Daily Courier, September 30, 2009

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Wednesday, September 30, 2009, Forest City, N.C.

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gets 10 percent gain but has already had to put 9 percent on hold

Terror suspect’s lawyer says case is weak

By ALLISON FLYNN Daily Courier Staff Writer

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GAS PRICES

County fleet a big expense

By SCOTT BAUGHMAN Daily Courier Staff Writer

RUTHERFORDTON — Rutherford County owns and maintains a fleet of 249 vehicles, divided amongst 17 departments, from Sheriff’s Deputy cruisers to TARC buses to everything in between.

The down economy has influenced the schedule to replace some vehicles and county officials are asking departments to make models last.

“The County purchases vehicles on an as needed basis and vehicle purchases are analyzed as part of the annual budget process,” said County Manager John Condrey. “This year, the county budgeted for 10 new Sheriff Department vehicles.”

The sheriff receives most of the new vehicles, but the county tries to make those cars last.

Please see Vehicles, Page 3A

SPINDALE — A 10 percent increase over last year’s state budget may likely never be seen by Isothermal Community College, as nine percent has already been held back in likely and anticipated reversions.

In a $12.6 million state budget approved unanimously by the college’s Board of Trustees Tuesday night, President Myra Johnson and Vice President of Academic Services Stephen Matheny explained to the board that Executive Order 21 by Gov. Bev Perdue asked that community colleges revert five percent of their state budgets even before the budget packets were available through the North Carolina Community College System Office.

“From the state, we were allocated about 10 percent more based on our formula funding,” Johnson explained. That increase was based on an increase in the college’s full time equivalent enrollment. “But before we saw it, about nine percent was taken off for reversion management.”

Nine percent, she explained, included the five percent mandated by the governor’s office as well as a three percent “management flexibility” reversion – which allowed college officials to deter

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DEATHS Forest City

Stephanie Harris Pearl Hooper Elsewhere Edith Bright Paul “Buzz” Clark Page 5A

Forest City firefighter Steven Herndon and other firefighters used fans to draw smoke from an Amity apartment Tuesday afternoon. Resident Jamal McKinney, 15, told firefighters he was attempting to cook hot dogs when a pan of grease caught fire. When he put the pan in the sink, the drapes ignited. There was minimal damage to the apartment he shares with his mother Susan and another brother. Police officers also responded to the scene.

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Family bidding to get its lost dog back

By SCOTT BAUGHMAN Daily Courier Staff Writer

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RUTHERFORDTON — Jessica Cogdell and her son, Damon, miss their dog.

Makayla, a 9-month old registered Great Dane the family bought at the beginning of September, ran away from the family home on Sept. 11. By Sept. 15, the dog was adopted by a Great Dane rescue organization from the Rutherford County Animal Shelter.

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Now, Cogdell is on a mission to get her dog back, but tracking the group that has Makayla is proving difficult.

“The staff at the shelter said they had called the adoption group and gave them my name and number,” Cogdell said.

“From what Sara told me that since it was a rescue group that got her, it was usually their policy to give the dog back. They won’t give me the phone number to the rescue group.”

The animal shelter’s standard policy is

to hold animals for at least 72 hours and then put them up for adoption. Makayla stayed at the shelter for the required time and was then taken by the rescue group.

Authorities with the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Department and the Community Pet Center declined to release the name of the Great Dane rescue group.

“The dog was here for three days and that is as long as we’re required to keep Please see Dog, Page 6A

2A — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Wednesday, September 30, 2009

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RCT stages ‘Aaron Slick’ this week at Union Mills

FOREST CITY — The Rutherford Community Theatre’s upcoming production Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick by Lt. Beale Cormack will be Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the Union Mills Learning Center, Hudlow Road, Union Mills.

Friday and Saturday show times are 7:30 p.m. and Sunday’s matinee is 2:30 p.m.

The production will be directed by Les Beale.

Advance tickets are $10 for

adults and $8 for children and senior citizens.

This play is billed as “a clean rural comedy in three acts.”

It is an age old story about country folks being underestimated by city slickers. It has farm life and Chicago city livin’ all wrapped up in one riotous comedy, said RCT secretary Deborah Keller.

“The ‘Girl in Red’ musical number in Act III is a must see,” she said. “Come on down to the farm and enjoy

Aaron Slick From Punkin Crick.”

Cast members are Richard Brown as Clarence, Alana Jones as Gladys May, Samantha Shaffer as Sis Riggs, Clyde Keller as Wilbur Merridew, Deborah Keller as Rosy Berry, Jamie Earls as Aaron Slick and a special guest appearance by Laura Link as “the Girl in Red.” Brown has performed in many local productions with RCT and was most recently “Paul” in the RCT production of “Moon Over Buffalo.”

Jones has also performed in multiple local productions with the RCT as well as Rutherford County Arts Council.

Shaffer has worked with the RCAC on several productions and is making her RCT debut as Sis Riggs. She is a student at East Middle School.

Clyde Keller is appearing in his second production with RCT. He played “George” in “Moon Over Buffalo.”

Deborah Keller is also a returning actor with RCT.

She has written several oneact plays and is currently working on a novel.

Earls is a seasoned actor, performing with RCAC and RCT. He is a photographer and graphic designer.

Link is also a multi-talented performer who works closely with the RCAC and RCT. She is a singer, actor and costume designer.

Call 287-4809 for ticket information or email RCT at rct.arts@yahoo.com. Group rates are available.

Rutherford Today October blood drives are scheduled The Overmountain Victory Trail Marchers will be at Gilbert Town Sunday at 1 p.m. for an reenactment of the Revolutionary War march there.

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Heritage Days schedule announced FOREST CITY — The schedule for “Rutherford County Heritage Days” has been announced The purpose of the fall celebration is to promote events throughout Rutherford County which relate to local culture and heritage. All cultural groups, churches, community organizations, schools and businesses are invited to participate and add events to the schedule.

Sponsoring organizations include the Carolina Foothills Chapter of the Overmountain Victory Trail Association, N.C. Cooperative Extension Service, Rutherford County Historical Society, Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce, Community Empowerment Project, B Sharp Music, The Symphony of Rutherford County, Rutherford Community Theater, and Rutherford County Arts Council.

The goal of “Rutherford County Heritage Days” over the next few years is to draw attention to culture and heritage programs and special events of organizations and communities throughout the entire county. This is intended to contribute to the success of individual events and create interest in potential visitors from other parts of the region; it is also seen as a way to encourage additional activity for businesses throughout the county

and thus provide a positive contribution to the local economy. and the calendar is now online at: www.rutherfordheritage.com.

The initial schedule is as follows: Oct. 2-3: “Aaron Slick From Punkin Crick” A clean rural comedy. - 7:30 p.m. at Union Mills Learning Center.

Rutherford Community Theater presents a play about a country boy who outsmarts a city-slicker.

Oct. 4: Carolina Foothills Chapter, Overmountain Victory Trail Association - 1 p.m. at Gilbert Town.

Re-enactors celebrate the patriots’ victory at King’s Mountain.

“Aaron Slick From Punkin Crick,” 2:30 p.m. at Union Mills Learning Center.

Oct. 20: Historical Society Program - 7 p.m at St. John’s Historic Church, Main Street in Rutherfordton. Mike McCue, of Tryon, will lecture on the history and craft tradition of the Tryon Toymakers.

Nov. 5: Symphony of Rutherford County School Concert - 9:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. at The Foundation Performing Arts Center, Spindale.

The Symphony of Rutherford County presents its annual schools concert, including Richard Hayman’s “HoeDown” as a tribute to the Snuffy Jenkins tradition.

Nov. 7: Snuffy Jenkins Festival - 10

SOUTHERN STYLE SMOKED BBQ SUPPER FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2ND 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm Golden Valley United Methodist Church 1269 Golden Valley Church Road Golden Valley • 248-3060

BBQ Baked Beans $8.00 Adults Baked Potatoes $4.00 Children Baked Sweet Potatoes Under Four - Free French Fries BBQ Slaw / Plain Slaw Eat In Pickles BEST Take Out Rolls / Hushpuppies BBQ Cooked on Site Homemade Desserts Drinks Follow the signs to the church

a.m. to 10 p.m. at The Foundation Performing Arts Center, Isothermal Community College, Spindale. A day long indoor and outdoor music festival celebrating the legacy of Rutherford County native and banjo legend Snuffy Jenkins. The festival will feature the best in local and regional bluegrass and old-time music. This year’s headliners are Doc Watson, David Holt, and Raymond Fairchild. www. snuffyjenkinsfestival.com Nov. 13: Historical Society Program - 7 p.m. (place TBA). The premiere of Robin S. Lattimore’s new book, “Columns and Porches: Architectural Treasures of Rutherford County,” to benefit the Historical Society.

Dec. 1: Rutherford County Historical Society Program - 7 p.m. at First Baptist Church in Rutherfordton.

A new show choir “The Rutherford County Heritage Singers,” sponsored by the Historical Society, will present a program of holiday music from the 1940s,1950s and 1960s, under the direction of Lesley M. Bush. Following the performance, participants are asked to stroll down Main Street to St. John’s Historic Church for the annual tree lighting.

For more information or to list additional events, contact Rutherford County Arts Council arts@rutherfordarts.com.

FOREST CITY — The American Red Cross urges residents in the Rutherford County area to donate blood. All blood types are needed at this time.

Because blood can be separated into three components — red cells, plasma and platelets — a single donation can save up to three lives.

In the more than 100 area hospitals served by the American Red Cross, premature babies, accident victims and patients with cancer or recovering from surgery need approximately 1,500 units of blood or blood products each day.

Most healthy people age 17 and older, or 16 with parental consent, who weigh at least 110 pounds, are eligible to donate blood and platelets. Donors must have a form of positive identification in order to donate.

All presenting donors will automatically be entered into a drawing for a chance to win one of three pairs of Delta Airlines tickets.

Upcoming blood drives are: Friday, Oct. 9: Word of Faith Spindale; 210 Old Flynn Road; Spindale; 4 to 9:30 p.m.; Walkins welcome. Call Holly Morris at 287-9100 for more information or to schedule an appointment.

Thursday, Oct. 22: Corinth Baptist Church, Pinehurst Road; Ellenboro; 4 to 9 p.m.; Call Linda McCurry at 453-1775.

Saturday, Oct. 24: Cliffside Masonic Lodge; Old Main street, Cliffside; 7:30 a.m. to noon; Call Wayne or Betty Millis at 245-7606; Breakfast will be served to everyone.

Monday, Oct. 26: American Red Cross Chapter Blood Drive; 838 Oakland Road, Forest City; 2 to 6:30 p.m.; Call 287-5916 for more information.

The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Wednesday, September 30, 2009 — 3A

Local/State

Carolina Notes N.C. utility plans lake for S.C. nuclear plant CHARLOTTE (AP) — A North Carolina utility plans to create a 620-acre lake to provide water for a proposed nuclear reactor in northern South Carolina.

The Charlotte Observer reported Tuesday that Duke Energy wants to build a backup water supply for the proposed reactor along the Broad River in Cherokee County, S.C. The industrial lake would supplement a smaller water supply created during Duke’s first attempt to build a nuclear plant at the site, an effort stopped in 1982.

Duke has not made a final decision on building the reactor.

Utility spokeswoman Rita Sipe says the company is reviewing the water needed to cool the proposed reactor.

Chris Toney welds a repair on the door of a county-owned Caterpillar Pan. The 1978 model is still in use at the county’s landfill.

Garrett Byers/ Daily Courier

Officials open flu shot kiosk in N.C. airport

Vehicles

CHARLOTTE (AP) — Travelers passing through a North Carolina airport can roll up their sleeves for a flu shot before their flight rolls down the runway.

The AeroClinic at Charlotte Douglas International Airport has a flu shot kiosk inside the terminal staffed by nurses and will be offering shots beginning Tuesday. There are similar sites in Atlanta and Philadelphia.

Atlanta-based AeroClinic, in partnership with Presbyterian Healthcare, plans to open a walkin clinic at the Charlotte airport in early 2010. That clinic will provide acute care and pharmaceutical products.

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“After the Sheriff’s Department emergency vehicles reach high mileage, in order to ensure the safety of the officers, we attempt to rotate them out of that department’s fleet,” Condrey explained. “Although these vehicles are no longer considered safe for ‘high pursuit’ situations, they may still be of good enough quality to be considered safe for routine use and are sometimes transferred to other departments for use.

“For instance some old deputies cars will end up in other departments as sort of a hand me down. We had seven Crown Victorias between model years 1996 and 2000 that commissioners authorized us to sell at the September meeting along with other vehicles. Many of these vehicles start out in the Sheriff’s Department but spend their last years in Tax, Library, Transit, Senior Center and Soil and Water Conservation departments, to name a few.”

And the hand-me-down program has extended the lifespan of many vehicles.

“Our high mileage department is the Sheriff with 1,484,416 driven last year,” Condrey said. “Transit is next with 749,419; EMS has 320,642; DSS has 248,071 and those account for over 85 percent of the vehicle usage in the county. About 50 percent of the mileage is emergency usage, Sheriff and EMS with 24 hours, seven days a week, 365 days a

year coverage.”

The county’s EMS and sheriff departments get most of the attention from citizens — as people tend to look up when lights and sirens go by — but Condrey pointed out some less noticeable uses as just as likely.

“At some point almost any day the county is driving to support a citizen need of that day,” Condrey said.

“Whether we picked up a container of solid waste from a convenience center, dispatched an EMS unit to an emergency, drove library books from the main library to a satellite library, took an elderly patient to the doctor or delivered a home delivered meal, the county is busy at work.”

But the crunch in the economy makes even those standard duties require more staunch observation.

“Based on a fleet of 249 vehicles, we have certainly decreased the number we might normally purchase this year with all those being bought in the emergency departments,” Condrey said. “We monitor our fuel prices weekly in order to keep a close eye on the budget. I know that citizens are watching how we use vehicles as they should because they are paying for them.

“I hope that we provide the services at the level people expect. That is certainly our goal. I would always encourage anyone to let me know, as people sometimes do, if they see anything they believe is questionable.”

Contact Baughman via e-mail at sbaughman@thedigitalcourier.com.

Charlotte hospitals ban child visits

CHARLOTTE (AP) — Hospitals in North Carolina’s largest city are taking a new tack in the effort to prevent the spread of flu to patients by banning visits by children under the age of 18.

The Charlotte Observer reported that hospital officials said they couldn’t remember issuing such a blanket restriction on visits by children in the past. The ban goes into effect Thursday.

Carolinas HealthCare System and Novant Health announced the move in a joint statement Monday. They say it will remain in effect until flu cases have declined significantly, probably in several months.

Health officials say the number of flu cases is typical of wintertime

peaks even though it’s early in the season.

“We know this change poses an inconvenience to families with patients in area facilities,” said Dr. Stephen Wallenhaupt, chief medical officer for Novant, which owns Presbyterian Healthcare.

Dr. Thomas Zweng, senior vice president of medical affairs for Presbyterian Healthcare, said exceptions will be made for children who accompany parents to the emergency room. Children will also be allowed to visit dying relatives.

Both hospital systems are also asking adults not to visit if they have flu like symptoms, such as sore throat, coughing, body ache or fever greater than 100 degrees. And they’re also

encouraging employees to get flu vaccinations.

Affected CHS hospitals include Carolinas Medical Center, Levine Children’s Hospital, CMC-Mercy, CMC-Randolph, CMC-University and Carolinas Rehabilitation in Charlotte, CMC-Pineville, CMCLincoln in Lincolnton, CMCNorthEast in Concord, CMC-Union in Monroe, Carolinas RehabilitationMount Holly and Anson Community Hospital in Wadesboro.

Affected Novant hospitals include Presbyterian Hospital, Presbyterian Hemby Children’s Hospital and Presbyterian Orthopaedic Hospital in Charlotte, Presbyterian Hospital Huntersville, Presbyterian Hospital Matthews and Rowan Regional Medical Center in Salisbury.

’Vale’ gets a new home in state’s capital city RALEIGH (AP) — Three-thousand pounds of painted steel is getting a new home in North Carolina’s capital city.

“Vale” is a sculpture by Greensboro artist Jim Gallucci that used to sit behind the state library building in the view of school children, who often eat lunch on nearby picnic tables while on field trips.

The sculpture is a minimalist interpretation of a mountain valley in steel. It was taken down more than two years ago so Gallucci could restore it. On Tuesday, Cultural Resources Secretary Linda A. Carlisle will welcome the sculpture to the intersection of Jones and Wilmington streets in downtown Raleigh.

“Vale” was one of the first pieces selected for the Artworks for State Buildings collections, which comprises 100 works by 78 artists from North Carolina.

Power mostly restored in Greensboro GREENSBORO (AP) — Most Greensboro residents can’t blame a power outage if they overslept.

Although a storm left more than 20,000 residential and business customers in the city’s northwest area without power early Monday evening, most of the power had been restored early Tuesday. The News & Record of Greensboro reported that 267 power outages were reported as of 5:30 a.m.

A Duke Energy spokesman says a tree fell into a major power substation, causing the outage.

4A — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Wednesday, September 30, 2009 ■ A daily forum for opinion, commentary and editorials on the news that affects us all.

