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A gorgeous Sunday afternoon enticed people to Chimney Rock and Lake Lure to enjoy picnics along the Rocky Broad River. Among tourists soaking in the warm spring sun from a large rock in the river were Jason and Christie Tutherow and their son Julian, from Lincolnton.
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SPINDALE — A large crowd turned out Tuesday night to hear five Clerk of Court and two Sheriff candidates offer their credentials for the jobs. Three Democrats, Ramona Hall, Donnie H. Henson and Libby Parton are running for clerk of court. The Republicans in the race are incumbent Robynn Spence and Edna Walker. The two sheriff candidates at the forum were Republicans Chris Francis and Darren Hodge. Each candidate was given three minutes for an opening statement and three minutes for a closing statement. Then audience members could ask questions. Francis said he wanted to lead the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office into the 21st century, both professionally and through technology. He is a Rutherford County native who grew
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up in the Chase community. He lives in the Shiloh community. “The quality of life in our community is very important to me,” he said, “and I believe the sheriff of Rutherford County helps set that standard.” He has been married for 13 years and has two children. He is a graduate of Chase High School, went to Isothermal Community College and received a bachelor of science degree in criminal justice. He also has an advanced law enforcement certificate. He has worked with the Hickory Police Department, the Forest City Police Department and the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office. He has been a community police officer, a school resource officer, a patrol office and a detective. He is cur Please see Forum, Page 2A
RUTHERFORDTON — Rutherford County’s airport might cease being an alternate for Asheville’s airport now that tall trees have caused a new approach to be delayed by the Federal Aviation Administration. Some property owners who live in a new approach corridor for aircraft trying to land at Marchman Field have resisted having their trees cut to what the FAA considers an acceptable height. The appeal process has pushed the deadline from April to Sept. 23. New aviation charts would be delayed until May 5, 2011. “I talked to Jason Ruff who has been named as our new chief building inspector,” County Planner Danny Searcy said. “He is nearing completion but obviously it is taking longer than the 30 day estimate they had given us. He is working on his schedule for the last property. Once every thing is cut they’ll come back and do some clean-up to make sure the property owner is happy. We spoke with FAA on the chart cycle and it was a very easy process much to my surprise. The FAA was able to postpone the chart cycle six months, so we now have until Sept. 23 for the obstructions to be cleared with a new chart cycle date of May 5, 2011.” Airport Authority member Dr. Bob Ralph brought up the lack of a second approach. “Will the lack of an approach hurt your flight training opera Please see Airport, Page 6A
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LAKE LURE — Hydroelectric power generation in this resort town is on track for one of its most successful years ever, according to Town Manager Chris Braund. Braund gave a report on the operations at the Lake Lure Dam during the April meeting of the town council Tuesday night. “We’ve continued to have excellent hydro-electric generation revenue. They are very close to hitting their goal of finishing the fiscal year at $500,000,” Braund said. “At the same time, we’ve kicked off a lengthy list of overdue renovation activities all around the plant. Work on the roof, generators, fences, grounds, painted surfaces near the top of the dam, walkways, drainage and the dam keeper’s house. It is a long list that will take us into the next few fiscal years. We’re going to be converting the dam keeper’s house into town offices for some of those departments.” Braund also told commissioners of the area is desperately in need of childcare facilities to be opened as the town prepares for the opening of a new charter school. The 2010 vacation season marks the first year of revised vacation Please see Power, Page 6A
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Caroline Upchurch is the headmaster for the new Lake Lure Classical Academy.
School headmaster named By ALLISON FLYNN Daily Courier Staff Writer
LAKE LURE – Caroline Upchurch is a relative newcomer to Rutherford County, but she’s familiar with the area she’ll now call home. Upchurch is the new headmaster for Lake Lure Classical Academy, which will open in August in a temporary location on the site of the last school in Lake Lure. Upchurch has born in Tennessee but moved to North Carolina as a child. She’s spent the majority of her life in eastern North Carolina and said the mountains are fairly new to her. “I used to come up to a camp in Hendersonville since I was in sixth grade
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until I was later a counselor,” she said. “I’ve been tubing on the Davidson and the Nantahala.” Upchurch was approached by the board of directors for LLCA to apply for the position of headmaster. “Someone recommended to the board that they needed to talk to me,” she said. “I served as a reference for the person who recommended me, so I’d already talked to Chris Braund already. I told Chris before I was a candidate to keep me in mind if there was ever an opening.” Upchurch began working in charter schools eight years ago, serving first as a Please see School, Page 6A
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rently a lieutenant with the Lake Lure Police Department. He said he wanted to establish a proactive, progressive department. Hodge is a Rutherford County native. He has 15 years of law enforcement and emergency service experience, including assistant chief of Alexander Mills Police Department, investigator with the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office, agent for the Isothermal Narcotics Task Force and Communications Center supervisor. And he is with the Shingle Hollow Volunteer Fire Department. “I will continue to work to keep you safe and to reduce crime in Rutherford County,” he said. “As sheriff, my officers will treat everyone with dignity and respect. “I will stop wasteful spending, purchase equipment and services locally, if possible, improve or build a new animal shelter and tackle the issues that most concern you.” “I will provide employees with new avenues for stress relieve and offer mental and spiritual guidance to keep incidents of excessive force from occurring.” He pledged to use more fuel-efficient vehicles for the department. Hall said in the spring of 1982 she started working for an attorney. “That was the beginning of my love for the legal profession,” she said. She worked as a deputy clerk, and was for more than 21 years an assistant clerk of Superior Court and supervisor. She cited over 26 years in the legal profession. “As a clerk of Superior Court you are a team player,” she said, “to the other agencies that work along with the clerk’s office: the probation office, law enforcement, attorneys, judges, at a local, state and regional level.”
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Three of the candidates for Clerk of Court listen during the Chamber of Commerce Forum for Sheriff and Clerk of Court candidates Tuesday night at Isothermal Community College.
With more than 20 employees, she noted, the clerk is a leader. “I’d like to take my years of experience and take it to a higher level as clerk of Superior Court,” Hall said. As a deputy clerk she had experience in small claims, estates, as payroll clerk and as a jury coordinator. “Experience with the criminal law, in dealing with the Department of Motor Vehicles and with the Department of Corrections came when I was promoted to the assistant clerk and supervisor of the criminal division.” There, she said, she also got leadership experience. She said the criminal division, with seven out of 20 employees, or 35 percent of the staff, dealt with over 80 percent of the case load. Henson is a native of the county, from Harris. He is a graduate of Chase High School. He received a bachelor of science in agriculture from North Carolina State University. He and his wife have two children. He resides in Harris. Henson worked for Union County Schools as an agriculture teacher, then went to work as manager for Robbins
Brick and Block from 1995 to 2001. While there, he said, he learned a lot about being a manager, in dealing with customer service. He is now in the wholesale business. “As clerk of court,” he said, “I want to ensure you, the citizens, that I would dependable, accessible and trustworthy.” Parton said a lot of people call her the lady from DMV. She said while researching the duties of clerk of court, two things became obvious to her. “One,” she said, “these duties are detailed in the North Carolina Constitution. While the job duties are well defined, how those duties are performed is not. And how the clerk performs these duties should be important to every citizen of Rutherford County because that performance can, and does, affect your lives directly, and often dramatically.” She cited her leadership skills with DMV. “I have learned how to balance courage and intelligence with fairness and compassion.” She said she has worked with all kinds of people in all kinds of situations. She said she has learned conflict management skills on the job.
Spence thanked the citizens who elected her. She is a 21-year veteran of the court system. She started in Mecklenburg County and worked there from 1990 to 1993. Then she came to Rutherford County and began working for Clerk of Court Keith Melton until 2002. Then she went to work for an attorney and learned estates and litigation, foreclosures and bankruptcy. Then she went to DSS as a child support agent. Six months later she was promoted to supervisor. “We did a lot of great things for Rutherford County children,” she noted. “We’ve made some great changes since we’ve been in the clerk’s office,” she said, including a computerized evidence system and a new sound system for the courtrooms. “There’s a lot of things that need to be done. You can only do so much in 16 months, and I hope you will give me the opportunity to serve you again.” Walker said so many are running for clerk because “we need change. It’s about change. It’s about what Rutherford County deserves.” She became an attorney in 1996. “I enjoy meeting peo-
ple,” she said. “I enjoy helping them resolve their issues.” She noted that she, unlike the other candidates, is a licensed attorney. “I know how to apply law,” she said, adding that she knows all the different areas of the clerk’s office. “You need someone who knows how to apply the law to be the judge of probate,” she said. “I am also familiar with business management; I know how to run a business. “I know what you are supposed to do and when you are supposed to do it.” She is also a certified Superior Court mediator. “As your clerk, I will work for you,” she said. “You want someone who is there for you, readily there.” She pledged an open-door, friendly policy, as in her law office. The forum was sponsored by Hardin’s Drug and presented by the Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce at Isothermal Community College’s library auditorium. The candidates for U.S. Congress, 10th and 11th districts, will wrap-up the forums on Thursday. Contact Dale via e-mail at ldale@thedigitalcourier.com
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March for Babies set FOREST CITY—On Saturday, April 17 at Isothermal Community College, Rutherford County residents will join together in support of babies here by participating in March for Babies. “Helping babies be born healthy is vital to the hope and future of Western North Carolina,” said Brad Greenway, 2010 March for Babies Chair. “One day, all babies will be born healthy, but we’re going to have to walk to get there.” Team registration begins at 9 a.m. and the event starts at 10 a.m. This will be a fun event begins at 10 a.m. featuring inflatable bounce house, music, kid’s activities, food and much more. “Our goal is to raise $55,000 to help babies,” said Greenway. “Thanks to all our corporate teams, family teams and sponsors for your generous support,” he said. “In order to help raise awareness in the Rutherford County about this great cause and spectacular event, we are inviting the entire community. So spread the word and come out for the fun.” Among teams and sponsors participating in Saturday’s March for Babies include AGI, Cafe` At The Mall, Canteen Vending Services, Carolina Farm Credit, ACA, Chase High School, CISRC, CitiFinancial, Cliffside Elementary, The Daily Courier, District Attorney’s Office East Rutherford High School, Eaton Corporation - Forest City, Forest City - Dunbar Elementary School, Forest City Merchants Association, Forrest Hunt Elementary, Harrelson Funeral Home, Isothermal Community College,
Morganton Eye Physicians, Mt. Vernon - Ruth Elementary School, Northland Cable, Obsessions Beads, Phi Beta Lambda - Omega Theta Chapter, Piney Ridge CME Church, Rftd. Co. Chiropractic Ctr., R-S Central FCCLA, Rutherford Hospital, Rutherford County, Rutherford County Schools, Rutherford OB-GYN, Rutherfordton Elementary, Spaulding Woods, Spindale Elementary School, Tanner Companies, The Friends 4 Ever Team, United Southern Industries, Monkey Butts, Prayin Babies, Team Bundles of Love. Funds raised by March for Babies in Rutherford County support almost $300,000 in Community Grants awarded to local agencies across North Carolina. In addition $3 million in National Research Grants are active in North Carolina at area teaching hospitals. Participation in March for Babies will provide a memorable and rewarding day for the whole family. People can also purchase a sign in memory or honor of a child for $10 and the signs can be taken home following the event. In 2010 national March for Babies sponsors are Kmart, CIGNA, Farmers, FedEx, Famous Footwear, Sanofi Pasteur, Continental Airlines, 1st Response and Mission Pharmacal. Local Sponsors are Tanner Companies, Eaton, Rutherford OB-GYN and Rutherford Hospital. Other event supporters from the community are participating as well. Breakfast is provided by Hardee’s and lunch will be provided by Forest City Kiwanis.
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SPINDALE — The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina will hold an information session on opportunity and strategy grants Thursday from 10 a.m. to noon at Isothermal Community College. The event is free, but those interested in attending must register by
e-mail with Virginia Dollar, dollar@ cfwnc.org. While the focus of Opportunity Grants remains broad, Strategy Grants will prioritize economic recovery efforts that strengthen the social, financial and environmental fabric of our communities. For more information, visit www. cfwnc.org
ICC, TJCA groups team up for food collection FOREST CITY — ICC’S Phi Beta Lambda business club and the Beta Club from Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy have linked arms with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to collect food and non-food items to be distributed to The Salvation Army and the Grace of God Rescue Mission. Students will distribute lists of items needed to their neighborhoods and will return to collect the donated foods on Saturday, April 24. The boxes will be delivered to the church parking lot at Mt. Pleasant Church Road by 1 p.m. so they can be sorted and distributed to the waiting agency trucks. There will also be collection boxes conveniently located around the county for people to drop off donated items no later than Friday, April 23 at noon. The Rutherford County Food Drive donation boxes are located in the following places: n Rutherfordton Fire Department front lobby Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. n Spindale Fire Department front lobby 24 hours a day seven days a week. n Forest City Fire Department, at back door downstairs, Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. n Encore Consignment, Collectables and Antiques, 480 S. Main St., Rutherfordton Monday through Friday 10 .m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. n Hardin’s Drug, Church St., Forest City Monday through Saturday 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. n Hardin’s Drug, 221A, Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 6 p .m. and Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Food items for the Salvation Army should be in standard size cans or packages. Canned food items for the Grace of God Rescue Mission should be #10 or gallon cans, and non-food items for the Mission include 10 ¼” sectioned
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Day of Service food collection boxes will be place in several locations across the county to collect food for The Salvation Army and the Grace of God Rescue Mission.
foam plates, plastic knives, forks and spoons. Both agencies will accept personal hygiene items, soap, detergent, shampoo, deodorant, individually wrapped toothbrushes, toothpaste, toilet paper, paper napkins, diapers and baby wipes. Baby food or formula and food in glass jars cannot be accepted. Do not take condiments such as ketchup and mayonnaise. Canned foods should not be out of date. Canned meats, fish, vegetables, fruits and other items such as peanut butter, dry beans, mac & cheese, pasta, soups, boxed crackers, and canned spaghetti sauce are examples of items most needed. Call Jamie or George Padgett for additional information at 245-3106.
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ur world today is a scary place and the thought that terrorists might be able to get their hands on a nuclear weapon is everyone’s worst nightmare. The focus on that possibility was what led to the two-day summit in Washington that brought world leaders together to discuss nuclear arms issues. No major decisions were made, but there are now plans to have a follow-up meeting. The fact that they are talking about the problems bodes well, but that talk needs to be followed up with action. We already have enough worries with North Korea’s nuclear capabilities and the prospect of Iran securing nuclear weapons. World leaders need to make this a primary issue and continue working to develop plans to prevent the spread of nuclear arms and to do all that they can to make sure that such weapons are never able to get into the hands of terrorists.
Our readers’ views Offers some thoughts on county roads To the editor: Some observations about driving in the county: It’s really good to see Withrow Road repaved. I think I might have seen certain large trucks salivating at the thought of all that new asphalt to tear up. It’s OK, they can always put guard rails beside the road when they pave it again in a couple of years, and it gets another few inches taller. No doubt, folks around here are bad to pull out right in front of you from side streets. One of the worst spots is at the foot of the Bostic-Sunshine Highway. For some reason, the stop sign there is set back from 74, so it gives drivers a chance to get a running start as they come out right in front of you. Another area that you have to watch out for people pulling out in front of you is the Wal-Mart shopping center on Plaza Drive. Wonder if this might be caused partially by the fact that only two of the four exits from the center have stop signs? The traffic lights on 74A are among the worst I have ever seen as far as their lack of being synchronized is concerned. Having traveled through the nightmare that is Shelby at rush hour a lot lately, I have to say that the traffic there moves at least as well as it does here, even though the volume is far greater. Drivers will have a much better experience on 74A if they will simply learn to spread out to about seven car lengths, instead of tailgating and travelling all bunched up. Not sure if everyone is aware of this, but quite a few rural roads in the county have been resurfaced not with asphalt but with
a tar and gravel mix. Since the state is so broke it they cannot afford a smooth surface, I would like to offer them the opportunity to come over and recapture all of the gravel that ended up in my driveway when they did this to my road. The 35 mph speed limit as you approach Ellenboro on Business 74 coming from Forest City is completely inane. Bill Coxe Ellenboro
Offers opinion on upcoming elections To the editor: As a concerned citizen of Rutherford County I feel compelled to write to endorse several candidates for public office in the primary elections next month. Our government, at all levels, is forcing the citizens into unprecedented debt and we are the only ones who can stop it. We must elect true conservatives that will work diligently to put our state, local and national finances back into “black ink”. Commissioners Holland, McIntosh, and Washburn have spent our money as if there is no tomorrow. Commissioners Helton and Crowe have voted continually against the big spenders. Margaret Helton is a representative of the people in this county. She is thoughtful, searching of facts, and careful of our tax dollars. She understands how the decisions of the commissioners effect the “little guy.” She is a conservative voice for us. We need Margaret Helton to hold the line on spending. Mr. McIntosh has been one of the leaders in the big spending during our depressed economy. He uses our money as though we have ever deepening pockets.
