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Town will discuss waste fee — Page 2 Sports Football time Prep football players in Rutherford County returned to the practice field on Monday

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Tuesday, August 3, 2010, Forest City, N.C.

NATION

County now listed in moderate drought

By JEAN GORDON Daily Courier Staff Writer

FOREST CITY — For the first time since April 2009, Rutherford County has entered a Moderate Drought category as July rainfall was lower than in the past decade. Normally, July is the wettest month of the year.

Moderate Drought is the second least

of drought categories reported by the North Carolina Drought Monitor system and 35 counties were listed in Moderate Drought. Four counties are Severe Drought and 45 counties are Abnormally Dry Sarah Young, public information officer, also said Rutherford County was among several of the state’s counties

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County OKs reimbursement financing

By SCOTT BAUGHMAN Daily Courier Staff Writer

RUTHERFORDTON — County Commissioners voted three to two to approve reimbursement financing for professional services on the various Daniel Road projects at their August meeting Monday night.

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Commissioners Eddie Holland, Paul McIntosh and Brent Washburn voted in favor of the financing while Commissioners Susan Crowe and Margaret Helton voted against it. No

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could then use a portion of the money borrowed to pay itself back for professional services — such as engineering or bidding documentation.

But Commissioner Crowe wanted to reword the resolution so it called for general obligation bonds and would require a public referendum. Many in the crowd applauded when Crowe called for the matter to be put on the public ballot.

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Town setting up utility rate fund

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specific amount of funding was listed in the resolution, and County Manager John Condrey tried to explain Monday’s vote would not include any specific building projects.

“By doing this, you are not accepting any bids or agreeing to borrow any money,” Condrey said. “On June 28, the board voted for professional services to start so you could then make a decision to move forward with the Daniel Road project or not.”

The resolution laid out that if projects were approved in the future, the county

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Emergency personnel assist injured motorists in a two-vehicle crash at 12:45 p.m. Monday at the intersection of Oak Street Extension and Piney Ridge Road. Among the injured was an elderly woman who was airlifted to Mission Hospitals in Asheville. Opal Mitchem, sustained life treatening injuries, said Trooper D.R. Walker. Mitchem was a passenger in the 1987 Cadillac driven by her daughter, Christine Elizabeth Mitchem, 58, both of Ellenboro. Karla Higginbotham, 39, of Old Stonecutter Road, driving a 2005 Mercury SUV, was also injured. Walker said Higginbotham was traveling northwest on Piney Ridge Road. Christine Mitchem, who was also injured, attempted to make a left hand turn and turned into the path of Higginbotham’s car.

Forest City firefighters, police and Rutherford County EMS assisted at the scene.

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listed as Moderate Drought.

“This is the first time since August 2009 that most of the state has been in a drought category,” Young said.

Brad Boris, superintendent at the Broad River Water Plant, said only 0.87 inches of rain was recorded in July,

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This property located off U.S.64/74 near Lattimore Road and Lake Lure was bought a few years ago by developers for Queen’s Gap where numerous amenities for the property were expected to be constructed.

But, due to the economy and the topography of the property, developers sold the land. The property has returned to its former state for agriculture purposes and according to the county’s mapping office, is owned

by Willie Burnette. With the absence of good steady rainfall, the property received a good watering last week.

A spokesperson for Queen’s Gap said the company hopes to find additional property for the purpose of building recreational facilities in the future.

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FOREST CITY — Commissioners set up a rate stabilization fund Monday and put a little more than three-quarters of a million dollars returned by Duke Energy into it.

Finance Director Pruett Walden told board members at their regular meeting that the town pays its electric bill based on an estimate of the energy the town expects to use for the year.

Then, when Duke later performs a “true-up,” the actual amount of energy used by the town is determined, based on peak demand. If the estimate of energy use was high, Duke refunds money. If the estimate was low, the town pays the extra money.

The true-up this time showed that Forest City paid $755,131.08 too much, including 6 percent interest

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LOCAL FEATURED ARTIST

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Laura Harris is the featured artist for August at the Rutherford County Visual Arts Center. She is a fiber artist who creates whimsical pillows, totes, and wall hangings from imaginative combinations of recycled fabrics.

Recently retired from Chase High School, Harris teaches popular classes for all ages in fabric arts. The Visual Arts Center is located at 160 N. Main Street, Rutherfordton. Hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.

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RCT, Union Mills Learning Center join forces in show

FOREST CITY — Rutherford Community Theatre is presenting “Remembering…” a theatrical/musical revue Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at Union Mills Learning Center Auditorium at 6490 Hudlow Road.

The production will feature tributes to Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, Elvis, Also Wednesday night, and as well as bluegrass, contemafter months of discussion, Town Council here will probably porary folk, 60’s soft rock and Piedmont/Delta blues. decide Wednesday the fees to Performing are RCT veterans charge folks utilizing the tennis Les Beale (Kickin‘ Chickin‘), courts, ballfields and picnic area Laura Collins, Jamie Earls, at Crestview Park.

Deborah Keller (Mama D), Exempt from fee is David Robertson, Stan Thomas Rutherfordton Little League Beale (Kickin’ Chickin’), Will Wilson, because of its long history with and introducing RCT newthe town and the park and the comer Jamey Harrison (Dixie Moon Bluegrass), program’s capital contributed.

However, other teams, including Musicians will include Rick Baynard (Kickin’ Chickin’) and Jimmy Deviney. travel teams and others will be This is a special performance by RCT to help required to pay a fee.

Union Mills Learning Center. UMLC will be servSchools will also be required to pay a certain fee to utilize the ing a spahgetti dinner before the performance starting at 6 p.m. Prices for the show will be $5 tennis courts. per person, 12 and under free.

Rutherford Community Theatre and Union Mills Council is also expected to Learning Center are working together to keep this approve its annual audit by venue open and available for the public.

Burleson & Earley, P.A. Admission is $5; 12 and under free.

Council has scheduled a closed Support helps help the RCT and UMLC to session to discuss economic remain viable through out the next year. development.

Seating will be limited. Call 828-287-4809 or e-mail rct.arts@yahoo.com for reserve tickets.

RCT will also collect nonperishable food items at the door for local soup kitchens.

Waste fee discussion planned

By JEAN GORDON Daily Courier Staff Writer

RUTHERFORDTON — Three days after a solid waste fee was implemented for the Town of Rutherfordton, councilman Bob Jones wants to discuss the fee when the town board meets Wednesday at 5:30 p.m.

The town implemented the fees to help bring much needed revenues for the year, due to the economy. The fees went into effect August 1.

Finance Officer Rus Scherer outlined the Solid Waste Fee program for the council to brief prior to the meeting.

The program is: n Residential parcels get one can collected once per week, subsidized 100 percent by property taxes. Commercial parcels receive two can collections per

week, subsidized 100 percent by property taxes. Each additional weekly can collection is $5.80 per month; n Apartments and multiunit dwellings will be treated as commercial properties. An apartment complex owner will receive the first two garbage cans, but will be charged the solid waste fees for the other cans needed; n Recycling will continue to be subsidized at 100 percent by property taxes for those contributing parcels; n If an entity does not contribute to the garbage and recycling expenses through property taxes, they will be charged $5.80 per month for each weekly can collection and $7.45 per month for each weekly recycle bin collecting beginning with the first collection.

County gets help with erosion control

RUTHERFORDTON — Rutherford Soil and Water Conservation District expects to receive its cost share allocation from the state for nonpoint source pollution control from agricultural activities.

These funds are available to assist farmers to install conservation practices that help decrease the amount of sediment, nitrogen, phosphorus, chemicals and other pollutants in the surface and ground

waters of the state.

The district expects to receive a minimal amount of money, due to the North Carolina state economic situation, for the 2011 program year, which began Aug. 1 of this year.

Landowners and operators of existing agricultural operations may apply for cost-share assistance to install conservation practices such as stream protection management measures, sediment/ erosion/ nutrient

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For more information or to apply for funds, call the Rutherford Soil and Water Conservation District office at 287-4220, Ext. 3.

The office will send a district technician and/or district conservationist to visit the farm and discuss solutions for protecting water quality in the Broad River basin.

Family loses home in fire CLIFFSIDE — A family of five lost their home Saturday at about 3 a.m. Fire swept through the double wide home off Trinity Church Road, destroyed the home belonging to John and Wendy Mowery and their three children ages 12, 10 and 2. Mowery is employed by Shaw Industries and working at the Duke Energy site. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

The American Red Cross responded to the immediate needs of the family, providing shelter, food and clothing. Anyone wishing to make donations, should call the Red Cross at 287-5916.

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HEAT RELIEF

Chimp born at N.C. Zoo

ASHEBORO (AP) — A female chimpanzee has been born at the North Carolina Zoo, the first of its species born there in 12 years.

A statement from the zoo said the yet-to-benamed infant was delivered around 7:30 a.m. on Monday. The mother is Maki, a 16-yearold female who was born at the N.C. Zoo. The father is Sokoto, a nine-year-old male who came to Asheboro in 2007 from the Miami Metro Zoo. Both mother and infant were in good condition Monday afternoon and officials expect them to be on exhibit when the zoo opens on Tuesday.

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Benjamin Young, left, uses a fan and an umbrella to cope with the summer heat while selling vegetables at the State Farmers’ Market in Raleigh Friday. A couple of days of cloudy weather brought some relief to the state, but temperatures are expected to go back into the mid-90s this week.

Perdue plans to sign ethics law

RALEIGH (AP) — Gov. Beverly Perdue boasted Monday that she and legislators beefed up state laws to improve public trust in state government, hoping to counter perceptions that Democrats were beset by scandal.

Legislation Perdue signed into law Monday was the latest response to a series of corruption and campaign finance investigations over the past decade that have rocked the Democrats who control state government. An earlier spate of scandals produced dramatic ethics and lobbying changes in 2006.

“The folks in this state have every right to expect and deserve integrity and honest services from their public servants,” Perdue said.

Perdue also signed a second measure reacting to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that threatened to overturn a state ban on corporate election spending.

The government ethics legislation toughens penalties for illegal campaign donations above $10,000 and expands personnel information that must be released to the public about state employees. Members of state boards and commissions must account for campaign fundraising activities conducted for the elected officials who appointed them.

“If you’ve got the good of the public at heart, then there is no place in this enterprise for personal gain,” Perdue said.

The law does not contain a requirement that state vendors

be limited in donating to the political campaign of someone seeking a high state office with contract-awarding authority.

Instead, the Legislature’s ethics commission will study the issue of reducing the perception of “pay-to-play” politics. Goodgovernment advocates labeled the decision to study the issue as a setback.

The bill doesn’t go as far as media groups wanted on requiring government agencies to provide more information about the work history of public employees, including the letter explaining why a worker was fired. The public and media have been able to receive only a snapshot of a person’s employment, with limited information that makes it difficult to learn about misconduct by workers.

RALEIGH (AP) — The addition of a midday train between North Carolina’s two largest cities has increased ridership on the state-sponsored passenger rail service.

The state Department of Transportation announced on Monday that the Piedmont midday service between Raleigh and Charlotte helped increase ridership by nearly 200 percent over last June from 5,258 to 15,426.

The new train service began on June 5. It builds upon the existing Piedmont service, which runs morning and evening trains.

Family finds missing teen dead GASTONIA (AP) — A South Carolina family looking for their missing teenage son has found his body in the woods in North Carolina after he died in a motorcycle crash.

The Gaston Gazette reports that 18-year-old Jacob Lance LaMarr was found Friday by his family who had last seen the young man five days earlier.

North Carolina Trooper J.J. Letcavage said the teen was killed when his motorcycle crashed into the woods in Gaston County. He had been wearing a helmet, but the impact of the crash tore it off. Letcavage thinks the accident happened July 25.

Two deputies plead guilty NEW BERN (AP) — Two former deputies in a coastal North Carolina county have pleaded guilty in federal court to misusing drug funds.

U.S. Attorney E.B. Holding’s office says 59-year-old Frank William Galizia of Morehead City and 48-year-old Boyce Wayne Floyd Jr. of Cedar Point pleaded guilty Thursday to helping with the theft of funds designated for the use of covert drug investigations.

Three other officers have pleaded guilty in the case including former Carteret County Sheriff Ralph Thomas. None have been sentenced.

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Our Views Agriculture can boost economy

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here was a time when North Carolina was primarily an agrarian state and land was seen as valuable for what it could produce, not what could be built upon it.

Still, over the years, agricultural enterprises have persisted in the state, and down East, agriculture has remained a significant part of the economy.

The interesting fact is that there is across the state a return to agricultural enterprises. Even here in Rutherford County, interest in farming and livestock production is growing.

This thus far modest return to our agrarian roots is exciting in many ways.

It could be even more interesting if it continues.

Agriculture has long contributed a significant number of dollars to the Rutherford County economy and that number could grow again with new opportunities and with new farming enterprises.

This scenario holds much promise for the county, and every opportunity to help sustain and advance agricultural enterprises must be given high priority.

Our readers’ views Says writer is still wrong on building use To the editor: If I was amused by Rachel Hensley’s first letter, the second had me rolling in the floor laughing.

Let’s see what Ms. Hensley says. “I simply stated that they (Rutherford912) don’t pay rent to meet in a taxpayer-funded building while Republicans and Democrats do pay rent to meet in non-taxpayer funded buildings.” Of course they would pay rent to meet in a non taxpayer funded building. That’s the point of having the building, to make money from rent, since the owner can’t simply charge a tax from everyone for its use.

And this next one, really got me snickering. “By that logic, any taxpaying group of citizens should be able to meet in any government building free of charge.”

There’s a big stretch of logic, but it would still be quite permissible for any taxpaying group to use any building paid for by taxes. However, in this case, the building was created as a community center, was it not? And if it is used as a community center, it stands to reason that any taxpaying group can use it for whatever reason, does it not?

And how in the world do you get “free of charge” since the group pays taxes?

Finally, this gem. “One of the 912 principles is that government can’t force one to be charitable. So why should other taxpayers be charitable to the 912 group by subsidizing their right to assemble?”

