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The Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy Class of 2010 enjoy watching themselves on the senior class video at graduating ceremonies Thursday night.

TJCA has largest class yet

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AVONDALE — Graduating its largest class to date, Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy staff presented diplomas to 49 seniors Thursday night before a capacity crowd here.

Class salutatorian Mary Tongel encouraged her classmates to always be thankful for their teachers, parents and families for their encouragement and for “leaving long lasting impressions” on them. “They taught us tolerance, compassion . . . and the tools of knowledge,” she said.

She said she and the other members of the Class of 2010 had been challenged by a “genuinely caring staff” at TJCA and were glad to share a connection they had attended one of the “most challenging high schools in the state.”

“Go out and meet new people, go learn something new and don’t forget what others have

done for you . . . make use of the tools of knowledge, she added.

Keynote speaker Dr. Michael Jordan, chair of English at Hillsdale College, emphasized several novels many of the students had read, from Cormac McCarthy’s The Road to Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness and spoke to how their different pictures of the fall of civilization can teach students about their own futures.

He also encouraged the students to ‘Carry the Fire’ with them — both a Promethean fire from Greek myth about the creation of man’s civilization and also the “fire of God’s image in you” — as they head out into the world.

Jordan talked about scenes from The Lord of the Flies where people are separate from the trappings of civilization and some give in to their more savage natures. But highlighted a

ROC graduates 47 students

By SCOTT BAUGHMAN Daily Courier Staff Writer

FOREST CITY — Florence Baptist Church played host to the Rutherford Opportunity Center graduation for a seventh year Thursday night as the ROC Class of 2010 accepted their diplomas.

Faculty and staff graduated 47 seniors from the ROC with guest speaker, Rutherford County Superintendent Janet Mason.

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The Rutherford Opportunity Center graduation saw 47 graduates receive their diplomas at Florence Baptist Church Thursday night.

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But first, Principal Larry King offered words of thanks to the church.

“I have many opportunities to serve the students, the faculty and the community,” King said. “And this is my opportunity to say thank you to Florence Baptist Church for this seventh graduation in the history of the Rutherford Opportunity Center and my third graduation ceremony Please see ROC, Page 6

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RUTHERFORDTON — For the first time, Rutherford County citizens can pay traffic tickets and related costs online.

A new system, payNCticket, built by the N.C. Administrative Office of the Courts, allows citizens to make online payments via credit or debit card for most waivable traffic citations.

Overall, North Carolina courts handle the payment of more than half a million waivable offense citations (including traffic) per year.

In fiscal year 2008-2009, more than 644,000 of these waivable offense citations were paid in the state, 4,448 of which were in Rutherford County.

Prior to payNCticket, Rutherford County citizens had to pay fines and related court costs at the courthouse or by mail.

This new system provides immediate benefits to citizens, court officials and staff.

While it provides a more convenient payment option for citizens, payNCticket will allow for quicker disposition of cases due to automatic updates of case records. This new system also is expected to decrease courthouse traffic as well as wait times for citizens in the county who still wish to pay their fees in person.

“Our clerks are often asked if citations can be paid online or with a credit card over the phone and up until now, we have not had this option,” said Clerk of Superior Court Robynn Spence. “This will be a convenient way for our citizens to dispose of payable citations without having to travel to the Courthouse.”

“As the first online citation payment system available to Rutherford County, payNCticket.org, will automate payment processes and improve overall courthouse procedures in Rutherford County,” says NCAOC director Judge John W. Smith, “PayNCticket.org is a major step toward increasing the state’s court system’s online service capacities and meeting the technological needs of citizens.”

PayNCticket is being rolled out county-by-county throughout the state.

Payments made using this new online system will be processed by NIC, a company that provides eGovernment services.

New online auction site debuts next week FOREST CITY — In a move that will offer consumers a highly competitive alternative to Ebay and other national e-commerce transaction sites, The Daily Courier, along with Ranger Data Technologies Inc. and nearly 300 local newspapers and broadcast partners in North America are launching Boocoo. com, an online auction house.

Each partner with Ranger Data Technologies will promote the website to help generate inventory, traffic, and sales.

On June 14th, Boocoo.com will first be activated for The Courier and the other media partners prior to a June 21st national introduction.

“The massive audience produced by web users, loyal readers, and viewers of

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hundreds of trusted local media brands combined with Boocoo’s consumer centric site, will result in long term revenue growth for all our partners,” said George Willard Sr., Chairman, CEO, and Founder of Ranger Data Technologies.

The Boocoo business model is based upon the licensing of zip codes to the media partners who will share transactional fees generated by the auction site.

As a special promotion for the June 14th media partner launch of Boocoo. com, subscribers and viewers will receive a user name and password that will allow access and waived transaction fees for a week prior to the June 21st national launch, when fees will be waived for all consumers for a minimum of two weeks.

“Boocoo.com is an innovative and exciting approach for the local media to enter the e-commerce transactional marketplace,” said Kip Knight, a former VicePresident of Marketing for Ebay North America who serves as a consultant to Ranger Data Technologies. “I also believe sellers should be attracted to the site because it is value priced relative to other online auctions.”

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Man’s 97th birthday wish: when driving, stop calling

By JESSICA OSBORNE Courier Correspondent

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James Hill celebrates his 97th birthday Friday and as a birthday wish to his friends and family he asks they stop using their phones while are driving.

RUTHERFORDTON — All James Hill wants for his 97th birthday on Friday is for his friends and family to stop using their phones while they are driving.

Hill learned recently of the numbers of vehicle accidents caused every day by drivers who are talking or texting on the phone and he was disturbed by the news. In response, he sent letters to his friends and family asking them to “consider waiting or pulling off the side or the road when they need to use their phones.”

“I watch a little TV and hear about all the folks who get killed because of it,” said Hill.

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“I got to thinking about my birthday coming up and wanted as a gift, for people to sign the card and stop using their phones.”

Along with sending the letters asking friends and family to stop using the phones in the car, he sent prestamped postcards asking they return the postcards to him. The postcard included three statements and three check boxes for senders to mark.

Statements are, “When driving, I won’t use my phone (no holding, talking, or texting); When driving, I won’t type on my phone and will use my phone very rarely or in a hands free way; and When driving, I won’t text or type on my phone.”

Hills asks those who agree to the promises, to return the postcards back to him and include them with their birthday greetings or bring them back his house.

In only a few days, Hill has received 24 pledge cards out of the

200 letters mailed to friends and family.

“I knew when I sent them out that all of them won’t work, but if I save one life, I’ll be happy,” said Hill.

A majority of people he’s gotten responses from have signed the last box which says that they won’t text or type on their phones.

“I hope that I might save one life,” said Hill.

“If I save one life, then it might be worth it.

There’s too many people getting killed because of it, ya’ know. People will do anything when they are driving from reading the newspaper to texting.”

Hill is very excited about his birthday Friday and his party to be attended by about 15 or 20 people.

“It’s just a small group of family,” Hill’s daughter, Helen Hill Jacobs said. “We’re saving the big one until he’s 100.”

Every day is special, Hill continued. “As long as I’m breathing, I’m happy. I’m still wanting to stay here, I’ve got too much I love about my family.”

Born in 1913, Hill has lived in Rutherford County all his life. He even met his first wife in the home where he lives today.

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Homes With Detached Views Current market conditions may call for sellers to shed their previously held notions about their homes’ worth.

Setting a price for a home about to go on the market involves checking statistics of recent comparable sales in the seller’s area. On the basis of this information and prevailing market conditions, the real estate agent will recommend a price range.

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Don Wright with the State Board of Elections said neither records nor long-time staffers recall a congressional candidate unaffiliated with a party getting on the ballot in North Carolina using the petition process.

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Children visiting the enchanted Discovery Garden at KidSenses InterACTIVE Children’s Museum, Saturday, June 12, will enjoy an ice cream sundae party sponsored by Main Street Coffee & Ice Cream.

The garden will be open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. while refreshing hand-dipped ice cream sundaes will be served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Besides this cold and yummy summer treat, there will also be a scavenger hunt and a variety of fun gardenrelated crafts to create.

Legal Grounds, 217 North Main St., Rutherfordton, offers the following entertainment: June 12 — Sharkadelics Website www.legalgrounds. net.

Barley’s Taproom & Pizzeria, 115 W. Main St., Spindale, (no cover charge) announces the following entertainment:

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ladies’ night and Karaoke from 8 to 11 p.m. Shagging every Friday night from 8 to 11 p.m.

M Squared Restaurant, 125 West Main St., Spindale, offers the following entertainment: Tuesdays — Patio Party with Alex Thompson on keyboard Wednesdays — Trivia at 8 p.m. (half price wine bottles) Thursdays — Seafood Night (reservations 288-4641) Friday — Chef’s specials, Martini Night, Alex Thompson on keyboard Saturday — No entertainment, prime rib specials Sundays — Brunch and Bloody Mary Bar Website www.msquaredrestaurant.com.

Seams to Be Fabrics, located at 256 U.S. Hwy. 74 Bsn., (beside the Moose Lodge), offers a variety of sewing classes.

June 12 and 19 – Just Can’t Cut It or Yellow Brick Road Quilt, 1 to 3 p.m.

Website seamstobefabrics. com.

Wagon Wheel Dance Club, W.E. Padgett Rd., Bostic, offers music by the Broken Axle Band and line dancing, partner dancing, swing and more. Hours are 7:30 p.m. to midnight.

Website www.wagonwheeldanceclub.com.

Black Pearls Farm in Bostic, a non-profit Equine and CSA Learning Center, holds open horse lessons, Saturdays beginning at 10 a.m., (call ahead). Contact Barbara Henwood at 2450023. Website blackpearlsfarm.com.

Red Planet Games & Hobbies 118 E. Main St., Forest City, offers: Monday – Family Board Game Night, 6 p.m.

Tuesdays — Magic the Gathering Tournament, 6 p.m.

Wednesdays — New comic books arrive, Dungeons & Dragons Encounters, 6 to 9 p.m.

Thursdays — The Spoils Tournament, 6 p.m.

Fridays — Friday Night Magic starts at 6 p.m.

Saturdays — Hero Clix Tournament, 1 p.m.; Monsterpocalypse, 6 p.m.

Website redplanethobbies. com.

Obsessions Beads, located at 861 Piney Ridge Road, Forest City, offers the following classes: June 8 – Basic stringing, 6 p.m.; $10 plus supplies June 10 – Caught up in Chenille, 6 p.m.; $10 plus supplies June 12 – Twisted Wire Heart, 1 p.m.; $10 plus supplies June 12 – Coin Collage, 3 p.m.; $12 plus supplies Call 286-3802 for more information. Website www. obsessionsbeads.com.

Club L.A. is a private club for members and guests, located at 319 W. Main St., Spindale. Admission — members free, guest $5.

Saturdays from 10 p.m. until 2 a.m. Each Thursday is

Max Cruise (Ron McKinney), and Rick Mullins perform every Saturday from noon to 3 p.m., at 57 Alpha Café, Rutherford County Airport.

Weather permitting.

Discovery Place, 301 N. Tryon St., Charlotte, summer hours: Monday-Friday: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Sunday: noon to 5 p.m.

The 4th Annual Art in Bloom, a fusion of fine art and flowers, will be held at the Black Mountain (NC) Center for the Arts June 18-20, with a Gala Preview Party on Thursday, June 17.

Festival set Saturday FOREST CITY — The third annual Multicultural Festival is scheduled Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Hardin Road Park.

Music and entertainment is planned, along with craft booths.

A special treat is planned for children. A rubberwheeled train will be available for young people to ride from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The schedule of music and entertainment includes: 11 to 11:45 a.m., Oak Grove Church choir and dancers; 11:45 a.m. to 12:10 p.m., Kings of Joy (gospel); 12:10 to 12:30 p.m., Street Beat Dancers; 12:30 to 12:40 p.m., “I have a Dream Speech,” by Fred Counts; 12:40 to 1:25 p.m., New Bethel AME Zion Church choir and dancers; 1:30 to 1:40 p.m., history of Grahamtown; 1:45 to 2:30 p.m., Star Hughes; 2:40 p.m. to 3:10 p.m., Telaneers (gospel); 3:15 to 4 p.m., West Family Band (bluegrass); 4 to 4:20 p.m., Belly dancers; 4:30 to 6 p.m., Kickin’ Chicken (blues/jazz band).

Neighborhood and home improvement programs also are planned, including information on weatherizing your home, first-time home ownership, community watch and more.

Food vendors also will be set up at the festival, and free ice cream is planned, while it lasts.

The Carver High School Alumni Association booth will be set up. Baked goods and sweets will be available, with proceeds going to a scholarship fund. J&J Mobile Kitchen also will be offering food for sale. Craft booths are planned, along with a special exhibit on jazz artist Nina Simone. Also, door prizes will be given throughout the day.

The event is sponsored by the G-Team, and the town of Forest City.

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Our Views County must press forward

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s more signs of an improving economy arrive, one cannot help but feel a little bit hopeful, but we are far from being back to full health.

The Rutherford County area still needs jobs.

Our neighbors in Cleveland County got some good news Thursday with the announcement that a paper company will locate a production distribution facility there that will create 250 jobs.

If we could get a few more of those types of projects in the area, it would be a big help.

We have to remember though that these opportunities right now are rare.

The competition for them is tremendous.

Rutherford County has to continue to do all that it can to put itself in the best position to attract interest.

That means we have to keep looking forward and we have to demonstrate that we want to move ahead, not wallow in the past.

Our readers’ views Responds to writer’s comment on tea party To the editor: Sam Ayers, as usual, writes a fine letter. He questions the legitimacy of “Tea Party” issues.

Would the original Boston Tea Party have rebelled against the present government?

The original Tea Party never sanctioned the present form of government, as a reading of “The Federalist” would demonstrate.

As Madison pointed out, all powers reserved to the states (not the federal government) were in regard to the “lives, liberties, and properties of the people.”

(Federalist # 45) If we take Madison’s plain statement and place it alongside the 5th Amendment, we see that no person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.

Clearly, all matters concering life, liberty, or property, therefore, remained exclusively with the states, according to common law, not federal constitutional law.

Justice Joseph Story, in accordance with Blackstone and Coke, defined due process clearly as common law.

As legal historian St George Tucker points out, the federal government derives no power from common law. Undeniably, therefore, all matters of due process are left to the states.

The 14th Amendment, however, points out that no state shall make or enforce any law which abridges privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States.