James R. Brown/ publisher Steven E. Parham/ executive editor 601 Oak Street, P.O. Box 1149, Forest City, N.C. 28043 Phone: 245-6431 Fax: 248-2790

E-mail: dailycourier@thedigitalcourier.com

Our Views Health care more than treatment

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ur nation is now engaged in a great debate on how to create a health care system that is affordable to all Americans.

These are much needed discussions, but there is another subject that should also be part of the mix.

While having access to medical care is necessary, it might be less of a problem if people did more to take care of themselves.

A study released this week revealed that nine in 10 American teenagers are not eating enough vegetables and fruits.

According to the survey, just 13 percent of teens eat three servings of vegetables a day and just 32 percent get two servings of fruit. North Carolina, sadly, was decidedly worse that the national averages.

Given what we know about the need for good diet and exercise in maintaining our health, these numbers are disturbing.

None of us is perfect when it comes to doing the things we need to do to stay healthy, but if we would all try a little harder it could make a huge difference.

The best way to save money on health care is not to have to spend money for doctors and lab tests and hospital visits.

Our readers’ views Offers personal view of health care issues To the editor: I am amazed at the people that have written regarding the health insurance issue.

Those of you that have done so, obviously have Medicare, Medicaid, or excellent group insurance.

If you did not have these, you would be screaming about the high costs, the pre-existing exclusions, and the cancellation of your policy if you neglected to disclose any medication or past illness.

I would love to know what insurance you have because I want that for myself and my entire family. I know first hand how the insurance companies work.

I worked for a public school for over 15 years. I had the great privilege of receiving wonderful health insurance for myself and family at a very reasonable cost.

This was so important to me because I had a son that was born with cancer and another one that had Guillan Barre Syndrome.

The costs involved were huge.

Without insurance I do not think my sons would be here today.

Soon after I began working, I started getting sick. I had never been sick before working there.

I found out that it was the air quality and exposure to mold that was making me, coworkers and students sick. I continued working there so I could have health insurance for myself and children.

Upon my doctor’s orders I had to leave a job that I loved, and lost the health insurance that I depended on. Once my Cobra ran out, I began looking for insurance.

I filled out over 22 applications (each one taking 2-4 hours to

complete). I would wait to hear from them. Each and every time I was put into the highest tier (this is how the insurance companies rate you) and quoted the maximum amount — $2,100 a month. The insurance companies do not look at your medical records at that time.

They ask you on every application — “have you ever been treated for___, or have you ever taken certain medications.”

At the bottom of the application is a place for you to list anything not on the application. They do not ask for the last three years, it is in your lifetime.

They then pull up your pharmacy records (using your social security number) and see what medications you have had. They see the use of antibiotics, steroids, eye drops, etc.

The insurance companies consider GERD the same as cancer.

We all know it as acid reflux or indigestion.

When filling out the applications, you better remember every illness (no matter how small) that you have had in your life. Yes, this includes yeast infections, ear infections, strep throat, ingrown toenails, etc.

If they have to pay a claim for you, that is when they have their people request every medical record you have ever had (using your social security number).

They are looking for anything that you did not disclose on your application. This may disqualify you from any benefits.

After all, they are in the business to make money, not pay claims.

Each person in my family had been treated for something in the past, so they were placed in the highest tier also.

The premiums for my family would have been $8,400 a month ($100,800 a year) with a year wait for anything pre-existing.

I am sure none of you are paying that.

Thankfully, my husband now has a job that has group coverage and will cover me.

It is not cheap and also had a pre-existing wait of a year. That meant no treatment for cancer, high blood pressure, glaucoma, etc. Yes, we can go to the emergency room for treatment.

However, you are incorrect in saying that “it is free.” It is not.

Like it or not, we are all paying for it. And no, it is not all the illegal immigrants. It is many of us that have no choice.

Trust me; we would love nothing more than to have the insurance that you have. Please share that information. I will be the first one to call to get affordable insurance for my family.

Until you are willing to give up your current insurance and go through the process of trying to get it on your own, you have no idea how difficult it is.

Hopefully, this experience will change your heart. If nothing else, it will open your eyes.

We all deserve to have good, affordable health insurance.

Without it, we cannot get the same care you do.

Pam Nevin Rutherfordton

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Of wind and waves and N.C. coastal landscapes RALEIGH — Anyone who has ever stayed in an upperstory condo or hotel room in Atlantic Beach, Morehead City or Beaufort knows about the competing views.

Look in one direction, and you’re likely drink in a painting-like scene of water, sky, boats and birds.

Gazing out another window, you’ll probably see an industrial landscape of tall cranes, storage warehouses, and railroad cars.

Somehow, though, the port at Morehead City doesn’t seem to have hurt the development of tourism in the area.

In fact, the stark contrast of the powerful machinery, built by the hand of man, and the raw seascape around it, built by the hand of God, stirs something in the soul.

Today in North Carolina Scott Mooneyham

Some of the people living on the Outer Banks apparently aren’t comforted by the history of Atlantic Beach and Morehead, aren’t convinced that industrial towers won’t spoil their pristine views and tourism economy.

Marc Basnight, the powerful head of the North Carolina Senate, can’t be counted among them.

Last week, he gave pretty solid endorsement of the idea of wind turbines along the North Carolina coast.

Basnight has always been

protective of his beloved Outer Banks and its tourism economy. He hasn’t always been so supportive of the idea of 500-foot wind turbines dotting the coastal landscape.

But at a conference held on Hatteras Island last week on the issue of coastal wind farms, Basnight told residents that wind turbines were a better alternative than global warming and rising sea levels.

“Change is not quickly accepted by me and less quickly by people on this island,” Basnight said.

Change, though, is coming.

Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with the help of Duke Energy, hope to build one to three of the giant turbines a few miles

west of Hatteras Island out in the Pamlico Sound.

The test turbines could go up as early as next year.

If successful, they could lead to more widespread development of wind farms along the coast, both offshore and in the sounds.

The researchers have already conducted a study that concluded that area in the interior waters off Buxton would provide the best place to produce wind energy. That study also looked at environmental risks and regulatory hurdles.

One of the wind turbines could provide enough power for 500 homes. And they could do so without producing the pollution of fossil fuels, although costs compared to coal and natural gas remains a sticking point.

Wind is going to be a significant component of America’s power generation in the future.

Other states — New Jersey, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Delaware — are already pursuing plans to build coast wind farms.

Some residents in those states are also opposed, worried that their piece of paradise will no longer be so pure.

But as Basnight pointed out, unless you’re a fish, the alternative might not look so much like paradise in the future.

And who knows? Some might even find the resulting landscape a little aweinspiring.

Mooneyham is executive director of the Capitol Press Association.

The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Superior Court Judge Brad Long ruled Monday that releasing the video would jeopardize a possible criminal investigation into the shooting.

Several media outlets including The Associated Press asked the judge to release the video from

Stephanie Harris

Stephanie Nicole Harris, 26, of 168 Pine St., Forest City, died Friday, Sept. 25, 2009, at Mission Hospital in Asheville.

The cameras captured A native of Gaston County, the Aug. 23 traffic stop as 21-year-old Courtland Smith she was a daughter of Steve was stopped on Interstate 85 and Paulette Lowery Harris of Forest City. in Randolph County.

She was employed at Deb’s Smith had called 911 while Mini Mart and of the Baptist on the road, saying he was Faith. trying to kill himself, had In addition to her parents, been drinking and was carshe is survived by two sons, rying a gun.

Jayden Hooper and Markus Police radio traffic indicates Hooper of the home; two brothers, Steven Harris and Smith was shot 35 seconds Dallas Harris, both of Forest after his car was stopped.

City; and one sister, April Campbell of Forest City.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the A.C. McKinney Memorial Chapel of McKinneyLandreth Funeral Home.

(RCSD) The Rev. Neil Murray will n Paula Jo Stafford, 21, of officiate. Burial will follow 1041 U.S. 221 South; charged in Prospect Baptist Church with four counts of misdecemetery. Visitation will be meanor probation violation; held Wednesday from 7 to 9 placed under a $40,000 p.m. at the funeral home. secured bond. (RCSD) n Chanity Nicole Watkins, Online condolences www.mckin23, of 138 Hillbrook Drive; neylandrethfuneralhome.com. charged with assault and battery; released on a $1,000 Pearl Hooper unsecured bond. (RCSD) n Tina Denise Herrin, Pearl Martha Melton 24, of 1021 U.S. 221 South, Hooper, 89, of 830 Bethany Rutherfordton; charged with Church Rd., Forest City, died failure to comply on child Monday, Sept. 28, 2009, support; placed under a $150 at Autumn Care Nursing cash bond. (RPD) Center. n Fredrick Duval Ray, 28, A native of Rutherford of 701 No. 15 Rock Rd.; surCounty, she was a daughter render on speeding, reckof the late Leo and Fannie less driving to endanger and Toney Melton. aggressive driving; placed She was a member of Mt. under a $1,200 secured bond. Pleasant Baptist Church in (Bondsman) Golden Valley and a retired textile and restaurant employee.

EMS/Rescue In addition to her parents, n The Rutherford County she was preceded in death EMS responded to 32 E-911 by her first husband Henry calls Monday.

Ruppe, and her second husn The Volunteer Life band William Hooper.

Saving and Rescue, Hickory She is survived by one son, Nut Gorge EMS and Jerry Ruppe of Bostic; three Rutherford County Rescue daughters, Carolyn Tessnear responded to four E-911 calls of Spindale, Becky Bradley of Monday.

Bostic, and Meryle Mills of Forest City; one brother, Guy Fire Calls Melton; one sister, Corinne Brendle of Mooresboro; 13 n Bostic Fire Department grandchildren, 21 greatresponded to wires down grandchildren, and three Monday. n Cliffside Fire Department great-great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be responded to a house held at noon Thursday at The fire Monday, assisted A.C. McKinney Memorial

by Ellenboro and Sandy Chapel of McKinneyMush. The department also Landreth Funeral home. responded to a fire alarm.

The Rev. Phil Raines will n Ellenboro Fire officiate. Burial will folDepartment responded to a low in the Sunset Memorial house fire Monday, assisted Park. Visitation will be held

by Cliffside and Number Thursday from 10:30 a.m.

7. The department also responded to a downed tree. until noon, prior to the sern Hudlow Fire Department vice at the funeral chapel. responded to a motor vehicle crash Monday.

Online condolences www.mckinneylandrethfuneralhome.com. n Rutherfordton Fire Department responded to a motor vehicle crash and a Edith Bright vehicle fire Monday.

Edith Condrey Bright, 88, n S-D-O Fire Department of Marion, died Monday, responded to two motor Sept.

28, 2009, at Mountain vehicle crashes Monday.

Ridge Wellness Center.

The department also Born in McDowell County, assisted Green Creek Fire she was a daughter of the late Department with a house fire. n Spindale Fire Department responded to a downed tree Monday. n Shingle Hollow Fire Department responded to a Stephanie Nicole Harris, 26, of downed tree Monday.

168 Pine Street, Forest City, died Friday, September 25, 2009, at n Sandy Mush Fire Mission Hospital in Asheville Department responded to a A native of Gaston County, motor vehicle crash Monday. dashboard cameras on two Archdale police cruisers.

Police Notes Sheriff’s Reports

n The Rutherford County Sheriff’s Department responded to 192 E-911 calls Monday. n Michael Brandon Epley reported the theft of a dirt bike. n The theft of a catalytic converter from a vehicle was reported by Rutherford County Schools, 381 W. Main St., Forest City. n Carlton Harris reported a breaking and entering and vandalism to a residence. n Karen Moore Sepko reported the theft of a diamond ring. n Carolyn W. McCraw reported vandalism by a vehicle driven through a yard. n C.F. Reese reported a theft. n Carmen Latrese Barnes reported vandalism to automobiles.

Rutherfordton

n The Rutherfordton Police Department responded to 48 E-911 calls Monday. n Peter James Moore reported the theft of a lawnmower. n A breaking and entering and trespassing was reported at Rutherfordton Elementary School, 134 Maple St.

Spindale

n The Spindale Police Department responded to 13 E-911 calls Monday.

Lake Lure

n The Lake Lure Police Department responded to two E-911 calls Monday.

Forest City

n The Forest City Police Department responded to 56 E-911 calls Monday. n Sherri Ann Jones reported an incident of attempted breaking and entering and injury to real property. n An employee of Waffle House, located at Tri-City Mall, reported an incident of defrauding an inn keeper. n Scott Dotson reported an incident of attempted breaking and entering and damage to property.

Arrests

n Alicia Hope Burnett, 23, of 295 Carolina Ave.; charged with driving while impaired; placed under a $1,000 secured bond. (NCHP) n April Dawn Thompson, 23, of 599 Cleghorn Mill Rd.; charged with assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury; released on a $50,000 unsecured bond.

(RCSD) n Casey Ryan Tate, 19, of 183 Twelve Oaks; charged with communicating threats; released on a $1,000 unsecured bond. (RCSD) n Joshua Dean Morris, 24, of 314 Randolph St.; charged with failure to pay monies; placed under a $591 cash bond. (RCSD) n Lloyd Craig Wood, 38, of 1376 Powder Rd.; charged with flee/elude arrest with motor vehicle, reckless driving/ wanton disregard and no operator’s license; placed under a $3,000 secured bond. (RCSD) n Becky Ann Callahan, 45, of 323 Puzzle Creek Rd.; charged with assault with a deadly weapon; placed under a $5,000 secured bond.

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Judge not releasing Obituaries video of shooting

ASHEBORO (AP) — A North Carolina judge has refused to release the police video of a shooting that killed a University of North Carolina student.

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Stephanie Nicole Harris

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Stephanie was born September 17, 1983, a daughter of Steve and Paulette Lowery Harris of Forest City. She was employed at Deb’s Mini Mart and was of the Baptist Faith.

Besides her parents, she is survived by two sons Jayden Hooper and Markus Hooper of the home; two brothers, Steven Harris and Dallas Harris, both of Forest City; one sister, April Campbell of Forest City, and the love of her life Akir Hooper.

Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Thursday, October 1, 2009, at the A.C. McKinney Memorial Chapel at McKinneyLandreth Funeral Home with the Rev. Neil Murray officiating.

Burial will follow in Prospect Baptist Church Cemetery.

Visitation will be held from 7-9 P.M. Wednesday, September 30, 2009, at McKinney-Landreth Funeral Home.

McKinney-Landreth Funeral Home is serving the Harris family.

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John Condrey and Althea Plemmons Condrey, and also preceded in death by her husband, Jesse Poole Bright.

She was a homemaker and a member of Sugar Hill Baptist Church.

Survivors include seven children, Faye Frady of Marion, Jimmy Bright of Morganton, Johnny Bright of Rutherfordton, Floyd Bright of Grundy, Va., Betty Parker of Union Mills, Judy Proctor of Marion, and Janice Hardin of Rutherfordton; and a large number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

A funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday at Sugar Hill Baptist Church with the Revs.

Jerry Campbell and James Lamb officiating. The family will receive friends Wednesday from 5 to 7 p.m. at Westmoreland Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, 31 College Place, Suite D320, Asheville, NC 28801.

Online condolences www.westmorelandfuneralhome.com.

Buzz Clark Paul Edwin “Buzz” Clark, 73, of Morris Loop, Morganton, died Monday, Sept. 28, 2009, at his residence following a period of declining health.

Born in Burke County, he was a son of the late Clingman Postell Clark and Annie Katherine Byrd Clark.

He was a member of Westview Baptist Church and enjoyed restoring antique cars.

Survivors include his wife, Glennis Blalock Clark of the home; a son, Dennis Clark of Morganton; three daughters, Kathy Clark Franklin and Susan Clark Curry, both of Union Mills, and Glenda Clark Hayes of Hickory; six grandchildren; five greatgrandchildren; a brother, Derrill Clark of Morganton; and a sister, Maxine Clark Taylor of Morganton.

A graveside service will be held at 4 p.m. Wednesday in the Denton’s Chapel United Methodist Church cemetery with the Rev. Alan Wilson officiating. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service in the church sanctuary.

At other times, the family will be at the Clark home, 5600 Morris Loop, Morganton.

Memorials may be made to Denton’s Chapel United Methodist Church, Building Fund, 5358 Denton’s Chapel Rd., Morganton, NC 28655; Burke Hospice and Palliative Care, Inc., 1721 Enon Rd., Valdese, NC 28690; or to Cane Creek Baptist Church, 6871 U.S. Hwy. 64, Union Mills, NC 28167.

Sossoman Funeral Home of Morganton is assisting the family.

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Deaths Henry Bellmon OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Henry Louis Bellmon, who in 1963 became Oklahoma’s first GOP governor since statehood and is known as the father of the state’s modern Republican party, died Tuesday. He was 88.

Bellmon, who also served two terms in the U.S. Senate, died shortly before 11 a.m. after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease.

Bellmon served two nonconsecutive terms as governor, one that began in 1963 and one that started in 1987.

As the state’s first GOP governor, Bellmon was credited with making the party a viable force in state politics.

In 1967, he served as national chairman of the Nixon for President campaign. Bellmon then went on to win election to the U.S. Senate in 1968 and again in 1974.

