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Inmates’ release a nightmare for victims — Page 2 Sports Nothing ‘Puff’ about it The Lady Cavaliers and the Lady Trojans battled in the annual Powder Puff Football Game Tuesday

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County Manager John Condrey (second from right) addressed a group of possible sponsors for a UNCTV documentary on the history of the Bechtler Mint in the county.

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RUTHERFORDTON — There was gold in them thar hills, and a planned documentary from UNCTV about the Bechtler Mint in Rutherford County will spotlight its place in history.

At a special meeting to promote the project on Tuesday, representatives from Duke Energy, The Stonecutter Foundation, The Tanner Companies and other groups who may help with funding heard about the importance of the Bechtler Mint story.

“When the Bechtlers arrived in Rutherford County in the 1830s, they came into a Rutherford County with an economic system that was just a mess,” said local historian Robin Lattimore. “There was no way to

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Several artifacts from the Bechtler family, like this brass barrelled pistol with a “C. Bechtler - Rutherford, N.C.” engraving, were on display at the meeting about the mint documentary.

By LARRY DALE Daily Courier Staff Writer

regional competition. Bands of America, said Chase Band Director Michael Henderson, is the only national marching event in the country. Regional competitions are held across the U.S. “We will be competing with bands around the same size in our class and also with other, bigger bands,” Henderson said.

ELLENBORO — With most newcomers calling for change and incumbents citing the successes of the town, alderman candidates presented themselves to voters at a forum Tuesday night.

The session was held at Ellenboro Elementary School, and was presented by the Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce and

by Courtside, a restaurant at 161 Park Lane Drive in Rutherfordton.

Eleven candidates were invited. Three, Gary Groom, Donald Mace and Perry Whisnant, did not attend.

Whisnant was ill with the flu.

Three full-term seats are open on the board in this election. Lee Allen, Allan “Bunt” Black, Michael Jennings, Mace, Patrice Lynn Mayes, John Morrow, Truett Murray and Mike Rhyne are vying for those seats. Groom, Jim Rhyne and Whisnant are competing to fill an unexpired term. The seat is currently held by Jim Rhyne.

Candidates were allowed four minutes to make opening statements and were given two minutes for closing statements. Then a few questions were taken from the audience.

Allen said he had worked for the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office for almost 13 years. “It’s time for a change,” he said, “and I’d like to have

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Or do you have a big pile of sawdust to throw away? The new Web site, ncbiomasstrader.org has some answers.

“The service actually started a few years ago, but has recently been promoted a lot more,” said Richard Burke of Rutherford County’s SWEEP (Solid Waste Environmental Education Panel). “There has been a great variety of material on there for people to claim in the past, but recently there hasn’t been too much stuff listed. It’s really just starting to pick up steam again.”

The site allows individuals and businesses with waste to alert anyone seeking the raw materials for re-use or for recycling.

The site describes itself as “North Carolina’s marketplace for biomass, bio-based feedstocks and bio-based energy products and fuels.

This exchange service is designed to provide a marketplace for biomass materials that can be used in bio-based manufacturing, converted to energy or used in energy generating processes or technologies.”

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Members of the Chase High School Marching Trojans will compete in the Bands of America regional contest Oct. 31.

The band has received numerous awards this competitive season.

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FOREST CITY – The Chase High School Marching Trojans have already received many accolades for their half-time show at various competitions this season, but their biggest contest has yet to come.

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On Oct. 31, the band will travel to the Georgia Dome to take part in a Bands of America

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For victims, pending inmates’ release ‘a nightmare’

By MARTHA WAGGONER

State Supreme Court justices all but begged prosecutors during a hearing last month to give them any reason to say no, but they could not. Lawmakers say there’s nothing they can do, though federal prosecutors are looking into the cases to determine if there is any way to keep the prisoners in custody.

Associated Press Writer

RALEIGH — The man who shot Pam Hurley’s mother to death during a convenience store robbery in 1975 was supposed to spend the rest of his life in prison.

Instead, because of a quirk in North Carolina law, he and 19 other violent criminals will be released next week, most without supervision from even a parole officer.

“It’s a nightmare; an absolute nightmare,” Hurley said Tuesday. “These people are going to be released. They’ll be free to move and go wherever they want to go. And that’s a scary thing.”

Her mother’s killer, Bobby Bowden, set in motion the court case that will free some felons sentenced to life terms in the 1970s unless officials can find a way to keep them locked up.

Bowden argued a state law from that decade defined a life sentence as 80 years.

It was changed a few years later, but Bowden said it was in effect when he was sentenced, meaning that with good behavior credits and other rule changes, he had served his time.

The felons have been denied parole repeatedly over the years.

The state Correction Department estimates about 100 more prisoners could be released in the coming months.

State Supreme Court justices all but begged prosecutors during a hearing last month to give them any reason to say no, but they could not. Lawmakers say there’s nothing they can do, though federal prosecutors are looking into the cases to determine if there is any way to keep the prisoners in custody.

Family members and victims are bracing themselves for the release. Some are

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Carolyn Ashburn is surrounded by newspaper clippings at her home in Wadeville Tuesday.

Ashburn’s father, John Hall, was murdered near the very spot where she sits, by James C. Johnson, who is among 20 prisoners serving life sentences that will be released in about a week because of a quirk in North Carolina law.

too scared to talk. For others, shock has given way to anger, then sadness, as they relive details of the days their fathers or mothers were killed or raped.

Hurley understands victims are scared — she’s worried about identifying herself. But the issue is too important to keep quiet, she said.

“This animal took the lives of two innocent people and should not be released,” she said. “We thought when he was sentenced he would spend the rest of his natural life in prison. But he’s out after 33 years, and Mom’s dead.”

Hurley, now 51, was 17 when her mother, Norma Jean Ehrhart, went to a convenience store in Fayetteville to buy milk and bread.

Instead, she walked in on a robbery; the clerk was already dead and Ehrhart was shot. She died en route to the hospital.

Hurley’s sister, Michelle Knieriem, was a 15-year-old returning from the beach

that morning. When she arrived at the apartment, her sister met her with the news.

“It was unbelievable,” said Knieriem, 49.

The killing, she said, tore apart her family. Bowden’s pending release is bringing the four siblings back together.

“I can’t believe this is happening,” she said. “We’ve been told by corrections that it’s a done deal, that they’re going to release him. We’re in disbelief that they’re going to let this guy go.”

The inmates about to be released are worried too, said state appellate defender Staples Hughes, who worked on Bowden’s appeal. He said Bowden and his family don’t want to talk to reporters.

“They understand that there’s anger, and they’re not looking to antagonize anyone,” he said. The victims and survivors “are all people who living in the aftermath of a violent crime and they have every right to be angry. It’s like opening an

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old wound for them. ... I cannot personally measure the depth of their anger and hurt and pain because I’ve not been there.”

That’s scant comfort for Carolyn Ashburn, who promised her mother she would make sure James C. Johnson stayed behind bars.

So each January since 1986 — the year her mother died and Johnson became eligible for parole — she has driven about 100 miles each way to testify that authorities should not release the man who shot and killed her father as her mother and a pawn shop customer watched.

“They might as well open the door and let them all out,” she said. “What’s the matter with North Carolina?”

Ashburn, now 73, still lives in the same house in Wadeville where 72-year-old John Farley Hall was shot on Feb. 19, 1975.

She stayed because her father would not have wanted anyone to run her out of

the family home.

“We just ain’t that kind of people,” she said. “As a matter of fact, I feel closer to him here.”

Not everyone shares her fearlessness.

A Kinston woman raped

by Steven C. Wilson when she was 9 says she is worried about his pending release.

Wilson, convicted in 1978 of kidnapping and first-degree rape, lured her into his car by telling her that her sister wanted to talk to her.

“He locked the doors and said, if you scream, I’m going to kill you,” the woman recalled. He was caught because, even through her tears and fear, she remembered his license plate number.

Her family never discussed the rape, and she never received counseling. Still, the woman, who turned 44 on Tuesday, will graduate from college in December. She’s married, though separated, and has a 17-year-old daughter. The Associated Press is not naming her because she is a victim of sexual assault.

She said she has thought about the rape daily since she heard Wilson was being released. She didn’t think about it every day before that, she said, because “I knew he wasn’t getting out.”

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Local Candidates

he said. “We will try to address the issues.�

Mike Rhyne, the brother of board member Jim Rhyne, said he wore a coat and tie to the forum for a special reason. He said he had been seen with paint and primer on him and people have thought he was a street person. “I can dress for the occasion,� he said.

He noted his efforts to improve the town’s appearance, including working on the depot and painting buildings around town. He said he was spurred to action when an acquaintance told him, “Ellenboro looks nasty. The depot is in disarray.�

Now, he said, the town looks better and better. “I’ve been very successful with what I did,� Rhyne commented, adding, “I plan to work to improve the town. I will do a good job. I know I can do a good job.�

Board member Jim Rhyne told the audience he had filled a couple of seats on the board, as mayor and as alderman. “We’ve thrown rocks at each other,� he said, “but we’ve accomplished things for the town. We’ve got the start of a great sewer system. We’re going to get more grants.�

He said five years ago the town had $260,000 in the bank; today it has $800,000 in the bank. “We have to work together,� he said. “Working together makes it work.

I want to be a part of the progress.

We’ve got a great team.�

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some input in this change. He said he is a team player, is honest and expects everybody to work together. “I’ve been to board meetings,� he said, “and I didn’t get what was going on. I need to be involved.�

He noted that he works with young people in the schools and added that there is nothing for young people to do in town. “Changes can be made with teens,� he said.

Black, an incumbent, noted that he was appointed in November to replace Chris Glawson, who resigned from the board. Black said he is finance chairman on the board and helps prepare the budget. He was the mayor from 2001 to 2005. “The town needs experienced leadership with this weak economy,� he said. The town’s finances are in good shape, he noted, adding, “We don’t have a lot of revenue. We need to balance the budget with no new taxes.�

Jennings said he has lived in Ellenboro since 1975. “I’ve never seen anything like what goes on in Town Hall,� he commented. “The taxpayers never get their questions answered.

Even the auditor didn’t give a clear answer.� “We need to set goals for the future,� he added, “and try to wean ourselves from Forest City (as a water source). We’ve got to look 10 or 15 years out.�

And he added, “We’ve got to be a team.�

From Staff Reports

CLIFFSIDE — The N.C. Division of Air Quality plans to issue a public notice today on the renewal of the air quality permit for the Duke Cliffside plant in Rutherford County.

Duke Energy Carolinas has applied for the air permit to continue operating its coal fired boilers and associated pollution control equipment at the Cliffside Steam Station, 573 Duke Power Road, in Rutherford County.

Duke has operated power plants at this site since the early 1940s.

The permit renewal concerns all of the air emissions sources at Cliffside, including the existing Units 1-5 and the new Unit 6 that Duke is now constructing at the site.

DAQ issued a permit for Unit 6 in January 2008 and has held three public hearings on that facility, which is scheduled to begin operating in 2012.

To comment on the permit renewal or request a public hearing on the renewal, remarks should be submitted in writing, postmarked no later than Nov. 18 to Michael Gordon, N.C. Division of Air Quality, 1641 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1641. Remarks sent by e-mail should be sent to: mike.gordon@ In brief closing statements, the can- ncdenr.gov. didates said: Allen: “It ain’t what we’ve done, it’s what we’re going to do.�

Black: “Change might be good, but I don’t know what the change is. We can all work together better.�

RALEIGH – Aaron A. Martin, Jennings: “I’ll make a promise. I’ll state executive director for the straighten your town out and head United States Department of for the future. People will stop readAgriculture’s Farm Service Agency ing the paper and asking, ‘What is in North Carolina, announced that going on down there?’�

Mayse: “We’ve got to come together, USDA is now issuing $8,395,950 in with no backbiting or stabbing. We’ve Conservation Reserve Program payments to eligible producers in North got to get together and work togethCarolina. More than $1.7 billion in er. It’s not ‘I’ but ‘we’.�

CRP payments are being made on 31 Morrow: “I think everybody ought to work together and hear others. Get million acres across the country. “The Conservation Reserve the community involved.�

Program works cooperatively with Murray: “I know what water and America’s farmers and ranchers to sewer have done. We’ve tried to help conserve and preserve the soil and everybody. We’re trying to get along water that we, and numerous wildlife to make it the best town.� species, depend on for survival,� said Mike Rhyne: “The town board is Martin. doing a good job, if you know the The payments announced are facts. Go to the meetings.� annual rental payments earned on Jim Rhyne: “The town is moving the 128,596 acres enrolled in the in a positive direction.� He cited a $3.2 million grant for the sewer sys- CRP, including the Conservation tem and a $664,000 grant to extend Reserve Enhancement Program and waterlines to outlying areas “in dire need� of service.

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Mayes said she was born in Michigan but moved to Ellenboro when she was 5 years old. She has a 22-year-old daughter and an 18-yearold son and has worked at BMW in Greer for 10 ½ years.

She said the community has to come together. For example, she urged more youth events. “These are not black and white issues,� she said. “We can all get along. We all are the same in God’s eyes. We need to make a change.�

Morrow said he had lived in the town for 14 years. He works for PSNC Energy. “I think we need to get younger people involved,� he noted, saying he was the youngest of a large family. “I try to be honest and will do the best job I can for the town.�

Murray, also an incumbent, said, “I’m proud of the people on the board as it is. We’re trying to do the right thing.�

He cited the water grants that the town has received and beautification efforts as achievements on behalf of the town.

He urged residents to come to the meetings. “People don’t speak up,�

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Our Views One more health issue to address

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eports out of Washington this week brought a new angle to the ongoing debate over health care reform. This news focuses on discussions being held about medical malpractice reform.

The idea that is emerging is simple enough. It would shift determination of malpractice claims from the courts to a panel of experts. It is an idea that implemented properly might work.

Any physician can tell you that one of the most significant factors behind the rising costs of medical care is the cost associated with malpractice. It ups office fees as doctors’ insurance rates go up. It also leads to unnecessary care.

If we are really going to control medical costs, this is an issue that must be addressed. Doctors should not get a get-out-of-jail card, but neither should they and their patients continue to be bled dry by the fear of lawsuits and by ever rising insurance rates.

Our readers’ views Says thanks and urges more voting for RHP To the editor: Thanks to everybody for voting on-line and spreading the word about Rutherford Housing Partnership’s selection as a finalist in the Tom’s of Maine giveaway of $100,000 to worthwhile community projects across the country. Five nonprofits nationwide will each receive $20,000, and you know what $20,000 can do for this county.

RHP is dedicated to providing urgently needed repairs affecting the health and safety of low income homeowners. RHP provides materials; volunteers provide as much of the labor as is possible. Last year we built 23 handicap ramps, repaired or replaced 25 leaky roofs, and repaired 21 dangerous steps, porches or floors. The project we submitted to Tom’s of Maine is called PROJECT ACCESS, and the $20,000 will provide the materials for as many as 20-25 of the ramps we build next year.

We’ve all been a bit overwhelmed by the community support of this project. Everywhere we go, people tell us they are voting. They’re sending it to all their Facebook friends; they’re announcing it in their meetings; they’re forwarding it to their entire network at work; churches are announcing it in their newsletters and bulletins. It all helps.

And, no, we have no idea how we’re doing in the voting at this point. We just know there are some good ideas on that list of 50 projects. But we also know we

have strong community support behind our project. Thank you.

We’re in the final countdown to October 30. Nothing would make us happier than knowing every computer in this county was voting daily for PROJECT ACCESS at www.50StatesForGood.com.

Now is no time to let up! Vote daily.

Billy Honeycutt RHP Board President

Says actions do speak louder than words To the editor: Mr. Naskov’s essay regarding Mr. McCammon solves nothing.

Verbal discourse that leads to resolution of problems is valuable. Verbal discourse for discourse sake wastes our time and energy.

Mr. McCammon has, for years, demonstrated his commitment to improving Rutherford County. I, for one, find retiring here a good choice because of people like Keven.

Judie Muenchow Rutherfordton

Endorses Holland in FC election bid To the editor: I am writing regarding the Forest City Youth Council and the advisor, Steve Holland, Forest City Town Commissioner. I was a member of the Youth Council for the year 2008-2009 and now I am on the Advisory Board for the Youth Council. I don’t think the people of Forest City realize what an asset the council and

Steve Holland are to the youth of this town. On the youth council we got to experience things first hand that I normally would have just been able to read about.

We toured the new Duke Power plant in Cliffside, we sat in on different town council meetings, we raised over $4,000.00 to purchase toys for the Salvation Army Cheer Center, we sat in on a trial at the Rutherfordton Courthouse and met Judge Tommy Davis, we toured the Forest City Police and Fire Departments and learned how public service offices work, we sat in on the Future of Forest City planning meetings, and this is just to name a very few things that we did.

Holland went above and beyond the call of the title of Youth Council Advisor to make sure we were aware of the things that go in Forest City and surrounding areas. He was always planning and arranging different informative and educating tours and activities for us, The Forest City Youth Council, to participate in.

In closing, I just want to personally thank Steve Holland for all the time and “heart” he puts into the Forest City Youth Council. He will never know how much my time on the Youth Council means to me. I know now being on the Youth Council Advisory Board will mean just as much to me. So please re-elect Steve Holland. It would be a shame to see something as good as the Forest City Youth Council not be able to continue for all the youth come. Thanks again Steve.

