennis, and nephews, Allen and Tony Philbeck and his wife, Cathy, Curt Simmons and his wife, Annette.

Dan went to Warren Wilson High School in Swannanoa, NC. Following a four year service to our country in the Navy, stationed mostly in Cuba, Dan attended college and graduated from LeesMcRae College in Banner Elk, NC. He earned his Master’s Degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and taught Sociology at the University of Southern Mississippi, University of North Carolina at Greensboro and Middle Tennessee State University for 30 years.

Dan’s zest for life was obvious by his love of scuba diving, sky diving, and travel in Mexico and Central America. He spent 10 years in the state of Yucatan, Mexico, and established a lunch program at an elementary school in Progreso, Mexico, and participated in La Mano Arriba, a program which sponsors under-privileged students allowing them to complete their high school education.

A memorial service will be held at Calvary Baptist Church on Dejarnett Lane in Murfreesboro on Saturday, April 10th at 11:00 am. A lunch and a time of celebration of Dan’s life will follow.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to La Mano Arriba in care of Suntrust Bank or the American Cancer Society.

Woodfin Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

An onling guest register is available at: www.woodfinchapel. com Paid obit

6A — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Calendar/Local Fifth graders from Rutherfordton Elementary stand with Principal Linda Edgerton and their coaches as they receive their medals for first place in the Battle of the Books competition on Tuesday.

Health/education 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.

Community Health Clinic of Rutherford County provides access to primary medical care, wellness education, medications and preventative programs. The clinic, open Monday through Thursday, is located at 127 E. Trade St., B 100, Forest City. Patients seen by appointment only. The clinic does not accept patients with private insurance, Medicaid or Medicare.

Call 245-0400.

Meetings/other SWEEP meeting: (Solid Waste Environmental Education Panel) meets on the first Friday of each month at noon at GDS 141 Fairgrounds Road, Spindale. If you would like to help promote recycling in Rutherford County, please join us at our next meeting on April 2.

Athletic Boosters: Chase High Athletic Boosters will meet Monday, April 5, at 6:30 p.m. in the office conference room.

Miscellaneous Holiday closing: Rutherford County Animal Control and the Community Pet Center office will be closed April 2 and 3, in observance of Easter. The facility will reopen Monday, April 5, at noon.

Washburn Outreach Community Center is now stocked with spring clothing. Weekly specials posted at the center, which is located at 2934 Piney Mtn. Church Rd., Bostic.

Thursday-Saturday 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Spring yard sale coming soon.

Preschool registration: Spindale United Methodist Church is now accepting fall registration for ages 2-5. Contact Gail Jones at 4295598, or the church office at 2862281.

Preschool registration: The kindergarten preschool of First United Methodist Church, 341 East Main St., Forest City, is now taking fall registration for ages 2-5. Limited openings. Contact Preschool Director Jill Smith at 245-6446, or drop by the church office.

Fall registration: The Tot Learning Center at First United Methodist Church, Rutherfordton, will begin registration for fall classes on March 1. Contact Cathy Watson at 287-3704 for more information.

Fundraisers Bake sale, car wash: Friday, April 2, 7 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Oak Grove Health Care facility, Rutherfordton; $5 per car; detailed wash $10; for more information, contact Stanley Dillard at 287-7655.

Car wash: Saturday, April 3, at One Stop in Rutherfordton (across from Dominos); cars $5; trucks $7; sponsored by Angel Divine Faith Church.

Used prom dress drive: Saturday, April 3, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Yokefellow Service Center, 102 Blanton St., Spindale; sponsored by Brandy Carl, as part of her senior project at ERHS; the center is serving as a drop-off for used formal wear in good condition to be distributed among local high school girls for the prom.

Car wash, blood drive: Saturday, April 3, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Southern Baptist Church in Ruth; proceeds for the youth Caswell trip; a Red Cross blood mobile will also be at the church during this time.

Jessica Osborne/ Daily Courier

Books Continued from Page 1A

the competition from the previous year,” said Steven Helton, director of elementary education for Rutherford County schools.

Up to 12 members from each school were on a team. Six students from each team competed on stage during each round and then rotated out with other team members. Almost all the students participating were fourth and fifth graders with a couple of third graders on some teams. There were 45 rounds of the competition and each team competed in nine rounds.

Students prepared for the competition since the beginning of the school year. Media specialists at each school work with each team throughout the year to practice for the competition.

Robbery Continued from Page 1A

cooler when an assailant assaulted him. He said the suspect was a black male in his early 20s, wearing a light blue jacket, black windbreaker pants and brown Timberland boots. The employee said he saw the gun was pointed at him. Ahmad said he also heard the assailant speaking with at least one other accomplice during the course of the robbery.

Police Chief Kevin Lovelace said in addition to cash, an Apple Notebook computer with bag was also taken.

Lovelace said it is undetermined if the Corner Store robbery is related to the previous four robberies involving retail businesses and the ABC Store in Forest City.

“We have got a spell going on,” Lovelace said from his office in Town Hall Tuesday morning. “We don’t know if they are all related.”

Sheriff Jack Conner said there are some differences in Monday night’s armed robbery and the Family Dollar Store robbery on Sunday, March 21,

Public Continued from Page 1A

Forest City Police Assistant Chief Bob Ward said Tuesday morning.

“Go ahead and call us and let us check it out. We are trying to run down all leads,” he said A $1,000 reward is being offered to anyone with information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person who robbed the ABC store on Oak Street in Forest City on March 12, said Ward. The ABC Store robbery was the first of the five robberies.

Ward said Forest City is receiving numerous calls with leads and they are checking all of them, and he said

Religion Lights of Love: Saturday, April 3, 6 p.m., St. Paul AME Zion Church, 200 Lawing Road, Forest City; luminaries will be placed in the church cemetery in memorial or in honor of loved ones; $2 per luminary; candles will be lit at 6.

Revival: April 5-7, 7 nightly; Haynes Grove Baptist Church, Cliffside; guest speaker, Elder Felicia Cureton from Victory Temple Bibleway Church.

level yet as we did with Junior Book Challenge,” said Helton. “We’re in the process now of trying to get a regional competition together.”

Rutherfordton was in the lead at round 39 with 101 points, with Harris closely behind with 98 points.

Mount Vernon-Ruth took the lead in round 42 with 104 points.

In the final round, Rutherfordton was in the lead with 115 points.

Rutherfordton Elementary’s final score was 115 points. They will be the host school for next year’s Battle of the Books.

First, second and third place winners were awarded medals and fourth and fifth place winners were given ribbons.

Helton also presented certificates to all of the media specialists, AIG representatives and the judges who helped with the competition.

in Ellenboro.

Ahmad is the only store employee assaulted of the five robberies reported and Ahmad said the suspect he saw was not wearing a hooded sweatshirt as the case of some of the other robberies.

Forest City and Rutherfordton police detectives and sheriff’s department detectives are working together to try to solve the cases.

“I don’t know if these are ‘copy cat,’ gang related or are the same persons,” said Rutherford County Sheriff Jack Conner. “We don’t know if someone is coming in here or is already here.”

Conner said he was awakened at 12:30 a.m. Tuesday and notified of the robbery in Rutherfordton. “The description’s a little different than some others.”

“We hope, even today, some of these things will pan out or in a day or so,” Conner added.

Forest City Police Assistant Chief Bob Ward said Tuesday morning,“We’re assuming all these could be connected.”

“This has been going on for a while all around us and it has hit us now, all with similarities,” Ward said.

Conner added although the crimes of larceny, breaking and entering began increasing significantly as the economy started its downfall several years ago, nothing compares to the spree of armed robberies in the past 18 days.

He said even with a rage of breaking and enterings, most people will take whatever they can physically carry out of a home, a storage shed or outbuilding.

the department has received some calls because of the reward money.

Ward is asking the public to call if they see a car that may be out of place, not seen before in the area. If someone comes in a business and is wondering around and hasn’t been seen before and does not seem to have a reason for being there, call the police.

“If someone (suspect) does come in, we are asking all store employees just to cooperate,” Ward continued.

“Cooperate fully and we will deal with things after that. We don’t want anyone getting hurt in any of this.”

He asks that all merchants make sure all security cameras and alarm systems are working. “Call the alarm systems and have them checked.

Make sure they are working and are in good condition,” he added. He said to check the angles of the cameras and make sure they are capturing what police need to see.

Anyone with information about the robbery is asked to contact the Forest City Police Department at 245-5555 or the Tip Line at (828) 245-7771 or mytip@forestcitypd.com or the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Department.

Rutherfordton Police Chief Kevin Lovelace asks anyone who may have seen suspicious activity at the Corner Store Monday night to call the police department at 287-5062 immediately.

Conner encourages the public to lock up any tools, lawn and garden supplies that can be carried away by hand. He said in many instances a person will take a small tool and leave more valuable items lying nearby because they can’t carry them away.

“Lock up your things,” he said.

Tuesday afternoon the law enforcement community of Forest City, Rutherford County, Rutherfordton, Kings Mountain, Patterson Springs, Cleveland and Gaston counties, met to share information regarding armed robberies.

Contact Gordon via e-mail at jgordon@thedigitalcourier.com.

Contact Gordon via e-mail at jgordon@thedigitalcourier.com.

About us...

Circulation

Music/concerts Big Gospel Singing: Sunday, April 4, 5 p.m., Dunbar Community Center; doors open at 4 p.m.; On program — The New Telenaires and Kings of Joy from Forest City, 2gether of Spartanburg, Harris Brothers of Gaffney and others; admission $7; ages 8 and under free; senior citizens half price; concessions will be sold; drawing for an Easter basket.

Once the books are chosen for the battle, each school’s librarians will order the books to get their teams started practicing.

Each round consisted of 12 questions. Questions used for competition were generated in Helton’s office.

“These are new questions that the kids have never seen that are being used today,” said Helton.

Helton’s assistant, Becky Whitaker put the questions together.

“She’s really been instrumental in getting this together,” said Helton.

Mary Council, who started the competition 11 years ago, was the moderator for the competition. She started the competition as a middle school competition called the Junior Book Challenge.

“We wanted to get elementary schools started as well,” said Helton.

“We haven’t participated on a national

David Cash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208 Virle Martin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208

Business office

Administration

Jodi V. Brookshire/publisher . . . . . . . . . . .209 Steven E. Parham/executive editor . . . . . .210 Lori Spurling/ advertising director . . . . . . .224 Pam Dixon/ ad production coordinator . . . 231 Anthony Rollins/ circulation director . . . . .206

Newsroom

Scott Bowers, sports editor . . . . . . . . . . . . .213 Jean Gordon, features editor . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 Abbe Byers, lifestyles editor . . . . . . . . . . . . .215 Allison Flynn, editor/reporter . . . . . . . . . . . .218 Garrett Byers, photography . . . . . . . . . . . . .212 Scott Baughman, reporter . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216 Larry Dale, reporter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .217 Bobbie Greene, typesetting . . . . . . . . . . . . .220 Virginia Rucker, contributing editor

Phone: 245-6431

Jessica Higgins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202 Cindy White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200

Advertising

Chrissy Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .226 Jill Hasty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .227 Jessica Hendrix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .228

Classified

Erika Meyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205

Maintenance

Gary Hardin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .222 An operator will direct your call during business hours, 8 a .m . to 5 p .m ., Monday-Friday . After business hours, you can reach the person you are calling using this list . As soon as you hear the automated attendant, use your Touch Tone phone to dial 1 and the person’s extension or dial 3 for dial by name .

Fax: 248-2790

Missed your paper?

If you did not receive your paper today please call 245-6431 and ask for circulation.

If you call by 9 a.m. on Monday through Friday, a paper will be brought to your home. If you call after 9 a.m., we will make sure your carrier brings you the missed paper in the morning with that day’s edition.

If you do not receive your paper on either Saturday or Sunday and call by 8 a.m., a customer service representative will bring you a paper.

If you call after 8 a.m. on Saturday or Sunday, the missed paper will be brought out on Monday morning.

Our carriers are instructed to deliver your paper by 6 a.m. Tuesday through Friday, by 6:30 a.m. on Saturday and 7 a.m. on Sunday.

Remember, call 245-6431 for circulation customer service.

www.thedigitalcourier.com

E-mail: dailycourier@thedigitalcourier .com

The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Wednesday, March 31, 2010 — 7A

Inside Scoreboard . . . . . . . . . Page 8A The Final Four . . . . . Page 9A Atlanta Braves . . . . . . Page 9A

Group offers fly fishing course TRYON — The Pisgah Chapter of Trout Unlimited is conducting its annual fly fishing school on April 24, at Harmon Field in Tryon.

This one-day school is taught by some of the best fly fishermen in Western North Carolina and participants will learn everything they need to get started. Besides a full day of instruction, those who take part will get a half-day of fly fishing with a mentor on one of our local streams.

The PCT school includes equipment selection, knot tying, entomology and stream reading along with a minimum of one and one half hours of individualized casting instruction. The PCT will provide all of the equipment and lunch.

The registration fee is only $125 for adults and $50 for kids, ages 12 to 16.

For more information visit their website, www.pisgahchaptertu.org. Registration form is available online. Class size is limited and early registration is encouraged.

The Pisgah Chapter of Trout Unlimited is a non-profit organization and proceeds from the school help them fund education and conservation projects including Trout in the Classroom, Rivercourse, Kids Fishing Days, and Casting for Recovery.

Steelers ’disappointed’ with Holmes incident PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers president Art Rooney II says the team is “disappointed” wide receiver Santonio Holmes is being accused in a lawsuit of assaulting a woman in an Orlando nightclub.

The lawsuit followed a separate incident involving quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, who became the subject of a police investigation after a college student alleged he assaulted her in a Georgia nightclub.

“We are disappointed to learn about the recent incident involving Santonio Holmes in Florida,” Rooney said in a statement. Rooney said he would have no further comment.

Local Sports GOLF 2 p.m. County Championship at Bald Mountain (RS/Chase/ East) GIRLS SOCCER 6 p.m. Burns at R-S Central 5 p.m. Polk at Thomas Jefferson 6 p.m. Chase at Freedom

On TV 1 p.m. (ESPN) MLB Preseason Baseball Minnesota Twins at New York Yankees.

1 p.m. (FSS) Tennis Sony Ericsson Open, Quarterfinals.

7 p.m. (FSS) NHL Hockey Carolina Hurricanes at Montreal Canadiens.

7 p.m. (TS) NBA Basketball Los Angeles Lakers at Atlanta Hawks.

8 p.m. (ESPN) High School Basketball McDonald’s AllAmerica Game.

8 p.m. (SPIKE) UFC Fight Night 9 p.m. (ESPN2) Soccer Dallas Cup: Eintracht Frankfurt vs.

United States.

10 p.m. (ESPN) NBA Basketball Golden State Warriors at Utah Jazz.

10 p.m. (FSS) Tennis Sony Ericsson Open, Men’s Quarterfinals.

Garrett Byers/Daily Courier

East’s Blake Myers (12) listens to instruction from coach Chad Flack as head coach Bobby Reynolds looks on from near the third base box during the baseball game against Freedom at East Rutherford Tuesday. East’s Mark McFarland (17) warms up next to Myers.

Cavaliers shut out Freedom n Dakotah

Thomas tosses nohitter in win; Lady Cavs rout Freedom, 10-0, in softball.

By KEVIN CARVER Daily Courier Sports Reporter

FOREST CITY — East Rutherford’s Dakotah Thomas threw a no-hitter in a 10-0 win over Freedom in a short six innings of work on Tuesday.

Thomas struck out 11 and allowed just four Patriot base-runners in a dominating performance.

The Cavs, who started slowly from the plate, picked up just one run in the first four innings, but exploded for nine total runs in the fifth and sixth and have now won their last three games by the 10-run mercy rule.

“Dakotah (Thomas) did an excellent job on the mound and really had his curveball working well tonight,” East Rutherford baseball coach Bobby Reynolds said. “We hit the ball hard all game long, but finally broke through there in the fifth. Blake Myers came up big in his last two at-bats for us and now we move onto Shelby and I expect them to play us tough, they always do.”

Derek Deaton came across first in the game for East as he drilled a double into the right field corner and then stole

Garrett Byers/Daily Courier

East Rutherford’s Ali Ruppe, above, singles during the softball game against Please see Prep Report, Page 8A Freedom at East Rutherford Tuesday.

Wolverines dismantle Thomas Jefferson

By JACOB CONLEY Daily Courier Sports Reporter

FOREST CITY — Polk County used a 12-run outburst in the 4th inning to overwhelm TJCA, 26-1, in baseball action Tuesday.

After Polk County jumped to an early 1-0 lead, TJCA threatened in the bottom half of the first after Zac Caldwell drew a walk. Caldwell was thrown out on a steal attempt and the

Griffs were unable to capitalize on the early threat.

The Wolverines plated five runs in the second, but TJCA committed two errors in the frame to aid Polk in grabbing an early 6-0 lead.

The Griffs cut into the lead in their next at-bat as Zadock Moss was hit by a pitch, moved to third on a hit by Caleb Bishop. Moss scored on a double steal.

Polk’s Rooster Ross broke the game open in the third when he tomahawked a Grand Slam over the centerfield fence for a 10-1 Wolverine lead.

Polk County then exploded for 12 runs in the fourth and four more runs to put the finishing touches on a 26-1 win.

In JV action, TJCA beat Polk 4-3 to move their record to 4-1 on the season.

Blue Devils have earned their ‘chip’ Here is an interesting tidbit to chew on while we wait for Saturday and the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament.

All four teams that punched their dance cards to Indianapolis came into the season ranked in the Top 10, in the USA Today coaches poll. All four.

So much for this being a year of underdogs and unexpected success, right? Well, not really.

The overall feeling, at least the feelings expressed by well-paid and nationally known sports writers, is that this year’s Final Four contains teams from far-left field; oops, that might upset some folks — er, far-right field.

Oops, I did it again.

Fine, all four teams came from the parking lot.

The reality is that none of these teams should be that much of a surprise, least of all Duke.

Yet, despite making the Top 10 in every known basketball poll in the universe, there seems to be this underlying opinion that Duke somehow, some way, is a surprise team in the Final Four.

Think back to two weeks ago when the complaint was that Duke’s road to Indy was just way too easy. And,

Off The Wall Scott Bowers

maybe it was, but remember Coach Mike Krzyzewski didn’t draw up the bracket, nor did his charges. In other words, you play who you have to play.

There is a great line in basketball — “Hard work can beat talent, when talent don’t work hard.”

And in those great words lie the reason many well-known, well-paid sports pundits are scratching their collective heads.

No, Scottie Reynolds.

No, Evan Turner.

No, John Wall.

The AP story, that we run on Page 9 today, sums it up: Team trumped stars in this year’s tourney.

That doesn’t happen often, but it has this year.

In the land that gave us “Hoosiers,” four teams will meet to decide a national champ, and one of those teams is actually laden with stars that

few outside of North Carolina could pick out of lineup.

Duke has several ‘stars,’ but they are really only Tobacco Road stars, and not Madison Avenue stars. Advantage Duke.

The collective talent on this year’s Duke team has been underneath the radar for most of the 2009-10 season and that is a direct result of being underneath the shadow of North Carolina’s Tyler Hansbrough for three of the last four years. Hansbrough became an ACC legend, while most of these current Duke players became also-rans.

The Blue Devils rolled the current group of guys wearing Tar Heels’ jerseys, but no one was fooled. The unanswered question hung in the air: If Ty Lawson and Wayne Ellington had stayed at Chapel Hill would the result have been the same?

Again, advantage Duke.

The Blue Devils don’t have to answer that question.

