Daily Courier, November 12, 2009

Flu shot information update — Page 3 Sports Hurricane hex?

Miami is known for football; UNC for basketball.

Yet, the ’Canes have beaten the Heels in hoops at UNC, but never in football

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Thursday, November 12, 2009, Forest City, N.C.

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BRWA OKs bond for plant upgrade

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By SCOTT BAUGHMAN Daily Courier Staff Writer

more than four inches of rain in the Lake Lure area and more than 3.5 inches of rain at the Broad River Water Authority plant, recorded there by National Weather Service gauges.

Lake Lure Fire Coordinator Ron Morgan measured 4.18 inches of rain at the Lake Lure Fire Station on U.S. 64/74 Wednesday morning and BRWA plant supervisor Brad Boris said 3.53 inches of rain were collected by 7 a.m. Wednesday. The majority of the heavy rain fell during the night and early morning

SPINDALE — Broad River Water Authority board members have agreed to a bond of approximately $6.5 million for a water treatment plant modernization project — and won’t be renegotiating their contract with wireless provider T-Mobile any time soon after their November meeting Wednesday.

The treatment plant upgrade won’t be open for bids until January, but the financing is already being put into place. The bond will be for $6.5 million at an interest rate of 4.84 percent with BB&T bank for 15 years.

But the resolution passed does include a provision should BB&T change their mind on the contract.

“In some places the resolution states 4.84 percent from BB&T, but in other places it mentions not to exceed 5 percent. Why the change?” asked board member Rob Bole.

BRWA Board Chairman Sally Lesher explained, “The resolution is worded that way because if BB&T withdraws their proposal before the bond is sold in January, then we can meet with another bank to get another bond at a rate not to exceed 5 percent.”

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Cathy’s Creek ran out its banks Wednesday after nearly 4 inches of rain was recorded in the area.

The remnants of Hurricane Ida dumped rain all over the county and downed a number of trees.

Storm brings high water, downs trees around county

By JEAN GORDON Daily Courier Staff Writer

Johnson credits Gordon with his success Page 7

GAS PRICES

FOREST CITY — On Veterans Day a lot of people, including thousands of school students and staff, were off for the holiday and that may have been a fortuitous situation as the remnants of Hurricane Ida soaked the Rutherford County area with up to 4 inches of rain fall.

Traffic wasn’t as high because of the holiday and by 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, the county’s 911 Communications Center had not reported any motor vehicle accidents.

The remnants of Hurricane Ida dumped

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DEATHS Rutherfordton

Sandra Frazier Edward Lewis Forest City Tommy Robbins Ellenboro Avonell Kingsmore Elsewhere John Shytle Page 5

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Members of REaCH’s Conservation/Recycling Club helped an injured hiker back down the mountain at South Mountains State Park Saturday.

FOREST CITY — Members of the Rutherford Early College High School Conservation/Recycling Club won’t forget their first outing to South Mountains State Park.

The club, which takes two to three hikes each year in addition to doing clean-up activities around the county, was hiking back down the waterfall trail Saturday when they came across another hiker who was injured.

“There are 600 steps up to the waterfall,” said Matt DiCaprio, an English instructor at REaCH who also serves as advisor for the club. “Then there are some more steps up from the waterfall to a bridge.”

The group stopped there for about 30 minutes before coming back down the other side of the Please see Students, Page 2

VA clinic eyes opening in next few weeks

By SCOTT BAUGHMAN Daily Courier Staff Writer

RUTHERFORDTON — Construction work at the Veterans Administration clinic on Charlotte Road is complete, but it may still be a few more weeks before computers and other fixtures are up and running.

Officials are still hopeful the clinic will be open this month.

Bernie Dilgert and his crew from Maple Leaf Design and Building were given 90 days to complete the project, but Dilgert said the company was done in 80 days.

“The pace was probably the most challenging part of the project,” Dilgert said Wednesday as the crew put finishing touches on the building.

“I’ve worked with county government before on projects for the health department, but this Please see Clinic, Page 6

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Chuck Collingwood and Randall Boggs work on setting up computers at the Veterans Administration Clinic under construction on Charlotte Road.

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local

Aldermen OK plan to finish water line work

By LARRY DALE Daily Courier Staff Writer

ELLENBORO — Aldermen on Tuesday night approved a budget amendment to complete work on a water line extension on Tiney Road.

The water line will go under the creek on Tiney Road, and the extension will be some 3,500 to 4,000 feet. The work will complete the water project.

Board members moved money from line items in the budget to come up with the needed $65,000.

Also at the meeting, the board set aside $150 for the town’s Dec. 6 Christmas parade. Board member Sandra Butler Weeks noted that getting a Santa for the event would cost $50, and that the East Rutherford High School band would also cost $50.

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REaCH Conservation/Recycling Club Members who went on the hike to South Mountains State Park Nov. 7 are, from left, Michael Loiacono, Miranda Martin, Regan Wilson, Justin Ledford, Chuck Buchanan, Mark Medolla, Carina Toney, Jamie Cuthbertson, Ben Abel and Scott Herrick.

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waterfall, which DiCaprio described as being a trail with lumber planks throughout it.

About 10 minutes into the hike, he said, the group ran into an elderly woman sitting on the ground with two young children, along with a man and two teenagers who were standing with her.

“We could tell she was injured,” DiCaprio said.

The woman had lacerations on her arm and cuts on her leg, which was wrapped in a jacket.

“She had sent her daughter down to get a ranger, which was

about a half mile away,” he said.

DiCaprio sent some of his students down to help, while the man with the woman suggested moving the woman to the side.

“I’m an Eagle Scout and knew we shouldn’t move her in case she had any other injuries,” he said.

The students returned with the ranger who bandaged the woman’s arm and leg.

“He asked if I could send a couple of my boys down to get a basket like what you see people airlifted in, to carry her back down,” DiCaprio said.

About 20 minutes later, the students returned with the basket. Once the woman was loaded into it, DiCaprio said club mem-

bers helped to carry her back down the trail.

“At the bottom there were trucks waiting and they took her to the hospital,” he said. “I don’t think she was seriously injured, but I don’t know for sure.”

What started out as a simple hike turned into a valuable lesson.

“I think one of the big things they learned is not to panic and use what you’ve got,” DiCaprio said. “They also learned simple first aid.”

Students also learned to be self-sacrificing, he said.

“You never know when something like that could come up.”

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

In other action at the meeting, the board: n Looked at, but tabled possibly requiring cash only for rental of the Town Hall basement. The action was considered when it was reported that a check written as payment for the basement rental had bounced. n Tabled for now a plan to help senior citizens with water costs. n Was asked by Mayor Teresa Whisnant Wood about the possibility of using $5,000 in state funds for upgrading playground equipment in the park area. Board members Allan “Bunt” Black asked the mayor to come up with ideas and prices for the project. n Heard from attorney Mitchell that the state would need a copy of the resolution adopted recently by the town board seeking a return to a 45 mph speed limit on Business U.S. 74 within the town limits. The speed limit was lowered to 35 at that location, and people have complained that the limit is too low, especially since it is downhill in both directions.

The board went into closed session for about 20 minutes soon after the meeting began to receive legal advice from the town’s attorney, Gene Mitchell. No action was taken as a result of the closed session when the board returned to open session.

Former superintendent nominated for state award RALEIGH — Former Rutherford County Schools Superintendent, Donna C. Peters, is among nine nominees for North Carolina Superintendent of the Year.

She has been superintendent of Montgomery County Schools since 2006, after three years at the helm of the RCS. The 2010 A. Craig Phillips North Carolina Superintendent of the Year will be named next Tuesday at 6 p.m. at an awards presentation and reception at the Joseph S. Koury Convention Center in Greensboro.

The 2010 A. Craig Phillips North Carolina Superintendent of the Year will be chosen by a selection commit-

tee appointed by the North Carolina Association of School Administrators and the North Carolina School Boards Association. The two organizations co-sponsor the award that recognizes outstanding leadership in public schools and is named in honor of former State Superintendent A. Craig Phillips.

The other noninees are Dr. Ed Davis, Union County; Dr. Peter C. Gorman, Charlotte-Mecklenburg; Dr. Carl E. Harris, Durham; Jack Hoke, Alexander County; Dr. Timothy S. Markley, Catawba County; Dr. Allan T. Smith, Edenton-Chowan; Dr. Dan Strickland, Columbus County; and Dr. Ronald Wilcox, Madison County.

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Local/state VILLAGE COUNCIL MEETS

Limited H1N1 vaccines available for target groups

SPINDALE — Limited shipments of the H1N1 vaccines are being received weekly at the Rutherford County Health Department.

As of Monday, Nov. 9, health department employees had administered 195 H1N1 nasal flu mists and 569 H1N1 injections.

These immunizations have been given to pregnant women, children, young adults under 24 years of age, health care workers and people who care for or live with infants younger than 6 months of age.

Healthy people ages 25 through 49 years of age are being offered the H1N1 flu mist now. People ages 25 through 64 years of age with chronic health conditions are being offered Contributed photo the H1N1 injections.

Chimney Rock Village Town Clerk Bill Whitman (left) conducted the swearingPhysician’s offices and pharmain ceremony Tuesday night for re-elected councilmen Bob Wald (center) and cies in the county have also received Frank Campbell. After the brief ceremony, Barbara Meliski was appointed village limited supply of vaccines, reported Mayor and Wald was appointed Mayor Pro-Tem. The Village by-laws state the vilHelen White, RN, from the health lage mayor and mayor pro-tem are both appointed by council members. Meliski is department. beginning her second four-year term as mayor and Wald and Campbell are beginning their second four-year terms. Also Tuesday night, Duke Energy’s Sally Tallent Influenza vaccines are important shared energy saving tips with council members. Council conducts its next regular in preventing people from getting the business meeting in January 2010. flu virus, but there are other methods also to help prevent the spread of influenza to others. Some of the most effective ways to prevent the spread But we wanted to make sure we got of flu are: things done right the first time.� n Wash your hands often.

Especially after you cough or sneeze; Continued from Page 1 From bare walls and empty frames n If you don’t have access to soap in August, to fully installed offices and water, alcohol based cleaners are was my first time working with the and exam rooms in November, the also effective; VA and so it was a different experiproject was on the fast track. n Cover your nose and mouth with ence.� “It helped that this was an existing a tissue when you cough or sneeze. building and was all indoor work,�

Throw the tissue in the trash after Dilgert said he and his crew were Dilgert said. “I’m doing another proj- you use it. honored to work on a project knowect right now in a different county n If you do not have a tissue cough ing the building was going to serve and it is outdoors. The rain this week into your sleeve, not your hands. veterans. has made us lose days on that work, n Avoid touching your eyes, nose or “We actually have two different but this project was easier because mouth. rates when we quote people projects we were working out of the elements.� n Avoid being around people who and we used our non-profit rate for The finished clinic has seven exam are sick when possible. this one,� Dilgert said. “Don’t get rooms, three nurses rooms and sevn If you are sick, stay home and me wrong, we wanted the work, but eral mental health offices. limit contact with others to keep we also knew it was for a good reafrom making others sick; son. I’d be happy to work with them Other sections of the approximately n Practice good health habits. Get again.�

8,000 square-foot building are set enough sleep, eat healthy foods and Dealing with several government aside for Home Health operations be physically active; entities made the process of get— a program where VA nurses visit ting project approvals a lengthy one. veterans in their homes when the H1N1 Flu Mist is available at the “There were some days where I must veterans are homebound and cannot health department for the following have sent about 15 e-mails back and travel to Asheville or to the clinic in healthy people: forth,� Dilgert said. “I would submit Rutherfordton. n Anyone ages 2 through 24 years a question to the VA representative of age and then they would refer it to the n People ages 25 through 49 years nursing director and then they would Contact Baughman via e-mail at sbaughof age who: refer it to another person and so on. man@thedigitalcourier.com. n Live with or care for infants younger than 6 months of age; n Are health care workers or emergency medical personnel; n Healthy people ages 25 through WILMINGTON (AP) — A U.S. will serve veterans who now have 49 years of age; congressman has announced plans to drive 90 miles to Fayetteville for The H1N1 flu mist is a live vacfor a $95 million veterans affairs care. cine which is sprayed into the nose. clinic in eastern North Carolina.

The clinic will offer a pharmacy It does not contain any preservaThe Star-News of Wilmington and medical specialists. tives or thimerosal. It is attenuated reported that Democratic Rep. Mike (weakened) virus so it will not cause McIntyre was in Wilmington on Veterans Affairs officials say the illness. Pregnant women and people Tuesday to discuss plans for a new new clinic in Wilmington will put with long term health problems or clinic set to open by July 2011. a hold on plans for a similar facility children with asthma cannot take The 100,000-square-foot facility about 50 miles west in Brunswick. the H1N1 nasal flu mist. Healthy

County supply of adult seasonal flu shots has now been exhausted SPINDALE — The Rutherford County health department has administered 2,306 seasonal flu vaccines, reported Helen White, RN. Many of these vaccines were provided by the N.C. Immunization Branch to be given to students and teachers. Flu clinics were provided by health department staff and school nurses at Chase Middle School, East Middle School, R-S Middle School and middle school students at Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy.

The health department held a flu clinic at the Senior Center in October where 600 vaccines were given.

The health department ran out of seasonal flu vaccines for adults at that time and it’s uncertain if the heath department will receive more seasonal flu vaccine for adults.

At this time the health department staff does not know if they will receive more seasonal flu vaccines for adults.

Seasonal flu vaccines for children are available at the Rutherford County Health Department, 221 Callahan Koon Road, Spindale, Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.

Bring the child’s immunization record, Social Security number, Insurance card and/or Medicaid card.

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people in the above listed groups are encouraged to take the H1N1 nasal flu mist.

