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Jobless rate dropped in November By SCOTT BAUGHMAN Daily Courier Staff Writer
FOREST CITY — Rutherford County’s unemployment rate dipped slightly to 16.1 percent in November, down 0.4 percent from October’s number of 16.5. Rates increased in 60 of North Carolina’s 100 counties, decreased in 31 counties and remained the same in nine.
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An extension in unemployment benefits by the Employment Security Commission last week provided millions of more dollars for many of those displaced workers that had exhausted their funding. “The last extension that was signed into law back in November was a tier three and so about 30,000 letters went out last week to those potential claimants in the
county and we’re seeing a lot of people come in for that extension,” said Sandra Miller, manager of the ESC office in Forest City. The county had a workforce of 28,885 people in November of 2009 with 24,245 people employed. The 4,640 unemploy Please see Jobless, Page 6
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officer, patrol supervisor and investigator and served on several narcotics forces. Parker was presented his side-arm and badge from Police Chief Kevin Lovelace during the council meeting. Lovelace thanked Parker for his service to the town. Among other special guests were Parker’s wife, Loujeana Parker; Sheriff Jack Conner, Burke County Sheriff John McDevitt, D.A. Brad Greenway, SBI agent and former police chief
SPINDALE — Broad River Water Authority board members approved a $6 million bond for plant upgrades in a move that will have the average customer paying about 3 percent more in rates over the next several years. For a customer that uses 5,000 gallons of water per month, the average bill is now $42.10. A 3 percent increase would raise that bill to around $43.35 or up about $1.25. The water treatment plant modernization project will be the first upgrade to the aging facility in nearly 26 years. The board has been discussing the project for several months, but the $6 million bond is a little less than the original total. “In the budget we had approved $6.25 million, but we reduced that amount because the sales to Inman/Campobello Water District have been less than what we projected,” said BRWA Manager Maria Hunnicutt. “So this is now $6 million that we are borrowing and the Local Government Commission approved our project — with no comments — on Tuesday.” “Why are the sales to Inman less?” asked board member Mickey Bland. “They told us they’d buy 3 to 4
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The house fire that claimed the life of Michael “Mickey” Penson, 60, of Webb Church Road, Ellenboro, remains under investigation by Rutherford County Fire Marshal Roger Hollifield. The fire broke out at 8:54 a.m. Tuesday and Penson and his wife Tina Penson, were both at home. She was able to escape the smoke and fire but when she re-entered the double-wide mobile home to try and rescue her husband, she also sustained injuries and is in the intensive care unit at Rutherford Hospital. Her condition is improving, her mother said today.
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RUTHERFORDTON — Lt. Rick S. Parker was honored by Town Council, town staff and friends here Wednesday upon his retirement after 32 years of service in the town’s police department. An official resolution was passed by Town Council, recognizing Parker’s career and his efforts in making Rutherfordton a safer and better place to live. During his career in Rutherfordton, Parker has been a patrol
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BOSTIC — The town moved toward staggered terms for its board members in 2009. Citing concerns about having a board completely filled with inexperienced newcomers, town leaders took the necessary steps last year to enact the change.
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The November election began moving Bostic toward staggered terms. In order to reach the goal of staggered terms, the top two vote getters in last November’s election will serve four-year terms and the other three will serve twoyear terms. Those serving two-year terms now will be up for re-election in 2011, when the term will be four years. The two serving four-year terms won’t come up for
re-election until 2013. By that device, voters will now elect three board members in one election, and two and a mayor in the next election. Presently, Bill Lattimore and Mike Hollifield are serving four-year terms, while David Wright, Keith Dobbins and Jeff Swink are serving two-year terms. Please see Bostic, Page 6
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Conference center will host a bridal show By JESSICA OSBORNE Daily Courier Correspondent
FOREST CITY – Looking for tips on how to have the perfect wedding? The new Carolina Event and Conference Center on Hudlow road will be hosting a bridal show on Saturday, Jan. 9. The Blue Ridge Wedding Show will be put on by Doris Crute, event coordinator of Fresh Start Wedding and Event Services. Starting at 10 a.m. on Saturday, there will be a Mother/Daughter Brunch. “This is an exciting time for mothers and daughters to talk to vendors about wedding kits, flowers shows and music for the reception,” said Crute. So far, there is limited space for the Mother Daughter Brunch, and Crute recommends signing up early. The main wedding show will start at 11 a.m. and will go until 3 p.m. The show will start with music for ceremonies, entertainment for receptions, followed by a tuxedo show and will end with a “high energy” fashion show. “This is a new site in the county where couples will have another choice to have their wedding,” said Crute. Brides from the county and surrounding counties are registering for the show, and attendance is growing daily. Brides-to-be can register at the door beginning at 10:45 a.m. “This wedding show will be filled with fun and excitement,” said Crute. “We’ll be showing the latest trends for weddings, have a high energy fashion show, give away gifts from vendors, limousine services, florists and beauty consultants. Wedding entertainment and the latest wedding site in town will be displayed as well as wedding products and services.” The show is being sponsored by Joy’s Bridal of Forest City, Staley Clothing of Spindale, Tuscany Italian Grille, Foothills Bridal Magazine, Bostic Florist, First National Bank, Larkins on the Lake, Carolina Chiropractic Plus, Honeymoons, Inc., Chad’s Video Services, Belk and Bruce’s Fabulous Foods. The other vendors are from Rutherford and surrounding counties. More than 30 vendors will be present and on hand to display wedding products or services for the many brides, grooms and family members who will be attending. For more information about the show contact Doris Crute at 447-2674 or visit www.freshstartwes.com to register for this event.
Most of Blue Ridge Parkway closed
ASHEVILLE (AP) — Much of the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina and Virginia has been closed to motorists because of heavy accumulations of snow and ice as well as downed trees. The National Park Service announced Wednesday that many sections of the roadway are blocked by gates, but also said that some portions of the road cannot be blocked to traffic and are hazardous. The park service says it could take weeks to clear the road, especially at higher elevations because colder temperatures limit melting of ice and snow.
Public radio station WNCW has expanded its range with the acquisition of a signal once used by Wilkes Community College. Daily Courier file photo
WNCW expands its coverage with a Wilkes County signal SPINDALE — WNCW is bringing its unique blend of Americana/roots music and NPR News programming to Wilkes County this week. “We kind of look at this as a New Year present for Wilkesboro and the surrounding areas,” said Dana Whitehair, WNCW’s general manager, “and we’re thrilled to be able to bring this programming to the region’s airwaves.” The signal in Wilkes County will go out on the 90.9 FM frequency of WSIF, the station formerly owned and operated by Wilkes Community College. In 2008, WCC officials decided to take the station off the air and discontinue the college’s Broadcast Production Technology program. Soon after, they contacted Whitehair to see if WNCW, the station licensed to Isothermal Community College, would be interested in obtaining WSIF’s license and 1,000-watt transmitter. “It just seemed like a good fit right off the bat,” said Whitehair. “Wilkes Community College is home to the annual MerleFest, with which WNCW was already involved as a media sponsor. There is a rich tradition of music in the foothills and mountains of Wilkes and the surrounding counties. It seemed to everyone involved that it would be
a match tailored quite well for WNCW’s diverse programming.” “Isothermal Community College is very excited about this venture,” said Stephen Matheny, vice president of Administrative Services at Isothermal. “The programming created by WNCW is very unique and has proven over the past 20 years to be something that the region demands. We look forward to serving the Wilkesboro market and continuing to provide quality programming to the entire service area that WNCW reaches. We also commend Wilkes Community College for recognizing the value of continuing to serve its region with public radio.” WNCW, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary, is a nationally-known leader in the Americana, Triple A (adult album alternative) and bluegrass formats. The station’s eclectic music mix spans a wide variety of genres, but is typified by alternative rock and country, folk, blues, bluegrass, world music and jazz. Original programming ranges from a weekly sampling of bluegrass on Goin’ Across The Mountain to explorations into the music of Frank Zappa during Frank on Friday. Regional news headlines are highlighted each weekday morning during National Public Radio’s Morning
Edition. By mid-2009, the details of the transfer were worked out and engineering work began on getting the station up and running. The WSIF 90.9 transmitter will act as a repeater to broadcast WNCW’s feed via an Internet connection. The feed will run year-round with the exception of the weekend of MerleFest. “During that weekend, the station will broadcast live from the stages of MerleFest on the WSIF frequency only,” said Whitehair. “Broadcasting live from MerleFest has been a WSIF tradition and we’ve committed to both Wilkes Community College and MerleFest that the tradition will continue.” The WSIF repeater is expected to bring WNCW’s programming to an additional population of approximately 70,000 people in Wilkes and parts of eight other North Carolina counties including Yadkin, Iredell, Alexander, Caldwell, Watauga, Ashe, Alleghany and Surry. WNCW 88.7’s main signal can be heard in parts of five states. The station also has translators in Boone, Charlotte and Greenville, S.C. More information on WNCW and its programming can be found at www.wncw.org.
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Ellenboro, Colfax book effort has been launched By LARRY DALE Daily Courier Staff Writer
Emergency crews work the scene of a fatal moped accident in Rutherford County last June. Eleven people lost their lives in highway accidents last year. Daily Courier file photo
ELLENBORO — An effort has been launched to publish a book about Ellenboro and Colfax Township, and people are being asked to bring their old photos and historic items to possibly be included in the book. Among those working on the book are Anita Price Davis, Mike Rhyne and Scott Withrow, all of whom have roots in Ellenboro. Davis said the book, to be titled “Colfax Township,” already has a publisher in Arcadia Publishing Co. That company previously has published some of Davis’ books on Rutherford County, as well as a book on Cliffside by Reno Bailey. Jim Walker, who died recently, provided photos in conjunction with Davis’ work. Those working on the book are asking people who might have something to contribute to come by the clubhouse in Ellenboro on Friday between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. to have their photos copied or photos of historic items made. The items will be returned immediately. Davis explained that creating the book is a labor of love for those involved. “We all love Ellenboro and its people,” she said. “Mike still lives there and Scott only recently sold the family home there to be with his wife at her homeplace. We all attended Speeding remains the number one Ellenboro School.” cause of accidents and fatalities and Of the event Friday, Davis said, “We the second cause of collisions is folhope to gather some images of Colfax lowing too close. Township to convey to others what Of the 11 deaths last year, seven the township is like and to preserve were men, three were women and a the history of the area for future two-year-old toddler, who was struck generations. Mike has much inforby a car. mation at the depot, and people have The total includes two moped acci- begged him to preserve it in book dents (men) and one motorcyclist form so they can buy it, study it and (man). keep it. We hope to do just that.” Among the things the authors The NCHP said there were 1,530 hope to see are some early photos collisions, but 172 didn’t require an of the Colfax Gin, Hopewell Gin, official report. McKinney’s Mill, Sunshine Lake and There were 55 people injured. Of the collisions, 64 involved a driv- the early stores at Hopewell, as well er using alcohol or drugs, an increase as early photos of local churches and of 8.4 percent, Gilreath said. Statistics show when there is an economic crisis, people tend to turn to drugs or alcohol much more, Gilreath said. With Rutherford County’s economic distress, the number of wrecks involving alcohol or drugs, is actually lower than statisRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Officials tics might otherwise indicate, due to say a a national supplier of molded the economy. plastic parts is moving its headquarThe second cause of accidents in ters from Chicago to North Carolina. Rutherford County last year was following too close, with a 37.5 percent Gov. Bev Perdue announced increase. Wednesday that Wilbert Plastic Services is expanding its Belmont Improper backing and parking facility in Gaston County, investing accounted for 23 wrecks in 2009, $5.7 million and creating 41 jobs over up from last year’s 11 wrecks, or an three years. increase of 110 percent. Improper Company officials say the new backing/parking includes high school headquarters will be closer to the parking lots, convenient store parking lots, grocery stores, Isothermal Community College, etc.
Eleven were killed on county roads on 2009 By JEAN GORDON Daily Courier Staff Writer
FOREST CITY — Eleven people died on roads and streets in Rutherford County in 2009, twice the number of fatalities in 2008, said Sgt. Brian Gilreath of the North Carolina Highway Patrol. Nine of the fatalities occurred on North Carolina roadways and two occurred on city streets. The rate of fatalities was up 125 percent over last year. Gilreath said 2008 was an “anomaly” for Rutherford County since the number of fatalities in the county has been as high 15 to 20 deaths in the past few years. “I wish we could have zero fatalities,” Gilreath said. “That would be perfect, and no one is perfect.” “I do appreciate the men and women who go out there every day to try to make the roads a safer place. Thanks to all who are working to do that,” Gilreath said. “They are making a difference.” Gilreath reminds everyone people to use seat belts. Of all the fatalities reported in Rutherford and McDowell counties, only two people who were “belted” didn’t survived. All the others weren’t wearing seat belts when they crashed. (Rutherford and McDowell are in the same highway district.) One fatality occurred in Forest City and one occurred in Spindale. “We are seeing fewer fatalities than in the past, but the “unbelted fatalities” have increased.
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Former state Sen. Cal Cunningham entered the race to Sen. Richard Burr one month ago, and a spokesman said he raised almost all of the $320,000 between then and the end of the year. About 750 people have contributed to the campaign so far, and the campaign has more than
Father charged in shooting
JACKSONVILLE, (AP) — Authorities say a 27-year-old North Carolina man has been charged in the accidental shooting death of his 3-year-old son. The Onslow County Sheriff’s Office reports Robert John Lewis of Jacksonville turned himself in Wednesday morning. He was charged with involuntary manslaughter, possession of a weapon of mass destruction, contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile and failing to secure a firearm from a minor. Authorities said Lewis’ 3-year-old son accidentally shot himself Nov. 16 with a gun left within his reach.
company’s southern manufacturing operations and closer to its expanding Southeast customer base. Wilbert Plastic Services produces molded plastic parts for the automotive, industrial equipment and custom parts markets. The company’s Belmont plant currently employs 86 people, while its Harrisburg plant about 30 miles east employs 90.
