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Officers seeking missing teenager — Page 5 Sports Ready to roll East Rutherford battled Chase in an important conference tilt on the volleyball court Thursday

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By SCOTT BAUGHMAN Daily Courier Staff Writer

LAKE LURE — The hot button issue of vacation rentals was the frequent topic of speeches and questions at a meet-the-candidates forum here Thursday night.

Candidates for Chimney Rock Village Council Frank Campbell and Bob Wald are both running unopposed, but still addressed the crowded Lake Lure Municipal Center in the forum sponsored by the Hickory Nut Gorge Chamber of Commerce.

“I’ve served four years in Chimney Rock and I’m looking forward to serving again,” said Campbell.

Wald added, “I’ve always been in favor of a strong, steep slope regulation. Ours is easy to understand and easy to enforce and I’m thankful for it, because I’m not in favor of no development but good development.”

Candidates for Lake Lure council included incumbent Bill Beason, Rick Coley, Mary Ann Dotson, John Moore and Melvin Owensby. For mayor of Lake Lure, Bill Frykberg and Bob Keith are the candidates.

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New jobless claims down; retail sales up Page 11

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Lines of people (above) gathered to receive donations from a mobile food truck from Second Harvest Food Bank hosted by Chase Corner Ministries Thursday. The truck serviced a total of 336 families. Volunteers (right) fill up boxes with foods and essentials.

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Shuler discusses tourism, health care

By SCOTT BAUGHMAN Daily Courier Staff Writer

FOREST CITY — Congressman Heath Shuler is hoping more tourism dollars will find their way to the Tarheel state after a new bill to promote the state passed the house earlier this week.

“We had great bipartisan support for this bill,” the 11th district Democrat said.

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“The Travel Promotion Act will encourage foreign visitors to come to the U.S. and raise money for us to advertise in other nations like many of them advertise here.”

Shuler and his co-sponsors also formed a caucus for “gateway communities” across the region. Those are communities like Rutherford County that are the gateway to state and national parks and tourism attractions.

“When we looked at the health care bill debate and the other needs we constantly talk about in Washington, we wanted to try and do something first about the unemployment rates in the 11th district,” Shuler said. “Why not focus on one of our greatest assets, our tourism and our attractions?”

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Z.T. Whiteside of Pumpkin Center of the South said he didn’t plant as many pumpkins this year as usual, but had a good turnout with what he did plant. Pumpkin farmers in Rutherford County lost some of their crops to rains this year, but overall have had a good season. Sales of pumpkins will begin to go up this month as people prepare for Halloween and Thanksgiving.

You may need fresh pumpkins

By ALLISON FLYNN Daily Courier Staff Writer

FOREST CITY — If you’re looking for canned pumpkin, you may be out of luck.

But if it’s fresh and local you’re in search of, area farmers have harvested their crops and are gearing up for the Halloween and Thanksgiving rush on the orange gourds.

Damaged crops in 2008 from across the U.S. has led to a shortage of canned pumpkin this year, but shouldn’t be too big of an issue for bakers during the holiday season, local grocers say.

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“It’s a problem right now,” said Ingles Manager Chuck Hollifield, “But we’ve been told it should be in during November and December.”

Should finding canned pumpkin be a problem, using fresh is about the only alternative, said N.C. Cooperative Extension Agent Tracy Davis.

“If you can’t get canned, there really aren’t other options other than fresh,” Davis said.

Frozen pumpkin isn’t usually sold in stores, Please see Pumpkins, Page 6

FOREST CITY — One small Rutherford County town will celebrate its past and look toward the future Saturday.

The 8th Annual Cliffside Day will be Saturday on the town’s main street. Events will kick off with a breakfast served at the Cliffside Masonic Lodge beginning at 6:30 followed by a car show, craft sale, raffle, music and more.

This year there will be more of a focus on children, said Wayne Millis, one of the event’s organizers.

“We’re trying to have more games for children with obstacle courses and a horseshoe pitch,” Millis said.

One of the more popular activities – the hay ride – will not be held this year, because it is an insurance liability, Millis said.

The car show will be sponsored

by Cliffside Baptist Church’s youth and will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

“The Masons had sponsored it for a number of years and decided to give it up this year,” said Pastor Joey Cantrell. “We decided it was something our youth could be Please see Cliffside, Page 6

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State

Carolina Today Marine found guilty

JACKSONVILLE (AP) — A jury in North Carolina has convicted a former Marine corporal of attacking his sleeping, pregnant wife with a hammer.

The Daily News of Jacksonville reported that an Onslow County jury found Jonathan Gould guilty Wednesday afternoon of attempted first-degree murder and assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious bodily injury.

N.C. Superior Court Judge Jay D. Hockenbury sentenced Gould, who was stationed at Camp Lejeune, to 18 to 22 years in prison.

Erin Gould suffered permanent brain damage in the December 2008 attack. She also lost her unborn child.

Authorities said after Jonathan Gould beat his wife, he stabbed himself multiple times and fabricated a story about their home being robbed early Dec. 20. Investigators have said Gould later confessed to attacking his wife.

Officer remains critical

WINSTON-SALEM (AP) — One North Carolina police officer remains in critical condition after being shot, while a second officer is improving.

The Winston-Salem Journal reported that 50-year-old WinstonSalem Sgt. Mickey Hutchens remained in critical condition early Thursday after the shooting a day earlier.

Lt. David Lamb said 28-year-old Officer Daniel Clark was seriously injured but is improving.

Hutchens has been on the police force for 27 years and Clark for six years.

Police referred questions on the officers’ conditions to the State Bureau of Investigation.

Boat falls and kills man

WILMINGTON (AP) — A North Carolina man has died after a boat fell on him as it was being loaded onto a trailer.

The Star-News of Wilmington reported that 25-year-old Ryan Lee Church of Wilmington died late

Wednesday afternoon.

Officials said Church was trying to align the boat with a trailer when the boat fell, trapping him. Church was pronounced dead when emergency medical workers arrived.

Man given 40-years WILMINGTON (AP) — A North Carolina man has been sentenced to 40 years in prison in a child pornography case in which a victim says she was also raped almost daily for nearly three years.

Fifty-four-year-old Daniel Nicholas Buczkowski was convicted in January of 27 federal counts of transportation of child pornography.

A repair shop owner discovered the picture collection.

A statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office on Thursday says Buczkowski of Fayetteville was sentenced on Wednesday.

During the sentencing hearing, the abuse victim testified that Buczkowski had shown her child pornography from age 7 to age 10.

Buczkowski has also pleaded guilty to three state charges of firstdegree rape, first-degree sexual offense and taking indecent liberties with children.

Agents arrest dozens LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities said Wednesday they have arrested 33 people in breaking up a crime ring in the U.S. and Egypt in which an elaborate “phishing” scam bilked bank customers out of at least $1 million.

Federal authorities said a total of 53 people were named in an indictment, while authorities in Egypt have charged 47 others in connection with the scheme. The 33 arrests so far in the U.S. were mostly in Southern California but also in Nevada and North Carolina.

All the U.S. suspects were charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud, which potentially carry up to 20 years in federal prison.

Some suspects, including alleged ringleader Kenneth Lucas, face additional charges including bank fraud and international money laundering.

Trinity Christian School formerly Trinity School

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In a 2005 file photo, the Dell Inc. plant in Winston-Salem is shown. Dell is closing the computer manufacturing plant, putting more than 900 people out of work.

Perdue: Dell will repay DURHAM (AP) — Gov. Beverly Perdue says North Carolina has no choice but to keep offering incentives packages to attract out-of-state companies even with the closing of the Dell computer plant.

But Perdue told reporters Thursday she’s made plain to Dell the state expects back every “red cent” it’s owed in tax breaks and other benefits because it didn’t meet job and investment performance standards.

Dell announced Wednesday its

Forsyth County computer desktop plant would close by the end of January, putting 900 people out of work.

The Legislature and local governments offered Texas-based Dell a deal worth up to $318 million in tax breaks and grants.

Perdue said she would prefer that states stop incentives bidding wars but that tax breaks are necessary to bring in new jobs.

Durham company plans expansion, will add jobs DURHAM (AP) — Cree Inc., a maker of energy-efficient lighting elements used for mobile phones and stadium exteriors at the Beijing Olympics, is expanding its North Carolina operations and plans to add 575 jobs in the next three years.

Durham-based Cree said Thursday it expects to add 275 jobs this year as it expands production of light-emitting diode units at its Durham plant.

The company plans to add another 300 jobs by the end of 2012.

Cree is also manufacturing and assembling LED lighting products with electronic manufacturer

Flextronics in Charlotte.

At an event announcing the jobs boost, CEO Chuck Swoboda and Gov. Beverly Perdue said green technologies like efficient lighting products have great growth potential.

“It’s a real opportunity for our country and our state,” Swoboda said.

Cree has about 3,200 full-time workers. The company reported in August that it was adding workers as it increased production at plants in Durham and Huizhou, China.

Swoboda said the company would expand jobs in China, but he did not specify hiring plans.

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At Your Leisure KidSenses presents ‘The Ugly Duckling’ RUTHERFORDTON – On Saturday, Oct. 10, Bright Star Theater presents The Ugly Duckling.

The show begins at 2 p.m. in the Museum theater, Lights! Camera! Action! This program is free with general admission. Members are free.

The literary classic is being brought to life in a hysterical 45 minute production that children and families will love.

Bright Star, a nationally acclaimed traveling theater group is turning seven.

The Museum is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., TuesdayThursday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Fridays, and 9 a.m. 5 p.m. on Saturdays.

3rd Annual Tri Five Chevy Reunion: Bennett Classics Auto Museum will be celebrating its 3rd Annual Tri Five Chevy Reunion (concentrating on performance, style, and color of that era).

There will be a special display of 1955, 56, and 57 Chevys inside the museum Oct. 19-24. Exhibits range from 1913 to current with around 70 vehicles of all eras. Bennett Classics is also a designated Toy for Tots drop off.

For more information call 247-1767 or visit www.bennettclassics.com.

M Squared Restaurant, located at 125 West Main St., Spindale., offers the following entertainment/events: Tuesday Tapas — Alex Thompson on keyboard Wednesday — Trivia at 8 p.m. (half price wine bottles) Friday and Saturday — New Orleans Weekend Sunday Brunch and Bloody Mary Bar (weekly) Web site www.msquaredrestaurant.com.

Legal Grounds, 217 North Main St., Rutherfordton, offers the following entertainment:

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Oct. 3 — Moonshine Jenny Oct. 9 — Calm and Collective Oct. 10 — Sharkadelics Oct. 17 — TATER Family Travelling Circus Oct. 30 — Jackson Crossing Oct. 31 — Halloween party/ costume contest Nov. 6 — The Sloantones Nov. 13 — Contagious Nov. 14 — Sharkadelics Nov. 20 — Snake Oil Medicine Show Nov. 21 — Crocodile Smile Nov. 25 — The Undecided/ Mike Roger & Friends Nov. 27 — Mad Tea Party Nov. 28 — Mountain Still with David Via and Tater Dec. 4 — Sol Driven Train Web site www.legalgrounds. net.

Barley’s Taproom & Pizzeria, 115 W. Main St., Spindale, (no cover charge) announces the following entertainment: Oct. 2 — Laurel Ridge Oct. 3 — Angelo Oct. 4 — Stan & Fish Oct. 9 — The Space Heaters Oct. 10 — Matt Walsh Oct. 16 — The Odd Meters Oct. 17 — Adam Reid Wilson & Jacob Early Oct. 23 — Mercy Creek Oct. 24 — Blunt Head Trauma Oct. 30 — Cabo Verde Oct. 31 — Halloween Party Web site www.barleystaproom.com.

Live music is played every Friday and Saturday from 4 to 10 p.m. at Jake’s Barbecue (the former Golden Valley Music Park). Karaoke every Thursday from 4 to 7 p.m.

Loud & Proud Band plays on

Fridays, and the Lonesome Road Band on Saturdays. For more information call 2482223. Jake’s is located at 136 Music Row, Bostic.

Club L.A. is a private club for members and guests, located at 319 W. Main St., Spindale. Admission — members free, guest $5.

Saturdays from 10 p.m. until 2 a.m. Each Thursday is ladies’ night and Karaoke from 8 to 11 p.m. Shagging every Friday night from 8 to 11 p.m.

Wagon Wheel Country & Western Dance Club, W.E. Padgett Rd., Ellenboro area, hosts the following entertainment: Oct. 10 — Broken Axle Band, 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.

Admission $5. Concessions, game room, family entertainment. Dance lessons every Tuesday night from 7:30 to 10 p.m., $3 per person.

Web site www.wagonwheeldanceclub.com.

Max Cruise (Ron McKinney) performs every Saturday from noon to 3 p.m., at 57 Alpha Café, Rutherford County Airport. Weather permitting.

Union Mills Learning Center is open Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings to assist the community with its computer and printing needs. The gymnasium is also open Saturdays at 4 p.m. for pickup basketball games and shoot-arounds.

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Off the Beaded Path, located at 120B West Trade St., Forest City, offers Try-it-Tuesdays (every Tuesday) which features brief jewelry-making demos. The following classes are also available: Oct. 10 — Metal Stamping Bracelet, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Oct. 12 — Felted Candy Corn Bag, 6 to 8 p.m.

Oct. 13 — Fun & Festive Bangle Bracelets, 6 to 8 p.m.

Oct. 17 — Beginners Lampworking Class, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Web site offthebeadedpathbeadstore.com.

Off The Beaded Path will also hold a Breast Cancer Awareness Earring Drive during the month of October, which will go to the Look Good Feel Good Program.

Next Level Gamez, 118 E. Main St., Forest City, offers: Tuesdays — Magic the Gathering League, 4 to 8 p.m.

Wednesdays — New comic books arrive, Star Wars Miniatures, 6 to 9 p.m.

Thursdays — Dungeons & Dragons, 5 to 8 p.m.

Fridays — Friday Night Magic starts at 4:30 p.m.

Saturdays — Magic the Gathering tournament from 1 to 5 p.m.

Web site nextlevelgamez. com.

“The Dog’s Hind Leg”: Poker run and bike show benefit ride, Saturday, Oct. 10th, starting at 10 a.m. and ending at 5 p.m. The poker run begins in Bakersville,

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Haunted Trail: The 3rd Annual Trail of Terror opens each Friday and Saturday in October at 7:30 p.m.

Admission $7 ($1 off with a canned food item). The Haunted Trail is located at 481 Brooks Road, Bostic, off Whitesides Road. For more information visit Facebook, Trail of Terror Benefit, or call 828-748-9945. This year’s proceeds go toward a canned food drive and purchasing Christmas for needy families.

Dark Wood Hollow Haunted Trail: The guided tour goes through the Road kill Café and into the butcher shop. Shadows will wonder around you in amazement as the tour guide takes you into the Dark Hollow, where the realm of evil waits by Christopher Creek. The trail is located at 875 Christopher Rd., Campobello, S.C. Days of operation are October, 16, 17, 23, 24, 30 and 31. The trail opens at dark and close at midnight. Admission is $10 per person. Sponsored by the Polk County Red Cross.

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Bruce Springsteen & The Legendary E Street Band has just announced that they will perform the “Born to Run” album in its entirety when they play Time Warner Cable Arena on Tuesday, Nov. 3. Tickets are still available through Ticketmaster at www.ticketmaster.com, or to charge by phone, call 800-745-3000.

Calm and Collective will perform tonight at Legal Grounds in Rutherfordton.

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Faith-based, interactive, family show ICC Foundation 7:00 pm • October 31st Tickets $2.00 in advance or $3.00 at the door We will have treat bags for children For tickets and information call Bethany Baptist Church (245-5309) Father’s Vineyard (287-2868) ICC Box Office (286-9990)

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Our Views Dell deal was set up right way

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he incentives opponents gained fodder for their fight Tuesday when Dell announced it was closing its plant in Winston-Salem.

The Texas-based computer company was offered $300 million in incentives if it met the requirements of the deal.

Dell didn’t and said in its press release that it would live up to the deal, in other words, pay back whatever incentives that it has already received.

The even sadder news is that more than 900 North Carolinians will lose their jobs with the closing.

In a separate announcement, a North Carolina company announced it was moving to South Carolina to benefit from incentives and where it will expand, creating up to 1,000 jobs.

Incentives may not be the best game, but it is game being played ferociously as finding jobs continues to be major political capital.

We may not always like incentives, but until the game rules change, we have to use them.

