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NATION
CMI bringing 53 jobs to Rutherford By SCOTT BAUGHMAN Daily Courier Staff Writer
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FOREST CITY — Rutherford County will soon see 53 new jobs as CMI Enterprises has announced a manufacturing facility that produces trim for cars, buses, RVs and trucks. CMI is relocating the center from Miami. “We believe Rutherford County would be an ideal location based on the textile history,” said Michael Novick, CEO of CMI. “The operation would begin ramping up sometime in July, if possible, and would employ about 50 people or more in the next few years. Our initial plan is to relocate two employees here to train
local residents to take these jobs.” CMI has been in business for 26 years and is a supplier of soft materials — such as leather — to several automotive, nautical and health-care industries. “We have already Dalton begun posting job openings for them,” said Terry Thomas, assistant manager of the Employment Security Commission office in Forest City. “The job title is warehouse staff, and they’re looking to fill eight positions. The
listing has a pay rate of $10 to $11 an hour, and we have already had a lot of response.” In addition to creating the 53 jobs, the company plans to invest $697,000, including lease payments in the county. “The county is excited to have CMI locate in Rutherford County,” County Manager John Condrey said. “The job creation is certainly welcomed. We hope that the company is very successful and exceeds the job creation commitment of 53.” The project was made possible in part by a $33,000 grant from the One North Carolina Fund. Please see Jobs, Page 6A
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The Owls were back in town Friday night Page 1B
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DEATHS Rutherfordton
Earnest Hutchins Spindale Edna Yelton Ellenboro Darrell Short Mooresboro Laura Beth Harris Page 5A
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Jeff Gurr and his family worked with Foothills Connect to install a 50-foot transmitter antenna so the Sunshine area resident could get high-speed Internet service at his home.
FOREST CITY — Jeff Gurr was determined to reach the information superhighway, despite living in an area that is essentially an Internet dirt road. One 50-foot tower later, and he’s cruising the web in style. But it wasn’t a smooth ride getting there. “When we first moved to Rutherford County, to the Sunshine area, we were told by AT&T that DSL was available,” Gurr said. “But after so many delays they eventually conceded that it had to be canceled. I called people all the way up the chain, up to people in Atlanta, and was finally told that DSL wouldn’t be available in our area in our lifetime. We couldn’t even get fast dial-up.” But Gurr was closer to the cutting edge of Please see Internet, Page 6A
Ellenboro man killed in crash By JEAN GORDON Daily Courier Staff Writer
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ELLENBORO — A 41-year-old Ellenboro man died Thursday after he crashed his Jeep Cherokee at 5:50 p.m. on Mt. Olivet Church Road. Darrell Short was about a mile from his home, traveling north on Mt. Olivet Church Road when he went left of center, ran off the left side of the highway, over-corrected and came back onto the highway. He then ran off the right shoulder of the road, hit a ditch bank and overturned, said S.B. Patterson of the state Highway Patrol. Trooper D. R. Walker said Short was ejected from the vehicle as it stopped on its side. He was not wearing a seat belt, and speed was a factor, Walker said. Regional One was dispatched, and Short was loaded onto the helicopter only momentarily before apparently going into cardiac arrest. He was taken by Rutherford County EMS to Rutherford Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. “I urge all motorists to wear their seat belts, because this could have been prevented,” Walker said. Short is the second highway fatality in five days. Each time, the victims were ejected because they weren’t wearing seat belts. Short’s death marks the fourth fatality in Rutherford County this year. Also assisting at the scene were Ellenboro firefighters and N.C. Crime Control.
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The new Park and Ride shuttle service will transport tourists to such attractions as the Lake Lure Inn and Chimney Rock State Park.
‘Park and Ride’ starts Monday By JEAN GORDON Daily Courier Staff Writer
HICKORY NUT GORGE — Starting Monday morning at 10, tourists in the Hickory Nut Gorge area will have the option of taking public transportation to several attractions. The Transit Administration of Rutherford County begins its first public bus service — “Park and Ride” — in the Hickory Nut Gorge area; one van each day will run from Rumbling Bald Resort to Chimney Rock State Park, with several stops in between. “We want people to know Rutherford County Transit is growing,” said its director, Gene Adair. Two months ago, Adair began meeting
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with town officials and tourism leaders in Lake Lure and Chimney Rock to devise a plan that would offer tourists other options of travel while visiting the area. The 15-passenger van will take tourists from Rumbling Bald Resort to Lake Lure and Chimney Rock with stops at Apple Valley Golf Course, the library, the municipal golf course, Ingles, the Lake Lure Post Office, Lake Lure Inn, the visitor’s center, Chimney Rock Village and Chimney Rock State Park. The van arrives at Chimney Rock State Park at 10:46 a.m. Beginning at 11 a.m. the van will travel from Chimney Rock State to the specified van stops. The van will leave Chimney
Please see Ride, Page 6A
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Church News VBS
The following churches have announced Vacation Bible School:
Mountain View Baptist Church, oneday VBS, July 17, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; supper served after VBS.
Piney Knob Baptist Church, VBS, July 19-23, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.; classes for all ages.
Liberty Baptist Church, “Saddle Ridge Ranch,” July 19-23, 6 to 8:15 p.m.; for information, call 453-0186 or 453-8700.
Tanner’s Grove United Methodist Church, “High Seas Expedition,” July 21-25, 6:30 to 8:15 p.m.; classes for all ages.
Doggett Grove AME Zion Church, one-day VBS, July 22, 4 to 7 p.m.; classes for all ages of children.
West Memorial Baptist Church, VBS, July 24, 6 to 8:30 p.m.; Bible study, games and snacks.
West Point Baptist Church, “Egypt: Joseph’s Journey from Prison to Palace,” July 25-29, 6 to 9 p.m.; family night July 30 at 6 p.m.; call 287-0165 for more information.
Spindale United Methodist Church, “Kid’s Bible Day Camp,” July 31, 9 a.m. to noon; for children in kindergarten through
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fifth grades; activities, crafts, fellowship, story and snack. Cornerstone Fellowship Church, “Around the World,” Aug. 14, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; for all children ages 2 to 11; for information, contact Kassie Wilson 980-5041. Johnson Memorial Baptist Church, “Birth, Death and Resurrection of Jesus and Our Salvation,” July 19-22.
Four Anointed will be in concert Sunday at 11 a.m. at Pilgrim Baptist Church in Ellenboro.
Music/concerts Third Sunday night singing: July 18, 6 p.m., Sandy Level Baptist Church; featuring the Hamptons. Special service: July 18, 3 p.m., Mount Pisgah UCOG; Oak Grove will be worshippng with the Doggett Grove community and Mount Pisgah. Songs and praise: July 18, 3 p.m., New Dimension World Outreach Center; guest choirs include Purpose, Voices of Praise and The Telenaires. Gospel singing: July 24, 7 p.m., Bald mountain Baptist Church, Lake Lure; featuring Winners Either Way. Gospel singing: July 25, 2 p.m., Harris Baptist Church, featuring the Rogers. Gospel singing: July 25, 6:30 p.m., Oak Ridge Baptist Church; featuring The Royal Quartet.
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Concert: July 25, 6 p.m., Mount Vernon Baptist Church; featuring The Golden Valley Crusaders; love offering will be received; www.mountvernonbaptistchurch.org. Gospel singing: Aug. 1, 7 p.m., Riverside Baptist Church, Harris; featuring Chapel Grove Quartet of Gastonia. Gospel concert: Aug. 8, 6 p.m., Corinth Baptist Church, Ellenboro; featuring The Ruppe Sisters; a love offering will be received. Call 248-3559 for more information. Concert: Aug. 29, 6 p.m., Mount Vernon Baptist Church; featuring Gaither Homecoming’s Ann Downing; love offering will be received; www.mountvernonbaptistchurch.org.
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Temple in Gastonia.
Revival: July 15-16, 7 p.m., Holy Temple No. 2 Church, Forest City; guest speaker, Penny McSwain of Victory Temple Church, Rutherfordton.
Homecoming: July 18, Goodes Creek Baptist Church; Sunday school, 10 a.m., worship service, 11 a.m.; lunch following worship.
Ninth Annual Fun Day: July 17, 7 a.m. until; breakfast at 7 a.m.; free event. Third anniversary: July 18, 3 p.m., Wheat Creek Baptist Church, Rutherfordton; featuring choirs. Homecoming: July 18, 11 a.m., Harmon Street Baptist Church; guest speakers and a guest gospel group, Jaidyn’s Call; meal after worship service. Special services: July 18, 4 p.m., New Life Christian Fellowship Church, Spindale; speaker pastor Niles Miller of New Holy
God’s Mercy Is Infinite But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him, and his righteousness to children’s children.
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Sometimes we cannot imagine that anyone, even God, could possibly forgive us. We may have done something that is so seemingly unforgivable in our own eyes, or the eyes of those whom we have wronged, that we just can’t see how we could be forgiven, even by God. This is actually quite understandable, since we often cannot forgive others, or ourselves, despite incredible efforts to do so. However, this failure to believe that we are forgiven then keeps us locked in a self-defeating trap of regret and despair. Perhaps we believe that the sin that we have committed is so horrible that we don’t feel deserving of forgiveness, and thus we think we are unforgivable. But, at the heart of Christianity is the belief that God is merciful and that His mercy is infinite. In the entire Bible, there is not a single case of God refusing to show mercy to a truly repentant sinner. Again and again we are told that God’s mercy is everlasting. All that God asks of us is a contrite heart and a willingness to forgive those who have wronged us. As Jesus tells Peter, when asked how many times he must forgive a brother who has sinned against him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy times seven.” (Matthew 18:22) Therefore, we must believe in our heart that God can, and has forgiven us, and then we must go forward knowing that we are indeed forgiven.
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Yard and bake sale and car wash: July 24, 6:30 a.m. until, Green Hill Volunteer Fire Department; breakfast served starting at Fellowship ser6:30 a.m. with biscuits, vice: July 21, 7 p.m., sausage, gravy, coffee Owens Chapel Church; and juice; lunch served guest speaker, the Rev. starting at 11 a.m. with Leander Lynch. hamburgers, hot dogs, chips, homemade ice Special services: July cream and drinks; spe23, 7 p.m., New Life cial T-shirts available Christian Fellowship with purchase; all proChurch; speaker Bishop ceeds will go to Faye Shawn Hooper of St. Pruette to help with Luke in Morganton. medical costs associated with her stomach 127th Annual cancer; sponsored by Homecoming and Pleasant Grove Baptist Revival: Homecoming, Church, Polk County. July 25, 4 p.m., New For information, call Zion Missionary Baptist Katie Thompson, 447Church, 619 Ledbetter 9694 or Matt Bailey, Road, Spindale; reviv429-4025. al, July 26-29, 6:30 nightly, with Pastor A.J. Other Smith of Mount Nebo RCABL Adult baseBaptist Church of Lake ball registration for Lure as guest speaker. those 30 and over Church anniversary: online at www.leagueJuly 25, 4 p.m., St. Paul lineup.com/rcabl. AME Zion Church; Food giveaway: July theme colors are black 17, 9 a.m. until food and red; any former is gone, Forest City choir members interFoursquare Church. ested in singing in the reunion choir are invitFun day: July 17, 3:30 ed to come to rehearsp.m., Pilgrim Baptist als on Thursdays eveChurch, Ellenboro. nings at 6:30 p.m. Revival: Aug. 8, 6 p.m., Aug. 9-11, 7 p.m., Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, Golden Valley; guest speaker Preacher Robert Hensley of Sandy Level Church in Bostic.
Fundraisers Buffet breakfast: July 17, 7 to 10:30 a.m., Mount Pleasant Baptist Church; $5 for all you can eat. Hamburger and hot dog sale: July 17, 1 to 6 p.m., Houser Lake Clubhouse; hosted by youth of Mount Pleasant Baptsit Church, Mooresboro; with hamburgers, hot dogs, potato salad, slaw, baked beans and drink; $6 adults, $3 children six and younger; homemade ice cream, $2 for large, $1 for small; entertainemnt provided by Linda Harrison, Rosie Nanney, Christina Hamrick and others. Fish fry and chicken dinner: July 17, 11 a.m., at the home of Martha Liles, 128 Sourwood Circle (beside Cowan Tire & Battery in Rutherfordton); sponsored by Mount Pleasant CME Missionaries; plates for $6.50 with two sides, sandiwches for $3.50; will deliver in Spindale or Forest City with three or more orders; for to-go orders, call 288-1222. Chicken pie lunch: July 18, Oak Grove United Methodist Church fellowship hall, following the morning worshipo service; $8 per person and includes drink and dessert; ben-
Tickets are on sale for the gospel play “After the Pain” by Pamela Harrison, to be presented Sept. 3 at The Foundation; sponsored by the Carver Alumni Association; see an alumni member for tickets or call The Foundation box office at 286-9990.