Taylor Self Forest City

Should people be worrying about Social Security?

For the first time in a quarter century, the Social Security system has had to dip into its reserve account to make scheduled payments to retirees. This means Social Security this year is paying out more in retiree benefits than it is taking in from contributions.

This seems like a scary trend for the millions of current Social Security recipients as well as for the millions more (including yours truly) who will begin collecting from the system in a few years. Does this mean Social Security is about to crash? Does it mean Social Security’s funds have been mismanaged?

The good news is that most experts think Social Security’s cash drain this year – and possibly next year – is temporary, and it is completely related to the recession. Recessions result in more unemployment and, therefore, smaller Social Security contributions. However, payments to retirees continue. Since the current recession has been devastating – the worst since the 1930s by most standards – it shouldn’t be surprising

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that Social Security is running a deficit.

The good news is the Social Security deficits should stop once the economy begins growing and adding jobs. In fact, for over 25 years Social Security has been running surpluses – that is, collecting more in taxes than the amount paid to retirees.

The total surplus in Social Security’s account now amounts to over $2 trillion.

The bad news is that Social Security will at some point begin permanently to pay out more than it takes in and will start draining its $2 trillion reserve account.

Eventually the reserve account will be exhausted.

Each year the managers of the Social Security system – the trustees – estimate two dates: when the annual deficits will start becoming permanent and when the $2 trillion reserve account will

be totally depleted. The current estimates for these dates are 2016 for the beginning of annual deficits and 2037 for depletion of the reserve fund. After 2037, the trustees calculate, Social Security will collect enough money each year to fund only threefourths of promised benefits.

So Social Security does have a long-run problem.

Some say it’s because Social Security’s money has been mismanaged. They say Social Security surpluses have been invested in worthless IOUs. Here’s the real story. The framers of Social Security expected the system to accumulate surpluses over time, just as any retirement fund does. It would be silly to let this surplus cash sit around and not earn interest.

So Social Security’s framers wanted the surpluses invested, but – understandably – wanted the investments to be safe. The solution was to invest the surplus cash with the federal government.

While you may chuckle about the ability of the federal government to manage fiscal affairs, the truth is the federal government has an excellent track record with

safe investments.

The government’s chief investment is U.S. Treasury securities. The government has never missed making scheduled interest payments on Treasury securities and has never missed paying back the original funds put in Treasury securities. This is why U. S. Treasury securities are viewed all over the world as the premier investment for safety.

Still, we shouldn’t ignore the long run issues with Social Security. Indeed, the overriding issue is fairly simple. More people are retiring, retirees are living longer, and the contributions to Social Security won’t keep up with the scheduled payments to retirees.

The options are also simple.

We can work on increasing Social Security’s inflow – by increasing Social Security taxes – or we can reduce Social Security’s outflow – by increasing the retirement age, reducing the annual cost-of-living adjustment or just by cutting benefit checks by some percent. None of the options are appealing.

Or we could go with a completely different approach,

such as turning Social Security into a large mandated 401k plan.

Here, people would still be required to pay Social Security taxes, but now the funds would go into selfdirected investment accounts controlled by each person.

Whatever the account grows (or declines) to would be the basis for that person’s Social Security checks when he or she retired. The government could supplement the contributions of very low-income persons. However, in 2005, a plan like this was debated in the nation and not accepted.

Even though the nation is focused on health care and the environment now, everyone knows some changes will need to be made to Social Security eventually.

Collectively, what will we decide?

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

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the bill of the average Duke residential customer using 1,000 kilowatt hours per month would go up by about $7.30 by 2011 to $97.50, or an 8 percent increase, said Robert Gruber, executive director of the commission’s Public Staff.

Duke Energy had requested an overall average 12.6 percent increase, but the Public Staff believed it was too much and suggested a 4.7 percent increase.

“We convinced Duke to do a phase-in and they agreed, and we’re happy about that,” Gruber said.

The Utilities Commission scheduled a hearing for Wednesday to consider the proposed settlement.

The panel probably won’t announce for several weeks whether it will accept, reject or modify the deal.

The agreement would allow Duke Energy to generate an additional $315 million annually through an 8 percent base rate increase, or about 65 percent of the original request of $482 million.

But customer bills will be lowered because of adjustments by Duke Energy. The company would defer by one year until 2011 its plans to collect financing costs to build a new coal-fired generator at the Cliffside Steam Station.

Duke also would return

Police Notes Sheriff’s Reports

n The Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office responded to 117 E-911 calls Monday. n Eric Neal Griggle reported the theft of a generator. n David Bryant Hunt reported the theft of a radio and other items from a vehicle. n Sam Knotts reported a burglary. n Joshua Travis Baynard reported the theft of a PlayStation 2 and eight games. n Earl Anthony Yelton reported the theft of wiring and other items. n Wanda Marie Fowler reported the theft of tools. n Marie Lee Peterson reported the theft of a dog.

Rutherfordton

n The Rutherfordton Police Department responded to 27 E-911 calls Monday. n Charles William Couch reported the theft of a cell phone and charger. n Joseph Dean McFalls reported an assault. n Daniel Keith Griffin reported an obscene phone call.

Spindale

n The Spindale Police Department responded to 12 E-911 calls Monday.

Lake Lure

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

Forest City

n The Forest City Police Department responded to 43 E-911 calls Monday. n An employee of WilcoHess, on West Main Street, Forest City, reported the larceny of motor fuel. n An officer of the Forest City Police Department reported an assault. The incident occurred on Butler Road. n An employee of Trade Street Motors, on Twelve Oaks Drive, Forest City, reported a larceny. n Steven Poteat reported an incident of first-degree burglary and larceny. (See arrest of Bullman.)

Arrests

n Anna Marie Bullman, 16, of Chevy Lane, Ellenboro; charged with first degree burglary and larceny; placed under a $2,500 secured bond. (FCPD) n Jamal Maurice Jackson, 21, of 176 Weather Drive;

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Obituaries Proposed deal would give Duke 7 percent rate increase

RALEIGH (AP) — Duke Energy’s 1.8 million customers in North Carolina would see power bills rise on average a combined 7 percent over the next two years as part of a tentative compromise with consumer attorneys who had balked at a larger increase.

The Charlotte-based utility filed details of the proposed agreement Tuesday with the North Carolina Utilities Commission.

The two-step increase — 3.8 percent beginning Jan. 1 and 3.2 percent in 2011 — attempts to mitigate the increase for customers dealing with the bad economy while helping pay for the utility’s power upgrades, said Jim Turner, Duke Energy’s president and chief operating officer for its U.S. franchised electric and gas business.

The increase would mark Duke’s first general rate hike since 1991.

“We believe this agreement is a reasonable compromise that benefits our customers and the company,” Turner said in a statement. “Our objectives in this case were clear — to be sensitive to our customers, to better align our rates with expenses and to maintain a strong financial position as we continue to modernize the system.”

The commission staff’s consumer representatives project

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charged with unauthorized use of motor vehicle; released on a $1,500 unsecured bond.

(FCPD) n Jessica Rios Gonzalez, 30, of 1406 Colony Parkway; charged with driving while license revoked and speeding; placed under a $500 secured bond. (NCHP) n Craig Michael McCollum, 35, of 297 McEntire Road; charged with driving while impaired; released on a $1,000 unsecured bond.

(NCHP) n Tasha Laquan Jackson, 31, of 193 S. Pea Ridge Road; charged with misdemeanor aid and abet and communicating threats; placed under a 48-hour hold. (RCSD) n Jessica Lauren Pritchard, 21, of 300 Hollis Road; charged with injury to real property and second-degree trespassing; released on a $1,000 unsecured bond.

(RCSD) n Denise Kay Bradley, 34, of 517 J.A. Hampton Road; charged with harassing phone call; released on a $500 unsecured bond.

(RCSD) n Courtney Annabelle Bradley, 16, of 517 J.A. Hampton Road; charged with harassing phone call; released on a $500 unsecured bond. (RCSD) n Brian Keith Cole, 32, of 170 Patches Lane; charged with break/enter a motor vehicle, misdemeanor larceny, injury to personal property, second-degree trespassing, altering serial numbers and possession of stolen goods/ property; placed under a $47,000 secured bond. (RCSD) n Ronald Adam Scoggins, 29, of 141 Thermal Drive; charged with assault on a female, communicating threats and misdemeanor larceny; placed under a 48-hour hold. (RCSD) n Tyler Scott Pennington, 22, of 4925 Courtney Ridge Lane; charged with possession of schedule II controlled substance and two counts of possession of drug paraphernalia; released on a $13,000 unsecured bond. (RCSD) n Joel Craig Forbes, 36, of 196 Lukin St.; charged with possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia; placed under a $10,000 secured bond. (RCSD) n Raymond Earl Johnson, 31, of 225 Davis Lake Road; charged with misdemeanor larceny and domestic criminal trespassing; placed under a 48-hour hold. (RCSD n Michael Drew Jones,

fuel costs overages earlier and distribute some nuclear insurance dividends to lower the effects of the overall rate increase, said company spokeswoman Paige Sheehan.

The first-year rate increases would range from 1.3 percent to 4.3 percent, depending on the type of customer and service, Duke Energy said. The average residential customer would see a $3.61 increase in their monthly bills in 2010.

Duke Energy has been allowed to raise rates in the past because of higher fuel costs that get passed along to consumers and don’t become higher profits.

At least a dozen members of the public told the commission Monday they opposed giving Duke additional revenues, either claiming it would reward Duke for the pollution emitted by the new Cliffside operation or because the poor couldn’t afford higher bills.

Tuesday’s proposed rate increase is still not justifiable when so many are struggling in the bad economy, said Al Ripley with the North Carolina Justice Center.

“Any increase in utility costs is really going to hurt a lot,” Ripley said.

The company said its North Carolina rates would still remain below regional and national averages.

Mal Timmons Matheney, 84, of Mooresboro, died Monday, Oct. 19, 2009, at his home.

A native of Cleveland County, he was a son the late Timmons Coster and Dovie Smart Matheney.

He retired from Cone Mills filter plant after 48 years of service and also served in the Army. He was a member of Cliffside Baptist Church, where he was a former deacon.

He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Nellie Bridges Matheney; two daughters, Jennifer Hamrick of Boiling Springs, and Judy Thomas of Mooresboro; a son, Jimmy Matheney of Spindale; seven grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be conducted at 6 p.m. Thursday at Cliffside Baptist Church with the Revs. Joey Cantrell and Larry Fleming officiating. The family will receive friends following the service.

Private burial will be held.

Memorials may be made to Cliffside Baptist Church, P.O. Box 336, Cliffside, NC 28024, or to the charity of the donor’s choice.

McKinney-Landreth Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Online condolences www.mckinneylandrethfuneralhome.com.

Deidre Littlejohn Deidre Ann Littlejohn, of 106 Dove Lane, Spindale, died Friday, Oct. 16, 2009 at her residence.

19, of 124 Monfredo St., She was a daughter of Rutherfordton; charged with Annette S. Littlejohn Forest larceny, possession of stoCity, and the late Lee Manual len goods, violation of court order, possession of schedule Littlejohn.

She was a member of Wells IV controlled substance and possession of drug parapher- Spring United Methodist nalia; placed under a $7,000 Church.

In addition to her mothsecured bond. (RPD) er, she is survived by three n Katie Elizabeth Jones, 17, brothers, Alan Littlejohn of Watervliet, N.Y., and Richard of 124 Monfredo St., Apt. 1, Rutherfordton; charged with Littlejohn and Jeffery Littlejohn, both of Forest larceny, possession of stolen goods, possession of schedule City.

VI controlled substance and Funeral services will be possession of drug parapherconducted at 2 p.m. Thursday nalia; placed under a $500 at Wells Spring United secured bond. (RPD) Methodist Church with Dr. Alfonza Everett officiating.

EMS/Rescue The body will lie in state one n The Rutherford County hour prior to the service.

EMS responded to 28 E-911 Thompson’s Mortuary is in calls Monday. charge of arrangements. n The Volunteer Life Saving and Rescue, Hickory Nut Gorge EMS and Rutherford County Rescue responded to eight E-911 calls Monday.

Fire Calls n Ellenboro firefighters responded to a brush fire. n Forest City firefighters responded to an appliance fire. n Hudlow firefighters responded to a motor vehicle crash. n Rutherfordton firefighters responded to a fire alarm. n Sandy Mush firefighters responded to a fire investigation. n Union Mills firefighters responded to a motor vehicle crash.

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Mal Matheney Mal Timmons Matheney, 84, of Mooresboro died Monday, Oct. 19, 2009, at his home.

A native of Cleveland County, he was born Sept. 26, 1925 to the late Timmons Coster and Dovie Smart Matheney. He was retired from Cone Mills' filter plant after 48 years of service and also served in the Army. He was a member of Cliffside Baptist Church where he was a former deacon.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by three brothers and two sisters; a daughter, Linda Matheney Hamrick; a grandson, Matthew Timmons Hamrick; and a great-grandson, Jordin Timothy Hamrick.

He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Nellie Bridges Matheney; two daughters and sons-in-law, Jennifer and Buddy Hamrick of Boiling Springs and Judy and Mike Thomas of Mooresboro; a son and daughter-in-law, Jimmy and Ann Matheney of Spindale; seven grandchildren, Allison Flynn and her husband, Stephen, Resa Thomas, Bly Hamrick and his wife, Anna, Chad Matheney, Holly Thomas, Laura Hamrick and Kyle Matheney; and four great-grandchildren, David Robinson, Jacob Hamrick, Nathan Flynn and Catherine McElhiney.

Funeral services will be Thursday at 6 p.m. at Cliffside Baptist Church with the Revs.

Joey Cantrell and Larry Fleming officiating. Honorary pall bearers will be the Pilgrim Men Sunday School Class of Cliffside Baptist Church. The family will receive friends following the service. A private burial will be held.

Memorials may be made to Cliffside Baptist Church, P.O. Box 336, Cliffside, NC 28024 or to the donor's choice.

McKinney-Landreth Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

An online guest register is available at: www.mckinneylandreth-

funeralhome.com

Paid obit.

Deaths Vic Mizzy LOS ANGELES (AP) — Vic Mizzy, a songwriter who composed the catchy themes for the 1960s TV comedies “The Addams Family” and “Green Acres,” has died. He was 93.

He wrote songs that were recorded by Dean Martin, Doris Day, Perry Como and Billie Holiday in the ‘40s and ‘50s. His hits included “Pretty Kitty Blue Eyes,” ‘’My Dreams are Getting Better All the Time,” and “With a Hey and a Hi and a Ho-Ho-Ho.” Daniel Melnick LOS ANGELES (AP) — Daniel Melnick, the producer who brought gutsy, smart movies like “Straw Dogs,” ‘’Network” and “Midnight Express” to the big screen, has died at his home in Los Angeles. He was 77.

Melnick was head of production at MGM and Columbia, where he helped develop Kramer vs. Kramer and The China Syndrome.

Melnick also produced the 1960s spy-spoof television series “Get Smart.”

Dr. Ignacio Ponseti IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A University of Iowa doctor who perfected a nonsurgical treatment for curing clubfoot in infants has died.

Dr. Ignacio V. Ponseti died Sunday. Ponseti was 95.

Ben Evans Wall, Jr. Ben Evans Wall, Jr., age 79, of Rutherfordton, NC, died Saturday, October 17, 2009, at Hospice House of Rutherford County. Born October 28, 1929, in Wallburg, N.C. he was a son of Ben Evans Wall and Annie Giles Wall.

He served as Ambassador inChief, Hickory Conclave, Royal Ambassadors of the Baptist Church. Ben was a member of the first football team following the war at R-S Central High School.

He also played on the basketball team and baseball teams.

On the College level at Mars Hill College and Gardner-Webb College he continued to play football. As an adult he was an avid golfer. He was a member of the all County Band of Rutherford County and Boy Scouts of America.

He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War, recipient of the Purple Heart and other coveted military citations.

He was married to Joan Deviney on June 26, 1954. He became an active member of Rutherfordton Presbyterian Church. He served as Sunday School teacher and superintendent, a member of the Board of Deacons, Board of Elders and Clerk of the Session; President of the men of the church and youth leader. He served as a representating elder with Rev. Pete Preston to develop Fairfield Mountains Chapel, from the Rutherfordton Presbyterian Church.

He was a member of the Lees McRae Board of Trustees, Banner Elk, NC. He served as president of the Rutherford County Farm Bureau and president of the Rutherford County Historical Society.

He was preceded in death by sister, Elizabeth Wall Connelly and his parents, Ben Evans and Annie Giles Wall.

He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Joan Deviney Wall, and two daughters, Mary Ann Wall Joyce and her husband, Walt of Clemmons, NC and Jane Evans (Jody) Wall of Charlotte, NC; two grandchildren, Elizabeth Evans Joyce of Chapel Hill, NC and Benjamin Alexander Joyce of Clemmons, NC; one sister, Anne Wall Mallgraf and her husband, William of Southern Pines, NC, one brother Dr. George Wall and wife, Billie of Roanoke, Va. The family will receive friends following the service Wednesday in the church fellowship hall.

A Memorial service will be held at Rutherfordton Presbyterian Church at 2:00 PM Wednesday, October 21, 2009 with Dr. Don Scofield officiating.

