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FOREST CITY — Pfc. Craig Keller faced 130-degree temperatures and rocket-propelled grenades during his seven-month tour in Afghanistan. But the heat and humidity still took his breath away when he returned to Rutherford County.

“In Afghanistan, it is a dry heat,” said the Marine. “So, even though it was 130 degrees, we were out there playing basketball. When I came back to North Carolina, it was just unbelievable how different the humidity

makes the heat.”

Craig grew up near Westminister, and he his wife — the former Morgan Collins of Rutherfordton — are R.S. Central graduates.

The couple lives in Tarawa Terrace, near Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, and have two children Josh, 8, and Kyley, 7.

“I’ve been in the Corps for five years, and I’m 31 now,” Craig said. “I was in Afghanistan for seven months. Our mission was to transport troops around in the heliPlease see Marine, Page 6A

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FOREST CITY — Spc. Monica Fortner was about 7,000 miles away from her baby girl when a badly burned Afghan infant came to the U.S. Army base where Fortner is a medic.

“I was missing my daughter and I know what it means to be a mom, so I thought I could help soothe that little girl and rock her to sleep,” Fortner said via e-mail. “The child was about 8 months old and she had third-degree burns over 25 percent of her body. She’d been hurt when her father accidentally spilled boiling water on her.”

Fortner said helping the local population is only part of her mission.

“My primary mission as a medic is to provide the utmost medical care to soldiers, coalition forces and the local population while working out of a level-two treatment facility in eastern Afghanistan,” Fortner said.

“Since June, our facility has received around 250 medical evacuations, 153 trauma patients and 2,111 sick call Please see Army, Page 6A

U.S. Army Spc. Monica Fortner cradles an 8-month-old girl with third-degree burns on 25 percent of her body in Afghanistan. The Afghan baby had been burned by boiling water.

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RUTHERFORDTON — Entrepreneurs, by definition, have an idea for a business and are willing to take on the associated pitfalls.

Aside from an idea, entrepreneurs need money, though oftentimes for-profit banks aren’t willing to take on the risk.

In this economy, as was pointed out in a recent meeting of the Rutherford Roundtable, people are going to become entrepreneurs, whether they want to or not.

John Moore, who started more than 40 banks and has some 35 years’ experience, mostly in the financial services industry, had an idea. Moore had worked as a counselor for the small-business organization SCORE, and he often encountered people who needed a little money to get started. A son-in-law, who was attending Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, talked to Moore about a presentation that focused on a micro-lending venture in Thailand.

Moore, of Green Hill, talked about local pride.

“It’s our money that we’re putting back into the community,” he said.

Why not, he thought, begin a system of micro-finance here, where small loans are distributed to business people through a community development credit union?

People in the community have about $750 million in deposits, which are in banks, though none are locally owned, he said. The community credit union would not compete with banks and will not seek to turn a profit. Rather, the credit union, owned by its depositors, would seek a financial institution as a sponsor.

Loans won’t be based primarily on assets or creditworthiness and would give potential businesses an option to, for example, applying for a Small Business Loan. Entrepreneurs would submit a business plan — Isothermal Community College or another university could lend a hand — a committee would review that plan and discuss the business, make a loan and monitor the progress of the business as part of the ongoing process.

“Literally, your neighbor is lending money to you,” Moore said.

These micro-lending institutions typically become established in communities with high unemployment and low incomes.

North Carolina has five community development credit unions, Moore said, including one in Durham that is partnered with the State Employees Credit Union. The Latino Community Credit Union, according to a story in the Charlotte Observer, was founded 10 years ago and opened its 10th branch this year. It loans up to $10,000 and serves 53,000 members from Fayetteville to Charlotte, the story said.

There have been three exploratory meetings about the Rutherford credit union. In addition to finding a sponsor, the next step would involve talking with regulators, obtaining a state or federal charter and getting approved for insurance. The selfsupported credit union would be governed by policies, procedures, rules and regulations similar to any bank. The process, Moore said, typically takes 18 to 24 months.

“We’re moving beyond the concept stage,” he said. “If we get approval, we’ll take deposits from anyone but only make loans in the Please see Credit, Page 6A

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Students head back to globe-trotting classrooms

FAYETTEVILLE (AP) — At Cumberland County’s newest elementary school, the classroom rugs are adorned with world maps.

A first-grade teacher from New Zealand is decorating her room with koala and kangaroo pictures. Another teacher plans to use tai chi to blend math lessons with Asian culture.

And all 650 children at the west Fayetteville school will learn Mandarin Chinese.

New Century International Elementary is the latest example of Cumberland County’s push toward a more global education. Whereas their parents may have taken a couple of years of Spanish in high school, some children in Cumberland County today are fully immersed in foreign language by kindergarten.

The innovations put the school system at the forefront of such efforts nationwide, said Superintendent Frank Till Jr., who has made international education one of his top priorities.

The idea is to prepare children for the types of jobs they’ll get as adults. It’s particularly crucial in the hometown of Fort Bragg, whose soldiers are at the forefront of international affairs, Till said.

“Our kids, our children, when they graduate from here have to know there’s a bigger world out there than Cumberland County or the United States,” Till said. “And that they’re going to have to interact with kids from all over the world or compete with kids from all over the world.”

As a new school year begins Wednesday, children across the county are already learning lessons with a worldwide perspective. Some examples: Three elementary schools immerse their students in Spanish. It’s the only language allowed in their math, science and some other classes. In place since 2007, the goal is to have the children fluent by fifth grade.

At Cross Creek Early College High School, which has operated on Fayetteville State University’s campus since 2005, students graduate with college credits. Some already have a year of college courses behind them before they get their diploma.

Next year, another early college high school may open. This one will focus on foreign languages and diplomacy - skills important to the Army Special Forces units based at Fort Bragg. The Army operates a language school and has discussed collaborating with the public schools on this project.

Cumberland County isn’t alone in its efforts.

There are eight internationally focused schools and an early college high school in the Raleigh area, for example. Charlotte’s school system has several language immersion schools.

So far, much of Cumberland County’s efforts have been confined to about 10 of its 85 public schools. But Till - now in his second year as head of North Carolina’s fourth-largest school system - wants to make such programs available to all of

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Teacher Jennifer Forbes looks over her classroom as she gets the room ready for the upcoming school year at New Century International Elementary School near Fayetteville.

the system’s 53,000 students.

“We have pieces of things, and the real thing is we’re trying to pull them together so we just don’t have ... random acts of excellence, but that we have excellence everywhere,” he said.

For example, Till hopes to have seven more language immersion schools in the near future and to offer languages in addition to Spanish.

The changes in part are driven by Fort Bragg.

The military base is home to about 10 percent of the Army’s active-duty troops who deploy throughout the world. And Fort Bragg is growing with BRAC. By September 2011, about 3,000 new, high-ranking military and civilian jobs will be on post. Some expect Fayetteville to become a hub for defense and homeland security companies that do business across the globe.

Cumberland County schools educate children from 36 foreign countries, Till said. Last year, a survey found that 48 foreign languages are spoken in homes of school-age children. The most common were Spanish, Korean, German, Vietnamese, Chinese and Arabic.

“It shows you how multicultural we are here,” Till said.

At New Century International Elementary School, teachers from China and Taiwan will teach Mandarin Chinese from kindergarten

through fifth grade.

Yanling Ye used to teach high school English in China. Now she is preparing to teach Chinese nursery rhymes, children’s songs and simple phrases to kindergartners and first-graders at New Century.

“Learning Chinese is kind of a trend in the world,” Ye said.

China is North Carolina’s fastest-growing export market, according to the state Department of Commerce. It’s the world’s largest country in population and has the second-largest economy in value.

“I think it is a really good chance for them to learn more about China,” Ye said “And if they are really good at it, I think ... they will have more chances than others who don’t speak Chinese” to find work and business opportunities in China.

New Century is the county’s second international school after Gray’s Creek Elementary.

While New Century teaches Chinese, Gray’s Creek teaches Spanish.

At both schools, each grade level studies a different region of the world: North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania. The schools have at least one teacher who has lived or taught in each region, said New Century Principal Felix Keyes.

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Commissioners to discuss finances Monday

By SCOTT BAUGHMAN Daily Courier Staff Writer

RUTHERFORDTON — County commissioners will debate refinancing school debt and reimbursement financing of up $750,000 for equipment at a meeting Monday night.

The Aug. 30 meeting takes the place of the regularly scheduled Sept. 6 meeting due to the Labor Day holiday.

Commissioners approved about $750,000 for equipment, vehicle and software purchases as part of their 2010-11 budget. The board will vote on reimbursement financing for those purchases.

“Each year in the original budget there are items the board says we will buy, such as police cars,” County Manager John Condrey said.

“Normally, we go out to bid around the first of the year and go out to the banks and get their quotes.

“During the year, we often need to get things that are in the budget.

This reimbursement resolution says

we can buy a computer and then get the financing later.”

The county is able to use the money they borrow to pay themselves back for purchasing the items with cash.

Also on the agenda will be a discussion about refinancing some school project debt from 2002 and 2003.

“Interest rates are to the point where we can refinance some of our existing school debt,” Condrey said.

If commissioners approve, the debt can be refinanced to result in about $600,000 in savings over the course of the financing. In a move that he hopes will save on lending costs, Condrey is recommending to the board they include money for upcoming building projects in the refinancing move.

“It would not only be a potentially a better deal with a lending institution, but it is also costly to go through this process,” Condrey said. “If you’re going to refinance and borrow, doing them at the same

time will help to cut costs. This does not lock the board into doing any specific projects. This is just one of the steps you have to go through even to just consider borrowing money.”

The board narrowly approved an amount “not to exceed $6 million” for upcoming building projects.

“But Condrey explained the board could still approve the refinancing of the school projects — saving $600,000 — and then later decide not to proceed with any of the new building projects.

Possible projects in the budget include an EMS satellite station in Henrietta and an adoption center for stray animals in the county. But there are two schools of thought on how the new animal shelter building should be constructed.

The prevailing idea before commissioners is to build one new facility on Daniel Road to serve as an adoption center for pets. Other animal shelter duties — such as quarantines and euthanasia — would be

handled at the existing building on Laurel Hill Drive.

Supporters from the Community Pet Center are hoping a new building would put the shelter and the adoption center in the same facility — a much larger building “Our organization is concerned about the welfare of animals and not about building structures,” said Fred Bayley, CPC Board Chair.

“The current proposal being considered by the county commissioners was not our idea, and we have never formally endorsed it.”

In the past, commissioners have indicated they would only approve building the new adoption center if CPC funds were a part of the deal.

Also on the agenda will be a discussion of a $490,000 N.C. Dept. of Commerce grant for an as yet unidentified possible economic development project. Other items may be added to the agenda.

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PET OF THE WEEK Camp allows victims of war to express loss

PINEHURST (AP) — The small children of fallen soldiers and Marines covered James Gobble, laughing as he pushed his way off the floor and gently tossed them off his back.

Gobble was among the adult volunteers at Good Grief Camp, an event held at a Pinehurst resort hotel Saturday aimed at helping families cope with the loss of loved ones who died in Iraq and Afghanistan, or who committed suicide after returning from combat.

“Most of these guys lost their dad, and it’s the dad that usually does the wrestling,” Gobble, a former Marine who lives in Garrett Byers/Daily Courier Wilmington, said after the kids eventually let This sweet female dog is a 1-year-old bulldog/mix him up off the carpet. looking to find a good home. She is available for “With some of them, adoption at the Rutherford County Animal Shelter on you can really tell Laurel Hill Drive in Rutherfordton. The shelter’s hours there’s a deficit, so I’m are noon to 4 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Saturday. For more information call 287-6025. For the a jungle gym for a day.”

Community Pet Center volunteers office call 287-7738.

Among those seeking piggyback rides were brothers Ethan and Tristan Hotchkin.

Their father, Army Pfc. Gunnar R. Hotchkin, DURHAM (AP) client is the children’s died in Afghanistan on — The woman who primary caregiver and falsely accused Duke couldn’t help but violate June 16. A paratrooper based at Fort Bragg, he University lacrosse the strict terms of her was 31 years old. players of rape in 2006 prior release.

“He was in a vehicle, has been released from Police say Mangum and there was a bomb jail, but cannot see her set clothes on fire in a underneath,” explained children at all. bathroom of the home Ethan, 8. “I’m sad The News and she shared with her about it every day.”

Observer of Raleigh then-boyfriend while On his T-shirt, the reported that Judge her children and police boy wore a large button Milton Fitch freed were at the house.

Crystal Gail Mangum on $100,000 bail Friday, but said she can no longer see her children. Mangum was arrested earlier in the week and charged with violating a prior Call Dr. Burley, D.C., FACO visitation order while Chiropractic Orthopedist she was out on bail on Rutherford County / Boiling Springs an arson charge from February.

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merica’s economic doldrums continue, according to the latest reports, and when you look at what’s happening closely there is no mystery to be solved.

We have an economy that is heavily based on consumerism. When the consumers cannot afford to buy goods, pay for services or are too afraid to spend their cash, the economy is going to suffer. That is exactly what is happening now.

If people are not working they have little money to spend and if the people who have money are not spending it, the demand for products and services declines. That reduced demand leads to more layoffs and even less money being spent.

This circle dance is played out at many levels in our economy. It will continue until something happens that breaks the cycle.

The current state of our economy is the result of years of blind consumerism fueled by easy money from an uncontrolled credit market. When that system reached a point of collapse, the economy was right there with it. Now that our confidence in that system is shattered, the path to recovery is going to be slow.

We can recover if can establish confidence in a credit market that operates rationally. That will enable businesses to relax and begin to expand which in turn will create jobs which will increase consumer demand and spending.

That is not happening yet and until it does we are all going to struggle.

Flying through a loophole again RALEIGH – More than likely, Flight Gate will now fade from view, only brought to life by political consultants paid to toss dirt around in 2012.

The political campaign of Gov. Beverly Perdue will pay a $30,000 fine. Perdue herself will hope the dirt blows away.

The state Board of Elections and its staff will lick its wounds and try to repair internal discord.

Republican political operatives will call the result a whitewash and try to keep the Democratic governor’s 42 unreported airplane flights fresh in voters’ minds.

Lost in the back and forth is what really happened here: The unreported Perdue flights were just another episode in a longrunning story, one going back to the late 1990s, of candidates and campaigns taking advantage of a corrupting campaign finance loophole and trying to punch the hole ever wider.

I’ve written about it here many times before. The loophole allows state political parties to accept unlimited contributions from donors and give unlimited contributions to candidates, making a mockery of donor limits.

In this case, the Perdue campaign, the campaign of former Gov. Mike Easley, and to a lesser degree, a couple of Republican

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gubernatorial campaigns in 2004 and 2008, had hoped to push off flight expenses as donations to their respective political parties.

By doing so, the folks providing the flights could also give maximum donations to the campaigns. And the value of those flights could exceeded donation limits.

A couple of problems arose though.

First, logic would dictate that you can’t give something to someone only to say, after the fact, that you meant it for another entity that is legally permitted to give it. Saying that an airplane flight provided directly to a candidate was really intended as undirected donation to a political party is akin to shooting a dog only to claim that the wind directed the path of the bullet.

The bigger problem was the criminal probe of Easley. The federal investigation, the Board of Elections hearing into Easley’s campaign finances and published reports alleging a myriad

of wrongdoing put a spotlight on politicians’ flying habits.

Trying to get ahead of the story, Perdue’s campaign fessed up, amended reports, forfeited donations.

Perdue campaign lawyer John Wallace says mistakes were made, there was no intent to deceive.

Deceive is a strong word, so Wallace may be right. Push, prod and pull the law beyond any recognizable form is another matter.

Wallace might disagree with my take on events. He wouldn’t disagree that there’s an important distinction to be made between the high-flying of Perdue and that alleged of Easley.

The current governor didn’t personally profit from the flights. She isn’t accused of trading any official favors for them.

It would be difficult to find similar circumstances where anything other than a civil fine resulted.

Even so, Perdue and the Democratic political establishment need to wake up to the fact that as long as the campaigngiving loophole exists, it will continue to encourage bad behavior and worse publicity.

Mooneyham is executive director of the Capitol Press Association.

The great physician is offering spiritual healing Sin is a word that is often avoided by many these days. Most of us may prefer mistake or fault. We would rather think about God’s love and forgiveness and who wouldn’t?

But Matthew 9 records words from Christ that can be great consolation to the sinner and the saint. In response to the question to Jesus, “why do you eat with sinners” he replies that the “whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.”

He further states, “Go and learn what that means; I will have mercy and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but the sinners to repentance.”

In many years of pastoral ministry, I have heard various reasons why people are reluctant to come to God to find forgiveness and be a part of the family of Christ.

Some will not come to church because they complain that the church is filled with hypocrites. They may well have a point, but just because there are people who have proclaimed to be a doctor and are imposters that doesn’t mean that if someone becomes sick, they will not seek out a legitimate doctor.

One of the criticisms against the Lord was His willingness to not only be around sinners but actually

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share a meal with them.

How could a righteous God “dirty” His holy hands with sinners? There is something to be said about a sanctified life and many Scriptures tell us to maintain a certain separation with the world.

We are not to be influenced by the world but the church is to influence the world. In other words, we are to be salt and light: that which shows the way and preserves. Christ and His church are to leaven society and the world, not the reverse.

Sin is likened unto sickness. Sin is sickness of the heart that manifests itself in the soul and body. Sin animates people’s lives and will ultimately reveal itself completely. You will recall that part of the curse is “you will surely die.”

This phrase is, in the natural, a consequence of a fatal disease. A terminal disease will cause one to die. Sin is also an incurable disease and will cause one to experience the death of their relationship with God.

Aside from complaints that the church has many hypocrites, many will resist coming to God and to fellowship with His people because they feel unworthy. This is what I want to primarily address here.

Returning to our initial thought, Christ tells us that the spiritually well are not sick with sin. The Pharisees stood in judgment of Christ and those who he sought to save. They judged Christ as defiled simply because he came to the defiled. Too many believe that they have to “get it right” with God before they come to God. Actually, the truth is, a rank and awful sinner is the prime target of God’s love.

The Word says that “while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”

How comforting that should be to us.

Hypocrisy can have this form too. One may declare to be a Christian and show all of the marks of one who is spiritually sick. In other words, we should not proclaim to be a child of God yet have no fruit that would confirm or bear that out.

Good works will follow true faith.

Works cannot save us of course, but when one’s spirit has been born again by incorruptible seed, a new nature is given. Born again

means new fruit will be brought forth.

Your doctor will give medicine to cure the sickness not just the symptoms alone.

When God became man and walked among men, He had the harshest words for the self-righteous. There were those who relished their own self-righteousness or their false concept that they could save themselves with their own deeds or works.

In one instance, Jesus compared the attitudes of two men who came to the temple to pray, ”The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. I fast twice in the week; I give tithes of all that I possess. And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalts himself shall be abased; and he that humbles himself shall be exalted.”

Can you imagine your doctor saying to you, “How dare you come to me like this? Do you not know that I am a doctor with a medical

degree, spending many years in school and studying medicine! I am an important person and how dare you defile my office and credentials by coming to me in that condition seeing I am a person of importance!”