Our readers’ views Complains about local help for big companies To the editor: When is enough enough? It is time for all good men to come to the aid of their county, Yes, not a typo, I meant county.

Stop allowing good people from Rutherford county to be kicked out of their homes. Stop delivering credit card judgment papers to our citizens.

What is wrong with us? We let these rich companies use our local law enforcement and courts to come against ourselves.

Tell them to take a hike and stop being their slaves. I think it is a shame that anyone that says they care about the people in this county, can walk up to a family’s door and tell them to get out, “sorry, but I am just doing my job.”

Sorry excuse for a job. Soon, it could be you officer or judge. Just wait and see what happens to those that are used for the devil’s right hand.

Mike Toney Rutherfordton

Says county cannot really consider project To the editor: After reading about the Daniel Road Project I have to believe that our commissioners do not read The Daily Courier. If they did, they would see all the foreclosures in there everyday.

How they could think about spending $30 million on a project that is not going to bring jobs into this county is beyond me.

I ask everybody in this county to vote new county commissioners in who are in touch with what is going on in Rutherford County, not people who don’t have a clue.

Mike Crain Rutherfordton

Offers a suggestion on health care reform To the editor: We are all hurting for better health coverage, there is no question about that.

Some of us are spending more money on health insurance than what we spend on feeding our families. But having the government involved in our health care is not the answer.

At one time, I was working with mentally and physically disabled clients. They were all on Medicare and some of them had Medicaid. It was becoming very difficult to find a physician that would take our clients.

Doctors did not want to put up with the hassle of dealing with Medicare. Claims would be processed only to be sent back because the wrong code was on the claim or to be told that Medicare would not pay for the treatment or procedure. And most of the time, the claims were not processed in a timely matter.

I must not be seeing the forest for the trees. To me, it doesn’t seem difficult to figure out a solution to our health care problem.

The government could put guide lines on the insurance companies and then let the private sector take it from there.

Everyone chooses their own health care plan. A small percentage is deducted from your income (pay roll, social security, welfare check, or any main source of income).

This way, we are all paying, even the illegal immigrants that are here. Could this not work?

JT Russell Rutherfordton

Says health care system needs to be changed To the editor: I am and have been on disability due to Rheumatoid Arthrtis, COPD, frozen left shoulder, just to name a few.

Obviously, I am on a limited income. Even with Medicare Part D, my prescriptions cost over $100 per month.

Yesterday I had to forgo buying a much needed inhaler as the cost was over $50.

I have a daughter and I cannot afford health coverage for her. Something needs to be done about this.

I know for a fact that Viagra and penis pumps like Post-T-Vac are covered, yet medications I need to survive are not.

Where is the logic in this?

If seems our laws lean towards the male population when Viagra and products like that are covered.

After medications and all of my bills, we struggle monthly just to survive. We as Americans need to unite and find a solution to this problem.

Janet Robinson Rutherfordton

Beginnings of love ... sci-fi and a cup of cider This week on Oct. 6 was my second wedding anniversary with my lovely wife Meda. As many of you know, Meda is my second wife and every year at this time I’m reminded of just how miraculous it seems that we found each other.

After my divorce, I was pretty down on women in general. I would hang out with my guy friends at my little bachelor pad apartment and trash how girls had done us all wrong — well, except for Hawkins because he’s been happily married to his high school sweetheart for many years now. But the other guys were all very much “bros” first and so forth.

I distinctly remember telling my late mother that there were no good women left on earth, like her. That she was the last of her kind — a good Christian woman who was dedicated to her family.

My experience with my ex had left me so bitter and jaded, I said, that I would forgo women in general and get my love and affection from my two sons.

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She hugged me outside the courthouse that day and told me that she would pray for me to find renewed hope, and be patient on the Lord sending the right woman to me.

Time passed and I mellowed a bit toward women in general.

My technology geek and my hopeful romantic met in the middle a bit and I decided to give eHarmony.com a try.

I met some nice women on there, and some that were just a bit too far out there for me.

But then I got a message that a woman had been found to match my profile in Forest City, N.C. Living in Gaffney at the time, I hardly ever went to Rutherford County. In fact, before Meda’s picture showed

up on my list, I’d never even heard of it.

It was an interesting debate I had with myself about whether I’d want to get to know her anymore. Her profile pic was an interesting enough shot of her standing at the top of Mount Mitchell holding what turned out to be a cup of apple cider.

But for the longest time my friends and I debated whether it was a cup of beer due to the similar color.

Once I met her, that was a pretty hilarious suggestion, and she laughed hard at the idea that she was drinking beer on a trip with her parents.

Our first date was not that memorable to me, and I was pretty positive there wouldn’t be a second one. We met at Outback Steakhouse in Gaffney and had a nice meal and got to know each other better.

The nice thing about eHarmony.com is the way they match you up and let you send questions and e-mails to each other first. Some have complained to me that

the whole process is long and laborious, but as someone who apparently did a poor job of finding a wife the first time, I was ready to put in the effort. After all, I wanted to know this woman very well before I started thinking about her being my significant other.

When the meal was done, I suggested we hit up Gaffney’s newly opened Starbuck’s Coffee restaurant.

She agreed and we rode over across I-85 and both ordered something other than coffee.

We talked about Broadway plays and movies that we had seen and liked. We discussed being kids in the 1980s and had nice conversation.

I did take note of her beautiful red hair and had made mention of it via e-mail before we ever met in person.

I’m a sucker for a redhead.

I blame Charlie Brown and The Little Mermaid.

It turned out that we got along quite well. I came home and told my friend, Moody, that I didn’t think there’d be a second date, but

three weeks or so later, Meda made time in her busy schedule to go see “V for Vendetta” with me.

That was the date where we started finishing each other’s sentences and I’m sure grossing out the people around us at how cutesy we started to become. It was startling how much we had in common, and still do.

She gets my comic book jokes, loves my sci-fi movies, appreciates my flair for drama, understands and shares my love of Jesus, takes good care of her step-sons and generally ....she makes a wonderful other half for this goofy wordsmith.

When I gave my speech at our wedding rehearsal, I related to people how I had told my mother all the good women were gone.

“And mom,” I said at the end.

“I’ve never been so happy to be so wrong.”

These last two years have proved to me there really is someone out there for everyone.

And that’s some good news.

The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Friday, October 9, 2009

Obituaries Dorotha Hudson Dorotha Mills Hudson, 84, of Rutherfordton, died Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009 at White Oak Manor Nursing Center, where she was a resident.

Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced

by The Padgett and King Mortuary.

Joseph Van Jura

Joseph P. Van Jura, 85, of Fairport Harbor, Ohio, died Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009 at Hospice of the Western Reserve.

Born in Moon Run, Penn., he was a son of the late Joseph and Mary Van Jura, Hyundai with tag number and also preceded in death YXJ-4478. According to by his wife of 56 years, Alice RCSD Detective Sgt. Leon Van Jura.

Godlock, no direction of He was an Army vettravel is known. eran of World War II and a Carpenter is scheduled to life member of VFW Post appear in court Oct. 15 on a 7754, having served as misdemeanor public disturQuartermaster for many bance charge. He was also years.

He retired from the arrested, and is scheduled to Diamond Shamrock in 1976 appear in court in January, and the Lake County Water on a misdemeanor possession and Sanitation Department of marijuana. in 1987.

If you have information Survivors include his chilon Greene or Carpenter, dren, Dan Sabo, Paul Van please contact Godlock at Jura, Marie Bodak, Jim Van 287-6395 or call Rutherford Jura and Kathy Sivers; a County Communications at number of grandchildren; 286-2911. and great-grandchildren.

A funeral mass will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Anthony of Padua Church, 523 Plum St., Fairport taker and former colleague Harbor. Friends may call testify Thursday. Ward has Friday from 2 to 4 p.m. and to wear a monitoring device 6 to 8 p.m. at Mulqueenyand can’t leave the county Spear Funeral Home, without permission.

312 Eagle St., Fairport The 61-year-old developer Harbor. Burial will be in pleaded not guilty. the Riverside Cemetery in Ward, who was the develPainesville, Ohio. oper for Gey Rock in Lake In lieu of flowers, memoLure, is a self-made million- rials may be made to Big aire.

Brothers Big Sisters-NEO, 8 North State St., Painesville, OH 44077; or to Hospice of the Western Reserve, 300 E. 185th St., Cleveland, OH 44119.

Ward enters not guilty plea

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A judge has granted $100,000 bond to a prominent southeast real estate developer charged with second-degree murder in his wife’s shooting death.

The Orlando judge granted bond to J. Robert Ward after listening to his two daughters, sister-in-law, home care-

Saturday at Broadway Baptist Church with Jason Kerr officiating. Burial will follow in the Broadway Town Cemetery. The family will receive friends Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Smith Funeral Home in Broadway.

At others times the family will be at the home of George and Sarah Magill, 212 Magill Dr., Broadway.

Deaths Leon Clarke LOS ANGELES (AP) — Leon Clarke, a two-time Pro Bowl wide receiver in the NFL who played for Southern California in the 1955 Rose Bowl, has died at 76.

Clarke was a three-year letterman at USC. He led the Trojans in receiving in 1954 and 1955, earning All-Pacific Coast Conference honors that year.

Clarke was a second-round pick in the 1956 NFL draft by the Los Angeles Rams, and played with them for four seasons, twice being selected to the Pro Bowl.

He also played for Cleveland from 1960-62 and Minnesota in 1963.

Ben Ali WASHINGTON (AP) — Ben Ali, the founder of Ben’s Chili Bowl diner, a landmark in Washington’s black business and entertainment district and a frequent stop for politicians and celebrities, has died. He was 82.

Ben Ali was born in 1927 and opened the restaurant with his wife, Virginia, in an old movie house in 1958.

It became a longtime fixture in the black business community, serving up bowls

Police Notes Stolen John Deere recovered in town

RUTHERFORDTON — An apparently stolen John Deere model 5410 tractor was recovered by the Rutherfordton Police Department on Wednesday.

An RPD report says officers received a call in reference to a suspicious tractor in the woods on Southern Street.

When officers went to the location and ran the vehicle identification number, it came back stolen from Polk County, the RPD reported.

The tractor, which had a front-end loader attachment, was transported to the police department. From there, it was taken to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.

The tractor was valued at $27,000 and the front-end loader was valued at $5,000.

Officers are still investigating the theft.

Sheriff’s Reports

n The Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office responded to 115 E-911 calls Wednesday. n William Leon Boykins reported damage to a back door. n Damage to wet cement was reported at Dane Construction in Mooresville. n Larry James Weaver reported the theft of lawncare equipment. n Vandalism was reported at Casket Sales, 356 Daniel Rd., Spindale. n Heidi Necole Clayton reported the theft of a Chihuahua puppy. n William Michael Ruff reported the theft of a tree stand. n April Data reported the theft of a cell phone. n Mac Blanton reported the theft of a weed cutter and hedge clippers.

Rutherfordton

n The Rutherfordton Police Department responded to 31 E-911 calls Wednesday.

Spindale

n The Spindale Police Department responded to 23 E-911 calls Wednesday.

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Officers seeking missing teenager

FOREST CITY — The Rutherford County Sheriff’s Department is looking for a missing 16-year-old R-S Central High School student who left home Tuesday morning.

Kristen Faith Greene, a white female who is fivefeet, six-inches tall, weighs 95 pounds and has straight, bleached blonde hair and blue eyes, is believed to be traveling with Christopher Carpenter, 16, a black male who is five feet, eight inches tall and weighs 165 pounds.

Greene and Carpenter may be driving a white 2002

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

Online www.spear-mulqueeny. com.

Nancy Magill

Nancy M. Magill, 93, of 116 Magill Dr., Broadway, formerly of the Sunshine n The Forest City Police Department responded to 44 community in Bostic, died Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009, at E-911 calls Wednesday. n Stephanie Pernell report- Central Carolina Hospital in Sanford. ed an assault.

Born in Cleveland County, n An employee of WalMart reported an incident of she was a daughter of the shoplifting/concealment. (See late James Robert Moore and Nannie Bowman Moore, and arrest of Fowler.) also preceded in death by her n Ira Adkins reported a husband, Paul Magill Sr. breaking and entering and She was a graduate of larceny.

Boiling Springs Junior n An employee of Broadway College and retired from Motor Company reported a BB&T. She was a member of breaking and entering into a Broadway Baptist Church. motor vehicle.

Survivors include a daughn Larry Ross reported ter, Nancy M. Smith of Piney damage to property.

Flats, Tenn.; four sons, James R. Magill of Cross Junction, Va., Paul M. Magill, Jr. of Arrests Deatsville, Ala., George F. n Alisha Fowler, 41, of Magill of Broadway, and Jeff Maryland Drive, Forest City; B. Magill of Raleigh; sisters, charged with concealment of Jean Comyers of Mauldin, goods; placed under a $1,000 S.C., and Bertie Anderson of secured bond. (FCPD) St. Augustine, Fla.; brothers, n Teresa Melton EleftherRobert Moore of Orlando, atos, 48, of 2214 Lot 15, N.C. Fla., and George J. Moore of 108; charged with assault Bethesda, Md.; 12 grandchiland battery on a handidren; and 10 great-grandcapped person; placed under children. a $5,000 secured bond.

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Minnie Sluder Radford Minnie Sluder Radford, age 93, of Rutherfordton, N.C., died Wednesday, October 7, 2009, at Hospice House of Rutherford County in Forest City, NC. Mrs. Radford was a charter member of Thermal City United Methodist Church for 81 years and was retired from Stonecutter Mills after 33 years of service.

Mrs. Radford was known for her fried apple pies and biscuits which she served at church suppers, fire department suppers, and Gilkey Ruritan suppers.

A native of Avery County she was the daughter of the late Lee Sluder and the late Lillie Johnson Sluder and the widow of the late Spurgeon Radford who died in 2002, after 69 years of marriage.

She was preceded in death by a grandson, James Jeffery Atchley and 13 brothers and sisters.

She is survived by her one daughter, Carolyn Atchley and husband, Marshall of Gilkey, NC; a loving and devoted sister, Amie Wilson of Rutherfordton, NC; one grandson, Gregory Atchley and wife, Olivia of Statesville, NC; one great-granddaughter Emily Atchley of Statesville, NC and a number of nieces and nephews and great nieces and nephews.

Also left to cherish her memory are a host of friends, extended family and church family.

Arrangements are being handled by McMahan's Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Rutherfordton, NC, where the family received friends from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Thursday, October 8, 2009. A funeral service will be held at Gilkey United Methodist Church at 3:00 PM Friday, October 9, 2009, with Rev. Allen Marsh, Rev. Leon Morrow and Rev. Caroll Flack officiating. The body will lie in state 30 minutes prior to the service in the church. Interment will be at Gilkey United Methodist Church Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to Rutherford County Senior Center Meals on Wheels Program, 193 Callahan Koone Rd., Spindale, NC 28160.

The family will be at Mrs. Radford's home.

Online condolences: www.mcmahansfuneralhome.com

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of chili and its trademark chili-covered half-smoke sausages.

More recently, comedian Bill Cosby has been a favorite guest as well as President Barack Obama in January.

Rev. Michael Saltarelli WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The Most Rev. Michael Saltarelli, the former bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington, has died.

Saltarelli served as bishop of the diocese, which includes Delaware and Maryland’s Eastern Shore, until last year.

Saltarelli was born in Jersey City, N.J., and studied at Seton Hall University, Immaculate Conception Seminary and Manhattan College. He was ordained in 1960.

Donald Russell “Don” Beal Donald Russell “Don” Beal, age 67, of Eskimo Drive, Bostic, North Carolina died Tuesday, October 6, 2009, at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem.

Don was born December 6, 1941, in Elyria, Ohio and was a son of the late Russell and Grace Neiding Beal.

He was a graduate of Elyria High School Class of 1960 and Bowling Green State University class of 1964 where he was a member of Delta Tau Delta Fraternity. He taught in the Elyria City Schools from 1964-1967; worked for Parker Hannifin Corporation from 1965 until 1991. In 1984, he relocated the plant to Forest City, North Carolina and served as plant manager; was later employed with Fast Food Merchandisers also of Forest City, and lastly, retired from Kaiser Contract Cleaning.

He served with the Rutherford County Industrial Association; with the Rutherford Vocational Workshop as secretary-treasurer, 1985-1987, president, 19871989, and board member, 19841992; and also served with the American Cancer Society.

