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Weekend activities are scheduled — Page 3 Sports Tough road trip R-S Central traveled to Mount Ulla to face West Rowan in the 2nd round of the NCHSAA playoffs

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LIGHTING THE TREE

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Senate geared up for health care vote Page 20

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Spindale kicked of its holiday season with a tree lighting Friday evening. Tim Will (not pictured) was honored with the task of flipping the switch during the lighting of the Christmas Tree ceremony held Friday evening in front of The Spindale House.

The tree lighting is part of a festive weekend that includes the antique and artisans show and holiday specials from downtown merchants.

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INSIDE Classifieds . . 14-19 Sports . . . . . . . . 7-9 County scene . . . . 6 Opinion . . . . . . . . 4 Vol. 41, No. 278

By ALLISON FLYNN Daily Courier Staff Writer

SPINDALE — Broadcast production technology students at Isothermal Community College aren’t just playing TV – they are producing quality work for clients that earn them more than just a grade.

This week work the students did on a project for the N.C. Cooperative Extension Service

in Rutherford County was unveiled to extension members and others at the annual FarmCity Week breakfast. Broadcast Production Technology Instructor Carolyn Young said the project came about after she received a phone call from the extension office this summer seeking help on a PowerPoint presentation.

Please see Students, Page 6

FOREST CITY — Wireless Internet connections might be on the horizon for county residents — literally.

Asheville based Internet service provider Sky Runner, Inc. has applied for an $86,027 grant and an $89,548 loan from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to provide several wireless Internet radio antennas for installation throughout the county.

“Sky Runner has been in operation in the Asheville area and Buncombe County for several years,” said Calvin Chrisman, a consultant for the company. “And we’ve been thinking about expanding into Rutherford County for some time. It would be great if we can get some grant help.”

The technology used by Sky Runner will be radio antennas, so for the signals to work, customers will need to have line of sight to one of the towers in the county.

The idea is similar to the Rutherford County government plan of setting up WiFi access points at fire departments throughout the county, using a fiber-optic backbone provided by non-profit group PANGAEA. “Ours is an attempt to provide a more wide-ranging coverage,” said Art Mandler, Sky Runner spokesperson.

“Unfortunately, there will be people who can’t see it because our radio towers require line of sight. There will be people in more remote locations that can get better access through our towers.”

But the WiFi and the radio signals won’t be interfering with each other.

“I don’t think that will affect our network at all,” said Rhonda Owens, county inforPlease see Wireless, Page 6

Doctors not sold on new testing policy

By SCOTT BAUGHMAN Daily Courier Staff Writer

FOREST CITY — Women in their 40s are facing conflicting recommendations on what to do about tests for breast cancer this week, as a federal task force is at odds with the American Cancer Society and several local physicians.

“My advice is still what it has been, screening with mammograms starting at age 40 every one to two years,” said Dr. Douglas Sheets, local obstetrician and President of the North Carolina Medical Society. “I would certainly recommend it if there is a family history of cancer and for women over 50 they should have a mammogram every year.”

On Monday, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) — a group that gives advice to doctors and insurance companies — issued findings that say women under 50 do not need to have mammograms every year and that those over 50 only need to have them every two years. The board also said women over age 75 do not need mammograms as the risk and benefits for their age group are undefined. And the board said breast exams by doctors Please see Doctors, Page 6

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East Rutherford Middle School Students Caroline Simpson, left, and Aaron Lipscomb draw back their bow strings along with classmates during a round of target practice Thursday.

School gets archery equipment

By ALLISON FLYNN Daily Courier Staff Writer

BOSTIC — Students at East Rutherford Middle School think some new physical education equipment the school received is right on target.

The school was the only one in the state to receive archery equipment from the National Archery in Schools Program, a joint venture that in North Carolina is between public schools and the N.C.

Wildlife Resources Commission. The equipment came in at the end of last school year and students began using it this year.

Taught by Harriet Abernethy, who also teaches hunter and boating safety, the program covers archery history, safety, technique, equipment, mental concentration, physical fitness and self-improve Please see Archery, Page 6

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local Church News Kyle Matthews in Concert Kyle Matthews of Greenville, S.C., will be in concert Sunday, Nov. 29, at Crestview Baptist Church, Forest City. The program begins at 6 p.m.

Kyle presents a unique blend of musical and storytelling talents. He has written songs for various artists such as Vince Gill, Russ Taff and many others, and he has won the Dove Award given by the Gospel Music Association. His concert will feature Christmas music he has written. Kyle lives in Greenville with his wife Susan and children Emily and Christopher, where he ministers to a local congregation, contributes to worship, coordinates mission opportunities, and travels many weekends to perform and speak. Public invited.

Messiah performance scheduled for Dec. 7 FOREST CITY — The Rutherford County Chorus will present selected choruses from Messiah on Monday, Dec. 7, at 8 p.m., in the Foundation auditorium at Isothermal Community College. The performance will be under the direction of Dr. Paul Etter of Gardner-Webb University. Singers who are familiar with Messiah are invited to join the choir for this memorable event.

The choir will rehearse with orchestra on the day of the performance in the auditorium from 5 to 7 p.m. Dress is concert black for women (dress or pants and top) and black pants and white shirt for men with long dark tie.

If possible, please provide your own score but those who cannot, contact Tony Spencer at tspencer@bellsouth.net.

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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.

Thanksgiving

Free Thanksgiving meal: A free community Thanksgiving meal will be served Sunday, Nov. 22, from 5 to 7 p.m., at Walls Baptist Church, Bostic.

Thanksgiving celebration: Nov. 23-24, 7 nightly; New Zion Missionary Baptist Church, 609 Ledbetter Road, Spindale; guest minister, Dwayne Lytle, associate minister of Mt. View Baptist Church, Spindale.

Community Thanksgiving service: Tuesday, Nov. 24, 12:15 p.m., First Baptist Church, Forest City; the East Rutherford Middle School Chorus, under the direction of Cindy Simpson, will sing; Brandi Powers, minister of youth and children at First Baptist, will preach; special recognition will be given to town employees for their service to the community; sponsored by area churches.

Community Thanksgiving dinner: Tuesday, Nov. 24, begins at 4 p.m. (until all food is gone); First Weselyan Church, 700 South Church St., Forest City.

Community Thanksgiving service: Wednesday, Nov. 25, 7 p.m., Corinth Baptist Church, on Pinehurst Road between Old US 74 and Tiney Road, Ellenboro; sponsored by several churches from the Ellenboro area.

Free Thanksgiving meal: “Welcome Love Feast”; Thursday, Nov. 26, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., New Forest Chapel CME Church, 137 Chapel St., Forest City; free Thanksgiving meal; Rosa Landrum, pastor.

Music/concerts 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: Sunday, Nov. 22, 6 p.m., Piney Mountain Baptist Church; guest singer, Angel McGinnis.

Harvest Festival singing: Sunday, Nov. 22, 3:30 p.m., New Salem CME Church, 784 Pleasant Hill Loop Road, Rutherfordton; many groups on the program.

Give Drink to the Thirsty To the thirsty bring water, meet the fugitive with bread, O inhabitants of the land of Tema.

R.S.V. Isaiah 21:14

This corporal work of mercy, might at first glace, seem odd, but there are literally billions of people without enough clean water to drink. While we might not think of it as a problem in the United States, the problem of not having enough potable (i.e., drinkable) water in the developing world is a very serious concern. There are still many places in the world where water is a significant source of disease, such as cholera, typhus and diarrheal illness, and where access to sanitary plumbing and clean water is literally a pipe dream, since they lack the plumbing and sanitation infrastructure we take for granted in the developed world.

Ironically, the municipal water in every American city and town is healthy to drink, and yet we drink literally billions of gallons of bottled water each year. This bottled water costs roughly a thousand times more than the water coming out of the tap. By simply drinking tap water instead of bottled water, and then donating the money saved to charities that help with water relief, we could make a significant difference.

Charitable organizations which address this issue in developing countries often start by providing poor villages with pumps or chlorinators. A $265 chlorinator can produce enough clean water for 10,000 people, making a huge difference in the quality of life for residents of a poor village.

We should study and reflect on the problem of potable water throughout the world, and then do something concrete to give clean water to those in Piney Mountain Baptist Church need.

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Singing: Sunday, Nov. 22, 2 p.m., Full Gospel Revival Church, US 74, 10 miles west of Rutherfordton; featuring The Lamberts from South Carolina.

Singing: Sunday, Nov. 29, 6 p.m., Fork Creek Baptist Church; featuring the Golden Valley Crusaders.

Gospel singing: Sunday, Dec. 6, 2 p.m., Village Chapel Church, 141 Huntley St., Forest City; featuring the Glory Bound Singers from Mayo.

Singing: Sunday, Dec. 6, 7 p.m., Riverside Baptist Church, Hogan Road, Harris; featuring The Hamptons.

Special services Men’s Day program: Sunday, Nov. 22, 3 p.m., New Zion Baptist Church, Henrietta; speaker, Deacon Dwayne Phillips; men are asked to wear black and white suits and give a $10 donation.

Day of Fellowship: Sunday, Nov. 22, 4 p.m., New Life Christian Church, 601 East Main St., Spindale; guest speaker, Pastor Carolyn Briggs, pastor of Westside Praise and Worship Center, Shelby.

2nd anniversary service: In honor of Rev. and Mrs. Wallace Gregory; Sunday, Nov. 22, 3 p.m., guest speaker, Pastor Travis McEntire of Forest City.

Old-timer’s day: Sunday, Nov. 22, 4 p.m., Doggett Grove Church, Forest City; guest speaker, Evangelist Annette Wilkerson of Shelby.

Homecoming: Sunday, Nov. 22, worship service 11 a.m., Community Worship Center, 400 Church St., Spindale; a covered dish lunch will follow the service; bring well-filled basket; dress in old time attire (optional).

Pastoral anniversary services: In honor of Pastor Gladys Logan; Nov. 27-29, at Angel Divine Faith Church, Rutherfordton; speakers include Sister Laura Singleton on Friday; Elder Fulton Parham, Saturday; Elder John Twitty, Sunday morning; Bishop James Wiley, Sunday evening; a banquet will be held Nov. 28, at 6 p.m., at New Bethel AME Zion Church, Forest City; tickets are $10 each.

Video presentation: Sunday, Nov. 29, 6 p.m., Florence Baptist Church, Forest City; Dr. Harry Vanderwal and Echo Vanderwal (Luke Commission) will present a video report on the mission to Swaziland.

Rally: “12 Tribes of Israel” rally; Sunday, Nov. 29, 3 p.m., New Zion Baptist Church, Henrietta.

Fundraisers 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 a large number of yard sale items.

Bake sale: Saturday, Nov. 21, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., in front of Shoe Show (beside Wal-Mart); large number of baked goods; sponsored by New Forest Chapel CME Church.

Pre-Thanksgiving dinner: Saturday, Nov. 21, 3 p.m., New Zion Baptist Church fellowship hall; turkey/dressing plate, or ham plate, $6 per person; call 657-6849 or 657-9128 to place an order.

Inside yard sale: Saturday, Nov. 21, begins at 8 a.m., at Rock Springs Baptist Church, Rutherfordton.

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; Wayne Dobbins will emcee.

Buffet breakfast: Saturday, Nov. 21, 7 to 10:30 a.m., Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, Mt. Pleasant Church Road, Forest City; $5 per person; all you can eat.

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; take outs available, call 657-6416.

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This Weekend Christmas Boutique

RUTHERFOR DTON — The Visual Arts Center gallery and gift shop, Main Street, Rutherfordton celebrate the opening of its Christmas Boutique today anda will feature guild member works in pottery, basketry, jewelry, fiber, glass, metalwork, wood, photography and paintings in oils, acrylics, pastels and mixed media.

The Christmas Boutique remains open through December 24.

Author signing

FOREST CITY — Bestselling author Joan Medlicott and Celia Miles will be at Fireside Books & Gifts today from 1 to 3

p.m. with their newest “Ladies of Covington” release, “A Blue and Gray Christmas” and “Clothes Lines.”

Miles is a native of this area and writes about Appalachia, as in her novel, “Mattie’s Girl: An Appalachian Childhood,” a comingof-age story set in the late 1940s, and in her two gentle romance novels, “A Thyme for Love” and its sequel, “Thyme Table Mill,” set on an herb farm near Asheville.

Medlicott, Miles and Nancy Dillingham, coeditors and contributors, have just released a 241-page anthology entitled “Clothes Lines” from 75 western North Carolina women. From Birkenstock to bras, red shoes to polyester pink pants suits, prom dresses to funeral gowns,

Ethics rules are issued RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina’s state treasurer has unveiled rules banning employees from taking gifts from companies that do substantial business with the agency.

Treasurer Janet Cowell also announced Friday her top-level staff can’t solicit charitable donations of more than $150 from contractors doing more than $10,000 worth of business a year with her office.

The rules come after former chief investment officer Patricia Gerrick said she was offered favors from investment firms but didn’t accept them.

Gerrick also said investment managers made donations to a charity on which she was a board member.

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Prizes for best instruments, will be $40 first place; second place, $20; and third place, $15.

Fiddling away

Trophies for best band, best banjo, best fiddle, best mandolin, best guitar, best bass, best dobro and best vocalist, will also be awarded.

All proceeds will benefit Colfax Free Fair Exhibits.

ELLENBORO— The 18th annual Fiddlers’ and Ellenboro Bluegrass Convention will be held today beginning at 6:30 p.m., at the Ellenboro School Gymtorium, 813 Piney Mountain Church Road, Ellenboro.

Plenty of concessions will be for sale and musicians will have CDs for sale.

Adult admission is $7; children $1; and under 10 free.

A barbecue supper will be served beginning at 4 p.m. in the school cafeteria. Adults, $8; 6-12 years, $5; and 5 years and under, free.

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In addition to the restaurants, several vendors will set up throughout the town offering such delicacies as fried apple pies, homemade chocolates and funnel cakes, as well as face painting for the children.

The Foothills Antique and Artisan Show is in the Spindale House

Santa Claus will make an appearance and will be at the gazebo on the Spindale House lawn to listen to children’s requests.

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SAVING WITH THE COUPON QUEEN Jill Cataldo saves hundreds on groceries by making the cost of the common coupon count. You can, too.

You Can Have Twice the Fun on Double Coupon Days Last week, I mentioned that pairing dollar coupons with dollar sales at the grocery store are one of my favorite ways to get items for free. Another easy way? Double-coupon days.

Coupon “doubling” occurs when a store matches a coupon’s face value and passes the added bonus savings on to you, the shopper. Here’s how it works.

When you go to the checkout and hand the cashier a 50-cent coupon during double-coupon days, the cashier scans it and the cash register automatically doubles the value of that coupon to $1. You receive a dollar savings on one item with one 50-cent coupon.

Grocery stores handle doublecoupon promotions differently.

Some stores double coupons up to a certain amount every day.