NA/AA meetings: Every Monday at 7 p.m., at New Life Christian Fellowship Church of God, 601 E. Main St., Spindale; contact James Keeter at 247-4681 for more information. Hispanic Baptist Church “Cristo Vive:” Services on Sunday afternoons in English, 6 p.m., every Sunday. The church is located at 929 Oakland Road. Contact the Rev. Jairo Contreras at 289-9837. Women’s Community Bible Study, “Living Life with Purpose:” For eight weeks, beginning July 15, from 7 to 8 p.m., Abundant Life CWC; class is free. Children’s Bible study: Wednesdays at 7 p.m. at Johnson Memorial Baptist Church. School registration: Liberty Christian Academy is now enrolling for school year 2010-2011. For more information, call 4530186 or 453-0999. Items for the church calendar received by noon on Thursdays will be published on Saturday on a space available basis. Send items to lifestyles@thedigitalcourier.com or fax to 248-2790.
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N.C. Highway Patrol Commander Randy Glover, left, listens as Gov. Beverly Perdue speaks at a press conference on Friday in Raleigh after Glover announced his resignation as Highway Patrol commander. Associated Press
N.C. Highway Patrol commander resigns
RALEIGH (AP) — The commander of North Carolina’s Highway Patrol resigned Friday in the wake of a long series of trooper misconduct matters that have tarnished the force’s reputation. Gov. Beverly Perdue said she had a brief conversation with Col. Randy Glover on Friday morning and accepted his resignation. She did not elaborate on why he stepped down from the position he took less than a year ago. Chrissy Pearson, a spokeswoman for the governor, said Glover’s official retirement date will be Sept. 1 and that he will aid in the transition process. The resignation comes after a string of ethical lapses in the Highway Patrol that drove Perdue
to recently demand change. The force has seen a number of troopers resign or be fired for problems ranging from drunken driving arrests to sending inappropriate text messages. “Again, I continue to believe that 99.9 percent of the members of the North Carolina Highway Patrol serve the state with honor and integrity, and I thank them for that service,” Perdue said in a statement. Perdue met with the patrol’s top officials earlier this month, pushing for an end to the trooper troubles. She said Friday that she will announce a Highway Patrol transition leadership team next week that will include input from outside advisers. Joe Sinsheimer, a Democratic
Auditor says textbook oversight too lenient RALEIGH (AP) — Auditors can’t recommend how taxpayer money could be saved on North Carolina’s public school textbooks because the state education department does a poor job keeping track whether local districts use textbook funds wisely, according to a state report released Friday. State Auditor Beth Wood said her office failed to complete a performance audit on the Department of Public Instruction’s textbook program because it doesn’t require districts to provide inventory reports or to itemize how many math, civics or science books need replacing because they were lost or damaged. That information could help the department and the General Assembly better calculate how much money is truly needed and where problems may arise with high book losses, Wood said. Right now, the department uses a per-pupil formula, adjusted for inflation, to allocate money for textbooks. “You just don’t have any figures from any years,” Wood said. “It’s just a tool that should have been in place so you can step back and say ’yeah, we’re budgeting this correctly’ or ’no, were not.”’ The state pays for textbooks but it’s the job of the 115 districts to store them properly and account for how the money was spent. The General Assembly cut the textbook budget by more than half last year to $35.5 million due to the state’s fiscal cri-
sis. The amount was supposed to go down even further starting July 1 with a moratorium on adopting new textbooks. Districts are allowed to transfer textbook funds to a budget line-item to buy other supplies. In a written response released with the report, state schools superintendent June Atkinson and chief financial officer Philip Price largely agreed with the findings. They said the department would require inventory data on a regular basis that identifies lost and damaged textbooks to help prepare estimates for budget requests. Ben Matthews, whose office overseeing the state’s textbook division, said in an interview the program is being managed well. He said the agency is already saving lots of money for the state through a central state warehouse that doesn’t keep massive inventories and gets a bulk purchase discount. “Our duty is to provide the textbooks,” Matthews said. “We do that with great savings to our state.” Wood said she understood that state law puts the job of keeping track of books on the shoulders of local districts, but the department can’t fulfill its compliance obligations unless it has the data at its disposal. About 8 percent of all annual textbook purchases go to replace books, not including book editions that have been newly adopted.
strategist who has spent the past several years as a watchdog of the party, said he’d like to see Perdue ask for changes to a state law that requires the commander come from within the Highway Patrol. “We need someone completely free of questions of political influence and political patronage,” Sinsheimer said. “We need an outsider to come in and take the reins of the patrol and change the culture. Anything short of that would be a mistake.” During a press conference earlier this month, Glover indicated that he thought the press was exacerbating the force’s problems. He restricted media access to a meeting with troopers Thursday in Graham. At that meeting, Glover defended
his job to WFMY-TV, saying he didn’t tell individuals to make bad choices. “I’m accountable for this organization,” Glover told the station. “I’m accountable to make sure everybody understands if they violate our codes and our policies, I’m going to deal with it. And, I have dealt with it because those individuals are no longer with us.” Glover is a Nashville native who has served on the patrol since 1980. He became colonel last year after serving as director of field operations. He acknowledged last year that he was transferred from a position in 1987 because of an extramarital affair.
Jobless rate falls to 10 percent in June RALEIGH — North Carolina’s unemployment rate fell to 10 percent in June, a full percentage point improvement in the past year, but still higher than the national jobless rate. The unemployment rate released Friday by the state Employment Security Commission has dropped for four straight months. The rate was 10.4 percent in May, and 11 percent in June 2009. The national rate
is 9.5 percent. But the report is not all good news. The number of people drawing a paycheck fell by 5,500 in June to just over 4 million. But the number of people listed as unemployed fell faster, by more than 20,000 people. People are counted as unemployed only if they are under 65 and actively looking for work. In the past 12 months, the number of jobs has increased by 45,000.
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overnment and BP officials watched anxiously Friday as the latest effort to stem the flow of oil into the Gulf of Mexico appeared to be working. After nearly three months, it appears the company may have found a solution. That it took that much time is the real problem and as the oil companies and regulators examine this case, they need to be thinking about that. This is not a problem exclusive to the oil companies. Virtually every industry has had some issue arise because they do not ask one question often enough. The question that might help avert some of these problems is very simple — What if? If BP had asked that question enough, the company might have identified threats and they could have designed solutions for those scenarios in advance. If they had already designed a well capping structure, they might have stopped the spill in days, not months.
Our readers’ views Clarifies Little League all-star policies, rules To the editor: I am writing about some important Little League tournament information that was obviously not passed on by some local managers and league presidents. First of all, the format a local league should be using to pick all star teams: in each division (9/10, 11/12, etc) the regular season manager should nominate players from their team who they feel had an all-star year during regular season. The president or player agent from the league will compile a list of nominations in each division. The managers will meet and vote on the top players, some leagues vote on top eight, some top 10. Those top vote getters are on the team. Any remaining players are either voted on or left up to the all-star manager to pick. (Local leagues may choose how last players are placed.) Any of the top vote getters who can’t play, for whatever reason, will be replaced. Again, this is up to the local league to fill the spot. There is not an alternate player. At no time should a manager, coach, or league official tell a child or parent who was nominated or who got the top votes. Does this happen, yes. When too much information on nominations or votes get out, then rumors fly, stories get changed, and ultimately a child’s feelings get hurt.
Next, before all-star tournaments begin, the district holds a baseball briefing and a softball briefing. This briefing is mandatory for all managers, coaches, presidents, and tournament staff. At this time, tournament schedules are given out, gone over and discussed. Rules are talked about. Sites are discussed. The floor is open to everyone attending to discuss any issues they may have. This year, the pool play and seeding from pool play was gone over and discussed. Every manager/coach left the meeting understanding what their schedule was. If any parent feels they were not informed of the schedule or what the seeding would be from their pool play record, it’s because their team’s manager/ coach/president did not communicate well. The briefings were held this year on June 25 and June 26. At no time after that did any rules, schedules or seeding change. It is unfortunate to hear the rumors and stories that are going around after teams have lost games. It’s always “somebody is cheating,” “the umpires don’t like us,” etc. Why can’t it just be “we got beat or we didn’t play like we should have.” To every all-star player in District 1 Little League, you are awesome, you earned a place and I enjoyed watching so many good ball players this season. To the parents who want to complain or blame everyone else, there is plenty of room for more volunteers. Volunteers who can
be there for 500 kids, not just your own, volunteers who can follow and enforce rules, even if that rule doesn’t make your best friend happy. To the league presidents and volunteers who have stuck it out for years, no matter what, thank you. Donna B. Cobb NC District 1 Little League
Voices concern about animals and oil spill To the editor: I didn’t really know where to post my concern so I thought I would try in our local paper. I am concerned with how the oil spill in the Gulf has seemed to have never happened. Where are all the people to raise concern about all of the animals that it is killing every day? I think in the beginning, everyone was concerned because they were afraid that it was going to affect their pockets, but since it hasn’t yet, it seems to have been swept under the rug. I would just like for the people of America to raise up and let their voice be heard. I am tired of the government dragging their feet because they are in bed with the gas companies. If we raise our voices loud enough, then we will prevail. If you are among the many silent, please stand up with me and try to be heard. Innocent animals are dying every day and the environment is suffering while we stand by. Barbara Henson Forest City
Fundamental tax reform is only real, fair solution RALEIGH – During the past couple of years of recessionary budgets, revenue collections have repeatedly fallen short of projections. For North Carolina lawmakers and budget officials trying to avoid major reductions in spending that would anger their constituencies, one of the few bright spots in the revenue picture was a series of surprising gains in corporate-tax receipts that somewhat offset other losses. The new revenue didn’t come in because of higher profits. Rather, the Department of Revenue implemented changes in how it computed and collected corporate taxes, including the handy tool of a special penalty on firms that, in the department’s view, had deliberately rearranged their finances to evade their tax liability. The state used the prospect of the fine to “encourage” corporations in tax disputes to settle their cases. Think of Guido spelling the flower in his lapel before expressing his heartfelt con-
John Hood Syndicated columnist
cern about your continued safety in his neighborhood, and perhaps you’ll get a clearer picture of how it worked in practice. North Carolina business leaders had been complaining about the Perdue administration’s tactics for months leading up to the start of the 2010 legislative session. While taxpayers with unmistakable liabilities have a responsibility to pay them, and other measures to increase tax compliance received widespread support, the corporate incometax code is complex enough that there are honest differences of opinion about what particular firms owe the state. To allow Revenue officials to levy penalties on the basis of their impressions
of the intent of corporate officers was unjust. I like the way Sen. Dan Clodfelter, a Mecklenburg Democrat, explained the problem. “We don’t do that to any other taxpayer,” he said. “That would be the equivalent of saying to somebody, ‘I’m going to really fine you a stiff fine for speeding, but I’m not going to post the speed limits.’” The truth is that any officer of a corporation who fails to structure his business under the law to maximize profits and minimize tax liabilities is in violation of his responsibility to his shareholders. The power to distinguish between sound financial management and defrauding the state of taxes legally owed is not a power that the Department of Revenue should enjoy, given its clear financial incentive to see bad faith. Furthermore, state officials have no grounds for complaining about people making business decisions in response to incentives
created by the tax code. That’s what state officials want businesses to do. In fact, every year the General Assembly enacts or amends its tax laws with the express intention of tipping corporate decisions one way or the other. Lawmakers create tax breaks for favored activities and levy punitive taxes on activities they want to discourage. They try to steer firms into distressed counties or influence investment in new jobs, plants, or research and development. Going into the 2010 session, then, the battle lines were drawn. Business lobbyists wanted the Department of Revenue to lose its asserted authority to levy special tax penalties. Revenue wanted to keep it. At the end of the session, lawmakers split the difference. They agreed to codify the use of the penalties – but only after the department publishes a guide for corporations telling them in detail how to comply with North Carolina’s corporate-income
tax. Was the irony lost on state tax officials? Probably. That’s what makes it so revealing. The best long-term solution is to get North Carolina out of the business of levying a separate and inherently complicated tax on corporate income. There is nothing magical about income passing through an incorporated business. Just like any other form of income, it has no value until it reaches an actual person. States will always create biases and perverse incentives as long as they tax income at the corporate level and then tax it again when it is received as wages, dividends, or capital gains. Fundamental tax reform is the only final solution to the problem. In the meantime, at least, North Carolina businesses will no longer be punished for failure to comply with rules the state neglects to publish. Hood is president of the John Locke Foundation
Two more charged in DMV case From staff reports
FOREST CITY — Two more people were arrested Thursday afternoon in the ongoing investigation of the License Plate Agency at Tri-City Mall. They were released Thursday night from the Rutherford County Jail on unsecured bonds. Cynthia Hyder Kiser, 47, of 1847 Oakland Road, Forest City, is charged with four felony counts of government computer access and common law forgery, two counts of common law forgery, and two counts of felony accessing government. She was released on a $30,000 unsecured bond. Michelle Leigh Brookshire, also of 1847 Oakland Road, Forest City, is charged with three felony counts of government computer access and common law forgery. Brookshire, who worked at
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Obituaries Earnest Hutchins
A native of Rutherford County, she was a daughter of the late Joe William and Betty Frye Cantrell. Survivors include her husband, James Ricky Harris; a sister, Robin McCraw of Mooresboro; and a nephew. Memorial services will be held Sunday at 3 p.m. at The A.C. McKinney Memorial Chapel at McKinneyLandreth Funeral HOme with the Rev. Joey Cantrell officiating. The family will receive friends one hour before the service at the funeral home.
