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Shrimp scampi, scrimp Alfredo, cold boiled shrimp, fried shrimp and shrimp most every other way were served Tuesday night for United Way’s Shrimp Fest at Big Dave’s restaurant, Oak Street, Forest City. Dave Linder, restaurant owner and United Way joined efforts for the highly successful fund raiser Tuesday night. “It was an overwhelming success,” said United Way’s Faye Hassell. Shown above are Clarence and Cindy Campbell and Keith and Barbara White feasting on shrimp and dessert. An estimated 150 people participated. “We hit a home run with this one,” Hassell added. Linder said he’ll sponsor another event next year.
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Reps eye vote on health bill See related story on Page 10 By SCOTT BAUGHMAN
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FOREST CITY — Rutherford County’s representatives in congress are both displeased with the current health care reform bills being debated on capital hill, but while 11th district Republican Patrick McHenry is clearly planning to vote no, 10th district Democrat Heath Shuler said he was
still studying the bills and their impact on Western North Carolina. “The American people have already rejected the approach to health care reform that says government knows best,” McHenry said. “The results are the same regardless of how many more pages the Democrats add to this bill: hundreds of millions of Americans will be forced out of their current health care Please see Health, Page 6
CLIFFSIDE — The modernization of the Cliffside Steam Station power plant will continue after state regulators refused to revoke Duke Energy’s permit for the coalfired project here. A motion filed by NCWARN (North Carolina Waste Awareness and Reduction Network) was denied by the state Utilities Commission on Wednesday after they said it did not make sufficient arguments against the 2008 approval of the project by the North Carolina Division of Air Quality. “This decision by the commission further reaffirms that the Cliffside project is needed to provide clean, affordable power for our customers,” said Duke spokesperson Jason Walls. “When this Cliffside project is complete, it will be one of the cleanest and most efficient power plants in the nation.” State regulators have deemed the project a minor source of pollution, but environmental groups say the company is violating federal clean air laws. This is not the first time that NCWARN has brought action against the utility’s project in Cliffside. “NCWARN has repeatedly tried to impact this project,” Walls added. “And on Wednesday, just as in the past, the Utilities Commission has stood behind their initial decision and supported the Cliffside project.”
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Trustees hold annual retreat By ALLISON FLYNN Daily Courier Staff Writer
SPINDALE — The Isothermal Community College Board of Trustees had their own version of orientation Tuesday and Wednesday. Trustees met for the annual board retreat in The Foundation. Topics for the first day included student issues and privacy, an enrollment analysis and an overview of the college’s strategic plan. The goals of the 2008-2010 strategic plan are to enhance and expand distance learning, review current and potential programs and services, develop new programs in response to changing workforce and community needs, enhance partnerships with other educational
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institutions, integrate assessment efforts campus wide and promote global awareness and an acceptance of diversity. Wednesday’s session opened with the college’s assessment efforts. Kim Gold, vice president of academic and student services and institutional assessment, introduced REaCH student Justin Ledford. Ledford, a senior, presented his portfolio, which he said was a reflection of his work as a student at the high school and college level. The portfolio, Gold explained, and the artifacts – which are evidence of learning – in it are two of the tools for assessment the college uses. The college also assesses its course offerings Please see Trustees, Page 6
RUTHERFORDTON — Rutherford County’s property tax rate can influence incentives for bringing in new businesses, how much money flows into the county’s coffers and the average citizen’s check book. Commissioner Paul McIntosh wants people to know the rate is the 22nd lowest in the Tar Heel state. McIntosh brought up the tax rate at Monday night’s meeting of county commissioners during his three minutes of rebuttal to public comments — a recent change in how the board deals with public comments. “The main reason I want to draw attention to it is that we have too many people in this county who think that taxes are going up and they’re not,” McIntosh said. “Some people in public comments have said we’re unwisely spending money and spending too much money.” The claims of too high taxes and wasteful spending were two of the main reasons that McIntosh and the rest of the board installed a three minute rebuttal option for
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Lake Lure, Ellenboro lead in voting participation By SCOTT BAUGHMAN
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SPINDALE — Although voter turnout was low for most of Tuesdays municipal elections, Lake Lure and Ellenboro voters bucked the trend to lead the list of cities with turnout above 30 percent. But recent changes to the law regarding how voting results are to be reported have made tabulating votes by city difficult for county Director of Elections Debbie Bedford. “There is a new statute, passed last year, that requires all election results to be by voting tabulation district,” Bedford explained. “That is equivalent to our precincts. They did that basically for congressional and other races so if we ever change our precincts they will be able to compare apples to apples from previous years. I guess they weren’t thinking about municipalities when they passed that law because some cities are spread across multiple precincts and some even across multiple counties.” Figuring out that 56 percent of registered voters who live in Lake Lure did cast ballots on Tuesday took some time for Bedford and her staff. “Voting tabulation district Chimney Rock 06A has both the Lake Lure Township and Chimney Rock
Township,” Bedford said. “Forest City is spread over three, Rutherfordton over two — one of which includes the town of Ruth. Spindale has a small part of Forest City 1 from when they annexed the area over near Isothermal Community College. Sandy Mush voters in Alexander Mills are voters for Forest City, so that makes Sandy Mush the third precinct for Forest City. “It makes it difficult to see statistics by town. The way the system is set up now I’m having a hard time balancing everything. If they would have our system sort by municipality it would make it easier, but I don’t think they’re going to change the law.” The law requiring record keeping to be done by tabulation district will make national race results from several years worth of elections easier to track. “Even if we combine our precincts we have to have our results in the final form by the voting tabulation district,” Bedford added. “If we decide to split Ellenboro into two different precincts they would still be reported as one for the final results. It is so, after the census when they start looking at congressional district lines, they can use statistics that are comparable.”
Election costs taxpayers $15K FOREST CITY — Taxpayers in the county’s eight municipalities will foot the bill for the 2009 election, an estimated cost of $15,000. There were 12,048 citizens eligible to vote Tuesday when polls opened at 6:30 p.m. The county Board of Elections pays the initial cost of elections and subsequently the county bills the towns of Bostic, Chimney Rock, Ellenboro, Forest City, Lake Lure, Ruth, Rutherfordton and Spindale for the expenses.
Candidates and their supporters waited to greet voters outside the Ellenboro polling place Tuesday. Larry Dale/ Daily Courier
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RUTHERFORDTON — Less than 24 hours after voters elected Jimmy Dancy as the town’s new mayor and returned incumbent Terry Cobb to town council, the board held its regular monthly business meeting at Town Hall. In the past, Rutherfordton Town Council met for its regular meetings on Monday, which fell the day before an election, but since the meetings are now on Wednesday, the board met the day after and congratulated Dancy and Cobb and the other candidates participating in the election process. Only a few matters of business were discussed during the brief session. Council discussed cleaning the older headstones in Rutherfordton Town’s cemetery by members of the Griffith Rutherford Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution, but went into closed session to discuss the matter before coming to a final decision. Council took no on a request from UPS for the placement of a temporary building to house a golf cart during the holiday season near Crestview Park. Council also approved its letter to the board of directors of Norris Library Foundation, citing the foundation’s commitment and contribution to the town library. The board also discussed the use of Crestview Park ball fields and tennis courts by several schools in the area and will make a decision in the future regarding a partnership with the schools and the town. If the schools are using town property to save money at their respective school locations, most council members believe some questions need to be addressed.
Candidates praise public financing plan CHAPEL HILL (AP) — Two winning candidates who participated in a North Carolina city’s new voluntary public financing program say it helped them take their focus off money and put it on issues. Unofficial results show Mark Kleinschmidt narrowly winning Tuesday’s mayoral election in Chapel Hill and Penny Rich as the leading votegetter for the Town Council. The election marked the first time a municipality used public financing through a law approved by the Legislature. The candidates received public funds if they agreed to fundraising limits. Kleinschmidt said in a news release from Common Cause North Carolina the program made him get his message out early to voters. He narrowly defeated Matt Czajkowski (chi-KOF’-skee), who didn’t participate in the program. Public financing is already available for candidates for appellate judgeships and three Council of State seats.
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N.C.’s largest city elects Democrat as new mayor
CHARLOTTE (AP) — In a mayoral race that focused on the faltering local economy, voters narrowly elected a Democrat Tuesday to lead North Carolina’s largest city. With most of the votes counted, Anthony Foxx was leading challenger John Lassiter, a Republican, by nearly 3,000 votes out of 105,000 cast. But Lassiter conceded defeat before the
final, unofficial results were released by the Mecklenburg Board of Elections. Foxx will replace Pat McCrory, a Republican who is stepping down after 14 years. Lassiter congratulated Foxx in his concession speech. “We’ve got a lot of good things to look back on because this race was about a
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CHARLOTTE (AP) — A North Carolina congressman dashing to catch a plane dumped his SUV at the end of a row of properly parked cars at Charlotte’s airport. The Gaston Gazette reports Wednesday that Republican Rep. Patrick McHenry parked his Ford Explorer straddling a curb in a parking lot at Charlotte-Douglas Airport on Sunday. The front tires were on the curb. The back tires were in the driving area of the parking lot, one resting atop a yellow speed bump. McHenry spokesman Brock McCleary said the congressman was running late and couldn’t find a parking spot. He says McHenry made a mistake by not parking properly, and the car has been moved.
Hospital using tents in flu fight
GREENSBORO (AP) — A major North Carolina hospital is pitching tents to battle the spread of swine flu. The Greensboro News & Record reported Wednesday that two tents in the Moses Cone Hospital parking lot are the first stop for patients seeking treatment for flu symptoms. The idea is to cut the spread of the H1N1 flu virus by keeping those infected isolated and take the load off the emergency room. Hospital officials say the tents are heated and cooled and would be filled with medical equipment and emergency room staff. Patients will be evaluated there and admitted to the hospital if necessary. The CDC estimates more than 1 million Americans have been infected with swine flu., with many suffering mild cases never reported.
Charlotte has a councilmanager form of government, meaning the mayor and council make policy but a professional manager runs day-to-day operations. The mayor’s post pays $39,000 a year. The city tends to lean Democratic, but has elected a Republican mayor for the past 21 years. During the campaign, Foxx
and Lassiter agreed that the next mayor will face a difficult economy that threatens the city’s tax base. Both said they would work to retain jobs and recruit new companies. It was a relatively lowkey campaign in the city of nearly 687,000 people. The candidates have appeared at debates and agreed on many issues.
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RALEIGH (AP) — The White House has nominated two North Carolina judges to fill seats on the nation’s most conservative federal appeals court. President Barack Obama said in a statement Wednesday that he is nominating Judge Jim Wynn and Judge Albert Diaz to serve on the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. That court covers North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia. Judge Allyson Duncan is the only current member of the 15-judge panel from North Carolina. Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan called the nominations a victory for the state. Diaz currently serves as a Special Superior Court Judge for complex business cases. He would become the court’s first Hispanic judge. Wynn currently sits on the Court of Appeals.
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Our Views Voter turnout disappointing
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ooking at the voter turnout numbers for Tuesday’s municipal elections in Rutherford County, one would think that people do not care what happens in their communities. Turnouts ranged from 13 percent in Chimney Rock to 56 percent in Lake Lure. One might understand the turnout in Chimney Rock along with Bostic’s 15 percent and Ruth’s 14 percent since there were no contested races in those towns. But pondering Forest City’s 16 percent, Spindale’s 17 percent, Rutherfordton’s 22 percent or even Ellenboro’s 36 percent raises a few more questions. No one can say with any certainty whether higher turnouts would have changed who won or lost in those elections, but more voter interest would at least show that people are concerned about town issues and care about electing the people who will make many key decisions. Town officials deal with many issues that are very close to home, such as waste disposal, recycling and public utilities. Decisions they make directly impact the business climate and thus the economic prospects in our towns. These are not unimportant subjects. Municipal government is about as close to the people as government can get and that makes it even more worrisome when people just do not seem to care.
