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RUTHERFORDTON — There’s a familiar refrain coming up from the masses throughout Rutherford County these days — Ah-CHOO! Even if you’ve never been an allergy sufferer before, this year’s pollen perfect storm is making those who don’t normally need medication reach for the Zyrtec and Claritin. “The main reason seasonal allergies are so much worse this year is we had an unusual winter with all the snow,” said Beverly Bradford, allergy tech with Rutherford Ear, Nose and Throat. “The cold weather delayed tree pollens like cedars and junipers, which usually come out in January.” Add to that a warmer than usual start to spring, and you have trees that normally pollinate later accelerate, meaning a release of all kinds of pollen simultaneously, Bradford said. And last year’s weather played a part as well, she said. “We had a pretty good year last year with our rainfall and we’ll have more vegetation this year as a result.” But how do you know if it’s the pollen this year or a cold or sinus infection instead? “That can be tricky,” Bradford said. If Please see Allergies, Page 6A

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Think you’ve got seasonal allergies? Beverly Bradford of Rutherford Ear, Nose and Throat holds up a tray of base substances used for allergy testing at the office. The cold winter and sudden warm temperatures have caused an abundance of pollen, causing allergy sufferers to search for extra tissues and allergy medications.

FOREST CITY — With 77 percent participation rates, Rutherford County’s response in the 2010 U.S. Census has already eclipsed the 64 percent total for the year 2000. But local officials are cautioning residents who did not receive a form in the mail to make sure they request one from the census. Citizens who get their mail at a Post Office Box should call 866872-6868 to request a form by mail or complete the census by phone. Starting next week, enumerators will begin going door to door to check on those who haven’t returned their forms or never received one. “I found out I had a census job as an enumerator about two weeks ago,” said Michael Guffey of Forest City. “Last year, I got laid off from my job as a radiology technician at Rutherford Hospital, so I was very happy to get the census job.” The regional census office in Gastonia has hired more than 60 crew leaders and over 900 enumerators in preparation for he neighborhood phase of the census this year. Guffey said he did take a pay cut from his previous hospital job, but was thankful to employed. “It is a job and there aren’t a lot of those around these days,” Guffey said. “And they do pay 50 cents a mile for reimbursement. I’ve been told I may have to travel from Lincolnton to Gastonia all in the same day so that will make up the difference in pay for me right there.” But Guffey said he was a little nervous about starting his new job. “Sometimes we’ll have to go into people’s homes and ask them some questions,” he explained. “And some of them don’t want us there. I’m not scared or anything, but it can be a little stressful.” Rutherford County census efforts have mainly taken the form of promotion so far. Please see Census, Page 6A

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Buttons carry message for every one By ALLISON FLYNN Daily Courier Staff Writer

FOREST CITY — There were 800 entries this year in the Family Resources Child Abuse Prevention Button Contest, and the 29 finalists were honored Thursday at an event at First Baptist Church in Forest City. Following a presentation of the song

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“Alyssa Lies,” Family Resources Executive Director Sherry Bright took the microphone, telling those in attendance that although she’d listened to the song several times the night before, the emotions of it – which tells of a child killed from child abuse – had gotten to her again. And that child abuse was not happening only at a state or national level. “The harsh reality is its a problem

in Rutherford County,” Bright said. “Rutherford County Law Enforcement and others ... they know Alyssa comes in different races and genders.” But the point of Thursday’s event, she said, wasn’t just to raise awareness of child abuse but to celebrate the fourth Please see Buttons, Page 3A

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Local food guide will be available this May By LARRY DALE Daily Courier Staff Writer

RUTHERFORDTON — A consumer’s guide to locally produced food in Western North Carolina will be available in May. The 2010 Local Food Guide, being published by the Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project, a nonprofit organization, is in its ninth year of publication. It includes at least a dozen Rutherford County producers, as well as operations from neighboring counties. The guide includes sites within 100 miles of Larry Dale/Daily Courier Asheville. Richard and Deborah Davis are shown here outside their Earthperks store on Richard and Deborah Poors Ford Road. The Davises are among the Rutherford County food producers Davis, of Always listed in the 2010 Local Food Guide being published by the Appalachian Sustainable Somethin’ Farm and Agriculture Project. Earthperks, both on

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and stands, farms to visit, bed and breakfast facilities and farm lodging, apple farms, u-pick farms, Community Supported Agriculture (CSAs) and distributors. Other Rutherford County businesses in the ASAP guide include: Edgerton Farms, 4222 Hudlow Road, Rutherfordton; Freeman Farm, 1812 Freemantown Road, Lake Lure; K.W. Gettys Farm, 1126 Gettys Road, Ellenboro; the Lake Lure Market, 2654 Memorial Highway, Lake Lure; Legacy Farm, 330 Jubilee Lane, Rutherfordton; Maple Creek Farm, 2655 Maple Creek Road, Rutherfordton; Mountaintop Farm Center, Chimney Rock; Pilgrim Farm, 625 Pilgrim Road, Ellenboro; Plum Natural Market, 213 Oak St. Extension, Forest City; Rutherford County Farmers’ Market, 260 Fairgrounds Road, Spindale; The Tomato Art Company, 226 Big Rock Drive, Rutherfordton; and Wild Heart Herb Farm, 192 Windy Gap Road, Forest City.

“We grow a variety of stuff, from corn to tomatoes, potatoes, squash. We grow flowers, sunflowers and zinnias. Sweet potatoes, and we’ll get back into the greens in winter. We’ll plant more strawberries and have more Plans are for nearly strawberries next year. 100,000 copies of the “You name it. We grow free guide to be distriba little bit of everything. uted this year, a news Green beans. We have release about the guide to be really diverse for says. our shareholders, so Copies are available they’re not getting a at more than 400 area bag of cucumbers every locations, including groweek, or all tomatoes.” cers, bookstores, librarIn CSAs, people subies, welcome centers, scribe to a share of the tailgate markets, docfarm produce. For the tor’s offices and newsfarmer, it is a way to stands across Western have money for startNorth Carolina. up costs at the end of A searchable online the winter. At Always guide is available at Somethin’ Farm’s CSA, www.buyappalachian. Forest City Daily Courier_Ruth Co People_1.833inx3in the subscription fee org. is $300 for 15 weeks The news release says, worth of produce. “ASAP is helping to rebuild the local econoThe ASAP guide lists my, preserve rural land more than 400 farms, and heritage, encourage along with dozens of sustainable agricultural farmers tailgate marpractices, and increase kets, wineries, grocers, access to fresher, restaurants, caterers healthier food. We work and bakers, farm stores to keep farmers farming, to reconnect people with their food.” Contact Dale via e-mail at ldale@thedigitalcourier. com

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Spreading the word If you’ve visited the Rutherford County Library this month, you’ve probably seen the posterboard with a wealth of information on child abuse. April is Child Abuse Prevention Month, and the posterboard is just one way the Rutherford County Department of Social Services is trying to raise awareness. “Most people don’t realize April is the awareness month,” said DSS Director John Carroll. “The display is one way we can do prevention outreach.” Unfortunately, said Social Work Program Manager Lorie Horne, more of the department’s time is spent helping families in need of services rather than prevention. But even in finding services to help families – such as connecting people to substance abuse counselors – can serve as a way to prevent abuse, Carroll said. The posterboard was put together by Melanie Hunt, child and family team coordinator. The child and family team is a way for DSS workers and families to make a plan to address concerns of the family. Hunt included statistics on child abuse and a quiz with questions such as “What is the single leading cause of death for children ages four and younger?” (The answer is child abuse and neglect.) Hunt said the posterboard also includes information on how child abuse doesn’t just hurt the person who is abused, but society as a whole. “We’re producing adults who are harmful for our environment,” Hunt said, adding that research has showm that a traumatic experience in early childhood can lead to early death. The department sends abuse reporting letters to physicians offices and schools, Carroll said, and typically more instances of abuse are reported as the seasons change. There has been a slight decrease in the number of child abuse reports, Carroll said, but “The nature of the reports are a lot more serious.” “If people report abuse when the suspect it, it may prevent serious abuse,” Carroll said. “No matter how insignificant and no matter how low risk – it has to be treated as serious.” Carroll said it had been two years since a child fatality due to child abuse had occurred in Rutherford County. There have been cases in neighboring counties, though, he said, such as the death of two-year-old Jeremiah Swafford in Cleveland County in 2009. “A very similar thing has probably happened in all 100 counties,” he said. To make a child abuse or neglect report, call 2876165 during regular business hours. On nights, weekends and holidays, dial 911.

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Winners in the 2010 Family Resources Child Abuse Prevention Button Contest were, from left, Makayla Moore, third; Conrad Ruff, first; and Matthew Bailey, second.

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and fifth grade students from around the county who’d entered this year’s contest. The contest began 18 years ago. This year around 1,600 packets were sent to area schools, said Becky Spencer of the Wanda Paul Children’s Center, a division of Family Resources. “Abusers are seldom strangers,” Spencer said. “They are people the children know and trust and need our help.” Spencer explained the purpose of the child abuse response team, saying it is made up not just of those from Family Resources but members of law enforcement. “Some of them are working today on cases,” she said. “These people work hard – they think about and work hard for these Alyssa’s all the time.” Former Family Resources employee Gail Parton told the story of starfish washed up on the beach after a storm, and

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make sure they are protected,” she said. Winners were, by school: Cliffside – Deni Cockerham and Ferrin Jennigs Ellenboro – Brandi Loughlin , Makayla Moore, Dylan Painter and Sam Ryan Forest City-Dunbar – Glenn Earley and Raquel Herrera Forrest Hunt – Arianna Edwards and Diana Newton Harris – Savannah Raoch and Lindsay Ficklin Mount Vernon-Ruth – Matthew Bailey, Lydia McMahan, Conrad Ruff and Oliva Turner Pinnacle – Autumn McEntire and Cindy Whitener Rutherfordton – Destanie Riollano, Taylor Toney and Shakir Twitty Spindale – Neil Higginbotham and Christine Murphy Sunshine – Lexey Lovelace and Garrett Padgett Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy – Mikayla Burleson and Lydia Kercher Trinity – Lauren Flack and Ali Parton

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Our Views No need to rush for ABC change

pponents of privatizing North Carolina’s system for liquor sales can breathe a little easier now, the fight has been delayed but it is not over. An outside firm conducting a financial appraisal of the state’s Alcohol Beverage Control system has put that review on hold pending action on legislation in the upcoming session that may affect the system and the discovery of other issues that limit their work. Gov. Beverly Perdue has indicated that she will not make a recommendation on privatization without the completed financial appraisal. If she sticks to that, the consideration of privatization will await the next legislature. As these debates on the ABC system have progressed, many have risen in opposition to such a change. North Carolina is one of 18 states that exercise direct control over liquor sales. Alcohol opponents like the current system because it does serve in ways to restrict and control access to alcoholic beverages. Local governments like it because it has been a revenue generator. The recent economic crisis prompted the consideration of change in the ABC system because some think privatization could generate more revenue. Thoughts about change gained steam with the discovery of payment of outrageous salaries in New Hanover county and news that a liquor company treated Mecklenburg ABC officials to an extravagant dinner. Still, there is no need to rush on this. The current ABC system has worked well for the state and change, if needed, must be carefully handled.

Medicaid fix not so easy to do RALEIGH – Gov. Beverly Perdue’s words made sense. “North Carolina cannot move forward without fixing Medicaid,” Perdue said as she unveiled a $19.1 billion state budget plan that grows to $20.6 billion when federal stimulus dollars are added in. But North Carolina’s political leaders have used similar words before. The words haven’t stopped Medicaid, the health insurance program for the poor, from eating up an ever-growing slice of the state budget pie. Meanwhile, for all the lip service given to improving public schools, the budget slice served up to K-12 education is declining, and that’s been the case for roughly two decades. Faced with a $3 billion budget gap, Perdue and legislators whacked Medicaid pretty good last year. Even with additional federal dollars, the year-over-year Medicaid budget declined. Perdue and the legislature also agreed to allow no-bid contracts specifically aimed at finding Medicaid savings and reducing fraud. Budgets, though, are one thing. Actual spending is something else. Right now, officials in the Perdue administration expect Medicaid spending to come in $250 million over budget, despite their efforts to cut costs.

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Perdue’s budget plan for the next fiscal year calls for pumping another $430 million into the program. That $430 million represents nearly half of new spending in the proposed budget. Overall spending, though, essentially remains flat. So, it doesn’t take a genius to figure out that, to increase Medicaid spending by $430 million, means to cut somewhere else. With public schools representing about 40 percent of state spending, the where also isn’t hard to figure. In fact, Perdue’s budget would decrease K-12 spending by 2 percent. The reasons for the escalating Medicaid cost is pretty basic: In a down economy, more people become unemployed or underemployed; they lose private health insurance; their declining income levels allow them to qualify for the government-subsidized health care. The cost spiral can become even more insidious. A lot of those folks who become unem-

ployed and lose private health insurance often suffer from a backlog of health complaints that built as they waited to meet eligibility requirements. So, once becoming eligible, more visits to the doctor are often the result. Meanwhile, states don’t set eligibility, meaning their primary way to control cost is to limit services or lower reimbursement rates for doctors and other providers. But as logical as Perdue’s words may be, “fixing” Medicaid isn’t easy because Medicaid is business and Medicaid is jobs. It’s the nursing home owner who donates $1,000 to a politician. It’s the in-home health aide paid $12 an hour to bathe an elderly, sick woman. It’s a doctor living in rural northeastern North Carolina whose patients are mostly poor. It’s the megahospital that has tentacles in 20 counties. It’s the local Wal-Mart with its pharmacy. All depend on the tax dollars flowing through Medicaid. Nearly all resist change that could slow Medicaid’s appetite. A fix for taxpayers would mean something quite different for those who make up the health care economy: a pay cut or unemployment. Mooneyham is executive director of the Capitol Press Association.

Economic growth is a sign of God’s blessings Most anyone will tell you that religion and politics don’t mix. Politics and true religion must mix to see God’s covenantal blessings upon an individual or nation. This truth is disconsolate to the many who want to excise true religion from the body politic. The clarion cry of the political purist is “don’t impose your beliefs on me.” That is exactly what Almighty God wants to happen to the creation; the imposition of Godly principles upon any person or society for its salvation and consequential betterment. God did not come to earth and take human form for His benefit but for ours, His love of His creation was the impetus to take our sins and judgment. Man’s problem is that he wants the covenantal blessings on his terms rather than God’s. Mind you, many suffer from other’s deeds and many unemployed are doing just that. Good folks are hurting because of other’s misdeeds. Immorality in Wall Street, the individual or the church will have a consequence without regard to political affiliation. We are in the enduring throes of economic crisis. I stagger at where the country is headed after the changing

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of the guard in Washington. Economic activity was introduced in the Garden of Eden. Whether you believe that the events in the garden were literal or symbolic, the ultimate truths are there. Remember these words, “in the day you eat thereof, you shall surely die?” After the culmination of rebellion, Adam was told that the earth would only yield its fruit under the toil and sweat of the fallen Adam. In other words, there were economic consequences to the sin and rebellion in the Garden of Eden. We see throughout the Scriptures all kinds of economic consequences to Israel. They were explicitly told, especially in Deuteronomy, the means of blessings. Economic issues were particularly addressed. Notice these in Dt. 28: 1-5, “And it shall come to pass, if thou shall hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all his commandments which I command thee this day,

that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shall hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God. Blessed shall thou be in the city, and blessed shall thou be in the field. Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store.” The country his now headed towards a more Marxist and socialist path, morally and economically. Before you disagree, study both theories and follow them to their respective end. The calls for economic justice and diversity are hoped to be brought about through the mere redistribution of wealth, rather than moral obedience to God’s truth and subsequent blessings. Beware of the Christian socialists. They are those who, under the guise of Christianity, seek to remedy the ills of the world based on purely humanistic principles. One can read the letters to the editor section of The Daily Courier and see it clearly. They often cite Jesus’ words to “feed the poor” and other things we are supposed

to do and should do. But they refuse to declare the biblical command of holding people to a moral standard. God’s blessings come only through obedience to His covenant. You cannot strip away the moral requirements of God’s law and find blessings, anymore than you can violate the drunk-driving laws and not have a negative consequence. Many refuse to agree or even consider that there is a relationship between moral rebellion and the possibility of economic crisis. When secular economists consider the Great Depression and the economic fall of America, they refuse to link the immorality of the Roaring Twenties and the subsequent fall into an economic abyss while Christian authors do. Dr. Gary North, Christian economist writes, “Yet what preceded the Great Depression? The “Roaring Twenties” with its moral debaucheries, its moral rebellion, its erosion of the family, its revolutionary art, its humanism, its ridicule of Christianity. All over the West, the nations turned from God to man as the source of prosperity … man was now on the way to easy street. Man was now king.”

Man does not want to be judged. He seeks to be blessed on his own terms by his own hand. Man wants to be god. He has bought into the lie introduced in the garden. In removing God from the economic equation, man thinks he can still prosper. That is the deception. That is why America and the world stand at the brink of unseen chaos. I believe our arrogance is exceeded only by our rebellion. Moral disobedience is followed by negative sanctions whether we like it or not. Yes, we feed the hungry and clothe the naked, but we also preach the gospel. The gospel carries with it moral responsibility. Nations and leaders who rebel will not be blessed. Many will despise this article, I am afraid, because it seems hard or uncaring. We need to change our thinking. It is not God that needs to change but we. Declaring evil good and good evil is to invite further economic chaos. Adam sinned and suffered economic, as well as other consequences. This is a fact of life. Leaders need to be led by God. We will reap what we sow. Many are sowing their gardens just now. We better get busy sowing good seed into our country.

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This sweet puppy is looking for a good home and available for adoption in kennel 11 at the Rutherford County Animal Shelter on Laurel Hill Drive in Rutherfordton. The shelter’s hours are noon to 4 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. For more information call 287-6025. For the Community Pet Center volunteers office call 287-7738.

Police Notes Sheriff’s Office n The Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office responded to 167 E-911 calls Friday.

Rutherfordton n The Rutherfordton Police Department responded to 38 E-911 calls Friday.

Spindale n The Spindale Police Department responded to 43 E-911 calls Friday.

Lake Lure n The Lake Lure Police Department responded to one E-911 call Friday.

Forest City n The Forest City Police Department responded to 105 E-911 calls Friday.

