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Habitat for Humanity looks for homeowners — Page 5A Sports Hit it back Volleyball teams from several area high schools were in action on Thursday

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Friday, September 10, 2010, Forest City, N.C.

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Spindale land-use plan ‘overdue’ Current plan for the town is nearly 33 years old

use plan for this former mill town at their September meeting after the town planning board refined the document Tuesday night.

“Basically, the study is an update to the last study, which was dated 1977,” Town Manager Cameron McHargue said.

“Its purpose is to get the town compliant with state planning statutes, which require certain decisions such as re-zonings to be based upon a Land Use Plan.

By SCOTT BAUGHMAN Daily Courier Staff Writer

SPINDALE — The land-use plan for this former mill town is “overdue for an update,” according to Mayor Mickey Bland.

Commissioners will review a land-

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It is not to be confused with a comprehensive plan, which involves a tremendous level of detail in planning for infrastructure, future land use and related impacts, etc.”

As commissioners contemplate changing the zoning of certain properties from commercial to residential or vice versa, they’ve hit a few snags because the town’s Please see Plan, Page 6A

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Second-graders at Forrest Hunt Elementary invited their grandparents to join them for breakfast Wednesday during a “Grits for Grandparents” event held in the school’s cafeteria. It was the first time for the event, which was held in honor of the upcoming Grandparents Day, which is Sunday. Enjoying breakfast were Nanette Washburn and her grandson, Keith Brown. One hundred twenty-six people attended the event.

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RUTHERFORDTON — Police are looking for the man who held up a One Stop early Thursday morning.

The masked man was carrying a tire tool during the armed robbery, which happened at the convenience store at 110 Railroad Ave. An undisclosed amount of cash was taken from the register. Detective Sgt. Rick Gilbert of the Rutherfordton Police Department said Thursday the clerk was filling a drink machine about 12:55 Jean Gordon/Daily Courier a.m., when a man about six feet tall entered the Debbie Bedford, elections director, on Thursday visited R-S Central High School, store, approached and demanded the store’s money. where she talked with students and helped them to register. Typically, she said, the The clerk opened the cash register, and the robber elections staff sets up about noon, as student are having lunch. A new law allows took the plastic till and left. At a trash bin at the 16-year-olds to register, and the county Board of Elections will hold the information back of the parking lot behind the store, the robber until the student is 18, when they can head to the polls. took the bills from the till and dropped it, leaving about $28 in coins behind.

He then left along Rails to Trails, a nearby walking trail.

BOE gets out to register voters New law allows 16-year-olds to complete registration

By JOHN TRUMP Daily Courier News Editor

Vol. 42, No. 217

Students in Rutherford County High Schools are learning about civics and the political process. They also are registering to vote.

A new law allows 16-year-olds to register, and the county Board of Elections will hold the information until the student is 18, when they can head to the polls.

The suspect, who weighs 150 to 160 pounds, is white and was wearing a ski mask and green windbreaker.

Police will be looking at a store video for clues to the suspect’s identity. Gilbert said officers will look at video images from a nearby business, which has a camera covering part of Rails to Trails.

Gilbert said no customers were in the store when the robbery occurred. No one was hurt in the incident, although the clerk was shaken up by the ordeal.

Rutherford County has now had seven armed robberies of businesses since March 12, when the ABC store in Forest City was robbed. Anyone with information on the robbery is asked to call the RPD Please see Voters, Page 6A at 287-5062 or Crimestoppers, 286-8477.

“We have tried for years to go to high schools and register students to get them more invoiced,” said Debbie Bedford, Rutherford County director of elections. “At 16, hopefully we can get them more involved.”

Bedford on Thursday visited R-S Central High School, where she talked with students and helped them to register. Typically, she said, the elections staff sets up about noon, as student are having lunch.

She has been visiting schools, and working to get students involved, for

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A hearse is seen at the David B. Lawson Mortuary in Graham on Aug. 25. A foul smell in this small North Carolina town led police to a woman’s body they say had been in the back of this hearse for nine days.

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Friend of woman left in hearse wants remains

RALEIGH (AP) — A friend of the woman whose decomposing body was left in a hearse for nine days says she’d like to claim the woman’s cremated remains and celebrate her life.

“I would like nothing more than to be able to give her a nice service,” Teresa Painter of Carrboro told The News & Observer of Raleigh on Wednesday.

Painter was speaking about Linda Walton, 37, of Carrboro, whose body was discovered Aug. 20 in a hearse behind the David B. Lawson Mortuary in Graham.

Walton’s body was cremated after it was taken from the hearse, police said. Carrboro police had found her body in her apartment Aug. 11, after she had been dead about a week.

An investigation concluded she had a history of health problems and had died of natural causes. Her friends are struggling with feelings of guilt, remorse and helplessness.

Painter was a former activity director at an assisted living center in Carrboro and got to know Walton there.

She encouraged Walton to stay at the assisted living center because she thought it would be better for Walton, who needed treatment for kidney disease. But Walton wanted more independence.

“She was headstrong,” Painter said.

“If she was determined to do something, she did it. She was a survivor, and I think sometimes that survival instinct took place of her better judgment.”

When Walton left the center, Painter gave her phone number to her friend. “Promise me two things,” Painter said she told Walton. “Never go hungry and never go cold.”

Carrboro police had found a brother in Texas, but he wanted nothing to do with his sister, the newspaper said. Walton’s mother died in Whistler, Ala., according to investigators, and no other relatives could be found.

Meanwhile, the North Carolina Board of Funeral Service voted Wednesday to hold a hearing to determine if the Lawson mortuary violated the law or the agency’s rules. Board director Paul Harris said the hearing likely will be held in a couple of months.

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The Herald-Sun of Durham reported that Lawson told the agency he didn’t have anywhere to store the body while he waited for permission from the Orange County Department of Social Services to cremate it.

As part of the board’s investigation, Harris contacted Orange County to try to find out what happened with Lawson’s call. He said he didn’t get the information he requested so the county attorney is now handling the request for information.

Nevertheless, the problem was not whether the procedure worked properly but that Lawson stored the body in the hearse for more than a couple of hours, Harris said.

Memorable men rock from left to right in ad RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina’s most visible swing voters are back on television.

Republican Sen. Richard Burr began airing an ad Thursday featuring two memorable men in rocking chairs — the same two talkers who starred in a nearly identical spot credited for helping Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan to victory in 2008.

“Boy, we sure got it wrong last election,” one of the white-haired men in plaid shirts says to start the scene. Adds the other: “Some hope and change: Bad economy, lost jobs.” They complain about government spending and debt while a granddaughter — a new character introduced for the current version — worries that she’s going to get stuck with the bill. A spokeswoman for Burr’s campaign said one of the men featured in the ad approached Burr earlier this year, saying he wanted to help the campaign. Burr’s campaign plans to spend more than $300,000 airing the ad statewide, starting Thursday and going through the next two weeks.

A Raleigh-based talent agency that represents the men declined to provide their identities or details on their political views. Two years ago, the men were featured in a television spot complaining about the ineffectiveness of Republican Sen. Elizabeth Dole and her ties to President George W. Bush. It was part of a multimillion dollar ad buy from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee that was credited with helping turn voters against the incumbent. Hagan, then a littleknown state senator, went on to win the race. Paul Shumaker, Burr’s political consultant, said there’s no doubt the DSCC ad from two years ago was effective.

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When we experience the loss of someone we love we go through a series of emotions that is referred to as grief. Grief causes us to feel sadness, depression, anger, hurt, loneliness, and despondency, to name just a few of the emotional responses. No one that has been through grief will challenge the statement that “Grief is Hard Work”.

However, in order to live life fully on the other side of loss, we must all do the hard work of grief.

Unfortunately, in today’s fast pace world, I often see people who feel that they do not have time to go through the work required of grief.

They in essence try to shortcut the process. I see this most in those who choose limited services such as a direct cremation or direct burial without services or visitation. They feel that by disposing of the body as quickly as possible and minimizing interaction with others they will be able to carry on with daily living uninterrupted.

The problem with this approach is that we cannot shortcut grief.

Unresolved grief often displays itself in the inability of a person to show intimacy and to connect with others. It also displays itself with unexplained bouts of depression and failure to cope with life’s challenges.

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Motorists sit in a Chicago traffic jam in this May 15, 2008 file photo. The number of people dying on the nation’s roads has fallen to its lowest level in six decades, helped by a combination of seat belts, safer cars and tougher enforcement of drunken driving laws the Transportation Department said late Wednesday.

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Highway deaths fall to lowest level since 1950

WASHINGTON (AP) — Traffic deaths have plummeted across the United States to levels not seen in more than a half-century, spurred by technology, safety-conscious drivers and tougher enforcement of drunken driving laws.

The Transportation Department said Thursday that traffic deaths fell 9.7 percent in 2009 to 33,808, the lowest number since 1950. In 2008, an estimated 37,423 people died on the highways.

Government and auto safety experts attributed the improvement to more people buckling up, side air bags and anti-rollover technology in more vehicles and a focus in many states on curbing drinking and driving. Economic conditions were also a factor.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood called the new data “a landmark achievement for public health and safety” but cautioned that too many people are killed on the road each year. “While we’ve come a long way,” he said, “we have a long distance yet to travel.”

Forty-one states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico saw reductions in highway fatalities, led by Florida with 422 fewer deaths and Texas, down 405.

The rate of deaths per 100 million miles traveled also dropped to a record low. It fell to 1.13 deaths per 100 million miles in 2009, compared with 1.26 the year before.

Year-to-year declines in highway deaths have

occurred in previous economic downturns, when fewer people are out on the road. Traffic deaths decreased in the early 1980s and early 1990s when difficult economic conditions led many drivers to cut back on discretionary travel.

Last year’s reduction in fatalities came even as the estimated number of miles traveled by motorists in 2009 increased 0.2 percent over 2008 levels.

Barbara Harsha, executive director for the Governors Highway Safety Association, said the new data was “particularly encouraging given that estimated vehicle miles traveled actually increased slightly in 2009, thus exposing the public to greater risk on our roadways.”

LaHood said the weak economy was a contributing factor as many Americans chose not to go out to bars and restaurants after work or on the weekend.

But he said many motorists are more safety conscious behind the wheel.

About 85 percent of Americans wear seat belts while benefiting from safety advances found in today’s cars and trucks.

Side air bags that protect the head and midsection are becoming standard equipment on many new vehicles. Electronic stability control, which helps motorists avoid rollover crashes, is more common on new cars and trucks, while some luxury models have lane departure warnings and

other safety features.

Dave McCurdy, president and CEO of the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, which represents General Motors, Toyota, Ford and others, said the improvements were “the payoff from years of manufacturer-driven safety improvements, like antilock brakes and electronic stability control systems” along with efforts by law enforcement to keep the roads safe.

LaHood, a former Illinois congressman, has also sought to crack down on distracted driving, urging states to adopt stringent laws against sending text messages from behind the wheel, as well as other distractions.

The annual highway safety report also found: n Motorcycle fatalities broke a string of 11 years of annual increases, falling by 16 percent, from 5,312 in 2008 to 4,462 in 2009. n The number of people injured in motor vehicle crashes fell for a 10th consecutive year.

An estimated 2.2 million people were injured in 2009, a 5.5 percent decline from 2.3 million in 2008. n Alcohol-impaired driving deaths declined 7.4 percent in 2009 to 10,839 deaths, compared with 11,711 in 2008. Alcohol-impaired fatalities fell in 33 states and Puerto Rico.

Doctors see potential eye hazards in powerful laser

NEW YORK (AP) — A 15-year-old boy damaged his eyes while playing with a laser pointer he’d bought over the Internet, say doctors who warn that dangerously high-powered versions are easily available online.

One eye expert called it “a legitimate public health menace.”

The boy’s case is reported in Thursday’s issue of the New England Journal of Medicine by doctors who treated him at the Lucerne Cantonal Hospital in Switzerland.

It follows two reports in June of similar accidents. British doctors said a teenager damaged his eyes with a high-powered laser pointer, and a British physician said his vision was affected for several months after he was zapped by his 7-yearold son.

Laser pointers are devices that resemble pens and emit a narrow beam of laser light. They’re used by lecturers to point out information during presentations, for example.

Laser pointers sold in the United States are subject to a power limit imposed by the Food and Drug Administration — one that won’t cause instant eye damage, although harm is still possible with prolonged exposure.

Laser pointers that exceed the FDA restriction can be found online.

The Swiss boy’s laser was 30 times more powerful than the FDA limit. He bought it to pop balloons and burn holes in paper and his sister’s sneakers, his doctors said.

One day, he was playing with the pointer in front of a mirror to create a light show, and he

accidentally zapped his eyes with its green light several times.

Although he noticed right away that his vision was blurry, he was afraid of telling his parents. So it wasn’t until two weeks later, when he couldn’t hide the problem any longer, that he saw a doctor.

The vision in his left eye was so poor that he

couldn’t count fingers more than three feet away.

His other eye also showed severe vision loss, one that would make it difficult to read a newspaper, Dr. Martin Schmid, one of the doctors reporting the case, said in an e-mail.

Examination showed a hemorrhage in his left eye and several tiny scars in his right eye.

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Our Views Leave political signs alone!

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olitical signs are popping up all over the county now, and the countdown is on until the first complaint about sign theft or damage arrives.

This scenario plays itself out every election year, and it should not.

We have never understood why people think that messing with a political sign will make any significant difference in an election. That level of thinking, most people got beyond after middle school.

Those political signs are a major expense for candidates and political parties, especially for those running for local elections where money is limited.

There is no advantage to be gained by removing or damaging a political sign. On the other hand, should one get caught, the damage to one’s reputation and a possible criminal fine might prove a bit costly.

People should have enough respect for all candidates to simply leave the signs alone.

Our readers’ views Says treatment at restaurant was bad To the editor: I normally keep my comments to myself and won’t write in about certain things, but I had to on this one.

My husband’s family and I were in Lake Lure this weekend and took our young daughter with us.

This was her first time to the mountains. We stopped in at a restaurant near Lake Lure Inn for lunch before heading up the mountain.

We had no greeting when we walked in, but a young girl up front asked how many we had.

We said eight adults and a baby.

Without looking or trying to service us, she said, “We don’t have a table for 8 people.”

This was kind of ironic to me, considering there were two tables in the back that were empty and another outside that was seating 9.

I just wanted to say how rude — I have never been in a restaurant and been turned down.

If a company wants business, it will make room for a party when they come in.

A friend of ours asked to speak to the manager, but the girl said there wasn’t one on duty?

I wonder how much business they lost?

Brandy Smith Forest City

Offers thoughts on NYC mosque debate To the editor: Seems the loudest discussion going on at the present is where to build a Muslim church (a

mosque).

Wonder if the terrorists have not already won since they are getting a majority of Americans to abandon the Constitution.

Freedom of religion (to worship who we please, where we please, when we please, or to not worship at all) has to be one of our greatest freedoms.

In fact, Jefferson said all freedoms flow first from freedom of religion.

There have been mosques built all over this country. Only did it become such an issue when Muslims wished to build a Mosque near the 9/11 site.

A group of Muslims, as you know, destroyed the world trade centers in New York. Does this guilt pass on to all Muslims?

Americans seem to not understand that Muslims have as much right to worship in America as do Southern Baptists.

If we in some way stop the building of the mosque, we shall put such a “crack” in our Constitution that it may crumble.

Ray Crawford Rutherfordton

Urges publishing of animal put down days To the editor: Thank you for featuring the shelter article last week. The response proved we are humane and kind people in Rutherford county.

Please do it again! Hurry and establish a front page announcement two days before destruction days featuring a photo of one of the animals whose number has run out and the number

who will be put down unless a miracle like last week happens.