In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Lees McRae College, Advancement office, Ben Wall Scholarship Fund, PO Box 128, Banner Elk, NC 28604 or Rutherfordton Presbyterian Church; PO Box 1133, Rutherfordton, NC 28139.

McMahan's Funeral Home & Cremation Service is serving the Wall family.

Guest register at: www.mcmahansfuneralhome.com Paid obit.

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

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

listed as available: Fine saw-dust; Used cooking oil; and 1.5-inch wood chips “We encourage anyone who has the leftover materials, like compost or

leaves, to list it on the site,” Burke said. “It is a really useful tool to alert people of your need or your material.

We’re encouraging local businesses to use it more often and trying to work with them to promote the site.”

The site also includes links to various ideas about what to do with recycled items. For example, recycled

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Natural alternatives: Peggy Rue of GAIA Herbs will provide a program about natural alternatives for the cold and flu season and immune health on Tuesday, Oct. 27, beginning at 6:30 p.m., at Plum Natural Market, 213 Oak Street Ext., Forest City. Free samples and demonstrations of products. Call 245-6842 to sign up.

Diabetes awareness month: November is Diabetes awareness month. The Community Clinic of Rutherford County will offer free Hbg A1C checks during the month of November. This test checks your blood sugar level for 3 months at a time. You do not have to be a current patient of the clinic to have this test performed. Call 245-0400 for an appointment.

Red Cross

Meetings/other Rutherford County Senior Dance: Thursday, Oct. 22, 7 to 10 p.m., Moose Lodge, Hwy. 74 B; $5 per person; call Brenda, 289-5852 for more information.

Reunions 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.

30-year reunion: East Rutherford Class of 1979; Nov. 7, at the Forest City Clubhouse; for more information contact A. Elliott at 245-0361; or via email mcelliott@bellsouth. net.

Fundraisers Fall Fixins’: Saturday, Oct. 24, 8 a.m. to noon, Spindale United Methodist Church; selling homemade vegetable soup, baked goods, crafts and more.

Music/concerts Gospel Music Sunday: Oct. 25, 11 a.m. worship service, Spindale United Methodist Church; special music by the choir and instrumental ensemble.

Singing: Sunday, Oct. 25, 2 p.m., Full Gospel Revival Church, 10 miles west of Rutherfordton, on Hwy. 74; featuring The Far City Boys.

Singing program: Sunday, Oct. 25, 3 p.m., New Life Christian Fellowship Church, 601 E. Main Street, Spindale; featuring Legendaires of Gastonia, and the Shoal Creek Choir.

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understand, except for the fact that in 1831 there was a plea to the state government to not collect taxes because the people had no currency to pay. I don’t know that the people living here at that time knew how significant the presence of new currency was at that time. Up to the time of the Civil War people were still using Bechtler coins.”

The Bechtler family took the natural gold from the North Carolina mountains and minted coins in useful denominations ranging from $2.50 to $5. The coins proved so popular in Rutherford County and the surrounding area the family also minted a $1 gold coin.

“Back then, people had to rely on bartering for goods,” Lattimore said.

“The coinage made in Philadelphia was not making its way down to the local people. The Bechtler family had a history of being jewelers and watch makers in Germany and so they took local gold that was plentiful here in North Carolina and made it into coins. About 1832, they decided it would be important to mint a $1 gold coin and it was the first gold $1 coin minted in the United States.”

The county, Town of Rutherfordton and the Tourism Development Authority have all pledged $5,000 each year for the next five years toward the project, for a total of $75,000. UNCTV has pledged $84,305. The total budget for the project is $234,305. That leaves $75,000 needed to complete the budget for the hour long piece.

“This project really began when I visited with County Manager John Condrey,” said UNCTV General Manager Tom Howe. “I’ve been travelling around the state for two years now meeting with managers to decide what we should cover. In all my travels there isn’t any story I’ve found that

Revival: Oct. 27-30, 7 nightly, New Life Christian Fellowship Church, 601 E. Main Street, Spindale.

Pastor appreciation service: In honor of Pastors Lamar Hewitt and Troy Dorsey; Sunday, Oct. 25, worship service 11 a.m., Golden Valley Missionary Methodist Church; a covered dish lunch will follow.

ICC Continuing Education Fall 2009 catalogs are available online at www.isothermal.edu/conedu/. To receive a copy in the mail, or to register for one of the following classes, call 286-3636, ext. 346.

can do more about attracting people to a county than this one. People are fascinated by gold.”

The county is also hopeful that the Bechtler Mint story — and the presence of the original Bechtler house still standing on Sixth Street in Rutherfordton — will be a real draw for visitors to the county.

“The County Commission has budgeted enough money this year for the planning of the Bechtler Mint site,” said Condrey. Preliminary plans include the prospect of a self-guided tour of ruins at the original site of the mint and the house.

“In fourth grade, I learned about the Trail of Tears, the Lost Colony and the Reed Gold Mine,” said UNCTV Host Rob Holliday. “I didn’t learn about the Bechtlers until I was 29 years old in 2007. I see something wrong that people don’t know this incredible story happened, period, and that it happened in our own backyard. My goal is to recreate what it was like in the 1800s and living in an area that had no currency. We’ve had it for hundreds of years now and I think it is fascinating to talk about the state of affairs when the Bechtlers came.”

The committee encourages anyone to donate to the documentary effort by contacting Condrey at 286-6060 or UNCTV’s Cathy Dobbins at 919-549-7172.

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

The band will be performing the show “Explosive,” which includes the selections “Champagne Supernova”

by Oasis and “TNT” by AC/DC. The competition will include high school bands from across the Southeast.

“To my knowledge, it’s the first time Chase has been in modern history,” he said.

But getting there comes at a cost – the band still lacks around $5,000 to having the trip paid in full.

“Fundraising has been harder because there are a lot of parents out of jobs,” said Starlyn Hunt, wife of band booster president Dwayne Hunt. “The kids have really tried to collect money and sale items.”

Among fundraisers for the trip, which has been in the works since last year, are car washes, doughnut, discount card and Avon sales.

McDonald’s in Forest City also allowed the band to place collection jars inside the restaurant, Hunt said.

The band’s biggest fundraiser of the year, the annual fruit sale, begins Thursday.

“We sold $12,000 in fruit last year and made about 40 percent profit,” Henderson said.

Henderson said there are more students in the band and chorus, so he hopes with a few additional students this year’s sales will be even better.

Any extra money raised will help defray day-to-day costs like instrument repairs and uniform cleanings.

“Instrument repairs kill us,” Henderson said, saying he had some drums that needed work and the band had borrowed some from Polk County to use for the weekend.

The cost of the trip per student is $275, Hunt said. The band has sponsorship forms available if any civic organizations or other groups would like to sponsor a child for the trip.

Band members will stay overnight in Georgia and visit Six Flags as part of the trip as well.

For information on buying fruit, contact the Chase High School at 245-5883.

Recent awards for the Chase High School Marching Trojans include: At Enka High School’s “Land of the Sky” Contest – second place music, percussion, color guard and overall in Class 3A; first place drum major and marching; fifth place overall out of 21 bands At Western Carolina University’s “Tournament of Champions” – third place in Class 1A; first place drum major At Shelby High School’s “Golden Classic” – first place drum major; second place color guard, music, visual performance, effect and overall in Class 3A Contact Flynn via e-mail at aflynn@thedigitalcourier.com.

Dems scheduled health care events WILMINGTON (AP) — Democrats in North Carolina are holding health care events across the state, trying to build support for President Barack Obama’s overhaul agenda.

The Democratic National Committee’s Organizing for America project is hoping to spur 100,000 calls to

Congress on Monday.

Nine events across the state, from Wilmington to Hendersonville, will include a live link to Obama encouraging volunteers from around the country.

The White House is waiting for Congress to finish negotiations on a final health care bill.

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TJCA’s Harris released from hospital AVONDALE — Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy’s Adam Harris was released from the hospital, Monday, after spending two days due to an injury sustained in Friday night’s football game.

Harris, a sophomore, was injured in the game against Mountain Heritage on a punt return.

Harris sustained a spinal bruise on the play and was removed from the field by stretcher.

Harris was taken to Asheville Hospital where he remained under observation for two days.

The defensive end for the Gryphons will return to school today, according to TJCA head football coach Tony Helton, but he will not be able to play for the remainder of the season.

“We are very grateful and very proud of him,” said Helton. “The injury is similar to a stinger and he lost feeling in his left side. We did a lot of praying and I think Adam will be back roaming the field next season.”

Harris became the fourth Rutherford County player removed by stretcher this season. East Rutherford’s Matt Murray, Ricky Wilkerson and Richard Johnson sustained injuries in earlier games this season. None of the injuries were serious.

Central fans need to be aware of changes SHELBY — Shelby High announced changes to the school’s parking for football games.

R-S Central fans must come into the school on Academy Street.

Academy Street is the first road to the right after passing Dekalb Street.

For many seasons, high school football fans from visiting schools have used Dekalb Street. The school made changes to its football parking, this year, and visitor parking has been moved.

Dekalb Street is located just past the McDonalds next to Shelby High.

Fans should pass the McDonalds and DeKalb Street and then look for the next road to the right, Academy Street, and then they will be directed to visitor parking.

The Hilltoppers (8-1) face the Golden Lions (7-1) in a game that may decide the champion of the South Mountain 3A/2A Athletic Conference.

Kick off is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.

For additional information, please contact R-S Central at (828) 287-3304.

Local Sports SOCCER 6 p.m. Freedom at East Rutherford 6 p.m. Shelby at R-S Central 6 p.m. Thomas Jefferson at Polk County

On TV 7 p.m. (FSS) NHL Hockey Pittsburgh Penguins at Carolina Hurricanes.

7:30 p.m. (ESPN2) Soccer 2010 World Cup Qualifier — United States vs. Costa Rica.

8 p.m. (ESPN) College Football Boise State at Tulsa.

8 p.m. (TBS) MLB Baseball American League Division Series Game 5 — Teams TBA. 10 p.m. (ESPN2) MLS Soccer Red Bull New York at Real Salt Lake.

From staff reports

The Annual Chase-East Rutherford Powder Puff game was held at Chase High, Tuesday. The Lady Trojans and Lady Cavaliers played to an 18-18 tie. The first tie in the four-year-old series. Chase’s Ashley Blankenship, above, rushes for the game-tying touchdown as East Rutherford’s Chelsea Rush looks to make the tackle. East’s Tamara El-Amoor, left, covers up the football during a play.

Garrett Byers/Daily Courier

FOREST CITY — The Forest City Owls announced, Tuesday, that McNair Field will be the host for the 2010 Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Baseball Championship.

The tournament will be held Thursday, April 22 through Sunday, April 25.

The South Atlantic Conference competes in NCAA Division II and features nine schools in the Carolinas and Tennessee. The top six teams will make the double elimination tournament.

The South Atlantic Conference is made up of Brevard College, CarsonNewman University, Catawba College, Lenoir-Rhyne College, Lincoln Memorial University, Mars Hill College, Newberry College, Tusculum College, and Wingate University. The 2009 SAC baseball championship was won by Catawba.

South Atlantic Conference Commissioner Patrick Britz noted, “We are thrilled that the 2010 Food Lion SAC Baseball Championship will be hosted by the Forest City Owls and held at McNair Field. Both the city of Forest City and the Owls organization have been very gracious and welcoming Please see Baseball, Page 8A

Jimmie Johnson’s 4-Peat within grasp

By KEVIN CARVER Sports Reporter

CHARLOTTE — Jimmie Johnson did it again.

For the third time in five Chase to the Championship races, Johnson won. This time, Johnson passed Jeff Gordon for the lead with 13 laps to go, on his way to the checkered flag at the NASCAR Banking 500 at the Lowes Motor Speedway, Saturday night.

After giving up the lead to Gordon with 16 laps left, when Johnson’s No. 48 Lowes Chevy broke loose for a splitsecond in turn four, the defending threetime champ, powered back three laps later, in turn three, and it was clear sailing from there.

“On that last restart I had my hands full, but once I got past Gordon, the car felt good in clean air and he didn’t have that advantage anymore,” Johnson said.

“So, I felt pretty good once we got in that position to keep the lead.”

Please see Johnson, Page 9A NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson.

Kevin Carver/Special to the Courier

A cornucopia of autumnal delights I have kind of lost count on how many times I have been to Shelby.

The mystical land of traffic lights and Lions that are Golden holds a special place in my heart.

There was, of course, that great trip with Blake Bostic, Giorgio Lowrance and others when the Cavs beat Shelby.

There was another journey, I recall, with Kyra Battle coming back onto the court to fire in free throws. Battle had left the court earlier, in a mess of blood and tears, holding a jaw that I really believed could be broken. The Lady Cavs won that night.

There have been baseball wins, soccer wins, and a host of other events that have gone ‘our’ way.

But, aside from that 2005 football game, Rutherford County has only defeated Shelby on the gridiron 12 other times.

R-S Central has five of those wins.

The past, often, has very little to do with the present when it comes to football. We like to believe that it’s all connected, but really it’s not.

The young men, who represent the Rutherfordton-Spindale school district are a different group than those who represented the same district in 1969, or 1975, or 1988.

The young men, who will represent the Shelby school district are a different group than those from 2005 or

Off The Wall Scott Bowers

1965.

History will only matter if the Hilltoppers allow it to matter.

If the Hilltoppers don’t believe in their ability to win a football game, nothing else will really matter.

They have to choose to believe. They have to execute. They have to eliminate small mistakes. They have to play a solid game of football.

Even if they do all of that, it guarantees very little, except for an opportunity to win.

Help Wanted: There are two names that are tied atop a very dubious list.

The list is total turnovers by quarterback. To be at the top of the list, one must have turned the ball over a total of 12 times, through the season’s first six games.

The two names: JaMarcus Russell and Jake Delhomme.

The Panthers’ WR Steve Smith said he is no longer an asset to the team and, yes, that statement comes from

the large well of emotional material Smith hauls around with him. But, you have to kind of feel for the guy.

He’s playing with a QB who really can’t get him the ball and Smith knows it. He knows that many QBs in this league can thread the needle and find a wideout, despite double coverage — Delhomme is not one of those.

Still, the Panthers won in spite of Delhomme, but that will not continue forever.

Great games: MLB couldn’t write up better endings to baseball games, heck, Hollywood couldn’t write up better endings.

The Phillies are going to break the hearts of Dodgers fans and the Yankees should power past the Angels.

If that plays out, I’ll have no team to cheer for in the World Series.

B(C)S: I really just don’t care anymore about college football. The NCAA and its pathetic postseason fiasco has slowly killed the game for me.

Maybe, there will be upsets of Texas, Florida and Alabama forcing Boise State into the championship game.

I want a playoff system and I want it now. I also want to win the Powerball.

Gee, I wonder which could happen first.

8A — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Wednesday, October 21, 2009

sports Lady Gryphons fall to Owen

By JACOB CONLEY Sports Reporter

AVONDALE — The Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy volleyball team played hard on their senior night, but could not overcome the height advantage of the Owen Warlasses falling, 3-0, by scores of 25-14, 25-21, and 25-12.

“The girls can dig and set just as well as any team they have played,” said Coach Nick Longerbeam.

“Sometimes it’s just hard to overcome such a height difference.

“But I’m so proud of the team and the seniors.

The record may not show it, but we had a good team this season.”

Owen burst to a 5-1 lead in the first set and never looked back, taking game 1, 25-14, in spite of two strong kills by the Lady Gryphons’ Haylee Chapman.

Game 2 was a much closer affair with the squads splitting the first 20 points. Owen then went on an 11-2 run, but the Griffs fought back to close the gap to 21-20 highlighted by two aces — one from Michelle Owens and another by Katlyn Sizemore.

The home team could not get over the hump, however, falling 25-21.

TJCA played inspired volleyball to open game 3, racing to a 5-0 lead, but they could not maintain that level of play, falling 25-12.

Ross wins SMAC Championship

RUTHERFORDTON — R-S Central freshman cross country runner Tracy Ross won the 2009 South Mountain Cross Country Conference Meet.

Ross crossed the finish line in a speedy 17.44 for first place and the conference individual title.

Central’s Kevin Dinga (17.55) finished in second.

Central’s mens team claimed third, while Shelby won the crown and Chase took second place.

The Trojans’ Rene Escalera finished in 4th, while teammate Francisco Fabian claimed 5th.

On the women’s side, Morgan Lowery claimed second in a time of 22.24.

Shelby won the title, with Central in second and Chase in third.

The Lady Hilltoppers’ Alissia Watkins, Melissa McLaughlin, Kristy Powell and Clair O’Neil finished in the top 25, while injured senior Leslie Uy ran in the event, but was unable to crack the top 25.

For the Lady Trojans, Erika Lamb raced to 5th place, while her teammate Izzy Cotarelo crossed in 10th place.

Scoreboard Oakland Kansas City

BASEBALL Postseason Baseball LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES American League NEW YORK 2, LOS ANGELES 1 Friday, Oct. 16 New York 4, Los Angeles 1 Saturday, Oct. 17 New York 4, Los Angeles 3, 13 innings Monday, Oct. 19 Los Angeles 5, New York 4, 11 innings Tuesday, Oct. 20 New York (Sabathia 19-8) at Los Angeles (Kazmir 10-9), late Thursday, Oct. 22 New York at Los Angeles, 7:57 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 24 x-Los Angeles at New York, 4:13 or 8:07 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 25 x-Los Angeles at New York, 8:20 p.m.

