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Lindy Abrams, left, scans bar codes on produce Friday while Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton, Foothills Connect Executive Director Tim Will and Rutherford County Commissioner Paul McIntosh look on. Local farmers sell their produce through a website and deliver it to Foothills, which coordinates delivery to Charlotte restaurants and buying clubs. Dalton visited Foothills to meet with Marriott Corp. executives who learned about Foothills Connect’s programs.
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RUTHERFORDTON — The prodigious growth of the Foothills Connect farm program has inspired talk of making the effort a regional or even a national model for helping rebuild the nation’s food system. On Friday, representatives from Marriott were in town to hear a presentation from Foothills Connect Director Tim Will on the possibility of making the current Farmers
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Fresh Market initiative, which began by selling produce to the Marriott in Charlotte, a regional endeavor. Foothills Connect Business & Technology Center set up an Internet-based marketing program that has allowed Rutherford County farmers to sell their produce to Charlotte restaurants and individuals. The effort is a source of revenue for farmers and a source of
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SPINDALE — Rutherford County schools have cooperated to recycle over 80 tons of material for the school year. Members of the Solid Waste Education and Envronment Panel discussed the recycling program as part of their June meeting on Friday. The group also talked about the idea of helping get a new truck for School Recycling Coordinator Frank Chyz to use during his rounds to pick up the materials. “Right now I’m using an old 16 passenger van,” Chyz said. “We have the opportunity for a grant to help get a used box truck.” The grant would be about $14,000 and the group is hoping to get matching funds from towns in the county to help. Forest City and Spindale have already agreed to contribute $500 each to the effort for matching funds, but Rutherfordton Town Council is still debating. “I think this is a sign that the Rutherfordton Town Council might not understand our systemic school recycling program,” SWEEP Chairman David Cameron said. “We should encourage them and spend a little more time learning about it.” In other business, SWEEP is working with a Wal-Mart grant to get another Swap Shop set up at the Green Hill Convenience
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Turkey calls will benefit Relay By JESSICA OSBORNE Daily Courier Correspondent
FOREST CITY — To honor his wife’s 17th year being cancer free, Bob Buckner could’ve bought her a diamond ring or perhaps even a car. Instead, he chose to create something to benefit a cause near and dear to her heart – Relay for Life. Buckner, who is owner of Buckner Custom Calls, used purple heart wood to make a custom turkey call to sell on eBay to raise money for the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life. Buckner had the “best” trumpet maker in the country show him how to make it correctly. Buckner’s wife taught at Harris Elementary and was a team captain there for Relay for Life. Diagnosed with stage four colon cancer, she had to take 53 weeks of treatment. Out of the six people at Harris who had cancer at the time, only two have survived. Their children, Debbie Buchanan and Michael Buckner, also started a team for Relay for Life to honor their mother. “She really wanted us to get a team together this year,” said Buchanan. This is the first year they have gotten a team together as a family and are trying to find different Please see Calls, Page 3
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Caroline (left) and Olivia Byrd with “Paw Paw” Don Earley at Sunnyside Orchards enjoying homemade ice cream.
Recent Tennessee flooding impacted Rutherford family By JEAN GORDON Daily Courier Staff Writer
FOREST CITY — When the Cumberland River in Nashville, Tenn., flooded the first of May, Don and Linda Earley witnessed the flooding first hand from a relative’s home in Franklin, Tenn. “I was traumatized,” Linda said, recalling the first days of May when she and Don were in Franklin visiting Linda’s nephew, Dr. Jimmy Byrd, his wife Karen Byrd and their daughters. When the Earleys were finally able to return home after the devastating flood and subsequent fire that significantly damaged the Byrd home, they brought the Byrd’s children, Olivia, 9, and Caroline, 6, with them.
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This weekend the Byrds are coming to Rutherfordton to pick up their daughters and return to a rental home in Nashville. The girls’ parents remained in Franklin, just south of Nashville, to take care of the duties looking after their home and also their jobs. Their home sustained significant fire damage, as witnessed at the scene by the Earleys, during the flooding of the town. Jimmy, who grew up in Rutherford County, is a professor of religious studies at Vanderbilt University in Nashville and Karen is in the country music industry. Jimmy graduated from R-S Central High School, GardnerPlease see Flood, Page 3
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Annual Homecoming Day: Cornerstone Baptist Church, Mooresboro, June 6; Sunday School at 9:45 a.m. followed with worship at 11 a.m. and dinner on the grounds; nursery will be available. For information, call 704-434-4949 or visit the church website at www.cbc-web.org.
Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church, “Son Harvest,” Saturday, June 5, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; fun, games, music, lunch provided, petting zoo and more; concluding with a family cook out; rain date June 12.
Cane Creek Baptist Church, “Saddle Ridge Ranch,” Monday-Friday, June 14-18, 6 to 8:45 p.m.
Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, “Saddle Ridge Ranch,” June 13-17, 6 to 8:30 p.m.; classes for preschool through adult, commencement Thursday night; for information, call Pastor Brent Frady, 287-3277.
Fork Creek Baptist Church, “Jesus is My Super Hero,” June 21-25, 6 to 8:30 p.m.
Homecoming: Sunday, June 6, Mountain View Baptist Church; Sunday School and worship followed by lunch and singing with the Goode’s Quartet. Homecoming; Sunday, June 6, Oak Ridge Baptist Church; Sunday school, 10 a.m., worship at 10:30 a.m. with the morning message delivered by the Rev. Warren Elliott. Revival: June 7-11, 7 nightly, Piney Ridge CME Church, Union Mills; praise and worship; guest speaker Clarence Cox, pastor of Hanes Memorial CME Church in WinstonSalem.
Health fair set for June 12 Mountain Creek Baptist Church will host the Gilkey Community Health & Info Fair Saturday, June 12, from 3 to 7 p.m. Events will include blood pressure checks and health information as well as vehicle checks. The Rutherford County Sheriff’s Department will provide information and a demonstration on the Save-a-Life program and will hold fingerprinting and photo IDs for children. Green Hill Fire Department will provide fire safety information. Informational booths will include
Church, Forest City; food, baked goods, children’s games, rummage sale items, music, and a motor scooter raffle; proceeds go toward the new church. Benefit Motorcycle Ride, Car wash and car show: Saturday, June 5, Second Baptist Church, Rutherfordton; to benefit Paster Keith Stephenson; car wash, $5 donation, car show, $10 entry fee beginning at 9 a.m.; bikes leave out at noon from lower parking lot ($10 singles, $15 doubles; includes meal); hamburgers and hot dogs all day.
South Mountain Christian Camp, Hospice, Yokefellow, Community Clinic and Medication Assistance Program, New Beginnings Soup Kitchen, Consumer Credit Counseling and Rutherford Housing Partnership. Pamphlets will be provided on how to recognize abuse, ideas on things to do with your kids and activities for families. A free meal, while supplies last, will be provided and includes beans, cornbread, macaroni and cheese, dessert and drink and free funnel cakes.
held at Temple of Jesus Church in Lake Lure; $8 per plate, include drink and dessert. Fish, chicken and hot dog plates: June 5, 11 a.m., Mount Pisgah UCOG Fellowship Hall; fish and chicken plates, $6, hot dog plates, $3.
Baptist Association; sponsored by Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Youth/Kids; proceeds for summer camp at Fort Caswell. Men’s yard sale: Saturday, June 12, 7 a.m. to 1 p.m.; breakfast biscuits 7 to 10:30 a.m.; Mount Pleasant Baptist Church Ball field; for additional information, contact Jeff Champion, 447-0018.
the Rev. Jairo Contreras at 289-9837. Monthly food giveaway: First Baptist Church in Spindale holds a food giveaway the third Thursday of each month. Devotion and prayer service between 6 and 6:30 p.m. Bags of food given away afterwards. Open support group: “Let’s Talk About It” meets every Monday from 7 to 8 p.m., at New Life Fellowship Church, 601 E. Main St., Spindale. This group is for anyone who needs to talk about any issues. Preschool registration: Spindale United Methodist Church is now accepting fall registration for ages 2-5. Contact Gail Jones at 429-5598, or the church office at 286-2281.
Mom’s Hope is a ministry that offers hope Yard Sale: Saturday, and support for mothers June 5, 7:30 a.m. to who face daily struggles 2 p.m., Golden Valley and fears when their United Methodist children are addicted Music/concerts Church 1269 Golden to drugs or alcohol. Valley Church Rd Fun day: Saturday, Gospel singing: The group meets at Bostic, sausage and jelly June 12, 11 a.m. to 3 Sunday, June 6, 2 p.m., 6:30 p.m. the second biscuits, hot dog lunch, p.m., High Shoal Baptist Thursday of each month Village Chapel Hurch, proceeds go toward Church, 284 High Forest City; guest singHomecoming: at Missionary Wesleyan missions and building Shoals Church Road, ers Mountain Angels June 13, Little White Church, 811 Doggett fund. Henrietta; for all ages from Saluda. Country Church; speRd., Forest City. Next with games, hot dogs, cial singing with the meeting Feb. 11. For Buffet breakfast: Yard sale: Saturday, hamburgers,c hips, des- more information conGospel singing: McLendons and guest Saturday, June 5, 7 June 5, 6:30 am. until, sert and drins; proceeds tact Chris at 287-3687. Sunday, June 6, 6 p.m., speaker Burke Scott; to 10:30 a.m., Mount Round Hill Baptist to help build a well for Pleasant Grove Baptist meal to follow the serChurch lower parking those in need in India. Church, Rutherfordton; vice, please bring a well- Pleasant Baptist “The Way Home”: A Church; $5 all-you-can- lot; baked goods, hamFor additional informa- support group for anyfeaturing Soldiers for filled basket. eat. burgers and hot dogs for tion, call 657-6447. the Cross. one recovering from sale; to raise money for an addiction; meetings Fundraisers Fish fry, chicken: Vacation Bible School. Singing and barFourth Sunday are held each Monday Annual bazaar: Saturday, June 5, begins Churchwide yard becue dinner: June Night Singing: June at noon, in the baseSaturday, June 5, begins at 10 a.m.; Sponsored sale and car wash: 19, 4 to 5:30 p.m., 27, 6 p.m., Sandy Level ment of Harvest House by Angel Divine Faith Saturday, June 5, 7:30 Harmon Street Baptist Baptist Church; featur- at 7 a.m.; Immaculate Church, Big Springs Conception Catholic Church; the sale will be a.m., Green River Church; benefit for ing The Wayman. Ave., Forest City; call Leah Hedgpath; singSheila at 828-447-1880 ing at 3 with the Far for more information. City Boys and at 6 with The Eubanks and oth“Celebrate Recovery” ers; donations will be is a weekly Christaccepted. centered program that meets every Friday “Island Adventure from 6:30 to 9 p.m., at Day”: June 19, 10 a.m. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering... but encouraging one Cornerstone Fellowship to 4 p.m., First United Church, 1186 Hudlow another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near. Methodist Church, Rd., Forest City. The Forest City; to benefit group is open to anyfor Life; inflatone who wishes to find R.S.V. Hebrews 10:23-25 Relay ables, face painting, healing no matter what cotton candy, hot dog you’re going through. In the Bible, the book of Acts tells of a and hamburger plates, For more information man named Joseph who was surnamed bake sale, car wash and call 245-3639. more; wristbands for Barnabas by the apostles which means, Son children’s activities will of Encouragement. He was a Levite, and be $10 each and tickets Soup Kitchens for all other items will he sold a field which belonged to him, and be $1 each; hot dog and Community brought the money to be shared with the hamburger plates $5 Outreach: “Give By apostles. each or five tickets. Faith Ministries” of Piney Mountain Baptist Church provides a soup (Acts 4:36) What a nice thing to have been kitchen, clothes closet Other considered a “person of encouragement”, and food pantry to RCFC Car Show: those in need the secespecially since there were so many adverse Saturday, June 5, ond Saturday of each 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., things happening to the apostles at that time. month from 11 a.m. to Restoration Church, There will always be concerns and negativ1 p.m. 133 Gardenbrook Drive, ity in the world, and the way we deal with our Forest City; pre-entry Mobile pantry: $15, entry at show $20, Tuesday, June 15, 10 own hardships and difficulties, will in part, free shirts to first 50 a.m., Calvary Baptist determine our happiness and peace of mind. cars; bouncer rides, Church, Mooresboro; games and more for please bring a basket/ kids as well as prizes We should also be aware of our actions and box for food items; for at vendor booths. For Rutherford County resiconversations with others, because they are information or to regdents only. ister early, call Keisha affected by the way we interact with them. Hames, 447-5003 or Being kind, truthful, and encouraging to othDerrick Melton, 748Samaritan ers is a reflection of God’s love toward us. 0277. Breakfast: Thursdays We are what we profess with our lips, and from 6 to 8 a.m., at Chase Corner St. Francis Episcopal when we are hopeful and uplifting to those Ministries is now Church, 395 N. Main open the first Saturday in whom we come in contact, we are also St., Rutherfordton. of each month from Carry-out breakfast encouraging ourselves. 8 a.m. to noon. The bags. community is also welcome to bring yard sale St. Paul AME Zion items and set up in the Church, Forest City, parking lot on these each Monday at 6 p.m. Serving the Residents of Saturdays. The store is Invites You to Sunday School at Rutherford County for Over 80 Years! located on Chase High 9:45am St. Gabriel’s 168 Frontage Road Road, directly across 1251 Hwy. 221A, Worship Service at 11:00am Episcopal Church, Forest City, NC from the high school. Wednesdays from 11 Forest City, NC Pastor: Ronald Fink Residential & Commercial a.m. to 1 p.m., 330 Mon.-Fri. 8-5:30 • Sat. 8-1 118 Reveley St. NA/AA meetings: (828) 657-6383 No local Family? N. Ridgecrest Ave., 1016 E. Main St., Spindale, NC Spindale, NC 28160 Come join ours! Every Monday at 7 p.m., Rutherfordton. www.harrelsonfuneralhome.com 828.287.2056 286-3527 at New Life Christian Fellowship Church of First Baptist Church God, 601 E. Main St., in Spindale, 11:30 Call McKinney-Landreth Spindale; contact James to 12:30 p.m. each Keeter at 247-4681 for Funeral Home, Inc. Tuesday. more information.
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House OKs budget; stage set for discussion Michael Buckner (left) and father Bob Buckner display their hand-made calls. Michael holds a crow call he made and his father holds a turkey call that has been put on Ebay for auction in hopes to raise money for Relay for Life. Jessica Osborne/Daily Courier
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ways to raise money for Relay. Their goal is to raise $1,000 for their first year as a team with Relay for Life. One hundred percent of what they raise through the auctions will go toward Relay for Life, which is scheduled for Sept. 10, at R-S Middle School’s stadium. The call that is currently placed for sale on eBay is up to more than $300. “We’re hoping to get $500 from it,” said Michael. “A lot of people don’t realize that these calls can go anywhere from $10 to $55,000.” The next call to be auctioned off is a crow call that Michael made out of African Blackwood, maple, and cocobolo wood. This call will be put up for auction on eBay in about three weeks. There will also be a raffle for a set of calls. Michael has won five national championships for callings. His son, Chris, is also making a call to be donated to the auction for Relay.