We are responsible people in Rutherford county. However if we do not have to hear the disturbing facts or drive down the road toward the dump and see the pitiful shelter or fear seeing a truck load of dead animals heading toward the dump, we can pretend that maybe the animals are being taken care of or adopted.

The false face of a new adoption center will not correct the conditions in the shelter and we are intelligent enough to know that. If we have to hear and see, maybe we will do something about this.

We want to be proud to live in Rutherford county and the treatment of our fellow living creatures undermines that pride.

Please publish the positions of the candidates in the November election.

Thank you for reporting this important news.

Nancy Ott Lake Lure

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Hand-drawn animation stars were different breed At last weekend’s nerdfest known as DragonCon I came face to face with some childhood friends again — but I don’t mean I saw some former classmates, I’m talking more about the drawn kind.

When I was a kid, Saturday morning and every weekday afternoon was about one thing; cartoons.

It seems that tradition has come and gone a bit in the last few years, because now you can basically watch whatever type of program you want, whenever you want on the Internet.

But for little Scott, it was all about hitting the TV dial (remember those?) at the right time so I wouldn’t miss G.I. Joe, or the Transformers or MASK or a zillion other characters.

This weekend at DragonCon I saw a guy wearing a full on Crimson Guard uniform. This was something else.

In the cartoon show — which, let’s face it only exist-

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ed to promote the Hasbro toy line — the Crimson Guard only existed to fill out Cobra’s ranks of evil troops to give the G.I. Joe’s someone to keep knocking heads with.

But the Marvel Comics G.I. Joe series (written by the incredibly talented Larry Hama) the storylines were much deeper than that.

The Crimson Guard, or “Siegees” as they were sometimes called, were like sleeper agents for Cobra.

Remember, in those days before 9/11, Cobra was “a ruthless, terrorist organization determined to rule the world” as told to us every episode during the opening theme song montage.

The CGs were regular people, who had day job and

But for little Scott, it was all about hitting the TV dial (remember those?) at the right time so I wouldn’t miss G.I. Joe, or the Transformers or MASK or a zillion other characters. mainly lived in suburbia. But that red and black uniform was hanging in their closet and they could disassemble and reassemble their AK-47 in 20 seconds or so.

When the call came in to engage in some mischief for Cobra, they were bad guys right on the scene.

So, anyway, seeing this guy with his full helmet, gun and gear was pretty awesome. It was all handmade, too.

I also turned the corner and nearly ran into Jem from Jem and the Holograms.

Some of you guys may not remember this show (or maybe you won’t admit to remembering it) but it was sort of Hasbro’s attempt to

capture your sister’s market, too, while you were busy clamoring for G.I. Joe and Transformers.

Jem was sort of like Barbie, if Barbie had been created in the 1980s and made by a sci-fi fan.

The premise is that Jerrica Benton inherits her father’s record company after his untimely death.

It turns out, daddy was on the cutting edge of technomusic and special F/X technology that allowed him to build a supercomputer that could project holograms all over the world through a global satellite system.

Yeah, it was kind of ahead of its time. But also, missed the mark a little with all that techno-mumbo-jumbo in a

show for girls.

It takes a special kind of girl to have been a fan of Jem. A special geeky kind of girl, that is.

Avid readers of this column will not be surprised to find out that my wife Meda is a big fan of Jem and the Holograms and she still has some of their toys.

I took a big picture of me freaking out by this chick who was in a Jem costume.

She had the pink eye shadow and everything.

It was outrageous, truly, truly outrageous.

Down in the dealer hall, I found all four volumes of Jem and the Holograms on DVD at a good price, so I got them for my wife. Those old cartoons may be a thing of the past, but my fond memories of them aren’t.

And that’s some good news.

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Police Notes Sheriff’s Reports

n The Rutherford County Sheriff’s Department responded to 146 E-911 calls Wednesday. n Wendy Ann Stafford reported the theft of a television and other items. n Agnes Delories McDowell reported the theft of legal documents and a diamond watch.

Rutherfordton

n The Rutherfordton Police Department responded to 20 E-911 calls Wednesday.

Spindale

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

Lake Lure

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

Forest City

n The Forest City Police Department responded to 52 E-911 calls Wednesday. n An employee of Aldi Grocery Store, on U.S. 74A, reported an incident of receiving a counterfeit bill.

Arrests

n Ricketta Ann Twitty, 19, of Amity Drive, Forest City; charged with possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia; released on a written promise to appear. (FCPD) n Michael Glenn Bradley, 54, of 4139 W.B. Thomas Road; charged with failure to appear and obtain property by false pretense; placed under a $1,000 secured bond. (RCSD)

n Ronald Brian Stevens, 31, of 270 Seitz Drive; charged with assault on a female and communicating threats; released on a $5,000 unsecured bond. (RCSD) n Robert Johnathan Rushing, 37, of 268 Womack Lake Road; charged with felony possession of schedule VI controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia; placed under a $15,000 secured bond.

(RCSD) n Precious Alexander Watkins, 31, of 21 Charles St., Asheville; charged with assault and battery; released on a $3,000 unsecured bond. (RPD) n Marvin Darryl Browning, 45, of 1181 Piedmont Road, Rutherfordton; charged with disorderly conduct; placed under a $1,500 secured bond. (RPD)

EMS n Rutherford County Emergency Medical Services responded to 27 E-911 calls Wednesday. n The Volunteer Life Saving and Rescue, Hickory Nut Gorge EMS and Rutherford County Rescue responded to six calls Wednesday.

Fire Calls n Ellenboro firefighters responded to an appliance fire. n Forest City firefighters responded to a motor vehicle accident. n Rutherfordton firefighters responded to a smoke report. n Shingle Hollow firefighters responded to a motor vehicle accident.

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Habitat looking for homeowners

Bomb threat call disrupts day at Office of N.C. Attorney General

From staff reports

RALEIGH (AP) — Authorities are investigating the source of a bomb threat that forced the temporary closure of the North Carolina attorney general’s office.

North Carolina Department of Crime Control and Public Safety spokeswoman Patty McQuillan said the threat came in around 10 a.m. Thursday, prompting authorities to empty the building in downtown Raleigh and block nearby streets.

Authorities searched the building before workers were allowed to return to the building shortly after 1 p.m.

Attorney General Roy Cooper is the state’s top lawyer and oversees the State Bureau of Investigation, which has been going through turmoil after an inquiry found some 200 mishandled cases at the agency’s lab.

Manufacturer to build new plant in Huntersville; add 100 jobs

RALEIGH (AP) — A leading manufacturer of power and automation technologies for utility and industrial customers says it will build a new plant in North Carolina.

ABB Inc. announced on Thursday that the new plant will be built in Huntersville in Mecklenburg County, where it plans to create 100 jobs over the next two years and invest $90 million.

The company also said it will create 30 engineering jobs in Wake County, home of its North American headquarters.

ABB currently employs 771 full-time workers in North Carolina. The overall average wage for the new jobs is $64,008, higher than the averages of $48,776 in Mecklenburg and $42,692 in Wake. The project was made possible in part by state grants from the Job Development Investment Grant program and One North Carolina Fund.

James Jordan murder case is pulled from State Bureau of Investigation report

RALEIGH (AP) — Independent reviewers have removed the murder of Michael Jordan’s father from a list of cases mishandled by North Carolina’s State Bureau of Investigation. Former FBI assistant director Chris Swecker said Thursday that the case was pulled after a second look at documents.

Swecker’s review had concluded last month that the SBI failed to disclose that it had done four inconclusive tests on blood evidence in the James Jordan case. But Swecker said Thursday that he missed language in which the SBI did report that “further analysis” failed to give conclusive results.

Defense attorneys for one man convicted in the case had argued the physical evidence was weak. The convict’s attorney had said the SBI report could be significant.

The lawyer did not immediately return calls Thursday.

Rutherford County Habitat for Humanity is looking for potential homeowners for 2011. An information session for potential homeowners will be held Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at the First Baptist Church’s Fellowship Hall in Rutherfordton. This free meeting will explain how someone qualifies for a Habitat house and what is required to be a homeowner.

There has been a shortage of homeowners over the past year. Habitat officials hope more applicants will come forward this year.

Habitat for Humanity builds simple, decent homes with the help of the homeowner’s family. Houses are sold to partner families at no profit and financed with a 20- or 25-year, no-interest loan. To be eligible for a Habitat house a family must be living in inadequate housing, willing to partner with Habitat, and be able to pay for a Habitat house.

Several criteria are considered in determining if someone is living in inadequate housing.

An unsafe house, heat that is not working, inadequate plumbing or electricity, not enough bedrooms, an unsafe neighborhood and paying too much of their income for

Gov. chooses Guard leader

RALEIGH (AP) — A 31-year veteran of the North Carolina National Guard who’s served twice in Iraq will become its next top leader. Gov. Beverly Perdue announced Thursday that Col. Gregory Lusk will become the new adjutant general beginShaw University introduces first ning Oct. 1. female president, Irma McClaurin Lusk will replace Adjutant RALEIGH (AP) — A historically black college in North Gen. William Ingram, who Carolina’s capital city has named its first female president. led the 12,000-member guard The News & Observer of Raleigh reports that Shaw for nine years. He’ll remain in University introduced Irma McClaurin (mih-CLAW’-rihn) the guard. as its new president to faculty and students Thursday mornLusk is commander of the ing. Board of Trustees Chairman Willie Gary announced the 30th Heavy Brigade Combat selection in a Sept. 6 letter to board members.

Team, the guard’s largest unit.

McClaurin, who replaces interim president Dorothy Yancy, He served in Iraq for about 18 was associate vice president for system academic adminismonths ending in April 2005 tration at the University of Minnesota, and executive direcand 14 months ending this tor of the Urban Research and Outreach/Engagement Center past April. As a civilian, Lusk in Minneapolis. Her hiring comes as the school struggles works as a financial adviser with debt which in the summer of 2009 was reported at $20 and owns a hardware store in million.

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rent are some items examined in potential Habitat homeowner’s current location.

Each family becomes a partner with Habitat in building their home. They invest at least 300 hours of sweat equity into their house and other families’ houses.

Building experience is not required. They also complete Habitat’s education program on being a successful homeowner.

Habitat homeowners have to be able to pay a $500 down payment and the monthly mortgage. Their income and credit history are examined. Habitat does not give houses away. They sell houses at cost. The potential homeowner needs a steady income source and a satisfactory credit history.

Interested applicants are suggested to bring their last check stub from their current job and all other income verification.

Rutherford County Habitat for Humanity builds houses in partnership with lowincome families and the community to provide safe, decent and affordable houses. Volunteer labor, taxdeductible donations of money and materials, and partner families’ sweat equity makes these houses possible.

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for Humanity is a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing ministry that works with people in need to improve the conditions in which they live.

For more information contact Kim Freeman, executive director, 248-3178, or Fred Bayley, 245-7411.

Carl Sisk Carl Sisk, age 69, of Forest City, died Tuesday, September 7, 2010, at Rutherford Hospital.

Carl was born on February 22, 1941, in Clay County, NC, to the late Lee Sisk and Fannie Conner Sisk. Carl was a member of the Robertson Creek Free Will Baptist Church and had worked in construction for most of his life.

He currently worked for Sisk Grading since 1969. He enjoyed camping.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by three sisters, Edith Toney, Frances Sisk, and Hazel Sisk and by two brothers, Jr. Sisk and Eugene Sisk.

Survivors include his wife of 46 years, Margie Yelton Sisk; three sons, Perry Sisk and wife, Noel, Dean Sisk and wife, Rhonda, and William Sisk and wife, Makesha, all of Rutherfordton; two daughters, Sharon Davis and husband, Tommy, of Mooresboro and Rachel Ruppe and husband, Shane, of Ellenboro; four brothers, J.C. Sisk, Herman Sisk, Harvey Sisk and Jerry Sisk all of Forest City; two sisters, Margaret Lovelace and Linda Walker also of Forest City. He is also survived by 18 grandchildren, one great granddaughter and by his dog, Kenzie.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. on Friday, September 10, 2010, at the Robertson Creek Free Will Baptist Church with the Reverends Timothy Hodge, Leon Brown and Darvy Hensley officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.

The family received friends from 7 until 9 p.m. on Thursday at Harrelson Funeral Home.

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

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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.

Yokefellow Service Center: Storewide half price sale through Sept. 13; closed on Sundays; 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 2331735. 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.

Storewide closing sale: Shepherd’s Care Thrift Store will close Sept.

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land-use plan is almost 33 years old.

“I have discussed the land use plan briefly with Chuck Nance from Isothermal Planning and Development Commission,” Bland said. “I have not seen the completed plan as of yet. I certainly feel it was overdue to update that plan. If you go to rezone a particular area you must issue a statement whether this is consistent with your land use plan or not.

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about 15 years. “We’ve had a lot of kids today,” said Bedford, saying some 60 students had already stopped by shortly after noon. She also visited students at Chase and East high school and plans to visit Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy on Tuesday and REaCH, as well as Isothermal Community College, on Wednesday.

In North Carolina, Gov. Beverly

Ours being out of date, made us really run into problems when we tried to do those kinds of things.

“This will be very helpful down the line to all councils for the future of Spindale.”

The study identifies the physical, geographical and historical characteristics of Spindale. It also inventories the town government and its operational facilities.

“With regards to future growth, it addresses current community issues that affect land use and explores future strategies for implementation, like existing land uses and zoning

classifications as related to desirable future land-use patterns,” McHargue said. “There is some discussion of the need to consider changes to our zoning ordinance; some recommendations include the use of conditionaluse zoning and creation of new zoning classifications to effect smoother transitions between residential and commercial areas.”

The town board will review the study and plan at their Sept. 20 meeting.

Perdue has proclaimed September as Citizens Voter Registration Awareness Month.

The goal, a news release said, is to provide residents, especially young people, with every opportunity to register to vote.

Throughout the month, county boards of election are organizing and holding similar voter registration drives, which are aimed at providing residents with opportunities to register to vote or update their voter registration information.

High school registration drives, like

those in Rutherford County, offer eligible students the chance to register or preregister to vote, the release said.

Citizens Voter Registration Awareness Month coincides with National Voter Registration Month.

The state BOE, as well as election officials in other states, are working with federal, state and local officials to make the nation’s eligible voters aware of registration deadlines and requirements for the Nov. 2 general election, as well as promote state resources to help with the registration process, the release said.

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ROBBERY AT RUTHERFORDTON ONE STOP Police are looking for the man who held up a One Stop early Thursday morning. The masked man was carrying a tire tool during the armed robbery, which happened at the convenience store at 110 Railroad Ave. Contributed photos

Washburn Community Outreach Center: Porch bag sale for $5; hours Thursday-Saturday, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.; contact the center regarding the GED program offered by ICC at 245-5603.

Friday, Sept. 10 Rutherford County Relay for Life: 6 p.m., R-S Middle School track; ends Saturday morning with closing ceremony.

Saturday, Sept. 11 Third Annual Cheer Clinic: 8:30 a.m. registration, clinic from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; cost is $20 per girl and includes a T-shirt; for girls in kindergarten through sixth grades; they will perform at the Bessemer City home game at East High School.

“Nourish Your Community” Food Drive: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Hopewell Hollis Community Club House, Elelnboro; bring non-perishable items for needy families, such as canned goods, cereals, rice, flour, sugar, pasta, bottled water, corn meal, etc.; free hot dog with chips and drink; for information, call Joyce, 453-8495.

Low-cost vaccine clinic: Noon to 1 p.m., Thunder Road Animal Hospita; rabies and other discounted vaccines available.

Fish fry: 4 to 8 p.m., Concord Community Clubhouse.