National League PHILADELPHIA 3, LOS ANGELES 1 Thursday, Oct. 15 Philadelphia 8, Los Angeles 6 Friday, Oct. 16 Los Angeles 2, Philadelphia 1 Sunday, Oct. 18 Philadelphia 11, Los Angeles 0 Monday, Oct. 19 Philadelphia 5, Los Angeles 4 Wednesday, Oct. 21 Los Angeles (Padilla 4-0) at Philadelphia (Hamels 10-11), 8:07 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 23 x-Philadelphia at Los Angeles, 8:07 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 24 x-Philadelphia at Los Angeles, 8:07 p.m.

FOOTBALL National Football League AMERICAN CONFERENCE East L T Pct PF 2 0 .667 163 3 0 .500 114 3 0 .400 112 4 0 .333 93 South

W L T Pct PF Indianapolis 5 0 0 1.000 137 Jacksonville 3 3 0 .500 120 Houston 3 3 0 .500 143 Tennessee 0 6 0 .000 84 North

W L T Pct PF Cincinnati 4 2 0 .667 118 Pittsburgh 4 2 0 .667 140 Baltimore 3 3 0 .500 169 Cleveland 1 5 0 .167 69 West

W L T Pct PF Denver 6 0 0 1.000 133 San Diego 2 3 0 .400 124

W New England 4 N.Y. Jets 3 Miami 2 Buffalo 2

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NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF 5 1 0 .833 178 3 2 0 .600 122 3 2 0 .600 136 2 4 0 .333 79 South

W L T Pct PF New Orleans 5 0 0 1.000 192 Atlanta 4 1 0 .800 123 Carolina 2 3 0 .400 85 Tampa Bay 0 6 0 .000 89 North

W L T Pct PF Minnesota 6 0 0 1.000 189 Green Bay 3 2 0 .600 130 Chicago 3 2 0 .600 119 Detroit 1 5 0 .167 103 West

W L T Pct PF San Francisco 3 2 0 .600 112 Arizona 3 2 0 .600 112 Seattle 2 4 0 .333 118 St. Louis 0 6 0 .000 54

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139 144 PA 119 98 99 96 PA 93 77 125 168 PA 121 93 99 188 PA 98 92 109 169

Sunday’s Games Green Bay 26, Detroit 0 New Orleans 48, N.Y. Giants 27 Pittsburgh 27, Cleveland 14 Houston 28, Cincinnati 17 Kansas City 14, Washington 6 Carolina 28, Tampa Bay 21 Jacksonville 23, St. Louis 20, OT Minnesota 33, Baltimore 31 Arizona 27, Seattle 3 Oakland 13, Philadelphia 9 Buffalo 16, N.Y. Jets 13, OT New England 59, Tennessee 0 Atlanta 21, Chicago 14 Open: Indianapolis, Miami, Dallas, San Francisco Monday’s Game Denver 34, San Diego 23 Sunday, Oct. 25 New England vs. Tampa Bay at London, 1 p.m.

Minnesota at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.

San Francisco at Houston, 1 p.m.

Indianapolis at St. Louis, 1 p.m.

San Diego at Kansas City, 1 p.m.

Green Bay at Cleveland, 1 p.m.

Buffalo at Carolina, 4:05 p.m.

N.Y. Jets at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.

Atlanta at Dallas, 4:15 p.m.

Chicago at Cincinnati, 4:15 p.m.

New Orleans at Miami, 4:15 p.m.

Arizona at N.Y. Giants, 8:20 p.m.

Open: Denver, Seattle, Detroit, Jacksonville, Baltimore, Tennessee Monday, Oct. 26 Philadelphia at Washington, 8:30 p.m.

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GP W L OT Pts GF Pittsburgh 8 7 1 0 14 28 N.Y. Rangers 9 7 2 0 14 35 New Jersey 7 4 3 0 8 18 Philadelphia 6 3 2 1 7 21 N.Y. Islanders 6 0 3 3 3 13 Northeast Division

GP W L OT Pts GF Ottawa 7 5 2 0 10 22 Buffalo 6 4 1 1 9 18 Boston 7 3 4 0 6 20 Montreal 7 2 5 0 4 15 Toronto 7 0 6 1 1 14 Southeast Division

GP W L OT Pts GF Washington 8 4 2 2 10 29 Atlanta 5 4 1 0 8 20 Tampa Bay 7 2 3 2 6 17 Carolina 7 2 4 1 5 15 Florida 6 2 4 0 4 14 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF 8 5 2 1 11 29 6 5 1 0 10 18 6 3 2 1 7 19 7 3 3 1 7 22 7 2 4 1 5 10 Northwest Division

GP W L OT Pts GF Colorado 8 6 1 1 13 28 Calgary 8 5 2 1 11 30 Edmonton 8 5 2 1 11 30 Vancouver 8 3 5 0 6 23 Minnesota 7 1 6 0 2 15 Pacific Division

GP W L OT Pts GF San Jose 9 5 3 1 11 32 Phoenix 7 5 2 0 10 18 Los Angeles 9 5 4 0 10 28 Dallas 8 3 2 3 9 25 Anaheim 7 3 3 1 7 16

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Monday’s Games San Jose 7, N.Y. Rangers 3 Los Angeles 4, Dallas 1 Edmonton 2, Vancouver 1 Tuesday’s Games Pittsburgh 5, St. Louis 1 Atlanta at Montreal, late Columbus at Calgary, late Wednesday’s Games Nashville at Boston, 7 p.m.

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

Buffalo at Florida, 7:30 p.m.

Colorado at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Vancouver at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

Dallas at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

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

Washington at Atlanta, 7 p.m.

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

New Jersey at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.

Nashville at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.

San Jose at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.

Columbus at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m.

Detroit at Phoenix, 10 p.m.

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

Deacons put lopsided loss at Clemson in past

Rollins coming up big in clutch PHILADELPHIA (AP) —

Continued from Page 7A When the bright lights come on,

Jimmy Rollins turns into J-Roll.

He is the resident diva on the toward the SAC and will provide a great experiPhiladelphia Phillies. He loves ence for the teams and fans.” the cameras, but prefers talking Game times and ticket information will be after he’s finished showering and announced at a later date. primping. He’s got a big smile, “We are very excited to host the SAC tournaplenty of charisma and a whole ment this spring” said Owls General Manager lot of swagger.

James Wolfe. “The SAC is one of the most competiOne more thing, he can flattive conferences in the NCAA Division II every out play baseball. year, and I’m sure our fans will recognize many Rollins put the defendof the players from their time in the Coastal Plain ing champions on the verge League. I think it is a great fit for both Forest City of another trip to the World and the SAC.” Series by lining a two-out, tworun double off Dodgers closer Jonathan Broxton in the ninth inning Monday night. The hit gave the Phillies a 5-4 victory and a 3-1 edge over Los Angeles in the NL championship series.

The Phillies can wrap up their second straight pennant with a win in Game 5 Wednesday night.

Cole Hamels, last year’s NLCS

and World Series MVP, opposes former Phillie Vicente Padilla.

Rollins, the 2007 NL MVP, had a difficult season. But he’s coming through in the clutch in the playoffs. That’s no surprise for manager Charlie Manuel.

“Jimmy Rollins, the bigger the stage, the better he likes to play,” Manuel said. “The more people watching him, he likes the mike, he likes to talk, that’s the way he is.”

Rollins batted just .250 this year, the second-lowest average in his 10-year career. But the three-time All-Star shortstop still was a run producer out of the leadoff spot. He hit 21 homers, had 77 RBIs, scored 100 runs and stole 31 bases.

Rollins often gets criticized for not being a prototypical leadoff hitter. He swings at the first pitch, doesn’t work the count and has a low on-base percent-

age. But Rollins makes the most of his hits.

And, Rollins is a flawless fielder who has won two straight Gold Glove Awards.

During a June swoon when his average dipped to .211, Rollins was benched four straight games. Manuel thought a few days off could help Rollins regenerate mentally. It worked.

Rollins batted .282 with 15 homers and 50 RBIs in the final 87 games.

Manuel has always seemed to push the right buttons with Rollins, even when it’s tough love. He yanked him from a game in June 2008 after he failed to run hard on a popup that was dropped.

A month later, Manuel benched Rollins for arriving late to the ballpark for an important game against the New York Mets at Shea Stadium.

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Philadelphia Phillies’ Jimmy Rollins (11) hits a two-run double off Los Angeles Dodgers’ Jonathan Broxton in the ninth inning to win Game 4 of the National League Championship baseball series Tuesday, in Philadelphia.

The Phillies won 5-4 to take a 3-1 lead in the series.

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WINSTON-SALEM (AP) — For weeks, Jim Grobe had watched his Wake Forest team get a little better with each game only to see that progress stop with a trip to Clemson’s Death Valley.

The Demon Deacons looked nothing like the team that boasted one of the Atlantic Coast Conference’s best offenses and managed just 178 yards in a 38-3 loss to the Tigers. It was a performance that left Grobe frustrated and pondering changes before this weekend’s trip to Navy.

“We’re not hellbent on firing people or making wholesale changes, but we just want our players to realize that if they didn’t play well, they need to be really careful because we’ve always been a staff that we’re looking for the next guy all the time,” Grobe said Tuesday. “If you’re a starter who didn’t play well on Saturday, you need to keep your head on a swivel because the guy behind you may get more snaps.”

No one can fault him for feeling that way after the loss, which included the lowest yardage total in Grobe’s nine seasons at Wake Forest.

“I thought Saturday we took a step backward,” Grobe said. “The hard thing to balance out is how well Clemson played and how poorly we played.”

The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Wednesday, October 21, 2009 — 9A

sports

The Hawaiian teen goes to PGA school

2009-10 Bobcats

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer

Nothing has come easily to Tadd Fujikawa.

He started the year by going through a Monday qualifier to get in the Sony Open, where he shot a 62 in the third round to give himself a chance at becoming the PGA Tour’s youngest winner.

He ends the year by making his first foray into Q-school, where he must get through 252 holes over three stages to earn his card.

Along the way, Fujikawa achieved two milestones that should help him keep it all in perspective.

He got his driver’s license in April. Two months later, he graduated from Moanalua High School in Honolulu.

“It was nice to be done with that,” he said.

Diploma in hand, now comes his first big test.

Some might equate Q-school with his first job interview, although Fujikawa is not the typical qualifier. It has been more than two years and two dozen tournaments since the 18-year-old turned pro.

Part of him is in a rush to get to where he wants to go. Another part of him knows the journey is just beginning.

“It’s really hard to say if I am where I expected myself to be,” Fujikawa said after arriving at St. Johns Golf & Country Club in St. Augustine, Fla., where his 72-hole exam starts Wednesday against a field of 70 players. “I’m very pleased with what I’ve done thus far. But I also wish I could have done more.”

Fujikawa is among more than 900 players who have signed up for the first stage of Q-school, which will be played out over the next two weeks at 13 sites. That group includes the son of Jack Nicklaus (Gary Nicklaus), the grandson of Arnold Palmer (Sam Saunders) and Rickie Fowler, who tied for seventh last week in Las Vegas in his first PGA Tour start as a pro.

For a teenager fresh out of high school, the pressure to perform is nothing new.

At only 5-foot-1, Fujikawa got his first taste of the big-time when he was 15 and competed at Winged Foot in 2006 as the youngest player to qualify for the U.S. Open. Six months later, he became the youngest player in 50 years to make the cut on the PGA Tour when he shot 66 in the second round of the Sony Open.

The kid knows all about disappointment, too.

He still had two years left in high school when he turned pro in the summer of 2007. Over the next year, he missed the cut 10 straight times on four tours before he finally made it to the weekend of a sanctioned tournament when he tied for 48th in Japan. Fujikawa didn’t earn his first PGA Tour check until this year at the Sony Open.

Odds are stacked against anyone making it through all three stages of Q-school. Of more than 1,200 players who signed up last year, only eight made it through three stages, the youngest of which was 24-year-old Kansas grad Gary Woodland.

For Fujikawa, consider this his freshman year in college.

“Basically what I told him was, ’We’re not going to evaluate you until you’re 21 or 22,”’ said Todd Anderson, the Sea Island swing coach who has been working with Fujikawa the last few years.

“What I’ve tried to stay away from is, ’You’ve got to be here by this time.’

“He’s really hard on himself. He has high expectations. And the last thing I want to do is put more on him.”

Johnson Continued from Page 7A

Johnson earned maximum points by leading not only the final lap, but 92 of them overall, the most in the 334-lap bout. Johnson stays 90 points ahead of teammate Mark Martin for the Sprint Cup championship lead.

Five races remain as Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart, Kurt Busch and Juan Pablo Montoya are all within 195 points of Johnson’s lead.

Meanwhile, Johnson has won 11 of the past 25 postseason races and tied Buck Baker for 13th on the all-time NASCAR win list with his 46th victory on Saturday.

Johnson’s successes haven’t come alone, crew chief in Chad Knaus has been instrumental in calling races for the El Cajon, California driver. The two actually had a small argument of sorts during Saturday’s event about making adjustments to the car, but by the time the night was over with, all was forgotten.

“To be a smart(expletive deleted) to Chad early in the race and to come back and win just shows the friendship and confidence we have in each other,” Johnson said.

One reporter, at the post race press conference, even asked Johnson as to what he thought about stinking up the show. Johnson fired back quickly.

“I’m just doing my thing,” Johnson said. “People tune into see if Tiger Woods or Roger Federer is winning every week, but some like us and some won’t like us for winning, but oh well.”

This weekend looks even worse for Johnson’s competition with the series heading to Martinsville, Va. Johnson and his Hendrick Motorsports based team has visited Martinsville Speedway’s victory lane six times and the team finished inside the top ten, 14 straight times on the half-mile oval.

Johnson’s record is so good at Martinsville, that he has won five of the last six races held there, including the past three October events at the short track.

Though some are already crowning Johnson as the Sprint Cup champion for the fourth consecutive year, Johnson believes that people shouldn’t jump to that conclusion just yet.

“The chase isn’t over by far,” Johnson said. “There are too many unknowns that we can’t control and Talladega is still left on the schedule. There are too many races to go to put anybody‘s name on that trophy.”

Charlotte Bobcats head coach Larry Brown, right, directs his team with help from assistant Jeff Capel, left, during NBA basketball practice in Charlotte, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009.

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Larry Brown looks to guide Charlotte to 1st playoff berth CHARLOTTE (AP) — Larry Brown hasn’t had much fun this preseason.

Injuries have robbed the Charlotte Bobcats coach from getting a good look at his new front line. No one has stepped up to provide needed depth at power forward and Brown is short $60,000 after tangling with the NBA’s replacement referees.

With the start of Brown’s second season paired with managing partner Michael Jordan just a week away, the Hall of Famer’s skills and patience will be tested as he tries to get the sixth-year Bobcats into the playoffs for the first time in the improved Eastern Conference.

One thing is certain: Brown’s second Charlotte team is much more to his liking — and nothing like the unit that started last season. His famous tinkering was behind four trades involving 13 players. Only five players remain from the opening-night roster of last season.

“Coach (Dean) Smith came last year to the first couple practices and he didn’t think we’d win the ACC,” Brown said. “I think he was probably right. I think this team is a little better than we were at the beginning of last year.”

That team began 7-18 before the flurry of deals brought Charlotte a playmaking power forward (Boris Diaw) and a defense-first shooting guard (Raja Bell). Players that weren’t Brown fits — Jason Richardson, Adam Morrison and Matt Carroll — were jettisoned and the Bobcats recovered to be in the playoff race until a late-season fade coinciding with injuries to Bell and leading scorer Gerald Wallace.

“We have a great team,” everconfident point guard Raymond Felton said. “I like our chances.

Other teams got better, but we got better, also.”

While teams that finished behind Charlotte (35-47) last season improved, namely Washington and Toronto, the Bobcats made one major offseason move, dealing center Emeka Okafor to New Orleans for Tyson Chandler. But owner Bob Johnson’s orders not to get into luxury tax territory prevented them from bidding for the top power forwards in the free agent market.

The Bobcats have slogged through most of the preseason without Chandler, recovering from offseason ankle surgery, and Diaw (sprained ankle).

The trio of Nazr Mohammed, DeSagana Diop and Alexis Ajinca have provided Brown with little confidence up front.

“So disappointed in our big guys,” Brown said after one of

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Charlotte Bobcats’ Tyson Chandler practices free throws during NBA basketball training camp practice in Charlotte, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009.

many exhibition losses.

Brown was ejected from another game in Atlanta, was tardy leaving the court, and the NBA made him the example that criticizing the replacement officials won’t be tolerated. Brown was hit with $60,000 fines and the cash-strapped Bobcats were also fined $60,000.

Brown’s attention has since turned to the 7-foot-1 Chandler, who vows to be healthy for the start of the regular season.

Oklahoma City rescinded a trade for Chandler in February because of concerns over a toe injury. An ankle injury slowed him in the Hornets’ first-round playoff loss to Denver, and Chandler then underwent surgery on his toe and ankle.

He was fitted with orthotics and held out of the first six exhibition games, but Brown is confident Chandler will provide Charlotte with versatility up front.

