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K.P. Parks pleads guilty to minor traffic violation BY JESSIE BURCHETTE

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MOCKSVILLE — The top running back in state history pleaded guilty to a minor traffic charge Thursday in connection with a May 1 incident in which he allegedly struggled with authorities and was shot twice with a Taser. K.P. Parks, a West Rowan High School senior who led the school to a state championship, pleaded guilty to improper passing in Davie County District Court. He was ordered to pay a $25 fine and will incur

points on his driver’s license. Neither Parks, whose given name is Kevin Anthony Parks Jr., nor any member of his family was present in the courtroom. His attorney, Ken Darty of Statesville, represented him and paid the fine. Speaking for his client, Darty said Parks “regrets this happened. He’s embarrassed that this happened.” Darty added that Parks is not saying he is sorry. He also left the door open that Parks may pursue civil action, noting that other attorneys are handling the civil case.

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According to law enforcement reports, the incident began when offduty Highway Patrol Trooper M.C. Howell and his wife were riding a motorcycle north on U.S. 601 in Rowan County on May 1

around 9 p.m. In his written statement read in court, Howell reported that Parks drove up very close behind him — an estimated 10 feet from Howell’s

motorcycle — then went around him in a no-passing zone. Howell followed. Howell reported he observed Parks tailgate two other vehicles and drive erratically. He followed Parks until he turned in a private driveway off Scenic Drive in Mocksville. Howell’s wife called communications asking for assistance in a traffic stop. A Davie County deputy who responded to assist ended up firing his Taser twice, striking Parks in the thigh.

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Emotions on display as students head out for the summer BY KATHY CHAFFIN

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he last day of school brings out all kinds of emotions — joy, excitement, sadness, relief — to name a few. Students at North Middle School displayed them all Thursday afternoon as the 2009-10 school year came to an end. KATHY CHAFFIN/SALISBURY POST Kayla McIntyre, who will Moriah Duren celebrates her last day of school Thursday at North Middle as Alyshia Shropshire follows her. be a freshman at North Rowan High when school starts back in August, said she Her friend and fellow eighthfelt sad and excited at the same grader, Laura Burton, said she time. “This is a place that’s been was mostly sad. “It’s hard to say home for me the for last three goodbye,” she said. “That’s one of years,” she said. the hardest things for me. I The hardest part was saying learned a lot of things about mygoodbye to her teachers. “They self here, and I feel like high were all really great,” Kayla said. school is where I make it or break “Some of them were kind of iffy it.” in the beginning, but now I love Her favorite teachers at North them so much, and I’m going to Middle were Darrin Turner and miss them.” Steven Freeman. “They never One of her favorites was scigave up on me,” Laura said. ence teacher Daniel Swanson. Turner, who teaches algebra, “He was just crazy,” she said. “He pushed her to do better, she said, was always fun, and made us all which ultimately made her work together.” stronger. And Freeman, a chorus Kayla wants to be a forensic Rachel Agner was sad to leave North Middle. See LAST, 14A anthropologist.

For an educator, there is a life after retirement Thursday was the last day of school in Rowan County, and I’m sure there were plenty of hugs and tears, especially among the teachers who are retiring and not coming back in the fall. I’m here to assure those teachers — 41 this school year — that there is life after retirement. A good life. I know you’ll miss the students, the parents who cared enough but still gave you space, the administrators MARK who were in your corner, the WINEKA other teachers who shared your foxhole and the job itself. There was no better adrenaline rush than when you knew you had made a difference

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In his statement, Howell said Parks was on his cell phone calling friends even after being shot with the Taser, saying, “I want my people to see me like this.” Parks was briefly hospitalized after the incident. Although Howell had suspected Parks of driving while impaired, testing by the Highway Patrol found no impairment. Howell was not in court Thursday. Parks’ attorney worked out a deal

in a child’s life. But you won’t miss the discipline problems, the parents who didn’t care, the paperwork, the bureaucracy, the funding issues, the large class sizes, the bus duty, the hours after class, the social work and nodding off before 9 each night. Amen to that. I tracked down a recent retiree to provide evidence that retirement has great things in store for you. At the Christmas break last year, Johnnie Harris retired after more than 31 years of teaching grade school. In the months since then, Harris has been on a Caribbean cruise. She attended a women’s retreat in Sevierville, Tenn., and has been cherishing the extra time she has with her mother, who will be 85 in November. Sometimes they drive to visit Johnnie’s

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96-year-old aunt in South Carolina. Harris spends more time, of course, with her five grandchildren, but she has made it a point to avoid what she calls “the baby-sitting trap.” She chooses the times she wants to visit them. “I stay up as late as I like and read into the wee hours of the morning,” Harris says. She also can sleep in, as long as her mother will allow. Almost every day, Harris drives from her home in Badin to the YMCA in Albemarle, where she works out on the treadmill and puts herself through some resistance training. She has lost 25 pounds. She is working up the courage to don a swimsuit and begin water aerobics classes. Retirement could have been a bit scary

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SPENCER — A former high school teacher awaiting trial on charges of having sex with a student was arrested Wednesday evening and charged with driving while impaired. Zachary Paul Greene’s blood-alcohol level was more than three times the legal limit, according to the Spencer Police Department. Greene, 29, of 810 Fourth St., blew a .25 on the Salisbury Police Department Intoxilyzer device that measures alcohol, authorities said. Interim Spencer Police Chief Eric Ennis said Magistrate Steve Julian was driving on GREENE Salisbury Avenue when he got behind a 1994 Chevrolet pickup truck. Julian called 911 to report the vehicle was “swerving all over the road.” He continued to follow the pickup as it turned onto Jefferson Street and Whitehead Avenue and kept police informed of the route. Spencer Officer S.C. Bard got behind the truck on Whitehead at Third Street and pulled the vehicle over. Ennis said Bard administered field sobriety tests to Greene, and he performed poorly. Greene, who taught English and coached at North Rowan High School, was charged by Spencer Police on April 20 with three felony counts of sex with a student. Greene was initially placed on paid administrative leave before resigning a few days later. He is awaiting trial on the charge of having sex with a student.

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A longtime Salisbury High School coach and teacher is retiring as prosecutors continue reviewing allegations that he videotaped himself beating former students. William Ross “Bill” Lee, 53, has been on paid administrative leave since Feb. 19, the day after police served a search war- LEE rant at his Sarazen Way home and seized several cameras, video cassettes, a cell phone, computers, electronic storage devices and a baseball bat, among other things. His retirement is effective Monday,

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Folks in Louisiana want offshore drilling going again Bill would remove oil spill liability cap for N.C.

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Workers remove tar-filled bags from a boat ramp in Orange Beach, Ala., not far from the Florida-Alabama border on Thursday. It was the first sign of oil seeping into an inland waterway.

Coble speaks out as Congress frees cleanup money WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is making more money available to the Coast Guard to pay for its response to the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The bill that now goes to President Barack Obama removes the $100 million limit that the Coast Guard can spend on the spill from a government trust fund used to pay cleanup costs. The Coast Guard would run out of money to fight the spill next week if the spending cap is not lifted, said Rep. James Oberstar, DMinn., chairman of the House transportation committee. Lawmakers said the federal government will require BP to reimburse the Coast Guard’s expenses, but the service needs congressional authority to spend more than $100 million on the largest oil spill in U.S. history. “While these funds will allow us to continue mounting an all-hands-on-deck, relentless response, our commitment to holding BP accountable for all costs associated with this dis-

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CHICAGO (AP) — A former top aide to Rod Blagojevich testified Thursday that the thengovernor said he had a deal to appoint a state legislator to Barack Obama’s U.S. Senate seat in exchange for letting a veto of ethics legislation stand. Alonzo Monk testified that Blagojevich was worried the legislation would hurt his ability to raise funds because it banned people with state contracts of $50,000 or more from donating to the campaigns of politicians who administered them. Blagojevich, who had campaigned by saying he would bring a new era of

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Markets around the world rose after China said exports rose 48.5 percent in May, while imports jumped 48.3 percent. The increase in trade provides some relief to fears that debt problems in Europe would halt a global economic recovery. The 27nation European Union is China’s largest trading partner. The Dow rose 273.28, or 2.8 percent, to 10,172.53. It was the Dow’s first close above 10,000 this week and its biggest gain since May 27 when it climbed nearly 285 points after China said it didn’t plan to sell its European government bonds. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose 31.15, or 3 percent, to 1,086.84, while the Nasdaq composite index rose 59.86, or 2.8 percent, to 2,218.71. Crude oil rose $1.10 to $75.48 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It was the first close above $75 in about a month.

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let and sustained a head wound during the standoff, Curran said. Family members are worried about the baby, Michael Pittman, who is the son of the suspect’s cousin, said Patrick Tobin of Brisbane, another one of Alvarez’s cousins. “The child’s safety and welfare has always been our No. 1 priority, and his presence has dictated our tactical response,” Curran said. “The longer this goes, the threat to the child increases.” Curran said an officer who was positioned in the apartment complex’s inner courtyard Thursday afternoon saw Alvarez through a window carrying the child, who appeared to be fine. Tobin, whose sister is the child’s mother, said Alvarez suffers from bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. He may be off his medication.

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A standoff between deputies and an armed man who has barricaded himself inside an apartment with a 15month-old boy stretched into its second day Thursday, with authorities concerned about the child’s welfare. Deputies exchanged gunfire with armed robbery suspect Anthony Alvarez, 25, in the pre-dawn hours, sheriff’s Sgt. Tim Curran said. They reported taking a single shot at the man and missing later in the morning. Around 4:30 p.m., Alvarez fired one shot during a crew shift, suggesting the standoff could continue into the evening. The bullet struck an armored police truck. No law enforcement personnel were injured. Alvarez has been in contact with his mother and told her he was wounded in the arm by a bul-

RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina’s current cap for monetary damages it could receive from oil spills would be eliminated in legislation approved Thursday by a House committee in response to the BP disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. Environmental groups lined up behind the legislation, which they say would ensure oil companies would be fully liable for damages to oil spills originating from facilities in North Carolina’s coastal fishing waters should exploration be allowed to expand, as the Obama administration’s plans entail. The measure would decouple North Carolina from the federal government’s cap of all removal costs plus $75 million. The Legislature last tinkered with the issue 20 years ago. “The spill like the one in the Gulf could seriously damage our coast and the economy that depends on it,” Margaret Hartzell with Environment North Carolina told lawmakers. The state’s tourism and fishing industry could take years to recover from such a spill, not counting the grave environmental effects, said Rep. Pricey Harrison, D-Guilford, one of the bill’s supporters. Harrison said the measure could apply to damage caused by the BP spill in April if oil reaches the North Carolina coast after the bill becomes law. The bill also directs state regulators to seek more information before deciding if any offshore oil or gas facility was consistent with state guidelines for land and water use. State agencies also would be ordered to examine the state’s plan for cleaning up after an oil spill like the underwater BP spill. Rep. Pryor Gibson, D-Anson, a committee member, said it appears the legislation was being rushed through the House and questioned whether it would make any difference to better prepare the state for a clean up or protect the coastline. The bill now heads to a House judiciary committee.

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aster — both to the federal government and to all affected individuals and businesses suffering losses as a result of this event — has not wavered,” Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said in a statement. The House voted 410-0 on Thursday to lift the spending cap. The Senate passed the bill on a voice vote Wednesday. The trust fund, which has about $1.6 billion, is financed by a tax of 8 cents per barrel on oil produced by or imported into the U.S. U.S. Rep. Howard Coble (R-N.C.) had this to say about the bill: “This legislation is absolutely critical to continue our oil spill response efforts in the Gulf of Mexico. The Coast Guard, and other agencies involved in the response to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, are spending tremendous amounts of time and effort ensuring every tangible resource is available to meet the response. … It is important to note that the oil spill trust fund is funded by the petroleum industry, not the taxpayers.”

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — At the same time they are venting their fury on BP over the Gulf of Mexico spill and its calamitous environmental effects, Louisiana politicians are rushing to the defense of the oil-and-gas industry and pleading with Washington to bring back offshore drilling — now. As angry as they are over the disaster, state officials warn that the Obama administration’s temporary ban on drilling in the Gulf has sent Louisiana’s most lucrative industry into a death spiral. They contend that drilling is safe overall and that the moratorium is a knee-jerk reaction, akin to grounding every airplane in America because of a single crash. They worry, too, that the moratorium comes at a time when another major Louisiana industry — fishing — has been brought to a standstill by the mess in the Gulf. “Mr. President, you were looking for someone’s butt to kick. You’re kicking ours,” Lafourche Parish President Charlotte Randolph said in asking for the moratorium’s end. Meanwhile, a government task force of scientists said that before BP cut and capped the blown-out well a week ago, it may have been spewing as much as 2.1 million gallons of oil per day — or twice as much as the government’s previous worst-case estimate. The bigger number is just an estimate, and scientific teams are still working on more complete numbers. The oil-and-gas industry is the backbone of the Louisiana economy, bringing in billions of dollars in revenue for the government and accounting for nearly one-third of the nation’s domestic crude production. It took a heavy blow when the government imposed a six-month offshore drilling moratorium in the wake of the spill that has sent tens of millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf in the biggest environmental disaster in U.S. history. The government imposed the ban while it reviews the safety of deepwater drilling in light of the BP disaster. Louisiana lawmakers have railed against the moratorium, saying it could put more than 100,000 people out of work, shutter businesses and destroy livelihoods. A bill asking the administration to shorten the moratorium passed the Legislature unanimously. But persuading the administration to take such action could prove to be more difficult.

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Emil Sparger stands next to his 1957 Cadillac outside his Spencer home.

Emil Sparger restores his father’s Cadillac Fleetwood BY MARK WINEKA

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SPENCER — The gleaming black 1957 Cadillac in Emil Sparger’s driveway is the kind of car Elvis Presley would have been comfortable in. It’s the kind chauffeurs would have driven for business moguls, movie stars or big-boss politicians. But this particular Cadillac Fleetwood belonged to Sparger’s father, William, a Southern Railway engineer who knew a luxury car when he saw one. William Sparger bought the 300-horsepower Cadillac new, for the then steep price of $5,600. “My daddy loved that car,” Sparger says. He remembers as a young man taking a couple trips with his father to Washington, D.C., in the Cadillac. It drove like a dream. After his father became sick — William spent his last 13 years in the VA hospital — the car passed to Emil’s older brother, then to Emil’s niece, who finally put it into storage in Salisbury. It sat there, without being driven or even cranked, for almost 20 years.

Access 16 will air the candidate forum featuring Rowan County commissioners Tina Hall and Chad Mitchell this weekend. The 59-minute forum will air at 7 p.m. today, Saturday and Sunday. The Salisbury Post, Catawba College and the Rowan County Chamber of Commerce sponsored the forum Tuesday evening at Catawba. Hall came in fourth in the GOP race for three seats on the county commission in the May primary and called for a runoff with Mitchell, who placed third. The runoff vote will be held June 22. Access 16 will also air the forum the day before the election; those times will be announced at a later date. Internet users can watch the event by visiting www.rowancountync.gov, and clicking on the link labeled “2nd Primary Candidates Forum.”

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More than 60 people attended the sustainability workshops Wednesday and Thursday, coordinated by the the Center for the Environment and Rowan Works. The workshop, “Sustainability: Improving Your Triple Bottom Line,” was given by Darcy Hitchcock, president of AXIS HITCHCOCK Performance Advisors. Hitchcock has published several books on sustainability, and hosts a television show,

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About a year-and-a-half ago, Emil’s niece decided to move to Florida, and he asked whether he could purchase the Cadillac. She agreed, and Sparger had the car loaded on a trailer and hauled to his home in Spencer. Suffice it to say, the car was in rough shape, having not been moved since 1991. Its tires had pretty much rotted off. The chrome — everywhere on this car — was corroded. The dashboard was cracked. The inside upholstery was shot. The outside sheen was long gone and, of course, it didn’t run. Though it had been neglected for so long, the Cadillac had not been forgotten by a sentimental Emil.

“Sustainable Today,” and is the founder of the International Society of Sustainability Professionals. Hitchcock’s workshop focused on trends and issues that plague society, showing how they all connect to each other socially, economically and environmentally. Some of the issues attendees came up with during the workshop are: • Dependence on oil • Air and water quality • Food quality • Farmville distortion of prices • Increase of estrogen in the environment • Crime • Childhood obesity • Education • Technology, and children

relying too heavily on technology • Loss of biodiversity • Consumerism • Reliance on disposable everything “Everything’s connected,” Hitchcock said. “You can’t just do one thing. We need a better balance. “The bad news is, everything’s interconnected. The good news is, everything’s interconnected.” Hitchcock gave several examples of the way she has helped companies shift to sustainable practices and products, including a natural gas company. She also spoke of ideas that changed the world, including the last great idea, the assembly line, by Henry Ford.

The Industrial Revolution began with Ford, changing the way products are produced and distributed across the world. But, she said, 20th century capitalism has caught up with us. “We are in a huge shift of world view,” she said. “We are standing on the cusp of the sustainable revolution. We need to understand what the new society is going to be based on.” She used the IPAT formula to explain the dilemma the world is in today: impact equals population times consumption/affluence times technology (I=PAT). Resources and ecosystem services are declining, yet, the

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A Forsyth County man has been charged with driving while impaired and felony death by vehicle in a wreck that claimed the life of a Rowan County woman and injured her brother Saturday in Yadkin County. Jessica Lynn Livengood, 20, of 145 Harris Quarry Road, died at the scene of the single-vehicle crash, said Sgt. A.T. Keller with the N.C. Highway Patrol. Her brother, Christopher Meece, 18, of 375 Mahaffey Drive, was taken to Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, where he remained in critical condition Thursday. Brandon Alexander Talbert, 18, of Rural Hall, is also charged with felony serious injury by motor veLIVENGOOD hicle, felony hit and run and driving without a license, Keller said. According to the Highway Patrol report, the wreck happened around 5:30 a.m. on Shacktown Road in rural eastern Yadkin County. The 1994 Honda driven by Talbert ran off the road, hit a culvert, then crossed the road and ran off the other side and hit a tree. Livengood was in the front passenger seat. Meece was riding in the back seat. All three were wearing seat belts, Keller said. Talbert walked away from the scene of the wreck, Keller said. Troopers and deputies with the Yadkin County Sheriff’s Office found him in a nearby field. He was taken to Yadkin Valley Community Hospital and given a blood test, then charged, Keller said. Livengood graduated from North Rowan High School and attended Rowan-Cabarrus Community College. She was an assistant teacher at a day care center. A memorial service for Livengood was held Thursday at Eastside Baptist Church.

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Rowan Helping Ministries was awarded a grant from Blue Cross Blue Shield to promote health and wellness among its employees. Rowan Helping Ministries applied for the $5,000 grant in 2009 and received word they’d gotten it in April, said Cam Campbell, volunteer program manager. All employees voted on how to use the money, she said. The money will be used for a free four-month membership to the YMCA and three visits with a personal trainer for all part-time and full time employees. “We had to use it for some type of wellness to promote health for the staff,” Campbell said. More than 2,500 small businesses were eligible for this grant. Rowan Helping Ministries is one of three businesses who received the grant.

‘Check It Out’ event at Intimidators Stadium on June 25 KANNAPOLIS — The game between the Intimidators and the Augusta GreenJackets won’t be the only feature Friday, June 25, at Intimidator Stadium in Kannapolis. The Center for the Environment at Catawba College will partner with Mecklenburg Air Quality Program, Rowan-Cabarrus Community College and the Intimidators to test gas caps for leaks and check tire pressure from 4-7 p.m. Fleet owners as well as individuals may bring their vehicles by for the emissions and tire pressure checks. Gas caps that fail the test will be replaced free of charge. RCCC’s Automotive Department will also check emissions systems on all vehicles made after 1996. In addition, the first 200 people will receive free tire gauges. Children can play on the Intimidator playground while their parents get their cars

checked, and food will be available for purchase in the stadium. This “Check It Out” event is a service of the Center for the Environment’s Campaign for Clean Air, which is designed to educate citizens in our community and region and empower them to take action to address the air quality issues the region faces.

Flight of honor program Monday Come learn about the Flight of Honor, The Rotary’s program to get World War II veterans to Washington, D.C., to see the World War II Memorial for a day at Salisbury Gardens Assisted Living at 10 a.m. Monday. U.S. Navy veteran Lee Bradley will talk about the trip and his impressions, along with Robin Perry, who traveled as a guardian, assisting the vets throughout this memorable day last October. They both were part of the John Hanford Memorial

Flight of Honor along with more than 100 other World War II veterans. Please call Kathleen to RSVP at 704636-0588.

Posters Deadline for Posters is 5 p.m. • Middle School End of School Dance, June 18, 7-11 pm, National Guard Armory, 1235 National Guard Road. For 6th-8th grades. $5 advance tickets. Sponsored by AAU Basketball Carolina Phenoms. • The R.A. Clement Association will meet Saturday at 9 a.m. at Allen Temple Presbyterian Church in Cleveland. • United House of Prayer for All People, kitchen open Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Sunday 11 a.m.-4 p.m. • The Rowan County Beekeepers Association will meet Monday at the Agriculture Extension Office, 2727 Old Concord Road, 7-9 p.m. For more information, call 704-216-8970. • Local chapter of Price High School Alumni Assn. meets Saturday, June 12, 5 pm at home of Iler Davis, 1110 Barbour St.

Moonlight and Magnolias a clever production B Y D EIRDRE PARKER S MITH dp1@salisburypost.com

Don’t let the title fool you — or take it as a little dig, “Moonlight and Magnolias” is not about sweet Southern belles sipping tea. “Moonlight and Magnolias” is about the struggle to make the movie of “Gone With the Wind.” Producer David O. Selznick shuts down production, drags director Victor Fleming away from “The Wizard of Oz” and hires Ben Hecht to write a script that’s been written over and over and over by writer after writer after writer. Piedmont Players production, directed this time by Dr. Jim Epperson, uses three veterans, Shawn VanWallendael, Bob Paolino and Anthony Ligouri, for a show that’s lots of talk, lots of laughs and a fair share of social consciousness. An added bonus is that Ligouri has played this role twice before, so memorizing the thousands of lines and long speeches Selznick gives wasn’t a problem. Of course, the producer, director and screenwriter have to talk this out. Hecht has never read the book. Never read the book?! Paolino earned applause mid-scene on opening night for his portrayal of the dying Melanie Wilkes. He does a perfect Prissy, too. The play is based on what really hap-

pened, it’s just the conversation that’s fictional. The story of getting the epic to the screen is an epic in itself. VanWallendael, known for his comedic work, plays a Jewish man furious at the treatment of his people. He says a Civil War picture will never work, and he refuses to write the scene where Scarlett slaps Prissy while Melanie struggles to give birth. Now, he asks, when Hitler and Stalin and Mussolini are persecuting people of all kinds? Although this is a comedy, Hecht does raise important points. He and Selznick are both Jewish, and both banned from the country clubs in Los Angeles and many elite housing areas. Playwright Ron Hutchinson would have benefited from an editor, though. Hecht tends to make the same argument over and over, and Selznick, Fleming and Hecht tend to cover the same ground of the book’s problems over and over. That’s the point, yes, but ... And there are several times when you think, “Hey great ending,” but it goes on a bit more. That said, it is a funny play. And it helps if you have read the book and seen the movie and know something about the famous movie-making year of 1939. Physical comedy pops up all over, and these three have great timing for that and their laugh lines. You say a funny line, make a crazy gesture, you draw it

out, keep the audience chuckling while you mug. And they work well together generally. They look comfortable, even with all those words, and they are three distinct characters, three big roles. Eve Freeman is Selznick’s harried secretary, bringing bananas and peanuts to the trio as the writing stretches over five days and they remain locked in Selznick’s office. Epperson, a professor of drama retired from Catawba College, probably had a good time with this one. Piedmont Director Reid Leonard designed the set and stayed busy directing “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” in the new Norvell theater. “Moonlight” contains the usual salty Hollywood language that we don’t use in a family newspaper, so be aware. On the other hand, it’s amazing what you hear on prime time TV these days. At just over 2 hours, with a 20 minute intermission, the play is well worth a hot summer evening in the air conditioning, and far more clever than what Hollywood’s doling out these days. “Moonlight and Magnolias” continues tonight and Saturday and June 1619 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at the Meroney Theater. It is underwritten by Wallace and Graham. For tickets, call 704-633-5471.

Regulators weigh 5-year southern N.E. lobstering ban BOSTON (AP) — Lobstermen in southern New England are facing a possible five-year fishing ban after biologists made that recommendation to regulators, saying the drastic step is needed to save the depleted stock. The Lobster Technical Committee of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission acknowledged “the catastrophic effects” on local lobstermen if the moratorium was enacted. But it said it was needed to rebuild the lobster population and secure the industry’s long-term health. Rhode Island lobsterman Bill McElroy said there will be no industry in southern New England if the recommendation is adopted. “The infrastructure would collapse, the markets would be swept up. There just wouldn’t be any way to come back from it,” said McElroy, 63. “So it’s essentially a death sentence, if they were to fol-

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demand for resources and ecosystem services is increasing. “Life expectancy has expanded, which I’m grateful for that, but all of these trends have been increasing,” she said. “Consumers and technology made it possible to do way more damage. “We can’t instantly get off of oil if we tried. We can’t stop having babies.” So, Hitchcock said, there

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low through on that.” Implementing the committee’s recommendation to the commission’s American Lobster Management Board is a long way from reality. The board meets in July to discuss a range of options now being devised to revive the lobster stock, including far less severe alternatives, such as no changes at all. Lobster board member Dennis Abbott, a New Hampshire state representative, said the committee’s recommendation, though extreme, must be seriously considered given the stock’s persistent weakness and the rigorous science behind the advice. “They didn’t wake up in the morning and just pull this out of the air,” he said. “At some point some drastic action seems to be necessary. “But it becomes a dilemma of trying to protect the lobstermen in their occupations versus protecting the resource and ensuring there

is a resource,” Abbott said. The vast majority of lobsters caught in the Northeast are trapped north of Cape Cod to Maine, an area that accounts for about 93 percent of the catch and has recently grappled with the opposite problem — a glut of lobsters on the market. The southern New England region includes areas south of Cape Cod down to North Carolina, with the bulk of the inshore lobster catch between Massachusetts and Long Island Sound. The area once accounted for as much as a quarter of the Northeast’s total catch, compared to just 5 to 7 percent today. The population peaked in the late 1990s at an estimated 35 million lobsters, but the stock plummeted to around 13 million by 2003. Scientists have never pinpointed a cause for the crash, but possible culprits include overfishing, a 1996 Rhode Island oil spill, a disfiguring

shell disease and pesticidepolluted run off. Since 2003, recovery has been slow, with about 15 million lobsters currently estimated in southern New England, well below the 25 million target and a sliver of the 116 million estimated to live in the Gulf of Maine. The committee report offers some explanations why the stock hasn’t rebounded, including warming waters that more frequently break 68 degrees, a temperature that can retard a lobster’s growth and spawning. It can also force lobsters into deeper, colder waters, where they are more susceptible to predators and their larvae are less likely to settle in suitable spots to grow. The report also cited fishing pressure, though it said lobstermen aren’t overfishing the area. But the report said the local catch hasn’t declined as steeply as the lobster population.

are two “sides to the coin” for businesses. “You can capitalize on market failures and make a fortune on scarce resources, or, you can focus on building the sustainability revolution,” she said. “Do you want to make things better or make things worse? This is a moral decision that you have to make.” She said employees were part of the solution, and encouraged attendees to have discussion with all employees, asking them how the company could be more sustainable. “Most employees want

companies doing the right things,” she said. “By doing the right thing, you gain the goodwill of the community.” One good example of a company cutting costs and helping the environment at the same time was UPS, and its decision to eliminate left turns. “UPS saved 3 million gallons of fuel in one year by eliminating left turns,” she said. Another company, DesignTex/Rohner Textiles, eliminated more than 60 toxic chemicals out of their carpet products, creating a fabric that performed better,

and turned the waste into a new product. The company actually turned its waste into a ground cover for farming, that was also biodegradable. The water that left the plant was cleaner than the water that flowed into the plant. “The most fun part about sustainability is it unleashes innovation,” Hitchcock said. For more information on Hitchcock’s company, visit http://www.axisperformance.com. For information on the Center for the Environment, visit www.centerfortheenvironment.com.

Carl McElwee Overcash

CLEVELAND — Carl McElwee Overcash, 83, of Cleveland, passed away Monday, June 7, 2010, at Autumn Care of Statesville. He was born March 16, 1927, in Iredell County to the late George Ulyesses and Molly Christy Overcash. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Nettie Lucille Overcash; son Carl Ricky Overcash; son-in-law Kevin Brown; great-granddaughter Faith Hall; sister Edith London; and brothers Hoyle Overcash, Gilbert Overcash and Keever Overcash. He is survived by his daughters, Patty Hall and husband Kenneth of Statesville, Sylvia Brown of Salisbury; sister Opal Simms of Mooresville; grandchildren Brian Hall and Leslie, Bradley Hall and wife Wanda, Shannon Nichols and husband Billy and Matthew Fox; and great-grandchildren Andrew Hall, Carlee Hall, Morgan Hall and Bethany Fox. Services: Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Thursday, June 10 at Amity Lutheran Church with Rev. Gene Bruce officiating. Burial followed the service in the church cemetery. The family received friends following the burial in the church sanctuary. Memorials: In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Amity Lutheran Church, 1367 Amity Oswalt Road, Cleveland, NC 27013; and/or Hospice & Palliative Care of Iredell County, 2347 Simonton John Everette Graham Road, Statesville, NC 28625. Cavin-Cook Funeral Home, ROCKWELL — Mr. John Everette Graham, 94, beloved Mooresville, is serving the husband and father, of Rock- Overcash family. well, passed away Wednesday, June 9, Charles Truitt Rollins 2010, at his SALISBURY — Charles home. Truitt Rollins, 72, of SalisJohn was bury, passed away Thursday, born Oct. 11, June 10, 2010, at Rowan Re1915, in Mecklenburg County, gional Medical Center. Arson of the late James Lester rangements are incomplete Graham and Ellie Bessie Godfrey Graham. He was educat- with Lyerly Funeral Home in ed in Rowan County schools charge. and retired from P.W. Sipes of Landis, where he worked in furniture upholstery. Mr. Graham was a lifelong member of Rockwell United Methodist Church, Golden Rule Sunday School Class and United Methodist Men. He was a veteran of the U.S. Mrs. Carlyn Earnhardt Army have served during Bernhardt World War II in North Africa Visitation: 6-8:00 PM Friday and Northern France. Service: 11:00 AM Saturday He loved to play golf, loved St. Paul's Lutheran Church his garden and loved to be —— home. Mr. Charles Truitt Rollins In addition to his parents, Arrangements incomplete he was preceded in death by his wife Ruby Inez Little Graham, on April 27, 2010 and a son John Philip Graham on January 11, 1977, three brothers, James Lee Graham, R.G. Graham and Harry “Doc” Graham; and two sisters, Grace Ussery and Kathryn Forrester. Mr. Thurman Ribelin Survivors include son 4:00 PM Saturday Bruce Graham and wife Angela of Boiling Springs, S.C.; Enon Baptist Church daughter Nina Graham Visitation: 6-8:00 PM Friday —— Bartlett and husband Joseph Mrs. Bonnie Pope of Morrisville; and numerous Goodnight nieces and nephews. Incomplete Visitation: 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday, June 12 at Powles Funeral Home, Rockwell. Service: Funeral Service will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, June 13 at Rockwell United Methodist Church conducted by Rev. Warren Miller, pastor. The body will lie in state 30 minutes prior to the funeral service. Burial: Graveside rites will follow the service at Brookhill Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Rockwell. Memorials: May be made to Rockwell United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 337, Rockwell, NC 28138; or Rowan Regional Hospice, 720 Grove St., Salisbury, NC 28144. View the Salisbury Powles Funeral Home of Rockwell is assisting the Graham family. Post’s complete list of Online condolences may be made at www.powlesfuneralobituaries and sign the home.com

ALBEMARLE — Mr. Tony Eric Smith, age 67, of Highland Avenue, passed away June 9, 2010, at Harris Hospice House, Charlotte. He was born April 8, 1943, in Stanly County and was preceded in death by his father and mother, Mallie Harding Smith and Mabeth Allene Simmons Smith. Mr. Smith was a member of Congregational Christian church. He loved Single Action Shooting Society competition and drag racing. He is survived by his sons, Eric Smith and wife Tema of Albemarle, Chris Smith and wife Brandy of Richfield; grandchildren Mallary, Cole, Bailey and Ty; brother Barry Smith of Guam; and sister Beth Smith of Salisbury. Visitation: Visitation will be Friday, June 11 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Hartsell Funeral Home of Albemarle. Service: Funeral service will be Saturday, June 12 at 11 a.m. at Hartsell Funeral Home's Lefler Memorial Chapel, Rev. Joe Smith officiating. Burial will follow at Fairview Memorial Park in Albemarle. The family will meet at the home of his son Eric Smith, 1707 Blanche St, Albemarle, NC 28001. Memorials: May be made to American Heart Association, 222 N. Church St., Suite 303, Charlotte, NC 28202. Online obituaries and condolences at www.hartsellfh.com

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Bonnie H. Goodnight

SALISBURY — Mrs. Bonnie Pope Houck Goodnight, 89, of Salisbury, passed away Wednesday, June 9, 2010, at Lutheran Home at Trinity Oaks. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time. Summersett Funeral Home is serving the Goodnight family.

