daily courier july 31 2010

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Saturday, July 31, 2010, Forest City, N.C.

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Rising kindergarten students at Forrest Hunt Elementary took part in kindergarten camp this week to help prepare them for the upcoming school year. It was the first time the school has hosted the camp and it is one Principal Brad Richardson says will be held in years to come.

During camp students learned school rules and had fun playing outside.

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Kindergarten camp gives kids a head start

By ALLISON FLYNN Daily Courier Lifestyles Editor

FOREST CITY — Starting their mornings this week with campfire songs and time to run and climb outside, about 50 rising kindergarteners got a taste of what it will be like to go to “big school” this fall.

Forrest Hunt Elementary offered kindergarten camp for the first time this year, with the goal of helping alleviate children’s fears of starting school in mind.

“A lot of kids come in the first week of school and have a tough time,” said Principal Brad Richardson.

“Some have never been to preschool or away from mom before, and it’s hard on them. We’re doing this to try and reduce some of that separation anxiety.”

Some of the students walked right in and began playing with puzzles and other games, while others had to give mom or dad one last hug before parting for a few hours. The weeklong camp was offered from 8:30 to 11:30 each morning. During camp, students got familiarized not only with the building, but with their teachers and peers, learned rules and expectations for behavior and practiced some of the basic academic

‘We basically run them through an abbreviated school day. It’s been a kick start to kindergarten.’

Louanne McDaniel, kindergarten teacher skills they’ll learn this year.

“We basically run them through an abbreviated school day,” said kindergarten teacher Louanne McDaniel.

“It’s been a kick start to kindergarten.”

“OK, let’s talk about what STAR means,” said Jill Price, who also teaches kindergarten. As she explained the meaning of each letter — safety, trustworthy, accountable and respectful — students repeated the words.

“We’re getting ready to go into the hall, and we need to remember we are STAR students,” she said.

Price said the week gave teachers a chance to get to know the students before the school year, making students less apprehensive the first day.

“And when they come in that first

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By LARRY DALE Daily Courier Staff Writer

RUTHERFORDTON — Countyrun License Plate Agency offices are convenient for residents, but they may not be money-makers for counties.

The state Division of Motor Vehicles closed the Forest City LPA on July 9 after five people were charged with offenses related to entering false information into the DMV database and forging doctors’ signatures to issue handicapped placards. Since then, there has been talk about a government entity in the county making a bid to open a new office.

Eight counties in North Carolina run tag offices, as do six municipalities and four Chambers of Commerce.

But a preliminary examination by Rutherford County indicates that from a financial standpoint, a tag office run by the county might be,

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Noah Matthews climbed to the top of a piece of playground equipment during camp Friday. Students got to take advantage of the outdoors and also had fun indoor activities, like a bear hunt that led them to the school’s cafeteria where Teddy Grahams were availPlease see Camp, Page 6 able for snack.

Projects for Daniel Road move forward in budget

By SCOTT BAUGHMAN

at best, a break-even situation.

“I had a couple of Condrey people who asked if the county would look at that situation,” County Manager John Condrey said Friday. “And I talked to our tax administrator, Kep Kepley, and our finance officer, Julie Scherer, and there are eight counties in North Carolina that run tag agencies.

“We talked to four of them. And the four we talked to said that it appeared to work well for the citizens in the county, in the fact that everything was in one spot. If taxes were owed on their vehicle, it could be taken care of at that one place.

“But those four counties also said, ‘We are either breaking even to losing money.’ It was not something they were making money doing.”

For that reason, it appears

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RUTHERFORDTON — Several projects for the proposed Daniel Road Complex are moving forward in the Rutherford County budget for 2011-12.

Among those approved for construction documents and the bidding process were the Community Pet Center, phase one of the farmer’s market and phase one of the livestock arena. The pet center planning will cost about $30,400, the farmer’s market planning about $48,500, and the livestock arena planning about $66,000.

Also in the budget was an approval for $1.1 million in Daniel Road site development.

“This would provide the grading for the animal shelter, livestock arena and farmer’s market and prepare sites for up to three lots ready for sale and commercial development,” County Manager John Condrey said. “The value of these lots has been estimated in the $1 to $2 million range.”

Odom Engineering gave the county the grading estimate, but Condrey noted that owner David Odom said the bids could be as much as $300,000 less.

“The project would also build a curb and gutter road from U.S. 74 to Daniel Road,” Condrey said.

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Church News VBS

The following churches have announced Vacation Bible School: Spindale United Methodist Church, “Kid’s Bible Day Camp,” July 31, 9 a.m. to noon; for children in kindergarten through fifth grades; activities, crafts, fellowship, story and snack.

Plainview Baptist Church, VBS, Aug. 2-4, 6:30 to 8:15 nightly; for more information, call 286-2202.

Caroleen Baptist Church, “Son Harvest County Fair,” Aug. 4-6; for ages 4 through 12; registration at 5 p.m.

Aug. 4 with classes from 6 to 8:30 nightly.

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.

p.m., Mount Vernon Baptist Church; featuring Gaither Homecoming’s Ann Downing; love offering will be received; www.mountvernonbaptistchurch.org.

7 nightly, Ross Hill Baptist Church; guest speaker John Parker; special singing nightly.

Main Street Baptist announces Monday worship services

Women’s Main Street Baptist Church in Aug. 16 – Dr. Rit Varriale, pastor Community Spindale is moving its Sunday of Elizabeth Baptist Church, Shelby Conference: Aug. night worship service to Monday Aug. 23 – the Rev. Tony Hall, 4-7, 7 nightly, Doggett nights for the month of August. pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church, AME Zion Special services Grove Pastors from surrounding counHendersonville Church; Wednesday ties have been invited to come and Aug. 30 – the Rev. Chip Sloan, Homecoming: Aug. 1, speaker, the Rev. speak. pastor of First Baptist Church, 11 a.m., Gilboa United Mildred Twitty, The worship schedule is: Kings Mountain Methodist Church; Thursday speaker, Aug. 2 – the Rev. Brian Services begin at 6:30 each night. worship service folthe rev. Angel West, Henderson, pastor of Etowah Main Street Baptist is located at lowed by a fellowship Friday speaker, the Baptist, Hendersonville 329 E. Main St. For directions or meal at Gilkey United Rev. Carolyn Bratton; Aug. 9 – Dr. Tracy Jessup, caminformation, call 286-2291 or visit Methodist Churh’s felSaturday from 9 a.m. to pus minister at Gardner-Webb www.mainstreetbaptist.com. lowship hall, beginning noon panel discussion University at approximately 12:30 for women and young p.m. girls ages 12 and older, lunch served from noon by the church and group is for anyone who Homecoming: 11 to 2 p.m.; youth service Forest City; breakfast biscuits, $1.

Rutherford Hospital needs to talk about any a.m., Aug. 1, Brittain from 2 p.m. until; regisHealth Ministry issues.

Presbyterian Church; tration fee $10.

Fish fry: July 31, 10 Program; screenings “The Way Home”: A the Rev. Carter Blaisell a.m., parking lot across and health education support group for anywill deliver the message Revival: Aug. 8, 6 from Hunnicutt Ford; include vision, hearone recovering from and lunch will follow p.m., Aug. 9-11, 7 p.m., ing, dental, healthy an addiction; meetings the services.

Mount Pleasant Baptist fundraiser to benefit youth at Wheat’s Creek snacks, child identificaare held each Monday Church, Golden Valley; Baptist Church. tion, child safety and at noon, in the baseChurch anniverguest speaker Preacher Safe Kids; puppet show, ment of Harvest House sary: Aug. 1, 2:30 p.m., Robert Hensley of Yard and bake sale: clowns, Dr. Ted E. Bear, Church, Big Springs Wells Spring United Sandy Level Church in July 31, 6 a.m. until, music and 50 free backAve., Forest City; call Methodist Church; Bostic. old K-mart parking lot; packs.

For more inforSheila at 828-447-1880 revival Monday, Aug. car wash at Father’s mation, call 286-5509 for more information.

Aug. 4, Back-to-school rally: Music/concerts 2-Wednesday, Vineyard from 8 a.m. to or 286-5377.

6:30 nightly.

10 a.m., Piney Ridge noon.

“Celebrate Gospel singing: CME Church, Union Tickets are on sale Recovery” is a weekly Aug. 1, 2 p.m., Village Appreciation serMills; school supplies Car wash: July 31, for the gospel play Christ-centered proChapel Curch; featurvice for the Rev. and will be given out.

7:30 a.m., Hardee’s in “After the Pain” by gram that meets every ing The Hamptoms of Mrs. Earl Staley: Aug. Rutherfordton; sponPamela Harrison, to Friday from 6:30 to 9 Blacksburg, S.C. 1, 4 p.m., Zion Hill Homecoming: Aug. sored by Angel Divine be presented Sept.

3 at p.m., at Cornerstone AME Zion Church; 22, Sunday School, 9 Fellowship Church, Gospel singing: Aug. guest speaker the Rev. a.m., morning worship, Faith Church; cars, $5, The Foundation; spontrucks, $10. sored by the Carver 1186 Hudlow Rd., 1, 7 p.m., Riverside Carolyn Bratton; reviv- 10 a.m., West Point Alumni Association; Forest City. The group Baptist Church, Harris; al will be held Aug. 2-6 Baptist Church; covered Churchwide yard see an alumni member is open to anyone who featuring Chapel Grove at 7 nightly with the dish meal and time of sale: Aug. 14, 8 a.m. to for tickets or call The wishes to find healing Quartet of Gastonia.

Rev. Johnny Sanford as fellowship will follow; 2 p.m., Temple of Jesus Foundation box office no matter what you’re speaker.

Kelly Murphy will share Church, Lake Lure; at 286-9990. going through. For Gospel concert: through testimony and variety of items. more information call Aug. 8, 6 p.m., Corinth Special worship: music following the Youth night: Fridays 245-3639.

Baptist Church, Aug. 1, 11 a.m., Webb meal. at 6 p.m. at East Ellenboro; featuring First Baptist Church; Rutherford Church of The Ruppe Sisters; a guest speaker is Other God. love offering will be Richard Hooker, speakSoup Kitchens Healthy Kids Day: Fundraisers received; for informaing on “Where are the Community July 31, 10 a.m. to 2 NA/AA meetings: tion, call 248-3559.

Yard sale and car fathers?”

Outreach: “Give By p.m., Kistler’s Chapel Every Monday at 7 p.m., wash: 7 a.m. to 2 p.m., Faith Ministries” of United Methodist at New Life Christian Concert: Aug. 29, 6 First Wesleyan Church, Revival: Aug. 2-6, Piney Mountain Baptist Church; sponsored Fellowship Church Church provides a soup of God, 601 E. Main kitchen, clothes closet St., Spindale; contact and food pantry to James Keeter at 2474681 for more informa- those in need the second Saturday of each tion. month from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Women’s Community Bible Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from Samaritan Study, “Living Life Breakfast: Thursdays with Purpose:” For you, with all malice, and be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one from 6 to 8 a.m., at eight weeks, beginanother, as God in Christ forgave you.

St. Francis Episcopal ning July 15, from 7 to Church, 395 N. Main 8 p.m., Abundant Life R.S.V. Ephesians 4.31-32 St., Rutherfordton.

CWC; class is free.

Carry-out breakfast bags.

Children’s Bible study: Wednesdays One of the worst manifestations of our human tendency to be acquisitive are the St. Paul AME Zion at 7 p.m. at Johnson habits we have of storing up wrongs, hoarding them away, and savoring the bitterChurch, Forest City, Memorial Baptist ness or the myriad slights and sins which we perceive have somehow harmed us. each Monday at 6 p.m.

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Don’t Store Up Wrongs

But, this is the natural man with his earthly delusions of grandeur and persecution. The spiritual person looks at things in the opposite manner. That is, who is truly harmed when someone lies to, steals from, or physically abuses another person?

It is of course true that if we are lied to, then someone has deprived us of the truth, and if we are robbed, we have been deprived of money or some other personal possession. And, if someone harms our body then our body has been harmed. These are only temporary losses of ephemeral possessions, since we will not have our possessions or our bodies forever anyway.

More importantly, they have not harmed our soul; only we have the power to do that by harboring ill will and resentment. In a crime where someone is robbed or attacked, the person who truly suffers the most spiritually, is the person who did the robbing or the attacking, because they have damaged their soul, which is imperishable.

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And we actually have the chance to be blessed by this wrongdoing, since it gives us a valuable opportunity to exercise the Christian virtues of patience, humility and forgiveness.

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New Beginnings Soup Kitchen, Thursdays from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at Green River Baptist Association, 668 N. Washington St., Rutherfordton.

Faith based mentor training announced Church pastors, staff and leaders are invivted to attend a faithbased mentoring and school service workshop and training session Aug. 3 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at Forest City-Dunbar Elementay School.

The purpose of the training is to explore opportunities for the faith community to work with Communities in Schools of Rutherford

County to accomplish more for the children of Rutherford County Schools.

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Life Line screening set for Aug. 12 Calvary Baptist Church will host Life Line Screening Aug. 12. Appointments will begin at 10 a.m.

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Panama killings suspect drew scrutiny RALEIGH (AP) — A North Carolina man accused of killing two Americans in Panama was married with three kids, living a successful life with a lucrative landscaping business and a beautiful mountain home.

That was six years ago. Then things went from promising to problematic for William Dathan Holbert.

He split from his wife and family.

He sold his business, filed for bankruptcy and stopped paying child support.

Authorities said his life on the run started soon after.

He sold a $200,000 coastal home he didn’t own, and a car he had stolen in Montana, according to law enforcement officials.

He used aliases and eluded authorities in at least six states, even escaping police in an off-road, high-speed chase in Wyoming.

Holbert, who had a shop in Rutherford County for a time, turned up this week in Nicaragua, along with a new wife, who acquantinances said appeared to be a woman he met in North Carolina as his family life crumbled.

