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Rutherford County sheriff’s officers responded to a home invasion at 261 Maple Creek Road, Rutherfordton, early Friday morning. Robbery appears to be the motive in the incident where two brothers sustained gunshot wounds. Both were treated and released from the hospital.
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RUTHERFORDTON — Multiple suspects kicked in a front door at a residence off Maple Creek Road here at about 5 a.m. Friday, shooting two men with a small caliber handgun. The motive appears to be robbery, said Rutherford County Sheriff’s Det. Jeff Hamrick. The men, siblings Jason Jennings, 32, and his brother, Brian Jennings, 30, sustained gun shot wounds to the leg and arm respectively and were released from Rutherford Hospital
Friday afternoon following treatment. A neighbor said their mother, Judy Jennings, was also injured when she was sprayed in the face with pepper spray. The Rutherford County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the early morning home invasion and, according to Det. Jeff Hamrick, there are several suspects in the case. He said the family was asleep when the suspects broke into house. Please see Home, Page 6
SPINDALE — Spindale officials are keeping a close eye on their budget this year. And after some cautioning comments on their annual audit, are looking for more ways to cut spending. Gaye Dagenhart of Martin, Starnes and Associates presented the findings of the 2008-09 audit, and although the firm gave the town a clean rating, she did warn the board that they were spending their sewer enterprise fund at a pretty good clip. Dagenhart said that “indicates that you need to have a rate increase and the sooner the better. You are eating up your cash at a rapid rate.” The sewer fund currently has about $1.2 million in it, with funds designated to be spent primarily on infrastructure and repair for the town’s sewer lines and water treatment plant. But the fund can be used to help supplement the general budget when the board approves it. “We have to dial back our spending of the reserve funds and I’ve mentioned that to our Please see Spindale, Page 6
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FOREST CITY — More than 325 people volunteered during the recent Week of Caring as 16 Rutherford Housing Partnership projects were completed, 11 nonprofit agency projects completed and 23 senior citizens received help. The annual event is sponsored by RHP and United Way of Rutherford County. There was a rain delay for some projects and volunteers plan to do the work later. From Lake Lure to Henrietta, volunteers from all across the county worked to help senior citizens, low income families and seniors citizens needing Please see Caring, Page 6
Voters put RHP in the money Rutherford Housing Partnership will receive a $20,000 project grant from Tom’s of Maine. The project, called “Project Access” to build handicapped ramps, was selected from hundreds of finalists’ entries from across the nation. The company will issue a formal news release in the near future. Five winners, including RHP, were chosen from the 50 finalists, and it all depended on the vote of the public.
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Natalie Brock and Nathan Brock are shown here with their mother, Nikki Brock, and Mayor Jimmy Gibson. Natalie has been chosen to turn on the Christmas lights in Forest City. Larry Dale/ Daily Courier
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FOREST CITY — Natalie Brock will have her big brother, Nathan, 9, and Mayor Jimmy Gibson standing by if she needs any help turning on the Christmas lights for the town this year. There may be half a million lights, but, fortunately, Natalie will only have to hit three switches to turn them all on at 7 o’clock on Thanksgiving night at the fountain downtown. Natalie, who turns 7 on Monday, has been selected for the honor of assisting the mayor in officially getting the holiday season under way. “I need someone to help me turn those lights on,” Mayor Gibson told the Brock family Thursday afternoon. Natalie had been informed earlier by her mother that she was the choice. “We said they’re going to ask a special little girl to help turn on the Christmas lights this year,” Natalie’s mother, Nikki Brock, said Thursday. “And she said, ‘Who?’ And I said, ‘You.’ And she said, ‘Me?’ And she said, ‘Somebody will
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Appointment of new minister announced
FOREST CITY — Wells Spring United Methodist Church welcomes its new minister, Dr. Alfonza Everett, who was appointed during the last session of the annual conference to serve Wells Spring and Munday’s Chapel. Dr. Everett holds a bachelor of science degree from the University of the State of New York, a master’s of divinity from Hood Theological Seminary in Salisbury, and a doctorate of ministry, also from Hood Seminary. He is also a graduate of Leak Street High School in Rockingham. He became a certified candidate for ministry in 1990, was licensed in May 1991, and was later commissioned as a provisional elder at the 2002 Annual Conference of Lake Junaluska. Dr. Everett was ordained as an Elder in Full Connection at the
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. 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; bizarre tables and food. “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, Santas and gifts.
2006 Annual Conference at Lake Junaluska. Prior to coming to Wells Springs, he served as pastor of Chestnut GrovePiney Grove Charge UMC, Everett Lexington District, and Bethel-Liberty Grove Charge of UMC, High Point District. After being commissioned as a provisional elder he was assigned as the senior pastor of the Madison Circuit, which consisted of three churches. He was pastor of Laughlin Memorial in Greensboro as well. Dr. Everett’s service goes well beyond the church. He served as vice-chair of the Western
Fall bazaar: 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 bazaar: Saturday, Nov. 21, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Salem United Methodist Church; country ham biscuits, crafts, holiday decor, baked goods, silent auction, canned goods and much more. Harvest festival: Annual Fall Harvest Festival and singing; Sunday, Nov. 22, 3:30 p.m., New Salem CME Church, 784 Pleasant Hill Loop Road, Rutherfordton; many groups on the program.
Thanksgiving Community Thanksgiving service: Wednesday, Nov. 25, 7 p.m., Corinth Baptist Church, on Pinehurst
North Carolina Conference’s Commission on Religion and Race WNC-UMC (2003-2006); WNC Conference’s Committee on Investigations; elected to the Board of Directors of Hinton Rural Life Center Southeastern Jurisdiction of UMC (20102014). He is a certified life coach for individuals and churches, a member of the Council of Ministers, Greensboro College, and former member of the District Board of Ordained Ministry, Greensboro District WNC-UMC, and past president of the Greensboro District Ministers of the UMC. He and his wife, Stephanie Harris Everett, have two children, a daughter, J’Nai Dionne, and a son, Alfonza II. The church is located on Wells Spring Church Road, Forest City. The public is invited to attend services and meet Dr. Everett.
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Music/concerts “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; all donations for the building fund. Singing: Sunday, Nov. 15, 6 p.m., Piney Knob Baptist Church; featuring Simple Faith. 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. Singing/Prayer Day: The Little White Country Church will host a singing and prayer day for our nation on Saturday, Nov. 21, from 9 to 10 a.m., on the courthouse lawn in Rutherfordton. Gospel singing: Sunday, Nov. 22, 4 p.m., Zion Hill Faith Temple, 159 Ragtown Road, Henrietta. Singing Christmas Tree: Nov. 27-29, 7:30 each evening, at Double Springs Baptist Church; Admission is free of charge, but tickets are required and may be obtained by calling the church office at 704-
A Christian Perspective Woe to those who join house to house, who add field to field, until there is no more room, and you are made to dwell alone in the midst of the land. R.S.V. Isaiah 5:8aa
“The Tragedy of the Commons” is a cautionary article written by the biologist Garrett Hardin in 1968. The tragedy referred to is the tendency for individuals to use more than their fair share of common resources when it will benefit them, even if doing so will deplete the common resource. Consider a pasture available for grazing by everyone in the community; this is the commons. It will often be in the interests of individuals to increase the size of their herds, thereby depleting community resources, and ultimately harming the common resource. What is positive for the individual may often be negative for the community. This problem applies to almost every environmental issue with which we are faced, from fossil fuels and global warming to the community dumpsite. It is tempting to appeal to peoples’ conscience and say, “Use only your fair share,” but this doesn’t help much, since we simply don’t know in most cases what constitutes a “fair share.” The Biblical notion of stewardship might be helpful here, since humans are given dominion over the earth. However, dominion does not mean that we can do whatever we want with the earth, but rather that we are to exercise wise stewardship over it.
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Since the individual cannot solve this problem themselves, we must come together as a community, including the world community, to responsibly solve the tragedy for the commons.
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Winners Either Way (pictured) of Forest City, will sing Sunday, Nov. 15, at Bible Way Baptist Church in Green Creek. Music begins at 2 p.m. The Lamberts of Whitmore, S.C., are also on program. Public invited. 434-2258. The church is located at 1130 Double Springs Church Road, near Lattimore. Singing: Sunday, Dec. 6, 7 p.m., Riverside Baptist Church, Hogan Road, Harris; featuring The Hamptons.
Special services Guest speaker: Sunday, Nov. 15, worship service 11 a.m., Holy Temple No. 2, Forest City; Rev. Rachel Twitty, guest speaker. Revival: Nov. 15-18, Pleasant Hill Baptist Church; guest speaker, Rev. Donald Hollifield, pastor of Oak Springs Baptist Church; Sunday services 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m.; MTW, 7 nightly; special music each night. Revival: Nov. 15-18, Trinity Weselyan Church; guest speaker, Rev. David Shrum; Sunday services 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; MTW, 7 nightly; church located at 291 Harmon St., Forest City. Revival: Nov. 15-18, Smith Grove Baptist Church; guest evangelist, Rev. Frank Walker; Sunday services 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; MTW, 7 nightly. 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. 50th Anniversary revival: Nov. 16-22, Full Gospel Revival Church, 4799 Hwy. 64/74A, Rutherfordton; Monday - Saturday, 7 nightly; Sunday service 10 a.m., guest minister, Evangelist David Tolbert from Milton, Fla. Revival: Nov. 18-21, 7 nightly, True Gospel Church, 492 Hog Pen Branch Road, Mooresboro, (at the home of Jack and Donna Jones); guest speaker, Rev. Roger Sims; special music each night. Tent revival: Nov. 19-21, 7 nightly, at Cliffside Fire Department; Evangelists Chad Sisk and Bobby Brown, and Chaplain Fred Williams Jr., will speak; special music each night.
Fundraisers Poor man’s supper: Saturday, Nov. 14, begins at 4:30 p.m., Gilkey Clubhouse; ages 12 and up, $6; ages 11 and under, $3; homemade meal and desserts; all proceeds go to Anath Christian Academy; sponsored by the Academy and Welcome Home Bapt. Food sale: Saturday, Nov. 14, begins at 11 a.m., St. Paul AME Zion Church, 200 Lawing Rd., Forest City; chitterlings or pig’s feet, pinto beans, cornbread and slaw; pig’s feet $6 per plate; chitterlings $7 per plate.
Poor man’s supper: Saturday, Nov. 14, 5 to 8 p.m., Hopewell United Methodist Church, Ellenboro; donations accepted; proceeds for Camp McCall. 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. Poor man’s supper: Saturday, Nov. 14, begins at 11 a.m., Doggett Grove AME Zion Church, Forest City; $7 per plate; dessert $1; drinks 75 cents. Barbecue benefit: Friday, Nov. 20, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Little White Country Church; $7 per plate, includes homemade sauce, slaw, baked beans, chips, rolls, dessert, drink; advance orders available; walk-ins welcome; whole Boston butts may also be ordered; call Boyd or Joanne at 286-4765. Benefit singing, supper: For Nelson Dysart (cancer patient); Saturday, Nov. 21, 4 to 8 p.m., Harmon Street Baptist Church, Forest City; hot dog supper starts at 4 p.m.; gospel music starts at 5 p.m., various groups on program including The Eubanks, FaithWalker4, Broad river Crusaders, The Church of the Exceptional choir, and Misty Roper. Inside yard sale: Saturday, Nov. 21, begins at 8 a.m., at Rock Springs Baptist Church, Rutherfordton. Poor man’s supper: Saturday, Nov. 21, noon until 5 p.m., Union Hill AME Zion Church, Union Mills; $6 per person; take outs available. Yard sale: Saturday, Nov. 21, 7 a.m. until noon, Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church, 250 Hudlow Road, Forest City; breakfast, baked goods, relishes and yard sale items. Annual Pre-Thanksgiving dinner: Sunday, Nov. 22, serving begins at 1230 p.m., Caroleen First United Methodist Church; turkey/ dressing and trimmings; homemade desserts; adults $6; children $3; ages 3 and under free. Christmas House Walk: Monday, Dec. 7, 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., sponsored by the women of Fairfield Mountains Chapel; tickets are $10 per person, and $15 if you plan to attend lunch (12:30 p.m.) afterwards at Lake View Restaurant.
Other Free soup kitchen: Saturday, Nov. 14, 4 to 6 p.m., Piney Mtn. Baptist Church, Ellenboro; a ministry of the Piney Mtn. Vision Team.
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.
“The Way Home”: A support group for anyone recovering from an addiction; meetings are held each Monday at noon, Harvest House Church; call 828447-1880 for information.
Hot dog sale: Benefit for Doug and Vickie Potter; Saturday, Nov. 14, noon to 3 p.m., Riverside Baptist Church, 1178 Hogan Rd., Harris; $5 per plate includes 2 hot dogs, baked beans, slaw or potato salad, chips, dessert and drink.
Mom’s Hope is a ministry that offers hope and support for mothers of children are addicted to drugs or alcohol. Meets at 6:30 p.m. the second Thursday of each month at Missionary Wesleyan Church, Forest City. For more information call 289-6467.
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Two injured car accident on 221
ONE INJURED IN ACCIDENT
RUTHERFORDTON — Two people were taken to Rutherford Hospital Friday afternoon from U.S. 221, north of Rutherfordton, as the result of a twovehicle collision. Linda D. Lewis, 53, of Rutherfordton, was traveling south, driving a 1996 Jeep Cherokee when she failed to slow down for a 1996 Buick, driven by Jessica Tucker of Old Fort. Tucker, 27, and her young daughter were taken to Rutherford Hospital for treatment. Lewis was charged with failure to reduce speed. Both vehicles received extensive damage. North Carolina Highway Patrolman J.A.Repasky investigated. Also assisting were Union Mills Fire Department and Rutherford County EMS.
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Officers are hoping to make an arrest soon. Hamrick said additional information will be given after the arrest of the person or persons involved. “Investigation is pending,” he said. “We are looking at numerous suspects.” Neighbors said they heard the gunshots at about 5 a.m. as they were getting their children out of bed and ready for school.
Principal quits after grade flap GOLDSBORO (AP) — A North Carolina principal has decided to retire after school district leaders halted the cash-for-grades fundraiser she approved. Wayne County Public Schools said Friday that Rosewood Middle School principal Susie Shepherd has gone on leave for the rest of the month and will retire at the beginning of December. The Goldsboro middle school had planned to allow students to get 20 test points in exchange for a $20 donation. Shepherd says she approved the idea after a parent advisory council presented it as a way to raise money.
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One woman was treated at Rutherford Hospital’s emergency room Friday morning following a two-car collision at the All-Way Stop at the intersection of Westwood Street and Hardin Road, Forest City. Heather R. Nuckles, 27, of Forest City was treated at the scene by Rutherford County EMS and was transported to the hospital by a private vehicle. She was driving a 1998 Ford on Hardin Road and Ruby Culbertson, 86, of Forest City, driving a Honda, failed to stop and the Honda hit the Ford. Culbertson was charged with failure to stop. Culbertson and her passenger, Colleen Biggerstaff, were not injured and were taken home by a family member. Forest City officer D.K. Millwood investigated and Forest City firefighters also responded.
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I love paying as little as possible for my groceries. Getting things for free is great for the budget, and it’s fun, too. Yet, as you start to see your weekly grocery bill dropping by a third or even by half you may start to wonder, “Is my store losing money because I use coupons?” You’ll be happy to know that your store doesn’t lose a dime when you use coupons. In fact, they make more money when you use coupons to save. The next time you’re clipping coupons, read the fine print on one. The text reads, “Manufacturer will reimburse retailer the face value of this coupon plus $0.08 handling fee.” Not only does the store get back the coupon’s entire worth, it also will receive from the product manufacturer a payment of 8 cents per coupon redeemed. Now, 8 cents may not seem like a lot, but if I take 20 coupons to the store this week, the store will make an extra $1.60 during my shopping trip. I save money and the store makes more money. It’s a win-win. Someone asked me if the store still makes money when a shopper uses a coupon to get an item for free. Yes, it does. Here’s a great example. This week, my grocery store is having a “dollar sale” in which items are on
sale for $1 each. Pairing $1 coupons with a $1 sale is one of the easiest and best ways to get grocery items for free. So, I had five $1 coupons during this sale and I bought five $1 items with them. Even though I got those five products for free my store will still get the $5 cost of those items reimbursed to them, plus 8 cents for each coupon I’ve used. I went home with five free products and my store will receive $5.40 from my coupons. Rest assured, even though you’re taking home free things, your store is still being paid for them ... just not by you. Why do manufacturers offer coupons that will many times give shoppers their items for free? Manufacturers want shoppers to try their products. They work hard marketing a brand and enticing shoppers to try it. They hope that by offering a coupon you’ll try their product, realize that you can’t live without it, and continue to buy it on numerous occasions in the future. They’re trying to build brand loyalty and product awareness. You also may wonder if the manufacturers themselves lose money when people use coupons. Manufacturers do, indeed, reimburse stores for each coupon that shoppers use. However,
JILL CATALDO coupons are part of their larger business plans. Manufacturers spend millions to establish a new brand or continue cementing loyalty to an old one. They often need to make shoppers aware of varieties of existing products or seasonal items, and they’re willing to pay a certain amount of money in the form of coupons as part of these important marketing strategies. Of the hundreds of thousands of coupon inserts that arrive in newspapers each week all over the country, the number of coupons that are actually cut out and redeemed at the stores by shoppers is around 6 percent. That’s it. About 94 percent of all coupons are thrown in the trash. Reading t hat statistic always makes me cringe. All that “cash” being tossed away? It makes me shudder to think about all of the free goods that many people pitch into the recycle bin each week. If they only knew how many things they could get for free with those coupons. Who doesn’t want to get things for free? Almost everybody does. Coupons make it very easy to get items for free. Next week, I’ll tell you another easy way to get free groceries with coupons.