H1N1 injections are available at the health department for the following people: n Pregnant Women; n Household contacts and caregivers for infants under 6 months of age; n Healthcare workers and Emergency Medical Personnel; n People ages 6 months through 24 years of age; n People ages 25 through 64 years of age with chronic health problems. n Do not take the nasal flu mist or influenza vaccine injections if you are allergic to eggs, have had Guillain Barre Syndrome or reactions to flu vaccines in the past. Moderately or severely ill people need to wait until recovery before getting the vaccine. n Vaccines are given at the health department at 221 Callahan Koon Rd in Spindale, Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m until 4:30 p.m.

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Our Views New VA clinic will help vets

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ith veterans in the forefront of our minds because of recent events and Veterans Day, it’s a good time to look ahead to a positive improvement for Rutherford County’s veterans right here at home.

In coming weeks, the new veterans outpatient clinic will open in Rutherfordton in the Rutherford Square Shopping plaza off Charlotte Road.

No longer will our vets have to make long journeys to receive proper medical care.

The clinic will serve veterans in Rutherford, Polk and Cleveland counties. It is estimated that nearly 17,000 veterans live in these three counties, according to the Veterans Administration.

It will offer both primary care and general mental health services.

Many Rutherford County vets are enrolled in the Charles George VAMC in Asheville and will now get priority at the new clinic. This facility also provides a plus for the economic development picture in our county by offering as many as 14 jobs and adding to the overall health care picture.

One of the things our country owes our veterans, who put their lives in harm’s way in places all over the world, is top-notch health care. With the opening of the Rutherfordton clinic, another step is taken to meet that commitment.

Our readers’ views Challenges writer about sheriff ’s vehicles To the editor: I am writing in response to the letter in your Nov. 5, edition written by Roger Grant and his assessment of savings which could be realized if sheriff’s department deputies did not drive their cars home.

I believe that Mr. Grant is wrong in his thoughts of cost savings. In fact, if our deputies did not drive their cars home, the cost would in all likelihood be more.

Nationwide, the vast majority, if not all, sheriff deputies do drive their cars home.

There are a multitude of reasons for this. Many deputies live in the area where they are assigned to patrol. If, for example, a deputy lives in Cliffside and if that his is work area, he would have to drive all the way to Rutherfordton to pick up his patrol car and then back into his work area. This is reversed at the end of his shift.

Mr. Grant also points out that when these cars are not being used, they are parked at deputies’ homes. Mr. Grant, if you lived next door to a law enforcement officer who has a patrol car parked in his driveway, would that make you feel a bit more safe and secure? The visibility of a patrol car in a neighborhood is extremely valuable.

Mr. Grant, you also indicate that Forest City, Spindale and Rutherfordton officers do not take their cars home. That is incorrect. Detectives and certain other officers with these departments also drive their cars home.

There is a reason for this. These officers are on call and need these vehicles for their immediate use. Even officers who are not supposed to be on call can be called out in case of an emergency. In other words, law enforcement is on call at all times!

Mr. Grant also refers to a deputy who retired and there was still a car parked at his house. I have no idea what that is all about, but I seriously doubt that the retired employee was driving the vehicle for his personal use and I would

certainly expect there to be a reason for the car even being there.

Occasionally, these vehicles are parked at certain locations for decoy purposes which we don’t know about.

Mr. Grant also points out an incident of a deputy parking at Wal-Mart in the spot reserved for the police and going in for a prescription. Unfortunately, I am at Walmart quite a bit. That parking spot is empty 99 percent of the time. What harm did it do for the-deputy to park there and go in for a prescription? There is a very good chance that he could have been helping one of our senior citizens by picking up a prescription for them or helping some other person in need. What is wrong with that?

It amazes me that when the public wants to try to save tax money they seem to want to look at law enforcement and education to do so. I would personally like to see both of those areas with budget increases. I want to be protected and I want our children properly educated and if I must pay more taxes for that, oh well! Increase my tax and build more prisons and keep the criminals incarcerated. Hire more teachers and pay them better, if that is what we need for our children to be educated and to speak proper English!

If you want to save tax money, Mr. Grant, why don’t we try to get people off government assistance who are able to work, but choose not to!

Mr. Grant, the life of law enforcement officers is a very tough one. Not enough pay, horrible working hours and dealing, for the most part, with the lowest of our society. If one of the very few perks they have is driving a patrol car home at the end of their shift, they totally deserve it.

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clude that his choices did not get elected.

To suggest that “everyone?” knows Terry Cobb’s grandmother, Rubye Cobb, as a well-regarded elder member of First Baptist of Rutherfordton, is ridiculous.

Sorry Mr. Allen — I have never heard of either one of them. And suspect I am not alone.

To suggest that Mr. Clements, by featuring his middle name, Lennon, would appeal to voters who knew his father is also ridiculous. I never heard of him either.

As for citing Ginger Dancy as a kind of back-handed approval of Jimmy Dancy, our new Mayor, you are way out of line.

He was on the town council for eight years — through re-elections — so he is highly qualified to lead our town. Well-known, respected and highly involved in various Christian centered activities. This shows he not only cares about our town, but is willing to roll up his sleeves and work at it.

And yes, Mr. Allen, before you reply — I do know Ginger Dancy, my boss at our hospital as I volunteer in multiple venues there.

Also, I know Jimmy Dancy (not only as Ginger’s husband), but through his myriad volunteer activities, such as Relay For Life, and as a member of First Methodist.

As for citing the sorry turn-out (except for Lake Lure), all of our town’s had pitiful turn-outs. Offyear elections just don’t get the voters excited. More’s the pity.

Ruth Challand Rutherfordton

Criticizes recent writer on his election letter To the editor: With regard to Mr. Wade Allen’s scathing analysis of the recent election results in Rutherfordton, I can only con-

Letter Policy The Daily Courier would like to publish letters from readers on any subject of timely interest.

All letters must be signed. Writers should try to limit their submissions to 300 words. All letters must include a day and evening telephone number.

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Musical circle from one generation to the next A friend of mine and I were talking earlier this week about music, specifically how we both had a wide range of musical styles we like.

He said it isn’t uncommon for him to listen to Metallica followed by a country superstar, thanks to the shuffle feature on his iPod. I gotta get me one of those.

I grew up listening to a diverse range of music. My parents grew up in the 50s and 60s, so if we were in the car, the radio was tuned to Magic 96.1.

I learned to appreciate – and later love – the Beatles to the Beach Boys and every-

Total momsense Allison Flynn

thing in between.

When I got a little older, our road adventures included me taking along my Walkman.

In it would go my cassettes with songs I’d recorded from the radio, New Kids on the Block, Def Leppard, Bon Jovi and Warrant.

I used to roll my eyes (when I was a teenager) at my mom

singing along with songs from her youth. But as I’ve said so many times in recent years .... well, I’ve turned into my mother.

We have satellite radio stations included in our Dish Network package, and I like to listen to music while I cook, clean and do laundry.

Tuesday night was no exception.

Sitting on the bed folding towels and washcloths, Nathan came and climbed up beside me just as I switched from a Top 40 station to an 80s station that was playing Van Halen.

Nathan plopped down,

wrinkled his nose and said “I don’t like this song, Mommy.

It’s just a little bit stinky.”

And the circle becomes complete....

That’s not to say Nathan dislikes all of Mommy and Daddy’s music.

Driving home last week we heard “Don’t Stop Believin’”

by Journey.

Nathan’s heard the song before – the version by the “Glee” cast.

He listened intently for a moment before saying “Mommy, I don’t like this one. Put it on the one where the girl sings it.”

(I prefer that one now too!)

Years after my own eyerolling moments, I now choose to listen to the music my parents loved so much because it makes me feel close to them. I wonder what musical legacy I’m leaving for my son?

His ability to listen to mom and dad’s favorites, though, won’t come from big vinyl albums or eight-tracks.

Especially if Santa reads my wish list and brings me that iPod this year!

Flynn is editor/reporter for The Daily Courier. Contact her via e-mail at aflynn@thedigitalcourier.com.

The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Thursday, November 12, 2009

Obituaries

Police: More arrests in ’Mayberry’ murders

Sandra Frazier

MOUNT AIRY (AP) — Police in North Carolina say two more suspects have been arrested in connection with the shooting deaths of four people in the town used as the model for Mayberry in “The Andy Griffith Show.”

Mount Airy police say 56-year-old Kathy Young Barnette and her son, 34-year-old Gregory Brandon Holt, were arrested Tuesday in Patrick County, Va. Authorities said Barnette and Holt live in Claudeville, Va. The suspects will be extradited to North Carolina, if needed, where they will face charges of accessory after the fact to murder.

Twenty-nine-year-old Marcos Chavez Gonzalez is charged with four counts of murder in the slayings in front of a TV store earlier this month.

Pastor released after arrest on sex charges

LELAND (AP) — A North Carolina pastor has been released from jail after being arrested on charges of having sex with a child. Authorities say the victim is a 13-year-old girl.

The Star-News of Wilmington reported Wednesday that 46-year-old James T. Johnson was released after a church member put up property as collateral. Johnson is founder of The Olive Branch church in Leland and was being held on a $100,000 bond.

Police Notes

RUTHERFORDTON — Both the Forest City and the Rutherfordton police departments have filed charges on a Charlotte man for allegedly trying to pass counterfeit checks.

Levon Zacquerie Harley, 44, of Bermilion Drive, Charlotte, is charged by the FCPD with attempting to obtain property by false pretenses and forgery of notes, checks and securities.

He is charged by the RPD with obtaining property by false pretenses and forgery of instrument.

Harley, arrested Tuesday, was placed in the Rutherford County Jail under a $50,000 secured bond by each department, for a total bond of $100,000.

He allegedly passed an $863.49 check on Great American Trading Inc. at Carolina First at 340 Charlotte Rd. in Rutherfordton.

Harley then allegedly tried to pass an $865.33 check on Great American Trading Inc. at the Forest City bank.

There, an employee of Carolina First, on North Watkins Drive, reported an attempt to obtain property by false pretenses and possession of a counterfeit security.

FCPD officers arrested Harley at the bank.

A first court date is scheduled today in District Court in Rutherfordton.

Sheriff’s Reports

n The Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office responded to 139 E-911 calls Tuesday.

Rutherfordton

n The Rutherfordton Police Department responded to 27 E-911 calls Tuesday.

Spindale

n The Spindale Police Department responded to 20 E-911 calls Tuesday.

Lake Lure

n The Lake Lure Police Department responded to three E-911 calls Tuesday.

Forest City

n The Forest City Police Department responded to 34 E-911 calls Tuesday. n An employee of Florence Baptist Church, on South Broadway Street in Forest City, reported damage to property. n An employee of Dollar General, on South Church Street, reported an incident of concealment of goods. (See arrest of Stamper.)

Arrests

n Samantha Stamper, 31, of Elms Drive, Rutherfordton; charged with shoplifting by concealment; placed under a $100 secured bond. (FCPD) n Robert Lee Houck, 20, of 904 Scruggs Road; charged with driving while impaired; placed under a $1,000 secured bond. (NCHP) n Thomas Michael Greene, 45, of 410 Butler Road;

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charged with misdemeanor probation violation; placed under a $10,000 secured bond. (Probation) n Randy Dale Yelton, 43, of 237 Ellenboro Henrietta Road; charged with harassing phone call, communicating threats and injury to real property; released on a written promise to appear.

(RCSD) n Braulio Angel Hernandez, 38, of 145 Falcon Lane; charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, trafficking in methamphetamine, possession with intent to sell and deliver cocaine and maintain vehicle/ dwelling/ place for controlled substance; placed under a $60,000 secured bond.

(RCSD) n Lee Roy Greene, 22, of 1794 Rock Road; charged with domestic violence protective order violation; placed under a 48-hour hold.

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Sandra Ruth Frazier, 57, of Rutherfordton, died Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009, at Hospice House in Forest City.

A native of Cherokee County, S.C., she was a daughter of the late Annie Ruth Robertson Blackwell.

She was an outpatient registrar at Rutherford Hospital, a member of Gilkey Baptist Church and attended Piney Knob Baptist Church.

She was also preceded in death by her husband, Charles Frazier.

She is survived by her son, Shawn Frazier of Gilkey; one sister, Tammie Blackwell Wilson of Rutherfordton; her father and his wife, the Rev. Charlie William Blackwell and Mary Ann Forbes Blackwell of Gilkey; and her fiancée, Albert Flack of Gilkey.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Piney Knob Baptist Church with the Revs.

Stephen Cooper and Charlie Blackwell officiating. Concluding services will be held at 1:30 p.m. at Frederick Memorial Gardens in Gaffney, S.C. The family will receive friends Thursday from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Crowe’s Mortuary in Rutherfordton.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Hospice of Rutherford County, P.O. Box 336, Forest City, NC 28043.

Online condolences www. crowemortuary.com.

Tommy Robbins

Thomas “Tommy” Max Robbins, 74, of 1247 Tanners Grove Road, Forest City, died Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009, at Hospice House in Forest City.

A native of Rutherford County, he was a son of the late Ewell Jack and Effie Lee Goode Robbins.

He was a co-owner of TriCity Concrete for 25 years and formerly employed by EMS/Rescue Fiber Industries for 19 years. n The Rutherford County He was a member of Race EMS responded to 21 E-911 Path Baptist Church, where calls Tuesday. he formerly served on the deacon board as chairman n The Volunteer Life and a Sunday School teacher.

Saving and Rescue, Hickory He also served on the Board Nut Gorge EMS and of Trustees at GardnerRutherford County Rescue Webb University, and as responded to three E-911 chairman of the Christian calls Tuesday.

Service Organization at GWU, as well as the Rutherford County Economic Fire Calls Development Commission, n Bills Creek firefighters Rutherford County Rural responded to a fire alarm, Development Council, Board assisted by Lake Lure fireof Directors of Community fighters.

Bank and Lincoln Bank. n Bostic firefighters He was a member of The responded to a power line Gidions International and fire. was a former little league n Cliffside firefighters responded to a motor vehicle softball coach.