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Union-led group turns in candidate signatures RALEIGH (AP) — A union-backed movement said Thursday it turned in more than double the number of signatures required to get an independent candidate on the ballot to challenge Democratic Rep. Larry Kissell in November. Supporters of North Carolina Families First turned in the last of 35,248 signatures to the Mecklenburg County elections board on Thursday morning, group spokesman Greg Rideout said. Officials in county election offices across the 8th District now have two weeks to verify whether the group has collected signatures from 16,929 registered voters to qualify Wendell Fant as a candidate. Don Wright with the State Board of Elections said neither records nor long-time staffers recall a congressional candidate unaffiliated with a party getting on the ballot in North Carolina using the petition process. “I am just ecstatic,” Chuck Stone, the North Carolina Families First chair-

man, said in an interview. “I think it shows that the voters, especially in the 8th District, definitely want an alternative choice. I think this is an historic occasion.” Stone said Fant, a former Kissell aide, has expressed interest in running but hasn’t said he’s in the race for sure. Stone said the signatures couldn’t be used to recruit another candidate if Fant decides not to run. The first-term congressman filed a House ethics complaint this week against Fant, alleging he used his official title and government equipment to his personal benefit. Fant didn’t return phone calls Wednesday and Thursday at his Concord home, but an adviser to North Carolina Families First has called the accusations untrue and said they showed Kissell was worried about a new rival who was at odds with the congressman on the Democratic-penned health care bill. The votes by Kissell and two other conservative Democrats against the bill are one

reason why North Carolina Families First was organized in the spring. The state Democratic Party has called the petition effort shortsighted and alleged paid signature collectors are misleading voters about the group’s intentions. Having another candidate run against Kissell could peel off Democratic votes and benefit his Republican challenger in the swing 8th District. GOP candidates Tim D’Annunzio and Harold Johnson are in a June 22 runoff. Kissell campaign manager Christopher Schuler said attacks on the right and left are proof Kissell “has steered a moderate, common-sense course, standing with the people rather than with outside special interest groups with millions of dollars to burn.” Kissell wrote Wednesday to ethics committee leaders accusing Fant of using his title as deputy district director and his government computer to work on his own Veterans Affairs case.

Kissell said Fant resigned last month. Citing e-mails and documents he forwarded to the committee, Kissell said his staff later found documents showing Fant used his title and congressional resources to monitor his own mortgage modification and failed to report that he was working on the side as a recruiter for a mortgage marketing company. North Carolina Families First is funded by Service Employees International Union and its local, the State Employees Association of North Carolina. The group wanted to become a recognized political party this year, but gave up on its effort to accumulate nearly 85,000 signatures to qualify until the 2012 elections. The ethics committee’s rules say its leaders can recommend to the full committee that a complaint be dismissed or that a subcommittee investigate the matter. A committee official didn’t return a phone call Thursday.

Unclaimed Photos If you have submitted photos to the Salisbury Post of loved ones for Birthdays, Engagements, Anniversaries, Weddings, Obituaries, etc., and the photos were not picked up, please do so. All unclaimed photos will be discarded June 30th, 2010. Thank you! S45584

Bones going to relatives may have been pirate WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge has ruled that the remains of a Colonial-era resident who may have been a surviving member of Blackbeard’s pirate crew must be turned over to people thought to be the man’s descendants. Judge Wayland Sermons Jr. approved an agreement Wednesday between state officials and the presumed descendants of Edward Salter, who died in 1735, The Washington Daily News reported Thursday. The state Office of State Archaeology now possesses the bones uncovered in 1986 during construction of a bulkhead near the Colonial port town of Bath by a phosphate mining company. The state is to turn over the remains June 18. Sermons also praised the work of researcher and historian Kevin Duffus of Raleigh for his research into the remains. Duffus’ 2008 book, “The Last Days of Black Beard the Pirate,” argued that Salter was a barrelmaker who was forced to join Blackbeard’s crew and was not executed in Williamsburg, Va., along with other crew members after the captain’s death in 1718. “You, sir, have opened a can of bones and I thank you for it,” Sermons told Duffus. Duffus has sought genetic testing on the bones to confirm his theory. DNA identification may be possible in the future, but for now other tests can narrow down whether the bones match up with what is known about Salter, said Smithsonian Institution anthropologist Douglas Owsley, who plans to examine the remains beginning later this month at the request of

Salter’s presumed descendants. Examining the bones can determine whether they come from a man or woman, whether a person was well-fed, whether he ate a diet common to Great Britain or North America of that period, whether he was healthy or sickly, and whether he performed manual labor typical of a barrel-maker, Owsley said in an interview with The Associated Press. “We can help them better understand whether that man is Salter,” said Owsley, who heads the Division of Physical Anthropology at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. The findings will become part of the museum’s work studying what human bones tell about the early European and African settlers in the Mid-Atlantic. Duffus’s research found that Salter appeared in the records of Bath when he purchased two town lots in October 1721, The News & Observer of Raleigh reported last year. Additional property deeds and records reflect Salter’s success as a barrel-maker, merchant and planter. Documents in the British Archives describe a barrelmaker named Edward Salter who was forced into piracy aboard Blackbeard’s flagship, the Queen Anne’s Revenge, on Dec. 5, 1717, near Puerto Rico. A warrant issued by King George I of Great Britain lists a common sailor named Edward Salter among six men suspected of being members of Blackbeard’s pirate crew and arrested in Bath in November 1718.

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scrambling to borrow instruments to play their last performance of the year. The News & Observer of Raleigh reported that Panther Creek High School in Cary lost more than $31,000 worth of instruments in a theft last month. Four trombones, four big sousaphones, a baritone horn and a bass clarinet were taken from the band room on May 18 or May 19. Police say they are making progress in the investigation. But the thefts leave some band members borrowing instruments from the school or from friends to play at graduation Thursday. Band booster president Rebecca Dekker says the students will play whatever instruments they have.

SHELBY (AP) — A company that makes bathroom tissue and paper towels will build a distribution center and production plant in North Carolina that should employ about 250 workers within five years. Clearwater Paper Corp. said Thursday it will build the plant near the Cleveland County city of Shelby. The plant will make private-label tissue products for grocery chains along the East Coast. The state has promised tax breaks of $3.5 million if the Spokane, Wash.based company creates and sustains the jobs for 12 years. The company also will receive $500,000 state grant. The Shelby Star reported Thursday that Cleveland County will provide land for the factory on a 100-acre parcel it owns, build an entry road, and return to the company a portion of the property taxes generated over 10 years.

Reservoir’s cleanup could cost $1.5 billion RALEIGH (AP) — Pollution threatening the water supply for one of North Carolina’s largest metropolitan areas could cost $1.5 billion to clean. The News & Observer of Raleigh reported Thursday the estimate comes from an analysis by the state Division of Water Quality. The agency

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Lake closed to swimmers after gator moves in HOPE MILLS (AP) — Swimming has been prohibited and residents have been warned to be cautious after an alligator was spotted in a North Carolina lake. Multiple media organizations reported Thursday the roughly 5-footlong gator was spotted swimming in Hope Mills Lake, about 10 miles south of Fayetteville. Warning signs have been posted and yellow caution tape has been placed on the public side of the lake where people swim. Hope Mills Police Chief Robert

Hassell is telling residents to stay away from the alligator. A state wildlife biologist may visit the lake in the next couple of days to decide if the alligator needs to be removed. Authorities think construction near streams that feed the lake may have prompted the reptile to move away from its normal home.

Coast Guard check in port finds pollution crime RALEIGH (AP) — A cargo ship’s owners have been ordered to pay an $850,000 fine after Coast Guard inspectors in North Carolina found the ship was dumping oily waste at sea. The Jacksonville Daily News reported Thursday the cargo ship M/T Chem Faros had docked at the state port in Morehead City in March when inspectors came aboard. They found that crew members had run a pipe bypassing onboard pollution control equipment. The Coast Guard checked the ship’s records and found that for at least seven months the ship had been releasing oily waste on its travels between ports in Asia and the United States. A federal judge this week sen-

tenced the cargo ship company to the fine and a five-year probation during which it must operate under an environmental compliance plan.

Senate runoff candidates hold TV debate RALEIGH (AP) — The two candidates seeking the Democratic nomination in the U.S. Senate runoff in North Carolina have tried to differentiate themselves from each other and Republican incumbent Richard Burr in a television debate. But Lexington attorney Cal Cunningham and Secretary of State Elaine Marshall largely agreed on the issues discussed Thursday night in a live debate at the WRAL-TV studios in Raleigh. The winner of the June 22 runoff election will take on Burr in November. Cunningham questioned Marshall’s stand on reforming Social Security. Marshall said she’s opposed to raising the retirement age to receive full benefits, currently at age 67. Marshall said she wondered how Cunningham could be independent representing North Carolina residents when he took $150,000 from what she called Washington insiders.

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Man who broke into bank to sleep had been drinking ELLENSBURG, Wash. (AP) — Police in Ellensburg, Wash., said a man looking for a place to sleep broke into the basement of a bank, and — yes — he had been drinking. Surveillance video shows the man breaking a basement window about 3 a.m. Saturday and leaving before 8 a.m. Police tracked down the 21-year-old and arrested him at his home for inves-

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A Pittsburgh man will spend six years in prison for robbing a bank while dressed as a woman the day after he escaped from a halfway house where he was finishing up a sentence for five bank robberies. Federal prosecutors had sought a much longer sentence for Christopher Hoffman, 32, arguing he was a violent career criminal. Hoffman’s attorney says mental problems partly explain why his client stole $2,800 from the Fifth Third Bank in Pittsburgh on Aug. 29, 2006.

Man gets jail time after stray bullet kills professor BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Even now, no one knows who fired the stray bullet that killed a retired St. Michael’s College professor at his dining room table. But two men have now been convicted in the shooting, which happened when a rifle shot from a backyard firing range next door went through a window and hit John Reiss, killing him on the spot. On Thursday, 28-year-old Brad Lussier — one of three men who had been firing a SKS automatic rifle — was sentenced to 60 days in jail after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter. Last month, a jury convicted Reiss’ neighbor, who set up the firing range. Joseph McCarthy, 40, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and is awaiting sentencing. He could get 15 years in prison.

Gymnast takes stand in stalker case; man claims insanity LOS ANGELES (AP) — Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson voice cracked Thursday as a prosecutor showed her a knife found in the car of a man accused of stalking her. Johnson’s 23 minutes on the witness stand was the first time she came face-toface with Robert O’Ryan, who is accused of breaking onto a studio lot to meet the gold

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WASHINGTON (AP) — An Army investigation has found that potentially hundreds of remains at Arlington National Cemetery have been misidentified or misplaced, in a scandal marring the reputation of the nation’s pre-eminent burial ground for its honored dead since the Civil War. Army Secretary John McHugh said the cemetery’s two civilian leaders would be forced to step aside, and he appointed a new chief to conduct a more thorough investigation to examine the graves and sort out the mix-up. McHugh also announced the creation of an independent advisory commission that will be led by former senators and Army veterans Max Cleland and Bob Dole. “I deeply apologize to the families of the honored fallen resting in that hallowed ground who may now question the care afforded to their loved ones,” McHugh told a Pentagon news conference. Arlington National Cemetery is considered among the nation’s most hallowed burial sites, with more than 300,000 people buried there with military honors. An average of 30 funerals are conducted there every day.

tigation of second-degree burglary and malicious mischief. Capt. Dan Hansberry said the man was intoxicated and doesn’t know why he picked a bank to snooze.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI strongly defended celibacy for priests as a sign of faith in an increasingly secular world during a rally Thursday that drew some 15,000 priests from around the world to Rome. Benedict didn’t directly mention the clerical abuse scandal that has rocked the Catholic Church for months, but he referred to what he called “secondary scandals” that showed “our own insufficiencies and sins.” Benedict’s comments came during an evening vigil service in St. Peter’s Square to mark the end of the Vatican’s year of the priest — a year that has been marred by revelations of hundreds of new cases of clerical abuse, cover-up and Vatican inaction to stop it. There had been speculation that Benedict might again refer to the scandal, following his recent comments en route to Portugal during which he acknowledged that it was born of the “sin within the church” and not from outside elements. Previously, Vatican officials, publications and cardinals had blamed the scandal on the media, the Masons and anti-Catholic lobbies, among others. Benedict is due to celebrate a final Mass today before the rally ends.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The rebuilding of Americans’ wealth is proceeding in steps rather than strides. Households’ net worth rose last quarter — the fourth straight quarterly gain. Yet tumbling stock prices have reduced their wealth since then. Some economists say Americans’ net worth may now be down slightly for the year. That helps explain why many say it will 2012 or 2013, at best, before Americans’ wealth will return to its pre-recession levels. Net worth — the value of assets like homes, bank accounts and investments, minus debts like mortgages and credit cards — rose 2.1 percent last quarter, the Federal Reserve said Thursday. It now amounts to $54.6 trillion. In the midst of the recession, household net worth sank as low as $48.3 trillion. It’s since risen 13 percent. Yet even counting last quarter’s gain, net worth would have to rise 21 percent more to regain its pre-recession peak of $65.9 trillion. Household wealth is vital to the economy because consumers tend to spend according to how wealthy they

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a boost for the president on global warming, the Senate on Thursday rejected a challenge to Obama administration rules aimed at cutting greenhouse gas emissions from power plants and other big polluters. The defeated resolution would have denied the Environmental Protection Agency the authority to move ahead with the rules, crafted under the federal Clean Air Act. With President Barack Obama’s broader clean energy legislation struggling to gain a foothold in the Senate, the vote took on greater significance as a signal of where lawmakers stand on dealing with climate change. “If ever there was a vote to find out whose side you are on, this is it,” said Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee. The vote was 53-47 to stop the Senate from moving forward on the Republican-led effort to restrain the EPA. Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., predicted the vote would “increase momentum to adopt comprehensive energy and climate legislation this year.”

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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The No. 3 Democrat in the U.S. House called on federal authorities Thursday to investigate how an unemployed South Carolina military veteran entered and won the state’s Democratic primary for U.S. Senate. “Here is Alvin Greene, unemployed, he goes into the Democratic headquarters and pays $10,000. That’s no little bit of money for an unemployed person,” House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, DS.C., said. “This guy, who is he? Where did he come from?” Greene, 32, stunned the Democratic Party establishment Tuesday night when he handily defeated Vic Rawl, a fourterm state lawmaker and former judge, for the party’s nomination. Rawl, who had campaigned little but raised $186,000, was forced to scrap a fundraiser planned for Thursday night. Greene has not reported any fundraising, run any ads, or put up signs

or a website in his challenge of Republican U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint. He had been considered such a long shot that neither his opponent nor the media checked his background, which includes a November arGREENE rest on a charge of felony obscenity. “There are a number of things that are taking place in the South Carolina political process that I find suspicious,” Clyburn said. “I believe there’s a coordinated effort to circumvent state and federal laws and seriously subvert the electoral process. Something needs to be done.” Greene, who says he left the military last August after 13 years in the Army and Air Force, has said he paid the $10,440 filing fee by saving up two years

of his service pay. On Thursday, Clyburn said he’s skeptical Greene paid the fee himself and demanded that federal authorities investigate where the money came from. Clyburn said state law makes it illegal for candidates to let someone else pay their filing fee if their candidacy is intended to damage another candidate. Party officials asked Greene to sit out the race after the Associated Press reported he faces a felony charge, which stems from a University of South Carolina student’s complaint that he showed her a pornographic website, then talked about going to her room at a university dorm. But Greene says he won’t bow out. “I am a legitimate candidate,” Greene said Thursday. Clyburn said, “He’s been paid to stay in it, by somebody. I just think this is a ploy by someone to dishonor and embarrass the Democratic Party.”

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Abby Sunderland is seen on her sailboat in January. The 16year-old is somewhere between Africa and Australia. were sent from the French territory of Reunion Island and an aircraft was dispatched from Perth on a fourhour flight to Abby’s location more than 2,000 miles from both Africa and Australia. It would take a day for the nearest ship to reach the area. Reunion Island is off Madagascar, the very large island along the east coast of Africa. Support team member Jeff Casher said the two emergency beacons were continu-

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esky squirrels have been a constant thorn in the side of many homeowners, especially those who live in the city. Bird feeding stations and raised planters seem to be their favorite sites to destroy. Those with oak and hickory trees can expect visits from our state mammal, the gray squirrel. June is the breeding season for gray squirrels in our area, so they DARRELL acBLACKWELDER become tive during this time. Young squirrels may breed twice a year, with a gestation period of 42-45 days with usually three young in the litter. Shrinking habitats and lack of natural enemies force squirrels to areas of abundant food and water — high density housing. Typically, only about half the squirrels in a population die each year. Squirrels can live up to 12 years but rarely in the wild do squirrels live to four years. Both home and commercial remedies designed to repel squirrels have mixed results. Taste repellents

stores. Captured squirrels should be relocated more than 10 miles away to an approved site to prevent return. Wildlife biologists question trapping and release due to the stress placed on the animal and possible spread of diseases, with few surviving relocation. If you don’t want the hassle, you can hire a damage control agent who has all the permits and Most squirrels do not survive after being trapped and moved. will eliminate the pest. There are licensed animal consuch as Ro-pel can be apsuggest obtaining a depritrol agents that offer this plied to plants, flowers, vation permit if squirrels service. trees and shrubs in an efcause property damage. Hunting season for fort to make the squirrel Call the district wildlife bisquirrels this year starts in look elsewhere for food. ologist at 704-474-7202 to this fall. See www. Other repellents contain- obtain the permit. Legally, ncwildlife.org. Landowners ing capsaicin (hot pepper you have to have this percan shoot squirrels on their mix) can also be used as a mit to trap and release the property, but those hunting repellent with mixed reanimal. on other’s property must sults. Some report hot pepBaited live traps seem to have a valid hunting liper works well while others be the best method of concense. tell me the squirrels regard trol for those who live in it as a condiment. urban areas. Traps can efDarrell Blackwelder is Homeowners automatifectively be baited with Cooperative Extension dically think of using moth slices of orange, walnuts or rector in Rowan County. balls to ward off marauding pecans (removed from the Call 704-216-8970. squirrels. Unfortunately shell) with peanut butter. http://www.rowanmasthis method of control has Live squirrel traps are tergardener.com little or no success. readily available from http://rowan.ces.ncsu.edu State wildlife biologists hardware and farm supply www.rowanextension.com

n Wednesday, June 30, shop if at all possible. Rowan County ExtenTransport soft-stem cutsion Master Gardentings in a cooler with ice or ers will conduct a Plant in a container of water. CutPropagation Workshop, 9 tings need not be excessivea.m. until ly long. noon at the Participants are encourAgricultural aged to bring enough plant Center on Old material to share with othConcord Road ers. in Salisbury. Other recommended The class plants for propagation inwill be held clude weigela, gardenia (upunder the right and trailing varieties), Outdoor holly, Carolina jessamine, Learning Cencrape myrtle, roses, chaste ter next to the CAROLE tree, kerria, clematis, beauty greenhouse. MASSEY berry and coral honeysuckSpace will be le. limited to the first 20 to call The propagation trays, and register. Phone the Coonce filled, will be nurtured operative Extension office at in the Master Gardener 704-216-8970. There is a fee greenhouse until fall. At of $10 for materials and sup- that time, the cuttings will plies. be ready to be potted up and A second workshop will taken home. Participants be held on Thursday, July are encouraged to come by 15. Register for this class and check on their cuttings also, same time, same place, during the summer to see same $10 fee applies. their growth and developMaster Gardener Jean ment. Lamb and other Extension Further instruction will Master Gardener volunteers be given as the trays are will provide instruction and ready to go home. information on basic propagation techniques. For questions or additionPropagation of popular al information, contact the shrubs such as hydrangea, Cooperative Extension office, deutzia, daphne, azalea, 704-216-8970, fax-704-216buddleia, spirea and camel8990 or e-mail darrell_ lia is best achieved from blackwelder@ncsu.edu. late June until late July when cuttings from new tip growth are green and vigorous and snap when bent. If the tip bends and does not snap, the growth is too juvenile. Also, cuttings from old wood or aged or declining shrubs will be difficult to propagate. Shrubs should be well watered before the cuttings are taken and should be insect and disease free. Cuttings should be taken the morning of the workButterfly bush is easy to grow from a cutting.

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Jyoti always has her head in the clouds — literally. From her early work as a bush pilot in Alaska to her current job as a pilot with a major airline, she has spent a lot of time soaring above the rest of us. But when she’s not at 30,000 feet and has her feet planted firmly on the ground, Jyoti enjoys a casual lifestyle that includes relaxing at home and entertaining friends. She likes her small, 100year-old home, but was unhappy with her main-floor living space. The dark living/dining room had an awkward layout, splintering wood floors and a big, nonfunctioning eyesore of a fireplace. With its cramped layout and uncomfortable seating, the space was far from the warm, welcoming place Jyoti longed for. So she

handed me the controls and asked me to design a bright living space in which she could kick back on her own or comfortably entertain friends. The room had two walls that chopped up the space and had no real purpose — a small knee wall in the entranceway and a larger wall separating the hallway from the dining room. So I kicked off the project by tearing down these walls and turning the ground floor into one big open-concept space. Then, to give it a cleaner and more contemporary look, I ripped out the fireplace, painted the walls in a soft vanilla, put in recessed lighting and put down some new dark-wood flooring. In the living area, I created a nice feature wall with a framed television (that turns into a mirror when not in use) above and a lovely storage bench below. I then flanked

the bench with creamy cabinetry: On one side is a cabinet that contains a new stainlesssteel gas fireplace; on the other side is a tall storage cabinet that houses a media center and lots of display shelving. To keep the look warm and inviting, I put a big brown sofa by the window and a matching love seat across from it, along with a wooden coffee table and creamy area rug. This all comes together to create a nice, comfortable entertainment nook with lots of seating. In the dining area, I put in a double-pedestal, expandable wooden table that can seat six or 12, depending on Jyoti’s needs. Behind the table sits a wood hutch, and around the table are new cream-colored dining-room chairs. In keeping with the global nature of Jyoti’s life, I decided to use exotic colors and fab-

rics, including red and cream patterned drapes and a host of throw pillows in rich beiges, cool blues, hot reds and deep browns. I even painted the wall leading up Jyoti’s stairs in a rich red for an added “wow” factor. I then created a little area in Jyoti’s entranceway that includes a big mirror, a console table and a lovely area rug. To bring extra brightness to the room, I put in a beautiful crystal chandelier above the pedestal table, two mini drop pendants in the hallway and a couple of crystal sconces in the dining area. These all work collectively to make the new open space feel light and bright, with a touch of elegance. Lastly, I put in some accents and accessories, including some nesting tables, a few stools and lots of Jyoti’s favorite collectibles from

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themselves from your sister’s volatility. This sounds like a reasonable strategy for them to take. Your decision to boycott events where your sister is present is understandable, but you should consider your parents’ welfare. Because you’ve shown yourself capable of standing up to your sister, you should say, “I can’t influence your drinking, but the next time you verbally abuse mom or dad I will step in to protect them from you.” Your whole family would benefit from attending support meetings for people whose lives are affected by a loved one’s drinking. Check al-anon.alateen.org for a local meeting. Dear Amy: You blew it in your response to “Harried Hostess.” You advised her husband to say, “My wife is tired of doing the hostess thing.” Whatever happened to the marriage partnership? The husband should say, “We are tired of being hosts.” — Offended Reader Dear Offended: Because “Harried” did all the work, and the guest in question was the husband’s friend, I thought the husband should acknowledge it. But many readers disagreed with me and agreed with you. Thank you all. Send questions via email 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

Dear Mary: My husband and I were foolish enough to get involved in a vacation property. It is not exactly a time share, but we have a loan to pay off. There are Internetbased companies that promise to sell it for us, but they want money upfront. Is there any way to get out of these things? — V.S., email Dear V.S.: I have no idea what you have if it’s not a MARY time share, so HUNT I can’t ascertain what kind of secondary market there might be for this unknown “vacation property.” If the company still is selling whatever this is to unsuspecting people like you, you might want to go hang out at the sales venue and snag prospective buyers on their way in. Tell them that if they like what they hear, you’ll make them a deal on the way out to buy yours for halfprice. Never underestimate the value of a lesson learned the hard way. You’re about to become wiser with each payment you make on whatever it is that you bought.

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Dear Amy: I am wondering about proper gift-giving etiquette when it comes to a combined engagement party/wedding reception that is being held nearly a year before the actual wedding. This is in celebration of one of my husband’s co-workers and her fiance. The couple has a rocky “on again, off again” relationship. They are notoriously irresponsible with their finances. ASK The wedAMY ding will be a destination wedding a year away. But on the invitation we received, they are requesting their wedding gifts now! They are registered to a bank account. Does this sound fishy? There was no indication on the invitation that the bank account was linked to a separate wedding fund or anything. I say, give nothing until the deal has been sealed, especially given their relationship history and the fact that the party is a backyard barbecue. My husband says, give half the amount of the wedding gift now and the other half next year after they are officially married. What is your opinion? — Wondering Dear Wondering: You can’t possibly apply “proper giftgiving etiquette” to an event where the hosts don’t seem to know the difference between an engagement and a shakedown. Your husband’s idea of contributing a down payment is businesslike and intriguing. Will they marry and receive the second payment? If they don’t marry at all or on time, will the couple return the first payment?

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owan County District Attorney Bill Kenerly showed up on the front page of the Charlotte Observer Wednesday, described as one of the state’s most aggressive prosecutors of infant deaths. It’s a bit of a surprise to realize that other district attorneys are more likely to accept findings that point to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and less likely to blame parents. Those other prosecutors weren’t in Rowan in 1997. They didn’t deal with the murders of Budde Clark, Christopher Jones and DeMallon Krider, three small children who died at the hands of parents or caretakers. SIDS did not figure into the cases; their deaths were violent. But that terrible year brought concerns about child abuse to a high level in Rowan County. Life has not been the same since then for many of the investigators, social workers and prosecutors involved in the cases. So it’s not too surprising that Kenerly would seek justice when it appears a child has died due to the negligence of adults. Rowan Countians expect nothing less. Rowan may also be more aggressive than other counties in pushing awareness of the dangers of adults sleeping with infants — “co-sleeping.” After a child fatality review found in 2008 that a child had died while sleeping with his father on a couch, the Department of Social Services made the prevention of co-sleeping deaths a top mission. Its efforts have included everything from educating parents involved in protective service cases — providing cribs, if necessary — to promoting public awareness via Access 16 TV and a community roundtable. This week’s Observer series, “Cradle of Secrets,” has brought much-needed attention to the dangers of co-sleeping and other factors that can lead to what often appear to be SIDS deaths. In 2007, the number of accidental deaths among N.C. children was 253 — 100 of which were ruled SIDS deaths. SIDS happens, suddenly and mysteriously killing babies as they sleep. But there are things parents can do to lessen the risk, such as placing babies on their backs to sleep, and removing stuffed animals, pillows and fluffy blankets from cribs. And there are things prosecutors can do when they suspect negligence, drugs or suspicious activities may have led to the death of a child. Experience has been a harsh but thorough teacher. Rowan is fortunate to have investigators who know what to look for and a district attorney who is unafraid to push forward on cases others might not pursue.

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ere’s the deal: Other people’s marriages are a foreign country where you don’t know the language. Every marriage has a public face and a private reality; indeed, different faces for different audiences. It’s a happy couple that always agrees which masks to wear. Penetrating these GENE disguises has preoccupied LYONS small-town gossips and would-be Tolstoys throughout recorded history. Like all voyeurism, it’s a sadistic activity. Broadly speaking, the more uncertain people are about their own domestic arrangements, the more they’re fascinated by the sins and sorrows of others. As full-fledged TV celebrities, politicians have been deemed fair game for the Hedda Hoppers and Louella Parsons of the Washington press corps for more than 20 years now. Play-acting and jack-olantern smiles have accordingly become an occupational necessity. Hence what’s true of all marriages becomes even truer of politicians — the George and Laura Bushes no less than the Al and Tipper Gores, even (maybe especially) the Bill and Hillary Clintons. Barring untimely exposure — the senator caught patronizing whores or propositioning an undercover cop, the congressman making videos promoting sexual abstinence with the cute aide who’s his mistress, the president entangled with the former White House intern — voters only get to see what the power couple wants them to see. Millions, therefore, get a cheap thrill out of seeing the masks removed and the mighty brought low. Grim economic news and the ongoing catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico have also left many yearning for a distraction. Media careerism plays a strong role, too. In the quest for readership and ratings, it’s getting to where the fastest way for a politician to make it into a New York

Times or Washington Post op-ed column, or to get talked about on “Hardball,” is to be accused of marital indiscretions. Problem is, you not only don’t know public figures’ intimate lives, you can’t know. Maureen Dowd and Chris Matthews sure as hell don’t know. What sane politician would share a private confidence with any journalist? Most pundits psychoanalyzing politician’s’ intimate lives are simply narrating what my friend Bob Somerby of the dailyhowler.com describes as a “brainless Group Novel” of their own invention, featuring imaginary characters they pretend are

I fail also to see how ... the national political press’ descent into quasi-fictive celebrity journalism has been good for the country. real, and themes revelatory of their own preoccupations. It’s backstairs gossip, nothing more. Furthermore, it’s none of their business, none of yours or mine. I fail also to see how any American who’s been paying attention could think the national political press’ descent into quasi-fictive celebrity journalism has been good for the country. At least Hollywood gossips Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons understood that many of their “scoops” were studio press releases thinly disguised. In that sense, I agree with former Bush speechwriter Michael Gerson’s recent Washington Post column. Moved by the plight of his friend Rep. Mark Souder (the abstinence crusader), Gerson wants to know, “What does sexual conduct have to do with the qualifications for public service?... I have known politicians who are cold, arrogant, reckless — and faithful to their spouses. And I have known politicians who have been unfaithful and served the public well.”