Arrests n Rycki Katona Allen, 27, of 184 Cornwell St.; charged with possession with intent to sell/deliver marijuana; released on a $10,500 secured bond. (FCPD) n Roy Earl Carson, 34, of 148 Wells Drive; charged with possession with intent to sell/deliver cocaine and sell cocaine and deliver cocaine; released on a $20,000 secured bond. (RCSO) n Constantinoas Michael Tsambounieris, 41, of 106 Merideth Drive; charged with maintain place for controlled substance and liquorconduct on licensed premises; released on a $2,500 unsecured bond. n Christopher Bernard Hall, 44, of 401 Wisconsin St.; charged with liquorconduct on licensed premises, possession with intent to manufacture/sell/deliver schedule II controlled substance and sell schedule II controlled substance; released on a $22,000 secured bond. n Chad Phillip Jarrell, 36, of 212 California St.; charged with liquor-conduct on licensed premises, possession with intent to manufacture/ sell/deliver schedule IV controlled substance, sell schedule IV controlled substance and deliver schedule IV controlled substance; released on a $2,000 secured bond. n Mario Alfonso Vargas, 40, of 147 Wells Spring Church Road; charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and possession with intent to sell/deliver marijuana; placed under a $12,000 secured bond. n Jeffrey Robert Collom, 69, of 2742 N. 226 Hwy.; charged with resisting public officer; released on a $4,000 secured bond. (MCSO) n Jefery Lee James, 39,

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of 108 Shadow Wood Road; charged with conduct on licensed premises and accessory before the fact; released on a written promise to appear. (RCSO) n Tyler Lashad Jackson, 26, of 386 Bob Rollins Road; charged with possession with two counts intent to sell/deliver cocaine and two counts sell or deliver cocaine; placed under a $40,000 secured bond. (RCSO) n Joe Dean Harris, 57, of Gardo’s Motel; charged with misdemeanor probation violation; placed under a $3,000 secured bond. (RCSO) n Jerald Martee Gidney, 17, of 304 Garland St.; charged with contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile; released on a written promise to appear. (RCSO) n James Franklin Hines, 68, of 337 Hardin Road; charged with assault on a female; placed under a 48-hour hold. (RCSO) n David Leon Hollifield, 17, of 230 Nebraska St.; charged with misdemeanor larceny and contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile; released on a $500 secured bond. (SPD) n Joseph Anthony McComas, 25, of 232 Textile Ave.; charged with disorderly conduct; released on a $1,000 secured bond. (FCPD) n Danny Earl McComas, 28, of 232 Textile Ave.; charged with disorderly conduct; released on a $1,000 secured bond. (FCPD)

EMS/Rescue n The Rutherford County EMS responded to 32 E-911 calls Friday. n The Volunteer Life Saving and Rescue, Hickory Nut Gorge EMS and Rutherford County Rescue responded to 11 E-911 calls Friday.

Fire Calls n Cliffside firefighters responded to a motor vehicle collision. n Cherry Mountain firefighters responded to a woods fire. n Forest City firefighters responded to a motor vehicle collision, fire alarm and smoke report.

Officials investigate series of house fires CHARLOTTE (AP) — Investigators say someone set two homes on fire in a North Carolina neighborhood near four previous cases of arson. WCNC-TV reported that the fires set Friday damaged two Charlotte homes that were vacant and the power to the homes had been disconnected before the blazes.

Lloyd Earl Hardin, 87, of White Oak Manor died Friday, April 23, 2010. A native of Rutherford County, he was preceded in death by his parents, Dewey and Edna Gordon Hardin; his wife, Hilda Wall Hardin; and a son, Douglas Earl Hardin. He was a veteran of the Army, serving during World War II, a retired electrician and a member of Victory Baptist Church. He is survived by two sons, Kevin Lloyd Hardin of Rutherfordton and James Russell Hardin of Mobile, Ala.; eight grandchildren; and a number of great and great-great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends today from 5:30 to 6:30 at Victory Baptist Church in Ellenboro. A memorial service will follow with the Rev. Lee Causby officiating. The family will be at 181 Price Road in Forest City. Memorials may be made to Hospice of Rutherford County, P.O. Box 336, Forest City, NC 28043. Crowe’s Mortuary is assisting the Hardin family. Online condolences may be made at www.crowemortuary.com.

Vallie Toney Vallie Toney, 79, of Forest City died Saturday, April 24, 2010, at Rutherford Hospital. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by The Padgett & King Mortuary.

Katherine Goode Katherine Carpenter Goode, 88, of Forest City, died Friday, April 23, 2010, at Hospice. A native of Rutherford County, she was the daughter of the late William Waltes Goode and Louetta Carpenter Goode. She worked briefly for National Carbon Company in Charlotte during World War II. After the war, she worked at Lance Corporation and moved back home where she worked for more than 40 years until her retirement at Stonecutter Mills. She was a member of Mount Vernon Baptist Church. She is survived by three

sisters, Ruth Melton, Mattie Bowers and Lucille Biggerstaff; and a brother, Francis Goode. Graveside services will be today at 2 at Mount Vernon Baptist Church with the Rev. Richard Bass officiating. Memorials may be made to Mount Vernon Baptist Church, 2676 Hudlow Road, Forest City, NC 28043 or Hospice of Rutherford County, P.O. Box 336, Forest City, NC 28043. Crowe’s Mortuary is assisting the Goode family. Online condolences may be made at www.crowemortuary.com.

James “Boyce” Robbins James “Boyce” Robbins, 63, of Forest City died Saturday, April 24, 2010, at the Charles George VA Medical Center in Asheville. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Harrelson Funeral Home.

Charles Campfield Charles “Dude” Campfield, 77, of 164 Old Church St., Mooresboro died Friday, April 23, 2010, at Rutherford Hospital. He was born in Rutherford County, a son of the late Walter “Monk” Campfield and Mattie Smart Campfield. He was a veteran of the Air Force and served his country during the Korean War. He worked in textiles most of his life and retired as a fixer for Burlington Mills. He was a member of Goodes Creek Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife of 55 years, Peggy Jones Campfield; one daughter, Sherry Campfield Hughes of Ellenboro; one son, Steve Campfield Chesnee, S.C.; one brother, J.W. Campfield of Henrietta; seven grandchildren; and eight greatgrandchildren. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Harrelson Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Sam Henderson and Allen Blanton officiating. Burial will follow in the Goode’s Creek Baptist Church Cemetery with military honors being accorded by the Rutherford County Honor Guard. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at the funeral

Rescue workers find body of missing boater MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — The body of a missing South Carolina boater has been found in the Waccamaw River. The Sun News of Myrtle Beach reported Saturday that the Horry County coroner identified the body as that of 34-yearold David Leon Johnson Jr. of Conway. Johnson had fallen into the water Friday afternoon while fishing in a boat with a friend. South Carolina Natural Resources Department Sgt. Mike Prosser said the two men had panicked when their boat ran into a limb with several snakes on it. Velma Frink told the newspaper her cousin Tim Livingston of Charlotte, N.C., had come to the area to visit Johnson. Livingston was taken to a local hospital and Frink said he called relatives to pick him up from the hospital Friday evening. THE DAILY COURIER Published Tuesday through Sunday mornings by Paxton Media Group LLC dba The Daily Courier USPS 204-920 Periodical Postage paid in Forest City, NC. Company Address: 601 Oak St., P.O. Box 1149, Forest City, NC 28043. Phone: (828) 245-6431 Fax: (828) 248-2790 Subscription rates: Single copy, daily 50¢ / Sunday $1.50. Home delivery $11.75 per month, $35.25 for three months, $70.50 for six months, $129 per year. In county rates by mail payable in advance are: $13.38 for one month, $40.14 for three months, $80.27 for six months, $160.54 per year. Outside county: $14.55 for one month, $43.64 for three months, $87.28 for six months, $174.56 per year. College students for school year subscription, $75. The Digital Courier, $6.50 a month for non-subscribers to The Daily Courier. Payment may be made at the website: www.thedigitalcourier. com The Daily Courier is not responsible for advance subscription payments made to carriers, all of who are independent contractors.

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home. Memorial donations are suggested to Hospice of Rutherford County, P.O. Box 336, Forest City, NC 28043. Harrelson Funeral Home is serving the Campfield family. A live webcast of the service and an online guest registry are available at www.harrelsonfuneralhome.com.

Mary Horton Mary Ethel Horton, 81, of 120 Healey Lane, Mooresboro, died Saturday, April 24, 2010, at her residence. A native of Cherokee County (S.C.), she was a daughter of the late John Belton and Maude Hamrick Horton. She was retired from Straight Line Grill in Gaffney and was a member of Camps Creek Baptist Church. She is survived by one brother, James W. Horton of Gaffney; two sisters, Minnie Diamond and Imogene Martin, both of Gaffney; two nephews, a niece and several great nieces and nephews. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 28, at Cleveland Memorial Park with the Rev. Joey Cantrell officiating. Visitation will be held after the service at the graveside. McKinney-Landreth Funeral Home is serving the family. An online guest register is available at www.mckinneylandreth funeralhome.com.

Charles “Dude” Campfield Charles “Dude” Campfield, 77, of 164 Old Church St., Mooresboro, died Friday, April 23, 2010, at Rutherford Hospital, Charles was born on June 14, 1932, in Rutherford County to the late Walter “Monk” Campfield and Mattie Smart Campfield. He was a veteran of the US Air Force and served his country during the Korean War. He worked in textiles most of his life and retired as a fixer for Burlington Mills. He was a member of Goodes Creek Baptist Church and enjoyed fishing and gardening. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one brother, Tom Campfield. Survivors include his wife of 55 years, Peggy Jones Campfield; one daughter, Sherry Campfield Hughes and husband, Charlie, of Ellenboro; one son, Steve Campfield and wife, Kathy, of Chesnee, S.C.; one brother, J.W. Campfield and wife, Virginia, of Henrietta; and sister in-law, Freida Campfield of Henrietta. He is also survived by seven grandchildren, Sgt. Andrew Hughes, Amanda Marshall, Micheal Hughes, Tiffany Hughes, Kellie Haynes, Craig Campfield and Kyra Foster; eight great-grandchildren, Travis Marshall, Kadence Hughes, Katilyn Marshall, Brian Campfield, August Campfield, Zachary Campfield, Ryder Campfield, Aiden Wease; and a special friend, Boyce Henson. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 27, 2010, at the Harrelson Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Sam Henderson and Allen Blanton officiating. Interment will follow in the Goode’s Creek Baptist Church Cemetery with military honors being accorded by the Rutherford County Honor Guard. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. on Monday at the funeral home. Memorial donations are suggested to Hospice of Rutherford County, P.O. Box 336, Forest City, NC 28043. Harrelson Funeral Home is serving the Campfield family. A live webcast of the service and an online guest registry are available at www.harrelsonfuneralhome.com Paid obit

6A — The Sunday Courier, Forest City, NC, Sunday, April 25, 2010

Calendar/Local HEALTHY KIDS DAY

Red Cross The following blood drives are scheduled: April 26 — Red Cross Blood Drive at the Chapter; 2 to 6:30 p.m. House 838 Oakland Road, call 2875916; April 28 — Concord Baptist Church Blood Drive; 3 to 7:30 p.m., contact Kim Jones at 245-6130. April 29 — Union Mills Community Development Center; 2 to 6 p.m., contact Pat Taylor at 245-8554; May 1 — Goodes Creek Baptist Church, Cliffside, 7:30 a.m. to noon, call 245-3513; May 7 — Forest City Fire Department, 186 S. Church St., Forest City, 1 to 6 p.m., call 2452111; May 8 — Cliffside Masonic Lodge, 7:30 a.m. to noon, call 245-7606; May 11 — Harris Elementary School, Forest City, 1:30 to 6 p.m., call 248-2354; May 12 — Rutherford Hospital, 288 S. Ridge Crest Ave., Rutherfordton, noon to 5 p.m., call 286-5338; May 17 — Red Cross Rutherford Chapter, 838 Oakland Road, Forest City, 2 to 6:30 p.m., call at 2875916; May 24 — Spindale United Methodist Church, 3 to 7 p.m., call 245-8554; May 27 — Rutherford County Government, 289 N. Main St., Rutherfordton, noon to 4:30 p.m., call 287-6145; May 31 — Lowe’s, 184 Lowes Blvd., Forest City, 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., call 351-1023; All presenting donors will be entered in a drawing for a chance to win a cruise for two. Classes Babysitting Class: May 1, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Adult/Child & Infant CPR: May 8, 8:30 a.m. Adult CPR: May 10, 6 p.m. Child, Infant CPR: May 11, 6 p.m. First Aid: May 15, 8:30 a.m. Preventing Disease Transmission All classes must be paid in advance. Call 287-5916.

Meetings/other Democrat Club meeting: Monday, April 26, 7 p.m., Democrat Headquarters, West Main St., Forest City. Regular meeting: RutherfordPolk-McDowell District Board of Health; Tuesday, April 27, 7 p.m., Polk County Health Department, 161 Walker St., Columbus. Open to the public. SAR meeting: SAR will hold an educational and training meeting on April 27, at the Old Tryon Genealogy Library, 319 Doggett Road, Forest City. Meeting time 7 p.m. Informative presentation: Spindale Neighborhood Watch Group; Tuesday, April 27, 6:30 p.m.; The Spindale House, 100 W. Main St.; Spindale Presentation (Approximately 45 minutes) “Gang Awareness in Communities” with Starr Barbaro, a member of North Carolina Governor’s Crime Commission; members of local law enforcement agencies will be present.

Miscellaneous Foothills Harvest Outreach Ministries will hold a sale April 26 - May 1. All women’s and men’s slacks 50 percent off. The store is located at 120 E. Trade St., Forest City. Low-cost rabies clinic: Saturday, May 8, noon to 1 p.m.; Thunder Road Animal Hospital; $10 cash, one-year rabies; $12 cash, threeyear rabies; other discounted vaccines available; call 286-0033.

ICC classes Tai Chi Chih: Tuesdays from 6 to 7:30 p.m., April 27 - June 1; gentle moving meditation; anyone can participate regardless of age or physical ability; fee $45; course #17128. Yoga: Tuesdays from 6 to 7:15 p.m., April 29 - June 3; ancient form of exercise for anyone, including seniors who have been active and in general good health; fee $45; course #17117. Introduction to Microsoft Word 2007: Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:30 to 9 p.m., May 13 - June 3; must have basic computer skills; fee $65; course #17116. Introduction to Scuba Diving: Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6 to 9 p.m., May 13-27; classroom and pool instruction; all equipment and supplies provided; see web site for full information; fee $260; course #17239. Beginner Golf Instruction: Mondays from 7 to 8 p.m., May 17 June 28; instructor Golf Pro Denny West; fee $100; course #17198. Summer classes are also listed at www.isothermal.edu/learnstuff. To register for any of the above classes, call 286-363, ext. 346.

Inflatables, informational booths and outdoor fun were all a part of the annual Healthy Kids Day held Saturday at Isothermal Community College. Sponsored by the Rutherford County YMCA, Rutherford County Schools and others, the event stressed the importance of healthy living for children. Booths included the health department and Smart Start as well as KidSenses Children’s InterACTIVE Museum, above. The event was held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the college’s Student Activities Center. Allison Flynn/Daily Courier

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you have itching – like itchy eyes, nose or ears – it’s probably an allergy. Allergies can make you feel tired, but if you have a fever along with the fatigue, it’s probably a cold or an infection. “The only other way to know is that seasonal allergies last weeks and colds usually last three to 14 days,” Bradford said. Allergies don’t cause sinus infections, Bradford said. But they do set you up for infections and can make them more severe. Allergies can be treated by a variety of over-the-counter medications, Bradford said, but don’t be too quick to grab the Benadryl. “If you get a bee sting, then take a Benadryl,” she said. “It’s short acting and tends to make people sleepy.” For allergies, Zyrtec and Claritin help because they contain antihistamines. Histamines are what causes your body to react to allergens, causing the sneezing, itching and inflammation. There are also nasal sprays, but those generally require a prescription. Afrin is a popular over-the-counter nasal spray, but it can cause rebound effects. “They will open you up, but you can get to a point with them where you think you need them to breathe,” Bradford said. “I’d stay away from Advil Sinus unless your allergies cause headaches. Most of the time

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“I’ve been working with about 30 people from all different organizations from business, churches, nonprofits, schools and others to get the word out,” said Kerry Giles, marketing and commercial development director with the Rutherford County Economic Development Commission. “We have not had any funds to use locally, but we’ve been given plenty of promotional items from the census. “We sent toiletry bags to Yokefellow

What to do? If you aren’t sure what is causing your runny nose and sneezing, Rutherford Ear, Nose and Throat Allergy Tech Beverly Bradford said you should visit a doctor to se if you do have a sinus infection or any physiological problems. If you receive the all-clear there, an allergy test is the next step. “For an adult we would use tiny amounts of each allergen and place a bubble under the skin like a mosquito bite,” she said. “If you do not react we increase the dosage. If there is no reaction, you are negative to that allergen.” For children, testing is done using a prick skin prick – drops of common allergens are placed on a plastic device Bradford describes as a “caterpillar.” Light pricks or scratches are then made in the skin and the area is observed for a reaction. they have a Benadryl component to them.” For a non-medicinal approach, Neti pots and saline spray bottles are excellent for congestion and pressure. Those work by rinsing allergens from your sinus and nasal cavities, she said. As far as eating certain foods to ward off allergies – like locally produced honey – there’s really nothing scientific to prove that it works. “Our pollen comes from every-

where,” said Bradford. “The pollen that is on your front porch is probably not from your yard. So it would be difficult to get honey made just from the pollen here. It’s not proven effective.” There are certain herbs you can eat, but Bradford urged exercising caution before doing so, because those could interact with any other medications you are taking. The best way to deal with season allergies is to simply stay away with what triggers them. “There are a lot of little things you can do for avoidance,” Bradford said, such as driving with your car windows up and wearing a mask when you have to do yard work. If you haven’t suffered from seasonal allergies yet, you probably will. Like it or not, Bradford said, we’re genetically set up to develop allergies. “If your mother had allergies, there’s a 30 percent chance you will develop them,” she said. “If your father had allergies, it goes up to around 80 percent you’ll develop them.” According to various sources, Bradford said, about 20 percent of the United States population suffers from allergies. In Rutherford County, however, Bradford said the statistics are probably much higher. “We have a longer growing season and we’re protected in the winter,” she said. “And we have an abundance of grasses and trees, so we get an abundance of airborne things.” Contact Flynn via e-mail at aflynn@thedigitalcourier.com.

Citizens who get their mail at a Post Office Box should call 866872-6868 to request a form by mail or complete the census by phone. Starting next week, enumerators will begin going door to door to check on those who haven’t returned their forms or never received one. and the Grace of God Mission that have census logos on them. I’ve spoken to the human resources departments of various businesses,” Giles said. Some parents had familiar voices reminding them about the census. “The schools have all used their

phone messaging systems to send messages to parents,” Giles said. “I came home one day and Assistant Superintendant Janet Mason had left me a voicemail reminding me to fill out the census and mail it back.” Contact Baughman via e-mail at sbaughman@thedigitalcourier.com.

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The Sunday Courier, Forest City, NC, Sunday, April 25, 2010 — 7A

Business Notes Wilkerson earns professional recognition FOREST CITY – Outstanding client service, ethics and professionalism have elevated Kirk Wilkerson of Forest City to qualify for the exclusive “Top of the Table” of the Million Dollar Round Table – the Premier Association of Financial Professionals.® Wilkerson, a financial professional with AXA Advisors, LLC, is an eight-year MDRT member, a threetime Court Wilkerson of the Table qualifier and a three-time Top of the Table qualifier. Top of the Table status is the highest level of MDRT membership and places Wilkerson among the top professionals in the global life insurance and financial services industry. It recognizes Wilkerson for demonstrating exceptional professional knowledge, client service and ethical conduct. Wilkerson earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Committed to professional education, he has earned Certificate in Retirement Planning and holds the title of Retirement Planning Specialist from the Wharton School of Business. Wilkerson represents AXA Advisors doing business as Covenant Advisory Group.