He is survived by his wife, crash.

Mary Biggerstaff Robbins; n Chimney Rock firefightone son, Tony Robbins of ers responded to a fire alarm, Gastonia; one daughter, assisted by Lake Lure firefighters. n Ellenboro firefighters responded to a motor vehicle crash. n S-D-O firefighters responded to two motor Sandra Ruth Frazier, 57, of vehicle crashes.

Rutherfordton, died Tuesday, n Spindale firefighters November 10 at Hospice House. responded to a structure fire.

A native of Cherokee County,SC, n Sandy Mush firefighters she was a daughter of Rev. responded to a motor vehicle Charlie William Blackwell and crash. the late Annie Ruth Robertson

Sandra Ruth Frazier

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Blackwell. She was an outpatient registrar at Rutherford Hospital, a member of Gilkey Baptist Church and attended Piney Knob Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Frazier.

She is survived by her son, Shawn Frazier and his fiancée, Renee Spicer of Gilkey, NC; one sister, Tammie Blackwell Wilson of Rutherfordton; her father and his wife, Rev. Charlie and Mary Ann Forbes Blackwell of Gilkey and her fiancée Albert Flack of Gilkey.

Funeral services will be held Friday, November 13 at 11 AM at Piney Knob Baptist Church with Rev. Stephen Cooper and Rev. Charlie Blackwell officiating.

Concluding services will be held at 1:30 PM at Frederick Memorial Gardens in Gaffney, SC. The family will receive friends Thursday, November 12 from 6 PM until 7:30 PM at Crowe’s Mortuary in Rutherfordton.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Hospice of Rutherford County, PO Box 336, Forest City, NC 28043.

Online condolences at: www.crowemortuary.com Paid obit.

Sonja Ruppe of Forest City; four grandchildren; and two brothers, Billy Robbins of Mooresboro, and Jim Robbins of Forest City.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Race Path Baptist Church, Ellenboro, with the Revs.

John Godfrey and Eugene Passmore officiating. Burial will follow in the Race Path Baptist Church cemetery. Visitation will be held Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. at McKinney-Landreth Funeral Home.

Memorials may be made to Race Path Baptist Church, 1196 Race Path Church Road, Ellenboro, NC 28040; or to Hospice of Rutherford County, P.O. Box 336, Forest City, NC 28043.

Online condolences www.mckinneylandrethfuneralhome.com.

Edward Lewis Edward Lewis, 99, of Rutherfordton, died Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009, at Brian Center in Statesville.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Thompson’s Mortuary.

Avonell Kingsmore Avonell Vess Kingsmore, 87, formerly of Lavender Road, Ellenboro, died Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009, at Ft. Sanders Regional Medical Center in Knoxville, Tenn.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by The Padgett and King Mortuary.

John Shytle John Rufus Shytle, 76, of Madison, Ga., formerly of Valdosta, Ga., died Saturday, Nov. 8, 2009, at Athens Regional Hospital.

Born in Forest City, he was a son of the late Kenneth and Mattie Davis Shytle.

He retired from Norfolk Southern Railway after 33 years of service and served four years in the Air Force.

He was ordained to the gospel ministry in 2003, and served as the music director for Bloomingdale Baptist, Alpha United Methodist, and New Bethel Baptist churches.

John Rufus Shytle John Rufus Shytle, 76, of Madison, Georgia and formerly of Valdosta died Saturday, November 8, 2009 at Athens Regional Hospital. He was born on March 7, 1933 in Forest City, North Carolina to the late Kenneth and Mattie Davis Shytle.

Mr. Shytle retired from Norfolk Southern Railway after thirty three years of service and served four years in the United States Air Force. He was ordained to the gospel ministry on September 21, 2003 and had been served as the music director for Bloomingdale Baptist Church, Alpha United Methodist Church and New Bethel Baptist Church and had served as a deacon in most of the churches in which he had been a member. Mr. Shytle was currently a member of the Madison Baptist Church.

Survivors include his wife, Ann Stalvey Shytle of Madison; a daughter, Linda Kaapa of Bloomingdale; a son and daughter in law, John David and Jane Shytle of Madison; his grandchildren, Todd Jeffcoat of Bloomingdale, Amber (T.J.) Ammons of Glennville, Lisa (Ed) Zachary of Bloomingdale, Benjamin Shytle and Troy Shytle both of Madison, two great grandchildren, Richard Deas of Hinesville and Thomas Ammons of Glennville; one brother, Ray Shytle of Salisbury, NC.; two sisters and brother in law, Zoe Ann and her husband the late Ronald Williams of Statesville, NC and Jane and Charles Toms of Forest City, NC. Funeral services will be held at 11am, Thursday, November 12, 2009 at the New Bethel Church with Rev. Terrell Ruis, Rev. Tim VanLandingham and Dr. Jim Ross officiating.

Burial will follow in the McLane Riverview Memorial Gardens.

The family will receive friends on Wednesday from 5-7pm at the funeral home.

Memorials may be made to the churches that Mr. Shytle had served as music director.

Condolences to the family may be made online at: ww.mclanefuneralservices.com Paid obit

He was currently a member of Madison Baptist Church.

Survivors include his wife, Ann Stalvey Shytle of Madison; a daughter, Linda Kaapa of Bloomingdale; a son, John David Shytle of Madison; several grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; one brother, Ray Shytle of Salisbury; and two sisters, Zoe Ann Williams of Statesville, and Jane Toms of Forest City.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at New Bethel Church with the Revs. Terrell Ruis and Tim VanLandingham, and Dr. Jim Ross officiating.

Burial will follow in the McLane Riverview Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends Wednesday from 5 to 7 p.m. at Carson McLane Funeral Home.

Memorials may be made to the churches that Mr. Shytle served as music director.

Online condolences www.mclanefuneralservices.com.

Deaths John J. O’Connor WASHINGTON (AP) — John J. O’Connor III, the husband of retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, has died.

Henry Kimelman MIAMI (AP) — Henry Kimelman, whose fundraising and support for Sen. George McGovern in the 1972 presidential campaign earned him a spot on President Richard Nixon’s “enemies list,” has died. He was 88.

Thomas "Tommy" Max Robbins Thomas “Tommy” Max Robbins, 74, of 1247 Tanners Grove Road, Forest City, died on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at Hospice House of Rutherford County. A native of Rutherford County, he was a son of the late Ewell Jack and Effie Lee Goode Robbins. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by one brother Jack Robbins.

Mr. Robbins was a co-owner of Tri City Concrete for twenty five years and formerly employed

by Fiber Industries for nineteen years. He was a member of Race Path Baptist Church where he formerly served on the deacon board as chairman and a Sunday School Teacher. He served on the Board of Trustees at GardnerWebb University; chairman of the Christian Service Organization at Gardner - Webb University; Rutherford County Economic Development Commission; Rutherford County Rural Development Council; Board of Directors of Community Bank and Lincoln Bank; a member of The Gidions International and a former Little League Softball Coach; Man of the Year in 1991.

He is survived by his wife, Mary Biggerstaff Robbins; one son, Tony Robbins and wife, Leah of Gastonia; one daughter, Sonja Ruppe and husband, James of Forest City; four grandchildren, Eryn Ruppe, Alison Ruppe, Emily Robbins, and Max Robbins; brothers, Billy Robbins and wife, Myrtle of Mooresboro and Jim Robbins and wife, Robin all of Forest City; sister-in-law, Florence Robbins of Forest City.

Funeral services will be held on Friday, November 13, 2009 at 2:00 pm at Race Path Baptist Church, Ellenboro, NC with the Rev. John Godfrey and Rev. Eugene Passmore officiating.

Burial will follow at Race Path Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Thursday, November 12, 2009 from 6:00 8:00 pm at McKinney - Landreth Funeral Home.

Memorials may be made to Race Path Baptist Church, 1196 Race Path Church Rd, Ellenboro, NC or to Hospice of Rutherford Co., PO Box 336, Forest City 28043 McKinney-Landreth Funeral Home is serving the Robbins family.

A guest register is available at www.mckinneylandrethfuneralhome.com Paid obit.

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Meetings/other 2nd Annual Domestic Violence Luncheon: Nov. 13 and 14, at Union Hill AME Zion Church, 461 Ferguson Ridge Rd., Union Mills; The focus for this year is “Breaking The Silence: Focus on Domestic Violence in Teens and Young Adults with emphasis on “Dating Violence”; Friday from 7 to 9 p.m.; Saturday 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., lunch noon to 1 p.m.; for all adults and parents and young adults ages 13-21; contact Melissia Forney at 286-0810.

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Bazaars Christmas bazaar: Saturday, Nov. 14, Sandy Mush Baptist Church; breakfast begins at 7 a.m.; various items for sale and silent auction; raffle drawing for handmade quilt and Christmas afghan at 1 p.m.; tickets available at bazaar.

“A Touch of Christmas” bazaar: Saturday, Nov. 14, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., at First Wesleyan Church; sponsored by the Wesleyan Women; country store, gift mixes, baked and canned goods; wreaths, handpainted gifts, gift baskets, ornaments, designer bags, pillows, wallhangings, snowmen, Santas, place mats and gifts.

Fall bazaar, yard sale: Saturday, Nov. 14, 7 a.m. to 2 p.m., Mountain Creek Baptist Church, Rutherfordton; breakfast, lunch, baked goods, yard sale items, canned goods and more; take 221 north from Rutherfordton, turn left on Mtn. Creek Road.

Fall Harvest sale: Saturday, Nov. 14, Big Springs Baptist Church, 534 Big Springs Church Road, Ellenboro; yard sale begins at 8 a.m., country ham and sausage biscuits; auction starts at 10 a.m.; hamburgers and hot dogs for lunch.

Miscellaneous Lights of Love: In memory or honor luminaries will be placed around Lake Imogene at Isothermal Community College on Nov. 14.

Contact Evelyn Lee at 245-4022, or Donna Ohmstead at 245-8867.

Free soup kitchen: Saturday, Nov. 14, 4 to 6 p.m., Piney Mtn. Baptist Church, Ellenboro; a ministry of the Piney Mtn. Vision Team.

Grand opening: Washburn Community Outreach Center Resale Shop/Crisis Center will open for business on Sat. Nov. 14. Store hours are Thursday - Saturday 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The grand opening celebration is scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 5. Tax deductible donations appreciated.

Fundraisers Poor man’s supper: Saturday, Nov. 14, 4 to 7 p.m., New Bethel Baptist Church, Harris; adults $6; ages 4-12, $4; under 4 free.

Benefit supper: Saturday, Nov. 14, 4 to 7 p.m., at Fellowship Holiness Church, Deviney Street, Spindale; turkey/dressing, ham, vegetable side dishes, homemade desserts; eat in or take out; adults $5; ages 7-12, $3; under 7 free; all proceeds will go toward burial expenses for Jennifer Bailey; any funds left will go to a trust fund for her daughter.

Country ham supper: Saturday, Nov. 14, 4 to 8 p.m., Cane Creek Community Club; adults $9; ages 6-12, $6; under 6 free.

Music/concerts Singing: Sunday, Nov. 15, 6 p.m., Piney Knob Baptist Church; featuring Simple Faith.

“A Night of Music”: Saturday, Nov. 14, 6 p.m., Crestview Baptist Church, Forest City; performances by David Roach, Gaye Higgins, Janice Smith, J.C. Project, Restoration Praise Band and Meredith Millwood; sponsored by Chase High senior, Kandice Jones, as part of her senior project; all donations for church building fund.

Musical program: The adult choir of Corinth Baptist Church will present “Hymns Of The Ages” on Sunday, Nov. 15, beginning at 7 p.m.

A program of familiar classic hymns that begin with creation and end with the second coming. Special guest singers are Thad Harrill and Michael Henderson.

Singing: Sunday, Nov. 15, Harriett Memorial Free Will Baptist Church of Caroleen; Higher Praise will sing during the 11 a.m. worship service; church is located at 1938 Hwy. 221-A in Caroleen.

Religion Old-fashioned revival: Nov. 15-20, Cornerstone Baptist Church, corner of US 74 and N. Academy St., Mooresboro; guest evangelist, Rev. Don Sessions of Shelby; Sunday services 11 a.m. and 7 p.m., a fellowship meal will follow the morning service; MTWThF, 7 nightly; special singing by various groups including the CBC Youth Choir.

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Scenes of downed trees such as this one on Pointer Street in Forest City were common around the county today after heavy rains and winds from the remnants of Hurricane Ida soaked the area for more than 24 hours.

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hours.

The heavy rains began on Tuesday and later in the evening winds picked up. By Wednesday afternoon the clouds began to dissipate.

The Communication Center dispatched fire departments and emergency personnel to numerous downed trees in areas scattered across the county.

In Chimney Rock State Park, a few trees fell along the Hickory Nut Falls Trail and were cleared for opening at a delayed 10 a.m. However, the park closed for the day at 12:15 p.m. to assure safety for tourists and staff who were busy keeping the trails cleared, said a spokesperson at the park office.

Some people had problems with flooding in basements.

On N. Main Street in Rutherfordton, one homeowner reported water over appliances in the basement.

Flooding was persistent in low lying areas of the county and some creeks ran over their banks.

On Hudlow Road, where Cathy’s and Holland creeks intersect, the Cathy’s spilled over into the fields and woods.

The rain created rapids in several other creeks in the county, where on most days there are no rapids.

Because of the holiday, a skeleton crew at the Department of Transportation responded to downed

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The board voted unanimously to approve the bond.

In other business the board also voted unanimously to accept the lowest bid for waterline extension projects on Weeks Road and U.S. 221.

The winning contractor was Kennedy Concrete and Utilities with a bid of $333,870.

“The bid came in $125,000 less than we thought,” Lesher said. “Let’s hope that happens with our treatment plant project.”