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Webb University and Duke University before continuing his studies at Vanderbilt. He went on the staff there in 2000. The Earleys traveled to Nashville the weekend before the flood to accompany Jimmy and the girls to a jump rope competition in Bowling Green, Ky. where Olivia was participating. Karen was actually in North Carolina the weekend of the jump rope competition on a music commitment. Byrd said they returned to his home in Franklin about 9:30 p.m. on Saturday night, May 1, after the competition. Karen arrived home that night also from North Carolina. “We knew it was going to rain, but no one knew it was going to be a flood,” he said from Tennessee Friday. Before leaving for Bowling Green, Byrd said the Earleys left their brand new 2010 Buick LaCross and one of the Byrd’s automobiles in the garage. When they got home, water had already flooded the garage and the cars were ruined. Although firefighters and rescue personnel were coming down the street in canoes and large rafts, evacuating everyone, the Earleys decided to stay at the house. “Because of the girls, we decided to evacuate and take them across town,” Byrd said, leaving the Earleys at their two story home. “There was already three feet of water in the street, but we thought we’d be all right,” Linda said. “We felt safe.” “All evening people kept coming by the house in rafts taking people out of their homes and they kept asking us if we wanted to be evacuated,” Linda said. The couple went to bed at about 11:30 p.m. knowing the water was rising, but still felt safe. They were
Buckner Custom Calls has been in business for 14 years making different kinds of calls. Bob and son Michael are both machinists and did a lot of metal working before getting into making calls. “We accumulated equipment over the years and planned to start our own business,” said Michael. “But we turned to collecting wood and making calls instead.” Bob began making calls mostly through trial and error. “I was fortunate from the start, though, that they were nice looking on the outside,” said Bob. “I just had to get the inside of it made correctly.” Donations can be made to the team through www.bucknercustomcalls. com or through their Facebook page Buckner Custom Calls. All those who make donations through Facebook will be entered in to the raffle for the set of calls. Ticket’s for the raffle are $1 and the set of calls is valued at $200. The turkey call can be found on eBay at http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI. dll?ViewItem&item=300432796196.
awakened at 1:30 a.m. by a tremendous boom. “We thought it was thunder,” Linda said. It was not thunder. The next door neighbor’s house had exploded, erupting into fire. The homes are close in proximity and the Earleys knew they were in danger. They rushed down the steps and into the street to call 911. They stood and watched as the Byrd’s home began to burn, also. Fortunately, firefighters arrived and although they couldn’t bring a fire truck on the scene because of the water, they were able to run the fire hoses and save the Byrd home. The house sustained a lot of damage. “By them staying at the house, they probably saved three or four houses that would have been destroyed,” Byrd said, since they called for help. No one else was on the street. “When I came back at 3 a.m. after getting the call, no body was there,” Byrd said. Earley said although it was a devastating ordeal, she agreed with Byrd. “It is probably a good thing we stayed. All the houses would have burned.” When the Earleys were able to return home to Rutherford County, they rented a car from the airport. leaving behind their ruined 2010 car with just 1,500 miles on it. “I was traumatized,” Linda said. “I think I took it harder than anymore,” she said. “I had to stand there and watch their home burn, the childrens’ rooms and everything.” If there is ever a situation like the one they just encountered, Linda said she and Don would be the first ones to be evacuated. “Not the last ones to leave.” “We lost a lot of our things, too, but we are safe,” she said. The Byrds are living in a rental home until their house is finished. Contact Gordon via e-mail at jgordon@ thedigitalcourier.com.
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RALEIGH (AP) — The state House completed work early Friday on its version of the North Carolina government budget for next year that emphasized public schools and small businesses but chose to wait until later on how to handle a potential $500 million shortfall if extra Medicaid money doesn’t materialize. The House voted 63-49 in favor of the $18.9 billion budget shortly after midnight. It came after a long day Thursday when the chamber debated for more than six hours and considered more than 30 amendments before giving the plan initial approval by a narrower margin. Friday’s session was over in less than 10 minutes with no debate. The state constitution required two votes on separate days because some annual taxes were being renewed. The votes mean House Democrats will start working next week to eliminate budget differences with counterparts in the Senate who approved its own budget two weeks ago. The Senate plan focused on protecting the University of North Carolina system. The House emphasized public schools. Both chambers gave tax breaks to small business, although by different methods. Negotiators want to get a final budget to Democratic Gov. Beverly Perdue’s desk before the new fiscal year begins July 1. They haven’t passed a budget on time since 2003. Every year “I say we plan to be out of here June 30,” said House Majority Leader Hugh Holliman, D-Davidson. “I hope we don’t have too much time posturing” between chambers and lawmakers can get the budget done on time, he added. Democrats said it reduces spending by 3.5 percent compared with the plan already in place for the coming fiscal year. The bottom-line figure for the House plan is less than the Senate plan approved two weeks ago and the one Perdue presented in April. Still, Republicans argued that the spending is actually higher than what Perdue is on track to spend this year because she held back on money to narrow a revenue shortfall. None of the Republicans present voted for the bill Thursday or Friday. “We think that they fall far short for what we need to do to prepare
for next year and what we think will be a protracted strained economy,” said Minority Whip Thom Tillis, R-Mecklenburg. Next year, federal stimulus money runs out and temporary income and sales tax increases will expire. Four Democrats joined the Republicans in voting Thursday against the bill. Two of the four — Reps. Sandra Spaulding Hughes of New Hanover County and Annie Mobley of Hertford County — changed their votes to yes Friday. The House budget directs the University of North Carolina system to find another $139 million in spending cuts at its campuses and central office compared with the current budget and $89 million more than the Senate plan. Public schools would benefit from $90 million more in North Carolina Education Lottery profits than the Senate used to preserve what House Democrats said are 1,600 positions in classrooms. Democratic budget writers who have worked for two months fashioning cuts lashed out at Republicans who have suggested spending should fall by an additional $450 million. “Tell us which teachers do you want us to fire, which correctional officers you want to cut,” said Rep. Rick Glazier, D-Cumberland, an education budget subcommittee leader. “The rhetoric that we can all apply is an easy thing.” The spending plan still banks on having $490 million from Congress to extend a more generous formula from Medicaid for six more months through June 2011, even though the U.S. House approved a measure that leaves the additional $24 billion combined to the states. Like the Senate, the House’s proposed budget doesn’t call for new broad-based tax increases and would freeze salaries for public schoolteachers and rank-and-file state employees for a second straight year. The plan would provide tax breaks for small business investments and small firms that provide health insurance for employees or create new jobs. Health care would take an 8 percent cut if the extra Medicaid money comes through. It restores less than half of the $40 million that community mental health offices lost last year.
SAVING WITH THE COUPON QUEEN Jill Cataldo saves hundreds on groceries by making the cost of the common coupon count. You can, too.
Do the math: Stacking Coupons add savings
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I’m often asked how many coupons we can use on a single item. To answer this, you need to note the difference between manufacturer coupons and store coupons. Manufacturer coupons always have the words “Manufacturer Coupon” printed on them. Regardless of whether a store’s name or logo is also on a coupon, if those words appear on it, it’s a manufacturer coupon. Store coupons will have the words “Store Coupon,” or “Retailer Coupon” on them, and the name of the issuing store will also appear on the coupon. Many stores allow us to “stack” coupons, using one manufacturer coupon and one store coupon on the same item. This gives us an even larger discount on that particular product. But in order to successfully stack, it’s important to make sure you are only using one store and one manufacturer coupon - not two manufacturer coupons. We can only use one manufacturer coupon per item. The register will never accept more than one manufacturer coupon on the same item; this would be considered coupon fraud. In my coupon classes, it’s a common misconception that you can stack one Internet-printed coupon with a coupon from the newspaper inserts, but this is rarely the case. Most coupons available on the Internet for printing out are manufacturer coupons, so double-check the wording. If you have a coupon you printed out and a newspaper coupon for the same item and both state “Manufacturer Coupon,” you’ll either have to choose which coupon you want to use or buy two of that item in order to use both coupons on a given shopping trip. As long as you note the differences in the coupons and play by the rules, though, you can definitely multi-stack deals. The goal? To maximize the number of items you take home while minimizing what’s coming out of your pocket to do so. To help you understand the way I will break down a sale, I’ll share with you one of my recent deals involving multi-stacking. An area grocery store had a sale on pork ribs, which were $6.99 a slab, or $12.98 for 2. When I spot a good sale, I’ll always look for coupons to see if I can bring the price down even more. A common misconception many people have is that there aren’t coupons for meats, but there are - you just need to look in the right places! Since these ribs were labeled under the store’s house brand, I went to the store’s Web site to see if the store itself was offering any coupons for them. Many chain grocery stores offer coupons on their Web sites. In this case, the store offered a printable store coupon for $2 off a slab of house-brand ribs. Because most Internet coupons have a print limit of two, I printed two of them. Now my 2 slabs of ribs were $8.98. I wanted to get a bag of charcoal to grill those ribs with. It was $7.99. The store’s weekly flyer had a $2 store coupon for the charcoal, bringing the price down to $5.99. I browsed the Web site of the charcoal company and found a valuable manufacturer coupon there, too: $6 off pork when you buy a bag of charcoal plus a bottle of barbecue sauce. This was a valuable coupon! Adding the bag of charcoal to my bill brought my total to $14.97, but the coupon took another $6 off the ribs. Now my total for both was $8.97 - a penny less than it would have been had I bought ribs alone! But I still needed to buy a bottle of barbecue sauce in order to qualify to use the charcoal site’s coupon. So I did. I bought a $2 bottle of name-brand barbecue sauce, because I had a great coupon from my newspaper inserts: “FREE barbecue sauce with purchase of charcoal.” Buying the sauce added $2 to my total... and the coupon took that $2 right back off. Now, my end total for 2 slabs of ribs, an 18-lb. bag of charcoal and a bottle of barbecue sauce was $8.97. This is a great example of multi-stacking. A lot of coupons were involved, but I never used more than one manufacturer coupon on the same item. Remember, as long as you do not exceed more than one manufacturer coupon on the same item, you can use a manufacturer coupon for every single item in your shopping cart... and I often do!
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utherford County’s farmers markets are open and roadside stands will soon be stocked with fresh produce. We encourage everyone to drop by and sample the wares. Not only will you find the quality of the produce better, but you will also be helping sustain one of our greatest treasures, the local farmer. There was a time when most of the food Americans ate was grown by people they knew. The improvements in transportation and the advent of the modern grocery store changed all that. We all appreciate the ability to get some of the fruits and vegetables that we cannot grow locally. Still, there is just something about fresh locally grown produce. Quite frankly, it just tastes better. So give it a try. You just might be surprised. And we are sure that many will be surprised by the variety of items that you can buy.
Our readers’ views Says facts to back up letters would help To the editor: It would lend more credibility to their opinions if writers would offer reliable statistics to affirm that a majority of Americans are in league with them on certain issues. For instance, I — myself a veteran Democrat — am unaware of any statistical evidence indicating that “the Democrats knew that the majority of the people didn’t want this monstrosity of a health care bill.” I will counter that it has been demonstrated that a majority of those who voted in the 2008 election were presumably in favor of whatever kind of “monstrosity” a Democratic president and a likeminded congress might unleash upon us. I will concede that this did not encompass a majority of eligible voters, much less a “majority of people,” but those eligible voters who just sat on their hind-quarters are hardly entitled to any kind of opinion on any political issue. It may be that some writers are relying upon the findings of various opinion polls as proof of their allegations. But the pollsters themselves do not contend that their findings represent more than a random sampling of opinion. Though in my opinion most of the current rancor against our federal government results from GOP mortification over losing the 2008 election, I will
not apologize for my conviction that much of the enmity directed against President Obama emanates from nothing more precarious than his ethnicity, youthfulness, and “rock-star” persona. As for those proliferating caravans of Tea Partiers, I would be better able to assess their significance if I could access exactly what it is that they are against and what it is that they are for. At any rate, I consider their choice of a title to be a profanation of the original Boston Tea Party affair. That rebellion was against a tyrannical overseas monarchy — not against the colonial governments themselves. Sam W. Ayers Rutherfordton
Appreciates guest column in newspaper To the editor: I would like to thank The Daily Courier for publishing the guest column (Get out that trombone and play!) that appeared in the May 29th edition of the paper. And I would like to thank the Rev. Richard Bass for composing such a beautiful essay, in which he reflected upon reaching his 76th birthday. You see, Rev. Bass came to my church, Mt. Vernon Baptist, when I was just 8-years old. He was my pastor for the next 34 years, until his retirement about 10 years ago. Along with my God and my precious parents, Rev. Bass played a huge role in shaping and molding my life. He was a great
influence in helping me become the Christian man and husband that I am today. I don’t get to see him very often now, so I get very excited when I get a chance to hear or read some of his wonderful prose. Thank you, Rev. Bass, for the challenge. You caused this 52-year-old to ponder and reevaluate a thing or two. Happy 76th birthday to you, my friend. I love you and respect you as much as ever. And, my prayers and best wishes to you for continued happiness and good health. John R. Foster Rutherfordton
Says letter writer’s comparison is off base To the editor: As I read Mr. Cain’s response to Mr. Parton’s letter, I wondered if he and I had read the same letter. In the letter that I read, Mr. Parton in no way suggested or implied that Forest City forgive the USI debt. His concern appeared to be with the way that the Bennett family was addressed and characterized. If USI owes the debt, they should make every effort to pay it. To compare Mr. Bennett with Madoff is ludicrous. Mr. Cain may not be aware of the fact that Madoff committed a crime and was indicted. There is a tremendous difference between a criminal and a civil matter. There is no comparison. A public apology may be appropriate. David Hughes Rutherfordton
State’s fiscal strategy is at best a risky proposition RALEIGH – North Carolina has more government than North Carolina taxpayers can or wish to finance. That’s the fundamental cause of the state’s continuing budget woes – not the mortgage crisis, or misbehavior on Wall Street, or the misdeeds of George W. Bush or Barack Obama. The economic downturn of 200809 may have triggered the state’s fiscal deficits. But the structural problem predated the recession. State and local government in North Carolina has grown rapidly during boom times. In the two decades leading up to the 2009-10 budget crisis, for example, state spending alone grew by 41 percent after adjusting for inflation and population growth. During economic busts, spending growth has slackened or even ceased for a time, but has never been significantly rolled back. Instead, governors and legislators have raised taxes to finance their past spending increases.
John Hood Syndicated columnist
As a result, the size and scope of North Carolina government has ratcheted ever upward. Furthermore, contrary to the letter and intent of the state constitution, North Carolina policymakers have borrowed money without a public referendum to pay for budget items previously funded by current state revenue or general-obligation bonds. Their tactics have included certificates of participation (COPs), revenue bonds, tax-increment financing, and tapping the federal government’s borrowing capacity through various stimulus and bailout funds. Both the Senate and House versions of the 2010-11 state budget would continue these practices. They would rely on some $3 billion in unwise and unsustainable
fiscal policies, including federal bailouts and last year’s “temporary” tax increases. Legislative leaders may try to spin this budget as fiscally conservative, which does damage not just to North Carolina’s fiscal posture but also to the English language. There is nothing fiscally conservative about shoving a ramshackle budget through the General Assembly that assumes $3 billion worth of new taxes or federal borrowing in 2011 to finance the level of spending set in 2010. There is nothing fiscally conservative about compounding such a mistake with $450 million in new COPs debt, as the Senate is in the process of approving. And there is nothing fiscally conservative about doing all this while ignoring North Carolina’s other fiscal time bombs, such as both short-term and long-term holes in the state’s health plan for current and retired teachers and state employees that will require the infusion of billions of additional tax dollars. Yes, you read that right.
The state’s unfunded liability for retiree health benefits is nearly $30 billion. I know, I know – the official line is that 2010 isn’t the year to start addressing these problems. We’re in an election year and still slogging through the end of a deep recession. Wait until next year, we’re told. Only, we’ve been told that before. Repeatedly. The fabled “next year” for forging a sensible long-term fiscal plan for the state inevitably turns into a “this year” of short-term thinking and political gamesmanship. Rather than simply playing their usual roles in this drama, legislative leaders should have tried something new. Instead of passing a $20-billion-plus budget with a guaranteed $3 billion hole in 2011, they should have pulled actual spending down below $19 billion, reducing next year’s deficit and giving themselves more room to maneuver. Then, during the 2011 session, they should have set a goal of reducing state spending further, if necessary, to a level equal to
the revenues projected from the tax rates in place before the 2009 tax hikes. Going into 2009, most North Carolinians thought their tax burden was high enough already. They were right. Instead, Raleigh raised sales and income taxes while Washington borrowed hundreds of millions of additional dollars to finance North Carolina’s budget – money that North Carolinians will have to pay back eventually with higher federal taxes. Instead of pursuing true fiscal conservatism, the Democratic majority in the General Assembly has chosen to stick with their original fiscal mistakes. Rely on more taxes and more borrowing. Keep increasing total state spending. Ignore the state’s many unfunded liabilities. And hope North Carolina taxpayers either don’t notice or don’t care. Sounds like a risky gamble to me. Hood is president of the John Locke Foundation.