If the federal government derives no power from common law, then neither do the states

under the 14th Amendment.

Due process, therefore, would not fall within the constitutional control of either the states or the federal government. Neither can derive power from common law, yet no person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property except by due process, which is common law.

The only “default” authority left to enforce due process, would be under the 10th Amendment, and since the power of the states to enforce common law are prohibited by the constitution, only the people can determine lawfulness of due process. Not the Supreme Court, and not state courts.

“Lawful judgement of peers” is actually the definition of due process.

By the way, common law recognizes the unborn as a person legally, which means that “due process” actually does protect the unborn from abortions.

It’s time for a Tea Party.

Ralph Haulk Forest City

Offers his opinion on animal shelter To the editor: It is my understanding the animal shelter is under the jurisdiction of the Sheriff’s Department and the Pet Center has an office there on site.

Stray animals are brought into the shelter and if you want to adopt one of them you go to the Pet Center to start the procedure.

The shelter is maintained by taxpayers and the Pet Center is a nonprofit origination that wants the taxpayers to build them a new building at the cost of 1 to 2 million dollars on prime location

the Daniel Roads Complex. And they want it now.

I would think that with all the money that the Pet Center is spending on advertisement for their cause and campaign donations, they could have saved it and put a down payment on a place of their own.

You are a nonprofit origination and should not be a burden on the taxpayers.

I found it interesting to hear that Kay Hooper has only been out to the shelter on two occasions and then paints a bleak picture of the conditions there.

Granted the facility isn’t pretty or fancy, but it is functional.

I have been out to the shelter several times with my sister while she was looking for a dog to adopt. I always found it to be clean and the animals well card for.

The shelter is on county property and could be remodeled and enlarged for a lot less than what the Pet Center is wanting.

C.C. Russell Rutherfordton

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

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

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From satellite to fiber, the future keeps changing The Associated Press has finally removed all traces of our satellite dish delivery system.

For years now, our paper has been getting AP content — graphics, articles, photographs, etc. — by having them beamed from space.

It was one of those old like eight foot diameter dishes, too. The kind of thing that my father had installed in the backyard at our house in the 1980s.

I vividly remember the first day it was set up, and how I could watch Hulk Hogan beat down Andre the Giant on Pay-per-view now ... or some such.

It was fascinating, too, to deal with the east coast versus west coast feeds of my favorite channels.

If I missed Dangermouse on Nickelodeon East, I could just wait until 9 p.m. and watch it on Nickelodeon West.

Only during the summer of course, as on regular school nights, I wasn’t allowed to

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Satellite was the wave of the future in those days, and many a house had those giant white flower-looking things sprout up behind them during the large dish heyday of the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Today’s houses have a similar concept with those Dish Network and DirecTV dishes, but those things are such small potatoes when compared to the massive receivers people had when I was a kid.

So, how do we get our information from the AP now?

Well, I’m glad you asked (and I was going to tell you even if you hadn’t.)

We use what most up-todate businesses use when it comes to getting information these days — The Internet.

Yes, all that data that used to come streaming from space, now comes streaming in over our cable modem and DSL connections.

It’s kind of mind boggling to think that what used to take the huge dish and half a room full of decoding equipment now takes — one modem and one MacMini.

But this is the way of things. Stuff just keeps getting smaller and smaller.

I saw an interesting commercial for a new smartphone the other day ­— it was the EVO, I believe, another in a long line of wannabe iPhones.

The spot begins with a stone wheel rolling toward an old school bicycle. The bicycle falls over, inadvertently knocking down an old steam engine locomotive.

Next, a carriage falls, then the Wright Brothers’ airplane.

On and on it goes, like dominoes that teach us the history of technology, knocking over the Bell X-1, a typewriter, a Colossus computer and so forth until it knocks over the Saturn V rocket that blasted Apollo 11 to the moon.

But after the Saturn V falls over, something interesting happens. The next piece in the line of dominoes is a semiconductor microchip from the 1970s.

And then a PCI card from a 1980s PC and so forth, smaller and smaller pieces knocking over the next one until we reach a clamshell mobile phone, a flip phone and then the EVO. It’s amazing to think of how tiny and how incredibly sensitive our GPS and smartphone enabled world are now. But that sensitivity might lead to a lot of headaches in the next few years.

Just as I was going to marvel at how we didn’t need those gigantic dishes any

more, I read that scientists are predicting a hudge collection of solar storms on the surface of the sun soon, that will send out so much solar radiation (and other cosmic particles) that they’ll wreak havoc with our super-sensitive electronics and software.

Can you imagine how much of a pain it’ll be for our GPS enabled stuff when the GPS satellites get melted due to solar storms?

It might not happen, but the sun goes through these periods of high intensity weather patterns every 11 years or so and we’re overdue for one.

Still, even now scientists are working on solutions for when the solar storms come.

And just as our AP service seems to work even better now, I’m sure the future is going to look bright for our new tech.

And that’s some good news.

Contact Baughman via e-mail at sbaughman@thedigitalcourier. com.

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Obituaries

High school band instruments stolen

Leona Bailey

CARY (AP) — Some members of a North Carolina high school band are scrambling to borrow instruments to play their last performance of the year.

The News & Observer of Raleigh reported that Panther Creek High School in Cary lost more than $31,000 worth of instruments in a theft last month.

Four trombones, four big sousaphones, a baritone horn and a bass clarinet were taken from the band room on May 18 or May 19.

Police say they are making progress in the investigation.

But the thefts leave some band members borrowing instruments from the school or from friends to play at graduation Thursday.

Band booster president Rebecca Dekker says the students will play whatever instruments they have.

Gator moves in, swimmers are out

HOPE MILLS (AP) — Swimming has been prohibited and residents have been warned to be cautious after an alligator was spotted in a North Carolina lake.

Multiple media organizations reported Thursday the roughly 5-foot-long gator was spotted swimming in Hope Mills Lake, about 10 miles south of Fayetteville.

Warning signs have been posted and yellow caution tape has been placed on the public side of the lake where people swim.

Hope Mills Police Chief Robert Hassell is telling residents to stay away from the alligator. A state wildlife biologist may visit the lake in the next couple of days to decide if the alligator needs to be removed.

Authorities think construction near streams that feed the lake may have prompted the reptile to move away from its normal home.

Coast Guard finds pollution crime

RALEIGH (AP) — A cargo ship’s owners have been ordered to pay an $850,000

fine after Coast Guard inspectors in North Carolina found the ship was dumping oily waste at sea.

The Jacksonville Daily News reported Thursday the cargo ship M/T Chem Faros had docked at the state port in Morehead City in March when inspectors came aboard. They found that crew members had run a pipe bypassing onboard pollution control equipment.

The Coast Guard checked the ship’s records and found that for at least seven months the ship had been releasing oily waste on its travels between ports in Asia and the United States.

A federal judge this week sentenced the cargo ship company to the fine and a five-year probation during which it must operate under an environmental compliance plan.

Census workers find man who had fallen COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A Columbia man who had been injured in a fall in his home nearly 24 hours earlier was rescued after two U.S. Census workers knocked on his door.

Barbara Westbrook and Debra Billings, two Census enumerators from Chester County, had agreed to cover 10 more houses before calling it a day, The State of Columbia reported Thursday.

The women heard a man’s voice when they knocked on his door in a north Columbia neighborhood Tuesday night, but couldn’t make out what he was saying because of noise from a passing train.

“We get all kinds of responses, from people telling us to go away, people who try to ignore us when we know they’re there,” Westbrook said.

But they waited for the train to pass.

“He said, ’I’m hurt. I’ve fallen and I need help. Call 911,”’ Westbrook said.

Billings called 911 and the women then went to a nearby apartment complex to get help.

Neighbors removed the screen door and a teenage boy kicked in the front door.

They found the man face down in a corner.

Police Notes Sheriff’s Reports

n The Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office responded to 133 E-911 calls Wednesday. n John A. Haynes reported the theft of a flat-screen television, a camcorder and other items.

Rutherfordton

n The Rutherfordton Police Department responded to 29 E-911 calls Wednesday.

Spindale

n The Spindale Police Department responded to 21 E-911 Wednesday.

Lake Lure

n The Lake Lure Police Department responded to eight E-911 calls Wednesday.

Forest City

n The Forest City Police Department responded to 56 E-911 calls Wednesday.

Arrests

n Larry Lee Jackson, 49, of 124 W. Spruce St.; charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and resisting a public officer; placed under a $1,500 secured bond. (FCPD) n Matthew Thomas Atkins, 30, of 816 Dawn Drive; charged with felony possession of schedule I controlled substance, driving while license revoked, simple possession of schedule IV controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of controlled substance on prison/ jail premises; placed under a $23,000 secured bond. (NCHP) n Gerald Hansley, 45, of

Leona Lawter Bailey, 78, of Polk County Line Road, Rutherfordton, died Wednesday at Hospice House.

A native of Polk County, she was the daughter of Grady and Zira Haynes Lawter.

She was a retired seamstress for Ruth Originals and Absorba. She was a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Polk County.

She was also preceded in death by her husband of 44 years, George Bailey.

She is survived by a brother, Charles Lawter of Landrum, S.C.; and two sisters, Frances Hyder of Hendersonville and Katie Ruff of Bat Cave.

Funeral services will be Friday at 3 p.m. at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Polk County with the Revs. Derell Pruette and Travis Smith officiating. Burial will follow in Coopers Gap Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service.

Memorials may be made to Hospice of Rutherford County, P.O. Box 336, Forest City, NC 28043 Crowe’s Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.

Online condolences may be made at www.crowemortuary.com.

L.B. Smith Sr. L.B. Smith Sr., 77, of Rutherfordton, died Wednesday, June 9, 2010, at Hospice House.

He was a retired weaver for Stonecutter and was a member of Main Street Baptist Church.

He was preceeded in death by his parents, Ralph and Thelma Smith.

Survivors include his wife of 40 years Ruby Powell Smith; a son Toby Smith of Earl; a daughter, Connie Pope of Forest City; 10 siblings, Ralph Smith of New York, Estelle Campbell and Helen Price, both of Forest City, Peggy Radford, Polly Bradshaw and Jackie Bennett all of Sandy Mush, Eloise Tesenair of Mooresboro, James A. Smith of Ellenboro, Sally Searcy

n The Rutherford County EMS responded to 33 E-911 calls Wednesday. n The Volunteer Life Saving and Rescue, Hickory Nut Gorge EMS and Rutherford County Rescue responded to three E-911 calls Wednesday.

Fire calls n Hudlow responded to a brush fire, assisted by the Forestry Service. n Shingle Hollow responded to a vehicle fire.

Online condolences may be made at www.crowemortuary.com.

Florene Davis Florene Maxwell Davis, 72, of 411 Mooresboro Road, Mooresboro, died Tuesday, June 8, 2010, at Hospice House of Rutherford County.

Born Dec. 24, 1937, she was a daughter of the late Robert Lee and Irene Rainwater Maxwell.

She was a homemaker and was a member of Bethlehem Baptist Church.

She is survived by her husband, Jerry L. Davis; two sons, Johnny Phillips of Mooresboro and Ronie Phillips of Gastonia; two daughters, Leslie Allen of Shelby and Kimberly Guffey of Sandy Mush; a brother, Junior Campbell of Bessemer City; a sister, Jackie Jacobs of Gastonia; and four grandchildren.

Memorial services will be held Saturday at 3 p.m. at Greens Funeral Service, 1503 S. York Road, Gastonia.

Visitation will be one hour prior to the service.

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

McKinney-Landreth Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

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

George Jolley George Oren Jolley, 81, of 1169 Steel Bridge Road, Mooresboro, died Thursday, June 10, 2010, at Cleveland Regional Medical Center.

He was a son of the late Alton and Veola White Jolley.

He was retired from

Service America Vending. He was a member and former deacon of Mount Pleasant Baptist Church.

Survivors include his wife, Margaret Hamrick Jolley of the home; a son, Baxter Jolley of Mooresboro; a brother, Roger Jolley of Decherd, Tenn.; two grandchildren; and five greatgrandchildren.

Funeral services will be Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church with the Rev. Bobby Gettys officiating. Burial will follow at the church cemetery.

The family will receive friends Saturday from 7 to 9 p.m. at McKinney-Landreth Funeral Home.

Memorials may be made to Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, 1301 Mount Pleasant Church Road, Mooresboro, NC 28114.

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

Blaine Greene Blaine Butler Greene, 74, of Tuscumbia, Ala., died Saturday, June 5, 2010.

He was a native of Forest City and of the Baptist faith.

He was a retired vice president of Bank Independent with 35 years of service. He was active in the Tuscumbia Kiwanis Club and belonged to the Muscle Shoals Mustang Club and was a veteran of the Air Force.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Ralph and Cora Lewis Greene.

Survivors include his wife of 52 years, Ruby Petree Greene; a son, Tobin Green of Birmingham, Ala.; a brother, Zeb Greene of South Carolina; and a sister, Betty Greene of North Carolina.

Funeral services were June 7 at the chapel of Morrison Funeral Home, Tuscumbia.

Burial was at Colbert Memorial Gardens.

Memorials may be made to the Tuscumbia Kiwanis, the Kidney Foundation or the American Cancer Society.

Morrison Funeral Home of Tuscumbia was in charge of arrangements.

News Briefly Two S.C. teenagers killed in wreck

EASLEY, S.C. (AP) — Two South Carolina teens have 178 Big Island Road; charged died when the car they were with failure to comply; in ran off a road on a curve placed under a $100 cash and into a ditch. bond. (RCSD) Multiple media outlets n Kelly Lott Padgett, 42, reported the wreck happened of 1565 Race Path Church in Pickens County early Road; charged with failure Wednesday morning. to comply; placed under Coroner Kandy Kelley says a $1,000 secured bond. the victims were 18-year-old (RCSD) Cameron Shawn Mays and n Daniel Warren Lancaster, 18-year-old Denzel Akeem 27, of 1642 Harris/Henrietta Manning, both of Easley.

Road; charged with assault on a female; placed under a Ambulance oxygen 48-hour hold. (RCSD) n Jennifer Jo Dalton, 39, fails, woman dies of Double L Trailer Park; RED WING, Minn. (AP) charged with unauthorized use of motor vehicle; no bond — The city of Red Wing is investigating after a 64-yearlisted. (RCSD) old woman died during an n James Darren Phillips, ambulance trip.

