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Marine’s murder trial begins — Page 2A Sports All hands on deck The Forest City Owls 2010 season hung in the balance as they faced the Peninsula Pilots at McNair Tuesday

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are among 119 challenging death sentences under state’s new Racial Justice Act

Former Senator Ted Stevens killed in crash

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GAS PRICES

Among photographs chosen for post cards to be published by the Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce are (clock wise from the top) Isothermal Community College At Night by Darryl Smith of Forest City; Sunset over Lake Lure by Lisa Bridges of Spindale; Dogwood in the Spring in Spindale by Beverly Kalinowski; and View from his home on Grandview Lane in Rutherfordton by Harold Arrowood.

For other post card selections see today’s Spotlight section.

Local photographers shine

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FOREST CITY — The North Carolina State flower in full bloom on a Spindale church lawn; orange and red tips of huge oak leaves reaching toward a cloudy autumn sky; an old railroad depot; sunsets over Lake Lure and area Christmas scenes will become picture postcards next month.

The Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce recently selected winners in its postcard contest, announcing the 20 winning scenes and photographers at its annual meet-

ing. The winning photographs depict scenes from around Rutherford County, shot by 13 men and women.

The 20 selected photos and photographers are: Terry Andrews of Rutherfordton shot snow encompassing a covered bridge in Bills Creek and snow at the Carrier Houses in Rutherfordton; Jenny Boone of Rutherfordton photographed an old two-story white house sitting Please see Postcards, Page 6A

FOREST CITY — Attorneys for convicted killers Ryan Gabriel Garcell and Andre Fletcher, filed motions with the Clerk of Court’s office Tuesday based on the state’s Racial Justice Act. Both men are on death row at North Carolina Central Prison.

The N.C. Racial Justice Act allows people facing the death penalty to present evidence of racial bias, including statistics, in court. The act is designed to ensure that there is no racial bias — based on the race of the inmate or the victim(s) — in sentencing.

Garcell, 24, a Hispanic, will be represented by Durham attorneys Michael Ray Hunter Jr. and Elizabeth Hambourger from the Center for Death Penalty Litigation in Durham.

Fletcher, 36, an African American, is being represented

by David Belser, an Asheville attorney.

As the deadline for these filings approached on Tuesday, 119 of the state’s 159 death row inmates had filed motions under the new act. The state says that number could go higher because the filings were not centralized and there are probably some filings that they had not received.

Garcell was found guilty of killing Margaret Hutchins Bennick, 71, a white woman, in her Rutherford County home off U.S. 221A near Duke Please see Appeals, Page 6A

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celebrate,” said James Wood, vice-president of the Mecklenburg SAR. “This has been a lot of work and I’m very excited to see this all come to completion. Jim Brewer and I have been working together for a while on this and I’m very glad to see it done.”

N.C. Senator Debbie Clary, Clerk of

LAKE LURE — About 300,000 gallons of untreated sewage poured into the Broad River from a town pump station on July 25, but officials say the problem has been repaired to prevent future leaks.

The pump station at 186 Memorial Highway discharged untreated sewage for about 15 hours on July 25.

Our pump station failed sometime after it was inspected on Sunday (July 25) afternoon and when it was checked Monday morning,” said Town Manager Chris Braund. “We had a storm come through late Sunday and knock out power in town. We surmise that a surge affected the lift station because we diagnosed a blown relay. Also, there is an automatic phone dialer that is supposed to call out in the case of a pump failure. It didn’t work either, likely attributed to the same event.”

The discharge was a concern for Stuart Byers, who lives

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Dr. Samuel Powell, national trustee of the North Carolina Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (left), and Tim Berly, president of the Mecklenburg Chapter of the NCSSAR discuss uniforms during the charter ceremony for the Capt. George Dickey chapter of the SAR in Rutherford County Tuesday night.

Local SAR chapter gets charter

By SCOTT BAUGHMAN Daily Courier Staff Writer

Vol. 42, No. 191

FOREST CITY — Dignitaries from across the state gathered at Hickory Log restaurant Tuesday night to celebrate the charter of the Capt. George Dickey chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution.

“It’s rare that a new chapter of the SAR is formed and we’re very happy to be here to

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state Carolina Today Man gets life for killing girl

CARTHAGE (AP) — A North Carolina man has been sentenced to life in prison without parole after pleading guilty last week to shooting and killing a 12-year-old North Carolina girl in a botched robbery.

Multiple media outlets report that 21-yearold Michael Currie was sentenced Tuesday for the September 2007 death of Emily Haddock in her Vass home. Currie had pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and breaking and entering charges in exchange for prosecutors not seeking the death penalty.

Cesar Laurean, center, is escorted from Courtroom 1 in the Wayne County Courthouse in Goldsboro, N.C. by Wayne and Onslow county sheriff’s deputies Tuesday.

Laurean faces charges of first-degree murder in the death of 20-yearold Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach of Vandalia, Ohio.

Vet: Rescued animals abandoned

FAIRMONT (AP) — A North Carolina veterinarian says rescue groups have left her with homeless animals and unpaid bills in their efforts to pull dogs from a county shelter.

The Robesonian of Lumberton reports that Dr. Ronnie LaVine of the South Robeson Veterinary Clinic says she’s still searching for homes for 18 abandoned dogs.

LaVine now has a policy requiring a $250 deposit for anyone who leaves an animal picked up at the Robeson County Animal Shelter. She says rescuers have left her with bills of about $15,000.

Plane loses cabin pressure CHARLOTTE (AP) — Officials and passengers say a plane bound for Louisville, Ky., had to return to the Charlotte airport after losing cabin pressure.

The Charlotte Observer reports Tuesday the flight crew had started serving drinks when passengers realized something was wrong. Their ears kept popping, and they felt increased pressure in their heads. The pilot told passengers they were losing cabin pressure, and the plane descended.

Krispy Kreme patron snags $5K

FAYETTEVILLE (AP) — A customer at a North Carolina Krispy Kreme restaurant got something even sweeter than a dozen hot glazed: $5,000 in cash.

Multiple media outlets report that a clerk at a Krispy Kreme in Fayetteville accidentally handed over a box of doughnuts that also contained the store’s cash receipts on Friday.

Police said before taking the money to be deposited, a manager put the cash in a doughnut box as a safeguard against theft.

Fayetteville Police Sgt. Dan Grubb says the clerk didn’t know about the routine, and accidentally handed the wrong box to a customer at the drive-thru window.

Grubb says that as of Monday, no one has come forward to return the money.

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Jury selection begins in trial GOLDSBORO (AP) — Attorneys on Tuesday questioned about three dozen potential jurors for the murder trial of a former Marine charged with killing a pregnant colleague whose burned body was found in his backyard near Camp Lejeune.

They were asked what they had heard or read about 23-year-old Cesar Laurean’s case, whether they had discussed the details with friends, and whether they had reached a determination that couldn’t be set aside in spite of evidence presented during the trial.

Typical was the questioning of a man who appeared to be in his 20s or 30s and said he had discussed the case with his pregnant wife, but could impartially weigh evidence presented in the courtroom. He said he is a tennis coach and teaches his students that playing the game fairly means admitting when they step over a line.

“If I am called upon to do this, I’ll try to do it to the best of my ability,” he said.

Former Marine Cesar Laurean is charged with killing Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach, 20, of Vandalia, Ohio, and burning her body in a firepit in the backyard of his home in December 2007.

The trial was moved about 55 miles from Jacksonville, home of Camp Lejeune, to Goldsboro due to extensive pretrial publicity.

Of about a dozen potential jurors questioned before lunch Tuesday, none said their views of the case were hardened. Onslow County District Attorney Dewey Hudson said that gives him confidence that a jury can be selected by the end of this week.

Hudson declined to say whether he and Laurean’s defense attorneys were discussing a possible plea agreement.

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Laurean has pleaded not guilty.

The two were personnel clerks together in a combat logistics regiment at Camp Lejeune.

Lauterbach was about eight months pregnant when she died, but DNA tests revealed that Laurean wasn’t the father.

Lauterbach told Navy investigators that Laurean raped her in 2007, though she later recanted her claim that he impregnated her.

Navy investigators said they had no physical evidence to corroborate her claims, and Laurean denied they ever had sexual contact.

Laurean was on the run when Lauterbach’s remains were discovered, leading authorities on an international manhunt. He was arrested in April 2008 in western Mexico and extradited last year. Hudson agreed not to seek the death penalty so Mexico would consider returning Laurean to the U.S. He faces life in prison if convicted.

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Local SAR Continued from Page 1A

Court Robynn Spence and former County Commission Chairman Chivous Bradley joined with SAR officials to commemorate the event.

“This is wonderful,” Clary said. “I am very excited to see a chapter of the SAR formed in Rutherford County.”

SAR officials in attendance included Tim Berly, president of the Mecklenburg chapter; Dr. Sam Powell of the North Carolina Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (NCSSAR); Paul Callhan, Foothills District Vice President NCSSAR and Rev. Dr. A Clark Wiser, Chaplain General of the

National SAR, among others.

“Coming through the door to this room tonight is like going through the looking glass,” said Brewer, president of the Capt. George Dickey Chapter. “For these new members, they’ll never be the same again. They are part of a happy few, a band of brothers - those that can prove the blood of our early patriots runs through their veins. Let us therefore dedicate this event and our service to their cause and their memories.”

Alice Bradley, district 1 director for the Daughters of the American Revolution also attended and was recognized for her contributions to the effort, specifically for her work in researching lineage for many of the transferring and new members.

Ellenboro OKs credit request

By LARRY DALE Daily Courier Staff Writer

ELLENBORO — Aldermen agreed on Tuesday to ask the Kwick Stop convenience store in town to extend credit for gasoline purchases by the town.

Ellenboro makes credit purchases at Needmore, but a problem with the pumps there prompted the board to look at additional options.

Alderman Mike Rhyne said Town Hall may want to increase the amount of petty cash it keeps on hand or else start using a credit card.

But board member Jim Rhyne said keeping more than $100 in petty cash would be a problem, and other aldermen did not want to get into credit card issues.

Both Needmore and Kwick Stop are on Main Street.

In the only other matter on the agenda, the board voted 4-0 to back a change of billing date by CSX from July 1 to Aug. 1.

The change was sought by the railroad because the July 1 date is so close to the end of the fiscal year.

Jim Rhyne noted that when it comes to CSX, “They owe us and we owe them.”

The town pays CSX for water line crossings, for example, and CSX pays Ellenboro to keep

rights-of-way mowed.

Jim Rhyne said that “the monies cross,” and “we will probably still bicker back and forth.”

Alderman Lee Allen did not attend the meeting, which lasted less than a half hour.

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The Capt. George Dickey chapter was formed with 14 charter members.

“I was doing research in the genealogy lab a few years ago and Alice came over and saw my certificates and she started after me to form the chapter,” Brewer said.

“A year later she called me up and said to form it now!

I think she was tired of me poaching from her records and other volunteers.”

The North Carolina Society of the Sons of the American Revolution was formed in 1911, and will celebrate their centennial next year by hosting a national meeting.

There are 28,000 members nationwide.

“I’m a past state president for the North Carolina society,” Powell said. “And I’m overjoyed to see a new chap-

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As part of the ceremony, Clary presented Brewer with an American flag that had flown over the U.S. Capitol.

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s of late Tuesday, the deadline day, 119 of the 159 inmates on North Carolina’s death row had filed for relief under a new state law that allows racial bias to be considered in the sentencing.

Two of the cases filed so far involve Rutherford County. Ryan Garcell and Andre Fletcher have both filed cases under the new law.

The appeals are being brought under the state’s newly enacted Racial Justice Act. That act is designed to ensure that there is no racial bias in the sentencing of those convicted of murder.

The objective is admirable, but the reality of implementing may prove more demanding than anyone imagined.

Each of the cases must be handled individually. The filings use a widerange of statistical studies and contain a laundry list of requests for information, according to the head of state’s District Attorneys Association.

Those requests for information, often from cases many years old, including queries about the racial makeup of the prosecuting office, the racial makeup of the jury and the racial makeup of the jury pool.

It is going to take a long time to wade through all these cases. It is also going to be very interesting to see how the state’s judicial branch interprets the data that is presented to support the argument that racial bias existed and influenced any death sentence.

It may take some time, but when all this is settled, the state should have a much better picture of how death sentences have been handled from place to place and a much better standard for ensuring fairness in the sentencing of inmates in capital cases which will render exercises such as this one moot.

Our readers’ views Says cost of group’s facility use overstated To the editor: The online discussion under the Aug. 3rd letter to the editor section on The Courier web site is reaching terrifying levels especially considering the fact that only one of the several people posting have spoken to the founders of the Rutherford912 group.

If the recommended ban on the use of taxpayer funded infrastructure is put in place as described in those online posts, then the only people allowed to drive on our roads would be unemployed atheists who have never voted and have never read a political non-fiction book.

In addition, had any of the critics visited us at our meetings, they would know that there is no A/C running, no staff is present and we use lights in one room only, while still paying property taxes for the operation of the whole building. These circumstances are exactly the same for all groups using the room after hours as the Rutherford912 group isn’t the only one doing so.

If we accept the estimate that we use one hundred 60W fluorescent lights during our two hour meeting, it would add up to 12 KWh of electricity use.

At the current rate of $0.10 per Kwh, that would mean that we used $1.20 of electricity during our monthly meeting, or $14.40 per year. I would venture to commit that among the people

present in our meetings we manage to pay at least $14.40 in property taxes per year.

Instead of being mistakenly outraged at the false $14.40 burden spread over 18,000 families in the county (8 hundredths of a cent per family per year), I would recommend that mental energy be spent on the fact that the county paid $40,000 per acre for the 100 acre Daniel Road property and is about to spend an additional $40,000 per acre to grade the property, so that $6M plus can be spent on projects which have no fiscal justification.