The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Saturday, June 5, 2010
Obituaries Garland Morris
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Barbecue festival seeking volunteers for 2010 event
“The Going Green initiative is something we’re so proud of,” said Betsy Burdett, one of the Going Green chairpersons. “But if we don’t get more help, we’ll be at a real disadvantage this year.” She explained that the particular need is for people to be stationed at the nine recycling stations scattered about the Festival grounds to educate and assist guests in properly disposing of their waste. “We have signs that say ‘A luminum goes here’ and ‘Paper goes here,’ but unless there is someone there, experience has shown that we are far less successful in separating our trash, and so we wind up taking more than we should to the landfill,”
Burdett said. Shift times on Friday are 2:30–7 p.m. and 6:30–11 p.m. On Saturday, there are three shifts: 9:30 a.m.–2 p.m., 1:30–6 p.m., and 5:30–11 p.m. The Festival is next weekend, on June 11 and 12. If you’ve been sitting on the fence, now is the time to jump in and become a part of this community tradition. It’s fun and it really is worthwhile. Please call the Festival office at 828-859-7427, or visit the website at www. BlueRidgeBBQFestival.com to get an application. Or, you can send an email to volunteers@blueridgebbqfestival. com —be sure to give your name, phone number and complete mailing address. Volunteers receive free Festival admission both days, free t-shirt, and free bottled water, plus the satisfaction of knowing they’re doing something really good for the community. The Festival also includes a fantastic lineup of music, a Kids Fun Park with carni-
val rides and games and, of course, outstanding barbecue with all the trimmings. Gates open at 3 p.m. on Friday and at 10 a.m. on Saturday, closing at 11 p.m. both nights. Admission is $7.00 for adults. Children 12 and under are admitted free with a paying adult. Admission includes shuttle parking and all live entertainment. On Friday, Seniors receive a two-for-the-price-of-one discount all day, and kids can have unlimited rides for $10 from 3 until 7 p.m. Visit www. BlueRidgeBBQFestival.com for more information and to get a coupon good for $1.00 off Friday’s admission. The Blue Ridge Barbecue & Music Festival is conducted annually under the auspices of the Carolina Foothills Chamber of Commerce. Some of the proceeds from the Festival help support Chamber operations and any additional funds go to the Chamber Foundation to be returned to the community through grants to a variety of programs and projects throughout the county.
Police Notes Sheriff’s Reports
n The Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office responded to 144 E-911 calls Thursday.
Rutherfordton
n The Rutherfordton Police Department responded to 41 E-911 calls Thursday.
Spindale
n The Spindale Police Department responded to 37 E-911 Thursday.
Lake Lure
n The Lake Lure Police Department responded to five E-911 calls Thursday.
Forest City
n The Forest City Police Department responded to 42 E-911 calls Thursday. n Karen Scruggs reported the breaking and entering of a motor vehicle and larceny from the vehicle.
Arrests
n Charlene Bridges, 68, of Crescent Drive, Forest City; charged with disorderly conduct and resist, obstruct and delay; placed under a $500 secured bond. (FCPD) n Kecia Stroud, 45, of Hamilton Street, Forest City; charged with possession of marijuana; released on a written promise to appear. (FCPD) n Melony Bailey, 45, of Old Wagy Road, Forest City;
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Festival Steering Committee members admire the 2010 Volunteer t-shirts. (l-r )Chuck Brittain, Bill Crowell and Allison Gillespie.
TRYON —There are two main areas where volunteers are still needed for the 2010 Blue Ridge Barbecue & Music Festival, according to Volunteer Chair Gail Muir. Those areas are the evening shifts on both Friday and Saturday (all positions except for beer and wine sales) and all day both days with the Going Green effort.
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served with a criminal summons for allowing a dog to run at large. (FCPD) n Sherry Miller, 52, of Crescent Drive, Forest City; charged with disorderly conduct; placed undr a $500 secured bond. (FCPD) n William Durandt Smith, 34, of 127 Platten Drive; charged with driving while impaired and possession of an open container/ consume alcohol in the passenger area of a motor vehicle; placed under a $1,000 secured bond and freed on a custody release. (NCHP) n Richard Lee Martin, 32, of 3661 Hoss St.; charged with misdemeanor probation violation; placed under a $25,000 secrued bond. (Probation) n James Forrest Walker, 49, of 232 Bradley Road; charged with misdemeanor probation violation; placed under a $500 secured bond. (Probation) n James Robert Bird, 27, of 158 Dogwood Valley Road; charged with two counts of misdemeanor child abuse, manufacturing marijuana, simple possession of schedule VI controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia; placed under an $11,000 secured bond. (RCSD) n Floyd Dale McCurry, 49, of 278 Luckadoo Mountain Road; charged with misdemeanor probation violation; placed under a $5,000 secured bond. (RCSD) n Amanda Marie McHone,
Garland Eugene Morris, 76, of Hollis Road, Ellenboro, died Friday, June 4, 2010, at Hospice at Wendover in Shelby. A native of Cleveland County, he was a son of the late William Cephus Morris and Bertha Mae Laughter Morris. He was an Army veteran having served during the Korean War, worked as a textile machinist for Shelby Knitting and in his retirement worked at All American Fabrics in Shelby. Survivors include his wife, Colleen Doggett Morris of the home; a son, Douglas Morris of Gastonia; two daughters, Patti Reynolds of Ellenboro, Melanie Duncan of Charlotte; three brothers, Wilford Morris of Charlotte, Hubert Morris of Orlando, Fla., and Ermie Morris of Winston-Salem; a sister, Judy Black of Central, S.C.; and six grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Monday at 11 a.m. at Trinity Wesleyan Church in Forest City with the Revs. Bob Black, Bob Allred and Kenneth Addis officiating. Visitation will follow in the church fellowship hall. A private burial will be held. The Padgett and King Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. There is an online guest registry available at www.padgettking. com.
Mary Perkins Mary Madgeline “Scoot” Lynch Perkins, 83, of Spindale, died Wednesday, June 2, 2010, at Autumn Care in Forest City. She was born in Spindale to the late Roy Lynch and Tillie Forney Lynch. She was preceded in death by two husbands, Lee Wess Webster and Frank Perkins. She worked years ago for Spindale Laundry and Rutherford Hospital Dietary Department. She is survived by a daughter, Joyce W. Lynch of Spindale; two grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Russell Tabernacle CME Church in Spindale. The body will be placed in the church from 1 to 2 p.m. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Ulysses D. Miller Funeral Services is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences at www.ulyssesdmillerfuneralservice.com.
28, of 158 Dogwood Valley Road; charged with two counts of misdemeanor child abuse, manufacturing marijuana, simple possession of schedule VI controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia; placed under an $11,000 secured bond. (RCSD) n Kevin Duane Brooks, 27, of 1883 Camp Creek Road; charged with driving while license revoked; placed under a $5,000 secured bond. (RCSD) n Danny Lee Bailey, 47, of 271 U.S. 221 North; charged with two counts of assault and battery; released on a $2,000 unsecured bond. (RCSD) n Reginald Sherman Forney, 48, of 3988 Polk County Line Road; charged with driving while impaired; placed under a $1,000 secured bond. (RPD)
EMS/Rescue n The Rutherford County EMS responded to 30 E-911 calls Thursday. n The Volunteer Life Saving and Rescue, Hickory Nut Gorge EMS and Rutherford County Rescue responded to one E-911 call Thursday.
Fire Calls n Bills Creek firefighters responded to a residential fire alarm. n Spindale firefighters responded to an electric fire.
Myles MacDonald Myles MacDonald, 89, died March 24, 2010, at Summit Medical Center in Hermitage, Tenn. He was born in Montreal, Quebec and served in the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps and the Royal Canadian Air Force Medical Service from 1939 to 1943 in Canada and the United Kingdom. Following his medical discharge, he earned a BA at Sir George Williams College and a Bachelor and Master of Social Work at McGill University. He became an American citizen in 1958. He had a successful career for 30 years as consultant or Executive Director of volunteer citizen planning councils in Winnipeg, Manitoba; Nashville, Tenn.; York, Pa.; Houston, Texas; and Chattanooga, Tenn. While assistant administrator of the Harris County Hospital District in Houston, he earned a certificate in hospital accounting and financial management. He was active in many professional organizations before his retirement in 1982. A cofounder of the Community Development Society, he was elected a Fellow of the British Royal Society of Health, was President of the Texas Society on Aging, and Chairman of the Blue Ridge Institute for Southern Community Service Executives. In 1982 he retired to
Rutherford County, and became an active volunteer in local community service organizations. He was a director or officer in the United Way, Yokefellow Service Center, Area Mental Health Authority, Habitat for Humanity, and Spindale Rotary Club. Mr. MacDonald was a Life Member of St. Andrew’s Lodge AF/AM in Ottawa, Ontario. He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Dee Roberts MacDonald; his son Myles A. MacDonald; and four grandchildren A son, Alan D. MacDonald, predeceased him. A memorial service will be held in the future at the First United Methodist Church in Rutherfordton. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Friendship Club of the Church.
Deaths Richard Llewellyn LOS ANGELES (AP) — Richard “Duke” Llewellyn, chairman and co-founder of the John R. Wooden Award that goes to college basketball’s player of the year, has died. He was 93. Working with Wooden, a friend for more than 60 years, Llewellyn founded the Wooden Award in 1976. He remained on the board through this past college basketball season, meeting with sponsors, players and staff as he battled cancer.
Jerry Austin ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Veteran Iditarod musher Jerry Austin has died at the age of 62. Austin ran the race 18 times, won the sportsmanship award three times and is in the Iditarod Hall of Fame. But St. George says beyond anything else, what he provided to the race and the Iditarod family was his commitment to recognizing race rookies. He has his wife, Clara, have sponsored the Most Valuable Rookie award since 1980. His personal best finish was third in 1982. The Anchorage Daily News reports Austin was a hunting and fishing guide and that he owned the Golsovia River Lodge. Haywood Harris KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Longtime Tennessee media relations director and athletics department historian Haywood Harris has died, six months after suffering a stroke. He was 80. Harris, a native of Maryville, 1947 Knoxville High School graduate and 1951 Tennessee graduate, died Wednesday at his Knoxville home. He was hired by legendary Tennessee coach Gen. Robert Neyland in 1961 as sports information director and was also an assistant athletics director before retirement. With his predecessor Gus Manning, Harris coauthored two books about Tennessee sports: “Six Seasons Remembered — The National Championship Years of Tennessee Football” and “Once a Vol, Always a Vol.” THE DAILY COURIER Published Tuesday through Sunday mornings by Paxton Media Group LLC dba The Daily Courier USPS 204-920 Periodical Postage paid in Forest City, NC. Company Address: 601 Oak St., P.O. Box 1149, Forest City, NC 28043. Phone: (828) 245-6431 Fax: (828) 248-2790 Subscription rates: Single copy, daily 50¢ / Sunday $1.50. Home delivery $11.75 per month, $35.25 for three months, $70.50 for six months, $129 per year. In county rates by mail payable in advance are: $13.38 for one month, $40.14 for three months, $80.27 for six months, $160.54 per year. Outside county: $14.55 for one month, $43.64 for three months, $87.28 for six months, $174.56 per year. College students for school year subscription, $75. The Digital Courier, $6.50 a month for non-subscribers to The Daily Courier. Payment may be made at the website: www.thedigitalcourier. com The Daily Courier is not responsible for advance subscription payments made to carriers, all of who are independent contractors.
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Richard Davis, left, of Earthperks, talks with people who attended a meeting at Foothills Connect on Friday. Marriot officials are considering expanding a successful program that began some four years ago when Rutherford County farmers sold produce to the Charlotte Marriott City Center.
Reunions Sims-Guffey reunion: Sunday, June 6, 1 p.m. Piedmont Pleasant Hill Clubhouse; bring well filled baskets; eating utensils will be furnished.
Meetings/other Meeting and community supper: Saturday, June 12, 7 p.m., Piedmont-Pleasant Hill Club House; food, fun and fellowship.
Miscellaneous Breakfast: June 12, 7 to 11 a.m., Whitehouse Community Center; menu includes sausage, livermush, gravy, eggs, potatoes, grits, biscuits, jellies, juice, coffee and tea; adults $5, children $3 (ages 6 to 12), younger than 6 free; sponsored by Whitehouse Community Club. Rutherfordton Raiders Youth Football and Cheerleading sign ups: June 5 and 12; one child, $45, each additional child is $35. Senior citizens club: Young at Heart Senior Club will meet Saturday, June 26, at Spindale Restaurant; meeting begins at 11 a.m.; dutch treat lunch, 11:30 a.m.; fellowship and bingo; for more information, contact Roy McKain, 245-4800. Foothills Harvest Storewide 1/2 off sale: The thrift store is located at 120 W. Trade St., Forest City.
Fundraisers Yard sale: Saturday, June 5, 7 a.m. until, next to Seams to Be Fabric; to benefit leukemia patient Darmie Langley. Porch Bag Sale: Saturday, June 5, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Washburn Community Outreach Center; All you can put in a bag for $2. 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.
ICC classes Summer classes are also listed at www.isothermal.edu/learnstuff. To register for any of the above classes, call 286-363, ext. 346.
Red Cross classes Adult/Child and Infant CPR: Saturday, June 5, 8:30 a.m. until Adult CPR: Monday, June 7, 6 p.m. until Child and Infant CPR: Tuesday, June 8, 6 p.m. until First Aid Preventing Disease Transmission: Thursday, June 10, 6 p.m. until Preparedness and Safety Camp: Tuesday, June 22-Friday, June 25; 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Tuesday-Thursday, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Friday; students receive Red Cross Babysitter’s Training, Child and infant CPR, first aid and disaster preparedness.
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 for more information. GRACE support group for anyone caring for a loved one: GRACE is conducted 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 in the community who has lost a spouse. Cost for lunch is $5. Participants must register in order to reserve lunch.
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farm-fresh produce for upscale metropolitan eateries. Among those attending the meeting was Bob Mallak, area director of operations-Americas, for Marriott International, of Bethesda, Md. As area director, he said he has responsibility for 72 hotels that run from Philadelphia into the Carolinas, West Virginia and Tennessee. Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton, of Rutherfordton, attended the meeting at Foothills Connect to hear an update on the Foothills effort and to talk about how the program might help Marriott. He noted, for example, that the use of local, fresh produce in other Marriott restaurants could be marketed as being “from America’s farms to you.” The lieutenant governor told the Marriott officials, “Tim (Will) has been a great promoter of what is going on here.” He noted that former North Carolina Gov. Jim Hunt was impressed with Will’s presentation at the Institute for Emerging Issues forum in February. “This is a success story that you can market in many ways,” Dalton said. He said the subliminal message could be, “Come to Marriott and save America.” Dalton told the Marriott executives it is a message that would resonate with people.