Don was a member of Salem United Methodist where he served as Head Trustee and was an active member of the Washburn Community Club. He was also a member of the VFW in Elyria, Ohio, Elyria Elks Club, Elyria Little League from 19711984 and served as President from 1974-1984, was active in Forest City Little League from 1984-1999; and former member of Forest City Kiwanis Club.

Survivors include his wife of 45 years, Judy Jalowiec Beal of the home, two sons, Brian Beal and his wife, Kimberly of Sharpsburg, GA, Bradley Beal and his wife, Melissa of Knoxville, TN; a daughter, Julie Hollifield and her husband, Bobby of Bostic; brother, William Beal of Wakeman, OH; sisters, Beverly Lehman of Avon, OH, Marcie Krozier of Auburn Hills, MI, and Linda Borthwick of Elyria, OH. There are also six grandchildren, Christopher McCurry, Stephen Beal, Amber McCurry and fiancée Jody Davis, Ashley Beal, Hannah Beal and Caroline Beal.

Don is dearly loved and will be missed by his wife, children, grandchildren, family, and friends. He never met a stranger and gave freely of his love, time, and talents to all he knew and many that he didn’t. Don was excited and awaiting the birth of his first great-granddaughter, Braelyn Ann in December.

Funeral services will be conducted at Two o’clock Saturday, October 10, 2009, in the Salem United Methodist Church with Reverend Linda Ferguson Allen officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 until 8 pm Friday evening at The Padgett and King Mortuary.

Memorials may be made to the Lymphoma and Leukemia Society, 5950 Fairview Road, Suite 250, Charlotte, NC 28210. The family would like to thank Dr. Philip Whitworth and Dr. Matt Rees and the staff of Rutherford Internal Medicine for their kind and professional care and support.

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Hospice Hospice of Rutherford County offers the following services: Advance Care Planning Clinics: Offered the first Tuesday of the month at 12:30 p.m., and the third Tuesday of the month at 5 p.m., social workers help participants complete documents at the Hospice Annette Cash Whitaker Center of Living.

GRACE: For anyone caring for a loved one; conducted the first Tuesday of each month from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at Rutherford Life Care, and the third Friday of each month from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the Senior Center.

Adult care services are available on Tuesday evenings. Call 245-0095 to register.

PROMISE Group: For anyone who has lost a child of any age. The fourweek educational group will be conducted by Chaplain Jim Johnston, every Monday in beginning in the fall.

Widow/Widower’s Lunch Bunch meeting: Meets the third Friday of each month at Spindale Restaurant.

Dutch treat. For anyone in the community who has lost a spouse. Call 245-0095 to reserve.

Volunteer training: Oct. 12-14, from 10 a.m.to 3 p.m. at the Hickory Nut Gorge office, and Oct. 19-22, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Carolina Event and Conference Center.

The Hospice Library is available Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Anyone can check out a book dealing with caring for a loved one, grief, children and loss, and other relevant topics. Hospice also has a special Alzheimer’s section in the library dedicated to helping people care for people with the disease.

For information or to register for any of the above events, call 245-0095.

Meetings/other NAMI Rutherford: Support Groups for those living with mental illness and family members (two separate groups) will meet Oct. 19, at 395 North Main St., Rutherfordton, the Parish Hall of Saint Francis Episcopal Church; 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.; for information call 288-3820 leave a message.

Reunions 35-year reunion: R-S Central Class of 1974; classmates will meet Oct. 9 at the homecoming game, then go to Barley’s in Spindale for food, music and socializing. Contact Steve Neely at 287-0323 for more information.

Baynard family reunion: Sunday, Oct. 11, covered dish lunch 1 p.m., Union Mills Clubhouse.

Class reunion: Chase High School Class of 1968; Saturday, Oct. 24, 3 p.m., at the home of Chester and Glenda Melton; The Pampered Pig will provide the barbecue meal; cost $10 per person; pre-registration required; contact Chester at 429-0860.

Miscellaneous Low-cost rabies clinic: Saturday, Oct. 10, noon to 1 p.m.; Thunder Road Animal Hospital; $9 cash, one-year rabies; $10 cash, threeyear rabies; other discounted vaccines available; call 286-0033.

Low Income Energy Assistance: The Rutherford County Department of Social Services will be taking applications for the Low Income Energy Assistance Program will be taken for two weeks, Nov. 2-13, with the exception of Veteran’s Day (Nov. 11). Department hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday - Friday.

Fiddler’s Convention: 18th Annual Fiddler’s & Bluegrass Convention; Saturday, Nov. 21, 6:30 p.m.; at Ellenboro Elementary School; barbecue supper starts at 4 p.m.; adults $8, ages 6-12, $4, under 5 free; no electric instruments; to enter call 453-7457 or 453-0342.

Fundraisers Bale sale: Friday, Oct. 9, all day event, at Spindale Library; sponsored by The Discovery 4-H Club; lots of baked goods including cookies, muffins and other yummy treats.

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 provided 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.

Religion Revival: Through Oct. 11, Grace Missionary Methodist Church, corner of 221-A and Kelly Road, Caroleen; Friday and Saturday, 7 nightly; Sunday service 6 p.m.; Pastor Danny Carr, Oct. 9 and 11; and Pastor Randall Phillips, Oct. 10.

but you can buy fresh and prepare it and freeze for later, she said.

“You can cut it into chunks and either boil it or steam it and then mash it and pack it into containers,” Davis said.

Pumpkin farmers in Rutherford County said rains in September did lead to some crop loss, but not enough to really cut into their business.

“I didn’t plant as many as I normally plant, but I had a pretty good season on what I had in this year,” said Z.T. Whiteside of Pumpkin Center of the South.

Larry Bailey, who has been growing pumpkins for about five years, said miniature pumpkins he had on upland did better than some of his larger pumpkins.

“The crop wasn’t as good because we had too much rain,” Bailey said.

Last year Bailey said he had around 1,000 three-pound pumpkins, a number that’s down to 700 to 800 this year.

The demand for pumpkins for Halloween has already started, said first-time pumpkin farmer Steve Ruppe. Ruppe sells his pumpkins at

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involved in.”

There are seven different categories to enter, Cantrell said – antique, classic, late model, foreign, trucks, motorcycles and farm tractors. Entry fee is $20 and each entrant will

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The legislation will provide up to $100 million to accompany funds provided by the tourism industry to promote international travel to the U.S. In addition to funding provided by the tourism industry, overseas visitors who enter the United States under the visa waiver program will pay a $10 fee to further fund the program.

“International travelers will provide a much needed economic jolt to the U.S. economy,” said Shuler.

“Our region has the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the most visited national park in the nation, as well as a host of other parks and attractions that will appeal to overseas visitors.”

Shuler also pointed to state parks

N.C. Pumpkin Facts Although pumpkin is a minor crop in North Carolina, many farmers plant between one and five acres as a source of additional income.

Large growers in North Carolina plant between 10 and 100 acres of pumpkins and count on this crop as a portion of their annual income.

North Carolina growers plant many different varieties, including Mammoth Gold, Autumn Gold, Happy Jack, Big Max, Atlantic Giant, Prize Winner and Sugar Pie. Mammoth Gold type pumpkins are capable of yielding in excess of 20,000 pounds per acre.

North Carolina pumpkin acreage has been estimated between 3,000 and 4,000 acres.

The popular Jack-be-little pumpkin is actually a gourd and not a pumpkin.

Source: North Carolina Department of Agriculture

Dean’s Produce and Spindale Farm and Garden as well as locations in Lake Lure. He said one store has already sold about 25 pumpkins.

If you plan to use your pumpkin for a jack-o-lantern, N.C. Cooperative Extension Agent Jan McGuinn said waiting another week is a good idea to getting your pumpkin to last.

“Now that the temperature has backed off it, should keep around 2-1/2 to 3 weeks,” McGuinn said.

McGuinn said the variety of pumpkin also had a lot to do with how long a shelf life a pumpkin had too.

Ruppe said if you want your pumpkin to last longer, you can wipe it down with a bleach and water mixture.

“You can mix one part bleach to 10 parts water and just put that on a cloth and wring it out and wipe them down,” Ruppe said. “That keeps the bacteria down and helps it to last longer.”

Larry Dale contributed to this report.

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

receive a gift bag. Door prizes have been donated by local businesses and a first-place prize and a youth’s pick will be awarded.

Millis said raffle items include a plasma TV and a shotgun. Breakfast items for sale include eggs, ham, sausage, livermush, grits, gravy, biscuits, orange juice, milk and coffee. Temple Baptist Church will be selling barbe-

cue for lunch and the Cliffside Baptist youth will be cooking hot dogs.

like Chimney Rock and attractions like Asheville’s Biltmore House as examples of destinations for international travellers. Tourists spent more than $1.8 billion in Western North Carolina last year and supported more than 21,000 jobs, according to the North Carolina Department of Commerce.

Switching to health care concerns, Shuler said as a leader of the fiscally conservative Blue Dog Democrats, he knew his fellow representatives would be focusing on the bottom line financially while debating any of the three bills now making their way around the House of Representatives.

“Up here sometimes the smallest of changes in legislation can create some new legislation or disparity between members living in the more rural areas,” Shuler said. “Deficit neutral and the cost incurred are the issues the Blue Dogs stand on. There are

still a lot of bills and when the House decides to put those bills together we can see what we have.”

For more information on Cliffside Day, call 245-7606; for car show information, contact Cliffside Baptist Church, 657-6044.

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

Shuler said the bills being debated should cut more costs rather than raise taxes or fees on average citizens.

“I don’t think we’ve taken all the savings that are possible out of the industry itself,” he said. “I think there are things we can do within the industry. Pharmacueticals stepped up to the plate about $80 billion and I think we can continue to cut costs so it doesn’t put the burden on the taxpayer ... I think there is definitely going to be a type of healthcare reform. To what extent has yet to be determined. I think everyone agrees that the system is broken and we need to fix it.”

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

Perdue: Dell will repay incentives DURHAM (AP) — Gov. Beverly Perdue says North Carolina has no choice but to keep offering incentives packages to attract out-of-state companies even with the closing of the Dell computer plant.

But Perdue told reporters Thursday she’s made plain to Dell the state expects back every “red cent” it’s

owed in tax breaks and other benefits because it didn’t meet job and investment performance standards.

Dell announced Wednesday its Forsyth County computer desktop plant would close by the end of January, putting 900 people out of work.

The Legislature and local governments offered Texas-based Dell a deal worth up to $318 million in tax breaks and grants.

Perdue said she would prefer that states stop incentives bidding wars but that tax breaks are necessary to bring in new jobs.

Durham company plans expansion DURHAM (AP) — Cree Inc., a maker of energy-efficient lighting elements used for mobile phones and stadium exteriors at the Beijing Olympics, is expanding its North Carolina operations and plans to add 575 jobs in the next three years.

Durham-based Cree said Thursday it expects to add 275 jobs this year as it expands production of light-emit-

ting diode units at its Durham plant.

The company plans to add another 300 jobs by the end of 2012.

Cree is also manufacturing and assembling LED lighting products with electronic manufacturer Flextronics in Charlotte.

At an event announcing the jobs boost, CEO Chuck Swoboda and Gov. Beverly Perdue said green technolo-

gies like efficient lighting products have great growth potential.

“It’s a real opportunity for our country and our state,” Swoboda said.

Cree has about 3,200 full-time workers. The company reported in August that it was adding workers as it increased production at plants in Durham and Huizhou, China.

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Headache season for Ron Meeks

“That was a big win,” said East assistant coach Justin Conner, of the 25-22, 26-24, and 25-23 triumph. “It ties us with them in conference play and we hold the tiebreaker.”

East grabbed an early 6-3 lead in game 1 thanks to two aces by Jaclyn Boever.

Chase responded to tie the score when Britney Enriquez powered a kill past the block attempt of two Cavaliers. The rivals then began a long stretch of trading

CHARLOTTE (AP) — If Carolina’s 0-3 record, a slew of damning statistics and the sight of Maake Kemoeatu leaning on crutches weren’t enough to make defensive coordinator Ron Meeks miserable Thursday, he had a nasty head cold, too.

It’s been a rough beginning with the Panthers for Meeks, hired away from Indianapolis in the offseason with orders to turn around Carolina’s sagging Hollis Thomas defense.

Meeks’ unit is allowing a leagueworst 182.7 yards rushing per game as they play without Kemoeatu, their giant nose tackle. Four-time Pro Bowl defensive end Julius Peppers has only one sack. Safety Chris Harris (knee) hasn’t played.

Mental errors have piled up and all the poor tackling could fill up a blooper reel.

“Football is a game of aggressive, upper-body violence,” Meeks said in between coughing fits. “I think that when you don’t physically and fundamentally do those things, you don’t come to tackle, you miss tackles, that hurts your football team.

“This is a big accountability defense, and that’s not been consistent. I think that’s one of the big problems.”

Players and coaches have maintained most of Carolina’s errors are due to being in the wrong place, not getting run over. Players have been slow to learn Meeks’ Cover-2 defense, which relies on mostly zone coverage and differs from ex-

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The Reserve holds golf tournament GREENVILLE, S.C. — The inaugural Charitable Foundation Golf Classic was held on Monday, October 5th at The Reserve at Lake Keowee’s Jack Nicklaus-designed golf course.

Through the tournament, The Reserve raised over $10,000, which will be donated to selected Pickens County charities through The Reserve at Lake Keowee’s Charitable Foundation. The tournament will become an annual event at The Reserve, with October 18, 2010 slated as next year’s date.

A total of 84 players took part in the tournament.

Tebow remains a game-time decision GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Tim Tebow’s status against No. 4 LSU appears that it will be a game-day decision.

Florida coach Urban Meyer said his medical staff told him to prepare as if the injured Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback will play Saturday night in Baton Rouge. Team doctors also warned Meyer that Tebow might not be cleared in time for the game.

Tebow did take part in practice on Tuesday and again on Wednesday, by Meyer said the practice does not mean Tebow will start.

MLB attendance drops by 6.7 percent NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball’s average attendance dropped 6.7 percent this year with the United States in the midst of a global recession.

The 30 teams combined to average 30,350, the commissioner’s office said, down from 32,528 last year and a record 32,785 in 2007. Part of the drop was due to smaller capacities at two new ballparks in New York.

Total attendance of 73.4 million was baseball’s fifth-highest.

Local Sports FOOTBALL 7:30 pm. Freedom at R-S Central 7:30 p.m. Burns at Chase 7:30 p.m. Thomas Jefferson at Madison

On Radio FOOTBALL 7 p.m. (WCAB AM 590) The Countdown to Kick Off 7:30 pm. (WCAB AM 590) Freedom at R-S Central

On TV 1:45 p.m. (ESPN2) Soccer FIFA U-20 World Cup — Quarterfinal.

5 p.m. (TBS) MLB Baseball American League Division Series Game 2 — Teams TBA. 7 p.m. (FSS) NHL Hockey Florida Panthers at Carolina Hurricanes.

7 p.m. (TS) Women’s College Volleyball Georgia at Tennessee.

8 p.m. (ESPN2) WNBA Basketball Finals, Game 5 — Indiana Fever at Phoenix Mercury.

8:30 p.m. (TBS) MLB Baseball American League Division Series Game 2 — Teams TBA. 9 p.m. (ESPN) College Football Louisiana Tech at Nevada.

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East Rutherford’s Chelsea Medford (7) goes up high for a block against Chase’s Sam Carpenter (2) during the volleyball game at Chase High Thursday.

East, Boever blasts Chase

By JACOB CONLEY Sports Correspondent

CHASE — Volleyball may be a team sport, but during Tuesday’s matchup with rival Chase it was the individual performance of the Cavaliers’ Jaclyn Boever that set the tone for East’s 3-0 sweep of the Trojans.

The sophomore’s swings resulted in low powerful line drives which whistled over the net and found the floor, with each of her 11 aces coming at critical junctures in the contest.

Prep gridiron action resumes tonight

By SCOTT BOWERS Daily Courier Sports Editor

FOREST CITY — Three of the county’s four prep gridiron programs will be in action tonight, with the fourth taking a bye week.

East Rutherford (3-4, 1-1) will be the only program without a game tonight, but the Cavs will return to the field, next Friday, Oct. 16, at Burns.

R-S Central, currently the No. 1 team in the South Mountain 3A/2A Athletic Conference following back-to-back shut out wins, will be at the Palace to host Freedom. The Hilltoppers (6-1, 2-0) host the Patriots (2-4, 0-2) in tonight’s homecoming game.