Spread that cumulative cost of $15M over the 18,000 Rutherford county families and then you have $834 in additional property taxes per family to be outraged about, especially when you consider that this past Monday, our commissioners decided to not let you vote on whether you want this money to be taken from you.

And again, I invite any of you interested in discussing these topics in person to either contact us or simply visit us at our next monthly meeting on Sept. 3rd at 7 p.m.

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Offers thoughts on extending tax cuts To the editor: Since the 2000 election any thing proposed by the Obama Administration has been oppo-

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The Republican party has used myths, propaganda, and lies to try to defeat any proposals.

No different is the present debate on the Bush tax cuts. The tax cuts are due to expire at the end of 2010 unless extended.

One of the myths used by Republicans is that all Bush tax cuts will be allowed to expire.

This has not been proposed by the Democrats. The Democrats have proposed letting tax cuts for the top 2 percent expire.

Another myth used is that tax cuts pay for themselves. Since 2001 to the present $3 trillion has been added to the deficit to pay for the tax cuts.

When George Bush left office 48 percent of the deficit was a result of tax cuts. The tax cuts put more money on the U.S. credit card than did fighting two wars on the credit.

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To allow tax cuts for the super rich to expire would be good for our economy. It would be a way to help reduce the deficit. It would also make our income tax more nearly progressive and a much fairer break for the working man.

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Worries persist about the economy. Although the economy is in better shape than it was a year ago, unemployment is still high, family budgets are still tight and confidence about the future isn’t very good.

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And while the $3.5 trillion clearly hasn’t brought prosperity, an argument has been made that without the spending, the economy would be in much worse shape.

For example, the president’s chief economic adviser estimated that without the $800 billion stimulus plan passed last year, there would be between 2.5 and 3.5 million fewer jobs today.

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Economists also disagree over how taxes enter the mix. In particular, some

economists say the impacts of government spending are muted if people expect the resulting higher debt will lead to higher taxes.

People, therefore, save more in anticipation of a higher tax bill later, and higher private saving counters the increased government spending.

Last, economists disagree over how businesses react to government stimulus plans.

On one side are economists who say government borrowing and spending simply displace private business borrowing and spending, leaving no net effect on the economy. Countering this viewpoint are economists who argue that during recessions, businesses aren’t borrowing and spending, so there’s no business activity for the government to displace.

So while there are certainly political fights about what to do next for the economy, there are also clashes between different economic perspectives.

Those economists whose theory and research suggest government spending boosts the economy are now calling for more of it — a second

stimulus.

But those economists who worry about the impacts of new public spending on borrowing, debt and future taxes say just the opposite is needed — curtailed spending and movement toward a balanced budget.

So perhaps it’s no surprise policymakers are divided on what to do if economists can’t agree. However, in their defense (after all, I am one), it’s always been a challenge for economists to explain the big (“macro”) economy, simply because the macroeconomy involves millions of decisions daily affecting trillions of dollars. It’s hard for economists to get their collective arms around the big economy.

Maybe one day economists will collectively decide what the “truth” is. But until then, you decide.

Dr. Walden is a William Neal Reynolds Professor and North Carolina Cooperative Extension economist in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics of N.C. State University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. He teaches and writes on personal finance, economic outlook and public policy.

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Annie Wright Gowan, 77, of Forest City, died Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010, at Willow Ridge in Rutherfordton.

A native of Rutherford County, she was a daughter of the late Marcus and Samantha Wright.

She was of the Baptist faith and was retired from Woodlands Nursing Home.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Curtis E. Gowan.

Survivors include one daughter, Betty Harper of Rutherfordton; three sons, Wayne Gowan of Rutherfordton, Charles Gowan of Columbus and Associated Press Bruce Gowan of Belmont; Stan, right, and Martha Harper from Wendell hold signs in support of the National Organization for one sister, Joyce Jaynes of Marriage Tuesday in Raleigh. The rally drew about 70 people while a counter-rally by gay rights sup- Rutherfordton; one brother, Carroll William Wright porters drew about 200. of Kingsport, Tenn.; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Graveside services will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. at Sunset Memorial Park. The family will receive friends Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m. at McMahan’s Funeral Home & Cremation Services.

Memorials may be made RALEIGH (AP) — With 14-year-old daughter, Sierra. urgency to North Carolina to Hospice of Rutherford last week’s California court “We have strong activism gay marriage opponents County, P.O. Box 336, Forest decision galvanizing both and support from the comworried that their rights to City, NC 28043. sides, gay marriage supmunity not to pass this kind religious freedom are being porters and opponents held of hateful legislation.” eroded. Five states and the Online condolences: www.mcmacompeting rallies Tuesday While 30 states have District of Columbia allow hansfuneralhome.com in the capital of the only approved constitutional the unions.

Southeastern state that amendments banning gay “Now we have one federal Clyde Searcy hasn’t approved a constitumarriage, a similar amendjudge in San Francisco saytional amendment limiting ment has never been voting your rights don’t matClyde H. Searcy, 86, of marriage to a man and a ed on in North Carolina ter,” National Organization Rutherfordton, died Monday, woman. because Democrats have for Marriage President Aug. 9, 2010, at Rutherford Supporters of gay marriage bottled up the proposals for Brian Brown told supportHospital. outnumbered opponents at several years, even though a ers. “Until now, you’ve been A native of Rutherford the noontime rallies.

2009 bill had 66 of the 120 denied the ability to vote and County, he was the son of About 70 people gathered House members as sponsors. it is even more critical given the late Aden and Josephine on the grounds of the old Legislative leaders have Judge Walker’s decision that Robertson Searcy.

Capitol building for the event pointed out North Carolina a vote is allowed.”

He was a member of sponsored by the National law already says a valid mar“I think man and woman Calvary Baptist Church, Organization for Marriage, riage is one “created by the should be married. That’s where he had served as a which is wrapping up a consent of a male and female the way God made it and deacon and Sunday School 23-city summer bus tour this person,” but that’s not good that’s what holds our counTeacher. He retired from weekend. Across the street, enough for gay marriage try together. It’s what makes Spindale Mills in 1986 in front of the state Supreme opponents who worry it can our communities,” said Mary and was a member of the Court, another 200 people be easily swept away by lawAlice Davenport, 79, of Woodmen of the World. in support of gay rights held makers or a court. A new Arden.

In addition to his parents, a counter-protest, chanting General Assembly session he was preceded in death by and holding placards critistarting in January could Ian Palmquist with the gay his wife, Bernice Searcy. cal of the anti-gay marrriage revive the amendment quesrights group Equality North Survivors include one stand. tion should Republicans take Carolina said Walker’s deci- daughter, Sara Ledbetter over one or both chambers. sion in California is proof of Rutherfordton; one “We want to make sure Chief U.S. District Court that North Carolina legislason, Larry Searcy of that these folks coming in Judge Vaughn Walker ruled tive leaders have done the Rutherfordton; three sisters, from out of town know that last week that California’s right thing by refusing to use Evelyn Ervin of Forest City this is a community that voter-approved same-sex the constitution to eliminate and Jeanette McCraw and does support queer rights,” marriage ban as unconstitu- the rights of a minority. The Ethel Lane, both of Spindale; said Carissa Samara, 37, of tional following a monthsNovember election results two brothers, Alvin Searcy of Raleigh, who attended the long trial. The judge’s decicould increase chances that Marion and Albert Searcy of protest with her partner, sion will be appealed, but the amendment will be con- Forest City; four grandchilDenise Hark, and Samara’s the decision brought new sidered, he said. dren; and five great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at Calvary Baptist Church with Dr. Larry Gregg and the Rev. Clifford Bradshaw officiating. The family will receive or no inspection; placed City; arrested on a warrant Sheriff’s Reports friends following the service under a $100 secured bond. for damage to property; n The Rutherford County in the church sanctuary.

(RCSD) Sheriff’s Office responded to released on a $500 unseBurial will be at the church cured bond. (FCPD) 141 E-911 calls Monday. cemetery. n Charles Eric Freeman, Citations Memorials may be made n Timothy Scott Bland 44, of 418 Laurel Hill Drive; n Christopher Duane to Calvary Baptist Church, reported an incident of charged with felony proHunt-ley Jr., 18, of 224 Chimney Rock Road, obtain property by false pre- bation violation; no bond 123 Hutchins Drive, Rutherfordton, NC 28139. tense. listed. (Probation) Rutherfordton; cited for McMahan’s Funeral Home n Evelyn Denise White n Terry T. Jackson, 24, of and Cremation Services is in reported the theft of 471 Gun Club Road; charged failure to stop for property damage and injury to percharge of arrangements. mopeds. with failure to comply; sonal property.

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Deaths Ted Stevens ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Former Sen. Ted Stevens, an uncompromising advocate for Alaska for four decades who spearheaded scores of expensive projects to one of the nation’s most sparsely populated states, including the infamous “Bridge to Nowhere,” has died in a plane crash. He was 86.

Stevens began his career in the days before Alaska statehood and did not leave politics until 2008, when he was convicted on corruption charges weeks before Election Day. But a federal judge threw out the verdict because of misconduct by federal prosecutors.

Stevens, a moderate Republican, was appointed in December 1968 and became the longest-serving Republican in Senate history. (The late Strom Thurmond was in the Senate longer than Stevens, but he spent a decade there as a Democrat.)

The wiry octogenarian was a legend in his home state, where he was known as “Uncle Ted.” The crash that killed Stevens was not his first.

Shortly after being elected to his second full term in 1978, he was aboard a private jet that went down at Anchorage International Airport, killing his first wife, Ann. Stevens’ standing in Alaska was hurt by allegations he accepted a bonanza of home renovations and fancy trimmings from VECO Corp. and then lied about.

Indicted on federal charges in July 2008, he asked for an unusually speedy trial, hoping to clear his name before Election Day. Instead, he was convicted of all seven counts — and narrowly lost his Senate seat to Democrat Mark Begich.

Five months after the election, Attorney General Eric Holder dropped the indictment and declined to proceed with a new trial because of misconduct by federal prosecutors. Stevens never discussed the events publicly.

Revered in Alaska — he was named Alaskan of the Century in 1999 for having the greatest impact on the state in 100 years. The Anchorage airport is also named in his honor.

Theodore Fulton Stevens was born Nov. 18, 1923, in Indianapolis. His parents divorced when he was young and, in 1938, he moved to southern California to live with relatives.

After graduating from high school in 1942, he attended college for a semester before joining the Army Air Corps. He flew cargo planes over “the hump” in the Himalayas during World War II and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.

Robert Henry Behrns Robert Henry Behrns, 93, of Ellenboro, died Monday, August 9, 2010 at home.

Robert operated Behrns Orchard selling peaches, apples and cider for many years.

He was preceded in death by his first wife, Marie, of 53 years.

He is survived by his wife, Doris, of 16 years; a son, Richard and his wife, Anita of Ellenboro; a daughter, Betty Lonon and her husband, Van of Marion; a sister, Isabelle, of Sun City Center, Florida; nine grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; two stepdaughters, Carol Glenn and husband, Richard of Asheville, and Sherry Whiteside and husband, Robert of Rutherfordton; three step-grandchildren and four stepgreat-grandchildren.

Robert was a member of Campfield Memorial Baptist Church in Ellenboro.

A private memorial service was held by the family. Memorials may be made to Hospice of Rutherford County, PO Box 336, Forest City, NC 28043.

McKinney-Landreth Funeral Home is serving the Behrns family.

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Ongoing Foothills Harvest Ministry: bag sale; fill a plastic grocery bag with shoes and clothing for $5.

Silent auctions for Relay for Life: Held weekly through Sept.

10. Photos and details will be posed on the Rutherford County government website at www. rutherfordcountync.gov. Items will be posted each Monday and bids end each Friday at noon.

For information or to place a bid, e-mail Debra Conner, debra.conner@rutherfordcountync.gov.

Luminary sale and canned food drive: Relay for Life Rutherford County is selling luminaries, which will be lighted Sept. 10 at Relay for Life, for $10; luminaries may be purchased online at www. relayforlife.org/rutherfordnc or by calling Gail Strickland, 245-2156 or 233-1735. In addition, canned foods will be used to weigh down the luminaries. After Relay, the canned foods will be donated to Communities in Schools and Grace of God Rescue Mission; cans should be 11 to 15 ounces to best fit in the luminaries.

high on a hill in front of a blue sky interspersed with clouds, shot off E. Mountain Street in Rutherfordton; Darryl Smith of Forest City had four of his photographs selected. They are Forest City Owls at McNair Stadium, Isothermal Community College at Night and two pictures from downtown Forest City at Christmas, including the town clock.

Tamara Horton of Bostic also had four pictures selected, including St. John’s Church in Rutherfordton at Christmas; an autumn highway in Bostic; a hay bale in Bostic, and St. Francis Episcopal Church in Rutherfordton in the fall.

Harold Arrowood of Rutherfordton had a view from his home and also a view from Chimney Rock Mountain looking at Lake Lure.

Lisa Bridges of Rutherfordton photographed a sunset at Lake Lure; Cynthia Goforth of Rutherfordton won with the picture she shot from her front porch in Gilkey of sun breaking through cloud cover titled “God Shining Down.”

Tara Wright of Forest City, shot a view of the valley from Chimney Rock State Park; Amy Cecelia Owens of Forest City photographed Carson

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

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Real estate broker pre-licensing courses: Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., beginning Aug. 21; $175 plus books; visit www.isothermal.edu/ learnstuff or call 286-3636 ext.

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Power Road in 2004. The Supreme Court upheld that conviction in March 2009.

Garcell was sentenced to death of robbing and killing of Bennick on April 4, 2006. Judge James U. Downs handed down the death sentence in Rutherford County Superior Court.

Garcell’s girlfriend Kaylee Proctor, 21, was found guilty of second-degree murder in the case and is serving a sentence of 189 to 236 months at the North Carolina Women’s Prison in Raleigh. According to testimony in the trial, it was Proctor who initiated the plan to rob Bennick on June 22, 2004.