How silly this seems. But is this not what many think of God, that He is too high and lofty and we too lowly to come to Him? Our family doctor is always caring, inviting and considerate. He never seems “bothered” that we come to him when we are ill. Of course not! He is there to help and heal us if he can.

So it is with our good Lord. He will never turn us away. Are you sick with sin and burdened down? Are you tiring and struggling under the heavy, harsh and cruel yoke of sin? Are you sick in soul and spirit, filled with doubt, fear and hurt?

Then you my friend are a perfect one for God. I One of our families’ favorite hymns is “Leave It There.” It says,” If you’ll trust and never doubt, He will surely bring you out, take you burden to the Lord and leave it there.” That sums it up my friend.

Turn to the Lord with your sinful mess. He loves you and will never turn you away. He is truly the Physician. He came to heal and to save.

The Sunday Courier, Forest City, NC, Sunday, August 29, 2010

Obituaries

Sheriff’s Reports

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Rutherfordton

n The Rutherfordton Police Department responded to 51 E-911 calls Friday.

Spindale

n The Spindale Police Department responded to 26 E-911 calls Friday.

Lake Lure

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

Forest City

n The Forest City Police Department responded to 78 E-911 calls Friday.

Arrests

n Nosha Alvabat Forney, 46, of 601 Horns Chapel Road; charged with writing a simple worthless check and failure to comply with monies; released on $200 bond.

(RCSD) n Alfred Taylor Allison, 59, of 301 Maple Creek Road; charged with two counts of misdemeanor probation violation; released on a $10,000 bond. (RCSD) n Marsha Diane Vance, 39, of 251 Ledger School Road; charged with driving while license revoked; released on a $10,500 bond. (RCSD) n Randall Eugene Patrick, 30, of 345 Kingswood Drive; charged with injury to personal property and seconddegree trespassing; released on a $500 bond. (RCSD) n Andrew David Patrick, 33, of 345 Kingswood Drive; charged with second-degree trespassing; released on a $500 bond. (RCSD) n Summer Dawn Goode, 27, of 307 Neverblue Lane; charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, carrying a concealed weapon, misdemeanor larceny and resisting a public officer; released on a $2,000 bond. (FCPD) Wesley Glenn Thompson, 18, of 3719 Bostic Sunshine Highway; charged with making a harassing phone call; relased on a $1,000 bond. (RCSD) n Christine Ledford

Rhodes, 30, of 428 Mountain Creek Road; charged with assault with inflicting serious injury; released after 48 hours. (RCSD) n Christopher George Whiteside, 17, of 2448 Sycamore Drive; charged with simple possession of a schedule IV controlled substance; released on a $1,000 bond. (RCSD) n James Harlis Logan, 26, of 256 Bible School Road; charged with possession with intent to sell cocaine, possession of marijuana, and possession of drug paraphernalia; released on a $26,000 bond. (RCSD) n Antonio Edwen Ledbetter, 22, of 106 Sycamore Drive; charged with simple possession of a schedule IV controlled substance, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia; released on a $1,000 bond. (RCSD) n Nelson Emanuel Montgomery, 56, of 310 Bible School Road; charged with possession and selling of alcohol without a permit, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia; released on a $1,000 bond. (RCSD) n Percell Edward Ledbetter, 27, of 2446 Bills Creek Road; charged with driving while license revoked, simple possession of a schedule IV controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and simple possession of a schedule VI controlled substance; released on a $4,000 bond.

(RCSD)

Stella Louise Baber, 58, of Ellenboro, died Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010 due to an automobile accident.

A native of Greenwood County, S.C., she was the daughter of the Rev. Harold Brown and Ruby Miller Brown.

She worked as a nurse in home health care for many years and was a member of Bethel Baptist Church in Ellenboro. She enjoyed gardening and baking.

She was preceded in death by her father.

In addition to her mother, survivors include her husband of 38 years, Dean Baber; a son, Christopher Dean Baber; three brothers, Benny Brown of Marion, Doug Brown of Yadkinville and Steve Keller of Hartwell, Ga.; two sisters, Dorothy Hyde of Shelby and Brenda Brown of Bostic; and two grandchildren.

A memorial service was conducted at 3 p.m. on Saturday, August 28, 2010 at Bethel Baptist Church with Rev. John Godfrey officiating in the Bethel Baptist Family Life Center.

Interment will take place on a later date.

Memorials are suggested to Bethel Baptist Church, 479 Main St., Ellenboro, N.C. 28040.

Harrelson Funeral Home is serving the Baber Family.

n The Volunteer Life Saving and Rescue, Hickory Nut Gorge EMS and Rutherford County Rescue responded to 19 calls.

Fire Calls n Cliffside firefighters responded to a motor vehicle accident.

Forest City firefighters responded to a motor vehicle accident.

Shingle Hollow firefighters responded to a motor vehicle accident.

RALEIGH (AP) — A hospital says it will quit providing non-emergency care for North Carolina prison inmates because of the cost and hassle of dealing with those patients.

The News and Observer of Raleigh reported Saturday that WakeMed has notified the state Correction Department that it will stop the treatment as of Oct. 1.

Agency spokeswoman Pamela Walker says the agency is negotiating with the University of North Carolina Health Care System about providing more inmate care. Some inmates will begin receiving care at medical facilities being built in Raleigh.

WakeMed officials have complained that fees paid by the state don’t cover the medical center’s costs. The hospital also lobbied for and won a law change that requires the Correction Department to place no more than 5 percent of all sick prisoners to a single hospital.

S.C. woman finds fellow traveler’s camera in her bag

TRAVELERS REST, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina woman who found a strange camera in her luggage that had been checked on an airplane knew whose it was — sort of.

Jane Conklin of Travelers Rest told multiple media outlets that an airline worker explained that the camera

may have fallen out of the checked bags and luggage handlers thought they were putting it back where it belonged.

Conklin says she knew the camera belonged to a tall man she he spoken with in the airport on her way home.

She tried the company where he said he had worked and schools in the area where the company was based because he said he had been a teacher. But her lucky break came when she told a North Carolina TV station the story and one of their viewers recognized the man in the photo as Danny Traylor — a 7-foot standout for the University of South Carolina in the 1970s.

Company donates LED products to Habitat homes RALEIGH (AP) — A North Carolina light manufacturer is donating some of its LED products to a Habitat for Humanity house.

The News and Observer of Raleigh reported Saturday that Cree Inc. of Durham will donate $1.5 million in lights to the charity’s houses over then next three years.

It recently supplied all the light fixtures to a Durham home.

Cree chief executive Chuck Swoboda says the low-energy lighting will help the Habitat homeowners save money on replacement bulbs and electricity charges.

For example, Cree says its ceiling light uses 55 percent less energy than a compact fluorescent light and is designed to last 50,000 hours. The lights sell for about $50 on a home supply retailer’s website.

Survivors include his wife of 52 years, Evelyn Hamrick Norville; one daughter, Freda Padgett of Monroe; three sisters, Jean Pittillo, Gladys Cardinal and Agnes Forsythe; and two grandchildren.

Funeral services will be conducted at 6 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 29, 2010 at Harrelson Funeral Chapel with Dr. Jessie Yarbrough and Reverend Lanny J. Funchess officiating.

Interment will follow in Rutherford County Memorial Cemetery with military honors accorded by the Rutherford County Honor Guard.

The family will receive friends one hour prior to service time at the funeral home.

Memorial donations are suggested to Caroleen Baptist Church Building Fund, P.O. Box 489, Caroleen, N.C. 28019.

Harrelson Funeral Home is serving the family.

A live webcast of the service and an online guest registry are available at www.harrelsonfuneralhome.com

Otho Norville

Larry Pittman

EMS n Rutherford County Emergency Medical Services responded to 50 E-911 calls Friday.

He was a veteran of World War II, having served in the U.S. Army in France and Germany. He enjoyed Tar Heel basketball, and was an avid marble collector.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, William Edgar Norville and Roy Norville.

An online guest registry is available at www.harrelsonfuneralhome.com

Otho T. Norville, 91, of Forest City, died, Friday, Aug. 27, 2010 at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte.

A native of McDowell County, he was the son of the late William Edgar Norville and Bessie Estella Hutchins Norville.

He was a long-time member of Caroleen Baptist Church and worked for Stonecutter Mills before retirement.

Larry Thomas Pittman, 68, of Rutherfordton, died Friday, Aug. 27, 2010, at Rutherford Hospital.

He was a member of the

Gilkey Church of God and retired from the U.S. Navy serving in Vietnam.

He was also retired as a correctional officer from the state of N.C. and a native of West Virginia.

He was the son of the late A.Q. Pittman and the late Grace Pittman and was preceded in death by a sister Betty Sexton.

He is survived by his wife: Patricia A. Pittman; one daughter, Michele Luna, San Diego, Calif.; one sister, Virginia Harless, Bim, W.Va.; and one brother, Robert Pittman, Lebanon, Ohio.

The family will receive friends from 10 to 11 a.m., Monday, prior to the service at the church.

The funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Aug. 30, 2010 at Gilkey Church of God with Rev. Randal Phillips officiating.

Interment will be at Gilkey Church of God Cemetery, with military honors provided by Rutherford County Honor Guard.

McMahan’s Funeral Home and Cremation Services is handling the arrangements.

Online condolences can be made at www.mcmahansfuneralhome.com

Larry France Larry France, 51, of Shelby, died Friday, Aug. 27, 2010 at Rutherford Hospital.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by McKeinneyLandreth Funeral Home.

Larry Thomas Pittman Larry Thomas Pittman, age 68, of Rutherfordton, N.C., died Friday, August 27, 2010, at Rutherford Hospital Inc. in Rutherfordton, N.C. He was a member of the Gilkey Church of God. Larry was retired from the U.S. Navy and had served in Vietnam. He was also retired as a correctional officer from the state of N.C. He was a native of West Virginia.

He was the son of the late A. Q. Pittman and the late Grace Pittman and was preceded in death by a sister Betty Sexton

Otho T. Norville

Carolinas Today Hospital wants out of non-emergency N.C. inmate care

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n The Rutherford County Sheriff’s Department responded to 172 E-911 calls Friday.

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Stella Louise Baber, age 58, of Ellenboro, N.C., died Thursday, August 26, 2010 due to an automobile accident.

Stella was born on February 2, 1952 in Greenwood County, SC, to the Reverend Harold Brown and Ruby Miller Brown.

She worked as a CNA in home health care for many years and was a member of Bethel Baptist Church in Ellenboro.

She enjoyed gardening, baking and was always known as a hard worker.

She was preceded in death by her father.

In addition to her mother survivors include her husband of 38 years, Dean Baber; her son, Christopher Dean Baber and his fiancé, Heather Owens, of Ellenboro; two grandchildren, Kristen Baber and Christopher Baber; three brothers, Benny Brown of Marion, N.C., Doug Brown of Yadkinville, North Carolina and Steve Keller of Hartwell, GA.; two sisters, Dorothy Hyde of Shelby and Brenda Brown of Bostic.

A memorial service will be conducted at 3 p.m. on Saturday, August 28, 2010 at Bethel Baptist Church with Reverend John Godfrey officiating. The family will receive friends one hour prior to service time in the Bethel Baptist Family Life Center. Interment will take place on a later date.

Memorials are suggested to Bethel Baptist Church, 479 Main Street, Ellenboro, NC 28040.

Harrelson Funeral Home is serving the Baber Family.

An online guest registry is available at “http://www.harrelsonfuneralhome.com” www. harrelsonfuneralhome.com

Otho T. Norville, age 91, of Forest City, N.C., died, Friday, August 27, 2010 at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte.

Otho was born on August 29, 1918 in McDowell County, N.C. to the late William Edgar Norville and Bessie Estella Hutchins Norville. He was a long time member of Caroleen Baptist Church and worked for Stonecutter Mills for most of his life before retirement. He was a veteran of World War II, having served in the U.S. Army in France and Germany.

He enjoyed Tar Heel Basketball, and was an avid marble collector. He always loved a good conversation.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one grandson, David Brian Padgett and two brothers, William Edgar Norville and Roy Norville.

Survivors include his wife of 52 years, Evelyn Hamrick Norville; one daughter, Freda Padgett and husband, Ron, of Monroe, N.C.; two grandchildren, Kevin Padgett of Charlotte and Amy Padgett of Monroe; three sisters, Jean Pittillo, Gladys Cardinal and Agnes Forsythe; one sister inlaw, Doris Jackson of Shelby and many nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be conducted at 6 p.m. on Sunday, August 29, 2010 at Harrelson Funeral Chapel with Dr. Jessie Yarbrough and Reverend Lanny J. Funchess officiating. Interment will follow in Rutherford County Memorial Cemetery with military honors accorded by the Rutherford County Honor Guard. The family will receive friends one hour prior to service time at the funeral home.

Memorial donations are suggested to Caroleen Baptist Church Building Fund, PO Box 489, Caroleen, NC 28019.

Harrelson Funeral Home is serving the family of Otho T. Norville.

A live webcast of the service and an online guest registry are available at www.harrelsonfuneralhome.com

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Stella Louise Baber

He is survived by his wife: Patricia A. Pittman One Daughter: Michele Luna, San Diego, Calif.

One Sister: Virginia Harless, Bim, W. Va One Brother: Robert Pittman, Lebanon, Ohio The family will receive friends from 10 to 11 a.m., Monday, prior to the service at the church. The funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, August 30, 2010 at Gilkey Church of God with Rev. Randal Phillips officiating.

Interment will be at Gilkey Church of God Cemetery, with military honors provided by Rutherford County Honor Guard. McMahan’s Funeral Home and Cremation Services is handling the arrangements.

Online condolences can be made at www.mcmahansfuneralhome.com Paid Obituary

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Ongoing Foothills Harvest Ministry: $5 plastic grocery bag sale, $7 tall kitchen bag sale, $9 30-gallon trash bag sale; bags can be filled with clothes and shoes.

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.

Luminaria sale and can food drive: Relay for Life Rutherford County is selling luminarias, which will be lighted Sept. 10 at Relay for Life, for $10; luminarias 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 downt he luminarias. 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 luminarias.

Washburn Community Outreach Center: Entire store apparel halfprice; hours Thursday and Friday, noon to 6 p.m., Saturday from 9 a.m.t o 2 p.m.; contact the center regarding the GED program offered by ICC at 245-5603.

Recreational socccer sign ups: Mail in registration has been extended; all forms, which can be found at www.rcsoccer.org, must be postmarked by Aug. 25. Walk-in registration and a mini camp will be held Saturday, Aug. 28, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the field at Isothermal Community College; all players must provide a copy of their birth certificate. For more information, call 286-0073 or e-mail rutherfordcountyscoccer@ yahoo.com.

Celebration of the Arts applications: Will be accepted through Sept. 8 at the Rutherford County Visual Arts Center, 160 N. Main St., Rutherfordton; guidelines and information available at www. rcvag.com.

Sunday, Aug. 29 Blood drive: noon to 4:30 p.m., Floyd’s Creek baptist Church, Forest City; call 245-1059.

Monday, Aug. 30 Free hunter safety course: 6 to 9 p.m., tonight through Sept. 1 (must attend all three nights), N.C. Cooperative Extension Office; to register, visit www.ncwildlife.org or call Officer Dan Vogel at 447-0882 between 9 am. and 9 p.m.

Tuesday, Aug. 31 Homemade ice cream sale: 11 a.m. until, State Employees Credit Union, Rutherfordton branch; proceeds benefit Relay for Life.

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

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

Offered at no cost by Hospice of Rutherford County.

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

Wednesday, Sept. 1 Lunch club: noon, first Wednesday of the month, Carolina Event and Conference Center; the event serves as a fundraiser for Hospice of Rutherford County and proceeds will go to the care of home care hospice pateients; cost is $10 and includes an entree, vegetable, dessert and tea (please call for menu selection for the month); to reserve a space, please call 2450095; reservations must be made no later than one week before the event.

Thursday, Sept. 2 Relay for Life fundraiser: Between 11 a.m. and 9 p.m., 10 percent of total sales at Tuscany Italian Grille will be donated to Relay for Life of Rutherford County.

Saturday, Sept. 4 Kids’ Computer Corner: Every Saturday, 10 a.m. to noon, Union Mills Learning Center; free to the public and geared toward children preschool through third grade who may not have access to a computer or the Internet at home; educational software and adult-supervised access to the Internet.

copters. I flew a CH-53 Super Stallion. I’m a member of the air crew in the back, making sure the aircraft can fly. We help them out as far as seeing in the back and things like that.”

Craig often manned a .50-caliber Browning machine gun in one of the helicopter’s blind spots. Though he anticipated a lot of enemy fire on some missions, it was never as bad as he expected.

“Sometimes we saw rocket-propelled grenades,” Craig said. “But they always missed us. We were never hit by anything larger than small arms fire — rifles and pistols, mostly.

It wasn’t a big concern, and when we got back to base we would patch up the holes and keep going. We got shot at about every other day for my seven-month tour.”

Craig and his unit served in the southern part of the country.

“When we got up in the morning — and we worked 12-hour shifts, seven days a week — it was already 90 degrees,” Craig said. “The sand wasn’t that bad for the aircraft, but there were some sandstorms, so we’d have to spray the aircraft and get all the sand off.”

At home, Morgan had to be mom and dad for Josh and Kyley.

“We were concerned the whole time,” Morgan said. “We did get to talk to him at least once a week and sometimes twice a week. We had one video chat, but the rest were over the phone. I’m a full-time mom, and so it was tough with him gone.”

The video chat and phone calls helped Craig keep up with the children.

“When I talked to him on the phone we talked about fishing and football,” Josh said.

Craig said he and his son have not had time to go fishing, but they would soon.

“I talked to him about school a lot,” Kyley said. “I’m in the second-grade now.”

Despite the heat and the combat stress, Craig decided to make his ser-

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local market. That’s the attractive part of it.”

Losses, he said, would be a third or fourth less than those of traditional banks, which find it much more profitable to make large loans, instead of small ones and answer to shareholders. The local credit union would be run by volunteers and probably be open one or two days per week and may occupy more than one office so it is more available to residents of different cities.

The sponsor would likely run the “back-office,” as Moore called it, which would involve handling the accounts, paperwork, etc.

Starting a community development

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patients.” Fortner lived in Gilkey from the time she was in the third grade until she moved away to college in 2001. Her extended family still lives in Rutherford County, including her dad, Thomas Gerth.

“Between our son Thomas doing two tours of duty in Iraq and his twin Monica now in Afghanistan, how can you not be a proud parent?” Gerth said.

“Monica and her husband, Paul, had a baby girl, Scout, in November

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Craig Keller (left) poses with his family — wife Morgan, 8-year-old son Josh and 7-year-old daughter Kyley.

vice in the Marine Corps a career.

The former Rutherfordton police officer came back to the county to visit his mother, Vickie Greene, and talk to her about his decision and his time in Afghanistan.

“I don’t have but 15 more years to go until I can retire,” Craig said. “This was my first tour in Afghanistan, but I’ve been to Africa twice and I did a boat to South America. When Haiti got hit with the earthquake we went there to deliver rice and supplies.”

Morgan said though she was wor-

ried about him, she was supportive of his desire to re-enlist.