Fundraiser hamburger/hot dog sale: 4:30 to 7 p.m., American Legion Post No. 423, Boss Moore Road; hot dog and hamburger plates, $5.

Piedmont Pleasant Hill Community Club meeting and supper: 7 p.m.; potluck style supper, so bring a well-filled basket; silent auction with homemade canned and baked goods.

Sunday, Sept. 12

Monday, Sept. 13 Fireside Book Club: Every second Monday at 5:30 p.m., Fireside Books and Gifts; for ages 25 ad older.

Rutherford County Quilt Guild Meeting: 7 p.m., First Baptist in Rutherfordton; more information, visit www.RutherfordQuiltGuild. org.

Tuesday, Sept. 14 Continuing education for health care professionals and others: 9 to 11 a.m., Carolina Event and Conference Center; featuring endof-life expert Stan Goldberg; for information, call Hospice at 2450095.

HHS Alumni and Friends Breakfast Club bimonthly meeting: 9 a.m., Turner’s Restaurant, Chesnee, S.C.; for more information, call Joan, 245-2658.

Preschool story time: 10 a.m., Rutherford County Library Main Branch; for ages 2 to 5; free.

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. 15 Preschool story time: 11 a.m., Rutherford County Library Haynes Branch; for ages 2 to 5; free.

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Inside Scoreboard . . . . . . . . . Page 8A Tom Brady . . . . . . . . . Page 9A Gridiron Great . . . . . Page 9A

Football action will heat up in Week 4

Cavaliers seeking support for rings FOREST CITY — The East Rutherford Cavaliers baseball team, which claimed the 2010 2A NCHSAA Baseball State Championship, is looking for support from local businesses to purchase rings for the players.

The Cavaliers are making 2010 championship posters, which will feature glossy color photos, team pictures and individual stats.

Businesses interested in taking part and supporting the Cavaliers can contact either Bobby Reynolds at (828) 7480074 or Preston Allen at (828) 429-1145.

By SCOTT BOWERS Daily Courier Sports Editor

Panthers’ Jeff Otah deals with setback CHARLOTTE (AP) — Carolina Panthers starting right tackle Jeff Otah acknowledged Thursday he’s had continued problems in his recovery from two surgeries on his left knee and is still “two or three weeks” from being able to play.

It leaves the Panthers without a key cog on their offensive line starting with Sunday’s season opener at the New York Giants, with Geoff Schwartz expected to start in Otah’s place.

“I had a mini-setback,” Otah said. “Things didn’t go as planned.”

The 6-foot-6, 335-pound Otah first had surgery in December to repair torn cartilage that knocked him out of the final three games. Otah had continued pain when players reported to training camp and was placed on the physically unable to perform list.

Otah had another arthroscopic procedure on the same knee on Aug. 4. He was recovering from that when the pain returned.

“I might have pushed myself a little too hard coming back. I had a setback,” said Otah.”

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Chase’s Blair White (8) goes up for a kill during the volleyball game against Freedom Thursday at Chase High.

Lady Cavs blast Shelby

By KEVIN CARVER and JACOB CONLEY Sports Reporters

FOREST CITY — East Rutherford volleyball has started off the conference season the way any team would like to — with three straight wins.

The Lady Cavs accomplished the feat by quickly taking down Shelby 25-12, 25-10, 25-21 in three straight sets, Thursday afternoon at home.

“This is the first time we have played three games in a row without the mental mistakes involved,” East Rutherford Julie Powell said. “We played together

as a team today and we are doing the little things right at the moment.”

From the start, the Lady Cavs wasted little time in dominating the court of play and raced out to a quick 25-12 first set victory.

East was even more dangerous in the second set. The Lady Cavs’ Jaclyn Boever torched the ball on two kills, an ace and then pushed the ball over the net on three different occasions, which fooled Shelby’s defense.

Kaziah Miller earned a block and a free-ball point with Makayla Please see Prep Report, Page 8A

FOOTBALL 7:30 p.m. West Lincoln at Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy 7:30 p.m. Chase at Cherryville 7:30 p.m. East Rutherford at West Henderson 7:30 p.m. R-S Central at McDowell

Chase at Cherryville

Added running back DeAngelo Williams: “He’s definitely taken hold of the leadership role.”

The support in the locker room contrasts with the outside opinion of Moore. ESPN.com’s recent QB rankings had Moore 32nd, behind only Cleveland’s Jake Delhomme, who was released by Carolina after throwing 18 interceptions last season.

That has to bother Moore, right? He was 4-1 as a starter to close last season, with eight touchdown passes and just one pick.

CHASE — Chase’s Daniel Bailey couldn’t help but notice.

“Yeah, there was a real ‘pepin-the-step,’ in the hallways and at practice,” said Bailey. “It was nice to see the guys with their heads held up.”

The Trojans put together their most complete game of football, last week, and the result was a blow out win over Bessemer City.

Tonight, the challenge is the Ironmen.

“Cherryville’s 10 (QB Thomas Watkins Bess) has to be contained,” said Bailey. “It’s pretty simple. He’s a player and he will make plays if we fail to do our job.”

The Trojans will have starting quarterback Tyreece Gossett back, but how much playing time he sees is still unknown.

“Tyreece was cleared, today (Wednesday), and he hasn’t gone full speed, yet,” Bailey said. “So, we will keep an eye on him. But, it is nice having him back. “(Tyler) Gaffney can play, and he did a great job last week, so, if Tyreece is slowed, at least we have another route.”

Trojans win if: They continue to play at a high level. An argument can be made that Chase is a handful of plays away from being undefeated. The focus must remain.

Player to watch: FB Carlos ‘Crunch’ Watkins. Crunch is en fuego right now; eating up

Please see Moore, Page 9A

Please see Football, Page 9A

On Radio FOOTBALL 7 p.m. (WCAB AM 590) West Lincoln at Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy

On TV Noon (ESPN2) NASCAR Racing Sprint Cup, Practice.

12:30 p.m. (WBTV) (WSPA) Tennis U.S. Open, Men’s Doubles Final and Women’s Semifinals.

4 p.m. (ESPN2) NASCAR Racing Nationwide Series: Richmond 250, Qualifying.

5:30 p.m. (ESPN2) NASCAR Racing Sprint Cup, Qualifying.

7 p.m. (ESPN) College Football West Virginia at Marshall.

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

7:30 p.m. (ESPN2) NASCAR Racing Nationwide Series: Richmond 250.

8 p.m. (WGN-A) MLB Baseball Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee Brewers.

10:15 p.m. (ESPN) College Football Texas-El Paso at Houston.

11 p.m. (SHO) Boxing ShoBox: The Next Generation.

FOREST CITY —Rutherford County prep football teams enter one of the most important weeks of the season as three programs look to get back to .500, while a fourth is still searching for that elusive first NCHSAA victory.

All three teams in the 3A/2A South Mountain Athletic Conference — Chase, East Rutherford and R-S Central — will be on the road, while 2A/1A Western Highlands Conference member, Thomas Jefferson Classical Wilkins Academy will play in its first ever NCHSAA home game.

The Trojans rolled up over 300 yards in collecting their first win of the season. The Cherryville Ironmen, who welcome in Chase, allowed over 300 yards rushing in last week’s loss to West Henderson.

The Cavaliers, like the Trojans, used a strong night on the ground to notch their first win of 2010. East will face a West Henderson team that features two powerful running backs in an option offense.

East’s Adrian Wilkins, who leads all county players with seven touchdowns, rushed for 243 yards and three touchdowns , last week, to be named the Daily Courier/Edward Jones Gridiron Great.

The Hilltoppers have fumbled away opportunities in back-toback losses. Tonight, Central visits a reeling McDowell Titans squad.

The Gryphons should have a full house for the first Friday night football game in Avondale in many years. The Rebels of West Lincoln, who come into Gryphon Stadium, are rolling at 3-0 on the year.

All four games have a kickoff scheduled for 7:30 p.m.

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Carolina Panthers quarterback Matt Moore gives instructions to his linemen during a preseason NFL football game in Charlotte.

QB Matt Moore wins over Panthers with leadership CHARLOTTE (AP) — One list has Carolina’s Matt Moore the secondworst starting quarterback in the NFL, better than only the guy he replaced.

The popular sentiment is it’s just a matter of time until he loses his job to rookie wunderkind Jimmy Clausen.

If it bothers the undrafted Californian who switched colleges and nearly played professional baseball, it’s hard to tell behind the laid back persona that’s helped him win games and the confidence of his teammates.

“It’s kind of hard not to give a nod to that guy,” Panthers receiver Steve Smith said. “I think he deserves it.”

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Scoreboard BASEBALL National League East Division W L Pct 81 60 .574 80 60 .571 70 69 .504 69 71 .493 60 80 .429 Central Division

W L Pct Cincinnati 79 60 .568 St. Louis 72 65 .526 Houston 66 73 .475 Milwaukee 65 74 .468 Chicago 60 80 .429 Pittsburgh 47 92 .338 West Division

W L Pct San Diego 79 59 .572 San Francisco 78 62 .557 Colorado 75 64 .540 Los Angeles 69 71 .493 Arizona 57 83 .407

Philadelphia Atlanta Florida New York Washington

GB — 1/2 10 11 1/2 20 1/2 GB — 6 13 14 19 1/2 32 GB — 2 4 1/2 11 23

Wednesday’s Games N.Y. Mets 3, Washington 2 Atlanta 9, Pittsburgh 3 Philadelphia 10, Florida 6 Houston 4, Chicago Cubs 0 Milwaukee 8, St. Louis 1 Colorado 9, Cincinnati 2 Arizona 3, San Francisco 1 San Diego 4, L.A. Dodgers 0 Thursday’s Games Colorado 6, Cincinnati 5 St. Louis 11, Atlanta 4 L.A. Dodgers at Houston, late San Francisco at San Diego, late Friday’s Games Florida (Sanabia 3-2) at Washington (Lannan 7-6), 7:05 p.m.

Philadelphia (Halladay 17-10) at N.Y. Mets (Mejia 0-3), 7:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Maholm 7-14) at Cincinnati (H.Bailey 3-3), 7:10 p.m.

St. Louis (C.Carpenter 15-5) at Atlanta (Minor 3-0), 7:35 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Kuroda 10-12) at Houston (Happ 6-2), 8:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Zambrano 7-6) at Milwaukee (Bush 7-11), 8:10 p.m.

Arizona (J.Saunders 2-4) at Colorado (De La Rosa 6-4), 9:10 p.m.

San Francisco (J.Sanchez 10-8) at San Diego (Richard 12-6), 10:05 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Florida at Washington, 1:05 p.m.

Philadelphia at N.Y. Mets, 4:10 p.m.

San Francisco at San Diego, 4:10 p.m.

St. Louis at Atlanta, 4:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Houston, 7:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee, 7:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.

Arizona at Colorado, 8:10 p.m.

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

Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 1:10 p.m.

Florida at Washington, 1:35 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Houston, 2:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee, 2:10 p.m.

Arizona at Colorado, 3:10 p.m.

San Francisco at San Diego, 4:05 p.m.

St. Louis at Atlanta, 8:05 p.m.

American League East Division

W L Pct New York 87 53 .621 Tampa Bay 84 55 .604 Boston 78 62 .557 Toronto 72 67 .518 Baltimore 53 87 .379 Central Division

W L Pct Minnesota 83 57 .593 Chicago 77 63 .550 Detroit 71 70 .504 Kansas City 57 82 .410 Cleveland 57 83 .407 West Division

W L Pct Texas 76 63 .547 Oakland 69 70 .496 Los Angeles 67 73 .479 Seattle 55 85 .393

GB — 2 1/2 9 14 1/2 34 GB — 6 12 1/2 25 1/2 26 GB — 7 9 1/2 21 1/2

Wednesday’s Games N.Y. Yankees 3, Baltimore 2 Detroit 5, Chicago White Sox 1 L.A. Angels 4, Cleveland 3, 16 innings

Texas 8, Toronto 1 Boston 11, Tampa Bay 5 Minnesota 4, Kansas City 3 Oakland 4, Seattle 3 Thursday’s Games Detroit 6, Chicago White Sox 3 Texas 4, Toronto 2 Friday’s Games Baltimore (Millwood 3-15) at Detroit (Galarraga 4-5), 7:05 p.m.

Minnesota (Pavano 16-10) at Cleveland (Carmona 11-14), 7:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay (J.Shields 13-12) at Toronto (Cecil 12-7), 7:07 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Vazquez 10-9) at Texas (C.Wilson 14-6), 8:05 p.m.

Kansas City (Chen 9-7) at Chicago White Sox (Buehrle 12-10), 8:10 p.m.

Boston (C.Buchholz 15-6) at Oakland (Cahill 15-6), 10:05 p.m.

Seattle (Pauley 2-7) at L.A. Angels (Jer.Weaver 11-11), 10:05 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Tampa Bay at Toronto, 1:07 p.m.

Baltimore at Detroit, 7:05 p.m.

Kansas City at Chicago White Sox, 7:05 p.m.

Minnesota at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m.

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

Boston at Oakland, 9:05 p.m.

Seattle at L.A. Angels, 9:05 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Baltimore at Detroit, 1:05 p.m.

Minnesota at Cleveland, 1:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Toronto, 1:07 p.m.

Kansas City at Chicago White Sox, 2:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Texas, 3:05 p.m.

Seattle at L.A. Angels, 3:35 p.m.

Boston at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.

FOOTBALL National Football League AMERICAN CONFERENCE East

W L T Pct PF Buffalo 0 0 0 .000 0 Miami 0 0 0 .000 0 New England 0 0 0 .000 0 N.Y. Jets 0 0 0 .000 0 South

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San Diego at Kansas City, 10:15 p.m.

TRANSACTIONS Thursday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League BOSTON RED SOX_Claimed RHP Matt Fox off waivers from Minnesota. Transferred OF Mike Cameron to the 60-day DL. CHICAGO WHITE SOX_Activated RHP J.J. Putz from the 15-day DL. LOS ANGELES ANGELS_Extended their working agreement with Arkansas (Texas) through the 2012 season.

NEW YORK YANKEES_Claimed LHP Steve Garrison off waivers from San Diego and assigned him to Trenton (EL). Designated RHP Wilkin De La Rosa for assignment.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS_Claimed RHP Taylor Buchholz off waivers from Colorado. Moved RHP Jesse Litsch to the 60-day DL. National League HOUSTON ASTROS_Named Ricky Bennett director of professional scouting and Fred Nelson director of player development.

Announced the contracts of minor league pitching coordinator Britt Burns, Round Rock manager Marc Bombard, Corpus Christi manager Wes Clements, minor league medical coordinator Pete Fagan and minor league coach Pete Rancont wil not be renewed.

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES_Placed RHP Scott Mathieson on the 15-dy DL. Claimed RHP Cesar Carrillo off waivers from san Diego. Designated LHP Nate Robinson for assignment.

American Association WICHITA WINGNUTS_Traded LHP Dustin Pease to Southern Maryland for future considerations.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association CHICAGO BULLS_Named Ron Adams, Andy Greer, Rick Brunson and Adrian Griffin assistant coaches.

FOOTBALL National Football League CLEVELAND BROWNS_Signed G Billy Yates.

Waived LB Titus Brown.

DALLAS COWBOYS_Agreed to terms with WR Miles Austin on a six-year contract.

DETROIT LIONS_Signed TE Joe Jon Finley to the practice squad.

GREEN BAY PACKERS_Signed CB Charles Woodson to a contract extension through the 2014 season.

MIAMI DOLPHINS_Released C Jake Grove.

Re-signed G Cory Procter.