Finally, the board had received a request from wireless communications company T-Mobile to make changes to the contract they have with the utility to operate an antenna on their water tower.

“Due to the economy, T-Mobile is

Downed tree reports Rutherford County Communications received several calls of trees being across roadways Wednesday.

The following is a listing of areas where trees impeded travel: Owens Chapel Road in Union Mills, road blocked by a tree at 8:55 a.m.

Pointer Road off Doggett Road in Forest City, 9:40 a.m.

Bostic-Sunshine Highway, one lane of travel blocked, 11:30 a.m.

Davis Lake Road in Forest City, 11:50 a.m.

Piney Ridge Road in Forest City, across the road from Old Blues House of Barbecue, Noon Hames Ridge Road in Cliffside, tree on a power line, 1:45 p.m.

Old Mooresboro Road in Cliffside, blocking both lanes of travel, 2:30 p.m. trees, said a spokesperson at the Spindale maintenance department.

Beginning early Wednesday, most fire departments had responded to calls about downed trees across road ways and utility companies had responded to power line problems due to the downed trees.

As the ground became more saturated, there were more tree-falling reports across the county.

Off Sunset Memorial Road, a large oak tree covered the entire road and fell into yards on both sides and onto

looking to trim costs where ever they can,” Board Attorney John Crotts said. “T-Mobile has a site lease with an option on one of the water towers.

The current lease is for a guaranteed term of five years and T-Mobile has the option to renew this lease for five additional five-year terms.

Currently, the authority is getting $1,900 a month in rent for the use of the water tower. They are proposing some alternatives that would give the authority more guaranteed money.

They’re saying an option would be adjust that to $1,730 a month starting in January and that would increase 5 percent every five years. That would boil down to a guarantee of ten years.

Another alternative they presented was to reduce the rent to $1,420 a month and that would be guaranteed also for ten years.”

However, Crotts explained that each of the new agreements would result

Griffin Road. Lawns and side ditches along Toms Lake Road resembled creeks and small lakes.

Morgan said the flood gates were opened four feet at the Lake Lure dam to prevent flooding and by late Wednesday afternoon, the flood gates were opened just two feet as the generator was producing power.

“The water is up in the river, but there hasn’t been flooding problems,” he said.

The rains and downed trees didn’t cause any power outages in the county, according to Colon Saunders, vice president of operations at Rutherford Electric Membership Corp., and a spokesperson at Duke Energy.

Saunders cited the company’s aggressive right-of-way program over the last four or five years for keeping the lines from being hit by trees.

Across the county line in Polk, a Civil War Living History event slated for the weekend at the Green River Plantation was canceled Wednesday.

Organizers said the field and campsites were filled with standing water.

The re-enactors are the 2nd North Carolina Mounted Infantry, Company E/3rd US Light Artillery, Battery B. More than 2,275 residents in Polk County experienced power outages Wednesday morning with most power restored Wednesday afternoon.

In Henderson County, portions of Chimney Rock Road were closed due to flooding at Fruitland Road and Terry Gap Road.

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

in less revenue for the authority and included various “rent holidays” where T-Mobile would not pay rent.

“That rent holiday is eight years at the end of either one of their proposals,” board member Tommy Hardin said. “My opinion is they signed a five-year contract last year, and they should live by it. The first option over ten years is $21,000 less (for us). The other is $75,000 less if they stay for 15 years. The present contract would pay $232,000 over ten years. And the existing contract has no rent holidays in it.”

The board voted unanimously to reject both of T-Mobile’s proposals.

Their next meeting date was undetermined and will be announced at a later time.

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Inside Scoreboard . . . . . . . . . . . Page 8 Golf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 8 The Chase . . . . . . . . . . . Page 9

Blue Devils keep slim hope alive Panthers’ Williams leads long injury list CHARLOTTE (AP) — Carolina Panthers running back DeAngelo Williams has missed practice because of a sore knee.

Coach John Fox said Wednesday that Williams tweaked it and will be evaluated. Williams rushed for 149 yards and two touchdowns in Sunday’s loss to New Orleans.

Fellow running back Jonathan Stewart also sat out, but has routinely missed Wednesday workouts to rest his sore Achilles’ tendon.

Defensive end Julius Peppers was limited with what Fox called a “messed up” right hand. Tight end Dante Rosario (knee) was also limited.

Fullback Brad Hoover remained sidelined with a sprained ankle, but backup Tony Fiammetta returned after missing a game with a concussion.

Receiver Muhsin Muhammad practiced after missing two games with a knee injury.

Yankees’ Jeter wins 4th Gold Glove NEW YORK (AP) — Derek Jeter won his fourth Gold Glove at shortstop, joining New York Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira among the American League players honored for fielding excellence.

Los Angeles Angels center fielder Torii Hunter and Seattle right fielder Ichiro Suzuki both won for the ninth straight year.

First-time winners included Rays third baseman Evan Longoria, Baltimore outfielder Adam Jones and White Sox pitcher Mark Buehrle.

Minnesota catcher Joe Mauer and Detroit second baseman Placido Polanco each earned their second Rawlings Gold Glove Award. National League winners will be announced late Wednesday.

n Duke

must win two of three final games to earn a bowl

Associated Press

Duke’s Matt Daniels (40) tries to bring down North Carolina’s Ryan Houston (32) during the second half of an NCAA college football game in Chapel Hill, Saturday.

Miami trying for 1st win ever at North Carolina CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — By reputation, Miami is a football school, North Carolina a basketball school.

Makes sense, really: Both have five national championships in those respective sports.

So how, then, is it possible that the Hurricanes’ basketball team has won at Chapel Hill, but the football program never has? Miami coach Randy Shannon can’t figure it out either, and he’s challenging the 12th-ranked Hurricanes to snap the hex Saturday when they visit the Tar Heels in a game that might mean everything — or nothing — to the

Atlantic Coast Conference race.

“I’ve won at Carolina before,” said tight end Jimmy Graham, a converted basketball player who scored two points in Miami’s 81-70 hoops upset of the Heels on Jan. 14, 2006. “But the seniors here haven’t. It’s a big part of the mindset we have going into this week. It’s a big game for us. It’s going to be a big game for them. We know it’s going to be sold out and a good atmosphere. That’s what we like.”

Here’s something else Miami (7-2, 4-2) Please see UNC, Page 9

DURHAM (AP) — Thaddeus Lewis has put up plenty of big numbers during 3 1/2 seasons as Duke’s starting quarterback, but he’s still looking for his signature victory.

He’ll need to come up with one — and quickly, too — if he wants to end his career in a bowl game.

The Blue Devils can see their path to postseason eligibility, but that doesn’t make it any less daunting: They need two wins in their last three games to qualify for their first bowl since 1994. Two of those opponents are in the Top 25, so that means they must knock off a nationally ranked for the first time in 15 years.

“I think (the best game) is still out there,” Lewis said.

“We have three or four more games to go, so three or four more opportunities to prove myself or to make it your best game, one everybody else will remember.”

He’ll have a few chances in the coming weeks for Duke (5-4, 3-2 Atlantic Coast Conference), which faces quite the late-season challenge: No. 7 Georgia Tech this week, No. 12 Miami the next and, finally, against a Wake Forest team that’s chasing its school-record fourth straight bowl trip.

On paper, that seems like a tall order for a program that hasn’t won a game in November since 2004, and went 0-5 in that month in coach David Cutcliffe’s first Please see Duke, Page 9

Mike Vick wins back $16 million bonus MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal appeals court backed the judge who ruled against the NFL and let quarterback Michael Vick keep more than $16 million in bonuses from the Atlanta Falcons.

The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed Judge David Doty’s order saying Vick had already earned the bonuses before his dogfighting conviction, so the money wasn’t subject to forfeiture.

Vick served 18 months in prison and is now with the Philadelphia Eagles.

Doty has long handled matters arising from the NFL’s collective bargaining agreement.

After Doty ruled in the Vick bonus case, the NFL accused him of bias and sought to end his oversight of its contract with the players union.

The appeals court said the contract should remain under Doty’s oversight.

On TV 7 p.m. (TS) NHL Hockey Atlanta Thrashers at New York Rangers.

7:30 p.m. (ESPN) College Football South Florida at Rutgers.

8 p.m. (TNT) NBA Basketball Cleveland Cavaliers at Miami Heat.

10 p.m. (ESPN2) MLS Soccer Teams TBA. 10:30 p.m. (TNT) NBA Basketball Phoenix Suns at Los Angeles Lakers.

Jimmie Johnson (48) leading Jeff Gordon (24) into Turn 4 near the end of the NASCAR Nextel Cup Goody’s Cool Orange auto race at the Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Va in this April 1, 2007, file photo.

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Johnson learned a lot from Gordon FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Jeff Gordon was on the verge of winning his fourth NASCAR championship as a driver when he made his debut as a coowner and teammate for an unproven driver named Jimmie Johnson.

The two drivers have become good friends in the eight years since Johnson joined Hendrick Motorsports, with Gordon spending many hours explaining the finer points of stock car racing and offering plenty of advice to his eager pupil.

That investment of time has paid off, but also come at a price.

As Johnson closes in on an unprecedented fourth consecutive Sprint Cup title, he remains the biggest roadblock to Gordon’s quest to win a fifth title.

Despite a crash last weekend at Texas that led to a 38th-place finish, Johnson still has a firm grip on the Chase for the championship with a 73-point lead over Hendrick teammate Mark Martin.

While Gordon would enjoy winning Associated Press another championship as a co-owner, it Jimmie Johnson, left, being congratulated by car owner and fellow driver Jeff isn’t what keeps him driving the No. 24 Gordon, right, after Johnson’s qualifying laps for the Coca-Cola 600 at Lowe’s Motor Please see Johnson, Page 9 Speedway in Concord in this May 23, 2002, file photo.

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Tiger Woods plays a shot during a Pro-Am match ahead of the Australian Masters golf tournament in Melbourne, Australia, Wednesday.

Tiger hoping to make short work at Kingston Heath

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer

MELBOURNE, Australia — Thousands of fans created a steady stream of traffic Wednesday across the 10th fairway at Kingston Heath, then turned and moved en masse up the left side of the 481-yard hole.

They were not going to the green. They were headed for the exit.

Tiger Woods had just finished his pro-am round at the Australian Masters. And that’s who they came to see.

Before sunrise, some two hours before he teed off in the first round, a line of people stretched out the gates and some 150 yards down Kingston Road.

Next to the ticket window was a sign unfamiliar in these parts: “Sold Out.”

As much golf as he has played around the world, even Woods has been surprised by his reception during his first trip Down Under in 11 years. It has included a $600-a-plate dinner at the Crown Casino on Tuesday night, a meeting the next night with cricket star Michael Clarke and thousands of fans at every turn.

Does anyone realize Rod Pampling is the defending champion?

“My mom and dad do,” he said. “My brothers don’t.”

Geoff Ogilvy, who grew up in Melbourne, is the only other player among the top 50 in the world at Kingston Heath. He is a former U.S. Open champion with three World Golf Championship titles, second only to Woods. Yet even if he were to win this week, the trophy might as well say, “Best Supporting Actor.”

And that’s OK with Ogilvy and the rest of the Australians.

“It’s exciting that golf is on the front page of the newspaper again,” Ogilvy said. “The fact that Tiger is here, I’m just happy that Australians and Melbourne people get to see him play. We get spoiled. In the U.S., we get to see him play quite regularly. He gets paid a lot of money to play, but he gets offered that money anywhere in the world, and he has chosen to come here.”

The hope is that Woods, who received a $3 million appearance fee — will help boost interest in a tour that has dwindled over the last decade with a drop in sponsorship support, despite Melbourne’s reputation as having more championship courses than any city in the world.

AMERICAN CONFERENCE East

W L T Pct PF New England 6 2 0 .750 225 N.Y. Jets 4 4 0 .500 177 Miami 3 5 0 .375 193 Buffalo 3 5 0 .375 123 South

W L T Pct PF Indianapolis 8 0 0 1.000 217 Houston 5 4 0 .556 215 Jacksonville 4 4 0 .500 157 Tennessee 2 6 0 .250 148 North

W L T Pct PF Cincinnati 6 2 0 .750 180 Pittsburgh 6 2 0 .750 195 Baltimore 4 4 0 .500 206 Cleveland 1 7 0 .125 78 West

W L T Pct PF Denver 6 2 0 .750 150 San Diego 5 3 0 .625 206 Oakland 2 6 0 .250 78 Kansas City 1 7 0 .125 126 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East

W L T Pct PF Dallas 6 2 0 .750 217 Philadelphia 5 3 0 .625 219 N.Y. Giants 5 4 0 .556 232 Washington 2 6 0 .250 113 South

W L T Pct PF New Orleans 8 0 0 1.000 303 Atlanta 5 3 0 .625 202 Carolina 3 5 0 .375 148 Tampa Bay 1 7 0 .125 134 North

W L T Pct PF Minnesota 7 1 0 .875 244 Green Bay 4 4 0 .500 215 Chicago 4 4 0 .500 180 Detroit 1 7 0 .125 133 West

W L T Pct PF Arizona 5 3 0 .625 198 San Francisco 3 5 0 .375 174 Seattle 3 5 0 .375 167 St. Louis 1 7 0 .125 77

PA 115 134 204 169 PA 108 188 198 238 PA 135 139 154 209 PA 124 179 201 205 PA 152 153 204 154 PA 174 166 196 231 PA 174 172 191 237 PA 164 174 167 221

Thursday’s Game Chicago at San Francisco, 8:20 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Buffalo at Tennessee, 1 p.m.

Denver at Washington, 1 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Miami, 1 p.m.

Jacksonville at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.

Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.

New Orleans at St. Louis, 1 p.m.

Atlanta at Carolina, 1 p.m.

Detroit at Minnesota, 1 p.m.

Kansas City at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.

Dallas at Green Bay, 4:15 p.m.

