Daily Courier, October 07, 2009

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A fueling accident sparked a fire that destroyed Guy’s Auto Service, at 851 E. Main St. in Forest City Tuesday. The Forest City Fire Department responded to the call, however the building along with most of the equipment was a total loss.

Fire destroys Guy’s Auto

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Twins hold off Tigers to claim playoff spot Page 8A

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FOREST CITY — A fueling accident sparked a fire that destroyed a Main Street business on Tuesday.

Guy’s Auto Service, at 851 E. Main St., was “pretty much fully involved with fire” when the Forest City Fire Department arrived on the scene after being dispatched to a structure fire at 9:49 a.m.

Fire Chief Mark McCurry on Tuesday afternoon said the building was a total loss, along with most of the equipment. The value of the building is unknown at this time.

McCurry said business owner Guy Whitener and an employee, Eddie Seay, were fueling a vehicle using a can when some gas spilled and apparently was ignited by a gas hot water heater in the area. He said the gasoline Please see Fire, Page 6A

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Students from Rutherford County Schools and Chesnee Elementary School enjoyed the TheatreworksUSA production of “Junie B. Jones” Tuesday morning at The Foundation at Isothermal Community College. Pictured are Megan Kane as Junie B. and Christopher Michael Christiana as Herb.

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LAKE LURE — Classes for the Lake Lure Classical Academy will be conducted in portable, modular classroom units, for the first couple of years.

The modular units solution was announced at the October meeting of the school’s board on Tuesday.

“As we speak today, it is modular space,” said board chairman Philip Byers. “The bottom line is, we will have modular classrooms for the first couple of years to give us time to get the buildings constructed and take care of everything else.

“These modular classrooms will be delivered when the board is ready for them to be sent, but they will be delivered no later than this summer,” Byers said. “There are eight classroom pods, if you will, with a hallway and four classrooms per side. They are very attractive, make good classrooms and will serve our needs well in Lake Lure.”

Lake Lure Mayor Jim Proctor, who serves on the school board, asked for some photographs of the modular units that were in use at other charter schools in the area so he could show them to citizens neighboring the school property.

Byers said he understood there were some concerns about modular units, but he felt these would be acceptable. The units are 112 feet by 68 feet.

Board members also signed conflict of interest Please see Charter, Page 6A

Ministry has scheduled food giveaway

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FOREST CITY — Don’t let sticker shock stop it.

That was one of the comments made by Rutherford County Schools Superintendent John Kinlaw to the board Tuesday following a presentation by Chief Technology Officer Benny Hendrix and Assistant Superintendent Janet Mason on the 1:1 instructional model that could become a reality for all schools in Rutherford County as early as next school year.

In their presentation on Changing Teaching and Learning, Mason and Hendrix used video clips of students and teachers on how technology is already being utilized in classrooms throughout the district.

“We’re talking tonight and want to share with you some plans to moving to a 1:1 teaching and learning environment in at least sixth through twelfth grades,” Mason said.

Mason said that the model is already being implemented on a small scale through the use of laptops by students at REACH. “We are completely paperless there,” Mason said. “We know they are using OneNote so even our students who don’t have

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FOREST CITY — People in need of food can come pick up essentials Thursday when the Chase Corner Ministries hosts its first mobile food truck from Second Harvest Food Bank.

“I’m excited,” said Crystal Tate, director.

“It’s something we are going to try, and I hope it goes well.”

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No identification has to be provided; people who want to receive food only have to provide their name, address, household gross income and if they receive food stamps or not, and sign the form.

“All they really have to do is say they are in need of food,” Tate said.

While its the first time Chase Corner Ministries has hosted a food truck, Little White Country Church has a history with

giving away food from Second Harvest trucks.

“We usually arrange for them to drop off the food and we put it in our pantry to give it away,” said Chris Davis, director of the church’s food pantry. “We had one about two months ago and I would like to have one closer to Christmas.”

Davis said around 200 to 300 people

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Local MARCHING AT THE LIBRARY

Chambers are hosting forums for candidates From staff reports

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Rutherford County Library’s story time Tuesday focused on music and musical instruments. Preschoolers who attended took part in a parade through the stacks complete with hats, instruments and streamers. Story time for preschoolers is held each Tuesday at 10 a.m. at the main branch, Wednesdays at 11 a.m. at Haynes Branch and Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. at Mountains Branch Library.

Weed and Seed

County group bids for program

By LARRY DALE Daily Courier Staff Writer

RUTHERFORDTON — A steering committee is moving Rutherford County along toward applying for a federal Weed and Seed grant.

Weed and Seed is a community-based strategy sponsored by the U.S. Department of Justice. The initiative is overseen by the Community Capacity Development Office.

Fred Hudson, program manager in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Charlotte, is helping organize the effort to get federal funding.

“We’ve formed this steering committee that has been meeting to put together a strategic plan to identify Weed and Seed designated areas,” explained Suzanne Porter, United Way Community Engagement Team coordinator, on Wednesday afternoon.

The effort to try to find a way to make a positive impact on Rutherford County began about a year ago.

Faye Hassell, executive director of United Way of Rutherford County, explained how the county got to this point.

“About this time last year,” she said, “United Way was in the final stages of completing a comprehensive needs assessment.

And then we did a report to the community, and, as a follow-up to that, we decided to compose what we called the Community Engagement Team.

“And that team consists of people who were at that community forum and other people that we identified as key players, to see how we can go to the next level,

with that next level yet to be determined. But ultimately our goal is to try to do some things to have an impact.

“Actually, it has been a little bit of a learning process, even for us, to look at the assets in the community and become learned ourselves about what exists and how we can all work together to create some positive changes in the community.”

In researching possible avenues, the team came upon the Shelby Weed and Seed program and contacted Hudson to receive assistance for Rutherford County possibly applying for the program.

“I want to thank the United Way for opening up office space and time to come here and talk about what Weed and Seed is and isn’t,” Hudson responded.

He explained that each community has to come up with its own list of issues and needs, unique to that community. “It’s not a cookie-cutter situation,” he said.

“At this point we are in a strategy development phase, talking about the issues that affect Rutherford County.”

Both Hassell and Hudson said they have already seen a difference in the level of cooperation and shared commitment in Rutherford County in the past year.

“From a United Way perspective,” Hassell said, “we’re delighted to see the cohesion that seems to be creating in the community, a desire for people to try to work together to see what we can do to have something to celebrate for a change. If nothing else, cleaning up the bad areas, with the Weed and Seed grant. That

would be something to celebrate.”

Hudson said that even if, worst case scenario, Rutherford County doesn’t get the Weed and Seed money, the process will have been a success if diverse agencies learn to work together for a common goal. “We have to be collaborative,” he emphasized.

“Working together in a collaborative way is a huge benefit.”

Hassell noted that the current economic situation has led people to rethink how things get done. “We can do so much more collectively than we can individually,” she said. “There just isn’t enough money to fund everything, so you look at how to stretch that dollar, try to get a bigger bang for the buck. The sagging economy forces you to do that.”

Law enforcement agencies provide the “weed” aspect of the program by weeding out criminals and drug abusers, and the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office, and the Forest City, Spindale and Rutherfordton police departments are all involved in the Community Engagement Team effort. Half of any grant would go to law enforcement.

Hudson noted that the Weed and Seed grant is also important because it gives recipients a leg up on receiving other grants.

Grant applications must be submitted by Dec. 1. Hudson said there are generally around 100 applicants each year and about 40 are awarded grants.

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CHIMNEY ROCK — The Hickory Nut Gorge Chamber of Commerce will host its first candidates’ forum Thursday at the Municipal Center in Lake Lure.

All five candidates for Lake Lure Town Council, both canRegistration didates for Mayor as deadline is set well as the two unopposed candidates this Friday for Chimney Rock Friday, Oct. 9 is the Village, will particifinal day to register pate. to vote in November’s “We’re excited to election for all of host this event,” said Rutherford County.

Edith Bond, a resident Still need to sign of Lake Lure, moderaup?

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Rutherford Chamber gov to download the has hosted these registration form kinds of events, but it ahead of time and seemed a natural fit take it to the office. for our own Chamber to get more involved in this particular process.”

The forum begins at 7 p.m. and continues until all questions have been asked.

The candidates will have three minutes each for opening remarks.

To ask questions, audience members will raise their hand, identify themselves and direct their question to the candidate of their choice.

Candidates will have two minutes to answer. At the end of the forum, each candidate will have three minutes for closing remarks.

The candidates for Lake Lure Mayor are Bill Frykberg and Bob Keith. Candidates for Lake Lure Town Council are Mary Anne Dotson, Rick Coley, John Moore, Bill Beason and Melvin Owensby.

The unopposed candidates for Chimney Rock Village are Frank Campbell and Bob Wald.

“We invited the Chimney Rock representatives because it gives everyone a chance to be aware of what both our communities are involved with,” Bond said.

For information, call the Chamber at 625-2725.

The Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce plans to take its popular “Meet the Candidates” program to towns and communities throughout the county for the upcoming elections.

“Meet the Municipal Candidates” will be conducted in Bostic, Ellenboro, Spindale, Forest City and Rutherfordton beginning Oct. 13 and ending Oct. 22.

Each meeting will begin at 7 p.m. and be conducted by Chamber members residing in the particular municipality.

Chamber director Bill Hall said it was his understanding that a forum for the Lake Lure and Chimney Rock candidates was being considered by the Hickory Nut Gorge Chamber of Commerce.

The Chamber introduced the municipal candidate forums several years ago as a part of the organization’s community service program.

“We want to make it easier for voters to attend these important information meetings,” said Chamber president Mike Campfield. “Hearing what a candidate has to say and being able to ask questions promotes voter interest and helps in making ballot decisions.”

“Meet the Municipal Candidates” schedule: n Rutherfordton town council and mayor races, Oct. 13, County Annex Building, Rutherfordton; n Spindale town council, Oct. 15, Spindale House; n Bostic mayoral race, East Rutherford Elementary School, Oct. 19; n Ellenboro alderman candidates, Ellenboro Elementary School, Oct. 20; and, n Forest City mayor and commissioner races, Oct. 22, Cool Springs County Schools Building.

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FEEDING THE HUNGRY Continued from Page 1A

the Internet at home can sync up what they’ve done in class and take home their homework every night.”

After Mason discussed some of the ways the model might be implemented, Hendrix spoke of the back side of the initiative — how technology facilitators will maintain the components needed to make the project work.

“All of our schools are at the highest speed possible right now with Internet,” Hendrix said.

“Without that connectivity, those things you’ve seen the students and teachers talking about would not be possible.”

Hendrix said the technology team had spent a lot of time working on building networks at each school and that a network operating system upgrade is ongoing throughout the 2009-10 school year.

“Wireless networks will be very important,” Hendrix said. “We have piloted a new technology with a wireless network environment at East Middle School and we have also upgraded the REaCH network with some new wireless technology.”

Professional development, Mason said, will be one of the key components for a 1:1 teaching and learning environment, and Hendrix discussed some of the software offerings teachers and other staff will have available for training.

“One thing will be Atomic Learning, which will provide a set of online course material for lots of different applications, like Office 2007 for example,” he said.

Another tool will be Sharp School, a site where not only teachers can access classroom materials, but parents too can consolidate their children’s activities and calendars.

The teaching and learning environment would provide laptops for middle and high school students, like what students at REaCH currently have.

The projected cost for a four-year lease for 5,000 laptops for sixth through twelfth grades is $1.6 million. Factoring in the cost for staff development and technical support, the total cost of the model would be around $2 million.

“That sounds like a lot of money in one sense, but to provide for these students for the 21st century, I think its a small price to pay,” Hendrix said.

Potential funding sources for the model would include grants and gifts, state, local and federal funds and lease agreements.

“We’re dreaming big and thinking about the future,” Mason said.

Board member Barry Gold said the price was surprising, only because it seemed low.

“I’m encouraged by $2 million. It seems like it would be more than that,” he said.

Mason explained she and Hendrix had factored in other funding sources and ways to redistribute funding to keep the cost down.

“If we can get past the initial three- to five-year period, the district should be able to maintain it using regular funding,” Hendrix said.

Kinlaw reminded the board that the mission of Rutherford County Schools is that all students will be successful in a global community.

“If that’s going to be a reality, the 1:1 initiative is something that’s not just a dream, but is absolutely essential and necessary,” Kinlaw said. “Four and a half percent of our current expense budget is $2 million. I just can’t believe we cannot redirect and reprioritize to do that.”

In other business, the board recognized winners of the School Bus Safety Poster Contest. They are Matasia Covington, Arianna Edwards, Raven Harrill and Tori Acree. The district also named the Principal of the Year. That honor went to Harris Elementary’s Don Ingle.

Robert Goulette, chief of staff for the Marine Corps League for Rutherford, Cleveland and Burke counties, asked the board to write a letter of recommendation to Rep. Heath Shuler and Sen. Richard Burr in support of naming the new VA Medical Clinic in honor of Corp. Chris Ebert, a graduate of Chase High School who was killed in Iraq in 2004.

Kinlaw also told the board the system would be hiring a part-time recycling position to help with a recycling campaign to keep plastic bottles out of landfills. A new state law banning plastic bottles from landfills went into effect Oct. 1.

The system is also closely monitoring absenteeism, Kinlaw said.

“The normal absentee rate this time of year is about five percent and we are experiencing almost double that,” he said. “That concerns us. We are monitoring it daily and closely.”

A stomach virus as well as some cases of the flu are the culprit, but Kinlaw said that even with a higher absentee rate, there are still 90-plus percent of school age children in the county attending school every day.

“While we are experiencing more illness-related absences, we are not anywhere at any epidemic proportions in this county,” Kinlaw said.

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Carolina Today Wild horse collides with police cruiser CURRITUCK (AP) — A wild horse on North Carolina’s Outer Banks had to be euthanized after it was injured in a collision with a deputy’s cruiser.

The Daily Advance of Elizabeth City reported Tuesday that the Currituck Sheriff’s Department said Deputy Jessie Taylor was patrolling the Carova Beach area near Mile Post 21 about 10:30 p.m. Monday when a wild stallion chasing another stallion collided with his car.

Duke Energy, UNC sign wind contract CHARLOTTE (AP) — Duke Energy and the University of North Carolina say they have signed a contract to place wind turbines in the Pamlico Sound.

The Charlotte Observer reported on its Web site Tuesday that Duke and UNC said they have signed a contract to place one to three wind turbines in the sound.

Duke Energy spokesman Tim Pettit says the Charlotte-based utility will pay for its turbines and their installations, which likely will cost tens of millions of

dollars.

UNC will do research on their performance, ecological impacts and other aspects.

First swine flu vaccine arrives in N.C. RALEIGH (AP) — Health care providers in North Carolina are receiving their first batch of the swine flu vaccine.

State Immunization Branch spokeswoman Amy Caruso says some health care providers began receiving shipments of the general nasal spray vaccine Monday or Tuesday. A list of which health care providers received the shipments was not immediately available.

Caruso says the shipments are ahead of schedule after immunization officials ordered 52,000 vaccine doses Sept. 30. They will be distributed to 102 providers.

The rest may take several weeks to arrive.

Man indicted in 1972 murder of family WINDSOR (AP) — A North Carolina grand jury has indicted a man on charges of killing his wife and two children almost 40 years ago.

Parchute company will add 375 jobs ROXBORO, N.C. (AP) — A Person County parachute manufacturer said Tuesday it plans to expand operations in its home city as it meets the demands for a new military contract, a decision that Gov. Beverly Perdue said will generate 375 new jobs.

Perdue announced North American Aerodynamics Inc. will increase employment in Person County while investing $900,000 toward renovations of two existing buildings near its current Roxboro operations and headquarters.

The company received $300,000 from the One North Carolina Fund, which provides taxpayerfunded financial assistance to encourage industrial expansion. The firm has three years to create the jobs, according to the state Department of Commerce.

The move gives a needed boost to Person County, which had an unemployment rate of 12.1 percent when a fund grant for the company was considered by the state.

Perdue has said she wants to expand the military sector of the state’s economy. She traveled to Washington on Monday in part to meet with defense industry executives to talk up the state’s military economy.

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Lazino Shelton, 9, (left) takes a cup of lasagna from volunteer Suzanne Nelson as food is passed out to those in need by volunteers from the First United Methodist Church in the old Elizabeth City Middle School band room.

Volunteers handed out homemade lasagna, corn bread, sandwiches and drinks to anyone young or old hungry enough to show up to eat at 5 p.m.

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The youth of Spindale United Methodist Church will sponsor “Box City” on Thursday night, October 8 in the church parking lot. They will be sleeping in cardboard boxes to raise awareness for the homeless in Rutherford County. October 8 is the kick-off, and the youth will be collecting new or clean used coats and blankets, any size, the entire month of October. Drop off points for coats and blankets are Bi-Lo in Rutherfordton, Spindale Drug, and Smith’s Drug in Forest City.

Please help the youth with this worthy project.

For more information, call the church office at 828-286-2281.

Bertie County Sheriff Greg Atkins told the VirginianPilot of Norfolk that the grand jury indicted 68-year-old Roy Lawrence Rascoe on first-degree murder and first-degree arson charges.

The bodies of 23-year-old Annie Elizabeth Smallwood Rascoe; 1-year-old Rita Renee Rascoe; and 3-year-old Tony Ray Rascoe were found in the rubble of their home after it burned. to the ground in November 1972.

Annie Rascoe was pregnant with the couple’s third child.

Defense attorney Perry Martin of Ahoskie didn’t immediately return a phone call Tuesday seeking comment.

Rascoe was arrested Aug. 31 at the low-security federal prison in Butner, where he was serving a sentence on theft of government property charges.

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Our Views Good news on the fuel front

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here is good news and some pretty good news as winter approaches. We know, we know, fall isn’t even here and the leaves haven’t turned and we are writing about winter.

But the subject is serious: natural gas and other heating fuel prices are expected to be down. That’s the good news. The pretty good news is that there are predictions for a mild winter.

The latter scares us a bit because Mother Nature doesn’t like people trying to second guess her and usually responds with a nasty storm or two.

However, the predictions that fuel oil and propane will cost less than last year is important to a lot of people, primarily they will get the money to pay the heating bills.

The forecast predicted an eight percent decline over last year’s expense.

Nonetheless, we encourage everyone who planned weatherization projects this year to follow through and drive those costs to needy families down even further.

Our readers’ views Counters argument on health care issue To the editor: There were several absurd statements in Carl Matthews’ letter this past Saturday. I would like to address a few of them.

Unfortunately, the United States does not have the “best care possible.” The World Health Organization has ranked the US as 37th in the world, although we invest more on health care than any other country.

I (along with everyone else who read his letter, I would think) was flabbergasted that Mr. Matthews stated that “you can go to an emergency room for free.”

There certainly are those who go the emergency room and never pay, but it is definitely not free.

I recently went to the ER for my very first time ever, and my bill for that single visit was over $1,000.

Because I had not met my deductible, I personally had to pay over $500 out of my pocket.

(If I had met my deductible, I would have still have had to pay 20 percent.)

As far as people without health insurance being illegal immigrants and so forth, I beg to differ.

In my immediate family I have two young adults who have lived in the United States all their lives and who have college educations and good jobs, but they do not have health insurance because they work at small, private businesses. (My daughter could be added to her husband’s insurance, but it would cost over $600 per month).