“I’m going to be a recruiter now and I leave in April to go do that,” Craig said. “I won’t deploy again for three years. I don’t know where I’ll go to recruit, but I’ll go wherever ... it really doesn’t matter to me. I just like being in the Corps. It has good benefits and there’s real job security, which is important right now.”

credit union at a time of record unemployment and myriad woes related directly and indirectly to the economy makes sense, Moore said.

It’s difficult to get credit from traditional banks, which are “throttled with so many bad loans.”

“We would start this thing with zero bad loans,” he said. “You don’t want to start this on top of the bubble.”

Rick Austin, executive director of the Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce, has been involved in the effort to establish the local credit union. He and a group of residents recently traveled to Surry Community College in Pilot Mountain for the “Energizing Entrepreneurship Express” workshop.

According to the Kauffman Foundation, more than two-

thirds of job growth is due to new businesses created by entrepreneurs, and firms fewer than 5 years old accounted for all net job growth from 1989 to 2005.

“Entrepreneurship,” according to the presentation, must be viewed “as the bedrock for economic development.”

New jobs, the presentation said, are coming primarily from small businesses and entrepreneurs. In 2008, just 27 companies creating 50 or more jobs came to North Carolina.

Of those employing more than 200, 13 companies came, though primarily to urban areas.

“Stay away from the long shots and go with the sure bets, and the sure bets are entrepreneurs,” Austin said.

and six months later she went to Afghanistan. Monica’s dedication to her country and her job shows me that she is a woman, a mother and a soldier who is willing to sacrifice everything.”

Fortner began her deployment to Afghanistan in June and has several more months to go.

“It is very much what I expected it to be,” Fortner said.

“We have long days with little sleep, but it is all worth it at the end of the day when you can sit down and know you made a difference in someone’s life.”

Working with the native population is a different experience,

Fortner said. And serving in the Army can be a lot like other jobs.

“This job has its ups and downs like any other, but for me the rewards and outcomes are much greater,” Fortner said.

“It is a great feeling to know you had a part in saving someone’s life.”

But she is quick to downplay any hero talk.

“The real hero is my husband and family who are taking care of my daughter while allowing me to do my job and serve my country,” Fortner said.

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Business Notes Bank of America online banking down for 4 hours

NEW YORK (AP) — Bank of America Corp. says its online banking service was down for about four hours but service has been restored.

A representative for the nation’s largest bank, Tara Burke, declined to specify a reason for Friday’s outage except to say that it was a “temporary system” issue.

She could not say whether the site has experienced a similar across-the-board outage before.

The bank, based in Charlotte, N.C., said service was restored at around 5:15 p.m. EDT. The outage began at around 1:25 p.m. EDT. Some customers may still have trouble signing on because of the volume of people trying to access the site.

Customers can also get account information from ATMs or banking centers.

Burke said none of Bank of America’s 18,000 ATMs were affected by the outage.

Ford recalls 575K Windstar vans

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ford is recalling 575,000 older model Windstar vans in the United States and Canada over concerns that the rear axles can corrode and potentially break.

The recall covers vehicles in the model years 1998 to 2003 sold or registered in states where the heavy use of road salt can cause more corrosion. That includes Canada, New England, the Mid-Atlantic states and the Great Lakes region.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration began an investigation in May after receiving 234 Windstar driver complaints of rear axle problems, which included two crashes. One driver reported the axle snapped in half after hitting a pothole, causing the tires to blow and the vehicle to strike a guard rail. However, no injuries were linked to the problem.

NHTSA said that the design of the axle, which forms an inverted “U’’, may cause an excess of salty road slurry to collect on the axle. The safety regulator reported that 96 percent of all complaints were from the “Salt Belt” states where salt is heavily used to prevent freezing during winter months.

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Lilly Smith hand washes eggs that were collected at Springfield Farm Tuesday in Sparks, Md. The farm in northern Baltimore County gets about 1,400 eggs each day from its 2,000 laying chickens, a cross between Rhode Island Reds and Rhode Island Whites.

Recall has some changing habits

By JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUS Associated Press Writer

From a breakfast cafe in Denver to the Little Italy that is Boston’s North End, one ingredient is a staple in every major city and the thousands of diners, bakeries and home kitchens in between: the egg.

The omnipresent oval comes over easy and poached; baked inside pastry crusts and rolled into yellow noodles; mixed into mayonnaise and creamy salad dressings; used in other goods like shampoos and vaccines.

Eating — or using — one is nearly unavoidable in a country that produced more than 90 billion eggs in 2009. That’s exactly why thousands of consumers, chefs, store owners and home cooks are scrambling after two Iowa farms recalled more than a half-billion eggs linked to as many as

1,300 cases of salmonella poisoning.

“Eggs are a thickener in cream pies, a binder if you’re making meatloaf, an emulsifier in salad dressing,” said Joe Berry, a professor at Oklahoma State University. “They just do lots of things that people probably don’t even think about.”

As the probe into what caused the outbreak continues, restaurants and grocery stores are trying to put customers at ease by advertising that their eggs weren’t recalled, home cooks and diners are overcooking eggs to eliminate runny yolks and slimy whites and a cottage industry has emerged offering eggs raised on smaller, family farms instead of by large corporations.

When Peggy Bevan, owner of The Egg Shell of Cherry Creek in Denver, heard on the nightly news that the

egg recall had expanded to Colorado, it was time to clear the decks.

Though her ingredients are generally organic, natural and local, she wasn’t taking any risks. The next day, she and two others woke at 4 a.m. to get rid of all their eggs, guessing they trashed nine dozen in all.

“We dumped everything we had prepped, from pancakes to French toast batters. We just got rid of everything. We didn’t take a chance,” she said.

The Egg Shell received a case of 30 dozen new eggs about 5 a.m., an hour before the restaurant opened. “Then we just remade everything. It wasn’t a pleasant morning,” Bevan said.

By 8 a.m., The Egg Shell’s distributor made a fresh delivery. It turned out the eggs Bevan tossed were fine.

Please see Eggs, Page 8A

Mortgage rates hit low of 4.36 percent

NEW YORK (AP) — Mortgage rates fell to the lowest level in decades for the ninth time in 10 weeks, as concerns grow that the economy is weakening.

Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday that the average rate for a 30-year fixed loan was 4.36 percent this week, down from 4.42 percent last week. That’s the lowest since Freddie Mac began tracking rates in 1971.

The average rate on 15-year fixed loan dropped to 3.86 percent from 3.90 percent the previous week. That’s the lowest on records starting in 1991.

Rates have fallen since spring as investors shifted money into the safety of Treasury bonds, lowering their yield. Mortgage rates tend to track those yields.

The low rates have fueled borrowers to refinance their home loans. Refinancing is at its highest level since May 2009 and made up 82.4 percent of all new loan activity.

However, low rates haven’t budged home sales, Those have been stymied by high unemployment, slow job growth and strict credit standards, and have dropped sharply since the expiration of home-buying tax credits in April.

Sarah Black collects eggs at Springfield Farm. The Maryland farm produces thousands of eggs per day.

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PC industry woes could bring deals SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — If you’re looking for bargains on personal computers, bad news from the industry could be good for your pocketbook.

Computer makers are scrambling for ways to goose faltering consumer demand after a weak start to the back-to-school shopping season. That could mean deeper price cuts and other promotions beyond the incentives that the industry dangled in front of shoppers to lure them into stores during the worst of the recession.

The latest sign of trouble came Friday when Intel Corp. lowered its forecast for the third quarter, saying demand for consumer PCs has been weaker than expected.

Because Intel’s microprocessors are used in 80 percent of the world’s PCs, its forecast essentially speaks for the health of the entire PC industry. Plus, its orders are based on how many computers the world’s biggest PC makers expect to make in the coming months, so weak chip sales now could foreshadow weak results to come from those manufacturers.

Even before Intel announced the latest trouble, two leading PC makers — Hewlett-Packard Co. and Dell Inc. — raised red flags last week about what is normally a robust season for sales.

Dell’s chief financial officer, Brian Gladden, called the back-to-school shopping season “a little weaker than we would have expected.” Todd Bradley, head of HP’s PC division, complained of “softness” in consumer Please see Deals, Page 8A

8A — The Sunday Courier, Forest City, NC, Sunday, August 29, 2010

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laptops and said back-to-school shopping was off to a late start.

Barclays Capital analyst Ben Reitzes said another factor could cause PC makers to cut prices: In the past few months, the prices for parts such as hard disk drives and memory have fallen — to their lowest levels of the year in August. That gives PC makers the freedom to lower prices while maintaining profit margins.

“This component environment could potentially now allow companies to invest in more aggressive pricing to stimulate demand into next year,” he wrote in a research note Friday.

Intel said it now expects revenue of $10.8 billion to $11.2 billion for the fiscal third quarter, which ends in September. That compares with a previous forecast of $11.2 billion to $12 billion. On average, analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters had expected $11.5 billion.

Three-quarters of Intel’s revenue comes from its chips and other technologies for PCs. The forecast cut means that PC makers suddenly scaled back or canceled their orders with Intel during the quarter, reflecting the lower demand they’re bracing for in the coming months.

PCs already have low profit margins, and the recession squeezed them further by forcing price cuts to entice shoppers. The strategy worked, but dipping demand could mean that prices will fall even more.

Reitzes said the computer maker with the biggest potential for revenue growth in this market is Apple Inc., whose iPad is seen eating into laptop sales. PC makers such as HP, Dell and others, he said, face a different question in needing to balance aggressive pricing with generating profits.

Consumer spending on discounted computers was instrumental in helping buoy the industry over the past two years, while businesses cut back.

That trend is now reversing.

Consumers aren’t spending on technology as freely as they were. Uncertainty about jobs is keeping their spending in check.

Meanwhile, businesses have freed their budgets a bit. It’s not necessarily because they’re more sanguine about their prospects. Upgrading technology makes financial sense: Maintaining old machines can be more expensive than buying new ones with more features.

But there are signs business spending is rocky as well.

John Chambers, CEO of Cisco Systems Inc., the world’s largest maker of computer networking gear and another important barometer of technology spending, said in early August that the company was seeing signs that the global economic recovery is slowing down. He said Cisco is getting “a large number of mixed signals” from customers about their spending plans.

Intel’s warning comes a month after the company reported its biggest quarterly profit in a decade.

But those results were fueled by a rebound in technology spending at corporations, many of which held off replacing older computers during the recession.

Still, precautions are abundant. The restaurant uses about 5,000 to 7,000 eggs a month.

In the kitchen, employees wear gloves. The person who cooks the eggs doesn’t crack them.

Instead, one person cracks them all and transfers them in a cup to the cook, cutting down on potential contamination.

Not far from where the recall originated, a popular Des Moines breakfast spot was doing solid business Tuesday.

Drake Diner manager Shannon Vilmain said more customers have asked servers about the brand names of the eggs used and whether they’re safe, but she hasn’t noticed a decline in orders for egg-based dishes.

The Drake Diner goes through about 120 dozen eggs a week, which they get mostly from a supplier in nearby Cedar Falls, Iowa.

Among the loyal customers was Charles Mettler of Des Moines, who stopped by for eggs Benedict.

“I’m probably more worried about the Hollandaise sauce as far as cholesterol,” Mettler said.

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As the recall ballooned, grocery chains across the country checked their lists, yanking bad eggs and posting signs informing customers which cartons were safe to buy.

Bentonville, Ark.-based WalMart Stores Inc. said Tuesday the company began pulling eggs from shelves once it learned of the recall. The company said the recall mainly affected stores in 16 states in the Midwest, West, South and Mid-Atlantic.

Like numerous smaller stores, the family-owned Sautter’s market in Sylvania, Ohio, which usually sells about 1,000 egg cartons a week, had employees post handmade signs saying their supply was safe.

Owner Jim Sautter has known his egg suppliers for years, which he says can help with food safety. Each day, workers check recall information online to make sure the store is up to date.

This week, Sautter’s has grade AA large eggs on sale for 68 cents a dozen, but that was planned when flyers were printed two weeks ago, before the recall. Sautter figures egg sales

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for the week will double.

“It’s good timing,” Sautter said.

“People might have been shying away from buying, but it’s a good way to get people buying more eggs.”

No runny yolks and slimy egg whites in her house! In Rebecca Stewart’s home in West Hartford, Conn., the 36-yearold mother uses eggs so much she calls them her “go-to food.”

Although Connecticut hasn’t reported any cases of salmonella and the tainted eggs weren’t shipped to the state, Stewart said the nationwide attention has cemented her opinion that she’d rather they be overdone than undercooked.

“To me, eggs are the perfect food, but I always cook them all the way. I don’t want anything runny in my eggs, and certainly not in my child’s eggs,” said Stewart, who also writes a “mommyhood” blog with three other mothers.

In the Stewart home, eggs become quiche when she wants her 3-year-old son, Charlie, to eat more vegetables.

She’s been the object of gentle teasing from some family members for how solidly she cooks her eggs, but she won’t budge.

“As a mom, I’m still using eggs, but what this current situation says to me is to be sure you cook them thoroughly and don’t be foolish,” she said.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says thorough cooking can kill bacteria, but has suggested that all cooks take a cue from Stewart and avoid runny yolks.

The news about the recall isn’t all bad. Some are actually seeing business boom.

For those who don’t want to take what they consider a gamble on store-bought eggs, there’s places like 5-year-old Emma Allen’s egg business outside the small town of Knob Noster, Mo. Her customers reason the recall made buying eggs from the hens pecking around her family’s pasture seem like a safer bet.

Her mother, Cyndi Allen, said she first noticed the uptick in demand last week when her family sold out of eggs at the farmer’s market and still had people asking for them. Since then, people have stopped Cyndi Allen at school and asked to buy eggs.

Eggs are one of the magic ingredients at Dave’s Fresh

Pasta in Somerville, Mass., just miles from Boston’s North End — the historical ItalianAmerican neighborhood and mecca for homemade pasta.

Owner Dave Jick say they’re now also helping his bottom line: In addition to pasta, he’s selling eggs from a farmer in nearby Bedford, Mass.

Demand for free-range eggs has increased at Springfield Farm in Sparks, Md., about 40 minutes north of Baltimore, said owner David Smith.

“We saw people coming to the farm who haven’t come before,” Smith said. Some customers are saying they’re buying his eggs because of the recall, and others say they knew the eggs were good and just don’t want to buy mass-produced eggs anymore.

People typically buy a dozen or so. At the Bethesda market Sunday, Smith said they had fewer eggs on hand because they expected rain.

“The first customer who came in bought 10 dozen eggs,” he said. “You can’t plan for that.”

The farm in northern Baltimore County gets about 1,400 light-brown eggs each day from its 2,000 laying chickens, a cross between Rhode Island Reds and Rhode Island Whites.

The chickens are divided into three flocks and have 24-foot by 24-foot houses for shelter and pasture surrounded by electric fences to peck around in during the day. Through the year, those pastures are rotated.

The FDA says salmonella bacteria can get on the outside of egg shells from fecal matter, or can be inside the egg if a chicken is infected. Infected hens, rodents or tainted feed also could fuel outbreaks. Salmonella is not passed from hen to hen, but usually from rodent droppings to chickens.

In California, Erik Knutzen and his wife, Kelly Coyne, keep four chickens in the backyard of their home near downtown Los Angeles — enough to produce all the eggs they eat. They wrote a book on backyard farming called, “The Urban Homestead.”

“The problem with the agriculture system as it exists right now is it’s too massive,” Knutzen said. “So when you have your own backyard chickens or you’re a small farmer it’s easy to keep an eye on things, but if you have hundreds of thousands of birds in enclosed sheds you’re asking for this kind of thing to happen.”

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Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, standing center, executive director of the Cordoba Initiative, greets worshipers inside a Muharraq, Bahrain, mosque after leading midday prayers. Rauf is now in the midst of a polarizing political, religious and cultural debate over his plans for a multi-story Islamic center that will feature a mosque, health club and theater about two blocks north of ground zero in New York.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf has long worked to L H bridge divisions, be they fissures between interfaith husbands and 80s 80s wives or political chasms separating H 90s L the United States and the Muslim 90s world.

The 61-year-old clergyman is now 90s in the midst of a polarizing political, religious and cultural debate over L H plans for a multistory Islamic center that will feature a mosque, health club and theater about two blocks north of ground zero. He is one of the leaders of the Park51 project, but has largely been absent from the national debate over the implications of building a Muslim house of worship so close to where terrorists killed more than 2,700 people.

Though Rauf has said the center, towers. It will cover the museum which could cost more than $100 commemorating the 2001 attacks, million, would serve as a space for commuter train platforms and a parking garage that are being built as interfaith dialogue, moderate Muslim practice and peaceful prayer, critics far as 70 feet below ground. say it will create a base for radical, The trees were irrigated and fertilanti-American Islam. Some critics ized for four years at 15-acre nurshave also asked where the funding ery in New Jersey. Daniels said the for the center might originate and swamp white oaks were selected for their beauty and their ability to with- whether it may come from sources linked to Muslim extremists. stand Manhattan’s cold, snowy winFormer House Speaker Newt ters and steamy summers.

Gingrich, a potential 2012 presiThe trees come from New York, dential candidate, called the backPennsylvania and Washington, D.C. ers of the project “radical Islamists.”

— the places where the attacks hit.

“They’re trying to make a case about They were about 25 feet tall when first planted and are expected to soar supremacy” with the center, he said.

The American Jewish Committee to 60 to 80 feet high. Once they are has said that while Park51’s leaders planted, an arborist will work fulltime to prevent the construction site’s have a right to build their center, they daily dust and clutter from damaging must “fully reveal” their sources of funding and “unconditionally conthe oaks. An elaborate subterranean demn” terrorism inspired by Islamist irrigation system, with individual tubes running to each tree, will water ideology before they can obtain the organization’s support. and fertilizer the grove. The trees’ Those who know Rauf and have condition, soil moisture and temworked with him say that he is anyperature can be monitored remotely thing but extreme in his beliefs or through sensors embedded into their intentions. ? root balls. “Our expectations are “He is one of the really important we will have 100 percent survival Muslim leaders in America, working of the trees,” said Tom Cox, CEO of for and working with other religions,” Environmental Design, the Houston company that has cared for the trees said the Rev. James Parks Morton, the former dean of the Episcopal and ferried them to the trade center Cathedral of St. John the Divine who site. has known Rauf and his family for more than 30 years. “He’s a very, very conciliatory, intellectual guy.”

During the past few months, Rauf large waves and dangerous surf con- has been in Malaysia, where his family has long-standing ties, and on a ditions are expected in Bermuda, State Department-financed goodwill where a tropical storm watch has tour of Gulf countries. been issued.

Through a spokesman and his Farther out in the Atlantic, wife, he declined to speak with The Tropical Storm Earl has maximum Associated Press in recent weeks. His sustained winds of 60 mph (95 kph). few interviews lately have been with It could strengthen into a hurricane local Arabic media during his State

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He told the daily Bahrain newspaA tropical storm watch was in per Akhbar Al-Khaleej on Aug. 24 effect for several islands in the that he blamed the news media, in eastern Caribbean, including St. part, for strained relations between Maarten, Antigua and Montserrat.

Muslims and Americans. Rauf said In the Pacific, Tropical Storm the media “has succeeded in portrayFrank is rapidly losing strength off ing stereotypical images, focusing on Mexico’s coast. the negative and criticizing the other.”

