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2,600 land COLLEGE BAR-B-QUE ON HIATUS owners appeal revaluation Number actually lower than what officials were expecting BY KARISSA MINN kminn@salisburypost.com

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Courtney Modlin waits on two customers at lunch. College Bar-B-Que, built in 1963 on Statesville Boulevard, will be closing for six weeks while the kitchen area will be completely renovated except for the cooking pit. The dining area will remain untouched.

Regular customers turn out to support owner, staff

After preparing for its largest volume of revaluation appeals to date, the Rowan County tax office actually is seeing fewer than it has in the past few cycles. Tuesday was the deadline for property owners to informally appeal their new assessed values. Some mailed requests will continue to arrive at the county tax office this week, and formal appeals later will be added, but the largest surge of appeals has likely passed. Barbara McGuire, the county’s real estate and personal property manager, said 2,600 appeals had reached the tax office Tuesday afternoon. She did not expect to total to exceed 3,000 by the end of the day or 5,000 in total. Three thousand appeals account for about 3.8 percent of property values in the county, McGuire said. The tax office typically expects about 8 percent to be appealed, and it estimated there would be

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Imagine working for 48 years without a vacation. That’s how things are at College Bar-B-Que, a restaurant which has been open and largely unchanged since 1963. And the time has come for some much-needed remodeling. Owner Jay Owen said his barbecue restaurant at 117 Statesville Blvd. will be open today and Thursday “until the food runs out.” After that, the restaurant will be closed for about six weeks for renovations. “It’s the first time we’ve closed our doors,” Owen said. He bought College Bar-B-Que in 1998. Typically, he said, the restaurant is open seven days a week, with full breakfast, lunch and dinner service every day except Mondays and Saturdays. But time has caught up with the restaurant. The roof leaks. The air conditioning system is fitful. And the plumbing doesn’t have another year left in it, Owen said. While equipment has been replaced over the years, “it’s the same ’60s engineering,” he said. To his knowledge, the restaurant has never been remodeled. Owen said he debated tearing down the building next

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Woodleaf man in Japan on business when earthquake hit BY SHAVONNE POTTS spotts@salisburypost.com

Left to right, Daniel Walker, Doug Veitch in back, owner Jay Owen and Charlie Dry prepare to serve lunch. door, which he also owns, and constructing an all-new restaurant on that site. His customers didn’t like that idea, so he decided to close long enough to tear out old equipment and fixtures and replace them. Concord-based Crescent Construction is doing the work. Being closed for six weeks will impact a lot of lives, especially at a place as busy as College Bar-B-Que. Owen said he was doing all he could to ease his staff

through the weeks ahead. His 14 employees found out about the closure back in September. Waitress Courtney Modlin said she was able to save some money and plan for the weeks she’d be out of work. “I’m going to be collecting the small bit of unemployment we’re going to get,” Modlin said. And Owen is doing what he can to ease the transition.

The parents of a Woodleaf man who is in Japan on a business trip are asking for prayers as their son travels in the damaged nation. A 9.0-magnitude earthquake triggered a tsunami last week, sparking fires and causing ongoing devastation in its wake last week. Chris Myers arrived in southern Japan last Wednesday in an area that hasn’t seen substantial damage. He was in Japan testing machinery for his company, Engineered Sintered Components Atsu- MYERS mi Tech in Troutman, where he is a process engineering manager. He was at a train station near Chino in the Nagano area when the first quake hit. “I assumed it was a train coming by at first but my colleague who is Crews evacufrom Japan said he thought it was ated at Japan nuclear power an earthquake,” Myers said via email. plant, 11A The tremor got worse, but not bad enough to knock anything over or cause any damage, he wrote. Myers and his colleague were able to take a train to Nagoya and were supposed to move on to Osaka,

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Rowan-Cabarrus salaries similar to neighboring community colleges BY SARAH CAMPBELL scampbell@salisburypost.com

Rowan-Cabarrus Community College isn’t planning to follow suit with Rowan County by adding a database of employee salary information, but some changes that could mean more transparency are on the way. “We are rebuilding the college website, which includes an updated weblink for our human resources area,” Jerry Chandler, vice president of advancement, said in an email to the Post. “Part of this upgrade may include additional information on positions and salaries.” A database of the college’s salaries, provided by the college following a public information request from the Salisbury Post, is available now on the

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Post’s website at www.salisburypost. com/rcccsalaries. A Post reporter requested gross salary, retirement, 401K, medical, dental and hire date of employees at R o w a n Cabarrus. That information was also requested for the president, vice presidents, directors and deans at Davidson, Guilford Technical and Mitchell community colleges. Each college responded to the requests promptly and without question, providing the information within two business days.

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FROM 1a • • • President Carol Spalding is the top earner at Rowan-Cabarrus, bringing in an annual base salary of $198,444, slightly higher than the lowest paid president in surrounding counties. Spalding has been with the college since August 2008. Mitchell’s President Doug Eason earns $176,604. Rowan-Cabarrus has more than double the enrollment of Mitchell. D o n a l d Cameron, Guilford Tech’s president, makes the most at $227,532. Cameron, who is SPALDING retiring in July, has been with the college since 1981 and president since 1991. Guilford has an average full time enrollment of more than 8,000 students. The salaries of other top administrators at Rowan-Cabarrus don’t differ drastically from those of surrounding counties. Rod Townley, vice president of academic programs, makes $120,000. His counterparts at Davidson and Mitchell earn $106,820 and $94,182, respectively.

Mitchell’s public information officer, who is employed part time, was working on the request Tuesday. Spalding’s contract lists her first year’s base salary as $153,428 from the state with a $30,000 countyfunded supplement. Unlike Guilford Tech, which provides Cameron with a $7,211 auto lease allowance, Spalding is reimbursed for travel at the same mileage rate as other Rowan-Cabarrus employees. Rowan-Cabarrus pays for Spalding’s dues to professional organizations, upon approval of the Board of Trustees. • • • The state requires community colleges to contribute 10.51 percent toward employee retirement. Colleges pay 100 percent of employee health premiums. Dependent coverage is paid for by employees. Although Rowan-Cabarrus does not pay for dental insurance, Guilford- Tech and Davidson each contribute more than $300 per fulltime employee annually. Eligible employees also receive a longevity stipend from the state. Longevity pay recognizes longterm service of employees who have worked at least 10 years with state government.

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APPEAL FROM 1a more this year. “For once, I’m so thrilled that I’m so wrong,” she said. “I think there’s just a sigh of relief that Rowan County recognized the economy and what was going on, and values went down for the most part.” A database of properties in

Rowan County showing new and old values will be available soon on the Salisbury Post website. Post staff members are working to combine two databases provided by the county. McGuire said the county knows not all of its values are exactly right. Certain properties are difficult to appraise, and factual errors can give others inaccurate values. Informal appeals give the county a change to make simple

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or guard bugler plays “Taps,” and an American flag is folded and presented to family members of the deceased veteran. The meaning of each of these three elements also is explained as part of the rites. Members of the Lyerly’s Funeral Home honor guard include Evans, Carmon Adams, Don Burleson, Ronnie Campbell, Gary Eller, Larry Perrell, Willie Perrell, Carl Schreader, Bob Turner and David Waller. changes without coming before a board. “Somebody might say, ‘Hey, I don’t have two bathrooms. I have one,’ ” McGuire said. “I don’t know if that’s technically an appeal, but we look at things like that.” Property owners who didn’t submit informal appeals or disagree with the results can file a formal appeal to the county’s Board of Equalization and Review. The first meeting

JAPAN FROM 1a but they were not able to get a train. “They were literally pushing people in so the doors could close,” Myers said. Luckily, another colleague who lived in Inazawa, (south of the Fukushima nuclear plant explosion) was able to find them a room there. The next day Myers and his colleague went back to Nagoya and took the train to Osaka. “This far south it was really business as usual. No damage and everything running as normal,” he wrote. Myers has been in regular contact with his parents, Gene and Susan, via e-mail and Facebook. “It was by chance that he was there when it happened,” Myers’ father said. Although Myers was not in a heavily damaged area, his parents ask the community for prayers for his safe return home. They submitted his name to their church, St. John’s Lutheran, for prayer requests. “We as a family are appreciative of everybody’s concern,” Gene Myers said. “He’s not been involved in any of the catastrophic areas,” Gene Myers said. The southern part of Japan where Chris Myers is traveling is where many of the manufacturing companies are located, his father explained. In the northern region, where it’s more rural, is where much of the damage has taken place, Gene Myers said. There are some things Chris Myers has been able to observe firsthand, but because he doesn’t speak the language he is unable to understand many of the news programs, his father said. “He’s been able to get information from us,” Gene Myers said. All together Chris Myers will have made stops in Okayama, Hamamatsu and Shizuo-

• • • Members of the Rowan County Veterans Honor Guard, featured in Tuesday’s Post, include Billy Leach, Dave Shaver, Lewis Reid, Howard Haynes, Bill Hagadorn, Eugene Rumple, Harry Evans, Homer Robertson, Gary Gulledge, Harold Andrews, Al Rankin, Charles Cauble, Bill Craddock, Elija Caraway, Narvie Bonds, Mike White, Dave Shaff, Benny Freeze, Robert Wagner and Harry .

of the board must be held no earlier than the first Monday of April. Requests for a hearing may be made by calling the revaluation section at 704-216-8586 Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. or faxing a request to 704-642-2050. Actual times and dates will be advertised in the Post.

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performs its duties inside churches or the funeral home’s own chapel. Evans, a former member of the Rowan group, says the Lyerly honor guard includes 10 men — seven Air Force veterans, one Marine and two Army. They wear their original service uniforms, not the dark blue blazer, white shirt and gray pants of the other group. The inside military rites include the recorded sounds of a rifle squad firing a three-round volley. An hon-

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Jeanie Moore, RCCC’s vice president of continuing and corporate education, brings in $107,568. That’s more than her Mitchell County counterpart who makes $92,395, but less than Guilford Tech at $117,723. Teaching faculty fall in the middle of Rowan-Cabarrus’ payroll, with clerical and maintenence workers at the bottom. The lowest paid full time employee is a clerical worker who makes $23,004. The state salary schedule says faculty members must receive a minimum salary based on education level. Faculty with a bachelor’s degree must earn at least $37,009 with doctoral degree faculty making at least $41,753. • • • A Post reporter also requested a copy of each president’s contract, but only received one before deadline. Rowan-Cabarrus provided Spalding’s contracts within hours of the request. Jean Jackson, Guilford-Tech’s director of human resources, called the Post with questions about the reason behind the request, noting she would fax the document as soon as possible. A Davidson public information officer said President Mary Rittling would be addressing the request later that day, but the Post never heard from her.

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Accountant by day, musician for a lifetime

Bill sponsors say Salisbury has all possible exemptions BY EMILY FORD

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avid Deese lived a double life. Many of his friends and clients knew the David Deese who was the devoted husband and father, the man with a golden heart and the person who did their taxes every year. But Deese also was known among veteran bluegrass musicians and audiences as an accomplished banjo picker who performed with Arthur Smith, Bill Monroe, Red Smiley and the WBT Briarhoppers. Deese, the accountant, and Deese, the banjo player, died Sunday afternoon after a weekend heart attack. He was 69. “It’s a big loss for a lot of people, definitely me,” said Kim Alexander, co-owner of The Checkered Flag, where Deese often had lunch. “He was like part of our family.” A Vietnam veteran, Deese often paid the tab for any law enforcement officers in the Salisbury restaurant, Alexander said. At Christmas, he routinely took truckloads of gifts to needy mountain families, or he and his wife, Barbara, singled out a local family to help. “I don’t think this man had a bad spot in him at all,” Alexander said. Deese served as accountant for the Alexanders, who were the first of many restaurant owners in Salisbury relying on him to prepare their tax returns. He officially retired last December after being an accountant and tax preparer for 37 years. Alexander said if you ever visited Deese at his log cabin office and home on Old Concord Road, “you had to have a couple of hours” because of all the things he could show you from his other life — bluegrass music. There were stories connected to DEESE every picture in the cabin, she said. “But he didn’t have a fancy life,” Alexander added. “He didn’t put on any airs. He was as you saw him.”

David Deese performed on morning television, eveningshows and daily radio shows in the 1960s. he also performed Fridays and Saturdays across the Carolinas, Virginia and Georgia. Deese’s musical career was interrupted when he was drafted into the Army in 1966 and served three years, including a tour in Vietnam.

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Salisbury Police Officer Rita Rule said Deese routinely gave her a hug and had such a positive attitude. “He was just always a giving person,” she said Tuesday. “He and his wife would tell me about his old days of being buddies with Arthur Smith, doing shows on television.” After the Bluegrass Unlimited magazine did a story on Deese in 2007, he gave Rule a signed copy. The inscription said, “To my most favorite police lady. I totally admire and am proud to call you my friend.” Fellow bluegrass musician Don Hutchens, who put together reunions of Bill Monroe’s band members, wrote on a blog Sunday that “David was the

closest thing I ever had to a brother when it came to music.” Once, when Deese and Hutchens were driving back together after visiting a friend who was in bad health, David looked over at Hutchens and said, “Buddy, I want to make sure that one thing is straight between you and me. If for some reason I don’t wake up tomorrow morning, I want you to know that you’re my friend.” Hutchens said those were the words they said to each other every time the friends parted from that time on. “We gave each other our flowers

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Noted scholar shares insights into Dickens BY BRENDA ZIMMERMAN Special to the Salisbury Post

id you know that Charles Dickens created the concept of cliff hangers, paperbacks, and limited edition novel publications, as well as marketing novels one chapter at time? So far ahead of his time, he was able to sell the same story three times to the same people. Did you know that Winston Churchill had an incredibly wry sense of humor?

I never thought topics like “The Evolution of the English Language” or “How William Became Shakespeare” would be more than boring diatribes on all the mundane details that were drilled into us in Helen Jenkins’ literature classes. As an adult and follower of Dr. Elliott Engel, I have become genuinely interested in many of those “boring” topics. Engel is a leading authority on the life, times and publications of Charles Dickens. His research has

left him with volumes of information. However, such details and information are anything but boring when delivered by a master storyteller. I got my first introduction to the work of Engel through a cousin of mine in Pennsylvania. In their years of road trips both for pleasure and business, she and her husband enjoyed listening to his tapes. They were often the topic of dinner conversations even to the

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The city has hired a highprofile lobbyist to fight a proposed law that would restrict municipal broadband networks like Fibrant. Unsatisfied with the latest draft of the legislation, which they say will harm the city, Salisbury City Council members voted unanimously Tuesday night to hire the city’s first lobbyist, Tom Fetzer of Fetzer Strategic Partners in Raleigh, at $5,000 per month. Council committed to use Fetzer, the outgoing N.C. Republican Party chairman and a former mayor of Raleigh, for one month and could retain him throughout the legislative session, which ends in July. City officials continue to object to House Bill 129, “Level Playing Field/Local Government Competition,” saying they were promised Salisbury would be spared and demanding full exemption. A bill sponsor says legislators have worked hard to accommodate Salisbury and are waiting for the city to provide more information. The most recent draft of the bill, sent to the city at noon Tuesday, still would harm Salisbury’s ability to operate Fibrant and pay back $30 million the city borrowed to build the telecommunications network, officials said. Salisbury is one of a hand-

ful of communities in the state that has a municipal broadband network up and running. The city wants exemption from any rules or regulations that didn’t exist when Fibrant started. “It’s a fairness issue,” Mayor Susan Kluttz said. The proposed law, backed by Time Warner Cable, would level the playing field by removing advantages cities have over private companies, according to the cable lobby. The bill was recommended favorably by the Public Utilities Committee and is scheduled to go before the Finance Committee Thursday. Bill co-sponsor N.C. Rep. Julia Howard, R-Davie, who also serves as chairwoman of the Finance Committee, has said she intends to carve out Salisbury and hold the city harmless. Mayor Susan Kluttz said Howard pledged she would not bring the bill to committee until all parties were in agreement. “If she goes on to the Finance Committee, then she’s going back on her word,” Kluttz said. Howard has not returned repeated phone calls from the Post in the past week. Assistant City Manager Doug Paris said Howard is asking the city to agree to restrictions “that we know would harm us.”

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100 new jobs for Concord CONCORD — Celgard, maker of lithium-ion batteries, said Tuesday it will invest another $65 million and add 100 more jobs in Concord. The company previously announced a $57 million facility and 204 new jobs. The plant is under construction at the International Business Park and is expected to open in July. This is the company’s fourth expansion targeted at Electric Drive Vehicles, or EDVs, since August 2009. “We are very encouraged by the early success of the initial lithium-based EDVs launched into the marketplace, as well as the rapidly increasing number of programs in which we are actively participating,” said Robert Toth, Polypore president and chief executive officer. Celgard is a subsidiary of Polypore International Inc. “We are actively involved in development programs for over 50 vehicles scheduled for launch between now and

2015,” Toth said. Celgard employs about 440 people in the Charlotte area and about 600 people worldwide and is one of the largest participants in the American lithium-battery supply chain. Celgard separators are primarily used in lithium-ion batteries for personal electronics devices such as notebook computers, mobile phones and power tools, as well as new applications such as electricitalgrid management systems and electric vehicles. The separators help prolong the life of lithium-ion batteries by providing a barrier between the positive and negative electrodes. This prevents short circuits while controlling the exchange of lithium ions from one side of the battery to the other. Celgard received a $49.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy in 2009, as part of the stimulus package, and announced in 2010 it would build a facility in Concord.

Speaker: Faces of immigrants have changed, but resentment hasn’t BY KARISSA MINN kminn@salisburypost.com

What would you do if you had no money to feed your child? What lengths would you go to if there were no jobs, no safety net, no welfare system and little chance of relief if you stayed in the United States? Dr. Mark Sills, director of Faith Action International House in Greensboro, asked those questions Tuesday to an audience of about 60 people. One responded, “I’d go where

I could get food.” This is the plight of many residents of poorer countries who move elsewhere to seek a better life, Sills responded. Sills was the featured speaker at a public forum on immigration reform. It was held as part of a “Meet Your Neighbor” event at RowanCabarrus Community College. “It is mandated in all the world’s faiths that to be authentic within our faith, we are to welcome the stranger. We are to open our hearts and homes in hospitality to those who come to be

among us,” Sills said. “Somehow, that seems hard to do these days. Somehow, there are many, many voices speaking against that kind of radical welcome.” He said even a Post article announcing the forum was met with hostility. “Just the idea of talking about this subject was offensive to these folks,” Sills said. He went on to praise the diversity of culture, food, music and faith that immigration can bring, and he asked why people were hostile to it. A subgroup of the Salisbury

Rowan Human Relations Council, the Covenant Community Connection offers two public forums each year, one in the spring and another in the fall. Previous “Meet Your Neighbor” forums have addressed poverty and diversity. In his presentation, Sills said the largest forces that “pull” immigrants into a country include a shrinking labor pool, international competitive pressure, reconstruction after natural disasters and family reunification. He also explained the biggest factors that “push” immigrants out of

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SALISBURY â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Mr. Calvin W. Hunter, 69, of 711 South MLK, Jr., Ave., Salisbury passed Sunday, March 13, 2011, at the Gordon Hospice House in Statesville. He was born Sept. 30, 1941, in Mecklenburg County to the late Hubert and Cory Stinson Hunter. A graduate of R. A. Clement High School, he was last employed with Bell Construction Co. Survivors include a daughter, Carolyn Hunter Parks of Statesville; brothers, Bernard Hunter (Emma) of Salisbury, Alonzo Hunter (Rachel) of East Spencer, and Albert Hunter (Helen) of Roanoke, Va.; sisters, Mabel M. Burn, Mary Estelle Salters, and Margaret Joann Hunter, all of Roanoke, Va. and Ida Jane Hargrave (George) of Salisbury; one granddaughter, Shanelle Hunter of Statesville; three great-grandchildren; a host of nieces, nephews, and cousins. Visitation & Service: Visitation will be at 1:30 p.m. and funeral will be at 2 p.m. Friday, March 18, at Mt. Zion Baptist Church with the Pastor, Rev. Dr. Nilous Avery, II, officiating. Burial will be in the MLK section of Rowan Memorial Park. At other times, the family will be at the home of a brother, Bernard and Emma Hunter, of 3550 Dogwood Court, Spencer Forest Community, Salisbury. entrusted to Services Hairston Funeral Home, Inc. www.Hairstonfh.com

RALEIGH â&#x20AC;&#x201D; William Hill Sigmon, 86, died March 15, 2011, at home with his family by his side. He was born Nov. 24, 1924, in Salisbury to Marie Hardin Sigmon and Ross Minish Sigmon. In 1942, he graduated from Boyden High School in Salisbury. He entered the United States Army in May 1943 and served in the 20 th Armored Division in an M-7 tank for a tour of duty in Europe. His division's campaigns included the last phases of the Battle of the Bulge, a series of skirmishes from Bonn, Germany to the fall of the German Army at Munich. The 20 th liberated the war prisoners at Dachau. He was discharged from service as a Corporal in March 1946. He entered the School of Architecture (later named the School of Design) at North Carolina State College. Upon graduating with a degree in Architectural Design in 1951, he joined Olsen Associates Civil Engineers in Raleigh. Mr. Sigmon was instrumental in growing the firm to include architectural services and in 1968 became president of Olsen Associates, Engineers and Architects. In 1975 Olsen combined with The Piedmont Group of Greenville, S.C., becoming Piedmont Olsen. After several more mergers, the firm subsequently became Arcadis. In 1994 Mr. Sigmon retired from Arcadis as the principal in charge of the North Carolina operations. During his career, Mr Sigmon was the principal architect for many significant projects including the Wake County Courthouse; two phases of the Raleigh-Durham Airport terminal building; numerous schools for the Wake County Board of Education; the Albert Coates Local Government Center; branch banks for Wachovia Bank and Trust; DuPont Office and Laboratory additions in the Research Triangle Park; Glaxo Pharmaceutical; Novo Nordis Pharmaceutical; numerous projects at Cherry Point, Camp Lejeune and Fort Bragg; and many projects at UNC at Chapel Hill, NCSU, and UNC at Western Carolina University. Mr. Sigmon was involved in many professional and social organizations including: American Institute of Architects; board member of NCAIA and president of the Raleigh chapter; board member and chairman of the Raleigh Civic Center Authority; board member of the NCSU Physical and Mathematical Science Foundation; board member of the Historic Oakwood Cemetery; member of NC Society of the Cincinnati; Carolina Country Club; Sphinx Club; and the NC Watercolor Society. A lifelong Episcopalian, he served on the Christ Church Vestry for a total of nine years and was Senior Warden twice. In his spare time, he enjoyed fly fishing, hunting, and golfing with his friends. He was an accomplished artist who leaves behind many beautiful watercolor paintings and pen and ink drawings. He also enjoyed cooking, with one of his specialties being peanut brittle. Mr. Sigmon will be remembered for his kindness to all people, his delightful and endearing sense of humor, and his unfailing love and dedication to all his family. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his older brother Ross Minish Sigmon, Jr. He will be greatly missed by his wife of 59 years, Martha Anne Olsen; his two sons, William Hill Sigmon, Jr. and his wife Mary Catherine Kennedy, Lauriston Hardin Sigmon and his wife Hannah Finch Taft; his daughter Martha Anne Marsh Sigmon; his four grandchildren, William Hill Sigmon, III, Thomas Marsh Sigmon, Mary Hannah Sigmon and Lucy Hardin Sigmon, and his beloved sister, Katherine Sigmon Hunter. Visitation: The family will receive friends on Friday, March 18, 2011 from 5-7 p.m. at 3617 Alamance Dr., Raleigh. Service: A funeral service will be held at Christ Episcopal Church, 120 East Edenton St., Raleigh, at 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 19, 2011. A graveside service will follow at Oakwood Cemetery, 701 Oakwood Ave., Raleigh. Memorials: It is Mr. Sigmon's wish that, in lieu of flowers, memorials be made to Christ Episcopal Church, 120 East Edenton St., Raleigh, NC 27601 and/or to Historic Oakwood Cemetery, PO Box 26867, Raleigh, NC 27611. The family would like to thank Jarsette Denning and Marion Denning for their love and support. Arrangements by Brown-Wynne Funeral Home, Saint Mary's St., Raleigh.

SALISBURY â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Mr. Charles Lee Fesperman, 78, of Salisbury, passed away on Monday, March 14, 2011, at Autumn Care Nursing Home. Born Nov. 24, 1932, he was the son of the late Hurley and Margie Drye Fesperman. Schooled in the Rowan County schools, he was a member of First United Methodist Church in Landis. Mr. Fesperman served his country in the United States Army during the Korean War. He retired from Cannon Mills after many years of service. Mr. Fesperman loved gardening and his dogs, Lucky and Precious. In addition to his parents, he was preceeded in death by his wife, Margaret Fesperman in 1998. Surviving him are his step-children, Rick Tuggle of Greensboro and Beth Sanchez of Landis; sister, Betty Shinn of Rockwell; grandchildren Steven and Anna London and numerous nieces and nephews. Visitation: 10-11 a.m. Thursday, March 17, 2011, at Linn Honeycutt Funeral Home in Landis. Service: The funeral will follow at 11 a.m., also at the funeral home with Rev. Beverly Coppley, minister, officiating. Burial will follow at West Lawn Memorial Park. Memorials: In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to First United Methodist Church, 209 E. Mill St. Landis, NC 28088. The family wishes to extend a special thank you to Autumn Care for all the love and care extended to Charles over the last nine months. Online condolences may be made to the family at www.linnhoneycuttfuneralhome.com

Richard Guy Etheridge CHARLOTTE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Mr. Richard Guy Etheridge, 63, of Charlotte, died unexpectedly Monday, March 14, 2011, at his residence. Born Sept. 23, 1947, in Williamsburg, Va., to the late Elizabeth Hackney and Guy W. Etheridge, he was a graduate of West Rowan High School Class of 1965 and attended Duke University. Mr. Etheridge worked for Garden Secrets as a landscape designer for over 15 years. He taught English as a second language for ELS at Sacred Heart College in Belmont. He was an avid reader. Gardening and classical music were his passions. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his niece, Elizabeth Leigh Brown, in 1986. Mr. Etheridge is survived by his sister, Betsy Etheridge Brown of Chapel Hill; and his good friend, Helen Scroggs of Charlotte. Visitation and Service: The family will receive friends from 3-4 p.m. Thursday (March 17) at Summersett Funeral Home in Salisbury. A funeral service will follow at 4 p.m. in Summersett Memorial Chapel conducted by Rev. Whayne Hougland, of St. Luke's Episcopal Church, with burial following at Rowan Memorial Park. Memorials: May be made to Elizabeth L. Brown Memorial Endowment Fund, c/o Foundation for the Carolinas, 217 S. Tryon St., Charlotte, NC 28202; St. Andrews Episcopal Church, 1832 Chedworth Court, Chapel Hill, NC 27517; or Winghaven 248 Ridgewood Ave., Charlotte, NC 28209. Summersett Funeral Home is serving the Etheridge family. Online condolences may be made at www.summersettfuneralhome.com.

James Sylvester Frick RICHFIELD â&#x20AC;&#x201D; James Sylvester Frick, 80, died March 14, 2011 at Stanly Regional Medical Center. Service: 3 p.m. Thursday, March 17, Pauls Crossing Baptist Church. Visitation: 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, March 16, Stanly Funeral Home. Memorials: Hospice of Stanly County, 960 N. 1st Street, Albemarle, NC 28001. Stanly Funeral Home is entrusted with arrangements.

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Copper wire stolen from picnic shelters The Rowan County Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office is investigating the theft of copper wiring from three picnic shelters at Sloan Park. According to the report, the wiring was removed over the weekend and found Sunday afternoon. The wiring is valued at $1,500. Other thefts reported across the county and in Salisbury: â&#x20AC;˘ The sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office is investigating the theft of more than $15,000 in auto parts and accessories, including two $5,000 PACE racing trailers, from Rusty Wallace Racing LLC, 165 Pit Road. The theft happened Friday.

â&#x20AC;˘ The sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office is investigating a break-in to a home on Memory Lane in Salisbury, that happened between March 8 and Sunday. A pry tool was used to enter the home, and a high chair and stereo equipment valued at around $300 were taken. Damage to the home was estimated at $250. â&#x20AC;˘ The Salisbury Police Department is investigating a break-in of a home at 116 E. Monroe St. According to a report, someone broke into the home and took a commode, sink, clothes washer and dryer and a light fixture. The total value of the stolen property is estimated at $400.