During his first term as a U.S. senator, Bellmon supported a federal court order that called for crosstown busing to achieve racial balance in Oklahoma City public schools. Many state newspapers criticized him for his stance.

At the end of his second term as governor, Bellmon saw passage of the Education Reform and Funding Act of 1990.

Bellmon was born Sept. 3, 1921, in Tonkawa. He attended Colorado State University and later transferred to Oklahoma A&M College, which became Oklahoma State University. He received a bachelor of science degree in agriculture in 1942.

Edith Condrey Bright Mrs. Edith Condrey Bright, age 88, of Marion, passed away on Monday, September 28, 2009 at Mountain Ridge Wellness Center. She was born in McDowell County on July 17, 1921 to the late John Condrey and Althea Plemmons Condrey.

Edith was a homemaker, a member of Sugar Hill Baptist Church and will be remembered by her family as a beloved and loving mother and grandmother. Her husband, Jesse Poole Bright, preceded her in death.

Saddened by this loss are seven children, Faye Frady and husband, Carl of Marion, Jimmy Bright and wife, Rosalee of Morganton, Johnny Bright and wife, Beatrice of Rutherfordton, Floyd Bright and wife Emma of Grundy, VA, Betty Parker of Union Mills, Judy Proctor of Marion and Janice Hardin and husband, Ronnie of Rutherfordton; and a large number of grandchildren and greatgrandchildren.

A funeral service will be held on Thursday, October 1, 2009 at 3 PM at Sugar hill Baptist Church with Revs. Jerry Campbell and James Lamb officiating. The family will receive friends from 5:00-7:00PM Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009 at Westmoreland Funeral HOme Chapel. Burial will be in the church cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials should be made to the Alzheimer’s Association at 31 College Place, Suite D320, Asheville, NC 28801.

Westmoreland Funeral HOme and Crematory is assisting the family with arrangements. An online register is available under obituaries at: www.westmorelandfuneralhome.com Paid obit

Pearl Martha Melton Hooper

Pearl Martha Melton Hooper, 89, of 830 Bethany Church Road, Forest City, died Monday, September, 28, 2009, at Autumn Care Nursing Center.

A native of Rutherford County, Pearl was born January 5, 1920, a daughter of the late Leo and Fannie Toney Melton. She was a member of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church in Golden Valley and was a retired textile and restaurant employee.

Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband Henry Ruppe; her second husband William Hooper; and two sons, Ronnie Ruppe and Calvin Ruppe.

She is survived by one son, Jerry Ruppe and wife Freida of Bostic; three daughters, Carolyn Tessnear of Spindale, Becky Bradley and husband Claude of Bostic, and Meryle Mills and husband Jack of Forest City; one brother Guy Melton; one sister Corinne Brendle of Mooresboro; 13 grandchildren, 21 great grandchildren; and three great-great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 12:00 P.M., Thursday, October 1, 2009, at The A.C. McKinney Memorial Chapel at McKinneyLandreth Funeral home with the Rev. Phil Raines officiating. Burial will follow in Sunset Memorial Park.

Visitation will be held from 10:30-12:00 P.M. at McKinneyLandreth Funeral Home.

Paid Obit

6A — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Calendar/Local/state

City fined $35,000 for sewage spill Health/education Health Screening: Thursday, Oct. 1, 9 to 11 a.m., at Plum Natural, 213 Oak St., Forest City; call 245-6578 for more information.

Health Fair: Friday, Oct. 2, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Lake Lure Town Hall; sponsored by Lake Lure Lions Club; vision screening (Lions Vision Van), hearing tests, blood pressure, blood sugar testing, chiropractor, acupuncture, Hospice, diabetic education and general wellness/health care education.

Flu vaccines: Flu shots will be given Thursday, Oct. 15, from 5 to 7:30 p.m., at Double Springs Baptist Church FLC; fee $30; free for those Medicare Part B card; must bring card or a copy; for questions, call Karen Bridges at 704-284-0194; this is a service for the community from Double Springs Baptist Church Health Care Ministry.

Meetings/other Regular meeting: American Legion Post 74 will meet Thursday, Oct. 1, at the National Guard Armory on Withrow Road. Dinner at 6 p.m., meeting at 7.

CPC: Rutherford County Animal Control Facility and the Community Pet Center will be closed on Saturday, Oct. 3. Please visit their booth at Rutherfordton’s Hilltop Festival.

Miscellaneous Fall festival: “Fall for Jesus”; Saturday, Oct. 3, 11 a.m., Lake Lure Baptist Church; bake sale, free food (donations accepted), jumping castle for the kids, face painting, cake walk, games, prizes and lots of music.

Reunions Hutchins family reunion: Descendants of Joseph and Mary Thomas Vickers Hutchins; Wednesday, Oct. 7, covered dish lunch 1 p.m., at Cane Creek Clubhouse, US Hwy. 64, Rutherfordton; 30-year reunion: R-S Central Class of 1979; classmates will meet Oct. 9 at the homecoming game, and Oct. 10 at Water Oak Restaurant; for information contact Susie Lane King at 286-0129.

40-year reunion: East Rutherford High School Class of 1969 will hold its 40th reunion on Oct. 10.

Classmates who have not received information, contact Linda H. Lovelace at 245-2267 or Max Champion at 245-9243.

Fundraisers Barbecue supper: Southern-style smoked barbecue supper: Friday, Oct. 2, 4 to 8 p.m., Golden Valley United Methodist Church, 1269 Golden Valley Church Rd.; adult plates $8, children $4; dine in or carry out.

VFD fundraiser: Saturday, Oct. 3, begins at 7 a.m., Bill’s Creek Volunteer Fire Department; large number of yard sale items; sausage biscuits, and gravy; hot dogs and hamburgers go on sale at 10 a.m.; proceeds for fire department needs.

Spaghetti supper: Saturday, Oct. 3, begins at 4 p.m., Thermal City United Methodist Church, Union Mills; adults $7; children $3; under six free; take outs available.

Church fundraiser: Saturday, Oct. 10, begins at 7 a.m., Piney Mountain Baptist Church parking lot; yard sale items, car wash, donut sale, baked goods; sponsored by the church youth.

Religion Special service: Sunday, Oct. 4, 3 p.m.; New Life Christian Fellowship Church of God; guest speaker, Dr. Michael Issac, pastor of Shoal Creek Baptist Church, Shelby; New Life Church is located at 601 E. Main St., Spindale.

Revival: Oct. 4-8, Robertson Creek Free Will Baptist Church; Sunday service 6 p.m.; MTWTh, 7 nightly; Rev. Jack Moses, pastor of Lenoir FWB Church, will speak Sunday-Tuesday, and Rev. Harold Holcombe, pastor of Salem FWB Church, will speaker Wednesday and Thursday; Timmy Hodge, pastor; for directions call 245-7954.

Fruits of The Spirit: Sunday, Oct. 4, 3 p.m., St. Luke Holiness Church, Forest City; speakers include Rev. Rachel Twitty, Rev. Queenie Hamilton, Rev. Linda Hamilton, Rev. Francine Traylor, Sis. Julia Carpenter, Sis. Shaunda Twitty, and Min. Felecia Brewton.

Tent revival: Sunday, Oct. 11, 11 a.m. until 6 p.m., Piney Mountain Baptist Church; guest speaker, Rev. Paul Nelon; chairs provided, or bring your own.

Homecoming: Sunday, Oct. 11, 4 p.m., Harvest House Baptist Church, 245 Big Springs Ave., Forest City; guest speaker, Rev. James Lytle, pastor of Mt. View Baptist Church, Rutherfordton; Travis McEntyre, pastor.

THOMASVILLE (AP) — North Carolina has fined the city of Thomasville more than $35,000 for a sewage spill recorded as the largest in the state in at least a decade.

The News & Record of Greensboro reported that City Manager Kelly Craver said his staff is researching how and when the spill of almost 16 million gallons of untreated wastewater occurred. They might ask consultants to determine whether the spill, from an isolated sewer line to Hamby Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant, really was that big, Craver said.

The city’s public service staff initially reported the spill started Aug. 3, lasted one day and dumped almost 386,000 gallons into a tributary that

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mine exactly which areas to cut funding — and an additional one percent held back just in case.

As enrollment continues to increase even as funding does not, Johnson and Matheny said the situation could be much, much worse.

“This budget, given what we’ve been through, is actually quite good,” Matheny said. “It allows us to continue providing services and move forward with things that were on hold or frozen up last year.”

Those things include being able to hire for positions that have been held open, Johnson said, but not necessarily expansion of positions.

“In the total reductions, we have about $960,000 in immediate reversions,” she said. “We have additional losses of around $270,000 with categorical cuts. We want to manage every dime spent so we can make it through the end of the year, no matter what comes down from the governor’s office or the state community college office.”

The five percent cut imposed by Executive Order 21 could never come to fruition, the board learned.

The North Carolina Association of Community College Trustees Executive Director Donny Hunter has e-mailed community colleges asking them to draft a resolution to the governor’s office asking that community colleges be exempt from the cut.

Hunter’s e-mail stated “Getting the community colleges exempted from the additional five percent cut will

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them by North Carolina state law,” said Lynn Faltraco, Community Pet Center director. “The dog came in on that Saturday and the man who brought it to us said the dog was running around his yard. It was here on Saturday and stayed for the required 72 hours and then went out from the facility. I have spoken with the (Great Dane rescue) group and they know the owner is wanting to get the dog back. They plan to contact her with their process for getting the dog back.”

Cogdell is hopeful she will hear from the group soon.

“We went to the Relay for Life on Sept. 11 and it was about 2 a.m. before we got home,” Cogdell said. “The gate was shut to our property and she usually stays on our porch. She can jump over the gate because she is so large, but what we thought was that someone had stolen her so we didn’t think to check the shelter. We put up fliers saying she was missing and then once I got in touch with the shelter they said she had already been adopted.”

The shelter took possession of the animal on Sept. 12 at about 9 a.m.

feeds into High Rock Lake.

On Sept. 10, they changed the report to show the spill started in mid-July and dumped almost 16 million gallons. After reviewing plant records and interviewing employees, local officials think the figure might be closer to the smaller amount.

They say they estimated 15.9 million gallons on the orders of an investigator from the Environmental Protection Agency. Craver said last week that the EPA ordered the city recalculate the amount of the spill based on creating a baseline over the past four months. Beginning July 16, anything higher than that baseline was considered spilled, he said.

The city’s own inquiry raised ques-

tions about whether a much smaller leak occurred closer to the city’s original estimate, which would explain the lack of fish kills and other outward signs of such a historically large spill, they say.

The EPA got involved after an operator at a wastewater treatment plant told Yadkin River Keeper Dean Naujoks that the spill had been underreported, lasted several weeks and continued despite employee efforts to alert superiors.

make major differences to every college and its ability to provide desperately needed services to citizens in your community and communities across the state.”

Trustees Board Chair James Hutchins presented the board with a resolution which in essence, he explained, states “We think we ought to have exception. It doesn’t make sense to take money back from a place so many people turn to during hard economic times.” The resolution was approved unanimously.

Other action items included approval of proposed by-laws presented during the August meeting, approval of a third-party administrator agreement for the supplemental retirement income plan of North Carolina and a pandemic influenza plan.

“As part of our business continuity plan, which you have already approved, we have to include a pandemic influenza plan which basically states we will monitor any influenza outbreak and what our plan is,” Johnson told the board.

“It essentially says that we’ll react based on what the situation is. We’ve already ordered hand sanitizer and face masks.”

The board approved a rough draft of the plan to be included in the business continuity plan and will discuss the matter further during the November meeting.

In other business: n Chivous Bradley, appointed by the Rutherford County Board of Education, took the oath of office to fill the unexpired term of Gordon Scott. Bradley’s term expires June 30,

2012.

The board: n warned of the resignation of Cindy Ramsey, director of the Polk County Center, effective Sept. 4; Roger Crawford, business manager of WNCW Radio Station effective Aug. 27; and Diane Dezio, member services assistant of WNCW Radio Station, effective Aug. 31; n accepted the internal transfers of Crystal Scruggs from underwriting marketing specialist at WNCW to financial aid in student services and Kate Barkschat from development director at WNCW to director of the Polk County Center; n received statements of appointment for Angela Reid, testing coordinator in student services, Sept. 23, 2009, through June 30, 2010; Regina McKinney, arts and sciences/academic development secretary, Sept.

22, 2009, through June 30, 2010; and Robbie Walters, director of information technology, Oct. 1, 2009, through June 30, 2010; n learned of the retirement of Cheryl Waddingham, secretary to the adult high school program, effective.

Jan 1, 2010; n approved educational leave for fall semester for Director of the Career Center, Student Services, Johnny Smith; and, n Approved nine month contracts for 45 employees, 10 month contracts for three employees, 17 twelve month employees and one probationary contract.

Officials said the dog showed no signs of neglect. On Sept. 15, the rescue group picked up the animal around 3:30 p.m.

“We only hold animals for 72 hours as that is the state mandated time and we just don’t have the space,” said Sara Hartman who works at the shelter. “If someone comes to us and says they want their animal back and they’re within that 72 hour period — and the animal has their current rabies shot — we give them back. If they don’t have their current shot then we charge them a $10 fee, give them the shot and let the owner have the animal back.”

The CPC staff does have some tips for owners who have lost their pets.

“If people lose their pets, there are some Web sites and some numbers they need to contact,” Faltraco said. “Please check the county site at rutherfordcountync.gov. Go to Departments and click on the animal shelter to view cats and dogs up for adoption. You can also e-mail the CPC at communitypetcenter@blueridge.net. Post fliers anywhere they can, and talk to the staff at the local veterinarians offices and try to post notices there.”

Faltraco also recommends calling animal control at 287-6025 or the

CPC at 287-7738.

Makayla had no tags, but was wearing a collar, Cogdell said.

“We’d only had the dog for about a month when she went missing,” Cogdell said. “We offered to pay the $60 back that was the adoption fee.

When we first bought the dog we paid $500 for her. Whether they’ve told them that we’ll pay that adoption fee or not, I don’t know. My son is six and he is very attached to the dog. The dog is nine months old and stands about waist high to me and I’m about 5 feet tall.”

Naujoks told the EPA, which the city confirmed is investigating whether any criminal laws were broken. High Rock is part of the Yadkin system that Naujoks oversees.

Contact Flynn via e-mail at aflynn@thedigitalcourier.com.

A representative from the rescue group has contacted Cogdell and told her she will need to complete their adoption process to get Makayla back.

“They’ve told us that we have to go through this check to see if we’re fit to take care of the dog and provide for her,” Cogdell said. “And they said we’d have to pay a processing fee, but they haven’t told us how much that will be yet.”

For now, Cogdell can only wait until she hears back from the rescue group, whose identity remains a mystery to solve.

Contact Baughman via e-mail at sbaughman@thedigitalcourier.com.

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Burns names stadium for Ron Greene LAWNDALE — Burns High named its football stadium after longtime head football coach Ron Greene, Friday, Sept. 25.

Greene won 174 games as the head coach of the Bulldogs, and he is currently the second winningest football coach in Cleveland County history. He lead the Bulldogs to the 1994 3A state title.

Greene, a 1969 graduate of Chase High, was the head coach of the 2002 East-West Game, and an assistant coach at the 2007 Shrine Bowl.

Greene was co-captain of the 1968 Trojans and a two-time all-conference player for the Trojans.

Greene went on to play at Gardner-Webb University.

The football field at Burns High will now be called, Ron Greene Stadium.

Associated Press

Carolina Panthers’ coach John Fox walks down the sideline in the final seconds of an NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys, Monday, in Arlington, Texas. The Cowboys won 21-7.

Johnson recovering, season is finished LOS ANGELES (AP) — Southern California tailback Stafon Johnson is unlikely to play again this season after a falling weight bar crushed his neck and larynx.

The senior who scored the No. 7 Trojans’ go-ahead touchdown against Ohio State two weeks ago was bench-pressing when the bar slipped from his right hand and fell onto his throat.

Johnson was in critical but stable condition after more than seven hours of surgery, said Katreena Salgado, a spokeswoman for California Hospital Medical Center.

He was treated for crushing injuries to his neck as well as severe injuries to his larynx, said the hospital’s trauma medical director, Dr. Gudata Hinika.

It’s unlikely Johnson will be able to play again this season, but his prognosis is good and doctors expect him to make a full recovery, Hinika said in a statement released by the hospital.

Pennington maybe lost for the season DAVIE, Fla. (AP) — Miami Dolphins quarterback Chad Pennington dislocated his right shoulder and may seek a second opinion to determine how long he’ll be sidelined, a person familiar with his status said.

The person insisted on anonymity because the Dolphins have said little about the injury.

Backup Chad Henne is expected to make his first NFL start in Sunday’s home game against Buffalo.

Other media outlets reported Pennington had a torn capsule and was likely to miss the rest of the season.

Local Sports SOCCER 6 p.m. Chase at Freedom 6 p.m. Thomas Jefferson at Owen 6 p.m. Burns at R-S Central 6 p.m. East Rutherford at Shelby

On TV 2 p.m. (WGN) MLB Baseball Pittsburgh Pirates at Chicago Cubs.