That said, before I start trouble in my own marriage, I should concur in my wife’s strongly held view that the spectacular indiscipline of America’s most famous unfaithful politician led directly to the disastrous presidency of the cold, arrogant, reckless, but ostensibly faithful one. No Monica Lewinsky, no Bush tax cuts, no doubled national debt, no Iraq War. Who knows, maybe no 9/11? President Gore wouldn’t have blown off that CIA briefing, that’s for sure. Something else Bill Clinton’s folly also led to was the Beltway media’s mendacious “War on Gore.” Shedding crocodile tears, they were all given a chance to air the favored canards all over again by the recent announcement of Al and Tipper’s separation. On CBS Evening News, Katie Couric and Sharyl Attkisson reminded us that “the Gores actually weren’t the inspiration for ‘Love Story’ as the former vice president once claimed .... But their love story lasted 40 years.” Actually, ladies, Gore never said that. The Nashville Tennessean did. Moreover, novelist Erich Segal told The New York Times they’d gotten it half right. His former student Al Gore was the model for his novel’s preppy hero. Not that any of the Times’s political gossip columnists ever noticed. But hey, if Al and Tipper are going to frustrate our appetite for melodrama, why not invent some? But the politician who’s really caught like the proverbial deer in the headlights is South Carolina GOP gubernatorial candidate Nikki Haley. Endorsed by Sarah Palin, Haley’s been accused of adultery by two political consultants connected to her opponent. She denies it. Both have produced purely circumstantial evidence; she’s been challenged to take a lie detector test. OK, so it’s South Carolina. Anything goes. So where are the Southern gentlemen we’ve heard about? Because true or false, both cads should be horsewhipped. • • • Gene Lyons writes columns for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR President Obama betraying Israel In 1799, Napoleon occupied the coast of what is now Israel and considered creating a Jewish state. He did not follow through with the plan. I note this to show that a Jewish State in the Middle East was not just a post WWII offering. It has roots. To his shame and ours as well, Barack Hussein Obama has shunned the Jewish nation, and without a hint of outrage from the Jewish community or our Senators Feinstein, Boxer, Feingold, Shuman, Liebermann, Franken — the list goes on. Politics trumps justice. While campaign-mode Obama assured us Israel would always enjoy our friendship and support, presidential-mode Obama retracted his promise as he has done many times since waltzing into the White House. Benjamin Netanyahu gets his hands slapped while

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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas gets a fraternity reunion hug and handshake. We should not be surprised that Iran has become even bolder in thumbing his nose at the U.S. Now it threatens to provide escorts for ships running Israel’s Gaza blockade. Nor should we gawk in wonder that Turkey sends ships of “freedom loving” folks to run the blockade and stomp on Israeli soldiers while hammering them with metal pipes. What kind of leadership is it to leave the fate of such a vulnerable country in the hands of the pro-Muslim “Security Council”? He placates

Iran with watered-down threats of “sanctions” while Mahmoud Ahmadinejad inches towards the ultimate weapon, one he will not hesitate to use. Since Israel’s conception in 1948, America has always been a strong ally. Now this brave nation has been betrayed and without even an outcry from a world just a generation or two away from Nazi Germany and its horrors. I believe the Biblical assertion that the Jews are God’s chosen. I suspect the Jews are again wishing He would choose someone else. — Chuck Hughes Salisbury

esearch has revealed that more than one in 10 elderly adults in the United States experienced mistreatment during the previous year. Elder abuse is a growing problem and often underreported. There is increasing evidence that this mistreatment increases the risk of death. Our older population is growing larger due to lengthening life spans, and this can put more people at risk for mistreatment. There is help available for victims. June 15 marks the 5th commemoration of the world effort to raise awareness of elder abuse. With the uncertain economic times that we are in, it is more important than ever to promote elder abuse awareness so that vulnerable adults will not be forgotten. More people need to be made aware of programs that can help. Ultimately, the awareness is about change that leads to prevention for these vulnerable and older adults. We also want to recognize the dedication of the many professionals and advocates involved in this challenging field. Their efforts to enhance and protect the health, dignity, independence and well-being of older adults should not go unnoticed. Governor Perdue has proclaimed May 10 through June 18 as Vunerable Adult and Elder Abuse Awareness Month in North Carolina. These dates tie the awareness period to Mother’s Day and Father’s Day in the hopes that all will be aware of respecting and valuing all elders in North Carolina. Anyone who suspects that a vulnerable or older adult is in need of protection is required by N.C. law (GS 108A-102) to report the information to the Department of Social Services in the county where the adult resides. Elder abuse is a communitywide problem, and the solution requires communitywide involvement. To increase awareness and to bring together citizens and local agencies that can help prevent, detect, investigate and prosecute elder abuse, the public is invited to an Elder Abuse Awareness Day community discussion Monday from 2 to 4 p.m. at Cabarrus County Department of Social Services, 1303 S. Cannon Blvd., Kannapolis. Panelists will discuss mental health and abuse prevention, detecting and preventing financial exploitation, screening and evaluating the need for services, investigating criminal abuse and prosecuting abuse. Concerned citizens can help by becoming aware of potential warning signs of abuse, neglect or exploitation: Abuse: Unexplained bruises, fractures, black eyes, burns, pinch marks, scratches, fractures or broken bones, open wounds, cuts or untreated injuries in various stages of healing, fearful of caretaker or family member, sudden change in behavior of the adult, the caregiver’s refusal to allow visitors to see an elder alone, laboratory findings of medication overdose or under-utilization of prescribed drugs, emotional or psychological mistreatments such as intimidation, harassment, humiliation, etc. Neglect: Poor hygiene, bed sores, decayed teeth, lack of prosthetic devices, sudden weight loss, lack of medication, imposed isolation, lack of health care, wandering, dehydration, malnutrition, etc. Exploitation: Unpaid bills, sudden change in living style, new “friends” helping with bank accounts, change in ownership of property, no spending money, missing belongings, inappropriate touching, unfair wages. Concerned citizens should report any situation where they feel an adult is possibly being abused, neglected or exploited to the local Department of Social Services. In Cabarrus County, call 704920-1400 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday-Friday; send letters to 1303 S. Cannon Blvd., Kannapolis, NC 28083, or e-mail jhpolk@ cabarruscounty.us or kmowrer@ cabarruscounty.us. After hours, call the Sheriff’s Department at 704-920-3000. (In Rowan, call 704-216-8331 during business hours or send letters to 1813 E. Innes St., Salisbury, NC 28146. After hours, report by calling 911.) When in doubt, always report. It could help save a life, or at the least put a process in place to provide services to improve the life of an older adult. Together we can make a difference in the lives of the people in our community and around the world. • • • Weaver works for the Cabarrus County Department of Social Services.

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ANOTHER YEAR OVER Eighth-graders Jackie Batten, from left, Laura Burton and Kayla McIntyre gather on their last day at North Middle. Woodleaf Elementary first-grader Austin Mauldin demonstrates the proper way to accept a certificate from Principal Susan Herrington.

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LaToya Warren hugs one of her students as the last day of school comes to an end at North Rowan Middle School on Thursday. See story on PAGE 1A.

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with the Davie County District Attorney’s Office on Wednesday. Darty tried to get a prayer for judgment continued to avoid Parks having points on his license and increasing his insurance, but the judge refused. Prosecutor Wendy Terry, an assistant district attorney, argued Parks should be treated the same as anyone else and insisted on not doing a prayer for judgment. And Terry vigorously defended the actions of the officers involved, saying they faced a near riot situation with 20 or more people converging around the scene while officers tried to subdue Parks. She said Parks’ actions put officers “in a very dangerous situation.” At one point she said Parks was “200 pounds of muscle practically doing push-ups with the trooper on his back.” With Davie Sheriff Andy Stokes seated behind her, Terry said she would not allow Dar-

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according to a list of personnel status changes provided by the Rowan-Salisbury School System. Lee had been employed at Salisbury High School since 1980. In an affidavit filed with the search warrant, police said three current and former Salisbury High students told of Lee punching or hitting them with a bat at his home. A 2003 Salisbury High graduate filed the original complaint with police. He told investigators that at Lee’s former Maxwell Street house, where the student had been invited to work out, Lee had him strip down to his boxers then strapped him to a bench, poured a bucket of water over him and repeatedly

O.J.’s lawyer seeks new trial LAS VEGAS (AP) — O.J. Simpson’s lawyer says time could be the biggest hurdle he’ll face when he asks the Nevada Supreme Court today to overturn the imprisoned former football star’s conviction in a September 2007 hotel room heist and grant a new trial. “We only have 15 minutes to make our arguments. It really is daunting,” Yale Galanter said Thursday. “But what the public doesn’t know is that there are hundreds of pages of briefs that have already been filed.” Simpson and convicted codefendant Clarence “C.J.” Stewart won’t be in court when their lawyers tell a trio of justices that Simpson’s fame — and his acquittal in the 1994 slayings of his exwife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ron Goldman in Los Angeles — tilted the Las Vegas proceedings in favor of the prosecution. Simpson, who turns 63 next month, has been working as a gymnasium janitor while serving nine to 33 years at a state prison in the northern Nevada town of Lovelock. Stewart, 56, heads a music program while serving up to 27 years at High Desert State Prison, 45 miles northwest of Las Vegas. “This was a referendum on O.J. Simpson’s life. This was payback,” Galanter said, previewing what he’ll tell justices. “This was not about what happened here in Nevada.”

ty to impugn the integrity of the officers. “I’ve worked with these officers for 10 years,” she said. “They’re not going to lie about traffic offenses.” Darty had questioned the account Howell had given on what happened in the 8 or 10 miles along U.S. 801 and the way Howell, dressed in civilian clothes, approached Parks when he stopped. The charge of following too closely was dropped, along with the charge of obstruct, resist and delay an officer. That was dropped on a technical issue. The warrant did not specify the identity of the officer who was obstructed. The incident turned into a hot potato, drawing extensive press coverage because of Parks’ status as the best running back ever in North Carolina. He has signed to attend the University of Virginia this fall. District Court Judge Rod Penry questioned why Parks wasn’t in court. Darty said he advised him to stay away to avoid having a large TV news presence. Terry noted that it was Parks’ Charlotte attorney who went on TV for an interview.

punched him in the stomach as a video camera recorded the scene. The student said he had seen videos at Lee’s house of other boys in similar situations. And another student told police, according to the affidavit, that Lee took him into the attic of the Sarazen Way home in March 2008, threw a piece of fabric over a wooden beam and hung him by his wrists. He said Lee then hit him with a wooden baseball bat using half swings while recording it on video. The three interviewed for the affidavit also told police they were allowed to drink beer at Lee’s home. Salisbury Police have not charged Lee with anything, but turned over evidence collected in the investigation to the N.C. Attorney General’s Office in April. Spokeswoman Jennifer Canada said Thursday that special prosecutors in the office “have not made a decision yet. They’re still reviewing the case.”

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for Harris, who built her whole teaching career at one school — Hurley Elementary. But it wasn’t. “It’s been great,” she says. After graduating from Pfeiffer College in 1979, she started teaching third grade at Hurley the next fall and taught either third grade (25 years) or second grade for three decades. For years, she carpooled from Badin with her fellow Stanly County teachers Wendy Holbrook and Diane Faggart. It was at least a 50-minute drive one way. Harris loved the carpooling time before and after school.

tional day.” When she’s around young high school or college graduates who are leaning toward a teaching career, Harris, half-kidding, advises them to think about another profession, given what she knows after 30plus years. But get her to be more serious, and she tells you, “It’s a very rewarding experience.” “You get burned out after awhile, “ she adds, “but once you see something click in a child’s head and know they’ve gotten something you’ve been trying to teach them, there’s no better feeling.” New retirees, let’s recap. Travel. Spend more time with family. Lose 25 pounds. Cherish the good memories. Give this retirement thing a chance. And thanks.

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The drive home especially allowed her to vent about things that didn’t go well that day or share in the things that did. Harris could have retired last June but decided to start her 31st year. It didn’t take long until she decided to begin the retirement paperwork. “You know when it’s time,” she says. On Wednesday, Harris returned to Hurley Elementary School for the first time since she retired, just to say goodbye to her last class and see her old friends again. “I miss the children,” Harris says, “and how they didn’t hesitate to show how they loved you. “I do not miss lesson plans. I do not miss the paperwork, period. I don’t miss the changes that have been made in our instruc-

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Zack added that he would also miss his teachers, especially Dianne Young. Matthew continued, saying there’s a fun side to the last day of school. “It’s summer vacation,” he said, “and we’ll be able to go on trips and swimming in the pool and stuff.” His family usually goes to the beach a couple of times during the summer, he said, and to the mountains once. They may also go to Illinois to visit relatives. Matthew and Zack, who are friends at school, said they have each other’s phone number and plan to talk during the summer. They were both excited about the certificates they received at Wednesday’s awards ceremony. Zach received five and Matthew, six. Matthew said Woodleaf is a great school. “I like how you learn stuff that gets you ready for a job and leads to success,” he said.

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CHARLOTTE — A cocky Muhsin Muhammad in 1996 joined a Carolina franchise that was beginning only its second season. Over the next two decades the Panthers and Muhammad effectively grew up MUHAMMAD and matured together. That’s why the former Pro Bowl receiver’s retirement announcement was so lengthy.

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There were a lot of memories to go over and people to thank. Carolina’s career leader in catches and yards receiving walked away Thursday after 14 seasons, 11 of which were spent in Charlotte, where Muhammad made a transformation on and off the field. “I’ve done everything I could possibly do in an NFL career for 14 years, outside of actually winning a championship ring,” he said. “I’ve played in two Super Bowls, I have Super Bowl records and I’ve done a lot of good things throughout my career.

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CHARLOTTE — Jon Beason wasn’t immediately concerned when he saw Carolina Panthers teammate Thomas Davis tumble to the turf and grab his surgically repaired right knee earlier this week. “I would have bet a million bucks it wasn’t the ACL,” Beason said Thursday. “I thought it was scar tissue, and having the surgery I know you can go through it.” Beason’s voice then trailed off, and he shook his head. “It’s just crazy,” he said. It was indeed the anterior cruciate ligament — again.

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BOSTON — The Boston Celtics have tied up the NBA Celtics 96 f i nals, and they owe Lakers 89 it more to “Big Baby” than the Big Three. Backup Glen “Big Baby” Davis scored half of his 18 points in the fourth quarter as the Celtics bench pulled away from the Los Angeles Lakers to win 96-89 on Thursday night and even the best-ofseven series at two games apiece. Game 5 is Sunday night in Boston. The Celtics’ win guaranteed them a trip DAVIS back to Los Angeles and averted a 3-1 deficit that has never been overcome in NBA finals history. “Just will, that’s all it is,” Davis said. “This is what legends are made of, this is where you grasp the moment. ... Just play in the moment.” Kobe Bryant scored 33 points and Pau Gasol had 21 for the Lakers. Paul Pierce scored 19, Kevin Garnett had 13 and Ray Allen bounced back from a seven-quarter shooting slump to score 12 points for Boston. But the new Big Three that led the Celtics to their 17th NBA title in 2008 — beating the Lakers in the finals — was on the bench for much of the fourth-quarter run that gave Boston the lead for good. “They were fine. They were cheering,” Celtics coach Doc Rivers said of the starters. “I don’t think guys really care and that’s why we’re here, it really is. (Rajon) Rondo and the rest of them, they were begging me to keep guys in. ‘Don’t take them out! Don’t take them out!’ It was great. That’s the loudest I’ve seen our bench, and it was the starters cheering from the bench. I thought it was terrific.” Bryant hit three straight 3-pointers to give the Lakers a 62-58 lead with 1:25 left in the third. Davis’ putback left the Celtics trailing by two points heading into the final quarter, and he scored on a reverse layup in the opening minute of the fourth to tie it. Gasol made a basket to give L.A. the lead — its last of the game — before Allen scored, Davis followed, Allen made another basket and Davis followed with a three-point play that made it 71-64 with 8:22 left. In all, the Celtics scored 13 of 15 points during a five-minute span when Allen was the only starter on the court, mostly with Davis, Rasheed Wallace, Nate Robinson and Tony Allen. Asked if he was surprised to see his bench extend the lead, Rivers said: “I’m happy. I don’t know about surprised.” “We’ve done that during the season, but this is the finals,” he added. “So it’s obviously different against such a quality team.” Robinson scored 12 points in 17 minutes as the Celtics’ bench outscored the Lakers’ 36-18.

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North Rowan senior Augustine Wiggins will graduate today and continue his track career at Wingate. He was a conference champ in the 400.

Patience pays off

Transition successful for North’s Wiggins BY BRET STRELOW

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As a freshman, Augustine Wiggins relied on senior Chamoine Blakeney for a ride home from school. Blakeney’s presence on North Rowan’s track team required patience from Wiggins, who remembers the daily routine of sitting in

his friend’s parked car and listening to music while North runners trained for the upcoming indoor season. “She said, ‘You might as well run because I know you get tired of sitting in the car waiting for me,’ ” Wiggins recalled. “People used to tell me I could run for a long time, so that’s why I was a distance runner to start off with.”

Wiggins competed in distance races for the majority of his prep career, shifted his focus to the 400 meters last spring and became a productive sprinter as a senior. Wiggins has received academic and athletic scholarships from Wingate, which will field a track team beginning next spring. “He’s one of the few kids I’ve seen make the transition from be-

ing a distance runner to being a sprinter, and he did it well,” North coaching legend Robert Steele said. “That was the part that was somewhat amazing to me because I’ve never seen that transition before, but he had a great year. “I think the best is yet to come for Augustine as a sprinter.”

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Rowan County ends losing streak BY MIKE LONDON

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County entered Thursday’s Rowan 11 game against Mooresville 3 M o o r e s v i l l e with three homers in 11 games. Rowan doubled that total in the first four innings of an emphatic 11-3 victory over the second-place

Moors at Newman Park and snapped a five-game losing skid. “It figures,” Mooresville coach Josh Graham said. “Nothing good ever happens to us SMITH in this place, and Rowan always seems to save their best for us.”

Zach Smith hit a two-run homer in the first to erase an early deficit. Hayden Untz hit a two-run shot to put Rowan ahead to stay 4-3 MORRIS in the second. Justin Morris, who didn’t homer during the high school season, launched a two-

run bomb to left in the fourth for a 6-3 lead. “The homer Morris hit was a big one,” Rowan coach Jim Gantt said. “That took the pressure off.” Rowan got a solid season debut from Parker Gobbel, who worked 62⁄3 innings. Between Legion and high school ball at East Rowan, he has won his last 16 decisions.

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2B • FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 2010

TV Sports

World Cup

Friday, June 11 AUTO RACING 11:30 a.m. SPEED —Sprint Cup, practice for Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips 400, in Mich. 3:30 p.m. SPEED — Qualifying for Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips 400, at Brooklyn, Mich. 5 p.m. SPEED — ARCA, Racing for Wildlife 200 COLLEGE BASEBALL Noon ESPN2 — Vanderbilt at Florida State 3 p.m. ESPN2 — TCU at Texas 7 p.m. ESPN — Miami at Florida 10:30 p.m. ESPN2 — Cal State Fullerton at UCLA GOLF 11 a.m. TGC — USGA, Curtis Cup, first round 3 p.m. TGC — PGA, St. Jude Classic, Memphis MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 2:10 p.m. WGN — Chicago White Sox at Cubs SOCCER 9:30 a.m. ESPN — FIFA, World Cup, Group “A,” South Africa vs. Mexico, at Johannesburg 2 p.m. ESPN — FIFA, World Cup, Group “A,” Uruguay vs. France, at Cape Town

FIRST ROUND GROUP A Team GP W D L GF GA Pts France 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mexico South Africa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Uruguay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Friday, June 11 South Africa vs. Mexico, 10 a.m. Uruguay vs. France, 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 16 South Africa vs. Uruguay, 2:30 p.m. Thursday, June 17 Mexico vs. France, 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 22 Mexico vs. Uruguay, 10 a.m. France vs. South Africa, 10 a.m.

Area schedule

GROUP C Team GP W D L GF GA Pts Algeria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 England Slovenia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 United States 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Saturday, June 12 England vs. United States, 2:30 p.m. Sunday, June 13 Algeria vs. Slovenia, 7:30 a.m. Friday, June 18 United States vs. Slovenia, 10 a.m. England vs. Algeria, 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 23 Slovenia vs. England, 10 a.m. United States vs. Algeria, 10 a.m.

Friday, June 11 AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL 7 p.m. Rowan at Wilkes County Mooresville at Statesville INTIMIDATORS BASEBALL 7:05 p.m. Asheville Tourists at Kannapolis

Legion baseball Area III Southern Division Division Overall South Rowan 6-0 10-1 8-2 10-3 Mooresville Mocksville 5-5 7-6 Stanly County 4-5 6-5 Kannapolis 4-5 5-7 Lexington 4-6 4-8 Rowan County 3-4 6-6 Concord 3-5 4-6 Wilkes 3-3 3-3 Statesville 1-6 1-7 Thursday’s games Statesville 10, Lexington 9 Rowan 11, Mooresville 3 Friday’s games Concord at Lexington Rowan at Wilkes Mooresville at Statesville Saturday’s games Rowan vs. Florence (at Cherryville) Rowan vs. Clover (at Cherryville)

College baseball Super regionals Tallahassee, Fla. Friday: Vandy (45-18) at FSU (45-17), Noon Saturday: FSU vs. Vanderbilt, 1 p.m. Sunday: Vanderbilt vs. FSU, 1 p.m. Gainesville, Fla. Friday: Miami (43-18) at Fla. (45-15), 7 p.m. Saturday: Florida vs. Miami, 7 p.m. Sunday: Miami vs. Florida, 7 p.m. Austin, Texas Friday: TCU (49-11) at Texas (49-11), 3 p.m. Saturday: Texas vs. TCU, 1 p.m. Sunday: TCU vs. Texas, 4 p.m. Los Angeles Friday: C-S Fullerton (45-16) at UCLA (46-13), 10:30 p.m. Saturday: UCLA vs. Fullerton, 7 p.m. Sunday: Fullerton vs. UCLA, 10 p.m. Charlottesville, Va. Saturday: Oklahoma (47-15) at Virginia (50-12), 3 p.m. Sunday: Virginia vs. Oklahoma, 4 p.m. Monday: Oklahoma vs. Virginia, 1 or 7 p.m. Clemson, S.C. Saturday: Alabama (41-23) at Clemson (41-22), 6 p.m. Sunday: Clemson vs. Alabama, 7 p.m. Monday: Alabama vs. Clemson, 1 or 7 p.m. Myrtle Beach, S.C. Saturday: South Carolina (46-15) at Coastal Carolina (55-8), Noon Sunday: Coastal Carolina vs. USC, 1 p.m. Monday: USC vs. Coastal, 1 or 7 p.m. Tempe, Ariz. Saturday: Arkansas (43-19) at Arizona State (50-8), 9 p.m. Sunday: ASU vs. Arkansas, 10 p.m. Monday: Arkansas vs. ASU, 7 p.m.

Minor Leagues South Atlantic Northern Division W L Pct. GB Hickory (Rangers) 35 26 .574 — Lakewood (Phillies) 35 26 .574 — Hagerstown (Nationals)30 31 .492 5 Kannapolis (White Sox)29 31 .483 51⁄2 West Virginia (Pirates) 29 32 .475 6 Greensboro (Marlins) 28 33 .459 7 Delmarva (Orioles) 26 35 .426 9 Southern Division W L Pct. GB Augusta (Giants) 37 24 .607 — Savannah (Mets) 36 25 .590 1 Lexington (Astros) 31 30 .508 6 Greenville (Red Sox) 30 31 .492 7 Charleston (Yankees) 28 32 .467 81⁄2 Rome (Braves) 26 34 .433 101⁄2 Asheville (Rockies) 25 35 .417 111⁄2 Thursday’s Games Rome 5, Greenville 0 Savannah 7, Greensboro 0 Kannapolis 2, Asheville 1 Charleston 9, Hagerstown 5 Lexington 7, Delmarva 6, 12 innings Augusta 9, Hickory 3 Lakewood 8, West Virginia 2 Friday’s Games Greenville at Rome, 7 p.m. Savannah at Greensboro, 7 p.m. Delmarva at Lexington, 7:05 p.m. Charleston at Hagerstown, 7:05 p.m. Hickory at Augusta, 7:05 p.m. Asheville at Kannapolis, 7:05 p.m. Lakewood at West Virginia, 7:05 p.m.

NBA Playoffs NBA FINALS Game 1: Los Angeles 102, Boston 89 Game 2: Boston 103, Los Angeles 94 Game 3: Los Angeles 91, Boston 84 Game 4: Boston 96, Los Angeles 89 Sunday: L.A. at Boston, 8 p.m. Tuesday: Boston at L.A., 9 p.m. June 17: Boston at L.A., 9 p.m.

Thursday’s box Celtics 96, Lakers 89 L.A. LAKERS (89) Artest 4-10 1-1 9, Gasol 6-13 9-10 21, Bynum 1-2 0-0 2, Fisher 3-6 0-1 6, Bryant 10-22 7-8 33, Odom 5-10 0-1 10, Vujacic 01 0-0 0, Brown 2-5 1-1 5, Farmar 1-2 0-0 3. Totals 32-71 18-22 89. BOSTON (96) Pierce 7-12 5-7 19, Garnett 5-13 3-3 13, Perkins 3-5 0-0 6, Rondo 5-15 0-2 10, R.Allen 4-11 4-4 12, Davis 7-10 4-4 18, Wallace 1-5 0-0 3, T.Allen 1-4 1-1 3, Robinson 4-8 2-2 12, Daniels 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 37-83 19-23 96. L.A. Lakers 16 29 17 27 — 89 19 23 18 36 — 96 Boston 3-Point Goals—L.A. Lakers 7-20 (Bryant 6-11, Farmar 1-2, Odom 0-1, Artest 0-1, Gasol 0-1, Brown 0-1, Vujacic 0-1, Fisher 0-2), Boston 3-12 (Robinson 2-4, Wallace 1-1, T.Allen 0-1, Rondo 0-1, Pierce 0-1, R.Allen 0-4). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—L.A. Lakers 42 (Artest, Odom 7), Boston 51 (Perkins 7). Assists—L.A. Lakers 13 (Artest, Gasol 3), Boston 15 (Pierce 5). Total Fouls—L.A. Lakers 23, Boston 21. Technicals—Robinson, Wallace. A—18,624 (18,624).

GROUP B Team GP W D L GF GA Pts Argentina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Greece Nigeria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 South Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Saturday, June 12 South Korea vs. Greece, 7:30 a.m. Argentina vs. Nigeria, 10 a.m. Thursday, June 17 Argentina vs. South Korea, 7:30 a.m. Nigeria vs. Greece, 10 a.m. Tuesday, June 22 Nigeria vs. South Korea, 2:30 p.m. Greece vs. Argentina, 2:30 p.m.

GROUP D Team GP W D L GF GA Pts Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Germany Ghana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Serbia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunday, June 13 Serbia vs. Ghana, 10 a.m. Germany vs. Australia, 2:30 p.m. Friday, June 18 Germany vs. Serbia, 7:30 a.m. Saturday, June 19 Australia vs. Ghana, 10 a.m. Wednesday, June 23 Ghana vs. Germany, 2:30 p.m. Australia vs. Serbia, 2:30 p.m. GROUP E Team GP W D L GF GA Pts Cameroon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Denmark Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Monday, June 14 Netherlands vs. Denmark, 7:30 a.m. Japan vs. Cameroon, 10 a.m. Saturday, June 19 Netherlands vs. Japan, 7:30 a.m. Denmark vs. Cameroon, 2:30 p.m. Thursday, June 24 Denmark vs. Japan, 2:30 p.m. Cameroon vs. Netherlands, 2:30 p.m. GROUP F Team GP W D L GF GA Pts Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 New Zealand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Paraguay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Slovakia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Monday, June 14 Italy vs. Paraguay, 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 15 New Zealand vs. Slovakia, 7:30 a.m. Sunday, June 20 Paraguay vs. Slovakia, 7:30 a.m. Italy vs. New Zealand, 10 a.m. Thursday, June 24 Slovakia vs. Italy, 10 a.m. Paraguay vs. New Zealand, 10 a.m. GROUP G Team GP W D L GF GA Pts Brazil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ivory Coast 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 North Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Portugal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tuesday, June 15 Ivory Coast vs. Portugal, 10 a.m. Brazil vs. North Korea, 2:30 p.m. Sunday, June 20 Brazil vs. Ivory Coast, 2:30 p.m. Monday, June 21 North Korea vs. Portugal, 7:30 a.m. Friday, June 25 Portugal vs. Brazil, 10 a.m. North Korea vs. Ivory Coast, 10 a.m. GROUP H Team GP W D L GF GA Pts Chile 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Honduras Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Switzerland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wednesday, June 16 Honduras vs. Chile, 7:30 a.m. Spain vs. Switzerland, 10 a.m. Monday, June 21 Switzerland vs. Chile, 10 a.m. Spain vs. Honduras, 2:30 p.m. Friday, June 25 Chile vs. Spain, 2:30 p.m. Switzerland vs. Honduras, 2:30 p.m.

Transactions BASEBALL Major League Baseball MLB—Suspended minor league OF Justin Reed (Billings-Pioneer) 50 games after a second positive drug test. American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES—Selected the contract of RHP Jake Arrieta from Norfolk (IL). Designated LHP Alberto Castillo for assignment. CLEVELAND INDIANS—Released RHP Jamey Wright and INF Mark Grudzielanek. DETROIT TIGERS—Placed RHP Ryan Perry on the 15-day DL, retroactive to June 7. Purchased the contract of RHP Enrique Gonzalez from Toledo (IL). KANSAS CITY ROYALS—Signed RHP Eric Cantrell, SS Alex McClure, RHP Gates Dooley, CF Jose Rodriguez, 1B Murray Watts, RHP Chad Blauer and C William Robertson. MINNESOTA TWINS—Signed C Kyle Knudson and LHP David Deminsky and assigned Knudson to Elizabethton (APPY) and Deminsky to (GCL). TORONTO BLUE JAYS—Placed INF John McDonald on the bereavement list. Purchased the contract of OF Dewayne Wise. National League HOUSTON ASTROS—Signed RHP Robert Doran, RHP Jason Buchanan, LHP Thomas Shirley, 3B Kyle Redinger, RHP James Robinson, C Christopher Wallace, LHP Alexander Sogard, RHP Ryan Cole and LHP Bryce Lane. PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES—Agreed to terms with LHP Jesse Biddle and assigned him to the Gulf Coast League. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NEW JERSEY NETS—Agreed to terms on a three-contract with Avery Johnson to become the coach. FOOTBALL National Football League ATLANTA FALCONS—Signed S Shann Schillinger. Waived QB Eric Ward. BUFFALO BILLS—Signed LB Arthur Moats and QB Levi Brown. Waived DE Will Croner and OL Jorge Guerra. CAROLINA PANTHERS—Announced the retirement of WR Muhsin Muhammad. ST. LOUIS RAMS—Signed DT Chris Hovan. COLLEGE NCAA—Placed Southern California on four years probation, gave USC a two-year bowl ban and penalized the school of 10 football scholarships annually from 201113 for a lack of institutional control. Ruled RB Reggie Bush ineligible beginning at least by December 2004 and ordered USC to vacate every victory in which Bush participated while ineligible. AUBURN—Named Frank Bradley associate head coach of swimming and diving. BRADLEY—Named Willie Scott men’s assistant basketball coach. COLORADO—Announced the acceptance of an invitation to become the 11th member of the Pac-10 Conference. GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS—Named Rachelle Dosch head volleyball coach. HILBERT—Named Susan Viscomi director of athletics. KANSAS—Announced the retirement of athletic director Lew Perkins following the next academic year.

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Pitt’s Holmes named All-American From staff reports

Pitt Community College sophomore first baseman Trey Holmes (East Rowan) was named a Division I second team All-American and a Rawlings Gold Glove Award recipient. In 54 games, Holmes batted .410 (82-for-200) with 11 homers, 20 doubles and five triples to go along with 47 RBIs and 64 runs scored. Holmes had 360 putouts and 12 assists with no errors. Holmes was earlier named Region X Conference Player of the Year. He has signed with Appalachian State.

49th at his position for the 2011 draft by NFLDraftScout.com. The two-time All-SAC pick posted 51 tackles last year, including four sacks and a teamleading 18 stops for losses.

 South baseball camp

enough that Atlanta is starting was a Deep South all-tournahim off with its advanced rook- ment selection this season as ie team in Danville, Va., rather well. than with the Gulf Coast League Braves.  Myers golf

 Wood bat leagues

Nathan Furr (Catawba) is 11 with a 2.93 ERA in three starts for the Asheboro Copperheads of the Coastal Plain League.  Corbin Shive (Eas Rowan, Charlotte) is 0-1 with a 6.00 ERA after his first start for the Petersburg Generals of the CPL.  Nick Lomascolo (Catawba) is 1-1 with a 3.60 ERA after two starts for the Forest City Owls of the CPL.  Ryan Bostian (South Rowan, Catawba) is batting .333 with a homer after seven games for the Morganton Aggies of the Southern Collegiate Baseball  Fundraiser League.  Matt Ingold (South, UNC The Carolina Elite basketball  Minor leagues Pembroke) is 3-for-12 for the team will hold a fundraiser car Craige Lyerly (East Rowan, Statesville Owls of the SCBL. wash on Saturday from 9-3:30 Catawba) signed with the Tamat Bank of America at the interpa Rays on Thursday. section of Brenner Ave. and  Corbin Hills ace It appears Lyerly will start Statesville Blvd. Alan Barefoot recorded a his pro career with the Hudson The team is asking for donaValley Renegades (Fishkill, hole-in one at Corbin Hills on tions of $5 for cars, $7 for vans N.Y.) in the New York-Penn the 170-yard No. 2 hole. and $10 for large vehicles. VacHe used a 5-iron to record uums are $3. League.  Buffalo’s Bobby Parnell his fourth career ace. Proceeds will help the team (East Rowan) pitched two inThe shot was witnessed by compete in the Nike Super nings Wednesday in Durham, Terry Mulkey and Tyler Showcase & Nationals in Orlanallowing an unearned run and Mulkey. do, Fla. striking out two. He lowered his ERA to 4.46.  Heart of a Champion  Basketball league  Great Lakes’ Jerry Sands West Rowan’s Kayla Barnett The Rowan Association (Catawba) was 1-for-3 on Wednesday and stole two bases and Timmy Pangburn will be Youth and Adult Church Bastwo of the 28 athletes honored ketball League begins June 28 to lift his season total to 12. Sands was selected as one of by the NCHSAA as “Heart of a at the Dunbar Center. Registration is through June 18. the starters for the Midwest Champion” winners. The honor is for outstanding The league is open to youth League All-Star Game to be held June 22, in Ft. Wayne, Ind. A sportsmanship. Both were nom- and adults. Teams will be three-time Midwest League inated by West athletics direc- grouped by ages. Player of the Week, Sands leads tor Todd Bell. The students will the league with 16 homers, 39 be honored on Saturday.  Independent leagues RBIs, a .688 slugging percentReliever Garrett Sherrill age, 139 total bases, and 33 ex-  Tuohy honored (A.L. Brown) is 2-0 for the Lake tra-base hits. He ranks second Catawba junior Marty Tuo- County Fielders of the Northin the league in on-base percentage (.436) and third in batting hy has been named a 2010 hon- ern League, and starter Zach average (.351) and runs scored orable mention All-American by Ward (Brown) is 1-2.  Tim Smith (Catawba) is 2the United States Intercolle(41).  Free-agent signee catcher giate Lacrosse Association. 1 with a 5.64 ERA in four starts Ryan Query (A.L. Brown, Tuohy has twice been named for the Washington (Pa.) Wild Catawba) has been impressive All-Deep South Conference and Things of the Frontier League.