Chapel with the Rev. Ray Hooper officiating. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Park. The family will receive friends one hour before the service at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Hospice of Rutherford County, P.O. Box 336, Forest City, NC 28043.
Earnest Hutchins, 87, of Rutherfordton died Thursday, July 15, 2010, at Hospice House in Forest City. Brookshire Kiser A native of Rutherford County, he was a son of the tag office, was released the late Aldon and Lela on a $25,000 unsecured Morrison Hutchins. He was bond. a veteran of World War II According to Division of Online condolences may be made Motor Vehicles, the suspects and a member of Pisgah at www.mcmahansfuneralhome. United Methodist Church. are accused of entering false com. He was retired from sales. information into the DMV His hobbies included golf database and forging docDarrell Short and volunteering. tors’ signatures to issue Darrell Maurice Short, Survivors include his wife, handicapped placards on at 40, of 126 Victoria Drive, Lois Morgan Hutchins; two least 12 occasions. Ellenboro, died Thursday, daughters, Janice Yermack Arrested July 9 were Sue Online condolences may be made July 15, 2010. and Karen Williams of Hyder of Bostic, charged at www.mckinneylandrethfunerA native of Cleveland Atlanta; and two grandwith three felony counts of alhome.com. County, he was a son of government computer access daughters. the late Jimmy Edward A memorial services will and common law forgery; Edna Yelton Short and Bonnie Summey be held Saturday at 11 a.m. Martha Joe Bradley, also of Edna McCombs Yelton, 77, Tesseneer of Grover. at Pisgah United Methodist Bostic, and manager of the of Spindale, died Friday, July In addition to his mothChurch. Burial will folagency, charged with one 16, 2010, at Hospice House er, he is survived by a son, low at Rutherfordton City felony count of notary fraud; in Forest City. Mya Short; two brothers, Cemetery. The family will and Jason Eric Pruett of A native of Rutherford Eddie Short of Ellenboro Forest City, a former employ- receive friends Friday County, she was the daughand Dwayne Tesseneer from 6 to 8 p.m. at Crowe’s ee, who was charged with ter of the late Herbert of Greensboro; and a sisone felony count of common Mortuary. McCombs and the late ter, Carol Short Arnold of Memorials may be made law forgery. Maggie Honeycutt Grover. Funeral services will to Hospice of Rutherford be held Sunday at 3 p.m. at County, P.O. Box 336, Forest McCombs. Survivors include her husCampfield Memorial Baptist City, NC 28043 or Pisgah band, Cecil Yelton; a daughChurch. Burial will follow at United Methodist Church, talking with Parks about not ter, Barbara Ann Holder of Campfield Memorial Baptist 3621 Pearidge Road, Bostic, wearing a helmet. Gaffney, S.C.; two sisters, Church Cemetery. The NC 28018. Walker said he went to his Lillian Oliff of Baltimore, family will receive friends patrol car to look up inforand Polly Hutchins of Saturday from 7 to 9 p.m. at Laura Beth Harris mation on Parks and noticed Rutherfordton; a brother, McKinney-Landreth Funeral he was making a suspicious Laura Elizabeth Cantrell Robert McCombs of Harris; Home. movements with his pants. Harris, 49, of 113 Carefree and three grandchildren. Walker searched the man Funeral services will be Online condolences may be made and found a 12-gauge sawed Drive, Mooresboro, died Wednesday, July 14, 2010, at held Sunday at 3 p.m. at at www.mckinneylandrethfuneroff shotgun in Parks’ pants. her home. McMahan’s Funeral Home alhome.com. The gun was not loaded. Parks is also charged with carrying a weapon of mass destruction, carrying a consubject took over the counter medicine and cealed weapon and not wear- By LARRY DALE put it in every pocket and underneath his Daily Courier Staff Writer ing a helmet. He is being shirt and left the store without paying for it. held under a $61,000 bond. RUTHERFORDTON — Two men charged The subject (described as a white male) left in thefts from Dollar General and Walin a white Ford Ranger with another white Mart in Forest City have also been charged male.” with the theft of merchandise at Bi-Lo in The two men were later stopped by the Rutherfordton. Forest City Police and charged with the two paraphernalia, two counts All three thefts occurred Monday night. thefts there. of probation violation, failWilliam Christopher Schoener, 31, of ure to appear and failure to Reported stolen from Bi-Lo in 134 E. End Drive in King’s Mountain, has pay monies; placed under Rutherfordton were 14 packages of 14-count been charged by the Rutherfordton Police a $12,500 secured bond. Prilosec OTC, valued at $11.99 each; six Department with larceny in the Bi-Lo inci(FCPD) packages of 28-count Prilosec OTC, valued dent. n Brandon James Tubb, at $22.49 each and 14 packages of 25-count He received a $3,000 secured bond 18, of 219 Crestline Drive; Pepcid, valued at $9.99 each. Tuesday. charge with felony larceny; The RPD incident sheet shows that most of Jeremiah Ryan Crump, 20, of 208 Green released on a $15,000 unse- Meadows Drive, King’s Mountain, has been that was recovered. cured bond. (LLPD) The RPD report also indicates that when charged by the RPD with misdemeanor n William Merrell stopped by Forest City Police the men said larceny. He was released on a $1,000 unseAnderson, 23, of 127 they had taken some items from either Bi-Lo cured bond. Maplewood Drive; charged or Food Lion in Rutherfordton. Crump turned himself in at the RPD on with unauthorized use of a Schoener and Crump are scheduled to Thursday. motor vehicle; released on a appear in District Court in Rutherfordton on According to the Police Department inciwritten promise to appear. dent report, video from Bi-Lo showed some- Aug. 18. (RCSD) one taking medicine from the store’s aisles n William Samuel Wray, without paying for it. Contact Dale via e-mail at ldale@thedigitalcourier. 41, of 1600 U.S. 221 South; com Specifically, the incident report says, “The charged with communicating threats; freed on a custody release. (RCSD) n Gia Jenkins Green, 31, From staff reports president, and Linda Marsh The cost is $500. Limited of 207 Aqua Drive; charged was chosen vice president. scholarships are available. with assault and battery; FOREST CITY – Jill Miracle is the board secThis year’s program begins released on a $1,000 unseLeadership Rutherford’s retary, and Chris Fuller is with a retreat Aug. 28 at cured bond. (RCSD) board of directors agreed the treasurer. Maple Creek Farm, which is n Ronald Lee Marshall Jr., Thursday to proceed with New board members owned by Kitty and Keven 57, of 16821 Hampton Trace the 2010-11 class. elected were: Kim Smith, McCammon. Road; charged with attemptLast month, the board was Charlene Proctor, Linda ed obtain property by false concerned with the small pretense and operating a lot- number of applicants for the Marsh and Jason Ruff, the latter two from the 2009-10 tery; placed under a $15,000 program, which was started class. secured bond. (RCSD) in 2000. Participants meet the secApplications total 15. ond Tuesday of each month n Brandon Willie Charles Normally, 20 are selected September through May, Teague, 23, of 156 Florida for the nine-month proEarnest Hutchins, age 87, of Ave.; charged with comgram, which provides insight and they hear presentations Rutherfordton died Thursday, on various topics, includmunicating threats; placed into all facets of life in July 15, 2010 at Hospice House ing critical issues, economic in Forest City. under a $1,000 secured Rutherford County, as well development, government, A native of Rutherford County, bond. (SPD) as leadership training. he was the son of the late Aldon education, health care, lifeApplications may still be and Lela Morrison Hutchins. style and diversity and agrimade for the remaining Citations He was a veteran of World War culture and environment. slots. The new deadline is 5 II and a member of Pisgah United n Brittany Leann p.m. July 27. Methodist Church and was retired McKinney, 16, of Abrams The application and direcfrom sales. Golf and volunteering Moore Road, Rutherfordton; tions for applying are availwere two of his favorite hobbies. THE DAILY COURIER cited for larceny; released on able on the program’s webSurvivors include his wife, Lois a written promise to appear. site — leadershiprutherford. Morgan Hutchins; two daughters, Published Tuesday through Sunday (FCPD) Janice and husband, Tom Yermack mornings by Paxton Media Group com. LLC dba The Daily Courier USPS and Karen and her husband, Ted n Jazmine Deann The program is also work204-920 Periodical Postage paid in Williams of Atlanta; two grandMcKinney, 16, of Abrams ing on replacing Philip Forest City, NC. daughters, Morgan Williams Moore Road, Rutherfordton; Byers, the facilitator for Company Address: 601 Oak St., P.O. Moore and her husband, Reed cited for larceny; released on the past two years. Byers is Box 1149, Forest City, NC 28043. and Kelsey Williams also of a written promise to appear. heavily involved in the operPhone: (828) 245-6431 Atlanta. Fax: (828) 248-2790 (FCPD) Memorial services will be held ation and expansion of the Subscription rates: Single copy, daily Saturday at 11:00 AM at Pisgah Thomas Jefferson Classical 50¢ / Sunday $1.50. Home delivery United Methodist Church with EMS/Rescue Academy, but he gave up the $11.75 per month, $35.25 for three Rev. Mike Haire and Rev. Donald months, $70.50 for six months, $129 Leadership Rutherford oblin The Rutherford County Morrison officiating. Burial will per year. In county rates by mail gation. EMS responded to 31 E-911 follow at Rutherfordton City payable in advance are: $13.38 for “Philip did a great job Cemetery. The family will receive calls Thursday. one month, $40.14 for three months, for us, often traveling long friends from 6:00 to 8:00 pm on $80.27 for six months, $160.54 per n The Volunteer Life Friday at Crowe’s Mortuary. year. Outside county: $14.55 for one Saving and Rescue, Hickory distances on Monday to Memorials may be made to month, $43.64 for three months, be home for the program Nut Gorge EMS and Hospice of Rutherford County, $87.28 for six months, $174.56 per on Tuesday. We certainly Rutherford County Rescue P.O. Box 336, Forest City, NC year. College students for school appreciate all his efforts and responded to no E-911 calls year subscription, $75. 28043 or Pisgah United Methodist thank him for his contribuThursday. The Digital Courier, $6.50 a month Church, 3621 Pea Ridge Road, tion,” said Jim Brown, the for non-subscribers to The Daily Bostic NC 28018. Courier. Payment may be made at program’s founder and presiOnline condolences may be Fire calls the website: www.thedigitalcourier. made at: www.crowemortuary.com dent of the board. com n Rutherfordton firefightCrowe’s Mortuary is assisting Brown is stepping down as The Daily Courier is not responsible the Hutchins family. ers responded to a woods president after 10 years. He for advance subscription payments Paid obit fire. will remain on the board. made to carriers, all of who are inden Spindale firefighters pendent contractors. Henry Giles of responded to a grass fire. Rutherfordton was elected
Moped rider facing gun charges From staff reports
FOREST CITY — Montavious Eugene Parks, 19, of 855 South Broadway St. in Forest City, is being held in the Rutherford County Jail on several charges, including felony possession of firearm by felon. D.R. Walker of the state Highway Patrol said he saw Parks Thursday evening driving a moped without a helmet on South Broadway. As Parks stopped at the Drop In store, Walker pulled in behind him and began
Men charged in thefts face more counts
Police Notes Sheriff’s Reports
n The Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office responded to 129 E-911 calls Thursday.
n Gail Anne Gibson reported the theft of a pocketbook and other items. n James Timothy Curtis reported the theft of tools.
Rutherfordton
n The Rutherfordton Police Department responded to 34 E-911 calls Thursday.
Spindale
n The Spindale Police Department responded to 17 E-911 Thursday.
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n The Lake Lure Police Department responded to four E-911 calls Thursday.
Forest City
n The Forest City Police Department responded to 79 E-911 calls Thursday. n An employee from WalMart reported shoplifting. (See arrest of McKinney.) n An employee from WalMart reported an incident of fraud.