First, no one in the 912 group is asking for charity, since they all paid taxes in some form, the same as you. Other taxpayers are not subsidizing any rights of the 912 group. A subsidy is payment for a purpose by which they get financial gain. Since the 912

group has paid taxes the same as everyone else, they gain nothing financially by simply exercising a right for which they have paid.

I imagine if you exempted the 912 group from paying taxes, they would be happy to stop meeting there altogether.

Ralph Haulk Forest City

Responds to editorial regarding towns To the editor: I must respond to your Sunday editorial concerning Spindale and merging police and fire departments with Rutherfordton. It is quite obvious that you are not familiar with small town politics.

Spindale and Rutherfordton have had “on and off” negotiations for at least eight years concerning the merging of our sewer systems. Recently, at my urging, Spindale Commissioners requested a joint meeting with Rutherfordton to again discuss this issue. At this joint meeting, each town agreed to split the cost of a study to determine if this idea is feasible once again since our last study was several years ago and Rutherfordton’s plant has undergone several updates.

This process has been on-going since earlier this year. The study has not begun as of this date, but I hope this study will begin shortly. There is no guarantee of significant savings or benefit to either town.

A merger of the police and fire departments is even more complicated, not as complicated with the fire departments as the police departments which would probably require legislation to authorize a joint force and police powers in both cities. It also brings up the idea of which town is in charge of the joint force and who is responsible for adminis-

tration.

These matters would of course require a study by an independent consultant and professional in such matters to determine the costs and logistics involved in the merger, and in fact, to determine if there are any savings derived from the merger.

There would be significant up-front costs to the merger of either department including significant consultant and attorney fees to draft such a merger and maneuver this process through the various legal procedures necessary for approval. It is not merely a procedural vote by each board to merge.

I do not feel that the residents of Spindale or Rutherfordton would want our boards to make a decision to merge without the opportunity to see a study of the savings, if any, and an explanation of the administration of the departments, if merged.

I would even want a public vote, after this information is available, by the residents of each town before considering this matter. This matter would affect the public’s safety and should be carefully considered by those we are elected to serve.

Each of the town boards has worked well together in the past and I thank Rutherfordton for their continued efforts to work with us to seek ways to save money for our residents. If the sewer project is feasible and can be implemented with cost savings for both of us and a suitable joint administration of the system, I am sure that we may be looking for other joint ventures in the future.

Neither Spindale or Rutherfordton wants to rush into a matter without ample study of all the ramifications. What sounds like a great idea may not be in the long run when all items are seriously considered.

Mickey Bland Spindale

Robert Morgan’s story might be our state’s story Who is the most interesting North Carolina political figure yet to be the subject of a major biography?

Former Governor Jim Hunt, you say. Good guess, but Gary Pearce’s biography of Hunt will hit the bookstores in a couple of months.

Recent books about Terry Sanford (by Howard Covington and Marion Ellis), Jesse Helms (William Link), and Sam Ervin (Karl Campbell) and upcoming books about Luther Hodges (Campbell) and Kerr Scott (Julian Pleasants) can help us understand the transformation of our state’s politics away from the race-based traditions that held sway during much of the 20th Century.

Who is left? Republican Governors Jim Holshouser and Jim Martin? Former Republican Senator Lauch Faircloth, who learned his considerable political skills as a Democratic insider?

Good suggestions.

One on One D.G. Martin

But right now my nomination for the most interesting potential biography is for U.S. Senator Robert Morgan.

Maybe my decision is influenced by a recent canoe trip a group of us made with the 84-year old former senator down the Cape Fear River from Lillington, where he maintains a law practice at his home a few miles downstream. On the way down the river I heard some stories about North Carolina politicians that I had never heard before. I will share a couple of them in a minute.

But it is not only the stories that make me wish for a good biography of Morgan.

A close look at his career

could help us begin to see an answer to the question people so often ask about North Carolina. How could the same people choose to have a conservative like Jesse Helms and a liberal like Terry Sanford serving them in the U.S. Senate at the same time?

You could come close to seeing an answer to that question if you could understand how Morgan could have been an enthusiastic supporter of liberal Frank Graham in his 1950 U.S. Senate campaign and then 10 years later manage the gubernatorial campaign for segregationist candidate Dr. I. Beverly Lake.

Or if you could figure out how Morgan developed a conservative reputation as a state senator and then, when, elected state attorney general in 1968, made the office a vigorous consumer advocacy agency.

Elected to the U.S. Senate

in 1974 as a moderate, with considerable support from conservatives, he was defeated six years later by a campaign that defined him as an ultra- liberal. A few years later Morgan worked for liberal Walter Mondale’s campaign for president.

So what was Morgan — a conservative or a liberal?

I think his biographer will find that he was both, and he was neither — like most North Carolinians.

Maybe the stories will help. Morgan still feels great affection for Beverly Lake, but he says that he tried to get Lake to take a more moderate position on school segregation in the 1960 gubernatorial campaign.

Morgan remembers, “Dr. Lake said, ‘Now Robert, you have to remember that it is in the middle of the road where you are most likely to get hit and killed.’”

Morgan thinks people of different persuasions can work together if they can

put ideology aside. Morgan says that legendary UNC playwright and professor Paul Green was way too liberal for Harnett County, where both Green and Morgan grew up. However, one of Green’s cousins was very conservative even by Harnett Country standards. Nevertheless, when Morgan brought the liberal Senator George McGovern to Harnett County, Green’s cousin and McGovern ate breakfast together at the local café. Later Green’s cousin told Morgan that he might have voted for McGovern for president if he had known him before.

Good stories and a possible answer to why North Carolina has both a conservative and a liberal face could make Robert Morgan’s biography a great book.

Martin hosts UNC-TV’s North Carolina Bookwatch, which airs Sundays at 5 p.m.

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Obituaries

Sheriff’s Reports

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n Robert Patrick Gomer reported the theft of jewelry. n Tonya Lorrine Justus reported the theft of a Jeep Cherokee Sport. n Larry Willis Greene reported the theft of a CB radio and other items. n Lisa Sprouse reported vandalism to the trunk and bumper of a vehicle.

Rutherfordton

n The Rutherfordton Police Department responded to 55 E-911 calls Saturday and Sunday.

Spindale

n The Spindale Police Department responded to 50 E-911 calls Saturday and Sunday.

Lake Lure

n The Lake Lure Police Department responded to 13 E-911 calls Saturday and Sunday.

Forest City

n The Forest City Police Department responded to 160 E-911 calls Saturday and Sunday. n An employee of WalMart, on Plaza Drive, reported an attempt to obtain property by false pretenses.

(See arrest of Morrow.) n Emily Upton reported a larceny and damage to property. The incident occurred on Plaza Drive. n An employee of WalMart, on Plaza Drive, reported an incident of shoplifting/ concealment. (See arrest of Beck.) n An officer of the Forest City Police Department assisted a victim reporting an incident of domestic assault on a female that occurred on Loblolly Lane. n An employee of Collins Metal reported two incidents of obtaining property by false pretenses. n Genia Price reported damage to property.

Arrests

n April Brendle Morrow, 32, of Bates Drive, Forest City; charged with attempting to obtain property by false pretenses; freed on a custody release. (FCPD) n Matthew Phillip Kovacs, 40, of 2124 Forest Lakes Lane; charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of marijuana up to ½ ounce; placed under a $500 secured bond.

(LLPD) n Cassie Nicole Greene, 26, of 152 Chase Creek; charged with simple possession of schedule II controlled substance; placed under a $500 secured bond. (LLPD) n David Keith Langley, 26, of 1013 Luckadoo Mountain Road; charged with simple possession of schedule II controlled substance; two counts of possession of schedule VI controlled substance, and two counts of possession of drug paraphernalia; placed under a $15,000 secured bond.

(RCSD) n Leon Leonard Reiser, 25, of 199 Grassy Lane; charged with larceny of a motor vehicle and misdemeanor larceny; released on a written promise to appear. (RCSD) n Johnathan Lee Hill, 19, of 141 Switzer Drive; charged with assault inflicting serious injury; released on a $3,000 unsecured bond.

(RCSD) n Erika Dawn Lattimore, 22, of 140 Carriage Place; charged with communicating threats; released on a $1,000 unsecured bond.

(RCSD) n Billy Lewis Hamrick, 27, of 588 Morrow Motor Road; charged with breaking and/ or entering and larceny after break/ enter; released on a $15,000 unsecured bond.

(RCSD) n Rachel Lugene Rethman, 24, of 1200 Bridges Drive; charged with no child restraint system and reck-

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Police Notes

n The Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office responded to 243 E-911 calls Saturday and Sunday.

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less driving to endanger; released on a written promise to appear. (RCSD) n Christopher Wayne Owens, 31, of 1200 Bridges Drive; charged with injury to personal property, assault on a female, assault on a child under 12 and communicating threats; no bond listed.

(RCSD) n Jessica Marie Lammonds, 24, of 131 Blossom Drive; charged with simple possession of schedule IV controlled substance; released on a written promise to appear. (RCSD) n Wanda Hawkins Rector, 59, of 127 Jacobs Lane; charged with false report to a police station, assault and battery and injury to personal property; released on a $1,000 unsecured bond.

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Howard Walker Jobe, 82, formerly of Rutherfordton, died Sunday, Aug. 1, 2010, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital in Spartanburg, S.C. A native of Mebane, he was a son of the late Cicero Graham and Clara Odell Walker Jobe.

After military service with the 11th Airborne Division in Japan following the conclusion of World War II, he attended N.C. State University, receiving a BS degree in textiles in 1951.

He then began an almost 50-year career in textile management and chemical sales and was formerly employed by Stonecutter Mills. He was a volunteer for Habitat for Humanity and member and officer of the Kiwanis Club, and received Citations the Kiwanian of the Year in 1998, and was a George W. n Arnold Beaver, 50, of Hixson Fellow.

Groce Street, Forest City; He was also preceded in cited for possession of marijuana and possession of drug death by his wife, Evelyn West Jobe. paraphernalia; released on Survivors include three a written promise to appear. sons, Patrick Jobe of (FCPD) Westfield, N.J., Steve Jobe of n Tina Crabtree, 33, Hanover, Ind., and Andrew of Oscar Justice Lane, Rutherfordton; cited for pos- Jobe of Duncan, S.C.; and a grandson. session of schedule IV conFuneral services will be trolled substance; released held Wednesday at 11 a.m. at on a written promise to McMahan’s Funeral Home appear. (FCPD) and Cremation Services n Leslie Heffner, 44, Chapel. The family will of Hoopaugh Avenue, Ellenboro; cited for consume receive friends at the funeral malt beverage while driving; home one hour before the released on a written prom- service.

Memorials may be made ise to appear. (FCPD) to Habitat for Humanity of n Douglas Ryan Hipp, 19, of Hudlow Road, Forest City; Rutherford County. cited for possession of marijuana and possession of drug Sylvia Freeman paraphernalia; released on Sylvia Queen Freeman, a written promise to appear. 62, of 634 Old US Hwy 221, (FCPD) Rutherfordon, died Monday, n Mildred Beck, 40, of Aug. 2, 2010, at Rutherford Ferry Road, Mooresboro; cit- Hospital. ed for concealment of goods; A native of Rutherford released on a written prom- County, she was a daughise to appear. (FCPD) ter of C.P. and Sally Goode n Brenda Harris Hahn, Queen of Rutherfordton.

60, of 481 W.O. Trail, She was a registered nurse Rutherfordton; cited for and worked at Rutherford driving without a license.

Hospital and Hospice of (RPD) Rutherford County. She n Marquita Sherette was also owner/manager of Murray, 23, of 105 Melody Spindale Restaurant.

Lane, Forest City; cited In addition to her husband for driving while license and parents, she is survived revoked. (RPD) by two daughters, Angie n William Andrew Autry, Biggerstaff of Rutherfordton 24, of 822 Old Hollis Road, and Jill Hutchins of Shelby; Ellenboro; cited for driving a sister, Martha Norton while license revoked. (RPD) of Morganton; and seven grandchildren.

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Fire calls n Bostic responded to a vehicle accident. n Cliffside responded to a structure fire, assisted by Sandy Mush and Ellenboro firefighters. n Forest City responded to a gas leak. n Hudlow responded to a controlled burn, to an industrial fire alarm and to a motor vehicle accident. n Rutherfordton responded to a smoke report.

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Sylvia Queen Freeman Sylvia Queen Freeman, age 62, wife of Lewis Freeman, of 634 Old US Hwy 221, Rutherfordton passed away Monday at Rutherford Hospital.

Sylvia was a native of Rutherford County and the daughter of C. P and Sally Goode Queen of Rutherfordton.

She was a Registered Nurse having worked at Rutherford Hospital and Hospice of Rutherford County. She was also a former owner/manager of Spindale Restaurant.

In addition to her husband and parents she leaves to cherish her memory her daughters, Angie Biggerstaff and her husband, David of Rutherfordton, Jill Hutchins and her husband, Johnny of Shelby; step daughters, Amy Byers of Ellenboro and Julie Wood and her husband, Jeff of Weaverville; her sister, Martha Norton of Morganton; grandchildren, Erica and Erin Biggerstaff, Tyler and Taylor Byers, Ava and Amira Wood, Kristin and soon to be Alivia Mae Hutchins.

Memorial services will be held at 3 PM Wednesday at Southern Baptist Church with Rev. John Perry and Dr. Keith Stephenson officiating. Visitation will be from 6-8 PM Tuesday at Crowe’s Funeral Home.

Those desiring may make donations to Trinity Christian School 299 Deter St. Rutherfordton, NC 28139.

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Memorial services will be held Wednesday at 3 p.m. at Southern Baptist Church with the Revs. John Perry and Keith Stephenson officiating. The family will receive friends Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Crowe’s Funeral Home.

Memorials may be made to Trinity Christian School, 299 Deter St., Rutherfordton, NC 28139.

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Betty Tate Betty Jean Terry Tate of Ellenboro died Monday, Aug. 2, 2010, at Rutherford Hospital.

Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced

by Harrelson Funeral Home.

Harold Stone Harold Lewis Stone, 65, of Rutherfordton, died Monday, Aug. 2, 2010, at Rutherford Hospital.