South Rowan Baseball Camp is set for June 21-24 at the high school. The camp will run from 9-1 daily. The cost is $80. Former college players will be among the instructors. Special guest will be former South second baseman Daniel Wagner, currently a Kannapolis Intimidator and a South Atlantic League all-star. Forms can be picked up at  East ranked Gary’s BBQ or Dale's Sporting East Rowan’s 3A champion Goods. For more information, baseball team (31-2) finished call South coach Thad Chrismon the season ranked No. 21 nation- at 704-640-8704. ally by USA Today.

 Intimidators win The Kannapolis Intimidators used a clutch, seventh-inning double by Jordan Cheatham and strong pitching by Joe Serafin to defeated the Asheville Tourists 2-1 on Thursday.

 Junior Legion Mocksville topped Salisbury 1-0 in Junior Legion baseball at Robertson Stadium on Thursday. Dusty Agner pitched a fourhitter for the Cavornets, but Sean Carter fired a two-hitter for Mocksville. “ I’ve never had a team that has gone into a collective slump for such an extended period of time,” Salisbury coach Scott Maddox said. “The guys keep battling, but every ball we hit hard is hit at somebody and we can't get a blooper to drop.” Salisbury plays Corneilus at home Saturday at 2 p.m. and also visits Rowan at Newman Park at 7 p.m.

 Catawba football Catawba senior defensive tackle Brandon Sutton is listed

Godstock’s 16th annual Adam Myers Memorial Golf Tournament will be played at McCanless on June 19. Registration is at 8 a.m. The tournament begins at 9 with a shotgun start. The cost is $50 per player or $200 per team and includes lunch. Proceeds assist families of chronically ill children. Hole sponsorships are available for $100. Prizes will be awarded. For information, contact John Bouk at 704-857-7011 or johnbouk@hotmail.com.

Roethlisberger apologizes for poor decisions BY ALAN ROBINSON Associated Press

PITTSBURGH — A contrite Ben Roethlisberger said he got caught up in being a caricature called Big Ben, not the grounded player and person he once was, leading to his off-field problems and affecting his play as the Steelers quarterback. “Big Ben just kept building up. It ended up coming off the field. It kept taking over. Superman kept taking over Clark Kent and you just never saw who Ben Roethlisberger was any more,” Roethlisberger told KDKA-TV. “At the time, I didn’t see it. I was gaining everything but I was losing a lot of who I was raised to be. It got so overwhelming, it consumed me.” In his first detailed inter-

views since a Georgia college student accused him of sexually assaulting her in a nightclub bathroom on March 5, Roethlisberger told two Pittsburgh stations he doesn’t have an alcohol problem. Before the alleged assault, Roethlisberger and his party ordered considerable amounts of alcohol. When the NFL announced Roethlisberger’s six-game suspension on April 21, commissioner Roger Goodell said the quarterback was required to undergo evaluation. Neither the league nor Roethlisberger have detailed what was being evaluated or how long the evaluations would last. While Roethlisberger told KDKA there were drinking issues on his late mother’s side of the family, he said his father, Ken, never permitted alcohol in

their house, even when the quarterback played at Miami (Ohio). Roethlisberger didn’t promise he wouldn’t use alcohol again, but said he must make “smart” decisions. “Moving forward, you have to make sure you make the right decision, and that right decision is something I’m going to have to make, when that (alcohol) situation presents itself,” he told KDKA in an interview that was aired Thursday. “You can’t stop living, but you’ve got to live smart.” He did promise he won’t go back to being the ego-driven, rude and boorish person he was before, not only in public but in private. Among those he has consulted for advice are former Steelers coach Bill Cowher — Roethlisberger said the two are

much closer than they were before — and former Steelers running back Merril Hoge, now an NFL analyst. The interviews were aired one day after 60 audio and video clips from the investigation were released by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. In several, his 20-year-old accuser said she felt powerless to stop a short-tempered Roethlisberger from having sex with her, even though she told him over and over again to stop. Lawyers did not permit the questions to be asked, so the two-time Super Bowl winner was not asked about the Milledgeville, Ga., nightclub incident, although he faces no charges. But he said his family members know what happened that night.

Izzo talking to Cavaliers about move to NBA Associated Press

CLEVELAND — Tom Izzo has flirted with the NBA before. He may finally be ready to commit. Michigan State’s highly respected coach visited the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday to get a firsthand inspection of a franchise undergoing a major makeover as it prepares to try and re-sign LeBron James, the free-agent-of-a-generation. After flying to Cleveland in one of Cavs owner Dan Gilbert’s jets, Izzo spent several hours visiting with members of the front office and coaching staff. He also toured the team’s facilities before returning home. “It won’t go on forever, I can tell you that,” Izzo said at the airport upon his return to Lansing, Mich. “I feel bad that I can’t talk. I feel good that I did what I had to do.” Izzo, who has been courted by pro and college teams in the past, is believed to be mulling a contract worth up to $6 million a season from the Cavs, who fired Mike Brown last month after they lost in the second round of the playoffs to Boston despite having the league’s best regular-season record for the second straight year. If Izzo and Cleveland do not

come to terms, the team could turn its attention to former New Orleans and New Jersey coach Byron Scott, whose resume would make him attractive to Cleveland. Scott won three NBA titles as a player and has experience in coaching such stars as Jason Kidd and Chris Paul. A phone message to Scott’s agent, Brian McInerney, was not immediately returned. AOL Fanhouse.com reported that Scott had an hour-long interview with new Cleveland general manager Chris Grant and assistant GM Lance Blanks. “They asked him what his view was on championships, talked about his mentality that you either win or you come home on your shield trying,” McInerney said. Grant said the Cavs have spoken to a “number” of candidates, but did not divulge any names. The team has also inquired about Milwaukee assistant Kelvin Sampson. Izzo recently said he would stay with the Spartans until they won another national title. But earlier this week, Izzo seemed to have a change of heart and met with his current players. He told them to continue to work hard, but did not say if he was leaving the school, associate head coach Mark Mont-

gomery said. The day began with Izzo on campus in East Lansing, Mich., but by early afternoon he was in Cleveland. His plane was scheduled to land at Burke Lakefront Airport, but was diverted to Cuyahoga County Airport in Richmond Heights, Ohio, to avoid TV cameras. Gilbert did arrive at Burke, which is a short drive from Quicken Loans Arena, the Cavs’ downtown home. Izzo’s interest in the Cavs’ job could hinge on James’ future. The two-time MVP can become a free agent July 1, and is expected to entertain offers from several teams. It is not known if Izzo has contacted James to see whether Cleveland remains one of his possible destinations. Last week, James told CNN’s Larry King that the Cavs, his team for the past seven seasons, have “an edge” to re-sign him. Gilbert has been ultra-secretive in his pursuit of Izzo, whom he has known for years. Grant, who recently took over when Danny Ferry resigned, confirmed this week the team has had contact with Izzo but would not comment on whether an offer has been made to the 55-year-old coach. Gilbert is a Michigan State graduate. Michigan State athletic di-

rector Mark Hollis said in a statement that Izzo “made me aware he is meeting with Cleveland.” Hollis added that details of any meetings are “between him and me.” About 500 people, including center Derrick Nix, showed up at the Magic Johnson statue outside Michigan State’s arena, responding to a rally created by fans on message boards and social networking websites. “Coach is the best thing that ever happened to me,” said Nix, a freshman last season. Hundreds wrote personal messages in different colors on a huge banner that was taped up to the windows of Izzo’s office. An “Oh no, please don’t go Izzo,” banner was taped at the base of Johnson’s statue. Izzo has been at the school since 1983 and has been the Spartans’ head coach since 1995, leading them to six Final Fours in the past 12 years. He has spurned previous overtures from the NBA, most notably from Atlanta, which offered him a five-year deal in 2000. Izzo must weigh leaving a situation that pays $3 million a year for probably as long as he wants the job, and perhaps a legacy that would put him among college basketball’s alltime greats.

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FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 2010 • 3B

Johnson wins race for charity

BEASON FROM 1B

Associated Press

ROSSBURG, Ohio — Jimmie Johnson led from start to finish to win Tony Stewart’s dirt track charity race late Wednesday. Johnson survived 14 cautions with Kyle Bush on his bumper for each JOHNSON restart to win the sixth running of the Prelude to a Dream on Eldora Speedway’s halfmile oval owned by Stewart. Busch finally lost track position on the final restart with two laps left and finished fourth. Clint Bowyer, who had the fastest qualifying time, finished second. Carl Edwards was third after starting 17th. Twenty-seven drivers, including 18 from the Sprint Cup series, competed in latemodel stock cars in the 30-lap event that benefited four children’s hospitals. Stewart started from the back, but his track knowledge and dirt-track experience helped him finish sixth. He elected to start from the back because of bonus money that would have gone to the hospital designated for the winner. “If we could’ve got some more laps I think we could’ve got a little bit further,” Stewart said. “It seemed like our car got better as we went. The last restart, we got to see those guys up there and it looked like a heck of a race. I wanted to be right in the middle of it.” Stewart’s goal for this race beyond raising money for charities is for the drivers to have fun. He said he likes how the event has grown with the largest and most diverse field he has had. “It makes me feel good as the guy that invites them when you know they’re having a good time like that,” Stewart said. Travis Pastrana ran out of gas on the last straightaway and lost a few spots to finish 19th, but he had as much fun as anyone. Most of the drivers left quickly after the race, but Pastrana stayed in the pits talking and signing autographs. His racing background is motocross, so he said he was just hoping not to embarrass himself. “This was an absolute blast,” Pastrana said. “I didn’t have any expectations because I didn’t have any idea what to expect. My biggest thing was I was hoping I wasn’t going to be knocking into everybody and be five laps down at the end. I accomplished my minimum goal, but like every racer you want to be more competitive.” Stewart wanted more competition throughout the field, so he added a team competition this year. Busch captained the winning team and won 45 percent of the proceeds for Levine Children’s Hospital in Charlotte. The other hospitals benefiting from the race are Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis, Cincinnati Children’s and St. Jude’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. “The coolest thing about this race is that everybody knows it’s for fun,” Edwards said. “A lot of times in racing there is so much pressure. This one is just fun.”

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Muhsin Muhammad had a team-best 696 catches and 9,255 yards receiving with the Panthers.

‘MOOSE’ FROM 1B

“I’m full, I’m fulfilled. I’m at peace with my decision.” The 37-year-old Muhammad had said after the 2009 season that he wanted to continue playing. But after the Panthers began a youth movement and chose not to re-sign him, Muhammad had to decide if he wanted to try to play elsewhere. A desire to spend more time with the private equity fund he recently started and possibly do television work made the decision easier. Muhammad, a crowd favorite known as “Moose” in these parts, is finished with football and set to chase his six kids around — including two adopted from Ethiopia. He finishes with a team-best 696 catches and 9,255 yards receiving, and his 50 touchdowns are tied with Steve Smith for the most in club history. “I’ll always be here, be a part of this,” Muhammad said. “It’s been really refreshing to always have the support of the fans, the organization, the city, of the state. It’s been an honor to rep-

resent this organization.” Muhammad was Carolina’s second-round pick in 1996 out of Michigan State. There were some clashes early with veteran receivers coach Richard Williamson, and Muhammad had some trouble on and off the field. He drew publicity for putting “D. Coy” over the name on the back of his jersey at practice one day because he felt he wasn’t getting the ball enough. He was quoted after a 52-9 loss to close the 2000 season that, “Amid all the ashes and rubble, a flower bloomed today” because he had gone over 100 catches for the year. But as Muhammad grew older, started a family and teamed with Smith and new coach John Fox, the Panthers thrived. Muhammad was a key cog in Carolina’s 2003 Super Bowl season, catching an 85-yard TD pass from Jake Delhomme, still the longest in Super Bowl history. He made his second Pro Bowl in 2004, only to leave for Chicago after the Panthers released him when they couldn’t agree on a restructured contract. “You never should have left,” Panthers owner Jerry Richardson told him Thursday.

WIGGINS FROM 1B

Wiggins, who participated in cross country for the Cavaliers and placed 24th at the county meet with a time of 19:37 as a senior, was a member of North’s state championship track team in 2007. He considered quitting track after his freshman year but was talked out of it by then-coach Matt Price. Wiggins continued to have mixed results as a distance runner, and changing events gave him a better chance to score more points. A top-four regional finish secures a spot in the state championships, and Wiggins came close last year by placing sixth in the 400 at the 2A Midwest meet. “A lot of the endurance he developed over the years was very beneficial to him because at 400 meters he always had the stamina to run the race,” Steele said. Wiggins enjoyed successful indoor and outdoor seasons as a senior, when he added the 200 to his workload. He contributed in the 400, 200, 4x200 and 4x400 this spring. At the Rowan County meet in late April, Wiggins finished second to East’s Ben Hancock in the 400, placed sixth in the 200 and was part of a fourth-place 4x400 team. Wiggins said Steele convinced him he could hold his own in the 200. “Through his wisdom of knowing track for so long since he’s coached forever, he told me any coach in their right mind, if you’re a 400-meter runner, you can be a 200-meter runner,” Wiggins said. “We debated about it for a while, and I said to Coach that I didn’t feel like

ROWAN FROM 1B

Gobbel put up nothing but zeroes after Mooresville got three runs in the first two frames, including a homer by leadoff man Chris Dula. Mooresville helped Gobbel survive with two third-inning baserunning mistakes. The Moors had three hits in that inning but didn’t score. “Gobbel was shaky early, but he was able to get through the shakiness,” said Gantt, who turned to his bullpen after Gobbel’s pitch count exceeded 90 in the seventh. Alex Litaker retired hot-hitting Billy Nantz (3-for-5) to end the seventh. Cody Laws tossed a dominating eighth. Will Johnson worked around Rowan’s only error to get out of a bases-loaded jam in the ninth. Twelve of the 13 players Gantt employed are from East. The one non-

Mustang — Untz, the second baseman — produced three hits and three RBIs. “I’ve been slumping and just hitting terrible,” said Untz, who entered the night batting .195. “I’ve been working UNTZ on things, trying to listen to the coaches, and they gave me some inside fastballs to hit. “It’s been pretty ugly up to now, but I think we’ll be all right.” Smith, the right fielder, had three hits and three RBIs. He also threw out a runner at the plate. Will Sapp had three hits, including two of Rowan’s four doubles, and scored three runs. Gantt described a 17-7 home loss to Lexington on Wednesday as “embarrassing,” but Rowan (6-6, 3-4), playing only its second game at full strength, appears back on track. “It was definitely important for us

Muhammad reached another Super Bowl with the Bears in the 2006 season, but his numbers declined a year later and he was released. Smith, a close friend, quickly tried to get management to sign him. Muhammad re-joined Carolina before the 2008 season. “Making up was better than breaking up,” he said. Muhammad became a veteran influence in the locker room. Carolina’s union representative, he was active in the community and remained one of the game’s best blocking receivers. “A guy I knew I could count on in tough times,” Fox said. “I knew he’d keep a level head even in good times, would grab guys by the throat in the tough times. Moose did all of those things.” Muhammad thanked former players and people in the organization ranging from Richardson to the training staff to security guards. He didn’t tear up until he looked at his wife, Christa, in the front row and Smith, who was sitting in the back of the room. “I was trying to keep my eyes away from them,” Muhammad said, “because I knew I was going to get emotional.”

doing it. Finally I went ahead and did it because I knew he had the right plan for everybody.” North, which dropped from 2A to 1A before Wiggins’ senior year, welcomed all of the YVC schools to Spencer for the conference meet three days after the county meet. Wiggins won the YVC title in the 400, holding off South Stanly’s Sean Kluttz and finishing with a time of 51.55 seconds. He was the runner-up in the 200, part of a second-place 4x200 team and a member of a fourthplace 4x400 team for the title-winning Cavaliers. A second-place finish in the 400 and third-place showing in the 4x200 at the 1A Midwest Regional enabled Wiggins to compete in two events at the STARKS state meet. Wiggins, Sam Starks, Darius Jackson and Daylon Gray came home seventh in that relay at North Carolina A&T. “I just enjoyed doing what I had to do to help my team,” Wiggins said. Wiggins’ team spirit was easy to detect. Prior to the county meet, Wiggins started sporting a mohawk. The sides of his head were shaved to create an “NR” logo above his ears. “A way to stand out and root North Rowan on at the same time,” Wiggins said. Starks competed with a similar hairstyle at the state meet, and Wiggins will have a different look when he graduates from North this afternoon. A star and “2010” are part of a design Wiggins chose to commemorate the occasion.

to start winning if we’re going to make a run,” Rowan shortstop Preston Troutman said. “We beat a good team and a good pitcher.” That good pitcher was left-hander Scottie Williams, who TROUTMAN came to Newman Park with a 2-1 record, 27 strikeouts and only five walks. “It’s really tough to pick his ball up,” Troutman said. “But he made a couple of mistakes.” Morris batted .319 as East’s second baseman this season, but all seven of his extra-base hits in 91 at-bats were doubles. Gantt may give him a shot at the left-field job, and he helped his cause by making routine plays and hitting his surprising homer. “I’m sure that their No. 9 hitter (Morris) doesn’t hit the ball out of the park a lot, but he jumped on one right

It leaves Carolina without one of its speediest and best defensive players. And it could lead Beason, a Pro Bowl middle linebacker, to move to Davis’ old spot in the Panthers’ 4-3 scheme. Carolina’s workout Thursday included Beason taking some snaps there. “I’m getting some reps at the Will position because we have the opportunity right now,” Beason said. “You really just want to determine the best three guys right now. The only way to do that is to move guys around and see what that equation is.” Davis’ injury is a major blow to a defense already trying to replace departed five-time Pro Bowl defensive end Julius Peppers, both starting defensive tackles and starting strongside linebacker Na’il Diggs. All were let go in Carolina’s youth and penny-pinching movement. “First of all, a guy like Thomas, my heart goes out to him,” coach John Fox said. “Just going through that, personally, is hard, so I’m disappointed for him. I’m not sure you replace a guy quite of his abilities.” Davis’ spot is important in defensive coordinator Ron Meeks’ system because it requires a speedy, athletic player to roam free and collect a bunch of tackles. One option for Carolina is to move the speedy, hard-hitting Beason to outside linebacker, insert inexperienced Dan Connor in the middle and keep James Anderson at strongside linebacker, where he began practicing this spring to replace Diggs. Beason entered the NFL playing the outside before quickly moving to the middle to replace the injured Dan Morgan. Beason could make the transition, but he also set a team record with 169 tackles last season and went to his second straight Pro Bowl playing middle linebacker. “My number one goals is to win,” Beason said. “If that’s something the coaches want me to do, then I will do it to the best of my ability.” Another option for the Panthers is to keep Beason and Anderson in place and promote Jamar Williams to starting weakside linebacker. A five-year veteran, Williams was acquired in April from the Bears for safety Chris Harris. Chicago deemed Williams expendable because he was playing behind five-time Pro Bowler Lance Briggs. “He’s a leader, he’s accountable and he’s making a lot of plays,” Beason said of Williams. “He looks great in shorts. Now we’ll get a chance to see how he looks in pads.” The usually tightlipped Fox wasn’t saying which way he was leaning to replace Davis, who will undergo surgery soon and begin another long rehab process. “There’s nobody to come save us,” Beason said. “At this point you have to go with what you have and somebody has to step in and fill the void.”

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North’s Augustine Wiggins ran a 19:37 at the Rowan County cross country meet and participated in the 4x200 at the 1A state track meet.

up in his eyes,” Graham said. “Just the way it goes for us here.” Mooresville (10-3, 8-2) had lost just once in the league — at South Rowan — prior to running into a buzz-saw at Newman Park. The Moors should be a factor in the race for first place in the Southern Division of Area III. Mooresville has been on the road night after night, and Graham pointed out that his team is looking forward to a stretch in which it will play nine of 10 games at home. 

NOTES: Smith’s homer was the 16th of his career. ... Rowan was 5-0 against Mooresville last season, including a win in the state tournament. ... Rowan is on the road tonight against a dangerous Wilkes squad that already has beaten Mocksville and Kannapolis, among others. ... Rowan plays two seven-inning games Saturday in Cherryville against S.C. squads Florence and Clover.

Thursday’s box Rowan 11, Mooresville 3 MOORESVILLE ROWAN ab r h bi ab r h bi Dula cf 4 1 2 2 Trtmn ss 4 2 2 1 Mays 2b 4 1 1 0 Smith rf 4 1 3 3 Nantz c 5 0 3 0 Hlms 3b 3 0 0 0 Keith 3b 4 0 0 1 Thms dh 4 0 1 0 Ovcsh lf 4 0 2 0 Austn 1b 5 1 0 0 Bever 1b 4 0 1 0 Sapp cf 5 3 3 0 Skdmr ss 3 1 1 0 Untz 2b 5 2 3 3 Nnney dh 4 0 2 0 Miller c 4 0 1 1 Gatton rf 3 0 0 0 Morris lf 3 2 1 2 Lewis ph 1 0 0 0 Totals 36 3 12 3 Totals 37 11 1410 Mooresville 210 000 000 — 3 Rowan 220 220 30x — 11 E — Untz. DP — Rowan 1. LOB — Mooresville 9, Rowan 8. 2B — Sapp 2, Troutman, Miller. HR — Dula (4), Smith (1), Untz (1), Morris (1). SB — Nantz, Untz. SF — Dula. IP H R ER BB K Mooresville Williams L, 2-2 6 11 8 8 4 4 2 ⁄3 3 3 3 1 0 Nelson 1 0 0 0 1 1 Nanney 1 ⁄3 Rowan Gobbel W, 1-0 6 10 3 3 0 3 1 Litaker ⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 Laws 1 0 0 0 0 2 Johnson 1 2 0 0 0 0 WP — Nanney. HBP — by Gobbel (Mays, Skidmore). PB — Nantz, Miller.

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End of era on horizon for Big 12

USC hit hard by NCAA sanctions BY GREG BEACHAM

a loss to Texas in the 2006 BCS title game. Bill Hancock, the executive director of the BCS, said a committee will meet to consider vacating USC’s 2004 title. While no action would go into effect until USC’s appeals are heard by the NCAA, Hancock said there would be no 2004 champion if USC’s win is vacated. “I take the same stance as our university,” new football coach Lane Kiffin said. “There is some guilt, but the punishment is too severe. That’s why the appeal process is taking place.” The NCAA says Bush received lavish gifts from two fledgling sports marketers hoping to sign him. The men paid for everything from hotel stays and a rent-free home where Bush’s family apparently lived to a limousine and a new suit when he accepted his Heisman Trophy in New York in December 2005. The NCAA found that Bush, identified as a “former football student-athlete,” was ineligible beginning at least by December 2004, a ruling that could open discussion of the revocation of his Heisman. Members of the Heisman Trust have said they might review Bush’s award if he were ruled ineligible by the NCAA. “I have a great love for the University of Southern California, and I very much regret the turn that this matter has taken, not only for USC, but for the fans and players,” Bush said in a statement. “I am disappointed by (Thursday’s) decision and disagree with the NCAA’s findings.”

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DENVER — Before it grew as a result of college football’s first big expansion, the Big 12 was the Big 8. Very soon, it seems clear, the conference that gave us Billy Sims and Barry Switzer, Johnny Rodgers and Tom Osborne, Vince Young and Mack Brown, the Game of the Century and Fifth Down will be history. Or at least a disintegrated shell of what it once was. It could go the way of the Southwest Conference, which OSBORNE imploded in 1996, placing four Texas teams into the newly formed Big 12 and tipping the first major domino in what has become college football’s unending search for conference title games, some semblance of reason in the crowning of a national champion and, of course, big money. For most sports fans who grew up between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains, the demolition of a conference that began as the Big 7 more than 100 years ago will mark a sad day. The idea of Nebraska in the Big Ten or Texas in the Pac-10 seems about as natural as Switzer and Osborne walking arm and arm through a stadium tunnel. But reports say the Huskers could be bailing as soon as the end of the week. And with that possibility swirling, Colorado couldn’t take any chances. One of the weakest programs in the conference, facility and otherwise, Colorado saw the way the winds were blowing, saw other programs vying to take its place and accepted a spot in the Pac-10 on Thursday — the first official defection in what will either be the ultimate dismantling or reconfiguring of a oncegreat collection of teams. “An historic moment for the conference,” Pac-10 commissioner Larry Scott called it. “The University of Colorado is a great fit for the conference both academically and athletically, and we are incredibly excited to welcome Colorado to the Pac-10.” A great fit? Well, it’ll be a while before anyone determines whether ColoradoArizona State is better than the Nebraska-CU game that has become a (sadly diminished) fixture on the Thanksgiving-week calendar. Or if anyone will clamor to see Oregon State play Texas A&M in anything. The Aggies, Texas, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Texas Tech are among the others reportedly being sought by the Pac-10. Suffice it to say that the West Coast-based conference must view any addition as a great fit because it ensures survival in an era in which only the biggest will make it, even if they make very little geographical or historical sense. A 12- or 16-team conference sets up the possibility of a football title game — an event that can generate multiple millions if it’s done right (see the SEC) but can also turn into a disappointing bust if it’s not (see the ACC). It guarantees more “access” to the BCS oligopoly, more spots in the growing NCAA basketball tournament, more big markets and more TV exposure, both through the traditional networks and the newly mushrooming business of in-house conference networks on premium cable tiers. It pays very little attention to one of the things that makes college sports great, or at least used to: history and tradition.

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Colorado setting wheels in motion BY JOHN MARSHALL Associated Press

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — College athletics are on the verge of a monumental shift, a realignment that could disintegrate one conference, turn others into 16-school goliaths and have huge financial implications on some of the country’s biggest programs. The first card flipped Thursday, when Colorado ditched the Big 12 for the Pac-10. Next up appear to be Nebraska and Missouri, both facing decisions that could spark another exodus and the collapse of the Big 12. “(Now) the first move is made, I think you’ll see the dominos start falling,” said Joel Maxcey, sports economist at the University of Georgia. It’s already been a wild ride. The Big Ten started it off by exploring plans to expand, an effort it hoped would add more eyes to its successful cable network and reach the NCAA minimum of 12 teams required to hold a conference championship game in football. Colorado took a pre-emptive strike, deciding to head west to the Pac-10 instead of waiting to see what everyone else was going to do. The next move could come Friday, when Nebraska and Missouri face a stay-or-go ultimatum from the Big 12. Nebraska seems most likely to go. The Cornhuskers have long-standing ties with many of the schools in the Big 12’s North Division — they’ve played Kansas and Missouri in football since the 1890s — but Big Ten money might be too much to pass up. Nebraska’s regents are scheduled to meet today to discuss realignment. Colorado’s choice to bolt early could play a role in the decision. “It doesn’t say anything,” Nebraska athletic director Tom Osborne said. “I really have no comment on this. I’m not saying we’re gone or not gone. Until we have a definite decision, I’m not saying anything else.” Missouri faces a more difficult challenge. The school has expressed interest in joining the Big Ten and seemed to be a good fit with its proximity and heated rivalry with Illinois. But the Tigers apparently became a less-popular choice for the conference in recent weeks, and the university’s curator said Thursday the school had not been invited to join the Big Ten. Even if Missouri decides to stay in the Big 12, the school could be left to forage amid the scraps. “There’s a lot of concern among alumni about what happens to Mizzou and how this works out,” said Todd McCubbin, executive director of the Missouri Alumni Association. The next round of movement could be the most volatile. The Big Ten appears to be interested in adding Notre Dame, though Fighting Irish athletic director Jack Swarbrick said Thursday that the school’s position hasn’t changed and he wouldn’t comment on realignment. The Big Ten might also be looking east, to pilfer schools from the Big East. The biggest move could come from the Pac-10. Now that the conference has Colorado, it could set its sights on the Big 12’s South Division, reportedly interested in inviting Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State to form a 16-team megaconference. Officials from rival schools Texas and Texas A&M met Thursday to discuss their athletic futures. The conference realignment could leave five schools on the outside looking in. The expansion plans are driven by football. That means schools like Kansas, despite its storied basketball program, along with Kansas State, Baylor and Iowa State could be looking for places to play. All of them have the added disadvantage of being in sparsely populated areas of the country. “Hey, the KU brand is pretty good,” Kansas basketball coach Bill Self said.

LOS ANGELES — The NCAA threw the book at storied Southern California on Thursday with a two-year bowl ban, four years’ probation, loss of scholarships and forfeits of an entire year’s games for improper benefits to Heisman Trophy winner Reggie Bush dating to the Trojans’ 2004 national championship. USC was penalized for a lack of institutional control in the ruling by the NCAA following its four-year investigation. The report cited numerous improper benefits for Bush and former basketball player O.J. Mayo, who spent just one year with the Trojans. The coaches who presided over the alleged misdeeds — football’s Pete Carroll and basketball’s Tim Floyd — left USC in the past year. USC reacted with outrage to the harshness of the sanctions, promising an appeal. “I’m absolutely shocked and disappointed in the findings of the NCAA,” Carroll said in a video statement produced by the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks, who hired him in January. “I never thought it would come to this.” The penalties include the loss of 30 football scholarships over three years and vacating 14 victories in which Bush played from December 2004 through the 2005 season. USC beat Oklahoma in the BCS title game on Jan. 4, 2005 and won 12 games during Bush’s Heisman-winning 2005 season, which ended with

Texas, Texas A&M discuss future BY JIM VERTUNO AUSTIN, Texas — With the future of the Big 12 seemingly up for grabs, the presidents and athletic directors of Texas and Texas A&M met Thursday to discuss the future of their athletic programs after Colorado accepted an invitation to join the Pac-10 and with Nebraska weighing a move to the Big Ten. A person briefed about the discussions said the situation was “still fluid” and the Texas schools could stay in the Big 12. The person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the situation, said everyone was waiting for Nebraska’s expected announcement today. If Nebraska also leaves the Big 12, other schools could follow. The Pac-10 is reportedly interested in inviting Texas, Texas A&M, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Texas Tech to form a 16-team league, while the Aggies could also head to the SEC. Among topics discussed was how the Big 12 could operate with fewer teams, the person said, and the consequences such as possible litigation should there be a mass exo-

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PHOENIX — Bobby Cox said a long goodbye to Arizona’s Chase Field. For almost four hours, he watched his Braves build a big lead, blow it, then break it open again for an 11-7 victory on Thursday. “That was a hard game to enjoy, it really was,” said the longtime manager who will retire at the end of the season. “It would never end. ... That would have been a tough one to swallow if we lost.” After the Braves blew a five-run lead, Brooks Conrad scrambled home to break a ninth-inning tie, banging into catcher John Hester while diving headfirst across the plate. “He was kind of blocking the plate,” Conrad said. “A situation like that you’ve got to do anything you can to score that run. So my thought process was if the ball beat me, I’d try to do something to jar it loose. He got the ball right in the web and I pretty much got there at the same time. There was enough of the plate to kind of get around him.” The speedy Conrad hit for David Ross, who had a double, single and two RBIs. Conrad singled, stole second and beat right fielder Justin Upton’s throw after pinch-hitter Brian McCann’s one-out single off closer Chad Qualls (1-3). “For only playing one inning, he got dirty,” Cox said. Jason Heyward and Eric Hinske also had RBI singles off Qualls. A sacrifice fly by Troy Glaus off Carlos Rosa capped the late burst. Padres 4, Mets 2 Mets 3, Padres 0 NEW YORK — Jonathon Niese pitched a one-hitter for his first career complete game and the Mets overcame a triple play to beat the Padres 3-0 for a doubleheader split. Niese (3-2) allowed only Chris Denorfia’s leadoff double in the third inning. Mat Latos (6-4) outpitched Johan Santana (4-3) in the opener, and San Diego stopped New York’s ninegame home winning streak. Marlins 2, Phillies 0 PHILADELPHIA — Josh Johnson outdueled Roy Halladay in their perfect game rematch, pitching eight dominant innings. Reds 7, Giants 6 CINCINNATI — Brandon Phillips had four hits, including a two-run triple in the eighth inning that rallied the Reds to yet another comeback. Astros 5, Rockies 4 DENVER — Roy Oswalt struck out nine, Humberto Quintero homered and Houston won its third straight. Brewers 5, Cubs 4 (10 innings) MILWAUKEE — Carlos Gomez raced home from first base on a sacrifice bunt and throwing error in the 10th. Nationals 4, Pirates 2 WASHINGTON — Adam Dunn and Josh Willingham homered in the fourth inning, Livan Hernandez made the lead stand up and Washington beat Pittsburgh to become the last team in the majors to sweep a series this season. AMERICAN LEAGUE CLEVELAND — Russell Branyan hit a two-out, two-run single in the ninth inning. Cleveland overcame three errors in one inning by third baseman Andy Marte, a blown save by Kerry Wood and an eighth-inning disruption by two unruly fans. Orioles 4, Yankees 3 BALTIMORE — Jake Arrieta pitched six innings of four-hit ball to win his major league debut, and Baltimore ended its 10-game skid against New York. Blue Jays 3, Rays 2 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Brett Cecil won his fifth consecutive start, Alex Gonzalez homered and drove in two runs and Toronto beat Tampa Bay. Royals 9, Twins 8 MINNEAPOLIS — Wilson Betemit hit solo home runs from both sides of the plate and Joakim Soria picked up his 14th save in a hairy ninth. White Sox 3, Tigers 0 CHICAGO — John Danks pitched seven innings of onehit ball. Omar Vizquel homered and had a suicide-squeeze. Athletics 6, Angels 1 OAKLAND, Calif. — Trevor Cahill allowed one run in a career-high eight innings to win his fourth straight start.

