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Eric and Susan Foster look inside the Carson-Andrews Mill on Saturday during the tour of the Washburn Historic District sponsored by the Rutherford County Historical Society. The mill was built between 1830 and 1835 by James Withrow Carson and later was purchased by the Andrews family. The circa 1860 miller’s house sits on a hill nearby. Robin S. Lattimore, president of the Historical Society, said that despite the rain some 75 to 100 tickets were sold for the tour, which had seven stops.
SPINDALE — Plans to demolish the house at 702 Maryland St. aren’t set in stone yet, but town officials want to see a rock-solid plan of action to save the property and clean up the area by their next meeting. Property owners Raymond and Mildred Parker were given 30 days to come up with renovation plans for their home after Commissioner Tommy Hardin asked Town Attorney John Crotts to research the Parker’s file and make sure the proceedings had been done properly. But the Parkers were concerned if the town demolished the home that they wouldn’t be allowed to rebuild as the property is in a commercial zone. Town Manager Cameron McHargue said he’d do research and find out. “The Parker’s home is a residential dwelling in a commercial zoning district, so it is a nonconforming use that can continue as a residence,” McHargue said. “Before the ordinance was amended you could not continue to rebuild residential units on a property if it is in a commercial zone. But in 2005, the board recognized situations where there are a lot of houses in commercial zones and amended the ordinance. When I looked at the map, all of Maryland Street really is in a commercial zone.” Please see Owners, Page 6A
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RUTHERFORDTON — Airport Authority board members have a third vendor to consider for their self-serve fuel depot after a special meeting Wednesday night. And it was the first meeting
attended by the authority’s newly selected attorney Beth Miller. Q.T. Technologies from Dallas, Texas, is another manufacturer of credit card readers for fuel pumps and the technology to record the data of who pumps how much fuel. “The Q.T. brand equipment, I have
discovered, is preferred by some airports,” said authority chairman Alan Guffey. “The Donaldson Center airport in Greenville, S.C., removed a Fuelmaster system, and installed a Q.T. system, for example.” Please see Airport, Page 6A
Former prison chaplains honored
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More than 140,651 people visited Chimney Rock State Park from January to August this year. While attendance is up at several state parks, attendance at Chimney Rock has experienced a slight decrease this year.
CRP visits are down slightly By JEAN GORDON Daily Courier Staff Writer
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FOREST CITY — While attendance at state parks and recreation areas is up overall this year, Chimney Rock Park has seen a slight decrease in its numbers. Attendance at North Carolina’s state parks has jumped significantly during 2009, with a third of the state parks and state recreation areas reporting visitation up at least 20 percent, according to the N.C. Division of Parks and Recreation.
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Through August — the latest reporting period — the state parks recorded 10.6 million visitors, up 14 percent from a year ago and surpassing visitation during the same eight-month period of 2007, which was a record year for state parks visitation. The report includes 35 state parks and state recreation areas along with Weymouth Woods State Nature Preserve. “Citizens in North Carolina traditionally Please see CRP, Page 6A
SPINDALE — The Rutherford Correctional Center Chapel features a new plaque dedicated to the memory of two former chaplains who served in the facility. A service to install the new plaque was held Thursday night. The service and memory of the Revs. Reichard Kindschi and Ronnie Scott were honored. Their widows, Romona Kindschi and Shawn Scott were on hand to attend the ceremony and receive a gift dedicated to the memories of their husbands. “Rev. Scott and Rev. Kindschi were two chaplains at the prison chapel who have passed on so their pictures are going to be on display beside that plaque,” said Det. Sgt. Leon Godlock. “Everyone named on the plaque has been Please see Chaplains, Page 2A
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EEOC sues airline after CEO’s arrest
RALEIGH (AP) — A charter airline that once operated as Hooters Air has quit ferrying NBA stars and rockers as it struggles against lost contracts and a felony charge against its CEO for allegedly failing to make payments on his employees’ group health insurance. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Wednesday added to the problems confronting Pace Airlines Inc. by filing a lawsuit on behalf of an Asian flight attendant fired three years ago after complaining only white workers were being promoted. The EEOC said it went to court after failing to reach a settlement on behalf of Chau Nguyen, who the agency said made several complaints of discrimination after missing out on promotion to lead flight attendant. The lawsuit came a day after the private company’s new owner and CEO, William Charles Rodgers, was charged with one count of willful failure to pay group health insurance premiums. North Carolina law requires that companies give workers a 45-day notice before dropping health coverage. Rodgers, 59, of Liberty, Mo., was in the process of hiring an attorney, company spokesman Stuart Carnie said Wednesday.
The rarely used state law has been applied in 28 cases this year, up from about 10 cases in all of last year, but it almost never leads to an arrest, Insurance Department spokeswoman Kristin Milam said.
Shawn Scott and Ramona Kindschi (above) stand by the display that will honor each of their husbands, the late Rev. Richard Kindschi and the late Rev. Ronnie Scott. At left, Joe Hughes presents a commemorative plaque to Rutherford Correctional Center superintendent Mike Callahan. Contributed photos
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instrumental for the prison ministry, not only at the correctional facility but also at the jail. There are 10 names on the plaque right now.� The plaque honoring the 096 Chaplaincy Committee Ministry includes James Marchman, Monroe Holland, William Neely, Homer Pilgrim, William Harril, Elmore Hudgins, Sam Hargett, W. Buck Goforth, Charles Duncan, Clyde Robbins Sr. and Kindschi and Scott. Pictures of Kindschi and Scott will be displayed beside the plaque, which was presented to Rutherford Correctional Center superintendent Mike Callahan by Joe Hughes. Godlock was very supportive of the chaplaincy program. “It helps the men spiritually to re-enter society because most of those guys are about to get out,� Godlock said of the minimal security prison. “Churches can sponsor inmates who are eligible for release to go to Sunday services as part of that chaplaincy program. That helps the guys mentally and spiritually when they are released not only from the prison but also from the detention facility at the jail.� But Godlock said the program needs more churches to participate. “If churches want to contact the prison unit they can let them know they want to volunteer,� Godlock said. “Or they can contact Mike Callahan, who is the superintendent at the unit. The atmosphere last night was somber but enthusiastic. It brought back a lot of people that were instrumental in the formation of the chapel when it was first being built. It brought back a lot of memories about the accomplishments that have been made there.� Contact Baughman via e-mail at sbaughman@thedigitalcourier.com.