Others offer double-coupon promotions on certain days of the week or certain weeks of the month. Still others offer double coupons on some days and triple coupons on others.

During a triple-coupon promotion, a 50-cent coupon is worth $1.50.

These sales are definitely worth checking out because stores that double coupons make it very easy for shoppers to get groceries for free or at big discounts. However, in my experience, many stores have specific rules for the ways they double coupons. You’ll want to refer to your store’s coupon policy to determine exactly how your store handles these promo-

tions. Visit the store’s Web site for the information or ask for a copy of the guidelines next time you’re shopping.

For example, one national grocery store chain will double all coupons worth up to 55 cents every day of the week. Another national chain doubles coupons up to $2 each, but they only run this promotion for one week each month. Some stores will double Internet coupons, others won’t. It’s important to find out exactly how your store handles doubles so that you aren’t disappointed at the checkout.

Let’s go back to our example from last week, the “dollar sale” at the grocery store. Our store has many items on sale for $1, including cans of soup, toothbrushes and bags of frozen vegetables. Our store also doubles coupons up to $1 in value. How can we get things for free?

Well, any coupon with a value of 50 cents will automatically be doubled to $1. I have a 50-cent coupon for the soup, a 55-cent coupon for the toothbrush and a 75-cent coupon for the vegetables. With those three coupons doubling in value, I’ll be taking home a can of soup, a toothbrush, and a bag of frozen veggies all free.

It’s important to note, too, that coupons typically do not double over the value of the item. This is different from the way some stores handle “overage,” which is when your coupon’s value exceeds the cost of the item you’re buying. At many

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stores, using a $1 coupon on an item that is on sale for 75 cents will not only give you that item for free, it will also take an extra quarter off your total purchase. This is the overage value that was left over after your $1 coupon paid for your 75-cent item. However, when a store offers double coupons, they’re matching the coupon’s value out of their own pocket.

So, using a $2 coupon on a $3.79 bottle of spray cleaner will get you the cleaner for free, as the coupon doubles up to $4, but it will not give you that extra 21 cents in overage. However, you’ll be taking items home for free, and who doesn’t love that?

Now, don’t fret if you no stores double coupons in your area. Coupon doubling tends to be a regional phenomenon. Here in the Chicago area, none of our grocery stores double coupons, ever! The closest stores that do are 45 minutes from where I live. (And yes, I take “coupon field trips” to them on occasion.)

But I do the bulk of my weekly shopping in a store that does not double coupons, and I still manage to cut my bill by half or better with coupons each week. (c) CTW Features Jill Cataldo, a coupon-workshop instructor, writer and mother of three, never passes up a good deal. Learn more about couponing at her Web site, www.super-couponing.com. E-mail your couponing coups and questions to jill@ ctwfeatures.com.

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Our Views Our farmers deserve thanks

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riday was “Thank a Farmer Day” in North Carolina, but don’t feel bad if you missed it — Gov. Bev Perdue’s proclamation of the event did not reach anyone until late on the day in question.

The idea was that as Thanksgiving approaches and everyone thinks about those family feasts, we should all pause a minute and remember where the food on our tables comes from. We salute the sentiment and the objective of “Thank a Farmer Day” and hereby offer our thanks to all those who labor to bring us the good foods that we enjoy. We encourage everyone else to do the same.

There was a time in this country when we would not need such reminders.

Everyone knew where our food came from and who we had to thank for it.

Times have changed.

Still, we would be remiss if we did not salute those people for the produce, the meat, and the fruits that grace our tables every day.

Our readers’ views Stands by concerns about sheriff ’s cars To the editor: One of the best things about living in America is everyone can have their own opinion. I stick to my letter and what I said and believe.

Ms. (Myra) Harris has her own opinion and said there would be more money spent if the deputies drove their own cars to and from work. It would cost the deputies more to pay for their own gas.

By her way of thinking, if a deputy lives in Harris, then he works in Harris. If that’s true and he resigns, then the sheriff’s office would have to find someone who lives in Harris to replace him.

So you are saying that the deputies never go to the office to get assignments. They just ride around and wait for a call?

So, they never have warrants or paper work that they have to pick up?

It’s true you have no idea as to the retired deputy having a county car parked at his house for over a year after he retired. I know this because I had to go by his house a lot.

Oh, as far as a decoy, he parked the car behind one of his own where it barely could be seen.

You add that you seriously doubted that he drove the car for his personal use. I didn’t say that he did, you did.

You said that you were at WalMart quite a bit and that 99 percent of the time, the police parking spot was empty.

It’s too bad that you weren’t there that last one percent to see

the deputy park and walk away from the car and he would keep looking back as to see if anyone was watching. What’s wrong with that, you say? Would he park there if he was in his own car? The prescription was for him because I was there when he picked up and you weren’t.

I was a correctional officer for the N.C. Department of Correction. I know what a stressful job is with horrible hours and dealing with criminals everyday.

I want the people of this county to call or write the county commissioners about saving money by cutting back on the sheriff’s vehicles and mileage.

If you haven’t read these two articles printed in The Daily Courier, then you need to read them and try to figure out what the difference is.

“Deputy involved in auto accident” “CAROLEEN — No one was seriously injured in a two-vehicle wreck involving a Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office deputy Friday afternoon.

Deputy Brian Atkins was traveling south on U.S. 221A in a 2007 Dodge Charger and was attempting to turn left onto Cooper Line road when a 2010 Kia driven by Justin Michael Wilson, 21, of 155 Brown Lane, Ellenboro, came around a curve traveling north and the two vehicles collided at about 12:30 p.m.

North Carolina State Highway patrol Sgt. D.K. Owens who investigated the wreck, said the vehicles collided nearly head-on in the northbound lane, but added that because both drivers were slowing down to avoid a collision,

the impact occurred at about 25 mph.

Deputy Atkins was transported to Rutherford Hospital, where he was treated and released. Two people were in the Wilson vehicle; neither was injured. Trooper Owens said no charges were filed in the collision.” (Saturday, Nov. 7) “Sharon Hawkins Patrick, 30, of Forest city was driving a 2001 Oldsmobile and Daniel Hoyt Bradley Jr., 62, of Rutherfordton was driving a 1995 Ford when Bradley failed to yield and turned in front of the Patrick vehicle as it was traveling south and was cited for failure to yield.

His passenger, Judy Bradley, of Rutherford, was injured. North Carolina Highway Patrol investigated.” (Tuesday, Nov. 10) Is this one of the perks that they totally deserve? I’ve said all I have to say and got my point across, so I’m not going to argue about this anymore.

Roger Grant Forest City

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

The editors reserve the right to edit letters for libelous content. All submissions should be sent to The Editor, P.O. Box 1149, Forest City, NC, 28043.

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Dems hoping for repeat of 2009 in Senate race RALEIGH – We are nearing the end of the year before a key U.S. Senate race with some awfully familiar items in the news.

Two years ago, several prominent North Carolina Democrats passed on the chance to challenge Sen. Elizabeth Dole. While Democratic insiders were looking at polling data and national trends suggesting she was beatable, they couldn’t get well-known politicians to take the plunge.

Even Kay Hagan, then a state senator from Greensboro, told the D.C. Dems no – the first time.

They came up with a better offer the second time, including promises of substantial campaign cash and independent expenditures against Dole. Wisely, Hagan then said yes.

Fast forward to today.

Once again some Democratic strategists are convinced that they have a golden opportunity to take out an incumbent Republican freshman. Sen. Richard Burr won his 2004 Senate race with Erskine Bowles in part

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due to President George W. Bush’s huge margin in North Carolina.

In 2010, Burr will top the ticket. And he has yet to establish a strong presence in the minds of many voters.

It’s not that they disapprove of his job performance. They don’t yet know him well.

The water already looks warm to Secretary of State Elaine Marshall, who sought the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate before, against Bowles. Marshall says she’ll run in 2010. So will Ken Lewis, a Chapel Hill attorney with some political experience.

But national Democrats seem unsatisfied with these options.

They’ve courted U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge, former state Sen. Cal Cunningham, former Lt. Gov. Dennis Wicker,

and possibly several others.

All declined.

Republicans have pointed out that 2010 promises to resemble 2008 about as much as 1994 resembled 1992.

Prevailing winds shift in politics, and appear for now to have shifted from east to west. It’s no surprise, they say, that few Democratic politicians seem willing to take on Burr.

But active North Carolina Democrats don’t seem to me to be as down in the dumps as their counterparts are in other states.

While the 2009 election cycle provided mostly bad news to the party elsewhere, in our state the results were mixed. Democrats picked up the mayor’s office in Charlotte for the first time in a generation and lost it in Greensboro for the first time in recent memory.

Do Democratic activists think 2010 will be a challenging year for them in North Carolina? Sure. That doesn’t mean they expect to lose big, though. After two spectacular cycles and

a long-term dominance of state politics, they’re used to winning. And of course, as all political activists do, they believe their cause to be obviously right and thus destined for eventual success.

This is a case where I think the reluctant politicians have a better read of the situation than the local activists or national strategists do.

Running against the grain in 2010 will cost a lot more – in money, sweat, and potential reputation – than Hagan’s 2008 campaign did.

Would-be Senate candidates recognize that the national Democrats will have higher priorities than beating Burr, such as defending incumbent Democratic senators and governors.

Without the infusion of funds from afar and the devastatingly effective “Liddy Dole is old” ad campaign funded independently, Hagan probably wouldn’t have beaten Dole last year, even with the help of the Obama turnout machine.

Etheridge, Cunningham, and Wicker are smart men

and understand that reality. Without a comparable national investment in North Carolina, a Burr defeat becomes improbable.

Marshall and Lewis are proceeding, anyway. So far, the secretary of state is emphasizing her record promoting government openness and ethics reform, which is a pretty good message for our current moment.

Lewis is defending ObamaCare and calling for more federal bailout spending, which is pretty much tone-deaf given the prevailing sentiment in North Carolina on those matters.

In his recent appearances, Burr is stressing military affairs and his consumer-oriented alternative for health care reform.

One gets the impression that he’s taking his reelection campaign very seriously, determined to avoid Dole’s fate.

So far, he is. His strongest potential challengers have bowed out.

Hood is president of the John Locke Foundation.

The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Saturday, November 21, 2009

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The Antique ad Artisan Show opened on Friday in the Spindale House as the centerpiece of a weekend of activities in the town that included the Christmas Tree Lighting and open houses and shopping specials among downtown merchants. Admission to the show is two dollars and features an assortment of artist vendors with furniture, antiques, pottery jewelry, clothing and more for sale.

Rutherford Notes Missing teen found safe, returned home

FOREST CITY – A teenager who had been missing since Nov. 13 was located in Rutherfordton on Thursday morning.

Brittany Shires, 15, ran away from R-S Central High School. Shires was located along with Davie William Camp, who had been reported missing out of Cleveland County; Camp had been missing since Nov. 1.

Camp, 16, of 801 Florida Ave., Spindale, was charged with contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile.

County chamber changes publishers

RUTHERFORDTON — The Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce has severed business relations with publisher Joe Baroody and awarded to area businesses the publishing contracts he held.

“We’re making this public announcement to clear up confusion among local advertisers over official Chamber publications and competing products,” said Chamber Director Bill Hall.

The Chamber’s newcomer guide is now being published

by Associated Printing, Kimagery Graphic Design and Performance Writing and Public relations, all Rutherfordton businesses.

Advertising sales for the next edition of the guide are currently being conducted by business owners Eric Wells, Kim Corbett and Chris Fuller. The Chamber’s newcomer guide is scheduled for distribution in early 2010.

The businesses will also produce the Chamber’s official maps.

Image Marketing, a Shelby firm with extensive experience in health industry advertising, public relations and publishing, has the contract to produce the Chamber’s medical guide.

Image president Wilson Brooks says he plans to begin advertising sales for the guide later this year with a delivery date set for the summer, 2010.

“We apologize for any confusion we might have caused with our business changes,” Hall added. “We thought this whole matter had been settled in June when we notified Mr. Baroody by registered mail that he was no longer authorized to represent the

Chamber.”

Hall said the official Chamber publications would be the only information pieces used in answering individual and business inquiries about the county.

Landscape program is being offered FOREST CITY — Rutherford and Polk Extension Center will host a Landscape Update Program, Dec. 4, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Polk County 4-H Center in Columbus. The event is a consolidation of the Winter Education Series, sponsored by the extension centers.

The program will feature Dr. Mike Waldogel, focusing on community insect pests such as fire ants and yellow jackets and Dr. Kelly Ivors, discussing common plant disease in the landscape and their control options.

John Vining and Jan McGuinn will also discuss the most common ornamental insect pests.

There will be three hours of Commercial Pesticide Recertification Credit available.

Call McGuinn at 287-6010 for more information.

Police Notes Sheriff’s Reports

n The Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office responded to 154 E-911 calls Thursday. n Jesse Lee Allen reported the theft of items from a vehicle. n Ashley Lovelace White reported the theft of a computer and other items. n Tina Ann Miller reported the theft of tools. n Barbara Allen Shade reported the theft of a vehicle. n James Ronnie Luckadoo reported vandalism to a mailbox.

Rutherfordton

n The Rutherfordton Police Department responded to 39 E-911 calls Thursday.

Spindale

n The Spindale Police Department responded to 22 E-911 calls Thursday.

Lake Lure

n The Lake Lure Police Department responded to four E-911 calls Thursday.

Forest City

n The Forest City Police Department responded to 49 E-911 calls Thursday. n Shelly Wilson reported a larceny. The incident occurred at Medical Arts Pharmacy on West Main Street.

Arrests n Nelson Makupson, 42, of

Blueberry Hill, Bostic; served with a criminal summons for failure to pay monies; released on a written promise to appear. (FCPD) n Donald Allen Melton, 35, of 1507 Village Lane; charged with non-support of child; placed under a $1,000 cash bond. (RCSD) n Kevin McAuther Bailey, 31, of 61 Necktie Thompson Rd.; charged with trafficking cocaine; placed under a $150,000 secured bond.

(RCSD) n Adarryl LaJaune Landrum, 35, of 121 Second St.; charged with trafficking cocaine; placed under a $75,000 secured bond.

(RCSD) n Bobby Dean Bright, 151 Ive Bright Drive; charged with driving while impaired/ surrendered and resisting a public officer; placed under a $1,000 secured bond.

(RCSD) n Candace Nicole Carroll, 26, of 211 Wilde Ave.; charged with possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia; placed under a $15,000 secured bond. (RCSD) n Amanda Danielle McFarland, 18, of 1521 Big Island Rd.; charged with simple assault and seconddegree trespassing; released on a $1,000 unsecured bond.

(RCSD) n Christopher Carl Street, 49, of 560 Harris Henrietta Rd.; charged with nonsupport of child; no bond listed.

(RCSD) n Scott Franklin Clary, 51,

of 112 Angel Of the Lake; charged with driving while impaired, exceeding posted speed, littering not greater than 15 pounds, local ordinance possession of open container/ consume alcohol in passenger area of a motor vehicle and open container after consuming alcohol; freed on a $600 unsecured bond and a custody release.