Mrs. Bennick lived several miles from Garcell and Proctor on Old Caroleen Road in Forest City and Proctor knew Mrs. Bennick from an earlier relationship with her grandson. Garcell and Proctor also included in their plan three of their friends, who have also received sentences in the case.

On March 30 2006, Garcell, who was 20-years old at the time, was found guilty of first-degree murder, robbery with a dangerous weapon, and conspiracy to commit robbery with a dangerous weapon.

Bennick was 71 years of age at the time of her death. Testimony proved she was robbed and then strangled.

She was found with an electrical cord

Tuesday, Aug. 10 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.

School supply drive: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Ingles in Forest City; school supplies gathered to be distributed through Communities in Schools.

HARC meeting: 7 p.m., Second Baptist Church, Rutherfordton; the Homeschool Association of Rutherford/Polk Counties is a Christian support group for homeschooling; for more information, visit www.harcpage.weebly.com.

Rutherford Woodworkers Club meeting: 7 p.m.; for information, call Cal at 245-1502.

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 information.

Wednesday, Aug. 11 Farmer’s market building committee meeting: 8:30 a.m., Rutherford County Annex Building; committee will be reviewing the proposed construction plan for phase I and making recommendations.

Thursday, Aug. 12 Winemaking 101: Thursdays from 6 to 8 p.m., Love Story Farm; cost for the five-week class is $50; students will be making a six-gallon California Cabernet Sauvignon wine kit, which makes approximately 30 bottles; space limited to 12 students, who must be 21 and older; pre-register by visiting www.lovestoryfarm.webs.com.

Senior dance: 6:30 to 10 p.m., Moose Lodge in Forest City; live band and DJ George; for information, call 289-5852.

Friday, Aug. 13 Health fair and back-to-school event: 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Carolina Chiropractic Plus; lunch provided with donation of a school supply.

Breakfast/yard sale: 7 to 11 a.m., Whitehouse Community Center, Union Mills; menu includes sausage, livermush, eggs, gravy, biscuits, grits, jelly, coffee and juice; adults $5, children $3, children younger than 6 free.

Kids’ Computer Corner: Every Saturday, 10 a.m. to noon, Union Mills Learning Center.

Rutherford County Soccer Association walk in soccer registration: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Spindale House; for ages 4 to 12; cost is $40 per player, $35 per sibling; bring birth certificate; call 286-0073 or e-mail rutherfordcountysoccer@yahoo.com.

Area photographers now have a chance to contribute images in another contest aimed at highlighting the beauty, heritage and cultural diversity of Rutherford County.

Photographers have until Aug. 15 to submit entries for the Tourism Development Authority contest.

The contest is designed to celebrate the heritage and visual essence of Rutherford County.

Submitted photos can show any natural, historical or cultural subject in the area. Photos must depict Rutherford County from a public vantage point and one that a visitor could access as it appears in real life. Photos

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downstream from the town’s wastewater treatment plant and in 2009 helped form Clean the Broad, Inc. with Eric Aschaffenburg and several other concerned citizens.

“My concern is we get this little notice days later and I know they have a system set up to warn people — the Code Red — I just wonder why it isn’t used for something like this,” Byers said. “There are people downstream and this is on a Sunday when people are swimming, tubing and fishing in the river. If I knew that 300,000 gallons of raw sewage was being dumped in the river, I’d be getting myself and my family out of the river.”

Braund said the pump relay and

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wrapped around her neck, tied to a bedpost. Her body was discovered by a grandson when she didn’t show up for work the following day.

Fletcher was tried in Rutherford County Superior Court and on Feb. 15, 1996, was found guilty of killing 83-year-old Georgia Hamrick, a white woman, of Spindale. He was sentenced to death.

Evidence presented at the trial showed Fletcher broke into Hamrick’s home, beat her to coerce her into disclosing the location of valuables, then cut her throat. Fletcher stole a number of rings, two of which he and his girlfriend, Lisa Hill, sold.

At a resentencing hearing, Fletcher said he met Hill in 1994, when he was 20-years old and she was 34-years old. Fletcher moved into Hill’s house near the victim’s home. According to testimony, the couple got into an argument over drugs, and Fletcher said Hill suggested they break into a house. They went to Hamrick’s home

phone dialer had been repaired.

“It’s not likely the public is in any danger from this discharge, principally because the water is highly diluted at that point in the pipes,” Braund added. “On July 26 we took samples from the river. The numbers in the river the morning of the spill were quite low.”

The pH level for the water in the area of the leak was 7.1. Any measure between 6 and 9 is acceptable by state standards. Fecal coliform bacteria levels in the water near the leak were measured at 18 per 100 milliliters.

The state accepts anything below 200 as a monthly average.

Byers said he felt the town would not be made to answer for the leak.

“The Town of Lake Lure has some special order that allows them to do this kind of thing and not be penal-

with a front porch view or those with a porch in them are encouraged but not required as judges are looking for a diverse collection of entries.

Photographers of all ages with different levels of experience are encouraged to participate in this contest.

Participants may submit up to three digital photos to the contest’s official Flickr account.

A panel will judge the photos based on originality, artistic composition, photographic technique and technical execution. Finalists will be chosen from all entries and winners will receive assorted prizes for their work.

Winners will receive recognition for only one of their submitted photos.

Winning and other selected photographs will be used in any Lake Lure and the Blue Ridge Foothills marketing and promotional materials and be displayed on Rutherford Tourism’s website.

Winning photographs will also be displayed Sept. 14-19 at the Celebrating the Arts-Visual Arts Guild Gallery, downtown Rutherfordton.

For questions regarding the contest, contact Michelle Whitaker at Michelle.Whitaker@rutherfordcountync.gov or call 245-1492.

Contact Gordon via e-mail at jgordon@thedigitalcourier.com.

and when no one responded to the doorbell, Fletcher tried to pull the storm door open. He broke the glass and kicked in a wooden door. After they entered the house, Fletcher noticed movement and realized the victim was in the house.

According to the Associated Press, of 159 convicts on death row in North Carolina, 99 are nonwhite. The 87 black inmates make up more than half the death row population, while U.S. Census estimates put the black share of the statewide population at roughly 22 percent.

Under the terms of the Racial Justice Act in 2009, convicts can use statistical evidence to argue bias in their sentencing. The law allows judges to consider evidence that one racial group is being punished more harshly than members of other racial groups.

The Durham-based Center for Death Penalty Litigation is involved in about 40 of the cases. Ken Rose, a staff attorney with the group, said all the cases raise the question of the racial makeup of juries. He believes there were systematic efforts to strike black jurors from cases and that prosecutors may have been unconsciously limiting the diversity of the juries.

“There’s widespread and pervasive evidence of disparities,” Rose said.

Contact Gordon via e-mail at jgordon@thedigitalcourier.com.

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ized or punished for it,” Byers said.

“There is no incentive to be more on top of it. Our group — Clean the Broad — got very incensed last year when we found out the water coming from the treatment plant was not meeting certain state standards.”

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

Correction Tickets for the Charlie Daniels concert this Thursday night are on sale from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Foundation box office, 2869990 or visit on-line 24/7 at www.

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Saturday, Aug. 14 Yard sale: 6 a.m. to noon, Union Mills Community House; tables available to rent for $5 for inside or out, proceeds benefit Union Mills Community Development Club. For information, call Pat, 289-7247, or Barbara, 287-2388.

Andrews Mill in Bostic; Donnie Martin of Forest City submitted his picture of the Ellenboro train depot; Bill Coxe of Ellenboro, photographed a sunset over a cove in Lake Lure; and Beverly Kalinowski of Spindale submitted a blooming dogwood tree from a church lawn in Spindale.

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Photographers will receive royalties from the postcards.

More than 300 entries were received, and the winning photos were chosen by a panel of judges made up of Chamber staff and board members.

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SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — It was inevitable Dan Connor would play football.

His father was a player and still coaches high school ball.

Both of his older brothers played and now coach, and there is video floating around of Connor as a toddler dressed in full football gear showing off his three-point stance.

Connor starred in high school, set Penn State’s career tackles record and seemed poised to be successful in the NFL, too, as a thirdround pick.

After two rocky years of injuries and playing behind a twotime Pro Bowl Conner pick, Connor is about to finally get his big chance as the Carolina Panthers’ starting middle linebacker.

“I didn’t mind it too much early on and then you start to anxious,” Connor said Tuesday.

“About halfway through last season I started to get anxious, wanting to get out there and start playing.”

A key injury has put Connor on this unexpected path.

He went into offseason workouts expecting to back up Beason at middle linebacker again and play special teams until weakside linebacker Thomas Davis tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee in June for the second time in a year.

The coaching staff decided to make a bold switch. Beason, who set a Carolina record with 169 tackles last season, was moved to Davis’ old spot and Connor replaced Beason in the middle.

“I wasn’t sure what they were going to do and I got a call from Jon and he said they might try that as an option during (offseason workouts),” Connor said. “We did it and Jon felt good. Jon’s making plays on that weak side so he was liking it. I was liking it because it’s my natural position, in the middle. So it kind of worked out.”

The Panthers started training camp with that lineup and will use it in Thursday’s preseason opener at Baltimore.

“I think Jon has looked very good at (weakside) linebacker,” coach John Fox said. “I mean, I’m not so sure Jon wouldn’t look good at any of the line-

UNC: Antonio Pettigrew found dead CHAPEL HILL (AP) — Former Olympian Antonio Pettigrew was found dead in Chatham County early Tuesday.

North Carolina spokesman Matt Bowers said that Pettigrew, an assistant Tar Heels track coach, was discovered in his car. No other details were available. A call to the Chatham County sheriff’s department wasn’t immediately returned Tuesday afternoon.

Pettigrew, 42, was part of the 1,600-meter U.S. relay team that won the gold medal in the Sydney Olympics in 2000, but the International Olympic Committee stripped the team of the medals two years ago after Pettigrew admitted doping during a trial against former coach Trevor Graham.

Pettigrew had spent four seasons at North Carolina and focused on sprints, hurdle and relays. He graduated from St. Augustine’s in Raleigh in 1992.

In a statement, North Carolina athletics director Dick Baddour said the school was “deeply saddened” to learn of Pettigrew’s death.

“I was particularly impressed with the relationships he established with our student-athletes and the pride he took in representing the University of North Carolina,” Baddour said.

Pettigrew is survived by his wife, Cassandra, and a son, Antonio Pettigrew Jr.

Woods practices with a coach at his side SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) — Tiger Woods is preparing for the final major with a swing coach at his side.

Sean Foley is not Woods’ coach — at least not yet. The Canadian-born swing coach works with Firestone winner Hunter Mahan, Sean O’Hair, Stephen Ames and others.

Foley says Woods asked him to look at his swing during Tuesday’s practice round at the PGA Championship. On two holes, Foley stood behind and in front of Woods to videotape his swing.

Asked if he was working with Woods, Foley said, “I wouldn’t say that. But the possibility is there.”

Woods played with Mahan and O’Hair, as he did at The Players Championship in May when Foley joined him and prompted speculation of a new swing coach. Foley dropped back after nine holes to spend time with Ames.

On TV Noon (ESPN2) Little League Baseball World Series Great Lakes Regional, First Semifinal: Teams TBA. 2 p.m. (ESPN2) Little League Baseball World Series Southeast Regional, First Semifinal: Teams TBA. 2 p.m. (TS) MLB Baseball Atlanta Braves at Houston Astros.

4 p.m. (ESPN2) Little League Baseball World Series Great Lakes Regional, Second Semifinal: Teams TBA. 6 p.m. (ESPN2) Little League Baseball World Series Southeast Regional, Second Semifinal: Teams TBA. 8 p.m. (ESPN) MLB Baseball New York Yankees at Texas Rangers.

8 p.m. (ESPN2) Softball Big League, Final: Teams TBA. 8 p.m. (WGN-A) MLB Baseball Minnesota Twins at Chicago White Sox.

Conner ready for his chance on the field

The Forest City Owls’ Ryan Arrowood, above, and Grant Buckner, below, have been in many tough games during their two years in the CPL and Tuesday night was no different. Rutherford County native, Arrowood drew the start as the Owls faced a winor-go-home Game 3 against the Peninsula Pilots at McNair Field.

Please see 8A for game story.

Garrett Byers/Daily Courier

Please see Conner, Page 8A

Footballs will soon fill county airspace In nine days, the 2010 North Carolina High School football season will begin.

The current kings of Rutherford County football, R-S Central, will be challenged for the crown in backto-back weeks. The Hilltoppers will roll into the Jungle to face East Rutherford on Sept. 24 and play host to Chase on Friday, Oct. 1.

If Central wins both, they will once more claim the mythical title — Rutherford County champ.

If Central splits or loses both, well, either East or Chase could lay claim to the crown.

The Hilltoppers (9-4 in 2009) lost 22 seniors to graduation, including four offensive linemen and the team’s workhorse, Oddie Murray.

Coach Mike Cheek does have 20 rising seniors and five of them — QB Jacob Kinlaw, WR Darrien Watkins, WR/RB Vic Staley, C Derek Wilson and LB Marquez Carson — played a significant role in 2009.

One of the strongest pros on any high school pro and con list is usually a returning quarterback. The fact that Central has one in Kinlaw is a big pro.

The return of FB Cameron Green is also a very big pro. Green was an unsung hero on the field for the Hilltoppers a season ago, and if the

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rising junior can take another step forward in his development, he could play a much bigger role this season.

Central lost something else, though, this offseason — Bud Grissom and Max Champion. The two veteran coaches brought an awful lot to the table and they are impossible to replace.

As big as the question marks are around the Central program, they are the size of Godzilla when looking at East and Chase.

There is far more unknown, than known with both programs.