Vegans offer food samples for free Vegan diets have gained popularity in the past year, thanks to endorsements from talk show hosts Ellen DeGeneres and Oprah Winfrey and several books, including Jonathan Saffran Foerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Eating Animalsâ&#x20AC;? and Kathy Frestonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Veganist.â&#x20AC;? As part of the Great American Meatout, a nationwide event held in March, a local group will host a table with free vegan food Saturday in front of Tastebuds Coffee and Tea, 106 N. Main

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Restaurant fundraiser benefits Relay for Life A portion of the sales at CiCiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pizza today will benefit Relay for Life of Rowan County. Customers who stop at the restaurant at 805 S. Jake Alexander Blvd. from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. and make a Drop-in-

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Campaign benefits Heartstrings Heartstrings Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support and Jackson Hewitt Tax Service are working together on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Big Checks for Charity,â&#x20AC;? a month-long campaign to raise money for Heartstrings. Throughout March, Jackson Hewitt Tax Service will donate $3 to Heartstrings for every tax return completed. Taxpayers who mention the partnership will receive a $30 discount on tax preparation services. Jackson Hewitt will be raising thousands of dollars for Heartstrings through the Big Checks for Charity campaign.

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Voter ID bill gets first look by House panel RALEIGH (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The political divide in the first state legislature fully in Republican hands widened Tuesday as GOP lawmakers pushed a bill that would force voters to show a photo identification card when casting a ballot. Democrats believe the legislation is aimed at keeping their voters away from the polls, but Republicans said their intention is deterring voter fraud at a time that early voting weeks in advance of Election Day is growing more popular. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The door is wide open to be exploited fraudulently,â&#x20AC;? said Rep. Tim Moore, RCleveland, a bill co-sponsor.

But Rep. Mickey Michaux, D-Durham, said the proposal would thwart voting by blacks, who may be more likely to lack state-issued ID. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing is an abomination on the right to vote with this bill,â&#x20AC;? he said. A state Board of Election study of registered voters found that about 1 million voters did not match with Department of Motor Vehicles records of state-issued licenses or ID cards. Of that 1 million lacking the primary state-issued IDs, more than half were registered Democrats, more than 277,000 Republicans and 219,000 unaffiliated voters.

Budget-savings bill going to governorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s desk RALEIGH (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A budget-savings bill that replaces one vetoed by North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue is heading to her desk. The House gave final legislative approval Tuesday to a Senate measure directing Perdue to find another $138 million in savings by the end of June to help close a $2.4

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ENGEL FROM 3a point of cuing up a segment with undeniable enthusiasm and “you’ve got to hear this.” One by one I borrowed them, gradually I purchased a few, got a few as gifts. The side-splitting humor had me hooked in no time. Not only was I being totally entertained, but I found I was learning a great deal about such topics as famous writers, the history of modern theater and political personalities. For example, do you know why we go to the “box office” to get theater tickets? In early theater, those coming to sit in the audience dropped their coins in a slot on a strongbox. When it was full, those responsible for its safe keeping would take it to lock it in the office and retrieve an empty box. So the area where the money went to be counted became the box office, and eventually evolved to be the location where tickets were purchased. Engel can prove that the novel “Gone with the Wind” is actually the autobiography of its author, Margaret Mitchell, even though she was not born until 40 years after the Civil War. You

similar law, he said. Although the Louisiana State Supreme Court eventually sided with the city, the case dragged on for two years, Paris said. Salisbury City Council met for about 90 minutes Tuesday in closed session with City Attorney Rivers Lawther and communications attorney Jim Baller, who called in from Washington, D.C. Baller specializes in fiber to the home networks like Fibrant. He went over the proposed legislation section by section

In other business Salisbury City Council also dealt with the following on Tuesday: • Approved a change to the Land Development Ordinance to allow wayfinding signs. Many people spoke in favor of the signs, which are under development by the new Salisbury Tourism Development Authority and will be paid for by a tax on hotel rooms. “People need to know where things are and where to park,” said Mark Lewis, chairman of the tourism group. Marietta Smith, an artist in the Railwalk Arts District, said the city needs the signs. Many visitors to the Railwalk galleries say they had a hard time finding their way, Smith said. “They heard about wonderful things in Salisbury, but once they got here, they just wander around,” she said. The new signs would direct people to Railwalk, as well as other arts and entertainment districts, tourist attractions, government facilities, cultural institutions and medical services. Clyde, an artist who only uses one name, said the signs are poorly designed and leaders of the project are not open to suggestions. “Be careful what the signs say,” he told Council. City Planner Joe Morris, who is overseeing the project, said Council will have a chance to approve the final design and wording before the signs are built and installed this summer. Several prototypes will be placed behind City Hall for public inspection and comment, Morris said. • Approved changes to the site plan for Kelley Properties to allow a Golden Corral Restaurant in the 1000 block of East Innes Street. Work has begun on the cul-de-sac that will lead to the restaurant and a new Marriott Courtyard at the I-85 interchange. City Council member Brian Miller, a banker, excused himself from the discussion because he has consulted with the owner about financing. • Agreed to close an alley in the 200 block of North Arlington Street in anticipation of commercial development on two vacant lots owned by A&H Investments. City Planner Wendy Brindle said no property owner on the alley objected. • Heard from the Salisbury Public Art Committee about the 2011 Salisbury Sculpture Show, which will be installed on April 1 and include 16 pieces by 15 artists from four states.

could also say that no matter how uninterested a person might be in “Gone with the Wind,” once they hear Engel’s lecture, frankly, my dear, they will give a damn. Lutheran Home at Trinity Oaks and Trinity Oaks Retirement Center will have the unique opportunity of presenting Engel to Salisbury on Thursday. His biographical information found online gives one a great deal of factual information about this presenter and educator. Only in hearing him speak can you truly get an idea of the magic he can work in telling you about some of the world’s greatest literary and political characters. His lecture on “The Evolution of the English Language” will leave audiences laughing as you learn how the language we speak to day developed. Engle is an internationally known scholar and speaker. His specialty is Charles Dickens, but when areas of interest increased, the name of his group changed from “Dickens Disciples” to “Author’s Ink.” Currently living in Raleigh, Engle is originally from Indianapolis. He has taught at Duke, NCSU and UNC-CH. For his 30 years of academic work and serv-

and gave examples of other cities around the country that have experienced detrimental effects of similar laws, Kluttz said. More than half the states have passed laws restricting municipal broadband networks. “We went into this in good faith,” Kluttz said. “For state legislators to change those rules now would be very unfair to us.” If the bill passed as written today, Salisbury could operate Fibrant and repay its debt, The show is funded with a $10,000 matching grant from Edward and Susan Norvell, grants from the Salisbury and Rowan tourism development authorities, the Rowan-Cabarrus Community College Foundation and the commission on a sale from the 2010 sculpture show. In connection with this year’s show, the art committee will host a reception for the artists and their families April 1, an artists symposium April 2 called “The Entrepreneurial Artist” and a family fun day May 14 featuring hands-on sculpture creating experience for children. For more information, visit www.salisburysculpture.com. • Approved a request for a temporary use approval, with conditions, for a carnival to operate at the J.C. Price Legion Post, 1433 Old Wilkesboro Road, for its annual Memorial Week Celebration. All alcohol must be kept inside the facility, police can close the event due to any problems that arise, and 11 police officers will be on duty at all times. • Awarded a contract in the amount of $31,800 to Martin Starnes & Associates, CPAs, P.A. for auditing services for Year 2011, a $900 increase. City Manager David Treme said the increase was included in a three-year contract the city signed with the firm and still represents an excellent price for a $65 million operation. Council member Paul Woodson initially wanted to renegotiate the contract but later voted to approve it. The firm was the low bidder. • Agreed to pursue state grants for sidewalks and other pedestrian improvements in the 300 block of North Lee Street. At a retreat last month, Council discussed a 400-foot stretch of crumbling sidewalk near Integro Technologies. Extensive streetscape improvements planned for the area including new sidewalks, light fixtures and tree wells would cost $307,000. City staff have identified state grants that could pay for the project, Treme said. Council member William “Pete” Kennedy said he was concerned the about residential areas of the city that also need new sidewalks but voted to pursue the grant. • Recognized Salisbury High School Student Alisha Bradshaw for winning a gold medal in the shotput event at the N.C. High School Athletic Association Indoor Track State Championships.

ice in promoting Charles Dickens, he was recently nominated and inducted into the Royal Society of Arts in England. Since 1980, Engel has been president of the Dickens Fellowship of North Carolina, the largest branch of this worldwide network of clubs. The sales of Dr. Engel’s books, CDs and DVDs have raised funds for The Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital which Charles Dickens himself helped found in London in 1852. He will present “Sir Winston Churchill” at 2 p.m. Thursday in the special events room of Trinity Oaks Retirement Community. At 6 p.m. in the main activity room of Lutheran Home, he will present “Margaret Mitchell’s Gone With the Wind.” There is no admission fee, but reservations are required at both performances by calling Diane Hundley at 704-633-1002, ext. 311, or Brenda M. Zimmerman at 704-637-784, ext. 739. Multiple CDs, DVDs and books on additional topics will be available for purchase following performances. Brenda Zimmerman is activity director at Lutheran Home at Trinity Oaks.

said Avila. “I’m not out to ruin the town,” she said. Compared to similar laws proposed in the past, Avila said she has worked out far more compromises and has spent hours meeting with officials from Salisbury and other cities with broadband. This is the fourth year the cable lobby has backed a bill restricting municipal broadband. “The kinds of compromises we are trying to work out for the city are moving it for-

ward by a significant amount,” she said. “I’m trying to get people to come to the table in good faith to talk to me.” If Finance Committee gives the bill a nod Thursday, it could move the following week to the House floor, where Avila said she has the votes. With two Democratic co-sponsors, N.C. Rep. Becky Carney, D-Mecklenburg, and N.C. Rep. William Wainwright, D-Craven/Lenoir, Avila said the legislation has broad support.

Kluttz said she hoped the Finance Committee will not recommend the bill. “They should understand the significance of this to Salisbury and not support something that would hurt Salisbury,” she said. If the Finance Committee recommends the bill, Kluttz said she’s pinning her hopes on the N.C. Senate, where a replica of House Bill 129 awaits. Contact reporter Emily Ford at 704-797-4264.

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Megan Eckhardt, left, a student at the Culinary Institute of America, works with Anthony Fischetti, executive chef at Vassar Brothers Medical Center, in the kitchen of the hospital in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. The Culinary Institute of America, the well-known school for chefs north of New York City, is now offering a ﬁrst-of-its-kind course on cooking for health care patients.

Hospital food no longer a joke Facilities starting to add pizzazz to formerly bland cuisine POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. (AP) — Haute cuisine is to hospital food as coq au vin is to mystery meat, right? Maybe once, but a number of hospitals are breaking the old Jell-O mold, blending feeling better with tasting better as they liven up patient menus with the likes of fresh blood oranges and shrimp scampi. The movement toward tastier — and often more nutritious — hospital food even has reached the Culinary Institute of America, the wellknown school for chefs north of New York City, which is offering a first-of-its-kind course on cooking for health care patients. Students in the elective class are taking field trips to nearby Vassar Brothers Medical Center and to Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in Manhattan. The idea is to learn first-hand the nuances of tray lines, the challenges of serving people with severe dietary restrictions and what goes into creating higher-end hospital food. “I want to break this image. I want to embarrass people when they say ‘Hospital food? Their food is awful,’” said Lynne Eddy, who is teaching Food Service Management in Health Care. “Let me show you what good food is in a health care facility.” But this is about more than taste. Food that is both good and nutritious can help patients heal, as well as boost their morale, said Eddy. It’s natural that the same American consumers who scout out fresh basil at the grocer and hormone-free beef at Mexican restaurants want a similar experience when they’re hospitalized. And customizing meals for patients and efforts to become more “gastronomically conscious” have helped the health care food service industry grow 4 percent last year, according market researcher Packaged Facts. Growth is expected to continue as executives in the competitive health care industry become more attuned to overall patient satisfaction. Clearly, there still are hospitals that serve up bland or overcooked food. But a growing number are crafting meals that resemble restaurant fare

Eckhardt photographs the kitchen at Vassar Brothers Medical Center for her course. or are stressing local and organic ingredients. Or both. Seattle Children’s Hospital, for example, has swapped out white breads and pastas for whole wheat and pumped up its vegetable content. Executive chef Walter Bronowitz is introducing an Asian noodle stir fry made with wholewheat spaghetti, carrots, onions, mushrooms and shelled edamame. Union Hospital in Elkton, Maryland, buys cage-free eggs, organic produce from local growers and grass-fed beef. Food service manager Holly Emmons said that while buying local and organic can be more labor intensive — everyone in the kitchen pitches in to husk corn during the summer — the extra effort is worth it. Patients at facilities run by California-based Kaiser Permanente, one of the nation's largest not-for-profit health plans, might eat ancho-citrus marinated loin of pork over an essence of natural jus, paired with cinnamon-stewed apples, barley pilaf and broccoli. Kaiser, which also runs farmer’s markets at many of its facilities, puts an emphasis on serving patients fresh fruits and vegetables. “We certainly started that process of trying to see what’s available closer to home, what’s seasonal and trying to put those fresher, more local products on the trays,” said Dr. Preston Mar-

ing, who spearheads many of Kaiser’s healthy foods initiatives. Hospitals are stressing nutritious and sustainable foods as people become more conscious of the role of food in health, patient experience and sustainability, said Michelle Gottlieb of Health Care Without Harm, a coalition of medical professionals and others devoted sustainable health care practices. “This is just becoming much more mainstream,” said Gottlieb, who co-chairs the group’s Healthy Food in Healthcare program. If there is a five-star kitchen in the world of hospital food, it might be at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, where top restaurant veteran chef Pnina Peled has attracted attention for the creative dishes she whips up for young cancer patients. One 8-year-old boy on a restricted diet after a bone marrow transplant received pasta carbonara with low-fat milk instead of heavy cream, whole-wheat pasta and turkey bacon. Another young girl with a bone marrow transplant who mentioned she liked the chain restaurant Moe’s Southwest Grill was fixed up by Peled with sauteed and seasoned black bean dishes with blue chips on the side. The girl loves it, her parents are grateful and Peled can barely explain how much that means to her as a chef.

“I can’t even tell you,” Peled said. “It’s amazing how fulfilling it is to be able to give them that.” “It’s one thing to cook in a restaurant and get excited about everybody coming to your restaurant and loving your food," she said. "But it's another thing to know that these people who have eating challenges, have taste issues, have nausea and sometimes vomiting actually look forward to what I do — look forward to eating here. You don't normally look forward to eating at a hospital.” Eddy's small culinary class visited Peled's operation at Sloan-Kettering in late February, a highlight of the management class that included instruction on menu planning and buying food for health care facilities. Also, it almost certainly is the only course at the culinary institute that requires students to read a book about a terminally ill patient. Eddy is adamant that her students spend time making observations in hospitals. That brought student Megan Eckhardt recently to Vassar Brothers, where she was briefed by the dietitian, snapped off a series of pictures in the kitchen and received an impromptu knifeskills lesson from executive chef Anthony Fischetti as she sliced peppers for patients' chicken or tofu stir fries that night. “No, no, no, no,” Fischetti said. “I’ll show you an easy way to do a pepper.” Fischetti took the knife, placed a fresh pepper on the counter and nimbly sliced off four ready-to-slice pepper cheeks free of seeds. Fischetti is himself a 1978 graduate of the culinary institute who did his share of latenight New York City restaurant work in his youth before he switched to health care. He likes the work, and the hours. There are differences in serving a party of four versus 220 patients, but Fischetti notes there still is room for freshbaked desserts and other culinary touches at a hospital. “A chicken is a chicken,” he said. “OK, we're not going to make a perigourdine sauce. But we'll serve some fresh herbs.”

ast week’s column outlined how the Eat Smart, Move More; Weigh Less program works and how to get started. This week, we will set goals for the next 14 weeks. That will include both your short-term goal to lose the weight and your lifetime goal to maintain a healthy weight. What is a realistic weight loss goal for this program? One way to estimate realistic weight loss is to expect to lose no more than 2 pounds per week. Losing 2 pounds per week may be more possible if you are very TOI overweight, but it may DEGREE not happen for everyone. Also, men usually have more muscle mass and may lose weight more quickly than women. It is probably more realistic to expect to lose between 1⁄2- 11⁄2 pounds per week. How many pounds are realistic to lose over the course of this program? Another consideration is that you should not lose more than 10 percent of your body weight over a 6-month period. For example, if today you weigh 180 pounds, your goal should be to lose no more than 18 pounds in 24 weeks (Note: even though this program is 15 weeks, this calculation still provides a guide to slow weight loss over time. Slower is better! Think about three things when calculating your number: 1. Your weight loss should be between 1⁄2 to 2 pounds per week. 2. Your weight loss should be no more than 10 percent of your body weight. 3. You must commit to making changes in your eating and physical activity. When setting s weight-loss goal we use what’s called a SMART goal approach: Specific, Measureable, Attainable, Realistic and Timely. A goal that fits in with the smart approach would be: “I want to lose 10 pounds. by the end of this program. In addition to having a goal for the number of pounds you want to lose, you may also want to set another goal for other tangible results. For example: • I want to wear a size 12 dress for my daughter’s wedding next year. • I want to be able to walk in the next “Race for the Cure” race in my town. • I want to be able to play with my grandchildren. • I want to control my diabetes and high blood pressure with diet alone by April. Personalizing your weight loss in conjunction with a special event that you have coming up or for health reasons are great motivators and may keep you more focused. Once you have set your weight loss goal, please record it at the top of our weekly report card. Prepare your environment to be successful by conducting a home scan to see if your environment is ready for you to make changes in your eating and physical activity. As we go over these strategies, start thinking about which ones you could do this week. • Do you plan and shop most weeks for healthy meals and snacks for your family? • Do you know what’s for dinner five out of seven nights each week? • Do you involve the kids or other family members in fixing meals and snacks? • Do family members encourage each other to be physically active? • Do family members encourage each other to eat healthy? • Are your pantry and refrigerator stocked with low-fat, low-sugar foods? • Are your pantry and refrigerator stocked with sugar-free drinks, fatfree milk and water? • Are your refrigerator, freezer and pantry stocked with fruits and vegetables? • Do you have healthy snacks, preportioned in visible containers in your refrigerator and pantry for you and other family members to grab? • Do you have healthy snacks, preportioned in visible containers in your refrigerator and pantry for you and other family members to grab? If you answered “no” to the majority of the questions above, then you need to prepare your environment for the changes that you are about to make in order to ensure your success. Begin with a plan for preparing meals at home; you will be less likely to buy something high-calorie on impulse or get take-out food because you don’t have something at home to cook.

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Amy says Web double may have caused job trouble Dear Amy: I am an older woman who was fired from a part-time job two years ago. At the time of my termination, no reason was given and I could think of none. I was told only that the decision was from the “home office.” At the time I was not computer literate, but recently I went onto the Internet and did a search on my name and to my horror found that someone else with the same name had a disgusting website. ASK Her face was hidAMY den in the photo. No hometown was named. It could have been anybody! If someone in the home office who doesn’t know me at all thought I was this person, I could see why I would have been fired. My job was

an “at will” position, so they don’t have to give a reason for my dismissal. This is so embarrassing! I want my job back! How do I approach my old employer to find out if that is what happened? Wouldn’t the home office have to investigate further before firing someone for this reason? — Rankled Unemployee Dear Rankled: You have nothing to lose, and so you might as well contact the human resources representative at your former place of employment to report this unhappy coincidence and see if it had any impact on your termination. I very much doubt that your former employer would give you any reason, or admit to this Web presence as being a reason for your firing, but your effort might illuminate your situation and give you a strategy for dealing with it in the future.

You will not get your job back after such a long lapse, but — hey, you never know — if you make a favorable impression you may be considered for another position. From here on out, you might consider using a middle initial on your resume. Do a search on this version of your name to make sure anything that comes up is innocuous. Dear Amy: I am getting frustrated with my parents. They are divorced but living together, and they have come to depend on my brother and me for financial assistance because of their financial irresponsibility. My mother racked up more than $20,000 in credit card debt, and my father quit his job two years ago because he didn’t like it. Since then, he has been unable to find a permanent job. Over the past year especially, my brother and I have contributed several hundred dollars to them to en-

sure that they don’t lose their condo. Because of this mess, I’ve been setting aside my own financial goals, and I still have my own bills to pay — including hefty student loans. Every time I talk to my dad about how many jobs he applies to each day and to inquire where he’s applying, he gets upset and hangs up on me. Do you think it’s right for me to cut my parents off? I feel guilty, but I also feel that it’s time to start saving for my own future. — Guilty Dear Guilty: Your technique of enabling and supporting and then bugging your dad for progress reports isn’t working. Your whole family should receive professional financial mentoring to have a definite response to this. An accountant or financial

planner can sit down with all of you, lay your parents’ bills on the table and deal with this dispassionately. You and your sibling should consider yourselves “investors” in your parents’ lives. The money you contribute to their mortgage should be repaid (with interest) once the condo sells. You’ll all have to decide when (or whether) to sell the place. If they are physically able, both of your parents should be looking for work. If they aren’t willing to responsibly participate in this process, then yes — you should cut them off. Send questions via e-mail to askamy@tribune.com or by mail to Ask Amy, Chicago Tribune, TT500, 435 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60611. Amy Dickinson’s memoir, “The Mighty Queens of Freeville: A Mother, a Daughter and the Town that Raised Them” (Hyperion), is available in bookstores. triBUne Media SerViceS

Cheapskate reader shares fun alternative to drive-thru dinner I remember the days of trying to get dinner on the table after working a full day, getting my kids to their sports practices and then back home to get homework started. In my pre-Cheapskate days, I thought the drive-thru was the only way to go. MARY Now I wish I HUNT had the creativity of our first great reader tip. • Fun fast-food alternative. When I’m scrounging for dinner, I make it fun without heading for fast food. We

have “McMommy’s” night. I make up a menu of things I know we have on hand. The kids select from the menu and place their orders as if they were ordering at a fastfood restaurant. My employee (Daddy) and I get the food together and serve it to them in a paper bag. We also put a little toy in each bag (one they have forgotten about or something I’ve picked up from the dollar store). The kids really enjoy this. When they were younger, they used to ride their little bikes around the kitchen as if it were a drivethru. My youngest enjoyed this so much that he asked whether we could have “McMommy’s” for his birthday party. The kids had a blast,

and it was cheap. — Kim, e-mail

• Potato salad stretcher. I love the taste and ease of store-bought potato salad, but it can be pricey and high in calories. It’s the generous amount of mayonnaise that makes it taste so good. I still buy potato salad at the store, but I stretch it by adding diced fresh vegetables. I’ve tried radishes; green, red and yellow peppers; grated carrots; and sliced celery. Sometimes I add hard-cooked eggs, too. — Naomi, e-mail

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debt. I don’t use my credit cards on a regular basis, but I make sure they stay active. I put one recurring bill, such as electricity, on each card. That way, they get “used” every month, but I pay the bills in full as soon as they are issued. It helps me keep my credit score up without going into any debt. — Suzy, e-mail

• Eliminate anthills safely. We had a problem with anthills in our yard. We paid a fortune for ant killer from a home improvement store, but it failed us miserably. My husband discovered a cheaper, safer alternative. Mix 1 cup of pine cleaner with

Tips on how to entertain your cat on the cheap Pet stores stock a huge variety of cat toys. Some are pretty cheap, but others are so shamefully overpriced you just know someone somewhere is laughing his or her way to the bank. If you get shinyobject syndrome, it’s easy to get sucked into buying several toys. BeSARA fore overNOEL spending, consider homemade toys your cat can enjoy just as much. Of course, you want to keep your pet safe, so don’t offer any homemade toys that have pieces that might cause an obstruction. What toys have you made for your cat? Here are a few ideas. • Kitten mitten: Make catnip cat toys. Use baby mittens, booties and baby socks

that can be found at thrift stores and garage sales. Add catnip to them and sew the opening closed. You can add yarn to drag or dangle the toy, or add a jingle bell inside, too. Easy to make; easy to sell. Catnip is a perennial herb. You can grow it indoors or outdoors for added savings. • Trash to treasure: Your cat will love a paper bag or cardboard box to play in. Cut holes in both for them to jump in and out. One reader, Dana from Virginia, shares: “My cats love cardboard boxes, I’ve even wrapped colored paper around one and it sits in the living room. Cats like hiding under newspapers, milk jug rings, and absolutely love pipe cleaners. I fold the ends over and wrap them around themselves so the ends won’t poke them.” Cats will bat a wad of paper or aluminum foil. You can wrap the foil around a piece of yarn and hang it from a

doorknob or dangle it above your cat. But please monitor your cat if you’re using foil or plastic rings. The tops from 2-liter bottles are fun for them, too. • Chaser toy: Use a stick or dowel, string and something fun such as a feather, spool or leftover Happy Meal toy tied to the end. Dangle or drag the toy. Use a flashlight or laser pointer for fun, too. • Rolling toys: Table tennis balls are light, and cats love them. Or fill a small plastic container such as an old prescription bottle or leftover plastic Easter egg with a dried bean or bell. Cats can have fun playing with walnuts or peanuts in the shell, too. Another reader, C.H. from South Carolina, adds: “Stick something that rattles, like beans, in a driedout soda bottle or water bottle and screw the top back on. Roll it in front of them.”

• Cardboard tubes: A simple cat toy can be made by cutting a paper-towel tube in half. Then cut 1-inch slits around the edges on the tube ends. Bend the tabs out and set on the floor for your cat to bat around. Use the other half of the tube, too. Cut thin rings from it. Cats enjoy playing with the rings anywhere, but a linoleum or hardwood floor lets the rings glide when they’re batted or tossed and will provide more fun. Or fill a tube with a jingle bell and duct tape the ends. Sara Noel is the owner of Frugal Village (www.frugalvillage.com), a Web site that offers practical, moneysaving strategies for everyday living. To send tips, comments or questions, write to Sara Noel, c/o United Media, 200 Madison Ave., 4th Floor, New York, NY 10016, or email sara@frugalvillage.com.

about a gallon of water, and pour it around and over the anthill. The effect is almost immediate. I feel a lot better about having this in my yard instead of dangerous pesticides. It is cheaper, and it works quickly. — Sonya, e-mail

• Wallpaper glue remover. Nothing works better than a mixture of hot water and Tide for removing wallpaper glue. After scoring the wallpaper with a sharp edge, I soak a large dish towel, wring it out slightly and then spread the still-dripping-wet fabric over an area of paper. After a few minutes, I remove the towel and scrape off the paper. It

usually comes right off. — Sy, e-mail

Would you like to send a tip to Mary? You can e-mail her at mary@everydaycheapskate.com, or write to Everyday Cheapskate, P.O. Box 2135, Paramount, CA 90723. Include your first and last name and state. Mary Hunt is the founder of www.DebtProofLiving.com and author of 18 books, including “Debt-Proof Living” and “Tiptionary 2.” To find out more about Mary and read her past columns, please visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com. creatOrS.cOM

Nielsen’s top 20 TV programs last week NEW YORK (AP) — Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by the Nielsen Co. for March 7-13. Listings include the week’s ranking and viewership. 1. “American Idol” (Wednesday), Fox, 24.4 million. 2. “American Idol” (Thursday), Fox, 22.05 million. 3. “The Mentalist,” CBS, 14.28 million. 4. “NCIS: Los Angeles,” CBS, 13.45 million. 5. “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” CBS, 13.39 million. 6. “NCIS,” CBS, 13.35 million. 7. “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS, 12.06 million. 8. “Glee,” Fox, 11.92 million. 9. “CSI: Miami,” CBS, 11.85 million. 10. “Undercover Boss,” CBS, 11.78 million. 11. “Blue Bloods,” CBS, 11.6 million. 12. “Secret Millionaire,” ABC, 11.43 million. 13. “House,” Fox, 11.08 million. 14. “Survivor: Redemption Island,” CBS, 10.96 million. 15. “CSI: NY,” CBS, 10.6 million. 16. “Bones,” Fox, 10.49 million. 17. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 10.46 million. 18. “Two and a Half Men,” CBS, 10.18 million. 19. “The Bachelor,” ABC, 10.02 million. 20. “Harry’s Law,” NBC, 9.59 million.

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FrOM 8a Include the children in meal preparation; this will allow them to see how and what they should be eating. Become more physically active. Replace those highsugar high-fat snacks and drinks with healthy fresh fruit and vegetables, real

fruit juice, and low-fat milk and cheeses. Having healthy snacks available and visible will encourage the entire family to reach for them, especially if those are their only options. I would also encourage you to find out just how many calories you need based on your age, gender and activity level. Use the chart below to find out that

information or visit www.mypyramid.gov/ mypyramid/index.aspx to customize your own daily food plan. How many calories should you consume each day? Next week we will rethink our drink options and discuss now beverages can contribute lots of calories to the overall diet. Don’t forget to select a strategy

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Come Shine,” then got a standing ovation for “Rock-a-Bye Your Baby (With a Dixie Melody)” — the song, she joked, that Mom always sang to satisfy Lorna’s penchant for “the loud ones.” (Garland’s older daughter, Liza Minnelli, who turned 65 over the weekend, was not at the show.) Luft and Minnelli both had been at the 1961 concert, along with Garland’s youngest child, son Joey Luft, not to mention actor Rock Hudson and a myriad of other celebrities. “My mother came on this stage and turned this hall upside down, and I was there,” Luft, now 58, told the crowd. Referring to the fan mania surrounding her mom that night, she added: “I had never seen grown-ups acting that way in my life.” Garland died eight years later, in 1969, of a drug overdose. She was 47.