“He’s more in line with some of the centers we see now,” Brown said. “A lot of teams don’t have a true center. I think Emeka is one of the true centers we have in the league. Tyson is more like that hybrid type.”

Brown believes Chandler will allow Charlotte to run more, and fit in with a team full of athletes.

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The slashing Wallace thrived late last season as he adjusted to Brown’s system. The speedy Felton signed a one-year qualifying offer and is back sharing the point guard duties with D.J. Augustin. Diaw can bring the ball up the floor and is one of the better passing power forwards in the game. Rookie Gerald Henderson came equipped with an NBA body.

Charlotte also signed guard Flip Murray just before training camp, giving Bell a backup and another option at point guard.

Murray, who is out for the rest of the preseason with a shin injury, could also give Charlotte something it desperately needs: more scoring.

But will it be good enough for this troubled franchise to be in the playoff hunt, win over skeptical fans, give Brown a positive memory after his ugly departure from New York and give Jordan a rare accomplishment in his career as an executive?

Brown is making no promises.

“Had Raja been healthy at the year and Gerald, we might have had a chance for the playoffs.

We were a much better team, I think, after the All-Star break,” Brown said. “Whether that team would be good enough to make the playoffs this year I don’t know.”

10A — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Wednesday, October 21, 2009

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Nation Today Georgia executes man

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JACKSON, Ga. (AP) — A man who fatally shot a pizza store manager during a 1994 robbery in which he stole a little more than $100 to give to his girlfriend has been executed by lethal injection.

Mark Howard McClain was put to death Tuesday at a state prison 50 miles south of Atlanta after his appeals were exhausted and a bid for clemency was rejected. He was pronounced dead at 7:24 p.m.

The 42-year-old was convicted of killing 28-year-old Kevin Brown during a robbery at a Domino’s Pizza in Augusta.

Authorities said McClain gave the money to his girlfriend. She later testified against him.

CHICAGO (AP) — A former handyman convicted of killing seven people at a suburban Chicago restaurant has been sentenced to life in prison after jurors decided he shouldn’t go to death row.

Prosecutors had sought the death penalty for 37-year-old James Degorski, who was convicted last month in the 1993 slayings at Brown’s Chicken and Pasta in Palatine. Two owners and five employees were shot and stabbed and their bodies stacked in a walkin cooler and freezer.

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DA: Mayor took bribes TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Deeply in debt and fond of fancy clothes and jewelry, Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford took tens of thousands in cash and expensive gifts from a politically connected investment banker who made millions in county bond business in return, prosecutors said Tuesday.

But Langford’s attorney told the federal court jury that the banker, Bill Blount, schemed to “entrap and manipulate” Langford.

Langford is accused of accepting $235,000 in cash and gifts from Blount while serving as president of the Jefferson County Commission.

Blount has pleaded guilty in the case and awaits sentencing.

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Congress eyes extending tax credit despite issues WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration said Tuesday it was concerned about the cost of extending a popular tax credit for first-time homebuyers, a program already under scrutiny for fraudulent claims.

The Internal Revenue Service has opened 107,000 examinations of questionable claims and identified 167 criminal schemes involving the tax credit since it was expanded as part of the economic stimulus package enacted in February.

Key lawmakers said Tuesday they still wanted to extend the tax credit beyond the end of November, when it is scheduled to expire. But Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan said the administration is not sold on the idea.

For the past several weeks, Obama administration officials have been talking about possibly extending the credit to help spur the economy and create jobs. But at a congressional hearing Tuesday, Donovan said the administration needs better cost estimates.

“To truly understand the costs, we will not know that until Americans have filed their tax returns,” Donovan told the Senate Banking Committee.

“We believe it’s critical to have the information necessary to make a fully

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — A prison inmate was indicted Tuesday on murder and arson charges in a 2003 Southern California wildfire that destroyed nearly 1,000 homes and was linked to a half-dozen heart attack deaths.

Rickie Fowler, 28, was indicted on five counts of murder, one count of aggravated arson and one count of arson of an inhabited structure, San Bernardino County District Attorney Michael Ramos said.

Ramos said hundreds of people lost their homes, including some prosecutors on his staff.

“Our hearts go out to the thousands of people who were affected by this,” he said. “Although justice was delayed I will tell you justice will not be denied in this case.”

Fowler, imprisoned on a theft conviction, was interviewed in connection with the fire in February 2004 based on a telephone tip, but there was not enough evidence, Deputy

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Tax filing season doesn’t start until next year. But Donovan said he expects to get cost data in the next few weeks.

“We understand the urgency of this situation,” Donovan said.

Lawmakers said they might add protections to help prevent fraud. But there is a growing consensus among congressional leaders that the housing market is still fragile enough to justify extending the program.

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., said he favors extending the existing credit through the end of the year as lawmakers work to “find out about how ethically and how honestly this policy is being pursued.”

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd said, “We still need to use every tool at our disposal” to help the housing market. Dodd, D-Conn., has joined Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., in sponsoring a bill that would extend the credit until June 30 and expand it to people who already own homes.

It would cost about $1 billion a month to extend the existing credit, according to congressional estimates.

The bill sponsored by Dodd and Isakson is estimated to cost $16.7 billion.

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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A simple Google search of Michal Preclik’s name turns up an Interpol wanted poster from his native Czech Republic. So where was he arrested?

In Nebraska’s maximum-security prison, where he was not an inmate, but a guard.

Preclik had worked at the prison for a year and his arrest came just two months after officials at Tecumseh State Correctional Institution promoted the 32-yearold to corporal. Prison officials learned last month that he was wanted on suspicion of drug and fraud crimes.

The electronic wanted poster, which shows his mug shot, went up on Interpol’s Web site exactly a year

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South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford looks out over a crowded room of legislators and agency and business leaders during a round table meeting on unemployment Tuesday. A state legislator says he will introduce a resolution to impeach Gov. Mark Sanford when lawmakers return next week for a special session on unemployment benefits. Republican Rep. Greg Delleney said Tuesday he expects the measure will be sent to a committee and will get impeachment proceedings started. There are no plans for now for the full Legislature to take up impeachment before the regular session resumes in January.

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District Attorney Vic Stull said.

The investigation began to gain steam in February 2008 and new evidence was obtained as recently as three weeks ago that allowed prosecutors to identify Fowler as a suspect, Stull said.

Another man, Martin Valdez Jr., was also believed to be a suspect but he was shot and killed in Muscoy in 2006.

Stull said prosecutors were not sure who actually threw a road flare that started the blaze but are confident they have enough evidence.

The statute of limitations on arson would have run out on Oct. 25, Stull said.

Prosecutors have not determined whether they would seek the death penalty if Fowler is convicted, Stull said. Fowler’s arraignment is expected within two weeks, after he is transferred from a prison in Lancaster.

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THE MARKET IN REVIEW

STOCK EXCHANGE HIGHLIGHTS

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GAINERS ($2 OR MORE)

Name Last Chg MPS Grp 13.51 +2.37 Lexmark 26.16 +3.59 ChinaMM 4.70 +.61 ChinaYuch 11.13 +1.21 BrigStrat 22.52 +2.24 SimcerePh 8.65 +.80 NuSkin 24.15 +2.21 ProUShBrz27.72 +1.95 SafFDJI14 n11.75 +.81 BarcGems3849.15+3.15

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Name Last GLG Ptr un 3.50 BostonSci 8.57 FredM pfF 2.06 FredM pfR 2.06 GrtAtlPac 9.78 Raythn wt 9.49 NCI Bld 2.21 ForestCA 10.91 Brinker 14.65 ForestCB 10.96

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MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE) Name Vol (00) Last Chg Citigrp 5082562 4.43 -.11 SPDR 1624672 109.21 -.58 BkofAm 1610527 17.01 -.15 FannieMae 1597666 1.12 -.02 BostonSci 1334728 8.57 -1.59 FredMac 1141649 1.24 -.11 SPDR Fncl 1051199 15.17 -.12 GenElec 990431 15.58 -.26 Pfizer 863931 17.93 -.05 RegionsFn 812622 5.81 +.11 Advanced Declined Unchanged Total issues New Highs New Lows Volume

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Dow Industrials 10,041.48 Dow Transportation 4,045.11 Dow Utilities 381.92 NYSE Composite 7,158.27 Amex Market Value 1,860.54 Nasdaq Composite 2,163.47 S&P 500 1,091.06 S&P MidCap 708.93 Wilshire 5000 11,282.09 Russell 2000 613.41

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Markets slip on disappointing housing news

A construction worker cleans up after a rain as he works on a new home in Los Altos, Calif., Tuesday. Construction of new homes edged up slightly in September, helped by a rebound in single-family construction. But applications for building permits fell by the largest amount in five months, a worrisome sign for future housing work.

NEW YORK (AP) — A disappointing report on housing starts made investors nervous about the economy Tuesday and sent stocks lower even as profits at many companies exceed expectations.

Stocks fell from 2009 highs after the Commerce Department said home building rose less than expected in September, a discouraging signal for future construction activity.

The market will get another measure of the housing market’s health Friday with a report on existing home sales.

The dollar and gold rose. Crude oil lost ground for the first time in a week, falling 52 cents to settle at $79.09 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Oil rose to $80.05 during the day, its highest level in a year.

The day’s slide came as investors navigate a busy week of corporate earnings reports for signals about the economy. Profits have topped expectations but many companies have relied on slashing costs to boost profits as they did in the first half of the year. That has some analysts worried.

Dan Cook, senior market analyst at IG Markets in Chicago, is concerned that companies aren’t bringing in more revenue. He noted that reducing costs by laying off workers adds to the problems facing the overall economy.

“We call it cost-cutting because that’s kind of the nice term, but in reality a lot of those are consumers,” he said.

Cook said companies won’t be able to keep coming up with earnings that top expectations if improved profits don’t translate to a stronger economy.

Two stocks fell for every one that rose on the New York Stock Exchange, where volume came to 1.2 billion shares compared with 1.1 billion Monday.

The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies fell 8.93, or 1.4 percent, to 613.41.

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After several months of encouraging data on housing, investors have become disappointed in recent weeks with signs that a recovery in home building and home sales is starting to falter, which could bode poorly for the broader economy.

A rebound in the dollar from a 14-month low against other major currencies also hurt stocks by driving down commodity prices and, in turn, hurting energy and materials companies.

The housing data and the stronger dollar overshadowed strong earnings reports from Apple Inc., Caterpillar Inc. and health insurer UnitedHealth Group Inc. There was more trouble for stocks from a Labor Department report finding that energy prices pushed U.S. wholesale prices lower in September, leaving a larger-than-expected monthly drop in the producer price index. That report helped lift the bond market, however, which tends to rise on signs of muted inflation and slow economic growth.

But Schaeffer’s Investment Research analyst Todd Salamone said the market’s ability to avoid a big slide is an encouraging sign.

“We’ve got a report that’s disappointing and the bears haven’t really gained control here,” he said.

“It’s a good excuse just to take a breather.”

According to preliminary calculations, the Dow Jones industrial average fell 50.71, or 0.5 percent, to 10,041.48.

The broader Standard & Poor’s 500 index fell 6.85, or 0.6 percent, to 1,091.06, and the Nasdaq composite index fell 12.85, or 0.6 percent, to 2,163.47.

Treasury prices rose, pushing their yields lower, after the drop in producer prices. Inflation is a worry for bond investors because rising prices can eat into returns. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell to 3.34 percent from 3.39 percent late Monday.

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Building permits show decline WASHINGTON (AP) — Applications for home building permits, a key gauge of future construction, fell in September by the largest amount in five months — a discouraging sign for the housing industry. A rebound in housing is needed to support a broader economic recovery.

Representatives for the industry told a congressional panel Tuesday that the $8,000 tax credit for first-time buyers needs to be extended and expanded to ensure the housing sector will emerge from the recession.

But the Obama administration, facing soaring budget deficits, has not decided whether to support any extension. And some private economists played down the impact of such a move, arguing that most interested buyers already had taken advantage of the tax break.

Meanwhile, the Labor Department said wholesale prices fell 0.6 percent last month on a drop in energy costs. Outside food and energy, core inflation edged down 0.1 percent. In the 12 months ending in September, core wholesale prices rose a modest 1.8 percent.

The Commerce Department said construction of homes and apartments rose 0.5 percent last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 590,000 units.

That was a weaker showing than the 610,000 economists had expected.

The applications for building permits fell 1.2 percent, the second setback in the past three months and the biggest decline since a 2.5 percent drop in

April. It likely means construction will weaken a bit in coming months, partly because builders had accelerated projects to complete them before the tax credit expires Nov. 30.

The industry also faces other challenges, including record levels of home foreclosures and unemployment that is currently at a 26-year high of 9.8 percent and not expected to peak until next summer, said Sal Guatieri, an economist at BMO Capital Markets.

But Patrick Newport, a housing economist at Global Insight, said a slow recovery likely will continue because inventories of new homes have fallen so far that builders have an incentive to ramp up sales with or without a tax credit.

Housing has been struggling to recover this year following the worst collapse in decades, which helped pull the overall economy into the longest recession since the 1930s. Real estate agents and homebuilders are lobbying Congress to extend the tax credit, arguing government support remains critical.

At a hearing Tuesday before the Senate Banking Committee, Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., who spent his career as a real estate agent before being elected to Congress, said “this market is going to die a sudden death” without an extension.

Isakson and committee chairman Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., want to extend the credit until June 30 and to drop the requirement that the credit be available only to first-time buyers at an estimated cost of

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The lawmakers have suggested that their measure be attached to an extension of federal assistance to the millions in danger of exhausting unemployment insurance benefits.

Housing Secretary Shaun Donovan testified that supporting the housing market “can be very expensive, especially at a time of significant budget deficits.”

The administration will make a recommendation on whether to extend the credit in the coming weeks, after studying data on tax filings from the Internal Revenue Service.

The drop in wholesale prices was another sign the recession had kept a lid on inflation. Last week, the government said consumer prices edged up a modest 0.2 percent in September.

But the cost for a barrel of crude jumped $10 this month, hitting $75 for the first time in a year last week and then passing $80 early Tuesday. The value of the dollar plunged in October and because crude is bought and sold in the U.S. currency, international investors who can essentially buy more crude for less have rushed in to snap up oil contracts.

If oil prices continue to rise, gasoline and other energy products, which make up 17.8 percent of the government’s Producer Price Index, will become more expensive for consumers in coming months. But analysts said the lingering impact of the recession, along with rising unemployment, will keep a lid on overall inflation.

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Capital Notes Supreme Court takes Gitmo case

White House Health Care czar Nancy Ann DeParle, accompanied by, from left, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., left, and Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., and Sen. Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington Tuesday.

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Dems trim health bill costs

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats are aiming to scale back the cost of their health care bill to well below President Barack Obama’s preferred price tag by giving the government a strong hand in selling insurance in competition with the private market.

Obama has sought to spend no more than $900 billion over a 10-year period. The initial cost of the House bill was more than $1 trillion. On Tuesday, House Democratic leaders received a new cost estimate of $871 billion from congressional budget umpires who measured a robust version of a so-called public option for health insurance, according to a Democratic aide.

The figures were preliminary because no final decision on the design of the public plan had been made, said the aide, who requested anonymity in discussing the bill because the deliberations were private.

The House bill with the strong public plan would extend coverage to 96 percent of uninsured Americans and significantly reduce budget deficits.

A $871 billion bill in the House would be in line with the leading Senate bill, the $829 billion measure approved last week by the Senate Finance Committee.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other liberal lawmakers have joined Obama in calling for a public insurance program as a way to drive down the costs of insurance. Republicans have opposed government-run insurance and vowed to vote against a bill establishing a public option.

Pelosi assembled Democratic lawmakers Tuesday night to try to sell them on her preferred version of the public plan, which would link payment rates to providers to Medicare rates, plus an additional 5 percent for doctors.

Moderates have been concerned that those rates are too low and

New malpractice idea arises amid health reform debate WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama’s willingness to consider alternatives to medical malpractice lawsuits is providing a boost for taking such cases out of the courtroom and letting experts, not juries, decide their merits.

The idea of appointing neutral experts to sift malpractice facts from allegations appeals to conservatives in both political parties. They want to address medical liability as part of health care legislation that’s now largely silent on the issue. Trial lawyers remain steadfastly opposed to curbs.

Nonetheless, the American Hospital Association has been shopping a new plan to lawmakers, hoping it will be considered during Senate floor debate on health care in the coming weeks.

Separately, at a Health and Human Services hearing next week, proponents of the idea will urge the administration to provide funds for a pilot program. Obama has set aside $25 million to test a range of alternatives to malpractice litigation, and the hearing is the first step in deciding how to distribute it.

“There is a progressive opportunity here to leapfrog what has been a stereotypically polarized debate in Washington,” said Will Marshall, president of the Progressive Policy Institute, a centrist Democratic think tank. “This serves both progressive and conservative goals. You wouldn’t have to have a terrible injury and attract an enterprising malpractice lawyer to have access to court. And it would reduce malpractice premiums.”

Doctors have maintained for years that fear of being sued leads them to order unneeded tests that raise costs for everyone.

Validation has also come from the Congressional Budget Office. In a turnaround, it recently concluded that malpractice curbs would lower the federal deficit by $54 billion over 10 years, mainly because Medicare and Medicaid wouldn’t have to pay as much for defensive medicine. would hurt hospitals and other providers particularly in rural areas.