East (4-7 in 2009) has the benefit of having RB Adrian Wilkins returning for his senior season. Without vast improvement in the trenches, though, the Cavs’ speedy tailback will spend more time on Friday night running sideline-to-sideline, than end zoneto-end zone.

Coach Clint Bland dedicated his offseason to working on an offen-

sive line that was well below his high standards. If his work pays off, the Cavs could make a little noise in the Puzzle Creek area.

And then there is Chase.

The Trojans (2-9 in 2009) scored just 35 points in six conference games a season ago, including shut outs by Central (33-0) and Shelby (27-0).

It almost goes without repeating that this offseason has been filled with chaos and upheaval for the Trojans — one coach is fired, another agrees to come onboard, then leaves days before the pre-season workouts begin and rumors abound about coaches from Brevard or Tuscola or wherever coming in.

When the dust settled (if it has settled), longtime Chase coach, Daniel Bailey found himself at the reins.

This is clearly an opportunity for the Trojans’ grad to shine.

Bailey has one big asset — the first three games of the 2010 season are at home. Those three games could set an early tone.

He will also find one huge disadvantage — three straight games of conference play are on the road (at Central, Burns and Shelby).

In just nine days, the question marks will begin to be replaced by some real answers. Let’s hope they are also replaced with lots of ‘W.’

8A — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Wednesday, August 11, 2010

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Scoreboard BASEBALL

Pittsburgh at San Diego, 6:35 p.m.

Florida at Washington, 7:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.

COASTAL PLAIN LEAGUE 2010 Petitt Cup Playoffs

American League

Semifinals, Best-of-3 series Forest City vs Peninsula Game 1: Forest City 6, Peninsula 4, 10 innings Game 2: Peninsula 3, Forest City 1 Game 3: Peninsula at Forest City, late Edenton vs Gastonia Game 1: Edenton 2, Gastonia 0 Game 2: Edenton 6, Gastonia 2 Petitt Cup Finals, Best-of-3 (Location TBA; Thurs-Sat, Aug 12-14) Game 1: Edenton vs TBD Game 2: Edenton vs TBD Game 3: Edenton vs TBD MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL National League

Associated Press

Cincinnati Reds Scott Rolen forth from right, yells at an unidentified St. Louis Cardinals player being held back by teammate Jeff Suppa during an altercation on Tuesday.

Cards-Reds in brawl CINCINNATI (AP) — Outspoken Brandon Phillips was in the middle of a first-inning altercation between the Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Cardinals, who evidently don’t appreciate being called complainers.

The second baseman had words with Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina when he came to bat in the bottom of the first inning Tuesday night. Phillips removed his helmet, and Molina took off his mask as their exchange escalated.

Both benches and bullpens emptied, but there was nothing more than shoving initially. Cardinals manager Tony La Russa and Reds manager Dusty Baker exchanged words in the middle of the crowd.

Braves’ Jones injured vs Astros

HOUSTON (AP) — Atlanta third baseman Chipper Jones has apparently injured his left leg or foot after fielding a ball in the sixth inning of a game against the Houston Astros on Tuesday night.

Jones grabbed a grounder hit by Hunter Pence and jumped in the air as he made the throw to first base to get Pence out.

East Division W L Pct 64 48 .571 62 49 .559 55 56 .495 54 56 .491 49 63 .438 Central Division

W L Pct Cincinnati 64 49 .566 St. Louis 62 49 .559 Milwaukee 53 60 .469 Houston 48 63 .432 Chicago 47 65 .420 Pittsburgh 39 72 .351 West Division

W L Pct San Diego 64 46 .582 San Francisco 64 49 .566 Colorado 58 53 .523 Los Angeles 58 54 .518 Arizona 44 69 .389

Atlanta Philadelphia New York Florida Washington

GB — 1 1/2 8 1/2 9 15 GB — 1 11 15 16 1/2 24 GB — 1 1/2 6 1/2 7 21 1/2

Monday’s Games St. Louis 7, Cincinnati 3 Houston 10, Atlanta 4 Arizona 7, Milwaukee 4, 10 innings San Francisco 4, Chicago Cubs 3, 11 innings Tuesday’s Games Florida at Washington, 7:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.

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

St. Louis at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.

Atlanta at Houston, late Arizona at Milwaukee, late Pittsburgh at San Diego, late Chicago Cubs at San Francisco, late Wednesday’s Games St. Louis (Wainwright 16-6) at Cincinnati (Arroyo 12-6), 12:35 p.m.

Atlanta (Hanson 8-8) at Houston (W.Rodriguez 9-11), 2:05 p.m.

Florida (Volstad 5-8) at Washington (Olsen 3-3), 7:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Billingsley 9-6) at Philadelphia (Oswalt 6-13), 7:05 p.m.

Colorado (Francis 4-4) at N.Y. Mets (Niese 7-5), 7:10 p.m.

Arizona (D.Hudson 2-0) at Milwaukee (Bush 5-9), 8:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Ja.McDonald 1-1) at San Diego (Correia 8-7), 10:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Gorzelanny 6-6) at San Francisco (Zito 8-6), 10:15 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Colorado at N.Y. Mets, 12:10 p.m.

Arizona at Milwaukee, 2:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at San Francisco, 3:45 p.m.

Gone Camping In Forest City

East Division W L Pct 69 42 .622 68 44 .607 64 49 .566 59 52 .532 38 74 .339 Central Division

W L Pct Chicago 63 49 .563 Minnesota 63 49 .563 Detroit 54 58 .482 Cleveland 47 65 .420 Kansas City 47 65 .420 West Division

W L Pct Texas 64 47 .577 Oakland 56 55 .505 Los Angeles 57 57 .500 Seattle 43 70 .381

New York Tampa Bay Boston Toronto Baltimore

GB — 1 1/2 6 10 31 1/2 GB — — 9 16 16 GB — 8 8 1/2 22

Monday’s Games Boston 2, N.Y. Yankees 1 Baltimore 3, Chicago White Sox 2, 10 innings Tampa Bay 6, Detroit 3 L.A. Angels 6, Kansas City 4 Seattle 3, Oakland 1 Tuesday’s Games Baltimore at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Detroit, 7:05 p.m.

Boston at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Texas, late Minnesota at Chicago White Sox, late Kansas City at L.A. Angels, late Oakland at Seattle, late Wednesday’s Games Tampa Bay (Garza 11-6) at Detroit (Verlander 12-7), 1:05 p.m.

Kansas City (Greinke 7-11) at L.A. Angels (Jer. Weaver 11-7), 3:35 p.m.

Oakland (Braden 6-8) at Seattle (French 1-2), 3:40 p.m.

Baltimore (Bergesen 3-9) at Cleveland (Tomlin 1-1), 7:05 p.m.

Boston (C.Buchholz 12-5) at Toronto (Marcum 10-5), 7:07 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Vazquez 9-8) at Texas (Cl.Lee 10-5), 8:05 p.m.

Minnesota (Perkins 0-0) at Chicago White Sox (Danks 11-8), 8:10 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Boston at Toronto, 12:37 p.m.

Baltimore at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m.

Minnesota at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m.

TRANSACTIONS Tuesday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League CLEVELAND INDIANS — Acquired C Luke Carlin from Pittsburgh for a player to be named and assigned him to Columbus (IL).

National League PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Assigned RHP Derek Hankins from Indianapolis (IL) to Altoona (EL).

WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Reinstated RHP Stephen Strasburg from the 15-day DL. Eastern League READING PHILLIES — Promoted RHP Ty Taubenheim to Lehigh Valley (IL). Announced RHP Austin Hyatt has been promoted from Clearwater (FSL).

American Association GRAND PRAIRIE AIRHOGS — Released LHP Ryan Riddle and RHP Patrick Stanley.

ST. PAUL SAINTS — Signed C Nate Hammes.

Released C Flint Wipke.

SHREVEPORT-BOSSIER CAPTAINS — Signed LHP Aaron Cunningham and INF Brian Nichols.

Can-Am League BROCKTON ROX — Released RHP Josh Papelbon.

QUEBEC CAPITALES — Signed LHP Giuseppe Granitto.

Frontier League EVANSVILLE OTTERS — Signed RHP Kent Worthington.

FLORENCE FREEDOM — Signed C Justin Holloway.

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS MINERS — Received the contract rights to RHP B.J. Hagen from St. Paul (AA) to complete an earlier trade.

TRAVERSE CITY BEACH BUMS — Received 1B Brad Miller from St. Paul (AA) for the contract rights to RHP B.J. Hagen.

United League EDINBURG ROADRUNNERS — Acquired P Carlos Rangel from Coastal Bend for a player to be named.

RIO GRANDE VALLEY WHITEWINGS — Traded C Kevin Griffin to Coastal Bend for INF Leivi Ventura.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association BOSTON CELTICS — Signed F Luke Harangody to a two-year contract.

CHARLOTTE BOBCATS — Named Bill Duffy chief financial and administrative officer.

NEW YORK KNICKS — Signed G Roger Mason Jr. FOOTBALL National Football League CINCINNATI BENGALS — Signed HB James Johnson. Released HB Cordera Eason.

DALLAS COWBOYS — Waived TE Kevin Brock and WR Titus Ryan. Signed TE DajLeon Farr.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Signed OL James Williams. Released OL Andy Alleman.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Signed WR Freddie Brown. Waived CB Terrell Skinner.

SAN DIEGO CHARGERS — Signed S Quinton Teal to a two-year contract.

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS_Signed LBs Bruce Davis and Brandon Long. Placed LB Martail Burnett on the waived/injured list.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Placed WR Marcus Maxwell on the waived/injured list. Released CB Chris Richards. Signed LB Tyjuan Hagler and WR Matt Simon.

Canadian Football League WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Released PK Alexis Serna. Added PK Louie Sakoda to the practice roster.

HOCKEY National Hockey League COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Re-signed F Mike Blunden to a one-year contract.

DETROIT RED WINGS — Re-signed RW Jamie Tardiff to a one-year contract.

MINNESOTA WILD — Named Rick Wilson assistant coach.

American Hockey League ALBANY DEVILS — Named Rick Kowalsky coach and Tommy Albelin assistant coach.

ECHL READING ROYALS — Signed F Ben Gordon.

TRENTON DEVILS — Named Kevin Dean coach.

VICTORIA SALMON KINGS — Signed C Rob Hennigar.

COLLEGE CLEMSON — Named Tamara Ards assistant track and field coach.

SOUTH CAROLINA — Named Janelle Breneman assistant softball coach.

Owls punch ticket to finals

By JACOB CONLEY Sports Reporter

Contributed Photo

The Forest City Parks and Recreation Department recently hosted a special one day baseball camp at McNair Field. The camp was lead by Thomas Jefferson baseball coach Chris White (back left). White estimated that some 50 young baseball players attended the camp, which was split into two groups: 7- and 10-yearolds and 11- and 14-year-olds. Pictured above are the 11- and 14-year-olds, who attended the camp.

Wedding Bells…

FOREST CITY — The Owls will once again play for the Petitt Cup. Forest City’s Andy Ciencin broke a 3-3 tie with a seeing-eye single that scored two in the ninth as the Owls dropped the Pilots, 7-3, in Game 3 of the CPL semifinal series.

Ciencin’s game-winning single was followed by a double off the bat of Dusty Quattlebaum that plated two more Owls.

The Owls will now face the Edenton Steamers in the 2010 Petitt Cup Final. The best-of-3 series will start Thursday in a location (either Forest City or Edenton) to be announced by the CPL. The Owls will host two of the three games, with Edenton hosting one game.

Forest City sent hometown product, Ryan Arrowood to the hill to start the game. Arrowood worked five innings and left with no decision.

The Owls gave Arrowood an early lead after Will Skinner doubled in his first at-bat of the game. Skinner scored on Grant Buckner’s RBI single to lift Forest City to a 1-0 lead.

The Pilots used a suicide-squeeze in the fourth and an error by Buckner to take a 2-1 lead.

Forest City responded when Tarran Senay scored on Konstantine Diamaduros’ single in the bottom of the fourth.

Peninsula took the lead back in the fifth, but Forest City clawed back to tie the game. After loading the bases in the bottom of the seventh, Brian Burton was plunked on his side and the game-tying run crossed to knot the contest at 3-3.

Forest City’s Andy Ciencin.

In the bottom half of the eighth, Forest City loaded the bases again and with two outs Ciencin floated a ball between the first baseman and the right fielder to give the Owls a 5-3 lead.

Dusty Quattlebaum then roped a double in the right field corner for the 7-3 lead.

Forest City’s Nate Hyatt worked the final four innings and picked up the playoff win from the hill.

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backer (positions). I’m anxious to see some of those other guys in game conditions.”

So far, he hasn’t had a chance to prove much at football’s highest level. The 6-foot-2, 231-pound Connor has played in 19 games over two seasons, mostly on special teams. He’s never started an NFL game as he adjusted slowly from his days at Penn State, when the game came easy.

“Mentally, that was the biggest jump,” Connor said. “The mental aspect of the game is hard.”

The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Wednesday, August 11, 2010 — 9A

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SECond to None

Southeastern Conference tops NCAA ATLANTA (AP) — Excuse the Southeastern Conference if it views the national championship race as a rather private affair — neighbor against neighbor, battling it out through the fall until there are only two teams left standing, setting up a final showdown in Atlanta on the first Saturday in December.

Oh sure, there’s still that little formality known as the BCS championship game. But down in Dixie, that extra contest is viewed as nothing more than a chance to really rub it in, just in case anyone wishes to defy this indisputable gospel: When it comes to college football, the SEC is SECond to none.

“Every team in the conference takes pride in being in the SEC, and we’re not afraid to say that,” Arkansas tight end D.J. Williams said. “We feel like we’re in the best conference, and that’s where the best competition is. Not to take anything away from great teams in other conferences, but that’s just how we feel as a conference.”

The case is compelling.