NEW YORK GIANTS_Signed CB Brandon Hughes and CB Brian Jackson to the practice squad. Released S Sha’reef Rashad and CB Seth Williams from the practice squad.

HOCKEY National Hockey League CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS_Signed C Ryan Potulny to a one-year contract.

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS_Signed C Ryan Johansen to a three-year contract.

American Hockey League SAN ANTONIO RAMPAGE_Signed C David Brine.

ECHL UTAH GRIZZLIES_Acquired the rights to D David Schulz and future considerations from Greenville for the rights to G Dov GrumetMorris.

SOCCER Major League Soccer NEW YORK RED BULLS_F John Wolyniec announced his retirement.

Major Indoor Soccer League OMAHA VIPERS_Named Marcelo Fontana coach.

COLLEGE ARMY_Named Christian Anderson assistant director in the office of athletic communications.

HILBERT_Named William Schultz men’s volleyball coach.

NEW MEXICO STATE_Named Liz Schoborg assistant swimming and diving coach.

NORTHERN ARIZONA_Announced Ed Jacoby has rejoined the track and field coaching staff.

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Chase’s Caroline Jolley, above, readies a serve during the volleyball game against Freedom Wednesday.

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Harrellson scoring twice with an ace and a short kill that was flipped over the net as East ran out to 15-4 advantage.

Boever ended the set on a power kill as East used a 10-5 run to take the set by 15 points, 25-10.

The East pace slowed just a little bit in the third and final game.

The Lady Cavs’ Deanna Lowery earned a kill on a shot that skipped over the net for a 6-3 East lead. Shelby held close at 10-7, until the Lady Cavs claimed six points, due to a strong service game.

It was Boever who led the way in destroying four aces with Paige Campfield and Jessica Dotson adding one each.

While East grew the lead to 16-9 at one time, the game stayed roughly a four-to-five point advantage for East that never really seemed threatened.

Lowery earned match point on a deep push over the net that Shelby’s backline play had no chance to get.

Boever was the key in collecting 15 points during the last two games of the match.

“It was an overall good game for us, we covered the floor today like we are suppose to every game,” Powell said.

East Rutherford is now 4-1 overall and will play its next match at Chase Tuesday.

Chase 3, Freedom 1

CHASE — Down one set to none, Chase coach Ashley Buchanan asked her charges to get the ball to the hitters.

The Trojans responded as they pounded home kill-after-kill, en route to a 3-1 win over Freedom (24-26, 25-20, 25-21, and 25-19) Wednesday.

Chase jumped out to an early 5-1 lead after a kill by Sarah Wurzbach and three Freedom attack errors. Sam Carpenter’s ace and another Wurzbach kill that was powered through two He’s had plenty of frustrating blockers gave the Trojans a 9-3 lead. moments, too. He needed shoulFreedom then went on a long run to grab an der surgery after his freshman 18-13 advantage. year. He suffered a broken ankle But, Chase went on a 5-0 run of their own, highthat cost him several games the lighted by a Jesse Alexander smash. Wurzbach next year. also collected two more tallies in the run to leave Last season, he struggled play- the contest tied at 18-18. From that point, the ing behind an injury-depleted squads traded scores until Freedom garnered the offensive line while throwing to final two points to take a 26-24 win. inexperienced receivers.

Game two featured several long volleys to open That led to the boos, which the set, many of which resulted in points for the even greeted his appearance home team. on a taped message played on a Chase’s Blair White smashed a powerful cross video board in the Smith Center court kill to tie the game, 10-10. After the next 18 during a men’s basketball game. points were split, White and Wurzbach continued Yates, in the building that night, to lead the way as Chase held on for a 25-20 win. could only pull down the bill of Game 3 was a nip-and-tuck affair until Chase his cap over his face. reeled off five straight points to take a 12-7 lead.

After redshirt freshman Bryn A push shot from Alexander and two attack errors by the visitors gave the Trojans an 18-15 lead that Renner outplayed Yates in they would not relinquish. Chase held a two game the annual spring intrasquad to one lead by virtue of a 25-21 victory. scrimmage, coach Butch Davis Chase used that momentum to grab a 7-4 lead in said Yates would have to hold the 4th set on the strength of another Wurzbach off Renner for the starting job kill. The senior uncorked another mighty swing through training camp.

It’s unclear whether Yates was moments later, to keep the spread at three, 14-11.

Alexander followed her teammate’s example in real danger of losing the job by turning the same trick and by the time Sam or if Davis was trying to motivate him, but Yates has respond- Carpenter registered a block, the Trojans were on ed and seemed far more at ease the cusp of victory, 23-16.

Fittingly, the final point came from Wurzbach, this week than he did leading up who delivered a tip with her back turned to the to the LSU game. net that eluded the fingertips of a Freedom blockWhile he said this week he er for the 25-19 win. didn’t pay much attention to the criticism, he also said minutes R-S Central 3, Burns 0 later that it was “a good feeling RUTHERFORDTON — The Lady Hilltoppers knowing a lot of fans are behind smashed Burns in three games Wednesday. me now.”

Central used wins of 25-16, 27-25 and 25-9 to capture the conference victory.

UNC’s T.J. Yates bounces back

CHAPEL HILL (AP) — One strong performance might have won back some of fans that T.J. Yates lost during a strugglefilled junior season at North Carolina. A few more might help the Tar Heels fight through an ugly and embarrassing period in the program’s history.

Coming off a career-high passing performance in the opener against No. 19 LSU, Yates is working through an early bye week with a restored confidence that seemed shaken over the past year. That’s when his own fans booed him, threw things at him and even rooted for him to lose his starting job to a talented youngster in a training camp.

“It’s hard when people are criticizing you to bounce back, especially with a whole year of criticism and a whole offseason of criticism,” tight end Zack Pianalto said. “To come out there and prove people wrong, we knew he had it in him the whole time.”

Yates finished with a Bowl Subdivision-best 412 yards to go with three touchdowns against the Tigers. But more importantly, he seemed completely in control in the fourth quarter while leading an offense missing its top two tailbacks and its top receiver due to an ongoing NCAA investigation into the

UNC’s T.J. Yates.

program.

He rallied the Tar Heels from a 20-point deficit and drove them all the way to the 6-yard line in the final seconds before falling short on two passes to Pianalto in the end zone that could have won the game.

“I really just felt completely comfortable out there on the field,” he said. “I knew exactly what I was seeing out there defensively.”

Yates had shown flashes of that potential during his first three years as a starter.

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SOCCER R-S Central 1, Fred T. Foard 1 HICKORY — R-S Central’s men’s soccer team knotted Fred T. Foard in non-conference action, Wednesday.

The Hilltoppers’ Tyler Jolley scored in the 53rd minute, but Foard tied the game 15 minutes later.

JV Football Chase 22, Cherryville 0 CHASE — A trio of Trojans rushed for scores as Chase’s JV football team blanked Cherryville Thursday.

Chase’s Ja-Tarrio Young, Cody Greene and Marquis Cash all found paydirt in the win.

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opposing quarterbacks on one side of the ball and chewing up yards on the other.

Key to the game: Turn it loose.

Chase can easily begin a winning streak — with a win tonight.

East Rutherford at West Henderson

New England’s Tom Brady.

QB Tom Brady unhurt in car crash near home

BOSTON (AP) — New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady was in a twocar accident near his home Thursday morning but was unhurt and hours later practiced as usual with his team just days before the season opener.

The crash, at an intersection in Boston’s Back Bay area, knocked over a light pole and sent a passenger in the other vehicle to the hospital with injuries that were serious but not considered life-threatening, a police report said.

A witness told The Associated Press that the twotime Super Bowl MVP was approaching the intersection on a green light when his black Audi sedan collided with a minivan.

The 21-year-old driver of the Mercury Villager minivan, Ludgero Rodrigues, was cited Thursday for failing to stop at a red light, based on witnesses statements, police said.

FOREST CITY — East Rutherford and West Henderson each picked up their first wins of 2010, last week.

Coincidently, both teams rushed for well over 300 yards in those victories and Coach Clint Bland knows that picking up that all-important second win will depend on which team does a better job of stopping the ground game of the other.

“Big and physical — just like last year,” quipped Bland, about the Falcons. “They run the option. So, we spent three days reminding our kids how to play against the option — fullback, quarterback and pitch man.

Their quarterback isn’t the fastest kid we’ll play, but he makes people miss.”

The Falcons (1-2) had 409 yards of total offense, including 366 yards on the ground, in a 42-20 win over Cherryville, last week. Kevin Robinson led the way with 12 carries for 101 yards and a touchdown, while Kevin Thomas had eight carries for 89 yards and two touchdowns.

Bland was happy to pick up that first win, but he wants to see his charges continue the progress.

“That first win, certainly, gave us some much-needed confidence,” said Bland. “But, it is huge to get back to .500 and have the arrow pointing up.”

Cavaliers win if: They stop the Falcons’ option, and continue the progress that has been made in the trenches over the last two weeks.

Player to watch: TB Adrian Wilkins. Wilkins is simply the hottest player in the county, right now.

Wilkins has put up well over 600 allpurpose yards in three games.

Key to the game: Pin back the wings. East needs to be physical in all facets of the game.

R-S Central at McDowell RUTHERFORDTON — Sixteen.

That’s the number of total turnovers R-S Central has committed in the first three games of the season. It is a number that Head Coach Mike Cheek knows must be slowed.

“Turnovers are a part of football. It happens,” Cheek said. “Anytime you’ve got kids that have fumbled, you’ve got to feed them the ball and get their confidence back.”

The turnovers have played a direct role in Central’s 1-2 start. Three of Jacob Kinlaw’s interceptions have

Moore Night Train comes to N.C. “There’s only one place to go, and

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CHARLOTTE (AP) — The Night Train is in NASCAR country.

The four-man Bo-Dyn bobsled that Steve Holcomb piloted to the gold medal at the Vancouver Winter Olympics is on display until October at the Hendrick Motorsports Museum.

Night Train, built by the Bo-Dyn Bobsled Project, Inc., broke a 62-year gold-medal drought for the U.S. men’s team.

Former NASCAR Cup star Geoff Bodine began the project after watching the American teams struggle at the 1992 Albertville Winter Games using second-rate European equipment. Since 2002, Bo-Dyn bobsleds have captured six Olympic medals, including two gold.

that’s up,” Moore said, smiling.

What about all the attention Clausen gets? Predictions of Moore’s demise began minutes after the Panthers drafted the former Notre Dame star.

“Of course that stuff is going to come up, especially with a guy like Jimmy. A big, high-profile guy, a good player,” Moore said. “I can’t worry about stuff like that.”

Not that Moore doesn’t realize he’s about to do something he’s never done.

Moore went 2-1 as an NFL starter as a rookie in 2007, but it was after Carolina was out of playoff race. After going 23 months between starts, he got a shot again last year, but after the Panthers started 4-7.

“Literally, there was no pressure. I came in and it really didn’t matter what I did,” Moore said. “But I think that’s the way I want to approach the season. You can’t feel the pressure, you can’t. Is there? Yeah, naturally,

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East Rutherford’s Adrian Wilkins (21) was named the Daily Courier/Edward Jones Gridiron Great after rushing for 243 yards and three touchdowns in the Cavs’ 41-7 win over McDowell. East’s A.J. Lynch (70) was selected as the Daily Courier/Edward Jones Lineman of the Week. Edward Jones’ David Smith, East Rutherford Head Coach Clint Bland and Edward Jones’ George Allen joined Wilkins and Lynch at the presentation.

been returned for touchdowns, and additional fumbles have resulted in points for both East Henderson and Polk County.

“Everything that has happened — we have brought on ourselves,” said Cheek. “Our kids are mad about being 1-2, which I am glad to see. They should be mad.

“It’s big for us to get a win and we can’t played scared.”

— at the school.

“The players, the school, the teachers, heck, this is big for the whole community of Avondale,” said Head Coach Tony Helton, about his team’s first game under the lights. “But, we have young men from Tryon, Rutherfordton and other surrounding areas.

“This is just a big night for the Thomas Jefferson family.”

Hilltoppers win if: They adjust the Wing-T attack based on the defensive looks of the Titans. When McDowell stacks the box with eight or more, the Hilltoppers will go shotgun.

Barring another night of ‘fumblitis,’ the Hilltoppers will be best served, though, by pounding the ball at a McDowell team that is struggling to stop the run.

Player to watch: WB Dustin Atchley. Atchley is still one of the more explosive playmakers the Hilltoppers offensive attack has in their arsenal.

Key to the game: Don’t play down.

The Hilltoppers can ill-afford to allow the Titans to believe they have a chance. Put them away early, and hang on to the ball.

The opponent for Friday night’s big home opener is a much-improved West Lincoln Rebels team. The Rebels are 3-0 for the first time this decade.

“They are improved, but we feel that we are improved from last year,” said Helton. “They run first, they run second, but they will throw it a little.

“They’ve been an offense that has scored a lot of points and they chew up the clock. We want to avoid the big ones — we’d like for them to have eight and nine plays drives. There is more of an opportunity for them to make a mistake.”

AVONDALE — The Gryphons will finally get to experience Friday Night Lights — at home.

Thomas Jefferson (0-2) personnel and contractors have worked feverishly throughout the long, hot summer to finish the new football field — Harmon Field at Gryphon Stadium

Gryphons win if: Like R-S Central, TJCA has committed turnovers in key situations. The Griffs do not have the luxury of giving away possessions or points. Control the ball — control the game.

Player to watch: FB Will McCraw.

McCraw rushed for 60 yards on 13 carries last week as the Gryphons try to become a little more balanced in their attack. McCraw could play a big role on draws and screens out of Coach Helton’s offensive system.

Key to the game: Feed off the crowd. The Gryphons need to use the energy in Avondale as a positive tonight.

these games count.”

The Panthers are eager to see how he responds in Sunday’s opener at the New York Giants.

Not only is it the first regular season game in their $1.6 billion stadium, the Giants are seeking revenge after Moore threw a career-best three TD passes in Carolina’s 41-9 rout last season.

“The experience from last year and the wins we had late in the season, those are definitely huge things for me, personally,” Moore said.

Still, will it be enough to hold off Clausen? Moore’s pedigree certainly can’t compare to Clausen’s despite growing up minutes from each other in southern California. Clausen came from a family of quarterbacks and was a top high school recruit. Moore wasn’t even sure if football was his sport.

Moore played behind former Stanford quarterback Kyle Matter in high school and didn’t start until his senior year. Then he couldn’t beat out Drew Olson for the starting job at UCLA and quit school.

He thought about playing base-

ball after he was drafted by the Los Angeles Angels in the 22nd round of the 2004 draft, but eventually chose football and Oregon State. He had a successful two seasons, but 27 interceptions kept him from getting drafted.

The Panthers wanted to sign him as a rookie free agent, but he chose Dallas because the Cowboys had only two quarterbacks and “they were the Cowboys. It seemed like an easy choice for me at the time.”

After Dallas waived him, he signed with Carolina. And while he played as a rookie, it came only because of injuries to three QBs ahead of him.

The Panthers even coaxed 44-year-old Vinny Testaverde out of retirement before turning to Moore.

“Everybody’s path is different,” Moore said. “The one I took might have been longer, strange to some people, but I’m here now.”

But how will he fare? Despite the lack of scoring, Moore won points with his teammates by unveiling a side he rarely shows in public.

It’s the kind of leadership the NFL’s youngest team desperately needs.

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when police tried to search his home.

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Authorities are no longer allowing Colorado residents back to their homes after they fled a wildfire that has destroyed at least 169 houses near Boulder.

Containment lines have been built around 30 percent of the 10-square-mile fire in the foothills near Boulder, but firefighters warned that progress could be undone if sparks jump the fire lines.

