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ICC working to preserve Powers funds — Page 2A Sports Bright spot Carolina Panthers coach John Fox got a big lift with his team’s 26-7 thumping of Minnesota Sunday night

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1/2 inches of snow was recorded at the Lake Lure Fire Department from Friday’s snow fall. Other snow depths were reported from various areas in the county. Across the county line in Bat Cave, 10 inches of snow was measured. Temperatures got down to 31 degrees Saturday and Sunday at the plant, Boris said, but Monday morning, the temperature fell to 20 degrees, causing the re-freezing of many areas. Rutherford County can expect another 1 inch of precipitation this week, but Brad Boris, superintendent at the BRWA says, “it looks like cold rain.” By Monday afternoon, all electricity was

RUTHERFORDTON — County Commissioners got an early Christmas present Monday morning when River Textile Services announced 55 new jobs coming to the county starting in January. As part of a special meeting of the commission, the medical textile laundry service has chosen a building in the Forest City Industrial Park as the location for its new 62,500 square foot health care laundry facility. RTS will employ local residents, and add approximately $5 million to the county and city’s tax base. “Rutherford County is very encouraged that River Textile Services has chosen to locate in the Forest City Industrial Park and will be spending more than $1 million to up-fit an existing warehouse building and will be adding up to 55 jobs for the local residents,” said County Commission Chairman Brent Washburn. “RTS is a medical textile service that works with doctors and hospitals in North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. As you know the health care industry overall is facing tough challenges and there are more demands for resources and budgets are getting tighter,” said RTS CEO George Ferencz. “This is not only costing the hospitals it is also costing

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Tracy Bright and daughter Caroline Bright tube Monday morning at the home of Tracy’s parents, Bill and Becky Chapman on U.S. 221 south of Rutherfordton. The Brights are home for Christmas from Florida and enjoyed the snowfall. For more snow pictures, please see Page 7A.

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FOREST CITY — Rutherford County Schools’ students got an early Christmas vacation beginning last Friday and today teachers are on vacation, too, due to hazardous conditions on roads in some areas. The Christmas break for students, teachers and administration will end Jan. 4 and staff will decide when the 2 1/2 days lost for students will be made up. Students were out of school Friday, Monday and also today. Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy students went to school Monday, making up Friday’s day off and are also out for Christmas vacation. An official 6 inches of snow was recorded at the Broad River Water Authority plant and 7

Town will study all options for water By LARRY DALE Daily Courier Staff Writer

FOREST CITY — An update on the raw water intake project took a good deal of the two-hour meeting of the Board of Commissioners on Monday night. After a lengthy discussion about proceeding with the $14 million project, the board decided it would be wise to consider all of its options, including working with other entities instead of just going it alone. Board members David Eaker and Shawn Moore and Mayor Dennis Tarlton, as a committee, will seek a meeting with representatives from the Broad River Water Authority and the Rutherford County Board of Commissioners. The board members will try to work out a deal to ensure water for the town if it is needed. Commissioner Shawn Moore noted that the water project is basically buying an insurance policy for the town’s future water needs. But because of the cost of the water intake project and the the state of the economy, he suggested, “As leaders, let’s try to work together. It’s scary to spend this kind of money.” Commissioner Chris Lee agreed, saying, “We need to exhaust every opportunity.” Eaker suggested trying to set up a meeting of interested parties, then Please see Water, Page 6A

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Chuck Hamrick, of Shelby architectural firm Holland and Hamrick, presents a slide show detailing the firms qualifications to be considered for designing the first four buildings for the Daniel Road Complex.

Architects make their pitch By SCOTT BAUGHMAN Daily Courier Staff Writer

RUTHERFORDTON — Planning for the county’s multi-use Daniel Road Complex took another step forward Monday morning when Shelby architects Holland and Hamrick presented their pitch to be chosen to design the first four buildings for the facility. “This was really a preliminary meeting with the architects and now we’ll wait and get feedback from the various committees involved in the planning for Daniel Road,” said County Manager John Condrey. “Commissioners have only approved moving forward with planning so there is no talk of construction at this point.” Chuck Hamrick, one of the principal partners in the firm, presented the company’s pitch to be awarded the project and said it

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was unique in that it was for four buildings on one campus. “The majority of our work has been within Cleveland and Rutherford County. We strive to stay active in a relatively small geographic area,” Hamrick said. “The best way to describe our company is the work that we do. We feel our work speaks for itself. We have been doing this for quite a while and know a lot of the ins and outs and understand the importance of facility for each individual user. These buildings are much more than bricks and mortar to us — they are places where people work, people worship and even places where people sell cattle occasionally. We know we’ll be seeing these facilities for several years and we want to be pleased with what we do. We don’t try to Please see Pitch, Page 6A

2A — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Tuesday, December 22, 2009

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ICC working to preserve Powers aid By ALLISON FLYNN Daily Courier Staff Writer

SPINDALE – The recession has taken its toll on a major financial aid program at Isothermal Community College. But officials are making adjustments to ensure the Powers Scholarships are available to students for generations to come. Around $10 million is the current balance of the Powers Scholarship Fund. However, only four percent of that balance is used to fund scholarships – and with the market in flux, the total amount used for scholarships can vary. “We have to be in a continuous state of managing cash,” said Stephen Matheny, the college’s vice president of administrative services. “We had limited what we would give to students based on projected income.” For fall semester 2009 and spring semester 2010, that amount was $250,000. Based on projections, that’s the amount the college will have total to provide Powers Scholarships to applicants. “The Powers Scholarship is a last dollar scholarship,” Matheny said. “This is going to serve folks who normally wouldn’t receive financial aid.” Established in 2006, the scholar-

concurrent enrollment book scholarships. The application process for each is different, said Karen Harris, coordinator of the scholarship. In order to apply, students must complete a FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) form for 2010-2011; students and/or their parents will have to have had their 2009 tax returns filed before completing the FAFSA. The form can be found online at www.fafsa.ed.gov. In the fall 2009, 273 students received Powers Scholarships. It’s a number that will sustain and even grow for 2010, Harris said. “We’re encouraging people to apply in January, February and March,” she said. “The sooner they apply the better. There’s a limited amount and we may not be able to serve everyone who applies, and that’s why it’s important to apply early.” Both Gavin and Matheny said the college is grateful to have the ability help students come to school at Isothermal. “Martha Jane had a great heart for the college and a desire to help students,” Matheny said. “It’s a great opportunity for them .... education is accessible.”

ship was set up using money given to the college through the estate of Martha Jane Powers. Powers’ father, Lee Powers, served on the first board of trustees for the college, said Mike Gavin, the college’s director of marketing and community relations. “He was a big part in the college’s formation,” he said. Powers owned property in the Hickory Nut Gorge area; the college received all the proceeds from the property transactions and placed them into a fund that is a blend between equities and fixed income, Matheny said. The way the scholarship is structured, four percent of the funds may be used for scholarships, .95 percent is for administrative costs and 2.5 percent is an inflation reserve. “That’s the spending policy,” Matheny said. “Any monies not spent are obviously reinvested.” Prior to the market decline in late 2007, Matheny said, the balance was around 11 million. “We are trying to remain on the conservative side while maximizing the number of students we affect,” he said. “That’s the desire the college has – to provide for folks indefinitely.” The money provides funding for a service, merit, CNA and dual/

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Police Notes Sheriff’s Reports

n The Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office responded to 211 E-911 calls Saturday and Sunday.

Rutherfordton

n The Rutherfordton Police Department responded to 34 E-911 calls Saturday and Sunday.

Spindale

n The Spindale Police Department responded to 32 E-911 calls Saturday and Sunday.

Lake Lure

n The Lake Lure Police Department responded to 19 E-911 calls Saturday and Sunday.

Forest City

n The Forest City Police Department responded to 97 E-911 calls Saturday and Sunday. n An officer of the Forest City Police Department reported an incident of finding a set of keys on East Main Street. n An officer of the Forest City Police Department reported an incident of possession of a concealed weapon. The incident occurred on Victory Drive. (See arrest of Heffner.) n An officer of the Forest City Police Department reported an incident of possession of marijuana and possession of cocaine. The incident occurred on Victory Drive. (See arrest of Hill.) n An officer of the Forest City Police Department reported an incident of carrying a concealed weapon and possession of schedules II, III, IV and VI controlled substance. The incident occurred on Victory Drive. (See arrest of Hill.) n John Stacy reported a larceny. n An employee of Ivey’s Pawn Shop, on West Main Street, reported an incident of obtaining property by false pretenses.

Arrests

n Douglas Ray Hill, 54, of Summey Street, Forest City; charged with two counts of possession of a firearm by felon and possession of a weapon of mass destruction; placed under a $60,000 secured bond. (FCPD) n Adam Heffner, 23, of US 221 South, Rutherfordton; charged with carrying a concealed weapon; placed under a

Two men arrested in shooting of officer

SANFORD (AP) — Authorities have identified two men charged with attempted firstdegree murder for the shooting of a North Carolina police officer. Multiple media outlets report that Sanford police arrested 21-yearold Breon Montrell Black and 16-year-old Thomas Harold Mitchell II on Sunday. Thirty-three-year-old officer Scott Norton was shot early Sunday while patrolling a mobile home park. Norton was hit five times but was wearing a bulletproof vest and did not suffer any life-threatening injuries.

Sanford Police Capt. David Smith says the last time an officer with the department was shot was in the 1970s. Police say they expect more arrests.

Woman injured in auto accident HENREITTA — One woman was taken to Rutherford Hospital for treatment Monday morning and another was charged with failure to yield right of way after an automobile accident. Charlotte Allred, 38, of Forest City, was driving a 2007 Nissan, stopped at a stop sign on Boss Moore Road and then made a left hand turn onto Ellenboro-Henritta Road. Her car struck the vehicle driven by Christy White, 22, traveling on EllenboroHenreitta Road. White was taken to Rutherford Hospital by Rutherford County EMS and treated and released. Allred was charged with failure to yield. Trooper J.A. Repasky investigated. Also assisting at the scene were Ellenboro firefighters. $2,000 secured bond. (FCPD) n Dillon Ross Hill, 22, of Summey Street, Forest City; charged with three counts of possession of schedule II, two counts of possession of schedule III and possession of schedule IV controlled substance; placed under a $120,000 secured bond. (FCPD) n Katie Jones, 18, of Pennsylvania Avenue, Spindale; charged with possession of marijuana; released on a written promise to appear. (FCPD) n John Jeffrey Johnson, 50, of 3310 Rue Chanel; charged with no operator’s license and resisting a public officer; placed under a $4,000 secured bond. (LLPD) n John Sampson Waldrup, 44, of 1440 S. Butler Ave.; charged with failure to exhibit/ surrender license, fictitious information to an officer and resisting a public officer; placed under a $4,000 secured bond. (LLPD) n Brandon Ronnel Simmons, 27, of 380 Mayse Rd.; charged with assault on a female and domestic violence protective order violation; placed under a 48-hour hold. (RCSD) n Ronald Scott Lawson, 40, of 1295 Piney Ridge Rd.; charged with resisting a public officer; freed on a custody release. (RCSD)

n Richard Cody Allen, 18, of 1607 Carlton Ave.; charged with shoplifting/ concealment of goods; placed under a $1,000 secured bond. (RCSD) n Joseph Jacob Hill, 30, of 433 Doggett Rd.; charged with resisting a public officer; placed under a $3,000 secured bond. (RCSD)

Citations n Cynthia Hill, 49, of Summey Street, Forest City; cited for possession of marijuana and paraphernalia; released on a written promise to appear. (FCPD)

EMS/Rescue n The Rutherford County EMS responded to 46 E-911 calls Saturday and Sunday. n The Volunteer Life Saving and Rescue, Hickory Nut Gorge EMS and Rutherford County Rescue responded to 17 E-911 calls Saturday and Sunday.

Fire Calls n Bostic firefighters responded to a motor vehicle accident. n Cliffside firefighters responded to a motor vehicle accident. n Ellenboro firefighters responded to a motor vehicle accident and to a vehicle fire. n Forest City firefighters responded to an appliance fire. n Fairfield firefighters responded to a motor vehicle accident. n Green Hill firefighters responded to a motor vehicle accident. n Lake Lure firefighters responded to a motor vehicle accident and to a power line fire. Rutherfordton firefighters responded to an industrial fire alarm. n SDO firefighters responded to a motor vehicle accident. n Spindale firefighters responded to an electrical fire. n Sandy Mush firefighters responded to a motor vehicle accident. n Union Mills firefighters responded to a house fire, assisted by Shingle Hollow and Hudlow firefighters.

Correction n An arrest listed in the Dec. 8 Daily Courier incorrectly listed the bond. Lindsey Elizabeth Wilson, 20, of 900 Piedmont Rd., was released on a $25,000 unsecured bond.

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Our Views Storm response a winning effort

he weekend storm hit Rutherford County with a solid punch, but thanks to the work of the people on road, street and emergency crew people have not suffered nearly as much as they might have. Snowfall of the depths we had on Friday are a rarity in the county, especially in December. Snow depths ranged from four to as much as 10 inches depending on where you were in the county. But the work crews were out doing their jobs, and by Saturday most major roads were passable and efforts were well under way to get to the less traveled areas to help clear the way for people to get out and about their business. While most of us hurried home from work on Friday as the snow began falling, these dedicated people were heading out to work. We thank all those people who got out in the cold and the snow to help lessen the impact this early blast of winter brought to the county.