43, of 135 Walnut St.; Janice Hall was being charged with two counts moved from a nursing of misdemeanor probation violation; placed under a THE DAILY COURIER $15,000 secured bond. (SPD) n Ashley Lynn Ledford, Published Tuesday through Sunday 19, of 115 Crow Woods Road; mornings by Paxton Media Group LLC dba The Daily Courier USPS charged with possession of 204-920 Periodical Postage paid in methamphetamine and posForest City, NC. session of drug paraphernaCompany Address: 601 Oak St., P.O. lia; placed under a $20,000 Box 1149, Forest City, NC 28043. secured bond. (SPD) Phone: (828) 245-6431

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of Spindale and Catherine Hyatt of Asheville; and two grandchildren.

The family will receive friends Friday from 4 to 5 p.m. at Crowe’s Mortuary and Chapel. Burial will be private.

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

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home in Red Wing to one in Minneapolis on April 22. Hall was ventilatordependent, according to the medical examiner, and the ambulance’s onboard oxygen system spontaneously shut down during the trip.

The ambulance’s electronic components were replaced, but the same problem happened a month later. In that case the patient was not hurt.

Road Rescue of Marion, S.C., which built the ambu-

lance, says it’s the only reported incident. The company says it’s testing a field remedy for that system.

Leona Lawter Bailey

L.B. Smith, Sr.

Leona Lawter Bailey, age 78, of Polk County Line Rd., Rutherfordton died Wednesday at Hospice House after a long battle with stomach cancer.

She was a native of Polk County and a retired seamstress for Ruth Originals and Absorba. Leona was a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Polk County and an avid quilter.

Preceding her in death, are her loving husband of 44 years, George Bailey and parents, Grady and Zira Haynes Lawter.

Surviving includes a brother, Charles Lawter of Landrum, SC; sisters, Frances Hyder of Hendersonville and Katie Ruff of Bat Cave; twenty-one nieces and nephews, thirty-one great nieces and nephews and thirty great great nieces and nephews.

Services will be conducted at 3 PM Friday at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Polk County with Rev. Derell Pruette and Rev. Travis Smith officiating. Burial will follow in Coopers Gap Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service.

Memorials may be made to Hospice of Rutherford County, P.O. Box 336, Forest City, NC 28043 Crowe’s Mortuary is assisting the Bailey family.

An online guest register is available: www.crowemortuary.com Paid obit.

L.B. Smith Sr., 77, of Rutherfordton, NC, passed away Wednesday, June 9, 2010 at Hospice House.

He was a retired weaver for Stonecutter and a member of Main Street Baptist Church.

L.B. was preceeded in death by his parents, Ralph and Thelma Smith, brothers, Robert and Charles Smith and sisters, Beatrice Alley and Nancy Turner.

Left to cherish his memory are his wife of 40 years, Ruby Powell Smith; son, Toby and wife, Lainee Smith of Earl NC; daughter, Connie Pope and husband, Dirk of Forest City; grandson, Mason Kurkendall of Forest City and granddaughter, Natalie Pinkerton of Forest City and ten siblings, Ralph Smith of New York, Estelle Campbell and Helen Price of Forest City, Peggy Radford, Polly Bradshaw and Jackie Bennett of Sandy Mush, Eloise Tesenair of Mooresboro, James A. Smith of Ellenboro, Sally Searcy of Spindale, and Catherine Hyatt of Asheville.

The family will receive friends Friday, June 11, 2010 from 4:00 to 5:00 PM at Crowe’s Mortuary and Chapel. Interment will be private.

In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Hospice of Rutherford County, PO Box 336, Forest City NC 28043.

Online condolences may be made: www.crowemortuary.com Paid obit.

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Calendar/Local FIGHT ENDS IN STABBING Kenneth Phillips, 45, of Rutherfordton was taken into custody by Forest City police at about 6:15 p.m. Thursday at WalMart. Phillips was taken to the Rutherford County Detention Facility where he was charged with assault with a deadly weapon for attempting to cut another man with a knife. Forest City officer Lyle Lance was the investigator. Also at the scene was Rutherford County EMS. According to Lance, the two men knew each other and were fighting about a domestic dispute outside the garden center when the other man sustained an injury. Neither of the men received hospital treatment.

Hospice Hospice of Rutherford County offers the following services: 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.

Meetings/other Meeting and community supper: June 12, 7 p.m., Piedmont-Pleasant Hill Clubhouse; food, fun and fellowship.

Miscellaneous Low-cost rabies clinic: Saturday, June 12, noon to 1 p.m.; Thunder Road Animal Hospital; $10 cash, one-year rabies; $12 cash, threeyear rabies; other discounted vaccines available; call 286-0033.

Charity Golf Tournament: Friday, June 25, 9 a.m. shotgun start, Cleghorn Plantation; benefits Rutherford County Habitat for Humanity; for more information or to register a team, 245-0716.

HEAL Marketplace: Health and Wellness classes begin Monday, June 14, at 6:30 p.m.; $10 fee to cover materials; classes scheduled every other Monday through the fall. To register or for more information, call 287-8787.

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; sponsoredy by Whitehouse Community Club.

Gilkey Community Health & Info Fair: Saturday, June 12, 3 to 7 p.m., Mountain Creek Baptist Church; will include various health checks and information and information on public safety; free meal while supplies last.

Mobile pantry: Tuesday, June 15, 10 a.m., Calvary Baptist Church, Mooresboro; please bring a basket/ box for food items; for Rutherford County residents only.

Fundraisers Boston Butt sale: $25 for a pit cooked, whole smoked butt; Preorder by June 18, pick up July 1 between 1 and 3 p.m. at Trelleborg Human Resources Department; proceeds got to Relay for Life; to order, call Debra Williams, 2867175.

Fun day: Saturday, June 12, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., High Shoal Baptist Church, 284 High Shoals Church Road, Henrietta; for all ages with games, hot dogs, hamburgers, chips, dessert and drinks; proceeds to help build a well for those in need in India. For additional information, call 657-6447.

Porch bag sale: June 10, 11 and 12, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Washburn Community Outreach Center, 2934 Piney Mountain Church Road, Bostic; $2 per bag.

Religion Men’s yard sale: June 12, 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., Mount Pleasant Baptist Church ball field; breakfast biscuits, 7 to 10:30 a.m.; for additional information, call Jeff Champion, 447-0018.

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here.”

Graduates heard King speak about their opportunities to go out and serve the community and how the evening was an end of their journey as high school students, but just the beginning of their journey as adults as they prepare to start their life, careers, military service and college studies.

“We are considered an alternative school in the county school system,” King said of the ROC. “But many students now come to us as a school of choice instead of as some kind of requirement. There are many who prefer our method of teaching and our style of program.”

King introduced senior class speaker Ashley Riley as one of those students.

“I never expected to be giving this

speech,” Riley said. “This commencement is an achievement we should all be proud of as a symbol of our determination. This is our chance to make a positive impact on a world that has almost given up on young people doing anything good.”

Riley thanked the adults in her life and the lives of her fellow graduates who had made them work hard for the achievement celebrated that night.

“Our parents, grandparents, teachers and neighbors have all been adults in our lives that have pushed us,” Riley said. “They helped us to make the right decisions and to never settle for less than our best.”

In her remarks, Mason compared the students’ lives to a journey.

“The Eagles, one of my favorite rock bands, sing about life in the fast lane,” Mason said. “And perhaps Robert Frost’s most famous poem deals with the road not taken. All of these are

ways we can look at our lives as journeys. Where will you go next on your journey?”

Mason reminded the graduates that some of them had started down the wrong path of becoming a high school dropout, but had turned around. She then told them the story of how failed mountain climber Greg Mortenson changed the world by building schools after taking a wrong turn on his journey down the slope at K2, the second tallest mountain in the world.

“Mortenson went down the wrong path and ended in a poverty-stricken village in Pakistan,” Mason said. “He made a promise to return and build a new school for those children. He kept that promise and has gone on to build many schools all over the world. ... Don’t allow failure to define you.”

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“better nature” that he encouraged the graduates to embrace.

“The better nature is ours, I would say, by virtue of the image of God placed in us by our Creator,” Jordan said. Carry both fires: the Promethean fire — that intelligence and technology which produces physical comfort, security and prosperity, but more importantly, the fire of God’s image in you, the fire that enables you to be just, humane, and good,” he said.

Headmaster Joe Maimone told the graduating class he knew they had faced struggles and frustrations in their years at TJCA, “and you have overcome challenges to celebrate tonight.”

He reminded them of their ongoing theme for 2010, “To apply right reasons to all our actions.”

Maimone told the graduates, to make it a habit to make virtuous choices.”

Mary Thelen, class valedictorian received the Headmaster’s Cup. Contact Gordon via e-mail at jgordon@ thedigitalcourier.com

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Shelby Leigh Doggett receives his high school diplomas from TJCA headmaster Joe Maimone (center) and Jeff Ziegler, academic dean.

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Referees learning English swear words RUSTENBURG, South Africa (AP) — The Brazilian referee and his assistants who will work the England-United States match at the World Cup have been studying Englishlanguage obscenities the players might use.

Carlos Simon will referee Saturday’s match in Rustenburg, assisted by Roberto Braatz and Altemir Hausmann. They want to ensure players can’t get away with abuse.

“We have to learn what kind of words the players say,” Hausmann told Brazilian broadcaster Globo Sport. “All players swear and we know we will hear a few.”

Braatz says they aren’t learning them in “11 different languages, but at least we have to know the swear words in English.”

FIFA denied reports that match officials have been given lists of swear words to listen for, but did say proficiency in English was a requirement for referees and assistants working the World Cup. In addition, refereeing officials briefed all teams about the rules, including the potential for players to be cautioned or sent off for abusive language or gestures.

“There should not be any surprises to any members of the teams,” FIFA spokesman Alex Stone said.

Stone said there was no requirement for referees to know obscenities in languages other than English.

“Refereeing is an impossible job, it’s a difficult job, and emotions run high on both teams,” U.S. goalie Tim Howard said.

“So we’ve been warned to keep our emotions in check and watch our mouths, and I’m sure we’re going to try to the best of our ability to do that.

“But we have a lot of respect for the referees, so there won’t be any problem from our end.”

Wayne Rooney received a yellow card during England’s warmup match against South African club Stars on Monday for swearing at the referee.

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Members of the 2010 Rutherford County American Legion Post 423 baseball team watch the action during the game against Shelby Thursday at McNair Field. Post 423 will take 10 days off, due to high school graduations and summer vacations, before returning to the field on Sunday, June 20 with a game against Asheville.

Post 423 bypasses Shelby, 4-3 n Legion

team improves to 4-1 with win; holds onto 1st place of West Division

By KEVIN CARVER Daily Courier Sports Reporter

Local Sports BASEBALL Coastal Plain League 7 p.m. Thomasville Hi-Toms at Forest City Owls, McNair Field

On TV 9:30 a.m. (ESPN) World Cup Soccer Group Stage: Mexico vs. South Africa.

12 p.m. (ESPN2) College Baseball NCAA Super Regional: Teams TBA. 2 p.m. (ESPN) World Cup Soccer Group Stage: France vs. Uruguay.

2 p.m. (WGN-A) MLB Baseball Chicago White Sox at Chicago Cubs.

3 p.m. (ESPN2) College Baseball NCAA Super Regional: Teams TBA. 7 p.m. (ESPN) College Baseball NCAA Super Regional: Teams TBA. 7 p.m. (FSS) MLB Baseball Kansas City Royals at Cincinnati Reds.

8 p.m. (TS) MLB Baseball Atlanta Braves at Minnesota Twins.

8:30 p.m. (ESPN2) Boxing Friday Night Fights. Elvin Ayala (20-4-1, 9 KOs) vs. David Lemieux (22-0, 21 KOs), middleweights, 12 rounds.

10:30 p.m. (ESPN2) College Baseball NCAA Super Regional: Teams TBA.

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Post 423’s William Henderson looks to make contact during the game against Shelby Thursday.

FOREST CITY — Rutherford County was ousted by Shelby in a playoff game last season, but the Legion team exacted a bit of revenge in the first meeting between the two clubs in Post 423’s 4-3 win, Thursday at McNair Field.

After a shaky first inning in which Shelby scored twice, Post 423’s starting pitcher Cameron Wilkins settled down and got the win. Wilkins went 8.1 innings and allowed no runs in his final seven-plus innings of work. He battled to give up nine hits, issued three walks and struck out nine.

Tyler Byers (2-for-3, 2RBI), Nick Houser and Jon Hamlet played key roles to grab an all-important win against rival Post 82.

Shelby struck first with RBI singles by Sterling Cole and Jonathan Henderson in the top of the first.

In the bottom half of the first frame, Please see Post 423, Page 8

Muhsin Muhammad retires after 14 years

By MIKE CRANSTON AP Sports Writer

CHARLOTTE — A cocky Muhsin Muhammad joined a Carolina franchise in 1996 that was beginning only its second season, and over the next two decades the Panthers and Muhammad effectively grew up and matured together.

That’s why the former Pro Bowl receiver’s retirement announcement was so lengthy. There were a lot of memories to go over and a lot of people to thank.

Carolina’s career leader in catches and yards receiving walked away from the game on Thursday after 14 seasons, 11 of which were spent in Charlotte, where Muhammad made a transformation on and off the field.

“I’ve done everything I could possibly do in an NFL career for 14 years, outside of actually winning a championship ring,” Muhammad said. “I’ve played in two Super Bowls, I have Super Bowl records and I’ve done a lot of good things throughout my career. I’m full, I’m fulfilled. I’m at peace with my decision.”

The 37-year-old Muhammad had said after the 2009 season that he wanted to continue playing. But after the Panthers began a youth movement and chose not to re-sign him, Muhammad had to decide if he wanted to try to play elsewhere.

Please see Muhammad, Page 8

Carolina Panthers’ Muhsin Muhammad enters the field before an NFL football game against the Atlanta Falcons, in Charlotte on Nov. 15, 2009, in this file photo.

Muhammad is retiring from the NFL after spending 11 of his 14 seasons with the Carolina Panthers.

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Post 423’s Derek Deaton makes a running grab from his position at second base during the baseball game against Shelby Thursday at McNair Field.

Post 423 Continued from Page 7

Post 423’s Byers punched a single out to right and took second base on a wild pitch. Nick Houser quickly lined a base hit to center that crossed Byers to slice the lead to 2-1.