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Center. Chyz gave a few more detailed records about the amount recycled by each of the schools in the county. County-wide the totals were 15,311 pounds of steel — enough to make 18 cars — and 7,700 pounds of plastic. The district recycled 93,680 pounds of cardboard. The 80 ton total was worth about $8,500 on the recycled materials market. “Recycling is going to become even more important to the school district now that the county is discussing charging the school tipping fees for the solid waste disposal at the landfill,” Cameron said. For totals, East High School came in first, R.S. Central second and Chase high third across the county. Chyz theorized that the person or group in charge of recycling at each school had
Marriott’s Mallak commented that Jean-Pierre Marechal, executive chef at Charlotte Marriott City Center, who helped launch the Charlotte initiative, has seen the program “grow by leaps and bounds” over the last four years. Also on hand at the meeting to support the continued growth of the Marriott connection was Paul McIntosh, Rutherford County commissioner. He said that Foothills Connect was conceived seven years ago as a traditional business incubator. He added that the successful farm to market program that developed “has created many small businesses.” He said he is hopeful that the program can be launched nationally. Will explained the birth and early growth of the Foothills Connect initiative and talked about expanding vistas in the near future. Foothills Connect is a proponent of intensive cultivation of small acreages using sustainable practices. Will commented Friday that when he first started looking at launching a farm program, he found out that the average return per acre on farmland in Rutherford County was $102. And the reason for that, he said, is because farmers were growing hay, which is not a high-value product. Will realized that the huge market for produce in Charlotte, only 74 miles away, was untapped. That is when he launched the Internet farmers market to link Rutherford County farmers and Charlotte restaurateurs. And he commented on the R-S
Central High School farm program, where scrubland was converted into productive acres using goats, pigs and chickens to clear the land. The Marriott executives later visited R-S Central and Earthperks, an organic supply source for farms, gardens and homes. As an example of what to expect in the future at Foothills Connect, Will noted that Foothills Connect has been made a regional training center for Growing Power Inc., a large-scale urban version of the farming program here. Marechal, of Marriott, said, “Success is a relationship.” People have forgotten the real taste of food, he noted, so when they taste fresh vegetables they realize the big difference, and are happy. That makes farmers and restaurants happy, he said, adding that working with fresh food is even a boost for the people working in the kitchen, since it makes them more creative. “It generates interest at all levels,” he said. Marechal said chefs are pleased because they are “not buying from the cooler; they are buying from the field.” And Mallak noted that the food system “landscape is being reset.” That resetting of food priorities, Foothills Connect hopes, will cause the Farmers Fresh Market approach to have regional, and even national, significance. Contact Dale via e-mail at ldale@thedigitalcourier.com
a large impact on the success of the program at the various campuses. “At East, there’s a class who’s assigned to go around and collect it every Friday,” Chyz said. “At R.S. Central, they have a recycling club in charge so it is hit or miss. For Chase, the custodial staff handles it and that can be tough to have to sort stuff along with your regular duties. As custodian for my church, I know.” In other business, SWEEP was awarded a $500 grant from Keep North Carolina Beautiful to help with litter prevention and recycling. “I’m here to present this grant and encourage you to consider joining the Keep American Beautiful group,” Keep N.C. Beautiful’s Brenda Ewadinger said. The group decided to consider joining and is working on collecting information about how to raise their approximately $2,000 application fee. Contact Baughman via e-mail at sbaughman@thedigitalcourier.com.
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SWEEP Chairman David Cameron discussed the success of the group’s school recycling program at their June meeting. For the school year, the program has recycled more than 80 tons of waste.
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Cavs win Game 1 Brown is back at work with Bobcats CHARLOTTE (AP) — Larry Brown was energetic, shouting instructions and stopping play continuously to correct mistakes. Everything appeared to be normal at the Charlotte Bobcats practice facility on Friday morning — until the pre-draft workout ended and the usually talkative Brown went silent. Given a chance to clear up whether he’ll return for a third season coaching the Bobcats, Brown declined to talk to reporters. “I don’t have anything to say,” a smiling Brown said before disappearing down a stairway toward the locker room. And with that, owner Michael Jordan’s uncertain offseason continued. There are numerous signs that the 69-year-old Brown, who has lamented the time spent away from his family in suburban Philadelphia, will be back in Charlotte after leading the Bobcats to their first playoff berth. A person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press on Thursday that Brown, who has two years left on his contract, is leaning toward returning. Assistant coach Dave Hanners said Friday that Brown was energized and drawing up plays this week at the team offices. Brown has said he won’t coach for anyone other than Jordan, and on April 30 said he didn’t want this “to drag on” too deep into the offseason.
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East Rutherford’s Lucas Owens dives back into first base as Graham’s Shannon Watkins waits on the ball Friday night in game one of the State 2-A Championship in Raleigh, N.C. The Cavaliers would take the game 5-1 in regulation.
Cavaliers scramble to 5-1 win By SCOTT BOWERS Daily Courier Sports Editor
On TV 8:30 a.m. (ESPN2) Soccer Team TBA vs. United States. 9 a.m. (WYFF) Tennis French Open, Women’s Final. From Roland Garros Stadium in Paris. Noon (ESPN2) College Softball NCAA World Series, Game 7: Teams TBA. From Oklahoma City. 2 p.m. (ESPN) Horse Racing Belmont Stakes Special. From Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y. 2:30 p.m. (ESPN2) College Softball NCAA World Series, Game 8: Teams TBA. From Oklahoma City. 3 p.m. (WBTV) (WSPA) PGA Tour Golf Memorial Tournament, Third Round. From Dublin, Ohio. 4 p.m. (WHNS) MLB Baseball Regional Coverage. Florida Marlins at New York Mets or Milwaukee Brewers at St. Louis Cardinals or Tampa Bay Rays at Texas Rangers. 5:30 p.m. (WSOC) (WLOS) Horse Racing Belmont Stakes. From Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y. 7 p.m. (ESPN) College Softball NCAA World Series, Game 9: Teams TBA. From Oklahoma City. (FSS) MLB Baseball Cincinnati Reds at Washington Nationals. (WGN-A) MLB Baseball Cleveland Indians at Chicago White Sox. 8 p.m. (ESPN2) NASCAR Racing Nationwide Series: Federated Auto Parts 300. From Nashville Superspeedway in Lebanon, Tenn. 9:30 p.m. (ESPN) College Softball NCAA World Series, Game 10: Teams TBA. From Oklahoma City. (Live) 10 p.m. (TS) MLB Baseball Atlanta Braves at Los Angeles Dodgers. 10:15 p.m. (HBO) Boxing Miguel Cotto vs. Yuri Foreman, Junior Middleweights. From New York City. Miguel Cotto takes on Yuri Foreman in a 12-round junior middleweight bout.
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East Rutherford’s Head Coach, Bobby Reynolds talks to Drew Reynolds Friday night on the mound as Trent Dorsey looks on as the Cavaliers take on the Graham Red Devils in game one of the 2-A State Baseball Championship in Raleigh.
RALEIGH - Halfway there. East Rutherford took a 5-1 win over Graham in Game 1 of the NCHSAA 2A Baseball Championship Series at Doak Field in Raleigh Friday. The Cavs (29-2) used head’s up baserunning, timely hits and a strong performance by pitcher Drew Reynolds to capture the opening game of the bestof-3 series. “It’s good to get that first one, we can have a little bit of a relaxed evening, but we have to come back tomorrow and stay focused,” said East Head Coach Bobby Reynolds. East opened an early 1-0 lead in the first inning, but it was a frame that left Coach Reynolds feeling his charges had left some runs on the bases. Please see Cavs, Page 9
East Rutherford’s Blake Myers goes for the double play with a throw to first Friday evening in Raleigh, N.C. during game one of the 2-A State Championship as Graham’s Blake Throneburg slides into base.
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Kyle Busch takes pole at Pocono LONG POND, Pa. (AP) — Kyle Busch will start his 200th career Sprint Cup race at the front of the field. Winner of two of the last four races, Busch turned a lap at 169.485 mph Friday to win the pole for Sunday’s NASCAR race at Pocono Raceway and extend a midseason hot streak that has lifted him to second in the points standings.
Now the driver that fans love to hate hopes to parlay his first pole at the 2.5 mile-long Tricky Triangle into a respectable finish. His best finish at Pocono was fourth in 2005, and he hasn’t finished higher than 16th over the last two years. Busch won his second pole of the season, claiming victory at Richmond last month after starting up front. Clint Bowyer was qualified second,
while Dale Earnhardt, Jr., was third. Bowyer posted his seventh top 10 start of the season and his second in nine races at Pocono. Thirteenth in points, Bowyer hopes a strong Pocono start will help push him up the standings, much like Earnhardt, who is 17th. Earnhardt will have his best start since winning the pole at Atlanta in March.
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Scoreboard BASKETBALL National Basketball Association Playoff
CONFERENCE FINALS EASTERN CONFERENCE Boston 4, Orlando 2 Boston 92, Orlando 88 Boston 95, Orlando 92 Boston 94, Orlando 71 Orlando 96, Boston 92, OT Orlando 113, Boston 92 Boston 96, Orlando 84
WESTERN CONFERENCE L.A. Lakers 4, Phoenix 2 L.A. Lakers 128, Phoenix 107 L.A. Lakers 124, Phoenix 112 Phoenix 118, L.A. Lakers 109 Phoenix 115, L.A. Lakers 106 L.A. Lakers 103, Phoenix 101 L.A. Lakers 111, Phoenix 103
NBA FINALS Boston vs. L.A. Lakers Boston at L.A. Lakers, late Sunday, June 6: Boston at L.A. Lakers, 8 p.m. Tuesday, June 8: L.A. Lakers at Boston, 9 p.m. Thursday, June 10: L.A. Lakers at Boston, 9 p.m. If needed: Sunday, June 13: L.A. Lakers at Boston, 8 p.m. Tuesday, June 15: Boston at L.A. Lakers, 9 p.m. Thursday, June 17: Boston at L.A. Lakers, 9 p.m.
HOCKEY National Hockey League Playoff CONFERENCE FINALS EASTERN CONFERENCE Philadelphia 4, Montreal 1 Sunday, May 16: Philadelphia 6, Montreal 0 Tuesday, May 18: Philadelphia 3, Montreal 0 Thursday, May 20: Montreal 5, Philadelphia 1 Saturday, May 22: Philadelphia 3, Montreal 0 Monday, May 24: Philadelphia 4, Montreal 2 WESTERN CONFERENCE Chicago 4, San Jose 0 Sunday, May 16: Chicago 2, San Jose 1 Tuesday, May 18: Chicago 4, San Jose 2 Friday, May 21: Chicago 3, San Jose 2, OT Sunday, May 23: Chicago 4, San Jose 2 STANLEY CUP FINALS Chicago 2, Philadelphia 1 Chicago 6, Philadelphia 5 Chicago 2, Philadelphia 1 Philadelphia 4, Chicago 3, OT Chicago at Philadelphia, late Sunday: Philadelphia at Chicago, 8 p.m. If needed: Wednesday, June 9: Chicago at Philadelphia, 8 p.m. Friday, June 11: Philadelphia at Chicago, 8 p.m.
BASEBALL
American League East Division W L Pct 36 18 .667 34 21 .618 32 24 .571 31 24 .564 15 39 .278 Central Division W L Pct Minnesota 31 23 .574 Detroit 28 25 .528 Chicago 23 30 .434 Kansas City 22 33 .400 Cleveland 19 33 .365 West Division W L Pct Texas 28 25 .528 Oakland 29 26 .527 Los Angeles 28 28 .500 Seattle 22 31 .415
Tampa Bay New York Toronto Boston Baltimore
GB — 2 1/2 5 5 1/2 21 GB — 2 1/2 7 1/2 9 1/2 11 GB — — 1 1/2 6
Thursday’s Games N.Y. Yankees 6, Baltimore 3 Detroit 12, Cleveland 6 Oakland 9, Boston 8 L.A. Angels 5, Kansas City 4 Chicago White Sox 4, Texas 3 Seattle 4, Minnesota 1 Friday’s Games Toronto 6, N.Y. Yankees 1 Boston at Baltimore, late Tampa Bay at Texas, late Cleveland at Chicago White Sox, late Detroit at Kansas City, late Minnesota at Oakland, late L.A. Angels at Seattle, late Saturday’s Games
N.Y. Yankees (Pettitte 7-1) at Toronto (R.Romero 5-2), 1:07 p.m. L.A. Angels (E.Santana 5-3) at Seattle (RowlandSmith 0-4), 4:10 p.m. Tampa Bay (J.Shields 5-3) at Texas (Hunter 0-0), 4:10 p.m. Boston (Lester 6-2) at Baltimore (Guthrie 3-5), 7:05 p.m. Cleveland (Talbot 6-4) at Chicago White Sox (Peavy 4-4), 7:05 p.m. Detroit (Verlander 5-4) at Kansas City (Hochevar 5-3), 7:10 p.m. Minnesota (Liriano 5-3) at Oakland (Cahill 4-2), 9:05 p.m. Sunday’s Games N.Y. Yankees at Toronto, 1:07 p.m. Boston at Baltimore, 1:35 p.m. Cleveland at Chicago White Sox, 2:05 p.m. Detroit at Kansas City, 2:10 p.m. Tampa Bay at Texas, 3:05 p.m. Minnesota at Oakland, 4:05 p.m. L.A. Angels at Seattle, 4:10 p.m. Monday’s Games Boston at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m. Seattle at Texas, 8:05 p.m. L.A. Angels at Oakland, 10:05 p.m. National League East Division W L Pct 32 22 .593 29 24 .538 28 27 .509 28 28 .500 26 29 .473 Central Division W L Pct Cincinnati 31 23 .574 St. Louis 31 23 .574 Chicago 24 29 .453 Pittsburgh 22 31 .415 Milwaukee 22 32 .407 Houston 20 34 .370 West Division W L Pct San Diego 32 22 .604 Los Angeles 31 23 .574 San Francisco 28 24 .538 Colorado 28 25 .528 Arizona 20 34 .370 Atlanta Philadelphia New York Florida Washington
GB — 2 1/2 4 1/2 5 6 1/2 GB — — 6 1/2 8 1/2 9 11 GB — 1 3 1/2 4 12 1/2
Thursday’s Games Houston 6, Washington 4 Florida 3, Milwaukee 2 Atlanta 4, L.A. Dodgers 3 Friday’s Games Philadelphia 3, San Diego 2 N.Y. Mets 4, Florida 3 San Francisco at Pittsburgh, late Cincinnati at Washington, late Chicago Cubs at Houston, late Milwaukee at St. Louis, late Colorado at Arizona, late Atlanta at L.A. Dodgers, late Saturday’s Games Florida (N.Robertson 4-4) at N.Y. Mets (Niese 1-2), 4:10 p.m. Milwaukee (Narveson 4-3) at St. Louis (Ottavino 0-1), 4:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Dempster 3-5) at Houston (Oswalt 3-7), 7:05 p.m. Cincinnati (Leake 4-0) at Washington (Atilano 5-1), 7:05 p.m. San Diego (Garland 6-2) at Philadelphia (Moyer 5-5), 7:05 p.m. San Francisco (Wellemeyer 3-4) at Pittsburgh (Maholm 3-4), 7:05 p.m. Colorado (J.Chacin 3-3) at Arizona (Willis 0-0), 8:10 p.m. Atlanta (Hanson 5-3) at L.A. Dodgers (Billingsley 6-2), 10:10 p.m. Sunday’s Games Florida at N.Y. Mets, 1:10 p.m. Cincinnati at Washington, 1:35 p.m. San Diego at Philadelphia, 1:35 p.m. San Francisco at Pittsburgh, 1:35 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Houston, 2:05 p.m. Atlanta at L.A. Dodgers, 4:10 p.m. Colorado at Arizona, 4:10 p.m. Milwaukee at St. Louis, 8:05 p.m. Monday’s Games Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh, 12:35 p.m. San Diego at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m. San Francisco at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m. Houston at Colorado, 8:40 p.m. Atlanta at Arizona, 9:40 p.m. St. Louis at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m. NCAA Division I Baseball Regionals Glance Double Elimination At Senator Thomas J. Dodd Memorial Stadium, Norwich, Conn. Florida State 11, Central Connecticut State 3 Oregon 5, Connecticut 3 At Davenport Field, Charlottesville, Va. Virginia 15, Virginia Commonwealth 4 St. John’s vs. Mississippi, late At Jim Patterson Stadium, Louisville, Ky.