Bill Eckler is another true conservative. He is a businessman who understands the issues facing our county. He attends County Commissioner meetings and has often spoken out for “we the people”. I know he is at the meetings, as I attend and he is always there, too. We must defeat Mr. McIntosh in the Republican primary. Please vote for Bill Eckler for County Commissioner on the Republican ticket. Julius Owens ia an honest, conservative businessman. He also understands how the decisions of county commissioners effect the people of this county. He is concerned about the government’s debts which are saddling our grandchildren with taxes that will prevent them from having the same quality of living we have known. Please support Julius Owens in the primary. Robyn Spence has done a fine job as Clerk of Court. She is fully informed of the law and issues concerning this office. She has had many years of experience in this area. We surely do not need an attorney working with other attorneys in running this office. We especially do not need an attorney in the Clerk’s office who has a family member as judge. That is just a little too cozy. Our Sheriff, Jack Conner, has done a fine job since his election. His leadership and record of solved crimes is remarkably high. He is doing a wonderful job and we need to support him in the Democratic primary. If you think our debt is too high, the government doesn’t listen to you, and you want to put our economy back on a firm foundation, please get out and vote for true conservatives. Karen Higgins Rutherfordton
Only real ethics can solve the problem in politics RALEIGH — Gov. Beverly Perdue has spent a lot of time during her first 15 months in office talking about ethics. The other day, she was at it again. Perdue outlined yet more steps that she said her administration would take to address what’s become a crisis of confidence in state government. It’s a crisis that goes back now four years, when the criminal investigation of former House Speaker Jim Black began. Perdue had already signed executives orders here and instructed cabinet secretaries there to do all manner of things intended to make her administration more accountable and more transparent. Those orders and instructions haven’t stopped attacks on her own ethics, most of them coming from state Republican Party chairman Tom Fetzer. Each week, Fetzer has called reporters down to
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Republican Party headquarters, pointing to some detail of Perdue’s campaign finance reports as evidence of impropriety. So, Perdue responded with another wave of ethics proposals, most of them needing legislative approval. She wants to prohibit anyone who sells goods and services to the state, over certain levels, from contributing to the elected official whose office awards the contracts. She wants to strengthen the law when it comes to requiring waiting periods for people who move from government jobs into lobbying. And she wants new ethics standards already in place for her state board and
But the repeated cycle of scandal then ethics reform surely has the public wondering when it will end. Maybe the answer is when more people recognize that the law is a floor, not a ceiling. No matter how welldesigned the law, it can’t prevent all conflicts of interest and all violations of the public trust. commission appointments to apply to other appointees. This is surely a strange place for Perdue to be. She is, after all, the consummate political insider and “good ol’ boy.” Or, should it be “good ol’ girl?” She knows a wide array of people in state government. She knows the movers and shakers in communities across the state, particularly in eastern North Carolina. She knows folks who are regular political donors, who do business with the state, who have bottom lines affected
by regulatory approvals and rulings. Perdue is a product of the back-slapping, glad-handing political culture of North Carolina. A decade ago, many people would have thought her background wasn’t such a bad thing. For a woman to have risen to the top of that culture, rather than to have gained her position as an outsider or political maverick, is noteworthy in itself. But, of course, then we had Meg Scott Phipps, Jim Black, Frank Ballance, Kevin
Geddings, Michael Decker, Mike Easley. Ruffin Poole. Now Perdue is essentially telling people whom she has known for years that their ethics need a bit more policing. The latest batch of proposals, particularly the prohibition on accepting contributions from government contractors whose contracts an official oversees, is probably overdue. But the repeated cycle of scandal then ethics reform surely has the public wondering when it will end. Maybe the answer is when more people recognize that the law is a floor, not a ceiling. No matter how welldesigned the law, it can’t prevent all conflicts of interest and all violations of the public trust. Only real ethics — the kind that don’t require a law — can do that. Mooneyham is executive dsirector of the Capitol Press Association.
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He declined to answer the question with any specifics, however, saying the various answers had too many permutations. He did say that he would consider any further arguments when deliberations are scheduled to resume Wednesday morning. “Finally, justice. A chance for justice,” said Maj. Robert Stelle when he opened his argument Tuesday for jurors to sentence Hennis to death. “Justice finally for Katie Eastburn. Justice finally for Erin and justice finally for Kara.” The only possible sentence for a crime “so heinous, so repugnant, so supremely evil” is death, Stelle said. It’s never too late for justice, he said. Hennis was convicted last week of the murders of 31-year-old Kathryn Eastburn and two of her three daughters — 5-year-old Kara and 3-year-old Erin In 1985. Jana Eastburn, then 22 months old, was found unharmed in her crib. Lt. Col. Kris Poppe asked jurors to sentence his client to life so that Hennis can continue to be part of the lives of his wife, Angela; his 25-year-old daughter, Kristina Mowry; his 18-yearold son, Andrew; and his grandchild.
Part of their deliberations involves “the opening of the curtain of a person’s life,” Poppe said. “You must open that curtain and determine if there is any evidence of his humanity or value.” Jurors began deliberating the sentence Tuesday afternoon. They took less than three hours to convict Hennis on Thursday. Hennis had adopted the Eastburns’ dog several days before the killings and was arrested four days after the three bodies were found in the Eastburn home near Fayetteville. Eastburn’s widower, Gary, was at Air Force training school in Alabama at the time of the murders. He and Jana have attended Hennis’ trial, which is his third in the case. Hennis was convicted and sentenced to death in 1986, but the state Supreme Court ordered a new trial. He was acquitted in a second civilian trial in 1989. This time, he was tried in the military justice system. Hennis was living in Lakewood, Wash., when he retired from the military in 2004. The Army ordered him back to active duty in 2006 when a detective reviewing the case said he found new DNA evidence.
Man charged with killing girlfriend’s child CHARLOTTE (AP) — A North Carolina man has been charged with murder in the death of his girlfriend’s toddler. Multiple media outlets reported that 32-year-old Michael Damon Walker
of Charlotte also has been charged with child abuse causing serious injury in the death of 19-month-old Zione Washington early Monday. Police say the child’s mother called about 3 a.m. to report a toddler who was not
breathing. The boy was pronounced dead a short time later at a Charlotte hospital. Detectives say the child’s mother, Shamika Washington, had left the apartment and returned to find her son unconscious.
Police Notes Juvenile reported missing in Spindale SPINDALE — A 14-yearold girl is reported missing from her home and Spindale police are asking anyone with information regarding the case to call 286-3464. Tammy Hardin told police Megan Danielle Nance, was last seen at her Nebraska Street, Spindale, home Monday at about 9 p.m. Hardin noticed at 5:50 am. Tuesday, Nance was not home.The door has an alarm but it was not activated Monday night. She is 5’6’’, weighs about 150 pounds, has light brown shoulder length hair and brown eyes. She attends the Rutherford Opportunity Center.
Sheriff’s Office n The Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office responded to 142 E-911 calls Monday. n Wray Kuykendall reported theft of a 1960 Plymouth Golden Commander valued at $15,000. n Jessica Rena Wills reported a breaking and entering and theft of a gold ring valued at $100, $150 in change and $50 worth of Vicodin. n Desirea Topping reported burglary of two Craftsmen Cordless Drills valued at $300, a Toshiba laptop valued at $1,200, a skill saw valued at $150, a Craftsmen Table Saw valued at $500, two air compressors valued at $1,000 and $500 worth of assorted tools. n Betty Tomblin reported criminal damage to property at Latco Concrete. The windshields of 17 automobiles were broken. Damages were valued at $4,000. n April Biddy reported larceny of fuel at Needmore Store No. 1 in Ellenboro. Value of the gasoline was $25. n Brandon Hanney reported larceny of copper wire at the Union Mills Cellular Tower valued at $500.
Rutherfordton n Rutherfordton Police Department responded to 36 E-911 calls Monday.
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Court adjourns without sentence Obituaries in Army officer’s murder trial FORT BRAGG (AP) — The 14-member military panel determining a sentence for a North Carolina soldier convicted in the slayings of a mother and two of her daughters adjourned Tuesday afternoon without reaching a decision. Court recessed at 5:40 p.m. after the jury deliberated for more than two hours and also waited for the answer to three questions, including whether Master Sgt. Timothy Hennis would be eligible for parole if given a life sentence. Judge Col. Patrick Parrish told the jury that “life means life” and reminded jurors of his instructions to impose a sentence they view as fair. Before he answered the jurors’ questions, Parrish heard arguments about whether a life sentence would actually means life. While he agreed with the government that Hennis could receive parole, he also agreed with the defense that the chances of that were “slim and none,” given the 52-year-old Hennis’ age and the nature of the crimes. He agreed that the defense had opened the door to the question with its closing argument that jurors knew Hennis would at least spend life behind bars.
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Spindale n Spindale Police Department responded to 27 E-911 calls Monday.
Lake Lure n Lake Lure Police Department responded to six E-911 calls Monday.
Forest City n Forest City Police Department responded to 46 E-911 calls Monday. n An employee of Cool Springs Rent to Own reported an incident of failure to return rental property. n Tuesday Perkins reported an incident of larceny of medication. The incident occurred on Plaza Drive in Forest City.
Arrests n Brian Steven Holland, 19, of 394 Buck Collins Road; charged with resisting public officer; released on a $1,000 secured bond. (RCSD) n Cristin Elise Stinchcomb, 29, of 108 Lnch St.; charged with driving while license revoked; released on a $500 secured bond. (RPD) n Tori Lynn Hines, 33, of 555 Poors Ford Road; charged with theft of cable TV service; released on a $1,000 secured bond. (RCSD) n Robin Lynn Lagunes, 33, of 406 Main St.; charged with driving while license revoked and speeding; placd under a 4750 secured bond. (NCHP) n Christine Peggy Ledford, 30, of 428 Mountain Creek Road; charged with two counts contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile; released on a $1,000 secured bond. (RCSD) n Kathy Louise Couch, 48, of 416 Piney Mountain Church Road; charged with violation of a condition of release; released on a $3,000 secured bond. (RCSD) n David Ponce Montes, 32, of 1979 Cardell Road; charged with no operators license and improper passing; released on a $1,000 secured bond. (RCSD) n Martin Elias Ramirez, 24, of 108 Lynch St.; charged with driving while impaired and possession of an open
container/consume alcohol in a public area; relaesed on a $1,000 secured bond. (NCHP) n Joseph Brandon Pauley, 17, of 248 White Pines Drive; charged with unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and license/permit no supervised driver under 18; placed under a $2,000 secured bond. (RCSD) n Alice Pennington Gilliam, 36, of P.O. Box 7; charged with failure to appear on misdemeanor driving while impaired and driving while license revoked and failure to apear on misdemenaor simple possession of a schedule II controlled substance; placed under a $2,500 secured bond. (RCSD) n Martha Lynette Crawford, 55, of 406 Oakland Road; charged with accessory after the fact; placed under a $75,000 secured bond. (SPD) n Preston Sinclair Green, 16, of 2327 Hwy 74; charged with two counts possession of stolen goods/property, break or enter a motor vehicle, breaking and/or entering, larceny after break/enter and larceny of a motor vehicle; placed under a $110,000 secured bond. (RCSD) n Bobby Richard McEntyre, 47, of 118 S. Cleghorn St.; charged with communicating threats and assault on a female; no bond listed. (RCSD)
James Everett Rabb, 66, of Old Sunshine Road, Bostic, died Monday, April 12, 2010 at Hospice House in Forest City. He was a son of the late Jim and Mildred Rabb. He retired from Burlington Industries, J.C. Cowan, with 32 years of service, and also retired from Rutherford County Schools. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Bostic, where he served as a deacon, Sunday School teacher, and usher. He formerly served on the Bostic Town Council, was an auxiliary member of Rutherford County Rescue Squad, a past member of Bostic Volunteer Fire Department, First Responders and EMT coordinator. He is survived by his wife of 43 years, Lois Ross Rabb; one son, Tim Rabb of Swannanoa; two granddaughters; two sisters, Hazel Abernathy of Cliffside, and Diane Dunagan of Forest City; and a brother, Roger Rabb of Forest City. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at First Baptist Church of Bostic with the Revs. Dean Sisk, Frank Hoyle, and Clay Earle will officiate. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation is Wednesday from 5 to 8 p.m. at Washburn & Dorsey Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church of Bostic, P.O. Box 225, Bostic, NC 28018; or Hospice of Rutherford County, P.O. Box 336, Forest City, NC 28043.
Online condolences may be made at www.crowemortuary.com.
Deaths Arthur Mercante NEW YORK (AP) — Hall of Fame boxing referee Arthur Mercante, the third man in the ring for the first Ali-Frazier fight and more than a hundred other world title bouts, died Saturday. He was 90.
Nancy Henson Nancy Hamrick Henson, 65, of Shelby, died Tuesday, April 12, 2010 at Cleveland Regional Medical Center. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Harrelson Funeral Home.
Nellie Owens Nellie Robbins Owens, 84, of Ellenboro, died Tuesday, April 13, 2010 at Rutherford Hospital. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Washburn & Dorsey Funeral Home.
Cleo Hamilton Cleo C. Hamilton, 79, of Proctor School Road, Henrietta, died Monday, April 12, 2010 at Autumn Care of Forest City. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Thompson’s Mortuary.
John Beers John Beers, 68, of Rutherfordton, died Monday, April 12, 2010 at Mission Hospital, Asheville. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Thompson’s Mortuary.
Authur Alley Sr. Authur David Alley Sr. 66, of Union Mills, died Friday, April 9, 2010 at White Oak Manor of Rutherfordton. A native of Rutherford County, he was the son of the late Horace and Carrie Lena Abernathy Alley. He was a veteran of the Navy, THE DAILY COURIER
n The Rutherford County EMS responded to 26 E-911 calls Monday. n The Volunteer Life Saving and Rescue, Hickory Nut Gorge EMS and Rutherford County Rescue responded to 10 E-911 calls Monday.
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n S-D-O firefighters responded to a woods fire, assisted by Sandy Mush and Cliffside. n Green Hill firefighters responded to a motor vehicle accident. n Sandy Mush firefighters responded to a fire alarm. n Rutherfordton firefighters responded to a motor vehicle accident.
A celebration of life service was held at 1 p.m. Monday at Crowe’s Funeral Chapel in Rutherfordton with the Rev. William “Bill” Alley officiating. Military honors by the Rutherford County Honor Guard followed. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Lung Association, 61 Broadway, Sixth Floor, New York, NY 10006.
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serving during the Vietnam War and worked in the logging industry. He is survived by his life partner, Sherry Holland; one son, Authur Jr.; one stepson, Jeremy Holland; one brother, the Rev. William “Bill” Alley of Ellenboro; four sisters, Irene Robinson of Maiden, Edna Miller of Portsmouth, Va., Grace Harris of Rutherfordton, and Judy Pruett of Spindale; two grandchildren; three step grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Ostine Gowan Mary Ostine Gowan, age 82, of Ellenboro, died Sunday, April 11, 2010 at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte. A native of Rutherford County she was born December 15, 1927 to the late George Boss and Lula Bell Bridges Moore. Ostine was a self employed beautician for 49 years. She enjoyed gardening and sewing rugs. She was a life-long member of Oak Grove United Methodist Church and also attended New Bethel Baptist Church. She was also a member of the Eastern Star In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her first husband Henry Claude Rome; one son Phil Rome; one step-son Andrew Gowan; one sister Betty Winkler; two brothers Earnest Moore and Kessler Moore. She is survived by her husband of 30 years Elbert Gowan of the home; one son Calvin Rome and wife Christy of Fayetteville; three daughters Janice Dayberry and husband Robert of Casar, Charlotte Vick and husband Tom of Hope Mills and Vonda Huss and husband David of Charlotte; two step-sons Carlton Gowan and wife Sherry of Shelby and Allen Gowan and wife Betty of Rutherfordton; two daughters-inlaw Ann Rome of Caroleen and Sandra Gowan of Forest City; two brothers Lloyd Moore of New Castle, DE and Jack Moore of Griffin, GA; 18 grandchildren Peter “PJ” Rome, Christopher Rome, Hud Rome, Beth Hendren, Ernie Rome, Thameka Ruppe, Kimberly Lawson, Carol Dayberry, Richard Lopez, Mason Huss, Parker Huss, Jason Gowan, Jonathan Gowan, Tony Gowan, Matthew Gowan, Katie Gowan, Samantha Lee and Lacey Gowan; eight great grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 14, 2010 at Oak Grove United Methodist Church with Reverend David Hawkins and Reverend Stephen Matheny officiating. Interment will follow at Oak Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery. The family received friends from 6:00 until 8:00 Tuesday, April 13, 2010 at Harrelson Funeral Home. Memorial donations are suggested to Oak Grove United Methodist Church, 1507 Oak Grove Church Road, Ellenboro, NC 28040 or New Bethel Baptist Church Building Fund, 223 New Bethel Church Road, Forest City, NC 28043. Harrelson Funeral Home is serving the family of Mrs. Gowan. An online registry is available at www.harrelsonfuneralhome.com Paid obit.