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received a fistful of Grammy Awards, including album of the year. She was 38, and had recently recovered from a devastating case of hepatitis, giving the night the aura of a big comeback. The singers at the weekend event included Ashley Brown, Broadway’s original (and current again) Mary Poppins; Heather Headley, of “Aida” and “The Lion King”; and Karen Olivo, of “In the Heights” and “West Side Story.” They tackled such Garland classics as “The Trolley Song,” “Get Happy,” and “Chicago (That Toddling Town).” Headley delivered a scorching “Stormy Weather,” Olivo shone on “Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart,” and Brown drew cheers for a gorgeously sung “Over the Rainbow,” the young Garland’s signature song, of course, from “The Wizard of Oz.” As for Luft, she belted out “The Man That Got Away” and “Come Rain or

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NEW YORK (AP) — “Lorna likes the loud ones,” her mom, Judy Garland, used to say. She still does. Lorna Luft came to Carnegie Hall over the weekend to belt out some “loud ones” in honor of her late mother, marking the 50th anniversary of Garland’s famous April 23, 1961 concert there — a night many fans consider positively legendary. Luft, who was in the original cast of “Promises, Promises” and still sounds uncannily like her mother at moments, joined three other accomplished Broadway singers in recreating the great concert, song by song. Conductor Steven Reineke and the New York Pops kept scrupulously true to the original arrangements and keys of each number. Garland’s original performance, during which fans jammed the aisles and even rushed the stage, was recorded and

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LESSONS FROM JAPAN

Preparing for disaster ou can’t plan for every eventuality, but the catastrophe unfolding in Japan illustrates the importance of emergency preparedness — whether for an earthquake, a hurricane, a terrorist attack or other calamity. A week ago, it was unimaginable that Japan would suffer such devastation. This is a highly industrialized nation, home to the world’s third-largest economy. Yet it has been brought to its knees by the triple whammy delivered by a powerful earthquake, a massive tsunami and resulting crisis at a nuclear power site. Any one of those events could be disastrous. Combined, they boggle comprehension. While the body blow delivered by Hurricane Katrina to the U.S. Gulf Coast offers a powerful frame of reference, even that pales in comparison to Japan, where the death toll may reach into the tens of thousands and damage to reactors holds unknown consequences for human health as well as the power grid. Humanitarian aid efforts are the first priority. But just as Katrina prompted a rigorous review of levee designs and evacuation plans, a similar process is under way following this calamity. European leaders are re-examining how vulnerable their nuclear reactors are to earthquakes and other emergencies. In the U.S., nuclear regulators are also studying Japan’s dilemma (and offering their expertise). As more information emerges, they’ll determine its implications for existing reactors and future plants, such as the one Duke Energy has proposed for Cherokee County, S.C. Although fears of a nuclear meltdown have galvanized attention, a humanitarian disaster is taking place alongside that. Millions of people have little food, water or heat, and up to 450,000 are in temporary shelters. Despite Japan’s emergency preparations, the scale of this disaster has overwhelmed resources and readiness. After the 2001 terrorist attacks, federal, state and local officials implemented disaster plans covering a range of scenarios, from sabotage of water supplies to attacks on airports and freight depots. Along with manmade threats, North Carolina has experienced hurricanes and flooding, tornadoes, severe drought, prolonged ice and snow storms and widespread power outages. No doubt, we’ll revisit some of those in the future as well as confronting other hardships. No amount of preparation can prevent this kind of disaster. But dire as the situation appears today, the devastation would be even deeper if Japan hadn’t factored earthquakes and tsunamis into its building standards and developed contingency plans for failure of its reactor cooling systems. What seems unimaginable can become reality in the blink of an eye. Many of our institutions and agencies must be prepared for various emergencies, from fire departments to utilities to transportation departments and schools. You pray those plans are never needed. But worst-case scenarios do occur, and often with little warning.

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ulogies for David Broder are still tumbling from the fingertips of friends and fans. He was the dean of political journalists, a man both generous and gracious, a reporter’s reporter. Humble. All true. But what I haven’t heard him called yet is sweetie pie. He was that, too. A sweetheart — a kind, unpretentious presence in a world increasingly bereft of such qualities. Unlike so many who have written of Broder in the past several days, I didn’t know him well, didn’t grow up at his elbow, didn’t stalk his shadow. I did know of him, as did KATHLEEN anyone in this business. PARKER And I did meet him a few times, the first as part of the Washington Post’s recruitment strategy. When I was invited to join the Post’s syndicate (The Washington Post Writers Group) five years ago, I was ferried around to meet two of the stable’s eminences — George Will and Broder. More or less, it was akin to securing an audience with the pope. I leave to readers to decide which of these two gentlemen would agree with that assessment. If Will’s office, housed in a federalist building in Georgetown, is the Vatican, Broder’s was the catacombs. Stacked with newspapers, magazines and books, it was a hobbit hole for the insatiably curious. In today’s vernacular, he would be considered a hoarder. In the old-school world of newsrooms, he was merely a reporter surrounded by the bounty of his

passion. One needn’t have known Broder personally to mourn his passing. He didn’t only represent the sort of reporting and analysis that made him a household word; he symbolized a now-bygone era and corresponded to a time when a reporter was a reporter (and proud of it). A “journalist” was what a reporter became at the end of his road. This is to say, he preceded the age of celebrity journalism and the narcissistic culture that drives the rapacious pursuit of attention. It was the work that attracted and defined Broder, not the fame that came to him, anyway. The thrill for reporters of Broder’s mold was to see one’s byline in the paper, to get the scoop and, most important, to get it right. He was, in other words, the un-celebrity. Certainly Broder was known. Having appeared on television for decades, he was a recognizable figure. A regular on “Meet the Press,” he appeared on the set more than 400 times. But as well-known as he was, he was also an inconspicuous observer who moved quietly among everyday Americans without leaving fingerprints. In today’s culture of personality, where journalists are often as much a part of the story as the events they cover, Broder remained true to his role as surveyor rather than subject. It wasn’t about him. How rare and refreshing when so many clamor for the spotlight. So much has changed since the young David Broder began his job. The few, the proud, the ink-stained wretches didn’t speak of “journalism careers” in those days. Among the things missing — and

forever-to-be-missed by those of a certain age — is the sensory experience of putting out a daily newspaper: The clatter of typewriters, the swoosh of hard copy being sucked through vacuum tubes — a then-modern invention that was swifter than copy boys — the perfume of coffee, cigarette smoke and, yes, even a little alcohol around some desks. The smell and feel of newsprint that still leaves ink smudges on your fingertips. A newspaper engages the senses as no other medium. A collaborative act of creation, it is, like birth, both massively difficult and incomparably satisfying. A little miracle every day. This is the world from which Broder emerged. And though few rue the day when computers replaced typewriters, or when copy editors’ red pens were replaced by those other miracles — the highlight and delete functions — we do regret the loss of something human in that process. The sensory delight and din of creation have been tamped down and muted by numbing efficiency. Thus it was a palpable pleasure to enter the inner sanctum of Broder’s world. Alas, his office was cleared out a couple of years ago as part of a renovation. Too bad. It would have been nice to know that there was one place left on the planet where a messy desk wasn’t cause for human resources to issue a new decree, but was a monument to the creative chaos that once fueled the passions of a great reporter. And a sweetheart. • • • Kathleen Parker’s e-mail address is kathleenparker@washpost.com.

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hristmas came early, and late, for a select group of Raleigh restaurants, hotels and clubs in 2010. They enjoyed hosting not only the traditional company parties, but also a number of hastily arranged political fundraisers. Now it would be appropriate for the public to learn exactly how much money changed hands during those fundraisers, and to get it in time to consider how that political giving might be affecting the way legislation moves in the General Assembly. The sweeping Republican victories in 2010 left many a special interest on the wrong side with regard to political gift-giving. Political action committees, corporations and individuals with strong histories of giving to Democrats suddenly found themselves without any record of helping the newly ascendant leaders of the legislature. So fundraisers were arranged and, in the short time between the November election and New Year's Day, approximately $240,000 was raised for politicians, 97 percent of it going to Republicans. That giving had to be reported in the final 2010 campaign-finance report that legislators and legislative candidates filed with the state. But the big-time fundraising did not end with the dawning of 2011. Legislators had more than three weeks before a legal ban on fundraising from political action committees took effect with the opening of the legislative session. The public has no idea of how much was raised in that time and will not know until the next reporting deadline passes on July 29. A coalition of 50 public-interest lobbying organizations, an ideologically diverse group that has been working to bring more openness and integrity to North Carolina government, says legislators should voluntarily disclose how much they raised in January. It’s important to know who received how much from whom. It can explain much about the bills that live and die. Coalition leaders say the response from legislators has been cool, to say the least. It’s clear that a new reporting deadline is needed, one that will incorporate fundraising conducted after Jan. 1 and up to the start of the new session. The coalition is suggesting that the law require a new report due around the end of March. Such a report would give the public a better idea — before many new laws are enacted — of which special interests contributed heavily in the days just before a new session began. The public has a right to know how much money their public officials are raising and who is giving it to them.

LETTERS THE EDITOR

New light bulb regulations aren’t such a bright idea Regarding the March 11 editorial “Don’t buy bulb brouhaha”: We should really thank the Post for keeping us aware of the terrible things those nasty old Republicans are doing. Now they don’t think the government should be able to do away with incandescent light bulbs. Just because there are thousand and thousands of water lines and well pumps which are kept from freezing by the use of these bulbs and a variety of other uses which are not served by CFL bulbs, that is no excuse not to do away with them. And, just because the CFL bulbs are known to set houses on fire when the ballast goes bad and burns through the base, that is no reason not to use them exclusively. Houses can be rebuilt and that helps the economy. It seems like the Post and Democrat response would be better served by giving GE a hearty golly gee whiz for shutting another plant down and putting 200 more people out of work here and giving more jobs to China. I think it is time for the Post administrative staff and the Democrats to be outsourced. — Eddie Warren Rockwell

A Saturday to remember Saturday I witnessed a great day of high school basketball. At noon, the Salisbury girls began making history. At 2:30 p.m., North Rowan was on its way to a championship, and by 9:30 p.m., my alma mater, the West Charlotte Lions, had won the state 4A championship. But what I remember most about this day was half time of the North Rowan game. The crowd at Reynolds Coliseum started standing and clapping. When I looked across court, I witnessed something very special. The Salisbury womens' basketball team and their coaches had just entered. These girls left their celebration to come cheer their former coach and the Cavaliers on. That Saturday will stay with our family forever. — Sandra H. Mitchell Salisbury

Sending wrong message Day after day, I hear on the news that jobs are being cut or lost, people are being laid off or asked to take a reduction in pay in order to reduce state, county and city budgets. The very teachers of our children and future leaders are fearful of losing their jobs. Yet our City Council members while announcing job losses and reductions in pay for city employees deem it necessary to give City Man-

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ager David Treme a $70,000 retirement bonus. I am sure he does a good job and is a good man, but there are many other good people who work just as hard that are going to lose their jobs or work for less pay. In a time when people are being asked to sacrifice, our City Council and our county commissioners are sending the wrong message by approving this or any other bonus. David Treme should set an example to the people he employs and reject it. The taxpayers of Salisbury and Rowan County should hold everyone who approves this accountable. This is our money they are spending. — Duke C. Brown Sr. Salisbury

Time to face facts Regarding the March 13 letter to the editor from Sampson County Economic Development Director John Swope: Mr. Swope suggests it’s imperative that North Carolina compete in the deepwater port business, claiming that “the 600 acre N.C. International Terminal site is one of our state’s very few, deep water locations ...” How is it possible that Mr. Swope does not know that in order to achieve “deepwater” status for the NCIT, dredging — deep dredging, continuous dredging — will be required. The current estimate to take the channel from 42feet deep to 50 feet is $1.2 billion. Maintenance dredging is estimated to be $12 million annually! We’ve been waiting years for the Corps of Engineers to perform the required mitigation procedures from the dredging to 42 feet. The state has already sunk $40 million into the NCIT project, and now Mr. Swope wants it to sink another $10 million based on the faulty premise that N.C. needs this port. Has he seen the concealed consultant’s report (T.F. Richardson) that now estimates NCIT at $4.4 billion? Probably not. The Ports Authority paid for the report and promptly buried it. Facts are stubborn things, and spending millions more of taxpayer dollars to study feasibility will not widen the river or deepen it. It’s time for Mr. Swope — and the governor’s office — to accept the limitations of geography and compete where they can win. There is no shame in being a competitive player in the smaller vessel market. — Toby J. Bronstein Caswell Beach

Bronstein is a member of Save the Cape.

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House votes 3-week stopgap government spending bill WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Tuesday passed a measure blending $6 billion in budget cuts with enough money to keep the government running for an additional three weeks. The measure would buy additional time for talks between Capitol Hill Republicans and the Obama administration on a bill to fund the day-today operations of the government through the end of September. Those negotiations haven’t gotten very far yet and House GOP leaders haven’t shown much flexibility. The measure passed by a 271-158 vote despite opposition from some tea party-backed conservatives who said it “kicks the can down the road” instead of imposing steep and immediate spending cuts. The $6 billion cut by the measure includes many items that the Obama administration and Democrats agree can be axed. Fifty-four Republicans opposed the bill, which meant that Democratic support was required to pass it — a prospect that GOP leaders must avoid to keep control of the debate in future rounds. “It’s a small down payment on our commitment to the American people that we’d have real fiscal responsibility,” said House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio. The measure moves to the Senate, which is likely to clear it for Obama’s desk later this week. White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said in a statement after the vote that Obama supports the bill but signaled the White House is impatient with the lack of progress on a final measure.

Libyan forces overwhelm rebel city; opposition stronghold could be next TOBRUK, Libya (AP) — Moammar Gadhafi’s forces overwhelmed rebels in the strategic eastern city of Ajdabiya, hammering them with airstrikes, missiles, tanks and artillery Tuesday in an assault that sent residents fleeing and appeared to open the way for an all-out government offensive on the opposition’s main stronghold in the east, Benghazi. In desperation, rebels sent up two antiquated warplanes that struck a government ship bombarding Ajdabiya from the Mediterranean. But as tanks rolled into the city from two directions and rockets relentlessly pounded houses and shops, the ragtag opposition fighters’ defenses appeared to break down. Only 10 days ago, the rebellion was poised to march on Tripoli, the capital, and had appeared capable of sweeping Gadhafi out after 41 years in power, but the regime’s better armed and organized military has reversed the tide. Efforts led by France and Britain to create a no-fly zone to protect the rebels have gone

nowhere, and some rebels lashed out at the West for failing to come to their aid. “This is a madman, a butcher,” one rebel fighter said of Gadhafi, speaking to The Associated Press by telephone from Ajdabiya as explosions were heard in the background. “It’s indiscriminate fire.” “The world is sleeping,” he said. “They (the West) drunk of Gadhafi’s oil and now they won’t stand against him. They didn’t give us a no-fly zone.”

Gingrich funnels $150K to Iowa groups that defeated justices WASHINGTON (AP) — Potential presidential candidate Newt Gingrich quietly lined up $150,000 to help defeat Iowa justices who threw out a ban on same-sex marriage, routing the money to conservative groups through an aide’s political committee. Gingrich, the former U.S. House speaker who has aggressively courted the conservatives who dominate Iowa’s lead-off presidential caucuses, raised the money for the politGINGRICH ical arm of Restoring American Leadership, also known as ReAL. That group then passed $125,000 to American Family Association Action and an additional $25,000 to the Iowa Christian Alliance — two of the groups that spent millions before last November’s elections that removed three of the state’s seven state Supreme Court justices. The court had unanimously decided a state law restricting marriage to a man and a woman violated Iowa’s constitution. The financial transfers, which appear to comply with campaign finance laws, were part of a steady flow of cash into Iowa from conservative groups such as the National Organization for Marriage and the Family Research Council. The spending comes as Gingrich is seeking to make allies among social conservatives who drive the caucuses, though some voters might question whether an outsider should be raising money for a contentious ideological fight confined to one state.

Obama says 4 of 5 schools could be ‘failing’ under ‘No Child’ law President Barack Obama declared this week that four of five public schools could be labeled as “failing” this year under the No Child Left Behind Act if Congress

does not take action to rewrite the law. “That’s an astonishing number,” he said Monday at a Virginia middle school. “We know that four out of five schools in this country aren’t failing.” Obama’s terminology wasn’t quite right, though. There is no “failing” label in the No Child Left Behind Act. And schools that do not meet growth targets — aimed at getting 100 percent of students proficient in math, reading and science by 2014 — for one year are not subject to any intervention. Those unable to do so for two or more consecutive years are considered “in need of improvement.” The consequences then become stiffer each year, starting with offering students an opportunity to attend another school, and escalating if the targets remain unmet. For those schools, there’s at least the implication of failure, and that’s one reason Obama says the 2001 law needs to be changed. There are many ways for a school to fall short of its requirements, even if most of its students are improving and succeeding. A school where all but one group of students are considered proficient in reading, science and math would be lumped into the same category as schools where no students are proficient in those subjects.

Prosecutors: Berlusconi paid for sex with under-age dancer 13 times MILAN (AP) — Premier Silvio Berlusconi paid for sex with an under-age Moroccan teen 13 times at his villa near Milan, prosecutors said in a document filed Tuesday seeking indictments against three aides for allegedly soliciting prostitutes for the Italian leader. The seven-page document, obtained by the Associated Press, alleges that the sex-fueled parties started with dinner, progressed to erotic dancing involving the premier and culminatBERLUSCONI ed with Berlusconi’s choice of a sex partner, or partners. Prosecutors have formally closed the investigation and are seeking indictments against the three aides, whom they accuse of identifying possible sex partners for Berlusconi and informing them of payment and other compensation “that they would have received for their sexual availability.” The premier separately faces trial in Milan April 6 on charges of under-age prostitution and using his influence to cover it up. A judge must now decide whether

to indict the three aides, and start a separate trial.

Judge finds Minnesota ex-nurse guilty of online aiding suicides FARIBAULT, Minn. (AP) — A former nurse accused of seeking out depressed people online and encouraging two to kill themselves was found guilty Tuesday of aiding the suicides of an English man and Canadian woman. William Melchert-Dinkel, 48, was charged in April with two counts of aiding suicide for allegedly advising and encouraging two people to take their own lives. Mark Drybrough, 32, of Coventry, England, hanged himself in 2005, and 18-year-old Nadia Kajouji of Brampton, Ontario, jumped into a frozen river in 2008. Melchert-Dinkel declined a jury trial and left his fate to a judge, who issued his verdict Tuesday. Rice County District Judge Thomas Neuville rejected MelchertDinkel’s argument that his actions amounted to free speech. MelchertDinkel was not merely advocating ideas about suicide, Neuville said, but engaging in “lethal advocacy.” Prosecutors said MelchertDinkel, of Faribault, Minn., was obsessed with suicide and hanging and sought out potential victims on the Internet. When he found them, prosecutors said, he posed as a female nurse, feigned compassion and offered step-by-step instructions on how they could kill themselves. Rice County Attorney Paul Beaumaster said Melchert-Dinkel told police he did it for the “thrill of the chase.” Prosecutors said he acknowledged participating in online chats about suicide with up to 20 people and entering into fake suicide pacts with about 10 people, five of whom he believed killed themselves.

NYC stabbing-spree suspect told police he’d had ‘doozy of a day’ NEW YORK (AP) — A man accused of killing four people and wounding four others in a 28-hour rampage told police he had cancer, lamented his family life, said he wished police had shot him and declared he had experienced “a doozy of a day,” authorities said in a court document released Tuesday. As Maksim Gelman appeared for a court date via video link from a hospital, Manhattan prosecutors filed an account of his remarks to officers after his Feb. 12 arrest. Meanwhile, a lawyer entered Gelman’s not-guilty plea for him in a subway stabbing. Authorities say Gelman’s sudden kitchen-knife attack on a subway rider marked the end of a spree that stretched from Brooklyn to Manhattan and included killing a relative and

acquaintances, running over a pedestrian, carjacking and other violence. Police tackled Gelman and arrested him on a subway train beneath Times Square. “I’m sorry, I’m sorry,” he told officers after his arrest and added, “I would’ve been better off if you shot me,” according to the document filed Tuesday. He soon acknowledged having knives and razor blades in his coat pocket and said, “I’m the guy you’re looking for,” adding an unexplained comment about getting “a raw deal” from the FBI, the document said. He went on to say that his family was messed up and warned an officer to “stay away from angel dust,” a street term for the powerful hallucinogen PCP, according to the document.

Elizabeth Taylor remains hospitalized for congestive heart failure LOS ANGELES (AP) — Elizabeth Taylor has entered her second month at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where she is being treated for symptoms of congestive heart failure. Publicist Sally Morrison said Tuesday that the 79-year-old actress is in stable condition. Taylor is continuing to receive treatment and be monitored at the Los Angeles hospital, where she was admitted in early February, Morrison said Tuesday. Taylor announced her congestive heart failure diagnosis in 2004. The Oscar-winning actress has received friends in her hospital room, where she also watched the Academy Awards to celebrate her birthday last month.

NM officials remain jailed in gun smuggling case LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — A federal judge is denying bail for three officials from a small New Mexico border town who face charges in a gun smuggling investigation. Prosecutors say Columbus Mayor Eddie Espinoza and town Trustee Blas Gutierrez purchased dozens of weapons that later turned up in a drug bust in Juarez, Mexico. Columbus Chief of Police Angelo Vega is charged with conspiracy to smuggle guns. Nine other defendants were arraigned Tuesday at the U.S. District Court in Las Cruces. Two of them, the only females in the group, were released on $10,000 bond each. Another defendant postponed his detention hearing. The rest were denied bail. The defendants were arrested Thursday as law enforcement officers raided the Police Department, a gun shop and eight homes in the town 70 miles west of El Paso, Texas.

College Bar-B-Que on Statesville Boulevard will be closing for six weeks while the inside kitchen area will be completely renovated. Wayne hinshaW/for the SALISBUrY PoSt

CLOSING froM 1A What’s more, customers have offered to pitch in as well. On Tuesday, one regular brought a red velvet cake for the staff. Others are asking about them and promising to keep in touch. “We’ve had customers tell us, ‘If you need anything, let us know,’” Modlin said. “It makes you feel special.” Modlin said she’s more worried about her regular customers, especially some who are elderly. “Connection cards” given out to patrons will help them keep in touch through phone

and e-mail. And Modlin said she’s already made plans to visit some of them during the time College Bar-B-Que is closed. “I’m also making a Facebook page,” she said. Modlin plans to post pictures of the work in progress and help the staff keep in touch with customers and friends. When College Bar-B-Que reopens, Owen said, there will be brand-new equipment in the kitchen and dining area. But one thing that won’t change is the barbecue pit itself. “Everybody asks me about that,” Modlin said. “The pit is going to stay.”

And even with the renovations, the building won’t look much different, inside or out, Owen said. Still, he’s been going to great lengths to reassure regulars that the closure is temporary. He said there are many customers who eat there just about every day of the week. And while he hates to leave them without their food and fellowship, Owen said the time is right to make sure the business is set for the future. “To be honest, it’s more family than food,” he said. “We are a home base for so many people.” Contact Hugh Fisher via the editor’s desk at 704-7974244.

Waitresses Sonia Sywenki and Courtney Modlin serve lunch.

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Nuclear crisis in Japan

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Japan suspends work at stricken nuclear plant FUKUSHIMA, Japan (AP) — Japan suspended operations to prevent a stricken nuclear plant from melting down today after a surge in radiation made it too dangerous for workers to remain at the facility. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said work on dousing reactors with water was disrupted by the need to withdraw. The level of radiation at the plant surged to 1,000 millisieverts early today before coming down to 800-600 millisieverts. Still, that was far more than the average “So the workers cannot carry out even minimal work at the plant now,” Edano said. “Because of the radiation risk, we are on standby.” Experts say exposure of around 1,000 millisieverts is enough to cause radiation sickness. Earlier officials said 70 percent of fuel rods at one of the six reactors at the plant were significantly damaged in the aftermath of Friday’s calamitous earthquake and tsunami. News reports said 33 per-

cent of fuel rods were also damaged at another reactor. Officials had said they would use helicopters and fire trucks to spray water in a desperate effort to prevent further radiation leaks and to cool down the reactors. The nuclear crisis has triggered international alarm and partly overshadowed the human tragedy caused by Friday’s double disaster, which pulverized Japan’s northeastern coastline, killing an estimated 10,000 people. Authorities have tried frantically since the earthquake and tsunami to avert an environmental catastrophe at the Fukushima Dai-ichi complex in northeastern Japan, 170 miles north Tokyo. The government has ordered some 140,000 people in the vicinity to stay indoors. A little radiation was also detected in Tokyo, 150 miles to the south and triggered panic buying of food and water. There are six reactors at the plant, and three that were operating at the time have been rocked by explosions. The one still on fire was of-

fline at the time of the magnitude 9.0 quake, Japan’s most powerful on record. The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency estimated that 70 percent of the rods have been damaged at the No. 1 reactor. Japan’s national news agency, Kyodo, said that 33 percent of the fuel rods at the No. 2 reactor were damaged and that the cores of both reactors were believed to have partially melted. “We don’t know the nature of the damage,” said Minoru Ohgoda, spokesman for the country’s nuclear safety agency. “It could be either melting, or there might be some holes in them.” Meanwhile, the outer housing of the containment vessel at the No. 4 unit erupted in flames early Wednesday, said Motujuku, a Hajimi spokesman for the plant’s operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co. Japan’s nuclear safety agency said fire and smoke AssociATed press could no longer be seen at An evacuee is screened for radiation exposure at a testing center Tuesday in Koriyama city, Unit 4, but that it was unable to confirm that the blaze had Fukushima prefecture, Japan, after a nuclear power plant on the coast of the prefecture was been put out. damaged by Friday's earthquake.