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Our Views Computer giants face court issues
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t’s hard to imagine the scale of a situation in which one party offers $1.25 billion, yes billion, to settle legal matters. But that’s exactly what Intel did in its antitrust and patent settlement with Advance Micro Devices Thursday. Think about this for a minute. A $1.25 billion payoff to make legal problems go away. That must mean Intel felt it could have had to pay more, a whole lot more if this antitrust suit, which has been in the works for years, went the distance. It also is reflective of the incredible amount of money swirling around the computer business. It has been reported that four of five personal computers use Intel chips. That makes Intel the big dog. But it’s a dog that is having to pay dearly. Earlier this year, the European Union hit Intel with a $1.4 billion file for anticompetitive (read that illegal) practices. That’s a whole lot of chips. The chip company’s problems are not over. Aggressive New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has filed another antitrust suit against Intel and the Federal Trade Commission is also considering legal proceedings. What does this mean to the individual computer user? It’s hard to tell, but it brings the question: If Intel is spending billions defending itself, how much of that money would have been used to make chips that are faster and of a higher quality?
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Our readers’ views Writing from a dog’s point of view... To the editor: I don’t suppose you get many letters from dogs, but I wanted to tell my story. My name is Idaho, at least that is the name my rescuer gave me, I am a tan and white Chihuahua, I weigh nine pounds and I am around 10 years of age. No one knows where my life started, or exactly when, but we can pick up somewhere around mid September. Obviously I got myself lost. I can’t tell anyone if I was just visiting in the De Priest Road area in Sunshine or if I just got separted from my family. See, dogs don’t talk, I am about 100 percent deaf, so it didn’t matter how much calling my family did when they realized I was missing, I couldn’t hear them, and I love an adventure so I probably was on a mission! Anyway, a family on De Priest looked after me for about two weeks, but they didn’t want another dog, and they didn’t want to take me to the pound. So, they called around until they found someone who would foster me and try and find my home. So here’s what happened next, my new rescuers took me to the vet, gee thanks guys. They got me vaccinated and had me checked for heartworms. Then it was back to their kennel. The doctor estimated may age to be around 8 to 10 years. I had already been neutered so this was not going to be a concern. Anyway, I spent about two weeks at the kennel, then business
dropped off and the kennel owner didn’t want to leave me, a little old man, at the kennel alone, so off to the house I went. Boy, were they happy to know I am housebroken. And their other dogs, ha, they didn’t bother me at all. It helped not being able to hear them bark. I settled into a routine that made my rescuers see that I had to have belonged to someone and have been loved very much. I’m a really sweet guy. They did run an ad in the paper but no one called. My rescuers seemed to be falling in love with me and this concerned them because they could tell I had to have had a home, that I had been loved, and that someone must really be missing me. A last ditch effort was made one morning when they took me to each of the local vets to see if anyone recognized me, I was scanned for a micro chip, still my family was not discovered. So, the next chapter. The only thing my rescuers found wrong with me was my breath. Wow! My teeth were so incrusted with tarter build up, it was hard to be in the same room with me because the odor was so bad. So, it was decided that if I was to stay at the house I had to have my teeth cleaned. So an appointment was set and back to the vet I went. Boy, was that a rough trip, by the time they were done with my mouth I had 20 teeth less! But mind you, the ones I do have are pearly white, and my breath, fresh as fresh can be. Now I spend my days traveling from room to room where I can
pick from multiple dog beds to sleep on, or pillows on the couch, or a lap if it’s available. My rescuers still worry that there is someone out there missing me. For the most part I am so happy. Mornings I bounce around, wagging my tail, just being me. Afternoons I spend sleeping, and waiting for supper. My rescuers would still love to find my family. They will let me live out my life with them, that is not the issue, the issue is that I am such a good dog that they feel somebody out they has been heartbroken because I went missing. Now I would like to thank all dog rescuers out there. Without you, dogs like me would end up in the shelter and probably euthanized. There are so many good people out there helping us little lost dogs. The Community Pet Center works daily at the shelter to place dogs that come through. People like Denise with Howlin4spirt, Susan with Recycled Pets, individuals like Sharon L. and Linda S., and like the family I am with right now. There are hundreds out there. And you can help, you can help by keeping a collar on our neck, get us micro chipped, keep us fenced and get us neutered/spayed so we don’t wander when the desire to reproduce comes over us. Thanks for listening to me ramble. Maybe my family or a friend will say “Hey, I know that dog” and contact my rescuers so I can go home. From the heart of Idaho With the help of my rescuers ... Mike and Theresa McCraw Bostic
There are some problems with our political math RALEIGH – It never ceases to amaze me how some politicians do math. Given North Carolina’s recent budget woes and massive federal budget deficits as far as the eye can see, it should be obvious that many lawmakers never learned how to subtract. They just know how to add. But that’s not the only computational problem. There are many North Carolina politicians who genuinely believe that the best way to make our state a more attractive place to do business is to increase the cost of doing business here. They believe that if we raise the price of land, labor, raw materials, and energy, we’ll get more business to locate, expand, or start up in North Carolina. These politicians have spent the past decade enacting policies they admit will raise all of these prices. They’ve raised state and local tax rates, mostly recently by more than $1 billion a year. They’ve jacked up fees and other regulatory
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costs to make land development more expensive. They’ve raised the government-mandated minimum wage and tried to strengthen labor unions, both policies designed to increase the price of labor. Here’s another egregious example. A couple of years ago, the General Assembly enacted a bill requiring that one-eighth of the state’s future energy needs be met by “renewable” sources such as wind, solar, and firewood. In the meantime, the state is supposed to meet an initial goal of 3 percent “renewable” energy by 2012. The reason I put “renewable” in quotation marks is that the legislation’s definition excludes hydroelectric, which is the only such
significant power source at the moment, as well as any future nuclear plants that reprocess their spent fuel, which would be pretty close to a renewable – not to mention a carbon-neutral – source of power. The reason the state had to mandate the use of “renewables” is that the energy they produce costs a lot more than that currently generated by coal, nuclear, and natural gas. For years, companies specializing in solar panels and wind turbines have been lobbying strenuously for Congress or state legislatures to compel electric utilities to buy their products. As Carolina Solar Energy CEO Richard Harkrader candidly told the Triangle Business Journal, “We wouldn’t be here” without the 2007 legislation. “For years, utilities wouldn’t even talk to us.” Right. It made no business sense. Now, thanks to the General Assembly and former Gov. Mike Easley, the utilities have to talk to gen-
erators who charge relatively high prices for relatively unreliable power. Of course, the utilities don’t really mind – since the 2007 bill allows them to pass the entire cost of “renewable” energy to their industrial, commercial, and residential customers. Interestingly, supporters of these renewable-portfolio standard don’t deny that they’ve made it more expensive to buy electricity in North Carolina. Their claim is that the state’s economy will prosper anyway because of the new “green jobs” that will be created. That’s a lot like saying that it’s economically beneficial for street punks to break the windows in your neighborhood, because of all the jobs it will create for glaziers and window-repair firms. Indeed, this way of thinking is actually known as the broken-window fallacy, based on the original insight by 19th century French economist Frederic Bastiat. He observed that if you consider only what is easily
seen, you will conclude that breaking windows is an economic stimulus. But what isn’t so easily seen? The money homeowners must pay to replace their windows is money that they can’t spend on groceries, clothes, transportation, or other goods and services. These industries lose income and employment at the same time that glaziers and repairmen gain income and employment. In the case of energy, policies that create an artificial demand for “renewables” make some people wealthier at the expense of everyone else. They help raise the cost of doing business in North Carolina, taking us in precisely the wrong direction. Big-government politicians know how to add cost and divide fixed economic pies. What we really need are politicians who know how to subtract cost and multiply the number of pies. Hood is president of the John Locke Foundation.
Police Notes
The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Saturday, November 14, 2009
n The Rutherford County EMS responded to 19 E-911 calls Thursday. n The Volunteer Life Saving and Rescue, Hickory Nut Gorge EMS and Rutherford County Rescue responded to two E-911 calls Thursday.
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n Forest City firefighters responded to a motor vehicle accident. n Rutherfordton firefighters responded to a house fire. n SDO firefighters responded to a motor vehicle accident.
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Obituaries Vic Epley
Vic Epley, 60, of Forest City, died Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009, at Rutherford Sheriff’s Reports Hospital. n The Rutherford County A native of Rutherford Sheriff’s Office responded to County, he was a son of the 118 E-911 calls Thursday. late Joe Epley and Sadie Epley. Rutherfordton He was an active member n The Rutherfordton Police of Johnson Memorial Baptist Department responded to 24 Church, where he taught E-911 calls Thursday. Sunday School and was n Rocks reportedly were active in the music ministry. thrown through window He was also a member of panes at West & Sons Auto Living By Faith gospel music Repair, 142 N. Washington St. group. He is survived by his wife, Judy Welborn Epley; three Spindale daughters, Holly E. Taylor n The Spindale Police of Cliffside, and Dawn Seay Department responded to 15 and Melody Shaffer, both of E-911 calls Thursday. Spindale; one stepdaughter, Amy Monteith of Spindale; Lake Lure one son, Vic Ryan Epley of Cliffside; two stepsons, Todd n The Lake Lure Police Department responded to five Martin of Henrietta, and Shannon Martin of Forest E-911 calls Thursday. City; 10 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild Forest City Funeral services will be n The Forest City Police conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday Department responded to 96 at McMahan’s Funeral Home E-911 calls Thursday. Chapel with the Revs. Brent n An employee of NorthFrady and Larry Ford offiland Cable Co., on West Main ciating. Interment will folStreet, reported a breaking low in Shiloh Baptist Church and entering and larceny. cemetery. The family will n Andrea Bennett reported receive friends Saturday an incident of larceny. The from 1 to 2 p.m., prior to the incident occurred on Carolina service. Avenue. n Randolph McCravy Online condolences www.mcmahreported a breaking and ansfuneralhome.com. entering and larceny. n An employee of the Town Edna Bolick of Forest City reported an Edna Bolick, formerly of incident of interfering with a utility meter, damage to prop- Rutherfordton, died Friday, Nov. 13, 2009. erty and larceny. Arrangements are incomn An employee of Roses plete and will be announced Variety Store reported an incident of larceny. (See arrest by Crowe’s Mortuary and Crematory. of Credle.) n An officer of the Forest City Police Department John Rutland Sr. reported an incident of a John Thomas Rutland recovered stolen firearm. (See Sr., 83, of 757 Moss Road, arrest of Greene.) Rutherfordton, died Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009, at Arrests Rutherford Hospital. n Keith Credle, of Tri City Born in Winnsboro, S.C., he Motel, Spindale; charged with was a son of the late Bennie larceny and resist, obstruct Washington Rutland and and delay; placed under a $2,000 secured bond. (FCPD) Jennie Lowe Rutland. He served in the Navy during World War II, was n James Wesley Greene, a member of Western Star of Mamie Hampton Road, Masonic Lodge #91, and a Bostic; charged with pos32nd degree Scottish Rite session of a stolen firearm; Mason. He worked 20 years released on a $10,000 unsefor the federal government as cured bond. (FCPD) a pipefitter/plumber and was n Carson Curtis, of Forest a member of the Hampton, Street, Forest City; arrested Va., Civil Air Patrol. on warrants for interfering Survivors include his wife with utility meter, misdeof 63 years, Nancy Rutland, meanor larceny and injury one son, Kenneth “Pete” to personal property; placed under a $1,000 secured bond. Rutland of Union Mills, and one sister, Diette Ripley of (FCPD) Batesburg, S.C. n Tiffany Logan, of Old Graveside services will Castle Lane, Forest City; be conducted at 3:30 p.m. served with a criminal sumTuesday in the Rutherford mons for simple assault. County Memorial Cemetery (FCPD) with Reid Medlin officiatn Chad Stephen Bailey, 37, ing, Military honors will be of 890 Old U.S. 74; charged accorded by the Rutherford with two counts of probaCounty Honor Guard and tion violation; placed under Masonic Rites accorded by a $10,000 secured bond. the Masonic Lodge. The (Probation) family will receive friends Tuesday from 2 to 3 p.m., n Johnny Eugene Fowler, 45, of Seaboard Rd.; charged prior to the service, at Harrelson Funeral Home. with felony larceny; released on a $15,000 unsecured bond. Memorials may be made (RCSD) to Hospice of Rutherford n Clifford Cole Wilkie, 18, County, P.O. Box 336, of 480 Griffin Rd.; charged Forest City, NC 28043; or with contributing to the to the Shriners Hospital of delinquency of a juvenile; released on a written promise to appear. (RCSD) n Patricia Ann Bobo, 45, of THE DAILY COURIER R-7, East Ridge Apartments, Published Tuesday through Sunday Spartanburg, S.C.; charged mornings by Paxton Media Group LLC with misdemeanor larceny dba The Daily Courier USPS 204-920 and felony fugitive order; Periodical Postage paid in Forest City, placed under a $5,000 NC. secured bond. (RPD) Company Address: 601 Oak St., P.O.
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Greenville, 950 W. Faris Road, Greenville, SC 29605. Online condolences www.harrelsonfuneralhome.com.
Don Shytle Donald Ray “Don” Shytle, 70, of 432 Coopertown Road, Caroleen, died Friday, Nov. 13, 2009, at Hospice House in Forest City. A native of Rutherford County, he was a son of the late Dorse L. Shytle and Hettie Dixon Shytle, and was also preceded in death by his wife of 34 years, Linda Shytle. He worked in construction most of his life as a painter and was an Army veteran. Survivors include a son, Craig Shytle of Henrietta; a daughter, Teresa Morgan of Henrietta; one brother, Bobby Shytle; one sister, Jane Talley; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. A private memorial service is planned and will be announced at a later date. Harrelson Funeral Home is serving the Shytle family. Online condolences www.harrelsonfuneralhome.com.
Christopher Dalton Christopher Trevor Dalton, 54, of Sevierville, Tenn., died Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009, at the University of Tennessee Hospital after a short illness. He was a son of Artence Dalton and the late Grady Dalton of Rutherfordton. In addition to his mother, he is survived by his wife, Susan Dalton; a daughter, Brandy King; a son, Kyle Dalton, and four grandchildren, all of Sevierville. Also surviving are two sisters, Melissa Dalton and Darlene Saraf, and one brother, Michael Dalton, all of Rutherfordton. Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Pinecrest Town Homes in Pigeon Forge, Tenn.
Tim Cole Timothy Wayne Cole, 44, of 3375 Humphries Road, Mooresboro, died Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009, at his residence. A native of Pageland County, S.C., he was a son of Marshall Cole of Ellenboro and Shirley Amos Holland of Mooresboro. He was of the Baptist faith. In addition to his parents, he is survived by a son, Charlie Cole of Rutherfordton; four brothers, David Cole of Ellenboro,
Donald “Don” Ray Shytle Donald “Don” Ray Shytle, age 70, of 432 Coopertown Road, Caroleen, NC, died Friday, November 13, 2009 at Hospice House. A native of Rutherford County, he was the son of the late Dorse L. Shytle and Hettie Dixon Shytle. He had worked in construction most of his life as a painter. He was also a veteran having served his country in the US Army. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife of 34 years, Linda Shytle. Survivors include his son, Craig Shytle and his wife, Barbara of Henrietta; his daughter, Teresa Morgan, and her husband, Steven Cole also of Henrietta; one brother, Bobby Shytle; one sister Jane Talley; five grandchildren, Ryan Shytle, Heather Shytle, Jessica Vickers, Brooke Shytle an Caleb Morgan and two great grandchildren, Kyleigh Vickers and Andreah Hammett . A private memorial service is planned and will be announced at a later date. Harrelson Funeral Home is serving the Shytle family. An online guest registry is available at: www.harrelsonfuneralhome.com Paid obit
Dwayne Cole of Morganton, Keith Cole of Ellenboro, and Billy Cole of Forest City; a sister, Wendy Carpenter of Mooresboro; stepmother, Lorianne Cole; and one granddaughter. A memorial service will be held at 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 16, at Faith Baptist Church, Forest City, with the Rev. Donald Dover officiating. The family will receive friends immediately following the service at the church. Interment of his ashes will be held at a later time in the church cemetery. Memorials may be made to Heaven Bound Baptist Church, P.O. Box 462, Ellenboro, NC 28040. The Padgett and King Mortuary is in charge of cremation arrangements. Online condolences www.padgettking.com.
Kathy Ramsaur Kathy Magness Ramsaur, formerly of Rutherfordton, died Sunday, October 18, 2009, in Williamsburg, Va. She was preceded in death by her parents, Bill and Lillian Keeter Magness of Rutherfordton. She was a graduate of R-S Central High School and Columbia College, and received a masters degree from Boston College. Her career as an elementary classroom teacher lasted 37 years, beginning in Charlotte, and later teaching in Marietta, Ga. After marrying in 1979, she and her husband Ted moved to Germany, where she taught in the Department of Defense Schools in Aschaffenburg and Heidelberg for 12 years. Upon returning to the U.S. she taught in Hinesville, Ga., Newport News, Va., and Williamsburg, Va. She retired in 2003. She is survived by her husband of 30 years, Ted Ramsaur, and a number of cousins from the Keeter and Magness families. A memorial service for will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21, at Saint Francis Episcopal Church in Rutherfordton. Visitation will be at the Parish House immediately following the service. Memorials may be sent to FISH (757-220-9379) and Grove Christian Outreach Center (757-887-1100).