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NEW YORK (AP) — After nearly nine years, life is returning to ground zero in a tangible way.

Crews Saturday began planting 16 swamp white oaks at the World Trade Center site. They are the first of nearly 400 trees to be planted around the eight-acre memorial to the nearly 2,800 people were killed when terrorists attacked the twin towers on Sept.

11, 2001.

The trees will dot a cobblestone plaza surrounding two huge pools built on the footprints of the destroyed towers. Joe Daniels, president of the 9/11 Memorial Foundation, was on hand at the site to help with the planting. He said designers of the memorial envisioned a lush and quiet green space that would bring solace to visitors. “When people come up to the pools and see the names and be under this canopy, this forest, it will be a very peaceful environment,” Daniels said. Cultivated for four years at a nursery in Millstone, N.J., the 16 trees were loaded onto eight tractortrailers at midnight Friday for the 35-mile trip to Manhattan. Several were planted overnight and into Saturday morning on the western side of the memorial plaza.

The memorial plaza will essentially become a rooftop garden, built atop the deep chasm left by the destroyed

Danielle may bring rip currents

MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Danielle remained far out over the Atlantic on Saturday, but the Category 2 storm is still expected to bring dangerous rip currents to the U.S. East Coast.

Danielle’s maximum sustained winds were near 110 mph (175 kph).

It is about 320 miles (520 kilometers) southeast of Bermuda and is forecast to pass east of the island Saturday.

The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said the storm is expected to remain about the same strength for the next day but gradually begin weakening Sunday. It said

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With Rauf largely absent from the debate, opponents have scoured past statements and critics portray the imam as tone-deaf to the sensitivities of families who lost relatives on Sept.

11. They argue he should forthrightly condemn Arab political movements such as Hamas that the U.S. government has designated as terrorist organizations.

Asked in June by WABC-AM whether he believed the State Department was correct in designating Hamas as a terrorist organization, Rauf gave a winding response: “I am not a politician. ... The issue of terrorism is a very complex question. ... I do not want to be placed ... in a position of ... where I am the target of one side or another.”

Rauf rarely deviates in his interviews, speeches and books from a core message of the need for interfaith dialogue to resolve religious conflicts. What emerges is a portrait of a man who has passionately argued that Islam is inherently compatible with American life, and that each is enriched by the other.

He has strongly opposed acts of violence in the name of Islam.

“The Quran allows fighting only in defense — when we are attacked or thrown from our homes or denied our basic rights because of what we choose to believe,” he writes in his 2004 book.

“But even in those cases where fighting is allowed, the Quran never allows the killing of innocent people.”

The annex of his book includes a 2001 fatwa, or religious ruling, signed by five Islamic scholars, that permits Muslims to fight for U.S. forces in Afghanistan.

He also writes that there is no circumstance under which the Prophet permitted suicide, and says so-called “martyrdom operations” are unsupported by Islam.

“It is a phenomena that no civilized society — in the Muslim world or the West — should be content to accept,” he said.

Rauf was born in Kuwait, the son of an Egyptian imam and noted Islamic scholar, Muhammad Abdul Rauf, who came to New York City in the 1960s and helped lead efforts to establish the Islamic Cultural Center of New York, the city’s first building designed as a mosque. The multimillion-dollar project took more than 25 years and opened in 1991.

The elder Rauf also led the Islamic Center of Washington before taking a job in Malaysia. The younger Rauf didn’t follow his father’s path into religion until later in life. He studied physics at Columbia University and in New Jersey, and dabbled in teaching, sales and real estate.

He married, first to an American who converted to Islam, and a second time to a Malaysian woman. He has two children from each of the marriages.

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Beck says U.S. has ‘wandered in darkness’ too long WASHINGTON (AP) — From the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, conservative broadcaster Glenn Beck told the tens of thousands of activists he drew from around the nation Saturday that the U.S. has too long “wandered in darkness.”

His rally’s marquee speaker, Sarah Palin, praised “patriots” in the audience for “knowing never to retreat.”

The two champions of the tea party movement spoke from the very spot where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech 47 years ago. Some civil rights leaders who have denounced Beck’s choice of a venue staged a rival rally to honor King.

Palin, the 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee who may make a White House run in 2012, said activists must honor King’s legacy by paying tribute to the men and women who protect the United States in uniform.

Beck, pacing back and forth on the marble steps, said he was humbled by the size of the crowd, which stretched along the Washington Mall’s long reflecting pool nearly all the way to the Washington Monument.

“Something beyond imagination is happening,” he said. “America today begins to turn back to God.” “For too long, this country has wandered in darkness,” said Beck, a Fox News host. He said it was now time to “concentrate on the good things in America, the things we have accomplished and the things we can do tomorrow.”

Neither Beck nor Palin made overtly political comments.

Palin, greeted by chants of “USA, USA, USA” from many in the crowd, told the gathering, “It is so humbling to get to be here with you today, patriots. You who are motivated and engaged ... and knowing never to retreat.”

“We must restore America and restore her honor,” said the former Alaska governor, echoing the name of the rally, “Restoring Honor.”

Palin told the crowd she wasn’t speaking as a politician. “No, something more, something much more.

I’ve been asked to speak as the mother of a soldier and I am proud of that distinction. Say what you want to say about me, but I raised a combat vet and you can’t take that away from me.” It was a reference to her son, Track, 20, who served a yearlong deployment in Iraq.

Palin honored military members in her speech. She likened the rally participants to the civil rights activists who came to the National Mall to hear King’s historic speech. She said the same spirit that helped civil rights activists overcome oppression, discrimination and violence would help this group as well.

“We are worried about what we face. Sometimes, our challenges seem insurmountable,” Palin said.

“Look around you. You’re not alone,” Palin told participants.

The crowd — organizers had a permit for 300,000 — was vast, with people standing shoulder to shoulder across large expanses of the Mall.

The National Park Service stopped doing crowd counts in 1997 after the

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James Johnson of Delray Beach, Fla., left, and Jim Davis of Provo, Utah, attend the “Restoring Honor” rally, organized by Glenn Beck, at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington on Saturday.

agency was accused of underestimating numbers for the 1995 Million Man March.

Civil rights leaders protested the event and scheduled a 3-mile plus march from a high school to the site of a planned King memorial near the Tidal Basin and not far from Beck’s gathering.

Karen Watts, 57, of Mount Vernon, N.Y., was among those attending the King rally and march. “The dream is not forgotten,” she said. “I live my life honoring Dr. King to make sure I’m part of that dream, by serving my

community.”

Of Beck’s rally, she said, “They’re American citizens. So long as they don’t infringe upon my rights ... let them do what they do.”

Eleanor Holmes Norton, Washington’s delegate to Congress, said she remembers being at King’s march on Washington, which she said prompted change and ended segregation in public places. “Glenn Beck’s march will change nothing.

But you can’t blame Glenn Beck for his March-on-Washington envy,” she said.

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WORLD MASSIVE FLOODING IN PAKISTAN

People wade through deep floodwater in Sultan Kot, in southern Pakistan on Saturday. According to the United Nations, almost 17.2 million people have been significantly affected by the floods and about 1.2 million homes have been destroyed or badly damaged. The floods began almost a month ago with the onset of the monsoon and have ravaged a massive swath of Pakistan.

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Afghan militants in U.S. uniforms storm bases KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — U.S. and Afghan troops repelled attackers wearing American uniforms and suicide vests in a pair of simultaneous assaults before dawn Saturday on NATO bases near the Pakistani border, including one where seven CIA employees died in a suicide attack last year.

The raids appear part of an insurgent strategy to step up attacks in widely scattered parts of the country as the U.S. focuses its resources on the battle around the Taliban’s southern birthplace of Kandahar.

Also Saturday, nearly 50 female pupils and teachers were rushed to the hospital after an apparent toxic gas attack at a Kabul high school, the government said. It was the second case of poisoning at a girls’ school in the capital this week. Officials suspect the Taliban, who oppose female education.

The militant assault in the border province of Khost began about 4 a.m. when dozens of insurgents stormed Forward Operating Base Salerno and nearby Camp Chapman with mortars, rocket-propelled grenades and automatic weapons, according to NATO and Afghan police.

Two attackers managed to breach the wire protecting Salerno but were killed before they could advance far onto the base, NATO said. Twentyone attackers were killed — 15 at

Salerno and six at Chapman — and five were captured, it said.

Three more insurgents, including a commander, were killed in an airstrike as they fled the area, NATO said.

The Afghan Defense Ministry said two Afghan soldiers were killed and three wounded in the fighting. Four U.S. troops were wounded, NATO officials said.

U.S. and Afghan officials blamed the attack on the Haqqani network, a Pakistan-based faction of the Taliban with close ties to al-Qaida. Camp Chapman was the scene of the Dec. 30 suicide attack that killed the seven CIA employees.

Afghan police said about 50 insurgents took part in the twin assaults.

After being driven away from the bases, the insurgents approached the nearby offices of the governor and provincial police headquarters but were also scattered, said Khost provincial police Chief Abdul Hakim Ishaqzai.

“Given the size of the enemy’s force, this could have been a major catastrophe for Khost. Luckily we prevented it,” he said.

Small-arms fire continued through the morning, while NATO helicopters patrolled overhead. The dead were wearing U.S. Army uniforms, which can be easily purchased in shops in Kabul and other cities, possibly pil-

fered from military warehouses.

The twin attacks appeared to be part of a growing pattern of insurgent assaults far from the southern battlefields of Kandahar and Helmand provinces, which have been the main focus of the U.S. military campaign. Last December, President Barack Obama ordered 30,000 reinforcements to Afghanistan, most to the Kandahar area where the Islamist movement was organized in the mid-1990s.

Late Friday, insurgents stormed a police checkpoint in Takhar province near the northern border with Tajikistan.

The Interior Ministry said nine insurgents were killed and 12 wounded with no losses on the government side. The day before, Taliban fighters killed eight Afghan policemen in a raid on a checkpoint outside the northern city of Kunduz.

And on Wednesday, an Afghan police driver with family links to the Taliban killed three Spaniards — two police trainers and their interpreter — at a training center in the northern province of Badghis.

Although the Afghan capital is relatively secure, incidents apparently directed at female students have raised concern about Taliban intimidation within the city.

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On Wednesday, dozens of students and teachers at another Kabul girls’ school became sick when an unknown gas spread through classrooms, education officials said.

The cause of that incident has not been determined, but officials fear the apparent poisonings could be par of an insurgent campaign to frighten girls from attending school.

Also Saturday, the government criticized U.S. media reports that alleged numerous Afghan officials had received payments from the CIA. A presidential office statement did not address or deny any specific allegations, but called the reports an insult to the government and an attempt to defame people within it.

The New York Times reported Thursday that the CIA had been paying Mohammed Zia Salehi, the chief of administration for Afghanistan’s National Security Council, who was arrested last month as part of an investigation into corruption. The Washington Post reported the next day the agency was making payments to a large number of officials in President Hamid Karzai’s administration.

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Sixth-annual event gets ‘great turnout’ From staff reports

The sixth-annual Hickory Nut Gorge Olympiad kicked off Thursday night with opening ceremonies, and Saturday saw heated competition in the Lake Lure Sprint Triathlon.

The triathlon was the second race of the festival’s “Three races in three days” promotion. Saturday also included the volleyball competition, kayak sports, miniature golf and Dragon Boat races among others.

“We’ve had a great turnout his year,” said Tom McKay who helped organize Dragon Boat heats.

“There were 12 teams this year and people have been everywhere. Going home last night, the town was crowded with people attending the games and it was like being at a festival in a big city.”

Results for the three races — a 10k Dam run at Lake Lure, the Lake Lure Sprint Triathlon and the Race to the Rock up Chimney Rock — will be finalized on Monday.

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Off The Wall

Brutal Night For County Teams

Scott Bowers

Momma, I’m coming back home On Wednesday afternoon, I sat in the parking lot of Mt.Vernon-Ruth Elementary waiting for my third grader, Fiona and my kindergartner, Gideon to be released from school.

Parents were crossing the parking lot to pick up their little ones from More at Four; while others were waiting for older children to emerge after a first day of reading, writing, and arithmetic.

My children hopped into the van a short time after 2 p.m., with smiles and stories of a first day back. They are still at that age where school is very cool. I hope they always feel that way, but I’m not that naive.

Nearly every day since my children have been in school, I smile to myself as I overhear parents ask their kids the usual questions: “Did you have a nice day?” Or, “What did you do today?”

Oft times, the child responds with, “I don’t remember.”

To this day, I don’t believe Gideon has every remembered what he had for lunch.

I wonder many times, as I wait for my kids, if I am looking at a future football player, or baseball player. I’ll think, ‘someday, I may get to write about that young girl’s home run, or that young boy’s touchdown.’ The wanderings of a bored mind, I guess.

Of course, it is my hope that many of these young people grow up and do something far more important than just score points.

On the same day, in Washington state, men and women of the 4th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division arrived home after a lengthy deployment in Iraq.

Many had been gone for over a year. Births, birthdays, anniversaries, and holidays all missed as they performed their duty, with honor.

There are countless photos you can find online of the homecoming at Ft. Lewis.

My personal favorite is a shot of a young boy holding his teddy bear in one hand and his father’s hand in the other. The boy appears to be dragging his father home.

Another shows a young soldier leaning over his daughter’s stroller. The daughter is looking up at him with a slightly bewildered, who-in-the-heckare-you look upon her face. He is simply smiling. He is home.

Somewhere in between the lofty rhetoric of Washington, D.C., lies a simple America.

We here in Rutherford County like to say we are, “Small Town Friendly.”

Sadly, we can also be small town vindictive.

We enter another season of high school athletics and the powers-that-be will make sure that Gryphons are kept apart from Cavaliers, Hilltoppers and Trojans.

I long ago reached a point where I truly don’t care who is right or wrong. I firmly believe that Thomas Jefferson has no place on the football field against the other county teams, for now. But, in other sports and even Battle of the Books — what’s the problem?

Lawsuits often make enemies of neighbors; and, sadly, the TJCA vs. RCS court battle has proven that.

There are real wars in this world, with heavy costs. We have created a petty one. And, I’m not a smart man but I’ll venture a guess that in the end only the children will lose.

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East Rutherford’s Griffin Stamey (2) comes up with an interception to thwart the Forestview Jaguars just outside of the Cavaliers end zone. Stamey’s pick stopped a Jaguars drive and kept the game scoreless in the first quarter. The Cavs fell to the Jags, 7-6, Friday night. One of four losses for Rutherford County football teams.

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Gridiron squads go winless From staff reports

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East Rutherford’s Zachariah Price (11) goes up and over the shoulder pad of Forestview’s Johnathan Pressley (23) to make a catch during Friday night’s game.

Price’s reception was good for 38-yards and a first down.

FOREST CITY — Rutherford County took one on the chin Friday night.

All four prep football programs suffered defeats and all four losses happened in unique fashion.

East Rutherford (0-2) broke open a scoreless game four minutes into the final quarter of play. Adrian Wilkins five yard scoring run lifted East to a 6-0 advantage, but the Cavs were unable to tack on the extra point.

Forestview struck six minutes later with the tying score and took the lead when its extra point attempt was successful.

“I thought if we could have converted that last fourth down that we were going to try for a field goal,” said East Head Coach Clint Bland. “But, I wasn’t going to make anybody try a 40- or 41-yard kick. We needed to be closer.”

The Cavs’ fourth and 5 play failed when Maddox Stamey’s pass was batted down at the line of scrimmage.

Chase (0-2) was also nipped in a close affair. The Trojans had touchdown passes to Carlos Watkins and Blake Martin called back on penalties and additional miscues cost the young Chase program other scoring opportunities as they fall to Chesnee, 19-13.

Turnovers cost R-S Central (1-1) an opportunity to remain undefeated in 2010. The Hilltoppers fumbled the ball on four occasions, threw one interception and suffered a block punt that East Henderson later turned into points.

The Eagles took a 30-17 win.

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Chase Rocks & Ross Rolls Chase boy’s Cross Country team, left, won the WNC Cross Country Carnival Open race on Saturday in Hendersonville. R-S Central’s team finished 7th. There were 19 high schools entered with 222 runners in the race. The Hilltoppers’ Tracy Ross won the event with a time of 18:03. Top finishers in the race for Chase were Rene Escalera, 2nd; Ben Cole, 3rd; Victor Fabian, 4th, Brent Butler, 21st; and Jake Shaneberger 24th. Top finishers for R-S Central were Ben Wilkins, 11th; Evan Boggs 35th; Josh Martin, 40th; and Joel Lowery 102nd, in addition to Ross’ win.

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GB — — 4 1/2 10 1/2 32 1/2 GB — 4 11 20 22 GB — 9 1/2 10 1/2 23 1/2

AMERICAN CONFERENCE East L T Pct PF PA 1 0 .667 90 70 1 0 .667 43 49 1 0 .667 86 83 2 0 .333 36 50 South

W L T Pct PF PA Tennessee 1 1 0 .500 42 30 Houston 0 2 0 .000 36 57 Jacksonville 0 2 0 .000 53 55 Indianapolis 0 3 0 .000 62 130 North

W L T Pct PF PA Baltimore 2 0 0 1.000 40 15 Pittsburgh 2 0 0 1.000 47 24 Cincinnati 2 2 0 .500 82 84 Cleveland 1 2 0 .333 71 78 West

W L T Pct PF PA Oakland 2 0 0 1.000 49 26 San Diego 1 2 0 .333 60 62 Denver 0 2 0 .000 44 58 Kansas City 0 3 0 .000 42 60 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East

W L T Pct PF PA Dallas 2 1 0 .667 41 38 Philadelphia 2 1 0 .667 57 66 Washington 2 1 0 .667 61 51 N.Y. Giants 1 1 0 .500 48 40 South

W L T Pct PF PA Atlanta 2 1 0 .667 46 44 New Orleans 2 1 0 .667 98 68 Tampa Bay 1 1 0 .500 27 25 Carolina 0 2 0 .000 15 26 North

W L T Pct PF PA Detroit 2 1 0 .667 67 70 Green Bay 2 1 0 .667 110 75 Minnesota 1 1 0 .500 38 22 Chicago 0 2 0 .000 27 57 West

W L T Pct PF PA San Francisco 2 0 0 1.000 52 27 St. Louis 2 1 0 .667 62 80 Seattle 1 1 0 .500 44 45 Arizona 1 1 0 .500 29 40

W New England 2 Miami 2 Buffalo 2 N.Y. Jets 1

Thursday’s Games St. Louis 36, New England 35 Green Bay 59, Indianapolis 24 Friday’s Games Atlanta 16, Miami 6 Washington 16, N.Y. Jets 11 New Orleans 36, San Diego 21 Philadelphia 20, Kansas City 17 Saturday’s Games Detroit 35, Cleveland 27 Buffalo 35, Cincinnati 20 N.Y. Giants at Baltimore, late Jacksonville at Tampa Bay, late Dallas at Houston, late Tennessee at Carolina, late Seattle at Minnesota, late Arizona at Chicago, late San Francisco at Oakland, late Sunday’s Games Pittsburgh at Denver, 8 p.m.