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other buildings. An example of the textile industry in Rutherford County also would be especially welcome, she added. “We would particularly like some images of the Queen Anne Mill in Ellenboro; the owners had some photos made of the workers there,” Davis said. The book “Rutherford County 1979: A People’s Bicentennial History” says that Ellenboro Manufacturing Co. was organized under the name of Belk Manufacturing Co. in July 1925, and it was later known as Queen Anne Cotton Mills and as Nisler Mill. “Bring the photos in!” Davis emphasized. “We will scan while you wait and get your priceless information back to you on the spot.” She noted that she foresees widespread support for the book effort. “We hope the work will be a community effort and not just us three,” Davis said. “Frances Bailey is going to help with interviews, setting up, etc. Others will come and go as they have time. “That is one thing that makes Colfax Township special. The people work together and help each other. We all know each other or at least know the families. This is a good time to share that history with others.” Davis noted that the town and surrounding area holds a special place in her life. “My dad was killed in World War II, and my mother married Ewart Burns from Ellenboro. He and the whole town provided moral support and love for me. I am eternally grateful to the people and to Bethel Baptist Church; they took me under their wings.” Davis added that the love of Ellenboro is something she often encounters. “I was talking with another person to ask her to bring some things,” Davis said. “She said, ‘Of course I will. I love Colfax Township.’” For more information about the book, contact Rhyne at 453-7414 or Davis at 453-7381.
$300,000 cash left to spend. A spokesman for Secretary of State Elaine Marshall said her campaign hasn’t completed counting last year’s donations. A spokeswoman for Durham attorney Kenneth Lewis didn’t immediately return a call seeking details on his fundraising. Burr faces his first Senate re-election in November. He had more than $3.4 million to spend at the end of September.
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orth Carolina lawmakers will not go back for their short term session until late spring, but when they get there, they will face some difficult decisions. State revenue officials say a budget deficit of as much as $400 million could be facing state legislators. The recession has taken a toll already on state governments across the nation and the losses are continuing. That has some states studying ways to bring their budgets back into shape. Some states are considering increasing or adding toll roads. Some are looking at reducing prison populations through early release programs. Others face the difficult choices on raising fees and taxes. The problem is simple. Tax collections are down and the demand and need for services is rising, especially for services such as Medicaid, food stamps and unemployment benefits. “It’s going to be the toughest year yet,” said Raymond Scheppach, director of the National Governors Association, who predicts funding could evaporate for higher education, the arts and economic development. “The states haven’t hit bottom.” The challenges are certainly there for state leaders who not only need to keep our state functioning, but put us in a position to do what has to be done to deal with future challenges.
Our readers’ views Admits motto mistake, stands behind science To the editor: In regards to the national motto I was mistaken in believing that it was not “In God we Trust.” But one commentator asked if I think it is some kind of contest. Absolutely, and science has been losing up until now. I believe the church is responsible for the slowing down in science, one example to take in consideration is Leonardo da Vinci. who in the 1500s discovered the vascular system, the hardening of arterys and much more, but his work was repressed because the church at the time didn’t like the fact that he was working on cadavers. Now think of that grandma out there who died of heart failure or the father who died of a heart attack because he had a blood clot. All of these may have been prevented if we had better technology, and I stand to say we would if not for religion Jordan Hallman Bostic
Offers another take on religion and the state To the editor: Have you been threatened in this economic recession to face the loss of your house? Are the banks foreclosing on you and forcing you to lose property you have been paying on for a long time? Since all law officials are sworn or affirmed to uphold the laws of the state, and since all states recognize the sovereignty of God, it might be interesting to know what God tells these officials on that matter. Deuteronomy 24:10: “When thou dost lend thy brother anything, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge. Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee”. There’s an ancient right of
private property by borrowers against lenders, guaranteed by God. Oh, and regarding private property and zoning laws, there’s Micah 2:5: “Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord (surveyor’s line) by lot (vote) in the congregation of the Lord.” What is the “congregation of the Lord?” Well, since all judges and law officials are sworn to uphold the law, every courtroom in the land would be a “congregation of the Lord.” Any person, faced with zoning rules, has the right of ‘due process’ which pre-existed our Constitution, and which is subject to “God’s will” according to all state constitutions. That is, when it comes to private property, the people do not and cannot rule. The process is directly condemned in Jeremiah 5:31: “...the priests (judges) bear rule by their means (by their own decision) and my people love to have it so.” And what does God say about this process of law? Same chapter, verse 29: “Shall I not visit for these things? Shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?” And how do banks get control of your property? By loaning you money at interest, which is directly condemned in Deuteronomy 23:19. Isn’t it funny how judges sworn to uphold the law tend to ignore this stuff? Jesus had something to say about the lawyers of his day. Luke 12:52: “Woe unto you lawyers! For ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in, ye hindered”. Isn’t it funny how every state recognizes the sovereignty of God, and then we’re told we can’t bring that up in court? Children, can you say “scam”? Ralph Haulk Forest City
letter written by Donald Beason. He commented that “the government has a history of failure in all they have done,” And “Obama has no history of success in anything he has done,” I’m assuming he speaks of the Government of the U.S.
Contends government has had successes
Please look again Mr. Beason; I think you will see just how wrong your statements are. Ray Crawford Rutherfordton
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There is no way to list the successes: Social Security, Medicare, 1st and 2nd world wars, an interstate highway system, and on and on. The failures of our government, pale in comparison to the successes. Sounds as if Mr. Beason may have a case of being anti-government. To say that Obama has not succeeded at anything is to be blind to what is going on. After he inherited a tanking economy, great debt to China, and a mindset that we were at war with terror, etc. He continued the bail out program started by President Bush with a bit more accountability. He passed the stimulus package, which greatly increased the national debt; however, indicators are that it is working. We are at war with terrorists, not any country. We still have 140,000 troops in Iraq (never were any al Qaida there till we went. We have 100,000 troops in Afghanistan, but the al Qaeda seems to have left. The big deal is now Yemen. Obama’s objectives are to get troops out of countries and fight the terrorists, not a country, He has probably enjoyed the most success in getting other nations to realize we are hoping to be friends and not enemies. He is closer to health care reform than we have ever been.
I’m on the lookout for a few good soup recipes Brr..... you’d think as a January baby I’d enjoy the cold, but this week’s weather has been downright bone chilling. The frigid air has made me crave warm, comforting foods and drinks. I’m on a New Year’s kick of trying to save some money and trim my waistline, so it’s put me in hot pursuit of foods that will allow for both. Then you add in trying to please my family .... well, I need kid-friendly comfort foods. Soup is a staple in our house – I could practically own stock in Campbell’s because not only can you
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dump it in a pot and add water for an instant meal but you can add the cream varieties to various dishes to create some pretty darn good meals. And ever since we ate at a local restaurant a couple weeks back and I had broccoli cheese soup, I’ve been wanting to make my own. God bless the grocery store shelf that stocks a powdered
version I think will become a new family favorite. It’s simple, relatively cheap and wasn’t chock full of too many calories. And best of all – Nathan gobbled it up, saying “Mommy, this is good. Thank you for making it.” Music to this mommy’s ears. What are your favorite cold weather foods? Stephen and I also enjoy a good, thick, spicy chili, but I haven’t broken out the slow cooker for that one yet. Chicken pot pie is another favorite of mine and something I especially crave when I have a stuffy nose and scratchy throat.
I wish this cold air would bring along some more snow. Have you noticed all that’s still piled up around the county from more than two weeks ago? I always heard growing up that it meant it was “laying around waiting for more.” Cold, snowy days meant hot chocolate and waffles, so that’s another comfort food I crave when it’s not fit to be outdoors. And why relegate waffles to just breakfast? Many years back, when my mother-in-law was cooking dinner for all of us once a week, she got on a waffle kick. For at least eight Wednesday nights in a row,
we ate waffles. Thinking back on that, it’s a wonder I eat waffles now because we all got more than a little foundered on them. Now that I’ve found an easy broccoli soup recipe, I think I’ll look next for some other soup recipes. I’m not a fan of vegetable, but I do like potato. And my all-time favorite is She-Crab Soup. Do you have any recipes you’re willing to share? If so, please e-mail them to me. If it meets the Nathan seal of approval, it could be featured in an upcoming column. Contact Flynn via e-mail at aflynn@thedigitalcourier.com.
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Obituaries Donnis Morrow
Donnis Brooks Morrow, 77, of 167 Walker Lake Road, Forest City, died Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010, at her residence. Born in Rutherford County, she was a daughter of the late Glenn Brooks and Mattie Martin Brooks. She worked in textiles most of her life and was of the Baptist faith. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Charles William Morrow. Survivors include her son, Randy Morrow of Forest City; two grandchildren; one great-grandchild; a brother, Bobby Brooks of Forest City; and a sister, Alice Rossman of Cliffside. A memorial service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday at Harrelson Funeral Chapel. No formal visitation is schedJean Gordon/Daily Courier uled, but the family will Ellenboro firefighters and Trooper W.S. Morrow, discuss a two-vehicle accident Wednesday morngather at the home of Randy ing on U.S. 74B in Ellenboro, where Sherry Williams, 34, of Cliffside, sustained minor injuries. She and Starr Morrow, 130 was taken to Rutherford Hospital for treatment by Rutherford EMS. Morrow said Devin Guevara, 25, Birdsong Lane, Forest City. of Ellenboro, was driving a Nissan 300 east when another driver was stopped at a private driveway Memorials may be made to about to make a turn. He said the sun was in his eyes and to avoid hitting the woman, he swerved Gideons International, P.O. across the center line to miss her and struck Williams’ GMC pick-up truck. “They almost hit head on,” Morrow said, “but they pretty much sideswiped.” Guevara was charged with unsafe movement and no Box 834, Forest City, NC 28043. operator’s license. Also assisting at the scene was NC Crime Control. Online condolences www.harrelsonfuneralhome.com.
Carolina Today Companies announce recalls
NEW YORK (AP) — The following recalls have been announced: n About 10,000 Master Forge five-burner gas grills, manufactured in China and imported by L G Sourcing Inc. of North Wilkesboro, N.C., because the hose on the gas tank can melt and rupture when the grill is lit. This poses a risk of fires and burns. The company has received two reports of melted and ruptured hoses, but no reports of injuries or property damage. The grills were sold at Lowe’s stores around the country between September 2009 and November 2009. Details: by
phone at 800-444-6742; by Web at http://www.cpsc.gov. n About 2,100 military toy figures, manufactured in China and imported by Jide Trading Inc. of Commerce, Calif., because the surface paints contain high levels of lead. No incidents have been reported. The toys were sold at Dollar Stores and other discount stores between November 2008 and April 2009. Details: by phone at 866-544-7822; by Web at http://www.jidetrading.com or http://www.cpsc.gov.
Poker player killed in home attack ROCKY MOUNT (AP) — Authorities say a North Carolina man playing poker
Police Notes Sheriff’s Reports
n The Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office responded to 137 E-911 calls Tuesday.
Rutherfordton
n The Rutherfordton Police Department responded to 20 E-911 calls Tuesday.
Spindale
n The Spindale Police Department responded to 35 E-911 Tuesday.
Lake Lure
n The Lake Lure Police Department responded to one E-911 call Tuesday.
Forest City
n The Forest City Police Department responded to 43 E-911 calls Tuesday. n Shaunita Brooks reported a larceny. The incident occurred on Holiday Inn Drive. n An employee of WalMart, on Plaza Drive, reported an incident of shoplifting/ concealment. (See arrest of Lawing.) n An employee of WalMart, on Plaza Drive, reported an incident of shoplifting/ concealment. (See arrest of Bradley.) n Kevin Marks reported a larceny. n Timothy Munsey reported an incident of lost or stolen property.
Arrests
n Misty Danielle Yelton, 26, of 201 Baxter Way Rd.; charged with alter title and two counts of simple worthless check; released on a $10,000 unsecured bond. (DMV) n Edward Lee Short, 45, of 201 Circle Drive; charged with driving while impaired, driving while license revoked and driving left of center;
released on an unsecured bond. (NCHP) n James Daniel Ramsey, 29, of 6140 W. N.C. 10; charged with felony conversion; released on a $10,000 unsecured bond. (RCSD) n Randall Scott Summers, 27, of 163 N. Main St.; charged with reckless driving to endanger; released on a written promise to appear. (RCSD) n Joshua Sinclair Allison, 24, of 1516 EllenboroHenrietta Rd.; charged with reckless driving to endanger; no bond listed. (RCSD) n Judy Kay Lane, 16, of 789 Grows Rd.; charged with injury to real property; released on an unsecured bond. (RCSD) n Arkeyne Deshawn Cureton, 24, of 404 W. Wood St.; charged with failure to comply on child support; placed under a $100 cash bond. (RCSD) n Brandon Eugene Branch, 21, of 117 Daly Rd.; charged with first-degree trespassing; placed under a $5,000 secured bond. (RCSD) n Brandon Scott Williams, 18, of 112 Capri Parkway; charged with first-degree trespassing; placed under a $5,000 secured bond. (RCSD) n Richard Charles Dysart, 29, of 1330 Old Henrietta Rd.; charged with contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile; released on a $5,000 unsecured bond. (RCSD) n David James Powell, 27, of 130 Park St.; charged with injury to personal property and three counts of domestic criminal trespassing; released on a $500 unsecured bond. (RCSD) n Ronnie William Avery, 49, of 951 Oakland Rd.; charged with three counts of failure to comply on child support; $200 cash or 90 days. (RCSD) n Lechia Lynn Moody, 46,
Peggy Ragland Peggy Phillips Ragland, of 195 Wilkins St., Forest City, died Monday, Jan. 4, 2010, at Cleveland Pines Nursing Center in Shelby. Investigators told WRALShe was a daughter of the TV that 35-year-old Vernon late Ruben Phillips and Foster was fatally shot by two Geneva Phillips, and widow men who barged in after he of the late Alfonso Ragland. opened the door at the house Survivors include a daughin Rocky Mount around 11 ter, Rubenna Phillips of p.m. Friday. Forest City; and two grandsons. Police say Foster’s pokerA memorial service will be playing partner, 22-year-old conducted at 2 p.m. Friday at Brian Edwards ran to a Thompson’s Mortuary with home across the street. Bishop Thomas Thompson The gunmen followed, Jr. officiating. shooting Edwards and a 61-year-old man in the other home. They remain hospital- Joan Ray ized. A memorial service for Joan Lewis Ray, 61, of Ellenboro, Police have made no arrests who died Jan. 2, 2010, at and are trying to determine a Rutherford Hospital, will motive for the shooting. be held Sunday, Jan. 10, at Harrelson Funeral Chapel. Visitation will held from 2 to 3 p.m. The service will follow at 3. was killed by someone who forced his way into a home after knocking on the door.