My brother-in-law comes from a family that has been in Rutherford County since the 1700’s (no illegal immigrant there). He has worked his whole

adult life and seldom missed a single day, but because he lost his job last year when a local manufacturing plant closed, he no longer has health insurance and cannot afford to get any.

In regard to “believers in Christ taking care of the poor, sick, and downtrodden,” I would very much like to hear Mr. Matthews explain exactly how that would work.

Nancy Harris Rutherfordton

Says banking system violates Biblical law To the editor: For those who seem to think that our government should run the welfare and health care systems, you might first realize that our great banking system, which is now on the brink of failure, and which we must support with our taxes, is actually a violation of laws in the Old Testament, what most Christians recognize as God’s law.

Exodus 22:25 forbids loaning at interest. Nehemiah chapter 5 shows the results of loaning at interest, Ezekiel 18:13 and 22:12 calls interest an “abomination” and “extortion”, and it condemned anciently for Christians to loan money at interest, yet our entire banking system is built on the principle of regulating interest to control the economy.

Of course the “abomination” we call the banks have performed so many “extortions” that they’re on the brink of failing because the people cannot produce enough to compensate for the oppressive interest our central banking system called the Federal Reserve Board has charged.

It seems to me that if loaning at

usury is called an abomination and an extortion, and if the 1st Amendment says congress shall make no law prohibiting freedom of religion, then the people can freely opt out of the present economic system and create a local currency system based on the goodness and willingness of the community.

In fact, how can those dollar bills in our pockets be called “legal tender” when there is no such authority given in the Constitution, and certainly no such authority given to the states?

Children, can you say “scam”?

Ralph Haulk Forest City

Notice Editor’s Note: The final deadline for letters regarding this year’s municipal elections will be Oct. 23.

This will allow time to get letters published before Election Day on Nov. 3

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If we are a nation of laws, we need stronger ones RALEIGH — In this celebrity-is-everything, personality-driven culture, the idea of the United States being a nation of laws and not of men seems under siege.

The attack comes from all of us.

Elections become personality contests where the policy positions of the contestants, beyond the R or D beside their name, seem to matter very little.

And once we’ve chosen sides, it matters even less what the elected do.

Vote against the winning candidate, and it wouldn’t matter whether he or she could turn straw into gold, passing riches on to everyone. They’re the devil, a socialist, a fascist, a barbarian, Hitler, bin Laden, Attila the Hun. Vote for the winning candidate, and it wouldn’t matter if he or she clubbed baby seals, stole a baby’s lollipop, and had 25 extramari-

Today in North Carolina Scott Mooneyham

tal affairs. They did it for America.

Besides, they’re really good at the job and looked so sincere — biting the lip and all — when asking the public to pray for them.

Behind that notion of being a nation of laws, espoused by the likes of John Marshall and John Adams, is the principle that actions should carry consequences for everyone alike.

For the elected, that’s not always the case. You can always find defenders of the most boorish behavior. And even if you are hounded out of office for something far worse, some cable talking head will be happy to help

Behind that notion of being a nation of laws, espoused by the likes of John Marshall and John Adams, is the principle that actions should carry consequences for everyone alike. For the elected, that’s not always the case. You can always find defenders of the most boorish behavior. reform your image.

In the business world, the ability for top executives to avoid serious consequences for immoral, destructive behavior seems, if anything, more pervasive. Before last fall’s stock market meltdown, it was typically rewarded.

Create a company that arranges home mortgages like credit card debt, and some big bank will come buy you out. See your company’s stock plummet after buying such a company, and the government will buy you out.

And don’t worry, you’ll still get a six- or seven-figure bonus. You earned it.

Against this backdrop, state government in North Carolina has become mired in scandal.

Sure, political scandal isn’t new. The highway bidrigging scandal of the early 1980s would rival today’s headlines.

And 19th century politician Robert Potter, forced to resign from Congress and later kicked out of the General Assembly, would be a hit on today’s cable TV. His offenses included castrating two men.

But even those scandals seem small when a gover-

nor who has just left office is being investigated by the FBI, and accusations of wrongdoing dog workers in various state agencies on an almost daily basis.

Three years ago, state lawmakers approved the state’s ethics law, designed to prevent such obvious conflicts of interest.

Gov. Beverly Perdue, in response to scandal at the Division of Motor Vehicles, recently extended the law to cover rank-and-file state employees.

No doubt, many will complain. The complaints won’t be new. They’re often heard around the Legislative Building, at campaign fund-raising events, and at Raleigh restaurants.

But we are a nation of laws.

We apparently need stronger ones.

Mooneyham is executive director of the Capitol Press Association.

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N.C.’s summer air quality was Obituaries best this year in three decades Don Beal

RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina residents breathed a little easier this summer.

The News & Observer of Raleigh reported Tuesday that the state’s air quality was the best in three decades as environmental laws, balmy weather and the recession combined to make the air cleaner.

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources said Monday that North Carolina had six “code orange” days, the lowest number since some local governments began tracking air quality in the early 1970s.

Code orange means groundlevel ozone levels exceeded federal clean air standards.

The state had 36 days of unhealthy ozone levels last

year and 66 in 2007.

On “code orange” days, state officials urge children, the elderly and people with asthma to avoid strenuous outdoor activity.

The main reason for the decline in ozone levels is lower emissions from coal-fired power plants and automobiles, DENR said.

The state’s Clean Smokestacks Act of 2002 required the state’s 14 coalburning plants to cut ozoneforming emissions by threefourths by 2012. Coal is used to generate more than half the state’s electricity.

DENR spokesman Tom Mather said the recession likely contributed to reduced ozone levels this year as factories and other industries laid off workers, cut shifts or

Police Notes FCPD seeking help on hit-and-run

FOREST CITY — Forest City Police are requesting assistance in a hit-andrun accident that occurred Monday around 12:20 p.m. on U.S. 74A at the Lowe’s Home Improvement intersection.

An unknown vehicle struck another vehicle making a left turn onto U.S. 74A travelling toward Sparks Drive.

The suspect vehicle continued after the accident and did not stop.

The FCPD is asking anyone who witnessed the accident or has information about it to contact the Forest City Police Department at 245-5555 or to call the TIP LINE at 245-7771.

Sheriff’s Reports

n The Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office responded to 106 E-911 calls Monday.

n Ronnie Joe McClellan reported the theft of medication. n Joyce Ann Herring reported the theft of a cell phone and other items from a vehicle. n Stephen Derek Holland reported the theft of a laptop computer. n Joseph Scott McKinney reported the theft of radio/ TV/stereo equipment.

Rutherfordton

n The Rutherfordton Police Department responded to 24 E-911 calls Monday.

n Rutherford Hospital, of 288 Ridgecrest Ave., reported the theft of various items, including alcohol wipes and gauze. n The theft of a laptop computer was reported at Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy, 2527 U.S. 221-A, Mooresboro. n Tina Leigh Lail reported the theft of a carburetor and air box assembly off a go-cart motor.

Spindale

n The Spindale Police Department responded to 19 E-911 calls Monday.

Lake Lure

n The Lake Lure Police Department responded to two E-911 calls Monday.

Forest City

n The Forest City Police Department responded to 67 E-911 calls Monday. n Heather Gonzalez reported a larceny. n Jennifer Roper reported an incident of a lost/stolen pocketbook. The incident occurred at Wal-Mart. n Rochelle Lamica reported an incident of a lost/stolen wallet. The incident occurred at Ingles.

Arrests

n Dennis Duncan, age 25, of Herbert Valley Road, Taccoa, Ga.; charged with driving while impaired

and open container; placed under a $500 secured bond.

(FCPD) n Teddy Lee Flack, 45, of 2 St. Helena Drive; charged with failure to comply on nonsupport and failure to appear on misdemeanor probation violation; placed under a $453 cash bond and a 25,000 secured bond.

(RCSD) n Brian Scott Clarke, 39, of 295 Old Mill Rd.; charged with assault and battery; released on a $1,000 unsecured bond. (RCSD) n Camilla Crews Furches, 42, of 330 Appalachian Hill Drive; charged with fictitious information to an officer, driving while license revoked violation of limited driving privilege and speeding; placed under a $5,000 secured bond. (RCSD) n Dustin Hill, 19, of 319 Davis Lake Rd.; charged with assault and battery and assault on a female; released on a $6,000 unsecured bond.

(RCSD) n Mark Anthony Morrow, 41, of 124 Mandy Celeste Drive; charged with assault on a female; placed under a 48-hour hold. (RCSD) n Jason Brad Vickers, 26, of 121 Elk Rd.; true bill statutory rape; placed under a $1,000 secured bond.

(RCSD) n Craig Stevenson Watkins, 44, of 1208 Ledbetter Rd.; charged with misdemeanor probation violation; placed under a $5,000 secured bond. (RCSD) n Corey Allan Noyes, 42, of 289 Summerfield Lane; charged with two counts of misdemeanor probation violation; placed under a $20,000 secured bond.

(RCSD) n Jacob Lee Watts, 21, of 265 Lazy Acre Lane; charged with misdemeanor larceny; released on a $1,000 unsecured bond. (RCSD) n Lloyd Earl Moore, 43, of 4383 Bostic Sunshine Highway; charged with three counts of misdemeanor larceny, possession of stolen goods and simple possession of schedule VI controlled substance; placed under a $3,000 secured bond and a $2,000 unsecured bond.

(RCSD) n Steven Brent Mooney, 22, of 262 Chatham Ave.; charged with five counts of break or enter a motor vehicle, larceny of motor vehicle, five counts of misdemeanor larceny, and attempted break or enter a building; placed under an $8,000 secured bond. (RCSD) n Bobby Lee-Monroe Willis, 22, of 199 S. Glenn St.; charged with communicating threats; released on a $1,000 unsecured bond.

(RCSD) n Christopher Lindsey Stanley, 20, of 59 Creekside Drive; charged with firstdegree burglary, injure building/ fence/ wall, assault on a female, two counts of communicating threats, two counts of assault on a government official/ employee and two counts of injury to personal property; placed

Don Beal of Eskimo Dr., Bostic, died Tuesday, Oct. shut down.

6, 2009, at Wake Forest The state’s two major power companies reported dramatic University Baptist Medical declines in industrial energy Center, Winston-Salem.

Arrangements are incomsales. plete and will be announced

by The Padgett and King Progress Energy reported Mortuary. a 15.5 percent reduction in electricity sales to industrial Leroy Brown customers this year, while Duke Energy saw an 18.6 Leroy Brown, 56, of Bostic, percent decline. died Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009, In addition, the state’s at Hospice House in Forest motor vehicle emissions test- City. ing program expanded from He was a son of the late nine urban counties to 48 Charlie and Mary Lizzie counties in 2006.

Brown.

The program checks whethHe worked as a printer at er catalytic converters and Packaging Corporation of other equipment are working America for 29 years. properly.

He is survived by his wife, The estimated emissions Carrie Mae Brown; two from cars and trucks has sons, Tony Brown of Forest declined by 38 percent since City, and Jeffery Brown 2002, DENR said. of Landrum, S.C.; two daughters, Nikki Brown of Spartanburg, S.C., and Tasha Simpson of Landrum; one stepdaughter, Mia Thomas of Columbus of Columbus; one stepson, Joseph Thomas of under a $103,000 secured Campobello, S.C.; 17 grandbond. (RCSD) children; four brothers, Jim n Jordan Paul Wilson, 19, Brown of Virginia, Hubert of 541 Oak Springs Drive; Brown and Nelson Brown, charged with five counts both of Bostic, and Donald of break or enter a motor Brown of Morganton; and vehicle and five counts of seven sisters, Eunice Brooks misdemeanor larceny; placed of Lawndale, Dorothy Carson under a $125,000 secured and Mable Brown, both of bond. (RCSD) Bostic, Mary Wilkerson of n Joshua Lee Smith, 25, of Forest City, Pauline Wray 940 Cherry Mountain St.; of Shelby, Brenda Brown of charged with assault on a Forest City, and Joyce Hipps female; released on a $2,000 of Green Hill. unsecured bond. (RCSD) Funeral services will be n Allen Scott Rhyne, 46, of conducted at 2 p.m. Friday at 160 Arlington St.; charged New Vernon Baptist Church, with assault and battery; Bostic. placed under a $2,000 Ulysses D. Miller Funeral secured bond. (RCSD) Service is in charge of n Jarred Andrew Smith, arrangements.

28, of 1467 Old Caroleen Rd.; charged with misdemeanWilliam Wallace Jr. or stalking; placed under William Alexander Wallace a $1,000 secured bond.

Jr., 50, of 1002 Marys (RCSD) Grove Rd., Cherryville, died Monday, Oct. 5, 2009, at his n Sharon Ledford Lovelace, residence.

34, of 781 Withrow Rd., Born in Scotland County, Forest City; charged with he was a son of Jack Wallace larceny; freed on a custody of Rockingham, and Nancy release. (RPD) Marsh of Cliffside. n Brent William HankinHe was employed by Duke son, 25, of 613 Railroad Ave., Energy for 30 1/2 years as a Rutherfordton; charged with control room operator. assault on a female; placed In addition to his parunder a 48-hour hold. (RPD) ents, he is survived by his n Mandy Nakayana Davis, wife of 17 years, Tammy 25, of 226 Reid St., Forest Walker Wallace; a son, Billy City; charged with assault Wallace of Boiling Springs; with a deadly weapon; placed a daughter, Anna Marie under a 48-hour hold. (RPD) Wallace of Greer, S.C.; a n Donald Shane Roberts, stepson, Anthony Ferrara 31, of 781 Withrow Rd., Apt. of Cherryville; a stepdaughR-7, Forest City; charged ter, Jennifer Ferrara of with driving while license Cherryville; one granddaughrevoked; released on a ter; a brother, Terry Wallace $1,000 unsecured bond. of Boiling Springs; his grand(RPD) father, Dick Shirley of Laurel Hill; and a nephew.

Citations Funeral Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Stamey n Carol Dean Cash, 65, Funeral Home Chapel, of 4055 Sandy Plains Rd., Fallston, with the Rev. Jack Tryon; cited for possessing Waters officiating. Burial will an open container of alcoholic beverage in the passen- follow in the City Memorial Cemetery, Cherryville. ger area of a motor vehicle.

Visitation will be Thursday (RPD) from 6 to 8 p.m. at Stamey n Christopher Dale Hoyle, 41, of 4045 Sandy Plains Rd., Funeral Home, Fallston.

Tryon; cited for possessing an open container of alcoOnline condolences www.stameyholic beverage in the passen- funeralhome.com. ger area of a motor vehicle.

(RPD) Margaret Warrick

EMS/Rescue n The Rutherford County EMS responded to 29 E-911 calls Monday. n The Volunteer Life Saving and Rescue, Hickory Nut Gorge EMS and Rutherford County Rescue responded to three E-911 calls Monday.

Fire Calls n Bostic firefighters responded to a motor vehicle crash. n Ellenboro firefighters responded to two motor vehicle crashes. n Green Hill firefighters responded to a fire alarm and to a power line fire. n Rutherfordton firefighters responded to a fire alarm. n Forest City firefighters responded to a motor vehicle crash. n SDO firefighters responded to a hazardous materials incident.

Margaret Owens Warrick, 71, of Charlotte, died Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009, at her

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Born in Rutherford County, she was a daughter of the late Andy Helon and Callie Long Owens.

She was a member of Shady Brook Baptist Church in Charlotte, the Edna Craig Senior Sunday School Class and the WMU. She retired as a seamstress and operated the M. Design Florist.

Survivors include her husband, Robert Warrick; a daughter, Lynn Hensley; sons, Marc Warrick and Ronnie Warrick; five grandchildren; one great-grandson; sisters, Sarah Freeman, Ethel Atchley, Ruby Warrick and Sybil Eccleston; and brothers, J.B. Owens and Allen Owens.

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In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Shady Brook Baptist Church, Building Fund, 2940 Belmeade Dr., Charlotte, NC 282l4.

Deaths Ron Finley CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Ron Finley, Campbellsville University’s beloved former football coach who revived the sport at the central Kentucky school, died Monday, a university spokesman said. He was 76.

The university stadium was named in 2006 for Finley, who restarted football at the school in 1988 and left in 2002 with a 77-81-1 record.

Edgar Webb Eskridge

Edgar Webb Eskridge, 88, of Rutherfordton, died Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009, at Duke University Medical Center in Durham.

He was a son of the late Poe Winston Eskridge and Fanniebelle Quinn Eskridge, and was also preceded in death by his wife, Virginia Houser Eskridge; two sisters, Pauline Hickman and Eugenia Justice, and five brothers, Poe Winston Eskridge, Dixon Eskridge, Frank Eskridge, Harrison Eskridge and Phillip Eskridge.

He was a Boy Scout.

He served in the Navy during World War II, where he saw action in the Pacific.

He retired from Southern Bell Telephone Company after 44 years of service, was a member of the Rutherfordton Lions Club, where he received the Monarch Milestone Chevron Award for 50 years service, presented by Lions International. He was a Melvin Jones recipient and a Jack Stickley Fellow for his interest in community and devotion to the betterment of mankind.

Mr. Eskridge was a life-long and oldest living member of Rutherfordton Presbyterian Church where he served on many committees. He taught Bible School, served as a deacon, chairman of building and grounds committee, chairman of ushers, chairman of fund-raising committee for St. Andrews College. He was also a member of the Communion Committee, President of Men of the Church, chairman of District 1 Men of the Church, which includes Rutherfordton, Union Mills, Brittain, Saluda, Tryon and Columbus.

Mr. Eskridge also served as vice president of Men of the Church of Kings Mountain Presbytery, which includes 46 churches. He filled the pulpit at Bostic Presbyterian Church as a layman and served as liaison from Rutherfordton Presbyterian Church to meet with other denominations to begin Yokefellow and kept the church steeple lights burning for more than 30 years.

He is survived by one daughter, Susan E. Rose of Henderson and a grandson, John Charles Rose of Henderson; one brother, William T. Eskridge of Forest City and many nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Rutherfordton Presbyterian Church with Dr. Don Scofield officiating. Interment will follow in the Rutherfordton City Cemetery.

The family will receive friends Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m. at McMahan’s Funeral Home.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Rutherfordton Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 1133, Rutherfordton NC 28139.

Online condolences www.mcmahansfuneralhome.com.

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Calendar/Local

Health/education Senior Citizen f lu clinic: Wednesday, Oct. 7, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Rutherford County Senior Center, Callahan-Koone Road, Spindale; Medicare Part B and Medicaid will pay (bring all cards); 60-64 with BCBS of NC bring that card; without coverage the cost is $30; for information, call 287-6100.

Firefighters with the Forest City Fire Department responded to a fire Tuesday inside of Guy’s Auto Service, at 851 E. Main Street Forest City. Along with the building and equipment, three vehicles inside the building were destroyed.

Children’s f lu clinic: Thursday, Oct. 8, 3 to 7 p.m., Rutherford County Health Department; ages 6 months to 35 months; flu vaccines are free, but parent or guardian must bring the child’s immunization record (if you have it), child’s Medicaid card, private insurance card and Social Security card; for information, call 287-6100.

Free presentation: “In Our Own Voice” is a free community presentation which addresses living with mental illness. The program, hosted

by NAMI Rutherford, will be held Thursday, Oct. 22, 6:30 p.m., at Rutherford Hospital, Norris Biggs Conference Room. For information call 288-3820, leave message, or via email amyz59@hotmail.com.

