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By JEAN GORDON Daily Courier Staff Writer
RUTHERFORDTON — “Lucky” lived up to his name Friday afternoon. The white pit bull-boxer mix was the last pet to leave the Rutherford County Animal Shelter just before 2 p.m. He made the hour-long ride to the mountains with a representative from the Asheville Compassion Network, who will care for the dog until he’s adopted. It’s been a zoo at the shelter since a meeting of the county commissioners Monday, when it was announced the shelter would be closed for repairs at 2 p.m. Friday and would not open again until Sept. 13. With the announcement came news that any dog or cat left at the shelter after 2 p.m. Friday would be euthanized. Sheriff Jack Conner, whose department oversees the shelter, had indicated after the meeting that he would pay to have the animals housed elsewhere. But at $15 per animal per day, it wasn’t economically feasible. Each Friday at the shelter off Laurel Hill Drive in Rutherfordton — on Wednesday and Friday some weeks — animals at the shelter for 72 hours without being adopted have to be put down, unless there is room to house them longer. As the news spread after Monday night, all 85 dogs and cats at the shelter were adopted by 2 p.m. “Even the barn cats were adopted,” said volunGarrett Byers/Daily Courier teer Lynne Faltraco. “Lucky” didn’t get adopted at the shelter, but in “Lucky” was adopted Friday afternoon by the Asheville Compassion Network and was the last animal to leave the shelter before it closed a week for repairs. All
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Weather increases fire risk
Allison Jill Wilson of Gastonia struck a car in at the Church Street Extension and U.S. 74A Thursday afternoon. She was traveling to River Creek Campground, near Green Hill, in a 2006 Avalanche, which was pulling a camper. Robert Grayson Crain was driving a 2003 Chevrolet truck, and both drivers were traveling west under a green light. When Crain yielded to a Forest City police car’s lights and siren, Wilson was not able to stop and hit the pickup. She was charged with failure to reduce speed. No one was hurt. The Highway Patrol is urging drivers this holiday weekend to pay attention while driving, obey the speed limits and not to drink and drive.
Grant to help refurbish building From staff reports
RUTHERFORDTON — The N.C. Rural Economic Development Center Inc. has given Rutherfordton $48,000 to refurbish the old Kodiak building on Central Street, resulting in at least six full-time jobs. The grant is part of the Building Reuse Program. The town submitted the grant application at the request of Kenneth Appling and Curt Hall. The building, which Appling owns, is being renovated and will house a restaurant, JD’s Sports Bar and Grill, to be operated by Hall and manager Jerry Dunaway. The restaurant has a tentative opening date of early to mid October. “Rutherford County is going to have
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to recover economically by taking small steps,” Appling said. “The more people we put to work the better, and small business is the way to do it. With so much unemployment we must explore every chance to create jobs. Jobs created locally, a few at a time, like these six full-time jobs, is how we are going to begin this recovery rather than waiting for a big conglomerate to come in and save us. ” Hall met Friday morning with electricians and air-conditioning professionals to begin the process of renovation. “People in this county have been good to us,” Hall said. JD’s Sports Bar and Grill will be at 147-151 Central Street at West First Street, which previously housed the Kodiak.
A combination of low humidity, dry conditions and gusty winds have created an increased risk for forest and brush fires this holiday weekend. Hurricane Earl knocked out power to hundreds of residents along North Carolina’s Outer Banks and flooded homes on barrier islands, the Associated Press reported, but officials said Friday the storm brought relatively minor damages to the state. State and local officials said no injuries were reported as the hurricane brushed over the Outer Banks, bringing driving rains and sustained winds of up to 59 mph to the shoreline overnight. Gusts were reported to hit 82 mph at the Oregon Inlet Marina. The hurricane passed about 85 miles off the Outer Banks of North Carolina as a Category 1 storm, which was expected to weaken to a tropical storm. Still, some gusty winds across the state are a residual effect of the storm, and those winds add a down-slope effect — compressional heating — off the mountains create an increased risk for fires to spread, said Neil Dixon, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in GreenvilleSpartanburg, S.C. Rutherford County has lacked any significant rainfall over the past several weeks, save the occasional thunderstorm, the dew point is low, and the humidity is expected to fall in the mid-20 percent range. “A weakened cold front may generate showers along the Tennessee border,” Dixon said, “but most of western North Carolina will remain fairly dry.” Please see Fire, Page 6A
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All-day singing jubilee: Sept. 4, noon, Piney Mountain Baptist Church; free concert featuring Forest City Boys, southern Sounds, Simple Faith, Rick Strickland, The Hoppers, Angel McGinnis, The Eubank Family; free face painting for children, hot dogs and hamburgers sold; lunch from noon to 2 p.m. and supper from 5 to 7 p.m.; proceeds will benefit the building fund.
Pre-Labor Day Jubilee: Sept. 5, 7 p.m., Zion Hill Baptist Church, Marion; featuring Set Apart, The Swordsmen Quartet and The Seats Family as well as preaching by Steve Dagenhart and Joe Arthur.
Gospel singing: Sept. 5, 2 p.m., Village Chapel Church, Forest City; featuring In His Glory.
Singing: Sept. 5, 7 p.m., Riverside Baptist Church, Harris; featuring Golden Valley Crusaders.
Gospel singing: Sept. 19, 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., Arrowood Baptist Church, Chesnee, S.C.; featuring The Dixie Melody Boys.
Third Sunday night singing: Sept.19, 6 p.m., Sandy Level Baptist Church; featuring Golden Valley Crusaders.
Gospel singing: Sept. 26, 2 p.m., Harris Baptist Church; featuring the Hoppers.
Special services
Reinventing yourself 2010: Sept. 5-Nov. 8, 182 Hardin Road, Forest City; nine-week course on Sundays at 9:30 a.m. or Mondays
Blackwood Brothers
Fundraisers Spaghetti supper fundraisers: The first Wednesday in September through November, 6:30 p.m., Golden Valley Missionary Methodist Church; menu includes spaghetti, salad, garlic bread, dessert and drink; cost is by donation; proceeds will go to Haiti.
Revival: Sept. 6-8, 7:30 nightly, Fellowship Baptist Church, Hendersonville; Jimmy Justice Family singing each night; for information, call 828-685-3730 or 828-691-1437. Revival: Sept. 6-10, 7 nightly, Fork Creek Baptist Church; featuring Richard Cole of West Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, Gastonia. Revival: Sept. 6-10, 7 nightly, Doggett Grove AME Zion Church; speakers each night. Youth revival: Sept. 9-11, Johnson Memorial Baptist Church, Forest City. Back to church rally: Sept. 12, Piney Ridge CME Church; Sunday school, 9:50 a.m., morning worship 11 a.m.; dinner served following morning service.
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The Blackwood Brothers Quartet will be in concert Sept. 5 at 11 a.m. at Shiloh Baptist Church and at 6 p.m. at Crestview Baptist Church.
at noon; please bring a well-filled basket; guest speaker for the 11 a.m. service is former pastor, the Rev. Phil Bailey.
Homecoming: Sept. 12, 4 p.m., Russell Tabernacle Church; Homecoming: Sept. speaker the Rev. 12, 10:30 a.m., Harriett Thomas Abrams of Memorial Free Will Mount Olivet Church Baptist Church; speaker in Greenville, S.C.; the Rev. Falph Reep revival will start Sept. of Marion; music by 13-15, 7 nightly, speakEighth Day Music. er will be the Rev. Gregory Wallace of Homecoming: Sept. New Dimension World 12, 11 a.m., Big Springs Outreach Center of Baptist Church; lunch Rutherfordton.
Seven churches “Living in the Last Days:” Sept. 19, 3 p.m,. St. Paul AME Zion Church, Forest City; guest speakers are Brother Morris Scales of Old Fort, Alva Finney of Rutherfordton, the Rev. Queen Hamilton of Spindale, Minister Joe Smith of Spindale, the Rev. Ellege Fowler of Marion, Elder Margie Patterson of Spindale and Sister Phyllis Wasburn of Forest City. Operation Inasmuch: Sept. 25,
But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. R.S.V. James 1.22
Most of us put the cart before the horse when it comes to thinking about our moods and general states of mind. That is, we imagine that we can just wait until we get into a good mood, and then we can go out and do happy activities. But in reality, the mood or state of mind is more often a result of the activity. So, if we sing and dance a happy tune, we’ll be happy. If we climb a tree, we’ll feel adventurous. But, if we wait for the adventurous mood to overtake us before we go out and climb the tree, we will probably never get up there amongst the branches. So, if we are feeling down, we can call a friend and make a date to do something fun. Perhaps more importantly, we should realize that our moods also become habitual because they are often the result of our actions. If we are in the habit of cursing and driving aggressively during our commute to work then anger and irritation have become habits, and just as we had to learn these habits, we will have to unlearn them. The most important lesson here is that happiness itself is a habit, or at least a habitual disposition to act in a certain way. We should get in the habit of looking on the bright side and doing happy things, and we will soon find that we are becoming a genuinely happier person.
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Dinner sale: Sept. 2, St. Luke Holiness Church; menu includes fish and fried chicken ($6.50), chittlings ($7.50), hot dogs ($1.25 each), with sides of potato salad, mac and cheese, green beans, pinto beans, slaw, cabbage, rolls or cornbread and sweet potato cobbler and peach cobbler for $1.50 each; for information, call 2453222. Buffet breakfast: Sept. 4, 7 to 10:30 a.m., Mount Pleasant Baptist Church; $5 for all you can eat. Benefit: Sept. 4, 6 a.m. to 2 p.m., Cane Creek Clubhouse; sponsored by Fork Creek Baptist Church; breakfast and lunch, bake and yard sale; proceeds will go to help Peggy Shepardson with medical expenses. Annual Labor Day yard sale: Sept. 4, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Single Hollow Congregational Holiness Campground, Rutherfordton.
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Country ham supper: Sept. 4, 4 to 8 p.m., Duncan’s Creek Presbyterian Church; for information, call Bette Gettys, 245-9930 or Brenda Mode, 2456702. All-you-can-eat spaghetti supper: Sept. 4, 4 p.m., Thermal City United Methodist Church; meal includes spaghetti with homemade sauce, bread, salad bar, homemade dessert and drink; adults $7, children $3, children younger than six eat free; take out plates available. Poor man supper: Sept. 9, 4 to 7 p.m., Providence United Methodist Church; menu - pintos, white beans, black eyed peas, greens, cooked cabbage, macaroni and cheese, livermush, cornbread, slaw, pickles, desserts and drinks; cost is $5; proceeds for “Feed the Hungry” ministry. Fish fry: Sept. 11, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Forest Chapel CME Church; fish plates and drink $8, desserts 75 cents each, fish sandwiches
and drink $3.50; take out orders available; call 447-4365 or 4472306. Churchwide yard sale: Sept. 11, 7 a.m. to noon, Hopewell United Methodist Church.
Other Youth/children’s fellowship: Every Saturday night, 7 p.m., Johnson Memorial Baptist Church; games, fun, refreshments. Free family concert and movie night: Sept. 5, 6 p.m., Abundant Life CWC; concert starts at 6 p.m., movie starts after sunset; bring a lawn chair or blanket. Youth night: Fridays at 6 p.m. at East Rutherford Church of God.
NA/AA meetings: Every Monday at 7 p.m., at New Life Christian Fellowship Church of God, 601 E. Main St., Spindale; contact James Keeter at 247-4681 for more information. Hispanic Baptist Church “Cristo Vive:” Services on Sunday afternoons in English, 6 p.m., every Sunday. The church is located at 929 Oakland Road. Contact the Rev. Jairo Contreras at 289-9837. Children’s Bible study: Wednesdays at 7 p.m. at Johnson Memorial Baptist Church. Mom’s Hope is a ministry that offers hope and support for mothers who face daily struggles and fears when their children are addicted to drugs or alcohol. The group meets at 6:30 p.m. the second Thursday of each month at Missionary Wesleyan Church, 811 Doggett Rd., Forest City. Next meeting Feb. 11. For more information contact Chris at 287-3687.
Soup Kitchens Samaritan Breakfast: Thursdays from 6 to 8 a.m., at St. Francis Episcopal Church, 395 N. Main St., Rutherfordton. Carry-out breakfast bags. St. Paul AME Zion Church, Forest City, each Monday at 6 p.m. St. Gabriel’s Episcopal Church, Wednesdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., 330 N. Ridgecrest Ave., Rutherfordton. First Baptist Church in Spindale, 11:30 to 12:30 p.m. each Tuesday. New Beginnings Soup Kitchen, Thursdays from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at Green River Baptist Association, 668 N. Washington St., Rutherfordton.
Applications for grants taken through Sept. 15 The endowment committee of First United Methodist Church in Forest City is now taking applications from nonprofit organizations for its 2011 Endowment
Grants. If you are interested, please call 245-6446 for an application. Applications are due back by Sept. 15.
Conference set for Sept. 9 Baptist Children’s Homes of North Carolina is hosting its 51st Annual Western Area Conference Thursday, Sept. 9, on the Broyhill Home Campus in Clyde. The event begins at 4 p.m. with cottage tours,
followed by a barbecue supper from 4:45 to 6 p.m. The program after supper will feature children in care, the status of services in the Western area, special music and a message from the organization’s president, Dr. Michael C. Blackwell.