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In this Sept. 16 photo, instructor Kerry Smith, left, helps student Pat Clark with her sewing project at the BRS Defense parachute plant in Pinebluff, N.C. Students learn to sew simpler things to improve their sewing skills before moving on to parachutes. The students that finish the training will have a chance to be hired by the company.
Couple’s green home pays off An AP Member Exchange By KATIE SCARVEY Salisbury Post
SALISBURY — When Katie and Pete Bogle designed their house in western Rowan County, they hoped that the effort they had invested into thoughtful design would not only be good for the earth and their family but good for their finances as well. Of course one can predict, but reality doesn’t always follow computer programs.
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PINEBLUFF — Harold and Pat Clark always worked in textiles. But finding that kind of work is no longer easy for the Moore County couple, who are both in their mid-50s. Harold Clark said he’s been laid off three times in 11 months, while his wife has stayed home for about 15 years. Recently, the Clarks took advantage of a rare opportunity. They learned sewing skills from a parachute manufacturer in Pinebluff in hopes of getting jobs with the company, which contracts with the military.
For four days, the couple went to the BRS Defense parachute plant in Pinebluff to learn how to sew low-velocity cargo parachutes. “I’m going to put everything I’ve got into this,” Pat Clark said while drawing a mock-up sewing pattern. Neither she nor her husband had ever sewed before. “I’m a believer,” she said. “If other people can learn it, I can learn it, too,” Pat Clark said.
The parachute manufacturer took over an old curtain factory less than two years ago. In July, it announced plans to hire 80 shift workers. Less than two months later, parent company BRS Aerospace said about 20 or more workers will be needed.
Gary Moore, a spokesman for BRS Aerospace, said 110 to 120 people could be hired. The most needed workers are sewers, who will be trained to use industrial sewing machines to stitch parachute panels together. Cutters, lifters, inspectors and packers also are in short supply. In all, the contract will bring in more than $6.6 million, Moore said. The Clarks, who attended all four classes, said they plan to put in job applications. BRS Defense has been contracted by the Army to produce more than 4,500 parachutes through September 2011. The parachutes, made from woven polypropylene instead of more expensive ripstop nylon, are used to drop cargo or help in delivering disaster relief supplies, said Kerry Smith, quality manager at the Pinebluff plant. Most of the parachutes will go to Afghanistan. The company has smaller orders from the Air Force and Army to produce high-velocity parachutes. “A lot of our students have never used a sewing machine, and industrial sewing machines can be a bit intimidating,” Smith said. People can sign up for four free classes each week through Oct. 26. Each session runs Monday through Thursday from 5:30 to 8 p.m.
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The service is made available through a Sandhills Community College state-funded training program. Those who sign up for classes must be at least 18, and they don’t have to attend the community college. Plant manager Norman Girdwood said 10 people signed up for each of the first five weeks of sewing classes, but not everyone attended. A recent session had six people.
With a year’s worth of power bills, the Bogles stepped back to assess how successful they were in terms of building an energy-efficient home. A glance at a computer spreadsheet reveals that their average monthly electric bill is just over 83 dollars. And that’s it — there are no additional gas or oil bills. The home’s yearlong track record definitely met the Bogles’ expectations. But this home isn’t just about power bills, of course. It’s a space that gives this family — which includes daughters Abby and Hannah — great joy. Pete’s an architect with Ramsay Burgin Smith. Katie is a media specialist at A.L. Brown High School, and although she doesn’t have Pete’s design background, she contributed a great deal to the planning process.
Fortunately, Pete and Katie — who met while attending West Rowan High School — share a taste for simple living, and their home is a reflection of that. They don’t believe in waste, they don’t believe in having too much stuff or having more house than necessary. They believe one’s home should be funcOn the first night of class, stu- tional, above all. This is a couple who definitely understands the dents get familiar with sewing concept of simple abundance. machines and take a sewing test. Touring the home, you’ll notice a marked absence For the next two days, they focus of clutter: you won’t see trinkets, gewgaws, fancy on learning to cut and sew a decorative accents, and that’s a conscious decision. small duffel bag. Katie and Pete share a pared-down aesthetic. Less On the final day, students is more. Function trumps appearance. retake a sewing test as instruc“It’s not a Southern Living ’showcase’ house,” Pete tors evaluate them. “Everyone from the first to last says. He does consider it, however “a learning tool,” — night could be worked with to an example of what can be done if you think things bring their sewing up to what we through and “put your money where it matters.” need,” Smith said of students in His mantra: “Sustainable is attainable.” the first week of classes. Two people from that class got jobs and have already started working. The jobs are full time and pay minimum wage. “This is a skill you can learn, and they are taking the time to teach it,” said Dianne Poindexter, 45, a student from Aberdeen who never sewed before. “A lot of places in Moore County don’t do that. “When a job says, ‘You need experience,’ well, how do you get experience if you never get the chance to learn it?”
If you’re assuming that PKB House (as they call it, for Pete and Katie Bogle) cost more than a regular home to build, you’d be wrong. The cost per square foot was comparable, Pete says, to what a regular house would have cost. The home is 2,200 square feet, with another 1,000 in the basement. The investments the Bogles made in energyefficient features have paid off. Their home is, officially, Energy Star Rated, tested by an independent third party. An Energy Star Rated house must be 15 percent more energy efficient than what is required from new construction. The Bogles’ home is 40 percent more efficient. In fact, the rater said the home was the second most energy-efficient residence he’d ever rated.
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Our Views Terror threat remains serious
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he news this week of arrests in a terror plot in New York and two men in separate cases who conspired with undercover federal agents to bomb sites in Texas and Illinois is a grim reminder that America needs to remain vigilant. Those cases broke as details were released about the terror plans of a group of suspected terrorists arrested in North Carolina recently. The seven North Carolina men alleged to be plotting terror attacks were planning to hit military installations, according to documents filed by federal attorneys. Perhaps most frightening in all these cases are those of the two individuals in Texas and Illinois. In both those cases, undercover officers led both men right up to the point of pushing the button to trigger their bombs and then arrested them. The point is clear. There are still many potential terrorists out there and they are more than willing to try to carry out their attacks on Americans. The good news, so far, is that none have been successful.