(RPD)

EMS/Rescue n The Rutherford County EMS responded to 27 E-911 calls Thursday. n The Volunteer Life Saving and Rescue, Hickory Nut Gorge EMS and Rutherford County Rescue responded to 18 E-911 calls Thursday.

Fire Calls n Cherry Mountain firefighters responded to a tree down. n Forest City firefighters responded to a motor vehicle accident, to a gas leak and to an industrial fire alarm. n Lake Lure firefighters responded to a motor vehicle accident, assisted by Bill’s Creek firefighters. n Rutherfordton firefighters responded to three motor vehicle accidents. n SDO firefighters responded to a motor vehicle accident. n Spindale firefighters responded to a smoke report. n Shingle Hollow firefighters responded to a motor vehicle accident.

Herman Victor Boyce, 76, died Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, at Autumn Care of Forest City.

He was a son of the late Dorcus Boyce Walls.

He was a member of Wells Spring United Methodist Church, and attended Rutherford County Schools.

He is survived by two sisters, Barbara Smith of Temple Hills, Md., and Dorothy Miller of Spring Valley, N.Y. Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Monday at Wells Springs United Methodist Church with Dr. Alfonza Everett officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The body may be viewed one hour prior to the service a the church.

Pruitt Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.

Debra Upton Debra Dill Upton, 51, of Shiloh, died Friday, Nov. 20, 2009, at Hospice House in Forest City.

A native of Rutherford County, she was a daughter of the late Thomas William “Bill” Dill and the late Joyce Dill Mathis.

She was a cook at Country Cafe and attended Faith Baptist Church.

She is survived by her husband, Danny Upton of Shiloh; one son, Tony Upton of Oakland; two stepsons, Danny Ray Upton Jr. of Green Creek and Casey Upton of Blacksburg, SC; two brothers, Tommy Dill of Spindale and Marshall Dill of Bostic; two sisters, Darlene Cummings of Rutherfordton and Renee Dill of Oakland; her grandmother, Brite Griffin Jolley of Rutherfordton; her stepfather, Charlie Mathis; and one step-grandson.

She was preceded in death by her daughter, Mickie Michelle Owens.

Funeral Services will be held Monday, at Faith Baptist Church in Forest City with the Revs. Marshall Dill and Donald Dover officiating. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the church.

Interment will follow at Lee’s Chapel UMC Cemetery in Cleveland County.

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

The family will be at the home of Tim and Darlene Cummings, 179 Flynn Road, Rutherfordton.

Online condolences at qwww. crowemortuary.com

Hyma Cable Hyma Starnes Cable, 78, of the Tallulah community in Robbinsville, died Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009, at her residence.

A native of Chesnee, S.C., she was a daughter of the late Marvin Allen and Clara Vassey Starnes.

She attended Southern Seminary in Louisville, Ky., where she received a master’s degree in theology. She retired from Graham County Social Services after 30 years of service as a quality control analyst.

She is survived by her husband of 43 years, Paul Cable; three sons, Dwayne Cable of Robbinsville, Ronald Cable of Loretto, Tenn., and Charles W. Cable of Mountain City, Ga.; a daughter, Diane Price of Desoto, Mo.; sisters, Frieda Moore and Patsy Richey, of Easley, S.C.; nine grandchildren; and six greatgrandchildren.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12, at Townson-Smith Funeral Chapel in Robbinsville. The Rev. Dana Dockery officiated. Burial followed in the Bear Creek cemetery.

Visitation was held prior to the service.

Online condolences www.townson-smithfuneralhome.com.

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Deaths Steve Ellis TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Steve Ellis, who covered the Florida State Seminoles for two decades for the Tallahassee Democrat, has died. He was 54.

Ellis died Thursday nine days after he suffered a massive heart attack at his home.

A Clemson University graduate, Ellis began covering the Florida State program for a weekly fan newspaper in the early 1980s.

Elisabeth Soderstrom STOCKHOLM (AP) — Swedish soprano Elisabeth Soderstrom, an international opera star, has died, her husband Sverker Olow says.

Olow says Soderstrom died in Stockholm early Friday morning of complications from a stroke.

Soderstrom, who was 82, made her debut in 1947 at the Drottningholm Palace Theatre, singing in one of Mozart’s lesser-known works.

From 1949 to 1980 she performed at the Royal Swedish Opera, while frequently appearing at some of the largest opera houses in the world. She also recorded frequently.

Between 1959 and 1964 Soderstrom was contracted by the Metropolitan Opera in New York. She returned in 1983-87.

Between 1993 and 1996 she was director of the Drottningholm Palace Theatre.

Stefanie Spielman COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Stefanie Spielman, the wife of NFL and Ohio State star Chris Spielman who led a public fight against breast cancer, died Thursday after a lengthy battle with the disease. She was 42.

Stefanie Spielman was 30 years old and three months pregnant in 1998 when she detected a lump in her breast. She later miscarried and discovered she had cancer. She survived four bouts with cancer before a fifth recurrence in March.

Chris Spielman was playing linebacker with the Buffalo Bills when he decided to give up football for a year to stay home with his wife and children. When his wife lost her hair because of chemotherapy treatments, he shaved his head.

The Spielmans became advocates for breast-cancer detection and research, winning several awards for their dedication to the cause. They raised more than $6 million for breast cancer research at Ohio State, where she also had attended school, through the Stefanie Spielman Fund for Breast Cancer Research.

She helped form a support group for young women with breast cancer, hosted an annual event that honored cancer survivors and created a fund to help breast cancer patients and their families who struggled financially.

She was inducted into the Ohio Women’s Hall of Fame in 2002 for her work.

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Calendar/Local Doctors Continued from Page 1

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.

Meetings/other Democrat meeting: Rutherford County Democrat Club will meet Monday, Nov. 23, at Democrat Headquarters, Main Street, Forest City. Meeting begins at 7 p.m.

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.

Annual meeting: S.D.O. Fire Department will hold its annual Board of Directors meeting Saturday, Dec. 5, from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m., at the fire department; all tax payers in the S.D.O. District are eligible to vote; bring picture ID and proof of property owned.

CHS Boosters: Chase High Athletic Boosters will meet Monday, Dec. 7, at Mud Bones in Rutherfordton. Dutch treat.

Meeting begins at 6:30 p.m.

Alcoholics Anonymous: The TriCity Alano Club meets every day at 1201 Oakland Road, Forest City, (first door on the left). For more information and meeting times call 288-2700.

McNair 20th anniversary: The Robert and Janice McNair Educational Foundation will celebrate its 20th year anniversary on May 14, 2010. If you are a McNair ROPE recipient, contact the foundation at rope2010@att.net or www. mcnairedfoundation.org.

Schools/students Beta Basket auction: Tuesday, Nov. 24, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., chase High School media center; craft fair booths available, also; Beta inductions for new members begins at 5:30 p.m.; Beta Beauties Womanless Beauty Pageant at 7 p.m., admission is one canned food item; the winners will be selected by who gets the most canned food votes; the food will be donated to Chase Corner Ministries and local church food banks.

Food Drive: Students at Forrest Hunt Elementary School are holding a food drive. Canned goods and other non-perishable food items may be dropped off during school hours at Forrest Hunt.

Miscellaneous 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 information call (864) 461-7178.

The Central Landfill and all convenience centers will be closed Nov. 25 and 26 in observance of Thanksgiving. Regular hours will resume Friday, Nov. 27.

Foothills Harvest Outreach Ministries will hold a half-price sale on all winter sweaters Nov. 23-28. The store will be closed Nov. 26, in observance of Thanksgiving.

Located at 120 E. Trade St., Forest City.

Yokefellow Service Center will hold a Pre-Thanksgiving and Christmas sale on Tuesday, Nov. 24, from 6 to 8 p.m. Storewide halfprice. The store is located at 102 Blanton St., Spindale.

Chase Corner Ministries will be closed Friday, Nov. 20, to restock with Christmas merchandise and reopen Monday, Nov. 23. The store will be closed Nov. 26 and 27 in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. Regular hours resume Nov. 30. Located on Chase High Road, directly across from the high school.

Fundraisers 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.

have no real value and self exams are not necessary and should not be taught to women.

“The benefits are less and the harms are greater when screening starts in the 40s,” Dr. Diana Petitti, vice chair of the panel told the Associated Press.

Jamie Ingraham of the cancer education department at Rutherford Hospital recommended that rather than one blanket policy, each patient should listen to their personal physician on the topic of breast cancer exams and mammography.

“The USPSTF says that screening 1,339 women in their 50s to save one life makes screening worthwhile in that age group. Yet USPSTF also says screening 1,904 women ages 40 to 49 in order to save one life is not worthwhile,” said Dr. Otis W. Brawley, chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society. “With its new recommendations, the USPSTF is essential-

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mation technology director. “Our wireless boxes will be running on our own network, that will be the different factor that keeps ours separate from theirs.”

The stimulus funds won’t have any immediate impact on the county project.

“It really wasn’t a good deadline for us,” Owens said. “We’re already heavily involved in this Golden LEAF grant and we couldn’t get our applications together for the first round of stimulus funds. And they require matching funds which aren’t really in the budget for us right now. We may

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“I decided we could do a better job actually filming footage,” Young said.

Students began working on the project in September, filming hours of footage to pare down to a little less than 10 minute video. Both inexperienced students and those who are about to graduate worked on the project.

“I try to do projects where students get to work with clients,” Young said.

“It’s a way of teaching them so that what the client gets is what the client actually wants.”

Extension Agent Jan McGuinn said the class did an exceptional job creating the video, which will be used in sharing a portion of Rutherford

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ment. Additionally, Abernethy said it teaches discipline.

Before using the equipment, students had to make a bow from string and learn all the skills on it.

Abernethy said the training lasted about a week.

“The very first thing we do is talk about the history of archery, and how it pre-dates Christ,” Abernethy said.

The bows can be shifted in weight, from 10 to 20 pounds, which allows any student to use it. Students respond to a whistle or voice command to go through the steps of shooting.

“I try to get them up here at least once a week every six weeks,”

Dr. Luke Person, radiologist at Rutherford Hospital, discusses a digital mammogram with Barbara Krumpe, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2008.

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ly telling women that mammography at age 40 to 49 saves lives; just not enough of them. The task force says screening women in their 40s would reduce their risk of death from breast cancer by 15 percent, just as it does for women in their 50s. But because women in their 40s are at lower risk of the disease than women 50 and

above, the USPSTF says the actual number of lives saved is not enough to recommend widespread screening.”

look at applying during later rounds of stimulus funding.”

Sky Runner — not affiliated with Skycatcher Communications — is hoping to get more frequencies to open up for signal transmission soon.

“If the Federal Communication Commission does what they say they’re going to do and re-allocate some of the frequencies that were previously used for analog television, we can use it instead by adding some new antennas next year and offering that added service,” Chrisman said.

“Now that stations have switched to digital signals they will free up some of that spectrum.”

Chrisman said the pricing would vary between individual use and business use and it would range from

about $30 to $65 for home use and up to $100 or more for business use.

“The grant response is supposed to be sometime this month,” Chrisman added. “This grant and loan would cover a fair amount of the first phase of getting this established. The good thing about doing it wirelessly is the infrastructure is much less expensive than any wire line kind of solution.

We don’t have to pull cable or phone lines or anything like that to get to our users. It would be just a matter of having an ethernet connection in the computer and we can set that up for people if they didn’t have that but most computers these days have that.”

County’s agricultural history and interiews with some of the producers and businesses in beef cattle, corn, dairy goats and fruit and vegetable production.

“Networking with the students was a terrific opportunity,” McGuinn said.

“They are some dynamic students that have great vision and creativity.”

McGuinn said it was also nice to be able to share with them a small portion of the agriculture community, which impacts all of us.

As well as getting real world experience with a client, students also have a piece to place in their portfolios.

“It’s helping me to talk to new people and deal with a client,” said Mary Wilkins, who will graduate soon.

Wilkins has interviewed with WYFF in Greenville, S.C. Other students have found jobs at Fox Carolina and

other nearby stations.

By doing a longer term project with real world application, Young said students get more out of it than just a regular class project.

“They don’t always see how you can go from Point A to Point F,” she said. “Seeing the puzzle pieces get put together makes it make sense. When a client is behind you, it forces the students to do more than just a class project.”

Student-produced videos can be viewed online on YouTube on Isothermal’s own channel, Isothermal TeeVee. “Every time we put something up it’s a reflection of these students,” Young said “We’re not just playing TV.”

Abernethy said.

The school plans to eventually hold competitions with West McDowell Junior High School, Abernethy said, “Once I get everyone squared away.”

“I think we’d just keep our scores and compare them to theirs,” she said.

Abernethy doesn’t know why the school was chosen to receive the equipment, which is worth $6,000, but Assistant Principal Ricky Green said he believed it was in part the good working relationship Abernethy has with wildlife officers in the area.

“I know she does a great job and she has them come and they’re very involved,” Green said. “They know her commitment and I think they took that into consideration.’

No matter the reason, the equipment has students excited.

“I’ve got kids begging to stay after school to shoot,” said Principal Brad

Teague.

“She would’ve been the last person I would’ve though wanted a bow for Christmas,” Abernethy said, pointing to Cragan Hardin, who said she wants a pink bow for Christmas.

Student Caroline Simpson has been using a bow for a while because she hunts with her dad, but she said there was a difference in what she’d done in class.

Senior reporter Jean Gordon contributed to this story.

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“If you see something in the woods you aim and shoot,” she said. “Here you have to take your time.”

Seeing how much the students enjoy the equipment is rewarding for Abernethy.

“They love doing this and they listen,” she said.

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

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3A NCHSAA 2nd Round Johnson signs extension with Hendrick HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) — Jimmie Johnson, on the verge of a NASCAR record fourth consecutive championship, signed a contract extension Friday to drive for Hendrick Motorsports through the 2015 season.

The announcement comes just two days before Johnson is likely to wrap up the Sprint Cup championship at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

Johnson goes into Sunday’s finale with a 108-point lead over Hendrick teammate Mark Martin and needs only to finish 25th or better to win the title.

“Jimmie is charting new territory in our sport, and that’s due to a combination of natural talent and unsurpassed work ethic,” team owner Rick Hendrick said. “How he’s committed himself is just incredible, and it shows in everything that he does — not just on the racetrack.

“There’s no question that he’s one of the great champions in all of sports, and he’s not done yet.”

Johnson’s previous contract expired after the 2010 season.

This is his third contract extension since joining Hendrick in 2001.

Home improvement chain Lowe’s also signed an extension as primary sponsor of Johnson’s No. 48 Chevrolet through the 2013 season.