Our readers’ views Says county could save on vehicle costs
Says thanks for the Rutherford hospital
To the editor: The article published in The Daily Courier, “County fleet big expense.” The sheriff’s department’s total vehicles at 116 and yearly mileage 1,484,416. That’s an average of 12,797 miles per vehicle per year. How much money could be saved if the total fleet could be cut by one-third or more? All these vehicles are not on the road at the same time, but sitting at the deputies’ houses. In these hard times, when the unemployment rate is 15 percent, why should the tax payers pay for transportation to and from work for the deputies? I know there are a lot of county residents who would like to just be working, let alone have a job that furnishes a vehicle. I know of a few times in the last administration when a county vehicle was used for personal use. I know a deputy who retired a few years ago and kept a county at at his house up until just a month or two ago. And that’s because I said something to a county commissioner about this. Just a few months ago, I was at Wal-Mart and a county deputy backed his county car into the space reserved for police and went in. I parked and went in to the pharmacy and the deputy was picking up a prescription. These cars could be rotated out each shift instead of them being driven home. There could be a lot of money saved on the purchases of cars and maintenance, insurance, gas, mileage, The Forest City, Spindale and Rutherfordton police departments don’t furnish their officers transportation. Roger Grant Forest City
To the editor: I have never written a letter to the Daily Courier, but I have been led by the Lord Jesus to tell a little of my near-death experience. I thank God above first, the doctors and nurses at Rutherford Hospital and all my Christian friends who prayed. I spent eight days at Rutherford Hospital, two of them in ICU with double pneumonia. I was sent to Autumn Care for physical therapy for five days. A lot of people want to go to bigger hospitals like Charlotte or Spartanburg, which is fine, but I think the hospital in our county is as good as any other hospital. A sincere thanks to Dr. Schafer and Dr. Whitworth and all the nurses at the hospital. I also want to thank all the nurses at Autumn Care and my therapists, especially Sheila White, Janet and Travis. I want to thank everyone who helped in anyway, during my
illness, especially for all the prayers. Jean Morrow Forest City
Thanks Fairhaven staff for its care, concern To the editor: My mom, Virginia Harris, fell and broke her hip in Dec. 2005. Since that time, she has resided at Fairhaven Home until Oct. 11, when she passed away. During that time, we were all made to feel like family. Along with medical care, they give their residents respect. The activities are done daily and then there are special events when everyone gets involved, whether it be a prom or a cook-out or a shopping trip. There are always staff there to help. My mom had some very close, special friends at Fairhaven. The staff went the extra mile by bringing two of her best friends to mom’s service. I will never be able to express all the thanks I feel in my heart. These people became family to Mom and also to us, her family. Sherry Hagaman Mooresboro
Being sick is not something I can easily handle I don’t do sick well. I guess nobody does really, but it’s incredibly difficult for me to be sick. I’m not a big fan of sitting still for long periods of time, so being confined to the couch or bed for me is the birds. (Unless, of course, I’m REALLY sick then I don’t mind so much.) As a kid, I cried when in fifth grade I had to spend a week out of school because I had chicken pox. (It should be noted that I was surrounded by chicken pox germs in first grade, but apparently my immune system waited until I was 10 to actually let me catch them.) My mom brought home my homework each day and I
Total momsense Allison Flynn
eagerly did it - because I hate sitting still and I hate missing out what’s going on around me. Now that I’m a mom, I really don’t do sick well. All I can think about is how much housework I won’t get done and whether or not Stephen will remember to get Nathan to brush his teeth. And even though I don’t do sick well, I always seem
to know when I’m going to get sick. Call it some sort of freaky intuition, but I can usually tell when I’m about to be under the weather. I’ve also developed a sense about when Nathan will be sick too. Here’s how I know for me: When I’m about to get some sort of respiratory crud, the roof of my mouth gets a funky, scratchy feeling. Not my throat, but the roof of my mouth near where my nasal passages meet my throat. Even after nine years of marriage, Stephen thinks I’m crazy, but it’s true - I always feel it right there. I had that kind of iffy feeling Friday night when I went
to bed and again Saturday morning. By Sunday, my nose was starting to run and my ears stopping up. And I remembered the last time that happened, I had a sinus infection. Sure enough, after heading to the doctor Monday, I learned I do not have the flu (thankfully!), but I did have a sinus infection that resulted in slight bronchitis and an ear infection. So for the past several days my hearing has been muffled and even funnier - I sound a little like Marge Simpson when I talk. The worst part, though, is that even when I felt bad, I didn’t want to sit still. So I surfed the Internet, watched
really bad TV and then on Tuesday immersed myself in a good book. In between I napped, blew my nose more times than I care to count and coughed. When I had the energy, I washed clothes and dishes and broke up fights between my cats. With all the sickness that’s going around, I guess I’ll have to learn to take it easy. It may not be the only time this season that I’ll be relegated to the couch. Rest assured that while I’m resting, I’ll be fidgeting too. Contact Flynn via e-mail at aflynn@thedigitalcourier.com.
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Local/Obituaries/state Rand leaving NC Legislature to head state parole panel RALEIGH (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Tony Rand is leaving the North Carolina Legislature to lead the state parole commission. Gov. Beverly Perdue announced Wednesday that Rand will head the Post-Release Supervision and Parole Commission by early next year. Rand couldn’t be reached for comment immediately, but a spokesman for Senate leader Marc Basnight says Rand will resign from the General Assembly. Rand will replace Charles Mann, who is retiring into a part-time position.
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n The Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office responded to 165 E-911 calls Tuesday. n Adam Earle Ponder reported the theft of a cell phone, money and other items. n The theft of money was reported at SDO Fire Department, 115 Toms Lake Rd., Forest City. n Warren Twitty reported the theft of money. n Bryant Chandlor Hill reported the theft of a CD/ DVD player from a vehicle. n Lynda Watson Sink reported the theft of a GPS system from a vehicle. n Trisha Elleree Brooks reported the theft of a cell phone and money from a vehicle. n Nikki Michele Goode reported the theft of a GPS system from a vehicle. n Chris Hoyle reported the theft of a muzzle-loader gun. n Bryan Jefferey Walker reported the theft of a .22-caliber handgun and jewelry. n Gerald H. Schultz reported the theft of a computer from a vehicle. n A breaking and entering was reported at Cane Creek Baptist Church, 151 Cane Creek Mountain Rd., Union Mills. n Dean David Hendrick reported the theft of a drag harrow and cement mixer.
n Ashlea Nicole Mode, 25, of 112 Poncho Lane; charged with misdemeanor probation violation and failure to appear; placed under a $21,000 secured bond. (RCSD) n Roger Dale Toney, 57, of 2408 Whitworth Rd.; charged with obtain property by false pretense; placed under a $10,000 secured bond. (RCSD) n Thomas Michael Day, 36, of 804 State St.; charged with assault and battery and first-degree trespassing; placed under a $10,000 secured bond. (SPD)
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n The Rutherfordton Police Department responded to 24 E-911 calls Tuesday.
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n The Spindale Police Department responded to 27 E-911 calls Tuesday.
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n The Lake Lure Police Department responded to 11 E-911 call Tuesday.
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n The Forest City Police Department responded to 86 E-911 calls Tuesday. n Justin Roper reported harassing phone calls. n David Linder reported a breaking and entering and larceny from a motor vehicle. n Golden Lonnie Shelton Jr. reported a breaking and entering and larceny from a motor vehicle. The incident occurred on Frontage Road. n Alice Wells reported damage to property. n An employee of B&D Thrift and Loan, on South Broadway Street, reported an incident of obtaining property by false pretenses.
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Citations n Mario Vargas, 40, of Wells Spring Road, Forest City; cited for possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia; released on a written promise to appear. (FCPD)
Obituaries Margaret Phillips Margaret Wall Philllips, 66, of 240 Goode Road, Mooresboro, died Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, at her residence. A native of Cleveland County, she was a daughter of the late J.W. and Gaynelle McSwain Wall. She was a retired mail carrier with the U.S. Postal Service and a member of Race Path Baptist Church. She is survived by her husband, Stephen Allen”Steve” Phillips; two sons, Todd Phillips of Mooresboro, and Mike Phillips of Lakeland, Fla.; one brother, Charles Wall of Mooresboro; and two grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 3:30 p.m. Saturday at Race Path Baptist Church with the Revs. John Godfrey and Joe Kanipe officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. at McKinneyLandreth Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to Race Path Baptist Church, 1171 Race Path Church Road, Ellenboro, NC 28040. Online condolences www.mckinneylandrethfuneralhome.com.
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Ray Thornwell Carpenter, 82, of Union Mills, died Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009, at his daughter’s home in Marion. A native of Mitchell County, he was a son of the late Arby Carpenter and Dolly Clark Carpenter. EMS/Rescue He was first married to the late Betty Autrey n The Rutherford County Carpenter, and second to EMS responded to 23 E-911 the late Ernestine Burleson calls Tuesday. Carpenter for 32 years. n The Volunteer Life He was an active memSaving and Rescue, Hickory ber of Oak Springs Baptist Nut Gorge EMS and Church. He retired from Rutherford County Rescue responded to two E-911 calls Broyhill Industries, volunteered with Habitat for Tuesday. Humanity, and served on the board/support team of Fire Calls Hudlow Fire Department. n Forest City firefighters He is survived by two responded to a motor vehicle daughters, Kathy Carpenter accident. Shuford of Marion, and n Hudlow firefighters Sarah Carpenter Thomas responded to a smoke report. of Rutherfordton; one son, n Sandy Mush firefighters Michael Ray Carpenter of responded to an electrical Rutherfordton; six stepfire, assisted by Forest City children; five sisters, Mary and SDO firefighters. Moody of Banner Elk, n SDO firefighters Dorothy Peppers of Rhonda, responded to a motor vehicle Nellie May Fisher of Spruce accident and to an industrial Pine, Lucy Ledford of fire alarm. Rutherfordton, and Martha Loftin of Spruce Pine; one brother, Roby Carpenter of Correction Newland; four grandchilJoshua Thomas was dren; one great-grandchild charged with a lane control violation in a vehicle accident on the way, and numerous step grandchildren. that occurred last weekend Arrangements are being on Big Island Road involving handled by McMahan’s his Toyota and a Chevrolet Funeral Home & Cremation driven by Erika Campfield. Services, where the family In a report from the North will receive friends Friday Carolina Highway Patrol, from 6 to 8 p.m. The funerThomas went left of cenal service will be at 2 p.m. ter and struck Campfield’s vehicle in her lane of travel. The Daily Courier apologizes for the error in reporting the charges.
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John Allen Kampe, 71, of Lake Lure, died Monday, November 2 at Rutherford Hospital. A native of Montgomery County, Iowa, he was a son of the late Russell and Marvel Rose Sar Kampe. He was a retired Navy veteran with 27 years of service. He was a real estate broker with Coldwell Banker in Lake Lure. He is survived by his wife, Ana Sanchez Kampe; three sons, John Russell Kampe, Duane Kampe, and Barry Kampe; two daughters, Johana Lamb and Katherine Reece; one brother, Ward Dunmire; two sisters, Margaret Kier and Mary Jordan; and nine grandchildren, Aaron Kampe, Brandon Kampe, Michael Lamb, Quen Lamb, Katherine Reece, Kristen Reece, Karmen Reece, Nate Kampe, and Lydia Kampe. A Memorial service will be held Friday, November 6 at 4 PM at Fairfield Mountains Chapel with the Rev. Everette Chapman officiating. Military rites will be provided by the Rutherford County Honor Guard. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the DAV Chapter 25, 564 Terry Road, Ellenboro, NC 28040. Online condolences: www.crowemortuary.com Paid obit
Charles B. Driver, age 84, of Forest City, N.C., died Tuesday, November 3, 2009, at Hospice House of Rutherford County. He served in the United States Navy during World War II. A native of Rutherford County, he was the son of the late Robert Lee Driver and the late Decenia Bolt Driver, and the widower of the late Dorothy Driver. Charles was preceded in death by a son Bobby N. Driver. He is survived by his two daughters, Peggy Davidson of Gaffney, S.C.and Matilda Hale of McMinnville, Tenn.; five sons, Gary Driver of Bessemer City, NC, Ronnie Driver of Forest City, NC, Donnie Driver of Forest City, NC, Douglas Driver of McMinnville, Tenn. and Kenny Driver of Ellenboro, NC; nineteen grandchildren and twentyone great-grandchildren. A graveside service will be held at 2:00 PM, Thursday, November 5, 2009 at Sunset Memorial Park with Rev. Ted Blankenship officiating. Military honors will be accorded by the Rutherford County Honor Guard. Memorials may be made to Hospice of Rutherford County, P.O. Box 336, Forest City, NC 28043. Online condolences: www.mcmahansfuneralhome.com
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Saturday at Oak Springs Baptist Church with the Rev. Don Hollifield officiating. The body will lie in state 30 minutes prior to the service. Interment will be in the Oak Springs Baptist Church cemetery in Rutherfordton. The family will be at his daughter’s home in Marion and also at the Carpenter home in Union Mills. Online condolences www.mcmahansfuneralhome.com.