He was deported Thursday to Panama to face charges in the killings of two Americans found buried behind a hotel, and the couple face questioning in the disappearances of 5 other people, reportedly three Americans and two Panamanian workers.

The couple are charged with killing Cheryl Lynn Hughes, 53, a St. Louis, Mo.-native who had lived in Panama for 10 years, and Bo Icelar, who a friend described as the former owner of a Santa Fe, N.M., gallery. Investigators in Panama said the killings may have been part of a scheme to steal the victims’ property.

Known as William Cortez in Panama, authorities said Holbert and his wife preyed on residents of the scenic coastal Bocas del Toro region.

People who knew Holbert in the U.S. said the woman arrested alongside him appeared to be, Laura Michelle Reese, whom he met in 2004 after selling his landscaping business.

He was helping manage a fitness club in Asheville for about 10 weeks when he struck up a romantic relationship with Reese, his co-worker.

But then his boss realized he spent $25,000 in company checks to buy TVs, mattresses and washers and dryers. He was soon out of a job.

“If only he could have focused

himself, he had a brilliant mind,” said Kevin Hoover, the former boss who never pressed charges. He and authorities recalled Holbert’s white supremacy tattoos and how he later started a business in the area that sold items such as flags and bandanas with swastikas.

In May 2004, Holbert separated from his wife and moved briefly to Charleston, S.C. before returning to North Carolina’s mountains, according to court documents. His ex-wife declined comment.

A year later he filed for bankruptcy, listing hundreds of thousands of dollars in debts.

In June 2005, a judge ordered Holbert arrested for failing to make child support payments and failing to appear in court.

He was sentenced to 20 days in jail, but never showed up.

Just a few weeks later, authorities in Montana said Holbert was working under an alias when he stole a car in Missoula, changed the VIN number and sold it to a buyer in Conrad — a few hours to the northeast.

Undersheriff Jeff Pruttis remembered Holbert had also forged the vehicle’s title.

“The guy was pretty intelligent for doing that kind of fraudulant stuff,” he said.

By the end of 2005, Holbert returned to North Carolina to the coastal community of Oak Island, where he sold a home that never belonged to him, according to authorities.

They believe he made about $200,000 in cash on the deal.

Then, in early 2006, authorities in Kentucky began looking into Holbert and Reese — who were using different names at the time — after they paid cash for a cabin and looked to open a 24-hour fitness center in the area.

Lawrence County Sheriff Garrett Roberts ran the license tag on their van and found that it didn’t have insurance. He told them of the issue and they began acting suspicious, Roberts recalled.

“Right after that is when he hightailed and left the area,” Roberts said.

In February 2006, authorities in Wyoming encountered Holbert.

A trooper pulled him over on Interstate 90 near the Montana border, but when he tried to make an arrest, Holford broke away and drove off.

A high-speed chase and search

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Detainee identified by authorities as Jane Cortez walks escorted by police agents upon her arrival in Panama City after being extradited from Nicaragua on Thursday. Authorities said Cortez and her husband, William Adolfo Cortez, detained near the Nicaraguan border with Costa Rica, have been identified as the couple wanted in Panama in the death of U.S. woman Lynn Hughes and that they matched photographs Panamanian authorities provided of William Cortez and his wife Jane.

ensued, with Holbert and an unidentified female passenger taking his Jeep Cherokee off road.

He eventually crashed and the two fled, according to Wyoming Highway Patrol. The vehicle had been reported stolen in Hurricane, W.Va. A few days later, Holbert used an alias to rent a moving van in Bismark, N.D., authorities said.

The company reported it missing the next day but it was found almost a month later in North Palm Beach, Fla. There was no sign of Holbert.

“I knew he had been on the run for a long time,” said Hoover, Holbert’s former boss. “But I never thought he could be a killer, much less a serial killer.”

Authorities in North Carolina still have warrants out for Holbert’s arrest.

“I guess that warrant’s going to stay on file for a while because it’s hard to believe he’s going to be back from Panama soon,” said Lucy Crockett, a spokeswoman at the Wilmington Police Department.

AG suspends some work at NC state crime lab RALEIGH (AP) — The outside investigation of the state crime lab has led North Carolina’s attorney general to suspend the six-agent unit that analyzes bloodstain patterns.

Attorney General Roy Cooper said Friday that he asked the two former assistant directors with the Federal Bureau of Investigation who are investigating the lab to review cases involving bloodstain pattern analysis. They agreed that the unit’s work should be suspended temporarily until all issues have been reviewed, Cooper said.

“The merits of blood spatter have been debated in a number of court cases, and I think it’s essential that the SBI pursue all available training and certification for that type of investigation,” Cooper said in an interview Friday.

Cooper declined to say what cases had prompted his concern, saying he wanted to wait until the outside investigators report on their findings.

Their contract runs through the end of the year.

He did say he was not aware of any other crime lab units whose work might warrant suspension.

The effect of the suspension on cases wasn’t

immediately clear. Cooper said the analysis isn’t used that frequently.

The lab is part of the State Bureau of Investigation, where Cooper named a new director Thursday. He replaced Robin Pendergraft, who has defended the SBI and the lab over the outside investigation, with Greg McLeod, his legislative liaison.

McLeod takes over next week. Cooper said it will be up to him and the outside investigators to decide when the lab will begin bloodstain analysis again.

The News & Observer of Raleigh first reported the suspension in Friday’s editions.

Cooper sought the outside investigation by Mike Wolf and Chris Swecker after an SBI agent testified at a groundbreaking innocence hearing that the SBI didn’t always provide reports of all blood tests to the courts.

Agent Duane Deaver testified at the hearing in February for Greg Taylor that the SBI had a policy of writing on lab reports that a test showed “chemical indications for the presence of blood”

even when a follow-up test didn’t confirm that result.

The Associated Press later confirmed Deaver’s testimony in memos acquired through a Freedom of Information Act request. And Pendergraft also confirmed that the policy on the wording of lab reports had existed before she took over the SBI in 2001.

Identifying a substance as blood is separate from bloodstain pattern analysis, where investigators try to determine factors such as where an assailant stood during an attack.

Deaver, however, is among the six agents the SBI listed Friday as being certified to conduct bloodstain pattern analysis. SBI spokeswoman Noelle Talley had said earlier this year that Deaver no longer worked as an SBI blood spatter expert and had the title of criminal specialist in the investigation and training support division.

She said Friday that she couldn’t answer whether Deaver’s work as a criminal investigative analyst involved bloodstain pattern analysis or training those who do such work.

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If you would indeed behold the spirit of death, open your heart wide unto the body of life.

For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one.

In the depth of your hopes and desires lies your silent knowledge of the beyond; And like seeds dreaming beneath the snow, your heart dreams of spring.

Trust the dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.

Your fear, of death is but the trembling of the shepherd when he stands before the King whose hand is to be laid upon him in honour.

By Kahlil Gibran It has been an honour for us to know and love you while on this Earth! We long for the time that we will walk with you once more, among the presence of our Heavenly Father.

Until then...

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Our Views Tag office needs to stay private

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he closing of the license plate agency in Rutherford County has caused some problems for area residents and prompted some calls for the county government to take over the operation.

Based on evidence collected by county officials, that would be a questionable move.

The evidence suggests that there may be convenience for patrons with the government operating the tag office, but there is no financial gain in doing so. Governments now operating tag offices say they are breaking even at best.

The LPA still fills a need, but the fact that many of the transactions the office handles can be done on-line probably means that over time the demand for a local office will decrease even more.

All these factors point to one conclusion — local government agencies should stay out of the tag office business.

Our readers’ views Says offer of phone service questionable To the editor: Did anyone in the county get a large flyer in the mail about getting free phone service for a month and then $20 the second month if you are on any government assistance?

Just a word of warning. When I went with this phone company, they sent me a phone bill within one week of $39.99 and then cut my phone off completely the next week.

I had to go back to AT&T phone company to get my phone back on and with a different number. I never got a free month or a $20 month.

And I would advise anyone not to even call their telephone number, because if you do and decide not to go with them, they will cut your phone off. I know this, because it happened to my sister.

Sharon Hardin Rutherfordton

Says dealership was great to work with To the editor: I recently bought a Ford Escape from our local dealer, Hunnicutt Ford. The experience was so smooth and pleasant, I felt I wanted to convey this to others.

They were very considerate of our needs, did not high-pressure us and gave what I thought was a good price on my trade-in as well as the Escape itself. In addition, there were no hidden charges.

I Want to thank Mr. Hunnicutt for being so nice and for the good service I got from Scott, Fred and the rest of the crew.

I think it is good to support a local business, so give them a try if you are considering a new or used vehicle.

Al McFalls Rutherfordton

Ask why road work always incomplete To the editor: Just curious … why is it that so many road repair projects in our county have resulted in the road being worse off than before the work began? How is it the projects never seem to be finished?

Have you used the “new” railroad crossing on Whitesides Road? It’s rougher now than before being fixed.

The recently improved Pearidge RR crossing in Bostic isn’t much smoother than the sad excuse for a RR crossing on Withrow Road in Forest City.

It would be a safe bet that thousands more autos cross these tracks each day than trains crossing the roads. But yet, you don’t see bump one on the train tracks.

The drivers who pay road taxes bear the brunt of these rough crossings. Several years ago a new industrial park was built on Old Caroleen road near U.S. 74. That road has yet to be made flat and level again, although a hundred yards away, a resurfacing project smoothed the way to the bridge over 74.

Once again, I’ll bet there are more county autos crossing that section of rough road than employees of the tenant in the industrial park.

Let us not forget the monthsold major resurfacing project on Bostic-Sunshine highway south of N.C. 226. There are two large

patches needing replacement that have been marked with white paint by the road crews.

It’s been months since the resurfacing ended and yet still no action. Those “repair here” marks are likely to fade away before the road is back to normal.

Last but not least, where are the road markings?

How many of you have met another vehicle at the 4-way stop on Withrow and Daniel Road who wasn’t sure where to stop.

Not their fault, there haven’t been white stop lines there for most of the summer. Doesn’t matter the resurfacing project there has been complete for several months. Just around the corner we have the same problem on Sparks Crossing.

What’s required to get these jobs completed correctly and in a timely manner?

Jeff Gurr Bostic

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Perdue has opportunity to score with right moves RALEIGH – Gov. Beverly Perdue remains one of the most unpopular governors in recent North Carolina history.

But lately she’s been toying publicly with some ideas that could help boost her political bottom line a bit – while also boosting the state’s fiscal position.

As the Associated Press reported over the weekend, Perdue made two interesting statements while signing some 2010 legislation into law.

After affixing her signature to the General Assembly’s latest, ill-advised attempt to prohibit video gambling, the governor indicated that she might be willing to rethink the idea of legalizing it during a future legislative session.

And after signing a bill promising to clean up corruption around North Carolina’s system of government-owned liquor stores, Perdue said that she was willing to consider the next step: privatizing all or part of the ABC system.

John Hood Syndicated columnist

I’m not crazy about most proposals for legalizing video gambling, since they assume that the state would impose heavy taxes and intrusive regulations on private casinos – and perhaps even that the state lottery commission would run them. Yikes!

But I do think that a reasonable argument in favor of legalization is that some counties and municipalities would welcome viable, taxpaying businesses on real estate that would otherwise stay vacant, run-down, and a net cost to the jurisdiction.

Video-gambling enterprises ought to pay the same state and local taxes as other businesses do, which may itself help some wobbly governments get through another recessionary year.

Far more interesting, from a fiscal-policy standpoint, would be the prospect of privatizing North Carolina’s liquor stores. Based on the experience of other states, it is likely that proceeds from a sale would be in the hundreds of millions of dollars.

It is possible that the inventory, stores, and real estate could be worth even more.

We’ll never know unless we take bids in the marketplace.

These asset-sale proceeds could be shared among the state and local governments, giving them one-time revenue to use to offset onetime expenditures, pay down debt, or complete capital projects without drawing on general taxes.

Furthermore, converting government-owned property into viable, taxpaying businesses has long-term revenue implications – at least partially and probably fully offsetting the lost of annual revenues that localities have lobbied so furiously for so long to prevent.

As is now widely recognized, North Carolina state

and local governments have a large structural deficit.

Our politicians have promised much more in government spending for health care, education, transportation, and other services than can be financed at currently scheduled tax rates.

At the state level, the gap is in the billions of dollars.

Add in the local level and the number swells by several hundred million dollars, at least.

The current leaders of the North Carolina legislature, state government, and many localities plan to address the structural deficit in 2011 with another round of costly tax increases. The retail sales tax is their favorite one to raise, though the plan may encompass other state and local levies, as well.

Does Gov. Perdue agree with this plan? Perhaps ideologically. But surely she has sense enough to know that any governor signing a multi-billion-dollar tax increase months before beginning her reelection campaign is a governor

unlikely to succeed in her reelection campaign.

Any organization facing the kind of chronic deficits North Carolina state government faces should be searching its balance sheet for low-performing assets to sell off. Households do it all the time. So do businesses and nonprofits.

In the case of our state government, obvious candidates for asset sales would include land, office space, and state-owned enterprises such as liquor stores. Yes, some voters might be queasy about North Carolina opening up the liquor business to private vendors. But these voters are unlikely to support Perdue for reelection in any event.

On the other hand, swing voters who focus mostly on economic issues might well reward a governor who finds an innovative way to balance government budgets without raising taxes. Perdue ought to consider taking that job.

Hood is president of the John Locke Foundation.

The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Saturday, July 31, 2010

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Obituaries Robert Hamilton

Robert Lee Hamilton, 58, of Rutherfordton, died Sunday, July 25, 2010. A native of Spindale, he was a son of the late Libby Davenport Hamilton and John Ed Hamilton. He was an honor graduate of R-S Central High School and attended N.C. A&T State University. He received degrees in computer engineering technology and electronics engineering technology from Isothermal Community College.