Avonell Vess Kingsmore Avonell Vess Kingsmore, age 87, of Williamsburg Village, Knoxville, TN and formerly of Lavender Road, Ellenboro, NC, died Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center in Knoxville. She was born October 21, 1922 in Union County, South Carolina and was a daughter of the late Frank and Jessie Murphy Vess; a homemaker and member of Corinth Baptist Church, Ellenboro, a loyal member of the Order of Eastern Star in both Virginia and North Carolina where she served as Worthy Matron and was awarded an accommodation by the North Carolina Governor for her work with Meals on Wheels. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Blane Kingsmore who died in 1995. Survivors include her son, Wyndle Kingsmore and his wife, Terrie of Knoxville, TN; a daughter, Gayle Leslie and her husband, Larry of Chapin, SC; a brother, Dean Vess and his wife, Pat of Union, SC. There are also six grandchildren, Brian Leslie and his wife, Kellie, Jason Leslie, Elizabeth Leslie, Sarah Leslie, Blane Kingsmore and his wife, Azeobb, and Blaire Kingsmore Czarniecki and her husband, Jordan; two great-grandchildren, Nicholas and Jake Leslie. Funeral services will be held at Two o’clock Saturday, November 14, 2009 in the Corinth Baptist Church with Reverend David Jendrey and Reverend Ad Hopper officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service in the church sanctuary. Memorials may be made to Corinth Baptist Church, 767 Pinehurst Road, Ellenboro, North Carolina 28040. The Padgett and King Mortuary is in charge and an online guest registry is available at: www. padgettking.com Paid obit.
Deaths Bud Williamson CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Bill Williamson, a fixture at the Nevada Day parade in Carson City with his cardriving dogs for at least four decades, has died. He was 88. With four different dogs over the years, Williamson participated in the parade commemorating Nevada’s statehood, riding shotgun in his Model T Ford with Buddy, Beaver, Budd or Beauregard behind the wheel. Williamson never revealed the secret of how he pulled off the feat. He garnered national attention when his first car-driving dog, Buddy, appeared on the program “Hee Haw” for three seasons, driving Junior Samples’ car. Bruce King SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Former New Mexico Gov. Bruce King was a back-slapping, hand-pumping, oldfashioned politician, equally at home on the ranch or in the Roundhouse. He was 85. King was with family members at his ranch in Stanley when he died Friday morning, less than a year after the death of his wife of 61 years, Alice. King served a total of 12 years as governor in separate terms that spanned three decades. King’s political career covered 40 years. Before being elected governor in 1970, 1978 and 1990, he was a lawmaker and county commissioner. When King retired in 1994 — after losing re-election to a younger political outsider, Republican Gary Johnson — New Mexico’s political landscape had changed. Henri Serandour PARIS (AP) — Former French Olympic Committee president Henri Serandour has died at 72. The former water polo player headed the French body for 16 years and was a member of the International Olympic Committee between 2000 and 2007. Serandour was succeeded by former rowing champion Denis Masseglia this year.
John Thomas Rutland, Sr. John Thomas Rutland, Sr., age 83, of 757 Moss Road, Rutherfordton, NC, died Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at Rutherford Hospital. John was born on May 21, 1926 in Winnsboro, South Carolina to the late Bennie Washington Rutland and Jennie Lowe Rutland. He served our country in the US Navy during World War II and was a member of the Western Star Masonic Lodge #91 and a 32nd degree Scottish Rite Mason. He worked 20 years for the US Government as a pipefitter/ plumber and was a member or the Hampton, Virginia Civil Air Patrol. He enjoyed woodworking and yard work. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a daughter, Alicia Rutland and a son, John Thomas Rutland, Jr. and by two brothers, Leonard Rutland and Bennie Rutland, Jr. and two sisters, Maedee Hollis and Dorothy Rutland. Survivors include his wife of 63 years, Nancy Rutland; one son, Kenneth “Pete” Rutland and his wife, Joyce, of Union Mills and one sister, Diette Ripley of Batesburg, SC. Graveside services will be conducted at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 in Rutherford County Memorial Cemetery with Reid Medlin officiating and military honors accorded by the Rutherford County Honor Guard and with Masonic Rites accorded by the Masonic Lodge. The family will receive friends from 2:00 until 3:00 on the day of the service at the funeral home. The family requests memorial donations be sent to Hospice of Rutherford County, PO Box 336, Forest City, NC 28043 or to the Shriners Hospital of Greenville, 950 W Faris Rd, Greenville, SC 29605. Harrelson Funeral Home is serving the Rutland family. An online guest registry is available at: www.harrelsonfuneralhome.com Paid obit.
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Health/education Diabetes awareness month: November is Diabetes awareness month. The Community Clinic of Rutherford County will offer free Hbg A1C checks during the month of November. This test checks your blood sugar level for 3 months at a time. Call 245-0400 for an appointment. Community Health Clinic of Rutherford County provides access to primary medical care, wellness education, medications and preventative programs. The clinic, open Monday through Thursday, is located at 127 E. Trade St., B 100, Forest City. Patients seen by appointment only. The clinic does not accept patients with private insurance, Medicaid or Medicare. Call 245-0400. The Medication Assistance Program provides access to medications at reduced rates or free of charge to those who qualify, call 288-8872.
Meetings/other PWA meeting: The Professional Women’s Association meets the third Tuesday of each month from noon to 1 p.m. Dutch treat lunch. The next meeting is Nov. 17, at Rollins Cafeteria, Forest City. Guest speaker, Detective Leon Godlock, RCSD. Also, PWA officers will be elected for 2010. Alcoholics Anonymous: The TriCity Alano Club meets every day at 1201 Oakland Road, Forest City, (first door on the left). For information, meeting times call 288-2700. Model A Club meeting: Thermal Belt Model A Club will meet Saturday, Nov. 21, at Hickory Log Barbecue, beginning at 6:30 p.m. For more information contact Mike Saunders at 245-8037. Christmas party: Thursday, Dec. 3, 6:30 p.m., Union Mills Community House, 6097 Hudlow Road, Union Mills; bring a covered dish and fruit, candy or nuts for Christmas Cheer boxes and shut-ins; also bring Bingo prizes.
Miscellaneous Free Hunter Safety courses: Nov. 16, 18 and 19, 6 to 9 p.m., at the NC Cooperative Extension Office in Spindale; register online at www.ncwildlife.org or contact Tim Bullock at 245-2694; the last course of 2009 will be offered Dec. 9,10 and 11, 6 to 9 p.m., also at the Extension Office; register online or contact Dan Vogel at 288-1037. Foothills Harvest Outreach Ministries will hold a half-price sale on all winter sweaters Nov. 16-21. The store is located at 120 E. Trade St., Forest City. Fiddler’s Convention: 18th Annual Fiddler’s & Bluegrass Convention; Saturday, Nov. 21, 6:30 p.m.; at Ellenboro Elementary School; barbecue supper starts at 4 p.m.; adults $8, ages 6-12, $4, under 5 free; no electric instruments; to enter call 453-7457 or 453-0342. Free community dinner: Thursday, Nov. 26, (Thanksgiving Day) from 9 a.m. until noon; Thomas Jefferson Classical Grammar School, 421 Hardin Rd., Forest City; free hot meal, canned goods and clothing for anyone in need; for more information call (864) 461-7178.
Fundraisers ‘Soup’er supper: Friday, Nov. 20, 4 to 8 p.m., Long Branch Road Baptist Church, 621 Long Branch Road, Forest City; potato soup, chili and more, with cornbread, dessert and drink; no set price; donations accepted; proceeds for a new fellowship hall. Turkey supper: Saturday, Nov. 21, 4 p.m., Bill’s Creek Community Center, Lake Lure; turkey and dressing with all the trimmings; adults $9; ages 4-12, $5; take outs available; raffle tickets $1, 1st prize $500 in cash; proceeds for the Bill’s Creek VFD.
assistance at home. A favorite project was completed on Firpo Drive in Forest City, as neighbors adopted a widow who needed several projects done to ensure her safety. Among the 14 urgent repairs requested by RHP clients were three roofs – Rutherfordton, Spindale, Forest City; four ramps – Rutherfordton, Ellenboro, Forest City; four replacement of unsafe porches — Ellenboro, Forest City, Rutherfordton and Sandy Mush; replaced a termitedamaged floor and joists in a Forest City home; constructed safety railings on a porch in Spindale; and installed safety bars in a bathroom in Grahamtown. Also 75 youth volunteers kicked off Week of Caring by participating in illumiNATION Oct. 17. Their projects included: rebuild a porch in Rutherfordton; repairs, including porch railings, to a house in Henrietta; replaced a leaky porch roof in Henrietta; replaced damaged ceiling tiles in Lake Lure; and rebuilt a back porch in Sandy Mush. From the Senior Center, RHP received requests from 28 senior adults. Many of the requests were substantial – removing a tree, putting in a hot water heater and installing a
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town manager that we don’t need to withdraw any more money from the sewer reserve fund,” Mayor Mickey Bland said. “Those funds are basically for the water treatment plant, and upkeep of the sewer facilities. But it can be used to supplement your main fund as long as you don’t take anything above that certain percentage out. I think the most we’ve ever taken out was $200,000.” Bland said he was in favor of using the fund to help supplement the town’s general budget, but only on a limited basis. “We took some money out of it in past years to balance the general budget so we wouldn’t have to raise taxes on people in these tough economic times,” Bland said. “We just felt like you can’t put all the burden of the lost industry on the taxpayers all at once. They can’t bear it. The last time we raised taxes was over three years
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have to help me find that switch.’” Then Nikki Brock turned to the mayor and asked, “Will you be there to help her?” Gibson replied, “I sure will.” The Brock family already has a tale to tell about the Forest City lights display. “We have a story about Thanksgiving, about the lights,” Nikki said. “Every year we go to my sister’s to eat dinner, and she lives up in Golden Valley. By the time we leave from supper it is pretty late, and when we’re coming home from Sunshine she falls asleep. So we get on the Bostic/ Sunshine Highway and I roll down the window and say, ‘Natalie, wake up. Natalie, wake up. You’re going to miss the lights. Natalie, you’re going to miss the lights for the first year.’” And family members keep their eyes peeled, Nikki said, to “count how many Rudolph’s noses we see. We love the lights.” The mayor reminded Natalie of the significance of Christmas as the birth of Jesus. “It’s a fun occasion, but it’s a serious occasion also,” he said.
Vehicle OBD II Emissions Inspection certification: For initial certification; MT, Nov. 16 and 17, 6 to 10 p.m., course #16066; fee $65. Vehicle OBD II Emissions Inspection certification: For renewal certification; Wednesday, Nov. 18, 6 to 10 p.m., course #14769; or Monday, Dec. 7, 6 to 10 p.m., course #14771; fee $65. Water Exercise: You can enter these classes any time during the session; MTWTh, Nov. 18 - Feb. 8, 4:40 to 5:30 p.m.; course #14738; fee $59, pre-registration and payment required before class.
Jefferson Classical Academy High School, Butterfly Life Fitness Center for Women, Girl Scout Cadette Troop 730 under the direction of Magi King and Kathy Demas, ICC Student Government Association, ICC Construction Class, Rutherford County 4-H Council and the Women Roofers.
ago. We already have the highest tax rate in the county. I was a little bit surprised they told us to stop spending from the sewer fund because this year we’ve toned down and not taken money from the funds. In fact, we’ve put money back in the general fund. In a memo to board members, Town Manager Cameron McHargue included appropriating fund balance to help offset some expected sales tax revenue losses. But he stopped short of recommending taking money from the sewer fund. “Certainly the earlier we recognize the facts of an expected shortfall during the budget year, the easier it will be to compensate,” McHargue wrote. “Possible solutions to any shortfalls will need to be carefully considered.” McHargue had four possible suggestions for helping with the expected shortfall. n Instituting tax foreclosures through the finance and town attorney offices n Sales of surplus property and equipment prior to June 30, 2010
n Appropriation of general fund balance n Staff furloughs McHargue highlighted some positive news about the town’s general fund balance. Bland further explained how the sewer fund was to be used in his mind. “The sewer fund is supposed to be operated like a business and you take in revenue and pay out expenses for that fund,” Bland said. “I think the town manager we have now is doing a good job of meeting with the department heads on a regular basis to make sure we are within the budget and hopefully identify any problems that might come up before they balloon into a bigger problem and we have to take money out of the sewer fund. I think his being on top of the budget has contributed to our success of avoiding taking money from the fund.”
Natalie has already shown that she has what it takes to light up the holiday season. She was born with a club foot and has had three surgeries and 18 casts. The castings help extend the foot to its proper angle through gradual moves. “She was born at 28 weeks, almost three months early,” Nikkie said of her daughter. “Forty weeks is full term. She weighed three pounds. “We had a twin, but we lost her during pregnancy. “She was born on the 16th. We didn’t get her home for Thanksgiving (from neonatal intensive care), so we wanted to get her home for Christmas. Nathan was 2 ½, and we said, ‘We just won’t have Christmas until we get her home. He won’t know. But she got to come home Dec. 13.” Greenville Shriner’s Hospital has become very familiar to Natalie and her family because that is where she has had her surgeries and castings. “That is an amazing place,” Nikki said. “They love to go. She’s had three surgeries there, and they’ve always made it fun for her. They love going. “She calls it her elephant doctor, because of the jungle theme.” “Leonard Hollifield is our Shriner,”
Nikki added. “I can’t say anything but nice things about the Shriners. They have really done a lot for our family.” Mayor Gibson noted that he has been a Shriner for 50 years. Natalie is very active now, taking part in soccer, gymnastics and dance. Nikki noted that last year her daughter started having seizures. “She’s on this medication,” Nikki said, “and it is controlling it real well.” Natalie is in the first grade in Ellenboro Elementary School, her mom said, and added, “And she is doing great.” Of Natalie’s physical problem at birth, Nikki said, “You look at it as a parent, and you say, ‘Will they ever walk?’ Look at what all she can do now. I tell them about Troy Aikman (of the Dallas Cowboys). He was bilateral clubfooted. See how successful they can be. It doesn’t hold them back.” Nikki Brock is an exceptional children’s teacher at Ellenboro Elementary. Kerry Brock, Natalie’s father, works for Parker Hannifin. In addition to the lighting on Thanksgiving evening, there will be singing and remarks by the mayor. The Forest City Christmas parade will be at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 29.
Participating churches were Adaville Baptist Youth and Men, Bethel Baptist Church, Big Springs Baptist Church Youth; First Baptist Church Forest City Youth and Men; First Baptist Church, Rutherfordton; Logos Class (young families with their children); Forest Lake Baptist Church, Gray’s Creek Baptist Church, Mountain Creek Baptist Church, Mount Lebanon Baptist Church, Pleasant View Community Church, Rutherfordton Presbyterian Church, Salem United Methodist Church Youth and Adults, Smith Grove Baptist Church and Tanners Grove United Methodist Church. Among individuals volunteering were Ed and Jeanette Bosgra; Bryce Clemmer; Sherry Fowler; Bonnie and Thomas Gerth and grandchildren; Greg, Shelly and Emily Hutchins; Don Jones; Russell and Diana Pye; Tommy Sims; Marlena Sparks; and Samantha White. Contact Gordon via e-mail at jgordon@thedigitalcourier.com.
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East Rutherford will play tonight East Middle pins R-S FOREST CITY — East Middle’s wrestling team pulled down a slim 47-41 victory over rival R-S Middle on Wednesday. The following individual results were reported to the Courier. 83-pound: T. Winn (RSM) Pin W. Parker (EM). 93- J. Hutchins (RSM) Pin T. Whiteside (EM). 103- C. Lane (RSM) Forfeit (EM). 112- A. Simmons (EM) Tech J. Martin (RSM). 119- R. Date (EM) Pin T. Smith (RSM). 125- O. Hardin (EM) Pin C. Spicer (RSM). 130- C. Cope (RSM) Pin C. Moore (EM). 135- N. Daisley (EM) Pin T. Clark (RSM). 140- C. Whiteside (EM) Pin D. Stofer (RSM). 145- D. Nazelrod (EM) Forfeit (RSM). 152- D. Gagner (EM) Pin C. Hardin (RSM). 160- M. Murphy (RSM) Pin J. Melton (EM). 171- K. Flack (RSM) Pin E. Trull (EM). 189- D. Hull (RSM) Pin J. Davenport (EM). Hwt- A. Motley (EM) Pin M. Salicki (RSM).
FOREST CITY —Officials at Thomasville High postponed Friday night’s football playoff game with East Rutherford after the school received over five inches of rain that left the field unplayable. The game will be played tonight at 7:30 p.m. According to NCHSAA rules, the home team has the right to postpone
games due to poor weather conditions, but both the schools must agree to the make-up date. During the playoffs, the NCHSAA strongly recommends the game be played on the next available date, which in this case was Saturday. East Rutherford officials and coaches, though disappointed in the postponement, understood the need to
postpone the game and accepted the Saturday make-up date. The Cavaliers (4-6) will look to slow down the Bulldogs’ (7-3) I-formation rushing attack, while trying to find the end zone against a very stingy Thomasville defense that has allowed just 20 points in its last five games. East, with a win could possibly play at Polk County, next Friday.
First Round Action
R-S Central quarterback Jacob Kinlaw runs pass South Rowan’s Skyler Stamley. Wayne Hinshaw
Panthers’ Williams still questionable
CHARLOTTE (AP) — Carolina running back DeAngelo Williams is questionable for the Panthers’ game against Atlanta with a sore left knee. Williams sat out practice Friday for the second time in three days. He was limited in Thursday’s workout. Fellow running back Jonathan Stewart (Achilles’ tendon), receiver Muhsin Muhammad (knee), tight end Dante Rosario (knee) and fullback Tony Fiammetta (concussion) are all listed as questionable for Sunday’s game. But all four players practiced Friday. Fullback Brad Hoover and safety Charles Godfrey are doubtful and haven’t practiced all week because of ankle injuries. Defensive end Julius Peppers is probable with a hand injury.
Hilltoppers playoff drought ends By SCOTT BOWERS Daily Courier Staff Writer
CHINA GROVE — R-S Central ended a 22-year playoff drought with a 28-21 win over South Rowan Friday night in the first round of the N.C. High School Athletic Association 3-A football playoffs. The last Hilltoppers playoff win came against Brevard in 1987.