Vanderbilt 8, Illinois State 7, 13 innings Saint Louis at Louisville, late At Carolina Stadium, Columbia, S.C. The Citadel 7, Virginia Tech 2 Bucknell at South Carolina), late At BB&T Coastal Field, Myrtle Beach, S.C. Coastal Carolina 6, Stony Brook 0 College of Charleston 9, N.C. State 6 At Russ Chandler Stadium, Atlanta Alabama 11, Elon 2 Mercer at Georgia Tech, late At McKethan Stadium, Gainesville, Fla. Oregon State 6, Florida Atlantic 4 Bethune-Cookman at Florida, late At Mark Light Stadium, Coral Gables, Fla. Texas A&M 17, Florida International 3 Miami 12, Dartmouth 8 At Plainsman Park, Auburn, Ala. Clemson 10, Southern Mississippi 1 Auburn vs. Jacksonville State, late At Baum Stadium, Fayetteville, Ark. Arkansas 19, Grambling State 7 Kansas State vs. Washington State), late At L. Dale Mitchell Park, Norman, Okla. Oklahoma 7, Oral Roberts 6, 10 innings North Carolina vs. California, late At UFCU Disch-Falk Field Louisiana-Lafayette 1, Rice 0 Texas 11, Rider 0 At Lupton Baseball Stadium, Fort Worth Arizona 10, Baylor 9 Lamar at TCU, late At Goodwin Field, Fullerton, Calif. New Mexico vs. Stanford, late Minnesota at Cal State Fullerton, late At Jackie Robinson Stadium, Los Angeles LSU 11, UC Irvine 10, 11 innings Kent State at UCLA, late Saturday, June 5 At Packard Stadium, Tempe, Ariz. Hawaii 4, San Diego 3 Wisconsin-Milwaukee at Arizona State, late
RACING NASCAR-Sprint Cup Gillette Fusion ProGlide 500 Lineup After Friday qualifying; race Sunday At Pocono Raceway Long Pond, Pa. (Car number in parentheses) 1. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 169.485. 2. (33) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 169.138. 3. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 169.097. 4. (2) Kurt Busch, Dodge, 168.963. 5. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 168.868. 6. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 168.84. 7. (42) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 168.805. 8. (9) Kasey Kahne, Ford, 168.713. 9. (39) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 168.669. 10. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 168.612. 11. (12) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 168.3. 12. (20) Joey Logano, Toyota, 168.24. 13. (31) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 168.205. 14. (5) Mark Martin, Chevrolet, 168.124. 15. (17) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 168.036. 16. (47) Marcos Ambrose, Toyota, 167.973. 17. (43) AJ Allmendinger, Ford, 167.863. 18. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 167.823. 19. (77) Sam Hornish Jr., Dodge, 167.785. 20. (13) Max Papis, Toyota, 167.679. 21. (19) Elliott Sadler, Ford, 167.538. 22. (29) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 167.529. 23. (83) Casey Mears, Toyota, 167.51. 24. (78) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 167.476. 25. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 167.392. 26. (99) Carl Edwards, Ford, 167.392. 27. (56) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 167.212. 28. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 167.177. 29. (00) David Reutimann, Toyota, 167.115. 30. (87) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, 167.047. 31. (82) Scott Speed, Toyota, 166.982. 32. (55) Michael McDowell, Toyota, 166.976. 33. (98) Paul Menard, Ford, 166.821. 34. (66) Dave Blaney, Toyota, 166.738. 35. (6) David Ragan, Ford, 166.098. 36. (46) J.J. Yeley, Dodge, 165.972. 37. (37) David Gilliland, Ford, 165.929. 38. (38) Travis Kvapil, Ford, 165.865. 39. (64) Chad McCumbee, Toyota, 165.688. 40. (36) Geoff Bodine, Chevrolet, 165.411. 41. (71) Bobby Labonte, Chevrolet, 165.116. 42. (34) Kevin Conway, Ford, Owner Points. 43. (26) David Stremme, Ford, 165.277. Failed to Qualify 44. (09) Terry Cook, Chevrolet, 164.51.
Gasol gets tough inside for Lakers LOS ANGELES (AP) — Pau Gasol used to spend this week in Paris each year, sitting in the shade at Roland Garros and watching Rafael Nadal torment his opponents on the clay courts. Gasol’s gracious summers ended when the Los Angeles Lakers acquired Gasol just over two years ago from the woebegone Memphis Grizzlies, putting him in the thick of the NBA finals for the past three seasons. His good friend Rafa is on his own these days — and judging by Gasol’s performance in Game 1 against the Boston Celtics, the 7-foot Spaniard is growing into a world-beater himself. “I love tennis, but this is really the way I’d prefer to spend the early part of the summer,” Gasol said. Gasol showcased his evolving toughness with every rebound and big defensive play in the Lakers’ 102-89 victory in Thursday’s opener. He had 23 points and 14 rebounds while leading the Lakers’ physical game with a stifling, aggressive performance against Kevin Garnett, who dominated their matchup in the clubs’ 2008 finals meeting. “I had to get myself mentally and physically ready for those types of challenges,” Gasol said Friday after the Lakers’ workout at Staples Center. “Just to be able to deliver and play the way I can perform, I had to work throughout these two years to be the kind of player that I am today.” The Celtics don’t have Gasol to kick around any more, and it’s giving the Lakers an early advantage. Game 2 is Sunday night at Staples Center. Although the current Gasol, who turns 30 next month, is a sharp-elbowed low-post player who rarely backs away from a physical confrontation, he realizes he was marked as a marshmallow from the moment he joined the NBA in 2001. “Most Europeans, we get that label no matter what,” Gasol said. “It’s just a given. It’s like you’ve got to prove every single game that you’re a tough player. It’s pretty interesting, but it’s more interesting that I keep (hearing about) it, which feels like there’s nothing better to talk about, which is a little sad.” Indeed, Gasol’s 28 months with the Lakers have given him a graduate diploma in the intensity necessary to win an NBA title. Gasol’s teammates don’t believe he fully understood it in 2008, when his arrival spurred them out of the Western Conference into the finals. “He’s deeply a part of us now, whereas in ’08, he had been with us a few months,” Derek Fisher said. “So the expectations and what this all meant was probably still foreign for him. Having been together two-plus, three years, the connective tissues and the core of our team is just stronger.” Gasol averaged 16.9 points and 9.3 rebounds in the 2008 playoffs, but the numbers don’t reflect the intimidation unleashed in the finals by Garnett, then a frustrated veteran in search of his first championship ring. Garnett hounded Gasol on both ends of the court, culminating in Gasol’s 11-point, five-turnover performance in Boston’s title-clinching victory.
“He hadn’t been out of the first round, and all of a sudden we’re in the NBA finals playing against a great team like the Celtics,” Kobe Bryant said. “That was a great experience for him, and as he got his feet wet, he started understanding more and more how we need him to play to get to a championship level. That’s all I think it was, because he York Yankees 6-1 on Friday had all the tools and all the skills.” night. Lakers coach Phil Jackson essentially put Gasol Brett Cecil (6-2) pitched eight on notice before this series even began when he innings for Toronto, matching said Gasol’s matchup with Garnett would be the a career high. The left-hander most intriguing part of the finals for him. Yet allowed one run and five hits Jackson already suspected he would get a strong while improving to 4-0 with a game from Gasol after seeing his maturing game 1.52 ERA in his past four starts. this season. Bautista led off the second “What I see from him is just the little actions with a drive off A.J. Burnett that represent not backing down,” Jackson said. that went off the facing of the “Getting hit, taking the blow, absorbing it, not third deck in left, his career high reacting to it one way or the other with the mental17th. He went deep again in the ity to look at the referee, or wonder about the blow fourth, finding the same area and the legitimacy of it. Those are the things he’s again for a two-run shot. learned in the last year-and-a-half or two.” Encarnacion led off the fifth with his eighth homer, a drive to The Celtics returned to practice Friday deterleft-center that gave Toronto a mined to match the physical effort led by Gasol 4-0 lead. and Ron Artest. Boston isn’t likely to change Burnett (6-3) allowed six much in its strategic approach to the Lakers, but runs and six hits in six innings, the Celtics realize they must do more to make the walked four and struck out two Lakers uncomfortable. against his old team. “It’s not a one-on-one situation between me and Bautista leads the majors with Pau,” Garnett said. “To make this team better, I’ve 18 homers, and the Blue Jays got to be a lot more aggressive than that, and I have a major league-high 94 will. They attacked us. They brought the game to longballs. us, and that’s unusual for us.”
Halladay, Phillies nip Padres
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Roy Halladay pitched seven innings in his first start since his perfect game, working out of trouble to help the Philadelphia Phillies beat the San Diego Padres 3-2 on Friday night.
Shane Victorino homered and scored the go-ahead run on Jayson Werth’s two-out, basesloaded walk against Mat Latos (5-4) in the fifth. Halladay (8-3) allowed 10 hits and walked one, but held San Diego to two runs in his first game since his gem against the Florida Marlins last Saturday. Jose Contreras and J.C. Romero combined to pitch the eighth, and Brad Lidge tossed a perfect ninth inning for his second save.
Mets 4, Marlins 3
NEW YORK (AP) — R.A. Dickey won his third straight
start and the New York Mets improved their impressive record at Citi Field, beating the Florida Marlins 4-3 on Friday night. After the Mets fought back from a three-run deficit, Francisco Rodriguez retired slugger Hanley Ramirez with runners at second and third for his 11th save in 14 chances. Ramirez hit a chopper up the third base line and David Wright bounced an off-balance throw to first that easily beat Ramirez for the final out. Mets reliever Elmer Dessens retired Ramirez on a foulout to end the seventh with runners at the corners.
Blue Jays 6, Yankees 1 TORONTO (AP) — Jose Bautista hit two towering home runs, Edwin Encarnacion also connected and the slugging Toronto Blue Jays beat the New
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Nadal, Soderling will battle in men’s final
PARIS (AP) — All Rafael Nadal cares about is winning a fifth French Open championship. Doesn’t matter how he’s played until now. Doesn’t matter that he can regain the No. 1 ranking with one more victory. And, the Spaniard insists, it certainly doesn’t matter to him one bit that in Sunday’s final, he gets a chance to face the only man he’s lost to at Roland Garros, Sweden’s Robin Soderling. The tantalizing prospect of a Nadal-Soderling rematch with a Grand Slam title on the line is something for others to ponder. “I never believe (in) revenge,” Nadal said after he and Soderling won their semifinals Friday. “I will be as happy or as disappointed if I lose to Robin or to any other player. I don’t think this is going to change the way I’ll approach the match.”
Perhaps that’s true. Still, there’s one key stat that won’t go away: Nadal boasts a 37-1 career record at the French Open, with Soderling responsible for the lone setback, upsetting the four-time champion in the fourth round a year ago en route to a runner-up finish. “It’s always good to have beaten a player before. I know that I can beat him. I showed it,” said Soderling, who knocked off defending champion Roger Federer in the quarterfinals Tuesday. “But, again, every match is a new match, and every match is different.” Friday’s two semifinals hardly could have contrasted more.
First came the No. 5-seeded Soderling’s grueling, serve-it-andslug-it victory over No. 15 Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic, a 6-3, 3-6, 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 test that required 3 1/2 hours. Then came the No. 2-seeded Nadal’s far-less-competitive 6-2, 6-3, 7-6 (6) win over No. 22 Jurgen Melzer of Austria. With the sun shining, and the temperature climbing above 80 degrees, the 6-foot-4 Soderling and the 6-foot-5 Berdych traded big, quick shots. They have similar games, relying mainly on powerful serves — Berdych pounded 21 aces, Soderling 18 — and forehands that zip through the air. Both were troubled by double-faults at important moments, including Berdych’s on a break point that put
Soderling ahead 4-2. It was only the sixth game of a match that would contain 48, yet Berdych called that the closest thing to a turning point. That assessment seems a tad odd, given that Berdych came back to win the next two sets, when Soderling’s strokes went awry and he made nearly half his 63 unforced errors. “Today was really tough to really play my own game because he didn’t give me any time at all,” Soderling said. “The conditions were much quicker, and he was hitting the ball really hard and really flat.” But Soderling came through. He pounded his right fist on his chest after taking advantage of another double-fault, plus two backhands into the net, by Berdych to lead 4-2 in the fourth set. And in the fifth, with Berdych tiring, Soderling earned a key break point at 3-all with a backhand passing winner. Soderling swept the last four games, and in the last, he showed he was still fresh, ripping a forehand passing shot down the line while on the run, part of a 33-12 edge in groundstroke winners from the baseline. When Berdych sailed a backhand wide to close a 15-stroke exchange on match point, Soderling looked on the verge of tears, and he pulled his shirt over his face. Then he sat in his green changeover bench and bowed his head, aware that he’d earned a trip to his second major final. This is a guy who never had won so much as a third-round match at a Grand Slam tournament until his surprising 2009 showing at Roland Garros, which ended with a straightset loss to Federer in the final. “Hopefully,” Soderling said, “I won’t be as nervous as I was last year.” Nadal would love to forget last year — and not just because of his loss to Soderling. In addition to failing to regain the French Open title, Nadal went through tendinitis in his knees, a problem that limited his movement against Soderling in Paris. “I was very happy with the win and my run here last year. I still am,” Soderling said. “It doesn’t matter who I played or who I beat — or if he was injured or not.”
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East Rutherford’s Dakotah Thomas tags Graham’s Cody Dix Friday night at third base in game one of the 2-A State Baseball Championship in Raleigh.
Cavs Continued from Page 7
“Yeah, that bases-loaded early. I wanted to put some more in, we just didn’t get the hit,” Reynolds said. “We took some bad looks, we had a bad read in left that let them back in a little bit, but we’re in that left-hand column and that’s a good thing.” The ‘bad read’ occurred in the fourth with East clinging to its early 1-0 lead. Graham pitcher Cody Dix, hitting in the 3-spot, lifted a ball high into the left field corner. East left fielder Lucas Owens appeared to have a Nevertheless, those knees forced Nadal to withdraw from Wimbledon solid look at the ball, but it landed roughly ten feet to Owens’ right hand instead of defending his championand Dix pulled in for a double. ship there. And then he ceded the The Red Devils’ shortstop No. 1 ranking to Federer, who will Rigeberto Mendoza followed with a give it back if Nadal wins Sunday. single that plated Dix and knotted the game at 1-1. The Cavaliers struck back hard in the bottom of the fifth. East’s center fielder Mark McFarland launched a double into the spacious left-center gap at Doak Matt Talley gave up eight hits and and pulled into second standing, struck out three in seven innings for “I thought McFarland’s hit was The Citadel (43-20). key. It really got us started,” said Sean Ryan had a two-run homer Reynolds. with two outs in the seventh for the A sacrifice bunt pushed McFarland Hokies (38-21). to third and Trent Dorsey’s groundThe Bulldgos scored four runs in er to the second baseman allowed the second. Altman doubled to lead McFarland to cruise into home with off the inning and Justin Mackert followed with a single to put runners the go-ahead run. East lead, 2-1. The top of the order came up with on the corners. Kyle Jordan’s sacrifice two outs and lead-off man Owens scored Altman, and Greene followed stood in. Owens delivered his second with his seventh home run of the seasingle of the day to keep the inning son. Nick Orvin added a sacrifice fly alive. in the inning. Shortstop Derek Deaton followed
Alabama pounds Elon
ATLANTA (AP) — Nathan Kilcrease didn’t need long to overcome his control problems for Alabama. “I was leaving pitches up and then I’d leave them down,” he said. “In the latter part of the game, I found my rhythm and settled in a little bit to give us a chance to win.” Josh Rutledge and Clay Jones homered, Kilcrease pitched seven strong innings and Alabama beat Elon 11-2 in the first game of the Atlanta Regional on Friday.
Clemson 10, Southern Miss 1
with the day’s most controversial play. Deaton sent a grounder to his counterpart Mendoza, who softly juggled the ball, before firing to second base. The second base umpire ruled Owens safe on his slide into the second base bag and Deaton stood safely at first on the fielder’s choice. Reynolds followed with a screamer down the right field line that plated Owens and pushed Deaton to third, East took a 3-1 lead on the play. The Cavs’ cleanup hitter Dakotah Thomas followed and lifted a high pop in between the second baseman and right fielder. With two outs, Reynolds and Deaton were running hard all the way. The ball dropped in safely. “I saw that the ball was heading for no-man’s land and I looked up and my dad was waving me to third,” said the younger Reynolds, Drew. “I just really kept on running and slid around Roberts at the plate.” The trio of Blake Throneburg (CF), Treston Early (RF) and Eric Holley (2B) stood around the ball for just a moment to allow Reynolds to take full advantage of their gaffe. By the time Throneburg’s throw, which was high, reached the plate, Reynolds’ hand had safely touched home for the fourth run of the inning. Deaton had scored ahead of Reynolds on the play with an easier run from third and East lead, 5-1. The huge swing-play put East in firm command and Reynolds shut down any hopes of a comeback by Graham. The Cavaliers will look to ride Game 1’s momentum into today’s 11 a.m., Game 2.