Red Cross The following blood drives are scheduled: Oct. 9 — Word of Faith, 210 Old Flynn Rd., Spindale, 4 to 9:30 p.m., call Holly Morris at 287-9100 for an appointment; Oct. 22 — Corinth Baptist Church, 767 Pinehurst Rd., Ellenboro, 4 to 9 p.m., call Linda McCurry at 453-1775 for an appointment; Oct. 24 — Cliffside Masonic Lodge, Old Main St., 7:30 a.m. to noon; call Wayne or Betty Millis at 245-7606 an appointment, breakfast served; Oct. 26 — Red Cross Chapter, 838 Oakland Rd., Forest City, 2 to 6:30 p.m.; call 287-5916 for an appointment.

All presenting donors (in October) will be entered into a drawing for a chance to win one of three pairs of Delta Airlines tickets. For more information call 1-800-GIVE-LIFE or visit redcrossblood.org.

Meetings/other Cliffside Historical Society: 3rd Annual Cliffside Historical Society Gathering; Friday, Oct. 9, 7 p.m.; at Cliffside Baptist Church fellowship hall; program “Let Us Now Praise Famous Men”; speakers, Ann Beatty Culbreth and Brenda Beatty Waters.

Reunions Baynard family reunion: Sunday, Oct. 11, covered dish lunch 1 p.m., Union Mills Clubhouse; call Charles Baynard at 245-9578 for more information.

Fundraisers Bake sale: Friday, Oct. 9, all day event at the Spindale Library; large number of baked goods including cookies, muffins and much more; all proceeds to benefit the library; sponsored by The Discovery 4-H Club.

Country ham supper: Saturday, Oct. 10, begins at 4 p.m., at Whitehouse Community Center; adults $8; ages 6-11, $3; under 6 free; live music by the Norris West (Blurgrass/country) Band.

Book sale: Saturday, Oct. 10, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Rutherford County Library, 255 Callahan Koon Rd.; large assortment of books and AV. County ham and chicken supper: Saturday, Oct. 10, begins at 4:30 p.m., Rock Springs Baptist Church; adult plates $10; ages 6-12, $4; 5 and under free; all you can eat.

Car wash: Saturday, Oct. 10, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Food Lion in Rutherfordton; cars $5, trucks/ vans/SUVs $10; sponsored by Trelleborg Cares Community Outreach.

Bike run for Children’s Hospital: Saturday, Oct. 10, registration 10 a.m., at S.D.O. Fire Department; the ride goes through Lake Lure and Hendersonville and ends at Side Street Pizza, Tryon; sponsored

by Lauren Davis for her senior project; cost $20 per single rider, $15 with donated toy; $5 (or a toy) for each passenger; toys must be new and unwrapped; for information contact Jimmy Davis at 429-0705; all proceeds (including toys) go to the Shiners Children’s Hospital.

Country breakfast: Saturday, Oct. 10, beginning at 6:30 a.m., Harriett Memorial Free Will Baptist Church, Caroleen; cost $ 5 for adults; ages 12 and under $ 2; proceeds to help purchase a new sound system for the church; take outs available; call 657-9446 to place take out order.

Religion Revival: Oct. 11-14, Fork Creek Baptist Church; Sunday services 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; MTW, 7 nightly; guest speaker, Rev. Richard Cole of Gastonia.

Homecoming: Sunday, Oct. 11, 4 p.m., Harvest House Baptist Church, 245 Big Springs Ave., Forest City; guest speaker, Rev. James Lytle, pastor of Mt. View Baptist Church, Rutherfordton; Travis McEntyre, pastor.

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flashed and singed the arms and faces of the two men.

They yelled for Whitener’s wife, Kay, to call 911 as they tried to put out the flames, McCurry added, noting that

the fire put off a lot of black smoke because of oil and grease at the automotive business.

Three vehicles inside the building were destroyed. Assistant Chief Ferrell Hamrick of the FCFD said the vehicles were a 1990 Toyota of some type, a 1990 Chevrolet Malibu and a Dodge Neon of undetermined year.

One car right outside was moved in

time to save it.

The owner had insurance on the building, McCurry said.

Foundation let us know they cancelled their November meeting because of low attendance due to the economy,” She said. “I’m hoping this year to expand our meeting this coming year to include some board members, because it is important for them to understand core knowledge just as the teachers and administrators understand it.”

Board members also heard an update on the letters of intent the school is receiving. The deadline for sending in the letters has been extended to Dec. 31.

The school must accept letters of intent from parents of potential stu-

dents for now, because they cannot begin open enrollment until the State Board of Education issues their actual charter.

The state board has tentatively scheduled March 4, 2010 as the date to give final approval for the charter school, meaning the earliest they could begin open enrollment will be March 5, 2010.

The food truck will be at Chase Corner Ministries Thursday from 10 a.m. to noon and is available on a first come, first serve basis.

Food items can include anything from fresh produce to beverages and basic staples.

distributed over 25 million pounds of food and other essential grocery products throughout the service region.

No firefighters were injured in the blaze. The FCFD was on the scene for about two hours Tuesday morning.

Contact Dale via e-mail at ldale@thedigitalcourier.com

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statements to be put on file saying they understood they would have to excuse themselves from any votes or actions that might violate those agreements.

Board member Dave Faunce was the only one to mention a potential conflict as he works for Acadia Northstar, a financial contractor for the academy.

In other business, Cheryl Reinstadler reported on Challenge Foundation work to the board. The Challenge Foundation is a non-profit group helping to fund the school construction.

“The Challenge Foundation sponsored a separate training in Denver, Colo. last June and brought a sampling of teachers and administrators from all of our schools and had our own little mini-conference,” Reinstadler said. “I think it was very valuable for that kind of team building.

“We’re going to do that again in June 2010 and it is a good thing because this past week the Challenge

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attend the food giveaway; Chase Corner Ministries will have enough food for 200 to 250 families.

Food items can include anything from fresh produce to beverages and basic staples, said Kathy Helms, Second Harvest manager of agency services and programs.

“We have close to 600 agencies we serve in 19 counties,” Davis said. “We send out 14 to 15 trucks each month.”

Counties served by Second Harvest in North Carolina include Anson, Burke, Cabarrus, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Rowan,

Rutherford, Stanly and Union; counties in South Carolina are Lancaster, York, Spartanburg, Union and Cherokee.

Helms said counties served is based on poverty and unemployment rates.

In the service area, 13.7 percent of the population lives in poverty, including 120,000 children and 40,000 seniors.

In fiscal year 2007-2008, SHFBM

Finally, the group also approved a logo and school colors, but no decision has been made on a mascot.

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

Income for Second Harvest comes from fundraising including special events, grants, corporate donations, direct mail campaigns and other sources. Small handling fees are paid by partner agencies on about one quarter of the food that is provided, which helps to cover the costs of transporting, warehousing, processing and distributing food.

The food truck will be at Chase Corner Ministries Thursday from 10 a.m. to noon and is available on a first come, first serve basis.

Contact Flynn via e-mail at aflynn@thedigitalcourier.com.

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Fences to be raised at Daytona and Talladega TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — The fences at Daytona and Talladega will be raised from 14 to 22 feet following a safety analysis conducted after Carl Edwards’ airborne flight into the Alabama track’s safety barrier.

A wreck on the last lap in April’s race at Talladega sent Edwards sailing into the fence. It bowed, but held and his car shot back onto the track. Debris from the accident injured seven fans in the stands, the most serious a broken jaw suffered by a teenage girl.

The frontstretch fence at Talladega will be raised before the Nov. 1 race, and the backstretch will be completed during the offseason. Daytona will have its fences raised before its first big event in January.

Chase’s Euletha Davis (21) goes up high for a spike during the volleyball game against Freedom Tuesday. Chase’s Katherine Murray (00) drops low for a dig during the game.

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Bobcats pick up Augustin’s option CHARLOTTE (AP) — The Charlotte Bobcats are exercising the third-year option in guard D.J. Augustin’s contract for the 2010-11 season.

The team has until the end of the month to decide whether to do the same with center Alexis Ajinca.

Augustin, the ninth pick in the 2008 draft, averaged 11.8 points and 3.5 assists last season. He led NBA rookies by shooting 89 percent from the foul line.

Augustin will make $2.1 million next season. Charlotte also has an option for a fourth season.

The 7-foot Ajinca was the 20th pick last year but played sparingly as a rookie. Bobcats coach Larry Brown was critical of him before training camp, and general manager Rod Higgins said Tuesday “we’d like to see how it goes in the preseason” before making a decision.

Trustees may want Bobby Bowden out TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The chairman of the Florida State University trustees wants Bobby Bowden to retire at the end of this season.

Jim Smith said the arrangement with Bowden as head coach and his successor, Jimbo Fisher, as offensive coordinator isn’t working.

The Seminoles (2-3, 0-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) are off to their worst start since Bowden’s first year at Florida State in 1976.

Local Sports SOCCER 6 p.m. East Rutherford at R-S Central 6 p.m. Chase at Patton 6 p.m. Thomas Jefferson at Mitchell

On TV 1:30 p.m. (TBS) MLB Baseball National League Division Series Game 1 — Teams TBA. 1:45 p.m. (ESPN2) Soccer FIFA U-20 World Cup — Round of 16.

5 p.m. (TBS) MLB Baseball National League Division Series Game 1 — Teams TBA. 8 p.m. (ESPN2) WNBA Basketball Finals, Game 4 — Phoenix Mercury at Indiana Fever.

8:30 p.m. (TBS) MLB Baseball American League Division Series Game 1 — Teams TBA.

Cavaliers win; Chase battles Freedom

By KEVIN CARVER Sports Reporter

FOREST CITY — Chelsea Medford has been in a dream for the last week at East Rutherford High School.

Medford was crowned homecoming queen on Friday and on Tuesday, she assisted the volleyball team to their third straight win in seven days.

Medford led the Lady Cavaliers with 10 kills in a quick dispatching of Shelby 25-18, 25-20, 25-16 in straight sets during the SMAC play at home.

Justin Conner filled in for Julie Powell as East Rutherford Volleyball Coach and was impressed with how the Lady Cavs used the court in Tuesday’s win.

“I thought we played well considering Rebecca Hill wasn’t able to play, so we had to switch the line up a little bit and they adjusted to those changes without a problem,” Justin Conner said. “Hopefully tomorrow, we will get serious in practice and be focused to play Chase on Thursday.”

All was not on the shoulders of Medford though as Jaclyn Boever was the key in East Rutherford’s first set.

Boever set kills up for Sally Harrill and then one for Chelsea Rush’s cross court smash as they jumped out to a quick 14-7 lead.

A weird moment came shortly after as Boever waited for a pass, but the ball was claimed by the rafters of the East Rutherford auxiliary gym. Shelby would go on a 10-8 run following that to close the gap at 22-17.

However, a middle kill by Boever and Tamara El-Amoor’s slap shot over the net proved to end the first set on a 4-1 East run for a seven-point victory.

Shelby uncovered the dust in the second set by blasting five kills, completed two aces and East posted two unforced errors, which led the Lady Golden Lions to a 9-2 early lead.

The Lady Cavaliers swatted back with three kills by Medford and two for Boever. A Deanna Lowery push shot over the net and a Shelby mistake

tied the game at 12-12.

Medford, then went to work at the net as Boever set her up along the right side. Medford destroyed the shot into open space to earn the lead back, 13-12, for East Rutherford.

Medford posted two more kills, a block and Lowery’s big swing gave the Lady Cavs a 19-14 advantage that showed East wouldn’t lose the second set either.

Medford backed that up as she abused the sideline for her sixth kill of the set to map out a five-point win in the second frame.

East Rutherford didn’t get much of a scare in the third set as Boever pulverized back-to-back aces and Harrill thunderously spiked the ball to the floor shortly thereafter to run the East lead to 6-1.

The rest of the Lady Cavalier crew chipped in from there as Kaziah Miller had two blocks and a kill.

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A picture of 1,000 tasteless words?

There’s a picture on Page 9A that really just doesn’t sit well with me.

In the photo, the Los Angeles Angels of southern California Nnear Disney World off of Gene Autry Way in Anaheim are pictured celebrating their division title.

The fellows are jumping up and down, as winning players often do, throwing a combination of beer and champagne on everyone and everything. These are grown men and they can celebrate in any manner they desire.

My problem is that they are throwing the beer and champagne over the jersey of Nick Adenhart, their fallen teammate.

Adenhart, as you may recall, was killed in a horrific car crash in southern California, in which nearly every single person in the crash was legally drunk or close to legally drunk.

Adenhart was just 22 years old.

Now, maybe I’m showing my age here, but that just seems like a really tasteless way to celebrate the title.

Pouring beer over the jersey of a kid killed in a DUI car crash.

As ‘editor’ of sports, I really hemmed and hawed before running that picture. But maybe, just maybe, it will get folks to think a little bit.

Off The Wall Scott Bowers

From the My-Wife’s-Cooler-ThanYours department: Emily is begging me to get NFL Direct Ticket on DirecTV. Hmm, I’m just not seeing the downside here, but I know a set up when I see one.

However, if I get the NFL package, I’ll probably be too busy to realize I got snookered somehow.

Brave old world: Well, once more the Braves gave us a postseason collapse and they didn’t even make the postseason.

I would like to personally thank Matt Diaz for getting thrown at out third base, during a crucial moment, recently, and not waiting until Game 7 of the NLCS to get thrown out at third in a crucial moment.

It makes the pain so much easier to deal with when you choke in the regular season.

No Celebrating At All or the NCAA: Hey, great call in the LSUGeorgia game. The Bulldogs score a last-minute, go-ahead touchdown and the kid gets flagged for, well, basically, for standing up in the end zone and clapping.

But the refs were consistent. They got to flag LSU moments later when the Tigers went into the end zone with the eventual game-winning touchdown.

How ’bout them hairy Dawgs!

It may be a Tar Heel: The most over-rated ACC program, the Tar Heels, have finally been ousted from the Top 25 after a world class performance against Virginia.

The Cavaliers celebrated the win by learning that Tuscola’s Tyler Brosius is heading to N.C. State after all.

Butch Davis celebrated the loss by combing the North Carolina state parolee list for new players.

Don’t worry North Carolina, someday you’ll be just like Miami.

If only: After the Steelers went in for their first TD on Sunday, Gideon grabbed my neck and said, “WE WON!” 60 minutes, son, 60 minutes.

8A — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Wednesday, October 7, 2009

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Scoreboard BASEBALL 2009 Postseason Baseball DIVISION SERIES American League New York vs. Minnesota winner Wednesday, Oct. 7 Minnesota winner at New York (Sabathia 19-8), 6:07 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 9 Minnesota winner at New York (Burnett 13-9 or Pettitte 14-8), 6:07 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 11 New York (Burnett 13-9 or Pettitte 14-8) at Minnesota winner Monday, Oct. 12 New York at Minnesota winner, if necessary Wednesday, Oct. 14 Minnesota winner at New York, if necessary Los Angeles. vs. Boston Thursday, Oct. 8 Boston (Lester 15-8) at Los Angeles (Lackey 11-8), 9:37 p.m. or 6:07 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 9 Boston (Beckett 17-6) at Los Angeles (Weaver 16-8), 9:37 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 11 Los Angeles (Kazmir 10-9) at Boston (Buchholz 7-4) Monday, Oct. 12 Los Angeles (Saunders 16-7) at Boston (Lester 15-8), if necessary Wednesday, Oct. 14 Boston at Los Angeles, if necessary

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Minnesota Twins’ Carlos Gomez (22) scores the game-winning run as his teammates follow during the 12th inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday, in Minneapolis. The Twins won 6-5 to take the AL Central title.

For all the marbles . . .

Twins need 12, but get win in Game 163

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Alexi Casilla’s oneout single in the bottom of the 12th inning scored Carlos Gomez from second base and the Minnesota Twins beat Detroit 6-5 in the AL Central tiebreaker Tuesday night, completing a colossal collapse for the Tigers.

The Tigers became the first team in baseball history to blow a three-game lead with four games left. The Twins went 17-4 to pull even on the final weekend, then emerged with their fifth division title in eight years.

Baseball’s only real pennant race this season needed an extra game, and extra innings to finish off a thriller that got better with every pitch.

As Homer Hankies spiraled around the Metrodome, the Twins celebrated. They had 21 hours to get ready for Game 1 of the AL playoffs at Yankee Stadium.

LeBron, Shaq debut against Bobcats

CLEVELAND (AP) — The LeBron and Shaq Show is off and running.

NBA icons, All-Stars and A-plus-list celebrities LeBron James and Shaquille O’Neal made their debut as Cleveland teammates on Tuesday night in the Cavaliers’ 92-87 preseason-opening victory over the Charlotte Bobcats.

The two are hoping to end this city’s pro sports championship drought stretching to 1964, and while they are as much as nine months away from accomplishing that goal, it’s already clear their pairing will be fun to watch.

Ruutu’s goal lifts Hurricanes to win

RALEIGH (AP) —Tuomo Ruutu scored the final goal for the Carolina Hurricanes in a shootout, giving them a 2-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday night.

Sergei Samsonov began the shootout by beating Tampa Bay goalie Mike Smith, wrapping the puck around him left to right, before Cam Ward stopped the Lightning’s Martin St. Louis. Smith then stopped Jussi Jokinen, and after Vincent Lecavalier hit the right post the left-shooting Ruutu beat Smith stick side.

The win was Carolina’s first in three games this season, while Tampa Bay is 0-1-1.

Jokinen got the regulation goal for Carolina while Ryan Malone scored for Tampa Bay, both on the power play. The Hurricanes were playing their first game since forward Erik Cole, who is expected to be out 4-6 weeks, suffered a broken leg in Saturday’s 7-2 road loss to the Boston Bruins.

Carolina won all six of the teams’ meetings last season.

TOWN OF FOREST CITY LEAF COLLECTION SEASON BEGINS The Town of Forest City will begin the annual leaf collection route Monday, October 19th. Leaves will be collected at curb-side through mid-March. Because of liability and safety issues, the leaf machine and town personnel are not permitted to enter private drives or private property.

Leaves must be placed at curb for collection.

For additional information call 245-0149.