Our readers’ views Says help charities at home this year To the editor: It’s that time of year again for sharing and giving. I hope that if you are planning on giving to a charity, I hope you will remember that there are a lot of people right here in Rutherford County who need help. So many people have lost their jobs through no fault of their own. Also remember these people are our neighbors and they have families. This year, more people than ever before need help. So I hope that everyone will pitch in and donate whatever you can to our friends at Yokefellow, Salvation Army, Chase Corner Ministries and Grace of God Rescue Mission. You can donate money or you can donate canned foods to these fine organizations. Remember every little bit helps. Also, be sure to remember the kids. You can donate toy, new or used. A toy of any kind is better than no toy. Just help the needy if you are able to. Johnny Lowery Henrietta

Wonders if spending at home is happening To the editor: I am confused about some of the things that are happening in our county. You always hear quotes like, “Buy Rutherford First,” or “Keep the Money Local,” but is this really happening? When you hear that businesses outside the county have come in for a

job that could have been done right here at home, it makes me wonder why. There are plenty of local businesses right here in Rutherford County that often don’t even get a chance. Outside businesses are brought in to a county that has one of the highest in the nation, not just NC, in unemployment. Just doesn’t add up. Recently, I heard that a local taxpaying business lost a bid on a contract to a company out of the county. Well, you could say that was just competition. But was it? The company that won the bid was $23,000 higher than the local business. Oh well, it didn’t affect the taxpayers, because it was grant money. But why spend $23,000 of any money if it’s not necessary? Maybe that business will give back to the community. Wait for it. Uh, no. I doubt it. We are losing jobs left and right in this county to businesses outside the county, that sometimes are no more qualified than our local businesses. Just because they come from a bigger city doesn’t make them a better choice. I believe that our local elected officials need to really get hold of this county quick. I’m not just talking about our county officials, it starts with the elected city officials as well. We as taxpayers have elected you to run our cities and county and look out for “our” best interest, not the big city businesses outside the county that don’t pay power bills locally, that don’t pay property taxes or county taxes. I’m not saying everything can be done right here locally, but I

will bet you there isn’t much that can’t be done. I’m not trying to point fingers at anybody or any elected officials, I’m just concerned about our county. We have got to look at the big picture and what is best for Rutherford County. Same would probably apply to our government officials as well. We need to worry more about our county before we help another. Wayne Rollins Forest City

Says vets appreciate having new clinic here To the editor: The new VA clinic. I would like to thank the doctors and the good staff at the new V.A. clinic in Rutherford county. I am sure all the vets, like me, are so glad to have them here for us. Namond Earl McComas Rutherfordton

Says thanks for special program from students To the editor: Recently, First Baptist Church in Spindale was honored to have Ms. Carol Womack, director of the sign language class at East Rutherford High School, and her students visit and perform for us. The performance was most impressive. Emotionally and spiritually, my husband and I were touched by this group of young people and Ms. Womack’s dedication. Thank you for sharing with us your talents. Joy Gillespie Spindale

Can there be peace in the land of Christ’s birth? In this season that celebrates the birth of the Prince of Peace, can there ever be real peace in the land of his birth? I asked myself this question over and over as I traveled over the last few days through the lands where Jesus grew up, preached, healed, confronted the established authorities, and ultimately was crucified. My travels inspired and enlightened me. But they gave no answer to the question about the possibility of peace in the Holy Land. As to a possible solution to the Arab-Israeli confrontation, Davidson College history professor Jonathan Berkey, who accompanied our group, summed it up discouragingly as follows: “There are presently no grounds for a solution that is peaceful and fair.” Someday, he explained, the situation will resolve itself. But it is not likely to be soon, nor will it likely be peaceful and fair.

One on One D.G. Martin

A few days ago in Jerusalem, I found myself in the middle of a large protest demonstration, with TV cameras, chanting, and lots of “handmade” looking placards held high. “What is this all about?” I asked someone. “We are protesting the suspension of construction in the settlements.” I remembered that the “suspension” was the action of Israel’s conservative Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Many Americans had criticized his action because it allowed much settlement construction to continue. “So, this is about settlements in the West Bank?” I asked. “As you say,” he answered.

“But, it is not the ‘West Bank;’ it is Israel.” As long as so many in Israel insist that the occupied areas of Palestine are part of Israel, it is going to be hard to find a peaceful common ground. Conflict is not limited to the Palestinian-Israeli impasse. In the holy city of Jerusalem, Jews and Christians argue among themselves in a manner out of character with the holy books that are their guides. Secular and non-orthodox Jews resent the powers and privileges of the ultra-orthodox. Their political parties, though small, have gained political advantage by joining the governing coalitions in Israel’s parliament. While other Israeli young people have mandatory military service, the ultra orthodox are exempt. Their religious studies are subsidized. So, according to their critics, they study, rather than work, their entire lives. Their critics accuse them

of ruining good neighborhoods by crowding their large families into houses designed for families with one or two children, neglecting their gardens, and enforcing severe Sabbath restrictions throughout the area. The resentments and conflicts bubble over. So do the arguments of the Christians about control of their holy sites. Within the Church of the Holy Sepulture are, according to tradition, the sites of Jesus’ crucifixion and burial. The shrines that mark these spots and other parts of the building are under the control of different Christian sects. Maintenance of the overall building, its roof and exteriors, is an extra problem. Since nobody is in overall charge, nobody accepts responsibility. As to who controls access to the building, the matter is settled by longstanding arrangements in which Muslim families

control the entry door and the keys. From time to time there are misunderstandings that lead to confrontations among the Christians. Ironically, these Christian conflicts have to be broken up by the Israeli police. On the site of the Temple, where Jesus confronted the money changers, Muslims long ago constructed the beautiful “Dome of the Rock.” Even though the State of Israel controls all of Jerusalem, it allows Muslim clerics to control that site. In turn, the clerics limit access to the interior of the building to other Muslims, even though it is an important site for many Christians and Jews. The peace that shepherds and wise men hoped for more than 2000 years ago is still “hoped for” today. D.G. Martin is hosting his final season of UNC-TV’s North Carolina Bookwatch, which airs Sundays at 5 p.m.

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Obituaries Hoyle Bostic

Paul Hoyle Bostic, 63, of 2371 Hwy. 120, Cliffside, died Sunday, Dec. 20, 2009, at Rutherford Hospital. A native of Cleveland County, he was a son of William Bostic of Alabama and the late Lera Jones Bostic Walker. He was a former service advisor for Joe Waters Honda and a member of Cliffside Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife, Susan McSwain Bostic; three sons, Lane Bostic of Mooresboro, Billy Bostic of Forest City, and Charles Ferguson of Cliffside; one daughter, Melissa Arrowood; one sister, Linda Moore of Spindale; and two grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at The A.C. McKinney Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Joey Cantrell officiating. Burial will follow in Sunset Cemetery, Shelby. Visitation was held Monday from 6 to 8 p.m. at McKinney-Landreth Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to Cliffside Baptist Church, P.O. Box 336, Cliffside, NC 28024; or to Chase Baptist Church, 1725 Harris Henrietta Road, Mooresboro, NC 28114. McKinney-Landreth Funeral Home is serving the Bostic family. Online condolences www.mckinneylandrethfuneralhome.com.

Norma Whitley

Norma Evelyn Williams Whitley, 87, of Joshua Dr., Forest City, died Saturday Dec. 19, 2009, at Autumn Care Nursing Center. A native of Baltimore, Md., she was a daughter of the late Roy and Bessie Hildebrandt Williams. She was a former telephone operator, a homemaker and a member of Crestview Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband, James Whitley of the home; two sons, Charles Ronald Williams of Minneapolis, Minn., and James Scott Whitley of Florida; one daughter, Gail Diane Darnall of Duluth, Ga.; one stepdaughter, Sandra Lee Owens of Baltimore, Md.; one brother, Charles B. Williams of Maryland; one sister, Betty Simms of Maryland; six grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Dec. 28, at Crowe’s Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Kevin Rhom officiating. Burial will follow in the Sunset Memorial Park. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Hospice of Rutherford County, P.O. Box 336, Forest City, NC 28043. Online condolences www. crowemortuary.com.

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House, Forest City. He was a son of the late Claude and Zennie Chapman Blanton. He was a member of Corinth Baptist Church, a charter member of Ellenboro Volunteer Fire Department. He was also a retired textile employee and had operated a lawn mower shop. He is survived by his wife, Grace Bridges Blanton; a daughter, Susan Bradshaw of Ellenboro; a son, Shane Blanton of Bostic; a sister, Faye Chapman of Bostic; a brother, Willie Blanton of Bostic; and twin grandsons. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Corinth Baptist Church with the Revs. David Jendrey and David Bradshaw officiating. Visitation was Monday at Washburn & Dorsey Funeral Home. At other times, the family will gather at the residence of Susan and Dale Bradshaw, 715 Pinehurst Road, Ellenboro. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Hospice of Rutherford County, P.O. Box 336, Forest City, NC 28043. Online condolences www.washburndorsey.com.

Willetta McDaniel Willetta Maxwell McDaniel, 81, of 375 Harmon St., Forest City, died Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009, at Hospice House in Forest City. Born in Cary, she was a daughter of the late Raymond Reid Maxwell and Willie Marie Little Maxwell. She worked as a battery filler for many years at Fieldcrest Mills before her retirement and as a caregiver for Golden Harvest Rest Home and for Dellinger Retirement Home. She was a member of Providence United Methodist Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, George O. McDaniel. Survivors include one sister, Carolyn Conner of Forest City; a brother, Charles Maxwell of Ellenboro; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Harrelson Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. Robert Harris and William Swink officiating. Interment will follow in the Providence United Methodist Church cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to service time at the funeral home. At other times they will be at their respective homes. Harrelson Funeral Home is serving the McDaniel family. Online condolences www.harrelsonfuneralhome.com

Bobby Joe Blanton Mr. Bobby Joe Blanton, 76, of Walls Church Road, Ellenboro, died Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009 at Hospice House, Forest City. He was the son of the late Claude and Zennie Chapman Blanton. Bobby Joe was a member of Corinth Baptist Church, a charter member of the Ellenboro Volunteer Fire Department, was a retired textile employee and had operated a lawn mower shop. He is survived by his wife, Grace Bridges Blanton; a daughter, Susan Bradshaw and her husband Dale, of Ellenboro; a son, Shane Blanton of Bostic, and his girlfriend Robin Baugham; a sister, Faye Chapman of Bostic; a brother, Willie Blanton of Bostic, and twin grandsons, Aaron Bradshaw of Cary and Andrew Bradshaw of Ellenboro. A Memorial Service will be held at 2:00 PM Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2009 at Corinth Baptist Church. Rev. David Jendrey and Rev. David Bradshaw will officiate. The visitation will be from 6 PM until 8 PM Monday at Washburn & Dorsey Funeral Home, at other times the family will gather at the residence of Susan and Dale Bradshaw, 715 Pinehurst Rd, Ellenboro. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Hospice of Rutherford County, PO Box 336, Forest City, NC 28043. Friends may sign the online guest book at: www.washburndorsey.com Paid obit.

Tammy Tessenair Tammy Michelle Tessenair Lee, 38, of Ellenboro, died Sunday, Dec. 20, 2009, at her residence. She was survived by her adopted mother Nadine Tessenair of Rutherfordton. She was preceded in death by her adopted father Vester Tessenair. She worked as a CNA for ten years and was of the Baptist faith. She is survived by her mother Barbara Smith and her father, Thurmond Tessenair of Rutherfordton; her daughter, Annie Rose Cole and son Cody Brian Cole, both of the home; her companion Brian Keith Cole; her paternal grandmother, Nadine Tessenair of Rutherfordton; five sisters, Angie Lawter and Lora Turner, both of Rutherfordton, Renee Morrison of Union Mills; Juanita Bunnell of Bostic; and Dorothy Yelton of Spindale; and five brothers, Paul Smith Jr. and Bradley Tessenair, both of Rutherfordton, William Tessenair, Joe Tessenair, and Gary Tessenair, all of Spindale. A graveside Service will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Sandy Level Baptist Church Cemetery. The Revs. Chris Bowen and Donald Morrison will officiate. The family will receive friends from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday at Washburn & Dorsey Funeral Home. A Memorial Fund has been set up in memory of Tammy Lee, and the family requests memorials be made to Barbara Smith, 141 Glen Drive, Rutherfordton, NC 28139. Friends may sign the online guest book @www.washburndorsey. com.

Paul Hodge Paul Hodge of Rutherfordton, died Sunday, Dec. 20, 2009, at Willow Ridge Nursing Home. He was a son of the late Rev. John Hodge and Nora Lewis Hodge and was a native of Rutherford County. He was a Navy veteran of WWII serving aboard the USS Ruddy. Surviving are his wife of 63 years, Lucille Fowler Hodge of the home; daughters, Shirleen Hodge of Rutherfordton and Sheila Hodge Bridges of WinstonSalem; a sister Ruth Hodge Maxwell of Rutherfordton; and one grandson. Graveside services will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday in the Piedmont Baptist

Paul Hoyle Bostic Mr. Paul Hoyle Bostic, 63,of 2371 Hwy. 120, Cliffside died Sunday, December 20,2009 at Rutherford Hospital. A native of Cleveland County he was born July 28,1946, a son of William Bostic of Alabama and the late Lera Jones Bostic Walker. Besides his mother he is preceded in death by a son, Scott Bostic. Hoyle was a former service advisor for Joe Waters Honda and a member of Cliffside Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife, Susan McSwain Bostic; three sons, Lane Bostic of Mooresboro, Billy Bostic of Forest City, and Charles Ferguson of Cliffside; one daughter, Melissa Arrowood and husband, Matt; one sister, Linda Moore of Spindale and two grandchildren, Joey Bostic and Taylor Bostic. Funeral Services will be held 2:00 PM Tuesday, December 22, 2009 at The A.C. McKinney Memorial Chapel with The Rev. Joey Cantrell officiating. Burial will follow in Sunset Cemetery Shelby. Visitation will be held 6-8 PM Monday, December 21,2009 at McKinney-Landreth Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to Cliffside Baptist Church, PO Box 336 Cliffside, NC 28024 or Chase Baptist Church, 1725 Harris Henrietta Rd., Moores-boro, NC 28114. McKinney-Landreth Funeral Home is serving the Bostic Family. A guest register is available at: www.mckinneylandrethfuneralhome.com

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Church cemetery with military honors provided by the Rutherford County Honor Guard. Crowe’s Mortuary and Crematory is in charge of arrangements.

Tim Elmore will officiate. Burial will follow in the Rose Hill Memorial Park.

Online condolences www. crowemortuary.com.

Lena Belle Luckadoo Henson, 93, of Washington Street, Forest City, died, Monday, Dec. 21, 2009, at White Oak Manor in Rutherfordton. A native of Rutherford County, she was a daughter of the late Smith Luckadoo and Minnie Toney Luckadoo. She was a former employee of Burlington Industries and a member of Crestview Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband James Lemuel Henson in 1983. Survivors include two daughters, Martha H. Beard of Forest City and Vicki H. Condrey of Ellenboro; a sister, Louise Burgess of Rutherfordton; four grandchildren; 10 great grandchildren; and two great-greatgrandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Crestview Baptist Church with the Rev. Kevin Rohm officiating. Interment will follow in Mt. Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation will be from 1:30 until 2:30 in the Crestview Baptist Church. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Crestview Baptist Church Building Fund, 630 S. Church Street, Forest City, NC 28043 or White Oak Manor Nursing Center Activity Department, 188 Oscar Justice Road, Rutherfordton, NC 28139.

Reid Hill Miles “Reid” Hill, 74, of 166 Sulphur Springs Road, Chesnee, S.C., died Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009 at Spartanburg Hospice H,ouse. A native of Polk County, he was a son of the late Monroe and Roxie Price Hill. He was a member of Crestview Baptist Church. He is survived by a son, Michael R. Hill of Chesnee; a daughter, Wanda Ann Greer of Chesnee; three brothers, Junior Hill of Chesnee, Paul Hill of Mayo, and Max Hill of Grassy Pond, S.C.; four sisters, Gertrude Wright of Chesnee, Louise McCarter of Campobello, Betty Bailey of Chesnee, and Pauline Bridges of Gaffney; 11 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday at Eggers Funeral Home Chapel, Chesnee, with the Rev. Randy Williams officiating. Burial followed in the Springhill Memorial Gardens. Memorials may be made to the Spartanburg Hospice Home, 686 Jeff Davis Dr., Spartanburg, SC 29303. Online condolences www.eggersfuneralhome.com.