7 p.m. (ESPN) MLB Baseball Teams TBA. 7 p.m. (TS) MLB Baseball Florida Marlins at Atlanta Braves.

8 p.m. (ESPN2) College Football Hawaii at Louisiana Tech.

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East’s Rebecca Hill (21) and a player from Burns High meet at the net during the volleyball game at East Rutherford Tuesday. The Lady Cavs’ Makalya Harrellson (28) looks on.

Lady Cavs sweep Burns

By KEVIN CARVER Sports Reporter

FOREST CITY — While East Rutherford used a variety of ways to cruise past Burns on the volleyball court Tuesday, sophomore Jaclyn Boever highlighted a 25-7, 25-17, 25-12 win in straight sets.

Boever was responsible for 10 points, including 7 aces and three kills, in East Rutherford’s easy South Mountain Athletic Conference win.

“We definitely played with a lot more intensity tonight,” East Rutherford volleyball coach Julie Powell said. “I told them earlier today that we have a second half of conference to play, and it’s up to them as to whether we are going to play more consistent and stayed motivated. They did a great job tonight.”

Behind an early kill by Chelsea Medford, East ran out to a 7-4 lead and that would be the closest things would get down the stretch in the first set.

Rebecca Hill came up with two slams and Hill set up Sally Harrill along the right side for another kill in a 8-1 run. Burns called for time as the Lady Cavaliers held a 15-5 advantage. The time out did very little to stop East as Kelly Brooks earned an

ace and Stephanie Jarrell later earned an impressive dig in the middle, which Boever destroyed for a kill in an 18-point set one win.

East Rutherford slowly crept out of the gate in the second set. Burns, on their third kill of the set, took its only lead at 10-9, But Medford swatted a corner kill, a flip over the net for another kill and then Boever took over not too long after that.

Boever crushed four hot-to-handle aces, leading to a 17-12 East lead, which forced Burns to call for time.

The Lady Cavs continue the onslaught as an 8-5 run secured the second set following a drop shot for the kill at 25-17.

Already up two sets, East took a short time to pack up the win. Chelsea Rush and Makayla Harrellson each had two kills, three of those sideline shots to build a 19-8 East Rutherford lead in the third. Boever blasted three consecutive shots from the service lane to get the final six point need for the Lady Cavs to wrap up the contest.

While assisting in four kills, Medford, chimed in after the Lady Cavaliers’ winning effort.

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Panthers have time to dwell on 0-3 start

By MIKE CRANSTON

AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE — Julius Peppers was invisible. Steve Smith made a costly error. Jon Beason lost his cool. DeAngelo Williams inexplicably rarely got the ball.

And Jake Delhomme kept turning it over.

There are no shortage of reasons why the Carolina Panthers dropped to 0-3 Monday night with a 21-7 loss to Dallas. It doesn’t make their fall from NFC South champions to a team in disarray any less jarring.

Now with a bye this weekend, the Panthers get nearly two weeks to think about their predicament, too.

“At least we can’t lose,” tackle Jordan Gross said.

With a turnover-machine offense that has abandoned the run and a poor-tackling, banged-up defense that’s become an opposing running back’s dream, the Panthers may need at least two weeks to fix what’s wrong.

Trouble is, it may already be too late. Since 1990, only three teams started 0-3 and made the playoffs.

It’s why Beason last week called the Cowboys game a “must-win.”

The middle linebacker was so agitated Monday he drew a 15-yard penalty for a late hit in the first Please see Panthers, Page 9A

No need to hit the panic button just yet Perhaps, it is because the Carolinas went without professional football for so long. Or perhaps, it is because this area has a large number of nonnatives, but whatever the reason one thing is sure: Rutherford County has a diverse group of NFL fans.

I run into Washington Redskins’ fans and Dallas Cowboys’ fans the most. But, I know folks who love the Chicago Bears, the Miami Dolphins, the Pittsburgh Steelers and many others. There is even a Detroit Lions’ fan out there, but I refuse to publicly identify him. He can thank me later.

For most of us, this past weekend was a real bummer.

Even Cowboys’ fans can’t be real happy.

Sure, the ’Boys are 2-1, but they’ve beaten Tampa Bay and Carolina.

The Panthers are, well, in dismal shape. In 10 days or so, they play the Washington Redskins. And, they can not lose. If the Redskins beat the Panthers — this season is official over.

That’s because the lone Lions fan in the county is, quietly, celebrating win No. 1 in almost two years. The Lions last won in December of 2007. The

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Lions spilled the Redskins to get that win, and the county’s somewhat large group of Skins’ fans are on suicide watch.

The Skins actually look worse than the Lions did as they stumbled and fumbled their way through 19 straight losses. Okay, maybe that is a bit harsh, but Washington looks very lost, no pun intended, right now.

The Dolphins took one on the chin and may have lost QB Chad Pennington for the season.

The Oakland Raiders, and yes, we have a few Raiders’ fans out there, looked terrible in a 23-3 loss to Denver; much to the delight of the Broncos’ fans that live in the area, and yes, we have a few of them living in Rutherford County.

I’m not even going to get started on

the Steelers. Other than to write — catch the ball.

Fans shouldn’t give up on their teams just yet, though. The season is still very young.

Reminders: Chase High will play host to R-S Central, Friday. Prior to the game, Chase will induct its Hall of Fame Class of 2009. Trojans’ fans should come out and cheer for those folks who are to be honored.

East Rutherford High plays Patton, Friday. This Friday is homecoming for the Cavaliers, so get out and support your Cavs.

Congrats to Coach Greene: Burns High, this past Friday, renamed its football stadium in honor of the longtime coach of the Bulldogs, Ron Greene. who played his high school ball at Chase in the late 1960s. Greene is very deserving of the honor. Greene lead the Bulldogs to a 3A state title in 1994.

Do I believe?: The Atlanta Braves have gone and made baseball interesting, just when I quit caring. Maybe, Bobby Cox should have announced his retirement in June.

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National League East Division W L Pct 90 66 .577 86 70 .551 83 74 .529 67 90 .427 53 103 .340 Central Division

W L Pct y-St. Louis 90 66 .577 Chicago 81 74 .523 Milwaukee 77 79 .494 Cincinnati 74 82 .474 Houston 73 83 .468 Pittsburgh 59 96 .381 West Division

W L Pct x-Los Angeles 93 64 .592 Colorado 88 68 .564 San Francisco 83 73 .532 San Diego 72 85 .459 Arizona 68 88 .436

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Cindy Ammons, above, poses with her Gold medal that she won at the 2009 North Carolina Senior Games in Raleigh this past week. Ammons won Gold in the Women’s Billiards, while county resident Roger Pleasant won Gold in the men’s division.

County seniors bring home Gold in Raleigh From staff reports

SPINDALE — Seniors from the Rutherford County Senior Center are representing the county at the 2009 North Carolina Senior Games in Raleigh, which are being held from Sept. 25 to Oct. 16.

Four county seniors have already won Gold Medals at the Games.

Cindy Ammons captured a Gold medal in the Women’s Billiards, while Roger Pleasant won the Gold in the Men’s Billiards.

Jim Vennera won Gold in Archery.

In other sports, Doug Urban finished with a Silver medal in the Men’s Shot Put, while Mike Daniel and T.C. White earned Bronze in the Bowling Doubles.

The Senior Games, in addition to sports, also feature competition in a variety of arts.

Rutherford County resident Walter Caradona brought home the county’s fourth Gold medal with a win in the Visual Arts category.

The Rutherford County Senior Center Dance Troupe brought home Silver with a performing arts dance set to the music of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.”

In two weeks, Rutherford County will try and win Gold in Golf when the foursome of Joe Allen, Henry Boelens, Billy Blair and Lloyd Champion compete at the Tanglewood Golf Club.

Monday’s Games Pittsburgh 11, L.A. Dodgers 1 Houston 8, Philadelphia 2 Washington 2, N.Y. Mets 1 Atlanta 4, Florida 0 Tuesday’s Games Philadelphia 7, Houston 4 Washington 4, N.Y. Mets 3 Florida at Atlanta, late Cincinnati 7, St. Louis 2 Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs, late Milwaukee at Colorado, late L.A. Dodgers at San Diego, late Arizona at San Francisco, late Wednesday’s Games Pittsburgh (Morton 4-9) at Chicago Cubs (Zambrano 9-6), 2:05 p.m., 1st game N.Y. Mets (Redding 3-6) at Washington (Lannan 9-13), 4:35 p.m.

Houston (Moehler 8-11) at Philadelphia (Cl.Lee 7-3), 7:05 p.m.

Florida (Nolasco 12-9) at Atlanta (J.Vazquez 15-9), 7:10 p.m.

St. Louis (Smoltz 1-2) at Cincinnati (Arroyo 14-13), 7:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Karstens 3-5) at Chicago Cubs (Lilly 12-8), 8:05 p.m., 2nd game Milwaukee (Suppan 7-11) at Colorado (Hammel 9-8), 8:40 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Garland 11-12) at San Diego (Cl. Richard 4-2), 10:05 p.m.

Arizona (Mulvey 0-2) at San Francisco (Penny 3-1), 10:15 p.m.

Thursday’s Games St. Louis at Cincinnati, 12:35 p.m.

Milwaukee at Colorado, 3:10 p.m.

Arizona at San Francisco, 3:45 p.m.

Houston at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.

Washington at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m.

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W L Pct Detroit 83 73 .532 Minnesota 82 74 .526 Chicago 76 81 .484 Cleveland 64 92 .410 Kansas City 64 93 .408 West Division

W L Pct y-Los Angeles 92 64 .590 Texas 85 71 .545 Seattle 80 76 .513 Oakland 75 81 .481

GB — 9 1/2 20 1/2 28 40 1/2 GB — 1 7 1/2 19 19 1/2 GB — 7 12 17

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Sunday’s Games Detroit 19, Washington 14 N.Y. Jets 24, Tennessee 17 Green Bay 36, St. Louis 17 Baltimore 34, Cleveland 3 Minnesota 27, San Francisco 24 Jacksonville 31, Houston 24 New England 26, Atlanta 10 N.Y. Giants 24, Tampa Bay 0 Philadelphia 34, Kansas City 14 Chicago 25, Seattle 19 New Orleans 27, Buffalo 7 San Diego 23, Miami 13 Denver 23, Oakland 3 Cincinnati 23, Pittsburgh 20 Indianapolis 31, Arizona 10 Monday’s Game Dallas 21, Carolina 7 Sunday, Oct. 4 Detroit at Chicago, 1 p.m.

Oakland at Houston, 1 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Washington, 1 p.m.

Seattle at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.

N.Y. Giants at Kansas City, 1 p.m.

Baltimore at New England, 1 p.m.

Cincinnati at Cleveland, 1 p.m.

Tennessee at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.

Buffalo at Miami, 4:05 p.m.

N.Y. Jets at New Orleans, 4:05 p.m.

Dallas at Denver, 4:15 p.m.

St. Louis at San Francisco, 4:15 p.m.

San Diego at Pittsburgh, 8:20 p.m.

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W L T Pct PF Baltimore 3 0 0 1.000 103 Cincinnati 2 1 0 .667 61 Pittsburgh 1 2 0 .333 47 Cleveland 0 3 0 .000 29 West

W L T Pct PF Denver 3 0 0 1.000 62 San Diego 2 1 0 .667 73 Oakland 1 2 0 .333 36 Kansas City 0 3 0 .000 48 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF 3 0 0 1.000 80 2 1 0 .667 86 2 1 0 .667 94 1 2 0 .333 40 South

W L T Pct PF New Orleans 3 0 0 1.000 120 Atlanta 2 1 0 .667 57 Carolina 0 3 0 .000 37 Tampa Bay 0 3 0 .000 41 North

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(x-if necessary) FIRST ROUND (Best-of-3) EASTERN CONFERENCE Indiana 2, Washington 0 Thursday, Sept. 17: Indiana 88, Washington 79 Saturday, Sept. 19: Indiana 81, Washington 74, OT Detroit 2, Atlanta 0 Wednesday, Sept. 16: Detroit 94, Atlanta 89 Friday, Sept. 18: Detroit 94, Atlanta 79 WESTERN CONFERENCE Phoenix 2, San Antonio 1 Thursday, Sept. 17: San Antonio 92, Phoenix 91 Saturday, Sept. 19: Phoenix 106, San Antonio 78 Monday, Sept. 21: Phoenix 100, San Antonio 92 Los Angeles 2, Seattle 1 Wednesday, Sept. 16: Los Angeles 70, Seattle 63 Friday, Sept. 18: Seattle 75, Los Angeles 74 Sunday, Sept. 20: Los Angeles 75, Seattle 64 CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-3) EASTERN CONFERENCE Indiana 2, Detroit 1 Wednesday, Sept. 23: Detroit 72, Indiana 56 Friday, Sept. 25: Indiana 79, Detroit 75 Saturday, Sept. 26: Indiana 72, Detroit 67 WESTERN CONFERENCE Phoenix 2, Los Angeles 1 Wednesday, Sept. 23: Phoenix 103, Los Angeles 94 Friday, Sept. 25: Los Angeles 87, Phoenix 76 Saturday, Sept. 26: Phoenix 85, Los Angeles 74 FINALS (Best-of-5) Indiana vs. Phoenix Tuesday, Sept. 29: Indiana at Phoenix, late Thursday, Oct. 1: Indiana at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 4: Phoenix at Indiana, 4 p.m. x-Wednesday, Oct. 7, Phoenix at Indiana, 7:30 p.m. x-Friday, Oct. 9, Indiana at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

Mickelson poised for yet another run at Tiger

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Even after eight decades of golf, Arnold Palmer is vulnerable to a few surprises.

In this case, both occurred on the same day.

BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Virginia Tech overHe watched the final round of came a loss to No. 3 Alabama in its opener and has the Tour Championship, where managed to come out a tough early schedule with a Tiger Woods started two shots 3-1 record and the No. 6 ranking. out of the lead and didn’t make So maybe the Hokies can finally exhale at strug- a birdie until the 15th hole. By gling Duke Saturday. Not going to happen.

Coach Frank Beamer and several remember how the heavily favored Hokies had to fight last year to beat the Blue Devils 14-3.

“I just think about last year, to be honest,” Hokies tailback Ryan Williams said Tuesday.

Continued from Page 7A “Last year in the fourth quarter, the score was 7-3. ... I know they’re capable of coming in to try “My responsibility is to be to win the game just like they did last year. I can’t aggressive at the net and I really underestimate the team or the program or thought everybody played well as the players at all. They were very close to beating a team tonight,” Medford said. us last year.”

East Rutherford JV Volleyball After struggling in all three phases of the game against Alabama and No. 23 Nebraska, the Hokies also swept Burns on Tuesday, 25-15, 25-20 to run their record appeared to put it all together against No. 17 to 6-1 in conference.

Miami last Saturday. They ran for 272 yards, held the Hurricanes to 209 total yards and scored a touchdown on a blocked punt.

Central gets revenge With Blacksburg still buzzing over Virginia Tech’s RUTHERFORDTON — R-S 31-7 thrashing of the favored Hurricanes, Beamer Central found sweet revenge at tried to ground his team with research about home on Tuesday after Patton teams losing after big wins: knocked them off the first time BYU beat Oklahoma to get to No. 7, then lost to around in conference play.

Florida State. Florida State beat BYU, then lost to Going down two early sets, South Florida. Among many others.

“Take a look at Cal and Oregon and see how that it wasn’t stopping the Lady turned out,” center Beau Warren said, referring to Hilltoppers who went on to take a 18-25, 25-27, 26-24, 26-24, the then-unranked unranked Ducks’ 42-3 victory against the No. 6 Bears. “It doesn’t matter if you’re 15-9 comeback win.

“We started off slow, but they ranked or not.”

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Monday’s Games Chicago White Sox 6, Cleveland 1 N.Y. Yankees 8, Kansas City 2 Minnesota at Detroit, ppd., rain Tampa Bay 7, Baltimore 6 Toronto 11, Boston 5, 7 innings L.A. Angels 11, Texas 0 Tuesday’s Games Minnesota 3, Detroit 2, 10 innings, 1st game Chicago White Sox at Cleveland, late, rain delay Kansas City at N.Y. Yankees, late Detroit 6, Minnesota 5, 2nd game Tampa Bay 3, Baltimore 1 Toronto at Boston, late Texas at L.A. Angels, late Oakland at Seattle, late Wednesday’s Games Chicago White Sox (Peavy 2-0) at Cleveland (Carmona 4-12), 7:05 p.m.

Kansas City (Tejeda 4-2) at N.Y. Yankees (Chamberlain 9-6), 7:05 p.m.

Minnesota (Pavano 13-11) at Detroit (Bonine 0-1), 7:05 p.m.

Baltimore (Da.Hernandez 4-9) at Tampa Bay (J.Shields 10-12), 7:08 p.m.

Toronto (Halladay 16-10) at Boston (Wakefield 11-4), 7:10 p.m.

Texas (Holland 8-12) at L.A. Angels (Jer.Weaver 15-8), 10:05 p.m.

Oakland (Mortensen 2-3) at Seattle (Morrow 1-4), 10:10 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Minnesota at Detroit, 1:05 p.m.

Texas at L.A. Angels, 6:05 p.m.