Japanese plant poses little threat to US — for now It’s a big ocean between northeastern Japan and the United States and thousands NORTH Sea of &KCITCOOKPI C FKUCUVGT KOREA Japan of miles from the crippled nuThe six reactors at the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant are boiling water reactors. In a typical commercial Fukushima Dai-ichi clear power plant to much of boiling water reactor, the reactor core creates heat. A steam-water mixture is produced when very Nuclear Plant SOUTH Asia. KOREA pure water (reactor coolant) moves upward through the core absorbing heat. The steam-water mixture leaves the top of the core and enters the two stages of moisture separation. Water droplets are That means there’s little JAPAN Tokyo removed before the steam is allowed to enter the steam line. The steam line directs the steam to chance — at least for now — the main turbine, causing it to turn the turbine generator, which produces electricity. that radiation from the shatPacific 0 150 mi Here is what happened at Unit 1 of the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Plant: Ocean 0 150 km tered reactors could pose a serious threat to the wider world. Pressure inside the vented steam included hydrogen, which reacted with oxygen, either 5 The Experts say the amount of reactor was reduced by in the air or the cooling water, and caused the explosion of the building venting steam. 4 housing the reactor vessel. radioactivity emitted by the facility has been relatively miContainment chamber nor and should dissipate quickBack-up generator ly over the Pacific Ocean. didn’t work properly. “Every mile of ocean it Pressure built 3 Steam up in the crosses, the more it dispersreactor vessel. 2 Feedwater es,” said Peter Caracappa, a raNuclear Generators Turbines fuel diation safety officer and clinelement ical assistant professor of nuControl Coolant rod clear engineering at RensseCondenser Pumps knocked out laer Polytechnic Institute in 1 Tsunami power to the nuclear plant, crippling the system used Troy, N.Y. Pumps to cool fuel rods. The only people at immediate risk are workers inside the plant and the people living 6 Nuclear agency officials say Japan is injecting seawater into the core to avoid a meltdown. closest to it. The danger of raSOURCES: U.S. Energy Information Adminstration; AP AP diation exposure elsewhere is minuscule — unless the plant sustains a complete meltdown, which kee who studies the effects of radia- ago and how long it took the Soviet would sharply escalate the dangers. tion exposure. government to reveal the true danJapanese officials told the InternaThe radioactive particles probably gers of the radiation. tional Atomic Energy Agency on Tues- contain materials linked to cancer in “The mass media tells us that the day that a fire had broken out in a fuel high doses, including cesium and io- wind is blowing the other way, that storage pond where used nuclear fuel dine. The long-term cancer risk for radiation poses no threat. But people is kept cool and that radiation had been nearby residents will depend on expo- are a mess,” Valentina Chupina, a nan“released directly into the atmos- sure and cleanup efforts, Moulder ny in Vladivostok, said in a comment phere.” said. posted on the website of the newspaIf the water level in such storage Radioactive cesium and iodine also per Delovoi Peterburg. “They don’t ponds drops to the level of the fuel, a can combine with the salt in sea wa- believe that if something happens worker standing at the railing looking ter to become sodium iodide and ce- we’ll be warned.” down on the pool would receive a sium chloride, which are common elThe news portal Lenta said that in lethal dose within seconds, according ements that would readily dilute in the addition to potassium iodide and into a study by the Millstone nuclear wide expanse of the Pacific, accord- struments used to measure radiation, plant in Connecticut. ing to Steven Reese, director of the people in the Far East also were Such intense radiation can prevent Radiation Center at Oregon State. stocking up on red wine and seaweed, workers from approaching the reacWinds in the area are currently which they believed would offer protor or turn their tasks “into suicide blowing toward the coast because of tection from radiation. missions,” said David Lochbaum, a nu- a winter storm. But that will change Even so, many experts here say clear engineer who heads the nuclear to a brisk wind blowing out to sea at that this emergency is nowhere near safety program of the Union of Con- least through today, he said by tele- the level of Chernobyl, the worst nucerned Scientists. phone. clear disaster in history. Next in the line of danger would be Still, the forecast offered little For one, that reactor’s core conthose who live within a 20-mile radius. comfort to those living in the area — tained graphite that caught fire, Areas around the plant have been and in nearby countries such as Rus- which blasted radiation high into the evacuated for that reason. sia. air and into wind currents that car“The odds of someone outside the The Russian Emergencies Min- ried it long distances. The Japanese plant getting an acute injury — sick istry said it was monitoring radiation core is metal and contains no graphite, in the next couple of weeks — is close levels and had recorded no increase. experts said. to zero,” said John Moulder, a profesMany Russians, however, distrust The Chernobyl plant also lacked a sor of radiation oncology at the Med- the reassurances, perhaps remember- heavy shell around the reactor core. ical College of Wisconsin in Milwau- ing the Chernobyl disaster 25 years And the incident there happened

quickly, with little time to warn nearby residents. So far, the radiation released in Japan has not reached high altitudes, said Kathryn Higley, director of the Oregon State University Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics. “In addition, radioactive material is sticky. It has a static charge,” she said, so it will stick to the sides of buildings, and “rain is going to knock it down.” As a precaution, the World Meteorological Organization has activated specialized weather centers to monitor the situation. Those centers, in Beijing, Tokyo and Obninsk, Russia, will track any contaminants. Meanwhile, the International Atomic Energy Agency said a single reading at one location in the Japanese plant recorded levels of 400 millisieverts, or 40 rems, per hour. “You start getting radiation sickness at around 100 rems” — nausea and vomiting. Damage to blood cells can show up two to four weeks later, said Dr. Fred Mettler, a University of New Mexico radiologist and adviser

to the United Nations on radiation safety. He led an international study of health effects after the Chernobyl disaster. Levels were much lower at a plant gate, and “if you get further away from that, the population got a very small dose if anything,” said Kelly Classic, a radiation physicist at the Mayo Clinic and a representative for the Health Physics Society, an organization of radiation safety specialists. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission says doses of less than 100 millisieverts, or 10 rems, over a year are not a health concern. By comparison, most people receive about three-tenths of a rem every year from natural background radiation, according the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. A chest Xray delivers about .1 millisieverts, or .01 rem of radiation; a CT scan of the abdomen and pelvis is about 14 millisieverts, or 1.4 rems. If a full meltdown occurs at the Japanese plant, the health risks become much greater — with potential release of uranium and plutonium, said Dan Sprau, an environmental health professor and radiation safety expert at East Carolina University in Greenville, N.C. “If that escapes,” Sprau said, “you’ve got a whole new ball game there.”

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Epicenter: March 11 9.0-magnitude earthquake Soma, Fukushima prefecture: Soldiers abandoned search operations amidst new tsunami warnings.

JAPAN Tokyo Osaka

Nagoya

Yokohama

Disaster statistics as of Monday, March 11 at 6 p.m. EST

East China Sea

Nuclear power plants Plants with damage Philippine Sea

Official death toll: 1,900 Projected death toll: 10,000 People in shelters: 430,000 People stranded: 24,000

SOURCES: AP reporting; GeoEye; International Nuclear Safety Center; NASA, USGS, Map Maker Trust

Duke Energy seeks NC OK for $459 million to prep SC nuke plant E

RALEIGH (AP) — Duke Energy Corp.’s top executive urged regulators Tuesday to allow it to keep laying groundwork for a potential new $11 billion nuclear plant. The Charlotte-based company wants regulators to let it spend up to $459 million in development costs, which could be passed on to consumers before the South Carolina site starts producing electricity. As radiation leaked from a nuclear power plant wracked by an explosion and fire in tsunami-devastated Japan, Duke Energy chief executive officer Jim Rogers told the North Carolina Utilities Commission that Duke depends on nuclear power to meet projected rising electricity demand and climate change worries. The hearing is part of a lengthy process. The compa-

ny wants permission to invest an additional $287 million in development costs through 2013, when Duke Energy expects to land a construction license for its proposed nuclear plant in Cherokee County, S.C. The company has already been allowed to spend $172 million. “What we’re really trying to do is move the ball forward to achieve the building of this plant,” Rogers said. “If we don’t move forward, then we lose the option, and I think that would be a mistake.” South Carolina regulators will take a similar look within months at whether to allow the development spending. Almost 70 percent of Duke Energy’s Carolinas customers are in North Carolina and more than 30 percent in South Carolina. Rogers’ testimony also sets

the stage for a pending fight in the General Assembly, where friendly lawmakers are preparing legislation that could allow nuclear plant construction costs to be assessed to electricity ratepayers even if a project is never completed. The Duke Energy executive said that legislation was due to be introduced this week, but it was delayed due to the Japanese nuclear crisis brought on by Friday’s massive earthquake and resulting tsunami. He said repeatedly it was too early to tell what impact the current radiation leak would have on the U.S. nuclear industry. The proposed change would allow utilities to add nuclear plant financing costs to electricity rates, subject to a streamlined review by the state regulators. South

Carolina and several other Southern states already allow ratepayers to be assessed for what’s called “construction work in process.” Rogers said that unless North Carolina lawmakers change the law on assessing consumers, Duke Energy would not follow through with plant construction. “If the legislature says no, they’re saying no to nuclear in the future in this state,” Rogers said. “I do think it’s all going to come together because if we don’t do this ... we lose this option. And if you lose this option, the reality is you’re going to build coal plants. You’re going to build (natural) gas plants.” Utilities contend the change would allow them to recoup the cost of financing new nuclear plants earlier, holding down the price con-

sumers ultimately pay. Utilities and investors have been cautious in jumping back into financing new nuclear plants even as the federal government offers loan guarantees. No nuclear reactors have been approved for a construction license since 1978. But nuclear power has gotten a new look in recent years as a source of power free of the burned hydrocarbons from coal and oil that threaten to tilt the Earth’s climate. By the time Duke Energy’s proposed South Carolina nuclear plant is scheduled to turn on in 2021, its Oconee County, S.C., plant will be about a decade from the end of its 60-year life and due for replacement, Rogers said. Anti-nuclear and consumer groups oppose changing the state law they say

would shift costs to electricity consumers for a risky project that may ultimately be shelved. “If the financial markets don’t want to take on the costs, why should the consumers?” AARP North Carolina state director Bob Jackson said. Exposing North Carolina customers to hundreds of dollars of additional costs per family to pay for the inprogress nuclear plant was unjustified, said Peter Bradford, a member of the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission in 1979 when Three Mile Island became the worst nuclear power accident in U.S. history. The risks of financing a new nuclear plant should be left with “the companies and financial institutions best able to assess and manage them,” Bradford said.

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sidney Lowe had little success in five seasons in raleigh.

RALEIGH — Sidney Lowe resigned Tuesday as coach at North Carolina State, ending a frustrating five-year run in which he failed to lead the Wolfpack to the NCAA tournament. Lowe had an 86-78 overall record, but just 25-55 in Atlantic Coast Conference play. He inherited a program coming off five straight NCAA tournament trips, but he never finished

higher than ninth in the ACC despite twice being picked to finish in the top third of the 12-team league. In a statement from the school Tuesday evening, Lowe says he had been “truly blessed” by the opportunity to coach the program he led to a national championship as a player in 1983. “I am thankful for this experience,” Lowe said. “I am excited to follow the path the Lord takes me on as I maintain my relationship with

the Wolfpack family for years to come.” His resignation comes less than a week after N.C. State (15-16) closed with a loss to Maryland in the first round of the ACC tournament. First-year athletic director Debbie Yow had said she wouldn’t make a decision on Lowe’s future until the end of the season. During a news conference Tuesday night, Yow said she

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Irving could be back

Hornets defeat Forbush

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er Maverick Miles. Shortstop Preston Troutman was about as good an athlete as you’re going to see on a high school field, and his quickness will be missed. Besides losing the left side of the infield and Chris Jacobs, who started some in the outfield, the Mustangs said goodbye to steady pitchers Parker Gobbel and Thomas Allen. Gobbel and Allen combined for an 18-1 record, and their absence is the reason some people believe East can

DURHAM — Injured Duke point guard Kyrie Irving could return for the Blue Devils’ NCAA tournament opener, coach Mike Krzyzewski said Tuesday night. Krzyzewski said Irving practiced “a little bit” with the team Tuesday, but he won’t know for a few days whether the IRVING freshman will be available for the top-seeded Blue Devils’ West Regional opener against 16th-seeded Hampton on Friday in Charlotte. “There is a chance that he would play,” Krzyzewski said. The coach added that if Irving does come back, he won’t start, would see only limited minutes and wouldn’t be on the court for extended periods of time. “You don’t want to get where he gets hurt and hurts something else because you extend him past” his limits, Krzyzewski said. The Blue Devils will hold their pre-NCAA tournament open practice Thursday at the arena in Charlotte and “we’ll know a heck of a lot more by then,” Krzyzewski said. Irving, a playmaking point guard with a quick first step, was the leader of Duke’s uptempo attack — and the team’s leading scorer with an average of 17.4 points — when he injured the big toe on his right foot in a win against Butler on Dec. 4. Not long after that, Krzyzewski said the Blue Devils were prepared to play

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Better late than never for Salisbury’s Salisbury 8 Brian Bauk Forbush 7 and John Knox. The first two hitters in the Hornets’ lineup were a combined 0-for-7 coming into their at-bats in the seventh inning down one run to Forbush. All of that was ancient history after Bauk rifled a triple into the left field gap to tie the game with Salisbury down to its last out. Knox then sent the gamewinning hit into left to give Salisbury a 8-7 win against previously unbeaten Forbush on Tuesday at Robertson Stadium. “Brian killed that ball and John stepped up and showed that he’s the kind of leader I thought he was,” Salisbury coach BAUK Scott Maddox said. Bauk, a sophomore who started the game on the mound, tossed four innings, giving up one hit and stood to get the win after Salisbury led 4-1 after four. The Falcons scored three in the sixth and three in the seventh to regain the lead. With the Hornets down to their last out, Bauk went to 0-2 after two pitches, but fouled off three straight and eventually found himself at 22. “I popped up like three or four times today,” Bauk said. “I felt like I owed my team and coaches a good base hit.” After Bauk’s contribution,

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evan Hiatt, on ground, is a courtesy runner for east rowan. second row: catchers, from left, Nathan Fulbright and Luke thomas. third row: Pitchers, from left, Bradley robbins, curtis Ward, Will Johnson and Alex Bost.

Defending champ As always, expectations sky-high for East Rowan

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GRANITE QUARRY — East Rowan has won 20 or more games five straight seasons — the first time any Rowan baseball program has accomplished that feat. East won a county-record 31 games in 2010 (it lost just two) on its way to the 3A state title and a No. 21 ranking nationally. Seemingly, there’s only one direction to go in, but coach Brian Hightower is determined to keep the Mustangs on top.

“At least for the next couple of years, with the players we’ve got in the program, we should be successful,” Hightower said. “Our core of players is still very solid.” Graduation hit HIGHTOWER hard. The Mustangs didn’t lose quantity, but they lost quality. Third baseman Noah Holmes (.480) was an All-American and shared county player of the year honors with South Rowan mash-

NCAA Tournament gets off to an early start UNC-Asheville prevails in overtime Associated Press

DAYTON, Ohio — Matt Dickey and North Carolina-Asheville UNC Ash. 81 injected a little Ark-LR (OT) 77 c u s t o m a r y March drama into the NCAA’s new-look tournament. Dickey led a late run that brought overtime, and J.P. Primm hit five free throws and had a decisive steal in the closing seconds Tuesday night, sending UNC Asheville to an 81-77 victory over Arkansas-Little Rock in a dramatic “First Four” opener. “We don’t have any quit in this team,” UNC Asheville coach Eddie Biedenbach said.

The Bulldogs (20-13) will play Pittsburgh, the top seed in the Southeast, on Thursday in Washington, D.C. UNC Asheville pulled it out with a tournament-worthy performance by its best player. The Bulldogs led for only 51 seconds in regulation, before Dickey asserted himself. He scored 14 of the Bulldogs’ last 18 points in regulation, including a 3 with 10.5 seconds to go that tied it. “I hit one in the corner and it was a good time for it to fall,” Dickey said. Primm and Dickey had 22 points apiece. Alex Garcia-Mendoza matched his career high with 21 points for

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clemson guard Andre Young, right, goes against UAB’s Aaron Johnson.

DAYTON, Ohio — Jerai Grant scored a careerClemson 70 best 22 points and UAB 52 f a s t - s t a r t i n g Clemson built a double-figure lead and never backed off in beating AlabamaBirmingham 70-52 on Tuesday night in an NCAA tournament “First Four” game at the University of Dayton Arena. In a matchup of No. 12 seeds, part of the expanded tournament’s new look, the Tigers (22-11) went on a 21-2 run in the first half and never let the big lead slip away, as they had in several recent games. Clemson hurried out after its first NCAA tournament victory in

14 years to catch a flight to a second-round game against fifth-seeded West Virginia (20-11) on Thursday afternoon in Tampa, Fla. Milton Jennings added 11 points and Tanner Smith and Devin Booker each had 10 for Clemson, picked to finish seventh in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Jamarr Sanders had 19 and Dexter Fields 12 for UAB, regular-season champions of Conference USA. Ahead 39-27 at the break, Clemson never let the Blazers draw closer than eight points in the second half. UAB’s hopes wilted when, already trailing 61-42, it lost point guard Aaron Johnson.

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2B • WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 2011

TV Sports Wednesday, March 16 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1 p.m. ESPN —Boston vs. Atlanta, at Orlando MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 6:30 p.m. TRUTV — NCAA Division I tournament, Texas-San Antonio vs. Alabama State 7 p.m. ESPN2 — NIT, first round, Nebraska at Wichita State 9 p.m. ESPN2 — NIT, first round, Mississippi at California TRUTV — NCAA Division I tournament, first round, Southern Cal vs. Virginia Commonwealth, at Dayton, Ohio NBA BASKETBALL 8 p.m. ESPN — Oklahoma City at Miami 10:30 p.m. ESPN — Dallas at Golden State NHL HOCKEY 7:30 p.m. VERSUS — Washington at Detroit

Area schedule Wednesday, March 16 COLLEGE BASEBALL 6 p.m. Pfeiffer at Catawba COLLEGE SOFTBALL 2 p.m. Lees-McRae at Catawba (DH) COLLEGE TENNIS 2 p.m. Wingate at Catawba PREP BASEBALL 4:30 p.m. Central Cabarrus at A.L. Brown Mt. Pleasant at NW Cabarrus 7 p.m. West Rowan at Davie Carson at North Rowan PREP GIRLS SOCCER 6 p.m. West Iredell at West Rowan South Rowan at North Iredell 6:30 p.m. North Rowan at Albemarle PREP BOYS TENNIS 4 p.m. Salisbury at Mooresville MIDDLE SCHOOL BASKETBALL Tournament semifinals at Knox 4:30 p.m (2) Erwin vs. (3) Mooresville, girls 6 p.m (1) Southeast vs. (5) West Rowan, girls

College baseball Base. America Poll Record 1. Florida 14-2 2. Vanderbilt 16-1 16-1 3. Oklahoma 4. South Carolina 11-2 5. Texas 11-5 15-2 6. Florida State 7. Virginia 16-1 8. Louisiana State 15-1 11-3 9. Arizona State 10. TCU 10-5 11. Arizona 13-3 6-5 12. Stanford 13. Cal State Fullerton 8-6 14. Baylor 11-5 10-4 15. California 16. Clemson 7-6 17. Fresno State 11-2 14-3 18. North Carolina 19. Connecticut 7-6 20. Coll. of Charles. 14-3 12-4 21. Texas A&M 22. Tulane 11-4 23. Georgia Tech 12-4 8-6 24. UCLA 25. Rice 10-8

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Albemarle 1-2 2-2 East Montgomery 1-2 2-3 1-3 1-3 South Davidson Gray Stone 0-4 0-4 Tuesday’s games South Stanly at East Montgomery, N/A Gray Stone at Chatham Central, N/A North Rowan at Albemarle, N/A South Davidson at North Moore, N/A Jordan-Matthews at W. Montgomery, N/A Wednesday’s games Carson at North Rowan Albemarle at South Davidson North Moore at Asheboro Central Davidson at South Davidson West Montgomery at Anson Chatham Central at E. Randolph

2A Central Carolina CCC Overall Salisbury 0-0 2-1 0-0 3-2 West Davidson East Davidson 0-0 3-2 Central Davidson 0-0 2-2 0-0 1-2 Lexington Thomasville 0-0 0-2 Tuesday’s game Salisbury 8, Forbush 7 Wednesday’s games Central Davidson at South Davidson Greensboro Smith at Lexington Thomasville at Trinity East Forsyth at West Davidson East Davidson at Ledford

3A North Piedmont NPC Overall 2-0 4-1 East Rowan South Rowan 2-0 3-2 West Iredell 1-1 2-2 1-1 2-3 Carson West Iredell 1-1 2-2 North Iredell 0-1 1-1 0-1 0-1 Statesville West Rowan 0-2 0-6 Tuesday’s games West Rowan at Carson, ppd. North Iredell at West Iredell, ppd. Statesville at East Rowan, susp. Wednesday’s games Carson at North Rowan West Rowan at Davie North Iredell at West Iredell

3A South Piedmont SPC Overall 2-0 4-1 NW Cabarrus Robinson 2-0 4-2 Central Cabarrus 1-1 2-1 1-1 3-2 Hickory Ridge Mount Pleasant 1-1 3-2 Cox Mill 1-1 2-2 0-2 3-2 Concord A.L. Brown 0-2 1-3 Wednesday’s games Central Cabarrus at A.L. Brown Mount Pleasant at NW Cabarrus Cox Mill at Hickory Ridge Robinson at Concord

4A Central Piedmont Overall CPC Reagan 0-0 4-0 Davie County 0-0 3-1 0-0 3-1 West Forsyth North Davidson 0-0 2-1 R.J. Reynolds 0-0 2-2 0-0 0-5 Mount Tabor Tuesday’s games Davie at Mount Tabor, ppd. R.J. Reynolds at West Forsyth Reagan at North Davidson Wednesday’s games West Forsyth at Forbush West Rowan at Davie

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Standings

D-II Southeast Regional Tuesday’s championship (7) Anderson 75, (1) Augusta St. 73 (OT)

SAC

D-II Atlantic Regional Tuesday’s championship (1) West Liberty 89, (2) Indiana (Pa.) 86

SAC Overall Catawba 11-1 19-5 Wingate 8-4 19-10 Tusculum 8-4 19-5 6-6 14-12 Lincoln Memorial Newberry 6-6 12-13 Carson-Newman 6-6 10-17 5-7 12-16 Mars Hill Anderson 5-7 11-15 Brevard 2-9 9-13 2-9 4-22 Lenoir-Rhyne Tuesday’s games Coker 7, Newberry 6 St. Andrews 4, Mars Hill 2 Mars Hill 16, St. Andrews 3 North Georgia 7, Carson-Newman 4 Wingate at Belmont Abbey, ppd. Lincoln Memorial at King, ppd. Limestone at Lenoir-Rhyne, ccd. Wednesday’s games Pfeiffer at Catawba North Georgia at Carson-Newman Lincoln Memorial at N. Kentucky Mars Hill at UNC Pembroke Lenoir-Rhyne at Tusculum Erskine at Brevard Newberry at Lander Anderson at USC Aiken

ACC Atlantic ACC Overall 3-0 15-2 Florida State Wake Forest 2-1 7-8 N.C. State 1-2 9-7 0-3 8-8 Maryland Clemson 0-3 7-6 Boston College 0-3 6-8 Coastal Virginia 3-0 16-1 Georgia Tech 3-0 13-4 3-0 9-8 Miami Duke 2-1 14-4 North Carolina 1-2 15-3 0-3 10-7 Virginia Tech Tuesday’s games Duke 11, N.C. Central 3 Georgia Tech 4, Georgia Southern 3 Miami 7, Florida Atlantic 3 N.C. State 7, Buffalo 5 North Carolina 11, Princeton 2 Liberty 11, Maryland 4 Wake Forest 7, Charlotte 1 Florida 5, Florida State 4 (10) James Madison at Virginia, ppd. Hartford at Virginia Tech, ppd. Wednesday’s games James Madison at Virginia Hartford at Virginia Tech George Mason at N.C. State Liberty at Maryland Georgia Southern at Georgia Tech Charlotte at Duke Clemson vs. Presbyterian

Prep baseball Monday box N. Hills 12, Stat. Christian 0 Statesville North Hills ab r h bi ab r h bi Dahl p 2 0 0 0 Ptrsn cf 3 2 1 0 Cmbpl ss 1 0 0 0 Hckmn c 1 1 0 1 Hlchn c 2 0 0 0 Gbble p 2 2 1 0 Miller 3b 2 0 0 0 Shprd 3b 3 3 1 0 Veech 1b 2 0 0 0 Wlson lf 3 1 1 1 McGhe 2b 2 0 0 0 Byrly 1b 1 1 0 0 Bntly cf 2 0 0 0 Fspmn rf 1 1 0 0 Bchler lf 1 0 0 0 Ward ss 3 1 2 3 Chddn rf 1 0 0 0 HMller 2b 2 0 0 0 Jones rf 0 0 0 0 Edds 2b 1 0 0 0 Totals 15 0 0 0 Totals 2012 6 5 Stat. Christian 000 00 — 0 North Hills 206 4x —12 E—Campbell, Miller, Chaddin. LOB— Statesville Christian 1, North Hills 3. 2B — Gobble, Wilson, Ward, Sheppard. SB — Patteson 3, Wilson 3, Hickkman, Byerly, Fesperman, Ward. CS — Wilson. SF — Hickman, Wilson. IP H R ER BB SO Statesville Christian Dahl L, 0-1 4 6 12 8 6 2 North Hills Gobble W, 1-0 5 0 0 0 1 11 WP — Dahl 2. HBP — by Dahl (Byerly). PB – Holchen.

Standings 1A Yadkin Valley South Stanly North Moore North Rowan West Montgomery Chatham Central

YVC 4-0 3-0 2-1 2-2 1-1

Overall 5-2 4-0 2-1 2-4 1-2

CIT First Round Monday, March 14 Buffalo 75, Quinnipiac 68 Tuesday, March 15 Ohio 65, Marshall 64 East Tennessee State 76, Furman 63 Jacksonville 71, East Carolina 66 (OT) Northern Iowa 84, Rider 50 Air Force 77, North Dakota 67 Santa Clara 68, Northern Arizona 63 Portland (20-11) at Hawaii (18-12), late Wednesday, March 16 Tennessee Tech (20-12) at Western Michigan (20-12), 7 p.m. Iona (22-11) at Valparaiso (23-11), 8 p.m. Oral Roberts (19-15) at SMU (17-14), 8 p.m. Idaho (18-13) at San Francisco (17-14), 10 p.m.

CBI First Round Tuesday, March 15 Davidson 85, James Madison 65 Creighton 85, San Jose State 74 Evansville 77, Hofstra 70 Boise State 83, Austin Peay 80 Wednesday, March 16 Miami (Ohio) (16-16) at Rhode Island (19-13), 7 p.m. St. Bona. (16-14) at UCF (19-11), 8 p.m. Duquesne (18-12) at Montana (21-10), 9:05 p.m. Weber St. (18-13) at Oregon (16-17), 10 p.m. Quarterfinals Monday, March 21 Davidson (18-14) vs. Creighton (20-14), TBA Boise State (21-12) vs. Evansville (1615), TBA Duquesne-Montana winner vs. Weber St.-Oregon winner Miami (Ohio)-Rhode Island winner vs. St. Bonaventure-UCF winner

NIT First Round Tuesday, March 15 Alabama 68, Coastal Carolina 44 College of Charleston 94, Dayton 84 Cleveland State 63, Vermont 60 Oklahoma State 71, Harvard 54 Missouri State 89, Murray State 76 New Mexico 69, UTEP 57 Boston College 82, McNeese State 64 Fairfield 62, Colorado State 60 Kent State (23-11) at St. Mary's, Calif. (25-8), late Wednesday, March 16 Texas Southern (19-12) at Colorado (2113), 7 p.m. Nebraska (19-12) at Wichita State (248), 7 p.m. Florida Atlantic (21-10) at Miami (19-14), 7:30 p.m. Wisconsin-Milwaukee (19-13) at Northwestern (18-13), 8 p.m. Bethune-Cookman (21-12) at Virginia Tech (21-11), 8 p.m. Mississippi (20-13) at California (17-14), 9 p.m. Long Beach State (22-12) at Washington State (19-12), 10 p.m.

NCAA FIRST ROUND at Dayton, Ohio Tuesday, March 15 UNC Asheville 81, Arkansas-L.R. 77 (OT) Clemson 70, UAB 52 Wednesday, March 16 No. 16 Seed East: Texas-San Antonio (19-13) vs. Alabama St. (17-17), 6:30 p.m. No. 11 Seed Southwest: USC (19-14) vs. Virginia Commonwealth (23-11), 9 p.m. EAST REGIONAL Second Round Thursday, March 17 at Tampa, Fla. West Virginia (20-11) vs. Clemson (2211), 12:25 p.m. Kentucky (25-8) vs. Princeton (25-6), 30 minutes following Friday, March 18 at Charlotte UNC (26-7) vs. Long Island (27-5), 7:15 p.m. Washington (23-10) vs. Georgia (21-11), 30 minutes following at Cleveland George Mason (26-6) vs. Villanova (2111), 2:10 p.m. Ohio State (32-2) vs. UTSA-Alabama State winner), 30 minutes following Xavier (24-7) vs. Marquette (20-14), 7:27 p.m. Syracuse (26-7) vs. Indiana State (2013), 30 minutes following SOUTHEAST REGIONAL

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SCOREBOARD Second Round Thursday, March 17 at Washington Butler (23-9) vs. Old Dominion (27-6), 12:40 p.m. Pitt (27-5) vs. UNC Asheville (20-13) at Tampa Florida (26-7) vs. UC Santa Barbara (1813), 6:50 p.m. UCLA (22-10) vs. Michigan State (1914), 30 minutes following at Denver BYU (30-4) vs. Wofford (21-12), 7:15 p.m. St. John’s (21-11) vs. Gonzaga (24-9), 30 minutes following at Tucson Wisconsin (23-8) vs. Belmont (30-4), 7:27 p.m. Kansas State (22-10) vs. Utah State (303), 30 minutes following SOUTHWEST REGIONAL Second Round Thursday, March 17 at Denver Louisville (25-9) vs. Morehead State (249), 1:40 p.m. Vanderbilt (23-10) vs. Richmond (27-7), 30 minutes following Friday, March 18 at Chicago Notre Dame (26-6) vs. Akron (23-12), 1:40, p.m. Texas A&M (24-8) vs. Florida State (2110), 30 minutes following Purdue (25-7) vs. St. Peter’s (20-13), 7:20 p.m. Georgetown (21-10) vs. Southern CalVirginia Commonwealth winner at Tulsa Kansas (32-2) vs. Boston University (2113), 6:50 p.m. UNLV (24-8) vs. Illinois (19-13), 30 minutes following WEST REGIONAL Second Round Thursday, March 17 at Tucson Temple (25-7) vs. Penn State (19-14), 2:10 p.m. San Diego State (32-2) vs. Northern Colorado (21-10), 30 minutes following at Washington Connecticut (26-9) vs. Bucknell (25-8), 7:20 p.m. Cincinnati (25-8) vs. Missouri (23-10), 30 minutes following Friday, March 18 at Tulsa Texas (27-7) vs. Oakland, Mich. (25-9), 12:15 p.m. Arizona (27-7) vs. Memphis (25-9), 30 minutes following at Charlotte Michigan (20-13) vs. Tennessee (19-14), 12:40 p.m. Duke (30-4) vs. Hampton (24-8), 30 minutes following

Notable boxes Jacksonville 71, ECU 66 JACKSONVILLE (20-11) Hardy 5-11 1-2 12, Graham 2-9 1-3 5, G. Powell 1-2 0-0 2, Cohn 7-14 1-1 18, R. Powell 2-10 1-2 5, Davis 0-0 0-0 0, Jeffers 1-2 0-0 2, Cabell 0-4 1-2 1, McDougald 3-6 3-6 11, Galvin 5-10 0-1 11, Palmer 2-4 0-0 4. Totals 28-72 8-17 71. EAST CAROLINA (18-16) Morrow 4-14 8-12 16, Abrams 3-9 0-0 7, Gaines 0-4 5-6 5, Straughn 2-6 3-5 8, Sherrod 8-14 6-8 26, Torlak 1-2 0-1 2, Sampson 1-1 0-0 2, Ellison 0-0 0-0 0, Wynn 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 19-51 22-32 66. Halftime—Jacksonville 27-26. End Of Regulation—Tied 58. 3-Point Goals—Jacksonville 7-16 (Cohn 3-5, McDougald 2-3, Hardy 1-2, Galvin 1-3, R. Powell 0-3), East Carolina 618 (Sherrod 4-8, Straughn 1-3, Abrams 1-4, Torlak 0-1, Gaines 0-2). Fouled Out—Abrams, Gaines. Rebounds—Jacksonville 47 (Hardy 8), East Carolina 42 (Morrow 15). Assists— Jacksonville 15 (R. Powell 4), East Carolina 14 (Gaines 5). Total Fouls—Jacksonville 25, East Carolina 21. A—3,108.

