The Daily Courier August 21, 2009

Man’s missing pet snake found safe — Page 2 Sports Meet Kasper, Oddie Rutherford County has a Smash and a Dash. Meet them both.

Also, prep football season begins tonight

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Friday, August 21, 2009, Forest City, N.C.

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Budget cuts hit ICC class offerings

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for high school dual enrollment classes was eliminated

Economic news continues to be a mixed bag

By ALLISON FLYNN Daily Courier Staff Writer

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SPORTS Jean Gordon/Daily Courier

Carol Davis and Matt Stockman (seated center), hosts of the Matt and Carol morning show on WMIT, 106.9, outside Spindale Drugs Thursday afternoon with (l-r) Matt and Janet Roller, Emma Corpening, Pearl Nealey and Barbara Washburn.

‘Day of Hope’ boosts spirits

By JEAN GORDON Daily Courier Staff Writer

Panthers break camp, head for Charlotte Pages 7, 8

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FOREST CITY — Karen Long-Moore was one of the early arrivals at Smith’s Drugs here Thursday morning to meet WMIT radio personalities Matt Stockman and Carol Davis at the beginning of Day of Hope in Rutherford County.

The Matt and Carol morning show was broadcast live from the drug store and visitors came by to speak with the guests during breaks.

“People just don’t realize the encouragement they can receive just from listening to them each day,” Long-Moore said. “This is something every positive.”

The Day of Hope was the first ever coordinated by WMIT 106.9 and was held to offer help and encourage Please see Hope, Page 6

DEATHS

Jean Gordon/Daily Courier

Matt Stockman greets the public on air while Carol Davis, receives a text message from a listener during a live broadcast of the Matt and Carol Show Thursday morning at Smith’s Drugs, Forest City.

SPINDALE — A state budget signed by Gov. Beverly Perdue last week brings bad news to some high school students in Rutherford County.

After months of speculation, the final budget approved and signed by Perdue has eliminated funding for general education courses, excluding math and science, offered to dual enrolled and Huskins students through Isothermal Community College. The reduction, however, does not impact those students enrolled at REaCH. Classes affected are those in humanities and include ACA (Academic Success and Study Skills), American government, expository writing, American history and literature, British literature and Spanish.

“With the whole STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) push, I guess they didn’t want to impact math and science,” said Isothermal’s Vice President of Academic and Student Services and Institutional Assessment Dr. Kim Gold.

The reason for the change, Gold said, is that it is a costsaving measure for the state.

“Traditionally high school students tuition for these courses has been waived,” Gold said.

High school students in concurrent and Huskins courses counted toward the college’s full-time equivalent number, a number that impacts the Please see ICC, Page 6

BACK TO SCHOOL WITH SMILES, TEARS

Ellenboro

Wanda Huber Bob Rome

Elsewhere

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A tearful Madison Smith, 2nd grader, (left) and a joyous Sanni Toms, 1st grader, arrive for the first day of school Thursday at Thomas Jefferson Classical Grammar on Hardin Road in Forest City. They joined 489 other grammar school children beginning the first day of the 2009-2010 year. They will have a first break from classes in 11 days for Labor Day.

85 69 Today and tonight, 70 percent chance of thunderstorms.

Complete forecast, Page 10

Motorists are missing new four-way stop

By LARRY DALE

INSIDE Classifieds . . . 17-19 Sports . . . . . . . . 7-9 County scene . . . . 6 Opinion . . . . . . . . 4 Vol. 41, No. 199

Daily Courier Staff Writer

FOREST CITY — A four-way stop at the intersection of Hardin Road and Westview Street has been in place for months now, but some drivers still aren’t seeing it and are running the stop sign.

“We wrote quite a few tickets there, warning tickets and regular tickets, try-

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ing to get them to slow down and stop,” Assistant Chief Bob Ward of the Forest City Police Department said Wednesday.

“You stop people and ask them about it, and they’ll say, ‘What stop sign?’ My wife came through there about three weeks ago, and she said the car in front of her never even slowed down. She thought, ‘Oh, my gosh, he’s not going to stop.’ And he didn’t. Luckily, there wasn’t anybody

going through.”

That intersection has been a problem for years, Ward said.

Figures provided by the FCPD show that from January of 2008 to now, there have been 22 wrecks at the intersection, with nine injuries. And Ward said some of the injuries have been serious.

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Local/state

Missing pet snake is safely back with owner

BE PREPARED

By LARRY DALE Daily Courier Staff Writer

Jean Gordon/Daily Courier

Traveling west on U.S. 74A near the Oak Street intersection at Spindale Thursday, at noon, this motorcycle rider found the perfect spot to carrying his spare bike tire.

SPINDALE — When Lt. Lee Edwards of the Spindale Police Department got a dispatch Wednesday at about 5 p.m. to a snake call on Hollins Street, he knew this wasn’t the normal garter snake, green snake or black snake that he normally sees.

No, this was a five-foot red-tail boa.

“We were dispatched on a call,” Edwards said Thursday. “A neighbor on Hollins Street had said that there was a five-foot boa constrictor on her front porch. We got there and the snake was actually on the front porch, and was coiled up like a snake would normally do.

“And as soon as I heard it dispatched, I had noticed the article (classified ad) in The Daily Courier that morning, and saw where the snake was loose. I got on the phone and I called the owner (Stephen Orr), and at that time they said he had already been called and was on his way to pick it up.

“And when I got there, the owner of the snake was there and he picked it up and carried it off. Reached down, picked it up and carried it off.”

Edwards said he was glad to see the owner on the scene. The officer said on the way out to the call, he had been thinking, “How am I going to catch this snake, and what am I going to do with it when I catch it?” in my audits, then I have no credibilFortunately for everyone concerned, ity in my audits.” the snake lived up to its billing in The Wood said Rand never contacted Daily Courier ad as “not harmful.” her about the inquiry.

“It was friendly,” the officer said. “He Federal investigators had also asked just picked it right up and carried it Wood to testify on whether she had home. He was glad to get his snake any “business ventures” or finanback. I was glad to see he was there cial ties between the Easleys or othbefore I got there.” ers mentioned in a federal probe. A Orr said Thursday at his home on spokeswoman for Wood said she had Campbell Street that he normally no such ties. keeps the snake in a tank, but that he Former State Auditor Les Merritt, had put her in a tree in the backyard a Republican who left office in so she could be outdoors for a while, January, began the audit into Mary and she crawled away. The snake, Easley’s job at North Carolina which he has had for three years, was State University. Federal investigone for a week, he said. gators have been looking into the $170,000-a-year job, and three uniOrr and Charles McDowell picked versity officials have resigned amid up the snake, which at its thickest the probe. point was about three inches wide, and handled it in the front yard while talking with a Daily Courier reporter. Orr got the snake from a breeder in Morganton.

Auditor testifies in Easley probe

RALEIGH (AP) — State Auditor Beth Wood said Thursday she spent the morning before a grand jury defending why she didn’t publicly release an audit into former first lady Mary Easley’s job at a state university.

Wood told reporters outside the federal courthouse that she did not face any political pressure to keep the audit private but simply wanted to continue working on the report to ensure that it was solid. She said Mary Easley’s attorney, Senate Majority Leader Tony Rand, would have disputed the initial findings.

“If he was doing his job and doing it well, he would try to punch holes in the audit I was putting out,” Wood said. “If people start to punch holes

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Touching the snake was not an option for the officer.

“We’ve got a set of snake grabbers

that I would have picked it up with, but I would not have reached down and picked it up,” Edwards said. He said he tries to get the tongs behind the snake’s head.

Edwards, whose duties include animal control, said he doesn’t get that many snake calls.

“Raccoons, possums, occasional snakes,” Edwards said. “Not that often. Probably average five snake calls in the summer.

His response, he said, depends on what kind of snake it is.

“If it’s a black snake, I would catch it with the snake tongs (which are about four feet long) and take it out and turn it loose,” Edwards said. “We don’t deal with that many poisonous snakes. Most of the people, when we get a call about a snake, it’s going to be a garter snake, a green snake, a black snake. There’s not that many poisonous snakes that we’ve had to deal with in town, like people would have to deal with out in the country.”

If the snake is not poisonous, he normally would turn it loose in a wooded area. With a poisonous snake, he gets advice on how to deal with it.

“I would contact Wildlife and ask them what they want me to do,” he said, “what recommendation they have. Most of the time I would wind up turning it loose in an area where nobody is at.”

Orr said the snake eats live rabbits, squirrels and birds, and may grow to be 12 feet long.

A check with Rutherford County Animal Control revealed that the county does not have an ordinance prohibiting the possession of exotic pets. Spindale also does not have an ordinance prohibiting exotic pets.

The town has a nuisance ordinance, Edwards said, but that normally is used for dogs.

The snake drew inquiries from the public at the Police Department, at The Daily Courier, and among Orr’s neighbors. Everyone seemed relieved that the snake is no longer loose.

Edwards said, though, that SPD officers responded quickly to the snake call, because they wanted to see it.

The ad in The Daily Courier said a reward was offered for the snake’s return, and Orr said he did, indeed, give a reward.

Contact Dale via e-mail at ldale@thedigitalcourier.com

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Stephen Orr, left, and Charles McDowell show off a five-foot red-tail boa.

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At Your Leisure

RUTHERFORDTON — Weekend events at KidSenses children’s museum begin Friday at 5:30 p.m. with Movie Night, “High School Musical.”

The museum closes at 8 p.m. Friday.

Admission is $3.

Saturday’s event is a Back-to-School party with special activities from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. There will be a raffle drawing for school supplies and other prizes. A trivia game will also be presented by museum staff.

Museum hours Saturday are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The Virtual Reality Ride is also available for $2 with paid admission.

Joe’s Place will host Bike Night on Thursday, Aug. 29, with Race & Ride Motorsports of Rutherfordton, from 6 to 9 p.m. Good food, fun and great prizes. Rain or shine. Joe’s Place is located at 657 Oak St., Forest City.

For more information visit ilovejoesplace.com.

Union Mills Learning Center is open Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings to assist the community with its computer and printing needs. The gymnasium is also open Saturdays at 4 p.m. for pick-up basketball games and shoot-arounds.

For more information visit unionmillslearningcenter.org.

Live music is played every Friday and Saturday from 4 to 10 p.m. at Jake’s Barbecue (the former Golden Valley Music Park). Karaoke every Thursday from 4 to 7 p.m. Loud & Proud Band plays on Fridays, and the Lonesome Road Band on Saturdays.

For more information call 248-2223.

Jake’s is located at 136 Music Row, Bostic.

Bead and Jewelry Show: Sept. 12 and 13, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days, at the Asheville Civic Center, 87 Haywood St., Asheville. Admission $5 (Saturday) and $4 (Sunday). Visit www.beadshows.com for more information.

2009-10 season tickets are now on sale for the Tryon Fine Arts. Season tickets are $75. The package includes one ticket for each event — Elizabeth von Trapp’s Bach to Broadway, Sentimental Journey, Yesterday & Today, and George Winston. The center is located at 34 Melrose Ave., in Tryon.

For more information visit www. tryonarts.org.

Legal Grounds, 217 North Main St., Rutherfordton, offers the following entertainment: Aug. 21 —Mad Tea Party Aug. 22 — GIRL Barley’s Taproom & Pizzeria, 115 W. Main St., Spindale, (no cover charge) announces the following entertainment: Aug. 21 — Angela Easterling, 8 p.m.

Aug. 22 — The Space Heaters, 8 p.m.

Aug. 27 — Barley’s Jam, 6:30 p.m.

Aug. 29 — Bear Wallow Bluegrass, 8 p.m.

Club L.A. is a private club for members and guests, located at 319 W. Main St., Spindale. Admission — members free, guest $5. Saturdays from 10 p.m. until 2 a.m. Each Thursday is ladies’ night and Karaoke from 8 to 11 p.m. Shagging every Friday night from 8 to 11 p.m.

Memberships available (ages 25 and

up). ABC permits.

Wagon Wheel Country & Western Dance Club, W.E. Padgett Rd., Ellenboro area, hosts the following entertainment: Aug. 22 — Broken Axle Band, 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Admission $5.

Concessions, game room, family entertainment. Dance lessons every Tuesday night from 7:30 to 10, $3 per person.

Max Cruise (Ron McKinney) performs every Saturday from noon to 3 p.m., at 57 Alpha Café, Rutherford County Airport. Weather permitting.

The Royal Quartet will be in concert Saturday, Aug. 22, at Chesnee Gospel Music Center. Music begins at 7 p.m.

Concessions available at 5:30 p.m.

The center is located on Greenlake Rd., Chesnee, S.C. Call 828-223-1514 for more information.

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International Demolition Derby: Saturday, Sept. 12, 7:30 p.m., at Bar H Arena in Boiling Springs (previously held at Cleveland County Fair); admission — adults $8, ages 6-12 $5, under six free; sponsored by Boiling Springs Rural Fire Department; for information call 704-434-2866 or visit www.barhevents.com.

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Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy has set the date for the 9th Annual Conservation Celebration, Saturday, Sept. 26, at Taylor Ranch (between Fletcher and Fairview off of Cane Creek Rd.). Silent auction, ranch tours, jazz, and a brief film about the saving of World’s Edge (a 1,600 acre tract in Hickory Nut Gorge conserved in 1995 that adjoins Chimney Rock State Park). The CMLC is located in Hendersonville.

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■ A daily forum for opinion, commentary and editorials on the news that affects us all.

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Our Views Give school bus safety priority

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ews that a 6-year-old North Carolina first grader was struck and killed by an automobile after getting off a school bus Wednesday is a shocking reminder that motorists need to be careful as our schools re-open.

The accident occurred in Raleigh and the driver was an elderly woman who claimed that the school bus stop sign was not out. Other witnesses contradicted her version of the incident, saying the sign and the flashing lights were operating.

Safely operating a motor vehicle in the vicinity of a school bus should be the responsibility of all drivers. Even if the safety signs are not showing, motorists should slow down and be aware.

If everyone does that, accidents are far less likely.

Drivers in the vicinity of school buses can follow a few simple guidelines: always assume the bus is about to stop; always watch for children crossing the roads; and give buses and children plenty of room.

When we send children off to school on the bus, we expect them to safely return home. That can only happen if everyone is paying attention and looking out for the children.

Our readers’ views Questions writer’s use of Bible in debates To the editor: In a letter dated July 17, Ray Crawford discussed morals. He first stated, “I would not normally respond to anyone who felt Sarah Palin was ready for the presidency.” Anyone who believes that may need some couch time with a good psychiatrist.

Ray went on to ask, “who was the last president to veto a bill to cover children’s health care?”

I suggest a better question would be: who was the last president to veto late-term abortion?

Old morality himself, Bill “Slick Willie” Clinton.

Ray asks where does most immorality lie in politics?

He states we should start with the teachings of Christ.

I think it is immoral to mention the name of Jesus when talking about liberalism.

Does anyone but me notice that Crawford only mentions parts of the Holy Scriptures to try to give relevance to a point he is attempting to make?

Ray, you once wrote that homosexuality was just “boys kissing boys.” You seemed not to understand what the politicians were talking about and upset about.

I ask you Ray, why did you not quote the Bible to prove your opinion on this issue?

The Democrats also support abortion, calling it a woman’s right to choose. Hogwash! It’s a living fetus with a beating heart.

Jeremiah 1:5 reads, “Before I formed thee in the belly, I knew thee; and before thou camest out of the womb, I sanctified thee and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.” Why do you not use the Holy Scriptures on your pro-abortion beliefs, Ray?

Obama and the liberals talked about the heinous crime when Dr. Tiller, the late-term abortionist was shot. I suggest you can understand what a heinous crime really is, when you stop and consider what the man did to innocent, fully developed babies everyday.

In closing, I think we should go to and use the Holy Bible as the infallible Word of God and as a guideline to make decisions in all aspects of life. We should never use parts of it to prove our personal or political philosophies.

I believe the Bible is all true and relevant, not just certain parts that some people feel will further their agendas.

I want to make it perfectly clear that Mr. Crawford was an excellent officer in the United States Army. As a man, I have unequivocal respect for Ray. But, from a political and theological standpoint, I think Ray is totally wrong in his beliefs and what he expresses in the written word.

Harry Waters Mt. Vernon

Says businesses have to show customer respect To the editor: It is my goal that this letter be viewed as a consumer’s feedback encouraging positive changes rather than a letter of complaints.

The “buy local” refrain seems to place all of the responsibility on the consumer. The positive role of the providers of goods and services is either assumed or disregarded. If we are in this together — and we are — we must share the responsibility.

If I bring a prescription, smile and greeting to your counter and you take the script and say only “date of birth?” with no smile or

greeting, my money is not well spent.