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Pension scandals raise questions RALEIGH — Anyone who believes that the large sums of money infecting political campaigns these days don’t cause real harm to real people hasn’t been paying attention to the pay-toplay scandals involving public pension funds around the country. Pension fund scandals in New York, New Mexico and Connecticut have sent pension fund officials and the investment managers with whom they do business to prison. Meanwhile, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo continues conducting a nationwide investigation into pension fund investments, political donations by investment firms and the potential for kickbacks. The Securities and Exchange Commission is finally considering rules intended to clean up the mess. What needs to stop is the very obvious conflict of interest when public pension fund managers take thousands of dollars in political contributions from executives at investment firms and then hand out contracts worth hundreds of thousands of dollar to the same firms to manage pension fund money. In North Carolina, former State Treasurer Richard Moore perfected the craft. Moore, during his tenure, expanded the amount of pension
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fund dollars going to venture capital firms and hedge funds, increasing his pool of likely donors. And he was rewarded. In 2007, employees at 40 of the 90 firms investing North Carolina pension money had donated to Moore’s campaign. Now, you might conclude that the system does work. After all, Moore lost the governor’s race, perhaps in part because of public reports about his penchant for relying on venture capitalists’ donations. Pension fund managers in New York and Connecticut were tossed from office for their misdeeds, and, in the case of one, tossed in the clink. But the focus shouldn’t be on state treasurers or comptrollers. It shouldn’t be on high-powered financiers in their office towers in Manhattan and Boston. It should be on state pensioners and taxpayers. Moore, then and now, would say that none of this campaign money influenced his decisions about where and how to invest
pension fund money. The same can’t be said for former Connecticut Treasurer Paul Silvester, convicted in a kickback scheme. Cuomo’s wide-ranging investigation suggests that other investing decisions across the country aren’t being made based on gaining the best returns for pensioners. Rather, some are about the best results for politicians and their cronies. The resulting harm to real people is lower cost-of-living increases for public-sector pensioners and higher taxpayer contributions to public pension funds to keep them solvent. In her first year in office, State Treasurer Janet Cowell has pushed for reforms including public financing for treasurer’s campaigns. She’s instituted a one-year prohibition against doing business with former treasurer’s office officials who leave for the private sector. But she also continues taking donations from investment firm managers, including one that has come under Cuomo’s scrutiny. Cowell would be wise to jump ahead of any SEC rule and follow New York’s example by refusing to do business with those contributing to her campaign. Mooneyham is executive director of the Capitol Press Association.
Divisions continue as the hearts of all of revealed St. Paul told the church at Ephesus that the ministries of Apostle, Prophet, Evangelist, Pastor and Teacher were given to the church to bring the church to,”… a perfect man, to the measure of the fullness of the stature of Christ.” Why? “That we no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting.” The true church will mature in the earth but that will come with a price. Just as Christ was birthed and grew up in the earth physically, so will the church spiritually. Something else will come with that however. Just as Christ was a source of great division among his peers and community so will the true church be. He was hated, despised and rejected of men unto death. The true church will bring a sword of distinction on the earth as well. It will not be done with malice or cognitive intent; it is an outgrowth of the nature of Christ we often do not think of. Christ is divisive to some and so will the church be. I did not say the true church is divided, I said the church will bring division. It is a matter of the clean and
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the unclean, the lost and the saved and the chosen and the rejected. This doesn’t always get a lot of “hallelujah’s” but it’s true. This supplants many false notions propagated upon us by a pseudo-gospel that preaches inclusivity, diversity, non-judgmentalism and unbiased acceptance. But a passage of Scripture from the words of Christ Himself clearly tells us that Jesus will bring great division upon the earth. He said,” do not think that I have come to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword Matt.” 10:34; a sword of division that separates and cuts like a spiritual scalpel. From the beginning of time distinctions or divisions were being made. God separated the Day from the Night and divided trees into ones that would bring life or death in the garden. Cain, the first murderer, was made distinctive as a mark was place upon him
and divided him from among the rest of humanity. There were those who were divided as in the ark and those out of the ark. God even took a people for Himself and divided them out of the rest of humanity and called them, beginning with Abram, as His chosen. God gave a pattern to Moses to build a tabernacle, a place of meeting, that would be different than anything in the earth. Moses, when faced with a rebellion in the desert, saw Korah, Dathan and Abiram separated from the rest of the people and swallowed by the earth. The question,” Who is on the Lord’s side” may have new relevance for many. All through the Bible we see this occurring even into the New Testament. Christ speaks of sheep and goats on His right and left hand, respectively. He speaks of wheat and tares as well. We see in the book of Revelation a great division occurring at the final judgment. Finally, in the last chapter of Revelation we see a final and eternal distinction. There are those inside the holy city and those outside. Those outside the gates are called,” dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and
whoever loves and practices a lie,” Rev. 22:15. So much for inclusivity. It is unchristian to be divisive just to be divisive. Jesus is telling us that His ministry and very nature would bring division to many. In fact, He said, “I have come to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughterin-law against her motherin-law,” Matt10:35. He is truly telling us He is a rock of offense. We often have an image of Christ who loves everyone to the point of not requiring repentance or a change of behavior. Some even see Him as simply another alternative to heaven, heaven being apprehended through Buddha, self-attainment or any number of ways. I offer an example of a Christian being offensive and paying a price for it. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that a Christian doctor lost his residency at a Wisconsin college because he questioned a lecture on Islam. He filed a complaint with the Equal Opportunity Commission as a result. He remarked, “If I would have said to the (medical school director), I’d like to take two and a half hours of teaching time to tell the staff
and the residents and the people who work here about the salvation that’s available through Jesus Christ,’ do you think he would have even let me speak?” The problem began when two Muslim first-year residents gave a presentation on Islam where they spoke about the five pillars of Islam, offered prayers and defended its position on women. It was reported that the good doctor asked six questions from a biblical perspective. He was later taken aside and told that his time at the program was up. This is certainly a preview of things to come. Denominations are being torn apart at the seams as issues of ordaining practicing gays, validating abortion and inclusive pluralism stress the fabric that covers them. We may sit quietly here in our beautiful county and hope for the best. Rest assured that we will not be by-passed by these issues. Jesus is the Sword of the Lord and that image isn’t one we juxtapose with an always loving Christ. The division is coming to a church near you … let’s pray we are on the right side when all is said and done.