Davidson 85, JMU 65 JAMES MADISON (21-12) Bowles 5-9 2-3 12, Goins 3-9 3-6 9, Hitchens 3-9 0-2 7, Wells 2-8 1-1 5, Moore 5-12 4-6 14, Diouf 1-4 1-1 3, Semenov 2-4 0-0 5, Louis 1-1 0-0 2, Jackson 1-4 6-6 8, Flores 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 23-61 17-25 65. DAVIDSON (18-14) Cohen 8-15 0-0 17, Mann 1-3 0-0 2, McKillop 3-5 0-0 9, Kuhlman 5-9 2-3 14, Droney 3-7 0-0 6, Cochran 2-7 3-4 9, Tormey 0-1 00 0, Reigel 0-1 0-0 0, Brooks 2-6 0-0 5, Atkinson 0-0 0-0 0, Ben-Eze 4-6 1-1 9, Czerapowicz 5-5 2-3 14, Allison 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 3366 8-11 85. Halftime—Davidson 42-34. 3-Point Goals—James Madison 2-9 (Semenov 1-2, Hitchens 1-3, Wells 0-4), Davidson 11-24 (McKillop 3-5, Czerapowicz 2-2, Kuhlman 22, Cochran 2-5, Brooks 1-2, Cohen 1-6, Droney 0-1, Reigel 0-1). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—James Madison 41 (Bowles, Moore 9), Davidson 36 (Cohen 7). Assists— James Madison 11 (Moore 4), Davidson 17 (Cohen, Droney, McKillop 4). Total Fouls— James Madison 16, Davidson 21. A—989.

UNC-A 81, Ark-LR 77 UNC ASHEVILLE (20-13) Stephenson 2-8 0-0 4, Williams 7-10 1-1 15, Jackson 0-2 2-2 2, Dickey 7-10 6-7 22, Primm 4-11 12-14 22, Lane 4-5 2-4 10, Hartman 0-0 0-0 0, Cunningham 3-8 0-0 6, Stubbs 0-0 0-0 0, Meyer 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 27-54 23-28 81. ARK.-LITTLE ROCK (19-17) Louzeiro 5-6 0-3 11, Garcia-Mendoza 57 9-11 21, Leeper 2-4 0-0 4, Williams 3-10 0-0 9, Bozeman 4-10 9-10 18, Sutherland 0-1 0-0 0, Guy 1-3 2-2 5, Mouzy 1-10 0-0 3, Kibi 0-1 0-0 0, Thornton 3-4 0-0 6. Totals 2456 20-26 77. Halftime—Ark.-Little Rock 37-33. End Of Regulation—Tied 72. 3-Point Goals—UNC Asheville 4-12 (Dickey 2-3, Primm 2-7, Stephenson 0-2), Ark.-Little Rock 9-29 (Williams 3-7, Garcia-Mendoza 2-3, Louzeiro 1-1, Guy 1-3, Bozeman 1-4, Mouzy 1-10, Sutherland 0-1). Fouled Out—Bozeman, Cunningham, Lane, Leeper. Rebounds— UNC Asheville 35 (Cunningham 8), Ark.-Little Rock 33 (Williams 7). Assists—UNC Asheville 17 (Primm 5), Ark.-Little Rock 19 (Williams 10). Total Fouls—UNC Asheville 25, Ark.-Little Rock 24. A—NA.

Clemson 70, UAB 52 CLEMSON (22-11) Booker 2-7 5-6 10, Grant 10-15 2-3 22, Stitt 3-7 1-1 7, Smith 4-6 2-2 10, Young 2-8 2-2 8, Anderson 0-0 0-0 0, Baize 0-0 0-0 0, Baciu 0-0 0-0 0, Stanton 1-1 0-0 2, Narcisse 0-1 0-0 0, Jennings 4-5 2-2 11. Totals 26-50 14-16 70. UAB (22-9) Moore 2-5 0-1 4, Soko 2-4 4-6 8, Johnson 2-7 0-0 6, Sanders 7-17 0-0 19, Fields 4-7 0-0 12, Jones 0-0 0-0 0, Criswell 0-2 00 0, Williams 0-0 0-0 0, Purifoy 1-4 0-0 3, Taylor 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 18-48 4-7 52. Halftime—Clemson 39-27. 3-Point Goals— Clemson 4-13 (Young 2-7, Booker 1-1, Jennings 1-2, Smith 0-1, Stitt 0-2), UAB 12-24 (Sanders 5-9, Fields 4-6, Johnson 2-3, Purifoy 1-3, Moore 0-1, Taylor 0-2). Fouled Out— None. Rebounds—Clemson 29 (Booker, Grant 7), UAB 29 (Moore 8). Assists—Clemson 17 (Young 5), UAB 10 (Johnson 7). Total Fouls—Clemson 12, UAB 10. A—10,025.

ML Baseball Spring Training AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pct Seattle 10 4 .714 Kansas City 11 6 .647 Detroit 13 8 .619 Boston 11 8 .579 Minnesota 9 8 .529 Texas 9 8 .529 Baltimore 8 8 .500 Los Angeles 9 10 .474 Toronto 8 9 .471 Cleveland 7 9 .438 Tampa Bay 7 9 .438 Chicago 6 10 .375 Oakland 7 12 .368 New York 6 11 .353 NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct San Francisco 14 5 .737 Colorado 13 6 .684 Philadelphia 13 7 .650 Atlanta 11 6 .647 Milwaukee 11 7 .611 Cincinnati 10 7 .588 Washington 10 7 .588 St. Louis 9 7 .563 New York 9 9 .500

San Diego 8 9 .471 Chicago 9 12 .429 8 11 .421 Pittsburgh Houston 7 14 .333 Florida 5 12 .294 6 15 .286 Los Angeles Arizona 5 15 .250 Tuesday’s Games Boston 2, Detroit 1, 10 innings Philadelphia 13, Toronto 7 Tampa Bay 11, Florida 2 Houston 14, Baltimore 8 St. Louis 4, Atlanta 0 Chicago Cubs (ss) 8, Oakland (ss) 1 L.A. Angels 9, San Diego 6 L.A. Dodgers 7, Texas 6 Kansas City 4, Oakland (ss) 3 Cleveland 9, Milwaukee 7 Colorado 4, Chicago Cubs (ss) 2 N.Y. Mets 5, Washington 2

NHL Schedule Tuesday’s Games Boston 3, Columbus 2, SO New Jersey 4, Atlanta 2 N.Y. Rangers 6, N.Y. Islanders 3 Washington 4, Montreal 2 Carolina 1, Buffalo 0 Pittsburgh 5, Ottawa 1 Philadelphia 3, Florida 2 Los Angeles 4, Nashville 2 San Jose 6, Dallas 3 Phoenix 4, Calgary 3 Wednesday’s Games Toronto at Carolina, 7 p.m. Washington at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Colorado at Vancouver, 10 p.m. St. Louis at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

NBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB 47 18 .723 — x-Boston New York 34 32 .515 131⁄2 Philadelphia 34 33 .507 14 22 43 .338 25 New Jersey Toronto 18 48 .273 291⁄2 Southeast Division W L Pct GB 46 21 .687 — x-Miami Orlando 42 26 .618 41⁄2 Atlanta 39 28 .582 7 28 38 .424 171⁄2 CHARLOTTE Washington 16 50 .242 291⁄2 Central Division W L Pct GB 48 18 .727 — y-Chicago Indiana 29 38 .433 191⁄2 Milwaukee 26 40 .394 22 23 44 .343 251⁄2 Detroit Cleveland 12 53 .185 351⁄2 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB .806 — x-San Antonio 54 13 Dallas 47 19 .712 61⁄2 New Orleans 39 30 .565 16 37 31 .544 171⁄2 Memphis Houston 34 34 .500 201⁄2 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 43 23 .652 — 40 27 .597 31⁄2 Denver Portland 37 29 .561 6 Utah 35 33 .515 9 17 51 .250 27 Minnesota Pacific Division W L Pct GB 48 20 .706 — L.A. Lakers Phoenix 33 32 .508 131⁄2 Golden State 30 37 .448 171⁄2 26 42 .382 22 L.A. Clippers Sacramento 16 49 .246 301⁄2 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division Tuesday’s Games Indiana 119, New York 117 Atlanta 110, Milwaukee 85 Chicago 98, Washington 79 Dallas at Portland, late Wednesday’s Games Denver at Atlanta, 7 p.m. Indiana at Boston, 7:30 p.m. Toronto at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Orlando at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. Phoenix at New Orleans, 8 p.m. Oklahoma City at Miami, 8 p.m. CHARLOTTE at Houston, 8:30 p.m. Minnesota at Utah, 9 p.m. Cleveland at Sacramento, 10 p.m. Dallas at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. Philadelphia at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

Women’s hoops NCAA PHILADELPHIA REGIONAL First Round Saturday, March 19 at Philadelphia Penn State (24-9) vs. Dayton (21-11), 11:10 a.m. DePaul (27-6) vs. Navy (20-11), 30 minutes following At Durham Iowa State (22-10) vs. Marist (30-2), 11:15 a.m. Duke (29-3) vs. Tennessee-Martin (2110), 30 minutes following Sunday, March 20 at Storrs, Conn. Connecticut (32-1) vs. Hartford (17-15), 12:05 p.m. Kansas State (21-10) vs. Purdue (2011), 30 minutes following at College Park, Md. Maryland (23-7) vs. St. Francis, Pa. (2211), 12:20 p.m. Georgetown (22-10) vs. Princeton (244), 30 minutes following DAYTON REGIONAL First Round Saturday, March 19 at Knoxville, Tenn. Tennessee (31-2) vs. Stetson (20-12), 11:05 a.m. Marquette (23-8) vs. Texas (19-13), 30 minutes following at Columbus, Ohio Georgia Tech (23-10) vs. Bowling Green (28-4), 11:20 a.m. Ohio State (22-9) vs. UCF (22-10), 30 minutes following at Salt Lake City Arizona State (20-10) vs. Temple (238), 4:05 p.m. Notre Dame (26-7) vs. Utah (18-16), 30 minutes following Sunday, March 20 at Charlottesville, Va. Miami (27-4) vs. Gardner-Webb (23-10), 12:15 p.m. Oklahoma (21-11) vs. James Madison (26-7), 30 minutes following SPOKANE REGIONAL First Round Saturday, March 19 at Stanford, Calif. Texas Tech (22-10) vs. St. John’s (2110), 4:20 p.m. Stanford (29-2) vs. UC Davis (24-8), 30 minutes following at Albuquerque, N.M. North Carolina (25-8) vs. Fresno State (25-7), 4:15 p.m. Kentucky (24-8) vs. Hampton (26-6), 30 minutes following at Spokane, Wash. Iowa (22-8) vs. Gonzaga (28-4), 4:10 p.m. UCLA (27-4) vs. Montana (18-14), 30 minutes following Sunday, March 20 at Cincinnati Louisville (20-12) vs. Vanderbilt (20-11), 12:10 p.m. Xavier (28-2) vs. South Dakota State (19-13), 30 minutes following DALLAS REGIONAL First Round Sunday, March 20 at Waco, Texas Houston (26-5) vs. West Virginia (23-9), 5:10 p.m. Baylor (31-2) vs. Prairie View (21-11), 30 minutes following at Wichita, Kan. Wisconsin-Green Bay (32-1) vs. Arkansas-Little Rock (23-7), 5:20 p.m. Michigan State (26-5) vs. Northern Iowa (27-5), 30 minutes following at Auburn, Ala. Florida State (23-7) vs. Samford (25-7), 5:15 p.m. Georgia (21-10) vs. Middle Tennessee (23-7), 30 minutes following at Shreveport, La. Texas A&M (27-5) vs. McNeese State (26-6), 5:05 p.m. Rutgers (19-12) vs. Louisiana Tech (247), 30 minutes following

North softball romps From staff reports

North Rowan’s softball team won 16-6 in five innings against Albemarle on Tuesday. Taylor Sells was the winning pitcher and struck out seven. Sells went 3-for-4 at the plate, including a homer and a double. Samantha Jacobs, Lindsey Hinson, Brianna Mock, Emily Gobble and Artrice MOCK Feamster had two hits each. Jacobs, Hinson and Gobble had doubles. Kristin Harmon stole three bases for the Cavaliers (3-1, 2-0 YVC). North plays on Friday at West Montgomery.

 Prep baseball Trent Gobble pitched a no-hitter as North Hills beat Statesville Christian 12-0 on Monday. Gobble threw 66 pitches. He struck out 11 and didn’t allow a ball to be hit out of the infield in the fiveinning contest. A walk in the first cost Gobble a perfect game, but he struck out nine straight after issuing that free pass. Matt Ward went 2for-3 with three RBIs to lead the Eagles’ offensively. The Boxscore is in GOBBLE Scoreboard.  North Iredell ended an epic losing streak on Saturday when Josh Sharpe’s homer provided a 10-9 win against South Iredell. The Raiders didn’t win a game last season.  East Rowan scored 12 runs in the first inning against Statesville on Tuesday before rain halted play at soggy Staton Field. The game was suspended and will be completed as part of a doubleheader at Statesville on April 8.  Funeral services for East student-athlete Cody Ludwick are this evening. The East-Salisbury baseball games scheduled for today were pushed back to Friday. East’s varsity will play at Mooresville on Thursday afternoon as scheduled.  Carson-West Rowan baseball was washed out on Tuesday and rescheduled for Thursday. Carson plays at North Rowan tonight at 7 p.m.  Baseball action was rained out in the SPC. Northwest CabarrusMount Pleasant and A.L. Brown-Central Cabarrus clashes were rescheduled for today.  North Rowan was scheduled to play at Albemarle on Tuesday. No info was available on that game or any others in the YVC.  Davie-Mount Tabor baseball was washed out and moved back to Thursday. Davie is scheduled to play West Rowan at Rich Park tonight.

 Prep swimming All-CCC swimmers included Salisbury’s Taylor Rodenhuis, Andrew McCollister, Carley Drye, McKenzie Stevens, Katie Cater and Alexandra Drye. McCollister was runner-up to West Davidson’s Chase Frazelle as CCC Swimmer of the Year for boys. West Davidson’s MCCOLLISTER Grace Baird won the honor for CCC girls. West Davidson’s Carl Spake was coach of the year for boys and girls.

 College baseball

ning streak into the event at Danville, Ill., and plays Kalamazoo Community College today at 2 p.m. Vanderslice went to Louisburg after two seasons as an assistant at Furman. He was at Toledo for four seasons before his stint at Furman as an assistant and director of basketball operations. Vanderslice was a member of West Rowan’s 1997 state championship team.  Anderson stunned top-seeded host Augusta State 75-73 in overtime to win the men’s Southeast Regional on Tuesday. Anderson, runnerup in the SAC this season and the No. 7 seed in the regional, SHUGART got 14 points each from Taylor Shugart and Denzail Jones and four 3-pointers from Oskars Ernsteins to advance. Shugart scored the deciding points with 1:13 remaining. Anderson (21-11) will play in the Elite Eight in Springfield, Mass.

 Local golf Salisbury resident Frank Adams tied for eighth in the El Jadida Classic in Morocco. Adams shot 69-72-7172 — 284 and finished six strokes off the pace. He won $5,266.67.  Kannapolis’ Rick Lewallen and partner Nate Olivo shot 69-74 — 143 in the Carolinas PGA Junior-Senior Championship at Pawley’s Island, tied for fifth and won $410.

 Tennis clinics Catawba tennis clinics start on Sundays on March 20, with beginners from 2-3 p.m. and intermediate and advanced players from 3-4 p.m. To register or for questions, contact Jeff Childress at 704-637-4265 or jchildre@catawba.edu. Catawba is scheduled to play at home this afternoon (Wingate).

 Pro hoops Shayla Fields (Salisbury) totaled 50 points in wins in Iceland’s pro league on Saturday and Monday.  Donald Rutherford (Catawba) had 28 points and 12 rebounds for his team in Denmark on Sunday.

 7th-grade hoops Mooresville’s sixth-seeded boys knocked off No. 3 North Rowan 43-32 in the first round of the Rowan County Middle School Conference’s seventh-grade basketball tournament at Knox on Tuesday. Mooresville (5-10) broke open a close game by outscoring North 17-7 in the final period. T.J. Daniels led the scoring for the Red Imps with 12 points and added four steals and six rebounds. He got 10 of his points in the second half. Marcus Shipp had 10 points and 14 rebounds. Griffin Stephens scored eight points and got six rebounds. Kellen Hull added seven points and four steals. Alex Beatty grabbed seven boards. North (10-5), which lost two starters late in the season, was led by Bravon Goodlett and Trey Stoner with nine points apiece. Goodlett also had six steals. Xavier Partee led in rebounding with 10. Maddox McCloud and C.J. Surles had seven and six rebounds, respectively.  Mooresville’s third-seeded girls (11-4) took a 35-10 victory over No. 6 Knox. Ashley Bowen and Lizzy Johnson led the winners with eight and seven points, respectively. Knox (3-12) was led by Raven Pruitt, who made two 3-pointers and scored 10 points. Two girls semifinal contests are set today with No. 2 Erwin playing Mooresville at 4:30 p.m., and No. 1 Southeast taking on No. 5 West Rowan at 6. The boys semifinals — No. 2 seed West vs. Mooresville at 4:30 and No. 1 Knox vs. No. 5 Southeast at 6 are set for Thursday. Championship games are set for 4:30 and 6 p.m. on Friday.

Francis Marion, ranked 20th in DII, rallied past Pfeiffer 6-3 on Tuesday in Florence, S.C. Eric Shoemaker had a two-run single for Pfeiffer (13-14).  Catawba southpaw Nick Lomascolo repeated as SAC Pitcher of the Week. He earned a save and a win in  Sign-ups two appearances. The Saleeby-Fisher YMCA, East Catawba plays at home against Rowan Branch, is taking registrations Pfeiffer tonight at 6 p.m.  Billy Veal (North Rowan) hit a for a number of programs. home run for Bryan’s only run in a Saturday is the deadline for:  Mighty Kickers spring soccer 10-1 loss to Union on Saturday. is for boys and girls ages 3-4 and introduces the sport and teaches fun College softball damentals. Catawba’s doubleheader with  Spring soccer leagues for boys Lees-McRae was postponed on Tues- and girls ages 5-14 teach the game as day and will be played today at Whit well as YMCA values.  Flag football for boys and girls ley Field at 2 p.m. ages 4-14 is a no-contact introduction to football.  College golf  Girls softball for ages 8-14. Virginia’s Will Collins (Salisbury) Grades 3-5 play slow pitch, and shot 79-77-75 — 231 and finished 36th grades 6-8 play fast-pitch. in the General Hackler Championship Register at the East Rowan YMCA held at Myrtle Beach, S.C. or online at www.rowanymca.org or Collins helped the Cavaliers finish contact Joe Finney at 704-279-1742 or second in the 17-team field. jfinney@rowanymca.org.  The Salisbury Y is registering for its adult indoor soccer league.  College basketball Games will be played on Sunday Mark Vanderslice (West Rowan) afternoons. The cost is $135 per team.  A coed adult outdoor soccer has coached Louisburg to the national junior college tournament along league will play on Wednesdays. The cost is $20 per player. Contact Phillip with 15 other district champions. Louisburg takes a 25-game win- Hilliard at (704) 636-0111.

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East Rowan outfielders are, from left, Wesley LeRoy, Jared Mathis, Will Sapp, Gavin Wike and Jamey Blalock.

EAST PREVIEW FROM 1B be dethroned this season. “We don’t have that big ace this year,” Hightower admitted. “But Alex Bost and Bradley Robbins have had a pretty good taste of it, and we’ve still got Will Johnson.” Bost and Robbins are juniors. Bost (2-0, 2.56) pitched most of his 132⁄3 innings late last season against powerful foes such as Mount Pleasant and Tuscola. Robbins (2-1, 1.86 ERA) overpowered opponents at times, but there also were nights when the plate jumped around. He walked 16 in 261⁄3 innings. “The big difference is last year we asked Alex and Bradley for three or four innings, and now we need five,” Hightower said. Johnson, the ultimate closer, remains East’s ace in the hole. The rubber-armed senior southpaw has been a nightmare for hitters. He was called upon 21 times in 2010, and went 5-0 with an ERA of 0.72. His velocity doesn’t light up radar guns, but he has deception and control. He fanned 52 — while walking just seven. “Will’s cool, he’s calm, and he’s not going to walk ’em,” Hightower said. “He gives our defense a chance to back him.” Look for Johnson to wind up at Catawba, where coach Jim Gantt is more concerned about pitchers get-

ting outs than radar gun readings. Avery Rogers (1-0) will be the No. 3 starter. Lefty Curtis Ward and right-hander Jared Mathis will get innings. Catching is a huge strength for the Mustangs. Wingate signee Luke Thomas returns for his senior year, and he’s exceptional offensively (five homers, 42 RBIs, .402) and defensively. Hightower and pitching coach Brian Hatley make pregame suggestions, but they give Thomas lots of responsibility as far as calling pitches and working on hitters. Junior Nathan Fulbright is a catcher by trade — and a good one — but as long as Thomas is around, he’ll play left field or serve as the DH. Fulbright batted .352 with 14 walks and a whopping 13 HBPs. He’s on base all night. Senior Will Sapp returns in center field. He was the MVP of the state tourney, starring with his bat and his glove. Sapp hit .369 with 40 runs scored and 29 RBIs and made all sorts of highlight-film plays scooting up and down the bank at Staton Field. Sapp lacks ideal size (5-foot-10, 150 pounds), which explains why he hasn’t already signed, but he’ll be a steal for someone. Junior right fielder Wesley LeRoy is a prototypical East outfielder — fast, aggressive and rocket-armed. He batted .300 last season after working his way into the lineup. Jamey Blalock, another experi-

enced outfielder, is recovering from shoulder surgery, but Hightower hopes he can contribute. Mathis, who’s been battling back pain, and Gavin Wike are junior outfielders ready to step in if a starter falters. The infield has a new look except for lefty first baseman Andy Austin, a junior bopper who is drawing major recruiting interest. Austin batted .355 with a team-high 34 RBIs as a sophomore. Roby Holmes, the younger brother of Trey and Noah, backs up Austin. “Roby swings it well,” Hightower said. “He’s just behind a really good player.” Justin Morris (.319), last year’s second baseman, slides over to shortstop. “He’s gotten faster and stronger and his arm strength has improved,” Hightower said. “He can handle it.” Rogers, who played shortstop when Troutman pitched and saw some time in the outfield, will be the starting third baseman. He batted .286. “Avery’s good defensively, very good on the backhand and good on the balls hit hard right at him,” Hightower said. Chase Hathcock, one of last season’s jayvee stars, got varsity at-bats as a pinch hitter during the playoff run. Hightower is confident he can handle second base. “Good hands,” Hightower said. “He can also play third.” Infielder Ashton Fleming, a jun-

ior, is a talented hitter and usually will be the DH. Finally, there’s Evan Hiatt, a fulltime track man and part-time baseball player. “Evan’s a GPA booster,” Hightower said with a laugh. “He’s going to help us because he can fly. He’s our courtesy runner.” If there are track meets and baseball games the same day, Hiatt will stick with track, but his wheels could wind up affecting a few tight ballgames for a program that always seeks every little edge. Hightower entered the 2011 season with a 135-41 record at East, and his mark is 123-29 (winning 81 percent of the time) the last five seasons. East’s schedule outside the NPC is challenging, so the Mustangs may lose more frequently this year, but they should be heard from when the calendar turns to May. “This team hit the ground running with some of the best practices I’ve ever had,” Hightower said. “The kids know what’s expected of them.” On paper, this is a very good team. Only time will tell if it becomes great. Thomas, Austin, Sapp, Morris, Fulbright and Johnson are givens, but the young hurlers still have to throw strikes. “You go into each season wanting to be the best in your conference and your county,” Hightower said. “Beyond that, our expectations are as high as ever. We want to compete for a state championship.”

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Knox, who hit into a double play and struck out earlier, was challenged by Maddox over in the third base coaching box to ‘be a senior leader.’ Knox fulfilled his coach’s wish by hitting the second pitch from Ben Temple past a diving Caleb Brawley at shortstop and into center field to score Bauk. “This win was big because now we know when we’re down, we can’t let up,” Knox said. Grayson Fulp hit a KNOX t w o - r u n homer off Kyle Wolfe in the sixth to cut the Falcons’ deficit to one. The Hornets carried a 5-4 lead into the seventh with Philip Tonseth coming on for the save. A pair of singles started the inning, jeopardizing the Hornets’ edge. Dustin Moore and Brice Merritt scored on a wild throw by Tonseth to third base on Devin Doss’s bunt attempt as Forbush (5-1) went ahead. Doss later scored on a passed ball for insurance. Salisbury got the break it needed to start the seventh when Spencer Carmichael’s swing-and-miss of strike three ending up being a passed ball and he made it to first. “Instead of a strikeout, they’ve got a man on with nobody out,” Forbush coach Taylor Rutledge said. “You’ve got to be able to squeeze that for an out.” N o l a n Meyerhoeffer drove in three runs for the Hornets and put them on the board in the first with a double to left that plated Knox. MEYERHOEFFER Two plate appearances later, he cleared the bases with a bloop double to score two runs and another scored on an error. S a l i s bury’s Scott Van der Poel scored on a wild pitch in the fifth to make it 5-1 in the Hornets favor. Right fielder Ian Swaim had SWAIM three singles, a walk and a stolen base in his first start. Swaim singled Carmichael over in the seventh and scored the tying run. Forbush pitcher Ben Temple, also a sophomore, tossed a complete game. “It’s good to be 2-1, but we’re not getting the sense of urgency that we need to get to be the team we need to be,” Maddox said. “It’s good to beat Forbush, they’re a good team, but that’s not our objective. Our objective is to win conference and you can’t win the conference with the mistakes we’re making.” • NOTES: Other games scheduled for Tuesday were rained out. ... Carson’s home game with West Rowan has been rescheduled for Thursday.... East Rowan started its game with Statesville but it will be completed as a doubleheader when the two teams meet in Statesville later in the season. East was leading on Tuesday 12-0 going into the second inning ... Today’s highlight games is Carson going to North Rowan and West Rowan traveling to Davie. ... The East-Salisbury game set for today, is now on Friday at 4:30. ... A full slate is scheduled for Friday with South, North and East playing at home.

East infielders are, from left, Avery Rogers, Andy Austin, Chase Hathcock, Ashton Fleming, Justin Morris and Roby Holmes. Salisbury 8, Forbush 7

IRVING FROM 1B the rest of the season without him. Irving spent nearly two months in a hard cast to keep the toe immobilized, and his right foot was in a boot after that. Speculation about his status intensified during the past week. Irving performed on-court drills in shorts and sneakers with the Blue Devils’ training staff before their ACC quarterfinal against Maryland, switching to street clothes for the game. Then after Duke’s title-game victory, Irving said there was a chance

he could return sometime during the tournament. Krzyzewski later said that was a long way off and downplayed the comments as a young player getting caught up in the emotion of missing out on a championship. “I’m going day by day, because I never expected him to be where he’s at today,” Krzyzewski said. “This is like uncharted waters.” Both Krzyzewski and the Blue Devils insist Irving’s possible return wouldn’t threaten the chemistry developed over the past three months without him. Duke (30-4) went 22-4 in his absence, rolling to a third straight ACC tournament title and a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament for the second straight year. “All the guys, if he’s able to play,

would welcome him back,” Krzyzewski said. “He’s been the best guy ever on a sideline with his teammates. It’d be different if he wasn’t that way. I think that would be a smooth transition, and if we’re fortunate enough to win, and he’s able to play, then you get more accustomed to it.” Said forward Kyle Singler: “Personally, I don’t think he’s missed a beat. ... He just fits in.” Irving’s injury forced senior Nolan Smith to shift to the point and help make up for his absence at both ends of the court. After a rough first game in that role, Smith responded. He not only became Duke’s leading scorer, he led the ACC in scoring. Smith finished the season with at least 15 points in

22 straight games and 24 of 25 overall. Along the way, he flirted with the conference lead in assists and claimed two of the ACC’s top awards: Player of the year and MVP of the tournament. Irving’s possible return would take some pressure off Smith, who might not have to guard the opposing team’s primary ball-handler quite as often. “If (Irving) does happen to come back and play, I think it would be very easy for him to fit right in and help us win games,” Smith said. “He’s obviously that talented. He wants to be part of winning, more than anything. If he gets back on the court with us, we’ll just keep on rolling.”