“Jimmie Johnson and Hendrick Motorsports are a key part of our marketing efforts and outreach,” said Lowe’s chairman Robert Niblock. “We believe this is the best combination in racing, and we’re proud to have Jimmie carry the Lowe’s name in NASCAR.” There was no immediate announcement on crew chief Chad Knaus, who has previously extended his contracts to stay in line with Johnson. His contract is through the 2010 season.

R-S Central’s quarterback Jacob Kinlaw (9) flips the ball to Oddie Murray on a pitchout against West Rowan.

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Falcons club Central, 38-0

By SCOTT BOWERS Daily Courier Staff Writer

WEST ULLA — West Rowan clearly demonstrated why they are the defending 3A champions with a 38-0 drubbing of R-S Central Friday night.

The Falcons, now 13-0, got three rushing touchdowns from the state’s new career rushing leader K.P. Parks and two touchdown passes from junior quarterback B.J. Sherrill in the game.

Central’s head coach Mike Cheek could only praise West Rowan while at the same time offering up his thanks to a group of 21 seniors that helped lead the Hilltoppers into the second round.

“The film doesn’t lie,” said Cheek.

“They are as good as advertised. And Parks is everything they say he is.

Parks ran for 244 yards which gives 10,253 in his career, good enough for a new state record.

“I am disappointed that we didn’t play better, but we have achieved a lot this season,” said Cheek. “Those 21 seniors have given us all they had for four years and I am very proud of them and I just want to thank them for all they have done for us.”

North Rowan scored twice in the final

R-S Central’s Oddie Murray is tackled by West Rowan’s Justin Teeter #95 and Machel Gaither (75).

Wayne Hinshaw/ Special to the Courier

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On TV 7:30 a.m. (ESPN2) English Premier League Soccer Liverpool vs. Manchester City.

12 p.m. (WBTV) (WMYA) College Football ACC — Teams TBA. 12 p.m. (WSOC) (WLOS) (ESPN) (ESPN2) College Football Teams TBA. 12 p.m. (WYCW) College Football UT-Chattanooga at Alabama.

12:30 p.m. (FSS) College Football Oklahoma at Texas Tech.

2:30 p.m. (WYFF) College Football Connecticut at Notre Dame.

3 p.m. (TS) College Football Wofford at Furman.

3:30 p.m. (WBTV) (WSPA) College Football LSU at Mississippi.

3:30 p.m. (WSOC) (WLOS) (ESPN) College Football Teams TBA. 4:30 p.m. (ESPN2) NASCAR Racing Nationwide Series — Ford 300.

4:30 p.m. (FSS) College Basketball Florida State at Mercer.

7 p.m. (FSS) NHL Hockey Tampa Bay Lightning at Carolina Hurricanes.

7 p.m. (TS) NHL Hockey Pittsburgh Penguins at Atlanta Thrashers.

7:45 p.m. (ESPN) College Football Teams TBA. 7:45 p.m. (ESPN2) College Football 8 p.m. (WSOC) (WLOS) College Football Teams TBA. 10 p.m. (SHO) Boxing Mikkel Kessler vs. Andre Ward.

Miami Dolphins’ Ricky Williams (34) stretches the ball over the goal line for a touchdown as Carolina Panthers’ Jon Beason (52) falls in the first half of an NFL football game in Charlotte, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009.

Associated Press

Just coming up short ...

Williams, Dolphins down Panthers CHARLOTTE (AP) — Turns out Ronnie Brown’s season-ending foot injury didn’t spell doom for the Miami Dolphins and their unique offense.

Ageless Ricky Williams did just fine in his place.

The 32-year-old Williams rushed for 119 yards and scored three touchdowns, and the Dolphins beat the Carolina Panthers 24-17 on Thursday night to put themselves into the AFC playoff mix after a miserable start.

“Ricky ran like he was 25,” Miami linebacker Joey Porter said.

A day after learning Brown is finished for the year, the Dolphins (5-5) continued their surge after an 0-3 start behind Williams. The 2002 NFL rushing champion had a receiving

and rushing touchdown in the same game for the first time in a career that included a couple of lost seasons.

“He’s not 32, I don’t care what he says,” Dolphins receiver Brian Hartline said. “He definitely doesn’t look 32 out there and when he’s out there he definitely has a lot of gas left in his wheels.”

Williams, the 1998 Heisman Trophy winner, continued his resurgence after a brief retirement and a drug-related suspension. The time off might be helping him now when many running backs decline after they turn 30.

“Ricky is a hard running, big tailback,” Panthers defensive tackle Damione Lewis said. “He broke some tackles, and that’s him.”

DeAngelo Williams rushed for 122 yards for the Panthers (4-6), but Jake Delhomme had his streak of three games without an interception snapped. Then, his desperation pass into the end zone was knocked down as time expired.

“Guys are fighting their tail off,” Delhomme said. “We are just not getting it done. ... We are not winning the close ones right now.”

The Dolphins were facing uncertainty with their wildcat offense when Brown was placed on injured reserve Wednesday. They didn’t use the formation until the second quarter. It coincided with the Dolphins’ first Please see Panthers, Page 8

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Scoreboard FOOTBALL National Football League AMERICAN CONFERENCE East L T Pct PF 3 0 .667 259 5 0 .500 242 5 0 .444 199 6 0 .333 140 South

W L T Pct PF Indianapolis 9 0 0 1.000 252 Jacksonville 5 4 0 .556 181 Houston 5 4 0 .556 215 Tennessee 3 6 0 .333 189 North

W L T Pct PF Cincinnati 7 2 0 .778 198 Pittsburgh 6 3 0 .667 207 Baltimore 5 4 0 .556 222 Cleveland 1 8 0 .111 78 West

W L T Pct PF Denver 6 3 0 .667 167 San Diego 6 3 0 .667 237 Kansas City 2 7 0 .222 142 Oakland 2 7 0 .222 88

W New England 6 Miami 5 N.Y. Jets 4 Buffalo 3

Associated Press

Duke’s Thaddeus Lewis (9) has his shoe pulled off

by Georgia Tech’s Derrick Morgan (91) during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Duke in Durham, in this Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009 file photo.

Georgia Tech won 49-10 over Duke.

Miami, Duke QBs have some shared history

MIAMI (AP) — Growing up on the same football fields in South Florida, Thaddeus Lewis was the mentor, Jacory Harris the pupil.

Years later, the relationship between the quarterbacks hasn’t changed.

“Me and Thad, we talk every now and then on the phone,” Harris said. “He’ll give me a couple of pointers, things to do, things to look at.”

On Saturday, the student will try to show the teacher what he’s learned, when they share a field for quite possibly the last time.

Harris and No. 21 Miami (7-3, 4-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) close league play and the home schedule against Lewis and Duke (5-5, 3-3), which is in contention for its first bowl bid since 1995. It’s a big game for Miami, which still could have its first 10-win season since 2003. And for Lewis, it’s particularly significant — his high school, HialeahMiami Lakes, is only 8 miles from where the game will be played.

“It’s going to be exciting, a chance to play in front of your home crowd in your last college season,” Lewis said.

ECU can take control of C-USA East vs UAB

NATIONAL CONFERENCE East

W L T Pct PF Dallas 6 3 0 .667 224 Philadelphia 5 4 0 .556 242 N.Y. Giants 5 4 0 .556 232 Washington 3 6 0 .333 140 South

W L T Pct PF New Orleans 9 0 0 1.000 331 Atlanta 5 4 0 .556 221 Carolina 4 6 0 .400 193 Tampa Bay 1 8 0 .111 157 North

W L T Pct PF Minnesota 8 1 0 .889 271 Green Bay 5 4 0 .556 232 Chicago 4 5 0 .444 186 Detroit 1 8 0 .111 143 West

W L T Pct PF Arizona 6 3 0 .667 229 San Francisco 4 5 0 .444 184 Seattle 3 6 0 .333 187 St. Louis 1 8 0 .111 100

PA 150 244 158 210 PA 142 220 188 255 PA 147 157 154 225 PA 151 202 215 217 PA 169 184 204 171 PA 197 194 239 256 PA 184 179 201 264 PA 184 180 198 249

Thursday’s Games Miami 24, Carolina 17 Sunday’s Games Cleveland at Detroit, 1 p.m.

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

Washington at Dallas, 1 p.m.

San Francisco at Green Bay, 1 p.m.

Indianapolis at Baltimore, 1 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Kansas City, 1 p.m.

New Orleans at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.

Buffalo at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.

Seattle at Minnesota, 1 p.m.

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

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

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

Cincinnati at Oakland, 4:15 p.m.

Philadelphia at Chicago, 8:20 p.m.

Monday’s Game Tennessee at Houston, 8:30 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 26 Green Bay at Detroit, 12:30 p.m.

Oakland at Dallas, 4:15 p.m.

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

Sunday, Nov. 29 Miami at Buffalo, 1 p.m.

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

Seattle at St. Louis, 1 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Atlanta, 1 p.m.

Indianapolis at Houston, 1 p.m.

Cleveland at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.

Washington at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.

Kansas City at San Diego, 4:05 p.m.

Jacksonville at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m.

Arizona at Tennessee, 4:15 p.m.

Chicago at Minnesota, 4:15 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Baltimore, 8:20 p.m.

Monday, Nov. 30 New England at New Orleans, 8:30 p.m.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct 9 3 .750 6 7 .417 5 7 .417 2 9 .182 0 12 .000 Southeast Division

W L Pct Atlanta 11 2 .833 Orlando 9 3 .750 Miami 7 5 .636 Washington 3 7 .300 Charlotte 3 8 .273 Central Division

W L Pct Cleveland 9 4 .667 Milwaukee 6 3 .667 Indiana 5 5 .500 Chicago 6 5 .545 Detroit 5 7 .417

Boston Toronto Philadelphia New York New Jersey

GB — 4 4 6 1/2 9

GREENVILLE (AP) — East Carolina is looking to once again take control of Conference USA’s East Division.

GB The defending league champion Pirates (6-4, 5-1) — have won three straight league games entering 1 2 1/2 Saturday’s showdown with UAB. 6 After a pair of easy wins at Memphis and Tulsa, 6 1/2 they’re back home for their final two games knowGB ing that they can clinch a second straight East — 1/2 Division championship by winning out. That 2 would send them to the league championship game 1 1/2 3 for the Pirates to defend their crown.

Coach Skip Holtz said the Pirates have positioned themselves so that they don’t have to worry about what’s going on in other league games.

“We’re in a single-elimination tournament,” Holtz said. “We’ve put ourselves in a great situation, but it’s all about finishing strong. Let’s let everybody else worry about the projections and who won and NEW YORK (AP) — Brandon who lost and who’s in second.”

Triche and Arinze Onuaku combined for 13 points in Syracuse’s 22-1 run to open the second half UNC can spoil BC’s title hopes and the Orange went on to a BOSTON (AP) — Boston College looks to finish up an undefeated season at home Saturday when it 87-71 victory over No. 6 North Carolina on Friday night in the plays North Carolina in Chestnut Hill.

The Eagles have an outside chance at an Atlantic championship game of the 2K Sports Classic.

Coast Conference division title. They must win The Orange (4-0) were the only their last two games and hope Clemson loses to Virginia. That would give BC a third straight berth unranked team in the semifinals of the tournament that benefits in the ACC championship game.

Coaches vs. Cancer but they Carolina’s conference title hopes were squelched when they lost their first three ACC games. But the left Madison Square Garden with blowout wins over No. 13 Tar Heels have won three straight in the league, California and the Tar Heels beating ranked Virginia Tech and Miami.

(4-1).

North Carolina had a 39-37 Hokies are up for N.C. State halftime lead but that was gone BLACKSBURG (AP) — Virginia Tech is focusing in a hurry as Triche and Onuaku on what it can do, not what it can’t. had field goals in the first 40 The No. 16 Hokies can’t win a third consecutive seconds. By the time the run Atlantic Coast Conference championship. They ended 8 minutes into the second won’t get another national title shot. half Syracuse had a 59-40 lead.

What they can do is have a sixth consecutive 10-win season.

That means not looking past defense-challenged North Carolina State when the Wolfpack arrives at Lane Stadium Saturday for the final home game Continued from Page 7 for Virginia Tech’s seniors.

The Hokies (7-3, 4-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) have won two in a row in impressive fashion, and touchdown drive — Chad need to also win at Virginia and in their bowl Henne’s 14-yard touchdown game to hit the mark for the sixth season in a row. pass to Williams, who wrestled The visit from the struggling Wolfpack (4-6, 1-5) it away from linebacker Na’il also falls on the day that 21 seniors will play their Diggs. final game at home.

Miami took a 14-3 halftime “We’ve had a good run,” coach Frank Beamer lead when Williams took the said of the class that has played in two Bowl direct snap at the 1 and got to Championship Series games and won the last two the end zone ahead of speedy ACC championships before falling short this sealinebacker Jon Beason. son.

The Panthers got within 17-14 on Steve Smith’s leaping 27-yard N.C. State could help its chances if its defense touchdown catch and DeAngelo shows up. The Wolfpack’s last seven opponents Williams’ 2-point conversion have all scored at least 30 points, and four of the run with 5:18 left. But Williams last five have had at least 43.

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct 9 3 .750 7 6 .583 4 6 .400 5 8 .385 4 8 .286 Northwest Division

W L Pct Denver 8 3 .727 Portland 9 4 .692 Oklahoma City 6 6 .500 Utah 6 6 .500 Minnesota 1 11 .083 Pacific Division

W L Pct Phoenix 10 3 .769 L.A. Lakers 9 3 .750 Sacramento 5 5 .500 L.A. Clippers 4 9 .308 Golden State 3 8 .273

Dallas Houston San Antonio New Orleans Memphis

GB — 3 4 4 1/2 5 GB — — 2 1/2 2 1/2 7 1/2 GB — 1/2 3 1/2 6 6

Thursday’s Games New Orleans 110, Phoenix 103 Utah 90, San Antonio 83 L.A. Lakers 108, Chicago 93 Friday’s Games Toronto 120, Miami 113 Cleveland 105, Indiana 95 Memphis 102, Philadelphia 97 Atlanta 105, Houston 103 Washington at Oklahoma City, late Orlando at Boston, late Charlotte at Milwaukee, late Sacramento at Dallas, late Denver at L.A. Clippers, late Portland at Golden State, late Saturday’s Games New York at New Jersey, 1 p.m.

Philadelphia at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m.

Atlanta at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

Milwaukee at Memphis, 8 p.m.

Sacramento at Houston, 8:30 p.m.

Washington at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.

Chicago at Denver, 9 p.m.

Detroit at Utah, 9 p.m.

Minnesota at Portland, 10 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Orlando at Toronto, 12:30 p.m.

Boston at New York, 1 p.m.

Indiana at Charlotte, 5 p.m.

New Orleans at Miami, 6 p.m.

Detroit at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

Oklahoma City at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m.