If your pharmacy’s general check-out clerk’s only verbalization to me during the entire check-out process is to announce the total cost of my purchases due to a pre-occupation with an obviously personal telephone conversation, my money is not well spent.

If you have a grocery, restaurant or pharmacy and you have an unclean rest room, my money is not well spent.

If two of your department or specialty store clerks are so occupied with an audible personal conversation they cannot offer a greeting or their assistance, my money is not well spent.

If your host or hostess’ only utterance to me when I enter your restaurant is “two?” and turns to walk toward seating, my money is not well spent.

If your restaurant food server appears at my table with no communication, but poised to write down my order or if “ready to order?” is the only sentence uttered, my money is not well spent.

If I enter your hardware store or grocery deli section to find it devoid of any other customers and three employees are all nearby and no one greets me or offers assistance, my money is not well spent.

Let’s insist that businesses show us that they appreciate that we “buy local.” We want to invest in you, and we need you to recognize that. We will be spending money somewhere for something.

Human kindness and common courtesies are always effective invitations for spending.

Rhondda Dower Norris Bostic

Coming to a computer screen near you: new site The Daily Courier will soon debut a new Web site, actually two Web sites.

On one side we will have an e-edition (electronic) as we do now, along with a lot of other local news that will be available to everyone.

On the other side is “Your Digital Courier.” More about that later.

Like almost every other newspaper, we are working every day to deal with the local and national economy.

We are also working to move deeper into the “new media.”

Audio. Video. Online slide shows. Allowing our readers to comment on stories and our coverage.

The one thing that is not changing is the community’s need for accurate and balanced news on what is happening in Rutherford County.

We consider the Web site

From the publisher Jim Brown

another tool in getting that done.

I’d never thought I’d say this, but I’m definitely old school.

I’ve struggled with these changes only from the standpoint that the new technology will require more staff time.

Time to edit video and audio. Time to upload all this information.

Our philosophy has always been to keep the number of editors low to have as many reporters on the street writing local news as much as possible.

But the time has come to offer our readers those features found so popular on so many Web sites.

I need to heed the painting on my office wall. It shows thunderous waves and beneath the photo it says, “Change: If you’re not riding the wave of change ... you’ll find yourself beneath it.”

That’s why we are going to the new Web site.

When we changed our webhost last December, it proved to be unpopular.

It was harder to navigate and the quality of the paper presentation was less than what we wanted.

The new Web site, which will come online in the next couple of weeks (we’ll let you know exactly when that date is set), will see a more modern-looking site with easy navigation links and clear instructions on how to

get around.

We’ll post a lot more stories outside the e-edition, but not everything. Yes, obituaries will be outside the e-edition.

The truly exciting factor is “Your Digital Courier.” On that side of the Web site, readers will have the ability to post photos, videos and articles themselves.

I’ve played with it a bit and it appears to be easy to put these files on the site. And it will be free.

Another exciting feature is the Community Calendar. In addition to the one we run in The Courier daily, individuals can post events. All items can be linked to your community.

The e-edition will become a “flip book.” Instead of individual pages, the e-edition will be one file that you can “flip through” page by page, just as you would do if you

had the paper in your hands.

Since we started the Web site in 2003, people occasionally ask why we charge for our content, noting many of the larger papers put everything out there for free.

Yes, they do that, but are now, in this down revenue time, lamenting the fact they are giving away the valuable product they pay big bucks to produce.

Why do we charge? We are no different than the big papers.

We pay reporters, editors and photographers, advertising reps and classified ad sales people plus all the support staff to gather, assemble and deliver all this valuable information.

It’s as simple as that.

The “new” Digital Courier will appear soon. We’ll let you know as soon as a date is set.

The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Friday, August 21, 2009

Obituaries

Child hit, killed after getting off school bus

Wanda Huber

Bill Rucker Jr.

Wanda Lee Hawkins Huber, 57, of 140 South Glenn St., Ellenboro, died Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009 at Mission Memorial Hospital in Asheville.

Wanda was a daughter of the late Benjamin Lee Hawkins and Sarah Jane Whitaker Hawkins.

She was a member of the Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church in Forest City and was a retired nurse.

Inmate dies after being tasered by guard Survivors include her husGREENSBORO (AP) — An inmate at a North Carolina jail band, Robert Huber of the has died after being shocked with a Taser by a guard during a home; one son, Benjamin Carl Huber of Fort Drumm, struggle.

The News & Record of Greensboro reported that 38-year-old Watertown, N.Y.; one Ronald Eugene Cobbs died late Tuesday at a Greensboro hos- daughter, Andrea Michelle Kimbrell of Ellenboro; two pital.

The medical examiner has not determined a cause of death. sisters, Linda Fortner of Boiling Springs and Sandra The Guilford County Sheriff’s Office says the guard, who’s Hawkins of Sarasota, Fla.; name has not been released, entered Cobbs’ cell to recover and three grandchildren. contraband. The sheriff’s office says Cobbs resisted and Funeral services will be assaulted the guard, who tried to restrain the inmate before conducted at 3 p.m. Sunday using a Taser. at Race Path Baptist Church with the Rev. John Godfrey Prison closings will begin next month officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemRALEIGH (AP) — The shutdown of seven North Carolina etery. Visitation will be prisons because of state budget cuts will begin next month.

Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Seven of the state’s 79 prisons are closing because of state McKinney-Landreth Funeral budget cuts that will also eliminate nearly 1,000 jobs.

Home.

WRAL-TV reported that the prison closures beginning Sept. 1 will affect about 1,000 inmates. Correction officials say the Wilmington Residential Facility for Women will Online condolences www.mckinneylandrethfuneralhome.com. be the first to close. Other facilities in Cleveland, Gates, Granville, Guilford and Union counties will close by Dec. 1 and McCain Correctional Hospital will close April 1.

Bob Rome

RALEIGH (AP) — A 6-year-old North Carolina girl has died after being struck by a sports utility vehicle driven by an 83-year-old woman.

Multiple media outlets reported that Ashley Ramos Hernand died when she was hit Wednesday afternoon while crossing the street after getting off a bus traveling from an elementary school.

Geraldine Baron Deitz is charged with misdemeanor death by motor vehicle and passing a stopped school bus.

A police report indicated that Deitz told police the school bus had not activated all its warning signals. Witnesses, though, told police that the signals and markers were properly activated.

Bob Troy Rome, 81, of Ellenboro, died Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009 at Fairhaven Nursing Home.

A native of Rutherford County, he was a son of the late Anderson and Anna cating threats; released on a Mashburn Rome. written promise to appear.

He was employed for 55 (RCSD) years in the textile industry, n Kevin Andrew having worked at Burlington, Stinchcomb, 30, of 108 Lynch Caroleen Plant, and Duran St., Lot 4, Rutherfordton; Mills in Shelby, where he charged with trafficking in opium or heroin; released on retired as a card room supervisor. He was a long a $15,000 unsecured bond. time member of Oak Grove (RPD) United Methodist Church.

He is survived by his wife Citations of 58 years, Mary Goforth n Ashley Nicole Walker, 16, Rome; three daughters, of Boiler Road, Mooresboro; Stella Carroll of Boiling cited for consuming alcohol Springs, Teresa Tate of Forest underage; cited and released. City, and Elizabeth Black of (FCPD) Mooresboro; one brother, n Shelly Hope Vonbriel, Eugene Rome of Newton; 17, of Shortcut Road, one sister, Mary Bradshaw of Rutherfordton; cited and Ellenboro; eight grandchilreleased for larceny. (FCPD) dren; and three great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be EMS/Rescue conducted at 11 a.m. at n The Rutherford County Harrelson Funeral Chapel EMS responded to 22 E-911 with the Rev. Dave Hawkins calls Wednesday. officiating.

The family will n The Volunteer Life receive friends beginning Saving and Rescue, Hickory at 10 a.m. until the service Nut Gorge EMS and time.

Rutherford County Rescue Harrelson Funeral Home is responded to four E-911 calls serving the family.

Wednesday.

Police Notes

n The Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office responded to 124 E-911 calls Wednesday. n Teresa Viola Jackson reported the theft of jewelry. n Bradley Jason Whitener reported the theft of a firearm. n Sharon J. Jackson reported a theft.

Rutherfordton

n The Rutherfordton Police Department responded to 18 E-911 calls Wednesday.

Spindale

n The Spindale Police Department responded to eight E-911 calls Wednesday.

Lake Lure

n The Lake Lure Police Department responded to five E-911 calls Wednesday.

Forest City

n The Forest City Police Department responded to 80 E-911 calls Wednesday. n An employee at B&D Thrift and Loan, on South Broadway Street, reported an incident of obtaining property by false pretenses. n An employee of WalMart, on Plaza Drive, reported a larceny. n An employee of Broadway Motor Company, on South Broadway Street, reported an incident of a lost or stolen license plate. n An employee of Ingles, on South Church Street, reported an incident of obtaining property by false pretenses.

Arrests

n Calvin Lew Watkins, 21, of Loblolly Lane, Forest City; charged with probation violation; placed under a $10,000 secured bond. (FCPD) n Randy Lee Boyce, 54, of Crescent Drive, Forest City; charged with driving while impaired, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia; placed under a $1,000 secured bond.

(FCPD) n Melissa Sims West, 30, of 101 Carriage Place; charged with reckless driving to endanger, failure to report an accident and driving while impaired; released on a $2,000 unsecured bond and a custody release. (NCHP) n Michael Anthony Miller, 41, of 427 Weatherstone Drive; charged with misdemeanor larceny; released on a $500 unsecured bond.

(RCSD) n Terra Nicole Greene, 35, of 678 Race Path Church Rd.; charged with assault and battery and communi-

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Mildred Horton Reid Mildred Horton Reid, 96, of Rutherfordton, NC, passed away on Saturday, August 15, 2009 at White Oak Manor, Rutherfordton, after a period of declining health.

Born in Transylvania County, NC, Mrs. Reid was the daughter of the late George Richey Horton and Sadania Harvey Horton.

She grew up in Danville, VA. She was the widow of Volney Lewis Reid. She was also preceded in death by her brother, George Richey Horton.

Mrs. Reid was a member of the Rutherfordton Presbyterian Church. She graduated from East Carolina Teachers College.

She was a retired teacher with the Rutherford County School System having taught at TriCommunity, Chase and R-S Central High Schools before her retirement. She had also worked for the U. S. Department of Agriculture in her earlier years.

She was a member of Delta Kappa Gamma and NCAE. She had also been an outstanding member of the Isothermal Garden Club for many years.

Mrs. Reid requested that a private prayer service be held.

Memorials may be made to the Rutherfordton Presbyterian Church, 252 N. Washington St. P.O. Box 1133, Rutherfordton, NC 28139.

McMahan’s Funeral Home and Cremation Services is assisting with arrangements.

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William “Bill” Robert Rucker Jr., 75, of Black Mountain, died Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2009.

Born in Rutherford County, he was a son of the late William Robert Rucker Sr. and Katie Lee Trexler Rucker.

He was a resident of Buncombe County for most of his life. He was a lifelong member of the First Baptist Church of Black Mountain, where he was a deacon and held various other positions in the church. He was an active member and past president of the Black Mountain Lions Club and a retired educator and coach in the local and surrounding area schools for 40 years.

He is survived by his wife of 10 years, Frances Owenby Rucker; a daughter, Kathy Sprinkle of Marion; two sons, William Robert “Rob” Rucker III of Hickory, and Todd Rucker of Asheville; six grandchildren; and stepchildren, Susan Weaver of Asheville and Sammy Sales of Fairview.

A celebration of life service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at First Baptist Church, Black Mountain, with the Rev. David Rayburn officiating. Burial will follow in Mountain View Memorial Park. The family will receive friends Saturday from 4 to 8 p.m. at First Baptist Church, Black Mountain.

At other times, the family will be at the Rucker home, 227 S. Laurel Circle Dr., Black Mountain.

Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church, Black Mountain, 130 Montreat Rd., Black Mountain, NC 28711; or to Black Mountain Lions Club, 227 S. Laurel Circle, Black Mountain, NC 28711.

Harwood Home for Funerals, Black Mountain, has charge of arrangements.

Online condolences www.harwoodhomeforfuneras.com.

Bob Troy Rome

Bob Troy Rome, 81, of Ellenboro died Thursday, August 20, 2009, at Fairhaven Nursing Home.

A native of Rutherford County he was born April 28, 1928, to the late Anderson and Anna Mashburn Rome. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by three bothers Taylor Rome, Lee Rome, and Claude Rome; three sisters Minnie Hill, Fannie Mode, and Maude Rome.

He worked for 55 years in the textile industry working both at the Burlington Plant in Caroleen and Duran Mills in Shelby where he retired as a card room supervisor. After retirement he enjoyed visiting the senior center and bowling. He was a long time member of Oak Grove United Methodist Church.

He is survived by his wife of 58 years Mary Goforth Rome; three daughters, Stella Carroll of Boiling Springs, Teresa Tate and husband Michael of Forest City, and Elizabeth Black and husband Jerry of Mooresboro; one brother, Eugene Rome of Newton; one sister Mary Bradshaw of Ellenboro; eight grandchildren, Jarrett Carroll and wife Jennifer of Huntersville, Tracie Secker and husband Brad of Concord, Stacie Hall and husband Branden of Charlotte, Adam Harris of Forest City, Jamie Carroll of Mooresboro, Cody, Preston, and Bethany Black of Mooresboro; three great grandchildren Jarrett Carroll JR., Jordan Carroll, and Lucas Harris.

Funeral services will be conducted 11 a.m., Saturday August 22, 2009 at Harrelson Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Dave Hawkins officiating. The family will receive friends beginning at 10 a.m. until service time.

Harrelson Funeral Home is serving the family.

An online guest registry is available at www.harrelsonfuneralhome.com Paid obit

Deaths Walter Jacobi HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Walter Jacobi, a member of an elite team of Germans that settled in Huntsville and helped build the nation’s rocket arsenal during the Cold War, has died. He was 91.

Jacobi, who died Wednesday, was part of the team of 118 scientists that came to America with Wernher von Braun at the end of World War II. Jacobi is a native of Saalfeld, Germany who worked with von Braun’s team during World War II building V-2 rockets. He was captured by the U.S. Army and sent to Texas to work for the military.

Patricia Sullivan GREENSBORO (AP) — The retired head of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro has died after a two-year battle with pancreatic cancer.

The university said former chancellor Patricia Sullivan died Thursday at age 69.

William “Bill” Rucker, Jr. William “Bill” Robert Rucker, Jr., 75 of Black Mountain, passed away Tuesday, August 18, 2009.

Mr. Rucker was born March 1, 1934 in Rutherford County and was a resident of Buncombe County for most of his life.

Mr. Rucker was a member of First Baptist Church of Black Mountain.

He was the son of the late William Robert Rucker, Sr. and Katie Lee Trexler Rucker.

Bill was a lifelong member of Black Mountain First Baptist Church where he was a deacon and held many various positions. He was an active member and past president of the Black Mountain Lions Club.

He was retired educator and coach in the local and surrounding area school systems for 40 years. His accomplishments were many but his career was highlighted with a 90 consecutive game win streak with Owen High School women’s basketball in which he held the state record for most consecutive wins and won a state championship. “Coach” was inducted into the Owen High School Hall of Fame, the Western North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame as well as the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame in 2008.

Mr. Rucker is survived by his loving wife ten years, Frances Owenby Rucker; daughter, Kathy Sprinkle and husband, Lynn of Marion; sons, William Robert “Rob” Rucker III and wife, Amy of Hickory and Todd Rucker of Asheville; six grandchildren, Shelby McLennan, Brittany Rucker and Ben Rucker, Kirby Rucker, Andrew Sprinkle, Nick Sprinkle; stepchildren, Susan Weaver and husband, Michael of Asheville and Sammy Sales and wife, Christy of Fairview.

A celebration of life service will be held Sunday, August 23, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. at First Baptist Church, Black Mountain with the Reverend David Rayburn officiating Burial will follow in Mountain View Memorial Park.

The family will receive friends from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. Saturday, August 22, 2009 at First Baptist Church, Black Mountain.

At other times, the family will be at the residence, 227 S. Laurel Circle Dr., Black Mountain.

Flowers are accepted and appreciated. Those desiring to make a memorial contribution are encouraged to consider First Baptist Church, Black Mountain, 130 Montreat Rd., Black Mountain, NC 28711 or Black Mountain Lions Club, 227 S. Laurel Circle, Black Mountain, NC 28711.

Arrangements are in the care of Harwood Home for Funerals, 208 W. State St., Black Mountain. 828-669-2977. www.harwoodhomeforfunerals. com Paid obit.

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Red Cross

WMIT, 106.9 The Light morning show hosts Carol (Davis) and Matt (Stockman) talk with Stanley McEntire at Smith’s in Forest City Thursday morning. Radio personnel spent the day in Rutherford County, encouraging people in several communities and busineses.

