Daily Courier May 16, 2010

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Rick Austin took over as the executive director of the Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce May 1 and will be leading the Chamber in helping small and large businesses alike.

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New chamber director has a priority — economic growth

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RUTHERFORDTON – The number one priority of the Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce, says Executive Director Rick Austin, is jobs and economic growth.

Austin, who took over the post on May 1, moved to Rutherford County last year and previously served as GATE (Growing America Through Entrepreneurship) Counselor at Isothermal Community College. Austin has extensive experience in business, communications, marketing, advertising and television production.

He is a founding member of the Disney National Entrepreneurial Center in Orlando, Fla., an incubator, advisory and counseling center for small business and economic development. The Center has achieved international recognition for its accomplishments and has been copied in communities worldwide.

“We are concerned about the quality of life and living here,” Austin said. “We want to help bring newcomers to the county, whether it is by living here or through business.”

The Chamber will continue to work with Please see Chamber, Page 6A

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Dalton, Ralls will address graduates

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Quillie Reid Edwinda Bradley Mooresboro James McCraw Elsewhere Walter Skinner Page 5A There were pets of every kind at the Community Pet Center fundraiser Saturday, including this colorful parrot which captured the attention of Debbie Peters and grandson Bryson. More photos on Page 11A.

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“We slept there. We slept in our own home.”

Two of Simpson’s children are grown and gone away from home, but she has a 16-yearold daughter and a 10-year-old son. They will divide their time at their new home and spending some time with their grandmother.

Simpson became a homeowner after completing Rutherford County Housing Initiative’s Housing Hope Program earlier this Please see Hope, Page 10A

Please see Graduation, Page 10A

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Hope offers housing dreams

By JEAN GORDON Daily Courier Staff Writer

Vol. 42, No. 117

RUTHERFORDTON — New homeowner Sonja Simpson put some curtains on the windows at her home Tuesday and for the first time in her life she spent the night in the home she has bought.

At age 40, Simpson has always been a renter, but she will pay just a little more for mortgage than she was spending on rent.

“We were so excited” the mother of four said.

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FOREST CITY — Speakers for local college commencement ceremonies will include the North Carolina lieutenant governor and the president of the North Carolina Community College System.

Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton will speak Monday morning at 10 to those graduating from GardnerWebb University. His speech, say GWU officials, will focus on the importance of education and striving to reach one’s full potential.

Prior to his election as lieutenant governor in 2008, Dalton served 12 years in the North Carolina Senate, where he was consistently ranked as one of the most effective members for his ability to find common-sense solutions.

In the Senate, Dalton served as chairman of the education committee and the appropriations committee, where he continuously fought to fund the North Carolina Legislative Tuition Grants and the Scholarship fund to allow greater access to the state’s independent colleges and

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RUTHERFORDTON — Small, entrepreneurial farms are gaining a foothold in Rutherford County, and producers are worried that proposed new Food and Drug Administration regulations will hurt their fledgling operations.

Senate Bill 510, the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, is aimed at ensuring the safety of the nation’s food supply.

But small farmers are concerned that the bill takes a one-size-fits-all approach that will harm them. They point out that there is a huge difference between the large commercial operations that wholesale to supermarket chains and the mom-and-pop producers who sell to a local market.

U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan, a Democrat from North Carolina, has cosponsored amendments to the Senate measure that seek to protect family farms and local producers.

“We need a robust prevention and response system to handle outbreaks of foodborne illnesses,” Hagan said on April 30.

“But we have many hardworking small producers and family farms in North Carolina, and it is unnecessary for these producers to be saddled with new regulations and paperwork.

“I am working with my colleagues to make changes to the food safety bill to allow our smaller producers to continue operating under existing state regulations. These amendments will ensure we do not overburden our small farms.”

Senator Jon Tester (D-Mont.)

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Local OFF FOR THE RACE

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Lamar Watkins (right photo) of Forest City and more than 100 runners begin the “Leader of the Pack”5K race Saturday morning sponsored by the 2010 Leadership Rutherford Class. The race began on Memorial Drive near McNair Stadium. Watkins was the winner of the 3.1-mile race with a time of 16.58.

Coming in second was Justin Ruppe of Forest City.

Preceding the 5K was a fun run/walk with Lauren Revis of Rutherfordton winning first place and her brother, Evan, taking second. Steve Haynes, (above photo) was a participant in the fun run/walk. Haynes, a musician, suffered a stroke a year ago and last week suffered a heart attack. But he arrived to take part in the race with a group of helpers (l-r) Janene Hicks, Irene Bradley, Michele Brown and Kathy Cole.

Spindale to discuss dental office project sible for repaying the $156,000 should Dest not create the 13 jobs he Daily Courier Staff Writer agreed to for the grant.

SPINDALE — “The N.C. Rural Commissioners will Center has agreed to hear a report on the allow the Dest project Dest Family Dentistry to commence and not project and vote on a require the town to $74,776 grant for fire immediately sign the fighters as part of their agreement if it is conMay meeting Monday cerned about its liabilnight. ity,” said Town Manager The meeting will Cameron McHargue. be 6:30 p.m. at the “The center is proposing Spindale House. that the project move Charlotte dentist Dr. forward and that the Richard Dest has been town execute the agreeworking to build a new ment to release the flow clinic in the town since of funds to the property late 2009 and was owner only after the awarded a $156,000 project is complete and grant from the N.C. all other obligations Rural Center to help have been met.” with renovating the Commissioners will former Coldwell-Banker also discuss changbuilding in White Oak ing zoning ordinances Plaza. that prohibit the use of mobile homes as princiDest has been waitpal structures on coming for the town to mercial properties. formally accept the “Rutherford County grant before moving plans to implement the ahead with his project.

Code Red program,” But commissioners McHargue wrote in have been hesitant, his briefing for comwith Commissioner Tommy Hardin particu- missioners. “They larly concerned that the have requested the four municipalities town may be responto participate which would involve a maximum annual allocation of $3,000 beginning in 2011-12. The 2010-11 budget year is being funded via leftover H1N1 funding through the Health Department.”

The Code Red proby Ronnie Blanton gram would involve keeping a database of Moving Experiences citizens’ home phone When selecting a mover to numbers and calling safely transport your perthem in the event of sonal belongings to your new an emergency or with home, it is best to get recomForest Citymendations Daily Courier_Ruth Co People_1.833inx3in important announcefrom friends and family. It is often the case ments as a recorded that small operations with message.

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proven track records offer better services than large out-of-town operations. In fact, people are increasingly tending to use smaller specialty movers who can offer personalized attention. Either way, homeowners should get everything in writing and ask for a “not-to-exceed’ estimate, which ensures that the final price for the move will not exceed the estimate figure. There are three levels of insurance available, from limited liability to full protection. Ask for an explanation of each alternative, and choose a plan that corresponds with the value of your possessions.

Spindale has received an Assistance to Firefighters Grant for purchasing new equipment such as airpacks.

The grant is $74,776 with federal funds of $71,038 and a local match of $3,738.

Finally, commissioners will also plan when to have budget meetings in June.

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Local/State

Rehab work begun on Gypsy Street project From staff reports

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Clyde Keller, Rutherford Community Theatre (left) shares a humorous moment with Juleigh Sitton, director of the Governor’s Western Office.

Area non-profit groups gather for conference FOREST CITY — Community Day Conference for WNC nonprofits was hosted by the Governor’s Western Office in coordination with the N.C. Center for Nonprofits.

It was held Wednesday, May 5, at the Governor’s Western Residence in Asheville.

Keynote speakers were Marion Sullivan, Director of Intergovernmental and External Affairs from the governors office, Juliegh Sitton, Director of the Governor’s Western Office, Jill Dinwiddie, exective director, NC Council for Women/Domestic Violence Commission and Sally Migliore, director for Collaboration and Training at NC Center for Nonprofits .www.ncnonprofits.org

This was a meeting to discuss the issues facing WNC nonprofits and the best ways to deal with those issues through responsible government and collaboration with each other.

Nonprofits make up 10 percent of the state’s workforce and have a 31 billion dollar impact per year on the state.

Deborah and Clyde Keller, Certified Nonprofit Managers, representing Rutherford Community Theatre and Charlotte Epley, exective director of Communities In Schools, attended the event. The state is committed to working with nonprofit organizations and helping them realize their potential.

FOREST CITY — The Gypsy Street revitalization project was discussed at the Grahamtown Team, or G-Team, meeting on Tuesday.

Rehabilitation work has begun on the street, with one house completed and work just begun on another house.

Funders for the Community Development Block Grant were in Forest City recently to see the project and talk to residents. Both residents and the funders talked about how exciting the work was for the neighborhood.

Forest City has a $1.4 million grant for work on Gypsy Street, and $100,000 for weatherization and rehabilitation elsewhere.

G-Team Chairman Wilfred McDowell urged people to begin thinking about purchasing homes on Gypsy Street, noting that down payment assistance may be available. He said plans call for eight to 10 home type selections, in different sizes.

He said Gypsy Street will be beautiful, with total reconstruction, including sewer, water and lighting from the town.

McDowell said hopes are that the Grahamtown area can be revitalized one street at a time, with additional grant money.

Mayor Dennis Tarlton and Commissioner Dee Dee Bright

attended the meeting. The town was asked that any discarded roses or perennials be donated to Grahamtown for beautification.

Earl Thompson of Community Watch commented that it had been quiet in the neighborhood and added that the residents were pleased with police presence in the area.

FCPD Officer D.K. Millwood also said patrols in the area had indicated that things were quiet in the community, and he added that people were now more willing to call the Police Department about possible problems.

He also noted that the town had been plagued with a rash of vehicle break-ins, where thieves are targeting unlocked cars. So he urged residents to lock their vehicles. Some arrests have been made in the break-ins.

Planning for the third Multicultural Festival also was discussed at the meeting. Teresa Bennings is in charge of the festival. Work is continuing to get various entertainment groups to perform. Musical styles from belly dancing to jazz to Christian are planned.

Efforts are also under way to get vendors who will offer hand-crafted items for the festival on Saturday, June 12. The festival will be held from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Hardin Park.

The G-Team meets on the second Tuesday of the month at 5:30 p.m. at New Bethel AME Zion Church.

Dalton Task Force meeting Monday FORESTCITY — Lt. Governor Walter Dalton’s Logistics Task Force will be meeting in Asheville on Monday, May 17, to hear from a variety of economic development and transportation experts about the needs of this region of the state.

The meeting will be from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Asheville Civic Center.

The mission of the Logistics Task Force is to ensure that North Carolina has the necessary foundation to remain competitive in the

global economy over the long-term.

The members of the Task Force are focusing developing a strategic list of statewide priorities for continued job creation.

The Task Force is studying the critical relationship between commerce and infrastructure and expects to develop a plan for the seamless movement of people, goods, and information throughout the state and beyond.

This is the third regional meeting in a series of statewide meetings.

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Our Views Teamwork can improve efforts

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ne question that business, education, civic and political leaders have to ask and answer now is what practical actions can we take now that will enable us to achieve our goals of economic development that will bring the jobs we so desperately need.

There are many topics each of the groups mentioned above can consider and there are many efforts already under way.

There are projects out there to help entrepreneurs. The Chambers of Commerce and merchants groups are pursuing ideas. The county’s Economic Development Commission has its various responsibilities. Each of county’s elected government bodies are looking at their own ideas. And there are a number of other organizations and groups out there working on other ideas and issues related to economic growth.

All of these efforts are needed and all should be encouraged.

To answer the question posed earlier, all of these various groups need to make sure they are coordinating their activities and communicating with each other.

What Rutherford County needs now is teamwork. We need all the players involved in economic development working together. We know some of that is happening, but it would not hurt to formalize the process.

The sharing of ideas and the coordination of efforts will let everyone know what is happening, what everyone is doing and help to avoid conflicts and duplication of efforts.

After all, everyone involved in this effort has the same goal — bring good jobs and a better life for the people of Rutherford County.

And now, it is all Greek to me RALEIGH – A.B. Swindell, a state senator from Nash County, emerged from closed-door budget talks as the North Carolina General Assembly was about to convene for another year.

“These are strange times,” Swindell said, leaving it at that.

I assumed that the strangeness to which he referred had to do with weighing budget cuts and spending increases in yet another year where state tax collections weren’t exactly overwhelming the folks in charge of processing the money.

The comments could have meant more.

Half a world away, fears about unbalanced budgets in a small island country in Europe, its population not much larger than North Carolina’s, had caused our 401Ks to fall by 10 percent in single day before recovering twothirds of those losses on the same day.

Back here, the Democratic politicians in charge walked with a bit more jump in their step after a jobs report showing that the country added 290,000 jobs in April.

House Speaker Joe Hackney talked about hearing more optimism from people as he traveled around the state. And he reminded a group of reporters that North Carolina isn’t like Washington or Greece.

Today in North Carolina Scott Mooneyham

“We balance the state budget every year,” he said.

The Orange County lawyer echoed the words of Gov. Beverly Perdue as she had rolled out her $20.6 billion state spending plan amid discussion of remaking state government. Hackney spoke of streamlining and prioritizing.

Legislative Republicans, meanwhile, talked about structural deficits, which in legislative parlance means unsustainable spending. Their solution was a spending freeze. Why come up with specific ideas to ease longterm spending pressures and actually make some constituency mad?

Outside the Legislative Building, just 60 or so protesters from the tea party crowd showed up for the opening day of the legislative session after pledging to surround the building. They came calling for the Democratically-controlled state legislature to join efforts to block national health care reform.

They might have better spent their time asking the Neuse River

to flow west.

Then again, they weren’t rioting like their disaffected counterparts in Greece.

But the disconnect, inside and outside the building, seemed about as great.

With the politicians, the reality hasn’t sunk in that the thorny political problems aren’t so likely to dissipate as the economy improves. A growing elderly population, escalating health care costs and retiring state workers promised defined retirement benefits – especially in such volatile investment markets – will see to that.

With the protesters, the reality hasn’t sunk in that those political problems are, in large part, a result of an electorate that occasionally yaps about government deficits but mostly demands that politicians allow them to live beyond their means.

At some point, in North Carolina and elsewhere, these lines will cross. Government will actually have to be remade.

Joe Hackney is correct. North Carolina must balance its budget.

But that balancing act may not get any easier even if people are becoming more optimistic and protesters less angry.

Mooneyham is executive director of the Capitol Press Association.

There awaits a Sabbath rest for all the weary If you were to ask several people to give you a definition of the “Sabbath” many would tell you the Sabbath is Sunday, perhaps Friday, if you were and Orthodox Jew, or other Christian groups that keep a Saturday Sabbath.

If you were to ask a Seventh Day Adventist about the Sabbath they would possibly reply the Sabbath begins at sundown Friday and continues into Saturday, following Judaism’s view of Sabbath.

This article is not to discuss the merits of a Saturday or Sunday Sabbath but one about spiritual rest.

Shying away from the various doctrinal views of the word Sabbath, I want to share with you an applicable spiritual application of the word, Sabbath. The word itself is of Hebrew origin and became a part of their systematic worship after the giving of the 10 commandments on Mt. Sinai.

The word itself means to rest or cease. This is taken from the creative act of God in that He made the earth in six days and rested on the seventh.

This concept and practice of Sabbath-keeping has found itself followed in the Christian community as it

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was believed that Jesus arose on the first day of the week and as Christ has ceased from His labors, Christians have also ceased from spiritual labors, in that Christ has fully supplied all we need

by His death, burial, resurrection and ascension into the heavens.

The writer to the Hebrews gives illuminating insight into the concept of Sabbath, or rest. Remember, God created the earth, and then rested from His labors.

We read in Hebrews 4:3,” “For we who have believed do enter that rest.”

Is there a rest for the people of God, a spiritual Sabbath to enter into?

Continuing on to verse 4 we read, “For he has spoken in a certain place of the seventh day in this way; ‘A nd God rested on the seventh day from all his works.’”

And finally, verse 9 says, “there remains therefore a rest for the people of God.” Ahhhhh, to enter into a place where we cease to

struggle and strain at life and its circumstances: to lie down in a spiritual hammock in the gentle breeze of the Spirit, rocked slowly and gently in the Holy breath of love and delight. Yes, that is the utopian dream of all, it seems. If only we could find the right man or woman or job or house or car or amount of money all would be well. Paradise and rest would be found.

I make this simple but profound reply to that. Rest or Sabbath is a person not a day or a thing. It is the same as love. Love is a person, forgiveness is a person, life is a person and that person is Jesus Christ, the head and fountain of all that is good and eternal.

Yes, Sabbath is not a singular day of the week that I rest because Hebrews makes us understand that Jesus fulfilled all that was portended under the Old Covenant.

Quite frankly, everyday should be a day of Sabbath and not just Saturday or Sunday. Why? Because rest is found in a person not a day.

I reiterate this because so many times we try to accomplish something in our own strength that has already been supplied in the Spirit.

After Israel had miraculously left Egypt and ardu-

ously exited the wilderness, God placed Joshua in charge of the small and fleeing nation. As they came to the river Jordan and were given final details of how they were to enter and possess the Promised Land, they were instructed to “Take courage, be not afraid and be careful to do all they were commanded to do.”

They were told to follow God’s Word. In other words, do it His way, according to His commandment. They were promised that if they would do it “God’s way” then they would be prosperous and have good success, Joshua 1:8.

Soon they would come upon a walled and intensely fortified city called Jericho.

I ask you how many times have we faced a Jericho in our lives?

Those trials and tests of life are inevitable, as I truly believe God develops our faith in these tests. Well here was one for them.

Here is how God dealt with it. He told them to march one time around the city each day for six days. He then said on the seventh day you are to march around the city seven times. On the seventh time around you are to blow your trumpets, symbolic of trumpeting God’s

Word at our enemy. With that, the people are to offer a great shout, symbolic of our worship to God. He then told them, “then the wall of the city will fall flat.”

As we march faithfully to God’s word we cease from our labors.

Too often we take matters into our own hands and leave His rest.

We must remember that when Adam was cursed in the garden he was told, “In toil you will eat of the ground. It will bring forth thorns and thistles and in the sweat of your face you will eat bread.”

In Christ, spiritually speaking, we no longer toil as the curse has been taken on the cross. He provides for us; we do not have to win our spiritual battles on our own. Life can be hard or life can be lived in His rest.

We have al heard the saying, “No sweat.” We can try to bring down the walls of resistance in our own strength or do it God’s way.

It is the way of rest.

Everyday is a Sabbath day for the believer. There remains yet a rest for the people of God. Jesus promised His rest, but we must come to where He is and know the Prince of Peace.

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Local/Obituaries/state PET OF THE WEEK

Obituaries Quillie Reid

This sweet kitten is looking to find a good home and available for adoption in the cat room 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.

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Shooting spree killer ordered freed from mental hospital WINSTON-SALEM (AP) — A North Carolina judge ordered the release of a man who spent 20 years in a mental institution after being found not guilty by reason of insanity of killing four people and wounding five others in 1988.

Judge Steve Balog ruled Friday that Michael Hayes can be released with conditions, the Winston-Salem Journal reported. A case worker has to certify that Hayes can meet those conditions before he will be released. It is unclear how long that will take.

Hayes has been held at Dorothea Dix Hospital in Raleigh since 1989.

During a two-day hearing last week, seven psychologists and psychiatrists testified Hayes is not dangerous and no longer suffers from a

personality disorder.

Family members of Hayes’ victims say they think he should remain in custody.

“He’s never been punished for what he did,” said Linda Cantrell, who lost her 16-year-old daughter, Crystal, in the shooting spree.

Hayes has said he thought he was killing demons in human bodies when he shot his victims at a rural crossroads. Doctors have said he suffered a psychotic break brought on by drug and alcohol abuse.

As a condition of his release, Hayes must submit to random drug testing and searches and must attend Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. He also cannot own any guns or ammunition and is barred from traveling to Forsyth County where the

shootings took place or out of the state.

Over the years, Hayes has been granted privileges that allow him to spend much of his time away from Dix. He works 40 to 60 hours a week as an assistant manager at a convenience store and has unsupervised visits with his girlfriend and their two children.

The judge ordered that Hayes must stay employed to remain free and he must go to counseling for his relationship with his girlfriend.

Balog will review Hayes’ case after a year to make sure he has met the conditions of his release.

“Years ago, I said it wasn’t a question of whether Michael was going to be released. It was a question of when,” said Karl Knudsen, Hayes’ longtime attorney.

Teen texting, speeding at time of fatal crash ASHEVILLE (AP) — Police say a North Carolina teenager killed in a car crash was texting in the moments before her car veered into oncoming traffic.