Three managers join the staff at CRP CHIMNEY ROCK — Chimney Rock at Chimney Rock State Park recently announced the addition of three managers to its associate team. Darla Bartlett joined the park as human resources manager. In this role, Bartlett is responsible for hiring and scheduling associates, training programs, manBartlett agement of the company’s employee benefits program and other personnel matters. Marketing Manager Rob Young comes to the Park from an agency background Young and operated his own marketing consulting firm serving clients like Kellogg’s, Southwest Airlines and Asheville’s own Hatch Festival. He oversees Chimney Graack Rock’s marketing team, media plan, collateral materials, website and promotions and partnerships. Jeff Graack is the group sales manager. He is responsible for booking and servicing a variety of groups including motorcoach, corporate outings, family reunions and educational groups. Prior to joining the Park, Graack spent more than 10 years with the Nashville, Tenn., Convention and Visitors Bureau as tourism/multicultural sales and marketing coordinator.

Rutherford Orthopaedics has expanded its office facility in Rutherfordton and added a new doctor to its staff.

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Rutherford Orthopaedics expands RUTHERFORDTON – Rutherford Hospital Inc. and Rutherford Orthopaedics announce the arrival of Douglas Freels, MD, on April 26. Freels comes to Rutherford County from Pee Dee Orthpaedic Associates, PA, in Florence, S.C., and joins Chip Bond, MD, Mike Roberts, MD and Jason Glover, DPM, at Rutherford Orthopaedics. Board certified by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Freels received his medical degree from the James H. Quillen College of Medicine at East Tennessee State University. He completed a fellowship at the Florida Orthopaedic Institute in Adult Reconstructive Surgery and Arthritis Surgery/Joint Replacement. Freels completed two residencies in orthopaedic surgery – at Bowman Gray/Baptist Hospital Medical

Center in WinstonSalem, and in the Tampa Orthopaedic Program at Tampa General Hospital in Tampa, Fla. He also completed his internship at Bowman Gray. Dr. Freels has been published Dr. Freels in the Journal of Cardiovascular Research and has made numerous presentations around the United States. Freels joins Rutherford Orthopaedics as the practice expands its office facilities at 139 Dr. Henry Norris Drive in Rutherfordton. The addition is expected to be completed mid-summer and will double the office’s existing square footage.

More exam and treatment rooms will be featured along with all-new digital X-ray equipment. Dave Bixler, Rutherford Hospital CEO, said, “In order to more fully serve the growing numbers of patients at Rutherford Orthopedics, the practice is expanding so that appointments can be made more quickly and the coverage of surgeons at the hospital can continue to span 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The demand is great for this practice’s services and the additional space and the arrival of Dr. Freels should allow us to serve this region in a significant way.” The practice is a part of Rutherford Hospital, which is a four-time Top 100 National Hospital as recognized by Thomson Reuters. Rutherford Orthopaedics also serves as the official team doctor for the Forest City Owls Baseball Club.

Merchants do business in new ways An AP Member Exchange By JEN ARONOFF The Charlotte Observer

CHARLOTTE — They came, they saw, they bought: For years, that summed up customer behavior at Traditions, Sharon Garfield’s furniture, home decor and interior design shop. But now? People browse, they haggle, they mull. They consult their friends and families. And then, just maybe, they’ll decide to part with their dollars. Though the tighter sales environment means Garfield is physically working shorter days than she did three years ago, she’s devoting more mental energy than ever to encouraging spending at her 18-year-old business at Park Road Shopping Center. “Sometimes it’s hard, because I run out of ideas,” she says. “You just have to sit and rack your brain continuously for ideas that make people want to come in here.”

She’s tried a lot: Like other retailers, she has added more affordable items, noting that people are more likely to snap up a $20 decorative metal cow than a $600 cocktail table. She’s expanding in jewelry and perhaps handbags, and has bumped the sales floor back into a former warehouse area for what will soon become an area featuring baby items and wedding-appropriate gifts. She wouldn’t have considered selling those items before, simply because she didn’t need to. With help from younger employee Sarah Andrews, an interior designer, the store also set up a Facebook page about six weeks ago and has been reaching out to customers and neighbors more through printed and e-mailed newsletters, too, soliciting ideas on what they might want to see. Because it isn’t a necessity, high-end furniture has been especially hard-hit by the economy. Though Traditions remains profitable, sales last year

were down 25 percent from 2008 which itself was a drop from 2007, the store’s biggest year ever. Sales this year are coming in spurts, Garfield says, but up 30 percent over the same time last year. And she has restored the employee hours she trimmed when the downturn began. Still, Charlotte is suffering more than other cities, she said. Her sister, for instance, owns a shop in Greenville, S.C., that is doing better. But Garfield realizes where her customers used to come from, and where they’ve gone: “Our banking customers just totally dried up,” she said. Even now that most of those who lost jobs have been rehired - others have moved away - priorities have shifted. They would rather keep their kids in private school, she said, than redecorate the house. “When you’re selling and people are liking what they see, it’s easy,” Please see Business, Page 8A

Salon/Spa relocates

Tips to Toes nail salon and day spa has moved to 173 N. Main St., Rutherfordton. The business had been located at another Main Street address. Owners Michelle McClain and Shelley Crocker are nail technicians, as is Ann Moore. Michelle McKinney is an esthetician and AnnaMaria Bowman is a massage and bodywork therapist. The business is open Monday through Saturday. A grand opening celebration is planned from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday. For more information, call 288-7183. Here, McClain works on Bonnie Cherry of Rutherfordton. Larry Dale/Daily Courier

8A — The Sunday Courier, Forest City, NC, Sunday, April 25, 2010

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N.C.. offers deal if e-retailers collect sales taxes RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina tax collectors on Friday urged Internet retailers to begin collecting state sales taxes on products sold online or face a bill for years of taxes due. The state Revenue Department said it would give online retailers through August to sign an agreement to collect and pay taxes on goods sold to North Carolina customers. In return, the state will forgive taxes, penalties or interest for periods before September, and won’t demand data about consumers who bought from the Internet retailer. In a federal lawsuit filed this week in Seattle, where Amazon.com Inc. is headquartered, the online retailer fought back against demands from North Carolina tax collectors to provide the names and addresses of buyers and a description of their purchase. Amazon said complying would harm customers who may have bought controversial books or movies, and could diminish future sales. Amazon asked the federal court to step in because of the possibility other states will make similar demands for customer data.

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In this file photo, packages move along a conveyor system to outgoing truck for final shipment inside the 800,000 sq. ft. Amazon.com warehouse, in Goodyear, Ariz. Online retailer Amazon.com Inc. said Tuesday, April 20, it’s taking a stand for free speech by fighting North Carolina tax authorities hunting for the names and addresses of people who bought about 50 million books, movies and other items since 2003.

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Garfield said. Now, she said, she has to try to figure out why they aren’t buying, and what she can do to change their minds, without changing Traditions’ identity too dramatically. The store still sells items such as a $1,695 solid wood chest of drawers, and a $5,500 kidney-shaped wooden desk. Yet it also sees more customers like the woman who stopped in this week, asking for measurements of a sofa and carefully writing down pricing details.

Shoppers now do more homework and readily ask for discounts, which never happened before, Garfield said. The store does its best to accommodate them, but it is also banking on service and expertise to cement sales.

North Carolina Revenue Secretary Kenneth Lay said the online tax amnesty offer was not tied to the Amazon lawsuit. “We’ve been working on this for a while. It didn’t come out of the blue,” Lay said in an interview. Tax collectors are stepping up efforts to collect a tax on out-of-state purchases many residents do not pay. The $5.5 million in use tax paid by North Carolina income tax filers in 2008 represented less than one-half of 1 percent of the tax revenues collected from transactions. More than a quarter of North Carolina’s budget depends on sales and use tax collections, which have fallen sharply as

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Amazon challenged New York’s 2008 law in court, leaving uncertainty about whether states can collect from Internet sellers while complying with the Supreme Court decision. Despite that, Lay believes some online retailers will choose to buy into the state’s offer. “There may be some who choose to go the litigation route and some will see this in the sense of collaboration and just move forward,” he said. Lay said the state doesn’t know how much it is losing in taxes. His agency pointed to research last year by University of Tennessee researchers that said North Carolina could lose about $162 million in uncollected sales taxes from e-commerce transactions this year, and more than $400 million over the next two years.

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NEW YORK (AP) — When laid-off toy company executive Paul Nawrocki hit the streets of Manhattan wearing a sandwich board and handing out his resume, he became the face of the recession. At the end of 2008, with the giants Garfield says she and her staff of six of Wall Street collapsing and bank — plus Fern, the store’s yellow Lab accounts dwindling, this lone, musta— still have fun. As for whether her chioed job hunter with the sign proefforts are paying off, she said, “I’m claiming he was “almost homeless” still here.” seemed like a mirror of a slumping In 2007, Garfield worked 80 hours nation’s fears and troubles. Nawrocki appeared on CNN and a week just to keep up. “Now, we all was shadowed by South American go home at 6,” she said, laughing. “It has not nearly come back to where it photojournalists. In a handful of was, and I don’t know that it will. But weeks, he gave more than 100 interwe’re doing everything we can to try views in TV studios and on the street. He began to think of his photo get there.”

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consumers rein in spending. It’s not clear how far North Carolina can push its demands from online retailers. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1992 that a state cannot force businesses to collect sales taxes unless they have a physical presence within that state. So North Carolina, New York and Rhode Island passed what have been dubbed “Amazon laws,” which contend that an online retailer is responsible for sales and use tax collections if state residents running their own Web sites posted links driving business to the retailer. These local affiliates link to products on their blogs, promote Web shopping deals and offer coupons. Amazon cut ties to its North Carolina affiliates before the state changed its law last summer. The company also stopped working with affiliates in Rhode Island and Colorado because of collectionenforcement laws passed in those states.

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Goldman Sachs’ e-mails prove to be revealing NEW YORK (AP) — As the U.S. housing turned downward in January 2007, a Goldman Sachs trader wrote in e-mails to a woman he apparently was courting that investments he had sold were “like Frankenstein turning against his own inventor.” “I’m trading a product which a month ago was worth $100 and today is only worth $93,” wrote Fabrice Tourre, who was charged along with the bank in a civil complaint filed this month by the Securities and Exchange Commission. “That doesn’t seem like a lot but when you take into account ... (the investments) are worth billions, well it adds up to a lot of money.” Tourre was talking about investment products like the one at the heart of a federal complaint against his firm. For Tourre, the investments were like an invention gone awry: He had started arranging them when the market was on the upswing. But he continued selling them after the market turned — now with Goldman betting against them, in one case allegedly misleading investors about a deal’s origin. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. released that e-mail and 25 other internal documents Saturday in response to a Senate panel’s release of messages in which Goldman executives boast about money they were making as the market imploded later in 2007. When credit rating agencies downgraded many billions of dollars of mortgage-backed investments in October 2007, Goldman executive Donald Mullen was unabashedly pleased. “Sounds like we will make serious money,” Mullen wrote to Michael Swenson, another executive, in one of the e-mails released by the Senate

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In this April 22 file photo, Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein, left, and company president Gary Cohn, center, attend President Barack Obama’s speech in New York’s Cooper Union college. E-mails released by a Senate committee investigating the financial crisis show top executives at Goldman Sachs Inc. boasting about money the firm was making as the housing market collapsed in 2007.

Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. Goldman has argued vehemently that it did not profit from the mortgage meltdown. Swenson and Tourre, along with Goldman CEO Lloyd Blankfein, will face a public grilling on Capitol Hill Tuesday from the subcommittee. Also this week, the full Senate will take up a proposed overhaul of financial regulation intended to toughen oversight of Wall Street and make the financial system more transparent. Republican leaders oppose the measures. And Goldman has been in the glare of a particularly

unforgiving spotlight since the SEC filed civil fraud charges this month over the investments Tourre was selling and discussing in his e-mail. The SEC alleges Goldman misled two investors — IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG, a German bank, and ACA Management LLC, a U.S. bond insurance company — who bought complex mortgage-related products crafted in part by Paulson & Co., a New York hedge fund led by billionaire John Paulson. Paulson was betting the market would collapse. The SEC says Goldman didn’t tell the investors that Paulson was involved in choosing the investments or that he was

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eral confirmed Friday that he will look into the timing of the charges and possible leaks by the commission. The internal e-mails among Goldman executives were released by subcommittee chair Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich. In a statement, Levin called banks like Goldman “self-interested promoters of risky and complicated financial schemes that helped trigger the crisis.” In a statement Saturday, Goldman spokesman Lucas Van Praag said the bank lost $1.2 billion in the residential mortgage market during 2007 and 2008. “As a firm, we obviously could not have been significantly net short since we lost money in a declining housing market,” Van Praag said in a statement. Van Praag is among the executives who wrote the e-mails the Senate committee released. He said the panel “cherry-picked” four threads out of 20 million pages Goldman provided. “Of course we didn’t dodge the mortgage mess,” CEO Lloyd Blankfein wrote in a message dated Nov. 18, 2007. “We lost money, then made more than we lost because of shorts.” Short positions are bets that the market will go down. When the market went bust, people with short positions cleaned up. Earlier in 2007, Goldman Chief Financial Officer David Viniar showed in one of the e-mail threads that the firm made more than $50 million in one day on bets the housing market would founder. Viniar, also scheduled to testify Tuesday, summed up the contrast between Goldman’s gains and the situation of investors who had not bet against the market: “Tells you what might be happening to people who don’t have the big short.”

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betting they would fail. Goldman has denied wrongdoing and says it will fight the charges. It has said it lost money on the particular deal of Tourre’s that the SEC charges address. The SEC complaint contains excerpts from the same Tourre e-mail chains that Goldman released in full Saturday. The firm’s move puts on full display the personal life of the trader, who had boasted that the market would implode, leaving only him standing. And it does so days before he makes his public debut. “Obviously, the content of the e-mails is highly embarrassing, but we’ve found no evidence of wrongdoing,” Goldman spokesman Samuel Robinson said. Goldman’s relative strength during the financial crisis and the prominence of many former Goldman executives have made the firm a lightning-rod for public anger over Wall Street’s greed and recklessness. Even before the SEC charges were filed, the long-secretive bank was fighting accusations that its bets helped trigger and fuel the financial crisis. Goldman also has become a useful symbol for Democrats in the escalating debate over the financial overhaul. In fact, Republicans charge that Democrats in the Senate and on the SEC are using the public’s anger toward Goldman to build support for their plan. The subcommittee will brief reporters about the Goldman hearing on Monday, the same day the Senate will have its first test vote on the Obama administration’s financial package. The panel is expected to release documents that will be covered Monday evening online and in Tuesday’s papers next to reports on the overhaul vote. The SEC’s inspector gen-

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Nation Today Was it real or a hoax? NEW YORK (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Was it a loversâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; quarrel or a stunt? Jeff Ragsdale attracted media attention this week after he planted himself in a New York City park with a sign that said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was verbally abusive. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sorry, Megan.â&#x20AC;? He told The New York Times he was trying to make up with his 29-year-old girlfriend, Megan Brady. Brady then told the newspaper she was touched by his willingness to humiliate himself. But the newspaper said on its City Room blog Saturday that it was investigating whether the story was a hoax, saying â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are trying to sort it out, but it may take awhile.â&#x20AC;? Ragsdale and Brady are both actors, and Ragsdaleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s MySpace page contains video of him appearing in persona on a number of news programs.

Seventh fire victim dies SEATTLE (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A seventh person has died from injuries from a Washington state oil refinery blast. A nursing supervisor at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle says Matt Gumbel died early Saturday. Gumbel had been in the hospitalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s intensive care unit with serious burns. KOMO-TV reports that Gumbel had undergone skin graft surgery a few hours before his death. An explosive fire at the Tesoro

Corp. refinery engulfed seven workers April 2.

Scouts ordered to pay PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; An Oregon juryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s decision to award a man $18.5 million in punitive damages in his case against the Boy Scouts of America will likely be the first of many financial hits the Scouts will take as it prepares to defend itself against a series of sex abuse lawsuits. The jury on Friday ordered the Scouts to make the payment to Kerry Lewis, the victim of sex abuse by a former assistant Scoutmaster in Portland in the early 1980s. The case was the first of six filed against the Boy Scouts.

Alaska dog honored ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Buddy the German shepherd was hailed Friday as a hero for guiding Alaska State Troopers through winding back roads to a fire at his ownersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; workshop. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Buddy is an untrained dog who for some reason recognized the severity of the situation and acted valiantly in getting help for his family,â&#x20AC;? Col. Audie Holloway, head of the troopers, said Friday. Buddy, whose good deed was caught on a patrol carâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dashcam video, received a stainless steel dog bowl engraved with words of appreciation from troopers.

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Residents of Sea Island Drive on Eagle Lake in Warren County, Miss., sift through the rubble that is left of their homes after a possible tornado ripped through the street Saturday, April 24, 2010, in Warren County, Miss. Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour says a tornado caused â&#x20AC;&#x153;utter obliterationâ&#x20AC;? to parts of a rural Mississippi county.

Six killed as tornadoes strike in Mississippi YAZOO CITY, Miss. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Tornadoes ripped through the Southeast on Saturday, killing six people in Mississippi and injuring more than a dozen others. Mississippi Emergency Management Agency spokesman Greg Flynn said three deaths were reported in Yazoo County and three in Choctaw County in north-central Mississippi. Gov. Haley Barbour told The Associated Press there was â&#x20AC;&#x153;utter obliterationâ&#x20AC;? in parts of Yazoo County, an area where he is from. More than 15 other counties were also damaged. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The effects of these storms have left many Mississippians with destroyed businesses and without homes,â&#x20AC;? Barbour said. The swath of debris forced rescuers to pick up some of the injured on allterrain vehicles after a 3/4-mile wide tornado touched down in at least three counties in the west-central part of the state. Tornadoes were also reported in Louisiana, Arkansas and Alabama, and the severe weather continued to track eastward. In Yazoo City about 40 miles north of Jackson, stunned residents stood on a hill overlooking the destruction. A National Guard helicopter sat nearby, waiting to Barbour on an aerial tour. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sad, man,â&#x20AC;? said 22-year-old Rafael Scott, shaking his head. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really hard to believe it. I heard they found a couple of bodies.â&#x20AC;? Three broken crosses stood near a flattened church, and religious materials were scattered among twisted steel, broken wood and furniture. A nearby funeral home was reduced to rubble. In a patch of woods, pieces of tin were twisted high up in the broken trees. Josh Nicholson, 26, was driving home through the storm with his wife, 1-year-old son and 3-yearold daughter when a power line fell across the road in front their sport utility vehicle. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There was nowhere we could go,â&#x20AC;? he said. Nicholson and his wife took the children out of their car seats and they all huddled in the back of the vehicle. All of the sudden, Nicholson said, the vehicle spun around and a tree clipped part of the truck where the 3-year-old had been sitting. Luckily, nobody was hurt. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was scary,â&#x20AC;? Nicholson said. Downed power lines and trees blocked roads, and at least four people had been brought by four-wheeler to a triage center at an old discount store parking lot, Yazoo City Mayor McArthur Straughter said as sirens

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Forecasters anticipate severe weather in N.C. GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The National Weather Service says the western Carolinas will see some of the severe thunderstorms that have been moving across the deep South. Forecasters said the storms will move into the central and southwestern mountains of North Carolina and South Carolinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Upstate region late Saturday and could produce tornadoes. The storms will continue to be dangerous as the line of storms passes across both states overnight and into Sunday morning. The National Weather Service said several tornadoes were reported in Mississippi with damage to dozens of homes. In Tennessee, hail and heavy downpours caused marathon runners to take cover in Nashville and power outages in Memphis. whined in the background. Yazoo County had about 28,000 residents during the last Census count a decade ago. The area is known for its picturesque hills rising abruptly from the Mississippi Delta and features rows of crops, catfish ponds, rivers and bayous. Jim Pollard, a spokesman for American Medical Response ambulance service, said two patients from Yazoo County were airlifted to the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. More than a dozen people were treated for cuts, bruises and broken bones in Yazoo City, said Laura Henderson, who works at the hospital there. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are fully staffed and ready to take anything that comes in here to the best of our ability,â&#x20AC;? she said, adding that hospital staffers had also been sent to help at a triage center. Houston Astros pitcher Roy Oswalt, who pitched on Friday, was returning to Mississippi after a tornado damaged his parentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; home in Weir, Miss., which was farther west of Yazoo City. Willie M. Horton, 78, said he hunkered down in the hallway of his house in Holmes County, Miss. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everything is down. A lot of trees. Big trees,â&#x20AC;? Horton said. He said his sister-in-lawâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s house nearby was damaged, and a nephewâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mobile home was carried away by the storm. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My cousin â&#x20AC;&#x201D; half his barn is gone,â&#x20AC;? Horton said.