Survivors include a son, Sean Lynch of Atlanta; four sisters, Marilyn Smith of Corona Queens, N.Y., Jean Ryce-El of Aiken, S.C., and Betty Wilson and Connie Patterson, both of Spindale; three brothers, Wayne Hamilton of Richmond, Va., Tracey Hamilton of Shelby and Kenneth Hamilton.

Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. in the chapel of Ulysses D. Miller Funeral Home. The body will be placed in the chapel two hours before the service. Burial will follow at the Wells Spring United Methodist Church Cemetery.

Charles Parton

Charles Glenn Parton, 74, of Rutherfordton, died Friday, July 30, 2010, at Hospice House in Forest City.

A native of Rutherford County, he was a son of the late William “Jess” Parton and the late Alma Sue Ward Parton. He was retired part owner of Gilkey Lumber Co., a U.S. Army Veteran and a member of the VFW and Dav Chapter 25 Forest City.

Survivors include his wife, Judy Parton; a daughter, Sandy Splawn of Rutherfordton; four sisters, JoAnn Norville of Rutherfordton, Lois Hayes and Lynn Raichle, both of Hilton Head, S.C., and Gail Thompson of Spartanburg, S.C.; two brothers, William “Bub” Parton and Mike Parton of Rutherfordton; one grandchild; four greatgrandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.

A funeral service will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at

DRESS REHEARSAL McMahan’s Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Ben Parton officiating. Military rites will be provided by the Rutherford County Veteran’s Honor Guard. The family will receive friends immediately following the funeral service. Burial will be at Little White Country Church Cemetery.

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

McMahan’s Funeral Home and Cremation Services is in charge of arrangements.

Online condolences may be made at www.mcmahansfuneralhome. com

Carolyn Barbee Carolyn Grindstaff Barbee, 74, of Carlton Drive, Forest City, died Friday, July 30, 2010, at Rutherford Hospital.

A native of Avery County, she was a daughter of the late E.M. and Ruth Price Grindstaff. She was a former office administrator and vice president with Grindstaff’s Interiors of Forest City and a member of First Baptist Church, Forest City. She also formerly attended Gilkey Church Of God and was involved in Hearts for the Children in donating funds for a children’s’ orphanage in Guatemala. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Lt. Col. Paul Burkley Barbee, U.S. Army retired.

Survivors include her daughters, Linda Barbee Kee of Newnan, Ga., D’Etta Barbee Lasky of Belmont; a brother, Boyce Grindstaff of Forest City; a sister, Barbara G. Whitehurst of Brentwood, Tenn.; and two grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. in the First Baptist Church with the Rev. Clyde E. Buckner officiating. Burial will follow at the Sunset Memorial Park. The family will receive friends Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m. at The Padgett and King Mortuary.

Online condolences may be made at www.padgettking.com

n The Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office responded to 120 E-911 calls Thursday. n Charles Howard Lynch reported the theft of cash. n David Lee Searcy reported a breaking and/or entering. n Kim Duke reported damage to a 2004 Chevrolet Monte Carlo.

Rutherfordton

n The Rutherfordton Police Department responded to 41 E-911 calls Thursday.

Spindale

n The Spindale Police Department responded to 37 E-911 calls Thursday.

Lake Lure

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

Forest City

n The Forest City Police Department responded to 53 E-911 calls Thursday. n An employee of WalMart, on Plaza Drive, reported a larceny. (See arrests of Hart and Green.)

n An employee of Boyd Utility, on Pine Street, reported a breaking and entering and larceny.

n An officer of the Forest City Police Department reported an incident of finding property belonging to Billy J. Greene. The incident occurred on South Broadway Street. n An employee of the AME Zion Church, on Forest Street, reported an incident of breaking and entering and damage to property. n Carla Bridges reported

Caterpillar picks state for plant WINSTON-SALEM (AP) — Heavy-equipment manufacturer Caterpillar Inc. said Friday it will build a parts plant for large mining machines and it expects to employ about 510 full-time and contract workers in five years.

Construction is scheduled to begin in November on the Winston-Salem factory where workers will machine, assemble, test and paint axle assemblies for large mining machines. Production is expected to begin in the first quarter of 2012.

Sites in South Carolina and Alabama had been in consideration for the plant.

The move is part of Caterpillar’s plans to increase production of

mining trucks. The North Carolina plant will allow Caterpillar to continue expanding existing facilities around the world, the company said.

“This location will improve our supply chain efficiency and, as a result, allows us to better serve our customers more effectively while reducing operating costs,” said Hans Haefeli, Caterpillar’s vice president of advanced components and systems.

The company last week reported strong sales of its mammoth mining equipment while announcing second-quarter profits surged 91 percent to $707 million.

The plant is expected to employ about 390 full-time workers in five years at an

average wage of $40,482 a year, plus benefits.

Caterpillar also expects to need another 120 contract workers at the plant.

State officials approved a package of tax rebates, credits and grants worth $16.8 million if the company meets and keeps hiring goals for 11 years. Winston-Salem and Forsyth County offered another $23 million, making the total package of economic sweeteners worth about $40 million.

Caterpillar now employs about 1,000 full-time workers in North Carolina at locations in Cary, Charlotte, Clayton, Franklin, Goldsboro, Morganton, New Bern, Sanford and Smithfield.

Mental health group loses its accreditation

RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina’s oldest mental health advocacy group will stop providing care to hundreds of people after losing the accreditation that a breaking and entering and allowed it to receive federal larceny.

Medicaid reimbursements. n An officer of the Forest The financially troubled City Police Department Mental Health Association assisted a victim in reportof North Carolina, also one ing an incident of a sexof the state’s largest private ual assault. The incident providers of group homes occurred on South Church and treatment programs, Street. lost its accreditation this n Nicholas Tricarico week from the Marylandreported a dog bite. based Council on Quality and Leadership, The News & Observer of Raleigh reported Arrests Friday n David Chandler, 44, of State officials moved in to Race Path Church Road, ensure that hundreds of peoEllenboro; arrested on warple who depend on the assorants for assault on a female ciation for treatment and and communicating threats; housing aren’t harmed. placed under a 48-hour hold.

“MHA is going out of the (FCPD) service delivery business,” said Leza Wainwright, direcn Derik Martin Jordan, tor of mental health at the 19, of Quality Inn; charged state Department of Health with felony probation violation; placed under a $20,000 and Human Services.

“What we’re trying to do is secured bond. (Probation) make sure that the transin Matthew Dillon Graybill, tion of MHA clients to other 18, of 122 Lakewood Drive; providers is as seamless as charged with three counts of possible.” financial card fraud; freed Easter Seals UCP of North on a custody release. (RCSD) Carolina will take over opern Albert Dean Bradley, 45, ation of MHA’s 266 apartof 343 Hill Road; charged ment units for people with with harassing phone call mental illness and 12 group and misdemeanor stalking; homes around the state released on a $1,500 unsewith 64 current residents, cured bond. (RCSD) Wainwright said. Easter n Jameson Christopher Seals will also take over four Lancaster, 25, of 333 treatment teams serving 320 Thermal View Drive, patients and a psychosocial Rutherfordton; charged rehabilitation program that with breaking and enterserves 44 patients. ing a building and larceny The association had strugafter breaking and entering. gled with severe financial (RPD) problems in recent months that led to employee layoffs EMS/Rescue and wage cuts for those who remained. n The Rutherford County John Tote, who had helped EMS responded to 24 E-911 lead the nonprofit associacalls Thursday. tion for the past 24 years, was named in May to replace n The Volunteer Life Saving and Rescue, Hickory Wainwright, who will retire Sept. 1.

Nut Gorge EMS and Tote was forced to withRutherford County Rescue responded to two E-911 calls draw from the offer to take over as state mental health Thursday.

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Students taking part in the Rutherford County Arts Council’s Summer Program, “Playing for Keeps” ran through a dress rehearsal of “The Patchwork Girl of Oz” Thursday in preparation for their main performance which was held Friday at Rutherfordton Elementary camps. (Left to right) Jordan Adcox, Layla Thurman and Caleb Bowie.

director less than a week later after news reports that MHA faced more than $1.5 million in IRS liens after failing to pay payroll taxes for years.

MHA board chairman John S. McKee III of Lumberton said Tote hid the organization’s financial problems.

“You couldn’t tell from the financial statements we were provided that there was any trouble,” said McKee, the retired director of a regional mental health program.

A message left Friday at a number listed in Tote’s name was not returned.

Federal tax returns indicate MHA has been losing money for years.

The first liens for unpaid taxes were filed against MHA in 2006, according to records on file with the state.

That year, Tote received $172,573 in salary and another $43,143 in benefits and pension contributions, according to the group’s 2006 tax return.

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Carolyn Grindstaff Barbee Carolyn Grindstaff Barbee, age 74, of Carlton Drive, Forest City, North Carolina, died Friday, July 30, 2010, at Rutherford Hospital.

She was born June 3, 1936, in Avery County, North Carolina and was a daughter of the late E.M. and Ruth Price Grindstaff.

Carolyn was a former office administrator and Vice President with Grindstaff’s Interiors of Forest City and a member of First Baptist Church, Forest City. She also formerly attended Gilkey Church Of God and was involved in Hearts for the Children in donating funds for a children’s’ orphanage in Guatemala.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Lt. Col. Paul Burkley Barbee, US Army retired.

Survivors include her daughters, Linda Barbee Kee and her husband Matt of Newnan, GA, D’Etta Barbee Lasky and her husband Ken of Belmont, NC, a brother, Boyce Grindstaff and his wife Dorothy of Forest City, and a sister, Barbara G. Whitehurst of Brentwood, TN. There are also two grandchildren, Carolyn Brianna Bridges and Cole Burkley Bridges.

Funeral services will be held at two o’clock, Sunday, August 1, 2010, in the First Baptist Church with the Reverend Clyde E. Buckner officiating and a eulogy by Mr. Falls Price, Jr. Interment will follow in the Sunset Memorial Park. Visitation will be held from six until eight o’clock Saturday evening at The Padgett and King Mortuary.

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Ongoing Foothills Harvest Ministry: This week, all T-shirts and shorts 50 cents.

Yokefellow Service Center: Storewide half-price sale Aug. 2-7; tax free days are Aug. 6 and 7 and are subject to North Carolina taxfree weekend limitations; store hours, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; cash, credit and debit only.

Hospice Resale Shop: Storewide half-price sale Aug. 5-7; also includes clothing priced at 25 cents.

Book sale: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Rutherford Electric Membership Corporation; hardback books, $1, paperback books 50 cents and some miscellaneous books four for $1; proceeds go to benefit Relay for Life.

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.

Rutherford County Adult Baseball League: Adult baseball registration for those 30 and older online at www.leaguelineup.com/ rcabl.

Youth football and cheerleading sign-ups: For the Rutherfordton Raiders, Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays at Crestview Park from 6 to 8 p.m.; for information, call Tammy, 980-2059.

Saturday, July 31 Yard sale and bake sale for Relay for Life: 7 a.m. until, Carolina House Assisted Living; sponsored

by Fork Creek Baptist Church Relay for Life team.

Car and bike show fundraiser: 9 a.m., Green Hill Store; to benefit Kristen Ellenburg; top 20 cars and top 10 motorcycles, music by Rocky Yelton and the Hired Guns, door prizes and auctions; for more information, call Van, 288-0181, or James, 289-3348.

Fish fry and rib plates: 11 a.m. until, Unionville Lodge, Spindale; plates $6, sandwiches $3 and hot dogs $2; plates include all the trimmings, drink and desserts, carry-outs are welcome; proceeds go to the building fund.

Blood drive: 7:30 a.m. to noon, Goodes Creek Baptist Church, Cliffside; all presenting donors will be entered in a drawing for a chance to win a $1,000 gift card; please call 245-5313 for further information or to schedule your appointment.

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.

Healthy Kids Day: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Kistler’s Chapel United Methodist Church; sponsored by the church and Rutherford Hospital Health Ministry Program; screenings and health education include vision, hearing, dental, healthy snacks, child identification, child safety and Safe Kids; puppet show, clowns, Dr. Ted E. Bear, music and 50 free backpacks. For more information, call 286-5509 or 286-5377.

R-S Youth Football and Cheerleading sign-ups: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Spindale House; open to all children ages 5 to 12; cost is $50 for first child and $25 for each additional child for football and cheerleading; please bring a copy of your child’s birth certificate; last registration of the season, after July 31 late fees will apply.

Young at Heart senior citizens club: 11 a.m., Spindale Restaurant; dutch treat lunch at 11:30 a.m.; fellowship and bingo; for information, contact Roy McKain, 2454800.

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Kindergarten teachers Jill Price and Cassie Byers led students in a campfire song about squirrels Friday. Students learned various campfire songs and got to spend time around a ‘campfire’ hearing stories.

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day, they’ll already have a friend,” she said.

Divided into groups, students had free time outside and also experienced math, science and reading in the classroom. They also got to have snack time. On Monday — keeping with the camp theme — students went on a bear hunt and found the bear in the cafeteria with their snack of Teddy Grahams. Friday’s snack was s’mores, because as Price said, “You can’t have a camp without s’mores.”

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Rutherford County may not be interested in operating a tag office. At least not now.

“In informal conversations with commissioners, there didn’t appear to be any interest in us pursuing that at that time,” Condrey said.

“Unless county commissioners tell me that they want us to give them more information, we are not doing anything at this point to pursue it.”

Rates for services rendered at LPAs may be indicative of the economics of running a tag office. Rates are: $1.43 for standard transactions, $1.27 for highway use tax transactions, and $1 for title transactions.

Rates are somewhat higher for notary fees ­— $5 for one signature, $6 for

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“The estimated cost for that road is about $250,000. The county could pursue assistance from the state Department of Transportation on this portion of the road.”

But part of the road near the farmer’s market is being built as commercial property to be sold, so it would not be eligible for DOT funds.