All they have to do is play two more solid games of basketball and they will finally get to hang another banner in Cameron. And, the chip on their shoulder that they have had to carry for four years will finally be

8A — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Wednesday, March 31, 2010

sports

Scoreboard BASEBALL Major League Baseball Spring Training Glance AMERICAN LEAGUE W L 18 7 16 7 15 10 14 11 12 11 13 14 10 11 11 13 11 14 9 14 10 16 10 16 8 15 8 16 NATIONAL LEAGUE

W L San Francisco 20 9 Atlanta 16 9 Chicago 15 9 San Diego 16 10 St. Louis 14 11 Colorado 14 12 Philadelphia 12 11 Houston 13 12 Florida 13 13 Los Angeles 11 11 Milwaukee 13 13 New York 13 13 Arizona 12 14 Cincinnati 9 14 Washington 8 18 Pittsburgh 7 17

Tampa Bay Cleveland Detroit Minnesota Kansas City Boston Toronto Oakland New York Los Angeles Baltimore Seattle Chicago Texas

Garrett Byers/Daily Courier

East’s Chip Helton, above, records a put out at first base during the baseball game against Freedom at East Rutherford Tuesday.

Prep Report Continued from Page 7A

third, moments later. Drew Reynolds’ (1-for-3) sacrifice fly crossed Deaton for a 1-0 lead, which came in the third inning.

That scored held the same until the bottom of the fifth frame. Lucas Owens walked and Reynolds, Thomas, Myers (2-for-3) and Mark McFarland (2-for-2) all singled and all five players crossed for a 6-0 lead until East 10-1 overall and 4-1 conference, put away the game in the sixth.

In the sixth, Thomas (2-for-4) ripped an RBI single, Chip Helton smashed a two RBI single to right and Blake Myers tattooed a walk off, solo home run to deep center for the final outcome.

SOFTBALL East Rutherford 10, Freedom 0

FOREST CITY — East Rutherford softball found the right 1-2 combination with Ali Ruppe on the mound and then a collective hitting brigade that dispatched Freedom, 10-0 in a game-shortened six innings, Tuesday.

Ruppe was outstanding in throwing all six innings and striking out six, while allowing just two hits on the afternoon. Ruppe had a no-hitter going through five innings and the Lady Cavs held them scoreless in a two-hit sixth.

“We have not put everything together in a game this season, and today we did.” East Rutherford softball coach Julie Powell said. “Ali (Ruppe) threw well today and we seemed to back her up. We had both dynamics working with pitching and then the bats came alive. It’s usually been one or the other that work out.”

East picked up two runs in the second inning on a Chelsea Rush sacrifice fly and then an infield error allowed Jaclyn Boever to score as she reached earlier in the inning on a base hit.

Deanna Lowery produced a lone East run after her sacrifice fly in the third frame to go up 3-0.

Sally Harrill smashed an RBI single to right for the 4-0 lead in the fifth and an infield error

by Freedom crossed two more East runs for 6-0 advantage.

The Lady Cavs roared out to the 10-run gameending limit in the sixth. Lowery, who had three total RBI for the contest, blasted a two-RBI single up the middle for East to grab an 8-0 lead.

Makayla Harrelson and Boever hit back-to-back RBI singles to bring the contest to its conclusion.

East pounded out 12 hits and Harrill led by going 3-for-3 from the plate. Boever also had three hits on the day.

R-S Central 12, Shelby 2

SHELBY — The Lady Hilltoppers softball team remained undefeated by thumping Shelby, 12-2, Tuesday.

Chelsea Smith drew the start and worked three innings of five hit softball, allowing two earned runs.

Smith was lifted after three innings and Klinnin Carson pitched the remainder of the contest to earn the win.

From the plate, Smith, Khadedra Hines, Taylor Sullivan and Kaley Holmstrom each had multiple hits to pace Central.

The Lady Hilltoppers (9-0, 5-0) will face Burns at home on Thursday.

Pct .720 .696 .600 .560 .522 .481 .476 .458 .440 .391 .385 .385 .348 .333 Pct .690 .640 .625 .615 .560 .538 .522 .520 .500 .500 .500 .500 .462 .391 .308 .292

Monday’s Games Washington , N.Y. Mets (ss) Pittsburgh 13, Houston 1 Atlanta 5, Philadelphia 4 Toronto 2, Detroit 2, tie St. Louis 5, Minnesota 2 N.Y. Mets (ss) 7, Florida 6 Texas 7, Colorado 6 San Francisco 8, Milwaukee 6 Seattle 3, Oakland 2 Chicago Cubs 8, Cincinnati 1 L.A. Angels (ss) 10, Kansas City 2 Tampa Bay 9, Boston 3 N.Y. Yankees 11, Baltimore 7 Chicago White Sox 7, L.A. Angels (ss) 7, tie L.A. Dodgers 11, Cleveland 2 San Diego 11, Arizona 3 Tuesday’s Games Minnesota 4, Pittsburgh 1 Atlanta 9, N.Y. Yankees (ss) 6 Tampa Bay 9, Boston 9, tie Houston 5, Philadelphia 2 Detroit 10, Baltimore 9 Florida 9, Washington 5 St. Louis 9, N.Y. Mets 4 Texas 4, Arizona 2 Chicago White Sox 2, Oakland 0 San Diego 7, Cincinnati 5 L.A. Angels 1, Milwaukee 1, tie, 10 innings Chicago Cubs 5, San Francisco 3 Colorado 3, L.A. Dodgers 1 Toronto vs N.Y. Yankees (ss) at Tampa, Fla., late Cleveland vs Kansas City at Surprise, Ariz., late Wednesday’s Games Toronto vs Philadelphia at Clearwater, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

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

Boston vs Baltimore at Sarasota, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay vs Minnesota (ss) at Fort Myers, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh vs Detroit at Lakeland, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

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

Minnesota (ss) vs N.Y. Yankees at Tampa, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Florida vs N.Y. Mets at Port St. Lucie, Fla., 1:10 p.m.

Kansas City vs San Diego at Peoria, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

Seattle vs Texas at Surprise, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

Cincinnati vs Oakland at Phoenix, 4:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (ss) vs Milwaukee at Phoenix, 4:05 p.m.

San Francisco vs L.A. Dodgers at Glendale, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

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

Arizona vs Colorado at Tucson, Ariz., 4:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox vs Cleveland at Goodyear, Ariz., 7:05 p.m.

Cincinnati vs L.A. Dodgers at Las Vegas, Nev., 10:05 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Florida vs St. Louis at Jupiter, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

Atlanta vs Detroit (ss) at Lakeland, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh vs Philadelphia at Clearwater, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Baltimore vs Tampa Bay at Port Charlotte, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees vs Toronto at Dunedin, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Minnesota vs Boston at Fort Myers, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Detroit (ss) vs Houston at Kissimmee, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Washington vs N.Y. Mets at Port St. Lucie, Fla., 1:10 p.m.

Cleveland vs L.A. Angels at Tempe, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

Arizona (ss) vs Kansas City at Surprise, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox vs Seattle at Peoria, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

Colorado vs Chicago Cubs at Mesa, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

Arizona (ss) vs Milwaukee at Phoenix, 4:05 p.m.

Texas vs Cincinnati at Goodyear, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

San Diego at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.

Cleveland at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.

Oakland at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct 47 26 .644 36 37 .493 26 47 .356 26 47 .356 10 64 .135 Southeast Division

W L Pct x-Orlando 52 22 .703 x-Atlanta 47 26 .644 Miami 40 34 .541 Charlotte 38 35 .521 Washington 21 51 .292 Central Division

W L Pct y-Cleveland 58 16 .784 Milwaukee 40 32 .556 Chicago 35 38 .479 Indiana 27 47 .365 Detroit 23 50 .315 WESTERN CONFERENCE

y-Boston Toronto New York Philadelphia New Jersey

GB — 11 21 21 37 1/2 GB — 4 1/2 12 13 1/2 30 GB — 17 22 1/2 31 34 1/2

Southwest Division W L Pct 49 25 .662 44 29 .603 38 35 .521 36 36 .500 35 40 .467 Northwest Division

W L Pct x-Utah 49 26 .653 x-Denver 48 27 .640 Oklahoma City 44 28 .611 Portland 45 29 .608 Minnesota 14 60 .189 Pacific Division

W L Pct x-L.A. Lakers 54 20 .730 Phoenix 47 26 .644 L.A. Clippers 27 46 .370 Sacramento 24 50 .324 Golden State 21 52 .288

x-Dallas San Antonio Memphis Houston New Orleans

GB — 4 1/2 10 1/2 12 14 1/2 GB — 1 3 1/2 3 1/2 34 1/2 GB — 6 1/2 26 1/2 30 32 1/2

x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division Monday’s Games Toronto 103, Charlotte 101 New Jersey 90, San Antonio 84 New Orleans 108, L.A. Lakers 100 Dallas 109, Denver 93 Utah 103, New York 98 Tuesday’s Games Indiana 102, Sacramento 95 Oklahoma City 111, Philadelphia 93 Phoenix at Chicago, late L.A. Clippers at Milwaukee, late Washington at Houston, late Wednesday’s Games L.A. Lakers at Atlanta, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

Milwaukee at Cleveland, 7 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Toronto, 7 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Boston, 7:30 p.m.

Miami at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

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

Dallas at Memphis, 8 p.m.

Sacramento at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Washington at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

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

New York at Portland, 10 p.m.

Golden State at Utah, 10 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Orlando at Dallas, 8 p.m.

Portland at Denver, 10:30 p.m.

NCAA Tournament Glance FINAL FOUR At Lucas Oil Stadium Indianapolis National Semifinals Saturday, April 3 Michigan State (28-8) vs. Butler (32-4), 6:07 p.m.

West Virginia (31-6) vs. Duke (33-5), 40 minutes following National Championship Monday, April 5 Semifinal winners National Invitation Tournament Semifinals Tuesday, March 30 At Madison Square Garden New York Semifinals Dayton 68, Mississippi 63 North Carolina (19-16) vs. Rhode Island (26-9), late Championship Thursday, April 1 Dayton vs North Carolina-Rhode Island, 7 p.m.

HOCKEY National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF x-Pittsburgh 76 44 25 7 95 237 x-New Jersey 75 44 26 5 93 203 Philadelphia 76 38 32 6 82 221 N.Y. Rangers 75 33 32 10 76 197 N.Y. Islanders 75 31 34 10 72 196 Northeast Division

GP W L OT Pts GF x-Buffalo 75 42 23 10 94 215 Ottawa 76 41 30 5 87 205 Montreal 76 37 31 8 82 204 Boston 75 34 29 12 80 190 Toronto 76 28 35 13 69 202 Southeast Division

GP W L OT Pts GF z-Washington 75 49 15 11 109 292 Atlanta 76 33 31 12 78 224 Carolina 76 32 35 9 73 210 Florida 75 30 33 12 72 195 Tampa Bay 75 30 33 12 72 197 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF x-Chicago 74 46 21 7 99 241 Nashville 77 44 27 6 94 214 Detroit 75 39 23 13 91 207 St. Louis 75 36 30 9 81 203 Columbus 76 31 32 13 75 205 Northwest Division

GP W L OT Pts GF Vancouver 75 45 26 4 94 244 Colorado 75 41 27 7 89 225 Calgary 76 38 29 9 85 194 Minnesota 76 37 33 6 80 208 Edmonton 75 24 44 7 55 190 Pacific Division

GP W L OT Pts GF x-San Jose 76 47 19 10 104 247 x-Phoenix 76 47 23 6 100 210 Los Angeles 75 42 27 6 90 218 Anaheim 75 36 31 8 80 211 Dallas 76 33 29 14 80 216 x-clinched playoff spot z-clinched conference Monday’s Games Buffalo 3, Boston 2 Carolina 4, Atlanta 1 Nashville 3, Florida 2, OT Minnesota 3, Los Angeles 2 Anaheim 3, Dallas 1 Tuesday’s Games Atlanta 3, Toronto 2 Boston 1, New Jersey 0, OT N.Y. Rangers 4, N.Y. Islanders 3 Ottawa 5, Washington 4, OT Columbus 3, Tampa Bay 2 Edmonton at Detroit, late Chicago at St. Louis, late Los Angeles at Nashville, late Phoenix at Vancouver, late Wednesday’s Games Florida at Buffalo, 7 p.m.

Carolina at Montreal, 7 p.m.

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

Chicago at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

San Jose at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Anaheim at Colorado, 9 p.m.

Phoenix at Calgary, 9:30 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Florida at Boston, 7 p.m.

GA 217 183 210 203 232 GA 189 216 208 189 250 GA 214 240 236 220 237 GA 191 212 197 205 244 GA 195 207 193 226 255 GA 198 187 202 227 238

Buffalo at Toronto, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.

Atlanta at Washington, 7 p.m.

Carolina at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.

Columbus at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

St. Louis at Nashville, 8 p.m.

Vancouver at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

RACING NASCAR Sprint Cup Schedule-Winners Through March 29 Feb. 6 — x-Budweiser Shootout (Kevin Harvick) Feb. 11 — x-Gatorade Duel 1 (Jimmie Johnson) Feb. 11 — x-Gatorade Duel 2 (Kasey Kahne) Feb. 14 — Daytona 500 (Jamie McMurray) Feb. 21 — Auto Club 500 (Jimmie Johnson) Feb. 28 — Shelby American (Jimmie Johnson) March 7 — Kobalt Tools 500 (Kurt Busch) March 21 — Food City 500 (Jimmie Johnson) March 29 — Goody’s Fast Pain Relief 500 (Denny Hamlin) April 10 — Subway Fresh Fit 600, Avondale, Ariz.

April 18 — Samsung Mobile 500, Fort Worth, Texas April 25 — Aaron’s 499, Talladega, Ala. May 1 — Crown Royal Presents The Heath Calhoun 400, Richmond, Va. May 8 — Southern 500, Darlington, S.C. May 16 — Autism Speaks 400, Dover, Del. May 22 — x-NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race, Concord, N.C. May 22 — x-Sprint Showdown, Concord, N.C. May 30 — Coca-Cola 600, Concord, N.C. June 6 — Pocono 500, Long Pond, Pa. June 13 — Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips 400, Brooklyn, Mich.

June 20 — Toyota/Save Mart 350, Sonoma, Calif.

June 27 — Lenox Industrial Tools 301, Loudon, N.H. July 3 — Coke Zero 400 Powered By Coca-Cola, Daytona Beach, Fla. July 10 — LifeLock.com 400, Joliet, Ill. July 25 — Brickyard 400, Indianapolis Aug. 1 — Pennsylvania 500, Long Pond, Pa. Aug. 8 — Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen, Watkins Glen, N.Y. Aug. 15 — Carfax 400, Brooklyn, Mich.

Aug. 21 — Irwin Tools Night Race, Bristol, Tenn.

Sep. 5 — Labor Day Classic 500, Hampton, Ga. Sep. 11 — Richmond 400, Richmond, Va. Sep. 19 — Sylvania 300, Loudon, N.H. Sep. 26 — AAA 400, Dover, Del. Oct. 3 — Price Chopper 400, Kansas City, Kan. Oct. 10 — Pepsi Max 400, Fontana, Calif.

Oct. 16 — NASCAR Banking 500, Concord, N.C. Oct. 24 — TUMS Fast Relief 500, Ridgeway, Va. Oct. 31 — AMP Energy 500, Talladega, Ala. Nov. 7 — AAA Texas 500, Fort Worth, Texas Nov. 14 — Arizona 500, Avondale, Ariz.

Nov. 21 — Ford 400, Homestead, Fla. x-non-points race NASCAR Sprint Cup Points Leaders Through March 29 1. Jimmie Johnson, 898.

2. Greg Biffle, 884.

3. Matt Kenseth, 882.

4. Kevin Harvick, 837.

5. Jeff Burton, 785.

6. Kurt Busch, 776.

7. Jeff Gordon, 773.

8. Tony Stewart, 770.

9. Clint Bowyer, 747.

10. Dale Earnhardt Jr., 739.

11. Paul Menard, 735.

12. Brian Vickers, 734.

13. Joey Logano, 728.

14. Carl Edwards, 727.

15. Denny Hamlin, 710.

TRANSACTIONS Tuesday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL

American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES—Agreed to terms with OF Joey Gathright on a minor league contract.

Optioned LHP Alberto Castillo, RHP Chris Tillman and INF Justin Turner to Norfolk (IL). Reassigned C Adam Donachie and OF Jeff Salazar to their minor league camp.

CHICAGO WHITE SOX—Optioned OF Alejandro De Aza, RHP Daniel Hudson and INF Brent Lillibridge to Charlotte (IL). Reassigned RHP Greg Aquino, LHP Charlie Leesman, C Donny Lucy and LHP Erick Threets to their minor league camp.

DETROIT TIGERS—Optioned INF Brent Dlugach to Toledo (IL). Assigned RHP Josh Rainwater, RHP Robbie Weinhardt, C Robinzon Diaz and INF Jeff Larish to their minor league camp.

NEW YORK YANKEES—Optioned RHP Jonathan Albaladejo, RHP Mark Melancon, INF Juan Miranda, INF Kevin Russo and OF Greg Golson to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL).

OAKLAND ATHLETICS—Reassigned RHP Jason Jennings to their minor league camp.

TAMPA BAY RAYS—Optioned OF Justin Ruggiano to Durham (IL).

TORONTO BLUE JAYS—Optioned LHP Jesse Carlson and LHP David Purcey to Las Vegas (PCL). Assigned OF Jeremy Reed to their minor league camp.

National League ATLANTA BRAVES—Announced RHP Juan Abreu cleared waivers and was assigned outright to Myrtle Beach (Carolina).

CHICAGO CUBS—Optioned INF Micah Hoffpauir and OF Sam Fuld to Iowa (PCL). Assigned C Chris Robinson to their minor league camp.

Released INF Kevin Millar.

FLORIDA MARLINS—Traded LHP Jay Voss to Detroit for LHP Nate Robertson and cash considerations. Released RHP Seth McClung. Optioned RHP Rick Vandenhurk and RHP Tim Wood to New Orleans (PCL).

HOUSTON ASTROS—Reassigned C Jason Castro, INF Edwin Maysonet and RHP Wilton Lopez to their minor league camp.

MILWAUKEE BREWERS—Placed RHP Jeff Suppan on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 26.

NEW YORK METS—Optioned INF Nick Evans, OF Jason Pridie and RHP Tobi Stoner to Buffalo (IL). Claimed RHP Manny Acosta off waivers from Atlanta.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES—Reassigned RHP Brian Bass, RHP Vinnie Chulk, RHP Anthony Claggett, RHP Steven Jackson, RHP Jeff Karstens, RHP Jeremy Powell and C Luke Carlin to their minor league camp.

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS—Optioned C Matt Pagnozzi to Memphis (PCL).

SAN DIEGO PADRES—Optioned 2B Matt Antonelli, OF Aaron Cunningham, OF Luis Durango, RHP Ernesto Frieri and C Dusty Ryan to Portland (PCL).

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS—Optioned OF Darren Ford to Richmond (EL) and OF Francisco Peguero to San Jose (Cal).

GWU downs N.C. A&T

College Baseball at McNair Field

CHERRYVILLE — Gardner-Webb plated four runs in the bottom of the seventh and held on for a 12-8 win over North Carolina A&T, Tuesday at Fraley Field.

The game marked a successful homecoming for GWU head coach Rusty Stroupe, who starred for Cherryville High and Post 100 during a stellar playing career at the venue.

Gardner-Webb (12-12) continued its strong play at the plate, rapping out 15 hits and four HRs.

Gardner-Webb vs. Winthrop Friday April 2 at 6 pm Saturday April 3 doubleheadder beginning at 2 pm.

Easter games and festivites Saturday beginning from 1 to 3:30 pm.

Visit www.forestcitybaseball.com or (828) 245-0000 for more information.