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Military plane crash kills four people Health/education 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.
MORGANTON, Ga. (AP) — All four crew members aboard a Navy plane that barely missed a house and crashed in north Georgia woods are believed dead and searchers scoured the site Tuesday afternoon for the final victim, authorities said. Naval Air Station Pensacola spokesman Harry White told The Associated Press that all aboard were presumed killed in Monday afternoon’s crash of the Florida-based
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Meetings/other Planning committee meeting: Cool Springs High School Class of 1961 will hold an initial meeting to begin planning its reunion on Tuesday, April 20, at Hickory Log Barbecue, beginning at noon. Reunions Hollis School reunion: Saturday, June 5, at Big Springs Baptist Church FLC; doors open at 3 p.m.; meal served at 5 p.m.; $10 person; deadline May 15; call 453-7457 for more information. Harris, Longan family reunion: Saturday, July 3, at Crowe Park, Forest City; meet at 10:30 a.m., cook out begins at 1:30 p.m.; Sunday, July 4, family members will gather at New Zion Baptist Church in Henrietta; call 828-980-2075 for more information.
Fundraisers Pet food drive: Through April 23; sponsored by Ellenboro School first graders; each person that donates pet food will have their name entered in a drawing; all pet food donations will be given to the Rutherford County Animal Shelter; contact Frances Clary at 453-8185 for further information. Spaghetti supper: April 16 and 17, 6 to 7:15 p.m., Union Mills Learning Center, 6495 Hudlow Road, Union Mills; adults $6, children under 12, $4; all you can eat. 40th Annual Auction: Sponsored by Kiwanis of Rutherfordton; Saturday, April 17, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Rutherfordton Public Works Building, 131 N. Washington St., downtown Rutherfordton; large number of auctions items including a truck, tractor, guns, jewelry, historic items and more; photos listed on www.auctionzip.com. Spaghetti lunch: Sunday, April 18, 12:15 p.m., St. Francis Episcopal Church, Rutherfordton; adult plates $6; children $3; sponsored by the Brotherhood of Saint Andrew; all proceeds go toward the local prison chaplaincy program. Benefit singing: For Terry Biddy (liver transplant patient); Sunday, April 18, 6 p.m.; at Spindale Fellowship Holiness Church; on program — The Camp Family, The Rash Family and others; a love offering will be taken. Auction: 10th Annual Johnny Hill Memorial Auction; Saturday, April 24, at West Point Baptist Church, Union Road, Rutherfordton; viewing and breakfast 8 to 10 a.m., auction follows; lunch begins at 11 a.m.; proceeds for the building fund. Breakfast, yard sale: Saturday, April 24, Bill’s Creek VFD, Station I, Bill’s Creek Road; pancake/sausage breakfast from 7 to 10 a.m.; $5 per person, all you can eat; yard sale from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Town-wide yard sale: Saturday, May 1, begins at 7 a.m., in the town of Ellenboro; sponsored by Ellenboro Women’s Club.
Music/concerts Singing: Sunday, April 18, during the 11 a.m. worship service at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, Mooresboro; featuring Blood Connected from Fayetteville. Gospel singing: Sunday, April 25, 2 p.m., Harris Baptist Church; featuring Justice Family from Hendersonville. Choir anniversary event: St. John Mass Choir; April 24 and 25, St. John AME Zion Church, Rutherfordton; Songfest kick off at 7 p.m., Saturday; grand finale singing 4 p.m. Sunday; choirs or groups who would like to participate, contact Troy Harris at 429-9494. The Mystery Men Quartet, featuring Ed Crawford, formerly of the Kingsmen Quartet, will be in concert Friday, April 30, at 7 p.m., at Forest City Four Square Church, 178 Cornwell St., Forest City.
Religion Church anniversary service: Sunday, April 18, 3 p.m., Harvest House Baptist Church, 245 Big Springs Ave., Forest City; guest speaker, Rev. Zane McMillian, pastor of New Bethel Independent Church, Forest City. The Rev. Jairo Contreras and congregation of the Hispanic Baptist Church “Cristo Vive” invites the public to a worship service (in English) on Sunday, April 18, beginning at 6 p.m. Fellowship to follow. Call 289-9837 for more information.
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tion?” Ralph asked of new Fixed Base Operator Charles Thomas. “”It certainly has an impact not just on flight training but it limits the number of people that can fly in,” Thomas said. “The lack of approaches will keep an airport from being listed as an alternate when there is bad weather at another airport. That might make us not be listed as an alternate airport for Asheville, but the overall impact is hard to quantify.” In other business, Thomas reported
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first grade teacher, then moving to fifth grade and eventually to high school. She holds bachelor of fine arts degrees in photography and ceramics from Barton College and “I have all the credits for a degree in religion and philosophy except for the foreign language component.” She also holds a master of fine arts in photography from Virginia Commonwealth. “I had this idea of becoming a college professor of photography, but I was hired by a retired college professor who was over a charter school to teach first grade,” she said. That first year, she said, she realized students needed more out of school to be truly educated. “And the only way to impact education was to get out of the four walls of my classroom,” she said. “I decided to go to N.C. State University and get my masters in school administration.” Upchurch was in her first year as assistant principal at Vance Charter School in Henderson when she was offered the position at LLCA. She and her son, Edward, moved to Rutherford County about a month ago.
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rental guidelines for properties in the community. “We have thus far received 75 vacation rental applications,” Braund said. “That is a little over half of what we think are out there. Of those, 55 have been approved, 11 are awaiting inspection and that leaves nine that are awaiting additional action.” In other business, the board also held two public hearings one to amend zoning regulations to change the definitions of hotels, motels and lodges under the vacation rental ordinance. “This ordinance is to make sure that the vacation rentals ordinance doesn’t have too broad a scope,” Attorney Mike Egan said. “The real meat of the ordinance is where it is made clear that hotels, motels and lodges are not residential vacation rentals and are not subject to those requirements.”
T-39N Sabreliner. Three bodies were found. He said authorities concluded the fourth person was dead as an investigative team of at least seven military personnel arrived at in the dense forest. A six-person civilian crew contracted by the military also was on hand and law enforcement officers left the wreckage undisturbed overnight for the arriving investigators, Fannin County Sheriff’s Office Maj. Keith
Bosen said. The plane just missed a house when it crash Monday afternoon, and authorities said no one on the ground was injured. The plane was part of Training Air Wing 6, which conducts routine cross-country missions through Fannin County, where it crashed, White said. The area is north of Atlanta not far from Georgia’s boundaries with North Carolina and Tennessee.
to the board that the new FBO has a name — Stokes Aircraft Service — and a new Web site at www.stokesaircraft.com. “We’re working on a discount card,” Thomas said. “It will say, if you fly in and spend $10 or more at 57 Alpha Cafe (at the airport) then you will be entitled to a nickel per gallon discount for the fuel you buy at the FBO. The whole idea is to try and encourage people that visit to do business with him and the airport. A few golf courses in the area have been working with Amy and are putting together some package deals for the corporate customers that they will receive a free
round of golf if they fly in here. We’re looking at other such packages and programs like that. Still definitely in phase one, which is get the lay of the land, learn where everything is and get to know everyone. We’ve implemented a new electronic fuel tracking and sales and revenue tracking system, too.” Thomas also reported to the board that he had joined the American Association of Airport Executives and paid his own membership dues to the AAAE.
“I’m renting until we can find a home perfect for us,” she said. “I would love to live in as close proximity to my school.” Making the decision to move to Rutherford County was easy, Upchurch said. “This school is founded on everything I believe in in education,” she said. “It’s a wonderful opportunity for me because the school is eclectic and diverse in how it will approach education.” Upchurch said education is a gift and one she wants students to enjoy. “I want to create an atmosphere where students love coming to school,” she said. Upchurch has been working to recruit teachers and especially students. “Right now my biggest push is student recruitment. Before I left town last week there were 117,” she said. “I would very much like to open with 352. I encourage anyone interested in learning about the school to call or visit our Web site.” As the school grows, it could become more difficult to get your child enrolled, Upchurch said. “If they don’t get their child in this year it may be very difficult to get in. This may be the year getting in is avalable.”
She said as the school grows, so will sports programs and other amenities that come along with numbers. When school starts for LLCA on Aug. 18, it will do so in temporary units. There is one larger unit with nine classrooms and restrooms and two smaller with seven classrooms and restrooms. “If we have full attendance, this will be our home for two years,” she said. Preparation of the school’s permanent site between highways 9 and 64/74 has begun, Upchurch said. Grading and staking started. Student applications will be taken through April 15, but recruitment will continue even after that date. For more information, visit the school’s Web site at www.llca.teamcfa.org. The school will offer two class sections each in kindergarten through seventh grades with class sizes targeted at 22 students. Eighth grade will be added in fall 2011 and another grade added each year.
Commissioner Mary Ann Dotson commented, “I’m not questioning the change of the name to lodge, but what occurred to me is the term lodge as defined in the ordinance would be what determines if a particular property is a lodge...Hypothetically someone’s calling a single family residence a lodge, does not make it a lodge, correct?” Egan replied, “That’s right, it would have to meet the definition in the zoning regulations. Some communities have Elk’s Lodges and things like that which would not meet the requirements.” The ordinance was unanimously approved. Board members also unanimously approved a new ordinance that requires property owners who are about to begin construction to get a pre-construction site inspection from the town staff to prevent damage to public infrastructure. “We recently had a situation where heavy cranes used in construction damaged streets and from the tracks
it is clear that the crane is the culprit, but we needed something like this to handle it,” Community Development Director Shannon Baldwin said.
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If any grades have more applications than seats available, a lottery will be held. Parents who previously submitted a letter of intent must also complete an application for enrollment. Contact Flynn via e-mail at aflynn@thedigitalcourier.com.
Dotson added, “Someone mentioned this is like when you rent a car. You go with the people and you walk around the vehicle and you know what you are getting there.” “It is a very collaborative effort between the town and the contractor,” Braund said. “You can really arrive at a good judgement about what was done and what wasn’t and what is fair. This document is by no means an opportunity to go after the fact and say here are the fines and this is the price tag.” The board also voted to send letters to residents of Tryon Bay Circle and the surrounding area reminding them that they must connect to the city water system by the end of June. Contact Baughman via e-mail at sbaughman@thedigitalcourier.com.
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Jerry Rice to make pro golf debut HAYWARD, Calif. (AP) — Hall of Fame wide receiver Jerry Rice is taking a swing at professional golf, and insists it’s no publicity stunt. He will make his pro debut Thursday in a Nationwide Tour event. He also will serve as host of the 156-player tournament, with his foundation receiving proceeds. The 47-year-old Rice will be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in August. He has been golfing seriously for more than 20 years and has been a regular in pro-ams. Rice would be eligible for prize money if he makes the 36-hole cut at the Fresh Express Classic at Stonebrae. The Nationwide Tour works under the umbrella of the PGA Tour.
Backup QB Clemens signs with Jets NEW YORK (AP) — Backup quarterback Kellen Clemens, a restricted free agent, has signed his tender with the New York Jets. Clemens tells The Associated Press in an e-mail Tuesday that he signed it Monday, giving the Jets four quarterbacks on their roster. The 2006 second-round draft pick had hoped to find a starting opportunity elsewhere during the offseason. He has competed for the Jets’ starting job the last few years, but his future with the Jets is as a backup behind Mark Sanchez. New York also has Erik Ainge and Kevin O’Connell on its roster. Because the Jets used second-round tenders — higher than their draft position — on Leon Washington and Brad Smith, they would have instead received a third-rounder if another team signed Clemens.
Thomas, Ayodele returning to Saints METAIRIE, La. (AP) — Saints restricted free agents David Thomas and Remi Ayodele are returning to the New Orleans Saints. Their agent, Jordan Woy, says both players planned to re-sign this week. Saints general manager Mickey Loomis says Thomas was signing his tender offer Tuesday. The Saints had offered Thomas about $1.18 million and Ayodele about $1.1 million. Thomas is a tight end who was acquired in a trade with New England.
Local Sports BASEBALL 7 p.m. Asheville School at TJCA (Crowe Park) 7 p.m. R-S Central at McDowell 7 p.m. East Rutherford at Lincolnton GIRLS SOCCER 6 p.m. East Rutherford at R-S Central 6 p.m. TJCA at Mitchell 6 p.m. Chase at Patton
On TV 8 p.m. (ESPN) NBA Basketball Indiana Pacers at Washington Wizards. 8 p.m. (ESPN2) MLB Baseball Houston Astros at St. Louis Cardinals. 10 p.m. (TS) MLB Baseball Atlanta Braves at San Diego Padres. 10:30 p.m. (ESPN) NBA Basketball Phoenix Suns at Utah Jazz.
East’s Chip Helton stretches to make the put out on a double play against Chase Tuesday at East Rutherford.
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East Rutherford routs Chase, 15-5 By JACOB CONLEY Daily Courier Sports Reporter
FOREST CITY — East Rutherford scored 10 runs in their final two turns at the plate to break a 5-5 tie and beat the Chase Trojans, 15-5, in five innings Tuesday. “Our pitchers dealt with a tight strike zone and East can hit the ball, especially if you have to throw it down the middle,” said Chase coach Matt Tipton. “But, that’s how baseball goes sometimes and we have to forget
about this one and focus on Patton.” East pitcher Dakotah Thomas helped himself at the plate with an RBI single in the first, followed by an RBI groundout by Chip Helton. A pinch-runner for Thomas later came home on a wild pitch as the Cavs grabbed a 3-0 lead through one. The Cavaliers (13-2, 5-1) second double play ended a Chase threat in the second, but Trojans shortstop Thomas Melton helped retire the Cavs in the bottom half with a leaping grab to end the inning.
East tacked on two runs in the third, the first coming on a mammoth home run by Thomas that cleared the scoreboard in left. Helton scored the second run of the frame with a leap over the Trojans’ catcher. Chase (7-6, 4-2) responded by tying the contest in the fourth with the big blow coming off the bat of Mitchell Parris, who hit a booming RBI double to make the score 5-5. “Dakotah didn’t throw his best Please see Baseball, Page 8A
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East rallies for win over Chase, 4-3 By KEVIN CARVER Daily Courier Sports Reporter
FOREST CITY — Makayla Harrelson knocked in the game-winning RBI in the bottom of the seventh, as East Rutherford’s softball team rallied to overcome Chase, 4-3, Tuesday. Chase held a 3-0 lead after three and a half innings, but East posted two runs in the fourth and two more in their final at-bat to take over the No. 1 seed on the 2A-side of the SMAC. East improved to 5-1 in conference play. “I told the girls that today had to be about offense for us, because we know that Chase has some quality hitters,” East Rutherford softball coach Julie Powell said. “I am proud of our mental toughness and Chelsea Medford was just
East’s Sally Harrill and Jaclyn Boever high five during the softball game against Chase Tuesday.
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Master & student meet on familiar ground Bobby Reynolds sits on a milk crate making out his lineup for Tuesday night’s contest against Chase. Reynolds has probably filled out two thousand lineup cards in his life — if not more. Sitting some 200 feet across the diamond, Chase coach Matt Tipton sits on a bench, watching his charges loosen up. Both take it all in. Nothing misses their gaze. “The only thing that really matters, at the end of the night, is that left hand column,” says Reynolds. Moments later, Tipton says basically the same thing. It’s just one game, they both say; many more to play, they each agree. Tuesday night’s contest, though, was the first time Tipton coached against his former coach, Reynolds. Tipton played his high school ball at East, under Reynolds, when the Cavs were a 3A ballclub. Both coaches know that this one night cannot mean too much, or too little, to either team. The champ of the 2A-side of the South Mountain will be one or the other. “The next three weeks will either make or break us,” said Tipton. After Tuesday, Chase visits 3A powerhouse, and probable conference champ,
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Patton. Patton is the only team to beat Chase in conference play. Patton is also the only team to beat East in conference play. Before Tuesday. Now, stop me when this sounds familiar. A Cavalier singles, moves to second on a passed ball. The next Cav draws a walk and, with one out, runners now stand on first and second. No score. Reynolds touches his arm, his chest, and even his ball cap. On the pitch, the runners take off and a metallic clink fills the air. Hit and run? No, ‘Bobby-ball.’ One run scores and runners are on the corners. The runner at first steals second and moments later a ground ball drives in the runner from third. The runner from second advances to third. Another passed ball scores the final run of the frame. East 3, Chase 0. Just like that.