A native of Gaston County, he was a son of the late Fred Stone and the late Georgia Wilson Stone.

He was an Army veteran of the Vietnam War and of the Baptist faith.

Survivors include a daughter, Marie Graeper of Rutherfordton; three sons, David Harold Stone of Gastonia, Daniel Harold Stone of Oak Hill, W. Va., and Matthew Lewis Stone of Mount Lookout, W. Va.; a sister, Barbara Quinn of Lake Wylie, S.C.; two brothers, Steve Stone of Rutherfordton and Richard Stone of Gastonia; and 11 grandchildren.

Graveside services will be held Tuesday at noon at Westlawn Memorial Park in China Grove with the Rev. Ronnie Bowers officiating.

A celebration of life service will be held Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. at First Baptist Church of Rutherfordton with the Rev. Dean Baughn and Sharon Allred Decker officiating. The family will receive friends following the celebration of life service in the First Baptist Church Fellowship Hall.

Memorials may be made to the Hoyle Allred Fund,

Howard Walker Jobe Howard Walker Jobe, formerly of Rutherfordton, died Sunday morning, August 1, 2010, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital in Spartanburg. Born 24 May 1928 in Mebane, NC, Howard was the fourth child, the only son, and the only surviving child of the late Cicero Graham and Clara Odell Walker Jobe.

After military service with the 11th Airborne Division in Japan following the conclusion of WWII, Howard attended N. C. State University, receiving a B.S. degree in Textiles in 1951. He then began an almost 50-year career in textile management and chemical sales, a career that took him from Greenville, SC to Rocky Mount, NC, to Spartanburg, and then to Stonecutter Mills in Spindale. While much of his career required extensive travel throughout the South, the constant in his life was his 51-year marriage to Evelyn West Jobe of Spartanburg and Rutherfordton, who preceded him in death.

While in Rutherfordton he was a frequent volunteer for Habitat for Humanity and was a long-time member and officer of the Kiwanis Club. He was recognized as Kiwanian of the Year in 1998 and was a George W. Hixson Fellow. After his retirement he attained his Master Gardener certification through Isothermal Community College.

He is survived by three sons and daughters-in-law: Patrick Jobe and Andrea Wayda of Westfield, NJ; Steve and Terry Jobe of Hanover, IN; and Andrew and Tracey Jobe of Duncan, SC. A grandson, Phillip Jobe, lives in Hanover, IN and attends Tulane University in New Orleans.

Arrangements for the funeral services are being handled by McMahan’s Funeral Home and Cremation Services of Rutherfordton, NC. The family will receive friends at McMahan’s on Wednesday, August 4 at 10:00 AM. A service will follow at 11:00 AM in the McMahan Chapel. In lieu of flowers, the family invites memorial donations to Habitat for Humanity of Rutherford County.

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C/O Flint Groves Baptist Church, 2017 E. Ozark Ave,.

Gastonia, NC 28054.

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

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Deaths Mitch Miller NEW YORK (AP) — Mitch Miller, the goateed orchestra leader who asked Americans to “Sing Along With Mitch” on television and records and produced hits for Tony Bennett, Patti Page and other performers, has died at age 99.

Miller was a key record executive at Columbia Records in the pre-rock ‘n’ roll era, making hits with singers Bennett, Page, Rosemary Clooney and Johnny Mathis. As a producer and arranger, Miller had misses, too, famously striking out on projects with Frank Sinatra and a young Aretha Franklin and in general scorning the rise of rock.

“Sing Along With Mitch” started as a series of records, then became a popular NBC show starting in early 1961.

An accomplished oboist, Miller played in a number of orchestras early in his career, including one put together in 1934 by George Gershwin.

Miller began in the recording business with Mercury Records. He then went to Columbia as head of its popular records division.

Harold Lewis Stone Harold Lewis Stone, age 65, of Rutherfordton, NC, died Monday, August 2, 2010, at Rutherford Hospital in Rutherfordton, NC. He was a US Army veteran of the Vietnam War and of the Baptist Faith.

Mr. Stone was preceded in death by a daughter; Melanie Dawn Stone, a brother; Ralph Stone, and a sister Helen Mayhue.

A native of Gaston County, NC, he was the son of the late Fred Stone and the late Georgia Wilson Stone.

He is Survived by one daughter, Marie Graeper, of Rutherfordton, NC; three sons, David Harold Stone of Gastonia, NC, Daniel Harold Stone of Oak Hill, WV, and Matthew Lewis Stone of Mt. Lookout, WV; one sister, Barbara Quinn of Lake Wylie, SC; two brothers, Steve Stone of Rutherfordton, NC, and Richard Stone, of Gastonia, NC; and eleven grandchildren.

A graveside service will be held at 12 noon on August 3, 2010, at Westlawn Memorial Park in China Grove, NC, with the Rev. Ronnie Bowers officiating.

A celebration of life service will be held at First Baptist Church of Rutherfordton at 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, August 3, 2010, with the Rev. Dean Baughn and Sharon Allred Decker officiating. The family will receive friends following the celebration of life service in the First Baptist Church Fellowship Hall.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Hoyle Allred Fund C/O Flint Groves Baptist Church, 2017 E. Ozark Ave. Gastonia, NC 28054.

McMahan’s Funeral Home and Cremation Services is assisting the Stone family.

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Ongoing Foothills Harvest Ministry: Half-price sale this week.

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.

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.

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.

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.

GRACE: For anyone caring for a loved one, held the first Tuesday of each month from 4 to 5:30 p.m. at Rutherford Life Services; today’s topic is “Legal issues for caregivers” with attorney John B. Crotts; hosted by Hospice of Rutherford County.

HOPE Support Group: Tuesdays, at 6 p.m. at the Center of Living for any adult in the community who has lost a loved one.

Offered at no cost by Hospice of Rutherford County.

Board of Education meeting: 7 p.m, Rutherford County Schools’ Cool Springs Administrative Office.

Alanon meetings: Lake Lure Alanon Family Group meets every Tuesday at 7:30 p.m., at Lake Lure Mountains Branch Library, 150 Bills Creek Road, Lake Lure; call 625-0456 for additional information.

Wednesday, Aug. 4 Children’s summer reading program: Every Wednesday, 9 a.m., through Aug. 4, Union Mills Learning Center.

Mentor training: 9 a.m. to noon, Ellenboro Elementary; 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.

Thursday, Aug. 5 Mentor training: 9 a.m. to noon, Pinnacle Elementary; 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.

Artist reception: 3 to 5 p.m., Norris Library; “Lights of the Coast” photographer Amy Owens month-long exhibit at the library begins today with a reception.

ing in favor and Holland, McIntosh and Washburn voting against. Later, county finance director Julie Scherer tried to explain why no specific dollar amounts were mentioned in the resolution.

“Right now we have no bids for projects,” Scherer said. “If we get a bid later for, say, the Community Pet Center and it was about $200,000 instead of the more than $400,000 as expected that might mean it is more attractive to the commissioners and they can vote yes or no on it at that time.”

But Helton shot back, “There you go, mentioning the pet center right away, so I think we see which one is most important to you.”

A shocked Scherer stepped away from the microphone for a few moments while Condrey took over explaining the reimbursement resolution.

The vote means commissioners will now look at each individual bid before deciding which projects will move forward.

In other business, the county’s transit authority held a public hearing on a $219,394 grant from the Rural

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which is 4 inches below normal for July. Boris also said this July was the driest July in the past 10 years.

At the Lake Lure Fire Department, Wendy Craig reported 1.86 inches of rain was recorded in July, also well below normal.

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on the money overpaid.

Walden asked that the money not be put into the fund balance, but that the board set up a special fund to put the money in to protect it, in case the situation is reversed the next time around, and the town owes money.

The board endorsed the proposal 4-0. Commissioner Steve Holland did not attend the meeting.

Walden also discussed another utility matter at the meeting.

He noted that sometimes when businesses go into bankruptcy, they don’t pay their utility bill. At times, he said, bankruptcy court will allocate funds to pay the outstanding utility bill.

But he cited two instances in which the court allocated shares of stock in companies that went through reorganization bankruptcies. The problem, though, he said, is that the town can’t own shares of stock.

Walden asked for permission to sell the stocks for whatever money he can get in order to pay some of the outstanding utility bills.

He said the town has 27 shares of Heilig-Meyers stock, which is bringing 75 cents a share. The HeiligMeyers utility bill is $3,875.79, so the return will be very small.

But the other case he cited was Winn-Dixie, on South Broadway Street. That store owes $14,299.81 in utility bills. Walden said he expects 40 to 45 cents on the dollar from the shares the town has in that company, so the return is expected to be $5,000 to $6,000 by selling the stock.

Walden also gave the commissioners information on the project costs of water lines that the town has installed. Commissioners Holland

SWEEP (Solid Waste Environmental Education Panel) meeting: noon, GDS at 141 Fairgounds Road; for more information, visit www.sweeprecycles.com.

Saturday, Aug. 7 Stuff the Bus: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Wal-mart parking lot; school supply drive hosted by Communities in Schools Rutherford County; needed supplies include paper, pencils, notebooks, backpacks, colored pencils, crayons, pencil holders, spiral composition books and pencil sharpeners.

Board members voted unanimously to abandon Commerce Drive to make room for a possible new tenant at Corporate Center 74. But Condrey stressed if the unnamed company changes their minds the road will not be abandoned.

Rainfall for the year is a little over an inch below normal for the year at 26.65 inches of rain.

recorded by Boris were July 25 and July 26 at 101 degrees. The coolest temperature was 59 degrees on July 6.

Craig said data from the fire department, recorded were July 26 as the hottest day of the month also with 101 degrees. July 5 had the lowest temperature with 60 degrees.

The four North Carolina counties in a severe drought category are Halifax, Hertford, Northampton and Warren counties.

Young also said, Rutherford County has not been in a Severe Drought category since March 24, 2009.

The highest temperatures in July,

Chris Lee are to be part of a committee that will meet before the next meeting to consider new water line project guidelines.

Commissioners also approved spending $15,000 to contract with Isothermal Planning and Development Commission to assist the town in administering a Main Street energy grant, if it is received.

The grant would come from American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds and would require a vast amount of paperwork.

Town Planner Danielle Withrow said that if the grant is awarded, $30,000 of the money would be used to upgrade the electrical system for the Fireside Books project. Since the town would otherwise have to spend its own money for the work, it was noted that in effect the town, even in spending the $15,000 for administering the grant, would still come out $15,000 ahead.

The board unanimously endorsed contracting with IPDC if the grant is awarded to the town.

Withrow explained that the exact number of businesses eligible for the funding remains to be determined, contingent on working with an energy consultant this week. The grant is for energy-efficient projects in the Forest City Main Street service district.

During the public comment session, board members heard from resident Shirley Mapp about a water drainage problem on Greenwood Street.

The board earlier told residents of the area that any possible options that the town might have had to help alleviate the problem have been exhausted without success.

But Mapp told the board that the water will eventually get under her house and destroy it, so she wanted someone to tell her what she should do.

Board members unanimously approved exchanging 1.5 acres for 0.75 acres from Jim Cole on U.S. 221.

Tax Administrator Kep Kepley was given his annual charge to collect taxes.

The board’s September meeting will be held on Aug. 30 and a discussion of a joint solid waste disposal contract with Henderson County will be held at that meeting.

Capt. Michael Summers and Lt. Samuel Williams were both awarded their service weapons on their retirement from the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office.

A formal procurement policy for the transit authority was approved.

Commissioners declared a transit van and several landfill vehicles as surplus property. The van was donated to the Cherry Mountain Volunteer Fire Department. The landfill equipment will be sold on GovDeals.

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“I depended on you guys to help me out,” she said.

Board member Shawn Moore told her, “Our hands are tied.” Mapp wanted suggestions, but Moore said advising her on diversion of the water may leave the town open to legal liability.

Mapp said she was sorry to trouble board members, but she said since they are the only hope she has, she will probably be back at the next meeting.

In other business, the board: n denied a request from Petroleum World to annex property on U.S. 221A below Forrest Hunt Elementary School into the town limits. No one from Petroleum World appeared at the public hearing on the matter. n agreed to enact a 25 mph school zone speed limit in front of the new Thomas Jefferson Classical Grammar School on U.S. 221A. n approved sending paperwork for a three-year contract for leasing EZ Go golf carts. n delayed action on a request from Ricky Poteat for assistance with upkeep of a bank at the corner of Oak and Harmon streets and a request for the town to accept the portion of Jefferson Street that runs in front of Poteat’s house. n received information on the possibility of installing a fan for ventilation behind a wall at McNair Field. The fan would be installed at the expense of the Forest City Owls. But the board delayed acting on the matter pending a safety check. n heard from town resident Seable Grant, who urged Forest City to tear down a town-owned house near Main Street and turn it into a parking lot to supplement lunchtime parking along Main Street.

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Bill Whitman was reappointed to the Capital Planning and Finance Advisory Committee.

John Padgett was reappointed to the Industrial Facilities and Pollution Control Financing Authority.

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Biffle wins at Pocono

Back on the field Chase football parents meeting set CHASE — Football practice started officially on Monday, and the Chase High football staff is having an early meeting with the parents of all Chase players tonight.

The meeting will be conducted at the Chase High football stadium at 7:30 p.m.

State’s Wilson back to focusing on football RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina State quarterback Russell Wilson spent the summer learning how to hit with a wooden bat and studying his football playbook.

After spending the spring with the Wolfpack baseball team and the summer as a professional in the Colorado Rockies organization, Wilson is back in Raleigh and preparing to step back under center for N.C. State when preseason camp opens Tuesday.

In his first season as a professional baseball player, Wilson hit leadoff and played second base for 32 games with the Northwest League’s Tri-City Dust Devils in Pasco, Wash.

He spent long bus rides — seven hours from Pasco to Boise, Idaho, on one memorable trip — texting N.C. State coach Tom O’Brien and other Wolfpack teammates, or sharpening his Spanish skills by chatting up his Hispanic teammates.

Wilson, who hit .230 with 11 RBIs and two home runs, said his highlight was hitting homers on back-to-back nights out of Tri-City’s huge field he called “a graveyard.” A fan retrieved the first home run ball and gave it back to him.