112 Mountains Blvd., Lake Lure, NC 28746 www.rumblingbald.com

The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Wednesday, March 31, 2010 — 9A

sports Breaking Down The Final Four

Final Four has team-oriented look

By JOHN MARSHALL

Coach: Mike Krzyzewski Pos Ht Wt Yr Hometown 2 Nolan Smith G 6-2 185 Jr Upper Marlboro, Md. 5 Mason Plumlee F 6-10 230 Fr Warsaw, Ind.

12 Kyle Singler 20 Andre Dawkins 21 Miles Plumlee

AP Basketball Writer

West Virginia Mountaineers

Duke Blue Devils

F 6-8 230 G 6-4 190 F 6-10 240

Jr Medford, Ore. Fr Chesapeake, So Warsaw, Ind.

Va.

John Wall, despite his prodigious talent, isn’t 30 Jon Scheyer G 6-5 190 Sr Northbrook, Ill. 34 Ryan Kelly F 6-10 220 Fr Raleigh, N.C. at the Final Four. His Kentucky Wildcats were knocked out a game short. Ohio State’s Evan 41 Jordan Davidson G 6-1 180 Gr Melbourne, Ark. Sr Scotch Plains, N.J. Turner flamed out, too, a round earlier. Villanova’s 42 Lance Thomas F 6-8 225 Scottie Reynolds didn’t even come close.

51 Steve Johnson F 6-5 210 Jr Colorado Springs 53 Casey Peters G 6-4 185 Jr Red Bank, N.J. It’s Final Four time and the stars won’t be out.

55 Brian Zoubek C 7-1 260 Sr Haddonfield, N.J. They’ll be at home or in the stands along with famous alums such as Magic Johnson, maybe DUKE (33-5) Jay-Z or some other celebrity.

96 UNC Greensboro 62 74 Coastal Carolina-x 49 In their place will be teams.

101 Charlotte-x 59 104 Radford 67 Not four guys and a soon-to-have-his-own-shoe64 Arizona St.-x 53 line star. Five teammates who rely on each other, 68 Connecticut-x 59 69 at Wisconsin 73 need help from those guys coming off the bench.

80 St. John’s 71 This Final Four will be won by the final fivesome.

113 Gardner-Webb 68 76 Gonzaga 41 “The megastar that maybe you normally seem 84 Long Beach St. 63 to find in these Final Fours maybe isn’t there,” 114 Penn 55 74 Clemson 53 Michigan State coach Tom Izzo said. “I think it’s 86 at Iowa St. 65 refreshing that you’re looking at four teams that 67 at Georgia Tech 71 79 Boston College 59 ’team’ is maybe the most important thing.”

90 Wake Forest 70 This Final Four isn’t devoid of star players. There 74 at N.C. State 88 60 at Clemson 47 are future pros and potential pros on every team.

70 Florida St. 56 Duke has the trio of Kyle Singler, Nolan Smith 77 at Georgetown 89 86 Georgia Tech 67 and Jon Scheyer. Durrell Summers and Korie 66 at Boston College 63 64 at North Carolina 54 Lucious have turned it up in the tournament for 77 Maryland 56 Michigan State. Gordon Hayward has been the 81 at Miami 74 67 Virginia Tech 55 man at Butler, Da’Sean Butler Da’ man for West 70 Tulsa 52 Virginia.

67 at Virginia 49 72 at Maryland 79 All are great players, capable of taking over a 82 North Carolina 50 game at any time.

57 Virginia-y 46 They’re just not top-of-the-marquee guys, like 77 Miami-y 74 North Carolina’s Tyler Hansbrough last year, 65 Georgia Tech-y 61 73 Ark.-Pine Bluff-z 44 Derrick Rose of Memphis the year before.

68 California-z 53 These Final Four teams are straight off a Red 70 Purdue-z 57 78 Baylor-z 71 Auerbach fundamentals video, playing defense, setting screens, getting everyone involved. x-Dick’s Sporting Goods NIT Season Tip-off Without a true one-and-done-style star, it’s the Kyle Singler y-Atlantic Coast Conference only way they were able to reach the final weekend z-NCAA in Indianapolis.

“Nobody’s playing perfect — nobody’s even coming close to playing perfect,” Butler coach Brad Butler Bulldogs Stevens said. “But the team that sticks to their plan, that does what they do as well as they can for Coach: Brad Stevens 40 minutes has a great chance of winning.”

Pos Ht Wt Yr Hometown 1 Shelvin Mack G 6-3 215 So Lexington, Ky. Michigan State has what may be the one bona 2 Shawn Vanzant G 6-0 172 Jr Tampa, Fla. 3 Zach Hahn G 6-1 176 Jr New Castle, Ind. fide star on the four rosters. Problem is, Kalin 5 Ronald Nored G 6-0 174 So Homewood, Ala. Lucas ruptured his Achilles’ tendon in a second11 Alex Anglin G/F 6-5 177 Jr Kokomo, Ind. 14 Nick Rodgers G 6-2 168 Sr Noblesville, Ind. round game against Maryland and will spend the 20 Gordon Hayward G/F 6-9 207 So Brownsburg, Ind. weekend in a walking boot.

21 Willie Veasley G/F 6-3 206 Sr Freeport, Ill. The Spartans had to scratch and claw their way 22 Grant Leiendecker G 6-5 182 Jr Fort Wayne, Ind. through injuries and conflicts during the season, 24 Avery Jukes F 6-8 215 Sr Snellville, Ga. 30 Emerson Kampen C 6-9 189 Fr Yorktown, Ind. and they’ve rallied around each other again since 32 Garrett Butcher F 6-7 209 So Ellettsville, Ind. Lucas’ injury.

33 Chase Stigall G 6-4 195 Fr New Castle, Ind. 44 Andrew Smith C 6-11 239 Fr Indianapolis “They’re a joy to watch as a coach and a bear to 54 Matt Howard F 6-8 230 Jr Connersville, Ind. prepare for,” Stevens said.

BUTLER (32-4) The Bulldogs have been the epitome of the team 73 Davidson 62 concept.

67 at Northwestern 54 Hayward has been the main cog in Butler’s 64 at Evansville 60 NCAA run, but it’s the continuity of its team — 73 Minnesota-x 82 every player from last year’s roster is back — and a 69 UCLA-x 67 69 Clemson-x 70 connected-by-a-string cohesiveness at both ends of the floor that got the Bulldogs this far.

59 at Ball St. 38 84 Valparaiso 67 Butler has followed the mid-major gameplan to 65 at Georgetown 72 perfection and now gets a shot at the big boys, in 74 Ohio St. 66 69 Xavier 68 its hometown, no less.

57 at UAB 67 72 Wis.-Green Bay 49 “This is a very special story for Butler and deserv80 Wis.-Milwaukee 67 edly so,” Izzo said. “It’s not out of the clouds 77 at Wright St. 65 64 at Detroit, OT 62 because they were picked in the top 10 all year. I 64 Cleveland St. 55 mean, if I wasn’t playing them, I definitely would 91 Youngstown St. 61 48 at Loyola of Chicago 47 be a fan, I can promise you that.”

84 at Ill.-Chicago 55 Mike Krzyzewski’s Duke teams have always been 75 at Wis.-Green Bay 57 73 at Wis.-Milwaukee 66 team-first and this year is no exception.

63 Detroit 58 Scheyer, Smith and Singler are the Blue Devils’ 74 Wright St. 62 62 Loyola of Chicago 47 go-to guys. It’s just that they seem to go to a differ68 at Youngstown St. 57 ent one every night.

70 at Cleveland St. 59 73 Ill.-Chicago 55 None is a superstar in his own right, but they 70 Siena 53 form a three-headed headliner that has tradition74 at Valparaiso 69 rich Duke back in the Final Four for the first time 68 Wis.-Milwaukee-y 59 since 2004.

70 Wright St.-y 45 Yep, this is going to be a little different Final 77 UTEP-z 59 54 Murray St.-z 52 Four than we’re used to.

63 Syracuse-z 59 But, in a way, maybe it’s fitting.

63 Kansas St.-z 56 This has been a strange NCAA tournament, filled x-76 Classic with upsets, unexpected collapses by big-name y-Horizon League z-NCAA teams, runs deep into the bracket by a rising tide Gordon Hayward of mid-majors.

Cubs release 1B-3B Millar, Tracy gets roster spot

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The Chicago Cubs released Kevin Millar on Tuesday, giving their final roster spot to infielder Chad Tracy.

The 38-year-old Millar hit .242 in 18 games this spring. He batted .223 with seven home

runs and 29 RBIs for Toronto last year. He has also played for Florida, Boston and Baltimore.

The 29-year-old Tracy made the opening day roster because he hits left-handed and has been a regular at third base. After spending all of his career with Arizona, he joined the Cubs as a

non-roster invitee.

He is hitting .243 in 20 games.

The Cubs also sent outfielder Sam Fuld and infielder Micah Hoffpauir to Triple-A Iowa and sent catcher Chris Robinson to their minior league camp for reassignment.

Ambidextrous pitcher throws against Braves

KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP)—Ambidextrous pitcher Pat Venditte threw with both arms for the New York Yankees on Tuesday, giving up one run in 1 1-3 innings during a 9-6 split-squad loss to the Atlanta Braves.

Venditte switched back and forth, depending on whether he was facing a righty or lefty. He gave up two hits and a walk.

The 24-year-old reliever, who uses a six-finger glove, pitched in Class A last season and went 4-2 with 22 saves and a 1.87 ERA. Yankees ace CC Sabathia tuned up for his start in the major league opener Sunday night at Boston, allowing five runs and eight hits. He has a 7.23 ERA this spring.

Melky Cabrera, Matt Diaz and Troy Glaus each pounded out two hits in the win for Atlanta, that improved the team to 16-9 this spring.

Billy Wagner picked up his second save as he worked a 1-2-3 ninth inning. Kenshin Kawakami pitched five strong innings in the start.

Texas Longhorn Meat Grass- fed all natural beef Steaks and Hamburger now available at BlueRidge Design in The Firehouse Inn • Mon.-Fri. 9-5 Try our beef sausage.

286-8069

Coach: Bob Huggins Pos Ht Wt Yr Hometown 1 Da’Sean Butler F 6-7 230 Sr Newark, N.J. 2 Cam Thoroughman F 6-7 240 Jr Portsmouth, 3 Devin Ebanks F 6-9 215 So Long Island, 4 Jonnie West G 6-3 195 Jr Memphis, Tenn.

5 Kevin Jones F 6-8 250 So Mount Vernon, 15 Bryan Lowther G 6-6 215 Fr Edinboro, Pa. 20 Cam Payne G 6-4 225 So Charleston, W.Va.

21 25 30 32 33 35 41 42

Joe Mazzulla G Darryl Bryant G Danny Jennings F Dalton Pepper G Casey Mitchell G Wellington Smith F John Flowers F Deniz Kilicli F

6-2 6-2 6-8 6-5 6-4 6-7 6-7 6-9

200 200 260 215 225 245 215 260

Jr So Fr Fr Jr Sr Jr Fr

Ohio N.Y. N.Y.

Johnston, R.I. Brooklyn, N.Y. Staten Island, Levittown, Pa. Savannah, Ga. Summit, N.J. Waldorf, Md. Istanbul, Turkey

N.Y.

WEST VIRGINIA (31-6) 83 Loyola, Md. 69 The Citadel

60 50

85 Long Beach St.-x 73 Texas A&M-x 84 Portland-x 68 Duquesne 69 Coppin St. 80 at Cleveland St. 76 Mississippi 90 at Seton Hall, OT 63 Marquette 62 at Purdue 86 Rutgers 68 at Notre Dame 69 at South Florida 71 Syracuse 68 at Marshall 71 Ohio St. 62 at DePaul 77 Louisville 70 Pittsburgh 79 at St. John’s 75 Villanova 95 at Pittsburgh, 3OT 88 at Providence 75 Seton Hall 62 at Connecticut 74 Cincinnati 81 Georgetown 68 at Villanova, OT

62 66 66 39 43 78 66 84 62 77 52 70 50 72 60 65 46 74 51 60 82 98 74 63 73 68 68 66

54 Cincinnati-y 53 Notre Dame-y 60 Georgetown-y

51 51 58

77 68 69 73

50 59 56 66

Morgan St.-z Missouri-z Washington-z Kentucky-z

x-76 Classic y-Big East Conference z-NCAA

De’Sean Butler

Michigan State Spartans

2 Raymar Morgan 3 Chris Allen 5 Dion Sims 10 Delvon Roe

Coach: Tom Izzo Pos Ht Wt Yr Hometown F 6-8 230 Sr Canton, Ohio G 6-3 205 Jr Lawrenceville, F 6-5 268 Fr Detroit F 6-8 230 So Euclid, Ohio

13 Austin Thornton G 15 Durrell Summers G 20 Mike Kebler G 22 Isaiah Dahlman G 23 Draymond Green F 25 Jon Crandell F

6-5 6-4 6-4 6-6 6-6 6-8

220 205 205 195 235 230

So Jr Jr Sr So Sr

Sand Lake, Detroit Okemos, Mich.

Braham, Minn.

Saginaw, Mich.

Rochester, Mich.

34 Korie Lucious G 40 Tom Herzog C 41 Garrick Sherman C 50 Derrick Nix C

5-11 7-0 6-10 6-8

170 250 235 280

So Jr Fr Fr

Milwaukee Flint, Mich.

Kenton, Ohio Detroit

Ga. Mich.

MICHIGAN STATE (28-8) 97 Florida Gulf Coast 75 Gonzaga 75 Toledo 90 Valparaiso

Durrell Summers

58 71 62 60

74 Florida-x 106 Massachusetts-x

77 68

82 at North Carolina 72 Wofford 69 at The Citadel 88 Oakland, Mich.

80 IPFW 68 at Texas 87 Texas-Arlington 91 at Northwestern 54 Wisconsin 71 at Iowa 60 Minnesota 73 Illinois 70 Iowa 65 at Minnesota 57 at Michigan 79 Northwestern 49 at Wisconsin 73 at Illinois 64 Purdue 65 at Penn St. 72 at Indiana 67 Ohio St. 53 at Purdue 67 Penn St. 64 Michigan

89 60 56 57 58 79 68 70 47 53 53 63 63 64 56 70 67 78 76 54 58 74 44 65 48

67 Minnesota, OT-y

72

70 New Mexico St.-z 85 Maryland-z 59 N. Iowa-z 70 Tennessee-z

67 83 52 69

x-Legends Classic y-Big Ten Conference z-NCAA

10A — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Weather/State Weather The Daily Courier Weather Today

Tonight

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Sunny

Clear

Sunny

Sunny

Sunny

Mostly Sunny

Precip Chance: 0%

Precip Chance: 0%

Precip Chance: 0%

Precip Chance: 0%

Precip Chance: 0%

Precip Chance: 5%

77º

44º

83º 46º

85º 49º

81º 51º

79º 51º

Almanac

Local UV Index

Around Our State Today

Statistics provided by Broad River Water Authority through 7 a.m. yesterday.

0 - 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11+

Temperatures

0-2: Low, 3-5: Moderate, 6-7: High, 8-10: Very High, 11+: Extreme Exposure

High . . . . . .

Low . . . . . . .

Normal High Normal Low .

. . . .

. . . .

. . . .

. . . .

. . . .

. . . .

. . . .

. . . .

. . . .

. . . .

. . . .

.64 .36 .66 .38

Precipitation 24 hrs through 7 a.m. yest. .0.00" Month to date . . . . . . . . .2.60" Year to date . . . . . . . . .13.38"

Barometric Pressure

Sun and Moon Sunrise today .

Sunset tonight .

Moonrise today Moonset today .

. . . .7:15 . . . .7:48 . . .10:01 . . . .7:48

a.m. p.m. p.m. a.m.

Moon Phases

High yesterday . . . . . . .29.85"

Relative Humidity High yesterday . . . . . . . .100%

Last 4/6

Thursday

Hi/Lo Wx Hi/Lo Wx

Asheville . . . . . . .73/38 Cape Hatteras . . .65/51 Charlotte . . . . . . .76/45 Fayetteville . . . . .77/48 Greensboro . . . . .74/46 Greenville . . . . . .73/44 Hickory . . . . . . . . . .74/45 Jacksonville . . . .73/44 Kitty Hawk . . . . . .64/50 New Bern . . . . . .72/45 Raleigh . . . . . . . .77/46 Southern Pines . .76/46 Wilmington . . . . .72/50 Winston-Salem . .74/45

s s s s s s s s s s s s s s

80/43 65/56 82/49 87/51 83/51 82/51 83/47 80/51 70/54 81/52 86/51 86/49 78/55 82/50

s s s s s s s s s s s s s s

Weather (Wx): cl/cloudy; pc/partly cloudy; ra/rain; rs/rain & snow; s/sunny; sh/showers; sn/snow; t/thunderstorms; w/windy

Full 4/28

First 4/21

New 4/14

City

North Carolina Forecast

Greensboro 74/46

Asheville 73/38

Forest City 77/44 Charlotte 76/45

Today

Kinston 74/44 Wilmington 72/50

Today’s National Map

Thursday

City

Hi/Lo Wx Hi/Lo Wx

Atlanta . . . . . . . .

Baltimore . . . . . .

Chicago . . . . . . .

Detroit . . . . . . . .

Indianapolis . . .

Los Angeles . . .

Miami . . . . . . . . .

New York . . . . . .

Philadelphia . . .

Sacramento . . . .

San Francisco . .

Seattle . . . . . . . .

Tampa . . . . . . . .

Washington, DC

.77/48 .66/46 .71/57 .66/50 .73/51 .64/46 .75/61 .59/47 .62/46 .53/42 .52/45 .51/36 .76/52 .68/44

s s s s s sh s sh pc sh sh t s s

Greenville 73/44

Raleigh 77/46

Fayetteville 77/48

Shown is today’s weather.

Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.

Across Our Nation

Elizabeth City 71/47

Durham 77/45

Winston-Salem 74/45

81/48 74/47 75/55 75/52 77/55 62/47 77/64 70/48 75/47 59/44 58/47 52/40 80/57 76/47

s s s s s t s s s s mc sh s s

60s

40s

60s

L

L

50s

50s 70s

40s

60s

H

80s

70s 90s This map shows high temperatures, type of precipitation expected and location of frontal systems at noon.

Cold Front

Stationary Front

Warm Front

70s

L

Low Pressure

H

High Pressure

Carolina Today Six twisters hit N.C.

HIGH POINT (AP) — The National Weather Service says at least six tornados touched down in North Carolina last weekend, with the worst damaging more than 200 homes as it whipped through High Point with winds of almost 140 mph.

The weather service says two twisters touched down in Davidson County on Sunday, with others striking in Person County, near Belmont in Gaston County and near Spencer in Rowan County. At least seven people were hurt but no one was killed.

The winds also left dozens of people homeless after destroying or badly damaging homes.

Weather service teams that inspected the damage and interviewed local emergency services workers found the worst damage came as a tornado cut a path through neighborhoods in High Point.

Man gets life sentence

SPARTANBURG (AP) — A South Carolina man who escaped from a North Carolina jail has been sentenced to life in prison without parole after pleading guilty to charges in a crime spree.

Multiple media outlets reported that 52-year-old Dennis Paul Elliott of Spartanburg was sentenced Monday after pleading guilty to 55 charges. Those included 10 counts of first-degree burglary, 9 counts of second-degree burglary and 17 counts of grand larceny.

Police say those crimes occurred last year in Spartanburg County.

Police say Elliott had walked away from work duty while serving a 90-day sentence at the Polk County, N.C., jail in January. Police say he carjacked a Columbus, N.C., woman and led police on a chase in Spartanburg County.

Elliott says the crimes were fueled by an addiction to cocaine. He apologized as he was sentenced.

Fire ruled accidental PITTSBORO (AP) — Investigators say a construction worker using a soldering iron to repair gutters accidentally started the fire that gutted a historic courthouse in North Carolina.