The last four national champions have come from the same conference: Florida, LSU, Florida again, then Alabama last season — a streak of dominance unmatched in the 74-year history of The Associated Press rankings, much less the farshorter history of the Bowl Championship Series.

Associated Press

Tiger Woods chips to the 16th green during a practice round for the PGA Championship golf tournament Tuesday at Whistling Straits in Haven, Wis.

Firestone behind him, Woods remains upbeat

SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) — Tiger Woods is feeling much better about his game than he did a few days ago.

He arrived at this week’s PGA Championship fresh off the worst tournament of his career.

He beat only one player in the 80-man field at Firestone, shooting a whopping 18-over 298.

Both Phil Mickelson and Steve Stricker have a chance to take the world No. 1 ranking from him at Whistling Straits.

While Woods said Tuesday he’s “frustrated” by his play at Firestone, he feels good about his work since coming to the PGA. His caddie has been holding the end of a club against Woods’ head so he keeps it still through the swing.

Says Woods: “My head was moving way too much for me and my golf swing.”

The last two seasons, Alabama and Florida faced off in the SEC championship game ranked No. 1 and No. 2, their Georgia Dome showdown serving as a de facto national title game, even if both had to wait another month and win one more time to be officially crowned.

“In football, it’s about winning,” Tennessee defensive end Chris Walker said. “There’s obviously talent in other conferences, but if you want to go by winning, I think we’re it.”

No argument there.

Last season, the SEC had the best outside record among the six BCS conferences (47-10, .825), easily outpacing the nextbest Big East (36-10, .783), as well as the two leagues generally considered its main challengers, the Big Ten (36-15, .706) and Big 12 (39-17, .696).

To those who think the SEC beefs up its out-of-conference credentials against cupcake opposition, that argument was snuffed out by a 15-8 mark against schools from other BCS leagues. The Big East (11-9) was the only other conference to finish above .500 in that category, while the Atlantic Conference (12-15), Big Ten (9-11), Pac-10 (9-11) and Big 12 (8-10) lagged far behind.

The biggest battles are played out inside the SEC. AuburnAlabama. Alabama-Tennessee.

Tennessee-Florida. FloridaGeorgia. Georgia-Auburn.

Auburn-LSU. LSU-Arkansas.

Lefty reveals health issue

SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) — Phil Mickelson is being treated for a form of arthritis that surfaced just before the U.S. Open and left him in so much pain he couldn’t walk.

Mickelson, who could take over the world No. 1 ranking for the first time in his career at the PGA Championship this week, disclosed the condition Tuesday.

He says he went to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., after the British Open, and is on medication that brings the illness under control. There shouldn’t be “any” issues long term, Mickelson said, and he is back to his normal practice schedule.

The arthritis is the latest health scare for Mickelson, whose wife and mother are battling breast cancer.

McGrady joins Pistons

DETROIT (AP) — Tracy McGrady is getting a chance to rejuvenate his career with a team hoping for a rebound of its own.

McGrady and the Detroit Pistons have agreed to a $1.3 million, one-year contract, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press on Tuesday. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because the deal hasn’t been announced.

McGrady, a seven-time All-Star and two-time scoring champion, has played just 65 games the past two seasons with Houston and New York because he had major surgery on his left knee in the middle of the 2008-09 season.

The 6-foot-8 wing drew some interest from teams this summer, including the Chicago Bulls, before choosing to play for Detroit.

Now, the Pistons might have a greater sense or urgency to trade Richard Hamilton or Tayshaun Prince to fix their logjam on the perimeter.

The 31-year-old McGrady averaged 8.2 points last season, his lowest-scoring season since 199798 when he was a rookie with the Toronto Raptors after skipping college. He averaged 21-plus points for the eighth time in his career.

Associated Press

Alabama defensive back Rod Woodson (18), linebacker Jonathan Atchison, center, and defensive lineman Darrington Sentimore (94) celebrate their 32-13 win over Florida in the SEC championship game at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, in this Dec. 5, 2009, file photo.

What makes the SEC the nation’s top college football conference? Here are a few theories: n Tradition. Everyone knows that success tends to breed more success, and no league has a deeper group of teams that have been to the mountaintop. Half of the SEC’s 12 members have captured at least one Associated Press national title, led by Alabama with seven. In fact, four different schools (Alabama, Florida, LSU and Tennessee) have finished No. 1 in the AP poll over the last 12 years. No other league can match that depth — or the urgency among the rank-and-file to keep winning titles. Fans get a little greedy once they’ve seen their team hoist the biggest trophy of all. n Coaching. The best are drawn to the SEC like moths to light, spurred by the chance to win championships and the willingness of schools to dole out big money in hopes of keeping up with their neighbors. Nick Saban left the NFL for a $4 million-a-year job at Alabama and needed all of three seasons to lead the Crimson Tide back to the top. Urban Meyer is an offensive mastermind who restored the tradition established at Florida by Steve Spurrier. Les Miles picked up where Saban left off at LSU, Richt has guided Georgia to a pair of SEC titles, and Bobby Petrino appears on the verge of taking Arkansas to national prominence. n Big money. The SEC is rolling in dough, thanks to huge

television packages (a $2.25 billion contract with ESPN, a $55 million-a-year deal with CBS) and some of the largest stadiums in the country, which are generally filled to capacity. Tennessee’s Neyland Stadium and Alabama’s BryantDenny hold more than 100,000, Georgia’s Sanford Stadium and LSU’s Tiger Stadium seat more than 92,000, while Florida, Auburn and South Carolina all have facilities that can accommodate at least 80,000. Only two stadiums in the conference seat fewer than 60,000. n Talent, talent and more talent. Some of the best high school football in the country is played right in the SEC’s backyard. Florida has a bountiful recruiting base in the Sunshine State, while Georgia rarely has to venture outside of its boundaries to put together one of the nation’s top teams. Alabama and Louisiana also churn out plenty of top prospects each year, many of whom choose to play close to home. n Leadership at the top. The last two guys running the conference office — former commissioner Roy Kramer, current commish Mike Slive — are wily administrators who’ve used their power and influence to keep the SEC at the head of the pack. n Passion. The Deep South certainly doesn’t hold a monopoly when it comes to loving football, but one could make a pretty compelling argument that no other region has such an affection for the college game.

Kahne locks up a ride with Red Bull Racing CHARLOTTE (AP) — Kasey Kahne finally has a ride locked down for 2011, at Red Bull Racing, where he will spend one season before moving to Hendrick Motorsports.

Kahne signed on to replace Mark Martin in the No. 5 Chevrolet at Hendrick in 2012, and team owner Rick Hendrick had to find a place to keep his new driver for one season. After negotiating for more than three months with different teams, Hendrick put together a deal for Kahne to drive one of Red Bull’s two Toyotas.

“The process went on longer than any of us anticipated, but I’m glad that we took our time to make sure it was right,” Hendrick said Tuesday.

“And although I’m not looking forward to racing against him next year, I’m comfortable knowing this is the best situation for Kasey.”

Red Bull did not specify which of its cars Kahne will drive next year.

The team fields Camrys for Brian Vickers and Scott Speed, but Vickers got out of the car in May to be treated for blood clots.

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Nation Today Glow-in-the-dark shrimp said to be safe

NEWPORT, Ore. (AP) — People who bought pink shrimp at some Oregon stores are reporting that it glows in the dark.

Experts tell The Register-Guard that they shouldn’t worry because it’s due to certain marine bacteria that can cause shrimp and other seafood to appear luminescent.

They say it’s not a health risk and does not indicate mishandling during processing.

Specialists at Oregon State University Sea Grant Extension say the bacteria can grow at refrigerator temperatures.

One reported killed in east Ga. plane crash

WASHINGTON, Ga. (AP) — Wilkes County Sheriff Mark Moore says one person is dead in a plane crash in a heavily wooded area.

Officials in the east Georgia county say a crew responding to a report of a plane crash early Tuesday found the burning crash site about three miles from the WashingtonWilkes County Airport.

Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen says the pilot reported engine problems before his Piper PA-32 airplane went down.

Bergen says the pilot was the only person on board the aircraft. She says the airplane was on its way to Mount Pleasant Regional Airport in Mount Pleasant, S.C. from Madison County Executive Airport in Huntsville, Ala.

Captured inmate will not fight extradition

CODY, Wyo. (AP) — The escaped Arizona prisoner captured in northwestern Wyoming has waived

his right to fight extradition to Arizona.

Tracy Province appeared in a court in Cody on Tuesday morning, one day after he was caught in Meeteetse.

Meanwhile, authorities are searching western Montana and southwest Canada for another escapee and his suspected female accomplice.

SC’s top cop disturbed by video of beating COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina’s top cop said Tuesday that video footage of a now-fired deputy beating a handcuffed inmate with a baton hard enough to break the prisoner’s leg is disturbing and raises questions about how force is used.

“You can’t watch the video without having some serious concern for what went wrong there,” State Law Enforcement Division Chief Reggie Lloyd said in a teleconference.

SLED and federal agents are investigating whether former Kershaw County deputy Oddie Tribble violated the inmate’s civil rights by hitting him in the legs more than two dozen times.

Tribble, who was fired after the beating Thursday, had been with the Sheriff’s Department 12 years.

Storms delay drilling for final BP well plug NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Approaching storms forced crews to suspend drilling the final stretch of a relief well aimed at shooting a permanent underground plug into BP’s busted oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, the government’s point man for the disaster said Tuesday.

Retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen said the suspension could mean a delay of two or three days.

Associated Press

This 2009 photo, released by Louie Balukuoff, shows an aircraft with tail number N455A, and taken near the GCI Lodge on Lake Nerka, near Aleknagik, Alaska.

The National Transportation Safety Board reports that at about 8 p.m. Alaska Daylight Time on Monday, a DeHavilland DHC-3T with tail number N455A crashed 10 miles northwest of Aleknagik.

Former Alaska senator killed in plane crash JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A singleengine plane carrying former Sen. Ted Stevens crashed into a remote Alaska mountainside, killing the state’s most beloved political figure and four others and stranding the survivors on brush-and-rock-covered slopes overnight until rescuers could reach them.

Volunteers discovered the wreckage late Monday and tended to the injured, including Stevens’ fishing buddy, ex-NASA chief Sean O’Keefe, until help could arrive Tuesday.

The 86-year-old Stevens’ death stunned both lawmakers and residents alike, even in a state familiar with plane crashes, because of his pre-eminence in Alaska history: A decorated World War II pilot who survived a deadly 1978 plane crash, he was the longest-serving GOP senator in history and spent his 40-year Senate career bringing billions of federal dollars home. One failed effort — the infamous “Bridge to Nowhere” — became part of his national legacy, as did convictions that helped foil his 2008 campaign but were later tossed out.

“He is one of the real giants,” said Paul Brown, a consultant to nonprofits who was having lunch at an outdoor cafe in Anchorage. “He dedicated his life to this state.”

Investigators arrived late Tuesday at the crash site outside Dillingham, located on Bristol Bay about 325 miles southwest of Anchorage. The cause of the crash was not immediately known, but the flights at Dillingham are often perilous

House ethics panel details charges against Rep. Waters WASHINGTON (AP) — The House ethics committee on Monday announced three counts of alleged ethics violations against California Democrat Maxine Waters, including a charge that she requested federal help for a bank where her husband owned stock and had served on its board.

Waters, a 10-term representative from Los Angeles, has denied any wrongdoing and had urged the committee to come forth with details of the charges so that she can defend herself in a trial expected to take place this fall.

That trial would be the second handled by the ethics committee this fall. Another senior Democrat, former Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel, faces 13 counts.

The Waters case revolves around whether she helped OneUnited Bank obtain federal bailout funds in late 2008. Her husband, Sidney Williams, served as a member of OneUnited’s board of directors from January 2004 until April 2008, and was a stockholder in the bank.

The report says Waters asked the Treasury Department to meet representatives from the National Bankers Association, a trade group representing minority-owned and womenowned banks. The discussion at that September 2008 meeting centered

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Waters, who chairs the Financial Services subcommittee on housing and community opportunity, contends that the National Bankers Association requested the meeting, which was held on behalf of the association, not OneUnited.

OneUnited eventually received $12 million in bailout money.

She petitioned to have the charges dismissed, but the ethics committee rejected that request.

The first count said she violated House rules that members “shall behave at all times in a manner that shall reflect credibility on the House.”

It said that her husband’s financial interest in OneUnited had declined from $350,000 at the end of June 2008, to about $175,000 in September, and would have been worthless if OneUnited had not received federal funds.

The second violation pertains to the use of improper influence that results in a personal benefit. It cites the failure of Waters to instruct her chief of staff to refrain from assisting OneUnited after she realized she should not be involved in the case.

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Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Mike Fergus said the plane, a 1957 DeHavilland DHC3T registered to Anchorage-based General Communications Inc., took off at 2 p.m. Monday from a GCI corporate site on Lake Nerka, heading to the Agulowak Lodge on Lake Aleknagik.

He said the plane was flying by visual flight rules, and was not required to file a flight plan.

National Weather Service data shows that weather conditions deteriorated between 1 p.m. and 2 p.m.

Monday — the approximate time the FAA said the plane took off.

Visibility at Dillingham, the nearest observation area, was about 10 miles with overcast skies at 1:49 p.m.; it was 3 miles by 2:22, with light rain, fog and mist reported.

Volunteer pilots were dispatched around 7 p.m. after the plane was overdue at its destination. They came upon the wreckage about a half hour later, authorities said.

O’Keefe, his son and two others were flown to the hospital. The O’Keefes had broken bones and other injuries, former NASA spokesman Glenn Mahone said.

Stevens and O’Keefe, 54, are fishing buddies who had been planning a trip near where the float plane crashed.

Alaska National Guard spokesman Maj. Guy Hayes offered no details about the survivors’ conditions or their identities.