In the fourth, Post 423’s Hamlet earned a free pass and Byers looped a single to left to put runners on the corners. One batter later, Houser lined his second RBI single of the night to plate Hamlet and tie the game at 2-2.

Rutherford County scratched out another run in the fifth with singles by Stephen Crowe and Derek Deaton. Crowe would swipe third base moments later and Henderson’s RBI groundout to shortstop scored Crowe as Post 423 took it’s first lead of the game, 3-2.

Hamlet made a fine play in centerfield in the sixth. With a Shelby runner on first and one out, Jordan Harris sent a shot that seemed to be over the head of Hamlet. However, Hamlet corralled the long ball by reaching to his right on the warning track for a great catch.

Hamlet added some momentum in his next atbat during the bottom of the sixth. On a 2-1 count, Hamlet unloaded on a pitch that cleared the Green Monster in left for a 4-2 lead.

Shelby attempted a comeback in the ninth as Wilkins exited the game, leaving the bases loaded.

Dylan Hipp took over on the mound with a sacrifice fly scoring one Shelby runner.

But, Hipp struck out Jamie Drewery to end the game leaving runners on first and second.

Post 423 (4-1) will go into a 10-day hiatus, due to high school graduations and summer vacations.

Post 423 will return to play, at McNair Field, on Sunday, June 20 against Asheville.

Owls visit Martinsville

MARTINSVILLE — The Forest City Owls carried a CPL-best 9-3 record into Thursday night’s tilt with the Martinsville Mustangs.

The Owls’ Dusty Quattlebaum hit a mammoth home run that trimmed the pine trees past the right field wall. The three-run blast keyed Forest City to an 8-3 win, allowed the Owls to ‘sweep’ the Mustangs in back-to-back games and improve the team’s record to 10-3.

Owls’ pitcher Andrew Brown earned the win and improved to 2-1 on the season.

The Owls return to Forest City, tonight, to battle the last place in the West Division, Thomasville Hi-Toms.

Braves chop D-backs

PHOENIX (AP)—Bobby Cox said a long goodbye to Arizona’s Chase Field. For almost four hours, he watched his Braves build a big lead, blow it, then break it open again for an 11-7 victory on Thursday.

After the Braves blew a five-run lead, Brooks Conrad scrambled home to break a ninth-inning tie, banging into catcher John Hester while diving headfirst across the plate.

Jason Heyward finished 2-for-6 with 2RBI in the win.

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Muhammad Continued from Page 7

A desire to spend more time with the private equity fund he recently started and possibly do television work made the decision easier.

Muhammad, a crowd favorite known as “Moose” in these parts, is finished with football and set to chase his six kids around — including two adopted from Ethiopia.

He finishes with a team-best 696 catches and 9,255 yards receiving, and his 50 touchdowns are tied with Steve Smith for the most in club history.

“It’s been exhilarating, it’s been fun, it’s been really fulfilling,” Muhammad said. “I really love my fans, the community. I’ll always be here, be a part of this. It’s been really refreshing to always have the support of the fans, the organization, the city, of the state. It’s been an honor to represent this organization.”

Muhammad was Carolina’s second-round pick in 1996 out of Michigan State. There were some clashes early with veteran receivers coach Richard Williamson, and Muhammad had some trouble on and off the field despite his skill as a tall, possession receiver and exceptional downfield blocker.

He drew publicity for putting “D. Coy” over the name on the back of his jersey at practice one day because he felt he wasn’t getting the ball enough.

He was quoted after a 52-9 loss to close the 2000 season that, “Amid all the ashes and rubble, a flower bloomed today” because he had gone over 100 catches for the season.

But as Muhammad grew older, started a family, and teamed with Smith and new coach John Fox,

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Thursday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL Major League Baseball MLB_Suspended minor league OF Justin Reed (Billings-Pioneer) 50 games after a second positive drug test.

American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES_Selected the contract of RHP Jake Arrieta from Norfolk (IL). Designated LHP Alberto Castillo for assignment.

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American Association EL PASO DIABLOS_Released RHP Joe Klein and LHP Leonard Landeros.

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BUFFALO BILLS_Signed LB Arthur Moats and QB Levi Brown. Waived DE Will Croner and OL Jorge Guerra.

CAROLINA PANTHERS_Announced the retirement of WR Muhsin Muhammad.

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COLLEGE NCAA_Placed Southern California on four years probation, gave USC a two-year bowl ban and penalized the school of 10 football scholarships annually from 2011-13 for a lack of institutional control. Ruled RB Reggie Bush ineligible beginning at least by December 2004 and ordered USC to vacate every victory in which Bush participated while ineligible.

AUBURN_Named Frank Bradley associate head coach of swimming and diving.

BRADLEY_Named Willie Scott men’s assistant basketball coach.

COLORADO_Announced the acceptance of an invitation to become the 11th member of the Pac10 Conference.

HILBERT_Named Susan Viscomi director of athletics.

MIAMI_Signed women’s basketball coach Katie Meier to a five-year contract.

SAMFORD_Named Mandy Burford assistant softball coach.

WEST VIRGINIA_Named Oliver Luck athletic director.

the Panthers thrived as Muhammad became an important locker room presence.

Muhammad was a key cog in Carolina’s 2003 Super Bowl season, catching an 85-yard touchdown pass from Jake Delhomme, still the longest in Super Bowl history.

He made his second Pro Bowl in 2004, only to leave for Chicago after the Panthers released him when they couldn’t agree on a restructured contract.

“You never should have left,” Panthers owner Jerry Richardson told him Thursday.

Muhammad reached another Super Bowl with the Bears in the 2006 season, but his numbers declined a year later and he was released.

Smith, a close friend, quickly tried to get management to sign him as the Panthers had struggled to find an adequate complement for Smith, who had emerged as a star.

Muhammad re-signed with Carolina before the 2008 season.

“Making up was better than breaking up,” he said.

Muhammad became a veteran influence in the locker room, Carolina’s union representative, active in the community and was still one of the game’s best blocking receivers.

“A guy I knew I could count on in tough times,” Fox said. “I knew he’d keep a level head even in good times, would grab guys by the throat in the tough times. Moose did all of those things.”

But the Panthers made no effort to sign him in the offseason as they shed numerous veterans, including Delhomme.

“They just told me that they’re doing something different now,” Muhammad said. “They’re going younger, they’re rebuilding and that kind of stuff.”

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A policeman holds a curtain open for U.S. national soccer team midfielder Clint Dempsey as he leaves a news conference at Irene Farm in Irene, South Africa Thursday June 3, 2010.

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The Chicago Blackhawks Jonathan Toews carries the Stanley Cup off the team plane after team arrives at O’Hare airport in Chicago early Thursday June 10, 2010 from Philadelphia after winning the Stanley Cup late Wednesday.

US vs England in soccer’s Blackhawks win Cup big moment in America

IRENE, South Africa (AP) — The bars are stocked across America, and the pubs are getting ready in England. A 70½-foot billboard of Clint Dempsey stands near Penn Station in Manhattan, and there’s even a large poster of Landon Donovan in a store along Piccadilly Circus.

American soccer has never been more popular in the United States or its players more well-known across the world. And on Saturday comes the first competitive match between the U.S. and England since the great American upset at the 1950 World Cup. For one afternoon, millions will be watching from California to New York island. Like never before in the United States, this is the sport’s moment.

“I don’t know what’s going to be better, at the bar with my friends back home watching it, or actually playing it, because it’s going to be special,” goalkeeper Tim Howard said Thursday.

On the first cloudy day since the U.S. team started workouts June 1, the Americans practiced in Pretoria.

Then their red-white-and-blue bus with “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Victory!” on the side made the twohour drive to Rustenburg, where the big game will be played.

Thousands of tickets in refurbished 38,646-capacity Royal Bafokeng Stadium were purchased back in the United States for the match at the foot of the Magaliesberg mountain range in the North West Province.

Stevan Galich, a fan from Chicago, organized transportation for 350 American fans from Sandton, a north

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — For taking it from commissioner Gary a moment, Patrick Kane was the Bettman and hoisting it above his only one who knew the Chicago head in triumph. Marian Hossa, Blackhawks had won the Stanley whose last two attempts at a title Cup. were denied the last two years with As he skated to the other end of the Detroit and Pittsburgh, was next. He ice, his teammates quickly joined in lifted it and bench-pressed the big the celebration that ended 49 years of trophy, snapping his head back in frustration for the Blackhawks withexhilaration. out a title.

“I put it on my shoulder. What a Donald Gips, the U.S. ambassaKane sneaked the puck past relief,” Hossa said. dor to South Africa, said Sunday Michael Leighton 4:06 into overChicago won its first Stanley Cup that FIFA estimated 132,000 tickets time and stunned Philadelphia to since Bobby Hull and Stan Mikita led for the 64-game tournament were lift Chicago to a 4-3 overtime win in the way 49 years ago. bought in the United States, the most Game 6 on Wednesday night for their It ends the longest active champiin any nation outside the host. first championship since 1961. onship drought in the NHL. Kane is “Certainly the water cooler talk, if No one but the Blackhawks the first player to score the Stanley I can use that expression, is greater appeared to realize what was going Cup clinching goal in overtime since than anything I’ve seen around the on for a few frozen moments. Kane Jason Arnott did it for New Jersey at World Cup, around the U.S. being and his linemates knew the puck had Dallas in 2000. in it, and certainly around the U.S.found the side of the net. The goal England game for sure,” U.S. Soccer light never went on, but that didn’t “I heard the sound, it was a funny Federation president Sunil Gulati stop most of the Blackhawks from sound,” coach Joel Quenneville said said. “The amount of time we’re getstorming the ice and mobbing each of the Cup-winner. “Nobody knew ting on ESPN. The cover of SI. The other in celebration. where the puck was. Kaner thought it cover of ESPN The Magazine. The was in.” cover of Time Magazine.

“I tried to sell the celebration a Leighton stopped 37 shots — just “Anybody remember when that last little bit,” Kane said. “Everyone came not the last one. happened for soccer?” down, and I think some of the guys “I went to the corner and saw a guy The Irish Pub, a few blocks from were still kind of iffy to see if the drive the net,” he said. “I thought he Carnegie Hall in Manhattan, is puck was in the net.” was going to pass it but he threw it at packed many weekend mornings for Oh, it was in, a brief video replay my feet and it went underneath me.”

English Premier League games. Last confirmed — and the Blackhawks Fitting in a series where neither month, it doubled in size in prepara- revival from the bottom of the NHL team had much wiggle room, this tion for the World Cup. to the elite was complete. one needed OT. Youth soccer teams are planning to “I believed in him,” said captain Just when it appeared the Flyers meet to watch together, and several Jonathan Toews, the Conn Smythe season was over, Scott Hartnell Major League Soccer stadiums will Trophy winner as playoff MVP. “I squeezed out another clutch goal. open for viewing parties. don’t think he would have thrown his With the offense revved into desAdidas, Nike and Puma have gloves off like that if he wasn’t 100 peration mode, Hartnell was levbeen busy selling World Cup gear. percent sure.” eled by Toews right in front of the More than 55,000 fans went to Kane will go down as scoring one of crease as he knocked a loose puck in Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial Field the biggest goals in team history. to make it 3-3 with 3:59 left in the for the U.S. team’s sendoff game on He raised his arms right away and third.

May 29. skated behind the net, knowing the He raised his arms while flat on his goal was good. While the Flyers sat back. on the bench in stunned silence with Knocked down, never out. confused looks, the Blackhawks The Flyers faithful turned their began to celebrate in their own end white towels into rally symbols only around goaltender Antti Niemi. moments after they could have been participated while ineligible. USC “I was just hoping to God it was just used for surrender. beat Oklahoma in the BCS chaman actual goal or we would be celThe fans politely applauded when pionship game on Jan. 4, 2005, ebrating for nothing,” Toews said. the game was over, but the few thouand won 12 games during Bush’s Before reaching the group hug, sand who stuck around booed as the Heisman-winning 2005 season, Kane stooped to pick up some loose Blackhawks took their turns hoistwhich ended with a loss to Texas in ice shavings — looking like a mising the silver trophy. A few hundred the Rose Bowl. chievous kid on Christmas ready to Blackhawks fans went wild as the “I have a great love for the throw a snowball in the backyard. team took a picture with the Cup. University of Southern California and “There’s so many great things about Flyers coach Peter Laviolette never I very much regret the turn that this winning a Stanley Cup. This is it,” saw the winning goal. matter has taken, not only for USC, Toews said. “This is the best feeling “I saw one of their players skate but for the fans and players,” Bush you can ever get. I just can’t believe across the ice like he had won somesaid in a statement. it’s happened.” thing,” he said. “I got a little pit in my “I am disappointed by (Thursday’s) Toews was first to touch the Cup, stomach.” decision and disagree with the NCAA’s findings. If the University decides to appeal, I will continue to Want a car or truck? Don’t worry about credit problems! cooperate with the NCAA and USC, as I did during the investigation.”

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USC hit hard by NCAA sanctions

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Southern California has received a two-year bowl ban and a sharp loss of football scholarships in a report on the NCAA’s four-year investigation of the school.

The NCAA cited USC for a lack of institutional control Thursday in its long-awaited report, which detailed numerous violations primarily involving Heisman Trophy-winning tailback Reggie Bush and men’s basketball player O.J. Mayo.

The NCAA found that Bush, identified as a “former football studentathlete,” was ineligible beginning at least by December 2004, a ruling that could open discussion on the revocation of the New Orleans Saints star’s Heisman.

Members of the Heisman Trophy Trust have said they might review Bush’s award if he was ruled ineligible by the NCAA. The NCAA also ordered USC to vacate every victory in which Bush

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Nation Today No robbery, no crime?

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Piracy charges against six Somali nationals should be dismissed because the defendants did not take over or rob the U.S. Navy ship they are accused of attacking, lawyers for the men argue.

The defendants are being held for trial in Norfolk on piracy and other charges related to an April 10 attack on the USS Ashland in the Gulf of Aden off Somalia’s pirate-infested coast. Their skiff was destroyed during the encounter.

The motion cites an 1820 court case that defines piracy as the seizing and robbing of a vessel at sea.

The attorneys said there is no evidence the six men took control of or robbed the ship.

The government said Thursday it would respond to the motion in court.

Oregon search ongoing

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A National Guard helicopter and searchers on horses have joined about 125 volunteers slogging through the rain-soaked brush and steep woods around a Portland school where a 7-year-old boy vanished nearly a week ago.