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Obituaries Perry Watkins Perry Lee Watkins, 62, of 121 Thompson St., Forest City, died Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009, at Rutherford Hospital in Rutherfordton. A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at New Bethel AME Zion Church, with visitation beginning at noon. Interment will follow at Oak Grove Cemetery. He was born in Cliffside to the late Ralph Watkins Sr. and Lillie Andrews Watkins on March 3, 1947. He attended Carver High School in Spindale, and was employed at Leggett & Platt Inc. and OMC Inc., until retiring in 1995. He was preceded in death by his wife, Annie Whitesides Watkins. Surviving are sons, Tanis Watkins and Rodney Watkins of Charlotte, Christopher Kelly of Morganton; a daughter, Tamara Watkins of Raleigh; brothers, Ralph Watkins and Melvin Watkins of Forest City, and Sammy Watkins of Greensboro; sisters, Katie Watkins, Thelma Watkins Smith and Sandra Watkins Epps of Forest City, Lynetta Watkins Flint and Tribby Watkins of Greensboro; and a grandson. Ulysses D. Miller Funeral Services LLC is in charge of arrangements.
This sweet one year old female cat is named Spooky. She is black and white and had most of her shots up to date, and she is looking to find a good home. Spooky’s ID number is A010626 and is available in the cat room at the Rutherford County Animal Shelter on Laurel Hill Drive in Rutherfordton. The shelter’s hours are Monday through Thursday noon to p.m. and Friday and Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more information call 287-6025. For the Community Pet Center volunteers office, call 287-7738. Garrett Byers/ Daily Courier
Carolina Today Portion of Interstate 95 closed
SMITHFIELD (AP) — A northbound stretch of Interstate 95 has been closed while North Carolina authorities investigate a wreck. The state Department of Transportation says all four northbound lanes of I-95 were closed at mile marker 83 near Smithfield Saturday after an automobile accident. WRAL-TV in Raleigh reports that the crash happened around 11:30 a.m. Authorities say several people injured in the wreck were being taken to a hospital in Raleigh. The Highway Patrol is investigating the crash. Transportation officials say the lanes could reopen later Saturday.
5-year-old boy mauled by dogs
PILOT MOUNTAIN (AP) — A 5-year-old North Carolina boy suffered severe injuries after he was mauled by several dogs. Multiple media outlets report that the child was attacked by five Rottweilers as they were being fed Friday afternoon near Pilot Mountain. The child’s relatives told Emergency Medical Services Director John Shelton that he jumped into the pen. The boy was taken to Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center with injuries to the head, neck and stomach. Officials said his injuries were critical. The animals were taken to a shelter. Officials said there were several dozen dogs chained at the property where the attack occurred.
Governor’s son getting married. OCRACOKE (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue has got a big responsibility this weekend — she’s the mother of the groom. Perdue’s office said her son Emmett is getting married Saturday night to Sara Thomas
Stephanie Harris Stephanie Nicole Harris, 26, of 168 Pine St., Forest City, died Friday, Sept. 25, 2009, at Mission Hospital in in a church ceremony on isolated Ocracoke Island on the Outer Banks. An outside recep- Asheville. Funeral arrangements will tion was to follow. be announced by McKinneyPerdue had spent the past few days at Landreth Funeral Home. Ocracoke, which is accessible only by plane A guest register is available or boat, leaving briefly Friday to attend a at www.mckinneylandrethfuforum on wind power in nearby Buxton on neralhome.com Hatteras Island. The governor has two sons. The other son, Garrett, is already married. She also has two stepchildren from husband Bob Eaves’ previous marriage.
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Lightning shocks swimmer WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, N.C. (AP) — Coast Guard officials say a 19-year-old man has been rescued from the ocean off the North Carolina Coast after lightning struck near him while he was swimming. Rescue crews were called around 3:30 p.m. Friday after witnesses saw the teen struggle and go under after the lightning strike. Rescuers performed CPR on the swimmer before he was taken to New Hanover Regional Medical Center. Authorities did not release his name, and his condition is not known.
Woman, child hit by lightning FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Authorities say a woman and a toddler have been struck by lightning in the parking lot of a North Carolina department store. The Fayetteville Fire Department said the woman and the 1 1/2 year-old child were hit by the bolt Friday afternoon after shopping at T.J. Maxx and were taken to Cape Fear Valley Health System in critical condition. Battalion Commander Ronald Lewis says a bystander called 911 and began CPR on the woman. The names of the woman and child were not released. Lewis says the woman was carrying the child and an umbrella when she was struck.
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n The Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office responded to 162 E-911 calls Friday.
Rutherfordton
n The Rutherfordton Police Department responded to 21 E-911 calls Friday.
Spindale
n The Spindale Police Department responded to 17 E-911 calls Friday.
Lake Lure
n The Lake Lure Police Department responded to six E-911 calls Friday.
Forest City
n The Forest City Police Department responded to 69 E-911 calls Friday.
Arrests
n Jennifer Gibson Jones, 26, of 104 Georgia St.; charged with felony proba-
tion violation; placed under a $25,000 secured bond. (Probation) n Henry David Allen, 35, of 404 Newton Cole Rd.; charged with possess marijuana up to ½ ounce; released on a written promise to appear. (RCSD) n Brian Keith Stafford, 38, of 471 Gun Club Rd.; charged with misdemeanor larceny; released on a written promise to appear. (RCSD) n Deborah Painter Hudgins, 40, of 119 Nix Rd.; charged with driving while impaired; freed on a custody release. (RCSD) n Ellis Thomas-James Logan, 17, of 111 Farmside Drive; charged with seconddegree trespassing; placed under a $500 secured bond. (RCSD) n Ashley White Lovelace, 26, of 162 Ruby Drive; charged with two counts of second-degree trespass, unauthorized use of a motor
vehicle and attempted larceny; released on a $9,000 unsecured bond. (RCSD) n Roger E. Guilford, 44, of 137 White Water Circle; charged with simple assault; released on a written promise to appear. (RCSD)
EMS/Rescue n The Rutherford County EMS responded to 14 E-911 calls Friday. n The Volunteer Life Saving and Rescue, Hickory Nut Gorge EMS and Rutherford County Rescue responded to eight E-911 calls Friday.
Fire Calls n Cherry Mountain firefighters responded to a motor vehicle crash. n Fairfield firefighters responded to a motor vehicle crash, assisted by Lake Lure firefighters. n Spindale firefighters responded to a power line fire.