Sibyl Dellinger Sibyl Evelyn Moore Dellinger, 93, of Charlotte, died Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009, at Carmel Hill Christian Retirement Home. Born in Bostic, she was a daughter of the late Lloyd Lee and Lola Nevada Benson Moore, and also preceded in death by her husband, Carroll O. Dellinger, and a son. She was a graduate of Boiling Springs College and King’s Business School. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church, Charlotte. Survivors include her daughters, Dottie Rea of Pineville, Carol Martin of Tallahassee, Fla., and Joy Wilkinson of Charlotte; 12 grandchildren; and 29 greatgrandchildren. A service to celebrate her life will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Calvary Baptist Church, Charlotte, with the Revs. Boyd Dellinger, Jason Dellinger and Bobby Wilkinson III officiating. The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m., prior to the service, at the church. Interment in the Evergreen City Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Hospice at Charlotte, 1420 E. 7th St., Charlotte, NC 28204; or to Calvary Baptist Church, 2200 Ashley Road, Charlotte, NC 28208. Forest Lawn West Funeral & Cremation Service, Charlotte, is in charge of arrangements.
Deaths Sheldon Dorf SAN DIEGO (AP) — Sheldon Dorf, who founded the world famous Comic-Con International comic book convention, has died. He was 76. A longtime friend, Greg Koudoulian, says the Ocean Beach resident died at a San Diego hospital on Tuesday from kidney failure. He had diabetes and had been hospitalized for about a year. Dorf, a freelance artist and comic strip letterer, founded Comic-Con in San Diego
Margaret Phillips Margaret Wall Phillips, 66, of 240 Goode Rd., Mooresboro, died Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at her residence. A native of Cleveland County, NC, she was born January 4, 1943, a daughter of the late J.W. and Gaynelle McSwain Wall. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her fatherin-law, Thomas Paul Phillips. Margaret was a retired mail carrier with the U.S. Postal Service and a member of Race Path Baptist Church. She is survived by her husband, Steve Phillips; two sons, Todd Phillips of Mooresboro and Mike Phillips and wife, Katerina of Lakeland, Florida; one brother, Charles Wall and wife, Carolyn of Mooresboro; two grandchildren, Francesca Phillips and Thomas Phillips and her mother-in-law, Myrtle Goode Phillips. Funeral services will be held at 3:30 pm Saturday, November 7, 2009 at Race Path Baptist Church with Rev. John Godfrey and Rev. Joe Kanipe officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held from 6-8 PM Friday, November 6, 2009 at McKinney-Landreth Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to Race Path Baptist Church, 1171 Race Path Church Rd., Ellenboro, NC 28040. McKinney-Landreth Funeral Home is serving the Phillips family. A guest register is available at: www.mckinneylandrethfuneralhome.com
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in 1970 after moving from Detroit. Today, the convention draws 125,000 fans a year. Winn Aung YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Win Aung, foreign minister in Myanmar’s military government in 1998-2004, has died in prison while serving a seven-year term for corruption. Family members said he died early Wednesday in Yangon’s Insein Prison, where he was sent after his conviction in 2006 for misuse of authority in connection with the sale of an imported car. He died of an age-related illness, said the relatives, who asked not to be named. Win Aung had previously been a military intelligence colonel and ambassador to the United Kingdom. He was dismissed from his ministerial post in September 2004. The Rev. Lyman S. Parks GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — The Rev. Lyman S. Parks, a minister who was the first and only black mayor of Grand Rapids, Mich., has died at age 92. He became Grand Rapids’ first black city commissioner in 1968. The City Commission appointed Parks mayor after Robert Boelens resigned from the position in 1971. Two years later, Parks beat 10 opponents to be elected mayor of Michigan’s second-largest city.
Ruby C. Smart Ruby C. Smart, age 94, of Henrietta, died Monday, November 2, 2009 at Cleveland Regional Medical Center in Shelby. Ruby was born on April 27, 1915 in Rutherford County to the late Sam J. Crawley and Ola Padgett Crawley. Besides being a wonderful homemaker, she worked as a salesperson and retired as a nursing assistant from Greene’s Nursing Center. She was the oldest living member of Haynes Memorial Baptist Church where she faithfully served as a Sunday School Teacher for years and a member of the WMU. She was also a volunteer bible class teacher at the Senior Citizen Center and served in helping take blood pressure readings. She will be known as a devoted friend, wife, mother and grandmother. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, Addie Smart and by two sisters, Mary Crawley and Hazel Kiser. Survivors include one son, Joe Smart and his wife, Peggy of Ft. Worth, TX; two daughters, Peggy Alley of Forest City and Suzanne Cranford and her husband, Jeff, of Charlottesville, VA; five grandchildren, Joann Parker and her husband, Brad, of Weatherford, TX, Kathy Baker and her husband, Darryl, of Ponder, TX, Marcus Alley of Forest City, Anna Whitcomb and her husband, Lee, of Waynesboro, VA and William Cranford of Charlottesville; eight great grandchildren, Kyle Williams of Weatherford, Samuel Whitcomb, Eli Whitcomb and Catherine Whitcomb all of Waynesboro, VA, Justin Silvers and his wife, Jennifer, of Cliffside, Adri Berry and Brandon of Cliffside, Timothy Berry, and Hayden Oliver also of Cliffside, and one great great-granddaughter, Kaydence. She is also survived by several nieces and nephews and dedicated friends. Funeral services will be conducted at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 5, 2009 at Haynes Memorial Baptist Church with Reverend Charles Battle and Reverend Tim Frazier officiating. Interment will follow in the Calvary Baptist Church Cemetery. The family received friends from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday at Harrelson Funeral Home. At other times the family will be gathered at the residence in Henrietta. Harrelson Funeral Home is serving the family. An online guest registry is available at: www.harrelsonfuneralhome.com Paid obit
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Meetings/other Regular meeting: American Legion Post 74 will hold its regular meeting on Thursday, Nov. 5, at the National Guard Armory, Withrow Road. Dinner 6 p.m. Meeting at 7. SWEEP meeting: (Solid Waste Environmental Education Panel) meets on the first Friday of each month at noon at GDS at 141 Fairgrounds Road, Spindale. The meeting is Nov. 6. To learn more about SWEEP visit www.sweeprecycles.com. S-D-O Fire Dept.: Nominations for the S.D.O. Board of directors will be accepted through Nov. 8, at 6 p.m. Must be signed, dated and delivered to the board secretary Kaye Ruppe, 500 Long Branch Road, Forest City. Nominees must be residents and tax payers in the S-D-O Fire district. Photographers meeting: Carolina Nature Photographers Association will meet Monday, Nov. 9, at the county annex building. Meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. Anyone interested in photography is encouraged to attend. For more information call 828-429-5096 or email ricspics@ bellsouth.net. CHS awards program: Chase High School Fall Sports Awards program; Tuesday, Nov. 17; refreshments 6:30 to 7 p.m., in the commons area; program at 7 in the auditorium; all fall sports participants and their parents are invited and asked to bring items for the food drive.
Bazaars Holiday food, craft sale: Saturday, Nov. 7, 7 a.m. to 2 p.m., Immaculate Conception Catholic Church; breakfast, baked goods, and frozen entrees; once treasured items, crafts, quilt raffle, and door prizes; proceeds for the church building fund.
Fundraisers Poor man’s supper: Thursday, Nov. 5, 4 to 7 p.m., Providence United Methodist Church; adults $5, children $3, under 6 free; proceeds will go to purchase a CoaguChek system (a blood testing machine) for Hospice. Benefit poor man’s supper: For Charlie Conner (triple bypass surgery patient); Friday, Nov. 6, begins at 4:30 p.m., Harriett Memorial Free Will Baptist Church, 1938 Hwy. 221-A, Caroleen; take out plates available; call 657-9446. Yard sale: Friday and Saturday, Nov. 6 and 7, begins at 7 a.m., Community Worship Center, 400 Church St., Spindale; breakfast, lunch and large number of yard sale items. Ham supper: Saturday, Nov. 7, begins at 4:30 p.m., Mt. Vernon Clubhouse; $8 for adults; ages 6-12, $5; free for children 5 and under; all proceeds go toward the Mt. Vernon Baptist Church children/ youth programs. Community yard sale: Saturday, Nov. 7, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Fairfield Mountain Volunteer Fire Department, 1415 Buffalo Creek Road; no early birds; tables fees and food sales to benefit VFD. Old-time country fair: Nov. 6 and 7, Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, Forest City; Friday, 4 to 9 p.m., and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; free rides and games for the entire family; country store, crafts, vendors and more. Country ham supper: Saturday, Nov. 7, 4 to 8 p.m., Duncan’s Creek Presbyterian Church, 1658 Duncan’s Creek Rd., Ellenboro.
Music/concerts Piano concert: David Roach and Jesse Roberts will present a dual piano concert on Saturday, Nov. 7, at Floyd’s Creek Baptist Church. The concert begins at 6:30 p.m. Jesse will be introducing his new piano instrumental CD “Stain Glass and Ivory.” Free admission. A love offering will be taken. Benefit concert: For Benjy Humphries and family; Sunday, Nov. 8, 6 p.m., Cliffside Baptist Church; music by Jimmy Mason, pianist, Ladell Shields, vocalist and organist, and Scott Moore, vocalist; a love offering will be taken at the door. Singing: Sunday, Nov. 8, 6 p.m.; Pleasant Grove Baptist Church,130 Pleasant Grove Road, Rutherfordton; featuring Living By Faith. Singing: Sunday, Nov. 8, 4 p.m., St. Paul AME Zion Church, Forest City; featuring the Limestone College Gospel Choir, Gaffney, S.C. Singing: Sunday, Nov. 8, 6 p.m., Cooper Springs Congregational Holiness Church; featuring The Hurleys from Hickory.
plan, Medicare cuts will mean fewer benefits for seniors, bureaucrats will have the authority to restrict healthcare services, taxpayers will fund abortions, federal and state taxes will increase, and the cost of healthcare will rise.” As protestors from around the country descended on D.C. to decry the bill as folly, Shuler said he was happy with some changes but still bothered about the program’s incomprehensibly huge price tag. “The 1,990 page bill currently being discussed is significantly different from H.R. 3200, the health care legislation approved by the Energy and Commerce Committee in July,” Shuler said. “I am pleased to see some positive changes in the new legislation, including the repeal of an anti-trust loophole that currently allows health care insurance companies to drive up the price of medical care. This measure would bar anti-competitive practices such as price fixing and allow for increased state regulation. I continue to be concerned about the $1.2 trillion
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commissioners following the 30 minutes of public comments at each board meeting. According to April 2003 minutes, McIntosh and then Chairman Chuck Hill set up a two-minute time limit for commissioners to ask clarifying questions of those giving public comments. But Monday night was the first instance of a three-minute rebuttal time for commissioners to respond to the public. McIntosh pointed out the constantly reducing budget in the county as evidence of wise fiscal policy. “We’ve gone from $89 million to $76 million to $69 million for our total budget over the last three years,” McIntosh said. “Part of this $20 million reduction is when the state took over medicaid. But this, in my opinion, is an example of how Rutherford County is managing its money. The big expenditures are the school system, the Sheriff’s Department and Department of Social Services. That is where the money goes.” Of the 52 categories in the county’s budget, 30 showed decreases between last year’s budget and this year. “We get a smaller and smaller budget each year because it is a zerobased budget process,” McIntosh explained. “Everyone said you can’t do it in government and I said we could as long as we dealt with areas we had control over. There are certain areas
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through various steps, trustees also learned. “The original assessment tool that came to me when I first got involved was very confusing,” said Early Childhood Education Instructor Erin Riddle. Riddle discussed the efforts to streamline how courses were assessed and talked of the continuing process she goes through in assessing her own courses. “With some courses I’ve tried to do online only, I’ve gone back and found that a hybrid of it would work better,” she said. Riddle showed how students in her courses use Moodle, an online program where students can complete assignments and communicate with each other. During the presentation, she was asked whether or not she believed older students were more
price tag attached to the health care legislation, H.R. 3962. Health care premiums for families rose about 5 percent this year, and have more than doubled over the past decade, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation data. Health care reform must slow the rising cost of health insurance affecting American families and businesses already weighed down by our struggling economy.” But McHenry was adamant that the Democrat backed plan would not result in positive reforms. And both men said the current plans would not make healthcare cheaper for the average American. “Nowhere in this 1,990-page bill are the common sense reforms that everyone agrees on,” McHenry said. “Insurance companies are not forced to compete with one another across state lines. Small businesses are not permitted to join together to purchase affordable coverage for their employees. Lawsuit abuse will continue to thrive so the real victims are denied justice and the cost of healthcare can continue to escalate. We can insure the uninsured, which this bill actually fails to do, without degrading the quality and increasing the cost
of healthcare for everyone else. It’s no wonder the Democrats preserved the loophole that ensures Members of Congress never have to enroll in the program.”