Standings American League East Division W L Pct GB Tampa Bay 39 21 .650 — New York 37 23 .617 2 Boston 35 27 .565 5 1 Toronto 34 27 .557 5 ⁄2 Baltimore 17 43 .283 22 Central Division W L Pct GB Minnesota 35 25 .583 — Detroit 30 29 .508 41⁄2 Chicago 26 33 .441 81⁄2 Kansas City 25 36 .410 101⁄2 Cleveland 23 36 .390 111⁄2 West Division W L Pct GB Texas 33 27 .550 — Los Angeles 33 30 .524 11⁄2 Oakland 32 30 .516 2 Seattle 23 37 .383 10

National League East Division W L Pct GB Atlanta 35 26 .574 — Philadelphia 31 27 .534 21⁄2 New York 32 28 .533 21⁄2 Washington 30 31 .492 5 Florida 29 31 .483 51⁄2 Central Division W L Pct GB Cincinnati 35 26 .574 — St. Louis 33 27 .550 11⁄2 Chicago 27 33 .450 71⁄2 Milwaukee 25 35 .417 91⁄2 Houston 25 36 .410 10 Pittsburgh 23 37 .383 111⁄2 West Division W L Pct GB Los Angeles 36 24 .600 — San Diego 35 25 .583 1 San Francisco 32 27 .542 31⁄2 Colorado 30 30 .500 6 Arizona 24 37 .393 121⁄2

Schedule Interleague play Friday’s Games Chicago White Sox (Peavy 4-5) at Chicago Cubs (R.Wells 3-4), 2:20 p.m. Houston (Myers 4-3) at N.Y. Yankees (Pettitte 7-1), 7:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Dickey 3-0) at Baltimore (Guthrie 3-6), 7:05 p.m. Pittsburgh (Ohlendorf 0-3) at Detroit (Verlander 6-4), 7:05 p.m. Washington (Atilano 5-2) at Cleveland (Westbrook 3-3), 7:05 p.m. Florida (Ani.Sanchez 5-3) at Tampa Bay (J.Shields 5-4), 7:10 p.m. Kansas City (Hochevar 5-4) at Cincinnati (Arroyo 5-3), 7:10 p.m. Philadelphia (Moyer 6-5) at Boston (Lackey 6-3), 7:10 p.m. Atlanta (T.Hudson 6-1) at Minnesota (Liriano 5-3), 8:10 p.m. Texas (Harden 3-2) at Milwaukee (Narveson 4-3), 8:10 p.m. Toronto (R.Romero 5-2) at Colorado (Jimenez 11-1), 9:10 p.m. St. Louis (J.Garcia 5-2) at Arizona (R.Lopez 2-4), 9:40 p.m. Seattle (J.Vargas 4-2) at San Diego (Correia 5-4), 10:05 p.m. L.A. Angels (Pineiro 4-6) at L.A. Dodgers (Billingsley 6-3), 10:10 p.m. Oakland (G.Gonzalez 6-3) at San Francisco (Lincecum 5-2), 10:15 p.m.

Box scores Royals 9, Twins 8 Kansas City Minnesota ab r h bi ab r h bi Pdsdnk lf 5 1 1 1 Span cf 5 2 4 1 Kendall c 5 1 0 0 Tolbert 2b 4 1 1 1 DeJess rf 5 0 2 1 Thome ph 1 0 0 0 JGuilln dh 5 1 3 1 Mauer c 4 1 2 2 Callasp 3b4 1 1 1 Mornea 1b 4 0 2 2 Maier cf 5 1 1 2 Cuddyr rf 5 0 0 0 Betemt 1b 4 2 2 2 Kubel dh 4 1 1 1 Getz 2b 4 1 1 0 DlmYn lf 4 1 2 0 YBtncr ss 4 1 1 0 Valenci 3b 4 1 1 0 Punto ss 4 1 2 1 39 8 15 8 Totals 41 912 8 Totals Kansas City 030 113 001—9 Minnesota 000 100 502—8 E—Punto 2 (2), Tolbert (1). Dp—Kansas City 2. Lob—Kansas City 9, Minnesota 6. 2b—Span (11), Mauer (18), Punto (6). 3b— J.Guillen (2). Hr—Maier (2), Betemit 2 (2), Kubel (8). Sf—Callaspo, Morneau. H R ER BB SO IP Kansas City Chen W,3-0 61⁄3 10 5 5 1 7 2 ⁄3 2 1 1 0 0 Tejeda Bl.Wood H,5 1 0 0 0 0 1 Soria S,14-16 1 3 2 2 0 1 Minnesota S.Baker L,5-5 5 8 5 5 1 2 2 ⁄3 2 3 0 1 1 Crain 0 0 0 1 0 Mahay 11⁄3 Al.Burnett 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 ⁄3 2 1 1 0 0 Duensing 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 Guerrier

Indians 8, Red Sox 7 Boston

Cleveland ab r h bi ab r h bi Scutaro ss4 2 2 0 Crowe cf 4 2 1 1 Pedroia 2b5 1 2 1 Choo rf 4 1 2 1 D.Ortiz dh 4 1 0 0 Kearns lf 2 1 1 1 Youkils 1b 3 1 0 0 Hafner dh 4 0 0 0 Lowell 1b 1 0 0 0 Duncan 1b 4 1 1 0 VMrtnz c 4 0 1 2 Peralta 3b 1 0 0 0 J.Drew rf 2 1 1 0 AMarte 3b 3 1 2 1 Beltre 3b 4 1 2 2 Branyn 1b 2 0 1 2 Camrn cf 5 0 1 0 AHrndz ss 4 1 1 0 Hall lf 4 0 1 0 Marson c 4 0 1 2 Donald 2b 4 1 2 0 36 8 12 8 Totals 36 710 5 Totals Boston 410 000 002—7 Cleveland 003 003 002—8 Two outs when winning run scored. E—Kearns (4), A.Marte 3 (4). Dp—Boston 1. Lob—Boston 10, Cleveland 8. 2b—Scutaro (15), V.Martinez (17), J.Drew (15), Crowe (3), Choo (12), Donald (5). Hr—Beltre (8). Sb—Marson (4). S—Scutaro. Sf— V.Martinez, Choo. IP H R ER BB SO Boston Lester 6 9 6 6 1 8 Delcarmen 1 1 0 0 2 3 R.Ramirez 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 ⁄3 2 2 2 2 1 D.Bard L,1-2 Cleveland Talbot 4 6 5 2 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 J.Lewis 2 ⁄3 1 0 0 1 0 Herrmann H,2 1 0 0 0 0 C.Perez H,6 11⁄3 K.Wood W,1-2 1 1 2 2 0 0 HBP—by K.Wood (J.Drew).

Rangers 12, Mariners 3 Seattle

Texas ab r h bi ab r h bi ISuzuki dh 4 0 0 0 Andrus ss 5 1 1 0 Lngrhn rf 2 0 0 0 MYong 3b 4 2 3 1 FGtrrz cf 3 0 0 1 ABlanc 3b 1 0 0 0 JoLopz 3b 4 0 0 0 Kinsler 2b 4 2 1 0 JoWilsn ss4 0 0 0 J.Arias 2b 1 0 0 0 Carp 1b 3 0 1 0 Guerrr dh 4 3 2 2 RJhnsn c 3 1 0 0 Hamltn lf 4 2 2 3 MSndrs lf 4 1 2 0 Gentry lf 1 0 0 0 Figgins 2b 3 1 2 1 Smoak 1b 5 1 2 2 DvMrp rf 5 1 2 2 Treanr c 4 0 1 1 Borbon cf 3 0 3 0 Totals 30 3 5 2 Totals 4112 17 11 Seattle 002 100 000— 3 Texas 304 005 00x—12 E—Figgins (7), Jo.Wilson (6), Borbon (2). Dp—Seattle 1, Texas 1. Lob—Seattle 5, Texas 7. 2b—Smoak 2 (6). Hr—M.Young (7), Hamilton (13). Sb—Langerhans (2), Dav.Murphy (1). Cs—Borbon (5). Sf—F.Gutierrez. IP H R ER BB SO Seattle 2 R-Smith L,0-5 5 ⁄3 11 8 4 2 2 1 ⁄3 4 4 0 0 1 League Kelley 1 1 0 0 0 1 Olson 1 1 0 0 0 1 Texas Hunter W,2-0 6 5 3 2 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 3 Oliver O’Day 1 0 0 0 0 1 F.Francisco 1 0 0 0 0 1 HBP—by Tom.Hunter (Ro.Johnson). WP—Rowland-Smith.

Orioles 4, Yankees 3 New York Baltimore ab r h bi ab r h bi Jeter ss 4 1 1 1 CPttrsn lf 4 1 1 0 Swisher rf 3 0 0 1 MTejad 3b 3 1 1 0 Teixeir 1b 3 0 1 0 Markks rf 4 0 1 0 ARdrgz 3b0 0 0 0 Wggntn 1b 3 0 1 1

Pna ph-3b 2 0 0 0 Scott dh 3 1 1 0 Cervelli c 1 0 0 0 AdJons cf 4 0 2 2 Cano 2b 3 1 1 0 Wieters c 4 0 0 0 Psada dh 4 0 0 0 SMoore 2b 3 1 1 1 Grndrs cf 3 0 1 1 CIzturs ss 3 0 0 0 Thams lf 4 0 0 0 Moeller c 2 1 0 0 Russo 3b 0 0 0 0 Totals 29 3 4 3 Totals 31 4 8 4 New York 012 000 000—3 Baltimore 200 011 00x—4 Lob—New York 8, Baltimore 7. 2b—Jeter (14), Teixeira (12), Cano (19), M.Tejada (12), Ad.Jones (7). 3b—Granderson (3), Scott (1). Hr—S.Moore (1). Sb—C.Patterson (6), S.Moore (2). S— R.Pena. Sf—Swisher, Wigginton. IP H R ER BB SO New York 8 4 4 1 5 Burnett L,6-4 62⁄3 1 ⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 D.Marte Park 1 0 0 0 0 2 Baltimore Arrieta W,1-0 6 4 3 3 4 6 2 ⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 Mata H,1 1 0 0 0 2 2 Ohman H,8 1 ⁄3 Hernandez S,1-1 1 0 0 0 1 0 HBP—by A.J.Burnett (M.Tejada, Scott). PB—Moeller 2.

Blue Jays 3, Rays 2 Toronto

Tampa Bay ab r h bi ab r h bi FLewis lf 5 0 1 0 BUpton cf 2 0 1 0 A.Hill 2b 5 0 2 0 SRdrgz ss 4 1 1 1 Lind dh 4 0 1 1 Longori 3b 3 0 1 0 Wise dh 0 1 0 0 WAyar 2b 4 0 1 0 V.Wells cf 4 0 1 0 Crwfrd pr 0 0 0 0 JBautst rf 3 0 0 0 Zobrist rf-lf 4 0 0 0 Gnzlz ss 3 1 1 2 C.Pena 1b 3 1 1 1 Overay 1b 3 0 0 0 Kapler lf 2 0 0 0 J.Buck c 4 1 3 0 Blalock rf 2 0 0 0 Encrnc 3b 4 0 0 0 Jaso c 3 0 0 0 Brignc ss 2 0 0 0 Shppch ph 1 0 1 0 Benoit p 0 0 0 0 Totals 35 3 9 3 Totals 30 2 6 2 Toronto 011 000 010—3 Tampa Bay 010 000 001—2 E—Longoria (9). Dp—Toronto 2. Lob— Toronto 8, Tampa Bay 5. 2b—V.Wells (22), Longoria (21). Hr—Ale.Gonzalez (13), S.Rodriguez (3), C.Pena (13). Sb—B.Upton (19), Crawford (19). Cs—B.Upton (5). Sf— Ale.Gonzalez. IP H R ER BB SO Toronto 2 3 1 1 3 2 Cecil W,7-2 6 ⁄3 1 ⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 Janssen H,1 1 0 0 0 0 S.Downs H,15 1⁄3 2 ⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 Camp H,8 Gregg S,15-18 1 2 1 1 1 1 Tampa Bay W.Davis L,5-6 7 7 3 3 1 7 1 ⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 Choate 1 ⁄3 1 0 0 1 0 Wheeler 1 0 0 0 2 Benoit 11⁄3 W.Davis pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.

Athletics 6, Angels 1 Los Angeles Oakland ab r h bi ab r h bi EAyar ss 4 0 2 0 EPtrsn lf 5 0 0 0 HKndrc 2b4 0 0 0 Barton 1b 4 2 1 1 MIzturs 3b 4 0 0 0 RSwny rf 2 3 1 1 TrHntr cf 4 0 1 0 KSuzuk c 4 0 2 1 HMatsu dh4 0 1 0 Cust dh 3 0 0 1 Napoli 1b 3 0 0 0 Kzmnff 3b 4 0 2 1 JRiver rf 3 1 1 0 Gross cf 4 0 1 1 MRyan lf 3 0 0 0 M.Ellis 2b 4 0 0 0 BoWlsn c 2 0 1 1 Pnngtn ss 3 1 2 0 Totals 31 1 6 1 Totals 33 6 9 6 Los Angeles 000 010 000—1 Oakland 000 230 10x—6 E—E.Aybar (9), Pennington (7). Dp— Oakland 2. Lob—Los Angeles 4, Oakland 8. 2b—H.Matsui (10), J.Rivera (10), R.Sweeney (15). Sb—K.Suzuki (1), Pennington (8). Cs—Tor.Hunter (5). Sf—Cust. IP H R ER BB SO Los Angeles E.Santana L,6-4 5 7 5 4 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 T.Bell S.Shields 1 2 1 1 1 0 Bulger 1 0 0 0 1 0 Oakland Cahill W,5-2 8 6 1 1 1 4 A.Bailey 1 0 0 0 0 1 WP—Cahill.

White Sox 3, Tigers 0 Detroit

Chicago ab r h bi ab r h bi AJcksn cf 3 0 0 0 Pierre lf 3 0 0 0 Damon lf 2 0 0 0 Vizquel 3b 2 1 1 2 Raburn dh 4 0 0 0 Rios cf 4 0 0 0 MiCarr 1b 2 0 0 0 Konerk dh 3 0 1 0 Boesch rf 4 0 0 0 Quentin rf 3 0 0 0 CGuilln 2b 3 0 1 0 Kotsay 1b 3 0 0 0 Inge 3b 4 0 1 0 Przyns c 3 1 1 1 Laird c 4 0 1 0 AlRmrz ss 2 0 1 0 Worth ss 2 0 0 0 Bckhm 2b 2 1 1 0 Santiag ss 1 0 0 0 25 3 5 3 Totals 29 0 3 0 Totals Detroit 000 000 000—0 Chicago 100 001 01x—3 Dp—Chicago 1. Lob—Detroit 8, Chicago 3. 2b—Beckham (6). Hr—Vizquel (1), Pierzynski (3). Cs—Al.Ramirez (5). S— Pierre, Vizquel, Beckham. IP H R ER BB SO Detroit 5 3 3 1 7 Scherzer L,2-6 71⁄3 2 ⁄3 0 0 0 1 0 Coke Chicago Danks W,5-5 7 1 0 0 4 4 S.Santos H,6 1 1 0 0 2 2 Jenks S,10-11 1 1 0 0 0 1

Nationals 4, Pirates 2 Pittsburgh Washington ab r h bi ab r h bi Tabata lf 4 1 1 1 CGzmn 2b 5 0 0 0 NWalkr 2b 4 0 1 0 Dsmnd ss 4 0 1 0 AMcCt cf 2 0 1 1 A.Dunn 1b 4 2 2 1 GJones rf 3 0 1 0 Zmrmn 3b 4 0 1 0 Doumit 1b 4 0 0 0 Wlngh lf 4 1 1 1 Crosby ss 3 0 0 0 IRdrgz c 3 0 1 0 DlwYn ph 1 0 0 0 Morse rf 3 1 3 1 AnLRc 3b 3 0 1 0 Clipprd p 0 0 0 0 Iwamr ph 1 0 0 0 Berndn rf 2 0 1 0 Jarmll c 4 0 2 0 LHrndz p 1 0 0 0 Duke p 1 1 1 0 AlGnzlz ph 0 0 0 0 Meek p 0 0 0 0 WHarrs ph 1 0 0 0 Milledg ph 1 0 0 0 SBurntt p 0 0 0 0 Hanrhn p 0 0 0 0 Morgan cf 1 0 0 0 Church ph 1 0 0 0 Totals 32 2 8 2 Totals 32 4 10 3 Pittsburgh 000 002 000—2 Washington 000 210 01x—4 E—An.Laroche (10). Dp—Pittsburgh 1. Lob—Pittsburgh 7, Washington 9. 2b— Tabata (1), Jaramillo (2), Duke (2), Desmond (11). Hr—A.Dunn (13), Willingham (12), Morse (1). Sb—An.Laroche (1). Cs—A.Mccutchen (5). S—Duke, L.Hernandez. Sf— A.Mccutchen. IP H R ER BB SO Pittsburgh Duke L,3-7 5 8 3 2 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 Meek Hanrahan 1 1 0 0 0 2 Donnelly 1 1 1 1 1 1 Washington Hernandez W,5-3 6 5 2 2 2 3 2 2 0 0 0 1 S.Burnett H,8 Clippard S,1-6 1 1 0 0 0 2 Duke pitched to 3 batters in the 6th. Balk—Duke, Donnelly.

Marlins 2, Phillies 0 Florida

Philadelphia ab r h bi ab r h bi Coghln lf 4 1 1 0 Victorn cf 4 0 1 0 Snchz 1b 4 0 1 0 Polanc 3b 4 0 1 0 Barden 3b 0 0 0 0 Utley 2b 3 0 0 0 HRmrz ss 3 0 0 0 Howard 1b 4 0 1 0 Cantu 1b 3 0 1 1 Werth rf 3 0 0 0 Uggla 2b 4 1 1 1 Ibanez lf 3 0 1 0 C.Ross cf 4 0 1 0 WValdz ss 3 0 0 0 Stanton rf 4 0 0 0 C.Ruiz c 3 0 0 0 RPauln c 4 0 1 0 Hallady p 2 0 0 0 JJhnsn p 3 0 1 0 Dobbs ph 1 0 0 0 30 0 4 0 Totals 33 2 7 2 Totals Florida 100 000 001—2 Philadelphia 000 000 000—0 Dp—Florida 1. Lob—Florida 6, Philadelphia 4. 2b—Victorino (9), Polanco (12), Howard (10). Hr—Uggla (14). Sb— H.Ramirez (9), C.Ross (4). Sf—Cantu. IP H R ER BB SO Florida Johnson W,7-2 8 3 0 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 1 Nunez S,13-15 1 Philadelphia Halladay L,8-4 8 6 1 1 1 8 1 1 1 1 0 2 Baez WP—Halladay.

Braves 11, Diamondbacks 7 Atlanta

Arizona ab r h bi ab r h bi Prado 2b 4 1 3 0 KJhnsn 2b 4 2 2 3 Heywrd rf 6 1 2 2 CJcksn lf 5 0 2 1 Jones 3b 3 1 1 1 Qualls p 0 0 0 0 Venters p 0 0 0 0 Rosa p 0 0 0 0 Moylan p 0 0 0 0 S.Drew ss 4 0 0 1 Hinske ph 1 0 1 1 J.Upton rf 5 0 2 0 Wagner p 0 0 0 0 AdLRc 1b 4 0 0 0 Glaus 1b 4 1 1 1 MRynl 3b 2 1 0 0 YEscor ss 3 2 1 0 GParra cf 2 0 0 0

Infante lf 4 0 0 1 Boyer p 0 0 0 0 D.Ross c 4 1 2 2 RRorts ph 1 0 0 0 Conrad 3b 1 1 1 0 JGutrrz p 0 0 0 0 MeCarr cf 4 1 2 0 Ryal ph-lf 2 1 0 0 Hanson p 3 1 1 2 Hester c 4 1 1 0 CMrtnz p 1 0 0 0 Snyder ph 1 0 0 0 McCnn c 1 1 1 1 CYoung cf 2 2 1 1 Totals 391116 11 Totals 36 7 8 6 Atlanta 000 250 004—11 Arizona 002 000 230— 7 E—Venters (1). Dp—Arizona 2. Lob—Atlanta 12, Arizona 10. 2b—Glaus (9), D.Ross (5), Me.Cabrera (7), K.Johnson (20), C.Jackson (10). Hr—C.Young (10). Sb— Y.Escobar (5), Conrad (3). S—Willis. Sf— Glaus, Infante. IP H R ER BB SO Atlanta 4 2 2 2 10 Hanson 51⁄3 2 2 2 0 2 C.Martinez 12⁄3 2 2 ⁄3 1 3 0 2 2 Venters Bs, ⁄3 1 ⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 Moylan W,3-1 Wagner 1 1 0 0 2 2 Arizona Willis 4 3 2 2 6 2 2 ⁄3 6 5 5 1 1 C.Valdez 0 0 0 2 0 Boyer 11⁄3 J.Gutierrez 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 ⁄3 5 4 4 0 1 Qualls L,1⁄3 2 ⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 Rosa HBP—by Hanson (M.Reynolds). WP— Hanson, C.Martinez, Willis 2. Balk—Willis 2.

Brewers 5, Cubs 4 (10) Chicago

Milwaukee ab r h bi ab r h bi Fukdm rf 5 0 0 0 Edmnd cf 5 1 1 0 Theriot 2b 5 1 3 1 Weeks 2b 2 1 1 0 Howry p 0 0 0 0 Fielder 1b 3 0 0 0 Byrd cf 4 1 3 0 Braun lf 4 0 0 1 Tracy 3b 5 0 0 0 McGeh 3b 5 1 1 0 Nady 1b 3 1 1 3 Hart rf 3 1 2 1 Colvin lf 2 0 0 0 Lucroy c 5 0 1 0 JeBakr ph 1 0 0 0 AEscor ss 3 0 0 0 Soto c 2 0 0 0 Gomez ph 0 1 0 0 Stevens p 0 0 0 0 Bush p 2 0 1 1 ASorin lf 2 0 0 0 Inglett ph 1 0 0 0 Castro ss 4 1 1 0 Loe p 0 0 0 0 Dmpstr p 1 0 0 0 Brddck p 0 0 0 0 K.Hill c 2 0 1 0Counsll ss 1 0 0 0 Totals 36 4 9 4 Totals 34 5 7 3 Chicago 000 112 000 0—4 Milwaukee 010 111 000 1—5 One out when winning run scored. E—Nady (1), Tracy (1), S.Castro (8). Dp—Chicago 1. Lob—Chicago 9, Milwaukee 12. 2b—Weeks (10), Mcgehee (16), Hart (9). Hr—Nady (4), Hart (16). Sb—Theriot (13). Cs—Theriot (2). S—Dempster, Counsell. Sf—Nady. IP H R ER BB SO Chicago 5 3 2 5 3 Dempster 51⁄3 0 1 0 2 0 Gorzelanny H,1 1⁄3 1 0 0 0 1 2 Stevens Bs,1-1 1 ⁄3 Marshall 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 Howry L,1-1 11⁄3 Milwaukee Bush 6 6 4 4 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 11⁄3 Loe 1 ⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 Braddock 1 0 0 0 1 Villanueva 11⁄3 Axford W,3-1 1 1 0 0 1 0 HBP—by Dempster (Hart).

Astros 5, Rockies 4 Houston

Colorado ab r h bi ab r h bi Bourn cf 4 0 0 0 CGnzlz cf 5 1 1 0 Kppngr 2b 4 0 0 0 Helton 1b 4 2 2 0 Brkmn 1b 4 0 0 0 Tlwtzk ss 4 1 2 1 Ca.Lee lf 3 1 0 0 Hawpe rf 3 0 0 1 Pence rf 2 2 0 0 S.Smith lf 2 0 0 1 P.Feliz 3b 4 1 0 0 Splrghs lf 1 0 1 0 Quinter c 4 1 3 2 Olivo c 4 0 1 1 Manzell ss2 0 1 3 Stewart 3b 3 0 0 0 Oswalt p 2 0 0 0 Giambi ph 1 0 0 0 GChacn p 0 0 0 0 Barmes 2b 3 0 0 0 Daigle p 0 0 0 0 JChacn p 2 0 1 0 Sullivn ph 1 0 0 0 RFlors p 0 0 0 0 Lyon p 0 0 0 0 Mora ph 1 0 0 0 Iannett ph 1 0 0 0 Totals 30 5 4 5 Totals 34 4 8 4 Houston 020 012 000—5 Colorado 000 200 020—4 E—Stewart (5). Lob—Houston 4, Colorado 6. 2b—Quintero (7). Hr—Quintero (3). S—Oswalt. Sf—Manzella, S.Smith. IP H R ER BB SO Houston 7 4 2 2 2 9 Oswalt W,4-8 W.Lopez 0 3 2 2 0 0 1 ⁄3 1 0 0 0 1 G.Chacin H,1 2 ⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 Daigle H,3 Lyon S,1-2 1 0 0 0 0 1 Colorado J.Chacin L,3-5 6 4 5 4 3 8 R.Flores 1 0 0 0 0 1 Daley 2 0 0 0 0 2 W.Lopez pitched to 3 batters in the 8th. HBP—by J.Chacin (Manzella).

Reds 7, Giants 6 San Francisco Cincinnati ab r h bi ab r h bi Torres rf-lf 3 0 1 0 BPhllps 2b 5 2 4 2 Snchz 2b 5 0 1 1 Janish ss 3 1 1 0 Sndovl 3b 5 1 2 0 Rhodes p 0 0 0 0 A.Huff lf 3 1 2 2 L.Nix ph 1 0 0 0 Schrhlt rf 0 0 0 0 FCordr p 0 0 0 0 Uribe ss 2 1 1 0 Votto 1b 3 1 1 2 Posey 1b 5 1 2 0 Rolen 3b 4 0 0 1 BMolin c 4 0 2 1 Gomes lf 4 0 2 1 SCasill p 0 0 0 0 Bruce rf 4 0 2 1 MDwns ph1 0 0 0 Stubbs cf 3 0 0 0 Rownd cf 3 2 1 1 OCarer ss 1 0 0 0 Wllmyr p 2 0 0 0 RHrndz c 4 1 1 0 DBatst p 0 0 0 0 Leake p 1 1 0 0 Burrell ph 1 0 0 1 DelRsr p 0 0 0 0 Whitsd c 2 0 1 0 Heisey cf 2 1 2 0 35 7 13 7 Totals 36 613 6 Totals San Fran 112 010 100—6 Cincinnati 004 000 03x—7 E—Rolen (5). Dp—San Francisco 1, Cincinnati 3. Lob—San Francisco 13, Cincinnati 9. 2b—A.Huff (14), Uribe (9), Gomes (12), Heisey (2). 3b—B.Phillips (1). Hr—A.Huff (8), Rowand (6). Cs—Whiteside (1). S—Torres. Sf—Rolen. IP H R ER BB SO San Francisco Wellemeyer 2 1 0 0 1 1 D.Bautista 2 5 4 4 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 Romo S.Casilla H,3 2 2 0 0 1 3 Mota L,0-2 1 4 3 3 0 0 Cincinnati Leake 41⁄3 11 5 5 4 2 2 ⁄3 0 0 0 1 0 Del Rosario 1 ⁄3 0 0 0 2 1 D.Herrera Masset 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 Rhodes W,2-1 1 ⁄3 F.Cordero S,17 1 0 0 0 0 0 HBP—by Masset (Rowand). WP— D.Bautista.

Padres 4, Mets 2 (1st) San Diego New York ab r h bi ab r h bi Eckstn 2b 4 2 2 1 JosRys ss 4 0 1 0 Headly 3b 5 0 1 1 Pagan cf 4 0 0 0 AdGnzl 1b 4 1 3 1 Bay lf 4 0 0 0 Hairstn lf 3 0 1 0 I.Davis 1b 3 0 0 0 Hundly c 3 0 1 0 DWrght 3b 2 1 0 0 HrstnJr ss 2 0 0 1 Francr rf 3 0 0 0 Denorfi rf 4 0 0 0 Cora 2b 3 0 0 0 Gwynn cf 3 1 1 0 HBlanc c 2 1 1 2 Latos p 2 0 0 0 JFelicn ph 1 0 0 0 Zwdzk ph 1 0 0 0 Barajs c 0 0 0 0 Grgrsn p 0 0 0 0 JSantn p 2 0 0 0 Venale ph 1 0 0 0 Mejia p 0 0 0 0 H.Bell p 0 0 0 0 Carter ph 1 0 0 0 29 2 2 2 Totals 32 4 9 4 Totals San Diego 000 120 100—4 New York 020 000 000—2 E—D.Wright (8). Dp—New York 4. Lob— San Diego 7, New York 1. 2b—Eckstein (17), Headley (10). Hr—H.Blanco (2). Sf— Hairston Jr.. IP H R ER BB SO San Diego Latos W,6-4 6 2 2 2 1 8 0 0 0 0 3 Gregerson H,15 1 Adams H,15 1 0 0 0 0 1 H.Bell S,17-20 1 0 0 0 0 0 New York 2 8 4 4 4 1 Santana L,4-3 6 ⁄3 1 ⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 P.Feliciano Mejia 1 1 0 0 0 0 Nieve 1 0 0 0 0 0 HBP—by Mejia (Hairston Jr.).