Chase (2-5, 0-2) will be looking for its first conference win as they welcome in the Bulldogs of Burns. The Trojans recently lost center and defensive lineman Keith Miller for the season to an ACL injury. The loss of Miller further weakens an offensive line already beset with losses.

In the Western Highlands Conference, Thomas Jefferson (0-7, 0-2) will head to

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Chase’s Tyreece Gossett (2) is brought down by Central’s Joe Robles (64) during Please see Football, Page 9 the football game at R-S Central, last Friday, Oct. 2.

Fresh off VMI win, GWU eyes Bulls

By JACOB CONLEY Daily Courier Sports Reporter

BOILING SPRINGS — After sweating through a typically tight game with conference rival VMI, which Gardner-Webb won with a last-second goal line stand, the casual observer might think that Coach Steve Patton might relish a chance to step away from the rigors of play within the BigSouth and compete in a non-conference contest.

But with the BCS Buffalo Bulls looming on the schedule, Patton knows coming away from upstate New York with an upset will be anything but easy.

“Buffalo is a good team that is comparable to NC State or any team in

the ACC. They beat a UTEP team the first game of the year that just beat nationally ranked Houston,” said Patton. “Plus, Turner Gill is a great coach with a strong Christian ethic and he has brought spirit back to that program and played in a bowl game last year.”

Even with Gill’s impressive resume and the fact that the Bulls have played some tough competition that belies their 1-4 record, GWU enters the contest brimming with confidence, a fact which Patton attributes directly to the win at VMI. “This team showed last week that they can come back from a two-score deficit in the 4th quarter,” said Patton.

“The good thing about that is, if we ever find ourselves in that situation again, the team will still have confidence that they can win the game.”

It will take more than confidence, however, to stop Buffalo’s star receiver and Biletnikoff award candidate, Please see GWU, Page 9

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Scoreboard BASEBALL Postseason Baseball (x-if necessary) DIVISION SERIES American League New York 1, Minnesota 0 Wednesday, Oct. 7 New York 7, Minnesota 2 Friday, Oct. 9 Minnesota (Blackburn 11-11) at New York (Burnett 13-9), 6:07 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 11 New York (Pettitte 14-8) at Minnesota (Pavano 14-12), TBA Monday, Oct. 12 x-New York at Minnesota, TBA Wednesday, Oct. 14 x-Minnesota at New York, TBA Los Angeles vs. Boston Thursday, Oct. 8 Boston (Lester 15-8) at Los Angeles (Lackey 11-8), late 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), TBA Monday, Oct. 12 x-Los Angeles (Saunders 16-7) at Boston (Lester 15-8), TBA Wednesday, Oct. 14 x-Boston at Los Angeles, TBA

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Colorado Rockies’ Yorvit Torrealba (8) celebrates his two-run home run against the Philadelphia Phillies during the fourth inning of Game 2 of the National League division baseball series, Thursday, in Philadelphia.

Behind Torrealba are teammates Todd Helton, left, and Ryan Spilborghs, right.

Rockies even series with 5-4 win over Phils

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Yorvit Torrealba hit a two-run homer, Aaron Cook pitched effectively into the sixth and the Colorado Rockies beat Cole Hamels and the Philadelphia Phillies 5-4 Thursday to even their NL playoff series at 1.

Hamels, the World Series and NLCS MVP last year, looked nothing like the guy who was so dominant during Philadelphia’s championship run last October. The left-hander allowed four runs and seven hits in five innings. He didn’t stick around after departing, rushing off to be with his wife, Heidi, who was delivering the couple’s first child.

Dodgers 3, Cardinals 2

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Matt Holliday dropped a sinking line drive for an error with two outs in the ninth inning, leading to a two-run rally by the Los Angeles Dodgers that gave them a 3-2 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday.

Ronnie Belliard and pinch-hitter Mark Loretta hit RBI singles off closer Ryan Franklin, giving the Dodgers a commanding 2-0 lead in the best-of-five NL playoff series. Game 3 is Saturday in St. Louis.

Holliday charged in on James Loney’s liner to left field, but the ball hit his midsection and dropped to the grass.

Franklin walked Casey Blake before Belliard singled up the middle, scoring Loney. Franklin walked Russell Martin and a passed ball moved runners up to second and third, setting up Loretta’s game-winning hit to center field.

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coordinator Mike Trgovac’s system.

“I am surprised. It should be better,” Meeks said. “We’ve addressed it and we’re working on it.

They’ve got to trust the player next to him that he’s doing his job.”

The big topic among fans is whether Peppers is doing his job. After skipping all offseason workouts in an attempt to leave town, Peppers’ statistics don’t equate with his whopping $16.7 million salary this season.

Peppers recorded a sack in Week 1 against Philadelphia — long after the Eagles had taken an insurmountable lead — and nothing since. By the coaches’ tally, he’s had five tackles and two quarterback pressures in the last two games.

“I think for the most part he’s doing a pretty good job,” Meeks said. “I think a lot of times we put so much responsibility on his shoulders. He’s just one entity in what we’re trying to get done. He’s just one part of it. The rest of the guys got to do their job and it’ll take some of the pressure off of him.”

Meeks has other worries. Veteran Hollis Thomas is on a crash course to learn the defense in time to start at tackle Sunday against Washington.

The Panthers have struggled to find a replacement for Kemoeatu, who ruptured his right Achilles’ tendon in the first practice of training camp.

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National League Los Angeles 2, St. Louis 0 Wednesday, Oct. 7 Los Angeles 5, St. Louis 3 Thursday, Oct. 8 Los Angeles 3, St. Louis 2 Saturday, Oct. 10 Los Angeles at St. Louis (Pineiro 15-12), 6:07 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 11 x-Los Angeles at St. Louis, TBA Tuesday, Oct. 13 x-St. Louis at Los Angeles, TBA Philadelphia 1, Colorado 1 Wednesday, Oct. 7 Philadelphia 5, Colorado 1 Thursday, Oct. 8 Colorado 5, Philadelphia 4 Saturday, Oct. 10 Philadelphia at Colorado, 9:37 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 11 x-Philadelphia at Colorado, TBA Tuesday, Oct. 13 x-Colorado at Philadelphia, TBA

National Football League AMERICAN CONFERENCE East L T Pct PF 1 0 .750 74 1 0 .750 87 3 0 .250 81 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

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

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

N.Y. Giants Philadelphia Dallas Washington

W 4 2 2 2

New Orleans Atlanta Carolina Tampa Bay

W 4 2 0 0

Minnesota Chicago Green Bay Detroit

W 4 3 2 1

San Francisco Arizona Seattle St. Louis

W 3 1 1 0

East L T 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 South L T 0 0 1 0 3 0 4 0 North L T 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 West L T 1 0 2 0 3 0 4 0

Pct PF 1.000 107 .667 94 .500 96 .500 56

PA 64 72 78 62

Pct PF PA 1.000 144 66 .667 57 53 .000 37 87 .000 54 107 Pct PF PA 1.000 118 80 .750 105 78 .500 104 93 .250 83 134 Pct .750 .333 .250 .000

HOCKEY National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF Philadelphia 3 3 0 0 6 13 N.Y. Rangers 3 2 1 0 4 10 Pittsburgh 3 2 1 0 4 7 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 4 2 2 0 4 10 Boston 2 1 1 0 2 8 Ottawa 2 1 1 0 2 4 Buffalo 1 0 0 1 1 1 Toronto 3 0 2 1 1 8 Southeast Division

GP W L OT Pts GF Washington 3 2 0 1 5 15 Atlanta 1 1 0 0 2 6 Carolina 3 1 2 0 2 4 Florida 2 1 1 0 2 4 Tampa Bay 2 0 1 1 1 4

GA 7 7 8 4 8 GA 15 6 6 2 12 GA 11 3 10 7 8

WESTERN CONFERENCE

FOOTBALL

W N.Y. Jets 3 New England 3 Miami 1 Buffalo 1

Cleveland at Buffalo, 1 p.m.

Dallas at Kansas City, 1 p.m.

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’s Game N.Y. Jets at Miami, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 18 Detroit at Green Bay, 1 p.m.

N.Y. Giants at New Orleans, 1 p.m.

Cleveland at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.

Houston at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.

Kansas City at Washington, 1 p.m.

Carolina at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.

St. Louis at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.

Baltimore at Minnesota, 1 p.m.

Arizona at Seattle, 4:05 p.m.

Philadelphia at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.

Buffalo at N.Y. Jets, 4:15 p.m.

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

Chicago at Atlanta, 8:20 p.m.

Open: Indianapolis, Miami, Dallas, San Francisco Monday, Oct. 19 Denver at San Diego, 8:30 p.m.

PF PA 102 53 57 68 74 82 24 108

Sunday’s Games Pittsburgh at Detroit, 1 p.m.

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

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 3 3 0 0 6 13 Colorado 2 2 0 0 4 8 Edmonton 2 1 1 0 2 8 Minnesota 2 1 1 0 2 5 Vancouver 4 1 3 0 2 13 Pacific Division

GP W L OT Pts GF Phoenix 2 2 0 0 4 9 Los Angeles 2 1 1 0 2 9 Dallas 2 0 0 2 2 6 San Jose 3 1 2 0 2 10 Anaheim 2 0 1 1 1 4

Columbus St. Louis Chicago Nashville Detroit

GA 4 6 4 2 9 GA 9 2 8 5 14 GA 3 19 8 12 7

Wednesday’s Games Phoenix 3, Pittsburgh 0 Vancouver 7, Montreal 1 Thursday’s Games Anaheim 6, Boston 1 Buffalo 2, Phoenix 1 Ottawa 3, N.Y. Islanders 2, OT Pittsburgh 5, Philadelphia 4 N.Y. Rangers 4, Washington 3 New Jersey at Tampa Bay, late Chicago at Detroit, late Atlanta at St. Louis, late Colorado at Nashville, late Calgary at Edmonton, late Minnesota at Los Angeles, late Columbus at San Jose, late Friday’s Games Florida at Carolina, 7 p.m.

Dallas at Calgary, 9 p.m.

Saturday’s Games N.Y. Islanders at Boston, 7 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Toronto, 7 p.m.

Atlanta at Ottawa, 7 p.m.

Anaheim at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

New Jersey at Florida, 7 p.m.

Washington at Detroit, 7 p.m.

Carolina at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.

Los Angeles at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Buffalo at Nashville, 8 p.m.

Colorado at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

Columbus at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

Montreal at Edmonton, 10 p.m.

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

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct 2 0 1.000 1 0 1.000 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 2 .000 Southeast Division

W L Pct Orlando 2 0 1.000 Atlanta 1 0 1.000 Washington 1 0 1.000 Charlotte 0 1 .000 Miami 0 2 .000 Central Division

W L Pct Chicago 2 0 1.000 Detroit 2 0 1.000 Cleveland 1 0 1.000 Indiana 1 1 .500 Milwaukee 0 2 .000

Philadelphia New York Boston New Jersey Toronto

GB — 1/2 1 1/2 1 1/2 2 GB — 1/2 1/2 1 1/2 2 GB — — 1/2 1 2

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct 2 0 1.000 1 1 .500 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 Northwest Division

W L Pct Portland 2 0 1.000 Minnesota 1 0 1.000 Utah 1 1 .500 Denver 1 2 .333 Oklahoma City 0 1 .000 Pacific Division

W L Pct L.A. Lakers 1 0 1.000 Golden State 1 1 .500 Phoenix 0 0 .000 L.A. Clippers 0 1 .000 Sacramento 0 2 .000

Houston Memphis Dallas New Orleans San Antonio

GB — 1 1 1/2 1 1/2 1 1/2 GB — 1/2 1 1 1/2 1 1/2 GB — 1/2 1/2 1 1 1/2

Wednesday’s Games Orlando 90, Miami 86 Atlanta 108, New Orleans 102 Philadelphia 84, Toronto 79 Detroit 113, Milwaukee 104 Memphis 99, Oklahoma City 91 Houston 96, Boston 90 Portland 89, Sacramento 86 L.A. Lakers 118, Golden State 101 Thursday’s Games Indiana 126, Denver 104 Utah at Real Madrid, late New Orleans vs. Charlotte at Greensboro, N.C., late Friday’s Games Houston at Orlando, 7 p.m.

Dallas at Washington, 7 p.m.

New Jersey at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

New York at Boston, 7:30 p.m.

Toronto at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Olympiacos at Sacramento, 8:30 p.m.

Golden State at L.A. Lakers, 10 p.m.

Portland at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Oklahoma City at New Orleans, 2 p.m.

Cleveland vs Charlotte at North Charleston, S.C., 7:30 p.m.

Chicago vs. Milwaukee at Green Bay, Wis., 8:30 p.m.

Golden State vs. Phoenix at Palm Springs, Calif., 9:30 p.m.

Women’s National Basketball Association Playoff Glance

FIRST ROUND (Best-of-3) EASTERN CONFERENCE Indiana 2, Washington 0 Thursday, Sept. 17: Indiana 88, Washington 79 Saturday, Sept. 19: Indiana 81, Washington 74, OT Detroit 2, Atlanta 0 Wednesday, Sept. 16: Detroit 94, Atlanta 89 Friday, Sept. 18: Detroit 94, Atlanta 79 WESTERN CONFERENCE Phoenix 2, San Antonio 1 Thursday, Sept. 17: San Antonio 92, Phoenix 91 Saturday, Sept. 19: Phoenix 106, San Antonio 78 Monday, Sept. 21: Phoenix 100, San Antonio 92 Los Angeles 2, Seattle 1 Wednesday, Sept. 16: Los Angeles 70, Seattle 63 Friday, Sept. 18: Seattle 75, Los Angeles 74 Sunday, Sept. 20: Los Angeles 75, Seattle 64 CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-3) EASTERN CONFERENCE Indiana 2, Detroit 1 Wednesday, Sept. 23: Detroit 72, Indiana 56 Friday, Sept. 25: Indiana 79, Detroit 75 Saturday, Sept. 26: Indiana 72, Detroit 67 WESTERN CONFERENCE Phoenix 2, Los Angeles 1 Wednesday, Sept. 23: Phoenix 103, Los Angeles 94 Friday, Sept. 25: Los Angeles 87, Phoenix 76 Saturday, Sept. 26: Phoenix 85, Los Angeles 74 FINALS (Best-of-5) Indiana 2, Phoenix 2 Tuesday, Sept. 29: Phoenix 120, Indiana 116, OT Thursday, Oct. 1: Indiana 93, Phoenix 84 Sunday, Oct. 4: Indiana 86, Phoenix 85 Wednesday, Oct. 7, Phoenix 90, Indiana 77 Friday, Oct. 9, Indiana at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

Bill France’s grandson arrested on drug charges MIAMI (AP) — A grandson of NASCAR founder Bill France was arrested early Thursday on drug charges in Daytona Beach, according to a police report.

J.C. France faces charges of possession of narcotics and driving under the influence. France posted $4,500 bond and was released from Volusia County jail Thursday afternoon.

France, 43, was driving a 2007 green Lamborghini when he

was stopped shortly after midnight Thursday. Authorities believe he was racing his half brother, 40-year-old Russell Van Richmond. France failed to stop at a traffic light and swerved on the roadway before coming to a stop in a parking lot.

Richmond, who was driving a 2003 Porsche when he was stopped, reportedly threatened the officer during the arrest.

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Three more Boever’s aces gave East a 3-0 Continued from Page 7 lead to start game 2, but a Blair White block and two Euletha Davis’ scores until a Trojans’ aces tied the contest attack error gave 10-10. the visitors a 21-16 Another rejection at lead. Chase stopped the net by White keyed the bleeding with a a 6-2 Trojans run to block point by Sarah put the home team up Wurzbach and closed 16-12. the gap on an Enriquez Boever, single-handkill off of an outside edly, brought her team attack, but it was the back with a push shot Cavs who took game 1, 25-22, on a point after a that found the floor and

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“No, this is a mistake for you,” he told the officer, according to the report. “I’m a France, we own this city.”

Authorities continued with the investigation, and Richmond called for their commanding officers.

“You’re done,” he reportedly told an officer. “Your job is over. This is the biggest mistake ever and your (sic) so done in Daytona.”

a string of aces to tie the game. The teams began to trade tallies and did so until the set was deadlocked at 23-23. Boever delivered again with two consecutive aces, the last of which hit the net and rolled over, to put East up two sets to none.

“She has a nice serve,” Chase coach Jessica Beheler said of Boever.