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Forbush 100 003 3 — 7 Salisbury 100 310 3 — 8 Two out in 7th when winning run scored. E — Brawley, Swaim, Tonseth, Vanderpol. LOB — Salisbury 8, Forbush 4. 2B — Meyerhoeffer 2. 3B — Bauk. HR — Fulp (1). SB — Swaim, Vanderpol, Doss. IP H R ER BB K Forbush Temple 7 13 8 7 4 5 Salisbury Bauk 4 1 1 1 3 3 Wolfe 2 3 3 3 0 1 1 Tonseth ⁄3 2 3 0 1 0 2 Bowden ⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 WP — Tonseth, Bauk, Temple. PB — Temple 2.

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The NBA roundup ... INDIANAPOLIS — Danny Granger’s jumper with 0.3 seconds left gave the Indiana Pacers a 119-117 victory over the New York Knicks on Tuesday night. Indiana passed the ball inbounds with 7.8 seconds left. Granger worked the clock, drove right on Shawne Williams, pulled up and connected on a 17-foot fadeaway. Granger, who missed Sunday’s 106-93 win at New York with strep throat, scored 26 points. Tyler Hansbrough scored a career-high 30 points after setting a career high with 29 Sunday. Darren Collison added 24 points and nine assists for Indiana. The Pacers had lost six straight before the back-toback wins over the Knicks. Bulls 98, Wizards 79 CHICAGO — Derrick Rose scored 23 points to help Chicago earn its seventh consecutive victory and move into sole possession of first place in the Eastern Conference. Luol Deng added 20 points

and Keith Bogans scored 17, his highest total since joining the Bulls. Bogans took all of his 10 shots from behind the 3-point arc, hitting a seasonhigh five. The Bulls (48-18) moved a half-game ahead of the Boston Celtics. Hawks 110, Bucks 85 ATLANTA — Sporting a new look, Joe Johnson scored 36 points — 28 in the first half — and the Hawks cruised past the Bucks in a makeup game. Johnson donned a black headband to protect the back of his scalp after undergoing a procedure to treat a skin infection. It must have helped his shooting touch, too. He made six straight 3-pointers on the way to the highestscoring half by an Atlanta player this season. With Johnson firing away, the Hawks went on a 20-0 run that started at the end of the first quarter and extended into the second. Andrew Bogut led Milwaukee with 21 points. That wasn’t nearly enough against Johnson and the Hawks, who shot a staggering 63 percent (46 of 73).

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indiana’s danny Granger, right, hit a jumper with 0.3 seconds left tuesday to beat the Knicks.

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The NHL roundup ... BUFFALO, N.Y. — Cam Ward stopped 40 shots — including 22 in the first period — to help the Carolina Hurricanes creep closer to playoff contention. Brandon Sutter scored in the final minute of the first period, and the Hurricanes snapped a four-game winless streak (0-3-1). With 74 points, ninth-place Carolina moved to within two points of the Sabres for the Eastern Conference’s eighth and final playoff spot with 31/2 weeks left in the regular season. Kings 4, Predators 2 NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Anze Kopitar and Dustin Brown each had a goal and an assist, and Los Angeles wraped up the franchise’s first sweep of a four-game road trip. Alec Martinez and Wayne Simmonds also had goals as the Kings won the season series with Nashville 3-1. Brown sealed the victory with an empty-netter with 62 seconds left. Jonathon Blum and J.P. Dumont each scored for Nashville. The Predators came in trailing fifth-place Los Angeles by only three points in the tight Western Conference, but they snapped a two-game win-

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cam Ward stopped 40 shots in tuesday’s win at Buffalo. ning streak and missed out on a chance to move from ninth into one of the top eight spots. Nashville outshot the Kings 32-18 but just couldn’t beat Jonathan Bernier, who has been in net in all four games this season against the Predators. Penguins 5, Senators 1 OTTAW — Tyler Kennedy and Jordan Staal each had a goal and an assist. Chris Kunitz had three assists for the Penguins, who also got goals from Ben Lovejoy, Matt Cooke and Zbynek Michalek. The Senators have now lost two straight after their three-game winning streak was snapped in Buffalo on Sunday. Ryan Shannon scored for the Senators. Ottawa’s Craig Anderson allowed four goals for the second straight game. He made 36 saves while Pittsburgh backup Brent Johnson turned aside 21 of 22. Paul Martin and Dustin Jeffrey had two assists each as the Penguins.

ASHEVILLE FROM 1B Arkansas-Little Rock (19-17). The Trojans played overtime without Solomon Bozeman, the Sun Belt’s player of the year who fouled out in the final minute of regulation. He finished with 18 points. Each year, the tournament turns into a big stage looking for a star. Dickey became the first to take the spotlight. The shooting guard asserted himself with nine minutes left, leading the late surge that culminated in his 3pointer from the left corner. Matt Mouzy missed a 3 at the buzzer, sending it to overtime. There were five lead changes in overtime, the last coming on Primm’s two free throws that made it 78-77 and

LOWE FROM 1B met with Lowe for about an hour in the afternoon before meeting with the players — after they had met with Lowe privately — to talk about what they wanted in a new coach. “Although it is accurate to say the decision was not made until today, I had been thinking about it so long as the games rolled along,” Yow said. “I was drawing closer to a conclusion as the season wound down. I knew coming into the meeting today that

MINNEAPOLIS — Vikings linebacker Ben Leber is fluent in zone dog blitzes and cover 2 dropbacks. When it comes to the legalese, however, that’s another story. As the NFL labor fight moves from the mediation room to the court room, players are trying to learn the ins and outs of filing a lawsuit and the legal labyrinth that follows. “For a player it can be frustrating at times, because now we’re in the hands of the legal system,” Leber said. “None of us are lawyers and we don’t always understand the legalities of the dispute, so we just have to learn on the fly.” Leber is one of the plaintiffs in a suit the players filed against the league last Friday and was a Vikings assistant player representative for the union before it decertified. He also sat in on some of the negotiating sessions in Washington a few weeks ago, so he is well versed in the complexities of the collective bargaining agreement. But now that the dispute is headed to the courts, he finds himself having to do more to stay on top of the developments. Leber isn’t reading “Lawsuits for Dummies” or watching “A Few Good Men” to get acquainted with the nuances, but he is consulting agents and lawyers and doing research on the Internet. “As one of the player reps for the team I’m keeping in

put the Bulldogs in position to win yet another overtime tournament game in Dayton. The Bulldogs also opened the tournament in Dayton in 2003, when they became the first Big South team to win an NCAA tournament game. They went overtime to beat Texas Southern 92-84 in a one-game play-in for the 65team field. UNC Asheville received a key to their city last week for making it to the NCAA tournament, something they’d done only one other time in school history. Imagine what kind of greeting they can expect back home now. Players had trouble sleeping the night before they got on their charter flights — a first for most of them — and headed to Dayton to become a footnote to NCAA tournament history.

— absent something unforseen that would be shared — that we were going to go in this direction.” There had been a handful of exciting moments under Lowe, from an upset of highly ranked rival North Carolina and a surprise run to the ACC tournament final in his first season to an upset of eventual national champion Duke and a run to the ACC tournament semifinals in 2010. But he failed to sustain any momentum from those big wins, never making it to the NCAAs and twice going to the NIT. This season, N.C. State was picked to finish fourth after bring-

contact with the guys and with the union. Trying to amass as much knowledge as I can,” Leber said. “Sometimes, honestly, I’ve had to get on the Internet and (go) to legal websites to learn what these legal terms mean.” Acquiring that knowledge is hard enough for a law student, let alone for a pro football player who has spent his adult life studying game film, not appellate court rulings. In the most basic layman’s terms, 10 players including Leber, Tom Brady and Peyton Manning have sued the league for anticompetitive practices in an attempt to force the NFL to end its labor lockout that began early Saturday. “Coming into this whole situation with the CBA and the antitrust stuff, it’s kind of complicated to us,” fourth-year Vikings safety Tyrell Johnson said. “It’s like learning a new language. It’s very foreign to me and a lot of younger players. The older players probably have a better idea about it..” And it’s not just the young guys who are having a difficult time getting the hang of it. Ravens center Matt Birk, who studied finance at Harvard, has tried to stay as educated as possible to help advise his teammates of the developments. But he said there comes a certain point where he has to sit back and let the attorneys do their jobs while he concentrates on readying for what he hopes will be his 14th NFL season.

CLEMSON FROM 1B Johnson, leading the nation in assists at 7.7 per game, was injured while trying to prevent an easy layup by Grant. After lying on the floor for several minutes, he left the court on crutches with a right leg injury. He received a round of applause from the crowd of 10,025. Both teams were among the final four at-large teams to get into the tournament. Each had spells when they didn’t look as though they deserved berths — but UAB’s bad spell lasted a lot longer. As if to take a slap at doubters who didn’t think they belonged in the field, the Tigers came out

ing in one of the nation’s top recruiting classes to join an experienced group that included returning allACC big man Tracy Smith. But Smith sat out 10 games after knee surgery, while the rest of the team never seemed to come together. Lowe had said he wasn’t focusing on his future. But the 75-67 loss to Maryland in the first round of the ACC tournament Thursday night felt like Lowe’s farewell. “I love this school,” Lowe said. “I poured my sweat here for four years to give it my best, and it was my hope and dream to come back here and do something special again. So, yeah, it

MIAMI — LeBron James expects his uniforms and sneakers to be on display when the nets are cut down to celebrate this year’s NCAA title. Predictably, James expects Ohio State to win the national title. This should come as no surprise, of course, given that James is from Ohio, is a longtime Buckeyes fan — oh, yeah, and the team wears his apparel. Equally predictable his Miami Heat teammate Dwyane Wade says Marquette is the last team standing on his bracket. Wade led Marquette to the Final Four in 2003, the year James decided to skip college and go right into the NBA draft, where he was the No. 1 overall pick. “If I could have not went to school all the way until March and then played in March Madness, then I would have done that. But I have no regrets not going to school,” James said Tuesday, before turning a bit and looking directly into a long row of television cameras that surrounded him. “Now, let’s play this when the kids are asleep. ‘Go to school, guys.’ I was just fortunate.” Wade and James had a playful back-and-forth about the tournament Tuesday. Wade was asked if he still follows the tournament and fills out a bracket. “I always follow Marquette,” Wade said. “You follow some of the good teams, the good players that are playing in college. But I’m not a guru. I can’t break down every (team). I’m like Charles Barkley. I don’t know that many of them.” Chimed in James: “You’re a lot better than him, though.”

TENNIS INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — Rafael Nadal breezed past American qualifier Ryan Sweeting 6-3, 6-1 in a third-round match as the second week of the BNP Paribas Open began. Women’s top seed Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark advanced with a 6-1, 6-3 victory against Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez of Spain that took just over an hour.

HOCKEY PITTSBURGH — Penguins center Sidney Crosby returned to the ice for the first time since missing 29 games with a concussion. But if you’re looking for the Pittsburgh captain’s return date, it’s still anyone’s guess. “I have no clue,” Crosby said. “I’m not thinking too

smoking. Grant, who had opened the scoring, rebounded his own miss and hit the follow with 6:34 left to swell the Clemson lead to 3111. Meanwhile, the Blazers continually turned over the ball and when they did get off a shot, they missed the mark. They didn’t have a field goal for almost 81/2 minutes of the opening half and had more turnovers (eight) than points (seven) in the opening 10:30. But UAB regrouped behind its 3-point shooters. Hitting 7 of 15 behind the arc for the half, it got back in the game. Fields hit two 3s and Johnson added one in a 164 run to cut the lead to 35-27. Both teams played fast and loose with the ball in the opening

means a lot more to me than it might mean to another coach or something. “It hurts me because I know what it’s about down here. I know what it’s like, and I know what it’s like to win here. I know how the people will get behind you and the true fans will stick with you and enjoy that thing some. Yeah, it means a lot more to me.” Lowe was the starting point guard for the “Cardiac Pack” team that upset Houston on a last-play dunk to win the 1983 title under Jim Valvano. He arrived in 2006 after a messy monthlong coaching search that missed on top targets — including

far ahead as far as a time frame. I just want to get better. This is part of the way to do that. I’m just kind of taking that step and seeing how it goes.” Crosby, who last played on Jan. 5 in an 8-1 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning, practiced in full gear for about 15 minutes at the Consol Energy Center.

AWARDS COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Olympic champion Evan Lysacek won the 2010 Sullivan Award, becoming the fourth figure skater to be honored as the top amateur athlete in the United States.

NIT TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Tony Mitchell, Charvez Davis and Trevor Releford all scored 12 points to lead Alabama to a 68-44 victory over Coastal Carolina on Tuesday night in the first round of the National Invitation Tournament. The top-seeded Crimson Tide (22-11), which felt jilted at being left out of the NCAA field after winning the SEC West, built a 20point lead late in the first half and never let the shorthanded Chanticleers (28-6) get anything going. Now 17-0 at CoColiseum, Alabama will host New Mexico in the second round. Oklahoma St 71, Harvard 54 STILLWATER, Okla. — Marshall Moses had 18 points and eight rebounds, and third-seeded Oklahoma State had its highest-scoring first half of the season in a victory over sixth-seeded Harvard. Oklahoma State (20-13) scored 41 points in the first half and won an NIT game for the first time since 1997. The Cowboys had lost three straight from 2006-08. Reger Dowell went 6 for 7 from the field and scored 15 points, and Matt Pilgrim added 12. Kyle Casey led Harvard (23-7) with 13 points, while Ivy League player of the year Keith Wright scored 10 and hit double figures for the 15th straight game. College of Charleston 94, Dayton 84 CHARLESTON, S.C. — Andrew Goudelock had a career-high 39 points, including eight 3-pointers, and College of Charleston beat defending champion Dayton. The sixth-seeded Cougars (25-10) will take on No. 2 seed Cleveland State in the next round. Goudelock put on a show in his final game at Carolina First Arena. His first 3-pointer gave Charleston the lead for good, 20-18. The senior hit two 3s just 3 minutes later that pushed the lead to 3121.

half, the Blazers piling up most of their 12 turnovers early and Clemson giving it up 10 times later. Grant scored 12 for the Tigers, while Fields — who was 3 of 5 on 3-pointers — had nine for UAB. The comfortable margin throughout was a nice change of pace for the Tigers, who are just 1-6 in games decided by five or fewer points. They led North Carolina by 14 in the first half and by seven in the final 4 minutes of regulation before falling 92-87 in overtime in their last game, a semifinal of the ACC tournament. They also blew most of a 15point lead against Virginia Tech with 4 minutes left in their regular-season finale but recovered for a 69-60 win.

John Calipari and Rick Barnes. Lowe called his hiring a “dream come true” and embraced the program’s tradition while talking of building on the success of Herb Sendek before him. But Lowe, an assistant with the NBA’s Detroit Pistons at the time, had no college coaching experience when he was hired. N.C. State went 7-33 in ACC road games with 23 of those losses coming by double-digit margins under Lowe. The Wolfpack also lost 13 of 16 to Duke and North Carolina, including the past 10 meetings with the Tar Heels.

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Machine & Tools Air compressor charge air pro 5hp 20gal tank twin cylinder oil lubricated. $300 or best offer. 336-940-3134 Air Compressor- Charge Air Pro. 5 Hp, 20gal tank, twin cylinder oil lubricated. $300 or best offer. Call 336-940-3134 Black & Decker, 18 V charger, 2 batteries & case. $50. Call 704-640-4373

Medical Equipment

End (Coffee tables) 2 pair, $25 per pair; 3 single tables, $15-$40. 704-857-0093 Ice machine. Scotsman modular cubed ice machine. $2,400 new. $1,100. Fisher St. Baptist Church. 704-467-3187 Range - Whirlpool glass top range $100. and Whirlpool dishwasher $50. Both items in good condition. Call 704-637-1449. Refrigerator. Dorm style Haier. Silver door black sides. Size 26" x 18 1/2" x 18". Like new. $50. Call Gene 704-633-5847. Sofa & chair, brown and tan with flowers, $50. Mat Massager 5 motor with heat, new $25. 704-6334526

Hoveround wheelchair, MPV5, new, never used. Retails $8,840. Will sell for $4,400. 704-209-6460

Misc For Sale 3 Tier fountain with girl holding shells. 43" high in good condition with new pump. $50.00 Call Gene 704-633-5847.

Table. Decorative table with white wicker base and 42" round glass top. $50. Call Gene 704-6335847. Washer & Dryer Set, Maytag, white, great condition. $450. Please Call 704-464-6059 Washer/Dryer – Electric, Frigidaire Gallery Series, Commercial, heavy duty. 4 years old, very good condition. $350. 704-6804284 or 440-812-0498

Bingham Smith Lumber Co. !!!NOW AVAILABLE!!! Metal Roofing Many colors. Custom lengths, trim, accessories, & trusses. Call 980-234-8093 Patrick Smith

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ANDERSON'S SEW & SO, Husqvarna, Viking Sewing Machines. Patterns, Notions, Fabrics. 10104 Old Beatty Ford Rd., Rockwell. 704-279-3647

Piano, full size Wurlitzer beige, with three foot pedals, a book holder on top $500.00 in Salisbury 704-637-0058

Benches, wood, backless. 3 are 4 ft long, $11$12 each. 1 is 5 ft. long, $15. Primed. 704-7548837 after 10am.

Want to Buy Merchandise

Homes for Sale

Manufactured Home Sales

Apartments

Bank Foreclosures & Distress Sales. These homes need work! For a FREE list:

East Salis. 4BR, 2½BA. Lease option purchase. Interest rates are low. Good time to build. 704-638-0108

Salisbury. 2 or 3 bedroom Townhomes. For information, call Summit Developers, Inc. 704-797-0200

$500 Down moves you in. Call and ask me how? Please call (704) 225-8850

Airport Road, All elec. 2BR, 1BA. $450 per month + dep. & lease. Call 704-637-0370

Salisbury – 2 BR duplex in excellent cond., w/ appl. $560/mo. + dep. Ryburn Rentals 704-637-0601

Genesis Realty 704-933-5000 genesisrealtyco.com Foreclosure Experts

Spencer

BEST VALUE

Salisbury. 1BR. Fully furnished apt. Utilities included. No pets. $550/mo. Deposit & ref. 704-855-2100

Homes for Sale China Grove

Move-In ready!

www.applehouserealty.com Rockwell

BINGHAM-SMITH LUMBER CO. Save money on lumber. Treated and Untreated. Round Fence Post in all sizes. Save extra when buying full units. Call Patrick at 980-234-8093. Dodge Dakota /Durango / Jeep OEM receiver hitch. $150. Call 336-940-3134 if interested. Dodge Dakota/Durango receiver hitch. $150 Please Call 336-940-3134

Lumber All New!

All Coin Collections Silver, gold & copper. Will buy foreign & scrap gold. 704-636-8123 Timber wanted - Pine or hardwood. 5 acres or more select or clear cut. Shaver Wood Products, Inc. Call 704-278-9291. Watches – and scrap gold jewelry. 704-636-9277 or cell 704-239-9298

REDUCED China Grove. 2BR, 1BA. Corner lot. Beautiful hardwood floors. New heating & air unit with warranty. Appliances negotiable. $82,000. For sale by owner. Open to reasonable offers. Call 704-855-4865

2 BR, 1 BA, hardwood floors, detached carport, handicap ramp. $99,900 R47208 B&R Realty 704.633.2394

Motivated Seller Rockwell

Reduced! China Grove

OWNER FINANCING

A COKE/M&M vending route! 100% Finc. Do you earn $2K/wk? Loc's in Salis. 800-367-2106 x 6020 J.Y. Monk Real Estate School-Get licensed fast, Charlotte/Concord courses. $399 tuition fee. Free Brochure. 800-849-0932

For Sale by Owner. 3BR, 2BA. Nice house and neighborhood. New paint, blinds and appliances. Possible owner financing with small down payment. $109,000 with payments approx. $775/month. Please call 704-663-6733

3 BR, 2 BA, Well established neighborhood. All brick home with large deck. Large 2 car garage. R50188 $163,900 B&R Realty 704.633.2394

4 BR, 2BA, like new Craftsman Style, huge front porch, renovated kitchen and bath, fresh paint. R51516 $124,900 Dale Yontz B&R Realty 704-202-3663

Salisbury

3 BR, 2 BA in Hunters Pointe. Above ground pool, garage, huge area that could easily be finished upstairs. R51150A. $174,900. B&R Realty 704-633-2394 Salisbury

1200 Grady Street

Forest Creek. 3 Bedroom, 1.5 bath. New home priced at only $98,900. R48764 B&R Realty 704.633.2394

Woodleaf. 4320 Potneck Rd. 2-story house on .67 acre. 1,985 sq. ft. living space w/attached 2-vehicle garage. 4BR, 2 full BA, living, dining, den, pantry, hardwood floors. New roof & heating/cooling system. Detached 1-vehicle garage workshop, 248 sq. ft. Walking distance to Woodleaf School. $115,000. Call 704-278-4703 after 7 p.m.

Investment Property

Bring All Offers

Free Stuff

3 BR, 2 BA, newer kitchen, large dining room, split bedrooms, nice porches, huge detached garage, concrete drives. R51548 $84,900. Monica Poole 704-245-4628 B&R Realty

East Rowan Instruction

Lot for sale, 50 by 150, with brick structure house present. Needs lots of work. $4500. Priced for quick sale. Call today (336)431-5092 or if no answer (336)803-2104.

Investment Property

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Lost & Found

Dog Lot. 10 x 10, one year old. $100. For more information, call 704-9383228

Found a set of keys on Eller Road. Please Call to identify. 704-209-3000

Fence Posts (35), 6 ft. $2 each, excellent condition. Please Call 704-279-4947

Found Key between the Dam and Bridge at High Rock Lake on Saturday, March 5. Call to identify. 704-633-7405

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Stop Smoking~Lose Weight It's Easy & Very Effective Decide Today 704-933-1982 Machine Shop Equipment. Lathe, Mill, Brake, etc. Generator/Welder, For details, 704-279-6973 METAL: Angle, Channel, Pipe, Sheet & Plate Shear Fabrication & Welding FAB DESIGNS 2231 Old Wilkesboro Rd Open Mon-Fri 7-3:30 704-636-2349 Ozone generator, professional grade. Odor eliminator, smoke, pets. $400. Call 704-603-4079 Patio furniture. Glider, rocker, lounger and straight chair with cushions. $50 OBO. 980-234-2579 Quilting Frames & 4 large boxes of material. $65 for all. Please Call 704-857-0093

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SIMPLICITY RIDING MOWER Regent hydro, 14hp, 38 inch deck. Very good condition. $350 704279-8839 STEEL, Channel, Angle, Flat Bars, Pipe Orders Cut to Length. Mobile Home Truss- $6 ea.; Vinyl floor covering- $4.89 yd.; Carpet- $5.75 yd.; Masonite Siding 4x8- $14; 12”x16' lap siding at $6.95 ea. School Desks - $7.50 ea. RECYCLING, Top prices paid for Aluminum cans, Copper, Brass, Radiators, Aluminum. Davis Enterprises Inc. 7585 Sherrills Ford Rd. Salisbury, NC 28147 704-636-9821 Table. Oak dining table with leaf. 4 padded chairs. $100 OBO. 704638-9370 before 9pm Tools: 1950'S model tools. Circular Saw includes carbide blades, $50; Jig Saw, $15.Call 336-766-8459 Trailer Axles (2), each with good tires. $75 Please Call 704-857-7186 Utility Trailer, all metal 5'x4' ball hitch excellent condition $325. Call 704857-2825 Wood heater with one cord of wood. $125. Please call Ralph at 704279-7362 for more info.

Found on March 2, in Lowe's parking lot something of great value. Call to identify. 704-7984801 Found Small Yorkie around Main Street in Granite Quarry. Please call 704-859-4070

Wonderful Home

Beautiful 3 BR, 2 BA in a great location, walk-in closets, cathedral ceiling, room, double great attached garage, large lot, back-up generator. A must see. R51757. $249,900. B&R Realty, 704-202-6041 Fulton Heights

Reduced

3BR, 2BA. Wonderful location, new hardwoods in master BR and living room. Lovely kitchen with new stainless appliances. Deck, private back yard. R51492 $124,900 Monica Poole B&R Realty 704-245-4628

3 BR, 2 BA, Attached carport, Rocking Chair front porch, nice yard. R50846 $119,900 Monica Poole 704.245.4628 B&R Realty www.bostandrufty-realty.com

Lost cat in the East Council Street, Newsome Road area, possibly Corbin Hills. Please Call 704-637-0227 Lost dog. Black female Retriever Mix, in West Rowan, Sat., March 5, red collar, '06 rabies tag. Please call 704-872-1309 or 704-657-0213 Lost dog. Shepherd/lab mix, Friday on Main St. 75-80 lbs, black with touches of tan on legs, face, and chest. Has chip & wearing collar. REWARD. 704-213-0340 Lost white male dog, wearing a blue collar with rabies tag. Answers to Cotie, from Winding Way off Airport Rd on 3/14/11. Please call 704-223-0905

Salisbury

Beautiful home with pool in Cameron Glen. 2800 sq.ft. 4 BR, 2.5 BA plus finished bonus room, gas fireplace in LR, master on main, formal dining room and eat in kitchen, large laundry room, oversized 2 car attached garage, fenced back yard with ingreat landscaping pool, storage ground building with electric and lots of extras to stay. $274,900. 704-212-2764

Very nice 2 BR 2.5 BA condo overlooking golf course and pool! Great views, freshly decorated, screened in porch at rear. T51378. $98,500 Monica Poole B&R Realty 704-245-4628

Homes for Sale

Move in Ready!

Timber Run Subdivision, 4 BR, 2.5 BA, granite countertops, wood floors, rec room, screened porch, deck. R51603 $349,900 B & R Realty Dale Yontz 704.202.3663

Great Location

Completely remodeled. 3BR, 2BA. 1202 Bell St., Salisbury. Granite counter tops, new stainless steel appliances, new roof, windows and heat & air, hardwood floors, fresh paint. MUST SEE! $120,000. Will pay closing and possibly down payment. Call for appointment 704-637-6567

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New Listing

3 BR 2.5 BA has many extras! Great kitchen w/granite, subzero ref., gas cooktop. Formal dining, huge garage, barn, greenhouse. Great for horses or car buffs! R51894 $439,500. Dale 704-202-3663 Yontz. B&R Realty Salisbury

New Listing

Brand new & ready for you, this home offers 3BR, 2BA, hardwoods, ceramic, stainless appliances, deck. R51547. $99,900. Call Monica today! 704.245.4628 B&R Realty

High Rock Lake. 4BR, 2BA rustic home. Pier, ramp, floating dock. 1,800± sq. ft. .90± water frontage. Decks, hardwood floors. Panther Point Trail. 336-751-5925 or 704-450-0146

Land for Sale 3 acres, over looks babbling creek, private setting, $43,900 owner financing. 704-535-4159 Bringle Ferry Rd. 2 tracts. Will sell land or custom build. A50140A. B&R Realty, Monica 704-245-4628 E. Rowan res. water front lot, Shore Landing subd. $100,000 Monica Poole B&R Realty 704-245-4628

Take a look! 4 BR, 2BA in Historic Salisbury. Over 2,300 sq ft... A lot for the $. Convenient location on Mitchell Ave. Call 704633-2394 for private showing. $119,900 B&R Realty

OWNER FINANCING on basement lot, $16,900. Call Varina Bunts, B&R Realty, 704-640-5200 W. Rowan

FARM FOR SALE

Salisbury

Hurry! Gorgeous 4 BR, 2.5 BA, fantastic kitchen, large living and great room. All new paint, carpet, roof, windows, siding. R51926 $144,900 Monica Poole B&R Realty 704-245-4628

Great Location

3 BR, 2 BA home in wonderful location! Cathedral ceiling, split floor plan, double garage, large deck, storage building, corner lot. R51853 $154,900 Monica Poole 704-2454628 B&R Realty

Rockwell

New Listing! WOW!