Mets 3, Padres 0 (2nd) San Diego New York ab r h bi ab r h bi HrstnJr ss 4 0 0 0 JosRys ss 4 1 3 0 Headly 3b 3 0 0 0 JFelicn cf-lf 4 0 0 0 AdGnzl 1b 3 0 0 0 DWrght 3b 4 0 0 1 Hairstn lf 3 0 0 0 I.Davis 1b 4 0 2 1 Torreal c 3 0 0 0 Carter lf 3 1 1 0 Salazar rf 3 0 0 0 Pagan pr-cf1 0 0 0 Denorfi cf 3 0 1 0 Barajs c 3 0 1 0 Zwdzk 2b 3 0 0 0 Francr rf 2 0 1 1 Garlnd p 2 0 0 0 RTejad 2b 3 0 0 0 Mujica p 0 0 0 0 Niese p 1 1 0 0 R.Webb p 0 0 0 0 Hundly ph 1 0 0 0 29 3 8 3 Totals 28 0 1 0 Totals San Diego 000 000 000—0 New York 012 000 00x—3

FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 2010 • 5B

Mexico to meet S. Africa today Associated Press

JOHANNESBURG — The buildup is over. Africa’s first World Cup arrives to the buzz of vuvuzelas, with the hope that Nelson Mandela will attend the opening ceremony and, oh yes, with some soccer. Few nations face a bigger challenge than the host. Not only will South Africa try to keep up with all previous home teams and advance out of the first round, but it will attempt to raise the profile of soccer in this country. Mexico will want to spoil the party when the teams meet today in the World Cup opener at Soccer City. In a nation where most international team sports success has been in rugby union and cricket, South Africa coach Carlos Alberto Parreira is out to lift the image of the sport played by the vast majority of the population. South Africa is on a 12-game un-

beaten run in friendlies under the 1994 World Cup-winning coach for Brazil. He said Thursday his goal is to bring integrity to a team that lost eight out of nine games before he returned to the job a year ago; he was hired the first time in January 2007 and was in charge for 21 games until April 2008 before leaving because his wife was ill. “We want to make this country proud and we are going to give hell to any team we play,” Parreira said. “In this country, football has been sleeping for many years. Then suddenly there was a ray of hope with the good performance of the team, the good preparation, the World Cup coming here for the first time. “If I am to do something for the team, it is to give them identity, a belief that South Africa plays with technique and skill. The players are encouraged to play and have fun, to do a few tricks and enjoy themselves, like we did with Brazil.”

Big moments for U.S. team Associated Press

IRENE, South Africa — The bars are stocked across America, and the pubs are getting ready in England. A 701⁄2-foot billboard of Clint Dempsey stands near Penn Station in Manhattan, and there’s even a large poster of Landon Donovan in a store along Piccadilly Circus. American soccer has never been more popular in the United States or its players more wellknown across the world. And on Saturday comes the first competitive match between the U.S. and England since the great American upset at the 1950 World Cup. For one afternoon, millions will be watching from California to New York island. Like never before in the United States, this is the sport’s moment. “I don’t know what’s going to be better, at the bar with my friends back home watching it, or actually playing it, because it’s going to be special,” goalkeeper Tim Howard said Thursday. On the first cloudy day since the U.S. team started workouts June 1, the Americans practiced in Pretoria. Then their red-white-and-blue bus with “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Victory!” on the side made the two-hour drive to Rustenburg, where the big game will be played. Thousands of tickets in refurbished 38,646-capacity Royal Bafokeng Stadium were purchased back in the United States

for the match at the foot of the Magaliesberg mountain range in the North West Province. Stevan Galich, a fan from Chicago, organized transportation for 350 American fans from Sandton, a north Johannesburg suburb, to Rustenburg on Saturday. His party plans to meet outside the stadium with Sam’s Army and the American Outlaws, two supporters’ groups. They hope to offset the roar from English fans who usually travel with their team in large numbers. Donald Gips, the U.S. ambassador to South Africa, said Sunday that FIFA estimated 132,000 tickets for the 64-game tournament were bought in the United States, the most in any nation outside the host. “Certainly the water cooler talk, if I can use that expression, is greater than anything I’ve seen around the World Cup, around the U.S. being in it, and certainly around the U.S.-England game for sure,” U.S. Soccer Federation president Sunil Gulati said. “The amount of time we’re getting on ESPN. The cover of SI. The cover of ESPN The Magazine. The cover of Time Magazine. Anybody remember when that last happened for soccer?” The Irish Pub, a few blocks from Carnegie Hall in Manhattan, is packed many weekend mornings for English Premier League games. Last month, it doubled in size in preparation for the World Cup.

Westwood out front in Memphis Associated Press

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Lee Westwood took advantage of no wind and a rain-softened course to shoot a 7-under 63 on Thursday that equaled his best PGA Tour round and gave him a one-stroke lead in the suspended first round of the St. Jude Classic.

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LOS ANGELES — Southern California’s men’s basketball team has escaped any further action by the NCAA, five months after the university banned itself from postseason play and vacated its victories during O.J. Mayo’s lone season.

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ST. LOUIS — Slowly but surely, Sam Bradford is getting acclimated to life in the NFL. The No. 1 overall pick of the April draft joined veterans on Thursday at the first day of the St. Louis Rams’ minicamp. The former Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback from Oklahoma said that after organized team activities and the first day of minicamp, things are starting to sink in. “The more I’m out there and the more reps I get, the more comfortable I feel,” Bradford said. “From Day One to now, it’s night and day how much more comfortable I feel just calling the plays in the huddle, getting to the line of scrimmage and making the reads. I feel really good with the progress I’ve been able to make.”

 CINCINNATI — Carson Palmer says receiver Chad Ochocinco’s decision to skip voluntary offseason workouts is making it tough for the rest of the Cincinnati Bengals to get their offense together. Ochocinco doesn’t want to hear it. Palmer told reporters after a workout on Thursday that other receivers have to fill Ochocinco’s role during the voluntary practices, which throws things out of whack. Cincinnati has a bevy of new receivers this season, including free agent Antonio Bryant. Ochocinco customarily spends the offseason out of town working out on his own. He’s been on “Dancing With the Stars” in Los Angeles and is working on a dating show for cable television. He’s required to be in Cincinnati next week for a minicamp. The Bengals have made changes in the passing game, which struggled last season. They’re also trying to figure out where the newcomers fit. “It would be great to have our No. 1 receiver here and working him and building it around him,” Palmer said. “We’ve tried moving guys around. Maybe they’re trying to find a new No. 1 receiver because it’s hard to work your offense in without that guy around. We’ve moved Antonio (Bryant) around, he’s been playing some spots. “It’s hard to tell and say because we’re looking for a No. 2 and (No.) 3 receiver without a No. 1.”

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Authorized EZGO Dealer. 30 years selling, servicing GOLF CARS Golf Car Batteries 6 volt $58, 8 volt $62. Golf car utility sales. US 52, 5 miles south of Salisbury. Beside East Rowan HS & Old Stone Winery. Look for EZGO sign. Buy 6 batteries & receive $10 gift receipt for purchase of a bottle of OLD STONE Wine. Coupon good until 6/30/10. 704-245-3660

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Audi, 2000. A6. Black, 4-door, clean. Please call 704-279-8692

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8B • FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 2010 Employment

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Local Drivers Home nights and weekends. Piedmont Transportation, headquartered in Salisbury, is looking for local drivers. Must have a Class A CDL, Hazmat, minimum three years current experience and a clean MVR. Apply at 200 Montclair Dr. EOE M/F

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Salisbury Gigantic Yard Sale, 1775 Sells Rd, Sat., June 12, 7:30am-1pm. Baby clothes & furniture, kitchen appls., furniture, books, men's & women's AE and A&F clothing, clearance salon products $1+, collectibles, etc.

Salisbury Moving Sale Saturday, 5:30am 1520 Hurley School Rd. Pool table, living room furniture. Moving Everything Must Go!

China Grove. 245 Bostian Heights St. (off 152 or Old Concord Rd., behind Bostian Heights FD.) Yard Sale. Fri. & Sat., June 11th & 12th, 8am-until. Clothes (men's, women's, little girls'), toys, books, shoes, VHS tapes, child's desk, toy boys, & dishes.

Salis. Yard Sale, 4000 Bringle Ferry Road (Corner of Bringle Ferry & Mahaley Rd), Sat., June 12, 8am-1pm. Book cases, file cabinets, lots of household items, sofas & chairs, lots of merchandise, much to mention. Priced to sell!

Salisbury. 206 Billie Hope Dr. Multi-Family Yard Sale! Fri 6/11 & Sat 6/12, 7am1pm. Lots of kids' stuff, furniture, men's & women's clothes, building materials, riding lawn mower and lots more!! CHEAP PRICES!!

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Salisbury 6/12/10, 7:00-12:00, 6450 Bringle Ferry Rd, Harley Davidson Barbie Dolls, New ladies leather motorcycle jacket, Lots of ladies clothes, little tykes toys, something for everyone.

Salisbury Inside Yard Sale, 1519 Arbor Drive, Saturday, June 12, 8am5pm. Antiques, jewelry, knick-knacks, furniture, toys, tools, lots of collectibles, large variety, too much to list. Rain or shine! Salisbury Rowan Christian Church Fundaiser Yard Sale, Bake Sale & Hot Dog Sale, 2155 Bringle Ferry Rd., Saturday, June 12, 7am.-3pm. Live entertainment! Lots of variety of items to purchase. Salisbury Yard Sale Sat., June 12th 7-12pm 953 Fairmont Ave Lots of GOOD furniture, piano, household items, kitchenware, dishes, NEW ceiling fans, NEW blankets, 1949 Airline radio, books, toys, tapes, clothing, lamps, chairs, loads of collectibles!

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Yard Sale Area 1 Salisbury “Simplification” Yard Sale, 5 Acorn Lane, Saturday, June 12, 7am11am. Furniture, clothes, shoes, misc. household items, 4 x 8 wooden fence panels & gate, skate board ramps, DVDs, CDs, albums, toys, books luggage, planters, yd tools Salisbury Downsizing Yard Sale, Sat., June 12, 8am12noon, 423 Pinewood Ave., (from I-85 go south on Innes/Hwy 52, left on Newsom Rd, left on Park, right on Pinewood Ave.), Wicker/cloth sofa, bedding, décor, clothes, linens, etc. Rain or shine!

Salisbury Yard Sale, 2730 Grubb Ferry Rd (Spencer Forest), Saturday, June 12, 7:30amuntil. New clothing, Princess House Crystal, antique chairs, antique guns, books, bed spreads, and much more Salisbury Yard Sale, 855 E. Ridge Rd, Fri, Sat, & Sun, 6/11, 12 & 13. Sinks, tiles, toys. Clothes, baby girl, boy & men, women. Furniture, boat, pallets, etc. **Kids – stand with fresh lemonade! Come on out! 704-798-5388 Salisbury, 732 West Kerr Street, Jersey City near Freirich Meat Packing. Yard Sale & Food Sale, Saturday, June 12. Yard Sale at 7 AM, shoes, handbags, computer printer, household items. Food sale at 11 AM. Shop then stop for a bite of food! Salisbury. Yard Sale Sat., June 12th 124 West 13th St. Bed linens, bath items, pillows, curtains, rugs, lamps, kitchen stuff. Canner & jars, handbags, luggage, jewelry. Good ladies clothing – L – XL. CD/tapes/radio/recorder & taper. Spencer Huge Yard Sale (to raise money for Nate & Rachel's wedding). 404 Oakwood Dr., Sat., June 12, 7am-until, Men's, women's, boys' & girl's clothing, toys, baseball cards, exercise equipment, books, china and dishes and much more! Spencer Yard Sale, 707 4th Street, Saturday, June 12, 8am. 100% crystal Princess House dishes, knick-knacks, brand new Invacare Scooter, and much, much more!

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Fulton Heights Annual Neighborhood Wide Yard Sale Saturday, 8am-noon Includes Elm St., Wiley, Mitchell and Maupin Ave. Over 8 homes participating. Everything from furniture, kid and baby items, wedding dresses and household goods.

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Saturday, 8am-1pm 206 Strawberry Lane Grace Ridge Subdivision 29 to Grace Church, to Random. Large variety of donated items. Too much to list.

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until. 128 Chapel Ct. Take Airport Rd. to Miller Chapel, left on Abbey Circle. Like new clothes, glass table, golf clubs, brand new baby walkers . Too many items to list! Salisbury Yard Sale Saturday, June 12th 8am- 12 noon 102 Ohara Dr. Bedroom & dining room furniture, toys, clothing, electronics and household items. No Early Birds Please. Salisbury, Salisbury Christian Fellowship, 210 W. Ritchie Rd., off Julian Rd., Saturday, 8 am-1 pm. Benefits children's ministry. Children-adult clothes & shoes, Home Interior items, holiday & kitchen items, toys and much more. Rain or Shine. Salisbury. 1029 West Ridge Rd. (off Woodleaf Rd.) Garage Sale. Friday, June 11th & Saturday, June 12th 7am-until. Boys' clothes (infant-3T), household items, toys, girls' clothes (8 & 10), and more! Rain or shine! Salisbury. 2 family Yard Sale New purses, household items, clothes, shoes. A downsizing yard sale! June 11th & 12th , 8am, 115 Briarwood Lake Drive-off Airport Road. Salisbury. 309 Spring Oak Dr. (off Roseman Rd.) Yard Sale. Saturday, June 12th , 7:30am-2pm. Clothes, shoes, video games, books, movies, official 2XL Highlander coat, toys, file cabinet & much more. Salisbury. 430 Grants Creek Rd. (off Grace Church Rd., near Foxy Lady) HUGE Yard Sale. Saturday, June 12th, 7am-until. Large variety of items!

Yard Sale Area 4

Faith Yard Sale, 8995 Castor Rd (off 152 behind Budget Stretcher store), Friday & Saturday, June 11 & 12, 7am-2pm. Clothing all you can put in a bag for $1, small kitchen appliances, movies, DVDs & more! Gold Hill Multi-Family Yard & Grocery Sale, Fri., June 11, 3-6pm, Sat., June 12, 8am-2pm, 2280 Liberty Rd (from Gold Hill take Liberty Rd, 1¼ mile on right from Liberty, 1¼ mile look for signs). Lots of things, lots of groceries. Granite Quarry. Pine Hill Dr. (Hwy 52 to Kerns, to Pine Hill). Yard Sale. Sat., June 12th, 7am-1pm. Couch, love seat, push mower, chain saw, collectibles, glass, & clothes. Too much to list! Rockwell

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Friday, 3-8pm Saturday, 8-1pm 225 Hilbert Road. Hwy 152 to Holshouser Rd., to Hilbert Rd. Exercise equipment, patio table, glass coffee table, lots of household items. Rockwell Monster Yard Sale! 2705 Lower Stone Ch. Rd., Sat., June 12, 8am. Lots of cordless tools, misc tools, recessed & other light fixtures, gas furnace from mobile home, sinks, doors, ceiling fans, 120sf hickory wood flooring, misc. items, loveseat.

Salisbury Moving Sale, 740 Barringer Street, Saturday, June 12, 6am2pm. 3 piece bedroom set, couch, recliner, clothes, toys, bikes and a whole lot more. Salisbury Multi-Family Yard Sale Saturday, 8am-until 1190 Farm Creek Road In Faith Farm Development. Toys, furniture, dishes and novelties. Salisbury Multi-Family Yard Sale, Providence United Methodist Church, 6450 Bringle Ferry Rd., Saturday, June 12th, 7am. Rain or Shine! Salisbury Nine-Family Yard Sale, 155 Hyde Lane (Bringle Ferry Rd, pass Hill's Store, bear rt., Poole Rd), Sat., June 12, 7am-1pm. Baby items, cookstoves, tools, TVs, home interiors, something for everyone! Worth the drive for bargains! Salisbury Yard Sale, 1355 Dunns Mt. Rd, Sat., 6/12, 7am-12noon. Graco swing, high chair, children's toys, name brand clothes, oak table w/4 chairs, coffee table, desk chair, sofa & chairs, weedeater, blower, Suzuki 4 wheeler, pocket bike & more! Salisbury Yard Sale, 150 Choate Rd (corner of Choate Rd & McCanless Rd. off Bringle Ferry Rd), Sat., June 12, 8am-2pm. Lots of fabric, sewing patterns, yarn, craft magazines, linens, housewares, clothes, furniture, collectibles, vintage items, Salisbury Yard Sale, 160 Copper Leaf (off Glover), June 11 & 12, 7am-12pm, Coffee table, golf clubs, wooden playhouse, dollhouse, entertainment center, shelves, wall mirror, old tools, clothing, 10 gal. aquarium, VHS tapes, misc. house-hold items.

Rockwell, 620 Sam Euart Rd., Yard Sale, Saturday, June 12, 7 am until. Ab lounger, household items, men's, women's and kids clothes, board games and much more!

Salisbury Yard Sale, 324 Oakwood Avenue (off Gold Hill Rd), Saturday, June 12, 8am12noon. Jewelry, queen size head board, white sleigh day bed, 4 wheeler, adult and kid clothes, kitchen table, and much, much more!

Rockwell. 11300 Hwy 52 (approx 1mi. outside Rockwell toward Gold Hill), Sat., June 12, 8am-12noon. Lots of boy's clothes & shoes (infant-size 4), baby girls clothes & shoes (infant- 18 mos), women's + size clothes 1X & 2X & extra tall, and misc.

Salisbury, 1880 Peeler Road, Community Yard Sale Fox Ridge, I-85 Exit 71, Fri. & Sat. 8 AM to Noon, Dooney purses, furniture, Bob Timberlake print, décor fabric, designer clothes, jewelry, toys, makeup, groceries, wedding items.

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Salisbury. 404 Eastbrook Cir. (Dunns Mountain to Walton Rd to Eastbrook Circle). MultiFamily Yard Sale. Sat., June 12th, 8am-2pm. Weedwacker, push mower, toys incl. PS2 games, Atari & games, bikes, & much more!! Salisbury. 6/11/10 & 6/12/10, 8AM – 5PM. 245 Cedarfield Drive. Off Safrit. Electronics, Clothes, Games, Household Items, Furniture, etc Salisbury. Neighborhood Yard Sale! Brentwood Acres, June 12th 7:30 am, From Bringle Ferry Rd Turn onto Crane Creek Rd OR From Newsome Rd Turn onto Fairfax Dr. Go to the Post online or Craigslist for Full Info. Lots Of Stuff, One Area!

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Area 1 - Salisbury, East Spencer, & Spencer

Found Bird. Parakeet June 8, Mocksville area. Call to identify. 336-4072527

Desktop computer, HP tower, 19” fat screen monitor, Lexmart x485 printer, keyboard, speakers, mouse $100.00 Call 704-209-6460

Exercise Equipment

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48'' Exercise Trampoline. $20. Call 704-857-2324

Farm Equipment & Supplies

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Massey Ferguson 135 is a 1966 4 cylinder Continental gas with power steering, runs good, "All the bells & whistles." $3700.00 Call 704-773-4886 or 704932-2217 Farm Equipment, new & used. McDaniel Auction Co. 704-278-0726 or 704798-9259. NCAL 48, NCFL 8620. Your authorized farm equipment dealer.

Area 2 – W. Rowan incl Woodleaf, Mt. Ulla & Cleveland Area 3 - S. Rowan incl Landis, China Grove, Kannapolis & Mooresville

Furniture & Appliances

Area 4 - E. Rowan incl. Granite Quarry, Faith, Rockwell & Gold Hill

1 yr old Whirlpool Washer and Dryer. White, top loading. Great condition. $400.00 704-245-8032

Area 5 - Davidson Co.

99-Kelvinator 18 cu. ft. 64 /2H"x293/4"Wx31"D 1 owner/needed bigger 1 still plugged up. $100. 704-933-5568 Kann.

Area 6 – Davie Co. and parts of Davidson Co. This is a rough guide to help plan your stops, actual areas are determined by zip code. Please see map in your Salisbury Post or online at salisburypost.com under Marketplace click on 'Yard Sale Map' to see details.

Baby Items Trek Firefly Jogging Stroller. Brand new! Sharp colors - red, black, & gray. Folds easily. Non-swivel front wheel. Ex. storage & plastic rain protection. Lists for $449. Sell for $250. 336-909-3122

Consignment Growing Pains Family Consignments Call (704)638-0870 115 W. Innes Street

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King Size Head Board, Metal. Color: Gunmetal gray; can be painted. 17 wire type rods $50. Call 704-209-3282

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Air Conditioners, Washers, Dryers, Ranges, Frig. $65 & up. Used TV & Appliance Center Service after the sale. 704-279-6500 BEDROOM SET QUEEN - CHERRY Moving ~ must sell! Beautiful four poster queen size bed, triple dresser/mirror, night stands. $1250. Call 704-213-7192 or email jonesel@hotmail.com

Chairs. High back chairs by Loeblien Co. Very good condtion. $25 each. Call 704-433-8776 Dining Room Set, White and woodgrain. Table w/4 chairs and matching hutch, $350.00 or best reasonable offer. Call 704-245-8843

Dogs

Free dog, Alaskan Husky. 1 ½ years old. Full-blooded. Male. Very friendly with adults & kids. 704-857-3288

Free kittens, must go. Owner can't keep. Male. Cream/white color. 1st shots given. Litter box trained, in house. Call 704-436-6050

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Free kittens. Beautiful playful males & females. Litter box trained. Orange & white, grey & black/white. 704-212-2213

AKC SIBERIAN HUSKY PUPPIES Adorable Blue Eyed Pups. Black & White and Tan & White. Born April 20. Ready June 1. Mom & Dad on site, dewormed & 1st shots, $200 without papers, $300 with papers. Call 704-237-7619.

Boston Terrier/ Mastiff Mix Pups

Puppies, Black Lab. Born: 5/15/10. AKC registered. 4 males, 3 females. Parents on site. Great family dogs. Will be up to date on all shots prior to going to your home around 7/15/10. $350. Call Caleb to see the pups. 704-856-8292

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Free cats to good home. Two older spayed cats. Must find good home very soon. 704-298-0576

Dogs

Blues, blacks, and brindle. Shots and dewormed. Great with kids. 35-40 lbs max. $100 ea. Very smart little dogs. 704-787-3891. CKC Puppies. Chihuahuas, Mini Dachshunds, Shih Tzu. $200 & $250 cash. 704-633-5344

Puppies. Alaskan Malamutes. 2 males, 5 females. Ready for new homes. $200 each. Call David 704-492-7901

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Losing Home! Free dogs to good home. Two older neutered Rotweilers. Must find good home very soon. 704-298-0576

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I sold my bedroom suite the first day! I was delighted! ~ R.D., Salisbury

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Table, cafe type, $35; chairs, stuffed $2 ea; Dresser 3 drawer $35; corner cabinet, $45; Chrome lamp $45. 704932-5008 Table, walnut color w/ 2 leaves 42”x5', $49; coffee table, $45; entertainment ctr, $35. 704-932-5008 Table. 5 Piece maple dinette suit, $50. Antique table with built in lamp, $20. 704-857-2324 Thomasville Oak China cabinet. Great condition. $300. Rockwell. 704-2797165 White Kitchen Table w/4 chairs $200 obo. Kitchenaid Prof. 6 mixer with attachments $185.00 Call 704-245-8843

Jewelry Ring. Ladies' 14K multigem ring ~ diamond, ruby, sapphire, emerald. Paid $800, will sacrifice for $199. 336-853-4798

Lawn and Garden Holshouser Cycle Shop Lawn mower repairs and trimmer sharpening. Pick up & delivery. (704)637-2856

Medical Equipment Invacare Hospital Bed, motorized. Weight Capacity 150 lbs. $200. Call 704-636-0001 Wheel chair, electric, Jazzy. For adults. Model # 1105. $500 or best offer. Call 704-798-1926

Misc. Equipment & Supplies

2004 - 6 ½' x 10' Superior Trailer, heavy duty, w/lights. New treated 2x6 floor boards with galvenized bolts. Ladder racks and overhead racks. Excellent cond. Has title. 704-637-3679

Dogs

Puppies. Standard Poodles, CKC registered. Very reasonable. Malte-Pom mix puppies. 704-239-4645

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I sold both my Golden Retrievers within two days! ~ T.B., Rockwell

Puppies. Dachshunds, 3 females and 3 males, 8 weeks old, dewormed, parents on site. $250. 980-234-5053

Puppies, Chihuahuas. One male, wormed and shots, adorable & healthy. Will be available June 26. Mother & father on site. $300. 704-245-5238

Livestock

Like Eggs?

Puppies, German Shepherd. 2 females, 4 males. 6 weeks old. Fullblooded. Parents on-site. 1St & dewormed. $175. 704-279-0918 Puppies. AKC Labrador Retriever. Chocolate and black, ready July 5. Both parents working bird hunters and family pets. Dewclaws removed and first shots. $450. 704-201-5875

Refrigerator, 20.5 cu. ft., double door w/icemaker, bisque, GE, great condition $200.704-279-4106

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Take Us Home! German Shepherd Belgian Malionis Cross puppies. 10 weeks old. $200 each. 704-239-6018

Range, GE ($75) & Dishwasher ($50) - $100 for set. Almond/black. 704-855-3669.

FREE dog. Chow Chow, male, red. Exc. blood. 1½ yrs. “Pumpkin” needs a home. Unique breed. Nice. 845-337-6900

Puppies. Sheltie AKC registered, Beautiful sable and white! Ready June 19. $400. Parents on site. 336-853-7424

1 female tri-colored, 1st shot and wormed. $300 CASH ONLY! Parents onsite. Avail. June 9th, 2010. Call Esther at 704-5463410.

Mattress Overstock: Sets start at T-$119, F-$149, Q-$159, K-$239. Warranties, delivery option. 704-677-6643

Bedroom suite, new 5 piece. All for $297.97. Hometown Furniture, 322 S. Main St. 704-633-7777

Cats Free kitten, female. 5-6 weeks. Please call 336-909-0912 for more information.

Furniture & Appliances

I sold our bed, dresser, lamp & pack-n-play within 3 days! It was great!~ E.K., Salisbury

Tractor. John Deere 4120 43 HP 4 wheel drive fron end loader. $22,000. 704-279-3087

Yard Sale Area 3 China Grove Multi-Family Yard Sale, 507 W. Stokes, Sat., June 12, 7am-12pm. New set women's golf clubs, assorted men's golf clubs, HO trains, Nascar items, hand tools, sm. Kitch. appls., porcelain dolls, men's & women's clothing, asst. sizes, good cond., shoes, screen house, Coleman stove, patio grill, glassware, dishes, bedding, new picture frames (all sizes), too much good “stuff” to list.

Electronics

Free Chickens. 4 layers. Bring a box and take them home! Call 704209-3502

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Supplies and Services Puppies, Dachshunds. AKC registered. Ready to go! 1 male, 2 females. Parents on-site. 1st shots. 2 dapple, 1 red. $350-$400 each. 704-223-0631

New fenced play area for dog boarding. Off the leash fun play time! Salisbury Animal Hospital 1500 E. Innes St. 704-637-0227

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Lost & Found

30 Country Lane numbered Brandywine collectibles. $200.00 704-2782346 before 9:00 p.m.

Slide in oven cooktop and hood. Used. All for $60. Please call 704-6337766 for more info.

Free Kittens, rescued, to good homes. Please adopt a rescue. Vet checked and have received first shots and wormer. Please call 704/245-2820.

! " # ! " # ! " # Bedding, $2 for all. Woven basket, $1. Lamp Shade, $1. 704-932-5008 ! " # ! " # ! " # Amish Buggy Good condition. $500. Please call 704636-7268 for more info. ANDERSON'S SEW & SO, Husqvarna, Viking Sewing Machines. Patterns, Notions, Fabrics. 10104 Old Beatty Ford Rd., Rockwell. 704-279-3647 Books. Do-It-Yourself Popular Mechanic All Collector Series 1-18. $75 obo. 704-797-9020

Speaker box. Holds 14” speakers. New. $65. Please call 704-212-7807 for more information. STEEL, Channel, Angle, Flat Bars, Pipe Orders Cut to Length. Mobile Home Truss- $6 ea.; Vinyl floor covering- $3.85 yd.; Carpet- $5.75 yd.; Masonite Siding 4x8- $15.50. RECYCLING, Top prices paid for Aluminum cans, Copper, Brass, Radiators, Aluminum. Davis Enterprises Inc. 7585 Sherrills Ford Rd. Salisbury, NC 28147 704-636-9821 Stop Smoking – Lose Weight with Hypnosis. Only $49.99 It's easy, safe, and it really works ! !!! 704-933-1982

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Sporting Goods

Building, used, for sale 10' x 12' metal building with wood frame. Like new, used lightly and will sell for much less than new retail cost. Can be seen at 250 Auction Dr at Webb Rd exit 70 off 85 south. Please call Bobby @704-798-0634 Freezer compressor (2) 86 model 5hp 3 phase in good condition, large fans, $4,000 OBO. (Ran 16x24 freezer) 704-6420129 lv msg.

Lumber. Furniture grade. Band saw cut. Air dried. Black walnut, white oak, etc. $2 & below/board. ft. Part or all. 704-636-5860 or 704223-0734 METAL: Angle, Channel, Pipe, Sheet & Plate Shear Fabrication & Welding FAB DESIGNS 2231 Old Wilkesboro Rd Open Mon-Fri 7-3:30 704-636-2349

Needs Dough Bread machine. Not used often. Looks new. $50. Please call 704-2782722 for more info.

Odds & Ends

Auto Upholstery parts, $8. Toilet Seats, $1. Jelly jars, bottoms, various sizes, $2 for all. Call 704932-5008

Outside Seating

Outdoor two seat rocking glider with cushions. Green. $50 704-279-8572 Over 300 pieces of Avon. Some are older. $150 OBO for all. Please call 704-209-3502

$75-$150. 3 ½ HP to 5 ½ HP. Delta 10'' miter saw, $40. 704-431-4838 Roach Belt Conveyor for sale. Variable spd motor. Works fine. $400.00 704-433-7949 Rocking Chairs, wooden $50 for both. Please call 704-279-8572

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Cash for riding mowers & small garden/farm tractors. Running or not. Any salvage equipment. 704209-1442 Timber wanted - Pine or hardwood. 5 acres or more select or clear cut. Shaver Wood Products, Inc. Call 704-278-9291. Want to buy: Motor for old John Deere 2 cylinder tractor or complete trac-tor for parts. 704-209-1442 Watches – and scrap gold jewelry. 704-636-9277 or cell 704-239-9298

2 Spaces in Rowan Memorial Park, Garden of Cross. $1,795 for both, or best offer. 6 Joining lots in Brookhill Memorial Gardens. $1,000 ea., obo. Call 704-634-2045.

Home Builders

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Salisbury, New Home 3 BR. 2 BA. REAL HARDWOODS, Gorgeous kitchen, stainless appliances, vaulted ceiling in great room! Pretty front porch, even has a 1 car garage! Pick your own colors. Monica Poole 704.245.4628 B&R Realty

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

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Concord, 1.5 story, level lot, nice subdivision. Thousands below tax value. Tons of extras, crown molding, work island in kitchen, office upstairs, bonus room. 3 BR, 2.5 Baths. $244,750. Dream Weaver Properties of NC LLC 704-906-7207

Forest Abbey. 3BR, 2½BA with upgrades, formal dining & breakfast. Cul-de-sac lot, basement with storage. Gorgeous! $248,900. (980) 521-7816

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3 BR, 2 BA. All appliances stay. Free standing gas log fireplace in master bedroom. Garden tub in masterbath. 24X30 garage with lean to. Out building with attached play house. Swingset stays. R50545A $89,900 Lesa Prince (704) 796-1811 B&R Realty

3620 Hwy 152 East, Salisbury. .73 Acre, 2,100 sq feet, 3 BR, 2.5 BA, custom built brick home, oversize garage, hardwood and tile floors throughout living areas, fresh paint, new carpet in master, plenty of storage space. $239,900. Call 704-855-1357 or email: rcmead@ctc.net

2 homes plus pool house on property. Main house: 4 BR, 3.5 BA, 3483 sq ft. Guest house: 1295 sq ft, 3 Br, 1 BA, attached garage. Detached 24x28 garage and 2 other outbuildings. Concrete pool w/waterfall. B&R Realty Dale Yontz 704.202.3663

HOME FOR SALE WITH HUGE SHOP 129 Chapel Court, Salisbury, two story, 1+ acre w/ wooded lot in back, 1,562 sq. feet, 3 BR, 2 BA, 2 car garage plus 32 x 32 detached shop with bonus room, home office, closet built-ins, heated with natural gas, well water, new stainless steel appliances, fireplace, great neighborhood for families on street with cul-de-sac. West Rowan schools. $155,000. Call 704-798-1040

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BEAUTIFUL HOME Free Stuff

Free dogs, 1 1/2 year old Boston Terrier mix and 2 year old Retriever mix. Moving! House trained/ inside dogs, rabies UTD. 704-603-8454 Free kittens, 5 small & 2 bigger kittens. Just in time for Father's Day. Call 336-469-4856. Free Kittens, 6 weeks old, 2 Black (F) 2 Black & White (F) 704-857-8356

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Free puppy, 7 month old female merle pit bull, call 704-402-8858

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A TREE PARADISE Faith. 1145 Long Creek. 3 Beds, 2 Baths, 2 Bonus Rooms. Master on main, Hardwood and ceramic tile floors. Storage everywhere. $219,900. Kerry, Key Real Estate 704-857-0539. Directions: Faith Rd to L on Rainey. R into Shady Creek.

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Salisbury E. Area 5BR / 2BA, spacious & charm-ing older home with 2,500 sq.ft. Great neighborhood in rural setting, but close to town, I-85, High Rock Lake & Dan Nicholas Park. Builtin china cabinet, french doors, hardwood/carpet. Large partially fenced yard w/mature shade trees, large deck, carport and storage bldg. 704-6421827 lv msg.