where we have no control over them. When Medicaid was part of our budget we had no control over it. But, our sales tax revenue is down because the state took roughly $4 million of our sales tax money to pay for the medicaid swap that we previously used for school construction and other things that now has to picked up somewhere else.” A zero-based budget has department managers begin at zero dollars and work their way up from there. The big difference between this format and traditional government budgets is that zero-based budgets do not assume a spending increase. “This is how government usually does its budgeting,” McIntosh explained. “Let’s look at our central garage this year with a budget of $112,451. Typical government says, my budget for last year was $112,000 and we had a 3 percent consumer price index increase. So, I’ll take $112,000 and add 3 percent to that to stay even. Then, I add on my increase. With zero based budgeting, maintenance would start with zero dollars for next year and then look at what they need to operate the facility. Do I need oil? Do I need tools? etc.” McIntosh also explained the lower tax rate can sometimes affect the economic incentives the county is able to give back to businesses looking to locate here. As an example, a company with a $100,000 building could be looking to decide between building in Rutherford County and building in
Scotland County. Scotland’s property tax rate of 1.06 would mean the company would owe about $1,000 worth of taxes on their building. But thanks to an industrial incentive, the Scotland County would refund them 100 percent of the property taxes for their first three years of operation. The company would receive about $3,000 over those three years from the county. But they would’ve paid the $1,000 up front every year before they received their refund. In Rutherford County, the same company with the same building would equate to about $530 in property taxes every year. If the company gets the same economic incentive deal, the county would pay them back about $1,590 for those first three years. “Unfortunately, sometimes firms will look at that arrangement and say to us — hey, Scotland County has offered me $3,000 in incentives, what can you do? — and make their decision like that instead of looking at the actual tax rates,” McIntosh said. “But I still think it is better for us to have lower taxes. I would like to see our ranking for tax rate be in the teens compared to the rest of the state, but I know that won’t happen any time soon. Next year is going to be a real bear when we work on the budget because the state continues to nip away at what we’re getting so we have to look more internally.”
afraid of using such technology. “Younger students, who I joke came out of the womb texting, have really been good about helping those older students to use the technology,” she said. Information about the online offerings through Learn and Earn Online, which matches with the goal of enhancing partnerships with other educational institutions, was presented by Dr. Kathy Ackerman, dean of arts and sciences. Ackerman gave an overview of Learn and Earn, saying it was entirely for high school students. Through Learn and Earn courses, it is possible for traditional high school students to graduate with their high school diploma and a two year degree. Further demonstrating the goal of partnership with other educational institutions, Dr. Laura Thomas, principal of REaCH, presented statistics on the early college high school, which is a partnership between Isothermal and Rutherford County Schools.
“We’ve been very successful, with our first graduating class two years ago,” Thomas said. “Our target is to get students who are first generation college students. We also target students who are economically disadvantaged.”
Shuler agreed the bill needed to cut more costs. “The current legislation does not adequately reduce the cost of health care for most Americans, and threatens to make health insurance even more expensive,” Shuler said. “Additionally, the bill does not do enough to reduce the increasing amount that the federal government spends on Medicare, Medicaid and other health care programs. These cost increases are unsustainable for our federal budget in the long run. The House leadership may call for a vote on the legislation as early as this week. Following the House vote, the bill will be considered by the Senate. As I consider the legislation, I am working on reading the bill and anticipating how the legislation would affect Western North Carolina and our country as a whole.” Contact Baughman via e-mail at sbaughman@thedigitalcourier.com.
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Thomas was asked what advice she would give a traditional high school, to which she replied relationships. “The basis of our school is rigor, relevance and relationships,” she said. “Our students know people here care about them.” During the day trustees also learned about distance learning and global awareness, the Huskins Program in Rutherford and Polk counties and entrepreneurship and other programs. The day finished with a tour of campus. Contact Flynn via e-mail at aflynn@thedigitalcourier.com.
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Delhomme returns, but Panthers without a healthy fullback CHARLOTTE (AP) — Jake Delhomme has recovered from a chest injury, but the Carolina Panthers are without a healthy fullback ahead of Sunday’s game at New Orleans. Delhomme practiced Wednesday, three days after getting hit in the chest while throwing a pass in the win over Arizona. He was taken to a hospital for a CT scan, which showed no internal injuries. Fullback Brad Hoover sprained his right ankle in the third quarter Sunday and was carted off the field. His backup, rookie Tony Fiammetta, later left with a concussion. Both players missed practice Wednesday. Receiver Muhsin Muhammad (knee), running back Jonathan Stewart (Achilles’ tendon), safety Charles Godfrey (ankle), linebacker Landon Johnson (shoulder) and tight end Dante Rosario (knee) also sat out.
Hatchell: Jessica Breland’s lymphoma in ‘remission’ CHAPEL HILL (AP) — North Carolina coach Sylvia Hatchell says Jessica Breland’s Hodgkin’s lymphoma has gone into remission, though it’s still unclear whether the senior will be able to play this season. Hatchell said Wednesday that Breland finished her fivemonth course of chemotherapy last week and will have a scan next week that could determine whether she needs additional treatments. However, Hatchell says she is still leaning toward redshirting Breland this year and her return to the lineup would be a “pleasant surprise.” Breland didn’t speak to reporters attending the team’s preseason media day. She averaged 14 points and 8.5 rebounds per game last year for the Tar Heels, and was a preseason all-Atlantic Coast Conference pick for this year.
Central’s Kevin Dinga (4) looks to move the ball forward during the 3A NCHSAA Soccer Playoff game against South Point Wednesday. Garrett Byers/ Daily Courier
Central, Chase ousted from postseason By KEVIN CARVER Sports Reporter
RUTHERFORDTON — While several plays kept things scoreless throughout the contest, just one play made the difference in Wednesday’s NCHSAA first round 3A soccer playoff game with South Point. Unfortunately, that particular play ended R-S Central’s season with a 1-0 defeat. The Hilltoppers, who were without the services of senior keeper J.T. McClain, due to a concussion, placed freshman, Harrison Lave in to defend goal and he did an excellent job all night. However, while Lave was pointing out that he needed help along the far post in the 74th minute, South Point played a corner kick without a set defense. As Brett Thompson came to the far post, both defenders turned, but too late as South Point’s Matthew Young right-footed a kick in between the two defenders, which gave the visiting Red Raiders the upset. South Point (9-10-2) had two early looks at the goal, the second came in the fifth minute as South Point’s Cameron Stilwell assisted over to Nate Propst, but his shot sailed wide left to keep the game scoreless. Central then took eight straight chances in the next 25 minutes without a South Point attempt during that period. Please see Soccer, Page 8
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Chase’s Clint McIntyre pushes the ball forward during the 2A NCHSAA Soccer playoff game against East Davidson Wednesday.
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West faces additional weapons charges WASHINGTON (AP) — Cleveland Cavaliers guard Delonte West was indicted on additional weapons and traffic charges stemming from his Sept. 17 arrest for speeding on a motorcycle and carrying multiple weapons. West was arrested with two loaded handguns, a loaded shotgun and a Bowie knife.
By MIKE CRANSTON AP Sports Writer
Local Sports JV FOOTBALL 7 p.m. East Rutherford at Chase
On TV 7 p.m. (TS) NHL Hockey Columbus Blue Jackets at Atlanta Thrashers. 7:30 p.m. (WHNS) MLB Baseball World Series, Game 7 — Philadelphia Phillies at New York Yankees (If needed). 7:30 p.m. (ESPN) College Football Virginia Tech at East Carolina. 8 p.m. (ESPN2) MLS Soccer Eastern Conference Semifinal — Real Salt Lake at Columbus Crew. Game 2. 8 p.m. (FSS) College Football Shepard at Glenville State. 8 p.m. (TNT) NBA Basketball Chicago Bulls at Cleveland Cavaliers. 10:30 p.m. (TNT) NBA Basketball San Antonio Spurs at Utah Jazz.
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Carolina Panthers’ Sherrod Martin (23) returns an interception in the fourth quarter in an NFL football game against the Arizona Cardinals in this Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009, file photo, in Glendale, Ariz.
CHARLOTTE — For a speedy guy, football success has come slowly for Sherrod Martin. He had to wait a year after high school before enrolling at Troy, then was hampered by two shoulder surgeries and a broken hand in college. Martin was buried on the depth chart at cornerback in his first training camp with Carolina. The Panthers then moved him to safety, Please see Martin, Page 8
Lady Bulldogs’ simple message — 2 more points By JACOB CONLEY Sports Reporter
BOILING SPRINGS — The Gardner-Webb Lady Bulldogs missed the NCAA tournament by a single point a season ago. So Coach Rick Reeves’ message to his team for the ’09-10 campaign is simple — two more points. “That’s a great motivator,” said Reeves. “When the team gets tired in practice or workouts, they just say two points or just simply hold up two fingers and the intensity picks back up.” GWU has more than motivation on their side this season as they return the five starters that brought them to the brink of the Big Dance. “Those five players are good enough to win the conference,” said Reeves of his returners. “But, this year we
have some much needed depth that is going to make this team a tough one to beat.” Pundits agree with Reeves’ assessment as GWU received four firstplace votes in the Big South preseason poll, finishing second overall behind defending champion Liberty. “Honesty compels me to say that one of those first place votes is mine,” said Reeves. “I believe we have the best team in the league, because we are built to be successful in tournament play.” One of blocks on which Reeves built his team is newcomer Sandra Vantikute. The lanky Lithuanian stands at 6-foot-6 and should be a force on the inside, opening up opportunities on the outside for sharpshooter Miranda Burnett and numerous
other Bulldogs who are deadly from downtown. “I’m really excited about the possibilities of going inside-out on offense,” said Reeves. “This is going to be a very balanced team on the offensive end.” The coach’s confidence will be tested as the ’Dogs face a tough schedule, beginning when Conference USA member Houston visits Boiling Springs on November 13 to open the season. “Playing a team like Houston on our home court is big for the players, fans and program,” said Reeves. “I’m expecting that game to be sold out and the fans to be loud.” Like their counterparts on the men’s side, the Lady Dogs travel to face Please see Lady Bulldogs, Page 9
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BASEBALL Postseason Baseball DIVISION SERIES American League NEW YORK 3, MINNESOTA 0 Wednesday, Oct. 7 New York 7, Minnesota 2 Friday, Oct. 9 New York 4, Minnesota 3, 11 innings Sunday, Oct. 11 New York 4, Minnesota 1 LOS ANGELES 3, BOSTON 0 Thursday, Oct. 8 Los Angeles 5, Boston 0 Friday, Oct. 9 Los Angeles 4, Boston 1 Sunday, Oct. 11 Los Angeles 7, Boston 6
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only to see him slowed by a bruised knee. Two months of waiting ended Sunday, when an injury forced the 25-year-old rookie into the starting lineup at free safety. Martin responded with two of Carolina’s five interceptions in an upset win over Arizona, a performance that could earn the second-round pick the permanent starting job. “When they put him back there at the safety position, just watching him in practice, you could tell he felt very comfortable playing that position,” reserve cornerback Dante Wesley said Wednesday. “To me, it really showed on Sunday how valuable he is.” Forced into action because of Charles Godfrey’s right ankle injury, Martin doubled Godfrey’s interception total in his 22 games as a starter. Martin raced across the field to grab Kurt Warner’s overthrown pass in the second quarter. Then after Chris Gamble forced a big hit to pop the ball free early in the fourth quarter, Martin was there for another pick that set up a field goal for a 31-14 lead. “It was just me running to the ball, something we preach about,” Martin said. “It just put me in the right place at the right time.” It appears the 6-foot-1, 198-pound Martin is now playing the right position, too, after taking a difficult path to the NFL. He was in Troy’s recruiting class coming out of high school, but didn’t enroll until the following January and spent a year out of football. He then had surgery on both shoulders that forced him to redshirt as a junior. He returned the following season only to be slowed by a broken hand.