Arrests
n Jason Marshawn Murray, 21, of Harmon Street, Forest City; charged with possessing beer on public street and intoxicated and disruptive; placed under a $1,000 secured bond. (FCPD)
n Tyree Cornelius Murray, 21, of Main Street, Henrietta; charged with possess beer on public street and intoxicated and disruptive; placed under a $1,000 secured bond. (FCPD) n Jerry Lee Kimbrell, 38, of Gail Drive, Forest City; arrested on a warrant for probation violation; placed under a $20,000 secured bond. (FCPD) n Elijah Thaddeus Edgerton, 22, of Sherrill Street, Forest City; arrested on a warrant for assault on a female; placed under a $1,000 secured bond. (FCPD) n Damien Michael Bond, 22, of Old Castle Lane, Forest City; charged with simple possession of marijuana, possession of drug
Leadership Rutherford is set for 2010-11
Earnest Hutchins
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Ongoing Foothills Harvest Ministry: This week, ladies’ slacks buy one get two free. Book sale: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Rutherford EMC; hardback books, $1, paperback books 50 cents and some miscellaneous books four for $1; proceeds go to benefit Relay for Life. Hospice Volunteer Training: Through July 14, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Carolina Event and Conference Center. Cost for the class is $15 for materials, but the fee is returned if you become an active volunteer. Washburn Community Outreach Center: Open Thursdays and Fridays, noon to 6 p.m., and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.; in store special each day. Red Cross Benefit: Spindale Drug is partnering with the Rutherford County Chapter of the American Red Cross by donating $5 to the Red Cross until the end of July with new prescriptions on certificates available at Spindale Drug or at the Red Cross Chapter House.
Saturday, July 17 Adult, Child and Infant CPR class: 8:30 a.m. until, American Red Cross Rutherford County Chapter House; 287-5916. Kids’ Computer Corner: Every Saturday, 10 a.m. to noon, Union Mills Learning Center; free to the public and geared toward children preschool through third grade who may not have access to a computer or the Internet at home; educational software and adult-supervised access to the Internet.
Sunday, July 18 Chicken pie lunch and bake sale for Relay for Life: 12:30 p.m., Oak Grove United Methodist Church, Ellenboro.
Monday, July 19 Rutherford County Planning Commission: Special meeting to discuss amending the bylaws regarding a regular meeting schedule. The commission will not meet July 27. Blood drive: 2 to 6:30 p.m., American Red Cross Rutherford Chapter House, 838 Oakland Road, Forest City; all presenting donors will be entered in a drawing for a chance to win $1,000
Tuesday, July 20 PWA meeting: Professional Women’s Association meets at noon the third Tuesday of each month; this month’s meeting is at Tuscany Italian Grille; lunch is dutch treat; for information, call Margi Miller at 287-5928 or 301938-9966. Forest City Housing Authority Board meeting: July 20, 12:30 p.m., in the community room at 147 E. Spruce St. HOPE Support Group: Tuesdays,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 by Hospice of Rutherford County. Alanon meetings: Lake Lure Alanon Family Group meets every Tuesday at 7:30 p.m., at Lake Lure Mountains Branch Library, 150 Bills Creek Road, Lake Lure; call 625-0456 for additional information. Rutherford County Humane Society: Quarterly general membership meeting, 7 p.m., Rutherford County Annex Building.
Wednesday, July 21 Children’s summer reading program: Every Wednesday, 9 a.m., through Aug. 4, Union Mills Learning Center; for preschool and early readers as well as older children; poetry reading and storytelling will be featured as well; each week will feature a different subject and guest; everyone in attendance will receive at least one free book (all ages and reading levels).
“Creating jobs now is my first priority, and North Carolina continues to attract strong, growing manufacturing companies,” Gov. Beverly Perdue said in a statement. “Our skilled workers, custom-training programs and top-rated business climate remain top draws for companies nationwide looking for the best location to succeed.” Salaries will vary by job function, but the annual average wage for the new jobs will be $22,528, not including benefits. The Rutherford County average annual wage is $26,624. “CMI is looking forward to becoming a valued member of the Rutherford County community,” Novick said. “As we began searching for a location for our new Southeastern facility, it became apparent that North Carolina, with its long textile heritage, and Rutherford County in particular, was the clear
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Internet technology than most as a member of the board for Foothills Connect, Rutherford County’s business and technology center. Foothills has become the epicenter for providing high-speed Internet access to the county. “My wife, Monica, and I started trying to get DSL in 2005,” Gurr said. “A few weeks later, Foothills Connect said they were going to offer highspeed through SkyRunner out of Asheville. I said I wanted to be on that list. That was about March or April 2010 that we got on that list. Foothills Connections came out and tried two different directions, and we were not high enough elevation to see their tower. So, I said what would it take, and he said he needed 50 feet more from ground level to get a signal. I thought, 50 feet, how hard can it be?” The average price for a tower of that height was about $2,500. A friend told Gurr about a ham radio enthusiast who wanted to sell a tower. “He sold it to us for $200. I had to do some paint and repair, but it was nothing drastic.” Next came installing the beast. “We had to dig a 4-foot cube and power concrete that weighed five tons into the hole,” Gurr said. “It took my father-in-law and my kids and I about a week to dig the hole and another week to get all the rebar put in it. And then a few days to get the concrete
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Rock Park at 7:02 p.m. and return to Rumbling Bald by 7:45 p.m. The last shuttle service from Rumbling Bald to Chimney Rock will leave at 4:40 p.m. Van stops will be clearly identified with “Park and Ride” signs. The cost to ride the van is $1 per person and will be applied each time someone gets on the van. Lake Lure Mayor Bob Keith and Chimney Rock Mayor Barbara Meliski are optimistic about the new routes. Keith said, however, that he was pessimistic at first. He was worried about the ability for the van route to be a success. “But after sitting down with principal people, resort people ... the excitement grew as we talked about the prospect of this being a success.” “We talked about how we could treat our tourists here in a much different fashion,” he said, offering them a choice of driving or taking the van. “If the initial routes are successful it will give us more opportunities for more routes,” he said. Barbara Meliski is optimistic about
Tuesday, July 27 Isothermal Amateur Radio Club meeting: 7 p.m., Rutherford County Annex; all amateur operators are invited; if you would like information on how to become a ham radio operator you are welcome as well; for information, call Don Whisnant 453-1698.
be worth $333 each.” This is the first time the EDC has used a package that rewards a company for creating jobs sooner rather than later, but Johnson said he was in favor of the strategy. “Hopefully, this will encourage companies to make jobs sooner rather than later, because we need to make jobs today,” Johnson said. He said the textile industry history here is a plus for CMI because the type operation they have is similar to that of textiles. “They wanted to be in an area where people were already experienced in that,” Johnson said. “This was a good project; it was fun to work, and I enjoyed getting to know them. We look forward to working with them for many years. They’re going to be located at N.C. Highway 120 and U.S. 74. There are two buildings there that are 30,000 square feet each, but they are connected, so it is like one 60,000-square-foot building and there’s room to expand on site.”
scheduled and about five days for the concrete to cure. We pulled up the tower on Memorial Day. It is a triangle, and one side is hinged. We put a rope on it and looped it over a tree and hooked it to my truck. Once it was up, we locked it in place.” Gurr said his speed went from 19kb/s to 6Mbps. “It is so amazing to have a connection that fast, because now the computer is waiting on you instead of vice versa,” Gurr said. “We bought a new computer in 2007, but new computers have to be regularly updated. But we were never able to get an update by dial-up. The first night we had it connected it downloaded a 199 MB update in 11 minutes. Prior to that, a file that size would have taken 47 hours. And of course, now we can use our phone while we’re on the Internet.” AT&T representatives said the company is continually looking at ways to increase it’s coverage area. “We are continually evaluating our marketplace and using that information to determine where we install new DSL facilities,” said AT&T spokesman Lavoy Spooner. “The details about how those decisions are made are held within our marketing and engineering department. “There is great demand all over the country in our territory for more DSL, so we are continually evaluating those projects. Generally, when there is a cluster of customers in a housing development where there is no DSL, we encourage those residents to sign a petition as a group. “On our website, individuals can
indicate their desire to have DSL at their home.” For Gurr, watching the Foothills Connect fiber-optic project at work was both hopeful and disheartening. “I was crushed that we helped get all that fiber-optic network for the schools and public safety, but people like us where we lived were just left behind,” Gurr said. “The beauty now is Foothills Connections is installing technology that can be reflected. Someone on a mountain can reflect it back to someone in the valley. One of the things that really sold Monica and I is that $10 of our fee each month goes to helping students who can’t afford high-speed Internet getting a basic connection.” Foothills Connect Executive Director Tim Will said Gurr’s story illustrates what the group is trying to do. “The ability to get Jeff Gurr a highspeed signal is what our effort is all about, hooking up people in the rural areas who can’t and won’t get a signal from commercial providers because of the rural nature of the area,” Will said. “With our point-to-multi-point system, each installation becomes, in itself, a site that other homes can ‘see’ and thus get a signal. We are checking rural sites every day in an effort to provide high-speed access. People in the rural areas have just as much a need for high-speed as the good folks on Main Street.”
the new approach with tourists. “I certainly hope that it works,” she said. “I’ve been here a long time and have seen a lot of different options tried.” She said Adair has tried to make the experience a “fun ride.” Mary Jaeger-Gale, general manager at Chimney Rock Park said: “Offering a Park and Ride shuttle system in Lake Lure and Chimney Rock will hopefully help ease the traffic congestion and help give guests to our area an overview of all that there is to see and do. Locals and visitors alike can take advantage of this opportunity.” “A lot of our guests are first-time guests and all the curves can be confusing,” said Tom Judson, CEO at Rumbling Bald Resort. “This will be easier for them to get around to see all the sites, and hopefully (there will be) less traffic. We think it will be a great service for our customers.” About two years ago, the Transit Authority began a shuttle service to the Hickory Nut Gorge area, offering rides to employees from the eastern part of the county to the western part. Fares were $1 and were viewed as a more economical way to get to work in Lake Lure and Chimney Rock. The plan was not successful. A couple of years ago, a trolley
But after sitting down with principal people, resort people ... the excitement grew as we talked about the prospect of this being a success. — Bob Keith, Lake Lure mayor
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business tried taking tourists from one attraction to another, but it failed, too. A new, 22-passenger bus for “Park and Ride” will arrive by September for the tourist route. It replaces a 15-passenger van. “Park and Ride” will go from Memorial Day to mid-October with the exception of New Year’s Day, the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving and the day after, and Dec. 24 to 26. Last year, Rutherford County Transit Authority and the Public Transportation program transported 57,202 people for medical appointments and shopping trips, for a total 623,736 miles. “We are growing,” Adair said. For more information, call 288-1830. Contact Gordon via email:jgordon@thedigitalcourier.com
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Nation Today Burglars give Wash. state store a drive-through
ABERDEEN, Wash. (AP) — Grays Harbor County sheriff’s deputies in Washington state are looking for the burglars who drove a pickup truck into a local store and stole an ATM machine. Undersheriff Rick Scott says surveillance video shows the wall of the Amanda Park Mercantile exploding Thursday morning as the truck drives through. KCRO reports two masked suspects load the ATM and a number of other items and drive off. The truck was found later Thursday in the Quinault area. It had been stolen at Kalaloch (KLAY’-lahk).
No more debating in your underwear in town
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — The days when a citizen could address the Boulder City Council wearing only underwear may be over. The council will vote on new decorum rules in September, seven months after a resident stepped up to a microphone in his boxers. The rules were already under review, but that incident led to a proposed ban on undressing during meetings. It’s not the first time the university town has wrestled with how much clothing is enough. In April, the city barred teens and adults from showing their genitals in public. That could put the wraps on two annual traditions that involve running or cycling naked.
36 arrested in Medicare scams totaling $251M
MIAMI (AP) — Federal authorities said Friday they are conduct-
ing the largest Medicare fraud bust ever in five different states and arrested dozens of suspects accused in scams totaling $251 million. Several doctors and nurses were among those arrested in Miami, New York City, Detroit, Houston and Baton Rouge, La., accused of billing Medicare for unnecessary equipment, physical therapy and HIV treatments that patients typically never received. Ninetyfour suspects were indicted, and authorities said 36 people had been arrested as of Friday morning. More than 360 agents participated in Friday’s raids, announced by Attorney General Eric Holder and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius at a health care fraud prevention summit in Miami. Officials said they chose Miami because it is ground zero for Medicare fraud. Authorities indicted 33 suspects in the Miami area, accused of charging Medicare for about $140 million in various scams.