GA 45 56 56 63 77

GF 81 51 66 57 50

GA 67 57 54 66 80

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF 20 13 5 2 28 64 20 12 6 2 26 62 20 11 8 1 23 46 20 10 6 4 24 64 19 7 8 4 18 44 Northwest Division

GP W L OT Pts GF Colorado 22 13 6 3 29 67 Calgary 20 12 6 2 26 62 Vancouver 21 11 10 0 22 62 Edmonton 22 9 10 3 21 66 Minnesota 21 7 12 2 16 51 Pacific Division

GP W L OT Pts GF San Jose 23 14 5 4 32 76 Los Angeles 23 13 8 2 28 71 Phoenix 22 12 9 1 25 56 Dallas 21 9 6 6 24 63 Anaheim 20 7 10 3 17 58

Chicago Columbus Nashville Detroit St. Louis

GA 47 68 53 59 49 GA 62 57 57 70 66 GA 57 70 54 62 70

RACING NASCAR-Sprint Cup-Ford 400 Lineup After Friday qualifying; race Sunday At Homestead-Miami Speedway

HOCKEY National Hockey League

GF 55 68 65 63 60

GF 51 57 53 55 52

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

Detroit at Montreal, 7 p.m.

Buffalo at Ottawa, 7 p.m.

Washington at Toronto, 7 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Carolina, 7 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Atlanta, 7 p.m.

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

New Jersey at Dallas, 8 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Philadelphia at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

Columbus at Nashville, 8 p.m.

Chicago at Edmonton, 10 p.m.

San Jose at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Tampa Bay at Atlanta, 5 p.m.

Chicago at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

Friday’s College Basketball EAST Columbia 72, Longwood 61 Harvard 77, Bryant 51 Rutgers 58, Drexel 56 Seton Hall 89, Cornell 79 St. Bonaventure 66, Binghamton 40 St. John’s 79, Brown 76 SOUTH Clemson 89, UNC Greensboro 67 Drake 65, Georgia St. 58 Elon 102, FDU-Florham 68 Fla. International 83, N.C. Central 73 Florida 80, Troy 58 N. Carolina A&T 67, Davis & Elkins 53 N.C. State 66, Akron 45 UCF 84, Auburn 74 Winston-Salem 94, Atlanta Christian 57 MIDWEST Detroit 71, Robert Morris 59 Indiana St. 65, Colorado St. 60 Michigan 77, Houston Baptist 55 Michigan St. 75, Toledo 62 The Citadel 63, E. Michigan 56 SOUTHWEST Texas A&M 68, Samford 49 FAR WEST Arizona St. 104, San Francisco 65 TOURNAMENT 2K Sports Coaches vs. Cancer Classic Championship Syracuse 87, North Carolina 71 Third Place Ohio St. 76, California 70 Carolina Classic Semifinals Miami 67, UNC Wilmington 60 Consolation Bracket La Salle 84, Davidson 70 Tulane 63, Penn St. 60 O’Reilly Auto Parts Puerto Rico TipSemifinals Villanova 71, Dayton 65 Consolation Bracket Boston U. 71, Indiana 67 Georgia Tech 70, George Mason 62 Reggie Minton Air Force Classic First Round N. Colorado 66, Texas Southern 62 USVI Paradise Jam First Round DePaul 60, N. Iowa 52 Saint Joseph’s 84, Boston College 80 Tennessee 105, East Carolina 66

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts New Jersey 20 14 5 1 29 Pittsburgh 22 14 8 0 28 Philadelphia 18 12 5 1 25 N.Y. Rangers 21 11 9 1 23 N.Y. Islanders 21 8 6 7 23

Northeast Division GP W L OT Pts 19 12 5 2 26 19 10 6 3 23 22 9 8 5 24 22 11 11 0 22 20 3 11 6 12 Southeast Division

GP W L OT Pts Washington 22 13 5 4 30 Tampa Bay 19 8 4 7 23 Atlanta 18 10 6 2 22 Florida 20 8 9 3 20 Carolina 21 4 12 5 13

Buffalo Ottawa Boston Montreal Toronto

GA 43 64 45 58 64

(Car number in parentheses) 1. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 173.919.

2. (82) Scott Speed, Toyota, 172.695.

3. (47) Marcos Ambrose, Toyota, 172.678.

4. (5) Mark Martin, Chevrolet, 172.353.

5. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 172.243.

6. (29) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 172.144.

7. (39) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 172.035.

8. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 172.024.

9. (21) Bill Elliott, Ford, 171.86.

10. (33) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 171.838.

11. (26) Jamie McMurray, Ford, 171.838.

12. (2) Kurt Busch, Dodge, 171.794.

13. (44) AJ Allmendinger, Ford, 171.75.

14. (1) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 171.647.

15. (07) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 171.63.

16. (78) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 171.576.

17. (02) David Gilliland, Toyota, 171.461.

18. (36) Michael McDowell, Toyota, 171.434.

19. (71) Bobby Labonte, Chevrolet, 171.396.

20. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 171.336.

21. (19) Elliott Sadler, Dodge, 171.331.

22. (00) David Reutimann, Toyota, 171.276.

23. (42) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevy, 171.162.

24. (99) Carl Edwards, Ford, 170.994.

25. (9) Kasey Kahne, Dodge, 170.967.

26. (31) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 170.967.

27. (12) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 170.816.

28. (37) Travis Kvapil, Chevrolet, 170.805.

29. (77) Sam Hornish Jr., Dodge, 170.794.

30. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 170.648.

31. (96) Erik Darnell, Ford, 170.53.

32. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 170.455.

33. (83) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 170.412.

34. (17) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 170.379.

35. (20) Joey Logano, Toyota, 170.272.

36. (98) Paul Menard, Ford, 170.266.

37. (7) Matt Crafton, Toyota, 169.881.

38. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 169.715.

39. (55) Michael Waltrip, Toyota, 169.353.

40. (34) John Andretti, Chevrolet, 169.274.

41. (6) David Ragan, Ford, 169.072.

42. (43) Reed Sorenson, Dodge, Owner Points.

43. (08) Terry Labonte, Toyota, Past Champion.

Syracuse runs away from Heels

Panthers

Tournament MVP Wesley Johnson had 25 points for the Orange, who beat California 95-73 in the semifinals. Onuaku finished with 15 points and Triche had 11.

Johnson, a 6-foot-7 junior transfer from Iowa State, was 10 of 17 from the field, including making half of eight 3-point attempts, and had eight rebounds.

Ed Davis had 16 points and 10 rebounds and Marcus Ginyard added 15 points for the Tar Heels, who lost almost all of a 19-point second-half lead before beating No. 15 Ohio State 77-73 to reach the title game.

North Carolina missed its first 13 shots of the second half and turned the ball over six times as the Orange just didn’t miss.

Syracuse started the half by

making 10 of its first 14 shots and the baskets were coming down low from Onuaku and from the perimeter including a 3

by Johnson that made it 57-40.

The Tar Heels closed to 68-60 on a 3 by David Wear with 7:04 left, but Onuaku had the first and last baskets of a 6-0 run that ended any thoughts of a comeback for the ages.

bounced to the outside and shook off Sherrod Martin at the Carolina 5 on a 46-yard touchdown run on the ensuing possession.

After Williams’ long run, the Panthers got a field goal.

They then forced a punt and Delhomme found Gary Barnidge on passes of 29 and 17 yards. But from the Miami 26, Delhomme’s lob into the end zone was knocked down by Tyrone Culver as the clock ran out.

Benched from Sunday’s win over Tampa Bay, Porter served as a captain for the coin toss, then sacked Delhomme twice.

Struggling without left tackle Jordan Gross (broken ankle), the

Panthers converted only three of 13 third downs.

DeAngelo Williams’ 50-yard run early in the third quarter seemed to give Carolina life, but the drive ended when Nathan Jones picked off Delhomme’s pass intended for Smith at the Miami 4.

Smith caught seven passes for 87 yards despite getting into a minor car accident on the way to the game.

Syracuse scored the first eight points of the game and was up 11-2 when Andy Rautins hit a 3.

It didn’t take long for North Carolina to get right back in it as the Tar Heels scored 11 straight points, including two 3s by Will Graves.

There were four lead changes and four ties the rest of the half, which ended with the Tar Heels leading 39-37.

Delhomme, who had thrown 13 interceptions in his first six games, had gone turnover-free this month. But he was just 19 of 42 for 247 yards, and Carolina fell to 0-4 against the Dolphins.

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TJCA teams split games with Hendersonville Christian

By JACOB CONLEY Sports Reporter

AVONDALE — There is an old basketball adage that you can’t teach size and that was on display Friday as Hendersonville Christian brought superior size to Avondale and dominated the paint in a 54-28 defeat of Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy.

The visitors jumped to an early 7-2 lead thanks to the play of Tomas Suska. That deficit increased to 12-2 on a breakaway dunk by the Mustangs that brought down the protective padding around the backboard and

things did not get much better for the Gryphons as they finished the quarter trailing 18-6.

The Mustangs continued to take advantage of their superior size inside as they continually lobbed the ball over the heads of TJCA defenders to 6’9� Filip Chocolak for easy buckets. But the Gyphons continued to fight as Ryan Spurlin netted six points to keep the game close.

But the Mustangs kept converting fast break opportunities into dunks that led them to 33-18 halftime lead.

The third frame was a defensive struggle as TJCA held the high powered

Mustang offense to a mere seven points, but the home team could only manufacture a single field goal as TJCA trailed after three quarters 41-21.

The scrappy Griffs (1-1) continued to fight in the fourth period as they drove in the paint, drawing fouls on the Mustang big men but in the end the visitor’s size was just too much.

In the girl’s game, the Lady Gryphon’s used huge runs in the first and second quarters and a tenacious defense to sprint past the Hendersonville Christian, 84-9, to improve to 2-0 on the season.

“We got out on the fast break well,� said Gryphons coach Steve Wolberg. “The girls are learning a new system and are playing well.�

TJCA started the contest on a 20-0 run thanks to a stifling trapping defense that induced two five-second calls in the early going. That run was paced by the Gryphon’s Doyen Murphy who netted 10 points in that stretch. The Mustangs’ first field goal came on a baseline shot by Ashleigh Owens at the 1:37 mark in the opening quarter, but by that point, the Gryphon’s had a 30-3 lead and kept that lead until the end of the first frame.

Central

TJCA dropped into a zone defense in the second period, but the results were the same as they outscored Hendersonville Christian 18-0 in the quarter to take a commanding 48-3 lead at the half.

TJCA’s Ryanne Corder opened the 3rd quarter on a personal 8-0 run as the speedy point guard registered four consecutive steals that resulted in uncontested layups. That run was just part of the home team’s dominance as the third quarter ended with the Gryphon’s up 67-5.

Murphy paced the home team with 21 points.

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three minutes of the first half to break open the game and break the hearts of Central fans.

The Falcons had already scored twice and led 14-0. Those two late scores boosted their advantage to 28-0, setting an insurmountable task before the Hilltoppers.

After both teams had non-productive first possessions, West Rowan got on the scoreboard first.

The Falcons needed just five plays to march 79 yards for a score.

K.P. Parks got the bulk of that on a 54-yard scoring run, breaking a number of tackles along the way, to give the Falcons a 6-0 lead midway through the first period. Justin Suarez kicked the point after to make it 7-0.

Central got a 28-yard kickoff return from Corey Jimerson and started its next possession at its own 48-yard line. Moments later, facing a third and 10, Central’s quarterback Jacob Kinlaw dropped back for a pass.

West Rowan’s Eric Cowan picked off Kinlaw’s pass intended for Vick Staley.

Cowan returned the ball for what appeared to be a touchdown, but a holding penalty cancelled that score. The Falcons took possession at their own 49.

It was just seven plays later when Parks got his second touchdown of the night, this one coming on a six-yard run up the middle. Suarez added the point after to make it 14-0 at the end of the first period.

Central again had good field possession after a return to their own 47-yard line by Oddie Murray.

The Hilltoppers ran six minutes off the clock and marched to the Falcons’ six-yard line before a third-down fumble cost them four yards. Then, facing a fourth and goal, the Hilltoppers brought in Cody Owens for a 26-yard field goal try. The kick missed wide left.

The Falcons took over at their own 20 and put together a nineplay drive to score. B.J. Sherrill hit Patrick Hampton on a fiveyard pass for the touchdown.

Suarez added a point after to make it 21-0 with 2:47 to play.

West Rowan’s defense held on the next possession and got the ball back at the Central 30-yard line with the help of an unsportsmanlike conduct call on the Hilltoppers.

Sherrill then connected with

CLASS 4-AA EAST (5) Fuquay-Varina 41, (4) Southern Pines Pinecrest 7 (7) Lumberton 31, (2) Wilmington Hoggard 10 WEST (12) East Mecklenburg 47, (4) Olympic 13 (2) Richmond County 40, (10) Charlotte Providence 32 (6) Independence 49, (3) C Mallard Creek 20 CLASS 4-A EAST (1) Southern Durham 24, (8) Athens Drive 21 (2) Harnett Central 27, (7) SE Raleigh 21, OT (3) Middle Creek 24, (6) Durham Hillside 19 WEST (4) A.C. Reynolds 25, (5) Alexander Central 16 (6) Sun Valley 33, (3) Jamestown Ragsdale 24 (8) W-S Mt. Tabor 26, (1) W-S Reynolds 22 CLASS 3-AA EAST (1) South Johnston 35, (8) Rocky Mount 18 (11) Southern Nash 20, (3) Wilson Hunt 10 (12) Fayetteville Byrd 28, (4) West Brunswick 7 WEST (1) Northern Guilford 49, (9) Hickory Ridge 9 (12) Anson County 10, (13) Shelby Crest 3 (3) Kannapolis Brown 45, (11) Asheville Erwin 27 (7) Belmont South Point 24, (2) Forestview 21 CLASS 3-A Wayne Hinshaw/Special to he Daily Courier EAST R-S Central’s Leon Brown is tackled by West Rowan’s Quan Cowan (5) (1) Cardinal Gibbons 21, (9) Carson 15 and Chris Smith (42).

WEST (1) Lenoir Hibriten 40, (8) Concord 6 over. Central pushed the ball Hampton again, this time on (2) West Rowan 38, (10) R-S Central 0 out to midfield where the drive a 27-yard scoring pass with 47 (3) Asheville 49, (6) Franklin 14 stalled. On a fourth and seven seconds remaining in the half (4) Tuscola 31, (5) Burns 22 and Suarez added the point after from the Falcons 48, Kinlaw was CLASS 2-AA sacked for a 12-yard loss, giving to make it 28-0 at the half.

EAST West Rowan the football at the Parks carried the ball 12 times (9) Kinston 17, (1) East Duplin 14 WEST in the first half for 149 yards and Central 40.

(5) Pisgah 24, (4) Marshville Forest Hills 21 Two plays later, Parks was cel- (8) Salisbury 34, (1) Shelby 26 two touchdowns.

Central had just 66-yards total ebrating his third touchdown of CLASS 2-A the night after a 36-yard run to offense in the first half.