The names may change, but the game remains the same. “We have told the kids that, look, you’re No. 1 because of the name on the jersey,” Reynolds said, prior to the game about East’s No. 1 ranking in 2A polls. “They (2010 Cavaliers) must carry a legacy.” Tipton knows all about the legacy. He was once a part of it. ‘“A great player, but an even better person,” Reynolds said of Tipton. East extended the lead to five, but Chase struck back to tie the game, 5-5. Tipton and his charges lifting the ‘never say die,’ attitude from Reynolds. “I have tried to take a little bit from every coach that I have ever had,” said Tipton. “Be it Bobby, or other high school coaches or my college coaches. I tried to learn from them all.” Reynolds has been in many a tight game over the years and his confidence, and that of his charges, is never easily shaken. East strikes and strikes again. On Tuesday, the master and the student shook hands and played ball. The winner ended up in the left hand column. But, you can be sure both walk away with something learned, something they can use again.
8A — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Wednesday, April 14, 2010
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Scoreboard BASEBALL National League
East Division W L Pct 6 1 .857 4 3 .571 3 4 .429 3 4 .429 2 4 .333 Central Division W L Pct St. Louis 5 2 .714 Cincinnati 4 3 .571 Chicago 3 4 .429 Milwaukee 3 4 .429 Pittsburgh 3 4 .429 Houston 0 7 .000 West Division W L Pct San Francisco 6 1 .857 Arizona 4 2 .667 Colorado 3 3 .500 San Diego 3 4 .429 Los Angeles 2 4 .333
Philadelphia Florida Atlanta Washington New York
GB — 2 3 3 3 1/2 GB — 1 2 2 2 5 GB — 1 1/2 2 1/2 3 3 1/2
Monday’s Games Chicago Cubs 9, Milwaukee 5 Philadelphia 7, Washington 4 St. Louis 5, Houston 0 San Diego 17, Atlanta 2 Cincinnati 6, Florida 5, 10 innings San Francisco 9, Pittsburgh 3 Tuesday’s Games L.A. Dodgers 9, Arizona 5 Cincinnati at Florida, late N.Y. Mets at Colorado, late Pittsburgh at San Francisco, late Wednesday’s Games Milwaukee (Bush 0-0) at Chicago Cubs (R.Wells 1-0), 2:20 p.m. Pittsburgh (Morton 0-1) at San Francisco (J.Sanchez 0-0), 3:45 p.m. Washington (Stammen 0-0) at Philadelphia (K.Kendrick 0-0), 7:05 p.m. Cincinnati (H.Bailey 0-0) at Florida (Volstad 0-1), 7:10 p.m. Houston (Myers 0-0) at St. Louis (Penny 0-0), 8:15 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Niese 0-1) at Colorado (Cook 0-1), 8:40 p.m. Atlanta (Hanson 0-1) at San Diego (Richard 0-1), 10:05 p.m. Arizona (R.Lopez 1-0) at L.A. Dodgers (Billingsley 1-0), 10:10 p.m. Thursday’s Games Houston at St. Louis, 1:40 p.m. Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m. Washington at Philadelphia, 3:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Colorado, 3:10 p.m. Atlanta at San Diego, 6:35 p.m. Cincinnati at Florida, 7:10 p.m. Arizona at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m. American League
New York Toronto Tampa Bay Boston Baltimore
Detroit Minnesota Chicago Kansas City Cleveland
Oakland Texas Los Angeles Seattle
East Division W L Pct 5 2 .714 5 2 .714 4 3 .571 3 4 .429 1 6 .143 Central Division W L Pct 6 2 .750 6 2 .750 3 4 .429 3 5 .375 2 5 .286 West Division W L Pct 6 2 .750 4 3 .571 2 6 .250 2 6 .250
GB — — 1 2 4 GB — — 2 1/2 3 3 1/2 GB — 1 1/2 4 4
Monday’s Games Kansas City 10, Detroit 5 Texas 4, Cleveland 2, 10 innings Minnesota 5, Boston 2 Oakland 4, Seattle 0 Tampa Bay 5, Baltimore 1 Chicago White Sox 8, Toronto 7, 11 innings Tuesday’s Games Detroit 6, Kansas City 5 N.Y. Yankees 7, L.A. Angels 5 Tampa Bay at Baltimore, late Toronto 4, Chicago White Sox 2 Oakland at Seattle, late Wednesday’s Games Kansas City (Davies 0-0) at Detroit (Porcello 1-0), 1:05 p.m. L.A. Angels (Pineiro 0-1) at N.Y. Yankees (Vazquez 0-1), 1:05 p.m. Boston (Lackey 0-0) at Minnesota (Slowey 1-0), 1:10 p.m. Tampa Bay (Price 1-0) at Baltimore (Bergesen 0-0), 1:35 p.m. Texas (C.Wilson 0-0) at Cleveland (Masterson 0-0), 7:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Danks 0-0) at Toronto (Morrow 0-0), 7:07 p.m. Oakland (G.Gonzalez 1-0) at Seattle (J.Vargas 0-1), 10:10 p.m. Thursday’s Games Texas at Cleveland, 12:05 p.m. Boston at Minnesota, 1:10 p.m. L.A. Angels at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Toronto, 7:07 p.m. Baltimore at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.
BASKETBALL National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct 50 30 .625 39 42 .481 29 52 .358 27 54 .333
y-Boston Toronto New York Philadelphia
GB — 11 1/2 21 1/2 23 1/2
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12 69 .148 Southeast Division W L Pct 58 23 .716 52 29 .642 46 35 .568 44 37 .543 25 56 .309 Central Division W L Pct z-Cleveland 61 20 .753 x-Milwaukee 45 36 .556 Chicago 39 41 .488 Indiana 32 49 .395 Detroit 26 55 .321 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct y-Dallas 54 27 .667 x-San Antonio 50 31 .617 Houston 42 39 .519 Memphis 40 41 .494 New Orleans 36 45 .444 Northwest Division W L Pct x-Denver 53 28 .654 x-Utah 52 28 .650 x-Portland 50 31 .617 x-Oklahoma City 49 32 .605 Minnesota 15 66 .185 Pacific Division W L Pct z-L.A. Lakers 56 24 .700 x-Phoenix 52 28 .650 L.A. Clippers 28 53 .346 Golden State 25 55 .313 Sacramento 25 56 .309
GB — 6 12 14 33 GB — 16 21 1/2 29 35 GB — 4 12 14 18 GB — 1/2 3 4 38 GB — 4 28 1/2 31 31 1/2
x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division z-clinched conference Monday’s Games Orlando 118, Indiana 98 Miami 107, Philadelphia 105 Toronto 111, Detroit 97 Charlotte 105, New Jersey 95 New York 114, Washington 103 Atlanta 104, Milwaukee 96 San Antonio 133, Minnesota 111 Denver 123, Memphis 101 Houston 117, Sacramento 107 Portland 103, Oklahoma City 95 Dallas 117, L.A. Clippers 94 Tuesday’s Games Boston at Chicago, late Utah at Golden State, late Sacramento at L.A. Lakers, late Denver at Phoenix, late Wednesday’s Games San Antonio at Dallas, 8 p.m. New Orleans at Houston, 8 p.m. Detroit at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Memphis at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. Cleveland at Atlanta, 8 p.m. Milwaukee at Boston, 8 p.m. Chicago at Charlotte, 8 p.m. Indiana at Washington, 8 p.m. New York at Toronto, 8 p.m. New Jersey at Miami, 8 p.m. Philadelphia at Orlando, 8 p.m. L.A. Lakers at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m. Golden State at Portland, 10:30 p.m. Phoenix at Utah, 10:30 p.m.
HOCKEY National Hockey League Playoff Glance FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7) (x-if necessary) EASTERN CONFERENCE Washington vs. Montreal Thursday, April 15: Montreal at Washington, 7 p.m. Saturday, April 17: Montreal at Washington, 7 p.m. Monday, April 19: Washington at Montreal, 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 21: Washington at Montreal, 7 p.m. x-Friday, April 23: Montreal at Washington, 7 p.m. x-Monday, April 26: Washington at Montreal, 7 p.m. x-Wednesday, April 28: Montreal at Washington, TBD New Jersey vs. Philadelphia Wednesday, April 14: Philadelphia at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 16: Philadelphia at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 18: New Jersey at Philadelphia, 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 20: New Jersey at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m. x-Thursday, April 22: Philadelphia at New Jersey, 7 p.m. x-Sunday, April 25: New Jersey at Philadelphia, TBD x-Tuesday, April 27: Philadelphia at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m. Buffalo vs. Boston Thursday, April 15: Boston at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Saturday, April 17: Boston at Buffalo, 1 p.m. Monday, April 19: Buffalo at Boston, 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 21: Buffalo at Boston, 7 p.m. x-Friday, April 23: Boston at Buffalo, 7 p.m. x-Monday, April 26: Buffalo at Boston, 7 p.m. x-Wednesday, April 28: Boston at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Pittsburgh vs. Ottawa Wednesday, April 14: Ottawa at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. Friday, April 16: Ottawa at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. Sunday, April 18: Pittsburgh at Ottawa, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 20: Pittsburgh at Ottawa, 7 p.m. x-Thursday, April 22: Ottawa at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. x-Saturday, April 24: Pittsburgh at Ottawa, 7 p.m.
x-Tuesday, April 27: Ottawa at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. WESTERN CONFERENCE San Jose vs. Colorado Wednesday, April 14: Colorado at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Friday, April 16: Colorado at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Sunday, April 18: San Jose at Colorado, 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 20: San Jose at Colorado, 10 p.m. x-Thursday, April 22: Colorado at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. x-Saturday, April 24: San Jose at Colorado, TBD x-Monday, April 26: Colorado at San Jose, TBD Chicago vs. Nashville Friday, April 16: Nashville at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Sunday, April 18: Nashville at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 20: Chicago at Nashville, 9 p.m. Thursday, April 22: Chicago at Nashville, 8:30 p.m. x-Saturday, April 24: Nashville at Chicago, 3 p.m. x-Monday, April 26: Chicago at Nashville, TBD x-Wednesday, April 28: Nashville at Chicago, TBD Vancouver vs. Los Angeles Thursday, April 15: Los Angeles at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Saturday, April 17: Los Angeles at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Monday, April 19: Vancouver at Los Angeles, 10 p.m. Wednesday, April 21: Vancouver at Los Angeles, 10 p.m. x-Friday, April 23: Los Angeles at Vancouver, 10 p.m. x-Sunday, April 25: Vancouver at Los Angeles, TBD x-Tuesday, April 27: Los Angeles at Vancouver, TBD Phoenix vs. Detroit Wednesday, April 14: Detroit at Phoenix, 10 p.m. Friday, April 16: Detroit at Phoenix, 10 p.m. Sunday, April 18: Phoenix at Detroit, 3 p.m. Tuesday, April 20: Phoenix at Detroit, 6:30 p.m. x-Friday, April 23: Detroit at Phoenix, 10 p.m. x-Sunday, April 25: Phoenix at Detroit, 2 p.m. x-Tuesday, April 27: Detroit at Phoenix, TBD
TRANSACTIONS Tuesday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League TAMPA BAY RAYS—Agreed to terms with OF-1B Leslie Anderson on a four-year contract. Placed C Kelly Shoppach on the 15-day DL, retroactive to April 11. Recalled C John Jaso from Durham (IL). TORONTO BLUE JAYS—Agreed to terms with SS Adeiny Hechavarria to a four-year contract. American Association EL PASO DIABLOS—Released C Gerardo Verastegui. GRAND PRAIRIE AIRHOGS—Signed OF Greg Porter and C Ben Petralli. Traded RHP Joe D’Alessandro to St. Paul Saints for a player to be named. SHREVEPORT-BOSSIER CAPTAINS—Acquired RHP Jameson Maj from San Angelo (United) to complete an earlier trade. SIOUX CITY EXPLORERS—Acquired OF Stantrel Smith from Amarillo (United) for a player to be named. SIOUX FALLS PHEASANTS—Signed RHP Ryan Shaver, RHP Brandon Rapoza, OF Hunter Jobes, RHP Matt Zachary and LHP Brian Flores. Atlantic League CAMDEN RIVERSHARKS—Signed OF Valentino Pascucci and C Rene Rivera. LONG ISLAND DUCKS—Signed RHP Joe Valentine, RHP Rick Bauer and RHP Joe Esposito. Can-Am League NEW JERSEY JACKALS—Released RHP Ted Serro and OF Quinn Stewart. QUEBEC CAPITALES—Released RHP Brett Palanski. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association HOUSTON ROCKETS—Assigned F Mike Harris to Rio Grande Valley (NBADL). MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES—Signed C Greg Stiemsma. FOOTBALL National Football League BALTIMORE RAVENS—Terminated the contract of CB Samari Rolle. NEW YORK JETS—Signed QB Kellen Clemens to a one-year contract. PITTSBURGH STEELERS—Signed PK Jeff Reed. SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS—Signed OL David Baas to a one-year contract. SEATTLE SEAHAWKS—Announced the retirement of DT Patrick Kerney. HOCKEY National Hockey League NEW JERSEY DEVILS—Recalled D Matt Corrente from Lowell (AHL). PHOENIX COYOTES—Recalled F Mikkel Boedker, F Brett MacLean, F Joel Perrault, F Alexandre Picard, F Kyle Turris, D David Schlemko, G Al Montoya and G Josh Tordjman from San Antonio (AHL). PITTSBURGH PENGUINS—Signed G Brent Johnson to a two-year contract extension through the 2011-12 season. SAN JOSE SHARKS—Recalled G Henrik Karlsson from the Swedish Elite League. COLLEGE BAYLOR—Announced junior F Ekpe Udoh will enter the NBA draft. CHARLESTON—Named Mark Downey men’s basketball coach. CLEMSON—Named Brad Brownell men’s basketball coach.
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Chase’s Mitchell Parris connects for a single during the baseball game against East Rutherford Tuesday.
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game,” said East coach Bobby Reynolds. “But he gutted out that one tough inning and we started swinging the bats well.” East responded by scoring five runs in the bottom half on a series of singles and two Trojans’ errors as the Cavs regained control with a 10-5 advantage. After the Trojans went in order in the fifth, East secured the mercy rule win by scoring five more runs with courtesy runner Tyler Jacobus scoring the final run. East seizes control of the 2A-side of the conference standings with the win. In JV action, Chase clipped East, 6-5.
Owen 10, TJCA 2 BLACK MOUNTAIN — Jonathan Bass and Cody Black each picked up RBIs, but Owen took the win, 10-2, over Thomas Jefferson Tuesday. Mark Trimble was saddled with the loss, but did score the first run of the night for the Griffs (2-12). TJ’s JV team fell, 8-5, in early action.
Middle School East 7, RS 6 FOREST CITY — John Bennett went 3-f0r-4, Tripp Hamrick earned the win and East Middle completed a season sweep of RS Middle, Monday, with a 7-6 decision.
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big for us when we needed it.” Medford reached base to start off both scoring frames. The Lady Cavs out-hit the visitors, nine to five. “It’s our fault to leave them in the game,” Chase (8-2, 4-2) softball coach Daniel Bailey said. “East Rutherford is too good to leave hanging around and we left too many early opportunities to put this one away.” Chase stranded six runners in the first four innings of play. The Lady Trojans’ Rebecca Bailey put up an RBI double in the first and an RBI single in the third to go up 2-0. After Chase loaded the bases, a wild pitch scored Ashley Hardin for a 3-0 Chase score. Chelsea Rush and Sara Hoyle each had RBI singles in the fourth for East to trim the Chase lead to one, 3-2. The seventh became the crucial inning as East’s Ali Ruppe retired the Chase side in order, leaving the Lady Cavs with one more chance to answer in the bottom half. In the final frame, controversy erupted on a close call down the first base line. East’s Medford sent a hard hit ball down the line that was initially ruled foul by the first base umpire. The ump then reversed his call and ruled the ball fair, much to the chagrin of Chase coach Bailey. Medford trotted into second for a double, on the play, but Chase starting pitcher Rebecca Bailey responded with two straight outs, leaving the game on the bat of Sally Harrill. Harrill singled in Medford to tie the game at 3-3, and Lowery followed with a base hit to give East two runners, with two out. Harrelson, on the first pitch she saw, ripped a double into the left field corner to cross Harrill for the game-winner.