Asheville police spokeswoman Melissa Williams told the Asheville CitizenTimes on Friday that investi-

gators learned of the message by checking the driver’s cell phone. 16-year-old Ashley Johnson of Arden died Tuesday at a local hospital one day after the wreck.

She was a 10th-grader at Buncombe County Early College.

Investigators also said Ashley’s car was going 52

miles an hour in a 45 mph zone.

The driver of the pickup truck Johnson hit had injuries that were not life-threatening. Officials said no one will be charged in the wreck.

Texting while driving became illegal in North Carolina in December.

Police Notes Sheriff’s Reports n The Rutherford County

Sheriff’s Department responded to 194 E-911 calls Friday.

Rutherfordton n The Rutherfordton Police

Department responded tov 30 E-911 calls Friday.

Spindale n The Spindale Police Department responded to 40 E-911 calls Friday.

Lake Lure n Lake Lure Police Department responded to four E-911 calls Friday.

Forest City n The Forest City Police Department responded to 54 E-911 calls Friday.

Arrests n Terry Lee Bunch,

24, 1703 Hollins Street, Spindale; charged with simple assault, misdemeanor lar-

ceny; placed under a $1,500 bond. (SPD) n Tyson O’Brian Murray, 20, 312 Harmon Street, Forest City; charged with injury to personal property, harassing phone calls, communicating threats and assault on a female; released on a $6,500 bond. n James Boatwright, 43, of 651 N. Washington Street, Rutherfordton; charged with altering serial numbers; placed under a $20,000 bond. (RCSD). n Roger Dale Lookadoo, 55, 312 Church Street, Forest City; charged with driving left of center, driving while impaired; released. (RCSD) n Jerald Matree Gidney, 17, of 304 Garland Street; charged with resisting public officer, failure to appear, impede traffic sit/stand/lie; placed under a $1,000 bond.

(RPD)

EMS n Rutherford County Emergency Medical Services responded to 30 E-911 calls and rescue crews responded to 10 calls Friday.

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Quillie Waters Reid, 92, formerly of Yarboro Street, Forest City, died Friday, May 14, 2010 at Hospice House of Forest City.

A native of Rutherford County, she was a daughter of the late William and Kate Green Waters and the widow of the late Leroy Reid.

She retired from the Cone Mills Corporation, Florence Plant, and was a member of Crestview Baptist Church.

Survivors include her son, Mike Reid of Forest City; a sister, Clara Rumfelt of Forest City; 13 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and five great-great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at Crestview Baptist Church with the Rev. Kevin Rohm officiating. Interment will follow in the Sunset Memorial Park.

Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at The Padgett & King Mortuary. Memorials may be made to the Crestview Baptist Church, 630 S. Church Street, Forest City, NC 28043.

An online guest registry is available at www.padgettking.com.

James McCraw James Guy McCraw, 80, of 2847 Wood Road, Mooresoboro, died Friday, May 14, 2010, at Rutherford Hospital.

A native of Cleveland County, he was ason of the late Charlie J. and Ollie Mae Pearson McCraw.

He was retired from John H. Montgomery and was a member of Prospect Baptist Church.

He is survived by his wife Betty Humphries McCraw; three sons, Mitchell McCraw of Forest City, Dale McCraw of Mooresboro and Steve McCraw of Mooresboro; one brother, Ray McCraw of Mooresboro; four sisters, Mae Farmer, Genell (Tootie) Godfrey, Patsy Greene, and Nancy Justice, all of Mooresboro; seven grandchildren; and seven greatgrandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. today at Prospect Baptist Church with the Rev. Ernie Cole officiating. Burial will follow in Cleveland Memorial Park.

Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service.

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

McKinney-Landreth Funeral Home is serving the McCraw Family.

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

Fire Calls n Bill’s Creek, Sandy Mush

and Shingle Hollow responded to two motor vehicles accidents each on Friday. n Rutherfordton firefight-

ers were dispatched to an industrial fire alarm. n Sandy Mush responded to an outbuilding fire. n Spindale responded to a powerline fire.

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James Guy McCraw Mr. James Guy McCraw, 80, of 2847 Wood Road, Mooresoboro, died Friday, May 14, 2010, at Rutherford Hospital.

A native of Cleveland County, he was born October 31, 1929, a son of the late Charlie J. and Ollie Mae Pearson McCraw. He was retired from John H. Montgomery and was a member of Prospect Baptist Church.

Guy is survived by his Betty Humphries McCraw, three sons and daughters-in-law, Mitchell and Rhonda McCraw of Forest City, Dale and Pam McCraw of Mooresboro, Steve and Tina McCraw of Mooresboro; one brother, Ray McCraw of Mooresboro; four sisters, Mae Farmer of Mooresboro, Genell (Tootie) Godfrey of Mooresboro, Patsy Greene of Mooresboro, and Nancy Justice of Mooresboro; seven grandchildren and seven greatgrandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, May 16, 2010, at Prospect Baptist Church with Reverend Ernie Cole officiating.

Burial will follow in Cleveland Memorial Park. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service.

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

McKinney-Landreth Funeral Home is serving the McCraw Family.

A guest online register is available at www.mckinneylandrethfuneralhome.com Paid obit

Walter Skinner Walter Reid Skinner, 80, of 1400 Burke Road, Shelby, died Friday, May 14, 2010, at Hospice and Palliative Care Center of Cleveland County.

A native of Cleveland County, he was a son of the late William Gaston and Juanita Bridges Skinner.

He was long time member of Trinity Baptist Church; an Army Veteran, having served in the Korean Conflict; a self-employed mechanic; and long-distance truck driver.

He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Marjorie Hamrick Skinner; two sons, Reid Skinner and Larry Skinner, both of Shelby; one daughter, Sandy Skinner Piercy of Shelby; three brothers, Fay Skinner, Ben Skinner and George Skinner; five grandchildren; two greatgrandchildren; and two stepgrandchildren.

Services will be held Monday at 6:30 p.m. Trinity Baptist Church with the Rev. Todd Bolin officiating. Visitation will follow at the church after the service.

Burial will be held Tuesday, at 11 a.m. at Cleveland Memorial Park.

Memorials may be made to Trinity Baptist Church, 746 Trinity Church Road, Mooresboro, NC 28114 or Hospice and Palliative Care of Cleveland County, 951 Wendover Heights Drive, Shelby, NC 28150; or Shanghai Volunteer Fire Department, 1435 Burke Road, Shelby, NC 281528160.

McKinney-Landreth Funeral Home is serving the family.

A guest register is available at www.mckinneylandrethfuneralhome.com

Edwina Bradley Edwina Bradley, 60, of Forest City, died Saturday, May 15, 2010, at her home.

Funeral arrangements will be announced by Crowe’s Mortuary.

Quillie Reid Mrs. Quillie Waters Reid, age 92, formerly of Yarboro Street, Forest City, died Friday, May 14, 2010 at Hospice House of Forest City.

A native of Rutherford County, she was a daughter of the late William and Kate Green Waters and the widow of the late Leroy Reid.

She was also preceded in death by two sons, Charles L. Reid and Glenn E. Reid, six brothers and five sisters.

Mrs. Reid retired from the Cone Mills Corporation, Florence Plant, and was a member of Crestview Baptist Church.

Survivors include her son, Mike Reid and wife Barbara of Forest City, a sister, Clara Rumfelt of Forest City, thirteen grandchildren, sixteen great grandchildren, and five great great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at one o’clock on Monday, May 17, 2010 in the Crestview Baptist Church with Rev. Kevin Rohm officiating. Interment will follow in the Sunset Memorial Park.

Visitation will be from six until eight o’clock Sunday at The Padgett & King Mortuary.

Memorials may be made to the Crestview Baptist Church, 630 S. Church Street, Forest City, NC 28043. The Padgett & King Mortuary is in charge of arrangements and an online guest registry is available at www.padgettking. com.

Paid obit

6A — The Sunday Courier, Forest City, NC, Sunday, May 16, 2010

Calendar/Local TAILGATE MARKET OPENS

Lindy Abrams (left) sells fresh grown garden lettuce to Carol Post Saturday morning at the Tri-City Tailgate Farmers Market at Tri-City Mall. Abrams is the new market manager and invites local farmers and buyers to come to the weekly Saturday market. It is sponsored by the Southern Foothills Growers Association, a local group of farmers, gardeners, and other food enthusiasts dedicated to raising awareness about the importance of farming.

Abrams has Puzzle Peace and Hollar Holler Farms in Rutherfordton.

Miscellaneous Beginner Shag lessons: Sponsored

by Rutherford County Shag Club, beginning Monday, May 17. For information or to register call 2879228.

HARC book sale: Homeschool Association of Rutherford/Polk Counties annual used book sale on Monday, May 24, 6:30 p.m., at Second Baptist Church in Rutherfordton.

Low-cost rabies clinic: Saturday, June 12, 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.

Jean Gordon/Daily Courier

Fundraisers Golf Tournament: 6th Annual Rutherfordton Lions Golf Tournament. Wednesday, May 19, shotgun start 1 p.m., Meadowbrook County Club; captain’s choice; 4-man team; entry fee $40 per player includes greens fees, cart, and lunch before and dinner after tournament; awards for top three teams, closest to hole, longest drive; contact Bill Wells at 286-2739 to sign up; all proceeds go to charitable activities.

Relay for Life: Little Warriors Dance; Saturday, May 21, 8 p.m.; Bubba’s; $10; DJ, Mike McDaniel.

Fish Fry & Rib Plates: Saturday, May 22, 11a.m. 703 Ledbetter Road, Spindale; plates $6; sandwiches $3; NY Style Hot Dogs, $2; all proceeds for the building fund; Carry-Outs are welcome. 286-2066.

Dinner and movie benefit: For Leah Hedgpath, daughter of Pastor Bobby Hedgpath; Saturday, May 22, Harmon Street Baptist Church, 398 Harmon St., Forest City; meal 6:30 p.m.; Movie begins at 8 p.m.; Donations accepted; all proceeds will go toward medical expenses.

Golf tournament: Sponsored by VFW Harold Hawkins Post 5204; Saturday, June 5, shotgun start 1 p.m., Dogwood Valley Golf Course, 328 Dogwood Valley Road, Forest City; captain’s choice; entry fee $40 per player; contact Jimmy Reynolds at 657-5645 to sign up; rain date June 12; all proceeds will be used to assist local veterans.

Hospice Hospice of Rutherford County offers the following services: CAMP Rainbows: June 5 and 6 for any child age 8 -13 who has lost a loved one. Call 245-0095.

GRACE support group for anyone caring for a loved one: the first Tuesday of each month from 4 to 5:30 p.m. at Rutherford Life Care and the third Friday of each month from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the Rutherford County Senior Center.

Adult Care services are available on Tuesday evenings. Friday, May 21, features Sgt. Mike Summers from the Sheriff’s Department discussing Project Life Saver; Tuesday, June 1, Kay Sheets, Gentle Yoga.

HOPE Support Group: Mondays beginning July 6, at 6 p.m. at the Center of Living for any adult in the community who has lost a loved one. Offered at no cost.

ON MY OWN series: June 24, 1:30 p.m., at the Carolina Event and Conference Center; Lt. Chris Adkins will conduct a personal safety course.

PROMISE Support Group: Conducted quarterly for anyone who has lost an adult child. Call 245-0095 to find out more. Offered at no cost.

Volunteer Training: July 12 through July 14, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Carolina Event and Conference Center. Call for more information.

Widow/Widower’s Lunch Bunch meeting: Third Friday of each month at the Carolina Event and Conference Center. From 11:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. for anyone who has lost a spouse. Cost for lunch is $5.

Participants must register for lunch.

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other organizations, such as the Economic Development Commission and the Rutherford County Tourism Development Authority, to try and attract industry to the area. But, he said, “we’re not going to have a large manufacturer come in and give everyone a job.”

Instead, he said, the key to economic recovery in the county is small business. The Chamber, he said, will be leading the charge as to how to help smaller businesses “stop the bleeding” and also how to create other smaller businesses.

“All new job creation comes from small business,” Austin said. “We have tremendous resources in this county.

We’ve got plenty of infrastructure and buildings.”

Most importantly, he said, the county has a workforce that is willing to work.

In terms of the Chamber, Austin

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and Hagan are cosponsoring the amendments.

“The first amendment would exempt facilities with gross incomes of less than $500,000 from certain performance and record keeping requirements that could overburden a small producer,” a press release from the senator’s office said, adding that “the second amendment protects small producers that primarily sell directly to restaurants and consumers from new FDA performance requirements.”

Greg Traywick, interim county extension director in Rutherford County, applauded efforts to blunt the impact on small farmers.

“We wouldn’t support, with Cooperative Extension, anything that would have a detrimental impact on smaller growers,” he said Thursday, “so whatever she is trying to do to limit that would be beneficial to North Carolina, in particular, because we are a state, basically, of small, independent, family farms.

“I know that it seems like in today’s political climate we’re facing increasing regulations. A lot of those are done in the spirit of enhancing food safety and security and that sort of thing, which is great, but in general farmers do a good job. And we’re all about trying to help folks, even at the smallest level, part-time, small-scale enterprises, be successful.”

Memorial Day service: Sunday, May 23, Golden Valley United Methodist Church; special singing begins at 10:30 a.m.; worship service at 11 a.m.; guest speaker, Dr. Linda Stack Morgan; a covered dish lunch will follow.

Prayer breakfast: Saturday, June 5, Union Mills Clubhouse; sponsored by Mount Pleasant CME Church, Union Mills.

Memorial Day service: Sunday, June 6, Harris Baptist Church; worship service 11 a.m.; Rev. George Whitmire, pastor of the church, will speak; lunch will be served at 1 p.m.; Afternoon singing at 2, with the Master Singers of Chesnee, S.C.

There will also be more Lunch ‘n Learn sessions, Austin said, with focuses on cost-saving measures for businesses, what insurances you need or can live without and search engine optimization.

“We’ll also have courses through partners like NCREAL, the North Carolina Rural Center, Foothills Connect and Isothermal Community College,” Austin said.

In addition to courses and trainings, Austin said the Chamber will begin to offer loans to small businesses as well.

“We’re going to create a small

Richard Davis and his wife, Deborah, owners of Earthperks, a farm supply store at 976 Poors Ford Road, Rutherfordton, and small-scale farmers, talked Thursday about their concerns with the Senate bill.

“They’re trying to put regulations on all farmers, no matter the size,” Richard Davis said. “And I guess regulations are going to call for inspections, to be certified, and one thing and another. A part of us thinks it is a good thing to be aware of the problems, and how people get sick and why people get sick.

“But, by the same token, none of this is coming from the small farms.

All of it is coming from the big, industrial, commercial farms. And we just don’t feel like we need to be charged to be inspected once a year, or whatever they are proposing. We think it is hard enough for the small farms to get off the ground and make ends meet. We don’t need another expense.”

Davis emphasized that it isn’t that small farmers are opposed to efforts that would ensure food safety.

“I agree that maybe all farms should go through a safety training day class or two-day class, so many hours, just to understand the problems of the pathogens that the government is so worried about. Food security is a good thing.

“But folks like us, who deal directly with our customers, I don’t feel like we need to be bothered. We know where our food is going. We deal directly with the consumer.

capitol venture fund,” he said. “Local people will be able to invest in local business.”

A rural area like Rutherford County is a great place to do such a fund, he said, because in terms of funding and loans, small, local businesses are a better risk.

Chamber members will also have an opportunity now to take part in a new group insurance plan that is in the works.

“We will be working with five other county chambers to form a large group insurance,” he said. The plan will offer dental, vision, catastrophic medical and disability and life insurances.

Austin said he looks forward to leading the Chamber and helping mold the future of Rutherford County.

“All the things I’ve done to this point were leading to this — to help the county I’ve chosen to live in the rest of my life.”

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

“I understand on some of these other, bigger farms that are selling wholesale to Ingles. But they are already insured. What they are proposing is looking at all farms. It’s not fair, if we have to pay $400 or $500 a year to have all these regulations.”

“And time spent dealing with those regulations and paperwork,” Deborah Davis added.

Richard Davis cited a specific example of a proposed regulation with which he disagrees.

“One thing I do disagree with, what the feds are trying to do,” he said, “is telling us that we need to chlorinate our water to wash our produce with.

There’s been a lot of studies done on it that say the product hitting the chlorine is degrading the value and taking away, right off the top, some valuable nutrients and minerals that our customers are paying for, this wholesome food that is coming out this week.

“It’s in this cooler,” he said, pointing to equipment at Eathperks. “It’s all packed, ready to go. We tell them every week, ‘Wash your produce.’

“We do a farm wash. We don’t have big washing systems, conveyor belts, chlorine. We do a really good wash here. Just like at the store, you need to wash your produce again anyway.

We don’t feel that the small farms should be scrutinized by this.”

Senate Bill 510 was still in the Senate as of Friday.

Contact Dale via e-mail at ldale@thedigitalcourier.com

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said there will be a different attitude – “We’re here to build bridges, not walls” – and there will be more services and opportunities for Chamber members.

To help businesses get started, Austin said the Chamber will be revamping its website, offering information on Rutherford County for small and large businesses alike.

“We’ve got a document in PDF format that will give the steps on starting a business,” he said.

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The Sunday Courier, Forest City, NC, Sunday, May 16, 2010 — 7A

Business Notes Labor Department honors employers at safety banquet SHELBY —The N.C. Department of Labor honored area employers and employees at the agency’s annual safety awards banquet in Shelby May 13.

“It’s really an honor for me to travel throughout the state and recognize these employers who are making a commitment to their employees’ safety and health,” Labor Commissioner Cherie Berry said. “These employers are helping to make North Carolina workplaces some of the safest in the country.”

The awards honored outstanding on-the-job safety achievements of each company during 2009.

Recipients are based in Boiling Springs, Bostic, Charlotte, Cliffside, Columbus, Fallston, Forest City, Grover, Kings Mountain, Rutherfordton, Shelby and Spindale.

Commissioner Berry spoke at the banquet and presented the awards.

The event was co-sponsored by the N.C. Department of Labor and the Cleveland County Chamber of Commerce.

The local recipients have met the stringent requirements necessary to receive a safety award.

Under program rules, companies must have been free of fatal accidents at the site for which the award is given to be eligible.

The gold award criteria are based on a DART rate that is at least 50 percent below the statewide rate for its industry.

The rate includes cases of days away from work, restricted activity or job transfer.

The silver award is based only on cases with days away from work. They are recorded when the worker misses at least one full day of work, not including the day of the injury. The applicant must attain an incidence rate for cases with days away from work that is at least 50 percent below the rate for its industry.

Recipients included: Silver Awards (Rate of days away from work must be at least 50 percent below the industry average) – First Year: International Textile Group, Cone Jacquards Plant; Rutherford County Taxation Department; Rutherford Lifeservices Inc. Gold Awards (Rate of days away from work, job transfer or restriction must be at least 50 percent below the industry average) – First Year: Trelleborg Coated Systems US Inc., Engineered Fabrics— Grace Advanced Materials; Second Consecutive Year: N.C. Department of Correction, Rutherford Correctional Center; Fifth Consecutive Year: Lakeside Mills Inc.; Sixth Consecutive Year: Rutherford County, Personnel; Eighth Consecutive Year: Employment Security Commission, Forest City Local Office; Milliken & Company, Golden Valley Plant; Tenth Consecutive Year: Duke Energy, Spindale Operations Center; Timken, Shiloh Plant; Nineteenth Consecutive Year: Crellin Inc.; Million-Hour Awards (1 million hours, or multiples thereof, with no lost time accidents) – Milliken & Company, Golden Valley Plant, 4 Million Hours, Jan. 13, 1994, through Dec. 27, 2009; Timken Co., Shiloh Plant, 2 Million Hours, Sept. 1, 2005, through Feb. 28, 2010 More information on the Labor Department’s Safety Awards Program is available by calling 919-807-2908 or e-mailing Eursula Joyner at eursula.joyner@labor.nc.gov.

SCORE sets office hours at Chamber RUTHERFORDTON — Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Rick Austin has announced that SCORE and the Chamber have teamed up to provide expert advice and counseling to existing and start-up businesses in Rutherford County.

SCORE is a national organization that provides free management consulting, advice and expertise in numerous areas of business management.

SCORE counselors have experience and success in their own business, and are willing to share their knowledge with you. Any local counselor can contact numerous other counsel-

ors throughout the country who can bring the expertise you need for your business in Rutherford County.