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Rare minor earthquake jolts area around capital WASHINGTON (AP) — Earthquakes are so rare in the Washington area that even a geology student wasn’t quite sure what was going on when a minor one hit early Friday. Was it a truck passing by? A low-flying plane? Gerasimos Michalitsianos, who will be a senior at the University of Maryland, College Park, was sitting on his couch looking at e-mails when the 3.6-magnitude temblor occurred. “I didn’t actually know that I was in an earthquake,” said Michalitsianos, who is studying postseismic relaxation, how the ground changes following major earthquakes. Michalitsianos said he only found out he’d been through an earthquake when he looked online. “It was a rare treat to see an earthquake occur here on the East Coast and to actually feel it,” he said. Washington area residents are used to politicians being the region’s movers and shakers, so it was a surprise when the earth below shook. The earthquake rattled windows and jostled dishes but apparently caused no serious damage. President Barack Obama told reporters he didn’t feel it. Though Californians who have earthquakes of this size almost
Former Edwards’ aide reaches movie deal RALEIGH (AP) — An insider’s account of John Edwards’ affair and the lengths he went to hide his mistress will be developed into a movie, a former aide to the twotime presidential candidate said Thursday. Andrew Young said that he has reached a deal with writer and producer Aaron Sorkin. He declined to discuss the terms of the agreement, but Sorkin confirmed he had acquired the rights to Young’s book, “The Politician.” “This is a first-hand account of an extraordinary story filled with motivations, decisions and consequences that would have lit Shakespeare up,” Sorkin said in a statement.
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Lindner says authorities are checking out whether another person might be trapped. He says surveillance cameras detected a car in motion on the lowest level of the garage around the time of the collapse, but authorities aren’t sure whether the driver made it out.
weekly may scoff, it was the strongest to hit within 30 miles of D.C. since officials began keeping records in 1974. The quake happened at 5:04 a.m. and was centered in the Rockville, Md., area, said Randy Baldwin, a geophysicist with U.S. Geological Survey’s National Earthquake Information Center. By noon, more than 15,000 people had logged on to the U.S. Geological Survey’s website to report feeling it, some from as far away as Pennsylvania and West Virginia. The website said earthquakes east of the Rocky Mountains can be felt over an area as much as 10 times larger than a similar magnitude earthquake on the West Coast. Police in Washington and nearby Montgomery County, Md., said they received many calls from residents Friday morning, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. Water, gas and electric utilities reported no problems to the District of Columbia Department of Homeland Security, which said streets were clear and the subway wasn’t affected. Crews did go out to inspect bridges, however, to check for damage. None had been found as of midday.
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8A — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Saturday, July 17, 2010
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BP, scientists puzzle over well-cap test data
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — In a nail-biting day across the Gulf Coast, engineers struggled to make sense of puzzling pressure readings from the bottom of the sea Friday, trying to determine whether BP’s capped oil well was holding tight or in danger of springing a new leak. No immediate leaks were spotted, which was encouraging. But midway through the testing period on the new temporary cap that was bottling up the crude inside the well, the pressure readings were not rising as high as expected, said retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, the government’s point man on the crisis. Allen said two possible reasons were being debated by scientists: The reservoir that is the source of the oil could be running low three months into the spill. Or there could be an undiscovered leak somewhere down in the well. Allen ordered further study but remained confident. “This is generally good news,” he said. But he cautioned, “We need to be careful not to do any harm or create a situation that cannot be reversed.” He said the testing would go on into the night, at which point BP may decide whether to reopen the cap and allow some oil to spill into the sea again. Throughout the day, no one was declaring victory — or failure. President Barack Obama cautioned the public “not to get too far ahead of ourselves,” warning of the danger of new leaks “that could be even more catastrophic.”
A helicopter lands on the Transocean Development Drilling Rig II at the site of the Deepwater Horizon incident in the Gulf of Mexico Friday. The wellhead has been capped and BP is continuing to test the integrity of the well before resuming production. Associated Press
Even if the cap passes the test, more uncertainties lie ahead: Where will the oil already spilled go? How long will it take to clean up the coast? What will happen to the region’s fishermen? And will life on the Gulf Coast
ever be the same again? “I’m happy the well is shut off, that there’s a light at the end of the tunnel,” said Tony Kennon, mayor of hard-hit Orange Beach, Ala. On Thursday, BP closed the vents on the new, tight-fitting cap and finally stopped crude from spewing into the Gulf of Mexico for the first time since the April 20 oilrig explosion that killed 11 workers and unleashed the spill 5,000 feet down. With the cap working like a giant cork to keep the oil inside the well, scientists kept watch on screens at sea
and at BP’s Houston headquarters, in case the buildup of pressure underground caused new leaks in the well pipe and in the surrounding bedrock that could make the disaster even worse. Pressure readings after 24 hours were about 6,700 pounds per square inch and rising slowly, Allen said, below the 7,500 psi that would clearly show the well was not leaking. He said pressure continued to rise between 2 and 10 psi per hour. A low pressure reading, or a falling one, could
mean the oil is escaping. But Allen he said a seismic probe of the surrounding sea floor found no sign of a leak in the ground. Benton F. Baugh, president of Radoil Inc. in Houston and a National Academy of Engineering member who specializes in underwater oil operations, warned that the pressure readings could mean that an underground blowout could occur. He said the oil coming up the well may be leaking out underground and entering a geological pocket that might not be able to hold it.
But Roger N. Anderson, a professor of marine geology and geophysics at Columbia University, said the oil pressure might be rising slowly not because of a leak, but because of some kind of blockage in the well. “If it’s rising slowly, that means the pipe’s integrity’s still there. It’s just getting around obstacles,” he said. He added that “any increase in pressure is good, not bad.” The cap is designed to prevent oil from spilling into the Gulf, either by keeping it bottled up in the well, or by capturing it and piping it to ships on the surface. It is not yet clear which way the cap will be used if it passes the pressure test. Either way, the cap is a temporary measure until a relief well can be completed and mud and cement can be pumped into the broken well deep underground to seal it more securely than the cap. The first of the two relief wells being drilled could be done by late July or August. In a positive sign, work on the relief wells resumed Friday. The project had been suspended earlier this week for fear that the capping of the well could interfere with it. There was no end in sight to the cleanup in the water and on shore. Somewhere between 94 million and 184 million gallons have spilled into the Gulf, according to government estimates. In Orange Beach, Ala., long strands of white absorbent boom strung along the shore were stained chocolate brown after a fresh wave of BB-size tar balls washed up. Charter boat captains who can’t fish because of the spill patrolled the shore, looking for oil slicks. Fishing guides spent their time ferrying Coast Guard personnel. A flotilla of fishing boats operating as skimmers plied the waters across the Gulf.
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Post 423 awaits finals opponent
Baseball skills camp at McNair Field FOREST CITY — Longtime area baseball coach Chris White will be directing the All Skills Baseball Camp at McNair Field beginning on Wednesday, July 21. The three day camp is hosted by the Town of Forest City Department of Parks and Recreation. White, who currently is the head coach of Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy, will be assisted at the camp by Coach Mike Caldwell, Coach Tony Wall, Stephen Crowe and George Hines. The camp will be split into two sessions. Ages 7 to 10 will be held from 9 a.m. until noon; Ages 11 to 14 will be held from 1 p.m. until 4 p.m. The cost is $50 per camper and applications can be picked up at Fastway Oil and Callison Recreation Center. For additional information please call (828) 289-6748.
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Post 423’s Dylan Hipp, in this Courier file photo, looks in for the sign from catcher Dakotah Whitaker, not pictured, during a recent American Legion baseball game. Post 423 will face either Cherryville or Caldwell in the Area IV Finals, which start next week.
RUTHERFORDTON — Post 423 ripped apart Charlotte Post 262 in a three-game sweep to gain access to the North Carolina Area IV American Legion Finals. Post 423 now awaits the winner of Cherryville-Caldwell. The finals will begin on Monday, July 19 in a best-ofthree series. No matter how they do next week in the area finals, Post 423 (17-7) has received an automatic qualifier in the American Legion state playoffs, which run July 23-28 in Asheboro. The last time they made the state playoffs was in 1996. The 2010 Rutherford County Legion squad has found some balance and team chemistry. Dylan Hipp (2-1, 1.96 ERA), Cameron
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Tennis tryouts at RSC RUTHERFORDTON — R-S Central High will hold tryouts for the women’s tennis team from Aug. 2 to 6 at 10 a.m., at the school’s tennis courts.
Local Sports
BASEBALL Coastal Plain League 7 p.m. Forest City Owls at Asheboro Copperheads Little League All-Stars 9 & 10 N.C. State Tournament at Dunbar Park 10 a.m. Rutherfordton vs North Durham 12 p.m. SW Forsyth vs Weddington 2 p.m. Boiling Springs vs Greenville 4 p.m. Jackson vs Morganton SOFTBALL Little League All-Stars 9 & 10 N.C. State Tournament at Crestview Park 4 p.m. Chase vs Franklin 6 p.m. Rutherfordton vs Roxboro Senior N.C. State Tournament at Crestview Park 12 p.m. East Asheville vs Walnut Grove 2 p.m. Forest City vs Garner 4 p.m. Morganton vs Game 1 winner 6 p.m. Rutherfordton vs Game 2 winner
Forest City Owls CF Will Skinner awaits his turn at-bat as teammate Terran Senay stands in against the Morehead City Marlins Friday at McNair Field. The game was the first between the Owls and the CPL expansion team, Marlins. Please see Owls, Page 2B.
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On TV 7 a.m. (ESPN) Golf British Open, Third Round. 9 a.m. (ESPN) Golf British Open, Third Round. 3 p.m. (WYFF) Golf American Century Championship, Second Round. 4 p.m. (WHNS) MLB Baseball Regional Coverage. Los Angeles Dodgers at St. Louis Cardinals or Tampa Bay Rays at New York Yankees. 4 p.m. (ESPN) Soccer Tottenham Hotspur at San Jose Earthquakes. 4:30 p.m. (ESPN2) NASCAR Racing Nationwide Series: Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers 250, Qualifying. 7 p.m. (FSCR) MLB Baseball Colorado Rockies at Cincinnati Reds. 7 p.m. (TS) MLB Baseball Milwaukee Brewers at Atlanta Braves. 7 p.m. (WGN-A) MLB Baseball Chicago White Sox at Minnesota Twins. 8 p.m. (ESPN2) NASCAR Racing Nationwide Series: Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers 250. 9:45 p.m. (HBO) Boxing Luis Carlos Abregu vs. Timothy Bradley, Welterweights.
Flags, above, fly in strong winds as play was suspended in the second round. Tiger Woods, left, hits off the fifth tee during the second round of the British Open Golf Championship on the Old Course at St. Andrews, Scotland. Associated Press
Fierce wind whips at St. Andrews ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — In a country known for playing golf even in the worst of conditions, fierce wind prompted British Open officials to temporarily stop play on Friday. South Africa’s Louis Oosthuizen, meanwhile, surged to a five-stroke lead, watching from the comfort of his hotel as first-round leader Rory McIlroy stumbled in the blustery conditions. Despite sunny skies mixed with puffy white clouds, officials decided the Old Course was unplayable because the wind was gusting to 41
mph, causing balls to wobble on some of the exposed greens, especially those along St. Andrews Bay. Second-round play was suspended 1 hour, 5 minutes at midafternoon, shortly after Phil Mickelson finished his round in brutally tough conditions and Tiger Woods had teed off. The last wind delay at the British Open was at Royal Birkdale in 1998, when gusts reached 40 mph, forcing a 38-minute stoppage during the second round. During Friday’s break, players returned to their lounge near the
first tee to wait for conditions to calm. Caddies sprawled on a grassy knoll, munching on sandwiches and bananas. Some fans claimed a patch of ground and caught a nap. Oosthuizen, a 27-year-old from Mossel Bay whose given name is Lodewicus Theodorus, shot a 5-under 67 for a 12-under 132 at the midway point of the tournament. He was done before McIlroy teed off, hoping to put up another solid round after tying the major-championship record Please see British Open, Page 3B
2B — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Saturday, July 17, 2010
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Scoreboard BASEBALL National League East Division W L Pct 53 36 .596 48 41 .539 47 41 .534 42 46 .477 39 50 .438 Central Division W L Pct Cincinnati 49 41 .544 St. Louis 48 41 .539 Chicago 40 50 .444 Milwaukee 40 50 .444 Houston 36 53 .404 Pittsburgh 30 58 .341 West Division W L Pct San Diego 51 37 .580 Colorado 49 39 .557 Los Angeles 49 40 .551 San Francisco 48 41 .539 Arizona 34 55 .382
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Thursday’s Games Atlanta 2, Milwaukee 1 Chicago Cubs 12, Philadelphia 6 St. Louis 7, L.A. Dodgers 1 San Francisco 2, N.Y. Mets 0 Friday’s Games Chicago Cubs 4, Philadelphia 3 Houston 5, Pittsburgh 2 Cincinnati 3, Colorado 2 Washington 4, Florida 0 Milwaukee at Atlanta, late L.A. Dodgers at St. Louis, late Arizona at San Diego, late N.Y. Mets at San Francisco, late Saturday’s Games Philadelphia (Hamels 7-7) at Chicago Cubs (R.Wells 4-7), 1:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Kuroda 7-7) at St. Louis (Wainwright 13-5), 4:10 p.m. Houston (Norris 2-6) at Pittsburgh (Ohlendorf 1-7), 7:05 p.m. Colorado (De La Rosa 3-1) at Cincinnati (Volquez 0-0), 7:10 p.m. Milwaukee (Narveson 7-6) at Atlanta (T.Hudson 9-4), 7:10 p.m. Washington (L.Hernandez 6-5) at Florida (Jo. Johnson 9-3), 7:10 p.m. Arizona (R.Lopez 5-7) at San Diego (Richard 6-4), 8:35 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Pelfrey 10-4) at San Francisco (Cain 6-8), 9:05 p.m. Sunday’s Games Colorado at Cincinnati, 1:10 p.m. Washington at Florida, 1:10 p.m. Houston at Pittsburgh, 1:35 p.m. Milwaukee at Atlanta, 1:35 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at St. Louis, 2:15 p.m. Arizona at San Diego, 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m. Philadelphia at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m.