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of 108 Wyoming St.; charged sonfuneralhome.com. with first-degree trespassing; placed under a $500 secured Mickey Penson bond. (SPD) Michael Steven “Mickey” Penson, 60, of Webb Road, Citations Ellenboro, died Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010. n Joshua Aaron Lawing, Arrangements are incom31, of Sunnybrook Lane, plete and will be announced Ellenboro; cited for larceny. by McKinney-Landreth (FCPD) Funeral Home. n Christopher Mark Bradley, 32, of Tom Camp Road, Rutherfordton; cited Walter Toney for larceny. (FCPD) Walter Robert Toney, 82, of n Robert Darrell Hooper, Chesterfield Road, Cliffside, 36, of Gypsy Street, Forest died Wednesday, Jan. 6, City; cited for open container 2010, at Cleveland Regional of alcoholic beverage in a Medical Center. vehicle. (FCPD) Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced EMS/Rescue by McKinney-Landreth Funeral Home. n The Rutherford County EMS responded to 26 E-911 calls Tuesday. Vaye Flowe n The Volunteer Life Saving and Rescue, Hickory Nut Gorge EMS and Rutherford County Rescue responded to six E-911 calls Tuesday.
Vaye Flowe, of Matthews, died Sunday, Jan. 3, 2010. Born in Rutherford County, she was a daughter of the late Peter and Fannie Blankenship Fortenberry, and also preceded in death
Fire Calls n Cherry Mountain firefighters responded to a field fire. n Ellenboro firefighters responded to a motor vehicle crash. n Ellenboro firefighters responded to a structure fire, assisted by Cliffside, Sandy Mush and No. 7 firefighters, and to a smoke report, assisted by Bostic and Cherry Mountain firefighters. n Forest City firefighters responded to a vehicle fire. n Hudlow firefighters responded to a smoke report, assisted by Rutherfordton and Union Mills firefighters. n SDO firefighters responded to a house fire, assisted by Cliffside and Sandy Mush firefighters. n Sandy Mush firefighters responded to a motor vehicle crash and to a grass fire.
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by her husband, J.C. Flowe. She is survived by a son, Garry Lovelace of Matthews; daughters, Delores Shivar of Charlotte, Ellen Staples of Matthews, and Angie McAllister of Hephzibah, Ga.; one sister, Mary Ellen Splawn of Forest City; four grandchildren; a host of great-grandchildren; and nieces and nephews. A funeral service will be held at noon Thursday at Heritage Funeral & Cremation Services, Indian Trail Chapel. The family will greet friends one hour before the service. Burial will follow in the Forest Lawn East Cemetery. The Rev. Roger Burrows will conduct the service assisted by the Rev. Buddy Strickland. Heritage Funeral and Cremation Service, Indian Trail, is serving the family. Online condolences heritagefuneral.net.
Deaths Lew Allen Jr. PASADENA, California (AP) — Lew Allen Jr., a former Air Force chief of staff who headed NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory from 1982 to 1990 and oversaw the launches of the Magellan spacecraft to Venus and the Galileo mission to Jupiter, has died. He was 84. During his tenure, Allen also oversaw the Voyager 2 spacecraft’s explorations of Uranus and Neptune and the completion of a sky survey by the Infrared Astronomical Satellite. Mary Daly BOSTON (AP) — Feminist theologian and author Mary Daly, who retired from a professorship at Boston College rather than allow men to take her classes, has died. She challenged the patriarchy of the Roman Catholic church in her writings. She said she barred men from her class because women did not freely exchange ideas with them present, though she did privately tutor men. Arthur Bartlett CORONADO, Calif. (AP) — Arthur E. Bartlett, who co-founded the giant Century 21 real estate company by convincing thousands of independent agents to unite under the brand, has died. He was 76.
Donnis Brooks Morrow Donnis Brooks Morrow, age 77, of 167 Walker Lake Road, Forest City, NC, died January 5, 2010 at her residence. Donnis was born on August 15, 1932 in Rutherford County to the late Glenn Brooks and Mattie Martin Brooks. She worked in textiles most of her life and was of the Baptist faith. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Charles William Morrow and one sister, Diane Mullinax. Survivors include her son, Randy Morrow and his wife, Starr, of Forest City; two grandchildren, Joseph Morrow and his wife, Tonia, of Gastonia, NC and McKenzie Morrow of Forest City; one great grandchild, Madison Morrow; a brother, Bobby Brooks and his wife, Betty, also of Forest City and one sister, Alice Rossman of Cliffside. A memorial service will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, January 8, 2010 at Harrelson Funeral Chapel. No formal visitation is scheduled. The family will be gathered at 130 Birdsong Lane, Forest City. Memorial donations can be sent to Gideons International, PO Box 834, Forest City, NC 28043. Harrelson Funeral Home is serving the family. An online guest registry is available at: www.harrelsonfuneralhome. com Paid obit.
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Meetings/other SWEEP meeting: (Solid Waste Environmental Education Panel) will meet Friday, Jan. 8, at GDS, 141 Fairgrounds Road, Spindale. The meeting begins at noon. To learn more about SWEEP visit www. sweeprecycles.com. Annual MLK celebration: Nationally known civil rights activist Joanne Bland will speak at Isothermal Community College on Thursday, Jan. 14, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Bland will speak to audiences from 9 to 10:15 a.m., and again from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., in the Library Auditorium. Hosted by college’s Afro-American Club and the Minority Male Fellows Program. Owls Booster meeting: Forest City Owls Boosters will meet Thursday, Jan. 14, at Rollins Cafeteria. Meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. Please come early (6 p.m., or sooner) if you plan to have a meal. Membership $25 per person. For information contact Cecil Geer at (828) 9190000. Monthly meeting: Rutherford County Beekeeper’s Club will meet Tuesday, Jan. 19, 6 p.m., at the Cooperative Extension Office, Callahan-Koon Road, (behind the Senior Center); Edd Buchanan will speak on Spring Startup; prospective members welcome.
Students/schools Travel baseball tryouts: Tryouts for a new 8 and under travel baseball team will be held Saturday, Jan. 9. Contact Curtis Snethen at 828223-8191 for more information. Baseball camp: Saturday, Jan. 9, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. K-8th, instructed by area coaches, college and high school players. Limited to first 100 players. Fee $25, lunch provided. For for more information contact Chad Fowler at 828-429-7972.
Miscellaneous Giveaways: Free coats and blankets will be given away on Saturday, Jan. 30, from noon to 3 p.m. at Holy Ground Community Church, (beside Forest City Post Office); soup will also be served; for more information contact Deana Lail at 828-305-1612.
Fundraisers Fish fry: Saturday, Jan. 9, begins at 11:30 a.m., at Unionville Lodge, Ledbetter Road, Spindale; plates $6, sandwishes $3; sponsored by Abundant Life CWC, Forest City. Bingo: Saturday, Jan. 9, 5 p.m., old Gilkey School; hot dogs, fries and drinks will also be sold; sponsored by Rutherford County Traffic Control; proceeds for new traffic control equipment.
Music/concerts Singing: Sunday, Jan. 10, 6 p.m., Bill’s Creek Baptist Church, Lake Lure; featuring The Atkins Family; a love offering will be taken. Singing: Sunday, Jan. 10, 6 p.m., Smith Grove Baptist Church; featuring The Royal Quartet. The Carlson Trio will be in concert Saturday, Jan. 16, for an appreciation day in honor of Wayne McCurry, at Sunshine Elementary School. A chili supper begins at 5 p.m., and music starts at 6:30. Sponsored by Fairview Baptist Church and Cherry Mountain VFD. The trio will also sing Sunday, Jan. 17, during the 11 a.m. worship service at the First Baptist Church of Bostic.
Religion Special service: “The Baptism of our Lord” Sunday on the liturgical calendar will be celebrated Jan. 10, during the 11 a.m. worship service at Advent Lutheran Church, 102 Reveley St., Spindale, beside the Spindale House.
Basics of Starting a Small Business: Thursday, Jan. 14, 6 to 9 p.m., ICC Communication Technology Building, Room 108, Cost $5. Writing a Business Plan: Thursday, Feb. 4, 6 to 9 p.m., ICC Communication Technology Building, Room 108, Cost $5. Marketing Your Business: Tuesday, Feb. 23, 6 to 9 p.m., ICC Communication Technology Building, Room 108, Cost $5. Bookkeeping: Understanding Financial Statements and Bookkeeping; Thursday, March 4, 6 to 9 p.m., ICC Communication Technology Building, Room 108, Cost $5.
focusing on getting our folks ready to start to work when the jobs come. Other than that we try to make sure they are covering all of their bases as how to look for work not only through us but online, newspapers and working on networking. It is to help them brush up on their job seeking skills and making sure they have their resume’ up to date and ready to go.”
ment led to a rate of 16.1. “We haven’t seen any increase in hiring though,” Miller said. “But we do have one employer that is going to be taking applications for the River Textile Services, but otherwise we haven’t seen a real increase in people going back to work, it has stayed pretty steady.”
“We have a new re-employment services program, that a lot of people are being called in for an intensive placement service,” Miller said. “They discuss one-on-one with our consultants the type of job they’re looking for and what they can do to increase how they look for work. And we have job skills in our workshops as well. We are
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$1 million grant from the North Carolina Rural Center.
“And you always sell less water in the winter months,” she said. “We had a lot of rain this summer so people weren’t watering their lawns as much and they were projecting some growth but with the economy they haven’t really seen that growth.” The project has also received a
The modernization project will include a new jet mixer, remodeled sedimentation basins, the addition of tube settlers, new chemical feed systems and a new telemetry system.
There were three steps in the process: a resolution of intent, a public hearing and adoption of an ordinance to amend the town charter. At its regular monthly meeting in March 2009, the board adopted an ordinance to amend the town charter to make the change from two-year to four-year terms. The town is recognized for its Bostic Lincoln Center. The center’s Web site notes that “There is substantial evidence that Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was born not in Kentucky, but on Puzzle Creek near Bostic, North Carolina, in Rutherford County. “The mission of the Bostic Lincoln Center, a non-profit organization, is to collect, document, research and preserve the generational-lore of the area by providing audio/visual histories, exhibits and programs telling this story and other stories of our region.”
The center is included in the latest Rutherford County tourism video. In February 2009, the Bostic Lincoln Center was featured in both Western North Carolina Magazine and Our State magazine.
requested use the clubhouse for its annual fundraising event. RTR raises money for the beautification and ongoing projects in town, including funding facade grants for buildings. After Wednesday’s discussion and the town council agree to charge everyone, McWhorter stated, “RTR can’t use it for a fund raising for free?” The answer was RTC would have to pay the rental fee. Councilman Bob Jones told the board the simplest way to decide charging fees for clubhouse use was “if you use it, you pay.” With the new policy in place, although RTR is funded by the town of Rutherfordton, RTR will pay the town to have a fundraising event there to raise money for the town. In another fee charging matter, the town decided between March and July 31, Little League will have priority on all fields at Crestview Park. If Little League isn’t using the fields on weekends, others could have an opportunity to rent the fields based on pre-scheduling of events. Little League is receiving priority based on national Little League’s financial support of Crestview Park through the years. When Council meets on Jan. 27 for a revenue workshop, it will address the matter of charging fees at Crestview for other sporting teams, such as the tennis teams from R-S Central High School. Also, Council directed Town Clerk Holly Davis to investigate the sufficiency of a petition for annexation of property owned by Tammie Sims Nelon at 226 Westview Street. Council also set Feb. 3 as a public hearing concerning this annexation request. Council heard from Dr. Troy Tevis regarding Duke Energy’s tree cut-
ting policy. Tevis said the trees on W. 6th Street have been slashed, he believes unnecessarily. Duke Energy’s Sandy Tallent told Town Manager Karen Andrews a Duke Energy tree specialist will set a meeting to talk with town citizens about tree cutting measures. Council Awarded the Waterworks Road Pump Station Replacement and Gravity Sewer Improvements to Patton Construction Inc., of Arden. Cost is $154,500. The town approved agricultural agreements for Hicks Summers to cultivate crops on the south side of Thunder Road and David Camp will be allowed to harvest hay on the north side of Thunder Road, both parcels are town-owned property. The Council approved the 20092010 audit before going into closed session to discuss a possible land acquisition.
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million gallons (MGD) a day, but they are only buying about 2 to 2.5 MGD,” Hunnicutt said. “The water coming from us is colder than the water they used to buy from Spartanburg and so it holds the chlorine and treatment better. They flush their system less
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The mayor, Mitch Harrill, is serving a four-year term. For the first time in more than 30 years, David Pinson is not serving on the town board. The veteran council member decided not to seek re-election in the 2009 election. John Crotts, town attorney, commented during the process of making the change to staggered terms, “The current situation allows a major shake-up; the staggered terms would provide some continuity.” So town leaders in January 2009 began the effort to move toward staggered terms for the Board of Commissioners. The change was effected by amending the city charter by ordinance, as provided in the North Carolina statutes.