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Local artist receives a Fellowship Award From staff reports
FOREST CITY — Eighteen artists in North Carolina, including sculptor Bob Trotman of Golden Valley, have received the 2010-11 N.C. Arts Council Artist Fellowship Awards in the categories of choreography, craft, film and video and visual arts. The artists get a $10,000 fellowship. In his work, Trotman explores the human body for the varied language of its poses, dress, gestures and facial expressions. Drawn primarily to expressions of alienation of the self-form society, his carved wooden figures are often in distress, falling, sinking or at the moment of some impending transition or exposure, a news release said. His work will be featured during the solo exhibition, Inverted Utopias, from Nov. 7 through March 27 in the N.C. Museum of Art in Raleigh. “I am extremely grateful to the North Carolina Arts Council for its support of artists living and working here and am proud of the reputation our state enjoys nationwide for its vigorous support of the arts,” Trotman said. “To be selected for an artist fellowship is indeed an honor. “The grant will allow me to invest in new equipment, such as a large kiln, and to pursue several ambitious projects which will comprise my next body of work,” Trotman said. “In a few years this work will be on public view in art museums, but producing it is slow and expensive. My overhead includes not my own expenses but also the services of a very able assistant who depends on me for his livelihood.” Trotman was born in Winston-
Salem and for 30 years has maintained a studio in the foothills of western North Carolina. Self-taught in art, he has received two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, three from the N.C. Arts Council, and, most recently, a nomination for a U.S. Artist Fellowship. “Fellowships provide financial support for artists during a crucial point in their careers,” said Mary B. Regan, executive director of the N.C. Arts Council. “These grants give artists a chance to deepen their work and explore new ground.” Recipients were selected by panels made up of artists and arts professionals with expertise in each discipline. Since the program’s inception in 1980, more than 500 artists have received awards. The Artist Fellowship program operates on a two-year rotating cycle by discipline. While choreographers, craft, film and video and visual artists were selected this year, applications will be accepted this fall for composers of jazz and classical music, songwriters, playwrights, screenwriters, spokenword artists, and writers of fiction, poetry, literary nonfiction and literary translation. Artists are part of North Carolina’s creative industry, which accounts for nearly 300,000 jobs, or about 5.5 percent of all jobs in the state. They also are integral contributors to communities, stimulating creativity, innovation and dialogue. Information on Cultural Resources is available at ncculture.com. For more about Trotman, visit bobtrotman.com
Bob Trotman’s “Girl” on exhibit at the North Carolina Museum of Art. Eighteen artists in North Carolina, including sculptor Trotman of Golden Valley, have received the 2010-11 N.C. Arts Council Artist Fellowship Awards. Contributed photo
Panel recommends raising gas tax for S.C. roadways
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Legislators will consider a plan next year that would raise the gasoline tax in South Carolina by a nickel per gallon, begin taxing water, electricity and prescription drugs, and reinstate a grocery tax. A panel studying taxes voted unanimously Thursday to recommend increasing the state gax tax to 21 cents per gallon to generate an additional $150 million yearly for road work. It also voted to add a 1.25 percent tax to water and electricity bills and prescription drugs; and to reinstate a tax on groceries at 2.95 percent. Unprepared food had been taxed at 5 percent before legislators cut it to 2 percent in 2006, and eliminated it in 2007. The 10-member Tax Realignment Commission will finalize the rest of its report over several more meetings and send its recommendations to legislators, who created the panel last year as a way to overhaul South Carolina’s tax system. At the time, lawmakers said a comprehensive study was needed to avoid the piecemeal changes they usually pass, which can create unexpected problems. They also hope to make it easier to eliminate or alter outdated tax exemptions, because attempts to toss any out singly provoke opposition from affected interest groups
and kill the effort. But the commission’s latest proposal is sure to be met with resistance. For it to become law, legislators must sponsor it as a bill, then muster majority approval in the House and Senate. While it would lower the state’s general sales tax rate from 6 percent to 5 percent, the idea of tacking on taxes to necessities has invited criticism. “I can’t imagine it passing,” state Rep. Leon Starvinakis, D-Charleston, told The State newspaper of Columbia. “I consider myself a moderate person but I — and, I would think, most others — are not going to consider tax increases in this kind of economy. “And I’m certainly not going to supports taxes on basic services.” South Carolina’s current 16-centsper-gallon gas tax, unchanged since 1987, is the nation’s third-lowest, and raises about $500 million yearly for road construction. But collections have been flat or shrinking, partly because of better fuel efficiency, and South Carolina ranks 49th in state support for road work, according to the commission. “I don’t think anyone would disagree the roads are in pretty bad shape,” said commission member Kenneth Cosgrove.
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The first- and second-place winners of the Triathlon at last weekend’s Hickory Nut Gorge Olympiad are (l-r) Jay Curwen, first place, and Teddy Park, second place, both of Asheville. Jay’s wife, Monica Curwen (far left) also completed the Triathlon. “We love this race and the fireworks were awesome,” Jay said. The families stayed in Lake Lure for the weekend. “It doesn’t get better than this. We will be back next year,” Park said.
Winners of annual Olympiad honored From staff reports
FOREST CITY — The annual Hickory Nut Gorge Olmpiad last weekend drew athletes from 13 states and two foreign countries, Australia and Germany. The oldest competitor was 81-year-old Dean Davis from Florida who competed in the Sprint Triathlon and the Race to the Rock on a bike. The youngest competitor was A. J. O’Leary, 12, of Chimney Rock who completed the 5K run in the Race to the Rock. He is the son of Peter and Ann O’Leary. A total of 402 triathletes registered to compete in last weekend’s Lake Lure Sprint Triathlon, but only 342 actually competed. The 10K Lake Lure Dam Run drew 74 competitors and the Race to the Rock in Chimney Rock State Park drew 96 bikers. Leigha Vilen, 14, of Chapel Hill, and Bruce Button, 65, of Lake Lure, met the Three Races in Three Days Challenge by competing successively in the 10K Dam Run, the Lake Lure Triathlon, and the Race to the Rock. An additional 20 athletes also successfully completed all three races: Gunnar Palm, 46, Columbia, S.C.; Shaun Chambers, 34, Trey Mathison, 41, Jody McAuley, 43, Michael Purcell, 43, and Eddie Street, 41, all from Mount Pleasant, S.C.; Jeffrey Haynes, 33, Ooltewah, Tenn.,; Brian Sansom, 35, Bristol, Va.,; David Stoddard, 57, and his son, Aaron Stoddard, 25, both of Atlanta; Gregory Cohan, 24, Raleigh, Kirk Marino, 40, Indian Trail; Gregory Foxx, 46, Scott Helms, 39, Wendy Rogers,37, and John Speight, 43, all of Charlotte, Jim McKeon, 45, Mooresville and
Teddy Park, 34, Jay Curwen, 43, and his wife Monica Curwen, 36, Asheville. Following is a list of the top three overall finishers in each of the four HNG Triathlon V1 road races: n 10K Dam Run — 74 participants: 48 men and 26 women. First, second and third place winners, men’s division: Alex Hagan of Cary; Victor McHenry and Jay Curwen of Asheville; Women’s division: Monica Curwen, Asheville; Buffy Fountain, Greenville,S.C.; and Cheryl Madyda of Windermere, Fla. n Lake Lure Sprint Triathlon — 342 participants: 216 men and 126 women. Men: Jay Curwen, Asheville; Teddy Park Asheville; Ryan Madamba, Asheville. Women: Diane Lancaster, Waxhaw; Lisa Decker, Mebane; Molly Cherry, Mount Pleasant, S.C. n Race to the Rock — 96 participants: 73 men (33 bikers and 40 runners) and 23 women (10 bikers and 13 runners) Men, Bike: Taylor Little, Asheville; Matthew Lawter, Horseshoe Jay Curwen, Asheville, Men, Run: Mark Ledyard, Asheville; Shawn Bagley, Skyland; Joseph Watson, Asheville. Women, Bike: Kristen Weinacker, Seneca, SC; Cara Applegate, Black Mountain; Emily Wood , Clemson, S.C, Women, Run: Ashley Strobel, Asheville; Melissa Darling, Granite Falls; Renee Harvey, Wake Forest.
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Our Views Honest talk on race is possible
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here has been much debate recently about why Americans cannot engage in an open and honest dialogue about the issues of race that have plagued our nation since the time we were British colonies. Many people thought that the election of the nation’s first African American president might be the catalyst that would start real dialogue on these thorny issues. That has not happened. What most of those hoping for a new era in racial relations in this country failed to take into account was one simple fact: most of us are afraid to deal honestly with issues of race. If we are going to get past that hurdle, we have to recognize some simple facts. Racism exists in all ethnic groups in this country. We Americans, for some reason, are prone to grabbing hold of stereotypes and we hold our grievances dear. There are people out there who take racism to extremes. Most people do really try not to be racist in their thinking and in their actions. If we recognize these basic facts, we may be able to come up with a way to break through our fears and finally have some honest talk about racial issues. If we all admit that racism exists and that we as individuals are not immune, we have a honest start. If we throw away all those stereotypical images and put aside our grievances, we can begin to deal with others as individuals which is critical to success in this effort. If we start dealing openly with the problem, we will be able to isolate the extremists and weaken their influence. Because so many people are trying to do the right thing, there is hope that we can put aside our fear and finally talk.
Our readers’ views Says thanks for all the support, clarifies role To the editor: I would like to take a moment to say a heart-felt “Thank you” for the support expressed by our community clinic patients in two previous letters to the editor earlier this month. After 30 years of practice, I have received more daily “thank you’s” than any other practice with which I have been associated. The community clinic has such a need, that our patients wait long hours and days to be seen. In an era of overworked providers, our patients truly have hearts of gold, and appreciate whatever we can do for them. Please consider any private or corporate donations, as we can only operate on the good graces of such to provide care to our uninsured community population, which is growing every day. Also, I do want to clear up an apparent misconception from the editorials mentioned in the paper, since I was referred to as “Dr.” Dunn throughout the letters. I hold a doctorate degree in psychology, which is why the staff refers to me as “Dr. Dunn” instead of “Ms.” However my ability to practice medicine is as what the medical board refers to as a “mid-level provider.” This category encompasses both physician assistants (PAs), as well as medical nurse clinicians, known as advanced nurse practitioners (NP’). Mid-level
providers have the educational equivalent of 3-years of medical education, compared to MDs who of course have four years, then do an internship and residency in the area of their specialization. Mid-level providers provide “general medicine,” essentially replacing the “general practitioner” (GP) of years past. We are licensed to practice medicine as “mid-level” providers, performing exams, ordering diagnostic tests, making diagnosis, writing prescriptions, and determining the course of treatment. Medical doctors (MDs), have more advanced specialty training with their residency. I know this is confusing to the public, since dentists, chiropractors, osteopathic doctors, homeopathic doctors, and psychologists all have doctorate degrees, but not an MD, but of course still are referred to as “Dr.” In the field of medicine, midlevel providers may work in a collaborative-type of practice with M.D.’s, or many own their own practice. Here in Rutherford County, two other advanced nurse practitioners other than myself also hold their doctorate degree and own their own practice. In addition, many area PA’s work in the area’s emergency rooms, where patients can not differentiate their role unless looking at our name tags. Mid-level providers now comprise 20 percent of general
medicine, and since Clinton, the government, including President Obama, has encouraged their recent growth in numbers, due to the shortage of medical doctors, especially in primary care in rural areas. We often provide the “less desirable” medical work than our physician colleagues. There is a pretty high likelihood that you have been treated many times in the past in our local emergency rooms, or general practices, by a mid-level provider. We are trained in school to be good listeners, and to spend more time with our patients and are generally very “people” oriented. I am pleased our patients feel we are indeed strong patient advocates, dedicated to our jobs. It is indeed a privilege to work with our patients. Darlene Dunn, NP-C, PhD Community Clinic
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No surprise in study results on health care costs RALEIGH – A new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association is being described as “surprising” because it undercuts the promise of ObamaCare to cut health care costs by reducing emergency-room visits. I have no doubt that some politicians and activists in North Carolina and beyond have found the study’s conclusions surprising. But they shouldn’t have – the truth about emergency-room costs has been clear for years to those willing to look at the evidence. First, the falsehood: For years, advocates of expanding government health insurance have argued that a major source of health-care inflation was an increasing number of uninsured Americans going to emergency rooms rather than getting medical services from lower-cost providers. Under the law, emergency room couldn’t turn the uninsured away, the advocates said, so that’s where they go. If Medicaid or some other
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government program was expanded to insure these Americans, cost would go down because they’d receive less-expensive medical care in doctor’s offices or clinics rather than at the ER. The claim may have sounded plausible. But it was never consistent with reality. In the first place, uncompensated or “charity” care in hospitals – not just in ERs but across all hospital services – has never accounted for a significant percentage of U.S. spending on health care. In most years, the share is between 3 percent and 4 percent. You can complain about “cost shifting” from the uninsured to everyone else all you want, but that won’t turn it into a major cause of rising health costs. More importantly, to
assume that the recent growth in emergency-room visits was an artifact of growth in the uninsured population was to do just that – make an assumption, without good evidence. As some analysts have long pointed out, patients with insurance are more numerous and make up a majority of the people crowding into emergency rooms. The new study, by a researcher at the University of California at San Francisco, underlines a fact even more inconvenient for ObamaCare supporters. Not only are insured patients the majority in emergency rooms, but patients insured under Medicaid are twice as likely to use ERs as the uninsured are. In North Carolina, 24 percent of ER patients are on Medicaid, far higher than the 14 percent of North Carolinians who are enrolled in the program, according to the study. Why is this disparity significant? Because the main way ObamaCare
was expected to reduce the ranks of the uninsured was by enrolling them in Medicaid. As a result, hundreds of thousands of North Carolinians will join the Medicaid rolls in the coming years. Far from reducing ER use, ObamaCare will likely increase it. Medicaid recipients have been crowding into ERs for several reasons, but the biggest one is probably the fact that many physicians won’t take Medicaid patients because the reimbursement rates are so low. In some ways, Medicaid is a generous form of health insurance. It covers many services that private insurance doesn’t, services that patients pay for out-ofpocket rather than by filing claims. And patients share virtually none of the cost of consuming even routine medical services. On the other hand, Medicaid pays less to providers than other insurers do for comparable procedures. In some cases, then, patients have coverage for some services on paper but lack
access to those services in reality, except through ERs that can’t refuse them. For years, debates about health reform have been fraught with myths. In addition to the uncompensated-care fixation, some politicians and activists have claimed that universal coverage would reduce cost by increasing access to preventive care (which doesn’t actually reduce cost) and that insurance-company profits are the main explanation for America’s relatively high health-care spending (not mathematically possible). Clinging to convenient myths may be pathetic, but one has a right to be wrong. The problem now is that Congress and the Obama administration have written their cherished myths into law – forcing us to suffer the consequences in higher taxes, higher deficits, less access to quality health care, and less freedom. Hood is president of the John Locke Foundation.
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Police Notes Sheriff’s Reports
n The Rutherford County Sheriff’s Department responded to 146 E-911 calls Thursday. n Alan Chris Branch reported the larceny an air compressor and tools. n John Hornecker reported damage to personal property. n Glenn Alan Mooney reported damage to personal property.
Rutherfordton
n The Rutherfordton Police Department responded to 22 E-911 calls Thursday.
Spindale
n The Spindale Police Department responded to 32 E-911 calls Thursday.
Lake Lure
n Lake Lure Police Department responded to three E-911 calls Thursday.
Forest City
n The Forest City Police Department responded to 77 E-911 calls Thursday. n Sereatha Shelton, reported an incident of damage to property. n An employee of B&D Thrift and Loan reported an incident of obtaining property by false pretenses. n An employee of the town of Forest City reported an incident of larceny and damage to property.