“Sometimes, though, it’s just a mental thing when you are playing against someone who gets on a roll like that. I told the team that this was a tough loss, but it did not ruin our season.

We just have to put it out our minds and get ready for Patton.”

The Cavs took control of game 3 early racing to a 7-2 advantage capped by a Tamara El-Amoor kill.

Chase refused to go quietly, however, as they closed to within three points, 11-8, after a time out.

Boever gave her team a 15-9 lead with yet another pair of aces.

East kept that six-point bulge until a Davis’ ace brought Chase to within one at 20-19.

An ace by Suzanne Earley tied the set at 22-all, but the Trojans could not break the serve of Boever falling 25-23.

JV Football R-S Central 42, Freedom 27 MORGANTON — Tyler Ledbetter threw for 325 yards and four touchdowns as the Hilltoppers JV improved to 7-0 with a 42-37 win Thursday over Freedom.

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United States’ Hunter Mahan hits his tee shot on the first hole of his foursomes match at the Presidents Cup golf competition at Harding Park Golf Course Thursday in San Francisco.

R-S Central’s Oddie Murray (44) is the Daily Courier/Edward Jones Gridiron Great.

Murray scored twice and sent booming kick offs through the end zone that pinned the Trojans deep, as the Hilltoppers claimed a 33-0 win last Friday, Oct. 2. The Daily Courier/Edward Jones Lineman of the Week is Jacob Yant (74), as selected by the coaches of R-S Central. Joining Murray and Yant are Edward Jones’ Frank Faucette (left to right), Central’s Mike Cheek and Edward Jones’ David Smith.

US gets on the board Football first at Presidents Cup

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — One putt changed everything except the lead Thursday in the Presidents Cup. The Americans were poised to seize control in the opening session of foursomes at Harding Park, already assured of the lead and on the verge of winning the final match for a two-point advantage.

Justin Leonard had a 3-foot birdie putt to win — a putt he first thought had been conceded — and was stunned when the putt caught the right edge of the cup and spun away.

The match was halved, and the Americans had to settle for a 3 1/2-2 1/2 advantage.

Tiger Woods and Steve Stricker were dominant from the start, playing bogey-free in the difficult alternate-shot format and teaming up for six birdies in a 6-and-4 victory over Geoff Ogilvy and 18-year-old Ryo Ishikawa.

Phil Mickelson and Anthony Kim gave the Americans the first point of the matches with a 3-and-2 victory over Mike Weir and Tim Clark.

The momentum switched to American red on the scoreboard late on the cloudy, cool afternoon on this public course south of San Francisco. The final push figured to come from Leonard and Jim Furyk, who made a furious rally in the middle of the match and surged ahead of Retief Goosen and Y.E. Yang, 2 up with two holes to play.

Goosen holed a birdie putt on the 17th to send the match to the par-5 18th, and the South African missed the green to the right. Leonard hit a splendid fairway metal to the middle of the green, setting up what appeared to be a two-putt birdie.

Furyk lagged to 3 feet, the International team got up-and-down for birdie, and Goosen looked over at Furyk as if wondering why Leonard even needed to putt. Eventually, the South African realized the putt meant something.

Did it ever.

The Americans were ready to celebrate another point. The International team was prepared for another big deficit.

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Naaman Roosevelt.

“He is one of the best, if not the best, receiver we have played against since I have been here,” said Patton. “Anytime a player has over 3,000 yards receiving and 22 touchdowns, you are getting the job done. But they have talented players all over the field and on both sides of the ball, so, you just can’t focus on one player.”

While Patton is concerned with stopping the Bulls offense, his coaching counterpart is equally worried with moving the ball against the Bulldog defense.

“The number that jumps out at me is a plus 12 turnover margin,” said Turner Gill during his weekly webcast. “They (Gardner-Webb) only have two turnovers all season and have gotten 14, so, I don’t care what level of football it is, when a team puts up those kind of numbers, they have a good defense and they are a good team.”

Pundits agree.

GWU received 22 votes in the latest Top 25 FCS poll, a fact that Patton is not paying much attention to…. yet.

“It’s too early to look at polls,” he said. “But if we beat Buffalo, I’ll defiantly take a look. And I think we can do it.

“It’s like I told the team — Buffalo is going to line up with 11 really good players and so are we. We just have to stay in the game and have one or two things go our way at the end. If that happens we can win the ballgame.”

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All three games have a scheduled kick off for 7:30 p.m.

Freedom at R-S Central RUTHERFORDTON — It seems a little odd that the Freedom Patriots would be anybody’s homecoming opponent, but the 2009 Patriots have not, to this point in the year, measured up well with Patriots’ teams of the past.

Freedom (2-4, 0-2) comes in having allowed 145 points on the year (24 points per game) and 73 points in their first two conference games of the year.

But, these Patriots do have some offensive weapons and last week they posted 35 points, in a losing effort, against Burns.

The Patriots’ QB Mike Helms has passed for 570 yards and seven touchdowns on the year, with his favorite target WR Dean O’Neil hauling in 19 passes for 277 yards and four touchdowns. Helms has added three touchdowns on the ground.

“Offensively, Freedom is good, they will challenge us with their ability to move the ball,” said Central head coach Mike Cheek.

The Hilltoppers enter homecoming as clearly the county’s best team, but tonight will be the first of four games that will have a direct impact on not only an over-all conference crown, but also the 3A title. Freedom is the first of three 3A schools the Hilltoppers must defeat to win the 3A-side of the SMAC. Central will bring to the field the conference’s leading defense.

Back-to-back shut outs allow the Hilltoppers to enter tonight’s game without surrendering a point in conference play, and on the season Central has allowed

just 10.8 points per game — tops in the SMAC. The Hilltoppers’ RB Oddie Murray is tied for second (with East’s Tyler Hamilton), in the county, in rushing yards with 435. Murray is also second in the county in total touchdowns with 10, one behind East’s Adrian Wilkins (11).

Murray’s presence on the field often forces opponents to key on the big running back and it has allowed Coach Cheek to open up his offense a little more.

“We’re going to look and see how many they stick in the box on us,” said Cheek, about how his offense will attack Freedom.

“I was watching the Shelby tape and they ran 8 to 9 in the box.”

Central may be without safety Dominique Petty, who is suffering from a slight knee injury.

Key to the game: Don’t let up. Central can ill-afford to pull the pedal off the medal for any reason, from here on out. The Patriots will arrive looking to deliver a homecoming upset.

Burns at Chase CHASE — The Trojans will be facing the conference’s leading quarterback, tonight, as the Bulldogs and their sophomore signal caller Brandon Littlejohn swing in.

Littlejohn has already surpassed a 1,000 yards passing on the season, just six games into the Burns’ schedule. Littlejohn tossed for 235 yards, last week, with three touchdowns and, more importantly, no interceptions.

“He’s good,” said Chase coach Brad Causby. “He may be the most athletic quarterback we have played, and he reminds me a lot of Lance Camp. He’s also got some good targets and a much-improved offensive line.”

Chase will throw its’ sophomore quarterback Tyreece Gossett right back at the

Bulldogs. Gossett doesn’t have the passing numbers that Littlejohn currently carries, but the two offenses are entirely different.

Chase runs the flex-option, a run-based offense, while Burns will often use I-formation and spread sets.

“We’ve all come to the conclusion that there is no offense that you can run where you don’t block anybody,” Causby said.

“We’ve showed the kids that we must block — and not just the line — the perimeter kids are just as important in this system.”

Key to the game: Sticking with it. The Trojans have had a hard run, a combination of injuries and youth, but every game is an opportunity to improve.

Thomas Jefferson at Madison AVONDALE — The Gryphons will make the drive to Marshall to face the Patriots of Madison, tonight.

Both teams will be seeking their first conference wins.

Madison comes in off of tough losses to Polk County and Hendersonville, while the Griffs have been upended by Mitchell and Avery.

“The Patriots are muchimproved from years past,” said Tony Helton. “They remind me a lot of West Lincoln, they are big and strong. They are going to run downhill at us and try and pound the ball right at us.”

The Griffs may go with an all-freshman in the backfield because junior QB Will Beam may be out with the flu. If Beam can’t go, freshman Mack Martin would be called on to take the start.

Key to the game: Ruin homecoming. The Patriots will be holding homecoming and the Griffs can throw a little rain on the parade with a win.

Knights Win Two Tournaments The Carolina Knights 13- and under took 1st place in the USSSA Baseball 2009 Back to School Opener and the 2009 Fall Classic in Hickory, recently. The Knights are: Coach Mike McCollum (back, l to r), Brent McCollum, Xavier Francis, Jarece Petty, Corey Hardin, Tucker Toney, Coach Joey McDaniel; Nick Hardin (front, l to r), Colton Snethen, Batboy Dalton Boyd, Joel McDaniel, Dylan Boyd, Nick Randall.

Not Pictured: Coach Billy Jones, Coach Horace Boyd and Chase Jenkins.

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Nation Today Police seek naked dancer DALLAS (AP) — Dallas police are looking for a man who they say repeatedly sneaks into backyards, dances around naked and then runs away.

Police believe the man has been exposing himself in the same neighborhood since 2005. The most recent incident was on Sept. 30.

Police say he usually climbs a fence or goes through a gate and either dances naked or jumps in a swimming pool naked. Police say he also has danced naked on top of a backyard air conditioning unit.

Police say they’re looking for a pudgy man who is about 6 feet tall and covers his face while dancing.

Woman found dead JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — City officials have condemned the home where a 71-year-old woman was found dead in garbage piled 8 feet deep.

The stench was so bad that the police had to call in firefighters with breathing gear and eventually cadaver dogs to help find the body of Carina E. Decampo.

Officers were checking on her late Tuesday after worried family members called to say they hadn’t heard from her in weeks.

They were met with what police called “unbelievable squalor” and a stench that made some officers ill.

After being unable to locate the woman Tuesday night, police reentered Wednesday morning and searched for about 20 minutes before calling for help.

Cadaver dogs finally found Decampo’s body near the front door.

1 fatally stabbed, 2 hurt LINWOOD, N.J. (AP) — A retirement community resident fatally stabbed an 88-year-old neighbor and seriously injured two others

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Meleanie Hain wears her weapon, a loaded Glock 26, in a holster to her 5-year-old daughter’s soccer game, in this 2008 file photo taken at Optimist Park in Lebanon, Pa. Police say Hain who gained national attention when she openly carried a loaded gun to her 5-yearold daughter’s game has been shot dead along with her husband in what appears to be a murdersuicide.

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Thursday just hours before he was to appear in court on charges of disturbing the peace, authorities said.

Anthony Milano, a 65-year-old resident of the Village at Linwood, is in custody and will probably face murder and aggravated assault charges, Atlantic County Prosecutor Theodore Housel said.

Milano, apparently armed with a folding knife that was later found at the scene, accosted Katherine McGowan, 88, and his next-door neighbor Diane Nehmad, 60, as they walked from their apartment in the community, about 10 miles south of Atlantic City.

Another resident, 84-year-old Eugene Pepper, saw what was happening, tried to intervene and was also stabbed, authorities said.

Missouri farmer killed ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Missouri farmer has died after being struck by lightning while checking on his cattle.

Laclede County Emergency Management Director Jonathan Ayres says the farmer was hit by lightning about 9:30 a.m. Thursday but the man’s family didn’t realize there was a problem until he failed to come back inside about an hour and a half later.

SUV hits 9-year-old LAS VEGAS (AP) — An SUV that ran up on a sidewalk on the Las Vegas Strip hit a 9-year-old boy, causing life-threatening injuries.

Las Vegas police say the vehicle apparently went onto the sidewalk and crashed into a fire hydrant Thursday morning across the street from the Mandalay Bay resort on the south end of the Strip.

The boy, from Chula Vista, was being treated at University Medical Center for head and stomach injuries.

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Gun-toting soccer mom found shot dead in home LEBANON, Pa. (AP) — A mother of three who became a voice of the gun-rights movement when she openly carried a loaded pistol to her daughter’s soccer game was fatally shot along with her husband, a parole officer and former prison guard, in an apparent murder-suicide at their home.

Autopsies were planned Friday for Meleanie Hain, 31, and Scott Hain, 33, who were pronounced dead shortly after 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at their brick home in this small city about 80 miles west of Philadelphia.

The couple’s 10-year-old son and daughters ages 2 and 6 were home at the time, police said. The two older children ran outside and told neighbors that their father had shot their mother, neighbors said. The children are being cared for by neighbors and relatives.

Toys lay scattered across the corner lot Thursday in the tree-lined neighborhood where the family lived and where Meleanie ran a day care center.

Scott Hain had worked in Reading as a parole officer for the state Board of Probation and Parole since August 2008.

Neighbor Mark Long told The Patriot-News in Harrisburg that Meleanie Hain had baby-sat for his 3-year-old son and that the couple had been having marital problems for about a week.

Neighbor Aileen Fortna, 51, told The Associated Press that her husband noticed the two older Hain children running past their house and crying. She said the children told another neighbor that “daddy shot mommy.”

Meleanie Hain always carried her holstered 9mm Glock pistol, even to the grocery store, and was holding a rifle while she talked to someone outside her house last week, Fortna said.

“I’m shocked at the whole thing,”

Fortna said. “I’m surprised she didn’t defend herself.”

Lebanon remained tightlipped Thursday, with Chief Daniel Wright saying only that the case was classified as a “death investigation” and that no one outside the home, or any of the children, is suspected of killing the couple.

Mike Witmer, a 32-year-old maintenance technician who lives across the street and about 50 yards from the Hains, said he was unloading groceries when he heard a commotion at their house. Shortly afterward, police swarmed through the neighborhood and told him to go inside.

“I’m pretty sure what we heard was the bang of the gun. It was a weird sound,” he said, expressing concern for the children. “I hope they’re OK and they get through the hard times they’re in for the rest of their lives.”

“I’m a big hunter, and I support gun rights and I own guns,” he said. “I just think sometimes guns get into the hands of the wrong people and tragedies happen.”

Meleanie Hain made headlines after she attended her then 5-yearold daughter’s soccer game in a park on Sept. 11, 2008, with her Glock holstered on her hip in plain view, upsetting other parents.

The county sheriff, Michael DeLeo, revoked her gun-carrying permit nine days later.

Hain successfully appealed the permit revocation, although the judge who restored the permit questioned her judgment and said she had “scared the devil” out of people.

Hain sued DeLeo in federal court, alleging that he violated her constitutional rights and prosecuted her maliciously when he took the permit away. She said that because of his actions her baby-sitting service had suffered, her children had been harassed and she had been ostracized by her neighbors in Lebanon.

Nurse accused of killing may face further inquiries LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky nurse accused of killing a veterans hospital patient with an overdose of morphine also cared for two other patients whose deaths were considered suspicious, a federal agent testified Thursday.

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Special Agent Rick Ellison testified that 90-year-old Jesse L. Chain died after receiving 75 milligrams of morphine in the 6 1/2 hours before he died in September 2006 at a Lexington VA hospital. Ellison said Chain was only supposed to receive 1 mg an hour. Chain received eight morphine doses — six of which were 10 mgs apiece — along with the steady drip during the 6 1/2 hours, Ellison said.

Ellison also testified that large amounts of morphine were unaccounted for in the cases of two other

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Whitt, a nurse from Mount Sterling, is charged with murder in Chain’s death. Court documents from her initial appearance Tuesday show a not guilty plea was entered. She appeared Thursday in federal court for a detention hearing that was continued until next Wednesday.

Whitt was dressed in an olive green jumpsuit and she was bound at the hands and feet. Her mother, an uncle and her 14-year-old daughter attended the hearing.

Whitt has not been charged in the deaths of the other two patients who Ellison described in Thursday’s testimony. One patient was an 88-yearold man with heart problems whose breathing tube had been removed and he was put on morphine for comfort, Ellison said.