Philadelphia at San Diego, 4:15 p.m.

Seattle at Arizona, 4:15 p.m.

New England at Indianapolis, 8:20 p.m.

Open: N.Y. Giants, Houston Monday’s Game Baltimore at Cleveland, 8:30 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 19 Miami at Carolina, 8:20 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 22 Cleveland at Detroit, 1 p.m.

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

Washington at Dallas, 1 p.m.

San Francisco at Green Bay, 1 p.m.

Indianapolis at Baltimore, 1 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Kansas City, 1 p.m.

New Orleans at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.

Buffalo at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.

Seattle at Minnesota, 1 p.m.

Arizona at St. Louis, 4:05 p.m.

N.Y. Jets at New England, 4:15 p.m.

San Diego at Denver, 4:15 p.m.

Cincinnati at Oakland, 4:15 p.m.

Philadelphia at Chicago, 8:20 p.m.

Monday, Nov. 23 Tennessee at Houston, 8:30 p.m.

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W L Pct Denver 6 2 .750 Portland 5 3 .625 Oklahoma City 3 4 .429 Utah 3 5 .375 Minnesota 1 7 .125 Pacific Division

W L Pct Phoenix 7 1 .875 L.A. Lakers 6 1 .857 Sacramento 4 4 .500 L.A. Clippers 3 5 .375 Golden State 2 5 .250

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Monday’s Games Phoenix 119, Philadelphia 115 Utah 95, New York 93 San Antonio 131, Toronto 124 Golden State 146, Minnesota 105 New Orleans 112, L.A. Clippers 84 Tuesday’s Games Orlando 93, Charlotte 81 Miami 90, Washington 76 Denver 90, Chicago 89 Portland 93, Memphis 79 Dallas 121, Houston 103 Sacramento 101, Oklahoma City 98 Wednesday’s Games Toronto 99, Chicago 89 Indiana 108, Golden State 94 Boston 105, Utah 86 Atlanta 114, New York 101 Philadelphia 82, New Jersey 79 Detroit 98, Charlotte 75 Denver at Milwaukee, late Cleveland at Orlando, late Portland at Minnesota, late Memphis at Houston, late Dallas at San Antonio, late New Orleans at Phoenix, late Oklahoma City at L.A. Clippers, late Thursday’s Games Cleveland at Miami, 8 p.m.

Phoenix at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.

HOCKEY National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts Pittsburgh 18 12 6 0 24 New Jersey 16 12 4 0 24 N.Y. Rangers 18 10 7 1 21 Philadelphia 14 9 4 1 19 N.Y. Islanders 18 6 7 5 17 Northeast Division

GP W L OT Pts Buffalo 15 10 4 1 21 Ottawa 15 8 5 2 18 Boston 17 8 7 2 18 Montreal 18 8 10 0 16 Toronto 16 3 8 5 11 Southeast Division

GP W L OT Pts Washington 18 11 3 4 26 Tampa Bay 15 6 4 5 17 Atlanta 14 7 6 1 15 Florida 15 5 9 1 11 Carolina 17 2 12 3 7

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

W L Pct Boston 8 1 .875 Philadelphia 4 4 .500 Toronto 4 4 .500 New York 1 8 .125 New Jersey 0 8 .000 Southeast Division

W L Pct Miami 6 1 .857 Orlando 6 2 .750 Atlanta 6 2 .714 Charlotte 4 4 .500 Washington 2 6 .250 Central Division

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GP W L OT Pts Chicago 16 9 5 2 20 Columbus 17 9 6 2 20 Detroit 16 8 5 3 19 St. Louis 16 6 6 4 16 Nashville 16 7 8 1 15 Northwest Division

GP W L OT Pts Colorado 18 12 4 2 26 Calgary 16 11 4 1 23 Vancouver 19 10 9 0 20 Edmonton 19 8 9 2 18 Minnesota 17 7 10 0 14 Pacific Division

GP W L OT Pts San Jose 19 13 4 2 28 Los Angeles 19 11 6 2 24 Phoenix 17 10 7 0 20 Dallas 17 7 4 6 20 Anaheim 16 6 8 2 14 Monday’s Games Chicago 4, Los Angeles 1 Tuesday’s Games Boston 3, Pittsburgh 0 Minnesota 5, Toronto 2 Ottawa 4, Edmonton 3, SO Calgary 1, Montreal 0 St. Louis 6, Vancouver 1 San Jose 4, Nashville 3 Wednesday’s Games Los Angeles 5, Carolina 2

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Buffalo 3, Edmonton 1 New Jersey 3, Anaheim 1 Detroit 9, Columbus 1 Washington 5, N.Y. Islanders 4 Colorado at Chicago, late Thursday’s Games Ottawa at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Florida at Boston, 7 p.m.

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

New Jersey at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m.

Vancouver at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

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

Nashville at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Montreal at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

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

RACING 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Schedule and Standings

Feb. 7 — x-Budweiser Shootout, Daytona Beach, Fla. (Kevin Harvick) Feb. 15 — Daytona 500, Daytona Beach, Fla. (Matt Kenseth) Feb. 22 — Auto Club 500, Fontana, Calif. (Matt Kenseth) March 1 — Shelby 427, Las Vegas. (Kyle Busch) March 8 — Kobalt Tools 500, Hampton, Ga. (Kurt Busch) March 22 — Food City 500, Bristol, Tenn. (Kyle Busch) March 29 — Goody’s Fast Relief 500, Martinsville, Va. (Jimmie Johnson) April 5 — Samsung 500, Fort Worth, Texas (Jeff Gordon) April 18 — Subway Fresh Fit 500, Avondale, Ariz.

(Mark Martin) April 26 — Aaron’s 499, Talladega, Ala. (Brad Keselowski) May 2 — Crown Royal Presents the Russell Friedman 400, Richmond, Va. (Kyle Busch) May 9 — Southern 500, Darlington, S.C. (Mark Martin) May 16 — x-NASCAR All-Star Challenge, Concord, N.C. (Tony Stewart) May 24 — Coca-Cola 600, Concord, N.C. (David Reutimann) May 31 — Dover 400, Dover, Del. (Jimmie Johnson) June 7 — Pocono 500, Long Pond, Pa. (Tony Stewart) June 14 — LifeLock 400, Brooklyn, Mich. (Mark Martin) June 21 — Toyota/Savemart 350, Sonoma, Calif.

(Kasey Kahne) June 28 — LENOX Industrial Tools 301, Loudon, N.H. (Joey Logano) July 4 — Coke Zero 400, Daytona Beach, Fla. (Tony Stewart) July 11 — LifeLock.com 400, Joliet, Ill. (Mark Martin) July 26 — Allstate 400, Indianapolis. (Jimmie Johnson) Aug. 2 — Pennsylvania 500, Long Pond, Pa. (Denny Hamlin) Aug. 9 — Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips At The Glen, Watkins Glen, N.Y. (Tony Stewart) Aug. 16 — Carfax 400, Brooklyn, Mich. (Brian Vickers) Aug. 22 — Sharpie 500, Bristol, Tenn. (Kyle Busch) Sept. 6 — Pep Boys Auto 500, Hampton, Ga. (Kasey Kahne) Sept. 12 — Chevy Rock & Roll 400, Richmond, Va. (Denny Hamlin) Sept. 20 — Sylvania 300, Loudon, N.H. (Mark Martin) Sept. 27 — AAA 400, Dover, Del. (Jimmie Johnson) Oct. 4 — Price Chopper 400, Kansas City, Kan. (Tony Stewart) Oct. 11 — Pepsi 500, Fontana, Calif. (Jimmie Johnson) Oct. 17 — NASCAR Banking 500, Concord, N.C. (Jimmie Johnson) Oct. 25 — Tums Fast Relief 500, Martinsville, Va. (Denny Hamlin) Nov. 1 — Amp Energy 500, Talladega, Ala. (Jamie McMurray) Nov. 8 — Dickies 500, Fort Worth, Texas. (Kurt Busch) Nov. 15 — Checker O’Reilly Auto Parts 500, Avondale, Ariz.

Nov. 22 — Ford 400, Homestead, Fla. x-non-points race Driver Standings 1. Jimmie Johnson, 6,297 2. Mark Martin, 6,224 3. Jeff Gordon, 6,185 4. Kurt Busch, 6,126 5. Tony Stewart, 6,119 6. Juan Pablo Montoya, 6,061 7. Greg Biffle, 6,050 8. Denny Hamlin, 5,975 9. Ryan Newman, 5,973 10. Kasey Kahne, 5,898 11. Carl Edwards, 5,857 12. Brian Vickers, 5,777 13. Kyle Busch, 4,183 14. Matt Kenseth, 4,151 15. Clint Bowyer, 4,078 16. David Reutimann, 3,969 17. Jeff Burton, 3,677 18. Marcos Ambrose, 3,637 19. Joey Logano, 3,600 20. Casey Mears, 3,571

Pistons hand Bobcats their third straight loss

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) — Charlie Villanueva had a seaThe PGA Tour had 24 players from Australia son-high 30 points and with full-exempt status this year; no other country outscored Charlotte outside the United States had seven. It adds anoth- by himself in the third er next year with Michael Sim, who won a record quarter, leading the $644,142 on the Nationwide Tour this year. Sim Detroit Pistons to a also is playing the JBWere Masters.

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The Pistons have a .500 record after winning two straight for the first time this season.

Gerald Wallace scored 12, Flip Murray had 11 points and Raymond Felton added 10 for the offensively challenged Bobcats, who have lost three straight.

Charlotte started the second quarter with a

two-point lead, then got outscored 61-31 over the next two periods.

Villanueva had 18 points in the third — six more than Charlotte’s team had.

Detroit coach John Kuester beat his mentor, Charlotte coach Larry Brown, who had Kuester on his championship-winning staff with the 2004 Pistons.

Brown said before the

game he would have mixed emotions regardless of the outcome.

The Hall of Fame coach had to be completely disappointed, though, with how poorly his team played at both ends of the court.

Charlotte entered the game averaging an NBA-low 85 points a game and didn’t even approach that lowly total.

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“It seems like 20 years ago,” he said of winning his last championship in 2001.

And as in many of those years since then, Gordon is once again chasing Johnson’s No. 48.

Gordon was the runner-up to Johnson in the 2007 title chase by 77 points. This year he is 112 points back in third place after finishing 13th at Texas, where he was the polesitter nearly seven months after he had won there for the first time. Given Johnson’s crash, Gordon called his showing on Sunday a “total missed opportunity.”

While the two are still friends and teammates, Gordon recently acknowledged that the competi-

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would like: A Duke win Saturday.

Duke hosts Georgia Tech at noon Saturday. If Tech wins, it captures the ACC Coastal Division title and eliminates Miami, which faces the Tar Heels a few miles away at 3:30 p.m. If Duke wins, Miami is very much alive in the conference race.

All that is irrelevant, Shannon insists. He’s telling his team its focus should be on doing something Miami failed to do in 1963, 2004 and 2007 — win at Chapel Hill.

“It doesn’t make a difference,” Shannon said, when asked if the Duke-Georgia Tech outcome could affect his team before it takes the field to face former Miami coach Butch Davis and the Tar Heels. “You’ve got to take care of yours.”

There’s more to this than just getting Miami’s first win at North Carolina. Shannon is 0-2 as a head coach against Davis, his former boss at Miami when they revived the program out of the probation era more than a decade ago.

Both of those losses have lingered.

Miami got into a 27-0 halftime hole before losing 33-27 at Chapel Hill in 2007. Last year’s defeat in Miami — where former quarterback Robert Marve threw what would have been the gamewinning touchdown pass an inch too high for Kayne Farquharson on the final play, allowing the Tar Heels to escape with a 28-24 win — wound up playing a big role in Miami not winning the division title.

“We need to focus on this game completely,” Shannon said. “And nothing else.”

By JENNA FRYER

CHARLOTTE — This season was supposed to have the most competitive title race since the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship format began six years ago.

Instead, it’s once again been the Jimmie Johnson show.

With only two races remaining to crown NASCAR’s 2009 champion, Mark Martin is the only driver with a realistic shot of dethroning Johnson. But with a 73-point cushion, Johnson only needs to hold steady the next two weeks to win a record fourth consecutive championship.

So what went wrong?

Here’s a look at the trials and tribulations of the drivers who were expected to challenge Johnson when the Chase started eight weeks ago, only to be left behind the No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports team: n Martin, second in points, 73 out: He opened the Chase with a win at New Hampshire, the fifth win of the season for the resurgent 50-year-old. The sentimental favorite, Martin finished second in four previous title races, stayed neck-and-neck with Johnson through the first four rounds. His trouble came at Charlotte, when he ran into the back of Juan Pablo Montoya on a restart and couldn’t overcome the gaping hole in the front of his No. 5 Chevrolet.

Martin finished 17th at Charlotte, while Johnson went on to win the race and finally put a cushion between himself and his teammate.

Martin’s only other setback came at Talladega, when he was collected in a last-lap accident that sent his car flipping across the track for the first time in his storied career. That 28th-place finish likely sealed his fate, even though he heads this weekend back to Phoenix International Raceway, site of his first win this season. n Jeff Gordon, third in points, 112 out: His Chase got off to a bad start with a mediocre 15th-place finish in the New Hampshire opener that stuck him in a significant hole. But he ran great the next five weeks, grabbing five finishes of sixth or better, including two secondplaces. Then came Talladega, where he ran out of fuel late and finished 20th to lose more ground to Johnson.

But if Johnson struggles the

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season on the Duke sideline.

“It’s going to test the true character of our AP Photo team, with our backs against the wall,” tight end Kurt Busch’s car is fueled on his final pit stop in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Brandon King said. “These last three games, I Series auto race at Texas Motor Speedway, on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009, in think we can really respond. I think we’re more Fort Worth, Texas. Busch won the race. experienced than last year. We kind of faltered in November last year, but we have a great opportunext two weeks, Gordon will 178 out: The two-time series nity and I think our team really knows that and certainly look back at Texas as champion is perhaps the biggest appreciates it.” where he failed to capitalize on disappointment of the Chase.