Boyd Williams Boyd Toney Williams, 78, of 140 Beam St., Fallston, died Saturday, Dec. 9, 2009, at Cleveland Regional Medical Center in Shelby. Born in Cleveland County, he was a son of the late Yates Hubbard Williams and Vernie Ethel Toney Williams. He retired as a driver for Bost Bakery and Williams Oil Company. He was a member of Fallston Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife of 60 years, Marshall Ann Hendrick Williams; a daughter, Toni Wallace of Raleigh; four grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. The family will receive friends Wednesday from 1 to 2 p.m. at Stamey Funeral Home in Fallston. A Celebration of Life service will follow at 2 p.m. in the funeral home chapel. The Revs. David Blanton and

Miles “Reid” Hill Miles “Reid” Hill, 74, of 166 Sulphur Springs Road, Chesnee died Saturday, December 19, 2009 at the Spartanburg Hospice House. He was the son of the late Monroe and Roxie Price Hill. He was a member of Crestview Baptist Church and a native of Polk County, North Carolina. He is survived by a son, Michael R. Hill of Chesnee and a daughter, Wanda Ann Greer of Chesnee and by three brothers, Junior Hill of Chesnee, Paul Hill of Mayo, Max Hill of Grassy Pond, SC and four sisters, Gertrude Wright of Chesnee, Louise McCarter of Campobello, Betty Bailey of Chesnee and Pauline Bridges of Gaffney, and by eleven grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by a two sons, Ricky Reid Hill and Terry Lee Hill and by a daughter, Jennie Marie Kimbell. Funeral services were held 2:00 P.M., Monday, December 21, 2009 at Eggers Funeral Home Chapel of Chesnee, officiated by the Rev. Randy Williams. Burial followed in Springhill Memorial Gardens. The family received friends from 6:00 until 8:00p.m., Sunday, December 20, 2009 at Eggers Funeral Home of Chesnee. The family will be at the home of the daughter, Wanda Ann Greer, 308 Scenic View Road, Chesnee, SC 29323. Memorials may be made to the Spartanburg Hospice Home, 686 Jeff Davis Drive, Spartanburg, SC 29303. E-condolences may be made on line to: www.eggersfuneralhome.com Eggers Funeral Home in Chesnee is in charge of arrangements. Paid obit.

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Willetta Maxwell McDaniel Willetta Maxwell McDaniel, age 81, of 375 Harmon Street, Forest City, NC, died Saturday, December 19, 2009 at Hospice House. Willetta was born on September 6, 1928 in Cary, NC to the late Raymond Reid Maxwell and Willie Marie Little Maxwell. She worked as a battery filler for many years at Fieldcrest Mills before her retirement and as a caregiver for Golden Harvest Rest Home and for Dellinger Retirement Home. She was a member of Providence United Methodist Church. She was a pet lover and enjoyed yard sales. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, George O. McDaniel; six brothers, Jerome “J.W.”, Wilton, Hall, Cary, Raymond, Jay and Tollie also by four sisters, Francis, Ramona, Shirley and Juanita. Survivors include one sister, Carolyn Conner of Forest City and a brother, Charles Maxwelll and his wife, Ruth, of Ellenboro and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be conducted at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 22, 2009 at the Harrelson Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Robert Harris and Reverend William Swink officiating. Interment will follow in Providence United Methodist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to service time at the funeral home. At other times they will be at their respective homes. Harrelson Funeral Home is serving the McDaniel family. An online guest registry is available at: www.harrelsonfuneralhome.com Paid obit.

6A — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Calendar/Local Snow restored to Duke Energy customers. At the peak time Saturday morning, Dec. 19, about 3,900 Rutherford customers were without power. The western parts of Rutherford County received more snow and subsequent downed trees and the majority of power outages. People in areas above Rutherfordton, Lake Lure and Chimney Rock were still shoveling out Monday morning and tree trimmers were along U.S. 64/74 grinding limbs from the roadside. The pre-winter Friday weather caused havoc on the roads for workers trying to get home when the snow and sleet created impassable roads.

The North Carolina Highway Patrol reported more than 692 calls in Rutherford County through Friday night of stranded or wrecked cars. Many of the stranded vehicles were still on roadways and at the bottom of steep driveways Sunday afternoon. Several churches cancelled services Sunday. Troopers in Troop G, which includes Rutherford County, actually responded to an overwhelming 708 crashes from Friday afternoon into Saturday morning. Most wrecks involved mostly property damage with only minor injuries. There was plenty of evidence people had been sledding and riding fourwheelers over Cane Creek mountains and down into the valleys. But at the Golden Church of the Brethren in Cane Creek on the moun-

tain, only a couple tire tracks were visible as a bright sun shone on the little white country church. Monday morning, snow depths were still high enough and frozen enough in Rutherfordton for plenty of outdoor play. Bill and Becky Chapman’s oldest daughter, Tracy Bright, her husband Carter and their four daughters, are home for Christmas from Gainesville, Fla., and spent the Monday sliding on inner-tubes at the Chapman’s home off U.S. 221 south of Rutherfordton.

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better poised for growth due to the rising number of retirees.”

Center grant for a maximum amount of $480,000. As part of the company’s incentive package, the county will refund 90 percent of their property taxes for the first five years of the facility. The grant will allow the company to renovate and upgrade an existing warehouse at the industrial park.

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Health/education Community Health Clinic of Rutherford County provides access to primary medical care, wellness education, medications and preventative programs. The clinic, open Monday through Thursday, is located at 127 E. Trade St., B 100, Forest City. Patients seen by appointment only. The clinic does not accept patients with private insurance, Medicaid or Medicare. Call 245-0400. The Medication Assistance Program provides access to medications at reduced rates or free of charge to those who qualify, call 288-8872.

Red Cross Blood drives scheduled: Dec. 28 — Red Cross Chapter House, 2 to 6:30 p.m., call 287-5916 for an appointment.

Christmas Christmas Celebration cancelled: Due to the weather and cancellation of schools, the Christmas Celebration with David Roach and Friends, has been canceled. Walk to the Manger: Dec. 22 and 23, begins at 6:30 each night; those who wish to walk with the group meet in the parking lot of Riah Salon, near Spindale Restaurant; otherwise, meet in the parking lot of Main Street Baptist Church, Spindale, at 6:40 p.m., where characters dressed in Biblical attire will lead guests to the manger for a true celebration of Christmas; narration. Christmas Eve candlelight service: Thursday, Dec. 24, 9 p.m., Ellenboro Presbyterian Church; special music by Justin Radford; Bill Kirk, pastor. Christmas Eve candlelight service: Thursday, Dec. 24, 5 p.m., Caroleen Baptist Church; the service will conclude with communion. Christmas Eve services with Holy Communion (family-oriented) Saint Gabriel’s Episcopal Church in Rutherfordton, Thursday, Dec. 24, begins at 7:30 p.m. A reception with dessert refreshments (around 9:30 p.m.) will follow in the parish hall. Singing of Christmas Caroles 10:30 p.m., Christmas Celebration of the Holy Eucharist (midnight mass) beginning at 11 p.m. Christmas Eve service: Drop-in communion service at Spindale United Methodist Church, Thursday, Dec. 24, 6 to 8 p.m. Christmas Eve services: Candlelighting and Holy communion at First United Methodist Church, Rutherfordton; Thursday, Dec. 24, at 5:30 p.m., later that night at 11, Christmas message “A People of His Own,” followed by candle-lighting and Holy communion. Christmas services with St. Francis Church, 408 North Main St., Rutherfordton; Dec. 24, Christmas Eve family service, 5:30 p.m., midnight mass, 10:30 p.m.; Dec. 25, Christmas Day Holy Eucharist, 10 a.m.; New Year’s Eve service, Thursday, Dec. 31, 11:30 p.m. Lessons and Carols service: Sunday, Dec. 27, 11 a.m. worship service, Advent Lutheran Church; scripture passages relating to the nativity will be read accompanied by a Christmas carol related to it; Jeff Brooks, organist, will provide special music; congregational members will serve as readers and liturgists for the service; church located at 102 Reveley Street, Spindale; a time of fellowship will follow.

Music/concerts Concert: Sunday, Dec. 27, 6 p.m., Missionary Wesleyan Church, Doggett Road, Forest City; featuring James Rainey, pianist for the Blackwood Brothers Quartet, and special guest, Roger Queen.

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communities in terms of lost jobs but also reduction in services. Part of our job is not only to bring jobs to the county but helping the health care providers in the county by saving them money on their linen costs.

Ferencz adds that the health care textile services industry is growing and is here to stay. “Health care laundry work has been the most outsourced service by hospitals nationwide for the past three years, according to Modern Health care magazine.

“We want to bring 40 jobs initially to the county increasing that number to 55 in the first year,” he said. “We’ve been extremely pleased in the response from the county so far especially Tom Johnson and the Economic Development Commission. We are a local company and having come from this industry I’ve never seen an area

“We are an industry committed to local communities. Textile laundry processing cannot be shipped overseas or moved outside the area,” Ferencz said. “We look forward to being a partner with the local healthcare industry and the community for many years.” The company received a N.C. Rural

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design a monument to our company every time we do a building, but one that best suits the needs of the end user.” The company has designed the R.S. Central auditorium and the Ruby Hunt YMCA in Shelby. Local engineer David Odom would be involved with the project as well. “This firm shepherds projects

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trying to make a decision on the water project in the next 30 days. Commissioners Dee Dee Bright and Moore will look into whether the town’s work force could be used for the project, or whether bids are required. Keith Webb of McGill and Associates had recommended to the board that they proceed with construction of a raw water canal and a concrete wet well at the site The town currently gets its water from the Second Broad River. The water intake project would tap 12 million gallons of water a day from the larger Broad River. The board also received an update on the New Jerusalem Church Road water project from Scott Webber, the meter department supervisor.

through better than anyone around,” Odom said of Holland and Hamrick. “Having a single-source of planning on a project of this size is important. While you do have four different projects shown here, from a site-planning standpoint you have one project. “It would be very difficult to have four different firms working together,” he said. “That is particularly true when you’re talking about permitting. “There are many environmental permits needed for a project today from the EPA to the Army Corps of The board was told that if the town accepts 50 percent match from the county funding, tap fees will increase from $750 to $1,500 per connection. Commissioners decided not to receive county funding. The extra $750 in tap fees would go to reimburse the county, if that route had been selected. The board also agreed to proceed with two other possible small water projects. One is a short line down Vista Drive and the other is to a mobile home park on New Jerusalem Church Road. Commissioners also spent a good deal of time talking about the possibility of foreclosing on three properties in town where there are liens in place. Town attorney David Lloyd was given the go-ahead to proceed with sending out letters announcing the town’s intention to judicially foreclose those liens.

CLINTON (AP) — To folks in his North Carolina hometown, Willie Parker’s most memorable move may be somewhere other than on the field for the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Sampson Independent reports that the Clinton native donated thousands of dollars in toys and bikes

“Helping Hands Outreach”: Members of Caroleen Congregational Holiness Church hold a monthly soup kitchen each Saturday from 5 to 7 p.m. The church is located on Walker Store Rd. First Baptist Church in Spindale, 11:30 to 12:30 p.m. each Tuesday. New Beginnings Soup Kitchen, Thursdays from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at Green River Baptist Association, 668 N. Washington St., Rutherfordton.

All hiring for the plant, which will begin Jan. 15, will be handled through the Employment Security Commission office in Forest City. For more information or to apply, call 245-9841. Contact Baughman via e-mail at sbaughman@thedigitalcourier.com.

Engineers. That permitting process alone is one major consideration.” The four buildings being discussed were the farmer’s market, the livestock arena, the EMS station and the animal shelter. The projects are all in the planning stages. Commissioners will have to take a new vote to move ahead with any construction. Contact Baughman via e-mail at sbaughman@thedigitalcourier.com.

In other action, the board: n accepted budget amendments moving funds around between categories of the budget for the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2009. n proclaimed December as Human Rights/ Bill of Rights Month in the town. n heard from town resident Seable Grant asking if he could dig a well on his property. Town Manager Chuck Summey said if the county approved it, he could. But he warned that if public water is available, the county probably would not approve digging a well. After the regular meeting, the board went into closed session to consult with town attorney David Lloyd on matters concerning the investigation of a complaint against a town employee. Contact Dale via e-mail at ldale@thedigitalcourier.com

after a large number of presents were stolen from a local community center around Halloween. Sampson Center director Tim Boykin said Parker read a newspaper story about the theft. Without the donation, Boykin feared more than 200 children would go

without presents this year. Instead, Boykin said Christmas was saved with one phone call from Parker, who played his high school football at Clinton High School. Boykin said he thinks Parker donated 90 percent of the toys the center has collected since the theft.

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The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Tuesday, December 22, 2009 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 7A

LOCAL

Late fall snowstorm leaves parts of the county blanketed in six inches of the white stuff

Photos by Jean Gordon and Larry Dale

After crashing at the end of a steep hill, a tearful Hannah Bright and dad Carter Bright, walk away from their inner-tube. The family was tubing at Hannahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s grandparents, Bill and Becky Chapman, off U.S. Hwy. 221, south of Rutherfordton. The sun rises over pasture land Saturday morning off Bethany Church Road, Forest City.

All was peaceful and still Sunday afternoon (above) at Golden Church of the Brethren off Cane Creek Mountain Road. Rachel and Ben Harris (right) pose beside their 7-1/2 foot tall snowman on West Seventh Street in Rutherfordton.

Surrounded by cedar trees there was no watercraft or fishing on this picturesque lake Sunday in Cane Creek area.

8A — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Tuesday, December 22, 2009

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Incentives going unused as companies retrench

ASHEVILLE (AP) — When Volvo Construction Equipment announced this month it would shutter its western North Carolina plant, it was a reversal from its expansion plans of three years ago coaxed by the promise of millions of dollars from state taxpayers. The company planned to expand manufacturing and assembly and add about 260 workers. If it could keep that level of employment for 12 years, it was on track to collect up to $3 million from the state’s Job Development Investment Grant program. But Volvo’s actual growth

only allowed it to collect $69,247. With the plant closing down in March, the state will try to recoup even that, the Asheville Citizen-Times reported Monday. While scores of companies announce expansion plans they say depended on receiving one of North Carolina’s top two kinds of economicdevelopment grants, many never fulfill enough of their job-creation promises to collect the money. Boat builder Chris-Craft Corp., computer builders Dell Inc. and Lenovo, and memory-chip maker Qimonda North American

decided to cut staff rather than expand as their sales soured, ending their claims on promised incentives. Internet giant Google reconsidered its desire for a JDIG with strings attached and backed out. The companies were among 13 to quit the JDIG program out of 99 approved for jobcreation sweeteners since the program started in 2003. Just months ago, in February, toolmaker Snapon said it would expand its Murphy plant, add 40 jobs and earn a $120,000 state grant. But the manufacturer added just five full-time jobs

this year, said Richard Secor, spokesman for Kenosha, Wis.,-based Snap-on. “We have created a modest number of jobs, and we had aspirations to create more, but the recession’s been longer and deeper than I think any of us expected,” Secor said. The good news is that no money will go to companies that fall short, said Dale Carroll, who oversees incentives programs as deputy state commerce secretary. Businesses collect after proving they’ve created the promised number of jobs. “We pay them following the

performance or the lack of it,” Carroll said. “It’s a builtin safeguard.” But critics of taxpayerfunded corporate incentives insist the money makes little difference in business decisions on whether and where to locate or expand. The second major incentives program, the One North Carolina grants, offers incentives that are too small to make a difference to a company’s decision, said Bob Orr, the head of the N.C. Institute for Constitutional Law, which has sued the state over aid to companies.