The Colorado Rockies — who picked Wilson in the fourth round of the June draft — told Wilson they thought he had “a lot of potential to be in the big leagues pretty soon, in terms of my physical ability and mental approach to game,” Wilson said.

Still, Wilson worked on football. He lifted weights three times per week and spent 15 minutes each day studying his playbook. He also threw a football around with teammates who called him “Willie.”

He capped the summer Sunday night by proposing to his high school sweetheart, Ashton Meem, who accepted.

Wilson wouldn’t elaborate on what he has arranged with the Rockies about playing football, a sport that saw him become a freshman all-Atlantic Coast Conference passer two seasons ago.

“Everything is open,” he said.

“I’m not worried about that right now.”

Wilson missed all of spring drills to play with N.C. State’s baseball program, leaving talented reserve Mike Glennon to get all the snaps. Coach Tom O’Brien has said he wants to see Glennon push to win Wilson’s starting job away from him.

“The stakes aren’t any higher than any other day,” Wilson said. “Every day you wake up, you have competition.”

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A Chase High football player wears a t-short with the team’s slogan for the season printed on the back.

Prep teams begin practice

By KEVIN CARVER Sports Reporter

FOREST CITY — The smell of freshly cut grass and the sound of repeated whistles Monday signaled that high school football season is near.

On Monday, four schools in Rutherford County (R-S Central, East Rutherford, Chase and Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy) each began preparation of the 11-week, 2010 schedule with their first official practice of the year.

R-S Central, coming off a 9-4 season that saw the team capture its first playoff win in 22 years, had 45 players out for the first

day of workouts.

While chatting as a misty morning rain fell, R-S Central football coach Mike Cheek seemed uncertain as to what was to come in 2010.

“Practice went all right today, but we lost a lot of seniors from the 2009 crowd and even a couple of coaches, so that is kind of tough on us,” Cheek said. “I’m excited and I have been ready all summer, but we have a long way to go and a short time to get there.”

Central returns 19 lettermen overall,

Chase players work on the kicking game during the first practice of the season Monday.

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Edwards finds transition tough

On TV 1 p.m. (WGN-A) MLB Baseball Chicago White Sox at Detroit Tigers. Game 1 of a doubleheader.

7 p.m. (FSCR) MLB Baseball Cincinnati Reds at Pittsburgh Pirates. From PNC Park in Pittsburgh. (Live) 7:30 p.m. (ESPN2) WNBA Basketball Washington Mystics at Atlanta Dream. From Philips Arena in Atlanta

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LONG POND, Pa. (AP) — Always wearing his trademark Panama hat, Jack Roush is as much a fixture in the garage during race weekend as the drivers and crew members.

He’s at every race and involved in every decision for all of his cars.

Roush’s drivers spoke the last few days about how weird it felt not to have him around.

Even stranger for Greg Biffle was not celebrating with his successful owner in Victory Lane.

With Roush recovering in the Mayo Clinic, Biffle raced to victory in an often-delayed Sprint Cup race at Pocono Raceway on Sunday to snap a 64-race winless streak and take the checkered flag for his injured team owner.

“I just thought, this is going to be a great day if I can complete this thing,” Biffle said.

Biffle’s win was his first since he won the first two races in the 2008 Chase for the Cup championship. Roush didn’t totally miss out on all the fun.

He called Biffle after the race to congratulate him on the first victory this season for Ford and Roush Fenway Racing.

“He told me that he had never seen somebody that had the will to win like I do,” Biffle said. “He said he didn’t say that because I drive for him. He said he feels that out of any of the drivers.”

Biffle never doubted he would win a Cup race again even as his oh-fer reached nearly two years.

And with Roush in the Mayo Clinic for injuries sustained in a recent plane crash in Wisconsin, Biffle found Victory Lane.

“We know he’s watching,” Biffle said.

Tony Stewart was second and Roush driver Carl Edwards was third.

Kevin Harvick and Denny Hamlin, who won the last two Pocono races, rounded out the top five.

Edwards spoke with Roush on Sunday morning and said his boss sounded in good spirits.

“He was Jack,” Edwards said. “Don’t mess anything up. Don’t wreck.

He’s been through a lot this last week. He really needed that victory. That’s

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Carolina Panthers’ Armani Edwards returns a punt during practice at the NFL football team’s training camp in Spartanburg, S.C., Sunday.

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — Training camp isn’t even a week old and Armanti Edwards is physically tired, mentally drained and a bit overwhelmed.

Carolina coach John Fox has got on him about his conditioning. He’s still trying to remember all his receiver routes and where to line up.

He’s looked awkward at times catching — and muffing — punts and kickoffs.

Welcome to Edwards’ world, as he transitions from star college quarterback at Appalachian State to rookie NFL receiver and return man with the Panthers.

“I expected it to be rough,” Edwards said Monday, “and yes, it’s what I thought it would be.”

The Panthers have a lot riding on making this project work. Enthralled with the ath-

letic and speedy yet undersized and slight college sensation, the Panthers traded next year’s second-round pick to New England for an extra thirdround pick to take him 89th overall.

General manager Marty Hurney immediately declared that Edwards — the only player in NCAA Division I history to throw for over 10,000 yards and rush for more than 4,000 — wouldn’t be a quarterback.

Trouble is, the 5-foot-11, 182-pound Edwards hadn’t played receiver since his junior year in high school. He never returned a punt or kickoff in his life.

It’s showed. While Edwards has displayed soft hands, his route running needs work and he’s been with the third team Please see Panthers, Page 9

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Scoreboard BASEBALL National League East Division W L Pct 60 45 .567 57 48 .543 53 52 .505 53 53 .505 46 59 .438 Central Division

W L Pct St. Louis 59 46 .562 Cincinnati 60 47 .561 Milwaukee 48 58 .453 Chicago 46 59 .438 Houston 45 59 .433 Pittsburgh 36 69 .343 West Division

W L Pct San Diego 61 42 .592 San Francisco 61 45 .575 Colorado 55 50 .524 Los Angeles 54 51 .514 Arizona 39 66 .371

Atlanta Philadelphia Florida New York Washington

GB — 3 7 7 1/2 14 GB — — 11 1/2 13 13 1/2 23 GB — 1 1/2 7 8 23

Sunday’s Games Arizona 14, N.Y. Mets 1 Cincinnati 2, Atlanta 1 Philadelphia 6, Washington 4, 11 innings Houston 5, Milwaukee 2 St. Louis 9, Pittsburgh 1 Colorado 8, Chicago Cubs 7 San Diego 5, Florida 4 San Francisco 2, L.A. Dodgers 0 Monday’s Games Cincinnati 4, Pittsburgh 0 Atlanta 4, N.Y. Mets 1 Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs, late Houston at St. Louis, late Washington at Arizona, late San Diego at L.A. Dodgers, late Tuesday’s Games Cincinnati (Leake 7-2) at Pittsburgh (Maholm 6-9), 7:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Dickey 7-4) at Atlanta (D.Lowe 10-9), 7:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (Halladay 12-8) at Florida (West 0-0), 7:10 p.m.

Milwaukee (Narveson 8-7) at Chicago Cubs (Diamond 0-0), 8:05 p.m.

Houston (Norris 3-7) at St. Louis (J.Garcia 9-4), 8:15 p.m.

San Francisco (J.Sanchez 7-6) at Colorado (Cook 4-7), 8:40 p.m.

Washington (Olsen 3-2) at Arizona (J.Saunders 0-0), 9:40 p.m.

San Diego (Latos 11-4) at L.A. Dodgers (Lilly 3-8), 10:10 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 12:35 p.m.

Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m.

San Francisco at Colorado, 3:10 p.m.

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

Philadelphia at Florida, 7:10 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 East Division W L Pct 66 38 .635 66 39 .629 60 45 .571 54 51 .514 32 73 .305 Central Division

W L Pct Chicago 59 45 .567 Minnesota 59 47 .557 Detroit 52 52 .500 Kansas City 45 60 .429 Cleveland 44 61 .419 West Division

W L Pct Texas 61 44 .581 Los Angeles 54 53 .505 Oakland 52 52 .500 Seattle 39 67 .368

New York Tampa Bay Boston Toronto Baltimore

GB — 1/2 6 1/2 12 1/2 34 1/2 GB — 1 7 14 1/2 15 1/2 GB — 8 8 1/2 22 1/2

Sunday’s Games Cleveland 5, Toronto 4 Boston 4, Detroit 3 Tampa Bay 3, N.Y. Yankees 0 Chicago White Sox 4, Oakland 1 Kansas City 5, Baltimore 4 Minnesota 4, Seattle 0 L.A. Angels 4, Texas 1 Monday’s Games Tampa Bay 4, Minnesota 2 Toronto at N.Y. Yankees, late Cleveland at Boston, late Kansas City at Oakland, late Tuesday’s Games Chicago White Sox (Buehrle 9-8) at Detroit (Porcello 4-9), 1:05 p.m., 1st game Chicago White Sox (Torres 0-0) at Detroit (Bonderman 5-6), 7:05 p.m., 2nd game L.A. Angels (T.Bell 1-2) at Baltimore (Guthrie 4-11), 7:05 p.m.

Toronto (R.Romero 8-7) at N.Y. Yankees (Moseley 1-0), 7:05 p.m.

Cleveland (D.Huff 2-9) at Boston (Beckett 2-1), 7:10 p.m.

Minnesota (Duensing 4-1) at Tampa Bay (Niemann 9-3), 7:10 p.m.

Kansas City (Davies 5-6) at Oakland (Mazzaro 6-3), 10:05 p.m.

Texas (C.Lewis 9-7) at Seattle (J.Vargas 6-5), 10:10 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Toronto at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m.

Kansas City at Oakland, 3:35 p.m.

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

L.A. Angels at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.

Cleveland at Boston, 7:10 p.m.

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

Texas at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

RACING

NASCAR Sprint Cup Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 Results TAt Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, Pa.

(Start position in parentheses) 1. (12) Greg Biffle, Ford 2. (1) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet 3. (25) Carl Edwards, Ford, 4. (14) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet 5. (3) Denny Hamlin, Toyota 6. (4) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet 7. (10) Mark Martin, Chevrolet 8. (8) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet 9. (28) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota 10. (6) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 11. (15) Sam Hornish Jr., Dodge 12. (5) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet 13. (23) Paul Menard, Ford, 14. (18) David Ragan, Ford 15. (40) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet 16. (2) Juan Pablo Montoya 17. (24) David Reutimann, Toyota 18. (26) Matt Kenseth, Ford 19. (16) Kasey Kahne, Ford

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but only have three starters returning on offense and two on defense, which is a legitimate concern in Rutherfordton.

R-S Central will have it’s first scrimmage in Landrum (S.C.) on Aug. 12 and then host the Rutherford County Jamboree on the Aug. 13 against Greer, SC. Over at East Rutherford, Coach Clint Bland and his staff seemed optimistic during their practice under cloudy skies.

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Race Statistics Average Speed of Race Winner: 132.246 mph.

Time of Race: 3 hours, 46 minutes, 51 seconds.

Margin of Victory: 3.598 seconds.

Caution Flags: 5 for 31 laps.

Lead Changes: 19 among 9 drivers.

Lap Leaders: T.Stewart 1-2; J.Gordon 3-17; J.Yeley 18; J.Gordon 19; G.Biffle 20-21; J.Johnson 22-77; J.Gordon 78; C.Edwards 79; J.Johnson 80-107; J.Gordon 108; J.Johnson 109-120; J.Gordon 121-122; G.Biffle 123127; D.Hamlin 128-146; J.Montoya 147-150; J.Gordon 151; J.Montoya 152; J.Gordon 153170; S.Hornish Jr. 171-179; G.Biffle 180-200.

Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): J.Johnson, 3 times for 96 laps; J.Gordon, 7 times for 39 laps; G.Biffle, 3 times for 28 laps; D.Hamlin, 1 time for 19 laps; S.Hornish Jr., 1 time for 9 laps; J.Montoya, 2 times for 5 laps; T.Stewart, 1 time for 2 laps; C.Edwards, 1 time for 1 lap; J.Yeley, 1 time for 1 lap.

Top 12 in Points: 1. K.Harvick, 3,080; 2.

J.Gordon, 2,891; 3. D.Hamlin, 2,820; 4.

J.Johnson, 2,803; 5. J.Burton, 2,757; 6. Ky.Busch, 2,724; 7. Ku.Busch, 2,722; 8. T.Stewart, 2,719; 9.

M.Kenseth, 2,682; 10. C.Edwards, 2,666; 11.

G.Biffle, 2,652; 12. C.Bowyer, 2,564.

GOLF U.S. Senior Open Championship Scores At Sahalee Country Club Sammamish Wash. a-amateur Bernhard Langer Fred Couples Olin Browne John Cook Tom Watson Michael Allen Peter Senior Larry Mize Tom Kite Chien Soon Lu Tommy Armour III Dan Forsman Tom Lehman J. L. Lewis John Morse Scott Simpson J. R. Roth Joey Sindelar Mark Wiebe Corey Pavin Joe Ozaki Jay Haas Loren Roberts Jeff Sluman Jeff Hart Keith Fergus Mark Calcavecchia Rod Spittle Russ Cochran Eduardo Romero Mike Reid Tsukasa Watanabe Tom Purtzer a-Tim Jackson Jim Rutledge Bob Tway Javier Sanchez2 Hal Sutton Allen Doyle Bob Gilder Gary Hallberg Don Pooley Mike Goodes Paul Trittler Mark Johnson Jim Roy Fred Funk Jeff Thomsen Craig Stadler Bruce Fleisher Rich Parker Jim Chancey Bill Britton Denis Watson Morris Hatalsky Gil Morgan Bruce Vaughan James Mason, Gene Jones Mike Lawrence Rod Nuckolls David Frost Graham Marsh Jon Fiedler Bill Sautter Ralph West a-John Grace a-Steven Hudson Bob Niger

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The Greenbrier Classic Scores At The Old White Course White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. a-amateur Stuart Appleby Jeff Overton Brendon de Jonge Woody Austin Paul Stankowski Roger Tambellini Jimmy Walker D.A. Points Pat Perez Chris Stroud Troy Matteson Aron Price Jim Furyk Charles Howell III Boo Weekley Matt Bettencourt Brandt Snedeker Marc Leishman

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The Cavaliers, who come off a 4-8 record with a playoff appearance from 2009, return 11 starters overall for 2010.