“It’s like having your own staff of experienced business coaches who have ‘been there, and done that’ – for free!” Austin said.

In an effort to help businesses in Rutherford County, the Chamber has provided office space to SCORE in the Chamber’s offices at 162 N. Main St. in Rutherfordton.

John Moore will be heading up the local office in Rutherford County.

Moore was an investment banker, and was involved in the formation, strategic planning, capital raising efforts and mergers and acquisitions

for numerous companies throughout his career.

To start, Moore will be available in Rutherford County on Tuesday mornings, beginning in May, and will be available by appointment.

“We encourage all of our members, and anyone else that wants to start or grow a business, to take advantage of this free and valuable resource,” Austin said.

To find out more information, you can contact the Chamber of Commerce at 287-3090, or you can contact SCORE at rcounselor@scorewnc.org , 828-351-9621 or www. scorewnc.org.

Hermann recognized

by USDLA

Associated Press

In this May 7 photo, Dry Corp logistics coordinator Mook Cahill uses a vacuum to take air out of a DryCASE at Dry Corp’s office and warehouse in Wilmington.

Dry Corp is taking its business mainstream An AP Member Exchange

By JUDY ROYAL StarNews of Wilmington

WILMINGTON — What do brokenlimb casts and iPhones have in common?

Neither should go in water at least not until a Wilmington company’s products came on the scene.

Dry Corp, hidden in a nondescript warehouse tucked behind a thicket of trees on Military Cutoff Road, is about to cross over into new territory with its waterproof technology, originally created to protect medical devices such as casts, ostomy bags, prosthetics and catheters.

Now it’s going mainstream with a pouch that almost everyone can appreciate.

“You can feel it coming on,” said Roy Archambault, Dry Corp founder and chief executive officer. “It’s like a big storm about to hit.”

The company is no stranger to turbulent times. It suffered a fire nearly three years ago that destroyed its former office in Dutch Square. The employees wasted

no time setting up tables and continuing to work outdoors at the site until zoning regulations forced them to stop.

Within days Archambault found the current space, which employees have decorated with colorful beach towels and pool toys, and moved everything.

They continued business as usual until a new idea started brewing last year.

It all began when Archambault lost his iPhone because rain interrupted his bike ride to work and soaked through his pockets. After replacing that device, a hot tub incident wiped out the next.

These mishaps happened to coincide with the market release of more types of portable electronic devices than the world has ever seen.

“There were just all these smart phones coming out,” Archambault said. “And music players.”

So Dry Corp employees went to work on manufacturing the company’s latest product, the DryCASE, a flexible, Please see Dry, Page 8A

LAKE LURE — The United States Distance Learning Association presented the Gold Award for Best Practices in Distance Learning Programming to Herrmann International of Lake Lure at the 2010 International Distance Learning Awards, held in conjunction with the 2010 National Conference in St. Louis.

“As a premier organization for the entire distance learning profession, we are honoring Herrmann International as a leader in the industry,” said Dr. John G. Flores, CEO of USDLA. “Herrmann International has raised the bar of excellence and we are truly honored by their contributions to the distance learning industry.”

Designed for use in organizations across industry sectors and geographic locations, The Thinking Accelerator™ featuring HBDIinteractive™ blends a self-directed online simulation with action learning and application exercises to help people uncover their thinking preferences and apply Whole Brain® Thinking to improve leadership, teamwork, communication, problem solving and creativity.

The program, which was originally developed with IBM for its global leadership development program, was previously awarded the 2009 Silver Learning in Practice Award for Excellence in Content from Chief Learning Officer Magazine.

“Because the participant’s Herrmann Brain Dominance Instrument® (HBDI®) assessment profile is embedded into the program, each person receives a personalized distance learning experience,” explains Ann Herrmann-Nehdi, CEO of Herrmann International. “Our clients appreciate the quality Please see Hermann, Page 8A

NEW BUSINESS

Earthwise Builder Supplies, owned by Jeff and Sylvia Wilkins, opened recently at 150 E. First St. in Rutherfordton. The business offers bathroom fixtures, doors, windows, cabinets, hardware, screws, nails, decorative lighting and more.

Earthwise is open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., and can be reached by phone at 286-3040.

Allison Flynn/Daily Courier

8A — The Sunday Courier, Forest City, NC, Sunday, May 16, 2010

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and effectiveness of delivery because it allows them to scale quickly, and it frees up valuable classroom time to focus on business-focused application.”

Presented annually to organizations and individuals engaged in the development and delivery of distance learning programs, the USDLA Awards were created to acknowledge major accomplishments in distance learning and to highlight those distance learning instructors, programs and professionals who have achieved and demonstrated extraordinary results through the use of online, videoconferencing, satellite and blended learning delivery technologies.

Julie Young, Chair of USDLA Board of Directors and President/CEO of Florida Virtual School (FLVS), noted that, “Once again this year’s award winners represent many of the most innovative leaders in the field of distance learning.”

Herrmann International is the originator of Whole Brain® Technology and the Herrmann Brain Dominance Instrument® (HBDI®). Founded in 1981 on research into how thinking preferences can affect performance, the company develops Whole Brain® products and solutions that provide organizations with the critical bridge between people and systems optimization.

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clear, vacuum-sealed waterproof bag that allows use of almost any wireless phone or digital camera around and even in water. Archambault said he’s used the case to take his iPhone 60 feet below the ocean’s surface to shoot pictures while scuba diving.

The DryCASE, which retails for about $40 and comes with a headphone jack and buoyant armband, debuted last August and has been gaining momentum ever since. The company now has accessories that complement it, including waterproof headphones and a waistband.

Most recently, Dry Corp has launched a DryCASE for the iPad, Kindle or other folio-sized electronic device.

Employees put every case through an overnight, underwater test.

Although word is just starting to get out, the DryCASE has prompted enough attention to generate inquiries from dealers all over the world.

Chief Operating Officer Corey Heim said he expects the DryCASE side of business to “far surpass” the medical side this year.

“It’s kind of been a savior for us to continue to innovate and grow the company,” said 26-year-old Heim, who has been a driving force behind Dry Corp’s evolution since he came on board four years ago. “It certainly is a much bigger market than the cast cover.”

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President Barack Obama visits Duff’s Famous Wings in while on a visit to Cheektowaga, N.Y., Thursday. In his weekly radio address, the President argued for fnancial reform, saying “Wall Street reform will bring greater security to Main Street.”

Obama pushes financial reform WASHINGTON (AP) — Closer watch over Wall Street will help consumers make better informed choices about investing and shine light on the shadowy deals that caused the financial crisis, President Barack Obama said Saturday in pushing Congress to pass overhaul legislation.

In his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama said the bill also would curb predatory lending practices, prevent banks from taking on too much risk and give shareholders more of a say.

“Put simply, Wall Street reform will bring greater security to folks on Main Street,” the president said.

“My responsibility as president isn’t just to help our economy rebound from this recession; it’s to make sure an economic crisis like the one that helped trigger this recession never happens again,” he said. “That’s what Wall Street reform will help us do.”

The Senate is debating the broadest rewrite of the rules governing Wall Street since the Great Depression. A final vote is possible as early as the coming week. The bill would then have to be merged with the House’s version.

The legislation would set up

a mechanism to watch out for risks in the financial system, create a method to liquidate large failing firms and write new rules for complex securities blamed for helping precipitate the 2008 economic crisis. It also would create a new consumer protection agency, a key point for Obama.

The Senate version calls for an independent bureau within the Federal Reserve to write and enforce regulations that would police lending, while the House bill has a stand-alone agency.

“Youll be empowered with the clear and concise information you need to make the choices that are best for you. Well help stop predatory practices, and curb unscrupulous lenders, helping secure your familys financial future,” Obama said.

“With reform, well make our financial system more transparent by bringing the kinds of complex, back-room deals that helped trigger this crisis into the light of day. Well prevent banks from taking on so much risk that they could collapse and threaten our whole economy.”

Republicans and Democrats have bridged partisan divides to come together on some areas of the legislation, but the two parties still disagree on plenty.

Republicans used their weekly

address to accuse Obama and Democrats of promoting economic policies that rely too much on spending and not enough on cutting.

The GOP address was delivered by Rep. Chris Lee of New York, who represents Buffalo.

Obama visited the city Thursday to talk up his agenda for jobs and the economy, and Lee said he’d hoped the president “would listen — really listen — to what the people are saying.”

What the president would have heard, according to Lee: Americans “want us to work together on commonsense solutions to stop the spending spree and focus on helping manufacturers and small businesses create jobs.”

Lee contended that the economic recovery act passed last year never lived up to Democrats’ promises that it would reduce unemployment and that Democrats’ health care bill will cost taxpayers money.

“So our choice is this: Make the tough decisions required to put our fiscal house in order or continue to duck them,” Lee said. “That’s why Republicans have proposed several initiatives to cut spending now and make Washington do more with less, just as families and small businesses are.”

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U.S. drug war has not met any of its goals MEXICO CITY (AP) — After 40 years, the United States’ war on drugs has cost $1 trillion and hundreds of thousands of lives, and for what? Drug use is rampant and violence even more brutal and widespread.

Even U.S. drug czar Gil Kerlikowske concedes the strategy hasn’t worked.

“In the grand scheme, it has not been successful,” Kerlikowske told The Associated Press. “Forty years later, the concern about drugs and drug problems is, if anything, magnified, intensified.”

This week President Obama promised to “reduce drug use and the great damage it causes” with a new national policy that he said treats drug use more as a public health issue and focuses on prevention and treatment.

Nevertheless, his administration has increased spending on interdiction and law enforcement to record levels both in dollars and in percentage terms; this year, they account for $10 billion of his $15.5 billion drug-control budget.

Kerlikowske, who coordinates all federal anti-drug policies, says it will take time for the spending to match the rhetoric.

“Nothing happens overnight,” he said. “We’ve never worked the drug problem holistically. We’ll arrest the drug dealer, but we leave the addiction.”

His predecessor, John P. Walters, takes issue with that.

Walters insists society would be far worse today if there had been no War on Drugs. Drug abuse peaked nationally in 1979 and, despite fluctuations, remains below those levels, he says.

Judging the drug war is complicated: Records indicate marijuana and prescription drug abuse are climbing, while cocaine use is way down. Seizures are up, but so is availability.

In 1970, hippies were smoking pot and dropping acid.

Soldiers were coming home from Vietnam hooked on heroin. Embattled President Richard M. Nixon seized on a new war he thought he could win.

“This nation faces a major crisis in terms of the increasing use of drugs, particularly among our young people,” Nixon said as he signed the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act. The following year, he said: “Public enemy No. 1 in the United States is drug abuse.

In order to fight and defeat this enemy, it is necessary to wage a new, all-out offensive.”

His first drug-fighting budget was $100 million. Now it’s $15.1 billion, 31 times Nixon’s amount even when adjusted for inflation.

Using Freedom of Information Act requests, archival records, federal budgets and dozens of interviews with leaders and analysts, the AP tracked where that

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In this 2009 file photo, Federal police officers stand guard as residents, top, watch the site where two police officers were shot. After 40 years of blood and money, both Mexico and the U.S. governments admit that the War on Drugs is a failure.

money went, and found that the United States repeatedly increased budgets for programs that did little to stop the flow of drugs.

In 40 years, taxpayers spent more than: n $20 billion to fight the drug gangs in their home countries. In Colombia, for example, the United States spent more than $6 billion, while coca cultivation increased and trafficking moved to Mexico — and the violence along with it. n $33 billion in marketing “Just Say No”-style messages to America’s youth and other prevention programs. High school students report the same rates of illegal drug use as they did in 1970, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says drug overdoses have “risen steadily” since the early 1970s to more than 20,000 last year. n $49 billion for law enforcement along America’s borders to cut off the flow of illegal drugs. This year, 25 million Americans will snort, swallow, inject and smoke illicit drugs, about 10 million more than in 1970, with the bulk of those drugs imported from Mexico. n $121 billion to arrest more than 37 million nonviolent drug offenders, about 10 million of them for possession of marijuana. Studies show that jail time tends to increase drug abuse. n $450 billion to lock those people up in federal prisons alone. Last year, half of all federal prisoners in the U.S. were serving sentences for drug offenses.

At the same time, drug abuse is costing the nation in other ways. The Justice Department estimates the consequences of drug abuse — “an overburdened justice system, a strained health care system, lost productivity, and environmental destruction” — cost the United States $215 billion a year.

Harvard University economist Jeffrey Miron says the only sure thing taxpayers get for more spending on police and soldiers is more homicides.

From the beginning, lawmakers debated fiercely whether law enforcement — no matter how well funded and well trained — could ever defeat the drug problem.

Then-Alaska Sen. Mike Gravel, who had his doubts, has since watched his worst fears come to pass.

“Look what happened. It’s an ongoing tragedy that has cost us a trillion dollars. It has loaded our jails and it has destabilized countries like Mexico and Colombia,” he said.

In 1970, proponents said beefed-up law enforcement could effectively seal the southern U.S. border and stop drugs from coming in.

Since then, the U.S. used patrols, checkpoints, sniffer dogs, cameras, motion detectors, heat sensors, drone aircraft — and even put up more than 1,000 miles of steel beam, concrete walls and heavy mesh stretching from California to Texas.

None of that has stopped the drugs. The Office of National Drug Control Policy says about 330 tons of cocaine, 20 tons of heroin and 110 tons of methamphetamine are sold in the United States every year — almost all of it brought in across the borders.

The dealers who are caught have overwhelmed justice systems in the United States and elsewhere. U.S. prosecutors declined to file charges in 7,482 drug cases last year, most because they simply didn’t have the time. That’s about one out of every four drug cases.

The United States has in recent years rounded up thousands of suspected associates of Mexican drug gangs, then turned some of the cases over to local prosecutors who can’t make the charges stick for lack of evidence. The suspects are then sometimes released, deported or acquitted. The U.S. Justice Department doesn’t even keep track of what happens to all of them.

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assassinated when they do.

Confessions are beaten out of suspects by frustrated, underpaid police. Judges who no longer turn a blind eye to such abuse release the suspects in exasperation.

In prison, in the U.S. or Mexico, traffickers continue to operate, ordering assassinations and arranging distribution of their product even from solitary confinement in Texas and California. In Mexico, prisoners can sometimes even buy their way out.

And then there’s the money.

The $320 billion annual global drug industry now accounts for 1 percent of all commerce on the planet.

A full 10 percent of Mexico’s economy is built on drug proceeds — $25 billion smuggled in from the United States every year, of which 25 cents of each $100 smuggled is seized at the border. Thus there’s no incentive for the kind of financial reform that could tame the cartels.

“For every drug dealer you put in jail or kill, there’s a line up to replace him because the money is just so good,” says Walter McCay, who heads the non-profit Center for Professional Police Certification in Mexico City.

McCay is one of the 13,000 members of Medford, Mass.based Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, a group of cops, judges, prosecutors, prison wardens and others who want to legalize and regulate all drugs.

A decade ago, no politician who wanted to keep his job would breathe a word about legalization, but a consensus is growing across the country that at least marijuana will someday be regulated and sold like tobacco and alcohol.

Mexican President Felipe Calderon says if America wants to fix the drug problem, it needs to do something about Americans’ unquenching thirst for illegal drugs.

Kerlikowske agrees, and Obama has committed to doing just that.

And yet both countries continue to spend the bulk of their drug budgets on law enforcement rather than

treatment and prevention.

“President Obama’s newly released drug war budget is essentially the same as Bush’s, with roughly twice as much money going to the criminal justice system as to treatment and prevention,” said Bill Piper, director of national affairs for the nonprofit Drug Policy Alliance.

Obama is requesting a record $15.5 billion for the drug war for 2011, about two thirds of it for law enforcement at the front lines of the battle: police, military and border patrol agents struggling to seize drugs and arrest traffickers and users.

About $5.6 billion would be spent on prevention and treatment.

“For the first time ever, the nation has before it an administration that views the drug issue first and foremost through the lens of the public health mandate,” said economist and drug policy expert John Carnevale, who served three administrations and four drug czars. “Yet ... it appears that this historic policy stride has some problems with its supporting budget.”

Until 100 years ago, drugs were simply a commodity.

Then Western cultural shifts made them immoral and deviant, according to London School of Economics professor Fernanda Mena.

Religious movements led the crusades against drugs: In 1904, an Episcopal bishop returning from a mission in the Far East argued for banning opium after observing “the natives’ moral degeneration.” In 1914, The New York Times reported that cocaine caused blacks to commit “violent crimes,” and that it made them resistant to police bullets. In the decades that followed, Mena said, drugs became synonymous with evil.

Nixon drew on those emotions when he pressed for his War on Drugs.

Just a few years later, a young Barack Obama was one of those young users, a teenager smoking pot and trying “a little blow when you could afford it,” as he wrote in Dreams From My Father.

When asked during his campaign if he had inhaled the pot, he replied: “That was the point.”

So why persist with costly programs that don’t work?

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, paused for a moment at the question.

“Look,” she says, starting slowly. “This is something that is worth fighting for because drug addiction is about fighting for somebody’s life, a young child’s life, a teenager’s life, their ability to be a successful and productive adult.

“If you think about it in those terms, that they are fighting for lives — and in Mexico they are literally fighting for lives as well from the violence standpoint — you realize the stakes are too high to let go.”

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For years she had thought about buying a home, but had concerns and wasn’t sure she could be a homeowner with its responsibilities.

“The Housing Hope Program gave me valuable skills, knowledge, encouragement and confidence to finally move forward and buy my first home,” Simpson said Tuesday as she was in the process of moving.

Housing Initiative’s executive director Scott Carpenter said, “Ms. Simpson is a wonderful example of what can happen when you stay focused on your goal, and methodically work hard to make your dream of home ownership a reality.”

“Simpson and her fiance´ Paul Bristol agree home ownership is an investment that will enhance their financial health for years to come,” Carpenter added.

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Sonja Simpson stands in front of her new three-bedroom home off Dove Lane in Spindale. She was able to purchase the home after completing a Housing Hope program where she was encouraged and taught various aspects of being a homeowner.

“Housing Hope was so helpful for me to learn more about how to keep credit in order, how not to get into credit card trouble. If you can’t pay for something, don’t buy it. Save for it,” Simpson said.

“I was serious about being a homeowner some day, but wasn’t sure when.”

“There are a lot of people aspiring to own a home, they just need direction,” Carpenter said.

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Facilitator Philip Byers and Leadership Rutherford award winners Amanda Freeman (Most Spirited) and Jason Ruff (Most Likely to Lead).

Leadership Class graduates SPINDALE — Twelve members of Leadership Rutherford’s 200910 class were graduated from the program Tuesday evening during ceremonies at The Foundation at Isothermal Community College.

The program, sponsored by the Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce and the Forest City Lions Club, began in 2000 and has now graduated 212 county residents.

Facilitator C. Philip Byers presented two special awards, one to Amanda Freeman as “Most Spirited” and to Jason Ruff as “Most Likely to Lead.”

Two of the class’s four leadership team presented programs, including one of leaders who had affected their lives and another on what it takes to provide great leadership.

Class members David Robinson and Ruff spoke about their experiences during the 10-month program.

Graduates are: Amanda Freeman, Rutherford Life Services; Jennifer

Fuller, East High School; Aaron Hunt, Chase High School; Jay Jackson, Forest City chief of police; Jacob Kinlaw, R-S Central High School; Linda Marsh, First National Bank; Erin McMahan, R-S Central High School; David Robinson, innkeeper at the Firehouse Inn; Jason Ruff, county planner; Jessica TenBrock, REaCH High School; Emily Walker, education director at Chimney Rock State Park; and Michelle Whitaker, director of the Tourism Development Authority.

Recruiting has already begun for the next class, which starts with a mandatory retreat on Saturday, Aug. 28.

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Dalton previously served as the chairman of the Board of Trustees at Isothermal Community College.

As lieutenant governor, he sits on the State Board of Community Colleges and the State Board of Education.

Dalton also serves as the Chairman of the JOBS Commission which is working to unite business leaders and education leaders on their common goal: graduating students who are ready for the jobs of the future.

In 2000, Lieutenant Governor Dalton received an honorary Doctorate in Humanities from Gardner-Webb University.

Dr. Scott Ralls, seventh president of the North Carolina Community College System, will address students Monday night at 7 at Isothermal Community College’s graduation.

Having assumed the presidency on May 1, 2008, Dr. Ralls is the first former community college president to serve in this post in 30 years and only the second former North Carolina community college president to hold this position.