Ryan Job SEATTLE (AP) — Blinded by a sniper’s bullet in Iraq, Ryan Job retained his characteristic determination and persistence. He climbed Mount Rainier, trained for a triathlon and became a spokesman for an organization that helps wounded veterans transition to civilian life. Mr. Job, who grew up in Issaquah, died Thursday morning after major reconstructive surgery at Maricopa Medical Center in Phoenix. He was 28. Mr. Job’s younger brother, Aaron, served three tours of duty in Iraq with the Marines. The Seattle Times profiled the Job family during Aaron Job’s deployments in 2003 and 2004. A story on Ryan Job, a former Navy SEAL, reaching the summit of Mount Rainier appeared in July 2008. Mr. Job was on patrol in Ramadi, Iraq, in 2006 when a sniper’s bullet struck his rifle. Pieces of the shattered weapon tore through his face, destroying one eye and severing the optic nerves of the other. After his injury, Mr. Job spent time in military hospitals in Maryland, Florida and finally Palo Alto, Calif. Alicia de Larrocha MADRID (AP) — Spanish pianist Alicia de Larrocha, who thrilled music listeners for decades with polished and enthralling interpretations of great classical works and Spanish masters, has died aged 86. Critically acclaimed for her technique in performing Mozart, Beethoven, Schuman and Rachmaninov, de Larrocha was also seen as unrivaled in her interpretation of Spanish composers such as Manuel de Falla as well as masters from her native Catalonia like Enrique Granados and Isaac Albeniz. De Larrocha retired from public performances in 2003 after 75 years as a professional pianist. Born in Barcelona on May 23, 1923, she began playing piano at the age of 3, and two years later gave her debut public performance during the International Exposition
in Barcelona. Four years later an eager music industry had pressed and marketed her first vinyl record. Bob Stupak LAS VEGAS (AP) — Bob Stupak, a colorful gambler and the developer of the 1,149-foot Stratosphere tower on the Las Vegas Strip, died Friday at a hospital after a long fight with leukemia. He was 67. Stupak, known for outlandish promotions, opened the $550 million Stratosphere hotel-casino in 1996 in hopes that the tower would attract millions of visitors to Sin City. The tower was conceived in 1990 as a way to promote the Stratosphere’s predecessor, Stupak’s Vegas World casino. The Stratosphere filed for bankruptcy in 1997 and was eventually taken over by billionaire investor Carl Icahn. Born in Pittsburgh in 1942, Stupak moved to Las Vegas in 1971 and in 1974 opened Bob Stupak’s World Famous Historic Gambling Museum at the intersection of Las Vegas Boulevard and Sahara Avenue. Susan Atkins LOS ANGELES (AP) — Susan Atkins, a member of the Charles Manson “family” who admitted ruthlessly stabbing pregnant actress Sharon Tate to death in the cult’s 1969 murder spree, has died in prison less than a month after a parole board turned down a bid for compassionate release. She was 61 and had brain cancer. Atkins, who eventually came to call the crimes a sin, died late Thursday, according to the California Department of Corrections. Corrections spokeswoman Terry Thornton said that at the time of Atkins’ death she had been in prison longer than any woman currently incarcerated in California. Atkins’ final chance at freedom was denied on Sept. 2. Terminally ill, she was brought to a parole board hearing on a gurney and slept through most of it, but managed to recite religious verse with the help of her husband, attorney James Whitehouse. Atkins was diagnosed with brain cancer in 2008, had a leg amputated and was given only a few months to live. Tate, the 26-year-old actress and the wife of famed director Roman Polanski, was one of seven people murdered in two Los Angeles homes during the Manson cult’s bloody rampage in August 1969. Atkins was the first of the convicted killers to die. Manson and three others involved in the murders — Patricia Krenwinkel, Leslie Van Houten and Charles “Tex” Watson — remain imprisoned under life sentences. Atkins, who confessed from the witness stand during her trial, had apologized for her acts numerous times over the years. But 40 years after the murders, she learned that few had forgotten or forgiven what she and other members of the cult had done.
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Reverse Raffle tickets are selling well From Staff Reports
Red Cross The following blood drives are scheduled: Sept. 28 — Isothermal Community College gym, 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., contact Cindy Martin at 286-3636, ext. 353 for an appointment. Oct. 9 — Word of Faith, 210 Old Flynn Rd., Spindale, 4 to 9:30 p.m., call Holly Morris at 287-9100 for an appointment; Oct. 22 — Corinth Baptist Church, 767 Pinehurst Rd., Ellenboro, 4 to 9 p.m., call Linda McCurry at 453-1775 for an appointment; All presenting donors (in October) will be entered into a drawing for a chance to win one of three pairs of Delta Airlines tickets. For more information call 1-800-GIVE-LIFE or visit redcrossblood.org.
RUTHERFORDTON — Based on ticket sales for the first few days, the Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce’s popular reverse raffle is headed for another sellout. The raffle is scheduled for Friday, Dec. 4, The Foundation, Isothermal Community College. According to Chamber President Mike Campfield the Chamber has sold a quarter of the 500 tickets that are available. Sales started September 18. “We weren’t expecting this type of response this early but we’re happy with the report,” said Campfield. “We’ve had a sellout for the past four years and if things continue the way
Owners
Health/education Health Screening: Thursday, Oct. 1, 9 to 11 a.m., at Plum Natural, 213 Oak St., Forest City; call 245-6578 for more information. Health Fair: Friday, Oct. 2, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Lake Lure Town Hall; sponsored by Lake Lure Lions Club; vision screening (Lions Vision Van), hearing tests, blood pressure, blood sugar testing, chiropractor, acupuncture, Hospice, diabetic education and general wellness/health care education. Lifestyle seminar: “Health For Life”; Oct. 3-4, Seventh-day Adventist Church of Forest City, 559 South Church St., Forest City; Saturday’s sessions begins at 9:30 a.m., with the topics of cholesterol, God’s natural remedies, and diabetes; Sunday at 2 p.m., cooking classes; guests, Chef Clinel Walker, and Debbie Davis, RN; RSVP to Gloria Ballard, 287-9272.