The following blood drives are scheduled: Aug. 22 — Cliffside Masonic Lodge, Old Main St., Cliffside, 7:30 a.m. until noon, call 828-245-7606 to schedule an appointment, (breakfast for all donors); Aug. 24 — Race Path Baptist Church, 1171 Race Path Rd., Ellenboro, 4 to 8:30 p.m., call 453-8321 to schedule appointment; Aug. 26 — Rutherford Hospital, 288 S. Ridge Crest, Rutherfordton, noon until 5 p.m., call 286-5338 to schedule an appointment; Aug. 31 — Red Cross Chapter, 838 Oakland Rd., Forest City, 2 to 6:30 p.m., call 287-5916 to schedule an appointment; All presenting donors (in August) may enter a drawing to win one of three $1,000 gas cards.

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Meetings/other Democrat meeting: Rutherford County Democrat Club will meet Monday, Aug. 24, at 7 p.m., at Democrat Headquarters, Main St., Forest City.

Board of directors/officers meeting: Rutherford County Historical Society; Monday, Aug. 24, 7 p.m., at St. John’s Historical Church; several projects and fundraisers will be discussed; for further information contact Robin Lattimore at 828-447-1474.

Alzheimer’s presentation: Thursday, Aug. 27, 6:30 p.m., at Spencer Baptist Church FLC; “Accepting the Challenge — Faith Community Responding to Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders,” with Larry Reeves, Program Manager for the WNC Alzheimer’s Assoc.; sponsored by Green River Baptist Assoc.; free and open to the public.

Miscellaneous School lunch: Rutherford County Schools announced that Aug. 25-31, lunch menu for all schools will be the manager’s choice.

HNG 2009 Olympiad: Kicks off Thursday, Aug. 27, with a charity golf tournament at Rumbling Bald Resort; registration begins at 7:15 a.m.; shotgun start 8 a.m.; three flights — men, women and senior men; $30 per player; registration forms available at Rumbling Bald and Apple Valley golf courses, and Lake Lure Town Hall.

Art Exhibit: The works of Artist Pam Peters will be on display at Norris Library in Rutherfordton during August and September.

Reunions Caroleen Plant reunion: Saturday, Aug. 29, 1 to 5 p.m., Caroleen United Methodist Church, Mills Ave., off Boss Moore; all former employees of Burlington, Gayley & Lord, and Parkdale in Caroleen are invited to attend; bring finger foods to share; for information contact Kathy Harris, 289-7242, or Cathy Alexander, 248-1366.

4th Annual Graham Town reunion: Saturday, Sept. 5, 1 p.m. until 10 p.m., at Hardin Road Park, Forest City; fun, food, live entertainment; arts/crafts vendors welcome (no food vendors); for more information call 288-4760, 289-1207 or 247-4142.

40th Class reunion: R-S Central High School Class of 1969 will hold its 40th reunion on Oct. 10. Contact Kathy McDonald at 429-2366, or Tom Miller at 429-0048.

Fundraisers Car wash: Saturday, Aug. 22, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at McDonald’s in Spindale; no set price, donations accepted; sponsored by the men of Salem United Methodist Church in Bostic; proceeds for church needs.

Chopped Sirloin Supper: Saturday, Aug. 22, 4 to 8 p.m., HopewellHollis Community Clubhouse; adults $8; ages 6-12, $5.

Spaghetti lunch: Thursday, Aug. 27; delivery only, fax orders to 287-6210; sponsored by the Rutherford County Employee’s Relay for Life team.

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ment to people in all areas of the county during these tough economic times.

“Great things are going to happen today,” said host Davis. “And we have a front row seat to see it happen,” she said.

After hearing about the economic struggles here, radio staff decided to answer God’s leading and put the Day of Hope together, Davis explained.

“God told us we could either do nothing or we could get out there and encourage people and let them know we care,” she continued.

City Planner Danielle Withrow said, “We are fortunate to have our faithbased institutions throughout our county and it’s great to have Matt & Carol here.”

“This is encouraging,” she said. “And

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amount of funding the state gives to the college.

“For us, it’s not enough to lose significant funding from, because our enrollment has spiked. It won’t affect us now, but long term it could,” Gold said.

Many of the students’ schedules have been made since the spring, Gold said. Of approximately 400 high school students enrolled in courses at Isothermal, 28 have schedules with at least one class impacted by the change; that number reflects not just Rutherford County Schools students but also home school and Thomas

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“It’s been several years ago now that we requested the state to do a study on that because of the number of wrecks that we’ve had and the number of injuries,” Ward said.

“They finally got around to doing the study, and they talked about putting up a stoplight at first, and then they changed and decided to go with a four-way stop. I’m not sure why.”

The actual work of putting up the signs is done by the state. “We can request them to, and in this case we did,” Ward noted.

Ward said earlier he had some reservations about the value of a four-

Homecoming: Sunday, Aug. 23, West Point Baptist Church, 1160 Rd., Rutherfordton; Sunday School 9 a.m., worship service 10 a.m.; a covered dish meal will follow.

Revival: Aug. 23-26, 7 nightly; Hicks Grove Baptist Church, 574 Hicks Grove Rd., off 221 south; guest speaker, Rev. Len Turner of Woodstock, Ga.; Raymond Byrd, pastor.

Revival: Aug. 24-28, 7 nightly; Fork Creek Baptist Church; guest speaker, Sam Henderson.

freebies.

After the show, staff members visited a number of businesses in town before going to Spindale where Matt and Carol talked with visitors for two hours as others greeted residents outside under a large orange tent.

“It’s hectic in here,” said Spindale Drug Store owner Bill Koonce. “But hectic is here.”

An overflowing crowd filled the lunch area as other WMIT lunched with visitors.

“This is a good day,” said a passerby.

The station hosted Chris and Conrad in a free concert Thursday night at Isothermal Community College, Foundation. Wendy’s sponsored the event.

The Black Mountain radio station was begun by Billy Graham.

Jefferson Classical Academy students.

The college’s high school liaison will be working with those impacted by the change on rearranging their schedules.

Some may be able to move to courses offered through Learn and Earn – which are online college-credit courses and were not impacted by the final budget – or enroll in the same classes as before by paying tuition for the courses.

But, students may find the classes they need are already filled.

“The other thing we are having to look at is regular, traditional students have the first opportunity to register, then dual enrollment students,” Gold said. “With enrollment as high as it is, space for high school students is

really limited.”

The change is one that is beyond the control of the college, said Isothermal’s Director of Marketing and Public Relations Mike Gavin, and isn’t one college officials like.

“It cuts on the service we can offer,” Gavin said.

It’s a move that places the college a step behind rather than forward, Gold said.

“The sooner you can get students on a college campus the more likely they are to get a college education,” she said. “We’ve been pursuing for a long time to get those doors opened and this has sort of closed that door.”

way stop.

“There is a four-way stop over at the Highway Patrol station,” he said.

“When they put the one up there, I was kind of concerned about a fourway stop, us not having any around here, that it may cause wrecks. But we’ve worked very few wrecks over there. Apparently they work.”

The FCPD works the intersection regularly.

“We gave warning tickets to start with,” Ward said, “just to get people used to it. We know when they go through there for a good many years and they’re not there, and then all at once they’re there, a lot of times they don’t pay that much attention. We gave warning tickets for a while; now we’re writing the real thing. People

have to be very careful to stop, for their own safety.

We certainly don’t want anyone getting hurt there. If you pull out from Westview, it’s hard to see. There were already two stop signs there. People were still pulling out in front of traffic. Now everybody needs to stop and look.”

Normally the car that reaches a four-way intersection first has the right of way after stopping. If the vehicles arrive at about the same time, the car to the right has the right of way.

The cost of a stop sign violation is a $50 fine and $121 in court costs.

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Karen Marshall, development director at Smith’s said, “We are just so honored to have them here and to be a host site. We appreciate their interest and efforts. This is truly a pick-me up,” “Every vehicle they have is here and is traveling around the county today to meet people,” Marshall added. “For once, I’m wordless.”

Mark Hill, Chief Operations Officers for the medical division said he listens to the morning show every day on his drive from Hickory to Forest City.

“Our entire county needs to be blessed,” said former Forest City Postmaster Gary Groves. “This day brings out the best in everybody,” he said.

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A Tale of Two Running Backs Cerreto named CPL Player of the Year RALEIGH — The Coastal Plain League announced today that Phil Cerreto of the Martinsville Mustangs has been named the 2009 Rawlings CPL Offensive Player of the Year.

A junior from Longwood and Midlothian, Va., Cerreto was a constant offensive force for the Mustangs in 2009. He started 51-of-53 games played for Martinsville and finished with an impressive .351 batting average – third highest in the league. Cerreto also finished first in the CPL with 72 hits, which is good for sixth all-time in a single season in league history. He also finished among the league leaders on the season in doubles (16 - tied for second), triples (four - tied for fourth) and home runs (eight – fifth) More impressive, however, is that he had an eye-opening 120 total bases, which 19 better than anyone else in the league, and just one shy of the CPL record of 121 shared by Jason Dubois (Rocky Mount, 1998) and Kevin Mahoney (Forest City, 2008).

Cerreto also finished tied for fourth in the league with 40 RBIs, while scoring 33; and tacked on a .585 slugging percentage to go with a .396 on-base percentage. Opposing pitchers walked him 16 times and Cerreto was a perfect 12-of-12 in stolen bases.

In addition to his total bases and hits being ranked among the Top 10 single season bests in Coastal Plain League history, Cerreto’s slugging percentage of .585 was good enough for ninth place.

While the Mustangs finished with a 22-34 record, Cerreto turned in a team-MVP performance almost nightly. He was selected as a Coastal Plain League All-Star, starting at first base.

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R-S Central’s Chris ‘Oddie’ Murray, left, and East Rutherford’s Tyler ‘Kasper’ Hamilton, right, each approach running the football with different styles, but both are among the area’s top running backs and both will be big factors in their teams’ success this year.

Kasper, Oddie are ready to roll

By SCOTT BOWERS Daily Courier Sports Editor

FOREST CITY — In football, there are several nicknames that have been applied to teams that utilize a twoback system.

‘Double Trouble,’ ‘Smash and Dash,’ and ‘Thunder and Lightning,’ are a few of the nicknames that have become synonymous with the tworunning back approach that several teams will use at many levels of the

game.

In Rutherford County, two running backs could easily be labeled as ‘Smash’ or ‘Dash,’ or even ‘Thunder’ or ‘Lightning.’

But these two young men already proudly carry nicknames, and they each play for a different school.

At East Rutherford High, the Cavaliers will use a touch of dash in the form of Tyler ‘Kasper’ Hamilton.

At R-S Central High, the Hilltoppers

will use a touch of smash in the form of Chris ‘Oddie’ Murray.

How good are the two backs? If there was a Rutherford County prep version of fantasy football, Hamilton and Murray will be drafted first and second. Who would go first in such a draft, would be entirely dependant upon who was doing the drafting.

Both players, barring injury, should

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Three programs kick off prep season

By SCOTT BOWERS Daily Courier Sports Editor

FOREST CITY — The 2009 NCHSAA prep football season will begin tonight with endowment games across the state.

All three Rutherford County football programs in the new 3A/2A South Mountain Athletic Conference will be in action, with two programs (East

Rutherford and R-S Central) playing at home, while Chase will be on the road against East Henderson.

All three games have a scheduled 7:30 p.m., kick off and all three are endowment games. An endowment game allows the school to share revenues with the state and allows the teams that participate to drop a later game from its final record.

Lincolnton at East Rutherford FOREST CITY — Let the Clint Bland Era begin.

“I’m excited and nervous and just all of those emotions,” said Bland, prior to his very first game as head coach of the East Rutherford Varsity foot Please see Season, Page 9

Local Sports FOOTBALL 7:30 p.m. Chase at East Henderson 7:30 p.m. Lincolnton at East Rutherford 7:30 p.m. Bessemer City at R-S Central

Off The Wall Scott Bowers

CPL wrong on Player of the Year

On Radio FOOTBALL 7:30 p.m. (WCAB AM 590) Lincolnton at East Rutherford

Pro Bowl selection at training camp, which ended Thursday.

“We’re trying to work and he asks me a lot of questions,” Smith said. “He’s doing an exceptional job. He’s really been a pleasure to work with.”

Moore’s trying to jump-start his pro career after finishing college at Wake Forest in grand fashion. Playing at the same venue he came to while in high school to watch Smith and the Panthers, Moore caught 11 passes for 112 yards and was voted MVP of the 2007 Meineke Bowl at Bank of America Stadium.

For all I know, Phil Cerreto feeds homeless kittens and saves oil-slicked penguins from drowning in his free time. For all I know, Cerreto is a great young man, who helps little old ladies cross the street and has kept Martinsville crime free while doubling as first baseman for the Mustangs this summer.

What I do know, is that as good as Cerreto was, this past summer, he was not the best player in the Coastal Plain League. He was not the Offensive Player of the Year.

How do I know? How can I be so sure?

Because Cerreto hit a whopping .216 against the Forest City Owls this summer — that’s 8 for 37 for the whole season.

Eight hits in 11 games played against the Owls.

Cerreto crossed the plate just twice this whole summer against the best wooden bat team in the nation and the Mustangs’ first baseman drove in one — one RBI all summer against the Owls.

Oh, yeah, the Mustangs went 1-11 against the Owls this summer.

Sure, Cerreto did finish with 120 total bases and yada, yada,

Please see Panthers, Page 8

Please see Off the Wall, Page 9

On TV 12 p.m. (ESPN2) ATP Tennis US Open Series — Western & Southern Financial Group Masters Quarterfinals.

1 p.m. (ESPN) Little League Baseball World Series Pool Play — Mid-Atlantic vs.

Northwest.

3 p.m. (ESPN) Little League Baseball World Series Pool Play — Asia-Pacific vs. Europe.

5 p.m. (ESPN) Little League Baseball World Series Pool Play — Midwest vs. Southeast.

5:30 p.m. (ESPN2) NASCAR Racing Sprint Cup — Sharpie 500 Qualifying.

7 p.m. (FSS) MLB Baseball Cincinnati Reds at Pittsburgh Pirates.

8 p.m. (WHNS) NFL Preseason Football Tennessee Titans at Dallas Cowboys.

8 p.m. (ESPN) Little League Baseball World Series Pool Play — New England vs.

Southwest.

8 p.m. (ESPN2) NASCAR Racing Nationwide Series — Food City 250.

Associated Press

Carolina Panthers’ Steve Smith (89) runs in for a touchdown as Denver Broncos’ Josh Bell (34) and Dre’ Bly (32) persue during an NFL football game in Charlotte, in this Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008, file photo.

WR Moore learning from idol Smith SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — Steve Smith has acknowledged his recent 30th birthday led to a period of reflection.

Carolina teammate Kenny Moore provides more evidence that Smith has indeed begun the latter stages of his career.

“He’s been my favorite player growing up,” the second-year Panthers receiver and Charlotte, native said. “That’s why I want to listen to him, everything he’s got to say, and soak it all in.”

Smith has taken on Moore as one of his projects in an effort to become a team leader. They worked out together in the offseason, and Moore never seemed to stray far from the four-time

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Scoreboard BASEBALL National League East Division W L Pct 68 49 .581 64 56 .533 63 57 .525 56 64 .467 43 77 .358 Central Division

W L Pct St. Louis 69 53 .566 Chicago 61 57 .517 Houston 58 62 .483 Milwaukee 58 62 .483 Cincinnati 51 69 .425 Pittsburgh 49 70 .412 West Division

W L Pct Los Angeles 71 50 .587 Colorado 67 53 .558 San Francisco 66 55 .545 Arizona 54 67 .446 San Diego 51 71 .418

Philadelphia Florida Atlanta New York Washington

Associated Press

Jamaica’s Usain Bolt runs to a new World Record as he wins the Men’s 200m final during the World Athletics Championships in Berlin on Thursday.

Bolt sets new WR in 200m

BERLIN (AP) — Usain Bolt startled the world again.

The Jamaican sprinting great captured the 200-meter gold medal in 19.19 seconds Thursday, yet another world record. Gritting his teeth, he pointed to the clock as soon as the time flashed.

His time in the 200 slashed 0.11 seconds off the mark he set last year at the Beijing Olympics and came four days after he broke his 100 record by the same margin. “I was running my heart out,� Bolt said. “I got my start right and that was the key. And when I got the start I knew was fine.�

And, never shy to dream, he had a thought: What if Queen Elizabeth knighted him Sir Usain Bolt? “That sounds very nice,� Bolt said.

Bolt is now 5 for 5 in major sprint events. He won the gold in the 100, 200 and sprint relay in Beijing’s Bird Nest, each time with a world record.

Now he is one race away from doing likewise in Berlin.