While 33 young men took to the varsity practice field, five offensive starters and six defensive starters come back for the second consecutive year under the direction of Bland.

East will have it’s first scrimmage at Polk County on Aug, 12 (Polk, Asheville, Pisgah) and then Aug. 13 at R-S Central in the Rutherford County Jamboree against Hunter Huss.

At Chase, newly-hired football coach Daniel Bailey has the task of picking up his alma mater, but it hasn’t come quietly.

Scott Piercy J.B. Holmes John Senden Michael Letzig Ben Crane Richard S. Johnson Stephen Ames Dean Wilson John Rollins Brett Wetterich Matt Kuchar Rocco Mediate Briny Baird Bob Estes Spencer Levin Justin Leonard Jonathan Byrd Garrett Willis Chris Riley J.J. Henry Aaron Baddeley Scott McCarron Chris Couch Skip Kendall Kevin Na Derek Lamely Tom Gillis Jeev Milkha Singh Jay Williamson Graham DeLaet Cameron Percy Mathew Goggin Kevin Sutherland Brent Delahoussaye Joe Ogilvie Carl Pettersson Greg Chalmers Ben Curtis Chad Collins Brenden Pappas Tim Herron Craig Bowden Blake Adams Charlie Wi Davis Love III Roland Thatcher Sergio Garcia Matt Every Steve Flesch Jeff Quinney Arjun Atwal Charles Warren Jerod Turner Michael Bradley Chris DiMarco Joe Durant Nicholas Thompson Erik Compton John Daly

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TRANSACTIONS BASEBALL American League BOSTON RED SOX—Placed OF Mike Cameron on the 15-day DL. Recalled OF Daniel Nava from Pawtucket (IL).

TAMPA BAY RAYS—Recalled RHP Jeremy Hellickson from Durham (IL). Placed RHP Andy Sonnanstine on the 15-day DL. National League ATLANTA BRAVES—Placed 2B Martin Prado on the 15-day DL, retroactive to July 31. Recalled SS Diory Hernandez from Gwinnett (IL).

CHICAGO CUBS—Selected the contracts of RHP Casey Coleman and RHP Thomas Diamond from Iowa (PCL). Placed RHP Carlos Silva on the 15-day DL. CINCINNATI REDS—Selected the contract of RHP Russ Springer from Louisville (IL).

MILWAUKEE BREWERS—Agreed to terms with OF Corey Hart on a three-year contract extension through 2013.

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS—Agreed to terms with LHP Nate Robertson on a minor league contract and assigned him to Memphis (PCL).

WASHINGTON NATIONALS—Recalled OF Justin Maxwell from Syracuse (IL). Transferred RHP Tyler Walker to the 60-day DL. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association MIAMI HEAT—Signed G Patrick Beverly.

PHOENIX SUNS—Signed F Gani Lawal.

PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS—Signed G Armon Johnson.

FOOTBALL National Football League NFL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION—Named Nolan Harrison senior director of former player services.

ARIZONA CARDINALS—Agreed to terms with NT Dan Williams on a five-year contract.

CAROLINA PANTHERS—Signed RB Dantrell Savage. Waived-injured CB Marcus Walker.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS—Agreed to terms with DE Jerry Hughes on a five-year contract.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS—Agreed to terms with DT Tyson Alualu on a five-year contract.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS—Signed TE Carson Butler and WR Rod Owens.

NEW YORK JETS—Signed WR Vic Hall.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS—Waived TE Jameson Konz.

TENNESSEE TITANS—Waived DB Jamar Love.

Signed DB Pete Ittersagen.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS—Traded CB Doug Dutch to Baltimore for QB John Beck.

Canadian Football League WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS—Released LB Ike Charlton.

HOCKEY National Hockey League ANAHEIM DUCKS—Signed D Andy Sutton to a two-year contract.

BUFFALO SABRES—Agreed to terms with D Shaone Morrisonn to a two-year contract.

Waived LW Tim Kennedy.

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS—Agreed to terms with G Marty Turco on a one-year contract.

MONTREAL CANADIENS—Signed D Alexandre Picard to a one-year contract.

NEW YORK RANGERS—Traded F Donald Brashear and F Patrick Rissmiller to Atlanta for C Todd White.

COLLEGE FLORIDA SOUTHERN—Named Stephen Piercefield assistant baseball coach.

GEORGIA SOUTHERN—Announced freshman DL Cam Loughery is transferring from Colorado State.

MARIETTA—Named Chuck Leierer offensive line coach, Charles Boyd running backs coach, John Prater linebackers coach and Blake Simmons tight ends coach. Promoted Josh Jones to recruiting coordinator.

MEMPHIS—Named Danielle O’Banion associate head basketball coach.

MOUNT OLIVE—Named Benny Benton assistant sports information director.

ST. FRANCIS, PA._Named Lucy Wess assistant director of athletics for compliance and facilities.

SYRACUSE—Named Sabrina Harbec women’s assistant ice hockey coach.

UCLA—Named Tyus Edney director of men’s basketball operations.

VANDERBILT—Removed “interim” from the title of football coach Robbie Caldwell.

Former Trojans coach, Brad Causby was relieved of his duties over the winter and Chase then landed Steve McCurry from Mooresville High. McCurry quit in midJuly and Bailey was named the interim coach.

Despite all of the offseason chaos, Bailey has been named the coach for the season and is more than willing to go to battle for a team that finished 2-9 last season.

“This is young group, but a lot the kids who are here have invested their time during this offseason to weight lifting and working out,” Bailey said as they finished up practice at dusk on Monday night. “We are going full steam ahead and you can smell it in the air, it is definitely time for football

Owls close with wild win Playoffs start Wednesday with a home game MARTINSVILLE — Forest City won its final regular season home game prior to the playoffs in a wild 6-5, 10-inning contest Monday night.

The Owls loaded the bases in the top of the tenth thanks to a pair of walks and a single. Owls left fielder Konstantine Diamaduros was able to draw a walk after winning a 13 pitch battle that included Diamaduros fouling off six straight foul balls with two strikes against Mustangs reliever Tyler Spear to work the bases full. A wild pitch plated the go-ahead run at the time, while pinch hitter Cade Stallings hit a sacrifice fly to deep center field to put the Owls up by two runs. They would need both.

After a double by third baseman Shaun Ball, who advanced to third on a wild pitch, first baseman Matthew Black drove him in with a sacrifice fly to center.

After Brett Rettenmeier walked, designated hitter Cody Pack came to the plate. Pack, who had hit a walk-off homer earlier this year at Hooker Field against the Owls drove a pitch into right center field, but the ball stayed in the air long enough for right fielder Tarran Senay to make the grab for the final out.

It took just two pitches for the leadoff hitter Senay to put the Owls on the scoreboard, launching a home run to center field off Martinsville starter Demarius Johnson to give Forest City an early 1-0 lead. An RBI single in the subsequent inning by short stop Reed Harper pushed the cushion to two runs.

Martinsville would climb back with a run in the third helped by an error from Owls starting pitcher Jordan Douglas on a throw to second on a sacrifice bunt attempt that allowed Mustangs catcher Jay Lichter to get to third. Lichter would later be brought in on a sacrifice fly to right field from left fielder Matthew McGovern.

The home team then plated two runs in the fifth, courtesy of an RBI single by Lichter - his second hit of the contest - and with center fielder Ryan Weaver scoring on a throwing error by Owls catcher Danny Canela. An additional run in the sixth due to another sacrifice fly, this time to center field by Weaver put the Mustangs on top by two.

The Owls loaded the bases in the seventh for third baseman Grant Buckner with one out, who was hit by a pitch on a 2-2 count by Mustangs reliever Kyle Long to cut the Owls deficit to one.

Long was spelled by the lefty Spear, who was able to retire the next two Forest City hitters to escape further peril. The Owls would tie the contest in the eighth with an RBI double to left center by Will Skinner, his 23rd double of his season to extend his CPL single-season and career records.

Skinner has now recorded 56 doubles in his three year Coastal Plain League career with the Owls.

Forest City once again had the bases full in the ninth with one out, but Canela hit a sharp line drive that was snagged by short stop Brett Rettenmeier for the second out, and Harper popped out to the catcher Lichter to end the threat.

Owls reliever Brett Stackhouse picked up the victory for tossing the final three frames, while Spear finished as the losing pitcher for surrendering the final two runs to Forest City.

The win ties Forest City with the Wilson Tobs for the best overall record (37-19) in the Coastal Plain League after the end of regular season play for both squads. The top seed in the 2010 CPL Petitt Cup Playoffs will be determined via a coin flip.

The Owls, regardless of whether they win or lose that coin toss will host the first game of the opening round of the CPL Playoffs, as well as the third game of the series if needed. That game will take place on Wednesday night at 7:05 pm.

Braves rip Mets ATLANTA (AP) — Tim Hudson pitched six solid innings and Rick Ankiel drove in two runs with his first hit for Atlanta.

Ankiel’s two-out, two-run single came in a three-run first inning.

Chipper Jones added a solo home run in the seventh — his eighth — for the Braves, who had lost five of seven and two straight.

The Mets lost their second straight and 10th in 14, and have won only six of their last 23 games.

Hudson (12-5) allowed six hits, one run, walked three and struck out three.

season.”

On varsity, Chase had 31 kids in their opening day practice with 16 back who were starters last season.

Chase goes to West Henderson on Aug. 12th for a scrimmage with the host Falcons and Rosman. They come home to participate in the Rutherofrd County Jamboree against North Henderson.

“I am excited to be apart of Chase football and the opportunity of this season and we feel like we can be successful,” Bailey said.

Down in Avondale, Thomas Jefferson took to the field in the early morning, a move that proved to be the right one.

“It felt like fall weather out here this morning, but we know that we have an uphill

climb in football,” Thomas Jefferson head coach Tony Helton said.

In just its second year with a football program in place, Thomas Jefferson hopes to find it’s first ever win during 2010 as they went 0-11, last season.

Our theme this season is “proving to belong” but I feel that we will be a good bit better than last season,” Helton said.

Overall, 26 Gryphons appeared for the first regular season practice and 17 returned from a season ago.

They have six offensive and six defensive starters for a total of 11 that are back in 2010.

The Gryphons are searching for a scrimmage game before they open the season on Aug. 27 at Andrews.

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at receiver. He’s also had trouble holding onto kickoffs and punts.

So far Edwards’ experience at QB — engineering a monumental upset of Michigan and winning two Football Championship Subdivision national titles — isn’t helping much.

“I thought it would, but not really,” he said.

“When you’re learning a new position you’ve got a lot of more things you’ve got to think about.

There’s a lot of things going through your head.”

Throw in heavy legs and it’s become even more difficult.

“He’s got a lot more running (to do). I think he’s getting a little more used to that as we move forward,” Fox said. “He’s got good hands and he’s got ability after the catch. I think really if you ask him there’s a lot more running than at quarterback.”

Translation: Edwards, who had no trouble outrunning people in college, needs to get fitter.

“You’ve got to be fast through your routes, then when you catch the ball you’ve got to run after the routes,” Edwards said. “You’ve got to run and chase to get a block. There’s a lot more running.”

“It surprised me how tired I was at first. I thought I was in shape until I got out here for the first practice.”

The Panthers aren’t panicking and expected his development to take time. He could even be on the inactive list for games if he doesn’t win the return job and remains buried on the depth chart at receiver behind Steve Smith, Kenny Moore, Dwayne Jarrett and Brandon LaFell.

It hasn’t stopped Edwards from being one of the most watched players at camp. He grew up 45 minutes away from Wofford College in Greenwood, S.C., and Appalachian State is a couple hours away.

Everybody wants to see the first player to win the Walter Payton Award twice as the top player in college football’s lower tier play receiver. Many wonder if the Panthers will try to use Edwards in the wildcat formation.

Not yet. He has enough to worry about already “That’s up to the coaches,” Edwards said. “Right now everybody wants me to get comfortable at receiver, so I’m trying to focus on receiver right now.”

Edwards, who didn’t return punts until right before his college pro day this spring, blames some of his bobbles and drops to losing concentration because he’s tired. The Panthers run special teams drills at the end of their practices.

“It’s kind of like outfield in baseball, but I’ve never played that either,” Edwards said. “So I had a hard time adjusting to the ball when it’s in the air.

It just took repetitions.”

While Edwards acknowledged he’s far from comfortable in his new spots, he insists he hasn’t lost confidence. He’s determined to join the likes of Josh Cribbs and Antwaan Randle-El as former college quarterbacks who have excelled as receivers and return men in the NFL. “I still have to tell myself I’m new to this,” Edwards said. “Everybody around me knows that I changed my position, so I have to stay focused.”

Carolina Panthers quarterback Matt Moore, left, talks with receiver Kenneth Moore, right, during practice at the NFL football team’s training camp in Spartanburg, S.C., Monday.

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Panthers Notebook SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — A smaller version of Charles Johnson is determined to play a big role for the Carolina Panthers this season.

After losing 20 pounds to get down to 279, Johnson has taken over the spot at defensive end vacated when five-time Pro Bowl selection Julius Peppers signed with Chicago.

“It’s a big opportunity,” Johnson said Monday. “I feel like it’s a good opportunity for me to get out there and get my name out there.”

The former third-round pick from Georgia has started just four games in three seasons with Carolina. He bulked up to 290 pounds last year in part because he was used some as an inside rusher on passing downs.

He got even bigger after an offseason excursion to Hawaii to work in a former teammate’s football camp.

“After eating with Kemo in Hawaii,” Johnson joked, referring to Maake Kemoeatu, the mammoth defensive tackle and Hawaii native now with Washington. “I started gaining a lot of weight and I felt uncomfortable the way I was so I had

to get down. Plus, knowing that I had a good opportunity to start I wanted to have myself in shape for camp.”