B & R REALTY 704-633-2394

Salisbury

Motivated Seller New Listing

Century 21 Towne & Country 474 Jake Alexander Blvd. (704)637-7721 Forest Glen Realty Darlene Blount, Broker 704-633-8867

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Rowan Realty www.rowanrealty.net, Professional, Accountable, Personable . 704-633-1071

3 BR, 2.5 BA, wonderful home on over 2 acres, horses allowed, partially fenced back yard, storage building. $164,900 R51465 B&R Realty 704.633.2394 Salisbury

Unique Property

Mechanics DREAM Home, 28x32 shop with lift & air compressor, storage space & ½ bath. All living space has been completely refurbished. Property has space that could be used as a home office or dining room, deck on rear, 3 BR, 1 BA. R51824A $164,500 B&R Realty, Monica Poole 704-245-4628

Salisbury. 1212 Overhill Rd. All brick. 3BR, 2BA large living room, den, screened porch, kitchen w/eating space. Family or game room, carpeted. 9' ceilings with fans in every room. $200,000 negotiable. By owner. 704-633-1286

Salisbury. 3BR,2½BA. 1.85 acres, corner lot. 1,840 sq. ft. 2 car garage, $195,000. 1070 Dunns Mtn. Church Rd. Call 704-326-6490

Downtown Salis, 2300 sf office space, remodeled, off street pking. 633-7300 Salisbury

Commercial property, 8194 heated sq.ft., almost 12,933 all together. Showroom, offices, & warehouse space. $359,000. #51758 Call Varina @ B&R Realty 704-6405200 or 704-633-2394.

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Gorgeous farm in West Rowan for sale. Mostly open 10 to 179 acre tracts, prices starting at $9,000 per acre. Call Gina Compton, ERA Knight Realty, 704-4002632 for information.

Lots for Sale BEAUTIFUL WOODED CORNER LOT

China Grove. One mile from South Rowan High School. Quiet neighborhood. Restricted to stick built homes. Lot has been perked and Priced to Sell. $35,000. Call Jeff 704-467-2352

Apartments 1 & 2 Bedroom Apartments Available Now! Ro-Well Apartments, Rockwell. Central heat/air, laundry facility on site, nice area. Equal Housing Opportunity Rental Assistance when available; handicapped equipped when available. 704-279-6330, TDD users 828-645-7196. 1 & 2BR. Nice, well maintained, responsible landlord. $415-$435. Salisbury, in town. 704-642-1955

Cute 1 BR 1 BA waterfront log home with beautiful view! Ceiling fans, fireplace, front and back porches. R51875 $189,900. Dale Yontz 704-202-3663 B&R Realty

Salisbury. Providence Church Road. 3BR/2BA, garage, two car carport, new roof, new interior paint, washer, dryer and dishwasher, 3 large lots, 3 outbuildings, central air & heat. $109,000. 704637-6950

2345 Statesville Blvd. Near Salisbury Mall

704-633-1234 China Grove. 1BR Apartment completely furnished. No pets. 704857-8503 Lv. Msg. China Grove. 2BR, 2BA. All electric. Clean & safe. No pets. $575/month + deposit. 704-202-0605 China Grove. Nice 2BR, 1BA. $550/month + deposit & references. No pets. Call 704-279-8428 CLANCY HILLS APARTMENTS 1, 2 & 3 BR, conveniently located in Salisbury. Handicap accessible units available. Section 8 assistance available. 704-6366408. Office Hours: M–F 9:00-12:00. TDD Relay Equal 1-800-735-2962 Housing Opportunity. Clancy-hills@cmc-nc.com

Clean, well maintained, 2 BR Duplex. Central heat/air, all electric. Section 8 welcome. 704-202-5790

Condos and Townhomes

WELCOME HOME TO DEER PARK APTS. We have immediate openings for 1 & 2 BR apts. Call or come by and ask about our move-in specials. 704-278-4340 for info. For immediate info call 1-828-442-7116

Condos and Townhomes E. Salisbury. 3BR, 2BA duplex. East Schools. All electric. Central air & heat. Call 704-638-0108

Hidden Creek, Large 2 BR, 2 BA end unit, 1600 s.f., great room & master suite, all appliances, W/D, pool & clubhouse, $795/mo + $400 dep. References required. One yr. lease, no smoking, no pets. 704-640-8542 Wiltshire Village Condo for Rent, $700. 2nd floor. Want a 2BR, 2BA in a quiet setting? Call Bryce, Wallace Realty 704-202-1319

2 BR, 1 BA off Morlan Park Rd., has refrig. & stove, furnished yard maint. & garbage pickup. No pets. Rent $500, Dep. $500. Call Rowan Properties 704-633-0446 Olde Fields Subdivision. ½ acre to over 2 acre lots available starting at $36,000. B&R Realty 704.633.2394 Southwestern Rowan Co.

2BR brick duplex with carport, convenient to hospita. $450 per month. 704-637-1020 403 Carolina Blvd. Duplex For Rent. 2BR,1BA. $500/mo. Please call 704-279-8467 AAA+ Apartments $425-$950/mo. Chambers Realty 704-637-1020

Barnhardt Meadows. Quality home sites in country setting, restricted, pool and pool House complete. Use your builder or let us build for you. Lots start at $24,900. B&R Realty 704-633-2394

Knox Farm Subdivision. Beautiful lots available now starting at $19,900. B&R Realty 704.633.2394

Colony Garden Apartments 2BR and 1-1/2 BA Town Homes $585/mo. College Students Welcome! Near Salisbury VA Hospital 704-762-0795 Houses for Rent Apartments

Colonial Village Apts. “A Good Place to Live” 1, 2, & 3 Bedrooms Affordable & Spacious Water Included 704-636-8385 Duplexes & Apts, Rockwell$500-$600. TWO Bedrooms Marie Leonard-Hartsell Wallace Realty 704-239-3096 marie@sellingsalisbury.com Eaman Park Apts. 2BR, 1BA. Near Salisbury High. $375/mo. Newly renovated. No pets. 704-798-3896 East Rowan area. 2BR, 1½BA. $465-$550/month. Chambers Realty 704-637-1020 East Spencer - 2 BR, 1 BA. $400 per month. Carolina-Piedmont Prop. 704-248-2520 Fleming Heights Apartments 55 & older 704-636-5655 Mon.-Fri. 2pm-5pm. Call for more Equal information. Housing Opportunity. TDD Sect. 8 vouchers accepted. 800-735-2962 Granite Quarry, 2 BR, 2 BA. Very nice, gas heat. Rent $550, Deposit $500. Call Rowan Properties 704-633-0446 Granite Quarry. 3BR, 1BA. Carport. Refrigerator & stove. Washer/dryer hook-up. 704-638-0108

Lovely Duplex 1, 2, & 3 BR Huge Apartments, very nice. $375 & up. 704-754-1480

Airport Rd., 1BR with stove, refrig., garbage pickup & water incl. Month-month lease. No pets. $400/mo+$300 deposit. Furnished $425/mo. 704-279-3808

Rowan Hospital area. 2BR, 1BA. Heat, air, water, appl. incl. $675. 704-633-3997 Moreland Pk area. 2BR all appliances furnished. $495-$595/mo. Deposit negotiable. Section 8 welcome. 336-247-2593 Moving to Town? Need a home or Apartment? We manage rental homes & apartments. Call and let us help you. Waggoner Realty Co. 704-633-0462 www.waggonerrealty.com

3 BED 2 BATH yard, quiet large subdivision west of Salisbury, $1,150. Call 704-795-8795 3 BR, 1 BA, has refrigerator, stove & big yard. No pets. $625/rent + $600/dep. Call Rowan Properties 704-633-0446 3 BR, 2 BA, close to Salisbury Mall. Gas heat, nice. Rent $695, deposit $600. Call Rowan Properties 704-633-0446 3BR/1BA, Stove & refrigerator, W/D hookup, $575/mo + deposit. Section 8 OK. 336-909-0864 475 Gaskey Rd. 3BR, 1 ½BA brick house. 1 acre land. $575/mo. + $300 sec. dep. 704-326-5073

Attn. Landlords Apple House Realty has a 10 year / 95+% occupancy rate on prop's we've managed. 704-633-5067 Available for rent – Homes and Apartments Salisbury/Rockwell Eddie Hampton 704-640-7575 Concord, 87 Meadow Ave, 3 BR, 1 BA, $700 mo.; Kannapolis, 314 North Ave, 3 BR, 2 BA, $800 mo. First full month rent free. KREA 704-933-2231

Don't Pay Rent! 3BR, 2BA home at Crescent Heights. Call 704-239-3690 for info.

East Spencer, 608 Sides Lane. Brick ranch style house with 3BR, 2 BA, LR, DR & Den. Eat in kitchen, laundry room, Central Heat & A/C. Carpet in all rooms. Sec 8 only. No pets. Rent $750. Dep $500. Call 732-770-1047.

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PRICE~QUALITY~LOCATION 2BR ~ 1.5 BA ~ Starting at $555

Western Rowan County

Beautiful 3BR, 2½BA has many extras! Cathedral ceiling, ceiling fans, ceramic tile, dbl. detached garage w/upstairs apt, priced $66,000 below tax value. 51935 $358,000. Karen Rufty at B&R Realty 704-202-6041

West Side Manor Apts. Robert Cobb Rentals Variety World, Inc.

STONWYCK VILLIAGE IN GRANITE QUARRY Nice 2BR, energy efficient apt., stove, refrigerator, dishwasher, water & sewer furnished, central heat/ac, vaulted ceiling, washer/dryer connection. $495 to $550 /Mo, $400 deposit. 1 year lease, no pets. 704-279-3808

William R. Kennedy Realty 428 E. Fisher Street 704-638-0673

Over 2 Acres

Salisbury

New Listing

Allen Tate Realtors Daniel Almazan, Broker 704-202-0091 www.AllenTate.com

Quiet & Convenient, 2 bedroom town houses, 1½ baths. All Electric, Central heat/air, no pets, pool. $550/mo. Includes water & basic cable.

Real Estate Commercial

Salisbury

Convenient Location

Salisbury

Alexander Place

China Grove, 2 new homes under construction ... buy now and pick your own colors. Priced at only $114,900 and comes with a stove and dishwasher. B&R Realty 704-633-2394

Rockwell area. Older home with acreage. Call 704-637-8998 or 704636-1977, 9am-9pm.

Salisbury

Granite Quarry. 1112 Birch St. (Eastwood Dev) 3BR, 2BA. 1,900 sq. ft. w/ in-ground pool. Beautiful home inside with open floor plan, hardwood floors, large master suite, cathedral ceilings and sunroom. Tastefully landscaped outside. A MUST SEE and owner is ready to sell! $179,800. Please call 704-433-0111

Lake Property

Great View!

Salisbury

Monument & Cemetery Lots Columbarium Niche at Westlawn Memorial Park. original price $ 1400. Will take $800. 704-857-9067

Homes for Sale

Convenient Location

Found two dogs. Small Terriers, West C St., Enochville area. Found March 10, 8am. No collars. Call to identify. 704-791-3442

Real Estate Services

Rebecca Jones Realty 610 E. Liberty St, China Grove 704-857-SELL Approximately 5,000 sq. ft. Child care facility / commercial building with commercial kitchen on approximately 1.75 acres. Daycare supplies included. Playground measures 10,000 sq. ft. Call 704-855-9768

East Rowan

Misc For Sale

Salisbury Area 3 or 4 bedroom, 2 baths, $500 down under $700 per month. 704-225-8850

KEY REAL ESTATE, INC. 1755 U.S. HWY 29. South China Grove, NC 28023 704-857-0539

Awesome Location

Education / Training

Rockwell, 3 BR, 2 BA. Cute brick home in quiet subdivision. Outbuilding, wooded lot, nice deck off back. Kitchen appliances stay. R51385 $129,900 B&R Realty Dale Yontz 704.202.3663

Child Care Facility/Commercial Bldg.

Salisbury

Instruction

Electronic Health Record Specialist Training

For the lake or awesome back yards! Over 1800 sqft., true modular with foundation on your land. $113,293. Call to see the “great kitchen.” 704-463-1516

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E. Spencer

China Grove

2x6x16 $7 2x3x studs $1.25 2x6x8 studs $3.25 2x4x7 $1.50 D/W rafters $5 Floor trusses $5 each 704-202-0326

Homes of American Rockwell Oldest Dealer in Rowan County. Best prices anywhere. 704-279-7997

Salisbury

New Home Business Opportunities

Reduced

Apartments

Senior Discount

Water, Sewage & Garbage included

Available now! Spacious and thoughtfully designed one bedroom apartment homes for Senior Citizens 55+ years of age. $475 rent with only a $99 deposit! Call now for more information 704-639-9692. We will welcome your Section 8 voucher!

704-637-5588 WITH 12 MONTH LEASE

2205 Woodleaf Rd., Salisbury, NC 28147 Located at Woodleaf Road & Holly Avenue www.Apartments.com/hollyleaf

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Houses for Rent

Manufactured Home for Rent

East schools. Central air & heat. Appliances. Washer/ dryer hook-up. Please call 704-638-0108

Salisbury. 3BR, 2BA. Large lot. Water included. No pets. $850/mo. Deposit & ref. 704-855-2100

Faith. 2BR, 2BA. Appliances, water, sewer incl. Pet OK. $500/mo + $500 deposit. 704-279-7463

Fairmont Ave., 3 BR, 1 ½ BA, has refrigerator & stove, large yard. Rent $725, dep. $700. No Pets. Call Rowan Properties, 704-633-0446

Salisbury. 504 Cruse Rd, in countryside, 3BRs $850/mo., 922 N. Main St. & 426 Henderson St. 3BR, $650/mo. 704-645-9986

Granite Quarry, 3 BR, 2 BA, DW. $700/mo. Salis., 2 BR, 1 BA house, $425/ mo. No Pets. 704-239-2833

Faith – 2BR, 1BA. Beautiful with carport, 12x20 bldg, on 2 acres. New hardwood, new stainless appl. & microwave. New cabinets, counters, tile. High efficiency heat pump. Dishwasher, W/D. $650/mo. 704-239-9351 www.kenclifton.com

Faith, 3 BR, 2 BA with carport, large lot, outside storage. No Pets. $700/mo. 704-279-3518 Fulton St. 4 BR, 1 ½ BA. Refrigerator, stove furnished. Rent $625, Dep., $600. Call Rowan Properties 704-633-0446 Granite Quarry & Sells Rd 3BR/2BA, all elec, free water, stove & refrig. $695$750. 704-633-6035 Granite Quarry. 3BR, 2BA. Double garage. Fenced backyard. $1,000/ mo + dep. 704-642-1343 Houses: 3BRs, 1BA. Apartments: 2 & 3 BR's, 1BA Deposit required. Faith Realty 704-630-9650

Move-In Ready Salisbury. 3BR, 1½BA. LR, den, kitchen & dinette. Storage building. Fenced yard. Great location. $850/mo. + dep. No pets. 704-633-7344 Near China Grove. 2BR, 1BA. Limit 3. No pets. $600/mo. Dep. & credit check req. 704-279-4838 Spencer and Near Salisbury, 2 bedroom, one bath house in quiet, nice neighborhood. No pets. Lease, dep, app and refs req. $625/mo, $600 dep, 704-797-4212 before 7pm. 704-2395808 after 7pm. PLANTATION RIDGE Large 4 BR, 2.5 bath home with office. Master on main level, jetted tub, large kitchen with fridge. References required, no pets, no smoking $1600 mo. Call 828-295-8869 RENT - 2 BR - $650, Park Area; 4 BR, 2 BA, 2,000 sq', garage, basement, $1195. RENT TO OWN 3 BR, 2 BA, 2000 ± sq', country. $3000 dn; 5 BR, 2 ½ BA, 3400 ± sq', garage, basement, fenced. $6000 dn. 704-630-0695

Rent-to-Own 6850 Old Mocksville Rd.. 3BR, 2BA. Needs handyman work. Last tenant left unfinished work. Willing to deal. Central heat & air. $725 lease option payment. 704-433-4782

West & South Rowan. 2 & 3 BR. No pets. Perfect for 3. Water included. Please call 704-857-6951 Spencer, 2BR / 1BA, storage bldg, appls, no pets. Dep & refs. $490/mo. 910-508-9853 Spencer, 3rd St., 2BR / 1BA, remodeled, fenced in bk yd, cent A/H, $525/mo + dep. 704-640-5750

Office and Commercial Rental

Rockwell, 2 BR, 1 BA. Very nice. Rent $595, Deposit $500. No Pets. Call Rowan Properties, 704-633-0446 Rockwell. 2BR/1BA, Appl., gas wall furnace. Window air. Storage building, large yard. $500/mo. 704-2796850 or 704-798-3035 Rowan Hosp. area. 3BR / 2BA. Cent. H & A. No Sect. 8. No pets. $700/mo. 1St & last mo's rent & dep. Call before 5pm 704-636-4251 Salisbury 2BR/1BA, Private cottage, new heating & air. All appls included. $775/ mo + dep.704-798-5959

Salisbury 3BR/2BA home, East Rowan Schools, big yard $600/mo + deposit. 704-645-8908 Salisbury City. 2BR / 1BA, new vinyl, new roof, fenced bk yd. $495/mo + dep. 704-640-5750 Salisbury

They don't build them like this anymore!

Salisbury, Kent Executive Park office suites, $100 & up. Utilities paid. Conference room, internet access, break room, ample parking. 704-202-5879

MILLER HOTEL Rooms for Rent Weekly $110 & up 704-855-2100 Salisbury. Upscale safe area. Luxury priv BA. Kit, LR, W/D access, carport pkg. 704-431-2091

5,000 sq.ft. warehouse w/loading docks & small office. Call Bradshaw Real Estate 704-633-9011 China Grove. 1200 sq ft. $800/mo + deposit. Call 704-855-2100

BMW M3 Convertible, 2004. Silver gray metallic exterior with gray interior. Stock #F11243A1 1-800-542-9758 www.cloningerford.com

Cadillac Seville SLS Sedan, 2001. Cashmere exterior with oatmeal interior. Stock #F11236B. $7,987.1-800-542-9758 www.cloningerford.com

Numerous Commercial and office rentals to suit your needs. Ranging from 500 to 5,000 sq. ft. Call Victor Wallace at Wallace Realty, 704-636-2021

Office Complex Salisbury. Perfect location near Court House & County Building. Six individual offices. New central heat/air, heavily insulated for energy efficiency, fully carpeted (to be installed) except stone at entrance, conference room, employee break room, tile bathroom, complete integrated phone system with video capability in each office & nice reception area. Want to lease but will sell. Perfect for dual occupancy. By appt only. 704-636-1850 Office Suite Available. Bradshaw Real Estate 704-633-9011 Rockwell. Nice retail or office building. $400/ mo. Call 704-279-6973 or 704-279-7988 Salisbury

We have office suites available in the Executive Center. First Month Free with No Deposit! With all utilities from $150 and up. Lots of amenities. Call Tom Bost at B & R Realty 704-202-4676

Autos

Motorcycles & ATVs

Camaro SS, 1999 with white leather interior, V8, six speed, AM/FM/CD, MP3, DVD player w/JL subwoofer, T-tops, ridiculously low miles, chrome rims, EXTRA CLEAN! 704-603-4255

Maxda RX-8, 2004. 6speed manual coupe. Winning blue metallic exterior with black interior. Stock #F11185C. $11,387 1-800-542-9758 www.cloningerford.com

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Toyota Camry CE, 2000. White, automatic, AM/ FM/CD player. 4 door. 122,000 miles. $5,600. Please call 704-647-0881

Motorcycles & ATVs

Honda 2005 VTX 1800 Titanium Silver, manufacturers Warranty in effect. Numerous extras with unit. $8,800. 704239-1765

Transportation Dealerships

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Ford, Focus SE 2000. Hunter green. Four door. Very clean. Great gas mileage. New tires, new CD player. Automatic. $3,800 obo. Please call 704-798-4375

Nissan Altima 2.5 S Coupe, 2009. Code Red Metallic w/Charcoal interior. Stock #F10363A. $19,687. 1-800-542-9758 www.cloningerford.com

Pontiac Bonneville SE Sedan, 2005. Sedona beige metallic exterior taupe interior. Stock #T11091A, $7,887 1-800-542-9758 www.cloningerford.com

Saturn Aura XE-4, 2009. Deep blue exterior w/gray interior. Stock #T10726B. $13,787. 1-800-542-9758 www.cloningerford.com

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Service & Parts

Toyota Corolla LE, 2004. 4-speed automatic transmission, AM/FM/CD Player. 704-603-4255

Transportation Dealerships CLONINGER FORD, INC. “Try us before you buy.” 511 Jake Alexander Blvd. 704-633-9321

Transportation Financing

We are the area's largest selection of quality preowned autos. Financing avail. to suit a variety of needs. Carfax avail. No Gimmicks – We take pride in giving excellent service to all our customers.

Call Steve today! 704-603-4255 www.JakeAlexanderAutoSales.com

Transportation Dealerships Authorized EZGO Dealer. 30 years selling, servicing GOLF CARS Golf Car Batteries 6 volt, 8 volt. Golf car utility sales. US 52, 5 miles of Salisbury. south Beside East Rowan HS & Old Stone Winery. Look for EZGO sign. 704-245-3660

Trucks, SUVs & Vans

TEAM CHEVROLET, CADILLAC, BUICK, GMC. www.teamautogroup.com 704-216-8000

Tim Marburger Honda 1309 N First St. (Hwy 52) Albemarle NC 704-983-4107 Troutman Motor Co. Highway 29 South, Concord, NC 704-782-3105

Spencer Shops Lease great retail space for as little as $750/mo for 2,000 sq ft at. 704-431-8636

Jaguar S-Type, 2005. Black w/black leather interior, 6 sp. auto trans, 4.2L V8 engine, AM/FM/CD Changer, Premium Sound. Call Steve today! 704-6034255

BMW X5, 2001. Alpine White / Tan leather interior 3.0 v6 tiptronic trans. AWD, AM/FM/CD. Sunroof. Alloy rims, all pwr options. WHAT MORE COULD YOU ASK FOR!!!! Call Steve at 704-603-4255

Warehouse space / manufacturing as low as $1.25/sq. ft./yr. Deposit. Call 704-431-8636

Manufactured Home for Rent

EAST ROWAN AREA

Salisbury, in country. 3BR, 2BA. $975/mo. Utilities included. No pets. Dep. & ref. 704-855-2100

2BR/2BA, on 3 acre private lot, large deck, carport, appliances, $575 per month + deposit. No pets. 704-202-4668

Salisbury. 2BR, appls., storage bldg., $475/mo. + deposit. 704-279-6850 or 704-798-3035

East Rowan. 2BR. trash and lawn service included. No pets. $475 month. 704-433-1255

Salisbury. 3 & 2 Bedroom Houses. $500-$1,000. Also, Duplex Apartments. 704636-6100 or 704-633-8263

Faith. 2BR, 1BA. Water, trash, lawn maint. incl. No pets. Ref. $425. 704-2794282 or 704-202-3876

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Cat, free, playful and sweet female. Less than a year old. Needs a new asap. Please home contact Jessica at 704431-2045 leave message

CASH FOR YOUR CAR! We want your vehicle! 1999 to 2011 under 150,000 miles. Please call 704-216-2663.

Free kittens. Very cute & sweet. Approx. 4 weeks old. To good homes only. Call 704-707-8526

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Dogs

Good with kids!

Puppies free to good Lab and homes. Rottweiler mix. If interested please call 704-636-8783

Husky mix-4 free left, 8wks old, markings, Gold Hill 704-210-8815 or 798-3760

Cats Volvo, 2006 S60 2.5T Onyx black with cream leather interior, sunroof, cd player, all power, alloy wheels, super nice! 704-603-4255

Free cat. Friendly lap kitty full of energy, she wags her tail, she is microchipped and spayed. 704223-1508

Blonde Yorkies AKC www.yorki-shop.com Toy & tea cup size. Ready now for Easter. Call Rhonda 704-224-9692. Check the site for pricing and availability. Free dog. Pit Bull, male, to good home only, extremely sweet, must agree to neuter. 704-2451044 Free to good home, a Catahoula Louisiana Leopard dog. Beautiful female. 704-637-0058 for more information.

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GORGEOUS PITBULL PUPPIES

7 Pit Bull puppies ready to go. Mother is brindle and father is blue. Both are onsite. They have been weaned, wormed, and spoiled. Come take your new best friend home. $150 ea. Contact Bill @ 704-791-6572.

Dog. CKC registered. White male Boxer. 14 months old. $150. Healthy, shots current. Inside family dog. Call 919-939-9541

WHAT A SWEETHEART!

Got puppies or kittens for sale? Border Collie puppy. 1 female left. 8 weeks old. $100. Please call Craig at 704-400-2632

We are in need of inventory and will pay top dollar for your vehicle. Cash on the spot with title in hand. We can also refinance your current auto loan and lower your payment. Please call 1-800-542-9758 www.cloningerford.com

Dogs ABCA BORDER COLLIE PUPPIES Working or agility dogs. Great companion. Black and white. READY NOW!! $300 each. Contact 704-789-3260

Livestock German Shepherd Puppies. Full blooded, beautiful, cute, friendly, 6 weeks old, $250 each in cash. Mother on site. 1st shots, dewormed. Call 704-232-0716 Lv msg

Adorable! GOLDEN RETRIEVER PUPPIES

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Puppies, Shih-Tzus. Ready on 3/26/11. CKC registered, 3 male and 2 females. $200 ea. Come take a look & if you like, place a deposit. Please call 704-636-9867

Quality puppies available March 22nd. 1st shots and dewormed. Parents on site. $200. 704-7970569

Donkey, black, 6 mos old $300. Miniature horse, 34” tall, 11 mos old $350. 704-857-2044

Other Pets Pit Bull pups, beautiful. Parents on site. Reds, browns, brown/white combos, and a couple unique combos. 11 in all. $100 ea. Papers can be acquired but will cost more. Call Jeremy or Leah @ 980-234-6206 anytime. Salisbury area Puppies, English Pointer/ Black Lab mix. Born 12/15. Variety of markings. Free to good home. 9 puppies. Male & female available. 336-998-3229

HHHHHHHHH Check Out Our March Special! Boarding 20% discount. Rowan Animal Clinic. Please call 704636-3408 for appt.

Supplies and Services March Special 20% discount on dentals. Follow us on Face Book Animal Care Center of Salisbury. 704-637-0227

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Between Salis. & China Grove. 2BR. No pets. Appl. & trash pickup incl. $475/ mo + dep. 704-855-7720 Bostian Heights. 2BR. Trash, lawn, & water service. No pets. $425/mo + deposit. 704-857-4843 LM

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Volvo V70, 2.4 T, 2001. Ash Gold Metallic exterior with tan interior. 5 speed auto trans. w/ winter mode. 704-603-4255

Statesville Blvd., Suitable for beauty shop or office. Please Call 704-636-6100 Lexus IS 300 Sedan, 2003. Graphite gray pearl exterior with black interior. Stock #T11202B. $12,787. 1-800-542-9758 www.cloningerford.com

Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD LS Crew Cab, Summit white 2005. exterior with dark charcoal interior. Stock #P7656$14,587. Call 1-800-542-9758. www.cloningerford.com

Looking for a New Pet or a Cleaner House?

Tim Marburger Dodge 287 Concord Pkwy N. Concord, NC 28027 704-792-9700

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Salisbury. 12,000 sq ft corner building at Jake Alexander and Industrial Blvd. Ideal for retail office space, church, etc. Heat and air. Please call 704279-8377 with inquiries.

Cadillac SRX, 2005. All power options, wood grain interior, heated seats, sunroof. Like New! Call Steve at 704-603-4255

Chevrolet Avalanche 1500 LTZ, 2007. Black w/ebony/light exterior cashmere interior. Stock #F10336A. $24,687. 1800-542-9758 www.cloningerford.com

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Ford Mustang GT, 2006. Satin Silver Metallic / Light Graphite cloth interior. 4.6 V8 5-speed trans. SHAKER SOUND SYSTEM, all pwr, aftermarket rims. EXTRA CLEAN MUSCLE MACHINE !!! Call Steve at 704-603-4255

Salisbury, Kent Exec. Park, $100 & up, 1st month free, ground floor, incls conf rm, utilities, & ample pkg. 704-202-5879

Trucks, SUVs & Vans

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Toyota Avalon XLS Sedan, 2006. Phantom gray exterior with graphite interior. Stock #F11054A. $18,587. Call 1-800-542-9758 www.cloningerford.com

Hyundai 2011 Sonata, Charcoal gray, leather interior, fully loaded. 1,800 miles, $23,500. Owner has title. 704-8574721 Call Gary between 8am-6pm

Transportation Dealerships

ELLIS AUTO AUCTION 10 miles N. of Salisbury, Hwy 601, Sale Every Wednesday night 5:30 pm.

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Furnished Key Man Office Suites - $250-350. Jake & 150. Util & internet incl. 704-721-6831 Granite Quarry-Comm Metal Bldg units perfect for contractor, hobbyist, or storage. 24 hour surveillance, exterior lighting and ample parking. 900-1800 sq feet avail. Call for spring specials. 704-232-3333

Autos

450 to 1,000 sq. ft. of Warehouse Space off Jake Alexander Blvd. Call 704279-8377 or 704-279-6882

East Area. 2BR, water, trash. Limit 2. Dep. req. No pets. Call 704-6367531 or 704-202-4991 2BR, 2BA. Hardwood floors, expansive kitchen, jetted tub, beautiful original mantles & staircase, bedrooms w/great storage, sunroom & deck, walking distance to shops & dining. 704-616-1383

Rooms for Rent

1st Month Free Rent!