The Community Pet Center plans are still being developed but in June, Sheriff Jack Conner proposed a plan to keep animal drop-boxes and euthanasia facilities at the current animal

Chase High Athletic Booster Club meeting: Aug. 2, 6:30 p.m., Chase High School.

Tuesday, Aug. 3 Mentor training: 9 a.m. to noon, Forest City-Dunbar Elementary School: Train to be a mentor with Communities in Schools of Rutherford County; mentors commit 30 minutes to one hour each school week, from September to May, to spend one one one time with a child who needs a caring adult in their life; for more information, visit www.rutherfordcis. org or call 288-0228.

Director of Elementary Education Steven Helton. To enter kindergarten, students must be 5 on or before Aug. 31.

When registering a child for school, parents and guardians will receive a packet of information, which includes a health assessment form.

“We encourage parents to have all that (paperwork) done before students start,” Helton said.

More than 600 kindergarteners are set to enter Rutherford County Schools when the 2010-11 year begins Aug. 25.

two signatures and $7 for three signatures.

Contractors would have to weigh those rates against the rent, utility and employee costs of running an office.

For a county-run tag office to be convenient for residents, Condrey said, counters need to be close to the tax office, since tags are not issued on vehicles with unpaid county taxes.

McDowell County runs its License Plate Agency, and the two walk-up windows are next door to the tax office in Marion.

Four of the eight county-run offices are in the western part of the state ­— Ashe, Watauga and Swain, in addition to McDowell.

Keith Renfro, head of the McDowell County tax office and contractor for the tag office, said Thursday the state had problems with two private contractors in McDowell, so the state

essentially said the office would only be contracted to a government entity.

McDowell County was without a tag office from April to August of 2006, and the county has run that office since then.

Renfro said he knew of cases where it took from four to eight months to get a tag office reopened after it closed because of improprieties or retirements.

The state is seeking applications to reopen the License Plate Agency in Rutherford County.

To download an application for a motor vehicle LPA, visitncdot.gov/ dmv and click on “Hot Topics,” or call (919) 861-3332 with questions. Plate agency applications — Form MVR-93 ­— must be returned to the DMV no later than Aug. 16.

shelter on Laurel Hill Drive while making the CPC at Daniel Road an adoption center open to the public. A combined shelter and adoption facility had a proposed price tag of about $1.2 million. Building an adoption center only at Daniel Road would cost about $491,000.

The three buildings are just a few of the projects that may end up at the 112-acre Daniel Road site. As building projects move forward, walking trails and the possibility of soccer fields exist.

“The athletic complex includes six athletic fields, playgrounds, picnic areas, walking trails and other potential amenities,” County Recreational, Cultural and Heritage Planner Jerry

Stensland said. “The development of that portion of the Daniel Road Complex, to the east of Daniel Road, is scheduled for later phases of the county’s overall building plan so nothing is being actively planned or developed at this time. Walking trails are included throughout the Daniel Road project, and one section of the trail system is included in the site work near the farmers’ market. The county is also considering some informal walking paths at the complex that would allow limited recreational use prior to the construction of formal trails.”

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S.C. town leaps into immigration law discussions SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (AP) — In a quiet Southern bedroom community of gardens and parks across the country from Arizona, another skirmish in the battle over illegal immigration is brewing.

Summerville Councilman Walter Bailey, worried there is a void in immigration laws, has proposed an ordinance that goes farther than state law, which was sharpened two years ago to allow police to identify illegal immigrants for deportation.

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Maricopa County Sheriff’s deputies, left, bring in a suspect arrested during a crime suppression sweep in Phoenix on Thursday. This was Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s 17th immigration and crime sweep which came after hundreds of immigrant rights supporters delayed the effort with a rally at a downtown jail.

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PHOENIX (AP) — Lost in the hoopla over Arizona’s immigration law is the fact that state and local authorities for years have been doing their own aggressive crackdowns in the busiest illegal gateway into the country.

Nowhere in the U.S. is local enforcement more present than in metropolitan Phoenix, where Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio routinely carries out sweeps, some in Hispanic neighborhoods, to arrest illegal immigrants. The tactics have made him the undisputed poster boy for local immigration enforcement and the anger that so many authorities feel about the issue.

“It’s my job,” said Arpaio, standing beside a sheriff’s truck that has a number for an immigration hot line written on its side. “I have two state (immigration) laws that I am enforcing.

It’s not federal, it’s state.”

A ruling Wednesday by a federal judge put on hold parts of the new law that would have required officers to dig deeper into the fight against illegal immigration. Arizona says it was forced to act because the federal government isn’t doing

its job to fight immigration.

The issue led to demonstrations across the country Thursday, including one directed at Arpaio in Phoenix in which protesters beat on the metal door of a jail and chanted, “Sheriff Joe, we are here.

We will not live in fear.” And in another sign of the divisive atmosphere surrounding the issue, authorities said the judge had received menacing threats and police were investigating whether a bullet hole found in the office of an Arizona congressman was related to the immigration debate.

In total, 71 people were arrested during the Thursday protests.

Meanwhile, Gov. Jan Brewer’s lawyers went to court to overturn the judge’s ruling so they can fight back against what the Republican calls an “invasion” of illegal immigrants. The state of Arizona has received more than $1.6 million in a fund to help defend the new law, including $75,000 on Wednesday, the day parts of the law were blocked.

Ever since the main flow of illegal immigrants into the country shifted to Arizona a decade ago, state politicians and local police have been feeling

pressure to confront the state’s border woes.

In addition to Arpaio’s crackdowns, other efforts include a steady stream of busts by the state and local police of stash houses where smugglers hide illegal immigrants. The state attorney general has taken a money-wiring company to civil court on allegations that smugglers used their service to move money to Mexico. And a county south of Phoenix has its sheriff’s deputies patrol dangerous smuggling corridors.

The Arizona Legislature have enacted a series of tough-onimmigration measures in recent years that culminated with the law signed by Brewer in April, catapulting the Republican to the national political stage.

But the king of local immigration enforcement is still Arpaio.

Arpaio, a 78-year-old exfederal drug agent who fashions himself as a modern-day John Wayne, launched his latest sweep Thursday afternoon, sending about 200 sheriff’s deputies and trained volunteers out across metro Phoenix to look for traffic violators who may be here illegally.

The proposal would prevent illegal immigrants from living in the town of 45,000, which calls itself “Flower Town in the Pines,” and in most cases prevent them from working here.

Bailey, a former state prosecutor, says it was prompted in part by the Obama administration’s challenge of the new Arizona law that was to have taken effect this week.

“It was outrageous that when, by default, the state of Arizona has to go in there and do the job the federal government ought to be doing — instead of showing appreciation and support in Arizona, the federal government sues,” Bailey said.

A federal judge on Wednesday blocked key aspects of the Arizona law but Bailey said his ordinance is different enough that he doesn’t think the judge’s ruling applies.

Bailey’s proposal not only requires most employers to check the immigration status of workers but those who rent homes or apartments in town would have to prove they are citizens or in the country legally.

“The federal government and to a lesser extent the state government is not doing a whole lot about the immigration problem,” he said.

He expects some council opposition but says most of the people he has spoken to favor the ordinance.

Two years ago, the state passed a tough immigration law allowing State Law Enforcement Division officers to train with federal agencies in immigration enforcement.

Since 2006, almost 116,000 people have been sent out of the U.S. by officers in 64 law enforcement agencies nationwide deputized to help enforce immigration laws under the federal-local partnership, called the 287(g) program.

But SLED Chief Reggie Lloyd says the agency’s state budget has been cut since the South Carolina law passed and told lawmakers this year while illegals are arrested for serious crimes, the agency doesn’t have the resources to enforce workplace immigration checks.

Bailey’s ordinance is based on a recent Fremont, Neb., ordinance already under court challenge.

He is concerned about a challenge to the Summerville law if it passes but “I don’t think the threat of expensive litigation ought to keep us from doing the right thing. Sometimes you have to figure out what is right and stand up for it and take your lumps.”

Former president draws crowd on wedding eve

RHINEBECK, N.Y. (AP) — Bill Clinton made a long-anticipated appearance in the upstate New York village where his daughter is getting married, drawing crowds of onlookers Friday afternoon as preparations continued largely out of sight for the grand and secretive occasion.

The former president, looking fit and relaxed in blue jeans and a black knit shirt, walked with security a few blocks north from the picturesque village’s main intersection to the restaurant Gigi Trattoria.

To questions blurted from the huge crowd he attracted, Clinton rattled off easy answers.

How are you?

“We’re all fine.”

“We love it here,” he said. “Chelsea loves the area as well.”

How’s she doing?

“She’s doing well.”

Chelsea Clinton is expected to marry her longtime boyfriend, investment banker Marc Mezvinsky, at a ceremony Saturday evening attended by 400 to 500 people at the grand Astor Courts, an estate on the scenic east bank of the Hudson River.

Rumors had abounded for weeks

leading up to Friday, including one that Rhinebeck was an elaborate decoy planned by the media-shy Chelsea and that the wedding would be elsewhere.

The appearance of the former president put all the conspiracy talk to rest.

And what does he think of his soon-to-be son-in-law?

“I like him very much,” the popular Democrat said, picking up more people with each passing step. “I really do. I admire him. Hillary feels the same way.”

That would be Hillary Rodham Clinton, Chelsea’s mother, a former first lady and U.S. senator from New York, and the sitting secretary of state in President Barack Obama’s Cabinet.

The sight of an ex-president captivated many in the crowd. For the record, Dutchess County, which contains Rhinebeck, voted for Clinton and Al Gore in 1996.

“We thought it was great that he walked down here,” said Carol Chestney, of Rhinebeck. “He could have parked right outside. He looks great.”

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Governor considering pardon for Billy the Kid SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The showdown between Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid has fascinated the American public for nearly 130 years with its classic, Old West storyline of the frontier lawman hunting down the notorious gunslinger.

As it turns out, the feud isn’t completely over.

New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson is considering granting a posthumous pardon to Billy the Kid, angering descendants of Garrett who call it an insult to recognize such a violent outlaw.

Three of the late lawman’s grandchildren sent a letter to Richardson this week that asked him not to pardon the outlaw, saying such an act would represent an “inexcusable defamation” of Garrett.

Garrett shot Billy the Kid down on July 14, 1881.

Garrett tracked him after the outlaw escaped from the Lincoln County jail in a famous gunbattle that left two deputies dead.

The Kid’s status as an Old West folk hero grew as countless books, films and songs were written about the gunslinger and his exploits.

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Baseball at McNair NCAA talks with 2 Clemson players COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Clemson athletic director Terry Don Phillips said Friday that the NCAA had been on the Tigers’ campus this week to talk with two members of the football team.

Phillips issued a statement Friday about the visit, but did not say what the inquiry was about. Phillips also did not identify the athletes, but said Clemson is cooperating fully.

“We do not have reason for concern,” Phillips said.

The NCAA is investigating Alabama, North Carolina, Georgia and South Carolina in connection with possible rules violations at a party in Miami.

A person familiar with the situation tells The Associated Press that the Clemson inquiry is not linked to the investigations looking into improper contact with agents at the other schools. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because the subject of the inquiry is confidential.

Clemson coach Dabo Swinney did not return messages Friday left by The Associated Press.

However, Swinney has said that his players are educated about the rules regarding contact with agents and he won’t hesitate disciplining those who break them.

Forest City Owls’ Brian Burton (33) (above) makes a catch at first during the Friday game against the Mustangs at McNair Field. Jeremy Fant (22) (left) fires a pitch.

Below, Brett Stackhouse sported a pair of bright pink shoes in support of Friday being breast cancer awareness night at McNair Field. Stackhouse along with many other Owls players displayed some type of pink in honor of the night’s focus. For details, please see Page 2B. Garrett Byers/Daily Courier

Illini player enters jail after theft plea CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — University of Illinois football player Walter Aikens has started serving a two-week jail sentence after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor theft charge.

Champaign County officials say the 19-year-old Aikens started serving the sentence Thursday.

Aikens admitted to possessing a computer stolen from a dorm after initially pleading not guilty following his April 21 arrest.

Aikens is a sophomore defensive back from Charlotte, N.C. He was expected to contend for a starting safety spot before his arrest Illini coach Ron Zook said Friday that Aikens remains suspended from the team.

Local Sports

Stewart in familiar role — sidelined

By MIKE CRANSTON

CPL Baseball Fayetteville at Forest City, 7 p.m.

AP Sports Writer

On TV 10 a.m. (ESPN) Golf RICOH Women’s British Open, Third Round.

2 p.m. (ESPN) X Games 3 p.m. (WBTV) (WSPA) PGA Tour Golf Greenbrier Classic, Third Round.

(ESPN2) WTA Tennis U.S. Open Series - Bank of the West Classic, First Semifinal.

4 p.m. (WYFF) Golf U.S. Senior Open Championship, Third Round.

(WHNS) MLB Baseball Regional Coverage. Detroit Tigers at Boston Red Sox or Los Angeles Dodgers at San Francisco Giants.

5 p.m. (ESPN2) ATP Tennis U.S. Open Series - Farmers Classic, Semifinal.

7 p.m. (ESPN) X Games 7:30 p.m. (ESPN2) NASCAR Racing Nationwide Series: U.S. Cellular 250. From Iowa Speedway.

8 p.m. (WGN-A) MLB Baseball Chicago Cubs at Colorado Rockies.

10:30 p.m. (ESPN2) ATP Tennis U.S. Open Series Farmers Classic, Semifinal.

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Carolina Panthers receiver Kenneth Moore (81) reaches for a pass during practice at the NFL football team’s training camp in Spartanburg, S.C., Friday,

SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Jonathan Stewart has put together a gaudy resume in his two years in the NFL. He set Carolina’s rookie rushing record, led the Panthers in rushing last season and has played in all 33 regular-season and playoff games.

Yet this may be the most remarkable part of it all: He’s hardly practiced in nearly three years.