Monday’s Games Milwaukee at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m. Philadelphia at St. Louis, 7:05 p.m. Colorado at Florida, 7:10 p.m. Washington at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m. Houston at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Arizona, 9:40 p.m. San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m. American League East Division W L Pct 56 32 .636 54 34 .614 51 38 .573 44 45 .494 29 59 .330 Central Division W L Pct Chicago 50 38 .568 Detroit 48 38 .558 Minnesota 46 43 .517 Kansas City 39 49 .443 Cleveland 34 54 .386 West Division W L Pct Texas 51 38 .573 Los Angeles 48 44 .522 Oakland 43 46 .483 Seattle 35 54 .393
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Thursday’s Games Texas 7, Boston 2 Chicago White Sox 8, Minnesota 7 L.A. Angels 8, Seattle 3 Friday’s Games Detroit at Cleveland, late Tampa Bay at N.Y. Yankees, late Toronto 4, Baltimore 2 Texas at Boston, late Chicago White Sox at Minnesota, late Oakland at Kansas City, late Seattle at L.A. Angels, late Saturday’s Games Detroit (Verlander 11-5) at Cleveland (Carmona 8-7), 1:05 p.m., 1st game Tampa Bay (Niemann 7-2) at N.Y. Yankees (A.J.Burnett 7-7), 4:10 p.m. Detroit (Porcello 4-7) at Cleveland (Talbot 8-8), 7:05 p.m., 2nd game Toronto (Morrow 5-6) at Baltimore (Guthrie 3-10), 7:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Buehrle 8-7) at Minnesota (Pavano 10-6), 7:10 p.m. Oakland (Cahill 9-3) at Kansas City (Chen 5-3), 7:10 p.m. Texas (Cl.Lee 8-4) at Boston (Lackey 9-5), 7:10 p.m. Seattle (Rowland-Smith 1-9) at L.A. Angels (J.Saunders 6-9), 9:05 p.m. Sunday’s Games Detroit at Cleveland, 1:05 p.m. Tampa Bay at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m. Texas at Boston, 1:35 p.m. Toronto at Baltimore, 1:35 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Minnesota, 2:10 p.m. Oakland at Kansas City, 2:10 p.m.
Friday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League DETROIT TIGERS_Agreed to terms with LHP Jack Duffey. American Association GRAND PRAIRIE AIRHOGS_Signed INF Todd Sandell and RHP Austin Coan. SHREVEPORT-BOSSIER CAPTAINS_Signed RHP Cardoza Tucker and INF Jeff Hulett. WICHITA WINGNUTS_Claimed INF Joe Spiers off waivers from Grand Prairie. Can-Am League BROCKTON ROX_Signed INF Jeff Hanson. NEW JERSEY JACKALS_Released RHP Brandon Malkowski. Signed INF Travis Jones. PITTSFIELD COLONIALS_Signed RHP Kyle Bradley and RHP Matt Lyons. WORCESTER TORNADOES_Released RHP Baron Short and INF Gordon Gronkowski. Signed RHP Justin Knoff. United League AMARILLO DILLAS_Signed RHP Chris Holguin. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association ORLANDO MAGIC_Matched Chicago’s threeyear offer sheet to G J.J. Redick. FOOTBALL National Football League MIAMI DOLPHINS_Signed S Reshad Jones. HOCKEY National Hockey League DETROIT RED WINGS_Re-signed D Sergei Kolosov to a one-year contract. NASHVILLE PREDATORS_Signed C Jamie Lundmark to a one-year contract. TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING_Named Julien BriseBois assistant general manager and general manager of Norfolk (AHL). Re-signed C Paul Szczechura to a one-year contract. American Hockey League PEORIA RIVERMEN_Signed F Matt McIlvane. COLLEGE MANHATTAN_Named Scott Padgett men’s assistant basketball coach and Alicia Tirelli women’s assistant soccer coach. PRESBYTERIAN_Named Samar Azem women’s assistant soccer coach. SKIDMORE_Named Elizabeth Ghilardi women’s lacrosse coach. SOUTH CAROLINA UPSTATE_Named Lindsey Boldt and Mary Rea women’s assistant soccer coaches.
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Post 423’s Jonathon Hamlet loosens up prior to his at-bat in this Courier file photo. Hamlet and Post 423 will be playing in the North Carolina American Legion State Tournament.
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Wilkins (2-0) and Danny Fraga (3-0) have been strong off the mound in the postseason as starters with Robert Johnson (1-0, 3 saves) and Alex Williams (1-0) handing out relief when needed. The bats of Rutherford County have been sporty as well. Post 423 is scoring 10.3 runs per contest through the 10 postseason games. Fraga, the leadoff man, claimed eight hits against Charlotte, with Stephen Crowe adding seven more. The runs and the hits have come from all parts of Coach Sam Hooper’s line up. In the postseason, Post 423 is batting a whopping .374. Fraga leads the teams with a .478 batting average, 16 runs scored and has a hit in all wall, but Canela was doubled off trying to return to first base. ten games. Derek Deaton has swung for a .421mark with eight runs scored and 10 RBI. The base-running miscue left The nice surprise has been catcher Dakotah the deficit at 5-2. Whitaker, who boasts a .417 batting average with eight runs scored. Dylan Hipp has collected 11 After going quietly in the eighth, Forest City mounted one RBI and scored 11 times with a .395 average. final threat in their final at-bat Crowe is batting .378 with 3 home runs and 14 as Canela drew a lead-off walk. RBI. Nick Houser has scored and knocked in 12 each After falling behind 0-2, Jake with a .358 average. Tyler Byers holds a decent Koenig also worked a free pass, .333 average with a five runs scored and 9 RBI, but in keeping with the night’s theme Diamaduros rapped into while Jonathan Hamlet rounds out the starters with a .200 average, but has managed to score 11 a bases-loaded double play to runs. end the contest. Although they don’t know who their oppoThe Owls left 14 men on-base nent will be yet for the next round, each oppooverall in the loss. nent is familiar. This season Rutherford County Forest City (28-16) will has split previous games with Caldwell (1-1) and travel to Asheboro to face the Cherryville (1-1). Copperheads, tonight, before Cherryville (22-12), an powerhouse in Legion beginning a four-day break for ball, began this season slowly, but they have been the Coastal Plain League Allanything less than extraordinary in the playoffs so Star Game and Fan Festival. far. East Rutherford baseball skipper Bobby Reynolds has lead Cherryville to the North Carolina Legion title six times. The most title recent coming in 2007. Since the playoffs began, Cherryville’s pitch“It’s just my body control,” he ing has been the biggest factor. Cavaliers’ standsaid. “Certain hits I take, I prob- out Drew Reynolds, Adam Benefield and Dylan ably wouldn’t have been able to Hastings have done everything Coach Reynolds take last year or a few months has asked. In the first six games of the playoffs, ago. It’s just overall confidence. they gave up just 18 runs, but 11 have come in the When you’re stronger, you’re series with Caldwell. more confident.” Caldwell Post 29 has captured four Legion state As for the weight lifting, well, titles with the last coming in 2000. Henson admits he’s enjoying This season’s club has pitching from Tyler seeing the results more than the Bumgardner and Jon Sharpe with solid hitters in work itself. The player teamTrent Reynolds and Bryson Bowman. mates have nicknamed “Sticks” While Caldwell (28-10) has been the most conand “Slim” believes he can get sistent area Legion team this season, their bats up to around 215 pounds or have been red hot during the playoffs. Post 29 has maybe even 220 by the start of scored 69 runs in nine postseason games so far. preseason. The trick will be staying there, of course. “It’s not fun being the weakest guy or the guy that’s always picked on, the guy that you’ve always got to pay attention to CHARLOTTE (AP) — Erick Dampier says (in the weight room),” Henson Charlotte will get the “first opportunity” to resaid. “When those guys over sign him if the Bobcats waive the veteran center to there are throwing up 250 (pounds) and you’re throwing up clear salary cap space. In a conference call with reporters on Friday, 150. But as I’ve gained weight Dampier indicated he hopes his situation is and gotten stronger.” resolved soon and squashed speculation he might return to Dallas. The 34-year-old big man has been one of the biggest chips available in the offseason because he’s in the last year of his deal and his $13 million salary isn’t guaranteed. The Bobcats acquired Dampier from the Mavericks on Tuesday in a five-player deal.
Owls fall to Marlins in first-ever meeting By JACOB CONLEY Sports Reporter
FOREST CITY — The Forest City Owls out-hit the expansion Marlins of Morehead City, 9 to 7, but fell short in the column that counts falling 5-2 Friday. The loss snaps a four-game winning streak for the Owls, who host the CPL All Star game on Tuesday. The Owls have won nine of their last 13 games.
The Morehead City Marlins jumped to an early 1-0 lead in the first. But in a theme that quickly developed, Forest City stranded base runners in each of their first three at-bats — leaving four stranded over that span. On the mound, Owls pitcher Kyle Putnum surrendered just
two hits in the first four innings of play. Morehead City added to their lead by putting up three runs in the fifth and a single run in the fifth to go up, 5-0. The Owls put a pair runners on in each of those frames, but failed to come up with the big hit, trailing 5-0 after six innings of play. The score stayed at 5-0, thanks to Will Skinner’s nice running catch in the right field corner to retire the Marlins in the seventh. Forest City again looked to have something going in the bottom half as they loaded the bases with no outs. After Danny Canela picked up the Owls first RBI on a single, Skinner hit a towering sacrifice fly to the
Heels’ Henson wants to be hefty
CHAPEL HILL (AP) — John Henson is battling his weight. The lean 6-foot-10 North Carolina forward is desperately trying to bulk up. As one of only two returning Tar Heel big men, he’ll need to be able to throw his weight around next season — instead of being thrown around like he was at times last year. So, Henson tries to eat six to seven meals a day and spends four days a week in the weight room with team strength and conditioning coach Jonas Sahratian. It’s working. Henson is up to about 210 pounds after arriving at Chapel Hill weighing 183. But it’s a fight every step of the way. “He’s been the one guy I’ve probably sat up the most at night, pulling my hair out and probably giving me more gray hair, going, ’OK, What do I have to do with him?”’ Sahratian said. “Because, he is, he’s kind of like a wet noodle. ... He’s got
the most minuscule joints you’ve ever seen. His waist is like a wasp’s waist. Most girls would kill for it. “It’s getting better. It’s been a rough road. He’s been probably the most difficult guy I’ve ever had to train.” Henson spent his freshman year getting tossed around by bigger players in the paint — sometimes knocked to the floor, other times merely knocked off balance enough to miss a shot. He averaged 5.7 points and 4.4 rebounds in about 16 minutes a game, though he improved late in the season as the Tar Heels salvaged some pride in an otherwise miserable season with a run to the NIT championship game. He feels stronger now, at least, as he plays pickup games with alumni or in a summer league circuit in nearby Durham with incoming freshmen Harrison Barnes and Reggie Bullock.