In his brief tenure, he has successfully led efforts to achieve the first weighted-funding for technical education in the System’s history, redesigned customized training programs to provide greater support for existing businesses that focus on technology and productivity investments, and helped shape the System’s Creating Success budgeting and advocacy campaign that is resulting

Housing Hope participants understand in order to make a home purchase, they must make wise decisions regarding their money, Carpenter said.

Housing Hope includes a series of classes, meetings with local professionals who will walk with prospective homeowners through the entire process of finding an affordable home and securing an appropriate mortgage.

That component of Housing Hope is very important, because many of the participants have little to no experience with the home-buying process, Carpenter said. This is designed to reduce the stress that is frequently associated with purchasing a home, and also helps prevent financial decisions that may not be in the best interest of potential home buyers.

Housing Hope targets moderate and low income persons who have never owned a home before.

Today’s state of the economy makes the Housing Hope program especially relevant because the rules for borrowing money for the purchase of a home are becoming more strict.

For more information about the program or to become a part of the next Housing Hope process, call Carpenter at 287-2281, ext. 1252.

The Rutherford County Housing Initiative is a part of Isothermal Planning and Development Commission.

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

in enhancements to equipment and healthcare program funding.

He has been a close collaborator with Gov. Beverly Perdue in the creation of her JobsNOW economic transition and accelerated job training strategies, led the creation of the system-wide Code Green initiative that fosters clean energy job training and campus sustainability incentives, and implemented a system-wide approach to establish guiding goals focused on student success and credential completion.

Between 2002 and 2008, Dr. Ralls served as the president of Craven Community College during a time when the college achieved record enrollment growth and fundraising support.

In addition, the college opened the Institute for Aeronautical Technology, developed the Bosch and Siemens Advanced Manufacturing Center and led the statewide redesign of information technology programs.

Dr. Ralls has been an active leader in North Carolina’s high school transformation efforts as an original member of the North Carolina New Schools Board of Directors.

Almost one-third of the Early College High Schools in the United States are today located on North Carolina community college campuses.

Dr. Ralls also has worked with the British government in its review of community college-equivalent Further Education (FE) colleges in England and, in 2007, was named the 10th honorary fellow of Warwickshire College in the United Kingdom.

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Dogs, cats, a rooster, a parrot and other pets showed up at the Community Pet Center Event Saturday at Crowe Park in Forest City. On leashes, in carriers and cages, the masters of the pets showed off their animals to visitors at the annual event to raise money for the Community Pet Center. Among the pets, (clockwise from above) a Frizzled Naked Neck rooster with its master Donnis Cline and Jarred Arrowood holds, “Puggles” the dog; ; baby-doll dressed, Dachshund named “Pixie Dust” is held by his master Darlene Event; and Jr. Cotton receives a microchip while being held by Natalie Holloway with owner Sheila Evans nearby.

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ROBERT, La. (AP) — BP was confident Saturday its latest experiment using a mile-long pipe would capture much of the oil flowing into the Gulf of Mexico, even as the company disclosed yet another setback in the environmental disaster.

Engineers hit a snag when they tried to connect two pieces of equipment a mile below the water’s surface. BP PLC chief operating officer Doug Suttles said one piece of equipment, called the framework, had to be brought to the water’s surface so that adjustments could be made to where it fits with the long tube that connects to a tanker above.

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The framework holds a pipe and stopper, and engineers piloting submarine robots will try to use it to plug the massive leak and send the crude through the lengthy pipe to the surface.

“The frame shifted, so they were unable to make that connection,” said Suttles, who believes the adjustments will make the device work.

At least 210,000 gallons of oil

has been gushing into the Gulf of Mexico since an oil rig exploded April 20 and sank two days later. Eleven people were killed in the blast.

BP’s latest idea seems to have the best chance for success so far, said Ed Overton, a LSU professor of environmental studies. At the surface this would be easy, Overton said, but using robots in 5,000 feet of water with oil gushing out of the pipe makes things much more difficult.

“It’s something like threading the eye of a needle. But that can be tough to do up here. And you can imagine how hard it would be to do it down there with a robot,” Overton said.

The tube could capture more than three-quarters of the leak; BP also must contend with a smaller leak that’s farther away.

If the tube works, it would be the first time the company has been able to capture any of the oil before it fouls the Gulf waters.

A week ago, the company tried to put a massive box over the leak, but icelike crystals formed and BP scrapped that plan.

BP is also drilling a relief well that is considered the permanent solution to stopping the leak.

It’s about halfway done and still months away from being completed. The company also is still considering using a smaller containment dome known as a “top hat,” as well as a “junk shot,” in which golf balls and rubber would be inserted to try to clog the leak.

Meanwhile, BP began spraying undersea dispersants at that leak site and said the chemicals appear to have reduced the amount of surface oil.

Federal regulators on Friday approved the underwater use of the chemicals, which act like a detergent to break the oil into small globules and allow it to disperse more quickly into the water or air before it comes ashore.

The decision by the Environmental Protection Agency angered state officials and fishermen, who complained that regulators ignored their concerns about the effects on the environment and fish.

GIG HARBOR, Wash. (AP) — A sheriff’s deputy accused of fatally shooting his wife’s parents was found dead in his Gig Harbor, Wash., home early Saturday, after an hourslong standoff with police, authorities said.

SWAT team members reported that 49-yearold Pierce County Deputy Allen Myron was dead when they entered the house more than six hours after the standoff began, Tacoma police Detective Gretchen Aguirre told The Associated Press.

The SWAT team surrounding the house heard a single gunshot around 10 p.m. Friday, but did not enter the house at that time, Aguirre said.

Myron’s body was discovered shortly before 2 a.m. Saturday.

Aguirre said she didn’t know how Myron died.

Two of Myron’s children had been trapped in the house but managed to escape during the early part of the siege. Myron’s wife was not present during the shooting, Aguirre said.

20K pieces of mail found PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The United State Postal Service has recovered approximately 20,000 pieces of mail — some of them more than a decade old — from a Philadelphia postal carrier’s garage.

Special Agent Scott Balfour says it took three mail trucks to remove the letters. The carrier worked in the city’s Bustleton neighborhood.

Balfour says some of the mail dates back to 1997.

Postal officials say they recovered the mail on April 28 and it was being delivered to customers this week.

Balfour wouldn’t comment on what prompted the investigation but says the carrier hadn’t been to work since February.

’Robbery’ was failed drug deal MIDDLE TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — Police in southern New Jersey say a man called to report that he had been robbed after getting angry with someone who sold him fake cocaine.

Middle Township police say 24-year-old Lawrence Walsh called them Thursday and said he had been robbed at a convenience store.

Officers soon responded, but the alleged assailant had fled in a cab.

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College for all? Not necessarily, experts say COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — In a town dominated by the University of Missouri’s flagship campus and two smaller colleges, higher education is practically a birthright for high school seniors like Kate Hodges.

She has a 3.5 grade-pointaverage, a college savings account and a family tree teeming with advanced degrees. But in June, Hodges is headed to the Tulsa Welding School in Oklahoma, where she hopes to earn an associate’s degree in welding technology in seven months.

“They fought me so hard,” she said, referring to disappointed family members.

“They still think I’m going to college.”

The notion that a fouryear degree is essential for real success is being challenged by a growing number of economists, policy analysts and academics. They say more Americans should consider other options such as technical training or twoyear schools, which have been embraced in Europe for decades.

As evidence, experts cite rising student debt, stagnant graduation rates and a struggling job market flooded with overqualified degreeholders. They pose a fundamental question: Do too many students go to college?

“College is what every parent wants for their child,” said Martin Scaglione, president and chief operating officer of work force development for ACT, the Iowa-based not-for-profit best known for its college entrance exam. “The reality is, they may not be ready for college.”

President Barack Obama wants to restore the country’s status as the world leader in the proportion of citizens with college degrees. The U.S. now ranks 10th among industrial nations, behind Canada, Japan, Korea and

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Travis Wainscott, 17, practices his arc welding techniques at the Columbia Area Career Center certified welding program Thursday afternoon, May 6, in Columbia, Mo. About 2,000 students from central Missouri take classes at the center, supplementing their core high school courses with specialized training in automotive technology, robotics, design, electrical wiring and more. With the high cost of a four-year bachelors degree, many are considering technical training instead of a traditional college experience.

several European countries.

But federal statistics show that just 36 percent of fulltime students starting college in 2001 earned a four-year degree within that allotted time. Even with an extra two years to finish, that group’s graduation rate increased only to 57 percent.

Spending more time in school also means greater overall student debt. The average student debt load in 2008 was $23,200 — a nearly $5,000 increase over five years. Two-thirds of students graduating from four-year schools owe money on student loans.

And while the unemployment rate for college graduates still trails the rate for high school graduates (4.9 percent versus 10.8 percent), the figure has more than doubled in less than two years.

“A four-year degree in business — what’s that get you?”

asked Karl Christopher, a placement counselor at the Columbia Area Career Center vocational program.

“A shift supervisor position at a store in the mall.”

At Rock Bridge High School, one of Columbia’s two high schools, 72 percent of the class of 2008 moved on to four-year colleges, with another 10 percent attending community college. That college attendance rate is consistent with national statistics.

Only 4 percent of Rock Bridge students chose technical training like the Oklahoma welding school where Hodges is headed.

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Hodges has been set on a welding career since she was 13. She craves independence and has little patience for fellow students who seem to wind up in college more from a sense of obligation than anything else.

“School is what they’ve been doing their whole lives,” she said. “So they just want to continue. Because that’s what they are used to.”

Sue Popkes doesn’t hide her disappointment over her younger daughter’s decision.

At the same time, she realizes that Hodges may achieve more financial security than a college degree could ever provide.

“It’s sad to know she’s going to miss that mind-opening effect of an undergraduate degree,” Popkes said. “To discover new ideas, to become more worldly.”

Ohio University economics professor Richard Vedder

blames the cultural notion of “credential inflation” for the stream of unqualified students into four-year colleges. His research has found that the number of new jobs requiring college degrees is less than number of college graduates.

Vedder’s work also yielded something surprising: The more money states spend on higher education, the less the economy grows — the reverse of long-held assumptions.

“If people want to go out and get a master’s degree in history and then cut down trees for a living, that’s fine,” he said, citing an example from a recent encounter with a worker. “But I don’t think the public should be subsidizing it.”

Margaret Spellings, former federal education secretary under George W. Bush, remains a strong proponent of increased college access.

She points to research showing that college graduates will on average earn $1 million more over a lifetime than those with only high school degrees.

“It is crucial to the success of our country and to us as individuals to graduate more students from college,” she said at a National Press Club forum earlier this year. “We Americans greatly believe that education is the great equalizer.”

For many, the dream of earning a college degree — and the social acceptance that comes with that accomplishment — trumps a more analytical, cost-benefits approach.

John Reynolds, a Florida State sociology professor, found that unrealized educational expectations do not lead to depression or other long-term emotional costs.

“Rich kids, poor kids, ’A’ students, ’C’ students — we really didn’t find any lasting impact on not getting the degree,” he said.

14A — The Sunday Courier, Forest City, NC, Sunday, May 16, 2010

Nation/world World Today Missiles kill 5 in NW Pakistan PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A suspected U.S. missile strike killed at least five people in the Khyber tribal region of northwest Pakistan on Saturday, it what would be one of the first such attacks in the area, intelligence and government officials said.

U.S. missiles have regularly pounding al-Qaida and Taliban targets along the Afghan border for two years now. The attacks have killed scores of people, most of them identified as militants by Pakistani officials. But they have caused anger in Pakistan.

Anti-government protesters take cover as another runs out during a standoff with Thai soldiers at an intersection on Saturday in Bangkok, Thailand.

More than 160 killed in Darfur KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Clashes between Sudan’s army and Darfur’s most powerful rebel group have left more than 160 people dead, Sudanese security officials said Saturday.

The violence comes less than two weeks after the rebel Justice and Equality Movement broke off talks with the government on a permanent peace deal for Darfur, accusing the military of waging a new offensive in the troubled region.

In the deadliest clashes, government troops killed 108 JEM rebels Friday in the Jebel Moon area of western Darfur, near the Chad border, army spokesman Capt. Khalid al-Sawarmi said.

N.Korea denies Israeli allegations SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea is denying an Israeli allegation that Pyongyang is spreading weapons of mass destruction and vowing not to tolerate Israel’s alleged slander.

The North’s Foreign Ministry said Saturday the North “has nothing to do with any spread of WMDs.” It also said it would never pardon Israel for “daring slander the dignified (North) by faking up sheer lies.”

The comment published by the North’s official Korean Central News Agency was the first official response to Israel’s Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman’s comment this past week.

UK, Germany eye travel problems LONDON (AP) — Volcanic ash from Iceland could disrupt air travel in both Britain and Germany in the next few days, officials said Saturday.

The British Department of Transport said there was a risk that parts of British airspace could be closed beginning Sunday and those problems could continue through Tuesday. The predictions are based on the continuing eruption of Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokul volcano and current wind and weather conditions.

It said different parts of British airspace — including England’s southeast, home to Europe’s busiest airport at Heathrow as well as Gatwick, Stansted and other top airports — could close at different times through the next few days.

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Thai PM defends crackdown BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s leader defended the deadly army crackdown on protesters besieging the capital’s heart, saying Saturday the country’s very future was at stake. Protesters dragged away the bodies of three people from sidewalks — shot by army snipers, they claim — as soldiers blocked major roads and pinned notices of a “Live Firing Zone.”

“I insist that what we are doing is necessary,” Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said in a defiant broadcast on national television, making it clear he would not compromise. “The government must move forward. We cannot retreat because we are doing things that will benefit the entire country.”

On Saturday, the protesters launched a steady stream of rudimentary missiles at troops who fired back with live ammunition in several areas around a key commercial district of Bangkok.

Army snipers were perched with high-powered rifles atop tall buildings, viewing the action below through telescopic scopes.

Thick black smoke billowed from tires set ablaze by demonstrators as gunfire rang out.

The spiraling violence has raised concerns of sustained, widespread chaos in Thailand — a key U.S. ally and Southeast

Asia’s most popular tourist destination that promotes its easygoing culture as the “Land of Smiles.”

“The situation right now is getting close to a civil war each minute,” Jatuporn Prompan, a protest leader, told reporters. “Please don’t ask us how we are going to end this situation, because we are the ones being killed.”

Since Thursday, the once-bustling commercial and shopping district has become a war zone with Red Shirt protesters firing weapons, throwing homemade explosives, and hurling rocks at troops firing live ammunition and rubber bullets.

The violence ignited after the army started forming a cordon around the protesters’ encampment and a sniper shot and gravely wounded a rogue general reputed to be the Red Shirts’ military adviser.

At least 24 people have been killed and more than 194 wounded since Thursday.

Previous violence since the protest began in mid-March caused 29 deaths and injured 1,640.

This is the most prolonged and deadliest bout of political violence that Thailand has faced in decades despite having a history of coups — 18 since it became a constitutional monarchy in 1932.

The protesters have occupied a

tire-and-bamboo-spike barricaded, 1-square-mile (3-square-kilometer) zone in one of the capital’s ritziest areas, Rajprasong, for about two months to push their demands for Abhisit to resign immediately, dissolve Parliament and call new elections.

The crisis had appeared to be near a resolution last week when Abhisit offered to hold elections in November, a year early.

But the hopes were dashed after Red Shirt leaders made more demands.

The political uncertainty has spooked foreign investors and damaged the vital tourism industry, which accounts for 6 percent of the economy, Southeast Asia’s second largest.

Abhisit, in his first comments since Thursday, said the protesters have “held the people of Bangkok hostage” and described them as “armed terrorists” who attacked security forces.

“Officers on duty have the right to defend themselves,” he said.

The Red Shirts, drawn mostly from the rural and urban poor, say Abhisit’s coalition government came to power through manipulation of the courts and the backing of the powerful military, and that it symbolizes a national elite indifferent to the poor.

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A world without unicorns

One evening my oldest child, Fiona was sitting in my lap.

She was then just four-yearsold.

She looked up at me with her big brown eyes and asked, “Daddy, are unicorns real?”

Now, this is a much tougher question than you might imagine.

For one thing, I have never been outside of the United States of America. I never saw a unicorn in all my days of wandering around the pine trees of north Georgia. I never saw one in California, except for that one fellow that was dressed as a unicorn.

But, I have seen some things that I certainly can’t explain and there are many things that I haven’t seen that I firmly believe in.

So, who am I to judge the existence (or nonexistence) of unicorns?

In today’s sports section you’re going to find two very interesting stories. One is about New Orleans Saints TE Jimmy Graham and the other is about Yuri Foreman. Yuri is a boxing champ and a rabbinical scholar — yes, you read that right. In layman’s terms, that is kind of like Panthers QB Jimmy Clausen earning a PhD in molecular biology or some such thing.

Foreman was a scrawny Jewish kid, who was being whipped on by bullies. His parents suggested boxing. The bullying stopped.

In a few weeks, the young man, who will one day be a rabbi, will box Miguel Cotto in a championship bout in the new Yankee Stadium in the Bronx.

Graham’s story is, perhaps, a little bit more of a tear jerker.

Think ‘The Blind Side.’

Graham was 11 when his mom just dumped him. He never knew his father and his mom decided she couldn’t do it anymore. The young man, who had all the reason in the world to hate everyone and everything, earned two degrees from the University of Miami, whipped Tyler Hansbrough one night and could one day become the best tight end since Tony Gonzalez.

Here is another unbelievable story: There was this young man, who used to walk the railroad tracks and roads of Rutherford County to get to school. He played baseball, basketball and football.

He went off to college and over time he became a billionaire. Over the last twenty years, he has helped pay for college for hundreds of Rutherford County students.

Up until I met Bob and Janice McNair, I had never seen a billionaire. I didn’t know if they really existed — I’d never seen one.

Dreams are vague and often as thin as the air we breathe.

Some, see clearly who and what they will become, often without any road signs to find their way.

Others of us, need big road signs with big letters that read, “This way stupid.”

Fiona is eight now. A tough age, eight — it’s half as tough as 16.

My son, Gideon said the other day he knew how we got here.

My wife asked how and Gideon said God told him.

I’m 41. I’ve never seen a unicorn — but, I believe my son.

Never stop believing — you may become a billionaire or you may find a unicorn. Or, something much bigger.

Gardner-Webb plays 2 at McNair

By JACOB CONLEY Daily Courier Sports Reporter

FOREST CITY — The Radford Highlanders scored three runs in the eighth and three in ninth to snag a 6-5 win over Gardner-Webb in game 1 of Saturday’s double-header at McNair Field.

The early going of game 1 was a pitcher’s duel as GWU’s Kyle Paeplow and Radford’s Eddie Butler locked horns in a scoreless contest through

three innings.

The Bulldogs made a bid to crack the scoreboard in the fourth as Jake Watts sent a fly ball to the wall, but the Radford rightfielder made a nice catch to keep the game scoreless.

GWU threatened again in the sixth, but Watts was gunned down at the plate trying to score for the second out off the frame.

The home team registered three straight hits, including a booming

LeBron Or LeBust?

double of the top of the wall by Daniel Merck, to put GWU up 4-0 going into the seventh.

On the mound, the Bulldogs’ hurlers kept Radford off balance as Brock Wilson relieved Paeplow and pitched three scoreless innings. But the Gardner-Webb freshman ran into trouble in the eighth as the first two batters reached. The righty was then

Please see Gardner-Webb, Page 2B

2nd round shapes up n East

Rutherford, R-S Central advance in NCHSAA Playoffs

By SCOTT BOWERS Daily Courier Sports Editor

Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James walks to the bench during a timeout late in the fourth quarter against the Boston Celtics in Game 6 in a second-round NBA basketball playoff series in Boston on Thursday, May 13, 2010.

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Let LeBron-athon begin

By BILL TILTON Special to the Courier

INDEPENDENCE — New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg reportedly was openly campaigning for LeBron James to head to the Big Apple and become a member of the Knicks when the NBA’s free agency period begins on July 1.

Cavs owner Dan Gilbert thinks it might be a good idea if Bloomberg stuck with politics and didn’t get so involved with the future of the twotime MVP. “I would like think Mayor Bloomberg has better things to do,” Gilbert said when informed of the mayor’s com-

ments.

When Gilbert addressed the media at Cleveland Clinic Courts in Independence on Friday afternoon in the wake of Cleveland’s stunning loss to Boston in the Eastern Conference semifinals, he stressed that the organization would not overreact to falling short of the ultimate goal of winning the NBA title.