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

Cleveland at Boston, 7:10 p.m.

Oakland at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

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then, Phil Mickelson blew past everyone and won by three shots.

“I was a little surprised at Tiger,” Palmer said Tuesday at his Bay Hill Club.

And then came a bigger surprise.

Sunday at East Lake presented a bizarre scene, for sure, when Mickelson rallied to win the Tour Championship and Woods

did enough on the back nine to capture the FedEx Cup. The PGA Tour could not have asked for a better finish to its FedEx Cup. Golf is at its most interesting when Woods and Mickelson are on top of their games.

The question is how long this will last. The better barometer may be 2010, but both will play in the HSBC Championship.

decided to play and step up in those last three games,” R-S Central volleyball coach Jamie Hutchins said.

Courtney Ledbetter shined in the passing and blocking attack, while Kenya Logan was responsible for multiple points in the final two sets to gain the victory.

course.

Central’s Alissia Watkins claimed second (26:16), while Chase’s Elizabeth Cotarelo took third (26:32). Central’s Melissa McLaughlin finished in fourth place (27:15), while Chase’s Kristin Rohm crossed in fifth place (27:42).

The Trojans posted 29 points to take the men’s division.

Central finished in second with 45 points, while East Rutherford crossed in third with 51 points.

Central, Chase split cross country event RUTHERFORDTON — Chase’s men’s cross country team and R-S Central’s women’s cross country team ran to victory in a county meet on Tuesday at R-S Central High.

The Lady Hilltoppers posted 26 points to take a three point win over Chase. East Rutherford was unable to field a team.

Central’s Morgan Lowery lead all ladies to the finish line with a time of 25:29 on the 3.4 mile

Chase’s Rene Escalera won the race with a time of 20:11.

East Rutherford’s Josh Messer was right behind with a time of 20:13, while Escalera’s teammate Francisco Fabian claimed third (21:01).

Central’s Joel Lowery ran the course in 21:25, good for fourth place, while Chase’s Ben Cole ended his day in fifth place (21:34).

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Red-hot Braves feeling nostalgic ATLANTA (AP)—Chipper Jones feels as though he’s returned to the 1990s.

Those were giddy times for the Atlanta Braves, who won their division just about every season and often made it to the World Series — five times by the time the decade was done.

Well, look who’s making an improbable bid for the playoffs.

Yep, it’s the Braves, the franchise that fell on hard times after the last of its record 14 straight division titles in 2005.

A 4-0 shutout of the Florida Marlins on Monday night was Atlanta’s 15th victory in 17 games, closing the gap on Colorado in the wild-card race to two games. The Braves haven’t even given up on chasing down defending World Series champion Philadelphia in the NL East, pulling within four games of the division leader.

Associated Press There’s only six games left in Carolina Panthers quarterback Jake Delhomme the regular season, so Atlanta (17) breaks out for a long run in the fourth quarter of still faces long and longer odds an NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys, to catch either team. But this Monday, in Arlington, Texas. The Cowboys won 21-7. late-season run has sure made things a lot more fun around the clubhouse for players who had almost forgotten what it was like to play meaningful games in Continued from Page 7A September.

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half. Beason’s frustration only grew in the second half, as the Cowboys finished with 212 yards rushing despite being without Marion Barber.

“That is unacceptable,” linebacker Thomas Davis said. “We feel like we want to be an elite defense in this league. And we can’t go out on any given night and give up 200 yards rushing to anybody.”

The Panthers played their third straight game without starting strong safety Chris Harris (knee) and have a hole at defensive tackle with Maake Kemoeatu (Achilles’ tendon) out for the year.

It didn’t help that Peppers was a non-factor again, collecting only two tackles and causing no trouble for quarterback Tony Romo. Making more than $1 million a game, the defensive end has managed four tackles and no sacks in the past two games.

Still, Carolina had a chance. The Panthers took over at their own 10 midway through the fourth quarter trailing 13-7. Williams’ 11-yard run —one of his only 11 carries — gave Carolina its initial first down of the second half with 5:45 left.

Then Delhomme dropped back to throw a slant pass to Smith. They’ve been together for seven years, but Smith broke off the route instead of stepping in front of cornerback Terence Newman.

Easy interception, and 27 yards later Newman was celebrating the clinching touchdown.

“I got caught trying to alter my route in a way that put Jake in a bad light and put Jake in a bad situation,” Smith said. “That falls on me completely, 100 percent. I second-guessed my route and I shouldn’t have. The bottom line is that I screwed Jake.”

Delhomme then lost a fumble before it was over, giving him a hard-to-believe 12 interceptions and three lost fumbles in his last 15 quarter dating to January’s playoff meltdown against Arizona. His quarterback rating this season is 54.3, with only Oakland’s JaMarcus Russell (39.8) worse among starters.

“I’m ready to play another game right now,” Delhomme said in the locker room in Dallas.

With only untested Matt Moore and journeyman A.J. Feeley behind him, Delhomme may keep his job. Delhomme’s cause would be helped if they got back to their running game.

“This is the feeling we had back in the ’90s,” said Jones, who’s been a Brave for his entire 15-year career. “We’re expecting to win every time we go out there.”

In another nod to the Clinton era, it’s the starting pitchers leading the way. The club that once dominated with Tom Glavine, John Smoltz and Greg Maddux has again put together one of baseball’s best rotations— and one that has the potential to hold up for years to come.

Start with a pair of 23-yearolds: Second-year pitcher Jair Jurrjens has won 14 games and ranks fourth in the National League with a 2.61 ERA. Rookie right-hander Tommy Hansonis 11-4 with a 2.98 ERA, which would rank among the Top 10 if he had enough innings to qualify.

Throw in 33-year-old Javier Vazquez, a pitcher who was supposed to be fragile in big games but has nearly been unhittable down the stretch. He’s thrown a pair of complete games in September and improved to 15-9 with the NL’s sixth-best ERA (2.83). Derek Lowe was sup-

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posed to be the ace and does have 15 wins, but he’s probably no better than the fourth-best pitcher on this staff. And former ace Tim Hudson has pitched well since a yearlong recovery from major elbow surgery.

During this run, the starters have gone 12-2 with a 2.87 ERA. In 12 of those 17 games, they lasted at least six innings.

Overall, the Braves have the league’s second-best ERA (3.59).

“We’re finally capitalizing on the pitching we’ve had all year,” outfielder Matt Diaz said. “Our pitching had us in every game.

We just had not been able to get the hits when it mattered most. It seems like we’re getting those hits lately, and hopefully it doesn’t stop.”

While this is undoubtedly a pitching-centric team, general manager Frank Wren pulled off a couple of deals that bolstered the offense just enough to make a difference in the final month.

Center fielder Nate McLouth was acquired from Pittsburgh, but the bigger splash was created by the trade-deadline move that brought Adam LaRoche back to Atlanta. The slugging first baseman is hitting .351 with 12 homers and 38 RBIs in 51 games for the Braves.

Imagine where Atlanta might be if Jones wasn’t having one of the worst seasons of his career. Last year’s NL batting champ has been mired in a 3 1/2 -month slump that knocked his average all the way down to .273 and left him still two homers shy of his 15th straight 20-homer season.

But even Jones is showing signs of perking up over this final week. He hit a towering homer off the right-field foul pole in the latest win, Atlanta’s seventh in a row.

“There hasn’t been any one person that we’ve had to ride,” Hudson said. “We’ve won as a team. We’ve put ourselves in position to make a run at it as a team. I think if we can get in there, I like our chances.”

Indeed, the Braves could be a handful if they do make it to the postseason, if for no other reason than having three hardthrowing pitchers with dominating stuff at the top of their rotation.

“I don’t think there’s any doubt that if we were to make it, people would have to take us very seriously because of our pitching,” Jones said. “We have the ability to shut a team down, and we have just enough offense to scare people.”

Henderson gets grief, praise from Bobcats

CHARLOTTE (AP) — Gerald Henderson was about to attempt a 3-pointer near the end of his first NBA practice Tuesday when Michael Jordan pounced.

It was difficult to No teammates rushed for more yards last season make out exactly what than Williams and Jonathan Stewart. But through the Charlotte Bobcats three weeks their numbers — and carries — are managing partner said, way off. but it had something Williams has rushed only 41 times for 180 yards. to do with Henderson Stewart has 23 carries for 99 yards. Even though being too far from the the Panthers had a manageable deficit of three or basket. six points for much of the second half Monday, the “He was joking with Panthers threw 17 times, had six running plays and me about my 3-pointer,” failed to score.

Henderson said. “But I can expect that from While the Panthers were hurt without blocking fullback Brad Hoover (back), the offensive line was him.”

Welcome to Tar Heelsupposed to be their strength. Instead, Carolina land, Duke rookie. has scored 37 points in three games.

From Jordan, to “We’re just not playing the way our philosophy is — to run the ball,” Gross said. “The time of posses- coach Larry Brown, to assistant coaches and sion is ridiculous, I’m sure, and we get turnovers and some protection issues. That’s not what we did point guard Raymond Felton, Henderson’s colto win last year.” lege shade of blue is a The Panthers look nothing like the team that little too dark for these went 12-4 last season. Counting the playoff blowparts. But it didn’t stop out, the 0-4 preseason and the ugly start, it’ll be 286 days since Carolina last won when it next plays this North Carolinadominated franchise Oct. 11 against Washington. from snagging the “I think everyone needs to get away from the shooting guard with the pressure, get away from being interviewed for a 12th pick in June’s NBA couple of days,” Gross said. “We have good players draft. and good talent. ... I’m shaking my head at it.”

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Atlanta Braves’ Chipper Jones, right, celebrates with Braves catcher Brian McCann (16) after their 4-0 win against the Florida Marlins at a baseball game, Monday, at Turner Field in Atlanta.

Now Henderson is expected to make the Bobcats a better defensive team, more athletic, and even maybe hit a shot or two — while serving as an easy target for being on the other side of college basketball’s fiercest rivalry.

“Yeah, it does get old,” Henderson said. “I’ve got to hear it every day.”

The 6-foot-5 Henderson has made a good first impression on the floor, and Brown praised for being “wellcoached” by Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski.

“And going against Stevie Graham and Raja (Bell) and Raymond (Felton) every day is going to be the greatest gift he could have,” Brown said. “I think he’s really going to be fine.”

Brown made it clear his well-known deficiency — 3-point shooting — isn’t a concern for now. Henderson shot just 33 percent in three seasons behind the shorter college arc

at Duke. He shot 38 percent from the field in NBA summer league play and was inconsistent from 3-point range Tuesday as the Bobcats opened training camp.

But Brown wants Henderson to attack the basket and defend hard in games and work on his shot when he can.

He’s confident he’ll develop a consistent jumper, just as Bell, the shooting guard he’s playing behind, did a decade ago.

“I had Raja Bell and he couldn’t hit the floor three out of five times when I was coaching,” Brown said of his first stint with a young Bell in Philadelphia from 2000-02. “Then when we made the trade for him (in December), I looked it up, he was the leading 3-point shooter in the NBA.

“He worked at it and became a great 3-point shooter.”

The athleticism of the son of former NBA player Gerald Henderson Sr. is what jumped out at his new teammates. Henderson came to Charlotte several weeks before camp, showing in pickup games a quick first step and ability to get to the rim.

It’s part of the reason Brown wants the Bobcats to play at a faster pace than last season, when they were the NBA’s lowest-scoring team.

“That’s one of my strengths. I should be able to beat my guy and get to the rim and make a play, whether it be scoring or getting fouled,” Henderson said. “It’s something that I focus on.”

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ASHLAND, Ala. (AP) — A deputy whose hand was chopped off by a suspect wielding a bush ax had it reattached in two operations, while the background of his attacker — a minister who was fatally shot in the confrontation — left those who knew him perplexed.

Sgt. Jason Freeman, whose hand was severed Friday, underwent surgery in Birmingham and had a pulse in all five digits of the reattached hand.

The Rev. Curtis Watts, who was shot and killed by a law officer after Freeman was attacked, was described in an obituary released by a funeral home as a longtime minister who started a church and sang gospel music with his family.

Mom kept teen prisoner

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A woman accused of beating her 14-year-old son frequently tied him up to prevent him from escaping and had a lock installed on a bedroom closet where he often was kept for days at a time, police said Tuesday.

Investigators continued to conduct interviews and examine evidence on Tuesday as they prepare a criminal case against 37-year-old LaRhonda Marie McCall, police Sgt. Gary Knight said.

McCall and a friend, 38-year-old Steve Vern Hamilton, were arrested Saturday on 20 complaints each of child abuse and child neglect.

Con man nabbed

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Authorities say a con man who has made a living stealing from wealthy hotel guests around the world has been arrested in Vermont.

Federal authorities say Juan Carlos Guzman-Betancourt was nabbed Sept. 21 at a gas station near the U.S.-Canadian border in Derby

Line. He is being charged with re-entering the U.S. after being deported.

Sex offenders rousted ATLANTA (AP) — Nine homeless sex offenders directed to live in the woods behind a suburban Atlanta office park have been ordered to move and are scrambling to find new places to go.

The sex offenders were searching for a new place to set up their tents Tuesday after state authorities told them they had to leave the area.

They had been directed to the spot by probation officers who said it was a location of last resort for the sex offenders barred from living in many areas by one of the nation’s toughest sex offender policies.

Man guilty in slayings CHICAGO (AP) — A former handyman was convicted Tuesday in the slayings of seven people whose bodies were found in a walk-in freezer and cooler at a suburban Chicago fast food restaurant 16 years ago.

James Degorski, 37, showed no emotion as the verdict against him was read.

Check turns into arrest COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A man who walked into an Atlanta suburb’s police department seeking a criminal background check for a job application wound up under arrest as a suspect in the slaying of a former University of Missouri student in 1976, authorities said Tuesday.

Johnny Wright, 65, went to the Lawrenceville Police Department last week for a background check he needed to apply for a job as a driver, police Capt. Greg Vaughn said.

“When they ran the check, they got a hit on him,” Vaughn said. “He paid $15 to get arrested.”

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Terror suspect pleads not guilty in NYC court NEW YORK (AP) — An Afghan immigrant pleaded not guilty Tuesday to planning a New York City terrorist attack with bombs made from beauty-supply chemicals — an alleged plot authorities say was helped by at least three accomplices whose whereabouts and level of involvement haven’t been revealed.

“The conspiracy here is international in scope,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Knox told a federal judge in Brooklyn.

Najibullah Zazi, wearing a blue jail smock, never spoke and showed no emotion as his lawyer entered the plea in a packed courtroom. He was ordered held without bail.

“You get the impression he’s a nice guy, don’t you?” defense attorney Michael Dowling told the reporters afterward.

The 24-year-old Denver airport shuttle driver has been the only alleged terrorist identified so far. But authorities have said three people traveled from New York City to sub-

urban Denver this summer and used stolen credit cards to help Zazi stockpile products containing hydrogen peroxide and acetone — common ingredients for homemade bombs.

Dowling admitted that his client visited Pakistan last year, and made purchases earlier this year at a beauty supply shop in Aurora, Colo. But he added, “Those acts are not illegal” and cautioned against a “rush to judgment.”

Asked about possible accomplices, the lawyer said, “I don’t know the names of anybody else that allegedly conspired with Mr. Zazi. ... Those names have not been produced.”

Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly refused Tuesday to discuss the potential of other plotters at large, but insisted there was no threat to the city.

The plot “has been broken up,” Kelly said. “I see no danger emanating ... from the people involved in this investigation.”

High Pressure

Nation Today Deputy’s hand severed

Associated Press

J. Michael Dowling, center, lawyer for suspected al-Qaida terrorist Najibullah Zazi, holds a press briefing after his client’s appearance in Brooklyn Federal Court, New York, Tuesday.

Senate panel rejects bid for public health option WASHINGTON (AP) — In a long-anticipated showdown, liberal Democrats twice failed on Tuesday to inject a government-run insurance option into sweeping health care legislation taking shape in the Senate, despite bipartisan agreement that private insurers must change their ways.

The two votes marked a victory for Montana Democrat Max Baucus, the Senate Finance Committee chairman, who is hoping to push his middle-of-the-road measure through the panel by week’s end. It also kept alive the possibility that at least one Republican may yet swing behind the overhaul, a key goal of both Baucus and the White House.

The developments occurred as Democrats in the House sought savings to reduce their companion legislation to roughly $900 billion over a decade, the price tag President Barack Obama has suggested.

One option under consideration would reduce the number of individuals and families eligible for federal health coverage subsidies to those earning less than 400 percent of poverty, or about $43,000 for a single person and $88,000 for a family of four, officials said, commenting only on condition of anonymity. The subsidies are designed to make insurance more affordable, and account for a significant percentage of spending in the bill.

Without disclosing any of the details of a marathon closed-door leadership meeting, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., told reporters, “It’s hard work, but we’re determined to get it (the bill’s cost) down.”

If anything, the health care debate was growing more intense. According to one independent organization, television advertising around the issue has been running at a level of more than $1.1 million a day for the past week and now stands over $100 million since the beginning of the

year.

Inside the Senate Finance Committee, Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., said his proposal to allow the government to sell insurance in competition with private industry was far from the federal takeover that critics portray. “It’s not. It’s optional,” he said, adding it was designed to offer competition and a lower-priced, reliable choice for consumers shopping for coverage.