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Randy Greenway and former mayor Sally Lesher. About 80 people attended a reception for Parker prior to the town council meeting. The resolution adopted by the town, says in part, “Whereas Rick Parker is one of the most effective and highly respected investigators in Western North Carolina, he holds certification as a general law enforcement instructor, he holds specialized certification as a driver training instructor, and he holds an advanced law enforcement certificate from the North Carolina Criminal Justice Training and Standards Division.” The resolution also reads, “... Town Council does hereby adopt this Resolution of Appreciation for Richard “Rick” S. Parker in recognition of his extraordinary dedication and unwavering commitment to law enforcement and toward making Rutherfordton a better place to work, live and play.” In other business Monday night, and after months of discussion, council decided all persons or groups using the Rutherfordton Clubhouse will pay a rental fee with the exception of the Kiwanis Club, the Rutherfordton Garden Club and for a limited time Rutherford Hospital. The hospital paid for the paving of the parking lot and was given use of the clubhouse for training sessions without being charged. Kiwanis and the Garden Club are exempt from fees because of their long and historic service to the town of Rutherfordton. However, Rutherfordton Community Director John McWhorter, on behalf of the Rutherford Town Revitalization, had
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Members of the Bostic Lincoln Center, celebrating their one-year anniversary, presented the mayor and Town Council with a plaque of appreciation at the April 2009 meeting of the Board of Commissioners. The Bostic Lincoln Center played a key role in the town’s Christmas celebration, too. The town’s tree-lighting ceremony was held on the cold evening of Dec. 3, 2009, and afterward, the center’s president, Keith Price, dressed as Lincoln, read “The Night before Christmas” to children and adults alike in the facility. Contact Dale via e-mail at ldale@thedigitalcourier.com
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Man found hurt in street FOREST CITY — A pedestrian who reportedly was assaulted was transported to Rutherford Hospital on Wednesday after passing motorists saw him lying on Oak Street near the golf course. Chad Logan was transported to the hospital by Rutherford County EMS after the 6:51 p.m. incident, the Forest City Police Department reported. No age or address on the victim was immediately available. Sgt. Troy Scroggs of the FCPD said initial reports indicate Logan told officers he was assaulted and ran, then collapsed on Oak Street. The extent of his injuries was not known by press time.
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For All The Marbles Bulldogs return home to face Charleston BOILING SPRINGS — Gardner-Webb will look to snap a 10-game losing skid Thursday night, and will have their hands full with surging Charleston Southern at 7:00 p.m. in Paul Porter Arena. Gardner-Webb (3-10, 0-3 Big South) has topped CSU threestraight times since 20072008, but will face Charleston Southern (7-7, 2-2 Big South) on Thursday night with the Bucs riding a two-game win streak in league play. The Buccaneers feature hot-shooting guard Jemarco Warren, who torched Presbyterian for 37 points in last weekend’s overtime win in Charleston. Warren is averaging nearly 25 points over his past four games, which included a 57-54 win over Winthrop on Monday. In addition to Warren’s scoring from the perimeter (17.4 ppg), Coach Barclay Radebaugh has gotten solid efforts this season from forward Kelvin Martin (13.5 points, 8.5 rebounds) and freshman guard Jeremy Sexton (11.7 ppg). Fans interested in purchasing tickets for Thursday night’s game can call Gardner-Webb athletics at (704) 406-4340.
Police: Henry’s fiancee won’t face charges CHARLOTTE (AP) — Police will not charge the fiancee of Cincinnati Bengals receiver Chris Henry in connection with his death. Charlotte-Mecklenburg police announced Wednesday that there was no evidence that Loleini Tonga drove recklessly or with excessive speed last month when Henry came out of the back of her pickup truck and suffered fatal injuries. “The speed limit on Oakdale Road is 35 mph and the estimated speed at the time of accident was between 19-23 mph,” police said in a statement. Police say Henry and Tonga were arguing at a home owned by Tonga’s family when Tonga attempted to drive away. Henry then jumped into the back of the truck and began beating on the back window in an effort to get her to stop. Henry died a day later of blunt-force trauma to the head.
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Texas quarterback Colt McCoy, left, throws a pass during football practice in Irvine, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010. Alabama running back Mark Ingram, right, jokingly pushes a member of coaching staff during practice in Costa Mesa, Calif., Monday, Jan. 4, 2010. The BCS National Championship Game between No. 1 Alabama and No. 2 Texas will be tonight at 8:30 p.m.
Winning defines both McCoy, McElory By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — If No. 2 Texas is going to take the BCS national title back to Austin, Colt McCoy may well have to carry the Longhorns to victory Vince Youngstyle. Top-ranked Alabama simply needs Greg McElroy to avoid losing the championship with critical mistakes. The All-American against the Game Manager. Four-year starter vs. first-year starter. This may be the era of Tim Tebow
in college football, but it will end with either McCoy or McElroy leaving the Rose Bowl with a career-defining victory. Other than Texas roots, winning is the one thing McElroy and McCoy have in common. No college quarterback has won more games as a starter than McCoy. His total stands at 45. McElroy, meanwhile, hasn’t lost a game he has started in high school or college — though he had to wait to get the ball in his hands. Patience has defined his career. At Texas powerhouse Southlake
Carroll High School in the Dallas/ Fort Worth-area, he backed up future Missouri star and Heisman Trophy finalist Chase Daniel until his senior year. With just one season to impress recruiters, he made the most of it, throwing a state-record 56 touchdown passes and leading his team to a 16-0 record and a championship. When Alabama finished second to Florida in the Tebow recruiting sweepstakes in 2006, McElroy was the Tide’s fallback plan.
N.C. State thwarts Holy Cross
Carolina grants Eric Staal leave of absence RALEIGH (AP) — Eric Staal is taking a leave of absence from the Carolina Hurricanes because of a death in his family. The Hurricanes said Wednesday that they granted the All-Star forward a leave a day after his wife’s sister died of cancer at age 26. General manager Jim Rutherford says the team’s thoughts and prayers are with Staal and his family. Staal shares the team’s scoring lead with Ray Whitney with 27 points, and has a teambest 19 assists.
On TV 7 p.m. (ESPN2) College Basketball Michigan at Penn State. 7 p.m. (FSS) Women’s College Basketball South Carolina at Tennessee. 7 p.m. (TS) NHL Hockey New York Rangers at Atlanta Thrashers. 8:30 p.m. (WSOC) (WLOS) College Football Citi BCS National Championship Game — Alabama vs. Texas.
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Wake Forest guard L.D. Williams, rear, hugs guard Ishmael Smith (10) after Wake Forest defeated Xavier 96-92 in double overtime during an NCAA college basketball game Sunday, Jan. 3, 2010, in WinstonSalem. Associated Press
Smith’s long road back keys surging Wake Forest WINSTON-SALEM (AP) — Wake Forest isn’t afraid to put the ball — and its season — in Ishmael Smith’s hands. The numbers might suggest that’s a tricky proposition for a guard who sometimes struggles with his jump shot and once had trouble with turnovers. But after working his way back into the starting lineup, Smith is determined to justify the Demon Deacons’ faith in him by knocking down the big shots and trying to lead them back into the NCAA
tournament. “He’s learned to be a point guard,” coach Dino Gaudio said. “He’s learned to be a leader out there. He always practiced hard, he always played hard, and sometimes it was just him and the ball out there. But he’s learned to run the team, knows when we have the break (and) knows when we don’t, knows when to run a set. And I think because of his Please see Smith, Page 8
RALEIGH (AP) — Dennis Horner scored 16 of his 18 points in the second half, and North Carolina State placed five scorers in double figures in an 87-70 victory against Holy Cross on Wednesday night. Tracy Smith had 19 points and Julius Mays added a seasonhigh 15 for the slow-starting Wolfpack (11-4). They bounced back from their last-second overtime loss to Florida three nights earlier, shaking off a sluggish start with a 16-2 run early in the second half and pulling away late. Devin Brown scored 21 points to lead Holy Cross (3-12). The Crusaders hit nearly as many 3-pointers (10) as 2-pointers (11), but managed only one field goal during the opening 5 1/2 minutes of the second half, when this game was all but decided. Farnold Degand had 12 points and Scott Wood added 10 for the Wolfpack, who had five players crack double figures for just the second time this season. They avoided their third nonconference loss of the season at the RBC Center — where they’ve never lost more than two nonACC games since the building opened in 1999 — by taking the lead for good midway through the first half, then taking control shortly after the break. N.C. State came away with points on seven of nine trips, Javier Gonzalez scored five points during the run and freshman Josh Davis capped the burst with a dunk that made it 49-34 with 15 1/2 minutes left.
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Scoreboard FOOTBALL NFL Playoff Glance Wild-card Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 9 N.Y. Jets at Cincinnati, 4:30 p.m. (NBC) Philadelphia at Dallas, 8 p.m. (NBC) Sunday, Jan. 10 Baltimore at New England, 1 p.m. (CBS) Green Bay at Arizona, 4:40 p.m. (FOX) Divisional Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 16 Philadelphia, Green Bay or Arizona at New Orleans, 4:30 p.m. (FOX) Baltimore, N.Y. Jets or Cincinnati at Indianapolis, 8:15 p.m. (CBS) Sunday, Jan. 17 Dallas, Green Bay or Arizona at Minnesota, 1 p.m. (FOX) New England, N.Y. Jets or Cincinnati at San Diego, 4:40 p.m. (CBS) Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 24 AFC, 3 p.m. (CBS) NFC, 6:40 p.m. (FOX) Pro Bowl Sunday, Jan. 31 At Miami AFC vs. NFC, 7:20 p.m. (ESPN)
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Shanahan debuts as Redskins coach, executive VP
ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — At the podium stood Mike Shanahan, who has a $35 million, five-year contract that gives him final authority over football decisions as head coach and executive vice president of the Washington Redskins. Seated at a nearby table was Bruce Allen, the first general manager Dan Snyder has hired in 11 years of owning the team. And nowhere on the stage was Snyder, who sat next to his wife Tanya as a member of the audience in the Redskins Park auditorium. It was the first time he hasn’t introduced a new coach, a powerful symbol of how the balance of power has shifted within a proud franchise. “Dan Snyder has directed us to please get this team back to the levels where it’s been in the past,” Allen said. “And I believe he’s going to be our most supportive fan.” Shanahan made his formal debut Wednesday, one day after signing his contract and just two days after Jim Zorn was fired following a 4-12 season. The winner of two Super Bowls in the 1990s with the Denver Broncos spoke mainly in generalities with polish and confidence, far from the nervous and ragged performance given by rookie coach Zorn 23 months ago. “It doesn’t happen overnight,” Shanahan said, “but we’re going to give it the best shot we have.” For most of his time as owner, Snyder has been a hands-on manager yielding a strong influence on roster decisions. But the Redskins are 82-99 on his watch, missing the playoffs in eight of 11 seasons, so three weeks ago he hired Allen and ousted longtime front office confidant Vinny Cerrato. Therefore, in less than a month, the Redskins have gone from an organization that revolved primarily around Snyder and his yes-man to one that includes two established decision-makers firmly in charge. Shanahan, who had a similar arrangement with the Broncos, downplayed the power he’s been given. “I do have final say,” Shanahan said, “but I never used it in Denver.” Snyder tried this once before with coach Marty Schottenheimer in 2001 — before the two butted heads and Schottenheimer was fired after an 8-8 season. Snyder also deferred to Joe Gibbs when the Hall of Fame coach came out of retirement, but this is the first time the owner has taken this much of a back seat. Shanahan made the playoffs in half of his seasons in Denver, and had only two losing seasons — 6-10 in 1999 and 7-9 in 2007. His greatest successes came early, winning consecutive Super Bowls after the 1997 and ’98 seasons with a team led by quarterback John Elway. He was fired a year ago after the Broncos missed the playoffs for the third straight season. Shanahan’s career regular-season record is 14698, including 138-86 with the Broncos from 19952008, and 8-12 with the Los Angeles Raiders in 1988-89. Shanahan’s playoff record is 8-5. “We needed a guy like Mike Shanahan,” cornerback DeAngelo Hall said. “We needed a proven leader, a proven winner. He’s definitely going to get these guys motivated and get the most out of all of them.” AP Sports Writer Howard Fendrich in Ashburn, Va., contributed to this report.