EAST the end zone. Suarez added the The second half was much like (1) East Bladen 50, (8) Louisburg 21 point after and the Falcons led the first with the Falcons con(5) Jordan-Matthews 44, (4) Fairmont 26 35-0. trolling the football on offense (6) Tarboro 45, (3) Roanoke Rapids 7 and their defense stifling the (7) Whiteville 46, (2) First Flight 20 As the fourth quarter opened, Hilltoppers.

WEST Parks was about to make history.

Central got the football first in (2) Mountain Heritage 51, (10) E. Randolph 14 West Rowan was faced with a the second half and ran off six plays before they turned the ball fourth and three at their own 47 (4) Thomasville 13, (5) Polk County 10, OT (6) Lincolnton 16, (3) Winston-Salem Carver 14 and the Falcons sent the hard over on downs. The largest gain (9) Lexington 22, (1) Boonville Starmount 21 for Central on the night occurred running senior off tackle and on that drive when Jacob Kinlaw into the history books with a CLASS 1-AA five-yard run. That was part of a hit Murray for a 26-yard pass EAST 13-play drive that ended with a completion.

(1) Southwest Onslow 17, (8) Warsaw Kenan 6 22-yard field goal by Suarez.

(14) Rocky Point Trask 42, (11) Gates County 14 That drive got to the West (4) Pender County 56, (5) Ayden-Grifton 13 For the Hilltoppers, who finRowan 36 where, on fourth WEST ished the season 9-4, the year and four, Kinlaw’s pass attempt (1) Albemarle 35, (8) Murphy 28 ended on a down note. The intended to Staley, fell incom(3) Hendersonville 22, (11) East Wilkes 12 offense that had produced 433 plete.

(4) Swain County 27, (5) Bessemer City 14 yards in the opening round of Central’s defense then made a CLASS 1-A big play of its own moments later the playoffs was held to just 106 EAST total yards Friday night. when Corey Jimerson picked off (4) Wallace-Rose Hill 49, (5) Williamston 6 Central’s senior tailback was a Sherrill pass at the Hilltoppers (9) Plymouth 18, (1) Manteo 12 held to just 34 yards on 12 car20-yard line, snuffing out a WEST ries.

Falcons drive.

(1) Mt. Airy 39, (9) West Columbus 14 But the Hilltoppers were Sports reporter Kevin Carver contrib- (3) Robbinsville 46, (6) South Stanly 7 unable to capitalize on the turnuted to this article.

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State/Nation Today Man gets life sentence

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indianapolis man convicted of killing three children and four adults during a home invasion robbery three years ago has been sentenced to life in prison without parole.

Marion Superior Court Judge Robert Altice (al-TISE’) sentenced 31-year-old Desmond Turner on Friday after finding Turner guilty of seven counts of murder and other charges last month in a bench trial.

Turner was sentenced to 88 additional years for the other charges.

Altice heard from the victim’s family and asked Turner if he had anything to say. Turner said he is innocent and that he knows “how Christ felt when he died for our sins.”

Teen pleads guilty

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A 17-year-old Mexican immigrant has pleaded guilty in San Diego to murdering a Border Patrol agent who was shot eight times in July.

The U.S. attorney’s office said Christian Daniel Castro Alvarez entered the plea Friday in federal court. Prosecutors say the teenager admitted entering the United States illegally from Mexico to rob a Border Patrol agent of government property.

Border Patrol Agent Robert Rosas was shot four times in the head the night of July 23 near Campo, east of San Diego. He was also shot once in the neck and three times in the torso.

Authorities say the defendant lured Rosas out of his car and struggled with him over a firearm.

Castro Alvarez faces a maximum penalty of life in prison when he is sentenced Feb. 19.

Doctor faces discipline RALEIGH (AP) — A North Carolina doctor could lose his medical license after a patient complained he made cutting criticisms, including telling her she was fat.

The News & Observer of Raleigh reported the North Carolina Medical Board will decide if Dr. Earl Sunderhaus of Asheville overstepped the bounds of professional decency.

The eye doctor’s patient complained Sunderhaus poked her thigh and told her she is fat, and also scolded her as irresponsible for being unemployed and relying on taxpayers to pay for another pregnancy.

Sunderhaus admitted he told the patient that her thick thighs and diabetes could cause her to go blind.

DNA closes cold case CHARLOTTE(AP) — A man has been sentenced to nearly 12 years in prison after new DNA evidence tied him to the 1995 slaying of a woman who rejected him.

The Charlotte Observer reported that 44-year-old Jeffrey Barton pleaded Thursday to killing 20-year-old Rachel Dietrich. Barton entered an Alford plea, which concedes there is enough evidence for a conviction without admitting guilt.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police used DNA technology unavailable 14 years ago to identify Barton from cells found under Dietrich’s fingernails.

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Brianna Chavis, 8, left, her mother Erica Chavis, and brother Corey Chavis, 14, right, hold candles during a vigil for 5-year-old Shaniya Davis Monday, Nov. 16, in a shopping center in Fayetteville. Monday searchers found the body of Davis, who had been missing since Nov. 10, in a wooded area in Lee County.

Police: Girl was killed on day she was taken FAYETTEVILLE (AP) — A 5-yearold North Carolina girl was raped and killed the same day she was taken from her home, according to an arrest warrant released Friday.

Shaniya Davis was sexually assaulted and asphyxiated Nov. 10, the day her mother reported her missing from the trailer park where she was staying, according to the warrant.

Authorities embarked on a nearly weeklong search that ended when the girl’s body was found dumped off a rural road.

Mario McNeill is charged with first-degree murder and first-degree rape of a child in the warrant, which was issued after police said they collected hair and fibers, clothes, and a straw from his 1997 Mitsubishi Galant. He was initially charged only with kidnapping.

McNeill seemed nervous as he appeared in court Friday for a brief hearing on the latest charges. He nodded his head slightly to the judge’s questions but did not enter a plea. His lawyer, Allen Rogers, left the courtroom with his client and didn’t speak to reporters. He also didn’t return messages left at his office from The Associated Press.

The girl’s mother, Antoinette Davis, is charged with filing a false police report, trafficking her daughter and child abuse involving prostitution.

Her mother said she doesn’t believe the charges.

“She did not harm her kids. I was there, I should know,” said Ann Summers, who also is the girl’s grandmother.

Summers said she saw McNeill and Davis hanging out together, but she didn’t think they were romantically involved.

“To me, he ain’t nothing but a maggot. He’s going to get what comes to him,” Summers said outside court.

Earlier in the week, authorities said McNeill admitted taking the girl. Fayetteville Police Chief Tom

Bergamine would not say during a news conference late Thursday whether McNeill admitted to the child’s death.

A search warrant says McNeill picked the girl up in front of her home and drove her more than 30 miles to a hotel in Sanford, where she was last seen alive. Surveillance video captured McNeill carrying the girl in the building.

“It is our sincere hope that the Davis family may now begin to put this horrific event behind them and begin the healing process,” Bergamine said.

Tomeka Gray, 20, who is dating McNeill’s brother, said the accusations don’t jibe with what she knows about him. She said McNeill was a good uncle and father who came to see her daughter in the hospital with an armload of baby items right after she was born earlier this year.

“I’ve never known him to do anything like that,” Gray told The Associated Press. She said when she saw the story on the news her first thought was that she hoped authorities would catch the horrible person who did it.

“And then to find out it was him ... I was crying. I was shocked,” she said.

Meanwhile, Shaniya’s father, Bradley Lockhart, appeared on Friday’s “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” where Winfrey asked him if he had anything to say to Davis. He told The Associated Press earlier that he had cared for Shaniya for several years but decided to give Davis a chance to raise her because she seemed to be getting her life together.

“Right now I just think it’s best that we let the justice system take its course,” Lockhart said on the show.

“I try to keep my heart as pure as possible, and I’m sure one day I will be able to sit down and talk to her, try and understand what was going through her mind.”

S.C. governor will face impeachment effort COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina lawmakers plan to formally consider impeaching Gov. Mark Sanford for the first time next week, the chairman of the committee beginning that work said Friday.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Harrison told The Associated Press he is appointing an ad-hoc committee of four Republicans and three Democrats who will begin meeting Tuesday. He said he expects to have a resolution to impeach ready before Christmas for the full Judiciary Committee to consider.

Sanford spokesman Ben Fox declined to comment and his lawyers did not immediately respond to questions.

Sanford, a Republican, left the state for five days in June to rendezvous with his Argentine lover. Since he returned and tearfully confessed the affair, he has faced questions about his travel and whether he should be

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removed from office for misconduct.

He has resisted calls to resign.

The meeting is to take up the issue at the heart of an impeachment resolution that four Republicans filed this week. It says Sanford left no one in charge of the state, a dereliction of duty, while he “directed members of his staff in a manner that caused them to deceive and mislead the public officials” about where he was. His staff told reporters he was hiking the Appalachian Trail.

Harrison, R-Columbia, announced his plans two days after the State Ethics Commission said it would move forward with charges against the two-term governor. The commission spent three months investigating Sanford’s use of state planes for personal and political purposes, unreported trips on donors’ and friends’ planes, pricey commercial travel despite a state low-cost travel rule and personal reimbursements from his campaign account.

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THE MARKET IN REVIEW

STOCK EXCHANGE HIGHLIGHTS

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7,084.47 -33.17

GAINERS ($2 OR MORE)

Name Last Chg Maguir pfA 8.69 +1.04 Griffon 10.20 +1.15 PrepaidLg 37.22 +3.95 StratJPM3519.60 +1.77 Dillards 15.66 +1.38 KidBrands 4.80 +.38 SwESPRet103.78 +.28 VoltInfo lf 9.27 +.69 NYMAGC 16.88 +1.11 LexRltyTr 4.86 +.30

%Chg +13.6 +12.7 +11.9 +9.9 +9.7 +8.6 +8.0 +8.0 +7.0 +6.6

LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)

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AMEX

1,782.07 -23.29

GAINERS ($2 OR MORE)

Name Last GeoGloblR 2.72 Lannett 6.40 Flanign 6.21 VirnetX 3.09 RennGEnt 2.63 WinnerM n 5.00 ChMarFd n 6.25 Chrmcft 2.25 ChinNutri n 3.45 ChinaGrn n17.14

Chg +.92 +1.45 +.61 +.29 +.21 +.37 +.46 +.16 +.24 +1.00

%Chg +51.1 +29.3 +10.9 +10.4 +8.7 +8.0 +7.9 +7.7 +7.5 +6.2

LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)

Name Last Chg %Chg DR Horton 10.37 -1.88 -15.3 MLEMkt1-109.75 -.89 -8.3 Bluegreen 2.38 -.21 -8.1 RBSct prF 15.84 -1.21 -7.1 ReddyIce h 3.47 -.26 -7.0 AmbacF pfZ12.58 -.92 -6.8 GreenbCos10.39 -.76 -6.8 Talbots 6.64 -.48 -6.7 RBSct prH 14.82 -1.02 -6.4 Duoyuan n 6.85 -.43 -5.9

Name Last BioTime wt 2.29 ChMda un 17.55 BioTime n 4.06 UltEscapes 6.10 TravelCtrs 4.29 MexcoEn 9.45 ArmResid 8.26 AmShrd 3.10 CoastD 3.61 CoffeeH 4.20

MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE) Name Vol (00) Last Chg BkofAm 1265102 16.09 +.01 SPDR 1202339 109.43 -.39 Citigrp 1086436 4.20 -.06 iShEMkts 637701 40.65 -.17 GenElec 633084 15.59 -.17 Pfizer 607216 18.36 +.25 DirFBear rs 599255 19.99 +.35 SprintNex 594626 3.76 -.09 FordM 579369 8.64 -.09 SPDR Fncl 499278 14.60 -.09

MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE) Name Vol (00) Last Chg InovioBio 101485 1.53 +.33 NwGold g 59914 3.62 -.03 Oilsands g 40040 1.11 -.04 GoldStr g 37681 3.46 -.11 NthgtM g 33899 3.22 -.01 CelSci 31949 1.30 +.01 GranTrra g 25720 5.60 -.12 ChinaGrn n 25539 17.14 +1.00 GeoGloblR 22682 2.72 +.92 GrtBasG g 21659 1.57 +.01

Advanced Declined Unchanged Total issues New Highs New Lows Volume

DIARY

1,292 1,750 112 3,154 52 3 3,816,821,386

Chg -.41 -2.33 -.50 -.65 -.42 -.90 -.74 -.22 -.24 -.25

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GAINERS ($2 OR MORE)

Name Dataram Netlist h GreenPlns SeraCare TTI Tm NSecGrp Kirklands Tufco Ramtrn FstbkMI

Last 4.75 7.27 11.70 3.63 2.16 9.27 15.72 3.44 2.06 8.05

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LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)

Name Last e-Future 7.86 NthValB 2.00 WaccaBk 3.48 NewBrdgeB 2.12 OptiBkHld 2.05 Seahawk n 22.57 SthnFstBsh 6.10 Novavax 3.28 SecNtl lf 3.43 PECO II rsh 4.15

Chg -2.14 -.45 -.67 -.37 -.35 -3.78 -1.00 -.49 -.50 -.60

%Chg -21.4 -18.4 -16.0 -14.9 -14.6 -14.3 -14.1 -13.0 -12.7 -12.6

MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE)

Name Vol (00) Dell Inc 912746 ETrade 652607 DryShips 640239 PwShs QQQ623621 Intel 486003 Microsoft 420185 DirecTV A 372384 Cisco 361395 Comcast 335271 Netlist h 299330

Advanced Declined Unchanged Total issues New Highs New Lows Volume

Last Chg 14.29 -1.58 1.64 +.01 6.29 -.24 43.44 -.22 19.24 -.06 29.62 -.16 31.54 +.04 23.46 -.22 15.01 -.03 7.27 +1.60

DIARY

1,231 1,439 153 2,823 45 27 1,922,235,905

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STOCK MARKET INDEXES Name

Dow Industrials 10,318.16 Dow Transportation 3,945.52 Dow Utilities 371.84 NYSE Composite 7,084.47 Amex Market Value 1,782.07 Nasdaq Composite 2,146.04 S&P 500 1,091.38 S&P MidCap 687.54 Wilshire 5000 11,228.87 Russell 2000 584.67

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Sales figures are unofficial.

Energy companies logged some of the biggest drops as crude oil fell 74 cents to settle at $76.72 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange as the dollar rose. Gold rose.

Three stocks fell for every two that rose on the New York Stock Exchange, where volume came to 1.1 billion shares, in line with Thursday.