The win will move the Hilltoppers into the second round in the playoffs where they will face No. 1 seed and unbeaten West Rowan next Friday. Central’s Cameron Green plunged in with a second effort from one yard out, midway through the final period to give the Hilltoppers what proved to be the game-winning score. The Hilltoppers’ Wing-T offense, which amassed 417 yards rushing,
combined with the stellar play of the team’s defense, fueled this playoff victory. Central, which trailed at the half 21-14, needed a key defensive stand to open the third quarter. The Hilltoppers had given up backto-back scores at the end of the first half to fall behind.
Iowa prep star picks Tar Heels
Local Sports FOOTBALL 7:30 p.m. 2A NCHSAA First Round Playoffs: East Rutherford at Thomasville
On TV 12 p.m. (WBTV) (WMYA) College Football ACC — Teams TBA. 12 p.m. (WSPA) College Football Tennessee at Mississippi. 12 p.m. (WYCW) College Football Kentucky at Vanderbilt. 12 p.m. (ESPN) (ESPN2) College Football Teams TBA. 12 p.m. (FSS) College Football Texas at Baylor. 3 p.m. (TS) College Football Appalachian State at Elon. 3:30 p.m. (WBTV) (WSPA) College Football Florida at South Carolina. 3:30 p.m. (WSOC) (WLOS) (ESPN) College Football Teams TBA. 4:30 p.m. (ESPN2) NASCAR Racing Nationwide Series — Able Body Labor 200. 7 p.m. (FSS) (TS) College Football Texas A&M at Oklahoma. 7:30 p.m. (ESPN2) College Football Teams TBA. 7:45 p.m. (ESPN) College Football Teams TBA. 8 p.m. (WSOC) (WLOS) College Football Teams TBA.
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Duke’s Kyle Singler (12) shoots over North Carolina-Greensboro’s Pete Brown (44) and Kendall Toney (15) in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Durham Friday. Associated Press
Duke cruises in opener DURHAM (AP) — Kyle Singler scored 14 of his 20 points in the first half, and No. 9 Duke shrugged off the absence of two starters in a 96-62 rout of North Carolina-Greensboro on Friday night. Singler, the ACC’s preseason player of the year, finished 9 of 15 from the field, and Jon Scheyer added 18 points for the Blue Devils (1-0). Duke shot 59.7 percent and used two huge first-half runs to extend its NCAA record home nonconference winning streak to 69. The ACC’s preseason cofavorites with defending national champion North Carolina improved to 28-2 in openers under Mike Krzyzewski. Ben Stywall had 19 points to lead UNC Greensboro (0-1), the preseason
pick to finish last in its division in the Southern Conference. The Blue Devils made this one look easy even without a pair of key players. Guard Nolan Smith was suspended for the first two games of the season for playing in unsanctioned summer league games, while 6-foot-10 freshman forward Mason Plumlee is out indefinitely with a broken left wrist. That left Scheyer as the only true guard in the starting lineup. Duke’s four other starters each stood at least 6-7 — or, one inch taller than the biggest Spartan starter, 6-6 Pete Brown. Duke took the drama out of this one by halftime with a pair of overwhelming runs.
AMES, Iowa (AP) — As the college basketball world waited breathlessly, Iowa prep phenom Harrison Barnes dialed into a video conference with his future coach. No one but Barnes, his mother and his little sister knew who would be on the other line Friday — until beaming North Carolina coach Roy Williams appeared on a screen. “All right!” Williams said. All right indeed, for the Tar Heels. Not so great for Duke, Kansas, Oklahoma, UCLA and his hometown school, Iowa State. Barnes, a 6-foot-7 swingman from Ames widely regarded as the top player in the Class of 2010, announced Friday that he would play for North Carolina. Barnes made the announcement before hundreds of students and onlookers in the gym at Ames High School. Even though the crowd was decidedly pro-Iowa State, Barnes got a rousing ovation when he broke the news to Williams and the Tar Heels, who were huddled around a video phone awaiting his decision. Barnes said he chose North Carolina both because of his relationship with Williams and the school’s academics. Barnes had long said he was looking for a program with a strong business school. He said he plans to study business at North Carolina and graduate in just three years.
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Georgia Tech quarterback Josh Nesbitt (9) looks for a receiver in the fourth quarter of an NCAA college football game against Vanderbilt in Nashville, Tenn., Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009. Nesbitt threw for 193 yards and two touchdowns as Georgia Tech won 56-31. The Yellow Jackets can wrap up the Coastal with a win over Duke, today.
Hurricanes looking for first win at Chapel Hill
CHAPEL HILL (AP) — T.J. Yates doesn’t want to think about the fact that North Carolina is a win from bowl eligibility. “We know we’ve got to win some ballgames and the situation will take care of itself,” the quarterback said. He might as well be speaking for both his Tar Heels and 12th-ranked Miami heading into Saturday’s game. North Carolina seemingly has regrouped from a midseason funk to get back into the bowl picture. The Hurricanes still have a chance to win their division in the Atlantic Coast Conference — though Miami would need help. That’s why both teams have to just focus on the game they’re playing, if for no other reason than to not worry about all the other possible scenarios.
Florida State at Wake Forest
WINSTON-SALEM (AP) —As senior Riley Skinner plays his final home game for Wake Forest Saturday, Florida State freshman E.J. Manuel will make his first collegiate start. The two quarterbacks at opposite points in their careers do have one thing in common, however: their teams are in desperation mode. With no margin for error left in their disappointing seasons, the Demon Deacons and Seminoles meet in Winston-Salem in what’s basically a bowl elimination game.
Ga. Tech at Duke
DURHAM (AP) — From doormat to decent team, Duke has come pretty far in two seasons under David Cutcliffe. During that same time period, Paul Johnson and Georgia Tech may have made even more progress. The seventh-ranked Yellow Jackets can wrap up the Coastal Division and a berth in the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game with a win Saturday against a Blue Devils team in need of at least one monumental upset to qualify for its first bowl game in 15 years. That a mid-November game has deep significance for both Georgia Tech (9-1, 6-1) and Duke (5-4, 3-2) shows how much progress both programs have made since they fired their former coaches on the same day in November 2007.
Clemson at N.C. State
RALEIGH (AP) — Michael Palmer won’t deny it. The Clemson tight end can’t help but consider a division crown and a spot in the Atlantic Coast Conference title game. Just not too much. And definitely not with one of the league’s strongest finishers up next. “I’m not going to sit here and tell you that it’s not in our mind,” Palmer said. “The ACC championship is just around the corner. Anybody that’s around here understands that. ... There’s no point in looking to next week — if we don’t win this week, it puts us in a real bad spot. We do understand what’s at stake right now. We understand what’s around the corner. But at the same time, we’ve just got to worry about this week.”
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National Football League 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 5 0 .444 186 Detroit 1 7 0 .125 133 West W L T Pct PF Arizona 5 3 0 .625 198 San Francisco 4 5 0 .444 184 Seattle 3 5 0 .375 167 St. Louis 1 7 0 .125 77
Thursday’s Games San Francisco 10, Chicago 6 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.
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 174 172 201 237 PA 164 180 167 221
BASKETBALL National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct Boston 8 1 .889 Philadelphia 4 5 .425 Toronto 4 4 .500 New York 1 8 .111 New Jersey 0 9 .000 Southeast Division W L Pct Atlanta 6 2 .750 Miami 6 2 .750 Orlando 7 3 .715 Charlotte 3 5 .375 Washington 2 6 .250 Central Division W L Pct Cleveland 6 3 .667 Milwaukee 4 2 .667 Chicago 4 4 .500 Detroit 4 4 .500 Indiana 3 3 .500 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct Dallas 5 3 .625 Houston 5 3 .625 San Antonio 4 3 .571 New Orleans 3 6 .333 Memphis 1 8 .111 Northwest Division W L Pct Denver 6 3 .667 Portland 6 3 .667 Oklahoma City 4 4 .500 Utah 4 5 .425 Minnesota 1 8 .111 Pacific Division W L Pct L.A. Lakers 7 1 .875 Phoenix 8 2 .800 Sacramento 4 4 .500 L.A. Clippers 3 6 .333 Golden State 2 5 .286 Thursday’s Games Cleveland 111, Miami 104 L.A. Lakers 121, Phoenix 102
GB — 3 1/2 3 1/2 7 8 1/2 GB — — 1/2 3 4 GB — 1/2 1 1/2 1 1/2 1 1/2 GB — — 1/2 2 1/2 4 1/2 GB — — 1 1/2 2 1/2 5 GB — — 3 4 1/2 4 1/2
Friday’s Games Orlando 88, New Jersey 72 Utah 112, Philadelphia 90 Golden State at New York, late Atlanta at Boston, late Dallas at Minnesota, late Portland at New Orleans, late Houston at Sacramento, late L.A. Lakers at Denver, late Toronto at L.A. Clippers, late Saturday’s Games Boston at Indiana, 7 p.m. Detroit at Washington, 7 p.m. New Orleans at Atlanta, 7 p.m. Portland at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Utah at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m. New Jersey at Miami, 7:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Chicago, 8 p.m. Minnesota at Memphis, 8 p.m. Golden State at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m. Oklahoma City at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m..
Washington Tampa Bay Atlanta Florida Carolina
College scores EAST Boston College 89, Dartmouth 58 Connecticut 75, William & Mary 66 Harvard 87, Holy Cross 77 Lafayette 81, Wagner 72 Loyola, Md. 79, Vermont 66 Maine 76, Fordham 73 Monmouth, N.J. 99, Fla. International 70 Morgan St. 69, Albany, N.Y. 65 Penn St. 70, Penn 55 Pittsburgh 63, Wofford 60 Providence 96, Bryant 53 Sacred Heart 92, Yale 86 Saint Joseph’s 77, Drexel 67, OT Seton Hall 53, St. Peter’s 51 Villanova 84, Fairleigh Dickinson 61 SOUTH Appalachian St. 79, UNC Wilmington 68 Belmont 74, Portland St. 67 Campbell 76, St. Andrew’s 52 Charlotte 86, UNC Asheville 70 Chattanooga 107, Va. Intermont 62 Clemson 84, Presbyterian 41 Coastal Carolina 70, Coll. of Charleston 59 Coppin St. 76, Lincoln, Pa. 69 Duke 96, UNC Greensboro 62 East Carolina 77, Virginia-Wise 60 Florida Atlantic 86, Florida Tech 63 Furman 88, Lees-McRae 49 George Mason 76, Liberty 72 Georgia 67, New Orleans 59 Georgia Southern 108, Reinhardt 59 Kennesaw St. 89, North Greenville 79 Kentucky 75, Morehead St. 59 LSU 82, Louisiana-Monroe 62 Maryland 89, Charleston Southern 51 Mercer 89, Bucknell 80 Middle Tennessee 93, King, Tenn. 73 Mississippi 92, Ark.-Little Rock 64 N. Carolina A&T 92, Brevard 63 Radford 76, Navy 65 Richmond 65, Lehigh 53 S. Carolina St. 56, Erskine 53 SE Louisiana 99, Sciences & Arts, Okla. 50 Siena 85, Tennessee St. 69 South Carolina 88, Alabama A&M 50 Stetson 70, Averett 65 Stony Brook 75, Md.-Eastern Shore 57 Tennessee 83, Austin Peay 54 The Citadel 64, Kenyon 45 UAB 68, Wis.-Green Bay 56 UCF 84, Massachusetts 67 VMI 93, Army 86 Va. Commonwealth 77, Bethune-Cookman 51 Virginia 85, Longwood 72 Wake Forest 76, Oral Roberts 56 MIDWEST Illinois 96, SIU-Edwardsville 69 Indiana 83, Howard 60 Indiana St. 88, Nebraska-Kearney 58 Iowa St. 88, Idaho St. 68 Kansas 101, Hofstra 65 Kansas St. 92, Loyola of Chicago 54 Marquette 85, Centenary 62 Michigan St. 97, Florida Gulf Coast 58 Minnesota 87, Tennessee Tech 50 Northwestern 77, N. Illinois 55 Ohio 101, Ohio Valley 72 Purdue 89, CS Northridge 64 Xavier 83, Youngstown St. 57 SOUTHWEST Arkansas 130, Alcorn St. 68 Baylor 86, Norfolk St. 58 Rice 81, Sacramento St. 51 South Alabama 74, Houston Baptist 64 TCU 74, Mid-America Christian 69 Texas A&M 88, Angelo St. 69 Texas Tech 88, South Dakota 49 FAR WEST Boise St. 90, Loyola Marymount 87 Colorado St. 91, UC Davis 73 N. Arizona 113, Southwestern, Ariz. 60
HOCKEY National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF New Jersey 17 13 4 0 26 46 Pittsburgh 19 12 7 0 24 55 Philadelphia 15 10 4 1 21 57 N.Y. Rangers 19 10 8 1 21 59 N.Y. Islanders 19 7 6 6 20 51 Northeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF Buffalo 15 10 4 1 21 43 Boston 18 8 7 3 19 41 Ottawa 16 8 6 2 18 47 Montreal 19 9 10 0 18 49 Toronto 16 3 8 5 11 41
GA 35 51 38 53 57 GA 34 42 50 57 60
Southeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF 19 12 3 4 28 73 16 7 4 5 19 43 15 8 6 1 17 53 16 6 9 1 13 41 18 2 12 4 8 36
WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF Chicago 17 10 5 2 22 50 Detroit 17 9 5 3 21 55 Columbus 18 9 6 3 22 55 Nashville 17 8 8 1 17 37 St. Louis 17 6 7 4 16 40 Northwest Division GP W L OT Pts GF Colorado 19 12 4 3 27 58 Calgary 16 11 4 1 23 53 Vancouver 20 10 10 0 20 54 Edmonton 19 8 9 2 18 56 Minnesota 19 7 11 1 15 45 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF San Jose 20 13 4 3 29 67 Los Angeles 19 11 6 2 24 63 Dallas 18 8 4 6 22 57 Phoenix 18 10 8 0 20 47 Anaheim 17 6 8 3 15 48
GA 57 50 48 55 67 GA 41 50 65 48 44 GA 46 43 55 60 58 GA 48 56 54 43 55
Thursday’s Games Florida 1, Boston 0, SO Philadelphia 5, Ottawa 1 Atlanta 5, N.Y. Rangers 3 Tampa Bay 4, Minnesota 3, SO New Jersey 4, Pittsburgh 1 Detroit 3, Vancouver 1 Nashville 3, St. Louis 1 Montreal 4, Phoenix 2 Dallas 3, San Jose 2, SO Friday’s Games Washington 3, Minnesota 1 N.Y. Islanders 4, Carolina 3 OT Columbus 3, Anaheim 1 SO Los Angeles at Atlanta, late Calgary at Buffalo, late Toronto at Chicago, late Saturday’s Games N.Y. Rangers at Ottawa, 2 p.m. Calgary at Toronto, 7 p.m. Buffalo at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Florida, 7 p.m. Anaheim at Detroit, 7 p.m. Washington at New Jersey, 7 p.m. Los Angeles at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Boston at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m. San Jose at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Dallas at Phoenix, 8 p.m. Montreal at Nashville, 8 p.m. Vancouver at Colorado, 10 p.m.
RACING NASCAR-Sprint Cup Checker O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 Lineup At Phoenix International Raceway (Car number in parentheses) 1. (1) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 135.12. 2. (2) Kurt Busch, Dodge, 134.579. 3. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 134.454. 4. (9) Kasey Kahne, Dodge, 134.293. 5. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 134.228. 6. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 134.223. 7. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 134.173. 8. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 134.078. 9. (07) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 134.028. 10. (5) Mark Martin, Chevrolet, 134.023. 11. (55) Michael Waltrip, Toyota, 133.949. 12. (77) Sam Hornish Jr., Dodge, 133.924. 13. (33) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 133.879. 14. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 133.874. 15. (00) David Reutimann, Toyota, 133.864. 16. (44) AJ Allmendinger, Ford, 133.759. 17. (42) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 133.72. 18. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 133.7. 19. (83) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 133.68. 20. (71) Bobby Labonte, Chevrolet, 133.571. 21. (47) Marcos Ambrose, Toyota, 133.551. 22. (7) Robby Gordon, Toyota, 133.417. 23. (13) Max Papis, Toyota, 133.403. 24. (39) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 133.24. 25. (99) Carl Edwards, Ford, 133.215. 26. (12) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 133.161. 27. (20) Joey Logano, Toyota, 133.151. 28. (17) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 133.121. 29. (09) David Gilliland, Chevrolet, 133.087. 30. (26) Jamie McMurray, Ford, 133.062. 31. (29) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 132.93. 32. (66) Dave Blaney, Toyota, 132.925. 33. (6) David Ragan, Ford, 132.812. 34. (87) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, 132.783. 35. (19) Elliott Sadler, Dodge, 132.763. 36. (31) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 132.65. 37. (82) Scott Speed, Toyota, 132.333. 38. (36) Michael McDowell, Toyota, 132.275. 39. (96) Erik Darnell, Ford, 132.178. 40. (43) Reed Sorenson, Dodge, Owner Points. 41. (98) Paul Menard, Ford, Owner Points. 42. (34) John Andretti, Chevrolet, Owner Points. 43. (37) Tony Raines, Chevrolet, 132.091.