Coastal 6, Stonybrook 0
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Will Lamb went 3 for 3 with a home run and two RBIs to help Clemson cruise to a 10-1 victory over Southern Mississippi on Friday in the opening game of the Auburn Regional. Scott Weismann allowed four hits and one run over seven innings for the Tigers (39-21), who scored six runs in the sixth inning and led throughout. “It was an awful good way to get started,” Clemson coach Jack Leggett said. “We played very well defensively, and that’s always a great place to start.”
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — Cody Wheeler threw a six-hit shutout as Coastal Carolina began the NCAA tournament with a 6-0 victory over Stony Brook on Friday. Wheeler (11-0) struck out the first two batters in the ninth before Maxx Tissenbaum grounded out off the pitcher’s leg. That finished Wheeler’s second complete game this season and kept the Chanticleers (52-7) in prime position at the regional. They’ll take on either North Carolina State or College of Charleston on Saturday night.
Citadel 7, Virginia Tech 2
Charleston 9, N.C. State 6
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — David Greene hit a two-run homer, Bryan Altman had three of The Citadel’s 13 hits, and the Bullldogs beat Virginia Tech 7-2 Friday in the opening game of the Columbia Regional.
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — Jose Rodriguez had four hits including a long solo homer and College of Charleston held off North Carolina State 9-6 in the NCAA tournament on Friday night.
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Nation/State Today Priest faces sentencing
OCEAN CITY, Md. (AP) — A former Catholic priest will be sentenced in Maryland later this year for child sexual abuse. Sixty-four-year-old Michael L. Barnes entered a plea on Thursday to a single count of child abuse by a custodian, admitting there was enough evidence to convict him. Prosecutors dropped 15 other charges. Barnes was arrested at his North Carolina home last year on charges of sexually abusing a young boy during trips to Ocean City from 1977 to 1983, when Barnes was a priest working at St. Clare school in Essex.
Dancing to raise funds
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — After a late morning thunderstorm, the angel wings Ginny Deerin wore were sodden and smelly, but she still danced on a street corner Friday in 90-degree heat for the nationally renowned afterschool program she founded called Wings. Deerin had danced 12 hours Thursday alongside a busy Charleston street and was out again Friday in an effort to raise $120,000 for the program that teaches students emotional learning skills. Because of the tight economy, the budget for the nonprofit is running about 20 percent short. Deerin vowed to dance until the money was
raised and said she will stay with it through the weekend if needed.
Suspect pleads guilty CARTHAGE (AP) — A man accused in the 2007 shooting death of an 11-year-old North Carolina girl has pleaded guilty. The Fayetteville Observer reported that 22-year-old Sherrod Nicholas Harrison pleaded guilty Thursday to accessory after the fact of firstdegree murder. Harrison had been facing a possible death sentence. He has agreed to testify against his four co-defendants if needed. Judge James Webb sentenced Harrison to between eight and 10 years in prison. Emily Haddock was shot in the head when five men kicked in the door at her home near Cameron in an apparent burglary attempt and were surprised to find her home from school.
Teacher gets prison time WINSTON-SALEM (AP) — A North Carolina high school teacher has been sentenced to at least two years in prison after admitting she had sex with a student last year. Multiple media outlets reported that 32-year-old Amy Elizabeth Yarbrough of Winston-Salem pleaded guilty to seven counts of sexual activity with a student and three counts of indecent liberties with a student.
Associated Press
In a photo made Friday in St. Paul, Minn., Kataryna Weinreich, center left, a staff member of the Minnesota Nurses Association, and nurse Nancy Huber, right center, prepare picket signs. The MNA overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike on 14 hospitals in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area.
Police find arsenal in murder suspect’s home COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Authorities have found dozens of guns in the home of a white South Carolina man accused of shooting and killing a black man, then dragging his body more than 10 miles down country roads, the state police chief said Friday. “They’re testing a few of those to see which one we can match up as the murder weapon,” said State Law Enforcement Division director Reggie Lloyd, whose agents are working with the FBI on the case. “There’s everything from assault rifles to hunting rifles, handguns.” The cache of weapons was found in a mobile home rented by Gregory Collins in Newberry, a town of 11,000 about 40 miles northwest of Columbia. Collins, 19, was charged with murder after authorities say he shot Anthony Hill, his co-worker at a poultry processing plant. Killed by a gunshot wound to the head, authorities said Hill’s body was then tied to a pickup truck with nylon rope and dragged nearly 11 miles down a country road. When the tether snapped, his body was left in the roadway, where a passing motorist discovered it around 4:30 a.m. Wednesday. Tracing the bloody trail left by Hill’s body, deputies were led to Collins’ home, where for several hours they engaged in a standoff Wednesday until Collins surrendered after state
police agents fired tear gas inside. Collins was not armed when he was arrested, but Newberry County Sheriff Lee Foster said he had an empty pistol holster on his side. Inside Collins’ rented mobile home, Lloyd said agents discovered dozens of assault-type weapons, a shotgun, knives, ammunition and several handguns now being tested to find out if one of them was used to kill Hill. “It was a close contact wound, so we’re really sure it was one of those handguns,” Lloyd said. Authorities have said Collins and Hill, a 30-year-old former South Carolina National Guard firefighter, had spent most of Tuesday together at Collins’ mobile home. On Friday, Lloyd said investigators had learned the two men had gone target shooting together that day, using some of Collins’ weapons. The pair may have gone to different places around town, but investigators aren’t sure exactly where they went, Lloyd said. Lloyd said he expected to be briefed later Friday by civil rights attorneys with the U.S. Department of Justice, which is investigating the death as a possible hate crime. Collins remained in the county jail Friday. He had not had a bond hearing, and it was not immediately clear if he had an attorney.
Jail population drops WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s local jail population is declining for the first time since the federal government began keeping count, reflecting what some experts say is a growing belief that jails are housing too many people who do not belong there. The number of inmates in county and city jails was about 767,600 at the end of last June, down by nearly 18,000 inmates from a year earlier. Growth in the U.S. jail population has been slowing since 2005. The latest total was down 2.3 percent and represented the first decline since the Bureau of Justice Statistics began its annual survey of jails in 1982. The reversal took place as crime in the United States fell dramatically. Violent crime fell 5.5 percent last year, and property crime was down 4.9 percent, the third straight year of declines. The drop in local jail populations,
like the crime decline, coincided with the economic downturn that has taken a heavy toll on city and county budgets. “County governments are looking at how they want to spend their resources and are deciding that maybe jail isn’t the best place,” said Nancy La Vigne of The Urban Institute. The report found population declines at two-thirds of the 171 jail jurisdictions with 1,000 or more inmates on an average day. At the end of June 2009, the local jail population was down by more than a thousand inmates in MiamiDade County, Fla.; down by more than 900 inmates in Orange County, Fla.; down more than 750 in New York City; down 420 in Santa Clara County, Calif.; down about 250 in Cook County, Ill.; and 220 in San Diego County, Calif.
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THE MARKET IN REVIEW
STOCK EXCHANGE HIGHLIGHTS
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6,600.27-260.12
GAINERS ($2 OR MORE)
Name Last Chg BkA BM RE 3.43 +.78 DirREBear 8.45 +1.26 CapTr12 pf 2.80 +.41 PrUPShR2K55.36+7.13 DirxSCBear 7.54 +.97 BkA BMRE106.90 +.83 DirxDMBear20.48 +2.41 DrxSOXBr 35.39 +4.09 PrUPSM40060.52+6.59 DirFBear rs16.53 +1.79
%Chg +29.4 +17.5 +17.2 +14.8 +14.7 +13.7 +13.3 +13.1 +12.2 +12.1
LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)
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1,789.51 -41.40
GAINERS ($2 OR MORE)
Name Last CheniereEn 3.34 Engex 5.50 Gerova un 14.25 ContMatls 12.43 GlblScape 2.11 GerovaFn 14.00 UnivPwr 2.70 AvalonHld 3.00 PernixTh 3.75 MtnPDia g 2.35
Chg %Chg +.32 +10.6 +.35 +6.8 +.78 +5.8 +.60 +5.1 +.10 +5.0 +.65 +4.9 +.13 +4.9 +.12 +4.2 +.15 +4.2 +.09 +4.0
LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)
Name Last Chg %Chg Blyth 39.43-10.24 -20.6 DrxREBll s 35.38 -7.03 -16.6 BrkfldH 8.54 -1.59 -15.7 ProUPR2K 90.83-16.13 -15.1 DirxSCBull 41.89 -7.23 -14.7 DirxDMBull40.15 -6.08 -13.1 DrxSOXBll 33.70 -5.04 -13.0 CascdeCp 29.83 -4.36 -12.8 ProUPM40088.38-12.30 -12.2 GrtAtlPac 4.52 -.62 -12.1
Name Last Solitario 2.03 Geokinetics 4.15 Talbots wt 3.48 EasternCo 13.81 Aerocntry 18.95 ChaseCorp 11.88 PacOffPT 4.30 NthnO&G 13.73 OrionEngy 3.15 GenMoly 3.38
MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE) Name Vol (00) Last Chg Citigrp 9956767 3.79 -.17 S&P500ETF3110749106.82 -3.89 BkofAm 1397973 15.35 -.46 GenElec 1118426 15.71 -.74 SPDR Fncl 1112339 14.15 -.59 iShEMkts 1036366 37.20 -1.37 iShR2K 902499 63.56 -3.37 DrxFBull s 806625 21.26 -2.91 FordM 803980 11.50 -.46 DirFBear rs 777896 16.53 +1.79
MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE) Name Vol (00) Last Chg CheniereEn 34870 3.34 +.32 NwGold g 30548 6.27 +.01 GoldStr g 28837 3.96 -.10 Taseko 21543 4.83 -.28 NA Pall g 21443 3.20 -.15 NovaGld g 19320 6.76 -.25 US Gold 18084 3.76 -.23 CFCda g 18063 14.59 -.14 KodiakO g 17611 3.24 -.24 JavelinPh 15336 1.32 -.01
Advanced Declined Unchanged Total issues New Highs New Lows Volume
DIARY
313 2,831 69 3,213 17 37 6,279,750,812
Chg -.26 -.51 -.40 -1.47 -1.95 -1.19 -.43 -1.35 -.29 -.30
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Advanced Declined Unchanged Total issues New Highs New Lows Volume
%Chg -11.4 -10.9 -10.3 -9.6 -9.3 -9.1 -9.1 -9.0 -8.4 -8.2
122 370 33 525 3 7 84,902,422
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IN THE NEWS? 10,360 LET’S TALK. Dow Jones industrials Close: 9,931.97 Change: -323.31 (-3.2%)
2,219.17 -83.86
GAINERS ($2 OR MORE)
Name Last RCM 4.93 OmniEn h 2.69 TechTeam 6.19 Martek 22.37 Navarre 2.12 SptChalB 2.90 JksvlBcFl 11.48 ChinaMed 11.33 CitzSoBk 6.07 HSW Int rsh 2.37
Chg +1.43 +.57 +.98 +3.12 +.29 +.36 +1.37 +1.30 +.70 +.27
%Chg +40.9 +26.9 +18.8 +16.2 +15.8 +14.0 +13.6 +13.0 +13.0 +12.9
LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)
Name Last FstFrnkln 8.43 FuriexP wi 12.82 RXi Phrm 2.80 AsteaIntl 2.59 PeapkGl 12.82 TandyLthr 4.13 CmtyCap 3.20 NtwkEq 4.03 AlimeraS n 9.61 TEL Off 2.62
Chg -1.86 -2.56 -.54 -.43 -2.00 -.62 -.47 -.57 -1.29 -.35
%Chg -18.1 -16.6 -16.2 -14.2 -13.5 -13.1 -12.8 -12.4 -11.8 -11.8
MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE) Name Vol (00) Last Chg PwShs QQQ959931 45.09 -1.60 Microsoft 868409 25.79 -1.07 Intel 660507 20.95 -.96 Cisco 585652 22.96 -.77 eBay 556766 21.99 -.19 Tellabs 426327 6.98 -.88 Oracle 341882 22.13 -.71 MicronT 326167 8.86 -.38 Dell Inc 290202 13.24 -.52 Apple Inc 258973 255.97 -7.16 Advanced Declined Unchanged Total issues New Highs New Lows Volume
DIARY
307 2,387 92 2,786 14 92 2,272,800,439
52-Week High Low
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STOCK MARKET INDEXES Name
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-4.76 +1.40 -10.99 -8.14 -1.94 -2.20 -4.50 +1.32 -3.14 +1.37
12-mo %Chg
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CI 128,736 LG 61,893 LB 61,334 LG 54,199 IH 53,415 WS 49,180 MA 47,155 LB 46,774 LB 45,318 LB 45,159 LV 39,123 LV 35,843 FB 34,973 FV 34,147 CI 32,666 CA 29,848 WS 29,662 LB 29,264 LB 29,243 MA 28,927 LB 28,138 MA 27,976 CI 27,183 LG 26,620 CI 26,554 FG 25,880 MB 24,848 LB 24,831 LV 17,190 LB 9,080 LB 4,086 GS 1,433 LV 1,135 SR 470 LG 175
11.15 25.84 26.58 56.61 44.21 29.68 14.77 98.43 97.80 24.12 91.69 23.20 33.54 28.28 11.15 1.98 23.37 30.65 26.59 15.85 98.45 27.93 12.09 67.98 11.15 24.20 32.04 97.80 20.39 28.75 33.84 10.42 2.79 14.53 14.21
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Disappointing jobs report hits markets hard
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fell to their lowest level in four months Friday after the government said hiring remains weak and another European country warned its economy was in trouble. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 323 points to close below 10,000. It was the lowest finish since February and the third-worst slide of the year. Major indexes all lost more than 3 percent. The drop pushed the market back into “correction” mode, meaning a decline of at least 10 percent from a recent high. Interest rates slid after traders shoveled money into the safety of Treasurys. Retailers were among the hardest-hit stocks after investors bet that a weak job market would discourage consumers from spending. Financial stocks also fell sharply on concerns that borrowers would continue having problems paying their bills. Banks were hurt by more worries about their exposure to Europe’s debt crisis. The government’s May jobs report came as an unpleasant surprise for investors who had grown a little more upbeat about the domestic economy the past few days. The slowdown in hiring last month cast more doubt on how much consumers will be able to pick up their spending. A day earlier, retailers reported sluggish sales for May. Stocks of clothing retailers were among the big losers after the jobs report as traders bet shoppers would stick to buying necessities. The Dow fell 323.31, or 3.2 percent, to 9,931.97, its steepest drop since May 20. All 30 stocks that make up the index fell. It was the Dow’s third drop of more than 300 points this year, all of which occurred in the last month. The Dow is now down 11.4 percent from its 2010 peak of 11,205, which it reached on April 26. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index fell 37.95, or 3.4 percent, to 1,064.88. The index is down 12.5 percent from its 2010 high. The Nasdaq composite index dropped 83.86, or 3.6 percent, to 2,219.17. It’s down 12.3 percent from its high of the year. Fewer than 300 of the nearly 3,000 stocks that trade on the New York Stock Exchange rose. Volume came to 1 billion shares compared with 850 million traded at the same point Thursday. For the week, the Dow lost 2 percent, its third straight weekly drop. The S&P 500 index fell 2.3 percent and the Nasdaq dropped 1.7 percent. Investors moved money into safe investments including Treasurys because of the weak employment report and the faltering euro. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note, which moves opposite its price, fell to 3.21 percent from 3.37 percent late Thursday. The yield on the 10-year note is often used as a benchmark for consumer loans and mortgages. Oil prices fell sharply as investors pulled out of commodities, which like stocks are seen as risky assets. Investors were also wondering whether demand might fall if the economy is weaker than expected. Benchmark crude dropped $3.10 to $71.51 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
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In this June 3 photo, a help wanted sign fills a window at a cell phone store in Rockville Centre, N.Y. The nation’s payroll grew by 431,000 last month, completely reflecting a burst of temporary census hiring by the government. Private payrolls grew at the slowest pace since the start of the year. Associated Press
Private sector job growth slows WASHINGTON (AP) — Job creation by private companies grew at the slowest pace of the year in May, even while the hiring of temporary census workers drove overall payrolls up 431,000. The unemployment rate dipped to 9.7 percent as many people gave up searching for work. The Labor Department’s new employment snapshot released Friday suggested that outside of the burst of hiring of temporary census workers by the federal government many private employers are wary of bulking up their work forces. That indicates the economic recovery may not bring relief fast enough for millions of Americans who are unemployed. Virtually all the job creation in May came from the hiring of 411,000 census workers. Such hiring peaked in May and will begin tailing off in June. By contrast, hiring by private employers, the backbone of the economy, slowed sharply. They added just 41,000 jobs, down from 218,000 in April and the fewest since January. “Although the economic outlook is improving, the recovery is still pretty tepid,” said Paul Ashworth at Capital Economics. President Barack Obama acknowledged that temporary census jobs drove the overall payroll gain. But he said private sector hiring is growing. He noted five straight months of job gains after devastating losses from the recession. He said the recovery is still in its early stages, and that it will be uneven in the months ahead. “Things never go completely in a smooth line,” Obama said dur-
ing a speech Friday. “This report is a sign that our economy is getting stronger by the day.” However, Wall Street took the report as a disappointing setback. Many investors had grown optimistic in recent days that the economy was gaining strength and that would be reflected in the May employment data. They hoped a strong U.S. jobs report would put aside some concerns that Europe’s debt crisis could upset the U.S. recovery. The weak private-hiring data sent a reminder that economic obstacles at home and abroad remain. The Dow Jones industrial average tumbled about 180 points, or 1.8 percent, in midmorning trading. As stock prices sink, consumers may become more reluctant to spend more. And if consumer spending falters, employers could become even more reluctant to ramp up hiring. The unemployment rate, which is derived from a separate survey than the payroll figures, fell to 9.7 percent from 9.9 percent. The dip partly reflected 322,000 people leaving the labor force for a variety of reasons. All told, 15 million people were unemployed in May. Counting people who have given up looking for work and part-timers who would rather be working full time, the “underemployment” rate fell to 16.6 percent in May from 17.1 percent in April. That reflected fewer people forced into part-time work. Still, the high underemployment figure shows how difficult it is for jobseekers to find work. The number of people out of work six months or longer reached 6.76 million in May, a
new high. They made up 46 percent of all unemployed people, also a record high. Employers across a range of industries last month added jobs at a slower pace — or cut them. Factories, professional and business services, leisure and hospitality companies, and education and health care firms all slowed hiring. Financial services, construction companies and retailers all pared jobs. Government, however, led the way in hiring, adding a whopping 390,000 positions last month. Job gains in April were the same as first reported, while payrolls in March were slightly less — 208,000 versus 230,000. The prospect of persistently high unemployment is likely to prevent consumers from going on the kinds of shopping sprees they typically do during early phases of recoveries. That’s a key reason why this recovery isn’t as energetic as those usually seen. Workers did see wages rise modestly last month. Nationwide, average hourly earnings rose to $22.57, from $22.50 in April. However, inflation was nibbling into paychecks. Over the past 12 months, wages rose 1.9 percent, while inflation was up 2.2 percent. The unemployment rate in October hit 10.1 percent, a 26-year high. Some analysts think it could go a bit higher and peak at 10.2 or 10.4 percent by June. However, that’s lower than some forecasts earlier this year of 11 percent. About 125,000 new jobs are needed each month just to keep up with population growth and prevent the unemployment rate from rising.