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11.00 26.80 47.92 33.85 56.63 26.78 15.33 25.45 100.91 100.27 38.52 93.96 24.29 31.59 25.36 27.88 11.00 32.00 16.17 2.00 11.90 28.76 100.93 65.51 26.79 14.57 100.28 30.68 20.55 29.75 34.89 10.54 2.91 13.15 14.61

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NL 5,000,000 5.75 250 5.75 250 5.75 250 NL 2,500 NL 3,000 5.75 250 5.75 250 NL 3,000 NL 5,000,000 5.75 250 NL 2,500 5.75 250 NL 2,500 5.75 250 NL 2,500 NL 5,000,000 5.75 250 5.75 250 4.25 1,000 3.75 250 NL 10,000 NL 100,000 NL 2,500 NL 100,000 NL 3,000 NL200,000,000 NL 2,500 NL 2,500 5.50 1,000 5.75 1,000 1.50 1,000 4.25 2,500 5.75 1,000 4.75 0

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Markets end week with rally clipped

NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market ended a down week with light selling as investors grew uneasy about a rising dollar and spiking demand for the safest government debt.

After two strong weeks, investors tried unsuccessfully to extend the market’s rally after major stock indexes closed at 13-month highs on Tuesday.

Disappointing reports on housing and worries about flagging demand at technology companies sapped strength from the market’s eight-month rally.

The Dow Jones industrial average ended the week with a 0.5 percent gain but broader indexes slid.

Stocks fell for the third straight day Friday as a disappointing earnings report from computer maker Dell Inc. weighed on technology shares. The Nasdaq composite index, with a big representation of tech stocks, logged the weakest performance of the major indicators for the week.

Demand for safe havens rose Thursday and again Friday following Dell’s report and as European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet said the ECB plans to start reining in some of its stimulus programs.

Investors seeking safety pushed into the dollar and other investments seen as being stable such as short-term Treasurys. The yield on the threemonth T-bill, which moves opposite its price, was flat at 0.02 percent from late Thursday. Yields briefly turned negative Thursday as investors seeking to pad their portfolios with safe investments before the end of the year were willing to accept negative returns.

According to preliminary calculations, the Dow slipped 14.28, or 0.1 percent, to 10,318.16. The Dow fell 119 points, or 1.1 percent, in the final three days of the week. It ended the week up 0.5 percent because of steep gains Monday following an improvement in retail sales.

The broader Standard & Poor’s 500 index fell 3.52, or 0.3 percent, to 1,091.38, while the Nasdaq fell 10.78, or 0.5 percent, to 2,146.04.

For the week, the S&P 500 index fell 0.2 percent and the Nasdaq lost 1 percent. For November, those indexes are each up about 5 percent, while the Dow is up about 6 percent.

The ICE Futures US dollar index, which measures the dollar against other major currencies, rose 0.4 percent. The stronger dollar can hurt commodities prices and also sales of U.S. exporters, whose goods become more expensive overseas when the dollar rises.

Demand for longer-term Treasurys fell, pushing yields higher. The yield on the benchmark 10-year note rose to 3.37 percent from 3.34 percent.

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In this Nov. 4 photo, job seekers hand resumes while trying to get information at a job fair in Livonia, Mich.

More states add jobs, but many temporary WASHINGTON (AP) — In a sharp improvement, more than half of U.S. states added jobs in October, though economists said many of the gains likely occurred in temporary employment.

That’s customarily a positive a sign. Employers usually hire temporary workers before they add full-time jobs. But in this case, the temporary hiring may be inflated by the auto sector, which has boosted production to replace depleted inventories. As a result, the increase might not be sustainable.

Some of last month’s job gains also were in sectors such as education, health care and government, which have fared relatively well during the recession. By contrast, there’s little evidence that companies in hard-hit industries are hiring full-time staff.

Overall, 28 states added jobs in October. That’s up from only seven in September and eight in August. It’s also the largest number to record increases since 33 states did so in February 2008, according to the Economic Policy Institute, a think tank.

“It’s a positive signal ... that states are mixed rather than uniformly bad,” said Jim Diffley, a regional economist at IHS Global Insight. Previous reports have all been “doom and gloom,” he said.

The unemployment rates rose in 29 states in October from the previous month, the Labor Department said Friday. Thirteen states saw their jobless rates drop.

Michigan still had the nation’s highest unemployment rate in October: 15.1 percent. It was fol-

lowed by Nevada at 13 percent, Rhode Island at 12.9 percent, California at 12.5 percent and South Carolina’s 12.1 percent.

California, Florida, Delaware and Washington, D.C., posted their highest unemployment rates on records dating to 1976.

Still, Michigan’s jobless rate fell from 15.3 in September, as the state gained 38,600 jobs, mostly in professional and business services sector. That category includes temporary workers.

Other states with heavy auto manufacturing activity also saw jumps in the professional and business category. They included Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee.

Sophia Koropeckyj, managing director at Moody’s Economy.com, said the gains could reflect greater use of temp workers by auto makers. The government’s Cash for Clunkers auto rebate program led to big sales gains in August, forcing auto makers to increase production to replace inventories.

Koropeckyj said her firm hopes to see higher manufacturing and construction employment. That would reflect increasing business investment, a key ingredient for a healthy recovery. But it wasn’t apparent in Friday’s report.

Still, there were other positive signs. Texas added 41,700 jobs, increasing its total payrolls for only the second time in the past year. California added over 25,000 jobs. Oklahoma added 8,800 jobs, the fourth-highest in the country, mostly in professional and business services, education and health care.

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The jobless rate continued to hover around 11 percent, as it has for nearly all of this year. September’s rate was 10.8 percent.

The state’s unemployment rate in October 2008 was 7 percent.

“The most important feature is that it’s not coming down, which verifies the fears of economists and the Obama administration that unemployment will continue to rise coming out of the recession,” said John Coleman, an economist at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.

Though Wall Street has been on the upswing for months, companies remain cautious about building back their work forces because they continue to see worrying signs on the horizon such as the risk of rising inflation and tax rates, Coleman said.

If the pattern of the current economic recovery sticks to the pattern set in the last two U.S. recessions, it would likely be many months before employment prospects improve substantially, he said.

Construction suffered the greatest job losses in October as employers shed about 6,600 North Carolina jobs.

Government jobs saw some of the greatest employment growth, adding 5,800; education and health services added an equal number.

Since the recession started in December 2007, North Carolina has lost 240,100 jobs, the Employment Security Commission said.

North Carolina’s unemployment rate has been worse than the national average for more than a year and that continued in October, when the U.S. figure was 10.2 percent.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will have scant time to rest up from his eight-day Asia trip.

On Saturday, two days after his return to Washington, the Senate plans a make-or-break vote on his hard-fought plan to overhaul the nation’s health care system. Obama also confronts a difficult choice on strategy and troop levels in Afghanistan, which will be criticized no matter what he decides.

His bid to re-regulate the financial industry faces stiff opposition in Congress. The decision to try high-profile terror suspects in federal courts has drawn withering Republican attacks. He also faces a problematic push by fellow Democrats in the House of Representatives for a new and costly jobs bill.

A president’s job is always busy, but Obama’s plate is piled much higher than most.

His immediate worry is whether the Senate’s 58 Democrats and two independents will stick together on a massive health care bill to block a Republican stalling tactic that requires a threefifths vote of the 100 senators to move legislation forward. No Republican senators are expected to help, and it is not clear that any Republicans will vote for the final bill later this year.

Before he left for Asia on Nov. 12, Obama met with wavering Democratic senators whose vote on health care remains in doubt. Top White House adviser David Axelrod was asked whether the president might call one of them, Sen. Blanche Lincoln, soon after his return from South Korea on Thursday. Axelrod said: “I’m quite certain that if called upon, he’s able to do whatever is needed.”

“Jet lag is not a barrier here,” Axelrod said in a telephone interview from Air Force One as it headed to Washington.

Failure to bring the health care bill to the Senate floor would damage severely both Obama’s prestige and his agenda. It also would prompt a mad scramble by Democratic leaders to pick up the needed votes, probably by tweaking the legislation to the holdouts’ liking.

“This December, in his spare time, the president gets to help the Senate get to the finish line on health care, unveil his decision on Afghanistan and make clear that the (economic) recovery and job creation are job one,” Reed said.

Despite the heavy Republican opposition, he said, prospects for enacting a health care bill are good because so many interest groups and ordinary Americans want change.

Obama’s most wrenching decision involves Afghanistan, Reed said.

Obama has pressed advisers for a comprehensive strategy to deal with terror, the Taliban threat and a realistic scenario for an eventual U.S. withdrawal.

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A line of medical syringes loaded with the the H1N1 flu vaccine are seen ready for use at the Dauphin County State Health Center in Harrisburg, Pa., Friday.

Tamiflu-resistant swine flu cluster found in N.C. hospital ATLANTA (AP) — Four North Carolina patients at a single hospital tested positive for a type of swine flu that is resistant to Tamiflu, health officials said Friday.

The cases reported at Duke University Medical Center over six weeks make up the biggest cluster seen so far in the U.S. Tamiflu — made by Switzerland’s Roche Group — is one of two flu medicines that help against swine flu, and health officials have been closely watching for signs that the virus is mutating, making the drugs ineffective.

About 52 resistant cases have been reported in the world since April, including 15 in the U.S. Almost all in the U.S. were isolated, said officials with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The BBC reported another cluster of five Tamiflu-resistant cases this week in Wales, in the United Kingdom.

The CDC has sent three disease investigators to North Carolina to help in the investigation there, said Dave Daigle, a CDC spokesman. CDC testing confirmed the

Tamiflu-resistant cases.

All four cases at the hospital were very ill patients in an isolated cancer unit on the hospital’s ninth floor, and it is believed they all caught the flu while at the hospital, said Dr. Daniel Sexton, professor of medicine and director of the Duke Infection Control Outreach Network.

Three of the four patients died, and one is recovering, he said.

Flu seems to have been a factor in each death, but they were very sick so it was hard to say that it was the primary cause, he added.

The first patient had been given Tamiflu before becoming ill with the virus, as a preventive measure. The three others were given Tamiflu after developing flu symptoms, he said.

The case is under investigation, but hospital officials said they have no evidence the cases represent a hospital-wide concern.

The North Carolina cluster is unusual, but “at this time we don’t have any information that should raise concerns for the general population,” said Dr. Alicia Frye, epidemiologist in

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The first reported instance of Tamiflu-resistant swine flu spreading from one person to another occurred about four months ago at a summer camp in western North Carolina, where two teenage girls — cabin mates — were diagnosed with the same drug-resistant strain.

Health officials said at the time that the virus may have spread from one girl to the other, or it’s possible that the girls got it from another camper.

Overall, CDC officials said Friday that swine flu cases appear to be declining throughout most of the U.S., with reports of swine flu illnesses widespread in 43 states last week, down from 46 the week before.

CDC officials also said reports have been increasing in a few states, including Maine and Hawaii. They said it’s hard to know whether the epidemic has peaked or not, and many people will be gathering — and spreading germs — next week at Thanksgiving.

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Daughter cringes at mom’s dance Dear Abby: I am an 11-year-old girl who loves going shopping and doing various stuff with my mom. But when we go to the mall or stop for lunch and she hears a song she likes, she’ll start singing to it.

And if we’re standing up, she even dances to it a little.

I have tried telling her to stop because she’s embarrassing me, but all she says is, “No one is looking, honey.” She also does it at home in front of my friends when I play my iPod. Any suggestions? — Blushing Dear Blushing: Your problem is one that has been shared by generations of young people.

You have reached an age when image is becoming important to you, and you’re afraid that your mother’s behavior will reflect badly on you.

It won’t.

Rather than be embarrassed, please consider how lucky you are to have an upbeat, music-loving mother with a sense of rhythm and some knowledge of the lyrics.

(If she has forgotten, be a sweetheart and offer to teach her.) I have it on good authority that an “old dog” can learn new tricks.

Dear Abby: After 30 years of marriage I still don’t know how to tell my wife she can’t cook.

I came home tonight to find an expensive piece of meat I had been looking forward to eating reduced to

Dear Abby Abigail van Buren

shoe leather.

In our golden years, we will be able to afford to splurge on expensive cuts of meat, etc., only rarely. It is disappointing to have to toss it into the garbage.

I never encouraged my wife to cook, and usually the pressure of work distracts her. But she has been “surprising” me more often with “delicacies” on her days off.

I dread retirement. How can I nicely ask her not to go to the trouble of preparing these disastrous dishes?

— Wants to be Tactful Dear Wants: Who has been doing the cooking in your household all these years — or have the two of you been eating out?

Because you can’t bring yourself to tell your wife her cooking skills need improvement, allow me to offer an alternative.

Sign the two of you up for nighttime cooking classes so she can brush up on her culinary skills and, if necessary, you can take over the role of family chef after you retire. Bon appetit!

Long-term use of cannabis questioned Dear Dr. Gott: If what I read in the paper is correct regarding drug consumption in America, a lot of people must smoke pot. Since I am one of them and am now past 60, I would like your comments on what potential health problems might be in the future for those of us who have indulged throughout our lives.

Dear Reader: You have presented me with an awkward question that I will attempt to answer objectively.

There are two sides to every story, and this issue falls into that category.

The active ingredient in marijuana is THC, which travels through the brain and body. Within a short time, the heart begins to beat rapidly, sometimes 50 beats per minute more than it had prior. One study indicates a person’s risk of heart attack within the first hour following smoking is four times greater than normal.

Further, bronchial passages enlarge, and the blood vessels in the eyes expand. THC affects the portion of

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the brain that regulates coordination, balance, posture and reaction time. Perhaps this is the reason that up to 11 percent of all people fatally injured test positive for THC. Marijuana smoke contains up to 70 percent more carcinogenic hydrocarbons than does ordinary tobacco smoke — and we know that tobacco smoke is tied to health issues. People who smoke marijuana frequently but do not smoke tobacco have a greater number of health problems and miss more days at work. Infrequent use can cause a cough, burning of the mouth and throat, acute chest illness, lung infections and airway obstruction.

IN THE STARS

Your Birthday, Nov. 21;

Dealings with several large commercial organizations could be more rewarding than usual.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — When it comes to something important you want to achieve, be sure to lay out your game plan first.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Don’t be too proud to accept a favor in repayment for something.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — The secret to getting what you want is to focus on what you can give.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — Make sure that anyone who assisted you shares in the limelight.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Be sure to plan something fun with friends.

You’ll enjoy the camaraderie.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Bold measures might be required to achieve something extremely important.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — Because both you and your mate are in complete accord about an important undertaking, things will turn out well.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — You’re in an industrious and productive mood, so don’t waste it.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Schedule your day so that you’ll have quality time left over to enjoy yourself.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Even though it might seem like an inconvenience, being helpful to others will make you feel good.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22) — Someone you know on a purely social basis could be just the person you need.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Partnering with a friend could turn out to be rather fortunate for both of you, especially with regard to profit.

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NORTH CAROLINA, RUTHERFORD COUNTY 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 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 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: 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.

Said property is commonly known as: 1727 Memorial Highway, Lake Lure, NC 28746

Nice 3BR/2BA MH in nice park in Ellenboro.

Appl., a/c. $450/mo.

Deposit & ref’s req.

Call 248-1909 2 Bedroom Nice, clean, quiet place to live! $200/mo. + dep.