Duke needs seven wins to qualify for a bowl an opportunity to really make it Although he did win at Kansas because its North Carolina Central victory doesn’t a tight title race. After Johnson’s to gain some of his swagger count toward postseason eligibility. The NCAA early accident opened up the back, he’s fallen tremendously off considers the Eagles a transitional Championship field, Gordon had a chance to the pace he set all season long as Subdivision team that doesn’t yet offer enough pounce but couldn’t because of he cruised to a sizable “regular scholarships. his career struggles at Texas. season” points lead.

And history suggests the Blue Devils — 11-point He nearly went a lap down and Trying to become the first underdogs to the Coastal Division-leading Yellow wound up a frustrated 13th. owner/driver to win a champiJackets — are even longer shots to reach that magn Kurt Busch, fourth in onship since Alan Kulwicki in ic number. points, 171 out: Busch ran 1992, Stewart only briefly flirted They’ve lost 38 straight games against AP Top 25 really well most of the Chase, with the possibility once the teams, haven’t beaten one since they were ranked just not good enough to keep Chase began. He was just OK in 23rd when they upset No. 13 Virginia in 1994, and pace with Johnson. An 11th at the opener, but came back from haven’t done it as an unranked team since stunKansas caused him to fall back an earlier accident at Dover to ning No. 22 North Carolina State in ’93. from the leaders, and a 17th at finish ninth. Then came the win But they certainly don’t sound like those old Martinsville in his only real off at Kansas that pushed him back Duke teams that might back down from the chalrace sort of sealed his fate. into contention. lenge. These days, they’re insisting that they have He could be closer because he The rest of the races, though, embraced the chance to play in a high-stakes ran very well at Talladega, only have been memorable for game. to be wrecked, like Martin, on Stewart only in that he didn’t “It gives you something, really, to shoot for,” safethe final lap as a likely top-10 really stand out at all. His finty Catron Gainey said. “That’s not been the case finish plummeted to a 30thishes were decent — four top-13 around here for a long time.” place result. Busch bounced finishes in the past five races — back with a victory last week in but he never dominated and led Texas, but it was too little too just seven laps over that stretch. late for the 2004 Chase winner.

A disastrous 35th-place finish at n Tony Stewart, fifth in points, Talladega didn’t help, either.

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tive nature of their relationship has affected their friendship.

Gordon went on to say they would be better friends in 15 or 20 years, presumably when both are done racing.

“There’s no doubt that over the last few years competition has been more intense. We’ve been racing for championships,” Johnson said. “It was a lot easier when I was a rookie needing assistance and help. We spent a lot of time together then. I guess we were both single and not married at that point, too, having a lot of fun.”

A year before his Cup debut, Johnson was stuck in what was then the Busch series, the predecessor to Nationwide, when by chance he sat next to Gordon at a drivers’ meeting.

Needing advice on his next career step, he mustered the

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courage to ask Gordon if they could talk. What he didn’t know was that just days earlier Gordon and team owner Rick Hendrick had talked about finding a young driver to field another team.

When their partnership became official with Johnson racing three times at the end of the 2001 season, Gordon already had 58 of his 82 career victories. He is one behind Cale Yarborough for fifth on the career list, and two behind Bobby Allison and Darrell Waltrip, who are tied for third.

Gordon and Johnson both won three races in 2002, and again in 2003 before a shift began.

Since the start of 2004, when Johnson won eight races and Gordon five, Johnson has won 40 races — 16 more than Gordon. The margin is 13-1 over the past two years.

HANNOVER, Germany (AP) — The suicide death of Robert Enke left Germany stunned Wednesday, sending the soccer-obsessed country into mourning and leaving the national team without its top goalkeeper for next year’s World Cup. Enke’s widow appeared at a news conference, broadcast live throughout the country, saying her husband battled depression for years before he stepped onto the tracks and got hit by an express train Tuesday evening not far from his home.

“I tried to be there for him,” Teresa Enke said, choking back tears. “When he was acutely depressive, it was a difficult time. We thought we’d manage everything. We thought with love, we could do it. But you can’t.”

Hundreds of people filed into Marktkirche, a Lutheran church, on Wednesday evening to attend a religious service and then march silently to Hannover’s soccer stadium to honor Enke, who was the local club’s captain.

The memorial service was conducted by Bishop Margot Kaessmann, the first woman ever elected to lead the nation’s Protestants.

“The death of this athlete shows that soccer is not everything in our life,” Kaessmann said. “Behind popularity and success there could be profound loneliness and desperation.”

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Nation Today Jury: Ill. man gets death

WHEATON, Ill. (AP) — A suburban Chicago jury said Wednesday that a convicted murderer should be executed for the rape and killing of a 10-year-old girl kidnapped from her home 26 years ago — a case that helped lead to landmark death penalty reforms in Illinois, including a moratorium on executions.

Patricia Nicarico gasped and put her hand over her mouth as a bailiff announced that Brian Dugan — who admitted yanking her 10-yearold daughter, Jeanine, out of the family’s home in 1983 — should die rather than receive another life sentence.

“We are shedding tears of joy,” Nicarico told reporters. “A death sentence is never really a joyful thing. But Brian Dugan is someone who deserves it.”

Dugan showed no emotion even as Nicarico family members cried behind him, giving each other the thumbs-up sign. The 53-year-old, already serving a life sentence, had been convicted in two other murders, including that of a 7-year-old girl in 1985.

Cash-for-grades nixed

GOLDSBORO (AP) — Administrators have nixed a North Carolina middle school’s cash-for-grades fundraiser.

The News & Observer of Raleigh reported Wednesday that Wayne County school administrators have halted the plan at Rosewood Middle School in Goldsboro.

The school was offering 20 test points to students in exchange for a $20 donation. Rosewood principal

Susie Shepherd had said that she approved the idea after a parent advisory council presented it as a way to raise money.

Ring found in dump PARSIPPANY, N.J. (AP) — Sanitation workers sorted through 10 tons of trash to recover a wedding ring accidentally thrown away by a New Jersey couple.

Bridget Pericolo of Parsippany had placed the ring in a cup that her husband, Angelo, threw out with the garbage before leaving for work Monday morning. When he realized the mistake, he contacted the town’s sanitation supervisor, who suggested coming by the local dump.

Later in the day, supervisor Michael Brotons and sanitation workers Edgar Lopez and Joseph McGee dug through the refuse until they found the garbage bag that Angelo Pericolo had thrown away.

Flu deaths hit 4,000 ATLANTA (AP) — Federal health officials now say that 4,000 or more Americans likely have died from swine flu — about four times the estimate they’ve been using.

The new, higher figure was first reported by The New York Times.

It includes deaths caused by complications related to swine flu, including pneumonia and bacterial infections. Until now, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had conservatively put the U.S. swine flu death count at more than 1,000. Officials said this week they’re working on an even more accurate calculation.

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Investigators walk around a home as they look for evidence on a rural property Wednesday in Bates City, Mo. Authorities were searching for bodies and buried glass jars containing notes written more than 15 years ago by children who may have documented sexual abuse by five members of their own family.

Authorities searching farm for bodies, notes LEXINGTON, Mo. (AP) — Authorities on Wednesday searched a rural property in western Missouri for bodies and buried glass jars containing notes written more than 15 years ago by children who may have documented sexual abuse by five members of their own family.

Lafayette County Sheriff Kerrick Alumbaugh pleaded for the public’s help, saying investigators “believe that there are other victims out there, and we believe people in the public can give us more information.”

Alumbaugh said authorities believe there may be bodies buried on the property once owned by two of the five family members arrested Tuesday. He refused to say to whom any of the bodies would have belonged. The property and a nearby home is currently owned by a man unrelated to the case who is cooperating with authorities.

Three of the five men arrested are lay ministers in the Community of Christ church whose licenses have been suspended, church spokeswoman Linda L. Booth said.

The five are charged with several felonies, including forcible sodomy, rape with a child younger than 12 and use of a child in a sexual performance. The allegations, which include bestiality, forcing children into fake marriages with relatives and making an 11-year-old have an abortion, date from 1988 to 1995.

Cpl. Bill Lowe of the Missouri State Highway Patrol said a 26-year-old woman came forward to investigators in mid-August with the allegations. A probable cause statement released by the Lafayette County prosecutor’s office says five other siblings of the woman have accused all five men of abuse, but it’s unclear whether all the siblings were claiming to be victims.

Lowe said the woman told investigators that she and her siblings had buried glass jars around the property that were filled with messages “about what was happening to them” when they were younger. The woman said she had “suppressed many of the memories of abuse perpetrated on her” and her siblings, according to the probable cause statement.

Sgt. Collin Stosberg of the highway patrol said the adults told the children to write down their bad memories.

“That was what they were told.

Write these memories down, put them in a jar and bury it and the memories would go away,” Stosberg said. “It was a way for them to cope.”

The probable cause statement identifies the relationship between the siblings and the suspects. The Associated Press, however, is not revealing that relationship to avoid identifying the alleged victims.

The woman who came forward also claimed some of the men forced her to have sex with a dog and to watch as her brother was abused.

“She became pregnant and was

made to have an abortion at age 11 1/2. She doesn’t remember any sexual abuse after that date,” the probable cause statement said.

The Lafayette County Sheriff’s Department, the Rural Missouri Major Case Squad and the Highway Patrol were investigating, with the help of the Western Missouri Cyber Crimes Task Force.

A small excavator could be seen Wednesday moving across the property outside Bates City, which is about 30 miles east of Kansas City.

Two ambulances were parked nearby, and crews were searching a creek with metal detectors.

“There has been an indication that there are body or bodies in numerous locations,” Alumbaugh said.

The search was halted at sunset and was to resume in the morning.

The suspects were identified as Burrell Edward Mohler Sr., 77, of Independence, and his sons, Burrell Edward Mohler Jr., 53, also of Independence; Jared Leroy Mohler, 48, of Columbia; Roland Neil Mohler, 47, of Bates City; and David A. Mohler, 52, of Lamoni, Iowa.

All five were being held in the Lafayette County jail on cash bonds ranging from $30,000 to $75,000. It was not immediately clear if they had attorneys.

Police in Columbia seized a computer and discs from Jared Mohler’s home on Tuesday, police spokeswoman Jessie Haden said. Jared Mohler is a database administrator at Carfax, a company that provides vehicle history reports to prospective buyers, a co-worker said. He was arrested at work.

David Mohler, who has worked for Graceland University in Lamoni, Iowa, for 27 years, was arrested on its Independence campus.

Details on the arrests of the other three suspects were not immediately available.

University President John Sellars said David Mohler periodically traveled to Independence to work on Graceland’s phone systems there. He described David Mohler as “a very nice person who got along well with his colleagues.”

Sellars said David Mohler and his wife have grown children, but he did not know their ages or where they lived.

Booth, the church spokeswoman, said none of the Mohlers served in leadership roles in the congregations they attended “nor did they serve as volunteer youth workers, teach children or youth church school, or work with children or youth.”

“The church takes seriously the allegations that have been made and suspended the priesthood licenses of three lay ministers: Burrell Mohler Sr., David Mohler and Jared Mohler,” the church said in a statement.

Booth said one of the men, whom she refused to identify, had been registered to work with children but that license has been terminated.

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7,155.36 +28.94

GAINERS ($2 OR MORE)

Name Last SemiMfg 3.88 DoralFncl 3.68 TollBros 21.41 GencoShip 23.76 BrkfldH 6.69 BeazerHm 5.73 PinnclEnt 10.31 ExcelM 6.59 DianaShip 15.93 ChinaYuch 15.60

Chg +1.46 +.86 +3.02 +3.04 +.82 +.63 +1.11 +.70 +1.54 +1.40

%Chg +60.3 +30.5 +16.4 +14.7 +14.0 +12.4 +12.1 +11.9 +10.7 +9.9

LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)

Name Last ChinaDigtl 6.10 PikeElec 9.13 CKE Rst 8.54 Macys 17.86 WstnAlliB 3.02 Steelcse 5.34 Grmrcy pfA10.90 FlowrsFds 22.45 DirREBear 17.14 CapitolBcp 2.22

Chg %Chg -.95 -13.5 -.86 -8.6 -.77 -8.3 -1.57 -8.1 -.24 -7.4 -.37 -6.5 -.75 -6.4 -1.41 -5.9 -1.05 -5.8 -.13 -5.5

MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE) Name Vol (00) Last Chg Citigrp 2543933 4.16 -.02 BkofAm 1815191 16.43 +.40 SPDR 1624039 110.15 +.56 DirFBear rs 993485 18.79 -.70 SPDR Fncl 984362 14.97 +.20 Motorola 870892 8.77 -.08 FordM 870682 8.33 +.09 GenElec 699860 15.83 +.05 iShEMkts 651696 41.27 +.35 Macys 517560 17.86 -1.57 Advanced Declined Unchanged Total issues New Highs New Lows Volume

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%Chg +25.5 +22.1 +10.5 +8.1 +7.7 +7.6 +7.5 +7.4 +7.2 +6.7

LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)

Name Last SuprmInd 2.43 Ever-Glory 2.21 TravelCtrs 3.56 Aerocntry 20.59 SwGA Fn 8.00 WLbtyBcp 7.55 StreamGSv 5.86 Gainsco rs 11.74 Invitel 3.62 Versar 3.38

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MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE) Name Vol (00) Last Chg GoldStr g 69914 3.48 -.05 CelSci 62786 1.32 -.02 NthgtM g 37945 2.97 +.01 Hemisphrx 37216 1.09 -.11 LibertyAcq 34282 9.45 +.02 Sinovac 28671 8.86 +.37 NwGold g 26475 4.18 -.01 Oilsands g 23680 1.21 +.01 CFCda g 23149 13.95 +.15 GranTrra g 22429 5.43 +.29 DIARY

Advanced Declined Unchanged Total issues New Highs New Lows Volume

305 225 45 575 15 3 109,879,230

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Chg +1.50 +.97 +.56 +.80 +3.15 +.51 +.85 +1.38 +.81 +1.26

%Chg +32.6 +25.8 +20.6 +20.1 +19.9 +18.7 +18.3 +17.8 +16.7 +16.6

LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)

Name Last Ikonics 6.35 ParkeBcp 7.60 Clearwire 6.14 SuprtlH pfA 6.40 TandyBr 3.60 HackettGp 3.26 1stCnstBn 6.95 FstFrnkln 7.40 FstUtdCp 8.52 BkCarol 3.90

Chg -1.95 -1.40 -1.11 -1.10 -.57 -.50 -.95 -1.01 -.00 -.44

%Chg -23.5 -15.6 -15.3 -14.7 -13.7 -13.3 -12.0 -12.0 -10.5 -10.1

MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE)

Name Vol (00) PwShs QQQ770907 Intel 607358 Microsoft 492789 Cisco 383713 ETrade 344798 ApldMatl 329135 DryShips 302584 ActivsBliz 298433 SunMicro 236945 RschMotn 228577

Advanced Declined Unchanged Total issues New Highs New Lows Volume

Last Chg 43.90 +.28 19.84 +.34 29.12 +.11 23.92 +.27 1.51 -.01 13.25 +.25 6.77 +.53 11.38 -.04 8.47 +.32 64.72 +1.05

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Stocks rise as investors bet on low interest

NEW YORK (AP) — More signs that interest rates will remain low and upbeat economic news from China gave investors more reason to keep buying stocks Wednesday.