$3,000 TOWARDS CLOSING COST Covington Heights. 309 Lochshire Ln. Woodleaf. 3BR, 2BA. 1,254 sq. ft. home built in 2002. New heating & air unit. ½ acre lot w/privacy fence. All appliances included. Wood laminate floors. Contact Michelle at 704-267-5120 or boogamom@gmail.com Kannapolis/Rowan County

Beautifully Remodeled And Newly Landscaped Home!

Spencer, Huge Renovated 4BR / 2BA, Hardwood & Tile Floors, Large Fenced Back Yard 108 2nd Street. $99,999. 704-202-0091 #910644

3 BR, 2.5 BA, wood floors, large pantry, open / airy floor plan, screen porch off master BR, deck, convenient location, easy access to interstate, conditioned crawl space. B&R Realty Dale Yontz 704.202.3663 BUYER BEWARE The Salisbury Post Classified Advertising staff monitors all ad submissions for honesty and integrity. However, some fraudulent ads are not detectable. Please protect yourself by checking the validity of any offer before you invest money in a business opportunity, job offer or purchase.

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Kannapolis 3BR/2BA. Everything fresh. Just recently remodeled. 1.2 acs of land, 1 car garage. Nice neighborhood. Close to the new research facility. $129,000. 704245-2765

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Gold Hill area. 3BR, 1BA. 1,123 sq. ft. living area. Hardwood floors, partial basement, storage building. Large lot. 2.03 acres. East/Rockwell schools. Call Glenn 704-279-5674 / 704-267-9439

Mt. Ulla. 1 mile from Millbridge Elementary. 4BR, 2BA. Doublewide on 1 acre private lot. Approx. 1,640 sq. ft. New carpet. Open floor plan. Very spacious. Kitchen has parquet floors, ceramic sinks in baths & kitchen. Large bedrooms w/walk-in closets. Dish and cable available. Dishwasher, refrigerator & stove. $79,900. 704-857-9495 or 704-223-1136

New Home 3 BR. 2 BA. Stack stone fireplace, REAL HARDWOODS, ceramic and carpet, maple cabinets, GRANITE countertops, chair railing galore, split bedrooms for privacy, Enormous back deck, Completion date 07/30/2010 STILL MAY PICK COLORS!! Monica Poole 704.245.4628 B&R Realty

1,540 Sq. Ft. 3BR, 2BA. Walk-in closets, formal dining room, alarm system, central air, new paint, carpet & flooring ~ immaculate throughout. True modular (not a doublewide). To be moved from present location & priced accordingly at $92,000. 704-636-2732

American Homes of Rockwell Oldest Dealer in Rowan County. Best prices anywhere. 704-279-7997 Best Prices Anywhere on Modular or Doublewides! We are Rowan County's Oldest Dealer. Come see why we have been here 38 years. American Homes of Rockwell, Inc. 7890 US 52 Hwy, Salisbury, NC 28146 704-279-7997

Real Estate Services 3BR/1½ BA brick home. Kitchen, D/R, L/R + bonus room. All new stainless steel appliances, new washer & dryer, cement drive, new roof, H/W floors in kitchen, D/R & hall, rest of house has new carpet. $129,900. Owner will pay closing costs. 704-202-2343 Granite Quarry

Arey RealtyREAL Service in Real Estate 704-633-5334 www.AreyRealty.com B & R REALTY 704-633-2394

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Bentley Julian Realty 704-938-2530

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Century 21 Towne & Country 474 Jake Alexander Blvd. (704)637-7721

Salisbury

3 BR, 2.5 BA, nice wood floors. Range, microwave, refrigerator, dishwasher, garbage disposal, washer, dryer, gas logs, outbuilding. 1 yr home warranty. $1,500 carpet allowances. R49933A $195,500 B&R Realty Dale Yontz 704.202.3663

15 minutes N. of Salisbury. 2001 model singlewide 3 bdr/2 bath on large treed lot in quiet neighborhood. $1,200 start-up, $475/month includes lot rent, home payment, taxes, insurance. RENT or RENTTO-OWN. 704-2108176.

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OFFICE SPACE

Salisbury. Off 13th St. Huge lot. Could be nice home, too. Conveniently located. 1200+ sq. ft. with lots of extras. Call our office for more information. C48040. $129,900. B&R Realty 704-6332394

Resort & Vacation Property

Myrtle Beach. 3BR/2BA “K” condo/rancher FOR SALE in Seagate Village at former Myrtle Beach Air Force base. Minutes from Market Commons. Call 704-425-7574

Wanted: Real Estate *Cash in 7 days or less *Facing or In Foreclosure *Properties in any condition *No property too small/large Call 24 hours, 7 days ** 704-239-2033 ** $$$$$$ Are you trying to sell your property? We guarantee a sale within 1430 days. 704-245-2604

Apartments

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

New Construction

2110 Chantilly Lane, Olde Salisbury. Hurry! Get $8,000 tax credit. Cute 3BR, 2BA. 2-car garage. Very nice area w/ payments as low as $724/mo. Financing Avail. No closing costs! Vickie 704-213-3537

$500 Down moves you in. Call and ask me how? Please call (704) 225-8850 3BR, 2BA DW on 4 + acre. Own for less than $750/mo. Call 980-6217760 or 704-985-6832

4BR/3BA in Timber Run. Approx. 4,000 SF brick home in established neighborhood, oversized 2 car garage, bonus room, walk-in closet in master BR, beautiful hardwood floors, 2 gas log fireplaces, Rinnai tankless water heater, generator, fenced in back yard, finished walk-out basement, storage area & workshop. E. Rowan Schools. Mins. away from I-85 & shopping $369,000. Call Tina at 980-234-2881

Homes for Sale

Lake Property

Genesis Realty 704-933-5000 genesisrealtyco.com Foreclosure Experts Salisbury. 2 or 3 bedroom Townhomes. For information, call Summit Developers, Inc. 704-797-0200 Timothy G. Livengood, REALTOR Mid Carolina Real Estate, LLC. 206 E Fisher! (704) 202-1807

Unusual Opportunity

BOOTH RENTAL

Free dog, to GOOD home. Full blooded 9 mo. old Jack Russell Terrier. Petey is very energetic and needs a fenced yard. Shots UTD. Call 704212-2637 before 10pm.

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Busy salon. 704-6337535 or 980-521-6565

FREE 1 cat 3 kittens, to good home. We are moving. Gray and Black in color. 704-603-8454

West Rowan. 3BR, 2½BA. Newly remodeled 2 story. Vinyl siding w/ shutt-ers. Approx. 1,600-1,800 sq.ft. Garage with opener. Kitchen w/new appliances, energy efficient windows, new flooring hardwood/car-pet. New heat/AC unit, Trane. Big backyard w/20x 20 deck, wired storage bldg 16x20, playground. Schools: Hurley, SE, West. $165,000. Call Ron 704-636-4887

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Cute Kittens

1 Hr to/from Charlotte, NC nr Cleveland & Woodleaf and 3 Interstates: I-40, I77, I-85. Restricted, no mobile or mod. Very rural, mostly wooded. Good hunting, deer, small game. Frontage on Hobson Rd., 2nd gravel driveway beside 2075 Hobson Rd mailbox. Interior very secluded, a real sanctuary from cities. Needs to be sold this year. Owner phone: 336-766-6779, or E-mail to: hjthabet@cs.com See photos and directions at:

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Salisbury, Adorable bungalow close to shopping and I-85. Two bedrooms one bath with a nice lot. Home has been remodeled and is charming. $76,900. Dream Weaver Properties of NC LLC 704-906-7207

Land for Sale

25 Acres Beautiful Land for Sale by Owner

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Salisbury

AVON - Buy or Sell Call Lisa 1-800-258-1815 or Tony 1-877-289-4437

2 free black kittens. Both female and litter trained. 8 weeks old. Please call 704-224-3137

Land for Sale

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Spencer C. Lane Construction-Quality Home Builder Custom & Spec Homes 704-633-4005

Business Opportunities

SOLD

I sold my outside storage buildng the first day in the Salisbury Post! R.W., Salisbury

Monument & Cemetery Lots

Homes for Sale

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Missing Yellow Lab, 5yrs old. Male, approx 90-100lbs. Believed to be in West Ridge Rd & Woodleaf Rd area. Heartbroken 4 yr old. Please call 704-633-3028

AA Antiques. Buying anything old, scrap gold & silver. Will help with your estate or yard sale. 704-433-1951.

Free Kittens, Litterbox trained, very friendly. 1 dark grey striped and 1 white/grey (M), 1 calico (F). Needs good homes immediatey. Call 704212-2637 before 10pm.

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East Rowan

Homes for Sale

Want to Buy Merchandise

Pet Kennel Crate, Plastic Xlarge $25, Medium $20 Call 704-279-8572.

Push Mowers, 3.

1123 Edgedale Drive. 3 BR, 1 BA brick home. New HVAC. Energy Saving Windows. Fenced Back Yard. 2 Carports. REALTORS WELCOME. $94,900. 704-202-0505

Lost dogs. Schnauzers. Male, salt-n-pepper, named Zach. Female, black, named Blessie. From West A St. in Kannapolis on May 31st. 704-793-3260

SIG SAUER 556 SWAT Edition. New In Box Complete Includes Strobe Light and Collapsible Stock $2,000 call Ray at 704-433-4022

All Coin Collections Silver, gold & copper. Will buy foreign & scrap gold. 704-636-8123

Lumber. 1x3x16 $2; 2x3 stud $1; 2x6x8 $3; 2x6x115 $5; double wide trusses $4; single wide trusses $8; floor trusses $5. All new! Please call 704-202-1412 or 704202-0326

Lost dog. Golden Retriever, male, June 3, Brown Acs Rd, between 52 & Fish Pond Rd., GQ area, has collar & tag. Reward offered. 704-798-3238

Homes for Sale

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China Grove. 2785 Hwy 152. 2,100 heated sq. ft. 4BR, 2BA on .72 acres. $219,900. 704-640-5428

KEY REAL ESTATE, INC. 1755 U.S. HWY 29. South China Grove, NC 28023 704-857-0539 Rebecca Jones Realty 610 E. Liberty St, China Grove 704-857-SELL

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

High Rock Lake, Cute waterfront log home that has 75' water frontage. Beautiful waterfront view! 1 1/2 story home in Summer Place. Roof painted 3 yrs ago. Dale Yontz B&R Realty 704.202.3663

Land for Sale Woodleaf (Covington Heights), 602 Lockshire Lane, all brick, 3BR/2BA, enclosed & screened in breezeway, large deck in back overlooking woods, double garage, pull down stairs with floored in storage above garage, wrap around porch, gas fireplace, hardwood floors, master BR w/walk-in closet & BA w/separate shower & tub. $149,900. MOVE IN READY! 704-278-9779

Forest Glen Realty Darlene Blount, Broker 704-633-8867

Below appraised value, 10 private acres, small creek, possible pond site, financing avail., must see, Call Now! 704-563-8216

Faith. 7 Acres. Pasture, woods and creek. 175 ft road frontage. $70,000. Call 704-279-9542

Rockwell. Off Lower Stone Ch. Rd at end of Lavista Rd, 2½ acs. $25,000, $500 down, owner will finance 10 years, 7% interest. 704202-5879 W. Rowan 1.19 acs. Old Stony Knob Rd. Possible owner financing. Reduced: $19,900. 704-640-3222

1, 2, & 3 BR Huge Apartments, very nice. $375 & up. 704-890-4587 1BR apt furnished with washer/dryer, refrig & stove. All utilities furnished incl'd cable. Rent $350.00 ever 2 weeks with $350.00 dep. Call Rowan Properties, 704-633-0446. 2 BR, 1 BA Eaman Park Apts. Near Salisbury High. $375/mo. Newly renovated. No pets. 704-798-3896 20 Different Units 1-3BR, $300-$695 Chambers Realty 704-637-1020 2BR, 1BA apt at Willow Oaks. All electric. No pets. Rent $425, Dep. $400. Call Rowan Properties, 704-633-0446 2BR, 1BA apt. Very large. Has gas heat. We furnish refrig, stove, yard maint, and garbage pick up. No pets. Rent $425. Deposit $400. Call Rowan Properties 704633-0446

US Realty 516 W. Innes, Salisbury 704-636-9303

3 Shive St. 2 story house w/3 apts. 3 big rooms w/BA. Furnished. 134 Gold Hill Dr. 4 room house w/BA. Trailer avail. also. 704-633-5397

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

Airport Rd. Duplex. 2BR, 2BA. $575/mo. 2BR, 1BA $550/mo., lease + dep., water furnished. No pets. Call 704-637-0370

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China Grove, 3 homes available: 2 under construction, 1 move in ready. All 3 BR, 2 BA. Call for details. $109,900 to $114,900 B&R Realty 704.633.2394

Airport Rd., 1BR with stove, refrig., garbage pickup & water incl. Month-month lease. No pets. $395/mo+$200 deposit. Furnished $420/mo. 704-279-3808 Apartment Management- Moving to Town? Need a home or Apartment? We manage rental homes from $400 - $650 & apartments $350 - $550. Call and let us help you. Waggoner Realty Co. 704-633-0462 www.waggonerrealty.com

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

Mocksville 133 Avgol Dr. 50x100 (5,000 sq. ft.) commercial metal building on 1.1 ac, 3 phase electrical, 3 bay doors, office, breakroom, zoned HC (Highway Commercial). Extra nice $219,000. Call 336-391-6201

Available now! We only have two 2BR, 2BA apt. still available at the Plaza! Located in the heart of downtown Salisbury, you'll live within walking distance to shopping, dining, entertainment, and more! Call today & schedule a tour. Contact Shuntale at 704637-7814 or by email: Shuntale@ DowntownSalisburyNC.com

Salisbury, 3BD/2 BA, 1582 Sq.Ft. Wonderful remodel, New Carpet, Fresh Paint, New Appliances, New Fixtures, THIS ONE IS SPECIAL! Only $109,900. #50515 Call Jim: 704-223-0459 Key Real Estate Inc. 1755 US HWY. 29 South China Grove, NC. 28023

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

China Grove. 335 Wellington Dr. Custom Built. 2,900 heated sq. ft. 4BR, 3 ½ BA on 1 acre lot. $344,900. 704-640-5428

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Apartments

403 Carolina Blvd. Duplex For Rent. 2BR,1BA. $500/Mo. Call 704-2798467 or 704-279-7568

Colonial Village Apts.

Holly Leaf Apts. 2BR, 1½BA. $555. Kitchen appliances, W/D connection, cable ready. 704-637-5588

Salis. Nice modern 1BR, energy efficient, water furnished, off Jake Alexander $395 + dep. 704-640-5750

Lovely Duplex

Salisbury. 2BR, 1½BA townhouse. Range, refrigerator, W/D hook-ups. Newly remodeled. Nice neighborhood. 704-202-8965

BEST VALUE

Quiet & Convenient, 2 bedroom town house, 1 ½ baths. All Electric, Central heat/air, no pets, pool. $550/mo. Includes water & basic cable.

West Side Manor

2345 Statesville Blvd. Near Salisbury Mall

704-633-1234

China Grove. 2BR, 2BA. All electric. Clean & safe. No pets. $575/month + deposit. 704-202-0605 China Grove. One room eff. w/ private bathroom & kitchenette. All utilities incl'd. $379/mo. + $100 deposit. 704-857-8112 City. 2BR cent. H/A, no pets, on job 6 months, utilities by tenant. $375 per month. Call 704202-5879 for more info. 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 1-800-735-2962 Equal Housing Opportunity.

“A Good Place to Live” 1, 2, & 3 Bedrooms Affordable & Spacious Water Included 704-636-8385 Deer Park Apts. Cleveland, NC. Now accepting applications. No application free. Free rent. 704-278-4340 Sect 8 accepted.

Luxury apartments Fulton Heights $695/mo. 704-239-0691

East area. 2BR, 1½ BA brick townhouse. Appl. furnished. Quiet. $495/mo. No pets. 704-279-3406

Moreland Pk area. 2BR all appls furnished. $495-$595/mo. Deposit negotiable. Section 8 welcome. 336-247-2593

Eastwind Apartments Low Rent Available For Elderly & Disabled. Rent Based on Social Security Income *Spacious 1 BR *Located on bus line *Washer/Dryer Hookups Call Fisher Realty at: 704-636-7485 for more information.

Historic Area. 1 or 2 BR avail. Starting at $375. Must have references. 704-202-3635.

I rented my apartment in a little more than a week with a good applicant. ~ M.K., Salisbury

Clancy-hills@cmc-nc.com

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

Auctions Auction Thursday 12pm 429 N. Lee St. Salisbury Antiques, Collectibles, Used Furniture 704-213-4101 Carolina's Auction Rod Poole, NCAL#2446 Salisbury (704)633-7369 www.thecarolinasauction.com

DONATE YOUR VEHICLE Receive $1000 Grocery Coupon. United Breast Cancer Foundation. Free Mammograms, Breast Cancer info: www.ubcf.info. Free Towing, Tax Deductible, Non-Runners Accepted, 1-888-468-5964. Heritage Auction Co. Glenn M.Hester NC#4453 Salisbury (704)636-9277 www.heritageauctionco.com

Job Seeker meeting at 112 E. Main St., Rockwell. 6:30pm Mons. Rachel Corl, Auctioneer. 704-279-3596 KEN WEDDINGTON Total Auctioneering Services 140 Eastside Dr., China Grove 704-8577458 License 392 NC Waterfront Homes, Lot, Boat Slips, Near Charlotte, Huge Discounts, Low Taxes, No Snow, Great Schools, Auction 6/22/10. Iron Horse Auction, 910-997-2248, www.ironhorseauction.com.

R. Giles Moss Auction & Real Estate-NCAL #2036. Full Service Auction Company. Estates ** Real Estate Had your home listed a long time? Try selling at auction. 704-782-5625 www.gilesmossauction.com

Rowan Auction Co. Professional Auction Services: Salis., NC 704-633-0809 Kip Jennings NCAL 6340. Tony McBride Auction Your Full Service Auction Co. One Piece/Entire Estate. 704-791-5625. NCAL 6894 www.piedmontauction.com

Carport and Garages

Perry's Overhead Doors Sales, Service & Installation, Residential / Commercial. Wesley Perry 704-279-7325 www.perrysdoor.com

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(704) 797-4220

Rowan Hospital area. 2BR, 1BA. Heat, air, water, appl. incl. $695. 704-633-3997

Mount Pleasant, 1BR, 1BA, 3-room apartment, quiet historic district. For information, call 704-436-9176.

Near Rockwell. 3 room apt. Appliances, W/D, & water furnished. $400/mo. 704-279-8880 704-279-7082 Rockwell Area. Apt. & Duplexes. $500-$600. 2BR Quiet Community. Marie Leonard-Hartsell at Wallace Realty 704-239-3096 Rockwell area. Nice 1BR, $425/mo. and 2BR, $450/mo. No pets. Deposit req. 704-279-8428 Rolling Hills Townhomes 1, 2 & 3 Bedrooms Salisbury's Finest! 315 Ashbrook Rd 704-637-6207 Summer Specials!

White Rock Garden Apts 1BR elderly units, located in Granite Quarry, w/handicap accessible units available. Sect. 8 assistance available. 704-2796457, 8am - 1pm TDD Relay 1-800-735-2962 “Equal Housing Opportunity”

Wiltshire Village 2BR, 1½BA Condo. All appl., W/D, patio. Near Jake & I-85. Pool, Tennis. $600/ mo., $500 dep. For sale or lease. 336-210-5862

Condos and Townhomes Wiltshire Village Condo for Rent, $700. 2nd floor. Looking for 2BR, 2BA in a quiet community setting? Call Bryce, Wallace Realty 704-2021319

Houses for Rent 2BR. Appliances, cent heat/air. H/W flrs. Storage bld. $600. 704-279-6850 or 704-798-3035 5 houses to choose from Affordable to luxury Chambers Realty 704-637-1020

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Houses for Rent

Attn. Landlords

Apple House Realty has a 10 year / 95+% occupancy rate on prop's we've managed. 704-633-5067

Faith 3BR/2BA, all brick, all electric, central H/A. $650/mo + dep. + references. 704-856-8222 Faith/Carson district. 3BR / 2BA, no pets. $700/mo + dep + refs. 704-279-8428

Behind Rowan Memorial Park. Private setting. 3BR, 2BA. Large extra room can be 4th BR, office, or family room. Quiet, dead end road. Credit check, references req. Available June 20th. $925/month + deposit (includes trash collection, water, & sewer). 704-637-9918

Granite Quarry. 3BR, 1BA quadplex. E. Salis. 3BR, 2BA. All electric. Appliances. 704-638-0108 Houses: 3BRs, 1BA. Apartments: 2 & 3 BRs, 1BA Deposit req'd. Faith Realty 704-630-9650

Catawba College area. All elec, country. 2BR, 1BA. $600/mo. 704-6339060 or 704-490-1121 China Grove 2BR/1BA, CHA, W/D connections, $550/mo. + $550 dep. Sect. 8 OK. 704-784-4785 Cleveland-3 bedroom/ 1bath house off Main St. Appliances, central heat & air, hard wood floors. $600.00 Call Waggoner Realty Co. 704-633-0462

Past Catawba College 3BR/1½BA, all elec., stove & refrig., $650/mo. Free water/sewer. 704-633-6035 Rent to Own 2BR partially fenced. Central heat/ac Hrdwds. $5,000 down $500/mo. 704-630-0695

Country Club/Park Area Rent to Own. 4BR, 3BA. 2000 sq ± Can include 2BR guest house on property. $15,000 dn. $1,000/mo. 704-630-0695

RENTED

I rented my home to a reader who saw the ad in the Salisbury Post! It only took 1 week. ~ T.D. Salisbury

E. Rowan 2BR/1BA, stove & refrig. & garbage service. $600/mo + $600 dep. 980-234-2437

Kannapolis. 314 North Avenue. 3 BR, 2 BA. $895; 7607 Hunter Oak Drive, Concord – 3 BR, 2 BA, $975 KREA 704-933-2231

American Dr., Salis. 3BR, 2BA. Refrig., stove, dishw. No pets. Rent, $715, $500 deposit. Call Rowan Properties, 704633-0446

Carport and Garages

Fencing

Home Improvement

House Cleaning

Lawn Maint. & Landscaping

Free Estimates Bud Shuler & Sons Fence Co. 225 W Kerr St 704-633-6620 or 704-638-2000 Price Leader since 1963

A HANDYMAN & MOORE Kitchen & Bath remodeling Quality Home Improvements Carpentry, Plumbing, Electric Clark Moore 704-213-4471

Home Maid Cleaning Service, 10 yrs. exp, Free Estimates & References. Call Regina 704.791.0046

DJ's Service: Mowing & Lawncare plus bushog, mulching, tree removal, grading & hauling. 704857-2568 /or 798-0447

We Build Garages, 24x24 = $12,500. All sizes built! ~ 704-633-5033 ~

Reliable Fence All Your Fencing Needs, Reasonable Rates, 21 years experience. (704)640-0223

Child Care and Nursery Schools

Financial Services

Experienced Home Child Care

“We can remove bankruptcies, judgments, liens, and bad loans from your credit file forever!”

6 wks-11 yrs 6am-6pm Reasonable rates Convenient to I-85 & Salisbury Call Michelle 704-603-7490

Loving childcare center. Openings available 7 days a week 1st and 2nd shifts. Educated, loving staff. DSS vouchers accepted. Ages 6 wks-12 yrs old. Summer Program also. Call 704-637-3000

Cleaning Services !!!!! Residential & Commercial Free Estimates References available Call Zonia 704-239-2770 C.R. General Cleaning Service. Comm. & residential. Insured, Bonded. Spring Cleaning Specials! 704-433-1858 www.crgeneral.com

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Grading & Hauling Beaver Grading Quality work, reasonable rates. Free Estimates 704-6364592 Grading, Clearing, Hauling, and Topsoil. Please Call 704-633-1088

Junk Removal

Garages, new homes, remodeling, roofing, siding, back hoe, loader 704-6369569 Maddry Const Lic G.C. H&H Construction. Bath, Kitchen, Decks & Roofs! Interior & Exterior Remodeling & Repairs! 704-633-2219 www.hhconstruction19.com

HMC Handyman Services No Job too Large or Small. Please call 704-239-4883 Hometown Lawn Care & Handyman Service. Mowing, pressure washing, gutter cleaning, odd jobs ~inside & out. Comm, res. Insured. Free estimates. “No job too small” 704-433-7514 Larry Sheets, owner

Professional Services Unlimited Licensed Gen. Contractor #17608. Complete contracting service specializing in foundation & structural floor repairs, basement & crawlspace waterproofing & removal, termite & rot damage, ventilation. 35 yrs exper. Call Duke @ 704-6333584. Visit our website: www.profession-

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The Floor Doctor

Wood floor leveling, jacks installed, rotten wood replaced due to water or termites, brick/block/tile work, foundations, etc. 30 YEARS EXP. 704-933-3494

Wife For Hire Inc.,

Heating and Air Conditioning Piedmont AC & Heating Electrical Services Lowest prices in town!! 704-213-4022

Home Improvement

Guaranteed! !

Kitchen and Baths

Drywall Services OLYMPIC DRYWALL & PAINTING COMPANY For All Your Drywall & Painting Needs Residential & Commercial

704-279-2600 Since 1955

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FREE ESTIMATES!

Rowan County

3BR/2BA (possibly 4 bedrooms) with attached carport in a country setting. Garden space available. $875/month + deposit. 704-857-8406 Rowan Hospital area. 3BR, 2BA. Appl., central AC, gas heat. No Sect. 8. No pets. $800/mo. 1St & last month's rent & deposit. Call before 5pm 704-636-4251

WILL BUY OLD CARS Complete with keys and title, $150 and up. (Salisbury area only) R.C.'s Garage & Salvage 704-636-8130 704-267-4163

Kitchen and Baths

Miscellaneous Services The Boat Man Mobile Boat cleaning, hand wash/waxed, mold & mildew removal, upholstery cleaning. 704-5505130 or contact@theboatman.org

Salisbury

170 Riverview Cir. Driftwood Cove. Waterfront with Pier. New Construction 2BR, 2BA. Prefer No Pets. $975/mo., $975 Sec Dep. 1 Year Lease. Call Marie LeonardHartsell, Wallace Realty 704-239-3096 marie@sellingsalisbury.com

Office and Commercial Rental 1250 sqft office. Lobby, 3 offices and 2 restrooms. Bradshaw Real Estate. 704-633-9011 23,000 sq ft manufacturing building with offices for lease. Bradshaw Real Estate. 704-633-9011 450 to 1,000 sq. ft. of Warehouse Space off Jake Alexander Blvd. Call 704279-8377 or 704-279-6882

Salisbury. 138 Crawford St. 1BR, 1BA. Stove, refrigerator, W/D hook-up. $395/mo. + deposit. 704-633-5397

Class A Office space. 118 E. Council St. $750/mo., utilities incl. Call 704-642-0071

Plumbing Services

Roofing and Guttering

1 Of A Kind

Affordable Roofing !Quality & Experience 704-640-5154

Plumbing

Residential & Commercial Plumbing Plumbing Repair Well Repair

ROOFING ! Framing ! Siding ! Storm Repair

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Local, Licensed & Insured

Lic. #18614

Tree Service Graham's Tree Service Free estimates, reasonable rates. Licensed, Insured, Bonded. 704-633-9304 John Sigmon Stump grinding, Prompt service for 30+ years, Free Estimates. John Sigmon, 704-279-5763. Johnny Yarborough, Tree Expert trimming, topping, & removal of stumps by machine. Wood splitting, lots cleared. 10% off to senior citizens. 704-857-1731

Pools and Supplies

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MOORE'S Tree TrimmingTopping & Removing. Use Bucket Truck, 704-209-6254 Licensed, Insured & Bonded

Bost Pools – Call me about your swimming pool. Installation, service, liner & replacement. (704) 637-1617

SEAMLESS GUTTER Licensed Contractor C.M. Walton Construction, 704-202-8181

Plummer & Sons Tree Service, free estimates. Reasonable rates, will beat any written estimate 15%. Insured. Call 704-633-7813.

704-791-6856

Roofing and Guttering

Guttering, leaf guard, metal & shingle roofs. Ask about tax credits.

TREE WORKS by Jonathan Keener. Insured – Free estimates! Please call 704-636-0954.

Upholstery

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Septic Tank Service

Let's Talk...it's Free!

Mobile Home Supplies~ City Consignment Company New & Used Furniture. Please Call 704636-2004

Salisbury city. 2BR, 1BA. Remodeled. Central air & heat. Good neighbors. $550 + dep 704-640-5750

FOR LEASE

Salisbury 2BR/1BA, 142 Parrish St., $500/mo. + $325 dep. Section 8 OK. 704-754-5700

! Roofing & Siding ! Additions & Decks ! Windows & Doors ! In Business 35 Years ! I've Got You Covered

Anthony's Scrap Metal Service. Top prices paid for any type of metal or batteries. Free haul away. 704-433-1951

Salisbury City 2BR / 1BA, new central H/A, total elec., $525/mo + dep. 704-640-5750

Lake Property Rental

5,000 or 10,000 sq. ft. distribution bldg., loading docks, office & restrooms. Bradshaw Real Estate 704-633-9011

NC LANDSCAPE CONTRACTOR 1589 704-630-1126 ! 704-267-8694

Manufactured Home Services

Salisbury 2BR/1BA. City loc. Cent H/A. Limit 2 adults. No pets. $595/mo. + dep. 704-633-9556

Salisbury. 525 E. Cemetery St. 3BR, 1BA. Sect. 8 OK. $550/mo. No pets. 704-507-3915

Salisbury, city limits. 2 - 3BR. $450-$700. Central HVAC. 704-2394883 Fountain Quarters Realty Broker

Salisbury 2BR. $525 and up. GOODMAN RENTALS 704-633-4802

For all your landscape needs. Free estimates Patios, walkways, fences, retaining walls, plantings, mulch, drainage, lighting

Junk Removal

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

Salisbury & Mocksville HUD – Section 8 Nice 2 to 5 BR homes. st Call us 1 . 704-630-0695

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Salisbury 2BR/1BA, lg rooms, W/D connections, refrig & stove, carport. $600/mo all utilities incl'd + $600 dep. Refs & bkgrd ck. 704-433-7292

Salis. 3BR, 1BA in Milford Hills. Very nice. Rent $900, dep. $900. Call Rowan Properties, 704-633-0446

GAYLOR'S LAWNCARE For ALL your lawn care needs! *FREE ESTIMATES* 704-639-9925/ 704-640-0542

Eddleman's Landscape Services

Houses for Rent

Salis. 3-4 BR house by Livingstone College. Rent $575, dep $500. Call Rowan Properties, 704633-0446

Reasonable Prices! Call Us For A Free Estimate!

Steve's Lawn Care We'll take care of all your lawn care needs!! Great prices. 704-603-4114/704-431-7225

Lawn Maint. & Landscaping

Houses for Rent

Salisbury 3BR/2BA, 723 Mack St., all appls. Incl'd, single car garage, all elec, no Sect. 8. $800/mo + dep. 704-754-5700

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Outdoors by overcash Mowing, Mulching, Leaf Removal. Free Estimates. 704-630-0120

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David Miller Septic Tank Co. Installation/ Repairs “Since 1972” 704-279-4400 or 704-279-3265

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Painting and Decorating Reface your existing cabinets and make them look like new at half the cost. We also build custom cabinets – call for more info and free estimate! 30 years experience.

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Granite & solid surface for kitchens & baths, cultured marble vanity tops, tubs & enclosures, standard & custom walk-in showers.

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Let me help! I clean houses & I'm good at it. VERY reasonable. 20 yrs. FREE estimates. Make tomorrow better by calling me today! 704-279-8112

All types concrete work ~ Insured ~ NO JOB TOO SMALL!