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with a 63 on Thursday. Not in these conditions. The 21-year-old from Northern Ireland bogeyed four out of five holes on the front side and made the turn with a 4-over 40, leaving him seven strokes behind Oosthuizen (WUHST’-hy-zen). Mark Calcavecchia, trying to strike another blow for the senior circuit, was closest to Oosthuizen among those in the clubhouse. The 50-year-old American shot a 67 that left him at 137, with Lee Westwood and Paul Casey another shot behind. Woods was just trying to hold on in wind that was gusting more than 30 mph even after play resumed. He bogeyed the first two holes, but a fortunate break at the par-5 fifth helped him pick up his first birdie of the day. His second shot was sailing right, toward the treacherous rough, but the ball struck a golf cart loaded with television equipment and stopped in the short grass. Woods was able to get up and down from there, leaving him 4 under for the tournament as he approached the midway point of his round. The weather made it a typical British Open roller-coaster of a day. The early starters found blue skies when they arrived, but heavy rains rolled in shortly after the start of the round. The sun peeked through the clouds again, then more showers struck just before noon. The players, it seemed, spent as much time reaching for their umbrellas and rain gear as they did for their clubs. “I got up this morning and it wasn’t looking real pretty at 4:30,” said Calcavecchia, who played in the first group. “It was actually beautiful when we teed
off. Then we saw a little bit of everything.” Oosthuizen wasn’t worried about any of that, and he was already done when the wind started to blow around lunchtime. “I’m very confident with the way I’m playing,” he said. “It’s probably the position anyone wants to be in playing a major on the weekend, and I think it’s what we work to achieve, and I’m just very happy with the two rounds I put together.” There was nothing to indicate he might contend at golf’s oldest major championship. He missed the cut this year at the Masters and the U.S. Open, and did the same at last week’s Scottish Open. This is only the second time he’ll make the cut in nine major appearances. The other time, at the 2008 PGA Championship at Oakland Hills, he finished last among those playing on the weekend. But he did claim his first win on the European Tour this year, earning a spot at Augusta National. With the wind at his back, Oosthuizen went with shorter clubs off the tee to keep the dreaded pot bunkers out of play. He got a bit wild on the back nine, starting out birdie-bogeybirdie-bogey-birdie before he settled down with a couple of pars and a 15-foot birdie at the final hole to leave him with a good feeling going to a weekend that will be like none he’s ever experienced before. Oosthuizen strung together three birdies in a row beginning at the par-5 fifth, where a driver and a 4-iron left him with a chip that he left 5 feet from the flag. Maybe if he’s walking up the 18th fairway with the claret jug in his grasp come Sunday, someone will break out the vuvuzelas, those South African
horns that made the World Cup sound as though it was under attack from swarming bees. Until then, he said, leave ’em at home. “On the golf course? No, not on the golf course,” Oosthuizen said. Westwood gave no indication that he’s bothered by a ruptured muscle in his right calf. The world’s No. 3 player, generally recognized as the best player without a major title, followed an opening 67 with a solid 71. Casey managed a 69 despite a triple-bogey at No. 17, the famed “Road Hole.” A drive into the thick rough left of the fairway led to big trouble; even aiming sideways, he needed two whacks to get out, then he came up short on the approach and two putted for a 7. Calcavecchia? Nothing new about a senior holding lofty status at this event. The American will try to finish what was started by 53-yearold Greg Norman (the 54-hole leader in 2008) and 59-year-old Tom Watson (who had a potential winning putt on the 72nd hole last year). Both came up short of becoming the oldest major champion in golf history, a title that still belongs to Julius Boros, who was 48 when he captured the 1968 PGA. Woods, trying to win his third straight Open at St. Andrews, opened with a 67 and hit a couple of shots before the suspension. Play was halted as he prepared to putt out for par. He returned more than an hour later — and missed. Mickelson, who made only one birdie in his opening round of 73, went out with hopes of getting back into the mix — or at least to avoid going home. He didn’t make much of a charge, finishing with a 71, but that was likely to be good enough to at least get him to the weekend.
Rutherfordton Heads To Crestview
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Rutherfordton Senior League softball All-Stars won the District 1 title and will play at Crestview Park in the state tournament. Rutherfordton is: Shelby Smith (front, l to r), Brandy Whitener, Makayla Crain, Shannon Kennedy, Ciera Stott, Katie Carpenter, Adrienne Alexander; Khadedra Hines (back, l to r), Head Coach OJ Gary, Klinnin Carson, Morgan Hill, Asst Coach Mark Carpenter, and Harley Pintuff.
Forest City Heads To State
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Orlando Magic guard J.J. Redick, right, drives past Charlotte Bobcats guard Larry Hughes in Orlando, Fla., in this April 21, 2010, file photo.
Magic match Bulls’ offer sheet for Redick ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The only place J.J. Redick is heading is to the bank. In a move that highlights his remarkable NBA turnaround, the same Orlando Magic team that once benched Redick, shelled out $19 million Friday to retain the shooting guard. They matched a three-year offer sheet that the Chicago Bulls made for Redick last week that could cost Orlando much more. The decision drives the Magic deeper into the luxury tax and gives them one of the NBA’s highest payrolls at about $93 million next season. The move keeps Orlando’s roster mostly intact as the Magic hope continuity will overcome Miami’s AllStar trio and Boston’s Big Three in the Eastern Conference. “When it came down to it, when we’re talking about what we’re trying to do here, it came down for me to pedigree, DNA, things that most people don’t think about,” Orlando general manager Otis Smith said. “It was less about the money for me, being the basketball guy, and more about keeping a guy around that we’ve had in our organization for the past four years.” The decision was ultimately made by ownership. Because Redick was a restricted free agent, Orlando had seven days to match the contract. Billionaire owner Rich DeVos and team president Bob Vander Weide took all seven days to make the move that nearly doubles Redick’s salary from last season. Teams have to pay a dollar for every dollar they are over the luxury tax, which the league set at $70.3 million for next season. The tax hit is based on the roster at the end of the season, meaning it’s likely the Magic could make trades before then to lessen the financial burden. Orlando should find relief in a new downtown arena that opens this year and creates new revenue streams. Smith also believes a roster that remains one of the deepest in the league is attractive for potential moves and doesn’t mortgage the Magic’s future. “The fact that we have players that other teams want makes you pretty flexible,” Smith said. “Is it possible to give out contracts and move a little bit less money? Sure. My thing is you don’t want to take a step back with talent.” At the very least, keeping Redick assures that. The former Duke standout was the 11th overall pick in the 2006 draft. He struggled early in his NBA career but has become a significant contributor for the Magic. So much so that Smith decided that Redick and recently signed small forward Quentin Richardson had more value than Matt Barnes, who became a free agent after one season with Orlando. Smith said he never offered Barnes a deal and all but ruled out the small forward returning next season. “It really came down to out of those three, which of the two do we bring in?” Smith said. “We like what Matt brought to the table, but sometimes you have to make decisions that’s best for your club long-term.”
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Bank earnings, consumer fear chill investors
NEW YORK (AP) — Investors are finding disappointment everywhere and taking out their frustration on stocks. Stocks slumped Friday after banks’ second-quarter earnings fell short of expectations and a new survey found that consumers are becoming more pessimistic. The Dow Jones industrial average lost 261 points, and all the major market indexes dropped more than 2.5 percent. Interest rates fell in the Treasury market as investors once again sought the safety of government securities. The market fell at the opening after Citigroup Inc. and Bank of America Corp. released earnings. The two banks, like JPMorgan Chase & Co. a day earlier, reported higher earnings as losses from failed loans fell. But they are also seeing lower trading revenue because of the stock market’s plunge this spring. The drop in revenue raised questions about how banks will be able to make big profits if trading is curtailed by new federal regulations. Stocks fell further after a twice-monthly survey from the University of Michigan and Reuters found that consumers’ gloom is increasing. An index of consumer sentiment compiled from the survey fell to 66.5 in early July from 76. That was a bigger drop than expected.
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In this March 3 file photo, a woman shops for beach towels at Century 21 department store, in New York. Consumer prices fell for the third straight month, providing some bargains to American shoppers. Associated Press
Consumer prices down again
WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumer prices fell for the third straight month, offering some bargains to American shoppers. The Consumer Price Index, the government’s most closely watch inflation barometer, dipped 0.1 percent in June, the Labor Department reported Friday. Less expensive energy bills were a big factor behind the drop. The unexpectedly low reading on consumer con- Prices for some food items, airfidence “spooks people and reinforces fears that lines fares, computers, telephone the economy is slowing too much too fast,” said service and personal care prodScott Marcouiller, chief technical market strateucts also fell last month. gist at Wells Fargo Advisors. So-called “core” consumer Typically low summer volume Friday intensiprices, which strip out volatile fied the market’s losses. But the market was also energy and food, rose 0.2 perfollowing its pattern of recent months, when big cent in June. That means core advances have been quickly eroded or erased when prices rose only 0.9 percent over investors’ newfound optimism was wiped out by the past year. That’s below the signs that the economic recovery wasn’t going to Fed’s inflation target and has be as smooth or fast as hoped. core prices holding at a 44-year According to preliminary calculations, the low. Dow fell 261.41, or 2.5 percent, to 10,097.90. The Companies are wary of jackStandard & Poor’s 500 index fell 31.60, or 2.9 per- ing up prices because consumers cent, to 1,064.88. The Nasdaq composite index fell have cut their spending for two 70.03, or 3.1 percent, to 2,179.05. straight months. For the week, the Dow is down 1 percent, the A more pessimistic mood S&P 500 is down 1.2 percent, and the Nasdaq is among American shoppers down 0.8 percent. was reinforced Friday with About four stocks fell for every one that rose the release of a twice-monthly on the New York Stock Exchange, where volume survey from the University of came to 1.5 billion shares. Michigan and Reuters. An index of consumer sentiment compiled Bond prices rose in what’s known as a flight to from the survey fell to 66.5 in safety. That sent their yields lower. The yield on early July from 76. the benchmark 10-year Treasury note, which helps “Confidence remains unusually set interest rates on mortgages and other kinds of weak and that the slowdown in loans, fell to 2.93 percent from 3.00 percent late the economic recovery that we Thursday. always expected has begun,”
said Paul Dales at Capital Economics. The recent stretch of falling prices, both at the consumer and producer level, has stirred talked about deflation. It’s a widespread and prolonged drop not only in the prices of goods at stores but also real estate, stocks and wages. America’s last serious case of deflation was during the Great Depression of the 1930s. Most economists don’t believe deflation will happen, although some Fed officials have recently raised such concerns. “Inflation is essentially a non issue right now, and that’s good news for consumers who feel stretched and uncertain. There are some bargains to be had,” said economist Joel Naroff of Naroff Economic Advisors. “Once consumers get more confident and are willing to spend again, they will see that stores are filled with goods at prices they like.” With inflation largely nonexistent, workers have a little more buying power. Average hourly earnings adjusted for inflation rose 0.6 percent for the 12 months ended June. That was an improvement from the 0.1 percent annual decline reported in May. Economists were predicting overall consumer prices would be flat in June and that core
prices would rise 0.1 percent. Because inflation isn’t a problem for the economy, the Federal Reserve has leeway to keep a key interest rate at a record low near zero. Energy prices fell 2.9 percent in June for the second straight month. Global oil prices have been falling amid fears that the European debt crisis will hurt growth on the continent and possibly slow the global recovery. Overall food prices were flat in June. However, prices fell for cereals and baked goods, fruits and vegetables and nonalcoholic beverages, providing some bargains for grocery shoppers. Last month prices for airline fares dropped 0.6 percent, the most since February. Prices for housing dipped 0.1 percent. Prices for personal computers declined 0.4 percent. Phone service prices dipped 0.1 percent and personal care products declined 0.2 percent. However, consumers did feel the pinch in their pocketbooks elsewhere. Prices for medical care, which continue to outpace overall inflation, rose 0.3 percent. And education costs rose 0.4 percent. Clothing prices increased 0.8 percent, the most since February 2009, but these prices are down 0.4 percent over the past 12 months.
BoA reports $2.78B profit in second quarter NEW YORK (AP) — Bank of America said Friday its second-quarter net income rose 15 percent to $2.78 billion as improvements in the company’s consumer loan businesses made up for a drop in trading revenue. The bank’s results beat expectations and provided further evidence that losses from failed loans at the nation’s big banks may have peaked in the first half of 2010. Bank of America says it reserves to cover losses from loans fell 17 percent
from the first quarter of this year and 39 percent from a year ago. Citigroup Inc. on Friday and JPMorgan Chase & Co. on Thursday also reported improvements in their consumer loan businesses. In a statement, Bank of America chief executive Brian Moynihan said the company’s “credit quality improved even faster than we expected.” Bank CEOs have been cautious throughout the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis when
reporting progess in their loan businesses. Economists and investors are looking to those loan loss levels as an indicator of how well the economic recovery is faring. Bank of America’s secondquarter net income, which reflected the payment of dividends on preferred stock, amounted to 27 cents per share. A year ago, the bank earned $2.42 billion, or 33 cents per share. Analysts expected profit of 22 cents per share in the most recent quarter, according to
Thomson Reuters. Revenue totaled nearly $30 billion in the quarter, down 11 percent from a year ago. Despite the higher profit, investors took a dim view of the company’s results. Bank of America’s stock fell $1.16, or 7.54 percent, to $14.23. One concern for investors: how banks will make money going forward amid lower trading profits, weak loan demand and tighter federal oversight following the passage of the sweeping financial overhaul legislation.