OFFICIAL BALLOT FOR THE 2009 “BEST OF RUTHERFORD COUNTY”

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Mullen: U.S. must keep military option for Iran WASHINGTON (AP) — Military force would have only limited effect in stopping Iran from developing nuclear weapons but must remain an option, the head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Monday. Tehran shows no signs of backing down in the standoff over what the United States and other countries say is its drive for a nuclear bomb, Adm. Mike Mullen, the top U.S. military officer, told his staff in an annual assessment of the nation’s risks and priorities. “My belief remains that political means are the best tools to attain regional security and that military force will have limited results,” Mullen wrote. “However, should the president call for military options, we must have them ready.” Iran denies that its nuclear program is aimed at producing a weapon. The Mideast nation says it is developing nuclear energy. In the past two or three years the United States had all but ruled out an attack on Iran’s known nuclear facilities as too risky, because of the backlash it might unleash. “Most critically, Iran’s internal unrest, unpredictable leadership and sponsorship of terrorism make it a regional and global concern,” heightened by what Mullen called “its determined pursuit of nuclear weapons.” Mullen and other military leaders have suggested that if Iran was determined to build a weapon, an attack would probably fail to completely stop that effort. Mullen has tried to dissuade Israel from launching its own attack on Iran, whose leaders have called for Israel’s destruction. Mullen’s annual review says nothing about what kind of military force he wants at hand, but any attack would

presumably be done by air. President Barack Obama has set a rough deadline of the end of this year for Iran to respond to an offer of dialogue and to show that it will allay fears of weapons development. The Obama administration is working with allies to ready a new set of international economic sanctions on Iran for repeatedly defying international demands to halt questionable activities and come clean about the nature and extent of the program. On Monday, Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona voiced support for attempting economic pressure against Iran before considering military action, but warned that time was slipping. “We’ve wasted a year,” he said on ABC’s “Good Morning America.” “Sanctions have to be tried before we explore the last option. The worst option is a military action.” But McCain, the top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, wondered whether Israel would have the patience to see if sanctions will work. Mullen, the president’s chief military adviser, had said separately on Sunday that he is worried about Iran’s intentions and said the clock is running on Obama’s offer of engagement. In his assessment released Monday, Mullen also wrote that the main effort in Afghanistan must be to push forces into the war zone quickly, including the shifting of some personnel from Iraq. His year-end message serves as general marching orders for the coming year for his large staff of planners and others. “Afghanistan has deteriorated in the last year, but reversing the Taliban ’s momentum is achievable,” Mullen wrote.

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A Christmas Wish

During this time of year it is very easy to lose sight of what makes Christmas such a wonderful Holiday. For those who have lost a loved one, the celebration of this holiday can almost become oppressive. My wish for those who are hurting is that you will find the hope that is intertwined in all the festivities. The opening of presents, the food, the music, the gatherings and yes even Santa and his helpers all point us to a wondrous event that took place over 2000 years ago, the birth of “Immanuel” which is translated “God With Us”. Jesus came to bring hope into our lives. When believed upon, His birth, life, death and resurrection brings comfort and hope during the darkest times of our lives. I personally want to wish all the residents of Rutherford County a blessed Christmas and a New Year filled with fresh hope.

The Gift

This gift came not wrapped & topped with bows But came bundled in swaddling clothes. He did not come to be placed under a tree, But would be hung on it for you & for me. He was truly a gift full of love & of grace. He came to this world to die in our place. Yes, at this time of year as we count the gifts one by one, Let us not forget love’s greatest gift, The gift of God’s only Son! By Lanny J. Funchess

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Two pro-reform Iranian women attend the funeral ceremony of Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, the spiritual father of Iran’s reform movement, as the wear green headbands, the symbolic color of Iranian opposition, in the holy city of Qom 78 miles (125 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Monday.

Iranian clerics funeral becomes show of defiance DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A huge funeral procession for Iran’s most senior dissident cleric became a show of defiance against the country’s rulers Monday as mourners flashed green protest colors and chanted against the Islamic leadership in Iran’s holy city of Qom. The response by authorities was not as punishing as in recent demonstrations — an apparent attempt to avoid bloodshed and chaos during the cortege for one of the patriarchs of the 1979 Islamic Revolution and the onetime heir to lead the country. But the major outpouring for Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri by opposition supporters could signal a restive week ahead. Tens of thousands of demonstrators, if not more, filled the main boulevards in Qom, the hub of Islamic scholarship and study in mostly Shiite Iran. Iran is marking one of the most important periods on the Shiite religious calendar with ceremonies that draw deeply on themes of martyrdom and sacrifice, which could inspire fresh opposition marches. It culminates on Sunday, the same day mourners will gather for the traditional seven-day memorial for Montazeri’s death. Opposition leaders have used holidays and other symbolic days in recent months for anti-government rallies. Montazeri, who died of apparent natural causes on Sunday at age 87, had stunned even hard-core protesters with his scathing denunciations of the ruling clerics and their efforts to crush dissent after the disputed presidential election in June. His open assault on the highest reaches of the Islamic system helped galvanize the opposition and shatter taboos about criticizing the pinnacle of power: Supreme Leader Ayatollah

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington’s police chief criticized a veteran detective Monday for pulling a gun during a mass snowball fight. Authorities said the officer is on desk duty while the case is under investigation. Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy Lanier said she had watched video clips from the weekend confrontation and has no doubt that the off-duty officer pulled his gun after snowballs hit his personal vehicle during Saturday’s record snowfall. “Let me be very clear in stating that I believe the actions of the officer were totally inappropriate!” Lanier said in a statement.

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PATERSON, N.J. (AP) — Police have arrested a 23-year-old man they say left an illegal, loaded handgun in the bedroom he shared with a 5-year-old child. The child was accidentally shot and killed by a 6-year-old relative after the two boys discovered the gun while playing. Jalik Jones was charged Monday with reckless manslaughter and firearms violations. Five-year-old Daron Mayes was shot in the back of the head around 8:20 p.m. Sunday in his Paterson home.

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NORTH HAVERHILL, N.H. (AP) — Denounced as “evil” and “despicable,” three young friends who plotted the killing of a developmentally disabled Walmart cashier who had been hitting on a co-worker drew long prison terms Monday. Timothy Smith, Anthony Howe and Amber Talbot, who pleaded

guilty to murder and conspiracy in the October 2008 death of 25-yearold Christopher Gray, sat at adjoining tables in court as the victim’s family members tearfully remembered him and berated his killers. “Just remember that night,” said David Kemp, 33, Gray’s brother. “I hope it eats you and eats you and eats you until can’t take it (any) longer.” Smith and Howe each got 40 years to life and Talbot 25 to 50 years for taking the Groton, Vt., man to a mobile home under the pretext of watching movies. There, Smith, 24, and Howe, 19, who are cousins, stabbed and strangled him as they stood around a campfire.

Fla. fugitive arrested ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Oscar Richardson was a 61-yearold father living a low-key life in Missouri, working as a handyman when he was arrested over the weekend, accused of escaping a Florida prison 30 years ago. Investigators found Richardson, who was going by the name Eugene Ward, when a tipster recognized him from the “12 Days of Fugitives” campaign, which posts photos of Florida’s oldest and most violent prison escapees on billboards across the state.

Video game emergency? BOSTON (AP) — Police say a frustrated Boston woman called 911 to say she couldn’t get her 14-year-old son to stop playing video games and go to sleep. Police spokesman Officer Joe Zanoli said Monday the mother called for help around 2:30 a.m. Saturday to say that the teenager also walked around the house and turned on all the lights.

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Health care bill faces two more key votes WASHINGTON (AP) — Well on the way to winning passage before Christmas after clearing its biggest hurdle in the wee hours of the morning, the Senate’s health care bill will make a “tremendous difference for families, for seniors, for businesses and for the country as a whole,” President Barack Obama said Monday. Senate Democratic leaders basked in the victory for the landmark legislation that will insure 30 million more Americans. They looked ahead to the next make-or-break vote Tuesday morning. They snapped up a coveted endorsement from the American Medical Association and batted down Republican complaints about special deals lawmakers got in the bill. “I don’t know if there’s a senator that doesn’t have something in this bill that was important to them, and if they don’t have something in it important to them, then it doesn’t speak well of them,” retorted Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., when questioned at a press conference about the GOP criticism. The deals in the massive bill range from $100 million to pay the full cost of a Medicaid expansion in Nebraska, home to Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson, the crucial 60th vote for the bill, to exempting roughly 800,000 seniors in Florida from potential benefit cuts by private Medicare Advantage plans, something sought by Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla. The American Medical Association got some special deals itself before declaring its support. A 5 percent tax on elective cosmetic surgery procedures was replaced with a 10 percent tax on indoor tanning services; a proposed fee on physicians to enroll in Medicare was dropped; and payment cuts to specialty and other physicians to pay for bonuses to primary care doctors in underserved areas were

also eliminated, the AMA’s president-elect, Dr. Cecil B. Wilson, said. “America has the best health care in the world — if you can get it,” Wilson said at a press conference with Reid and other leaders. “For far too many people access to care is out of reach because they lack insurance. This is not acceptable to physicians.” Democrats prevailed 60-40 over Republican opposition early Monday, voting to block a threatened GOP filibuster of a last-minute package of Democratic amendments. Democrats will have to put up 60 votes again Tuesday morning for a procedural vote on Reid’s underlying, 2,074-page bill. A last 60-vote hurdle awaits Wednesday, and final passage of the legislation — requiring a simple majority — is set for late Thursday, Christmas Eve, if Republicans take all the available time. With final passage on track, Republicans ramped up their criticism, denouncing the last-minute concessions that put the bill over the top. “I am tired of the Congress thumbing their nose and flipping a bird to the American people,” Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele said. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., called the side deals “Bernie Madoff gimmicks,” referring to the disgraced financier Bernard Madoff. More criticism came from the activist watchdog Freedom Watch, which announced it was filing a federal court complaint against the Obama administration to force disclosure of details about meetings on health care between White House officials and industry lobbyists and executives. The Senate measure would still have to be harmonized with the health care bill passed by the House in November before final legislation would go to Obama.

Despite recession, crime rates are down in U.S. WASHINGTON — High unemployment. More folks on food stamps. Fewer owning their homes. Yet for all the signs of recession, something is missing: More crime. Experts are scratching their heads over why crime has ebbed so far during this recession, making it different from other economic downturns of the past half-century. Early guesses include jobless folks at home keeping closer watch for thieves, or the American population just getting older— and older people commit fewer crimes. Preliminary FBI crime figures for the first half of 2009 show crime falling across the country, even at a time of high unemployment, foreclosures and layoffs. Most surprisingly, murder and manslaughter fell 10 percent for the first half of the year. “That’s a remarkable decline, given the economic conditions,” said Richard Rosenfeld, a sociologist at the University of Missouri-St. Louis who has studied crime trends. Rosenfeld said he did not expect the 10 percent drop in killings to be sustained over the entire year, as

more data is reported. But he said the broad declines are exceptional, given that past recessions stretching back to the 1950’s have boosted crime rates. Bill Bratton, the former chief of the Los Angeles Police Department, said the decrease comes from major police departments closely tracking developing crime patterns. “Police have gotten much better at analyzing numbers and responding quickly,” said Bratton, now chairman of Altegrity Security Consulting, a private security firm based in Virginia. “Los Angeles has been in an economic downturn almost two years ahead of the country and is now in its eighth straight year of crime decline.” In times of recession, property crimes, in particular, are expected to rise. They haven’t. Overall, property crimes fell by 6.1 percent, and violent crimes by 4.4 percent, according to the six-month data collected by the FBI. Crime rates haven’t been this low since the 1960’s, and are nowhere near the peak reached in the early 1990’s.

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Holiday shoppers jam Michigan Avenue as they rush to find last minute deals in Chicago. Retailers are hoping for a lastminute surge to boost their holiday sales after a major winter storm took a big toll over the weekend. Associated Press

Retailers hoping for late surge By EMILY FREDRIX AP Retail Writer

The snowstorm that blanketed the East Coast, closing malls and snowing in shoppers, spelled trouble for retailers, but elsewhere in the country stores saw a strong turnout on the last weekend before Christmas. Eager to win business from snowed-in easterners, retail Web sites including Macy’s and J.C. Penney offered free express shipping Sunday. Traffic to retail Web sites spiked all weekend. Elsewhere in the country, crowds looking for discounts found some, but far less than the 60 to 70 percent off sales they wanted. Retailers head into the home stretch hoping the storm leaves pent-up demand that will give them one last gift. A snowstorm the Saturday before Christmas, often the busiest shopping day of the year, is about as bad as it gets for retailers, said Marshal Cohen, chief retail industry analyst at market researcher NPD Group. But there’s still time and consumers are ready when they dig out of the storm. “They’ll hit the stores with a little more of a method to their madness, so all is not lost,” Cohen said. “Super Saturday” usually accounts for $15 billion worth of sales nationwide, according to Scott Bernhardt of weather research firm Planalytics. Stores missed that number this year, but Bernhardt still wasn’t sure by how much. Retailers were still totaling the impact of the snow-

storm Sunday. The first figures for the weekend are due from ShopperTrak on Tuesday. Bernhardt said it’s not yet clear how many stores closed, though many did around the Washington, D.C., region, which got more than 25 inches of snow, and in New Jersey. Chains with a large share of their stores in areas affected by bad weather include Bon-Ton Stores, Dick’s Sporting Goods and Christopher & Banks, he said. Mall operator Taubman Centers closed four of its 24 centers early Saturday, including Fair Oaks in Fairfax, Va., and The Mall at Short Hills in Short Hills, N.J. Both stores reported an uptick in traffic Sunday and by the afternoon, the Fairfax mall was as busy as a normal Sunday before Christmas, the company said. The storm that stretched from the Carolinas to New England caused about one-third of Toys R Us stores to cut hours, but sales were relatively strong because people got out to shop before the storm hit, CEO Jerry Storch said. Online sales also rose. He said retailers had been expecting a big shopping burst this week but with the storm, it will be even more frenzied, so the toy store chain is increasing staffing. “There’s always that feeling ’Oh I could just do it tomorrow’ when Christmas is at the end of the week,” he said of shoppers. “Now you add in this storm.” Traffic was heavy and the parking lots close to full at Green Acres Mall in Valley Stream, N.Y., Saturday afternoon

as blowing snow started to snarl roads. The weather prompted shoppers to get out to stores before the storm hit. “We went out early, and we’re going home early,” said Mike Kimball of Queens. Shoppers who stayed home shopped online. Retail Web traffic peaked at 2.9 million visitors per minute Saturday night, according to the Akamai Retail Net Usage Index. That was up from 1.9 million on the Saturday before Christmas in 2008, though that day — Dec. 20 — was closer to Christmas than this year. Laura Gurski, a partner in the retail practice of management consultant A.T. Kearney, said more retailers will offer shipping deals to spur sales. “I think they’re going to have to, particularly those that were not able to drive the volume they needed to because of the weather,” she said. Online spending has been a bright spot. It grew 14.4 percent after Black Friday through Dec. 12, according to a release Sunday from MasterCard Advisors’ SpendingPulse, which estimates sales in all payment forms, including cash and checks. Outside the Northeast, store traffic was up at malls owned by General Growth Properties Inc., and should stay heightened through Thursday, said Wally Brewster, senior vice president for marketing and communications. The company, which has more than 220 malls, figures about half of its shoppers are last-minute ones, up 10 percent from last year.