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Browning ConstructionStructural repair, flooring installations, additions, decks, garages. 704-637-1578 LGC

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Concrete Work

East area. 2BR, 1BA. Outbuildings. 1 year lease. $725/month + deposit. 704-279-5602

Brisson - HandyMan Home Repair, Carpentry, Plumbing, Electrical, etc. Insured. 704-798-8199

Rockwell. 1BR, appl., elec. Cent heat & air, H/W flrs, storage bldg. $550/mo. 704-279-6850 or 704-7983035

FREE RENT Carolina Piedmont Properties. Call for details. Sec 8 OK. 704-248-4878

Salisbury-Downtown. Two bedroom/1 bath loft style apartment in the old Cheerwine Building. Nice open living area. $750.00 Call Waggoner Realty Co. at 704-633-0462

Lippard Garage Doors Installations, repairs, electric openers. 704636-7603 / 704-798-7603

Houses for Rent

Home Improvement Kitchens, Baths, Sunrooms, Remodel, Additions, Wood & Composite Decks, Garages, Vinyl Rails, Windows, Siding. & Roofing. ~ 704-633-5033 ~

Lawn Equipment Repair Services Lyerly's ATV & Mower Repair Free estimates. All types of repairs Pickup/delivery avail. 704-642-2787

Lawn Maint. & Landscaping Brown's Landscape & Backhoe Bush hogging, tilling for gardens & yards. Free Est. 704-224-6558

AFFORDABLE RATES WOODIE'S PAINTING INC., Residential & Churches 704-637-6817 Bowen Painting Interior and Exterior Painting 704-630-6976

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Cathy's Painting Service Interior & exterior, new & repaints. 704-279-5335 Stoner Painting Contractor • 25 years exp. • Int./Ext. painting • Pressure washing • Staining • Insured & Bonded 704-239-7553

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SALISBURY POST Office and Commercial Rental

Office and Commercial Rental

Commercial warehouses available. 1,400 sq. ft. w/dock. Gated w/security cameras. Convenient to I-85. Olympic Crown Storage. 704-630-0066

PRICED TO SELL

RENTAL SPACE

Salis. 1,000 s.f. Free standing, ample pkg., previously restaurant. Drive-In window 704-202-5879

Corner Lot

12,000 sq ft building on Jake Alexander Blvd. Could be office or retail. Heat and air. Call 704-279-8377

East Rowan. 24 x 50 shop. 30 x 70 pole shed. $350/mo. Call 704-2396018 Faith Rd. Approx. 1,000 sq ft. $625/mo. + dep. Water, sewer, garbage pick up incl'd. 704-633-9556

Granite Quarry-Garland Place, 3 BR, 2 BA, triple attached garage, single detached garage, whole house generator. Nice yard. R50640 $164,900 B&R Realty 704.633.2394

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Granite Quarry -Best Deal Commercial Metal buildings and office space. 300-1800 SF. Utilities and gated parking available. 704-279-4422

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

Salisbury. We have office suites available in the Executive Center. With all utilities from $250 and up. Lots of amenities. Call Karen Rufty at B & R Realty 704-202-6041

Prime Location, 1800+ sq.ft. office space 4 private offices, built in reception desk. Large open space with dividers, 2 bathrooms and breakroom. Ample parking 464 Jake Alexander Blvd. 704 223 2803

Salisbury. 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, and nice, large reception area. Perfect location near the Court House and County Building. Want to lease but will sell. Perfect for dual occupancy. By appointment only. 704-636-1850

No. 59963 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executor for the Estate of James M. Ledbetter, Jr., 406 Ashley Drive, Rockwell, NC 28138. 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 25th day of August, 2010, 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 May, 2010. Lisa P. Ledbetter, Executor for the estate of James M. Ledbetter, Jr., deceased, File 10E537, 406 Ashley Drive, Rockwell, NC 28138.

Salisbury, Kent Executive Park office suites, $100 & up. Utilities paid. Conference room, ample parking. 704-202-5879 Spencer Shops Lease great retail space for as little as $750/mo for 2,000 sq ft at. 704-431-8636 Warehouse space / manufacturing as low as $1.25/sq. ft./yr. Deposit. Call 704-431-8636

Manufactured Home Lot Rentals

South Rowan area. Attractive mobile home lots. Water, garbage, sewer furnished. $160/mo. 704636-1312 or 704-798-0497

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Manufactured Home for Rent

Rooms for Rent

3990 Statesville Blvd for sale or rent, lot 6. 2BR. $329/mo. Call 704-6403222 for more information.

Faith. 2BR, 1BA. Very nice. ½ acre lot. Limit 3. No pets. Ref. $400. 704279-4282 or 704-202-7294

Salis., Pickler Rd, 2BR/1BA in country, priv lot, quite n'hood, cent H/A, limit 3, no pets. 704-639-1242 lv msg

South area. 2BR mobile home, remodel w/ A/C, $425/mo., $200 deposit. No pets. 704-857-2649

MILLER HOTEL Rooms for Rent Weekly $110 & up 704-855-2100

Bostian Heights. 1 & 2BR. Trash, lawn, & water service. No pets. Rent + deposit. 704-857-4843 LM

Faith. 2BR, 2BA. Appl., water, sewer, trash service incl. $475/mo. + dep. Pets OK. 704-279-7463

DAN NICHOLAS PARK AREA

3BR, 2BA doublewide on nice lot. Very private with fenced in front yard. $650/mo. 704-279-7642

Hurley School Rd. area. 2BR, 1BA. Nice subdiv. Well kept. 3 people. $425 + dep. 704-640-5750 Rockwell. Nice & small. Ideal for 1 person. No smokers! No pets! $330/mo. 704-279-4842.

East area, 2 bedroom,

trash and lawn service included. No pets. $475 month. 704-433-1255

East Area. 2BR, water, trash. Limit 3. Dep. req. No pets. Call 704-6367531 or 704-202-4991 Faith 3BR/2BA, $495/mo + dep, no pets. 2BR/1BA, $375/mo + dep. Hwy 152 /I-85. 704-239-2833

Rockwell/Faith. 2BR, 2BA. Private lot. Water/sewage incl'd. $450/mo. + $450 dep. Pets considered. Refs. 704-450-8652

No. 60002 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of David Lee Joyner, 225 Joyner Lane, 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 September, 2010, 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 26th day of May, 2010. David Lee Joyner, deceased, Rowan County File #2009E290, Lonja S. Joyner, 225 Joyner Lane, Salisbury, NC 28144 Attorney: J. Andrew Porter, 120 N. Jackson St., Salisbury, NC 28144 No. 60003 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Keith Cannon, 1135 Julius 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 the 31st day of August, 2010, 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 May, 2010. Keith Cannon, deceased, Rowan County File #2010E580, Angela Renee Cannon, 1061 Old Boiling Springs Road, Shelby, NC 28152 Attorney: J. Andrew Porter, 120 N. Jackson St., Salisbury, NC 28144 No. 60004 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having Qualified as Executor of the Estate of Catherine Mercurio Stallings, 209 Harris Granite 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 27th day of August, 2010, 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 20th day of May, 2010. Shawn Smith Tyler, Executor of the estate of Catherine Mercurio Stallings, File #10E528, PO Box 596, Southmont, NC 27351, 177 Ryan Rd., Lexington, NC 27292 Attorney at Law, James L. Carter, Jr., 129 N. Main St., Salisbury, NC 28145 No. 60032 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Mildred Kerr Stoner, 310 Division Ave., East Spencer, NC 28039, 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 7th day of September, 2010, 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 1st day of June, 2010. Bonnie Stoner Ballard, Exec. For the estate of Mildred Kerr Stoner, deceased, File 10E579, 314 Division Ave., Salisbury, NC 28144 Attorney at Law, John T. Hudson, 122 N. Lee Street, Salisbury, NC 28144

No. 60030 NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE NORTH CAROLINA IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION ROWAN COUNTY 10-SP-362

No. 60034

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executor for the Estate of: William R. Jernigan, 230 Ronana Drive, 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 8th DAY OF September, 2010 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 June, 2010. William R. Jernigan, deceased, Rowan County File #2010E605, Marion Joyce Heater, 230 Ronana Drive, Salisbury, NC 28146 Attorney At Law, Graham M. Carlton, 109 W. Council St., Salisbury, NC 28144

IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF THE DEED OF TRUST OF ALTHEA LORRAINE HEGGINS and MICHAEL BRIAN WILLIAMS, Grantor, To MARK T. ADERHOLD, ESQUIRE, Substitute Trustee, as recorded in Book 23, at PAGE 522 OF THE ROWAN PUBLIC REGISTRY. Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed and delivered by Althea Lorraine Heggins and Michael Brian Williams, dated June 3, 1998, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Rowan County, North Carolina, in Book 823 at Page 522, and because of default in the payment of the indebtedness thereby secured and failure to carry out or perform the stipulations and agreements therein contained and pursuant to the demand of the owner and holder of the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, and pursuant to the Order of the Clerk of Superior Court for Rowan County, North Carolina, entered in this foreclosure proceeding, the undersigned, MARK T. ADERHOLD, Substitute Trustee, will expose for sale at public auction on the 16th day of June, 2010 at 1:30 PM at the door of the Rowan County Courthouse, Salisbury, North Carolina, the real property described below (including permanent structures, if any, and any other improvements attached to the real property including any mobile home or manufactured home, whether single wide or double wide, located thereon): BEING all of Lot No. 20 of MOUNTAIN VIEW ESTATES, as shown on the Map thereof recorded in the Book of Maps at Page 1913, Rowan County Registry. The sale will be made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, restrictions and easements of record and assessments, if any. The record owner of the above described real property as reflected on the records of the Rowan County Register of Deeds not more than ten (10) days prior to the posting of this Notice is ALTHEA LORRAINE HEGGINS and MICHAEL BRIAN WILLIAMS. Pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes Section 45-21.10, and the terms of the Deed of Trust, any successful bidder may be required to deposit with the Substitute Trustee immediately upon conclusion of the sale a cash deposit not to exceed the greater of five percent (5.0%) of the amount of the bid or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00). Any successful bidder shall be required to tender the full balance purchase price so bid in cash or certified check at the time the Substitute Trustee tenders to him a deed for the property or attempts to tender such deed, and should said successful bidder fail to pay the full balance purchase price so bid at that time, he shall remain liable on his bid as provided for in North Carolina General Statutes Sections 45-21.30(d) and (e). Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the tax of Forty-five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7A-308(a)(1). Please be advised that the Clerk of Superior Court may issue an order for possession of the property pursuant to N.C.G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving this notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days' written notice to the landlord. Upon termination of such rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. 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 Substitute Trustee nor the holder of the promissory note secured by the deed of trust being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representatives of either the Substitute Trustee or the holder of the promissory note make any representation of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. This sale will be held open ten (10) days for upset bids as required by law. This the 24th day of May, 2010. MARK T. ADERHOLD, Substitute Trustee 2596 Reynolda Road, Suite C, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27106 (336) 723-3530

No. 60037

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Co-Executor of the Estate of Trilby B. Fiddner, 1240 Patterson St., China Grove, NC 28023, 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 September, 2010, 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 June, 2010. Dighton M. Fiddner, Co-Executor of the estate of Trilby B. Fiddner, File #10E604, 50 U.P. Church Rd., Ligonier, PA 15658, John R. Fiddner, Co-Executor, PO Box 580, China Grove, NC 28023 Attorney at Law: J. Andrew Porter, 120 N. Jackson St., Salisbury, NC 28144

No. 60068

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of Prudence Lenora Holmes Wilson, 818 S. Ellis 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 14th day of September, 2010, 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 7th day of June, 2010. Kevin Eric Wilson, Admn. For the estate of Prudence Lenora Holmes Wilson, deceased, File 10E550, 818 S. Ellis Street, Salisbury, NC 28144 Attorney at Law, John T. Hudson, 122 N. Lee St., Salisbury, NC 28144

No. 60069

NOTICE OF SALE In accordance with North Carolina General Statue Chapter 44A and in order to satisfy lien assertion for unpaid rent, the following units will be sold at public auction on 6/16/10 at 10:00 a.m. to the highest bidder. The sale will be conducted by P.S. Orangeco, Inc. and/or Shurgard TRS, Inc. at the Public Storage Location facilities identified below. Public Storage, 1730 W. Jake Alexander Blvd., Salisbury, NC 28147 D028 Lisa Wise (boxes, bags, totes) D057 Stevie Wideman (appliance, electronics, computers) D059 Porshia Rice (boxes, bags, totes) E009 Barry Russell (electronics, computers, furniture) F038 Madihah Muhammad (boxes, bags, totes) G046 William Massey (boxes, bags, totes) H013 Patricia Foye (furniture, bedding, appliance) H024 Willie Phillips (boxes, bags, totes) H025 Menkelee Dolo (bedding, clothing, furniture) H050 Corey Mendenhall (boxes, bags, totes) I089 Doug Lyerly (electronic, computer, furniture) K054 Wendy Holshouser (boxes, bags, totes) O010 Lonnie Rhodes (boxes, bags, totes) R018 Henrietta J. Smith (bedding, clothing, boxes) No. 60031

NOTICE OF SALE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA - COUNTY OF ROWAN

UNDER AND BY VIRTUE of the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Southampton Partners, Inc., dated February 21, 2007, and recorded in Book 1087 at page 953, as modified by Amendment dated July 23, 2008, and recorded in Book 1126 at page 320 in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Rowan County; and under and by virtue of the authority vested in the undersigned as Substitute Trustee by that certain instrument recorded in Book 1159 at Page 437 the Office of the Register of Deeds of Rowan County; and under and by virtue of that certain Authorization, Findings and Order entered by the Clerk of Superior Court of Rowan County on May 26, 2010, and of record in File 10 SP 375, default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust and the said Deed of Trust being by its terms subject to foreclosure, and the holder of the indebtedness thereby secured having demanded the foreclosure thereof for the purpose of satisfying said indebtedness, and due notice having been given to those entitled to same, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, for cash, at the Courthouse door in Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina, at 12:00 Noon, on June 18, 2010, the land conveyed in said Deed of Trust, the same being owned of record by Southampton Partners, Inc., and being more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 48 of Settlers Grove Map 2 of 2 Subdivision as shown on map Book 9995 at Page 6091 in the Rowan County Public Registry. Together with all the buildings, fixtures and improvements thereon, and all rights, easements, hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging, including all heating, plumbing, ventilating, lighting goods, equipment and other tangible and intangible property, attached to or reasonably necessary to the use of such premises. The aforesaid sale will be made subject to all encumbrances existing prior to the recording of the above-referenced Deed of Trust, including all valid and enforceable liens and also will be subject to all taxes and special assessments outstanding against the property. 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 representatives 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. Should the property be purchased by a party other than the holder of the Deed of Trust being foreclosed, that purchaser must pay, in addition to the amount bid, the following items: (i) the tax required by N.C. Gen. Stat. Section 7A-308(a)(1) of Forty-five Cents (45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100) of the bid amount up to a maximum tax of Five Hundred Dollars ($500), and (ii) the excise tax on conveyance required by N.C. Gen. Stat. Section 105-228.28 et seq. of One Dollar ($1) per Five Hundred Dollars ($500) or fractional part thereof of the bid amount. The successful bidder at sale may be required to make an immediate cash deposit of the greater of five percent (5%) of the amount bid or Seven Hundred Fifty and no/100 Dollars ($750.00). The upset bids procedure of North Carolina General Statute Section 45-21.27 is applicable to this sale. The following applies if the property being sold is residential real property with less than 15 rental units: (1) Pursuant to NCGS Section 45-21.29, the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold may issue an order of possession of the property in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession. (2) Any person who occupies residential real property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving this notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days written notice to the landlord. The tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. Date of Notice: May 26, 2010 Elizabeth M. Repetti, Substitute Trustee P.O. Box 21029, Winston-Salem, NC 27120-1029 336-722-3700

We were very pleased with the response we received and would certainly choose the Post again! V.C., Rockwell

Roseman Rd. area. 2 BR. No pets, appliances & trash pickup incl. $525/ mo. + dep. 704-855-7720

No. 60033

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of Barry Lee Moseley, 607 Hillside Street, Apt. C, Landis, NC 28088, 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 7th day of September, 2010, 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 1st day of June, 2010. Attorney at Law, John T. Hudson, Administrator for the estate of Barry Lee Moseley, deceased, File 09E869, 122 N. Lee Street, Salisbury, NC 28144

Very nice large 4BR/2BA doublewide mobile home (2100 sq/ft). Located on large lot in the West Rowan area of Salisbury. $800.00 Mo, RENT OR RENT TO OWN. Other mobile homes also available in the Salisbury and Cleveland area. Section 8 applicants welcome to apply. 704-855-2300

West & South Rowan. 2 & 3 BR. No pets. Perfect for 3. Water included. Please call 704-857-6951

Nice private room, priv. entrance, bus line front door. $100/wk. 704-6361136 leave tel. number

Resort & Vacation Rentals North Myrtle Beach

Ocean Front Condo

2BR, 2BA Ocean front condo. Sleeps 6, fully equipped. Outdoor pool. Quiet family area, yet close to shops and restaurants. Locally owned. Reasonbly priced. 704-603-8647

Older man in Kannapolis has a nice, spacious, furnished room for rent. It's in a nice neighborhood. No smoking, drugs, loud music or animals. Cable available. Free parking. Only $85/week + $45 deposit. References required. 704-932-5008

No. 60036

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executor for the Estate of Stimpson Paul Corn, 1601 Brenner Ave., Bldg. 10, 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 8th day of September, 2010, 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 June, 2010. Stimpson Paul Corn, deceased, Rowan County File #2010E542, Linda Ann C. Wilson, 3303 Madison Ave., Greensboro, NC 27403

No. 60070

NOTICE OF SALE In the General Court of Justice of North Carolina Superior Court Division – Rowan County – 10SP402 In the matter of the foreclosure of a deed of trust executed by Robert Lee Newling, dated August 28, 2007, recorded in Book 1102 at Page 899 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 secured indebtedness and failure to perform the stipulations and agreements therein contained and pursuant to the 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 10:00 a.m. On June 25, 2010 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 Lot 33 of Bryant Woods, Section 2, as shown on Plat of Survey by Shulenburger Surveying Company, dated July 18, 1984 and recorded in Book of Maps at Page 1742 in the Rowan County Registry. Said tracts also being known Lot 33, Wiley Lane, Salisbury, North Carolina, containing 1.27 acres more or less. The record owner of the property as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds is Robert Lee Newling. 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 representatives of the Trustee make any representations or warranty relating to the title or any physical environmental, health or safety condition existing in, on, or at relating to the property being offered for sale. Any and all responsibilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly or disclaimed. This sale is made subject to all prior liens or encumbrances, and unpaid taxes and assessments, including but not limited to any transfer tax associated with the foreclosure, county taxes, or assessments. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or $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 for 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 in the property, be advised that an order of possession of property may be issued in favor of the purchaser. Also, if your lease began or was otherwise due, on or after June 1 2010, be advised that you may terminate the rental agreement upon ten days written notice to the landlord. You may be liable for the rents due under the agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. The date of this Notice is June 1, 2010. J. Stephen Gray, Substitute Trustee P.O. Box 4158, Salisbury, North Carolina 28145-4158 Tel No: (704)637-1110 http://atty@jstephengray.com Publish June 11, 2010 and June 18, 2010 No. 60071

NOTICE OF SALE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA - COUNTY OF ROWAN

UNDER AND BY VIRTUE of the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Ted L. Phillips and Kathryn O. Phillips, dated August 10, 2007, and recorded in Book 1101 at page 529, and re-recorded in Book 1102 at page 40 in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Rowan County; and under and by virtue of the authority vested in the undersigned as Substitute Trustee by that certain instrument recorded in Book 1156 at Page 285 the Office of the Register of Deeds of Rowan County; and under and by virtue of that certain Authorization, Findings and Order entered by the Clerk of Superior Court of Rowan County on June 3, 2010, and of record in File 10 SP 380, default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust and the said Deed of Trust being by its terms subject to foreclosure, and the holder of the indebtedness thereby secured having demanded the foreclosure thereof for the purpose of satisfying said indebtedness, and due notice having been given to those entitled to same, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, for cash, at the Courthouse door in Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina, at 12:00 Noon, on June 25, 2010, the land conveyed in said Deed of Trust, the same being owned of record by Kathryn O. Phillips, and being more particularly described as follows: BEING ALL of Lot 49 as shown upon plat of Gold Hill Airpark, Section 2, recorded in Map Book 9995, Page 2058, Rowan County Registry. Together with all the buildings, fixtures and improvements thereon, and all rights, easements, hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging, including all heating, plumbing, ventilating, lighting goods, equipment and other tangible and intangible property, attached to or reasonably necessary to the use of such premises. The aforesaid sale will be made subject to all encumbrances existing prior to the recording of the above-referenced Deed of Trust, including all valid and enforceable liens and also will be subject to all taxes and special assessments outstanding against the property. 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 representatives 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. Should the property be purchased by a party other than the holder of the Deed of Trust being foreclosed, that purchaser must pay, in addition to the amount bid, the following items: (i) the tax required by N.C. Gen. Stat. Section 7A-308(a)(1) of Forty-five Cents (45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100) of the bid amount up to a maximum tax of Five Hundred Dollars ($500), and (ii) the excise tax on conveyance required by N.C. Gen. Stat. Section 105-228.28 et seq. of One Dollar ($1) per Five Hundred Dollars ($500) or fractional part thereof of the bid amount. The successful bidder at sale may be required to make an immediate cash deposit of the greater of five percent (5%) of the amount bid or Seven Hundred Fifty and no/100 Dollars ($750.00). The upset bids procedure of North Carolina General Statute Section 45-21.27 is applicable to this sale. The following applies if the property being sold is residential real property with less than 15 rental units: (1) Pursuant to NCGS Section 45-21.29, the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold may issue an order of possession of the property in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession. (2) Any person who occupies residential real property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving this notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days written notice to the landlord. The tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. Date of Notice: June 3, 2010 Elizabeth M. Repetti, Substitute Trustee P.O. Box 21029, Winston-Salem, NC 27101-1029 (336) 722-3700

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On Paget’s of the bone Dear Dr. Gott: I am an 83year-old woman. One of my many health problems is bone Paget’s disease. When I was 72, my left thigh bent so bad that it fractured. My left leg was also shorter, and I had to have a rod put in from my knee to my hip. That did not stop the disease, but it helped a lot with the pain. Then my leg DR. PETER got shorter again, and I GOTT was told my hipbone was bending as the left thigh did. I went to a new doctor, who put me on Actonel for 30 days. He said he was sure that I would be rid of the Paget’s, which I really could not believe. For the past two years, every blood test I have taken for alk phos has been below normal. I think normal is 119, and my last test was 84. My hip is still bent, but has not gotten any worse. I recommend anyone with Paget’s see an endocrinologist, and I hope they will get the same results as I did. Dear Reader: Paget’s disease of the bone commonly affects people as they age. It is seen in the skull, spine, pelvis, legs and arms and can be relatively isolated or widespread. We commonly think that once we reach our full height, bones stop growing. This is incorrect. Bone is in a constant state of renewing itself throughout our

lives. Paget’s is a distortion of that normal breakdown and rebuilding pattern. In the early stages of the disease, bone breaks down faster than it can rebuild. As the disease progresses, the body generates new bone at a faster-than-normal rate. This results in pain, tingling, weakness and misshapen bones that can fracture easily. Fortunately, Paget’s is slow in progression. Diagnosis can be made through X-rays, bone scan or lab testing. Because many people don’t have any symptoms in the early stages, a physician might choose to order an alkaline-phosphatase test (the alk phos to which you refer) periodically on patients 40 and older. X-rays will indicate deformities, bone enlargement and areas of bone reabsorption with bowing — all characteristic of Paget’s. A bone scan can determine which bones are affected. This test can identify Paget’s even before it can be seen by simple X-ray. Treatment, if indicated, might include oral or intravenous prescription medications. Oral forms appear well tolerated but carry the unwanted side effect of gastrointestinal irritation. In this instance, intravenous medications may be used but are generally not prescribed for more than six months because of resistance to one brand name over time. Switching to another drug in the same category is then recommended. Intolerance to bisphosphonates might be handled

through calcitonin. This naturally occurring hormone works to regulate bone metabolism and is commonly administered via self-injection. Side effects can include irritation at the site of the injection, nausea, facial flushing and more. My recommendation is to eat well and supplement your diet with 1,000 to 1,500 milligrams of calcium and between 600 and 800 IU of vitamin D daily. Take all precautions to avoid falls, such as removing scatter rugs and relocating electrical cords that may run across a floor, making you susceptible to a fall. And stick with your endocrinologist who can guide you along the way. To provide related information, I am sending you a copy of my Health Report “Osteoporosis.” Other readers who would like a copy should send a self-addressed stamped No. 10 envelope and a $2 check or money order to Newsletter, P.O. Box 167, Wickliffe, OH 440920167. Be sure to mention the title or print an order form off my website at www.AskDrGottMD.com. Dr. Peter H. Gott is a retired physician and the author of several books, including “Live Longer, Live Better,” “Dr. Gott’s No Flour, No Sugar Diet” and “Dr. Gott’s No Flour, No Sugar Cookbook,” which are available at most bookstores or online. His website is www.AskDrGottMD. com. UNITED FEATURE SYNDICATE

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When in trouble, try to mislead BY PHILLIP ALDER

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Charles Caleb Colton, an eccentric English cleric, writer and collector, said, “Falsehood is never so successful as when she baits her hook with truth, and no opinions so fatally mislead us, as those that are not wholly wrong.” That can be so true at the bridge table. When you are in trouble, try to mislead the defenders with a falsehood — a falsecard — that they may believe is a true card. In this deal, you are in four spades. West leads the heart ace and East signals discouragingly with the two. What would you do? Over West’s takeout double, North had a strong hand for a single

raise. However, with 4-3-3-3 distribution and 10 losers, nothing else was better. Your jump to game over the single raise was aggressive, especially since West rated to have some minor-suit hon-

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ors hovering over yours. But a vulnerable game bonus is irresistible bait. You have two heart losers and possibly two diamond losers. Of course, if East has the diamond queen, you are in no danger. What can you do, though, if West has the ace-queen over your kingjack? You must try to mislead West by smoothly dropping your heart queen under his ace at trick one. If the truth is that you have played a singleton, West will not want to lead the heart king next, because you would ruff and gain a discard on dummy’s heart jack. If instead he shifts to the club jack, you are home. You win with your king (the honor from the shorter side first), draw trumps, and take dummy’s club winners, discarding your low heart. You will lose only one heart and two diamonds.

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14B • FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 2010

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SALISBURY POST

AccuWeather® 5-Day Forecast for Salisbury

National Cities

Today

Tonight

Saturday

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

A t-storm in spots in the p.m.

A thunderstorm in spots early

Partly sunny, warm and humid

An afternoon t-storm possible

Warm with lots of sun

An afternoon t-storm possible

High 94°

Low 69°

High 95° Low 73°

High 96° Low 73°

High 90° Low 73°

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Regional Weather Boone 84/63 Knoxville 92/72 Hickory 88/69 Franklin 92/66

Asheville 89/65

Danville 88/66 Winston Salem Durham 90/68 90/66 Greensboro 90/68 Raleigh 91/70 Salisbury 94/69

Spartanburg 94/68

Charlotte 92/70

Greenville 94/68

Columbia 95/74

Atlanta 94/72

Sunrise today .................. 6:06 a.m. Sunset tonight .................. 8:38 p.m. Moonrise today ................ 5:04 a.m. Moonset today .................. 8:13 p.m.

New

First

Full

June 12 June 19 June 26

Augusta 95/71

Allendale 96/70

Last

July 4

Savannah 94/72

Goldsboro 92/68

Lumberton 95/69

Morehead City 89/72

Southport 86/72

Wilmington 92/72

Sat.

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48 pc 73 s 71 pc 75 s 73 pc 52 sh 47 pc 52 sh 73 s 44 pc 46 pc 42 sh 57 pc 63 s 40 s 48 pc 52 r 55 t 61 pc 51 sh 62 pc 64 s 78 pc 66 sh 46 s 65 sh 67 t 53 c 55 pc

® REAL FEEL TEMPERATURE RealFeel Temperature™

Data from Salisbury through 8 a.m. yest. Temperature High .................................................. 83° Low .................................................. 67° Last year's high ................................ 84° Last year's low .................................. 63° Normal high ...................................... 85° Normal low ...................................... 62° Record high ...................... 102° in 1947 Record low .......................... 44° in 1913 Humidity at noon ............................ 63% Precipitation 24 hours through 8 a.m. yest. ........ 0.00" Month to date ................................ 4.68" Normal month to date .................. 1.30" Year to date ................................ 27.06" Normal year to date .................... 19.65"

Today at noon .................................. 102°

The patented AccuWeather.com RealFeel Temperature is an exlcusive index or the effects or temperature, wind, humidity, sunshine intensity, cloudiness, precipitation, pressure and elevation on the human body.

Air Quality Index Charlotte Yesterday .............. 75 ...... Mod. ............ Ozone Today's forecast .... Moderate N. C. Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources 0-50 good, 51-100 moderate, 101-150 unhealthy for sensitive grps., 151-200 unhealthy, 201-300 very unhealthy, 301-500 hazardous

AccuWeather.com UV Index

Highest today ......................... 9, Very High Noon ...................................... 8, Very High 3 p.m. ............................................. 7, High 0-2, Low; 3-5, Moderate; 6-7, High; 8-10, Very High; 11+, Extreme The higher the UV Index number, the greater the need for eye and skin protection.

FRIDAY, JUNE 11

Seattle 65/51

0s 20s

Statistics are through 7 a.m. yesterday. Measured in feet.

Hilton Head 90/75 Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.

Hi Lo W

10s

LAKE LEVELS

Lake

Today

City

Almanac

40s

Charleston 92/74

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Amsterdam 68 55 sh 66 Atlanta 94 72 pc 94 74 t Athens 84 72 s 90 Atlantic City 80 60 s 85 70 pc Beijing 86 65 s 86 Baltimore 84 64 s 87 69 pc Beirut 75 74 s 76 Billings 60 42 r 56 41 c Belgrade 92 69 s 100 Boston 69 56 s 73 61 pc Berlin 92 67 pc 77 Chicago 86 72 t 88 72 t Brussels 72 57 sh 68 Cleveland 84 71 pc 87 71 t Buenos Aires 64 52 s 57 Dallas 98 79 s 95 78 pc Cairo 98 72 s 96 Denver 76 46 t 58 46 r Calgary 60 40 c 62 Detroit 80 70 t 87 72 t Dublin 64 46 pc 63 Fairbanks 64 47 pc 67 50 sh Edinburgh 58 47 pc 59 Honolulu 88 75 s 87 74 s Geneva 73 59 r 76 Houston 93 79 pc 94 78 pc Jerusalem 88 63 s 82 Indianapolis 85 69 t 86 73 t Johannesburg 59 37 pc 62 Kansas City 92 75 t 90 71 t London 66 52 r 70 Las Vegas 88 66 pc 87 67 pc Madrid 68 50 sh 73 Los Angeles 76 58 pc 78 60 pc Mexico City 82 55 t 79 Miami 92 79 t 91 77 t Moscow 72 57 pc 84 Minneapolis 78 60 t 70 58 r Paris 75 61 r 76 New Orleans 94 78 pc 93 77 pc Rio de Janeiro 65 59 r 68 New York 76 64 s 81 71 t Rome 83 66 s 82 Omaha 90 73 t 82 63 t San Juan 89 77 sh 90 Philadelphia 81 63 s 85 70 pc Seoul 88 66 sh 85 Phoenix 98 70 s 92 68 pc Sydney 63 46 pc 63 Salt Lake City 66 50 c 64 49 t Tokyo 77 67 pc 80 San Francisco 76 56 s 80 56 pc Toronto 71 63 pc 80 Seattle 65 51 pc 77 53 s Winnipeg 62 53 sh 63 Tucson 96 67 s 91 60 s Zurich 77 57 pc 68 Washington, DC 86 68 s 89 72 pc Legend: W-weather, s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.

Billings 60/42

30s

Myrtle Beach 90/74

Sat.

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Source: NWS co-op (9 miles WNW)

Cape Hatteras 84/71

Darlington 95/71

Aiken 96/69

SUN AND MOON

Kitty Hawk 80/71

Today

City

World Cities

Above/Below Observed Full Pool

High Rock Lake .... 653.30 ...... -1.70 Badin Lake .......... 539.80 ...... -2.20 Tuckertown Lake .. 595.00 ...... -1.00 Tillery Lake .......... 277.70 ...... -1.30 Blewett Falls ........ 178.10 ...... -0.90 Lake Norman ........ 98.67 ........ -1.33

50s

San Francisco 76/56

Minneapolis 78/60 Denver 76/46

60s

90s

Detroit 80/70

Los Angeles 76/58

100s 110s Precipitation

Showers T-storms Rain Flurries Snow Ice

New York 76/64

Washington 86/68

Kansas City 92/75

70s 80s

Chicago 86/72

Atlanta 94/72

El Paso 95/69

Cold Front

Houston 93/79 Miami 92/79

Warm Front Stationary Front

Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. Forecast high/low temperatures are given for selected cities.