Several lawmakers said they were getting close to the 218-vote majority needed for the stronger version.

“That’s certainly where a large majority of the caucus is,” said Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md. Leaders in both the House and the Senate were trying to finalize bills in time to begin floor debate in the next several weeks.

Whether Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., would

include a public insurance plan in the Senate version was not clear.

In the Senate, legislation giving doctors $247 billion in increased Medicare fees over the next decade veered toward collapse, a victim of bipartisan concern over growing federal deficits.

Key lawmakers worked privately on a far less costly bill that would avert a 21 percent cut scheduled to take effect on Jan. 1 and give physicians an increase of .5 percent in 2010 and 2011.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to decide whether Guantanamo detainees who are considered no threat can be ordered released in the United States — over the objections of the Obama administration and Congress — if the prisoners have nowhere else to go.

The case could further complicate the administration’s plans to close the Guantanamo prison where 220 or so men are still held.

The court’s fourth look at the terror-suspects detention system, created by the Bush administration following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, will focus on 13 Chinese Muslims, most of whom were cleared by the Pentagon for release in 2003. Six years later — and eight years after their capture in Pakistan and Afghanistan in 2001 — they remain in custody at the U.S. naval base in Cuba. The first three high court decisions were rebukes to the government for denying detainees their day in court.

The justices said they will hear a challenge from the Chinese Muslims, or Uighurs (WEE’gurs), who are asking the court to put some teeth into its June 2008 ruling that said federal judges could ultimately order some detainees to be released, depending on security concerns and other circumstances.

Obama stands by troop pullout WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama renewed his vow Tuesday to have all U.S. combat troops out of Iraq by next August, while nudging Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to see that his parliament quickly passes a critical election law essential to a nationwide vote in January.

Without an election law, the vote could be delayed, snarling American plans to begin significantly scaling back U.S. troop presence after the national referendum.

“We have seen in the last several months a consolidation of a commitment to democratic politics inside of Iraq,” Obama said. “We are very interested, both of us, in making sure that Iraq has an election law that is completed on time so that elections can take place on time in January.”

Vice President Joe Biden also pressed al-Maliki on the election legislation when they met a day earlier.

Karzai’s decision on vote cheered WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said he called Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday to applaud his agreement to a second round vote and thank him for having the interests of the “Afghan people at heart.”

Karzai’s announced his agreement earlier Tuesday after a U.N. commission, looking into fraud, threw out nearly a third of the ballots cast for him in Afghanistan’s Aug. 20 presidential election. The new vote will take place Nov. 7.

Karzai came under heavy U.S. pressure to accept the U.N. findings, and Obama said he wanted to express his congratulations personally. Obama spoke to reporters about the Afghanistan situation after meeting in the Oval Office with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.

“President Karzai and the other candidates have shown that they have the interests of the Afghan people at heart,” he said. “This is a reflection of a commitment to the rule of law and the insistence that the Afghan people’s will should be done.”

Obama said the Afghan leader had show a commitment to the rule of law during a difficult time in Afghanistan to conduct a national election.

Vietnam heroes are honored WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Tuesday awarded an Army squadron the military’s highest unit honor for its daring Vietnam War rescue of fellow soldiers, saying he wanted to help right “one of the saddest episodes in American history.”

In a Rose Garden ceremony, Obama gave Troop A, 1st Squadron of the 11th Armored Combat Regiment the Presidential Unit Citation, which is the highest unit award in the military and the equivalent of the Distinguished Service Cross for every man in the unit. Obama was surrounded in the fall sunshine by dozens of somber veterans of the unit, as well as some of the soldiers they saved in the jungles of Vietnam.

The president is in the middle of an intensive review of the war he is now running in Afghanistan, including whether to send more U.S. troops into a fight that is frequently compared to the ill-fated conflict in Vietnam.

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omen across the country are meeting the demands of busy schedules and tightened wallets by set­ting aside life’s simple pleasures and putting themselves at the bottom of the to-do list.

In fact, a new survey commissioned by the makers of Edwards frozen desserts finds more than nine in 10 American women have cut back on indulgences during the past year.

Fifty-nine percent of survey respondents are cutting back on events out with friends and more than one-third (35 percent) are cutting back on even the smallest treats, such as mani­cures and desserts.

The survey also found that: n Nearly

all (94 percent) American women in the study admit that they don’t indulge or treat themselves as often as they’d like because other people or commitments come first.

n Fifty-six

percent of women say they don’t treat themselves as often as they’d like because they can’t afford to.

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a third (32 percent) of women say they now have less free time for them­selves than they did a year ago.

Small rewards offer sweet peace of mind

The silent treatment In today’s age of technology, the silent treatment is imperative to maintain sanity. Home phones, cell phones, email, instant messaging, pagers, not to men­tion the multiple ways you get pinged when you turn on the computer, can all be over­ whelming. Get serious about your silent treatment and power off the technology. Turn off the ringer on all phones, shut down the computer, and turn off the television and the radio.

Now it’s time for a 15 to 30 minute scheduled time out because you deserve a little peace and quiet.

Bring nature indoors A great way to nurture yourself is to bring nature indoors.

You can do this simply by cultivating a container garden. This could be a window box, urn, basket or round fish bowl. For a fabulous display of nature indoors use a Bonsai plant, an orchid, a robust green plant, herbs or layer two different kinds of tulips. This is especially good for chilly winter months as floral aromas and popping colors can brighten a dark day.

The flip side Pamper yourself by flipping to the right side of your brain.

Engaging in art and creative pursuits fires-up the right side of your brain, which is the side of the brain that savors freedom.

The left side of your brain is good when you need to pay the bills or figure out your kids’ 5th grade math problem. Spend a little time painting, drawing, making jewelry or knitting. You deserve to play on the flip side.

Heather Reider and Mary Goulet, founders of MomsTown.com and hosts of MomsTown Radio, know a thing or two about the challenges of juggling a family and career while making the time to treat themselves.

“Self-pampering may seem like the last thing on your mind these days, but treating yourself to something special is so critical to relieving the stress of every day life,” says Reider.

“A personal treat does not have to break the bank and can be as simple as an at-home facial or sneaking a dessert in at the end of the day,” adds Goulet.

Reider and Goulet share these tips and strategies for effortless and affordable ways to celebrate everyday indulgences.

It’s hard to do but it is important to put yourself at the top of the to-do list every once in a while. Simple indulgences, like an Edwards Singles Á La Modes dessert, are a quick and easy way to treat yourself to some­thing sweet, as well as fill your kitchen with a delicious home-baked aroma.

Essential essence Treat yourself to the power of fragrance. Aromatherapy sachets placed in drawers are a sensational way to feel good without having to do or spend much at all. If you’re looking for an energizing scent try citrus, peppermint or bergamot.

To take the stress down a few notches choose lavender, chamomile, sandalwood or ylang-ylang. You deserve to tickle your nose.

Budding beauty Invest in four to six bud vases or use any vase that’s lying around your house. Go to your local farmer’s market or grocery store and buy a bouquet of flowers. When you get home, break the flower bunch apart into single stems and place the flowers in the bud vases. Distribute these vases around the house in the rooms you visit most frequently.

Place one by the kitchen sink, the vanity in your bathroom, on your nightstand, in the powder room and in your kids’ bed­rooms. You’ll be amazed at how your kids will appreciate the gesture. Then when you walk around your home you’ll be greeted with flowers wherever you go. And you did it with just one bouquet.

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local Honor Rolls East Rutherford Middle School

The first six weeks honor roll at East Rutherford Middle School has been announced by Tony Smith, principal.

Those students named to the list are: A Honor Roll 6th grade Meredith Aebersold, Destiny Avery, Charlie Beheler, Matthew Bennett, Carsyn Bernhardt, Laurin Bradley, Mikayla Brooks, Kellsey Bryant, Blake Bryant, Lauren Camp, Dayana Castellon, Kayla Clark, Alexis Conner, Savannah Davis, Cheyenne Deyton, Morgan Dinkoski, Briniya Edrington, Haley Eplee, Mackenzie Fletcher, Matthew Galloway, McKaylah Heatherly, Joshua Hodge, Mollie Hollifield, Austin Hurdt, Talaila Jimerson, Irine Khabarova, Kara McCurry, Mikael McGarey, Reece Oliver, Joshua Owens, Tanner Peyton, Norman Powell, Austin Price, Shayna Rhodes, Dawson Ridenhour, Brayden Riffle, Miranda Roberson, Daniella Russell, Christian Sams, Chelsea Smith, Taylor Smith, Anthony Stafford, Ethan Stewart, Nicholas Strickland, Jaylynne Thompson, Madison Weast, Chayton Wiley.

7th grade Theresa Atkins, Lindsey Bailey, Cole Baldwin, Brandy Bartlett, Dillon Berryhill, Jordan Boyd, Subrina Bradley, Cora Bright, Leanna Briscoe, Kandace Cooper, Sara Evansek, Ajoyia Hamilton, Cragan Hardin, Blake Henderson, Landon Holtsclaw, Peyton Jarrett, Julie Martin, Chastity Mashburn, Lindsay McCracken, Pauline McCurry, Riki McDonald, Brooke Murray, Nathan Owens, Brianna Rodriguez, Aaron Simmons, Caroline Simpson, Alysse Smith, Bobbi Soulisa, Ethan Trull,

Jessi Whiteside, Taylor Whiteside, Harrison Wilkerson.

8th grade Meredith Bennett, Erika Brooks, Ryan Champion, Alex Elgin, Josh Evans, Justin Hubbard, James Hunt, Valarie Messer, John Padgett, Kamron Shytle, Erica Smith, Austin Street, Hannah Wright.

B Honor Roll 6th grade Donovan Anders, Hailey Benner, Kenyona Bethea, Carson Bland, Hannah Blanton, Priscilla Blanton, Bethany Bostic, Kelli Bradley, Samantha Bradley, Curtis Bradley, Austin Bumgarner, Stephen Burgin, Kollin Byers, Gillian Cabrera, Alaina Carroll, Jenna Carter, Bailey Cirigliano, Keifer Copeland, Gracie Crump, Steven Dinkoski, Madison Earley, Kali Ellis, Chris Ellison, Isabella Feeney, Jonathan Gantt, Sha’Kayla Garrison, Zayd Ghaleb, Aaron Gray, Jessica Green, Austin Groome, Hallie Hardin, Makayla Harris, Sydney Haynes, William Hellard, Austin Hensley, Matthew Henson, Gabriela Herrera, Caitlinn Holt, Maggie Hopper, Dijona Hunt, Drake Johnson, Cassie Jones, Issac Jones, Sabrina Keeter, Megan Lawing, Jacob Lawson, Taylor Lewis, Andrew Lovelace, Logan Luckadoo, Imani Martin, Kyle Mathis, Jamund McEntyre, Lee Anna McKinney, Angie Mendoza, Sakima Miller, Katelin Moore, Kaitlin Morrow, Dustin Murray, Jennipher Murray, Mikayla Nolan, Tamakia Petty, Desmond Phillips, Maty Pitchford, Ashley Ranta, Abilia Reyes, Trevor Robinson, Devan Self, Jonathon Sheldon, Michaela Smith, Brooke Smith, Jessica Stafford, Hunter Stroup, Chanceler Tate, William Turner, Samone Twitty, Celina Vasquez, Christian Velasquez, Cain Vickers, Nevin Willard, Katie Woodard, Ashley Wright.

7th grade Chiaka Abara, Lorena Banuelos, Darius Beckett, Christian Beheler, John Bennett, Dylan Bradley, Lillian Bradley, Gelan Bristol, Ashleigh Brown, Jerry Burke, Jordan Burnette, Lilly Byars, Adam Carpenter, Brett Carpenter, Shelby Carter, Austin Causby, Jessica Causby, Mikel Collins, Angelica Deleon, Amanda Deniz, Kimberli Dobbins, Farrin Eddy, Conner Enloe, Steven Frost, Deran Gantt, Sanyra Garrison, Christein Gary, Briana Geiger, Hannah Goode, Garrett Hamrick, Cameron Hodge, Mackenzie Hodge, Kevin Hopps, Chasidy Hoyle, Jeremiah Johnson, Morgan Jolley, Houston Jones, Jordan Landis, Zack McMurray, Madison Morris, Levi Moss, Avery Oaks, Mikayla Padgett, Nikki Patterson, Katelyn Peeler, Zane Peeler, Makenzie Philbeck, Maranda Piercy, Nic Randall, Jordan Revels, Alexus Reynolds, Avery Rhoads, Ashton Setzer, Jessie Smith, Dillon Smith, Tommy Smith, Havis Thompson, Tucker Toney, David Tran, Ana Vasquez, Gabrielle Vaughn, Ashlyn Vickers, Alex Walker, Sarah Walker, Lindsay Watson, Allison White, Christopher Whiteside, Olivia Whiteside, Makyla Whitesides, Jordan Wilson, Brenda Zavala.

8th grade Teacah Allen, Erica Beaty, Devonte Boykins, Rachel Camp, Tyler Campbell, Josn Conner, Victoria Craig, Michelle Creasman, Ryan Date, Tracy Dewberry, Megan Dobbins, Kayla Ensley, Sthefany Flores, Kylie Green, Megan Hall, Tripp Hamrick, Kenedi Hamrick, Rebekah Hensley, Morgan Henson, Gray Hill, Sammy Ho, Austin Hollifield, Will Hollifield, Kierra Jackson, Ashley Johnson, Jade Jolley, Charlie Jones, Amber Keeter, Na’Shir Kelly, Natasha Kimbrell, Storm Kiser,

Adilene Espinoza, Bryce Farris, Fullington Frazer-Somoza, Jade Gleaves, Christian Gold, Lauren Gray, Dusty Herr, Donte Hines, Skyler Hutchins, Allyson Jones, Morgan Jones, Karsyn Kearns, Madison Keller, Jocelyn Knight, Stuart Lane, Tyshawna Littlejohn, James Long Jr., Imani McCain, Benjamin McCombs, Katie McEntire, Makayla McFarland, McKenzie Metcalf, Clint Mooney, Yadira Morales, Sydney Morgan, Mary Owens, Jeff Ownbey, Morgan Papesh, Amber Ponder, Benjamin Putnam, Chye Raye, Lauren Revis, James Rice, Crystal Rodriguez, Taylor Ruppe, Savannah Scala, Kristin Sellers, Kaleb Sells, Ashlynn Simpson, Haley Sims, Keira Singleton, Lucas Smith, Andrew Steptoe, Alexandra Still, Gentry Turner, Teja Twitty, Pansy Waters, Sierra Weeks, Christopher Wellmon, Zackery Wright, Alyssa Yelton.

Morgan Lovelace, Kala McCurry, Tyler McCurry, Jake melton, Kayla V Morrison, Mckenzie Morrow, Rachel Murray, Zach Perry, Ashley Powell, Roddric Ross, Allison Sayre, Kandice Shade, Taylor Sheehan, Paul Staley, Zach Thompson, Zach Trull, Ethan Turner, Logan Walker, Garrett White, Steve Willard, Jasmine Wood.

R-S Central Middle School The first six weeks Principal’s List and Honor Roll at R-S Middle School has been announced by John McSwain, principal.

Those students named to the list are: A Honor Roll 6th Grade Elizabeth Alexander, Jonathan Barnes, Kaitlin Clark, Caleb Cox, Sarah Daniel, William Ferguson, Savannah Hollifield, Alexis Jeffries, Madyson King, Tatiana Magee, Haley Newton, Matthew Pendleton, Samantha Shuford, Leanna Torvinen.

7th Grade Adam Burnette, Olivia Caldwell, James Francis, Regina Glover, Kaileigh Gray, Philip Guadagno, Sarah Huffman, Sarah Jones, Brooklyn Laswell, Emma Nance, Caleb Owens, Assem Patel, Chelsea Pruett, Alyssa Serson, Savannah Self, Shivani Sheth, Malarie Wall, Spencer White, Christopher Whitener, Kennedy Whiteside, Zachary Wilson, Allyson Yelton.

8th grade Sierra Fowler, Macy Frazier, Emily Hargett, Michael Johnston, Jacob Lambert, Kaitlyn Manelski, Lauren Montieth, Donald Penson.

B Honor Roll 6th Grade Tori Acree, William Amos, Hali Barnard, Anastasia Barnette, Alexis Baynard, Taylor Beam, Ashley Briscoe, Tylor Brown, Anastasia Brownfield, Trevon Carson, Courtney Case, Kayla Champion, Alexis Cheek, Mikaela Clontz, David Contreras,

7th Grade Ronnie Aiken, Matthew Atchley, Brannon Beane, Jadaeja Brown, Riley Buchanan, Katie Campbell, Gwendlyn Capps, Christian Clark, Hannah Collin, Neal Craig III, Adrianna Cuthbertson, Alexis Davis, Charles Dobbins, Sarah Dula, Alesi Floyd, Kirstein Gary, Lilana Gonzalez Cearra Greene, Teryn Greenway, Alexandra Grishaw, Ricardo Gutierrez, Jr., Faith Harris Brianna Hemphill, Derek Hemphill, Christopher Hill, Maleek Holmes Chrisana Hughes, John Hutchins, Rosanna Jackson, Haily Jones, Priscilla Jones, Keona Kelly, Kayla Kirkland, Danielle Lane, Harley Lattimore, Allyshia Logan, R’Kashia Lynch, Alexis Maher, Matthew McBrayer, Carolina Melton, Savannah Michael, Sierra Morse, Emily Pocock, Brandy Raye, Christopher Rector, Kaylee Schappert, Kayla Searcy, Candice Simmons, Mahala

Smyser-Lewis, Samuel Snyder, Nichole Stoehrer, Paul Stpierre, Sarah Summers, Brianna Swink, Haley Thompson, Sarah Thompson, Paige Walker, Samantha Washburn, Andrew Watt, Caylin Whiteside, Cecilie Wilkins.