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Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 7 At Miami NFC champion vs. AFC champion, 6:25 p.m. (CBS) Bowl Glance Saturday, Dec. 19 New Mexico Bowl At Albuquerque Wyoming 35, Fresno State 28, 2OT St. Petersburg (Fla.) Bowl Rutgers 45, UCF 24 Sunday, Dec. 20 New Orleans Bowl Middle Tennessee 42, Southern Miss. 32 Tuesday, Dec. 22 Las Vegas Bowl BYU 44, Oregon State 20 Wednesday, Dec. 23 Poinsettia Bowl At San Diego Utah 37, California 27 Thursday, Dec. 24 Hawaii Bowl At Honolulu SMU 45, Nevada 10 Saturday, Dec. 26 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl At Detroit Marshall 21, Ohio 17 Meineke Bowl At Charlotte Pittsburgh 19, North Carolina 17 Emerald Bowl At San Francisco Southern Cal 24, Boston College 13 Sunday, Dec. 27 Music City Bowl At Nashville, Tenn. Clemson 21, Kentucky 13 Monday, Dec. 28 Independence Bowl At Shreveport, La. Georgia 44, Texas A&M 20 Tuesday, Dec. 29 EagleBank Bowl At Washington UCLA 30, Temple 21 Champs Sports Bowl At Orlando, Fla. Wisconsin 20, Miami 14 Wednesday, Dec. 30 Humanitarian Bowl At Boise, Idaho Idaho 43, Bowling Green 42 Holiday Bowl At San Diego Nebraska 33, Arizona 0 Thursday, Dec. 31 Armed Forces Bowl At Fort Worth, Texas Air Force 47, Houston 20 Sun Bowl At El Paso, Texas Oklahoma 31, Stanford 27 Texas Bowl At Houston Navy 35, Missouri 13 Insight Bowl At Tempe, Ariz. Iowa State 14, Minnesota 13 Chick-fil-A Bowl
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Wednesday, Jan. 6 GMAC Bowl Mobile, Ala. Central Michigan (11-2) vs. Troy (9-3), late Thursday, Jan. 7 BCS National Championship At Pasadena, Calif. Alabama (13-0) vs. Texas (13-0), 8 p.m. (ABC) Saturday, Jan. 23 East-West Shrine Classic At Orlando, Fla. East vs. West, 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 30 Senior Bowl At Mobile, Ala. North vs. South, 4 p.m. (NFL) Saturday, Feb. 6 Texas vs. The Nation All-Star Challenge At El Paso, Texas Texas vs. Nation, 3 p.m. (CBSC)
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16-0 start. “It’s just age — obviContinued from Page 7 ously, as you get older, you learn different practice habits and how plays, which one’s hard he works, he com- smart, which one’s not,” Smith said. “I am truly mands a respect from blessed being here, but the other guys.” I don’t think I want Smith might only be to stop here. I want making roughly onefourth of his 3-pointers, to keep pushing, keep working, because it and less than half of his free throws. But the doesn’t get any easier.” It certainly hasn’t senior’s knack for timely scoring and his push- been an easy route back into the lineup the-tempo leadership for Smith, who was have kept Wake Forest anointed the starting in the Atlantic Coast point guard the day he Conference mix. Wake Forest appeared set foot in WinstonSalem in 2006-07. He headed for a dropoff came in as a speedy, when two NBA-bound attack-the-basket slashunderclassmen left er without much of a the team that climbed jumper whose flashes of to No. 1, but Smith brilliance (186 assists) has kept the Demon Deacons (11-2, 1-0) roll- were tempered by sometimes-questionable ing as the heart of the decisions (112 turnACC schedule arrives. overs). They’ve won seven in He was thrust into a a row — their longest leadership position that winning streak since last year’s school-record summer when coach
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EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct 24 8 .750 17 18 .486 14 20 .412 10 24 .294 3 31 .088 Southeast Division W L Pct Orlando 24 10 .706 Atlanta 21 12 .636 Miami 17 15 .531 Charlotte 15 18 .455 Washington 11 21 .344 Central Division W L Pct Cleveland 27 9 .750 Milwaukee 14 18 .438 Chicago 14 19 .424 Detroit 11 22 .333 Indiana 11 23 .324
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Monday’s Games Miami 92, Atlanta 75 Oklahoma City 98, Chicago 85 New Orleans 91, Utah 87 L.A. Clippers 105, Portland 95 Tuesday’s Games Indiana 97, Orlando 90 Charlotte 113, Chicago 108 Washington 104, Philadelphia 97 Milwaukee 98, New Jersey 76 Dallas 98, Detroit 93 Denver 123, Golden State 122 Phoenix 113, Sacramento 109 Memphis 109, Portland 105 L.A. Lakers 88, Houston 79 Wednesday’s Games Cleveland 121, Washington 98 Toronto 108, Orlando 103 Atlanta 119, New Jersey 89 Boston at Miami, late Golden State at Minnesota, late New Orleans at Oklahoma City, late Detroit at San Antonio, late Houston at Phoenix, late Memphis at Utah, late L.A. Lakers at L.A. Clippers, late Thursday’s Games Charlotte at New York, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 2 International Bowl At Toronto South Florida 27, Northern Illinois 3 Cotton Bowl At Arlington, Texas Mississippi 21, Oklahoma State 7 PapaJohns.com Bowl At Birmingham, Ala. Connecticut 20, South Carolina 7 Liberty Bowl At Memphis, Tenn. Arkansas 20, East Carolina 17, OT Alamo Bowl At San Antonio Texas Tech 41, Michigan State 31
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Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF New Jersey 41 30 10 1 61 122 Pittsburgh 44 27 16 1 55 138 N.Y. Rangers 42 20 17 5 45 111 N.Y. Islanders 43 17 18 8 42 107 Philadelphia 41 19 19 3 41 117 Northeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF Buffalo 41 26 11 4 56 112 Boston 42 22 13 7 51 111 Ottawa 43 22 17 4 48 123 Montreal 45 21 21 3 45 116 Toronto 43 15 19 9 39 118 Southeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF Washington 42 25 11 6 56 149 Atlanta 42 18 18 6 42 134 Tampa Bay 41 16 15 10 42 103 Florida 43 17 19 7 41 125 Carolina 41 11 23 7 29 102 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF Chicago 43 30 10 3 63 141 Nashville 43 25 15 3 53 122 Detroit 42 21 15 6 48 109 St. Louis 41 17 18 6 40 108 Columbus 44 15 20 9 39 115 Northwest Division GP W L OT Pts GF Calgary 42 25 12 5 55 117 Colorado 43 24 13 6 54 128 Vancouver 43 26 16 1 53 139 Minnesota 43 20 20 3 43 112 Edmonton 43 16 22 5 37 119 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF San Jose 43 27 9 7 61 144 Phoenix 44 26 14 4 56 116 Los Angeles 43 25 15 3 53 130 Dallas 42 18 13 11 47 122 Anaheim 43 17 19 7 41 119
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Monday’s Games N.Y. Rangers 3, Boston 2 Los Angeles 6, San Jose 2 Tuesday’s Games Washington 4, Montreal 2 New Jersey 4, Dallas 0 Toronto 3, Florida 2 Boston 4, Ottawa 1 Pittsburgh 5, Atlanta 2 Chicago 4, Minnesota 1 Calgary 3, Nashville 1 Phoenix 5, Edmonton 4, OT Anaheim 4, Detroit 1 Vancouver 7, Columbus 3 Wednesday’s Games N.Y. Rangers 5, Dallas 2 Buffalo 5, Tampa Bay 3 Philadelphia 6, Toronto 2 Calgary at Minnesota, late N.Y. Islanders at Colorado, late St. Louis at San Jose, late Thursday’s Games Ottawa at Washington, 7 p.m. Chicago at Boston, 7 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Atlanta, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m. Florida at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. Carolina at Nashville, 8 p.m. Columbus at Edmonton, 9 p.m. Phoenix at Vancouver, 10 p.m. St. Louis at Anaheim, 10 p.m. Detroit at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.
Skip Prosser died of an apparent heart attack, and his numbers tailed off when he was joined in the backcourt by high-scoring freshman Jeff Teague. A broken foot, Teague’s emergence as a breakout star and the team’s move to a bigger lineup relegated Smith to sixth-man duty on the team that reached No. 1 for the second time in school history. But when Teague and forward James Johnson turned pro early, Smith became a starter again. The third-year captain is averaging a careerbest 12.9 points and nearly six assists, and his 2.1 assist-to-turnover ratio is among the best in the ACC. “What I have learned is hard work, and I know the coaches have stuck with me,” Smith said. He said his family — which includes former Wake Forest star Eric Williams, his brother-in-law — “helped me through this walk, because it hasn’t been easy. It’s actually
been tough with all the ups and downs that you go through.” He made his name as a clutch shooter as a sophomore by hitting near-identical crossover jumpers late to beat Virginia Tech and Miami. And just days ago, his flurry of baskets helped Wake Forest beat Xavier in an emotional game named for the late coach who led both schools. “When the clock’s running down and we need a big shot, he’s going to take the shot,” teammate L.D. Williams said. Smith made it a onepoint game with a 3-pointer with 1 1/2 minutes left in regulation, swished a tying 3 with 24 seconds left in the first overtime, scored the go-ahead basket in the second OT and finished with a career-high 28 points in the Skip Prosser Classic. Not bad for someone who’s shooting just 26 percent from 3-point range.
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Brendon Huntley (left to right), Terry Grant, Sumer Crain and Denise Crain captured first place for the Autumn Lanes Family League 2009 Winter Season. The spring season has just begun and space is still available for four player teams, from ages 12 and up.
NEW YORK (AP) — Andre Dawson was elected to the Hall of Fame on Wednesday in his ninth try, while Bert Blyleven and Roberto Alomar fell just short of earning baseball’s highest honor. Dawson received 420 of 539 votes in voting announced by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, 15 more than the 75 percent necessary to gain election. The eight-time AllStar outfielder had fallen 44 votes short last year. Blyleven had 400 votes (74.2 percent), up from 338 last year, and the pitcher will likely get in because he has two more tries on the BBWAA ballot. The highest percentage for a player who wasn’t elected in a later year was 63.4 by Gil Hodges in 1983, his final time Dawson on the ballot. “Hopefully, next year will be my time,” Blyleven said in an interview on MLB Network. Alomar received 397 votes (73.7 percent) in the second baseman’s first appearance and was followed by pitcher Jack Morris with 282 (52.3 percent), a big rise from his 237 last year. “I feel disappointed, but next year hopefully I make it in,” Alomar said at his home in New York. “At least I was close.” Dawson hit 438 homers in a career that spanned from 1976-96. Nicknamed “The Hawk,” he was voted NL Rookie of the Year in 1977 with Montreal and NL Most Valuable Player in 1987 with the Chicago Cubs, the first member of a last-place team to earn the honor.
Wizards’ Gilbert Arenas indefinitely suspended by NBA
NEW YORK (AP) — NBA commissioner David Stern indefinitely suspended Gilbert Arenas without pay Wednesday, saying the Washington Wizards guard is “not currently fit to take the court.” Stern also warned that Arenas’ conduct will “ultimately result in a substantial suspension, and perhaps worse.” Arenas is under investigation by federal and local authorities after admittedly bringing guns to the locker room. Stern originally planned to wait to take action and directed the Washington organization to do the same. But the commissioner tired of Arenas’ behavior. Before a game Tuesday night in Philadelphia, Arenas was photographed encircled by teammates, smiling and pointing his
index fingers at them as if they were guns. Arenas met with law enforcement officials Monday and said the next day he feared Stern more than the authorities because the commissioner was “mean.”
punishment came on his 28th birthday. The Wizards supported Stern’s decision in a statement attributed to president Ernie Grunfeld and the Pollin family, which owns the team. The late Abe Pollin changed the team’s name from the Bullets because of the violent connotation. “Strictly legal issues aside, Gilbert’s recent behavior and statements, including his actions and statements last night in Philadelphia, are unacceptable,” the statement said. “Some of our other players appeared Associated Press to find Gilbert’s behavior in New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady before Philadelphia amusing. This is an NFL football game against the Houston Texans, in also unacceptable. Under Abe Houston, in this Jan. 3, 2010, file photo. Pollin’s leadership, our organization never tolerated such behavior, and we have no intention of ever doing so.”
“Although it is clear that the actions of Mr. Arenas will ultimately result in a substantial suspension, and perhaps worse, his ongoing conduct has led me to conclude that he is not currently fit to take the court in an NBA game,” Stern said in a statement. “Accordingly, I am suspending Mr. Arenas indefinitely, without pay, effective immediately pending the completion of the investigation by the NBA.” Arenas is scheduled to earn $16.2 million this season. The
Tom Brady wins AP Comeback Player award
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Then it was back to waiting, watching and learning. He redshirted as a freshman, then spent two seasons backing up John Parker Wilson. “Anything you want to do that means a lot to you is worth waiting for. I think as a player I was able to learn from the people around me,” McElroy said Tuesday during media day for the BCS championship game. “Waiting for your turn makes you appreciate it more. It makes you honored to be in that situation.” Alabama came into this season with championship hopes, but fans were concerned a new quarterback would keep the talented Tide from winning its first national title since 1992. McElroy’s teammates and coaches weren’t worried. They knew that while every backup says they prepare like a starter, their new quarterback actually did.
What McCoy had to manage this season was hype, and the pressure that comes with being one of the biggest football stars in Texas’ glorious history. “It is tough, it wears on you if you let it,” he said. But it wasn’t so much the expectations of Longhorns fans, which could not have been much higher with their team entering the season No. 2 in the nation, that wore on McCoy. No, what the small-town kid
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from West Texas battled this season was the pressure of trying to live up to his own lofty standards. In 2008, McCoy completed an NCAA-record 77 percent of his passes and was the Heisman Trophy runner-up. He ended up completing 70 percent of his passes this season, for 3,512 yards and 27 touchdowns. He was a Heisman finalist again, though this time he finished third in the voting. As great as he has been, McCoy has fallen short of reaching the superstar status of Tebow, despite similar qualities on and off the field. “He is everything good about college football,” Davis said about McCoy. “Two mission trips. He doesn’t drink carbonat-
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ed water. He comes to the house and we have to buy extra milk.” With a national championship on his resume, there will be no questioning McCoy’s legacy as one of college football’s greatest quarterbacks. And unlike Alabama, which can lean on a powerful running game led by Heisman Trophy winner Mark Ingram, if McElroy is spotty, it’s hard to envision a scenario where Texas beats the Tide while McCoy has an off night. Now McCoy’s chance has come — and it will be his last chance. “You want to play for the national championship,” he said. “That was our goal. That was our dream. Now we’re realizing our dream could actually become a reality.”
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NEW YORK (AP) — Tom Terrific is back. Tom Brady has gone from record-setting MVP, to injured superstar, to The Associated Press 2009 NFL Comeback Player of the Year. Brady’s strong return from a left knee injury that sidelined him for all but the first quarter of the 2008 opener earned the Patriots quarterback the award Wednesday. One of football’s biggest stars, Brady has gone from NFL Most Valuable Player in 2007, when he set several passing records, to sidelined, to earning his second league award. He received 19 votes from a nationwide panel of 50 sports writers and broadcasters who cover the NFL, beating Tampa Bay running back Carnell “Cadillac” Williams, who got 14. A three-time Super Bowl winner and a finalist for AP Player of the Decade, Brady led New England to a 10-6 record and the AFC East title this season. He threw for 4,398 yards and 28 touchdowns. Most significantly, he got the Patriots back into the playoffs, and he showed more than a few glimpses of the player who guided the Patriots to the first 16-0 regular season in NFL history, throwing a record 50 TDs that year. “I think missing all of last season was a very challenging experience because I love to play the game,” Brady said during the season. “I love to play the sport, and to not have the opportunity to be out there with my teammates in a season where we had some great opportunities to repeat what we had done in the 2007 season ... things happen. “It’s a very physical sport, football is. I had an unfortunate injury, but I think it’s really helped me grow in a lot of ways.”
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Nation Today Holocaust museum gunman dies in hospital
WASHINGTON (AP) — The 89-year-old white supremacist charged in a deadly shooting at Washington’s Holocaust museum died Wednesday in North Carolina, where he’d been held while awaiting trial, authorities said. James von Brunn died shortly before 1 p.m. at a local hospital in Butner, N.C., said Denise Simmons, the spokeswoman for the federal prison where von Brunn had been held. He had been suffering from chronic congestive heart failure, sepsis and other health problems, she said.