GB — 5 1/2 6 1/2 13 1/2 26 1/2 GB — 6 10 10 17 18 1/2 GB — 3 1/2 5 17 20 1/2

Wednesday’s Games Philadelphia 8, Arizona 1 Colorado 5, Washington 4 Pittsburgh 3, Milwaukee 1 Atlanta 15, N.Y. Mets 2 San Francisco 1, Cincinnati 0 Houston 6, Florida 3 Chicago Cubs 7, San Diego 1 St. Louis 3, L.A. Dodgers 2 Thursday’s Games Cincinnati 2, San Francisco 1, 10 innings Philadelphia 12, Arizona 3 Colorado 4, Washington 1 Atlanta 3, N.Y. Mets 2 Florida at Houston, late St. Louis at San Diego, late Chicago Cubs at L.A. Dodgers, late Friday’s Games Cincinnati (Owings 6-11) at Pittsburgh (Morton 2-6), 7:05 p.m.

Milwaukee (Looper 10-6) at Washington (J.Martin 2-2), 7:05 p.m.

Philadelphia (Hamels 7-7) at N.Y. Mets (Pelfrey 8-8), 7:10 p.m.

Florida (A.Sanchez 1-4) at Atlanta (J.Vazquez 10-8), 7:35 p.m.

Arizona (Y.Petit 2-7) at Houston (Oswalt 6-4), 8:05 p.m.

San Francisco (J.Sanchez 5-10) at Colorado (Cook 10-5), 9:10 p.m.

St. Louis (Lohse 5-7) at San Diego (Richard 2-0), 10:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (R.Wells 9-5) at L.A. Dodgers (Wolf 7-6), 10:10 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Chicago Cubs at L.A. Dodgers, 4:10 p.m.

Arizona at Houston, 7:05 p.m.

Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.

Milwaukee at Washington, 7:05 p.m.

Florida at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m.

Philadelphia at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.

San Francisco at Colorado, 8:10 p.m.

St. Louis at San Diego, 10:05 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Philadelphia at N.Y. Mets, 1:10 p.m.

Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 1:35 p.m.

Florida at Atlanta, 1:35 p.m.

Milwaukee at Washington, 1:35 p.m.

Arizona at Houston, 2:05 p.m.

San Francisco at Colorado, 3:10 p.m.

St. Louis at San Diego, 4:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at L.A. Dodgers, 4:10 p.m.

American League

NCAA throws out Memphis’ Final Four run

New York Boston Tampa Bay Toronto Baltimore

Detroit Chicago Minnesota Cleveland Kansas City

Los Angeles Texas Seattle Oakland

East Division W L Pct 76 45 .628 68 51 .571 65 54 .546 55 63 .466 48 72 .400 Central Division W L Pct 64 56 .533 62 59 .512 58 62 .483 51 68 .429 47 73 .392 West Division W L Pct 73 45 .619 67 52 .563 62 59 .512 53 67 .442

GB — 7 10 19 1/2 27 1/2 GB — 2 1/2 6 12 1/2 17 GB — 6 1/2 12 1/2 21Â

Wednesday’s Games Chicago White Sox 4, Kansas City 2 L.A. Angels 3, Cleveland 0 Seattle 3, Detroit 1 Boston 6, Toronto 1 Tampa Bay 3, Baltimore 1 Minnesota 5, Texas 4 N.Y. Yankees 3, Oakland 2 Thursday’s Games Detroit 7, Seattle 6 L.A. Angels at Cleveland, late Boston 8, Toronto 1 Baltimore at Tampa Bay, late Minnesota at Texas, late Friday’s Games Seattle (French 2-3) at Cleveland (D.Huff 7-6), 7:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels (O’Sullivan 3-1) at Toronto (Rzepczynski 1-3), 7:07 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Pettitte 9-6) at Boston (Penny 7-7), 7:10 p.m.

Texas (Nippert 4-1) at Tampa Bay (Kazmir 7-7), 7:38 p.m.

Minnesota (Blackburn 8-8) at Kansas City (Hochevar 6-6), 8:10 p.m.

Baltimore (Guthrie 7-12) at Chicago White Sox (G.Floyd 10-7), 8:11 p.m.

Detroit (E.Jackson 9-5) at Oakland (G.Gonzalez 4-3), 10:05 p.m.

Saturday’s Games L.A. Angels at Toronto, 1:07 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Boston, 4:10 p.m.

Baltimore at Chicago White Sox, 7:05 p.m.

Seattle at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m.

Texas at Tampa Bay, 7:08 p.m.

Minnesota at Kansas City, 7:10 p.m.

Detroit at Oakland, 9:05 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Seattle at Cleveland, 1:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Toronto, 1:07 p.m.

Texas at Tampa Bay, 1:38 p.m.

Baltimore at Chicago White Sox, 2:05 p.m.

Minnesota at Kansas City, 2:10 p.m.

Detroit at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Boston, 8:05 p.m.

FOOTBALL National Football League Preseason Standings

W New England 1 Miami 1 Buffalo 1 N.Y. Jets 0

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0 0 1.000 48 0 0 1.000 16 1 0 .000 9 1 0 .000 3 North

W L T Pct PF Baltimore 1 0 0 1.000 23 Pittsburgh 1 0 0 1.000 20 Cincinnati 0 1 0 .000 7 Cleveland 0 1 0 .000 0 West

W L T Pct PF Oakland 1 0 0 1.000 31 Denver 0 1 0 .000 16 Kansas City 0 1 0 .000 10 San Diego 0 1 0 .000 14 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East

W L T Pct PF N.Y. Giants 1 0 0 1.000 24 Philadelphia 0 1 0 .000 25 Dallas 0 1 0 .000 10 Washington 0 1 0 .000 0 South

W L T Pct PF New Orleans 1 0 0 1.000 17 Atlanta 0 1 0 .000 26 Carolina 0 1 0 .000 17 Tampa Bay 0 1 0 .000 20 North

W L T Pct PF Detroit 1 0 0 1.000 27 Green Bay 1 0 0 1.000 17 Minnesota 1 0 0 1.000 13 Chicago 0 1 0 .000 20 West

W L T Pct PF St. Louis 1 0 0 1.000 23 San Francisco 1 0 0 1.000 17 Seattle 1 0 0 1.000 20 Arizona 0 1 0 .000 10

38 10 12 13 PA 0 10 17 17 PA 10 17 16 20 PA 17 27 31 23 PA 7 27 24 27 PA 26 0 3 27 PA 20 16 14 20

Thursday’s Games Cincinnati at New England, late Philadelphia at Indianapolis, late Friday’s Games Tennessee at Dallas, 8 p.m.

Atlanta at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Kansas City at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Carolina at Miami, 7:30 p.m.

Detroit at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Washington, 7:30 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Jacksonville, 7:30 p.m.

Buffalo at Green Bay, 8 p.m.

New Orleans at Houston, 8 p.m.

N.Y. Giants at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Oakland at San Francisco, 8:15 p.m.

San Diego at Arizona, 10 p.m.

Denver at Seattle, 10:30 p.m.

Monday’s Game N.Y. Jets at Baltimore, 8 p.m.

Thursday, Aug. 27 Jacksonville at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

St. Louis at Cincinnati, 7:30 p.m.

Miami at Tampa Bay, 8 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 28 New England at Washington, 8 p.m.

Green Bay at Arizona, 10 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 29 Indianapolis at Detroit, 1 p.m.

New Orleans at Oakland, 4 p.m.

Buffalo at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m.

Tennessee at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m.

San Diego at Atlanta, 8 p.m.

Baltimore at Carolina, 8 p.m.

N.Y. Jets at N.Y. Giants, 8 p.m.

San Francisco at Dallas, 8 p.m.

Seattle at Kansas City, 8 p.m.

Sunday, Aug. 30 Chicago at Denver, 8 p.m.

Monday, Aug. 31 Minnesota at Houston, 8 p.m.

Panthers Notebook

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) But quarterback Jake home and play with the kids.� — The Panthers hadn’t even Delhomme, who sat out finished their final practice Thursday’s practice to rest, STILL NO STEWART: Thursday when Carolina’s equip- believes the Panthers are on the Thursday marked the 10th conment staff started loading tackright track. secutive practice that running ling dummies, yard markers and “I enjoy camp, I really do,� he back Jonathan Stewart has exercise bikes into a moving van said. “But you know what, it’s missed because of pain in his left parked next to the field. always nice to get back because Achilles’ tendon.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Memphis has lost Training camp later concludyou know it’s getting closer to The injury, an offshoot from every one of the 38 victories it piled up in a basketed with the traditional hazing when the season is going to last year’s toe surgery, kept him ball season that ended with John Calipari’s Tigers of rookies being taped to the finally start. Certainly we’ve out of all offseason workouts. He just missing out on a national title. done a lot of work.� was practicing once a day and The NCAA stripped Memphis of all its wins from goalpost. Veteran linebackers Many players had their cars being held out of contact early 2007-08 Thursday, saying the Tigers used an ineli- Thomas Davis and Na’il Diggs backed into parking spots at in camp before being completely gible player who is believed to be NBA star Derrick then each dumped a bucket of water on them as coach John Wofford College for a quicker sidelined.

Rose.

Fox looked on. getaway after 21 practices and 14 Fox declined to give an update The university isn’t accepting the punishment, “I thought it was a good camp,� nights sleeping on small beds in Thursday on Stewart, who not yet. he said. “Guys worked hard.� tiny dorm rooms. rushed for a franchise rookie Memphis president Shirley Raines said shortly It got off to a horrible begin“I don’t care who you are, record 836 yards and 10 touchafter the NCAA’s announcement that the school is ning for Carolina, with startthere’s just something about downs last season. appealing what she called an unfair penalty. ing defensive tackle Maake training camp. It’s a grind,� “Yeah, I wish he was out there “We know the rules,� Raines said. “We did our Kemoeatu tearing his Achilles’ defensive tackle Damione Lewis healthy and going full speed. but due diligence. We did everything we could to said. “But you know, you come we have the luxury of some other determine the student-athlete was eligible and that tendon less than 30 minutes into the first workout. The team here, you focus, you get the work backs right now who can go out the rules were being followed.� has struggled to find a replacein, practice, focus on your job and take his time,� tackle Jordan The NCAA announcement came 16 months ment, and depth issues on both and try to get better. I think Gross said. “I don’t really care after the Tigers lost the national championship lines were exposed in Monday’s we’ve done that, getting a feel for if he does anything in the preto Kansas in overtime at the end of the 2007-08 exhibition loss to the New York the new system. season. I don’t worry until the season. It marks the second time both Memphis Giants. “Now it’s time for me to go regular season starts.� and coach John Calipari had to vacate Final Four seasons. The Tigers were stripped of their 1985 appearance and Calipari’s Massachusetts team lost its 1996 berth. season in a crowded prepare yourself mention that to the game.

Now the basketball coach at Kentucky, Calipari race for the No. 4 tally and physically for I learned how to be a said in a statement he was “very disappointed and that.� practice player, how to Continued from Page 7 receiver position, a job disheartened by the NCAA’s findings� and that he that will likely include One of Moore’s chalwork hard, so when the would not comment again until Memphis’ appeal some combination of lenges — and why he’s game comes around it’s is concluded. Calipari said he’s looking forward to Moore was then draft- kickoff and punt return latched onto Smith second nature to me.� coaching Kentucky this fall where officials are ful- ed in the fifth round duties. — is to become more Despite his accolades, ly supporting him despite the Memphis scandal.

by Detroit, but was let After few big plays consistent in pracfew players work harder “I’m not worried about it because they have never go in the final round of in camp, Moore made tice. It’s essential if in practice than the said Coach Cal did anything wrong at all,� said cuts and later signed a case for himself by he wants to beat out 5-foot-9 Smith, who Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear, who appeared with to the Lions’ practice catching two passes for Ryne Robinson, Larry was viewed as only a Calipari at the Kentucky State Fair on Thursday squad. The Panthers 27 yards in Monday’s Beavers, Jason Carter kick returner out of before the NCAA announcement. “I think he’s a signed him to their preseason opener and the others vying for college. Smith’s tutorvery upstanding guy. I think that’s his reputation active roster in October against the New York Carolina’s final receiver ing has helped the 5-11 and I think that reputation will be with him here. I to shore up depth Giants. spots on the 53-man Moore, who has also really don’t foresee any problems.� issues. “For me, it was the roster. faced questions about Memphis finished 38-2 in 2007-08, setting the He didn’t appear in a biggest game ever,� “When I was at Wake, his height.

NCAA record for wins in a season. game, but enters this Moore said. “It was I wasn’t really a prac“He’s a kid that obvinerve-racking before tice player,� Moore ously has cards stacked the game, but aftersaid. “I started realizagainst him,� receiver ward, when I got there, ing, ‘Kenny, if you don’t Muhsin Muhammad I was able to settle practice hard you’re said. “But he’s maindown, settle in and not going to get on the tained the right attitude make plays. Every game field.’ That’s what they and right approach to you’ve got to come in look for, guys who are how he prepares himlike it was the Super going to come practice, self in practice and then Bowl. So you’ve got to make plays and transihe had a good game.�

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yada (see Cerreto’s numbers at top of Page 7).

But come’on CPL, really? This is your player of the year?

What was it just too hard to look down the Owls roster and pick just one? Was that the problem?

Maybe, it was pronouncing the true player of the year’s name that caused problems.

His name is Konstantine Diamaduros. He too, played first base. He lead your league in batting (.376), as a freshman, and finished tied for the league lead in triples. Oh, yeah, he’s in your top five in several more offensive categories.

The thing of it is, he may not have been the best player for the Owls, this past summer, but he was easily one of the very best in the CPL. Don’t take this the wrong way, CPL, we still love you, but you don’t give an engagement ring to the ‘nice’ girl — if you have Megan Fox holding your hand as you cross the dance floor.

Season Continued from Page 7

ball team. “ I just hope the team is as excited as I am.”

The Cavaliers, 4-8 a year ago, started 2008 on the road against the Lincolnton Wolves. The Wolves simply devoured the Cavs that night and East would love a little home-cooked revenge.

This past week, Bland and his staff changed up the practice schedule to get the team ready for the early season heat of game time.

“We ran this past week as we would during school, with a 3 p.m. practice time,” said Bland.

“That was a bit of a mistake on Monday as we looked really flat. But, we have to be ready for the heat.

“I think we ran a little bit more this past week and we’ll rotate kids in and out tonight to keep them fresh.”

Wolves on Offense: Expect the Wolves to utilize the flex-option that is growing in popularity across the state, this season. Lincolnton will run a lot of dive plays and go off the edge with its’ option.

“I expect that we will get a large dose of the fullback until we stop him,” said Bland.

Cavaliers on Offense: The Cavs will go I-formation early, but look for the spread if they need to find room for their play makers Tyler Hamilton and Adrian Wilkins.

“We’re going to look to get the ball into Tyler’s hands as much as we can,” said Bland.

Key to the game: Staying fresh. The heat is always a factor and the team in the best shape should be in position to put this one away in the fourth quarter.

Garrett Byers/Daily Courier

East Rutherford’s Tyler Hamilton speeds away from a Shelby defender in this file photo. Hamilton’s combination of speed, agility and elusiveness makes him one of the top offensive weapons in the county.

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easily top 1,000-yards rushing and both should finish with double-digit touchdowns, this season.

What makes the two so similar is that neither one is at all concerned about their individual numbers as the season approaches.

“The only thing that I want to do is win,” said Hamilton. “The numbers and all that other stuff just doesn’t mean anything if we don’t win.”

Murray issued almost, wordfor-word, the same preseason declaration.

“I am just ready for the season to begin,” Murray said. “I want to do whatever I have to do to help this team win games.”

Hamilton’s coach at East Rutherford, Clint Bland, and Murray’s coach at R-S Central, Mike Cheek, have already stated that the feature back in their offensive systems will get 25 to Chase at East Henderson 30 touches a game. For either the Cavaliers or Hilltoppers to CHASE — The hard road for the Trojans begins be successful, offensively, those tonight in Flat Rock. backs — Hamilton and Murray “I am just concerned with us,” said Chase head coach Brad Causby. “It is a mighty, mighty big task —must be productive with those carries. to go out to their place with only two returning “I think that I have worked starters. It’s a tough road, but we’re going to go out there and get our young men introduced to varsity harder this past year than I have in any other year,” said Murray. football.”

“We don’t have Red (former Eagles on Offense: East Henderson lost one Central quarterback DeShawn of the best running backs in the state, Michael Littlejohn) this year and Red Robinson, to graduation. But, this team returns with speed and experience in many positions. Look had the ability, speed to recover when a play went bad. for East to spread the field on the Trojans.

“This season, a lot is going “They will run some two-back stuff, but I expect to fall on me and I have to be we will see a lot of shotgun,” Causby said. ready.”