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STOCK EXCHANGE HIGHLIGHTS

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6,990.67 +78.02

GAINERS ($2 OR MORE)

Name LizClaib Nwcstl pfD Nwcstl pfC Newcstle h Nwcstl pfB CrwfdB CrwfdA LIN TV h LeeEnt h FredM pfK

Last 6.81 6.78 6.68 2.87 7.20 5.66 4.40 5.13 2.95 2.99

Chg +1.61 +1.38 +1.29 +.47 +1.17 +.88 +.65 +.67 +.38 +.34

%Chg +31.0 +25.6 +23.9 +19.6 +19.4 +18.4 +17.3 +15.0 +14.8 +12.8

LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)

Name Last StewInfo 10.30 NCR Corp 11.82 BarnesNob21.13 FMae pfG 2.40 LithiaMot 10.88 Natuzzi 2.62 LSB Inds 13.86 DirxEnBear12.55 FMae pfM 2.46 WellPoint 44.72

Chg -1.79 -1.71 -2.76 -.30 -1.02 -.23 -1.19 -.97 -.18 -2.94

%Chg -14.8 -12.6 -11.6 -11.1 -8.6 -8.0 -7.9 -7.2 -6.8 -6.2

MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE) Name Vol (00) Last Chg Citigrp 3195097 4.65 +.01 SPDR 1623629 106.61 +.81 BkofAm 1329977 17.33 -.02 Alcoa 1123243 14.35 +.15 SPDR Fncl 886581 15.11 +.02 FordM 772382 7.18 +.05 DirFBear rs 760430 19.78 -.24 GenElec 748632 16.22 +.06 WeathfIntl 601611 19.89 -.22 TaiwSemi 600976 9.92 -.25 Advanced Declined Unchanged Total issues New Highs New Lows Volume

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Chg +.41 +.55 +.34 +1.96 +1.81 +.23 +1.25 +.27 +2.15 +.20

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Hemisphrx 54479 1.95 +.22 CelSci 52599 1.43 -.04 NthgtM g 43792 2.84 +.04 GoldStr g 38575 3.60 +.14 NwGold g 34664 4.41 +.17 NovaGld g 32783 5.51 +.04 GrtBasG g 30491 1.64 +.10 Taseko 28286 2.60 +.07 Oilsands g 24772 1.13 +.03 DIARY

Advanced Declined Unchanged Total issues New Highs New Lows Volume

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GAINERS ($2 OR MORE)

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Chg +.47 +3.70 +.56 +.59 +1.18 +1.10 +.46 +.74 +.42 +.30

%Chg +30.7 +27.8 +27.5 +23.6 +23.0 +22.9 +20.9 +18.4 +15.6 +15.2

LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)

Name Last Endologix 4.90 PathBcp 5.71 JksvlBcFl 9.17 CtrlFed 2.21 Quigley 2.07 SavientPh 13.29 ImmuCell 3.20 SuprtlH pfB19.50 Finisar rs 8.54 FPB Bncp 2.91

Chg -1.20 -1.29 -1.58 -.35 -.32 -1.78 -.42 -2.50 -.98 -.32

%Chg -19.7 -18.4 -14.7 -13.7 -13.4 -11.8 -11.6 -11.4 -10.3 -9.9

MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE)

Name Vol (00) PwShs QQQ933304 Intel 718878 BrcdeCm 642702 Microsoft 574901 ETrade 495456 Oracle 453542 Cisco 429662 DryShips 340740 CellTher rsh 329198 Nvidia 306331

362 194 54 610 52 2 139,469,058

Advanced Declined Unchanged Total issues New Highs New Lows Volume

Last Chg 42.24 +.18 19.88 +.13 9.61 +.56 25.67 +.57 1.71 +.02 20.80 +.23 23.67 +.06 7.07 +.34 1.08 -.06 13.99 +.09

DIARY

1,536 1,140 125 2,801 174 9 2,328,918,863

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Stock market resumes rally on 61 point gain NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market resumed its rally after getting encouraging readings on two of the best gauges of the economy’s health: consumer spending and corporate profits.

The Dow Jones industrial average rose 61 points Thursday after falling modestly the day before. The gains added to the market’s already steep climb for the week. Improving signals about the economy pushed the Dow up 244 points Monday and Tuesday, its best back-to-back advance since July.

Traders pounced on news that retailers last month had their first sales gains in more than a year. A closely watched gauge of sales at major retailers rose 0.1 percent for September. While still tepid, it was the first monthly rise in the International Council of Shopping CentersGoldman Sachs tally since July 2008.

The growing hopes for consumer spending, which is crucial for an economic recovery, followed late Wednesday’s good news from Alcoa Inc. The company surprised investors with its first profit in nine months, which the aluminum company attributed to cost-cutting and rising sales to automakers.

Alcoa is one of the first major companies to post its results. Its report and upbeat forecast for aluminum demand had many traders betting that companies’ results for the July-September quarter, to be released in the coming weeks, will be better than expected.

A slumping dollar helped pump up commodities prices, which gave a lift to energy and materials stocks.

Meanwhile, a better reading on the job market also fed investors’ optimism. The Labor Department reported that new claims for jobless benefits fell to 521,000 last week from 554,000 the previous week. Claims came to the lowest level since early January.

The Dow rose 61.29, or 0.6 percent, to 9,786.87.

The market ended off its best levels after demand at a government auction of 30-year bonds fell short of expectations. The Dow was up 111 points at its high.

The Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose 7.90, or 0.8 percent, to 1,065.48, while the Nasdaq composite index rose 13.60, or 0.6 percent, to 2,123.93.

About three stocks rose for every one that fell on the New York Stock Exchange, where volume came to 1.3 billion shares, compared with 1.1 billion Wednesday.

Bond prices fell, pushing yields higher. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note rose to 3.25 percent from 3.19 percent late Wednesday.

The week’s advance has put the market’s sevenmonth rally back on track, sending the major indexes toward their best weekly gain since early July after two down weeks. The market got a boost this week from signs of growth in service industries and a surprise interest rate hike in Australia that was seen as a vote of confidence in the global economy.

Commodities rallied as the dollar fell further against other currencies.

Gold hit another new record, rising as high as $1,062.70 an ounce. Oil prices rallied $2.12 to settle at $71.69 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

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New jobless claims down again n Retailers

are seeing some signs of life from nation’s consumers WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of newly laid-off workers filing first-time claims for jobless benefits fell to the lowest level since early January, as layoffs eased a bit amid a fledgling economic recovery.

The fourth drop in new claims in five weeks is a sign the labor market is slowly healing. But employers are reluctant to hire new workers and the unemployment rate is expected to keep climbing well into next year.

Separately, the nation’s retailers saw modest signs of life from consumers in September, resulting in the first sales gain since July 2008 and fueling some hope for the holiday shopping season.

The Labor Department said Thursday that new claims for unemployment insurance dropped last week to a seasonally adjusted 521,000, better than analysts expected and down from 554,000 the previous week.

The four-week average, which smooths fluctuations, fell to 539,750, the lowest since Jan. 17.

The number of people continuing to claim benefits declined by 72,000 to 6.04 million. Analysts expected continuing claims to rise slightly.

“The downtrend in claims is encouraging and points to continued, albeit gradual, improvement in the labor market,” Joseph LaVorgna at Deutsche Bank, wrote in a note to clients.

Economists closely watch initial claims, which are considered a gauge of layoffs and an indica-

tion of companies’ willingness to hire new workers.

Despite the improvement, initial claims remain well above the 325,000 that economists say is consistent with a healthy economy.

Meanwhile, a late Labor Day and delayed school openings helped boost back-toschool sales in September.

The International Council of Shopping Centers-Goldman Sachs preliminary tally registered an increase of 0.1 percent for September, compared with a 1 percent drop a year ago. While still tepid, the results mark the first gain since July 2008.

As stores announced their results Thursday, J.C. Penney Co., Macy’s Inc., and Target Corp. all reported smallerthan-expected declines in sales at stores open at least a year.

Limited Brands Inc., which runs Victoria’s Secret and Bath & Body Works, and accessories chain The Buckle Inc. both posted increases for the month.

Still, industry worries remain high heading into the holiday shopping season because shoppers, many of whom were afraid to spend a year ago, are now grappling with rising job losses, reduced hours or unavailable credit.

The stock market rose in afternoon trading. The Dow Jones industrial average added about 93 points, and broader indexes also gained.

In a third report, the Commerce Department said businesses reduced inventories at the wholesale level for a record 12th straight month in August. In an encouraging

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sign, sales jumped by the largest amount in 14 months.

Economists hope the rising sales will persuade businesses to begin restocking their depleted shelves, a switch that would boost factory production and help bolster broad economic growth in coming months.

The jobless claims figures indicate that layoffs are slowing.

Employers eliminated a net total of 263,000 jobs in September, the Labor Department said last week. Many economists expect that number to decline this month.

When federal emergency programs are included, the total number of jobless benefit recipients dropped by about 90,000 to 8.9 million in the week that ended Sept. 19, the latest data available. Congress has added up to 53 extra weeks of benefits on top of the 26 typically provided by the states, and is considering adding another 13 weeks.

Many analysts expect the economy grew as much as 3 percent in the July-September quarter, but most employers are likely to hold back on new hires while they wait to see if such growth can be maintained.

The unemployment rate rose to 9.8 percent in September from 9.7 percent, the department said last week, the highest in 26 years. The recession has eliminated a net total of 7.2 million jobs.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said last week that even if the economy maintained a 3 percent growth rate for several quarters, unemployment would still be above 9 percent by the end of 2010.

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Bill would add sex orientation to hate crimes

Senate Finance Committee member Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., left, followed by Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., head to the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday.

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Vote looms, health feud continues

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate’s top Democrat on Thursday accused Republicans of a strategy of “distortion, distractions and deception” on health care as he announced a pivotal committee will vote next week on a comprehensive bill.

Republicans said the legislation still costs too much and expands the reach of government.

Majority Leader Harry Reid said the Finance Committee will vote Tuesday on a 10-year, $829-billion proposal that would expand coverage to 94 percent of eligible Americans—while reducing the federal deficit. A positive cost report on the legislation Wednesday from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office marked a turning point for its main author, Finance Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont.

Immediately after announcing plans for the vote, Reid, D-Nev., tore into Republicans Thursday, saying they have no health plan of their own to offer and are only trying to obstruct.

“There are still those who consider this a zero-sum game, and will only declare victory if President Obama concedes defeat,” Reid said. “Let me be clear: Just as Democrats believe in ensuring quality, affordable care for every American citizens, we believe equally as strongly that this country has no place for those who wish for it or its leaders to fail.”

He challenged Republicans to be “productive partners rather than partisan protesters” Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky wasted no time in responding.

He dismissed the good news on costs and coverage as “irrelevant,” saying Democrats would pump up the Baucus bill as it proceeds through Congress. “The bill ... will never see the light of day,” McConnell promised.

“What matters is that the final bill will cost about $1 trillion, vastly expand the role of government in people’s health care decisions—and limit choice,” he added.

McConnell said Republicans have offered plenty of ideas, but they have been ignored by Democrats infatuated with the notion that they are about to make history.

“Listening to the proponents of the administration’s health care plan, you get the sense that they’re more concerned about their legacies than what the American people actually want,” McConnell said. “Here’s an idea: how about asking the American people what they want instead?”

Democrats are breathing a sigh of relief over the positive news on the Baucus plan, but that doesn’t mean the proposal has no problems.

The middle-of-the-road plan still leaves about 25 million people uninsured when fully phased

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in, in 2019. Of those, nearly 17 million would be U.S. citizens or legal residents. Nearly 50 million U.S. residents now lack coverage.

Absent any change, the budget office projected that would grow to 54 million in 2019.

Congressional Republicans — with the exception of Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe — panned the Finance effort.

However, former GOP presidential candidate Bob Dole and other prominent Republicans beyond Capitol Hill have recently spoken out in favor of a health care overhaul along the lines of the Finance plan, without specifically endorsing it. That may provide some cover for Snowe, if she decides to vote for the bill Tuesday.

Finance is the fifth and last of the congressional panels to debate health care. The Baucus plan has a decided centrist flavor, shunning any provision for the government to sell insurance in competition with private industry. That provision, strongly favored by many Democrats and just as strongly opposed

by Republicans, is still alive in proposed House versions of the legislation.

The Finance bill does not require businesses to offer coverage to their workers, either, although large firms that do not would be required to offset the cost of any government subsidies going to those employees.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The House voted Thursday to make it a federal crime to assault people because of their sexual orientation, significantly expanding the hate crimes law enacted in the days after Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination in 1968.

With expected passage by the Senate, federal prosecutors will for the first time be able to intervene in cases of violence perpetrated against gays.

Civil rights groups and their Democratic allies have been trying for more than a decade to broaden the reach of hate crimes law. This time it appears they will succeed. The measure is attached to a must-pass $680 billion defense policy bill and President Barack Obama — unlike President George W. Bush — is a strong supporter. The House passed the defense bill 281-146, with 15 Democrats and 131 Republicans in opposition.

“It’s a very exciting day for us here in the Capitol,” said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., saying hate crimes legislation was on her agenda when she first entered Congress 22 years ago.

She said it’s been 11 years since the gay Wyoming college student Matthew Shepard, whose name was attached to the legislation, was murdered.

The late Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., was a longtime advocate of the legislation.

Many Republicans, normally stalwart supporters of defense bills, voted against it because of the addition of what they referred to as “thought crimes” legislation.

“This is radical social policy that is being put on the defense authorization bill, on the backs of our soldiers, because they probably can’t pass it on its own,” House Republican leader John Boehner of Ohio said.

GOP opponents were not assuaged by late changes in the bill to strengthen protections for religious speech and association — critics argued that pastors expressing beliefs about homosexuality could be prosecuted if their sermons were connected to later acts of violence against gays.

Supporters countered that prosecutions could occur only when bodily injury is involved, and no minister or protester could be targeted for expressing opposition to homosexuality.

The bill also creates a new federal crime to penalize attacks against U.S. service members on account of their service.

Hate crimes legislation enacted after King’s assassination defined hate crimes as those carried out on the basis of race, color, religion or national origin. It also limits the scope of activities that would trigger federal involvement.

The proposed expansion would include crimes based on gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability. It eases restrictions on federally protected activities.

Some 45 states have hate crimes statutes, and the bill would not change the current situation where investigations and prosecutions are carried out by state and local officials.

But it would provide federal grants to help with the prosecuting of hate crimes and funds programs to combat hate crimes committed by juveniles.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is prepared to accept some Taliban involvement in Afghanistan’s political future and appears inclined to send only as many more U.S. troops to Afghanistan as are needed to keep alQaida at bay, a senior administration official said Thursday.

The sharpened focus by Obama’s team on fighting alQaida above all other goals, and downgrading the emphasis on the Taliban, comes as the administration is engaged in a methodical but intensely debated review of how to overhaul the increasingly unpopular eightyear-old war.

Though aides stress that the president’s final decision is still at least two weeks or more away, the emerging thinking suggests that he would be very unlikely to favor a large military rampup of the kind being advocated by the top

U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley McChrystal.

McChrystal’s troop request is said to include a range of options for Obama, from adding as few as 10,000 combat troops to — the general’s strong preference — as many as 40,000.

Obama’s developing strategy on the Taliban will “not tolerate their return to power,� the senior official said.

But the U.S. would only fight to keep the Taliban from retaking control of Afghanistan’s central government — something it is now far from being capable of — and from giving renewed sanctuary in Afghanistan for al-Qaida, the official said.

Bowing to the reality that the Taliban is too ingrained in Afghanistan’s culture to ever be entirely defeated, the administration also is prepared, as it has been for some time, to accept some Taliban role in parts of Afghanistan, the offi-

cial said. That could mean paving the way for Taliban members willing to renounce violence to participate in a central government. It might even mean ceding some regions of the country to the Taliban.

The official is involved in the discussions and was authorized to speak about them but not to be identified by name because they are still ongoing.

Obama has conferred nearly every day this week on the war, and was continuing that Thursday afternoon with Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.

On Wednesday, the eighth anniversary of the war launched by former President George W. Bush in retaliation for the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, Obama and the over a dozen officials who make up his war council met for three hours to focus on Pakistan.

Another of those larger discussions — the

fourth of five currently scheduled — is set for Friday, on Afghanistan.

That meeting also could feature the group’s first discussion of specific troop options.

In the first two of these three-hour sessions taking place in the uber-secure Situation Room in the White House basement, Obama kept returning to one question for his advisors: who is our adversary, the official said in an interview with The Associated Press. The answer to Obama’s question was al-Qaida, as it was in March when Obama first announced an Afghanistan strategy.

But amid changing circumstances in Afghanistan, the implications of that determination for the fight there and the ongoing debate are many.

There now are no more than 100 alQaida in Afghanistan.

Instead, the U.S. fight in Afghanistan is against the Taliban, which while still dan-

gerous is being increasingly defined by the Obama team as distinct from al-Qaida. The Taliban is seen as an indigenous movement with almost entirely local and territorial aims.

Obama’s team believes some elements in the Taliban are aligned with al-Qaida, with its transnational reach and aims of attacking the West, but probably not the majority and mostly for tactical rather than ideological reasons, the official said.