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PENSACOLA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The smell of oil hangs heavy in the sea air. Children with plastic shovels scoop up clumps of goo in the waves. Beachcombers collect tarballs as if they were seashells. The BP catastrophe arrived with the tide on the Florida Panhandle’s white sands Friday as the company worked to adjust a cap over the gusher in a desperate and untested bid to arrest what is already the biggest oil spill in U.S. history. The widening scope of the slow-motion disaster deepened the anger and despair just as President Barack Obama arrived for his third visit. The oil has now reached the shores of four Gulf states — Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida — turning its marshlands into death zones criticized BP for not responding for wildlife and staining its beaches rust and crimson in an affliction that some said brought to mind more quickly. But polls show the public grow- the plagues and punishments of the Bible. “In Revelations it says the water will turn to ing more negative toward the blood,” said P.J. Hahn, director of coastal zone president’s own handling of the spill, and he was aiming to dem- management for Louisiana’s Plaquemines Parish. onstrate he was staying on top of “That’s what it looks like out here — like the Gulf is bleeding. This is going to choke the life out of the situation Friday — without getting in the way. Obama visit- everything.” Six weeks after the April 20 oil rig explosion that ed the Gulf region twice in May, killed 11 workers, the well has leaked somewhere and this tour surely will not be between 22 million and 47 million gallons of oil. his last. A device resembling an upside-down funnel was “You never want to take lowered over the blown-out well a mile beneath resources away from the response and recovery efforts, so the sea late Thursday to try to capture most of the we’re certainly mindful of that,” oil and direct it to a ship on the surface. But crude continued to escape into the Gulf through vents said spokesman Robert Gibbs. “At the same time ... I think he’ll designed to prevent ice crystals from clogging the cap. Engineers hoped to close several vents go as often as he thinks that throughout the day. is productive in aiding those “Progress is being made, but we need to caution response efforts.” Somewhere between 22 million against overoptimism,” said Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, the government’s point man for the and 47 million gallons of crude crisis. Early in the day, he guessed that the cap was oil have been disgorged into collecting 42,000 gallons a day — less than onethe Gulf since the Deepwater tenth of the amount leaking from the well. Horizon oil rig exploded on One unanswered question was whether the cap April 20, according to governfit snugly. BP sheared off the well pipe before ment estimates. Eleven workers installing the cap but was unable to make a were killed in the blast. smooth cut. Obama’s administration on As the operation went on at the bottom of the Thursday handed BP a $69 milGulf of Mexico, the effect of the BP spill was lion bill for recovery costs to increasingly evident. date — a figure sure to grow in Swimmers at Pensacola Beach rushed out of the weeks and months ahead. the water after wading into the mess, while other beachgoers inspected the clumps with fascination, Associated Press writers Ben Feller some taking pictures. Children were seen playing and Erica Werner contributed to this with the globs as if they were Play-Doh. report from Washington.
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KENNER, La. (AP) — On his third personal trek to the Gulf disaster, President Barack Obama said Friday he sees some progress in fighting the enormous oil spill but it’s “way too early to be optimistic” about BP’s latest control effort. Aiming to demonstrate command and personal engagement on day 45 of the catastrophe, Obama criticized the British oil giant for spending money on advertising and paying dividends to shareholders in the midst of crisis. “What I don’t want to hear is when they’re spending that kind of money on their shareholders that they’re nickeling and diming” local businesses and workers, Obama said. The president spoke after arriving at the New Orleans airport for his third inspection tour, and his second in eight days, with national frustration boiling over. Obama indicated he felt it, too, along with residents of the Gulf and the rest of the country. “This has been a disaster for this region, and people are understandably frightened and concerned about what the next few months and the next few years may hold,” Obama said after attending a briefing with
Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, the chief federal official for the spill response, and the governors of Louisiana, Florida and Alabama, along with other officials. He then headed for Grand Isle, La., a small barrier island, to hear from people whose livelihoods are threatened by the spill — the shrimpers, oyster fishermen, shop keepers and hotel workers so dependent on a thriving Gulf. A driving rain forced him to drop plans to travel by helicopter and instead make a 2 1/2 hour drive. The president’s visit came as engineers with BP worked to settle a funnel-like cap over the deep-sea leak to try to collect some of the crude now fouling four states. It was not clear how much oil was being captured, and some continued to flow, generating frightening photos of seabirds clogged in the muck. Underscoring the mounting political implications, Obama late Thursday abruptly canceled plans for his trip to Indonesia and Australia later this month. Ahead of the Gulf visit, he declared himself furious at a situation that “is imperiling an entire way of life and an entire region for potentially years.” He
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Marines storm beach for first time in decade CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) — Brig. Gen. Rex McMillan watched proudly Friday from a scrubby bluff as hundreds of Marines in seafaring tanks hit the Southern California beach in perfect unison with support helicopters buzzing overhead. It had been nearly 10 years since his Marines last trained in such a largescale beach invasion exercise with the Navy. With the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq taking troops to landlocked regions, many of the Marines had never been on a ship — let alone stormed a beach — until the “Dawn Blitz” exercise, the largest of its kind on the West Coast since the Sept. 11 terror attacks. The two-week training drill ended with 5,000 Marines and sailors staging the mock invasion. As the sun streamed through dissipating morning clouds, the troops landed at exactly 9:15 a.m. as planned — 45 minutes after leaving the cavernous interior of the USS Bonhomme Richard, an 844-footlong assault ship, 20 miles off the coast of Camp Pendleton. Seconds after rolling in with the deep-blue waves, the Marines poured from their tanks and took their posi-
tions, keeping low and aiming their assault rifles toward their imaginary enemy. California’s morning freeway traffic flowed by on the horizon, with drivers unaware of the drill that Marines said was crucial to maintaining their skills as a versatile force for combat missions and humanitarian operations. “I think they executed this superbly,” McMillan said, smiling. The exercise came at a pivotal point for the Marines, who are facing questions from Defense Secretary Robert Gates about whether major amphibious landings that made the Marine Corps so famous worldwide are becoming outdated in today’s warfare. On Sunday, Americans honor the heroes of D-Day on the 66th anniversary of the June 6, 1944 invasion of Normandy, the largest amphibious landing ever that was credited with turning around WWII. “The lessons we’ve learned 60 years ago, we’ve kind of encoded them into our genetics,” Marine Maj. Howard Hall said as he stood in front of a bank of radios at a command center aboard the Bonhomme Richard.
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School project lacks right stuff Dear Abby: I’m working on a school project with several other girls, but I have an issue with one of them. “Sara” wanted to write the paper for our project, which is a huge part of our grade. Once she started writing it, we all realized she wasn’t very good at it. I felt I could do a better job, and asked if I could do it instead — or help critique and edit it. Sara refuses. I don’t want to start a fight or anything, but this is a large part of my grade, and the project is being entered in a contest that I really want to win. Is there a way I can get her to let me help, or should I just let it go? — Really wants to win Dear really wants to win: I’m sure your desire to win the contest is no less strong than that of your teammates. Who submits the paper should be a decision that the majority of you agree on. Discuss your concerns with them and take a vote. Dear Abby: My husband and I recently had dinner with two other couples. As soon as the meal was finished, the woman on my left turned her back to me and leaned forward so I
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could neither see nor converse with the person sitting to her left. She remained like that for the duration of the dinner party. Our friends say she wasn’t angry or upset with me. She has done the same thing in other group gatherings, always with the same friend over whom she “hovers.” She will whisper to this friend and exclude everyone else. I honestly don’t think she is aware of how rude she is being. Any idea how I might approach her without hurting her feelings? — Blocked at the party Dear Blocked: The next time it happens, speak up and say, “Excuse me, but I’m isolated over here! Would you mind if I change places with your friend, so I can participate in a conversation while you two talk?” And in the future, because this happens regularly, their preference for talking only to each other should be taken into consideration when the seating is arranged.
Are Pap tests necessary? Dear Dr. Gott: I had ovarian cancer and had a complete hysterectomy two years ago. My cancer was in the first stage, and, thankfully, I did not need chemo or radiation. My surgeon continues to schedule me for Pap smears/internal exams yearly and says I will need to have this done for the rest of my life. When I ask, he says to “look it up on the Internet.” My family doctor was surprised that I must continue to have Pap smears. Can you shed some light on this? Dear Reader: First things first. Find another surgeon/gynecologist. A huffy attitude and saying “Look it up on the Internet” is never an appropriate response. All patients deserve respect and simple politeness. Physicians dealing with cancer patients should realize this above all others because of the justified high emotions often associated with the diagnosis. There are two types of hysterectomy: total and partial (also known as supracervical). A partial hysterec-
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Ask Dr. Gott Dr. Peter M. Gott tomy removes the uterus and leaves the cervix intact. A total hysterectomy removes both the uterus and the cervix. Unless you had a partial hysterectomy, a Pap smear, which tests for cervical cancer, doesn’t make any sense because you don’t have a cervix. However, because I am neither a gynecologist nor a surgeon, I must defer a final answer to the specialists. Find a gynecologist with whom you feel comfortable. Provide him or her with your medical records. Then sit down to discuss what type of hysterectomy you had, the type of testing you should undergo to monitor your ovarian cancer until you enter remission, and whether Pap smears are necessary in your case.
IN THE STARS Your Birthday Saturday, June 5 GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — The probabilities for finding obstacles in your path are greater than usual. CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Be careful not to pass up a good idea just because it comes from someone who hasn’t had much experience. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — An obligation you failed to fulfill could rear its ugly head again. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — If things should not go as smoothly as you’d like between you and your mate, don’t be too quick to place all the blame on him/her. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — It’s admirable to want to accomplish a lot, but be realistic about how much you achieve it. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Take into consideration who will be on the guest list before accepting an invitation. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — There is a strong likelihood that an unpleasant incident could occur. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — You’re not necessarily one of the more optimistic signs, if you’re in a foul mood it won’t take much for your reactions to be negative. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — Unless it is inescapable, it would be smart not to take on any more large financial burdens. PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — If your companions have reason to believe you are taking them for granted, they might do things to make you show what you really think of them. ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Sometimes it doesn’t pay to be a nice guy/gal. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — This might be one of those times when it is best to keep to yourself any project you have on the drawing board.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executor of the estate of INA IRENE TALENT SISK of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said INA IRENE TALENT SISK to present them to the undersigned on or before the 15th day of August, 2010 or the same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment. This is the 15th day of May, 2010. Kimberely Ann Sisk, Executor 5525 Randolph Road Kannapolis, NC 28081
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Outpatient Surgery Unit Coordinator Strong patient assessment and clinical skills, critical thinking, phlebotomy, IV start/EKG skills. Ability to work autonomously, team player, service excellence and time management skills. Requires time split between direct patient care and unit administration. Day shift. Experience required: Pre-Op, PACU or ICU experience required, supervisory experience preferred. Please send resume to: sandybulleit@
Application packets may be received in person at Forest City Police Department or by contacting Lacey Euten at (828) 245-5555 ext. 2101. For consideration the completed application packets must be returned to Chief Jay S. Jackson, 187 South Church Street, Forest City, NC 28043 by June 18, 2010. The Town of Forest City considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation or any other legally protected status.
High back sofa with three cushions. Reupholstered, over 40 yrs. old. 287-2878
Singer 600 industrial sewing machine w/ table $200. Wilcox Gibbs industrial serger w/table $200 obo for both 828-245-4181 THREE ROOMS OF FURNITURE! Brand new, in storage. $2,900 941-650-7000
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Part Time Habilitation Technicians in the Rutherford/Polk County areas. Minimum req.: proof of HS Diploma/GED; proof of CPR/FA Certification (training available); Criminal/DMV background reports; proof of valid DL and vehicle insurance. Contact Judith at 828-247-0622 or apply online to: www.turningpoint servicesinc.com Reference the Forest City location. Local Insurance Agency looking for licensed staff person to service our clients and write new business. Competitive salary offered. Please send resume to: PO Box 1149, Box E, Forest City, NC 28043 Van driver needed for community program – morning & afternoon, M-F, 3-4 hrs/day. Must be at least 21 with a good driving record. Background investigation required. Fax resume to 248-2151 or call 248-2164 to request an application Wanted: Experienced Groomer Call for interview 704-484-2828
Call 223-0277 I PAY CASH FOR DIABETIC TEST STRIPS Up to $10 per 100 ct. Call Bob 828-577-4197
Autos 2003 Buick LeSabre Good condition! $5,000 Call 828-657-4164 or 864-582-7427 04 Ford Mustang 40th Anniversary Edition Silver, chrome wheels, spoiler, sunroof, 93k mi. $7,800 obo 289-1622
1998 Ford Explorer Sport, light blue, 220K, new alternator, good trans., great starter or 2nd car. Good cond. $1,800 429-4705 or 447-6375
Trucks 1971 Chevy, short bed pickup, V-8, straight drive, asking $4,000 obo. 286-0202 1995 Mazda B2300 Pick up Heat & air $3,200 or best offer Call 245-8829
Pets Free black German Shepherd female, spayed with all shots. 11 months old. Call 429-1427 Free: unconditional love, housebroken kittens, Call between 4-7P 286-9052
For Sale 7’ sofa and recliner, beige suede cloth, $150. 1800’s feed bin, purchased for $600, sacrifice $125. Call 828-625-8076
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The Town of Forest City is accepting applications for a police officer with starting salary of $33,259.00. Preferred applications will have a good knowledge of modern police practices, laws relating to arrest, search and seizure, apprehension of criminals and traffic control. SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: Applicants must possess NC General Law Enforcement Certification, high school diploma/GED, establish county residence within one year of employment, have no felony convictions and a valid NC class “C” driver’s license. Prior to employment, applicants must successfully complete a physical/drug screen examination, psychological, polygraph and extensive background investigation.