Gilbert is taking that same non-reactionary approach when it comes to all the reports of James leaving Cleveland to play for another team next season.

Rumors of The Chosen One heading Please see LeBron, Page 5B

FOREST CITY — Opening round? Check.

Both the Cavaliers and the Hilltoppers advanced to the second round of the 2010 NCHSAA Baseball Playoffs, this past week.

East Rutherford improved to a strong 23-2 overall mark with a solid 6-2 win over Forest Hills, Thursday. Leading the way, Drew Reynolds struck out 18 and just missed tying the school record for strike outs held by Ryan Leach (20).

R-S Central pounded St. Stephens on Friday night to continue play in the 3A Playoffs. The Hilltoppers plated 10 runs over six rain-shortened innings to improve to 13-9 overall.

Both county teams will be in action on Tuesday and both know who they’ll play.

East will get a visit from East Davidson (17-8), which comes in fresh off an 8-0 ripping of West Lincoln. Dakotah Thomas is expected to draw the start on the mound for the Cavs.

If the Cavs win, they would face the winner of the West StanlyWest Caldwell game in the third round. East fans will be cheering for Caldwell because a win by West Stanly would put the Cavs on the road for the third round.

R-S Central will already be on the road for the second round.

The Hilltoppers must travel to Tuscola (19-3), which dropped North Gaston, 11-5, in the opening round. J.M. Spangler or Christian Pfaff will draw the start for Central.

If the Hilltoppers win, they would get the winner of EnkaSouth Point in the third round and R-S would remain on the road.

Graham grateful for life’s lessons METAIRIE, La. (AP) — Sometime between age 11, when his mother dropped him off at a group home, and last month, when he was drafted by the New Orleans Saints, Jimmy Graham stopped feeling sorry for himself.

Graham wouldn’t wish a childhood like his on anyone — not the poverty, abandonment or neglect. Yet he says, “I wouldn’t change anything.”

After all, his unfortunate upbringing led him to someone who cared and eventually adopted him. With her help, he gained the confidence to do what he did at Miami: get two college degrees, play four years of basketball and one of football, and become a third-round draft choice of the defending Super Bowl champions.

“To be signed away by your mom isn’t the greatest situation,” Graham said of being put in the group home.

“It isn’t something that — being a little kid — something that’s easy, waking up somewhere you don’t know, with people you don’t know, and getting beat up every day. It definitely sculpted my life.”

At this point, it appears his adult life could turn out quite well. When he graduated from Miami a year ago with degrees in business administration and marketing — before he’d started playing football and taking graduate courses — Graham was honored on stage by university president Donna Shalala.

Shalala, a Health and Human

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This April, 2010, photo provided by Becky Vinson, shows Vinson, left, with her daughter, Karena, and Jimmy Graham.

Services secretary under President Bill Clinton, said by phone this week that she tries to get to know every student on Miami’s campus and was aware of Graham’s difficult childhood.

“He overcame it with a grace and intelligence that didn’t give him a chip on his shoulder, just a drive that only

champions have,” Shalala said. “He would walk around campus just smiling, just so happy he was there. He’d talk to everyone.”

On the basketball team, he was a workmanlike power forward with Please see Graham, Page 4B

2B — The Sunday Courier, Forest City, NC, Sunday, May 16, 2010

sports Krier takes 5th at state

GREENSBORO — Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy’s Billy Krier raced to 5th place in the 3,200-meter Run at the NCHSAA 1A Track & Field State Championships in Greensboro Saturday.

Krier pushed across the line in 10:42.34 to earn fifth place in the state.

Krier also claimed seventh place in the 1,600-meter Run with a time of 4:46.34. His two top ten finishes helped TJCA finish 26th overall, out of 44 schools, at the 1A Finals.

Girl’s Soccer North Moore 1, Thomas Jefferson 0

ROBBINS — The Lady Gryphons season came to a close in heart-breaking fashion Saturday in Robbins.

TJCA (20-4) fell, 1-0, to North Moore in the 2nd Round of the NCHSAA 1A Soccer Playoffs, despite out-shooting the Lady Mustangs 30 to 7.

The Lady Mustangs converted the game’s lone goal in the 34th minute.

“We dominated them, and we had our chances, but we couldn’t finish,” said TJCA Head Coach Brian Espinoza. “It hurts to lose like this, but it is just one of those games.”

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replaced by closer Adam Izokovic, who promptly served up three runs before the third out was recorded leaving GWU up, 4-3.

The Bulldogs picked what seemed to be a big insurance run in the bottom half as Josh Drewry tripled with two outs and scored on an infield single by Merck.

Radford, however, scored three runs in the ninth to take a 6-5 lead and GWU could not recover losing their second straight contest by a single run.

Game 2 was delayed for several hours Saturday evening due to heavy rain and lightning. The game got underway at 7:45 p.m., but at press time no final score was available.

Diamondbacks poison Braves in an 11-1 rout

ATLANTA — The Diamondbacks pounded out 13 hits en route to an 11-1 romp over the Atlanta Braves Saturday.

Atlanta’s Tommy Hanson fell to 3-3 with the loss after leaving the game in the eighth. Hanson struck out 10, with no walks as he surrendered five earned runs over seven.

Arizona struck for six runs over the game’s final two innings as the Diamondbacks roughed up the Braves bullpen.

Giants 2, Astros 1

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Unbeaten Tim Lincecum won for the first time in four starts, Juan Uribe hit a two-run homer in the fourth as San Francisco finally got to Astros ace Roy Oswalt, and the Giants beat Houston 2-1 on Saturday.

Phillies 10, Brewers 6

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Shane Victorino homered and drove in four runs, powering Philadelphia to the victory.

Pirates 4, Cubs 3

CHICAGO (AP) — Jeff Clement homered in the ninth inning and Octavio Dotel escaped a jam in the bottom half to lead Pittsburgh to the win.

Blue Jays 6, Rangers 0

TORONTO (AP) — Ricky Romero struck out 12 in his first career shutout, Jose Bautista hit two home runs and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Texas Rangers 6-0 on Saturday.

Rays 3, Mariners 2

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Willy Aybar homered leading off the bottom of the ninth inning, giving baseball-best Tampa Bay the victory.

The Rays wiped out a 2-0 deficit in the eighth inning, then won it with Aybar’s drive to right-center on a 3-2 pitch from Jesus Colome (0-1).

Yankees 7, Twins 1

NEW YORK (AP) — Andy Pettitte put to rest any concern about his left elbow, holding the Twins to two hits into the seventh inning, and New York beat Minnesota at home for the 10th straight time in the regular season.

Mark Teixeira and Jorge Posada hit long two-run homers in the seventh after Francisco Liriano was done.

Scoreboard BASEBALL National League East Division W L Pct 22 13 .629 20 16 .556 18 18 .500 18 18 .500 17 19 .472 Central Division

W L Pct St. Louis 21 15 .583 Cincinnati 19 16 .543 Pittsburgh 16 20 .444 Milwaukee 15 21 .417 Chicago 15 22 .405 Houston 13 23 .361 West Division

W L Pct San Diego 22 13 .629 San Francisco 20 15 .571 Los Angeles 18 17 .514 Colorado 17 18 .486 Arizona 15 22 .389

Philadelphia Washington Florida New York Atlanta

GB — 2 1/2 4 1/2 4 1/2 5 1/2 GB — 1 1/2 5 6 6 1/2 8 GB — 2 4 5 8 1/2

Friday’s Games Pittsburgh 10, Chicago Cubs 6 Florida 7, N.Y. Mets 2 St. Louis 4, Cincinnati 3 Atlanta 6, Arizona 5 Philadelphia 9, Milwaukee 5 Washington at Colorado, ppd., rain L.A. Dodgers 4, San Diego 3 San Francisco 8, Houston 2 Saturday’s Games Pittsburgh 4, Chicago Cubs 3 Colorado 6, Washington 2, 1st game San Francisco 2, Houston 1 Philadelphia 10, Milwaukee 6 Arizona 11, Atlanta 1 N.Y. Mets at Florida, late St. Louis at Cincinnati, late Washington at Colorado, late, 2nd game L.A. Dodgers at San Diego, late Sunday’s Games N.Y. Mets (Niese 1-1) at Florida (Nolasco 3-2), 1:10 p.m.

St. Louis (Penny 3-3) at Cincinnati (Arroyo 2-2), 1:10 p.m.

Arizona (Haren 4-2) at Atlanta (T.Hudson 3-1), 1:35 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Ohlendorf 0-1) at Chicago Cubs (Lilly 1-3), 2:20 p.m.

Washington (Olsen 2-1) at Colorado (Francis 0-0), 3:10 p.m.

Houston (Myers 2-2) at San Francisco (Zito 5-1), 4:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Billingsley 3-2) at San Diego (LeBlanc 2-0), 4:05 p.m.

Philadelphia (Hamels 3-2) at Milwaukee (D.Davis 1-4), 8:05 p.m.

Monday’s Games Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.

Arizona at Florida, 7:10 p.m.

Milwaukee at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m.

Colorado at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m.

Washington at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m.

San Francisco at San Diego, 10:05 p.m.

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

American League

Tampa Bay New York Toronto Boston Baltimore

Minnesota Detroit Chicago Cleveland Kansas City

Texas Oakland Los Angeles Seattle

East Division W L Pct 25 11 .694 24 12 .667 22 16 .579 19 17 .528 12 24 .333 Central Division W L Pct 22 14 .611 20 16 .556 14 21 .400 13 20 .394 13 23 .361 West Division W L Pct 20 17 .541 18 18 .500 16 21 .432 14 22 .389

GB — 1 4 6 13 GB — 2 7 1/2 7 1/2 9 GB — 1 1/2 4 5 1/2

Friday’s Games Boston 7, Detroit 2 Baltimore 8, Cleveland 1 N.Y. Yankees 8, Minnesota 4 Toronto 16, Texas 10 Seattle 4, Tampa Bay 3 Kansas City 6, Chicago White Sox 1 L.A. Angels 4, Oakland 0 Saturday’s Games N.Y. Yankees 7, Minnesota 1 Toronto 6, Texas 0 Tampa Bay 3, Seattle 2 Boston at Detroit, late Cleveland 8, Baltimore 2 Chicago White Sox at Kansas City, late Oakland at L.A. Angels, late Sunday’s Games Boston (Lackey 4-1) at Detroit (Galarraga 0-0), 1:05 p.m.

Minnesota (Blackburn 3-1) at N.Y. Yankees (Mitre 0-1), 1:05 p.m.

Texas (C.Lewis 3-1) at Toronto (Morrow 2-3), 1:07 p.m.

Cleveland (Westbrook 1-2) at Baltimore (D.Hernandez 0-5), 1:35 p.m.

Seattle (Cl.Lee 1-1) at Tampa Bay (Garza 5-1), 1:40 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Floyd 1-3) at Kansas City (Bannister 1-3), 2:10 p.m.

Oakland (Cahill 1-1) at L.A. Angels (Pineiro 2-4), 3:35 p.m.

Monday’s Games Boston at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Detroit, 7:05 p.m.

Kansas City at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.

Minnesota at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.

Cleveland at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

Seattle at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association Playoff Glance FIRST ROUND EASTERN CONFERENCE Cleveland 4, 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 121, Chicago 98 Tuesday, April 27: Cleveland 96, Chicago 94 Orlando 4, 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 99, Charlotte 90 Atlanta 4, Milwaukee 3 Saturday, April 17: Atlanta 102, Milwaukee 92 Tuesday, April 20: Atlanta 96, Milwaukee 86 Saturday, April 24: Milwaukee 107, Atlanta 89 Monday, April 26: Milwaukee 111, Atlanta 104 Wednesday, April 28: Milwaukee 91, Atlanta 87

Friday, April 30: Atlanta 83, Milwaukee 69 Sunday, May 2: Atlanta 95, Milwaukee 74 Boston 4, Miami 1 Saturday, April 17: Boston 85, Miami 76 Tuesday, April 20: Boston 106, Miami 77 Friday, April 23: Boston 100, Miami 98 Sunday, April 25: Miami 101, Boston 92 Tuesday, April 27: Boston 96, Miami 86 WESTERN CONFERENCE L.A. Lakers 4, Oklahoma City 2 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: Oklahoma City 110, L.A. Lakers 89 Tuesday, April 27: L.A. Lakers 111, Oklahoma City 87 Friday, April 30: L.A. Lakers 95, Oklahoma City 94 San Antonio 4, Dallas 2 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: San Antonio 92, Dallas 89 Tuesday, April 27: Dallas 103, San Antonio 81 Thursday, April 29: San Antonio 97, Dallas 87 Phoenix 4, 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: Phoenix 107, Portland 88 Thursday, April 29: Phoenix 99, Portland 90 Utah 4, Denver 2 Saturday, April 17: Denver 126, Utah 113 Monday, April 19: Utah 114, Denver 111 Friday, April 23: Utah 105, Denver 93 Sunday, April 25: Utah 117, Denver 106 Wednesday, April 28: Denver 116, Utah 102 Friday, April 30: Utah 112, Denver 104 CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS EASTERN CONFERENCE Boston 4, Cleveland 2 Saturday, May 1: Cleveland 101, Boston 93 Monday, May 3: Boston 104, Cleveland 86 Friday, May 7: Cleveland 124, Boston 95 Sunday, May 9: Boston 97, Cleveland 87 Tuesday, May 11: Boston 120, Cleveland 88 Thursday, May 13: Boston 94, Cleveland 85 Orlando 4, Atlanta 0 Tuesday, May 4: Orlando 114, Atlanta 71 Thursday, May 6: Orlando 112, Atlanta 98 Saturday, May 8: Orlando 105, Atlanta 75 Monday, May 10: Orlando 98, Atlanta 84 WESTERN CONFERENCE Phoenix 4, San Antonio 0 Monday, May 3: Phoenix 111, San Antonio 102 Wednesday, May 5: Phoenix 110, San Antonio 102 Friday, May 7: Phoenix 110, San Antonio 96 Sunday, May 9: Phoenix 107, San Antonio 101 L.A. Lakers 4, Utah 0 Sunday, May 2: L.A. Lakers 104, Utah 99 Tuesday, May 4: L.A. Lakers 111, Utah 103 Saturday, May 8: L.A. Lakers 111, Utah 110 Monday, May 10: L.A. Lakers 111, Utah 96 CONFERENCE FINALS EASTERN CONFERENCE Orlando vs. Boston Sunday, May 16: Boston at Orlando, 3:30 p.m.

Tuesday, May 18: Boston at Orlando, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 22: Orlando at Boston, 8:30 p.m.

Monday, May 24: Orlando at Boston, 8:30 p.m. x-Wednesday, May 26: Boston at Orlando, 8:30 p.m. x-Friday, May 28: Orlando at Boston, 8:30 p.m. x-Sunday, May 30: Boston at Orlando, 8:30 p.m.

WESTERN CONFERENCE L.A. Lakers vs. Phoenix Monday, May 17: Phoenix at L.A. Lakers, 9 p.m.

Wednesday, May 19: Phoenix at L.A. Lakers, 9 p.m.

Sunday, May 23: L.A. Lakers at Phoenix, 8:30 p.m.

Tuesday, May 25: L.A. Lakers at Phoenix, 9 p.m. x-Thursday, May 27: Phoenix at L.A. Lakers, 9 p.m. x-Saturday, May 29: L.A. Lakers at Phoenix, 8:30 p.m. x-Monday, May 31: Phoenix at L.A. Lakers, 9 p.m.

HOCKEY National Hockey League Playoff Glance FIRST ROUND EASTERN CONFERENCE Montreal 4, Washington 3 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: Montreal 4, Washington 1 Wednesday, April 28: Montreal 2, Washington 1 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 4, 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: Boston 4, Buffalo 3 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 4, 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 5, Colorado 2 Chicago 4, 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 5, Nashville 3 Vancouver 4, 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 4, Los Angeles 2 Detroit 4, Phoenix 3 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 5, Detroit 2 Tuesday, April 27: Detroit 6, Phoenix 1 CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS (Best-of-7) EASTERN CONFERENCE Montreal 4, Pittsburgh 3 Friday, April 30: Pittsburgh 6, Montreal 3 Sunday, May 2: Montreal 3, Pittsburgh 1 Tuesday, May 4: Pittsburgh 2, Montreal 0 Thursday, May 6: Montreal 3, Pittsburgh 2 Saturday, May 8: Pittsburgh 2, Montreal 1 Monday, May 10: Montreal 4, Pittsburgh 3 Wednesday, May 12: Montreal 5, Pittsburgh 2 Philadelphia 4, Boston 3 Saturday, May 1: Boston 5, Philadelphia 4, OT Monday, May 3: Boston 3, Philadelphia 2 Wednesday, May 5: Boston 4, Philadelphia 1 Friday, May 7: Philadelphia 5, Boston 4, OT Monday, May 10: Philadelphia 4, Boston 0 Wednesday, May 12: Philadelphia 2, Boston 1 Friday, May 14: Philadelphia 4, Boston 3 WESTERN CONFERENCE Chicago 4, Vancouver 2 Saturday, May 1: Vancouver 5, Chicago 1 Monday, May 3: Chicago 4, Vancouver 2 Wednesday, May 5: Chicago 5, Vancouver 2 Friday, May 7: Chicago 7, Vancouver 4 Sunday, May 9: Vancouver 4, Chicago 1 Tuesday, May 11: Chicago 5, Vancouver 1 San Jose 4, Detroit 1 Thursday, April 29: San Jose 4, Detroit 3 Sunday, May 2: San Jose 4, Detroit 3 Tuesday, May 4: San Jose 4, Detroit 3, OT Thursday, May 6: Detroit 7, San Jose 1 Saturday, May 8: San Jose 2, Detroit 1

CONFERENCE FINALS EASTERN CONFERENCE Montreal vs. Philadelphia Sunday, May 16: Montreal at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, May 18: Montreal at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Thursday, May 20: Philadelphia at Montreal, 7 p.m.

Saturday, May 22: Philadelphia at Montreal, 3 p.m. x-Monday, May 24: Montreal at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. x-Wednesday, May 26: Philadelphia at Montreal, 7 p.m. x-Friday, May 28: Montreal at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

WESTERN CONFERENCE Chicago vs. San Jose Sunday, May 16: Chicago at San Jose, 3 p.m.

Tuesday, May 18: Chicago at San Jose, 10 p.m.

Friday, May 21: San Jose at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Sunday, May 23: San Jose at Chicago, 3 p.m. x-Tuesday, May 25: Chicago at San Jose, 9 p.m. x-Thursday, May 27: San Jose at Chicago, 8 p.m. x-Saturday, May 29: Chicago at San Jose, 8 p.m.

RACING NASCAR Nationwide Heluva Good! 200 Results (Start position in parentheses) 1. (1) Kyle Busch, Toyota 2. (9) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet 3. (27) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet 4. (14) Reed Sorenson, Toyota 5. (20) Jason Leffler, Toyota 6. (10) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet 7. (3) Brad Keselowski, Dodge 8. (7) Greg Biffle, Ford 9. (17) Brian Scott, Toyota 10. (16) Colin Braun, Ford 11. (4) Carl Edwards, Ford 12. (2) Denny Hamlin, Toyota 13. (11) Brendan Gaughan, Toyota 14. (15) Steve Wallace, Toyota 15. (33) Michael Annett, Toyota 16. (29) Justin Allgaier, Dodge 17. (28) Tony Raines, Chevrolet 18. (6) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford 19. (19) Scott Lagasse Jr., Ford 20. (13) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet 21. (38) Kenny Wallace, Chevrolet 22. (31) Mike Bliss, Chevrolet 23. (21) Willie Allen, Chevrolet 24. (42) Eric McClure, Ford 25. (12) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet 26. (40) Joe Nemechek, Chevrolet 27. (5) Kasey Kahne, Toyota 28. (24) Paul Menard, Ford 29. (23) Trevor Bayne, Toyota 30. (39) Michael McDowell, Dodge 31. (36) Mark Green, Chevrolet 32. (18) Chad McCumbee, Ford 33. (26) Jason Keller, Chevrolet 34. (37) Mike Wallace, Chevrolet 35. (41) Robert Richardson Jr., Chevrolet 36. (30) Josh Wise, Ford 37. (34) Morgan Shepherd, Chevrolet 38. (22) Kevin Lepage, Chevrolet 39. (35) Johnny Chapman, Dodge 40. (32) Chase Miller, Chevrolet 41. (43) Kevin Hamlin, Chevrolet 42. (25) Brian Keselowski, Dodge 43. (8) David Gilliland, Chevrolet

TRANSACTIONS Saturday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League CLEVELAND INDIANS—Placed INF Andy Marte on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 12.