That leaves the primary aim in Afghanistan to deny al-Qaida any ability to regroup there as it did when the Taliban was in power before the 2001 invasion that ousted them. And this points to a smaller military increase in Afghanistan and a bigger focus on surgical strikes against terrorists in Pakistan and elsewhere — essentially the approach being advocated by Biden as an alternative to the McChrystal recommendation.

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Mom’s snooping gives daughter the creeps Dear Abby: I have become alarmed by my mother’s recent habit of “Googling” people. She digs up things about my friends and calls to report them to me. The list of those she has researched on the Internet ranges from friends I haven’t talked to in years, to an ex-boyfriend of hers against whom she filed a restraining order. This isn’t the first time she has searched for information on people. I find it downright creepy. She claims she’s doing it to “protect her daughters from Internet stalkers.” But the problem is, SHE’S the one stalking people on the Internet. Often they aren’t even people she knows well or was ever friends with.

I’m concerned that this could lead to greater degrees of paranoia and controlling behavior — to which she is prone — and I am only seeing a small part of a much bigger problem.

What do I do? — Alarmed Dear Alarmed: You can’t stop your mother from trolling the Internet, which contains enormous amounts of information on just about everybody.

You can, however, stop your mother from trying to control your life by “sharing” the results of her searches.

The most direct way to do it would be to tell her when she calls with her latest “news flash” that you’re not interested. Your mother may be paranoid, but she can only be controlling if you allow it.

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Dear Abby: I met the most amazing guy. He’s in grad school, has a job, his own home, loves music, movies and good food — he can even cook. We exchanged phone numbers, and I was excited about finally meeting a man who could be “the one.” And then he casually dropped a bomb on me: He told me he has herpes. I thought he was kidding, but he said: “I live stress-free, so I never break out. Herpes is no big deal.”

He left voicemails asking if we can go out on a date soon, and I had to tell him I just couldn’t date someone with herpes. My male friends support me, so why do I feel so guilty about this? Is it wrong of me not to date someone because of his STD status?

—Miserable Dear Miserable: I don’t think so.

And it was OK to be honest about your feelings, so stop feeling guilty.

While herpes isn’t life-threatening, it is NOT “no big deal.” And while the young man in your letter may “never break out,” the virus is shed all the time. That’s how the disease is spread, and it is widespread.

Talk about a pain in the backside Dear Dr. Gott: Not much is said about myofascial pain, but I was told there is no cure.

I’ve had chronic pain in my buttocks and thighs for six years when sitting. Standing is OK. I’ve had MRIs and X-rays of my lower back, hips and pelvis. Nothing was noted that would contribute to the pain.

I’ve tried therapies, diets and have seen many doctors, to no avail. Is this diagnosis given when doctors cannot say what causes the pain?

Dear Reader: Myofascial pain is a chronic condition that affects the connective tissue that covers muscles.

Pain may develop from excessive strain on a single muscle or group of muscles, ligaments or tendons, through repetitive motion, intervertebral disc injuries, certain medical conditions and immobilization of a limb following a fracture. The pain can exacerbate during periods of stress or increased activity and is often identified through pressure

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applied at specific trigger points.

Depression and sleep difficulties are commonly reported.

Treatment for pain relief is accomplished through physical therapy, massage, trigger-point injections or medication. There is also a technique whereby the area of pain is sprayed with a coolant and the muscle is stretched slowly.

Because the pain is in your buttocks and thighs, I recommend you speak with your primary-care physician about the possibility of sciatica or a pinched nerve being the cause.

To provide related information, I am sending you a copy of my Health Report “Managing Chronic Pain.”

IN THE STARS

Your Birthday, Oct. 9;

Larger-than-life personal rewards can come your way through creative efforts.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Don’t pretend that serious issues will rectify themselves without you taking the appropriate action.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Expect severe feelings of remorse if you overindulge a friend or a family member.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Lady Luck won’t be anywhere around, you’ll be on your own.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Being peeved at someone isn’t reason enough to reject a good idea that comes from him.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — It’s up to you as to how prudent and firm you want to be when dealing with another.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Indecision will leave you dead in the water.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — If you’re saddled with more responsibilities than anyone else, take it in stride.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — Financial demands might unexpectedly be dumped on you because of someone else who can’t pay.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — It might be tough but worth it in the long run to follow the path of least resistance.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — There are indications that because of other people’s negative attitudes, you could be judged far more severely.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Clear up previous financial obligations before taking on a new one if you don’t want any pressure placed on your checkbook.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22) — Under no circumstances should you team with a person who is one that always resents and opposes your way of doing things.

The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Friday, October 9, 2009 — 15 The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, FRIDAY, October 9, 2009 — 15

Nation

Report: Swine flu put many in hospital ICUs

By MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Medical Writer

One quarter of Americans sick enough to be hospitalized with swine flu last spring wound up needing intensive care and 7 percent of them died, the first such study of the early months of the global epidemic suggests.

That’s a little higher than with ordinary seasonal flu, several experts said.

What is striking and unusual is that children and teens accounted for nearly half of these cases.

“Contrary to the perception among many people that this influenza, novel H1N1, is mild, these data vividly demonstrate that influenza can make you very, very ill,” said Dr. William Schaffner, a Vanderbilt University flu expert.

“Clearly, the best way to protect yourself and your family is to get vaccine as soon as it becomes available,” said Schaffner, who had no role in the study.

The study was done by researchers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, working with hospitals and state and local health departments. Results were published online Thursday by the New England Journal of Medicine.

Duncan Barnes, 1, being held by his mother Jennifer Barnes, reacts after receiving vaccine for swine flu from Dr. Susan Henderson, left, and at the same time a vaccine for seasonal flu from a nurse at right, during a swine flu vaccination clinical trial for children at Emory Children’s Center in Atlanta.

Associated Press

A second study released by the journal revealed that swine flu had a profound effect on intensive care units in Australia and New Zealand from June through August — winter months and the normal flu season in the Southern Hemisphere.

“They had a 15-fold increase in ICU care. That’s a 1,500 percent increase,” said Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota. “We’re still head-

ing into our flu season. Will we see this same big increase in cases over the next several months or will we have a peak in cases in October or November?”

In the U.S. study, researchers led by the CDC’s Dr. Seema Jain identified 272 patients hospitalized for at least a day from April through mid-June, when the novel virus caused its first wave of cases. That’s about one-fourth of the total hospitalizations for swine flu reported during that time,

but researchers only studied lab-confirmed cases and patients who agreed to be part of the study.

Three-fourths of these patients had other health problems, such as diabetes — typical of seasonal flu, too.

However, only 5 percent were 65 and older; ordinary seasonal flu usually hits hardest in the elderly.

Seven percent were pregnant, even though pregnant women make up only 1 percent of the general population. Among hospitalized

patients whose weight was known, 26 percent were very obese, confirming a risk factor suggested by other information from the outbreak.

Symptoms were different — 39 percent had diarrhea or vomiting versus only 5 percent with regular flu. About 40 percent had pneumonia.

Seven percent died, and all had been put on breathing machines.

About three-fourths of hospitalized patients were given Tamiflu or other antiviral medicines, although most did not get these within the two days of first symptoms, as doctors recommend. Survival appeared to be better among those who got treatment quickly.

“The use of antivirals is critical,” Jain said. “Start them, start them early. The patients who are hospitalized should get them quickly.”

Other experts caution against making too much of specific numbers from these early results.

“We don’t know how good these numbers are. They’ve done a good job; it’s the best that we’ve got,” Osterholm said. “But there are deaths out there that are not being recognized as influenza — only an autopsy would pick them up. And there are likely hospitalizations for flu that were missed as flu.”

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Call 828-453-8690 2BR & 3BR Close to downtown Rfdtn. D/w, stove, refrig., w/d hook up. No pets! 287-0733 2 Bedroom/1.5 Bath Townhouse Central h/a, washer/dryer, quiet neighborhood near Forrest Hunt. $450/mo. 248-2205 or 429-2043

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Help Wanted

2 Bedroom /1.5 Bath RoseHill Townhouses near Hospital 1st Months Rent Free water included in rent!

Call 288-8462

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Newly remodeled 2BR/1BA on 1.42 ac. near Chase High.

2 out bldgs, city water. $45,000 864-909-1035

Beautiful 2BR/1BA on 3.5 ac. on Hudlow Rd. Hdwd floors & bsmt. $500/mo. 704-376-8081

3BR/2BA on priv. 2 ac. lot near Harris. Cent. h/a. $100/wk. + $200 dep. Call 247-0091

Single wide Shiloh: 2BR/2BA No Pets! $425/mo. + $300 dep.

245-5703 or 286-8665

2BR/1BA in Concord Mobile Home Park, Lot 3, $325/mo. + $325 sec. dep. 453-9565

Land For Sale

Established pest control co. is looking for a lead man w/exp. in structural repairs, moisture control needed immediately.

Clean driving record, drug test, criminal record req. Medical ins., dental, retirement, vision provided.

Applications can be made at Goforth Pest Control between the hours of 11:30-2:30, 667 N. Washington St., Rutherfordton

Richmond Hill Senior Apts. in Rfdtn 1BR Units w/handicap accessible units avail.

Sec 8 assistance avail.

287-2578 Hours: Mon., Tues., & Thurs.

7-3. TDD Relay 1-800-735-2962 Equal Housing Opportunity.

Income Based Rent.

Furnished at Out Of The Blue Bed and Breakfast with heated pool 287-2620

For Rent

Nice 3BR/1.5BA Brick Ranch on 1/2 ac. off Old Wagy Rd. $625/ mo. + dep. 245-7434

3BR/1BA on Hudlow Road in Ruth/Mt. Vernon School District $500/mo. 287-4697

Nice 3BR/1BA Newly remodeled! East High area. $475/mo. + dep.

Call 828-748-0059

2BR/1BA, dual pane windows, ceiling fans, window a/c, w/d hookup, East Court St., Rfdtn. 1.5 blocks to downtown $310/mo. application 828-748-8801

2BR/2.5BA home on 64/74 1 mile from Lake Lure Beach, Chimney Rock and Ingles. Lake Lure view. $700/mo.

Also, 2BR/2BA on 2 ac. in Rumbling Bald Resort, washer /dryer, central h/a. $750/mo. Call Eddy Zappel 828-289-9151 or Marco 954-275 0735

Homes

YOUTH CENTER ASSISTANT DIRECTOR POSITION Lake Lure is seeking qualified and energetic applicants for the position of Youth Center Assistant Director. This position involves responsible and professional work in administering after school activities and programs. Applicants must possess a strong willingness to work with children. This part-time position is Monday through Friday from 3:00-6:00 p.m. during the school year and a summer program is offered from 1:005:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. The pay is $9.50 per hour for this position and reports to the Chief of Police.

Applications are available online or at Lake Lure Town Hall.

Send application & resume by Friday, October 16, 2009 Lake Lure Police Department, PO Box 195 • Lake Lure, NC 28746 All applicants will be subject to thorough background investigation and drug testing. EEO/AA/ADA Employer

Pay off your New Home In record time & save! 4BR Home $568/mo.

Pd. off in 10 years 704-484-1677 10% down, 7.75%apr., 120mo., wac.

Paid off in 10 Years!! 3BR

Clearwater Creek, spectacular 2 acre lot highest elevation, incredible views.

Motivated sellers, 843-689-3950 or

704-484-1640

3BR/2BA MH in Mill Springs, 1 mi. from Lake Lure. All appl., garden tub, priv. lot.

No pets! $550/mo.

Call 828-691-0801

LAND OWNERS

3BR/2BA in nice area Stove, refrig. No Pets! $400/mo. + deposit Call 287-7043

1 - 2.5 ACRE LOTS near Chase High. City water taps provided.

Starting at $6,000!

864-909-1035

septic, grading.

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2BR/2BA Mobile Home in Ellenboro.

Nice yard! Cardinal Realty 245-4086

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BRAND NEW HOMES Well,

704-484-1640

CHEF/KITCHEN MANAGER for state of the art, 500 seat conference and event center needed Culinary degree, hotel or country club experience & management experience required. Excellent benefit package available.

Fax resume to Heidi Owen, Director of Community Services

at 828-245-5389 or email to heowen@hospiceofrutherford.org

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16 — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, FRIDAY, October 9, 2009 Help Wanted

NOW HIRING Earn $65k, $50k, $40k (GM, Co Mgr, Asst Mgr)

We currently have managers making this, and need more for expansion. 1 year salaried restaurant management experience required.

Fax resume to 336-431-0873 PRN Cooks 1 year experience in health care setting. Apply at Hospice, 374 Hudlow Rd., Forest City No phone calls, please!

Start new career!

Expanding retail co. needs Mgr Trainees and PT Sales. Exc. salary + bonus. No exp. nec. Medical.

Some physical work required. Forest City location Email resume tomj23@earthlink.net

Help Wanted

Want To Buy

Community agency is seeking Mental Health QPs and Licensed Therapists (must be NC Board Eligible).

If interested please e-mail resume to esherlin@umhs.net

I PAY CASH FOR DIABETIC TEST STRIPS Up to $10 per 100 ct. Call Frank 828-577-4197

Temporary position for Class A CDL Driver, experienced tractor/trailer operator.

Oversize load experience required.

Insurance, 401K, holidays & paid vacation, home every night. Must have valid driver’s license. Apply in person to Blue Ridge Log Cabins, 625 East Frontage Rd., Campobello, SC. No phone calls please!

Cars & Trucks

For Sale MOVING Oak coffee & end tables w/glass tops, exercise equip., 36” RCA Console TV, misc. Call 245-5703

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF RUTHERFORD In the General Court of Justice Superior Court Division Before the Clerk 2009 E 493 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: KENNETH CHARLES TOPPING, JR. NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executrix of the Estate of Kenneth Charles Topping, Jr., late of 2357 HarrisHenrietta Road, Mooresboro, NC 28114, Rutherford County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned care of: Desirea M. Topping Administrator of the Estate of Kenneth Charles Topping, II C/O Williams & Martelle, PLLC Post Office Box 550 Rutherfordton, NC 28139 on or before the 7th day of January, 2010, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

WILL BUY YOUR JUNK Pick up at your convenience!

Call 223-0277

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Yard Sales

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07 Buele Blast 500cc 3,800 mi. Windshield, new rear tire.

Exc. starter bike! $2,500 287-3843

Young dark gray tabby cat w/pink collar Found 10/7 in the Ruth Co Courthouse parking lot. Call Animal Shelter

2 FAMILY Forest City 776 Old Ballpark Rd. Sat. 8:30A-until A little bit of everything!

Declawed, grey tabby cat near new Rutherfordton elementary school.

287-3753

2 FAMILY Spindale 303 Courtland Sat. 8A2P Household items, Christmas, tools, books, big screen TV, and much more!

NEIGHBORHOOD SALE Rfdtn West 7th Street (off Main St.) Sat. 7:30A-until Too much to mention!

828-429-4974

Livestock

FC: Coventry Lane (off Old Caroleen Rd.) Sat. 10th 7A- 2P Clothes, toys, lamps, Tupperware, plants, household items, Pampered Chef

Must Sell! Old Pregnant Reg. Paso Mare Delivers beautiful colts. $400 obo. Also, 3 yr. Paso Stud Colt $200 obo 286-3349

Lost

Autos 2006 BMW 325i 94,000 mi. Exc. cond.!

Silver/gray leather, 6 spd. manual $15,800 firm 828-748-1294 2002 Chrysler Concord Auto, a/c, ps, pw, pl, pb. 98k mi.

Clean, nice car! $3,000 firm 828-287-4843 2005 Mercury Sable Auto, a/c, pw, pl, cd, cruise. Excellent condition! 88,000 miles $5,200 Call 287-0057 Original 72 Buick Lesabre Exc. cond.!

73,000 mi. $1,100 obo Call 286-3349

Black adult female cat w/white paws/red collar. Last seen Sat. 9/19 - Chase High area

447-1205 Reward!

M CHIHUAHUA Black & tan Lost 9/20 in FC, near the Moose Lodge.

Call 245-4333 M CHIHUAHUA Tan w/white chest & spot on forehead. 9 mo. old Lost 7/29 221S Chase Community 245-4333

Lost or found a pet? Place an ad at no cost to you.

Runs for 1 week!