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THE MARKET IN REVIEW

STOCK EXCHANGE HIGHLIGHTS

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NYSE

7,139.75 -48.55

GAINERS ($2 OR MORE)

Name Last GpTMM rs 2.69 Fabrinet n 13.09 Gartner 28.23 KronosWd 37.14 SwEBioFu238.00 AmbwEd n 8.35 DrxSOXBr 32.10 SkilldHcre 3.29 WilmCS 2.62 Hanesbrds 27.21

Chg +.32 +1.35 +2.67 +2.98 +.63 +.60 +2.27 +.22 +.17 +1.51

%Chg +13.5 +11.5 +10.4 +8.7 +8.5 +7.7 +7.6 +7.2 +6.9 +5.9

LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)

Name Last Chg Jaguar g 6.31 -1.79 MindrayM 27.35 -5.15 FedAgric 13.86 -2.38 Ambac2-03 6.20 -.70 Ambac3-03n6.20 -.68 FdAgricA 11.15 -1.13 Steinwy 16.52 -1.55 ADairy 9.10 -.85 MuellerWat 2.82 -.26 AMD 6.83 -.59

%Chg -22.1 -15.8 -14.7 -10.1 -9.9 -9.2 -8.6 -8.5 -8.4 -8.0

MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE) Name Vol (00) Last Chg Citigrp 3592651 4.00 -.08 S&P500ETF2183786112.38 -.62 BkofAm 1246571 13.63 -.28 AMD 795964 6.83 -.59 HewlettP 718185 42.33 -.27 iShEMkts 668029 41.72 -.58 SPDR Fncl 638200 14.73 -.13 Pfizer 569097 16.57 +.15 iShR2K 560714 64.62 -1.24 GenElec 522453 16.25 -.13 Advanced Declined Unchanged Total issues New Highs New Lows Volume

DIARY

837 2,232 94 3,163 199 30 4,031,026,361

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1,929.96 -14.56

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Name Last ReadyMix 2.80 BovieMed 2.75 Engex 4.40 Pacif pf 92.00 AmLorain n 3.14 ChiMarFd 5.26 ImpacM n 3.00 SinoHub 2.73 NthnO&G 16.36 ArmourRsd 7.10

Chg %Chg +.74 +35.9 +.25 +10.0 +.32 +7.8 +5.50 +6.4 +.15 +5.0 +.25 +5.0 +.14 +4.9 +.11 +4.2 +.65 +4.1 +.27 +4.0

LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)

Name Last HQ SustM 3.14 ChiMetRur 2.00 Ever-Glory 2.39 FieldPnt 3.42 Vringo n 2.13 Ballanty 8.80 Sifco 9.40 CAMAC n 3.04 CheniereEn 2.76 UQM Tech 3.06

Chg %Chg -1.11 -26.1 -.40 -16.7 -.26 -9.8 -.32 -8.6 -.20 -8.6 -.67 -7.1 -.60 -6.0 -.19 -5.9 -.17 -5.8 -.19 -5.8

MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE) Name Vol (00) Last Chg AlmadnM g 34542 1.51 +.36 AmO&G 32737 7.62 -.02 NthgtM g 32112 2.94 -.02 NwGold g 26496 5.47 -.10 GoldStr g 25709 4.43 ...

HQ SustM 23332 3.14 -1.11 LibertyAcq 19339 10.25 -.05 NthnO&G 18841 16.36 +.65 KodiakO g 16764 3.01 -.06 NovaGld g 13616 6.50 -.08 DIARY

Advanced Declined Unchanged Total issues New Highs New Lows Volume

169 298 49 516 21 6 80,144,176

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GAINERS ($2 OR MORE)

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%Chg +51.0 +30.0 +26.1 +15.4 +13.8 +13.8 +13.5 +13.4 +12.3 +11.9

LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)

Name Last SciClone 2.48 CVB Fncl 8.00 Pegasys lf 23.31 Answers 6.34 TierTech 5.25 MitelNet gn 7.95 BeasleyB 5.40 NuanceCm15.47 HimaxTch 2.48 GrCanyEd 18.10

Chg -1.03 -2.30 -6.34 -1.65 -1.26 -1.16 -.70 -1.90 -.30 -2.07

%Chg -29.3 -22.3 -21.4 -20.7 -19.4 -12.7 -11.5 -10.9 -10.8 -10.3

MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE)

Name Vol (00) Intel 1294308 Microsoft 857912 PwShs QQQ779882 Cisco 579101 Dell Inc 370106 SiriusXM 364030 MicronT 304978 SeagateT 303131 Oracle 279093 ApldMatl 250741

Advanced Declined Unchanged Total issues New Highs New Lows Volume

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11.46 27.81 27.13 47.87 59.14 33.16 15.74 103.40 102.74 25.61 95.35 37.90 32.14 24.90 11.46 2.09 25.51 32.82 27.82 16.65 29.47 103.41 11.46 12.36 27.25 14.34 70.48 102.74 21.40 30.44 35.70 10.44 2.95 16.21 14.98

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Fed statement pulls markets off day’s lows

Francis Didier of Miami, right, stands in line to see representatives from Kaplan University at a job fair sponsored by National Career Fairs in Dania Beach, Fla. Productivity dropped this spring for the first time in more than a year, a sign that companies may need to hire more workers in the near future.

Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market had a half-hearted comeback Tuesday after the Federal Reserve announced it would take small steps to stimulate the economy.

The Dow Jones industrial average, down about 100 points before the Fed announced its plans, recovered to a loss of 54. The other major market indexes also bounced back from their lows. But investors were still cautious: The Dow was able to briefly show a gain, but fell back again as traders recognized that the Fed’s moves, while welcome, would be small and won’t cure the economy’s problems.

Losing stocks were ahead of advancers on the New York Stock Exchange by almost 3 to 1. And stocks considered safe bets in a weak economy, laid off workers. That will boost including health care and consumer products incomes and give households the companies, were among the gainers.

The Fed, in a statement issued after a one-day support they need to increase policy meeting, said it will use money from its consumer spending, which investments in mortgage securities to buy governaccounts for 70 percent of ecoment debt on a small scale. That should help send nomic activity. And that would ultimately lead to more demand long term rates on mortgages and corporate debt slightly lower, and the Fed hopes, stimulate lendfor those companies’ products. ing.

News that the Fed would be buying governA second economic report ment debt, and in the process reduce the supply Tuesday showed that inventories of Treasury issues on the market, sent Treasurys held by wholesale businesses higher.

The yield on the government’s 10-year edged up only a slight 0.1 pernote, which moves in the opposite direction from cent in June while sales fell 0.7 its price, fell to 2.75 percent from 2.82 percent percent. before the announcement.

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Productivity drop may spur hiring WASHINGTON (AP) — Worker productivity dropped this spring for the first time in more than a year, a sign that companies may need to step up hiring if they hope to grow.

Productivity declined at an annual rate of 0.9 percent in the April-to-June quarter after posting large gains throughout 2009, the Labor Department said Tuesday. Unit labor costs edged up 0.2 percent in the second quarter, the first increase since the spring of 2009.

Output of U.S. workers is the key ingredient to boosting living standards. It allows companies to pay workers more because of the increased production without being forced to raise the cost of their goods, which sparks inflation.

In most cases a slip in productivity would be a troubling sign

for the economy. But some analysts believe a short-term drop is needed to boost the recovery.

That’s because it could be a signal that employers can no longer squeeze extra output out of leaner staffs. “This could be a turning point as far as hiring goes,� said Joel Naroff, president of Naroff Economic Advisors Companies cut their payrolls during the recession and relied on fewer workers. For all of 2009, productivity shot up 3.5 percent, the best performance in six years.

However, over the two years of the recession, 8.4 million jobs were lost. Unemployment hit a high of 10.1 percent last fall and is now at 9.5 percent.

Economists believe companies need to stop slashing their work forces and start rehiring

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WASHINGTON (AP) — More worried about the strength of the economic recovery, the Federal Reserve took a small step Tuesday to give it a boost.

Wrapping up a one-day meeting, the Fed said it will use the proceeds from its investments in mortgage bonds to buy government debt. That should help lower interest rates on mortgages and corporate debt, but it won’t likely have a dramatic impact on stimulating growth, economists say.

Delivering a more downbeat assessment of the recovery, the Fed now believes economic growth will be “more modest� than it had anticipated at its late

June meeting. Citing “subdued� inflation, the Fed said it would keep its target for a key interest rate at zero to 0.25 percent for a “extended period.�

The focus again on energizing the recovery is a shift from earlier this year, when the Fed was starting to lay out its exit strategy for eventually boosting interest rates.

Economists said the move to buy government debt on a small scale — about $10 billion a month — along with the other options at the Fed’s disposal, will have only a marginal impact on boosting economic growth.

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House OKs bill to help teachers, public workers WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats on Tuesday pushed through a $26 billion jobs bill to protect 300,000 teachers and other nonfederal government workers from electionyear layoffs.

The bill would be paid for mainly by closing a tax loophole used by multinational corporations and reducing food stamp benefits for the poor. It passed mainly along party lines by a vote of 247161.

Representatives scattered around the country and world for the August break were summoned back to Washington for the oneday session as Democrats

stressed the need to act before children return to classrooms missing teachers laid off because of budgetary crises in the states.

Republicans saw it differently, calling the bill a giveaway to teachers’ unions and another example of profligate Washington spending that Democrats would pay for in the coming election.

“We can’t stand by and do nothing while pink slips are given to the men and women who educate our children or keep our communities safe,� he said.

The Senate narrowly passed the measure last Thursday, after the House had begun its summer break, necessitating the special session.

The legislation provides $10 billion to school districts to rehire laid-off teachers or ensure that more teachers won’t be let go before the new school year begins. The Education Department estimates that that could save 160,000 jobs.

Another $16 billion would

extend for six months increased Medicaid payments to the states. That would free up money for states to meet other budget priorities, including keeping more than 150,000 police officers and other public workers on the payroll.

Some three-fifths of states have already factored in the federal money in drawing up their budgets for the current fiscal year. The National Governors Association, in a letter to congressional leaders, said the states’ estimated budget shortfall for the 2010-12 period is $116 billion, and the extended Medicaid payments are “the best way to help states

bridge the gap between their worst fiscal year and the beginning of recovery.�

Not all governors were on board. Mississippi Republican Gov. Haley Barbour said in a statement that the bill would force his state to rewrite its current year budget and it would have to spend $50 million to $100 million to get the additional $98 million in education grants.

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From fall landscapes to popular sports in Rutherford County, photos that will be used as part of a set of postcards by the Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce have been revealed.

Winners were announced July 30 during the Chamber’s annual dinner and meeting.

Instead of picking just 10 photos, as was originally planned, Chamber Executive Director Rick Austin said there were so many beautiful entries the Chamber decided to choose 20 pictures instead.

“We were originally going to

have the 10 best as part of one postcard pack,” Austin said. “But it was almost impossible to choose.”

3 The pictures will be divided into two groups of 10 postcards that will be sold at Chamber member retailers businesses. Those whose photos were chosen will receive royalties on all postcards sold.

Austin said the cards should be available for sale by the first of Please see Postcards, Page 8B

For a list of the photographer’s names for each picture, see Page 8B.

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LOCAL Land Transactions

The following land transactions were recently recorded at the Rutherford County Register of Deeds Office. The dollar amount is the deed stamps recorded, with $2 representing each $1,000 of property value.

Ernest Whitehead Goode to Hudlow Volunteer Fire Department, Inc.; Logan Store township; 6.82 acres; $232.

Rutherford Plantation LLC to Premier Balsam Builders LLC; Union Township; 1.07 acres, 0.10 acre, 45.39 acres, 16.56 acres, 16.83 acres, 83.14 acres, 39.59

acres; $9,500.

Rutherford Plantation Real Estate LLC to Premier Balsam Builders LLC; Union Township; 0.60 acre; $1,200.

Robert D. Hamilton, Nettie Hamilton to Jacqueline E. Hamilton; Green Hill Township; 4.858 acres; $100.

Mark Anthony Shook, Rosalie Cruise to Sarah R. Bumgardner; Cool Springs Township; lots 14 through 18 Crestview Development; $220.

Fairfield Mountains Property Owners Association Inc to Wei Chen, Erkang

Liu; Chimney Rock Township; lots 42 and 43, Apple Valley phase 11; $36.

Terry V. Butler to Berry F. Butler; Cool Spriings township; 92/100 acre; $10.

Walter Lukoski to Kathleen A. Becka; Rutherfordton Township; lot 12 phase 2 Cabin Creek Subdivision; $286.

Vernon E. Mayberry to Kenneth W. Morgan, Elizabeth A. Morgan; Logan Store Township; 2.14 acres; $160.

Ruby F. Sechriest, Charles Sechriest to Paul Caulford; Cool Springs Township; 2/3 acre; $46.

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Nicholas J. White, Naima P. White to Felix, Rose M. Gutierrez; Cool Springs Township; 0.18 acre; $66.

Fairfield Mountains Property Owners Association Inc. to Heather Thies; Chimney Rock Township; lot 189 Quail Ridge; $43.

Deborah Louisa Jolley Bedford, Jerrell Stephen Bedford Jr., Michael Carl Jolley, Linda W. Jolley to Patricia S. Price; Cool Springs Township; 0.23 acre; 4230.

Ross Condrey to Gary Edward Glines; Colfax township; lot 18 Hampstead Village; $180.

Robert Allen Szpak, Joan Marie Szpak to roberto Guerrero; Union township; lot 4 woodfield Plantation; $420.

Charles Jerry White, Brenda White, Gail Annette White, Burlan White by heirs, Minnie Melton White by heirs to Brian Keith Medford; Colfax Township; 1 acre; $50.

Bank of New York Mellon to CFA M Inc.; Rutherfordton Township; lot 6 Windy Hill; $60.

Fairfield Mountains Property Owners Association Inc. to David Scott Campbell, Nanetter Smith Campbell, James Warren Smith, Vera Thompson Smith; Chimney Rock Township; lot 87 section 11 Quail Ridge; $40.