Thursday, Sept. 2 Buffalo at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.

Cincinnati at Indianapolis, 7 p.m.

New England at N.Y. Giants, 7 p.m.

Carolina at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m.

Atlanta at Jacksonville, 7:30 p.m.

N.Y. Jets at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m.

Miami at Dallas, 8 p.m.

New Orleans at Tennessee, 8 p.m.

Baltimore at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Houston, 8 p.m.

Chicago at Cleveland, 8 p.m.

Green Bay at Kansas City, 8 p.m.

Denver at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

San Diego at San Francisco, 10 p.m.

Seattle at Oakland, 10 p.m.

(Car number in parentheses) 1. (47) Marcos Ambrose, Toyota, 97.079.

2. (32) Jacques Villeneuve, Toyota, 96.924.

3. (20) Joey Logano, Toyota, 96.65.

4. (60) Carl Edwards, Ford, 96.43.

5. (09) Boris Said, Ford, 96.345.

6. (38) Jason Leffler, Toyota, 96.33.

7. (98) Paul Menard, Ford, 96.191.

8. (22) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 96.157.

9. (33) Max Papis, Chevrolet, 96.111.

10. (18) Brad Coleman, Toyota, 96.021.

11. (27) Andrew Ranger, Dodge, 95.908.

12. (81) Michael McDowell, Dodge, 95.509.

13. (00) Patrick Carpentier, Toyota, 95.375.

14. (16) Colin Braun, Ford, 95.343.

15. (88) Ron Fellows, Chevrolet, 95.323.

16. (07) Robby Gordon, Chevrolet, 95.244.

17. (7) J.R. Fitzpatrick, Chevrolet, 95.056.

18. (66) Steve Wallace, Toyota, 94.925.

19. (62) Brendan Gaughan, Toyota, 94.68.

20. (99) Trevor Bayne, Toyota, 94.533.

21. (26) Parker Kligerman, Dodge, 94.191.

22. (23) Alex Kennedy, Chevrolet, 94.171.

23. (6) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 94.093.

24. (12) Justin Allgaier, Dodge, 94.037.

25. (35) Tony Ave, Chevrolet, 93.949.

26. (11) Brian Scott, Toyota, 93.948.

27. (97) Joe Nemechek, Chevrolet, 93.919.

28. (43) Justin Marks, Ford, 93.575.

29. (10) Tayler Malsam, Toyota, 93.308.

30. (24) D.J. Kennington, Ford, 93.236.

31. (87) Paulie Harraka, Chevrolet, 93.103.

32. (34) Tony Raines, Chevrolet, 93.098.

33. (01) Mike Wallace, Chevrolet, 93.094.

34. (59) Kyle Kelley, Chevrolet, 93.092.

35. (05) Victor Gonzalez Jr., Chevrolet, 92.942.

36. (15) Michael Annett, Toyota, 92.735.

37. (40) Mike Bliss, Chevrolet, 92.666.

38. (89) Brett Rowe, Chevrolet, 92.593.

39. (82) Tomy Drissi, Dodge, 92.46.

40. (28) Kenny Wallace, Chevrolet, 92.039.

41. (70) Mark Green, Chevrolet, 91.123.

42. (21) Morgan Shepherd, Chevrolet, 89.957.

43. (36) Jeff Green, Chevrolet, 90.872.

TRANSACTIONS Saturday’s Sports Transactions

BASEBALL American League BOSTON RED SOX — Reinstated LHP Hideki Okajima from the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Michael Bowden to Pawtucket (IL).

CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Placed LHP Erick Threets on the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Carlos Torres from Charlotte (IL).

TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Placed 3B Edwin Encarnacion on the 15-day DL. Recalled INF Mike McCoy from Las Vegas (PCL).

National League SAN DIEGO PADRES — Placed INF Jerry Hairston Jr. on the 15-day DL. Recalled INF Everth Cabrera from Portland (PCL). Recalled RHP Luis Perdomo from Portland. Optioned OF Luis Durango to Portland.

American Association ST. PAUL SAINTS — Traded RHP Jon Plefka to Brockton (Can-Am) for cash.

EL PASO DIABLOS — Traded RHP Shaun Ellis to New Jersey (Can-Am) for cash and a player to be named.

FORT WORTH CATS — Exercised the 2011 options on RHP Colin Allen, LHP Joel Kirsten, RHP Dwayne Pollok, RHP Justin Vaclavik, C BJ Underkofler, INF Jose Duran, INF Cory Morales, OF Kennard Bibbs, OF Jeremy Sauceda, RHP Doug Hurn, RHP Gary Lee, RHP Robert Romero, C Kelley Gulledge, INF Brian Bistagne, INF Nick McCoola, OF John Allen, OF Brian Fryer and OF Kevin Thompson.

Can-Am League BROCKTON ROX — Signed LHP Bill Lee. United League LAREDO BRONCOS — Signed OF Ozzie Canseco for the remainder of the regular season.

FOOTBALL National Football League SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Signed NT Aubrayo Franklin to a one-year contract.

United Football League FLORIDA TUSKERS — Terminated OL Phil Bogle from the active roster.

SACRAMENTO MOUNTAIN LIONS — Added LS Michael Tauilili to the active roster.

HOCKEY National Hockey League TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS — Signed F Clarke MacArthur to a one-year contract.

COLLEGE KING, TENN. — Named James Quarles III men’s assistant basketball coach.

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Houston (Norris 6-7) at N.Y. Mets (Dickey 8-5), 1:10 p.m.

Florida (Jo.Johnson 11-5) at Atlanta (D.Lowe 11-12), 1:35 p.m.

St. Louis (Wainwright 17-8) at Washington (Lannan 5-6), 1:35 p.m.

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L.A. Dodgers (Lilly 8-8) at Colorado (Hammel 8-7), 3:10 p.m.

Arizona (R.Lopez 5-12) at San Francisco (M.Cain 10-10), 4:05 p.m.

Philadelphia (Hamels 7-10) at San Diego (Richard 12-5), 4:05 p.m.

Monday’s Games Milwaukee at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.

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

Washington at Florida, 7:10 p.m.

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

St. Louis at Houston, 8:05 p.m.

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Perhaps the worst NCAA scandal in UNC history centers around a tutor and mentor who formerly was employed by Coach Butch Davis as an academic coach for his son.

UNC proceeded with plans to host “Meet the Heels,” and a team spokesman said Davis and all current players were expected to attend the event at Kenan Stadium.

And even though the Tar Heels will participate in their public event, disappointment was the main reaction from officials connected to the school a day after the investigation into the possible academic fraud was announced. That investigation was sparked by revelations during an ongoing NCAA probe into the possibility that players received illegal benefits or had improper contact with agents.

“I am very saddened by it, but we don’t know the details,” UNC Board of Trustees chair Bob Winston said. “We’ll react once we get all the information, but I am just tremendously saddened by all of it.”

Winston said the NCAA requested that the Board of Trustees not be fully apprised of all the details of the investigation, but he did say he has full confidence in the ability of Thorp and Athletic Director Dick Baddour to handle the situation.

He said there is no timeline of when the investigation will conclude and would not speculate on the security of Davis’ job.

Davis’ contract states that he could be terminated for “a violation by football program staff members (other than assistant coaches) or by studentathletes under coach’s supervision, of which coach had reason to know or which coach condoned, of a major NCAA regulation or bylaw, or of a major ACC regulation or bylaw, or of a policy of or applicable to the university.”

“I don’t know the details, and until I know the details it would be hard for me to say anything about what I might or might not think about,” Winston said. “I’ll leave the hypothetical to the (Internet) chatrooms.”

Jack Evans, a former faculty athletics representative to the NCAA and ACC who is a member of UNC’s investigation team looking into the academic side of the probe, said he also was disappointed to learn the news of the possible infractions. He said they have started interviewing players, but there is more work to be done and declined to comment if they have spoken with the tutor yet.

“I have dealt with internal investigations of things that we thought might be violations,” Evans said. “This is the first thing of this specific nature.”

The tutor in question also was a mentor. In addition to tutoring, mentors assists student-athletes by teaching time-management skills and individual academic skills development.

The Academic Support Program for StudentAthletes, which is based in the College of Arts and Sciences, employs 25 tutors and 25 to 30 mentors each semester. Tutors include undergraduates, graduate students, current and former local teachers from elementary, middle and high schools, local residents with appropriate expertise and retired faculty and teachers.

Tutors and mentors receive four hours of training, including instruction about NCAA compliance. At the beginning of each semester, both must sign a document agreeing to follow academic honesty policies. At the end of the semester, they also sign a document affirming they neither committed nor witnessed any academic fraud or violations.

“The honor code is something we have to live by,” said McKay Coble, chair of the faculty and the chair of the Department of Dramatic Arts. “This is a huge university, and we’ve got to rely on the honor of our students.

“If there’s been a breach, we will get to the bottom of it and make that this doesn’t happen again.

We have to be vigilant. The honor code is not just tradition at Carolina, it’s a living, breathing thing and something that we take very seriously.”

Steven Reznick, the chair of the Faculty Athletic Committee, said he was shocked by the possible academic infractions. Reznick said he’s worked with Davis for a couple of years and believes the coach knows and understands the rules.

“The Butch Davis that I know, that I’ve had interaction with is not the person (who would be knowingly involved in this),” Reznick said.

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W L Pct Cincinnati 74 54 .578 St. Louis 69 57 .548 Milwaukee 60 68 .469 Houston 58 70 .453 Chicago 54 75 .419 Pittsburgh 43 85 .336 West Division

W L Pct San Diego 76 52 .594 San Francisco 71 58 .550 Colorado 66 61 .520 Los Angeles 67 62 .519 Arizona 51 78 .395

Kansas City (Chen 8-7) at Cleveland (Carmona 11-12), 1:05 p.m.

Detroit (Porcello 6-11) at Toronto (Rzepczynski 1-2), 1:07 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Nova 0-0) at Chicago White Sox (Floyd 9-10), 2:05 p.m.

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Baltimore (Guthrie 7-13) at L.A. Angels (Jer. Weaver 11-9), 3:35 p.m.

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Boston (Lackey 12-7) at Tampa Bay (J.Shields 12-11), 8:05 p.m.

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sports Chesnee 19, Chase 13

CE — 7 6 0 6 — 19 CH — 0 7 0 6 — 13 First Quarter CE — W. Miller 66-yard pass to D. Rowland (W. Miller PAT) Second Quarter CE — W. Miller 24-yard pass to D. Rowland (PAT failed) CH — T. Camp 12-yard run (B. Moffitt PAT) Third Quarter CH — T. Gossett 1-yard run (2-pt. conversion failed) Fourth Quarter CE — W. Miller 44-yard pass to T. Wade (2-pt. conversion failed) RUSHING CE — W. Miller 7-36; G. Jones 3-13; J. Matin 3-1; T. Morris 1-11.

CH — T. Gossett 11-45-TD, T. McMullens 8-50, D. Hines 8-28, T. Camp 8-5-TD, C. Watkins 4-18, K. Crawford 2-13, B. Martin 2-7, T. Gaffney 2(-5), M. Cash 1-(-7).

PASSING CE — W. Miller 13-26-2 INT-300-3 TD. CH — T. Gossett 6-10-118; T. Gaffney 1-29.

RECEIVING CE — T. Wade 7-121-TD, D. Rowland 5-170-2TD, G. Jones 1-9.

CH — B. Martin 3-66, C. Watkins 2-34, T. Gaffney 1-42, K. Crawford 1-5.

East Rutherford’s Adrian Wilkins (21) gained 167 yards of total offense against Forestview Friday and scored the Cavs’ lone touchdown.

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East Rutherford amassed 267 total yards of offense. The Cavs Continued from Page 1B defense held Forestview to just Forestview 7, East Rutherford 6 three first downs and 51 yards of offense in the first half. The Thomas Jefferson (0-1) was FV — 0 0 0 7 — 7 Jags closed with 173 total yards. simply overwhelmed in the first ER — 0 0 0 6 — 6 R-S Central assembled 292 20 minutes of play as they fell Fourth Quarter yards of total offense, while behind Andrews, 34-0, prior ER — A. Wilkins 5 yard run (PAT failed) allowing East Henderson 252 to halftime. The Gryphons did FV — T. Jeter 8 yard run (C. Bridges PAT) yards. set many school records Friday RUSHING Thomas Jefferson Classical night, but TJCA remains winless FV — O. Wallace 14-87; T. Jeter 14-62-TD; C. Academy set a new school Johnson 2-(-7); Ch. Johnson 1-8; D. Walker 1-3; D. in NCHSAA play after a 48-30 record with 420 yards of defeat.

Adams 1-2; A. Buckner 1-(-4). offense. The Gryphons’ defense, ER — A. Wilkins 21-143-TD; J. Barksdale 8-36; however, struggled against the M. Stamey 7-18; C. Ledbetter 3-7; D. McEntyre Friday Night Lights Wildcats of Andrews, allowing 1-4.

Thomas Jefferson Classical over 400 yards of offense.

PASSING Academy QB Will Beam.

Beam FV — C. Johnson 2-5-15-INT; A. Buckner 1-1-0 sets school records for passing ER — M. Stamey 6-14-63 yards in a game (353), pass com- From the coaches RECEIVING “I was most proud of us for not FV — O. Wallace 1-13; R. Garvin 1-12; D. Adams pletions in a game (28), and pass rolling over after going down 13, attempts in a game (57).

1-0. we came back and tied it up. We East Rutherford RB Adrian ER — A. Wilkins 3-25; Z. Price 2-38; J. are playing tough and once we Wilkins.

Wilkins gains 142 Barksdale 1-0. get a win, I feel like the kids will yards on 21 carries and adds get the confidence they need.

25 yards on three receptions.

East Henderson 30, And yes, the kids are hurting Wilkins scored the Cavs lone because they lost last night, but touchdown, a five yard run in R-S Central 17 they walked away tonight with the fourth quarter.

RS — 7 7 0 3 — 17 the knowledge that they can Chase QB Tyreece Gossett.

EH — 10 7 7 6 — 30 play with good competition.”

Gossett hits on 6-of-10 passes, First Quarter Chase’s Daniel Bailey. runs for 45 yards and scores on EH — D. Valdez 42 yard FG a one yard keeper.

EH — S. Davis 23 yard run (D. Valdez PAT) RS — D. Atchley 36 yard run (C. Owens PAT) Defensive Gems Second Quarter “I was pleased. I mean I was EH — S. Davis 4 yard run (D. Valdez PAT) as pleased as you can be after East Rutherford’s Griffin RS — J. Kinlaw 4 yard run (C. Owens PAT) you lose a game. I thought Stamey intercepts his first varThird Quarter our kids showed some real sity pass. Stamey’s pick came EH — S. Davis 25 yard run (D. Valdez PAT) fight on Friday night and after at the East 2-yard line and preFourth Quarter vented a Forestview touchdown. what we went through against EH — S. Davis 15 yard run (PAT failed) Lincolnton, I was very happy to Chase’s Kishon Crawford and RS — C. Owens 25 yard FG see that. We made some progTajae McMullens came up with ress in our offensive line and, the two interceptions. look, we had a chance to win Individual stats not available. that game — with two minutes to play and all of our timeouts, Andrews 48, Thomas Jefferson 30 By the numbers Chase put up 301 total yards of I really liked our chances. We TJ — 0 14 0 16 — 30 were one or two plays away.” offense, while surrendering 361 AN — 20 14 14 0 — 48 East’s Clint Bland. to Chesnee.

First Quarter AN — I. Curtis 55 yard pass to J. Jenkins (Pyle PAT) AN — J. Collins 7 yard run (Pyle PAT) AN — J. Collins 3 yard run (PAT blocked) Second Quarter AN — J. Collins 15 yard run (Pyle PAT) AN — J. Collins 28 yard run (Pyle PAT) TJ — W. Beam 44 yard pass to C. Thompson (Snyder PAT) TJ — W. Beam 7 yard pass to C. Thompson (Snyder PAT) Third Quarter AN — I. Curtis 45 yard pass to J. Jenkins (Pyle PAT) AN — J. Collins 81 yard run (Pyle PAT) Fourth Quarter TJ — D. Snyder 27 yard FG TJ — A. Helton 6 yard run (PAT blocked) TJ — W. McCraw 1 yard run (Snyder PAT) RUSHING TJ — W. McCraw 7-47-1 TD; W. Beam 5-9; A. Helton 1-6-1 TD; T. Waldroup-Rodrigues 1-5.

PASSING TJ — W. Beam 28-57-353-2 TD. RECEIVING TJ — C. Thompson 12-198-2 TD; T. WaldroupRodrigues 8-71; M. Gullatte 1-32; R. Spurlin 3-25; A. Connor 3-23; A. Helton 1-4.

“It was just one those nights.

I can’t recall us turning the ball over five times since I’ve been here. It may have happened, but I just don’t remember it. We simply shot ourselves in the foot.

Little things all night long — we had a punt blocked that set up a touchdown for them; we fumbled on our opening play.

We must get back to doing the things that we do well. Friday night will be here soon and we have to get better.”

R-S Central’s Mike Cheek.

“At times, we played well. But, three things broke our back.

First, we just could not stop them defensively in the first half and we dug a huge hole.

Second, a penalty stopped our opening drive after three first downs and being in Andrews territory inside their 40. Finally, we started the second half with momentum, but went 0-for-8 and only 2-for-15 passing the ball in our first 4 drives. Bottom line is that we must play better defensively and be much more consistent on offensive.”

TJCA’s Tony Helton.

Next Friday Bessemer City at Chase, 7:30 p.m.

East Rutherford at McDowell, 7:30 p.m.

Polk County at R-S Central, 7:30 p.m.

Thomas Jefferson at Asheville School, 4 p.m.

Scott Bowers, Kevin Carver, Jacob Conley and Brittany Jackson contributed to this report. Jackson is a sports reporter for the Hendersonville Times-News.

Chase’s Davon Hines (40) rumbles for a 16-yard gain during the football game against Chesnee Friday.

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EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — The aches and pains simply never go away for Brett Favre anymore.

Nineteen NFL seasons have taken their toll, and when he gets out of bed in the morning he feels every one of the hits he’s taken. His ankle barks at him as soon as his foot hits the floor, his knees creak as he stands up and his back groans as he stretches to get loosened up for another day as a 40-year-old quarterback.

“There’s nothing on me 100 percent,” Favre said.

“There wasn’t anything on me 100 percent last year or the year before. The surgeries, I think, have made me a little better, but I’ve played 309 straight games, I can’t complain.”

He can’t quit, either.

As he prepares to enter his 20th season in the league, Favre is going where few quarterbacks have gone before him. And he’s looking to lead the Minnesota Vikings to a place even fewer QBs have taken this tortured franchise — to the Super Bowl.

According to STATS LLC, 17 quarterbacks in NFL history have started a season in which they turned 40 by Nov. 1. The vast majority of those players spent the waning days of their careers watching from the sidelines. George Blanda played until he was 48 as a kicker and backup quarterback who did complete 119 passes after turning 40.

Favre is the only 40-year-old quarterback to win a playoff game and one of only three to start more than six games in his 40s. He joins Warren Moon and Vinny Testaverde, who each made 25 starts in their 40s.