Chatham County Fire Marshal Thomas Bender said Tuesday the fire started on the underside of the gutters. The work was part of a major restoration of the courthouse, which was built in 1881.

Bender says the State Bureau of Investigation will release an official report on the cause of fire in a few weeks. But he says local authorities have reached their own finding.

Local officials say the building was insured, but they don’t have a damage estimate or what parts might be saved.

Hearings on a video purportedly showing former Sen. John Edwards in a sexual encounter have been held in the court, but the video was not there when the fire started.

Gore gets camera-shy RALEIGH (AP) — Former Vice President Al Gore may have won an Oscar for his documentary on global warming, but he appears to be a little cool toward the camera for a speech in North Carolina.

A Gore aide said Tuesday that media members will only be allowed to record video and audio of the first five minutes of Gore’s talk at Duke University on April 8. Photography will also be limited. Gore spokeswoman Kalee Kreider said the restrictions are standard for his talks.

Duke spokeswoman Scottee Cantrell said Gore will speak for about 45 minutes and take questions collected from students.

Happy 20th Anniversary Danny and Debbie Toms!!

We are so blessed to have Godly parents.

We love you more than you know.

Love, your family

Associated Press

Police on scene investigate an apparent murder-suicide at the Berkshire Apartments on Providence Square Drive in south Charlotte Tuesday,. They said four people are dead and two of them are young children. One child was 12-years-old and the other was a 1-year-old. Police found the man’s wife dead in another nearby apartment. They said the woman had also been dead for days.

Man killed wife, child; other kids kept secret CHARLOTTE (AP) — Police on Tuesday said a North Carolina father sent his daughter to school for two weeks with a dire warning: Tell anyone about your two dead siblings at home, and I’ll kill you and your brother, too.

She didn’t tell anyone. In fact, police said no one found out the children and their mother were dead until officers came to Kenneth Jermaine Chapman’s door Monday night to check on his wife because her uncle hadn’t heard from her for a while.

When police arrived, Chapman went upstairs and sent the 10-yearold girl and her 2-year-old half brother outside. He shot at officers from the top of the stairs, police said.

Then came more gunshots.

Inside, officers found Chapman dead. The bodies of his wife’s teenage daughter and the couple’s baby daughter were in a locked bedroom.

A few hours later, authorities found Chapman’s wife dead at a larger apartment the couple moved out of a few weeks ago.

Investigators said the surviving girl told them her dad and stepmom argued two weeks ago, and she didn’t see 34-year-old Nateesha Ward Chapman again. That night, she heard her 13-year-old stepsister Na’Jhae Parker scream, then gunshots. Her half sister, 13-month-old Nakyiah Jael Chapman, started screaming too. Then more gunshots.

Dad came out, locked the door and pointed the gun at the girl.

Police said the girl told her father, “don’t kill me.” He said he wouldn’t kill her then because she was his first-born daughter — nor would he kill the 2-year-old, his first-born son.

But he said he’d kill them if they told anyone.

“Her bravery and composure was truly remarkable,” CharlotteMecklenburg Police Capt. Paul Zinkann said, pausing to regain his composure at a Tuesday news conference. “She, her little brother are with family members and are being cared for now.”

Carol Latimer, who lived next to the family for five months, said she never saw the couple fight. The Chapmans kept to themselves, and Latimer’s conversations with Nateesha Chapman never went beyond making sure the kids got to the bus stop or other child care issues.

“She was really closed as far as her personal life,” Latimer said. “We didn’t talk much unless she needed help.”

Latimer talked even more rarely with Kenneth Chapman. She knew he worked the night shift, but never found out where. He only said a few words when she asked him questions.

The family member she got to know the best was the 10-year-old girl.

They sat outside and ate fruit snacks one day after school when her dad and stepmom weren’t home.

Latimer said the couple moved out of the home where Nateesha Chapman’s body was found weeks ago, and she never heard anything from the apartment or saw anyone over there again until police arrived early Tuesday morning.

Neighbors at the couple’s other home said they only saw them move in and couldn’t remember seeing an adult woman at the home at all.

Jerome Sanders didn’t even know they had dogs until he heard them barking as police talked to him after discovering the bodies.

“They just seemed typical, what little I saw,” Sanders said. “I heard a baby crying once, but that was about it.”

Court records show an eviction notice was served on the apartment where Nateesha Chapman’s body was found, but shed little other light on whether they were having financial trouble. Calls to family members of the couple went unanswered Tuesday.

Investigators are still trying to figure out not only why Kenneth Chapman killed his family, but why he tried to hide it for weeks and acted like nothing happened.

“What this man did was despicable and cowardly,” Zinkann said.

Lawyer claims client beaten GREENSBORO (AP) — Lawyers for one of two suspects accused in the 2008 killing of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill student body president Eve Carson said their client was beaten by police when he was arrested.

Suspect Demario Atwater was assaulted by Durham police while he was lying on the sidewalk and while handcuffed in a police car, according to court documents filed Monday by his attorneys. Atwater’s lawyers are trying to suppress the statement he made to police after his arrest.

Atwater faces a murder charge in state court, as well as kidnapping and carjacking charges in federal court. Either conviction could bring the death penalty.

Durham Police Chief Jose Lopez said Tuesday neither Atwater nor his attorneys had filed a complaint alleging excessive force.

“It never comes as a surprise to me

15% off total bill with this ad* *Not eligible with a gift certificate *Excludes alcohol

Lunch Hours: Tues-Sat. 11:30am-2:30pm • Dinner Hours: Wed-Sat. 5:30pm-9:00pm

828-287-2932 • 205 Fashion CirCle • rutherFordton, NC www.thewateroakrestaurant.com

when an attorney makes assertions like this, especially two years after the fact. So I’m not really surprised by it,” he said.

U.S. attorney spokeswoman Lynne Klauer and Chapel Hill police declined to comment.

With Atwater’s federal trial scheduled for May, lawyers have filed numerous court documents in recent months to try to keep key information out of the trial. The defense wants the statement Atwater gave to police and the videotape of that three-hour interview thrown out, according to court documents, because the lawyers claimed Atwater was coerced and denied several requests for legal counsel.

Carson, an admired student leader, was found shot to death in a Chapel Hill neighborhood in March 2008, nearly a mile from campus.

Laurence A. Lovette, 19, also is accused of murder in the case.

FIND OUT IN

The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Wednesday, March 31, 2010 — 11A

Business/finance

THE MARKET IN REVIEW

STOCK EXCHANGE HIGHLIGHTS

d

NYSE

7,460.72 -4.18

GAINERS ($2 OR MORE)

Name Last Chg BkIrelnd 7.90 +1.30 Ambac3-03n5.43 +.72 Ambac2-03 5.37 +.67 KidBrands 8.89 +.89 FresM pr 50.72 +4.92 WestlkChm25.73 +2.45 SemiMfg 6.67 +.61 AmRepro 9.07 +.80 W Holding 10.71 +.81 HarvNRes 7.80 +.53

%Chg +19.7 +15.3 +14.3 +11.1 +10.7 +10.5 +10.1 +9.7 +8.2 +7.3

LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)

Name Last ZaleCp 2.63 MaguirePr 2.88 OxfordInds 20.60 CitiFnSect107.40 GamGld g 7.72 AldIrish 3.29 LDK Solar 6.50 MauiLnd h 7.15 BrasT C n 8.35 IDT Cp C 5.34

Chg -.61 -.49 -2.91 -.86 -.70 -.29 -.55 -.50 -.55 -.35

%Chg -18.8 -14.5 -12.4 -10.4 -8.3 -8.1 -7.8 -6.5 -6.2 -6.2

MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE) Name Vol (00) Last Chg Citigrp 5872823 4.09 -.09 BkofAm 1424075 17.76 -.28 FordM 1378234 13.28 -.29 S&P500ETF1365444117.40 +.08 DirFBear rs 567023 13.52 +.21 GenElec 525054 18.30 -.10 AT&T Inc 511532 25.95 -.56 BostonSci 503384 7.25 +.06 iShEMkts 479908 42.00 +.16 SPDR Fncl 464510 15.92 -.10 Advanced Declined Unchanged Total issues New Highs New Lows Volume

DIARY

1,563 1,485 138 3,186 219 7 4,140,044,071

u

AMEX

1,901.78 +9.87

GAINERS ($2 OR MORE)

Name Last LGL Grp 5.55 AdeonaPh 2.33 Versar 3.26 SinoHub n 3.50 TiensBio 2.95 ChiArmM 9.50 SunLink 4.05 SL Ind 9.05 ChinaPhH n 3.33 UQM Tech 3.92

Chg +1.50 +.43 +.52 +.43 +.35 +.85 +.34 +.75 +.22 +.25

%Chg +37.0 +22.6 +19.0 +14.0 +13.5 +9.8 +9.2 +9.0 +7.1 +6.8

LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)

Name Servotr ChiGengM AlphaPro Uroplasty GerovaFn BioTime wt UnivPwr ComndSec EmersnR h BioTime n

Last 8.94 2.88 2.49 2.06 5.28 5.21 3.58 2.56 2.22 7.27

Chg %Chg -1.33 -12.9 -.35 -10.8 -.24 -8.8 -.19 -8.4 -.48 -8.3 -.41 -7.3 -.27 -7.0 -.19 -6.9 -.15 -6.3 -.43 -5.6

MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE) Name Vol (00) Last Chg AdeonaPh 102719 2.33 +.43 UQM Tech 28162 3.92 +.25 YM Bio g 23471 1.14 -.02 Rentech 20702 1.01 ...

ChiArmM 20093 9.50 +.85 GoldStr g 16154 3.79 -.04 GranTrra g 15324 5.91 -.01 BootsCoots 14327 2.42 +.06 VantageDrl 14012 1.46 -.05 KodiakO g 12731 3.27 +.02 DIARY

Advanced Declined Unchanged Total issues New Highs New Lows Volume

222 261 55 538 23 3 100,204,079

u

DAILYREVIEWED DOW JONES YOUR HAVE YOU retiring soon? let’s talk.

NASDAQ 2,410.69 +6.33

GAINERS ($2 OR MORE)

Name Last Encorm rs 3.28 FoodTech 2.90 WhiteElec 6.99 SocketMob 3.25 ColonyBk 5.40 Primoris wt 2.90 FedFstFn 6.95 OpexaTher 2.27 AehrTest 2.80 NwCentBcp 5.93

Chg +1.17 +.90 +1.53 +.60 +.90 +.45 +1.07 +.34 +.40 +.78

%Chg +55.5 +45.0 +28.0 +22.6 +20.0 +18.4 +18.2 +17.6 +16.7 +15.1

LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)

Name Last Fonar 2.10 ChrmSh 5.66 ZST Dig n 7.90 Servidyne 3.84 JksvllBcIL 13.86 FCtzBcOH 4.89 NwtPipe lf 21.50 Hydrgnc rs 4.80 BaldwLy 23.90 Intelliph n 2.37

Chg -.62 -1.04 -1.42 -.63 -2.14 -.66 -2.65 -.58 -2.62 -.24

%Chg -22.8 -15.5 -15.2 -14.1 -13.4 -11.9 -11.0 -10.8 -9.9 -9.2

MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE)

Name Vol (00) PwShs QQQ462117 ApldMatl 390882 Intel 372306 MicronT 369558 ETrade 367591 Microsoft 347206 Cisco 327375 Oracle 296947 Comcast 279489 SeagateT 256674

Advanced Declined Unchanged Total issues New Highs New Lows Volume

Last Chg 48.39 +.16 13.45 +.14 22.34 +.01 10.79 +.16 1.66 +.07 29.77 +.18 26.65 +.14 25.54 -.03 18.74 +.24 18.17 -.73

DIARY

1,453 1,246 122 2,821 124 13 2,021,945,578

LIFE INSURANCE 10,960 LATELY? Dow Jones industrials Close: 10,907.42 Change: 11.56 (0.1%)

10,820 10,680

11,200 10,800

George A. Allen Financial Advisor 612 Oak Street Forest City, NC 828-245-1158

10,400 10,000

www.edwardjones.com

9,600 9,200

10 DAYS

O

N

D

J

L

I

STOCK MARKET INDEXES

52-Week High Low

10,955.48 4,439.24 408.57 7,497.88 1,925.54 2,432.25 1,180.69 800.73 12,351.24 693.32

Name

7,278.78 2,517.16 320.44 4,832.15 1,321.21 1,482.15 772.31 464.38 7,801.35 405.71

Last

Dow Industrials 10,907.42 Dow Transportation 4,388.35 Dow Utilities 379.36 NYSE Composite 7,460.72 Amex Market Value 1,901.78 Nasdaq Composite 2,410.69 S&P 500 1,173.27 S&P MidCap 794.13 Wilshire 5000 12,265.72 Russell 2000 683.94

M

Total Assets Obj ($Mlns) NAV

Name

PIMCO TotRetIs American Funds GrthAmA m Vanguard TotStIdx American Funds CapIncBuA m TOCKS OF OCAL NTEREST Fidelity Contra American Funds CpWldGrIA m YTD YTD American Funds IncAmerA m Name Div Yld PE Last Chg%Chg Name Div Yld PE Last Chg %Chg Vanguard 500Inv AT&T Inc 1.68 6.5 12 25.95 -.56 -7.4 LeggPlat 1.04 4.8 29 21.78 +.25 +6.8 American Funds InvCoAmA m Vanguard InstIdx Amazon ... ... 67 136.58 +1.46 +1.5 Lowes .36 1.5 20 24.34 +.03 +4.1 Dodge & Cox Stock ArvMerit ... ... ... 13.48 -.26 +20.6 Microsoft .52 1.7 16 29.77 +.18 -2.3 American Funds EurPacGrA m American Funds WAMutInvA m BB&T Cp .60 1.9 27 31.97 -.23 +26.0 PPG 2.16 3.3 23 66.05 +.29 +12.8 Dodge & Cox IntlStk BkofAm .04 .2 ... 17.76 -.28 +17.9 ParkerHan 1.00 1.5 38 65.52 +.28 +21.6 PIMCO TotRetAdm b BerkHa A ... ... 24122459.00-141.00 +23.4 American Funds NewPerspA m Cisco ... ... 26 26.65 +.14 +11.3 ProgrssEn 2.48 6.3 13 39.34 -.17 -4.1 American Funds FnInvA m ... ... 64 28.93 +.77 -6.4 Fidelity DivrIntl d Delhaize 2.01 2.5 ... 80.47 -.06 +4.9 RedHat Dell Inc ... ... 21 14.97 +.01 +4.2 RoyalBk g 2.00 ... ... 58.52 +.27 +9.3 FrankTemp-Franklin Income A m DukeEngy .96 5.9 14 16.40 -.19 -4.7 SaraLee .44 3.2 12 13.93 +.08 +14.4 American Funds BalA m Vanguard 500Adml ExxonMbl 1.68 2.5 17 67.05 -.25 -1.7 SonicAut ... ... 11 11.71 +.22 +12.7 Vanguard TotStIAdm FamilyDlr .62 1.7 17 36.98 +.10 +32.9 SonocoP 1.08 3.5 20 30.51 -.09 +4.3 Vanguard Welltn American Funds BondA m FifthThird .04 .3 19 13.27 -.05 +36.1 SpectraEn 1.00 4.4 17 22.73 -.09 +10.8 Fidelity GrowCo FCtzBA 1.20 .6 19 204.92 +2.07 +24.9 SpeedM .40 2.5 ... 16.02 -.04 -9.1 PIMCO TotRetA m GenElec .40 2.2 18 18.30 -.10 +21.0 .36 1.2 ... 29.96 -.18 +26.4 Vanguard TotIntl d GoldmanS 1.40 .8 8 171.38 -2.67 +1.5 Timken Fidelity LowPriStk d 1.88 2.9 29 64.53 +.40 +12.5 T Rowe Price EqtyInc Google ... ... 28 566.71 +4.26 -8.6 UPS B KrispKrm ... ... ... 4.08 -.01 +38.3 WalMart 1.21 2.2 15 55.91 +.17 +4.6 Hartford CapAprA m Pioneer PioneerA m Goldman Sachs ShDuGovA m Stock Footnotes: g = Dividends and earnings in Canadian dollars. h = Does not meet continued-listing standards. lf = Late filing with SEC. n = New in past 52 weeks. pf = Preferred. rs = Stock has undergone a reverse stock split of at least 50 Alliance Bernstein GrowIncA m percent within the past year. rt = Right to buy security at a specified price. s = Stock has split by at least 20 percent within the DWS-Scudder REstA m Hartford GrowthL m last year. un = Units. vj = In bankruptcy or receivership. wd = When distributed. wi = When issued. wt = Warrants.

S

Mutual Fund Footnotes: b = Fee covering market costs is paid from fund assets. d = Deferred sales charge, or redemption fee. f = front load (sales charges). m = Multiple fees are charged. NA = not available. p = previous day’s net asset value. s = fund split shares during the week. x = fund paid a distribution during the week.Gainers and Losers must be worth at least $2 to be listed in tables at left. Most Actives must be worth at least $1. Volume in hundreds of shares. Source: The Associated Press.

Sales figures are unofficial.

CI 122,927 LG 64,425 LB 59,564 IH 56,242 LG 55,524 WS 53,078 MA 48,457 LB 47,853 LB 47,616 LB 44,500 LV 40,010 FB 38,069 LV 37,537 FV 35,758 CI 31,614 WS 31,553 LB 30,216 FG 29,870 CA 29,675 MA 29,546 LB 28,279 LB 28,262 MA 28,252 CI 27,481 LG 27,150 CI 25,333 FB 25,302 MB 24,867 LV 15,542 LB 9,595 LB 4,231 GS 1,496 LV 1,216 SR 430 LG 180

11.02 28.50 29.09 47.98 60.36 33.92 15.80 108.09 26.73 107.37 102.39 38.45 25.52 32.91 11.02 26.23 34.05 28.10 2.10 16.82 108.09 29.10 29.71 11.94 73.47 11.02 14.62 34.72 22.32 32.05 37.67 10.36 3.09 15.32 15.82

AP Business Writer

Bond prices were little changed. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note, which moves opposite its price, fell to 3.86 percent from 3.87 percent late Monday.

The dollar rose against most other major currencies. Gold fell.

Crude oil rose 20 cents to $82.37 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies rose 1.69, or 0.3 percent, to 683.94.

Britain’s FTSE 100 fell 0.7 percent, Germany’s DAX index dipped 0.2 percent, and France’s CAC40 fell 0.3 percent. Japan’s Nikkei stock average rose 1 percent.

+.11 +.27 -.24 -.06 +.52 +.26 ... +.12 +.03 +.25

+4.60 +7.04 -4.69 +3.84 +4.21 +6.24 +5.22 +9.28 +6.21 +9.36

+43.35 +63.50 +15.18 +49.84 +39.91 +57.71 +47.05 +62.40 +51.18 +61.78

Total Return/Rank Pct Min Init 4-wk 12-mo 5-year Load Invt

+0.5 +15.4/C +5.9 +47.8/D +6.6 +55.4/B +3.0 +34.6/C +5.7 +45.0/D +5.7 +50.6/D +3.2 +40.7/B +6.4 +52.2/B +5.3 +45.1/E +6.4 +52.4/B +6.8 +66.8/A +6.4 +55.0/C +5.6 +44.7/E +8.2 +79.0/A +0.5 +15.2/C +5.9 +54.5/C +6.3 +51.4/C +6.0 +53.8/D +3.5 +47.6/A +3.7 +37.3/C +6.4 +52.4/B +6.7 +55.6/B +3.9 +37.8/C 0.0 +17.9/B +8.2 +55.9/B +0.5 +14.9/C +6.6 +63.2/A +6.8 +65.9/B +7.1 +61.4/A +6.5 +62.7/A +6.0 +50.2/C -0.2 +3.4/B +4.7 +40.8/E +10.7+124.5/B +7.7 +49.4/C

+7.6/A +4.2/B +2.7/B +4.3/C +5.5/A +6.1/A +3.7/B +1.9/C +2.6/B +2.0/C +0.7/D +7.8/A +1.4/C +6.0/A +7.3/A +6.7/A +5.1/A +3.9/D +4.7/A +3.2/C +2.0/C +2.8/B +5.7/A +3.1/E +7.0/A +7.1/A +5.6/B +5.3/A +2.2/B +5.1/A +2.5/B +4.9/A -0.4/E +3.8/C +2.5/C

NL 5.75 NL 5.75 NL 5.75 5.75 NL 5.75 NL NL 5.75 5.75 NL NL 5.75 5.75 NL 4.25 5.75 NL NL NL 3.75 NL 3.75 NL NL NL 5.50 5.75 1.50 4.25 5.75 4.75

5,000,000 250 3,000 250 2,500 250 250 3,000 250 5,000,000 2,500 250 250 2,500 5,000,000 250 250 2,500 1,000 250 100,000 100,000 10,000 250 2,500 1,000 3,000 2,500 2,500 2,000 1,000 1,000 2,500 1,000 0

In this photo made March 26 Tracy Smiley looks over toothbrushes at a Wal-Mart store near her home in Lacey, Wash. Smiley feels better about her personal finances and the overall economy and has started to cautiously trade back up for certain items in her shopping.