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Jennifer L. Blair; Colfax Township; 2 acres; $205.

Maria E. Ramos to Martin J. Drost; Chimney Rock Township; lots 5 through 7 Maria E. Ramos property; $300.

Andrew Wright to Gary N. Clubb Jr., Sherry D. Clubb; Morgan Township; 1.64 acres; $12.

Charles E. Butler Jr., Christy H. Butler to Sarah Adrian Cato; Cool Springs Township; lot 23 J.A. Wilkie Lands; $200.

Lula H. Carver admr and ind, Grover Keith Carver Estate by admr, James B. Hutchins, Laura Powell to Robert Carver and Kathy L. Carver; Rutherfordton Township; 3.00 acres; $10.

Lula H. Carver admr and ind, Grover Keith Carver Estate by admr, James B. Hutchins, Laura Powell to Ronald Carpenter, Chester L. Norton; Rutherfordton Township; 9.01 acres; $154.

Mountain Creek Land Company Inc, to Twenty Paws LLC; 2.00 acres; Gilkey township; $46.

Bertha Irene Hall, Joseph Hall Jr., Gillie W. Spicer by heir to Ronnie C. Spicer; Sulphur Springs Township;32 acres; $8.

John E. Davis, Judy B. Davis, Beverly M. Davis to Elizabeth A. Lane, Rodrigo Hernandez; Rutherforddton Townhsip; two tracts n/s Plaza Shopping Center; $186.

Linda Venderly to Sonja B.E. Andersson; Rutherfordton Township; lot 60 Fernwood; $260.

Justin E. Conner, Stacey Holland Conner to Rachel Wilson Morris, Patrick

Evans Morris; Gilkey Township; 1/2 acre; $246.

Donald Edward Grimmett to Ashley B. Murphy; Rutherfordton Township; lot 1 Mountain View Sub; $240.

Julia Gettys Sprinkle to Robert O. Byars, Michael Owen Byars; Rutherfordton; 0.54 acres; $16.

Esmeralda Inn LLC to ADK Quarter Moon LLC; Chimney Rock Township; .50 acres; $2600.

Esmeralda Inn LLC to ADK Quarter Moon LLC; Chimney Rock Township; .50 acres; $200.

Horace Stainback Jr., Patricia Stainback to James Thomas Curtis, Josephine White Curtis; Cool Springs Township 0.57 acre; $135.

Wendell A. Strickland, Medora Ann Strickland, Clark Strickland, Susan A. Strickland to Tony W. Lowe, Marzell Lowe; Union Township; lot 9, Ed Watson Estate lands; $218.

Octavo Escalera, Maria A. Rodriguez to Roberto E. Chavez, Ovely Elizabeth Araujo; Cool Springs Township; 1.29 acres; $164, Pennie A. Benson to Ashley G.Henderson; Cool Springs Township; lot 19, City View; $204.

American Home Bank to Arlington Loan Servicing LLC; Gilkey Township; 1.622 acres; $224.

William Robertson, Cathy Robertson to Robert D. Copeland, Amber J. Copeland; Colfax Township; 3.00 acres; $14.

June M. Holden to O. Jeru Minick, Gina P. See Land, page 3B

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Clement, Samuel William Moore Sr. by heirs, Dorcas Padgett Continued from Page 2B Moore by heirs to Dale Ward Gordon; Morgan Minick; Chimney Rock Township; 20.00 acres and 0.51 acre; $200.

Township; 0.30 acre; Kevin Robert Gilliam $130. to Michael Joey Jeanne Keesler Wright, Karen Wright; Nanney exer and AIF Colfax Township; 1-1/5 auth agent, Louis W. acre; $12.

Nanney Jr. estate by Donald R. Teseniar exer, National Wildlife Jr., Mary J. Teseniar Federation by AIF and to Jerry G. Condrey, auth agent, Humane Vicki H. Condrey; Cool Society of the US by Springs Township; lot AIF and auth agent, 6 North Sandy Oaks; National Audubon Society Inc. by AIF and $490.

Fall Creek Land auth agent to Charles Company Inc. to Timothy Bovender, Nell Perry Bovender; Gilkey Ronald E. Robart; Township; 23 acres and Golden Valley Township; lot 115, 8-1/4 acres; $74. phase 5, South Vickie L. Owens per Mountain Peaks; $120.

Rep, Bobby J. Drake Nick Loganadan, estate by per rep, Colby Sandra D. Loganadan Drake, Phillip Drake, to Ronnie McCombs, Nicole Lawson, Phillip Cynthia McCombs; Lawson to Lisa Carter; High Shoals Township Sulphur Springs, 2.36 0.493 acres; $86. acres; $54.

David Michael Frank C. Barbuti, Weaver, Lyn J. A. Jeanette Barbuti Weaver to Donald to Jeffrey H. Jones, L. Crissey, Mary J. Tammy Elaine Jones; Logan Store Township; Crissy; Chimney Rock lot 5 Austin Acres; $30. Township; lots 29 and 30 Cane Creek Branch Banking and Development; $1,102 Trust Company to Jeffery Lee Ballard, Antoinette Macaulay Crystal Dawn Ballard; to PNC Mortgage; Rutherfordton Chimney Rock townTownship; 0.70 acre; ship; lot 222 Vista at $170.

Bills Mountain phase Andrew Fetherolf, 11; $1,500.

Desiree Fetherolf to Marilyn Long, Robert Benny Green Perry M. Long, Phyllis III, Virginia Guy McBrayer, Richard B. Perry; lot 17 Aberdeen McBrayer Joyce Waters Subdivision; $380. to Edward L. Foshie, William S. Moore Jr., Joyce G. Foshie; Green Patricia Faith Bailey Hill Township 0.87 Moore, Tammy M. acre; $10.

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US Bank National Association to Christopher Dale Couch; lot 14 Carolina Mountains; $205.

Belynda Gail Chambers Bilbrough to Donald Ray Teseniar Jr., Mary Jo Teseniar; Cool Springs Township; lot 6, Charles D. Owens Burl Womack Tract; $149.

Jack Sellers to Lake Lure and Chimney Rock Business Center LLC; Chimney Rock Township; 1.72 acres; $530.

Karen J. Conner to John C. Hardin, Ann C. Hardin; Rutherfordton Township; 0.60 acre; $150.

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4B — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Wednesday, August 11, 2010 SHOE by Chris Cassat and Gary Brookins

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Comment makes bed-room a deep freeze Dear Abby: My boyfriend and I have been dating for a year.

When we got together he had just gotten out of a five-year relationship.

He says he loves me, but he recently told me that she was better in bed than I am!

I have lost confidence in our relationship and don’t enjoy making love with him now, knowing I don’t measure up.

His ex was better looking than I am, but I don’t understand why he would say that.

I have told him he hurt my feelings, but he doesn’t care. What do I do now? — Hurt Dear Hurt: Now you ask yourself whether you want to continue a relationship with someone so tactless that he would drop a bomb on you like that one.

It’s telling that when you let him know you were hurt, he let you know he didn’t care.

There are diplomatic ways for partners to communicate what they prefer when they are intimate. One of them involves positive reinforcement when their partner does something right.

Another is simply saying in plain English what feels good. It appears that your boyfriend is insensitive to the max, my dear.

But what you do about it is some-

Dear Abby Abigail van Buren

thing no one but you can decide.

Dear Abby: I have been married 11 years to my husband, who is one of nine children.

My sister-in-law has asked me for a copy of one of our wedding pictures, which is the last time all of them were together.

Since the wedding, one of my husband’s sibs has died and another is serving a long stretch in prison.

The problem is, she wants to digitally remove me from the picture! I don’t want to give my sister-in-law a copy knowing I’ll be edited out.

It’s hurtful, and after all these years it makes me feel like she hasn’t fully accepted me as part of the family. Am I overreacting? — Blocked Out Dear Blocked Out: Your sister-inlaw wasn’t very diplomatic, but what she is trying to memorialize is the last time her biological family was intact. The situation is poignant, really. My advice is not to take this personally. Give her the picture before any hard feelings “develop.”

Red and white equals the blues Dear Dr. Gott: I’m a 56-year-old female. For the past 1-1/2 years or so, I have had red streaks in the whites of my eyes. About six months ago, I went to an eye doctor who said the streaks were just “normal aging.” My vision is fine, but no matter how much rest I get, they’ve continued to worsen. My eyes always look as if I’m sick or have been on a bender. I’ve searched the Internet and can’t find anything that fits this problem. Can you tell me what I have and how to cure it?

Dear Reader: Red eyes occur when small vessels on the surface of the eye become congested and engorged with blood. The condition is commonly related to an oxygen insufficiency. A vitamin B deficiency, specifically B2 and B6, eye strain, sun exposure, overuse of contact lenses, cosmetics, fatigue, improper diet, blood thinners and allergies are a few of the more common causes.

I would feel better if you were to have an ophthalmologist rule out conjunctivitis (pinkeye), uveitis, corneal ulcers,

Puzzle

Ask Dr. Gott Dr. Peter M. Gott herpes simplex and other medical conditions so you can be assured there is no underlying reason for the streaks.

If you have been unsuccessful in treating your condition, modify your diet to avoid margarine and saturated fats, table and refined salt, hard cheeses and chlorinated water.

Add spinach, olive oil, water and fresh fruits, such as blueberries, blackberries and cherries. Use over-the-counter eyedrops for relief. Apply cool or warm compresses several times a day when possible throughout the day and, if appropriate, temporarily discontinue using makeup.

Perhaps the dietary and external modifications will improve things.

IN THE STARS Your Birthday, Aug. 11; Involve yourself in endeavors that provide you with ways.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) - Sometimes it is better to make small profits.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22) - Ideas or concepts that were tailored for another’s needs aren’t the same for you.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) - Be extremely careful that you don’t slip and reveal something.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) - Small talk is likely to be more appealing.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) - Fulfill your ambitious inclinations by using your head.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) - Treat what is going on with the respect it deserves.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) - Stick with the planning for a major project.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) Regardless of the issue, it always has two sides to it.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) - You give even the smallest of details attention.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) - Apply yourself to all the jobs at hand.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) - Speak up concerning domestic issues about which you feel strongly.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) - Try to make some time for clearing up your paperwork. If you keep ignoring it, that pile will grow beyond what is reasonable.

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August Blood Drives Save winter hay dollars From staff reports FOREST CITY — The American Red Cross reminds the public, it can be a lifesaver regardless of an occupation. By being a blood donor at an upcoming blood drive is an opportunity to actually save at three lives.

Blood donations often decline during the summer months due to vacation and summer activities, while the need for blood remains constant.

All presenting donors at the following blood drive locations will receive a chance to win $1,000 gift card.

Wednesday, August 11 Rutherford Hospital 12 p.m.-5 p.m.

Call 286-5338 for further information Or schedule an appointment Friday, August 13 Mt. Vernon Baptist Church Hudlow Road 2 -6:30 p.m.

Monday, August 16 Union Mills Community Development Club 6097 Hudlow Road; Union Mills 2 to 6 p.m.

Please call 245-8554 Saturday, August 21 Hickory Nut Gorge Blood Drive Lake Lure Town Hall 11 a.m.- 4 p.m.

Please call 606-4324 for further information

Monday, August 23 Ellenboro Community Blood Drive Race Path Baptist Church 1171 Race Path Church Road, Ellenboro

by stockpiling fescue now

4 to 8:30 p.m.

Please call 453-8321

One of the greatest expenses for livestock producers is winter feed Monday, August 23 costs. Profitability in most livestock American Red Cross operations is dependent on low feed Rutherford Chapter, 838 Oakland costs. One way to lower these costs is Road, Forest City to stockpile forages for fall and win2 to 6:30 p.m. ter grazing.

Call 287-5916 In western NC, tall fescue is the most desirable grass to stockpile for Monday, August 23 late fall and winter grazing. During Bethany Baptist Church Blood the fall, fescue produces higher Drive yields of stockpiled forage and of Bethany Church Road; Forest City superior quality compared to most 3 to 7:30 p.m. other grasses. Stockpiled fescue is Call 245-5309 actually higher quality than the good quality fescue hay that you normally Sunday, August 29 feed your animals in the winter. The Floyd’s Creek Baptist Church fall-saved forage is very palatable, Chase High Road, Forest City high in protein and in digestibil12 p.m,-4:30 pm ity. Forage quality losses from leaf Call 245-1059 deterioration after frost is lower for The American Red Cross Carolinas tall fescue compared to most other Blood Services Region provides lifeforages. In western NC, tall fescue saving blood to patients in 103 hoswill stay green and may even grow a pitals. Approximately 1,600 people little during our warm winter days. need to give blood or platelets each It forms a strong sod that is tolerant week day to meet hospital demand. of trampling damage, which is comThe Red Cross encourages people mon on wet pasture soils during the who are in good health to donate so winter. Winter grazing has minimal that hospital patients have the blood influence on yield or quality of this or platelets they need to make a full grass the following season. recovery. Blood is needed to help Tall fescue has gotten a bad reputreat a variety of patients includtation over the years because aniing accident victims and individuals mals do not graze it readily during undergoing surgery and cancer treatthe summer months. Some of this ment. reduced summer palatability is associated with the presence of a fungus Blood can be safely donated every in the plant (endophyte). The fun56 days. Most healthy people age 17 gal endophyte produces alkaloids and older, or 16 with parental conthat are toxic to animals and cause sent, who weigh at least 110 pounds, are eligible to donate blood and plate- various animal health problems. lets. Donors who are 18 and younger The majority of our existing fescue must also meet specific height and stands are endophyte-infected, but weight requirements. the level of infection varies considerably. Animal health problems associated with endophyte-infected stands occur primarily in the summer when animals are under heat stress. Adverse health effects are less in a normal manner to an agriculcommon on infected fescue pastures tural commodity. Alfalfa or other multiyear grasses and legumes grown in the fall and winter due to a lower concentration of the fungus in leaf in a rotation not to exceed 12 years may be eligible for this year. The land tissue. This fungus is found in higher concentrations in the seedheads and must also have a weighted average erosion index of 8 or higher. Produc- stems, so the amount of toxin coners must have owned or operated the sumed in the fall is less than in the spring and early summer. The cooler land for at least 12 months prior to temperatures in the fall and winter the end of the sign-up period to be also reduce the heat stress problems eligible to offer the land for enrollassociated with endophyte-infected ment unless the land was acquired fescue. due to the death of the previous Two components to consider when owner, the ownership change resulted from foreclosure where the owner planning to stockpile tall fescue are the desired level of forage quality exercised a timely right of redempand yield. You should consider the tion with state law, or FSA can be assured the land was not acquired for type of animals that will be grazing the stockpiled fescue. Younger, the purpose of enrolling in CRP. growing animals and lactating aniAll offers for this CRP sign-up will be ranked according to the Environ- mals, of course, will need higher mental Benefits Index (EBI) and will quality forage. If you are grazing these animals, then you should focus be in competition with land nationon the quality. If your goal is yield, wide for acceptance. which will save you from feeding as To submit CRP offers, producers much hay, then you need to consider must visit their local FSA Office at boosting this stockpiled grass with 121 Laurel Drive Rutherfordton.