“Stew’s got it down to a science,” tight end Jeff King said, smiling. “He’s outsmarting us all.”

The ribbing Stewart gets is expected, yet behind it is respect and amazement by his teammates for how he’s been able to play through a painful Achilles’ tendon and heel injury. After undergoing surgery in January, Stewart still hasn’t been cleared to return, and is watching the start of training camp while on the physically unable to perform list.

“There’s a lot of jokes being made here or there about that whole situation, but me being an athlete and me being a competitor, practice is something that’s very important to excel,” Stewart said Friday. “You’ve got guys that are practicing around you and getting better and you’re not being able to get the opportunity.

“Once I get healthy, it’s going to be one of the best days of my life.”

Stewart indicated the last time he was pain-free was in his final year at Oregon, just before he injured his right big toe against Arizona on Nov. 15, Please see Stewart, Page 3B

2B — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Saturday, July 31, 2010

Sports

Scoreboard BASEBALL National League East Division W L 58 43 56 47 52 50 51 51 45 58

Atlanta Philadelphia New York Florida Washington

Cincinnati St. Louis Milwaukee Chicago Houston Pittsburgh

Pct .574 .549 .510 .500 .431

GB — 2 1/2 6 1/2 7 1/2 14 1/2

Division L Pct 46 .553 46 .549 55 .466 56 .451 59 .416 65 .356

GB — 1/2 9 10 1/2 14 20

West Division W L Pct 60 40 .600 58 45 .563 54 48 .529 52 50 .510 37 65 .363

GB — 3 1/2 7 9 24

Central W 57 56 48 46 42 36

San Diego San Francisco Los Angeles Colorado Arizona

Thursday’s Games N.Y. Mets 4, St. Louis 0 Washington 5, Atlanta 3 Colorado 9, Pittsburgh 3 Florida 5, San Francisco 0 San Diego 3, L.A. Dodgers 2 Philadelphia 3, Arizona 2, 11 innings

Sunday’s Games Arizona at N.Y. Mets, 1:10 p.m.

Atlanta at Cincinnati, 1:10 p.m.

Philadelphia at Washington, 1:35 p.m.

Milwaukee at Houston, 2:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh at St. Louis, 2:15 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Colorado, 3:10 p.m.

Florida at San Diego, 4:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at San Francisco, 8:05 p.m.

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

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

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

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

Washington at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.

San Diego at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.

American League

Chicago Minnesota Detroit Kansas City Cleveland

Texas Oakland Los Angeles Seattle

Central W 57 56 51 42 42

Pct .644 .624 .569 .520 .314

Division L Pct 44 .564 46 .549 50 .505 60 .412 61 .412

West Division W L Pct 60 42 .588 51 50 .505 52 52 .500 39 64 .379

Failed to Qualify 44. (26) David Stremme, Ford, 165.386.

45. (13) Max Papis, Toyota, 165.026.

BASEBALL

Saturday’s Games Atlanta (Jurrjens 3-3) at Cincinnati (Arroyo 10-6), 4:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Billingsley 9-5) at San Francisco (Zito 8-6), 4:10 p.m.

Milwaukee (Bush 5-8) at Houston (W.Rodriguez 8-11), 7:05 p.m.

Philadelphia (Blanton 4-6) at Washington (Detwiler 0-1), 7:05 p.m.

Arizona (Enright 2-2) at N.Y. Mets (Takahashi 7-5), 7:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh (D.McCutchen 1-4) at St. Louis (Suppan 0-6), 7:15 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Gorzelanny 6-5) at Colorado (Hammel 7-6), 8:10 p.m.

Florida (Nolasco 11-7) at San Diego (Correia 7-6), 8:35 p.m.

East Division W L 65 37 64 38 58 44 54 49 32 70

(20) Joey Logano, Toyota, 169.024.

(6) David Ragan, Ford, 168.995.

(47) Marcos Ambrose, Toyota, 168.7.

(88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 168.672.

(18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 168.669.

(71) Bobby Labonte, Chevrolet, 168.602.

(98) Paul Menard, Ford, 168.413.

(00) David Reutimann, Toyota, 168.366.

(99) Carl Edwards, Ford, 168.347.

(17) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 168.294.

(82) Scott Speed, Toyota, 168.083.

(56) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 167.951.

(19) Elliott Sadler, Ford, 167.813.

(46) J.J. Yeley, Dodge, 167.629.

(83) Reed Sorenson, Toyota, 167.37.

(38) Travis Kvapil, Ford, 167.33.

(87) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, 167.156.

(78) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 166.988.

(09) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 166.988.

(55) Michael McDowell, Toyota, 166.979.

(37) David Gilliland, Ford, 166.457.

(66) Dave Blaney, Toyota, 166.392.

(36) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 166.322.

(33) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 165.511.

(34) Kevin Conway, Ford, Owner Points.

(7) P.J. Jones, Toyota, Owner Points.

(64) Todd Bodine, Toyota, 166.276.

TRANSACTIONS

Friday’s Games Washington 8, Philadelphia 1 Arizona at N.Y. Mets, late Atlanta at Cincinnati, late Milwaukee at Houston, late Pittsburgh at St. Louis, late.

Chicago Cubs at Colorado, late Florida at San Diego, late L.A. Dodgers at San Francisco, late

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GB — 8 1/2 9 21 1/2

Thursday’s Games Tampa Bay 4, Detroit 2 N.Y. Yankees 11, Cleveland 4 Texas 7, Oakland 4 Baltimore 6, Kansas City 5, 11 innings Chicago White Sox 9, Seattle 5

Friday’s Games Toronto 8, Cleveland 1 Tampa Bay 3, N.Y. Yankees 2 Detroit at Boston, late Baltimore at Kansas City, late Oakland at Chicago White Sox, late Seattle at Minnesota, late Texas at L.A. Angels, late

Saturday’s Games Cleveland (Westbrook 6-7) at Toronto (Cecil 8-5), 1:07 p.m.

Detroit (Scherzer 7-8) at Boston (Matsuzaka 7-3), 4:10 p.m.

Oakland (Braden 5-7) at Chicago White Sox (Danks 11-7), 7:05 p.m.

Baltimore (Bergesen 3-9) at Kansas City (Greinke 6-10), 7:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Vazquez 9-7) at Tampa Bay (Garza 11-5), 7:10 p.m.

Seattle (F.Hernandez 7-7) at Minnesota (Slowey 9-5), 7:10 p.m.

Texas (Feldman 5-9) at L.A. Angels (Haren 0-1), 9:05 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Cleveland at Toronto, 1:07 p.m.

Detroit at Boston, 1:35 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Tampa Bay, 1:40 p.m.

Oakland at Chicago White Sox, 2:05 p.m.

Baltimore at Kansas City, 2:10 p.m.

Seattle at Minnesota, 2:10 p.m.

Texas at L.A. Angels, 3:35 p.m.

American League CHICAGO WHITE SOX—Acquired RHP Edwin Jackson from Arizona (NL) for RHP Daniel Hudson and LHP David Holmberg. Recalled RHP Lucas Harrell from Charlotte (IL).

CLEVELAND INDIANS—Placed RHP Mitch Talbot on the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Jess Todd to Columbus (IL). Recalled RHP Jensen Lewis from Columbus. Purchased the contract of RHP Justin Germano from Columbus.

DETROIT TIGERS—Purchased the contract of OF Jeff Frazier from Toledo (IL). Designated INF Jeff Larish for assignment.

MINNESOTA TWINS—Placed INF Nick Punto on the 15-day DL, retroactive to July 29. Recalled INF Trevor Plouffe from Rochester (IL). Optioned RHP Nick Blackburn to Rochester (IL).

TEXAS RANGERS—Activated INF Jorge Cantu.

Optioned 1B Chris Davis to Oklahoma City (PCL).

National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS—Traded RHP Edwin Jackson to Chicago (AL) for RHP Dan Hudson and LHP David Holmberg.

CHICAGO CUBS—Reinstated RHP Carlos Zambrano from the restricted list. Granted RHP Bob Howry his unconditional release.

NEW YORK METS—Placed OF Jason Bay on the 15-Day DL, retroactive to July 26. Recalled OF Jesus Feliciano from Buffalo (IL).

SAN DIEGO PADRES—Optioned OF Aaron Cunningham to Portland (PCL).

WASHINGTON NATIONALS—Recalled LHP Atahualpa Severino from Syracuse (IL).

American Association FORT WORTH CATS—Signed OF Kevin Thompson.

SHREVEPORT-BOSSIER CAPTAINS—Signed INF Zach Welch and OF Andre Marshall.

ST. PAUL SAINTS—Released LHP Paul Tweddale.

WICHITA WINGNUTS—Signed 1B Carlos A. Rivera. Released INF Mario Delgado. Traded OF Eric Williams to Sioux City for a player to be named.

Atlantic League CAMDEN RIVERSHARKS—Announced RHP Travis Chick was signed by Pittsburgh (NL), who assigned him to Indianapolis (IL).

NEWARK BEARS—Signed INF Eric Munson.

Can-Am League NEW JERSEY JACKALS—Signed OF Carlos Sosa.

SUSSEX SKYHAWKS—Signed INF Landry Walker.

United League AMARILLO DILLAS—Placed INF Jermel Lomack on the inactive list. Signed OF Julio E. Perez.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association WASHINGTON WIZARDS—Signed F Josh Howard to a one-year contract and F Kevin Seraphin to a four-year contract.

FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS—Signed LB Daryl Washington to a four-year contract.

BUFFALO BILLS—Signed LB Donovan Woods.

Waived LB Nic Harris.

GREEN BAY PACKERS—Signed OT Bryan Bulaga. Placed NT Aleric Mullins on the reserve/ did-not-report list.

HOUSTON TEXANS—Agreed to terms with CB Kareem Jackson and RB Ben Tate.

MIAMI DOLPHINS—Signed DE Charles Grant.

Waived G Ray Feinga and G Dimitri Tsoumpas.

NEW YORK GIANTS—Signed WR Ike Hilliard and WR David Tyree to one-day contracts and announced the retirements of both players. Waived LB Kenny Ingram and DE Ayanga Okpokowuruk.

NEW YORK JETS—Signed coach Rex Ryan to a two-year contract extension and general manager Mike Tannenbaum to a five-year contract through the 2014 season. Signed WR Laveranues Coles to a one-year contract.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES—Agreed to terms with C Maurkice Pouncey on a five-year contract.

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS—Signed OL Anthony Davis and OL Mike Iupati to five-year contracts and S Taylor Mays and LB Navorro Bowman to four-year contracts.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS—Signed OT Trent Williams to a six-year contract.

HOCKEY National Hockey League BOSTON BRUINS—Signed F Blake Wheeler to a one-year contract.

CALGARY FLAMES—Signed D Ian White to a one-year contract.

MONTREAL CANADIENS—Signed D Alex Henry to a two-year contract.

OTTAWA SENATORS—Re-signed D Chris Campoli to a one-year contract.

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING—Signed C Dominic Moore to a two-year contract.

ECHL IDAHO STEELHEADS—Signed F Geoff Irwin and D Weston Tardy.

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

Cleveland at Boston, 7:10 p.m.

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

Kansas City at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.

LACROSSE

RACING NASCAR-Sprint Cup Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 Lineup After Friday qualifying; race Sunday At Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, Pa.

(Car number in parentheses) 1. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 171.393.

2. (42) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 171.096.

3. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 170.371.

4. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 170.222.

5. (39) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 169.936.

6. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 169.901.

7. (43) A J Allmendinger, Ford, 169.879.

8. (31) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 169.77.

9. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 169.696.

10. (5) Mark Martin, Chevrolet, 169.613.

11. (12) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 169.543.

12. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 169.447.

13. (2) Kurt Busch, Dodge, 169.44.

14. (29) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 169.163.

15. (77) Sam Hornish Jr., Dodge, 169.122.

16. (9) Kasey Kahne, Ford, 169.1.

National Lacrosse League COLORADO MAMMOTH—Signed D John Gallant, F Brian Langtry, F Jed Prossner and F Derek Malawsky.

SOCCER Major League Soccer FC DALLAS—Traded D Anthony Wallace to Colorado for a 2001 fourth-round SuperDraft pick and a conditional 2012 SuperDraft selection.

Signed F Ruben Luna, MF Victor Ulloa and D Moises Hernandez.

NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION—Signed F Ilija Stolica and F-MF Robert Linck.

NEW YORK RED BULLS—Waived F John Wolyniec.

PHILADELPHIA UNION—Waived G Brian Perk.

Signed MF J.T. Noone.

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC—Traded MF Freddie Ljungberg to Chicago for a conditional 2011 or 2012 SuperDraft pick. Added MF Alvaro Fernandez to the roster.

COLLEGE WEST COAST CONFERENCE—Promoted Sarah Wilhelmi to assistant commissioner for

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ALABAMA STATE—Named Stacy Danley athletic director.

APPALACHIAN STATE—Named Chris Moore assistant baseball coach.

LENOIR-RHYNE—Named Andi Gitelson women’s lacrosse coach.

MINNESOTA—Named John Harris director of golf.

PFEIFFER—Named Jason P. Smith men’s soccer coach.

SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI—Announced the resignation of men’s tennis coach Teddy Viator.

WINTHROP—Named Tom Riginos baseball coach.