By STEPHEN BERNARD

The Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller home price index, which measures home values in 20 major metropolitan markets, rose 0.3 percent in January compared with the previous month. It was the eighth consecutive monthly gain.

The index was down 0.7 percent compared with the year-ago period. That was slightly better than the drop forecast by economists.

+11.56 +11.61 -.91 -4.18 +9.87 +6.33 +.05 +.96 +3.34 +1.69

12-mo %Chg

CA -Conservative Allocation, CI -Intermediate-Term Bond, ES -Europe Stock, FB -Foreign Large Blend, FG -Foreign LargeGrowth, FV -Foreign Large Value, IH -World Allocation, LB -Large Blend, LG -Large Growth, LV -Large Value, MA -Moderate Allocation, MB -Mid-Cap Blend, MV Mid-Cap Value, SH -Specialty-heath, WS -World Stock, Total Return: Chng in NAV with dividends reinvested. Rank: How fund performed vs. others with same objective: A is in top 20%, E in bottom 20%. Min Init Invt: Minimum $ needed to invest in fund. Source: Morningstar.

Stocks closer to closing out strong quarter

NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market moved closer to closing out another strong quarter with a modest advance Tuesday.

The Dow Jones industrial average added 12 points for its fourth straight gain following a rise in technology stocks. Apple and Verizon jumped after The Wall Street Journal reported that Apple was making phones that could be used on Verizon’s network.

With one day left in the January-March quarter, the Dow has gained 4.6 percent for the period. The index is on track for its best first-quarter performance since 1999.

Stocks have now had a nearly unbroken advance since early March of last year. The Dow made an even larger leap of 7.4 percent in the fourth quarter.

The mood in the market was upbeat Tuesday after a report that consumer confidence grew more than expected in March. A separate report showed home prices inched higher for the eighth consecutive month.

Analysts expect trading to be erratic Wednesday because of the end of the quarter. Money managers often engage in what’s known as window dressing, or trades intended to boost returns on reports sent to shareholders. Many investors refrain from big moves. Tuesday’s volume was light as many traders took the day off for Passover or ahead of Easter.

A steady climb in stocks over the past two months could give investors reasons to collect some profits. The Dow has risen 19 of the past 23 days and is now at its highest level since September 2008.

The day’s economic reports provided new evidence that the economy is improving, albeit slowly.

The Conference Board, a private research group, said its consumer confidence index rose to 52.5 in March, from 46.4 last month. Economists polled

by Thomson Reuters had forecast it would rise to 50. A reading above 90 means the economy is on solid footing. Analysts hope that increased confidence will lead consumers to spend more.

The Dow rose 11.56, or 0.1 percent, to 10,907.42.

The Dow was up as much as 44 points in morning trading.

The Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose 0.05, or less than 0.1 percent, to 1,173.27, while the Nasdaq composite index rose 6.33, or 0.3 percent, to 2,410.69.

Advancing stocks narrowly outpaced those that fell on the New York Stock Exchange, where consolidated volume came to 4.1 billion shares compared with 4.4 billion Monday.

YTD %Chg %Chg

MUTUAL FUNDS

Member SIPC

F

Net Chg

Associated Press

Consumers show signs of life NEW YORK (AP) — Signs of life in consumer spending are sprouting this spring.

A partial rebound in consumer confidence, a positive report on January home prices and an expected strong March from retailers suggest Americans are cautiously perking up.

The Conference Board said Tuesday its Consumer Confidence Index rose to 52.5 in March, recovering about half of the nearly 11 points it lost in February. Analysts expected a reading of 50 for March, but the index is still far below the 90 reading that’s considered healthy.

February’s 46.4 marked the lowest level since April 2009 and also erased three consecutive months of improvement. In January, the reading was 56.5.

Economists watch the figures closely because consumer spending, including health care and other major expenses, accounts for about 70 percent of U.S. economic activity and is critical to a strong economic recovery.

“We’re a lot better off, but we have a lot more improvement to go,” said Michael P. Niemira, chief economist at the International Council of Shopping Centers. He said shoppers have “more willingness to

spend” and are starting to trade back up in areas where they had cut back.

Separately, the Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller 20-city home price index showed prices rose 0.3 percent from December to January, the eighth consecutive monthly gain. Among the 20 cities in the index, 12 rose. But there’s some worry the momentum in the housing market won’t be sustained. Home sales sank during the winter, and government incentives that have propped up the market are ending.

Meanwhile, merchants are expected to report a 3.5 percent gain for March when they release sales figures next week, according to Niemira’s estimate, which was upgraded from his original 2.5 percent projection.

The figure is based on sales at stores open at least a year, considered a key indicator of a retailer’s health.

Retailers reported a 3.7 percent increase for February, marking the biggest increase since November 2007, a month before the recession began.

The index excludes Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world’s largest retailer, which stopped reporting sales figures on a monthly basis.

Still, as consumers cautiously

return to some more expensive brands and stores, they’re still buying differently than before the recession, keeping some frugal habits while shedding the more extreme cutbacks.

A year ago, Tracy Smiley joined many Americans in taking frugality to new extremes as she struggled with rising expenses and saw her father’s retirement funds evaporate as the stock market dropped to 12-year lows.

She switched to store brands for almost everything, choosing an even cheaper knockoff of Hamburger Helper.

She bypassed Macy’s and Abercrombie & Fitch in favor of the sale bins at Target and Old Navy.

But the Lacey, Wash., resident, feeling better about her husband’s raise, her car loan being paid off and the economy, has started to trade back up for certain items, such as to beef from pasta.

“I don’t think I will go back to how I was before. But I still want to buy better foods,” said the 28-year-old mother of two.

February’s plunge in confidence jolted investors, but March’s report appeared to confirm that last month’s reading was an aberration.

You deserve a clerk experienced in the law and in business.

Vote

edna Walker

AUDREY’S FLOWERS GIFTS & THE SPORTSMAN DEN

Clerk of Court

★ Attorney with 13 years experience ★ Small business owner ★ Will implement Clerk’s mediation program

Flowers

Wire Services Available

Fresh & Silk Arrangements For All Occasions Births, Anniversaries, Valentine’s Day, Funerals, Holidays, & Other Events

A Clerk who works for You

Paid for by Walker For Clerk Campaign

She’s informed. Are you?

Read

Gifts Knives • Case, Browning, Hen & Rooster Balloons • Baskets • Weddings • Quinceaneras Wine Baskets upon requests!

Order Now for Easter

379 Railroad Avenue • Rutherfordton

828-287-1434 • Fax 828-287-4754 www.AudreysFlowers.biz Monday - Friday 9-5 www.AudreysFlowers@yahoo.com Saturday 9-1

Email Orders • We Deliver

Free delivery for Funeral services

12A — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Nation Nation Today Google Earth helps make arrest

PACE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida Panhandle deputy was able to track down and arrest a man on charges of illegally dumping a boat near his home with a surprising tool: satellite pictures provided by Google Earth.

Deputy Gregory Barnes used the images after finding an 18-foot boat dumped in an undeveloped subdivision about 15 miles north of Pensacola.

Google Earth shows archived satellite and aerial images of communities across the world.

Barnes used it to look at the surrounding area and saw a fuzzy image of the vessel at Dwight Everett Foster’s home.

Police say it cost $18 to dispose of the boat at a landfill. Foster faces a $5,000 fine and up to five years in prison.

Suspects jump into prison

CLEVELAND (AP) — Police say a motorist fleeing officers in Cleveland abandoned his car and jumped a fence — landing in what turned out to be a prison yard.

Garfield Heights police say the chase started in that suburb early Monday over a traffic violation and reached speeds of 90 mph.

Police say that after a race through several communities, the driver and a passenger bolted from the car and headed for a fence.

They apparently did not realize it was on the outside the state women’s prison in Cleveland.

Rhode Island watches water rise

CRANSTON, R.I. (AP) — A record-shattering rainstorm hammered the Northeast on Tuesday, delivering widespread flooding for the second time this month and unleashing particular havoc in Rhode Island, a tiny coastal state already beleaguered by a sagging economy and backbreaking unemployment rate.

The storm soaked all corners of what is known as the Ocean State, pushing rivers over their banks, closing roads and schools, and requiring hundreds of people to evacuate, including by boat. The rain finally tapered off by Tuesday afternoon but resumed in Providence by evening, with officials bracing for what is expected to be the most severe flooding to hit the state in more than 100 years.

2 rescued from stalled fair ride

MIAMI (AP) — Two women dangled 50 feet sideways above the ground aboard a stalled fair ride but came down unharmed about an hour later Tuesday, laughing it off and eager to get in line for their next thrill.

The Space Roller came to a halt at about 1:45 p.m. with Tinsley and Megan Dewey, both of Miami, aboard. Workers scrambled to determine what went wrong, then ultimately dialed 911 about nine minutes later.

A gun leaning against a washing machine is seen in the yard in front of a trailer on property belonging to David Brian Stone, the leader of Midwest Christian militia Hutaree Monday the day after an FBI raid in Clayton, Mich.

Associated Press

Feds defend move against militia DETROIT (AP) — It started inside a trailer home in rural Michigan, where a small family gathered before bed for prayer.

Years later, the private devotions had evolved into a small militia of “Christian warriors” preparing to fight the Antichrist.

The changes in David Brian Stone’s personal theology partly destroyed his marriage, his former wife says, and prosecutors claim they later led him to hatch a plot to kill police officers — a violent act the militia hoped would touch off an uprising against the government.

“The time had come that we needed to arrest them and take them down,” U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade said Tuesday in an interview with The Associated Press.

Prosecutors believe that Stone, 44, of Clayton, is the ringleader of the Hutaree militia, a name the group’s Web site says they created to mean “Christian warrior.” He was among eight members arrested during a series of weekend raids in three Midwestern states, which federal officials said they carried out after monitoring the group since last summer and learning they planned to launch their attack next month.

All eight were arrested without incident. A ninth defendant — Stone’s son, Joshua Matthew

Stone — turned himself in late Monday night following an hours-long standoff with FBI agents and police near a wooded area southwest of Detroit the group had used for training. He and the others face charges that include seditious conspiracy, or plotting to levy war against the U.S. Each of the suspects has requested a public defender, and bond hearings are scheduled for Wednesday.

Donna Stone, 44, said her exhusband created the legal problems now faced by her stepson, Joshua Stone, and her 19-yearold son, David Brian Stone Jr., by involving them in a militia that grew out of his faith.

Donna Stone said she met David Brian Stone in the late 1990s in a Meijer grocery superstore where she worked. He courted her and soon afterward, she and her son, Sean Stetten, moved into his small trailer in Lenawee County, near the Ohio state line. The boys were raised as brothers, and David Brian Stone legally adopted Sean, whose name was changed to David Brian Stone Jr. Both boys were home-schooled and at night, the family would pray together.

“David would preach out of the Bible,” said Donna Stone, who said she was married to David

Brian Stone for about six years.

“He would start at the beginning of Genesis and go to Revelations.

He didn’t get into Revelations because we didn’t agree on it.

David said it was supposed to be different. He had his own views.

That’s when I thought it was time for me to go.”

The Hutaree Web site quotes several Bible passages and declares: “We believe that one day, as prophecy says, there will be an Anti-Christ. ... Jesus wanted us to be ready to defend ourselves using the sword and stay alive using equipment.”

McQuade downplayed the role religious ideology played in the group’s alleged plans, saying the “most troubling” finding of their investigation into the Hutaree were the details of their alleged plot. Prosecutors have said the militia planned to make a false 911 call, kill responding police officers and then use a bomb to kill many more at the funeral.

“What we were focused on here is their conduct, not on their religion. And what they have talked about is being very antigovernment,” McQuade said.

The group was preparing to carry out an attack sometime in April, prosecutors said, after months of paramilitary training that began in 2008 and included learning how to shoot guns and make bombs.

ForeSt Dale MotorS

05 Stratus $4,995

01 Stratus $4,495

D l o S 98 S10 $4,495

01 Cavalier $4,495

Thank you to all our customers for making our business a success!

Inventory is low but we are restocking!

On the lot financing, come see Jerry or Julie!

forest dale motors, inc.

822 West Main Street Forest City, NC 28043 (828) 247-1540

Every Day $5 Lunch Specials Plus One Side And A Drink Cheese Burger Chicken Sandwich or Pulled Pork Sandwich

Low Country Boil On Tuesday Nights Try Our Weekend Steak Specials!

135 W. Main Street Spindale NC

828-287-5007

The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Wednesday, March 31, 2010 — 1B

local Classifieds . . . . . . Pages 5-7B Comics. . . . . . . . . . . Page 4B

Humor Me Abbe Byers

Blindsided by clever weeds; This means war

Weeds be gone!

Spring has sprung and my beautiful bed of weeds are at full bloom. From the road you can’t really tell it’s weeds. As a matter of fact, if a person didn’t know better they might say “Boy, Abbe is on the ball.” But, most people who know me, know better.

I have these purple flower Henbit weeds that actually look very nice. They grow in clusters like a lovely ground cover, only they’re weeds.

I wonder. Does it take talent to grow pretty weeds? Probably not. Therefore, no bragging rights for me.

Anyhow, I Googled the little purple fellas and found about five common weeds with purple blooms. The best I can tell — not being in the horticultural field — what I have is called Henbit (the common name), species Lamium amplexicaule L. It’s a purple flower weed which blooms annually around February and March. Some are pinky purple in color.

Every morning when I back out of the garage — there they are. A perfect patch of clustered weeds staring me right in the face. I keep telling myself, “this evening I’ll work on that.” But, when evening comes I pull back into the garage without looking to the left. Out of sight, out of mind, I suppose. Knowing all the time that the inevitable is soon to begin... weeding the flower beds round one.

I figure I’ve put it off as long as possible by telling myself the weeds actually look good.

Whoa! See how weeds work?

They’re evil, and clever too.

Here I am talking about them like they’re wonderful because they’ve cleverly disguised themselves as little purple flowers.

Come to think of it weeds are just plain rude. We don’t invite them into our lawns. They just show up, and like teenagers they run in groups or always bring a friend or two — crabgrass, dandelion plants, wild onions, clover and those broad leafed weeds with sticky things on the stems. I hate those.

Weeds are intrusive, prolific reproducers that grow where other plants cannot. They suck up the sun and water from the good plants.

The war on weeds will now begin. It’s time to plan my strategy. I need new gardening gloves, a new trowel and a garden cultivator (also know as a scratcher thing). There’s still plenty of weed spray left from last year. I’m ready now.

Although, part of the dread is what comes with the weeding.

Sore muscles and stiff joints waking up from a long winter’s nap, and the reminder it’s my own fault that I’ll be sore for three days after the initial weeding.

But, hey. That’s all part of it, right?

Once I get the beds cleaned out and the beautiful annual plants in place, I can sit back and smile at my accomplishment. My joints may not smile, but the weeds will be gone.

For more information on henbit or other common weeds visit www.turffiles.ncsu.edu.

A place for the

Keepers New Facebook group allows members to exchange their favorite recipes

By ALLISON FLYNN Daily Courier Staff Writer

Pam Watt used to watch her husband, Les, cook, never thinking he wouldn’t be there to share his expertise in the kitchen. And after he died, she said she slipped into making box macaroni and cheese and hot dogs.

Until one day she decided to roast a chicken, preparing it the way she’d seen Les do it so many times.

“When my daughter walked in, she said, ‘It smells like Daddy’s cooking,’” Watt said.

From then on, she began to collect recipes, trying out things she’d seen cooked by her favorite chefs on Food Network and those she found online at recipeczar.com.

“If I can read, I can cook,” Watt said.

She tried the recipes out on family, making notes on those the family deemed “keepers.”

“I put together a cookbook called Garrett Byers/Daily Courier Momma’s Keepers for my children for Pam Watt cuts dough for Double Orange Scones into triangles. The recipe, along Christmas,” she said. “I don’t claim with others, are posted in the discussion portion of the “Keepers of the Table” any of them, I’m not good at creatFacebook group Watt started as a way to organize and share recipes online with ing.” friends and family.

Now with more than a few keepers in her repertoire, Watt has had to expand her collection to a threestarting a Facebook group. ring binder. Looking for a way to better keep up with the recipes, Watt’s daughter, Dana Summers, recommended

Please see Keepers, Page 8C

Family Features

Crustless Quiche is a simple main dish to serve for Easter breakfast.

An Easter brunch without the hassle Family Features

Hosting an Easter brunch is a great way to bring friends and family together. And it doesn’t have to be hard or expensive. Here are some simple things you can do to ensure a memorable celebration without the hassle.

Take Inventory. Pull out the dishes, platters, silverware and glassware to make sure you have what you need.

If needed, spruce up any silver and table linens a few days before, so you can concentrate on other things the day-of the event.

Set a Pretty Table. For creative place cards, try Easter eggs. Put a narrow strip of tape around the middle of each egg before you dye it.

When it’s dry, peel off the tape and

write each name in the white space with a thin line permanent marker.

Keep it Centered. For an inexpensive centerpiece, leverage simplicity: Fill a glass bowl or vase with colorful Easter eggs – real or plastic.

Put a potted plant inside an Easter basket.

Set white or ivory votive candles on top of a flat mirror.

Plan the Menu. The main thing you must always remember is to keep it simple. Don’t be afraid to use store bought items and recipes that can be made ahead of time. These simple time savers leave you more time to relax to enjoy your guests.

Buy instead of baking. Muffins, fruit pastries and seasonal Easter breads can all be found in the bakery section of your grocery store.

Provide a lighter side dish such as a simple fruit salad. Squeeze lemon or orange juice on the fruit to help it keep from turning brown.

Create a simple, yet special main dish such as a crustless quiche. With this easy recipe from Hillshire Farm, you simply combine flavorful beef smoked sausage with cheese and eggs for a mouth-watering dish. You can prepare the mixture ahead of time, cover the baking dish with foil and keep it in the fridge until just before the party. Remove the foil, bake as instructed and watch your guests enjoy. You can find other tempting smoked sausage and polska kielbasa Easter recipes at gomeat.com.

For the recipe, see Page 8B

2B — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Wednesday, March 31, 2010

local

April is National Gardening Month, so start digging

From asparagus to zucchini most vegetables can be grown in our area.

This spring is the ideal time to begin a vegetable garden.

It’s important to select the vegetables that you and your family enjoy eating.

For vegetables that you’ve never tried eating before you may want to experiment with a few plants at first.

An area as small as 25 square feet is enough to feed a family. Home vegetable gardens can also be grown in containers, raised beds, tucked into existing

landscape plant beds or in a large open area. The main essentials are sunlight (8-10 hours), a water source, and a well-drained soil.