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Spindale Mayor Mickey Bland — who was not required to use his tiebreaker vote in Monday’s decision to grant a 30 day extension — is hopeful the owners can get a renovation plan in motion soon. “There has been an exception made, I think it was years ago before I got on the board, that allows people in that particular area to build back in the same footprint with a 10 percent variance,” Bland said. “If they come back with a solid plan, I’m sure the board is going to say that this plan has to be started within a specific time period and completed in a specific time period. I can safely say the
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Meetings/other Democrat meeting: Rutherford County Democrat Club will meet Monday, Sept. 28, at Democrat Headquareters in downtown Forest City. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. Free workshop: Grassroots Leadership Workshop; Tuesday, Sept. 29, 7 p.m., Community Empowerment Resource Center, 129 First St., Forest City; facilitator, Pastor John McCluney; topics on leadership; limited space; RSVP/ Information call 247-4142 or email smcentire@ceponline.org. CPC: Rutherford County Animal Control Facility and the Community Pet Center will be closed on Saturday, Oct. 3. Please visit their booth at Rutherfordton’s Hilltop Festival.
Reunions Alexander Mills reunion: Saturday, Oct. 3, covered dish meal at 3 p.m.; Four Seasons Farm, 1013 Doggett Rd., Forest City; for anyone who lived or attended church in the old Alexander Mills community; for information call 248-1116. Gettys family reunion: Sunday, Oct. 4, covered dish lunch 1 p.m.; Duncan’s Creek Presbyterian Church, Ellenboro; for more information call 704-487-5480. Rollins family reunion: Sunday, Oct. 4, Mountain View Baptist Church fellowship building, Hwy. 221 south, Rutherfordton; lunch will be served at 1 p.m.; bring a well-filled basket; contact Todd Rollins at 287-9748 for more information. Bridges family reunion: Descendants of D.C. and Georgia Bridges; Sunday, Oct. 4, covered dish lunch 1 p.m., Corinth Baptist Church FLC, Ellenboro. 35-year reunion: R-S Central Class of 1974; classmates will meet Oct. 9 at the homecoming game, then go to Barley’s in Spindale for food, music and socializing. Contact Steve Neely at 287-0323 for more information.
Fundraisers
The main difference between the two brands would only be felt at the card reader itself, Guffey said. “Our existing hose reel, and pumps at the fuel farm, would remain very much the same as they are now with either system,” Guffey said. “I have found a used Q.T. system at Rowan County Airport, that I am getting a price on. I am also working on getting a quote on new equipment from an installer of the Q.T. Technologies equipment so we can have something to compare our two existing quotes of Fuelmaster equipment to.” The authority has been working to make sure that a new self-serve fuel
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have turned to state parks for affordable family recreation during difficult economic times, and these attendance numbers reflect that,” said Lewis Ledford, state parks director. “Despite tight budgets and reduced staffs, the state parks have worked extra hard to maintain the facilities and the visitor experience so people can relax and enjoy the outdoors this year.” The slight decrease at Chimney Rock State Park is due to a couple of reasons. “Rainy, cold weather and some operational interruptions due to work on capital improvements impacted spring attendance,” said Mary JaegerGale, general manager of the park. “Visitation picked up this summer as more people vacationed closer to home,” she continued. “We are running just about even with last year after a strong Labor Day weekend. Bookings look good for the fall color season.” Ledford agrees with Jaeger-Gale. “Chimney Rock’s visitation has hov-
Miscellaneous Dulcimer Music Night: Tuesday, Sept. 29, 7 p.m., at the Visual Arts Center, 173 N. Main St., Rutherfordton; bring your dulcimer and join Richard Beard and Dot Lane for an informal evening of making music. Foothills Harvest Outreach Ministries will hold a half price on all women’s clothing through Oct. 2. The store is located at 120 E. Trade St., Forest City.
“This has got to be one of the best deals around for a night out,” Campfield added. “A raffle ticket costs $100, admits two people, covers food and drinks for the evening, and gets a shot at $10,000 cash and more
than 100 other prizes. Ten percent of the Raffle’s net proceeds are earmarked for distribution to county projects and charities. The Chamber also uses the Raffle to collect toys for the local Christmas Cheer program. Rutherford Life Services and Executive Director Larry Brown are being recognized his year as the raffle’s guests of honor. Premier sponsors for the 2009 Reverse Raffle are Duke Energy, First National Bank, THERA-SSAGE, Moose Vending and Rutherford Life Services. Raffle ticket information is available at the Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce, 287-3090.
board would allow that if they came back with details.” The Parkers won’t be limited to the exact shape and dimensions of their present house, but the changes couldn’t be significant. “If a homeowner has a fire or if their home is destroyed by any means then they can rebuild it basically on the same footprint,” McHargue said. “As long as they keep the home the same size. They cannot build it any larger. The square footage can be about 10 percent larger so they have some leeway there. That will hopefully get the property owners some more options there.” The ordinance was amended to allow property owners the chance to save their home in the event of a catastrophe and give future town
boards more flexibility in enforcing the code. “I personally thought that we should have gone on with the order (to demolish) because we gave them the opportunity, which I thought was fair, to go forward with a plan and then they did not,” Bland said. “But in the interest of fairness the board decided to give them some extra time. Our plan is not to get rid of their home, but to clean that spot up. If they can come back with a plan to fit it within town code then that accomplishes the goal of cleaning the area up I’m sure the board would be accepting.” The Parkers could not be reached for comment.
system is installed correctly to make tracking fuel expenses and revenues easy during the period of transition from a Fixed Base Operator (FBO) to an airport manager. Two bids have been sent to the board for self serve systems, one with a single nozzle system for both the airplanes and the fuel truck at the facility and one with a dual nozzle system. The two bids were approximately $30,000 and $24,000, respectively. “We did have Beth Miller there for her first meeting as our attorney,” Guffey said. “We had given her a look at the work that we had been undergoing as far as procedures for selecting an FBO and she advised us to back off of it for a couple of days so she could look that over.”
In other business, the board voted to extend a lease offer to the current occupants of the small white house on airport property. But the home may not be there much longer.
ered in the 250,000 range for the past several years, before and after the state purchase,” Ledford said. “ A lot will depend on autumn colors and weather.” “From January to August, Chimney Rock State Park received 140,651 visitors, actually a decrease of five percent from the 147,403 in the same period a year ago,” Ledford said. Aside from the economy, state park attendance can be strongly affected by weather events such as ice storms, hurricanes, heavy downpours or drought. Conditions in 2009 have been relatively normal. And, large construction projects that interrupted operations at a few parks have been completed, including a new summit viewing area at Mount Mitchell State Park and new roads and infrastructure at Gorges State Park in Transylvania County and trail construction at Chimney Rock State Park. Some of the state parks that reported very strong increases in visitation included: Stone Mountain, 23 percent; Pilot Mountain, 31 percent; Cliffs of the Neuse, 40 percent; Crowders Mountain, 78 percent; Fort Macon, 25 percent; Lake Waccamaw,
35 percent; and, Raven Rock, 50 percent. Falls Lake and Jordan Lake state recreation areas reported increases of 24 percent and 52 percent respectively. The record for attendance in the state parks was set in 2007 with 13.4 million visitors, and that record could be broken in 2009 depending on weather conditions during the autumn months, when cool weather and fall leaf colors traditionally lure hikers, campers and sightseers to the parks. The state parks system completed master plans for South Mountains State Park and also launched the master planning process for parks under development at Chimney Rock, Carvers Creek and Haw River. A university study completed in 2008 revealed that the state parks system contributes significantly to North Carolina’s economy in all seasons, with an annual economic impact of more than $400 million, including $124 million each year in direct contributions to local tourism economies.