SOCCER Major League Soccer Playoffs At A Glance EASTERN COMFERENCE Real Salt Lake vs. Chicago Saturday, Nov. 14: Real Salt Lake at Chicago, 8 p.m. WESTERN CONFERENCE Houston vs. Los Angeles Houston at Los Angeles, late
Falcons’ DBs prepare to face Smith FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — Chris Houston expects Carolina receiver Steve Smith to do anything he can to rile the Atlanta secondary this weekend. Houston was a rookie cornerback in 2007 when former teammate DeAngelo Hall, a two-time Pro Bowl selection, let Smith get the best of him. During a third-quarter series that helped Carolina score a touchdown and eventually win the game, Houston watched as Hall drew three penalties totaling 67 yards. Hall was so enraged after the Panthers scored that he began arguing on the sideline with former Atlanta coach Bobby Petrino, who later fined him $100,000. “Steve knew he could get DeAngelo mad, so he didn’t stop until DeAngelo flipped out,” Houston said. “I guess you say it worked in (Smith’s) favor because they won the game.” In the Falcons’ Week 2 victory two months ago, Smith caught eight passes for 131 yards, but was so angry after getting flagged for offensive pass interference in the fourth quarter that he had to be restrained while lunging at Atlanta cornerback Brian Williams. The penalty wiped out a 10-yard catch that would’ve moved Carolina to the Falcons’ 13. “Guys that are that talented know what they’re doing,” said cornerback Tye Hill, who will share coverage duties Sunday when Atlanta (5-3) visits the
pass to help secure a 28-20 victory. “Nah, he didn’t say anything at that point, but I never expected him to,” Houston said. “Everything he says, every move he makes, every block he throws, every route he runs is either meant to beat you directly or set you up to fail later. You just realize he’s a great player, let him say what he wants to say and just do your best to defend him. I don’t see any point in making a difficult situation even worse.” Since the Falcons drafted him out of Arkansas in the second round of 2007, Houston hasn’t had trouble checking his emotions. That doesn’t mean he’s taking Smith lightly. Associated Press
Atlanta Falcons’ Tye Hill reacts after returning an interception for a touchdown against the Washington Redskins, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009, in Atlanta.
Panthers (3-5). “You don’t get those kind of numbers by accident. You put up the kind of stats he puts up by being a great football player.” Smith had already embarrassed Houston in the second quarter with a 28-yard catch to the Falcons’ 32. The drive ended with DeAngelo Williams running past Houston for a 3-yard touchdown. But on the Panthers’ final drive, Houston stepped in front of Smith at the Atlanta 4 and intercepted Jake Delhomme’s
After all, Houston doesn’t need to be reminded that Panthers coach John Fox suspended Steve Smith for the first two games of 2008 after his sucker punch broke the nose of former Carolina teammate Ken Lucas in training camp. Once he returned to the field, however, Smith continued to produce big numbers — his 5,630 yards receiving since the start of 2005 rank third in the NFL. “Who knows what Steve might do? If that’s part of his game, then you have to walk away,” Houston said. “He wants to get in your head with something he might say to distract you from doing your job, but he’s the ultimate competitor. He wants to beat you every time out.”
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CLASS 4-AA WEST East Mecklenburg at Greensboro Page, ppd. CLASS 4-A WEST Watauga County at Jamestown Ragsdale, ppd. Greensboro Smith at Greensboro Dudley, ppd. Western Guilford at Winston-Salem Mt. Tabor, ppd. CLASS 3-AA EAST Burlington Williams at (3) Wilson Hunt, ppd. Eastern Guilford at South Johnston, ppd. WEST Shelby Crest at Northeast Guilford, ppd. Harrisburg Hickory Ridge at North Forsyth, ppd. CLASS 3-A EAST Southern Guilford at Havelock, ppd. WEST R-S Central 28, South Rowan 21 CLASS 2-A EAST Burlington Cummings at First Flight, ppd. Fairmont 22, Franklinton 14 WEST East Rutherford at (Thomasville, ppd. Lexington at Trinity, ppd. CLASS 1-AA WEST West Montgomery 34, Kernersville McGuinness 21
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R-S Central players and coaches talk on the sideline during a recent game. From left, Oddie Murray (44), Jacob Kinlaw (9), Coach Max Champion, Coach Mike Cheek, Cody Sellers (61), and Cameron Green (35). The Hilltoppers battled South Rowan Friday in the first round of the 2009 3A NCHSAA Playoffs.
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The Raiders took the opening kickoff of the second half and quickly struck for three first downs on four plays to put the ball near midfield. The Central defense then held the Raiders to minus seven yards on the next three plays and forced a punt. South Rowan’s punter Taylor Patterson shanked the punt, getting only 13 yards and Central took over at its own 40 yard line. The Hilltoppers’ offense then went to work. Central covered the 60-yards in five plays, including runs of 39 and 13 yards by Green. The Hilltoppers’ Jacob Kinlaw punched it into the end zone from a yard out midway through the quarter. Cody Owens’ point-after kick knotted the score at 21-21. The Central defense again made a big stand. The Raiders started at their own 20 after that Hilltopper score and proceeded to drive to the Central 32. An illegal blocking penalty and a holding call pushed the Raiders back to midfield. One first and 28 from there, Central’s Jonathan Fuller sacked Raiders’ quarterback Blake Houston for a 13-yard loss. The sack left South Rowan with a second and 41 from their own 37. Two plays later the Raiders punted back to the Hilltoppers who took over at their own 8-yard line after Jamie Brown launched a 48-yard punt. The final period began with Central facing a long field. On the first play, William Lynch broke loose down the sideline for a 27-yard gain. The Hilltoppers then methodically pushed South Rowan out of their way on 11 straight running plays. The 92-yard drive ended with Green’s go-ahead touchdown. Owens’ pointafter kick gave Central a 28-21 lead.
But the Raiders were not quite done yet. South Rowan’s Mark McDaniel, who returned a punt for a touchdown in the first half, raced 52-yards with the ensuing kickoff, setting the Raiders up with a first down at the central 37-yard line. Two plays later, South Rowan’s Thomas Lowe appeared to be headed for the end zone when Central’s William Brown leveled a big hit on the Raiders’ runningback. The hit jarred the football loose and it rolled into the Central end zone for a touchback with just under 5:40 to play in the game. That was the last time South Rowan touched the football. Central chewed up the remaining time in the game with a solid running game and Kinlaw’s lone pass completion for the night. That pass came on a key third-and-six play. Kinlaw connected with Vic Staley on a 16-yard pass play for the first down. The Hilltoppers were then able to run out the clock to secure the win. The Hilltoppers’ dominating ground game was one of the keys to this game. Six players carried the football for Central. Green tallied 124 yards on 17 carries. Lynch rushed for 93 yards, Odie Murray for 73, Kinlaw for 66 and Leon Brown for 61. The night started in the Hilltoppers favor as well. Central scored first, on a 51-yard run by Jacob Kinlaw. The Hilltoppers followed that with a drive deep into Raider territory, getting to the Red Raiders’ 18-yard line There, facing a fourth down and four, Central went for the first, but came up inches short. Lynch was the catalyst for that 9-play, 46-yard march, accounting for 33 of those yards.
The Hilltoppers got the ball back moments later when Dominique Petty intercepted a Blake Houston pass near midfield. Central then went backwards and faced a fourth and 20 and was forced to punt. South Rowan tied the score at 7-all with McDaniel’s 73-yard punt return with just over two minutes remaining in the first period. Ledo Rivera added the point after kick. Central, starting at its own 20, went 80-yards in eight plays to regain the lead. Oddie Murray started things off with a 15-yard rumble. Leon Brown ended it, scoring on a 3-yard run. Cody Owens’ point after kick was good. The Raiders got the ball at the 35 after a kickoff out of bounds. They marched the 65 yards in 11 plays with Lowe getting the score on a one-yard run with 8 minutes to play in the half. South Rowan jumped ahead on a 7-play, 53-yard drive set up by a short punt by the Hilltoppers. Lowe had 29 of the 53 yards. Houston got the touchdown on a 15-yard scamper.
Scoring Summary First Quarter R-S Central — Jacob Kinalw 51-yard run. Cody Owens PAT kick. South Rowan — Mark McDaniel 73-yard punt return. Ledo Rivera PAT kick. Second Quarter R-S Central — Leon Brown 3-yard run. Owens kick. South Rowan — Thomas Lowe 1-yard run. Rivera kick. South Rowan — Blake Houston 15-yard run. Rivera kick. Third Quarter R-S Central — Kinlaw 1-yard run. Owens kick. Fourth Quarter R-S Central — Cameron Green 1-yard run. Owens kick.
Truex, Busch lead Phoenix field
AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Martin Truex Jr. bounced back from a midweek NASCAR penalty with a pole-winning run at Phoenix International Raceway. Truex turned a lap of 135.120 mph Friday to qualify first in his No. 1 Chevrolet. It was a huge lift for his team, which failed post-race inspection last week at Texas to draw a 50-point penalty. Crew chief Kevin Manion also was fined $50,000. “That’s how you can sum up our season,” Truex shrugged. Kurt Busch qualified second for Sunday’s race with a lap of 134.589 in his No. 2 Dodge. It’s the first time in NASCAR that the Nos. 1 and 2 will start next to each other on the front row for a Sprint Cup race. Defending three-time series champion Jimmie Johnson qualified
third, and was followed by Kasey Kahne and Denny Hamlin. Mark Martin, who trails Johnson by 71 points in the standings with two races remaining, qualified 10th. Regan Smith, Kevin Conway and Brandon Ash failed to make the race. For Johnson, the return to the track was a chance to reset his emotions following an accident on the third lap of last week’s race. He was wrecked trying to pass Sam Hornish Jr., who ran into Johnson after he made contact with David Reutimann. Johnson finished 38th and lost a large portion of his points lead. But with two races remaining, he still likes his chances, particularly Sunday at PIR, where he’s won three of the last four races.
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“I can’t wait to get on track so I can start thinking about something else,” Johnson said before qualifying. “All I can think about is three laps of Texas right now. That’s all I’ve thought about for the whole week. Ready to get that out of the brain.” That’s similar thinking to how Truex has felt this season, his last with Earnhardt Ganassi Racing. He’s moving to Michael Waltrip Racing when the season ends in two weeks, putting an end to his up-anddown ride in the No. 1. He made the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship two years ago, but hasn’t had much success since. This season, he has three poles but just four top-10 finishes. His penalty dropped him to 26th in the standings.
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Islanders clip ‘Canes 4-3 in OT RALEIGH (AP) — Questionable before the game because of swine flu, Kyle Okposo felt just fine afterward. The New York winger snapped a shot past Carolina netminder Manny Legace with 14.4 seconds remaining in overtime to give the Islanders a 4-3 victory over the Hurricanes on Friday night. “I feel pretty good,” said Okposo, who sat out Wednesday night against Washington. “It felt good to contribute again. It’s tough watching.” With time winding down in overtime, Hurricanes defenseman Bryan Rodney tried to clear the Carolina zone. Okposo anticipated the play and intercepted the puck before beating Legace blocker side. “I looked up and felt something on my stick,” Okposo said. “I just tried to shoot something quick. Fortunately, it got over his pad.” John Tavares had the first twogoal game of his career, and Martin Biron made 25 saves for the Islanders. Mark Streit also added a goal for New York, which blew a three-goal lead before winning in overtime. After a slow start, the Islanders are 6-2-3 in their last 11 games. “We’re really finding our chemistry,” Tavares said. “We’re making the big plays when we need them most.” Tuomo Ruutu, Ray Whitney and Tim Gleason scored for the Hurricanes, who are winless in 14 games, a streak that ties the franchise record. “This is a tough one to take because of obviously the mistake I made at the end,” Rodney said. “It cost us. To do that to the rest of the guys in the room is tough to swallow. I guess we’ll look at the positives. “We fought hard to get back in the game. We earned the point today.” With Gleason in the penalty box for roughing and unsportsmanlike conduct, Tavares got the Islanders on the board 3:38 into the game. The first overall draft pick took advantage of a rebound off the boards behind the net, waiting for the puck to drop below the crossbar before swatting it into an open net. Streit scored on Gleason’s second penalty, one-timing a shot from the blue line to beat Legace. The Islanders took a 3-0 lead later in the first period when Tavares cleaned a scramble in front of the Hurricanes’ net. It was the third straight game New York scored three goals in the first period, something the Islanders hadn’t done since 1980. “We got power plays off our hard work,” Tavares said. “We were able to take advantage.”
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Taylor Stagg, 17, of Colington Harbour walks past a house in south Nags Head that fell in to the ocean Friday. More than 155,000 people in Virginia and North Carolina were without power early Friday as crews tried to restore service.
Man admits kidnapping; girl, 5, remains missing FAYETTEVILLE (AP) — A North Carolina man has admitted to kidnapping a 5-year-old girl, authorities said Friday, but investigators still have not found the child more than three days after she disappeared from a mobile home park. But the attorney for Mario Andrette McNeill, 29, said Friday that his client would plead not guilty to kidnapping Shaniya Davis. Fayetteville Police Department spokeswoman Theresa Chance said McNeill admitted taking the girl. McNeill was charged with kidnapping while authorities dropped charges against another man, Clarence Coe, who was initially arrested in the case. “We’re hoping we find her alive,” Chance said at a news conference. “We found Mr. McNeill, and Miss Davis was not with him.” McNeill had a first court appearance Friday. Attorney Allen Rogers said he only spoke briefly with his client, adding that he did not know what connection McNeill may have
had with Shaniya or her mother. He also did not comment on the child’s whereabouts. Surveillance footage showed McNeill carrying Shaniya into a hotel room on Tuesday morning, when she was reported missing from a mobile home park. A hotel worker called police to report seeing a child matching Shaniya’s description, but by the time police got there, McNeill had left. Investigators used police dogs but could not pick up the child’s scent during a search of the neighborhood. They found a blanket that may have belonged to the girl in a garbage can outside a neighbor’s home. Shaniya’s father, Bradley Lockhart, made a tearful appeal Thursday for his daughter’s safe return. “Shaniya, if you’re listening to daddy, I miss you so much, honey,” he said. “I’m waiting for you. I’m not going to give up. You don’t give up either, honey.” McNeill’s next court date is Dec. 2.
Ex-congressman gets 13 years
Nation Today Moon strikes find water
LOS ANGELES (AP) — It turns out there’s lots of water on the moon — at least near the lunar south pole. The discovery announced Friday comes from an analysis of data from a spacecraft NASA intentionally crashed into the moon last month. “Indeed, yes, we found water. And we didn’t find just a little bit, we found a significant amount,” said Anthony Colaprete, the mission’s principal investigator. The lunar impact kicked up at least 25 gallons of water and that’s only what scientists can see, Colaprete said.
Student seen hitchhiking
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia State Police say they believe a Virginia Tech student missing for nearly a month was hitchhiking after she left a Metallica concert. Police said Friday that witnesses saw a woman fitting the description of 20-year-old Morgan Dana Harrington on a bridge that crosses railroad tracks trying to get a ride. Harrington became separated from her friends after she left the Charlottesville concert arena Oct. 17 and was denied re-entry. She told them she would find a way home. Police say they want to hear from anyone who might have loaned a cell phone to a woman fitting Harrington’s description. Police say Harrington was wearing
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Evangelist sentenced TEXARKANA, Ark. (AP) — Evangelist Tony Alamo was sentenced Friday to 175 years in prison for taking underage girls across state lines for sex, effectively punishing him for the rest of his life for molesting children he took as “brides” in his ministry. During Friday’s hearing, some of Alamo’s victims testified about how their families were destroyed while the evangelist took over their lives. Alamo, 75, had been convicted in July on a 10-count federal indictment. U.S. District Judge Harry F. Barnes said Alamo used his status as father figure and pastor and threatened and threatened the girls with “the loss of their salvation.”
Parents plead guilty FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — The Colorado parents accused of pulling a spectacular hoax by reporting their son was aboard a runaway balloon have pleaded guilty to charges that could bring some jail time and probation. Richard Heene pleaded guilty to knowingly and falsely influencing Larimer County Sheriff Jim Alderden, a felony. Mayumi Heene pleaded guilty to knowingly filing a false report with emergency services, a misdemeanor.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A former Louisiana congressman who famously stashed cash in his freezer was sentenced Friday to 13 years in prison for taking hundreds of thousands in bribes in exchange for using his influence to broker business deals in Africa. The sentence handed down in suburban Washington was far less than the nearly 30 years prosecutors had sought for William Jefferson, a Democrat who represented parts of New Orleans for nearly 20 years. Agents investigating the case found $90,000 wrapped in foil and hidden in boxes of frozen pie crusts in his freezer. Prosecutors had asked a judge to
follow federal guidelines and sentence him to at least 27 years. The defense asked for less than 10 years, arguing a stiffer sentence would be far longer than those imposed on congressmen convicted of similar crimes in recent years, none of whom was sentenced to more than a decade. Jefferson said nothing in court after he was sentenced. He was convicted in August of 11 counts, including bribery and racketeering. Prosecutors at his two-month trial said he took roughly $500,000 in bribes and sought millions more. He was acquitted of five other charges, including the one most closely associated with the money in his freezer.
Famed lawyer admits guilt ABERDEEN, Miss. (AP) — Bobby DeLaughter, a history-making prosecutor who became a judge, was sentenced Friday to 18 months for federal obstruction in a case that ended his career and brought down some of the most powerful lawyers in Mississippi. The 55-year-old DeLaughter, sentenced by U.S. District Judge Glen Davidson in Aberdeen, apologized in the courtroom. “I do want to express my sincere apologies not only to this honorable court, but to all my former colleagues, the people of Mississippi and especially the people of Hinds County,” DeLaughter said. He must report to prison on Jan. 4. The former Hinds County circuit judge pleaded guilty in July to obstruction of justice. He admitted lying to an FBI agent during a judicial corruption investigation. Davidson said DeLaughter had
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brought shame to the profession. “You’ve been to peaks and today you stand in a very deep valley,” Davidson said. The bearded DeLaughter fidgeted with a jacket button of his dark gray suit as he approached the bench. DeLaughter (deh-LAW’-ter) made a name for himself in 1994 as an assistant district attorney when he helped convict Byron de la Beckwith for the 30-year-old murder of civil rights leader Medgar Evers. Evers was gunned down in 1963. The trial was the basis for the 1996 movie Ghosts of Mississippi, with Alec Baldwin playing DeLaughter. DeLaughter also wrote a book, “Never Too Late: A Prosecutor’s Story of Justice in the Medgar Evers Case.” DeLaughter’s attorney, Thomas Durkin, said he hoped his client’s life wouldn’t be judged on the obstruction case.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Encouraging earnings news from major retailers and The Walt Disney Co. drew investors back into the stock market one day after a big drop. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 73 Friday after dropping 94 on Thursday. Upbeat quarterly reports Friday from Abercrombie & Fitch Co., J.C. Penney Co. and Disney offset worries about a disappointing consumer confidence report. Disney said late Thursday that higher revenue at its cable, broadcast and movie studio divisions helped produce an 18 percent increase in its fiscal Associated Press fourth-quarter profit. Abercrombie’s results were A customer uses an ATM machine at a Bank of America branch office in better than expected, while J.C. Penney raised its Boston. profit and sales forecasts. The market briefly stumbled in morning trading after a report found the mood of consumers darkened. The preliminary Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index for November came in at 66.0, down from 70.6 in October. That made investors nervous that cautious consumers wouldn’t step up spending at the holidays.