Revenue in the company’s trading business, which includes the Merrill Lynch operation, fell 42 percent from a year ago to $6 billion because of the steep dive the stock market took during the spring. Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase reported a similar slump in trading income. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index, considered the best measure of how stocks have fared, fell 11.9 percent from April through June, its worst showing since the financial
The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Saturday, July 17, 2010 — 5B SHOE by Chris Cassat and Gary Brookins
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Boss woman wants peace at home Dear Abby: This summer, my boyfriend and I will be working together. I will be his boss. I want to maintain a professional environment while still keeping peace in the relationship. My boyfriend can be sensitive sometimes, so do you have any tips to help me separate my work life from my love life? — Stage Manager Dear Stage Manager: Yup. Before you start working with your boyfriend, establish ground rules in advance. He needs to understand that he won’t be treated any differently than the rest of the cast and crew members because of your personal relationship, and to protect your job there must be no suggestion of favoritism. For you to allow that to happen, or for him to expect special treatment, would be unprofessional and could negatively affect the production. Dear Abby: I was my best friend “Chanel’s” maid of honor. I received her beautiful engraved invitation in the mail, but never sent back my RSVP, assuming that because I was maid of honor, had purchased my plane ticket, reserved a hotel room (which the bride and I were sharing the night before the wedding) and had already bought my dress, it was “understood” that I was coming.
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The bride and I had already discussed my special meal for the reception because I am a vegetarian. During the reception, Chanel’s mother informed me that “in the future I needed to RSVP when invited to a function.” Abby, as a member of the wedding party I honestly didn’t think I needed to. Are the members of the wedding party expected to RSVP? Was I in the wrong, or did her mother use this as a way to express her dislike of me? I have never considered her someone who was a stickler regarding etiquette. — Perplexed Dear Perplexed: Technically, when one receives an RSVP card with an invitation, the recipient should immediately return it with an acceptance or regrets. However, in your case, common sense should have allowed the bride’s mother to conclude that you would be there — for all of the reasons you mentioned — unless Chanel and her mother weren’t communicating.
Trade osteoporosis for diabetes? Dear Dr. Gott: I’m an 83-yearold female. I take a weekly 70 milligrams alendronate sodium tablet for osteoporosis, 50 milligrams of blood-pressure medicine and 20 milligrams of a cholesterol medication. My doctor also has me on 600 milligrams calcium plus vitamin D two times a day to help build strong bones. My blood sugar since before I started taking alendronate was 108. Now it has jumped to 115. Do you think the medicine is the cause? I’m not too fond of that 70 milligrams sodium, and I don’t want to take it anymore. I figure it’s my body, and I say no. Dear Reader: The medication you have been prescribed (Fosamax) and the calcium with D supplement are both in the proper dosage to combat osteoporosis. One inactive ingredient in the product is lactose, a sugar commonly found in milk that is used as
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a diuretic in some medications. I am uncertain exactly how much lactose is in alendronate but herein could be your problem. I read about one individual who was part of a 2009 study involving almost 50,000 men and women who indicated his or her sugar level rose 10 points and continued to rise while on alendronate. There was no further documentation or comment so I can only pass the information on to you. Beyond that observation, I have been unable to find any documented test studies that confirm elevated sugar levels in people who have been prescribed the medication.
IN THE STARS Your Birthday, July 17; In the year ahead, share with others what they help you acquire. CANCER (June 21-July 22) - Those with whom you spend your day will follow the example the majority sets. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) - Rest your muscles if you can, and do something you do well. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) - Its OK if you get involved on a social level with a friend. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) - You’re likely to be quite effective in delegating assignments. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) - Don’t make a person whom you know is in need of help come to you, hat in hand. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) - Others looking for your shortcomings can be avoided. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) - Discussing your ambitious intentions with others should be avoided. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) - Do more listening than talking. PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) - Take it upon yourself to do what you can when you can. ARIES (March 21-April 19) - Relax and don’t take yourself or life too seriously. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) - Make an effort to do something outside. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) - Partake in something like golf or tennis with your friends.
6B — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Saturday, July 17, 2010
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U.S. couple get prison terms for spying for Cuba
WASHINGTON (AP) — The 73-year-old great grandson of Alexander Graham Bell was sentenced Friday to life in prison without parole for quietly spying for Cuba for nearly a third of a century from inside the State Department. His wife was sentenced to 5 1/2 years. Retired intelligence analyst Kendall Myers said he meant his country no harm and stole secrets only to help Cuba’s people who “have good reason to feel threatened” by U.S. intentions of ousting the communist Castro government. But U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton said Myers and his 72-year-old wife, Gwendolyn, had betrayed America and should receive heavy punishment. “You never know what the effect will be” from stealing classified information, said the judge. Someone “could be killed.” Justice Department prosecutor Michael Harvey said
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the couple received medals from Cuban intelligence and were flown to the island nation for a visit with Fidel Castro in 1995. They pleaded guilty last November. The couple’s overriding objective was to help the Cuban people defend their revolution, Myers told Walton. He said that he and his wife tried to accurately report what U.S. policy was toward Cuba, to warn Cuba and to try to assess the nature of any threat. “At the expense of the United States,” Walton interjected. In a sentencing memo to the judge, prosecutors said Myers, a descendant of Bell, the inventor of the first practical telephone, was a child of wealth and privilege, attended a private boarding school in Pennsylvania and Brown University and obtained a doctorate from Johns Hopkins University. “Kendall Myers could have been anything he wanted to
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Administrator of the estate of INA ELNORA ARROWOOD HARDIN of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said INA ELNORA ARROWOOD HARDIN to present them to the undersigned on or before the 10th day of October, 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 10th day of July, 2010. Joe Lewis Hardin Jr., Administrator 151 Square Hardin Rd. Rutherfordton, NC 28139
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be,” they wrote. “He chose to be a Cuban spy.” According to prosecutors, Myers, who began teaching at the State Department’s Foreign Service Institute in 1978, was contacted by the Cuban intelligence service to be a covert agent, and he recruited Gwendolyn in 1979. The couple married three years later. The Cubans referred to him as Agent 202, his wife as Agent E-634. Myers rose to director of European studies at the Institute, and then in the eight years before he retired in 2007 he was a senior intelligence analyst at State’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research. Prosecutor Harvey said Kendall Myers had daily access to classified information and pursued government colleagues for more. Court documents described the couple’s spycraft changing with the times, beginning with code messages
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over a short-wave radio and shopping carts exchanged in a grocery. By the time they retired from the work in 2007, they were said to be sending encrypted e-mails from Internet cafes. At the same time, they were enjoying the fruits of living in the United States, spending inherited wealth on a yacht, said Harvey. One of the couple’s lawyers, Tom Green, said the two lived a very modest lifestyle. Divergent views of loyalty and country dominated the hourlong sentencing hearing. “The United States is not a perfect nation,” Walton said, noting that he has ancestors who were born into slavery. The judge told Myers that “neither is Cuba perfect.” It is “not a beacon of liberty.” If they felt so strongly, he told the couple, “you should have defected” to Cuba. Prosecutors had written that Mrs. Myers could have faced 10 years in prison under federal sentencing
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Nation/world World Today Sunni group claims Iran bomb
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A Sunni insurgent group said it carried out a double suicide bombing against a Shiite mosque in southeast Iran to avenge the execution of its leader, as Iranian authorities Friday said the death toll rose to 27 people, including members of the elite Revolutionary Guard. The insurgent group, Jundallah, has repeatedly succeeded in carrying out deadly strikes on the Guard, the country’s most powerful military force — including an October suicide bombing that killed more than 40 people. The new attack was a sign that the group is still able to carry out devastating bombings even after Iran hanged its leader Abdulmalik Rigi and his brother earlier this year.
North Iraq hotel fire kills 28
BAGHDAD (AP) — A fire in a five-story hotel in northern Iraq killed 28 people, half of them foreigners, in a harrowing blaze that forced several victims to jump to their deaths to escape a building without fire escapes, officials and witnesses said Friday. The fire in the Kurdish city of Sulaimaniyah began late Thursday night in the Soma Hotel and was sparked by an electrical short, said chief of police Brig. Gen. Najim-al-Din Qadir. Four women and four children were among the dead, he added. At least 14 of the victims were foreigners, Qadir said. Work and investment opportunities have led many foreigners to flock to Iraq’s Kurdish oil-rich north, a region where the thriving economy contrasts sharply with other parts of a country ravaged by sectarian violence unleashed by the 2003 U.S.-led invasion.
Baby mammoth on display
PARIS (AP) — After tens of thousands of years under the Siberian frost, a baby woolly mammoth is taking a summer vacation in southeast France. Baby Khroma, one of the oldest intact mammoths ever found, went on display in a French museum Friday — after it underwent special tests to ensure it was no longer bearing the anthrax believed to have killed it.
Khroma is on display at the Musee Crozatier in Puy-en-Velay in a special cryogenic chamber kept at -18 degrees C (-0.40 Fahrenheit). The 80-centimeter-high, 1.6-meter-long (1-foot-high, 5-foot-long) prehistoric guest may be the oldest baby mammoth ever discovered. Carbon dating methods failed to determine its age, suggesting it is more than 50,000 years old, said French researchers.
In this photo provided by China’s Xinhua News Agency, firemen rescue stranded workers at an expressway construction site in Yichang, China’s Hubei Province, Friday. Floods hit the area and caused casualties after a heavy rainfall on late Thursday. Meanwhile, other parts of the country braced for Typhoon Conson. Associated Press
Thousands evacuate as storm hits BEIJING (AP) — A typhoon that left a trail of destruction and deaths in the Philippines hit southern China late Friday as emergency workers prepared for torrential rains and lashing winds, flights and ferries were canceled and tens of thousands of residents were evacuated. Typhoon Conson had weakened to a tropical storm after blowing out of the Philippines, where 39 people were dead and the number of missing climbed to 84. But it restrengthened to a typhoon with winds of up to 78 miles per hour (126 kilometers per hour) and hit the city of Sanya on Hainan island at 7:50 p.m. local time Friday, China’s National Meteorological Center said. The center’s website provided no other details. Xinhua News Agency reported one death from the storm later Friday: a motorcyclist who was struck by a falling billboard. Heavy rain fell on Hainan as the typhoon approached and conditions were dark and windy, said a receptionist who answered the phone at the Mandarin Oriental in the city of Sanya. Authorities dispatched relief workers in preparation for the storm and ordered thousands
of boats to dock. More than 150 passengers were stranded at a port after ferry services were suspended, Xinhua said. Twenty-eight flights were also canceled. In addition to Hainan, parts of Guangdong province and neighboring Guangxi region will see torrential rains over the next 24 hours as Conson moves toward the northwest at 9 to 13 mph (15 to 20 kph). Nearly 40,000 people in Hainan and more than 20,000 people in Guangdong were evacuated from areas in the projected path of the typhoon, Xinhua said. The storm should continue its northwest path inland over the weekend, heading toward southwest China and northern Vietnam. Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung urged authorities in 23 northern and central provinces on Friday to ban ships and fishing trawlers from sailing. He also ordered local governments to evacuate people from high-risk areas and to advise others to stockpile food and medicine. Philippine President Benigno Aquino III, in a nationally televised emergency meeting, scolded the weather bureau for
failing to predict that Conson would hit Manila, which left government agencies unprepared for the onslaught. At least 39 people died in the Philippines, including 14 fishermen whose bodies were recovered by the navy, coast guard and policemen in Bataan province, west of Manila, on Thursday. Nine died when a wayward oil barge slammed into their boats, which were moored near Mariveles town, the coast guard said. Five others were found at sea off Bataan, where their boats sank. The number of missing soared as emergency crews restored electricity and fixed communication problems between Manila and nearby provinces on Luzon island, the national disaster agency said. Many parts of China have been pounded by storms this summer, though areas expected to be hit by Conson had not been seriously affected so far. Flooding and subsequent landslides in communities along the Yangtze River and other scattered parts of China have killed 135 people so far this month, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said. Direct economic losses in July reached 26 billion yuan ($3.8 billion).
Clooney testifies in Italian court MILAN (AP) — It’s no wonder the Italian businessmen claimed George Clooney was behind their fashion line — the actor knows how to wow an audience whether he’s on the red carpet or the witness stand. Maintaining his trademark aura of cool, Clooney delivered a few wisecracks Friday as he testified against three defendants accused of co-opting his name. The appearance of the star, who maintains a villa on nearby Lake Como but is rarely seen here in pub-
lic, sent the normally staid courthouse into full celebrity tilt. Clooney had to push his way through a wall of cameras into the courtroom, saying “scusa, scusa,” — “Excuse me” in Italian — and warning “Don’t crush my lawyers.” He testified that photos which purported to show him with two of the defendants were doctored and signatures on documents were also forged. Only one defendant — Vincenzo Cannalire — attended the trial.
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