He then moved from cornerback to safety as a senior and had an NCAA record three interceptions in one quarter against Alcorn State. “It just made my work ethic better. Two shoulder surgeries, a broken hand, I always felt like I was behind,” Martin said. “So I really take a lot a pride in working out in the weight room and things like that, the little things.” When Carolina took the Griffin, Ga., native with the 59th pick in April’s draft, the Panthers figured he’d be the No. 3 cornerback. The job was open after Ken Lucas was released and Richard Marshall was promoted to starter. “He’s kind of a tweener guy. He was in college, both as a corner and as a safety,” coach John Fox said. “It’s a good skill set to have.” Fox was noncommittal when asked if Godfrey would regain his starting job when he’s healthy again. If Martin turns in a repeat performance, it may be Godfrey’s turn to wait.
PHILADELPHIA 3, COLORADO 1 Wednesday, Oct. 7 Philadelphia 5, Colorado 1 Thursday, Oct. 8 Colorado 5, Philadelphia 4 Saturday, Oct. 10 Philadelphia at Colorado, ppd., weather Sunday, Oct. 11 Philadelphia 6, Colorado 5 Monday, Oct. 12 Philadelphia 5, Colorado 4
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Monday’s Games Philadelphia 6, Tampa Bay 2 N.Y. Islanders 3, Edmonton 1 Los Angeles 5, Phoenix 3 Tuesday’s Games Detroit 2, Boston 0 Tampa Bay 2, Toronto 1, OT Atlanta 5, Montreal 4 Pittsburgh 4, Anaheim 3 Vancouver 4, N.Y. Rangers 1 Wednesday’s Games New Jersey 3, Washington 2 Buffalo 3, N.Y. Islanders 0 San Jose 3, Columbus 2, OT Florida 3, Carolina 0 Calgary at Dallas, late Phoenix at Colorado, late Thursday’s Games Montreal at Boston, 7 p.m. Columbus at Atlanta, 7 p.m. Tampa Bay at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m. San Jose at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Calgary at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Vancouver at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Chicago at Phoenix, 9 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m. Nashville at Anaheim, 10 p.m. Pittsburgh at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.
WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF 13 8 4 1 17 39 13 7 5 1 15 42 13 6 4 3 15 40 13 6 6 1 13 28 12 5 6 1 11 29 Northwest Division GP W L OT Pts GF Colorado 15 10 3 2 22 45 Vancouver 16 9 7 0 18 46 Calgary 12 7 4 1 15 44 Edmonton 15 7 7 1 15 45 Minnesota 14 5 9 0 10 31 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF San Jose 15 10 4 1 21 52 Los Angeles 15 9 4 2 20 51 Chicago Columbus Detroit Nashville St. Louis
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LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES American League NEW YORK 4, LOS ANGELES 2 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 10, Los Angeles 1 Thursday, Oct. 22 Los Angeles 7, New York 6 Saturday, Oct. 24 Los Angeles at New York, ppd., rain Sunday, Oct. 25 New York 5, Los Angeles 2
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National League LOS ANGELES 3, ST. LOUIS 0 Wednesday, Oct. 7 Los Angeles 5, St. Louis 3 Thursday, Oct. 8 Los Angeles 3, St. Louis 2 Saturday, Oct. 10 Los Angeles 5, St. Louis 1
New York Yankees’ Hideki Matsui watches his two run home run Philadelphia Phillies’ Pedro Martinez during the second inning of Game 6 of the Major League Baseball World Series Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, in New York. The Yankees, who lead the Series, 3-2, lead Game 6, 7-3, in the 6th inning as of press time.
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The Hilltoppers’ best opportunity came in the 17th minute. Following a Matt Simmons’ steal and a couple of passes that eventually found Dylan Owens. Owens slid a pass to the left for Eduardo Lopez. A free-wheeling Lopez aimed just left of the post, but his shot sailed wide left. Davis Choun came up with a big clear as he stuck his foot out on a late attempt by South Point’s Stuart Turner to keep the game tied at 0-0 at the half. Central put up eight moresecond-half shots, while south Point had seven attempts. A corner kick by Central’s Simmons, which led to a header from Owens was the best sec-
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ond-half opportunity for the home team. Unfortunately, the shot was saved, but that didn’t keep Simmons from flying all over the field for Central. Turner again had a solid oneon-one match up with Lave in the 73rd minute, but Lave didn’t budge, coming up with a nice catch save. A minute later, Young stepped up to score the eventual game-winner. R-S Central (10-4-3) has nothing to be ashamed of with the year they have had. Central’s defense allowed just two goals in two different games all season long and in the other 15 contests, less than that.
East Davidson 1, Chase 0 CHASE — An own goal in the 69th minute ended the postseason for Chase, Wednesday,
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BASKETBALL National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct Boston 5 0 1.000 Philadelphia 2 2 .500 Toronto 1 2 .333 New York 1 3 .250 New Jersey 0 4 .000 Southeast Division W L Pct Atlanta 3 1 .750 Miami 3 1 .750 Orlando 3 1 .750 Charlotte 2 2 .500 Washington 2 2 .500 Central Division W L Pct Cleveland 3 2 .600 Chicago 2 2 .500 Detroit 2 2 .500 Milwaukee 1 2 .333 Indiana 0 3 .000 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct 3 1 .750 3 1 .750 2 1 .667 1 3 .250 1 3 .250 Northwest Division W L Pct Denver 4 0 1.000 Oklahoma City 2 2 .500 Portland 2 3 .400 Minnesota 1 3 .250 Utah 1 3 .250 Pacific Division W L Pct Phoenix 4 0 1.000 L.A. Lakers 3 1 .750 Sacramento 1 3 .250 L.A. Clippers 1 4 .200 Golden State 0 2 .000
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Tuesday’s Games Denver 111, Indiana 93 Boston 105, Philadelphia 74 Cleveland 102, Washington 90 Phoenix 104, Miami 96 Detroit 85, Orlando 80 Chicago 83, Milwaukee 81 L.A. Lakers 101, Oklahoma City 98, OT Dallas 96, Utah 85 Atlanta 97, Portland 91 Wednesday’s Games Orlando 122, Phoenix 100 Miami 93, Washington 89 Toronto 110, Detroit 99 Denver 122, New Jersey 94 Indiana 101, New York 89 Boston at Minnesota, late L.A. Lakers at Houston, late Dallas at New Orleans, late Atlanta at Sacramento, late Memphis at Golden State, late Thursday’s Games Chicago at Cleveland, 8 p.m. San Antonio at Utah, 10:30 p.m.
against East Davidson in the first round of the 2A NCHSAA Soccer playoffs. “It was a great game,” said Chase Head Coach Greg Deshommes. “For us, it was a great first experience. I am proud of my players, and we fought hard. “And I am sad for R-S, they have a good team and they deserved to go forward. For us, it’s our third year and to make the playoffs, I am happy ... I wish there was someone from the county representing us in soccer, but we are a young program and I want this, being in the playoffs, to become a Chase tradition and not a one-time experience.” The Trojans end the year 2-142, but made great strides on the field as they continue to improve under Deshommes.
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Phil Mickelson, left, and Tiger Woods
Halfway around the world, Tiger, Phil meet again By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer
SHANGHAI — Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson sat across from each other in a mock game of Chinese checkers against the spectacular backdrop of Shanghai’s trendy Bund district. Later, they posed with the HSBC Champions trophy. The world’s best two players have been taking part in plenty of photo opportunities together lately. Only six weeks ago in Atlanta, they shared the spotlight at the Tour Championship when Mickelson won the tournament by three shots over Woods, and Woods hoisted the FedEx Cup trophy. Then came a trophy they shared at the Presidents Cup, where both produced unbeaten records in San Francisco. Halfway around the world, they are going at it again. Despite a 78-man field from 23 countries at this World Golf Championship — the strongest field ever assembled in Asia — Woods and Mickelson remain the top attraction. “I’m excited that Tiger and I are able to compete in the same event here in China,” Mickelson said Wednesday on the eve of the HSBC Champions at Sheshan International Golf Club. “I think that it will provide some exposure to the game of golf throughout the country, and I’m hopeful that we compete head-to-head over the weekend, and are both in contention.” The HSBC Champions might be the appropriate way to celebrate a phenomenal year for golf in Asia.
Y.E. Yang of South Korea made history in two respects at the PGA Championship, becoming the first Asian-born golfer to win a major and the first player to win a major where Woods had the lead going into the final round. Only a week ago, the first Asian Amateur Championship was staged at Mission Hills Golf Club in China, with the winner awarded a spot in the Masters next year and an exemption into the final stage of British Open qualifying. The year ends with the first World Golf Championship in Asia that counts toward the world ranking. “I’m looking forward to it. I think everyone is,” Woods said. “Having this now become a World Golf Championship, I think everyone is very excited about what this tournament means in the scope of things, not just here in China but in all of Asia. As a player, we are looking forward to playing this golf course against such a great field.”
The field includes defending champion Sergio Garcia, three-time major winner Padraig Harrington, British Open champion Stewart Cink and Lee Westwood, who is leading the Race to Dubai on the European Tour. Woods is no stranger to playing overseas, having played at least one international tournament every year since his pro debut in 1996. But while that familiar spinning globe — the World Golf Championship logo — is now found on the bright red signs around the course, there is no denying this tournament has a different feel. From red sand in the practice range bunkers to Woods and Mickelson leading a world-class field, there is nothing ordinary about this tournament.
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sports ACC Notebook Boston College’s Gunnell closes in on record BOSTON (AP) — Former NFL tight end Pete Mitchell stopped by Boston College practice this week to play a little defense. “He told me to slow down a little bit,” said Eagles receiver Rich Gunnell, who is closing in on Mitchell’s school record for receiving yards. “That’s the only thing he’s got going for him.” Mitchell, who played at BC from 1991-94 and then spent eight years in the pros, holds the all-time BC receiving record with 2,388 yards. Gunnell is 236 yards shy of the mark, but he said he wasn’t aware he was getting close until football operations director Barry Gallup called him at practice and told him, “This is the guy you’re chasing for the records.” “I knew he was head and shoulders above everybody with records, but that was the first time I met him,” said Gunnell, who leads all active Atlantic Coast Conference players with 161 receptions, 2,152 receiving yards and 16 touchdowns. “It would be a great honor. But the biggest honor for me would be to win an ACC championship.” BC, which is off this week, can do that if it wins the rest of its games and Clemson loses once more. Until then, Gunnell’s teammates are rooting for him to pick up some individual accolades. “It just lights up my eye to see Rich being successful,” said safety Wes Davis. “For so long, he’s been a huge part of our team. It’s nice to see a somebody get what they deserve.” DUKE NEEDS 7: It turns out that Duke (5-3) will need two more wins to qualify for its first bowl since 1994. The quirk in the Blue Devils’ standard for bowl eligibility centers around its two games against Football Championship Subdivision teams. Bowl Subdivision schools may count only one FCS victory per season toward the six necessary to make the postseason.
BAD BEAMERBALL: One of the key elements to Virginia Tech’s rise in stature has been the phenomenon known as Beamerball — special teams plays that lead to quick points for the Hokies. When the Hokies play at East Carolina on Thursday night, they might have flashbacks to their season-opener a year ago when they experienced the other side. Virginia Tech led 22-20 with about 2 minutes left when it was forced to punt. T.J. Lee blocked it for the Pirates and returned it 27 yards for a touchdown in ECU’s 27-22 victory. “It was pretty terrible,” Hokies linebacker Cody Grimm recalled this week. “I was running down the field and just heard the crowd roar, and I’m like, ’That can’t be good.’ I didn’t really hear the block and then I turned around and saw the guy running into the end zone.” THE HONOR IS HERZ: Boston College linebacker Mark Herzlich is racking up the awards. The honorary ones, that is. Herzlich, who’s taking the season off while being treated for cancer, will receive an honorary Lott Trophy. The award, named for NFL Hall of Famer Ronnie Lott, goes to a defensive player with strong personal character; Herzlich was a quarterfinalist last year and on the watch list for 2009 before being diagnosed with Ewing’s Sarcoma.