National League Los Angeles vs. St. Louis Wednesday, Oct. 7 St. Louis (Carpenter 17-4) at Los Angeles (Wolf 11-7), 9:37 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 8 St. Louis (Wainwright 19-8) at Los Angeles (Kershaw 8-8), 6:07 p.m. or 9:37 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 10 Los Angeles at St. Louis (Pineiro 15-12), 6:07 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 11 Los Angeles at St. Louis, if necessary Tuesday, Oct. 13 St. Louis at Los Angeles, if necessary Philadelphia vs. Colorado Wednesday, Oct. 7 Colorado (Jimenez 15-12) at Philadelphia (Lee 7-4), 2:37 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 8 Colorado at Philadelphia (Hamels 10-11), 2:37 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 10 Philadelphia at Colorado, 9:37 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 11 Philadelphia at Colorado, if necessary Tuesday, Oct. 13 Colorado at Philadelphia, if necessary LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

American League Friday, Oct. 16 Boston-Los Angeles winner at New York OR Detroit-Minnesota winner at Los Angeles OR Boston at Detroit-Minnesota winner Saturday, Oct. 17 Boston-Los Angeles winner at New York OR Detroit-Minnesota winner at Los Angeles OR Boston at Detroit-Minnesota winner Monday, Oct. 19 New York at Boston-Los Angeles winner OR Los Angeles at Detroit-Minnesota winner OR DetroitMinnesota winner at Boston Tuesday, Oct. 20 New York at Boston-Los Angeles winner OR Los Angeles at Detroit-Minnesota winner OR DetroitMinnesota winner at Boston Thursday, Oct. 22 New York at Boston-Los Angeles winner OR Los Angeles at Detroit-Minnesota winner OR DetroitMinnesota winner at Boston, if necessary Saturday, Oct. 24 Boston-Los Angeles winner at New York OR Detroit-Minnesota winner at Los Angeles OR Boston at Detroit-Minnesota winner, if necessary Sunday, Oct. 25 Boston-Los Angeles winner at New York OR Detroit-Minnesota winner at Los Angeles OR Boston at Detroit-Minnesota winner, if necessary National League Thursday, Oct. 15 Colorado-Philadelphia winner at Los Angeles OR St. Louis at Philadelphia OR Colorado at St. Louis Friday, Oct. 16 Colorado-Philadelphia winner at Los Angeles OR St. Louis at Philadelphia OR Colorado at St. Louis Sunday, Oct. 18 Los Angeles at Colorado-Philadelphia winner OR Philadelphia at St. Louis or St. Louis at Colorado

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Harrill and Boever each captured two more kills. Makayla Harrellson collected a kill and an ace before Medford finished off the visitors.

Medford flopped a late shot into open space as Shelby fled to the net out of position, which allowed East to close the third set by a nine-point margin.

East Rutherford (6-3 in conference) will play at Chase in a big 2A game for the two cross-county rivals on Thursday.

Chase clips Freedom

By JACOB CONLEY Daily Courier Sports Reporter

CHASE — Trojan fans got their money’s worth Tuesday night as the home team treated them to an exciting five set win over Freedom (18-25, 25-13, 25-27, 25-21 and 15-9) in conference volleyball action.

“We are the only team to beat Freedom in conference play,” said Chase Coach Jessica Beheler. “We knew that it was going to be a tough game and

Monday, Oct. 19 Los Angeles at Colorado-Philadelphia winner OR Philadelphia at St. Louis or St. Louis at Colorado Wednesday, Oct. 21 Los Angeles at Colorado-Philadelphia winner OR Philadelphia at St. Louis or St. Louis at Colorado, if necessary Friday, Oct. 23 Colorado-Philadelphia winner at Los Angeles OR St. Louis at Philadelphia OR Colorado at St. Louis, if necessary Saturday, Oct. 24 Colorado-Philadelphia winner at Los Angeles OR St. Louis at Philadelphia OR Colorado at St. Louis, if necessary

Minnesota at St. Louis, 1 p.m.

Cincinnati at Baltimore, 1 p.m.

Washington at Carolina, 1 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.

Atlanta at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m.

Jacksonville at Seattle, 4:15 p.m.

Houston at Arizona, 4:15 p.m.

New England at Denver, 4:15 p.m.

Indianapolis at Tennessee, 8:20 p.m.

Open: San Diego, Chicago, Green Bay, New Orleans Monday, Oct. 12 N.Y. Jets at Miami, 8:30 p.m.

WORLD SERIES Wednesday, Oct. 28 National League at American League, (n) Thursday, Oct. 29 NL at AL, (n) Saturday, Oct. 31 AL at NL, (n) Sunday, Nov. 1 AL at NL, (n) Monday, Nov. 2 AL at NL, if necessary, (n) Wednesday, Nov. 4 NL at AL, if necessary, (n) Thursday, Nov. 5 NL at AL, if necessary, (n)

overall R-S Central 6-1 201 76 Shelby 5-1 141 79 Burns 1-5 124 193 Patton 4-3 124 116 East Rutherford 3-4 136 143 Freedom 2-4 118 145 Chase 2-5 60 144

South Mountain 3A/2A Athletic Conference

Friday’s Games Burns at Chase, 7:30 p.m.

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

Shelby at Patton, 7:30 p.m.

East Rutherford off

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FOOTBALL

National Hockey League

National Football League AMERICAN CONFERENCE East

W L T Pct PF N.Y. Jets 3 1 0 .750 74 New England 3 1 0 .750 87 Miami 1 3 0 .250 81 Buffalo 1 3 0 .250 74 South

W L T Pct PF Indianapolis 4 0 0 1.000 106 Jacksonville 2 2 0 .500 97 Houston 2 2 0 .500 94 Tennessee 0 4 0 .000 75 North

W L T Pct PF Baltimore 3 1 0 .750 124 Cincinnati 3 1 0 .750 84 Pittsburgh 2 2 0 .500 85 Cleveland 0 4 0 .000 49 West

W L T Pct PF Denver 4 0 0 1.000 79 San Diego 2 2 0 .500 101 Oakland 1 3 0 .250 42 Kansas City 0 4 0 .000 64

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2-0 57 0 1-0 24 6 1-0 49 35 1-1 27 42 1-1 36 38 0-2 41 73 0-2 6 46

EASTERN CONFERENCE PA 57 71 79 110 PA 62 86 92 108 PA 80 76 78 118 PA 26 102 86 112

NATIONAL CONFERENCE East

W L T Pct PF PA N.Y. Giants 4 0 0 1.000 107 64 Philadelphia 2 1 0 .667 94 72 Dallas 2 2 0 .500 96 78 Washington 2 2 0 .500 56 62 South

W L T Pct PF PA New Orleans 4 0 0 1.000 144 66 Atlanta 2 1 0 .667 57 53 Carolina 0 3 0 .000 37 87 Tampa Bay 0 4 0 .000 54 107 North

W L T Pct PF PA Minnesota 4 0 0 1.000 118 80 Chicago 3 1 0 .750 105 78 Green Bay 2 2 0 .500 104 93 Detroit 1 3 0 .250 83 134 West

W L T Pct PF PA San Francisco 3 1 0 .750 102 53 Arizona 1 2 0 .333 57 68 Seattle 1 3 0 .250 74 82 St. Louis 0 4 0 .000 24 108 Sunday’s Games Chicago 48, Detroit 24 Houston 29, Oakland 6 Washington 16, Tampa Bay 13 Indianapolis 34, Seattle 17 N.Y. Giants 27, Kansas City 16 New England 27, Baltimore 21 Cincinnati 23, Cleveland 20, OT Jacksonville 37, Tennessee 17 Miami 38, Buffalo 10 New Orleans 24, N.Y. Jets 10 Denver 17, Dallas 10 San Francisco 35, St. Louis 0 Pittsburgh 38, San Diego 28 Open: Arizona, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Carolina Monday’s Game Minnesota 30, Green Bay 23 Sunday, Oct. 11 Pittsburgh at Detroit, 1 p.m.

Oakland at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m.

Cleveland at Buffalo, 1 p.m.

Dallas at Kansas City, 1 p.m.

that we needed it to stay in the conference race so it was a huge win.”

The early part of game 1 was a prelude to the rest of the night as the two evenly-matched squads split the first 20 points. The Trojans then broke on top 14-11 when Blair White sent home a kill that ended a volley that lasted well over a minute. Freedom, however roared back and took a 20-17 lead. The Patriots then closed out the first set on a 5-1 run as Chase fell 25-18.

Chase once again garnered the early advantage as Euletha Davis gave her team a 5-3 lead with a kill off a nice set. Davis showed off her defensive skills as she registered a block on a Freedom spike attempt to put the home team up, 10-7. That play sparked the Trojans who made several remarkable digs that kept Freedom off of the scoreboard.

This allowed the Chase offense to explode on a 14-2 run and win the game, 25-13.

After finding themselves at an 8-5 disadvantage to open game 3, the Trojans were unable to cut into the lead until consecutive kills by Kristen Hutchins and Brittany Enriquez tied the score at 19-19. A Suzanne Earley ace gave Chase their first lead in the

Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF Philadelphia 2 2 0 0 4 7 Pittsburgh 2 2 0 0 4 7 N.Y. Rangers 3 2 1 0 4 10 N.Y. Islanders 1 0 0 1 1 3 New Jersey 2 0 2 0 0 4 Northeast Division

GP W L OT Pts GF Montreal 2 2 0 0 4 6 Boston 2 1 1 0 2 8 Buffalo 1 0 0 1 1 1 Toronto 2 0 1 1 1 7 Ottawa 1 0 1 0 0 2 Southeast Division

GP W L OT Pts GF Washington 2 2 0 0 4 10 Atlanta 1 1 0 0 2 6 Florida 2 1 1 0 2 4 Tampa Bay 1 0 1 0 0 3 Carolina 2 0 2 0 0 2

GA 2 5 7 4 8 GA 4 6 2 10 5 GA 5 3 7 6 9

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF 2 2 0 0 4 7 2 2 0 0 4 9 2 1 0 1 3 7 1 1 0 0 2 3 2 0 2 0 0 6 Northwest Division

GP W L OT Pts GF Calgary 2 2 0 0 4 9 Colorado 2 2 0 0 4 8 Minnesota 1 0 1 0 0 1 Edmonton 1 0 1 0 0 3 Vancouver 3 0 3 0 0 6 Pacific Division

GP W L OT Pts GF Phoenix 1 1 0 0 2 6 San Jose 2 1 1 0 2 6 Dallas 1 0 0 1 1 2 Anaheim 1 0 1 0 0 1 Los Angeles 1 0 1 0 0 3

Columbus St. Louis Chicago Nashville Detroit

GA 4 6 4 2 9 GA 6 2 2 4 13 GA 3 6 3 4 6

Monday’s Games N.Y. Rangers 3, New Jersey 2 Columbus 5, Vancouver 3 Tuesday’s Games Ottawa 2, Toronto 1 Philadelphia 6, Washington 5, OT Carolina 2, Tampa Bay 1, SO Anaheim at Minnesota, late Montreal at Calgary, late Dallas at Edmonton, late San Jose at Los Angeles, late Wednesday’s Games Phoenix at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m.

Montreal at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Anaheim at Boston, 7 p.m.

Phoenix at Buffalo, 7 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Ottawa, 7 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Washington, 7 p.m.

New Jersey at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.

Chicago at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Atlanta at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Colorado at Nashville, 8 p.m.

Calgary at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

Columbus at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

game and the two teams eventually battled to a 25-25 tie. The visitors, however, took a 2-1 set lead by pulling out a 27-25 victory.

Davis gave the home team a 4-2 lead with a powerful kill that set the tone for the Trojans as they raced to 15-9 lead in game 4. The Trojans garnered a seven-point bulge before Freedom cut the lead to 20-15. Chase was able to keep their composure, however, and sent the match to a decisive fifth game on a Davis kill that accounted for the 25-21 win.

The teams opened by splitting the first four points but the Trojans took a 5-2 lead on a pair of Enriquez aces, sandwiched around a Davis kill, and two more points by the senior gave Chase a 10-6 lead. Davis then put the Trojans on the cusp of victory with an ace and the Trojans prevailed 15-9 on a Patriots’ service error.

Up next for Chase is a tilt with county rival East on Thursday.

“That’s going to be a tough game also, but everyone is excited,” said Beheler of the pending showdown. “But as we get down to the end of the year every game is big not just East.”

The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Wednesday, October 7, 2009 — 9A

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Fred Couples: easy going, hard to understand

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer

Associated Press

Anaheim Angels’ Erick Aybar, right, and teammates celebrate with the jersey of deceased teammate Nick Adenhart after the Angels clinched the AL West title with an 11-0 win over the Texas Rangers in an MLB baseball game in Anaheim, Calif., in this Sept. 28, 2009, file photo. Adenhart, the Angels’ 22-year-old pitcher who died in an alcohol-related car accident during the season’s opening week, is a constant presence even in October for everyone around the club, which won the AL West last month to earn a first-round playoff matchup with the Boston Red Sox.

Angels head to playoffs with Adenhart in mind ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — The makeshift memorial in front of Angel Stadium’s main entrance is about the size of a pitcher’s mound now. Hats, stuffed animals, sparkling lights, rosary beads, inscribed baseballs and hand-lettered signs are all arranged in a neat circle around an easel that holds a painting of Nick Adenhart in mid-throw.

In the Angels’ clubhouse, Adenhart’s locker is largely still how he left it on the night of April 8, from cap to shoes. His image and No. 34 adorn the outfield wall, where Jered Weaver communes before each start with the new friend who was planning to room with him this season.

“It’s always in the back of your mind,” Weaver said. “You’re never going forget a guy like that.

When something like that happens, it makes you take into consideration that not every day is promised, and you have to go out there, every out, and give it everything you have. It’s a tough thing.”

Adenhart, the Los Angeles Angels’ 22-year-old pitcher who died in a car accident during the season’s opening week, is a constant presence even in October for everyone around the club, which won the AL West last month to earn a first-round playoff matchup with the Boston Red Sox. His death, along with two friends in a crash police say was caused by a drunk driver, staggered the Angels on and off the field, before ultimately elevating their remarkable season. Whether the Angels finally get past Boston or not, they feel they’ve honored Adenhart’s memory by rising from the tragedy.

“After he passed, for two or three weeks we were down and out,” said Torii Hunter, the Angels’ clubhouse leader. “We’d strike out and it was no big deal, because my friend just passed. (Then) we realized Nick Adenhart was looking down on us.

He’s a starting pitcher, and he wants to win. We knew he was saying, ’Boys, what the hell are you doing?”’

Indeed, the Angels played the rest of April in what Hunter calls “a fog,” only emerging after some collective soul-searching and manager Mike Scioscia’s delicate prodding.

They’ve been outstanding ever since, finishing with 97 wins for the majors’ second-best record and their fifth AL West title in six years. But nobody has forgotten how they felt when they first heard the news, passed by text messages and frantic phone calls in the early-morning hours of April 9.

The Angels still remember returning to the stadium hours later, even though their game against Oakland was postponed. They remember Jim Adenhart, the pitcher’s father, giving emotional thanks that day for their support of his son, and they remember the team’s heartbreaking private memorial service at the stadium two weeks later.

Scioscia has spent 10 years in charge of a franchise with more than its share of distressing history, from the violent deaths of Chico Ruiz and Mike Miley to Lyman Bostock and Donnie Moore.

The manager realized his team needed to get past Adenhart’s death in its own time — although he didn’t shy from encouraging his players to do their jobs when the slump lingered.

SAN FRANCISCO — The Presidents Cup will feature 34 matches over four days at Harding Park, bringing together the best players from everywhere in the world except Europe. The entertainment value could start well before the competition.

Fred Couples is the U.S. captain.

He could say anything. His remarks, at a news conference or the opening ceremony, could go anywhere.

Remember, this is the player who once said, “I’m a lot older than I was when I was 30, which is hard to believe.”

Couples, a former Masters champion who reached No. 1 in the world, is known for the grace, power and simplicity of his swing. He is perhaps even more famous for telling reporters that he doesn’t like to answer the phone “because someone may be on the other end.”

This might be golf’s version of Yogi Berra.

No, he has never been quoted as saying, “It ain’t over till it’s over.” Then again, there was that time Couples was playing in the Ryder Cup and offered up this assessment of the U.S. chances: “I think if we can stay ahead every day, we’ll have a good shot at winning.”

“You hit the nail on the head calling him the Yogi Berra of golf,” Phil Mickelson said.

“That’s the kind of manager — captain — he’ll be. I think it will be a fun week.”

That’s one reason the U.S. players have been looking forward to this week at Harding Park.

Couples makes it fun.

He wanted to be a Ryder Cup captain, yet he was never given serious consideration. Couples made the mistake — not that he would ever apologize — of publicly poking fun of players having

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United States team captain Fred Couples listens to a question during a news conference at the Presidents Cup golf competition in San Francisco, Tuesday. Play begins on Thursday.

to spend too much in a tuxedo and shaking too many hands at dinner parties.

When he accepted the Presidents Cup job, he was making arrangements for the week in San Francisco and asked a PGA Tour assistant to book one dinner at DiMaggio’s (he first referred to it as Mantle’s).

Couples suggested a reservation for six, until he was reminded there were 12 players on the team.

“These guys don’t want to eat with each other every night, do they?” Couples said, and it wasn’t clear if he was kidding.

Yes, it should be a fun week for the Americans.

“We all know what kind of attitude Freddie has, and I think that will be a good attitude for the team,” Steve Stricker said. “I think it will relax us. He’s kind of a free-spirited, free-caring guy, and very light to be around.”

The choice was logical, if not a little late.

The Presidents Cup began only in 1994, and Couples remains the one player best identified with these matches. It was his 9-iron from the bunker on the final hole in the inaugural year that took a crazy spin and stopped 2 feet from the cup for a 1-up victory over Nick Price that was the clinching point in a U.S. victory.

Blue Devils ready to air it out DURHAM (AP) — Thad Lewis certainly can’t complain about the opportunity.

He’s a senior with 39 starts at quarterback for Duke and is playing for a coach who has built a reputation around throwing the football. And when he takes the field Saturday against North Carolina State, he’ll face a defense that allowed a bevy of yards through the air last week and will likely have overhauled its secondary.

It seems to give the Blue Devils — the top passing offense in the Atlantic Coast Conference — an edge. They just have to take advantage.

“Who knows how they’ll play on Saturday?” Lewis said Tuesday of the Wolfpack’s secondary. “They could correct the things they did wrong last week and come out and play their best game in the secondary this week. We just have to take what they give us on Saturday.”

The Blue Devils (2-3, 0-1 ACC) are averaging a league-best 286 yards passing per game, while Lewis has thrown seven

touchdown passes with just two interceptions. That includes a 359-yard day in a tough loss to Virginia Tech last weekend in which Lewis threw 40 times in coach David Cutcliffe’s offense.

That sets up well to match up with the Wolfpack (3-2, 0-1), who came into last week’s game at Wake Forest with the nation’s top total defense at 201 yards per game. But the Demon Deacons — led by their own four-year starter in Riley Skinner — threw for 361 yards and three scores in the 30-24 victory.

By Monday, N.C. State had released a depth chart that included three new starters in the secondary with the fourth position still up for grabs. But Cutcliffe said that won’t change the way the Blue Devils scout the Wolfpack in the coming days.

“They won’t change everything they’re doing,” Cutcliffe said.

“We really schematically are not as worried about what you run as just how good those guys are, and they’ve got some good ath-

letes back there. I’m sure they’re trying to get some people’s attention (in the secondary).”

Still, the Blue Devils can use any edge they can get. They’ve lost 11 straight in the series, which resumed last year after a five-year hiatus following ACC expansion. And they’re still facing a sturdy front seven that has helped the Wolfpack to a leaguehigh 16 sacks, which could be a problem for a Duke team that has allowed 10 sacks.

“It helps the problems with the secondary because if we couldn’t rush the passer, it might be worse,” O’Brien said. “When the quarterback’s on his back, he can’t throw the football. We played a pretty good quarterback last week and we’ve got another four-year starter this week, so here we go again.”

Lewis said N.C. State’s pass rush will force him or backup Sean Renfree to get make quick reads downfield and get rid of the football. If they can avoid that pressure, the Blue Devils sound confident they’ll cause headaches for their instate rival.

Rush for Rams? Limbaugh bids for NFL team

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The lowly Rams have someone who loves them.

Conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh said Tuesday he is teaming up with St. Louis Blues owner Dave Checketts in a bid to buy the Rams, owners of the NFL’s longest losing streak at 14 and just 5-31 since 2007.