Two charged in flag change RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Authorities say two native Canadians will be charged with burying a U.S. flag flown in the California desert to honor 9/11 victims and replacing it with Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s flag to celebrate an Olympic hockey victory. Riverside County district attorneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s spokesman John Hall said Friday that 25-year-old Ryan Smith of Bermuda Dunes and 26-year-old Matt Seifert of Palm Desert will be charged with misdemeanor vandalism and flag desecration.

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To The Voters of Rutherford County from Paul McIntosh: During this Primary election there has been a lot of information circulated about Rutherford County government and finances that is simply NOT TRUE. Here are some facts about Rutherford County finances and government for the past seven years that I am proud of accomplishing: • Established Zero Based Budget process. • Reduced tax rate from .66 to .62 (2003). • Reduced tax rate from .62 to .61 (2006). • Reduced tax rate from .61 to .53 (2007). • Improved County tax rate from 36th lowest to 22nd lowest in the State. • Increased County Fund Balance Available for Appropriation (savings account) from $7.3 M (2003) to $13.3 M in 2009. • Reduced County budget by over $6.6 million in last three years. • Expanded EMS services to Bill’s Creek and Bostic areas. More expansion to come in the southern part of the County. • Expanded Broadband services to all County schools, libraries, EMS and fire stations. • Completed construction of the Rutherford 74 Industrial Park. • Established the Recreation, Cultural and Heritage Department to preserve the County’s vast historical archives and recreation facilities. • Enhanced the long term building fund to pay for the future building needs of the County. • Provided funding for additional road and other officers in the Sheriff’s Department and implemented the E-911 Emergency Medical Dispatch system. • Sponsored 31 business expansions or re-locations through the EDC Department. • Expanded airport facilities allowing for more aircraft registrations and private hangar development in the County. • Increased school funding to provide for the most modern technology available for the classroom. • Completed construction on Sunshine, Ellenboro, Rutherfordton, Spindale Elementary, and REaCH Schools. And expanded Dunbar, Harris and Chase Schools.

ALL WHILE REDUCING TAXES!! For more information about the truth in Rutherford County finances go to my web site: www.votepaulmcintosh.info and click on the “Learn More” header. This is an important election for our County and you should have the correct information when making your decisions at the Polls.

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Bombings raise specter of new Shiite militia BAGHDAD (AP) — In offering to help Iraqi security forces to fight insurgents after a wave of deadly bombings in the capital, an anti-American Shiite cleric is sending a clear signal to the government: If you don’t protect us, we’ll protect ourselves. Muqtada al-Sadr’s statement raised the fearful specter that he might be considering reactivating his once-powerful militia known as the Mahdi Army, a move that would play into al-Qaida in Iraq’s efforts to spark sectarian war. Al-Sadr’s aides, however, insisted on Saturday that the cleric wasn’t threatening to send armed men onto the streets but was offering to help the government forces, who have been widely criticized for failing to protect the people as U.S. troops pull back. The move comes as al-Sadr seeks to consolidate political power among Iraq’s Shiites after a strong showing by his followers in March 7 parliamentary elections. The cleric, a staunch opponent of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, has emerged as a power broker who could play a key role in deciding the country’s next leader.

An Israeli soldier and police officer scuffle with peace activist during a protest by Palestinians and peace activists against the closure of Shuhada Street to Palestinians and the Jewish settlements in Hebron in the West Bank city of Hebron Saturday. Associated Press

Abbas pushes Obama on peace

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas called on President Barack Obama on Saturday to impose a Mideast peace deal, reflecting growing frustration with what Palestinians see as Washington’s failure to wrangle concessions out of Israel’s hardHours after bombs targeting Shiite mosques line government. around Baghdad killed dozens of worshippers on In an unusually blunt appeal, Friday, al-Sadr urged his followers to remain calm and to do nothing to prompt U.S. forces to remain Abbas said that if Obama believes Palestinian statehood in Iraq any longer than their planned withdrawal is a vital U.S. interest, then deadline at the end of 2011. the American leader must take But he added that he was prepared to provide forceful steps to bring it about. “hundreds of believers” to join the Iraqi army and “Since you, Mr. President police to defend “their shrines, mosques, prayers, and you, the members of the markets, houses and their towns.” American administration, He did not directly mention the Mahdi Army, which fought pitched battles with American forces believe in this, it is your duty and was blamed in some of the country’s worst sec- to call for the steps in order to tarian bloodshed before it was routed by U.S.-Iraqi reach the solution and impose the solution — impose it,” Abbas offensives in 2008. Senior al-Sadr aide Hazim al-Araji said Saturday said in a speech to leaders of his Fatah movement. that the cleric wants to “integrate the believers, “But don’t tell me it’s a vital and here I mean Mahdi Army people, in the secunational strategic American rity forces through official ways.” interest ... and then not do anySadrist lawmaker Hakim al-Zamili also emphathing,” he added. sized that al-Sadr’s statement was not meant to Abbas spoke a day after supplant the Iraqi military. meeting with Obama’s special “This cooperation does not mean that Mahdi Mideast envoy, George Mitchell, army would go back with arms to the streets or participating in any violent act. It is only a call for who has tried in vain for more than a year to bring Israelis and cooperation with the army and police,” he said. Palestinians back to the negotiating table. Abbas says there’s no An Iraqi government spokesman did not return point in holding talks as long as calls seeking comment Saturday. But al-Maliki’s Israel keeps building settlements senior aide Ali al-Adeeb expressed doubt that the on Palestinian-claimed land and government would accept al-Sadr’s offer. “The government might ask the help of individual refuses to discuss the fate of east Jerusalem, the sector of the city citizens, not from armed groups,” al-Adeeb said.

Palestinians claim as a future capital. Mitchell is expected to hold talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday, their second meeting in three days. However, there was no sign of a breakthrough in this round. The U.S. has proposed socalled proximity talks, in which Mitchell would shuttle between the two sides, in hopes of ending the stalemate and paving the way for direct negotiations. However, the Palestinians say they won’t engage unless Israel promises not to start new housing projects in east Jerusalem. Netanyahu reiterated earlier this week that he will not freeze construction in the city. The issue of settlement expansion has emerged as a major point of contention between Israel and the Obama administration. Israel has resisted U.S. demands for a comprehensive freeze, instead agreeing only to slow construction in the West Bank, but not east Jerusalem. Tensions flared in March when Israel announced plans for 1,600 new homes for Jews in east Jerusalem. The announcement, which came during a visit by U.S. Vice President Joe, enraged U.S. officials. Washington’s failure to get Israel to comply with a settlement freeze — one of the Jewish

state’s obligations under a U.S.backed peace plan first introduced in 2003 — has frustrated the Palestinians. Israelis and Palestinians have negotiated for nearly two decades, with the U.S. acting as a broker. The outlines of a deal were sketched out a decade ago, by then-U.S. President Bill Clinton, but the two sides never came close to a final agreement. Under the Clinton plan, the Palestinians would establish a state in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem — the areas Israel occupied in the 1967 Mideast War. Border modifications would enable Israel to annex large West Bank settlements and Jewish neighborhoods in east Jerusalem. Israel would swap some of its territory to compensate the Palestinians for the annexed areas. The traditional U.S. position has been to act as a mediator, while treating Israel and the Palestinians as equal partners who in the end must make their own decisions. Critics have said this approach does not take into account the imbalance of power — that Palestinians live under Israeli military occupation. Earlier this month, The Washington Post quoted Obama administration officials as saying the president is considering proposing a new American peace plan for the Mideast.

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In Loving Memory

Off The Wall Scott Bowers

God don’t like ugly (but He loves you)

I was lost. It was 2 a.m., and I was standing somewhere in Brooklyn, N.Y. A young, African-American man approached me with a shoebox in his hands, just outside of the train station. “Would you like to buy an AIDS ribbon,” he asked. “I’ll buy the whole box if you can help me find my way,” I replied. We walked along making small talk about New York City streets, trains, maps and why he was selling AIDS ribbons. He had lost a brother to the disease. This was the only thing he knew to do to honor the memory of his brother. We stopped after three or four blocks and he pointed to the street I wanted. I took three or four steps in that direction and turned back around to thank him. He was gone. It was like he vanished off the face of the Earth. No footsteps, no sound — just gone. I have never forgotten it. In 2006, I watched Devin Price play baseball. A year later, Kevin Carver covered a game for me and returned to say we had to ‘keep an eye on the Price kid.’ Less than a year later, Price was gone. Just gone. Price’s grandmother, Lula told me a story of Devin breaking up a fight one afternoon at RS Middle. Two young ladies were upset about something or another (probably a boy), and were looking for an old-fashioned way of settling the dispute. The story goes that Devin walked up to the two young ladies and said, “God don’t like ugly.” The two young ladies separated. No punches thrown. And there in lies the wisdom of a child. We can choose to make our world beautiful, or we can choose ugly. God don’t like ugly. Next Saturday, hundreds of young baseball players will gather and play a game that I personally believe is one of the most beautiful games ever created. The money raised will benefit those in our community that need it most right now. The elderly and our children. We struggle to understand why children are taken; why they pass so soon. Maybe, in this case, Devin left to remind us all that when we are lost, there is a way forward. There is a light to guide. It may be a man with a box of ribbons, or a young man who liked to smash home runs. Or, it may be those left behind, touched by grief, that gather and make beauty from the sadness. The ladies of the Rutherfordton Women’s League are to be commended for their hard work in creating a lasting legacy for a young man, who touched so many. Clausen comes to town: The NFL Draft sometimes requires a little bit of luck. The Panthers used theirs up for the next decade. Having Notre Dame QB Jimmy Clausen fall to them is a like winning the Powerball. Now, I don’t like the pick of Armanti Edwards in the 3rd; not when the Panthers gave up a 2nd round pick in 2011. But, if Edwards will put on some weight he may just make for a solid kick returner and a hometown favorite.

Devin Price, left, passed away in March, 2008. His life touched many in our community. The 2nd Annual Devin Price Memorial Baseball Tournament will be held next weekend at three ball parks in the county, Contributed Photo

Price’s legacy impacts community By SCOTT BOWERS Daily Courier Sports Editor

FOREST CITY — Next Saturday, at three baseball fields across the county, hundreds of young baseball players will gather to honor and remember one of their own. The 2nd Annual Devin Price Memorial Baseball Tournament will bring in baseball teams from the USSSA with the proceeds raised going to two worthy causes. The games will be played at Crestview Park, RS Middle School and R-S Central High School. Last year, the two-day tourney raised a staggering $15,000 for the Devin Price Scholarship Fund. This year, funds will be divided between The Communities in Schools Back Pack Program and the Rutherford Life Care Center. The tournament is run by the Rutherfordton Women’s League and the success has made Devin’s grandmother, Lula Price proud and a little wistful.

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A young unidentified fan holds a sign at one of Devin Price’s baseball games Please see Price, Page 4B instructing the third baseman to hit the ball a great distance.

Panthers draft 2 QBs, Edwards By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer

had a key bucket down the stretch and backup center Marcin Gortat hit two free throws with 12 seconds left to put it away. Stephen Jackson scored 19 points, but was 6 of 18 from the field and missed a key 3-pointer in the final minute for the Bobcats. For the third straight game, Howard played about half the game, finishing with 13 points, eight rebounds and seven blocks, but the Magic can clinch a spot

CHARLOTTE — So much for the idea that Matt Moore had an unquestioned hold on the Carolina Panthers’ starting quarterback job. The franchise that has been reluctant to use any pick — let alone a high one — on a quarterback under general manager Marty Hurney and coach John Fox took Notre Dame’s Jimmy Clausen in the second round of the NFL draft. Saturday the Panthers drafted Cincinnati’s Tony Pike with one of four sixthround selections. The additions of Clausen and Pike not only add depth at the position, but they could push Moore for playing time sooner rather than later. “It certainly had nothing to do with Matt and Hunter” Cantwell, Hurney said Saturday after the draft. “You can’t say enough about how strongly we feel about those two guys. We just got into a draft where surprisingly ... we got to the second round and the sixth round where the board just dictated that, ’Hey, this is the pick. This is the best player to take.”’ Taking Clausen was the highlight of the weekend for the Panthers, who didn’t have a first-round pick yet saw a player

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Orlando Magic’s Jameer Nelson (14) passes the ball around Charlotte Bobcats’ Raymond Felton (20) during the second half of the Magic’s 90-86 win in Game 3 of a first round NBA playoff basketball game in Charlotte, Saturday. Associated Press

Magic take 3-0 lead with win CHARLOTTE — With their superstar center stuck on the bench again, the Orlando Magic showed the depth, grit and experience of a championship contender. Jameer Nelson scored 32 points and the Magic overcame Dwight Howard’s continuing foul trouble and a loud, towel-waving crowd in Charlotte’s return to the playoff stage to beat the Bobcats 90-86 on Saturday, taking a commanding 3-0 lead in their first-round series. Howard played only 26 minutes and fouled out with 3:32 left. But Nelson

2B — The Sunday Courier, Forest City, NC, Sunday, April 25, 2010

sports Conley reaches the sea

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Jacob Conley, a sports reporter for the Daily Courier, reached the sea on Saturday. Conley rode the 180-miles from Charlotte to Mrytle Beach on a hand-cycle as part of the Cycle to the Sea event for ASAP. “I feel really good about making it, but I am very tired,” said Conley. “I’m in a beautiful condo here in Myrtle Beach and I’m just going to relax the rest of the weekend.” Conley reported that the 40-plus riders had raised over $40,000 with the three-day ride to the ocean. Conley was also named the ASAP Rookie Rider, an award given to first time riders in the event.

Baseball Burns 11, Chase 1

LAWNDALE — In a late report from Friday, Burns defeated Chase, 11-1, in a rule-shortened five innings. The Trojans fall to 4-5 in conference play with the loss and 7-9 overall.

SAC Tourney in rain delay

FOREST CITY — Two of the three games of the South Atlantic Conference tournament at McNair Field scheduled for Saturday have been postponed due to rain. Play will resume Sunday morning at 9 a.m., with Carson-Newman facing Mars Hill, and will continue until a champion is crowned. Adult tickets are $6 while youth and student tickets are $3. In the early game Saturday, Lincoln Memorial eliminated Tusculum 5-1. The Railsplitters will take on Catawba in the second game Sunday, estimated to start at 12:45 pm. Carson-Newman plays Mars Hill in an elimination game at 9 a.m.

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in the second round with a victory here in Game 4 Monday. The cold-shooting Bobcats, meanwhile, face the prospect of a first-round sweep in their first playoff appearance. Charlotte hadn’t hosted a playoff game since the Hornets’ last year here in 2002 before bolting for New Orleans. But with excited owner Michael Jordan squirming in his seat and relaying pointers to players from the end of Charlotte’s bench, the 6-year-old Bobcats wilted in a tight fourth quarter despite the biggest crowd in franchise history. Nelson’s floater in the lane with 1:32 left put Orlando ahead 85-82. After an empty possession for each team, Raymond Felton’s driving layup with 52 seconds left cut the lead to one. Nelson then missed a contested layup, giving Charlotte the ball with 31 seconds left. But Jackson was badly short on a straightaway 3-point attempt. Vince Carter hit two free throws at the other end, Felton missed a shot in the lane, and Gortat then hit 3-of-4 free throws to put it away. Howard fouled out after picking up his last two fouls in 11 seconds. The first came after he tangled with Tyson Chandler in the post on the offensive end, the second when he tried to contest Felton’s driving layup. Felton’s ensuing free throw put Charlotte ahead 80-79. The Bobcats immediately went small, putting in an extra guard, but Rashard Lewis responded with two strong drives to the hoop and four free throws to put Orlando ahead for good. Lewis added 14 points for Orlando. Gerald Wallace scored 13 points on 4-of-12 shooting for Charlotte. Felton also scored 13, but shot 5 of 14 and again couldn’t contain Nelson. The crowd was giddy when Howard had three fouls — and a technical to boot from referee Joe Crawford — with 10:40 left in the first half after getting called for an offensive foul tangling with Chandler in the post. It didn’t matter early with Nelson dominating. As in his 32-point effort in Game 1, Nelson constantly beat Felton off the dribble for easy layups when he wasn’t hitting 3-pointers. His four-point play that included the sight of Felton flailing away in attempt to grab him, gave Orlando a 29-27 lead after the first quarter. But with Howard on the bench, the Bobcats built a 41-33 second-quarter lead on the strength of two 3-pointers from Larry Hughes, who was 2 of 7 from the field in the series. Nelson got hot again in the third quarter in Orlando’s 11-0 spurt to retake the lead. But Howard was called for his fourth foul with 3:40 left in the third quarter.