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n Kevin Beaver, 44, of Tisdale Street, Ellenboro, was arrested on charges of second-degree trespassing; released on a written promise
AG ends probe into alleged scam RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper’s office said Friday it was ending its civil investigation of a scam involving the sale of overpriced mountain lots to buyers who were told they could profit without investing their own money. One of the largest fraud cases in North Carolina’s history came to light in 2007 when Cooper shuttered the Village of Penland real estate project, citing fraudulent business practices. He acted after a BB&T Corp. investigator contacted the FBI. Florida developer Michael Yeomans agreed in state court to a series of conditions including that he can’t sell real estate that involves the seller making down payments or mortgage payments, Cooper’s office said. This development effectively ended the lawsuit brought by Cooper’s consumer protection division. Yeomans previously pleaded guilty to a federal mortgage fraud charge. Yeomans agreed as part of a plea agreement to pay $400,000 in restitution to the court-appointed receiver in the case. Details of his sentencing on Wednesday were sealed by court order. Appraiser A. Greg Anderson’s license was suspended and he can never conduct appraisals on property where the seller is offering incentives of more than $100. Alleged mastermind Anthony Porter was sentenced in July to three years in prison for fraud, money laundering conspiracy and making a false statement on a tax return. Authorities said the bogus development began in 2002 when Porter recruited brothers who owned a Florida manufacturing business as partners for what was envisioned to be a sprawling complex with luxury homes, wide streets with shops and boutiques set in the Blue Ridge mountains. Their company bought 1,200 acres in Mitchell County, near the Tennessee border, which they subdivided into more than 2,000 lots to create Penland.
to appear. (FCPD n Tamela Padgett Beaver, 45, of Tisdale Street, Ellenboro, was arrested on charges of second-degree trespassing; received a written promise to appear. (FCPD) n David Lee Conder, 53, of 690 Clark Road, Rutherfordton, was charged with misdemeanor larceny and assault on a female; remains in custody at the Rutherford County Jail. (RCSD) n Feliberto Diaz Jimenez, 30, 137 BB Mobile Home Park, Cox Road, Rutherfordton, was charged with misdemeanor probation violation; remains in jail. (RCSD) n Jason Scott Fowler, 24, of 657 Thompson Road, Rutherfordton, charged with simple possession and possession controlled substance; released from jail. (RCSD
Obituaries James Boyce
n Rutherford County Emergency Medical Services responded to 22 E-911 calls Thursday and Rescue was dispatched to two calls.
James William Boyce, 65, of 345 Wells Drive, Forest City, died Monday, Aug. 30, 2010, at Rutherford Hospital. He was a son of the late Luther and Bessie Lee Boyce and was a U.S. Air Force veteran. Survivors include two daughters, Angela Jones of Forest City and Wanda Twitty of Rutherfordton; two sons, James Boyce and Warren Twitty, both of Shiloh; five sisters, Eula Mae Twitty, Louise Martin, Alice Faye Lovett and Frances Ross, all of Forest City, and Mildred Jackson of Shelby; two brothers, John Boyce of Forest City and Edward Lee Boyce of Charlotte; and 18 grandchildren. Funeral services will be Saturday at 2 p.m. at New Bethel Independent Church with the Rev. Zane McMillian officiating. Burial will follow at the church cemetery. The body will be placed in the church one hour before the service. Thompson’s Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Fire Calls
Leo Kimball Sr.
n Bostic, Cliffside and Sandy Mush fire departments responded to three car wrecks Thursday. n Spindale Fire Department was dispatched to a report of an unknown fire.
Leo Richard Kimball Sr., 69, of Bostic, died Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, at Hospice House. A native of Goffstown, N.H., he was the son of the late Frank Warren and Lucianne Trumbley Kimball. He was a retired supervisor
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for Watts Regulator, a member of Fellowship Holiness Church and a former employee of Parton Lumber. He is survived by his wife, Jacqueline McAbee Kimball, of the home; three sons, Matthew Christopher Kimball of Bostic, and Leo Richard Kimball Jr.and Corey Kimball, both of Forest City; three daughters, Cara Marie Kimball of Spindale, Ginger Phillips of Forest City and April Downs of Lebanon, Maine; one stepson, Shannon Cooksey; one step-daughter, Jennifer McAbee of Green Hill; two brothers, Roland Kimball of Gonic, N.H., and Donald Kimball of Summersworth, N.H.; five grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 3 p.m. at Fellowship Holiness Church with the Revs. Leon Brown and Roger Hudgins officiating. The family will receive friends from 1:30 to 3 p.m., prior to the service at the church. The family will be at 145 Butler St., Apt. E2, Richmond Hill Apartments, Rutherfordton. Memorials may be made to the Kimball Memorial Fund, PO Box 584, Bostic, NC 28018. Crowe’s Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences: www. crowemortuary.com
James Downey James Reid Downey, 89, of Cherry Mountain Street, Forest City, died Friday, Sept. 3, 2010, at Hillcrest Rest Home. A native of Forest City, he was a son of the late James Dolphus and Oma Hensley Downey. He was a retired textile employee and a lifelong member of First Baptist Church of Forest City. Survivors include a brother, Robert Downey of Forest City; and a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. in the Padgett and King Chapel with Dr. Barry K. Keys officiating. Burial will follow at the Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery. Visitation will be held Saturday from 2 p.m. until the time of the service at the mortuary. Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church, 201 West Main St., Forest City, NC 28043. Online condolences: www. padgettking.com
Andrea Luckadoo Andrea Diane Luckadoo, 67, Forest City, died Friday, Sept. 3, 2010, at the Hospice House in Forest City. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Harrelson Funeral Home.
Carolinas Today Education board S.C. child found in may require juniors concrete died from to take ACT blow to head RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina educators may be ready to make high school students take a college entrance exam to determine whether they’re ready for college work and how well schools are preparing them. The News & Observer of Raleigh reported Friday the State Board of Education could vote next month on a plan requiring most 11th graders to take the ACT exam. Students also would take pretests in eighth and 10th grades. The state would pay registration fees. Board Chairman Bill Harrison said the panel chose the ACT because it’s viewed as a good predictor of student success in college. Students who do poorly on the exam would be encouraged to get extra help during the summer before their senior year. It would cost $3 million annually for about 86,000 juniors to take the exam.
Man convicted in disappearance of girlfriend in ’93 MIAMI (AP) — A North Carolina man has been convicted in the 1993 disappearance of his girlfriend in South Florida. A Miami-Dade jury found 37-year-old Christopher Phillips guilty Thursday of second-degree murder. Phillips, his girlfriend Trinity Robinson and several others moved to Homestead shortly after Hurricane Andrew, looking for work. Robinson, who was 18, vanished in May 1993, and no body was ever found. Phillips was eventually arrested in 2006. Several acquaintances of Phillips from Burlington, N.C., testified that he told them he was responsible for Robinson’s disappearance. Former co-workers of Robinson testified that Phillips was abusive and that Robinson was planning to leave him and return to North Carolina.
MONCKS CORNER, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a 2-year-old South Carolina boy whose body was found buried in cement in a trash can earlier this year died from a blow to the head. Multiple media outlets reported that Berkeley County coroner Glenn Rhoads released the cause of death Thursday after obtaining an autopsy report. The body of Rodricus Williams was found in a trash can filled with 400 pounds of cement in Bowman in July after two people said the boy had fallen into Charleston Harbor. The boy’s father, Roger “Tony” Williams, and his girlfriend Grace Trotman are being held on charges of homicide by child abuse. Police say Williams refused to get medical treatment for the boy after his health failed a month earlier and the couple then dumped the boy into the cement-filled can.
Harrison re-elected chairman of N.C. education board RALEIGH (AP) — The top leaders on the North Carolina State Board of Education have been elected to the top jobs for another two years. WRAL-TV reported Bill Harrison was unanimously re-elected board chairman and Wayne McDevitt was re-elected vice chairman at the board’s monthly meeting Thursday. Harrison is the former Cumberland County schools superintendent brought in by Gov. Beverly Perdue last year to run the day-to-day operations in the Department of Public Instruction. He left that role after state schools superintendent June Atkinson successfully challenged that move in court, but Harrison remained chairman.
Growing Cherokee casino to mark theater opening CHEROKEE (AP) — The Cherokee Indian casino in western North Carolina is marking a milestone in its
three-year expansion plans. Harrah’s Cherokee Casino holds a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday for a new 3,000-seat event center that will host concerts over Labor Day weekend featuring country acts Hank Williams Jr. and Lady Antebellum. The casino complex in December plans to open a 20-story hotel tower with 530 rooms, along with a full-service restaurant tied to Southern cooking queen Paula Deen. The gaming floor will double in size with a noodle bar and games targeting Asian gamblers who are increasingly visiting nearby cities like Atlanta. Two more restaurants, new shops and an 18,000-square-foot spa are scheduled to be completed in 2012 .
S.C. troopers step up patrols for holiday weekend
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina troopers are saturating the state’s roadways this weekend to crack down on speeders and drunken drivers over the Labor Day holiday. Multiple media outlets report the Highway Patrol is increasing its presence on South Carolina’s highways starting Friday afternoon. Troopers hope to close out the “100 Deadly Days of THE DAILY COURIER Published Tuesday through Sunday mornings by Paxton Media Group LLC dba The Daily Courier USPS 204-920 Periodical Postage paid in Forest City, NC. Company Address: 601 Oak St., P.O. Box 1149, Forest City, NC 28043. Phone: (828) 245-6431 Fax: (828) 248-2790 Subscription rates: Single copy, daily 50¢ / Sunday $1.50. Home delivery $11.75 per month, $35.25 for three months, $70.50 for six months, $129 per year. In county rates by mail payable in advance are: $13.38 for one month, $40.14 for three months, $80.27 for six months, $160.54 per year. Outside county: $14.55 for one month, $43.64 for three months, $87.28 for six months, $174.56 per year. College students for school year subscription, $75. The Digital Courier, $6.50 a month for non-subscribers to The Daily Courier. Payment may be made at the website: www.thedigitalcourier. com The Daily Courier is not responsible for advance subscription payments made to carriers, all of who are independent contractors.
Summer” with a record-low number of highway deaths and crashes. There had been 177 deaths this summer as of midnight Aug. 30. That’s compared with 255 deaths in the same number of days last year, a drop of more than 30 percent. The busy Labor Day holiday travel weekend begins Friday evening at 6 p.m. and ends Monday at midnight.
Norma Land Gurley Norma Land Gurley, age 94, of Doggett Road, Forest City, North Carolina, died Wednesday, September 1, 2010, at Hospice House of Forest City. She was a native of Danville, Virginia, and a daughter of the late Nathan and Nancy Dixon Land; a longtime member of Florence Baptist Church and was retired from Cowan Tire and Battery Company where she operated the License Plate Agency for the North Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles. She also worked alongside her husband as they operated Gurley Concessions traveling North Carolina including 45 years at the NC State Fair in Raleigh. Norma was loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother and was a gifted artist. She was preceded in death by her husband of 72 years, John Rex Gurley in 2008. Survivors include a son, John Rex Gurley, Jr. and wife Lucia of Marble Falls, TX; two daughters, Linda Gurley Putnam of Forest City, and Kathy Gurley Almond and husband Hoyt of Louisville, KY; six grandchildren, Bill Gurley and his wife, Amy, Elizabeth Gurley Vaughn and husband Darrell, Greg Putnam, Matt Putnam and wife Deanna, Grant Almond and wife Allison, and Tyler Almond; great-grandchildren, Rex, Gus, and Ava Gurley, Taylor, Reagan, Jonathan, and Caroline Vaughn, Brittany and Benjamin Putnam and Reece Almond. Funeral services will be held at three o’clock Sunday, September 5, 2010, in the Florence Baptist Church with the Reverend Dr. Bobby Gantt officiating. Interment will follow in the Sunset Memorial Park. Visitation will be in the church narthex from two until three o’clock prior to the service. Memorials may be made to Florence Baptist Church Building Fund, 201 South Broadway Street, Forest City, NC 28043 or Hospice of Rutherford County, Post Office Box 336, Forest City, NC 28043. The Padgett and King Mortuary is in charge of arrangements and an online guest registry is available at www.padgettking.com PAID OBIT
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Ongoing Foothills Harvest Ministry: $5 plastic grocery bag sale, $7 tall kitchen bag sale, $9 30-gallon trash bag sale; bags can be filled with clothes and shoes. Hospice Resale Shop: Storewide half price sale Sept. 2-4; includes clothing, collectibles, housewares, books, furniture and more; also includes selected clothing priced at 25 cents. Hours are 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Yokefellow Service Center: Storewide half price sale Sept. 3-13; closed on Sundays and for Labor Day; store hours 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Silent auctions for Relay for Life: Held weekly through Sept. 10. Photos and details will be posed on the Rutherford County government website at www.rutherfordcountync.gov. Items will be posted each Monday and bids end each Friday at noon. For information or to place a bid, e-mail Debra Conner, debra.conner@rutherfordcountync.gov. Luminaria sale and can food drive: Relay for Life Rutherford County is selling luminarias, which will be lighted Sept. 10 at Relay for Life, for $10; luminarias may be purchased online at www. relayforlife.org/rutherfordnc or by calling Gail Strickland, 245-2156 or 233-1735. In addition, canned foods will be used to weigh down the luminarias. After Relay, the canned foods will be donated to Communities in Schools and Grace of God Rescue Mission; cans should be 11 to 15 ounces to best fit in the luminarias. Washburn Community Outreach Center: Entire store apparel halfprice; hours Thursday and Friday, noon to 6 p.m., Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.; contact the center regarding the GED program offered by ICC at 245-5603. Celebration of the Arts applications: Will be accepted through Sept. 8 at the Rutherford County Visual Arts Center, 160 N. Main St., Rutherfordton; guidelines and information available at www. rcvag.com
Saturday, Sept. 4 Fundraiser: 11 a.m. until, Carver parking lot, sponsored by Unionville Lodge No. 729; fish and rib plates, $8 each (includes drink and dessert), fish sandwich $4, can soda, $1 and bottled water $1.
Monday, Sept. 6 Solid waste and Rutherford County Convenience Centers: Closed today for Labor Day holiday; reopen Tuesday for regular hours.