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NASCAR’s Johnson male athlete of year CHARLOTTE (AP) — There was little recognition outside the racing world when Jimmie Johnson won his first NASCAR championship. Same with his second, and again with his third. But four straight championships? That’s a different story. Johnson, the first driver in NASCAR history to win four consecutive titles, earned mainstream recognition Monday when he was honored as the Male Athlete of the Year by members of The Associated Press. Johnson received 42 votes from editors at U.S. newspapers which are members of the AP. Tennis star Roger Federer (30 votes) and Olympic sprinter Usain Bolt (29) were the only other athletes with totals in the double- digits. Although Tiger Woods was named Athlete of the Decade, the golfer received only nine votes for Athlete of the Year. He was tied with NBA star Kobe Bryant and slugger Albert Pujols in fourth place. Woods, who was ranked No. 1 in his sport but failed to win one of golf’s majors this season, was never a top contender — even before the sex scandal that unraveled his personal life following a Nov. 27 traffic accident. For Johnson, the first race car driver to be named the AP’s Athlete of the Year in its 78-year history, the award is the validation he’s been waiting for since he began his historic run in 2006. “We’d been wondering the last few years, ’When is this going to hit?”’ he said. “It seems like the answer is now. The wave is finally peaking, and we don’t know where it’s going to take us. The fourth straight title takes it out of our sport and makes it a point of discussion — like, ’Wow, a race car driver won this thing.”’ The 34-year-old Californian again schooled the competition, winning four of his seven races this season when the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship began in September. Two-time champion Tony Stewart dominated the “regular season,” but it was Johnson and his No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports team that turned it up when the stakes were highest. In the 10 Chase races, Johnson finished outside the top-10 only once: when he wrecked at Texas with Sam Hornish Jr. three laps into the eighth race.

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Chase’s Carlos Watkins (44) prepares to shoot on R-S Central’s Darrien Watkins (34) Monday during the basketball game at Chase High School.

Central rallies past Chase By JACOB CONLEY Sports Reporter

CHASE — Basketball etiquette usually dictates that the home team’s rim is supposed to be friendly to the home team. Such was not the case for the Chase Trojans as Carlos Watkins’ put back attempt, as time expired, went half way down the cylinder and fell out as Central completed a big comeback to score an important 64-63 victory. “I feel bad for Chase,” said Central coach Greg Wright. “That’s a tough way to lose a basketball game. I thought that last shot was going in, but I’m proud of the way our kids played. It was a great game to be a part of.” It was the Carlos Watkins show early for Chase as the burly man wasted little time asserting himself in the paint as he netted eight early points as the Trojans raced to an early 11-1 lead. After a Sharod Hines lay up, Watkins then began to set up his teammates as he found Andrew Scruggs and Wesley Roach on backdoor feeds from the high post which resulted in beautiful reverse lay ups to put the Trojans Please see Trojans, Page 2B

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Chase’s Claudette Miller (30) battles to recover the ball from R-S Central’s Taylor Miller (13) during the second half action of the game Monday.

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On TV 7 p.m. (ESPN2) College Basketball Michigan State at Texas. (FSS) College Basketball Marshall at North Carolina. 8 p.m. (ESPN) College Football MAACO Bowl Las Vegas — BYU vs. Oregon State. From Las Vegas. (Live) (TS) NBA Basketball Atlanta Hawks at Minnesota Timberwolves. From the Target Center in Minneapolis. (Live) 9 p.m. (ESPN2) College Basketball California at Kansas. 11 p.m. (FSS) College Basketball Texas A&M at Washington.

FOREST CITY — East Rutherford ended Monday’s make-up game the same way it started — with intensity and urgency. Those two ingredients helped East close out Patton and keep the Cavs undefeated (8-0, 2-0) with a 66-53 win at home. “I thought we came out early and played well to take the lead,” East Rutherford coach Brad Levine said. “Then we had some unforced turnovers and missed some easy shots in the second quarter to keep them alive, but tonight was a typical before-Christmasbreak game.” From the opening tip, East Rutherford jetted out to a quick lead off jumpers by Rob Gray and Rickey Wilkerson and a driving lay up from Zach Price for a 6-0 lead. But the real story in the first quarter was defense. Gray blocked a shot, Devince Boykins came up with the loose ball and launched a pass to Mihkail Baxter for the easy lay up. And the Cavs held Patton to just 3-of-9 shooting in the first frame as they built a 20-9 lead. East struggled offensively in the second quarter, shooting just 4-of-13, while Patton went 3-of-4 from behind the 3-point line in the quarter. Raheem Hampton kept the Cavs moving and scoring. Patton’s Aaron Attaway’s three closed the contest back to 30-25 at the half. Both clubs picked up their shooting percentages in the third period. East was 8-of17, while Patton was 9-of-15 as East still held a five-point advantage, 47-42, at the end of the period. East still held a 48-44 lead with six minutes to go, but the Cavs were able to press the issue and collected a number of steals down the stretch. Gray hit two threes and Boykins had a jam during a 16-4 run. Hampton led all scorers with 19, while Gray had 18 points. Boykins put up nine points, but had 12 boards in the contest. Attaway led Patton with 16. “I thought we did a good job, especially down the stretch.,” Levine said. “Hampton is a little more relaxed it seems and Gray did a great job as well.” The girls game came down to one thing, runs. East Rutherford sustained three big runs of their own

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Minnesota Vikings’ Brett Favre (4) is hit by Carolina Panthers’ Julius Peppers (90) in the first half of an NFL football game in Charlotte Sunday,

CHARLOTTE (AP) — They went from division winner to also-ran, playoff-bound to playing out the string while waiting to see if their coach will return next season. Through it all, the injury-riddled Carolina Panthers haven’t given up. From shutting down and calling out Randy Moss to beating up Brett Favre so badly his coach wanted to take him out, the Panthers are still fighting. Sunday night’s stunning 26-7 win over NFC North champion Minnesota finally gave coach John Fox’s team something to feel good about in a lost season. There were positives a week earlier, when the suddenly dominant and cocky defense limited Moss to one catch in New England, only to have no offensive firepower to pull an upset. On Sunday, a day after being eliminated from playoff contention, Julius Peppers was so a dominant pressuring Favre that left tackle Bryant McKinnie was benched and Vikings coach Brad Childress wanted to yank Favre. Adrian Please see Panthers, Page 10B

2B — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Tuesday, December 22, 2009

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Thursday’s Games Indianapolis 35, Jacksonville 31 Saturday’s Games Dallas 24, New Orleans 17 Sunday’s Games Tennessee 27, Miami 24, OT Arizona 31, Detroit 24 Atlanta 10, N.Y. Jets 7 Houston 16, St. Louis 13 New England 17, Buffalo 10 Cleveland 41, Kansas City 34 Oakland 20, Denver 19 San Diego 27, Cincinnati 24 Baltimore 31, Chicago 7 Tampa Bay 24, Seattle 7 Pittsburgh 37, Green Bay 36 Philadelphia 27, San Francisco 13 Carolina 26, Minnesota 7 Monday’s Game N.Y. Giants at Washington, late Friday’s Games San Diego at Tennessee, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 27 Buffalo at Atlanta, 1 p.m. Houston at Miami, 1 p.m. Seattle at Green Bay, 1 p.m. Carolina at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m. Baltimore at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. Tampa Bay at New Orleans, 1 p.m. Oakland at Cleveland, 1 p.m. Kansas City at Cincinnati, 1 p.m. Jacksonville at New England, 1 p.m. Detroit at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m. St. Louis at Arizona, 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Jets at Indianapolis, 4:15 p.m. Denver at Philadelphia, 4:15 p.m. Dallas at Washington, 8:20 p.m. Monday, Dec. 28 Minnesota at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. 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 (10-2) vs. Oregon State (8-4), 8 p.m. (ESPN) Wednesday, Dec. 23 Poinsettia Bowl at San Diego Utah (9-3) vs. California (8-4), 8 p.m. (ESPN) Thursday, Dec. 24 Hawaii Bowl at Honolulu SMU (7-5) vs. Nevada (8-4), 8 p.m. (ESPN) Saturday, Dec. 26 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl at Detroit Ohio (9-4) vs. Marshall (6-6), 1 p.m. (ESPN) Meineke Bowl At Charlotte North Carolina (8-4) vs. Pittsburgh (9-3), 4 p.m. (ESPN) Emerald Bowl at San Francisco Southern Cal (8-4) vs. Boston College (8-4), 8:30 p.m. (ESPN) Sunday, Dec. 27 Music City Bowl at Nashville Clemson (8-5) vs. Kentucky (7-5), 8 p.m. (ESPN) Monday, Dec. 28 Independence Bowl at Shreveport, La. Texas A&M (6-6) vs. Georgia (7-5), 5 p.m. (ESPN) Tuesday, Dec. 29 EagleBank Bowl at Washington Temple (9-3) vs. UCLA (6-6), 4:30 p.m. (ESPN) Champs Sports Bowl at Orlando, Fla. Miami (9-3) vs. Wisconsin (9-3), 8 p.m. (ESPN) Wednesday, Dec. 30 Humanitarian Bowl at Boise, Idaho Bowling Green (7-5) vs. Idaho (7-5), 4:30 p.m. (ESPN) Holiday Bowl at San Diego Nebraska (9-4) vs. Arizona (8-4), 8 p.m. (ESPN) Thursday, Dec. 31 Sun Bowl at El Paso, Texas Stanford (8-4) vs. Oklahoma (7-5), Noon (CBS) Armed Forces Bowl at Fort Worth, Texas Air Force (7-5) vs. Houston (10-3), Noon (ESPN) Texas Bowl at Houston Missouri (8-4) vs. Navy (8-4), 3:30 p.m. (ESPN) Insight Bowl at Tempe, Ariz. Minnesota (6-6) vs. Iowa State (6-6), 6 p.m. (NFL) Chick-fil-A Bowl at Atlanta Virginia Tech (9-3) vs. Tennessee (7-5), 7:30 p.m. (ESPN) Friday, Jan. 1 Outback Bowl at Tampa, Fla. Northwestern (8-4) vs. Auburn (7-5), 11 a.m. (ESPN) Capital One Bowl at Orlando, Fla. Penn State (10-2) vs. LSU (9-3), 1 p.m. (ABC)

Cavs Gator Bowl at Jacksonville, Fla. Florida State (6-6) vs. West Virginia (9-3), 1 p.m. (CBS) Rose Bowl at Pasadena, Calif. Ohio State (10-2) vs. Oregon (10-2), 5 p.m. (ABC) Sugar Bowl at New Orleans Florida (12-1) vs. Cincinnati (12-0), 8:30 p.m. (FOX) Saturday, Jan. 2 International Bowl at Toronto South Florida (7-5) vs. Northern Illinois (7-5), Noon (ESPN2) Cotton Bowl at Dallas Oklahoma State (9-3) vs. Mississippi (8-4), 2 p.m. (FOX) PapaJohns.com Bowl at Birmingham, Ala. Connecticut (7-5) vs. South Carolina (7-5), 2 p.m. (ESPN) Liberty Bowl at Memphis, Tenn. East Carolina (9-4) vs. Arkansas (7-5), 5:30 p.m. (ESPN) Alamo Bowl at San Antonio Michigan State (6-6) vs. Texas Tech (8-4), 9 p.m. (ESPN) Monday, Jan. 4 Fiesta Bowl at Glendale, Ariz. Boise State (13-0) vs. TCU (12-0), 8 p.m. (FOX) Tuesday, Jan. 5 Orange Bowl at Miami Iowa (10-2) vs. Georgia Tech (11-2), 8 p.m. (FOX) Wednesday, Jan. 6 GMAC Bowl at Mobile, Ala. Central Michigan (11-2) vs. Troy (9-3), 7 p.m. (ESPN) Thursday, Jan. 7 BCS National Championship at Pasadena, Calif. Alabama (13-0) vs. Texas (13-0), 8 p.m. (ABC)

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Boston 21 5 .808 — Toronto 13 17 .433 10 New York 10 17 .370 11 1/2 Philadelphia 7 20 .259 14 1/2 New Jersey 2 26 .071 20 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Orlando 21 7 .741 — Atlanta 19 7 .731 1/2 Miami 13 12 .520 6 Charlotte 10 16 .385 9 1/2 Washington 8 17 .320 11 Central Division W L Pct GB Cleveland 20 8 .714 — Milwaukee 12 14 .440 7 Detroit 11 16 .407 8 1/2 Chicago 10 15 .400 8 1/2 Indiana 9 17 .340 10 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB Dallas 20 8 .714 — Houston 16 11 .593 3 1/2 San Antonio 14 10 .583 4 New Orleans 12 14 .462 7 Memphis 12 15 .444 7 1/2 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Denver 19 9 .679 — Utah 16 12 .593 3 Portland 17 12 .586 2 1/2 Oklahoma City 13 13 .500 5 Minnesota 5 23 .179 14 Pacific Division W L Pct GB L.A. Lakers 22 4 .846 — Phoenix 18 9 .667 4 1/2 L.A. Clippers 12 14 .462 10 Sacramento 12 14 .462 10 Golden State 7 19 .269 15 Sunday’s Games Toronto 98, New Orleans 92 Memphis 102, Denver 96 L.A. Lakers 93, Detroit 81 Portland 102, Miami 95 Boston 122, Minnesota 104 New York 98, Charlotte 94 Dallas 102, Cleveland 95 Monday’s Games Milwaukee 84, Indiana 81 Orlando 104, Utah 91 Sacramento at Chicago, late L.A. Clippers at San Antonio, late Cleveland at Phoenix, late Tuesday’s Games Philadelphia at Washington, 7 p.m. Detroit at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Chicago at New York, 7:30 p.m. Indiana at Boston, 7:30 p.m. Atlanta at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Golden State at Memphis, 8 p.m. Portland at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Houston, 8:30 p.m. Oklahoma City at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m. The Top Twenty Five The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll: Record Pts Pvs 1. Kansas (55) 10-0 1,611 1 2. Texas (7) 10-0 1,543 2 3. Kentucky (1) 11-0 1,477 3 4. Purdue 10-0 1,422 4 5. Syracuse (2) 11-0 1,397 5 6. West Virginia 9-0 1,290 6 7. Duke 9-1 1,249 7 8. Villanova 10-1 1,175 8 9. Michigan St. 9-2 1,046 12 10. North Carolina 8-3 959 10 11. Connecticut 7-2 950 14 12. Kansas St. 10-1 810 17 13. New Mexico 12-0 707 19 14. Georgetown 8-1 676 11 15. Mississippi 10-1 624 20 16. Tennessee 8-2 616 9 17. Ohio St. 9-2 562 18 18. Florida 8-2 519 13 19. Texas A&M 9-2 320 23 20. Butler 8-3 315 21 21. Temple 9-2 244 — 22. Washington 7-2 194 24 23. Texas Tech 9-1 192 16 24. Clemson 10-2 151 — 25. Gonzaga 8-3 146 15 The Women’s Top Twenty Five The top 25 teams in the The Associated Press’ women’s college basketball pol: Record Pts Pvs 1. Connecticut (40) 9-0 1,000 1 2. Stanford 9-0 960 2 3. Notre Dame 10-0 913 4 4. Tennessee 9-1 867 3 5. Baylor 11-1 821 6 6. Ohio St. 12-1 749 8 7. North Carolina 9-1 724 9 8. Duke 8-2 717 7 9. Georgia 10-0 698 11 10. Texas A&M 9-1 632 13 11. LSU 9-1 619 5