Trojans on Offense: Chase sticks with its flexoption offense, but will have a sub in at quarterWhile Murray will deal with back as starter Tyler Gaffney continues to heal becoming a team leader, his rival from a shoulder injury that affects his ability to Hamilton will assume a similar throw a football. role at East.

“Tyler will play. We will run him at wingback on “Yes, I need Tyler to be a leadoffense and as a corner on defense,” said Causby. er in the locker room, on the “Dache (Gossett) has worked very hard for us, but field, off the field and in the across the board, we are young and we have several classroom,” said Bland. “He is kids that must step it up.” a senior and he has to be a role Key to the game: It starts somewhere. The model for our younger guys.

Trojans are practically a JV team playing Varsity Look, they look up to him, they football, but what else is new. The Trojans need to follow his lead and we need him hang tough. to be a positive role, a leader.”

Hamilton is ready to accept that challenge.

Bessemer City at R-S Central “Yeah, I look back at the things RUTHERFORDTON — The Hilltoppers look to that I’ve done, the mistakes that begin what they hope will be one of the school’s I made and I tell the young guys finest seasons of prep football.

Central has loads of offensive talent, and perhaps, not to do the things that I did,” said Hamilton. “I just want this the best offensive line in the conference. team to become brothers.

The Hilltoppers will look to attack the Yellow “We have to come together and Jackets’ defense behind the Wing-T offense that not just be a collection of indiCoach Mike Cheek installed six years ago. viduals.

The coach is right, the Central’s Oddie Murray should get between 20 to guys do look to me and I like the 25 carries in the first game with Leon Brown and role.”

Keyshawn Hamilton getting touches as well.

Watch for new Central players Corey Jimerson and Darrian Watkins to play a role as well.

Key to the game: The biggest loss the Central program took over the off season was the graduation of two-starting QB DeShawn Littlejohn.

Jacob Kinlaw gets his turn tonight.

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R-S Central’s Chris Murray powers his way over a Polk County defender in this file photo. Murray’s strength and toughness make him one to watch this season.

Murray grew up in the R-S district, playing his middle school ball on the old Central High Hill at R-S Middle. Murray quickly made an impact at the Palace during his freshman season when he helped lead the JV Hilltoppers to a perfect 10-0 season.

Murray’s parents are Chris Murray and Rhonda Cash and the now-senior singled them out for all that they have done for him.

“My parents, I owe so much to them for all that they have done for me,” said Murray.

It was Murray’s aunt who first applied the nickname, ‘Oddie,’ to the junior Chris.

Hamilton heaped the same love and praise on his grandparents in Forest City, Robert and Jean Jones, for their part in rearing him.

“I just love them so much,” said Hamilton.

Hamilton didn’t recall who first called him, ‘Kasper,’ but he loves and embraces the nickname.

The two young men have vastly different running styles.

Murray brings to mind every power runner the world has ever seen from Earl Campbell

to Jerome Bettis. Murray never fears contact and is more than willing to go straight through a defender to gain additional yardage.

Hamilton, although not fearing contact, uses a different approach. Hamilton can zig and zag, and seemingly change direction on the proverbial dime.

But in person, both are quiet and respectful young men. On the field, their personas change to reflect the brutality of the game they love to play.

Hamilton, who sports eight different tattoos, has one on his left shoulder that speaks volumes for who he is as a person.

The symbol of a cloud with the word, ‘Blessed,’ appears at the top, while three lightning bolts, which represent Kasper’s uniform number, 3, strike the land where the phrase, ‘Only God can judge me,’ appears.

But both Hamilton and Murray will be judged all season long, by scouts from a variety of colleges, who are looking for a running back to add to the roster of the school they represent.

It all comes down to whether they may need a little ‘Thunder’ or a little ‘Lightning.’ Either way, they won’t be going wrong.

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Nation Today Man with amnesia ID’d

SEATTLE (AP) — A man who wandered out of a Seattle park three weeks ago not knowing his name or how he got there has been identified by a newspaper reader as a former English teacher who taught in China.

The Seattle Times published the mystery man’s photo on its Web site, and reader David Akast called the paper Thursday to say he is Edward Lighthart.

Three psychiatrists who examined him in Seattle recently believe the amnesia is genuine.

Teens charged in beating BALTIMORE (AP) — Two teenagers were arrested Thursday and charged as adults in what police say was the racially motivated beating of an elderly black fisherman.

Zachary Watson, 17, and Emmanuel Miller, 16, told police they were with Calvin E. Lockner when he attacked the man early Tuesday in a city park on the Patapsco River, but they claimed not to have participated in the beating, according to charging documents.

The three suspects, all of whom are white, are charged with attempted murder, assault and armed carjacking, among other crimes.

James A. Privott, 76, was punched, kicked and struck with a baseball bat while his assailants yelled racial slurs, according to charging documents in Lockner’s case.

Mayor’s attacker charged MILWAUKEE (AP) — A criminal complaint says a 20-year-old Milwaukee man has admitted he “freaked out” when he attacked the city’s mayor.

Authorities charged Anthony J. Peters on Thursday with firstdegree reckless injury and theft and two misdemeanors. The charges carry a maximum sentence of 36 years behind bars.

Crash kills 4 soldiers

DENVER (AP) — The Army says four soldiers died after a Black Hawk helicopter crashed on Colorado’s second-highest mountain.

The helicopter crashed Wednesday afternoon near the summit of 14,421-foot Mount Massive.

The Army’s Special Operations Command at Fort Bragg, N.C.,

announced the deaths Thursday.

The Army initially said two were killed, one was injured and one was missing. The missing man was found later. It wasn’t clear when he and the soldier who was reported injured had died.

Naked flier arrested OAKLAND, California (AP) — Authorities say a St. Louis-bound Southwest Airlines flight was forced to return to Oakland International Airport after a male passenger stripped, hit another passenger and fought with crew members.

Alameda County sheriff’s deputies say Flight 947 returned Thursday morning after 21-year-old Darius Chappille of Oakland allegedly exposed himself to the female passenger sitting next to him and punched her in the face.

Friend set on fire SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A 12-year-old California boy is under arrest for allegedly setting his friend on fire twice.

The victim, a 13-year-old boy, suffered severe burns to his legs as well as burns to his arms and abdomen.

Fire officials say the two were playing in a tree house Wednesday and filled a balloon with lighter fluid. The balloon broke, soaking the 13-year-old in the fluid.

According to officials, as he started leaving to go change his clothes, the 12-year-old lit him on fire. The victim patted out the flames, but then 12-year-old allegedly lit him ablaze again.

Murder charges filed BUENA PARK, Calif. (AP) — Reality TV contestant Ryan Alexander Jenkins was charged with murder Thursday in the death of his ex-wife, Orange County prosecutors said, as Canadian police searched for the suspect after he apparently slipped across the border.

He vanished after the naked body of former swimsuit model Jasmine Fiore was found stuffed in a suitcase in a trash bin Saturday.

Autorities suspect that Jenkins entered his native Canada on foot after a 1,000-mile car and boat trip from Southern California.

A car and empty boat trailer belonging to Jenkins, 32, a Calgary native, were found at a marina in remote northwest Washington.

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In this Aug. 4 file photo, a sign promoting the Cash for Clunkers program is seen in front a Ford Dealership in San Jose, Calif. The Obama administration will bring to an end the popular $3 billion Cash for Clunkers program on Monday giving car shoppers a few more days to take advantage of big government incentives

Cash for Clunkers will come to an end Monday WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration will end the popular $3 billion Cash for Clunkers program on Monday, giving car shoppers a few more days to take advantage of big government incentives.

The Transportation Department said Thursday that the government will wind down the program on Monday at 8 p.m. EDT. Car buyers can receive rebates of $3,500 or $4,500 for trading in older vehicles for new, more fuel-efficient models.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said the program has been “a lifeline to the automobile industry, jump starting a major sector of the economy and putting people back to work.” He said the department was “working toward an orderly wind down of this very popular program.”

The White House has touted the program’s success in providing a targeted boost to the sluggish economy since its inception in late July.

Through Thursday, auto dealers have made deals worth $1.9 billion and the incentives have generated more than 457,000 vehicle sales.

But the administration needed to put a halt to the program to avoid surpassing the $3 billion funding level. Consumers were on pace to exhaust the program’s coffers in early September and dealers have complained about long delays in getting reimbursed for the car incentives.

John McEleney, chairman of the National Automobile Dealers Association, said he remained concerned that so few dealers had been reimbursed for Clunker deals. But he said the Monday deadline should give dealers time to get their paperwork in order.

“I think if we can get a clean cutoff Monday and get everything processed by then, it will have been a pretty darned successful program,” he said.

But Mike Mahalak, who runs a Dodge, Chrysler and Jeep dealer-

ship in Winter Haven, Fla., said the Monday end date could lead to a similar rush that nearly crippled the federal government’s computer systems that were set up to handle claims.

“That Web site will lock up again once everyone is cramming it again on Monday,” Mahalak said. The administration has said it expanded the capacity of the computer network in an effort to improve the process for dealers.

The Transportation Department said they have reviewed nearly 40 percent of the transactions and have already paid out $145 million to dealers. Obama officials said there are no plans to seek additional funding.

Applications for rebates will not be accepted after the Monday deadline, administration officials said, and dealers should not make additional sales without receiving all the necessary paperwork from their customers. Dealers will be able to resubmit rejected applications after the deadline.

The Transportation Department cautioned dealers about making sales this weekend, advising them to make sales only when the buyer’s paperwork is clearly in order and can be submitted immediately for repayment.

President Barack Obama said in an interview Thursday that the program has been “successful beyond anybody’s imagination” but dealers were overwhelmed by the response of consumers. He pledged that dealers “will get their money.” The administration has said it has tripled the number of staffers sorting through the dealer paperwork.

Dealers have complained of delays in getting reimbursed and backlogs of vehicle paperwork getting processed in the program. Dealers have said they face a risk of not being reimbursed but LaHood has pledged that dealers will be paid.

Foreclosures hit a new high in second quarter WASHINGTON (AP) — With the recession throwing thousands of people out of work daily, more than 13 percent of American homeowners with a mortgage have fallen behind on their payments or are in foreclosure.

The record-high numbers released Thursday by the Mortgage Bankers Association are being driven by borrowers with traditional fixed-rate mortgages, rather than the shady subprime loans with adjustable rates that kicked off the mortgage crisis.

As of June, more than 4 percent of all borrowers were in foreclosure, while about 9 percent had missed at least one payment.

And the layoffs keep coming.

Lockheed Martin Corp. said this week it’s handing out about 800 pink slips in its space systems division, and audio conferencing company Polycom Inc. said it will cut about 80 positions.

New jobless claims rose last week to a seasonally adjusted 576,000, the Labor Department said Thursday.

While the recession, measured by the nation’s total economic output, is likely over, most economists expect layoffs and foreclosures to keep rising for many months as companies remain in cost-cutting mode.

“Their confidence has been shattered,” said Brian Bethune, chief U.S. financial economist at IHS Global Insight. “They are going to be very conservative. They don’t want to be blind-sided by a false dawn econo-

my.”

Nee Salam, 56, lost his engineering job at an automotive electronics supplier south of Atlanta more than a year ago.

At the time, he said, “I was thinking the job market was going to change right away.” But it hasn’t.

Since then, he’s been working as a consultant, earning less than half his old salary of $115,000. His wife has been cleaning houses to keep the family afloat.

But after draining their savings and retirement accounts, the couple have missed four payments on their $636,000 mortgage. Their request for a loan modification from OneWest Bank (formerly failed IndyMac Bank) was denied because the couple’s income was too low.

A OneWest representative did not immediately comment.

As banks unload foreclosed properties at deep discounts, they are attracting homebuyers back into the market. On Friday, the National Association of Realtors will release July home sales data, and economists expect it to show the fourth-straight monthly sales increase.

While there have been signs that prices are stabilizing, some economists say that’s a temporary respite.

“We don’t think we’ve seen a bottom yet in home prices because of the foreclosure problem,” said Michelle Meyer, an economist with Barclays Capital.

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In this Aug. 12, photo, Alice Brown packs boxes at Valley Services, Inc. Traditions plant in Pearl, Miss. The plant produces prepared meals and recently nearly doubled in size, expecting to add 100 jobs in the next year.

Depite some positive signs in the economy, the number of people filing jobless claims went up again

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Investors move back toward financial stocks

NEW YORK — More signs that the economy is creeping toward recovery encouraged investors to move further into stocks — but at a cautious pace.

Stocks rose moderately Thursday in very light volume. There were no dramatic economic reports, but a smattering of more upbeat data convinced investors to take more chances on stocks.

Financials were particularly in demand after a report quoting American International Group Inc.’s CEO as saying the company will repay its bailout loans from the government.

News from the Philadelphia Federal Reserve of a pickup in mid-Atlantic manufacturing also lifted the market, having offset a weaker-than-expected Labor Department report on first-time claims for unemployment.

“I think the headline news just gave more comfort to those who have been and remain of the view that the recession is not only ending but that we are on the cusp of a V-shaped recovery,” said David Rosenberg, chief economist and strategist at Gluskin Sheff & Associates.

Stock prices drifted higher through the afternoon. The market seemed to be shaking off some of the fears that had triggered selling in what has been a back-and-forth week, including sharp losses in Chinese shares and concerns about consumer spending.

According to preliminary calculations, the Dow Jones industrials rose 70.89, or 0.8 percent, to 9,350.05. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose 10.91, or 1.1 percent, to 1,007.37, while the Nasdaq composite index gained 19.98, or 1.0 percent, to 1,989.22.

But there were still signs of caution. The low volume, typical for an August day, meant investors weren’t piling into the market. It also meant that price movements could be exaggerated.

Volume on the New York Stock Exchange came to 1.05 billion shares, up slightly from Wednesday’s 988.3 million. Rising stocks outpaced falling stocks by about 3 to 1 on the NYSE. Treasury prices closed mixed, having regained some ground from earlier losses, another sign that investors are being careful. Government debt is considered one of the safest places to stash money.

The yield on the benchmark 10-year note fell to 3.43 percent from 3.46 percent late Wednesday.

In other trading, the Russell 2000 index of smaller companies rose 7.03, or 1.3 percent, to 568.68.

The dollar was mixed against other major currencies, while gold prices fell to $944.80.

Oil prices rose 12 cents to $72.54 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

Financial stocks, and in turn the rest of the market, got a boost after Bloomberg News quoted AIG’s new CEO, Robert Benmosche, as saying the company would repay its bailout loans. The company, which the government saved from collapse nearly a year ago, got a rescue package worth up to $182.5 billion.

AIG shot up 21.3 percent, rising $5.66 to $32.30.

Citigroup Inc., another recipient of a large bailout package, rose 35 cents, or 8.5 percent, to $4.48.

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Jobless benefit claims increase

By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER AP Economics Writer

WASHINGTON — The number of first-time claims for unemployment benefits rose unexpectedly for the second straight week, a sign that jobs remain scarce even as other data show the economy is stabilizing.

Many economists expect the economy to grow at a modest pace in the second half of this year, bringing an end to the longest recession since World War II. But jobs are likely to remain scarce and many analysts worry that persistently high unemployment could cause consumers to hold back on spending, threatening a recovery.

The Labor Department said Thursday the number of new jobless claims rose to a seasonally adjusted 576,000 last week, from a revised figure of 561,000.

Wall Street economists expected a drop to 550,000, according to a survey by Thomson Reuters.

Economists closely watch initial claims, which are considered a gauge of layoffs and an indication of companies’ willingness to hire new workers.

“Consumer spending is going to have a very difficult time recovering with the labor market as weak as it is,” said Joshua Shapiro, chief U.S. economist at MFR Inc. The Conference Board’s index of leading economic indicators rose for a fourth straight month in July, gaining 0.6 percent. That was slightly less than economists expected and a slower rate than in the prior three months.

Still, the Conference Board said its index, which is meant to project economic activity in the next three to six months, suggests the recession has bottomed out and growth in economic activity will begin soon.

Six of the 10 indicators that comprise the index increased in July, including employment data and stock prices. Consumer expectations were the biggest negative factor.

Meanwhile, the Mortgage Bankers Association said more than 13 percent of American homeowners with a mortgage are either behind on their payments or in foreclosure, a record tally as the recession leaves more people unemployed. About a third of new foreclosures between April and June were prime, fixed-rate loans, up from one in five a year earlier.

The jobless claims figures are volatile, and had been trending down, after remaining above 600,000 for most of this year.

The new report indicates that the labor market is still weak. In a healthy economy, initial claims are usually around 325,000 or below.

The four-week average of initial claims, which smooths out fluctuations, rose for the second straight week to 570,000.

The number of people remaining on the benefit rolls dropped by 2,000 to 6.24 million.