Scoreboard PREP SPORTS Patton E. Rutherford R-S Central Chase Burns Shelby Freedom

BASEBALL Conf. W L 8 1 7 1 5 4 4 5 3 5 2 6 1 8

W 16 16 9 7 5 5 3

R-S Central Chase E. Rutherford Burns Patton Freedom Shelby

SOFTBALL Conf. W L 8 1 7 2 6 2 3 5 3 6 3 6 0 8

W 12 11 7 6 8 6 4

GIRL’S SOCCER Conf. W L T W Burns 7 0 1 11 Shelby 5 0 3 10 Patton 6 1 2 9 R-S Central 6 3 0 8 E. Rutherford 1 6 1 1 Freedom 1 8 0 11 Chase 0 8 1 2

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L 1 3 6 7 9 13 11

All L 3 2 4 4 9 0 11

T 2 3 3 0 1 4 1

BASEBALL National League East Division W L Pct 10 6 .625 9 7 .563 9 9 .500 9 9 .500 8 9 .471 Central Division W L Pct St. Louis 10 6 .625 Milwaukee 8 8 .500 Pittsburgh 7 9 .438 Chicago 7 10 .412 Cincinnati 7 11 .389 Houston 6 10 .375 West Division W L Pct San Diego 11 6 .647 San Francisco 9 7 .563 Colorado 8 8 .500 Los Angeles 8 9 .471 Arizona 7 9 .438 Philadelphia Florida New York Washington Atlanta

GB — 1 2 2 2 1/2 GB — 2 3 3 1/2 4 4 GB — 1 1/2 2 1/2 3 3 1/2

Friday’s Games Washington 5, L.A. Dodgers 1 N.Y. Mets 5, Atlanta 2 San Diego 10, Cincinnati 4 Houston 4, Pittsburgh 3 Chicago Cubs 8, Milwaukee 1 Florida at Colorado, ppd., rain Arizona 7, Philadelphia 4 San Francisco 4, St. Louis 1 Saturday’s Games L.A. Dodgers 4, Washington 3, 13 innings N.Y. Mets 3, Atlanta 1 San Diego 5, Cincinnati 0 Florida 4, Colorado 1, 1st game Houston 5, Pittsburgh 2 Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee, late Philadelphia at Arizona, late Florida at Colorado, late, 2nd game St. Louis at San Francisco, late Sunday’s Games San Diego (Richard 0-2) at Cincinnati (H.Bailey 0-1), 1:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Billingsley 1-0) at Washington (Olsen 0-1), 1:35 p.m. Pittsburgh (Morton 0-3) at Houston (Myers 0-1), 2:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs (R.Wells 1-0) at Milwaukee (Bush 1-0), 2:10 p.m. St. Louis (Penny 2-0) at San Francisco (Cain 0-0), 4:05 p.m. Philadelphia (K.Kendrick 0-0) at Arizona (R.Lopez 1-0), 4:10 p.m. Florida (Volstad 1-1) at Colorado (De La Rosa 2-1), 5:05 p.m. Atlanta (Hanson 1-1) at N.Y. Mets (Pelfrey 3-0), 8:05 p.m. Monday’s Games L.A. Dodgers at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m. San Diego at Florida, 7:10 p.m. Washington at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m. Pittsburgh at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m. Atlanta at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m. Arizona at Colorado, 8:40 p.m. Philadelphia at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.

(G.Gonzalez 1-1), 4:05 p.m. Monday’s Games Boston at Toronto, 7:10 p.m. Detroit at Texas, 8:05 p.m. Seattle at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m. Cleveland at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association Playoff Glance FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7) (x-if necessary) EASTERN CONFERENCE Cleveland 2, Chicago 1 Saturday, April 17: Cleveland 96, Chicago 83 Monday, April 19: Cleveland 112, Chicago 102 Thursday, April 22: Chicago 108, Cleveland 106 Sunday, April 25: Cleveland at Chicago, 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 27: Chicago at Cleveland, 7, 8 or 8:30 p.m. x-Thursday, April 29: Cleveland at Chicago, TBA x-Saturday, May 1: Chicago at Cleveland, TBA Orlando 3, Charlotte 0 Sunday, April 18: Orlando 98, Charlotte 89 Wednesday, April 21: Orlando 92, Charlotte 77 Saturday, April 24: Orlando 90, Charlotte 86 Monday, April 26: Orlando at Charlotte, 8 p.m. x-Wednesday, April 28: Charlotte at Orlando, 8 p.m. x-Friday, April 30: Orlando at Charlotte, TBA x-Sunday, May 2: Charlotte at Orlando, TBA Atlanta 2, Milwaukee 1 Saturday, April 17: Atlanta 102, Milwaukee 92 Tuesday, April 20: Atlanta 96, Milwaukee 86 Saturday, April 24: Milwaukee 107, Atlanta 89 Monday, April 26: Atlanta at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m. x-Wednesday, April 28: Milwaukee at Atlanta, 7:30 or 8 p.m. x-Friday, April 30: Atlanta at Milwaukee, TBA x-Sunday, May 2: Milwaukee at Atlanta, TBA Boston 3, Miami 0 Saturday, April 17: Boston 85, Miami 76 Tuesday, April 20: Boston 106, Miami 77 Friday, April 23: Boston 100, Miami 98 Sunday, April 25: Boston at Miami, 1 p.m. x-Tuesday, April 27: Miami at Boston, 6, 7 or 8 p.m. x-Thursday, April 29: Boston at Miami, TBA x-Saturday, May 1: Miami at Boston, TBA WESTERN CONFERENCE L.A. Lakers 2, Oklahoma City 1 Sunday, April 18: L.A. Lakers 87, Oklahoma City 79 Tuesday, April 20: L.A. Lakers 95, Oklahoma City 92 Thursday, April 22: Oklahoma City 101, L.A. Lakers 96 Saturday, April 24: L.A. Lakers at Oklahoma City, late Tuesday, April 27: Oklahoma City at L.A. Lakers, 9 or 10:30 p.m. x-Friday, April 30: L.A. Lakers at Oklahoma City, TBA x-Sunday, May 2: Oklahoma City at L.A. Lakers, TBA San Antonio 2, Dallas 1 Sunday, April 18: Dallas 100, San Antonio 94 Wednesday, April 21: San Antonio 102, Dallas 88 Friday, April 23: San Antonio 94, Dallas 90 Sunday, April 25: Dallas at San Antonio, 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 27: San Antonio at Dallas, 8, 8:30 or 9:30 p.m. x-Thursday, April 29: Dallas at San Antonio, TBA x-Saturday, May 1: San Antonio at Dallas, TBA Phoenix 2, Portland 2 Sunday, April 18: Portland 105, Phoenix 100 Tuesday, April 20: Phoenix 119, Portland 90 Thursday, April 22: Phoenix 108, Portland 89 Saturday, April 24: Portland 96, Phoenix 87 Monday, April 26: Portland at Phoenix, 10:30 p.m. Thursday, April 29: Phoenix at Portland, TBA x-Saturday, May 1: Portland at Phoenix, TBA Utah 2, Denver 1 Saturday, April 17: Denver 126, Utah 113 Monday, April 19: Utah 114, Denver 111 Friday, April 23: Utah 105, Denver 93 Sunday, April 25: Denver at Utah, 9:30 p.m. x-Wednesday, April 28: Utah at Denver, 9 or 10:30 p.m. x-Friday, April 30: Denver at Utah, TBA x-Sunday, May 2: Utah at Denver, TBA

FOOTBALL 2010 NFL Team-by-Team Draft (Teams of local interest)

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

East Division W L Pct 12 5 .706 12 5 .706 10 7 .588 7 10 .412 2 15 .118 Central Division W L Pct 12 5 .706 9 8 .529 8 9 .471 7 11 .389 6 10 .375 West Division W L Pct 11 8 .579 9 9 .500 9 10 .474 7 9 .438

GB — — 2 5 10 GB — 3 4 5 1/2 5 1/2 GB — 1 1/2 2 2 1/2

Friday’s Games Boston 4, Baltimore 3 Toronto 6, Tampa Bay 5 Texas 5, Detroit 4 Minnesota 8, Kansas City 3 Chicago White Sox 7, Seattle 6 Oakland 10, Cleveland 0 L.A. Angels 6, N.Y. Yankees 4 Saturday’s Games Cleveland 6, Oakland 1 N.Y. Yankees 7, L.A. Angels 1 Chicago White Sox 5, Seattle 4 Tampa Bay 9, Toronto 3 Baltimore at Boston, late Minnesota at Kansas City, late Detroit at Texas, late Sunday’s Games Baltimore (D.Hernandez 0-3) at Boston (Wakefield 0-1), 1:35 p.m. Toronto (Morrow 1-1) at Tampa Bay (Price 2-1), 1:40 p.m. Seattle (J.Vargas 2-1) at Chicago White Sox (Danks 2-0), 2:05 p.m. Minnesota (Slowey 2-1) at Kansas City (Bannister 0-1), 2:10 p.m. Detroit (Porcello 1-1) at Texas (C.Lewis 2-0), 3:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Vazquez 1-2) at L.A. Angels (Kazmir 1-1), 3:35 p.m. Cleveland (Masterson 0-2) at Oakland

2 3 3 4 6 6 6 6 7 7 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 4 6 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 5 5 6 6 7 1 4 6 7 7 7

Carolina (48) Jimmy Clausen, qb, Notre Dame. (78) Brandon LaFell, wr, LSU. (89) Armanti Edwards, wr, Appalachian State. (124) Eric Norwood, de, South Carolina. (175) Greg Hardy, de, Mississippi. (198) David Gettis, wr, Baylor. (202) Jordan Pugh, db, Texas A&M. (204) Tony Pike, qb, Cincinnati. (223) R.J. Stanford, db, Utah. (249) Robert McClain, db, Connecticut. Chicago (75) Major Wright, db, Florida. (109) Corey Wootton, de, Northwestern. (141) Joshua Moore, db, Kansas State. (181) Dan Lefevour, qb, Central Michigan. (218) J’Marcus Webb, ot, West Texas A&M. Dallas (24) Dez Bryant, wr, Oklahoma State. (55) Sean Lee, lb, Penn State. (126) Akwasi Owusu-Ansah, db, Indiana, Pa. (179) Sam Young, ot, Notre Dame. (196) Jamar Wall, db, Texas Tech. (234) Sean Lissemore, dt, William & Mary. Pittsburgh (18) Maurkice Pouncey, c, Florida. (52) Jason Worilds, lb, Virginia Tech. (82) Emmanuel Sanders, wr, SMU. (116) Thaddeus Gibson, lb, Ohio State. (151) Chris Scott, ot, Tennessee. (164) Crezdon Butler, db, Clemson. (166) Stevenson Sylvester, lb, Utah. (188) Jonathan Dwyer, rb, Georgia Tech. (195) Antonio Brown, wr, Central Michigan. (242) Doug Worthington, de, Ohio State. Washington (4) Trent Williams, ot, Oklahoma. (103) Perry Riley, lb, LSU. (174) Dennis Morris, te, Louisiana Tech. (219) Terrence Austin, wr, UCLA. (229) Erik Cook, c, New Mexico. (231) Selvish Capers, ot, West Virginia.

HOCKEY National Hockey League Playoff Glance FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7)

(x-if necessary) EASTERN CONFERENCE Washington 3, Montreal 2 Thursday, April 15: Montreal 3, Washington 2, OT Saturday, April 17: Washington 6, Montreal 5, OT Monday, April 19: Washington 5, Montreal 1 Wednesday, April 21: Washington 6, Montreal 3 Friday, April 23: Montreal 2, Washington 1 Monday, April 26: Washington at Montreal, 7 p.m. x-Wednesday, April 28: Montreal at Washington, TBA Philadelphia 4, New Jersey 1 Wednesday, April 14: Philadelphia 2, New Jersey 1 Friday, April 16: New Jersey 5, Philadelphia 3 Sunday, April 18: Philadelphia 3, New Jersey 2, OT Tuesday, April 20: Philadelphia 4, New Jersey 1 Thursday, April 22: Philadelphia 3, New Jersey 0 Boston 3, Buffalo 2 Thursday, April 15: Buffalo 2, Boston 1 Saturday, April 17: Boston 5, Buffalo 3 Monday, April 19: Boston 2, Buffalo 1 Wednesday, April 21: Boston 3, Buffalo 2, 2OT Friday, April 23: Buffalo 4, Boston 1 Monday, April 26: Buffalo at Boston, 7 p.m. x-Wednesday, April 28: Boston at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Pittsburgh 4, Ottawa 2 Wednesday, April 14: Ottawa 5, Pittsburgh 4 Friday, April 16: Pittsburgh 2, Ottawa 1 Sunday, April 18: Pittsburgh 4, Ottawa 2 Tuesday, April 20: Pittsburgh 7, Ottawa 4 Thursday, April 22: Ottawa 4, Pittsburgh 3, 3OT Saturday, April 24: Pittsburgh 4, Ottawa 3, OT WESTERN CONFERENCE San Jose 3, Colorado 2 Wednesday, April 14: Colorado 2, San Jose 1 Friday, April 16: San Jose 6, Colorado 5, OT Sunday, April 18: Colorado 1, San Jose 0, OT Tuesday, April 20: San Jose 2, Colorado 1, OT Thursday, April 22: San Jose 5, Colorado 0 Saturday, April 24: San Jose at Colorado, late x-Monday, April 26: Colorado at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Chicago 3, Nashville 2 Friday, April 16: Nashville 4, Chicago 1 Sunday, April 18: Chicago 2, Nashville 0 Tuesday, April 20: Nashville 4, Chicago 1 Thursday, April 22: Chicago 3, Nashville 0 Saturday, April 24: Chicago 5, Nashville 4, OT Monday, April 26: Chicago at Nashville, 9 p.m. x-Wednesday, April 28: Nashville at Chicago, TBA Vancouver 3, Los Angeles 2 Thursday, April 15: Vancouver 3, Los Angeles 2, OT Saturday, April 17: Los Angeles 3, Vancouver 2, OT Monday, April 19: Los Angeles 5, Vancouver 3 Wednesday, April 21: Vancouver 6, Los Angeles 4 Friday, April 23: Vancouver 7, Los Angeles 2 Sunday, April 25: Vancouver at Los Angeles, 9 p.m. x-Tuesday, April 27: Los Angeles at Vancouver, TBA Detroit 3, Phoenix 2 Wednesday, April 14: Phoenix 3, Detroit 2 Friday, April 16: Detroit 7, Phoenix 4 Sunday, April 18: Phoenix 4, Detroit 2 Tuesday, April 20: Detroit 3, Phoenix 0 Friday, April 23: Detroit 4, Phoenix 1 Sunday, April 25: Phoenix at Detroit, 2 p.m. x-Tuesday, April 27: Detroit at Phoenix, TBA

TELEVISION 12 p.m. (WHNS) NASCAR Racing Sprint Cup: Aaron’s 499. 1 p.m. (WBTV) (WSPA) PGA Tour Golf Champions: Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf, Final Round. (WSOC) (WLOS) NBA Basketball First-Round Playoff. (ESPN2) Spanish Primera Division Soccer. (FSS) Women’s College Lacrosse ACC Tournament, Final. 2 p.m. (WYFF) NHL Hockey Phoenix Coyotes at Detroit Red Wings. Western Conference Quarterfinal, game 6. (TBS) MLB Baseball Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee Brewers. (TS) College Softball Auburn at Mississippi. (WGN-A) MLB Baseball Seattle Mariners at Chicago White Sox. 3 p.m. (WBTV) (WSPA) PGA Tour Golf Zurich Classic of New Orleans, Final Round. (ESPN) College Softball Missouri at Texas A&M. 3:30 p.m. (WSOC) (WLOS) NBA Basketball First-Round Playoff. (FSS) College Lacrosse ACC Tournament, Final. 7 p.m. (TNT) NBA Basketball First-Round Playoff. 8 p.m. (ESPN) MLB Baseball Atlanta Braves at New York Mets. . 9:30 p.m. (TNT) NBA Basketball First-Round Playoff.

TRANSACTIONS Saturday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES—Recalled INF/OF Rhyne Hughes from Norfolk (IL). Optioned INF Justin Turner to Norfolk. BOSTON RED SOX—Acquired OF Jonathan Van Every from Pittsburgh for a player to be named. Optioned OF Josh Reddick to Pawtucket (IL). Designated RHP Santo Luis for assignment. LOS ANGELES ANGELS—Placed C Bobby Wilson on the 15-day DL. Recalled C Ryan Budde from Salt Lake (PCL). MINNESOTA TWINS—Recalled INF Luke Hughes from Rochester (IL). National League CHICAGO CUBS—Activated LHP Ted Lilly from the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Jeff Samardzija to Iowa (PCL). FOOTBALL National Football League ATLANTA FALCONS—Re-signed TB Jerious Norwood and P Michael Koenen. NEW YORK JETS—Released G Alan Faneca. HOCKEY National Hockey League NHL—Rescinded the instigator penalty and automatic one-game suspension of Boston D Zdeno Chara at the conclusion of Friday’s game against Buffalo. CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS—Recalled G Corey Crawford from Rockford (AHL). VANCOUVER CANUCKS—Recalled D Lawrence Nycholat from Manitoba (AHL). COLLEGE MICHIGAN—Named Bacari Alexander men’s assistant basketball coach. OHIO STATE—Named Mark Osiecki men’s ice hockey coach. TEMPLE—Announced junior F Lavoy Allen will enter the NBA draft.

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Braves woes continue; fall to Mets

NEW YORK (AP) — For nearly a year, the Mets had been streaking — straight out of contention. Now, following a 4-8 start, they’ve evened their record for the first time since the opening week of the season. Jason Bay hit a tying double in the sixth inning, Jeff Francoeur doubled in the go-ahead run with a drive off the 415-foot sign in the seventh and the Mets finally got to Jair Jurrjens in a 3-1 victory over the reeling Atlanta Braves on Saturday. “.500 is nothing to throw a party about, by any means,” Francoeur said. “It’s a stepping stone.” New York (9-9) took advantage of brain-locked baserunning by Yunel Escobar to improve to 5-1 on a 10-game homestand. Starting with last weekend’s 20-inning victory at St. Louis, the Mets have won six of eight. They’re on just their third threegame winning streak since May. “For the most part this season, we’ve played good baseball,” New York manager Jerry Manuel Associated Press said. “We didn’t have much to show for it, but we were in a lot Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Joel Pineiro of games.” throws to the New York Yankees in the first inning of a It was a costly loss for the baseball game in Anaheim, Calif., Saturday. Braves. Playing on his 38th birthday, Chipper Jones injured his right hip on his first swing. He took a pair of called third strikes and was removed after 2 1/2 innings. Jones feared he will be sidelined for a few games. “I’ve never had that happen before, in football or anything,” he said. “It still hurts after I’ve ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Andy Pettitte threw had ice and everything.” eight sharp innings, Robinson Cano had four hits, and Nick Swisher and No. 9 hitter Francisco Atlanta has lost four straight, Cervelli each drove in two runs for the New York its steepest skid since dropping Yankees in a 7-1 victory over the Los Angeles its final six last year. The Braves Angels on Saturday. ran themselves out of an inning Pettitte (3-0) allowed six hits, struck out eight in the fifth. and walked none. The two-time All-Star gave up With runners on second and his only run on Torii Hunter’s sacrifice fly in the third and one out, Troy Glaus sixth. lined to Francoeur in the gap Joel Pineiro (2-2) worked six innings and allowed in right-center. Escobar failed six runs, two more than he gave up in 20 1-3 to tag up at third and Martin innings over his first three starts. The Yankees got Prado, who had replaced Jones, 11 of their 14 hits against the right-hander. tagged up at second. Whoops! “Everybody was really dumbWhite Sox 5, Mariners 4 founded,” David Ross said. CHICAGO (AP) — Alex Rios hit a game-ending Not thinking he would have two-run homer in the ninth after Paul Konerko a play at the plate, Francoeur homered, and the White Sox overcame a controverthrew to third. Prado got sial call that led to two runs in the in the top half trapped in a rundown and was of the inning to beat Seattle. tagged out quickly, failing to give White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen was ejected Escobar time to score. after questioning the call. Given where the ball was hit, Braves manager Bobby Indians 6, Athletics 1 Cox couldn’t understand what Escobar was — or wasn’t — OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Mark Grudzielanek thinking. hit a tiebreaking RBI single with two outs in the “I’ve seen that on line drives, eighth inning and Fausto Carmona had another but never in the gap like that,” stellar outing for Cleveland. he said. Carmona (3-0) scattered seven hits over 7 1-3 Mets shortstop Jose Reyes innings and struck out four while lowering his also appeared to lose track of ERA to 2.96.