Herzlich was the Atlantic Coast Conference defensive player of the year in 2008, leading Boston College with 113 tackles and adding six interceptions. The only other honorary Lott Trophy was awarded in 2004 to the family of Pat Tillman, an NFL star who volunteered for the Army Rangers and was killed in Afghanistan. FULL CIRCLE: Wake Forest quarterback Ryan McManus went from imitating Miami’s defensive backs to trying to beat them. As a freshman in 2005, he was so low on the Demon Deacons’ depth chart that he was reduced to playing safety on the scout team. But after one backup transferred and the starter was hurt, the fifth-year senior fell into some meaningful playing time last week against the Hurricanes. McManus, who entered the Miami game with one career completion, played the final 6 1/2 minutes of the 28-27 loss after Riley Skinner left with a mild concussion. On his first snap, McManus threw a 4-yard pass to Cameron Ford; in all, he completed 5 of 9 passes for 42 yards. “My first play, I tied my career completions,” McManus said with a laugh. TALKIN’ DABO: C.J. Spiller learned quite a bit about Clemson coach Dabo Swinney before ever stepping foot on the Tigers’ campus. Clemson’s star runner recalled a two-hour car ride from the Atlanta airport after Swinney picked him up for his official visit a few years back. “That’s when I really realized that ’Hey, that guy can talk,”’ Spiller said Tuesday. Swinney’s pitch must have worked since Spiller surprised coaches and recruiting analysts by picking Clemson over schools like Southern Cal, Florida, Miami and Florida State.
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Jamie McMurray (26) takes the chechered flag ahead of Kasey Kahne to win the AMP Energy 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009, at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Ala.
Talladega win is bittersweet for McMurray
TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — When Jamie McMurray got home on Sunday night following his dramatic win at Talladega hours earlier, he turned to his wife, Christy, and asked what they should do to celebrate his first victory in nearly three years. Champagne? A nice dinner? Not exactly. Christy hopped on the computer while her emotionally drained husband crawled into bed with the couple’s two dogs. Sorry, McMurray’s partying days are long gone. “I’ve grown up a lot the last Continued from Page 7 four years,” the 33-year-old driver said. the Tar Heels, but it is not this year’s matchup with He hasn’t really had a choice. UNC that has Reeves excited. His four seasons at Roush “Mark your calenders,” said a grinning Reeves. Fenway Racing have been “Because on New Year’s Eve of next year (2011), the uneven at best. He moved to Lady Tar Heels are coming here — so get your tick- Roush from Chip Ganassi ets now.” Racing in 2006 to compete for But before that game arrives, Reeves encourages a championship. It simply hasn’t fans to cross county lines and experience Bulldogs’ happened. basketball first hand. “You fans in Rutherford McMurray failed to make the County are use to some great basketball because Chase in each of his four seasons of high school programs like East Rutherford,” and started 2009 knowing he’d said Reeves. “I promise you won’t be disappointed likely be out of a job at the end with what GWU offers. We play fast, we play hard, of the year when Roush trimmed and the atmosphere here with the Dawg Pound is its Cup operation from five cars phenomenal. Come once and I guarantee you will to four as part of a NASCAR come again.” mandate to limit team size.
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For Duke, which opened the season with a loss to Richmond, the win over North Carolina Central wound up not counting toward that bowl total. N.C. Central is considered a transitional program by the NCAA, having started the 5-year move to Division I in 2007 and doesn’t yet have the required number of scholarships. The game with N.C. Central was scheduled in part to bridge the gap between the crosstown schools located 5 miles apart.
His impending departure, however, seemed to alleviate some of the tension between McMurray and Roush. The team owner’s tough love when McMurray struggled didn’t produce the kind of results Roush expected, leading him to do something unexpected: change tactics. “He came to me and said ’Jamie, I have learned that some people are motivated by humiliation, some are motivated by kicking them in the butt and I’ve learned with you that you’re motivated more by positive reinforcement more than me yelling at you,”’ McMurray said. Now the prerace talks between owner and driver are friendlier. There are handshakes, compliments and the occasional joke. There was plenty to smile about in the fading twilight at Talladega, where McMurray avoided the usual carnage to pick up his first victory since the 2007 summer race at Daytona. McMurray and Roush doused each other with champagne, and Roush sounded wistful talking about McMurray’s impending departure. “(It’s) a great sadness, but I hope that we can win another race with Jamie, and certainly
am happy for this one,” Roush said. “The guys did a nice job. The car had speed in it, and they didn’t make a mistake all day.” It’s a difficult task at the notoriously tricky 2.66-mile tri-oval. But after wrecking six laps in at the spring race at Talladega, McMurray opted to hang toward the back early on Sunday during the single-file parade. He figured he was in good company running alongside threetime defending Cup champion Jimmie Johnson. “I thought (Jimmie) has pretty good luck,” McMurray said. “If I’m around him, that’s a good sign.” McMurray began his move to the front with about 50 laps to go, and benefited from a decision to take two tires instead of four on his last pit stop. It gave him the track position he needed to get to the front, and he found a friend in teammate Matt Kenseth, who gave McMurray a partner to fend off the usual late-race insanity. “I was lucky he was behind me,” said McMurray, who is close friends with Kenseth. “He kept pushing me until the end. The fact he was behind me made it easier.”
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Nation Today Family. friends visit pond
DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) — Family members and teammates of three North Dakota college softball players have thrown roses and softballs into a pond where the students were found dead inside their Jeep. The bodies of 22-year-old Kyrstin Gemar, of San Diego; 20-year-old Afton Williamson of Lake Elsinore, Calif.; and 21-year-old Ashley Neufeld, of Brandon, Manitoba were found inside their white SUV on Tuesday. Authorities say it appears the three went on a stargazing trip when their vehicle slid into the pond in southwest North Dakota. Police traced cell phone signals from the women’s frantic calls to friends late Sunday. Those signals helped lead authorities to the pond near Dickinson.
Cops to tear down walls
CLEVELAND (AP) — A convicted rapist who lived among 10 corpses was ordered held without bond Wednesday as investigators prepared to begin tearing apart walls inside the house in search of more evidence or bodies. Anthony Sowell appeared in court under tight security, wearing a blue paper jumpsuit typically used when an inmate might be a suicide risk. His wrists and ankles were manacled, and he walked into court staggering slightly. Assistant Cuyahoga County
Prosecutor Brian Murphy called Sowell “an incredibly dangerous threat to the public” and said he could face the death penalty if convicted of the charges — five aggravated murder counts for the victims whose cause of death has been ruled strangulation. In addition, he faces charges of rape, felonious assault and kidnapping.
53 charged in probe NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors charged 53 people on Wednesday with running open-air drug markets at two housing projects near Yankee Stadium. Among the drugs for sale: Heroin with the brand name “American Gangster” — an apparent reference to the 2007 film starring Denzel Washington as a Harlem drug lord. Early morning raids on Wednesday resulted 37 arrests and seizure of cash, guns and stockpiles of heroin and crack cocaine. The takedown followed a yearlong investigation of violent drug crews by the New York Police Department, Drug Enforcement Administration and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. “As grounds crews were preparing Yankee Stadium for Game Six of the World Series, (federal agents and police officers) were doing their own house cleaning, so to speak,” Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said at a news conference.
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Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., center, accompanied by Rep. Phil Gingrey, R-Ga., right, and Rep. Dean Heller, R-Nev., gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington Wednesday to announce an amendment to the health care bill.
Sources: AARP will endorse health care bill WASHINGTON (AP) — In a coup for House Democrats, AARP will endorse sweeping health care overhaul legislation headed for a historymaking floor vote, officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday. An endorsement from the seniors’ lobby was critical when then-President George W. Bush pushed the Medicare prescription drug benefit through a closely divided Congress in 2003. House Democratic leaders are hoping it will work the same political magic for them as they strive to deliver on President Barack Obama’s signature issue. An announcement from the 40-million member group is expected Thursday, said officials with knowledge of the group’s decision. They spoke on condition of anonymity because the endorsement is not official yet. Backing the 10-year, $1.2 trillion House bill is a tricky move for AARP. Many retirees are concerned about cuts in Medicare payments to medical providers, which will be used to finance an expansion of health insurance coverage to millions of working families who now lack it. Also, AARP says its membership is about evenly divided among Democrats, Republicans and independents, meaning its endorsement in today’s highly politicized atmosphere could anger many members.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Recognizing that a weak economy still needs a government boost, the Senate voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to provide the jobless with up to 20 weeks in additional unemployment benefits and expand a first-time homebuyer tax credit to include a far larger pool of people entering the dormant housing market. The $24 billion bill, passed 98-0, also provides tax relief for struggling businesses. It comes to the rescue of more than 1 million out-of-work people who will run out of benefits by the end of the year. Everyone will receive 14 weeks of additional benefits, while those in states with unemployment rates of 8.5 percent and above get six weeks on top of that. With enactment, the jobless in the hardest-hit states could receive up to 99 weeks of benefits, which average about $300 a week. That would well exceed the previous record of 65 weeks during the 1970s. The $8,000 tax credit for first-time homebuyers, enacted as part of the stimulus package last February and
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Senate extends jobless benefits, home tax credit
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Floor votes on the House bill could come as early as this weekend. Obama planned to visit the Capitol on Friday, according to congressional officials. They spoke on condition of anonymity because the meetings have not been announced. Asked Wednesday if Democratic leaders had the 218 needed for passage, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., responded: “We’re counting. We’re counting.” House leaders moved on Wednesday to shore up support for the measure among the Democratic rankand-file, even as they sharpened their fight with the health insurance industry. Last-minute changes to the legislation, released late Tuesday night, started a 72-hour legislative clock and cleared the way for votes as early as Saturday.
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set to expire this month, would be extended and expanded to include a $6,500 credit for people who have lived in their current residences at least five years. Congress has no choice but to act when there are 15 million jobless chasing 3 million jobs and 7,000 people run out of benefits every day, said Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont. Economists talk about the end of the recession, he said, but “for most Americans, it will still be some time before things start getting better.” The legislation now goes to the House, which is expected to quickly approve it and send it to President Barack Obama for his signature. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., said Tuesday that the unemployment benefit extension was “critically important,” while the tax credit aspects of the legislation were “acceptable” to the House. The House acted in late September to extend unemployment benefits, but only to the jobless in the 27 states where the unemployment rate is above 8.5 percent.