Johnson got off to a bad start, straining a hamstring in the first workout Thursday. He returned to practice on Sunday as the leaner, quicker player that defensive coordinator Ron Meeks prefers.

Johnson is part of a revamped first-team line that currently includes Tyler Brayton, Ed Johnson and Tank Tyler.

New running back: Down to just two healthy running backs, the Panthers added a body on Monday by signing Dantrell Savage.

Carolina waived injured cornerback Marcus Walker to make room on the 80-man roster.

DeAngelo Williams and Josh Vaughan were the only backs in Monday’s first practice.

Jonathan Stewart hasn’t been cleared to practice following offseason Achilles’ tendon surgery, while Mike Goodson and Tyrell Sutton are sidelined with injuries suffered in training camp.

The undrafted Savage played mostly special teams in 13

Appleby shoots 59 to take win

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (AP) — Stuart Appleby understands the scrutiny that might come with shooting a 59 on a par-70 course.

The Australian won the Greenbrier Classic on Sunday and became the fifth PGA Tour player to hit golf’s magic number. His milestone came less than a month after Paul Goydos had a 59 at the John Deere Classic.

Appleby was the first to reach 59 on a par-70 course; Goydos’ course was par 71. The three other 59s were on par 72s: Al Geiberger at the 1977 Memphis Classic, Chip Beck at the 1991 Las Vegas Invitational and David Duval at the 1999 Bob Hope Classic.

“Look, I’ll debate it with you. I agree,” Appleby said. “I can see both sides of the fence. It is a number. I shot that number. But who says par is supposed to be 72? There’s a lot of great courses that aren’t 72.”

Golfers had raved about an Old White course that already yielded J.B. Holmes’ 60 and D.A. Points’ 61 on Saturday, and Jeff Overton’s 62 on Friday.

Appleby was Points’ playing partner in the third round. On Sunday, it was Appleby’s turn — and he could sense something different.

“I felt relaxed today,” he said. “The 59 broke the course record of 60 set by Sam Snead in 1950 and matched by Holmes. Appleby said Snead should be given more credit because of the equipment used 60 years ago.

games over two seasons with Kansas City, rushing 25 times for 98 yards.

The Panthers reached an injury settlement with Walker, who hurt his calf Saturday.

Carolina was so thin in Monday morning’s workout that fullback Tony Fiammetta lined up at tailback and had a few carries.

Robinson’s back: Duke Robinson finally got fit enough to practice.

Banished to the physically unable to perform list since the first day of camp because of weight and conditioning issues, the guard participated in his first practice on Monday.

Low numbers: The Panthers got three players back on Monday, but still had 11 sidelined with various ailments.

Louis Leonard was activated from the physically unable to perform list because of a sore knee and worked with the second team at defensive tackle.

The coaching staff decided not to break up the first-team tackles of Tank Tyler and Ed Johnson.

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pretty cool. I’m sure he’s really hard to handle for all those nurses in the hospital.”

Roush released a statement calling it a “proud day” for the entire organization.

“They’ve done a wonderful job and this is just the beginning of the rewards that have resulted from all of their hard work,” he said.

Biffle’s crew kept the same car after driving the No. 16 Ford to a season-high third-place finish last week at Indianapolis. That finish put Biffle in 11th place in the points standings and now he’s strongly positioned himself with five races left for a spot in the 12-driver field for the championship chase. He won Chase races at New Hampshire and Dover in 2008 before falling into his winless drought. Biffle was winless last year for the first full season of his career.

He won’t be shut out in back-to-back seasons.

The start of the 500-mile race was delayed by rain, then had two lengthy red flag stops that totaled nearly 50 minutes.

Elliott Sadler and Kurt Busch both walked away from scary wrecks that knocked them out of the race.

Sadler and Bush were the beneficiaries of NASCAR’s safer Car of Tomorrow after two vioAssociated Press lent wrecks. Sadler was forced to lay down on the Stuart Appleby, of Australia, lines up a putt on the 17th triangle track and suffered a sore chest and stomhole during the Greenbrier Classic golf tournament ach after smacking the inside wall. The engine at the Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va., on his No. 19 Ford was ripped from the body and Sunday. Appleby hit golf’s magic number Sunday, smoldered nearby. shooting a 59 to win the Greenbrier Classic.

He called it his hardest hit ever in a race car.

Swimmer Phelps facing a big month

IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — Michael Phelps’ run-up to his last Olympics begins with this week’s U.S. national championships. He’s facing his biggest month of the year in the pool, but the challenge is more mental than physical.

The 14-time Olympic gold medalist has competed sparingly so far this season, and hardly gotten the results he’s used to.

A month ago in Paris, he struggled in his freestyle events and appeared off form.

“Not being as satisfied as I want to be leaving here I think is more than likely going to happen,” he said Monday. “It’s going to be a meet that is more mental than physical.”

There’s a lot at stake when the five-day nationals begin

Tuesday. The top two finishers in each event qualify for the Pan Pacific championships later this month in Irvine, and from that group, the U.S. team for next year’s world championships will be chosen.

Failing to qualify for those teams means American swimmers won’t be competing at a major international meet until the 2012 London Olympics.

Phelps is scheduled to swim five events in Irvine: the 200-meter freestyle, 100 butterfly, 200 fly, 200 individual medley and 200 backstroke.

His busiest day will be his first, when he competes in two events Wednesday.

“I’m more motivated now than I have been all year,” he said.

“Not being where you want to

be is frustrating. You know what you need to do to get back and you know what you need to change.”

Phelps is still perfecting his new freestyle stroke, which was flawed in Paris, where his timing and stroke were off.

“It is a lot better than it was a couple weeks ago,” he said.

“I feel like I can actually swim freestyle again. That’s always a good feeling coming into a nationals meet.”

The meet represents the Americans’ biggest test so far this year of the return to textile suits.

Gone are the neck-to-ankle suits made of polyurethane materials that revolutionized the sport but are now banned by all the major governing bodies.

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Associated Press

President Barack Obama speaks to the Disabled American Veterans in Atlanta Monday. DAV National Commander Roberto Barrera listens at left.

Obama: Iraq troop withdrawal on target

ATLANTA (AP) — Nearing a mile- bat operations within 16 months of stone in the long and divisive Iraq taking office. Instead, shortly after Greenville Greensboro war, President Barack Obama on becoming president, Obama settled Asheville 91/70 93/73 Monday hailed this month’s planned on a slower plan, to remove all com86/67 Raleigh withdrawal of all U.S. combat troops bat troops within 19 months, and not 94/73 — “as promised and on schedule” at the pace of one brigade per month Forest City — as a major success despite deep but on a more backloaded timetable.

Kinston Charlotte 92/71 doubts about the Iraqis’ ability to Those were concessions to the miliFayetteville 91/70 93/72 police and govern their country. tary that disappointed Obama’s anti94/74 Shown is today’s weather.

Portraying the end of America’s war base of support.

Temperatures are today’s highs Wilmington combat role in the 7-year war as a Obama’s celebratory rhetoric on and tonight’s lows.

89/72 personal promise kept, Obama said Monday brushed past some of the Iraq will have 90,000 fewer U.S. more grim realities in today’s Iraq.

Across Our Nation Today’s National Map troops by September than when he Leaders there remain at a political took office — a steady homeward impasse that has prevented the forToday Wednesday 70s 70s flow he called “a season of homemation of a new government for the City Hi/Lo Wx Hi/Lo Wx comings.”

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NY jury convicts two 23 has been taken to the National remain in harm’s way and will be Frustration over the political deadin JFK Airport plot Center for Atmospheric Research likely to engage at times in some lock has come on top of widespread in Boulder, Colo., about 370 miles form of fighting. Iraqi commanders Iraqi anger over the governments NEW YORK (AP) — Two men away. will be able to ask the U.S. for frontfailure to improve basic services such were convicted Monday of plotting Charles Knight, a scientist at the line help. as electricity and drinking water. to blow up jet fuel tanks at John center, plans to cast plaster repliAll American troops are to leave With billions of dollars already F. Kennedy International Airport, cas for researchers, a South Dakota Iraq by the end of next year, as man- spent to improve electricity since the a plan that authorities said was museum and Leslie Scott, the ranch dated under an agreement negoU.S.-led invasion in 2003, housemeant to outdo the Sept. 11, 2001, hand who found it. tiated before Obama took office, holds in Baghdad continue to sufattacks and avenge perceived U.S. between the Iraqis and President fer lengthy power outages. That’s a oppression of Muslims around the George W. Bush. particularly sore subject with Iraqis Police: Robber gripes world.

Obama’s speech Monday was the since the summer months routinely Russell Defreitas, a former JFK about skimpy haul first of many, with appearances see 115-degree days and buying eleccargo handler, and Abdul Kadir, planned throughout the month by tricity from privately owned neighATLANTA (AP) — Police say a once a member of Guyana’s parliatheDaily president, Vice President Joe borhood generators is beyond the Pag man who robbed a fast-food restaument, were convicted of multiple Forest City Courier_Ruth Co People_1.833inx3in Biden and other administration offi- reach of many. rant with a gun was so mad about conspiracy charges. Kadir was cials. The schedule reflects a White Some longtime Iraq observers the amount of loot that he called acquitted of one charge, surveilHouse eager, with pivotal congresworry that the country’s sectarian back twice to complain. lance of mass transportation. sional elections approaching, for divisions could widen in the months The man walked up to the driveDefreitas, a 66-year-old naturalachievements to tout, especially in ahead. through window of an Atlanta ized U.S. citizen from Guyana, and areas with the emotional signifi“Much of the violence has occurred Wendy’s late Saturday night, wearKadir, 58, were arrested in 2007 cance of the Iraq war. because there is no government, ing a ski mask and holding a gun. after an informant infiltrated the Obama’s campaign pledge to overbecause nobody knows what the He demanded the cash drawer, plot see a speedy conclusion to the U.S. future is,” said Anthony Cordesman, grabbed it and ran away. fighting was the promise that most a military analyst at the Center for But police say he later called the defined his presidential campaign, Strategic and International Studies Colorado lab gets record fast food restaurant to complain and it brought him significant supwho has periodically advised top about the amount of cash. hailstone from S. Dakota Police say in one call he said that port.

U.S. commanders in Baghdad.

Actually, while running for the However, military officials say that “next time there better be more BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — North White House, he said he would neither Iraqi political turmoil nor than $586.”

America’s heaviest hailstone ever remove one or two brigades a month the continuing violence will change He called again with a similar might also be its most-traveled. from Iraq to achieve an end to comthe departure plan. complaint.

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The famous author J.M. Barrie once said, “God gave us memories that we might have roses in December.” As the years pass by, I find myself retreating in my mind to the simpler days of my youth. Long hot summers in the New Mexico desert and family gatherings on Sunday afternoons were highlights of my “growing up” years. I am sure that each of us has special moments that we hold dear to us, but I believe it is the little things that sometimes make lasting impressions. Yes, we still remember weddings, births and special occasions, but the “normal” days seem to fill the gaps like the mortar around a brick wall.

It is the handshake or pat on the back at Sunday morning services or the smile and thank you at the local diner. You see it is the small things that we do that make a difference.

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In this June 23 photo, assemblyman Adam Metzger prepares to mount the engine to the chassis on the 2011 GMC Sierra assembly line at the Flint Assembly in Flint, Mich. The manufacturing sector grew in July for the 15th straight month, providing a boost to the slowing economic recovery.

Associated Press

Manufacturing growth a boost WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s a rare bright spot in an otherwise troubled economy: The nation’s manufacturing sector has now grown for a solid year, and more of its companies say they’re ready to hire.

Chip maker Texas Instruments says its business has recovered to pre-recession levels. Intel, which makes semiconductors, posted its best quarterly profit in a decade. And chemical giant DuPont says its sales volume is up and recently raised its prices.

The Institute for Supply Management said Monday its manufacturing index slipped in July, to 55.5 from 56.2 in June.

But it was the 12th straight month of readings above 50, which indicates expansion. At the depths of the recession, the index was closer to 30.

“Yes, the pace eased back a touch, but it was nothing to be worried about,” said Joel Naroff for Naroff Economic Advisors.

Measures of production and new orders, which signal future business, both grew again, although more slowly than in June. And more manufacturers said they were willing to hire people.

The report, which comes out on the first business day of the month, surveys production managers at about 400 companies around the country, makers of products ranging from furniture and computers to food and tobacco.

Manufacturing growth has cooled for the past three months, but most of that was expected. The industry experienced strong growth last year because companies were replenishing their stockroom shelves after the recession.

Manufacturing accounts for about a fifth of U.S. economic activity, so it can’t carry the recovery on its own. But at a time when the housing market, consumer spending and other sectors of the economy are limping along, any sustained growth is welcome news.

The service sector, which employs 80 percent of Americans, has lagged as high unemployment has made people nervous about spending money, especially for things like meals out and vacations.

“Manufacturing has led the entire recovery,” said Brian Bethune at IHS Global Insight.

The housing market has struggled since a tax credits for homebuyers expired in April, a point confirmed Monday by a separate report that showed construction spending edging up slightly in June, with all the strength coming from government building.

The government reported last week that total economic growth slowed to a rate of 2.4 percent this spring, down from 3.7 percent growth in the first quarter and 5 percent at the end of last year.

In a speech Monday in South Carolina, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the nation faces a long road back to good economic health.

He noted the worst of the financial crisis is behind the nation and the economy is growing again.

Indeed, a county-by-county Associated Press analysis found that the nation’s overall economic stress worsened in June after easing for four months in a row. Bankruptcies in the West and foreclosures outside the Sun

Belt outweighed lower unemployment.

The manufacturing index peaked at 60.4 in April. Its low for the recession was 32.5, in December 2008.

The July report suggests that manufacturing will grow for the rest of the year, and more quickly than the broader economy, said Dan Meckstroth, chief economist for the Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI, an industry association.

Businesses are investing more money on equipment and software, instead of new workers.

That is helping them grow at a time when customers are spending less.

Manufacturers have added jobs for six straight months for the first time since 2006, they said.

While the manufacturing sector keeps growing, the construction industry has struggled since the federal government ended a popular homebuyers tax credit on April 30.