Questions may be addressed by call- a nitrogen application. You may be after a balance between the two, ing 287-4220 ext. 2.

CRP sign-up through August 27

USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) is holding a Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) general sign-up from Aug. 2 through 27.

CRP is a voluntary program that helps agricultural producers use environmentally sensitive land for conservation benefits. Producers enrolled in CRP plant long-term, resource-conserving covers to control soil erosion, improve water and air quality, and develop wildlife habitat.

FSA provides annual rental payments and cost-share assistance to install the practices. Contract duration is 10 years and is a binding contract. Producers are required to maintain practices according to written conservation plans and to ensure that the land stays in compliance.

Land that is currently in a CRP contract that will expire on Sept. 30 and any other land that meets all eligibility criteria is eligible to be offered for enrollment. Eligible land is land that was planted or considered planted in at least four of the six crop years 2002 – 2007, and is physically and legally capable of being planted

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which is probably the best approach.

Important management factors that will affect the balance between yield and quality of stockpiled fescue are: (1) The date of the last summer hay harvest, clipping, or grazing, (2) nitrogen application rate and the date applied, and (3) the amount of legumes in the pasture.

When do you begin to stockpile fescue? The last summer hay harvest or clipping should be timed so that stockpiled tall fescue growth can begin by late August and into September. After a nitrogen application of 50-75 lbs/acre, these fields will be held open until you begin grazing in December, or at the time you would normally begin feeding your winter hay supplies. Hayfields or pastures that cattle are coming off of from summer grazing work well in this system. Many of these fields are fenced and you can turn animals into them in December with no problem. There are some fields that aren’t fenced, but this problem can easily be corrected with a temporary electric fence.

Stockpiling works best if you ration the pasture to the animals. This can be done with a temporary electric fence that you will move each day or every other day. They will graze what they can in a day and spread manure around that section. If you move a temporary fence forward each day, you will utilize the stockpiled forage more efficiently and get a more even distribution of manure. This daily rotation will also keep the cattle from lounging in an area of the field that still has good forage available. You will spend about the same amount of time moving a fence, as you would feeding them hay.

If you have any questions concerning winter stockpiling, feel free to contact Jeff Bradley at the Rutherford County Cooperative Extension Center at 287-6022.

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6B — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Wednesday, August 11, 2010 0610

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF RUTHERFORD NOTICE OF SALE File No: 10 SP 314 TAKE NOTICE THAT: William Richard Boyd, Jr., Substitute Trustee, has begun proceedings to FORECLOSE under the Deed of Trust described below, and by under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in such Deed of Trust, and an Order entered by the Clerk of Superior Court of the above County, will sell the below described property at public auction as follows: 1. The instrument pursuant to which such sale will be held is that certain Deed of Trust executed

by John L. silver and wife, Michaela E. Silver, original mortgagors, and recorded in the Office of the Rutherford County Register of Deeds in Deed of Trust Book 906, at Page 75. The record owner of such property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds not more than ten (10) days prior to posting this Notice of Sale, if not the original mortgagors, is: N/A 2. The property will be sold by the Substitute Trustee at 11:00 a.m. on the 19th day of August, 2010 at the Rutherford County Courthouse door in the City of Rutherfordton, North Carolina.

3. The real property to be sold is generally described as Lot 75 S. Mountain Peaks, Bostic, NC 28018 and described as follows: BEING KNOWN AND DESIGNATED as Lot 75 as shown on the Map of South Mountain Peaks, Phase Three, as recorded in Plat Book 27, Pages 56 through 59, in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Rutherford County, North Carolina, reference to which is hereby made for a more particular description.

Any property described in the Deed of Trust which is not being offered for sale is described as follows: Subject to any and all Release Deeds of Record in the Rutherford County, North Carolina Registry.

4. Any buildings located on the above-described property are also included in the sale.

5. The property will be sold by the Substitute Trustee to the highest bidder for CASH. The highest bidder will be required to deposit IN CASH with the Substitute Trustee at the date and time of the sale the greater of five percent (5.0%) of the amount of the bid or Seven Hundred Fifty and no/100 Dollars ($750.00).

6. All bidders bid for the property AS IS on the date of sale. Absolutely no warranties are made as to the condition, value or title of the property. While the Substitute Trustee believes the title to be good, all bidders are advised that they should obtain independent counsel to examine record title as the property is sold subject to prior record interests. The Noteholder has reserved the right to withdraw the sale up to and until the Deed is delivered by the Substitute Trustee.

7. The property will be sold subject to all unpaid taxes and special assessments.

8. The property being sold is all of that property described in the Deed of Trust except as specifically set forth above. It is the intention to extinguish any and all rights or interests in the property subordinate to the Deed of Trust.

9. 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 May 20, 2009.

THIS the 21st day of July, 2010. __________________________ William Richard Boyd, Jr. Substitute Trustee 474 Mountain Cove Road Waynesville, North Carolina 28786 Dates: August 11, 2010 and August 18, 2010 DMS:4821-1964-4678v1|2233-2233-0705|7/19/2010

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CLASSIFIEDS! AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 10-SP-243 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by MARY C. SIVORE and GEORGE A. SIVORE, JR. to CB Services Corp., Trustee(s), dated the 6th day of October, 2006 and recorded in BOOK 922, PAGE 678, RUTHERFORD County Registry, North Carolina, Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, ANDERSON & STRICKLAND, P.A., 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 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, in the City of RUTHERFORDTON, RUTHERFORD County, North Carolina at 10:00 O’CLOCK A.M. on the 18TH of AUGUST, 2010, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of RUTHERFORD, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE VILLLCE OF CHIMNEY ROCK, CHIMNEY ROCK TOWNSHIP, RUTHERFORD COUNTY. NC AND BEING ALL OF LOT #1 AS SHOWN ON PLAT DULY RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEED FOR RUTHERFORD COUNTY, NC IN PLAT BOOK 26 AT PAGE 159, TO WHICH REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE FOR A MORE FULL AND COMPLETE DESCRITION. Said property being located at 533 Main Street, Chimney Rock, NC 28720 PRESENT RECORD OWNER BEING: MARY C. SIVORE AND GEORGE A. SIVORE, JR. Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in N.C.G.S. 45-21.23.

Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or encumbrances of record and any recorded releases.

Should the property be purchased by a third party, that person must pay the statutory final assessment fee of forty-five cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ( $100.00 ) required by N.C.G.S. 7A-308 (a) (1), and any applicable county and/or state land transfer tax and/or revenue tax.

Any successful bidder shall be required to tender the full balance of the purchase price so bid, in cash or certified check, at the time the Substitute Trustee tenders to him a deed for the property or attempts to tender such deed, and should said successful bidder fail to pay the full balance of the purchase price so bid, at that time he shall remain liable on his bid as provided for in N.C.G.S. 45-21.30(d) and (e).

The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation 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, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed.

A cash deposit or cashier’s check (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.

That an Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to N.C.G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold.

Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executor of the estate of FURMAN T. WALL of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said FURMAN T. WALL to present them to the undersigned on or before the 28th 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 28th day of July, 2010.

Beautiful Home 2BR/2BA Bostic area $550/mo. See www.onlinebuygeorge.com/ 593.jpg 828-245-6858

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Mobile Homes for Rent

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Dep.& ref's. req. $350/mo.

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Everette Craig Wall, Executor 142 Lynch Street Rutherfordton, NC 28139 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executor of the estate of LIONEL SCRUGGS of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said LIONEL SCRUGGS to present them to the undersigned on or before the 11th day of November, 2010 or the same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment.

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0710

Homes for Sale

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12x16 finished, insulated, deck steps AIR $2750 Paul 245-6858 See www.online buygeorge.com/cabin.jpg

0734

This is the 11th day of August, 2010.

Barbara Bridges, Executor 3336 Bridges Lake Rd. Mooresboro, NC 28114

Lots & Acreage

11.4 acres in Lake Lure Quiet, off Joy Lane. $129,000 Call 386-503-2240

LEGAL NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO NOTICE, the undersigned will sell the contents of the following units at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at Associated Printing & Services, Inc. Self Storage Division, 905 N. Main St., Rutherfordton, NC. The sale will be held at 1:30 pm on Wednesday, August 25, 2010 . Sale is being made to satisfy warehouse lien on said goods for storage charges due and unpaid. Due notice has been given and demand for payment in full has been made prior to advertising.

Unit 127 - Jake Stephenson, Rutherfordton, NC - $333.75 Unit 209 - Sonya Lane, Rutherfordton, NC - $293.75 Unit 233 - Katie Arrowood, Rutherfordton, NC - $461.00 Unit 241 - Tammy Coston, Rutherfordton, NC - $620.50 Unit 321 - Tony Ford, Forest City, NC - $596.25 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Co-Administrator of the estate of FRANKIE EDWARD MCKINNEY, SR. of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said FRANKIE EDWARD MCKINNEY, SR. to present them to the undersigned on or before the 21st 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 21st day of July, 2010.

Nicole Marie McKinney, Co-Administrator 525 Joe Branch Rd. Nebo, NC 28761 Tammy Lynn McKinney, Co-Administrator 675 Shady Lane Marion, NC 28752

Approximately 39 acres investment property in Spindale with all utilities, an excellent natural source of water, artesian well. $195,000. Call 287-2640

or 429-0109 or 429-3976

0754

Commercial/Office

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

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0860

Vans for Sale

'94 Chev. Truck, '92 Chev.

Van. For info call 245-3902, or 828-429-3267

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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF RUTHERFORD NOTICE OF SALE File No: 10 SP 313 TAKE NOTICE THAT: William Richard Boyd, Jr., Substitute Trustee, has begun proceedings to FORECLOSE under the Deed of Trust described below, and by under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in such Deed of Trust, and an Order entered by the Clerk of Superior Court of the above County, will sell the below described property at public auction as follows: 1. The instrument pursuant to which such sale will be held is that certain Deed of Trust executed

by Mitchell R. Pavlik and Cyndi L. Pavlik, husband and wife, original mortgagors, and recorded in the Office of the Rutherford County Register of Deeds in Deed of Trust Book 949, at Page 800.

The record owner of such property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds not more than ten (10) days prior to posting this Notice of Sale, if not the original mortgagors, is: N/A 2. The property will be sold by the Substitute Trustee at 11:00 a.m. on the 19th day of August, 2010 at the Rutherford County Courthouse door in the City of Rutherfordton, North Carolina.

3. The real property to be sold is generally described as Lot #7 cherry Mountain Trails, Bostic, NC 28018 and described as follows: BEING all of Lot 7, Phase 1 of CHERRY MOUNTAIN TRAILS, as recorded in Plat Book 25 at Page 44, in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Rutherford County.

THIS PROPERTY IS CONVEYED subject to the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions for CHERRY MOUNTAIN TRAILS recorded in Book 917, Page 864, Rutherford County Registry.

Any property described in the Deed of Trust which is not being offered for sale is described as follows: Subject to any and all Release Deeds of Record in the Rutherford County, North Carolina Registry.

4. Any buildings located on the above-described property are also included in the sale.

5. The property will be sold by the Substitute Trustee to the highest bidder for CASH. The highest bidder will be required to deposit IN CASH with the Substitute Trustee at the date and time of the sale the greater of five percent (5.0%) of the amount of the bid or Seven Hundred Fifty and no/100 Dollars ($750.00).

6. All bidders bid for the property AS IS on the date of sale. Absolutely no warranties are made as to the condition, value or title of the property. While the Substitute Trustee believes the title to be good, all bidders are advised that they should obtain independent counsel to examine record title as the property is sold subject to prior record interests. The Noteholder has reserved the right to withdraw the sale up to and until the Deed is delivered by the Substitute Trustee.

7. The property will be sold subject to all unpaid taxes and special assessments.

8. The property being sold is all of that property described in the Deed of Trust except as specifically set forth above. It is the intention to extinguish any and all rights or interests in the property subordinate to the Deed of Trust.

9. 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 May 20, 2009.

This the 21ST day of July, 2010.

THIS the 21st day of July, 2010.

Michael W. Strickland, as Attorney for and President of ANDERSON & STRICKLAND, P.A., Substitute Trustee 210 East Russell Street, Suite 104 Fayetteville, North Carolina 28301 (910) 483-3300 PUBLISH: August 4, 2010 August 11, 2010

__________________________ William Richard Boyd, Jr. Substitute Trustee 474 Mountain Cove Road Waynesville, North Carolina 28786 Dates: August 11, 2010 and August 18, 2010 DMS:4818-3489-0758v1|12472-12472-0722|7/19/2010

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