Analysts had expected a slight decline. The continuing claims figures lag initial claims by a week.

The stock market rose slightly in morning trading. The Dow Jones industrial average added about 35 points, while broader

indices also edged up.

When federal emergency programs are included, the total number of jobless benefit recipients was 9.18 million in the week that ended Aug. 1, the most recent data available. That was down from 9.25 million in the previous week. Congress has added up to 53 extra weeks of benefits on top of the 26 typically provided by the states.

The large number of people remaining on the rolls is an indication that unemployed workers are having a hard time finding new jobs.

Still, layoffs have slowed recently. The department said earlier this month that companies cut 247,000 jobs in July, a large amount but still the smallest number in almost a year.

The unemployment rate dipped to 9.4 percent in July from 9.5 percent, its first drop in 15 months. But many private economists and the Federal Reserve think the rates could top 10 percent by next year.

The recession, which began in December 2007, has eliminated a net total of 6.7 million jobs.

More job cuts were announced this week. Bethesda, Md.-based defense contractor Lockheed Martin Corp. said it will eliminate about 800 jobs in its space systems division, and San Francisco-based video and audio conferencing company Polycom Inc. said it will cut 3 percent of its 2,600 person work force.

Among the states, Tennessee had the largest increase in claims.

The next largest increases were in North Carolina, Wisconsin, Georgia and Washington.

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Consumers devour nutrient-spiked food, drinks

MILWAUKEE (AP) — From heart-friendly margarines to sugary cereals that strengthen bones, oncedemonized foods are being spiked with nutrients to give them a healthier glow — and consumers are biting, even on some that are little more than dressed-up junk food.

A report released Thursday finds that even in a weak economy, people will pay a premium for products seen as preventing a health problem or providing a good alternative to sodas and empty-calorie snacks. The report is from research firm Pricewaterhouse Coopers.

These products include winners and sinners: juices that supply kids with needed calcium, but also candy disguised as granola bars with just a smidgeon of much-ballyhooed nutrients.

The industry calls these products “nutraceuticals” or “functional foods.” Critics say they could lead people to consume too much of certain nutrients, plus too many calories and fats.

New York University food scientist Marion Nestle calls them “calorie distractors.”

“Functional foods are about marketing, not health,” she said. “They delude people into thinking that these things are healthy,” and they often eat more than is wise, she said.

Her shame list includes a candy bar pumped with caffeine and B vitamins, marketed as an “energy boost,” and fattening ice creams enriched with calcium and helpful bacteria called probiotics.

Other nutrition experts worry about too much of a good thing. The studies are far from definitive, but some suggest that too much of vitamins A, C, E and folic acid can be risky for some people.

Folic acid, for example, is “uncharted territory” because so many foods now

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Cheerios, Tropicana Orange Juice, and vitaminwater are arranged for a studio photograph, Wednesday in New York. Food and beverage makers increasingly are spiking their products with vitamins and other nutrients, and are finding a healthy appetite in consumers.

are fortified with it, said Tufts University nutrition expert Alice Lichtenstein.

“We don’t actually know how high you can go” and be safe, she said.

Americans have a big appetite for these products.

Functional foods account for more than $27 billion in sales a year — about 5 percent of the U.S. food market, the Pricewaterhouse report says. Estimates of future growth range from 8.5 to 20 percent per year, far more than the 1 to 4 percent forecast for the food industry as a whole.

Fiber, for digestive health, has been a big draw. In 2007, General Mills expanded its Fiber One brand into bars with appealing flavors such as Oat & Caramel and Chocolate Mocha. Sales exceeded $100 million in the first year.

In 2004, the company added whole grain to its entire Big G cereal line — 50 to 60 brands. Kathy Wiemer, a company dietitian, argues that a cereal such as Lucky Charms, made from whole grain oats and contain-

ing less sugar than many yogurts, is a healthy breakfast choice.

“There are some misperceptions around foods that contain sugar,” she said. “And we know that consumers are far below the recommended intakes” for fibers and whole grains.

Among beverages, vitamin-enhanced versions of Tropicana Pure Premium juices now account for 40 percent of Tropicana sales and the share is growing, said Dave DeCecco, a spokesman for Tropicana’s maker, PepsiCo Inc. A kids’ version has added vitamins A, C, D and E plus folic acid, potassium and calcium.

Coca-Cola Inc. makes an enhanced Minute Maid orange juice with a host of vitamins plus zinc, and an apple juice marketed for kids with multiple vitamins and calcium. Kraft Foods Inc. sells a version of Capri Sun drinks with added antioxidant vitamins.

Soft drinks, including vitamin waters and sports beverages, now claim a third of the nutraceutical

market, according to the Pricewaterhouse report.

They have gained as carbonated soft drink sales have declined.

Dairy products, led by yogurts such as Yoplait and Dannon’s Activia line, accounted for nearly $7 billion in sales in 2007, just behind the beverage category, the Pricewaterhouse report says.

However, “plus” products can have minuses, such as sweetened “silly beverages that cost $2 and $3 apiece with added ginkgo or caffeine or chromium, a supposed appetite suppressant,” said David Schardt, senior nutritionist for the consumer group Center for Science in the Public Interest.

“It’s really a junk food dressed up to look prettier than it is,” he said. “People are going to be deceived into thinking a lot of these products are especially healthy for them when there’s little evidence they are. There’s more hype to these products than there is reality.”

The federal Food and Drug Administration is paying

more attention to health claims on functional foods.

The FDA recently sent General Mills a letter saying that Cheerios was being “promoted for conditions that cause it to be a drug” — lowering cholesterol 4 percent in six weeks.

General Mills says it is working with the FDA, that its fiber health claim “has been FDA-approved for 12 years,” and that the cholesterol claim has been on Cheerios boxes for more than two years.

Several nutrition scientists say they hope the agency will go after hyped claims of foods and ingredients that can “boost immunity” — a vague concept with little hard science to back it up, Schardt said.

Omega-3 fatty acids also are drawing more attention. The ones that some studies have linked to heart benefits are derived from marine sources, such as fish oil, but many foods touting omega-3 use plant sources, Lichtenstein said.

The biggest worry is that adding a nutrient will give “a health halo” to foods and lead to overconsumption, she said.

“The biggest problem we have in the United States is overnutrition — too much calories,” Lichtenstein said.

Brian Wansink, a food marketing expert at Cornell University, sees another risk.

Health benefits come from eating the entire food, not just a single nutrient inside it, he said.

“People are sort of losing the point of why they’re eating certain foods,” Wansink said. With functional foods, “we end up eating it like it is medicine, so we end up eating too much of it.”

On the Net: Pricewaterhouse report: http://tinyurl.com/ oflomp; Food Information Council: http://www.ific.org/ nutrition/functional/

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Please contact every Congressman, Senator and Governor and demand they take action now to stop these trade agreements and make the laws so strict that nothing can be shipped into this country unless the wholesale price is the same so the American factories can compete and our people going back to work and there would be a future for our children and grandchildren. Just remember the same politicians that tell you they are your friend are the same ones that either voted for the trade agreements or they have said nothing about them since they got to Washington.

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By PAMELA HESS Associated Press Writer

Attorney General Eric Holder gestures during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington Thursday.

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U.S. indicts Mexican drug lords

WASHINGTON (AP) — Mexican drug cartels have spread to “our own backyards,” Attorney General Eric Holder said Thursday as he announced a dozen new indictments aimed at capturing suspected kingpins so they can stand trial in U.S. courts.

The indictments of 10 alleged bosses of the cartels and 33 other suspects expand previous U.S. efforts to decapitate the cartels’ senior leadership.

First, though, they must be caught. The accused cartel leaders indicted Thursday are wanted in Mexico, and some have been sought by Mexican and U.S. law enforcement for many years. Prosecutors say that the rings generated nearly $6 billion in drug profits.

“The criminal conduct alleged in these indictments did not take place solely in Mexico.

Rather, it played right out here in our own backyards,” said Holder.

Investigators say the suspects used almost every type of transportation imaginable to move the drugs: a Boeing 747 cargo plane, submarines and semi-sub-

mersibles, container ships, fishing vessels, buses, rail cars, and tractor-trailers.

The attorney general said he expects the cartel leaders will eventually “be here in the United States and they will face justice,” adding that the indictments are not symbolic acts but a sign the U.S. government is aggressively hunting the cartels.

The flurry of indictments unsealed in Chicago and New York depict sprawling distribution networks stretching back nearly two decades, based on investigations by the Drug Enforcement Administration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the Internal Revenue Service.

John Morton, the head of ICE, said the cartels “are not indestructible. They are made up of men who commit crime.

Through these indictments, these men will be left with lives on the run, looking over their shoulders. And they should be running.”

DEA chief Michele Leonart said there are “fewer and fewer places for these criminals to hide.”

Three suspects — Joaquin “el Chapo” Guzman-Loera, Ismael “el Mayo” Zambada-Garcia and Arburo Beltran-Leyva — are accused of being the past and present heads of the organized crime syndicate called the Sinaloa cartel, or the Federation.

The three allegedly oversaw the shipment of nearly 200 metric tons of cocaine and large amounts of heroin into the United States.

Eight suspects were arrested in Chicago and Atlanta earlier this week.

Earlier this year, another 10 suspects, all accused customers or couriers of the ring, were charged in Chicago.

From Chicago, authorities charge the cartels moved cocaine and heroin to Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio, Detroit, Milwaukee, Philadelphia, Washington, Vancouver, British Columbia, and beyond.

Drug violence has claimed more than 11,000 lives in Mexico since President Felipe Calderon took office in late 2006 and launched a major offensive against cartels, which responded with unprecedented violence.

Suicides at work are increasing

WASHINGTON (AP) — Workplace suicides surged 28 percent last year, the Labor Department said Thursday, as experts said anxious workers watched colleagues depart in a rash of layoffs and faced survivor’s guilt.

At the same time, the agency’s Bureau of Labor Statistics said the total number of workers who died on the job from any cause fell by 10 percent.

The 5,071 workplace fatalities recorded in 2008 was the lowest number since the agency began tracking the data in 1992. That number includes 251 suicides, the highest number since official reporting began.

Labor officials did not seek to explain the sudden rise in workplace suicides. A BLS spokesman

said the agency plans to research it more extensively.

The agency says economic factors could be responsible for the overall decline in fatalities.

Workers on average worked 1 percent fewer hours last year and the construction industry — which usually accounts for a major share of accidental workplace deaths — posted even larger declines in employment or hours worked.

Gary Chaison, a professor of industrial relations at Clark University, said the numbers show the struggling economy taking a toll on worker morale.

“Those who are at places where there have been substantial layoffs are trying to cope with survivor’s guilt,” Chaison said.

“I also think there’s tremendous

anxiety in the American workplace. It’s not just being anxious, its being depressed.”

But Chaison cautioned that both numbers may be at temporary extremes that will drift back toward historic levels once employment rises and economic conditions improve.

Labor Secretary Hilda Solis called the decline in workplace fatalities a “change in the right direction,” but said it does not lessen the need for stronger safety enforcement to prevent accidental injuries.

“Today’s report prompts us to step up our vigilance, particularly as the economy regains momentum,” Solis said.

The report is based on preliminary numbers that could change once the final report is released.

WASHINGTON — The CIA hired private contractors from Blackwater USA in 2004 as part of a secret program to kill top-level members of al-Qaida, but a spokesman says it never resulted in the capture or killing of any terrorist suspects.

Former Rep. Porter Goss was CIA director at the time, and the contract ended during his time in office, according to a former senior intelligence official and another person familiar with the program. They spoke on condition of anonymity because the program remains classified.

The New York Times first reported Blackwater’s involvement late Wednesday on its Web site.

The Times, citing unidentified current and former government officials, said Blackwater executives helped with planning, training and surveillance for the program. It was begun shortly after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks but never became fully operational.

CIA Director Leon Panetta terminated the program in June upon learning of it, then informed the congressional intelligence committees in an emergency briefing the next day. CIA spokesman George Little said the program yielded no successes.

The officials told the Times that the CIA’s use of an outside company for a potentially lethal program was a major reason Panetta called the emergency congressional briefing.

Blackwater, a North Carolina company now known as Xe Services, has come under heavy criticism for its alleged role in a September 2007 shooting in Baghdad’s Nisoor Square that left 17 Iraqi civilians dead.

It was unclear whether the CIA had planned to use the contractors to capture or kill al-Qaida operatives or just to help with training and surveillance. Government officials said bringing outsiders into a program with lethal authority raised deep concerns about accountability in covert operations, the Times reported.

The Times reported that the CIA did not have a formal contract with Blackwater for this program but instead had individual agreements with top company officials, including founder Erik D. Prince.

The revelation of the program created a small political firestorm on Capitol Hill. The House Intelligence Committee in June launched an investigation to determine whether the CIA broke the law by not informing Congress about the secret program as soon as it was begun.

The program had several lives under four successive CIA directors: George Tenet canceled it during his tenure because it never produced results.

His successor, Goss, restarted it and inked the Blackwater contracts. Michael Hayden, Goss’ successor, downgraded the program from a planned covert action to an intelligence gathering activity.

Panetta drove the final stake into the program in June.

Former CIA Director Hayden, speaking Thursday at a panel discussion at the National Press Club, said he was initially puzzled by the urgency and excitement surrounding Panetta’s briefing to Congress, knowing what he did already about the program. He said he believes Panetta called the emergency meeting because of the political sensitivity of the program rather than concerns about its legality. Hayden would not discuss details of the still classified effort.

Jack Devine, a 32-year veteran of the CIA’s clandestine operations office, said Thursday that the government should be extremely cautious about outsourcing lethal and sensitive CIA operations— in part because those are important capabilities the spy agency should be developing in-house, but also because it looks bad if the operation becomes public.

“If it won’t pass the giggle test, you don’t want to be involved in it,” Devine said.

The CIA regularly uses contractors for intelligence analysis and operations, Hayden told Congress last year.

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Obama says health care will win approval

President Barack Obama speaks during the Organizing for America National Health Care Forum, Thursday at the Democratic National Headquarters in Washington.

By CHARLES BABINGTON

Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama guaranteed Thursday that his health care overhaul will win approval and said any bill he signs will have to reduce rapidly rising costs, protect consumers from insurance abuses and provide affordable choices to the uninsured — while not adding to the federal deficit.

Obama listed those four “bullet points” as his basic requirements in response to a question from a caller to a Philadelphia-based talk radio show.

Host Michael Smerconish interviewed Obama at the White House during the show and Obama took questions from several listeners.

Another caller said he sensed the administration’s “knees are bucklin’ a little bit” under criticism of the proposals. Obama said he was as determined as ever and “I guarantee you, Joe, we are going to get health care reform done.”

Obama is struggling to regain the momentum on his top domestic priority — a comprehensive bill that would extend health coverage to nearly 50 million Americans who lack it and restrain skyrocketing costs. Opponents of the overhaul have drowned out supporters at lawmakers’ town halls around the country this month, and backing for Obama’s effort has slipped in opinion polls.

Congressional Democratic leaders are preparing to go it alone on legislation although bipartisan negotiations continue in the Senate.

The president insisted Thursday that there has been no change in the administration’s position that a government option for health insurance coverage should be considered as part of legislation to overhaul the system.

Responding to a question from Smerconish, Obama said, “The press got excited and some folks on the left got a little excited” when the administration last weekend made statements indicating that a federally run health insurance option was just one of several alternatives.

“Our position hasn’t changed,” he said.

Obama also spoke later Thursday at an online rally intended to re-energize activists who were instrumental is his drive to the presidency.

While Obama says he’s still looking for Republican support for a comprehensive health care bill, Democrats privately are preparing a oneparty push, which they feel is all but inevitable.

On Wednesday, Obama urged religious leaders to back his proposals, arguing that health coverage for Americans is a “core ethical and moral obligation.” Polls continued to show slippage in support for the president’s approach, although respondents expressed even less confidence in Republicans’ handling of health care.

Vice President Joe Biden met with health care professionals in Chicago on Thursday and planned to announce nearly $1.2 billion in grants to help hospitals transition to electronic medical records.

Some Democrats say a strong-arm tactic on Senate health care legislation that would negate the need for any GOP votes might be more effective than previously thought.

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Poll finds many don’t know facts EDITOR’S NOTE — An occasional look at statements in the debate over public policy and how they compare with the facts

By CALVIN WOODWARD Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON — The judgment is harsh in a new poll that finds Americans worried about the government taking over health insurance, cutting off treatment to the elderly and giving coverage to illegal immigrants. Harsh, but not based on facts.

President Barack Obama’s lack of a detailed plan for overhauling health care is letting critics fill in the blanks in the public’s mind. In reality, Washington is not working on “death panels” or nationalization of health care.