GOLF The Greenbrier Classic Scores At The Old White Course White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. Second Round a-denotes amateur Jeff Overton Boo Weekley Jimmy Walker Erik Compton Aaron Baddeley Briny Baird Chris Stroud Charles Howell III Scott Piercy Scott McCarron Richard S. Johnson Chris Couch Jim Furyk Brendon de Jonge Spencer Levin Ben Crane Pat Perez Matt Bettencourt John Rollins Davis Love III Paul Stankowski Bob Estes Stuart Appleby D.A. Points Troy Matteson Jonathan Byrd Brett Wetterich Steve Flesch Sergio Garcia Tom Gillis John Senden Skip Kendall Roger Tambellini Matt Every Tim Herron Woody Austin Stephen Ames Carl Pettersson Justin Leonard Ben Curtis Chad Collins Charley Hoffman Michael Bradley Chris DiMarco John Huston Charlie Wi Kevin Sutherland Kevin Na Arjun Atwal Brian Stuard Bill Lunde Brandt Snedeker Marc Leishman Troy Merritt Dean Wilson Mathew Goggin Jeev Milkha Singh Aron Price Michael Letzig Graham DeLaet John Daly Cameron Percy Brent Delahoussaye Joe Ogilvie Charles Warren Greg Chalmers Chris Riley Jay Williamson Garrett Willis Ricky Barnes Roland Thatcher Joe Durant Craig Bowden J.J. Henry J.B. Holmes Rocco Mediate a-Jonathan Bartlett Jerod Turner Nicholas Thompson Jeff Quinney Cameron Beckman Matt Kuchar Derek Lamely Blake Adams Brenden Pappas Failed to qualify Paul Goydos Will MacKenzie Trevor Immelman James Nitties Cameron Tringale Garth Mulroy Bob Sowards Jerry Kelly Daniel Chopra David Toms Johnson Wagner John Mallinger James Driscoll Kevin Streelman Steve Wheatcroft Andrew McLardy Drew Weaver Martin Flores Tim Petrovic Billy Mayfair Matt Jones Brett Quigley Greg Owen Tom Pernice, Jr. Alex Hamilton Brad Faxon Lee Janzen George McNeill Josh Teater Gary Woodland Patrick Moore Justin Bolli Kevin Stadler Ted Purdy Ryuji Imada Todd Hamilton Jarrod Lyle Glen Day Brian Gay Rod Pampling Barry Evans Vance Veazey Chris Tidland David Morland IV Mark Wilson Steve Lowery Kenny Perry D.J. Trahan Robert Garrigus Sam Saunders Omar Uresti John Merrick Brian Davis Martin Laird Kevin Johnson Mathias Gronberg Alex Prugh David Lutterus Cliff Kresge Alex Cejka Henrik Bjornstad Jeff Gove Jeff Maggert Chris Wilson Michael Connell Webb Simpson Rich Barcelo Willis Ring Mark Hensby Dick Mast

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Owls defeat Martinsville

By JACOB CONLEY Sports Reporter

FOREST CITY — The Forest City Owls broke open a pitchers’ duel by scoring four, two-out runs in the sixth to defeat Martinsville, 5-2.

The game settled into a pitchers’ duel early as the Owls’ Jeramy Fant and the Mustangs’ Jonathan Cornelius locked horns. Neither hurler surrendered a hit through the first two frames.

The Owls got their first base runner of the contest in the third as Mark Dvoroznak laced a double just over the first base bag. Tarran Senay drew a fourpitch walk before Will Skinner grounded out to end the threat.

With two outs in the fourth inning, Fant thought he had struck out Brian Dice. He did not get the call and Dice deposited the next pitch over the left field wall to give Martinsville a 2-0 lead.

Forest City made a bid to get back in the contest, putting two runners on with no outs in the bottom half of the inning, but the Mustang defense registered a double play and a popup to escape the jam.

Forest City escaped another a threat in the fifth, thanks to a botched suicide squeeze play with runners on second and third with one out.

Forest City finally broke through in the bottom of the sixth as Cade Stallings blistered a ball off the right field wall to collect an RBI. He came around to score on a Danny Canela single that the catcher just snuck through the infield. The Owls took their first lead as Brian Burton unleashed a long shot over the left field wall for a 4-2 advantage.

Working with the lead, Fant settled down and set Martinsville down in order in the seventh and eighth.

Forest City added some insurance in the eighth as Will Skinner smashed a solo shot to the deepest part of the park for a 5-2 lead. The hit also ties Skinner for the career hits lead in the CPL. J.D. Osborn came in and garnered his first save of the season.

On Thursday night, the Owls took a 2-0 win over Wilmington behind Seth Cutler-Voltz’s gem.

The right hander from Virginia Commonwealth retired 24 of the 29 hitters he faced, including all but one of the first 19 Sharks’ hitters of the game.

The lone blemishes on his resume were five singles, three of which came in the eighth inning or later.

Cutler-Voltz started the ninth for a complete game try, but two straight hits to begin the final frame spelled the end and brought on Owls closer Phillip Brannon (USC Upstate). Brannon came on with the tying run at first, but shut down the Wilmington threat to notch his second save of the season.

Cutler-Voltz improved his record to 3-1 on the year.

Wilmington hurler Ryan Leach (UNC Wilmington) was almost as good for the Sharks, surrendering two runs on four hits in his eight innings thrown. Leach struck out nine and walked one, but made one mistake.

The lone runs in the contest came in the third inning thanks to a two-run home run to right field

by Tarran Senay (North Carolina State).

The Owls host the Fayetteville Swampdogs tonight. Forest City will finish the regular season at Martinsville on Aug. 2.

Nats slap Phils WASHINGTON (AP) — Craig Stammen carried a shutout into the seventh inning and the Washington Nationals roughed up Roy Oswalt in his Philadelphia debut, halting the Phillies’ eightgame winning streak with an 8-1 victory Friday night.

Oswalt (6-13), a former 20-game winner acquired from Houston in a four-player trade Thursday, allowed five runs — four earned — and seven hits in six innings. He walked two, struck out four and hit two batters.

It was another tough start against Washington for the right-hander, who lasted only 2 1-3 innings, yielded four runs and was ejected for arguing balls and strikes when he faced the Nationals in Houston on May 31.

Stammen (3-4) went 6 1-3 innings, and gave up one run and five hits. He walked one and struck out five.

Jayson Werth homered for the Phillies.

Adam Kennedy had a season-high four hits for the Nationals, who have won three of four.

Rays 3, Yankees 2 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Wade Davis shrugged off a rocky start to pitch seven innings and Matt Joyce hit a three-run homer Friday night to lead the surging Tampa Bay Rays over the New York Yankees 3-2.

Tampa Bay forced Alex Rodriguez to wait at least one more day to join the 600-home run club, and the second-place Rays matched their longest winning streak of the season at seven games. The Rays pulled within one game of the AL Eastleading Yankees with their 11th win in 12 home games.

Derek Jeter singled and Nick Swisher homered to begin the game against Davis (9-9), who settled to limit the Yankees to one hit — Robinson Cano’s sixth-inning, broken bat single — and three walks over after that.

Joyce’s homer with two outs in the sixth ruined an otherwise outstanding performance by New York’s Phil Hughes (12-4).

Reliever Joaquin Benoit pitched a perfect eighth for Tampa Bay. Alfonso Soriano got the final three outs.

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TORONTO (AP) — Jose Bautista hit a grand slam, his major league-leading 31st home run, Fred Lewis added a solo shot and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Cleveland Indians 8-1 on Friday night, their sixth win in seven games.

Bautista went 3 for 3 and walked twice before being lifted for a pinch-runner in the eighth inning.

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Sports

Stewart takes pole at Pocono

=LONG POND, Pa. (AP) — Tony Stewart unbuttoned the top button on his racing suit and let out a sigh.

Qualifying for the pole always makes a trip to Pocono Raceway more fun. Stewart zipped his No. 14 Chevy for a qualifying lap Friday of 171.393 mph around the 2.5-mile triangle track to start from the top for Sunday’s Pennsylvania 500. “Man, it felt good,� Stewart said. “If you want a place where you want good track position, it’s here at Pocono.�

Juan Pablo Montoya will start second in the NASCAR Sprint Cup race for an impressive follow-up to last week’s pole start but disappointing 32nd-place finish at the Brickyard 400.

Denny Hamlin will start third as he tries to sweep both Pocono races. Hamlin won the Pocono 500 in June.

They’ll both have to get past Stewart first, who’s got a little experience with starting up front at the Tricky Triangle.

Stewart started the June race in sixth place, and finished third. He was awarded the pole at the two Pocono stops in 2009 after rainouts washed out qualifying.

This time, Stewart sped his way to the top. He said he felt good going around the first two turns before thinking he hit a rough spot around Turn 3. “I felt like I might have lost a little bit of time there, but we got through there pretty good, too apparently. Better than I thought, I guess,�

Stewart said.

Good enough for his second pole of the season, the first coming at Texas Motor Speedway in April. Ninth in the points race, Stewart hopes to get a boost as the schedule draws closer to the Chase playoffs.

And to think, Stewart considers qualifying a “weak suit.� “The qualifying run for sure, I’m hoping is a glimmer of hope to what the rest of the weekend will hold for us,� Stewart said. He’s had first-place finishes at Pocono in 2009 and 2003.

Nationwide-only drivers seek win

NEWTON, Iowa (AP) — The NASCAR Nationwide series has been dominated by doubleduty Sprint Cup drivers all season, which isn’t exactly a new phenomenon.

The so-called “regular guys� on the Nationwide tour are hoping to break that trend in Iowa.

The Nationwide series will make its second stop at Iowa Speedway on Saturday night with a thinner-than-usual roster of double-duty drivers. The Sprint Cup race in Pocono on Sunday starts less than 18 hours after the green flag drops in Iowa, so just eight drivers are scheduled to double-dip this weekend.

That could leave the door open for the likes of Justin Allgaier, Trevor Bayne or Steve Wallace to snap a stretch of 16 races without a win for a Nationwide-only driver. “I feel like it’s not impossible for us to win a race,� Allgaier said. “I think towards the end of the season we’re going to see more Nationwide-only guys win races.�

Allgaier should know, of course. He’s the only non-Sprint Cup driver to win a Nationwide race this season, crossing first at Bristol on March 20.

Allgaier was the Nationwide rookie of the year in 2009 and has continued to show he’s one of the brighter young talents in stock car racing. The 24-year-old Allgaier is third in the points standings behind Cup drivers Brad Keselowski and Carl Edwards, and he led 35 laps at Iowa last year before a string of bad luck left him 15th.

Bayne has taken the last two poles in the Nationwide series. Neither translated into a win — though he did finish a career-best third at Gateway two weeks ago — but his No. 99 car has run its best races in back-to-back weeks.

Though the challenge of running against Cup drivers has been a daunting one for Nationwide regulars, Bayne said he appreciates that struggle.

He thinks it’s only going to help him in his quest to become a Cup regular himself. “I know we can be fast here. I think we’ve got a good shot at these Cup guys this weekend, probably as good as any weekend remaining in the year,� Bayne said. “That’s what is going to benefit me the most is racing against these guys every weekend,� he said. “It’s going to make me a better driver. And racing against this tough equipment. I mean, if everything was just handed to us, it would seem easy and we’d step into Sprint Cup and we’d struggle.�

Associated Press

In this photo taken July 29, 2Carolina Panthers running backs Jonathan Stewart (28) and Tyrell Sutton (22) look on during practice at the NFL football team’s training camp in Spartanburg, S.C.

Stewart Continued from Page 1B

2007. It required surgery, and Stewart was held out of all offseason practices after going to Carolina with the 13th overall pick.

Overcompensating for his toe by putting more pressure on his left foot is what caused the new injury. About halfway through his rookie season he started being held out of at least one practice a week with what the secretive Panthers called just a “sore left heel.�

Despite the pain, the strong and stocky Stewart rushed for 836 yards and 10 touchdowns, both franchise rookie records.

Stewart and DeAngelo Williams combined for the most yards by NFL teammates since 1984.

Stewart then sat out every offseason workout last season, and had participated in eight of 48 practices before playing in Week 1 against Philadelphia. His Achilles’ tendon and heel throbbing, Stewart wasn’t sure he’d make it through the season. “At the beginning, no,� Stewart said. “But I had my teammates around me, the training staff to build up this realm of a way to

get through the season, really. It was a good situation.�

Despite practicing once or twice a week at the most, Stewart recovered from a slow start and had big games after Williams went out with an ankle injury. Stewart rushed for a franchise-record 206 yards in a win at the New York Giants, and finished with 1,133 yards despite being in constant pain. “There was one play I remember, he broke like 40 yards, guys were still trying to tackle him, and he was moaning and yelling at the bottom of the huddle,� center Ryan Kalil said. “And he got back in and we ran another play. That’s a tough guy. I’m glad he’s on my team.�

Shortly after combining with Williams to become the first set of teammates since the 1970 merger to each rush for over 1,100 yards, Stewart had surgery on the area between his Achilles’ tendon and heel. He said some bone spurs were removed and the doctor “cleaned it up, did some stuff, tightening and whatever.�

Stewart missed all offseason workouts — he hasn’t participated in one minicamp practice or organized team activity workout in three years — and is now sit-

ting again. “I can’t wait until he gets out there it takes reps off of us, and we can get back to midseason form like we were last year,� Williams said. “I think the coaching staff did a great job rotating us in and out, and he did a great job of taking over there at the end when I was hurt.�

Stewart said he hopes to return “soon� but added, “I really don’t know� when that will be. “In my career, I’ve known guys who, man, they’d be so excited if they could have some kind of excuse to get out (of practice),�

Kalil said. “I know he cares a lot about what his teammates think of him. “I try to reassure him all the time, that guys know that it’s just one of those things that you try to fight through. I tell him we’d rather have him on Sunday than through the week.�

So Friday afternoon, when his teammates were sweating through a workout with a heat index over 100 degrees, Stewart was watching — again. “He’s got a good schedule going, why mess with it now,�

King said before finishing with one more friendly jab. “Maybe if we started practicing him he won’t be as good.�

Golf Notes Tseng leads British Open SOUTHPORT, England (AP) — Taiwan’s Yani Tseng shot her second straight 4-under 68 on Friday to open a four-stroke lead in the Women’s British Open.

The 21-year-old Tseng, playing in calm, dry morning condtions at Royal Birkdale, had five birdies and bogey in the second round. She won the Kraft Nabisco in April for her second major title and third LPGA Tour title.