Office Space

Rockwell 3BR/2BA. All tile and wood flooring. All appliances, just outside city limits. Nice quiet neighborhood. $850/mo + deposit. 704-239-4962 or 704-223-1450

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Weekly Special Only $16,995 Lincoln MKZ, 2007, Black Opal w/black leather interior, 3.5 V6, auto trans, all power options, dual power seats, AM/FM/CD, HEAT & AIR COOLED SEATS, chrome rims, AWESOME RIDE!!! 704-603-4255

2006 Mercedes Benz C Class Sport One of a Kind! Must See! Call Steve today! 704-603-4255

Motorcycles & ATVs

Mercedes S320, 1999 Black on Grey leather interior, 3.2, V6, auto trans, LOADED, all power ops, low miles, SUNROOF, chrome rims good tires, extra clean MUST SEE! 704-6034255

Toyota Avalon XLS Sedan, 2002. Woodland Pearl w/Ivory interior. Stock #T11232A. $10,787. 1-800-542-9758 www.cloningerford.com

Harley Davidson 2004 Sportster, custom 1200, all factory, less than 800 miles, not one scratch, garage kept. $6,900. Call 704-279-0486

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Chevy Express Conversion Van, 2002. Home On Wheels! Must See! Call Steve at 704-603-4255

Dodge BR1500 SLT Laramie Regular Cab, 1996. Black exterior with gray interior. Stock #F10549B. $5,787. 1-800-542-9758. www.cloningerford.com

Dodge Dakota Sport, Regular Cab, 1999. White exterior with gray interior. Stock #F10461A. $4,987. 1-800-542-9758 www.cloningerford.com

Trucks, SUVs & Vans

Ford Expedition Limited, 2007. Black clearcoat w/ Charcoal Black/Caramel interior. Stock #F11192A. $24,887. 1-800-542-9758 www.cloningerford.com

Ford Expedition XLT, 2001, silver metallic w/medium graphite cloth interior, 5.4 V8 auto trans., AM/FM/CD, power driver seat. READY FOR FAMILY! 704-603-4255

Ford F-150 Lariat Extended Cab, 1997. pacific green clearcoat metallic exterior with medium prairie tan Stock # interior. F11124B2. $6,987. 1800-542-9758 www.cloningerford.com

Trucks, SUVs & Vans

Honda S2000 Convertible, blue exterior with black interior. Stock # T10727A. $7,887. 1-800-542-9758 www.cloningerford.com

Hummer H2 SUV, 2007. Pewter metallic exterior with ebony interior. Stock #F10462B. $32,987 1-800-542-9758 www.cloningerford.com

Hummer H3, 2006, birch white exterior with black cloth interior, 3.5 5 cylinder auto transmission, AM/FM/CD, DVD w/2 headrest monitors, chrome rims, EXTRA CLEAN! 704-603-4255

Trucks, SUVs & Vans

Ford 2004 Ranger Edge, King Cab, V-6, automatic, power windows, cruise control, tilt, great condition. $5,995. 704-637-7327

Nissan Xterra S SUV, 2006. Solar Yellow Clearcoat exterior with charcoal interior. Stock #T10409A. $10,887 1-800-542-9758 www.cloningerford.com

Saturn VUE V6 SUV, Storm gray 2007. clearcoat exterior with gray interior. Stock #F10528D1. $14,787 1-800-542-9758 www.cloningerford.com

Infiniti QX4 SUV, 1998. Dover white exterior with gray interior. Stock #T11207B. $6,987 1-800-542-9758. www.cloningerford.com

Dodge Ram 1500 SLT, 2009. Austin Tan Pearlcoat w/Light Pebble Beige/Bark interior. Stock Brown #F10535A. $25,979. 1-800-542-9758. www.cloningerford.com

Ford Ranger Extended Cab XLT, 2004. Oxford White with gray cloth. 5 speed auto. trans. w/OD 704-603-4255

GMC Yukon Hybrid SUV, 2009. Onyx black exterior with ebony interior. Stock #F11224A. $39,287. 1-800-542-9758 www.cloningerford.com

Trucks, SUVs & Vans

Toyota Tacoma Prerunner, 2007. Silver on Lt. Gray cloth interior, 4 cylinder, 5 speed, AM/FM/CD, cruise, toolbox, rhino liner, chrome rims, MUST SEE TO APPRECIATE! 704-603-4255

Toyota, 2002 Sienna XLE LOADED! Grey leather seats, 3.0 V6 back with auto trans, tape, cd changer, all pwr. Dual heated seats, sunroof low price what more could you ask for! 704-603-4255

Toyota Highlander V6, 2007. Millennium Silver Metallic w/ Ash interior. Stock #F11121A. $15,487. 1-800-542-9758 www.cloningerford.com

Trucks, SUVs & Vans

Toyota Tacoma Regular Cab, 2005. Super white exterior with graphite interior. Stock #F10525A. $9,487. 1-800-542-9758 www.cloningerford.com

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Toyota 4Runner SR5 SUV, 2007. Titanium Metallic exterior with interior. Stock stone #T11219A. $22,887. 1-800-542-9758 www.cloningerford.com

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Volvo XC90 T6 AWD, 2005 gold w/tan leather int., V6, twin turbo, tiptronic trans. All pwr opt., AM/FM/CD changer, dual power/heated seats, navigation, alloy rims, Ready for that special buyer! 704-603-4255

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Dodge Durango SLT, 2001. 4x4, leather, 3rd row seat, heated seats. Call Steve 704-603-4255

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Jeep Cherokee Classic SUV, 2001. Stone white clearcoat exterior with interior. Stock agate #F11124B1. $8,287. Call Now 1-800-542-9758. www.cloningerford.com

Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo, 2008. Silver w/ Dark Slate Gray. Stock #T11223A. $19,087. 1-800-542-9758 www.cloningerford.com

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Eddie Bauer Ford Expedition, 2006. Oxford white/ tan cloth interior. 5.4 V8 auto trans, all power ops, AM/FM/CD changer, Sunroof, alloy rims. Lighted running boards, 3rd seat. LIKE NEW !!!! 704-603-4255

GMC Yukon SLT, 2004. Summit white exterior with gray leather interior, 5.3 V8 auto transmission, Bose radio, full power ops, 4x4, alloy rims, RUNS & DRIVES AWESOME! 704-603-4255

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Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited, 2003. Automatic, 4x4, CD, heated seats, sunroof. Must See! Call 704-603-4255

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Ford Escape XLT SUV, 2009. Gray exterior with charcoal interior. Stock #T11062A. $19,687 1-800-542-9758 www.cloningerford.com

GMC Yukon XL 1500 SLT SUV, 2003. Green exterior with neutral/shale interior, Stock #F10528C2. $13,387. 1-800-542-9758. www.cloningerford.com

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Ford Escape XLT, 2001. Yellow exterior with medium graphite interior. Stock # F10556A. $6,887. 1-800-542-9758 www.cloningerford.com

Honda Odyssey EXL, 2004. Gold w/tan leather int., V6, auto trans., AM, FM, CD changer, dual power seats, power doors, 3rd seat, DVD entertainment, alloy rims, PERFECT FAMILY TRANSPORTATION! 704-603-4255

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Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Sahara SUV, 2007. Steel blue metallic exterior with dark slate gray interior. Stock #F11055A. $19,887. 1-800-542-9758 www.cloningerford.com

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executor for the Estate of John Conaway Lucas, 225 Castle Keep Road, Salisbury, NC 28146. This is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 24th day of May, 2011, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to said estate are notified to make immediate payment. This the 18th day of February, 2011. John Conaway Lucas, deceased, Rowan County File #2011E195, Carol Ann Lucas Cullifer, 180 Seneca Lane, PO 21, Wiley, GA 30581

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of Terry Dale Yost, 412 Pinewood Avenue, Salisbury, NC 28144, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 3rd day of June, 2011, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to said estate are notified to make immediate payment. This the 22nd day of February, 2011. Terry Alan Yost, Admn. For the estate of Terry Dale Yost, deceased, File 10E854, 503 Cedar Street, Salisbury, NC 28144 Attorney at Law, John T. Hudson, 122 N. Lee St., Salisbury, NC 28144

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Administrator for the Estate of Mildred C. Johnson, 1310 Old Wilksboro Road, Salisbury, NC 28144. This is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 21st day of June, 2011, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to said estate are notified to make immediate payment. This the 14th day of March, 2011. Henrietta W. Bratcher, as Admn. For the estate of Mildred C. Johnson, deceased, File 11E152, PO Box 84, 1310 Old Wilksboro Road, Salisbury, NC 28145

No. 61103 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Administrator for the Estate of Eleanor Faye Barringer Clontz, 1230 Short Street, Salisbury, NC 28144. This is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 27th day of May, 2011, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to said estate are notified to make immediate payment. This the 21st day of February, 2011. Eleanor Faye Barringer Clontz, deceased, Rowan County File #2010E714, Shirley Sue Clontz Ramsey, PO Box 533, East Spencer, NC 28039 No. 61104 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Administrator for the Estate of Woodrow Albert Hooks, 7971 Arizona Place, Kannapolis, NC 28081. This is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 23rd day of May, 2011, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to said estate are notified to make immediate payment. This the 17th day of February, 2011. Woodrow Albert Hooks, deceased, Rowan County File #2011E129, William Albert Hooks, 1406 Todd Ave., Kannapolis, NC 28081

No. 61168 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executor for the estate of Hubert Corpening, 225 Queeners Court, Salisbury, NC 28146, all person, firms and corporations having claims against the said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 13th day of June, 2011, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to said estate are notified to make immediate payment. This 7th day of March, 2011. Hubert Corpening, deceased, Rowan County File #2011E268, Ruthie K. Corpening, 225 Queeners Court, Salisbury, NC 28146 Attorney: R. Darrell Hancock, 316 N. Main St., Salisbury, NC 28144

No. 61166 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 11 SP

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executor for the Estate of Emmette G. Thompson, Jr., Magnolia Gardens, 1404 S. Salisbury Ave., Spencer, NC 28159. This is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 1st day of June, 2011, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to said estate are notified to make immediate payment. This the 28th day of February, 2011. Emmette G. Thompson, Jr., deceased, Rowan County File #2011E224, Judy Thompson Moore, 429 Wiley Ave., Salisbury, NC 28144

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Mark E. Alexander to Richard H. Lester or G. Robert Turner, III, Trustee (s), dated the 27th day of December, 2007, and recorded in Book 1111, Page 798, in Rowan 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 Rowan 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 in the City of Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 2:00 PM on March 30, 2011 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the Township of China Grove, in the County of Rowan, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Lying and Being in China Grove Township of Rowan County North Carolina and Being all of Lot Number SEVEN (7) as shown on the Map of WELLINGTON ESTATES, recorded in Book of Maps at Page 5320, in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Rowan County, North Carolina. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 335 Wellington Estates Drive, China Grove, North Carolina.

No. 61129

For back reference, see Book 1110, Page 232, Rowan Registry.

No. 61124 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executor for the Estate of Donna C. Basinger, 4910 Old Concord Rd., Salisbury, NC 28146. This is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 20th day of March, 2011, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to said estate are notified to make immediate payment. This the 13th day of December, 2010. Gregory Scott Basinger, Executor of the estate of Donna C. Basinger, File #10E1193, 4906 Old Concord Rd., Salisbury, NC 28146 No. 61128

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Administrator for the Estate of Kenneth Wiseman Beck, 2508 Wedgewood Drive, Salisbury, NC 28144, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 1st day of June, 2011 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to said estate are notified to make immediate payment. This the 25th day of February, 2011. Helen G. Beck, Administrator for the estate of Kenneth Wiseman Beck, deceased, File 11E221, 2508 Wedgewood Drive, Salisbury, NC 28146 Attorney at Law: Graham M. Carlton, 109 W. Council St., Salisbury, NC 28144 No. 61146 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executor for the Estate of John Ramsey Euart, Jr., 110 Pop Stirewalt Road, Salisbury, NC 28144, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 9th day of June, 2011 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to said estate are notified to make immediate payment. This the 2nd day of March, 2011. Beverly Jean Euart, Exec. For the estate of John Ramsey Euart, Jr., deceased, File 11E247, 110 Pop Stirewalt Road, Salisbury, NC 28144 Attorney at Law: Graham M. Carlton, 109 W. Council St., Salisbury, NC 28144 No. 61101 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Administrator for the Estate of Ruth Hodge Lee, 8195 Karriker Road, Kannapolis, NC 28081. This is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 24th day of May, 2011, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to said estate are notified to make immediate payment. This the 18th day of February, 2011. Ruth Hodge Lee, deceased, Rowan County File #2011E163, Cynthia Meacham, 191 Antler Way, Salisbury, NC 28144 Attorney: William W. Cameron, III, 117 W. Council Street, Salisbury, NC 28144 NO. 61102 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having Qualified as Executor of the Estate of Donald C. Markham, Jr., 2835 Hill Top Drive, Salisbury, NC 28147, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before: May 23, 2011, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to said estate are notified to make immediate payment. This the 17th day of February, 2011. Donald C. Markham, Jr., deceased, Rowan County File #2011E27, Kimberly M. Schrank, 231 Armstrong Road, Rochester, NY 14612 Attorney: Carole Carlton Brooke, PO Box 903, China Grove, NC 28023 No. 61123 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Frank McCoy Bumgarner, deceased, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 6th day of June, 2011, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to said estate are notified to make immediate payment. This 28th day of February, 2011. Alma Towson Bumgarner, Executor, Estate of Frank McCoy Bumgarner, 108 Steele Avenue, Cleveland, NC 27013. File 2011-E-200, Lucinda L. Fraley, Attorney, Shuford Caddell & Fraley, LLP, PO Box 198, Salisbury, NC 28145-0198. No. 61125 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of Brenda Gail Rose, 570 Burgray Road, Woodleaf, NC 27054, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 31st day of May, 2011, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to said estate are notified to make immediate payment. This the 25th day of February, 2011. Brenda Gail Rose, deceased, Rowan County File #2011E6, Donald L. Rose, Jr., 570 Burgray Road, Woodleaf, NC 27054 Attorney: J. Andrew Porter, 120 N. Jackson St., Salisbury, NC 28144 No. 61126 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Cecil Carpenter, 1601 Brenner Ave., Salisbury, NC 28144, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 3rd day of June, 2011, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to said estate are notified to make immediate payment. This the 23rd day of February, 2011. Ruby Carpenter Ritchie, Executor for the estate of Cecil Carpenter, deceased, File 11E207, 612 Wildwood Drive, Salisbury, NC 28146 Attorney at Law, John T. Hudson, 122 N. Lee St., Salisbury, NC 28144

No. 61145 NOTICE OF SALE IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION - ROWAN COUNTY - 11 SP 127 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY MICHAEL WAYNE BURDETTE AND ROBIN DAVIS BURDETTE DATED JULY 23, 2008 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 1126 AT PAGE 745 IN THE ROWAN COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in the above-referenced deed of trust and because of default in the payment of the secured indebtedness and failure to perform the stipulation and agreements therein contained and, pursuant to demand of the owner and holder of the secured debt, the undersigned substitute trustee will expose for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at the county courthouse of said county at 1:30 PM on March 22, 2011 the following described real estate and any other improvements which may be situated thereon, in Rowan County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: All of that certain tract or tracts of land situated in the City/Town of N/A, Providence Township, Rowan County, North Carolina more particularly described as follows: Being all of Tract Three, containing 0.482 acres, as shown on Exception Plat Survey for Michael Wayne Burdette and Robin Davis Burdette, said Survey being recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Rowan County, North Carolina, in Book of Maps 9995 at Page 6237. And Being more commonly known as: 28146

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 party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs 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. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, except 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 9th day of March, 2011. 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: 1049191

No. 61169 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Lester Clay Efird, 7308 Stokes Ferry Road, Salisbury, NC 28146, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 17th day of June, 2011, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to said estate are notified to make immediate payment. This the 10th day of March, 2011. Lydia W. Efird, Exec. For the estate of Lester Clay Efird, deceased, File 11E285, 7308 Stokes Ferry Road, Salisbury, NC 28146 Attorney at Law, John T. Hudson, 122 N. Lee St., Salisbury, NC 28144

No. 61164 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 11 SP 49 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Barret G. Loflin and Laura M. Loflin, husband and wife to Southland Associates, Inc., Trustee(s), dated the 5th day of October, 2000, and recorded in Book 0891, Page 0209, in Rowan 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 Rowan 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 in the City of Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 2:00 PM on March 30, 2011 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Rowan, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at a point in the centerline of Old Mocksville Road (SR 1910), J.C. Parris' corner, and runs thence with the centerline of said road, South 17 deg. 26 min. 38 sec. East 115.60 ft. to a point in the centerline of said road, Davis L. Reeves' corner; thence with Reeves' line, South 84 deg. 15 min. 00 sec. West passing an e.i.p. at 23.70 ft., a total distance of 306.60 ft. to an e.i.p. in the line of the City of Salisbury; thence with the City's line, North 05 deg. 42 min. 24 sec. West 116.50 ft. to an n.i.p., J.C. Parris' corner, thence with Parris' line, North 84 deg. 55 min. 04 sec. East passing an e.i.p at 259.25 ft. a total distance of 283.10 ft. to the BEGINNING, and containing 0.776 acre as shown upon survey and plat, dated July 22, 1992, by Richard L. Shulenburger, R.L.S. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 3511 Old Mocksville, Road, Salisbury, 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. Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs 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. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, except 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 23rd day of February, 2011. 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: 1051777 No. 61165

No. 61167 NOTICE OF SALE IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION - ROWAN COUNTY - 11 SP 126 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY DEBORAH J. HASLACH AND JAMES J. KUFFNER AND CRYSTAL G. KUFFNER DATED DECEMBER 30, 2005 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 1054 AT PAGE 739 IN THE ROWAN COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in the above-referenced deed of trust and because of default in the payment of the secured indebtedness and failure to perform the stipulation and agreements therein contained and, pursuant to demand of the owner and holder of the secured debt, the undersigned substitute trustee will expose for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at the county courthouse of said county at 1:30 PM on March 29, 2011 the following described real estate and any other improvements which may be situated thereon, in Rowan County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Lying and Being in the City of Kannapolis, China Grove Township of Rowan County, North Carolina in the Southwestern corner of the intersection of West 22nd Street and Harkey Avenue, and Being a part of Lot Numbers 128, 129, 130, 131, and 132 of the S. J. OVERCASH ESTATE, Section One (1), as surveyed and platted, a copy of which plat is filed in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Rowan County in Book of Maps at page 431, and being more fully described as follows: BEGINNING at an iron rod in the Southwestern corner of the intersection of West 22nd Street and Harkey Avenue, at the Northeastern corner of Lot Number 132) and runs thence with the South side of West 22nd Street North 85-20-05 West 125.00 feet to a point on the South side of West 22nd Street, a corner of Lot Numbers 128 and 127; thence with the dividing line of Lot Numbers 128 and 127 South 03-48-31 West 53.93 feet (passing an iron stake in line at .69 feet) to an iron stake, a new corner in the dividing line of Lot Numbers 128 and 127; thence seven (7) new lines through Lot Numbers 128, 129, 130, 131, and 132 as follows: First, South 85-26-06 East 23.26 feet to an iron stake; thence Second, South 01-34-36 West 10.01 feet to an iron stake; thence Third, South 85-26-06 East 14.43 feet to an iron stake; thence Fourth, South 03-44-41 West 18.98 feet to an iron stake; thence Fifth, South 86-15-19 East 1.34 feet to an iron stake; thence Sixth, South 03-33-00 West 15.36 feet to an iron stake; thence Seventh, South 86-32-50 East 85.48 feet to an iron rod on the West side of Harkey Avenue; thence with the West side of Harkey Avenue North 03-48-23 East 96.37 feet to the point of BEGINNING, containing 0.244 acre, more or less, as surveyed and platted by Zackie L. Moore, R.L.S., April 29, 1999.

7225 Stokes Ferry Rd, Salisbury, NC And Being more commonly known as: 501 W. 22nd St., Kannapolis, NC 28081

The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Michael Wayne Burdette and Robin Davis Burdette.

The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Deborah J. Haslach and James J. Kuffner.

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, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either 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. Any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. This sale is made subject to all prior liens and encumbrances, and unpaid taxes and assessments including but not limited to any transfer tax associated with the foreclosure. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. This sale will be held open ten days for upset bids as required by law. Following the expiration of the statutory upset period, all remaining amounts are IMMEDIATELY DUE AND OWING. Failure to remit funds in a timely manner will result in a Declaration of Default and any deposit will be frozen pending the outcome of any re-sale.

SPECIAL NOTICE FOR LEASEHOLD TENANTS: If you are a tenant residing in the property, be advised that an Order for Possession of the property may be issued in favor of the purchaser. Also, if your lease began or was renewed on or after October 1, 2007, be advised that you may terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days written notice to the landlord. You may be liable for rent due under the agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

The date of this Notice is March 1, 2011.

The date of this Notice is March 8, 2011.

Grady I. Ingle Or Elizabeth B. Ells, Substitute Trustee, 10-010586 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400, Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 http://shapiroattorneys.com/nc/

Grady I. Ingle Or Elizabeth B. Ells, Substitute Trustee, 07-95371 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400, Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 http://shapiroattorneys.com/nc/

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 11 SP 109 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Michael C. Griffin to Joan H. Anderson, Trustee(s), dated the 29th day of March, 2007, and recorded in Book 1090, Page 592, in Rowan 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 Rowan 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 in the City of Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 2:00 PM on March 30, 2011 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the Township of China Grove, in the County of Rowan, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Lying and BEING in the City of Kannapolis, China Grove Township, Rowan County, North Carolina on the North side of Englewood Street, and BEING all of Lot Numbers 155, 156, and 157 as shown on map of Patterson Park, as surveyed and platted, a copy of which plat is filed in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Rowan County in Book of Maps at Page 351, to which map reference is hereby made for a complete description thereof by metes and bounds; and additionally, being all of Lot Number Forty-Seven (47) as shown on map of East Jackson Park (formerly Patterson Park Addition), as surveyed and platted, a copy of which plat is filed in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Rowan County in Book of Maps at Page 836, to which map reference is hereby made for a complete description thereof by metes and bounds. Together with improvements located thereon; said property being located at 2111 Englewood Street, Kannapolis, North Carolina. APN #: 158 147 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 party must pay the excise tax, as well as the court costs 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. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, except 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 9th day of March, 2011. 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: 1049434

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Gotcha tape of NPR fundraiser described as misleading WASHINGTON (AP) — News analysts say that a hidden-camera video by a conservative activist targeting NPR was edited in misleading ways to showcase inflammatory remarks from a public radio executive. Analysts from the Poynter Institute and The Blaze, a website set up by Fox News host Glenn Beck, told an NPR reporter that they found a short version of the video deceiving when compared with the full twohour tape of a lunch meeting between NPR fundraisers and two conservative activists posing as a fake Muslim group. The short version, which gained wide attention on blogs and other websites, portrays fundraiser Ron Schiller as saying NPR would be better off without federal funding in the longterm. In the longer tape, Schiller said the loss of federal funding would be disastrous in the short term. Forensic consultant Mark Menz, who reviewed the tapes for NPR, said they were edited to lead viewers to a certain conclusion, in part by presenting remarks out of sequence. When Schiller was portrayed in the shorter video as saying the GOP had been “hijacked” by the tea party, it’s evident in the longer version that he was paraphrasing the views of two influential, unnamed Re-

Tinnitus treatments are available Dear Dr. Gott: Are there any new developments in the treatment of tinnitus that really work? My wife swears by many of your remedies. Your articles are the only reason we get a printed newspaper. Dear Reader: Tinnitus (noise or ringing in one or both ears) is not a disease but a symptom that points to something wrong in the auditory system. The cause can be something as simple as wax DR. PETER blocking the ear canal, the GOTT result of a thyroid abnormality, Meniere’s disease, infection, noise-induced hearing loss, aneurysm or brain tumor and more. My guess is that because you or a family member has tinnitus, your doctor has referred you to an otolaryngologist (ear-nose-and-throat specialist) or an audiologist and an examination has been performed. This first step would likely rule out simple wax impaction. A series of specialized tests can help determine where the problem originated. An auditory brain response to test hearing nerves and brain pathways or a CT or MRI to rule out tumor on a nerve may be ordered. A physician might suggest hearing aids to control outside sound levels; wearable sound generators that fit in the ear to generate pleasant sounds or white noise to mask the tinnitus; acoustic nerve stimulation to reduce or eliminate the tinnitus; cochlear implants

that can bypass the damaged area of the inner ear but send electrical signals to stimulate the auditory nerve; biofeedback; and more. A study performed in Brazil some six years ago tested the drug acamprosate (Campral), currently used for the control of alcoholism, in tinnitus sufferers. It showed greater than 86 percent relief of symptoms. Studies remain ongoing in the United States for this use. Keep in mind that some antidepressants and other medications such as aspirin might be the sole culprit. Speak with your physician regarding any prescriptions, over-the-counters and herbal supplements you might be on. Perhaps a simple switch to another product might be just what is needed. There are numerous herbal supplements and other products available without prescription to combat tinnitus; however, before beginning any of them, consult with your doctor to determine whether they are right for you. On the home front, reduce caffeine and salt intake, discontinue smoking if appropriate, and check zinc levels through simple laboratory testing. These steps might reduce symptoms to a more manageable level. Be sure to protect your hearing when mowing the lawn, listening to television, or even using a blow-dryer on your hair. If your job involves being around machinery, earplugs might be appropriate. Readers who would like additional information can order my Health Report “Ear Infections and Disorders” by send-

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Wednesday, March 16 An unusual circumstance might offer you a rather big opportunity in the next year to make more money from a side source than you’ve ever made from your primary one. As long as everything is on the up and up, take advantage of it. Pisces (Feb. 20-March 20) — If a close friend of someone in your family has been treated with respect, this person is now likely to be of tremendous help to you in securing something big. Aries (March 21-April 19) — Provided you don’t bring a third party into the picture, something very advantageous can be achieved by you and your partner. Keep it just between the two of you. Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Try to temporarily shelve your regular endeavors and focus on a new arrangement that you believe can add much to your holdings. You could be quite lucky. Gemini (May 21-June 20) — A window of opportunity could open up for you, in helping you accomplish something that could bring about multiple benefits. Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Concerns about your finances are without foundation, so don’t needlessly make yourself feel uneasy about things that may never happen. It’s important that you discover this yourself. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Don’t allow some petty comments that come from a jealous person to cast shadows of doubt on your thinking. You know all the facts, so don’t let fear slow your roll. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — An enterprise in which you recently got involved has much greater potential than you might realize, but you could need a lot of faith to keep you going. Study all the ramifications yourself. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Operating on a one-on-one basis in the commercial world has benefits, but they might be limited. Try to establish some links with several sources that have unlimited potential. Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Even if it is a big account, working with only one customer puts limitations on what you accomplish. See if you can simultaneously establish several new links with other people. Sagittarius (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — When having to make a huge decision, do not allow yourself to get bogged down with anything trivial. Conceive the total picture first and then fill in all the little bits and pieces. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Usually one can get better terms by not putting everything they’ve got out on the table. Hold something back as a bargaining chip in case the haggling gets tough. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — An important customer will have greater respect for you if you honor your commitment to the letter, instead of trying to make small changes after you have the sale. Stand by your word. Know where to look for romance and you’ll find it. The Astro-Graph Matchmaker instantly reveals which signs are romantically perfect for you. Mail $3 to Astro-Graph, P.O. Box 167, Wickliffe, OH 44092-0167. United FeatUre Syndicate

Today’s celebrity birthdays Comedian Jerry Lewis is 85. Movie director Bernardo Bertolucci is 70. Game-show host Chuck Woolery is 70. Singer-songwriter Jerry Jeff Walker is 69. Actor Victor Garber is 62. Actor Erik Estrada is 62. Actress Kate Nelligan is 60. Country singer Ray Benson of Asleep at the Wheel is 60. Guitarist-singer Nancy Wilson of Heart is 57. Actress Isabelle Huppert is 56. Actor Clifton Powell (“Ray,” “Norbit”) is 55. Rapper Flavor Flav of Public Enemy is 52. Folk singer Patty Griffin is 47. Singer Tracy Bonham is 44. Actress Lauren Graham is 44.

Which finesse hand is sufficient, South? BY PHILLIP ALDER United Feature Syndicate

Michel de Montaigne, a French essayist who died in 1592, said, “I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.” He would have also liked bridge experts because they must reason correctly. How are your reasoning powers on this deal? You are in three no-trump. West leads the heart queen. After you cover with dummy’s king, there is bad news — East wins with the ace — and good news — the defenders take only four heart tricks. How would you try to take the last nine tricks? North started with a transfer bid, showing five-plus spades and zero-plus points, then rebid two no-trump to invite game with exactly five spades. You have only six top tricks: one spade, four diamonds and one club. The other three tricks cannot come from spades, but might come

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