Recalled OF Trevor Crowe from Columbus (IL).

TAMPA BAY RAYS—Designated DH Pat Burrell for assignment. Purchased the contract of INF Hank Blalock from Durham (IL).

TEXAS RANGERS—Recalled RHP Guillermo Moscoso and RHP Pedro Strop from Oklahoma City (PCL). Optioned RHP Doug Mathis and OF Craig Gentry to OKlahoma City.

National League COLORADO ROCKIES—Reinstated RHP Jason Hammel from the 15-day DL. Placed INF-OF Eric Young Jr. on the 15-day DL. FLORIDA MARLINS—Placed C John Baker on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 13. Recalled OF Bryan Petersen from New Orleans (PCL).

MILWAUKEE BREWERS—Optioned OF Adam Stern to Nashville (IL). Recalled RHP John Axford from Nashville.

NEW YORK METS—Activated C Henry Blanco from the bereavement list. Optioned C Josh Thole to Buffalo (IL).

SAN DIEGO PADRES—Activated RHP Kevin Correia from the bereavement list. Optioned RHP Adam Russell to Portland (PCL).

COLLEGE VERMONT—Named Lori Gear McBride women’s basketball coach.

The Sunday Courier, Forest City, NC, Sunday, May 16, 2010 — 3B

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Lookin At Lucky wins Preakness, Super Saver fades

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John Daly tees off on the ninth hole during the second round of the Texas Open golf tournament, Saturday, in San Antonio.

Four sit atop leaderboard at Texas Open

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Brett Wetterich birdied his last three holes for a 4-under 68, and Jimmy Walker and James Nitties shot 67s to join Matt Jones atop the leaderboard at 7 under Saturday in the rain-delayed Texas Open.

The second round was pushed back after more than 3 inches of rain washed out play Friday on the Oaks Course at TPC San Antonio. The final 36 holes will be played Sunday.

Jones had a 71 in the second round. Tour rookie Garth Mulroy (67) was a stroke back along with Charley Hoffman (70), James Driscoll (68), J.B. Holmes (70), Pat Perez (66), Tim Petrovic (68) and Aron Price (68).

Ernie Els, a two-time winner this year, was two shots back at 5 under after a 67. The current money and FedEx Cup points leader, who also is the only player in the field ranked in the top 10, missed the cut last week at The Players Championship while working through a bad swing.

Els arrived in Texas focused on releasing his club earlier and not being so “handsy through the hitting area.” Though still feeling conservative with his drivers, Els was on target with his driver.

“I felt one more tournament could really do it for me, I feel it’s really coming around now,” Els said.

Zach Johnson, the winner the last two year at La Cantera, missed the cut at 4 over with rounds of 80 and 68 on the new Greg Norman-designed course.

Bell Micro LPGA Classic

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Norway’s Suzann Pettersen shot a 7-under 65 for a share of the lead with Brittany Lincicome and Se Ri Pak in the Bell Micro LPGA Classic.

Pettersen joined Lincicome (67) and secondround leader Pak (68) at 13 under on the Crossings Course at Magnolia Grove, part of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail.

Na Yeon Choi (66), Jee Young Lee (66) and Azahara Munoz (67) were 11 under. Michelle Wie had a 76 to drop to 5 over, last among the 73 players who made the cut.

Regions Charity Classic

HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — Dan Forsman had two eagles on his way to a tournament-record 10-under 62, leaving him a stroke behind Bobby Clampett in the Regions Charity Classic.

The 50-year-old Clampett, a TV analyst who won the 1982 Southern Open for his lone PGA Tour title, shot a 64 to finish at 15-under 129 — the best 36-hole score in the history of the event — on the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail’s Ross Bridge course.

Forsman, a five-time winner on the PGA Tour, bogeyed the second hole, but rebounded with three birdies and an eagle over the next six holes. He had a stretch of four consecutive birdies on the back nine and eagled the 16th.

Mallorca Open

SON SERVERA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano of Spain three-putted the final hole for a 2-under 68, leaving him tied with Sweden’s Pelle Edberg after the third round of the Mallorca Open.

Fernandez-Castano matched Edberg (71) at 4 under on the Pula Golf Club course. Australia’s Scott Hend (66) was a stroke back.

BALTIMORE (AP) — Change in jockeys, change in fortune.

So it was for trainer Bob Baffert and his Preaknesswinning colt Lookin At Lucky, who stayed out of trouble with Martin Garcia aboard and held off First Dude to win by three quarters of a length Saturday.

Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver faded to eighth as the 9-5 favorite in the 12-horse field, squandering a perfect trip and foiling jockey Calvin Borel’s boast of a Triple Crown.

“When I asked him, he kind of just folded up. It happens,” said Borel, who didn’t ride the rail this time — his signature trip.

Jackson Bend was another head back in third.

Lookin At Lucky ran 1 3-16 miles in 1:55.47, giving Baffert his fifth Preakness victory, tying him with D. Wayne Lukas for second all-time. It was the Hall of Famer’s first Triple Crown win since 2002, when War Emblem won at Pimlico.

“When they turned for home, he can really finish,” Baffert said.

Lucky’s win means yet another year will pass without a Triple Crown champion. Affirmed was the last to sweep the Derby, Preakness and Belmont in 1978.

Lookin At Lucky paid $6.80, $4.60 and $3.80 as the 2-1 second choice. First Dude returned $16.60 and $9.20, while Jackson Bend paid $6.60 to show.

Baffert made a gutsy decision when he replaced Garrett Gomez with Garcia after Lookin At Lucky finished sixth on a sloppy track as the Derby favorite two weeks ago.

At Churchill Downs, the bay colt was compromised by his

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Lookin At Lucky, center, ridden by Martin Garcia, wins the Preakness ahead of First Dude, right, ridden by Ramon Dominguez, who takes second place in front of Jackson Bend, left, with Mike E. Smith aboard, who takes third place during the 135th Preakness horse race at Pimlico Race Course, Saturday, in Baltimore.

starting position on the rail. He was immediately checked hard along the fence under Gomez, who rode Lookin At Lucky in his first nine races, including a troubled trip as the beaten favorite in the Santa Anita Derby.

For this race, he made his own luck.

Lookin At Lucky and Super Saver broke next to each other in the starting gate.

Garcia kept Lookin At Lucky clear and out of trouble while running mid-pack down the backstretch, behind pacesetting

First Dude. He made a big move on the final turn to challenge the surprisingly stubborn First Dude, a 23-1 long shot.

Lookin At Lucky finally took charge in deep stretch.

Gomez was aboard Lukas’ Dublin, who broke poorly from the 12th post and was not a factor.

Yawanna Twist was fourth, followed by Dublin, Paddy O’Prado and Caracortado. Then came Super Saver, Schoolyard Dreams, Aikenite, Pleasant Prince and Northern Giant.

Busch wins Dover Nationwide race DOVER, Del. (AP) — Clint Bowyer saw his target and hurried off pit road. Angry after a hard lick only moments earlier, Bowyer sped toward Denny Hamlin and sent him straight into the wall.

Bowyer’s retaliatory hit got him instantly parked by NASCAR. His race was over and Hamlin’s was spoiled.

Kyle Busch missed all the fun on his way to Victory Lane.

Busch dominated from the pole and won the Nationwide Series race at Dover International Speedway on Saturday, a day after he ran out of fuel at the end of the Trucks Series race.

“I knew we had a great race car, and if we could just get through the restarts and not have anybody turn me sideways,” we’d win, Busch said.

The final laps were marred by bumps and wrecks that necessitated a red flag and a greenwhite checkered finish.

And what a finish.

Bowyer was rear-ended by Hamlin on one of the late restarts. Bowyer spent little time stewing on pit road, driving right out and into Hamlin.

Bowyer was ordered straight to the NASCAR hauler.

“I just clipped him on the way by. It was nothing intentional,” Hamlin said. “I just misjudged it, barely. It’s hard to blame it on not running these cars a lot, but I just didn’t know how close I was.

“I’m sure he was frustrated, but I don’t fault him. I’m sure I’d be frustrated, too. It’s hard to say

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Drivers Kyle Busch, right, and Denny Hamlin take the green flag to start the NASCAR Nationwide Series Heluva Good! 200 auto race, Saturday, in Dover, Del.

he’s in the wrong.”

The race was red flagged for 11 minutes, 43 seconds with less than 10 laps remaining after an accident left fluid and mangled cars all over the track.

Trevor Bayne was limping when he left the car after the accident and went to the hospital.

“It seems like we can always find something in the last 10 laps to get a caution,” Busch said.

Ryan Newman, Jamie McMurray, Reed Sorenson and Jason Leffler rounded out the

top five.

“It got exciting for everybody at the end,” Newman said, laughing.

Bowyer could lose points as part of a NASCAR punishment.

“I hope that they don’t penalize Clint Bowyer,” McMurray said.

“That’s what every race car driver wants to do. You don’t want to hurt anybody, but when someone takes you out of a race like that and you have no chance of finishing, and they’re still going to finish, that is just the best gratification that a guy can have.”

Busch was in control the entire day in the second race of his weekend tripleheader. He was poised to win the Trucks race on Friday when he had to make an unexpected pit after running out of fuel. He’ll drive in Sunday’s Sprint Cup race.

“Well, let’s see if it’s our week to win,” Busch radioed on the final laps.

It was, and he earned his fourth Nationwide win of the season.

Busch, who led 191 of 205 laps, saw his chances of defending his Nationwide title squashed this week when Joe Gibbs Racing decided he would not run the full schedule.

He said it was frustrating to want to race for a championship, but not be allowed to compete.

“It changes your approach a little bit, not a whole lot,” Busch said. “We’ve got to make sure that we go out and try and win races. That’s what we do anyway.

We still want to win as many as we can. We’re going after the owner’s championship.”

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speed who thrived at defense and rebounding. He didn’t back down from anyone, and in 2009 held North Carolina All-American Tyler Hansbrough to eight points and four rebounds in 30 minutes.

The Hurricanes nearly upset the eventual national champion Tar Heels that day, falling 69-65.

His hustling play, personal story and approachability made him popular with fans and peers, and when Shalala introduced him at graduation, “The reaction of the students was huge,” she said.

Some in the crowd wiped away tears as they cheered for Graham, Shalala recalled, and one of the sobbing spectators was Becky Vinson, who knew Graham’s story better than anyone.

In the late 1990s, after serving in the Navy as an electronics technician, Vinson returned home to Goldsboro, and started working toward a nursing degree. Her younger sister was Graham’s classmate and they were part of a group of friends that congregated at Vinson’s mother’s house.

By that time, Graham was out of the group home and living in his mother’s apartment again, but Vinson saw signs that not all was well, such as the clothes he wore during winter.

“When a kid shows up in shorts and a tank top and shoes with holes, it’s obvious this was not appropriate for the weather, and this was a common theme with him,” she recalled.

Vinson was volunteering as an assistant youth leader at her church and invited Graham to some gatherings, producing the moment that changed both of their lives.

“We’re going around the room as always to ask if any kids had prayer requests, and everything I’ve ever been in, if people have prayer requests they want to share, it’s like, grandma’s sick or an uncle in the hospital, those kind of things,” Vinson recalled. “On this specific occasion, there was a sense of urgency with Jimmy’s request.”

Graham asked for prayer that his mother wouldn’t put him back in a group home, and he sounded scared, Vinson recalled.

“My mind was flooded with what Jimmy had said. I thought, ’I’ve got to do something. I can’t respond to this by just praying for it and going about my day.”’

Vinson offered to take Graham in, even though she had very little money, a daughter of her own, Karena, and lived in a rented single-wide trailer.

“The movie ’(The) Blind Side’ doesn’t have anything on Jimmy Graham,” Miami tight ends coach Joe Pannunzio said, referring to the book and film depicting how NFL lineman Michael Oher, while in high school, was adopted by a wealthy family in Memphis.

Vinson bought Graham whatever proper clothes she could afford and stayed on him about his grades.

“She means the world to me,” said Graham, who recently completed his first practices with the Saints at the club’s rookie camp. “She took me in as a sophomore in high school and gave me a great opportunity. I definitely owe her the world.”

Meanwhile, Pannunzio eagerly anticipated his chance to work with Graham, who had fulfilled his basketball obligations and had offers to play professionally in Europe, but stayed at Miami to try football.

Pannunzio wondered whether he’d found the next Tony Gonzalez or Antonio Gates, who also had basketball backgrounds before flourishing in pro football.

“We needed a tight end that could stretch the field. He could really run,” Pannunzio said.

“He might not become Antonio Gates or Tony Gonzalez, but he has a chance to be as good or better.”

Being drafted by New Orleans was ideal for reasons beyond football.

The city has its share of children with tough lives — Hurricane Katrina didn’t help — and Graham wants to meet them.

“I know there’s a lot of little kids who are like me and I see it as a great opportunity and kind of destiny for me to be here,” he said. “I’m a guy about giving back.”

Some relatives who were never there for him as a child are also now starting to attempt to come back into his life. Vinson has gotten calls from a number of them. She lets them go to voice mail and gives Graham the message.

Graham never met his real father, but has reestablished contact with his biological mother, who he said seemed to mature after joining the military and serving in Iraq.

“I talk to my mother now,” Graham said. “I’ve forgiven her. You never forget, but I love her.”

Referee Jay Nady, left, raising the hand of boxer Yuri Foreman, after Foreman won his WBA super welterweight boxing title fight by unanimous decision against Daniel Santos in Las Vegas, in this Nov. 14, 2009 file photo.

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Meet Yuri Foreman:

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By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer

NEW YORK — Yuri Foreman leans over a table in the corner of Gleason’s Gym, a newsboy cap pulled down over his dark, piercing eyes. The thud of heavy bags and the rat-a-tat of speed bags form a mesmerizing rhythm around him, and for a moment he’s at a loss for words.

He just smiles instead, and it’s hard to blame him.

His name will be on the marquee next month for the first fight at the new Yankee Stadium, when he defends his junior middleweight title against Miguel Cotto. He’s married to a Hungarian model and documentary filmmaker who happens to be an exceptional cook. And he is only a couple of years away from finishing a rigorous program to become a rabbi.

Foreman finally breaks the silence, trying to explain how a kid born in the former Soviet Union and raised in an Israeli ghetto can lead such a charmed life in the United States.

“The thing is, the reason why I came here was just because of boxing,” he says. “I became a three-time champion in Israel and I could see it would never bring me nowhere, and if I want to pursue my dreams I would have to go to the place that boxing is famous, and where I can test my skills. And America, that’s the place where it all happened.”

Last November, on the undercard of the Manny PacquiaoCotto match at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, those dreams were realized. At age 29, the softspoken kid whose parents told him to take up boxing after bullies beat him up defeated Daniel Santos. He’s the first Orthodox Jew to win a world championship in nearly 75 years.

His face in the days afterward showed the wear and tear, cuts and bruises framing those brown eyes, as he celebrated over lunch at a kosher restaurant in midtown Manhattan.

Seated near him were a trio of people representing the three pillars of his life: Leyla Leidecker, his wife; Rabbi DovBer Pinson, who has guided his spiritual journey; and Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum, who has guided his career inside the ring.

“Nobody has a story like he does,” Arum says. “Usually to master the rabbinical studies that he has, people do nothing else, and he combines it as a world-class athlete. That to my mind is exceptional.”

Foreman’s story begins in Gomel, a city of half a million people on the banks of the Sozh River in Belarus, near the border of Ukraine. Back then, the Iron Curtain still stood resolute, and life was difficult for a workingclass Jewish family.

Comforts were scarce, religion prohibited by the government.

Just before the fall of communism, Foreman’s family immigrated to Israel, where his father took low-paying jobs cleaning offices. Yuri was about 11 years old and remembers running home from school so that he could help them out. He was an outsider, just another Russian immigrant to the other Jews.

Boxing was the furthest thing from his mind.

“In Israel, boxing is an unpopular sport. There is no exposure,” he says, munching on a chicken sandwich that his wife has prepared. “There are two people who do boxing, Arabs and Russian immigrants. It’s really an immigrant sport, you know?”

Foreman learned to box from another Russian immigrant, but it mostly amounted to some shadowboxing. They had no equipment, no gloves or heavy bags or rings. When they went to Haifa City Hall to ask for space to work out, the woman there told him, “Go box with the Arabs.”

So he did.

He would venture into Arab neighborhoods by himself every

Wednesday, feeling incredulous glares cast upon him. He looked different, spoke another language, didn’t fit in. Other kids relished the opportunity to fight him, even though they quickly learned he could hold his own.

“I was going to boxing gyms in Arab villages because they had equipment, they had gyms, you know?” Foreman says. “In the beginning, you just don’t look like them. You don’t look Arab, you look Jew. But boxing is just like any other sport. It closes the difference between nations.

After a lot of hard work, we became friends, and I still have a lot of friends over there.”

Beyond the bonds Foreman made, he became an accomplished amateur, and soon heard the call — not of religion, not yet — but of the fame and fortune that can only be found in the United States. He knew that if he wanted to be a champion, he would need to seek out the best trainers and the toughest competition.

So he packed his bags and in 1999, one year after his mother passed away, left his father and friends in Israel for Brooklyn.

He moved in with a trainer he had met in Haifa, Michael Kozlowski, and found a job working in the garment district in Manhattan. He would run from the modest apartment over the Brooklyn Bridge to work, then return after his shift to get in some sparring at Gleason’s, a second-floor gym near the East River that has been home to numerous world champions over the years.

Foreman began to make a name for himself, winning the New York Golden Gloves title.

About a year later he turned professional, and remembers making $800 for his first fight.

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to New York, New Jersey, Chicago and even Miami have been running wild on radio, television and the Internet since the final horn sounded in the Cavs’ 94-85 loss to the Celtics on Thursday night that completed the 4-2 series win for the boys from Beantown.

In fact, bodog.com — a gambling Website — has odds listed on where James will play in 2010-2011. The Cavaliers are 4/7 favorites in the LeBron sweepstakes, but the Chicago Bulls are close at 9/4. Rounding out the top five are the New York Knicks at 5/1, New Jersey Nets at 7/1 and the Miami Heat are 15/2.

“We’re going to ignore the noise,” Gilbert said. “We want to focus moving forward and making this the best franchise and the best place for any player to want to come to.

“To be honest, I haven’t thought about free agency. All of our focus has been on delivering a championship to the city of Cleveland and we didn’t do what we were supposed to do. For the kids who woke up this morning and all the fans (who are upset), I am sorry. I apologize to them.”

Gilbert acknowledged James’ massive contribution to the success of the franchise, but also said that the ownership group doesn’t “sit around trying to figure out what will make one player or one person happy.”

When asked if James does opt to play elsewhere if there is a secondary plan in place, Gilbert said the Cavs have not considered that scenario as of yet.

“For the five years we have been here, LeBron has been here, so, no, I haven’t imagined it,” Gilbert said.

“There is only one plan in place.

Plan A is to learn from this loss and move forward. The ownership group

is going to look at every piece. From the players to the coaches to the front office to the business side to the music being played in the arena. An evaluation and a judgment will then be made.”

Cavs general manager Danny Ferry admitted on Friday that he was still “coming down” from the disappointment and frustration of the series loss to Boston.

Ferry echoed Gilbert’s sentiments that he feels for the fans of Northeast Ohio and is committed to bring a championship to Cleveland. Of course, when you have the two-time NBA MVP on the roster, there is a sense of urgency for the entire organization to make the franchise an appealing place to play.

“We try to win it every year,” Ferry said. “With a guy like LeBron on the team, the obligation is you have to go for it.”

Boston’s Kevin Garnett also weighed in on James’ upcoming

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decision following Thursday’s seriesclinching win over the Cavs.

Garnett played many years with the Minnesota Timberwolves before finally winning a championship with the Celtics in 2008.

“Honestly, he’s gonna have to make a decision on not just him, but his family and his future,” Garnett said.

“Loyalty is something that hurts you at times because you can’t get youth back. I can honestly say that if I can go back and do my situation over, knowing what I know now with this organization, I’d of done it a little sooner. But I don’t know what’s going through his mind. He’s a different individual, I haven’t spoken to him or anything but the world is his.

Whatever he wants it to be, whatever decisions he makes is probably gonna be best for him, not only him, but him and his family.”

Tilton writes for the Journal-Register News Service.

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grams possible. Long days of training became enmeshed with heavy course work and lengthy, searching Torah studies with Pinson at Yeshiva Iyyun.