Yankees thump Angels, 7-1

Panthers Continued from Page 1B

many projected as a high first-rounder slide to them at No. 48. But the selection of Pike, who led Cincinnati to the Sugar Bowl last season, bucked tradition most. Consider, the Panthers had picked only two quarterbacks in eight drafts under Hurney and Fox: Fifth-rounder Randy Fasani out of Stanford in 2002 and fourth-rounder Stefan LeFors out of Louisville in 2005. Fasani threw 44 passes for the Panthers, while LeFors never even had an attempt. Moore is a former undrafted free agent with just eight career starts, though he led the Panthers to a 4-1 finish after taking over as the starter for an injured Jake Delhomme. The Panthers later cut Delhomme and didn’t re-sign Josh McCown and A.J. Feeley, leaving only Moore and Cantwell — a rookie free agent who didn’t play a down. Fox said drafting Clausen was “a slam dunk” once he slid, while

Hurney said Pike was rated significantly higher by the Panthers than a sixth-rounder. “I’m a firm believer that competition in positions brings the best out of guys,” Fox said, “and Edwards we’ve definitely got that going on. ... We’re just trying to improve our football team in areas where we think we need some depth and we need some competition.” Pike sounded excited by the opportunity to compete at a now-crowded spot. “Nothing’s ever given to you and as a quarterback, it’s not the most popular guy, but the guy that’s going to come in and work,” Pike said. “Whether it’s Matt Moore or Hunter Cantwell or Jimmy Clausen or myself, it’s going to be a good competition.” Carolina also addressed pressing needs at receiver by pick-

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the outs, throwing home in an attempt for Escobar — which would have been the fourth out. “We’ve been our own worst enemy,” Jones said. Escobar wouldn’t discuss the game, throwing his jersey and pants into his locker. “I guess he didn’t know how many outs there were,” Jurrjens said. “It was just a mental mistake.” With the score 1-all in the seventh, Jurrjens (0-2) walked hothitting rookie Ike Davis leading off and Francoeur sent the next pitch to the deepest part of the ballpark in right-center. He took third on the futile throw home and scored on Henry Blanco’s sacrifice fly. Manny Acosta (1-0) won in relief of a wild Jonathon Niese, Acosta’s first major league win since beating the Mets for Atlanta last July 16. Reyes made a leaping backhand catch of pinch-hitter Brian McCann’s liner to end the eighth with two on, and Francisco Rodriguez pitched the ninth for his third save in four chances. Niese walked five in laboring through 5 1-3 innings in 116 pitches but allowing just five hits. Atlanta loaded the bases in

ing both LSU’s Brandon LaFell and Appalachian State’s Armanti Edwards in the third round, then grabbed Baylor’s David Gettis in the sixth. The Panthers are hoping the 6-foot2 1/2, 206-pound LaFell, a big and physical receiver, can fill the No. 2 spot opposite Steve Smith and block downfield for running backs De’Angelo Williams and Jonathan Stewart. Edwards was a college quarterback who is a projected receiver and returner, while Hurney said Gettis (6-3, 217) has size and big-play ability. “It’s a great opportunity,” LaFell said at a news conference with Edwards here Saturday. “At the same time, you can’t just throw me in front of the guys that’s already here. I’ve got to go through minicamp. I’ve got to go through training camp and I’ve got to prove myself.” Carolina also bolstered its defense with South Carolina linebacker Eric Norwood (fourth round), Mississippi defensive end Greg Hardy (sixth), Texas A&M defensive back Jordan

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“It’s bittersweet,” said Price. “I am so proud of him and I know how happy he would be knowing that good things are being done. But, I saw the cable commercial advertising the tournament and it made me a little sad. “It’s a hurt that just never goes away.” In March, 2008, Price was rushed to Missions Hospital in Asheville. He had suffered from an undetected congenital heart condition and on St. Patrick’s Day he slipped away. Price was 13. “We were at the hospital, in the waiting room at Missions, and it was packed with teammates, friends, family, friends of friends and parents of the friends of friends,” said Kim Corbett, a family friend and one of the tournament organizers. “Everyone wanted to help, but no one knew how.” The elder Price was astounded by the impact her grandson had on so many. “We had a thousand programs printed for his funeral and we ran out. We needed about another four hundred more,” said Price. The shocking and sudden loss of a grandson and friend to hundreds was a time for intense grief. But, God don’t like out of that grief came ugly. —Devin Price a mission — a mission that would have brought a bright smile to Devin’s face. Lula Price quickly established a scholarship fund in Devin’s name and at a 2009 meeting of the Rutherfordton Women’s League, Devin became the topic of conversation. The first annual Devin Price Memorial Baseball Tournament was quickly assembled and with teams from across the south an amazing $15,000 was raised for the scholarship fund. Now, the women’s group and Price’s grandmother have turned their attention to two causes that were close to Devin’s heart

TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — The Daytona 500 will have an improved look. Daytona International Speedway will be repaved for the second time in history after a pothole on the track during this year’s Daytona 500 forced two delays that totaled more than two hours during the Feb. 14 race. The repaving project will begin immediately after the July 3 Sprint Cup race, with completion targeted for Jan. 1, 2011. “We owe it to the fans to do this now,” track president Robin Braig said on Saturday. The original plan was to repave the track in 2012. Braig said the resurfacing was accelerated because they couldn’t risk a similar situation next February. Braig said a concrete patch was poured in the area where a significant pothole developed and he was confident the July race would run without any disruption. Nationwide Series cars will test there in May. “We fixed the one area that was under stress and we fixed that properly,” he said. “It’s just not worth risking it. We may as well do it now and get it over with so we don’t have to hold our breath at every race.” The International Speedway Corporation’s team of engineers and asphalt specialists conducted an evaluation of the track, and the board of directors decided last week to go ahead with the repaving. Daytona International Speedway’s entire 2.5-mile tri-oval will be repaved as well as the skid pads, apron and pit road. Braig said drivers endorsed the fix. “It is kind of getting past it’s prime, I think,” Dale Earnhardt Jr. said. “The sooner we get a new surface down that can get some weather on it, the quicker we will get to the kind of race track that everybody wants. It is one of the most popular and important tracks on our circuit. I’m glad to see it get a facelift.” The track opened in 1959 and was repaved in 1978. Fans who renew their 2011 Daytona 500 tickets will receive a portion of Daytona’s track surface.

READY TO RUMBLE? No wonder Jeff Gordon was sporting those dark shades this weekend at Talladega. “Did you guys hear about the fight we got into?” Hendrick Motorsports teammate Jimmie Johnson said. “Man, we got into a hell of a fight. Caught him good with a right hook.” OK, the four-time Cup champions didn’t really rumble even though they tangled on the track last week at Texas Motor Speedway. Gordon and Johnson insist there are no hard feelings after they got into a public Contributed Photo tiff last week after some aggressive driving and critical comments Devin Price, batting, watches a ball sail low of the strike zone during a of each other over the radio. 2007 baseball game. Gordon and Johnson both said they patched up their differences hits can be donated on for $25 — children and helping the and chalked it up to two drivers and the levels increase all the elderly. Johnson competing hard for a win. way to Grand Slams at a $150 “He would be so thrilled to “We’ve raced hard for years. I donation. help,” said Price. “To feed chiljust never had a car that could keep up with him,” Those interesting in donatdren, that would have just Gordon said. “We’ve got that this year. In a way, I ing money are urged to contact touched his heart so much. He hope we see more of it. We don’t want to be bumpwas always so sensitive to things Vickie Thompson at (828) 289ing and banging, but I do want to be changing 0894 or Kim Corbett at (828) like that. positions with him for the lead and swapping those 447-6293. “There are just so many young positions.” “I can’t express how much this children, who go home and go Gordon won the last of his four championships in young man impacted my life,” hungry. And, at the same time, 2001 — the pre-Chase era. Johnson has made hissaid Corbett. “In these tough we have an elderly community tory by winning the last four Cup titles. Gordon, economic times, it’s great to see that needs assistance — their who owns a piece of Johnson’s team, just hasn’t groups working hard to give families need assistance with been able to catch up to the No. 48 car. back. We have had donations care. I think that Devin would That’s turned the teammates into rivals — just from something as small as cool- not bitter ones. be pleased.” ers or bags of ice, or even a few “There’s no doubt that there’s a rivalry,” Gordon packs of hot dog buns. So many The Communities in Schools said. “I think people talk about rivalries in this loved Devin” Back Pack Program is a nonsport all the time, and they think that it has to Devin touched many with his profit group that ensures that come from another organization.” bright smile, kind eyes and a needy children have food for the Johnson said the pair have had disagreements passion for life and baseball. weekend. Back packs are filled before, they just haven’t been so public. The athletic third baseman was on Fridays with non-perishable a natural on the field and at the food items. On Mondays, chilAIRBORNE CARS: Carl Edwards can’t forplate. He is most often rememdren return with the back packs get the feeling of sailing airborne up the track ber by friends and family for his and into the safety fence last year at Talladega to have them filled for the folfavorite phrase, “God don’t like lowing weekend. Superspeedway. His spectacular last-lap accident ugly.” The Rutherford Life Care showered the stands with debris. One of those Price, who played for the Center is an adult day care facilinjured fans, Blake Bobbitt, was hospitalized. FireDogs in USSSA baseball, ity that allows primary caregivBobbitt will attend Sunday’s race — in a safer was loved by all who came in ers of an elderly family member locale — as part of a courageous fan program contact with the hard-hitting, to get an often much-needed started by Edwards and his sponsor. third baseman. rest, or to allow the caregiver to “Blake Bobbitt is an amazing person,” Edwards Teams from the USSSA will attend to other responsibilities. said. “The thing that makes me able to kind of Money will be raise in a variety range from 8- to 16-years old accept what happened there, and not really think and all will be playing for Devin. about it, is how great Blake is and how underof means over the two-day tournament, but the Rutherfordton standing she is about the whole situation.” Women’s League has set up an Contact at sbowers@thedigitalcourier.com unique donation format. 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SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Everyone wants to know Tom Watson’s secret to playing superior golf at 60. Here it is: competition. “That’s all it takes,” Watson says. Maybe those questioners should quit asking and pay attention. Watson, well past the PGA Tour’s cut line, has continued to hang with the game’s much younger stars at the biggest events. Watson lost a chance at his sixth British Open title last July, falling in a playoff to 36-year-old Stewart Cink. Earlier this month, Watson opened the Masters with a 5-under 67, one off the lead held by his Champions Tour colleague, Fred Couples. Watson chalks up the strong play to the fields he and Couples face each week in the 50-and-over set.

“That’s what I’ve said about the reason I’m still out there and have done well in some of the kids’ major championships,” Watson said. “I still have the ability, the opportunity to compete.” He and Couples, 50, both plan to continue testing themselves against the game’s best players. Watson, a seven-time major champion, accepted an exemption into the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach, site of his stirring win over Jack Nicklaus in 1982, when he famously chipped in from the rough at No. 17 to take the victory. It is Watson’s first U.S. Open since 2003 — and another chance to surprise those who think the 50-andover set should settle into weekend games at the club. Couples, like Watson taking part

in the Legends of Golf, sure doesn’t think so. He’s playing on the PGA Tour the next two weeks at the Quail Hollow Championship and The Players Championship. Couples stayed in the Masters mix halfway through Sunday’s final round and eventually finished tied for sixth at Augusta National. “I think if I am swinging good,” Couples said, “there’s a lot of places I can still do well.” For Couples, his stops on the PGA Tour mean he’ll play seven straight events — something he hadn’t done since 1992, when he won the Masters. “I want to see if I can play with the younger guys,” Couples said. “But not that much.” Couples has enjoyed the camaraderie and more laid-back nature he’s

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found so far on the Champions Tour, something that’s long appealed to golf stars turning 50 who want to keep their careers going. “It’s less pressure,” said Tom Kite, who won the 1992 U.S. Open. “That’s what the Champions Tour is.” Couples has also given his new tour a boost with his hot start, including three victories and a second place in five individual Champions Tour events. He may show up at a few more PGA Tour stops this season. “But next year will be strictly on the Champions Tour,” Couples said. If he’s anything like Watson, that will keep Couples’ game sharp as ever. He’s averaged close to 300 yards off the tee this week and, along with partner Jay Haas, gone 6-under on Savannah Harbor Golf Resort’s par 5s.

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You’re going to have to get early up early in the morning next Saturday to catch all the things happening in Rutherford County. In fact, if you’re trying to plan your month, don’t leave town, or you’re going to miss out on some big events. There are more things to do than ever before, including lots of free events, and some admission price events, you do not want to miss. By the way, with just four days into May, cast your ballots in the Primary Election. If you want to beat the crowd, you have all week and Saturday, May 1, to vote early at the Board of Elections office on Fairground Road. And the last week end of May is the official beginning of the vacation season, and festivities include a four-day arts and crafts festival at the Lake Lure arcade sponsored by Shepherd’s Care. May includes events for children, the young and old, dogs, goats, bicycle riders, walkers and runners, farmers and musicians, photographers and hikers. A talent show will allow the wannabees a time at the microphone toward the end of the month with proceeds benefiting victims of brain tumors. For the romantics, The Lettermen will be in concert and if you’re a Frankie Valli fan, there’s a concert for you, both at The Foundaiton. The Rutherford County Symphony will present its spring concert May 2 under the director of Wilbert Kimple of Spartanburg, S.C. Folks will have an opportunity to hear the final Southern Gospel concert of the season, sponsored by Carolina Gospel Association and for hard metal bands, there’s a concert Saturday at the Owl’s Nest. “Miss Julia’s” Ann B. Ross will be back at Fireside with her latest, “Miss Julia Renews Her Vows.” And while folks are out getting ready for Mother’s Day, a bunch of other mothers and friends will help build a Habitat for Humanity home. If purses are your forte, Family Resources has its annual fundraising event on Thursday, May 13. In Lake Lure on May 8, get ready for a taste of Asian food and watch dragon boats compete again in the third annual event. Farmers are about ready to tailgate as spring crops are beginning to come in. Support your local farmer, by all means. For big fun and tons of encouragement, check out the senior citizens’ center on May 14 for the closing ceremony of the Senior Games. Whether they are throwing a softball, dancing, golfing, pitching a horseshoe or shooting pool, these seniors mean business when it comes to “moving around.” And back to May 1, the festival in downtown Rutherfordton, could be the biggest ever. During the day there will be events, food and vendor booths all along Main Street and points beyond. And by the way, recent tourism numbers show $134 million was brought to Rutherford County by tourists in industry that employs about 1,190 people. So stick around in May and call your touristy-type friends.

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Children’s events are a big part of May Fest in Rutherfordton, which falls this year on Saturday, May 1. KidSenses typically hosts events, as do other vendors.

The Main event Rutherfordton’s May Fest set for first Saturday By JEAN GORDON Daily Courier Staff Writer

RUTHERFORDTON — When the town of Rutherfordton closes its Main Street Saturday, May 1, for one of the town’s largest festivals, there will be plenty of activities on tap in and around town. The day-long downtown festival sponsored by Rutherford Town Revitalization will include 125 vendors, food court, live music, dance and karate exhibitions and children’s activities. The day’s events also includes Gears & Gables, a bicycle ride to benefit Rutherford Housing Partnership; a 5K and 1-mile Fun Run hosted by Kevin Dinga, R-S Central senior, to benefit Habitat for Humanity and Life Care. And the Devin Price Memorial Baseball tournament hosted by the Rutherfordton Women’s League, will be played at three basketball fields. In the court yard of The Firehouse Inn, West First and North Washington Streets, a birdhouse competition will be held and everyone is invited to bring handmade birdhouses for display and judging. Prizes will be awarded, said coordinator Kitty McCammon. Anyone interested in the competition is asked to call The Firehouse Inn at 286-9030 to register.

There is no fee to exhibit. Gears and gables begins at 8 a.m. and includes a 30 mile ride, 65 miles, 100 miles and 127 miles. Proceeds will help renovate and repairs homes for low-income homeowners. Dinga’s sponsored Fun Run is his senior project, and money raised during the Hammer Times 5K and Fun Run will benefit Habitat for Humanity and Rutherford Town Revitalization. Downtown Rutherford Town Revitalization is expecting huge crowds for the annual event with vendors lining the streets of Rutherfordton with arts, crafts and educational information and many other things. Food vendors will have provides foods of all varieties with some food vendors traveling from Virginia for the event. Live music begins at 11 a.m. and will be featured throughout the day on the courthouse lawn and on West Second Street. A children’s play activity area with inflatables will be available. Bands will include Tater Family &

The Traveling Circus, Tyler Dodson and the Cherry Mountain Boys, Mountain Still and David Via. A beer garden will be set up on West Second Street serving from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Beer will be served only in the garden area. Contact Gordon via e-mail at jgordon@thedigitalcourier.com.

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The 2010 Lure of the Dragon boat races begin at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, May 8 in Lake Lure. The event also includes an AsianAmerican culture festival.

Dragon event will feature smaller boats LAKE LURE — The Third Annual Dragon Boat Race and Festival will be held Saturday, May 8, in Lake Lure at Morse Park. The 2010 festival will be the only race in the United States featuring exclusively the new 30-foot, 10-paddler small boats. A team captain’s meeting is at 8 a.m. and the opening ceremony begins at 8:30 a.m. Events conclude at 6 p.m. Last year’s “Lure of the Dragons” festival attracted 18 teams, 224 paddlers and 2,000-plus spectators. The races begin at the mouth of the Rocky Broad River at the Lake Lure Morse Park. The races will match up to 34 corporate and community teams against each other in an all-day, friendly competition for Division and Overall Champion. Opportunities will abound for prizes and honorable recognition, including: Highest Pledges Raised by an Individual, Highest Pledges Raised by a Team. Each team races in two qualifying heats to determine where they

place. Teams race in a final division based on average times of the first two heats. The first-place team in the final race will be the overall champion. There will be lots of racing fun for all teams. An Asian-American and Southern culture festival featuring Southern and Asian-style food, Egg Roll Eating Contest, local crafters, music, dance, and for the kids, a gigantic inflatable playground, will be held at Morse Park. The event is a fundraiser for local children and the 2010 beneficiaries are: Camp Lurecrest, ARC of Rutherford/Polk Counties, Friends of Mountains Branch Library and Western NC Down Syndrome Alliance, all non-profit programs that improve the quality of life for children and youth of a four-county region. There is no admission cost and parking is also free. The event will be held rain or shine.