Call 828-657-5974 3BR/1.5BA Ellenboro Refrig., stove, cent. h/a $450/mo. + deposit.

Call 305-4476

Instruction

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• PTDI Certified Course • One Student Per Truck • Potential Tuition Reimbursement • Approved WIA & TAA provider • Possible Earnings $34,000 First Year SAGE Technical Services

Sunshine Service Housekeeping, business cleaning, and/or elder care assistance, general cleaning, cooking. Ref. avail. 828-305-0705

Campers/RVs

MasterCorp Inc. is now hiring housekeepers in the Lake Lure area for weekend help only.

We offer excellent wages, training, and weekly pay.

Call 828-551-5463 to make an appointment.

NO Walk ins!!

2001 Lakefront, Montana 5th wheel camper w/12x40 deck at Lake James Landing, fire pit, storage building, nice yard, nice golf cart $26,000. Also 2005 fishing deck boat by Tracker used very little, garage kept. Total $43,000 289-4531

Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW): FT position for Gero-Psych Unit.

We have a great team providing exceptional care. Minimum 2 years experience.

Please send resume to: choneycutt@ or mail to: St. Luke’s Hospital Attn: Crystal Honeycutt

& (828)286-3636 ext. 221 www.isothermal.edu/truck

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Help Wanted Administrative Executive Must have Quickbooks experience, be self disciplined, and possess good organizational, computer, and communication skills.

Real estate experience a plus! Send resume to: rcjob@live.com

Gazelle Elliptical Exercise Bike. Like new! Cost $450, will take $100 248-9117

Musical Instruments 1977 Kimball Spinet Piano Pecan finished Good working cond.!

287-5802 or 289-0131

Want To Buy Wanted 29 Serious People. Put your computer to work!! $$$ paid daily pt/ft 6FigureMoney.com PIANIST NEEDED for Kistler’s Chapel UMC Call 286-2520 leave message

Find your job in the Classifieds!

WILL BUY YOUR JUNK Cars & Trucks Pick up at your convenience!

Call 223-0277 I PAY CASH FOR DIABETIC TEST STRIPS Up to $10 per 100 ct. Call Frank 828-577-4197 Want to buy lawn mowers. Any kind. 828-245-0479 or 828-305-5339

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.

Autos 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.

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.: 09-18661-FC01

BUSY MEDICAL Practice seeks Medical Office Assistant Part time, Monday - Thursday Medical office experience required.

Applicant must be well organized and have excellent communication skills.

Duties include: answering phones, insurance authorizations, filing charts, and other general office duties.

Fax resume and references to:

704-487-7258

Motorcycles

2001 Yamaha 650 Classic 12,600 mi.

A1 cond.! New back tire, new battery & new windshield. Comes w/2 new helmets. $3,000 firm Call 429-2474

saintlukeshospital.com

101 Hospital Drive Columbus, NC 28722

Work Wanted Will do all types of home repairs and remodeling. Call 429-4100 or 286-0246 Please leave message

Help Wanted

2001 Toyota Camry LE 1 owner, auto., 123k mi. Exc. cond.! $3,800. 828-245-4250 or 704-472-3262

Trucks 07 Chevy Silverado 4 dr. Loaded! $17,000 07 Ford XLT Super Cab $9,300 06 Dodge 1500 $9,000 429-9555

Find your new vehicle in the Classifieds!!

The Daily Courier office will be closed on Thursday, November 26th in observance of Thanksgiving Day Classified Advertising deadline for new ads, cancellations, and changes to existing ads for the Thursday, November 26th and Friday, November 27th editions are as follows: LINE ADS: Deadline is Wednesday, November 25th at 2:00 PM DISPLAY ADS: Deadline is Tuesday, November 24th at 2:00 PM DISPLAY AD DEADLINE for Saturday, November 28th and Sunday, November 29th editions will be Wednesday, November 25th by 2:00 PM

Pets FREE TO A GOOD HOME ONLY! Female 1/2 Border Collie & 1/2 Australian Shepherd White w/brownish black, 6-8 months old.

Good with children, needs room to run!

Call 248-5658 lv msg

Lost

F Red Bone Coon hound puppy 4 mo. old. Lost 11/17 from Cedar Creek Rd., Lake Lure 828-625-0402

M German Shepherd/ chow mix Brown/black, long hair, has collar.

Lost 11/12 FC/Caroleen area. Call 429-5103

Yard Sales Big Sale Rfdtn:121 General Griffith Circle (Rutherford Towne Sub.) Sat 8A-3P Highchair, strollers, children’s clothing, bikes, toys and more

Ellenboro 143 Bridge Road Sat. 7A-til Baby items, Christmas decorations, home interior, sm. appliances, lots of toys & more!

Huge Yard/Bake Sale FC, McNair Field, Sat. 7:30A-until Appliances, furniture, clothes, toys, much more. Sponsored by Forest City Youth Council Multi-family: Rfdtn, 244 S. Main St., Fri. & Sat. 7A-until Tread mill, bikes, tool box for truck, books, clothes, more

RAIN OR SHINE FC: 273 Forest Lake Rd. (across from church) Thanksgiving 10A4P, Fri. & Sat. 6A-10A Top quality items!

Ladies clothes, (sm.med), baby crib, books, crochet afghans, quilts, dish sets, costume jewelry, Christmas sweaters & more!

Rfdtn: 268 Bent Tree Drive, Sat. 7:30A-until.

Antique Walnut table, white chest and dresser, white crib like new, little girls and other clothes, toys, variety of items 286-2046

Yard sales are a great place to find a deal!

The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, SATURDAY, November 21, 2009 — 15 NORTH CAROLINA, RUTHERFORD COUNTY

NORTH CAROLINA, RUTHERFORD COUNTY NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 09 SP 225

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 09 SP 398

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.

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.

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:

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:

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.

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:

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.

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.: 09-10977-FC01

Check the Classifieds for Bargains EVERY DAY!

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.

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

16 — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, SATURDAY, November 21, 2009 NORTH CAROLINA, RUTHERFORD COUNTY

NORTH CAROLINA, RUTHERFORD COUNTY NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 09 SP 323

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 09 SP 454

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.

Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by John Adorante, An Unmarried Person to PRLAP, INC, Trustee(s), which was dated May 29, 2007 and recorded on May 30, 2007 in Book 959 at Page 376, 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 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: All that certain lot or parcel of land situated in Morgan Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina, and more particularly described as follows: 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".

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 December 1, 2009 at 2:00PM, 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 the Town of Forest City, North Carolina, in the North side of Utah Street in said Town, and being Lots Numbers Eighty (80), Eighty-One (81), Eighty-Two (82), Eighty-Three (83), Eighty-Four (84), and Eighty-Five (85) of HARMON SUBDIVISION as shown on a plat made by J. A. Wilkie, Surveyor, now of record in Plat Book 1, at Page 112, in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Rutherford County, North Carolina, to which plat reference is hereby made for a more full and complete description of said lots.

And being that same property as conveyed by Deed dated February 14, 2007, from Sherry Wilson Tyndall and husband, Rommie W. Tyndall and Sherry Tyndall, Executrix of the Estate of Max Harris Wilson to Cynthia L. Barnwell and of record in Deed Book 926 at Page 230, Rutherford County Registry.

GBarnwell2.dew Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as: 160 Utah Street &, .23 Acres Adjacent to 160 Utah Street, Forest City, NC 28043

Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

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

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 John A. Adorante.

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.: 09-20221-FC01

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The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, SATURDAY, November 21, 2009 — 17 NORTH CAROLINA, RUTHERFORD COUNTY

NORTH CAROLINA, RUTHERFORD COUNTY NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 09 SP 390

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 09 SP 442

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.

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.

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:

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:

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:

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.

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 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

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 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

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18 — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, SATURDAY, November 21, 2009 NORTH CAROLINA, RUTHERFORD COUNTY

NORTH CAROLINA, RUTHERFORD COUNTY NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 09 SP 443

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 09 SP 431

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 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.

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 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:

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:

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.: 09-19463-FC01

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Chiropractors get a lift in the Senate health care bill, thanks to a senator from the state practitioners consider the birthplace of their profession — Iowa.

Search the fine print of the bill unveiled this week by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and you’ll find scores of provisions making winners out of some interest groups and losers of others, from makers of costly biological drugs to insurance company executives.

It’s not surprising considering the $1 trillion, 10-year price tag of the 2,074-page legislation.

Chiropractors, sometimes criticized as unscientific by medical doctors, could join health teams designed to help primary care physicians coordinate the treatment of patients. Though the precise financial impact is unclear, the language would help steer more patients to a profession whose participation in many federal programs is limited, including Medicare, Medicaid and the medical systems for veterans, the military and civil servants.

“It’s important because it just further legitimizes the services that are delivered by a chiropractor, and recognizes they are well received by the patient public,” said John Falardeau, lobbyist for the American Chiropractic Association.

The language was approved earlier this year by the Senate health committee. Falardeau said that panel’s chairman, Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, was largely responsible for getting it included by Reid, who wrote the final Senate bill behind closed doors.

Less fortunate were well-paid officials of health insurance companies. Reid included language Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., got into the Senate Finance Committee version of the bill. The wording eliminates companies’ tax deductions for the portion of insurance executives’ pay that exceeds $500,000.

Lincoln faces a difficult re-election campaign next year, and is among a handful of moderate Democratic senators who have not said whether they will support Reid’s bill. Health insurance companies have been repeatedly vilified

by President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats, and axing an industry tax break could have populist appeal.

In the latest round of a bitter struggle over the country’s $46 billion market for biological drugs, the Senate bill extends the protection some brandname manufacturers would get from generic competitors.

The drugs, made from living cells, are a growing part of the pharmaceutical market. Benefiting from a well-financed lobbying campaign and influential supporters, the manufacturers won language in the Senate health committee bill — and in the House-passed health overhaul legislation — giving them 12 years of protection.

Reid’s bill would add another six months of protection for drugmakers who also test those products for use by children. Generic companies want to be able to compete immediately.

The bill also has language prohibiting the government from discriminating against health care providers that refuse to provide services for assisted suicides.

Reid’s bill also allows Medicaid coverage for babies delivered in the roughly 300 birth centers that operate outside hospitals around the country, mostly for low-income women or those in remote areas.

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Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill., center, accompanied by Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., left, and Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., speaks during a health care reform news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday.

Moderate Dems key to vote WASHINGTON (AP) — Suitably opaque, Section 2006 takes up only a few dozen lines in a sweeping health care bill that runs to 2,074 pages and mentions neither Sen. Mary Landrieu nor her state of Louisiana.

But the section’s purpose is indisputable: to deliver $100 million or more in federal funds to the state. And in the process clear the way for one of three moderate Democratic fence-sitters — Ben Nelson of Nebraska and Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas are the others — to help propel the legislation past its initial hurdle in a crucial Saturday vote.

Nelson, Landrieu and Lincoln emerged several days ago as the last public holdouts among 58 Democrats and two independents whose votes Majority Leader Harry Reid and the White House must have to overcome the Republicans’ attempt to strangle the bill before serious debate can begin.

Each has moved carefully with an eye on home-state voters.

And inside the Senate, each has taken advantage of the political leverage newly available.

Alone among the three, Nelson issued a statement Friday ending any lingering public suspense about his intentions. “The Senate should start trying to fix a health care system that costs too much and delivers too little for Nebraskans,” he said, adding his decision should not be seen as an indication of how he will vote on the legislation itself.

Nelson had been publicly sig-

naling his intentions for more than a week, and his words presumably came as no surprise to Reid or the White House.

This sort of political minuet can be delicate, as shown when the Senate’s second-ranking Democrat, Dick Durbin of Illinois, said earlier on Friday that Lincoln had already confided to Reid how she planned to vote.

Republicans, eager to scuttle the bill — and defeat Lincoln in 2010 — instantly accused the two-term senator of telling Democratic party leaders before informing her own constituents in Arkansas.

“No other senator speaks for Senator Lincoln. She is still reviewing the bill,” declared the senator’s spokeswoman, Leah Vest DiPietro, adding her boss had not yet made up her mind.

As for Nelson, several officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said he had insisted Reid omit from the bill any change in the insurance industry’s protection from federal antitrust law. The House version of the legislation would expose the industry to scrutiny by both the Justice Department’s antitrust lawyers and the Federal Trade Commission.

Reid, who spoke out strongly in favor of the change in antitrust treatment earlier in the fall, left it out of the bill he unveiled on Wednesday.

Lincoln has been the most close-mouthed about her intention. As a committee chairman, she is the most powerful of the group. As the only one of the three seeking re-election next

year, she is also the most politically vulnerable.

In public, she has asked that the bill be available for 72 hours before the vote occurs. In private, her demands have been more substantive, according to officials who did not describe them.

She is virtually certain to be criticized no matter what her vote. After the House cleared its version of the legislation this month, a conservative group began airing commercials criticizing Rep. Vic Snyder, D-Ark., for voting in its favor. At the same time, MoveOn.org, a liberal organization, slammed another one of the state’s lawmakers, Rep. Mike Ross, for opposing it.

Of the three, Landrieu has been the clearest about her intentions, and her interests ranged beyond health insurance to the oysters for which Louisiana is famous. When the Food and Drug Administration proposed banning sales of raw oysters from the Gulf of Mexico during warm weather months, Landrieu and others objected.

A week ago, the agency thought better of the idea and shelved the plan in favor of further study.

Over recent weeks, Landrieu has issued a string of statements outlining the areas she wanted addressed for the benefit of her constituents — issues that could be dealt with only after health legislation made it to the Senate floor.

Landrieu can point to provisions in the legislation that are designed to attack all three problems.

They include Section 2006.

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SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands (AP) — The Pacific resort island of Saipan was reeling Saturday from one of the most violent attacks in its history, when a gunman killed five people, including two small children and himself, in a rampage that ended at a World War II historical site.

“The commonwealth has never experienced a tragic situation like this, and we are saddened by the appalling action of a single individual that has caused so much harm to our peaceful island community,” Gov. Benigno R. Fitial said.

Fitial stressed the tourist haven was still a safe place and precautions would be taken to prevent similar attacks.

The violence claimed the lives of two men, a 4-year-old boy and a 2-year-old girl, all residents of the U.S. commonwealth, Public Safety spokesman Jason Tarkong said. Five South Korean tourists, including

a boy and a girl, and a 4-year-old local girl were among the six people wounded.

Police said the attack began Friday inside a shooting range in the community of Kannat Tabla, killing two men in their early 20s and the two children. The 4-year-old girl was critically injured with a gunshot wound to the chest.

Shortly after the first attack, the suspect began firing a rifle from a white van at a group of South Koreans visiting a World War II historic spot in nearby Marpi, wounding five. Police do not believe the shooter was specifically targeting tourists in what Tarkong termed a random drive-by shooting.

Authorities said the suspected shooter was a contract worker in his 30s or 40s from Asia, but his name and home country were not disclosed. Several residents said the man was known as “Mr. Lee” and they believe he was from China.