Most vegetables grow best at a soil pH of 6.0-6.5, so testing your soil will help you in knowing how much lime and fertilizer to add prior to planting. Soil testing supplies are available through the Cooperative Extension Office. Without a soil analysis at least applying 20 to 30 pounds of 10-10-10 fertilizer per 1,000 square feet of garden area will be

Extension News Jan McGuinn

a good starter for most vegetables.

For the warm-season vegetables the time is fast approaching to begin planting.

Our average frost-date is April 15th, so usually late-April to early May is

National Technical Honor Society

ideal planting time for the warm-season vegetables like squash, beans, tomatoes, sweet corn, okra, and melons.

Those growing in small garden sites or containers may want to select vegetables that are more compact in their growth: `Sweet `n’ Neat’ cherry tomato, `Ivory’ eggplant, `Bush Blue Lake’ or `Bush Romano’ beans, `Salad Bush’ cucumber, `Sweet Banana’ pepper, or `Gold Rush’ Squash. These are just a few of many varieties that are suited for con-

tainer or limited space gardens.

To learn more access our Spring Planting Guide at: http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/ depts./hort/consumer/quickref/vegetable/plantingguide. html.

You can also pick up a Quick Reference Guide at the Cooperative Extension Center located at 193 Callahan-Koon Road in Spindale.

Remember, April is National Gardening month so start digging!!!

Honor Rolls East Rutherford High School

The fourth six weeks honor roll at East Rutherford High School has been announced by Tony Smith, principal.

Those students named to the list are: A Honor Roll 9th Grade Steven Aebersold, Mary Bennett, Susan Dodson, Kelsey Fletcher, Cindy Flores, Ashley Hellard, Grant Hill, Kalsey Hyder, William Landis, Samantha Mace, Meredith Mason, Jacob Parker, Audrey Rankins, Wesley Richard, Michael Sersland, Amie Contributed Photo Sessoms, Bryson Smith, The First National Technical Honor Society was inducted at East Rutherford High School on March 25, 2010. Dustin Smith, Makayla The goal of the NTHS is to see that deserving technical students are recognized and that people of the commu- Smith, Anna Swink, nity become aware of the talents and abilities of the young people and adults who choose technical education Evan Thorp, Stephen clusters to a successful future. Criteria for membership is an overall GPA of 3.25, (3.5 in CTE courses), completion of three of four Career Technical Courses in a specific pathway, and at least 1 faculty recommendation. Fifty- Webb 10th Grade three juniors and seniors were inducted by their sponsors Ann Barrett (CDC) and Denise Fowler (Business and Charles Bayley, Marketing Teacher). Inductees are Emily Allen, Austin Bailey, Mikhail Baxter, Jessica Bridges, Lacy Brigman, Jenna Biddix, Micaela Jennifer Brooks, Mercedes Brush, Guadalupe Cabrera, Brooke Caldwell, Brandy Carl, Mara Chambers, Hallie Cilone, Dakota Danner, Jessica Dodson, Preama Edgerton, Tamara El-Amoor, Skylar Elton, Lupe Escalera, Brown, Traci Campbell, Leighann Freeman, Christian Glover, Jessica Green, Allyson Greene, Makayla Harrelson, Chip Helton, Haley India Campfield, Henson, Kristin Hollifield, Heather Horn, Emily Hutchins, Stephanie Jarrell, Sarah Lawing, Hunter Ledford, Amy Joseph Clayton, Lewis, Anna Lockett, Beth Lovelace, Amber Marlowe, Katie McFarland, Deanna Moore, Kylie Murray, Victoria Emily Cromer, James Murray, Adilene Ramirez, Lydia Ramsey, Taylor Reynolds, Alison Ruppe, Morgan Sisk, Zack Sisk, Hannah Smith, Fleetwood, Rahkim Lauren Smith, Tiffany Smith, Shannon Suttle, Megan Walker, Pasha Whitesides, and Kinsey Williams.

Franklin, Ansley

For All You Need To Know About

Easter Eggstravaganza at McNair Field Gardner-Webb vs. Winthrop

Henson, Rebekah Hunt, Jeremy Jones, Jared Lovelace, Erin Lynn, Robert McCurry, Tori McKinney, Ryan Medford, Kaziah Miller, Stephanee Seres, James Smith, Chelsea Stewart 11th Grade Kelly Brooks, Brittany Edwards, Daniel Garcia, Kiristen Geiger, Kevin Helton, Haley Holland, Leonie Manus, Benjamin Park, Donald Self, Morgan Sisk, Macey Strickland, Tony Tran 12th Grade Ryan Bailey, Erin Bridges, Jessica Bridges, Brandy Carl, Preston Childers, Joshua Dodson, Preama Edgerton, Lupe Escalera, Sally Harrill, Leslie Hedgpath, Christopher Hill, Allison Hobbs, Jessica Hunley, Cara Kimball, Brittany Lancaster, Harley Laws, Katlyn Lowder, Jonathan McClay, Clayton Robinson, Alison Ruppe, Brookelyn Sims, Justyn Sisk, Zachary See Honor, Page 3C

Real Estate

RobeRt gReeNe 828.289.1879 • robertgreene3@aol.com

Saturday April 3 Doubleheader beginning at 2 pm

Kids Area featuring: • Hoot and Annie • games • face painting • Easter Egg Hunt • crafts • free popcorn • prizes

gARy bRiDges 828.428.4725 • gwbridges@bellsouth.net

Kids admitted free with paying adult Kids area will be open from 1 pm - 3:30 pm Visit www.forestcitybaseball.com or (828) 245-0000 for more information.

132 Allendale Drive • Forest City, NC

828.245.2345

Fax: 828.245.2395 www.RgRealestate.net

The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Wednesday, March 31, 2010 — 3B

local Honor

Contributed Photos

Forty-four students recently completed Nurse Aide training at Isothermal Community College and were honored at a ceremony in the Library Auditorium.

Nurses Aides honored

SPINDALE – Fortyfour students completed Nurse Aide training and were honored at a graduation ceremony at Isothermal Community College recently.

The ceremony, which included students from three classes, was held in the Library Auditorium.

The audience was welcomed by Thad Harrill, vice president of Community and Workforce Education and Institutional Advancement at Isothermal.

The graduates of the morning class are Brittney Anderson, Tonya Cansler, Nakia Cash, Kimbrelly Cook, Pamela Curry, Latarsia Hamrick, April Hubbard, Danielle Jenkins, Alisha Ledbetter, Karla Loetscher, Charlotte

Logan, Powell Lynch, Clinton Martin, Alicia Morgan, Brenda Pratt, Joshua Sarver, Ray Templin and Candice Toms.

The graduates of the afternoon class are Laquanda Allen, Jennifer Cole, Steven Dezio, Stacey Dixon, Donna Eades, Jennifer Frazier, Vickie Garcia, Christian Gauby, Miera Gulatte, Chelsea Layton, Shante Lewis, Sonyia Moore, Tyrone Ross, Sereatha Shelton and Sharon Smith.

The graduates of the evening class are Samantha Beane, Sharon Clark, Leslie Dotson, Zandra Hamilton, Mary Johnson, Bethany Kriz, Connie Lancaster, Terry Ledbetter, Diane McKinney, Sharon Peralta and Patricia Putnam.

Before closing the ceremony, Harrill thanked several people and organizations for supporting the program and event, including: White Oak Manor, Rutherfordton; Mrs. Jack Jenkins, Gideon Association; and Jay Coomes, who helped with the sound system.

Funding for the afternoon class was made possible by Jobs Now, an initiative supported by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), the Department of Commerce, Division of Workforce Development and the Region C Workforce Development Board.

For more information on the Nurse Aide program, contact Patsy Pennington at 828-2863636, ext. 395.

Spindale Family Laser & Cosmetic Center

Call for a FREE Consultation!

NOW OFFERING SERVICES FOR Tattoo Removal Brown Spots & Acne

All Services Provided by a Licensed Physician and Nurse Practitioner GIFT CERTIFICATES AVAILABLE

286-3072

208 Reservation Drive www.spindalefamilylaser.com

Jordan Hawkins, Lauren Henderson, Cinthia Hernandez, Continued from Page 2B Rebecca Hill, Thomas Horne, Stephanie Jarrell, Richard Sisk, Hannah Smith, Johnson, Heather Jeffery Smith, Allen Jones, Phillip Ledford, Strickland, Shannon Makwaria Littlejohn, Suttle, Lukas Zabel Anna Lockett, Teighlor B Honor Roll Logan, Alan Lynch, 9th Grade Ethan McCurry, Justin Jordan Arrowood, McDaniel, Jordan Morgan Beaver, Adrian McDowell, Victoria Beltran, Jordan Bray, Murray, Daniel Myers, Johnathon Bright, Christina Perez, Montana Bright, Trevor Ashley Price, Zachary Dobbins, Sanannah Price, Trey Quarles, Earley, Brandi Ellison, Adilene Ramirez, Ramon Espinoza, Brianna Robertson, Kayla Goodwin, Brittany Ruppe, Lukas Andrew Gordon, Sappenfield, Lauren Logan Hawkins, Smith, Megan Walker, Matthew Hawkins, Shawn Waters, Sha’Na Brock Helton, Emilee Watkins Hodge, Chasity Hooper, 12th Grade Molly Hopper, Keltcie Courtney Atkins, Hoppes, Timothy Hunt, Rebecca Brenon, Nathaniel Hutchins, Tommy Bumgarner, Heaven Hutton, Jeffrey Burgess, Rosland Lattimore, Guadalupe Cabrera, Kasey Logan, Brooke Levi Carl, Cody Costa, McDaniel, Phillip Sonya Crain, Sarah McKinney, Brandon Dale, Johnathan Morrison, Averia Daniel, Tyler Dobbins, Padgett, Kaitlyn Trenton Dorsey, Philbeck, Preston Kiyesha Dover, Tamara Philbeck, Allison El-Amoor, Skylar Queen, Dallas Rich, Elton, Christian Glover, Villaylak Soulisa, Cayla Green, Allyson Lauren Strickland, Greene, Tyler Hamilton, Tanner Toney, Michael Jamar Harris, Hayley Waters, Sha’Tara Henson, Heather Wilkins, Anna Horn, Jason Johnson, Winterburn, Zackery Jordon Johnson, Jessie Yancey, Taylor Yelton, Jones, Justin Jones, Valeria Zavala Trenton Jones, Sarah 10th Grade Lawing , Amy Lewis, Allen Alexis, Nicole Katie McFarland, Beane, Jordan Beheler, Joshua Messer, Morgan Jaclyn Boever, Tommy Mistretta, Jelisa Bolt, Ashley Bowen, Murray, Kimberly Mackenzie Brown, Murray, Daniel Katie Canipe, Kearah Parker, Shawn Peticos, Carson, Paul Clinton, Christopher Petty, Drew Tala El-Amoor, Reynolds, Maria Rocha, Andrew Gordon, Mariah Simmons, Tiquelle Hampton, Jodi Austin Smith, Tiffany Harriman, Brandee Smith, Jamie Spangler, Harris, Cherianne Jessica Swink, Harvath, Tommy Ho, Dakotah Thomas, Kaila Hollifield, Haley Walter Washburn, Horn, Christopher Pasha Whitesides, Hoyle, Kristen Iwerks, Lewis Wilkins, Kinsey Jarisa Johnson, Williams, Alexandria Chris Jolly, Elaina Winterburn Kite, Matthew Lail, Adam Lawing, Aaron Rutherfordton Limerick, Tabitha Lowe, Zachary Lyda, Elementary Haley Mashburn, School Mary McCurry, Mark McFarland, Aurora The fourth six Miller, Elanna Murray, weeks honor roll Anthony Nguyen, at Rutherfordton Dan Nguyen, Emily Elementary School has O’Shall, Lucas Owens, been announced by Nakia Page, Gregory Linda Edgerton, prinPayne, Austin Penson, cipal.

Randy Riffle, Danielle Those students named Rossman, Shannon to the list are: Shelton, Kimberly A Honor Roll Staley, Myleka Staley, 3rd Grade Matthew Stamey, Maya Barber, Nathan Caitlin Starnes, Craig, Jacob Knox, Benjamin Trull, Anna Timothy Marshall, Vandyke, Malorie Mayce Mattox.

Watkins 4th Grade 11th Grade Corine Barnes, Mark Jacob Arrowood, Contreras, Joey Daigle, Devince’ Boykins, Savannah Gillie, Isaac Matthew Bridwell, Hughes, Emma Ashley Bright, Hutchins, Kristen Mercedes Brush, Moore, Will Scofield, Whitney Callahan, Zach Scofield.

Russell Chapman, 5th Grade Hallie Cilone, Jeremy Preston Byrd, Clark, Kha’Irah Cook, Krisjaria Haynie, Grant Leigh Freeman, Hernandez, Noah Jennifer Fuller, Lawing, Emily Yelton.

Samantha Gosnell, B Honor Roll Maureesa Gregory, 3rd Grade

Logan Bridges, Michael Brown, Trevor Byrd, Nell Bentley Camp, Caitlin Dailey, Hannah Fox, Morgan Hill, Mackenzie Ingle, Logan Mathis, Chelsea McEntire, Sarah McMahan, Ahmad Murray, Allison Oates, William Salyers, Karsyn Smoak, Jacob Vess, Jessica Walker, Owen Wilson.

4th Grade Martin Barrella, Zander Bell, Macee Boone, Justin Duff, Mackenzie Epley, Christian Keller, Landen Lane, Jacob Laughter, Miranda McGinnis, Charmee Miller, Nick Owenbey, Jacqueline Porter, Shyon Randolph, Katie Rumfelt, Kristen Shehan, Mason Shields, Jalen Singleton, Savannah Smith, Parker Smoak, Makiah Staley, Taylor Stofer, Caroline Terry, Jacob Terry, Jonathan Terry, Taylor Toney, Harley Upton, Lauren Vermeulen, Wesley Wells, Lorenzo Woods.

5th Grade Alyssa Bechtel, Garrett Blanton, Sean Brown, Sarah Brown, Allye Butler, Mackie Campbell, Austin Carter, John Deaver, Chase Emory, Burt Hamrick, Blake Hardin, Ricki Head, Taylor Koon, Brittany Lynch, Skylar Moran, Keri Morris, Seth Parton, Dakotah Price, Allison Pyatt, Benjy Rodriguez, Abby Roper, Jason Rose, Charity Salyers, Kaley Stanley.

Taylor & Brown, P.A We practice Criminal law and Family law exclusively to serve you better. With a combined 28 years of experience our firm can be trusted with your most important concerns.

Lee F. Taylor

Child Custody and Support DSS and Parental Rights Adoptions – Divorce Property Settlement Certified Family Financial Mediator

Kent W. Brown

Felonies and Misdemeanor DWI – Speeding – Traffic Child Support

1-800-770-0067

4B — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Wednesday, March 31, 2010 SHOE by Chris Cassat and Gary Brookins

THE GRIZZWELLS by Bill Schoor

BROOM-HILDA by Russell Myers

DILBERT by Scott Adams

GIL THORP by Jerry Jenkins, Ray Burns and Frank McLaughlin

THE BORN LOSER by Art and Chip Sansom

ARLO AND JANIS by Jimmy Johnson

FRANK AND ERNEST by Bob Thaves

EVENING

MARCH 31 DSH DTV 7:00

7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 12:00 12:30

BROADCAST STATIONS

# WBTV $ WYFF _ WSPA ) WSOC ` WLOS 0 WGGS 5 WHNS A WUNF H WMYA Q WRET Æ WYCW

3 4 7 13 2 12 6 8 97 10

Chris Pur Criminal Chronicle Law & Order Chris Pur Criminal Eas Mid Fam Cou Eas Mid Fam Cou Niteline Target Amer. Idol Best of Festival Past programs.

The Unit The Unit Tavis Smiley Masters Top Model Fly So

CSI: NY Å News Law & Order News CSI: NY Å News Ugly Betty (N) News Ugly Betty (N) News Praise the Lord Å News Sein World News Ac TMZ Street Stops News Name Fam

3 4 7 9 13 16 21 33 40 62

News Mil Ent Inside News Scene Inside Ent Wheel J’par Praise Two Sein Busi NC Payne My ETV Forum Fam Ray

265 329 249 202 278 206 209 360 248 258 312 229 269 252 299 241 244 247 256 280 245 296 649 242 307

Criminal Dog Dog Dog Dog Dog Billy Billy Billy Dog Dog 106 & Park } ›› Brown Sugar (‘02) Å Crews Mo’Nique W. Williams Daily Col Chap Chap Ftur Ftur South Ugly Daily Col South Ugly John King Camp. Brown Larry King Anderson Cooper 360 Å Larry King MythBusters MythBusters MythBusters Possible MythBusters MythBusters Basketball High School Basketball NBA Basketball: Warriors at Jazz SpCtr Live Poker World Series Soccer SportsCenter B’ball Live FOX Report O’Reilly Hannity (N) On Record O’Reilly Hannity NHL Hockey Post Tennis Final Final M1 Fighting Ice Age (‘02) } ›› Ice Age: The Meltdown } › Just My Luck (‘06) ’70s Boy in Blue } ›› The Scout (‘94) Å } All the Right Moves (‘83) } The Scout 7th Heaven 7th Heaven } Ice Dreams (‘10) Å Gold Gold Gold Gold House House Prop Prop Holmes House House Re First Holmes Marvels Gangland Gangland Gangland Battles BC Gangland Grey’s Anat.

Grey’s Anat. } ›› Mr. Brooks (‘07) Will Will Fra Me iCarly iCarly Mal Mal Chris Chris Lopez Lopez Nanny Nanny Nanny Nanny UFC UFC Fight Night (L) Ult. Fighter Ult. Fighter Warrior Ghost Ghost Hunt Ghost Hunt Destination Ghost Hunt Destination Sein Sein Brow Brow Brow Brow Payne Payne Lopez Name Name Secret } ››› Kitty Foyle (‘40) Tom, Dick and Harry Major & Minor Addicted Help-Giant Hoard-Buried Addicted (N) Hoard-Buried Addicted Bones Å } ››› A Time to Kill (‘96, Drama) Å Leverage Leverage Stok John Dude Dude Dude Dude King King Fam Fam Chick Aqua NBA Basketball: Lakers at Hawks Post Prev My Top 25 Spotlight NCIS Å NCIS Å NCIS Å In Plain Sight } › Good Luck Chuck Home Videos } ››› RoboCop (‘87) WGN News Scru Scru S. South

8651 8182 8181 8650 8180 8192 8183 8190 8184 8185

Letterman Late Jay Leno Late Letterman Late Night J. Kimmel Night J. Kimmel Place Frien Frien Jim Charlie Rose Tavis Dr. Oz Show Cheat World Charlie Rose Office Office 70s

CABLE CHANNELS

A&E BET COM CNN DISC ESPN ESPN2 FNC FSS FX FXM HALL HGTV HIST LIFE NICK SPIKE SYFY TBS TCM TLC TNT TOON TS USA WGN-A

23 17 46 27 24 25 37 15 20 36 38 16 29 43 35 40 44 45 30 42 28 19 14 33 32 -

118 124 107 200 182 140 144 205 137 133 187 112 120 108 170 168 122 139 132 183 138 176 437 105 239

PREMIUM CHANNELS

MAX ENC HBO SHO STARZ

510 520 500 540 530

310 340 300 318 350

512 526 501 537 520

Earth Stood Barton Fink Ghosts Transsiberian 6:15 } Doubt

:15 } ›› Meet Dave (‘08)

} X-Men Origins: Wolverine Chainsaw } ››› Fargo (‘96) :40 } Raising Arizona (‘87) Miller’s Crossing The Pacific The Pacific The Pacific Bill Maher Funn Life Nurse Tara I Love You Ins. NASCAR Paul Mooney Ins. NASCAR You Don’t Mess Spartacus › The Ugly Truth Spar

Stay-at-home dad angers wife Dear Abby: I have been married to “Roy” for 27 years. For the past 14, he has been a stay-at-home dad.