Foul play suspected
LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) — Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd has named a “person of interest” in the case of a missing lottery winner. On Wednesday, Judd said no charges have been filed in the case of Abraham Shakespeare, who won a $30 million Florida lottery in 2006 and then disappeared in April of 2009. Judd said he believes DeeDee Moore has information about Shakespeare. The 37-year-old Moore is believed to have offered to give away a home worth about $200,000 in exchange for making a false report to law enforcement regarding an alleged recent sighting of Shakespeare. Detectives also say Moore paid one of Shakespeare’s relatives $5,000 to hand-deliver a birthday card containing cash to Shakespeare’s mother suggesting the card was from her son.
Kids foil assault plan
EVANS, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado man accused in a weekend break-in
was nabbed when police say he ran into some unexpected guests — his own kids. Police say 33-year-old Raul Gaucin-Valenzuela (gow-SEEN’ val-ehn-ZWAY’-lah) accompanied a friend Saturday to break into the home of a friend’s ex-wife and beat up her new boyfriend. But the plan was foiled when the men ran into Gaucin-Valenzuela’s children, ages 8 and 11. Police say he didn’t realize the woman who lived there was baby-sitting his children. The kids recognized their dad, even though his face was covered by a bandanna. No one was hurt in the break-in. Gaucin-Valenzuela was jailed on suspicion of second-degree burglary and other charges. The friend hasn’t been located.
Order halts casino raid MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — About 40 Alabama state troopers assembled in the pre-down hours Wednesday for a raid approved by Gov. Bob Riley himself. Their target: the bingo machines at a new, $87 million casino near Dothan that the governor says is operating illegally. But local officials moved quickly to defend the entertainment complex, going to a judge’s home after midnight to get an order blocking the raid. At 1:30 a.m., Houston County Commissioner Mark Culver raced to deliver it personally to state police before they could move to seize the 1,700 electronic bingo machines at Country Crossing. Culver denounced the attempt by the Governor’s Task Force on Illegal Gambling to shut down the country music-themed bingo and entertainment complex, which opened last month, creating 1,300 jobs in a struggling community.
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Cold tightens grip, all the way to Florida NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A persistent arctic chill tightened its grip on the nation Wednesday and reached deep into the South, where it was blamed for at least six deaths and threatened to freeze crops and bring snow to places more accustomed to winter sunshine. Authorities said four people in Tennessee, one in Mississippi and one in South Carolina have died from the cold since the weekend. They included a man with Alzheimer’s who wandered out into his yard in Nashville and froze to death, and a homeless man found dead in a tent in South Carolina. The total doesn’t include people who died in car accidents on icy roads and in fires started by stoves and space heaters. The deep freeze was expected to linger through the weekend. The National Weather Service predicted the heaviest snow from the fastmoving system would fall on Iowa, Missouri and Illinois, with 4-6 inches predicted along with some locally heavier amounts Wednesday afternoon through Thursday. In a rare turn for the South, forecasters warned that snow and ice were possible Thursday from South Carolina to Louisiana and wind chills in the region could get down to near zero at night. “This air mass originated on the ice cap at the top of the world,” said Bobby Boyd, a weather service forecaster in Nashville. He said the cold shot wouldn’t be spent until it plunged southeastward and moved well beyond Cuba into the Caribbean. The frigid weather hampered northern firefighters and even made life hard for Florida’s tree dwelling iguanas. In Indianapolis, frozen hydrants frustrated firefighters as they tried to put out a Tuesday night blaze at a commercial building. In central and south Florida, farmers were trying to salvage citrus and vegetable crops by spraying them in protective layers of ice and covering them in plastic. It was so cold in Florida, freezing iguanas were seen falling out of trees. Experts say the cold-blooded reptiles become immobilized when the temperature falls into the 40s and they lose their grip on the tree. Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear has declared a state of emergency in Perry County, where water line breaks have left large swaths of the area without water. Officials said the city of Des Moines is likely to exhaust the remainder of its $3 million annual snow removal budget with this week’s storm, expected to dump up to as much as 10 inches of snow in some areas. That is on top of the more than 28 inches of snow that fell in December in the city. In coastal North Carolina, volunteers were scrambling to save endangered sea turtles that were stunned by the cold and stranded off the Outer Banks. Southern supermarkets were doing a brisk business in staples like bread and milk. Ann Warden of Brentwood, Tenn., loaded eight grocery bags into the trunk of her black luxury car Wednesday morning and worried about a snowy forecast.
The cold snap, global warming not connected NEW YORK (AP) — Beijing had its coldest morning in almost 40 years and its biggest snowfall since 1951. Britain is suffering through its longest cold snap since 1981. And freezing weather is gripping the Deep South, including Florida’s orange groves and beaches. Whatever happened to global warming? Such weather doesn’t seem to fit with warnings from scientists that the Earth is warming because of greenhouse gases. But experts say the cold snap doesn’t disprove global warming at all — it’s just a blip in the long-term heating trend. “It’s part of natural variability,” said Gerald Meehl, a senior scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo. With global warming, he said, “we’ll still have record cold temperatures. We’ll just have fewer of them.” Deke Arndt of the National Climatic Data Center in Asheville noted that 2009 will rank among the 10 warmest years for Earth since 1880. Scientists say man-made climate change does have the potential to cause more frequent and more severe weather extremes, such as heat waves, storms, floods, droughts and even cold spells. But experts interviewed by The Associated Press did not connect the current frigid blast to climate change. So what is going on? “We basically have seen just a big outbreak of Arctic air” over populated areas of the Northern Hemisphere, Arndt said. “The Arctic air has really turned itself loose on us.” In the atmosphere, large rivers of air travel roughly west to east around the globe between the Arctic and the tropics. This air flow acts like a fence to keep Arctic air confined. But recently, this air flow has become bent into a pronounced zigzag pattern, meandering north and south. If you live in a place where it brings air up from the south, you get warm weather. In fact, record highs were reported this week in Washington state and Alaska. Jeff Masters, director of meteorology for Weather Underground, a forecasting service, said he expects more typical winter weather across North America early next week. That will be welcome news in the South, where farmers have been trying to salvage millions of dollars’ worth of strawberries and other crops. And on Miami Beach, tourists bundled up in woolen winter coats and hooded sweatshirts Wednesday beneath a clear blue sky.
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THE MARKET IN REVIEW
STOCK EXCHANGE HIGHLIGHTS
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NYSE
7,377.70 +22.83
GAINERS ($2 OR MORE)
Name Worthgtn ChinaMM Wabash iStar pfD iStar pfG iStar pfE FstPfd pfA iStar pfI StillwtrM iStar pfF
Last 16.73 3.61 2.43 9.34 8.72 8.97 5.95 8.58 12.03 8.85
Chg +2.85 +.58 +.37 +1.38 +1.27 +1.29 +.85 +1.23 +1.71 +1.25
%Chg +20.5 +19.1 +18.0 +17.3 +17.0 +16.8 +16.7 +16.7 +16.6 +16.4
LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)
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AMEX
1,866.92 +7.00
GAINERS ($2 OR MORE)
Name Last Cohen&Co 6.99 UTEK 5.11 Intellichk 3.97 NA Pall g 4.02 ChinaEd n 6.91 Metalico 5.71 KodiakO g 2.63 ChMarFd n 8.44 CheniereEn 2.76 ShengInn n 6.19
Chg +.94 +.66 +.42 +.41 +.68 +.54 +.24 +.73 +.23 +.49
%Chg +15.5 +14.8 +11.8 +11.4 +10.9 +10.4 +10.0 +9.5 +9.1 +8.6
LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)
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NASDAQ
GAINERS ($2 OR MORE)
Name Last Chg ChinaDir 2.10 +.50 TASER 5.84 +1.14 NaugatVly 6.63 +1.27 Cyclacel pf 2.99 +.51 SuperMda n41.00 +6.00 NwCentBcp 5.30 +.77 RodmanR 5.14 +.74 AmCareSrc 2.76 +.38 TigerLogic 3.40 +.46 MSTISRS11 9.70 +1.29 Name Last XenithB nh 4.80 SurWest 8.55 CmpTask 7.05 SonicCorp 8.91 AutoCh wt 16.65 LeapWirlss 16.42 Arbinet 2.15 OakRidgeF 4.50 VlyNBc wt 2.15 Tongxin wt 4.28
MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE) Name Vol (00) Last Chg Citigrp 6473283 3.64 +.11 BkofAm 2021833 16.39 +.19 FordM 1961763 11.37 +.41 SPDR 1007033 113.71 +.08 QwestCm 755896 4.51 +.05 iShR2K 566873 63.70 -.06 SPDR Fncl 560509 14.99 +.03 GenElec 549045 15.45 -.08 iShEMkts 496932 43.11 +.09 Motorola 480207 7.97 +.11
MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE) Name Vol (00) Last Chg GoldStr g 70257 3.55 +.19 NA Pall g 58806 4.02 +.41 GranTrra g 48416 5.58 -.44 KodiakO g 37402 2.63 +.24 NovaGld g 26858 6.58 +.20 Taseko 26340 4.42 +.09 GrtBasG g 25242 1.89 +.06 Metalico 24045 5.71 +.54 ChNEPet n 22950 11.35 +.37 NthgtM g 22074 3.30 +.08
Name Vol (00) PwShs QQQ868327 Microsoft 543568 Intel 397431 Cisco 351370 SunesisPh 316089 MicronT 314959 NewsCpA 267648 Dell Inc 247456 Oracle 237791 Qualcom 222564
DIARY
1,838 1,231 112 3,181 449 1 5,035,770,338
DIARY
Advanced Declined Unchanged Total issues New Highs New Lows Volume
325 196 43 564 39 1 184,750,705
%Chg +31.3 +24.3 +23.7 +20.6 +17.1 +17.0 +16.8 +16.0 +15.6 +15.3
LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)
Name Last Chg %Chg IncOpR 6.40 -1.25 -16.3 SearchM un10.15 -1.00 -9.0 CmtyBkTr 2.98 -.27 -8.3 GranTrra g 5.58 -.44 -7.3 IEC Elec n 4.90 -.32 -6.1 AdcareH wt 2.35 -.15 -6.0 Quaterra g 2.18 -.14 -6.0 Emergent 8.07 -.39 -4.6 ASpectRlty 19.40 -.85 -4.2 GpoSimec 8.54 -.36 -4.0
Advanced Declined Unchanged Total issues New Highs New Lows Volume
Close: 10,573.68 Change: 1.66 (flat)
2,301.09 -7.62
Chg %Chg -.65 -12.0 -.49 -7.9 -.29 -7.8 -.26 -7.0 -.67 -6.9 -.41 -6.9 -.54 -6.8 -.51 -6.7 -2.26 -6.6 -3.97 -6.6
Name Last BeazerHm 4.77 WarnerMus 5.69 KV PhmA lf 3.42 Lubys 3.45 MacGry 9.01 ParTech 5.52 MetroPCS 7.45 LaPac 7.05 KC Southn 32.05 Landauer 55.86
DAILY DOW JONES
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Chg -2.20 -1.40 -1.15 -1.34 -2.35 -1.88 -.24 -.50 -.24 -.47
%Chg -31.4 -14.1 -14.0 -13.1 -12.4 -10.3 -10.0 -10.0 -10.0 -9.9
MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE)
Advanced Declined Unchanged Total issues New Highs New Lows Volume
Last Chg 46.14 -.28 30.77 -.19 20.80 -.07 24.42 -.16 1.34 +.26 11.22 +.05 14.20 +.23 14.58 -.29 24.46 -.36 47.60 -.47
DIARY
1,209 1,488 136 2,833 200 11 2,223,324,764
1.052E+4
10,400
11,200
10 DAYS
10,400 9,600
52-Week High Low
10,604.97 4,213.61 408.57 7,359.46 1,887.23 2,313.73 1,136.63 743.15 11,784.11 641.89
6,469.95 2,134.21 288.66 4,181.75 1,234.81 1,265.52 666.79 397.97 6,772.29 342.59
STOCK MARKET INDEXES Name
Dow Industrials 10,573.68 Dow Transportation 4,147.30 Dow Utilities 398.36 NYSE Composite 7,377.70 Amex Market Value 1,866.92 Nasdaq Composite 2,301.09 S&P 500 1,137.14 S&P MidCap 744.01 Wilshire 5000 11,803.97 Russell 2000 637.95
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Net Chg
+1.66 -25.34 +2.99 +22.83 +7.00 -7.62 +.62 +3.90 +23.45 -.54
YTD %Chg %Chg
+.02 -.61 +.76 +.31 +.38 -.33 +.05 +.53 +.20 -.08
+1.40 +1.16 +.09 +2.68 +2.30 +1.41 +1.98 +2.39 +2.21 +2.01
12-mo %Chg
+20.57 +16.26 +7.00 +27.22 +31.34 +43.90 +25.42 +37.49 +28.98 +28.33
MUTUAL FUNDS
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Total Assets Obj ($Mlns) NAV
Total Return/Rank Pct Min Init 4-wk 12-mo 5-year Load Invt
CI 115,919 LG 65,022 IH 58,268 LB 58,004 LG 57,153 WS 56,060 MA 49,018 LB 48,458 LB 48,312 LB 44,401 FB 40,409 LV 39,986 LV 38,894 FV 36,757 WS 32,502 FG 32,048 LB 30,369 CI 30,268 MA 29,744 CA 29,740 LB 28,379 MA 28,289 LG 28,159 CI 27,836 LB 27,762 FB 26,043 LB 24,767 MB 24,672 LV 15,231 LB 9,880 LB 4,328 GS 1,486 LV 1,245 SR 438 LG 188
+0.4 +13.0/C +3.5 +31.1/C +0.3 +20.7/D +3.6 +26.7/B +3.9 +28.6/D +1.6 +32.3/C +1.0 +24.4/C +2.7 +25.7/C +3.0 +24.7/C +3.0 +24.8/C +1.6 +39.2/A +3.6 +28.4/A +1.9 +17.7/D +2.7 +46.1/A +2.2 +36.5/B +1.8 +32.9/D +3.3 +30.4/A +0.4 +12.7/C +1.8 +19.9/D +4.1 +33.6/A +3.0 +24.8/C +1.3 +21.8/C +5.6 +37.6/B +0.4 +15.2/B +3.7 +26.8/B +2.2 +38.1/A +3.0 +24.8/C +5.1 +37.8/B +3.5 +24.2/B +4.3 +39.0/A +3.4 +21.7/D 0.0 +4.0/B +2.9 +17.7/D +1.0 +29.7/B +4.3 +30.5/C
10.86 27.91 48.58 28.03 59.15 34.86 15.69 26.44 104.75 104.04 39.38 98.39 25.01 32.86 26.18 28.72 33.50 10.86 16.47 2.10 104.75 29.25 70.52 11.87 28.04 14.88 104.05 32.69 21.53 31.46 36.43 10.34 2.99 13.85 15.40
+7.0/A +3.9/A +4.3/C +1.8/B +5.7/A +7.1/A +3.3/B +2.5/B +1.1/C +1.2/C +8.9/A +0.2/D +0.9/C +6.8/A +6.8/A +4.9/D +5.1/A +6.8/A +2.6/C +4.4/A +1.2/C +5.4/A +5.7/A +2.6/E +1.9/B +6.5/B +1.3/C +4.4/A +1.6/B +4.9/A +2.0/B +4.7/A -1.2/E +1.3/C +1.0/D
NL 5,000,000 5.75 250 5.75 250 NL 3,000 NL 2,500 5.75 250 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 5.75 250 NL 5,000,000 5.75 250 4.25 1,000 NL 100,000 NL 10,000 NL 2,500 3.75 250 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
CA -Conservative Allocation, CI -Intermediate-Term Bond, ES -Europe Stock, FB -Foreign Large Blend, FG -Foreign LargeGrowth, FV -Foreign Large Value, IH -World Allocation, LB -Large Blend, LG -Large Growth, LV -Large Value, MA -Moderate Allocation, MB -Mid-Cap Blend, MV Mid-Cap Value, SH -Specialty-heath, WS -World Stock, Total Return: Chng in NAV with dividends reinvested. Rank: How fund performed vs. others with same objective: A is in top 20%, E in bottom 20%. Min Init Invt: Minimum $ needed to invest in fund. Source: Morningstar.