Fed charges for suspect in S.C. officers’ shooting

ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) — A Rock Hill man accused of wounding two South Carolina police officers now faces federal drug and weapons charges.

The Herald of Rock Hill reported that 32-year-old Tymon James Wells of Rock Hill has been indicted on charges of possession with intent to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine and a variety of weapons charges.

Wells is accused in a February shootout that injured two officers

Detroit officials assess damage from blazes DETROIT (AP) — Fire officials in Detroit are trying to determine the extent of damage caused by a series of blazes that swept across the city.

Community Relations Chief Katrina Butler said Thursday the department was compiling data from firefighters who battled Tuesday’s wind-fed wildfires. Butler says it is unclear how many of the 85 structures that caught fire were occupied homes, vacant dwellings or garages.

Ga. man pleads guilty to killing woman, her son WALTERBORO, S.C. (AP) — A Georgia man has been sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to killing a South Carolina woman and her son.

Denver Jordan Simmons, 29, of Flintstone, Ga., pleaded guilty Wednesday in Walterboro and was sentenced to two consecutive life prison terms.

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Unidentified men in suits wearing earpieces leave the Dover World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Fla., Thursday after a short visit in the church where pastor Terry Jones had vowed to burn the Quran on Saturday. He canceled the event under intense pressure Thursday.

Minister cancels burning of Quran GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida minister who had created an international furor with his plan to burn the Quran on the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks canceled the event under intense pressure Thursday, saying he agreed to back off after reaching a deal to move the location of a controversial mosque near New York’s ground zero.

The Rev. Terry Jones announced his decision Thursday afternoon, standing outside his small church alongside Imam Muhammad Musri, the president of the Islamic Society of Central Florida.

However, Musri and the imam planning the New York mosque disputed Jones’ contention that a deal had been cut.

After the news conference, Musri told The Associated Press there was an agreement for him and Jones to travel to New York and meet Saturday — on the actual anniversary of the 9/11 attacks — with the imam overseeing plans to build a mosque near ground zero.

“I told the pastor that I personally believe the mosque should not be there, and I will do everything in my power to make sure it is moved,” Musri said.

“But there is not any offer from there (New York) that it will be moved. All we have agreed to is a meeting, and I think we would all like to see a peaceful resolution.”

Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf said he was surprised by the announcement and that he would not barter.

Jones, the pastor of a Florida Pentecostal church of 50 members, has said that he believes the Quran is evil because it espouses something other than biblical truth and incites radical, violent behavior among Muslims.

Jones on Thursday said he prayed about the decision and that if the site of the mosque was moved, it would be a sign from God to call off the Quran burning.

“We are, of course, now against any other group burning Qurans,” Jones said during the news conference.

“We would right now ask no one

Search for missing continues in Texas

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The death toll from flooding caused by the remnants of Tropical Storm Hermine could increase after authorities near San Antonio acknowledged Thursday that hopes were dim of finding alive two missing swimmers swept away by floodwaters.

Authorities ended foot patrols along the swollen riverbanks and pulled back helicopters making aerial sweeps of the Guadalupe River in New Braunfels, about 30 miles north

of San Antonio. The search went from rescue to recovery after the two men didn’t turn up early Thursday, when the river’s slowing current would likely have allowed them to climb the banks to safety, fire marshal Patrick O’Connell said.

The Hermine-fueled flooding caught much of Texas by surprise and forced more than 100 high-water rescues, though not all were successful. Flash flooding has killed at least two motorists and others are still missing.

In the San Antonio area, authorities searched Thursday for a man who drove into a flooded road Wednesday. His wife and children were following in a separate car, and the wife called to tell him not to drive into the water, Bexar County spokeswoman Laura Jesse said. Two San Antonio television stations’ helicopters were helping search.

Authorities also resumed a search in Austin for a woman whose black Lexus sport utility vehicle was swept off the road.

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to burn Qurans. We are absolutely strong on that. It is not the time to do it.”

His decision comes after a firestorm of criticism from leaders around the world. President Barack Obama, the top U.S. general in Afghanistan and several Christian leaders had urged Jones to reconsider his plans.

They said his actions would endanger U.S. soldiers and provide a strong recruitment tool for Islamic extremists. Jones’ protest also drew criticism from religious and political leaders from across the Muslim world.

They warned that the plan would put Americans in danger around the world. In Afghanistan, hundreds of angry Afghans burned an American flag and chanted “Death to the Christians” to protest the planned Quran burning.

Musri thanked Jones and his church members “for making the decision today to defuse the situation and bring to a positive end what has become the world over a spectacle that no one would benefit from except extremists and terrorists” who would use it to recruit future radicals.

Russ Blackburn, Gainesville city manager: “It’s very good news for Gainesville and good news for everyone involved.”

Jones’ neighbors in Gainesville, a city of 125,000 anchored by the sprawling University of Florida campus, also have said they disapprove.

At least two dozen Christian churches, Jewish temples and Muslim organizations in the city have mobilized to plan inclusive events — some will read from the Quran at their own weekend services.

Jones’ Dove Outreach Center is independent of any denomination.

It follows the Pentecostal tradition, which teaches that the Holy Spirit can manifest itself in the modern day.

Pentecostals often view themselves as engaged in spiritual warfare against satanic forces.

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‘The Great White Way’ comes to Rutherford County Thursday

By ALLISON FLYNN

‘100 Years of Broadway’ stars

Daily Courier Lifestyles Editor

NEIL BERG is the composer/lyricist of the hit offBroadway musical “The Prince and the Pauper,” which ran for two years at the Lamb’s Theater in New York City. Berg is currently writing the music for the Broadway bound musical “Grumpy Old Men,” based on the hit film. Two of Berg’s new musicals have been selected for the prestigious New York Musical Theater Festival: “The Man Who Would Be King,” a musical realization of Rudyard Kipling’s novella, and “Tim and Scrooge,” the sequel to A Christmas Carol.

You won’t have to fly to New York to be able to give your regards to Broadway – instead, you’ll be able to see Broadway stars sing some of the most recognizable songs from the Great White Way Thursday night at The Foundation Performing Arts Center on the campus of Isothermal Community College.

Neil Berg’s “100 Years of Broadway,” a musical revue of Broadway’s most celebrated shows, will take the stage at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $21 and $26 for adults and $7 and $9 for youth. Tickets can be purchased online at www.FoundationShows.org, the venue box office or charge by phone at 286-9990.

The Daily Courier caught up with Berg to talk about what’s in store for those who attend Thursday night’s performance.

How did you come up with the revue?

“100 Years of Broadway” is really a simple concept that has taken off. What I wanted to do – being someone who is in the fabric of the theater business – was to put together a show that was not just for theater insiders, but more for mainstream musical theater lovers. What that meant was put together a show with five incredible Broadway stars, five actors with major roles and in major musicals. They go out and recreate the roles they helped make famous on Broadway. Then we look at the history of Broadway as well. It’s a history lesson in musical theater with the people who made the roles famous. For example, Rita Harvey, who starred as Christine in “Phantom of the Opera.” When she sings her big hits, it’s not just a concert. She’s bringing 1,000 performances with it. Even though there are not the big costumes, it’s more fascinating for audiences to see the actor do it.

It’s fascinating. It’s what’s made us the number one touring Broadway production in the country.

What types of Broadway numbers can folks in Rutherford County expect to hear?

George M. Cohen, which is now over 100 years old. We go back that far. We do some from the 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s – it really is an expansive span of material. I guarantee the song “Fever,” which was by Peggy Lee, which was used in “It Ain’t Nothing But the Blues.”

We do songs from “Carousel” and “South Pacific,” “My Fair Lady.” We do the biggest of the big hits. Depending on how savvy people in your area know musical theater .... when we show up at different regions we think ‘They won’t know this’ but we find out people

RITA HARVEY starred recently as Hodel in the hit Broadway revival of “Fiddler on the Roof” with Rosie O’Donnell and Harvey Fierstein. She made her Broadway debut performing the lead role of Christine Daee in “The Phantom of the Opera,” after two years performing the role with the second national tour. She starred off-Broadway as Lady Edith in the hit musical “The Prince and the Pauper.” Rita has performed as featured soloist around the world with such stars as Robert Evan, Betty Buckley, Ben Vereen, Craig Schulman, Lillias White and Michael Crawford.

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love musical theater. We have Rob Evan, one of the biggest stars of Broadway, who was in the original cast of “Jekyll and Hyde” and “Les Miserables.” It’s very interesting because it’s so beautiful, people wish they had seen the show.

Which number or song in the revue speaks most to audiences?

We’re doing a lot of 11 o’clock numbers – which means biggest songs from their respective shows – so people are really going crazy throughout the show. When we do a song such as “Phantom of the Opera,” which is before we do our encore – that’s the song that has the haunting theme from Phantom of the Opera – when they see the actors do that live, and see the soprano hit those really high notes ....

That’s probably the biggest response, and one of the most exciting moments in the show.

How did you get where you are today (as far as performing and writing shows)?

I was a jock. I loved sports and wanted to play for the Yankees. I was a good basePlease see Broadway, Page 8B

RAYMOND JARAMILLO MCLEOD, a Broadway veteran, most recently appeared as Wreck in the Tony Award winning production of “Wonderful Town”.

He has also worked in shows with such stars as Michael Crawford (“Dance of the Vampires”), Placido Domingo (Metropolitan and Los Angeles Operas), Taye Diggs (“The Wild Party”) and Will Smith (“Fresh Please see Stars, Page 8B

Win tickets to the show!

You can win two tickets to Thursday’s “100 Years of Broadway,” dinner for two at M2 before the show, a show CD and a backstage meetand-greet.

To win, send the correct answer to the following question: Which two Broadway productions has the Rutherford County Arts Council performed in the past five years?

Send your answers to lifestyles@thedailycourier.com; answers are needed no later than 5 p.m. Monday, Sept. 13. Please include, along with your answer, your name and a daytime telephone number where you can be reached.

All correct answers will be placed in a random drawing; winners will be notified by phone.

2B — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Friday, September 10, 2010

Nation/world Nation Today Bombers hit Somali airport

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A suicide car bomber exploded at the gate to Mogadishu’s airport Thursday, and suicide bombers in a second vehicle rushed toward the terminal before exploding themselves short of their goal, officials said. Up to 14 people were killed, including five attackers.

The coordinated assault by al-Shabab fighters was the latest in a surge of attacks by Islamist insurgents, who last month declared a new, stepped-up effort to oust the country’s weak government. The barrage took place about 40 minutes after Somalia’s president flew out of the country.

In this photo released by the state media Cubadebate web site, Fidel Castro, left, stands with U.S. journalist of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg, second from right, and Cuban Jewish Community President Adela Dworin, third from right, at the National Aquarium in Havana, Cuba, on Aug. 30.

Associated Press

Suicide attack in Russia kills 17

ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia (AP) — A suicide car bomber hit a central market in southern Russia on Thursday, killing at least 17 people and wounding more than 130 in one of the North Caucasus region’s worst attacks in years, officials said.

The bomber detonated his explosives as he drove by the main entrance to the Vladikavkaz market, the Emergency Situations Ministry said.

The death toll included the bomber, and 98 of the 133 people wounded in the explosion were hospitalized, many in grave condition, said Alexander Pogorely of the Emergency Situations Ministry.

U.S. missile strike kills 5

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — A suspected American missile strike killed five alleged militants in northwestern Pakistan early Thursday, an intelligence official said, the fourth such attack in 24 hours.

The barrage of suspected U.S. missiles against houses and a vehicle in the mountains close to the Afghan border was one of the most intense since the attacks were stepped up more than two years ago in a bid to keep pressure on alQaida and its allies. Most are believed to be fired from unmanned, remote-controlled planes that can hover for hours above the area.

Also Thursday, 10 people were killed close to the Afghan border in Kurram region when a roadside bomb hit the bus they were traveling in, said local government official Noor Ahmed.

N. Korea founding day marked

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea celebrated its 62nd anniversary Thursday with odes to supreme leader Kim Jong Il and pilgrimages to his late father’s statue amid hints that a political meeting believed aimed at promoting his son as successor is imminent.

There is widespread speculation that Kim will use the conference to give his third and youngest son, Kim Jong Un, a key Workers’ Party position as part of plans to extend the Kim dynasty into a third generation.

Kim Jong Il, known as “Dear Leader” in North Korea’s cult of personality, himself took over leadership after his father, North Korea founder Kim Il Sung, died of heart failure in 1994.

Castro says Cuba’s communist economic model must change HAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s communist economic model has come in for criticism from an unlikely source: Fidel Castro.

The revolutionary leader told a visiting American journalist and a U.S.-Cuba policy expert that the island’s state-dominated system is in need of change, a rare comment on domestic affairs from a man who has taken pains to steer clear of local issues since illness forced him to step down as president four years ago.

The fact that things are not working efficiently on this cashstrapped Caribbean island is hardly news. Fidel’s brother Raul, the country’s president, has said the same thing repeatedly. But the blunt assessment by the father of Cuba’s 1959 revolution is sure to raise eyebrows.

Jeffrey Goldberg, a national correspondent for The Atlantic magazine, asked Castro if Cuba’s economic system was still worth exporting to other countries, and Castro replied: “The Cuban model doesn’t even work for us anymore,” Goldberg wrote Wednesday in a post on his Atlantic blog.

The Cuban government had no immediate comment on Goldberg’s account.

Julia Sweig, a Cuba expert at the Washington-based Council on Foreign Relations who accompanied Goldberg on the trip, confirmed the Cuban leader’s comment, which he made at

a private lunch last week.

She told The Associated Press she took the remark to be in line with Raul Castro’s call for gradual but widespread reform.

“It sounded consistent with the general consensus in the country now, up to and including his brother’s position,” Sweig said.

In general, she said she found the 84-year-old Castro to be “relaxed, witty, conversational and quite accessible.”

“He has a new lease on life, and he is taking advantage of it,” Sweig said.

Castro stepped down temporarily in July 2006 due to a serious illness that nearly killed him.

He resigned permanently two years later, but remains head of the Communist Party. After staying almost entirely out of the spotlight for four years, he re-emerged in July and now speaks frequently about international affairs. He has been warning for weeks of the threat of a nuclear war over Iran.

But the ex-president has said very little about Cuba and its politics, perhaps to limit the perception he is stepping on his brother’s toes.

Goldberg, who traveled to Cuba at Castro’s invitation last week to discuss a recent Atlantic article he wrote about Iran’s nuclear program, also reported on Tuesday that Castro questioned his own actions during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis,

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Fidel Castro’s interview with Goldberg is the only one he has given to an American journalist since he left office.

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Even after the fall of the Soviet Union, Cuba has clung to its communist system.

The state controls well over 90 percent of the economy, paying workers salaries of about $20 a month in return for free health care and education, and nearly free transportation and housing. At least a portion of every citizen’s food needs are sold to them through ration books at heavily subsidized prices.

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Stocks are up again on better jobs report

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks extended their September rally Thursday following more encouraging news on the job market.

The Dow Jones industrial average rose 28 points after the Labor Department said first-time claims for unemployment benefits fell last week to the lowest level in two months. In another hopeful sign on the economy, the trade deficit narrowed in July.

Stocks pared their gains in the afternoon after a report came out saying Deutsche Bank is considering raising new money through a stock sale in what could be another troubling sign for European banks. Trading volume was very light.

The jobs report came in much better than analysts had expected and added to other positive signals on the economy, including a pickup in job creation for August reported last week. Treasury prices and gold fell as investors found themselves with more appetite for risk.

“The employment report is still the king of kings,” said Edwin Denson, head of market strategy at Singer Partners LLC. “The labor market is still the indicator, that if it’s positive, would give people the most comfort.”