Tuesday, Sept. 7 HOPE Support Group: Tuesdays beginning today for four weeks at 10 a.m. at the Hospice Center of Living; for any adult in the community who has lost a loved one; offered at no cost. GRACE: For anyone caring for a loved one, held the first Tuesday of each month from 4 to 5:30 p.m. at Rutherford Life Services; today’s topic is “Legal issues for caregivers” with attorney John B. Crotts; hosted by Hospice of Rutherford County. Relay for Life fundraiser: 10 percent of all proceeds today at Courtside Steaks will be donated to Relay for Life of Rutherford County. Chase Athletic Boosters meeting: 6 p.m., high school conference room. Rutherford County Republican Party meeting: 6:30 p.m., Republican headquarters, across from the courthouse in Rutherfordton; executive committee meeting; topics will include finalizing plans for the barbecue on Sept. 18 as well as discussion of changing the plan of the organization to require attendance for voting rights on the committee. Rutherford County Schools Board of Education meeting: 7 p.m., Cool Springs Administrative Office. Alanon meetings: Lake Lure Alanon Family Group meets every Tuesday at 7:30 p.m., at Lake Lure Mountains Branch Library, 150 Bills Creek Road, Lake Lure; call 625-0456 for additional information.
Wednesday, Sept. 8 Free Prostate Screening: 3 to 6 p.m., Cancer Resource Center; includes prostate exam by a physician and PSA blood test; registration required, 245-4596.
Thursday, Sept. 9 Prime of Life Festival: 9 a.m. to noon, Carolina Event and Conference Center; lifestyles fair for adults 50-plus and their families.
Asheville he will undergo medical care for health issues and will be adopted in the future. Community Pet Center volunteers Faltraco, Dee Ullrich and Melissa Cantrell couldn’t hold back their excitement and pleasure Friday afternoon, looking around at the empty shelter. “It would be nice if all weeks were like this, if every day was like this,” Faltraco said. “It has been awesome, such an outpouring of compassion from people everyone,” she said. “I’m in shock,” Cantrell said. One woman called the shelter Friday morning after getting a call from her daughter in Paris; she had seen the news on Facebook. She told her mother she needed to do something, and to go get one of the pets. About 2:15 p.m., Linda Hazzard arrived after driving across the county from Golden Valley. Practically out of breath, she said she was coming to check on the animals. “Hallelujah,” she said, learning they were adopted. Had there been any animals, Hazzard was taking them with her. “Oh, this is wonderful. Thank you, God,” she said, leaning against her car with her hands raised high. Inside the adoption house, Faltraco said, “This has not been a typical week.” Thursday, volunteers fielded 600 calls and answered e-mails about the shelter closing and to ask about adopting animals. “It’s been like Grand Central Station,” Ullrich said. The outpouring of support left CPC volunteers scratching their heads, wondering why the response isn’t as good every week, knowing the animals have to be put down.
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The weather service Friday issued a special statement regarding the potential for fires to spread. Roger Hollifield, Rutherford County fire marshal, said nothing has changed about how the county is preparing for a potential wildfire. The U.S. Forest Service, he said, has a readiness plan that is based on a scale
“Next Friday, Sept. 17 at 2 p.m. any animals that have been here 72 hours and are not adopted will be euthanized,” Cantrell said. That’s the harsh fact, they agreed. “Friday is destruction day here, unless there is space for the animals,” Cantrell said. “I wish every week at the Rutherford County Animal Shelter would be like this,” Faltraco said. Rutherford County is correcting some of the wrongs at the shelter to comply with state mandates. Among the repairs is putting sealant on the floors. Conner said the liquid sealant is pressurized into the concrete floors to kill germs and prohibit feces or urine from penetrating the concrete. “This is supposed to be fine stuff, recommended by the inspector.” Other recent improvements have included putting a drain in every kennel and upgrading walls in the area where animals are put down. “We have worked on the drainage in the kennels and put concrete barriers around all the runs,” County Manager John Condrey said. “That keeps the water, as you’re cleaning one run, from going into another,” he said, causing animals to become sick. Monday, the commissioners decided to proceed with the adoption area of the proposed Community Pet Center. The cost to build the adoption area would be about $490,000, and the cost to construct a complete pet center and animal shelter would be $1.2 million. No motions were made to proceed with construction. Commissioners Margaret Helton and Susan Crowe did not support the action. Conner, who was an avid CPC supporter, believes the adoption area should be considered and that commissioners proceed with the center and, sometime in the future, complete the facility.
But CPC members are adamantly opposed to the adoption area only. “Why do we need a big beautiful adoption center?” Ullrich said Friday afternoon. “We have a desk and a phone. The (animals) need a shelter.” Conner said he thought by trying to sell an adoption center more people would visit the center and adopt the animals, and volunteers would have a nicer place to work. “CPC wants to build the entire, whole thing. I’d love to do that, but do not see that it is possible the way the economy is,” Conner said. “But we’ve got to deal with it eventually. This shelter is being patched back together. We’ve having to bring it up to standards. It is going to last us a year or two, and then what?” CPC members didn’t attend Monday night’s meeting, realizing the majority of county commissioners would not support a new pet shelter. “Our first priority is to replace the current animal shelter, the 40-plus year-old building with its three basic functions: intake, euthanasia-holding and adoption,” Bayley said. “Our priority is not for a new pet adoption area. The priority is to replace the outdated facility that is not meeting standards.” “There was no reason for us to be there,” Bayley said of the board members’ absence. “The decision was on the adoption center, which is not something we are supporting ... and we knew the entire animal shelter would not have passed.” The issue of the adoption center and shelter will be addressed by the new board of county commissioners, who take office the first Monday night in December. CPC will continue to raise money for a new shelter, including an event Oct. 23 at the Foundation and a “Fine Wines for Felines and Canines” on Nov. 11.
of one to five, with a “one” showing no fire potential. “A lot of factors go in to how they base it, but we’ve changed nothing as far as dispatch procedures; we haven’t upgraded anything.” The service has upgraded to a “three,” based on wind, humidity and the drought index. If the number should move to “four,” Hollifield said, the county would implement a process in which two departments would be dispatched. “We try to jump on these things so
they don’t grow in size,” he said. The S.C. Forestry Commission is urging people who burn outdoors to be aware of the favorable conditions for wildfires. “Many burning activities like bonfires, campfires and cooking fires may add dangerous burning debris that may ignite adjacent materials,” a statement said. “Postpone these activities if possible.”
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Pearl Harbor marks 65th anniversary of WWII’s end PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — Don Fosburg recalled friends and family killed in World War II as he marked the 65th anniversary of the end of the conflict on Thursday. “You start thinking about all the guys who didn’t make it. I had a cousin who was on Bataan and didn’t survive. His brother was blown up off the coast of Africa,” said the 84-year-old, who was a radioman aboard the USS Missouri during the war. “You start to thinking about the guys that you knew. You can’t help but do that. And maybe you think you’re pretty lucky,” said Fosburg, a retired insurance broker from Whittier, Calif. Fosburg returned to the Missouri — now a museum moored in Pearl Harbor — for a ceremony commemorating 6 1/2 decades since Japan formally signed surrender papers on board the battleship when it was anchored in Tokyo Bay on Sept. 2, 1945. He remembered the mood being calmer than some two weeks before that occasion, on the night of Aug. 15, when sailors cheered and hollered after a fellow radioman got word Japan had agreed to unconditionally surrender.
“He woke me up: ’They’ve accepted the surrender. The war is over!’ Then it went through the ship, and it was quite a bit of celebration,” Fosburg said. “It woke everybody up.” Veterans Secretary Eric Shinseki, who delivered the keynote address, hailed the sacrifices of those who fought on Pacific atolls, European forests and manned supply depots and refueling stations. “All great leaders know the mightiest undertakings succeed because of the strength and courage, determination and sacrifice, of men and women whose names will never be recorded in history books or memorialized in museums,” said Shinseki, a retired four-star general. The Missouri today sits just behind the USS Arizona, which sank in the Japanese attack that pushed the U.S. into the war in 1941. Sen. Daniel Inouye, who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism in Italy, told the crowd the two ships are the bookends of World War II. The Arizona represents the sacrifice and resilient spirit of the American people, while the Missouri speaks of America’s triumphant victory, he said.
“They send a strong message to our allies, while cautioning potential enemies, that we can endure hardships, that we persevere and, yes, we will emerge victorious,” Inouye said. The “Mighty Mo” was launched in 1944 and fought in the battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. It was decommissioned in 1955 but revived in the 1980s, after which it fired some of the first shots of the Gulf War in 1991. The battleship went into dry dock last year for three months of sanding and painting to remove rust that had built up on the ship’s hull. The $18 million overhaul was its first in 17 years. One of the Missouri’s wartime crew, 94-year-old Frank Borrell, said he was seeing his battleship for the last time. Borrell has been diagnosed with lung cancer and was told he has four months to live. “I told my wife, ’Before I die, I want to see my ship again,”’ Borrell said. “This couldn’t have been a better place for me to see it.” The Beacon, N.Y. native, now retired to Orlando, Fla., came to Hawaii with the help of the Dream Foundation, a California-based nonprofit that grants wishes to adults facing life-threatening illnesses.
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LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)
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2,366 662 109 3,137 242 4 3,591,165,613
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AMEX
1,949.37 +15.84
GAINERS ($2 OR MORE)
Name Last AlmadnM g 2.61 RareEle g 5.17 VirnetX 8.78 BovieMed 2.35 VistaGold 2.48 iMergent 4.14 UQM Tech 2.55 Gastar grs 3.25 FriedmInd 6.71 StreamGSv 4.14
Chg +.41 +.62 +1.00 +.22 +.22 +.35 +.21 +.26 +.52 +.30
%Chg +18.6 +13.6 +12.9 +10.3 +9.7 +9.2 +9.0 +8.7 +8.4 +7.8
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Last 3.49 3.31 2.09 7.25 5.71 3.04 6.18 2.49 3.87 4.82
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Advanced Declined Unchanged Total issues New Highs New Lows Volume
313 166 42 521 28 4 74,021,580
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NASDAQ 2,233.75 +33.74
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LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)
Name Last CelldexTh 3.53 SeaChange 7.21 Ulticom n 6.70 CmBkIN 8.68 OldLnBc 7.15 MidPenn 6.75 Servidyne 2.17 Kingstone 2.50 DARA rsh 2.29 NaugatVly 6.15
Chg -1.25 -1.33 -.98 -.98 -.75 -.68 -.22 -.24 -.21 -.55
%Chg -26.2 -15.6 -12.8 -10.1 -9.5 -9.2 -9.2 -8.8 -8.4 -8.2
MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE) Name Vol (00) Last Chg SiriusXM 815971 1.01 +.02 Microsoft 624536 24.29 +.35 Intel 569993 18.43 +.15 PwShs QQQ558488 46.01 +.75 Cisco 530703 21.04 +.52 MicronT 225078 7.05 +.22 Oracle 203073 22.92 +.44 Dell Inc 190718 12.59 +.23 BrcdeCm 180351 5.61 +.01 Apple Inc 178887 258.77 +6.60 Advanced Declined Unchanged Total issues New Highs New Lows Volume
DIARY
2,025 591 136 2,752 87 19 1,610,523,341
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Stocks extend their rally after the jobs report
NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market had its first winning week in a month after news on the economy started getting better. The Dow Jones industrial average jumped 128 points Friday, its fourth straight day of gains. The strong start to September marked a turnaround from a dismal performance in August. A better report on employment Friday was the latest piece of improving news on the economy. Stocks also gained earlier this week following signs that manufacturing was gaining in the U.S. and China. Even after its four-day run, which added 438 points to the Dow, the index is still 6.8 percent below the 2010 high its reached on April 26. Stocks eased off their best levels in the afternoon after a report showed that the services sector didn’t grow as fast as hoped in August. The jobs reported “created a bit of optimism, but there’s still a degree of caution,” said Nick Kalivas, vice president of financial research for MF Global. The Labor Department said private employers added 67,000 jobs in August, more than the 41,000 economists polled by Thomson Reuters had forecast. Investors have received more encouraging reports on the economy over the past three days than they did throughout August, when data regularly fell short of the market’s already modest expectations. Reports beginning with Wednesday’s manufacturing data touched off a rally at the beginning of September, which is historically a bad month for stocks. There were other encouraging signs throughout the employment report Friday, including revisions to June and July’s reports that showed the economy added more jobs than the government previously said. More than a half-million Americans resumed their job searches in August. That drove up the unemployment rate to 9.6 percent from 9.5 percent, but it could also be a sign that more people are hopeful about the recovery. According to preliminary calculations, the Dow closed up 127.83, or 1.2 percent, at 10,447.93. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index rose 14.41, or 1.3 percent, to 1,104.51, while the Nasdaq composite index rose 33.74, or 1.5 percent, to 2,233.75. About three stocks rose for every one that fell on the New York Stock Exchange, where volume was relatively light at 950 million shares. Bond prices fell as sentiment on the economy improved, sending interest rates higher. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note jumped to 2.71 percent from 2.63 percent late Thursday. Its yield is often used as a gauge to set interest rates on mortgages and other consumer loans. For the week, the Dow is up 2.9 percent, while the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq are both up 3.7 percent. It was the first week of gains in a month for both the Dow and S&P. The S&P 500, the market gauge most used by professional investors, lost 4.7 percent in July on a string of disappointing economic news. That was the worst August performance for the index since 2001, when the dot-com bubble was imploding.