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Chg -.72 -.94 -.39 -.35 -1.03 -3.29 -.80 -1.03 -.25 -.23
%Chg -21.2 -13.9 -13.0 -12.1 -11.3 -10.1 -9.8 -9.8 -9.7 -9.4
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Chg %Chg +.35 +14.9 +.29 +12.1 +.89 +9.4 +.35 +9.3 +.34 +8.5 +.21 +8.3 +.20 +8.0 +2.02 +7.1 +.34 +6.5 +.80 +6.3
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Advanced Declined Unchanged Total issues New Highs New Lows Volume
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Chg -9.01 -1.25 -6.49 -.73 -1.38 -.54 -.45 -1.75 -2.13 -4.57
%Chg -38.9 -35.7 -24.4 -23.6 -19.7 -18.1 -16.7 -16.6 -15.1 -14.5
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Advanced Declined Unchanged Total issues New Highs New Lows Volume
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Late day slump knocks stocks off solid gains
NEW YORK (AP) — A late-day slump left stocks mixed Wednesday as investors couldn’t hold on to their optimism after the Federal Reserve gave an encouraging assessment of the economy. The Dow Jones industrial average, up more than 150 points after the Fed described the economy as showing more signs of recovery, closed up 30. The broader indexes were narrowly mixed. Analysts couldn’t point to any one reason why stocks gave up their gains, although some said the market is increasingly nervous as the release of the government’s October jobs report on Friday approaches. Financial stocks fell especially hard in the last hour of trading after a House vote to speed up the effective date of limits on credit card companies, and added to the overall market’s pullback. The Fed, as expected, left its benchmark interest rate unchanged at a record low of essentially zero and said the economy is slowly rebounding. Its announcement followed reports on service industries and employment that eased two of the biggest worries about the economy. The Fed’s statement accompanying its rate decision noted that housing activity has picked up in recent months. It also said consumer spending, while still constrained by unemployment and other problems, appears to be growing. Policymakers said they would keep interest rates low for an “extended period” and said inflation is likely to remain tame. That eased some worries that rising prices would force the Fed to boost interest rates and risk cutting off a nascent recovery in the economy. Meanwhile, the House approved new rules for credit card companies unless lenders agree to freeze interest rates and fees. The vote would move up the February effective date of legislation already passed by Congress that limits what banks can charge for credit cards. It didn’t appear likely that the Senate would also pass the measure, but the House vote still sent financial stocks falling. And when bank stocks fall, the rest of the market tends to follow. According to preliminary calculations, the Dow rose 30.23, or 0.3 percent, to 9,802.14. It had been up as much as 156 after the Fed announcement. The broader Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose 1.09, or 0.1 percent, to 1,046.50, and the Nasdaq composite index fell 1.80, or 0.1 percent, to 2,055.52. Winning stocks were ahead of losers by 8 to 7 on the New York Stock Exchange, where volume came to 1.35 billion shares. The Fed appeared more upbeat than investors by the end of trading Wednesday. But investors have grown fearful that the economic rebound they’ve been betting on over the past eight months will be fleeting, considering that job losses remain high and consumers still aren’t spending freely. Stocks have zigzagged over the past few weeks amid the heightened uncertainty. The dollar fell against other major currencies, helping to send commodities prices higher. Gold rose as high as $1,096.50 an ounce. Crude oil added 80 cents to $80.40 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange as the government said U.S. crude supplies fell more than expected.
Associated Press
In this July 30 photo, patients wait in the emergency room at Cook County Hospital, one of Chicago’s safety net hospitals. The U.S. service sector grew for a second straight month in October, but at a slower pace than in September, as the recovery creeps along for the country’s hospitals, retailers, financial services companies and truckers.
Service sector sees some growth NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. service sector grew for a second straight month in October, but at a slower pace than in September, as a broad economic recovery creeps along. The Institute for Supply Management said Wednesday that its service index dipped to 50.6 last month from 50.9. Any reading above 50 signals growth. Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters had expected a 51.5 for the index that tracks the country’s hospitals, retailers, financial services companies and truckers. But new orders, an augur of future activity, rose to 55.6, from 54.2 in September. Business activity also rose. Still, the decline in employment worsened. The employment tracker has contracted for 21 of the past 22 months. In the ISM’s survey, nine industries said their businesses grew last month, with real estate, construction, corporate management and support services showing the biggest gains. Seven sectors contracted. The index tracks more than 80 percent of the country’s economic activity.
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Last month’s dip “may be a sign that the recovery is still struggling to gain any momentum,” said Paul Ashworth, senior U.S. economist at Capital Economics in Toronto. He added, though, that a similar slip in July was later reversed and that the new report may “possibly be nothing more than a temporary blip.” Investors liked the growth in new orders, and stocks rose on Wall Street. The Dow Jones industrials added about 120 points in afternoon trading, and broader indexes also rose. The service sector’s recovery has been choppy, unlike manufacturing’s sharper move upward as companies restock inventories and demand increases from overseas. The U.S. economy grew at a 3.5 percent pace last quarter after a record four straight drops. But analysts wonder if that growth can be sustained amid rising unemployment and tight lending. “Companies are still reluctant to turn the faucet on and start bringing people on board until they can see these are going to be sustainable levels of activity,” Anthony Nieves, chair of the
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ISM’s survey committee, said on a conference call with reporters. The U.S. unemployment rate in September hit a 26-year high of 9.8 percent. It’s expected to increase to 9.9 percent when the government releases the October report on Friday. Consumer spending, which powers the service sector and 70 percent of the economy, dropped in September, the government said last week. That was the first decline in five months. Americans’ wages and salaries also dipped. Still, retail sales for October are expected to improve a bit from last year, according to MasterCard’s SpendingPulse. Retail chains report monthly sales on Thursday. There may be slight increases in seasonal retail employment this holiday season, Nieves said. But many companies are cutting jobs. Retailer Target Corp. said last month it would trim about 85 marketing jobs, while health products maker Johnson & Johnson said this week it could eliminate as many as 8,300 jobs as part of an effort to save up to $900 million next year.
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Friend is repaid with disappointment Dear Abby: Please print this for me on behalf of myself and all the other well-intentioned folks out there who have lent money: “Dear Friend, Family Member or Co-Worker: You came to me in a state of panic — unable to make your car payment, pay your lawyer’s fee, your taxes or the light bill. You asked for my help. I gave it to you because I respected and trusted you enough to go out on a limb for you. Please honor your promise to repay me without my having to ask you. “Please don’t show up in a new car or with photos on your new cell phone from your exotic vacation until I have been repaid. Please don’t invent a reason to be ‘mad’ at me, as if that erases the loan. And please do not ask for another loan while you still owe me money!” Abby, I know you’ll say I should have drawn up official papers for the loan but, the truth is, few people expect to be shafted by the people they care about. —Feeling Used Dear Feeling Used: Your problem isn’t a new one. William Shakespeare wrote, “Neither a borrower nor a lender be.” I would be remiss if I didn’t stress to you — and the rest of my readers — the importance of talking to a lawyer or CPA before lending any significant amount of money to anyone. (By “significant” I mean any amount that you can’t afford to
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lose.) If papers are drawn up and for some reason the borrower is unable to repay the loan, there could be a tax benefit for the lender. Dear Abby: I have just learned that my husband of 28 years has endstage leukemia. I have told all our children except our daughter, “Pearl.” Pearl is pregnant and has miscarried three times. She knows her father hasn’t been well, but she doesn’t know the current facts. She lives in another state, far from us. I am worried if I tell her about her dad’s condition she’ll have complications with her pregnancy. Am I wrong to keep this from her? Should I tell her? I don’t want to increase her stress and risk of having another problem with her pregnancy. — Suffering Dear Suffering: Because your other children know your husband’s condition has worsened, what is to prevent one of them from letting something slip? Call your daughter and let her know her dad’s condition has worsened, but that he’s getting the best treatment available.
Alternative controls RLS Dear Dr. Gott: Your recent article on hawthorn berries and restless legs syndrome has changed my life. I use only alternative remedies and vitamin supplements, but I was so tortured that I was about to give in to a conventional option. The hawthorn berries worked immediately and have continued to be successful for more than two weeks now. I am ever so grateful for your suggestion. Dear Reader: As I have indicated in the past, restless legs syndrome (RLS) is an extremely agitating, tormenting, sleep-depriving disorder in which a person has an uncontrollable compulsion to move his or her legs. This commonly occurs when in bed attempting to sleep and results in night-walking until the wee hours of the morning. The hawthorn berry has been used as an herbal supplement since the Middle Ages. It is considered to be a tonic for the heart and is known
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to contain antioxidant properties. Today, its use has expanded to assist with high blood pressure and high cholesterol levels. According to a University of Maryland Medical Center study, people on a hawthorn-berry-leaf-flower extract experienced improved blood flow to the heart, symptoms of failure decreased, and people were able to exercise for longer periods of time without suffering from chest pain than those given a placebo. An extract was effective in treating patients with high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes who were simultaneously taking medications prescribed by their physicians.
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Your Birthday, Nov. 5;
A partnership situation in a major enterprise might lead to a fortunate outcome. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Deal immediately with a person who is concerned about getting short shrift. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Major achievements can be accomplished if you’re flexible enough. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — You’ll avoid a lot of trouble if you test ideas to be sure that they are even feasible. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — The prospect for developing gains from other than your customary sources are excellent. PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Although you and your mate might not agree, a frank discussion could clear the air. ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Keep your impatience under control, and this should be a pleasant and productive day. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — This can be an enjoyable day even without getting involved in extravagant activities. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — There’s a good chance you may have to get moving before too much of the day is wasted. CANCER (June 21-July 22) — The results will turn out well if you handle work activities in a logical and practical sequence. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — You’ll save a lot of grief if you spell out things in advance with regard to what an activity will cost. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — If associates are providing only lukewarm support, come up ways to ignite their enthusiasm. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Should self-doubts convince you that you’re incapable, give yourself a good talking to.
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Government counting salary raises as saved jobs
WASHINGTON (AP) — The government’s latest count of stimulus jobs significantly overstates the effects of the $787 billion program under a popular federal preschool program, raising fresh questions about the process the Obama administration is using to tout the success of its economic recovery plan. An Associated Press review of the latest stimulus reports — which the White House promised would undergo extensive reviews to ensure accuracy — found that more than two-thirds of 14,506 jobs credited to the recovery act under spending by just one federal office were overstated because they counted pay increases for existing workers as jobs saved. The inflated job count is at least partly the product of the administration instructing local community agencies that received money to count the raises as jobs saved. “That’s more than ridiculous,” said Antonia Ferrier, a spokeswoman for Republican House Minority Leader John Boehner. Most of the inflated figures were like those cited in the 935 saved jobs reported by the Southwest Georgia Community Action in Moultrie, Ga. The agency, like hundreds of others collecting Head Start money, claimed all its existing employees’ jobs were saved because they received a pay raise with the stimulus cash. Similar claims led to overstating by more than 9,300 the number of jobs saved with more than $323 million in stimulus money distributed by the Health and Human Services’ Administration for Children and Families, the AP’s review found. More than 250 other com-
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In this March 16 file photo, Aaron Wilson, right, of Pasadena, Calif., a recently hired worker with the California Conservation Corps, clears hiking trails with other CCC workers in the San Bernardino National Forest in Hemet, Calif. Eight of the 18 CCC workers were hired by the U.S. Forest Service as part of the recently approved federal stimulus plan. Businesses that received federal contracts under the economic stimulus are reporting more than 30,000 jobs saved or created in the first months of the program.
munity agencies in the U.S. similarly reported saving jobs when using the money to give pay raises, pay for training and continuing education, extend employee work hours or buy equipment, according to their spending reports. The Georgia program inflated the numbers even further by claiming the recovery money saved more jobs than the number of people it actually employs. The agency employs 508 people but claimed 935 jobs were saved because of confusion over government reports. That type of accounting
error was found in an earlier AP review of stimulus jobs, which the Obama administration said was misleading because most of the government’s job-counting mistakes were being fixed in the new data. The AP’s new review focused only on the money distributed by the Administration for Children and Families and was not an assessment of the money handled by dozens of other federal programs and other job claims made in the new stimulus report. The administration acknowledged overcount-
ing in the new numbers for the HHS program. Elizabeth Oxhorn, a spokeswoman for the White House recovery office, said the Obama administration was reviewing the Head Start data “to determine how and if it will be counted.” But officials defended the practice of counting raises as saved jobs. “If I give you a raise, it is going to save a portion of your job,” HHS spokesman Luis Rosero said. The raises themselves were appropriate since the stimulus law set aside money for Head Start salary increases,
but converting that number into jobs saved proved difficult. The Obama administration told Head Start officials to consider a fraction of each employee as a job saved. Many Head Start programs around the country went further, counting everyone who received a raise as a saved job. “It’s a glitch in the system,” said Ben Allen, the research director at the National Head Start Association. Allen said a cost-of-living adjustment “may not be viewed traditionally as a job saved, but one could interpret it that, by providing COLA, you’re retaining staff.” The Bergen County Community Action Program in Hackensack, N.J., noted the nearly $213,000 it received went to cover raises for existing staff only. But it also reported saving 85 jobs. At Southwest Georgia Community Action Council, director Myrtis MulkeyNdawula said she followed the guidelines the Obama administration provided. She said she multiplied the 508 employees by 1.84 — the percentage pay raise they received — and came up with 935 jobs saved. “I would say it’s confusing at best,” she said. “But we followed the instructions we were given.” Ed DeSeve, who oversees the stimulus at the White House, said the Head Start numbers “represent a few percent of all jobs reported” and said the problems would probably be balanced out by other errors that underreported jobs. “We don’t expect any corrections to this data to meaningfully impact the total 640,000 direct jobs.”