“Washington is not the answer,” countered Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah.

The key votes were cast by Baucus and four other Democrats, who sided with Republicans who were united against the proposed change in the bill. “The public option would help to hold insurance companies’ feet to the fire, I don’t think there’s much doubt about that, but my first job is to get this bill across the finish line,” said the chairman.

“No one shows me how to get to 60 votes with a public option,” he said, employing the term used to describe a new government role in health care. It would take 60 votes in the 100-member Senate to overcome any filibuster Republicans might attempt.

Supporters of a new role for government repeatedly accused private insurers of placing profits over coverage, and said they would try for a federal option again when the full Senate votes.

“With some work and some compromise, we can get the 60 votes on the floor of the Senate that will make our system better by providing for a strong, fair and viable public option,” said Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York, who sponsored the second proposal to inject more competition into the insurance market.

For the Finance Committee, the day marked the beginning of a second week of public debate over sweeping legislation that generally adheres to conditions that Obama has called for.

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Business/finance

THE MARKET IN REVIEW

STOCK EXCHANGE HIGHLIGHTS

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NYSE

6,926.82 -12.94

GAINERS ($2 OR MORE)

Name Last LeeEnt h 3.03 CIT Gp 2.20 Natuzzi 2.79 CIT Gp pfC 11.20 ReddyIce h 5.63 Gannett 11.74 Modine 9.43 Metrogas 2.50 Mirant wtB 2.02 MediaGen 8.97

Chg +.89 +.53 +.46 +1.80 +.87 +1.76 +1.36 +.36 +.28 +1.07

%Chg +41.6 +31.7 +19.7 +19.1 +18.3 +17.6 +16.9 +16.8 +16.1 +13.5

LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)

Name Last CapTr12 pf 2.25 FstInRT 5.89 FredM pfP 2.80 CTS 9.42 RBSct prF 13.70 KaynAEnD 13.00 NCI Bld 3.32 RBSct prN 10.92 RBSc prP 10.52 RBSct prQ 11.26

Chg -.35 -.78 -.37 -1.11 -1.38 -1.25 -.31 -.95 -.92 -.92

%Chg -13.5 -11.7 -11.7 -10.5 -9.2 -8.8 -8.5 -8.0 -8.0 -7.6

MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE) Name Vol (00) Last Chg Citigrp 4486503 4.70 +.13 CIT Gp 3472750 2.20 +.53 SPDR 1258868 106.00 -.32 BkofAm 1209740 17.16 -.06 SPDR Fncl 989458 15.01 -.07 GenElec 797436 16.71 -.05 Xerox 750031 7.92 +.24 DirFBear rs 698906 20.42 +.28 Pfizer 647608 16.77 +.20 SprintNex 610961 4.04 +.12 Advanced Declined Unchanged Total issues New Highs New Lows Volume

DIARY

1,463 1,590 108 3,161 188 2 4,956,756,021

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AMEX

1,770.08 +5.97

GAINERS ($2 OR MORE)

Name Last Sunair 2.70 CoastD 3.70 LGL Grp 3.30 Augusta g 2.42 OrleansH 3.28 Engex 5.38 EndvSilv g 2.74 NwGold g 3.63 AlldNevG 9.67 UnivTrav n 13.23

Chg +.86 +.70 +.39 +.27 +.27 +.40 +.20 +.26 +.63 +.83

%Chg +46.4 +23.3 +13.4 +12.6 +8.8 +8.0 +7.9 +7.7 +7.0 +6.7

LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)

Name TriValley InvCapHld SinoHub n IncOpR MercBcp MexcoEn Ballanty NTS Rlty TiensBio WellsGard

Last 2.40 2.10 3.30 6.25 3.34 10.31 3.25 4.25 4.91 2.12

Chg -.57 -.49 -.65 -.57 -.26 -.67 -.20 -.25 -.26 -.11

%Chg -19.2 -18.9 -16.5 -8.4 -7.2 -6.1 -5.8 -5.6 -5.0 -5.0

MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE) Name Vol (00) Last Chg CelSci 63948 1.78 +.02 EldorGld g 41840 11.03 +.33 Rentech 29812 1.68 -.05 GoldStr g 26870 3.34 +.16 Sunair 24229 2.70 +.86 NwGold g 22375 3.63 +.26 RegeneRx 20264 1.12 +.30 Hemisphrx 19920 2.02 -.03 NovaGld g 19490 4.99 +.22 Oilsands g 18313 1.14 +.04 DIARY

Advanced Declined Unchanged Total issues New Highs New Lows Volume

280 257 54 591 31 1 113,083,242

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DAILY DOW JONES

NASDAQ

GAINERS ($2 OR MORE)

Name Last Astrotech 3.10 Novogen 3.35 Habersh h 3.79 BallardPw 3.07 DiedrichC 23.78 NovaMeas 2.65 PacPreBc 4.75 Ikanos 2.40 TecOpsSv 3.25 CtrlFed 2.65

Chg +1.90 +.78 +.80 +.56 +3.71 +.39 +.70 +.33 +.44 +.35

%Chg +157.5 +30.4 +26.8 +22.3 +18.5 +17.3 +17.3 +15.9 +15.7 +15.2

LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)

Name Last Sequenom 3.46 pSivida 3.83 ReconTch n 8.05 AffInsHl 4.52 BlkRKelso 6.64 VeriChip sh 2.61 Conolog rs 2.35 SilicnImg 2.51 FedFstFn 3.47 Fst M&F 2.97

Chg -2.23 -1.08 -1.85 -.86 -1.17 -.46 -.39 -.39 -.49 -.40

%Chg -39.2 -22.0 -18.7 -16.0 -15.0 -15.0 -14.2 -13.4 -12.3 -11.8

MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE) Name Vol (00) Last Chg PwShs QQQ1016778 42.22 -.19 ETrade 647120 1.80 -.02 Sequenom 512314 3.46 -2.23 HuntBnk 408943 4.40 +.20 Intel 401271 19.48 -.26 Cisco 385436 23.30 -.31 Microsoft 379759 25.75 -.08 RschMotn 360776 67.64 +1.20 DryShips 327041 6.81 +.43 Comcast 278078 17.38 +.34 Advanced Declined Unchanged Total issues New Highs New Lows Volume

DIARY

1,119 1,577 144 2,840 105 8 2,040,492,171

9,920

Dow Jones industrials

Close: 9,742.20 Change: -47.16 (-0.5%)

2,124.04 -6.70

52-Week High Low

11,139.94 4,747.56 445.09 7,890.37 1,916.55 2,167.70 1,209.07 753.27 12,347.01 698.91

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10 DAYS

9,500 9,000

6,469.95 2,134.21 288.66 4,181.75 1,130.47 1,265.52 666.79 397.97 6,772.29 342.59

STOCK MARKET INDEXES Name

Dow Industrials 9,742.20 Dow Transportation 3,826.60 Dow Utilities 380.27 NYSE Composite 6,926.82 Amex Market Value 1,770.08 Nasdaq Composite 2,124.04 S&P 500 1,060.61 S&P MidCap 695.04 Wilshire 5000 10,987.00 Russell 2000 610.45

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Sales figures are unofficial.

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Total Return/Rank Pct Min Init 4-wk 12-mo 5-year Load Invt

CI 104,023 LG 61,595 IH 56,167 WS 52,603 LB 50,934 LG 50,782 MA 46,710 LB 46,485 LB 45,011 LB 39,179 LV 38,148 FB 38,005 LV 37,399 FV 33,241 FG 30,568 WS 30,481 MA 28,488 LB 28,315 CI 27,791 CI 26,918 CA 26,682 MA 26,324 LB 26,060 LG 25,845 LB 24,330 FB 23,301 LB 23,263 MB 22,770 LV 14,574 LB 8,978 LB 4,009 LV 1,184 GS 1,156 SR 383 LG 178

+1.9 +16.8/A +3.5 +1.6/C +2.2 +1.7/D +4.6 +6.1/B +3.6 -0.9/C +4.8 -0.4/D +2.3 +2.2/D +2.6 +0.6/B +3.2 -1.5/C +3.2 -1.4/C +4.6 +2.4/A +4.6 +11.7/A +2.5 -7.4/E +4.7 +11.3/A +3.8 +0.5/D +4.4 +7.8/B +2.1 +1.3/D +3.8 +0.3/B +1.8 +16.6/A +2.1 +7.3/E +3.8 +11.1/A +2.4 +6.9/B +3.2 -1.4/C +5.3 +5.5/B +3.7 -0.8/C +4.1 +8.0/B +3.2 -1.4/C +3.2 +9.2/A +2.4 -1.8/C +3.5 +4.7/A +2.0 -6.6/E +2.2 -4.3/D +0.3 +6.2/B +6.0 -23.5/C +3.6 +5.1/B

10.92 26.05 46.79 32.91 26.19 54.41 14.84 24.55 97.77 97.14 92.69 37.62 23.18 31.54 27.34 24.57 15.59 31.01 10.92 11.78 1.99 27.93 97.77 64.42 26.19 14.25 97.14 30.49 20.17 28.82 33.26 2.84 10.46 12.98 14.31

+6.9/A +3.7/A +4.9/C +8.0/A +1.8/B +5.2/A +3.2/B +2.0/B +1.0/C +1.1/C +1.0/C +9.9/A +0.1/D +8.4/A +5.9/C +7.1/A +2.3/C +4.8/A +6.6/A +2.6/D +3.8/B +5.3/A +1.1/C +5.7/A +1.9/B +7.7/A +1.1/C +5.0/A +1.6/B +5.0/A +1.5/B -0.9/E +4.6/A +1.9/B +0.6/D

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Stock market stumbles on consumer news

In this Sept. 21 photo, pedestrians walk by the window display at an Old Navy store in downtown Chicago.

Consumers’ confidence in the economy fell in September as Americans worries about job ‘security offset any enthusiasm about the rally in the stock market.

Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — A surprise drop in consumer confidence tripped up investors Tuesday, a day after a round of corporate takeovers set off a steep market rally.

Stocks fell after the Conference Board said its consumer confidence index fell in September.

Economists had been expecting a reading of 57; instead it came in at 53.1.

The private research group said consumers are still worried about losing their jobs. Many analysts warn a turnaround in the economy won’t hold if consumers don’t start picking up spending and employers add jobs.

The report offset early enthusiasm over an increase in home prices.

Stocks broke a three-day losing streak Monday after news of several big acquisitions signaled to investors that corporate America is feeling more index that measures consumers’ confident about the economy and willing to take outlook over the next six months on more risk. dipped to 73.3 from 73.8 last “You had these M&A deals make people feel betmonth. ter about growth prospects and valuations,” said Recent economic data, from Nick Kalivas at MF Global. “We don’t have any housing to manufacturing, has followthrough M&A today and the market really offered mixed signals but some lacks a forward catalyst.” evidence that an economic With economic reports still mixed, some invesrecovery might be slow. tors are hesitant to keep buying and extend the According to a report issued market’s nearly seven-month advance, or at least Tuesday, the Standard & Poor’s/ keep it going the same fervid pace. The benchmark Case-Shiller home price index of Standard & Poor’s 500 index has gained 56.8 per20 major cities rose 1.2 percent cent since hitting a 12-year low in March. from June to a reading of 143.05.

“Stock have been moving aggressively up,” Though home prices are still said Lawrence Creatura, portfolio manager at 13.3 percent below July a year Federated Clover Investment Advisors. “It’s natural ago, the annual declines have for investors to want to lock in some of those gains slowed in all 20 cities for the as we end the quarter.” sixth straight month.

The Dow Jones industrials fell 47.16, or 0.5 perThat positive news followed a cent, to 9,742.20, chipping away part of Monday’s Commerce Department report 124-point gain. The S&P 500 index slipped 2.38, Friday that noted that sales of or 0.2 percent, to 1,060.60, and the Nasdaq comnew homes inched up only 0.7 posite index fell 6.70, or 0.3 percent, to 2,124.04. percent last month, below estiThe Russell 2000 index of smaller companies fell mates. Sales have risen 30 per2.77, or 0.5 percent, to 610.45. cent from the bottom in January.

Falling stocks narrowly outpaced those that rose Yet they remain about 70 peron the New York Stock Exchange, where volume cent below their peak of four came to 1.2 billion shares, compared with 979 years ago. million shares Monday when trading was light The big concern for consumbecause of the Jewish holiday Yom Kippur. ers is the job market. Vitner said Stocks jumped Monday as news of large takethat while layoffs have slowed, overs by Xerox Corp. and Abbott Laboratories hiring hasn’t picked up. brought hope that corporate dealmaking could be making a comeback. That would be a sign that The weak job market, along borrowing is getting easier and that companies with tight credit, has led shopexpect the economy to improve. pers to limit spending and focus Analysts have been saying that some retreat in on discounts when they do buy. stocks will help the market avoid getting overEven those not worried about heated. But so far, breaks in the advance have been losing a job or finding a new one mild and brief, as investors look for opportunities are embracing frugal behavto buy into the market. ior, buying only necessities and Crude fell 13 cents to settle at $66.71 on the New using more coupons.

York Mercantile Exchange.

Economists expect holiday In other trading, bond prices mostly fell after five sales to be at best flat from a days of gains. The yield on the benchmark 10-year year ago, the weakest holiday Treasury note, which moves opposite its price, rose season since at least 1967 when to 3.30 percent from 3.28 percent late Monday. the Commerce Department The dollar was mixed against other major currenstarted collecting the data. cies, while gold edged higher.

Consumer confidence takes dip

NEW YORK (AP) — Concerns that consumers won’t help drive a speedy and strong economic recovery only escalated Tuesday after a widely watched barometer of confidence fell unexpectedly in September.

The Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence survey showed worries about job security seem to be offsetting any enthusiasm about rising home values and stocks.

“Last year, consumers were shellshocked as they worried about what might happen to the economy,” said Mark Vitner, senior economist at Wells Fargo.

“Today, shoppers ... don’t have the means to step up spending.”

The Conference Board, a private research group, said its confidence index dipped to 53.1 in September, down from a revised 54.5 in August. Economists surveyed by Thomson Reuters had expected a reading of 57.

The report followed rosier data on housing, released Tuesday by a widely watched index, that showed home prices rose for the third month in a row in July.

Investors fixated on the confidence report, giving back early gains. The Dow Jones industrials fell 4.98, or 0.1 percent, to 9,784.38 in early afternoon trading.

Among the worrisome signs in the Conference Board’s release were that shoppers’ spending intentions declined for big-ticket purchases: cars, homes and major appliances. The report confirmed that “the consumer sector will not be much of a driver of the recovery beyond the third quarter, when auto sales

spiked in response to the temporary Cash for Clunkers program,” according to IHS Global Insight Chief U.S. Financial Economist Brian Bethune.

The index had enjoyed a threemonth climb fueled by signs that the economy might be stabilizing. That followed a historic low in February of 25.3 and a bumpy road after June as rising unemployment has caught up with shoppers. Economists expect confidence to be stuck at the current levels during the critical holiday shopping season.

A reading above 90 means the economy is on solid footing. Above 100 signals strong growth.

While the confidence index has doubled from the February low, it’s still about half of the historic average and below the 61.4 level right before the collapse of Lehman Brothers last fall.

Economists watch consumer sentiment because spending on goods and services for consumers accounts for about 70 percent of U.S. economic activity by federal measures.

The confidence index’s component that measures shoppers’ six-month outlook is better used as a leading indicator than the overall index, according to Lynn Franco, director of The Conference Board Consumer Research Center. And while the overall reading isn’t a predictor of short-term spending, it does serve as a barometer of spending levels over time, specifically for big-ticket items.

The Conference Board’s measurement of consumers’ current assessment of the economy declined to 22.7 from 25.4. The

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South Pacific earthquake triggers a tsunami

ALOMANU, Samoa (AP) — A Samoan reporter says tsunami victims “are everywhere” in a hospital near a hard-hit area and the dead could number up to 20.

Associated Press reporter Keni Lesa said three or four villages on the popular tourist coast near the southern town of Lalomanu on Samoa’s main island of Upolu had been “wiped out” by waves that roared ashore early Wednesday.

Lesa said he had visited the town’s main hospital where “there are bodies everywhere,” including at least one child.

The Samoan government has not yet confirmed fatalities. Officials in neighboring American Samoa say at least 14 people have been killed there.

A main road in the downtown area of Fagatogo, is seen flooded by water from a tsunami located in the main town area in American Samoa on Tuesday. Towering tsunami waves spawned by a powerful earthquake swept ashore on Samoa and American Samoa early Tuesday.

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The U.S. Coast Guard planned to send a C-130 plane to American Samoa to deliver aid and assess damage after a powerful earthquake and tsunami hit the U.S. territory, officials said Tuesday.

Nuke site shielded from air attack

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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — In an unusually frank disclosure, Iran’s nuclear chief said Tuesday the country’s new uranium enrichment site was built for maximum protection from aerial attack: carved into a mountain and near a military compound of the powerful Revolutionary Guard.

Iran’s revelation that it covertly built a second uranium enrichment plant has raised international concerns that other secret nuclear sites might exist as well.