Spending on housing construction fell in June for a second consecutive month, dropping 0.8 percent after an even bigger 1.5 percent decline in May. Spending on nonresidential building projects fell for a 15th consecutive month, dropping 0.5 percent in June. This sector has been hard hit by the economic downturn, which has triggered rising defaults on commercial real estate projects.

That has prompted banks to tighten lending standards and made it harder for builders to get financing for new projects.

The only strength in June came in the government sector.

Overall public construction rose 1.5 percent.

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NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market began August with a huge rally after reports from around the world revived investors’ faith in the global recovery.

The Dow Jones industrial average rose 208 points Monday. All the major stock indexes rose about 2 percent.

The first day of the month brought a stream of news that reassured investors who have worried about a slowing of economic growth in the U.S., China and Europe. Manufacturing was a common thread: n The Institute for Supply Management’s index of U.S. manufacturing activity during July was better than the market expected. n A manufacturing report for the 16 countries that use the euro was revised higher for July and showed that the European economy is recovering faster than expected. n From China came news that industrial growth was moderate enough that Beijing isn’t likely to take steps to slow that country’s economy.

Monday’s news was encouraging after months of reports that showed the recovery was weakening.

Those reports pulled the major stock indexes off their 2010 highs in late April and contributed to sharp swings in stock prices since then. The ISM report is significant because it is the first major reading of the economy from July, and investors are trying to determine just how strong the recovery will be in the second half of the year.

The big advance was a bit of a surprise for traders who are used to more subdued trading as August arrives. Over the past 12 years, the Dow has fallen nine times on the first trading day in August, although it has risen the past three years.

August in general is seen as a volatile month for stocks, largely because many traders are away on vacation. That makes for low trading volumes and exaggerated price moves.

The Dow Jones industrial average rose 208.44, or 2 percent, to 10,674.38. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose 24.26, or 2.2 percent, to 1,125.86, while the Nasdaq composite index rose 40.66, or 1.8 percent, to 2,295.36.

Six stocks rose for every one that fell on the New York Stock Exchange where volume came to a light 1 billion shares.

With stocks looking more appealing, bond prices fell because investors felt less need to seek the safety of government securities. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note, which moves opposite its price, rose to 2.97 percent from 2.91 percent late Friday. Its yield is often used as a benchmark to set interest rates on mortgages and other consumer loans.

Stocks were up across the market. Industrial and materials stocks, including 3M Co. and General Electric Co., rose after the ISM report. Investors were encouraged in particular by several key components of the index. Production and new orders both improved, as did companies’ willingness to hire new employees.

Energy companies rose as the price of oil gained on expectations that a healthier economy will lift demand.

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Performance on exams is true test Dear Abby: I would like to comment on your May 29 reply to “Helping or Cheating?” the young lady who has been helping her boyfriend with his homework. I can see where someone might find this a problem.

I retired a few years ago after 35 years as an educator and still substitute teach three to five days a week. Personally, I feel it’s far better to have help and see a word spelled correctly, a sentence constructed properly or a math problem worked correctly, than to have the mistake reinforced. In most cases, homework is just for practice, and “Rory” should have ample opportunity in class to show the teacher what he can do on his own. — 35 Years and Counting Dear 35 Years: Thank you for your input as an educator. I tried to reach the young woman who wrote that letter so I could ask if her boyfriend’s test results had improved as a result of her efforts, but was unable to make contact.

Frankly, I was surprised at the amount of mail her letter generated from teachers, one of whom informed me that “most teachers don’t check homework for accuracy, just that the homework was completed.” Could this be part of what has gone wrong with our educa-

Dear Abby Abigail van Buren

tional system — that teachers have become so overwhelmed by the size of their classes that they can no longer give their students the individual attention they need? If so, how sad for all of us. Read on: Dear Abby: I used to teach at the university level. For 20 years I watched this happen. Never once was it the boyfriend “helping” the girlfriend. If we got two essays on the same topic, it was always the girlfriend who had written it, while the boyfriend who “studied with her” or “used it as a model” ended up handing in a distorted version of the same paper — same quotes, same structure, reworded sentences.

The boyfriends were slacking off; their girlfriends were doing the work.

I have talked about this with other professors; only one could cite a single exception to this rule. Thank you for telling that young woman to stop doing his homework and please, Abby, let your readers know the issue is systemic. — Ex-Professor

Keep the column short, sweetie!

Dear Dr. Gott: Your column was so much better when you gave short answers to questions. You answered a lot more questions, which we all like, so why did you change? Be short and to the point, and thank you for listening.

Dear Reader: There are times when I think readers might be interested in a better understanding of why a condition occurs, and in discovering ways to correct medical problems. I’ll do my best to reach a happy medium.

Dear Dr. Gott: I have to write you about my experience with cold sores in response to the reader who suffers from them. I, too, had them for years, and nothing I put on prevented them.

My husband is a retired dentist who suggested not using toothpaste that contains sodium lauryl sulfate. Since making the change, I have not had any more.

Dear Reader: Low levels of sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS) are commonly found in shaving cream, shampoo and toothpaste. Research has linked SLS to

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Dear Dr. Gott: I often cut out your articles and save them. Unfortunately, I have misplaced one of the most important ones for my well-being. It concerned a natural recipe for bowel regularity.

Dear Reader: The three ingredients, known as a colon cocktail, are applesauce, prune juice and unprocessed bran. Mix equal portions in a small bowl, and refrigerate for at least one hour to blend. Then take 1 to 2 tablespoons or more, if needed, each day for relief. Refrigerate any unused portions in a sealed container. The remedy may take up to two weeks to be effective.

IN THE STARS Your Birthday, Aug. 3; Greater self-reliance will be quite prevalent.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) - Keep a level head and don’t hesitate to confess your incomprehension.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22) - In a commercial arrangement, you both could be a bit too greedy.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) - Competition could cause you to throw impediments.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) - Don’t try to blame another for painting you into a corner.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) - The final score should not be all that counts.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) - Selfish expectations will merely thwart your chances for fulfillment.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) - It looks like you could do quite well in a competitive situation.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) - You are likely to be able to sort out all the different complications.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) - Don’t blame anybody else if you’re a bit harsh and unpleasant.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) - Don’t let anyone claim the rewards you’ve earned.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) - It is likely to take more time to decide who to trust.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) - Be above it all, and observers will be applauding you.

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Afghan war enters decisive phase

Plane crash in Siberia kills 11

An AP News Analysis

By ROBERT H. REID

MOSCOW (AP) — A twin-engine passenger plane crashed early Tuesday near a northern Siberia town, killing at least 11 of the 15 people on board, Russia’s Emergencies Ministry said.

Initial reports indicated that all those aboard the Antonov-24 turboprop were killed. But Russian news agencies later quoted Olesya Kukuyeva, a spokeswoman for the ministry’s Siberian division, as saying that 11 were known dead.

Israeli agrees to UN flotilla probe

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel agreed Monday to participate in a U.N. investigation of its deadly raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla last spring, a surprising departure from its traditional distrust of the world body.

Israel expressed confidence the inquiry would find its actions justified. However, its decision to cooperate reflects the hit Israel’s world standing has taken in the wake of the assault and the spotlight it turned on its three-year blockade of already impoverished Gaza.

The four-member U.N. panel will be chaired by former New Zealand Prime Minister Geoffrey Palmer and co-chaired by outgoing Colombian President Alvaro Uribe and include a Turkish and an Israeli representative, Ban said. It will start work Aug. 10 and submit its first progress report by mid-September.

Death toll from wildfires hits 40 MOSCOW (AP) — The death toll from wildfires raging across central and western Russia rose to 40 on Monday, as millions of Muscovites coughed through a haze of smoke from burning peat bogs and firefighters scrambled to put out hundreds of new blazes.

The fires come after weeks of searing heat and practically no rain. Although temperatures in the Moscow area dipped modestly over the weekend, experts predict they’ll climb back to around 38 C (100 F) this week.

Associated Press Writer

KABUL, Afghanistan — With U.S. troop strength approaching 100,000, the Afghan war is entering its decisive phase.

Without measurable progress in the coming months, political support for the conflict may collapse.

Back-to-back months of record U.S. military death tolls — 60 in June and 66 in July — shocked many Americans, even though the Pentagon had been warning of higher casualties this summer as the U.S. and its allies push into longtime Taliban strongholds around Kandahar city and in the southern province of Helmand.

The campaign is aimed at securing Kandahar, a city of about a half million, the major urban area of the ethnic Pashtun south and the former Taliban headquarters. Securing the city is considered pivotal if the NATO-led coalition is to reverse the Taliban momentum in their southern stronghold.

Failure would be a grave — if not fatal — blow to the entire NATO-led mission in Afghanistan.

It could encourage President Hamid Karzai, who was born near Kandahar, to seek a political deal with Taliban leaders on terms that Afghan ethnic minorities, women and the U.S. might find unfavorable. And it could discourage Pakistan from ever cracking down on Afghan Taliban fighters living in border

sanctuaries.

But progress in breaking the Taliban’s grip has been slow and difficult to measure in a war where the opinions of rural Afghan villagers are as important — if not more — than seizing strategic terrain. It’s hard to explain the deaths of young soldiers without compelling evidence that their sacrifice was worth it.

Supporters of the counterinsurgency strategy which President Barack Obama embraced last year acknowledge that it will take time to determine whether the operations around Kandahar have achieved even modest success.

Even if Taliban attacks decline, it will take time to tell whether the insurgents have been driven off or simply went underground as they did in the Helmand town of Marjah, only to return later with more ambushes and roadside bombs.

Afghan civilians are unlikely to shift their support to the coalition and the Afghan government without compelling evidence that the Taliban are gone and that their own leaders are making good on promises of better public services and good governance.

Time is one resource that the U.S. and its allies don’t have.

Support for the war is already wavering in Washington and the capitals of the other allied nations that provide troops here.

The Dutch ended their combat mission last weekend, and the Canadians plan to pull out next year. The Poles want to leave in

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983 10-SP-238 AMENDED NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY UNDER AND BY VIRTUE of the power and authority contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed and delivered by Joel C. Turner, dated October 12, 2007 and recorded on October 17, 2007, in Book No. 980, at Page 362 in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Rutherford County, North Carolina; and because of default in the payment of the indebtedness secured thereby and failure to carry out and perform the stipulations and agreements contained therein and, pursuant to demand of the holder of the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will place for sale, at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at Rutherford County Courthouse, Courthouse Steps, North Carolina on August 16, 2010 at 10:00 AM that parcel of land, including improvements thereon, situated, lying and being in the City of Bostic, County of Rutherford, State of North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being the same property as recorded in deed from Fall Creek Land Company, Inc. to Lloyd K. Ayers and wife, Sharon L. Ayers dated August 4, 2005 and recorded in Deed Book 880 Page 783, Rutherford County Registry, and being described according to said deed as follows: Being known and designated as Lot 84 as shown on the Map of The Summit, Phase Four, as recorded in Plat Book 26 Page 83 in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Rutherford County, North Carolina, reference to which is hereby made for a more particular description.

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Present Record Owners: Pam Turner, heir and Phillip Turner, heir The terms of the sale are that the real property hereinbefore described will be sold for cash to the highest bidder. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. In the event that the Owner and Holder or its intended assignee is exempt from paying the same, the successful bidder shall be required to pay revenue stamps on the Trustee’s Deed, and any Land Transfer Tax. The real property hereinabove described is being offered for sale “AS IS, WHERE IS” and will be sold subject to all superior liens, unpaid taxes, and special assessments. Other conditions will be announced at the sale. The sale will be held open for ten (10) days for upset bids as by law required.

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

Additional Notice Where the Real Property is Residential With Less Than 15 Rental Units: An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a bona fide lease or tenancy may have additional rights pursuant to Title VII of 5.896 - Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act which became effective on May 20, 2009.

Dated: June 23, 2010 David A. Simpson, P.C., Substitute Trustee By:________________________________ Attorney at Law Rogers Townsend & Thomas, PC Attorneys for David A. Simpson, P.C., Substitute Trustee 2701 Coltsgate Road, Suite 300 Charlotte, NC 28211-3594 Posted:_______________________ Witness: Assistant/Deputy Clerk of Superior Court

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Last week, Democratic leaders in the House of Representatives had to rely on Republican support to pass the almost $59 billion measure to finance Obama’s additional 30,000 troops in Afghanistan and other programs. Twelve Republicans and 102 Democrats opposed it.

A prominent Republican on the Armed Services Committee, Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, said congressional support could collapse next year if conservative Republicans withdraw their backing to make Obama look bad and if anti-war Democrats insist on a pullout.

With low public support and wavering resolve, the Obama administration has launched a fresh effort to portray U.S. goals in Afghanistan as modest — reminding Americans that Afghanistan was where the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks were orchestrated.

American officials had hoped to ramp up operations in the Kandahar area last spring. But the timetable slipped for numerous reasons, including public opposition within the city to stepped-up military operations and delays in getting enough trained Afghan troops in place.

The goal is to put an Afghan face on the security operation to counter Taliban allegations that the international troops are a foreign occupation force.

Obama plans a review of the Afghan strategy at the end of the year and has pledged to begin withdrawing American troops in next July.

Sales

Experienced Sales Professional Needed Real Estate, Insurance, Automotive or related sales experience a must. Looking for someone local with the personal drive to succeed.

Honest, reputable and high integrity required.

Please submit resume to: Box A, PO Box 1149, Forest City, NC 28043

0240

Skilled Trade

WATER DISTRIBUTION OPERATOR Broad River Water Authority Requirements: A, B or C NC Distribution Certificate; min. 2 yrs. experience in operation, maintenance & repair of water distribution systems; high school diploma; class A drivers license with the ability to obtain CDL. Hourly range of pay $15-$25. Fax resume to 828-286-3977 to the attention of Maria Hunnicutt

0244

Trucking

Truck Service, Inc.

is hiring Part-Time & Casual CDL Drivers to join our fleet of Professional Drivers. If you still have the desire and ability to travel the country but don't have the need to work on a full-time basis, we have the opportunity for YOU!! ONLY PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS with 2 yrs. verifiable experience & clean driving record need to apply.