LPGA Championship winner Cristie Kerr (67), Brittany Lincicome (71) and Amy Yang (71) were tied for second.

Greenbrier Classic WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (AP) — Jeff Overton shot an 8-under 62 to take a four-stroke lead midway through the inaugural Greenbrier Classic.

Boo Weekley, finally healthy after tearing a labrum in his left shoulder a year ago, was 10 under after a 63. Jimmy Walker (64) and double heart transplant recipient Erik Compton (68) were 9 under.

Irish Open KILLARNEY, Ireland (AP) — England’s Ross Fisher shot a 10-under 61 to take a three-stroke lead in the Irish Open.

Associated Press Fisher had 10 birdies in 12 holes —including Bernhard Langer, of Germany, lines up a putt with six in a row — in his bogey-free round to reach help from his son and caddie, Stefan Langer, on the 12-under 130 at the Killarney Golf and Fishing third green during the second round of the U.S. Senior Club. He was in position to become the first player Open golf tournament Friday at Sahalee Country Club to shoot a 59 on the PGA European Tour after in Sammamish, Wash. Lnger fired a 68 to move up the reaching 10 under on the 14th hole, but missed leaderboard. three late birdie putts.

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LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)

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Stocks end an erratic month with solid gain NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks had a fitting end to a choppy July as prices seesawed their way to a narrowly mixed finish. The market still had its best month in a year.

Investors had an ambivalent response Friday to the government’s gross domestic product report, which showed that economic growth slowed in the April-June quarter. The Dow Jones industrial average fell almost 120 points in early trading, then ratcheted up and down until the close. The Dow ended down just a point, and the other big indexes had similarly small moves.

The day was much like the rest of July, which saw investors alternately buying on strong earnings reports and selling on weak economic numbers. The Dow rose 7.1 percent for the month, its best showing since it gained 7.8 percent in July 2009.

A repeat performance in August seemed unlikely due to the market’s current pessimism, especially since the bulk of second-quarter earnings reports are in. Many investors, uncertain about the where the market is heading, stayed on the sidelines for much of July or moved money into safer investments. Even on days when the Dow was up 100 or 300 points, trading volume was unusually low.

The Commerce Department’s GDP report was troubling for the market, and followed recent reports on housing and unemployment that showed the recovery has slowed. Analysts said that as investors read deeper into the report, it didn’t look as bad as they initially thought. They found some good news in the consumer savings rate.

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People arrive to seek employment opportunities at a JobTrain office in Menlo Park, Calif., in this photograph taken July 20. The recovery lost momentum in the second quarter as growth slowed to a 2.4 percent pace, its most sluggish showing in nearly a year and too weak to drive down unemployment.

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Slowing growth threat to jobs

WASHINGTON (AP) — The recovery is losing so much momentum that employers are unlikely to step up hiring anytime this year, and unemployment could return to double digits.

That was the bleak conclusion of analysts Friday after the government said economic growth crawled at a 2.4 percent pace in the spring. It was the economy’s weakest showing in nearly a year. And many economists think growth is slower now.

Consumers spent less, companies slowed their restocking of shelves and the nation’s trade deficit exerted a stronger drag on the economy in the April-toThe Dow fell 1.22, or 0.01 percent, to 10,465.94. June quarter.

The Commerce Department The Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose 0.07, or report also showed the recession 0.01 percent, to 1,101.60, while the Nasdaq composite index rose 3.01, or 0.1 percent, to 2,254.70. was deeper than previously estiRising stocks outpaced losers by about 3 to 2 on mated, according to revisions of the New York Stock Exchange where volume came the data. Its depth helps explain why the economy is now strugto a very light 1.1 billion shares. gling so much, with shoppers Volume usually falls off in the summertime but reluctant to spend and employstays strong during July. This July was particuers slow to hire. larly slow.

Businesses stepped up their Treasurys benefited from the uncertainty. The spending last quarter, propelled yield on the 10-year Treasury note, which moves in part by government stimulus. opposite its price, fell to 2.91 percent from 2.99 percent. Its yield is often used as a benchmark for But those gains aren’t likely to be repeated, economists said. interest rates on mortgages and other consumer The one exception is in equiploans. A yield below 3 percent suggests investors are worried about long-term growth and don’t fear ment and software. Companies invested in those areas last inflation will be a problem anytime soon.

quarter at the fastest pace in 13 years. And they are expected to keep up that spending. But that won’t be enough to invigorate the rebound.

In fact, their investments in technology could actually crimp hiring. Companies are investing in productivity-enhancing equipment that reduces the need to expand their work forces.

Congress may feel pressure to pass more stimulus measures to speed the recovery.

So far, Republicans and some Democrats have blocked additional spending because of their concerns about the size of the deficit.

The Federal Reserve is exploring new steps to bolster the recovery in case the economy flashes dangers signs of sliding back into recession.

Investors reacted to the report with disappointment. Stock futures fell in the hour before the markets opened. But losses moderated after the University of Michigan/Reuters consumer sentiment index for July rose slightly more than expected.

The report also showed that the economy grew at a 3.7 percent pace in the first three months of this year. That was much better than the 2.7 percent pace estimated just a

month ago.

Still, the recovery has been losing air for two straight quarters. Concerns have arisen about whether it will fizzle out — or even tip back into a “double-dip” recession.

The economy began to grow in the third quarter of last year after having suffered the worst recession since the Great Depression. And in the final quarter of 2009, the economy surged at a 5 percent pace. That was the high-water mark of the rebound so far.

Much of the expansion was powered by the government’s $862 billion stimulus package of tax cuts and spending. Also, companies helped energize growth with a burst of spending to replenish inventories that had been cut down during the recession.

Now, those forces are fading.

As they do, doubts are growing about whether the private sector can boost spending and investment enough to fuel the recovery.

Consumer spending, usually the lifeblood of the economy, slowed in the second quarter.

Such spending rose at an anemic 1.6 percent pace. That was down from a 1.9 percent pace in the first quarter.

Obama touts auto success

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President Barack Obama looks over the new Chevy Volt with Assembly Manager Teri Quigley, right, and others as he tours the General Motors Auto Plant in Hamtramck, Mich,, Friday where the Volt, an electric car, will be assembled.

DETROIT (AP) — President Barack Obama on Friday heralded the recent turnaround for U.S. automakers, arguing that thousands of jobs and increased production vindicate his unpopular decision to bailout the industry.

With Americans facing a stilllimping economy and potentially pivotal congressional elections in three months, Obama is seizing on the positive new trends in the auto industry as evidence of broader economic good news. He launched an intensive campaign to highlight the story as a concrete area of improvement with direct ties to his administration’s actions.

“This industry is growing stronger,” Obama declared from the floor of Chrysler’s Jefferson North plant,

which recently added a second shift of production to the tune of about 1,100 jobs. “You are proving the naysayers wrong.”

From here, where the president greeted workers making Jeep Grand Cherokees and sat in a mostly finished model, Obama went to nearby Hamtramck to visit a GM plant planning to assemble the Chevrolet Volt rechargeable electric car. That factory is one of nine the automaker will keep open during the usual twoweek summer shutdown.

Taking advantage of a rare opportunity to drive, Obama got behind the wheel of a black Volt, buckled himself in and inched the car slowly forward about 10 feet, before declaring that the ride was “pretty smooth.”

The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Saturday, July 31, 2010 — 5B SHOE by Chris Cassat and Gary Brookins

THE GRIZZWELLS by Bill Schoor

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THE BORN LOSER by Art and Chip Sansom

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Happy empty-nester objects to baby-sitting Dear Abby: Our daughter gave birth to an adorable little boy three years ago. We love “Connor” dearly, but my husband is obsessed with him. He wants our grandson at our house every weekend from the time we are done working on Friday until Sunday evening or Monday morning.

My husband wants to take Connor everywhere we go. Abby, I love my grandson, but after raising our own children, I’d now like to focus on our lives and maybe have time for myself. If I say anything, my husband becomes furious and tells me I don’t love our grandson. Of course I do, but I don’t want every spare moment of my life wrapped up in him. Your advice, please? — G-Ma Dear G-Ma: How does your daughter feel about this arrangement? What about Connor’s father and his paternal grandparents?

Shouldn’t they be getting equal time with the child, too? If your daughter is a single mother, it is unfair for her to expect her parents to baby-sit Connor every weekend.

I agree that your husband’s behavior is obsessive. You deserve time for yourself, so TAKE it. If your husband won’t cooperate, schedule activities with some of your women friends. Do not allow yourself to be bullied into being an unwilling baby sitter because it isn’t healthy for any

Dear Abby Abigail van Buren

of you.

Dear Abby: I am a 13-year-old girl and I really enjoy drawing. There’s a 17-year-old boy in my school, “Christopher,” who I am dying to draw. He has a wonderful profile, a fascinating smile, challenging hair that hangs over his eyes in an interesting way, great posture, grace and beautiful hands. Shall I go on?

Every time I see Christopher I want to grab a camera and get some good snapshots to use as a reference for sketching him later. I especially want to capture him in action — running, jumping, fencing or something like that. I also want to do a portrait of him.

How can I get some photos of him without being embarrassed or getting teased? There’s one teacher who would definitely tease me if I’m too obvious. — Future Famous Artist Dear Future Famous Artist: Why not try the direct approach?

Tell Christopher that you’re working on an art project, and ask him if he would mind.

Bow legs no laughing matter Dear Dr. Gott: Ten years ago I went to Mayo Clinic with health problems.

The rheumatologist was not helpful, nor did she tell me what was wrong with me. She only laughed at me, telling me how bow legged I was. I live in a rural area where doctors are limited. How do I talk to doctors that put me down like that?

Dear Reader: Bow legs were not your choice. They either developed physiologically or pathologically. Generally speaking, physiologic bowing improves without treatment as a child grows.

A number of diseases can cause pathologic bowing, with two of the more common ones being rickets and Blount’s disease. Rickets results from a dietary deficiency of vitamin D, calcium and phosphorus. This is relatively uncommon in the United States because of vitamin supplements and diet but is still seen in less developed countries.

The disorder causes cupping and widening of the growth plates that can be identified on a simple X-ray. Symptoms

Puzzle

Ask Dr. Gott Dr. Peter M. Gott include bow legs and knock knees, swelling at the ends and sides of the bones, muscle pain, curvature of the spine, enlarged liver and spleen and a host of other conditions.

Blount’s affects the inner edge of the upper shin bone at the knee growth plate. It runs across the knee, causing a decrease in the growth plate closest to the leg’s inner side or inseam. Both groups have a similarity in that the children are overweight for their age.

Now, on to your less-than-professional medical contacts. I have no idea how bowed your legs are, but there is simply no excuse for such shenanigans by a physician, whether at Mayo Clinic or the walk-in clinic on the corner.

IN THE STARS Your Birthday, July 31; Endeavors could take off like a rocket in the year ahead.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) - You’re going to get that chance to use some valuable knowledge.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22) - Something very good is likely to develop.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) - An alliance you’re presently forging is likely to turn out well.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) - Perform your work to the best of your ability.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) - Don’t be afraid to take a chance.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) - Loose ends of a financial situation can be now be knotted.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) - Being able to judge others will be an edge.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) - Keep that profit motive uppermost in your mind today.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) - This is a great day to get together with your friends.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) - Stop worrying about what you can’t do and get into what you can do.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) - If you’re going to be a wishful thinker, do it up right and aim to achieve.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) - Aim high and shoot for the moon when it comes to career or financial matters, and don’t settle for anything but the top.

6B — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Saturday, July 31, 2010

Nation

FBI’s access to e-mail, web records questioned

WASHINGTON (AP) — Invasion of privacy in the Internet age. Expanding the reach of law enforcement to snoop on e-mail traffic or on Web surfing. Those are among the criticisms being aimed at the FBI as it tries to update a key surveillance law.

With its proposed amendment, is the Obama administration merely clarifying a statute or expanding it? Only time and a suddenly on guard Congress will tell.

Federal law requires communications providers to produce records in counterintelligence investigations to the FBI, which doesn’t need a judge’s approval and court order to get them.

They can be obtained merely with the signature of a special agent in charge of any FBI field office and there is no need even for a suspicion of wrongdoing, merely that the records would be relevant in a counterintelligence or counterterrorism investigation. The person whose records the gov-

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ernment wants doesn’t even need to be a suspect.

The bureau’s use of these so-called national security letters to gather information has a checkered history.

The bureau engaged in widespread and serious misuse of its authority to issue the letters, illegally collecting data from Americans and foreigners, the Justice Department’s inspector general concluded in 2007. The bureau issued 192,499 national security letter requests from 2003 to 2006.

Weathering that controversy, the FBI has continued its reliance on the letters to gather information from telephone companies, banks, credit bureaus and other businesses with personal records about their customers or subscribers — and Internet service providers.

That last source is the focus of the Justice Department’s push to get Congress to modify the law.

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NORTH CAROLINA RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE DISTRICT COURT DIVISION FILE: 09 JT 65 FILE: 09 JT 66 In Re: RMR and JLR, Minor Children, Stephanie Ingle Ruppe, Petitioner, v.

Michael Wayne Ruppe, Respondent.

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION To: Michael Wayne Ruppe: TAKE NOTICE that a petition seeking relief against you has been filed in the above entitled proceedings for Petition for Termination of Parental Rights of: R.M.R., born the 30th day of December, 2000 and J.L.R., born the 12th day of November, 2004.

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that you must make your defense to such pleadings no later than 40 days following the 24th day of July 2010, the date of first publication of this Notice upon you, in order to participate in and receive further notice of the proceedings. If you fail to do so, the petitioner will apply to the court for the relief sought. Any parental rights you may have will be terminated upon entry of the Judgment. Respond to the Clerk of Superior Court, 229 N. Main Street, Rutherfordton, NC 28139.

This the 21st day of July 2010.