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Lost Tan Male Dachshund, lime green collar. Lost 5/28: Leonard Lane in Ellenboro. Reward! 289-9838 or 453-8689
Found SWIMMING POOLS 16x32 in ground, completely installed. 30 yr. warranty. Retail $24,900. Now $10,900. Limited offer! 657-5920
Male Chihuahua with red collar. Found 5/30 on Whitesides Rd. Call to identify 287-3001 or 245-9303
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Co-Executor of the estate of CHARLES L. GRIFFITH of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said CHARLES L. GRIFFITH to present them to the undersigned on or before the 29th day of August, 2010 or the same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment. This is the 29th day of May, 2010.
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Wanted vendors for a multi-cultural festival, items must be handcrafted, Sat., June 12, Hardin Park, FC. 289-9420 for info
Bostic: 256 Gun Club Road Friday 4P-6P & Saturday 7A-Noon Furniture, dishwasher, miscellaneous
Lodge on Lake Lure Surplus plus 2 Family Yard Sale Pearson Circle (turn at Point of View, follow signs) Sat. 7A-2P Furniture, resort items, linens, clothes
Yard Sales 2 Family Yard Sale FC: 426 Aqua Dr. at Forest Lake Saturday 7A-until 3 FAMILY Ellenboro: 740 Oak Grove Church Rd. Sat. 7:30A-11:30A Coffee tables, end tables, exercise machine, household, children & adult clothes 3 FAMILY MOVING SALE Rfdtn: 122 Cricket Creek Dr. Sat. 8A-Noon Furniture, household, jewelry, books, etc. 3 Family Yard Sale 324 Ferry Road Saturday 7A-until Name brand clothes, boys 7, 8, girls 3T, 4T Rain date 6/12! 3 Family Yard Sale Ellenboro: 527 Pilgrim Road Saturday 7A-until Baby items, kitchen items, maternity clothes, movies, books, electronics, more 4 FAMILY: 3377 Hwy 221 S. across from Harris Elementary Saturday 7A-until Closing estate sale. Clothes, toys, cedar wardrobes, odds/ends 454 Sunset Memorial Rd., FC Sat. 8A-1P Patio furniture, household, men’s, women’s, children’s clothes and much more! Rain or shine! BIG Bostic: Bostic-Sunshine Hwy. 117 Biggerstaff Road Fri. & Sat. 8A-until Blue jeans, plus sizes, brand name junior clothes, household BIG YARD SALE Bostic: Sammy’s Supermarket Sat. 7Auntil Clothes and large variety of items. BIG YARD SALE FC: 490 Dixie Trail Sat. 7A-until Furniture, bikes, golf clubs, typewriter, toys, clothes and more! BIG YARD/MOVING SALE Rfdtn: 331 Ivy Dr. (Forest Hills) Saturday 7A-until Items from $1 to $200. Everything must go! HUGE YARD SALE FC: 123 Springfield Dr. Sat. 7A-until Name brand junior clothes sizes 0-4, plus size men’s & women’s clothes, toys, landscape bricks, household items, pocketbooks, shoes and much more!
Boyscout Troop 120 Yard Sale Glenwood Baptist Church (follow signs to back) Sat. 7A-until Lots of stuff! Biscuits and Bake Sale items! Bring Your Truck Ellenboro: 2142 US Hwy 74B Sat. 8A-1P Like new table & chairs, 2 sofas, 1 sleeper sofa, T.V., desk, pictures, furniture, sea shell decorations, towels, wedding stands, plenty of new & gently used boys clothes-size 3mo.-4T, plenty of toys, jewelry, ladies clothes L-XL, shoes, rolls of black drainage pipe. Canceled if rain! Community Yard Sale: Bostic, Sunshine School Sat. 7A-until Furniture, baby items, clothes, household items. A must see! FC: 157 Fox Run (off Oakland Rd.) Sat. 8A-1P. Good variety. Great prices. Cancel if rain FC: 2380 Hudlow Rd. (between Whitesides & Rock Corner Rd.) Sat. 8A-until Large variety of items! HUGE FC: 276 Oakland Heights Rd. (off Oakland & Piney Ridge) Sat. 7A-until Like new bikes, junior name brand, miscellaneous HUGE Forest City 150 Low Bridge Road Saturday 7A-until Car seat, baby clothes, strollers, bouncy seats, toys, dining set, odds/ends HUGE Golden Valley 107 John Hudson Rd. (corner of Jones Town Rd., off 226) Fri. & Sat. 7A-1P Handyman tools, farm equipment, collectibles & misc. Rain or shine! Huge Multi Family Hwy 120 across from Earls’ Shortstop in Six Points Sat. 6A-until Spindale: 724 Withrow Rd., Sat. 7:30A-Noon Assorted items, clothes, books, shoes, household items, etc.
Long Branch Rd. off Poors Ford & 221. Fri. 2P-7P, Sat. 7A-3P Girls, women’s, men’s clothes, furniture, household, tools, more MOVING/GARAGE Bostic: 3709 Pearidge Road Friday and Saturday 7A-until Banana plants, household items, furniture, men’s and teens clothes, plants MULTI FAMILY 350 Oakland Heights Rd. (behind ICC) Fri. & Sat. 7A-2P Children’s, men’s, women’s clothing, electronics, furniture, much more MULTI FAMILY Spindale 1007 East Main Street (above Carolina Cafe) Sat. 7A-until Lots of furniture, toys, clothes, household, sink, doors MULTI FAMILY Rfdtn: Across from Oak Grove Health Care on Old 221 Saturday 7A-until Baby items, household, clothes and furniture MULTI-FAMILY Rfdtn: 527 E. 2nd Street (behind RS Middle) Saturday 7A-until Household, baby items, furniture, go kart, clothes and more
Rfdtn, 301 Tanner St., Sat. 7A-until. Furn., antiques, clothes, baby clothes, lg desk YARD SALE Ellenboro: 223 East Park Rd. Sat. 7A-12P Baby clothes for boys and girls, toys, household items and more! YARD SALE Rfdtn 509 Railroad Ave. at Massey Ferguson Place Sat. 7A-until Lawn mowers, tools, household items and much more! YARD SALE, Breakfast Biscuits, Hot Dogs Bostic: Golden Valley UMC 1269 Golden Valley Church Road Sat. 7:30A-2P For missions/building fund Rain/shine!
Yard Sale Ellenboro: 368 Piney Mtn. Road Saturday 7A-until Stove, dryer, iron bed, household. Everything must go. Make offer! NEIGHBORHOOD YARD SALE Rfdtn: Cardinal Road Saturday 7A-until Something for everyone!
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Clara D. Griffith, Co-Executor 151 S. Magnolia Street Forest City, NC 28043
Having qualified as Executor of the estate of NEIDA ELIZABETH HENSON of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said NEIDA ELIZABETH HENSON to present them to the undersigned on or before the 15th day of August, 2010 or the same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment. This is the 15th day of May, 2010.
Scott B. Griffith, Co-Executor 134 Brightmore Circle Rutherfordton, NC 28139
Connie Diane Calton Padgett, Executor 473 Barnwell Rd. Spartanburg, SC 29303
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Nation/world World Today Bishop’s driver has been charged
ISTANBUL (AP) — A Turkish man was charged Friday with murder in the stabbing death of a Roman Catholic bishop, the Vatican’s apostolic vicar in Anatolia, for whom he worked as a driver, a court said. The killing of Monsignor Luigi Padovese outside his home in the Mediterranean port of Iskenderun on Thursday was the latest in a string of attacks in recent years on Christians in predominantly Muslim Turkey, where Christians make up less than 1 percent of the 70 million population. The 26-year-old driver, Murat Altun, confessed to the killing, his lawyer Cihan Onal said.
Pakistan targets militant groups
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Interior Minister Rehman Malik says law enforcement agencies throughout Pakistan have been told to crack down on banned militant groups. Malik said Friday that such groups would not be allowed to stage protests and individual militants would face “strict action.” Malik said the crackdown applies to all major cities but he did not give further details. The directive comes a week after militants attacked the Ahmadi religious sect in Lahore, killing nearly 100 people.
South Korea seeks UN action UNITED NATIONS (AP) — South Korea officially referred North Korea to the U.N. Security Council Friday over the sinking of a navy ship that killed 46 sailors, taking its strongest step ever toward making the communist North face international punishment. South Korea’s U.N. Ambassador Park In-kook handed over a letter to Mexico’s U.N. Ambassador Claude Heller, the current Security Council president, asking for a response from the U.N.’s most powerful body to deter “any further provocations.” Heller said he will circulate it to the 14 other council members and then initiate consultations “to give an appropriate answer to this request.” He will talk to council members before setting a date for the first closed-door council discussion, Mexico’s U.N. spokesman Marco Morales said.
Murder suspect back in Peru
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Chilean police flew a young Dutch murder suspect to Peru on Friday to face charges in the slaying of a 21-year-old woman in his hotel room. Joran van der Sloot said he is innocent but acknowledged having met Stephany Flores at a Lima casino, said deputy Chilean investigative police spokesman Fernando Ovalle. Van der Sloot was to be handed over to Peruvian police at the border of the two countries Friday afternoon. He also remains the prime suspect in the 2005 disappearance of Alabama teen Natalee Holloway on the Dutch Caribbean island of Aruba. Flores was killed five years to the day after Holloway disappeared. On Thursday, prosecutors in the U.S.. charged van der Sloot with extortion in connection with the Holloway case.
Bangladesh fire toll up to 108
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A huge fire raced through several apartment buildings and devastated a rooftop wedding party in the Bangladeshi capital, killing at least 108 people and injuring more than 100 others, officials and local media said Friday. The blaze started when an electric transformer exploded late Thursday, igniting a three-story apartment building in the Najirabazar area of old Dhaka before spreading to several other buildings, fire official Nazrul Islam said.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai, center, listens to speeches delivered by delegates during a three day conference of Peace Jirga in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday. Afghan national peace conference on Friday urged the government to take formal steps toward negotiating with insurgents, boosting President Hamid Karzai’s plans to open talks with the Taliban.
Afghans want talks with militants KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan national peace conference on Friday urged the government to take formal steps toward negotiating with insurgents, boosting President Hamid Karzai’s plans to open talks with the Taliban. The conference said militants who joined the peace process should be removed from a U.N. blacklist that currently imposes travel and financial restrictions on some 137 people associated with the Taliban. It also said that insurgents who want to take part must cut their ties with foreign terrorist groups — a clear reference to al-Qaida. The recommendations followed three days of deliberations among some 1,500 delegates aimed at ending nine years of fighting that have followed the hardline Taliban regime’s ouster by U.S.-backed forces in 2001. Although the resolution was phrased in general terms — it did not specifically refer to the Taliban — it should allow the president to claim a mandate to pursue his peace plans. That could boost Karzai’s standing, battered by corruption in his government, his fraudtainted re-election last year, and escalating militant violence despite a U.S. troop surge. But any reconciliation talks were likely to remain a long way off. No active members of the Taliban and other militant groups took part in the conference in Kabul. Taliban suicide attackers attempted to disrupt the opening of conference, or jirga, on Wednesday. In closing remarks to delegates,
Karzai called on insurgents to take advantage of the opportunity to forge a lasting peace. “I want to call on Taliban and Hizb-i-Islami to use this opportunity to join with us and join in the reconstruction of this country,” Karzai said. Hizb-i-Islami is a smaller insurgent group allied to the Taliban. He said the jirga had provided a set of instructions for the government. “It has shown us a path. We will follow that path step by step and, God willing, we will reach the end,” he said. Taliban leaders, however, insist there will be no talks with the government until U.S.-led foreign troops have left the country — a condition Karzai cannot accept. He wants to offer rankand-file insurgents amnesties and other incentives to lay down their arms, and to hold talks with top Taliban leaders if they renounce al-Qaida and vow to uphold the constitution. Washington supports overtures to lower-rung insurgents, but is skeptical of a major political initiative with Taliban leaders until militant forces are weakened on the battlefield. U.S.-led NATO troops are preparing a big offensive this summer in the Taliban heartland of Kandahar province that the Obama administration hopes can help turn the war around. On Friday, NATO said its forces had killed a top Taliban commander for Kandahar city, Mullah Zergay, in nearby Zhari district last week when a raid to capture him sparked a gunfight. In March, a delegation of Hizb-i-Islami held talks with
Karzai in Kabul. And Karzai’s government also reportedly held secret talks earlier this year with Taliban’s No. 2, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, but the back-channel negotiations were nixed when he was arrested in neighboring Pakistan. Major questions remain about whether there is a unified leadership group among the Taliban movement with which the government could negotiate. Progress on a political resolution is key to any U.S. exit strategy. Pakistan, Iran and other neighboring nations have a stake in any design of a post-conflict Afghanistan. Without a reconciliation strategy, NATO and its Afghan allies have few options other than to try for a decisive victory — requiring a bigger investment in lives, treasure and time than the international coalition is prepared to make. In a statement Friday, the U.S. Embassy in Kabul said the United States welcomed the jirga, saying, “These discussions are the beginning of a process that we believe can help bring stability to Afghanistan and long-desired peace to its people.” Conference deputy chairman Qiamuddin Kashaf read the final resolution of the jirga on Friday, after delegates — including provincial, religious and tribal — had voiced their opinions in committees of about 50 members each over the previous two days. The resolution said the government should establish a “framework for negotiations with those who are dissatisfied with the government.”
New aid ship heads for Gaza ISTANBUL (AP) — An aid ship trying to break the blockade of Gaza could reach Israel’s 20-mile (32-kilometer) exclusion zone by Friday afternoon, an activist said, but Israel’s prime minister has vowed the ship will not reach land. The dueling comments suggest a potential new clash over Israel’s three-year-old blockade of the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip — and come only four days after an Israeli commando raid on a larger aid flotilla left nine activists dead. Greta Berlin, a spokesman for the Free Gaza group, said in Nicosia the 1,200-ton Rachel Corrie is heading directly to Gaza and will not stop in any port on the way. It is trying to deliver hundreds of tons of aid, including wheelchairs, medical supplies and concrete. Irish Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mairead McGuire and the former head of the U.N. Oil-forFood program in Iraq, Denis Halliday, are among the 11 passengers on board, she said. The Irish vessel is named after an American college student crushed to death by an Israeli army bulldozer while protesting house demolitions in Gaza. Israel will not allow the aid ship to reach Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told senior Cabinet ministers late Thursday. According to a participant in the meeting, he said Israel made several offers to direct the ship to an Israeli port, where the aid supplies would be unloaded, inspected and transferred to Gaza by land, but the offers were rejected. In Istanbul at the headquarters of the Islamic charity group IHH that organized the Gaza flotilla, three members of an anti-Zionist Jewish sect called a news conference to blast Israel’s actions. Netanyahu has hotly rejected calls to lift the blockade on Gaza, insisting that it prevents missile attacks on Israel.