How does he do it? And what makes him want to leave a cushy life on his 465-acre spread in Hattiesburg, Miss., where he has more money than he could spend in two lifetimes, to endure another season of punishment?

“I look at him and he’s a competitor,” former quarterback Len Dawson told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. “He loves the game.

He loves the competition. He probably gets bored.

What’s he going to do when he’s down on that farm in Mississippi? Run around on that tractor?

That would get old real quick.”

If anyone can speak to the mentality of a 40-year-old quarterback, it’s Dawson. The Hall of Famer and Super Bowl winner is one of the select group to play the position at that age, when he started five games for the Kansas City Chiefs in his final season in 1975.

The Chiefs were rebuilding then, which made that final year painful in more ways than one for Dawson. He recalled taking a hit so hard in a game against Baltimore that he knew he couldn’t go on much longer.

Still, he managed to play in 12 games during that transition season, completing 66 percent of his passes for 1,095 yards, five touchdowns and a solid 90 quarterback rating.

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Shanahan takes charge of ’Skins ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — Less than a month after taking the job of Washington Redskins coach, Mike Shanahan called a meeting.

A big meeting. Everyone who works for the franchise was invited, from secretaries to marketing people to the employees based at the stadium on the other side of D.C. The only people not there were the players, who were off because it was February.

It took place in the Redskins Park auditorium and lasted about an hour. Shanahan gave a power point presentation of some 50 points he thought were “very important for the organization.”

“You talk to everybody,” Shanahan said in an interview with The Associated Press. “And everybody’s got a job to do. And you let everybody know how important their job is to the success of this organization. For us to win a Super Bowl, it’s going to take everybody, not just the players, not just the coaches.

We’ve got to have the best of the best in all different areas, secretaries, marketing, stadium personnel. Everybody’s got a job to do, and that was the essence.”

No one at Redskins Park had ever seen anything like it, not from a coach. Joe Gibbs, as the joke goes, was so footballfocused he probably couldn’t have found the marketing department if he tried. Steve Spurrier couldn’t remember the names of his players, much less the random people he might meet in the hallway. Here was a new coach trying to unite the entire organization, an important step as he went about setting a new tone of order, discipline and control for a franchise that has been a roller-coaster of inconsistency for more than a decade and was coming off a 4-12 season.

While the players weren’t at the meeting, they quickly got the message as well. When Shanahan made the following comment at a chamber of commerce speech in May, he might as well been speaking directly at a certain unhappy defensive lineman named Albert Haynesworth.

“I like the standard set high,” Shanahan said. “The one thing that I found out players want is consistency. Once you give a special player or a star player extra attention or let him get away with things, it takes way the morale of the team.”

So Shanahan is in charge — in full, unyielding charge — of one of the most storied organizations in the NFL, having been given contractual control by Dan Snyder, who seems to really, really mean it this time when he says he’s become a handsoff owner. Gibbs, though in the Hall of Fame, never wanted his picture on the front of the media guide, but Shanahan is there in grand style — holding a football while lined up ahead of the Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument and U.S. Capitol.

It’s certainly valid to say he’s earned it, having won two Super Bowls in the late 1990s with the Denver Broncos. He’s tied for 16th with 154 regular-season and postseason wins, only 17 behind Gibbs. He turned 58 this week, so he should have plenty of vigor left, and he’s had a year off to recharge the batteries after being fired by the Broncos at the end of the 2008 season.

He spent the 12 months of downtime visiting other teams, watching games on television and making contacts with potential assistant coaches so he

Associated Press

Washington Redskins head coach Mike Shanahan waves to fans as he walks to the last day of their NFL football training camp at Redskins Park in Ashburn, Va., Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010.

could assemble a staff quickly when he got a new job, but nothing that he saw or heard persuaded him to change his style.

“He’s the same,” said running backs coach Bobby Turner, who held the same job under Shanahan in Denver. “He’s demanding. He’s a perfectionist, and he’s expecting perfection.”

Some people inside Redskins Park initially thought Shanahan was a bit of a neat freak, but that’s because the place was so cluttered. The training room and weight room were a mess, so Shanahan had them tidied up. Newspapers would pile up at the front desk; that’s no longer the case. There’s new paint, inside and out.

“He wants our building and everything to look like a professional building,” said his son, offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan. “If it looks dirty and no one’s addressing it, he’s definitely going to notice it.”

Mike Shanahan readily cites the people who have helped him hone his leadership style, among them Barry Switzer at Oklahoma, Darrell Mudra at Eastern Illinois (Shanahan’s alma mater) and the winning machine that became the San Francisco 49ers under Bill Walsh and George Seifert.

The common theme: Come up with a vision and get everyone in the organization behind it. It was as the offensive coordinator with the 49ers in 1992 that Shanahan first witnessed a version of the all-inclusive meeting he led at Redskins Park in February.

“Everybody knew they were part of the winning process,” Shanahan said. “Everybody’s got to be on the same page. There was a culture. There was a standard that had been set. There was no substitution for the standard.”

Shanahan took that philosophy to Denver and has now brought it to Washington. And it comes with no exceptions, as Haynesworth has been quick to learn.

A tense, drawn-out and very public test of the coach’s whatI-say-goes authority has dominated Shanahan’s first seven months in Washington, and the coach has come out on top — at least so far — by not wavering a bit. Haynesworth is a twotime All-Pro with a $100 million contract, but he must abide

by the rules, even if that means alienating him by making him pass a conditioning test and play with the backups as a de facto punishment for boycotting the team’s offseason workouts.

After all, Shanahan nearly died from a ruptured kidney after taking a hit while playing quarterback at Eastern Illinois yet wanted to keep on playing, so he doesn’t have much room for sympathy when Haynesworth knee has a sore knee or some variation of a headache.

“He sets the rules; we’ve got to abide by them,” fullback Mike Sellers said. “There’s no questioning.”

Even when Shanahan appears to loosen up — taking the players bowling instead of practice, for instance — it’s a meticulously calculated move. This is the coach who created a game room during a Super Bowl week with the Broncos so the players would stay in the team hotel and out of trouble. There’s nothing like keeping them happy and under control at the same time.

“He’s thrown a lot of bones. It’s good for morale,” defensive end Vonnie Holliday said. “If you’re working at the Ford dealership and you do things like this for your workers, they’ll want to work hard for you.”

Shanahan can be humorous one moment, then hit you with a look that could freeze a forest fire. He exudes confidence, sometimes refreshingly so. Some coaches like to find ways to spread responsibility, and therefore the blame when things go wrong. Does Shanahan have someone in the booth specifically telling him when to throw the replay flag? No, he prefers to look at the stadium replay and make the decision himself. Does he carry the infamous chart that’s supposed to tell you when to go for a 2-point conversion?

“I’ve been coaching for a while,” he said, nonchalantly. “It should be automatic for you.”

Through it all, Shanahan remains fixed on one goal.

“The people that don’t buy in?

The people that don’t work?”

Shanahan said. “The chances are they may get to a playoff, but they’ll never do anything special like win the Super Bowl.”

And that goes for the everyone — the secretaries, the marketing people and even Albert Haynesworth.

The Sunday Courier, Forest City, NC, Sunday, August 29, 2010 — 5B

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McCourts’ divorce looms over Dodgers on the field

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The local headlines blare almost daily with new details about their impending split. Court documents are rife with he said, she said disagreements and details of lavish personal spending.

Yet around the Los Angeles Dodgers’ clubhouse, the ugly split of Frank and Jamie McCourt barely registers a blip.

“It doesn’t exist to me,” said catcher Russell Martin, whose season ended earlier this month because of a hip injury.

“I don’t think anybody in here even thinks about it unless the question’s asked. It’s not like a direct impact on our team and how we play or what we do. Frank’s not going to help us throw strikes or make a nice play on defense.”

The McCourts filed for divorce last October. They haven’t agreed on much of anything during several months of expensive, high-profile legal wrangling.

The trial to decide ownership of the Dodgers is set to begin Monday in Los Angeles, with Frank McCourt claiming he’s the sole owner and Jamie arguing she owns half of the team.

Instead of Dodger baseball, the courtroom drama is likely to dominate the local headlines during the final weeks of the regular season.

“I don’t resent it,” manager Joe Torre said. “I worked for George Steinbrenner. I worked for Ted Turner. Those people didn’t necessarily pick an off day to say things.”

Maybe the team will make some news on the field, too.

The Dodgers have clawed their way back into the NL wild-card race.

Their playoff hopes could be decided next week when they host contenders Philadelphia and San Francisco.

Under Frank McCourt, they’ve reached the postseason four of the last six years and played within one step of the World Series each of the past two, falling to Philadelphia in the NL championship series both times.

“That’s not easy to do,” general manager Ned Colletti said.

Outside of celebrating postseason wins, neither McCourt has had a presence in the clubhouse, leaving Torre and his coaches, along with Colletti, to run the team.

“They just handled the business side of it,” outfielder Andre Ethier said of Frank and his soon-to-be exwife. “It hasn’t been any of our business all year. That’s the way we’ve tried to keep it.”

Fox Corp. ran the Dodgers for six years, and the team never made the playoffs. The team hadn’t won a playoff game since the 1988 World Series before McCourt took over in 2004.

But this season has been a whiplash ride of injuries and inconsistency with the starting rotation, bullpen and defense.

Top players like Manny Ramirez, Ethier, Rafael Furcal, and pitchers Chad Billingsley, Hong-Chih Kuo

and Vicente Padilla have all been sidelined during various stretches.

Reliever Ronald Belisario spent two months on the restricted list.

Outfielder Matt Kemp has made more headlines for dating Rihanna than trying to match his offensive performance of last season, and Ethier has struggled as well since breaking a pinky three months ago.

“Sometimes you just have bad years and things don’t come together the right way,” Ethier said. “I wouldn’t say you could blame it on the fact that the ownership’s going through what they’re going through.

They have given us the people to go out and do it, and it’s up to the players to execute and make it happen.”

The Dodgers’ opening-day payroll of $94.9 million was down by more than $36.5 million from last year’s total. Frank McCourt declined to comment on the public perception that payroll has been slashed, and Colletti sidestepped the question when asked whether he feels hamstrung by the budget he operates under.

“It’s more important how you spend than what you spend,” Colletti said. “You could have a payroll of $150 (million), $175 (million) or $200 (million), but if you don’t spend it on the right people, it doesn’t make any difference.”

The Dodgers didn’t get the big bat or ace pitcher to put them over the top in the NL West by the July 31 non-waiver trade deadline.

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Dear Classified Guys, I went to look at a canoe for sale and the woman selling it offered to sell me an outboard motor, fishing poles and all kinds of fishing gear as well.

The prices were so good that I bought everything. The next week I enjoyed a great fishing trip on the river. But when I returned, I received a call from the woman's husband saying his wife sold all his things while he was away on business. Now he wanted them back. Ten minutes later, his wife called me and said under no circumstances should I sell that stuff back to him. She didn't want it back in the house. I love all the fishing gear, but I sympathize with the husband. Any suggestions what I should do?

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Colletti denied that the marquee names weren’t available to the team because of a perceived lack of spending money. Rather, he said the Dodgers didn’t have any tantalizing minor league prospects to offer in return.

“We are relatively thin, so we didn’t have that type of player (to trade),” he said. “Most deals that involve those marquee types, they’ve got someone (in exchange) that has almost some immediate impact on the big league club.”

But they did make some moves, with Colletti hailed for pulling off deals despite the team’s lessened investment in its minor league system.

The team picked up starter Ted Lilly and second baseman Ryan Theriot from the Cubs, who sent along $2.5 million to cover half of their remaining salaries this season.

After struggling in Chicago, Lilly is 5-0 with a 1.83 ERA in Los Angeles.

The Dodgers acquired setup man Octavio Dotel from Pittsburgh, along with $3 million to seal the deal. They also got outfielder and leadoff hitter Scott Podsednik from Kansas City, and purchased the contract of outfielder-first baseman Jay Gibbons from Triple-A Albuquerque.

“I wouldn’t have acquired four players at the deadline and continued to look for some more relatively smaller pieces to fortify us the last quarter of the year if I had decided that this (season) was not salvageable,” Colletti said.

Whenever you buy an item from a private party, make sure you get a signed receipt from the seller. No matter how big or small the item is, get it in writing. The receipt should include a description of the item (including serial numbers if applicable), the date of the sale and the purchase price. The seller should include his or her address, phone number and sign the bottom.

Should any discrepancies arise about the sale, you will have a written receipt to protect yourself.

Duane “Cash” Holze & Todd “Carry” Holze

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Carry: At the time of purchase, you had no reason to believe anything was wrong. Since the couple is still married, it's likely she had the right to sell you the items and you can go ahead with your fishing expeditions without worry.

Cash: However, if you're feeling remorseful about the purchase of all the gear and want to resolve the situation, here's what you can do. Call the wife back. She is the one you should speak to since she sold you the items.

Carry: Explain that you do not want to be in the middle of their personal matters. However, if she would like

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Cash: Sounds like another fishing

trip may be in order. It would be a lot more peaceful than dealing with this couple.

Carry: You never know the circumstances that may arise after you make a purchase. In your case, you fell into the middle of a marital squabble.

Cash: It's like you were the first one in line for the divorce sale before the actual divorce!

you to sell the items back, you would be willing to do so.

Cash: And although tempting, it's probably not a good idea to raise the prices. The husband seems upset enough. Imagine what he'd say if you doubled the prices when you sold it back?

Carry: If the woman turns down your offer, then your conscience is clear and you can plan that next fishing trip.

Cash: But if the woman does take you up on your offer, then maybe it's time to look for a new hobby.

Who wears the pants in your family?

While many guys like to think they are in charge, the truth is that women typically control the household. According to the Women's Consumer Network, women control 85% of all personal and household spending decisions, and make 75% of their family's financial decisions. However guys, if you decide you want to be in charge of something in your house, it's really not a problem.

All you have to do is get your wife's permission first!

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Reader Humor Green with Envy

I just love golf. In fact, I play almost every weekend. Sad to say, it was one of the contributing factors to my recent divorce.

After a brutal division of assets, my ex-wife fought to get my custom golf clubs as a final jab at our separation.

Since then, I've been playing with my old set that I had stored in the garage.

I thought I had gotten over the loss of my clubs until I met up with my buddy recently on the golf course. He was playing with a new set of clubs.

"That looks like a nice set," I admired.

"It sure is," he laughed. "and you're ex-wife gave me a great deal on them!"

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Ambrose turned a fast lap of 97.079 mph Saturday to edge French Canadian star Jacques Villeneuve’s 96.924 mph. Joey Logano, who finished second at Watkins Glen to Ambrose three weeks ago, qualified third at 96.650 mph, while defending race winner Carl Edwards was fourth at 96.344 mph.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — All the protective bubble wrap in the baseball world couldn’t protect Stephen Strasburg from the devastating setback known as Tommy John surgery.

The Washington Nationals did all they could to slowly bring along their prized rookie and his invaluable right arm — limiting his pitch count and removing him from games at the merest sign of trouble — but that didn’t stop the 22-year-old from tearing a ligament in his right elbow, bringing an end to a sensational rookie season.

The Nationals announced the sobering news Friday. They said Strasburg would travel Saturday to the West Coast for a second opinion, but everyone in the organization has essentially accepted the fact that he will need the ligament replacement operation that requires 12 to 18 months of rehabilitation.

“I don’t know if we could have been any more conservative with him,” Washington manager Jim Riggleman said.

It’s a setback for Strasburg, of course, and for a baseball world that has spent the summer gasping in awe at his 100 mph fastball, bending curves and wicked batter-freezing changeups, but the biggest blow is to a Nationals franchise that had made the young phenom the centerpiece in their plans to climb out of perpetual last-place irrelevancy.

“There’s no words that I can put in place here that would indicate we could possibly replace Stephen,” Riggleman said. “But we have to do it a different way, different names, different staff members who will go out there and fulfill the rotation until Stephen comes back.”

Strasburg grimaced, grabbed and shook his wrist after throwing a 1-1 changeup to Domonic Brown in Philadelphia last Saturday. It turned out to be his last pitch of the year.

The Nationals initially called the injury a strained flexor tendon in the forearm, but an MRI taken Sunday raised enough questions for the Nationals to order a more extensive MRI in which dye was injected into the prized right arm.

Strasburg had the exam on Thursday and was informed of the diagnosis later that night, but the Nationals chose not to announce the news until because it would have upstaged the introductory news conference for 2010 No. 1 draft pick Bryce Harper.

Strasburg had to get through a few hours of anger, confusion and certainly a few more volatile emotions before he was ready to accept his lat-

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est challenge.

“I want to be the best at everything,” Strasburg said, “and right now I want to be the best at rehabbing and getting back out here.”

Strasburg is an intense, competitive man. He wants the ball. He was disappointed when he had to start the season in the minors and wasn’t exactly thrilled with the restrictions the Nationals have placed on him.

Now he faces something he’s never experienced in his baseball life: surgery on his arm, and the realistic prospect of not pitching again until 2012.

“I didn’t take a matter of minutes” to sink in, he said. “I took definitely a few hours. I’ve got great support all around me, and they reminded me of everything I should be thankful for, and they put everything in perspective for me. Bottom line, this is a game. I’m very blessed to play this game for a living. It’s a minor setback, but in the grand scheme of things it’s just a blip on the radar screen.”

Strasburg said that he plans to write down on a piece of paper everything he’s thinking and look at it again a year from now. He’s said he’s doing it he knows his mind might “get a little jumbled” as he goes through rehab and that he wants to remember everything he needs to focus on.

And as far as trying to figure out why this has happened to him? He’s done with that question.

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Eagle spirit surpasses decades

Sunday Brunch Jean Gordon

Laughter best way to deal with life

Katie, a friend’s Siamese cat, met near disaster the other night when she jumped on top of a washing machine and stuck her noise in a birthday gift bag with lots of tissues. Curiosity nearly caused Katie’s demise.

The noise of Katie jumping onto the floor with the gift bag around her neck was startling.

Dragging the bag attached to her head, Katie scurried around and around the room so fast no one could catch her, although we were on her heels.

Finally, we got the cat stopped and freed her from the gift bag.

Her heart was accelerating nearly as fast as the speed of sound, the gift sustained minor damage — an angel wing broken — then over in the corner was another noise. My friend was out of control. She was hysterical with laughter like I hadn’t heard in a long time.

You know the kind. An enormous noise way down deep in the belly and it finally erupts out the mouth, you cannot stop laughing and there is loss of breath.

And truthfully, she was laughing her way to good health.

That’s what North Carolina senior citizens in Pinehurst are doing, too.

According to the Fayetteville Observer, Sandhills Community College is offering its seniors a chance to laugh their way to good health.

A class “Laughter in the Sandhills” teaches seniors how to have fun and a good chuckle.

Laughter coach Kathy Shader explained in the story, a good giggle can relieve stress and emotional tension. She teaches in her class “laughter is the focus to lead a more healthy life,” therefore, laughing is offering senior citizens a chance to good health.

It is an eight-week course and part of the college’s Center for Creative Retirement and is the second time Sandhills Community College has offered this class to senior citizens.

According to the Proverb in the Old Testament, laughter is the best medicine.

How awesome would it be to go to a pharmacist with a prescription from the doctor for “Laughter.”