Authorities reported no results Thursday in their search and investigation into the disappearance of second-grader Kyron Horman.

Search leaders said efforts Thursday were within two miles of Skyline Elementary School.

Man trapped by furnace

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Jonathan Metz had been trapped for two days in his basement with his left arm stuck in a broken furnace. Smelling rotting flesh, he decided that amputation was his only hope.

So he fashioned a tourniquet near his shoulder and began cutting. He made it almost all the way through, but wasn’t able to free himself.

He was rescued Wednesday after three days in his West Hartford basement when worried friends called police and firefighters cut the furnace apart.

Bank snooze costly ELLENSBURG, Wash. (AP) — Police in Ellensburg, Wash., say a man looking for a place to sleep broke into the basement of a bank, and — yes — he had been drinking.

Surveillance video shows the man breaking a basement window about 3 a.m. Saturday and leaving before 8 a.m.

Police tracked down the 21-yearold by Tuesday and arrested him at his home for investigation of second-degree burglary and malicious mischief.

You can call it a Chevy DETROIT (AP) — Turns out you can take your “Chevy to the levee” or any other darn place you please.

General Motors Co. on Thursday backed off a “poorly worded” internal memo that asked employees to refer to the brand only as “Chevrolet” in an effort to create consistency.

GM says in a statement that it “in no way” is discouraging anybody from using the name Chevy. The internal memo was part of an effort to develop a consistent brand name as it tries to broaden its global presence.

There have been many pop culture references to Chevys. Perhaps the best known is in Don McLean’s “American Pie.” Its signature singalong chorus begins, “Bye bye, Miss American pie, drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry.”

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In this Jan. 23 picture, Abby Sunderland, 16, looks out from her sailboat, Wild Eyes, as she leaves for her world record attempting journey at the Del Rey Yacht Club in Marina del Rey, Calif. Rescuers searched Thursday for her somewhere between Africa and Australia. She was feared in trouble in the southern Indian

Rescue efforts launched to find solo teen sailor LOS ANGELES (AP) — A 16-yearold Southern California girl attempting a solo sail around the world was feared in trouble Thursday thousands of miles from land in the frigid, heaving southern Indian Ocean after her emergency beacons began signaling and satellite phone communication was lost.

An international effort to rescue young Abby Sunderland began, but the vast distances meant long hours of waiting for her family and support team, which expressed confidence that she was alive because the beacons were deliberately turned on rather than set off automatically.

“She’s got all the skills she needs to take care of what she has to take care of, she has all the equipment as well,” said brother Zac, himself a veteran of a solo sail around the world at age 17.

Australian Maritime Safety Authority spokeswoman Carly Lusk said three vessels were sent from the French territory of Reunion Island and an aircraft was dispatched from Perth on a four-hour flight to Abby’s location more than 2,000 miles from both Africa and Australia.

Qantas airlines said in a statement that an Airbus A330 tasked by the safety authority took off at 7:53 a.m.

Friday Perth time (23:53 GMT) and its crew would try to spot the sailboat.

It was not clear when the surface vessels left, but it would take a day for the nearest ship to reach the area.

Reunion Island is off Madagascar, the very large island along the east coast of Africa.

Support team member Jeff Casher said the two emergency beacons were continuing to broadcast and GPS location data showed they were together and drifting at 1 mph. He believed the beacons were on Abby’s boat but said they could be with her on a raft.

Casher offered several scenarios: The boat may have flipped over and

Former aide testifies Blagojevich told of deals CHICAGO (AP) — A former Illinois government insider testified Thursday that then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich told him two years ago of an alleged deal under which a lawmaker would stop passage of an ethics bill if Blagojevich would appoint him to Barack Obama’s Senate seat.

Alonzo Monk, who was Blagojevich’s chief of staff for three years, said the governor was eager to stop the bill, which would have sharply limited his ability to raise campaign funds.

Monk testified at Blagojevich’s corruption trial that the governor told him in 2008 that state Senate President Emil Jones of Chicago had agreed to block the bill.

“Blagojevich told me that if Emil did not pass the bill and Obama became president, then Rod would name him to the seat,” Monk testified.

Asked if he took the matter seriously, Monk said, “Yes.” But Monk, who by the time of the

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Abby could still be inside; the boat’s mast may have been damaged; or she was injured and could not pilot the boat. He said that if the boat flipped, the hull would prevent her from calling from her satellite phone.

Conditions can quickly become perilous for any sailor exposed to the elements in that part of the world.

“We’ve got to get a plane out there quick,” said family spokesman Christian Pinkston, adding that the teen’s family in Thousand Oaks was asking for prayers for her safety.

Her brother said Abby was prepared and mentally tough. “I really wish I could see her and hope she gets through this one,” he told reporters outside the family home.

Abby last communicated with her family at 4 a.m. PDT Thursday and reported 30-foot swells but was not in distress, Pinkston said.

Casher said Abby had to make repeated calls with her Iridium satellite phone because of sketchy connections. He said she had been in rough weather and had a problem with her engine, which she eventually managed to start. The team then asked her to check other things on the boat.

“She hung up to go check some things and she never did call back,” he said.

An hour later the family was notified that her emergency beacons had been activated, and there was no further communication.

Her brother said the boat was most likely not completely submerged because another beacon would be triggered at a depth of 15 feet.

A lifelong sailor whose father is a shipwright and has a yacht management company, Abby set sail from Los Angeles County’s Marina del Rey in her 40-foot boat, Wild Eyes, on Jan. 23 in an attempt to become the youngest person to sail around the world alone without stopping.

Her brother briefly held the record in 2009.

conversation had left the governor’s office and become a lobbyist, said his successor as chief of staff, John Harris, later told him that Jones had “gone back on the deal” after Obama called and asked him to allow the Senate to pass the bill.

There was no indication of what — if anything — Obama knew about the alleged deal.

Jones did not immediately respond to a message Thursday at his business.

Blagojevich spoke for several minutes after court Thursday about the Stanley Cup victory of the Chicago Blackhawks, but declined to comment on the trial. His attorneys then took him to a waiting car, also declining to comment.

The ousted governor, 53, has pleaded not guilty to charges of scheming to get a payoff by using his power as governor to fill Obama’s seat. He has also pleaded not guilty to launching a racketeering scheme in the governor’s office.

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Business/finance

THE MARKET IN REVIEW

STOCK EXCHANGE HIGHLIGHTS

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NYSE

6,783.51+223.80

GAINERS ($2 OR MORE)

Name Last MensW 22.20 NY&Co 2.53 Tenneco 23.05 Startek 4.51 DirxEnBull 30.62 DrxREBll s 41.73 DirxDMBull44.86 BasicEnSv 8.03 Anadarko 39.15 BP PLC 32.78

Chg +3.53 +.35 +3.07 +.58 +3.80 +4.77 +5.04 +.90 +4.32 +3.58

%Chg +18.9 +16.1 +15.4 +14.8 +14.2 +12.9 +12.7 +12.6 +12.4 +12.3

LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)

Name Last Chg BkA BM RE 2.62 -.50 DirxEnBear10.78 -1.82 DirREBear 6.92 -.00 DirxDMBear17.79 -2.53 DirLatBear 40.69 -5.34 DrxSOXBr 35.98 -4.57 DirChiBear 35.03 -4.27 DirEMBr rs 47.21 -5.69 DirMCB3x rs18.78-2.18 DirxSCBear 7.29 -.85

%Chg -16.0 -14.4 -12.6 -12.5 -11.6 -11.3 -10.9 -10.8 -10.4 -10.4

MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE) Name Vol (00) Last Chg Citigrp 6805427 3.90 +.03 S&P500ETF2680341109.15+3.10 BP PLC 1599261 32.78 +3.58 BkofAm 1193531 15.46 +.45 SPDR Fncl 1095110 14.47 +.46 iShEMkts 890865 38.56 +1.30 GenElec 774204 15.68 +.36 iShR2K 720532 64.07 +2.14 DirxSCBear 701601 7.29 -.85 DirFBear rs 682694 15.29 -1.62 Advanced Declined Unchanged Total issues New Highs New Lows Volume

DIARY

2,725 395 84 3,204 37 20 5,195,714,572

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AMEX

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1,844.17 +43.83

GAINERS ($2 OR MORE)

Name Last ProlorBio 8.29 Talbots wt 2.75 UnvSecInst 5.94 HKN 4.55 UnivPwr 2.77 EstnLtCap 3.20 Continucre 4.12 AmLorain n 2.98 GlblScape 2.25 PacBkrM g 7.30

Chg +1.04 +.32 +.64 +.48 +.27 +.30 +.38 +.27 +.20 +.55

%Chg +14.3 +13.2 +12.1 +11.8 +10.8 +10.3 +10.2 +10.0 +9.8 +8.2

LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)

Name Last GerovaFn 13.95 PacOffPT 4.12 AlldDefen 2.47 Contango 47.48 AdcareHlt 4.84 Gainsco 7.53 ComndSec 2.04 CompTch 2.75 GoldenMin 7.71 ImpacM n 2.72

NASDAQ

GAINERS ($2 OR MORE)

Name Last Synutra 24.31 ViragLog 11.96 A-Power 9.13 MeasSpcl 15.31 SunPwr B 11.55 e-Future 5.06 MHI Hosp 2.68 OxygenBio 2.80 Cytori wt 2.81 GreenPlns 11.96

Chg +6.03 +2.59 +1.76 +2.81 +1.60 +.66 +.35 +.36 +.36 +1.50

%Chg +33.0 +27.6 +23.9 +22.4 +16.1 +15.0 +15.0 +14.8 +14.7 +14.3

LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)

Name Last Chg %Chg Cereplst rs 3.44 -1.00 -22.5 DJSP un 6.75 -1.75 -20.6 Elecsys 3.20 -.54 -14.4 WaccaBk 2.83 -.35 -11.0 VillBk&Tr 3.15 -.37 -10.5 Fst M&F 4.00 -.40 -9.1 FstUtdCp 4.20 -.42 -9.1 LifeQuotes 2.77 -.27 -8.9 PrUPShQQQ62.70-6.01 -8.7 MgeNet rs 2.53 -.23 -8.3

MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE) Name Vol (00) Last Chg AmApparel 44919 1.54 +.28 NwGold g 33522 6.42 +.03 NovaGld g 18286 7.02 -.02 GoldStr g 18277 4.08 +.05 Taseko 14468 5.01 +.10 GranTrra g 14179 5.04 +.05 ProlorBio 14040 8.29 +1.04 VantageDrl 13667 1.45 +.03 NthgtM g 12569 3.02 +.09 NA Pall g 10926 3.25 +.07

MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE) Name Vol (00) Last Chg Cisco 975581 22.77 -.01 Microsoft 755645 25.00 +.21 PwShs QQQ702961 45.07 +1.25 Intel 550432 20.55 +.62 SiriusXM 445879 1.01 +.05 Qualcom 302957 35.03 +.31 Apple Inc 268761 250.51 +7.31 Oracle 240633 22.21 +.67 MicronT 236969 8.77 +.24 Dell Inc 215810 13.07 +.29

DIARY

342 128 49 519 9 9 74,479,668

Advanced Declined Unchanged Total issues New Highs New Lows Volume

DIARY

2,266 410 106 2,782 20 77 2,099,310,676

52-Week High Low

IN THE NEWS? 11,000 LET’S TALK. Dow Jones industrials Close: 10,172.53 Change: 273.28 (2.8%)

2,218.71 +59.86

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Advanced Declined Unchanged Total issues New Highs New Lows Volume

DAILY DOW JONES IS A STOCK YOU OWN 10,360 9,720

11,600 11,200 Frank & Tracy Faucette

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11,258.01 4,812.87 408.57 7,743.74 1,994.20 2,535.28 1,219.80 852.90 12,847.91 745.95

8,087.19 2,988.88 338.37 5,552.82 1,451.26 1,727.05 869.32 539.03 8,900.27 473.54

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Dow Industrials 10,172.53 +273.28 Dow Transportation 4,271.11 +178.00 Dow Utilities 368.32 +9.82 NYSE Composite 6,783.51 +223.80 Amex Market Value 1,844.17 +43.83 Nasdaq Composite 2,218.71 +59.86 S&P 500 1,086.84 +31.15 S&P MidCap 750.60 +23.43 Wilshire 5000 11,397.78 +330.98 Russell 2000 639.79 +21.50

10,000 9,600

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Sales figures are unofficial.

11.09 26.29 27.08 57.42 45.15 30.58 15.05 100.49 99.84 24.61 93.51 23.84 34.66 29.21 11.09 1.99 23.98 31.39 27.09 15.99 100.51 28.34 12.02 68.36 11.09 24.94 32.47 99.85 20.86 29.11 34.60 10.41 2.84 15.52 14.35

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NL 1,000,000 5.75 250 NL 3,000 NL 2,500 5.75 250 5.75 250 5.75 250 NL 3,000 NL 5,000,000 5.75 250 NL 2,500 5.75 250 5.75 250 NL 2,500 NL 1,000,000 4.25 1,000 5.75 250 5.75 250 NL 100,000 5.75 250 NL 100,000 NL 10,000 3.75 250 NL 2,500 3.75 1,000 NL 2,500 NL 2,500 NL200,000,000 NL 2,500 5.50 2,000 5.75 1,000 1.50 1,000 4.25 2,500 5.75 1,000 4.75 0

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

Upbeat economic reports push markets higher

NEW YORK (AP) — Investors sent the Dow Jones industrials back above 10,000 after a stream of upbeat economic news convinced them that maybe things aren’t so bad after all.

The Dow rose 273 points to 10,172. All the major indexes climbed more than 2.5 percent. Falling Treasury prices pushed interest rates higher as demand for safe investments eased.

Energy stocks led the market higher after they slid late Wednesday on concerns that BP would be forced to cut its dividend because of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. BP PLC rose 12.3 percent from a 14-year low, while Anadarko Petroleum Corp., which has a minority stake in the rig that caused the spill, rose 12.4 percent.

Most bank stocks rose but Goldman Sachs Group Inc. fell 2.2 percent to its lowest level in a year following news reports that it was target of another investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The SEC has already filed civil fraud charges against the company.

The company has denied wrongdoing.