FOREST CITY — The 2010 Leadership Rutherford Class is sponsoring a Leader of the Pack 5k Walk/ Run and 1 Mile Fun Run, Saturday, May 15, beginning at McNair Field. The 1 Mile Fun Run will begin at 7:45 a.m. 5K Run/Walk will begin at 8 a.m. Pre-registration prior to May 8, 5K Run/Walk — $20; 1 Mile Fun Run— $10; Registrations must be dropped off or post marked prior to May 8. Race day registration: 6:30 a.m, to 7:30 a.m,; 5KRun/Walk —$25; 1 Mile Fun Run—$15; Awards: Top Overall Male and Female, Top Masters, Top male and female in nine different age ranges. More information can be received from the class website: Leaderofthepack5k.embarqspace.com The 2010 Leadership Rutherford class is “running on a weekend so children can eat on weekends,” said class member Michelle Whitaker. The race will benefit Communities In Schools of Rutherford County with its most recent effort in the Spindale Elementary School Backpack Food Program. For many children, the breakfast and lunch they are served at school each day are the only substantial meals they are assured of getting each week. With the help of a CISRC Site Coordinator, children who are at risk of not receiving meals are supplied with enough food to sustain them over the weekend, Whitaker explained. The program serves nearly 40 children per week. Funding is in place to assure that the program will continue for the remainder of this school year.

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Eric Gold assists his daughters Megan, 8, (left) and Mara, 5, at Food Lion, Rutherfordton, Tuesday night as the store hosted Mt. Ruth Elementary School for Family Math Night. The program transformed the grocery store into a live classroom, giving families opportunity to work together, applying math skills in a fun and friendly environment. The program catered to K-5th grade students. Each student and parent received a math worksheet based on the student’s grade level, which helped them apply math skills to real-world activities, such as grocery shopping. Each family worked together to complete the worksheet. About 70 children participated.

Tourism Development Authority member Sally Lesher apologized to fellow board members at the business meeting Thursday for missing a couple recent meetings. “I’ve been out and about, being a tourist,” she said of her travels with husband Don Lesher.

Spindale Commissioner Tommy Hardin and others were discussing the age old parking problem on Main Street during the town’s regular meeting Monday night, when Hardin commented, “Maybe we shouldn’t be concerned if business owners aren’t concerned.”

Walkers Jason and Julie Winn (top) with their children Anna Grace and Brantley, joined Rutherford Hospital’s Walk for Babies team last Saturday. The fundraising for March for Babies continues through May 31 and awards will be One Chimney Rock resident presented in June. District assisting with the 19-mile yard sale Attorney Brad Greenway on Saturday said if it was successful, (right), chairman of the maybe they’d try a county-wide yard March for Babies, also sale next year. walked in the annual event last Saturday. Five-monthold Cade Hunnicutt, held by his mother Maria Car show: Classic & Custom Hunnicutt (below), was Car, Truck and Motorcycle among the babies attendShow; Saturday, May 1, during Saturday. Cade is also ing the MayFestival in downtown son of Todd Hunnicutt. Rutherfordton, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; the They live in Bostic. Presented by Courtside Steaks and Volunteers have raised Fine Line Auto Works; registration $34,000 to help every at Courtside Eatery, 9 a.m. to noon; baby in Rutherford County fee $15; judging 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.; get a healthy start, and awards presentation 3 p.m.; for furteams are continuing to work toward the $55,000 ther details, call 286-3348. goal.

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local College News Presbyterian College will confer degrees May 8 CLINTON, SC — Presbyterian College will confer degrees during the spring commencement service on May 8, at West Plaza, Clinton. William Erwin Baker, son of Dr. Erwin R. and Sally Davis Baker of Baker Chapin, S.C., will be among those awarded degrees. Baker graduates magna cum laude with a bachelor of arts degree in English with an emphasis in creative writing. He is the grandson of Caroline Davis and the late Bill Davis of Rutherfordton.

UNCC chancellor’s, dean’s and graduate’s lists

CHARLOTTE — The University of North Carolina at Charlotte has announced the graduate’s, chancellor’s and dean’s lists for the fall 2009 semester. To qualify for the chancellor’s list, a student must complete at least 12 semester hours with grades of A, B or C and achieve a quality point average of at least 3.8 out of 4.0. To qualify for the dean’s list, a student must complete at least 12 semester hours with grades of A, B or C and achieve a quality point average of at least 3.4 but not more than 3.79. Students from Rutherford County named to the dean’s list include: Bostic — Kristy S. Arrowood, Garret R. Date, Charles L. Griffith; Forest City — Brittany B. Bullman, Mary. E. Cole, Whitney M. Greene, Ashley N. Marlowe, La’Tesha S. Miller, Ashley N. Morris, Lindsay A. Pyatt, Eryn D. Ruppe, Courtney, S. Smith, Elizabeth O. Watson, Carmen L. White; Ellenboro — Ashley N. Blackwell; Mooresboro — Halie R. Blanton, Bryan D. Bridges, Amanda L. Irvin; Rutherfordton — Matthew D. Best, Lacey B. Emory, Hannah S. Godfrey, Charles M. Higgins, Alexandria M. Luckadoo, Kristen M. Paganetti; Spindale — John K. Metcalf. The chancellor’s list includes: Bostic — Edward T. Hutchins, Brooke A. Robertson; Ellenboro — Michael S. Carpenter, Brittany M. Lovelace

Literacy Program Kick Off Forest City — Bethany L. Hames, Lauren E. Smith; Rutherfordton — Rebekah A. Morgan, Ashley E. Scruggs, Joshua S. White. The fall graduates are: Bostic — Scott T. Griffith, Edward T. Hutchins; Ellenboro — Brittany M. Lovelace; Forest City — Marshall B. Day, Lauren E. Smith, Forest City; Rutherfordton — Joshua S. White.

Morlok receives honors CLEMSON, SC — Kaighn Morlok was inducted into Clemson University’s Delta Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa on March 26, at Tillman Hall auditorium. Phi Beta Kappa is the nation’s oldest and Morlok largest academic honor society with more than half a million members from chapters at approximately 276 colleges and universities. He also received the Biological Sciences Faculty Award on March 26, during the Outstanding Senior Recognition Ceremony for Clemson’s College of Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences. This awards presentation was held at the Strom Thurmond Institute, where Morlok was noted for his extensive and published research with Clemson University professor Dr. R.J. Kosinki on the analysis of Hematodinium species infection in the blue crab in relation to environmental factors. Their research was presented at the 2008 ABLE conference in Toronto, Canada, as well as the 2010 Benthic Ecology Meeting in Wilmington. Morlok was also a member of the International Scholar Laureate program’s medical delegation to South Africa in May 2008. He is a Clemson University Trustee Scholar, and Scripps Howard Foundation National Merit Scholar, among many other collegiate and national scholars including Golden Key Honor Societies. Morlok is the son of son of Ted and Becky Morlok of Anderson, S.C., and grandson of Caroline Davis and the late Bill Davis of Rutherfordton. He will graduate summa cum laude in May from Clemson’s Calhoun Honors College with a BA degree in biology and a minor in microbiology.

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FOREST CITY — Hospice of Rutherford County offers the following services and activites to the community. n CAMP Rainbows: June 5 and 6 for any child age 8 -13 who has lost a loved one. Call 245-0095 for more information. n GRACE support group for anyone caring for a loved one: GRACE is conducted the first Tuesday of each month from 4:00 pm until 5:30 pm at Rutherford Life Care and the third Friday of each month from 1 pm until 2:30 pm at the Rutherford County Senior Center. Adult Care services are available on Tuesday evenings. Tuesday, May 4, Patty Olson, BSW, present Self Care, Management and Sharing; Friday, May 21 features Sgt. Mike Summers from the Sheriff’s Department discussing Project Life Saver. n HOPE Support Group: Mondays beginning May 4 for four weeks at 10

am and July 6 at 6 pm at the Center of Living for any adult in the community who has lost a loved one. Offered at no cost. n ON MY OWN Series: June 24 at 1:30 pm at the Carolina Event and Conference Center. Lt. Chris Adkins will conduct a personal safety course. n PROMISE Support Group: Conducted for four weeks beginning May 3 at 6 pm. This group is for any parent who has lost a child of any age. Offered at no cost. n Volunteer Training: April 26 through April 29 at the Carolina Event and Conference Center. Call for more information. n Widow/Widower’s Lunch Bunch Meeting: Third Friday of each month at the Carolina Event and Conference Center. From 11:30 am until 1 pm for anyone in the community who has lost a spouse. Cost for lunch is $5. Participants must register in order to reserve lunch.

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The Rotary Club of Rutherford County kicked off its annual Ray Huskey Literacy Project on March 31, at Forrest Hunt Elementary School. First grade students are pictured receiving a copy of Junie B. Jones.

CRSP names three new associates CHIMNEY ROCK — Chimney Rock at Chimney Rock State Park recently announced the addition of three managers to its associate team. Darla Bartlett joined the park as human resources manager. In this role, Bartlett is responsible for hiring and scheduling associates, training programs, management of the company’s employee benefits program and other personnel matters. Prior to Chimney Rock, Bartlett was human resources training specialist for Alcan Packaging in Marshall where she developed and taught “Basic Training and Boot Camp for Quality.” A seventh generation Swanannoan, Bartlett married her high school sweetheart Tom. The couple has two sons, a daughter-in-law and a grandson. Selfdescribed as a “foodie,” she enjoys trying new restaurants and coffee shops. “The scenery is astounding, the people already feel like family and I’m part of a team that showcases my beloved mountains – how can you beat that,” Bartlett said. Marketing Manager

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Rob Young comes to the Park from an agency background and operated his own marketing consulting firm serving clients like Kellogg’s, Southwest Airlines and Asheville’s own Hatch Festival. He oversees Chimney Rock’s marketing team, media plan, collateral materials, website and promotions and partnerships. Young and wife Gavin recently welcomed their first child, a son named Beckett. When he’s not busy with his new fatherly duties, Young enjoys kayaking, birding and collecting maps. “My life amid the traffic jams and concrete jungle of Chicago seems like a million years ago. I can’t believe they actually pay me to work at such an immensely beautiful place – with good folks to boot. I’m a lucky guy,” said Young. Jeff Graack is the

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most recent addition to the Chimney Rock team in the role of group sales manager. He is responsible for booking and servicing a variety of groups including motorcoach, corporate outings, family reunions and educational groups. Prior to joining the Park, Graack spent more than 10 years with the Nashville, TN Convention and Visitors Bureau as tourism/ multicultural sales and marketing coordinator. Graack lives in Asheville with wife Stephanie, dog Sam and cats Chester, Chloe and Smudge. He enjoys playing the upright bass and percussion, hiking and working on art projects. “I am excited to help promote such a great outdoor venue and to get to know the staff better. The welcome I have received so far has been amazing,” Graack noted.

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local Engagements Suzanna Ruddock, Marion Beason Kristin Green and Jacob Bright

Suzanna Blair Ruddock and Marion Brent Beason, both of Charlotte, are engaged and plan to be married June 19, 2010 at The Sanctuary, Kiawah Island, S.C. Their engagement is announced by the bride-elect’s parents, Paul and Joe Ruddock of Roseboro. The groom-elect is the son of Bill and Pam Beason of Lake Lure. Suzanna is a graduate of the North Carolina School of Math and Science in Raleigh, and received a BS in business administration and an MS in accounting from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, KenanFlagler Business School. She is employed as a senior tax associate for Price Waterhouse

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Coopers LLC. Marion is a graduate of Gaston Day School and received a BS in mechanical engineering from Clemson University. He is employed as the president of B&W Fiber Glass, Inc., Shelby.

Kristin Willis Green and Albruey Jacob Bright are engaged and plan to be married Saturday, May 1, 2010 at the Forest City Clubhouse. The bride-elect is the daughter of Albert and Pat Willis of Ellenboro. Kristin is a 2000 graduate of East Rutherford High School and a 2004 graduate of Isothermal Community College, cosmetology program. She is employed by Talk of the Town Salon & Spa in Boiling Springs. The groom-elect is the son of Kevin and Vickie Bright of Forest City. Jacob is a 2003 graduate of Chase High School and employed by

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Johnson Distributors in Gastonia, while pursuing a nursing degree from Cleveland Community College.

Regina Conner, Lance Johnson Regina Kasey Conner and Lance Russell Johnson are engaged and plan to be married May 22, 2010 in Myrtle Beach, S.C. The bride-elect is the daughter of Jeri Conner of Cliffside. She graduates in May from North Carolina State University with a bachelor of social work and will begin her master of social work program in July. Regina is currently employed by NCSU Women’s Center. The groom-elect is the son of Bradley and Diana Johnson of Rocky Mount. He also graduates in May from North Carolina State University with a bachelor of arts in

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anthropology. Lance is currently employed by Lowe’s Home Improvement as a customer service associate level three.

Greta Marshall and Robbie Watts

Greta Caroline Marshall and Robert Ross Watts are engaged and plan to be married September 25, 2010 at the Carolina Event and Conference Center in Forest City. The bride-elect is the daughter of Nancy C. Marshall of Lawndale, and John S. Anthony of Blacksburg, S.C. The groom-elect is the son of Ronnie and Marian Watts of Ellenboro. Greta is a 1999 graduate of Burns High School and a 2003 graduate of Gaston College with an associate’s of applied science in paralegal technologies. She is employed by Carter Bank & Trust. Robbie is a 1986 graduate of East Rutherford

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The “Celebrate North Carolina: Faces and Places” exhibit opens April 19 at the McDowell County Public Library and includes Back with his girls (above), by Tech Sgt. Brian Christensen.

High School and a 1987 graduate of Isothermal Community College. He is employed by Electric RALEIGH — Weathered Motor Service in Shelby. watermen and fresh-faced youngsters, still waters and city streets, are among images captured in the “Celebrate North Carolina: Faces and Places” photography exhibit. “Celebrate RUTHERFORDTON — The following babies North Carolina” is an initiative were born at Rutherford Hospital. of the Office of First Gentleman Derrick Lamont Moates and Lindsey Hazel Bob Eaves (www.celebratenc. Zobrist, Rutherfordton, a girl, Lyrick Anne gov), and arranged in cooperaMoates, April 12. tion with the N.C. Department Jessica Conner, Union Mills, a girl, Gracie Dawn of Cultural Resources (www. Conner, April 13. ncculture.com). The exhibit Justin Humphries and Hannah Brooks, will be at the McDowell County Ellenboro, a boy, Kolten Ray Humphries, April 13. Public Library from April 19 Tylan Lipscomb and Gussie Littlejohn, Spindale, May 8. a boy, ZáKhi Demar Lipscomb, April 14. The tour contains 30 photoMr. and Mrs. Greg Wright, Rutherfordton, a boy, graphs — four from 2009 N.C. Noah Gregory Wright, April 15. State Fair winners, eight from Donna Bridges, Forest City, a boy, JáKayden the State Archives, and 18 from Latrell Amondre Bridges, April 15. members of the N.C. Press Dustin Lawter and Joni Vandyke, Rutherfordton, Photographers Association. a girl, Lyllian Katherine Lawter, April 15. Altogether 27 libraries and three Heather Luckadoo, Rutherfordton, a boy, Aaden museums will present the qualSkylar Luckadoo, April 16. ity images to the people of the Mr. and Mrs. Brandon Kirby, Ellenboro, a girl, state. The State Library of North Ahnalei Bayla Kirby, April 16. Carolina (statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/ Mr. and Mrs. John Bennett, Rutherfordton, a index.html) invited public librargirl, Summer Faith Bennett, April 17. ies to host the exhibit, and museums were invited to ensure geographic distribution. There are urban and rural scenes, and pictures of people at work or play. The Back with his girls photograph by Tech Sgt. Brian Christensen captures the joy of a guardsman’s reunion with his daughters in Asheville. A photograph from the State Archives (www.archives.ncdcr. • Fashion and Evening • Pashmina Scarves gov/default), Karen Karnes cre• SwitchFlops & Ballet Flats Handbags ating pottery, dates from the

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A 1950s photograph in the State Archives from Black Mountain College, Karen Karnes creating pottery, is in the exhibit as well.

1950s, and is one of a million images in its collection. Visitors have enjoyed the exhibit and have written comments such as, “Enjoyed the pictures – great variety,” from Ashe County, and “Kudos to the library and Cultural Resources

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Chase High School speech and debate representatives (l-r) Latriece Calhoun, Blakeney Oliver, (2010 State Champion of D.I.), Taylor Moore, Coach J. Patrick Moss, and Richard Sharek, recently returned from the Tarheel Forensic League North Carolina State Championship tournament in Asheville.

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Sunshine Elementary School recently held its annual book fair with the theme â&#x20AC;&#x153;Book Fair Diner: All You Can Read.â&#x20AC;? Students, faculty, and volunteers dressed in 50â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attire and had a great day.

Chase High speech and debate team finishes season with high ranks

FOREST CITY â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Chase High Speech and Debate team competed at the Tarheel Forensic League North Carolina State Championship tournament which was held at Enka High School in Asheville, North Carolina on April 16 and 17. The tournament consisted of two days of grueling competition with schools from across North Carolina being represented. The following students won single flights of debate or placed 1st or 2nd in rounds of interpretative events: Kathryn Farley, Leanne Gosey, Tyler Gamble, Josh Head, Kaitlin Powell, Paige Baynard, Shanice Goode, Jay Mills, Bridgette Brainard, Angel Proctor Danielle Marsh, Monica Poteat, Margaret Brown, Elizabeth Coteralo, and Brittany Ortiz.

Farley, Gosey, Gamble, Sharek, and Head are all ranked in the top 20 of all debaters in the state. Richard Sharek finished 7th overall in the category of Oratorical Declamation. Latriece Calhoun was finalist in Radio Announcing and took the 3rd place spot while teammate Taylor Moore is the State Runner up in that event. The 2010 North Carolina State Champion of Dramatic Interpretation was Chaseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own Blakeney Oliver. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This was the second time Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been able to field a State Champion,â&#x20AC;? said Coach J. Patrick Moss. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m pretty ecstatic. Blakeneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s performance was inspiring. She is a very talented young woman.â&#x20AC;? The Chase High Trojans are ranked 5th in North Carolina in

interpretative events and 8th as a school in all events. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We had a good showing this year. I still have a young team so I look to only get better over the next few years. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve really grown as a program and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s starting to show. When we go to these large tournaments other schools have started to talk about us, â&#x20AC;? Coach Moss said. Coach Moss was a finalist for the North Carolina State Debate Coach of the Year. This is the second time he has been nominated for that honor. Also, Moss was a 2010 recipient of the Claes Nobel Educator of Distinction Award from the National Society of High School Scholars.

CHS Names Drum Majors Chase High Schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Director of Bands, Michael Henderson, has announced Macy Phillips and Alex Larsen as the new drum majors for next year. Macy is a freshman and plays flute, and Alex, also a freshman, plays clarinet. The show next year is titled â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Night at the Movies: with Alan Silvestri.â&#x20AC;? The band will be playing music from Forrest Gump, Back to the Future, Night at the Museum, and The Polar Express. For more information about the Trojan Marching Band, visit www.trojanmarchingband.org.