To be sure, presenting Congress and the country with the nuts and bolts of a revamped system of health insurance is no guarantee of success for a president — just ask Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton. Their famous flop was demonized, too. After all, the devil does lurk in details.

It can also lurk in generalities, it seems.

Obama is promoting his changes in something of a vacuum, laying out principles, goals and broad avenues, some of which he’s open to amending. As lawmakers sweat the nitty gritty, he’s doing a lot of listening, and he’s getting an earful.

A new NBC News poll suggests some of the myths and partial

truths about the plans under consideration are taking hold.

Most respondents said the effort is likely to lead to a “government takeover of the health care system” and to public insurance for illegal immigrants.

Nearly half expected the government will end up with the power to decide when treatment should stop for old people.

A look at each of those points: THE POLL: 45 percent said it’s likely the government will decide when to stop care for the elderly; 50 percent said it’s not likely.

THE FACTS: Nothing being debated in Washington would give the government such authority. Critics have twisted a provision in a House bill that would direct Medicare to pay for counseling sessions about endof-life care, living wills, hospices and the like if a patient wants such consultations with a doctor.

They have said, incorrectly, that the elderly would be required to have these sessions.

House Republican Leader John Boehner of Ohio said such counseling “may start us down a treacherous path toward government-encouraged euthanasia.”

The bill would prohibit coverage of counseling that presents suicide or assisted suicide as an option.

Republican Sen. Johnny Isakson of Georgia, who has been a proponent of coverage for end-of-life counseling under

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Medicare, said such sessions are a voluntary benefit, strictly between doctor and patient, and it was “nuts” to think death panels are looming or euthanasia is part of the equation.

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At issue is a proposed “exchange” or “marketplace” in which a new government plan would be one option for people who aren’t covered at work or whose job coverage is too expensive. The exchange would offer some private plans as well as the public one, all of them required to offer certain basic benefits.

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Bloodshed mutes Afghan election turnout

By JASON STRAZIUSO and ROBERT H. REID Associated Press Writers

KABUL — Taliban threats scared voters and dampened turnout in the militant south Thursday as Afghans voted for president for the second time ever. Insurgents killed 26 Afghans in scattered attacks, but officials said militants failed to disrupt the vote.

After 10 hours of voting, including a last-minute, one-hour extension, election workers began to count millions of ballots. Initial results weren’t expected for several days.

A top election official told The Associated Press he thinks 40 to 50 percent of the country’s 15 million registered voters cast ballots — a turnout that would be far lower than the 70 percent who cast ballots for president in 2004.

Low turnout in the south would harm President Hamid Karzai’s re-election chances and boost the standing of his top challenger, former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah. Turnout in the north appeared to be stronger, a good sign for Abdullah.

International officials have predicted an imperfect election — Afghanistan’s secondever direct presidential vote — but expressed hope that Afghans would accept it as legitimate, a key component of President Barack Obama’s war strategy. Taliban militants, though, pledged to disrupt the vote and circulated threats that those who cast ballots would be punished.

A voting official in Kandahar, the south’s largest city and the Taliban’s spiritual birthplace, said voting appeared to be 40 percent lower than 2004. The official asked not to be identified because he wasn’t authorized to release turnout figures.

Associated Press journalists reported low turnouts in

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An election worker counts ballots in Mazar-I-Sharif in northern Afghanistan, Thursday. Taliban threats scared voters and dampened turnout in the militant south Thursday as Afghans voted for president for the second time ever. After 10 hours of voting, including a last-minute, one-hour extension, election workers began to count millions of ballots. Initial results weren’t expected for several days.

Kabul compared with longer lines seen in the 2004 vote.

“In the early morning, the turnout was slow, particularly in the south of the country, but in the middle of the day, it turned out to be very good,” said Zekria Barakzai, Afghanistan’s deputy chief electoral officer. “In central and some northern provinces, the turnout was huge.”

Security companies in the capital reported at least five bomb attacks, and Kabul police exchanged fire for more than an hour with a group of armed men; two suicide bombers died in the clash, police said. Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid claimed that five gunmen were fighting with police.

Karzai, dressed in his traditional purple-andgreen-striped robe, voted at a Kabul high school. He dipped his index finger in indelible ink — a fraud prevention measure — and

held it up for the cameras.

Presidential aides released a rare photo of Karzai’s wife casting her vote.

After polls closed, Karzai complimented Afghans for having the courage to vote and brushed aside questions about turnout.

The Afghan people braved “rockets, bombs and intimidation and came out to vote.

We’ll see what the turnout was, but they came out to vote. That is great,” he said.

The president said militants carried out 73 attacks in 15 provinces — a 50 percent increase in attacks compared with recent days, according to NATO figures.

Karzai’s ministers of defense and interior said attacks killed eight Afghan soldiers, nine police and nine civilians. A U.S. service member was killed in a mortar attack in the east Thursday, bringing to at least 33 the number of U.S. troops killed this month.

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Karzai, who has held power since the Taliban was ousted in late 2001 by a U.S.-led invasion, is favored to finish first among 36 official candidates, although a late surge

by Abdullah could force a runoff if no one wins more than 50 percent.

The next president will lead a nation plagued by armed insurgency, drugs, corruption and a feeble government.

Violence has risen sharply in Afghanistan in the last three years, and the U.S. now has more than 60,000 forces in the country close to eight years after the U.S. invasion following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

Karzai, a favorite of the Bush administration, won in 2004 with 55.4 percent of the vote, riding into office on a wave of public optimism. As the U.S. shifted resources to the war in Iraq, Afghanistan fell into steep decline, marked by record opium poppy harvests, deep-

ening government corruption and skyrocketing violence.

The top U.N. official in the country, Kai Eide, acknowledged scattered attacks but said the election “seems to be working well.” A U.N. spokesman said there were no early reports of widespread irregularities, though ahead of the vote the country had buzzed with rumors of ballot-stuffing, bogus registrations and trafficking in voter cards on behalf of Karzai — allegations his campaign has denied.

Presidential candidate Ramazan Bashardost, who had 10 percent support in pre-election polls, said he washed off the supposedly indelible ink and called on authorities to “immediately stop this election.” Barakzai said that if election workers did not shake the ink beforehand it could be wiped off, and that officials fixed the problem early. He said the problem was not widespread.

Militants carried out a string of assaults around the country. In northern Baghlan province, insurgent attacks closed 14 polling sites, and the police chief of Old Baghlan city and several police were killed, said Abdul Malik, the provincial election director. Five Afghan troops died in eastern Khost province.

Barakzai said that 6,202 polling centers opened, 95 percent of those officials had planned to open. He said he thinks that 40 percent to more than 50 percent of the country’s registered voters cast ballots. Just over 8 million cast ballots in 2004.

Voter turnout in the insurgency-plagued Pashtun south is not only crucial to Karzai’s chances but also to public acceptance of the results.

Karzai is widely expected to run strong among his fellow Pashtuns, the country’s largest ethnic group that also forms the overwhelming majority of the Taliban.

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Co-ed poor role model for sister

Dear Abby: I’m about to move out of a condo I have shared for two years with “Carly.” Her parents own it, and I’m leaving because Carly’s sister, “Heather,” is moving in soon to attend school. Carly is supposed to look out for Heather and teach her how to live on her own because Heather has some mental challenges.

In the two years I have lived here, she has been mostly absent. She leaves for days without telling me.

Carly is very promiscuous. She’s occasionally intimate with more than one at a time. Through closed doors and over a blaring TV I have overheard her and her boyfriends going at it. I fear Heather will be mortified to hear what I have heard.

I don’t think Carly knows she has been overheard. Should I warn her?

— Almost Ex Roomie Dear Almost Ex: By all means warn Carly. But at the same time you should also have a chat with Carly’s parents.

The responsibility they are placing on her is a serious one, and it doesn’t appear Carly is up to shouldering it.

A better solution for Heather would be for her to be in a program where certified teachers can help her learn independent living skills and in which she would receive appropriate, consistent supervision. Her safety — in more ways than one — could depend on it.

Dear Abby: My mother-in-law tells us what she wants for gifts in the form

Dear Abby Abigail van Buren

of e-mails with Web links to things she wants. She bought a pair of $700 earrings and told her fiance he bought them for her. He had to reimburse her.

Last Mother’s Day she sent an e-mail with a link to a site selling personalized crystal items to be engraved with a thoughtful message to “Mom.” This week she sent an e-mail saying what she wants for her birthday.

I wasn’t raised like this. I have a problem with someone telling me what she wants when I haven’t asked. I also don’t like being told how much to spend. I think her behavior is selfish, but how do I get it to stop?

My husband is used to it. His sisters have picked up this habit. One handed me an ad she had clipped for something she wants on her next birthday.

What can I do?

— Solicited Dear Solicited: How about ignoring the solicitations and giving something you can afford? Or just say no. And if asked why, you didn’t “produce on command,” say — with a smile — that asking for gifts is rude, that it makes you uncomfortable, and what was requested was beyond your means.

Fasting not best way to detox Dear Dr. Gott: Please say a few words about fasting. I mean ingesting nothing but water for several days for the purpose of letting the body cleanse and/or readjust itself, not necessarily for weight loss.

I have a friend who fasts regularly — a one- or two-day fast monthly and a five-day fast each quarter year. He says the latter completely clears his body of toxins and essentially lets it start out renewed.

My PCP pooh-poohs fasting as a health benefit for the body, but my neighbor is in his 50s, is as fit as the proverbial fiddle and cites a lot of pro-fasting information from Europe, where he says it is relatively common.

Dear Reader: I am unaware of any scientific evidence to substantiate that fasting will remove toxins from the body. From a medical view, it is not a valid, healthful approach to weight loss or as a means of ridding the body of toxins. When undertaken for the purpose of weight loss, the process can carry health risks. Fasting is

PUZZLE

Ask Dr. Gott Dr. Peter M. Gott often accompanied with the use of an enema taken to cleanse the intestinal tract. The intestinal tract contains both “good” and “bad” bacteria in a delicate balance. If the good bacteria (necessary for proper body functions) are removed, this important balance is disrupted and problems can occur.

The liver remains the body’s detoxification center. With the help of the kidneys, colon, lungs and skin, toxins are removed from the body of a healthy person naturally.

My recommendation is to eat a healthful diet that includes fresh fruits and vegetables, drink water when thirsty, exercise to the capability allowed and get adequate sleep.

IN THE STARS

Your Birthday, Aug. 21

Whenever the opportunity arises, be prepared to show off your skills and knowledge in the year ahead.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — If overly protective of your self-interests, you are likely to outsmart yourself. The chances for or gain are slim.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22) — Unless you treat others in a respectful manner, you can expect to lose their support.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — If your expectations are unreasonably high, you might let an opportunity slip past.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Your temperament could allow even a small infraction to be seriously blown out of proportion SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Nothing will be handed on a silver platter. You might even have to struggle a bit harder.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Don’t impose your opinions on friends.

It won’t bring them to your way of thinking.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — If you’re itching to take a gamble, take it on yourself and not on an untested entity.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Be on guard because your loyalty toward a good friend could be put to the test.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Don’t expect those in your charge to perform to their fullest abilities if you are critical of their efforts.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — Nobody is perfect, so until you can be so yourself, don’t expect perfection in anyone else, either.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Wait until everyone has a chance to sleep on a family problem before trying to resolve it.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Your sense of humor keeps you from taking life too seriously, yet this may not be good at this time.

The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Friday, August 21, 2009 — 17 The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, FRIDAY, August 21, 2009 — 17

THE WORLD

Ocean temperatures are warmest in 130 years

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer

WASHINGTON — Steve Kramer spent an hour and a half swimming in the ocean Sunday — in Maine.

The water temperature was 72 degrees — more like Ocean City, Md., this time of year. And Ocean City’s water temp hit 88 degrees this week, toasty even by Miami Beach standards.

Kramer, 26, who lives in the seaside town of Scarborough, said it was the first time he’s ever swam so long in Maine’s coastal waters. “Usually, you’re in five minutes and you’re out,” he said.

It’s not just the ocean off the Northeast coast that is super-warm this summer.

July was the hottest the world’s oceans have been in almost 130 years of recordkeeping.

The average water temperature worldwide was 62.6 degrees, according to the National Climatic Data Center, the branch of the U.S. government that keeps world weather records.

June was only slightly cooler, while August could set another record, scientists say.

The previous record was set in July 1998 during a powerful El Nino weather pattern.

Meteorologists said there’s a combination of forces at work: A natural El Nino system just getting started on top of worsening manmade global warming, and a dash of random weather variations. The resulting ocean heat is already harm-

Associated Press

Michelle Preston, right, joins her children Taylor, 3, left, and Egan, 7, center, as they look for sea life in the waters off Pine Point Beach Wednesday in Scarborough, Maine. The world’s oceans this summer are heating up to their warmest on record.

ing threatened coral reefs. It could also hasten the melting of Arctic sea ice and help hurricanes strengthen.

The Gulf of Mexico, where warm water fuels hurricanes, has temperatures dancing around 90. Most of the water in the Northern Hemisphere has been considerably warmer than normal.

The Mediterranean is about three degrees warmer than normal. Higher temperatures rule in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.

The heat is most noticeable near the Arctic, where water temperatures are as

much as 10 degrees above average. The tongues of warm water could help melt sea ice from below and even cause thawing of ice sheets on Greenland, said Waleed Abdalati, director of the Earth Science and Observation Center at the University of Colorado.

Breaking heat records in water is more ominous as a sign of global warming than breaking temperature marks on land, because water takes longer to heat up and does not cool off as easily as land.

“This warm water we’re seeing doesn’t just disappear

next year; it’ll be around for a long time,” said climate scientist Andrew Weaver of the University of Victoria in British Columbia. It takes five times more energy to warm water than land.

The warmer water “affects weather on the land,” Weaver said. “This is another yet really important indicator of the change that’s occurring.”

Georgia Institute of Technology atmospheric science professor Judith Curry said water is warming in more places than usual, something that has not been seen in more than 50 years.

Add to that an unusual weather pattern this summer where the warmest temperatures seem to be just over oceans, while slightly cooler air is concentrated over land, said Deke Arndt, head of climate monitoring at the climate data center.

The pattern is so unusual that he suggested meteorologists may want to study that pattern to see what’s behind it.

The effects of that warm water are already being seen in coral reefs, said C. Mark Eakin, coordinator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s coral reef watch. Long-term excessive heat bleaches colorful coral reefs white and sometimes kills them.

Bleaching has started to crop up in the Florida Keys, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands — much earlier than usual. Typically, bleaching occurs after weeks or months of prolonged high water temperatures. It’s too early to know if the coral will recover or die.

Warm water is a required fuel for hurricanes. What’s happening in the oceans “will add extra juice to the hurricanes,” Curry said.

Hurricane activity has been quiet for much of the summer, but that may change soon, she said. Hurricane Bill quickly became a major storm and the National Hurricane Center warned that warm waters are along the path of the hurricane for the next few days.

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WHITE OAK MANOR, TRYON Accepting applications for: Licensed Medication Technician Full-time, 3rd shift for Assisted Living. Must have C.N.A. and completed Medication Technician training. C.N.A. Full and part time. We welcome enthusiastic, dependable applicants who are dedicated to the elderly. Experience preferred, but will train.

Apply at 70 Oak St., Tryon, NC 28782 EOE

Part time Habilitation Technician Local company is seeking part time individual to provide direct care services to individuals with MR/DD diagnosis.

Min. req.: proof of HS diploma/GED, CPR/FA certification (training available), criminal/ DMV background check, proof of valid DL and vehicle ins.

Contact Judith at 828-247-0622 or apply in person to 284 West Main St., Forest City

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RN Weekend Supervisor, RN Supervisor 3-11P, & C.N.A.’s all shifts Apply in person at: Brookview Healthcare Center, 510 Thompson St., Gaffney, SC 29340 Call 864-489-3101 for directions. Brookview is a drug free workplace EOE/M/F/D/V

Looking for Grooming Assistant w/2 yrs. exp. Pick up application between 9am-Noon at 108 W. Trade St., Forest City.

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2BR/1.5BA Rfdtn area Cent. h/a, carport, appl. furn. $450/mo. + $450 dep. 289-6336 or 247-6365 3BR/1BA FC area Heat pump, carport, storage building, new windows, doors, and carpet. $625/mo + $625 dep. Ref’s. required. 245-1621 Cleghorn Condos 1BR/1BA $600/mo.

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Water & appliances furnished! $525/mo. + $525 deposit.