Stocks are flat as economic data is mixed
NEW YORK (AP) — Investors traded water for a second day Wednesday as a batch of mixed economic reports and signs of division among Federal Reserve policymakers offered little new insight into the economy. Stocks ended little changed but modest gains pushed the Standard & Poor’s 500 index to a new 15-month high. The cautious tone seen Tuesday and Wednesday comes as investors await the government’s monthly employment report Friday. The day’s economic news wasn’t enough to galvanize traders still trying to determine which direction the market will take in the early part of 2010. A sign of growth in the services industry gave some support to stocks. The Institute for Supply Management said its services index rose to 50.1 in December from 48.7 in November. A reading above 50 signals growth. The welcome news about service companies was offset by a report that employers cut 84,000 private sector jobs last month. The ADP National Employment Report came in worse than the forecasts of analysts polled by Thomson Reuters. The latest batch of reports are similar to what investors have seen for months — figures that reveal modest improvements but remind them that the economy remains weak. The stock market has been rising for 10 months on signs that the economy is recovering but analysts say stronger signs of growth will be needed to feed its advance in 2010. Minutes from the Fed’s December meeting showed that a “few members” thought that the central bank’s $1.25 trillion program to buy mortgages could need to grow, rather than be phased out on March 31. The report did little to deepen investors’ insight into the Fed’s intentions for interest rates. Treasury prices fell as the minutes underscored some traders’ concerns about inflation. Weekly figures for initial claims for jobless benefits are due on Thursday. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 1.66, or less than 0.1 percent, to 10,573.68. The broader S&P 500 index rose 0.62, or 0.1 percent, to 1,137.14, its highest close since Oct. 1, 2008. The Nasdaq composite index fell 7.62, or 0.3 percent, to 2,301.09. Three stocks rose for every two that fell on the New York Stock Exchange, where volume came to 1.1 billion shares, in line with Tuesday. Bond prices fell, pushing their yields higher. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note rose to 3.83 percent from 3.76 percent late Tuesday. The dollar mostly fell against other major currencies. Gold rose. Crude oil rose above $83 per barrel for the first time since October 2008, settling up $1.41 at $83.18 on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The gains lifted stocks of energy companies. The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies fell 0.54, or 0.1 percent, to 637.95.
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Jason Kilpatrick of Wholesale Fuel hauls a hose across a snow covered yard while delivering home heating oil in Framingham, Mass., Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010. A private trade group said Wednesday, Jan. 6, a measure tracking the U.S. service sector returned to growth last month, but the slight expansion wasn’t enough to kick-start hiring. Associated Press
Service sector showing growth NEW YORK (AP) — A gauge of the U.S. service sector returned to growth last month, aided by the holiday season’s retail sales. The expansion reflected a slowly improving economy — but it was too slight to generate much hiring. The Institute for Supply Management, a private trade group, said Wednesday its service index rose to 50.1 in December from 48.7 in November. A level above 50 signals growth. Seven industries out of 18 reported growth, led by agriculture and retail. The ISM’s employment gauge, which hasn’t grown in two years, shrank again in December, though at a slower pace than in November. It reached 44 in December, compared with 41.6 a month earlier. Job generation throughout the economy has been weak even as layoffs have slowed. Economists expect the Labor Department to report Friday that the unemployment rate ticked up to 10.1 percent in December from 10 percent in November and that the economy lost a net total of 8,000 jobs. The ISM said the four servicesector groups that added jobs in December were retail, finance and insurance, public administration and a category of other services. Retailers added temporary workers, as they normally do for holiday shopping seasons. The overall service-sector gauge returned to growth in September for the first time in
13 months. But the comeback has been fitful amid scant gains in consumers’ incomes and weak bank lending. The ISM’s servicesector gauge is closely watched because service jobs make up more than 80 percent of nonfarm U.S. employment. “We don’t think the increase was all that convincing,” said TD Securities’ Millan Mulraine, because growth in new orders slowed and employment still signaled contraction. The Labor Department reported last month that the service sector added jobs in November, even though that wasn’t reflected in the ISM survey. The service sector is so large that the ISM survey may not be effective in calculating changes in employment, Mulraine said. He predicts the economy will post a net increase of 25,000 jobs for December. The ISM report said finance and accounting was another area that added jobs. EFinancialCareers.com, a jobs site aimed at finance professionals, said postings for jobs involving derivatives grew 19 percent in December compared with last year. Work involving debt, fixed income and accounting were also hot areas. “Companies have let go of too many people in certain parts of their business,” said John Benson, eFinancial’s CEO. As confidence increases in financial markets, they’re looking to rebuild, he said, especially in profitable areas.
The ISM report said new orders, a signal of future business, expanded for the fourth straight month, though less quickly than in November. Business activity also grew, as did the prices paid by businesses. That may mean service companies will pass their higher costs on to consumers. More spending by U.S. consumers would translate into higher sales for the nation’s service providers — and eventually, should mean more jobs. “Retail might very well be the shot in the arm,” said Capital Economics’ Paul Ashworth. Challenger, Gray & Christmas, an outplacement firm, said in December that retail holiday employment was up 37 percent from 2008. Jo-Ann Stores Inc., for example, said in November it was hiring more seasonal workers than it had the previous year. The fabric and craft retailer said its holiday work force peaked at 4,032 seasonal employees, 33 percent higher than the previous year. But Ashworth cautioned that strong growth in spending is unlikely, with American shoppers constrained by slow income growth and tight credit. The ADP National Employment Report said Wednesday that 84,000 private-sector jobs were lost in December, an improvement from November. ADP said private nonfarm employment in the service sector grew by 12,000 jobs, while manufacturing lost 43,000 jobs.
Fed policy makers conflicted over mortgage program
WASHINGTON (AP) — Some Federal Reserve policymakers last month were conflicted over whether to expand or cut back a program intended to drive down mortgage rates and bolster the housing market, according to a document released Wednesday. Minutes of the Fed’s closed-door meeting on Dec. 15-16 revealed that a “few members” thought that the Fed’s $1.25 trillion program to buy mortgage securi-
ties from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac might need to be expanded and extended beyond its current end date of March 31. Such an additional dose of stimulus would be especially needed if the economic recovery were to weaken, they argued. However, one member thought the program could be “scaled back” given the improvement in economic and financial conditions. The debate over the future of the program comes amid
uncertainties about the vigor of the budding economic recovery. At the December meeting, Fed policymakers decided not to make any changes to the program. At their September meeting, they opted to slow the pace of the purchases, wrapping them up by the end of March, rather than the end of 2009. Some Fed officials remained concerned about the economy’s ability to mount
a self-sustaining recovery once government supports are removed. To that end, those officials worried that improvements seen in the housing market might be “undercut” this year as the Fed’s mortgage-buying program winds down, the government’s home buyer tax credits expire at the end of April and home foreclosures grow. Getting the housing market back on firm footing is a key ingredient to a last-
ing recovery. The collapse of the housing market, which dragged down home prices with it, was the catalyst for the longest and worst recession to hit the country since the 1930s. “Generally the outlook was for gains in housing activity to continue. However, some participants still viewed the improved outlook as quite tentative and again pointed to potential sources of softness,” the minutes said.
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Cultures count different days Dear Abby: I enjoyed the column you published Nov. 26 with letters from readers about 13-13-13, and I’m not the least astonished that many of them didn’t get the humor. You failed to point out that several calendars actually DO have 13 months, among them the Muslim and Chinese calendars, each of which are lunar-solar calendars. Thus, 13-1313 could be possible. My personal preference would be for 12 months of 30 days with a midsummer two-day break and a midwinter two- or threeday break. It may not be practical, but it would be fun. —John S. Dear John: Thank you for the “timely” information and moral support. I confess that when I wrote my reply to the original letter, which appeared Sept. 4, it did not occur to me to check any calendar other than the one on my desk. Read on: Dear Abby: Your 13th month column was hilarious. It made people think. However, Orthodox Jews must be writing you by the thousands over your 13-13-13 “mistake.” The ancient Jewish calendar is a lunar calendar in which a 13th month occurs every few years. Even secularists can count 13 new moons every 365-day year. This is why new moons are never at the same time of the “month,” and why Jewish holidays never fall on the same day of the week. — Richard Dear Abby: There have been many
Dear Abby Abigail van Buren
calendars adopted throughout the ages as a way of measuring time, whether using the Gregorian currently used by Western civilization or by the lunar or solar means. Among them: the Mayan, Aztec, Babylonian, Zoroastrian, Hopi, Hindu, Egyptian, Roman and the Baha’i. Let us all celebrate in diverse and creative ways with love, compassion and encouragement. — Carol Dear Abby: I was glad to see you embrace the intelligent idea that we will return to using the 13-month calendar by the year 2013. The insanity promoted by the ego-driven Gregorian calendar contributes much to the materialistic consumerism madness that pollutes our world. Until we return our focus to the organic, cyclical nature of time we will not truly begin the healing of Mother Gaia to the extent we are able. Bringing mankind’s consciousness back to a natural order of time will do much to heal the insanity to think we are superior to nature and the natural order. — A.J.
Chronic cough still a nuisance Dear Dr. Gott: Do you have any suggestions to cure a chronic, choking cough? My sister has tried all possible remedies, but nothing work. Dear Reader: Chronic cough can occur because of postnasal drip, acid reflux, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (such as chronic bronchitis and emphysema), asthma and in a very small percentage of the population, lung cancer. Statistics indicate that women are more sensitive to cough reflexes than are men. Is your sister exposed to harmful irritants such as cigarette smoke — either as a smoker herself or through secondhand smoke? Is she on any medication, particularly for heart failure or high blood pressure? If so, she might have her answer. An angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor cough is present in almost one-fifth of all people on this type of medication. Does she work in a facility that produces irritants, or perhaps a family member does and
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the offending substances are carried to her home via work clothes? Your sister should be in the hands of a qualified physician who can sort out the possibilities and make a decision regarding treatment. If she has had the cough for some time now, it will likely remain until a physician can determine the cause. He or she may find it necessary to prescribe an antihistamine, modify the medication she may be taking, draw blood, schedule a chest X-ray or CT scan, or refer her to a pulmonologist (lung specialist). Once the underlying source of the cough is identified and treated, it should disappear, allowing your sister to regain a normal life.
IN THE STARS
Your birthday, Jan. 7;
In the year ahead, joint ventures are likely to prove far more profitable. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Look for an opportunity to add to your resources. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — Your most advantageous activities focus on adventures. PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — You may not realize that Lady Luck is directing your affairs. ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Put that deal together because your chances for getting a good one are better than usual. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — If you are involved in a competitive development, don’t make the mistake of perceiving yourself as the underdog. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — It behooves you to stay on your toes and be a good listener. CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Don’t resent unexpected changes because these new circumstances could prove valuable. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Things could take a turn for the better and provide a perfect time to present an idea that is a hard sell. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Take care of any financial or material matters that need negotiating. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Pay no heed to insignificant things that could fall flat on their faces because they’re not worth your time. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Just because yesterday may not have gone well doesn’t mean this day will have the same results. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — This beautiful day promises to provide several valuable new contacts. Take advantage of any opportunities to join a gathering where lots of people meet.