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Major champions from ’09 struggling By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer
AUGUSTA, Ga. — British Open champion Stewart Cink feels as though he is giving away shots with his short game. U.S. Open champion Lucas Glover said his game is a little scratchy, a blend of not making enough putts and not hitting it where he is aiming. All the major champions from 2009 share one thing in common. They haven’t had much of a year. PGA champion Y.E. Yang was the only reigning major champion to finish in the top 10 at the Masters (a tie for eighth). His best finish this year is third place in the Phoenix Open, where he closed with a 65. Cink’s best was losing in the quarterfinals of the Match Play Championship, while Glover tied for ninth in the San Diego. In the year since winning the Masters, Angel Cabrera had only four top 10s in 24 starts without coming seriously close to winning. Is it a major hangover? “I can’t speak for anybody else,” said Glover, who tied for 36th at Augusta National. “I did the same thing in the offseason. I’m doing the same things now that I did before, and will continue to do them. Only difference for me is I’m not playing as much. I’ve having a little extra time off to try to stay fresh. Hopefully, that will pay off.” THE SHOUT AT AMEN CORNER: On what might be the loudest golf course, there is one spot at Augusta National that is eerily quiet. The 12th green is some 160 yards away from the gallery, and the view is blocked for some by the bunker. And even if they can see the ball disappear into the cup, the distance leads to a delay. That’s why Jim “Bones” Mackay, the caddie for Phil Mickelson, will remember the 15-foot birdie putt on Sunday. “I’ll tell you what a cool moment it was,” Mackay said. Mickelson “It’s so silent back there, and to hear him yell as that putt went in a couple seconds before we heard from the crowd ... it was a real special moment.” And what did Mickelson yell when he made the birdie? “Yes!”
Wright State coach Brad Brownell argues a call during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Butler at the Horizon League Conference men’s tournament in Indianapolis in this March 7, 2009, file photo. Brownell was hired to coach the Clemson mens basketball program. Associated Press
Clemson hires Brad Brownell as men’s basketball coach CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Brad Brownell of Wright State was hired Tuesday as the basketball coach at Clemson, which is turning to another coach from a midmajor school in Ohio. Brownell succeeds Oliver Purnell, who was hired in 2003 from Dayton and led Clemson to the past three NCAA tournaments. Purnell surprised Clemson last week when he left to coach DePaul. Clemson said Brownell was to be introduced Tuesday at an afternoon news conference, where terms of the agreement were to be discussed. “Brad Brownell is an unbelievable coach,” Butler coach Brad Stevens said. “He has been a winner everywhere he has been. I am happy to see Brad go to a great school and a great program like Clemson.” Brownell went 84-45 in four years at Wright State. He led
the Raiders to a 20-12 record last year, including 12-6 in the Horizon League. Wright State lost to NCAA tournament runner-up Butler in the conference championship game. Before arriving at Wright State, Brownell coached UNCWilmington and went 83-40 in four seasons. At Clemson, Purnell was 13888, including three straight first-round losses in the NCAA tournament. Purnell took a school that was near the bottom of the Atlantic Coast Conference and built it into a contender, although his teams tended to fade down the stretch. Clemson had only once before made the NCAA tournament in three straight seasons. The Tigers, however, lost each time as the higher-seeded team. Last month, they were beaten by Missouri. Clemson athletic director Terry Don Phillips learned of
Purnell’s departure last Tuesday. Phillips spent the week vetting candidates that included former Boston College coach Al Skinner, Wofford coach Mike Young and Tigers interim coach Ron Bradley. The most serious appeared to be Rick Stansbury of Mississippi State. He said Monday he and his wife met with Phillips and considered jumping from the Southeastern Conference before deciding to remain with the Bulldogs. That left Phillips targeting Brownell, who has won 20 games in each of his past six seasons. Brownell inherits an inexperienced corps of players, and some challenges. Devin Booker, the brother of star Trevor Booker, has talked about leaving. The family of Tiger signee Marcus Thornton had asked the school for a release from his letter of intent after Purnell’s departure.
CHOICE OF CUPS: A number of European players hopeful of making the Ryder Cup might have a decision to make in August. Nine players qualify for the European team — four from a list of world ranking points earned on any sanctioned tour in the world, five from a list based on money earned on the European Tour. The team will be determined on Aug. 29 after the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles, the same week the FedEx Cup playoffs get under way with The Barclays. And that could be a problem. Europeans cannot earn world points at The Barclays because of the time difference. It will not end until about 11 p.m. in Scotland, and the team is to be announced that evening. Money points can be earned at Gleneagles, however. There could be some Europeans on the bubble who might have to choose between going to Gleneagles to try to earn a spot on the team, or going to New Jersey with hopes of advancing in the lucrative FedEx Cup. CABRERA’S PLAN: Two years ago in a Detroit hotel, Angel Cabrera spoke of his fondness for the European Tour and how much he enjoyed playing there, particularly in Britain and the Iberian peninsula. He contemplated spending most of his time in Europe. That was before he won the Masters for his second major. Cabrera is getting more comfortable in the United States, spending more time in Houston with coach Charlie Epps, and now he wants to beef up his PGA Tour schedule. Cabrera plans to play at Colonial and the Memorial — he has never been to Muirfield Village. Asked about the European Tour in late spring and summer, he said he would play only the French Open and the British Open. IRONS UNDER FIRE: Steve Stricker has gone four years using the same Titleist irons because he doesn’t believe in changing what has been working. But after a disappointing week at the Masters, in which he didn’t break par until the final round, Stricker might have something new in the bag when he plays next in New Orleans. “I may try something different,” he said. “I’ve been monkeying with some different sets the last year or two, and now might be a good time to switch it up, just to get a different look and a different feel.”
Los Angeles Angels’ Hideki Matsui is embraced by former New York Yankees teammate Alex Rodriguez after Matsui received his 2009 World Series ring before their baseball game in New York on Tuesday. Associated Press
Yankees win home opener, 7-5 NEW YORK (AP) — Derek Jeter homered, Jorge Posada had three hits, Andy Pettitte dazzled and Mariano Rivera closed it out. Nothing more fitting on the day World Series rings were handed out in the Bronx. The core four each picked up championship bling No. 5, then led the New York Yankees to a win in their home opener Tuesday, 7-5 over the Los Angeles Angels in front of a record-crowd that included owner George Steinbrenner.
The Angels’ Hideki Matsui might have gotten the loudest ovation of the stirring ceremony that celebrated the Yankees’ 27th title, with fans welcoming back the World Series MVP. But the stars who’d worn pinstripes the STAT OF THE WEEK: This was the first time longest wound up as winners, Tiger Woods broke par all four rounds at the once again. Masters without winning. With the 2009 World Series FINAL WORD: “A great shot is when you pull it banner whipping in a chilly off. A smart shot is when you don’t have the guts to breeze, Pettitte (1-0) returned to the Yankee Stadium mound try it.” — Phil Mickelson.
for the first time since he won the clinching Game 6 against Philadelphia last November. He threw 100 pitches in six crisp innings as the Yankees dropped the Angels to 2-6, their worst start since 1972. Rivera was needed to earn his third save after another ex-Yankee, Bobby Abreu, hit a grand slam in the ninth off Dave Robertson to make it 7-5. Matsui was mobbed by his former teammates near the mound after getting his ring in the pregame festivities. He was regaled with a prolonged standing salute when he stepped into the batter’s box in the first inning. The Angels’ designated hitter stepped out and tipped his helmet before striking out — another cheer — to end the inning and got tangled with Posada, who playfully tagged him a couple of times. Matsui went 0 for 4 in front of a record regular-season crowd of 49,293 at the ballpark, now in its second year.
Jeter, who led off the Yankees’ last regular-season home game with a home run, hit his first homer of the year in the fourth and hit a sharp grounder off Ervin Santana’s thigh for another RBI in the fifth. Nick Johnson also homered for New York, who hit a team-record 136 homers in their first year at the ballpark. Alex Rodriguez received his first World Series and later drove in two runs with a threehop single off reliever Jason Bulger that nicked diving shortstop Erick Aybar’s glove in the sixth to make it 5-0. Posada drove in a run, too.
Tigers 6, Royals 5 DETROIT (AP) — Carlos Guillen’s two-run double capped a six-run rally in the seventh inning and the Detroit Tigers pulled off another big comeback, beating the Kansas City Royals 6-5 Tuesday.
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Nation Today Shooting inquest begins QUINCY, Mass. (AP) — Ten witnesses were questioned Tuesday during a closed-door inquest into the 1986 shooting death of the brother of Amy Bishop, who is accused — 24 years later — of fatally shooting three colleagues at an Alabama university. Bishop’s parents, Judith and Samuel Bishop, were among those who testified on the first day of the inquest. Norfolk District Attorney William Keating called for the inquest after Amy Bishop was charged with shooting six colleagues at the University of Alabama-Huntsville in February. That shooting brought new law enforcement scrutiny of her brother’s shooting in Braintree, in the Boston suburbs. Seth Bishop’s death was ruled accidental at the time, but the report from the judge presiding over the inquest could be used anew by prosecutors.
Man awarded $1.4M PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A jury delivered an embarrassing rebuke to the Boy Scouts of America on Tuesday when it found that the organization failed to protect a man who was molested by an assistant Scoutmaster in the early 1980s. Jurors awarded $1.4 million to the former Portland man and decided
that the Irving, Texas-based organization was liable for up to $25 million in punitive damages that will be decided in a separate phase of the trial. Over the first three weeks of testimony, secret Scout “perversion files� — records of known sex offenders — were used as evidence, though it’s unclear if jurors consulted the documents while deliberating over two days. The Scouts denied allegations of negligence and said the files actually helped them keep child molesters out of their ranks.
Missing girl found alive WINTER SPRINGS, Fla. (AP) — A missing 11-year-old central Florida girl with Asperger syndrome was found alive on Tuesday, four days after she disappeared into an alligator-infested swamp a halfmile from her suburban home. Nadia Bloom was taken to a hospital in nearby Longwood, Fla., where she will be evaluated and treated for dehydration and insect bites, said Winter Springs Police Chief Kevin Brunelle. “If I never believed in miracles, I sure do now,� Brunelle said during an afternoon news conference. Brunelle said Nadia told rescuers two things: “I’m glad you guys found me� and “I can’t believe you guys rescued me.�
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From left, Jerry Bearfield, Jaden Clemons, 3, his sister Gabrielle Clemons, 4, their grandmother Gladys Clemons, and Jerry’s brother Randy Bearfield take part in a national moment of silence in honor of the 29 miners who died in the explosion at Massey Energy Co.’s Upper Big Branch mine in Montcoal, W. Va. a week ago Monday, at Duncan’s Service Station in Whitesville, W.Va., on Monday.
Ex-mine official to lead probe of W.Va. disaster
Kinston 66/44 Wilmington 69/50
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Gov. Joe Manchin on Tuesday asked a former top federal mine safety official to conduct an independent investigation of an explosion that killed 29 West Virginia miners, and also called for more scrutiny of mines with a history of safety violations. Manchin told The Associated Press that J. Davitt McAteer, who headed the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration during the Clinton administration, will probe the explosion and serve as his special adviser on issues involving the blast at Massey Energy’s Upper Big Branch mine. McAteer’s probe will be independent of separate state and federal investigations, and he’ll focus on what actions should be taken to prevent such explosions in the future. “I want a transparent third party, that’s not attached in any way, shape or form,� Manchin said. McAteer has conducted similar probes of the Sago mine disaster that killed 12 and the Aracoma Alma No. 1 mine fire that killed two miners. He told AP he expects to focus on the apparent failure of systems meant to prevent such a disaster: the spraying of powdered rock to dilute explosive coal dust; the venting of methane gas; and safety conditions before miners begin each shift. Meanwhile, President Barack Obama was to meet Thursday with
federal labor and mine safety officials to discuss preliminarily what may have caused the blast. Investigators still don’t know what ignited the worst U.S. coal mine disaster in four decades, but officials believe highly explosive methane was involved. Congress is also convening hearings beginning later this month to look at weaknesses in federal mine safety legislation and whether the system encourages mine operators to challenge safety violations and delay penalties. Since the April 5 explosion, details have emerged about an extensive list of safety violations at the mine. The company has been repeatedly cited and fined for problems with the system that vents methane and for allowing combustible dust to build up. According to an Associated Press review of records from MSHA, Massey frequently sidesteps hefty fines by aggressively contesting safety violations, an increasingly common industry tactic since the 2006 Sago mine disaster led to stiffer fines. Massey CEO Don Blankenship has defended the company’s record and disputed accusations from miners that he puts profits ahead of safety. He has said the number of violations at Upper Big Branch are about the same as the national average.