A dear friend admits she rarely laughs. In this stage of her life, she says there is not much to laugh about. She’s getting older, parents are older, children are financially stressed, grandchildren are at the age when peer pressure is enormous. You know the routine.

Laughter has been removed from her diet, and she’s not healthy.

In my mind’s eye, I can Mama laughing hysterically some months before she passed away.

My daddy was notorious for telling funny stories and was a tremendous storyteller. He was sharing a story with our family about one of his sisters. The more he talked, the funnier the story became. A niece and me were laughing so hard our mouths were wide open, eyes closed and our heads tiled way back. Mama captured the lovely site on film. The picture is on my refrigerator. It still makes me laugh.

Even if life is no laughing matter, reflect on a funny moment.

As for me, I’m looking for a laughing class.

It’s never too late to make an “A”.

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

Carver Alumni Association celebrates 20 years, holds bi-annual reunion

By ALLISON FLYNN Daily Courier Lifestyles Editor

FOREST CITY – It’s been more than 40 years since Carver High School ceased to exist, but it hasn’t ended the school spirit held by those who attended and graduated from the school.

This year marks 20 years since the school’s alumni association was formed. Since its beginning in 1990, the all class reunion has been held every two years.

Before the all-class reunion was started, individual classes would hold reunions, said Linda Smith, the association’s president. Her husband, Robert Smith, along with James Scruggs and Diane Cook decided to create an all-class reunion and to hold it every two years.

“Most of us were working and we couldn’t do it every year,” she said.

The reunion is always held Labor Day weekend to allow those who come in from out of town an extra day to get back home, Smith said.

For the first reunion, said Ulysses Miller, the association’s former president and current treasurer, said the first year approximately 200 people attended. It’s a number that’s been sustained over the years.

“We still have about 150 or more who attend,” he said.

Another tradition began that first year and has continued. It is an entertainment event held on Friday night. The first year it was a talent show, Smith said. This year there will be a play performed at The Foundation at Isothermal Community College.

“Saturday morning we’ll have a parade through Spindale that ends at Carver,” Miller said. “Then we’ll meet back on campus Saturday night for a dinner and dance and then have a church service on Sunday.”

Also planned for the weekend is a class day on Thursday for specific classes and a golf tournament on Saturday that helps to raise money for the association’s scholarship fund.

“Last year we gave $15,000 in scholarships,” Miller said. The association has a 501(c)3 status, making it unique as far as alumni associations go.

“I was told by the IRS that not many high schools have that status,” he added.

Students at all three Rutherford County Schools high schools who have a friend or relative who attended Carver can apply, Smith said.

Students have to provide references, write essays and list their grade point average, she said.

“Along with the golf tournament, $5 from our $15 dues go to the scholarship fund,” she said. “I think part of the reason we wanted to do this was because scholarship and succeeding was introduced so much to us that we want to continue it.”

This year’s scholarship recipients will be announced during the reunion weekend, Smith said.

The only all black high school in Rutherford County, the school opened in 1952 and had students who came from Polk County and South Carolina to attend high school.

“They had a school in Tryon, but

the ones who lived in the rural areas they’d bus to Carver,” Miller said.

Going to an all black school during the time of Civil Rights, Miller said, was a plus in a sense, because many students had experienced racism.

The teachers at Carver, he added, always instilled in the students that they were as good as the next person.

“I went to integrated schools because I didn’t go to school in North Carolina the whole time,” Smith said. “I was used to it. Coming here, I think I felt I got more confidence. I had experienced racism and such, and when I got here ..... you felt like you’d come home.”

The school closed in 1969 following the integration of Rutherford County Schools.

The relationships made at Carver crossed class lines even before the all-class reunion, Miller said.

“Even today I’m friends with people who were in ninth grade when I was a senior,” he said.

Reuniting every two years, Smith said, helps classmates keep in touch better.

“It’s lifelong friends – and even with faculty and staff,” she said, saying she and other alumni visit one of the teachers in Winston-Salem for birthdays.

Carver graduates have gone on to become doctors and teachers, some of whom have come back to Rutherford County to teach. And while the school building no longer Please see reunion, Page 8C

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Above, members of the Carver Alumni reunion carry a school banner in the parade through Spindale that ends at Carver. At right, Ulysses Miller, former president of the association, waves from a Gator. In addition to the parade, alumni take part in a dinner, entertainment and worship service during the weekend reunion.

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Dr. Harry and Rosemary Wong spoke Monday during Rutherford County Schools’ annual kickoff event to the new school year for teachers. The Wongs are the authors of “The First Days of School� and spoke to teachers about how to be effective in their classrooms.

Rosemary, a native of Louisiana, introduced herself, telling the audience “How Southern am I? I carry instant grits in my suitcase.� (Following the presentation, Wong confirmed not only the grits but added they are cheese flavored.)

Santa Claus showed off his summer sleigh at the Hot Nights Cool Rides event in Forest City last Saturday. To the delight of children, Santa, (Earl Crowder) distributed candy as he passed through town on several occasions. And even Big Bird (above) made an appearance at Hot Nights Cool Rides Saturday afternoon.

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By JEAN GORDON Daily Courier Staff Writer

FOREST CITY — Six individuals or groups were selected Saturday night to advance in the Rutherford County Employees’ team, “Relay’s Got Talent.” The grand finale event will be Friday, Sept. 10, at the Relay for Life event, the American Cancer Society’s largest fundraising event. Between now and the Relay for Life, the winners will be raising money to be named the winner.

Top contestants chosen Saturday night, by monetary votes, are Neenah Vaughn, vocalist; Lael Toms, vocalist; Josh Ruppe and Jordan Adcox, “Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better,” musical theatre; Lesley Ann Ells, vocalist, singing, “For Good” from the Broadway musical, ‘Wicked;” Hippie Invasion (Daddy & Daughter Group) – also Judge’s Choice; and Wayne and Laura Toney, gospel vocalists.

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Woman fulfills one of goals at the beach

daughters, we encouraged Mawmaw to chase after her dream,” Adrienne said.

During the beach trip, Janice told FOREST CITY — Janice Morrow has Jerry she wanted to parasail for her 65th a “bucket list” — a list of things a perbirthday. son wants to do before departing this She knew if she didn’t parasail while at old world. The top of her list, a Parasail the beach in the summer, she may never Ride.

On July 25, Janice turned 65-years-old get her nerve up again.

After making reservations, Jerry and at the beach with her husband, Jerry, two granddaughters, Holly Morrow and Adrienne stood ashore watching Janice and Holly Morrow fulfill a dream.

Adrienne Reavis.

Janice wasn’t afraid at all, but when Two days after her birthday, Janice and she was up in the sky, she said she Holly sat side by side in the parasail set and for 15 to 20 minutes soared over the looked over and Holly was crying.

When Janice asked why she was cryAtlantic Ocean. ing, Holly explained she was so happy “It felt wonderful,” Janice said. “It was her mawmaw was fulfilling her dream, so quiet and peaceful up there.” she wept.

Janice always dreamed of parasailing “We just wanted to see our mama get and had planned to parasail for her 60th to do what she wanted to do,” Adrienne birthday, however, due to circumstances, said.

“She has always had a lot of other she couldn’t. people to take care of and then whenever The spark never died down, grandyou get to do something for yourself, and daughter Adrienne said. “As her grandwhen you smile, it’s really awesome.”

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“The contestants have raised over $5,900 in “votes,” thus far,” said team coordinator Paula Roach. These individuals and groups will continue to get “votes” or raise dollars until Relay Night.

Celebrity judges were Jim Bishop, Paula McIntosh, Janet Roller and Gail Strickland. Hostesses were Ashley and Ritchie Garland with special entertainment

by Becky McKelvey.

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

TDA extends contest deadline to Aug. 31

Janice Morrow (left) and granddaughter, Holly Morrow, making their landing after a parasail ride over the Atlanta Ocean at Myrtle Beach. The ride was on Janice’s “bucket list.”

By JEAN GORDON

Haylee Waldrop and Jonny Waldrop.

Other contestants were Funky Y2C — Kayla Nemechek, Lesley Ann Wells, Sabrina Hardin, Kaily Warner, and Jon Jon Champion; Jailhouse Rock with Macey Strickland, Taylor Morrow and Montana Bright; Adriana Talley, voclaist; Kyleigh Kite, vocalist; Jeni Ledford, vocalist; Ruth Challand, comedy monologue; and Kayla Nemechek, dancing, “My Momma Told Me.”

The Rutherford County Tourism Development Authority has extended the deadline for its first photography contest to Aug. 31.

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 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.

Some prizes include one complimentary night at The Esmeralda Inn, one round of golf and scenic lake cruise from

Rumbling Bald Resort, fourhour fishing trip provided by Lewis No Clark and a $25 gift certificate from M Squared Restaurant.

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

Winning photographs will also be displayed Sept. 14-19 at the Celebration of the Arts by the Rutherford County Visual Artists Guild.

To enter, please visit http:// blueridgefrontporch.com/photocontest and complete the online form before uploading your photo to the contest’s Flickr account.

Minor digital enhancement such as cropping, rotating, redeye removal and resizing are permitted, however significantly modified or unnatural looking images will be disqualified.

For a complete list of rules and regulations, entry form and link to Flickr account, visit http:// blueridgefrontporch.com.

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

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LOCAL 64th Anniversary

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The Rutherford County Visual Artists Guild will hold the Celebration of the Arts Show and Sale Sept. 15-19 at The Foundation in Spindale. An opening reception, like the one held last year (above), will be held Sept. 17 from 5 to 7 p.m.

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Monroe and Corrie Davis celebrated 64 years of marriage Aug. 24, 2010. The couple were married Aug. 24, 1946. They are members of Wells Springs United Methodist Church in Forest City. The couple have four children, Bobby, Carol, Gerald and Belinda.

New Arrivals

RUTHERFORDTON – The following babies were born recently at Rutherford Hospital: Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Scott Burke of Mooresboro, a son, Timothy Blayne Burke, Aug. 17.

Brittney Bradley and Charles Wease of Rutherfordton, a daughter, Nevaeh Leah Wease, Aug. 17.

Mr. and Mrs. T. Brian Smith of Spindale, a daughter, Keira AnnGrace Smith, Aug. 18.

Mr. and Mrs. Adrian McDowell of Forest City, a daughter, Aniyah Arianna McDowell, Aug. 19.

Samuel Haynes and Angela Watson of Mill Spring, a son, Jesse Garrison

Celebration of the Arts set for Sept. 15-19

The Rutherford County Visual Artists Guild will present the 2010 Celebration of the Arts Show and Sale at the Foundation Performing Arts Center at Isothermal Community College in Spindale Wednesday, Sept.

Haynes, Aug. 19.

15 through Sunday, Sept. 19. Hours Keith and Amber Campbell of are daily 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday Forest City, a son, Bronny Joe Martin from 1 to 5 p.m.

Campbell, Aug. 20.

An event reception will be held Sept.

Mr. and Mrs. Lucas Ravan of 17 from 5 to 7 p.m. with presentation Tryon, a daughter, Abigail Sadie of awards, closing of the silent auction Ravan, Aug. 21. and raffle of a pottery vase donated by 2009 Celebration winner Daniel Bair.

Hundreds of works by regional artHyder, Pounders were ists will be on display and offered for married Saturday, Aug. 28 sale. The 2010 Celebration of the Arts features painting, pottery, metalwork, glass, textiles, woodwork, sculpture Charity Lynn Pounders and Jonathan Mark Hyder were married and jewelry. Works by youthful participants in the Guild’s Summer Arts Aug. 28, 2010, at 2 p.m. at Sunset camp will also be on display.

Beach.

In addition to works in the The couple live in Forest City.

Celebration Exhibit, an “Art

Boutique” will offer additional pieces for purchase. Three collages created by students in the Summer Art Camp will be among the featured items in the silent auction which will begin on Wednesday, Sept. 15, at 9 a.m. and close on Friday, Sept. 17, at the event reception.

Celebration juror this year will be Connie Bostic, a native of Rutherford County. She holds a BA in art from the University of North Carolina at Asheville and a masters degree in studio art from Western Carolina University. Bostic has exhibited nationally and internationally. Her work is owned by the Asheville Art Museum and the State of North Carolina. From 1990 to 2000, she owned and operated the ‘zone one’ contemporary gallery in Asheville.

For many years Bostic has served on the board of directors of the Black Mountain College Museum and Arts Center.

Area Happenings Reunions Lake Lure will ‘rain’ golf balls Nov. 6

tion, contact Lion Paul Galletti at 828-6251048 or Lion Diane Barrett at 828-6252812.

The Lake Lure Lions Club will hold a unique fundraiser Nov. 6 at 3:30 p.m. at Rumbling Bald Golf Course.

The club plans to “rain” golf balls on the course. The ball that drops into the cup or is closest to the hole will win up to $5,000 in cash. To participate, you may purchase a golf ball for $20; the club hopes to sell 1,000 golf balls. There will also be a second and third prize, with $1,000 and $500 respectively.

Yellow five-by-seven registration cards have been placed in the Lake Lure Visitors Center, the Lake Lure, Apple Valley and Rumbling Bald golf courses, Mountains Branch Library and other business locations.

The golf ball drop is sponsored by Lake Lure Lions Club, and beneficiaries include Shepherd’s Care, juvenile diabetes and other local charities.

For more informa-

DAV selling memorial bricks FOREST CITY – Rutherford County Disabled American Veterans Chapter No. 25, with the National Guard Unit based in the Forest City Armory, have joined together to honor the men and women who served in the military from Rutherford County.

Memorial bricks — to honor those who are deceased or living who served in the military — can be purchased for $50. The mission of the sale is to remove grass from around the Armory and replace it with memorial bricks honoring veterans.

Each brick consists of three engraved lines, each with up to 13 characters.

To receive an order form, call 288-1595 and leave your name and address and a form with instructions will be mailed to you.

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Carver High

The Carver High School All-Class reunion will be held Labor Day weekend, beginning Thursday, Sept. 2. On Friday classmates will gather at The Foundation at Isothermal Community College for registration and for a play. On Saturday, a parade through Spindale ending at Carver Center will be held, followed by an association meeting and the Eagle Gala, a dinner/dance. The group will attend worship service Sunday afternoon.

A golf tournament will be held Sept. 3 at 11 a.m. at Meadowbrook Golf Course. Purse will be based on participation. Registration will be held from 9 to 10 a.m.; cost is $40 per golfer. Proceeds go to CHACR scholarship fund.

For information, call Dainnye Mayes, 4292121, or Carver Jackson, 1-864-787-2206, or e-mail jacksoncarver4@aol.com.

Grahamtown

The fifth annual

Grahamtown reunion and after party will be held Sept. 4 from 1 to 10 p.m. (after party begins at 10) at the Hardin Road Park and old Dunbar School.

T-shirts will be for sale; donations will be taken for the event and will go back into the reunion fund. No brown bagging or gang colors; pull out your best 70s or 80s outfit and the best dresser will win a price; must be 18 or older to get in the party.

For information, call Lynetha “Mookie” Miller, Greg Watkins or Stanley McEntire at 287-3974 or 247-4142 ext. 7.

Miller/Lynch

The descendants of Amos Miller and Carrie Lynch will hold a reunion Sept. 10-12 in Polk County. For information, call Velma Logan, 828-863-2997, or Cynthia Logan, 2470726. Please RSVP by Aug. 25.

East Rutherford Class of 2000

The East Rutherford Class of 2000 will hold a reunion Sept. 18. For

Marissa Nicole Blankenship celebrates her 1st Birthday on August 30th!

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details, please contact Amber Guffey Fowler at 289-1766 or visit the class’ Facebook page.

R-S Central Class of 1970

The R-S Central High School Class of 1970 will hold its 40th reunion Sept. 25 at the Rutherfordton Clubhouse. Any classmates who have not been contacted should call Delores Greene Hill at 287-7192 (day) or 286-4315 (night).

reunion for Saturday, Oct. 9, at the Forest City Clubhouse. Any classmates who have not been contacted should call Angela Flack, 245-8821.

R-S Central High Class of 1965

The R-S Central High School Class of 1965 will hold a 45 year reunion Oct. 16 at the Water Oak Restaurant in Rutherfordton.

Class members who have not received information about the event Chase High School should contact Pat Band Alumni Nanney, 245-2246, or The Chase High Jack Huss, 287-2190.

School Trojan Band will A planning meeting is hold an alumni reunion scheduled for Aug. 5 Nov. 5 during the last at 6 p.m. at Spindale home football game.

Restaurant.

There will be a registration form on the band’s website at www. Chase High School trojanmarchingband.

Class of 1965 org.

Chase High School Former band directors Class of 1965 is planare also invited. Former ning its 45th reunion members are invited for Saturday, Oct. 16, to bring their instruat the Rutherfordton ments and play pep Clubhouse. music in the stands. For If you have not information, contact received an invitaBand Director Michael tion, please contact Henderson at mhender- one of the following son@rcsnc.org. people and give them your address: Ronnie East Rutherford Holland, 245-1516; Donna Hughes, 286High Class of 1980 2710; Donnis Baynard, The East Rutherford 704-482-5753; or High Class of 1980 Janice Swing, 657-6180. is planning its 30th

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Her parents are Daniel Blakenship and Heather Crawford both of Ruth. Marissa’s sister is Ayla. Her maternal grandparents are Mark and Sherry Gunter of Union Mills.

Her paternal grandparents are Rick and Ann Blankenship of Ruth. Her great-grandparents are Danny and Jackie Walker of Rutherfordton. Marissa’s great great grandmother is Shirley Helton of Autumn Care.

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The most recent class of the Foothills Surgical Technology Consortium was honored at a pinning ceremony on Friday, July 30, at Isothermal Community College in Spindale.

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Surgical Technology students get pins at special ceremony

SPINDALE – Fifteen Foothills Surgical Technology Consortium students were awarded their pins at a special ceremony recently.

The Pinning Ceremony, held on Friday, July 30, in the Library Auditorium at Isothermal Community College, is the traditional graduation event for the students in the Surgical Technology program. The partners in the Foothills Surgical Technology Consortium

include Isothermal, Cleveland and McDowell Technical community colleges.

The graduates of the 2010 class are Casey Nicole Camp, Tammy Patterson Ford, Sheila Grabrowski, Veronica Yaneth Herrera, LeAnn McNeilly, Melissa Lynn-Altimari Messina, Carolyn Denise Morgan, Donna Myers, Ashley Nicole Norville, Leslie Price, Leslie Lynn Robbins, Antonnette

Clardie-Ross, Pamela Thompson, Robert D. Woodell and Lamar Woods.

The class was presented and introductions were made by instructors Cathy Dover, CST, and Wanda Leonard, CST. Dr. Kathy Ackerman, dean of Arts & Sciences at Isothermal, welcomed the graduates along with their friends and families to the campus.

An invocation was given by Tina Porter,

adult in the community who has lost a loved one. Offered at no cost. n PROMISE Support Group: Conducted for four weeks beginning Nov. 1 at 10 a.m. This group is for any parent who has lost an adult child The group will also be conducted next quarter, so call to register. Offered at no cost. n Volunteer training: Available on DVD and taking place Oct. 18-20 at the Hickory Nut Gorge office in Lake Lure from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Oct. 11-14 from 6 to 9 p.m. at Carolina Event and Conference Center. n Widow/Widower’s Lunch Bunch Meeting: Third Friday of each month at the Carolina Event and Conference Center, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. for anyone in the community who has lost a spouse.