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Monday’s College Basketball EAST Davidson 61, Hofstra 52 Penn St. 76, American U. 57 Providence 87, Yale 78 SOUTH Charleston Southern 94, Southeastern, Fla. 66 Chattanooga 84, Tenn. Temple 52 ETSU 93, Jacksonville 70 Kentucky 88, Drexel 44 Miami 80, N. Carolina A&T 59 Nicholls St. 60, Jacksonville St. 55 Savannah St. 57, Stetson 46 South Carolina 81, Furman 57 Tulane 73, Louisiana-Lafayette 70 Virginia 68, N.J. Tech 37 Wofford 68, UNC Asheville 42 MIDWEST Ball St. 59, N.C. Central 45 Wichita St. 69, N. Dakota St. 57 SOUTHWEST Houston 81, The Citadel 58 UTEP 89, Oklahoma 74 FAR WEST Weber St. 82, Cal St.-Fullerton 71 Monday’s Women’s Basketball EAST Drexel 67, Bucknell 54 Duke 75, Maine 34 Miami 101, Cornell 62 Penn St. 69, Oakland, Mich. 64 Quinnipiac 75, Yale 59 Seton Hall 58, UC Davis 54 St. Peter’s 55, Wagner 50 Vermont 66, Providence 57 SOUTH Alabama 71, Presbyterian 38 Bethune-Cookman 65, Stetson 60 Clemson 67, Wofford 51 Coll. of Charleston 68, W. Carolina 61 ETSU 77, Jacksonville 72 Elon 73, UNC Asheville 68 Florida St. 83, Hawaii 39 Furman 73, Appalachian St. 56 Georgia Southern 80, Kennesaw St. 67 High Point 75, Florida 68 James Madison 85, Longwood 67 Louisiana-Lafayette 77, Centenary 50 Richmond 74, Radford 40 UNC-Greensboro 55, Samford 47 William & Mary 67, Southern U. 41 Winthrop 66, Campbell 60 MIDWEST Bowling Green 73, Youngstown St. 45 Cincinnati 62, Valparaiso 50 Dayton 84, Butler 81, 2OT Gardner-Webb 56, Purdue 55 Marquette 63, Canisius 32 Michigan St. 67, St. Bonaventure 59 Missouri 81, Ark.-Pine Bluff 50 Murray St. 88, IUPUI 68 N. Dakota St. 66, N. Arizona 56 SOUTHWEST Arkansas 68, Va. Commonwealth 58 Kansas St. 59, UTSA 55 Texas Tech 60, Mercer 49 FAR WEST Boise St. 57, Seattle 47 California 80, Long Beach St. 71 N. Colorado 65, Colorado St. 56 UCLA 83, Saint Mary’s, Calif. 58 Utah St. 72, Weber St. 51

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up by 12, 19-7, at the end of the first quarter. Watkins began the second quarter on the bench and Central began to inch closer as former Trojan Darrien Watkins, who energized the visitors with a spectacular dunk off the left baseline. Central managed to cut the lead to six on a Jacob Kinlaw lay up, but the outside shooting of Dache Gossett kept the Trojan lead at 11 going into the locker room, 38-27. The Hilltoppers employed a zone in the third quarter which frustrated the Trojan attempts to get the ball inside. As a result, R-S began to slowly creep back into the game with Kinlaw finding open teammates who converted several lay ups, and by the time the dust settled, the score was tied at 52 at the end of the 3rd quarter. Gossett began the fourth for the Trojans on a personal 5-0 run with a driving lay up and an old fashioned three-point play, but Shaq Wilkins pulled the same trick for Central to tie the contest. From that point, the teams traded baskets in an entertaining quarter that had fans for both squads in a frenzy. That trend continued until Corey Jimerson hit 1 of 2 free throws with 9.9 seconds left, setting up the final sequence of events. Watkins led the Trojans with 21 while Darrien Watkins led Central with 17.

National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF 35 26 8 1 53 106 37 25 11 1 51 116 36 17 16 3 37 99 37 13 17 7 33 90 35 15 18 2 32 95 Northeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF Buffalo 35 22 10 3 47 94 Ottawa 36 18 14 4 40 100 Boston 35 17 11 7 41 90 Montreal 38 17 18 3 37 97 Toronto 37 13 17 7 33 106 Southeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF Washington 36 22 8 6 50 130 Atlanta 35 18 14 3 39 115 Florida 38 16 15 7 39 111 Tampa Bay 36 13 14 9 35 91 Carolina 36 9 21 6 24 89 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF Chicago 34 23 8 3 49 103 Nashville 36 22 11 3 47 106 Detroit 36 18 13 5 41 98 St. Louis 34 15 14 5 35 84 Columbus 36 14 15 7 35 103 Northwest Division GP W L OT Pts GF Colorado 37 20 11 6 46 109 Calgary 35 20 11 4 44 101 Vancouver 36 20 16 0 40 110 Minnesota 35 17 15 3 37 90 Edmonton 35 15 16 4 34 105 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF Los Angeles 37 22 12 3 47 111 San Jose 35 20 8 7 47 115 Phoenix 36 21 13 2 44 91 Dallas 35 15 9 11 41 105 Anaheim 35 14 14 7 35 99

GA 75 95 102 120 103 GA 76 103 87 107 130 GA 100 108 122 109 131 GA 71 101 96 95 126 GA 107 87 93 99 113 GA 108 93 83 108 111

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and held off Patton’s final push to win, 56-51. At the end of the first quarter, East Rutherford (7-1, 1-1) held a 10-9 lead. The two teams switched the lead on three different occasions early in the second quarter, but the Lady Cavs had their first big run of 10-0. East got two straight steals and dropped in a bucket on both trips during the run. Shanay Watkins came up with a steal and a strong bucket on the inside and Shaquisha Dawkins intercepted a pass and hit for three more as East went up by 13 before closing the half with a 29-21 lead. Following the break, East got back to playing the press defense, which worked as they harassed Patton to begin the third frame. East held a 35-28 lead, but turned the defensive pressure up, allowing Kaziah Miller’s two strong drives to the left side of the goal and Shanay Watkins’ corner threepointer to spark a 7-0 run and 42-28 lead. East led 47-38 at the end of the third period. The Lady Cavs again built up a 14-point lead at 54-40 after a Dawkins’ lay up, but Patton had one last run themselves to keep it close. East turnovers, plus three straight jumpers and free-throw shooting by Patton got the visitors back to within 56-51 with a minute left in the contest. East was able to play keep away with the ball and force a final foul with 2.8 seconds left on the clock to hold on for the victory.

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In the girls game, R-S Central used big runs in the second and third quarters and withstood a huge Trojan rally in the fourth for a 79-63 win. “Chase is a much improved team said Central coach Darrius Fuller. “Their press thew us off a little in the fourth, but Alexis Morgan came off bench in the second and had a big game for us.” Field goals were a precious commodity in the early part of the first quarter, but R-S managed to take a 6-1 lead midway through the opening frame on a pair of free throws by Melissa McLaughlin. Central then went on a 4-0 run to take a 10-1 lead midway through the first. Chase responded with a run of its own on baskets by Euletha Davis and Katlyn Smart to cut the lead to 10-5 midway through the first but could get no closer the rest of the frame as the home team fell behind 21-12 deficit. In the second quarter R-S began to find the range from beyond the arc as the visitors canned six triples in frame with Morgan McLaughlin and Shannon Hines hitting two each. The Lady Trojans could not match this firepower and even with Davis and Smart scoring on the inside Chase found themselves down 45-26 at the half. Central took that dominance on the outside the first half and turned their attention inside in the majority of the Central points in the third were of the second chance variety. Meanwhile, the Central defense held the Trojans to seven points and gave R-S a 61-33 lead at the end of three quarters. Chase made a furious comeback in the final quarter thanks to Davis, Smart and Kendra Holcombe led the Trojans attack that saw the Central lead cut to 13 with two minutes left, but it was too little too late as Central went on to a 79-63 win. Smart led Chase with 28 points while Hines led the Hilltoppers with 22.

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Daughter cuts off nosy mom Dear Abby: My mother is my best friend, but I can’t stop yelling at her for invading my privacy. I have just learned that she has read all my journals since I was 9. She also figured out all my passwords to my e-mail, online blogs and social network accounts. I have lived away from home for six years. I no longer feel I can leave my mother alone in my apartment because she goes through my text messages, call list, letters, bills, bank statements, etc. I have now stopped writing, which was my only outlet of expression, because of her snooping. She says I hurt her feelings when I yell, but I have reached the end of my rope. I have had calm conversations with her about this. She always promises that she’ll stop, but she never does. Abby, she has no reason to snoop — I talk to her 20 times a day. How can I keep this from ruining our relationship? — Mad Dear Mad: You say you talk to your mother 20 times a day? Doesn’t that seem to you to be somewhat excessive? You say she snoops when she’s alone in your apartment. How is she gaining unsupervised entry? Speaking as an unbiased outsider, I think some separation from your mother would be healthy for both of

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you. So change your passwords, put your financial information under lock and key, and cut the umbilical cord. It’s long overdue. Dear Abby: I have a male friend who was raised with beautiful manners and always opens a door for a lady. The last time we spoke, he told me he had opened a door for a woman and she told him off! She said she didn’t need any “help,” that she was capable of opening her own doors, and it should have been obvious that she wasn’t disabled — among other things. My friend didn’t know what to say. I told him to just ignore what she said. Was there a polite comeback for him? — Stumped Dear Stumped: No, not unless he wanted to get into a spitting contest with a viper. You say your friend was raised to open doors for ladies. Well, it appears he opened a door for a woman who wasn’t one. Please tell him not to give up because anyone with manners would have said thank you and appreciated the gesture. I know I would have.

Money solicitation can be frustrating Dear Dr. Gott: Would you explain why there are so many places to give money for cancer? We receive at least one request a week and sometimes as many as three or four seeking donations. Why don’t they combine their programs? We sometimes give to memorials but cannot give weekly or even monthly. Are they all equally deserving of our donations? Dear Reader: I can understand your frustration when you receive countless requests from people seeking donations on behalf of a variety of organizations. Your mailbox is likely full of such material, and the phone solicitations often occur when we all sit down at the dinner table following a long day at work. The roots of the American Cancer Society (ACS) go back almost 100 years. It began through the American Gynecological Society, which met in Washington, D.C., in 1912 to discuss

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Simpson, Jr., Substitute Trustee, as recorded in Book 987, Page 761 of the Rutherford County Public Registry NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in a certain Deed of Trust executed by Dorn Properties, Inc. dated as of December 27, 2006 and recorded on December 28, 2006 in Book 934 at Page 365 of the Rutherford County Public Registry (the “Deed of Trust”) and because of default in the payment of the indebtedness thereby secured and failure to carry out or perform the stipulations and agreements therein contained and pursuant to the demand of the owner and holder of indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, and pursuant to the Order of the Clerk of Superior Court for Rutherford County, North Carolina, entered in this foreclosure proceeding, the undersigned, David T. Simpson, Jr., Substitute Trustee, will expose for sale at public auction on January 4, 2010, at 3:00 p.m. at the appropriate place for foreclosure sales at the Rutherford County Courthouse, Rutherfordton, North Carolina, the real property (including any improvements thereron) which is more particularly described on Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein. This sale shall not include any portion of the real property that has been released by recorded releases. EXHIBIT “A” Situate, lying and being in Chimney Rock Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina, and being shown on Tax Map 522 Block 1 a portion of Parcel 41 shown in the Office of the Tax Supervisor of Rutherford County, North Carolina, and being designated as Lot No. 16 on a plat entitled “The Falls at Chimney Rock, Section 2” by Professional Surveying Services on December 29, 2004, and recorded in Plat Book 26 at Page 205, Rutherford County Registry, and containing 0.522 acres according to said survey. The sale will be subject to any and all superior mortgages, deeds of trust and liens, including without limitation, the lien of unpaid taxes and assessments, easements, conditions, restrictions and matters of record. This sale will be further subject to the right, if any, of the United States of America to redeem the above-described property for a period of 120 days following confirmation of the sale. The above-described real property will be sold “AS IS, WHERE IS”. 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The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, TUESDAY, December 22, 2009 — 5B NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 09 SP 470 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Debra Hunter (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Debra Hunter aka Debra Ann Kucher) to PRLAP, Inc., Trustee(s), dated the 25th day of May, 2007, and recorded in Book 959, Page 24, in 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, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Rutherford County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door at 229 North Main St in the City of Rutherfordton, Rutherford County, North Carolina at 1:30 PM on December 29, 2009 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Rutherford, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING all of Lot 697 as shown on survey by R.L. Greene, PLS entitled "GreyRock Subdivision" Phase 3 C as recorded in Plat Book 27 at Page 162, said plat being one of a series of plats recorded in Plat Book 27 Page 08 through 11 revised in Plat Book 27 Pages 159 through 162, of the Rutherford County, NC Registry, reference to said recorded plats being made for a more particular description of said Lot. Together with improvements located thereon; Said property being located at: Lot 697 Grey Rock, Lake Lure, North Carolina Subject to a grading easement which runs the full length of Saddlewood Lane. Together with and subject to all easements, restrictions and rights of ways of record and a nonexclusive appurtenant easement for ingress, egress and regress is conveyed over and upon all private subdivision roads for GreyRock at Lake Lure as shown on the above-described plats and the plats for Phase 1A and 1B, Phase 2A and 2B, of GreyRock and the Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions for GreyRock at Lake Lure as recorded in Book 858, at Page 122 of the Rutherford County, NC Registry and also recorded in Book 3827, Page 764 of the Buncombe County NC Registry (herein "Declarations"). Being a portion of that property conveyed to LR Buffalo Creek, LLC a Georgia limited liability company by deeds recorded in Book 855, Page 816 of the Rutherford County, NC Registry and in Book 3793, at Page 665 of the Rutherford County, NC Registry. Trustee may, in the Trustee's sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that person must pay the tax of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1).