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Tuesday, April 27 n Lake Lure Farmerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Market: 8 a.m. every Tuesday, between the Lake Lure Beach and the ABC Store Wednesday, April 28 n Cook Smart, Eat Smart Cooking School: 10 a.m.; four week classes; Rutherford County Cooperative Extension Service; 2876010 n Paws-A-Tive Obedience Classes: 7 p.m.; four week clas; Spindale House; presented by Community Pet Center Thursday, April 29 n â&#x20AC;&#x153;If You Give a Pig a Pancakeâ&#x20AC;? and other stories: 10 a.m., The Foundation; musical revue by Theatreworks USA; call the box office, 286-9990. Friday, April 30 n â&#x20AC;&#x153;Through the Lens:â&#x20AC;? 5 p.m.; photography exhibit reception; Rutherford County Visual Artists Guild Saturday, May 1

Workshop: 8:30 a.m.; two day clinic with noted WNC Photographer Les Saucier; Chimney Rock State Park n Devin Price Memorial Baseball Tournament: 9 a.m.; proceeds go to Communities in School Backpack Program and Rutherford Life Care Center; Crestview Park n Author Event: 6 p.m.; Fireside Books and Gifts; featuring Jacquelyn Frank signing â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stealing Kathrynâ&#x20AC;? n MayLay Metal Music Festival: 2 to 11 p.m.; Owlâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Nest, Forest City Sunday, May 2 n Run for the Hills Fun Run: 1 p.m.; sponsored by the Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy n Symphony of Rutherford County Concert: 3 p.m.; Foundation Performing Arts Center Tuesday, May 4

School; spaghetti supper at 5:30 to benefit Rutherford Housing Partnership; presented by Carolina Gospel Association Friday, May 14 n Fireside Books & Gifts: 4 p.m.; Ann B. Ross reads from â&#x20AC;&#x153;Miss Julia Renews Her Vowsâ&#x20AC;? Friday, May 14 n Senior Games Closing Ceremony: 6 p.m., Senior Center; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just Dessertsâ&#x20AC;? following ceremony Saturday, May 15 n Leader of the Pack: 7:45 a.m.; McNair Stadium; leaderofthepack5k.embarqspace. com n Naturalist Series: 10 a.m.; park-wide wildflower walk at Chimney Rock State Park n Festival on the Field: 11:30 a.m.; Crowe Park; to support the Community Pet Center Saturday, May 22 n Spindale Dairy Goat Festival: 10 a.m.; ADGA Sanctioned Dairy Goat Show Sunday, May 23

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Jason Kincaid (left) and his co-worker Phillip Childers cut materials for window replacement at the Union Mills Learning Center. All the windows on the front side of the building and some in the back were replaced by The Window Factory, Belmont, owned by Jerry Childers. The project was funded by volunteers raising money over the past few years.

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n Town-wide yard sale: 7 a.m.; Ellenboro; sponsored by Ellenboroâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Club n Tailgate Farmerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Market: 7 a.m., every Saturday; Oak Street near Tri-City Mall n Gears & Gables: 8 a.m.; fully supported cycling event to benefit

n Rutherford Housing Partnership 38th Annual May Festival: 8:30 a.m.; 5K and 1 mile Fun Run, 9 a.m.; sponsored by Rutherford Town Revitalization n Shutterbugs Nature Photography

n â&#x20AC;&#x153;Oh, What a Night!:â&#x20AC;? 7:30 p.m.; a tribute to the music of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons; Foundation Performing Arts Center Saturday, May 8 n Habitat for Humanity: 8 a.m.; women build program one-day build event n Third Annual Lure of the Dragons: 8:30 a.m.; dragon boat race on Lake Lure Thursday, May 13

n Simon Says Guided Bird Walk: 9 a.m.; breeding birds; Chimney Rock State Park Friday, May 28

n Rutherford County Annual Talent Search: 6 p.m.; R-S Central High School; benefits the Robert Tisch Tumor Center at Duke n Power of the Purse: 5 University p.m.; Family Resources and Rutherford County Relay for Life fundraiser; call 245Saturday, May 29 8595 n The Hoppers and n The Lettermen: True Gospel Concert: 7 7:30 p.m.; Foundation p.m.; R-S Central High Performing Arts Center

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Man’s search for father yields more questions Dear Abby: My biological father left soon after I was born. Mom spent her life in orphanages and foster homes, so she knows nothing about her ancestry, genetics or family information. I was always curious about where I came from, so finally, at the age of 26, I decided to do something about it. Mom had always told me about “Donny,” who she said was my father. I was able to track him down and made contact. At first he denied knowing Mom, then he changed his story. Because he was married and had a family, the matter was dropped. Four years passed and I

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contacted Donny again. This time, I offered to meet him on his terms to take a paternity test. He called my mother a liar and said she had been promiscuous. It made me angry because Mom was open with me about him and we have always had a close relationship. The paternity test came back and — guess what? Donny is not my father! I feel like a fool for pursuing him for nothing. Mom acted surprised and now refuses to talk about

it. I want to know my background, and it’s eating away at me that I was told Donny was a deadbeat father and I was lied to for so long. Am I doomed to never know my ancestry? — Man with No Past Dear Man with no Past: That’s a possibility, and for that you have my sympathy. When someone clams up the way your mother has, it may be because the person is too ashamed to admit the truth — which may be that she does not know who fathered you. There may be reasons why your mother behaved the way she did, having grown up not knowing who her parents were and in a

series of foster homes. She may have simply been looking for someone to love her. One thing is certain, however. She raised you to be the man you are today and did the best she could, so please try to forgive her for the deception Dear Abby: I am in my mid-30s, blond, blue-eyed, tall and slender. I am healthconscious and physically active. I have had a sevenyear marriage and a relationship that lasted for four — but for the last five years I have been unattached. I have realized something that everyone needs to know: Being single can be very satisfying.

I clean my house; it stays clean. I have no extra dishes or laundry to do. There’s no toothpaste left in the sink. The toilet seat stays down. I can relax in front of the fireplace because no one is trying to get my attention. My checkbook is always balanced, with no surprises. I can go to bed at night and sleep without having to spend half the night explaining why I’m not “in the mood.” I’m free to come and go as I please. Reassure your single readers that it’s OK to be single. —Happily Single Dear Happily Single: I have often said it is better to be alone than to wish you were.

Cluster headaches can be debilitating Handy way to reuse coffee filters Dear Dr. Gott: My 43-year-old son has cluster headaches that began about five years ago. The first series was twice daily at about the same time each day. The bout lasted between six and eight weeks, and then stopped. Two years later, they returned once daily. His doctor did an MRI that was normal and diagnosed him with cluster headaches. He was put on heavy doses of steroids that weren’t successful. He recently began another series. They now occur once daily between 9 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. He went to a neurologist and tried several different medications that were unsuccessful. This time frame and duration fluctuates more, and he skipped two days twice. Pain medications don’t work. My son has done a lot of research on the Internet. However, so far the legal recommended procedures do not work for him. Isn’t there anything to relieve the terrible pain he endures, as well as the anxiety he experiences prior to their occurrence? The pain he describes is like he would imagine having an ice pick stuck in his head in the exact same location. He also says he cannot breathe out of his nose during an attack, and his eyes water so that he cannot see. Any help or advice would be sincerely appreciated. Dear Reader: Your son’s presentation of cluster headaches is textbook. Events may last from weeks to months, followed by periods of remission, when they may stop completely. Remission can be for a month or for several years. The duration of a single attack may be several minutes or, unfortunately, several hours. Attacks commonly occur at the same time each day. Patterns vary from person to person. Unfortunately for your son, his events occur more frequently than the norm, which is one or two annual cluster periods.

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Cluster headaches Ask may occur Dr. Gott without prior warning. Dr. Peter M. Gott Symptoms include a stuffy or runny nose, restlessness, redness and swelling around the eye on the affected side of the face, and excessive tearing. Most people with the diagnosis avoid lying down during an attack, because the position appears to exacerbate pain. The cause of the cluster is unknown; however, it is believed tied to an abnormality of the hypothalamus, the portion of the brain that controls many bodily functions to include the nervous and endocrine systems. Chemicals that carry impulses to the brain are thought to be involved as well. Abnormal melatonin and cortisol levels are common during events. Unfortunately, there is no cure for cluster headaches. Once diagnosed, long-term medication will likely be prescribed. This will likely be backed with shortterm medication that may prevent an attack until the long-term drug kicks in. Treatment is directed toward decreasing pain, shortening the duration of events and prevention. Over-the-counter medications are ineffective. A physician, however, might prescribe sumatriptan, commonly used for migraines, zolmitriptan nasal spray, inhaled or IV dihydroergotamine, or oxygen inhaled through a mask. Surgery can be performed only once and can have serious drawbacks. High altitudes with reduced oxygen levels can be to blame. Avoid alcohol, tobacco smoke, cleaning solvents, oil-based paints, gasoline, heavy fumes, foods such as smoked products and some processed meats that contain nitrates, as well as medications such as nitroglycerine.

IN THE STARS Your Birthday, April 25 Artistic enterprises or those that possess some kind of glamorous overtones could prove to be profitable for you. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Although you may need to be active today, you also need companions who like to do the same things as you. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) - You might be more interested in fixing up your home and its surroundings rather than running around doing nothing. CANCER (June 21-July 22) - Someone you just recently met is anxious to know how you feel about him/her. Don’t waste time playing a lot of games, express your position in resounding ways. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) - Although your gains might come from traditional sources today, if handled right, they have a chance of being larger than usual. You won’t get a second chance, so take advantage of it now. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) - Take an active position about matters that directly affect your interests, because others won’t do it for you. They’ll be more interested in furthering their own affairs, and rightfully so. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) - In trying to help a friend today, you could inadvertently get more deeply entangled in their affairs than you might like. Do what you can to help, but know when to bow out as well. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) - Be careful that you don’t neglect some old friends today in order to cater to a new acquaintance you just met. Without meaning to, you could slight your pals in ways that hurt. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) You can realize the success you desire, but you’ll have to pay heed to events that can help push you in that direction. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) - This is one of those days when it might be better to stick to tried-and-true methods than to venture into untested areas. Past personal experiences can help you accomplish your goals. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) - If you’re careful not to rock the boat today, a matter of significance can work out quite well for you. PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) - You possess a special knack today for being able to bring people together in ways that would benefit everybody. ARIES (March 21-April 19) - Good results are likely to be derived from something that has been running smoothly.

Coffee filters can be used for more than simply brewing coffee. If you’ve recently switched to a reusable filter or are low on paper towels, paper filters can be used for many of the same purposes as paper towels. The first tip shares one alternative use. REUSE COFFEE FILTERS: I use them when putting cut up brownies or cookies, in a plastic container after baking. It makes a great way to keep the layers apart, and it helps grab some of the shortening/ oil. — Patti, New York CONVENIENT DRY BEANS: I usually use canned beans since it’s faster to add to gumbo, chili and whatever. I usually only use 1 can at a time, so dry beans were never practical for me. Now I cook a large batch of dry beans and separate into 2-cup servings and freeze. You can then add it to your meals just like canned beans. — Emilie, Canada ADDITIONAL DRY-BEAN TIP: I quick-freeze cooked, drained beans on a cookie sheet, then package them in a single layer in a FoodSaver bag. When you reopen the bag, give it a tap on the counter to loosen the beans, and you can remove a few beans for adding to a taco salad, or measure out enough to substitute for a can of beans. If you dump a bunch of cooked beans into the bottom of a plastic zipper bag or a plastic container without quick-freezing them in a single layer first, you’ll end up with a “brick” of frozen beans in the bottom of the bag. — Karen, Kansas CUPCAKES IN AN ORANGE: I bake cupcakes in orange peels for parties or when camping. 10 oranges Spice cake mix (prepare as per box instructions) Slice the top off of the oranges, leaving about a 2-inch hole on top. Save the top as a lid. Scoop out the pulp of the orange and eat. Mix the spice cake as directed. Fill the orange shell 1/2 full of cake batter and put on orange lid. Wrap in foil and cook on coals for 15 to 20 minutes or until done. Scoop out cake and eat. If baking in the oven, wrap in foil and bake at 350 F for 20 minutes. You can add frosting or use any flavor of cake mix, such as chocolate, vanilla or apple. The lid isn’t absolutely necessary, but it helps prevent spillovers. — Dawn, Pennsylvania CEREAL BAGS: I always buy prepared piecrusts because I loathe making piecrust. My hubby always complains about it simply because they are not homemade, as he prefers everything homemade. I recently have stumbled upon a bulk piecrust recipe, so I made a batch. It dawned on me after all these years: The prepared crusts I have been buying are rolled up in the same plastic that the cereal bags are made of. So I tried rolling up a piecrust and rolled it up in an empty cereal bag that I cut to size. I’ve used the bags to pound or bread boneless chicken breasts flat or anytime I would have previously used waxed paper. — Diane, Minnesota DEAR SARA: Do you have creative ways to decorate with dead roses? I hope that didn’t sound morbid. I’ve put

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them across my china cabinet before, and it looked pretty cool until the cats got bored. My husband got me a dozen for our anniversary, and I was thinking of creative ways to keep them decorative in the house. I was thinking in our bedroom on top of the window. — Palooka, Missouri DEAR PALOOKA: I like dried roses bundled with a French ribbon and suspended upside down. You can hang bundles from a dowel or simply hang them directly on the wall. I don’t know how crafty you are, but you could add them to a wreath (sheet moss wreath would be an easy one to work with) or eucalyptus swag, make a topiary, or add them to a shadow box or on the outside of a picture frame. Or you could keep them longstemmed and simply display them in a vase or snip the heads off and place them in a decorative jar. There’s spray that you can buy at the craft store that will help prevent the petals from shattering. There’s spray to help you clean/refresh dried flowers, too. DEAR SARA: I love to make muffins, and every time mine come out of the oven, I can never get them to be like the tops that you buy at a coffee shop. What am l doing wrong? Mine seem to come out sticking on the top, and they are cooked all the way through. I have even tried and put them on broil for a bit, so every bit of advice is helpful. — Tammy, Canada DEAR TAMMY: You can buy a professional baking pan (www.pastrychef.com/jumbocrown-muffin-pan_p_12-1231. html), for starters. You want a thick muffin batter. Fill the muffin cups almost to the top and not two-thirds full, too. Set your oven temperature higher than the recommended bake time (425 F) for the first 8 minutes of baking time, and then lower the temperature back down to the recommended temperature. DEAR SARA: When cooking chicken noodle and chicken-and-rice soup, when do you add the noodles or rice? And how? Usually my noodles expand too much and get gooey and my rice soaks everything up and gets nasty. — Tammy, Virginia DEAR TAMMY: Cook the rice or noodles separately and add it to your soup after it’s cooked. You can add it after your soup is cooked, too. Pour the noodles or rice into the soup, put a lid on it, and let the residual heat cook your rice and noodles. DEAR SARA: Have you ever used leftover cream of wheat to make muffins? Seems like it ought to work. — Natalie, Idaho DEAR NATALIE: No, I’ve never tried to make muffins from leftover cream of wheat. I think it would work well if the cream of wheat was uncooked. I’ve seen uncooked cream of wheat used in pancakes, meatloaf, cookies, soup, etc. recipes. I have fried leftover cream of wheat and served it with syrup. You could blend it into a smoothie, too.

8C — The Sunday Courier, Forest City, NC, Sunday, April 25, 2010

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The fundraising committee of The Rutherfordton Women’s League are completing it plans for the Devin Price Memorial Baseball Tournament May 1 and 2 at Crestview Park, R-S Middle School and R-S High School. Shown are: (l-r) front — Lynnette Martin, Melissa Nickels, Linda Roberts, Kitty McCammon; back row — Vicki Thompson, Shannon Bullock, Brooke Turner, Sarah Gilling, Tracy Faucett and Lynn Henderson.

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Braxton Melton and Eric Moore of the band MayLay will be part of the upcoming metal music festival at the Owl’s Nest May 1. MayLay is the only Rutherford County band featured in the event.,

Metal music festival coming here May 1

FOREST CITY — A Metal Music Festival will be presented by the Owl’s Nest on May 1. Ten of the top metal and hard rock bands from the region will be showcased on an outdoor stage from 2 to 11 p.m. on Trade Street.

Headlining the event will be MayLay, a Forest City band. Other bands from Asheville, Concord, Charlotte, Spartanburg, S.C., and other surrounding cities participating.

The festival kicks off at 2 p.m. with Doubt is for Dead Kids, Wrath of Discord, Face the Sky, Six and Twenty,

Bring Forth the Body, Chivalry, From Tomorrow, A Darker Shade of Scarlet, Telic and MayLay to perform at 10 p.m. MayLay has been traveling across the region and playing shows to sell and promote their new EP, Creation.

“This is a big deal for Rutherford County and the local music scene,” said Eric Moore, MayLay’s lead singer. “Fans here have to drive to either Charlotte, Spartanburg or further just to see a metal or hard rock show and it really is a shame because there are a lot

of dedicated and awesome music fans here. “We’ve actually been very surprised at how well the EP has done in these other cities. But we can’t even put into words how excited we are to be able to play a show like this at home.” Advanced tickets are on sale now at the Owl’s Nest in Forest City for $5 and will be available at the gate for $10. Children attending must be accompanied by an adult at all times. For more information contact the Owl’s Nest at 828-202-5460 or MayLay at www.myspace.com/maylayrocks.

RUTHERFORDTON —The Second Annual Devin Price Memorial Baseball Tournament will be held May 1-2 with games to be in three locations in Rutherfordton – Crestview Park, R-S Central High School and R-S Middle School, beginning at 9 both days. The tournament is hosted by Rutherfordton Women’s League and the USSSA. The tournament is open to baseball teams with players ranging in ages from 8 to 16. This year’s proceeds will benefit two Rutherford County non-profit organizations. The Communities in Schools Backpack Program is designed to ensure that school age children have food in their homes. The backpacks are filled with non-perishable

foods and sent home on Fridays with the children. The second charity is Rutherford Life Care Center. This center provides safe day care for the elderly. This allows families to continue with their jobs without the worry of leaving the elderly at home alone. The tournament is named for Devin Price, an R-S Middle school student, whose life was cut short in March 2008 by a congenital heart condition. Devin began his baseball career at the age of 8 and it quickly became his passion. He was well-known in the USSSA Baseball League as a great player. His death had a profound effect on many people, especially the youth in the community. The tournament has been named in his honor to keep his memory alive.

“Devin would love the idea of helping others in his community,” stated Lula Price, Devin’s grandmother. Price established the Devin Price Memorial Scholarship Fund for deserving high school seniors. Last year’s tournament raised $15,000 for the scholarship fund. Rutherfordton Women’s League is also accepting donations and sponsorships for the tournament. The levels of sponsorships are: Single Hit: $25; Double Hit: $50; Triple Hit $75; Home Run $100 and Grand Slam $150. Donations or sponsorships can be made by contacting Vickie Thompson at 289-0894. Baseball teams are encouraged to participate. Interested teams can contact Thompson or Lynnette Martin, 748-7148.

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The Hoppers will appear in concert May 13 at 7 p.m. at R-S Central High School for the final concert in the 2009-2010 Carolina Gospel Association Concert. In 1981, The Hoppers were chosen to represent the genre of Southern Gospel Music at the Religious Inaugural Celebration for President Ronald Reagan. They have received numerous accolades including Mixed Group of the Year from the Heart’s Aflame Awards, Diamond Awards, Singing News Fan Awards and the SGMA; as well as four Dove Award nominations. Among fan favorites are “Jerusalem,” “Yes I Am,” “Shoutin’ Time,” “Yaweh,” “The Ride” and “Blame it on Love.” True Gospel will also be in concert. Tickets will be available at the door. At 5:30 p.m., Rutherford Housing Partnership will host its spaghetti supper with donations going to RHP.

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