Investors have pounded stocks for more than a month because o Specialist Stephen L. D’Agostino smiles as he works the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange at the end of the day, Thursday, June 10, 2010, in New York. f concerns that Europe’s sovereign debt crisis would slow a rebound worldwide. Thursday’s advance was the latest swing in a market that has been volatile for weeks, including three late-day slides in

Associated Press

Specialist Stephen L. D’Agostino smiles as he works the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange at the end of the day, Thursday in New York.

the past four days. Some of the advance could be coming from what’s known as “shortcovering.” That’s when traders are forced to buy stock after having earlier sold borrowed shares in a bet that the market would fall. The moves can add to the market’s climb.

Markets around the world rose after China said exports rose 48.5 percent in May, while imports jumped 48.3 percent. The increase in trade provides some relief to fears that debt problems in Europe would halt a global economic recovery. The 27-nation European Union is China’s largest trading

partner. China has said it wanted to cool its economy to keep it from getting overheated. Traders had grown concerned that China would inadvertently slow growth too much and hurt a global rebound.

“China so far has been able to pull this off,” said John Apruzzese, partner and equity portfolio manager at Evercore Wealth Management in New York.

“There’s more focus on Europe but I think it’s more about China.”

The Dow rose 273.28, or 2.8 percent, to 10,172.53.

It was the Dow’s first close above 10,000 this week and

its biggest gain since May 27 when it climbed nearly 285 points after China said it didn’t plan to sell its European government bonds.

The Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose 31.15, or 3 percent, to 1,086.84, while the Nasdaq composite index rose 59.86, or 2.8 percent, to 2,218.71.

Brian Lazorishak, portfolio manager at Chase Investment Council in Charlottesville, Va., said he wants to see the market at least hold its gains for a few days before he considers Thursday’s advance as more than a blip.

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“We’ve all become a little gun-shy,” he said.

The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note, which moves opposite its price, rose to 3.33 percent from 3.18 percent late Wednesday.

The euro, used by 16 countries in Europe, rose to $1.2111. The currency has become an indicator of investor confidence in Europe’s ability to cut debt without spoiling a recovery.

Traders grew more confident that a global rebound was intact. Beyond the news out of China, Japan’s economy grew faster than expected in the first three months of the year. In Australia, the government said full-time employment rose for a ninth consecutive month in May. While investors worry about Europe’s debt problems, there are also concerns about the job market in the U.S. An unemployment rate of 9.7 percent remains one of the biggest obstacles to a strong domestic rebound.

The Labor Department said new claims for unemployment fell by 3,000 to a seasonally adjusted 456,000.

While that figure fell short of economists’ forecast, traders were heartened by numbers showing total claims last week dropped by the largest amount in almost a year.

Total unemployment benefit rolls fell by 255,000 to 4.5 million.

Crude oil rose $1.10 to $75.48 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It was the first close above $75 in about a month. Gold fell.

About 2,700 stocks rose on the New York Stock Exchange, while only about 375 fell.

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Nation

Americans rebuilding net worth slowly, unevenly

WASHINGTON (AP) — The rebuilding of Americans’ wealth is proceeding in steps rather than strides.

Households’ net worth rose last quarter — the fourth straight quarterly gain. Yet tumbling stock prices have reduced their wealth since then. Some economists say Americans’ net worth may now be down slightly for the year. That helps explain why many say it will 2012 or 2013, at best, before Americans’ wealth will return to its pre-recession levels.

Net worth — the value of assets like homes, bank accounts and investments, minus debts like mortgages and credit cards — rose 2.1 percent last quarter, the Federal Reserve said Thursday. It now amounts to $54.6 trillion.

In the midst of the recession, household net worth sank as low

as $48.3 trillion. It’s since risen 13 percent.

Yet even counting last quarter’s gain, net worth would have to rise 21 percent more to regain its pre-recession peak of $65.9 trillion.

Household wealth is vital to the economy because consumers tend to spend according to how wealthy they feel. And their spending accounts for about 70 percent of the economy.

During the recession, sinking home equity and stock prices made shoppers skittish.

Should they become more nervous about their finances, the economic rebound could weaken or stall.

Over the past several quarters, the growth of net worth has been uneven. Last quarter’s 2.1 percent increase exceeded the 0.9 percent increase in the fourth quarter of last year. But it fell well short of the 4.1 percent

rise in the second quarter of 2009 and the 5.4 percent gain in the third quarter.

As Americans have gradually recovered some of their wealth, many of them — especially the affluent — have been spending more. But the housing and stock markets remain fragile. That’s why most consumers aren’t spending as freely as they typically do in the early phases of recoveries.

An example is Deena Bogan, 54, of Chicago, who hasn’t seen her financial standing improve and is sticking to her frugal ways.

Unable to find a fulltime job since leaving her position as a hotel concierge in 2008, she gets by by dipping into her 401(k) retirement account and relying on credit cards.

“I’m still struggling as much as ever,” says Bogan, who works as

a freelance writer and a temporary worker at trade shows.

Stock values rose 4.4 percent in the Januaryto-March period, to the highest point since the second quarter of 2008. But it was before they tumbled in recent weeks. As measured by the Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index, stock values lost $1.22 trillion in value between March 31 and the close of trading Wednesday.

The sharp decline in the past month and a half threatens the improvements in Americans’ financial security over the past year.

The S&P 500 rose 4.9 percent in the first quarter. By April 23 the index had gained 9.2 percent for the year. It was on pace to exceed even last year’s 23 percent surge.

But the S&P 500 has tumbled 11 percent

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Americans’ home equity isn’t making up the difference, either. U.S. home values dipped 0.4 percent in the first quarter.

That was after they had risen 0.2 percent in the final quarter of 2009. In the first quarter, home prices fell 3.2 percent compared with the fourth quarter, according to Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller index.

Economists said it could take until at least the middle of the decade for home values to begin rising at a normal pattern again.

Homes are the biggest asset for many Americans, and its fluctuations affect people’s willingness to spend.

Homes have appreciated an average 4 percent a year since World War II. Given the weakness in both home and stock prices, Mark Vitner, economist at Wells Fargo, says Americans’ net worth for the year may now be flat or down slightly.

During the first quarter, household debt dipped to $13.54 trillion, the Fed said.

That translates into people on average carrying around $43,825 in debt — mortgages, credit cards, auto loans and other consumer debt. Debt shrank at an annualized rate of 2.4 percent last quarter. It

was the seventh straight quarterly decline.

People defaulting on mortgages and other loans accounted for some of the decline, economists said. But most of the reduction in debt involved households seeking to restore their financial health.

Take Grace Case, 38, an accountant from Fulton, N.Y. She said the economy’s bumpy recovery has been a blessing because it’s forced her family to shed debt. She and her husband, Dan, a machinist, are more disciplined in their spending.

At the same time, the brightening economic outlook and recovery of retirement savings have led them to loosen their wallets enough to remodel their home.

“Sometimes we fight and survive harder when we are faced with adversity,” she said.

“Every day we are digging out of debt, and it is liberating.”

“Our long-term goal is to have zero debt, not waiting for the stock market to come back and save us.”

Some analysts echo her caution. Gregory Daco at IHS Global Insight, said the current second quarter might end the string of four straight quarterly increases in household wealth.

The European crisis has had “a large negative impact on stock market in the U.S. and thus households’ financial assets,” Daco said.

“With employment recovering very gradually and housing prices remaining low, household wealth will make a very slow recovery.”

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Jobless claims fall; U.S. exports slowing down

WASHINGTON (AP) — The picture of a steady but still sluggish recovery emerged from reports Thursday that showed fewer people are claiming unemployment aid while U.S. exports are slowing.

The reports echo Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s suggestion this week that the rebound will remain intact despite high unemployment, a fragile housing market and Europe’s debt crisis. But it will take time to create enough jobs to bring down the 9.7 percent unemployment rate.

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In this May 18 photo, firefighter Dan Whitman, second from left, speaks to job applicants about careers at the FDNY during the “Putting New Yorkers Back to Work” Job Fair in New York. The tally of laid-off workers continuing to claim jobless benefits fell by the largest amount in almost a year, suggesting that more unemployed workers may be finding work.

have exhausted their initial state benefits. A Labor Department analyst said state agencies didn’t provide any explanation for the drop.

A weakening in U.S. sales overseas could hurt the job

Extension of home tax credit being considered WASHINGTON (AP) — Homebuyers may get an extra three months to finish qualifying for federal tax incentives that boosted home sales this spring.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said Thursday he wants to give buyers until Sept. 30 to complete their purchases and qualify for tax credits of up to $8,000. Under the current terms, buyers had until April 30 to get a signed sales contract and until June 30 to complete the sale.

The proposal would only allow people who already have signed contracts to finish at the later date. The National Association of Realtors estimates that about 180,000 homebuyers who already signed purchase agreements are likely to miss the deadline.

Reid introduced the proposal as an amendment to a bill that would extend jobless benefits through the end of November. Joining him were Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., and Christopher Dodd, D-Conn.

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“The downward trend in layoffs which began in the spring of last year is clearly over, at least for now,” said Ian Shepherdson, chief U.S. economist for High Frequency Economics. “With claims stranded at this level, big private sector payroll gains are just not on the agenda.”

Last week, the Labor Department said the economy generated only 41,000 private-sector jobs in May, down from 218,000 in April.

Temporary census hiring added another 411,000 jobs.

Economists also closely watch the total number of people claiming benefits.

They monitor those who are initially receiving 26 weeks of state benefits, on average.

But they are also concerned about the number of people who have transitioned to extended federal unemployment benefits, which can last up to 73 additional weeks.

Nearly 5.4 million Americans are receiving extended benefits. All told, about 9.8 million people drew unemployment in the week ending May 22, the latest data available.

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At the same time, the tally of laid-off workers continuing to claim jobless benefits fell by 255,000 to 4.5 million.

That’s the largest decline in almost a year. It could be because more people are finding work. But it may simply mean that they

of strength for U.S. manufacturers.

A bright spot for the recovery are near-record low mortgage rates that fell again this week. Rates on 30-year fixed mortgages dropped to 4.72 percent — the lowest level of the year and barely shy of the record low of 4.71 percent.

Yet the housing market hasn’t benefited the declining rates. Mortgage applications for home purchases fell to the lowest level in 13 years last week and was down 35 percent from a month ago, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. That’s a sign the market is struggling now that government tax credits have expired.

First-time jobless claims have hovered near 450,000 since the beginning of the year after falling steadily in the second half of 2009. That has raised concerns among economists that hiring remains weak and could slow the recovery.

Claims peaked at 651,000 in March 2009. Most economists will feel more optimistic that the economy is creating jobs once they fall below 425,000.

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Obama’s greenhouse gas rules survive vote

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a boost for the president on global warming, the Senate on Thursday rejected a challenge to Obama administration rules aimed at cutting greenhouse gas emissions from power plants and other big polluters.

The defeated resolution would have denied the Environmental Protection Agency the authority to move ahead with the rules, crafted under the federal Clean Air Act. With President Barack Obama’s broader clean energy legislation struggling to gain a foothold in the Senate, the vote took on greater significance as a signal of where lawmakers stand on dealing with climate change.

“If ever there was a vote to find out whose side you are on, this is it,” said Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee.

The vote was 53-47 to stop the Senate from moving forward on the Republican-led effort to restrain the EPA. Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., predicted the vote would “increase momentum to adopt comprehensive energy and climate legislation this year.”

But Obama still needs 60 votes to advance his energy agenda, and Democrats don’t have them yet. Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., said the vote made clear that a majority in the Senate back either a delay or an outright ban on “the Obama EPA’s jobkilling, global warming agenda.”

Republicans, and the six Democrats who voted with them to advance the resolution, said Congress, not bureaucrats, should be in charge of writing climate change policy. They said the EPA rules would drive up energy costs and kill jobs.

But Democrats, referring frequently to the Gulf oil spill, said it made no sense to undermine efforts to curtail greenhouse gas emissions and reduce dependence on oil and other fossil fuels.

The effort to block the rules “is an attempt to bury our heads in the sand and ignore reality,” said Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M. Obama said the vote was another reminder of the need to pass legislation to reduce the country’s reliance on oil. The White House had issued a veto threat this week, saying the resolution would block efforts to cut pollution that could harm people’s health and well-being.

“Today the Senate chose to move America forward, towards that clean energy economy — not backward to the same failed policies that have left our nation increasingly dependent on foreign oil,” he said.

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Army: Mistakes found in Arlington burials

WASHINGTON (AP) — An Army investigation has found that potentially hundreds of remains at Arlington National Cemetery have been misidentified or misplaced, in a scandal marring the reputation of the nation’s pre-eminent burial ground for its honored dead since the Civil The EPA crafted standards on War. greenhouse gas emissions by big polArmy Secretary John McHugh luters after the Supreme Court ruled announced Thursday that the cemthat those emissions could be conetery’s two civilian leaders would be sidered a danger to human health forced to step aside, and he appointand thus could be regulated under ed a new chief to conduct a more the Clean Air Act. The rules are to go thorough investigation to examine into effect next January. the graves and sort out the mix-up.

“I deeply apologize to the families of the honored fallen resting in that hallowed ground who may now question the care afforded to their loved ones,” McHugh said.

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Whitcomb could not say how old the mixed-up remains might be or from what conflict, saying only that the problem had been confined to three areas of the cemetery known as sections 59, 65 and 66.

Whitcomb said he did find two cases of mis-marked graves in section 60, the area for veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan. He said those mistakes had been corrected.

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Reluctant commuter feels torn Dear Abby: I am 23 years old and I adore my job and my boss. There is only one problem — I must commute more than an hour each way, and the drive (especially with gas prices these days) is killing me.

I have been with the company for more than a year, and I recently heard that the parent corporation is hiring for a position similar to mine in the town that I live in.

I desperately want to apply for the transfer, but I have no idea how to approach the subject with my boss, since I feel I owe her so much. She hired me for the position when I was fresh out of college with absolutely no experience.

Abby, help me! How do I ask to leave a job that I love? — Satisfied Employee Dear Employee: You are confusing a business relationship with one that is personal. You are also not the first person to want to leave a job because the commute is tiring and expensive.

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Abby, I love this man and want to marry him. How do I convince Jonah that he’s my hot, sexy boyfriend whom I love to pieces? — Hot Mama Dear Hot Mama: I can’t script you, but when Jonah starts putting himself down, try something like this: “You’re not giving yourself — or me — enough credit. Life isn’t a beauty contest. You appeal to me on MANY levels, and your looks are just part of the reason I’m attracted to you.