In a statement, Limbaugh declined to discuss details, citing a confidentiality agreement with Goldman Sachs, the investment firm hired by the family of former Rams owner Georgia Frontiere to review assets of her estate, including the NFL team.

Limbaugh also declined to discuss other partners that might be involved in the bid, but said he and Checketts would operate the team.

“Dave Checketts and I have made a bid to buy the Rams and we are continuing the process,” Limbaugh said.

Forbes magazine has estimated the Rams franchise has a value of $929 million.

Frontiere’s children, Chip Rosenbloom and Lucia Rodriguez, inherited 60 percent of the Rams when their mother died in January 2008. Billionaire Stan Kroenke of Columbia, Mo., owns the remaining 40 percent. It wasn’t clear if the Limbaugh/Checketts bid was for

100 percent of the Rams or just the share owned by Rosenbloom and Rodriguez.

“Our strategic review of our ownership of the Rams continues,” Rosenbloom said in a statement released Limbaugh late Monday. “We will make an announcement upon the completion of the process.”

NFL spokesman Greg Aiello declined comment. Spokesmen for Checketts and the Blues declined comment.

Limbaugh is a native of Cape Girardeau, Mo., about 100 miles south of St. Louis. He’s so popular among conservatives — fans of his show call themselves “dittoheads.”

Limbaugh, who lives and works in Palm Beach, Fla., once worked for the Kansas City Royals and is an avid sports fan.

In 2003, Limbaugh worked briefly on ESPN’s NFL pregame show, but resigned after saying Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb was overrated because the

media wanted to see a black quarterback succeed.

Checketts, 53, and his SCP Worldwide and Towerbrook Capital Partners purchased the Blues in 2006 from Bill and Nancy Laurie.

The Blues have been gradually rebuilt under his leadership and made the playoffs last season for the first time since 2004.

Checketts first approached Rosenbloom in early 2009 about possibly buying the Rams. Eric Gelfand, a spokesman for Checketts, said in June that Checketts had put together a group consisting of local and outside investors.

An NFL rule allows ownership of NFL teams and teams in other sports, but only if they are in the same market. That would be a problem if Kroenke wanted to become majority owner of the Rams because he owns the NBA’s Denver Nuggets and the NHL’s Colorado Avalanche.

Checketts’ company owns Utah’s Real Salt Lake of the MLS. But an NFL spokesman has said the crossownership rule does not apply to the MLS. The potential sale of the Rams has been rumored since Frontiere’s death. Her children are both involved

in other interests and neither has ties to St. Louis.

The sale has raised concerns in St. Louis, which lost the Cardinals franchise after the 1987 season when Bill Bidwill moved the team to Arizona.

The NFL passed over St. Louis for the smaller Jacksonville, Fla., market when it awarded an expansion team in 1993. Two years later, civic leaders convinced Frontiere, a St. Louis native, to move the team from Los Angeles, the nation’s second-largest market, back to her hometown.

Los Angeles is still without a team, and a loophole in the Rams’ lease allows them to move as early as 2014 if the Edward Jones Dome is not deemed among the top quarter of all NFL stadiums. Though just 14 years old, the dome is fast becoming one of the league’s older venues, and getting it into the top quarter seems unlikely.

Checketts became the youngest person ever to run an NBA team at age 28 when he became president and general manager of the Utah Jazz in 1984. He later ran the New York Knicks and Madison Square Garden.

Associated Press Writer Brian Skoloff in West Palm Beach, Fla., contributed to this report.

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A group of health care workers receive a dose of the swine flu vaccine in the Occupational Health Clinic at Wishard Memorial Hospital in Indianapolis, Monday. The group of health care workers were among the first in the nation to be vaccinated against the swine flu.

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Nation Today Saturn has a new ring

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — The Spitzer Space Telescope has discovered the biggest but never-beforeseen ring around the planet Saturn, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory announced late Tuesday.

The thin array of ice and dust particles lies at the far reaches of the Saturnian system and its orbit is tilted 27 degrees from the planet’s main ring plane, the laboratory said.

JPL spokeswoman Whitney Clavin said the ring is very diffuse and doesn’t reflect much visible light but the infrared Spitzer telescope was able to detect it.

Ga. man gets death

BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia man was sentenced to death Tuesday for molesting and strangling a 6-year-old boy inside a mobile home before the child’s body was wrapped in trash bags and dumped near a road.

Jurors deliberated two hours before unanimously agreeing on a death sentence for 61-year-old David Edenfield. He was convicted Monday of aggravated child molestation and murder in the March 2007 slaying of Christopher Michael Barrios.

Edenfield stood passively as the judge read his sentence. Edenfield was the first of three family mem-

bers to stand trial in the case. His wife and their 34-year-son have also been charged.

DeLay no longer dancing LOS ANGELES (AP) — It’s not two left feet, but two fractured feet forcing Tom DeLay to hang up his dancing shoes.

The former House Republican Whip says he’s taking his doctor’s advice and leaving the ABC television show “Dancing With the Stars.”

DeLay has been diagnosed with stress fractures in both feet from the rigors of dancing.

Feds indict biker gang CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — National Pagans Motorcycle Club leaders and more than 50 members and associates of the outlaw biker gang are accused of plotting to kill and extort rivals to consolidate the club’s power in the eastern U.S., according to an indictment unsealed Tuesday.

The defendants include national Pagans President David Keith “Bart” Barbeito of Myersville, Md., and national Vice President Floyd B. “Jesse” Moore of St. Albans. Also named are members and associates in West Virginia, Kentucky, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Delaware and Florida.

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ATLANTA (AP) — Health officials say all the initial swine flu vaccine doses this week will be the nasal spray version, but next week arm injections will begin.

About 2.2 million doses of nasal spray are available so far, but the spray is not recommended for some of the people who are most in danger of complications from flu, including pregnant women and people with asthma.

So while some priority groups like health care workers and healthy children 2 or older can get vaccinated this week, pregnant women and others at risk should wait.

At a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention press conference Tuesday, CDC officials said demand for the vaccine is so far outstripping supply, but they did not quantify by how much.

Schwarzenegger backs health care reform goals

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Spotlights Every Sunday and Wednesday The Daily Courier

WASHINGTON (AP) — California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger praised President Barack Obama’s drive to overhaul the nation’s health care system on Tuesday and urged fellow Republicans to join in efforts to finish the job this year.

The new Republican support for Obama’s top domestic priority came as a potential setback emerged for Senate health legislation: Congressional tax experts reported that the bill would impose $29 billion more in taxes on health care industries than originally thought — levies that could be passed on to consumers in the form of higher premiums.

That could be troublesome news for an overhaul bill facing a crucial vote in the Senate Finance Committee this week, and with Republican senators already complaining that the legislation contains too many taxes.

Although Schwarzenegger stopped short of embracing a Democratic bill, his words of encouragement came on the heels of similar statements from other Republicans outside Congress, including former Senate Republican leader Bill Frist. The White House and Democrats highlighted them as evidence of momentum and division within GOP ranks.

Schwarzenegger, who two years ago tried but failed to pass a universal health care plan in California, said in a statement that he appreciated Obama’s partnership with the states and his effort to hold down costs and improve quality. He urged lawmakers from both parties to “move forward and accomplish these vital goals for the American people.”

Congressional Republicans responded that they have been calling for health care improvements for months — just not the kind that Democrats are offering.

“Americans want commonsense reform,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said in a speech on the Senate floor, arguing that Democratic plans would expand government control, raise taxes on the middle class and cut Medicare

benefits.

Tommy Thompson, who headed the Health and Human Services Department under President George W. Bush, said Monday the Senate Finance Committee bill “is another important step toward achieving the goal of health care reform.” Frist, a heart surgeon, told Time magazine he would vote for the committee bill if he were still in Congress. However, both Frist and Thompson said they thought the bill could be improved.

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a political independent first elected as a Republican, said Monday that health care legislation deserves support across the political spectrum.

Questioned about the disparate Republican voices, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said, “I hope that Republicans in Washington hear the message of Republicans all over the country that it’s time to come in off the sidelines and actively get involved in making some serious progress on health care reform this year.”

On the tax issue, the Joint Committee on Taxation said in a memo prepared for Finance Committee Republicans that drug companies, medical device manufacturers and insurers would pay $121 billion over 10 years as a result of fees in the committee’s bill. That compares with $92 billion originally calculated.

The tax experts said the reason for the change was that the companies wouldn’t be able to deduct the fees.

The Finance Committee’s top Republican, Chuck Grassley of Iowa, said in a statement: “These taxes will increase insurance premiums and health care costs for individuals and families.”

At the same time, they also could mean more revenue to help pay for expanding coverage to the uninsured.

The industry fees are separate from a proposed new tax on high-value insurance plans that’s also in the Finance Committee bill.

Happy Birthday Lainey!

Lainey celebrated her 2nd Birthday on October 1, 2009.

Lainey is the daughter of Tim and Tonya Kimbrell of Forest City, NC. Her grandparents are Terry and Karen Willard of Forest City; Tommy and Cindy Kimbrell of Spindale; Debbie Morrow of Ellenboro.

Her great grandmother is Grace Willard of Forest City.

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Business/finance

THE MARKET IN REVIEW

STOCK EXCHANGE HIGHLIGHTS

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6,899.68+104.55

GAINERS ($2 OR MORE)

Name FredM pfN GrayTvA CitiBW10 Metrogas Goldcp wt FtBcp pfE Headwatrs RBSct prR BrkfldH RBSc prP

Last 2.60 2.39 7.00 2.55 9.00 9.30 4.00 11.00 6.37 11.00

Chg +.53 +.36 +1.05 +.37 +1.25 +1.10 +.47 +1.25 +.72 +1.22

%Chg +25.3 +17.7 +17.6 +17.0 +16.1 +13.4 +13.3 +12.8 +12.7 +12.5

LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)

Name Last Chg MS Nik10 28.05 -8.94 AmRepro 7.97 -1.76 PrepaidLg 43.09 -8.64 SwESPRet104.04 -.67 StJude 33.40 -4.84 ExprsJet 3.10 -.41 Nwcstl pfB 5.97 -.73 StrHtl pfA 8.40 -.90 ProSUSSilv 4.89 -.50 StratH pfB 8.34 -.82

%Chg -24.2 -18.1 -16.7 -14.2 -12.7 -11.7 -10.9 -9.6 -9.3 -8.9

MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE) Name Vol (00) Last Chg Citigrp 4542036 4.67 ...

SPDR 1885857 105.51 +1.49 BkofAm 1856028 17.00 +.04 SPDR Fncl 1190307 14.93 +.19 DirFBear rs 994033 20.57 -.73 GenElec 944842 16.08 +.25 iShEMkts 787405 39.38 +.64 WellsFargo 582297 28.66 +.57 Pfizer 546666 16.78 +.38 PrUShS&P 521219 40.32 -1.23 Advanced Declined Unchanged Total issues New Highs New Lows Volume

DIARY

2,436 643 71 3,150 318 3 5,104,920,416

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1,780.81 +16.00

GAINERS ($2 OR MORE)

Name Last VistaGold 2.94 PudaCoal n 7.18 KeeganR g 4.57 Banro g 2.95 Nevsun g 2.50 Aurizon g 4.97 AlldNevG 10.53 RennGEnt 3.00 ExeterR g 4.89 MinesMgt 2.72

Chg +.49 +1.18 +.70 +.40 +.32 +.62 +1.10 +.31 +.49 +.27

%Chg +20.0 +19.7 +18.1 +15.7 +14.7 +14.3 +11.7 +11.5 +11.1 +11.0

LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)

Name Last Flanign 5.00 Aerocntry 18.00 PSBMetDS25.62 LGL Grp 3.20 StephanCo 2.73 AmLorain n 2.65 SoCTBcp 4.12 EagleCGr 5.80 ACmtPT 8.15 EntreeGold 2.84

Chg %Chg -.70 -12.3 -2.22 -11.0 -2.20 -7.9 -.21 -6.2 -.18 -6.2 -.15 -5.3 -.23 -5.3 -.32 -5.2 -.40 -4.7 -.14 -4.7

MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE) Name Vol (00) Last Chg CelSci 240385 1.38 -.24 EldorGld g 90826 12.02 +1.09 NthgtM g 75018 2.78 +.10 GoldStr g 67339 3.52 +.25 Hemisphrx 52293 1.69 -.11 NovaGld g 50213 5.40 +.30 NwGold g 39981 4.12 +.24 GrtBasG g 32772 1.54 +.08 VistaGold 28558 2.94 +.49 US Gold 23260 2.89 +.16 DIARY

Advanced Declined Unchanged Total issues New Highs New Lows Volume

350 195 56 601 52 2 174,873,105

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Close: 9,731.25 Change: 131.50 (1.4%)

GAINERS ($2 OR MORE)

Name Last Fonar h 3.19 ICT Grp 15.35 EmmisC pf 8.80 MHI Hosp 2.98 AvoctCp 24.86 SurModic 29.04 HarbinElec 19.44 MakMusc 3.93 KIT Digit n 11.27 NutriSys 17.46

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Last 6.31 5.44 2.78 7.32 3.89 4.59 2.50 3.56 2.26 8.75

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10,322.76 4,217.28 410.42 7,092.70 1,837.30 2,167.70 1,097.56 710.20 11,195.31 625.30

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6,469.95 2,134.21 288.66 4,181.75 1,130.47 1,265.52 666.79 397.97 6,772.29 342.59

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Dow Industrials 9,731.25 +131.50 Dow Transportation 3,779.64 +20.93 Dow Utilities 374.79 +3.23 NYSE Composite 6,899.68 +104.55 Amex Market Value 1,780.81 +16.00 Nasdaq Composite 2,103.57 +35.42 S&P 500 1,054.72 +14.26 S&P MidCap 686.98 +9.54 Wilshire 5000 10,916.09 +150.34 Russell 2000 601.98 +10.87

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MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE) Name Vol (00) Last Chg PwShs QQQ1146481 41.94 +.73 ETrade 810486 1.70 -.02 BrcdeCm 746137 8.90 -.19 Intel 732227 19.63 +.53 UCBH lf 585226 1.16 +.50 Microsoft 476068 25.11 +.47 Cisco 407784 23.35 +.41 Oracle 367121 20.54 +.15 HuntBnk 328921 4.51 -.12 AvoctCp 313470 24.86 +4.34 Advanced Declined Unchanged Total issues New Highs New Lows Volume

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LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)

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CI 107,798 LG 61,595 IH 56,167 LG 53,656 LB 53,496 WS 52,603 MA 46,710 LB 46,574 LB 46,485 LB 41,003 LV 39,993 FB 38,005 LV 37,399 FV 35,309 FG 31,833 WS 30,481 CI 28,858 MA 28,488 LB 28,315 CA 27,764 LG 27,170 MA 27,044 LB 26,919 CI 26,918 LB 25,590 FB 24,646 LB 24,229 MB 23,586 LV 14,574 LB 9,356 LB 4,080 GS 1,232 LV 1,214 SR 408 LG 185

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CA -Conservative Allocation, CI -Intermediate-Term Bond, ES -Europe Stock, FB -Foreign Large Blend, FG -Foreign LargeGrowth, FV -Foreign Large Value, IH -World Allocation, LB -Large Blend, LG -Large Growth, LV -Large Value, MA -Moderate Allocation, MB -Mid-Cap Blend, MV Mid-Cap Value, SH -Specialty-heath, WS -World Stock, Total Return: Chng in NAV with dividends reinvested. Rank: How fund performed vs. others with same objective: A is in top 20%, E in bottom 20%. Min Init Invt: Minimum $ needed to invest in fund. Source: Morningstar.

Australia bank decision lifts U.S. market

By TIM PARADIS AP Business Writer

NEW YORK — The stock market got a big lift from a faraway place: Australia.

The Dow Jones industrial average jumped 132 points and all major indicators rose more than 1 percent as the Australian central bank’s decision to raise interest rates boosted investor optimism about the global economy. The Dow is up 244 points in two days, its best back-to-back gain since mid-July.

Investors’ show of confidence ahead of a flood of corporate earnings reports came as Australia became the first major country to raise interest rates since the onset of the financial crisis last year. The move signals that policymakers see the country’s economy as strong enough to withstand higher borrowing costs. That touched off hopes that other economies may also be growing.

Australia’s decision also dented demand for the U.S. dollar, which, in turn, raised commodities prices. U.S. energy and materials stocks jumped as oil rose and gold reached a record high.

Phil Orlando, chief equity market strategist at Federated Investors in New York, said investors are raising their expectations for earnings because few companies have issued profit warnings since the quarter’s end.

“We’ve gone through confessional season and we haven’t had a peep from anyone,” he said, referring to companies that would try to prepare investors for disappointment.

The Dow rose 131.50, or 1.4 percent, to 9,731.25 after rising 112 Monday. It was the Dow’s biggest gain since Aug. 21 and leaves the index fewer than 300 points from the psychological benchmark of 10,000. The Dow’s two-day rise is its biggest since July 16.

It was only the fifth time this year that all 30 stocks that comprise the Dow closed higher.

The Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose 14.26, or 1.4 percent, to 1,054.72, while the Nasdaq composite index rose 35.42, or 1.7 percent, to 2,103.57.

Stocks jumped Monday on news that the U.S. service industry grew for the first time in a year.

Upbeat comments about the nation’s largest banks also drew buyers, as did a drop in the dollar.

Bond prices fell, sending the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note up to 3.26 percent from 3.23 percent late Monday.

Crude oil rose 47 cents to settle at $70.88 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

Gold rose as high as $1,045 an ounce on the Nymex before closing at $1,039.70, its highest finish since March 2008. Taking inflation into account, the high was $2,200 an ounce back in January 1980, according to the World Gold Council, an industry trade group.

“The reality is that a weak dollar right now is beneficial to us because it’s driving export volumes to foreign economies that are doing better and it’s going to result in currency gains,” Orlando said.

Four stocks rose for every one that fell on the New York Stock Exchange, where volume came to 1.2 billion shares compared with 1.1 billion traded Monday. The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies rose 10.87, or 1.8 percent, to 601.98.

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In this file photo, a high-efficiency natural gas furnace, hot water heater and air conditioning system is installed at a home in Ossining, N.Y. People who heat their homes with natural gas should spend about $105 less this winter than last season. Those using fuel oil or electric heat also will save.

Winter heating bills seen lower

By H. JOSEF HEBERT Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON — Staying warm won’t be quite as expensive this winter.

People who heat with natural gas should do especially well, seeing their lowest bills in five years. But no matter what fuel is used, heating costs are expected to take less of a bite out of household budgets in the coming months — from $20 to as much as $280 lower than last winter depending on what fuel is used, the government says.

An expected milder winter, along with lower fuel costs, should cut average residential heating expenditures by 8 percent from last year, the Energy Information Administration said in its annual winter outlook on Tuesday.

The nearly 58 million households that use natural gas stand to save about $105 compared with last year, and propane users will get an even bigger break — as much as $280. More modest reductions, $20 to $60, are expected for people who use electricity or fuel oil to heat their homes.

The federal agency, which keeps track of energy statistics and trends, cautioned that its projections are overall averages based on broadly expected weather conditions and fuel supply and cost trends. How much a family actually spends also will depend on local weather, the size and energy efficiency of their home and the efficiency of furnaces and other heating equip-

ment.

But generally the news is good for consumers already hammered by the economic downturn and possibly worried about keeping jobs.