Federal Reserve officials signaled in speeches late Tuesday that a recovery in the economy is likely to be weak. Investors took that as another sign that policymakers will hold interest rates low to help resuscitate growth.

Expectations of low rates weighed on the dollar and gave a boost to commodities. Oil and gold held their advances even after the dollar pulled off of a 15-month low.

Investors also drew encouragement from a 16.1 percent jump in industrial production in China.

That fanned expectations that a broader global recovery is gaining steam.

A jump in orders at luxury home builder Toll Brothers Inc. added to hopes that the U.S. economy was also improving.

The mix of news was enough to push the Dow Jones industrial average up 44 points to its sixth straight gain. Both the Dow and the broader Standard & Poor’s 500 index closed at 13-month highs.

Trading was light because of the Veterans Day holiday, but volume has been weak for most of the month. The bond markets were closed.

Jack Ablin, chief investment officer at Harris Private Bank in Chicago, said the growth in China’s production is a welcome sign that the country is expanding and that consumers there could be stepping up their buying.

“Chinese industrial numbers show that there’s a domestic economy that’s beginning to percolate,” he said.

The Dow rose 44.29, or 0.4 percent, to 10,291.26.

It rose as high as 10,341.97, its best level since Oct. 3, 2008.

The Dow is up 519 points, or 5.3 percent in six days. That’s the longest stretch of gains since an eight-day advance in late August.

The S&P 500 index rose 5.50, or 0.5 percent, to 1,098.51 and topped 1,100 for the first time since last year. It hit a 13-month high of 1,105.37 — also its best level since Oct. 3 last year.

The Nasdaq composite index rose 15.82, or 0.7 percent, to 2,166.90.

The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies rose 5.78, or 1 percent, to 592.71.

Crude oil rose 23 cents to $79.28 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Meanwhile, gold ended up $12.10 at $1,114.60 an ounce after trading as high as $1119.10.

Ralph Fogel, co-chief investment officer at Fogel Neale Partners in New York, said he expects the dollar will continue to slide and drive trading.

“I don’t see anything that’s changing out there that’s going to stop out dollar from getting weaker,” he said.

Record-low interest rates and the resulting slide in the dollar have been major forces behind the surge in stocks since the summer. The borrowing costs of near zero are a boon for financial companies, and the weaker dollar helps make U.S. exports cheaper to overseas buyers.

Trader Richard Cohen, right, works on his handheld device on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

Associated Press

Federal Reserve warns weak recovery will not bring jobs WASHINGTON (AP) — Unemployment likely will remain high for the next several years because the economic recovery won’t be strong enough to spur robust hiring, Federal Reserve officials warned Tuesday.

The cautionary note struck by the presidents of regional Fed banks were the first public remarks by Fed officials since the government reported last week that the nation’s jobless rate bolted to 10.2 percent in October. It marked only the second time in the post-World War II period that the rate surpassed 10 percent.

In separate speeches, Janet Yellen, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, and Dennis Lockhart, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, warned that rising unemployment could crimp consumers, restraining the recovery.

Consumer spending accounts for about 70 percent of economic activity.

“With such a slow rebound, unemployment could well stay high for several years to come,” Yellen said. “In other words, our recovery is likely to feel like something well short of good times.”

Yellen envisions the shape of the recovery kind of like an “L” with a gradual upward tilt of the base.

Lockhart said “very slow net job gains” may occur “sometime next year.”

Troubles in the commercial

real estate market and the plight of small businesses also will weigh on the recovery, they said.

Small businesses — which held up reasonably well in the 2001 recession — have been clobbered by the downturn, accounting for about 45 percent of net job losses through the end of 2008, Lockhart said. During the last two economic recoveries, small businesses contributed about one-third of net job growth.

Lockhart said he doubted that would be the case this time.

That’s because many small businesses rely on smaller banks for credit. But troubled commercial real estate loans are concentrated at those banks, hobbling the flow of credit. Lockhart said he is “particularly concerned” about that linkage.

Meanwhile, Eric Rosengren, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, weighed in on a different hot-button issue for Congress: how best to handle huge financial companies whose failure could endanger the economy.

Rosengren endorsed “living wills” that outline wind-down arrangements in the event of failure, rather than having the government restrict the size or activities of financial firms.

“I am skeptical such dramatic action would significantly limit systemic risk,” he said in a speech in London.

The Obama administration has called on Congress to set up a mechanism to safely dismantle failed financial compa-

nies — along the lines of what the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. does for collapsed banks.

Although key legislative proposals revamping the nation’s financial rules contain such a provision, some lawmakers and others have expressed interest in limiting the size of colossal firms or breaking them up if they get too big.

Richard Fisher, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, told an Austin audience Tuesday evening that consumer spending is growing, but that he doubts it will recover its pre-recession vigor “for some time to come.”

He also said there is no imminent willingness by businesses to rehire or expand capital expenditures during the recovery.

“It may be some time before significant job growth occurs and it’ll be even longer before a meaningful decline in unemployment takes place,” Fisher said.

“It will take some time, in my opinion, to get back on a steady pathway to a pace of growth that will result in significant job creation for Americans. We are in for a very slow slog and a long slog,” he said. “We have too much of everything in America, and we over-consumed,” he added, saying it’s not surprising there has been a contraction.

Fisher added that he believes inflation is likely to remain subdued and that the Federal Reserve’s current monetary policy is appropriate.

Hewlett-Packard acquires 3Com for $2.7 billion

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Hewlett-Packard Co. said Wednesday it is buying the 3Com Corp. networking company for $2.7 billion, the latest move by the world’s No. 1 personal computer maker to expand into areas more profitable than PCs. HP also raised its 2010 guidance and reported preliminary

quarterly earnings that topped Wall Street’s forecasts. The company didn’t provide specific reasons for its better outlook, other than a statement from CEO Mark Hurd that “significant growth in China” and “solid execution” helped HP in the quarter.

HP’s stock slipped 35 cents to $49.65 while 3Com’s shares

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leaped $1.98, or 35 percent, to $7.67 in extended trading after the announcements.

HP said it will give 3Com stockholders $7.90 per share and that the deal is expected to close in the first half of 2010.

HP didn’t address whether there would be layoffs at 3Com, which has 5,800 employees worldwide.

til Jan 15, 2010

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Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Thursday, November 12, 2009

SHOE by Chris Cassat and Gary Brookins

THE GRIZZWELLS by Bill Schoor

BROOM-HILDA by Russell Myers

DILBERT by Scott Adams

GIL THORP by Jerry Jenkins, Ray Burns and Frank McLaughlin

THE BORN LOSER by Art and Chip Sansom

ARLO AND JANIS by Jimmy Johnson

FRANK AND ERNEST by Bob Thaves

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Art of medicine has long waits Dear Abby: May I respond to your column regarding excessive waits in doctors’ offices (Sept. 1)?

I am a board-certified interventional cardiologist who has been practicing for 30 years.

I work 85 to 90 hours each week.

As hard as we try, our office schedule often falls behind.

Despite recommendations that acute problems go to the emergency room, unscheduled patients come to the office with chest pains, and they must be attended to.

Even scheduled patients can develop complex medical issues that require extra, unplanned time to evaluate and treat.

Our patients with a history of heart disease do not mind waiting when the office runs behind because they receive the same specialized extracare treatment when they need it.

Delays that result from spending extra time evaluating and treating sick patients with complicated problems is not “unprofessional” behavior as “Larry W.” implied.

On the contrary, it relates to the art of medicine and caring for the wellbeing of each patient above all else.

And for the architect, I wonder when he last worked a 90-hour week, took seven or eight phone calls from his clients after midnight, and got up at 3 a.m. to do an emergency twohour procedure before returning to

Dear Abby Abigail van Buren

his office at 8 in the morning brighteyed, bushy-tailed and running on schedule the rest of the day? — Dr. Ron Dear Dr. Ron: I felt it was only fair to print your response to my followup column on “Sick of Waiting in Denver.”

That column elicited a mountain of letters, all of them offering reasonable explanations for the delays in medical offices. Read on: Dear Abby: Many factors cause doctors to run behind. Routine physicals can reveal life-threatening conditions that must be dealt with immediately.

Also, people do not reveal the true reason for their visit when they call, so they are not given the appropriate amount of time for the appointment.

A teenager brought in for vomiting could have the stomach flu, onset diabetes or even be pregnant.

A colleague once had a woman complaining of abdominal pain who gave birth in the exam room.

That definitely took more than 15 minutes! — M.D. in Woodstock

Pumpkins are for more than pie Dear Dr. Gott: My 72-year-old husband has been seeing his urologist for several years for an enlarged prostate. He had burning during elimination, ran slight temperatures due to infections, and problems urinating due to the swelling.

At first, his PSA was 4.2. The urologist put him on Uroxatral. He also continued to take saw palmetto and fish-oil capsules. His PSA gradually dropped to 3.7. A friend told me about taking pumpkin-seed oil. Since it didn’t hurt to try, my husband used it for six months. His PSA dropped to 3.1. The doctor was pleased with the count, but kind of brushed aside the ingestion of the pumpkin-seed oil.

My husband also explained that the burning sensation lessened quite a bit, there were no elevated temperatures, and elimination was easier. He doesn’t have to return to his urologist for a year. Perhaps this information can help someone with similar problems.

PUZZLE

Ask Dr. Gott Dr. Peter M. Gott

Dear Reader: Pumpkin seeds are an excellent natural source of carbohydrates and amino and unsaturated fatty acids. They also contain calcium, potassium, phosphorous, niacin, most of the B vitamins, and C, D, E and K. They have been used by Native Americans for countless years for kidney problems and for elimination of intestinal parasites. There are numerous sources claiming pumpkin seeds and oils benefit depression, cholesterol levels, prevent the formation of kidney stones and prostate and bladder issues, and improve bladder function. So I am not at all surprised that your husband experienced success in lowering his PSA.

IN THE STARS

Your Birthday, Nov. 12;

Whenever you get a bright idea in the year ahead, develop it to the fullest.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Don’t make a commitment unless you intend to give it your all.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — If someone in particular keeps popping into your head, try to establish communication.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Provided you’re properly motivated, you can overcome some big obstacles.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — Sound, logical thinking and knowledge acquired through experience will equip you.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Whereas normally making unsolicited changes might intimidate you, not so at this time.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Think twice before listening to unsolicited advice.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — Don’t balk at being asked to work a bit harder than usual.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Because your charisma is exceptionally strong, don’t be surprised when people gravitate toward you.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — With a little bit of conscientious effort, you could enhance both your life and your entire family.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Friends and associates respect what you have to say because it’s likely to benefit them.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22) — If you’re looking to make a major purchase, this might be the day. Your commercial instincts are particularly strong.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Now is the time to take on those tough, longneglected jobs because challenges aren’t likely to intimidate you. You’ll actually welcome doing them.

13 — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, THURSDAY, November 12, 2009

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NORTH CAROLINA RUTHERFORD COUNTY NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 09-SP-378 FR# 200801385

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.

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Help Wanted 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.

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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.

Male Med brown dog, black on back and tail, red collar. Found 11/2 in Ellenboro on Tiney Rd. Call 245-8768 Older Male Shih Tzu Found 11/5: Ellenboro on Ellenboro-Henrietta Rd. (Old Hunnicutt store) Call 453-0277 F Bassett Hound mix white with brownish red spots. Found 11/7 in FC, Henson Rd. area. Call 657-9541

Yard Sales 3 FAMILY Greenhill: 362 Moss Rd. Fri & Sat 8A-2P Huge variety! Books, furniture, collectibles and much more!

5 FAMILY 127 Hamrick Rd., Goodes Creek Community Fri. & Sat. 7A-until Household, kids clothing, toys, tree stands, hunting, fishing, propane heater

ATTIC CLEAN OUT FC: 161 Woodfield (off Old Henrietta Rd.) Saturday 7A-Noon Large assortment!

GARAGE SALE Rfdtn: 1382 Moss Rd. Sat. 7A-until Tools, automotive, ladders, yard items, Christmas decor, household items, books, & glassware!