Cost for lunch is $5.

Participants MUST register in order to reserve lunch.

SPINDALE – The Isothermal Community College deans of Business Sciences, Arts & Sciences and Applied Sciences and Technology have announced the names of 60 area students who were named to the Deans’ List for Summer Semester 2010.

To achieve this academic distinction, a student must be enrolled in 12 or more hours of study and maintain a 3.25 (B plus) grade point average out of a possible 4.0 (A). This does not include grades earned in Academic Development classes.

A comprehensive two-year institution, serving students from throughout the region, Isothermal Community College offers Business Sciences, Arts & Sciences and Applied

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Ambulatory Surgery Center, Gaston Specialty Surgical Center, Blue Ridge Healthcare, Grace Hospital, Valdese Hospital, Spruce Pine Hospital, Rutherford Hospital, McDowell Hospital and Upstate Carolina Medical Center.

After Leonard and Dover presented the students with their pins, a student from each of the FNC’s institutions spoke – Melissa

Lynn-Altimari Messina from Isothermal, Antonnette ClardieRoss from Cleveland and Robert D. Woodell from McDowell. Lamar Woods recognized the families of the students on behalf of the entire class.

For more information on Isothermal’s Surgical Technology program, contact Porter at 828286-3636, ext. 361.

Isothermal faculty and staff announce summer dean’s list

Hospice announces events, support groups

FOREST CITY – Hospice of Rutherford County announces the following upcoming events. To register, please call 245-0095. n Hospice Remembrance Service: Remembering patients who have died and those who cared for them, Thursday, Oct. 21, at 6 p.m. at Carolina Event and Conference Center. n GRACE support group: For anyone caring for a loved one. The group is offered the first Tuesday of each month from 4 to 5:30 p.m. at Rutheford Life Services and co-sponsored by Hospice. Adult day care services are available if you RSVP to Hospice at 2450095. Call Joey Revis at Hospice for more information. n HOPE Support Group: Tuesdays beginning Sept. 7 for four weeks at 10 a.m. at the Center of Living for any

an Isothermal health sciences counselor, before special music by Rashida Williams and a talk by Dr. Thornburg Wright of Foothills Urology.

Leonard recognized the program’s clinical affiliates, which include: Cleveland Regional Medical Center, Cleveland Ambulatory Surgery Center, Caromont Healthcare Systems, Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gaston

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Sciences & Technology courses and programs.

Isothermal Community College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award degrees. Making the list for honor roll were: Bostic Barry E. Allen, Ernest M. Hensley, Sarah M. Howard, Catherine L. Prescott Ellenboro Carole L. Brooks, Michael E. Lyda, James C. Parker, Marian G. Smith Forest City Douglas A. Bartlett, Michael G. Blackwood, Dianna L. Brown, Ida K. Buchanan, William A. Clay, Yvonne S. Davis, Amy M. Epley, Tina G. Gowan, William J. Greene, Ian M. Hamrick, Nathan

T. Harrill, Wayne A. Harvey, Jennifer M. James, Glenda W. Johnson, Toni M. Keene, Francisco Martinez, Jimmy S. Mathis, Kentonio M. McDowell, Katherine G. Minter, Charles R. Nanney, Wanda J. Owens, Whitney L. Silver, Lillian G. Slaughter, Trang T. Tran Henrietta Timothy C. Canipe, Brittany N. Toms Mooresboro Linda J. Farris, Mary A. Pearson, Sharon K. Wease Rutherfordton

Jonathon A. Cash, David M. Cole, Peter S. Cooper, Chrys M. Elliott, Jonathan E. Ford, Bailey B. Killough, Phillip T. Kurkendall, Tiffany N. Malcolm, Andrew M. McLaughlin, Judy K. Mosteller, Alicia M. Myers, Dana K. Silvers, Karen J. Von Briel, Dave T. Sanders Spindale Cleta F. Kawa, Robert T. Martin, Cynthia A. Teseniar Union Mills Christopher B. Bennett, Christopher J. Hudson, Corwin C. Revis

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Golden Apple Awards given at Isothermal

SPINDALE – Nine Isothermal Community College staff and faculty members were recognized this month for making outstanding contributions to the institution’s learning environment.

makes time to stop and chat with students and colleagues. In addition to Claude’s caring nature, he exhibits an exceptional work ethic.

He takes pride in his work and swells with pride when someone comments on his shiny The Golden Apple floors. He characteristiAwards, given since cally goes the extra mile 2006, were develto help a student or coloped by Isothermal’s league.

Learning Strategies n Betty Whitesides: Taskforce as a way Betty not only does her to recognize college job well, she goes above employees who “dediand beyond to assist cate their time and students and to make talents to create a colthem feel welcome. She lege environment where accomplishes this with learning can flourish.” her nurturing smile Dr. Kim Gold, and friendly manner.

Isothermal’s vice She often gives stupresident of Academic dents directions and and Student Services gets to know many of and Institutional them. Her golden heart Assessment, presentenables her to show ed the awards at last compassion for students week’s Convocation and other employees. event, saying the Betty seems pleased awards were designed to be asked to assist for those employees others. She has never who “go above and failed to offer addibeyond the requiretional help with special ments of their jobs to events being held in the ensure that the learning Student Center lobby. process flows smoothly She routinely goes for students.” above and beyond the call of duty.

The Golden Apple n Anna Gibbs: For Award Committee many years, Anna made the awards on Gibbs has been an criteria including the outstanding example exhibition of a commit- of the Isothermal ment to excellence; the mission statement nurturing of a climate of “Improving Life of integrity, care, and through Learning” as respect for individuals; she has worked with demonstration of initia- students in the Polk tive to resolve problems County campus area. or improve processes She always has a pleasthat benefit the colant attitude and a lege; demonstration smile on her face as she of a cooperative spirit deals with students, and willingness to help employees and the genothers that exceeds job eral public. She always expectations; and serv- shows respect and a ing as an inspiration to willingness to help anyothers. one who comes in or The winners, with calls. Anna has excelbrief comments from lent skills in all areas of the selection commither responsibilities and tee about why each was has always been eager selected for the award, to learn and improve include: the methods of carrying out her job. She is n Claude Williams: an excellent representaClaude consistently tive of the college and is displays a cooperative willing to go above and spirit and seeks to crebeyond her job responate a pleasant work sibilities. environment. He has a special way of getn Lois Scruggs: Those ting to know students who work closely with and fellow employees Lois describe her as, on a personal level. “dependable, caring, Claude greets everyand conscientious as one with a smile and well as a legend in her

career.” She is always willing to lend a helping hand with any problem, question or project. Even when the office is chaotic, she handles every question or problem with a calm demeanor. Not only is Lois willing to help, she always has the answer or knows where to find the information. Lois’s calm demeanor and expertise make her the “go-to” person for faculty, staff and students.

Lois is always willing to share her knowledge with other staff in an effort to make the college more efficient and effective. n Mike Saunders: If you ever come into the Continuing Education Department and happen to meet Mike Saunders, you will never forget the encounter.

You will be approached by a man with a big smile, an outstretched hand, and a friendly “How are you?” You can often see him waving to someone down the hall or greeting students as they come in the doors.

He shows interest in what they are taking and always encourages them to stay in school and continue their education. He never meets a stranger or someone he doesn’t seem to like.

Young or old, the student is the main concern. He is genuinely concerned about the young student in the Adult High Program.

Mike is always on the move, always helpful, and always showing the love of Isothermal. n Chester Melton: In Chester’s nomination it was stated, “I have observed this individual’s work habits and personal characteristics, often under very trying and stressful circumstances. Always calm and patient, Mr. Melton is consistent in meeting the varied demands placed upon him. In a word, he is superb.” Chester is capable, dependable and reliable. No matter what the request he never complains, his quality of work exceeds all expectations, and his integrity and positive

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attitude create a positive work environment.

His commitment to excellence, resourcefulness and commitment to excellence is clearly second-to-none. More than an employee, Chester is an inspiration to all who work with him and it for that reason that he is deserving of the Golden Apple Award.

plaints, Eddie went out of his way to be accommodating to the needs of faculty and students.

Eddie’s superhuman patience helped him explain the problem in terms faculty and students could understand. n Robin Wiggins: Robin consistently seeks to support others on campus by improving the way in which information is gathered, processed and disseminated. Rather than waiting for people to come to her with needs she actively seeks ways to assist others.

Whether the task is scanning assessment artifacts, finding a more efficient way to process student evaluations or taking minutes for a taskforce, Robin completes each task with a calm and pleasant attitude. Regardless of the task Robin always strives for excellence. Those who call on Robin always know that they will be greeted with a friendly smile and a “sure I can help.”

She can often be found volunteering for committees and taskforces and very quickly finding a way to support others in being effective in their tasks. n Robbie Holland: Tables, chairs, paper towels, trash cans, floor buffers, vacuum cleaners, whiteboards, lights, restrooms, dressing rooms, back stage, front of house, catering, kitchen, seminar rooms – if you use any of these things while in the Foundation, you do so thanks to the tireless efforts of one man – Robbie Holland. The importance of his role in this facility cannot be overstated. So often he is the first to arrive and the last to leave.

He continually looks for ways to increase his knowledge base and improve operational processes. He is always eager and willing to help. He is a dedicated team member working behind the scenes to ensure that everything is in order.

n Eddie Moore: Eddie consistently goes above and beyond the requirements of his job in order to ensure that the classroom environment is comfortable and conducive to learning. When Room 141 in the Administration Building was being converted into a Math Lab, it became obvious that the HVAC unit was not operating properly.

The environment had become very disruptive to the learning process.

Eddie confronted this challenge with a calm and professional manner. Even though he dealt with many com-

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Deadbeat husband needs tough love to grow up Dear Abby: I am a 40-year-old woman who feels like a single mother. My husband is lazy, has a negative attitude and hasn’t held a job in four years. I provide everything in our marriage — the money, the education for our 8-year-old son, plus I do all the housework, etc.

My husband graduated from a famous university with a bachelor’s degree. I have a master’s degree and am now studying for my doctorate.

When my husband had a job he would give his money to his parents or spend it on lottery tickets. His parents have more money than mine do.

Dear Abby Abigail van Buren

To me, family is like a bank account into which you must deposit your love, your money and your responsibility.

Unfortunately, my husband is always spending — never saving. There is no love between us. I think about divorce but worry that my husband will have no house to live in. Maybe I am being too kind. What words of advice do you have for me?

— Y.L. Dear Y.L.: It’s time to stop worrying about your

Woman faces middle age Dear Dr. Gott: I am writing to inquire about a medical condition that I have had for more than 15 years with no diagnosis determined.

I’m a 63-year-old AfricanAmerican female in good health except for allergies.

The older I get, the worse the problem. I have constant cramping in my legs, thighs, toes, hands, rib cage and arms. Lately, most of my cramping is happening at night when I go to bed. Both legs cramp up, and one of my feet twists to one side.

These cramps are painful. I can turn over in the middle of the night and catch a cramp. I have had all types of blood work performed, and when my potassium was a little low, I was told to take a potassium pill. I cramped twice as much. I have gone to internal-medicine doctors, rheumatologists, orthopedic specialists, family medical practitioners, OB-GYNs and cardiologists with no resolution. I am currently taking Celebrex and magnesium oxide — specifically for cramping — which has helped, but not completely. I also take Singulair, Diovan, Prevacid, a garlic pill and Zocor at night only. In the past, I have taken some cramping medications, such as clonazepam, quinine tablets and others I can’t even remember the names of. Can you shed some light on my medical problem that might assist me with these awful cramps?

Dear Reader: You indi-

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husband and start thinking about the example he is setting for your son. Do you want him to grow up thinking your household is normal? Speaking woman to woman, since nothing else has worked it is time to try “tough love.” Your husband will not be homeless — he can stay with his parents until he decides he wants to act like a responsible spouse, finds a job and stops gambling his money away. If he straightens up, you can reconcile. Marriage is supposed to be a working partnership, and from where I sit you have pulled the entire load long enough.

Dear Abby: My fiancee,

“Mandy,” and I decided to buy a home. (We moved in together last August.)

Mandy didn’t qualify to be on the loan, so it is in my name. No matter what I do, she says she feels like the house won’t be “ours” until I put her name on the deed.

I want to marry Mandy, but I would like us to reach a point that we’re able to get along first.

She says we won’t be able to do that if I don’t put her name on the deed. Am I wrong to want to be more comfortable in the relationship before doing that? If something happened and we didn’t get married she’d have as much right to the house

as I do — without having paid any money toward it. — :”In Deed” Dear “In Deed”: Listen to your gut, because it’s guiding you in the right direction. A house is one of the biggest investments you will ever make.

Putting Mandy’s name on the deed will not magically fix the shaky foundation of this relationship.

You may love her, but please continue to think rationally. It appears she is trying to emotionally blackmail you. Before entering into ANY contract with Mandy (or anyone else, for that matter), talk to your lawyer.

Diamon in the rough, found

Have you got room for a gem in your barn?

Ask Dr. Gott Dr. Peter M. Gott

cate you are in good health with the exception of your allergies. Let’s review your other medications. Celebrex is a prescription medication used to control the pain, stiffness and swelling of osteo and rheumatoid arthritis. Magnesium oxide and Prevacid are commonly used to relieve symptoms of acid indigestion. Diovan helps control hypertension and is sometimes prescribed for patients with heart failure who cannot take ACE inhibitor medications. Zocor is a statin drug designed to reduce bad cholesterol while increasing the good. Garlic is believed to help symptoms of arthritis and lower high-cholesterol and bloodpressure readings. And, when added to many foods, it simply tastes good. So it appears that you have arthritis, acid indigestion, hypertension and hypercholesterolemia (high cholesterol).

Statins have a bad reputation for causing muscle pain, cramping, fatigue, and muscle tenderness and weakness in some people. You appear to be one of them. I cannot clearly state that this is the cause of your problem, but it’s a good place to start. Speak with your physician to determine whether you can take a different medication.

We believe that Diamond was someone’s pet at one time but she has lived on her own long enough to be wary of people.

She has befriended a woman who has provided her with basic care for sometime but she continues to live outdoors and is very independent However, everyday, she shows more signs of being domesticated. She loves to roll around to ask for petting and usually hangs around the back door or sleeps in a vacant chair most of the time. She disappears when it is extremely hot – finding a cool, shady spot to lay low and rest. She doesn’t like loud noises and disappears when the lawn mower or tractor is running.

We think that Diamond would prefer to live outdoors as she has been accustomed but with time and attention, she will likely become more and more friendly and could become an indoor/outdoor or even a house cat.

If you think that you might be able to offer this “Diamond in the rough” a place at your house, barn or place of business, please contact the CPC Volunteer Office at 287 – 7738.

IN THE STARS Your birthday, Aug. 29; Existing bonds will be further tightened in the year ahead, with one person in particular whom you cherish.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) - When it comes to making a critical decision of some kind, look beyond your immediate concerns.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) - Turn directly to the key person who can make happen what you need done.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) - There is nothing you can do that would be more enjoyable than making plans to share some quality time with a friend.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) You’re in a particularly strong achievement cycle.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) - If you possess athletic talent and enjoy pursuits of this kind, it could turn out to be an especially fortuitous time.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) - This could be an especially good time to democratically discuss making some major changes.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) - Even if your thinking on the way a current problem should be handled is sound, nothing will come of it if you don’t do anything about it.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) Finding the exact item you want at a good price should come a lot easier.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) - One of your better talents is being able to manage delicate situations without annoying anybody else in the process.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) - If you’ve been eager to get certain people over to your place, this might be the perfect day to do so.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) - This should be an excellent day for lifting your spirits, simply by mingling with good friends and/or family. There is nothing more satisfying that spending time with those who care.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) - You’ll fare better in whatever your involvement might be if you deal directly with the person who can make what you need happen.

The Pet Project Produced by Jo-Ann Close and Lynne Faltraco Community Pet Center

Use less to save money and avoid waste It’s easy to waste products by using too much. This is especially true with products that are pourable or in squeezable containers. No one wants to feel like there’s a daily audit on product usage, but if at least one person in the household measures only the amount that is needed or makes an effort to use less of a product, it can amount to a decent amount of annual savings without any loss in product performance.

SHAMPOO: Place shampoo in a dispenser or a pump bottle (pump bottles are great for dish liquid, hand soap and condiments, too). Measure a quarter-sized dollop into your hand instead of filling your palm. Do your own test at home. Have a family member or friend place various-priced shampoos into newly marked bottles (labeled A, B, C so you can tell them apart). See which shampoo you like best.

You might be surprised to discover you prefer a cheaper shampoo than you’ve been using. And most people don’t need to lather, rinse and repeat.

LAUNDRY DETERGENT: Accurate measuring is the key to using less. You might simply eyeball it and pour the product directly into your washing machine, or maybe you fill the measuring cup.

This causes product build up in your washer and on your clothes, and can make your laundry smell terrible.

The measurement lines are on the inside of the cap and are often hard to see, and instructions for amounts are on the container. Measure and mark the cap with a permanent marker or sim-

Frugal Living

by Sara Noel

ply use your own measuring cup. Many people use far less than is recommended with favorable results, too.

Visit www.instructables. com/id/Get-that-last-loadfrom-a-bottle-of-detergent! for a tutorial on how to cut an upside down “V” under the base of the spout to pour out every remaining bit of product that gets trapped. Or add some water to the container and shake and pour to use it all. One reader, Karen from Kansas, shares: “Back when I used liquid detergent, I turned the bottle upside down to get out the last bit.

I now purchase Charlie’s Soap (www.charliesoap. com) in a 5-gallon bucket (1,280 loads). You can buy it in liquid form, too, which is enough to last us three to four years.”

SALAD DRESSING: Use less by pouring slowly into your bowl, add a lid, and shake the dressing to disperse it evenly.

CLEANERS: You don’t have to spray the entire surface with cleaning product.

The product gets absorbed by your paper towel or cloth.

Moisten the surface with water to loosen dirt or dried spills, and use a microfiber cloth to clean the surface first and then decide whether or not you need a spray cleaner.

Many of your cleaning products can be replaced with vinegar, salt, dish liquid, essential oils, lemon juice, castile soap and baking soda.

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glad to see it still being used.

“The fact the school system has contined the school in some form is a plus,” Smith said.

“My son got to attend in middle school and my grandchildren got to attend in preschool. It is still providing some resource for the community. I really like that appreciate that.”

When classmates tour the building during the

reunion, Smith said, the spirit of the past can still be felt.

“It’s a nice feeling,” Miller said.

Alumni who would like to attend the reunion and need more information may contact Linda Smith at 429-6090; Ulysses Miller at 646-294-1899; or George Miller at 223-8451.

Contact Flynn via e-mail at aflynn@thedigitalcourier. com.

Above and at left, alumni have time to reminisce at the school during the reunion weekend. The all-class reunion began in 1990 and has been held every two years since that time.

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At right, alumni gather on Friday night for an event at The Foundation. This year there will be a play; Saturday’s activities include a parade, golf tournament, school tours and time for fellowship.

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