Iranian nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi’s statement came with a hard-line message ahead of crucial talks this week with the U.S. and other world powers — Iran will not give up its ability to produce nuclear fuel.

U.S., Cuba held unannounced talks

The details emerging about the secret site near the holy city of Qom have only heightened suspicions Iran is trying to build a nuclear bomb, despite repeated denials.

Salehi, who is vice president and head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, spoke at a news conference that touched on sensitive military and nuclear issues rarely discussed publicly

in Iran. The effort at openness was seen as an attempt to counter international dismay over the nuclear site and a new round of missile tests this week.

“This site is at the base of a mountain and was selected on purpose in a place that would be protected against aerial attack.

That’s why the site was chosen adjacent to a military site,” Salehi said.

“It was intended to safeguard our nuclear facilities and reduce the cost of an active defense system. If we had chosen another site, we would have had to set up another aerial defense system.”

He said Iran is willing to have a general discussion about nuclear technology when it meets Thursday in Geneva with the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council and Germany. But he insisted Iran will not give up its “right” to uranium enrichment, which produces fuel that can be used for both nuclear energy or nuclear weapons.

“We will never bargain over our sovereign right,” said Salehi, repeating a long-held Iranian position.

The U.S. and its allies have

demanded Iran come clean on all its nuclear activities or face harsher international sanctions. President Barack Obama’s administration is planning to push for new sanctions targeting Iran’s energy, financial and telecommunications sectors if it does not comply with international demands, according to U.S. officials.

Hard-line Iranian lawmaker Mohammad Karami Rad threatened Tuesday that Iran might pull out of the Non-Proliferation Treaty if the U.S. and its allies pressure Iran during the Geneva talks, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported.

Iranian officials have dismissed such calls to pull out in the past, saying the country will remain committed to its obligations.

Salehi reiterated that Iran is in talks with the International Atomic Energy Agency to set a timetable soon for an inspection of the Qom site. He said the country did not feel bound by a U.S. demand to allow an inspection within a month.

“We are working out the timetable,” he said. “It could be sooner than a month or later.”

NEW YORK (AP) — Three State Department officials say a senior American diplomat has held unannounced, high-level talks in Havana with the Cuban government.

The officials tell The Associated Press that the talks were the first of their kind in years between representatives of the two countries.

They say State Department official Bisa Williams met with Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Dagoberto Rodriguez during a six-day trip to Cuba this month.

2 U.S. troops killed in Philippines MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Two U.S. soldiers were killed in a roadside bomb believed planted by al-Qaida-linked militants, U.S. officials said. They were the first American troops to die in an attack in the Philippines in seven years.

A Filipino marine also was killed and two others were wounded in the blast on Jolo island, a poor, predominantly Muslim region where the Americans have been providing combat training and weapons to Filipino troops battling the Abu Sayyaf militants. The Philippine military suspects the group was behind the attack.

Toyota issues major vehicle recall WASHINGTON (AP) — Toyota Motor Corp. said Tuesday it will recall 3.8 million vehicles in the United States, the company’s largest-ever U.S. recall, to address problems with a removable floor mat that could cause accelerators to get stuck and lead to a crash.

The recall will involve popular models such as the Toyota Camry, the top-selling passenger car in America, and the Toyota Prius, the best-selling gas-electric hybrid.

The recall will affect 2007-2010 model year Toyota Camry, 2005-2010 Toyota Avalon, 2004-2009 Toyota Prius, 2005-2010 Tacoma, 2007-2010 Toyota Tundra, 2007-2010 Lexus ES350 and 2006-2010 Lexus IS250 and IS350.

More U.S. troops leaving Iraq WASHINGTON (AP) — The top general in Iraq is sending home 4,000 more U.S. troops by the end of October as the American military winds down the six-year war.

Army Gen. Ray Odierno said in remarks prepared for a congressional hearing Wednesday that the number of U.S. soldiers in Iraq will total about 120,000 over the next month.

He said that will mean about 4,000 fewer troops than are in Iraq now — about the size of an Army brigade.

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B-O-O Brownie Pops and Halloween Goldfish Munch

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he bewitching season is here! Gather the goblins, conjure up some creative costumes and prepare scary, scrumptious sweets for a great ghostly gathering.

Making these frighteningly fabulous party treats together is a perfect way for mom and the kids to share some spooktacular fun. n Cast a spell right from the start with a Happy Haunted House.

Begin with a ready-to-decorate Halloween Cookie House Kit available at craft and hobby stores. The house is pre-assembled; just decorate and enjoy! n Sweetly smiling Goldfish Grahams do double duty as both roofing “tiles” and a wholesome snack (they’re made with whole grains, without artificial preser­vatives). Kids can affix the Goldfish crackers to the roof after it’s been iced (and enjoy snacking on them as they work), making sure to give equal representation to each flavor: cinnamon, honey and chocolate. The sparkling blue piping gel moat and pond need to be stocked with Goldfish, too.

Complete the decorating with green coconut grass, a candy corn fence plus the icings and the candies that come with the kit. n B-O-O Pops are easy ... nothing sinister here! Use a brownie mix for convenience and bake in the Brownie Pop Silicone Mold to ensure perfect pops. The kids can insert the lollipop sticks, then dip pops into the colorful Candy Melts.

Decorating sprinkles and sugars add the finishing flourish. n Halloween Goldfish Munch is a snappy party snack or a tantalizing take-away for ghoulish guests.

Kids can mix the Goldfish crackers (graham and pretzel flavors), with nuts and dried fruits while Mom melts the Spooky Green Candy for drizzling.

Add favorite beverages and let the spookalicious party begin!

Happy Haunted House Wilton Halloween Cookie House Kit 10 x 14-inch cake board Cornstarch Pepperidge Farm Cinnamon, Chocolate and Honey Goldfish Grahams Wilton Piping Gel Wilton Royal Blue and Kelly Green Icing Colors Flaked coconut Candy corn Prepare icing mixes following instructions. Attach house to cake board.

Outline door with black icing; attach candy dots. Outline door window in black icing; fill in with orange icing and smooth

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Outline windows with black icing; add orange icing accents.

Attach candy dot window sills.

Spatula ice roof; attach crackers to roof with dots of icing.

Decorate house eaves with jelly beans attached with dots of icing. Add orange outline to roof peaks; attach candy dots.

Tint portion of piping gel blue; spatula blue gel “moat” and “pond” on cake board; arrange crackers in the water. Brush clear piping gel onto open areas of cake board; sprinkle with green-tinted coconut. Arrange candy corn around house with dots of icing.

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Prepare brownie mix following package directions. Spoon batter into prepared brownie pop mold, filling cavities 2/3 full.

Bake 15 min­utes. Remove mold from oven; insert lollipop sticks.

Return to oven and continue baking 10 to 15 minutes or until brownies test done. Cool brownies in mold on cooling grid 20 minutes; remove from mold and cool completely.

Melt each color candy following package instructions. Dip cooled pops into melted candy, covering completely. While the candy is still soft, sprinkle with or dip pops into sprinkles and sugars.

Place on parchment paper to set.

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4-H Electric Program offers many experiences

The 4-H Electric program gives youth the opportunity to have fun, earn awards, earn cash, travel and experience new things, meet people, and learn about electricity.

The 4-H Electric Project is conducted by the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service, along with Extension staff and Volunteer Leaders. Our Electricity curriculum is obtained from the NC 4-H office and the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering at N.C. State University.

Making a homemade flashlight, making a circuit board, soldering components together, making a lamp, learning about electromagnetism, touring power plants

Extension News Cynthia Robbins and businesses, reading a voltage meter, and learning energy conservation practices are just a few of the things you could do by being a member of a 4-H Electric club.

Youth ages nine to eighteen can participate in the 4-H Electric program. As youth become more active in the 4-H Electric programs, there are many opportunities for them.

Here are a few of the opportunities available to them: 4-H Projects: A 4-H project is one year of work on

a particular topic. Youth work through a work book and complete a set of record sheets explaining their goals, what they did and what they learned in the project.

Electric Congress: A 3-day conference that is held annually in either Asheville, Charlotte, or Wilmington.

Workshops are focused on current trends in electricity.

There are also fun activities depending on the location each year, including trips to Carowinds, an afternoon at the beach and dinner boat cruise, whitewater rafting, Biltmore Estate and hot air balloon rides. Delegates are selected to attend this allexpense-paid trip based on their 4-H project work or by recruiting new members to the Electric program.. Duke

Energy sponsors our Electric Congress delegates.

4-H Presentations: Learn how to deliver a speech while learning about magnets, solar energy, energy saving devices, amps, watts voltage, meter reading, lamp repair, construction, etc. You could advance on to state and become a state winner!

Cumulative Records: After a 4-H member has completed two or more years in a particular subject, he or she can compile their records into a cumulative record.

Cumulative records have many rewards, including trips, money and awards on the county, district, and state levels.

Territorial Awards: Each year at Electric Congress, wards are given based on members’ cumulative record

books. The first place winner receives a flat-screen television. Second place receives an iPod and third place receives a portable DVD player.

Scholarships: There are two college scholarships that are offered only to youth who have participated in the 4-H Electric program.

We are excited to announce our new 4-H Electric Club will hold its first meeting on Thursday, October 1, 2009.

This is open to youth ages 9 to 18. We will meet at the Cooperative Extension Center at 6:00 pm. We are located at 193 Callahan Koon Road in Spindale. There is no cost to join 4-H. If you are interested in bringing your child/youth, please call 287-6190 to sign up.

Reverse raffle headed for sellout From Staff Reports

Based on ticket sales for the first few days, the Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce’s popular reverse raffle is headed for another sellout.

The raffle is scheduled for Friday, Dec. 4, The Foundation, Isothermal Community College.

According to Chamber President Mike Campfield the Chamber has sold a quarter of the 500 tickets that are available. Sales started September 18.

“We weren’t expecting this type of response this early but we’re happy with the report,” Larry Dale/Daily Courier said Campfield. “We’ve Visitors to the Bostic and Washburn communities last Saturday took time to view the had a sellout for the old water wheel at Andrew Mills, off Andrew Mills Road. The old mill, water wheel, past four years and if Washburn Store, and other historic buildings and were included on a Rutherford things continue the County Historical Society historic tour. way they are, we’ll have another.”

The reverse raffle is the Chamber’s most important fundraiser accounting for nearly

GWU wins multiple awards

BOILING SPRINGS – The Gardner-Webb University Theatre Program won multiple awards at the muchanticipated Metrolina Theatre Awards (MTA) in Charlotte recently.

GWU received six awards (13 nominations) including key awards for “The Crucible.”

The awards won by Gardner-Webb were: n Outstanding Production: “The Crucible” n Outstanding Lead Actor, Male: Ron

Houser (John Proctor), “The Crucible” n Outstanding Lead Actor, Female: Amy Elliot (Elizabeth Proctor), “The Crucible” n Outstanding Choreography: Kenzie Conner, “Li’l AbnerThe Musical” n Outstanding Lighting Design: Nicholas Laughridge, “The Crucible” n Outstanding Set Design: Christopher Keene, “The Crucible” The MTA organizes more than 80 peer nominations; this

year, MTA nominators attended 105 adjucated shows, submitting thousands of nominations.

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30 percent of the organization’s total gross income. The Chamber is not funded by taxes or grants. The event usually draws between 700 and 800 persons and is easily one of the county’s largest events of its type. County merchants, professionals and industry donate more than 100 prizes that are given away at the raffle. The Chamber contributes a $10,000 grand cash prize.

“This has got to be one of the best deals around for a night out,” Campfield added. “A raffle ticket costs $100, admits two people, covers food and drinks for the evening, and gets a shot at $10,000 cash and more than 100 other prizes.

“Think about it – you have a one in 500 chance of wining $10,000 and one in four chances of winning

something. If there’s a better deal around than that, I’ve never heard about,” Campfield said.

Ten percent of the Raffle’s net proceeds are earmarked for distribution to county projects and charities. The Chamber also uses the Raffle to collect toys for the local Christmas Cheer program.

Rutherford Life Services and Executive Director Larry Brown are being recognized his year as the raffle’s guests of honor. Brown or his appointee will be onstage with raffle moderator Jim Bishop during the entire program.

Premier sponsors for the 2009 Reverse Raffle are Duke Energy, First National Bank, THERA-SSAGE, Moose Vending and Rutherford Life Services.

Snuffy Jenkins Festival has openings for vendors, demonstrators and cultural groups FOREST CITY — The Snuffy Jenkins Festival Reunion recently announced

by Rutherford County Arts Council and Isothermal Community College also includes as a major partner the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service.

The Arts Council and Cooperative Extension collaborated for several decades on the Spring Thing Festival and have been working on plans for the Snuffy Jenkins Festival for some time.

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Heritage Crafts and regional foods will be featured, along with food and craft demonstrations.

For-profit vendors will be charged a fee of $50 plus 10 percent of gross sales above the fee; nonprofit organizations may sell their products with no vendor fee, but will be asked to contribute 10 percent of gross sales towards the general budget of the festival.

Cultural groups wishing to have information and demonstration booths, may do so at no charge.

Individuals, businesses and organizations wishing to participate are invited to call Extension Agent Tracy Davis at 828287-6010 to discuss whether their product or service qualifies for inclusion in this year’s event.

Other cooperating agencies include the Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce, Rutherford County Historical Society, the Rutherford County Visual Artists Guild, the NC Department of Commerce and the Rutherford CountyTourism Development Authority.

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NC nursing students work on high-tech mannequins

NEW BERN, N.C. (AP) — When her mother started coughing and gasping for air in long, ragged breaths, Jenny Middleswarth yelled for help and two nurses rushed to the side of her mother’s hospital bed.

“Call the doctor!” said nurse Mary Gehrki, as she helped to raise the woman in her bed, take her vital signs and do an assessment of her condition before hooking her up to an oxygen mask.

“We have a patient here who is having difficulty breathing,” nursing supervisor Ashley Fenwick said, communicating with the doctor using a portable phone.

The Sun Journal of New Bern reported that at the doctor’s orders, the nurses prepared to give medication to the woman to treat the fluid buildup in her lungs that was causing her to struggle for breath.

When her heart stopped beating, the nurses started cardiopulmonary resuscitation and prepared to rush her to the intensive care unit.

“Oh, help her please!” said Middleswarth, after the nurses had coaxed her away from the side of the hospital bed. “Somebody help her, please!”

But all turned out well, as the hospital scene was a mock scenario played out

by Gehrki, Fenwick, Middleswarth and Michelle White, who are all students in Craven Community College’s associate

degree in nursing program.

The students were learning how to respond to a patient experiencing respiratory and cardiac failure by using the college’s new nursing simulation laboratory, which features computerized mannequins that can be programmed for various medical scenarios based on what the students are learning in class.

The lab will officially open to students for the spring semester in 2010, but students are already using some of the equipment and laboratory space, said Belinda Barnhill, coordinator for lab and clinical services at the college.

The new lab is being set up in more than 2,000 square feet of renovated space in Perdue Hall at the New Bern campus, replacing the approximately 200-square-foot old lab of three hospital beds in the back of a classroom.

The new lab has a “debriefing room” where students can watch a DVD of their performance of working on one of the lab’s 10 mannequins. The college has a child mannequin, a baby, a pregnant female that can give birth, and a high-tech mannequin called the METI iStan that can sweat, cry, vomit, and respond to the quality of care provided by the students.

“If he’s not getting enough oxygen, his fingers will turn blue just

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Craven Community College’s nursing program’s “sim man”, pictured above, is a mannequin that blinks and sweats and is used for nursing demonstrations and teaching. The college, located in New Bern, NC, now has a whole lab to go along with the new technology.

like ours would, and so do his toes,” Barnhill said of the METI iStan.

“He is much more sophisticated and can react to the care the students give.”

The project will cost about $350,000, and is paid for using grants from CarolinaEast Health System, The Harold H. Bate Foundation, and donors including Patricia and Bill Naumann. Bill Naumann is a member of the college’s Board of Trustees.

Barnhill said the idea for the lab began last fall when school officials were looking

at ways to give the students a more hands-on learning environment.

They looked at technology at East Carolina University and at Lenoir and Pitt community colleges.

“We wanted something that will be very realistic,” Barnhill said.

The college officials hope to showcase the finished product in February or March and to work collaboratively with CarolinaEast and other departments using the lab, said Kathleen Gallman, the college’s chair for health professions.

Barnhill said she

hopes the new technology will help students retain information more effectively, as they are learning hands-on what they are learning in class. She added that with the mannequins, the instructors can let the students make mistakes.

“If we let them do something inappropriate, they’ll be able to pick that out so it never happens with a real patient,” she said.

Fenwick said this wasn’t the first time she has participated in the respiratory failure scenario, and she felt much more comfortable

reacting to the patient’s condition the second time.

The first time, she and another student were upset after the scenario, even to the point of tears, because of the lifelike nature of the experience.

“It was very intense when you see this person in front of you changing so dramatically and so quickly,” she said. “It was very intense, but I feel like practicing made things a lot easier when you feel more comfortable in what you’re doing.