Public official sues self HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — As Connecticut’s secretary of the state, Susan Bysiewicz has spent 11 years explaining and defending election laws to candidates. But now, as a Democratic candidate for state attorney general, Bysiewicz finds herself in strange territory: as plaintiff in a lawsuit against her own office, challenging the constitutionality of a law she is sworn to uphold. The stakes are high, since current Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal’s often-successful battles against tobacco companies, financial firms and other big adversaries have made the job one of the most prominent of its type nationwide. And by filing her lawsuit, the solidly popular Democrat and one-time gubernatorial hopeful inadvertently made herself vulnerable to attacks from the Republican Party, which covets the attorney general openly
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Business/finance
THE MARKET IN REVIEW
STOCK EXCHANGE HIGHLIGHTS
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NYSE
7,638.35 -3.40
GAINERS ($2 OR MORE)
Name Last Chg VersoP h 4.64 +.83 GlbShip un 2.84 +.39 Tennant 33.14 +4.41 NY&Co 5.65 +.71 FstBcpPR 2.97 +.37 GlbShipLs 2.90 +.36 FredM pfP 2.00 +.21 DeVry 71.73 +6.67 ITT Ed 119.20+10.42 BrdgptEd n 26.34 +2.26
%Chg +21.8 +15.9 +15.3 +14.4 +14.2 +14.2 +11.7 +10.3 +9.6 +9.4
LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)
Name Last Chg CallonP h 7.01 -1.28 AmbacF pfZ16.42 -2.72 Valhi 27.87 -4.33 FTActDiv 12.95 -1.78 StratABK37 2.10 -.28 Ambac3-03n7.13 -.78 ParkDrl 5.20 -.56 Avon 31.99 -2.77 Ambac2-03 7.35 -.60 DirREBear 7.31 -.58
%Chg -15.4 -14.2 -13.4 -12.1 -11.8 -9.9 -9.7 -8.0 -7.5 -7.4
MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE) Name Vol (00) Last Chg AmbacF h 6932454 1.62 -.63 Citigrp 5609946 4.62 -.02 FannieMae 1419520 1.18 -.06 S&P500ETF1155025119.83 +.09 BkofAm 1113190 18.67 +.01 Alcoa 920618 14.34 -.23 GenElec 918593 18.95 +.24 SprintNex 801770 4.15 ... FredMac 717330 1.46 -.10 FordM 703163 12.79 +.02 Advanced Declined Unchanged Total issues New Highs New Lows Volume
DIARY
1,606 1,489 111 3,206 327 5 5,399,727,596
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1,974.01 -6.04
GAINERS ($2 OR MORE)
Name Last NeoStem 2.02 B&HO 4.60 ProlorBio 4.80 Gerova un 6.59 SkyPFrtJ n 6.95 NIVS IntT 3.72 PyramidOil 7.25 GerovaFn 6.53 OpkoHlth 2.32 EngySvc un 4.40
Chg +.37 +.70 +.55 +.71 +.65 +.33 +.60 +.48 +.16 +.30
%Chg +22.4 +18.0 +12.9 +12.1 +10.3 +9.7 +9.0 +7.9 +7.4 +7.3
LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)
Name Last NTS Rlty 4.62 PudaCoal n 9.83 EstnLtCap 2.65 AdcareH wt 2.75 Engex 5.04 ShengInn n 8.23 Banro g 2.16 TanzRy g 4.41 ChiArmM 7.39 AcmeU 10.80
Chg %Chg -.50 -9.8 -.93 -8.6 -.24 -8.3 -.20 -6.8 -.36 -6.7 -.56 -6.4 -.13 -5.7 -.26 -5.6 -.43 -5.5 -.56 -4.9
MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE) Name Vol (00) Last Chg RexahnPh 198808 1.76 -1.89 BootsCoots 124430 2.95 ... RadientPh 87032 1.70 -.49 GoldStr g 33873 4.06 -.02 JavelinPh 30788 2.17 +.02 YM Bio g 26298 1.66 +.11 NwGold g 17851 5.12 -.01 EndvrInt 17757 1.40 +.07 NovaGld g 17458 7.75 +.06 NeoStem 17156 2.02 +.37 DIARY
Advanced Declined Unchanged Total issues New Highs New Lows Volume
241 250 51 542 26 1 165,022,307
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NASDAQ
GAINERS ($2 OR MORE)
Name Last MolecInP h 3.43 MdwstB pf 2.07 Cinedigm 2.90 OpexaTher 2.88 Simulations 2.26 CecoEnv 5.44 TransitnT g 3.86 CmcFstBcp 8.64 RoylBcPA 2.99 Popular 3.50
Chg +1.93 +1.00 +.50 +.49 +.36 +.78 +.55 +1.19 +.39 +.45
%Chg +128.7 +93.5 +20.8 +20.5 +18.9 +16.7 +16.6 +16.0 +15.0 +14.8
LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)
Name Last Palm Inc 5.16 AtlCstFd 3.65 Orexigen 5.10 Eurand 11.27 CitizHold 21.34 MediciNova 6.41 Intergrp h 12.12 NMT Med 4.07 ChinAgri s 20.70 Pixelwrks 5.14
Chg -.88 -.53 -.63 -1.38 -2.42 -.69 -1.28 -.41 -2.08 -.51
%Chg -14.6 -12.7 -11.0 -10.9 -10.2 -9.7 -9.6 -9.2 -9.1 -9.0
MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE)
Name Vol (00) Popular 1664190 Intel 1010667 Palm Inc 600887 PwShs QQQ521517 HuntBnk 512018 ETrade 483496 Yahoo 473978 Cisco 419461 Microsoft 388089 Oracle 337285
Advanced Declined Unchanged Total issues New Highs New Lows Volume
Last Chg 3.50 +.45 22.77 +.23 5.16 -.88 49.32 +.25 5.69 -.34 1.68 -.03 18.18 +.54 26.44 -.09 30.45 +.13 26.35 +.15
DIARY
1,377 1,292 144 2,813 191 4 2,472,724,228
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Dow Jones industrials Close: 11,019.42 Change: 13.45 (0.1%)
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7,791.95 2,883.88 324.39 5,177.30 1,336.87 1,598.93 826.83 517.03 8,441.04 448.93
STOCK MARKET INDEXES Name
Dow Industrials 11,019.42 Dow Transportation 4,536.66 Dow Utilities 384.34 NYSE Composite 7,638.35 Amex Market Value 1,974.01 Nasdaq Composite 2,465.99 S&P 500 1,197.30 S&P MidCap 818.69 Wilshire 5000 12,554.24 Russell 2000 707.03
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Big banks set eye on big profits NEW YORK (AP) — Being big could pay off for battered banks this earnings season. Five of the biggest U.S. banks, including struggling Bank of America Corp., are expected to report profits for the January to March period. Analysts are split about a profit at Citigroup Inc. — some say it might have eked out a small gain. All the big banks are finally seeing losses from credit cards, mortgages and other consumer loans slow. And the rallying stock market and interest rates holding near zero are allowing the companies to borrow cheaply and profit from higher-yielding investments. But these are just a handful of companies, the top tier of banks. Go down to the next few levels in the industry, and you’ll find regional and small banks losing more money on commercial real estate loans. Nearly 40 percent of all banks are expected to post first-quarter losses, according to Keefe, Bruyette & Woods. And although the big banks starting with JPMorgan Chase & Co. on Wednesday are expected to have good news, analysts say their continuing rebound is unlikely to boost lending. Banks are still conservative about loans, while consumers and business remain wary about adding to their debt burdens. A profitable quarter for all six banks has only happened once since the 2008 financial crisis, during the second quarter of last year. The big companies also include Wells Fargo & Co., Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Morgan Stanley. Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley are focused on investment banking rather than the retail operations that have been hurt by millions of loan defaults. Analysts say the loan business is progressing as expected at this point in the economic recovery. Losses on residential real estate have slowed, but a wave of commercial real estate defaults is hammering small and midsize banks. Analysts forecast that trend will continue through 2010 and beyond. That’s forcing even big money-making banks to set aside billions of dollars, money that will protect against losses but that will also eat into profits. Wells Fargo, Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup may have to allocate a combined $33.2 billion over the next two years just to cover home equity losses, according to CreditSights Inc. “Things aren’t as bad as they were six months ago, but that doesn’t mean everything is rosy,” said Paul Miller, a managing director for FBR Capital Markets. Along that line, analysts don’t see lending picking until unemployment falls from its current level of 9.7 percent and small and midsize businesses start expanding.
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Dick Costolo, chief operating officer at Twitter, speaks during his keynote presentation at the Ad Age Digital Conference in New York, Tuesday. Twitter announced that it is introducing advertising by allowing companies to pay to have their messages show up first in searches on its site. Associated Press
Twitter tries its luck with ads SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Is Twitter the next Google, the next Pets.com, or something in between? It may have begun answering that question Tuesday, with its long-awaited first step into advertising. The startup is trying to make money without alienating the tens of millions of people who have gotten used to tweeting and following friends, celebrities and others without commercial interruptions. Just as it has through most of its four-year existence, Twitter is treading cautiously. The new ads, called “promoted tweets,” will pop up only on searches at Twitter’s Web site, and the messages will be limited to a small group of test marketers including Virgin America, Best Buy Co., Sony Pictures and Starbucks Corp. Fewer than 10 percent of Twitter’s users were expected to see the ads Tuesday, but the messages should start appearing on all relevant searches within the next few days. One promoted tweet from Starbucks was getting retweeted heavily, thanks to its free tax-day offer: “On 4/15 bring in a reusable tumbler and we’ll fill it with brewed coffee for free. Let’s all
switch from paper cups.” The move heralds a turning point for Twitter, which has held off on selling ads even as its widening audience turned it into an obvious marketing magnet and investors poured $155 million into the San Francisco company. The last cash infusion seven months ago valued privately held Twitter at about $1 billion, even though its only significant revenue had come from giving Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp. better access to its service. The technology powerhouses paid Twitter an undisclosed amount. Twitter’s seemingly ambivalent attitude about making money reminded some Silicon Valley observers of the profitless Internet startups that wooed investors during the dot-com boom of the late 1990s, only to crash and burn at the turn of 21st century. Twitter co-founder Biz Stone defended the company’s “slow and thoughtful approach to monetization” in a blog announcing promoted tweets, even as he recalled a joke Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert made at his expense during an interview last year: “So, I assume that ‘Biz’ in ‘Biz Stone’ does not stand for
‘Business Model.’” The new advertising system should give a better inkling about whether Twitter will be more like Google or Pets. com, whose most valuable asset turned out to be a sock puppet. Google itself took several years after its 1998 inception before it began selling short ads next to its search results, spawning one of the world’s biggest marketing vehicles with ad revenue of nearly $23 billion last year. Twitter already is parroting Google in some respects. That’s not surprising given that Stone and a fellow co-founder, Twitter CEO Evan Williams, briefly worked at Google, as did Twitter’s chief operating officer, Dick Costolo. There’s a twist to the way Twitter is using its search engine as an advertising springboard. Instead of displaying commercial messages on the margins of the search results, as Google does, Twitter will blend them with the rest of the tweets and label them as promotions. The ads will be confined to Twitter’s standard 140-character limit so they can be passed along, or “retweeted,” to other users.
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Video does nothing to clear up N-word dispute By JESSE WASHINGTON AP National Writer
Three Democratic congressmen — all black — say they heard racial slurs as they walked through thousands of angry protesters outside the U.S. Capitol. A white lawmaker says he heard the epithets too. Conservative activists say the lawmakers are lying. What does the video show? Not much. Indeed, new interviews show that a muchviewed YouTube recording cited as evidence by conservatives was actually shot well after the time in question. It was March 20, near the end of the bitter health care debate, when Reps. John Lewis, Andre Carson and Emanuel Cleaver say that some demonstrators, many of them tea party activists, yelled the N-word as the congressmen walked from House office buildings to the Capitol. Stung by the charges of racism, conservatives and tea party activists insist it never happened. And one of them is offering big money if anyone can prove it did. With so many media and citizen cameras at the demonstration, any epithets would have been caught on tape, says Andrew Breitbart. He’s the web entrepreneur who released the video of ACORN workers counseling actors posing as a pimp and prostitute, and has pledged $100,000 to the United Negro College Fund if anyone provides proof of the epithets. “It didn’t happen,” said Breitbart, who wasn’t there. “This is 2010. Even a racist is media-savvy enough not to yell the N-word.” The dispute pits the lawmakers — one of them, Lewis, is a leader and survivor of 1960s civil rights battles — against conservatives determined to counter claims of racism within
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In this March 20 file photo, tea party demonstrators protest outside of the House Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington.
the predominantly white and middle-aged tea party movement. The criticism has proven a distraction to a nascent movement pushing a unified message of fiscal conservatism and limited government. The issue still echoes in the media and blogosphere. “Listen, I was there,” Carson, D-Ind., said in an interview. “In many regards I think (the challenges are) a veiled attempt to justify actions that are simply unjustifiable. I think we need to move toward a dialogue that explores why this kind of divisive and reprehensible language is still making it into our political debate.” A fourth Democrat, Rep. Heath Shuler of North Carolina, who is white, backed up his colleagues, telling the Hendersonville (N.C.) Times-News that he heard the slurs. A reconstruction of the events shows that the conservative challenges largely sprang from a mislabeled video that was shot later in the day.
Breitbart posted two columns on his Web site saying the claims were fabricated. Both led with a 48-second YouTube video showing Lewis, Carson, other Congressional Black Caucus members and staffers leaving the Capitol. Some of the group were videotaping the booing crowd. Breitbart asked why the epithet was not captured by the black lawmakers’ cameras, and why nobody reacted as if they had heard the slur. He also questioned whether the epithets could have been shouted by liberals planted in the crowd. But the 48-second video was shot as the group was leaving the Capitol — at least one hour after Lewis, D-Ga., and Carson walked to the Capitol, which is when they said the slurs were used. Questioned about using a video on his Web site from the wrong moment, Breitbart stood by his claim that the lawmakers were lying. Lewis declined to discuss the issue with The Associated Press. Asked
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whether the epithet was used, his spokeswoman said: “Yes. Congressman Lewis did hear the N-word yelled from the crowd.” Carson described leaving the Cannon House Office Building for votes and bumping into Lewis in the elevator. They chose to walk outside to the Capitol, rather than through the underground tunnels. Conservatives say Democrats staged a march through a hostile crowd to instigate a reaction. Carson said there was no such plan: It was just the first day of spring. Soon after leaving Cannon, “I hear someone say it,” said Carson, a former police officer. “You see one or two tea party people kind of look at him, and then you hear it again as we’re walking. Then we walk across (Independence Avenue), and that’s when it starts getting deeper.” Carson said he heard it coming from different places in the crowd. “You heard it in spurts, in the midst of ’Kill the bill. Kill the bill.”’
“One guy, I remember he just rattled it off several times. Then John looks at me and says, ’You know, this reminds me of a different time.”’ Cleaver, D-Mo., was walking a distance behind Carson and Lewis. He says he heard the epithet and was spit on. Capitol police handcuffed a man after Cleaver said he was spit on, but Cleaver told reporters that he did not want to press charges. In a separate case, Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., who is gay, said he was called “faggot.” On Fox News, Bill O’Reilly discussed the issue on four of his shows, beginning March 22. The first segment led with clips from the 48-second video and featured Dana Loesch, a radio talk-show host who accused the congressmen of fabricating their claims. O’Reilly said, “Just because it’s not on tape doesn’t mean it’s fabricated.” A spokeswoman said O’Reilly thinks that something happened, but is not sure exactly what. A few days later, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., told an audience, “No witness saw it, it’s not on camera, it’s not on audio.” Only 22 seconds of video have emerged from the time in question, filmed by Lee Fang of the liberal American Progress think tank. His YouTube clip — labeled as being filmed about five minutes after the crowd rushed Lewis and Carson — has been posted by Breitbart and dozens of blogs accusing Democrats of lying. Fang told the AP he was standing “pretty far away” across Independence Avenue from the Cannon building when he saw the crowd erupt, so he hurried over. Fang did not hear the epithet, but he said he believes it was used. “The hatred was palpable,” he said.
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Sen. Brown will not be at Tea Party rally BOSTON (AP) — When the Tea Party Express pulls into the city where the conservative movement got its name, the crowd will be as notable for who is not there as who is. Sarah Palin is the keynote speaker at Wednesday’s rally on Boston Common, but Republican Sen. Scott Brown — whose January election the movement claims as its proudest accomplishment — is skipping the event. Officially, he’s too busy with his congressional duties — but Brown also kept the movement at a respectful distance during his upset campaign to succeed the late Democrat Edward M. Kennedy. If he gets too close, the freshman senator, who’s still getting used to his national profile, risks being aligned with the tea party’s more radical elements, which have questioned the legitimacy of everything from President Barack Obama’s U.S. birthplace to his college degree. “His ’business in Congress’ is getting reelected in 2012, and to do that, he needs to present a moderate image. Going to a tea party rally is about the last thing he needs,� said Jeffrey Berry, a political science professor at Brown’s alma mater, Tufts University. “Brown doesn’t want to turn his back on his potential supporters, but he doesn’t want any photographs in the midst of an overly enthusiastic or bombastic event,� the professor added. Even one of those who is going, independent gubernatorial candidate Timothy Cahill, a former Democrat, is careful to parse the meaning behind his attendance. “He’s in campaign mode. He’s going to go where there’s mass groups of people,� said Cahill spokeswoman Amy Birmingham. “There’s all different types of tea party groups. I don’t want to say that one speaker’s for us and one isn’t. It’s just that it’s a large group of people, and we want to take advantage of that.� The rally, being held in the shadow of the Statehouse on Boston Common, is forecast to attract 10,000 people. It will be the next-to-last event in the 20-day, 47-city Tea Party Express tour concluding Thursday in Washington. Palin spoke on the first day in Searchlight, Nev., hometown of Senate Majority
Leader Harry Reid, a Democratic target of the movement. Her visit to Boston brings her to the site of the original Tea Party in 1773, where British opponents rallied against taxation without representation. Two others are embracing the modern tea party movement, which questions the Washington establishment, without reservation. Conservative talk show host Michael Reagan, son of Republican icon Ronald Reagan, spoke Tuesday at a tea party rally in Jefferson City, Mo. He told a crowd of about 400 that liberals and progressives are like “termites who eat away at the foundation� of freedom in the U.S. by imposing more government control. Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman was the headliner at a tea party rally in his own capital city, Lincoln. Tea partiers also rallied Tuesday in Albany, N.Y. A Brown spokesman said the senator will be in Washington on Wednesday, attending to the business for which he was elected. Congress just returned after a two-week recess, during which Brown traveled to Afghanistan and toured flood-stricken areas of Massachusetts. “While he is unable to attend Wednesday’s event, the senator appreciates the strong grassroots support he received from a wide range of individuals, including those who are part of the tea party movement. He hopes they have a successful event,� spokesman Colin Reed said.