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Motor home for Rent on priv. lot in quiet park in Ellenboro. All utilities incld. $75/wk. 453-0281 or 864-202-5332

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Baby Grand Piano, talking dora house w/ access., Vsmile pocket w/games & charger, Vsmile console w/ access. & games Call 429-0005

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27” RCA Color T.V. with remote $40 Beige futon $20 195 Maple St. Apt 4 Rfdtn 870-378-5908

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I PAY CASH FOR DIABETIC TEST STRIPS Up to $10 per 100 ct. Call Frank 828-577-4197

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Sport Utility 1995 Landrover Discovery All wheel drive. Exc. cond.! Must sell! $4,200 980-8009

Motorcycles Attention Sport bike owners or riders.

Anyone interested in starting a club. Please contact 245-8406

Lost Reward! F Boxer, needs meds. Brindle w/white. Lost 7/12 from 225 Harmon Rd. in Ellenboro 429-6747 Small female black pit About 8 mo. old.

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Yard Sales 2 FAMILY FC 980 Crowe Dairy Rd. (off of Oakland Rd.) Saturday 6A-until Furniture, misc. and household items!

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GIGANTIC INSIDE FC: W. Main St., U Ought 2 B N Pictures (formerly Old Furniture Barn/Finder Keepers) Sat. 7A-until Everything must go!

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MOVING Mt. Vernon 348 Rob Long Rd. Thurs. 6P, Fri.-Sat. 7A-until Everything goes! Furniture, books, lawn equip., chickens, rabbits, antiques!

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION 09-SP-249 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF THE DEED OF TRUST OF JERRY LEE ALEXANDER and TRACY WELLBORN ALEXANDER, Grantor,

Having qualified as Executor of the estate of KENNETH DEAN GREEN of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said KENNETH DEAN GREEN to present them to the undersigned on or before the 21st day of November 2009 or the same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment.

This is the 21st day of August, 2009.

Dolly Louise Green, Executor 3652 Big Island Rd. Rutherfordton, NC 28139

Notice Of Sale

To MARK T. ADERHOLD, ESQUIRE Substitute Trustee, AS RECORDED IN BOOK 600 AT PAGE 828 OF THE RUTHERFORD PUBLIC REGISTRY. NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed and delivered by Jerry Lee Alexander and Tracy Wellborn Alexander, dated August 18, 2000, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Rutherford County, North Carolina, in Book 600 at Page 828, and because of default in the payment of the indebtedness thereby secured and failure to carry out or perform the stipulations and agreements therein contained and pursuant to the demand of the owner and holder of the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, and pursuant to the Order of the Clerk of Superior Court for Rutherford County, North Carolina, entered in this foreclosure proceeding, the undersigned, MARK T. ADERHOLD, Substitute Trustee, will expose for sale at public auction on the 26th day of August, 2009 at 12:30 PM at the door of the Rutherford County Courthouse, Rutherfordton, North Carolina, the real property described in Exhibit “A” which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference (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).

EXHIBIT A Situate, lying and being Sulpher Springs Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina and being all of Lot #2 the Brooks Enterprises property as shown on plat duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Rutherford County, North Carolina in Plat Book 21 at Page 23, and being more particularly described by metes and by Professional Surveying Services, Nathan Odom, PLS as follows: BEGINNING at a new iron pin said new iron pin being the Southwestern most corner of the lot herein conveyed said point lying North 02 degrees 54 minutes 48 seconds East 228.88 feet from the Northwestern most corner of the property now or formerly owned by Albert Moorhus and wife, Kathryn Moorhus as described and recorded in Deed Book 685 at Page 580, Rutherford County, from said BEGINNING point North 02 degrees 54 minutes 48 seconds East (crossing a point in the center of the intersection of a private drive at 132.26 feet) a total distance of 235.22 feet to a new iron pin, said new iron pin being the Southwestern most corner of Lot #3 of the aforementioned subdivision; thence running along and with the line of Lot #3 South 89 degrees 59 minutes 47 seconds East 105.84 feet to a new iron pin; thence continuing with the line of said Lot South 06 degrees 43 minutes 56 seconds East 135.24 feet to a new iron pin; thence continuing with the line of said Lot North 88 degrees 22 minutes 49 seconds East 125.28 feet to a new iron pin in the line of the property now or formerly owned by James Michael Smith as described and recorded in Deed Book 593 at Page 30, Rutherford County Registry; thence leaving the line of Lot #3 and running along and with the line of Smith South 05 degrees 44 minutes 22 seconds East 181.10 feet to a new iron pin; thence a new line North 86 degrees 02 minutes 52 seconds West 145.81 feet to a new iron pin; thence another new line North 63 degrees 21 minutes 19 seconds West 147.16 feet to the point and place of BEGINNING containing 1.30 acres more or less.

THERE IS ALSO CONVEYED herewith a right of way for the purpose of egress, regress and ingress leading from State Road #1195, said State Road also known as Dark Corner Road to the hereinabove described tract as shown on plat hereinabove described and being more particularly described by metes and bounds from survey by Professional Surveying Services, Nathan Odom, PLS as follows: BEGINNING at a point in the center of the intersection of State Road #1195, said State Road also known as Dark Corner Road and a private drive, said point lying South 86 degrees 37 minutes 23 seconds West 73.35 feet from a point, said point being the Southwestern most corner of the property now or formerly owned by Albert Moorhus and wife, Kathryn Moorhus as described and recorded in Deed Book 685 at Page 580, Rutherford County Registry, from said BEGINNING point and running along and with the centerline of said Private Drive North 09 degrees 56 minutes 21 seconds West 140.97 feet to a point; thence North 00 degrees 48 minutes 06 seconds West 73.89 feet to a point; thence North 02 degrees 49 minutes 59 seconds East 76.98 feet to a point; thence North 02 degrees 48 minutes 54 seconds East 45.03 feet to a point; thence North 01 degrees 37 minutes 48 seconds West 74.37 feet to a point; thence North 01 degrees 48 minutes 18 seconds West 118.13 feet to a point; thence North 10 degrees 48 minutes 29 seconds East 100.49 feet to a point; thence South 68 degrees 31 minutes 05 seconds East 82.54 feet to a point; thence South 56 degrees 53 minutes 14 seconds East 37.97 feet to a point in the western line of the Lot herein conveyed.

BrooksLot#2.dew 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 Rutherford County Register of Deeds not more than ten (10) days prior to the posting of this Notice is JERRY LEE ALEXANDER and TRACY WELLBORN ALEXANDER. 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 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 Section 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.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Co-Executors of the estate of DEWEY DUFAY GOWAN of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said DEWEY DUFAY GOWAN to present them to the undersigned on or before the 31st day of October, 2009 or the same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment.

This is the 31st day of July, 2009.

Barbara G. Reid, Co-Executor 110 Birdsong Lane Forest City, NC 28043 Dewey Steven Gowan, Co-Executor 2291 Hogan Rd. Forest City, NC 28043

/s/_______________________________ MARK T. ADERHOLD, Substitute Trustee 2596 Reynolda Road, Suite C Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27106 (336) 723-3530 Publication Dates: 8/14/09 & 8/21/09

Marie C. Eckard, Manager 248-3141 Palmetto Storage 903 W. Main St. Forest City, NC 28043

8441.0000120 09-SP-258 Fannie Mae 1700668910 NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'S FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY UNDER AND BY VIRTUE of the power and authority contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed and delivered by Tanya M Henderson and Joseph B. Henderson, as Wife and Husband, dated November 28, 2005 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Rutherford County, North Carolina, recorded on December 2, 2005, in Book 874 at Page 235; and because of default in the payment of the indebtedness secured thereby and failure to carry out and perform the stipulations and agreements contained therein and, pursuant to demand of the owner and holder of the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will place for sale, at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at Rutherford County Courthouse, in Rutherfordton, North Carolina at 10:00 AM on Tuesday, September 1, 2009, that parcel of land, including improvements thereon, situated, lying and being in the City of Ellenboro, County of Rutherford, State of North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Situate, lying and being in the Town of Ellenboro, Colfax Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina and being the same and identical property as described in Substitute Trustee's Deed recorded in Deed Book 828, Page 580, Rutherford County Registry, and being described according to Deed recorded in Deed Book 791, Page 17, Rutherford County Registry, as follows: Lying and being in Colfax Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina, and lying on the West side of Short Drive, and being a part of Lot #63 of the Holt Subdivision, a plat of which is recorded in Plat Book 6, Page 137, Rutherford County Registry, and adjoining the lands of Grady Roland Fite, Annie Mae Williams, and others, and being described by metes and bounds as follows: BEGINNING on an iron pin on the West side of Short Drive, Gray Roland Fite's Northeast corner of his house lot, said iron pin being located 250 feet South 11 East from the center of the Southern Railroad tract, and 100 feet South 11 East from the Southeast corner of the lot conveyed to Beacher B. Short and wife to Annie Mae Williams, and running thence with Fite's line South 79 deg. 25 min. West 190 feet to an iron pin in the old line, Fite’s Northwest corner of his house lot, said iron pin being located 400 feet North 11 West from an iron pin on the North side of Webb Road; thence with the old line North 11 West 100 feet to an iron pin, Annie Mae Williams' Southwest corner; thence with her line North 79 deg. 25 min. East 190 feet to an iron pin on the West side of Short Drive, Annie Mac Williams Southeast corner; thence with the Western edge of Short Drive, South 11 East 100 feet to the place of BEGINNING. Being the same and identical property conveyed by Special Warranty Deed from Household Realty Corporation, et als., to Charles Richard McCurry, said deed recorded December 31, 2003, in Deed Book 836, at Page 849, Rutherford County Registry.

Address of property: 193 Short Road, Ellenboro, NC 28040 Present Record Owners: Tanya M Henderson and Joseph B. Henderson The terms of the sale are that the real property hereinbefore described will be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The Substitute Trustee reserves the right to require a cash deposit or a certified check not to exceed the greater of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00). In the event that the Owner and Holder is exempt from paying the same, the successful bidder may also be required to pay revenue stamps on the Trustee's Deed, any Land Transfer Tax, and the tax required by N.C.G.S. §7A-308 (a) (1).

The real property hereinabove described is being offered for sale "AS IS, WHERE IS" and will be sold subject to all superior liens, unpaid taxes, and special assessments. Other conditions will be announced at the sale. The sale will be held open for ten (10) days for upset bids as by law required.

If the Trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the Trustee(s). If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the Trustee(s), in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

Additional Notice Where the Real Property is Residential With Less Than 15 Rental Units: An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a bona fide lease or tenancy may have additional rights pursuant to Title VII of 5.896 - Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act which became effective on May 20, 2009.

Dated: August 12, 2009

This sale will be held open ten (10) days for upset bids as required by law.

This the 5th day of August, 2009.

Pursuant to the provisions of G.S. 44A-40, various items of personal property contained in Self-Storage Unit (s): 123 - Simpson; 211 Price, 301 -Melton and 316 - Gibson will be sold at public auction at Palmetto Storage on Wednesday, September 9, 2009 at exactly 10:00AM; 903 W. Main St., Forest City, NC 28043. Sale is being made to satisfy the Self Storage Lien on said goods for storage charges due and unpaid. Due notice has been given. Management reserves the right to remove any unit from the sale list process prior to the commencement of the auction.

David A. Simpson, P.C. Substitute Trustee By:_________________________ Attorney at Law Kellam & Pettit, P.A. Attorneys for the Substitute Trustee Posted:_____ Witness:_____ Assistant/Deputy Clerk of Superior Court

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MOSCOW (AP) — Harrowing details are emerging of the explosion and flood that devastated Russia’s largest hydroelectric plant, killing at least 17 people and leaving 57 missing.

More than 1,000 rescue workers searched the massive Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric plant in southern Siberia on Thursday for the missing, although there is little hope anyone could still be alive after three days in nearfreezing waters. The remaining water from the flooded turbine room was pumped out Thursday and three bodies were found.

A powerful explosion Monday blew out walls and caused the power plant’s turbine room to flood.

Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset alMegrahi leaves a police van at Glasgow International Airport, Glasgow Scotland bound for Tripoli, after he was released on compassionate grounds by Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill Thursday.

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Crew, hijackers interrogated

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities questioned crew members from the Arctic Sea cargo ship after the seamen and eight alleged pirates ship were returned to Moscow on Thursday, adding new details to the mystery of the ship’s monthlong odyssey.

Three heavy-lift air force jets, reportedly carrying 11 crew members, the alleged hijackers and other investigators, arrived at a Moscow region military base after flying from Cape Verde, the West African island nation where a Russian frigate stopped the ship four days ago.

The saga of the Maltese-flagged freighter, which left Finland on July 21 carrying a load of timber to Algeria, has gripped much of Europe.

The ship was found nearly two weeks after it was to have docked in Algeria, thousands of miles off course and long out of radio contact.

15 dead in Somalia fighting

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Witnesses say fighting between Islamist insurgents and government soldiers in central Somalia has killed at least 15 people.

The fighting started Thursday in Bula Burte, about 130 miles (210 kilometers) north of the capital, Mogadishu, when government soldiers moved into the town controlled by the insurgent group al-Shabab.

Local resident Osman Ganey said he saw 15 bodies and that the fighting was continuing.

Bomb kills 2 near restaurant

BAGHDAD (AP) — A bicycle bomb exploded near a restaurant in Baghdad Thursday killing two people in a deadly reminder of Iraq’s security problems as the death toll rose to at least 101 from a string of blasts the day before that mainly targeted heavily guarded government buildings.

More than 500 people also were wounded when nearly simultaneous truck bombs struck Iraq’s foreign and finance ministries on Wednesday.

Lockerbie bomber is released TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — The only man convicted in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 returned home to Libya to die after he was released from a Scottish prison Thursday, a decision that outraged some relatives of the 270 people killed when the jetliner blew up over Lockerbie, Scottland, more than two decades ago.

President Barack Obama said the Scottish decision to free terminally ill Abdel Baset al-Megrahi on compassionate grounds was a mistake and said he should be under house arrest.

Obama warned Libya not to give him a hero’s welcome.

Despite the warning, at the military airport in Tripoli where al-Megrahi’s plane touched down thousands of youths were on hand to warmly greet him.

He left the plane wearing a dark suit and a tie and accompanied

by Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi’s son, Saif al-Islam Gadhafi. They immediately sped off in a convoy of all-white vehicles.

At home, al-Megrahi is seen as an innocent scapegoat the West used to turn this African nation into a pariah, and his return is a cause for celebration. There was a festive atmosphere with some wearing T-shirts with al-Megrahi’s picture and waving Libyan

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“I think it’s appalling, disgusting and so sickening I can hardly find words to describe it,” said Susan Cohen, of Cape May Court House, N.J., whose 20-year-old daughter, Theodora, died in the attack. “This isn’t about compassionate release. This is part of give-Gadhafi-what-he-wants-sowe-can-have-the-oil.”

But many in Libya view his homecoming as a moral victory for the African country and an end to a long-standing humiliation at the hands of the West.

They say Libya was forced to surrender al-Megrahi to end years of crippling sanctions.

Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi lobbied hard for the return of al-Megrahi, an issue which took on an added sense of urgency when al-Megrahi was diagnosed with prostate cancer last year. He was recently given only months to live.

The 57-year-old former Libyan intelligence officer served only eight years of his life sentence.

Al-Megrahi was convicted in 2001 of taking part in the bombing on Dec. 21, 1988, and sentenced to life in prison. The airliner exploded over Scotland and all 259 people aboard and 11 on the ground died when it crashed

into the town of Lockerbie.

He was sentenced to serve a minimum of 27 years in a Scottish prison for Britain’s deadliest terrorist attack. But a 2007 review of his case found grounds for an appeal of his conviction, and many in Britain believe he is innocent.

Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill, who announced the release, said although al-Megrahi had not shown compassion to his victims — many of whom were American college students flying home to New York for Christmas — MacAskill was motivated by Scottish values to show mercy.

“Some hurts can never heal, some scars can never fade,” MacAskill said. “Those who have been bereaved cannot be expected to forget, let alone forgive ...

However, Mr. al-Megrahi now faces a sentence imposed by a higher power.”

He said he stood by al-Megrahi’s conviction and the sentence for “the worst terrorist atrocity ever committed on U.K. soil.”

He added that he had ruled out sending the bomber back to Libya under a prisoner-transfer agreement, saying the U.S. victims had been given assurances that al-Megrahi would serve out his sentence in Scotland.

Iranian lawmakers are not happy TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Lawmakers criticized President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s nominees for his new government as inexperienced cronies and threatened on Thursday to reject some of them, setting the stage for a new fight between the hard-line leader and rivals with his conservative camp.

Ahmadinejad is forming his new government while still under a cloud from claims by the pro-reform opposition that his victory in June elec-

tions was fraudulent. But he is also under pressure from fellow conservatives, who have long criticized the president for hoarding power by putting close associates in key posts.

The president submitted his 18 Cabinet nominees late Wednesday to parliament, which must approve the list. Most of the nominees were close Ahmadinejad loyalists or littleknown figures, while public critics of the president from his previous cabinet were purged.

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