T. Brandon Jaynes, Attorney for Petitioner King, Crotts and Associates 610 Oak Street Forest City, NC 28043 828-286-3332

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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

The law already requires Internet service providers to produce the records, said Dean Boyd, a spokesman for the Justice Department’s national security division. But he said as written it also causes confusion and the potential for unnecessary litigation as some Internet companies have argued they are not always obligated to comply with the FBI requests.

A key Democrat on Capitol Hill, Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Patrick Leahy of Vermont, wants a timeout.

The administration’s proposal to change the Electronic Communications Privacy Act “raises serious privacy and civil liberties concerns,” Leahy said Thursday in a statement.

“While the government should have the tools that it needs to keep us safe, American citizens should also have protections against improper intrusions into their private electronic communications and online transactions,” said Leahy.

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472 SQFT OF LAMINATE FLOORING STILL IN BOXES. Natural hickory plank. Made by Quickstep, 30 yr. warranty, 5 day water guarantee. Paid $1773 - $3.47 sqft., willing to sell for $1,000. Contact Jeremy 704-477-5857

0554 Wanted to Rent/Buy/ Trade Junk Cars Wanted Paying $200 per vehicle.

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2BR/1BA in Spindale Appliances furnished $400/mo., first & last.

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0710

Homes for Sale

3BR/2BA DW on 1 acre Close to Duke Power Plant $62,500 Owner financing with DP! Call 657-4430

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0754

Commercial/Office

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0793

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2007 Hornet Camper, good cond., bought new. 28', sleeps 7-8. Call 828-657-4166 Complete camping pkg.: 98 Silverado Duly w/04 Golf Stream Supreme 5th wheel w/full slide, all amenities.

Priced to sell! Call 248-9842

0832

Motorcycles

1997 CBR 600F3 24K miles, Yoshimura full exhaust.

Garage kept, needs someone to ride! $2,800 Call 704-300-6632 2007 Honda CVR 600RR, blue, take up payments. Call 828-748-3854

0864

Pickup Trucks for Sale

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nation/world World Today 25 dead as forest fires rage

MOSCOW (AP) — Forest fires raged across Russia on Friday, destroying villages, surrounding one southern city and killing at least 25 people, including three firefighters. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin consoled survivors at one smoldering village and urged officials to redouble their efforts against the blazes.

The fires have spread quickly across more than 200,000 acres (90,000 hectares) in recent days after a record heat wave and severe drought.

July has been the hottest month in Moscow in 130 years of recorded history. Fields and forests have dried up, and much of this year’s wheat harvest has been ruined.

Putin on Friday visited the ruins of Verkhnyaya Vereya, where all 341 houses were burned to the ground and five residents died in the blaze. The village was one of three destroyed around Nizhny Novgorod, Russia’s fifth-largest city located 300 miles (475 kilometers) east of Moscow.

Officials: Floods kill at least 430

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — The death toll from three days of flooding in Pakistan reached at least 430 on Friday, as rains bloated rivers, submerged villages, and triggered landslides.

Pakistani TV showed striking images of people clinging to fences and other stationary items as water gushed over their heads. Helicopters were also shown winching people to safety.

The rising toll from the monsoon rains underscores the poor infrastructure in impoverished Pakistan, where under-equipped rescue workers struggled to reach people stranded in far-flung villages. The weather forecast was mixed, with some areas expected to see reduced rainfall and others likely to see an intensification.

Rocket from Gaza hits Israeli city

JERUSALEM (AP) — Gaza militants fired a rocket into the Israeli city of Ashkelon early Friday, the military said, a rare strike in a period of relative quiet.

The Israeli military said the rocket caused damage but no injuries. None of the Palestinian militant groups in Gaza immediately took responsibility for the attack.

U.S. Consulate closes for security

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. Consulate in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez will temporarily close pending a review of its security protocols.

The U.S. Embassy said the consulate will “remain closed until the security review is completed.”

U.S. soldiers stand guard as a medical helicopter arrives to evacuate a soldier from 1-320th Alpha Battery, 2nd Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division, who was seriously wounded when he stepped on an improvised mine Friday.

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Casualties soar in Afghan war KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — In a summer of suffering, America’s military death toll in Afghanistan is rising, with back-to-back record months for U.S. losses in the grinding conflict. All signs point to more bloodshed in the months ahead, straining the already shaky international support for the war.

Six more Americans were reported killed in fighting in the south — three Thursday and three Friday — pushing the U.S. death toll for July to a record 66 and surpassing June as the deadliest month for U.S. forces in the nearly nine-year war.

U.S. officials confirmed the latest American deaths Friday but gave no further details. Five of the latest reported deaths were a result of hidden bombs — the insurgents’ weapon of choice — and the sixth to an armed attack, NATO said in statements.

U.S. commanders say American casualties are mounting because more troops are fighting — and the Taliban are stiffening resistance as NATO and Afghan forces challenge the insurgents in areas they can’t

afford to give up without a fight.

“Recent months in Afghanistan have ... seen tough fighting and tough casualties. This was expected,” the top U.S. and NATO commander, Gen. David Petraeus, said at his Senate confirmation hearing last month.

“My sense is that the tough fighting will continue; indeed, it may get more intense in the next few months.”

That forecast is proving grimly accurate.

The month has brought a sharp increase in the tragic images of war — medics frantically seeking to stop the bleeding of a soldier who lost his leg in a bombing, fearful comrades huddled around a wounded trooper fighting for his life, the solemn scenes at Dover Air Force Bare in Delaware when shattered relatives come to receive the bodies of their loved ones.

After a dip in American deaths last spring following the February capture of the southern town of Marjah, U.S. fatalities have been rising — from 19 in April to 34 in May to 60 in June. Last month’s deaths for the entire NATO-led force

reached a record 104, including the 60 Americans. This month’s coalition death count stands at 89, including the 66 Americans.

Some U.S. military officers speculated that the spring drop in fatalities was due in part to the fact that many Taliban fighters in the south — the main focus of NATO operations — were busy harvesting the annual opium poppy crop, a major source of funding for the insurgents.

As the harvest ended and the pace of battle accelerated, more American troops were streaming into the country as part of President Barack Obama’s decision last December to dispatch 30,000 reinforcements in a bid to turn back a resurgent Taliban.

American troop strength stands at about 95,000, and by the end of August the figure is expected to swell to 100,000.

Commanders say more boots on the ground inevitably means more casualties.

With the additional troops, U.S. commanders have been stepping up the fight against the insurgents in their longtime strongholds.

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Soldiers guard a street in the area where, according to Mexico’s Defense Minister, Mexican drug cartel leader Ignacio Coronel Villareal, aka Nacho Coronel was killed during an army raid in Zapopan, near Guadalajara, Mexico, Thursday. Coronel is considered number three in the organization of fugitive Mexican drug lord Joaquin Chapo Guzman.

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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Soldiers killed a top leader of the Sinaloa cartel in a raid on his posh hideout, dealing the biggest blow yet to Mexico’s most powerful drug gang since President Felipe Calderon launched a military offensive against organized crime in 2006.

Ignacio “Nacho” Coronel, a reputed founder of Mexico’s methamphetamine trade, was gunned down Thursday trying to escape soldiers in the western city of Guadalajara.

Mexican authorities says he fired on soldiers as helicopters hovered overhead and troops closed in.

Coronel was a close associate of Mexico’s most wanted man, Sinaloa cartel leader Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, and was No. 3 in the organization after Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada.

“Nacho Coronel tried to escape, and fired on military personnel, killing one soldier and wounding another,” Gen. Edgar Luis Villegas said at a news conference in Mexico City.

The raid “significantly affects the operational capacity and drug distribution of the organization run by Guzman,” he added.

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration described Coronel as a major trafficker who was “directly responsible for the deaths of hun-

dreds of people,” and called his death “a crippling blow” to the Sinaloa cartel.

“We congratulate the Government of Mexico on this victory in their sustained efforts to dismantle the drug cartels by targeting the highest levels of cartel leadership,” the DEA said.

Coronel’s downfall came amid persistent allegations that Calderon’s administration appeared to be favoring the Sinaloa cartel, or not hitting it as hard as other drug gangs.

Those allegations have drawn angry denials from the president and his top law enforcement officials, who point to the 2009 arrest of Vicente “El Vicentillo” Zambada — the son of Ismael Zambada — as proof they were going after the gang.

Coronel’s death was also the biggest strike against Mexican cartels since drug lord Arturo Beltran Leyva and six of his bodyguards were killed in a Dec. 16 raid by Mexican marines in the central city of Cuernavaca.

The mysterious Coronel was believed to be “the forerunner in producing massive amounts of methamphetamine in clandestine laboratories in Mexico, then smuggling it into the U.S.”, according to the FBI, which offered a $5 million reward for the 56 year old.

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weather/Nation Nation Today

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Tyler Beffa, 17, of St. Louis, takes a water break as he works with a volunteer group repairing a home damaged during a May flood on Friday in Nashville, Tenn.

The sun continues to beat down as July ends in Tennessee, creating dangerously hot conditions and leaving farmers watching for rain as crops draw increasingly scant moisture from fields.

South staying steamy

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Heat advisories were posted from the Carolinas to the Great Plains as the South continued to roast Friday under temperatures and humidity that made beaches feel more like bakeries.

Forecasts for Friday highs were mainly in the upper 90s to 100 throughout much of the South. The heat index, which combines humidity and temperature, was well over 100 degrees from South Carolina to eastern Oklahoma.

The National Weather Service urged people to stay out of the sun, drink fluids and get some air conditioning.

Forecasters say high humidity from the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic is exacerbating the Southern staple of summertime heat.

The weather service issued an excessive heat warning for the South Carolina coast from Charleston into Georgia. Temperatures in the upper 90s combined with high humidity to make it feel like triple digits. Heat indices topped 100 along the coast by late morning.

A Charleston city worker who helps the elderly said one woman ran up a $600 electric bill as her small, inefficient window air conditioner ran almost nonstop to keep up with the heat.

“It’s absolutely unforgiving. We have never had heat like this,”

said Elizabeth Spencer, who runs the Elder Support Line for the Charleston police. She said she is getting 50 phones calls a day about elderly people struggling with the oppressive heat.

It was the 11th straight day of a heat advisory or warning on the South Carolina coast, said Julie Packett, a weather service meteorologist in Charleston. She said the pattern is expected to continue through August.

In South Florida, the heat made the asphalt shimmer with mirages as the humidity weighed down the air like a stifling blanket.

Carine Weiss, who comes from the Democratic Republic of Congo, said the heat feels worse to her now than it did when she was growing up in Africa.

“I’m almost ready to pass out it’s so hot,” said Weiss, 47, while playing tennis with friends in Weston, Fla. Most of Alabama was under a heat advisory as temperatures in the 100-degree range were forecast for parts of the state Saturday.

Weather service meteorologist Scott Unger in Birmingham said the heat index for many parts of the state could be in the 105 to 110-degree range. He said it’s a bit hotter and steamier than normal, but is a reminder of the season: “It’s summertime,” he said.

Man gets jail for Phillies game vomit assault PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A 21-year-old man who intentionally vomited on a spectator and his 11-year-old daughter at a Philadelphia Phillies game was sentenced Friday to up to three months in jail and community service, which the judge suggested be fulfilled by cleaning ballpark toilets and trash.

Matthew Clemmens, of Cherry Hill, N.J., was taken into custody immediately after Family Court Judge Kevin Dougherty imposed the sentence, and several family members burst into sobs as he was handcuffed.

Clemmens pleaded guilty in May to charges of assault, harassment and disorderly conduct.

Lawyer: Victim’s ex-wife got threatening visit MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — An attorney says three armed men looking for Lorenzen Wright showed up at the home of the former NBA player’s ex-wife about six weeks before he was found shot to death.

Lawyer Gail Mathes says her client, Sherra Wright, was afraid for herself and her children so kept quiet about the encounter until Monday. She then alerted police in the Memphis suburb of Collierville.

Mathes says the men, dressed in sport coats with weapons in view, threatened Sherra Wright and her family if she told anyone about the visit.

Lorenzen Wright’s body was found Wednesday in woods in southeast Memphis. He had been missing since July 18.

Calif. wildfire forces hundreds from homes PALMDALE, Calif. (AP) — A huge wildfire churned through high desert wilderness north of Los Angeles on Friday, destroying a few buildings and forcing people from about 2,000 homes. Most of the displaced residents were allowed to return as the threat eased.

One single-family home and

three mobile home residences were destroyed, another house had roof damage and various other outbuildings and garages were lost in the horse country region, authorities said.

A DC-10 jumbo jet tanker that can carry 12,000-gallon loads dropped swaths of retardant to block the 12½-square-mile blaze, leaving orange slashes across ridges. Containment was estimated at only 5 percent.

The blaze erupted Thursday afternoon and prompted the evacuation of about 2,000 Antelope Valley homes, but most had returned by early Friday, Los Angeles County fire and sheriff’s officials said.

Teen tries to steal cop’s rented SUV in Calif.

REDLANDS, Calif. (AP) — Investigators say a 15-year-old, would-be thief who jumped into a Jeep Cherokee was being watched by a Southern California policeman who rented the SUV. The plainclothes officer used his remote to lock the Redland’s teenager inside.

Redlands police spokesman Carl Baker says the San Manuel Indian Reservation officer was on assignment Wednesday when he saw the teen climb into the SUV.

Mother gets life term in Texas starvation case DALLAS (AP) — A mother whose three children were found starving after being shut away in a hotel bathroom for as long as nine months has been sentenced to life in prison.

The Dallas jury determined the sentence Friday. It came hours after 31-year-old Abneris Santiago changed her plea to guilty on the third day of testimony.

Police rescued the children from a bathroom in an extended-stay hotel. The children were near death from chronic starvation. Authorities say the oldest child, a girl, was repeatedly sexually assaulted by her mother’s boyfriend.

Alfred Santiago was convicted Tuesday and sentenced to two concurrent 99-year sentences.

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