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Having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of Sherry Ledbetter White, of Rutherford County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms, and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 22nd day of March, 2010, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms, and corporations indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

Having qualified as Executor of the estate of GERALD LLOYD WADDELL of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said GERALD LLOYD WADDELL to present them to the undersigned on or before the 8th 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 8th day of December, 2009.

This the 22nd day of December, 2009.

Jerrie L. Waddell, Executor 196 Old Union Mills Rd. Union Mills, NC 28167

John B. Crotts, Administrator 215 North Main Street Rutherfordton, NC 28139

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 09 SP 347 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Glenn E. Grant and Wife, Debra Grant (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Glenn E. Grant) to Jackie Miller, Trustee(s), dated the 26th day of February, 2007, and recorded in Book 943, Page 209, in 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, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Rutherford County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door at 229 North Main St in the City of Rutherfordton, Rutherford County, North Carolina at 1:30 PM on January 5, 2010 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Rutherford, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: All that certain lot or parcel of land situated in Morgan Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina, and more particularly described as follows: Being Lot Number 64 of Queen's Gap, Phase I, as described more fully in Plat recorded in Plat Book 27, Pages 280-292, ("the Plat"), Rutherford County Registry, to which plat reference is hereby made for a more full and accurate description. Subject to Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions for Queen's Gap as recorded in Book 917, Page 402-442, Rutherford County Register of Deeds, and recorded in Book 891, Page 624-664, McDowell County Register of Deeds, and any amendments and supplements thereto.

Subject to all matters shown on subdivision plat of Queen's Gap, Phase I, as recorded in Plat Book 27, Pages 280-292, Rutherford County Register of Deeds, and Plat Book 13, Pages 60-72, McDowell County Register of Deeds, hereinafter referred to as "the Plat". Together with improvements located thereon;

Should the property be purchased by a third party, that person must pay the tax of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1).

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. THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, except as stated below in the instance of bankruptcy protection. IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY. This 8th day of December, 2009. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE BY: Attorney at Law The Law Firm of Hutchens, Senter & Britton, P.A. Attorneys for Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 http://sales.hsbfirm.com Case No: 1019987

Said property being located at: Lot 64 Queen's Gap, Rutherfordton, North Carolina Trustee may, in the Trustee's sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23.

The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance "AS IS, WHERE IS." Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or 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, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws. A cash deposit or cashier’s check (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. 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. THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, except as stated below in the instance of bankruptcy protection. IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY. This 15th day of December, 2009. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE BY: Attorney at Law The Law Firm of Hutchens, Senter & Britton, P.A. Attorneys for Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 http://sales.hsbfirm.com Case No: 1007680

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6B — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, TUESDAY, December 22, 2009 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 09 SP 346

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 09 SP 510

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Ralph D. Banks and wife, Kimberly Banks to Peter E. Lane, Trustee(s), dated the 29th day of January, 2003, and recorded in Book 0711, Page 0504, in 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, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Rutherford County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door at 229 North Main St in the City of Rutherfordton, Rutherford County, North Carolina at 1:30 PM on January 5, 2010 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the Township of Sulphur Springs, in the County of Rutherford, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows:

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Stephen H. Kiser and Joan F. Kiser to Lenders First Choice, Trustee(s), dated the 18th day of May, 2007, and recorded in Book 958, Page 279, in 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, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Rutherford County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door at 229 North Main St in the City of Rutherfordton, Rutherford County, North Carolina at 1:30 PM on January 5, 2010 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Rutherford, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows:

Situate, lying and being in Sulphur Springs Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina and being the same and identical property as described in Deed recorded in Deed Book 728, Page 763, Rutherford County Registry, and being described according to said Deed as follows:

ALL that certain lot or parcel of land situated in the City of Chimney Rock Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina and more particularly described as follows:

Lying and being in Sulphur Springs Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina, being bound on the North by Ted Smith Road (SR 1104), on the East by the remaining lands as described in deed recorded in Deed Book 659, Page 675, Rutherford County Registry, N.C., on the South and West by the property of Kenneth D. Horn as described in deed recorded in Deed Book 385, Page 218, Rutherford County Registry, N.C., and being more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a railroad spike lying in the centerline of Ted Smith Road (SR 1104), said beginning point being the Northeasternmost corner of the tract herein described and in the Westernmost line of the remaining lands, said beginning point also being the common Southeasternmost corner of the property of Ralph S. Hall as described in deed recorded in Deed Book 361, Page 3, Rutherford County Registry, N.C., and running thence from said beginning point with the centerline of Ted Smith Road (SR 1104), South 83 deg. 19 min. 55 sec. West 89.46 feet, South 79 deg. 28 min. 22 sec. West 58.77 feet, South 77 deg. 30 min. 51 sec. West 118.03 feet to a spike lying in the centerline of said road, thence continuing with the centerline of said road, South 76 deg. 16 min. 07 sec. West 64.07 feet to a point; thence South 74 deg. 58 min. 25 sec. West 51.94 feet to a point; thence South 72 deg. 33 min. 10 sec. West 44.50 feet to a point; thence South 68 deg. 28 min. 18 sec. West 44.75 feet to a point; thence South 63 deg. 39 min. 26 sec. West 43.24 feet to a point; thence leaving said road, South 48 deg. 39 min 56 sec. East (crossing an iron pin and nail at 32.95 feet in the line and antoher iron pin at 253.19 feet in the line) 330.77 feet to a point in the branch; thence North 74 deg. 21 min. 14 sec. East 44.72 feet to a point, South 81 deg. 27 min. 11 sec. East 28.39 feet to a point, North 68 deg. 23 min. 28 sec. East 25.94 feet to a point, North 87 deg. 55 min. 15 sec. East 25.34 feet to a point; thence leaving said branch, North 02 deg. 00 min. 32 sec. East (crossing an iron pin at 24.16 feet in the line) 220.59 feet to an iron pin at twin ten-inch maples; thence North 49 deg. 11 min. 56 sec. East 159.10 feet to the Beginning, containing 1.879 acres, according to a map and survey by Burnt Chimney Surveying, James T. King, III, Registered Land Surveyor, dated March 17, 1999. Together with improvements located thereon; Said property being located at: 391 Ted Smith Road, Rutherfordton, North Carolina

Situate, lying and being in Chimney Rock Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina, and being all of the property described in deed recorded in Deed Book 643, Page 190, Rutherford County Registry and being Lot 259, Section 3 of Rutherford County Registry, and being more particularly described by metes and bounds according to a survey dated November 30, 1995, bearing Map #14948 S. and prepared by Nathan Odom RLS, as follows: BEGINNING at a point in Buzzard's Place, said point lying South 21 degrees 28 minutes 44 seconds East 31374 feet from an existing iron pin located at the edge of the northern right of way Buzzard's Place, said point also being the southeastern most corner of Lot #261 of the aforementioned subdivision, and running thence from said beginning point and running along and with the eastern line of Lot #261 North 21 degrees 28 minutes at seconds west (crossing an existing iron pin at the edge of the northern right of way line of Buzzard's Place at 31.74 feet) a total distance of 150.00 feet to an existing iron pin, said iron pin also being the southwesternmost corner of Lot #260 of the aforementioned platted subdivision; thence leaving the line of Lot #261 and running along and with the southern line of Lot #260 North 80 degrees 49 minutes 20 seconds East (crossing an existing iron pin at 183.93 feet) a total distance of 198.56 feet to a point in the centerline of the right of way of Buzzard's Place, said point also being located in the western boundary line of Lot #220 as shown on said plat; thence continuing with the center of said right of way the following four (4) calls: South 19 degrees 40 minutes 06 seconds East 130.04 feet to a point; thence South 31 degrees 20 minutes 00 seconds West 87.18 feet to a point; thence South 70 degrees 47 minutes 00 seconds West 57.79 feet to a point; thence North 62 degrees 16 minutes 00 seconds West 96.01 feet to the point and place of beginning, containing 0.80 acres more or less. Together with improvements located thereon; Said property being located at: 353 Buzzards Place, Lake Lure, North Carolina Source of Title is Book 661, Page 730 (recorded 12/08/95). Parcel ID Number: 02-32050

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Trustee may, in the Trustee's sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23.

Should the property be purchased by a third party, that person must pay the tax of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1).

A cash deposit or cashier’s check (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. 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. THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, except as stated below in the instance of bankruptcy protection. IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY. This 15th day of December, 2009. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE BY: Attorney at Law The Law Firm of Hutchens, Senter & Britton, P.A. Attorneys for Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 http://sales.hsbfirm.com Case No: 1017813

The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, TUESDAY, December 22, 2009 — 7B STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF RUTHERFORD

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 09 SP 477

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION 09-SP-429 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE of a Deed of Trust from 4 B & T Corp, LLC dated November 13, 2007 and recorded on November 13, 2007 in Book 984 at Page 59 of the Rutherford County Public Registry by Robert L. Mebane (Substitute Trustee). NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in a certain Deed of Trust executed and delivered by 4 B & T Corp, LLC dated November 13, 2007 and recorded on November 13, 2007 in Book 984 at Page 59 of the Rutherford County Public Registry (the "Deed of Trust") and because of default in the payment of the indebtedness thereby secured and failure to carry out or perform the stipulations and agreements therein contained and pursuant to the demand of the owner and holder of the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, and pursuant to the Order of the Clerk of Superior Court for Rutherford County, North Carolina, entered in this foreclosure proceeding, the undersigned, Robert L. Mebane, Substitute Trustee, will expose for sale at public auction on the 30th day of December, 2009, at 11:00 a.m., at the appropriate place for foreclosure sales at the Rutherford County Courthouse, 229 North Main Street, Rutherfordton, North Carolina, the real property (including any improvements thereon) which is more particularly described on Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein. This sale shall not include any portion of the real property that has been released by recorded releases or any real property described in the Deed of Trust which is not listed and included on Exhibit A attached hereto. EXHIBIT A Legal Description Situate, lying and being in the Town of Lake Lure, Chimney Rock Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina, and being all of that property shown as Lot 1 (Revised) on plat prepared by Nathan Odom, Registered Land Surveyor on May 19, 2006 entitled "Valley Market Inc", bearing map number 21540 and of record in Plat Book 27, page 163, Rutherford County Registry, containing 1.77 acres, according to said survey, reference to which is hereby made and incorporated herein by reference. BEING the same and identical property which was conveyed by Valley Market, Inc. to 4 B & T Corp., LLC, a North Carolina Limited Liability Company, by deed dated May 30, 2006 and of record in Deed Book 905, Page 58 of Rutherford County Registry. The sale will be subject to any and all superior mortgages, deeds of trust and liens, including without limitation, the lien of unpaid taxes and assessments, easements, conditions, restrictions and matters of record. This sale will be further subject to the right, if any, of the United States of America to redeem the above-described property for a period of 120 days following confirmation of the sale. The above-described real property will be sold "AS IS, WHERE IS." Neither the Substitute Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the Deed of Trust being foreclosed nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representatives of either the Substitute Trustee or the holder of the note secured by the Deed of Trust being foreclosed make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the real property being sold, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such conditions expressly are disclaimed. The record owner of the above-described real property as reflected on the records of the Rutherford County Register of Deeds not more than ten (10) days prior to the posting of this notice is 4 B & T Corp, LLC. Pursuant to North Carolina General Statute Section 45-21.10(b), any successful bidder may be required to deposit with the Substitute Trustee immediately upon conclusion of the sale a cash deposit of the greater of five percent (5%) of the last bid or $750.00. Any successful bidder shall be required to tender the full balance purchase price so bid in cash or certified check at the time the Substitute Trustee tenders to him a deed for the property or attempts to tender such deed, and should said successful bidder fail to pay the full balance of the purchase price so bid at that time, he shall remain liable on his bid as provided for in North Carolina General Statutes §45-21.30(d) and (e). The owner and holder of the indebtedness secured by the Deed of Trust may make a credit bid. This sale will be held open ten (10) days for upset bids as required by law. If the real property to be sold pursuant to this notice of sale is residential property with less than fifteen rental units then: (i) an order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to North Carolina General Statute Section 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 real property is sold; and (ii) any person who occupies the real property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving this notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon ten (10) days’ written notice to the landlord, and upon termination of the rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. This the 4th day of December, 2009. ____________________________________ Robert L. Mebane, Substitute Trustee Hamrick, Bowen, Mebane & Lloyd, LLP P.O. Box 790 Rutherfordton, NC 28139 Telephone: 828-286-9152 Facsimile: 828-287-9101

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Jennifer E. Akins and Daniel Allan Akins to PRLAP, Inc., Trustee(s), dated the 30th day of May, 2007, and recorded in Book 960, Page 82, in 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, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Rutherford County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door at 229 North Main St in the City of Rutherfordton, Rutherford County, North Carolina at 1:30 PM on December 29, 2009 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Rutherford, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING all of Lot 446 as shown on survey by R.L. Greene, PLS entitled "GreyRock Subdivision" Phase 3A as recorded in Plat Book 26 at Page 234, said plat being one of a series of plats recorded in Plat Book 25 Page 231 through 234 revised Plat Book 27 Pages 147 through 150, of the Rutherford County, NC Registry, reference to said recorded plats being made for a more particular description of said Lot. Together with improvements located thereon; Said property being located at: Lot 446 Phase 3 High Windy Drive, Lake Lure, North Carolina SUBJECT TO a grading easement which runs the full length of High Windy Drive TOGETHER WITH AND SUBJECT TO all easements, restrictions and rights of ways of record and a non-exclusive appurtenant easement for ingress, egress and regress over and upon all private subdivision roads for GreyRock at Lake Lure as shown on the above-described plats and the plats for Phase 1A and 1B, Phase 2A and 2B, of Greyrock and the Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions for GreyRock at Lake Lure as recorded in Book 858, at Page 122 of the Rutherford County, NC Registry and also recorded in Book 3827, Page 764 of the Buncombe County NC Registry (herein "Declarations"). BEING a portion of that property to LR Buffalo Creek, LLC a Georgia limited liability company by deeds recorded in Book 855, Page 816 of the Rutherford County, NC Registry and in Book 3793, at Page 665 of the Buncombe County, NC Registry. Trustee may, in the Trustee's sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that person must pay the tax of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance "AS IS, WHERE IS." Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or 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, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws. A cash deposit or cashier’s check (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. 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. THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, except as stated below in the instance of bankruptcy protection. IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY. This 8th day of December, 2009. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE BY: Attorney at Law The Law Firm of Hutchens, Senter & Britton, P.A. Attorneys for Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 http://sales.hsbfirm.com Case No: 1020180