It also resulted in this seeming contradiction: A man who makes his living by pummeling other men shouts “Shalom!” and espouses the philosophies of peace and goodwill.

“It’s very important, if you have a dream to be an actor or an athlete, you have to pursue it. Religion should not be something that dictates what you want to be,” Foreman says, recalling a recent appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live, where the host brought up the same paradox.

The religious community has been supportive, too.

“Rabbi is mainly a teacher, and no one is surprised if someone is a boxer and studying to be a teacher,” Leidecker says. “He’s studying to be a teacher in Judaism, and his main interest is to work with teenagers who are not really religious, so what better way to get them interested than boxing?”

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was tough.”

So was his relationship with Kozlowski, whom he characterized as an overbearing trainer whose “win or die” approach became too much to handle. Foreman moved out of the apartment they shared and decided to begin working with another coach, but the split was anything but cordial.

Foreman offers a polite “no comment” when asked about what happened next, then chooses his words carefully while telling his side of the story. Not long after his working relationship with Kozolowski ended, Foreman was visited by a masked gunman who delivered a package with a single bullet in it. The young fighter notified his promoters and the FBI became involved.

Kozlowski says federal agents visited him but denies having anything to do with it.

No one was ever charged.

Foreman keeps a somber face when he discusses his bumpy road to boxing stardom, approaching the questions about his past in a matterof-fact manner. But his eyes light up and that boyish smile returns when he remembers seeing Leyla at Gleason’s one afternoon.

She had been working out across the room, and her blond hair immediately caught Foreman’s attention.

She was beautiful, a model who had appeared in numerous advertisements and whose career had taken her around the world and dropped her off in Brooklyn.

Call it serendipity. Or perhaps fate.

“I didn’t want to be the guy that, like, you go to a dance floor and there’ll be the prettiest girl and nobody ever invites the prettiest girl to dance,” Foreman says. “And I said, ’I’m going to invite the prettiest girl.’

The worst-case scenario, she says no.”

Foreman was rebuffed at first. “I thought he was a nice person,” Leyla says, “but you know, I just felt he was younger than me.” Then she finally gave in when Foreman invited her to the Golden Gloves at Madison Square Garden, where he would be fighting for the championship.

“I remember I didn’t have any money to buy a ticket, so I borrowed like, 30 bucks from my friends and I got her a ticket,” Foreman says. “It was

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Junior middleweight champion Yuri Foreman, right, listens as former welterweight champion Miguel Cotto speaks during a news conference at Yankee Stadium in New York, in this April 9, 2010 file photo.

pretty much our first date.”

They became inseparable, a pair of immigrants whose story could fit just as snugly in the 1920s as it does today. Leidecker worked on her many film projects while Foreman toiled in the heat of Gleason’s Gym, both trying to make something of themselves.

Leidecker was more spiritual than Foreman back then, and she thought it would be a good idea for him to learn a little more about his roots.

They tried out a synagogue in their Brooklyn neighborhood and happened to walk in on a discussion

led by Rabbi Pinson. His talk that day centered around the enduring struggle between good and evil, and he was using boxing as an allegory to make his point. It made sense to the young couple on every level.

“Rabbi Pinson didn’t know I was a boxer,” Foreman says. “After class, he talked to us for a while because we were the new people. Gradually, after a couple of years of studying, I said, ’Whoa, this really helps me. It focuses me, it gives me inner strength.’”

Foreman decided to embark on a six-year course in rabbinical studies, one of the most intensive pro-

Foreman finishes his lunch on the little table in the corner of Gleason’s, and looks to a wall on the far side of the room. Posted high above the chipped mirrors used for shadowboxing, where the paint is peeling off the wall, a banner proclaims the home of the WBA world champion.

The buzz that began in the gym has swept across New York City as June 5 draws near, when Foreman will step between the ropes for the first fight at Yankee Stadium since Ali fought Ken Norton on Sept. 28, 1976. There is a billboard for the fight in Times Square and a constrant stream of announcements during every home baseball game.

It’s not the same Yankee Stadium where Joe Louis, Jack Dempsey and Ray Robinson once plied their trade.

That building is a pile of rubble just across the street. But it seems somehow fitting that the first fight in the new stadium features a Jewish fighter, because the first title fight at the old ballpark did likewise: Benny Leonard defeated Lew Tendler on July 23, 1923, just a few months after it opened.

“As far as I’m concerned, Yankee Stadium is the best place for this, particularly the first fight,” says Arum, who also promoted the AliNorton fight at the old ballpark.

“Long after I’m gone, and he’s gone, people will remember this.”

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Boots has character, says Dr. Marais

My cat Boots caused me concern recently.

The once 11-pound cat was losing weight.

My nephews noticed it too.

“Boots is skinny,” they said, which was certainly a new descriptive for anyone living at my residence.

Boots’ demeanor also seemed a little different. He hates my sister. His routine, when she enters the house, is to disappear pronto.

She arrived for a short visit recently and Boots shockingly climbed on the couch, laid right beside her and allowed an oldfashioned cat rub. “Boots is sick,” she said.

With her observance, the boys’ concern, and a couple other signs leading me to think he was nearing the end of his life, a visit with Dr. Marais was in order.

Dr. James Marais, who has taken care of Boots since I helped rescued him from the side of a road more than 13-1/2 years ago, bid an official goodbye to Foothills Animal Clinic Wednesday after an 18-year practice. The South African veterinarian with an amazing accent has gone home to retire.

He sends words of thanks for every patron’s warm response to him over the years, despite his strong “foreign accent,” he said.

When I took Boots into the office about 10 days ago, Dr. Gretchen Kelly, saw Boots as Dr. Marais was nearby during the transition with Dr. Kelly and Dr. Barbara Booth, Foothills’ new vets.

Dr. Kelly suggested blood work and a thyroid test. During the needle sticks and urine sample extraction, I heard Boots growling like a lion. He was not a happy cat.

“Boots, you have the blood of a young kitty,” Dr. Kelly said as she examined the samples under a microscope. The results of all his tests were normal.

It turns out, Boots is great.

The toothless 13-1/2 year old, who can talk with the best of them, is marvelous. Surely he didn’t suppose one of us needed to cut down a little and it might as well be him.

Anyway, Boots is going to live to be 100, a good friend said.

One thing hasn’t changed. The Boots I’ve come to know and love is still a ‘fraidy cat” to some extent, although he’s decided my sister is harmless.

I had to laugh recently as I watched Boots lying on his belly in the grass outside my sun porch door. He was obviously about to pounce on something.

Sure enough, he was apparently mustering up all the courage he could summon as he had his eyes on a squirrel near the shed.

One, two, three and he was off as fast as lightning.

Suddenly like a crash of thunder, Boots came to a screeching halt, made a 180-degree turn, and raced as hard as he could back to the house. On his white heels, a baby squirrel was running after Boots.

Sorry, Boots I forgot to warn you of those baby “flying” squirrels. They’ll catch you every time.

And Dr. Marais was right all along. “Boots has cha -racter,” he described in his native accent, the first time we met.

Boots and I are going to miss you, Dr. Marais. Thanks.

Gordon is the senior reporter/features editor at The Daily Courier.

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

Tips and Secrets for a Cleaner, Healthier Home

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hen it comes to the routine of cleaning, homeowners tend to be more concerned with stacks of dirty dishes (66 percent), piles of laundry (58 percent) and dust balls on their carpet (57 percent), according to a survey commissioned by 3M, maker of Filtrete air cleaning filters. But they often forget about other areas of the home — such as bedding, shower doors and even stuffed animals — that can be breeding grounds for bacteria, mildew, dust mites and foul odors.

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Start at the Top: Ceiling fans, tall mantles and bookshelves, and the tops of door frames tend to fall under the “out of sight, out of mind” motto. These areas often harbor dust, so it’s important to wipe them down regularly to help remove dust buildup. Start at the top and work your way down, collecting all of the dust and dirt that falls to the floor while you’re cleaning.

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Wipe Down Windows and Walls: Don’t clean windows the old fashioned way — newspaper can cause ink residue and paper towels leave lint behind. Your best bet is to use microfiber cleaning cloths and a professional window squeegee to get a streak-free, spotless shine. To prevent streaks on shower doors and walls, apply lemon oil to the door twice a month. This will help repel soap scum and shampoo, while also adding a nice shine.

Think Horizontally:

Dust mites are nearly everywhere. In fact, the American Lung Association estimates that roughly four out of five homes in the United States have detectable levels of dust mite allergens in at least one bed. Reduce dust mites by encasing your mattress and pillows, and wash your bedding in hot water about once a week. Also, since dust mites are microscopic, place strips of duct tape on the mattress case to prevent the dust mites from sneaking through.

Clean the In-between: While

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Freeze the Fur: Stuffed Photo courtesy of 3M animals can harbor dust mites, so it’s important to pay special attention to them. Place stuffed animals in a large plastic bag and freeze them for four to five hours. Remove them from the freezer and plastic bag, and use a vacuum with a HEPA filter to remove any leftover dust particles.

Finish With Floors: To keep floors in tip-top shape, vacuum

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ertain areas of the home, especially the kitchen, can breed and harbor germs that not only cause odors but can spread to family members. These low-cost cleaning tasks, when done regularly and properly, can be effective in making the home healthier for your family:

food particles from your refrigerator, then cover shelves with washable shelf liners. They will catch most of the food spillage, and will make cleanup quicker and easier. Once a month, throw them in the dishwasher for a good cleaning, and then place them back in the refrigerator once they are dry.

Trash cans: Trash cans should be cleaned monthly using a chlorine bleach and water solution. Simply combine one cup of non-chlorine bleach for every three gallons of water and pour the solution into the trash can. Swish the solution around in the trash can, and wait about five minutes for the chlorine to kick in and kill the germs.

Sinks: Since bacteria can accumulate in cracks and crevices, pay extra attention to these areas when disinfecting. Also, stainless steel sinks can be tough to clean and can look spotty due to water spots and lime build up. To keep the sink shiny, use a soft buffing wheel to restore the luster. Then, use a cloth to generously apply mineral oil to the sink. Water will bead up and roll off the sink, keeping it shiny and helping prevent spots.

Refrigerators: Cleaning the refrigerator monthly will improve the safety and quality of your food. If you are tired of cleaning spills and

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Out & About CMS Earth Day Project

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Friends and family of Lisa Horton “LISA’S GANG” participated in the MS Walk May 1. The event took place at Shelby City Park. Donations can still be made by calling 828-657-6488.

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Chase Middle School seventh grade science teachers Pam McCraw, Joe Jessen, and Donna Elliott, along with their students, have been working on a school beautification project in honor of Earth Day. Students have worked outside during their science classes this week doing such activities as weeding, mulching, picking up trash, and planting flowers. Pictured are (l-r): Andre Gabriel, Jennifer Brainard, Summer Shytles, Kaylee Jones and Summer Woody.

Walking in The Rain

Kevin Grant formerly of Ellenboro and a studio musician in Nashville, Tn., told brother Rod Grant last week, he and his family did not sustain any flood damage from the recent storms. Kevin, who appeared on stage at The Foundation here with country music’s Jamey Johnson, said he had recently moved some of his studio equipment to another warehouse. Had he not done that, Rod said, there would have been damage.

Grant occasionally picks the guitar for Johnson. Rodney who serves as the College and Career Facilitator for the Rutherford County Schools, is working on future concerts.

Jeremy and Dara Adams and daughter, Olivia, arrived in Forest Jean Gordon/Daily Courier City this week from Kosice, Slovakia, As the rains came where they are missionaries with down early Tuesday, Campus Crusade for Christ. They attired in a jacket and will visit with Jeremy’s parents, Al a hoodie and his faithand Tulula Adams for a few weeks, ful umbrella, Robert Hogue, “Cool Pops” of before heading off to Fort Collins, Rutherfordton, headed Co. for a six-week training program, out for his routine walk which focuses on different aspects of to the store off US living in a different culture.

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Tony Earley, who once wrote features and columns for The Daily Courier, before becoming one of the south’s best fiction/nonfiction writers, addressed graduates Saturday at Warren Wilson, his alma mater. Earley, winner of a National Magazine Award for fiction, was

named one of the 20 best writers of his generation by both Granta and The New Yorker. His writing has appeared in Harper’s, Esquire, The New Yorker, The Oxford American, The New York Times Book Review, Best American Short Stories, New Stories from the South and many other magazines and anthologies.

Since 1997 Earley has taught at Vanderbilt University, where he is the Samuel Milton Fleming Associate Professor of English. He and his wife Sarah, have a daughter.

“Since you are retiring, the last thing you want would be a plaque for your wall,” United Way executive director Faye Hassell told Gail Parton Thursday, as she retired as UW’s campaign chair. Instead Parton received a dinner gift certificate for she and husband Mike.

Former Chase High School golf coach Rick Peters coached the West Montgomery High School Golf Team to the 2A- NCHSA Golf Championship May 12 and May 13.

West Montgomery’s Ethan Dennis and Dylan Kennedy received individual medals and Ethan Sasser, won in the playoff, shooting a par 4 on the 18th hole. The championship was held at Pinehurst. The state championship title was a first for West Montgomery.

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This basket of children’s books was donated to Rutherford Hospital by First United Methodist and First Baptist churches of Rutherfordton. The donation was part of Operation In As Much, which took place on April 24. Sheila Deck and her children from First UMC delivered the books to Ginger Dancy, RHI director of volunteer services.

The books will be divided between several locations within the hospital for the enjoyment of patients and visitors.

autumn care of forest city rehab Wonder of the month Mary Mathis – April 2010

The staff of the Rehab Department at Autumn Care of Forest City, salutes Mary Mathis as our Rehab Wonder for the month of April.

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Mary Mathis joined the Autumn Care family in March 2010.

After a hospital stay she came here to receive therapy. She is able to walk with a walker and do her activities of daily living with occasional help. She is now ready to "graduate" and is planning to return home soon. Mary’s outlook and willingness to participate in therapy is unparalleled. She was always eager to attend therapy daily, and would work hard to improve. She can now walk around the facility with a walker and looks forward into going home.

Mary is a resident of Rutherford County, and resides with her sister Hattie in Ellenboro for the past 25 yrs. She attends Heaven Bound Church in Ellenboro.

Mary's hobbies include: reading John Grisham books, not a "TV person" but enjoys watching CSI shows. She is a music lover, mostly gospel and some country.

When asked about her stay here at Autumn Care, Mary comments "The therapy department is fantastic, and she lives for getting up and coming to therapy." We will miss her laughter and the smile that she shared with us. Mary was a joy to work with. Congratulation for being Autumn Care Rehab Wonder for April 2010.

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Foothills Music Club scholarship recipients College News

FOREST CITY — The Foothills Music Club recently announced its 2010 scholarship winners.

Two first place winners were selected this year – Troy Brooks, saxophone, and Ben Stockdale, percussion, Polk County High students and residents of Tryon.

Clayton Carey, a percussionist at PCHS and a Tryon resident, was also a top winner.

Additional recipients of financial recognition were Isaac McCullough and Kaytee McCullough, pianists, and Cabot Lee Petoia, violinist, all of Tryon.

Other scholarship winners were Jonathan McClay, trumpet, and Lukas Sappenfield, baritone, both of Bostic; Aya Matsui, piano, of Campobello, S.C.; Elizabeth Shanahan, voice, Tryon; and Liana Stadelmann, saxophone, Landrum, S.C. For the purpose of encouraging young musicians to continue their studies, funds are made

available annually by the club for qualifying students.

Applications are accepted from students who have studied a minimum of two years and are of high Stockdale school age. A panel of judges then hears each individual play or sing a piece of his/her choice, particularly noting the performer’s musical and technical interpretation.

The financial award can be applied to the cost of lessons, purchase of music or repair/purchase of instruments. In 2010, a total of $2,050 is being awarded to 11 students.

The Foothills Music Club is an affiliate of the Tryon Fine Arts Center and has a membership of persons dedicated to sustaining

Dill receives award at Montreat MONTREAT — Eric Dill of Forest City was recently awarded the 2009-2010 Zondervan Greek Award by Montreat College at the annual Honors Convocation in Gaither Chapel, Montreat campus.

Over 55 students were recognized with awards for academic excellence and service to others.

The Zondervan Greek Award is given to one student upon recommendation of the Biblical, Carey Brooks Religious, and Interdisciplinary Studies and enriching their own musical Department. This award recognizes students for talents, whether vocal or instru- their singular achievement in the study of Biblical Greek. The award is presented by the Zondervan mental, through solo and/or ensemble performances. Support Publishing House.

Eric is the son of Marshall and Tracy Dill. for area student musical talMontreat College is a Christ-centered instituent has been on-going since the tion with its main campus for four year students in beginning of the FMC in 1988.

To date, a total of over $30,000 Montreat. The accelerated School of Professional and Adult Studies has campuses in Asheville, has been awarded to young Charlotte, and Black Mountain. musicians in the area.

Meetings of the FMC resume Green accepted as NSCS member in October 2010. Membership information is available by contacting Rita Stobbe at 828-859RALEIGH — Bailey Green of Cliffside, has accepted member5964. ship in The National Society of Collegiate Scholars (NSCS).

Bailey will be honored during an Induction Convocation this fall on the campus of North Carolina State University.

“NSCS is more than just a symbol of academic achievement.

Membership gives students access Green to a number of amazing benefits including career and networking resources, scholarships, travel, and service projects both on campus and in the community,” says Stephen E. Loflin, NSCS executive director.

NSCS is a member of the Association of College Honor Societies and is the nation’s only interdisciplinary honors organization for first- and secondyear college students. Membership is by invitation only, based on grade point average and class standing. NSCS has more than 675,000 lifetime members and 250 chapters in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.

For more information about The National Society of Collegiate Scholars, visit nscs.org.

Why ... There’s a Bear in That Stump

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Tim West, of Green Hill, was asked recently to turn a tree stump into a bear, and although he had never done anything like that he took on the challenge. He spent several hours planning the art work and about 20 hours actually cutting the bear from a tree stump. The whimsical country bear is about six feet tall. A truck driver for 20 years, he is employed by a local construction and landscape company and plays bluegrass and gospel music.

Call for Art in the Airport

ASHEVILLE — The Asheville Regional Airport Authority is seeking artists for the next Art in the Airport exhibit. Western North Carolina artists are featured in this rotating exhibit program in a dedicated gallery space as well as throughout the airport terminal.

A new interactive online application form, which can be found at www.flyavl.com, now makes it easier for artists to apply for the show, which will be on display from June 25, 2010, until Oct. 12, 2010. There is no fee to submit artwork, and all pieces are judged by area arts professionals.

VFW set first Memorial Day golf tournament FOREST CITY — The Veterans of Foreign Wars, Harold Hawkins Post 5204, will sponsor its first Memorial Day golf tournament on Saturday, June 5, at Dogwood Valley Golf Course.

Artists are invited to submit between four and 10 pieces of artwork in any medium, bearing in mind that artwork must be suitable for all audiences.

Applications must be received by Friday, May 21, 2010. To be considered for Art in the Airport, artists must reside in Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Transylvania or Yancey Counties.

Shotgun start at 1 p.m. Captain’s choice teams. Entry fees are $40 per person (due the day of the tournament). A Mulligan package with be optional to each player consisting of one Mulligan and one tee off from the ladies tee box ($5 each).

With approximately 600,000 passengers traveling through the Asheville Regional Airport each year, artwork on display receives tremendous attention, and artists have the opportunity to sell artwork with minimal commission fees.

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The rain date is June 12. Next year’s tournament will be held the Saturday before Memorial Day.

CHAPEL HILL — Anna Winker from Rutherfordton, received the David Julian Whichard Scholarship during the UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication’s year-end scholarship and award ceremony.

The $2,500 scholarship is made possible by an endowment from the Whichard family, which owned The Daily Reflector in Greenville, to honor the former publisher of the paper.

This year, the school presented more than 100 scholarships and awards totaling nearly $200,000.

The journalism school has more than 800 undergraduate students across specializations that include advertising, public relations, strategic communication, reporting, editing and graphic design, photojournalism, multimedia, and electronic communication.

Crotts receives bachelor of arts DAYTON, Tenn. – One hundred seventy-three students, including one from Forest City, received their degrees from Bryan College in graduation ceremonies May 8.

Aimee Crotts, daughter of Edward and Susan Crotts of Forest City, received her Bachelor of Arts degree, with highest honors, in English literature.