Unemployment claims have still not fallen enough to suggest that widespread hiring is around the corner, but investors have taken solace in recent employment news that suggest the economy will continue to grow slowly during the rest of the year. Traders concerned about the potential for the economy to slide back into recession drove stocks lower through most of August.

“All we need is slightly good news ... relative to expectations, and at this point expectations are relatively poor,” said Tyler Vernon, principal and portfolio manager at Biltmore Capital Advisors.

Stocks have rallied since the beginning of September on the improving outlook for the economy, and have risen in six out of the past seven days.

The Dow Jones industrial average rose 28.23, or 0.3 percent, to close at 10,415.24. The Dow had risen as much as 90 points earlier.

The Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose 5.31, or 0.5 percent, to 1,104.18, while the Nasdaq composite index rose 7.33, or 0.3 percent, to 2,236.20.

Rising stocks outpaced those that fell three to two on the New York Stock Exchange, where volume was extremely low at 840 million shares.

Bond prices fell, sending the yield on the 10-year Treasury note up to 2.76 percent from 2.66 percent late Wednesday.

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Containers aboard the OOCL Europe, top, are reflected in the window of the crane operator who loads the ship at the Long Beach Container Terminal at the Port of Long Beach, Calif., Wednesday. The trade deficit narrowed significantly in July as exports climbed to the highest level in nearly two years, reflecting big gains in sales of U.S.made airplanes and other manufactured goods while imports declined.

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Jobless claims fall; trade better WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of people signing up for unemployment benefits dropped to the lowest level in two months, an encouraging sign that companies aren’t resorting to deeper layoffs even as the economy has lost momentum.

The Labor Department reported Thursday that new claims for unemployment aid plunged last week by a seasonally adjusted 27,000 to 451,000. Economists had predicted a much smaller decline of just 2,000.

In a second hopeful sign, the government said the trade deficit narrowed significantly in July as exports climbed to the highest level in nearly two years.

The narrower gap reflected big gains in exports of U.S.-made airplanes and other manufactured goods. Imports declined.

Together, the two reports eased fears that the economy might slide back into recession.

“At the moment, we can rule out a double-dip for the economy,” said Chris Rupkey at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi. “The economy is not out of the woods with today’s data, but things look better than they have in several week, and there is no danger of a new downturn in activity.”

Concerns about a possible

new recession had arisen after a batch of downbeat reports in August. For example, new applications for jobless benefits shot past the half-million mark in mid-August, the highest level since November. Since that spike, though, they have drifted lower. New filings for benefits are now at their lowest level since July 10.

Meanwhile, the four-week moving average of new claims, which smooths out weekly fluctuations, also fell last week, dropping by 9,250 to 477,750.

So did the number of people continuing to draw unemployment aid.

Even with latest decline, new filing for jobless benefits are still much higher than they would be if the economy were healthy.

When the economy is growing strongly and companies are hiring, requests for unemployment benefits fall below 400,000.

The July trade deficit fell 14 percent to $42.8 billion, the Commerce Department said.

That was much lower than economists had forecast. The lower trade deficit should give a boost to overall economic growth.

Last week, the government reported that the unemployment rate ticked up a notch to

9.6 percent in August from 9.5 percent in July, as the number of jobseekers swamped the number of job openings. Private employers in August added a net total of only 67,000 jobs in August. Job gains would need to be more than three times that to drive down the unemployment rate.

The unemployment rate has exceeded 9 percent for 16 straight months and is likely to extend that streak into next year.

Without more jobs, consumers are likely to spend cautiously, which would keep the economy mired in its slow-growth rut.

The economy’s growth has slowed sharply from earlier this year as the impact of the government’s stimulus package fades. Companies are wary about stepping up hiring because they are worried about their sales and whether the economy will continue to lose momentum. But in recent weeks, companies have shied away from resorting to even deeper layoffs.

Thursday’s report showed the number of people continuing to draw unemployment aid dipped by 2,000 to 4.5 million, the lowest since late June.

4B — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Friday, September 10, 2010 SHOE by Chris Cassat and Gary Brookins

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Sudden end becomes gossip Dear Abby: “Pam” and I have been friends since childhood, when we attended preschool together. Our backgrounds are similar and we share the same religious views.

About two months ago, Pam suddenly stopped speaking to me. I have wracked my brain and honestly have no idea why. I have called, e-mailed and sent her letters to which she tersely replied, “Leave me alone.”

I’m sick over it and don’t know what to do. My kids love Pam and I adore her children and family. I cannot for the life of me imagine what would cause her to discard our friendship with no explanation.

I heard through the neighborhood grapevine that people suspect there must have been some kind of infidelity involved — such as Pam’s husband hitting on me or mine on her. According to one neighbor, “It’s the only plausible reason” a friendship like ours would end so abruptly.

I am beside myself. What should I do? — Haven’t a Clue Dear Haven’t a Clue: I wish you had written me before soliciting advice from your neighbors because now you’ve got them talking. There may be something going on in your friend’s life having nothing to do with you that she’s not comfortable talking about right now — which could also account for her silence.

Dear Abby Abigail van Buren

Try not to internalize what has happened and allow her the space she’s asking for. The truth will come out eventually. It always does ...

Dear Abby: I am a disabled man and I live with my 75-year-old mother. Most of the time we get along OK, but Mom is a “clutter bug.” I have never known her to throw anything away.

There are newspapers and magazines stacked everywhere in our home dating back at least 10 years.

Mom doesn’t want to invite anyone into the house. She says it’s “a mess,” but she won’t take advantage of any professional cleaning or organizing services. We haven’t entertained in 30 years!

Could this be a sign of Alzheimer’s?

What can I do about her? Please help. — Buried Alive Dear Buried Alive: If your mother has been this way for 30 years, it’s not Alzheimer’s — she’s a compulsive hoarder. She may need psychological help and/or medication to overcome her anxiety.

Muscle pain caused by allergies?

Dear Dr. Gott: I’m hoping this information will be helpful to many of your readers. I am a healthy 57-year-old female. Ten years ago, my husband and I lived in Virginia because he was in the Army. I became ill with tingling and numbness in my left arm and also aching joints. After numerous doctor visits, MRIs, etc., I still had no diagnosis. Then, about three months later, I awoke with my arms and torso covered in hives. I immediately went to see an allergist who told me that I was allergic to something that had caused the hives to develop, but he also said it was wreaking havoc inside my body and making my arm and joints ache.

Dear Reader: I have printed your letter because I find it interesting that you say you have joint, muscle and breast pain due to allergies.

Most allergies cause itchy, watery, red eyes; a runny nose and/or congestion; coughing, wheezing or other asthmalike symptoms; skin rashes, hives or swelling.

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Ask Dr. Gott Dr. Peter M. Gott I am unable to find any reliable scientific evidence that shows that any allergen, let alone pet dander, can cause joint, muscle or breast pain. I was able to find personal testimonies that claimed these symptoms due to allergies, but there is nothing to substantiate the claims.

Perhaps this is something that should be further investigated by the medical and scientific communities.

I am not in any way dismissing your claims.

I am simply stating that at this point there is no hard evidence to back up the claims. The fact that you have experienced relief by taking a daily antihistamine is compelling nonetheless.

IN THE STARS Your Birthday, Sept. 10; The year ahead could be one of those where ambitions can be fulfilled.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22) - Certain perceptions you get be more on target.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) - People in general could be more scrutinizing about others and life.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) - Your abilities to achieve material success are particularly good.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) - When making some social arrangements, opt to spend your time with friends.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) - You can increase your holdings through your own insight and initiative.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) - Anybody who has a disagreeable disposition won’t be able to stay dire very long around you.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) - A good friend might find himself in a position to financially help out others.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -This can be one of your more pleasant days for just hanging out with people.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) - Innately you understand that luck is a matter of positive thinking.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) - Others might have to stand on their heads to be noticed, but not you.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) - Decisions won’t be predicated solely on their material value.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) - Someone to whom you never really got close, could cross your path again.

The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Friday, September 10, 2010 — 5B

LOCAL

At Your Leisure Hobbies and crafts

Sept. 9 – Daisy ring, 6 to 8 p.m.

Ann’s Cozy Quilts & Sept. 11 – Kumihimo beadFabrics, Rutherfordton, ed bracelet, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. quiltfabricstore.com Sept. 14 – Lucite flower Upcoming classes – bracelet part one, 6 to 8 p.m.

Beginning quilting, paper Sept. 16 – Lucite flower piecing, fabric doll Making, bracelet part two, 6 to 8 p.m. jacket, purse, sampler and Sept. 18 – Bead club, 10 more a.m. to 1 p.m.

Sept. 21 – Peyote stitch Obsessions Beads, Forest bangle bracelet, 6 to 8 p.m.

City, obsessionsbeads.com: Sept. 24 – Wire ring workSept. 11 – Rain drops, 1 shop, 5:30 to 9 p.m. p.m.

Sept. 25 – Vertigo earrings, Sept. 14 – Dreamsicle 10 a.m. to noon series, 6 p.m.

Sept. 28 – Zippity do-da Sept. 16 – Egyptian swirl bracelet, 6 to 8 p.m. bracelet, 6 p.m.

Sept. 30 – Wirelace casSept. 18 – Embroidery tech- cade necklace, 6 to 8 p.m. nique, 1 p.m.

Sept. 21 – Copper rain, 6 Good Earth Pottery p.m.

Studio, Forest City, goodSept. 23 – Fun for your car, earthpotterystudio.com: 6 p.m.

Pottery classes – Mondays, Sept. 25 – Fallen in love, 1 Wednesdays and Thursdays p.m. from 6 to 9:30 p.m.; Sept. 25 – Copper and Tuesdays and Fridays from coins, 3 p.m.

9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Sept. 28 – Stitched hoops, Independent study – 6 p.m.

Tuesdays from 6 to 9:30 Sept. 30 – Getting back to p.m.; Wednesdays and basics, 6 p.m.

Thursdays from 1:30 to 5 p.m.

Off the Beaded Path, Forest City, offthebeadedpathbeadstore.com: Red Planet Games & Ongoing – Try-it-Tuesdays, Hobbies, Forest City, redbrief jewelry-making demos planethobbies.com:

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FATHER and Sons Services Cleaning out sheds, garages, out bldgs., etc. Any odd jobs, yard work, hauling off anything, big or small. Very cheap! Free estimates, big senior discounts 828-202-1715

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Generous Reward! Female mixed breed dog, mostly Jack Russell features white w/lg. black spots, about 35lbs., solid build, short bowed legs. Collar w/rabies tag - microchipped, recently groomed w/top knot on tail. Lost 9/4/10 Old Caroleen Rd., Sandy Mush/Caroleen area.

Call 657-4212 Kodak Camera in Tan Eco case No questions asked!

Valuable child pictures on cards. 828-748-5566

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Monday – Family Board Game Night, 6 p.m.

Tuesdays — Magic the Gathering Tournament, 6 p.m.

Wednesdays — New comic books arrive, Dungeons & Dragons Encounters, 6 to 9 p.m.

Thursdays — The Spoils Tournament, 6 p.m.

Fridays — Friday Night Magic starts at 6 p.m.

Saturdays — Hero Clix Tournament, 1 p.m.; Monsterpocalypse, 6 p.m.

Restaurants/bars Barley’s Taproom & Pizzeria, Spindale, www. barleystaproom.com: Sept. 10 – Julia Ann Band Dove’s Cove, Forest City: Tuesday – Karaoke at 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday – Line dancing, 5 p.m. unitl Thursday – Open mic Friday – Live DJ playing top 100 hits Saturday – Live band: Mother Loade M Squared Restaurant, Spindale, msquaredrestaurant.com:

Sept. 11 – Third anniversary party featuring The Undecided at 8 p.m.

Sept. 17 – JunkPuncher, 8 p.m.

Tuesdays — Patio Party with Alex Thompson on keyboard Wednesdays — Trivia at 8 p.m. (half price wine bottles) Thursdays — Seafood Night (reservations 288-4641) Friday — Chef’s specials, Martini Night, Alex Thompson on keyboard Saturday — No entertainment, prime rib specials Sundays — Brunch and Bloody Mary Bar

Arts Rutherford County Visual Artists Guild, Rutherfordton, rcvag.com: Celebration of the Arts Show and sale – Sept. 15-19, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday Tryon Fine Arts Center, Tryon, Explore the Arts – first Thursday of every month

Performances

millslearningcenter.org: Bluegrass – Every Friday in the auditorium, 7 p.m.; $5, younger than 12 free; concessions start at 6 p.m.; this week’s concert features George Watson, South Mountain Connection, Fibergrass and more.

The Foundation, Spindale, foundationshows.com: 100 years of Broadway – Sept. 16, 7:30 p.m.

Nearly Lear – Sept. 23, 7:30 p.m.

Sister Chicks for Christ Ladies Night Out – Sept. 27, 6:30 p.m.

Jon Reep – Ot. 21, 8 p.m.

Otherwise Known As Sheila the Great – Oct. 27, 10 a.m. and noon Harold and the Purple Crayon – Nov. 2, 10 a.m. and noon Pianafiddle – Nov. 13, 7:30 p.m.

The Littlest Angel – Dec. 2, 10 a.m. and noon Kathy Mattea – Dec. 4, 7:30 p.m.

James Gregory – Jan. 21, 8 p.m.

Chamber Orchestra Kremlin – Feb. 11, 7:30 p.m.

Union Mills Learning Center, Union Mills, union-

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Brown Male Boxer with white paws. Found 8/30 between Beams Mill Rd. & Pilgrim Rd., in Ellenboro. 828-447-4281

3 FAMILY 1709 Bostic Sunshine Hwy Sat. 7A-until Clothes, women's 0-2X, kids 0-24mo., Princess House, hot tub. Earlybirds welcome Friday after 6pm!

3 family yard sale: Spindale, 281 Spindale St., Sat., 6:30A-until. Adult, toddle, baby clothes, baby items, furn. household, toys

Moving Bostic: 859 Cherry Mtn. St. (past Crowe's Park) Sat. 7A-til Couch, table, h/h

Male Pit Bull unusual coloring found on Old Caroleen Rd, FC, Thurs 9/9. Call 248-9624 to identify

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Come see what u can find?

Ellenboro: 2142 US Hwy 74 Bus. Sat. 8A-1P Back 2 school items, printers, phones, nurse uniforms, bowls, dishes, cups, jewelry, lunch boxes, coolers, furniture, bar stools, book shelves, brand name girls clothes, pocketbooks, linens, coffee pots, XL M/W clothes, 2 bench seats for a 99 Dodge Caravan

POLICE OFFICER The Town of Rutherfordton is currently accepting applications for the position of Police Officer. Must possess a strong ethical background and be team oriented. Must be currently certified or qualify to be certified with the NC Criminal Justice Education & Training Standards Commission. Experience, training and education preferred. Good communication skills are required. Must pass a rigid background investigation, physical exam, drug test and psychological test and be able to perform the essential job functions required of a Police Officer.

Application packet available at the

Rutherfordton Town Hall, 129 North Main Street, Rutherfordton, NC 28139, Monday through Friday 8:00 am until 5:00 pm or send a letter of request.

Position open until filled. EOE.

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COMMUNITY YARD SALE at Gilkey General Store Hwy 221N Sat. 7A-until Danieltown: 143 Walker Lake Rd off 221S, Sat. 8A-until.

Quilts, antiques, household, glassware, lots more EVERYTHING MUST GO! Ellenboro: 2960 New House Road (1.5 miles from Sandy Plains Barbeque) Sat. 8A-until Home decor, Christmas, antiques FC: 244 Carroll Rd. (off Tanners Grove Rd.) Fri. 8A-2:30P & Sat. 7A-1P Antique furniture, Thomas the Train, childrens, men's XL, ladies name brand clothes, toys and more!