According to the EIA, households are expected to pay an average of $783, nearly 12 percent less than last winter, for natural gas, and $1,821 for heating oil, about 2 percent lower.

People using electric heat will pay about $933, a decline of 2 percent, and those using propane $1,667, a 14 percent drop.

Natural gas prices have been on the decline because of a drop in demand caused by the sliding economy and because of hefty supplies. The EIA expects a record high of more than 3.8 trillion cubic feet of gas in storage by the end of this month.

The wholesale price of natural gas has been around $3 per thousand cubic feet, roughly half of what it was a year ago.

About half of all households depend on natural gas for heating, especially in the Midwest where seven in 10 homes use the fuel. People in the Midwest also are expected to benefit from a milder winter, compared to last year, and see natural gas bills 15 percent lower than last year, the agency said.

The nearly 8 million households that use heating oil, primarily in the Northeast, can expect to save an average $40 to $60 compared to last winter.

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gallon this winter, just two cents cheaper than last winter but a significant drop from the average $3.31 a gallon of two winters ago.

The biggest savings will be seen by the 6.2 million households that use propane, an average of $280 this winter for a decline of 14 percent. Propane users in the Midwest are expected to save as much as 21 percent compared to last winter because of a combination of lower fuel prices and milder weather, the agency said.

About 39 million, or 35 percent, rely on electricity, especially across the South and in the Pacific Northwest. The EIA said on average these households will save about $20 this winter, compared to last, although costs vary depending on what fuel is used to generate the power.

Residential heating with electricity is growing at a rate of 2.5 percent a year, faster than any other major heating source, the report said.

The report covers the winter period from October through March.

The EIA report also said: n Gasoline prices are expected to hit a national average of $2.44 a gallon by the end of the year, then increase next year to an average of $2.62. n Crude oil prices are likely to average about $70 a barrel through the winter period, and global petroleum consumption is expected to increase by about 1.1 million barrels a day in 2010 as the economy strengthens.

12A — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Nation/world World Today Senate passes Pentagon budget

WASHINGTON (AP) — As President Barack Obama weighs major shifts in strategy in the deteriorating mission in Afghanistan, the Senate on Tuesday passed a bill bringing the total U.S. tab for that war to about $300 billion.

The $626 billion measure, passed 93-7, also would ban outright any transfer of accused enemy combatants from the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detention facility into the United States.

Current law permits transfer of detainees to face trial or go to prison.

The underlying bill combines $128 billion for overseas military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan with $498 billion for the rest of the Defense Department’s budget. An analysis by congressional researchers puts the tally for Afghanistan at about $300 billion and for Iraq at more than $700 billion since Sept. 11, 2001 — totaling more than $1 trillion.

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., answers questions following a meeting between President Barack Obama and Congressional leadership to discuss Afghanistan and Pakistan at the White House in Washington Tuesday.

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Obama sees terror fight progress

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Tuesday thanked counterterrorism employees who work to prevent attacks on the United States and its allies, crediting them with “making real progress” in disrupting al-Qaida and other extremist networks.

“The record of your service is written in the attacks that never occur — because you thwarted them — and in the countless Americans who are alive today because you saved them,” Obama told his audience at the National Counterterrorism Center outside Washington. “For that, America is in your debt.”

Obama also warned, though, that the enemies of the United States are relentless, resourceful and “still plotting.”

“No one can ever promise that there won’t be another attack on American soil,” Obama said.

“But I can promise you this: I pledge to do everything in my power as president to keep America safe. And I pledge to give all of you the tools and support you need to get that job done here at home.”

Market blast kills 8 in Fallujah

BAGHDAD (AP) — A car bomb tore through an open-air market west of Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least eight people, an Iraqi police official said.

It was the second consecutive day of attacks in the mostly Sunni Anbar province, raising questions about the ability of Iraqi security forces to keep the lid on violence as U.S. troops withdraw from the region.

Tuesday’s blast came at sundown, when a parked car rigged with explosives went off in a popular open-air market in Fallujah, about 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of the Iraqi capital, the official said. At least 20 people were wounded.

The casualties were confirmed by a hospital official.

The explosion also destroyed nearly a dozen cars and damaged at least nine stalls selling vegetables and fruits, the official said.

Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release the information to the media.

U.S. troops ramp up quake relief

PADANG, Indonesia (AP) — American troops set up a field hospital Tuesday and rerouted ships to aid victims of a powerful earthquake that left hundreds of thousands homeless, in their largest relief operation in Muslim-majority Indonesia since the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.

The expansion of the U.S. mission comes as efforts shifted from searching for survivors amid the rubble to providing relief to villages that have been cut off by massive landslides generated by last week’s magnitude-7.6 quake.

Aid workers from at least 20 countries focused on caring for the homeless, who huddled in makeshift shelters and cooked meager meals of rice and noodles over open fires or ate vegetables from their fields.

Rear Adm. Richard Landolt, who arrived Tuesday in Padang, the largest city in the quake zone, told The Associated Press that three U.S. Navy ships were on their way, full of supplies, food and heavy equipment that can be used to clear roads and excavate collapsed buildings.

Obama weighs Afghan options WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Tuesday ruled out shrinking the Afghanistan war to a counterterrorism campaign. Yet he did not signal whether he is prepared to send any more troops to the war zone — either the 40,000 his top commander wants or a smaller buildup, according to several officials.

House and Senate leaders of both parties emerged from a nearly 90-minute conversation with Obama with praise for his candor and interest in listening. But politically speaking, all sides appeared to exit where they entered, with Republicans pushing Obama to follow his military commanders and Democrats saying he should not be rushed.

Obama is examining how to proceed with a worsening war that has claimed nearly 800 U.S. lives and sapped American patience. Launched after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks to defeat the Taliban and rid al-Qaida of a home base, the war has lasted longer than ever envisioned — eight years on Wednesday.

Obama said the war would not be reduced to a narrowly defined counterterrorism effort, with the withdrawal of many U.S. forces and an emphasis on special operations forces that target terrorists in the dangerous bor-

der region of Afghanistan and Pakistan. Two senior administration officials say such a scenario has been inaccurately characterized and linked to Vice President Joe Biden, and that Obama wanted to make clear he is considering no such plan.

The president did not show his hand on troop increases. His top commander in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, has bluntly warned that more troops are needed to right the war, perhaps up to 40,000 more. Obama has already added 21,000 troops this year, raising the total to 68,000.

Obama may be considering a more modest building of troops — closer to 10,000 than 40,000 — according to Republican and Democratic congressional aides.

But White House aides said no such decision has been made.

The president insisted that he will make a decision on troops after settling on the strategy ahead. He told lawmakers he will be deliberate yet show urgency.

“We do recognize that he has a tough decision, and he wants ample time to make a good decision,” said House Republican leader John Boehner. “Frankly, I support that, but we need to remember that every day that goes by, the troops that we do have there are in greater danger.”

What’s clear is that the mission in Afghanistan is not changing.

Obama said his focus is to keep al-Qaida terrorists from having a base from which to launch attacks on the U.S or it allies. He heard from 18 lawmakers and said he would keep seeking such input even knowing his final decision would not please them all.

While several lawmakers described the exchanges as helpful and open, a different view emerged about just how much backing the president will get.

“The one thing that I think was interesting is that everyone, Democrats and Republicans, said, ’Whatever decision you make, we’ll support it,’ basically,” said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. “So we’ll see.”

The Senate’s top Republican, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, said later: “I think Republicans will be able to make the decisions for themselves.” But he added that Obama is likely to get significant Republican support if he follows the advice of his military commanders. Boehner agreed, saying “my colleagues on the House side will be there to support” Obama if he stays true to the mission of denying a haven for al-Qaida terrorists or Taliban militants who are fiercely fighting coalition forces.

Source: Suspect had al-Qaida contact WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is touting the case of an al-Qaidalinked Afghan immigrant who allegedly plotted an attack in New York as proof the U.S. intelligence community is making progress in the struggle to defeat the terror group.

According to officials, Najibullah Zazi, the 24-year-old Afghan immigrant under investigation, had ties to a senior alQaida leader and attracted the attention of the CIA through one of its sources. The CIA then alerted domestic agencies, including the FBI, according to intelligence officials familiar with the investigation.

Speaking Tuesday to employees at the National Counterterrorism Center, Obama said their service was evident in attacks that were nev-

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“We’ve seen your success here in America in the last several weeks,” he said while visiting the facility outside Washington.

“You’ve stayed vigilant. You watched for signs. You stitched together the intelligence. You worked together, across organizations, as one team.”

That work, Obama said, has made America safer.

Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday the alleged terror plot disrupted in New York was “one of the most serious in the United States since Sept.

11, 2001.” He gave no indication when more arrests might be made.

Prosecutors claim Zazi, who allegedly received terror training at an al-Qaida camp in Pakistan, was planning to strike another New York City target on

9/11, this time with homemade bombs.

U.S. intelligence organizations first became aware of Zazi in late August, a senior administration official said. The intelligence and administration officials declined to offer more details on the operative and spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing.

“We’re not commenting on that,” said Wendy Aiello, a spokesman Zazi’s lawyer.

The fact that intelligence officials learned of Zazi through a CIA source sheds more light on the government’s claim that the charges against him are part of a broader, international case and begins to explain why the investigation triggered such a large offensive from the nation’s intelligence community.

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Well, it’s here ladies.

Hunting season is a go. The bows are out, muzzleloaders are loaded and the guns are ready and waiting.

As a 30-plus years hunting widow, I figure I’ve seen or heard just about all there is to see when it comes to hunting, fishing or wildlife in general. The tales, the truth and the legends.

When we were first married, I was thrilled to dress in camouflage and sit in the woods beside my sweetheart.

I was even naive enough to fall for one of the oldest tricks in the book. We were making our way through the woods — where at the time, I thought we were headed for the jumping off place — when the hubby saw deer tracks and came to a quick stop. Jump out and see if they’re still warm, he said.

I bailed out of the truck and about the time I bent down to touch the tracks, it hit me. Ha ha. Very funny.

Personally, I didn’t see the humor in it, but, he on the other hand, thought it was hilarious.

Yep. I’ve pretty much done it all. Squirrel hunting, where I nearly fell out of the john boat, (they’re not made to stand up in). Bird hunting, rabbit hunting, fishing and even coon hunting.

And, in case you don’t know, coon hunts are at night... in the dark, in the woods, with the spiders and all that yucky stuff that goes bump in the night.

Having said all of this, I decided long ago that hunting is not my thing. I’m perfectly fine with it being his thing just as long as I don’t have to do it. He has hunting. I have scrapbooking, reading, baby grand and other many interests.

I recently stumbled across a hunting widow’s support Web site, of sorts.

The first thing I envisioned was a group of women sitting in a circle knitting blaze orange toboggans and camouflage scarves. Talking about how much they miss their man when he’s in the woods, and how they arose before the crack of dawn to prepare a good hot breakfast prior to the big hunt.

— Inserting a break for knee-slapping laughter.

As I looked further, they even have a Hunting Widow® (note trademark) mission statement, which, in part, reads, “To foster within our fellow hunting widows an understanding, appreciation and tolerance for our husband’s love of hunting.”

Gosh. Maybe I don’t take his hunting serious enough anymore. (tee hee) Or, could it be that I’ve moved past the “jumping out of the truck to feel the deer tracks” stage.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m glad he enjoys his sporting time. It’s just not for me.

However, I will have to give a thumbs up to the two women who started the site.

They’re probably in the early stages of a lucrative business for themselves. The site offers stickers, hats, T-shirts and other such merchandise brandishing the Hunting Widow® logo.

Oh, well, I won’t be in the knitting circle and I definitely won’t be wearing any hunting widow pharphenalia. I guess I’m just not that desperate anymore.

Spread a blanket in the living room and treat the family to an at-home dinner picnic. Prepare simple wraps or sandwiches such as delicious Avocado Tuna Melts.

W

ith more cooks preparing meals at home, keep­ing dinner ideas fresh, easy and budget-wise can be a bit challenging at times. Jennifer Bushman, author of “The Kitchen Coach” cook­book series, knows this dilemma all too well.

“Many cooks face what I call dinner monotony.

People feel stuck with the ‘old standbys’ and have trouble coming up with new ideas — and that’s where I step in,” says Bushman.

The Kitchen Coach recommends making weeknight cooking a pleasure rather than a chore. Cooks can prepare quick and delicious recipes using high-quality yet affordable and conven­ient foods and by adding a bit of dinner-tainment to the even­ing’s fun. Here are several ideas from the Kitchen Coach: n Spend

less time in the kitchen by making a quick one-dish meal in three easy steps — simply grill chicken and vege­tables and serve with prepared Knorr Cheddar Broccoli Rice to create Grilled Chicken & Veggies over Rice. With the extra time saved, you can enjoy dinner and play a board game with the family — and why not consider making it a weekly event and let the kids take turns pick­ing their favorite rice or pasta variety and game of choice?

n With

restaurant-quality food from the freezer section at your fingertips, you can make a night in as delicious as a night out with Bertolli Oven Bake Meals in such varieties as Meat Lasagna Rustica and Stuffed Shells in Scampi Sauce. All you need to do is set the mood by lighting candles and pouring the wine to surprise your loved one.

Avocado Tuna Melts Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook Time: 6 minutes 2 servings 1 can (6 ounces) tuna, drained and flaked 2 tablespoons Hellmann’s or Best Foods Light Mayonnaise 1 tablespoon chopped pickled jalapeño pepper (optional) 4 slices whole grain sandwich bread 2 ounces thinly sliced low fat cheddar cheese 1/2 avocado, sliced 2 tablespoons Shedd’s Spread Country, Crock Omega Plus Light In small bowl, combine tuna, mayonnaise and jalapeño; set aside.

Evenly top two bread slices with 1/2 of the cheese, avocado and tuna mixture, then remaining

cheese. Top with remaining bread slices. Evenly spread tops of sandwiches with 1 tablespoon spread.

In 12-inch nonstick skillet, cook sandwiches over medium heat, spread side down, 2 minutes or until golden. Evenly spread tops with remaining 1 tablespoon spread, then turn. Cook an additional 2 minutes or until golden and cheese is melted.

Pizza Meat Loaf

Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook Time: 1 hour 8 servings 1 envelope Lipton Recipe Secrets Onion Soup Mix 2 pounds ground beef 1-1/2 cups fresh bread crumbs or 3/4 cup plain dry bread crumbs 2 eggs 1 small green bell pepper,

chopped (optional) 1/4 cup water 1 cup Ragú Old World Style Pasta Sauce 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese (about 4 ounces) Preheat oven to 350°F. Combine all ingredients except 1/2 cup pasta sauce and 1/2 cup cheese in large bowl.

Shape into loaf in 13 x 9-inch baking or roasting pan. Top with remaining sauce. Bake 50 minutes.

Sprinkle top with remaining cheese. Bake an addi­tional 10 minutes or until done.

Let stand 10 min­utes before serving.

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n Celebrate

a night-in with the family with a new twist on a comfort food favorite. Prepare a perfectly-seasoned Pizza Meat Loaf in no time with go-to ingredients, such as Lipton Recipe Secrets Onion Soup Mix and Ragú Pasta Sauce.

Set up the couch and chairs in your family living room to create a “home theatre” and enjoy pizza meat loaf, while watching your favorite family flicks.

n For

a quick and fun twist on dinner, create a baked potato bar stocked with savory toppings. Feature spuds toppers, such as shredded cheddar cheese and steamed broccoli, for delicious, added flavor.

Add Shedd’s Spread Country Crock Calcium plus Vitamin D for added nutritional benefits. For a no fuss lunch, use the leftover toppings as the base for a grab ’n’ go wrap the kids can enjoy the next day.

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a blanket in the living room and treat the family to an at-home dinner picnic. Prepare simple sandwiches or wraps like a delicious Avocado Tuna Melt or a chicken and avocado wrap. Try using Hellmann’s Light Mayon­naise, which has the great taste, but half the calories and fat of Hellmann’s Real Mayonnaise. Or, when parents and kids are on-the-run between soccer practice and music lessons, spread out the sandwich fixin’s so the family can make their own grab ’n’ go dinner.

n Instead

of hosting (and taking on the full expense of) a din­ner party, enjoy a sweet treat with friends that won’t cost a fortune. Plan a budget-friendly ice cream social with a top­pings bar, or invite friends over for a simple Skippy Dippin’ Sundae made with Breyers All Natural Vanilla Ice Cream.

Prepare a perfectly seasoned Pizza Meat Loaf in no time.

2B — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Wednesday, October 7, 2009

local Land Transfers

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

Foy W. Gibson, ind and aif, Linda D. Gibson by aif, Deborah Ann Gibson Morgan, Foy Winston Morgan Jr. to Heath McSwain, Erin McSwain; Rutherfordton Township; two tracts SE/S Hwy. 64; $248.

Mountain Creek Land Company, Inc. to Michael J. Sand, donna L. Sand; Gilkey township; 3.25 acres; $74.

Rodney D. Mode, Kiimberly D. Mode to Gary S. Greene; Rutherfordton Township; 0.90 acre; $48.

Richard Neal Bass, Rozellia P. Bass to J. Porter Durham, Jr., Victoria S. C. Durham; Gilkey Township; 10.30 acres; $736.

C & E Enterprises to Julie A. Lail; property on E/S Hwy. leading from Cliffside Boiling Springs Road to Six Points; $179.

Mark Anthony Conner, Isabel M. Conner to Steven E. Earnest, Diane F. Earnest; Morgan Township; 2.50 acres; $28.

Carolyn B. Toms to Tammy Carol Toms; Cool Springs Township; 5.326 acres; $36.

Robert K. Johnson, Dewayne Keith Johnson, Rita B. Johnson to Nancy Carol Silvers; High Shoals Township; 1.103 acres; $352.

Cynthia L. Harris

to Chad David Green, Heather D. Green; Sulphur Springs Township; 2.49 acres; $132.

Peaks at Lake Lure LLC to Raymond E. Smith, Lisa Anne Smith; Chimney Rock township; lot 18, Stonecrest; $98.

Bank of New York to Michael T. Dixon; Rutherfordton Township; 0.22 acre; $100.

Timothy W. Marlowe, Sharon K. Marlowe to David Michael Weaver, Lyn Jackson; Chimney Rock township; 3.76 acres; $490.

Deutsche Bank National Trust Company to April D. Connor; Cool Springs Township; lot 11 Stoneybrook; $63.

James W. Freeman, Vondale Freeman to Toony L. Irvin, Lori Conner Irvin; High Shoals Township; lot 9, Brookwood; $16.

Fall Creek Land Company, Inc. to Todd J. Black, Lauri S. Black; Golden Valley township; lot 51, phase 2, Summitt; $650.

Jason Hoyle Hardin, Amie Dobbins Hardin to Clarence B. Dobbins, Robin Dobbins; High Shoals Township; property on SR 2145; $200.

Haley Charlene Vickers, Haley Charlene Moore to Still Properties LLC; Rutherfordton Township; .65 acre; $178.

Alice M. Walker Bradley, Bobby Joe Bradley, Leisa Anne Bradley Woodsby, Daniel E. Woodsby, Amy Lynn Bradley Stafford, Keith I. Stafford to Double L. Properties LLC; Cool Springs township; 0.28

acre; $4.

Green Tree Servicing LLC, Conseco Finance Servicing Corporation to CFA M; High Shoals Township; 14.93 acres; $129.