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“They will be allowed to stay there until we tear the house down or move it with the grading project that is going to get underway,” Guffey said. “The bid opening for that is early next month. That will be a big hunk of earth to move. We’re going to leave that house there as long as possible, but we will have to move it eventually.” The next authority meeting is scheduled for Oct. 13. Contact Baughman via e-mail at sbaughman@thedigitalcourier.com.
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VFD fundraiser: Saturday, Oct. 3, begins at 7 a.m., Bill’s Creek Volunteer Fire Department; large number of yard sale items; sausage biscuits, and gravy; hot dogs and hamburgers go on sale at 10 a.m.; proceeds for fire department needs. Breast Cancer Awareness: Off The Beaded Path Bead Store in Forest City will hold a Breast Cancer Awareness earring drive during the month of October. Proceeds from this benefit will go to the ACS, Look Good Feel Good Program. For more information visit offthebeadedpathbeadstore.com.
they are, we’ll have another.” The reverse raffle is the Chamber’s most important fundraiser accounting for nearly 30 percent of the organization’s total gross income. The event usually draws between 700 and 800 persons and is easily one of the county’s largest events of its type. County merchants, professionals and industry donate more than 100 prizes that are given away at the raffle. The Chamber contributes a $10,000 grand cash prize.
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Business Notes Wilkerson has qualified for ‘Top of Table’ FOREST CITY — Local resident Kirk Wilkerson, principal of Covenant Advisory Group and a financial professional with AXA Advisors in Forest City, has qualified for the exclusive “Top of the Table” of the Million Dollar Round Table. The announcement was made by Mark Poulton, ChFC, CLU, Executive Vice President of AXA Advisors’ National Division and manager of its Charlotte branch office. Top of the Table status is the highest level of MDRT membership and places Mr. Wilkerson among the top professionals in the global life insurance and financial services industry. “Attaining any membership level in MDRT is a distinguishing career milestone achieved by less than 1 percent of our industry’s professionals around the world,” says Mr. Poulton. “Recognition as a Top of the Table member is reserved for a select few like Kirk who have proven that they are the ‘best of the best.’” Wilkerson has been honored with numerous company and industry awards for his outstanding professional performance, including Agent of the Year in 2007, as well as Honor Agent in 2007. He is active in community and professional organizations including serving on the Board of Directors for the Community Health Clinic of Rutherford County. He also served as NC Project Leader for the JESUS Video Project. The office of Covenant Advisory Group is located at 118 Allendale Drive in Forest City.
Local educators attend Seminars CULLOWHEE — Several area educators recently attended seminars held at the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching. Participating educators from Rutherford County Schools included Rebekah L. Anders and Denise G. Smith of Spindale Elementary School. From Cleveland County Schools was Bruce E. Bridges of Crest Middle School of Technology.
Data-storage firm to add nearly 400 jobs
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In this Aug. 17 photo, Matt Hambright sweeps an area of a front door, in McLeansville. Junk King, is one of several junk removal services in the area that have found a robust market for cleaning, or “trashing-out,” foreclosed properties during the past two years. But the jobs are very often not enjoyable ones.
Some businesses see boom when economy goes down An AP Member Exchange By ROBERT C. LOPEZ News & Record of Greensboro
GREENSBORO — Brothers Matt and Drew Hambright are a long way from Wall Street. But they have seen the results of the foreclosure crisis firsthand — lawns waist-high in places, walls with holes punched in them and lots and lots of junk left behind by families who either didn’t have time to pack up their belongings or just didn’t care about leaving their former residences in presentable condition. The News & Record of Greensboro reported that the brothers run Junk King, one of several junk removal services in the area that have found a robust market for cleaning, or “trashing-out,” foreclosed properties during the past two years. But the jobs are very often not enjoyable ones. “It saddens your heart,” Matt Hambright says. “Some of the houses are nice. They have nice items. And you think about Please see Junk, Page 9A
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Brothers Matt, right, and Drew Hambright clean out a foreclosed home for their aptly named company, Junk King.