FC: 389 Dogwood Lane Fri. 11A-until & Sat. 7A-until Many items $1.00 or less No junk Dishes, linens, cookware, two barstools, Avon, Tupperware, DVD's, Super Nintendo w/30 games and much much more All items in excellent condition!

GIANT YARD SALE Rfdtn: 262 Fernwood Dr. Fri. & Sat. 7A-6P Antiques, furniture, Christmas decor, lodge cookware, jewelry, golf clubs, candles, much more!

HUGE BABY SALE Rfdtn: 310 Weeks Rd. Sat. 7A-until Large items, girls/boys clothes (0-24mo.), toys, bottles, men/women's, A&F apparel, household, refrigerator

Huge multi-family, Ellenboro, Soco Gap Rd., Sat. 7A-until.

High chairs, Pack & Play, girls clothes, Fire-King dishes, bar stools, jeans HUGE YARD SALE Ellenboro: 153 Asheland Dr. Fri. & Sat. 7A-1P Kids furniture, basketball goal, toddler toys, clothes and equipment

Huge yard sale, Ellenboro, 487 Tiney Rd., Sat. 8A-noon.

Children, men, women clothes, dryer, a/c, furn and many other items Inside Garage Sale: Ellenboro, 1603 Walls Church Rd., Sat. 7A-Noon. Home decor, Earnhardt memorabilia, clothes, fishing rods and much more

LARGE YARD SALE Rfdtn: 191 Pleasant Grove Rd. Sat. 7:30A-1P Furniture, computer, colored printer, toys, clothes, kitchen appliances and more!

Moving sale: Union Mills, 5234 Hudlow Rd., Sat., 7A-until. collectible Barbies, Ashton Drake porcelain dolls, home decor, like new a/c and more

Multi-family Rfdtn: 500 Southern St., Fri & Sat. 7:30A-until. Children's books, odds and ends, baby crib, nursery rocker, clothes, shoes, too much to mention Shop/Yard Sale: Rft., 531 Railroad Ave., Fri. & Sat., 7A-until, fabrics, new and old dolls, sewing items, much, much more.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Administrator of the estate of WALTER IRVAN JONES of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said WALTER IRVAN JONES to present them to the undersigned on or before the 20th day of November, 2010 or the same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment.

This is the 20th day of August, 2010.

Robert Lee Shires Sr., Administrator 211 Lynch Street Rutherfordton, NC 28139 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified on the 4th day of August, 2010, as Executor of the Estate of MURLITA R. GRINDLEY, deceased, late of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned Executor on or before the 18th day of November, 2010, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the estate will please make immediate payment.

Spindale, Grant St., Fri. 3P-7P, (behind Murray's) Spindale: FCI Mini Warehouses, West St., Sat., 8A-3P, clocks, childrens toys, some electronics, too much to mention

YARD SALE Rfdtn: 189 Shepherds Creek Circle (off Broyhill Rd.) Sat. 7A-11A Furniture, household items, some new clothing. 429-3787 YARD SALE Rfdtn: 371 Piedmont Rd. Sat. 8A-1P TV's, record-CD recorder, video camera, air cleaners, bathtub, door and sink, household

Yard sale: Rfdtn 289 Ridgeview Dr., Forest Hills South, FRI. ONLY 7:30A-until. Reg., large ladies, lg. size mens clothing, tools, golf clubs, much more Yard Sale: Rfdtn: 193 W. Court St., Sat. 7A-1P Household items, tools, lawn care, toys, linens, infant clothes

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Tax Preparer position in Shelby, NC. Full time/year round (M-F/8am-5pm) Medium level taxation knowledge required, will be tested. Start immediately. Pay BOE. Send resume to: resume@ mangum-associates.com or "Tax Prep" 209-A Patton Drive, Shelby, NC 28150

0244

Trucking

$1,225

This is what our drivers average pay per week!

Plus: *WEEKLY Home Time *APU Equipped * NO NYC * No Touch Freight

Call 800-968-8552 Truck Service, Inc. Forest City, NC

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Restaurant

MPLOYMENT

0208

Sales NOW HIRING Earn $65k,

National framed art manufacturer needs an inside sales rep with sales exp., telephone and computer skills.

Email resume to sales@boothframing.com or fax 828-863-1267

$50k, $40k (GM, Co Mgr, Asst Mgr) We currently have managers making this, and need more for expansion.

1 yr. salaried restaurant management experience required. Fax resume

Staff Accountant position in Shelby, NC. Full time/ year round. Proficiency in QuickBooks and Principles of Accounting and financial statement knowledge required, will be tested. P/R tax/W-2 knowledge a plus. Pay BOE. Send resume to: resume@ mangum-associates.com or "Bookkeeper" 209-A Patton Drive, Shelby, NC 28150

0272

0228

Accounting

to 336-431-0873

People Seeking Employment

Will do bush hogging, driveway scraping and other backhoe and tractor work.

Call 828-447-4717

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ETS

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executor of the estate of BURRELL FRANCIS WOOD of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said BURRELL FRANCIS WOOD to present them to the undersigned on or before the 27th day of November, 2010 or the same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment.

This is the 27th day of August, 2010.

Gail Quinn, Executor 108 Westmore Dr. Ellenboro, NC 28040

This the 20th day of August, 2010.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Murlita R. Grindley Thomas Cleave Grindley, Executor 975 Jefferson St. SE, Apt 4 Hutchinson, MN 55350

Having qualified as Executor of the estate of ROBERT H. BEHRNS of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said ROBERT H. BEHRNS to present them to the undersigned on or before the 20th day of November, 2010 or the same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment.

This is the 20th day of August, 2010.

A. Bailey Nager Attorney at Law Resident Process Agent 301 N. Trade St., Ste. 204 P.O. Box 851 Tryon, NC 28752 Publish dates: 8/20, 8/27, 9/3, 9/10/10

Betty Behrns Lonon, Executor 150 Persimmon Branch Drive Marion, NC 28752

6B — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Friday, September 10, 2010 0320

Cats/Dogs/Pets

0563 Misc. Items for Sale

Free Puppies to good home Doberman mix 7 weeks old tails docked ,dew claws removed 828-429-7909

#925 Sterling Silver Rings assorted styles, size 5-10.

1/$15, 2/$25, 3/$30 429-7645 One lot for sale in Sunset Cemetery, Good Shepherd.

Good price! 286-2298

Free Young Hound Dogs Must go to a good home. Born 4/23, wormed, gentle & playful.

Great pet for a child! 453-1800

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0509

Household Goods

Maytag Electric Dryer Digital, like new! $175 Can deliver.

Cell 828-980-3690

0554 Wanted to Rent/Buy/ Trade Junk Vehicles Wanted

No title required. Paying $220 & up. Any size vehicles, Cash on the spot PLUS Free Large Pizza included. Picking up vehicles 24 hrs, 7 days/also buying catalytic converters $35 each, any amount.

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EAL ESTATE FOR RENT

0610

Unfurnished Apartments

2 & 3 BR Close to downtown Rfdtn. D/w, stove, refrig., w/d hook up. No pets! 287-0733

3BR/2BA

single level town home, with attached garage, great neighborhood, conveniently located inside Rutherfordton city limits. No pets!

828-429-4288

Call 828-202-1715

WILL BUY YOUR JUNK CARS & TRUCKS Pick up at your convenience!

Call 223-0277

0610

Lake Lure prof. bus. apts in private B&B resort, free satellite & wireless. Pool, hot tub & sauna. short & long term lease German rest. on site.

828-625-0093 Quiet Neighborhood/Forest City 1BR W/ Kitchen Appl.

828-429-5322

Rutherfordton area: 2 Bedroom/1.5 Bath $400/mo. + deposit

3 Bedroom/1.5 Bath $475/mo. + deposit

Call 289-2700

Very nice large remodeled 1, 2 & 3 Bedroom Townhome Apts.

Starting at $375/mo.

Washer/dryer hookup and water included.

Carriage House Apts.

1-888-684-5072

0620

Subscribe To The Daily Courier 245-6431

Unfurnished Apartments

Homes for Rent

2BR Spindale area, $450/mo + dep. Central h/a. Call 423-773-6302

2BR/1BA Cent. h/a, lg. kitchen $450/mo. + dep. & ref's. No pets! Call 828-245-5035 2BR/1BA Cent. h/a, stove, refrig. $500/mo. + $400 dep.

245-5703 or 286-8665

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY POLICE OFFICER TOWN OF LAKE LURE The Town of Lake Lure is accepting applications for a police officer with a starting salary of $30,367. Preferred applicants will have good knowledge of modern police practices, laws relating to arrest, search and seizure, apprehension of criminals and traffic control.

Special Requirements: Applicants must possess NC General Law Enforcement Certification, high school diploma/GED, have no felony convictions and possess a valid North Carolina driver's license. Prior to employment, applicants must successfully complete a physical/drug screen examination psychological and extensive background investigation.

Application and resume may be received in person at the Lake Lure Police Department or by contacting Michelle Lancaster at (828) 625-4685.

Send application and resume by Friday, September 17, 2010 to: Chief Eric Hester PO Box 195, Lake Lure, NC 28746 The Town of Lake Lure considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation or any other legally protected status.

SECTION 00010 - ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Sealed proposals will be received by the Rutherford County Board of Commissioners in the County Commissioners Meeting Room, 289 North Main Street, Rutherfordton, NC until 2:30pm Tuesday, September 28, 2010 and thereafter opened and read, for the furnishing of labor, materials, and equipment for the Site Improvements to Ray Henson Park.

Informal bids will be received for all work under the General Contract. Bids must be on the Standard Form provided by the Architect. Bid Bond and Performance Bond are not required.

Bid documents may be obtained by calling the Architect, Holland & Hamrick Architects, P.A., at 704-487-8578.

Bid documents may be obtained from the office of the Architect on the following basis: Bidders may obtain one complete set of bid documents upon deposit of $100.00. Full deposit for one set of bid documents will be refunded to those submitting a bona fide bid proposal for the contract and who return the documents in usable condition within ten (10) days after date of bid opening.

Additional prints of drawings will be issued on a non-refundable cost basis of $1.50 per sheet.

Additional copies of the specification pages are available for a non-refundable charge of ten cents per page.

All Contractors are notified that General Statutes of N.C., Chapter 87, and as amended, will be observed in receiving bids and awarding contracts. All federal, state and municipal laws governing each respective trade will be complied with.

A pre-bid conference will be held at 2:30pm, September 15, 2010 at the Rutherford County Board of Commissioners in the County Commissioners Meeting Room, 289 North Main Street, Rutherfordton, NC to answer any questions about this project.

The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all bids and/or to waive any and all technical defects in the execution of and informalities in the submission of any proposal. No bid may be withdrawn for forty five (45) days after the bid opening.

Payments will be made by the Owner once a month in an amount equal to ninety (95) percent of the work completed and final payment within thirty (30) days after the completion and acceptance of the work.

Mr. John Condrey, County Manager, Rutherford County SECTION 00010 - ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Sealed proposals will be received by the Rutherford County Board of Commissioners in the County Commissioners Meeting Room, 289 North Main Street, Rutherfordton, NC until 3:30pm Tuesday, September 28, 2010 and thereafter opened and read, for the furnishing of labor, materials, and equipment for the Site Improvements to Frank West Park.

Informal bids will be received for all work under the General Contract. Bids must be on the Standard Form provided by the Architect. Bid Bond and Performance Bond are not required.

Bid documents may be obtained by calling the Architect, Holland & Hamrick Architects, P.A., at 704-487-8578.

Bid documents may be obtained from the office of the Architect on the following basis: Bidders may obtain one complete set of bid documents upon deposit of $100.00. Full deposit for one set of bid documents will be refunded to those submitting a bona fide bid proposal for the contract and who return the documents in usable condition within ten (10) days after date of bid opening.

Additional prints of drawings will be issued on a non-refundable cost basis of $1.50 per sheet.

Additional copies of the specification pages are available for a non-refundable charge of ten cents per page.

All Contractors are notified that General Statutes of N.C., Chapter 87, and as amended, will be observed in receiving bids and awarding contracts. All federal, state and municipal laws governing each respective trade will be complied with.

A pre-bid conference will be held at 2:30pm, September 15, 2010 at the Rutherford County Board of Commissioners in the County Commissioners Meeting Room, 289 North Main Street, Rutherfordton, NC to answer any questions about this project.

The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all bids and/or to waive any and all technical defects in the execution of and informalities in the submission of any proposal. No bid may be withdrawn for forty five (45) days after the bid opening.

Payments will be made by the Owner once a month in an amount equal to ninety (95) percent of the work completed and final payment within thirty (30) days after the completion and acceptance of the work.

Mr. John Condrey, County Manager, Rutherford County

0620

Homes for Rent

3BR/2BA 107 Cobra Dr., FC $650/mo. 704-472-4666 or 704-472-3100 3BR/ 1 BA 163 Edwards St. Spindale, Nice Area, Cent.

H/A, new carpet $500 mo. + Deposit 828-287-7462 Newly remodeled 2BR Stove, refrig. $400/mo. + $400 sec. dep. 6 mo. lease. 447-6424 Newly updated 2BR/1BA on golf course in FC. $465/mo. + sec. dep. Call 828-455-4673

Rooms for Rent

Room for rent: Sober living, close to downtown Rfdtn, avail. 10/1. $350/mo. scooter4keekee@hotmail.com 704-477-1422

0640

Misc for Rent

2 Commercial buildings for rent

Located on W Main St., FC. Approx. 8,000 sq ft. & 2,000 sq ft. High visibility. $1,400/mo. & $600/mo.

Call 248-1681

0670

Mobile Homes for Rent

2BR/2BA Cent. h/a, stove, refrig. No pets. $425 + $300 dep. 245-5703 or 286-8665

2BR/1BA in Spindale Appliances furnished $400/mo., first & last.

Call 287-3869

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0675

Business Places/ Offices

Commercial property for lease 3.9 ac. off US 74A in Ruth former Henson Timber location 3800 sf. SR & Office (AC) 18,000 sf. warehouse For further info call 1-478-955-9442 ask for Jerry Newton

3BR/2BA DW in quiet country setting $550/mo. Dep. & ref's req. Call 828-288-6876 3BR/2BA Modular Home Appl., large yard Cove Rd. $500/mo. + dep 704-472-4403

3BR/2BA SW in Rutherfordton RENT TO OWN!

Will Finance! No banks!

Hurry! You pay no lot rent, insurance, taxes or interest!

Neg. $99 week + dep.

704-806-6686

Hawthorn Lane, FC 2BR/1BA Washer/dryer, stove, refrig. $300/mo. + $300 dep. No pets. Call 287-2511

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EAL ESTATE FOR SALE

0710

Homes for Sale

0734

Lots & Acreage

50 +/- ac. on Hollis Rd. near Ellenboro. City water available! $140,000 Call 828-288-6876

0741

Mobile Homes for Sale

4BR DW on 3/4 acre Oakland area $64,900 Owner financing with DP! 657-4430 DW on 1 acre Close to Duke Power Plant $59,900 Owner financing with DP! 657-4430

0754

Commercial/Office

High Traffic Great Location Commercial Office space Rfdtn. 828-429-5322

0793

Monuments/ Cemeteries

2 grave sites at Sunset Park, Good Shepherd 3, Lot 79, $900 or obo. 910-619-7959 FOR SALE: Cemetery plot at Pleasant Grove Methodist Church $600 Call 245-2948

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RANSPORTATION

0804

Boats for Sale

3BR/2BA Built 2003, 3.8 ac. exc. well, paved road, heavily wooded, constant stream. $135,000 828-748-7605

'89 Sunbird Boat w/Galvinized trailer, 88 SPL Evinrude motor. $3,500 obo. 828-447-2346

Great Rental 3BR/1 BA 163 Edwards St. Spindale, Nice area, Cent. H/A $41,000 obo. 828-287-7462

1997 Mazda 626 DX One owner, 155k mi., good cond.! $2,450 Call Mandy 286-2443

Small 2BR/1BA on New House Rd. $49,900 Owner financing with DP! 657-4430

2000 Ford Focus 4 door, auto. 204K, great cond.! Must sell! $2,500 828-289-9503

0868

Cars for Sale

PROCESSING ASSISTANT III Rutherford-Polk-McDowell District Health Department is accepting applications for a Processing Assistant III position in the McDowell County Health Department.