I think it makes it a lot easier to cope with

House sheds light on early race relations in NC

By JOSEPH NEFF The News & Observer of Raleigh WINDSOR, N.C. (AP) — When members of the Federal Writers’ Project passed through Windsor during the Great Depression, they missed some of the ways people in Bertie County were scraping by.

The News & Observer of Raleigh reported that a booming bootleg liquor business shipped thousands of gallons of corn whiskey by boat to New York and Philadelphia, according to Harry Louis Thompson, Windsor’s resident historian. One distillery on the Cashie River near town ran around the clock, its steam boiler whistling to signal shift changes to everyone within a few miles.

Another local endeavor was less practical: people flocked with shovels to the former farm of Gov. Charles Eden, who was allegedly in cahoots with Blackbeard the pirate in 1718. Throughout the 1930s, Eden’s Bertie County farm was pockmarked with holes dug by treasure seekers.

“Blackbeard’s gold became the dream of half the county,” Thompson said.

Even in describing Hope House, the town’s biggest historical landmark, the writers

missed something: “The abandoned home of David Stone, Governor of North Carolina (1808-1810). It was once the show place of the county, with a secret stairway, spacious ballroom, gambling rooms, and solid wooden gutters.”

Hope House had fallen on hard times, but it was never abandoned, according to Thompson and Ben Speller, a Bertie County native and former dean of library science at N.C. Central University.

Families of black sharecroppers lived in the first floor of the two-story house.

“There were two or three different families, including the Grandy family,” Speller recalled.

“He was married to an Outlaw, one of my relatives.”

The omission of the sharecroppers may have been inadvertent, or maybe a reflection of the status of blacks in the Jim Crow South.

Since then, the story of Hope House sheds some light on the race relations in the state, as the site moved from segregation to integration.

Until the 1960s, the mansion was home to sharecroppers who got water from an outside pump and used an outhouse.

In the 1960s, some members of Bertie County’s wealthier families began planning to restore the house to its former grandeur.

Thompson recalled a 1965 meeting between state archivist Christopher Crittenden and a delegation from Windsor eager to restore the plantation house.

Crittenden examined a large black and white photograph of the house: broken railings, ramshackle stairs, an empty second floor and gray wood siding, a hint that the house once boasted paint.

Crittenden stared at the photo.

“Ladies and gentlemen, Hope is hopeless,” he pronounced.

That was the perfect response, Thompson said.

“Don’t tell eastern North Carolinians, ‘You can’t do that,’ because they will,” Thompson said. “And don’t tell them they have to do it, because they won’t.”

They did. The Historic Hope Plantation foundation held fundraisers and got some serious state help from Sen. Monk Harrington, a powerful figure in the General Assembly.

The foundation was largely the effort of the white elite of Bertie County, with a smattering of black profession-

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als, Speller said.

“It was the upper middle class, interested in historic preservation and opera and socializing and balls,” Speller said. “Let’s face it, farmers are not interested in wearing black ties.”

The foundation opened Hope House to the public in 1972. For its first 20 years, the historic site focused on the beauty of the house: the balls, the exquisite cabinetry, the architecture and the 1,400 books behind glass doors in Stone’s library. When the talk was of people, it was largely Gov. Stone, his 10 daughters and one son, and the balls.

“The story was primarily the plantation owner and family; very little was said about slaves,” Speller said.

“That wasn’t a conscious thing; it was just the model used around the country.”

In the 1990s, the foundation decided to reach out more to blacks, who make up 65 percent of the county population. Speller joined the board. Local educators designed programs focusing on the African-American history at the plantation.

Slave quarters were rebuilt in the basement under Gov. Stone’s bedroom.

Most telling is the trajectory of the Governor Stone Ball, a fundraiser held every two or three years. The first ball in 1968 was an extraordinarily formal affair for a poor county, featuring an orchestra, formal attire, pre-ball parties, lavish decorations and a champagne breakfast.

Once an almost entirely white affair, the most recent ball was about half black, half white. “It turned out to be the best one we’ve ever had,” Speller said.

Blacks are now participating at every level of the local economy and government, working as county commissioners, judges and managers.

“There is a lot of stability and common sense among blacks and whites,” Speller said.

While race relations have improved, Bertie County is feeling the bite of the recession.

Unemployment is high; wages are low. The county’s big employers are a chicken processing plant and a prison.

Farmers whose ancestors dug for Blackbeard’s gold on Eden’s farm are trying to cash in on alternative fuels, planting soy or corn or sorghum, Thompson said.

And what has replaced the Depression-era distillery that produced hundreds of gallons of liquor each day?

“Marijuana has taken over,” Thompson said.

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What does “African-American” mean?

Dear Abby: On July 23, “Wondering” asked why President Obama is considered to be AfricanAmerican and you responded that the term “African-American” is used in this country as a label that describes skin color. However, in the U.S. the term is generally applied to black Americans of slave ancestry.

Before the Civil War we were African-American slaves, not considered fully human by the U.S. Constitution. After the Civil War and the outlawing of slavery, former slaves gained citizenship through amendments to the Constitution but were not able to exercise the full rights of citizenship. Most former slaves wanted to just be “Americans” with all the rights and privileges associated with it — but because of the color of their skin were discriminated against and given second-class citizenship. The term “AfricanAmerican” is the result of a search for identity by these new Americans, former slaves and their descendants. We were called by many names — most of them negative, such as “Negro,” “Colored,” “African,” the infamous “N-word,” “Afro-American” and finally, “black.” All of these at one time we considered negative because they didn’t represent self-identification.

The black power movement occurred when Black Americans changed the negative term “black”

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to the positive term “Black.” The musician James Brown coined the phrase, “Say It Loud, I’m Black and I’m Proud.” Later other black folk began to adopt the term “AfricanAmerican,” which brings us to the present. We are a nation that has roots in all nations of the world.

Truly, “we ARE the world.” We’re all American, either by birth or naturalization. The labels tend to divide us into groups which separate us rather than bring us together. The saying “United We Stand, Divided We Fall” is true. Let us all come together and all be blessed. — Rev. Alton E. Paris, American Dear Rev. Paris: Thank you for your letter, which is both inspiring and educational. Read on: Dear Abby: I am a white female with many African-American friends, and yes, I did vote for Obama. When Obama became president, most of my black friends said: “Finally! We have a black man as president. All this racism will stop.

The white man is no longer in charge of things.”

Psoriasis may cause joint pain Dear Dr. Gott: I am a 59-year-old male. I am fairly active. I have read your column for some time and have tried your numerous recommendations and remedies for psoriasis as well as prescription ointments and creams.

In 2007, I started developing pain in the joints of my feet and hands.

When I touch these areas, they are painful and feel swollen.

Can this pain be related to my psoriasis condition? I read somewhere that psoriasis can cause an arthritic condition. What can I do to prevent further damage? I fear my joint pain will worsen as I get older and hope you can help me.

Dear Reader: Up to 30 percent of people with psoriasis develop psoriatic arthritis. Men are more commonly affected than are women.

Psoriatic arthritis usually develops between the ages of 30 and 50 and often after psoriasis has been diagnosed on the body. Rarely, the arthri-

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Another rare variation, known as distal interphalangeal joint predominant psoriatic arthritis, causes pain and swelling of the finger joints nearest the nails.

IN THE STARS Your Birthday, Sept. 30; Your most successful endeavors in the year ahead are likely to be those to which you’ve devoted considerable time.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Your perfect timing, so essential to your success, will come through once again.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Express your points of view and opinions openly, because they are likely to have more meaning.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Don’t be afraid to use bold measures if that’s what it takes to get things done.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Only after you have thoroughly thought things out and are prepared.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — The secret to a successful joint endeavor is align yourself with those who complement you.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — If the one you love receives an abundance of compliments and attention, pat yourself on the back.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Press forward and you should be able to wrap up to your satisfaction.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — Give boring tasks a lick, it won’t hamper you in the large scheme of things.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — If you put your mind to it, you can devise creative ways to generate extra funds.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Put your present interests into high gear, and you’ll make more headway than you ever would have suspected.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Business opportunities won’t simply fall into your lap; you’ll be on your toes.

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22) — You realize people don’t always make things happen; sometimes Lady Luck comes into play.

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Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Charles B. Robinette and Sheila P. Robinette to Hamrick, Bowen, Mebane, Greenway & Lloyd LLP Atty, Trustee(s), dated March 08, 2006, and recorded in Book 888, Page 822, Rutherford County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Rutherford County, North Carolina, and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustees will offer for sale at the Courthouse Door in Rutherford County, North Carolina, at 11:45AM on October 07, 2009, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property, to wit: Situate, lying and being in Colfax Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina, and being all of Lot No. Twelve (12) of the Twin Creeks Subdivision as shown on plat recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Rutherford County, North Carolina, in Plat Book 17, Page 67, reference to which plat is hereby made for a more full and complete description.

Said property is commonly known as: 154 Twin Creeks Road, Mooresboro, NC 28114 Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, pursuant to N.C.G.S. 105-228.30, in the amount of One Dollar ($1.00) per each Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or fractional part thereof, and the Clerk of Courts fee, pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7A-308, in the amount of Forty-five Cents (45) per each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or fractional part thereof or Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), whichever is greater. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the bid, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale and must be tendered in the form of certified funds. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts will be immediately due and owing.

Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance AS IS WHERE IS. There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, special assessments, land transfer taxes, if any, and encumbrances of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Charles B. Robinette and Sheila P. Robinette.

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NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE 09-SP-307 UNDER AND BY VIRTUE OF the power and authority contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed and delivered by Wesley A. Buchanan and Teresa L. Buchanan, Wife, dated the 23rd day of May, 2003, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Rutherford County, North Carolina, in Book 732 at Page 113 and because of default in the payment of the indebtedness thereby secured and failure to carry out and perform the stipulations and agreements therein contained and, pursuant to demand of the owner and holder of the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will expose for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale in the County Courthouse of Rutherford County, in the city of Rutherfordton, North Carolina, at 10:00 a.m. on the 6th day of October , 2009, all that certain parcel of land, more particularly described as follows: IMPROVEMENTS: House and lot/Condominium/or Lot LEGAL DESCRIPTION: BEGINNING on an iron pin in the old line, the same being located in the center of State Road #2163, said iron pin also being the northeast corner of the Buchanan 1 acre tract (433/165) and also being located South 89 deg. 56 min. East 221.73 feet from an existing iron pin in the Bostic and Carroll line and running thence from said BEGINNING corner and with the center of said State Road # 2163 South 15 deg. 52 min. West 137.86 feet to an iron pin in center of said road and the northwest corner of the Shelby Jean Bumgardner tract (434/57); thence with the Bumgardner line South 70 deg. 43 min. East 200 feet to a new iron pin; thence North 16 deg. 30 min. East 208 feet to a new iron pin in old line; thence North 89 deg. West 215 feet to an iron pin in the center of State Road #2163, the said BEGINNING corner and containing .83 acre more or less.

BEING a part of that same certain tract of land conveyed to J. A. Buchanan and wife by deed dated February 4, 1955, and being on record in the Rutherford County Registry in Deed Book 228 at page 151 to which reference is hereby made for all purposes.

ADDITIONAL POSSIBLE STREET ADDRESS FOR REFERENCE PURPOSES ONLY: 347 Bostic Road, Forest City, NC 28043 Notice & Disclaimer: The listed street address may be incorrect and is stated hereby for informational and reference purposes only. The Substitute Trustee makes no certifications or warranties that said street address is accurate or correct. It is each potential bidder's duty to determine with his/her own title examination that said street address is correct and matches the above legal description. The above legal description describes the property being sold and shall be controlling.

PRESENT RECORD OWNERS as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds not more than 10 days prior to posting the notice are Wesley A. Buchanan and Teresa L. Buchanan Trustee may, in the Trustee's sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23.

In the event that this sale is one of residential real property with less than 15 rental units, an order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to NCGS §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. That upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

Should the property be purchased by a third party, that person must pay the tax of forty-five (45) cents per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308 (a)(1). This sale is also subject to any applicable county and/or state land transfer and/or revenue tax, and the successful third party bidder shall be required to make payment for such tax. The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance "AS IS, WHERE IS". Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the Deed of Trust/Security Instrument, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either Trustee of the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, special assessments, land transfer taxes, if any, encumbrances of record, including prior Deeds of Trust.

The Substitute Trustee reserves the right to require a cash deposit or certified check made payable to the Substitute Trustee (no personal checks) for five percent (5%) of the purchase price or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, at the time of the sale. The sale will be held open for ten (10) days for upset bids as by law required. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all remaining amounts are due immediately. 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. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the Trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may declare the sale to be void and return the deposit.

The purchaser will have no further remedy.

THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, EXCEPT AS STATED BELOW IN THE INSTANCE OF BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION. IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY. This the 15th day of September , 2009.

The Caudle Law Firm, P.A., Substitute Trustee __________________________ David R. Caudle President & Attorney at Law State Bar Number 6075 2101 Rexford Road, Suite 165W Charlotte, North Carolina 28211 http://www.caudlelawfirm.com

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McTriage: Hospitals use drive-thrus for swine flu

By MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Medical Writer

MILWAUKEE — Fast-food places have them. Banks and pharmacies do, too. Now U.S. hospitals are opening drive-thrus and drive-up tent clinics to screen and treat a swelling tide of swine flu patients.

Call it McTriage. And yes, you can get Tamiflu with that — if you’re sick enough to need it. Most people aren’t.

The idea behind these efforts is to keep coughing, feverish people out of regular emergency rooms, where they can infect heart attack victims and other very sick patients. The need has soared in recent weeks as flu has spread among schoolchildren before the vaccine is available.

In Austin, Texas, Dell Children’s Medical Center had nearly 400 ER visits on Sunday alone, mostly kids with swine flu. Dozens were diverted to two tents outside, and there are plans to add a third.

Jones Army Community Hospital in Fort Polk, Louisiana, near the Texas state line. “They just drive up in their pajamas,� said Henry Johnson, a physician’s assistant who helped start a tent system there. People pull up, park and go through three tents, where they undergo an exam that includes having their temperature taken.

They are usually sent home, with prescriptions if needed. “It’s working out for us — nothing but rave reviews,� he said.

Very few patients have needed to be admitted, doctors running these programs say.

Jim Bentley, policy chief at the American Hospital Association, said many hospitals are trying novel ways to care for more people than their emergency rooms can handle, especially children. “You’re dealing often with anxious patients who want to know is it OK to care for them at home� versus the hospital, he said. “One thing a tent offers is a less intimidating atmosphere to the child,� as opposed to an emergency room with its beeps and other noises and scary trauma cases, he said.

These programs can be part of disaster plans that each hospital must have, said Dr. Pat Crocker, chief of emergency medicine at Dell Children’s in Austin. “It’s working great for flu, but it can be a model for hospitals all over the country to use for emergency surge capacity for other things,� such as natural disasters or explosions, he said.

Under a program at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, many flu patients will not even have to leave their cars. aStanford Hospitals and Clinics and Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital share an ER, and recently tested a drive-thru system for flu

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In Memphis, Tennessee, Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital has had more than 5,500 kids with flu-like illness seek emergency care since Aug. 1. The hospital set up tents outside its ER on Sept. 11 and already has treated more than 900 cases in them.

Hope and Billy Howard took their 3-year-old daughter, Emma Smith, to one on Sunday. The little girl had a fever that would not break with over-the-counter medicine, complained of belly pain and refused to eat, and her parents could not reach her pediatrician. “I didn’t know what to give her, and I didn’t want to take any chances,� her mother said. At the tent ER, “we were in and out in 15 minutes.�

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The Jiminez family checks in for a visit to the tent clinic to treat patients with flu symptoms, set up outside the emergency room at Dell Children’s Hospital Monday, Sept. 28, 2009, in Austin, Texas.

Their youngest son, Sammi, 4, was examined by a doctor and assistants.

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Forty Red Cross volunteers played the parts of actual patients who sought emergency care in April and May, when swine flu first emerged.

Doctors in the drive-thru drill correctly “admitted� the six volunteers who needed to be hospitalized, and correctly sent the 34 others home, said Dr. Eric Weiss, medical director of disaster planning for the hospitals.

The drive-thru shaved 80 minutes off the typical twohour wait in the regular emergency room. The plan is to put it into action whenever swine flu patients swamp the ER. It works like this:

A nurse near the ER stops cars and sends appropriate cases to the drive-thru. Signs tell families to tune the radio to a public broadcasting station that describes what happens next. “The patient’s automobile acts as a self-contained isolation compartment, a moving exam room,� Weiss said. “The hoods of the cars make excellent places to write notes,� and medical records are slid under the windshield wipers.

Through the car window, a doctor uses a device that clips on a finger to measure blood pressure, pulse and breathing rates. Fingerstick blood tests can be done.

In nearby tents, diabetics can get a urine test for blood sugar, and heart patients can

get an EKG. Portable X-rays are available, too. The last stop has a pharmacy to get vaccine, medicines or a prescription to fill.

Weiss has a grant to develop a handout of the plan to give to other hospitals and recently described it at a California Hospital Association meeting.

All hospitals must find ways to handle the crush of swine flu patients, Weiss said. “When all of these people start showing up in emergency departments, we’re going to lose our safety net pretty quickly,� he said. “We can’t have our ERs completely overwhelmed with patients with infectious diseases.�

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