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President Barack Obama, followed by, from left, Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, walks to the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington Friday to report on the economy and jobs. Associated Press
Jobs report has good news WASHINGTON (AP) — Private employers hired more workers over the past three months than first thought, a glimmer of hope for the weak economy ahead of the Labor Day weekend. But the unemployment rate rose because not enough jobs were created to absorb the growing number of people looking for work. Companies added a net total of 67,000 new jobs last month and both July and June’s privatesector job figures were upwardly revised, the Labor Department said Friday. Stocks surged after the report’s release. The Dow Jones industrial average rose more than 100 points in afternoon trading and broader indexes were all up. While the report hardly suggests the economy is out of danger, it’s a reassuring sign after weeks of troubling data and comes after some encouraging economic figures in the past week. Scott Brown, an economist at Raymond James, said he sees no sign of the country slipping back into recession. “You’re still seeing broad-based job gains. It’s not strong, but it’s positive,” Brown said. Overall, the economy lost 54,000 jobs as 114,000 temporary census positions came to an end. For the first time this year, the manufacturing sector lost jobs — down a net total of 27,000 for the month. The auto
industry accounted for 22,000 of those lost jobs, the department said. But those losses were largely due to a shift in the timing of the industry’s summer shutdowns. State and local governments shed 10,000 positions and have had net jobs losses in every month but one this year. President Barack Obama said the report shows the economy is moving in the right direction. But he said further action is needed to help bring back the 8.4 million jobs lost during the downturn. “It reflects the steps we’ve already taken to break the back of this recession. But it’s not nearly good enough,” Obama said. He called on Congress to extend the Bush administration’s tax cuts for middle-class Americans and to pass a bill that would increase lending and reduce taxes for small businesses. Republicans in Congress want to extend the tax cuts for all Americans, including the wealthy. That’s a position more rank-and-file Democrats are beginning to embrace because the economy hasn’t improved fast enough. The midterm election is shaping up to be a referendum on Democrats’ handling of the economy. Most polls point to them losing a great number of seats in Congress and possibly
control of the House and Senate. Economists note that the measures proposed by Obama will likely make little difference by November. “It’s too late for any policies enacted now to make the economy look better by Election Day,” Nigel Gault, an economist at IHS Global Insight, wrote in a note to clients. Temporary employment rose by nearly 17,000, after a slight loss in July. That indicates employers are looking to boost their work forces, but are reluctant to do so permanently. Temporary hiring averaged 45,000 per month from October to May, but has since slowed. The jobless rate rose to 9.6 percent from 9.5 percent in July. More than a half-million Americans resumed their job searches in August, which drove up the jobless rate. When the unemployed stop looking for work, they are no longer counted in the jobless rate. It’s the first time the labor force has grown since April. Separately, the Institute for Supply Management, a trade group, said that the U.S. service sector expanded for the eighth straight month in August, but the pace of growth slowed. The service sector accounts for about 80 percent of the nation’s jobs, including those in health care, construction and financial services.
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Weather/ State/Nation Weather The Daily Courier Weather Today
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Nation Today Professor in scare faced an earlier allegation
MIAMI (AP) — Officials decided to shut down much of Miami International Airport after a database showed a scientist with a suspicious item in his luggage had once been charged with illegally transporting bubonic plague, a senior law enforcement official said Friday. No dangerous material was found on 70-year-old Thomas Butler after he was detained Thursday night. Butler who was acquitted on charges of transporting the potentially deadly germ in 2003, cooperated fully, said the official.
Helena teen accidentally texts sheriff to buy pot
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — General rule of thumb: when looking to buy marijuana, don’t text the sheriff. Authorities say a Helena teen sent out a text message last week in search of pot, but instead of contacting the drug dealer, he hit a wrong number and inadvertently sent the message to Lewis and Clark County Sheriff Leo Dutton. The text read, “Hey Dawg, do you have a $20 I can buy right now?” Dutton told the Helena Independent Record he initially thought it was a joke, but he quickly realized it was a real request for drugs. The detective spotted two teen-
age boys and a man at the store and called the phone number three times to make sure he had the right person. Dutton said when the detective showed the teens his badge, their faces turned white and their knees began to wobble. One of the boys even fainted.
Goodwill collection box turns up inert grenade ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Just in case it wasn’t clear: Weapons and drugs don’t make good charitable donations. Albuquerque police briefly evacuated a Goodwill store Thursday after someone left a pistol, ammunition, a grenade and some marijuana in a collection box. Police spokeswoman Nadine Hamby says the police bomb squad took the grenade away for demolition after determining it was a World War II-style inert — or inactive — grenade.
Drake University’s ‘D+’ logo earns failing grade DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A “D+” campaign logo aimed at encouraging recruitment at Drake University is getting a failing grade from some faculty, students and alumni. They say the logo is offensive, embarrassing and tarnishes the Des Moines university’s reputation.
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Scott Kerns kayaks down flooded Hwy 12 in Frisco, N.C., on Friday. Sound side flooding from Hurricane Earl flooded much of the Outer Banks in the early morning hours.
Earl sideswipes N.C, heads for New England CHATHAM, Mass. (AP) — A weakening Hurricane Earl swiped past North Carolina on Friday on its way to New England, where officials warned residents that it still packed dangerous winds that could topple trees or damage the area’s picturesque gray-shingled cottages. Earl dropped to a Category 1 storm — down from a powerful Category 4 a day earlier — with sustained winds of 80 mph. The storm could weaken to a tropical storm by the time it passes about 50 to 75 miles southeast of Nantucket on Friday night, said National Hurricane Center Director Bill Read. “The good news on Earl is it has been steadily weakening, maybe even a little quicker than forecast,” Read said. Nantucket police chief William Pittman warned island residents against complacency, saying Earl was “still a dangerous storm” with severe winds that could be stronger than those carried by the gusty nor’easters the island is used to absorbing. The National Hurricane Center reduced the New England areas under a hurricane warning to just Cape Cod and the islands. The rest of the New England coast remained under tropical storm warnings and watches. As of 2 p.m. EDT, Earl’s center was located about 290 miles (465 kilometers) south-southwest of Nantucket, Mass., and moving north-northeast at nearly 21 mph (33 kph). Most of the hurricane force winds were expected to remain offshore. The National Weather Service was forecasting winds up to 65 mph on Nantucket with gusts up to 85 mph. On Cape Cod, winds up to 45 mph with gusts of up to 60 mph were expected. Earl sideswiped North Carolina’s Outer Banks early Friday, flooding the vacation islands but causing no injuries and little damage. The storm’s winds had dropped by then to 105 mph from 145 mph a day before. Hurricane-force winds, which start at 74 mph, apparently did not reach the Outer Banks, said the National Hurricane Center’s chief forecaster, James Franklin. Officials had urged some 35,000 visitors and residents on the Outer Banks to leave the dangerously exposed islands as the storm closed in, but hundreds chose to wait it out in their boarded-up homes. Nancy Scarborough of Hatteras said she had about a foot of water underneath her home, which is
on stilts. “Once it goes down, it shouldn’t take long to get things back together,” she said. In New Jersey, authorities on Friday called off a search for the second victim of rough surf this week. Pardip Singh, of Carteret, entered the ocean Thursday night with a group of people in Belmar but did not emerge. His disappearance came on the same day that authorities recovered the body of a 23-yearold Asbury Park man who drowned after entering the roiling waters Tuesday. In Massachusetts, Gov. Deval Patrick declared a state of emergency Thursday as he urged residents not to panic. On Friday, many seemed to be following his advice. Traffic was light on both bridges to and from Cape Cod, where the air was still and heavy rains started in the late morning. In downtown Chatham, a quaint fishing village at Cape Cod’s eastern edge, tourists strolled the bookstores, cafes, candy shops and ice cream parlors on Main Street, largely unconcerned about the coming storm. A handful of stores had put plywood over their windows, including the Ben Franklin Old Fashioned Variety Store. “C’mon Earl, we’re ready for you,” a handwritten note read. In a parking lot near downtown, five large utility trucks sat waiting and linemen milled about, ready to fix any possible power outages. A handful of people walked on a beach nearby, the waves gently lapping the sand. In Barnstable, Ellen McDonough, of Boston, and a friend were waiting Friday morning for one of the last ferries to Nantucket before service was stopped around noon. The two had planned a Labor Day weekend getaway to the island and didn’t see Earl as a good reason to cancel. “It’s not a three-foot snow storm. I think us New Englanders are tough,” McDonough said. “We’ve had this weekend planned, and no hurricane is going to stop us.” Scott Thomas, president of the Nantucket Island Chamber of Commerce, said island residents were taking the coming storm in stride. “This is not something that is really unheard of for us, in terms of being prepped for it and being ready to handle something like this,” he said. “We kind of roll with the punches out here; it’s not a huge deal for us.”
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A three-year-old marketing campaign touting South Carolina produce and farm products could create as many as 10,000 jobs a year, a study released Friday says. Those estimates come from a $45,000-study funded by the state Agriculture Department and performed by the University of South Carolina’s business school. The projections were based on similar marketing programs in North Carolina and Georgia that have been going on longer than the Certified SC Grown program. Agriculture Commissioner Hugh Weathers says the state spends about $1 million a year on the program and participat-
ing farmers spend about $7 million a year to market their goods as Certified SC Grown. “I think it’s the best thing in about 15 to 20 years to hit the South Carolina Department of Agriculture,” said Tom Trantham, an organic-dairy farmer who runs the Happy Cow Creamery in Pelzer. “I know our customers are just raving about the quality of our fresh local-grown products.” Trantham, 69, sells milk bottled at his farm as well as products from other farmers, much of which is labeled as Certified SC Grown. “It sells better with the sticker than not,” Trantham said. Under the program, farmers must apply and be inspected by the state Agriculture
Department to become a certified grower. The farmers then buy marketing materials to designate their goods as certified. “The poor little farmer don’t have any way to reach the people and I think it’s a great idea for reaching people,” Christopher Johnson, a 66-yearold produce farmer from Aiken County, said of the program. USC research economist Doug Woodward, who led the study, said more people are looking to buy local. “There’s a sea change in attitudes among consumers that just wasn’t there a few years ago,” he said. “People are beginning to realize the value of having local agriculture. And I don’t believe that was true 10 years ago.”
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NC State to open against Western
By KEVIN CARVER
RALEIGH (AP) — Tom O’Brien figures the best way to keep his North Carolina State players focused on their opener is to remind them that they’re playing “Carolina.” It doesn’t matter to the Wolfpack coach that it’s Western Carolina, and not higher-profile North, South or East. O’Brien says it’s always a big game for N.C. State when the Wolfpack play any team with “Carolina” in its name, and that after last year’s 5-7 finish, his team has a lot to prove. O’Brien begins his fourth season in Raleigh on Saturday night with a visit from the Catamounts of the Championship Subdivision. The accomplished former Boston College coach is still looking for his first winning season with N.C. State.
Sean Renfree’s time is at hand for Duke DURHAM (AP) — Duke opens its third season under David Cutcliffe with a new quarterback facing high expectations. Sophomore Sean Renfree will start against Elon on Saturday. He’ll lead an offense that relied almost exclusively on the arm of Thad Lewis and three effective receivers last season. Elon quarterback Scott Riddle is trying to become the first player in Southern Conference history to lead the league in passing yardage for four straight seasons. The Phoenix went 9-3 last season and are ranked 7th in FBS polls.
On TV 11 a.m. (WBTV) (WSPA) Tennis U.S. Open, Men’s and Women’s Third Round. Noon (WYCW) College Football Louisiana-Lafayette at Georgia. Noon (ESPN) College Football Miami (Ohio) at Florida. Noon (ESPN2) College Football Western Michigan at Michigan State. 12:30 p.m. (FSCR) College Football Illinois vs. Missouri. 1 p.m. (WGN-A) MLB Baseball New York Mets at Chicago Cubs. 3 p.m. (TS) College Football Appalachian State at UTChattanooga. 3:30 p.m. (WYFF) College Football Purdue at Notre Dame. 3:30 p.m. (WSOC) (WLOS) College Football Teams TBA. 3:30 p.m. (ESPN) College Football Texas at Rice. 3:30 p.m. (ESPN2) College Football Teams To Be Announced. 4 p.m. (WHNS) MLB Baseball Regional Coverage. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim at Oakland Athletics or New York Mets at Chicago Cubs or Texas Rangers at Minnesota Twins. 7 p.m. (ESPN2) NASCAR Racing Nationwide Series: Great Clips 300. 7 p.m. (FSCR) College Football Arkansas State at Auburn. 7 p.m. (TS) MLB Baseball Atlanta Braves at Florida Marlins. 7:45 p.m. (ESPN) College Football Oregon State vs. Texas Christian. 8 p.m. (WSOC) (WLOS) College Football LSU vs. North Carolina. 10 p.m. (ESPN2) College Football Cincinnati at Fresno State.
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Chase’s Carlos Watkins (44) stiff arms a Bessemer City defender as he advances the ball up field during the action Friday at Chase High School.
Trojans sting Jackets By JACOB CONLEY Sports Reporter
CHASE — For the first two weeks of the high school football season, the Trojans suffered through tough losses. Against Bessemer City, Friday, they put an end to the drama early as they rolled to a 42-12 win over the Yellow Jackets. With Tyler Gaffney at the helm for Chase, filling in for an injured Tyreece Gossett, the Trojans had a promising drive going, but were facing a 4th-and-1 at the Bessemer 29-yard line. Thomas Camp responded by taking an option pitch and breaking several tackles
en route to the end zone for a score. Blake Moffitt booted the point after as Chase took a 7-0 lead with 7:22 left in the first quarter. After a three-and-out by the Yellow Jackets, thanks in large part to a 10-yard sack by Carlos Watkins, Chase took over at the visitor’s 40-yard line. The Trojans took advantage and found paydirt four plays later as Davon Hines rumbled in from 20 yards out. Moffitt’s kick made the tally 14-0. After a penalty brought back an apparent Please see Trojans, Page 3B
MARION — Adrian Wilkens was unleashed Friday night as East Rutherford got its first win of the season, rolling past McDowell, 41-7, in non-conference action. Wilkens scored three times while rushing for 243 yards on 15 carries. He got 139 of those yards in the first half. East Rutherford got out to a 14-0 lead in the first half on two Wilkens touchdown runs. The senior running back got a third score early in the second half. The Cavs (1-2) added three more touchdowns in the second half as they cruised to the win. Wilkens scored on runs of 14, 37 and 31 yards. He had two scoring runs, one a 60-yard scamper and another of 58 yards, nullified by penalties. He also set up two other East Rutherford scores, one with a 30-yard punt return and another with a 37-yard dash that set up a first and goal at the oneyard line. The Cavaliers got on the board first when Adrian Wilkens took a toss sweep around end for a 14-yard touchdown run late in the first quarter. That score capped an 8-play, 66-yard drive with Wilkens getting 53 of those yards on the ground. Trevor Dobbins kicked the point after for a 7-0 lead.
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Blues thump TJCA From staff reports
ASHEVILLE — Asheville School held off a fourth quarter threat from Thomas Jefferson and then added two scores of its own to take a 42-21 win in non-conference action Friday. Asheville School had a comfortable lead at 28-21 late in the third period and drove deep into TJCA territory looking to widen the margin. The Blues fumbled away that chance, losing the ball in the end zone and setting the Gryphons up at their own 20. Thomas Jefferson marched the football up the field and had a first and goal of the Asheville School 9-yard line. Moments later, they faced fourth and inches. A delay of game penalty pushed the Gryphons back outside the five. Will Beam’s attempt to hit a receiver in the end zone was then picked off by a Blues defender, ending the threat. “That was all on me,” Gryphons coach Tony Helton said. “I got us that delay of game penalty.” The Blues took possession at their own 20 and marched 80 yards for a touchdown to stretch their advantage to 35-21 with about four minutes remaining in the game. Please see TJCA, Page 3B
Central’s Jay Deaver (71) runs with the football after recovering a Polk County fumble during the football game at R-S Central Friday.