High school diploma or equivalent is required. Demonstrated possession of knowledge, skills and abilities gained through at least one year of office assistant/ secretarial experience; or an equivalent combination of training and experience is required. Associate Degree in Medical Office Administration, Medical Secretary, Business Administration is preferred. Minorities and Spanish/English bilingual persons are strongly encouraged to apply.

Applicants must submit a current resume and state application (PD 107) by 5:00 PM on Monday, September 20, 2010. Applications can be obtained from our website at www.rpmhd.org/hr/employment or from the following address:

RPM Health Department Attn: Personnel Dept.

221 Callahan-Koon Rd. • Spindale, NC 28160 828-287-6488 EOE NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY 10-SP-369 UNDER AND BY VIRTUE of the power and authority contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed and delivered by Perry Nelson Richardson, dated January 4, 2006 and recorded on January 5, 2006, in Book No. 879, at Page 620 in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Rutherford County, North Carolina; and because of default in the payment of the indebtedness secured thereby and failure to carry out and perform the stipulations and agreements contained therein and, pursuant to demand of the holder of the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will place for sale, at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at Rutherford County Courthouse, Rutherfordton, North Carolina on September 21, 2010 at 10:00 AM that parcel of land, including improvements thereon, situated, lying and being in the City of Chimney Rock, County of Rutherford, State of North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Situate lying and being in Chimney Rock Township, Rutherford County North Carolina and being lot #45 and lot #47 of block C of Chimney Rock Terraces as shown on plat recorded in Plat Book 1 Page 56, Rutherford County Registry and being described by meets and bounds as follows: BEGINNING at a new iron pin on the Northern edge of Terrace Avenue (Sr. 1300) said iron pin lying 15.19 feet from the center line of said road and also being the Southeast corner of the Sudia Mae Godfrey property as shown under 91E/474 (will) and Deed Book 178 Page 458 and running thence with Godfrey’s line North 13 deg. 33 min. 12 sec. East 116.01 feet to a point in the Southern edge of Mountain View Avenue (unopened); thence running with the Southern edge of Mountain View Avenue South 69 deg. 30 min. 06 sec. East 100.00 feet to an iron pin same being the Northwest corner of the Harold Eugene Baker and George William Hodges’ lands as described in Deed Book 387 Page 312 Rutherford County Registry; thence running with the common line of Banker and Hodges’ (Lot 49) South 13 deg. 25 min. 02 sec. West 113.54 feet to an iron pin in the Northern edge of Terrace Avenue, thence running with the Northern edge of Terrace Avenue North 70 deg. 55 min. 31 sec. West 100.00 feet to the point and place of BEGINNING and containing 0.26 acres according to a map and survey by Professional Surveying and Engineering Services under map #18346 S dated November 14, 1996 to which reference is hereby made.

Address of property: 317 Terrace Drive, Chimney Rock, NC 28720 Present Record Owners: Perry Nelson Richardson The terms of the sale are that the real property hereinbefore described will be sold for cash to the highest bidder. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. In the event that the Owner and Holder or its intended assignee is exempt from paying the same, the successful bidder shall be required to pay revenue stamps on the Trustee’s Deed, and any Land Transfer Tax. The real property hereinabove described is being offered for sale “AS IS, WHERE IS” and will be sold subject to all superior liens, unpaid taxes, and special assessments. Other conditions will be announced at the sale. The sale will be held open for ten (10) days for upset bids as by law required.

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

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

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

Dated: August 31, 2010 David A. Simpson, P.C., Substitute Trustee Rogers Townsend & Thomas, PC Attorneys for David A. Simpson, P.C., Substitute Trustee 2550 West Tyvola Road, Suite 520 Charlotte, NC 28217 704-442-9500 1712; 8746.088; 30028873

The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Friday, September 10, 2010 — 7B SECTION 00010 - ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

SECTION 00010 - ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Sealed proposals will be received by the Rutherford County Board of Commissioners in the County Commissioners Meeting Room, 289 North Main Street, Rutherfordton, NC until 3:00pm Tuesday, September 28, 2010 and thereafter opened and read, for the furnishing of labor, materials, and equipment for the Site Improvements to Bechtler Mint Site.

Sealed proposals will be received by the Rutherford County Board of Commissioners in the County Commissioners Meeting Room, 289 North Main Street, Rutherfordton, NC until 4:00pm Tuesday, September 28, 2010 and thereafter opened and read, for the furnishing of labor, materials, and equipment for the Site Improvements to Shiloh Community Park.

Informal bids will be received for all work under the General Contract. Bids must be on the Standard Form provided by the Architect. Bid Bond and Performance Bond are not required.

Informal bids will be received for grading, paving, concrete work, landscaping, etc. All work shall be included in the Contractor’s bid. Bids must be on the Standard Form provided by the Architect. Bid Bond and Performance Bond are not required.

Bid documents may be obtained by calling the Architect, Holland & Hamrick Architects, P.A., at 704-487-8578.

Bid documents may be obtained from the office of the Architect on the following basis:

Bid documents may be obtained by calling the Architect, Holland & Hamrick Architects, P.A., at 704-487-8578.

Bid documents may be obtained from the office of the Architect on the following basis:

Bidders may obtain one complete set of bid documents upon deposit of $100.00. Full deposit for one set of bid documents will be refunded to those submitting a bona fide bid proposal for the contract and who return the documents in usable condition within ten (10) days after date of bid opening.

Bidders may obtain one complete set of bid documents upon deposit of $50.00. Full deposit for one set of bid documents will be refunded to those submitting a bona fide bid proposal for the contract and who return the documents in usable condition within ten (10) days after date of bid opening.

Additional prints of drawings will be issued on a non-refundable cost basis of $1.50 per sheet.

Additional copies of the specification pages are available for a non-refundable charge of ten cents per page.

Additional prints of drawings will be issued on a non-refundable cost basis of $1.50 per sheet.

Additional copies of the specification pages are available for a non-refundable charge of ten cents per page.

All Contractors are notified that General Statutes of N.C., Chapter 87, and as amended, will be observed in receiving bids and awarding contracts. All federal, state and municipal laws governing each respective trade will be complied with.

All Contractors are notified that General Statutes of N.C., Chapter 87, and as amended, will be observed in receiving bids and awarding contracts. All federal, state and municipal laws governing each respective trade will be complied with.

A pre-bid conference will be held at 2:30pm, September 15, 2010 at the Rutherford County Board of Commissioners in the County Commissioners Meeting Room, 289 North Main Street, Rutherfordton, NC to answer any questions about this project. Immediately following the meeting, contractors will visit the Bechtler Mint Site.

A pre-bid conference will be held at 2:30pm, September 15, 2010 at the Rutherford County Board of Commissioners in the County Commissioners Meeting Room, 289 North Main Street, Rutherfordton, NC to answer any questions about this project.

The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all bids and/or to waive any and all technical defects in the execution of and informalities in the submission of any proposal. No bid may be withdrawn for forty five (45) days after the bid opening.

Payments will be made by the Owner once a month in an amount equal to ninety (95) percent of the work completed and final payment within thirty (30) days after the completion and acceptance of the work.

Mr. John Condrey, County Manager, Rutherford County

The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all bids and/or to waive any and all technical defects in the execution of and informalities in the submission of any proposal. No bid may be withdrawn for forty five (45) days after the bid opening.

Payments will be made by the Owner once a month in an amount equal to ninety (95) percent of the work completed and final payment within thirty (30) days after the completion and acceptance of the work.

Mr. John Condrey, County Manager, Rutherford County

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8B — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Friday, September 10, 2010

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you. If you have an option, do not do theater. There’s too many people – like me – where it wasn’t an option. ball player, but had music trainI needed to do theater or I couldn’t ing and loved more than anything live. I need to do this for the rest of to sit down at the piano and write my life. If this is what you are comsongs. When I went to college at pelled to do, once you make that Binghampton University, a friend of decision, work harder than anyone to mine, who was a theater major, made know your craft. Do your craft, know me a bet – 20 bags of Oodles of your research. Listen to things you Noodles – that I didn’t have the guts like and don’t like, to find out why to audition for the musical. Twenty you don’t like them. Then it’s about bags was a lot in those days. I went making calls and getting internships to the audition, and I’d already been in theaters. I’ve found people call me out playing as a musician in bands, from out of the blue and ask to be a but hadn’t done theater experience production assistant – for them they since middle school. I remember get experience of a lifetime. Most going into that audition, and they don’t take advantage of that. asked what I was going to sing. I pulled out a handwritten piece of What would you say to persuade music and handed it to the piano player, who said “I can’t play this.” folks to come see the show?

I said, “OK, get up.” I accompanied In this hard economy, you need to myself on my audition. I got in and be sure when spending money for they decided to produce a musical I entertainment. This is a sure bet. If had written the next year. you like Broadway, it’s as good a conBy senior year I was writing profes- cert you’ll ever see. sionally. I decided “goodbye baseball If you just like music, then you and law school.” should come and see this because you’ll be seeing incredible artists at What advice do you have for the height of their game. others who would like to be on Our show is a history lesson in Broadway?

America. The songs form these I’ll never forget the moment after shows are a commentary on what I wrote my first musical, sitting was going on in America at time they backstage crying with joy because I were written. It’s an American genre couldn’t believe I could love someof music. thing so much.

Right now Broadway music doesn’t It wasn’t a decision then. I always mean an old style – it’s synonymous give the advice to let theater choose for what is popular for its time.

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Prince of Bel-Air”). However, his daughters only know him from his work with Disney on the soundtracks: “Beauty and the Beast,” “The Little Mermaid,” “Aladin” and “Pocohantas.”

CARTER CALVERT New York credits include starring in the original Broadway production cast album, and touring productions of “It Ain’t Nothin’ But The Blues.”

Calvert toured Europe in “Smokey Joe’s Café,” played Grizabella in the national tour of “Cats,” and appeared as the title role in “Always,” Patsy Cline.

the world, Danny’s unique and stirring performance of the aria “Gethsemane” is debated among “Jesus Christ Superstar” fans as one of the best. Danny has just completed and will soon be releasing his second solo album entitled “Sometimes Simple is Best”. Most recently, Danny starred as Jesus in the 20th Anniversary concert of Jesus Christ Superstar.

ERICK BUCKLEY was the first person in the world to perform both the roles of Marius and Jean Valjean in Les Miserables:, Piangi in “Andrew Loyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera, Dave in The Full Monty, Roger in the broadway revival of Grease! with Sheena Easton, John Secada, Rex Smith, and Adrian DANNY ZOLLI Best known for his monu- Zmed, Gangster #1 in the Tony winmental number of performances as Jesus, ning Broadway revival of Kiss Me, Kate, Judas, and Annas in more than 15 produc- Camelot opposite Robert Goulet and crititions of Jesus Christ Superstar throughout cally acclaimed concerts around the world.

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Performances during “100 Years of Broadway” will include “Phantom of the Opera.”

At Your Leisure A Second Helping: The Church Basement Ladies Sequel – March 10, 2 and 7:30 p.m.

John Davidson – March 21, 7:30 p.m.

Stuart Little – March 31, 10 a.m. and noon Dr. Etta, Family Specialist – April 1, 8 p.m.

We the People – April 6, 10 a.m.

Tryon Little Theater, Tryon, tltinfo.org: “Welcome to Mitford” – Sept. 23-26 and Sept.

30-Oct. 3 “MonkY Business” – Nov. 11 “Oliver!” – Feb. 11-20 “Done to Death” – April 28-May 8

Family Dance N Play in Spanish, Rutherfordton: Latin dancing classes for adults – Thursdays from 6 to 7:15 p.m., $35/month Latin dancing classes for children – Tuesdays from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., $35/month Zumba – Monday through Friday evenings, Saturdays 10 to

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Drum lessons – Tuesdays at 4 p.m. (limited to two students per class), $38/month (includes student booklet) Chimney Rock Park, Chimney Rock, chimneyrockpark.com: What’s Blooming in Fall – Sept. 1-30; Oct. 1-31; Nov. 1-16 Hammered Dulcimer with John Mason – Sept. 2 and 3, 5 and 6, 15, 17, 19, 23-25 and 30; Oct. 1, 3, 28 and 31; Nov. 1, 4, 26, 27 and 28 Fall Homeschool Day – Sept. 8 Naturalist series, Birding – Sept. 25 and 26 Flock to the Rock – Sept. 25 and 26 Simon Says Guided Bird Walk, Southbound Migration – Oct. 10 Naturalist Series, Color Me Curious – Oct. 16 Shutterbugs Nature Photography Workshop – Oct. 23 and 24 Fall Girl Scout Day – Nov. 6 Naturalist Series, Backyard Habitats – Nov. 20 Santa on the Chimney – Dec. 4, 11 Winter Homeschool Day – Dec. 8 Naturalist Series, Handmade Holidays – Dec. 18 KidSenses Children’s Museum, Rutherfordton, kidsenses.com: Sept. 3 – Science

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Friday Sept. 4 – Sparkle Saturday Sept. 10 – Meet Mary Poppins Sept. 11 – Community Helpers Day Sept. 17 – Football Friday night Sept. 18 – Mollie Magic Sept. 24 – Pajama Party Sept. 25 – Farm Day The Book Shelf, Tryon: Book signing with Mara and Ford Smith – Sept. 4, 2 p.m.

Upcoming events North Carolina Mountain State Fair: Held annually at the Western North Carolina Ag Center, the fair features rides, games, exhibits and more; this year’s far is Sept. 10-19; advance tickets are on sale at the Ag Center, WNC Farmer’s Market and at Ingles. For more information, visit mountainfair.org.

Dirty Dancing Festival: Sept. 17 and 18 in Lake Lure. A lakeside viewing of the movie will be held Friday night (donations accepted) and the allday festival will be held Saturday with dance lessons, story telling sessions, music and contests. Sponsored

by Hickory Nut Gorge Chamber, The Daily Courier and others. For more information, visit dirtydancingfestival. com.

Waterfall Crafters 22nd Annual Craft Show and Sale: Sept.

17 and 18 in Brevard at St. Timothy Methodist Church. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and features juried crafters with locally made items. For information, call Lucie at 828-8773065.

Ellenboro Fair: Sept. 21-25 at the old Ellenboro School Fairground. This year’s theme is American Mixture. For more information, call 4538785, 453-7457 or 4537414.

Southern Women’s Show: Offering savvy shopping, creative cooking ideas, healthy lifestyle tips, trendy fashion shows and celebrity guests, the Southern Women’s Show is Sept. 16-19 at The Park (formerly Charlotte Merchandise Mart). Food Network television star Sandra Lee will appear Friday, Sept. 17, at the show. Show hours are Thursday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Friday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $9 for adults at the door and $8 in advance online; $5 at the door and online for ages 6 to 12; ages six and younger are free with a paying adult.