Analysts don’t see a top contender at BoA
The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies rose 5.96, or 1 percent, to 586.28.
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CHARLOTTE (AP) — With Bank of America Corp. CEO Ken Lewis retiring in less than seven weeks, analysts don’t see any candidate emerging as a frontrunner for his successor. The bank said this week that Lewis’ replacement could be announced by late November. The board is considering a handful of insiders including Chief Risk Officer Gregory Curl and Brian Moynihan, the head of consumer banking. Other heads of Bank of America’s major business units are also being considered, the bank has said. The company has not identified any external candidates, but media reports have said Bank of New York Mellon Corp. CEO Bob Kelly remains a possible candidate although he has repeatedly expressed his lack of interest. Curl, 60, has been with the bank since 1996 and became chief risk officer in June. Moynihan, 50, joined the bank in its 2004 FleetBoston Financial Corp. purchase. Over the past year he has served in several roles, including general counsel, head of global wealth management and consumer bank chief. Other inside candidates include Tom Montag, 52, who runs the bank’s global markets unit and took over the global corporate and investment banking unit in August during a management shake-up; and Barbara Desoer, 57, who has led the bank’s
mortgage unit since the July 2008 purchase of Countrywide Financial Corp. Because of the many problems the company has had over the past year, especially since its acquisition of Merrill Lynch, some analysts believe Bank of America should seriously consider an outsider. Besides Kelly, outside candidates mentioned in media reports as contenders are Bob Diamond, president of British bank Barclays Plc, and Larry Fink, CEO of asset manager BlackRock Inc. The challenge of hiring an outsider, “will be to convince a candidate with that background to assume the helm given the bank’s problems,” O’Donnell said. Moreover, for an outsider, “it’s going to take a long time to get up to speed with a company of that size,” said Alois Pirker, wealth management research director with Aite Group. Bank of America has seen many key executives leave over the past year as the government, having given the company $45 billion in bailout money, has tightened its control over the bank, including limiting executives’ pay. The bank still faces regulatory investigations into the Merrill Lynch acquisition, including federal and state demands for information about the billions of dollars in bonuses paid to Merrill Lynch employees just before the deal was sealed.
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Earnings news pushes stock prices higher
Stocks rebounded after the sentiment report but later pared their gains as the dollar pulled off its lows of the day. The dollar’s steady slide since March, due largely to record-low U.S. interest rates, has encouraged investors to move money out of dollars and into higher-yielding assets like stocks and commodities. According to preliminary calculations, the Dow rose 73.00, or 0.7 percent, to 10,270.47. The Dow’s drop Thursday broke a six-day winning streak, as oil prices tumbled on fresh signs of weak energy demand and a stronger dollar. The broader Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose 6.24, or 0.6 percent, to 1,093.48. The Nasdaq composite index rose 18.86, or 0.9 percent, to 2,167.88. For the week, the Dow rose 2.5 percent, after jumping 3.2 percent last week. The two weeks have boosted the Dow’s gain for the year to 17 percent. The S&P 500 index rose 2.3 percent for the week, while the Nasdaq added 2.6 percent. The ICE Futures US dollar index, which measures the dollar against other currencies, fell after rising for two days. The dollar drove trading during the week, as it has for months. The biggest gain of the week came Monday when the Dow jumped 204 points as a falling dollar boosted commodities prices and officials from the Group of 20 wealthy and developing nations signaled they would hold interest rates low to propel economic growth. Stocks rose each day during the week except Thursday. Bonds mostly rose, pushing yields lower. The yield on the 10-year note fell to 3.43 percent from 3.45 percent late Thursday. Gold rose, while oil fell 59 cents to settle at $76.35 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.Three stocks rose for every one that fell on the New York Stock Exchange, where volume came to 985 million shares compared with 1.1 billion Thursday.
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Trade deficit widens WASHINGTON (AP) — A lower dollar appears to be boosting the U.S. economy only gradually, with higher prices on imported oil helping outweigh the benefit of cheaper American exports. The latest evidence was a government report Friday that the U.S. trade deficit jumped in September by the largest percentage amount in more than a decade. A big culprit was foreign oil, whose prices hit their highest point in nearly a year. That helped eclipse a fifth straight gain in U.S. exports. Economists think a rebounding global economy will keep raising demand for U.S. exports. The dollar’s value has dropped about 12 percent against a basket of major currencies since last spring. A lower dollar can help boost U.S. exports because it make them cheaper for foreigners to buy. The question is how fast a lower dollar can narrow the trade gap and invigorate the U.S. economy. For now, the value of U.S. exports is still about 20 percent below where they before the financial crisis erupted last year. And Paul Dales, senior economist at Capital Economics, said exports and imports are likely to continue rising at roughly the same pace. If so, U.S. trade wouldn’t likely contribute to U.S. economic growth during the recovery. The Commerce Department report said the trade deficit jumped to $36.5 billion in September. It was the largest imbalance since January — and more than the $31.7 billion increase economists had expected. The 18.2 percent rise from August was the largest monthly gain in percentage terms since a 20.6 percent jump in February 1999. Exports, which have been rising since May, increased about 3 percent, reflecting stronger sales of American autos, aircraft and industrial machinery. Imports were led by a 20 percent jump in oil shipments. Overall, imports in September rose 5.8 percent above the level in August — the biggest rise in 16 years.
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Teen looks for ammo for peer pressure Dear Abby: I’m a 14-year-old boy. I went to a party last weekend and some people pressured me to do some uncomfortable stuff. Can you advise me — and other teens — how to handle peer pressure? — Ashamed
Dear Ashamed: I’ll try. Please remember that it takes a strong and confident person not to follow the crowd and stick to your own convictions — especially when you want to fit in. But it is those who value their self-respect more than “mob” respect, who care about their reputations (and their records) who summon up the courage to say, “Thanks, but I’ll pass,” when enticed into doing things that are senseless, dangerous, illegal or immoral. It takes character to go it alone rather than follow the crowd, to listen to your conscience and act in your own best interests — but it pays off big time, especially when you see the price others pay for going astray. Dear Abby: I’m 31 and live in the Midwest. I have had the same friends since college and feel myself drifting farther and farther away from them. I feel guilty saying this, but all they want to talk about is their children. I have a wonderful 3-year-old daughter and another child on the way, but I have my own personality, too, apart from being a mother. When I talk to these friends I’m
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pretty sure they don’t listen or want to respond to me unless I’m talking about “kid stuff.” Hanging out with them has become duller than watching paint dry. Am I the strange one because I don’t want to talk about my little ones all the time? — Feels Like a Freak Dear Feels Like a Freak: Right now, your friends are preoccupied with raising their children, with all of the milestones and cute things they do that go along with it. Eventually, they’ll pull out of it. Please don’t label them or yourself. What you need to do is recognize that it’s time to widen your circle to include more people who share your varied interests. Dear Abby: I am getting ready to meet my gentleman’s ex-wife. They were married for 17 years. His adult children all know and like me. Any suggestions on breaking the ice and points of conversation with this woman? — Lois Dear Lois: Only this: Keep your sense of humor when you discuss what you have in common.
Surgery not first approach to foot pain Dear Dr. Gott: Could you please address the causes and cures for Morton’s neuroma of the foot? Is surgery the ultimate answer? If so, how effective and safe is it? Dear Reader: A Morton’s neuroma is a noncancerous growth of thickened nerve tissue that can present in several areas of the body. It commonly appears in a nerve of the foot between the third and fourth toes, causing burning pain, numbness and tingling in the ball of the foot. The condition may occur because of injury, irritation, jogging, bunions, hammertoe, pressure such as from tight or poorly fitting shoes, or for numerous other unknown reasons. The difficulty is that there are no outward signs — no growth, bump or lesion. Once diagnosed, the first step is to attempt to eliminate the offending cause, such as changing shoes, using arch supports and refraining from jogging or other physical activity
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temporarily. In the case of a hammertoe or bunion, surgical intervention might be necessary. Treatment by a primary-care physician or surgeon depends on the severity of the condition. Mild cases might be handled by over-the-counter aspirin or ibuprofen, ice, massage and resting the foot. More severe cases might require steroid injections to reduce the inflammation, diluted alcohol injections and, last but not least, surgery when all else has failed. The downside to surgery is that both the neuroma and nerve are removed, sometimes resulting in permanently numb toes.
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Don’t sit on any progressive or futuristic ideas in the year ahead. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Trust your good judgment, and have the courage to follow your convictions. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Your clever thinking for circumventing difficult conditions will serve you well. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — You might be placed in a position where you have to take a chance on someone you hardly know. You couldn’t find a better partner. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — Anything that could be advantageous career-wise should be acted upon immediately. PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — You’re likely to be in the perfect position to spot something of great benefit. ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Even if you attempt to use untried techniques or methods, go for it. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — You tend to be a loner more often than not when it comes to accomplishing your aims. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Be on your toes with regard to ways and means for generating extracurricular income. CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Don’t hesitate to jump in and take over something being mishandled by another. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — A situation that you’ve been viewing with a bit of trepidation looks as if it is about to take off. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Circumstances might bring you and a recent acquaintance closer together. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Be more adventurous and enterprising with regard to a situation capable of generating growth.
The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Saturday, November 14, 2009 — 13 The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, SATURDAY, November 14, 2009 — 13
Nation/world
Five will face civilian trials for 9/11 attacks
WASHINGTON (AP) — Self-proclaimed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other Guantanamo Bay detainees will be brought to trial in a civilian federal courthouse in New York, near the site of the devastating 2001 terror attacks. Prosecutors expect to seek the death penalty. Attorney General Eric Holder announced the longawaited and politically fraught decision at a news conference Friday. He also said five other Guantanamo detainees, including a major suspect in the bombing of the USS Cole, Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, will be tried
through the military commission process. Holder said the Sept. 11 defendants should be tried where their crimes occurred. Nearly 3,000 people died when the World Trade Center towers were brought down by two hijacked jetliners, another hijacked jet hit the Pentagon and a fourth crashed in western Pennsylvania. “After eight years of delay, those allegedly responsible for the attacks of September the 11th will finally face justice,” Holder said. “They will be brought to New York — to New York — to answer for their alleged crimes in a
courthouse just blocks away from where the twin towers once stood.” Bringing such notorious suspects to U.S. soil to face trial is a key step in President Barack Obama’s plan to close the terror suspect detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Obama initially planned to close the prison by Jan. 22, but the administration is no longer expected to meet that deadline. “For over 200 years our nation has relied upon a faithful adherence to the rule of law,” Holder said. “Once again, we will ask our legal system in two venues to
answer that call.” The plan that Holder outlined is a major legal and political test of Obama’s overall approach to terrorism. If the case suffers legal setbacks, the administration will face secondguessing from those who never wanted it in a civilian courtroom. And if lawmakers get upset about terrorists being brought to their home regions, they may fight back against other parts of Obama’s agenda. Early reaction was divided along political lines. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky said bringing the
terrorism suspects into the U.S. “is a step backwards for the security of our country and puts Americans unnecessarily at risk.” Republican Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona said bringing Mohammed to New York for trial also could result in the disclosure of classified information. But Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., said the federal courts are capable of trying high-profile terrorists. Some family members of Sept. 11 victims were angered by the decision. Some have supported the move toward public trials.
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NORTH CAROLINA, RUTHERFORD COUNTY
NORTH CAROLINA, RUTHERFORD COUNTY NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 09 SP 424
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 09 SP 401
Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by MATTHEW SABA & ANA SABA, Husband and Wife to Christopher Reddick, Trustee(s), which was dated January 10, 2008 and recorded on January 15, 2008 in Book 991 at Page 854, Rutherford County Registry, North Carolina.
Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by RUBY RESTREPO AND JOHN MARIO RESTREPO to PRLAP, INC., Trustee(s), which was dated February 15, 2008 and recorded on February 15, 2008 in Book 995 at Page 375, Rutherford County Registry, North Carolina.
Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Brock & Scott, PLLC, 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 holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on November 18, 2009 at 1:00PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Rutherford County, North Carolina, to wit:
Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Brock & Scott, PLLC, 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 holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on November 24, 2009 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Rutherford County, North Carolina, to wit:
Being Lots 30, 31, 32, and 33 of the Stoneybrook Subdivision, Phase II, recorded in Plat Book 17, Page 92, Rutherford County Registry, N.C., which plat is incorporated by reference as if fully set forth herein and reference to which is hereby made for a more complete and accurate description. LESS AND EXCEPT LOT 30 which was not conveyed to the borrower.
Situate, lying and being in Chimney Rock Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina, on the west side of U.S. Highway Number 64-74 and being parcel PIN# 02-31590 as shown on a plat recorded in Plat Book 28 at Page 21 of the Rutherford County Registry containing 4.35 acres more or less.
Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.
Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.
Said property is commonly known as: 203 Joshua Drive, Forest City, NC 28043
Said property is commonly known as: 1727 Memorial Highway, Lake Lure, NC 28746
Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, and the court costs of Forty-Five Cents (45¢) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) pursuant to NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). A cash deposit (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 the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing.
Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, and the court costs of Forty-Five Cents (45¢) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) pursuant to NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). A cash deposit (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 the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing.
Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” 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, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Matthew Saba and wife, Ana Saba.
Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” 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, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Ruby Restrepo and John Mario Restrepo.
An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.
An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.
If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.
If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.
THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, EXCEPT IN THE INSTANCE OF BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION. IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY.
THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, EXCEPT IN THE INSTANCE OF BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION. IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY.
Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Jeremy B. Wilkins, NCSB No. 32346 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 09-19052-FC01
Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Jeremy B. Wilkins, NCSB No. 32346 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 09-18661-FC01
14 — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, SATURDAY, November 14, 2009 Apartments 1, 2 & 3BR Nice, large Townhomes Private decks, washer/dryer hook up Water included! Starting at $375/mo.
1-888-684-5072 3BR/2BA single level town home, with attached garage, great neighborhood, conveniently located inside Rfdtn city limits.
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Richmond Hill Senior Apts. in Rfdtn 1BR Units w/handicap accessible units avail. Sec 8 assistance avail. 287-2578 Hours: Mon., Tues., & Thurs. 7-3. TDD Relay 1-800-735-2962 Equal Housing Opportunity. Income Based Rent.
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2BR/2.5BA home on 64/74 1 mile from Lake Lure Beach, Chimney Rock and Ingles. Lake Lure view. $650/mo. Also, 2BR/2BA on 2 ac. in Rumbling Bald Resort, washer /dryer, cent. h/a, wood burning stove $750/mo. Call Eddy Zappel 828-289-9151 or Marco 954-275-0735
3BR/2BA in Rfdtn near R-S Central, big yard, lg. ranch home. $650/month + deposit 429-6946 or 657-5100
Modular Office Unit
Get your gutters cleaned to prevent damage to your home! 287-8671 or 447-4513
1 Whirlpool washer and 2 Whirlpool dryers $40 each Desk $20. Call 289-5290
Beautiful 2BR/1BA on 3.5 ac. on Hudlow Rd. Hdwd floors & carport. $500/mo. 704-376-8081
$25,000 takes it
Will keep 2 children in my home, full or part time. Call 429-9442 for more information
Bassett bed frame, dresser w/mirror, computer desk. 828-748-7561 after 5
5 FAMILY 127 Hamrick Rd., Goodes Creek Community Fri. & Sat. 7A-until Household, kids clothing, toys, tree stands, hunting, fishing, propane heater
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No pets! 828-429-4288
For Sale
Nice 2 Bedroom Townhouse Apt & 1 Bedroom Apt
Rfdtn: 1,062 sqft. 6 room house, .5 acre, outbuilding. $48,000 245-4248 or 429-3471
across from Super 8 Motel in Spindale $385/mo. & $515/mo. Call 828-447-1989
3BR/2BA in FC 401 Old Ross Rd. $650/mo. Real nice! Call 704-472-3100 2BR/1BA House in FC. Cent. h/a, range, refrig. No pets! $500/ mo. + ref’s. & sec. dep. Call 245-9247 Huge House for Rent Forrest Hills 4BR/3BA Cent. h/a., appl. incld., w/d hookup. No pets! Ref’s req. $1,200/mo. + $500 dep. 289-8105
2BR/1BA Dual pane windows, ceiling fans, window a/c, w/d hookup. East Court St., Rfdtn. 1.5 blocks to downtown $310/mo. application 828-748-8801
Sell or rent your property in the Classifieds! Call to place your ad 828-245-6431
28x66 1850 sqft.
704-484-1640 LAND OWNERS BRAND NEW HOMES Well, septic, grading. We do it all!
704-481-0895
14x76 - 1996 3BR w/fireplace Needs TLC!