Mary Louise Smith Gilstrap to Dorothy E. Parrish; Rutherfordton Township; 0.84 acre; $260.

Rhonda Atkins Wright to Shawn Norman, Tammy Norman; Sulphur Springs Township; 2,969 acres; $530.

Stephen A. Searcy, Chrystal D. Searcy to Rickie A. Clontz, Sandra H. Clontz; Green Hill Township; lot 10, Williston Farms; $440.

John Dubry, Linda Dubry to Brian Bel, Jean Bell; Rutherfordton Township; lot shown in plat book 4/44, Carolina Avenue Pine Street; $98.

Russell K. Buchanan, Julie L. Buchanan to Joe Dailey, Mary Jane Dailey; Cool Springs Township; lot 23 Royal Oaks; $46.

Dan E. Bruce, Brenda W. Bruce to Charles Weldon Hailey, Mary Ann Hailey; Chimney Rock Township; 0.40 acre; $430.

Ramona Gash, Paul Gash, Janet Gerald to Fred W. Hudson; Rutherfordton Township; 7.2 acres and 3 acres; $60.

Cynthia R. Greenlee to Herman S. Dickerson, Betty J. Dickerson; CoolSprings Township; 0.957 acre; $468.

Donals G. Morrison Jr. to Daniel R. Mueller, Kathaleen A. Mueller; Logan Store Township; 0.93 acre; $15.

Mark C. Harris, Janet

Willis Harris to M Squared Restaurant, Inc.; Rutherfordton Township; lot 23 West Main Street, Nebraska Street; $300.

Mary Felicia Nanney, James Bradford Nanney, Justin Criag Nanney, Justin Craig Nanney Keller, James A Nanney by heirs, Mary A. Nanney by heirs to Zachary F. Counts, Connie C. Counts; Chimney Rock Township; PT 20 John T. Patrick Estate; $180.

Larry Donald Hoyle, Glenda Hoyle to Linda K. Brown; High Shoals Township; 3.64 acres; $57.

Vista NC LTD to Gerardo M. Wieciorovski, Silvia E. Wieciorovski; Chimney Rock township; lot 86 Riverbend; $50.

Phil M. York, Robin R. York to Omie J. Tillett, Patricia Tillett; Colfax Township; 0.25 acre; $150.

Charles C. Wetmore Jr., Georgiana E. Wetmore to Shipyard Property Management LLC; Chimney Rock Township; 1.38 acres; $336.

Steven T. Crowley to Charles Kenneth McDaniel, Marlene E. McDaniel; Logan Store Township; 2.15 acres; $64.

Shipyard Property Management LLC to Marvin McFadyen, Andrea McFadyen; Chimney Rock Township; 1.38 acres; $430.

Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. to Susan J. Long; Sulphur springs Township; 6/10 acre and 1.85 acres; $45.

Vickie Ann Doggett, John Charles Doggett, Tamara Doggett to

Sucille J. Harris, Gilford M. Harris; Gilkey township; 7.98 acres; $34.

Leonard Wayne Wiggins to CFA M Inc.; Rutherfordton Township; property shown in plat book 6/59; $24.

Richard S. Brown, Wendy P. Brown to Charles R. Heier; Chimney Rock Township; 3.00 acres; $60.

Aaron Logan, Violet Logan to David Charles Logan; Cool Springs Township; 1.42 acres; $6.

Wade E. Flack to Horace Stainback, Patricia Stainback; Cool Springs Township; property on East Main Street; $260.

John Robert Foster III exer and ind, Elsie B. Foster estate by exer, Linda D. Foster, David Foster, Yvonne B. Foster to Douglas R. Walker, Connie S. Walker; Colfax Township; lot 6, M Z Wright Sub; $30.

Barry B. Baber, Karen S. Baber to Jason Wease, Ashton Wease; High Shoals Township; lot 2, Forest View West; $3.

Kristiin Visk, Mark D. Visk to James J. Rainone, Susan E. Rainone; Chimney Rock Township; lot 106, phase 1, Shumont Estates; $575.

Lyndon S. Wolken, Eva M. Neu Wolken to Loyce Jayne Broughton; Colfax Township; 20.30 acres; $200.

Deutsche Bank National Trust Company to Joshua M. Haynes; two tracts on Hyde Road and New Line Road; $40.

James R. Downey, Janice K. Downey to

Preston K. Stott, Carrie A. Storr; High Shoals Township; lot 17, Chase Heights; $254.

Louis F. Ombres, Patricia A. Ombres to William A. Clark III, Linda D. Clark; Gilkey Township; 8.93 acres; $725.

Billy Joe Thomas, Glenette to Aaron Stephen Thomas; Camp Creek Township; 2.0 acres and .86 acre; $50.

King Plantation Group LLC to Ernesto Monroy, Maria Monroy; lot 56, King Plantation; $120.

Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company to Joyce M. Jones; Camp Creek Township; two acres; $54.

Shire Farms LLC to Terrence P. Duffy; Chimney Rock Township; $1,600.

Hansen Industrial Controls Company to Naima P. White, Nicholas J. White; Colfax Township; 0.32 acre; $130.

Alan Richard Pringle Jr., Brandy Danielle Pringle to Jonas W. Fowler, Judith H. Fowler; Colfax Township; lot 33, Charles Neal Land; $10.

Charles Crawford Rollins, Jewel A. Rollins to Catherine R. Gordon; Rutherfordton Township; lots 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, J.U. Grose sub; $24.

William Anthony Barry, Debra Ann Barry to Hugh A. Murrill IV, Karen B. Murrill; Chimney Rock Township; lot 172, section 11, Quail Ridge; $680.

Deborah Denton to Justin Burgess, Anna Burgess; Colfax

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Fall gardening duties Kim Gensmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chickens flock around her as she feeds them grapes she grows in the backyard of her Ostrander area home near Kelso, Wash. on Sept. 29. Hidden behind her two-story home is a virtually never-ending supply of nutrition for her Kelso family. Kim and her husband, Daniel, have cleared and tilled their land. They built the equipment they need to keep their family supplied with fruits and vegetables as late as early January.

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Family turns back yard into their food source

KELSO, Wash. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Hidden behind Kim Gensmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s two-story home is a virtually never-ending supply of nutrition for her Kelso family.

Kim, who was born in the Ostranderarea house, and her husband, Daniel, have cleared and tilled their land.

They built the equipment they need to keep their family supplied with fruits and vegetables as late as early January.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a dream come true for the young family, which also includes two children. With Kimâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s family history â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a green-thumbed mother who lives and garden in Castle Rock and a German grandmother who ran an apothecary and grew medicinal herbs, among other things â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the urge to grow food to feed her loved ones comes as naturally as the organic methods she uses. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I spent summers with my grandparents, and (my grandmother) always had huge gardens,â&#x20AC;? said Kim, a smiling blonde. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Then we moved here, and I said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Gardens die in August, September, and we get a lot of snow. I want something that carries over into the fall and winter.â&#x20AC;?

The task of almost year-round gardening keeps Kim, a homemaker, going almost around the clock. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I do most of my gardening at night,â&#x20AC;? Kim said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m so busy during the day. I cook, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m the RIF coordinator at Castle Rock. And my daughter wrestles and my son swims.

So I have from about 8 to midnight to do my thing.â&#x20AC;?

As fall sets in and the days grow shorter, Kim gravitates toward the greenhouse her husband built for her. With solar energy powering the clear-paneled house, Kim can comfortably work inside well into the chilly night.

That doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean that her outdoors work is done when fall hits.

Recently she pulled out the remnants of her summer garden, which included zucchini, tomatoes, red and green peppers, hot peppers, green and bush beans and carrots. In their place, she planted her â&#x20AC;&#x153;cold cropsâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; peas, lettuce, radishes and broccoli, to name a few.

She also plants kohlrabi, a whitefleshed turnip-like vegetable that not many people cultivate. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My grandmother is full-blooded German ... and she makes the best kohlrabi dish ever,â&#x20AC;? Kim said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All sliced up and with a white sauce.â&#x20AC;?

These crops can handle temperatures to as low as 25 degrees, which comes in handy at the Gensmansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; high-elevation home. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re almost 900 feet right here,â&#x20AC;?

Kim said.

If the temperature drops below 25, Kim quickly moves plants into the

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greenhouse or covers them at night with plastic. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve harvested to the beginning of January before, out in the yard,â&#x20AC;? she said.

She also alternates the crops to take advantage of all the minerals the soil offers, and plants â&#x20AC;&#x153;cover cropsâ&#x20AC;? such as wheat and legumes that she can plow under to nourish the dirt.

She also makes â&#x20AC;&#x153;hot bedsâ&#x20AC;? in the winter, digging down about two feet and layering the hole with raw manure. She covers the manure with sand and waits for the temperature to rise. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The manure heats up to about 100 degrees,â&#x20AC;? Kim said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When it drops to around 90, you can plant your stuff in there. Instead of heating our beds with electricity, we do that.â&#x20AC;?

Blackberry vines ran rampant through the back yard. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We had to reclaim about 20 feet of it,â&#x20AC;? Kim said.

The lot is only 100 feet wide and 60 feet long, so there was no room to spare if the family was going to have garden space. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a lot of work,â&#x20AC;?

Kim said, smiling.

An apple and other fruit-bearing plants were original to the homestead, and the family left them there.

They added other perennial items, including an Asian pear and sweet table grapes.

The grapevines wind their way over an arbor that Dan built for their wedding. Underneath the arbor, a wooden box sways in the wind, acting as nest for the familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mason bees.

The bees are good for the garden, Kim said. They pollinate the plants and are safe for the kids. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sting because there is no honey to protect,â&#x20AC;? Kim said.

Dan built a hive for them out of a wooden block, drilled with holes that recess about four inches. â&#x20AC;&#x153;(The female) fills it up with eggs, goes away and dies, and her little batch is born,â&#x20AC;? Kim said.

Her other garden helpers are the 15 hens and three roosters who share the backyard. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They are a major component of my gardening,â&#x20AC;? Kim said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have one we call the gardener. As soon as you start digging in the soil, she will come to eat all the bugs.â&#x20AC;?

The family also happily harvests green grapes in mid-October. The juicy little pearls are sweet, Kim said, and the colder it gets, the more the sugar content intensifies.

Winter isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just for growing greens, Kim said. She also hunts each fall and butchers her own meat.

She takes pride in knowing that virtually everything that goes into her family membersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; bodies has been processed by her.

Fall is for planting in our area, and it is an ideal time for ornamental plant materials to be established. Check with our local plant nurseries and garden centers for your best selections.

Fall is time also to consider transitioning containerized tropical plants or those tender perennial plant materials into protected areas for the winter months. Check closely for any insect problems and treat them as needed before bringing indoors.

Fall vegetable plantings of leafy greens, such as kale, spinach, collards and lettuce, can be harvested a leaf or two at a time from each plant, leaving the smaller leaves in the center portion of the plants to continue growing and producing new leaves.

For summer vegetables that are wrapping up, make sure that when you are finished harvesting to clean up and ready the area for next yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s planting. Turn under debris, and consider using a cover crop for the winter months - annual ryegrass or crimson clover to help improve the soils tilth and organic matter.

Fall webworm tents are also promi-

nent features of many Jan McGuinn landscapes this time of year. They set up shop in pecan, walnut, American elm, hickory, fruit, some maples, persimmon and sweetgum trees. They are well protected from contact insecticides within their water proof tent.

In addition, fall webworms expand their tent as they feed rather than foray out to feed and return the way eastern tent caterpillars do.

Look for large silken tents at the ends of branches. All the caterpillars are in the tent, so if tents are pruned from a tree the problem is solved. For larger infestations, use a systemic insecticide that will move into the plant tissue. This will ensure that caterpillars die when they consume leaves.

Extension News

For further information, contact the Rutherford County Extension Center at 187-6011.

Extension Service schedules Cut Flower Production Workshop Are you interested in adding cut flower production to your operation? Are you currently growing cut flowers and looking for the latest production information? The NC Cooperative Extension Service, McDowell Center is offering a program on cut flower production for small growers.

The program will be held on Thursday, October 22, at 2:00 p.m. in the Extension Conference room, 60 East Court Street in Marion NC. Craig Adkins, Extension Area Specialized Agent - Commercial Horticulture will be speaking on all aspects of cut flower production including, site selection, species selection, fertilization, pest control

and more.

Meredith McKissick, of Sweet Earth Flower Farm will be speaking about her experience growing and marketing cut flowers. Meredith has experience growing flowers and marketing them at tailgate markets and for weddings and other events. She will also be talking about 3-5 different annual cuts that can be easily grown for each spring, summer, and fall.

This program is free, but pre registration is required by calling the Extension Office at 652-8104 or by emailing Jane McDaniel at Jane_ McDaniel@ncsu.edu by October 20th.

For additional information please call 828-652-8104.

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Properties LLC to Jeffrey E. Gibson, Mary Lillian Campagna Continued from Page 2B Gibson; Rutherfordton Township; 1.05 acre; $516.

Township; 462 square Dwaine Moore, Lisa feet, 1.38 acre, 0.30 S. Moore to David J. acre and 0.53 acre; Taylor, Donna P. Taylor; $476.

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Gap; $690.

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Girl afraid to keep stepsisters’ secret Dear Abby: During my visitations at my dad’s, I share a room with my stepsisters. They have made it clear they resent having to share their room with me, even though I have no choice about it.

They play the choking game with some of their friends. When I refuse to participate, they put me down and call me chicken, but I’m not about to do something so dangerous.

They have told me I’d better “mind my own business” and not say anything to their mom about it. I’m afraid if I do— and I get them into trouble— they’ll resent me more and make things even more difficult for me.

On the other hand, I’d feel really guilty if I stay silent and something terrible happened to one or both of them. Should I tell their mom, even if it causes problems for me?— Stepsister Dear Stepsister: I think you should tell your mother, and let her tell your father and his wife. The “choking game” isn’t a game; it’s extremely dangerous. It destroys brain cells and has been known to kill people. The practice can also be addictive, and when people do it alone and lose consciousness for the last time, the deaths are sometimes mistaken as suicides.

Dear Abby: My oldest sister has just married a very nice man. (It’s her

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second marriage.) My only problem is that “Norman” is a taxidermist.

Going to their home frightens my daughter and makes me feel, frankly, a bit nauseous. I have avoided going there since the first time, but have been getting questions from family about why I keep turning down invitations.

How do I answer these questions without hurting my sister’s feelings? She’s a great sister, and I really like Norman. But their house gives me and my animal-loving daughter nightmares. Please help.— Creeped Out Dear Creeped Out: Be honest, but be gentle. Tell your sister that you love her and think her new husband is terrific, but the stuffed animals (etc.) make you uncomfortable. Make sure she knows that when she’s having a barbecue or a swimming party (thank God you live in a state with a mild climate), you’d love to come over. But you’re not up to another trip through the gallery of the living dead because it gave your daughter nightmares.

Stuttering remains a mystery Dear Dr. Gott: From the time I was young and in grade school, I’ve stuttered. Is this a physical or emotional condition, and what causes it?

As I’ve aged I can speak better, but I still have trouble with certain words. Would medication help this embarrassing problem?

Dear Reader: This condition affects almost 3 million Americans of all ages. In fact, it is relatively common in children up to the age of 5 as language skills develop. It is more common in boys than in girls and is often outgrown as people age.

Stuttering is a speech defect that includes hesitation, stammering, repetition of syllables, stumbling and holding some words or letters for a prolonged period. The disruption may be accompanied by blinking eyes or lip tremors and can vary in intensity throughout the day. For example, a person may be unable to speak before a group of people or on a telephone without stuttering, yet

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can sing or recite poetry without a hitch. Some researchers believe that developmental stuttering, which occurs in young children in the process of learning to speak, happens when a child’s ability to talk cannot meet the necessary verbal demands.

The specific genes involved in this case have yet to be identified, yet scientists outside of the United States have determined that a portion of chromosome 12 may be linked to stuttering. Neurogenic stuttering can occur following brain injury, trauma to the head or stroke when the brain, nerves and muscles fail to coordinate the speech components necessary for clear transmission.

IN THE STARS

Your Birthday, Oct. 7;

Even if you get involved in an easily launched venture that promises a quick return, develop things in a slow, precise manner.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23)— In a partnership arrangement, you will have a much better relationship if you want the same things.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22)— Putting limitations on your intentions will prove self-defeating.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21)— Of course, you need to be cautious and prudent in handling your affairs, but not excessively so.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)— Keep any casual conversations with friends buoyant and breezy.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19)— Take adequate time to carefully analyze all developments.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20)— Although your spouse’s modus operandi might be more tedious than yours, the results are better.

ARIES (March 21-April 19)— When faced with more than one way to make a few extra bucks, stick to the tried-and-true.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20)— You might have the opportunity to get to know a longtime acquaintance on a more personal level.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20)— Although you tend to take life in a lighter vein, you will objectively view those in your charge.

CANCER (June 21-July 22)— A social acquaintance might approach you with a business proposition.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)— It will be much easier to handle a financial matter— business or personal— if you view everything in a serious way.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22)— Be imaginative in your approach when discussing a serious matter with a friend.

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Recession-strong stores plan old-fashion holidays

NEW YORK (AP) — Stores are turning back the clock, conjuring images of hearth and home as they stock their holiday merchandise.

Retailers hope embracing holiday traditions from cozier times will tempt recessionweary consumers to open their wallets in a season expected to show flat sales at best.

That means shoppers will see more gingerbread houses and peppermint crunch cookies, and fewer exotic teas and flavored olive oils; classic ball ornaments instead of offbeat cowboys or cartoon-themed character figures; and an emphasis on simple festive wear like shimmery tops instead of elaborately beaded gowns.

Traditional Christmas colors — red, green and gold — are also back.

That’s a big departure from recent years when stores pushed the whimsical and splashy, from the upsidedown Christmas tree fad in 2007 to stockings adorned with mermaids and elephants. Stores, wary after the sudden, deep drop in spending late last year, seek to tap

into an American psyche that wants comfort and affordability after so many shocks.

A lot is riding on the switch, because holiday sales account for up to 40 percent of annual sales for many merchants. For retailers already hobbled, it could be a do-or-die season.

Industry worries are high because shoppers, who were afraid to buy a year ago, are now grappling with rising job losses, reduced hours or unavailable credit. The unemployment rate is now 9.7 percent, up from around 7 percent last holiday season.

“When the world feels upside down, you don’t want your tree to be,” said Kit Yarrow, professor of consumer psychology at Golden Gate University in San Francisco.

“Nostalgia is a way for people to feel safe.”

Last fall’s spending falloff came too late for the industry to overhaul its products in time for the holidays. Stores typically start planning for Christmas a year in advance.

Starting in the depths of the meltdown, stores ditched their 2009 plans in favor of more comforting themes,

which appear to be striking the right note for an economy that continues to lose jobs and that has only tentative patches of stabilization.

“The ability for consumers to buy is much worse than it was a year ago,” said Mark Vitner, senior economist at Wells Fargo. “It’s just not fashionable to spend a lot of money for Christmas, or for anything. It is fashionable to live within your means.”

Home shopping network HSN was already starting to create an elaborate peacockthemed Christmas, when the financial meltdown spurred it to scrap the designs in favor of an old-fashioned approach: tartan plaid on everything from throws to ornaments, and stockings adorned with classic icons such as angels and Santas.