The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Thursday, January 7, 2010 — 13 The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, THURSDAY, January 7, 2010 — 13
Nation
Pentagon: More return to fight after leaving Gitmo
WASHINGTON (AP) — One in five terror suspects released from the Guantanamo Bay prison has returned to the fight, according to a classified Pentagon report expected to stoke an already fierce debate over President Barack Obama’s plan to close the military prison. The finding reflects an upward trend on the recidivism rate, although human rights activists who advocate closing the prison have questioned the validity of such numbers. Early last year, the Pentagon reported that the rate of released detainees returning to militancy was 11 percent. In April, it was 14 percent. The latest figure was 20 percent, according to a U.S. official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the report had not been declassified and released. Critics of the reports say there is so little information in the assessments that they are nearly impossible to verify independently. Civil rights advocates say the number of fighters suspected of or confirmed as returning to the battlefield is likely to be much smaller. According to a senior administration official, the White House has not been presented with information that suggests that any of the detainees transferred during the Obama administration has returned to the fight. Meanwhile, Republicans say the rising number suggests the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, cannot be closed because that would mean either releasing hardened terrorists back into the fight or moving them into U.S. prisons, which many Americans oppose. “Guantanamo remains the proper place for holding terrorists, especially those who may not be able to be detained as securely in a third country,” Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday. Although Obama said Tuesday that he still wants to close the detention facility, Defense Department press secretary Geoff Morrell suggested Wednesday that such plans were on hold. Congress has put severe limits on the endeavor. Under significant political pressure, Obama has said he won’t release any more detainees to Yemen because of al-Qaida’s grip on that nation. Nearly half of the remaining 198 detainees at Guantanamo Bay are from Yemen. U.S. officials believe two Saudis released from Guantanamo, one in 2006 and the other in 2007, may have played significant roles in al-Qaida activities in Yemen. The Christmas Day attack on a jet arriving in Detroit has heightened concerns about Yemen because the suspect, a 23-year-old Nigerian passenger, claimed to be acting on instructions from al-Qaida operatives in Yemen.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks with fellow lawmakers outside the West Wing of the White House after meeting with President Barack Obama in Washington, Wednesday. Left to right are House Ways and Means Chairman Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., House Education and Labor Chairman Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., Pelosi, House Rules Committee Chairman Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y., and House Energy and Commerce Chairman Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif.
AP sources: Obama OKs taxing high-end health plans WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama signaled to House Democratic leaders Wednesday that they’ll have to drop their opposition to taxing high-end health insurance plans to pay for health coverage for millions of uninsured Americans. In a meeting at the White House, Obama expressed his preference for the insurance tax contained in the Senate’s health overhaul bill, but largely opposed by House Democrats and organized labor, Democratic aides said. The aides spoke on condition of anonymity because the meeting was private. House Democrats want to raise income taxes on highincome individuals instead and are reluctant to abandon that
approach, while recognizing that they will likely have to bend on that and other issues so that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., can maintain his fragile 60-vote majority support for the bill. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and four committee chairmen met with the president Wednesday as they scrambled to resolve differences between sweeping bills passed by the House and Senate. The aim is to finalize legislation revamping the nation’s health care system in time for Obama’s State of the Union address early next month. Despite the dispute over the payment approach, Pelosi, D-Calif., emerged from the meeting expressing optimism. “We’ve had a very intense cou-
ple of days,” Pelosi said. “After our leadership meeting this morning, our staff engaged with the Senate and the administration staff to review the legislation.” The House and Senate bills are alike in many ways. Both impose first-time requirements for almost all Americans to purchase health insurance, providing subsidies for lower- and middle-income people to help them do so, though the subsidies in the House bill are more generous. Both establish new marketplaces called exchanges where people can go to shop for and compare health insurance plans. Both would ban insurance company practices that deny coverage to people with pre-existing health conditions.
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Homes For Rent 3BR/1BA house, electric central h/a. $450/mo. Pets OK. Call 828-289-6336 2BR/1BA Dual pane windows, ceiling fans, window a/c, w/d hookup. East Court St., Rfdtn. $310/mo. 1/2 off 2nd month App. 828-748-8801
3BR/1BA Country setting, private, furnished. No pets & no smokers. Ref’s. req. $675 per month (828) 657-4430 3BR/1BA, fireplace, 3 acres Cliffside area, $550/mo. + $500/dep. 864-910-2480 or 828-286-1851 Beautiful country cottage Hudlow Rd. 2BR/1BA $500/mo. 704-376-8081 Cliffside Area: 3BR/ 1BA $500 per month + utilities, nonsmoker Ref’s. and deposit req. Call (828) 287-0637 or (828) 381-0091
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2BR/2BA in nice area Stove, refrig. No Pets! $350/mo. + deposit Call 287-7043
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2BR/2BA, Harris area on 1 acre lot. No inside pets. $400/mo + dep. 6 mo. lease. Ref. req. 828-447-2567 before 3 pm, 828-248-3973 after 3 pm.
Mobile Homes For Sale Older Mobile Home on 1/2 acre on Dewberry Hill $7,500 Needs work (828)657-4430
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14 — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, THURSDAY, January 7, 2010 NORTH CAROLINA, RUTHERFORD COUNTY AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 09 SP 155 Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by JUDY DIXON AKA JUDY LYNN DIXON to WILLIAM R. ECHOLS, Trustee(s), which was dated January 17, 2003 and recorded on January 28, 2003 in Book 0710 at Page 0047, 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, 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 January 12, 2010 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Rutherford County, North Carolina, to wit: Being all of Lot #6 of the WINDY HILL SUBDIVISION as shown on plat duly recorded Office of the Register of Deeds for Rutherford County, North Carolina, in Plat Book 22 at Page 9, to which reference is hereby made for a more full and complete description. JDison.dew Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as: 140 Cobra Lane, Forest City, NC 28043 Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, and the court costs of Forty-Five Cents (45¢) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) pursuant to NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. Said 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 All Lawful Heirs of Judy Lynn Dixon. 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. 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.: 09-06754-FC01 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF RUTHERFORD NOTICE OF SALE File No: 09 SP 541 TAKE NOTICE THAT: Raintree Realty and Construction, Inc., Substitute Trustee, has begun proceedings to FORECLOSE under the Deed of Trust described below, and under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in such Deed of Trust, and an Order entered by the Clerk of Superior Court of the above County, will sell the below described property at public auction as follows: 1. The instrument pursuant to which such sale will be held is that certain Deed of Trust executed by Rockie L. Burgess, unmarried, original mortgagor and recorded in the Office of the Rutherford County Register of Deeds in Deed of Trust Book 944 at Page 512. The record owner of such property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds not more than ten (10) days prior to posting this Notice of Sale, if not the original mortgagors, is: N/A 2. The property will be sold by the Substitute Trustee at 1:00 p.m. on the 14th day of January, 2010 at the Courthouse door in the City of Rutherfordton, North Carolina. The real property to be sold is more fully described as follows: Situate, lying and being in Colfax Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina and being the same and identical property described in Deed recorded in Deed Book 793, Page 303, Rutherford County Registry, and being described according to said Deed as follows: Situate, lying and being in Colfax Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina and being the same and identical property described in Deed recorded in Deed Book 594, Page 720, Rutherford County Registry, and being described according to said Deed as follows: All that tract or parcel of land situate, lying and being in Rutherford County, North Carolina more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at a stake in the branch corner lots 3, 4, 5 and 6; thence South 22 West 42 poles to a stake in the old line; thence North 72 West 30 poles to a stone; thence North 18 _ East (v4) 44 poles to a stake in the branch, corner lot 4; thence up the branch as it meanders to the beginning, containing 8.1 acres, more or less surface measure. THERE IS ALSO CONVEYED TOGETHER HEREWITH a right of way and easement for ingress, egress and regress to and from the above described property, and for the placement of normal and customary residential utilities, and State Road 1930 (Gillespie Road), said right of way and easement being over and across an existing private road known as Rebel Drive, said Rebel Drive being shown in part on that plat recorded in Plat Book 28, Page 175, Rutherford County Registry and continues across other properties described in Deeds recorded in Deed Book 793, Page 300 and Deed Book 797, Page 676, Rutherford County Registry. The above-described property being a part of the J. C. Gillespie tract of land formerly consisting of 80 _ acres; and being the same property heretofore conveyed by Warranty Deed from R. N. Gillespie and J. S. Gillespie, Executors of the Will of J.C. Gillespie, to W. M. Gillespie, dated August 29, 1940, recorded January 30, 1941 in Deed Book 172, Page 481, Rutherford County Registry. 3. Any buildings located on the above-described property are also included in the sale. 4. The property will be sold by the Substitute Trustee to the highest bidder for CASH. The highest bidder will be required to deposit IN CASH with the Substitute Trustee at the date and time of the sale the greater of five percent (5.0%) of the amount of the bid or Seven Hundred Fifty and no/100 Dollars ($750.00). 5. All bidders bid for the property AS IS on the date of sale. Absolutely no warranties are made as to the condition, value or title of the property. While the Substitute Trustee believes the title to be good, all bidders are advised that they should obtain independent counsel to examine record title as the property is sold subject to prior record interests. The Noteholder has reserved the right to withdraw the sale up to and until the Deed is delivered by the Substitute Trustee.
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Brand new wedding gown with matching veil. Never worn, still has tags! Strapless emerald bridal, size 6. Pd. $700, will sacrifice for $375 Call 447-1224
Opening position for Lead teacher at Wee The People 3035 hr wk. Must have 18 hrs. EDU classes or 2 yrs exp. in child care. 289-8774 or 288-2844 PT/FT Experienced Commercial Satellite Tech Travel required! Call 706-498-4102
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Call 223-0277 Antiques Cat and Fiddle Uniques & Antiques is now open at 214 S. Main St., Hwy 176 Campobello, SC. Open Thurs., Fri., Sat. 10A-5P. 20% off with this ad
Autos 1998 VOLVO S70 181,500 mi. New tires, roters, brake pads & battery. Good cond.! $4,000 828-674-0027
The North Carolina Department of Transportation is seeking bids from licensed Funeral Directors and/or Funeral Services licensees for the relocation of the following: WBS ELEMENT 34400.2.2
PARCEL NUMBER R-2233AA 034
NUMBER OF GRAVES 8-10
A mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held on Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at 1:00 pm. Only bidders present at the mandatory pre-bid meeting will be allowed to bid. Only sealed bids in bid forms furnished by the Department of Transportation and sealed in envelopes furnished by the Department of Transportation at the pre-bid meeting will be considered. Bids will be opened Wednesday, January 27, 2010 at 10:00 am in the office of the Division Right of Way Agent of the Department of Transportation located at 79 Turtle Creek Drive, Asheville, NC 28803. All Sealed Bids shall be delivered to the above address or mailed to Robert L. Haskett, Jr., Division Right of Way Agent, 79 Turtle Creek Drive, Asheville, NC 28803 prior to 10:00 am, Wednesday, January 27, 2010 or the bid will not be considered. The Department of Transportation reserves the right to reject any and all bids. For full particulars, contact the above-mentioned office at the given address or telephone (828) 274-8435.
REGULAR MEETING OF THE ZONING AND PLANNING BOARD January 19, 2010 9:30 a.m. Lake Lure Municipal Center AGENDA 1. Roll Call 2. Introduction and swearing in new board member 3. Approval of the agenda 4. Approval of the minutes from the regular meeting of December 15, 2009 5. New Business (A) Election of Officers (B) Review of Bylaws (C) Review Ordinance 09-10-13C in light of existing Hospitality Commercial Uses & Make Recommendations to Town Council (D) Review Design Standards for Commercial Structures & Make Recommendations to Town Council 6. Approval of Consent Agenda (A) Subdivision Report (B) Monthly update of an active subdivision - Lago Vista 7. Old Business (A) Discuss Security deposits for development on individual lots (B) Discuss window sign evaluation/ amendment and definition for windows 8. Adjournment
Lost Lost dachshund in Cleghorn area. White with black markings. 828-429-5042 or 828-286-3871
Found Small female terrier mix Found 12/28 on Main St. in Spindale. Sweet dog, has collar. Call 245-3004
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executor of the estate of J. (JAMES) TOLIVER DAVIS of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said J. (JAMES) TOLIVER DAVIS to present them to the undersigned on or before the 17th day of March 2010 or the same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment. This is the 17th day of December, 2009. Jackie J. Davis, Executor 187 Old Caroleen Road Forest City, NC 28043
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executor of the estate of CHARLES W. NANNEY of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said CHARLES W. NANNEY to present them to the undersigned on or before the 24th day of March, 2010 or the same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment. This is the 24th day of December, 2009. Judith Nanney Ginn, Executor 150 Westhaven Circle Winston-Salem, NC 27104
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NORTH CAROLINA, RUTHERFORD COUNTY AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 09 SP 315 Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Glenn E Lewis and Ramona B Lewis aka Ramona Lewis, Husband and Wife to David B Craig, Trustee(s), which was dated December 30, 2004 and recorded on January 18, 2005 in Book 823 at Page 394, 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, 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 January 12, 2010 at 10:00AM, 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 THE CITY OF RUTHERFORDTON TOWNSHIP, RUTHERFORD COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEING ALL THAT CERTAIN PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN DEED FROM EDWARD LEWIS, WIDOWER, TO GLENN E. LEWIS DATED JULY 22, 1986, AND RECORDED IN DEED BOOK 489, PAGE 484. RUTHERFORD COUNTY REGISTRY, TO WHICH REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE AND INCORPORATED HEREIN FOR A FULL AND COMPLETE DESCRIPTION. BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO GLENN E. LEWIS BY DEED RECORDED 7-20-00 IN BOOK 757, PAGE 774. 12-01269 Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as: 1000 Old US 221 North Highway, 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 Glenn E. Lewis.
6. The property will be sold subject to all unpaid taxes and special assessments. 7. The property being sold is all of that property described in the Deed of Trust except as specifically set forth above. It is the intention to extinguish any and all rights or interests in the property subordinate to the Deed of Trust. 8. Additional Notice Where the Real Property is Residential with Less Than 15 Rental Units: 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. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.
An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.
THIS the 16th day of December, 2009.
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.
Substitute Trustee RAINTREE REALTY AND CONSTRUCTION, INC. A. Robert York, President Post Office Box 8942 Asheville, North Carolina 28814 828-253-9063 December 31, 2009 and January 7, 2010
Lisa S. Campbell Substitute Trustee PO Box 4006 Wilmington, NC 28406 PHONE: 910-392-4971 FAX: 910-392-8051 File No.: 08-04439-FC01
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