$5,700 cash 704-484-1677 Mobile Homes For Rent
NORTH CAROLINA, RUTHERFORD COUNTY NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 09 SP 422
2BR/2BA on large lot in Rfdtn area. Refrig. & stove. $375/mo. + $300 dep. 286-4333
Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by MICHAEL ALLYN GREGORY AND ROBIN B MICHAEL-GREGORY MARRIED TO EACH OTHER to PRLAP, INC., Trustee(s), which was dated January 10, 2006 and recorded on January 10, 2006 in Book 880 at Page 369, Rutherford County Registry, North Carolina.
3BR/1.5BA Ellenboro Refrig., stove, cent. h/a $500/mo. + deposit. Call 305-4476
Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Brock & Scott, PLLC, 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 holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on November 18, 2009 at 1:00PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Rutherford County, North Carolina, to wit: BEING all of Lot 313, as shown on survey by R. L. Greene, PLS entitled "Greyrock Subdivision Phase 2B as recorded in Plat Book 26 at Page 120, said plat being one of a series of plats recorded in Plat Book 26, Page 119 through 123 of the Rutherford County, NC Registry, reference to said recorded plats being made for a more particular description of said Lot 313. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.
Danieltown: Furn. 2BR Cent. h/a. No pets! $400/mo. + dep. 245-4248 or 429-3471 SPACIOUS & PRIVATE
3BR/2BA in Rfdtn. $650/mo. + securities. 748-0658 or 286-1982
3BR/2BA MH in Rutherfordton!
RENT TO OWN! Will Finance! No Banks! Hurry! You pay no lot rent, taxes, or insurance!
NEG. $99/wk + dep Said property is commonly known as: Lot 313 Grey Rock Subdivision, Lake Lure, NC 28746 Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, and the court costs of Forty-Five Cents (45¢) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) pursuant to NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). A cash deposit (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 the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” 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, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Michael Allyn Gregory and wife, Robin B. Michael-Gregory. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, EXCEPT IN THE INSTANCE OF BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION. IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY. Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Jeremy B. Wilkins, NCSB No. 32346 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 09-18002-FC01
704-806-6686 Instruction
Professional Truck Driver Training
Leaf removal, under brushing, yard work Call Richard Ammons 288-1228
Help Wanted Experienced buffet style cook needed. Apply in person at Spindale Restaurant 411 West Main Street HABILITATION TECHNICIANS Lake Lure area Local company seeking individual to provide direct care services for individual with MR/DD diagnosis. Hours -30 hrs./wk. Min. req.: HS diploma/ GED, CPR/FA (certification available), criminal/ DMV background check, valid DL and vehicle insurance. Interested applicants contact Judy at 828-247-0622 or apply in person to 284 West Main St., Forest City Looking for someone to sit with elderly gentleman, light housekeeping. Ref’s. req. 828-245-8406 Immediate Opening for a hands-on, working Manager for a small grocery store/gas station in the West Rutherford county area. Previous retail management experience req. EOE. Fax resumes to (904) 529-7590 Physical Therapist & Physical Therapist Assistant FT days, CPR Certification, NC License as PT/PTA; outpatient setting with strong interest in Orthopedics desired. All levels of experience encouraged to apply. Submit resume to: smcdermott@ saintlukeshospital.com
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• PTDI Certified Course • One Student Per Truck • Potential Tuition Reimbursement • Approved WIA & TAA provider • Possible Earnings $34,000 First Year
Searching for PT Minister of Music for adult and youth choirs. Send resume to: Mt. Vernon Baptist Church, 2676 Hudlow Rd., Forest City, NC 28043
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Part time choir director at Walls Baptist Church. Send resumes to 822 Walls Church Rd., Bostic, NC 28018
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Administrator of the estate of RANDY LOYD STREET of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said RANDY LOYD STREET to present them to the undersigned on or before the 24th day of January, 2010 or the same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment. This is the 24th day of October, 2009. Audrey Street Champion, Administrator 3660 W. Dixon Blvd. Shelby, NC 28150
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WILL BUY YOUR JUNK Cars & Trucks Pick up at your convenience!
Call 223-0277 Trucks 95 Dodge Dakota Ext Cab Manual trans., good shape, 1 owner, 153,000 mi. $3,200 Call 828-447-1336
Sport Utility 1998 Isuzu Amigo 2 wheel drive, soft top, 129K, 5 spd. $3,600. Call 289-5290
Campers/RVs 93 Gulfstream 18’ travel
trailer ac/heat, bath w/shower, sleeps 4, $4,500 828-305-8365
Motorcycles 2009 Harley Davidson Sportster 1200 custom 3,000 mi., 7 yr. warranty
$9,800 289-8533
SELLING A VEHICLE? $54.00 puts your ad in the paper for an entire month. Call for details 245-6431 Pets CKC Fawn Boxer Pups Shots, dewclaws removed, tails docked. $250 Serious calls only! Call 287-5153
Lost German Shepherd, brown/black, female sweet, loving, blue flea collar, Rfdtn, Pine St. area. 447-3147 REWARD! Jack Russell Terrier off State Line Rd. Sun 11/8, male, brown collar Call 245-1007
Found F Bassett Hound mix white with brownish red spots. Found 11/7 in FC, Henson Rd. area. Call 657-9541 Female lg. declawed dark orange tabby cat Found around 10/31 near Rutherford Hospital Call 980-4260
LOST OR FOUND A PET? Place an ad at no cost to you. Runs for one week in the paper.
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ATTIC CLEAN OUT FC: 161 Woodfield (off Old Henrietta Rd.) Saturday 7A-Noon Large assortment! BIG YARD SALE FC 679 East Main St. Sat. 8A-until Furniture, toys, T.V., glassware, adult & children’s clothes & more!
ESTATE SALE Alexander 128 Poplar St. (near laundry mat) Sat. 8A-til Household items. Proceeds to cover funeral expenses FC: Eagle Lake Sat. 10A-4P JEWELRY Room full to choose from, both old & new! GARAGE SALE Rfdtn: 1382 Moss Rd. Saturday 7A-until Tools, automotive, ladders, yard items, Christmas decor, household items, books, & glassware!
Garage sale/remnant estate sale Rfdtn: 851 Oak Springs Rd. Saturday 8A-5P Rain or shine! Dishes, jewelry, porcelain dolls, furniture, more!
GARAGE SALE: Rfdtn 260 Bent Creek Saturday 7A-1P 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. 3 FAMILY Greenhill: 362 Moss Road Fri. & Sat. 8A-2P Huge variety! Books, furniture, collectibles and much more! MULTI FAMILY FC: 237 Stoney Brook Dr. Sat. 7A-until Children and household items! SALE Hwy 221 and Poors Ford Rd. Sat. 8A-12P Freezer, videos, futon, holiday & 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!
A GREAT PLACE TO FIND A DEAL!!
The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, SATURDAY, November 14, 2009 — 15 NORTH CAROLINA, RUTHERFORD COUNTY
NORTH CAROLINA, RUTHERFORD COUNTY NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 09 SP 431
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 09 SP 225
Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by James R. Hewitt AND Pamela R. Hewitt, a married couple to Robert W. Wolf, Trustee(s), which was dated May 29, 2007 and recorded on May 30, 2007 in Book 959 at Page 123, Rutherford County Registry, North Carolina.
Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Dave Leval, A Single Man to Richard T. Hayes, Trustee(s), which was dated September 7, 2005 and recorded on September 7, 2005 in Book 858 at Page 676, Rutherford County Registry, North Carolina.
Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Brock & Scott, PLLC, 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 holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on November 24, 2009 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Rutherford County, North Carolina, to wit:
Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Brock & Scott, PLLC, 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 holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on November 25, 2009 at 12:30PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Rutherford County, North Carolina, to wit:
Situate, lying and being in Cool Springs Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina and being the same and identical property described in deed recorded in Deed Book 772, Page 47, Rutherford County Registry, and being described according to said deed as follows:
SITUATE, lying and being in the Town of Lake Lure, Chimney Rock Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina and being Condominium Unit No. 1004 as defined in the Declaration of Condominium of THE MOUNTAINS AT LAKE LURE CONDOMINIUM D, filed the 24th day of November, 1975, and recorded in Book 370, Page 623, et seq., of the Records of Deeds for Rutherford County, North Carolina, as shown on plans by Matheson, Hintz & Associates, Consulting Engineers & Land Surveyors, filed for record with said Declaration of Condominium and all of said plans now being on record in the Unit Ownership File of the Register of Deeds for said County; together with an undivided 12.49 per cent interest in the common areas and facilities defined in said Declaratin and shown on said Plans.
TRACT ONE: Being the same property as described in deed from Michael Tripoli and wife, Jane Tripoli to Raymond B. McQueen and wife, Margaret Ruth McQueen dated July 7, 1992 and recorded in Deed Book 597 at Page 275, Rutherford County Registry, the property hereby conveyed being described according to said deed as follows: Situate, lying and being in Cool Springs Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina, and being Lot 13 of the Woodfield Subdivision as originally shown in plat recorded in Plat Book 10, Page 68, Rutherford County Registry, being bound on the north by Melissa Lane (SR 2277), on the east by the property of Alex Gimpaya as described in deed recorded in Deed Book 423, Page 52, Rutherford County Registry, on the south by property of Naomi L. Waters as described in deed recorded in Book 226, Page 302, Rutherford County Registry, and on the west by Lot 12, Woodfield Subdivision, titled to Glen R. Hamrick and being more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at a power pole, said power pole being the common northeasternmost corner of the tract hereinafter described and common northwestern corner of Alex P. Gimpaya and runs thence from said beginning point point South 5 degrees 47 minutes 57 seconds West 183.50 feet to an iron pin; thence North 78 degrees 1 minute 8 seconds West 128.13 feet to an iron pin; thence North 5 degrees 44 minutes 37 seconds East 179.59 feet to an iron pin; thence South 81 degrees 33 minutes 28 seconds East 127.69 feet to the BEGINNING, containing 0.53 acres according to map and survey by Professional Surveying Services dated October 9, 1987. TRACT TWO: Being the same property as described in deed from Ronald S. Butler and wife, Cathy S. Butler and Catherine H. Smart and husband, Solon D. Smart by his attorney-in-fact, Catherine Hawkins Smart to Raymond B. McQueen and wife, Margaret R. McQueen dated June 5, 1997 and recorded in Deed Book 692 on Page 78, Rutherford County Registry, the property hereby conveyed being described according to said deed as follows: Situate, lying and being in Cool Springs Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina, and being known and designated as Lot Number Twelve (12) of "Woodfield Subdivision" as shown on a plat of record in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Rutherford County, North Carolina in Plat Book 10 at Page 68, reference to which is hereby made for a full and complete description. Subject to restrictive covenants which appear of record in Deed Book 394 at Page 485, Rutherford County Registry. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as: 200 East Melissa Lane, and 0.52 acres adjacent to 200 East Melissa Lane, Forest City, NC 28043 Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, and the court costs of Forty-Five Cents (45¢) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) pursuant to NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). A cash deposit (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 the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing.
Said Condominium Unit shall be occupied and used only as a private dwelling for the owner or owners thereof, and for the family, social guest, and tenants of said owner or owners, subject to all covenants, restrictions, limitations and uses set out in said Declaration of Condominium and the exhibits filed with said Declaration, as the same now exist or may hereafter be lawfully amended. Party of the seconds part shall have the exclusive use of parking space No. 1004, as set forth and described in the declaration of Condominium of THE MOUNTAINS AT LAKE LURE CONDOMINIUM D, so long as he owns the above described condominium apartment. Subject to the By-Laws and the Articles of Incorporation for the Mountains at Lake Lure, Condominium Association D., Inc. together with the Administrative Rules and Regulations annexed thereto governing the administration of the Mountains at Lake Lure Condominium D. Subject to the Declaration of Covenants and Restrictions of record in Deed Book 386, Pages 404440, Rutherford County Registry, and any additional amendments or Supplemental Declarations pertaining thereto. Being the same and identical property which was conveyed by Milton K. Bullard, single, to David M. Leval, by deed dated August 24, 2005, and of record in Deed Book _____, at Page _____, Rutherford County Registry. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as: 110 Hillside Court, Lake Lure, NC 28746 Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, and the court costs of Forty-Five Cents (45¢) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) pursuant to NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). A cash deposit (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 the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” 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, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Dave Leval.
Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” 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, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are James R. Hewitt and wife, Pamela R. Hewitt.
An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.
An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.
If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.
If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.
THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, EXCEPT IN THE INSTANCE OF BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION. IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY.
THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, EXCEPT IN THE INSTANCE OF BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION. IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY. Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Jeremy B. Wilkins, NCSB No. 32346 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 09-19463-FC01
Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Jeremy B. Wilkins, NCSB No. 32346 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 09-10977-FC01
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16 — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, SATURDAY, November 14, 2009 NORTH CAROLINA, RUTHERFORD COUNTY
NORTH CAROLINA, RUTHERFORD COUNTY NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 09 SP 398
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 09 SP 390
Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by SUSAN COVIL, A SINGLE PERSON to DEANNA DAUGHHETEE, Trustee(s), which was dated July 15, 1999 and recorded on July 23, 1999 in Book 0572 at Page 0442, Rutherford County Registry, North Carolina.
Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by MICHAEL SHANNON GREENE AND SONYA D GREENE, husband and wife to William R. Echols, Trustee(s), which was dated December 20, 2001 and recorded on December 27, 2001 in Book 0654 at Page 0760, Rutherford County Registry, North Carolina.
Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Brock & Scott, PLLC, 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 holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on November 24, 2009 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Rutherford County, North Carolina, to wit:
Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Lisa S. Campbell, 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 holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on November 24, 2009 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Rutherford County, North Carolina, to wit:
Lying on the south side of the graded road leading from Highway 19 to Mountain Creek Church, and bounded on the north by the lands of William Dalton's heirs; on the east by the lands of W.O. Geer and wife, Alice Geer; on the south by the Frances Hendrix land, and on the west by the lands of G.V. Flack, and being the greater part of that tract of land heretoforce conveyed by W.O. Geer and wife to J. m. Arrowood and wife, Julie Mary Jane Arrowood and being described herein according to survey made by Clyde C. Sorrels, surveyor, May 17, 1956, as follows:
Situate, lying and being in High Shoals Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina and being the same and identical property as described in Deed recorded in Deed Book 748, Page 565, Rutherford County Registry, and being described according to said Deed as follows:
BEGINNING on a Black Gum, old corner on the south side of a branch, which beginning corner is located North 83 deg. West 50 feet from a stake and pointers at another old Black Gum corner; running thence with the Flack line and old line North 83 deg. West 390 feet to a fence post and forks of a branch; thence up the north prong of the branch North 3-1/2 deg. East 165 feet; North 15 deg. West 146 feet; North 22 deg. West 122 feet; North 40 deg. West 152 feet; and North 46 deg. West 132 feet to an iron pin at the old Ash corner in a hollow above the head of the branch; thence North 12 deg. East 61 feet to a stake and Poplar pointers in the old Dalton line; thence with three lines of same (1) South 25 deg. West 208 feet to an iron pin; (2) South 81-3/4 deg. East 313 feet to an iron pin in the old line, Taylor's northeast corner; thence with the old Dalton line South 82 deg. East 305 feet (incorrectly referenced as 205 feet on Deed of Trust filed for record on 7/23/99 in book 572 at page 442, Rutherford County records), crossing the Mountain Creek Road, to an iron pin on the north edge of the road; thence with W.O. Geer's line again crossing the road, South 30 deg. West 718 feet to a stake and pointers at the old Black Gum corner; thence North 83 deg. West 50 feet to the BEGINNING, containing 8 acres, more or less. Being the same property as conveyed by W.S. Frazier and wife, Tallie Frazier on the 17th day of March, 1967 and recorded in the Register of Deeds Office for Rutherford County, N.C. in Deed Book 298 at Page 229. Also bing the property to Lillian G. Covil by Will of Clyde Melvin Covil.
Situate, lying and being in High Shoals Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina, and being the same and identical property as described in Deed recorded in Deed Book 535, Page 103, Rutherford County Registry, and being described in said Deed as follows: BEGINNING at a nail and cap in the centerline of State Road 2114, said beginning point lying 33 feet South 86 deg 6 min West of an iron pin, which iron pin lies in the southern margin of the right-of-way of State Road 2113; and runs thence from said beginning point North 86 deg 6 min East (passing through an iron pin at 33 feet in the line) 109.34 feet to an iron pin; thence South 69 deg 31 min East 217 feet to an iron pin; thence South 66 deg East 200 feet to an iron pin; thence South 28 deg 16 min West 300 feet to an iron pin; thence North 68 deg 46 min West (passing through an iron pin at 490 feet in the line) 590 feet to a nail and cap in the center of State Road 2114; thence with the centerline of State Road 2114 North 28 deg 5 min East 260 feet to the BEGINNING, containing 3.51 acres according to map and survey by Wolfe and Huskey, Inc., Registered Licensed Surveyor, dated March 22, 1985. The above described property being a portion of that property described in Deed recorded in Deed Book 332, Page 629, Rutherford County Registry. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as: 519 Grover Scruggs Road, Mooresboro, NC 28114
Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as: 163 Mountain Creek Road, Rutherfordton, NC 28139 Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, and the court costs of Forty-Five Cents (45¢) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) pursuant to NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). A cash deposit (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 the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” 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, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Susan Covil. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, EXCEPT IN THE INSTANCE OF BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION. IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY. Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Jeremy B. Wilkins, NCSB No. 32346 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 09-17901-FC01
Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, and the court costs of Forty-Five Cents (45¢) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) pursuant to NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). A cash deposit (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 the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” 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, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Michael Shannon Greene and wife, Sonya D. Greene. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, EXCEPT IN THE INSTANCE OF BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION. IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY. Lisa S. Campbell Substitute Trustee PO Box 4006 Wilmington, NC 28406 PHONE: 910-392-4971 FAX: 910-392-8051 File No.: 04-01844-FC04
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The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, SATURDAY, November 14, 2009 — 17 NORTH CAROLINA, RUTHERFORD COUNTY
NORTH CAROLINA, RUTHERFORD COUNTY NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 09 SP 442
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 09 SP 323
Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by TIMOTHY E. WILLIAMS AND GAIL M. WILLIAMS MARRIED TO EACH OTHER to PRLAP, INC., Trustee(s), which was dated January 17, 2006 and recorded on January 19, 2006 in Book 882 at Page 38, Rutherford County Registry, North Carolina.
Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by CARTER M GRANT and Peggy H. Grant, wife to PRLAP, INC., Trustee(s), which was dated December 22, 2006 and recorded on December 22, 2006 in Book 933 at Page 773, Rutherford County Registry, North Carolina.
Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Brock & Scott, PLLC, 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 holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on November 24, 2009 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Rutherford County, North Carolina, to wit:
Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Brock & Scott, PLLC, 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 holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on November 25, 2009 at 12:30PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Rutherford County, North Carolina, to wit:
BEING all of Lot 418 as shown on a survey by R.L. Greene, PLS entitled "Greyrock Subdivision Phase 3A as recorded in Plat Book 26 at Page 232, said plat being one of a series of plats recorded in Plat Book 26, Page 231 through 234 of the Rutherford County, NC Registry, reference to said recorded plats being made for a more particular description of said Lot 418.
All that certain lot or parcel of land situated in Morgan Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina, and more particularly described as follows:
TOGETHER WITH AND SUBJECT TO all easements, restrictions and rights of way of record and a non-exclusive appurtenant easement for ingress, egress and regress is conveyed over and upon all private subdivision roads for GreyRock at Lake Lure as shown on above -described plats and the plat for Phase 1A as shown on plats recorded in Plat Book 25, at Pages 188 through 192; Plats for Phase 1B as shown on plats recorded in Plat Book 25, at Pages 205 through 208; Plats for Phase 2A as shown on plats recorded in Plat Book 26, at Pages 114 through 118 and Plats for Phase 2B as shown on plats recorded in Plat Book 26, at Pages 119 through 123, and any amendments there to and to the Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions for GreyRock as recorded in Book 858, at Page 122 of the Rutherford County, NC registry and also being recorded in Book 3827, page 764 of the Buncombe County Registry.
Being Lot Number 11 of Queen's Gap, Phase I, as described more fully in Plat recorded in Plat Book 27, Pages 280-292, ("the Plat"), Rutherford County Registry, to which plat reference is hereby made for a more full and accurate description. Subject to Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions for Queen's Gap as recorded in Book 917, Page 402-442, Rutherford County Register of Deeds, and recorded in Book 891, Page 624-664, McDowell County Register of Deeds, and any amendments and supplements thereto. Subject to all matters shown on subdivision plat of Queen's Gap, Phase I, as recorded in Plat Book 27, Pages 280-292, Rutherford County Register of Deeds, and Plat Book 13, Pages 60-72, McDowell County Register of Deeds, hereinafter referred to as "the Plat". Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.
BEING a portion of that property conveyed to LR Buffalo Creek, LLC by deeds recorded in Deed Book 855, at Page 816 of the Rutherford County, NC Registry and as recorded in Deed Book 3793, at Page 665 of the Buncombe County, NC Registry. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as: Lot 418 High Windy Drive, Lake Lure, NC 28746 Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, and the court costs of Forty-Five Cents (45¢) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) pursuant to NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). A cash deposit (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 the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” 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, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Timothey E. Williams and wife, Gail M. Williams. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, EXCEPT IN THE INSTANCE OF BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION. IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY. Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Jeremy B. Wilkins, NCSB No. 32346 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 09-17702-FC01
Said property is commonly known as: 11 Queens Gap, Rutherfordton, NC 28139 Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, and the court costs of Forty-Five Cents (45¢) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) pursuant to NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). A cash deposit (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 the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” 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, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Carter M. Grant and wife, Peggy M. Grant. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, EXCEPT IN THE INSTANCE OF BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION. IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY. Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Jeremy B. Wilkins, NCSB No. 32346 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 09-15953-FC01
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18 — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, SATURDAY, November 14, 2009 NORTH CAROLINA, RUTHERFORD COUNTY
NORTH CAROLINA, RUTHERFORD COUNTY NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 09 SP 443
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 09 SP 432
Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by TIMOTHY L. CLARK AND BRENDA L. CLARK to R. DALE FUSSELL, Trustee(s), which was dated November 29, 2005 and recorded on December 16, 2005 in Book 876 at Page 539, Rutherford County Registry, North Carolina.
Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by JAMES SHAWN LOGAN, A MARRIED MAN JOINED BY ALESHA NICOLE LOGAN, HIS WIFE to WILLIAM R. ECHOLS, Trustee(s), which was dated October 2, 2007 and recorded on October 2, 2007 in Book 978 at Page 682, Rutherford County Registry, North Carolina.
Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Brock & Scott, PLLC, 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 holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on November 24, 2009 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Rutherford County, North Carolina, to wit: PARCELS 04-28431 AND 04-28433: PARCEL ONE: ALL THAT CERTAIN TRACT OF LAND LYING AND BEING IN COOL SPRINGS TOWNSHIP, RUTHERFORD COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEING LOTS NOS. 19, 20, 21, 22 AND 23 OF THE DR. JACK ROLLINS SUBDIVISION AS SHOWN ON A PLAT OF THE SAME WHICH IS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK NO. 5 AT PAGE 112, RUTHERFORD COUNTY REGISTRY, N.C. PARCEL TWO: ALL THAT CERTAIN TRACT OF LAND LYING AND BEING IN COOL SPRINGS TOWNSHIP, RUTHERFORD COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEING LOTS 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 AND 18 OF THE DR. JACK ROLLINS SUBDIVISION TAKEN FROM A MAP PREPARED BY CLYDE C. SORRELS, SURVEYOR, DATED OCTOBER 1953, AND RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK NO. 5 AT PAGE 112, RUTHERFORD COUNTY REGISTRY, N.C. THE PROPERTY BEING MORE THOROUGHLY AND ACCURATELY DESCRIBED BY SURVEY DATED DECEMBER 27, 2001, COMPLETED BY JOHN W. TERRY, II, PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYOR, TRIPOD LAND SURVEYING, INC., DRAWING #347. PARCEL 04-28432: SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN COOL SPRINGS TOWNSHIP, RUTHERFORD COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, BEING ALL OF TRACT ONE AND PART OF TRACT THREE AS IT ADJOINS TRACT ONE AS DESCRIGED IN DEED RECORDED IN DEED BOOK 556, PAGE 66, RUTEHRFORD COUNTY REGISTRY, AND BEING LOTS 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 AND A PORTION OF THE DRIVE THAT ADJOINS THESE LOTS AS ORIGINALLY SHOWN IN PLAT RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 5, PAGE 112, RUTHERFORD COUNTY REGISTRY, BEING BOUND ON THE NORTHEAST BY WALTER HORN ROAD (SR 589) ON THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST BY THE REMAINING LANDS OF THE GRANTOR AS DESCRIBED IN DEED RECORDED IN DEED BOOK 556, PAGE 65, RUTHERFORD COUNTY REGISTRY, AND ON THE WEST BY THE PROPERTY OF CLAUDE SIMPSON AS DESCRIBED IN DEED RECORDED IN DEED BOOK 393, PAGE 276, RUTHERFORD COUNTY REGISTRY, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A POINT, SAID POINT LYING ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF WALTER HORN ROAD (SR1589), SAID BEGINNING POINT BEING THE NORTHERNMOST CORNER OF THE TRACT HEREIN DESCRIBED, SAID BEGINNING POINT LYING SOUTH 41 DEG. 34 MIN. 39 SEC. WEST 46.60 FEET FROM A CONCRETE POINT SOUTH 39 DEG. 58 MIN. 01 SEC. EAST 343.82 FEET TO A NEW IRON PIN AT THE EDGE OF THE PAVEMENT; THENCE SOUTH 58 DEG. 07 MIN. 44 SEC. WEST (CROSSING AN EXISTING IRON PIN AT 374.20 FEET IN THE LINE) 411.45 FEET TO THE BEGINNING, CONTAINING 1/092 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, ACCORDING TO MAP AND SURVEY BY CHARLES D. OWENS, JR. REGISTERED LAND SURVEYOR, DATED DECEMBER 28, 1994. ADDRESS: 275 WALTER HORN RD.; FOREST CITY, NC 280432578. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as: 275 Walter Horn Road and the adjacent lot (.75 acres) and the (1.52 acres) adjacent to the (.75 acre) lot, Forest City, NC 28043 Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, and the court costs of Forty-Five Cents (45¢) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) pursuant to NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). A cash deposit (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 the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” 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, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Timothy L. Clark and Brenda L. Clark. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, EXCEPT IN THE INSTANCE OF BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION. IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY. Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Jeremy B. Wilkins, NCSB No. 32346 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 09-19372-FC01
Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Brock & Scott, PLLC, 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 holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on November 18, 2009 at 1:00PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Rutherford County, North Carolina, to wit: Situate, lying and being in Colfax Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina, and being the same and identical property as described in Deed recorded in Deed Book 639, Page 49, Rutherford County Registry, and being described according to said Deed as follows: Situate, lying and being in Colfax Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina and being all that property as described and recorded in Deed Book 419 at Page 158, Rutherford County Registry, and being Lots Nos. 12, 13, 14 and 15 in Block "A" of the Hoopaugh Subdivision as shown by plat recorded in Plat Book 07 at Page 20, Rutherford County Registry and being more particularly described by metes and bounds as follows: BEGINNING at a new iron pin at a power pole at the edge of the right of way of U.S. Highway 74 Business, said new iron pin also being the Southeastern most corner of the Grady Day McClain and wife, Mary S. McClain property as described and recorded in Deed Book 500 at page 89, Rutherford County Registry, said new iron pin also lying North 39 degrees 33 minutes 38 seconds East 29.24 feet from a point in the centerline of said U. S. Highway, said point lying South 50 degrees 16 minutes 59 seconds 329.43 feet from a PK Nail in the center of the intersection of U. S. Highway 74 Business and State Road #1782, said State Road also known as Edley Toney Road, from said BEGINNING point and running along and with the line of McClain North 39 degrees 33 minutes 38 seconds East 200.09 feet to a new iron pin, said new iron pin also being the Northeastern most corner of the aforementioned McClain property, said new iron pin also being the Southwestern most corner of the aforementioned McClain property, said new iron pin also being the Southewestern most corner of the Linda Sue Callahan property as described and recorded in Deed Book 319 at page 103; thence leaving the line of McClain and running along and with the line of Callahan South 50 degrees 25 minutes 27 seconds East 99.58 feet to a new iron pin, said iron pin also being the Northwestern most corner of the William C. Walker and wife, Janice M. Walker property as described and recorded in Deed Book 460 at Page 700, Rutherford County Registry; thence leaving the line of Callahan and running along and with the line of Walker South 39 degrees 23 minutes 03 seconds West 199.74 feet to an existing iron pin at the edge of the right of way of U. S. Highway 74 Business, said existing iron pin lying North 39 degrees 23 minutes 03 seconds East 29.80 feet from the centerline of U. S. Highway 74 Business, said existing iron pin also being the Southwestern most corner of the aforementioned Walker property; thence leaving the line of Walker and running along and with the edge of the right of way North 50 degrees 37 minutes 33 seconds West 100.19 feet to the point and place of BEGINNING, containing 0.46 acres more or less. THE ABOVE courses and distances taken from survey entitled "Alisa W. Wilson", dated Septemeber 29, 1994, by Professional Surveying Services, Nathan Odom, RLS, Map #1489S. SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING RESTRICTIONS AND RESERVATIONS: 1. This property to be used for residential purposes only. 2. All houses constructed shall have a minimum of 1000 square feet of heated floor space, exclusive of porches, breeze-ways, garages, carports or basements. 3. All houses shall be built principally of brick, stone, wood or aluminum siding or eight inches or larger (or combination thereof) with no concrete or cinder blocks showing above ground level. 4. And no house shall be closer than 35 feet from the front property line; 10 feet either side property line; or 20 feet from any side street lines. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as: 563 East US 74 Highway Business, Ellenboro, NC 28040 Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, and the court costs of Forty-Five Cents (45¢) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) pursuant to NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). A cash deposit (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 the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” 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, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are James Shawn Logan and wife, Alesha Nicole Logan. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, EXCEPT IN THE INSTANCE OF BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION. IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY. Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Jeremy B. Wilkins, NCSB No. 32346 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No.: 09-18543-FC01
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U.S. President Barack Obama, left, and Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama share a laugh as they arrive at a joint press conference following their meeting at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Japan, Friday. Associated Press
Obama takes hard line on N. Korea By JENNIFER LOVEN AP White House Correspondent
TOKYO — President Barack Obama is emphasizing cooperation on his first major trip to Asia, opening with a warning to North Korea that there will be tough, unified action by the U.S. and its Asian partners if the Koreans fail to abandon their nuclear weapons programs. The hard line on North Korea was to be a prominent theme of a Friday night speech that also was intended to more broadly showcase a United States that, under Obama’s leadership, seeks deeper and more equal engagement in Asia. It was to be the fifth major foreign address of Obama’s 10-month presidency, this one geared toward setting a new tone for the sometimesrocky U.S. relationship with the world’s fastest-growing region. In the speech, to 1,500 prominent Japanese in a soaring concert hall in bustling downtown Tokyo, Obama planned to give his most extended remarks in some time on North Korea, said Ben Rhodes, a deputy national security adviser. Previewing himself, Obama said after a meeting early Friday with Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama that “it’s absolutely vital” that North Korea — and Iran in the Middle East — bow to international demands that they give up nuclear weapons ambitions. The U.S., Japan, China, Russia and South Korea are partners in talks to persuade North Korea to give up the active nuclear weapons program it has in defiance of U.N. Security Council resolutions. Pyongyang is widely believed to have enough weapons-grade plutonium for a half-dozen nuclear bombs If the North Koreans comply with the demands, “then they can open the door to a better
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future,” Obama said. “If not, we will remain united in implementing U.N. resolutions that are in place and ... helping to shape a strategy that meets our security needs and convinces Pyongyang to move in a better direction.” Obama made Tokyo the venue for his speech, a symbolically important choice that displayed respect for Japan’s long history as the U.S.’ chief ally in Asia and one of the region’s foremost democracies. The U.S.-Japan relationship is on newly delicate footing after a change in leadership in Tokyo that has the Japanese moving toward greater independence from Washington and closer ties with the rest of Asia. The president’s remarks came near the start of an eight-day Asian trip that is presenting him with risks at every stop. After Japan, Obama goes to Singapore, where he is to join a larger meeting that includes the leader of Myanmar’s brutal regime, the first U.S. president to make such close contact. Then he flies to China, where relations with the U.S. are bedeviled by Beijing’s growing economic and military might, as well as numerous issues including trade, currency, Taiwan, human rights and climate change. Obama ends his trip on an easier note in South Korea, an increasingly reliable U.S. ally. Acknowledging Asia’s growing power, Obama aides said the chief aim for the trip wasn’t so much to bring home specific “deliverables” but to convincingly press the point that the U.S. very much is in the Asian game. At Hatoyama’s side, Obama promised that Washington would work hard to strengthen established alliances, such as with Japan and South Korea, build on newer ones with nations
like China and Indonesia, and increase its participation with Asian multilateral organizations. The involvement, the president said, is crucial to the issues “that matter most to our people,” such as jobs, a cleaner environment and preventing dangerous weapons proliferation. “I intend to make clear that the United States is a Pacific nation, and we will be deepening our engagement in this part of the world,” the president said. “We have to understand that the future of the United States and Asia is inextricably linked.” America’s relationships with Tokyo and Beijing were warranting special attention in Obama’s remarks. Hoping to balance the need to stress values such as human rights with worries about overly irritating China, Obama planned to mention “our commitment to the rights and freedoms that we believe all people should have” without bringing up Tibet, said adviser Rhodes. Tibetans, governed by China since communist troops took control there in 1951, say they want some form of autonomy to freely practice their culture and religion. China says Tibet has been part of its territory for four centuries. Obama has been criticized in some quarters for not standing up more openly to the Chinese on human rights, particularly concerning Tibet. Several developments served to detract somewhat from Obama’s hopes for a more purely Asiacentric message for his trip. He delayed his arrival by a day because of last week’s Fort Hood shootings, scrambling his Japan itinerary and drastically cutting his participation in a 21-nation summit of Asian-Pacific leaders in Singapore focused on trade. He also continued deliberations over how many more U.S. troops to send to Afghanistan.
Syria asks French backing PARIS (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad urged France on Friday to support Turkish mediation efforts to get momentum in the Middle East peace process. Assad welcomed renewed indirect discussions mediated by Turkey, but appeared to dismiss suggestions of a direct meeting with Israel’s prime minister. “What would we talk about, the menu or the return of land?” Assad told reporters after talks and lunch with French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
“Me, I say we would talk about returning land, and for this subject there is a framework,” mechanisms and specialized negotiators to handle this, he said. “It is neither me nor Mr. (Benjamin) Netanyahu.” Assad reiterated his complaint that Israel is not fully committed to talks mediated by Turkey. He said the mediator and Syria are ready, but “what is missing is an Israeli partner ready to move forward and ready to reach a result.” Besides Mideast peace, Sarkozy and Assad discussed Iran’s contested nuclear program.
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Elephants leave zoos for parks NEW DELHI (AP) — All elephants living in Indian zoos and circuses will be moved to wildlife parks and game sanctuaries where the animals can graze more freely, officials said Friday. The decision affects around 140 elephants in 26 zoos and 16 circuses in the country, said B.K. Gupta, an officer at India’s Central Zoo Authority. The order followed complaints from animal rights activists about elephants that are kept in captivity and often chained for long hours. The elephants currently living in zoos or circuses are to be moved to “elephant camps” run by the government’.