He took on the primary job of raising our two kids, now ages 13 and 16, while my career soared. The problem is, we never agreed to this arrangement.

Roy left his job at a critical time out of anger and missed out on some major retraining. Roy is not happy or fulfilled being at home and does nothing to get going on anything else. I’m so frustrated with him I can no longer stand it. I’m ashamed that I let this happen. For the last few years I have told him repeatedly he has to get busy with a career, go back to school, something — anything — or else. But each deadline I set passes with no change. Should I leave him?

— Miserable Dear Miserable: Not yet. Your husband may be chronically depressed, which is why he mopes around and has given up on establishing himself independent of you. Instead of giving Roy more ultimatums that are never enforced, encourage him to talk to a psychologist. It isn’t as though he has spent the last 15 years being idle. If your children are living up to their potential, his time has been well spent being a nurturing parent.

While I understand your frustration at being the sole breadwinner, recognize that you are not alone in that

Dear Abby Abigail van Buren

role these days. Many women are the heads of households, and they are not dumping their husbands en masse.

Dear Abby: When we were younger, my sister “Kara” and I were sexually abused by our pastor. Kara is now in counseling because of this, and she’s insisting I do the same.

I told her I have no need for or desire to get therapy, and now she’s angry with me. What my sister doesn’t know is that I submitted to our pastor willingly. When I became pregnant by him at 16, I lied to my family and told them the child was a result of a one-night stand.

I am no longer involved with this man, although we parted on good terms and he continues to support our child. Should I tell my sister the truth so she’ll understand why I am reluctant to seek counseling? — Conflicted Dear Conflicted: You should not only tell your sister the truth, you should also join her in some of those counseling sessions. While you had sex with your pastor “willingly,” you were underage.

Ease the pain of degenerative disc disease Dear Dr. Gott: I have recently been diagnosed with degenerative disc disease. I am 69 and also have osteoarthritis. My symptoms are groin, knee, hip and thigh pain — all on the left side. What treatment would you recommend? I take 12 prescription medications and 13 supplements. I’m allergic to penicillin, Demerol, codeine and Vancomycin.

Dear Reader: The spine is made up of bones called vertebrae. A disc that contains a soft, jelly-like inner layer cushions each vertebra. During activity, they absorb jarring while allowing you to bend and flex.

As we age, the normal wear and tear on these “shock absorbers” is known as disc degeneration. The discs may lose some of their water content, making them less capable of performing as effectively as they did before. The result is pain, numbness, weakness and the inability to function effectively.

Over-the-counter nonsteroidal

PUZZLE

Ask Dr. Gott Dr. Peter M. Gott

anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) or topical creams might relieve some symptoms. If you are a runner or enjoy high-impact activity, consider making a change to something less strenuous. Cold compresses should work to reduce inflammation initially. Following that, consider using heat. Conservative treatment can include water aerobics, gentle yoga, tai chi, acupuncture, massage and physical therapy. Exercise in moderation is endorsed. Bed rest may be necessary for a day or two; however, inactivity isn’t always a good thing.

Too much rest will result in a loss of muscle strength, which will make symptoms worse and delay recovery.

IN THE STARS Your Birthday, March 31; As you develop a greater belief in your talents and abilities in the year ahead, you will grow stronger.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — You can never go wrong trying to do the greatest good for the greatest number.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — A big dream of yours might have a chance of becoming a reality today.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — One of the things you’ll do best today is use your powers of observation.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — You’re aware of the fact that if you want something to happen, the motivation must come from within you.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Working alone or working with another is equally profitable for you.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22) — There’s a good chance someone will want to hire you for your talents.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Synchronize your efforts with another on a one-on-one basis to better handle that big project.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Because you instinctively know how to inflate others’ egos today, you’ll be a delightful companion.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — The major reason you’ll have such a strong influence over your peers today is the trustworthiness you project.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Your financial aspects are exceptionally good at this point in time.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — Because you’ll be able to utter your words in ways that none can find offensive, telling it like it is will win you respect.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Both your reasoning and intuitive faculties can help advance your personal interests today.

The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, WEDNESDAY, March 31, 2010 — 5B

CLASSIFIEDS Contact Erika Meyer to place your ad!

Call: 828-245-6431 Fax: 828-248-2790 Email: emeyer@thedigitalcourier.com In person: 601 Oak St., Forest City 1 WEEK SPECIAL

DEADLINES: New Ads, Cancellations & Changes Tuesday Edition.............Monday, 12pm Wednesday Edition......Tuesday, 2pm Thursday Edition......Wednesday, 2pm Friday Edition...............Thursday, 2pm Saturday Edition................Friday, 2pm Sunday Edition......................Friday, 2pm

Please check your ad on the first day that it runs. Call us before the deadline for the next edition with corrections.

We will rerun the ad or credit your account for no more than one day.

*4 line minimum on all ads White Oak Manor - Shelby

RN Supervisor 3rd shift - Full time - Monday-Friday Experience in long term care required, supervision experience preferred. Must be well organized and able to work well with people. Excellent benefits with a well established company.

Apply in person or send resume to: 401 North Morgan Street Shelby, NC 28150 EOE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Personal Representative of the Estate of Horace Lee Watson, deceased, late of Rutherford County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms, and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned at the address below on or before the 1st day of July, 2010, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms, corporations, indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This the 31st day of March, 2010.

Spencer William Watson, Personal Representative of the Estate of Horace Lee Watson, deceased c/o ROBERTS & STEVENS, P.A. Attn: Jackson D. Hamilton, Esq. P.O. Box 7647 Asheville, NC 28802-7647

Run ad 6 consecutive days and only pay for 5 days*

2 WEEK SPECIAL Run ad 12 consecutive days and only pay for 9 days*

3 DAY WEEKEND SPECIAL YARD SALE SPECIAL Run a 20 word yard sale ad Thurs., Fri., & Sat. for ONLY $20.

Additional words are only 75¢ each. Deadline: Wed. at 2 p.m.

Apartments

Apartments

Richmond Hill Senior Apts. in Rfdtn 1BR Units w/handicap accessible units avail.

Sec 8 assistance avail.

287-2578 Hours: Mon., Tues., & Thurs.

7-3. TDD Relay 1-800-735-2962 Equal Housing Opportunity.

Income Based Rent.

Nice 2 Bedroom Townhouse Apt across from Super 8 Motel in Spindale.

$525/month Call

828-447-1989 NEW LISTINGS EVERY TUESDAY-SUNDAY

ROSEDALE PHASE I APARTMENTS 121 Holly Lane Forest City, NC 28043 Family Households

1 BEDROOM APARTMENTS

*Private party customers only! This special must be mentioned at the time of ad placement.

Valid 3/29/10 - 4/2/10

Homes

Homes

Mobile Homes

For Sale

For Rent

For Rent

FSBO 3BR/2BA Upper Greenhill Owner fin. w/5% down. $161,000 Acreage! 287-1022

FSBO: 3BR/1.5BA Brick Veneer house Appliances included! $80,000 245-8233

1BR APTS $350/mo.

Heat included. 3BR house Danieltown area $650/mo. 4BR home in Ellenboro $1,000/mo. 3BR FC $795/mo. Rentals Unlimited 245-7400

Homes

Homes For

For Rent

Rent or Sale

2BR/2BA on 2 ac. in Lake Lure on the resort, 200’ bold running creek, w/d, cent. h/a. $750/mo. Call Eddy Zappel 828-289-9151 or Marco 954-275-0735

3,000 sqft. home in FC Fixer upper! $45,000 3BR/2BA in Rfdtn. $650/mo. + securities.

748-0658 or 286-1982

Units for Persons with Disabilities Available

PRN Kitchen Staff Needed

Section 8 Accepted

for the Carolina Event and Conference Center

Please Call (1) 828-245-3417 TDD/TYY # (1) 800-735-2962 “This institution is an equal opportunity provider and employer”

The real property hereinabove described is being offered for sale "AS IS, WHERE IS" and will be sold subject to all superior liens, unpaid taxes, and special assessments. Other conditions will be announced at the sale. The sale will be held open for ten (10) days for upset bids as by law required.

If the Substitute 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 title include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the sale and reinstatement of the loan without knowledge of the Substitute Trustee(s). If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the Substitute Trustee(s), in its/their sole discretion, if it/they believe(s) the challenge to have merit, may declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

Additional Notice where the Real Property is Residential with less than 15 Rental Units: An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the Clerk of Superior Court of the County in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 15, 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 termination.

Dated: March 23, 2010 ___________________________________ The Hunoval Law Firm, PLLC, Attorney for Poore Substitute Trustee, LTD as Substitute Trustee (704) 334-7114 (110.141/Hodges)(03/31/10, 04/07/10)(191498)

Property FOR LEASE: Commercial Building w/office space on Withrow Rd. $1,000/ month Call 429-7654

Help Wanted

Looking for Teacher with BK Licensure for More at Four Program 2010-2011 school year & Daycare Director with 4 year degree. Send

Having qualified as Executor of the estate of ELBERT GRAYSON WHITENER of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said ELBERT GRAYSON WHITENER to present them to the undersigned on or before the 17th 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 17th day of March, 2010.

The terms of the sale are that the real property hereinbefore described will be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The substitute Trustee reserves the right to require a cash deposit or a certified check not to exceed the greater of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or seven hundred fifty Dollars ($750.00). In the event that the holder is exempt from paying the same, the successful bidder may also be required to pay revenue stamps on the Trustee’s Deed, any Land Transfer Tax, and the tax required by N.C.G.S. §7A-308 (a) (1).

Commercial

Apply at: 374 Hudlow Rd. Forest City, NC 28043

UNDER AND BY VIRTUE of the power and authority contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed and delivered by Kenneth Hodges and wife, Paulette Hodges, dated June 12, 1998 and recorded on June 15, 1998, in Book 537 at Page 765, in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Rutherford County, North Carolina; and because of default in the payment of the indebtedness secured thereby and failure to carry out and perform the stipulations and agreements contained therein, pursuant to demand of the holder of the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will place for sale, at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at Rutherford County Courthouse, in Rutherfordton, North Carolina, on Tuesday, April 13, 2010 at 3:00 PM that parcel of land, including improvements thereon, situated, lying and being in the City of Forest City, County of Rutherford, State of North Carolina, and being more particular described as follows:

Present Record Owner: Kenneth Hodges and Paulette Hodges

2BR near East High $300/mo. Dep. & ref’s req. Senior discount.

Call 248-1909

Experienced Carpenter Needed Must have DL and transportation.

Call 828-202-1205

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Address of Property: 133 Country Meadows Lane, Forest City, NC 28043

3BR/2BA 107 Cobra Dr., FC, new paint $650/mo. No credit check! 704-472-3100

Catering experience, ability to lift 50 pounds, stand for eight hours, deal with cold and heat required. Background check and drug test required.

NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY

See legal description shown in Deed of Trust recorded on June 15, 1998 in Book 537 at Pages 765

RENT TO OWN: 2BR SW MH Spindale area. Small DP plus 1st months rent $400 Call 429-3976

Shelley Crook Owens, Executor 169 Collett Street Rutherfordton, NC 28139

resume to PO Box 1554, Forest City, NC 28043 or fax to 828-247-1770

Work Wanted IF YOU NEED YARD WORK OR GRASS CUT CALL 245-0701

REQUESTS FOR APPLICATIONS The Rutherford/Polk Smart Start Partnership is accepting applications for activities to further the North Carolina Smart Start goal: “All children will arrive at school healthy and ready to succeed.” All programs, unless otherwise stated, should be for children birth to 5 years of age.

The types of services we seek in Rutherford County include: Child care related: •Child care employees health benefits program •Child care resource and referral program •Program that coordinates professional development supplements to child care employees who are furthering their education.

Health: •Child care health consultant program Family Support: •Child Care Services for the Motherlearn Program (this would also include a transportation component) •Even Start Program •Parents-As-Teachers Program •Head Start Program The types of services we seek in Polk County include: Child Care related: •Child care employees health benefits program •Program that coordinates professional development supplements to child care employees who are furthering their education •Child care resource and referral program Health: •Child care health consultant program Family Support: •Child Care Services for the Motherlearn Program •Parents-As-Teachers Program Funding is subject to approval by the Rutherford/Polk Smart Start Partnership Board of Directors and the North Carolina Partnership for Children, Inc. Interested parties should call (828) 287-2775 (Rutherford County) or 828-625-4008 (Polk County) to request a bidder’s packet or further information on specific projects. Proposals MUST BE received no later than 5:00 pm on April 15, 2010. Applicants should anticipate an activity start date of July 1, 2010. Awarded bids will be for a three-year term.

Thousands of Satisfied Customers Have Learned the Same Lesson...

CLASSIFIED ADS GET RESULTS!!!

Work Wanted Liberty University

Masters student seeking

LPC Practicum site.

Serious inquiries only please! 828-248-1563

Instruction

Professional Truck Driver Training Carriers Hiring Today!

• PTDI Certified Course • One Student Per Truck • Potential Tuition Reimbursement • Approved WIA & TAA provider • Possible Earnings $34,000 First Year SAGE Technical Services

& (828)286-3636 ext. 221 www.isothermal.edu/truck

For Sale Brand New Whirlpool dishwasher. Never been installed! $300 Call 429-6702

Want To Buy

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

Call 223-0277

I PAY CASH FOR DIABETIC TEST STRIPS Up to $10 per 100 ct. Call Bob 828-577-4197 I WILL BUY YOUR JUNK CARS & SCRAP METAL. Will haul away appliances or scrap metal.

Up to $200 for any car!

Call Jesse 447-4944 or email jking1571 @msn.com

Autos

2000 Saab convertible 93 80,100 miles, new tires, 5 spd., clean title Good cond.! $5,500 cash! 828-287-1022

Pets Looking for a small dog for my daughter.

Will provide a very loving home. Please call 287-5297

Lost M white cat w/orange ears & markings, blue eyes. Last seen 3/26 518 Pleasant St. in Spindale. 429-5584

Found Beagle, Ellenboro area, call to identify.

Call after 8 pm 453-1143 and leave message

Have you lost or found a pet? Place an ad at no cost!

6B — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, WEDNESDAY, March 31, 2010 NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Having qualified as Executor of the estate of MARY FRANCES SMITH of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said MARY FRANCES SMITH to present them to the undersigned on or before the 24th 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 24th day of March, 2010.

Having qualified as Executor of the estate of LOTTIE M. SCRUGGS of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said LOTTIE M. SCRUGGS to present them to the undersigned on or before the 24th 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 24th day of March, 2010.

Having qualified as Executor of the estate of EVA B. PRUETTE of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said EVA B. PRUETTE to present them to the undersigned on or before the 24th 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 24th day of March, 2010.

Having qualified as Executor of the estate of ANNE L. BOOZER of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said ANNE L. BOOZER to present them to the undersigned on or before the 17th 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 17th day of March, 2010.

Nelson Eugene Smith, Executor 67 Imperial Ct. Asheville, NC 28803

Janet M. Nanney, Executor PO Box 792 Spindale, NC 28160

Elizabeth Nan Nation, Executor 732 Deerfield Drive Mt. Holly, NC 28120

William L. Boozer, Jr., Executor 211 Eastview Drive Bostic, NC 28018

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Having qualified as Administrator of the estate of JAMES EDWARD ALLEN of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said JAMES EDWARD ALLEN to present them to the undersigned on or before the 24th 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 24th day of March, 2010.

Having qualified as Executor of the estate of DOROTHY S. ROBERSON of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said DOROTHY S. ROBERSON to present them to the undersigned on or before the 1st day of July, 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 31st day of March, 2010.

Gregory D. Allen, Administrator 347 Baywood Drive Campobello, SC 29322

Virginia H. Russell, Executor 123 Russell Drive Rutherfordton, NC 28139

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION RUTHERFORD COUNTY BEFORE THE CLERK 2010-SP-015 IN THE MATTER OF FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY JOHN TERRELL WILSON III, JEANNA RUPPE WILSON DATED JULY 5, 2005 AND RECORDED JULY 7, 2005 IN BOOK 848 AT PAGE 27, IN THE RUTHERFORD COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORMAN M. YORK, JR. AND/OR GINGER LEE RUSSELL, SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE(S) AMENDED NOTICE OF SALE Pursuant to an Order of the Clerk of Superior Court and under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in the above-referenced Deed of Trust and because of default in the payment of the indebtedness thereby secured and failure to carry out and perform the stipulation and agreements therein contained and pursuant to demand of the owner and holder of the indebtedness secured by said deed of trust, the undersigned substitute trustee will expose for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at the county courthouse of said county at 12:00 pm on the 8th day of April, 2010 the following described real estate and any improvements which may be situated thereon, situated in RUTHERFORD County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows:

A TO Z, IT’S IN THE

CLASSIFIEDS! 8062.0000318 10-SP-013 NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'S FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY UNDER AND BY VIRTUE of the power and authority contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed and delivered by Dane Markham, single, dated May 25, 2007 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Rutherford County, North Carolina, recorded on May 25, 2007, in Book 958 at Page 702; and because of default in the payment of the indebtedness secured thereby and failure to carry out and perform the stipulations and agreements contained therein and, pursuant to demand of the owner and holder of the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, the under-signed Substitute Trustee will place for sale, at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at Rutherford County Courthouse, in Rutherfordton, North Carolina at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, April 7, 2010, that parcel of land, including improvements thereon, situated, lying and being in the City of Rutherfordton, County of Rutherford, State of North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Situate, lying and being in Sulphur Springs Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina, being the same and identical property as described in Deeds recorded in Deed Book 581, Page 489, and Deed Book 814, Page 73, Rutherford County Registry, and being described herein according to said Deeds as follows: TRACT ONE: Situate, lying and being in Sulphur Springs Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina, being the same and identical property as described in that Deed from Mary Sue Roach, widow to Phyllis R. Cole, divorced as recorded in Deed Book 581, Page 489, Rutherford County Registry, and being described according to said Deed as follows:

EXHIBIT “A” Commitment Number: 2005060716 The land referred to in this Commitment Is described as follows: SITUATE, LYING AND BEING RUTHERFORDTON TOWNSHIP, RUTHERFORD COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA ABOUT MILE WEST OF RUTHERFORD ON THE NORTH SIDE OF NORTH CAROLINA SECONDARY ROAD #1178 (MAPLE CREEK ROAD) AND BEING A PART OF THAT 67 1/2 ACRE TRACT ONE AND ALL OF THAT 4 ACRE TRACT DESIGNATED AS TRACT TWO IN DEED FROM MARY ROGERS SMITH TO FRITZ J. HENDERSON, JR. AND WIFE, KITTIE SMITH HENDERSON DATED April 30, 1974, AND RECORDED IN DEED BOOK 358, PAGE 679, RUTHERFORD COUNTY REGISTRY, THE PROPERTY HEREIN CONVEYED BEING BOUNDED ON THE NORTH LAND OF RALPH JACOBS AND WIFE, ON THE EAST REMAINING LAND OF FRITZ HENDERSON AND WIFE, ON THE SOUTH BY NORTH CAROLINA STATE SECONDARY ROAD #1178 AND LANDS OF GARLAND HICKS AND WIFE, AND ON THE WEST BY LANDS OF BEATRICE HILL, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN ONE CONSOLIDATED BOUNDARY ACCORDING TO PLAT OF SURVEY MADE BY J.J. WELLS, REGISTERED LAND SURVEYOR, ON AUGUST 28, 1980 AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT AN EXISTING IRON PIN AT OLD FENCE CORNER OF THE ORIGINAL 67 1/2 ACRE TRACT HEREINABOVE REFERRED TO SAID BEGINNING POINT ALSO BEING THE NORTHEASTERN MOST CORNER OF THE GARLAND HICKS AND WIFE, LONA HICKS PROPERTY AS DESCRIBED IN DEED OF RECORD IN DEED BOOK 348 AT PAGE 267, RUTHERFORD COUNTY REGISTRY, AND RUNNING THENCE FROM SAID BEGINNING POINT WITH FENCE AND WITH THE NORTHERN LINE OF THE GARLAND HICKS PROPERTY NORTH 72-00-00 WEST 612.10 FEET TO AN EXISTING IRON PIN AT FENCE, ANOTHER OLD CORNER OF THE ORIGINAL 67 1/2 ACRE TRACT; THENCE CONTINUING WITH THE OLD LINE AND WITH A HEDGEROW NORTH 24-37-00 EAST 538.11 FEET TO AN EXISTING ROCK CORNER AT OLD POST; THENCE ALONG AND WITH A FENCE NORTH 86-14-00 WEST 484.34 FEET TO AN IRON PIN, AND OLD CORNER OF THE 4 ACRE TRACT HEREINABOVE REFERRED TO; THENCE WITH THE OLD LINE OF SAID 4 ACRE TRACT AND WITH A FENCE NORTH 23-20-00 WEST 287.15 FEET TO AN EXISTING IRON PIN A FENCE CORNER, ANOTHER OLD CORNER OF SAID 4 ACRE TRACT; THENCE ALONG AND WITH AN OLD FENCE SOUTH 87-59-30 EAST 832.35 FEET TO AN EXISTING IRON PIN AT FENCE CORNER; THENCE A NEW LINE SOUTH 22-44-00 EAST 501.68 FEET TO A NEW IRON PIN; THENCE ANOTHER NEW LINE SOUTH 19-27-30 EAST 186.63 FEET TO A NEW IRON PIN, SAID IRON PIN BEING SOUTH 68-20-00 EAST 47.89 FEET FROM THE NORTHEASTERN CORNER OF THE HOUSE LOCATED ON SAID PROPERTY AND NORTH 68-32-30 EAST 62.67 FEET FROM THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID HOUSE; THENCE ANOTHER NEW LINE, CROSSING A GRAVEL DRIVEWAY SOUTH 18-17-00 WEST 331.31 FEET TO A NEW IRON PIN; THENCE ANOTHER NEW LINE SOUTH 12-52-00 WEST, PASSING AN IRON PIN AT A POWER POLE AT 95.64 FEET, A TOTAL DISTANCE OF 131.06 FEET TO A POINT IN THE CENTER OF NORTH CAROLINA STATE SECONDARY ROAD #1178, THENCE WITH THE CENTER OF NORTH CAROLINA SECONDARY ROAD #1178, NORTH 88-18-30 WEST 30.51 FEET TO A NAIL IN THE CENTER OF SAID ROAD, EVIDENCE

BY AN IRON PIN OFFSET 32.94 FEET IN THE NEW LINE, THENCE NORTH 12-52-00 EAST, PASSING AN IRON PIN AT 32.94 FEET, A TOTAL DISTANCE OF 139.33 FEET BACK TO THE POINT AND PLACE OF BEGINNING AND CONTAINING 12.86 ACRES.

Lying and being in Sulphur Springs Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina, and being a part of the property described in that Deed recorded in Deed Book 242 on Page 682, Rutherford County Registry, and being described by metes and bounds according to a survey by Professional Surveying Services dated July 17, 1991 as follows: BEGINNING at a point in the center of the Harris-Holly Springs Road, State Road No. 1135, which point is South 79 degrees 13 minutes 41 seconds East 251.82 feet from a PK nail at the intersection of the center line of said Harris-Holly Springs Road, State Road No. 1135, with the center line of Holly Springs Church Road, State Road No. 1134, and runs thence from the beginning North 05 degrees 41 minutes 48 seconds East passing through an iron pin offset on the road at 22.66 feet, a total distance of 277.75 feet to an iron pin; thence South 82 degrees 47 minutes 23 seconds East 427.90 feet to an iron pin; thence South 27 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East passing through an iron pin at 88.49 feet, and another iron pin at 298.59 feet, a total distance of 336.59 feet to a point in the center of the Harris-Holly Springs Road, State Road No. 1135; thence with the center of said road North 82 degrees 43 minutes 26 seconds West 609.81 feet to the BEGINNING, containing 3.31 acres, more or less.

TRACT TWO: Situate, lying and being in Sulphur Springs Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina, and being the same and identical property as described in that Deed from Mary Sue Henson Roach to Brenda Phyllis Roach Cole and Wyvonne Lou Roach Coates as recorded in Deed Book 814, Page 73, Rutherford County Registry, and being described according to said Deed as follows: Adjoining the lands of W.P. Henson, Lloyd Williamson, Leroy Gowan, Robert Gordon, and others and being Lots Nos. 12 and 13 of the H.H. and Sara P. Mott property, known as the Mrs. Annie Briscoe Farm, located in Sulphur Springs Township, this property was surveyed and subdivided

by M.D. Justice, Surveyor, and sold by J.K. Harrill and Sam Cook, Selling Agents of Forest City, North Carolina, in June 1947; a plat of this property is on record in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Rutherford County, N.C., in Map Book 5 at Page 1, to which reference is hereby made for a full and complete description.

Being the same lands conveyed by H.H. Mott and wife, to F.Z. Dale and wife, by Deed dated January 20, 1948, and recorded in Rutherford County Registry, in Deed Book 200, Page 372.

Address of property: 1550 Harris Holly Springs Road, Rutherfordton, NC 28139 Present Record Owners: Dane Markham The terms of the sale are that the real property hereinbefore described will be sold for cash to the highest bidder. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. In the event that the Owner and Holder or its intended assignee is exempt from paying the same, the successful bidder shall be required to pay revenue stamps on the Trustee's Deed, and any Land Transfer Tax. The real property hereinabove described is being offered for sale "AS IS, WHERE IS" and will be sold subject to all superior liens, unpaid taxes, and special assessments. Other conditions will be announced at the sale. The sale will be held open for ten (10) days for upset bids as by law required.

TAX ID#: 12-03294 PARCEL ID#: PROPERTY ADDRESS: 490 MAPLE CREEK ROAD, RUTHERFORDTON, NC 28139 And Being more commonly known as: 490 Maple Creek Road, RUTHERFORDTON, NC 28139

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

Additional Notice Where the Real Property is Residential With Less Than 15 Rental Units:

The present record owners are JOHN TERRELL WILSON III, JR. and JEANNA RUPPE WILSON The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS”. Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by said deed of trust/security agreement, or both being foreclosed, nor the officers, attorneys, agents or other authorized representative of either Trustee or holder of the Note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to such condition expressly are disclaimed. This sale is made subject to all prior liens and encumbrances, and unpaid taxes and assessments including but not limited to any transfer tax associated with the foreclosure, for paying, if any. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. The sale will be held open for ten (10) days for upset bids as required by law. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. Should the foreclosure action be dismissed for any reason prior to the receipt of the bid amount from the third party bidder, the bid deposit will be returned to the third party bidder by certified mail return receipt requested and no other remedies will be assertable by the third party bidder.

March 17, 2010 /s/_______________________ Norman M. York, Jr. Substitute Trustee 919-833-7735

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

Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a bona fide lease or tenancy may have additional rights pursuant to Title VII of 5.896 - Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act which became effective on May 20, 2009.

Dated: March 18, 2010 David A. Simpson, P.C. Substitute Trustee By:_________________________ Attorney at Law Rogers Townsend & Thomas, PC Attorneys for the Substitute Trustee 704-442-9500 Posted:____ Witness:_____ Assistant/Deputy Clerk of Superior Court

BUSINESS&SERVICE DIRECTORY

The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, WEDNESDAY, March 31, 2010 — 7B

CONSTRUCTION Winter has been hard.

AIR CONDITIONING & HEATING

CONSTRUCTION Greene Construction Residential & Commercial s !DDITIONS s $ECKS s 2EMODELING s 3IDING s 7INDOWS

Let us help make your spring improvements.

“We’re Not Comfortable Until You Are� “Serving Rutherford & Cleveland County For 30 Years�

NC License 6757 • SC License 4299 FAST RELIABLE SERVICE ON ALL BRANDS Free Estimates • Best Warranties All Work Guaranteed Service • Installation • Duct Cleaning • IAQ Gas / Oil / Heat Pumps / Geothermal / Boilers Residential & Commercial 24 Hour Emergency Service

s !LL TYPES OF (OME 2EPAIRS s 2EMODELING "UILDING !DDITIONS s $ECKS 0ORCHES s (OME )NSPECTIONS s )NSURED

Call today for all your home needs.

245-1141

Daryl R. Sims – Gen. Contractor

www.shelbyheating.com

GRADING & HAULING GRADING/PAVING RGRA E DI N NG D R , IN and C DAVID’S GA GRADING PAVING SERVICES We do it all No job too small

828-657-6006 Track Hoe Work, Tractor Work , Dozer Work, Bobcat Work, Trenching, Grading and Land Clearing, Hauling Gravel, Sand, Dirt, Etc. FREE ESTIMATE

Quality Fine Grading, Stone & Asphalt Work, Sealcoating and Striping at Competitive Prices!

OVER 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE

GUTTERS

Installs Gutter Guards Cleans Gutters Repairs New & Old Vinyl Siding

FREE ESTIMATES

FREE ESTIMATES! WORK GUARANTEED!

828-527-3036 828-527-2925

286-2094 245-7779

HOME IMPROVEMENT

David Francis

Specializing In Metal Roofing.....Offered In Many Colors

• Painting • Replacement Windows • Decks Licensed Contractor 30 Years Experience

429-5151 HOME REPAIR

Guaranteed Lowest Prices on Vinyl DH Windows Vinyl Replacement Windows Double Pane, Double Hung 3/4" Glass, Energy-Star Rated

No Job Too Small Discount for Senior Citizens

828-657-6518 828-223-0310

Great references Free Estimates

H & M Industries, Inc.

828-248-1681

704-434-9900

Website - hmindustries.com

Visa Mastercard Discover

s ,ANDSCAPE $ESIGN )NSTALLATION s ,ANDSCAPE &ERTILIZATION s ,AWN 3EEDING AND 3ODDING s #OMPLETE ,ANDSCAPE 3ERVICES s -OWING s -ULCHING s 0RUNING s ,IGHTING Commercial – Residential Free Estimates

5 YEAR WARRANTY ON LABOR FREE ESTIMATES

Call today! 245-8215

Metal RooďŹ ng (Energy-Star Rated • 30% Return on Taxes)

INSURED! FREE ESTIMATES! Quality Work • Affordable Prices

Bill Gardner Construction, Inc WINDOWS & SIDING ENTRANCE DOORS

Fully Insured Free Estimates 20 Years Experience Senior Citizens & Veterans Discounts

Mark Reid 828-289-1871

STORM DOORS

Family Owned & Operated Local Business

Free Estimates & Fully Insured Licensed Contractor

Licensed Contractor with 35 Years Experience

245-6367

WE CAN SAVE YOU UP TO 50%!

s #HIP +EYS s $EALER /NLY +EYS s #AR 2EMOTES FOBS s $EADBOLT )NSTALLS s %MERGENCY #ALLS

-ENTION THIS AD FOR 1 FREE KEY! $ 00 KEY PER HOUSEHOLD 2. VALUE

828-287-1022

A-1 Rutherford Locksmith NCLL #553 901 Railroad Ave. Rutherfordton, NC 28139

www.locknpawn.com

Campbell’s Paint Interior & Exterior Residential and Commercial No Job Too Small or Too Big FREE ESTIMATES 38 yrs experience

Charles Campbell

TREE CARE

& Stump Grinding Topping & Removal Stump Grinding

AFFORDABLE HOUSE WASHING WITH experience & knowledge & Great Customer service We Can Bring Water

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

245-6431

Carolina Tree Care

Golden Valley Community Over 35 Years Experience

✓ 10% DISCOUNT FOR SENIOR CITIZENS CHURCHES & COMMUNITY BUILDINGS ALSO METAL ROOFS

Decks • Porches • Windows Doors • Floors • Bathrooms Tiled Showers • Tile • Trim Carpentry • Painting Kitchens And Much More

Does your business need a boost? Let us design an eye catching ad for your business! Business & Services Directory ads get results! Call the Classified Department!

828-289-6520 TREE CARE

828-245-6333 828-253-9107

828.447.3061

LOCKSMITHING

PAINTING

GARY LEE QUEEN’S ROOFING

✓ All work guaranteed ✓ Specializing in all types of roofing, new & old ✓ References furnished ✓ Vinyl Siding

Chad Jones

Phillip Dowling 248-2585

YOUR AD COULD BE HERE!

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

Hensley’s Power Washing

LANDSCAPING

John 3:16

ROOFING

HOME IMPROVEMENT

*up to 101 UI

Vinyl Siding • Windows & Decks Kitchen & Bath Remodeling Redoor, Redrawer, Reface or Replace Your Cabinets!

PAINTING

Interior & Exterior 22 years experience

FREE LOW E AND ARGON!

INSTALLED - $199*

FOREST LAKE LANDSCAPING Landscape and Lawn Maintenance * roofing * concrete * decks & steps * painting * carpentry * skirting * plumbing * sheet rock * room additions * metal roofing

828-289-2743

SPINDALE SEAMLESS GUTTER AND VINYL SIDING

HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Remodeling

Licensed and Insured Benjamin Greene

287-8934 447-1266

20% discount on all work • Low Rates • Good Clean Work • Satisfaction Guaranteed • Fully Insured • Free Estimates

- Bucket Truck Service -

Chad Sisk

(828) 289-7092 Senior Citizen Discounts

PAWN SHOP

ROOFING

Small Cash Loans Available

Todd McGinnis Roofing

WE BUY GOLD & SILVER s 'UNS s (ANDGUNS s +NIVES ALER FFL DE nsfers a r T s *EWELRY n Gu e!

Welcom s 3ILVER #OINS

7E "UY 3ELL 4RADE

Give us a

Rubberized/Roofing Metal, Fix Leaks

287-3456

FREE ESTIMATES

A-1 Rutherford Locksmith & Pawn

828-286-2306 828-223-0633

2AILROAD !VE 2UTHERFORDTON .#

www.locknpawn.com

VETERINARIAN TREE CARE Thunder Road Animal Bi-Lo Hospital

Carolina Tree Care

& Stump Grinding

Super 8 Motel

10% discount 74 Bypass on all work Spindale Valid 9/17-11/1/09

Denny’s 286-0033 • Low Rates • Good Clean Work *Dog/Cat spay/neuter program • Satisfaction Guaranteed *Low-cost monthly shot clinic • Fully Insured • Free Estimates *Flea & tick control Sisk *HeartChad worm prevention *SALE* $ 00 Save Up289-7092 To 46 Today (828)

Senior Citizen Discounts

YOUR AD COULD BE HERE!

8B — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Wednesday, March 31, 2010

local

Keepers

friends use frequently are trusted more than those we just stumble Continued from Page 1B upon in a recipe book or magazine,” Southern said. “Food is a fasci“It’s a good place to keep them online and a nation for the majority of people and with way to organize them,” the numerous options Watt said. “And there’s for meal preparations, something a little bit it seems that we often personal about sharing stick with the tried and the food you eat.” true recipes we cook on And “Keepers of the a regular basis.”

Table” was born. Now Watt said getting out with 150 members, of the box – the mac the group serves as a and cheese box, that means for sharing and is – is easier than you exchanging recipes. think. But that doesn’t Most members live in Rutherford County, but mean everything you make will automatically there are some from become a keeper.

Georgia and South “We make a lot of Carolina and from as messes,” Watt said. far away as New York.

“They aren’t all keep“My friends like the recipes we try together,” ers.”

Like the recipe for Watt said.

Continental Chicken.

Seeing recipes your “That was the thing family and friends have you made in the crocktried – and are honest pot that looked like about – makes it easier vomit,” Summers said. to want to try it your“I just can’t get past self, Summers said.

“It makes it more com- how it looked on the plate.” fortable for someone to Those, Watt said, try,” she said. Watt addoften go into the trash. ed, “Seeing a familiar “We throw it away or face beside the recipe the dogs get it,” she said. makes it more real.”

But she tries again, Group member Dana Southern said it’s helped spending her weekends cooking for family and her answer the age-old friends. question “What in the “This is my recreation world will I cook for and therapy,” Watt said. dinner tonight?”

To join the group, “Somehow, findsearch for Keepers of ing recipes that your

Contributed photo

The recipe for Double Orange Scones is one of the offerings on the Keepers of the Table Facebook group (below.)

The group is open to the general public and currently has 150 members.

the Table on Facebook.

A sample recipe from Keepers of the Table: Pizza Dip 2 (8 ounces) cream cheese- softened 2 teaspoon Italian seasoning 2 teaspoon garlic salt (could get by with 1 ½ tsp) 1 jar of pizza sauce— Pizza Quick or Ragu has one 1 ½ cup Shredded Mozzarella 1½ cup Shredded

Parmesan Mix or stir well the cream cheese, seasoning and garlic salt. Put into casserole dish. Top with jar of sauce then cheeses. Bake 350 for about 30 min.

Serve with slices of “crusty baguettes.”

These look like long skinny loaves of french bread. No need to preheat/ bake these.

Dana Southern

Recipe The Best Way To Start Your Day

8eggs, lightly beaten 1 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream Continued from Page 1B 1 1/2 tsps. dry mustard 1/4 tsp. salt 1/8 tsp. ground black pepper Crustless Quiche 1 1/2 cups (6 ounces) shredded Prep Time: 15 minutes cheddar cheese, divided Cook Time: 45 minutes 1/2 cup chopped bell pepper Makes: 12 servings

1 package Hillshire Farm Beef Smoked Sausage

Preheat oven to 350°F. Cut sausage into 1/2-cubes; set aside.

Place eggs, cream, dry mustard, salt and black pepper in a large bowl; whisk until smooth.

Stir in sausage, 1 cup of cheese and green pepper. Pour egg mixture into a greased 13 x 9-inch baking dish.

Bake 40 to 45 minutes or until eggs are set. Sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup cheese. Let stand 5 minutes before serving.

Source: Hillshire Farm

Join our family, and we’ll help you take care of yours.

Lovelace Financial Group • Stocks & Bonds • Variable Annuities • Mutual Funds • IRA Rollovers • Life Insurance • Long-Term Care Insurance

John Kilby

Wade Flack

David Robbins

David Biggerstaff

Joe Freeman

Michael Bailey

Joe Ruppe

JR Blanton

Tim Turner

Toby Maxwell

Agency Manager

Agent

Agent

Agent

Lynne M. Searcy, Administrative Assistant Phyllis LovelaceBriscoe, Broker

Agent

Al Lovelace, Financial Professional

Agent

Agent

Locally in Rutherford County for over 25 years!

Agent

Agent

Agent

(828) 287-2428 153 Reservation Dr., Spindale, NC www.ncfbins.com

431 South Main Street, Suite 8 Rutherfordton, NC 28139 Tel. (828) 288-1378 • Fax (828) 288-0763 Al S. Lovelace and Phyllis Lovelace-Briscoe offer securities through AXA Advisors, LLC (NY, NY 212-314-4600), member FINRA, SIPC, Annuity and insurance products offered through AXA Network, LLC and its subsidiaries. Lovelace Financial Group is not owned or operated by AXA Advisors or AXA Network. Lynne M. Searcy offers support services only.

GE-44148(co) (5/08)

NCLFBB40554

® An independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association North Carolina Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. Farm Bureau Insurance of North Carolina, Inc. Southern Farm Bureau Life Insurance Co., Jackson, MS

Get Real Auto•Home•Life