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Polk grounds Central By SCOTT BOWERS Daily Courier Sports Editor
RUTHERFORDTON — Polk County used big plays and breakdowns by the Hilltoppers to snatch a 35-14 win at R-S Central Friday. In an ugly game that witnessed nine total turnovers, the Wolverines made the most of Central’s miscues to take the nonconference victory. Polk’s Joel Booker set the tone early with a 90-yard return of the night’s opening kickoff for a touchdown. Booker found a seam on the return and by the time he reached midfield, it was clear that he would find paydirt. Polk’s Jacob Christiansen trotted on and added the extra to lift the Wolverines to the lead, 7-0. Central’s first possession ended with a quick three-and-out and, following the punt, Polk County found the end zone
again. The Wolverines marched 57-yards on nine plays that was capped by Cody Orick’s 17-yard scamper. Polk converted a key 4th and six on the drive prior to Orick’s touchdown run. Christiansen’s point after attempt hit the upright and bounced away, no good, to leave the score 13-0 in favor of the Wolverines. The two teams then traded several fruitless possessions that found the Hilltoppers at the Polk 38 yard line, midway through the second quarter. Central QB Jacob Kinlaw lead a six play drive that ended with a 22-yard scoring strike to Darrien Watkins. Watkins, on a curl route, caught the Kinlaw pass in the bread basket and made two Wolverines miss as he rumbled the final six yards into the end zone. Central’s Cody Owens deliv-
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Scoreboard BASEBALL National League East Division W L Pct 78 57 .582 77 58 .567 67 65 .508 66 69 .493 57 77 .425 Central Division W L Pct Cincinnati 78 55 .586 St. Louis 69 62 .527 Houston 62 71 .466 Milwaukee 62 72 .466 Chicago 58 77 .425 Pittsburgh 44 89 .331 West Division W L Pct San Diego 76 56 .576 San Francisco 74 60 .552 Colorado 69 64 .519 Los Angeles 68 66 .507 Arizona 55 79 .410
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Sam Querrey returns a shot against Marcel Granollers, of Spain, during at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York Friday.
Isner, Querrey reach 3rd round
NEW YORK (AP) — “Let’s go, Ryan!” Clap-clapclap-clap-clap. “Let’s go, Ryan!” Clap-clap-clap-clap-clap. On his way to victory at Louis Armstrong Stadium on Friday, the highest-seeded American man left in the U.S. Open, No. 18 John Isner, could hear the wild cheering and chanting going on at the adjacent Grandstand in support of another American man, Ryan Harrison, a qualifier who was the lowest-ranked (220) and youngest (18) player still in the tournament. Isner, striving to be known for more than winning the longest tennis match in history, reached the third round by beating Marco Chiudinelli of Switzerland 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (7), 6-4. Harrison, striving to show he belongs at this level, came as close as possible to winning without doing so, wasting three match points in the fifthset tiebreaker and losing 6-3, 5-7, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (6) to Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine. This was the second Grand Slam tournament of Harrison’s nascent career, and the first at which he won a match — and what a victory it was, an upset over 15th-seeded Ivan Ljubicic. For Isner, this is the first major tournament he’s played since Wimbledon in June, when he hit a record 113 aces during an 11-hour-plus, 183-game, first-round marathon spread over three days. He beat Nicolas Mahut in a 70-68 fifth set, and while appreciative of the significance of that match, Isner is quite ready to move on. He can match his best Grand Slam showing if he beats No. 12 Mikhail Youzhny to make it to the fourth round. Isner, who won an NCAA championship at the University of Georgia, was joined in the third round by No. 20 Sam Querrey, a 6-2, 6-3, 6-4 winner Friday against Marcel Granollers of Spain. Of 15 U.S. men originally in the draw, four are left: Isner, Querrey, No. 19 Mardy Fish and wild card James Blake. Fish and Blake play thirdround matches Saturday. Querrey now faces No. 4 Andy Murray.
Murray beat Jamaica’s Dustin Brown 7-5, 6-3, 6-0, and other seeded winners included No. 8 Fernando Verdasco, No. 10 David Ferrer, No. 23 Feliciano Lopez and No. 31 David Nalbandian. Top-seeded Rafael Nadal was scheduled to play at night, after 2000-01 champion Venus Williams easily got past 185th-ranked qualifier Mandy Minella of Luxembourg 6-2, 6-1. Next for the older Williams is No. 16 Shahar Peer, who beat No. 19 Flavia Pennetta 6-4, 6-4. There were no upsets in women’s third-round play, other than, perhaps, the fact that Kim Clijsters lost the first three games of her match before coming back to defeat No. 27 Petra Kvitova 6-3, 6-0. French Open champion Francesca Schiavone, French Open runner-up Sam Stosur, two-time major finalist Elena Dementieva, and former No. 1 Ana Ivanovic all won, all in straight sets. The highlight, without a doubt, was Schiavone’s backto-the-net, between-the-legs shot in her 6-1, 7-5 victory over No. 29 Alona Bondarenko.
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GB — 1 9 12 21 GB — 8 16 16 1/2 21 1/2 34 GB — 3 7 1/2 9 22
Thursday’s Games N.Y. Mets 4, Atlanta 2 Philadelphia 12, Colorado 11 Friday’s Games Florida 6, Atlanta 1 Chicago Cubs 7, N.Y. Mets 6 Philadelphia 1, Milwaukee 0 Washington at Pittsburgh, late Cincinnati at St. Louis, late Houston at Arizona, late Colorado at San Diego, late San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers, late Saturday’s Games N.Y. Mets (Mejia 0-2) at Chicago Cubs (Zambrano 6-6), 1:05 p.m. Cincinnati (Tr.Wood 4-2) at St. Louis (Wainwright 17-9), 4:10 p.m. Colorado (Hammel 9-7) at San Diego (Garland 13-9), 4:10 p.m. Milwaukee (Bush 7-11) at Philadelphia (Halladay 16-10), 7:05 p.m. Washington (Lannan 6-6) at Pittsburgh (Maholm 7-13), 7:05 p.m. Atlanta (Jurrjens 6-4) at Florida (Jo.Johnson 11-5), 7:10 p.m. Houston (Norris 6-8) at Arizona (J.Saunders 2-4), 8:10 p.m. San Francisco (M.Cain 10-10) at L.A. Dodgers (Lilly 8-9), 10:10 p.m. Sunday’s Games Atlanta at Florida, 12:10 p.m. Milwaukee at Philadelphia, 1:35 p.m. Washington at Pittsburgh, 1:35 p.m. Cincinnati at St. Louis, 2:15 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m. Colorado at San Diego, 4:05 p.m. Houston at Arizona, 4:10 p.m. San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers, 8 p.m. Monday’s Games Florida at Philadelphia, 1:05 p.m., 1st game N.Y. Mets at Washington, 1:05 p.m. Atlanta at Pittsburgh, 1:35 p.m. St. Louis at Milwaukee, 2:10 p.m. Houston at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m. Cincinnati at Colorado, 3:10 p.m. San Francisco at Arizona, 4:10 p.m. Florida at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m., 2nd game L.A. Dodgers at San Diego, 10:05 p.m. American League East Division W L Pct 85 50 .627 82 51 .617 76 58 .567 69 65 .519 49 85 .366 Central Division W L Pct Minnesota 77 57 .575 Chicago 73 60 .549 Detroit 66 68 .493 Kansas City 56 77 .421 Cleveland 54 80 .403 West Division W L Pct Texas 75 58 .564 Oakland 65 68 .489 Los Angeles 65 69 .485 Seattle 52 82 .388 New York Tampa Bay Boston Toronto Baltimore
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Thursday’s Games N.Y. Yankees 5, Oakland 0 Boston 6, Baltimore 4 Detroit 10, Minnesota 9, 13 innings Cleveland 6, Seattle 3 Friday’s Games N.Y. Yankees 7, Toronto 3 Tampa Bay 4, Baltimore 1 Chicago White Sox at Boston, ppd., rain Detroit at Kansas City, late Texas at Minnesota, late L.A. Angels at Oakland, late Cleveland at Seattle, late Saturday’s Games Chicago White Sox (Undecided) at Boston (Undecided), 1:05 p.m., 1st game Toronto (Rzepczynski 1-3) at N.Y. Yankees
FOOTBALL National Football League AMERICAN CONFERENCE East L T Pct PF 2 0 .500 109 2 0 .500 68 2 0 .500 107 2 0 .500 57 South W L T Pct PF Jacksonville 2 2 0 .500 85 Tennessee 2 2 0 .500 76 Houston 1 3 0 .250 76 Indianapolis 0 4 0 .000 90 North W L T Pct PF Baltimore 3 1 0 .750 85 Pittsburgh 3 1 0 .750 83 Cincinnati 3 2 0 .600 112 Cleveland 2 2 0 .500 84 West W L T Pct PF Oakland 3 1 0 .750 100 Denver 1 3 0 .250 102 Kansas City 1 3 0 .250 59 San Diego 1 3 0 .250 74 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF Dallas 3 2 0 .600 75 N.Y. Giants 2 2 0 .500 78 Washington 2 2 0 .500 71 Philadelphia 2 2 0 .500 74 South W L T Pct PF Atlanta 2 2 0 .500 55 New Orleans 2 2 0 .500 122 Tampa Bay 2 2 0 .500 64 Carolina 1 3 0 .250 33 North W L T Pct PF Minnesota 3 1 0 .750 93 Detroit 3 1 0 .750 95 Green Bay 2 2 0 .500 123 Chicago 0 4 0 .000 46 West W L T Pct PF San Francisco 4 0 0 1.000 97 Arizona 3 1 0 .750 63 St. Louis 3 1 0 .750 89 Seattle 1 3 0 .250 81 W Buffalo 2 Miami 2 New England 2 N.Y. Jets 2
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Cole Hamels dominated over seven innings and the Philadelphia Phillies capitalized on a Milwaukee miscue to score the only run they would need in a 1-0 victory over the Brewers on Friday night. Hamels (9-10) continued to receive little run support, but didn’t need much as he breezed to his second straight win and ran his consecutive scoreless innings streak to 18. He allowed three hits and struck out seven. Hamels was coming off another sparkling effort on Aug. 29 in his hometown of San Diego, when he allowed four hits in eight scoreless innings.
CHICAGO (AP) — Alfonso Soriano and Blake DeWitt hit
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Thursday’s Games Detroit 28, Buffalo 23 Cincinnati 30, Indianapolis 28 N.Y. Giants 20, New England 17 Pittsburgh 19, Carolina 3 Jacksonville 13, Atlanta 9 N.Y. Jets 21, Philadelphia 17 Dallas 27, Miami 25 Tennessee 27, New Orleans 24 St. Louis 27, Baltimore 21 Tampa Bay 24, Houston 17 Cleveland 13, Chicago 10 Kansas City 17, Green Bay 13 Minnesota 31, Denver 24 San Francisco 17, San Diego 14 Oakland 27, Seattle 24 Arizona 20, Washington 10 End of Preseason
TRANSACTIONS Friday’s Sports Transactions
BASEBALL American League MLB_Suspended Florida OF Nyjer Morgan for eight games and fined him an undisclosed amount for three separate incidents over the past week. Suspended Florida RHP Chris Volstad six games, Florida RHP Alex Sanabia five games, Florida 1B Gaby Sanchez, Washington LHP Doug Slaten and Washington third base coach Pat Listach three games, Washington manager Jim Riggleman two games and Florida manager Edwin Rodriguez one game for their roles in a Sept. 1 game. Fined Volstad and Rodriguez Riggleman and Listach and Florida RHP Jose Veras undisclosed amounts. Suspended Philadelphia minor league RHP Alvaro Bacil for 50 games after a positive drug test. MINNESOTA TWINS_Seldected the contract of RHP Matt Fox from Rochester (IL). Recalled RHP Rob Delaney and RHP Alex Burnett from Rochester. Transferred 1B Justin Morneau to the 60-day DL. National League CHICAGO CUBS_Recalled C Welington Castillo from Iowa (PCL).
FOOTBALL National Football League NFL_Announced the six-game suspension of Pittsburgh QB Ben Roethlisberger has been reduced to four games. Fined Detroit DT Ndamukong Suh $7,500 for his roughing-the-passer penalty on Cleveland QB Jake Delhomme during an Aug. 28 game. ARIZONA CARDINALS_Traded G Reggie Wells to Philadelphia for an undisclosed draft pick. HOUSTON TEXANS_Released K Kris Brown. HOCKEY National Hockey League NHL_Approved the revised contract of F Ilya Kovalchuk with New Jersey. BOSTON BRUINS_Signed F Wyatt Smith. PITTSBURGH PENGUINS_Signed F Mike Comrie to a one-year contract. SOCCER Major League Soccer CHICAGO FIRE_Announced the retirement of F Brian McBride at the end of the season. COLLEGE NCAA_Placed Lincoln (Pa.) probation and postseason ban for three years after violating eligibility rules in men’s track and field, cross country, basketball and soccer and women’s volleyball between 2003-2009. Ruled Mississippi senior QB Jeremiah Masoli can play this season. CALDWELL_Named Sean Cotter men’s and women’s tennis coach. COLGATE_Named Melissa Pearsall women’s assistant lacrosse coach. LONG ISLAND U._Named Jay Harris men’s assistant basketball coach and Danny Lawson as director of men’s basketball operations. PRESBYTERIAN_Named Tony Genovese assistant softball coach. TCU_Named Roland Ingram women’s assistant tennis coach.
Thursday’s College Football Scores EAST Albany, N.Y. 3, Maine 0 Baldwin-Wallace 38, Wooster 14 Buffalo 31, Rhode Island 0 Delaware 31, West Chester 0 Fairmont St. 27, Clarion 16 N.Y. Maritime 15, Mass. Maritime 12 Rutgers 31, Norfolk St. 0 Tiffin 31, Malone 21
three-run homers, and Chicago beat New York 7-6 on Friday. David Wright hit a two-run double and scored in the first inning as the Mets took a 3-0 lead against Randy Wells. Then, with the Cubs ahead 7-4, Wright homered off Andrew Cashner leading off the seventh, giving him three hits. Luis Hernandez started the eighth against Sean Marshall with his second career homer and first since Sept. 27, 2007. That made it 7-6, but the Mets came up short for the fourth time in five games. Soriano capped a four-run fourth off R.A. Dickey (9-6) with his 22nd homer, putting the Cubs ahead 4-3. The Mets tied it in the sixth on Lucas Duda’s first hit and RBI of his career. James Russell (1-1) got one
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out to end the inning. Carlos Marmol worked the ninth for his 26th save. DeWitt hit his fifth homer in the sixth. Yankees 7, Jays 3 NEW YORK (AP) — Curtis Granderson drove in three runs with a pair of doubles, Brett Gardner hit a run-scoring triple and scored three times, and the New York Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-3 on Friday to match a season high with their seventh straight victory. Mark Teixeira had an RBI double for the AL East leaders, who chased Brandon Morrow (10-7) after three innings, ending his five-game winning streak. Morrow allowed five earned runs on six hits with four strikeouts and three walks.