FEMALE BLACK LAB Older dog, red collar, no tags! Found middle of Sept. off Railroad Ave. in Rfdtn 447-1811

BIG Caroleen: 531 Boss Moore Rd. Fri. & Sat. 8A-until Clothes, recliners, tools, tiller, Hoyer Lift, handicap items, much more!

Miscellaneous WANTED: Fish Aquariums and accessories of all sizes and types but prefer 29 gallons or larger for non-profit project. Call Don at 828-748-0102 to get more info or have your aquarium picked up.

Community Yard Sale at Gilkey General Store: 221 N Sat. 7Auntil Variety of Items!

Don’t miss the deals!

FC: (Knollwood) 188 Countrywood Dr. Fri. & Sat. 9A-2P Misc. kitchen, T.V.’s, tools, furniture, Christmas, ladies/men’s clothes (Med.-XL), baseball equipment and much more!

Yard Sales 10 FAMILY Rfdtn 1764 Poors Ford Rd. Saturday 7A-until Furniture, household, exercise equipment, clothing for all, shoes, crafts, fleece blankets

FC: 331 S. Broadway Saturday 8A-until Business and household items.

Everything must go!

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN THE DISTRICT COURT FILE NO: 04 JT 122

LARGE 3 FAMILY Rfdtn: 221S, General Griffin Dr. Saturday starting at daylight Fall and Christmas arrangements, nice clothes, shoes, all sizes MOVING SALE Forest City CALL FOR DETAILS 704-905-9383

Having qualified as Executor of the estate of HAROLD E. PRINCE of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said HAROLD E. PRINCE to present them to the undersigned on or before the 9th day of January 2010 or the same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment.

This is the 9th day of October, 2009.

In re: Virginia Elizabeth Smith, A minor child, _________________________/ NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION TO: Unknown father of a female child born on or about November 6th, 2003 in Rutherfordton, Rutherford County, North Carolina, respondent;

Michael Gregg Prince, Executor 730 Wallridge Drive Winston-Salem, NC 27106

Take notice that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above entitled proceeding. The nature of the relief being sought is as follows: termination of your parental rights.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

You are required to make your defense to such pleadings not later than 40 days following the 2nd day of October, the date of first publication of this notice and upon your failure to do so the party seeking service against you will apply to the Court for the relief sought.

Having qualified as Administrator of the estate of ROBIN LEE BURNS of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said ROBIN LEE BURNS to present them to the undersigned on or before the 18th day of December 2009 or the same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment.

This is the 18th day of September, 2009.

This is the 2nd day of October, 2009. _________________________

Richard P. Williams Williams & Martelle, PLLC Post Office Box 550 Rutherfordton, NC 28139

HUGE MULTI FAMILY AFTER MOVING Chase: 276 Chapman Fri. 7A-7P & Sat. 7A-2P Household, linens, pictures, lamps, T.V.’s, luggage, exercise equipment, toys, new items, beanies, Christmas, jewelry, Avon, light fixtures, ladies/men’s clothing, shoes, pocketbooks

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

This the 1st day of October, 2009.

Desirea M. Topping, Administrator of the Estate of Kenneth Charles Topping, Jr.

FRONT PORCH SALE FC: Idlewood Lane (Weatherstone off Hudlow) Fri. 9A-1P Recliner, 14K gold rings and misc.!

________________________________________ J. Christopher Callahan Attorney for Petitioner 252 Charlotte Rd Rutherfordton, NC 28139 828-286-8505

Benedict E. Capaldi, Jr., Administrator 310 St. Andrews Place Blue Bell, PA 19422

Personal Estate Sale Shingle Hollow: 140 Hall Rd. (221 to Painter’s Gap, left on Piney Knob, look for signs) Sat. 7A-until Indoor rain or shine!

Antiques, glassware, household items.

Rfdtn: 811 Thompson Rd. (past RS Central) Sat. 8A-until Good stuff. Something for everyone. Too much to list!

Rutherfordton 414 Bob Hardin Rd. Fri & Sat. 8A-until Furniture, old trunks, household items, clothes, baby items, old plow, more!

Spindale: Alabama St. Friday 7A-til (3) black glass shelves, tool box, Craftsman work bench, parts washer, Ty Beanies, much more!

Spindale: Spencer Baptist Church Sat. 7A-until Clothes, furniture, electronics, toys and much more.

Money for local missions. Rain or shine!

YARD SALE Bostic: 2746 Duncan’s Creek Rd. (off of Bostic/ Sunshine Hwy, 1 mile on Duncan’s Creek Rd. on the left) Sat. 8A-til Home accessories, computer monitor, name brand clothing and shoes, school supplies, decorative pillows, kitchen accessories and lots more!

YARD SALE FC: 171 Brookfield Dr. Fri. & Sat. 8A-Noon Furniture, clothes, and household items!

Rain or shine!

Yard sales are a great place to find a deal!!

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF RUTHERFORD

202.0000028 09-SP-333

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION BEFORE THE CLERK 09 SP 202

NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'S FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY UNDER AND BY VIRTUE of the power and authority contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed and delivered by Michael C. Sechriest, married, joined by wife, Cathy H. Sechriest, dated March 22, 2007 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Rutherford County, North Carolina, recorded on March 28, 2007, in Book 948 at Page 440; and because of default in the payment of the indebtedness secured thereby and failure to carry out and perform the stipulations and agreements contained therein and, pursuant to demand of the owner and holder of the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, the under-signed Substitute Trustee will place for sale, at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at Rutherford County Courthouse, in Rutherfordton, North Carolina at 10:30 AM on Wednesday, October 14, 2009, that parcel of land, including improvements thereon, situated, lying and being in the City of Forest City, County of Rutherford, State of North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: LYING and being in Logan Store Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina, being East of North Carolina Rural Road No. 1549, and being Lot No. Eight (8) of the Padgett-Burns Subdivision as shown on a plat recorded in Map Book 7, Page 136, Rutherford County Registry, to which plat reference is hereby made for a full and complete description of the lot herein conveyed.

SUBJECT TO the restrictions which run with the land as listed in deed dated November 8, 1978, from J.D. Cooley and wife, Helen W. Cooley and Royce Woodall and wife, Margaret Woodall to John M. Karriker and wife, Renae S. Karriker and having been recorded in Book 399, Page 313, Rutherford County Registry.

Address of property: 142 Padgett Burns Road, Forest City, NC 28043 Present Record Owners: Michael C. Sechriest The terms of the sale are that the real property hereinbefore described will be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The Substitute Trustee reserves the right to require a cash deposit or a certified check not to exceed the greater of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00). In the event that the Owner and Holder or its intended assignee is exempt from paying the same, the successful bidder shall be required to pay revenue stamps on the Trustee's Deed, and any Land Transfer Tax. The real property hereinabove described is being offered for sale "AS IS, WHERE IS" and will be sold subject to all superior liens, unpaid taxes, and special assessments. Other conditions will be announced at the sale. The sale will be held open for ten (10) days for upset bids as by law required.

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

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

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

Dated: September 28, 2009 David A. Simpson, P.C. Substitute Trustee By:_________________________ Attorney at Law Kellam & Pettit, P.A. Attorneys for the Substitute Trustee 704-442-9500 Posted:____ Witness:_____ Assistant/Deputy Clerk of Superior Court

IN RE: Foreclosure of Deed of Trust executed by Bonnie Wassileff and Peter Wassileff, husband and wife, to Debbie Marsteiner and Patricia Harvey, Trustees, and SunTrust Bank, Beneficiary, dated August 29, 2005, in the original principal amount of $206,910.00, recorded in Book 857, Page 245 of the Rutherford County Public Registry.

Record Owners: Bonnie Wassileff Peter Wassileff By: Robert L. Lindsey, Jr. Substitute Trustee Notice of Substitute Trustee’s Sale of Real Estate Because of default in the obligations under the Deed of Trust executed by Bonnie Wassileff and Peter Wassileff, husband and wife, dated August 29, 2005, and recorded in Book 857 at Page 245 of the Rutherford County, North Carolina Public Registry, the undersigned will sell at Public Auction to the highest bidder for cash at 11:00 O’clock A.M., on Tuesday, October 13, 2009, at the Rutherford County Court House, at Rutherfordton, North Carolina, at the place therein or thereat where sales of real estate are usually held, the following described real property.

EXHIBIT “A” BEING all of Lot 367 as shown on survey by R.L. Greene, PLS entitled Greyrock Subdivision Phase 2B as recorded in Plat Book 26 at Page 123, said plat being one of a series of plats recorded in Plat Book 26, Page 119 through 123 of the Rutherford County, NC Registry, reference to said recorded plats being made for a more particular description of said Lot 367.

TOGETHER WITH AND SUBJECT TO all easements, restrictions and rights of ways of record and a non-exclusive appurtenant easement for ingress, egress and regress is conveyed over and upon all private subdivision roads for GreyRock at Lake Lure as shown on the above-described plats and the plats for Phase 1A as shown on plats recorded in Plat Book 25, at Pages 188 through 192. Plats for Phase 1B as shown on plats recorded in Plat Book 25, at Pages 205 through 208 and Plats for Phase 2A as shown on plats recorded in Plat Book 26, at Pages 114 through 118 and to the Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions for GreyRock as recorded in Book 858, at Page 122 of the Rutherford County, NC Registry and also being recorded in Book 3827, page 764 of the Buncombe County, NC Registry.

BEING a portion of that property conveyed to L.R. Buffalo Creek, LLC by deeds recorded in Deed Book 855, at Page 816 of the Rutherford County, NC Registry and as recorded in Deed Book 3793, at Page 665 of the Buncombe County, NC Registry.

The property to be sold is further described as the real estate located at Lot 367, Greyrock Subdivision, (Vacant lot) on Glenwood Lane, Lake Lure, North Carolina 28746, bearing Rutherford County Tax PIN Number 1638606.

The property will be sold subject to unpaid taxes, and prior liens (if any). A cash deposit will be required of the highest bidder in an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the amount of the highest bid. This sale will remain open for ten (10) days for upset bid as required by law.

An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to North Carolina General Statute §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 15th day of September, 2009. /s/_______________________________ Robert L. Lindsey, Jr., Substitute Trustee Lindsey & Schrimsher, PA 1423 East Seventh Street Charlotte, North Carolina 28204-2407 Tel: (704) 333-2141 Fax: (704) 376-2562

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Marine found guilty

JACKSONVILLE (AP) — A jury in North Carolina has convicted a former Marine corporal of attacking his sleeping, pregnant wife with a hammer.

The Daily News of Jacksonville reported that an Onslow County jury found Jonathan Gould guilty Wednesday afternoon of attempted first-degree murder and assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious bodily injury.

N.C. Superior Court Judge Jay D. Hockenbury sentenced Gould, who was stationed at Camp Lejeune, to 18 to 22 years in prison.

Erin Gould suffered permanent brain damage in the December 2008 attack. She also lost her unborn child.

Officer remains critical

WINSTON-SALEM (AP) — One North Carolina police officer remains in critical condition after being shot, while a second officer is improving.

The Winston-Salem Journal reported that 50-year-old Winston-Salem Sgt. Mickey Hutchens remained in critical condition early Thursday after the shooting a day earlier.

Lt. David Lamb said 28-year-old Officer Daniel Clark was seriously injured but is improving.

Boat falls and kills man

WILMINGTON (AP) — A North Carolina man has died after a boat fell on him as it was being loaded onto a trailer.

The Star-News of Wilmington reported that 25-year-old Ryan Lee Church of Wilmington died late Wednesday afternoon.

Officials said Church was trying to align the boat with a trailer when the boat fell, trapping him. Church was pronounced dead when emergency medical workers arrived.

Man given 40-years

WILMINGTON (AP) — A North Carolina man has been sentenced to 40 years in prison in a child pornography case in which a victim says she was also raped almost daily for nearly three years.

Fifty-four-year-old Daniel Nicholas Buczkowski was convicted in January of 27 federal counts of transportation of child pornography. A repair shop owner discovered the picture collection.

with what it means to serve our community on the council,” Beason said. “The outgoing mayor and the mayor pro-tem who represent two decades of experience leading our community have endorsed my candidacy. Lake Lure is my permanent residence and this area has been home to my family since the 1800s. As a business man, I know what it takes to get things implemented.

I’m speaking about our goals of a charter school, new medical center, a new recreation and community center that ties to the school, wrapping the sewer pipes, outsourcing our golf course and an assisted living center.”

“I’m a contractor,” Coley said. “I build houses, but I’m also a member of the Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy. I care about the land and I’m a green builder.

Do we do everything perfectly, no, but we are making an effort. I believe that property owners that live here year round definitely have a right to privacy. The gentleman that came down here from Ohio or where ever didn’t have the right to disturb his neighbors at home and he doesn’t have the right to come down here and do that to us.”

“One of the things I care about is maintaining our town’s heritage through managed growth and sticking to our comprehensive plan,” said Dotson. “We have historic inns and attractions in our town, and we must foster an atmosphere that can support new businesses and new homes. A new school will help us to grow and attract families, because a lack of a school has led us to be a residential community that has gathered retirees, childless couples, tourists and weekend warriors. I strongly support the needed health care including hospital and dental services.”

Moore said, “I’ve supervised more than 60 employees at a time and have extensive experience with budgets. I’ve served on the board of the American Red Cross, graduated from Leadership Spartanburg. In 1998, Paula and I moved to Lake Lure full time,

Trinity Christian School formerly Trinity School

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35Th anniverSary CelebraTion.

but we are raising our six-year-old son and family obligations made us split our time between Lake Lure and Hendersonville in 2008.

We are looking forward to moving back to Lake Lure full time when our charter school opens. The school will be one of my key issues as will the green line project, simplifying our vacation rentals ordinance and protecting our scenic views.”

“I’ve lived here for more than 40 years and if elected I pledge to continue working toward a fiscally responsible government, fixing our sewer and providing clean drinking water for all of our citizens,” Owensby said. “I want to restore property rights and help our town.

If these are some of your goals, vote for Melvin on Nov. 3.”

Frykberg said, “From 2005 to 2009 I was a member of the Rutherford County Economic Development Commission. I’m running for mayor because I’m concerned about our economy.

Bill Beason mentioned the invasions of our reserve funds and we’ve got to take steps now to get the Lake Lure economy running again. We’ve got to build on what is secure and what is real, and not the smoke and mirrors that was Grey Rock. Chimney Rock State Park was once a private operation that paid taxes, but now they are a state park. The state spent $50 million acquiring land around Lake Lure to protect it. We have many tourism structures to promote, but some of them are showing their age. We need to market sites and bring new development to the commercial area of Lake Lure.”

Keith said, “Ever since I was a kid, my parents instilled in me a need for giving back to the community. Pam and I came here 10 years ago and we love this place.

Since that time, I’ve been a member of the LAB, co-founder and chair of the Hickory Nut Gorge Olympiad, and have served ten years as a volunteer fireman.

I’ve also been president of the Lakefront Owner’s Association.

I spent 28 years with IBM and went through a series of technical, marketing and staff jobs....I feel that experience combined with my exposure to all facets of life in Lake Lure have prepared me for

this all important role of mayor.”

Candidates fielded questions about property rights, the town’s finances and privatizing the golf course.

“While I’m in favor of vacation rentals, nobody has the right to infringe on your personal enjoyment,” Coley said. “If someone is playing music too loud or littering, those are not rights people have, they are violating the rights. The person renting the house is not violating someone’s rights. It is about penalizing bad behavior.”

Tyrone Phillips questioned Moore about his residence in Hendersonville.

“You stated in the Courier that you were running for council because you feel the whole vacation rentals process was handled poorly,” Phillips said. “As a member of the stakeholders committee I was offended by that. You also said recently that you are pleased with the final result, so why are you still running? Maybe you and your wife should go back and raise your grandson in Hendersonville since that’s where you live.”

After a chorus of boos, Moore replied, “I think the North Carolina Vacation Rentals Act has a lot of protections for the renters and the property owners. As far as being civil and respectful, I believe that we have a lot of work to do and we can all be more civil toward each other. I’ll do my part if you do yours....I was in a situation where I had to do something for family reasons. Now that the amortization has been taken out of the ordinances, I’ll only rent a few weeks of the year to help me with property taxes. We’re looking forward to the day soon that we can move back to Lake Lure and maybe won’t have to rent it at all.

This past summer it was rented just about every week. Before I ran, I talked to three different local folks and tried to encourage them to run and none would have any part of it. I went to the board of elections and they told me that as long as I maintained property in Lake Lure that even if I moved away completely but had the intention of coming back that I qualify.”

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

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