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14 — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, THURSDAY, November 5, 2009 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executor of the estate of JOHN STEPHEN DORSETT, late of Roanoke, Virginia, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms, and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 15th day of January, 2010, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This the 15th day of October, 2009. Lynn D. Barnes 1706 Old Bridge Road Dolphin, Virginia 23843-2500 Jarald N. Willis, Attorney 120 East Court Street Rutherfordton, North Carolina 28139
REGULAR MEETING OF THE ZONING AND PLANNING BOARD November 17, 2009 9:30 a.m. Lake Lure Municipal Center AGENDA 1. Roll Call 2. Approval of the Agenda 3. Approval of the minutes from the regular meeting of October 20, 2009 4. New Business (A) Introduction of New Staff (B) Discuss Amendments to the Zoning Regulations Requiring Security Deposits for Development on Individual Lots 5. Old Business (A) Discuss Implementation Procedures for the Residential Vacation Rental Regulations 6. Adjournment
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ESTATE SALE FC: 207 Lakeside Drive Saturday & Sunday Nov. 7th & 8th 8A-4P Many items to sell! Cash only!
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GARAGE SALE Rfdtn: 150 Fox Meadow Dr. (off Thompson Rd.) Friday 7A-1P Lots of everything! Clothes, bedding, home decor, Christmas decorations
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Lost Female Calico Cat Gray, white & orange 3 yrs. old. Lost 11/3 from Hwy 64 in Rfdtn. Call 286-0693
2 FAMILY Ellenboro 362 Harmon Road (off Beams Mill Rd. or Pilgrim Rd.) Sat. 7:30A-11A Household, furniture, baby bed, misc.! 3 FAMILY Rfdtn: 182 Collett St. (Proctor’s-off R.R. Ave.) Sat. 8A-til Toys, adult bicycle, jewelry, good clothes, T. Hilfiger, jeans, shoes. Come and see!
(2) M Great Pyrenees dogs 1 solid white, 1 white w/brown & grey. Lost 10/30: on 221 in Union Mills. 429-6813
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POLICE OFFICER The Town of Rutherfordton is currently accepting applications for the position of police officer Must possess a strong ethical background and be team oriented. Must be currently certified or qualify to be certified with the NC Criminal Justice Education & Training Standards Commission. Experience, training and education preferred. Good communication skills are required. Must pass a rigid background investigation, physical exam, drug test and psychological test and be able to perform the essential job functions required of a Police Officer.
CHRISTMAS EVENT! Spindale: 204 N Oak St Saturday 10A-3P Giveaways & Great Deals! Shop various vendors in one place. Free admission! INDOOR MULTI FAMILY Spindale: 230 Fairground Road at Rutherford Life Services (beside the Farmer’s Market) Sat. 7A-12P Pilot club members are Fall cleaning. Variety of household, furniture, clothing. Shop early for bargains! COMMUNITY YARD SALE Lake Lure: Fairfield Mountain Volunteer Fire Dept. 1415 Buffalo Creek Rd. Sat. Nov. 7th 8A-2P No early birds! HUGE 2 FAMILY Rfdtn: 516 Bob Hardin Rd. (past new Rfdtn Elementary) Sat. 7A-12P Dining table, children’s clothing, toys, household
Application packet available at the Rutherfordton Town Hall, 129 North Main Street, Rutherfordton, NC 28139, Monday thru Friday 8:00 am until 5:00 pm or send a letter of request. Position open until filled with the anticipated start date on or about January 1, 2010. EOE
NORTH CAROLINA RUTHERFORD COUNTY NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 09-SP-378 FR# 200801385 Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Pamela K. Price to Vicki L. Parry, Trustee(s), dated June 14, 2006, and recorded June 15, 2006, in Book 904, on Page 236, Rutherford County Public Registry, the undersigned Substitute Trustee declares as follows: There is a default by the Owner or other person(s) owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said Deed of Trust, or by their successor in interest, with respect to provisions therein which authorize sale in the event of default of such provision; and the undersigned, on behalf of Frances S. White or John W. Fletcher III NC Bar # 15503, either one of whom may act, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Rutherford County, North Carolina, and the Owner and Holder of the Note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustees will offer for sale at the Courthouse door or other usual and customary location as designated by the Clerk's Office on November 18, 2009, at 2:00 pm, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the real property secured by the above-described Deed of Trust recorded June 15, 2006 in Book 904, on Page 236, situated in Rutherford County, North Carolina, as more particularly described therein, which legal description is made a part hereof and incorporated herein by reference as if fully set forth herein.
FC: 411 Griffin Rd. Wed., Thurs. & Fri. 7A-until Men’s 3X suits, clothes, etc., Christmas, comforter sets, furniture, and more!
HUGE 2 FAMILY FC: 453 Weatherstone Dr. Fri. & Sat. 8A-until Toys, linens, books, household, furniture, Christmas items and more! HUGE Mooresboro 774 Hames Ridge Rd (Ferry Rd. to Old Calvary Ch. to Hames Ridge) Sat. 8A-5P Tools, 16’ canoe, glassware, books (romance, coffee table, Vintage), clothes, coolers, McCoy Rutherfordton: 1161 Old Stonecutter Rd. Bruce & Joanne Hoyle Saturday 7A-2P Ladies Doncaster clothes, men’s clothes, furniture, household items, luggage TWO FAMILY FC: 248 Holly Hills Drive Saturday 9A-until Exercise equipment, wood splitter, chop saw, family tent, crib, new handcrafted clothes to fit all, 18” American Girl dolls, household, more!
LARGE INDOOR YARD SALE Rfdtn Grace Bible Church (about 1.5 miles from Dean’s Produce headed West on 64/74) Fri & Sat. 7A MULTI FAMILY FC: 167 Thermal Drive (off Piney Ridge) Sat. 7A-12P Furniture, linens, T.V., CD’s, household, books, fabric, luggage, clothes YARD SALE Rfdtn: 2730 Maple Creek Rd. Sat. 7A-12P Furniture, housewares, large women’s and men’s clothing. Too much to list.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Having qualified as Executor of the estate of JESSE S. TAYLOR of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said JESSE S. TAYLOR to present them to the undersigned on or before the 5th day of February 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 5th day of November, 2009.
Having qualified as Executor of the estate of MITCHELL D. HOYL (aka HOYLE) of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said MITCHELL D. HOYL (aka HOYLE) to present them to the undersigned on or before the 5th day of February 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 5th day of November, 2009.
Stephanie H. Cwik, Executor 8400 Ivy Falls Way #1538 Knoxville, TN 37923
Maurice B. Hoyle, Executor 291 Oak Grove Church Road Bostic, NC 28018
Said property as shown on the above-described Deed of Trust is commonly known as: 364 Chapel Point Drive, Lake Lure, North Carolina 28746 To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property within 10 days of the posting of this notice is/are Pamela K. Price. In the event the property which is the subject of this Notice of Sale is residential real property with less than fifteen (15) rental units, an order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to N.C.G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the Clerk of Superior Court. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon ten (10) days’ notice to the landlord. The tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of termination. Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, and the court costs of forty-five cents (45¢) per one hundred dollars ($100.00), up to a maximum of $500.00. A cash deposit (cashier's check or certified funds, no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all of the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. Should the foreclosure action be dismissed or any portion have to be redone for any reason, the bid deposit will be returned to the third party bidder and no other remedies will be assertable. The third party bidder acts upon their own risk if they expend any funds in favor of the foreclosed property prior to the receipt of a deed from the Substitute Trustee. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, if any, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, special assessments, and encumbrances of record. Dated: October 28, 2009 Frances S. White or John W. Fletcher III NC Bar # 15503, either one of whom may act, Substitute Trustee P.O. Box 30368 Charlotte, NC 28230-0368 (704) 909-5656 TAC: 870530B PUB: 11/05, 11/12
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Wednesday expressed concern about a violent crackdown on anti-government protesters in Iran as President Barack Obama said he wanted the U.S. and Iran to move beyond “suspicion, mistrust and confrontation.” Iranian security forces clubbed anti-government protesters with batons on the sidelines of state-sanctioned rallies to mark the 30th anniversary of the U.S. Embassy takeover. The counter-demonstrations were the opposition’s first major show of force on Tehran’s streets in nearly two months. “We obviously have seen and are following the reports of this, and hope greatly that violence will not spread,” White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said. Witnesses told The Associated Press that security forces swept through a gathering of hundreds of demonstrators by clubbing, kicking and slapping protesters. The unrest came 30 years after militant Islamic students stormed the embassy in Tehran. With support from the Iranian government, 52 Americans were held hostage for 444 days. The crisis “deeply affected the lives of courageous Americans who were unjustly held hostage, and we owe these Americans and their families our gratitude for their extraordinary service and sacrifice,” Obama said in a statement issued late Tuesday. “This event helped set the United States and Iran on a path of sustained suspicion, mistrust and confrontation,” Obama added. “I have
made it clear that the United States of America wants to move beyond this past, and seeks a relationship with the Islamic Republic of Iran based upon mutual interests and mutual respect. ... We have made clear that if Iran lives up to the obligations that every nation has, it will have a path to a more prosperous and productive relationship with the international community.” After Obama’s statement, Mohamed ElBaradei, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, the U.N. nuclear watchdog, said he believes the U.S. and Iran are at a turning point in relations that could produce a productive dialogue between the two nations. The Iranian government backed events Wednesday to commemorate the anniversary of the takeover, including an annual anti-American rally outside the brick walls of the former embassy compound. Thousands of people gathered outside the former embassy, waving antiAmerican banners and signs praising the Islamic Revolution. Simultaneous anti-government marches were stormed by Iranian security forces using batons and tear gas, witnesses and state media reported. Obama praised opposition protesters who have taken to the streets to speak up for change. “The American people have great respect for the people of Iran and their rich history,” Obama said. “The world continues to bear witness to their powerful calls for justice and their courageous pursuit of universal rights.”
World Today Iraq vote may be delayed BAGHDAD (AP) — The official charged with carrying out Iraq’s crucial January polls warned Wednesday that they will be delayed if parliament doesn’t approve a key electoral bill. Any delay in the Jan. 16 elections could plunge Iraq into a crisis, undermining the government and leading to instability just as American troops are preparing to withdraw, a process that’s scheduled to ramp up after the vote. Election Commission Chairman Faraj al-Haidari said Parliament must approve a new electoral law when it convenes on Thursday, otherwise the Jan. 16 polls will be delayed.
Man appears alive at own funeral in Brazil RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A Brazilian bricklayer reportedly killed in a car crash shocked his mourning family by showing up alive at his funeral. Relatives of Ademir Jorge Goncalves, 59, had identified him as the victim of a Sunday night car crash in Parana state in southern Brazil, police said. As is customary in Brazil, the funeral was held the following day, which happened to be the holiday of Finados, when Brazilians visit cemeteries to honor the dead. What family members didn’t know was that Goncalves had spent the night at a truck stop talking with friends over drinks of a sugarcane liquor known as cachaca, his niece Rosa Sampaio told the O Globo newspaper. He did not get word about his own funeral until it was already happening Monday morning.
A police spokesman in the town of Santo Antonio da Platina said Goncalves rushed to the funeral to let family members know he was not dead.
23 convicted in CIA case MILAN (AP) — An Italian judge on Wednesday convicted 23 Americans of the 2003 kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric on a Milan street, in a landmark case involving the CIA’s extraordinary rendition program in the war on terrorism. Citing diplomatic immunity, Judge Oscar Magi told the Milan courtroom Wednesday that he was acquitting three other Americans. Former Milan CIA station chief, Robert Seldon Lady, received the stiffest sentence, eight years in prison. The other 22 convicted American defendants each received a five-year sentence. The Americans, all but one identified by prosecutors as CIA agents, were tried in absentia. Their lawyers entered innocent pleas on their client’s behalf. They are considered fugitives from Italian justice.
Army enters stronghold ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani soldiers battled Taliban fighters Wednesday in the streets of a key militant stronghold, officials said, as government forces pressed ahead with their offensive in the tribal region of South Waziristan. The soldiers were fighting street by street through the mountainous town of Ladha, the military said in a statement. Over the past day, the fighting left 10 militants dead in Ladha and 30 dead across the region, it said. Eight soldiers have been injured.