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Muslims urged to do census RALEIGH (AP) — Nine years of scrutiny have made some American Muslims wary of the federal government, and that has the U.S. Census bureau working to make sure its crucial survey doesn’t become a casualty of fear. Muslims are not the only group the agency has identified as needing special attention, but they may be among the likeliest to shun the mail-in questionnaires. America’s Muslim population includes large numbers of recent immigrants, and community leaders say nearly a decade of bearing the brunt of the country’s post Sept. 11 terrorism fears have taken their toll. “You still have people in a kind of paranoid state of mind,� said Khalilah Sabra, director of the Muslim American Society’s Freedom Foundation in North Carolina. That might be particularly true in the Raleigh-Durham area, she said, where seven local Muslim men were arrested in July and charged with plotting to travel overseas to carry out acts of terrorism. Sabra, who is working to convince Muslims in the area to participate, says she’s heard many times this year from people who plan to ignore the census forms out of fear. Jihad Shawwa, of Raleigh, has heard the same concerns,
but says those fears risk putting American Muslims in a position where they don’t take full advantage of their citizenship. “I’m not going to stretch my mind to the point where I’m living in fear because I’m a Muslim,� he said. Even absent the fresh trauma of the 2009 arrests, some of the area’s 30,000 to 40,000 Muslims would likely be wary of the census, said Mohamed El-Gamal, who leads the local Muslim American Public Affairs Council. “If what happened in July had not happened, skeptical people would still be skeptical,� he said. The census is prohibited from sharing information that could identify individuals, including with other federal agencies or law enforcement. Census workers also take an oath, swearing for life to protect the confidentiality of data, with a possible five years in prison for breaching that trust. Technically, no Muslims will be counted at all. Also absent from the count will be Christians, Jews, Zoroastrians and religious believers and unbelievers of all kinds because religion is not a category tracked by the census. Still, for Americans who have been the subject of suspicion since the September 11 attacks — many from countries where governments put little stock in
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President Barack Obama speaks during a news conference at the conclusion of the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington Tuesday. Associated Press
World agrees on nuclear threat WASHINGTON (AP) — In full accord on a global threat, world leaders endorsed President Barack Obama’s call for securing all nuclear materials from terrorists within four years at a 47-nation summit on Tuesday. They offered few specifics for achieving that goal, but Obama declared “the American people will be safer and the world will be more secure” as a result. Obama had called the summit to focus world attention on keeping dangerous materials out of terrorist hands, a peril he termed the greatest threat facing all nations and a “cruel irony of history” after mankind had survived the Cold War and decades of fear stoked by a U.S.-Soviet arms race. A terrorist group in possession of plutonium no bigger than an apple could detonate a device capable of inflicting hundreds of thousands of casualties, he said. “Terrorist networks such as alQaida have tried to acquire the material for a nuclear weapon, and if they ever succeeded, they would surely use it,” he told the opening session, which convened under tight security at the Washington Convention Center. “Were they to do so, it would
be a catastrophe for the world, causing extraordinary loss of life and striking a major blow to global peace and stability.” The summit countries said they would cooperate more deeply with the United Nations and its watchdog arm, the International Atomic Energy Agency. They also said they would share information on nuclear detection and ways to prevent nuclear trafficking. While the summit focused on the threat from terrorists, attention was given to Iran, North Korea and other nations who are seeking or have succeeded in obtaining or developing nuclear weapons. In a news conference at the conference conclusion, Obama said he was confident China would join other nations in pressing for tough new sanctions on Iran for continuing to defy the international community in seeking such weapons.
weapons and materials. But he stopped short of mentioning Iran’s program. Iran, which was not invited to the conference, denies it intends to build an atomic bomb, and despite widespread concern about its intentions, Obama is having difficulty getting agreement on a new set of U.N. sanctions against the country. He said Tuesday that Hu had assured him that China would participate in drafting sessions at the United Nations on strong sanctions. The summiteers announced that a follow-up nuclear security conference will be held in South Korea in 2012. President Lee Myung-bak told reporters that North Korean leader Kim Jong Il will not get an invitation until the North gives up its efforts to build a nuclear arsenal. North Korea’s efforts — and its withdrawal from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty that sets the rules of the road for nuclear technology — kept it out of the Washington summit. Syria, which is suspected by the U.S. and others of harboring nuclear weapons ambitions, also was not invited.
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The ramblings of a small town newspaper girl Rambling thoughts. I couldn’t settle on any one thing to write about today. My mind is still reeling from a week-long list of things to do and prepare for. The week concluded this past weekend as I played co-hostess to a dinner party for 35 people and then assisted with a wedding on Saturday. My first inclination — I’m getting too old for this. Well, maybe not too old, but it sure does take this ole gal longer to get over things then it used to. “Oh, the old gray mare, she ain’t what she used to be.” • Training the Alpha Dog. Would you like two apple pies for a $1? Would you like hash browns with that? Would you like to try our special doublestacked, onion smothered burger today? These are questions often heard as we breeze through a fast food drive-thru. These are also the questions that irritate some folks who just want what they want. To get it and go. My husband (who I like to refer to as the Alpha Dog) is one of those people. Recently, he went through a local drivethru to grab a quick coffee and biscuit, and returned a little perturbed. He said “Is it to much to ask to just get what I want and not be hounded by questions?” They’re just doing their job, I told him. Employees are required to offer and promote products. That’s the grandeur of marketing. “But, I’m the customer,” he huffed. “I’ve looked at the menu. If I wanted hash browns or an apple pie I’d ask for it.” Patience, Alpha Dog... sit. Be nice. • Who did the rain dance? My car is white again. Although, it probably won’t last very long, I’m still thankful for last week’s rain. The yellowish, green film of pollen coated my car for days. No matter how many times I rinsed it off, those teeny tiny, powdery seed plants never failed to find us. As the rain began on Thursday, we rejoiced in the newsroom that our vehicles were being rinsed. Thanks for the rain dance. • Ahoy, Matey. Isn’t it funny how catchphrases stay with us? On Sunday I played with baby grand in the sandbox. Well, actually, at that time it was a pirate ship. He yelled... “Oh no! Captain Abbe, somebody took our gold.” And even though it’s not a pirate movie, all I could think of was that line from “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” — the scene where the prisoners are in the movie theater and the character Pete (played by John Turturro) says “Do not seek the treasure!” I said it to Jackson and soon after, we were walking around in the yard warning (pretend) pirates, “Do not seek the treasure!” It was a great day at sea, Matey. • Gray sprouts. I don’t mind having gray hair, but I do mind the way they stick straight up. My gray hairs are unruly. It looks as though gray bean sprouts are growing from my head and it’s more noticeable in the sunlight. So, if you’re behind a middleaged woman at a traffic light pulling hairs from her head, don’t be alarmed. I’m just desprouting.
Dancers in action for “Kick-It” during Silver Arts Follies, held Friday night at the Rutherford County Senior Center. The act was named Best of Show.
Having a jolly folly Senior Games begin with Silver Arts Follies Text and photos by Jean Gordon
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responsive audience laughed, sighed and was even silent at times Friday night as more than two dozen senior citizens, some attired in colorful costumes, took to the stage for the 2010 Silver Arts Follies. Comedy routines, comedy dances and vocal solos were performed as well as the more serious vocal solos. The event is a division of Senior Games and was held at the Rutherford County Senior Center. Barbara Hill is coordinator of the senior games. Named Best of Show for its “Kick It,” the Large Group dancers are headed to Raleigh to compete in the state competition. The group, ages ranging from 60 to 93-year-old Sam Berger, also includes Karl Hardin, Missy Hughes, Freda Ledford, Billie Lee, Tom Milo, Rosalie Silvers, Linda Wilson and Wayne Wilson.
Above, Carolyn Gaston performs “Hello, Dolly” in a non-competitive performance. Gaston’s costume and dance was an audience favorite. Below, judges (l-r) Penny Dowda, Laura Link and Angelina Spencer, enjoying the show.
Among other winners were Velma Logan, vocal soloist, “I Love The Lord;” small group dance, Wayne and Linda Wilson, “Smoke & Fire;” comedy solo, Ruth Challand, “Church Seating;” and Drama solo was Bea Proctor, “The Third Man.” Other participants included: Instrumental solo, Ann Barchus; Small Group dance, Gerald Hubert and Susan McMillan; Drama Solo, Sam Ayers “Unto the Breach;” Line Dance, Small Group, “Dangerous,” Missy Hughes, Tom Milo, Linda Wilson and Wayne Wilson; Dance Solo, Doris Kimball; comedy solo, “The Telephone Call” with John Gimbel; vocal soloists, Ron Shepard, Donnis Connor, Rudolph Parton, Doris Kimball, Cherrill Moshier; Comedy, Large Group, “Money, Money, Money” with Sam Berger, Karl Hardin, Missy Hughes, Freda Ledford, Billie Lee, Linda Wilson; Comedy, Small Group, “Peaches” with Tom Milo, Missy Hughes,
Linda Wilson and Wayne Wilson. Carolyn Gaston, fashionably dressed, performed an audience favorite, “Hello, Dolly” with Tom Milo, during a non-competitive showcase. Non-competitive entertainment was also provided by Toe-2-Toe dancers, Jennifer Brackett, Jennifer Henderson and Heather Causby. Blake Dula entertained the group as judges were tallying the votes. Judges were Penny Dowda, Laura Link and Angelina Spencer; and Richard Anderson was timer. Jodi Brookshire, publisher of The Daily Courier, emceed the event and Barbara Hill, senior games coordinator, introduced the guests and welcomed the audience. The Senior Games will kick Sam Berger, 93, participating off with a ceremony Friday at 10:30 in one of two dance routines a.m. at the senior center with Lynn during the 2010 SilverArts Harrell, associate director of the Follies Friday night at the senior North Carolina Senior Games and center. Sen. Debbie Clary is expected to attend.
2B — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Wednesday, April 14, 2010
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Host families are being sought for 4-H Exchange Local families are needed to host Japanese exchange students, ages 12 to 17, for four weeks this summer as part of a two-way exchange program sponsored by 4-H. North Carolina 4-H is looking for 20 families to host students from Japan during the summer, July 23 through Aug. 19. This is a great way for young people to learn about another country and culture. The program is open to families with children of the same gender and within 2 years age of the exchange students. Families without children in this age range can be considered as hosts for the adult chaperones from Japan. All exchange students must have their own bed. Host families are responsible for all meals and transportation, including pick up and return for the child. Health insurance is provided. Families must complete an application, submit three non-family references and sign a disclosure in order to have a criminal background check for all family members 18 years old or older living in the home. In addition, local Extension staff must conduct an in-home interview with the family (all members present). All exchange students must be placed by April 30. You don’t have to be a 4-H member host; you just need a willingness to share your home and your world. There is no need to know Japanese. The students have all studied English and are anxious to use it. The program gives host families a chance to share their culture, friendship and family life with an exchange student and at the same time learn about Japanese life. The home stays only last a month during the summer vacation, but the effects last a lifetime.
Since it was begun in 1972 some 43,000 students have stayed with families in over 39 states, including North Carolina, and more than 7,000 American students have made reciprocal visits to Japan. There are also opportunities for families to host year–long students ages 15 to 18 from Japan, Korea (LABO and Japanese Exchange Program) and 11 countries that are part of the Newly Independent States such as Russia and Ukraine (Future Leaders Exchange –FLEX Program). The student must be accepted into a public high school. Host families do not have to have children of the same age or gender as the exchange student. Families with young children, older adult children no longer at home or no children are welcome to apply to host. Host families provide all meals, transportation, supervision and serve as guardians for the student through the year. Health insurance is provided. Students must have their own bed and storage space for personal belongings. Ability to provide a private bedroom is preferable, but not required. All year-long exchange students are expected to participate in local, district and State 4-H activities through their County 4-H program. Students are required to participate in community service, school, and community activities. Information about the 2010 Japanese Exchange Students may be found at the Web site: http://www. ces.ncsu.edu/randolph/4hprogram/ exchange/index.php. Host applications for the program are available through 4-H, NC Cooperative Extension Rutherford County Center at 193 Callahan Koon Road, Suite 164 in Spindale.
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Jamie Earls, Will Wilson, and David Robertson (above, left to right) during rehearsals for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Smoke on the Mountain Homecomingâ&#x20AC;? to be presented by the Rutherford Community Theatre Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Union Mills Learning Center. Rae Strom (left) rehearses for the weekend performance. Friday and Saturday shows are at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday afternoonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s show is 2:30 p.m. Tickets will be available at the door. Call 287-4809 or for more information about tickets, visit, www. rutherfordcommunitytheatre.org. The Union Mills Learning Center will be serving a spaghetti dinner (salad, roll, spaghetti, drink and dessert), $6 adults and $4 children younger than 12, from 6 to 7:15 p.m. Contributed photos
The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Wednesday, April 14, 2010 — 3B
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Kiwanis accepting nominees FOREST CITY— Nominations are now being accepted for the 2009 Forest City Kiwanis Club Citizen of the Year and Young Citizen of the Year awards. Candidates for Young Citizen of the Year should be between the ages of 17 and 30. All nominees should be active members of the community, including civic groups, church groups and volunteer service; exhibit characteristics of citizenship, including contribution of ideas, leadership and genuine concern for the well being of Rutherford County. Deadline for submission of nominations is Friday, April 23. Each nomination should include the name of the person making the nomination, background of the candidate and any data which supports the worthiness of the individual for the award. Nominations for Young Citizen of the Year should be mailed to Karen Clark (First National Bank), 108 Plaza Drive Ext, Forest City, NC 28043. Nominations for Citizen of the Year should be mailed to Wilbur Burgin, 240 Depot St., Forest City, NC 28043. Questions can be directed to Maria Hunnicutt at mhunnicutt@ncbrwa.com.
Music scholarships available TRYON — Foothills Music Club scholarship applications are now available for students studying vocal and/or instrumental music currently in grades 9 through 12 in Polk and Rutherford counties and Landrum, S.C. Application forms and scholarship information have been given to school and private music teachers for prospective scholarship applicants. These forms are also available by calling Elaine Jenkins, FMC scholarship chair, at 828-894-6493. Application forms must be postmarked by Friday, April 16, and mailed to Foothills Music Club, c/o Elaine Jenkins, 61 Prince Cemetery Lane, Tryon, NC 28782. Auditions for scholarships will be held Friday afternoon, April 23 and Saturday morning, April 24, in the choir room of the Tryon Presbyterian Church, 430 Harmon Field Road, Tryon. For the purpose of encouraging young musicians to continue developing their skills, the Foothills Music Club offers scholarships each year to music students who, after a minimum of two years of study, demonstrate promise and wish to pursue their interest and talent. This financial support can be applied to the cost of lessons, purchase of music, or repair/purchase of instruments. In 2009, the FMC awarded nearly $2,400 in scholarships. This support for area student musical talent has been on-going since the beginning of the FMC in 1988. To date, a total of over $30,000 has been awarded to young musicians in the area. Members of the Foothills Music Club, an affiliate cle seems very happy. of the Tryon Fine Arts Center, are as dedicated to Nancy, a stay-at-home mom, this community involvement as they are to suschannels her energy into endless home-improvement projects. taining their own musical talents, whether vocal Kelly’s marriage to an older man or instrumental, through performance. Monthly meetings of mini-recitals and programs are held in feels joyless. Belinda complains members’ homes. that her husband acts like he’s Each FMC member is expected to perform at doing her a favor whenever he least once during the scheduled meeting year. This watches the kids. may include solo and/or ensemble presentations It’s Elyse, a part-time potter with a 7-year-old daughter, who usually focused on certain themes. An annual member/organist organ concert performed at one complains most about her marriage. Her husband, Phil, is lousy of the area churches is open to the public. at communicating. He makes fun of her when she dons a negArts Cuncil benefit set ligee and high heels to spark FOREST CITY — A jazz concert to benefit romance. Rutherford County arts Council will be preFor Sandy Culver, that scene sented Friday, April 16, at 7 p.m. at the Element was the deal-breaker. “At that Church, 1071 South Broadway in Forest City, point, I was like, ‘Leave him.’” former Alexander School building. The concert will feature performances by the Gardner-Webb What finally propels Elyse is University Jazz band, Bill Hinett, and others. a chance encounter on a plane The benefit is being produced by Allen with a man named Gerry. Soon, Strickland, a senior at East Rutherford High they’re meeting for out-of-town School, as a part of his Senior Project. trysts and steamy love scenes. Admission to the event is $5 and the proceeds (Wright’s varied freelance work will be used for the Arts Council’s after school prohas included writing erotica. gram, “Playing For Keeps” Suffice it to say her expertise is evident.) Strickland decided to produce the event because of his love for American jazz music and his desire Stories of discontent to help the Arts Council. Culver’s book group discussed with its cultural programming in the county. Love in Mid Air for more than Strickland stated “The Rutherford County Arts two hours. The conversation nev- Council and I would like to invite you to come join er lulled. As the evening wound us Friday, April the 16 at 7 p.m. for a night of Jazz down, they found agreement on as we celebrate America’s greatest contribution to multiple fronts. the world of music.” Almost everyone, it seemed, knew a woman like Nancy. Healthy Kids day set April 24 Affairs are all about fantasy. Divorce is awful. Marriages, FOREST CITY — The annual Healthy Kids day even troubled ones, are rarely all will be held Saturday, April 24, from 10 a.m. to 2 bad. p.m. at Isothermal Community College. The event is sponsored by the Rutherford County And stories about marital dis- YMCA, Rutherford County School District, content, apparently, have interNorthwestern Mutual Foundation and Tropicana, national appeal. The rights to and is a free community day of fun for all the chilLove in Mid Air have been sold dren of Rutherford County. in seven countries, including The The event will include information on Healthy Netherlands. Habits, free T-shirts, bouncy houses, rock climbing Wright has attempted to trans- walls and much more. late the blurb on the Dutch If interested in having a booth or display table, cover. As far as she can tell, it’s please send e-mail to tstaley@clevecoymca.org something like this: “She finds Or to become a sponsor for the YMCA organizaherself saying, ‘What a heap of tion, please call Tammy Staley, Family Programs rubble marriage is.’” director at 704-473-0245.
A reception was held Sunday to open the Rutherford County Visual Artists Guild exhibit of works by potter Lin Venhuizen (left), painter Dru Bouffard (center), and painter Pamela Gail Peters at the Norris Library. The exhibition will be on display through May. The library is located at 132 N. Main Street in Rutherfordton. Hours are 9 to 5:30 Monday to Friday, 10 to noon on Saturday.