Call Truck Service at 828-245-1637 ext.

125 & talk to Rita.

0264

Child Care

TEACHER Full time, first shift.

Credentials + 12 Edu. credits.

Apply at Little Red School, 319 S. Broadway, Forest City

0272

People Seeking Employment

I would like to clean houses or business, dust, mop, vacuum, clean windows. For more info call 289-2090 or 245-5454

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Cats/Dogs/Pets

Free to a good home Mountain Fiest Mix Puppies 8 wks. old. Call 453-9921 after 6pm, if no answer lv. msg.

Patented Happy Jack FleaBeacon controls fleas in the home without chemicals.

Results overnight! OAKLAND FARM & SEED (286-0617) www.happyjackinc.com

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Farm Market

Watermelons for sale $2, $3, or $4 Salem Church Rd. 453-0396

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Furniture

Solid Oak four posted twin bed, $125. Very good cond.

Call 828-289-4066

Building Materials

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

White Oak Manor - Shelby

is currently accepting applications for

Nursing Assistants

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

Call Jamie Fender (828) 286-4194

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0610

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Unfurnished Apartments

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Apply at 401 North Morgan St., Shelby Julie Hollifield - Human Resources Mgr. EOE

SUBSCRIBE

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Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Ricky Jason Houser to MTNBK, LTD, Trustee (Stephen C. Wilkie, Substitute Trustee,) dated June 17, 2005 and recorded in Book 845 at Page 367 in the Rutherford County, North Carolina Registry, the undersigned Substitute Trustee declares as follows: There is a default by the Owner or other person(s) owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said Deed of Trust, or by their successor in interest, with respect to provisions therein which authorize sale in the event of default of such provision; and the undersigned as Substitute Trustee, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Rutherford County, North Carolina, and the Owner and Holder of the Note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the Courthouse door or other usual and customary location as designated by the Clerk’s Office on August 9, 2010, at 3:00 p.m., and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described real property situated in Rutherford County, North Carolina, to wit: EXHIBIT A The land referred to in this policy is located in Rutherford County, State of North Carolina and is described as follows.

TRACT ONE: SITUATE, Lying and being in Camp Creek Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina, and being a portion of that property conveyed by Deeds recorded In Deed Book 120 at Page 285. and Deed Book 209 at Page 118, Rutherford County Registry, and being described from survey entitled “James Bright Company, Inc. dated December 9, 1999, by Professional Surveying Services, Nathan Odom, PLS, as follows: BEGINNING at a point in the centerline of State Road #1502, said State Road also known as Pine Tree Road, said point being the Northeastern most corner of the property now or formerly owned by Ruth Carson as described and recorded in Deed Book 521 at Page 637, Rutherford County Registry; thence leaving the centerline of said State Road and running along and with the line of Carson North 34 degrees. 54 minutes 29 seconds West 16.12 feet to a new iron pin: thence continuing with the line of Carson North 34 degrees 54 minutes 29 seconds West 214.39 feet to a new iron pin; thence continuing with the line of Carson South 39 degrees 56 minutes 32 seconds West 214.50 feet to a new iron pin in the line of the property of Ruth Carson as described and recorded in Deed Book 497 at Page 93, Rutherford County Registry thence leaving the line of Carson Deed Book 521 and running along end with the line of Deed Book 497 North 34 degrees 55 minutes 33 seconds West 88,32 feet to a point; thence a new line North 37 degrees 16 minutes 54 seconds East 794.84 feet to a point; thence another new line South 47 degrees 17 minutes 55 seconds East 323.40 feet to a point in the centerline of State Road #1502: thence running along and with the centerline of said State Road the following six (6) calls: South 32 degrees 04 minutes 59 seconds West 79.79 feet to a point; thence South 35 degrees 40 minutes 25 seconds West 30.53 feet to a point; thence South 35 degrees 42 minutes 30 seconds West 105.50 feet to a point: thence South 38 degrees 54 minutes 58 seconds West 305.30 feet to point; thence South 39 degrees 38 minutes 24 seconds West 105.87 feet to a point; thence South 39 degrees 38 minutes 29 seconds West 62.6S feet to the point and place of BEGINNING, containing 5.00 acres more or less.

SAVING AND EXCEPTING FROM TRACT ONE ABOVE THE FOLLOWING OUT CONVEYANCES OF RECORD. 1. That Deed dated August 30, 2004, from Ricky Jason Houser to Bobby Lee Kisner and of record in Deed Book 853 at Page 475, Rutherford County Registry, and being known as Lot 6.

0675

Forest City, Main St.

convenience. Walk to new eateries & upcoming shops.

1 & 2BR avail. Starting at $380. Call for details.

Arlington Ridge, 247 Arlington St. 828-447-3233

0620

Homes for Rent

on private lot in Ellenboro area. $450/mo + dep. Call 828-248-1681 2BR & 3BR Mobile Homes in Chase area. $70-$95/per week. No pets! Call 429-6691 2BR/2BA Cent. h/a, stove, refrig. No pets. $425 + $300 dep. 245-5703 or 286-8665

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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF RUTHERFORD RE-NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 10 SP 122

Unfurnished Apartments

Will Finance! No banks!

Hurry! You pay no lot rent, insurance, taxes or interest!

Neg. $99 week + dep.

704-806-6686

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS

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704-484-1640

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Campers/Trailers

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

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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

Margaret Rhodes, Executor 4519 US HWY 64/74A Rutherfordton, NC 28139

Having qualified as Executor of the estate of LOIS MARIE HOOPER PASCHAL of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said LOIS MARIE HOOPER PASCHAL to present them to the undersigned on or before the 20th 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 20th day of July, 2010.

Commercial/Office

FREE STANDING BLDG 1800 sqft. Chimney Rock Rd. Rfdtn. $165K 828-287-0779

Having qualified as Executor of the estate of KATHLEEN BOWLIN of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said KATHLEEN BOWLIN to present them to the undersigned on or before the 20th 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 20th day of July, 2010.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Mobile Homes for Sale

0864

Pickup Trucks for Sale

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0872

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1973 Jeep Commando Recently restored inside & out. $3,500 Call 828-429-1391

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2216 10-SP-311 NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY UNDER AND BY VIRTUE of the power and authority contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed and delivered by Gus Odell Tesseneer and Tracy Tesseneer, dated August 16, 2002 and recorded on August 16, 2002, in Book No. 0684, at Page 0375 in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Rutherford County, North Carolina; and because of default in the payment of the indebtedness secured thereby and failure to carry out and perform the stipulations and agreements contained therein and, pursuant to demand of the holder of the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will place for sale, at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at Rutherford County Courthouse, Rutherfordton, North Carolina on August 11, 2010 at 10:00 AM that parcel of land, including improvements thereon, situated, lying and being in the City of Bostic, County of Rutherford, State of North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Situate, lying and being in Golden Valley Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina, and being a portion of the property described in Deed recorded in Deed Book 684, Page 240, Rutherford County Registry, said portion being described according to a survey dated August 6, 2002, bearing Drawing No. 7-129 and prepared by Stephen R. Choun, PLS, of Davis Surveying as follows:

That Deed dated July 20, 2004, from Ricky Jason Houser to Allan C. Sidell, Sr. and wife, and containing approximately .069 acres of record in Deed Book 850 at Page 593, Rutherford County Registry.

BEGINNING at a point located in the centerline of State Road 1006 (Bostic-Sunshine Highway), said point being located South 17 deg 37 min 31 sec West 462.19 feet from a PK nail at said highways intersection with US Highway 226, said beginning point also being located in the southeastern corner of the property of Raymond Lee King, Jr. as described in Deed recorded in Deed Book 699, Page 560, Rutherford County Registry, and running thence from said beginning point and with the southern boundary of the said King property and with the centerline of a branch South 85 deg 17 min 57 sec West 268.67 feet (passing existing iron stakes at 34.67 feet and at 238.67 feet) to a point, North 76 deg 40 min 55 sec West 47.18 feet, North 55 deg 47 min 35 sec West 80.42 feet, North 27 deg 19 min 40 sec West 71.68 feet, and North 16 deg 23 min 07 sec West 90.55 feet to a point located in the southwestern corner of the said King property; thence leaving the said King property and running a new line South 22 deg 10 min 05 sec West 532.90 feet to a new iron stake, a new corner; thence running another new line South 67 deg 10 min 28 sec East 474.73 feet (passing a new iron stake at 444.73 feet) to a point located in the centerline of State Road 1006 (Bostic-Sunshine Highway); thence running with the centerline of said road North 23 deg 49 min 13 sec East 235.90 feet, North 21 deg 53 min 42 sec East 152.20 feet, and North 20 deg 13 min 38 sec East 144.97 feet to the point and place of Beginning, and containing 5.00 acres to said survey.

ALSO SAVING AND EXCEPTING FROM TRACT TWO ABOVE THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED REAL PROPERTY:

Address of property: 7551 Bostic Sunshine Highway, Bostic, NC 28018

2. That Deed dated December 14, 2004, from Ricky Jason Houser to Audrey Walters and of record in Deed Book 861 at Page 187, Rutherford County Registry and being known as Lot 1.

TRACT TWO: Situate lying and being High Shoals Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina and being all of Lot #3 of the Howard Lee Phillips Estate property as shown on plat duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Rutherford County, North Caroline, In Plat Book 11 at Page 8, to which reference is hereby made for a more full and complete description.

SAVING AND EXEMPTING FROM TRACT TWO ABOVE THE FOLLOWING OUT: CONVEYANCES OF RECORD:

Situate, lying and being in High Shoals Township. Rutherford County, North Carolina, and being a portion of that property conveyed by Deed recorded in Deed Book 797 at Page 581, Rutherford County Registry, and being known as all of Lot Number 24 of the CREEKSIDE SUBDlVISION as shown on plat duly recorded In the Office of the Register of Deeds for Rutherford County, North Carolina, in Plat Book 11 at Page 08, to which reference is hereby made for a more full and completed description, and said Lot Number 24 containing approximately .805 acres, more or less.

ALSO less and excepting any lots previously released by the Lender, Carolina First Bank.

To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owners of the property are Ricky Jason Houser (the Estate or heirs of Ricky Jason Houser).

Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, and the court costs of forty-five cents (45¢) per one hundred dollars ($100.00), up to a maximum of $500.00. A cash deposit (cashier’s check or certified funds, no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all of the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. Should the foreclosure action be dismissed or any portion have to be redone for any reason, the bid deposit will be returned to the third party bidder and no other remedies will be able to be asserted. The third party bidder acts upon their own risk if they expend any funds in favor of the foreclosed property prior to the receipt of a deed from the Substitute Trustee.

Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, if any, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, special assessments, and encumbrances of record.

Additional notice where the real property is residential with less than 15 rental units: An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the Clerk of Superior Court of the County in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 day written notice to the landlord. Upon termination of the rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement pro-rated to the effective date of the termination period.

Date: 7/1/2010 _________________________________ Stephen C. Wilkie, Substitute Trustee 285 East Allen Street Hendersonville, NC 28792

Present Record Owners: Gus Odell Tesseneer and Tracy Tesseneer The terms of the sale are that the real property hereinbefore described will be sold for cash to the highest bidder. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. In the event that the Owner and Holder or its intended assignee is exempt from paying the same, the successful bidder shall be required to pay revenue stamps on the Trustee’s Deed, and any Land Transfer Tax. The real property hereinabove described is being offered for sale “AS IS, WHERE IS” and will be sold subject to all superior liens, unpaid taxes, and special assessments. Other conditions will be announced at the sale. The sale will be held open for ten (10) days for upset bids as by law required.

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

Additional Notice Where the Real Property is Residential With Less Than 15 Rental Units: An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a bona fide lease or tenancy may have additional rights pursuant to Title VII of 5.896 - Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act which became effective on May 20, 2009.

Dated: July 21, 2010 David A. Simpson, P.C., Substitute Trustee By:________________________________ Attorney at Law Rogers Townsend & Thomas, PC Attorneys for David A. Simpson, P.C., Substitute Trustee 2701 Coltsgate Road, Suite 300 Charlotte, NC 28211-3594 (704) 697-5809 Posted:_______________________ Witness: Assistant/Deputy Clerk of Superior Court

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AL ADAMS 540 Oak Street, Forest City, NC (828) 245-1260 LIKE A GOOD NEIGHBOR, STATE FARM IS THEREÂŽ Providing Insurance and Financial Services

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Phone: 866-245-1661 Fax: 828-245-2050

719 W. Main St. Forest City, NC

828-247-1460

Liberty Daycare

Your Full Service Funeral Home

DRIVE BEAUTIFUL

240 East Main Street Lawndale, NC 28090

A Ministry of Liberty Baptist Church

McKinney-Landreth Hwy. 74A Bypass, Forest City, NC • (828) 286-2381 www.mccurry-deck.com

Fashion Corner

NISSAN OF FOREST CITY

565 Oak street, Forest City

172 N. Main St., Rutherfordton, NC

Spindale Drug Company •Stocks •Bonds •Variable Annuities •Mutual Funds •IRA Rollovers •401(k) Rollovers

(Next to the Moose Lodge) 526 US Hwy 74 Business • Bostic, NC 828 245-5400 • www.seamstobefabrics.com

Lawn Care & Tractor Service

New & Used Cars & TrUCks

1251 Hwy. 221A, Forest City, NC

287-7040

Kids classes available Fridays 3-5P Beginning Aug. 6th

Grassy Mountain

Ford-Mercury, inc.

“Quaility Service & Compassionate Care�

Your Pet is the

Sewing Center

Hunnicutt

Harrelson Funeral Home www.harrelsonfuneralhome.com

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Fabrics

828-286-3527

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(828) 286-3332

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OFFICES LOCATED IN: Forest City, Lake Lure & Rutherfordton

Hospice Resale Shop

Free Estimates!

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Monday-Saturday • 9:30am-5:00pm

286-2094 245-7779

631 Oak St • Forest City, NC

248-9305

102 West Main Street Forest City, NC (828)-245-8007 Member FDIC and Equal Housing Lender

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