8th grade Bethany Acree, Taylor Amos, Courtney Arms, Hunter Atchley, Allison Baynard, Holly Baynard, Sarah Bearden, Leann Bittle, Jessie Bland, John Bostic, Tia Bristol, Kendra Brown, Sarah Carpenter, Kyle Clark, Taylor Cope, Colin Cope, Dawn Craig, Makayla Crain, Caely Cuthbertson, Andrew Daigle, Michael Dailey, Alexis Dixon, Avery Dominguez, Coty Doty, Emily Drummond, Jada Edwards, Quincy Edwards, Taylor Fier, Brigitte Fowler, Timara Francis, Mary Hamrick, Joshua Hendrix, Shawn Hines, Andrea Keever, Shannon Kennedy, Zoe Koon, Stacey Lasay, Kasey Martin, Laura McCombs, Andrew McDaniel, Matthew McEntire, Michaela McEntire, Emily McLaughlin, Rachel McLaughlin, Jesse McMahan, Dylan Morrison, Alexis Morse, Catherine O’Neil, Jessica Padgett, Mary Poteat, Katherine Pruett, Samuel Pyatt, Sarah Ray, Robert Rothrock, Lucas Sane, Alyssa Smith, Laura Sylvester, Haley Vance, Jamie Wall, Georgia Wilkerson, Sierra Wilkins, Amy Williams, Chancellor Wilson.

Sunshine Elementary School

The first six weeks honor roll at Sunshine Elementary School has been announced by Neil Higgins, principal.

Those students named to the list are: A - Honor Roll 3rd Grade Haley Barrier, Ashley Birchfield, Hannah Epley, Cailin Herman,

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NC Senior Tar Heel Legislature wraps up a busy year

Raleigh — The Senior Tar Heel Legislature (STHL) concluded their third of three annual meetings on Wednesday October 7th. Elections were held during the last day of meeting and new officers were sworn in for their two-year tenure.

The incoming officer’s are: Speaker, Betty Hunt, from Randolph County; Speaker ProTern, John Thompson from Carteret County; Deputy Speaker Pro-

Tern, Herb Harris from Person County and Secretuy Marge Zima from Onslow County.

Outgoing Speaker, Charles Dickens from Buncombe County, shared what the last two-years as Speaker meant to him. “I ran for Speaker to bring constructive changes that would strengthen our effectiveness. To me that meant giving greater attention to advocacy, keeping our Issues Committees

active all year, encouraging more local and regional actions by our members and generally increasing the visibility of the Senior Tar Heel Legislature.” He went on to say that as the new leadership takes its place “I hope to help younger seniors to assume their place in the leadership of older North Carolinians. The Boomers are here and have much to offer, if they choose to get involved.”

While Governor Bev Perdue could not attend this meeting, she held a telephone conference call to the STHL body saying, “The STHL is very important and as Governor, 1 want to have an opportunity to work with you on aging issues and on getting our seniors healthier.

Volunteerism is also very important to me and 1 want to thank all of you for the time you give.”

Charles Perusse, State

Budget Director, was a guest speaker and commented about how the many state agencies took big budget reductions and how the state is looking at ‘’tax modernization and revamping of our tax system.

In order to lower state tax, a tax on services may have to be implemented; this is called broading the base, lowering the rate. This could include, for example, taxes on services related to car repairs,

haircuts and pet care.”

He went on to say that, ‘’unemployment in North Carolina is currently at 10.8%, times are still tough, but it is going to get better.

Dennis Streets, Director of the Division of Aging and Adult Services, wrapped up the afternoon session noting that, ‘’with the budget cuts, senior centers are seeing a 81

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Byrce Arrowood, Erica Arthur, Juwan Blanton, Zach Carswell, Danielle Chavez, Victoria Chavez, Kennedi Cotarelo, Latia Cureton, Tiffany Dotson, Miranda Eddins, Dixie Elmore, Kayla Frady, Amber Gilbert, Ian Hawkins, Preston James, Miguel Jimenez, Tynec Lawrence, Austin Mech, Zach Pritchard, Hayley Ramsey,Elizabeth Randall, Jaquelyn Rojas, Nicholas Rose, Austin Ruff, Halie Smith, Bruce Squires, Hannah Tavernia, Zhaniya Thomas, Dylan Thrift, Billy Walker.

3rd grade Jacob Bailey, Sarah Bernard, Lily Buff, Bryant Cochran, Alley Crotts, Crennan Davis, Madison Davis, Hykeim Edgerton, Raphael Flores, Abigail Gilbert, Deanna Harris, Brooklin Hart, Ethan Henderson, Deven Holmes, Isaiah Hunt, Natalie James, Devon Knight, Trey Lawson, Olivia Lescarbeau, Torri Littlejohn, Jada Logan, Kaela Logan, Gage Martinez, Tanesha McDowell, Meghan Melton, Jessica Murray, Michael Odgen, Daisha Palmer, Aubrey Perry, Veda Stacey, Britney Swink, Melena Tate, Lily Taylor, Irvin Washington, Daquanta Whitesides, Bryson Williams, Kevon Wood.

4th grade Faith Archer, Emily Bailey, Allison Benton, Caleb Bowie, Zachary Davis, Keith Ervin, Noell Greene, Karsyn Guffey, Jared Knowles, Garcie McCombs, Brianna Moore, Gabriel Neira, Justin Shehan, Emily Stone, Michael Womick.

5th grade Sarai Barbee, Camerin Bernard, Sydney Bridges, Rocio Cervantes, Briana Cole, Jahnnie Conner, Mikelle Davis, Kiana Forney, Zeth Fortune, Wyatt Frazer-Somoza, Henry Holden, Tolley Logan, Kleigh Lytle, Tyric McDowell, Kyonna McEntyre, Johnathan Moore, Timothy Morgan, Jose Rodriguez, Sagar Sheth, Gregory Simmons, Genesis Vance, Karla Vazquez Jori Whiteside, Nichole Williams, Alice Womick.

Bridges, Kayla Frashier, Matthew Martin, Caitlyn Mathis, Benjamin Alcorn, Austin Greene, Maggie Houser, Ashlynn Spain, Brantley Webb.

5th grade Nicholas Bradbury, Destiny Ledford, Brooklyn Robbins, Abbey Roberson, Austin Blair, Deni Cockerham, Jonathan Derreberry, Tyler Cave, Joseph Jack, Bryan Perez.

B Honor Roll 3rd grade Tucker Brown, Joni Covington, Nicholas Greene, Breanna Harris, Kaylee Ward, Rachael Wood, Arizonia Hannon, Sean Hill, Eva Humphries, Jacob Jenkins, Alexandria Laughter, Jimmy Rumfelt, Hailey Ruppe, Rachel Ruppe, Naomi Sanney, Summer Shuler, Parker Smart, Katie Beam, Brianna Hendrix, Kaydrien Lamica, Adestiny Murray, Eli Scarlett, Kasey Wright.

Elementary School has been announced by LaRonda L. Whiteside, principal.

Those students named to the list are: A Honor Roll: 3rd grade Chloe Holtzclaw, Sara Shepherd.

4th grade Noah Thorton, Daria Williams, Emily Williams, Brooke Hargett, Kodi McMinn, Madison Pressley, Kathryn Alton, Sidney Campbell, Lauren Cole, Jaydon Holland, Damarcus Johnson, Callie Dalton, Mayden McDaniel, Kristen Searcy.

5th grade Samantha Crain, Haven Fleming, Rusty Sanders, Leah Williamson, Kierstin Keeter, Melissa Alexander, Emily Fleming, Shana Ownbey, Savannah Parton.

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Rachel Hollifield, Caitlin Melton, Branson Steed, Christian Walker, J.T Waters.

4th grade Shay Birchfield, Amber Gibson, Cameron Greene, Hayden Hamrick, Preston Helton, Billy Hurdt, Trent Johnston, Will Mann, Michael Mull, Jacob Penson, Kindal Smith, Colin Watts.

5th grade Adam Barnette, Brandon Biggerstaff, Laney Kelley, Emma Toney, Cassidy Upton.

B – Honor Roll 3rd grade Laine Bailey, Curtis Burnett, Chris Carpenter, Emily Carver, Heather Golden, Kally Green, Addie Harris, Storm Johnson, Keirsten Ledbetter, Trent Matheny, Kamryn McDonald, Marcy McDowell, C..J Sturgeon, Ashlyn Westbrook, Shelby Whiteside, Cheyenne Yelton, Ariana YoungHolycross.

4th grade Melynda Bowen, Hunter Bumgardner, Kelsea Gilbert, Molly Higgins, Skyler Hoyle, Austin Kelley, Naomi Ledford, Sierra McCurry, Skyler Murray, Clayton Padgett, Garrett Padgett, Heather Putman, Garrett Sims, Haley Tesseneer, Tanner Thomas, Katy Walker, Spencer Watts, Riley West, Grayson Wright.

5th Grade Amy Collins, Hayden Crisp, Amtillah Ghaleb, Brooke Greene, Bryce Johnson, Lydia Keener, Adam McDowell, Angela Sayre, Abby Smith, Samantha Steed, Renee Sturgeon, Sydney Williams, Nicholas Workman, Cole Yelton.

Forrest Hunt

The first six weeks honor roll at Forrest Hunt Elementary School has been announced by Brad Richardson, principal.

Those students named to the list are: A Honor Roll 3rd grade Carlee Arrowood, Jenna Bailey, Shana Briscoe, Zach Dalton, Diana Romero, Caitlin Roper, Riley Smith, Stesha Turner, Morgan Wheeler, Anna Yelton.

4th grade Bethany Coffey, Ciera Hardin, Melissa LugoMejia, Lauren Millette, Chancellor Saine.

5th grade Jessica Alley, Elizabeth Bradley, Zeke Brandle, Arianna Edwards, Grey Griffith, Hayden Hutchins, Drew Melton, Lauren Mode, Diana Newton, Chandler Patrick, Will Yelton.

B Honor Roll 3rd Grade Kristin Adair, Brittney Bomer, Mykel Bracken, Salena Carrillo, Rylan Champion, Tamia Dobbins, Sheridan Francis, Garrett Haney, Collin Hipp, Rhyne Howard, Kaleb Logan, Kristen McBrayer, Jessica Spainhour, Demitri Williams.

4th grade Asia Allen, Ashton Armstrong, Lacy Bailey, Sarah Bradley, Kiana Burns, Joerik Castillo, Austin Causby, Ashlyn Cox, Kaitlyn Doggett, Morgan Earp, Landon Fagan, Morgan Freeman, Ethan Harris, Noelle Harris, Katie Hoyle, Nathan Hoyle, Jonathan Jimenez, William Lanser, Darius Lovett, Brianna Lynch, Kendrick Macopson, Trevor Mode, Madison Morrow, Mayghan O’Connell, Alivia Pruett, Morgan Rogers, Courteney Saine, Madison Snyder, Devin Tesseneer, Brittany Trotter, Jose Vargas, Andrea Womick.

5th grade

Spindale Elementary School The first six weeks honor roll at Spindale Elementary School has been announced by Angel King, principal.

Those students named to the list are: A Honor Roll 3rd grade Autumn Dobbins, Elijah Henderson, Baylie Higginbotham, Paige McIntyre, Manuel Perry, Jayden Waddell.

4th grade Jimmy Baynard, Makayla Greene, Kiley Hughes, Christina Murphy, Prem Patel, Evan Revis.

5th grade Beau Adams, Faith Boone, Katlyn Byers, Kelsey Cook, Hannah Dorsey, Destiny England, Marcus Godfrey, Damian Henderson, Neil Higginbotham, Mashaila Hines, Matthew Hopkins, Kaley Jones, Kevin Keeverm, Zachary Landrum, Jaylaan Littlejohn, Jarvis Lynch, Jada Melton, Cheyenne Moore Kayla Nanney, Issaac Odell, Joshua Ruppe, Kaitlyn Ruppe, Joshua Searcy, Jonathan Stamper, Brandy Wallace, Brooklyn Wallace, Zyrion Wilkins.

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Cliffside Elementary School The first six weeks honor roll at Cliffside Elementary School has been announced by Jason Byrd, principal.

Those students named to the list are: A Honor Roll 3rd grade Savannah Burgess, Wendy Garcia, Sara Hoover, Zachary Powell, Tysun Beaver, Isaac Roberson, Christian Snyder, Scott Strange, Natalie Flack, Reese Vassey, William Waters.

4th grade Luke Alexander, Brooklyn Harris, Blakely Henline, Naomi Jack, Austin

4th grade Dylan Arrowood, Michael Brigman, Austin Cantrell, Connie Castrellon, Jordan Cuthbertson, Martiza Mendoza, Brynleigh Riffey, Betty Riley, Mark-Alan Stephens, Samantha Craft, Emily Duncan, Trent Short, Joshua Derreberry, Jacob Evans, Dakota Vickers, Hannah Allen, Jason Culp, Baylee Ingle, Tiffany Kelley, Erich Miller, Jonah Millwood, Devin Munsey, Spencer Simmons III, Megan Smith, Adam Splawn, Dylan Toney, Weldon Whitesides.

5th grade Lucas Condrey, Emily Harmon, Thomas Harris, Julianah Heiliger, Rebekah Hopkins, Chadwick Irvin, Jonathan Laughter, Amega Newton, Wesley McDaniel, Tasaan Dover, Josey Dunaway, Henry Elmore, Jared Francis, Seth Hollars, Tyrece McSwain, Jonathan Quinn, Maggie Robbins, Kealynn Watkins, Abigail Hicks, Matthew Jenkins, Ferrin Jennings, Jose Jimenez, Sydney Lail, Seth McBrayer, Heather Shytle, Brilyn White.

Pinnacle Elementary School The first six weeks honor roll at Pinnacle

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NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Jackson.

Amy Winehouse. Kate Gosselin. And Bernie Madoff. We’re definitely keeping it real this Halloween.

Costume suppliers predict this year’s hot costumes will come from reality television, tabloid celebs and the high-profile deaths of two superstars (the other is Farrah Fawcett).

The National Retail Federation picks princesses, witches and Spider-Man as popular costumes for children, while party supply chain iParty’s list of children’s favorites includes Power Rangers, “Star Wars� characters and Dorothy of “The Wizard of Oz.�

Vampires, clowns and pirates were top choices on the federation’s adult costume list, while the list from retail chain Spirit Halloween includes Jackson, Gosselin, Britney Spears and Sarah Palin.

Here’s a breakdown on what’s hot for various categories.

BABIES This year, moms can dress their babies up as Cinderella, Ariel, Sleeping Beauty and Snow White, said Karen Dodge, chief merchandising officer for Toys R Us. She said Babies R Us is offering those same costumes, along with Tinker Bell.

Hooded furry animals also are strong sellers, said Dodge, such as monkeys, lambs, pigs, tigers and bumblebees.

The top searches of infant costumes on Yahoo! over the past 30 days included a lady

bug, blossom/flower, Elvis, and Pebbles from “The Flintstones;� iParty’s list had Thomas the Tank and Superman.

And at Disney Stores, Nemo, Mickey and Minnie Mouse were strong sellers.

The following land transactions were recently recorded at the Rutherford County us is SpongeBob,�

Register of Deeds said Dodge, addOffice. The dollar ing that SpongeBob amount is the deed Squarepants is celebrat- stamps recorded, with ing its 10-year anniver- $2 representing each sary. “It’s a best seller.� $1,000 of property Batman, an athlete value. and a ninja are top cosSusan Burnet tumes on the National to Christopher F. Retail Federation’s pop- Williams, Lisa M. ular kids’ costume list Williams; Chimney ADULT COSTUMES Rock Township; lot Spirit Halloween is 366, Riverbend; $156. touting its Gosselin Mountain Creek wig, a Palin get-up with Land Company, Inc. glasses and wig, Lady to Charles T. Simcox, Gaga with a long plati- Elleana K. Simcox; num blonde wig, and Gilkey Township; 2.77 a Bernie Madoff-like acres; $120. mask.

Edward Muniz to IParty is selling Wine- Darleen J. Cushman, house, in the form of a Timothy W. Cushman; wig, tattoo, and rehab High Shoals Township; form, and slugger 1.5 acres; $178, Manny Ramirez, with Alyne Keller dreadlocks and a base- Alexander admr and ball hat. individually, Frances But Silverstein preSmith Keller estate by dicts the Jackson admr, Lin Alexander costume — with a to Donald C. Williams, sequined glove, red Susan G. Williams; leather jacket and fedo- Cool Springs Township; ra — is going to be a two tracts nw/s McCall strong seller, as people Drive, se/s Mt. View pay tribute to the super- Street.; $320. star who died in June.