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SOUTH Austin Peay 38, Cumberland, Tenn. 6 Carson-Newman 35, Bentley 28 Florida Atlantic 32, UAB 31 Georgia St. 41, Shorter 7 Indianapolis 38, Kentucky Wesleyan 10 Miami 45, Florida A&M 0 Minnesota 24, Middle Tennessee 17 N.C. Central 59, Johnson C. Smith 0 South Carolina 41, Southern Miss. 13 Tulane 27, SE Louisiana 21 Wake Forest 53, Presbyterian 13 MIDWEST Ball St. 27, SE Missouri 10 Cent. Michigan 33, Hampton 0 Dubuque 41, Rockford 7 E. Kentucky at Missouri St., ppd. Gannon 26, Lake Erie 20 Grand Valley St. 34, W. Texas A&M 31 Illinois St. 55, Cent. Missouri 54 Indiana 51, Towson 17 Iowa St. 27, N. Illinois 10 Kent St. 41, Murray St. 10 Minn. St., Mankato 7, N. Michigan 6 Minn.-Crookston 37, Mayville St. 6 Ohio Northern 35, Wis.-River Falls 21 Ohio St. 45, Marshall 7 S. Illinois 70, Quincy 7 SW Minnesota St. 28, Northern St., S.D. 24 Trine 55, Manchester 7 W. Illinois 45, Valparaiso 0 SOUTHWEST Arkansas Tech 34, Lambuth 19 Cent. Arkansas 47, Elizabeth City St. 20 FAR WEST Idaho 45, North Dakota 0 N. Arizona 48, W. New Mexico 0 Nevada 49, E. Washington 24 USC 49, Hawaii 36 Utah 27, Pittsburgh 24, OT
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The Trojans’ Tajae McMullens (36) maintains the ball as he breaks through the Bessemer City defense Friday at Chase High. Garrett Byers/Daily Courier
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75-yard touchdown pass by Bessemer City, Watkins delivered two sacks to snuff out the drive and leave the score at 14-0 at the end of the first quarter. The Yellow Jackets recovered a fumble to open the second quarter, but Bessemer City returned the favor at the Trojans 9 yard line. Chase then unleashed a methodical drive, all on the ground, with the last 11 yards coming when the Trojans faked a handoff to Watkins and
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Wilkens got the second East Rutherford score on a 37-yard run midway through the second quarter. Dobbins point after kick was good for a 14-0. The Cavs stopped McDowell (0-3) on a fourth down play at the East Rutherford 40-yard line after opening the kickoff. On their first offensive play of the game, Wilkens broke loose for a 60-yard scoring run, but the play was nullified by a block in the back call on the Cavs. The Cavs rebounded from that call as they went on to march down the field to set up Wilkens for his first touchdown run. On the opening play of the second period, Wilkens again got free. This time he scampered 58-yards for a touchdown. This one was called back for a holding penalty against the Cavs.
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ered on his point after attempt and the Hilltoppers trailed, 13-7. Polk County, following the kick off, took possession at its own 37. On the fifth play from scrimmage, Andre Overholt’s pass found the arms of Central’s Johnny Hunt. Hunt’s interception return set the Hilltoppers up at the Polk 46 and gave Central a chance to take the lead. On the second play from scrimmage, following the turnover, Kinlaw was picked off by Polk’s Tyler Ridings. Ridings return the pick to the Polk 37 and the Wolverines were in business with a minute and a half to play before the break. Overholt, looking to redeem himself following his turnover, engineered a
Gaffney raced around the right side untouched for the score. Later, Tajae McMullens intercepted a Brad James’ pass and on the next play Gaffney hit Blake Martin on an apparent 20-yard touchdown pass. He fumbled, however, near the goal line, but Austin Ledford was there to jump on the ball as Chase took a 28-0 lead to the locker room. The contest evolved into a defensive struggle for much of the third frame until Chase mounted a late drive. Watkins converted a crucial 4th and 11 that set up a three yard plunge from McMullens to make the score 35-0 with 2:32 left in the 3rd.
Chase lost their shutout bid when James threw a 35-yard pass into the end zone for a score. The extra point was missed, leaving the score at 35-6 with 8:35 left in the game. Bessemer City was driving on their next possession, but Camp forced and recovered a fumble to end the threat.
The Cavs marched the football to the McDowell 24-yard line after that, but fumbled the ball away there. The Cavaliers defense was stellar in the first half, holding the Titans to 53 yards in offense. Wilkens got his third score on a delayed action play, taking the ball up the middle of the Titan defense for a 31-yard scoring run. Dobbins kick made it 21-0. McDowell got on the scoreboard next on a 31-yard touchdown pass two minutes later. Grant Robinson connected with Jared Helms for the touchdown. The extra point kick by Alex Huendo made it 21-7. The Cavs answered that score with a quick strike of its own, going 62 yards in four plays. Wilkens broke loose on 37-yard run that set the Cavs up with a first and goal at the Titans 1-yard line. Maddox Stamey scored on a quarterback keeper. The point after was no good, but the Cavs had a 27-7 lead with four minutes to play in the
third quarter. Wilkens got the Cavs going again moments later with a 30-yard punt return that set the Cavs up at the McDowell 40. Five plays later East Rutherford was in the end zone again. Tray Watkins hit Kelby Wood on a 20-yard pass for the touchdown. Dobbins kicked the point after to make it 34-7 with 11:05 remaining in the game. East Rutherford would add one more score.
63 yard, four play drive to pay dirt. Overholt ran for 18 yards on one carry and then hit Kerry Littlejohn with a 24-yard completion to move to the Central 13. On the next play, Overholt found Ryan Thomas loose in the end zone for the score. Overholt added a two-point conversion with a quick strike to Booker. The score lifted Polk to a 21-7 lead at half. The Hilltoppers returned to the gridiron staring up a the two score difference and proceeded to cut into the Polk lead. Central marched 80 yards on 11 plays to narrow the Polk lead. The touchdown came in rare fashion, however. On a 1st and 10 from the Polk 15, Hilltoppers FB Cameron Green blasted the center of the line and lost the football. The ball one-hopped into the waiting arms of Kinlaw, who turned up field for a 15-yard fumble recovery
for a touchdown. Owens was true on his point after and Central trailed by seven, 21-14. Polk County responded with a seven play, 57 yard drive, following an onside kick attempt by Central that was recovered by the Wolverines. Overholt scampered for 17 yards on one play and connected with Orick for 19 yards on another before running a quarterback keeper into the end zone. Overholt’s 11 yard run to pay dirt and Christiansen’s PAT lifted the Wolverines to a 28-14 lead. The two teams then swapped turnovers on five of the next six possessions — including a 40-yard interception return by Orick for a touchdown as Polk sealed the win. The Wolverines finished with 274 total yards on the night, while Central was held to 239 yards in the loss. Polk County improved to 3-0 on the season, while R-S Central falls to 1-2.
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The Gryphons went to their hurry up offense and Beam was picked off again. The Blues scored again with a minute remaining. “I though our kids played pretty well, but we didn’t execute on offense as well as we needed to,” Helton said. The Gryphons got out in front early in the game, taking a 7-0 lead. Beam got that score on a seven-yard run. David Snyder added the point after kick. The Blues quickly answered that score with one of their own to tie the game at 7-all. The Gryphons came back to regain the lead when Beam hit Travis Waldrop with a 20-yard touchdown pass. The Blues again responded to knot the score at 14-all Asheville School then took the lead. After intercepting a Beam pass, the Blues drove in for the go ahead score to go up 21-14 at the half. The Blues extended their lead right out of the gate in the second half, taking the opening kickoff and then marching 80 yards for a score and a 28-14 lead. Beam pulled the Gryphons (0-2) within a touchdown when he scored on a three yard run later in the third period. Snyder’s point after kick made it 28-21.
Chase’ Martin took a pitch and scampered 71-yards to lift Chase to a 42-6 advantage. The Yellow Jackets added a late score, but it was far too late to change the eventual outcome. Chase improves to 1-2 on the season, while Bessemer City falls to 0-3.
On the kickoff, McDowell fumbled the football. East Rutherford’s Michael Hollifield pounced on the football for the Cavs at the Titans 35-yard line. It took the Cavs just five plays to score. Tajadre Wilkerson got the score on a 13-yard run. Dobbins point after kick made it 41-0. The Cavaliers defense held the Titans to 104 yards of offense for the game. The Cavs had 371 yards rushing and 55 yards passing.
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Wake rushes for 415 in 53-13 rout of Presbyterian Blue Hose
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Utah wide receiver Jereme Brooks (85) celebrates a touchdown with teammates during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Pittsburgh on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, in Salt Lake City.
Utah beats No. 15 Pitt in OT
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — After being unable to hold an 11-point lead in the fourth quarter, Utah’s defense redeemed itself in overtime. Utah freshman Brian Blechen intercepted a pass for on the first play of overtime, setting up Joe Phillips for a 21-yard field goal that gave the Utes a 27-24 victory against No. 15 Pittsburgh on Thursday night. Pittsburgh had rallied with 14 points in the fourth quarter, forcing overtime on Dan Hutchins’ 30-yard field goal on the final play of regulation.
South Carolina 41, Southern Miss 13
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Quarterback Stephen Garcia and freshman tailback Marcus Lattimore each ran for two touchdowns and South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier won his 18th straight college opener 41-13 over Southern Miss on Thursday night. Garcia got things started with a 22-yard touchdown run and Lattimore followed with first-half scores of 3 and 7 yards to send the Gamecocks to a surprisingly easy win against the Golden Eagles. And Lattimore wasn’t the only young star to excel for Spurrier. Sophomore Alshon Jeffery had 106 receiving yards and freshman Ace Sanders had a 53-yard rush — the Gamecocks’ longest in four years — to set up Lattimore’s first score. Even freshman backup passer Connor Shaw came through, connecting with D.L. Moore for a 15-yard touchdown pass for South Carolina’s final score.
No. 14 USC 49, Hawaii 36
HONOLULU (AP) — Southern California was all smiles, except for coach Lane Kiffin. Matt Barkley and Ronald Johnson had record nights, connecting on three touchdowns to make Kiffin a winner in his Trojans’ coaching debut. No. 14 USC beat Hawaii 49-36 on Thursday night to start the post-Pete Carroll era. Barkley had 257 yards passing and tied a school record with five TD passes while Johnson matched a USC mark with his three TD catches. Johnson also returned a punt 89 yards for another score in USC’s first game after being hit hard with sanctions by the NCAA that includes a postseason ban this season. When asked how he was feeling after the inaugural win, Kiffin answered: “not very well.”
WINSTON-SALEM (AP) — Ted Stachitas didn’t see any open receivers left, so he ran right — all the way to the end zone. His Wake Forest teammates got in on the act, too, and it added up to a big night for their ground game. The Demon Deacons had 415 yards rushing and six touchdowns on the ground in their 53-13 rout of Presbyterian on Thursday night, their highestscoring opener since 1941. “You can’t rush for over 400 and not be pleased about it,” coach Jim Grobe said. Stachitas finished with 160 total yards in his first college start, was 7 of 13 for 84 yards passing in two quarters of work and rushed for 76 more — including the impressive 34-yard touchdown run that got things started. Backup tailback Josh Harris scored twice, Alex Frye returned an interception 44 yards for an early score and receiver Devon Brown took an end-around 85 yards for a fourth-quarter TD — the fourth-longest rush in school history. Wake Forest gained 509 total yards, led 21-0 before allowing the outmanned Blue Hose a first down and each of its three tailbacks on the depth chart found the end zone at least once. Josh Adams scored early from 14 yards out, Brandon Pendergrass had a 16-yarder and Harris added a 3-yard TD to give the Demon Deacons a 35-7 halftime lead. Harris added a 46-yard touchdown run with 1:25 remaining. By then, though, the starting quarterback’s night had long been over, and coach Jim Grobe played three other backups — including promising freshman Tanner Price. “I think by the time we hit halftime, we felt like we’d seen out of him what we needed,” Grobe said. “And we felt we’re not going to go through a season without playing (Price).” Receiver Derrick Overholt threw a 68-yard touchdown pass to Michael Ruff on a trick play, and Miley was 18 of 34 for 165
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Wake Forest running back Josh Adams dives over the goal line to score a touchdown during the first quarter of an NCAA college football game against Presbyterian College in Winston-Salem, Thursday.
yards for Presbyterian, which is in the fourth year of its move to Division I. The Blue Hose were playing their first game against a team from one of the six power conferences. It doesn’t get any easier for them next week. Next up: Clemson. “I think this experience playing here tonight will help us next week,” Blue Hose coach Harold Nichols said. “That’s one of the things, making this transition. We’ve set these kind of challenges.” The biggest challenge in Winston-Salem this summer was at the quarterback position, where the Demon Deacons were trying to figure out who would replace Riley Skinner, the holder
of just about every meaningful record in the media guide. Stachitas, who took a few snaps in one game last season but did not attempt a pass, was No. 3 on the depth chart at the end of spring practice but won the job with his consistent play during preseason camp. Once he finally got into a game — albeit, one against subpar competition — he showed some indications that he might be up to the task. Then again, replacing supposedly irreplaceable players is nothing new for Stachitas, who succeeded Tim Tebow at their Florida high school. And right away, he showed he might have picked up some of his old prep teammate’s moves, including the ability to win big.