“The peacock had stood out like a trend, but it wouldn’t have been the safe tradition,” said Chris Nicola, HSN’s vice president of merchandising, home design. “(This) is comfortable to look at. It’s familiar.”

Stores are still feeling the pain from last year’s holiday season, which economists say

was the weakest since at least 1967, when the Commerce Department started collecting retail sales data. And this year could even be worse.

Vitner forecasts total holiday sales could be down as much as 3.5 percent for November and December, on top of a 2.5 percent drop a year ago. The best-case scenario, Vitner believes, is for a 1 percent decline.

A 4 percent sales gain is considered healthy if inflation is low. The industry enjoyed gains of almost 8 percent in 2005 and 9 percent in 1999, when both the real estate and the stock market were booming, Vitner said.

The National Retail Federation trade group has not released its holiday forecast yet. According to its calculations, holiday 2008 sales fell 3.4 percent from the year before. Like Vitner’s figures, NRF’s numbers exclude restaurants, gasoline and autos, but the trade group also excludes online sales.

Home Depot, which had experimented in the past with of-the-moment hues of purple and brown for holiday decor,

is going back to red, green and gold. The Christmas trees that hung upside-down?

Gone entirely. And the regular trees are green, not red or gold.

Luxury retailer Saks Fifth Avenue is stocking up on gingerbread houses and ball ornaments; it’s also opening a holiday men’s shop filled with classic accessories like suspenders and cufflinks.

That fashion is coloring the holidays from cards to ornaments: — Hallmark Cards Inc. is tapping into this nonmaterialistic mood by adding cards that focus on the importance of being together with family, rather than gift-giving.

—Online retailer 1-800 Flowers created a whole new division called 1-800 Baskets, selling gift baskets with simple edibles like roasted salted nuts and peppermint crunch cookies in baskets priced from $15 to $400. In past holiday seasons, the company had emphasized elaborate floral arrangements, exotic teas and wine sets that cost as much as $1,200.

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Work involves conducting plan reviews, assisting citizens and developers with various issues; conducting studies for zoning, annexation or other issues; and providing staff assistance to advisory boards and the public. The employee serves as the designated subdivision administrator. Position requires considerable knowledge of the principles and practices of community and economic development and public sector planning. Applicant should be skilled in the use of geographic information systems and work related computer software packages and other technology used to perform position duties.

Graduation from a college or university with a degree in planning or related field and some professional experience in public sector planning, or an equivalent combination of education and experience desired. The salary range for this position is $37,804 to $54,215. The town provides a full range of benefits such as health, dental, vision, 401K supplement, etc.

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6B — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, WEDNESDAY, October 7, 2009 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF RUTHERFORD

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IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION FILE NO.: 09-SP-320 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY STEVEN D. WILSON AND WIFE, EVA B. WILSON DATED JUNE 9, 2003, AND RECORDED JUNE 17, 2003, IN BOOK 735 PAGE 236 IN THE RUTHERFORD COUNTY REGISTER OF DEEDS SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE: Dawson & Albritton, P.A. NOTICE OF SALE Pursuant to a Court Order and under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in the above-referenced deed of trust and because of a violation of the provisions of said deed of trust and a failure to carry out and perform the stipulations and agreements therein contained, and pursuant to demand of the owner and holder of the indebtedness secured by said deed of trust, the undersigned substitute trustee will expose for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at the county courthouse of said county at 11:00 A.M. on October 21, 2009 the following described real estate and any other improvements which may be situated thereon, situated in Cleveland County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Tract One Situate, lying and being in High Shoals Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina and being the same and identical property as described in Deed recorded in Deed Book 671, Page 709, Rutherford County Registry, and being described according to said Deed as follows: Lying and being in High Shoals Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina, and being a part of the property described in that deed recorded in Deed Book 424 on Page 673, of the Rutherford County Registry, and being described by Metes and bounds according to a survey by Jack H. Davis dated May 1, 1996 as follows: BEGINNING at a railroad spike in the center of Hines Road, State Road No. 2102, which point is North 64 degrees 19 minutes 58 seconds East 1337.29 feet from a railroad spike at the intersection of the center line of Hines Road, State Road No. 2102 with a private drive known as Nolan Road, said point also being a common corner with the property of Boyce W. Wilson, Jr. and wife, Barbara W. Wilson as described in that deed recorded in Deed Book 424 on Page 675, of the Rutherford County Registry, and runs thence from the beginning and with the common line of the said Wilson property the following seven (7) calls: North 47 degrees 51 minutes 04 seconds East 67.44 feet to a point; thence North 58 degrees 23 minutes 11 seconds East 101.57 feet to a point; thence North 53 degrees 33 minutes 11 seconds East 55.44 feet to a point; thence North 46 degrees 54 minutes 18 seconds East 105.88 feet to a point; thence North 46 degrees 54 minutes 21 seconds East 36.31 feet to a point; thence North 16 degrees 05 minutes 39 seconds West 40.27 feet to a point, and thence North 07 degrees 46 minutes 16 seconds East 21.19 feet to a point; thence a new line South 79 degrees 37 minutes 05 seconds East 173.40 feet to an iron stake; thence another new line South 47 degrees 40 minutes 59 seconds East 30.79 feet to an iron stake; thence another new line South 22 degrees 12 minutes 06 seconds West 136.05 feet to an iron stake on the East side of a private drive; thence South 11 degrees 01 minutes 58 seconds East 136.80 feet to a railroad spike in the center of Hines Road, State Road No. 2102; thence with the center of said road the following seven (7) calls: North 60 degrees 43 minutes 16 seconds West 69.81 feet to a point; thence North 63 degrees 10 minutes 46 seconds West 24.52 feet to a point; thence North 68 degrees 50 minutes 17 seconds West 58.83 feet to a point; thence North 79 degrees 08 minutes 51 seconds West 61.98 feet to a point; thence North 87 degrees 55 minutes 09 seconds West 28.87 feet to a point; thence North 87 degrees 55 minutes 09 seconds west 28.87 feet to a point; thence South 86 degrees 47 minutes 32 seconds West 65.56 feet to a point, and thence South 71 degrees 15 minutes 00 seconds West 160.40 feet to the BEGINNING, containing 1.3756 acres, more or less.

Tract Two Situate, lying and being in High Shoals Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina and being the same and identical property as described in Deed recorded in Deed Book 671, Page 705, Rutherford County Registry, and being described according to said Deed as follows: Lying and being in High Shoals Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina, and being a part of the property described in that deed recorded in Deed Book 424 on Page 675, of the Rutherford County Registry, and being described by metes and bounds according to a survey by Jack H. Davis dated May 1, 1996 as follows: BEGINNING on a railroad spike in the center of Hines Road, State Road No. 2102, which point is North 64 degrees 19 minutes 58 seconds East 1337.29 feet from a railroad spike at the intersection of the center line of Hines Road, State Road No. 2102, with the center line of Nolan Road a private road, said beginning point also a common corner with the property described in that deed recorded in Deed Book 424 on Page 673, Rutherford County Registry, and runs thence from the beginning, a new line, North 02 degrees 30 minutes 38 seconds East 273.07 feet to an iron stake; thence another new line North 57 degrees 56 minutes 00 seconds East 93.19 feet to an iron stake; thence another new line South 79 degrees 37 minutes 05 seconds East 188.78 feet to an iron pin; thence with the common line of the said properties described in those deeds recorded in Deed Book 424 on Page 675 and Deed Book 424 on Page 673 of the Rutherford County Registry the following seven (7) calls: South 07 degrees 46 minutes 16 seconds West 21.19 feet to a point; thence South 16 degrees 05 minutes 39 seconds East 40.27 feet to a point; thence South 46 degrees 54 minutes 21 seconds West 36.31 feet to a point; thence South 46 degrees 54 minutes 18 seconds West 105.88 feet to a point; thence South 53 degrees 33 minutes 11 seconds West 55.44 feet to a point; thence South 58 degrees 23 minutes 11 seconds West 101.57 feet to a point, and thence South 47 degrees 51 minutes 04 seconds West 67.44 feet to the BEGINNING, containing 1.2080 acres, more or less.

Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23.

The record owner of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is Beau Jaques Handy.

Should the property be purchased by a third party, that person must pay the tax of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by N.C.G.S. §7A-308(a)(1).

The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or encumbrances of record and any recorded releases.

A cash deposit or cashier’s check (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale.

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

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

THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, EXCEPT AS STATED BELOW IN THE INSTANCE OF BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION. IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY. This 8th day of September, 2009.

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE Dawson & Albritton, P.A. P.O. Box 6003 (27835) 3219 Landmark Street, Ste. 4 Greenville, NC 27834 252.752.2485

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The USDA prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, and where applicable, sex, marital status, familial status, parental status, religion, sexual orientation, genetic information, political beliefs, reprisal, or because all or part of an individual’s income is derived from any public assistance program. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.)

Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication of program information (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD). To file a complaint of discrimination, write to USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20250-9410, or call toll free (866) 632-9992 (voice) or (800) 877-8339 (TDD) or (866) 377-8642 (relay voice users). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF RUTHERFORD NOTICE OF SALE File No: 09 SP 326 TAKE NOTICE THAT: William Richard Boyd, Jr., Substitute Trustee, has begun proceedings to FORECLOSE under the Deed of Trust described below, and by under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in such Deed of Trust, and an Order entered by the Clerk of Superior Court of the above County, will sell the below described property at public auction as follows: 1. The instrument pursuant to which such sale will be held is that certain Deed of Trust executed

by Gregg A. Smith and Bonnie D. Smith, as husband and wife, original mortgagors, and recorded in the Office of the Rutherford County Register of Deeds in Deed of Trust Book 969, at Page 793.

The record owner of such property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds not more than ten (10) days prior to posting this Notice of Sale, if not the original mortgagors, is: N/A 2. The property will be sold by the Substitute Trustee at 10:00 a.m. on the 16th day of October, 2009 at the Rutherford County Courthouse door in the City of Rutherfordton, North Carolina.

3. The real property to be sold is generally described as Lot 241 Vista at Bill’s Mountain, Phase II, Rock Ledge North, Lake Lure, NC 28746 and described as follows: Being all of Lot 241 of the Subdivision of Vista at Bill’s Mountain, Phase 2 containing 1.54 acres more or less as shown on Plat recorded in Plat Book 28 Page 199 of the Rutherford County Registry. PIN # 1642694 Street address: Rock Ledge Drive Subject to easements, rights of way and restrictive covenants of record.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

THIS the 16th day of September, 2009. __________________________ William Richard Boyd, Jr. Substitute Trustee 474 Mountain Cove Road Waynesville, North Carolina 28786 Dates: October 7, 2009 and October 14, 2009

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Pumpkin information

Recipes Continued from Page 1B

Skippy Dippin’ Sundaes

Prep Time: 5 minutes 4 servings 1 quart Breyers All Natural Vanilla Ice Cream 1/2 cup Skippy Creamy or Super Chunk Peanut Butter, melted Your favorite sundae toppings Scoop ice cream into 4 dessert dishes. Drizzle with melted pea­nut butter, then spoon on toppings.

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Pumpkin recipes

Pumpkin Butter 1/4 c brown sugar 2 tbs. sugar 1/4 cup water 1/2 tsp allspice 1/4 tsp ginger 1/4 tsp cloves 1/4 tsp nutmeg 1/2 tsp cinnamon 1 1/2 cup pumpkin puree Combine sugars, water, and spices. Mix on high for three minutes. Add pumpkin and mix for 5 minutes. Can be kept refrigerated for several weeks.

Pumpkin Pancakes 2 cups all-purpose flour 2 tablespoons brown sugar 1 tablespoon baking powder 1 1/4 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice 1 teaspoon salt 1 3/4 cups milk 1/2 cup Libby’s 100% Pure Pumpkin 1 large egg 2 tablespoons vegetable oil Pumpkin/Maple sauce: 1 cup maple syrup 1 1/4 cups Libby’s 100% pure pumpkin 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon or pumpkin pie spice Optional: chopped nuts

Combine flour, brown sugar, baking powder, pumpkin pie spice and salt in large bowl. Combine milk, pumpkin, egg and vegetable oil in small bowl; mix well. Add to flour mixture. Stir just until moistened; batter may be lumpy.

Heat griddle or skillet over medium heat; brush lightly with vegetable oil.

Pour 1/4 cup batter onto hot griddle; cook until bubbles begin to burst. Turn and continue cooking 1 to 2 minutes.

Repeat with remaining batter. Serve with Pumpkin Maple Sauce and nuts.

Pumpkin Maple Sauce: Heat 1 cup maple syrup, 1 1/4 cups Libby’s 100% pure pumpkin and 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon or pumpkin pie spice in small saucepan until warm.

Source: Libby’s ® Apple Butter Pumpkin Pie 1 cup canned pumpkin puree 1 cup apple butter 1/4 cup dark brown sugar 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1/4 teaspoon salt 3 eggs, beaten 1 cup evaporated milk 1 (9 inch) unbaked deep dish pie crust Streusel Topping 3 tablespoons butter 1/2 cup all-purpose flour 1/3 cup dark brown sugar 1/2 cup chopped pecans Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

In a large bowl, combine pumpkin, apple butter, 1/4 cup brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt. Stir in eggs and evaporated milk. Pour into prepared pie shell.

Bake in preheated oven for 50 to 60 minutes, or until a knife inserted 2 inches from the center comes out clean. Sprinkle streusel topping over the pie, and bake for an additional 15 minutes.

To make the streusel topping: In a small bowl, combine butter, flour, and 1/3 cup brown sugar. Stir until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in pecans.

STORING PUMPKINS Harvest pumpkins after the rind is hard enough to resist puncturing by a thumbnail.

Cool weather increases sugar content and storage life. Avoid bruising and harvest with the stem on.

Storage should be done after pumpkins have been cured.

Curing is done for 10 to 14 days at temperatures between 80 and 85 degrees Fahrenheit.

If no other area is available, curing may be done near furnace.

After curing, store pumpkins at 50 to 55 degrees Fahrenheit and 70 to 75 percent humidity. Cured pumpkins will keep to 2 to 3 months. Chill injury occurs at temperatures less than 50 degrees Fahrenheit.

pulp of ideal quality for cooking fresh. Small size pumpkins (sugar or pie varieties) make better products.

FREEZING PUMPKIN 1. Select full-colored, mature pumpkin with texture that is fine rather than coarse and stringy 2. Wash, cut into quarters or smaller pieces, and remove seeds. Cook pumpkin pieces until soft in boiling water, in steam, in a pressure cooker or in an oven.

3. Remove pulp from rind and mash or press it through a sieve.

4. To cool, place pan containing pumpkin in cold water, stirring occasionally.

5. Pack into containers, leaving 1/2-inch headspace. Seal, label and freeze.

Roasted Pumpkin Seeds 2 cups pumpkin seeds 2 tablespoons salt 1 quart water 1 teablespoon melted unsalted butter Preheat oven to 250 degrees F. Pick through seeds and remove any cut seeds. Remove as much of th stringly fibers as possible.

Bring the water and salt to a boil. Add the seeds and boil for 10 minutes. Drain, spread on paper towel and pat dry.

CANNING PUMPKINS-CUBED QUANTITY: An average of 16 pounds is needed per canner load of 7 quarts; an average of 10 pounds is needed per canner load of 9 pints--an average of 2-1/4 pounds per quart.

QUALITY: Pumpkins should have a hard rind and stringless, mature

PUMPKIN CAKE 3 cups all-pourpuse flour 1 cup vegetable oil

Combine flour, sugar, soda, salt, and spices.

Add remaining ingredients, mixing well.

Spoon batter into a well-greased 10-inch tube pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 ½ hours or until cake tests done.

Yield: one 10-inch cake.

Icing: * 1 (3oz.) Package of cream cheese, softened * 1 teaspoon softened butter * 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind * 2 ½ c sifted confectioners sugar * pinch of salt * 1 tbsp. Milk, or as much as is needed to make icing spreadable.

Stir all ingredients with a spoon. Spread on top of cake. May sprinkle with whopped pecans, if desired.

Magic Pumpkin Pie Calories 157 Sodium 175 mg .8 g fat 4 Egg whites 2 Tbs. Molasses 1 16 oz can pumpkin 2 tsp. Vanilla 1 13 oz can evaporated skim milk ½ tsp. Cinnamon ½ Cup Bisquick Light Baking Mix ¼ tsp. Allspice ½ Cup brown sugar 2 tsp. Pumpkin pie spice Directions: 1. Preheat oven to 350° F 2. Spray a 9” glass pie pan with non stick cooking spray 3. Place all ingredients in blender and blend 1 minute - or 2 minutes by hand mixer 4. Pour into pie dish and bake 50 minutes, or until center is puffed North Carolina Department of Agriculture

Pumpkin Trivia A pumpkin is not a vegetable; it’s a fruit.

Pumpkins belong to the family Cucurbitacae that includes cucumbers, melons, squash, and gourds.

Pumpkins range in size from less than a pound to over 1,100 pounds.

Pumpkin seeds can be roasted and eaten or can be dried and given to the squirrels and birds.

An average size pumpkin contains a cup of seeds.

Pumpkins are a good source of nutrition. They contain Vitamin A & B and potassium.

Pumpkins originated in America.

Pumpkins are about 90% water.

Pumpkins can vary in color from white to yellow or orange.

ATTENTION ADULTS AGE 55+

formerly Trinity School

In these unusual economic times, planning for future health care needs is more crucial than ever. One option available is EASTWOOD VILLAGE, Rutherford County’s only complete retirement and health care concept.

cordially invites past staff members and students to our

Please join us in the new school gym Sat., oct. 10th from 3-5 pm.

CAUTION: DO NOT MASH OR PUREE. Fill hot jars with cubes and cooking liquid, leaving 1-inch headspace. Add ½ teaspoon salt to pints, 1 teaspoon salt to quarts.) Adjust lids and process.

Pressure -process at 10 pounds pints for 55 minutes, quarts for 90 minutes. Remove jars; complete seals if necessary.

For making pies, drain jars and strain or sieve cubes.

Place the seeds in a bowl and toss with butter. Spread evenly on a large cookie sheet or roasting pan. Place pan in a preheated oven and roast the seeds for 30 to 40 minutes. Stir about every 10 minutes, until crisp and golden brown.

Cool the seeds, then shell and eat or pack in air-tight containers and regrigerate until ready to eat.

Trinity Christian School

35Th anniverSary CelebraTion.

PROCEDURE: Wash, remove seeds, cut into 1 inch-wide slices and peel. Cut flesh into 1-inch cubes. Boil 2 minutes in water.

2 ½ cups sugar 4 eggs 2 tsp. soda 2/3 cup water 1 ½ tsp. salt 2 cups fresh cooked pumpkin 1 tsp. allspice 1 cup pecans 1 tsp. cinnamon

Homes are individually owned and designed for maintenance-free living with the following amenities:

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A Large Clubhouse Swimming Pool Lawn Maintenance Meal Delivery Transportation

• 24 Hour Emergency Nursing Services • Skilled Care & Assisted Living Care available on campus

EASTWOOD VILLAGE Hwy. 74 East, Forest City, NC

In addition to the 34 existing homes, lots are available for the construction of your custom retirement home.

For information or a tour, please contact: John Cilone, Broker — 245-9095

Ruby Lowery, Broker — 248-2018 Mack McKeithan, Broker — 245-9095