Benjamin E. Lollar Classic costumes, III, Connie Lollar to such as a French maid, Billy Carson Davis; nurse, ghost and cat Union Township; .97 continue to be top acre; $46. choices on the National Retail Federation’s list; Donna A. Harris to iParty has “Star Trek�

Juli McCurdy; Chimney characters, flappers, Rock Township; lot 551, hippies and vampires.

Riverbend Highlands; Retro character cos$14. tumes, such as Bert and Mountain Creek Ernie, Big Bird, Mario Land Company, Inc. and Luigi, are also to Margaret Buckland, growing in popularity, Michael Buckland; said Silverstein.

Gilkey Township; 1.68 Over the last 5 years acres; $90. the trend has been for Tri State Lands LLC, more couples — young CL Developers LLC and old — to shop for to David Allen Tickle, costumes together, said Samuel David Tickle, Dorice Dionne, founder Travis Everett Tickle; and senior vice presiGilkey Township; 58.62 dent of merchandising acres; $493. at iParty.

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Ford, Reba Luckadoo Ford to Joseph T. Anastasi, Iris N. Anastasi; Rutherfordton Township; lot 33, E. O. Deviney; $270.

National City Bank to Angelia D. Guffey; 10.2 acres; $156.

Walter Hicks Summers exer, Jerry F. Goode Estate by exer to Paul C. Crowe, Mark F. Crowe, Max S. Crowe; Rutherfordton Township; 0.88 acre; $230.

Preston B. Stott, Brenda H. Stott to Jaime Vasquez; lots 10 through 13, Harmon Heights; $76.

William T. Malcolm, Teresa H. Malcolm to Lela Murray, Anthony Murray; Rutherfordton Township; 0.36 acre; $143.

Premier Log Homes Inc. to George L. Acker, Javkhlan Battumur Acker; Chimney Rock Township; lot 1, Cliffside; $275.

Zeus Investments LLC to Historic Schoolhouse Property LLC; Chimney Rock Township; 2.91 acre and 0.66 acre; $1,208.

Philip D. Pollard, Sandra K. Pollard, Philip W. Pollard, Melissa S. Pollard to Jada Rose Marie Castaneda; Colfax Township; 6.75 acres; $327.

David N. Mathews, Dianne B. Mathews to Edward Reed Laughlin, Mary Jane Laughlin; Chimney Rock Township; lot 84, section 4, Golf Estates II; $1,025.

Patrick J. McDonnell, Victoria M. McDonnell to Verne G. Oscarson, Theresa M. Oscarson; Sulphur Springs Township; 24.75 acres; $390.

Bobby Ray Stacy, Tina Stacy to Ronnie Spicer; Sulphur Springs Township; property on Harris Road; $20.

Mary Lee Hardin Watts to Webb Hunt; Cool Springs Township; lot 17, T.C. McBrayer Lands; $6.

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The new Tiana Deluxe Costume, an exact replica of what Princess Tiana wears in a key moment in the upcoming film The Princess and the Frog,� is expected to be a best-seller.

The film, featuring both Disney’s newest young royal in more than 10 years and its first black princess, comes out on Dec. 11.

Mulan, a Japanese princess, and Pocahontas were also added to the costume assortment this year.

Toys R Us is seeing a similar trend. “It all tends to be really fun and girly dress up costumes that are selling for girls, said Dodge.

She said Hannah Montana isn’t as popular this year.

BOYS Boys follow the blockbuster movies more than girls, said Dodge, and “Transformers� and “G.I. Joe� costumes are hot this year. She said Toys R Us is also seeing an uptick in Buzz Lightyear and Woody costumes in part because of the reintroduction of “Toy Story 1� and “Toy Story 2.� “Toy Story 3� is scheduled to come out next year. “The other one that was a surprise for

Timothy C. Beheler, Jessica B. Beheler to Perry E. Calton; Colfax Township; 6 acres; $174.

TBF Holdings LLC to Pavilack Mills Corp.; Rutherfordton Township; 19.665 acres; $1,740.

Bank of America to Jack Lentz, Jeffery D. Whitlock, Arunee Singhchawla; Chimney Rock Township; lot 487, phase 3b, Grey Rock; $10.

Cove Leasing Inc. to Andrew John Stephenson, Muriel A. Stephenson; Green Hill Township; 1.43 acres; $224.

Fall Creek Land Company, Inc. to Eldred D. Umbach, Pauline Umbach; lot 135, phase 5, South Mountains Peaks; $74.

Homesales Inc. to Anderson GST; Chimney Rock Township; lot 9 revised PB26/66; $37.

Ellenboro DG LLC to NC DG LLC; Colfax Township; 1.252 acres; $1,615.

Melissa C. Tague to Mildred Ostina Campbell, Thomas P. Campbell, Brenda K. Harris; High Shoals Township; lot 3, phase 1, Byers Grove; $114.

Roger F. Morrow trustee, Brenda H. Morrow to Charles Elmer, Debra Martha Moss; Cool Springs Township; 5 acres and 21.15 acres; $488.

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Friend on her own with married man Dear Abby: My best friend “Jenny’s” husband died four years ago. They had been married 28 years, and she has grieved hard for him.

She has been looking for a relationship because she wants a man in her life.

Three months ago, she ran into a married man she knew through her former job. (I’ll call him “George.”)

They were casual acquaintances, but when George learned she was a widow he immediately asked for her phone number. He called the next day, they talked, he visited her at her home, and they had unprotected sex. They now see each other once or twice a week and have sex. That’s all they do. Jenny says she’s in love with him. She talks about him constantly and says she’s very happy.

I don’t want to ruin our friendship.

We love each other like sisters. But I hate seeing her used like this. What should I do? My husband says leave it alone — she’ll find out anyway. — Dismayed Dear Dismayed: When someone tells you she doesn’t want to know if her man is cheating on her and what she doesn’t know won’t hurt her, take it from me, she already knows he probably is. And by the way, George isn’t “her” man — he is his wife’s man.

Dear Abby: I work for a small company where I’m one of 12 employ-

Dear Abby Abigail van Buren

ees under one manager. My boss, “Debbie,” is having problems at home.

Almost daily, she brings her not-sosunny outlook to the office and proceeds to drag everyone else down.

Any time a colleague has something positive to share, Debbie finds a way to negate it. If someone mentions it’s nice weather, she’ll complain about how much yard work she needs to do and the disastrous effects of global warming. She even complained that a pregnant co-worker’s impending maternity leave will be “inconvenient.”

Our office is small, so there’s no escaping her. If she’s not complaining to us, she’s telling the same sob stories to a client on the phone. What can my co-workers and I do to keep from being dragged down with her?

— Working Dear Working: You and your coworkers should talk to your employer as a group because “Debbie’s” behavior is neither professional nor conducive to a healthy working environment. Your boss should also be told that she is sharing her “sob stories.”

Long-term pain requires diagnosis Dear Dr. Gott: I read your article in the newspaper about fibromyalgia and was very interested. My 77-yearold husband just had his physical.

Everything was great, and he is a picture of health. He wonders how this can be when he complains to the doctor every time about how he hurts so much. He suffers from all the things you mentioned in the article that go with fibromyalgia, yet no test or doctor can tell him this is what he is suffering from. He has tried chiropractic treatments with no success. I also put him on a special diet I read about in a book that said it was clinically proven to fight inflammation, which is the hidden cause of weight gain and chronic disease. It didn’t help his pain or fatigue, but he did lose 12 pounds.

We don’t know what to do next.

He doesn’t want to try anything else and doesn’t want to waste money on something that won’t work.

Dear Reader: Your husband’s

PUZZLE

Ask Dr. Gott Dr. Peter M. Gott

physicians are correct in saying that there is no test that will diagnose fibromyalgia.

There is also no cure, and treatment can often be difficult, because each sufferer can have a wide variety of complaints, and what works for one person may not help another.

First, I would like to point out that your husband already has a back problem.

If this has worsened, causing pressure on his spinal cord, his discomfort could be directly related.

Pain can also wear the body out very quickly, leading to persistent fatigue such as your husband is experiencing.

IN THE STARS

Your Birthday, Oct. 21;

If things have developed slowly in the past, don’t be discouraged.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Today is when you should make some headway in a new social circle.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Unselfishness is a mantle anyone can wear with great pride.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Both ambition and optimism are the compatible components of your psychological attitude.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Someone you’ve helped in the past has found a way to do more for you than you did for him or her.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — Under no circumstances should you dilute hope with pessimism.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Even if an important objective has a large price tag, the rewards will outweigh the costs.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — If you can, work out arrangements with those people in key positions.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — Although the old saying “Everything happens for the best” might sound naive, it will apply perfectly.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Strive to negotiate from the mutual strengths of both partners when discussing important arrangements.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — What might appear to be an obligation to others will actually provide many hidden opportunities.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — You will handle a formerly unmanageable, tricky situation with efficacy because of today’s happy developments.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22) — Don’t hesitate to dedicate yourself to a job others consider a problem situation. The harder you work, the luckier you will become.

6B — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, WEDNESDAY, October 21, 2009

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executor of the estate of JOAN JACKSON FOSTER of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said JOAN JACKSON FOSTER to present them to the undersigned on or before the 7th 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 7th day of October, 2009.

Barney Clifton Foster, Executor 611 Shiloh Rd. Rutherfordton, NC 28139

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Administrator of the estate of VAUGHTIE EDWARDS PARK of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said VAUGHTIE EDWARDS PARK to present them to the undersigned on or before the 14th 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 14th day of October, 2009.

Laura Kay Park Dechant, Administrator 2 Hawk View Drive Asheville, NC 28804-1971

TOWN OF FOREST CITY PUBLIC NOTICE The Board of Commissioners of the Town of Forest City has considered a waiver of competitive bidding under G.S. 143-129(g) and will use the Piggy Back process as approved at its regular meeting on September 29, 2009 for the purchase of one Sutphen Pumper from Sutphen Corporation. The seller has agreed to extend to the Town of Forest City the same or more favorable prices and terms set forth in its contract with the Town of Bozeman, Montana, dated March 17, 2009.

For additional information, contact Mark McCurry, Forest City Fire Chief at 828-245-2111.

Sandra P. Mayse City Clerk

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704-484-1640 Mobile Homes For Rent Furn. 2BR/2BA on priv. lot Ellenboro area $350/mo. + $350 dep.

Sec. 8! 704-300-9748 3BR SW in Harris Water & sewer incld. $350/mo. + dep.

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Housework, yard work, trees, gutters.

Free Estimates!

Help Wanted

Licensed Physical Therapy Assistant Full-Time position.

BRAND NEW HOMES Well,

at Autumn Care of Forest City No phone calls, please.

HIRING: Nursery Keeper for Sundays/ Special events at First Presbyterian Church Forest City. Call 247-0183 or 245-6112 or submit resume to the church Isothermal Community College seeks ASSISTANT PURCHASER/ BUSINESS OFFICE SUPPORT For additional information, visit our website: www.isothermal.edu/ job.openings.htm.

EOE

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

For Sale Plug & Socket Halloween costume Great for a couple!

Purchased from Party City. Original price $50, will sell for $20.

Pepper shaker costume $8 2 Safety 1st carseats Forward facing $15 ea.

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

Silver/gray leather, 6 spd. manual $15,800 firm 828-748-1294

Free full blooded German Shepherd 2 yrs. old, male. Can be seen at Tri City Animal Clinic 429-6006

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2002 Chrysler Concord Auto, a/c, ps, pw, pl, pb. 98k mi.

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Lost

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8B — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Wednesday, October 21, 2009

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Want to strenghten your family? Eat together When researchers study the factors that make families strong, one key factor is cited repeatedly – family mealtime. Miriam Weinstein, author of The Surprising Power of Family Meals, asks “what if I told you that there was a magic bullet – something that would improve the quality of your daily life, your children’s chances of success in the world, and your family’s health”? That magic bullet is the family meal.

While it may seem a simple and old-fashioned activity, taking time out for family meals has a lot of hidden benefits. One benefit of eating meals together is the strengthening of family bonds. Family meals provide a daily time for the whole family to be together. They provide a solid check-in time when children can count on seeing their parents and vice versa. For younger children, this provides a sense of security and a feeling of belonging. During adolescence, many parents find it difficult to connect with their teenager. Family mealtime is just the time and place to make this connection. Family meals allow parents of teens the chance to stay involved with their children’s lives, friends, and activities. In fact, the more often a teen eats dinner with his or her family, the less likely that

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teen is to smoke, drink, or use illegal drugs. In addition, these children are more motivated to do well in school and have better relationships with other youth.

Improved communication is another benefit. Family mealtime offers the perfect opportunity for parents and children to catch up with each other and learn about the events of the day. The simple act of talking and listening helps to build children’s language and improves their critical thinking skills.

Sitting together at the table opens doors to conversations that would never begin if families chose to eat in front of the television or in separate rooms. Even when there has been stress between family members, mealtime tends to help soothe hurt feelings and refocus on the strengths and values of the family.

Eating meals together as a family also means that family members are more likely to eat healthy foods. Studies show that the frequency of family meals is associated with the intake of more

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number of recent cases have been family members neglecting and Continued from Page 3B financially exploiting a disabled adult due to their own lack of percent increase in income, directly caused services and that by the higher unemmore than one-third ployment rate.” of the providers may After wrapping up run out of Home and the scheduled last day Community Care Block events, members of the Grant funds before the STHL joined up for end of the fiscal year.” a walking relay event Streets also pointed out in downtown Raleigh that, “Adult Protective to show support for a Services (APS) needs program entitled “Relay to get more attention; for Extra Help.” The

fruits and vegetables, less fat and sugar, more fiber and calcium, and nutrientrich foods from all the food groups. Furthermore, children who actively participate in all aspects of the meal from planning to preparation to clean-up are significantly more likely to adopt healthy habits that last a lifetime.

Family meals with parents serving as role models can be the most powerful nutrition education around.

Family mealtime can be educational for children in many other ways as well.

Children gain life skills such as food shopping and cooking, teamwork and responsibility, table manners and social skills. Academic learning is also enhanced.

When children cook, they practice math, science, and reading without even realizing it. Reading recipes, measuring ingredients, experimenting and predicting outcomes, and evaluating results are all part of cooking that help children be better prepared for learning in the classroom.

Even though we know so much about the value of family meals, sixty percent of children do not eat with family members on most days of the week. Why? Families face a variety of obstacles in getting everyone to the table

relay is about getting the word out that effective January 1 st, 2010, “people with limited income and assets may qualify for help to pay for health care and prescription costs through the “Extra Help” low income subsidy and Medicare savings program.

Depending on income and asset levels, the premium and deductable may be covered or lowered, prescription

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at one time. Conflicting schedules are most often cited as the reason families do not eat together more frequently. Two-earner households, second jobs, shift work, late hours and teens having jobs create significant challenges to eating together.

While lack of time is certainly a challenge, lack of self-discipline could be the greatest barrier. Families need to consider making family mealtime a higher priority. Scheduling more “down time” for the family to be together, making life more “dinner friendly” by cutting back on extra curricular activities, or reducing “time wasters” may be strategies for achieving this goal.

Parents can choose a specific time for meals and let each family member know when he or she is expected to be home. If your family is not used to eating together on a regular basis, start small by scheduling family meals just two to three days per week; then progress to more and more regular meals together. If dinnertime doesn’t work for your family, try breakfast or late night snacks as your daily meal together. The emphasis should be on the importance of being together, not on creating an elaborate feast.

Remember, this is an opportunity for the family to spend

co-payments will be minimal and the coverage gap will be eliminated.”

The North Carolina Seniors’ Health Insurance Information Program can help with the application process to apply for the “Extra Help” or Medicare Savings Programs, by calling 1-800-443-9354 or visit www.ncshiip. com.

The STHL promotes citizen involvement and advocacy concerning aging issues before the General Assembly and assesses the legislative needs of older adults by convening a forum modeled after the NC General Assembly. It

time together. Do not make it solely about the food; make it about the family.

Making mealtime fun will increase the likelihood that family members will stay committed to spending time together. Include everyone in the preparation whether it’s planning the menus, shopping for groceries, setting the table, preparing the food, or doing the dishes.

This not only saves time and prevents one person from “doing it all”, it allows even more time for family members to spend together.

During meals, keep the conversation positive and polite. Don’t let the discussion get out of hand, become too controversial, or allow family members to criticize one another. Turn off the television, radio, cell phones, and other distractions to allow time for tuning in to each other.

The benefits of your family sitting down for a meal together at least four to five times a week are numerous: better family communication, improved health, building family traditions, character and social development of children, and strengthening family bonds. If you think you are too busy to eat together as a family……….

There are too many reasons not to.

is during these forums that the STHL establish priorities for the upcoming years.

During this last session of the year, a new priority was added: “A mandate for preemployment and random drug testing for employees of nursing and assisted living facilities. Skilled nursing facilities and adult care homes provide specialized care for frail adults with chronic health problems and disabled persons. The safety of residents is compromised when employees abuse drugs, resulting in decreased productivity, increased liability to the facil-

ity and its staff and increased potential crimes, such as, theft and patient abuse.

While some companies require pre-employment and random drug testing for their employees, all companies should have this policy in place.”

One delegate and one alternate represent every older adult in the state’s 100-counties.

Please feel free to contact your local STHL delegate or the regional Area Agency on Aging.

In County, you can contact delegate, Pat Morgan at 287-9682..

The next STHL meeting will be held in March 2010.