Bryan is a Christian liberal arts college offering bachelor’s degrees in 18 areas and the Master of Business Administration degree. The college has been recognized by U.S. News & World Report for 15 consecutive years as being among the Top Tier of Southern liberal arts colleges.

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Staton and Chamberlain joined in marriage

Jennifer Nicole Helfst and Wess Blair Pasour are engaged and plan to be married June 19, 2010 at the Lake Lure Inn. Their engagement is announced by the bride-elect’s parents, William and Barbara Helfst of Rutherfordton.

The groom-elect is the son of Scott and Tamara Pasour of Bessemer City.

Jennifer is a graduate of Appalachian State University with a bachelor’s degree in music education.

Wess is also a graduate of Appalachian State University with

Katharine Sellers Staton and Douglas Alan Chamberlain, both of Raleigh, were united in marriage Saturday, May 15, 2010 at The Pavilions.

The Reverend Nancy J. Allison performed the five-thirty ceremony, which was held in the presence of family members and close friends. A reception followed.

The bride wore a formal gown of silk tissue organza with draped shoulders. Details of the dress included a tiered skirt with tulle and organza trim, opening to wider tiers cascading down the chapel train. She wore an heirloom veil.

The bride is the daughter of Dianne C. Sellers of Raleigh, and James S. Staton of Charlotte. She is the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cecil Sellers of Forest City, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Sherwood Staton of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and the late Mrs. Mildred Hobgood Staton. The bride is the niece of Frieda L. Sellers of Forest City, and great-granddaughter of the late Addie Green Thorne of Rutherfordton.

Parents of the groom are Mr. and Mrs. Dale Robert Chamberlain

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a bachelor’s degree in music education.

Stoehrer to compete as national pre-teen finalist

FOREST CITY — Nichole Bethany Stoehrer, daughter of Ron and Lisa Stoehrer of Green Hill, recently qualified as a national finalist in the 2010 Pre-Teen America Scholarship and Recognition Stoehrer Program to be held July 2-6, at Crowne Plaza Hotel and Convention Center in Baton Rouge, La. Nichole has been competing since 2006.

In order to qualify for participation in Pre-Teen America, a young lady must have won her state title in Jr. or Sr. division, placed as a runner-up or won the speech and/or talent or spirit categories. National finalists will be judged on academic achievement, volunteer service to community, school honors and activities, development of personal skills and abilities, general knowledge assessment, communicative ability and on stage acknowledgment of accomplishments.

The Pre-Teen America Program was founded in 1990 by Patricia Daniel and is located in Baton Rouge. The National Charity for Pre-Teen America is Shriners Children’s Hospitals. Pre-Teen has donated more than $375,000 since 1990 as well as to other national charity affiliates. If you are interested in recommending a potential participant or applying for a future Pre-Teen America state program, visit www.preteenamerica.com.

Nichole is an “A� honor roll student at R-S Middle School and actively involved in her church, Second Baptist in Rutherfordton.

of Raleigh. He is the grandson of Mrs. Charles Arthur Anderson of Raleigh and the late Mr. Anderson, and Herman Harold Chamberlain of Canfield, Ohio, and the late Mrs. Chamberlain.

Given in marriage by her father, the bride was attended by Janie Jones Hoag of Raleigh, as matron of honor.

Attendants, dressed in cypress green silk, were Christy Callison Jackson of Lynchburg, Va., cousin of the bride, Forrest Stephens Staton of WinstonSalem, sister-in-law of the bride, Rachel Elaine Chamberlain of Winston-Salem, sister of the groom, Cynthia LeGrande Kelly of Asheville, and Sarah Kramer Marshall of Wake Forest.

Mr. Chamberlain served as his son’s best man. Groomsmen were Todd Andrew Chamberlain, brother of the groom, Benjamin Sherwood Staton II, brother of the bride, and Aaron William Hoag of Raleigh.

Laura Whitten Staton of Winston-Salem, niece of the bride, and Catherine Claire Jackson and Charlotte Peyton Jackson, of Lynchburg, Va., cousins of the bride, were flower attendants. Laura Anderson McCoy of

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Raleigh, was a reader.

The bride graduated from Meredith College in Raleigh. She is the manager of the Raleigh interior design showroom, Karen Saks.

The groom graduated from Appalachian State University. He is an exhibit designer/engineer with Zig Zibit.

The couple will make their home in Raleigh.

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Kayla is a student at Spindale Elementary School.

Her hair was cut by Gina Hopper, owner of Gina’s Hair Salon in Forest City. For more information about Locks of Love, visit www.locksoflove.com.

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Bird house winners named From staff report

RUTHERFORDTON — The inaugural bird house competition held at The Firehouse Inn last Saturday was a popular addition to the May Festival in downtown Rutherfordton.

Several people supplied their personal bird houses, some created bird houses just for the contest and other bird houses came straight from yards and decks of peoples’ homes and yards.

Rutherfordton’s former mayor, Sally Lesher judged the contest entries and after much debate and detailed inspections, she selected Wayne Reavis’s church house, bird house as the overall winner. Meryl Lawrence

placed second and Paul McIntosh came in a close second.

Reavis received two season passes to the Forest City Owls baseball and Lawrence and McIntosh were awarded regular admittance tickets to the Owls. “I will be there for every game,�

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Bird houses (l-r) selected as the winners were created by Wayne Reavis, Paul McIntosh and Merle Lawrence.

RUTHERFORDTON — The following babies were born at Rutherford Hospital.

Karry Hawkins, Forest City, a girl, Zoey Ann Hawkins, April 19.

Estela Rodriguez, Rutherfordton, a boy, Jesus Alejandro, April 19.

Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Canipe, Henrietta, a boy, Landon Timothy Canipe, April 21.

Elliott and Amanda Byers, Forest City, a girl, Emma Carson Byers, April 21.

Ben and Rachael Pritchard, Rutherfordton, a boy, Anderson Michael Pritchard, April 25.

Christopher and Cassie Byers, Forest City, a girl, Jillian Paige Byers, April 26.

Mr. and Mrs. Telly Hampton, Rutherfordton, a boy, Dalen Chava Hampton, April 26.

Christopher and Melissa Owens, Forest City, a boy, Michael Douglas Owens, April 27.

Jennifer Selvey, Bostic, a girl, Lindsay Jennifer Elaine Selvey, April 28.

Kyle and Sally McClure, Marion, a girl, Millie Joelene McClure, April 29.

Wayne and Kara Stafford, Rutherfordton, a girl, Johannah Tinsley Stafford, April 29.

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Mace, Forest City, a girl, Olivia Taylor Mace, May 5.

Charles Hutchins and Autumn Horton, Forest City, a boy, Wesley Garrett Hucthins, May 8.

Mr. and Mrs. Kelly Marshall, Ellenboro, a boy, Ezekiel Joseph Marshall, May 9.

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Members of the Quiz Bowl Team are (l-r): Vaughn Freeman, Bennett Evans, Logan Hartzog, Aaron St. Clair and Cameron Green.

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Members of the Drafting team are (l-r): Brad Hutchins, Brett Thompson, Haley Drabek and Jacob Fleming.

R-S Central students posts strong showing at State Skills USA

GREENSBORO – R-S Central High Career and Technical Education (CTE) students attended the 2010 North Carolina SkillsUSA State Conference April 14-16 in Greensboro. The state conference consisted of nearly 1,500 high school students competing in 93 leadership and skill events.

R-S Central had 13 students attend the threeday conference and competed in Residential Wiring, Architectural Drafting, Drafting I, Job Interview and Quiz Bowl.

Jacob Fleming placed first in the state in the Drafting I event.

This event is for entrylevel drafting students and requires each student to prepare an Orthographic Projection and an Isometric view. The contest had 32 participants representing all regions of North

Carolina.

In the Technical Drafting event Brett Thompson placed third and Haley Drabek placed fifth. This event is for third year drafting students and requires each student to prepare a Working Drawing of a Bank Throw Bolt Mechanism within a 4 hour time limit. The contest had 35 participants representing all regions of North Carolina.

R-S Central’s Quiz Bowl team placed third in the state.

Team members are Bennett Evans, Vaughn Freeman, Cameron Green, Logan Hartzog and Aaron St. Clair.

The Quiz Bowl competition tests a team of five competitors’ ability to quickly respond to questions covering the areas of academic knowledge, professional development and current events. The contest had 12 teams represent-

ing all regions of North Carolina.

Sarah Coyne placed third in the state in Job Interview. This event is broken in to two stages: Preliminaries and Finals. Each stage is divided into three phases: preliminary interviews with receptionist, completion of employment applications and in-depth interviews.

Contestants are evaluated on their understanding of employment procedures faced while applying for positions in the occupational areas for which they are training. Sarah chose the field of Engineering and Design. The event had 30 participants representing the eight regions of North Carolina, with six only students making the finals.

Abel Morales placed fourth in the state in Residential Wiring. The event requires students to work from drawings

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The contest had 22 contestants representing all regions of North Carolina.

R-S Central SkillsUSA advisors are Brad Hutchins and Travis Toms. SkillsUSA is a partnership of CTE students, teachers and industry representative working together to ensure America has a skilled work force.

SkillsUSA is a national nonprofit organization serving high school students that are preparing for careers in trade, technical and skilled service occupations, including health occupations. The club is formerly known as VICA (Vocational Industrial Clubs of America).

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Wife sinks husband’s teeth into zealous housecleaning Dear Abby: The other day my wife of 45 years was cleaning our bathroom and I popped in to ask her a question. I saw her remove my denture brush from the cup and begin cleaning the cracks and crevices of the bathroom with it. When she realized I was watching her, she said, “Oops, busted! Oh, well, it’s not like you put it in your mouth.” She also admitted it wasn’t the first time.

Do you think I should be concerned? — Brushed Off Dear Brushed Off: You absolutely should be concerned. Although the denture brush doesn’t go into your mouth, it does have contact with the appliances

Dear Abby Abigail van Buren

that do. Your wife’s behavior could be a sign of ignorance or bad judgment, but it could also be a sign of senility. This should be reported to your doctor, who should explain to your wife how ill-advised this practice is — or give her a diagnosis.

Dear Abby: Two years ago, after much searching, I found the love of my life, “Laura,” and we were married. Most of our time together is harmonious; the remainder is volatile.

Laura is insanely jealous of practically everything I do.

The most recent episode was over a junk e-mail she had seen in my inbox. She asked me about it as we were going to bed, and I told her I had no idea what it was. The next day she asked me to look for it. I did, but I couldn’t find it. Laura then accused me of hiding and deleting it.

Laura had a horrible first marriage and was wronged in the divorce. She keeps telling me it isn’t the reason for her suspicions, but it’s hard to believe that doesn’t play a part. These arguments are horrible and are causing trouble in our marriage. I am open and honest with her,

and I truly want to be with her for the rest of my life. But her doubts, fears and mistrust are driving me crazy.

What do I do? — Under Attack Dear Under Attack: If you want your marriage to survive, tell Laura that although you love her, you will no longer tolerate her inability to trust you. Whatever is driving her paranoia, she needs to work it through with a licensed mental health professional. Because she may be resistant to the idea, start by insisting you both see a marriage counselor. That person can be an ally in guiding her into the counseling she seriously needs. I

wish you luck, because I suspect her issues go back farther than her first marriage.

Dear Abby: With the push in stores to buy their reusable shopping bags, I was wondering what the rule is about bringing bags from different stores. Is it rude if I use bags I purchased from somewhere else? — Shopping Green Dear Shopping Green: Not at all. Stores are in the business of selling merchandise, and if they can bring in money and at the same time promote their brand by selling bags with their logo, that’s a double bang for their buck. Don’t feel obligated to use store-brand bags.

Carpal Tunnel treatment TJCG students are working for the animals Dear Dr. Gott: I am writing in regards to your answer to the 74-year-old woman with carpal tunnel. Please don’t discount occupational therapy as a valid treatment option. Therapists are educated and trained in the treatment of the upper extremities as well as management of pain and restoration of function for daily tasks. We would have provided this woman with modalities, stretches, custom splints and effective home programs.

Each patient gets a customdesigned plan of care.

Dear Reader: Not everyone is aware of what an occupational therapist (OT) actually does, so I will explain.

OTs work with a variety of people of all ages with mental, physical, emotional or developmental disorders.

Their goal is to help patients improve their ability to perform tasks associated with living and working environments. The techniques used are designed to develop, recover and/or maintain the daily skills of their patients.

Some OTs work with patients in a specific age bracket or with those who have a particular disability.

Others work within a certain field, such as mental health (including mental illness, developmental or emotional challenges), school systems, nursing homes or other elderly-care facilities.

As you stated in your brief note, each person receives a customized treatment/care

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plan. Those with temporary conditions, such as those recovering from an injury, may require only minimal aid and limited therapy to regain skills, while others with permanent disabilities may benefit from long-term or lifelong treatment to develop and maintain those skills. Occupational therapists are medical professionals, educated, tested and qualified through a number of accredited schools. They must pass a national examination as well as any staterequired licensing or specific qualifications. Typically, a master’s degree or higher in OT is the minimal educational requirement. Students must also attend an academic program accredited to the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education before they can take the national certifying exam (when they earn the title Occupational Therapist Registered, or OTR).

Every state requires licensing, and only those who have graduated from an accredited program and have passed the national exam become licensed. Some states have additional requirements that must be met should the OT choose to work in a school or early-intervention program.

Again this year, Thomas Jefferson Classical Grammar students and the P.E. T. Team have been working to raise funds to help animals.

Recently, they raised $100 for the pets at PATH and then went shopping at Forest City Pets to purchase toys, food, leashes, collars, treats and other pet goodies.

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The pet TJCG P.E.T. with Mrs. Emily Woods, 4th. Grad Teacher and Chris Nelson, store located Co-Owner of Forest City Pets in downtown the P.E.T. Team for raising $100.00 for the Forest City and pets at PATH. We would also like to extend its owners, Chris and David, has been most supportive of the Community Pet Center and our appreciation to Chris and David for their the many dogs and cats who come to Animal ongoing support and involvement in our activities.

Control in need of homes. The communityStudents & teachers: if you would like to mindedness and growing humane awareness join the volunteers of the Community Pet of children and adults alike is making a big Center in a project to benefit the animals, difference for the animals and in the Pet please contact our office at 287 – 7738.

Center’s efforts to mobilize others to join in the work.

Community Pet Center volunteers have had the opportunity to work in partnership with other schools, community organizations and business owners and we hope that more will rally around the cause of humane education, treatment and care of the many homeless pets of Rutherford County. The volunteers would especially like to thank the students of Thomas Jefferson Classical Grammar and

IN THE STARS Your Birthday, May 16; Flow with the tide of events in the year ahead, instead of attempting to swim against them.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Although you’re extremely methodical about most things in life, you might not be so with your material affairs, at times.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) - If you want to impress a person of the opposite gender, be careful not to come on too strong.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) - Bring what is bothering you out in the open if you are dissatisfied with something in a valued relationship.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) - Be just as tolerant and considerate with those with whom you have strong emotional bonds as you are with casual friends.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -Look out for your own interests, but not in a pushy or ill-mannered fashion.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) - There is a strong possibility that you could take too seriously many things that should be fun and light. And you might be doing vice versa as well. Treat things in an appropriate manner and you won’t go wrong.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) - If you’re considering making an investment, be sure to do all the necessary homework first.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) - Once you make a promise to do something with friends, you need to stick to your word, or risk losing their friendship for good. Don’t promise what you can’t commit to.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) - In order to get a project off the drawing board, you might attempt to try something that you’re not qualified to do.

Instead of accomplishing your purpose, you could lose it all.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) - You may choose to ignore experience and attempt once more to do what you clearly failed at previously. That painful lesson will simply have to be repeated.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) - It’s wonderful to be industrious, but attempting to do too many things simultaneously is likely to collapse all that you’re trying to do. Focus on one thing at a time and complete it before going on to the next.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) - Usually the last thing you would ever do is let another think for you, yet today that’s exactly what you might resort to. Make doubly sure that the person is someone you trust, admire and respect.

The Pet Project Produced by Jo-Ann Close and Lynne Faltraco Community Pet Center

Pleasing peas made six ways Peas are a summer favorite.

They’re delicious steamed with mint, parsley, lemon, marjoram, rosemary or thyme.

They’re a well known produce and usually associated with fond memories.

When selecting them, check for firmness and look for peas that are shiny and bright green.

They should be eaten as soon as possible to get the most nutrients.

But if you need to store them, keep them in a plastic bag in the refrigerator.

They can be enjoyed fresh, frozen, canned or dehydrated, and served hot or cold, so I’ve included recipes to enjoy them in multiple ways.

Split Pea Soup 1 large onion, finely chopped 1 tablespoon minced garlic 2 tablespoons olive oil 6 cups water 1-1/2 teaspoon salt 1-1/2 cups dry split peas Dice onion and saute with garlic in oil until softened.

Be careful you don’t burn the garlic.

Add other ingredients and bring to a boil.

Cover pot, lower heat, and simmer for 2 hours. — Michelle S., Massachusetts Peas and Pasta Soup 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 2 large cloves garlic, minced 1 large sweet onion, finely chopped 2 (15-ounce) cans peas, drained 2 (14-1/5-ounce) cans chicken broth

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by Sara Noel

1/4 teaspoon Italian seasoning 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder 1/4 teaspoon salt black pepper, to taste 1 (16-ounce) package ditalini pasta Heat the olive oil in a soup pot over medium-low heat.

Stir in the minced garlic and onion; cook and stir until soft, about 5 minutes.

Turn heat to medium; stir in canned peas, chicken broth, Italian seasoning, parsley, garlic powder, salt and pepper.

Bring to a simmer.

Cook for 40 minutes with the lid slightly ajar.

Stir pasta into soup; cook at a strong simmer until pasta is tender, about 12 minutes. — Gina, e-mail Peas and Corn Salad 1 can Le Sueur small peas 1 can white corn 1/3 cup green onion chopped 1/3 cup celery chopped 1/3 cup bell pepper chopped 1 small jar pimento Dressing 1/4 cup vinegar 1/4 cup oil 1/4 cup sugar dash of salt and pepper Drain peas and corn, mix all together and pour on the dressing and let it sit over night. — Sandy, Iowa

8C — The Sunday Courier, Forest City, NC, Sunday, May 16, 2010

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Bulldog VITA, a service of Gardner-Webb University, was recently honored by the Internal Revenue service for its tax services to citizens in Rutherford and Cleveland counties. Pictured are, front row, Bruce Putman, IRS, Dr. Denise Smith and volunteers Amanda Riebold, George Smith, Rachel Dearborn, Drew Powell, Contributed photo Emily Dotson, Julie Palombo and Kimberly Walls. Not present for the awards were Michael Lewis, Dana Lovelace, Sarah Day, Sam Clark, Chuck Sim. The Guardian ad Litem program recently named new volunteers Christine and Britton Lowry, pictured with Judge Randy Pool and Emily Yelton. The Guardian ad Litem advocates for abused and neglected children in court. A Guardian ad Litem is a volunteer who presents the court with an independent investigation, make recommendations and make sure the child’s wishes are presented to the court.

IRS honors GWU for free income-tax prep

BOILING SPRINGS – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) was recently on the Gardner-Webb campus where they recognized students, the University and Bulldog VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) for their tax services to citizens in two counties. Refunds for those assisted totaled over $187.000.

Bulldog VITA is a non-profit 501 (c)(3) organization led by Dr. Denise Smith, CPA and professor, of the GWU Godbold School of Business. or the sec-

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ond consecutive year, IRS trained volunteers made up mostly of undergraduate and graduate accounting students from GWU provided free income tax preparation for lowincome citizens who qualified. This year volunteers worked five service areas – expanded from two sites in 2009 – to assist residents from Cleveland and Rutherford counties.

IRS Representative Bruce Putman of the Charlotte office honored Gardner-Webb and Bulldog VITA’s 14 volunteers for their efforts of assisting over 350 families with nearly 700 hours of service. It was noted that the volunteers were responsible for almost 300 federal returns, earned income credits of over $49,000, child tax credits of over $29,000 and education credits around

$4,000. Total credits combined were about $83,000. Putman presented each volunteer with a certificate and the University received a plaque for this accomplishment. Also at the event was Avery Henline, who serves as a CPA and a member of the Taxpayer Education and Communication Division office of the IRS (Charlotte) and adjunct for the Godbold School of Business.

According to Smith, IRS guidelines were taught to volunteers once they entered this service duty.

“We work closely with the IRS to provide high quality tax preparation and the volunteers are committed to high quality, community service,” said Smith. This is a service that Smith and GWU hopes to continue next year.

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