Garage Sale: Rfdtn, 260 Bent Creek Sat. 7AM-1PM Household items, w/d, clothing, toys, gas scooter, dog crates, much more!

INDOOR YARD SALE Rfdtn: 546 Coopers Gap Rd. Fri. 8A-12P & Sat. 8A-2P Clothes, angel figurines, furniture, household, desk, more!

LARGE 3 FAMILY Rfdtn: 395 Washington St. Saturday starting at daylight Nice clothes, shoes, all sizes, lots of household items!

LARGE INDOOR SALE Rutherfordton: 2730 Maple Creek Rd. Saturday 7A-12P Large women’s and men’s clothing.

Too many items to list.

SALE Hwy 221 and Poors Ford Rd. Sat. 8A-12P Freezer, videos, futon, holiday and gift items, name brand clothing, household!

YARD SALE Ellenboro 1491 Oak Grove Church Rd. Sat. 8A11A Free coffee! Play Station 2, guitar hero games, guitar for PS2, household items, adult clothing, shoes, much more! No early birds, please!

Stephanie H. Cwik, Executor 8400 Ivy Falls Way #1538 Knoxville, TN 37923

NOTICE TO CREDITORS 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.

Maurice B. Hoyle, Executor 291 Oak Grove Church Road Bostic, NC 28018

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT Town of Lake Lure

Dated: October 28, 2009

The Lake Lure Board of Adjustment will hold its monthly meeting at the Town of Lake Lure Municipal Center, 2948 Memorial Highway, Lake Lure, North Carolina on Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at 1:00 p.m., or shortly thereafter, to consider the following:

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

(1) ZV-2009003, a request from Gaylerd & Joan Davis to reduce the minimum lot size, the minimum lot width at the building site, and the minimum front (street) yard setback as required by Section 92.040 of the Lake Lure Zoning Regulations. The property (Tax PIN 1621737) is located at 160 Tryon Bay Circle, Lake Lure, North Carolina.

Haren Construction Company, Inc. is seeking sub bids and material quotes from small, disadvantaged, minority, and women’s business enterprises for Concrete Formwork, Demolition, Electrical, Erosion Control, HVAC, Masonry, Painting, Paving, Rebar Placement, Site Work & Stone Hauling for the Broad River Water Treatment Plant Upgrade in Rutherfordton, North Carolina.

HCCI will receive quotes until November 18, 2009 at 1:00 PM (EST). Bids received at P.O. Box 350, Etowah, TN 37331 or contact Suzi Drumright at Phone: (423) 263-5561; Fax: (423) 263-5573 or (423) 263-5770.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Lake Structure Appeals Board Town of Lake Lure The Lake Lure Lake Structure Appeals Board will hold its monthly meeting at the Town of Lake Lure Municipal Center, 2948 Memorial Highway, Lake Lure, North Carolina on Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at 1:30 p.m., or shortly thereafter, to consider the following: (1) LSP-2009009, a request by Sean Sullivan, agent for Mary Jo Bertsch, for a decktop accessory structure. The property (Tax PIN 230937) is located at 254 Mark Twain Drive, Lake Lure, North Carolina.

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Nation

Ft. Hood shooter’s behavior raised some questions

An Oct. 2 file photo provided by the White House shows President Barack Obama meeting with Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top commander in Afghanistan, aboard Air Force One in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Gen. David Petraeus, the commander of the U.S. Central Command, says a decision is near on sending more American forces to Afghanistan.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A group of doctors overseeing Nidal Malik Hasan’s medical training discussed concerns about his overly zealous religious views and strange behavior months before the Army major was accused of opening fire on soldiers and civilians at Fort Hood, Texas.

Doctors and staff overseeing Hasan’s training viewed him at times as belligerent, defensive and argumentative in his frequent discussions of his Muslim faith, a military official familiar with several group discussions about Hasan said. The official was not authorized to speak publicly about the meetings and spoke on condition of anonymity.

As a psychiatrist in training, Hasan was characterized in meetings as a mediocre student and lazy worker, a matter of concern among the doctors and staff at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences military medical school, the official said. quarters operation that would The concerns about Hasan’s performance and be manned by another 7,000 or religious views were shared with other military more troops, a senior military officials considering his assignment after he finofficial said. There would be a ished his medical training, and the consensus heavy emphasis on the training was to send him to Fort Hood, the official said. of Afghan forces, and the reinFort Hood was considered the best assignment forcements Obama sends could for Hasan because other doctors could handle the include thousands of U.S. miliworkload if he continued to perform poorly and his tary trainers. superiors could document any continued behavior Another official stressed that problems, the official said.

Obama is considering a range The group saw no evidence that Hasan, 39, was of possibilities for the military violent or a threat. It was more that he repeatedly expansion, and that his eventual referred to his strong religious views in discusdecision will cover changes in sions with classmates, his superiors and even in his U.S. approach beyond the addiresearch work, the official said. His behavior, while tion of troops. The stepped-up at times perceived as intense and combative, was training and partnership opera- not unlike the zeal of others with strong religious tion with Afghan forces would views, and some doctors and staff were concerned be part of that effort, the official that their unfamiliarity with the Muslim faith said, although expansion of a would lead them to unfairly single out Hasan’s better-trained Afghan force long behavior, the official said. has been part of the U.S objecThe revelations about the concerns that Hasan’s tive and the key to an eventual superiors had about his behavior before sending U.S. and allied exit from the him to Fort Hood come amid a growing debate country. over what warning signs the military missed before With the Taliban-led insurgen- last week’s shooting rampage that left 13 dead and cy expanding in size and ability, 29 wounded.

U.S. military strategy already Meanwhile, the Pentagon has found no evidence has shifted to focus on heading that Hasan formally sought release from the Army off the fighters and protecting as a conscientious objector or for any other reason, Afghan civilians. The evolving two senior military officials told The Associated U.S. policy, already remapped Press. Family members have said he wanted to get early in Obama’s tenure, increas- out of the Army and had sought legal advice, sugingly acknowledges that the gesting that Hasan’s anxiety as a Muslim over his insurgency can be blunted but pending deployment overseas might have been a not defeated outright by force. factor in the deadly rampage.

British Prime Minister Gordon Hasan had complained privately to colleagues Brown said Wednesday he that he was harassed for his religion and that he expects Obama to announce his wanted to get out of the Army. But there is no decision on sending more U.S. record of Hasan filing a complaint with his chain troops to Afghanistan within of command regarding any harassment he may days. have suffered for being Muslim or any record of Asked about Brown’s comhim formally seeking release from the military, the ment, the White House referred officials told the AP. to press secretary Robert Gibbs’ The officials spoke on condition of anonymity statement Tuesday that Obama’s because the case is under investigation. decision was still weeks away.

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Obama wants war plans revised WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama does not plan to accept any of the Afghanistan war options presented by his national security team, pushing instead for revisions to clarify how and when U.S. troops would turn over responsibility to the Afghan government, a senior administration official said Wednesday.

Obama is still close to announcing his revamped war strategy — most likely shortly after he returns from a trip to Asia that ends on Nov. 19.

But the president raised questions at a war council meeting Wednesday that could alter the dynamic of both how many additional troops are sent to Afghanistan and what the timeline would be for their presence in the war zone, according to the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss Obama’s thinking.

The president is considering options that include adding 30,000 or more U.S. forces to take on the Taliban in key areas of Afghanistan, and to buy time for the Afghan government’s small and ill-equipped fighting forces to take over. The other three options on the table are ranges of troop increases, from a relatively small addition of forces to the roughly 40,000 that the top U.S. general in Afghanistan prefers, according to military and other officials.

The key sticking points appear to be timelines and mounting questions about the credibility of the Afghan government.

Administration officials said Wednesday that Obama wants to make it clear that the U.S. commitment in Afghanistan is not open-ended. The war is now in its ninth year and is claiming U.S. lives at a record pace as

military leaders say the Taliban has the upper hand in many parts of the country.

The options presented to Obama by his war council are now likely to be amended.

Military officials say one approach is a compromise battle plan that would add 30,000 or more U.S. forces atop a record 68,000 in the country now. They described it as “half and half,” meaning half fighting and half training and holding ground so the Afghans can regroup.

The White House says Obama has not made a final choice, though military and other officials have said he appears near to approving a slightly smaller increase than war commander Gen. Stanley McChrystal wants at the outset.

Among the options for Obama would be ways to phase in additional troops, perhaps eventually equaling McChrystal’s full request, based on security or other conditions in Afghanistan and in response to pending decisions on troops levels by some U.S. allies fighting in Afghanistan.

The White House has chafed under criticism from Republicans and some outside critics that Obama is dragging his feet to make a decision.

Obama’s top military advisers have said they are comfortable with the pace of the process, and senior military officials have pointed out that the president still has time since no additional forces could begin flowing into Afghanistan until early next year.

Under the scenario featuring about 30,000 more troops, that number most likely would be assembled from three Army brigades and a Marine Corps contingent, plus a new head-

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“I think we are indeed nearing a decision on this very important topic,” Petraeus said.

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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Heavy rain and strong wind caused blackouts that left nearly a third of Brazilians — 60 million people — in the dark, officials said Wednesday as they scrambled to restore confidence in the country’s infrastructure before soccer’s 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics.

The weather made transformers on a vital high-voltage transmission line short-circuit, Brazil’s energy minister said. Two other transmission lines also went down as part of an automatic safety mechanism.

“The problem was exclusively with the transmission lines,” Energy Minister Edison Lobao said.

The blackout cut electricity to 18 of Brazil’s 26 states and left them without power for up to four hours Tuesday night. The federal district that includes the national capital of Brasilia was spared. About 7 million people also lost water service in Sao Paulo. All of Paraguay briefly lost power.

The massive Itaipu dam on the border with Paraguay — the world’s second-largest hydroelectric power producer — was completely shut down for the first time in its 25-year history.

A masked Palestinian smokes a cigarette during a rally commemorating the fifth anniversary of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat’s death in the West Bank city of in Ramallah, Wednesday. Tens of thousands of Palestinians have crowded around the grave of the late Yasser Arafat to mark the fifth anniversary of the iconic leader’s death.

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Palestinian hopes growing dim RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The tens of thousands of Palestinians who thronged Yasser Arafat’s grave Wednesday to mark the fifth anniversary of his death had a lot more to mourn than just their late leader.

Arafat’s dream of an independent state seems as distant as ever with the Palestinian government in deep crisis and the rival Hamas cementing its hold on Gaza. Arafat’s successor, President Mahmoud Abbas, appears to have hit a dead end, and the Palestinians are at a loss as to how to find a way out of the morass.

Abbas took office with great promise after Arafat’s death five years ago. But he is so fed up with the lack of progress that he has vowed to step down, something that could bring the collapse of the Palestinian government. He says he cannot restart peace talks with Israel until the Jewish state stops building settlements in areas where the Palestinians hope to establish their future state.

“We did what was required of us and carried out our obligations and gave peace a historic precious chance,” Abbas said at a memorial service, surrounded by supporters chanting and waving flags. “But we see Israel taking land and building settlements.”

Iran condemns Oxford

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran has protested to an Oxford University college over a scholarship in memory of the slain Iranian student who became an icon of mass street protests sparked by the disputed June election.

In Tehran, a small group of hard-line women demonstrated Wednesday against the scholarship in front of the British Embassy. The women chanted “Death to Britain,” the semi-official Fars news agency reported.

Oxford’s Queen’s College established the Neda Agha Soltan Graduate Scholarship in Philosophy earlier this year, named for the 27-year-old student fatally shot on June 20 on the sidelines of a Tehran demonstration. Her dying moments were caught on a video viewed by millions on the Internet, and she became a potent symbol of the opposition’s struggle.

IRA suspect charged with murder

DUBLIN (AP) — A suspected Irish Republican Army man was charged Wednesday with the murder of a British Army intelligence agent on the Northern Ireland border 32 years ago, a surprising turn in one of the conflict’s most mysterious killings.

Northern Ireland state prosecutors levied the unexpected new charge at a regular bail hearing for Kevin Crilly. Last year the 58-year-old was arrested and charged with kidnapping and falsely imprisoning — but not killing — Capt.

Robert Nairac.

Abbas said he would stick to his decision to leave politics after January elections, despite pleas from world leaders to remain in office. He said his government had honored its obligations to Israel to crack down on militant groups, and chastised the international community for failing to force the Israelis to honor their past pledges to stop settlement.

“This is international justice, the use of double standards,” he said.

One of Arafat’s most important accomplishments — holding his people together amid great hardship — is gone now.

For more than two years, there have been rival governments in the West Bank, run by Abbas’ moderate Fatah faction, and Gaza, ruled by the militant Hamas. Gaza’s rulers are unshaken by a punishing blockade and the suffering it causes their people.

The prevailing sentiment among the Palestinian leadership is that they are running out of options and it appears they have no new strategies for making progress toward statehood.

Some aides advocate turning to the United Nations to put pressure on Israel.

Speaking to cheering crowds in the West Bank city of Ramallah

on Wednesday, Arafat’s nephew and Fatah leader Nasser Al-Kidwa called for popular protests and boycotts against Israel’s West Bank separation barrier and settlements. He also suggested asking the U.N. Security Council to recognize a Palestinian state.

But that strategy is unlikely to amount to much since the U.S. would almost certainly veto any anti-Israel measure brought before the council.

Privately, Abbas aides question whether he will follow through on his promise not to run in Jan. 24 elections. There is a good chance the vote will be postponed because, and if it is, Abbas would likely remain in office.

The Palestinian election commission is expected to make a recommendation in the coming days on whether a vote can be held.

Senior officials expect the vote to be called off, though a final decision isn’t expected until December, said Fatah official Nabil Shaath.

Netanyahu has said he wants to resume negotiations with the Palestinians. But with the Israeli leader refusing to halt settlement construction, Abbas says this is a waste of time.

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