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On Paget’s of the bone Dear Dr. Gott: I am an 83-year-old woman. One of my many health problems is bone Paget’s disease. When I was 72, my left thigh bent so bad it fractured. My left leg was also shorter, and I had a rod put in from my knee to my hip. That did not stop it, but it helped with the pain. My leg got shorter again, and my hipbone was bending as the left thigh did.

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Dear Reader: In the early stages of the disease, bone breaks down faster than it can rebuild. As the disease progresses, the body generates new bone at a faster-than-normal rate.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22) - When it comes to competitive embroilments, the odds are likely to be favoring the other guy.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) - This is not the best possible day for trying to interest others in an idea of yours, so hold off if you can.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) - Even though things can go easier when someone is in a relaxed mood, you couldn’t find a worse time to cut a business deal.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) - When negotiating an important agreement, you must be firm regarding the position you take.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) - Your two worst enemies could be impatience and impulsiveness.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) - Even people who are near and dear to us can be thoughtless at times, which could be the case for you.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) - Make certain anything you purchase can be returned.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) - Be careful about teasing anybody, because they are more likely to take offense.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) - An attitude of “I must have it now” could severely damage your budget.

16 — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Friday, June 11, 2010 16 — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, FRIDAY, June 11, 2010

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Louisiana leaders want oil drilling to resume

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — At the same time they are venting their fury on BP over the Gulf of Mexico spill and its calamitous environmental effects, Louisiana politicians are rushing to the defense of the oil-and-gas industry and pleading with Washington to bring back offshore drilling — now.

As angry as they are over the disaster, state officials warn that the Obama administration’s temporary ban on drilling in the Gulf has sent Louisiana’s most lucrative industry into a death spiral.

They contend that drilling is safe overall and that the moratorium is a knee-jerk reaction, akin to grounding every airplane in America because of a single crash.

They worry, too, that the moratorium comes at a time when another major Louisiana industry — fishing — has been brought to a standstill by the mess in the Gulf.

“Mr. President, you were looking for someone’s butt to kick. You’re kicking ours,” La Fourche Parish President Charlotte Randolph said in pleading for the moratorium to end.

Meanwhile, a government task force of scientists said that before BP cut and capped the blown-out well a week ago, it may have been spewing as much as 2.1 million gallons of oil per day — or twice as much as the government’s previous worstcase estimate. The bigger number is just an estimate, and scientific teams are still coming up with more com-

Congress frees clean-up money for Gulf oil spill WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is making more money available to the Coast Guard to pay for its response to the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

The bill that now goes to President Barack Obama removes the $100 million limit that the Coast Guard can spend on the spill from a government trust fund used to pay cleanup costs. The Coast Guard would run out of money to fight the spill next week if the spending cap is not lifted, said Rep. James Oberstar, D-Minn., chairman of the House transportation committee.

Lawmakers said the federal government will require BP to reimburse the Coast Guard’s expenses, but the service needs congressional authority to spend more than $100 million on the largest oil spill in U.S. history.

“While these funds will allow us to continue mounting an all-hands-on-deck, relentless response, our commitment to holding BP accountable for all costs associated with this disaster — both to the federal government and to all affected individuals and businesses suffering losses as a result of this event — has not wavered,” Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said in a statement.

The House voted 410-0 on Thursday to lift the spending cap. The Senate passed the bill on a voice vote Wednesday. plete numbers.

The oil-and-gas industry is the backbone of the Louisiana economy, bringing in billions of dollars in revenue for the government and accounting for nearly onethird of the nation’s domestic crude production.

It took a heavy blow when the government imposed a six-month offshore drilling moratorium in the wake of the spill that has sent tens of millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf in the biggest environmental disaster in U.S. history. The government imposed the ban while it reviews the safety of deepwa-

ter drilling in light of the BP disaster.

Louisiana lawmakers have railed against the moratorium, saying it could put more than 100,000 people out of work, shutter businesses and destroy livelihoods. A bill asking the administration to shorten the moratorium passed the Legislature unanimously.

But persuading the administration to take such action could prove to be extraordinarily difficult at a time when globs of oil are fouling marshes and beaches, images of oil-soaked birds are a fixture in the news and no

apparent end to the spill is in sight.

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has acknowledged the potential damage to energy companies and their employees and promised a Louisiana senator the administration would demand that BP compensate businesses for their losses.

The moratorium put a halt to the 33 deepwater exploratory rigs in operation in the Gulf in addition to all new deep-sea drilling permits.

Platforms that are already producing oil along with rigs in shallow waters are allowed to remain in operation.

“Every one of these deepwater wells employs directly hundreds of people and indirectly thousands,” said Sen. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana.

“This is one company. This is one well. It’s a terrible situation and no one is making light of it, but what I’m saying, as strongly as I can, to this president is the economic analysis is devastating to many companies, thousands of companies.

BP hopes that it can stem the flow of oil soon and remove some of the heat that has been put on the company and energy industry by politicians, the American public and investors, who have dumped BP stock and driven its price down to the lowest level in 14 years out of fear that the spill could spell the company’s ruin.

BP is capturing more oil from the bottom of the sea each day, and expects to siphon even larger quantities by early next week once more heavy equipment arrives.

Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, who is overseeing the crisis for the government, said BP could be taking in 1.17 million gallons a day by next week, up from the current daily rate of 630,000.

Meanwhile, President Barack Obama on Thursday met with the families of the 11 rig workers who were killed in the April 20 explosion as researchers released their latest findings about the size of the spill, saying that from 1 million to 2.1 million gallons a day may have been leaking before the cap was installed June 3. That is much higher than previous estimates.

U.S. Geological Survey Director Marcia McNutt, who is coordinating the estimates, said the most credible daily flow rate at the moment is between 840,000 gallons and 1.68 million gallons. Researchers do not have figures for after the cap was installed.

At the same time, Gulf Coast leaders are tallying up the economic damage.

Trade groups estimate that the 33 deepwater rigs idled the moratorium employed 5,900 to 9,200 people. Rig workers earn up to $1,800 per week, so that amounts to a loss of tens of millions dollars in salaries. In addition, those jobs support an additional 26,000 to 46,000 industry workers.

Gulf communities already are seeing the livelihoods of thousands of fisherman, property owners and tourism workers jeopardized by the spill.

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1st Annual Brotherhood Men’s Yard Sale Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Ballfield Sat. 7A-1P Breakfast 7A10:30A Sausage/gravy biscuits, and drinks.

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FC: 135 Maryland Dr. (behind ICC) Sat. 7A12P Bicycle, household, little bit of everything!

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North Carolina, Rutherford County NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 10 SP 189 Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Steven T. Keeter and Julie M. Keeter, husband and wife to William R Echols, Trustee(s), which was dated December 8, 2006 and recorded on December 20, 2006 in Book 933 at Page 106, Rutherford County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Brock & Scott, PLLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on June 16, 2010 at 11:30AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Rutherford County, North Carolina, to wit: Situated in the Township of High Shoals, County of Rutherford, and State of North Carolina, and more particularly described as follows: And known as being all of the .94 acre tract shown as Lot #9 on plat entitled "Dogwood Valley Estates" as shown on plat of record in Plat Book 14 at Page 125, Rutherford County Registry. Tax ID #: 1639028 Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as: 289 Fairway Drive, Forest City, NC 28043 Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, and the court costs of Forty-Five Cents (45¢) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) pursuant to NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing.

Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance "AS IS WHERE IS." There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Steven T. Keeter and wife, Julie M. Keeter.

An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days' written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Jeremy B. Wilkins, NCSB No. 32346 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No. 10-07353-FC01, 706820 6/4, 06/11/2010

2 FAMILY SALE Ellenboro: 270 Piney Mtn. Church Rd. Sat. 8A-1P Men’s suits, jackets, shirts, pants many other items 3 FAMILY Sandy Mush: 295 Chase High Rd. Sat. 6A-until All name brand clothes, household items, dishes. Something for everyone!

4 FAMILY Danieltown: Baxter Wells Estate off 221S near SDO Fire Dept.

Saturday 7A-12P Children’s items clothes, toys.

Homemade Bake Sale!

BASEMENT SALE Rfdtn: 160 N. Main. St. at Visual Arts Center Sat. 8A-2P Bedding, kitchen items, stereo equipment and more!

MOVING SALE Corner of Hwy 221 and Birch Hutchens Rd. (on Hwy 221 6 mi. South of Rfdtn) Sat. 7A-2P

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CHURCH YARD SALE Help send youth to camp. Cornerstone Fellowship, 1186 Hudlow Road Sat. 8:30A-until Furniture, clothes, bit of everything.

Giant Moving Sale FC: Inside Rutherford Moose Lodge on Hwy 74. Saturday 8A-3P

MULTI FAMILY GARAGE SALE Shiloh: 677 Big Island Rd. Sat. 7A-until Name brand clothing, household items, furniture & much more!

FC: 158 Dorothy Glen Dr. (1st drive past Hudlow Quick Mart) Fri. & Sat. 8A Entertainment center, well pump, household Everything Must Go!!

FC: 208 Springdale Dr. Saturday 7A-1P Large variety of clothing, household goods and some furniture!

HUGE MULTI FAMILY FC: 453 Weatherstone Dr. Fri. & Sat. 7A-until Books, toys, household items, furniture, organ and much more!

INDOOR SALE FC: Bethany Baptist Church 760 Bethany Church Rd. Sat. 7A-until Proceeds go towards missions.

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HUGE YARD SALE Union Mills: 229 Barnes Rd. (across from Fire Dept.)

Sat. 7A-til Designer plus and teen clothes, shoes, lots of household items, and furniture some antique

MULTI FAMILY FC: 291 Morning Star Lake Rd. Sat. 7A-12P Name brand clothing, shoes, household items, toys, and miscellaneous

HUGE, HUGE YARD SALE Shiloh Community: Big Island Rd. (follow signs) Sat. 7A-until Household, all sized children’s clothes, toys, etc.

Multi-family: Rutherfordton, 213 Honeysuckle Dr. (Forest Hills) Sat. 7:30A-12P. TJCA uniforms, books, household goods, odds/ends MULTI-FAMILY Rfdtn: 346 N. Main St (on right before Green St.) Sat. 7A-until Clothes, household, exercise equipment and lots more!

MOVING SALE FC: 2001 Chase High Rd. Sat. 7A-until Couches, entertainment center, computer desk, toys, etc. No early birds!

MOVING SALE Spindale: 116 Missouri St. Sat. 7A-until Table, chairs microwave and stand some tools, etc.

MULTI-FAMILY FC: Bird Song Lane Sandy Mush Area Sat. 8A-until Household, kitchen items, clothes, kids clothes and toys and more!

YARD SALE FC: 333 Byers Rd. (off 221 & Kelly Rd.) Sat. 7A-til Girls clothes, sizes 6-10, men’s and women’s clothes, miscellaneous

YARD SALE PACKAGE AVAILABLE ONLY $20 Comes with a 20 word ad, 3 days in the paper, 3 yard sale signs, pricing stickers and a rain day guarantee!

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Having qualified as Administrator of the estate of DOROTHY ELIZABETH PENSON FORD of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said DOROTHY ELIZABETH PENSON FORD to present them to the undersigned on or before the 28th 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 28th day of May, 2010.

Having qualified as Executor of the estate of CHARLES ALEXANDER BLANTON of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said CHARLES ALEXANDER BLANTON to present them to the undersigned on or before the 4th day of September, 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 4th day of June, 2010.

Beverly Ford Greene, Administrator 203 Burgin Street Spindale, NC 28160

Margaret B. Roten, Executor 1217 Bamboo Rd. Boone, NC 28607

North Carolina, Rutherford County NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 10 SP 175 Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by oseph B. Matheny and Barbara R. Matheny, wife to Doug Dixon, Trustee(s), which was dated April 29, 2000 and recorded on September 20, 2001 in Book 0642 at Page 0001, Rutherford County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Brock & Scott, PLLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on June 16, 2010 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Rutherford County, North Carolina, to wit: Located on the West side of U.S. Highway #221-A between Clifside, N.C. and Chesnee, S.C., being all of Lot #3 and 1/2 of Lot #4 of the compton property in High Shoals Township as shown on a map of the same prepared by Clyde Sorrels in March, 1962 and being more fully described by metes and bounds as follows:Beginning at a stake in the corner of Highway #221-A at a point, South 30-15 West 400 feet from the center of the intersection of State Road #2102 with the center of Highway #221-A and running thence, North 59-45 West 300 feet to an iron stake, Southwest corner of Lot #2, thence running South 30- 15 West 150 to an iron pin, a new corner in lot #4 being the Northwest corner of Lewis Serratt; thence with Sarratt's Line, South 59-45 East 300 feet to the center of u.s. Highway #221-A; thence with the center of U.S. Highway 221-A, north 30-15 East 150 to the place of beginning. The above property being a composite of the tracts described by the attempted conveyances recorded in Book of Deeds 317 at Page 370 and Book of Deeds 301 at Page 192 of the Rutherford County Registry. Order #1501569090.

Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as: 5786 US 221A Highway, Mooresboro, NC 28114 Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, and the court costs of Forty-Five Cents (45¢) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) pursuant to NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing.

Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance "AS IS WHERE IS." There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Joseph B. Matheny and Barbara R. Matheny.

North Carolina, Rutherford County NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 10 SP 86 Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Robert Sowders, and Kristy Sowders, husband and wife to Fidelity National Title Insurance CO., Trustee(s), which was dated September 22, 2005 and recorded on September 27, 2005 in Book 862 at Page 224, Rutherford County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Brock & Scott, PLLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on June 22, 2010 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Rutherford County, North Carolina, to wit: Being Lot. No. 2 and 30 feet of Lot No. 3 in Block "D" of Biltmore, as shown on plat recorded in Deed Book 101 at Page 607, Rutherford County Registry, and also shown on plat prepared by J.A. Wilkie, Surveyor, on the 15th day of October, 1934, and being more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING on a stake on the south side of Arlington Street, 15 feet from the center of the street (old Jack Michalove corner) , and runs thence with the line of the old Jack Michalove lot S 17 W 192 feet to a stake (old Bridges corner); thence with the old Bridges line N 77 W 70 feet to a stake (corner of lot which in 1934 was owned by the Forest City Building and Loan Association), and being the common south corner between Lots Nos. 1 and 2 ; thence N 17 E 196.6 feet to a stake on the south side of Arlington Street, 15 feet from the center of said street; thence with the center of Arlington Street S 72 E 70 feet to the BEGINNING. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 160 Arlington Street, Forest City, North Carolina, and being more fully described in Book 754 at Page 836, a deed recorded June 8, 2000.

Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as: 160 Arlington Street and 164 Arlington Street, Forest City, NC 28043 Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, and the court costs of Forty-Five Cents (45¢) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) pursuant to NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing.

Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance "AS IS WHERE IS." There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Arlington Trust.

An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days' written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days' written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Jeremy B. Wilkins, NCSB No. 32346 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No. 10-06888-FC01, 706776 6/4, 06/11/2010

Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Jeremy B. Wilkins, NCSB No. 32346 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No. 10-02334-FC01, 708213 6/11, 06/18/2010

18 — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, FRIDAY, June 11, 2010 North Carolina, Rutherford County AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 09 SP 342

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION RUTHERFORD COUNTY 10sp228

Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by William M Grant by Glenn E. Grant, Attorney In Fact, Trustee Of The William M Grant Trust Trust Dated 09/15/1999 to PRLAP, INC., Trustee(s), which was dated February 28, 2007 and recorded on March 1, 2007 in Book 943 at Page 729, Rutherford County Registry, North Carolina.

IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY ROCKLAND THOMPSON AND NICOLE K. NICKOLAI DATED FEBRUARY 11, 2008 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 994 AT PAGE 819 IN THE RUTHERFORD COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA

Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Brock & Scott, PLLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on June 22, 2010 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Rutherford County, North Carolina, to wit:

NOTICE OF SALE

All that certain lot or parcel of land situated in Morgan Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina, and more particularly described as follows: Being Lot Number 83 of Queens Gap, Phase I, as described more fully in Plat recorded in Plat Book 27, Pages 280-292, ("the Plat"), Rutherford County Registry, to which plat reference is hereby made for a more full and accurate description.

Subject to Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions for Queen's Gap as recorded in Book 917, Page 402-442, Rutherford County Register of Deeds, and recorded in Book 891, Page 624-664, McDowell County Register of Deeds, and any amendments and supplements thereto.

Subject to all matters shown on subdivision plat of Queen's Gap, Phase I, as recorded in Plat Book 27, Pages 280-292, Rutherford County Register of Deeds, and Plat Book 13, Pages 60-72, McDowell County Register of Deeds, hereinafter referred to as "the Plat".

Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as: 83 Queens Gap, Rutherfordton, NC 28139 Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, and the court costs of Forty-Five Cents (45¢) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) pursuant to NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing.

Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance "AS IS WHERE IS." There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are William M. Grant Revocable Trust dated 9/15/99 and/or assigns.

An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days' written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Jeremy B. Wilkins, NCSB No. 32346 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No. 09-15972-FC01, 706755 6/11, 06/18/2010

North Carolina, Rutherford County NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 10 SP 177 Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Larry Preston Whiteside and wife Elizabeth Whiteside to Karen Delserone, Trustee(s), which was dated July 31, 2003 and recorded on August 6, 2003 in Book 0745 at Page 0631, Rutherford County Registry, North Carolina.

Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in the above-referenced deed of trust and because of default in the payment of the secured indebtedness and failure to perform the stipulation and agreements therein contained and, pursuant to demand of the owner and holder of the secured debt, the undersigned substitute trustee will expose for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at the county courthouse of said county at 1:30 PM on June 23, 2010 the following described real estate and any other improvements which may be situated thereon, in Rutherford County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Situate lying and being in the Golden Valley Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina and being all of Lot 14 of First Broad Acres subdivision, as recorded in Plat Book 16 Page 85 of the Rutherford County Registry, reference to which is hereby made for a more complete description by metes and bounds. Containing 6.94 acres, more or less.

Subject to all rights of way, easements and restrictions of record.

And Being more commonly known as: 382 First Broad Dr, Bostic, NC 28018 The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Rockland Thompson and Nicole K. Nickolai.

The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance "AS IS, WHERE IS." Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale. Any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. This sale is made subject to all prior liens and encumbrances, and unpaid taxes and assessments including but not limited to any transfer tax associated with the foreclosure. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. This sale will be held open ten days for upset bids as required by law. Following the expiration of the statutory upset period, all remaining amounts are IMMEDIATELY DUE AND OWING. Failure to remit funds in a timely manner will result in a Declaration of Default and any deposit will be frozen pending the outcome of any re-sale.

SPECIAL NOTICE FOR LEASEHOLD TENANTS: If you are a tenant residing in the property, be advised that an Order for Possession of the property may be issued in favor of the purchaser.

Also, if your lease began or was renewed on or after October 1, 2007, be advised that you may terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days written notice to the landlord. You may be liable for rent due under the agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

The date of this Notice is June 2, 2010.

Grady I. Ingle Or Elizabeth B. Ells Substitute Trustee 8520 Cliff Cameron Drive, Suite 300 Charlotte, NC 28269 (704) 333-8107 http://shapiroattorneys.com/nc/ 10-003985 North Carolina, Rutherford County NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 10 SP 200 Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Richard Del Buono and wife, Diane M Del Buono to William R Echols, Trustee(s), which was dated December 12, 2006 and recorded on December 27, 2006 in Book 934 at Page 137, Rutherford County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Brock & Scott, PLLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on June 22, 2010 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Rutherford County, North Carolina, to wit:

Beginning on an iron pin on the eastern edge of State Road 1008, and at the intersection of the O. C. Whitesides Farm Road with State Road 1008, said iron pin also being located 31 feet South 80 West from an electric power pole and running thence North 20 West 30 feet to an iron pin in edge of pavement; thence North 77 1/2 East 221 feet to an iron pin at fence; thence past an iron pin (offset 20 feet) South 40 1/2 East 254 feet to an iron pin; thence South 49 West 217 feet to an iron pin in the center of the J. C. Whitesides Farm Road, said iron pin being offset on the east edge of said road; thence with said farm road North 41 1/2 West 172 feet to an iron pin; thence, continuing with said road, North 35 West 160 feet to an iron pin on eastern edge of State Road 1008 at the intersection of said J. C. Whitesides Farm Road and State Road 1008, the said Beginning corner, and containing 1.45 acres, more or less and being the southwest part of the J. C. Whitesides 10-1/8 acre tract. And Being the same lands as conveyed in that certain deed dated April 17, 1972, from John C. Whitesides and wife, Pauline Whitesides to Larry Preston Whitesides and wife, Sharon Whitesides, and which is recorded in Rutherford County Deed Regsitry in Deed Book 342, at Page 184.

The land referred to herein is situated in the State of North Carolina, County of Rutherford described as follows: Tract One: situate, lying and being in Sulphur Springs Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina, and being a part of that property described in deed recorded in Deed Book 273, Page 141, of the Rutherford County Registry; and being bounded on the South by the property of Hubert L. Jenkins (432-758) and Oren N. Jenkins (257-267) and lying west of Jack Mckinney Road and being bounded on the North, East and west by the remaining property F.D.H. Huss, and being more particularly described from map and survey of Burnt Chimney Surveying dated August, 1993, as follows: beginning at a pk nail (set) in stone at the focus of found pointers and at the North edge of gully and being a common corner with Oren Jenkins Northwest corner and running thence from said beginning point and the common line with Oren Jenkins South 8021-44 East 714.75 feet to an existing iron pin on a South bank of a gully being a common corner with Jenkins Northeast corner and William S. Phillips Northwest corner (361/375), and running thence a common line with William Phillips South 83-40-0 East 153.77 feet to a railroad spike in the center line of Jack Mckinney Road (SR1111); running thence with the centerline of Jack Mckinney Road North 09-04-35 West 39.09 feet to a railroad spike in the center of the road; thence North 04-44-53 West 39.87 feet to a railroad spike in the center of said road; running thence a line with the remaining lands of D.H. Huss the following courses and distances; North 82-42-09 West 820.48 feet. crossing an iron pin at 34.81 feet in the line to a new iron pin; North 65-19-59 West 176.61 feet to an new iron pin; North 10-45-48 West 486.49 feet to a new iron pin; North 75-50-42 West 630.59 feet to a new iron pin 10 inches from a pine tree; South 24-54-28 West 592.58 feet to an existing iron pin and stone in the fence line; being Hubert Jenkins Northwest corner; thence running a common line with Hubert Jenkins with an existing marked line South 78-45-29- East 1099.26 feet, crossing a new iron pin at 1067.66 feet in the line to the point and place of beginning containing 11.918 acres. Source of title recorded 05/17/2004 in Book 0846 at Page 0553. APN: 16-19328.

Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Brock & Scott, PLLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on June 16, 2010 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Rutherford County, North Carolina, to wit:

Said property is commonly known as: 113 Silent Forest Way, Lake Lure, NC 28746

Said property is commonly known as: 1436 Jack McKinney Road, Rutherfordton, NC 28139

Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, and the court costs of Forty-Five Cents (45¢) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) pursuant to NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing.

Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, and the court costs of Forty-Five Cents (45¢) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) pursuant to NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing.

Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance "AS IS WHERE IS." There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Larry Preston Whiteside and wife, Elizabeth Whiteside.

Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance "AS IS WHERE IS." There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Richard Del Buono and wife, Diane M. Del Buono.

An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days' written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days' written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Jeremy B. Wilkins, NCSB No. 32346 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No. 09-12706-FC02, 706825 6/4, 06/11/2010

Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Jeremy B. Wilkins, NCSB No. 32346 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No. 10-07904-FC01, 708182 6/11, 06/18/2010

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LIMA, Peru (AP) — Police moved Joran van der Sloot to a cell at the prosecutor’s office on Thursday as officials prepared to file charges following what they called a remarkably complete confession in the beating and strangling death of a 21-year-old woman.

“We’ve practically closed the case,” criminal police chief Gen. Cesar Guardia told The Associated Press.

Sheathed in a bulletproof vest, the young Dutchman was driven less than a mile across central Lima during rush hour in a police convoy.

Guardia said Van der Sloot, who also remains the lone suspect in the Natalee Holloway missing-teenager case, “confessed with a wealth of details that have been corroborated through criminal investigative rigor.”

But he said Peruvian interrogators restricted their questioning to the case of Stephany Flores, the daughter of a circus promoter and former race car driver whom he met playing poker at a casino.

They did not question him about Holloway’s disNADAHAN VILLAGE, appearance — exactly five years to the day before Afghanistan (AP) — Body parts Flores was killed. in trees. Mud walls flattened.

Guardia denied any suggestion that Van der Corpses riddled with ball bearSloot’s confession was forced. ings.

NATO and the Afghan government on Thursday blamed a Taliban suicide bomber for the grisly scene at a wedding party where at least 40 people were killed by an intense explosion.

Lanny funchess But the Taliban claimed they ––– funeraL director ––– played no role in the blast in the Arghandab district, an insurgent A TRADITIONAL FUNERAL stronghold near the southern What is meant by a Traditional of community both religious city of Kandahar.

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Tradition and civic. The benefit of living Stunned survivors said they is defined as “an inherited, in a rural community is that we suspected a NATO airstrike was established, or customary pattern know each other better and have of thought, action, or behavior”. deeper personal investments. responsible, a view that reflects A traditional funeral service Typically a tradition is something either their deep suspicion of that we have seen our parents allows friends and families to the U.S.-led coalition or fear of do as well as our grandparents, come to together to remember Taliban retribution. the deceased and to express their great-grandparents and so on.

Regardless of responsibilIf we apply this to funerals concern and support for each ity, Wednesday night’s attack is in Rutherford County, it would other. It also allows a community likely to heighten public concern typically mean a religious service to express religious and personal in either a church or funeral home beliefs. Perhaps this is why about a planned NATO military with the body of the deceased the “Traditional Funeral” has operation in the Kandahar area, present to be followed by burial. persevered in Rutherford County. the birthplace of the Taliban The traditional funeral remains considered by U.S. commanders “Quality Service with the predominant choice of as the key to turning back the Compassionate Care” families in Rutherford County. insurgents.

Even with the rise in cremation, The top U.S. and NATO most of rural America still prefers that their love ones have some commander, Gen. Stanley sort or visitation along with a McChrystal, acknowledged religious based ceremony and 1251 hwy. 221-a, Thursday that the Kandahar earth burial. Rural areas, such forest city, nc operation will take longer than as Rutherford County, have (828) 657-6383 planned because local Afghans stronger family ties and a feeling www.harrelsonfuneralhome.com do not yet support it.

An Afghan walks in front of a house damaged in a blast during a wedding in Kandahar’s Argandab district Thursday.

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Interior Ministry spokesman Zemeri Bashary said the attack occurred when a suicide bomber entered a rural home where men were celebrating a wedding.

The groom was among the 74 wounded. Women guests were in a separate house with the bride.

“This is a crime of massive inhuman proportions against civilians,” President Hamid Karzai said in Kabul.

Taliban spokesman Qari Yousef Ahmadi denied the insurgents carried out the attack, which occurred in a district where the Taliban remain entrenched despite years of NATO military operations.

Nevertheless, suspicion fell on the insurgents because the family included a number of Afghan policemen, who are often targeted by the Taliban. The groom’s brother and two of his cousins were in the police force, according to another cousin, Mohammad Alkozay.

Kandahar provincial Gov. Tooryalai Wesa said doctors at the city hospital had recovered ball bearings from the bodies of the dead. Militants often pack ball bearings and other metal into suicide vests to kill more victims.

“The Taliban are doing two things at once,” Wesa told

reporters. “On one side they target people who are in favor of the government. Then at the same time, they don’t want people to know their real face.”

In this sun-baked farming village of mud-walled compounds, survivors said they were skeptical that the blast was caused by a suicide bomber because the damage was so extensive.

The wall around the compound where the attack occurred was mostly flattened. Blood, human limbs and other body parts — some in the trees — were scattered across the area.

“If it were a suicide attack, there would be some hole in the ground,” said Abdul Raziq, a member of the village defense militia.

U.S. military spokesman Col. Wayne Shanks denied any coalition airstrike in the area at the time of the attack. Civilian deaths are a sensitive issue in Afghanistan, and the NATO command has acknowledged and apologized for attacks that kill civilians.

Nevertheless, public support for the U.S.-led mission is weakest in the dusty farming communities of southern Afghanistan, where the ethnic Pashtun population provides the Taliban with most of its fighters.

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