Bulldogs buzzing for Brevard Blue Tornadoes By JACOB CONLEY Sports Reporter
BOILING SPRINGS — As the calendar flips to September, coaches and players are inevitably looking forward to the kickoff of the college football season. For Coach Steve Patton and the Gardner-Webb Bulldogs, the anticipation is especially palpable. “I’m ready and the players are defiantly ready,” said Patton. “If the guys don’t start hitting somebody else soon, they will start hitting me, so we are all excited to get the season under way.” No. 2 Ohio State 45, Marshall 7 This excitement, however, has COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Moments after been tempered by the loss of brushing aside Marshall 45-7, Ohio State ‘s players Preseason Defensive Player of could finally say what they’ve been thinking about the year Marty Patterson to a for a while. season ending hip injury. And there’s no question that the Buckeyes have “I’m not going to lie, losing an had Miami on their minds and the Sept. 11 show- NFL-caliber player like Marty, down against the 13th-ranked Hurricanes. who has been in the system “It’ll be wild to be in that game,” wide receiver for three years is tough,” said Dane Sanzenbacher said. “It’s a relief that finally Patton. “And while other playwe can talk about Miami.” ers have been playing well at At about the same time Miami was dispensing the linebacker position, you just with Florida A&M 45-0 on Thursday night, the can’t replace that experience.” second-ranked Buckeyes were putting on a show But all is not doom-and-gloom before 105,040 at Ohio Stadium. in Boiling Springs and Patton is quick to point out positives on the defensive side of the ball. “ We still have two seniors at the other linebacker spots and we moved an experienced player in Lyndrez Leslie from safety
to play linebacker also,” said Patton. “So, I think that linebacker will still be one of our strengths.” That strength will be put to the test in the Bulldogs’ season opener when they face the triple-option attack of the Division II Brevard Blue Tornadoes. “Their coach was an assistant at Air Force, so they know how to run the option,” said Patton. “And with nine seniors on offense, they are not going to make many mistakes, so we have to be very disciplined.” The same can be said of the GWU offense. “The goal of the option is to play keep away from the offense and eat up the clock,” said Patton. “They hit you for three yards, three more yards and then three more and the drives take awhile. So, when the offense does get the ball, we can’t get in a hurry, because if we rush and commit a turnover, they will melt another ten minutes off the clock.” When the Bulldogs do have ball, it will be up to John Rock and Chandler Browning to run GWU’s West Coast offense from the quarterback position. “Both players will see some playing time,” said Patton. “They are both very talented and as advanced for this stage in their
career as anybody we have had here, but they are still young and there is no substitute for experience.” The first game of the 2010 season has the potential to be a good experience for Rock, Browning and the rest of the GWU offense, especially on the ground — due to the fact that Brevard surrendered 352 yards rushing per game a season ago. With Patrick Hall in the backfield, along with three upperclassmen on the offensive line, Patton admits he may make a slight deviation from his usual pass-first game plan. “We may run the ball more than people are used to seeing. They are smaller defensively than most of the people we play plus running the ball takes pressure off of the quarterback,” Patton said. Even with a size and speed advantage, Patton remains cautious. “This is Brevard’s super bowl since they are stepping up a level to play us,” said Patton. “They are going to play hard and if we come out a little sluggish and don’t execute, it could be closer than anybody thinks, but if we come out and play well it will be a good first step in the season.” Kickoff is set for 6p.m., at Spangler Stadium.
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Designated Driver needs a refresher Dear Abby: A few weeks ago, I met a group of friends at a local pub. “Charlie” was the designated driver. As the evening progressed, I noticed Charlie was drinking beer. When I mentioned it, he said he’d had only three. Then he insisted he was fine and “it was only beer.” I tried to explain the danger of driving while “buzzed” and told him I’d walk home. Charlie then became insulted that I didn’t trust him to know his limits. He said I should relax and quit being so uptight. A few days later, some of my friends told me I had caused “unnecessary drama” that night and that my standards for the designated driver were “unrealistic.” They also said that Charlie wasn’t drunk and was totally capable of driving. Did I judge Charlie too harshly? — Values Safety Dear Values Safety: Not in MY book, and not in the one published by the California Department of Motor Vehicles. In its California Drivers Handbook, under the section titled “Designated Driver Program,” it lists the requirements for someone to be a designated driver. Among them: “Must abstain from consuming alcoholic beverages for the duration of the outing.” That means not drinking anything with alcohol in it. Zilch! You were right to
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speak up. In the future, if you decide to socialize with these folks, arrange to meet them. And if the location is not within walking distance, take a cab. Dear Abby: “Tracey” is beautiful, caring and fun to spend time with. I fell hard for her and knew I could love her forever. When she broke up with me to “be on her own,” I was very hurt. My best friend, “Henry,” says he started sleeping with Tracey right after our breakup. I was his best man when he married “Jill.” Now Henry has left Jill for Tracey, and I am left with a sick stomach. How do I heal my wounds while supporting Jill? — Heartsick Dear Heartsick: One way would be to remind yourself that as “caring and fun” as Tracey was to be with, she had no reluctance about dating a married man. Another would be to level with Jill, explain that spending time with her is a painful reminder of the way you were dumped, and take a break from it until you have healed.
Dear Dr. Gott: In a recent column, you addressed the condition of pulmonary hypertension and said to see a pulmonologist and get a chest X-ray to detect this. I did just that for my 9-year-old daughter, but the pulmonologist did not detect pulmonary hypertension from the results of the X-ray. Thank goodness for her pediatrician. She felt something was still wrong and sent her for an echo. I felt compelled to write to you because this disease is so rare. If left untreated, the person can die in just years. I recommend www. PHAssociation.org. My daughter’s doctor is affiliated with the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and this is the only website he totally endorses for information regarding PH. Dear Reader: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a complex condition. It is defined as continuous elevation of blood pressure in the pulmonary arteries. There are two major categories of PH. The first is idiopathic. This type occurs sporadically in the population or is genetic. The second type is associated with other dis-
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Ask Dr. Gott Dr. Peter M. Gott orders, such as scleroderma, lupus, HIV, sickle-cell anemia and others. It is often misdiagnosed several times because early symptoms are not specific and can be attributed to other, more common conditions such as asthma or allergies. According to the Pulmonary Hypertension Association, as many as 100,000 Americans may have PH, but thousands remain undiagnosed, and even more are misdiagnosed, delaying treatment. Diagnosis can be confirmed by several tests. Once diagnosis is made, testing to determine whether there is an underlying cause Eveyone diagnosed with PH should be under the care of a pulmonary-hypertension specialist.
IN THE STARS Your Birthday, Sept. 4;
The year ahead could be quite productive. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Be careful about lending out something that you greatly prize. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — In attempting to keep the peace, you could yield to demands. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Trying to get your work accomplished will be tough, without others. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — You could throw caution to the wind and let your spending go way over the line. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Friends and family can be lovingly led, but they cannot be pushed. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — You are likely to scatter your efforts to the point of being wasteful. PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Excessive curiosity could draw you into someone else’s affairs. ARIES (March 21-April 19) — A major decision shouldn’t be made strictly out of emotion. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — If you get a good idea for improving a job at work, consult your superiors. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Managing a complicated financial matter will not be your cup of tea. CANCER (June 21-July 22) — When it comes to dealing with your family or someone close, squabbles could arise over small matters. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Don’t attempt to shove your ideas or suggestions down the throats of others.
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3 more UNC starters not on team flight to Atlanta By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer
Three more North Carolina defensive starters are not traveling with the team for Saturday’s game in Atlanta against LSU, meaning the 18th-ranked Tar Heels could be without 15 players amid an ongoing NCAA investigation. School spokesman Kevin Best said that linebackers Quan Sturdivant and Bruce Carter, and safety Deunta Williams weren’t on the team plane as the Tar Heels prepared to leave Friday morning for Atlanta. North Carolina had already identified 12 players — including NFL prospects Marvin Associated Press Austin, Robert Quinn and Kendric Burney — that would Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger miss the game as the NCAA scrambles out of the pocket during the first quarter against the Carolina Panthers in NFL preseason footlooks into agent-related benefits ball game action in Pittsburgh, Thursday. and potential academic misconduct involving a tutor. The school had said three unidentified players were still in jeopardy of missing the game against the 21st-ranked Tigers and wouldn’t travel with the team when it left Chapel Hill, though it was working with the NCAA to determine their status for the game. Best wouldn’t say whether Sturdivant, Carter and Williams NEW YORK (AP) — Ben Roethlisberger’s suswere the three players whose pension has been cut from six games to four by status is in doubt. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. The school said in a news The Pittsburgh Steelers’ star quarterback met release that it had declared with Goodell early Friday and was told he could Austin, Quinn, Burney, correturn on Oct. 17 against Cleveland. nerback Charles Brown, defenRoethlisberger was suspended in April for viosive end Michael McAdoo lating the league’s personal conduct policy, but Goodell said at the time he would review the play- and receiver Greg Little ineligible “for violating school and/ er’s behavior over the next few months. Goodell or NCAA rules.� Another was satisfied that the quarterback has followed six players — top tailbacks the league’s guidelines and stayed out of trouble. Shaun Draughn and Ryan Roethlisberger was accused of sexually assaultHouston; safeties Brian Gupton, ing a Georgia college student following a night of Da’Norris Searcy and Jonathan drinking in a Milledgeville, Ga., bar on March 5. Smith; and defensive end He was not charged by Georgia authorities. The league said the “reinstatement is contingent Linwan Euwell — are being on Roethlisberger continuing to adhere to the pro- held out of the game during the gram established by our advisors and avoiding any investigation. “We are disappointed the further violations of the personal conduct policy.� players’ choices have denied “You have told me and the Steelers that you are them the opportunity to comcommitted to making better decisions,� Goodell pete alongside their teammates said in a letter to Roethlisberger. “Your actions over the past several months have been consistent and represent the University of with that promise and you must continue to honor North Carolina,� coach Butch that commitment.� Roethlisberger is the first player suspended by Goodell under the NFL’s personal conduct policy who was not arrested, charged with or convicted of a crime. However, Goodell said in April the polATLANTA (AP) — Boy, talk icy allows him to impose such a penalty when the about two teams with someleague’s integrity and reputation are at stake. thing to prove. Roethlisberger’s representatives at one point For LSU, three years removed wanted the suspension cut in half, to three games, from winning a national chambut Goodell stipulated in April it would be a pionship, a prime-time showcase six-game ban that could only be reduced to four against North Carolina provides games. “I have learned a lot over the past several months a chance to start reclaiming its about myself as a person,� Roethlisberger said in a status as a big hitter in a college statement. “I am committed to continuing on this football world now dominated by two of its chief rivals. path of being the type of person my family raised That’s nothing compared to me to be, and exceeding what is expected of me as what’s on the line for the Tar the quarterback of the Pittsburgh Steelers.� Heels, who have been rocked by Steelers president Art Rooney accompanied Roethlisberger on his trip to see Goodell, a meet- a series of embarrassing revelations and may have trouble just ing that took place in New Jersey. Rooney and fielding a complete team for his organization kept in frequent contact with Goodell throughout the four-month process, dur- Saturday night’s opener at the Georgia Dome. ing which Roethlisberger underwent extensive “All the kids who are in this evaluations. program came here because Indeed, Goodell’s ruling was made in consulthey wanted to play in big tation with Rooney and the Steelers, who were games,� North Carolina coach angered by the two-time Super Bowl winner’s Butch Davis said. “They’re cerbehavior and would have punished him if the tainly going to get their opporleague hadn’t. tunity.� “Commissioner Goodell informed us today that Just not the ones the No. 18 Ben Roethlisberger’s suspension has been reduced to four games,� Rooney said. “Ben has done a good Tar Heels were counting on against No. 21 LSU. job this summer of growing as the person that he Davis’ team is in disarray, needs to be, both on and off the field. I am confiassured of being without at least dent that Ben is committed to continuing in this a dozen players — many of them positive direction. As a team, our focus is now on preparing for the regular season and getting off to key starters and future NFLers — because of an ongoing NCAA a good start on opening weekend.�
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North Carolina football coach Butch Davis listens to questions from reporters before practice Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, at Navy Field in Chapel Hill.
Davis said in a statement. “Our coaches and players have a tremendous challenge this weekend, and despite these circumstances, our team will be excited to face LSU.� It’s unclear how many games Quinn, McAdoo, Burney, Brown, Little and Austin will miss, though the announcement is a massive blow for a program that entered Davis’ fourth season in position to contend for an Atlantic Coast Conference championship. The optimism had built since January when Austin, Little, Burney, Sturdivant, Carter and Williams all announced they would return to school for their senior seasons instead of entering the NFL draft. Little is the team’s top receiver, while the rest of that group joined Quinn — a junior widely considered to be a high firstround pick — on a defense that
returned nine starters from a unit that ranked among the nation’s best last season. The NCAA first visited the campus in July focused on whether Austin and Little received improper benefits from agents, though that probe has since expanded into possible academic violations and caused plenty of embarrassment for a university that is sensitive about protecting its academic reputation. Davis had suspended Austin indefinitely for violating team rules Wednesday. “We are still working with the NCAA staff to resolve these eligibility issues,� athletic director Dick Baddour said in a statement. “The NCAA is focusing on each of their situations on a case-by-case basis. Together we are working to determine their status in as thorough and fair a process as is possible.�
Two teams with a lot to prove in opening game investigation into, well, a little bit of everything. Who’s been getting a little too cozy with agents? Who’s been getting a little too much help from tutors? Every day seemed to bring another dose of bad news for the Tar Heels. On Friday, the hammer fell. The school announced that six players were ineligible for the opener for violating school rules, NCAA rules or both. Six others won’t play, either, because of their possible ties to the NCAA probe. And three more weren’t on the team flight to Atlanta because of questions about their eligibility. These weren’t just any players, either. A once-fearsome defense will likely be without seven pro prospects: tackle Marvin Austin, end Robert Quinn, linebackers Quan Sturdivant and Bruce Carter, safety Deunta Williams, and cornerbacks Kedric Burney and Charles Brown. Two other first-teamers, safety Da’Norris Searcy and end Michael McAdoo, won’t play either. The offense fared a little better in the fallout, but not by much. North Carolina won’t have its
top receiver, Greg Little, nor its two leading runners, Shaun Draughn and Ryan Houston. So much for all those high hopes at North Carolina, which appeared to have the talent to make a serious run at its first Atlantic Coast Conference championship since 1980. A defiant Davis vowed to press on with whoever was left. “These kids, I like the way that they’ve practiced,� he said. “I know that it has put them to a challenge, for guys to assume roles that maybe they haven’t played before. But the kids are pretty resilient, and they’re excited about playing. Some of the guys who are going to play maybe bigger roles than they thought they were going to play, they’re equally as excited.� LSU has its own concerns. The Tigers finished No. 1 during the 2007 season, but coach Les Miles is feeling some heat after his team lost eight Southeastern Conference games over the last two years. Fellow SEC schools Florida and Alabama took over the lead roles, divvying up the last two national titles.
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