New novel all about love and marriage — Charlotte style An AP Member Exchange By PAM KELLEY The Charlotte Observer
CHARLOTTE— They are not the Real Housewives of Charlotte, but the characters in Charlottean Kim Wright’s new novel, Love in Mid Air, may feel like people you’ve met before. Wright’s debut novel, in bookstores next week, tells the story of Elyse Bearden, an almost-40 Charlotte woman debating whether to leave her stale marriage - and the comfortable existence that goes with it. This tale of suburban housewife angst draws not only from Wright’s own experiences, but from marriage discontent in real-life Charlotte. She recorded it all in her journals. Thirteen years ago, Wright was a freelance writer and mother of two, going through a divorce. Once she left her husband, a strange thing happened. “When you become the person who’s had the divorce,” she says, “everyone starts telling you their stories.” She found herself being flagged down in the Plantation Market Harris Teeter, stopped by women who wanted to confide that their marriagesweren’t so good. Getting divorced, it turned out, made her safe to talk to. She had failed publicly, and now she had become mother confessor for every discontented woman in southeast Charlotte. Wright wrote down all the stories she heard, and she moved on. Years later, she had the idea for a novel that avoids romanceplot cliches. Instead of being dumped, then finding true love, her heroine would decide to leave. In real life, it turns out, women initiate most divorces after age 40. Lucky for Wright, she still had her journals.
Why do women stay? Wright, 54, explained her unusual piece of luck recently to a dozen women gathered for a book club at Sandy Culver’s Lake Norman house. Culver had invited Wright, her longtime friend, to discuss Love in Mid Air (Grand Central; $23). Early reviews are glowing. “Astute and engrossing,” says People. “Wright hits it out of the park,” says Publishers Weekly. The book raises many questions: Why do women stay in a bad marriage? Why do they finally leave? Is an affair ever
Kim Wright’s debut novel, in bookstores next week, tells the story of Elyse Bearden, an almost-40 Charlotte woman debating whether to leave her stale marriage - and the comfortable existence that goes with it. This tale of suburban housewife angst draws not only from Wright’s own experiences, but from marriage discontent in real-life Charlotte. acceptable? This group was well-equipped for the discussion. About half were divorced. Some saw themselves in the novel. A couple wondered why main character Elyse, an ethical, practical person, risks so much to have an affair. Partly, Wright explained, to add dramatic tension. But also, when marriages break up, people do things they’d never do under normal circumstances. “I really do think when you get divorced, you’re driving through crazy town.” Several women prodded Wright to reveal her inspirations for the people and places. Was the pony-tailed lawyer Bill Diehl? Where’s the church she describes? And what’s the gated community where the character Kelly lives? Wright mostly avoided direct answers. The story is, after all, fiction distilled from fact, not journalism. She admitted, though, that Kelly’s fictional Charlotte neighborhood is modeled after Piper Glen and Ballantyne. Wright’s story also is laced with snippets from all the marriage complaints she heard years ago. And she borrows, pretty much verbatim, one real-life marriage breakup. It’s the story about a character named Lynn. Her husband has sex with her, announces he has fallen in love with his secretary, then walks out the door. “I mean literally, walked out and went to the end of the driveway, and turned and started down the road,” Lynn tells Elyse. “He didn’t take the car. I still don’t know exactly where he went.”
‘Leave him’ As Love in Mid Air opens, Lynn is Elyse’s only divorced friend. But no one in Elyse’s cir-
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Boyfriend uses daughter as excuse Dear Abby: My boyfriend and I have been together for a number of years, and were close friends before dating. We have lived together for 10 months now and pretty much act like a married couple. I feel I am ready to become engaged. He, on the other hand, feels we should wait until his 16-year-old daughter, “Lacy,” moves out — either back with her mother or on her own. He doesn’t feel it’s “right” for us to marry before then. We are both adults, and while I don’t want to disregard Lacy’s feelings, I think this is something WE should decide. We have told her many times that our relationship doesn’t mean Daddy loves her any less. Something in me is beginning to think he’s just making excuses and he won’t “buy the cow” as long as he’s getting the milk for free. I feel like I am ... In Limbo Dear In Limbo: You and your boyfriend need to have a frank talk because it appears you thought moving in with him would bring you a firm commitment, and he appears to be happy with the status quo. If you haven’t already done so, tell him exactly what you have told me, because what you have written makes perfect sense. And if he’s unwilling to budge, then it’s time for you to “moo-ve” out. Dear Abby: I recently attended a
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funeral of someone close. It was a sad time for me, but it sparked an idea that may bring comfort to my family and friends when it’s my time to go. Abby, would it be out of line to make a goodbye video of myself? It would include fond memories that would put a smile on someone’s face and allow my family and friends to remember me as I was alive, not as I lay in a coffin. Instead of a plastic bookmark, I could leave a DVD of my final goodbyes. I have a health problem and don’t know how long I have, so I’d like to know what you and your readers think about my idea. I trust your advice, Abby, so please let me know. — Final Farewell Dear Final Farewell: As long as your video is done tastefully, I see no reason why you shouldn’t do it. We live in an age when video and YouTube are a part of our everyday lives. I’m sure your memento will be treasured by the loved ones you leave behind.
Is surgery the answer for rotator cuff? Dear Dr. Gott: I have not seen anything in your column about a torn rotator cuff. I have one in my right shoulder. Dear Reader: The muscles and tendons that connect the upper arm bone to the shoulder blade and hold the ball of the bone firmly into the shoulder socket are known as the rotator cuff. Injuries result primarily from a fall with impact to the arm, the aging process, poor posture and from repetitive activity — specifically, that which is done overhead. Symptoms include loss of motion because of pain and shoulder weakness. A torn rotator cuff can occur because of bursitis, tendonitis or a tear or strain. Bursitis is irritation and/or inflammation of the bursa located between the shoulder joint and tendons of the rotator cuff. Tendonitis is essentially inflammation of the tendons caused by excessive use. This excessive use can lead to tears or strains of the
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area. Diagnosis is commonly made by physical exam. When questions remain, your physician might choose to order an X-ray, ultrasound or MRI. Temporarily discontinuing the irritating activity, applying cold packs, gentle daily exercise and over-the-counter nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs, such as ibuprofen or acetaminophen, can ease the pain. If these conservative measures fail to provide relief, visit your physician to determine the next step that might be physical therapy, a steroid injection or surgery. If surgery is recommend, obtain a referral to an orthopedic specialist for confirmation.
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Your Birthday, April 14
In the year ahead some old, unproductive habits will quietly be fazed out. ARIES (March 21-April 19) - A project upon which you may have placed little significance may gain much. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) - Someone who is sincerely interested in your financial well-being may help you develop skills. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) - If Cupid has been far too lax about shooting arrows at someone on your behalf, there is a good chance he might do so now. CANCER (June 21-July 22) - Be alert and on your toes today, because there are indications that improvements might occur. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) - Most partnership arrangements into which you enter at this point in time would have excellent chances. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) - Lady Luck is willing to apply her magic on anything that has to do with a collective endeavor. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) - Several exciting new friends you’ll be meeting will want to play some major roles in your life. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) - Don’t take lightly any new bright idea you get at this point in time. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) - You could be on the verge of an exciting change in your life. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) - Don’t be surprised if Lady Luck starts doing what she can to improve your financial lot in life. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) - An old unproductive perspective you’ve hung onto for far too long might finally be on its last legs. PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) - By analyzing your economic picture today, you will discover some new ways to generate more income.
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Homes For Rent 2BR/1BA in Chase community. Cent. h/a, appliances furnished. Water & trash pick up incld. $525/mo. Ref’s req.
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mo. $300 dep. No pets 245-5703 or 286-8665 2BR/2BA on large lot in Rfdtn area $375/mo. + $300 dep. No pets. Ref’s. Call 286-4333 2BR near East High $325/mo. Dep. & ref’s req. Senior discount. Call 248-1909
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Help Wanted McCurry-Deck Motors needs GM Technician will consider ASE Certifications. Please submit resume to pbtate88@bellsouth. net or mail to 1740 Hwy 74-A, Forest City, NC 28043 No phone calls!
Are you a PROFESSIONAL DRIVER and live in Rutherford County? If yes, then Truck Service is hiring FT OTR & Regional CDL Drivers. For Rutherford Co. residence only we will now accept drivers w/ 1 yr. exp. or 9 mo. exp.
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
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Help Wanted Little Red School Teacher Needed Credentials plus 12 Early Childhood credits, experience preferred. Apply at 319 S. Broadway, Forest City Open Position Activities Director White Oak Manor Shelby. Individual will develop and maintain a program of activities designed to promote the physical, mental and psychological wellbeing of the residents. Must have good record keeping and medical documentation skills. Must have patience, empathy, leadership ability, good communication skills & sound management techniques. Must have an understanding of the physiological changes and resulting needs of the aging population. Must be qualified professional according to Section 385.15 (f) (2) in the current Federal regulations. Excellent benefits, vacation, PTO, 401K with a family oriented atmosphere. Interested candidates should submit resume to Sonia Crisp, Administrator, 401 North Morgan Street, Shelby, NC 28150
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS In re: File No.: 10 E 090 Estate of Lena B. Henson Having qualified as Co-Executors of the Estate of LENA B. HENSON 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 on or before the 14th day of July, 2010, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This the 14th day of April, 2010. Martha H. Beard, Co-Executor Vicki H. Condrey, Co-Executor P.O. Box 1265 Forest City, NC 28043
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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 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 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.
Gregory D. Allen, Administrator 347 Baywood Drive Campobello, SC 29322
Nelson Eugene Smith, Executor 67 Imperial Ct. Asheville, NC 28803
Elizabeth Nan Nation, Executor 732 Deerfield Drive Mt. Holly, NC 28120
NOTICE TO CREDITORS In re: File No.: 10 E 091 Estate of Pearlie Mae Greene Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of PEARLIE MAE GREENE 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 on or before the 14th day of July, 2010, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This the 14th day of April, 2010.
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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.
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.
Virginia H. Russell, Executor 123 Russell Drive Rutherfordton, NC 28139
Janet M. Nanney, Executor PO Box 792 Spindale, NC 28160
Joseph Worth Greene, Executor P.O. Box 1265 Forest City, NC 28043
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF RUTHERFORD In the General Court of Justice Superior Court Division Before the Clerk 10 E 211 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: PATRICIA ANN GOFF NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Patricia Ann Goff, late of 1357 North Central Avenue, Flagler Beach, FL 32136, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned care of:
NORTH CAROLINA, RUTHERFORD COUNTY NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 09 SP 439 Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Matthew D. Waddell and Lydia G. Waddell to Archer Land Title, Trustee(s), dated July 10, 2008, and recorded in Book 1015, Page 743, Rutherford County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Rutherford County, North Carolina, and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustees will offer for sale at the Courthouse Door in Rutherford County, North Carolina, at 10:00AM on April 28, 2010, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property, to wit: Situate, lying and being in High Shoals Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina, being bound and on the North by the property of Brenda P. Hollifield as described in deed recorded in Deed Book 471, Page 325, Rutherford County Registry, and Ada Greene as described in Deed Book 228, Page 610, Rutherford County Registry, on the West by the property of Edward Hutchins as described in deed recorded in Deed Book 335, Page 574, Rutherford County Registry, and on the South by the 3.76 acre tract conveyed this date to Kenny Dale Greene and on the East by a private 30 foot drive leaving in a Southerly direction from SR-2125 and the property of Elbert P. lane and wife as described in deed recorded in Deed Book 274, Page 175, Rutherford County Registry, and being more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a new iron pin, said iron pin being the common Northeasternmost corner of the tract herein described and common Southeasternmost corner of the property of Brenda P. Hollifield as described in deed recording in Deed Book 471, Page 325, said beginning point also lying the following two calls from a pk nail lying in the intersection of the centerline of a private 30 foot road as shown on plat recorded in Plat Book 5, Page 116, Rutherford County Registry, and SR 2125 South 11 degrees 21 minutes 20 seconds West 150 feet and South 00 degrees 48 minutes 37 seconds West 224.17 feet; and running thence from said beginning point South 11 degrees 21 minutes 20 seconds West 183.03 feet to a new iron pin; thence South 84 degrees 32 minutes 23 seconds West 431.32 feet to an existing iron pin; thence North 11 degrees 12 minutes 39 seconds East 368.99 feet to an existing iron pin; thence North 89 degrees 36 minutes 51 seconds East 223.64 feet to an existing iron pin; thence South 13 degrees 19 minutes 59 seconds West 125 feet to a new iron pin; thence South 83 degrees 52 minutes 31 seconds East 200 feet to the beginning, consisting 2.71 acres, according to map and survey by Broad River Surveying, William P. Cleaver, Registered Land Surveyor, dated June 12, 1992, and being a part of the lands described in deed recorded in Deed Book 549, Page 450, Rutherford County Registry. Also conveyed herewith is a right of way for the purposes of access and egress over an existing 30 foot private road running in a Southerly and Southwesterly direction from SR 2125, said private road being shown on plat recorded in Plat Book 5, Page 116, Rutherford County Registry. Being the identical property as conveyed to Matthew D. Waddell and, Lydia G. Sheehan on 01/11/07, in Book 923, Page 49 in the Rutherford County Public Registry. Being the identical property as conveyed to Gary Wayne Greene on 07/06/92, in Book 595, Page 636 in the Rutherford County Public Registry.
Richard P. Williams, Attorney at Law Williams & Martelle, PLLC Resident Process Agent 349 North Main Street Post Office Box 550 Rutherfordton, NC 28139
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
on or before the 13th day of July, 2010, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This the 7th day of April, 2010. ____________________________ Traci D. Lister, Executor of the Estate of Patricia Ann Goff Richard P. Williams Williams & Martelle, PLLC Post Office Box 550 Rutherfordton, NC 28139
NORTH CAROLINA, RUTHERFORD COUNTY NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 10 SP 080 Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Geraldine V Munsayac to PRLAP, Inc, Trustee(s), dated October 09, 2007, and recorded in Book 979, Page 826, and re-recorded in Deed Book 981 and Page 803, Rutherford County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Rutherford County, North Carolina, and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustees will offer for sale at the Courthouse Door in Rutherford County, North Carolina, at 10:00AM on April 21, 2010, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property, to wit: Being all of Lot 439, Phase 3A as shown on subdivision plat for Greyrock at Lake Lure Subdivision Phase 3A recorded in Plat Book 26, at Page 234, revised in Plat Book 27, Page 150 said plat being one of a series of plats recorded in Plat Book 26, Pages 231 through 234 revised in Plat Book 27, Pages 147 through 150, all of the Rutherford County, NC registry, reference to said plats being made for a more particular description of said lot. Subject to a grading easement the full length of Logan Falls Lane and High Windy Drive. Said property is commonly known as: Lot 439 off of High Windy Drive, Grey Rock Subdivision, Lake Lure, NC 28746
Said property is commonly known as: 140 Snowball Drive, Forest City, NC 28043 Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, pursuant to N.C.G.S. 105-228.30, in the amount of One Dollar ($1.00) per each Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or fractional part thereof, and the Clerk of Courts fee, pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7A-308, in the amount of Forty-five Cents (45) per each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or fractional part thereof or Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), whichever is greater. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the bid, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale and must be tendered in the form of certified funds. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts will be immediately due and owing.
Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, pursuant to N.C.G.S. 105-228.30, in the amount of One Dollar ($1.00) per each Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or fractional part thereof, and the Clerk of Courts fee, pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7A-308, in the amount of Forty-five Cents (45) per each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or fractional part thereof or Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), whichever is greater. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the bid, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale and must be tendered in the form of certified funds. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts will be immediately due and owing.
Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance AS IS WHERE IS. There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, special assessments, land transfer taxes, if any, and encumbrances of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Matthew D. Waddell and Lydia G. Waddell.
Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance AS IS WHERE IS. There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, special assessments, land transfer taxes, if any, and encumbrances of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Salma Arefi, Trustee of the 439 Grey Rock Trust (Being an Irrevocable Discretionary Spendthrift Trust) and any Amendments thereto.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days' written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, that tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days' written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, that tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.
__________________________________________ Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc. Substitute Trustee 1587 Northeast Expressway Atlanta, GA 30329 (770) 234-9181 Our File No.: 432.0932009NC Publication Dates: 04/14/2010 04/21/2010
___________________________________ Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc. Substitute Trustee 1587 Northeast Expressway Atlanta, GA 30329 (770) 234-9181 Our File No.: 432.1000853NC Publication Dates: 04/07/2010 04/14/2010
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