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8B — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, TUESDAY, December 22, 2009 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 09 SP 496 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Quinn Brooks and Scott M. Towe (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Quinn D. Brooks and Scott Mitchell Towe) to M. Patricia Oliver, Trustee(s), dated the 21st day of June, 2007, and recorded in Book 963, Page 687, in 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, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Rutherford County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door at 229 North Main St in the City of Rutherfordton, Rutherford County, North Carolina at 1:30 PM on December 29, 2009 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the Township of Rutherfordton, in the County of Rutherford, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Situate, lying and being in Rutherfordton Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina and being all of the 0.70 acres designated as Lot 2 on plat entitled "Survey for James E. Still, Jr. and wife, Sharon D. Still" of record in Plat Book 27, at Page 143, Rutherford County Registry, reference to which said plat is hereby made for all purposes. Said 0.70 acres being a portion of the property conveyed to James E. Still, Jr. and wife, Sharon D. Still by deed of record in Deed Book 901, at Page 295, Rutherford County Registry. Together with improvements located thereon; Said property being located at: 555 Chimney Rock Road, Rutherfordton, North Carolina

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF RUTHERFORD IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE BEFORE THE CLERK 2009-SP-357 IN RE: Foreclosure of Deed of Trust from Dorn Properties, Inc., Grantors, to Jan G. Griffin, Patricia M. Vogel or Ronnie D. Blanton, Trustees, recorded in Book 882, Page 227 in the Rutherford County, North Carolina Public Registry by David T. Simpson, Jr., Substitute Trustee, as recorded in Book 987, Page 759 of the Rutherford County Public Registry NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in a certain Deed of Trust executed by Dorn Properties, Inc. dated as of January 19, 2006 and recorded on January 20, 2006 in Book 882 at Page 227 of the Rutherford County Public Registry (the “Deed of Trust”) and because of default in the payment of the indebtedness thereby secured and failure to carry out or perform the stipulations and agreements therein contained and pursuant to the demand of the owner and holder of indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, and pursuant to the Order of the Clerk of Superior Court for Rutherford County, North Carolina, entered in this foreclosure proceeding, the undersigned, David T. Simpson, Jr., Substitute Trustee, will expose for sale at public auction on January 4, 2010, at 3:00 p.m. at the appropriate place for foreclosure sales at the Rutherford County Courthouse, Rutherfordton, North Carolina, the real property (including any improvements thereron) which is more particularly described on Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein. This sale shall not include any portion of the real property that has been released by recorded releases.

Subject to all plat notes and rights of way of record and as shown on said recorded plat. Together with a right of way twelve (12) feet in width along a private driveway as denoted on said plat hereinabove referred to for access to Lot 2, the centerline of said right of way being described as follows: beginning at a point, said point being located South 33 deg. 50 min. 45 sec. West 26.05 feet from a point in the center of US Highway 64-74A, said point also being located North 57 deg. 00 min. 00 sec. West 48.74 feet from an iron pipe set in the right of way of US Highway 64-74A, from said beginning point the centerline runs thence South 33 deg. 50 min. 45 sec. West 29.51 feet to a point, South 30 deg. 43 min. 43 sec. West 56.83 feet to a point, South 26 deg. 02 min. 10 sec. West 50.26 feet to a point, South 18 deg. 40 min. 15 sec. West 35.06 feet to a point and South 16 deg. 56 min. 28 sec. West 67.70 feet to a point in the southern line of said Lot #1. Together with a right of way twelve (12) feet in width which runs parallel to the western boundary of Lot #1 and Lot #2 for a private road designated as "Vickers Road" as shown and denoted on said plat hereinabove referred to. Trustee may, in the Trustee's sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that person must pay the tax of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance "AS IS, WHERE IS." Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or 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, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws. A cash deposit or cashier’s check (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. 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. THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, except as stated below in the instance of bankruptcy protection. IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY.

EXHIBIT “A” Situate, lying and being in Chimney Rock Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina, and being shown on Tax Map 522 Block 1 a portion of Parcel 41 shown in the Office of the Tax Supervisor of Rutherford County, North Carolina, and being designated as Lot No. 12 on plat entitled “The Falls at Chimney Rock, Section 2” by Professional Surveying Services on December 29, 2004, and recorded in Plat Book 26 at Page 205, Rutherford County Registry, and containing 0.513 acres according to said survey. SUBJECT TO restrictions recorded in Deed Book 883 Page 853, Rutherford County Registry. Reference Cross Easement Agreement recorded in Deed Book 864 Page 818, Rutherford County Registry. Reference water system easement to Chimney Rock Village recorded in Deed Book 883 Page 167, Rutherford County Registry. The sale will be subject to any and all superior mortgages, deeds of trust and liens, including without limitation, the lien of unpaid taxes and assessments, easements, conditions, restrictions and matters of record. This sale will be further subject to the right, if any, of the United States of America to redeem the above-described property for a period of 120 days following confirmation of the sale. The above-described real property will be sold “AS IS, WHERE IS”. Neither the Substitute Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the Deed of Trust being foreclosed nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representatives of either the Substitute Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the real property being sold, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such conditions expressly are disclaimed. 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 ten (10) days written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenants are liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. The record owner of the above-described real property as reflected on the records of the Rutherford County Register of Deeds not more than ten (10) days prior to the posting of this notice is Mini Storage of Greenwood, Inc. Pursuant to North Carolina General Statute Section 45-21.10(b), any successful bidder may be required to deposit with the Substitute Trustee immediately upon conclusion of the sale a cash deposit of the greater of five percent (5%) of the last bid or $750.00. Any successful bidder shall be required to tender the full balance purchase price so bid in cash or certified check at the time the Substitute Trustee tenders to him a deed for the property or attempts to tender such deed, and should said successful bidder fail to pay the full balance purchase price so bid at that time, he shall remain liable on his bid as provided for in North Carolina General Statutes § 45-21.30(d) and (e). The owner and holder of the indebtedness secured by the Deed of Trust may make a credit bid. This sale will be held open ten (10) days for upset bids as required by law.

This 1st day of December, 2009. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE BY: Attorney at Law The Law Firm of Hutchens, Senter & Britton, P.A. Attorneys for Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. P.O. Box 1028 4317 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311 http://sales.hsbfirm.com Case No: 1019674

THIS the 2nd day of December, 2009. /s/_______________________________ David T. Simpson, Jr., Substitute Trustee Gerdes, Mason & Simpson, LLP 216 North McDowell Street, Suite 110 Post Office Box 30068 Charlotte, North Carolina 28230 Telephone: (704) 372-3180 Facsimile: (704) 343-2942

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Pittsburgh Steelers receiver Mike Wallace, right, catches a touchdown pass from Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger in front of Green Bay Packers’ Josh Bell (26) with time running out in the fourth quarter of an NFL football game Sunday in Pittsburgh. The Steelers won 37-36. Associated Press

Four teams punch playoff tickets By The Associated Press

The Philadelphia Eagles and San Diego Chargers are used to making the playoffs. For the Arizona Cardinals, going to the postseason in consecutive seasons is unfamiliar turf. The Eagles clinched a postseason berth for the eighth time this decade when they defeated the San Francisco 49ers 27-13 on Sunday. The loss by the 49ers also clinched the NFC West title for the Cardinals after Arizona’s 31-24 win in Detroit (2-12). Kurt Warner threw a 5-yard touchdown pass to Anquan Boldin with 1:54 left for the Cardinals. The Cardinals (9-5) have won consecutive division titles for the first time since 1974-75. Arizona got the news of its division title at 30,000 feet while flying over the greater Chicago area on the way home. The defending NFC champs are also closing in on another milestone: They haven’t won 10 games since 1976.

Donovan McNabb threw for one touchdown and ran for another, DeSean Jackson had 140 yards receiving to lead the Eagles (10-4), who lead the NFC East by a game over the Cowboys. Philadelphia visits the Cowboys for the regular season finale in two weeks. Frank Gore ran for 107 yards, becoming the first player to surpass 100 yards against the Eagles in 24 games, but the 49ers (6-8) couldn’t overcome three interceptions thrown by Alex Smith. The start of the Philly game was pushed back three hours because the city was still recovering from the second-largest snowfall it has seen since records began in 1884. A total of 23.2 inches of snow fell in Philadelphia on Saturday. The Chargers won their fourth consecutive AFC West title with their 27-24 win over the Bengals combined with Denver’s 20-19 loss to the Raiders. Nate Kaeding kicked a 52-yard field goal with 3 seconds left for San Diego after Philip Rivers moved the Chargers 46 yards in 51 seconds with no timeouts to set up the winning kick.

The Minnesota Vikings also clinched the NFC North when the Green Bay Packers lost 37-36 to the Pittsburgh Steelers on the final play of the game. The Vikings lost to the Carolina Panthers 26-7 later Sunday night.

Steelers 37, Packers 36 At Pittsburgh, Ben Roethlisberger

ended the game the way he started it by throwing a touchdown pass to Mike Wallace, a desperation 19-yarder on the final play that ended the Packers’ five-game winning streak and the Steelers’ five-game losing streak. The Packers (9-5) stalled in their playoff run as they couldn’t hold leads of 28-27 and 36-30 in a frantic fourth quarter.

Titans 27, Dolphins 24, OT At Nashville, Tenn., Rob Bironas kicked a 46-yard field goal in overtime, and the Titans won after blowing an 18-point lead, preserving their faint playoff hopes. Vince Young threw for a career-high three touchdowns and Chris Johnson ran for 104 yards as the Titans (7-7) reached .500 for the first time this year.

Browns 41, Chiefs 34 At Kansas City, Mo., Jerome Harrison scored his third touchdown with 44 seconds left and rushed for a team-record 286 yards, and Joshua Cribbs returned two kickoffs for touchdowns. Cribbs started the Browns (3-11) off with kickoff returns of 100 and 103 yards in the first half, breaking the NFL career record and tying the single-game mark. Harrison took it from there, scoring all of his touchdowns in the second half to break Jim Brown’s team record of 237 yards, set in 1957 and 1961.

Raiders 20, Broncos 19 At Denver, JaMarcus Russell threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to Chaz Schilens with 35 seconds left. Russell was benched a month ago and passed by Charlie Frye on the depth chart this week. The former No. 1 overall draft pick entered when Frye was knocked out of the game early in the fourth quarter by a blow to the head from linebacker Andra Davis. He went 5-of-11 for 47 yards. The Broncos (8-6) are still in the AFC wild-card hunt but they were expecting a win over Oakland (5-9), who won at Invesco Field for the second straight season.

Patriots 17, Bills 10 At Orchard Park, N.Y., Randy Moss bounced back a week after being accused of quitting by Carolina defenders with five catches for 70

yards and a touchdown. Tully BantaCain had three of New England’s six sacks to anchor a banged-up defense. The Patriots (9-5) won their first road game on this side of the Atlantic this season by beating their AFC East rival for the 13th straight time and 18th time in 19 meetings. The Bills (5-9) were undone by 11 penalties for 124 yards, including a pair of pass-interference calls that set up New England’s first two scores.

Ravens 31, Bears 7 At Baltimore, Joe Flacco threw a career-high four touchdown passes, and the Ravens capitalized on six Chicago turnovers. Baltimore (8-6) led 14-0 after 13 minutes and 31-7 after three quarters. The victory solidified the Ravens’ hold on the sixth and final playoff spot in the AFC and improved their record against teams currently with losing records to 6-0. Jay Cutler threw three interceptions, upping his NFL-high total to 25.

Falcons 10, Jets 7 At East Rutherford, N.J., Tony Gonzalez caught a 6-yard touchdown pass from Matt Ryan on a fourthdown play with 1:38 remaining. A day after the Falcons (7-7) were eliminated from playoff contention, they likely also ended the chances for the stunned Jets (7-7), whose threegame winning streak was stopped. Ryan, starting after missing two games with a toe injury, drove Atlanta downfield for the win at a cold, windy and half-filled Meadowlands. The Falcons are still in contention to post back-to-back winning records for the first time in their 44-year history.

Texans 16, Rams 13 At St. Louis, Matt Schaub had his eighth 300-yard passing game and Andre Johnson set a season best with 196 yards receiving, but the Texans (7-7) ended up leaning on field goals to hold off the lowly Rams.

Buccaneers 24, Seahawks 7 At Seattle, rookie Josh Freeman shook off his ninth interception in just over two games to throw two touchdown passes in the second half to top Seattle (5-9). Tampa Bay’s 26th-ranked defense forced five turnovers by Seattle quarterback Matt Hasselbeck, as the Buccaneers (2-12) won for just the second time in 17 games.

Peterson was held to 35 yards rushing, and the offense finally awoke from its slumber with a 20-point fourth quarter. A Carolina quarterback finally found Steve Smith, with Matt Moore throwing for a career-high 299 yards and three touchdowns. Jonathan Stewart filled in admirably after DeAngelo Williams was lost to a first-quarter sprained ankle, rushing for 109 yards and a TD and becoming the first player in 37 games to go over 100 yards against Minnesota. It was the kind of performance the Panthers (6-8) expected all season after winning the NFC South in 2008. The question now is, will Fox be around next season to try to guide them back to the playoffs? “I think coach Fox is a great coach and I think it would be a mistake to make any kind of changes,” center Ryan Kalil said Monday. “I don’t think there’s going to be any kind of changes.” Owner Jerry Richardson hasn’t publicly addressed the issue. Fox has one year left on his contract, and while he’s led Carolina to a Super Bowl berth and two more playoff appearances, he’s never had consecutive winning seasons in his eight years on the job. “I do believe we have a good thing going on here in Carolina,” Kalil said. “I think obviously keeping everybody here is going to bring us closer to who we want to be and what we want to get done next season.” It’s possible Matt Moore could be part of next season’s plans. With Jake Delhomme sidelined with a broken finger at the end of his miserable 18-interception season, Moore played his best game as a pro. Looking more confident with his decision-making while showing off his strong arm, Moore found Smith for a 42-yard touchdown and a 45-yard catch-and-run that set up another score. He was by far the best quarterback on the field, posting a 123.2 passer rating to Favre’s 73.7. The offensive line, minus both injured starting tackles, gave up only two sacks, while opening enough holes for Stewart to become the first back since Green Bay’s Ryan Grant in 2007 to go over 100 yards against Minnesota. Then there’s Peppers. The Panthers agreed to pay his exorbitant $16.7 million salary this season for games like this. He was credited with just one sack and three hurries, but he was so disruptive the Vikings never got into a rhythm. The key was the Panthers were able to pressure the immobile Favre without having to blitz as much because of Peppers’ dominance. It allowed the secondary to bottle up his receivers, and Chris Harris’ end zone interception late in the game was Carolina’s 13th forced turnover in the past four games. Others are contributing, too. James Anderson, the third player to start at weakside linebacker after season-ending injuries to Thomas Davis and Landon Johnson, had 11 tackles. Tyrell Sutton had a couple of key plays as the No. 2 running back with Williams out. But it’s come too late for it to matter in the playoff race. Carolina can only play spoiler over the final two weeks.

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