Housing sales in South cooled off
MIAMI (AP) — Sales of previously owned homes were flat in the South last month, the third straight month RALEIGH (AP) — Data storthe region avoided annual sales ome resales in maker AugustEMC posted a 6.99% loss nationwide. Though the Home resales in August posted a 6.99% loss nationwide. Though the age equipment declines as consumers took advantage Corp. said it will add aboutcooled in September, reviously climbing market analysts predict further previously climbing market cooled in September, analysts predict further of low interest rates and the first-time 400 jobs, buildNovember. a new research rowth through growth through November. homebuyer tax credit. center and expand existing The median price of a resold home, , Aug. - Aug.fell 2009 argest percent changes Largest percent changes, Aug. 2008 - Aug. 2009 operations in North Carolina if 2008 however, 11 percent from August it receives expected incentives. est markets Worst markets Best markets Worst markets last year to $157,400, evidence that Gov. Bev Perdue’s office 8.34% -39.97 foreclosure sales are still 8.34% -39.97 Las Vegas Cleveland Cleveland Las holding Vegas said Thursday that EMC was down home values, the National 7.43 in -22.18 7.43 -22.18 Little Rock, Ark. Orlando, Fla. Little Rock, Ark. Orlando, Fla. offered up to $7.4 million Association of Realtors said Thursday. state incentives nine years -20.51 6.19 -20.51 Augusta, Maine Boise, Idaho Boise, Idaho Augusta, Maine over6.19 Still, prices in the South have risen if the data storage technolsince-17.74 January, when the median was 5.47 5.47 -17.74 Pittsburgh Miami Pittsburgh Miami ogy provider creates the jobs, $143,300. -17.71 -17.71 San Diego Phoenix San$280 Diego Phoenix 5.14 5.14 invests million, and pays Nationally, August sales of existing wages averaging than -17.65 -17.65 Billings, Mont. Chicago Billings, Mont. more Chicago 4.79 4.79 homes were down from July but up 2 $73,000 per year. percent from last year, without adjust-14.25 -14.25 Kansas City, Mo. Minneapolis ansas City, Mo. Minneapolis 3.37 3.37 ing for seasonal factors. Median sales -10.24 -10.24 Boston 2.74 Milwaukee Duke,Boston FPL to2.74 switch prices slid 13 percentMilwaukee to $177,700. -10.12 rose again -10.12 San Francisco 2.05 Nashville, Tenn. San Francisco 2.05 Nashville, Tenn. Sales activity in three to ‘green’ vehicles large major metro areas in Florida — -9.15 -9.15 Houston 1.31 Tampa, Fla. Houston 1.31 Tampa, Fla. COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Miami, Orlando and Tampa — and — Two of the nation’s largWashington D.C., according to The URCE: The generators Associated Press-Re/Max Monthly Housing Report AP est power said Associated Press-Re/Max Housing AP SOURCE: The Associated Press-Re/Max Monthly Housing Report Thursday that they plan to Report also released Thursday. The begin switching their company <AP> REGIONAL HOME SALES Prices 092409: thebasis 10 best and worst housing report analyzed sales transactions Real estate agent Paulo Bomfim said did Chart fall on shows an annual cars and trucks to plug-in in the metropolitan statistical areas September’s in 14 other Southern cities, including market sales percent change for August 2009 from the previous year; 2c x 3 1/2 business inches; looks good, too. hybrid vehicles or all-electric recorded by all real estate agents, a busy Labor Day weekend, he Miami,Sales; which posted 36 percent 96.3 mm x 89 mm; with BC-US--Home WJC; aETA 5 p.m. <AP>During vehicles starting Jan. 1 to help regardless of company affiliation. fielded offers on four different properdecline to $150,000. cut greenhouse gas emissions. Sales in Baltimore were flat,tobut Editor’s Note: It is mandatory include all sources thathave accompany this graphic editing it sign. for publication ties, a or welcome “Prices just gotten so lowwhen repurposing The commitment by 14 other metro areas covered by the “I see more people willing to look, in some places that investors can’t Charlotte, N.C.-based Duke AP-Re/Max report posted year-overmaking offers,” said Bomfim, an agent resist,” said Dave Denslow, an ecoEnergy and Juno Beach, year sales declines. with Esslinger Wooten Maxwell in nomics professor at the University of Fla.-based FPL Group Inc. Median sales prices, meanwhile, Aventura, Fla. “We are far away from Florida. represents more than 10,000 were steady or higher in five metro the ideal scenario but we are much Sales in the Miami metro area vehicles and potential revenue areas covered by the AP-Re/Max skyrocketed 52 percent compared of $600 million or more for report, with the highest an 8 percent with August of last year, the seventh Please see South, Page 9A manufacturers. rise in Little Rock, Ark. increase in a row.
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Great Recession has altered American workplace By CHRISTOPHER LEONARD and JAY REEVES Associated Press Writers
Going to work may never be the same again. The Great Recession has reshaped the American workplace and work force in ways that will last years, if not longer. The work force is graying as college graduates can’t find jobs, young workers get laid off and older workers delay retirement. People in white-collar jobs are feeling increasingly vulnerable to economic downturns, an insecurity that blue-collar workers have known for years. Perhaps the most enduring change is the permanent loss of millions of jobs across the manufacturing, services and retail sectors. For textile factories and service sector employers like customer service call centers, the next wave of significant job creation will occur abroad, where labor is cheaper. That trend was under way before the recession and will accelerate, according to labor economists. Americans who would have held these jobs will have to retrain themselves for other jobs, such as assembling microchips and medical devices. For retailers, growth will be limited by more cautious consumer spending, in part because the days of easy credit are over. That means fewer retail clerks milling about stores around the holidays, and fewer merchandise buyers and other staff jobs at headquarters. The national unemployment rate, now 9.7 percent, is forecast to rise above 10 percent before the end of the year and isn’t expected to return to a “normal” level near 5 percent until 2014. Of course, layoffs aren’t the only thing transforming the workplace. The need to cut costs deeply and quickly has forced businesses to get creative — not just go the easy route of layoffs. It’s the central responsibility of managers these days, says Alec Levenson, a research specialist with the Center for Effective Organizations at the University of Southern California.
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Rusty Meador, Development Manager for Plantation Building Corp., arrives on a job site and begins making calls to check on the status of several tasks Thursday in Wilmington, N.C. The current economic environment has meant more time on job sites doing the work of laid-off colleagues.
Through furloughs, fewer shifts and other cutbacks, employers have reduced the average work week to a nearrecord low of 33.1 hours. About 400 workers at Nebraska meatpacker Premium Protein Products were told this week they will remain on unpaid furloughs for at least another two weeks, having been on unpaid leave since June. States also have joined in, with Utah State University asking employees to take a furlough next summer after taking a weeklong furlough last spring. Reducing hours of all workers instead of eliminating jobs of a few is a strategy that had slowly been gaining favor in recent years because it saved companies money in several ways: It reduced the need for severance packages, as well as the cost to rehire and train these new workers once the economy rebounded. The practice became much more widespread during last year’s financial crisis and is likely to be repeated in future recessions, says Peter Cappelli, professor of management at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business. Workers aren’t necessarily
complaining. Bonnie Gerard, a business developer with the Knowledge Institute consulting firm in Exeter, N.H., has seen her work week cut from five days to four. That’s made it harder to keep up with paying bills. But it beats losing the job. And, she acknowledges, it’s made her more efficient. No matter how creative companies get at cost-cutting, or how strong the recovery is, millions of jobs will never come back, George, the Harvard professor, says. Over the past year, the U.S. non-farm payroll has shrunk to about 131 million people, a decline of more than 5.8 million auto workers, stock brokers, bankers, landscapers, carpenters, truckers, journalists, mechanics, cooks, maids and more. More than 1.6 million manufacturing jobs have disappeared in the last 12 months, along with 1 million construction jobs and 435,000 financial sector jobs. In low-skilled manufacturing, the U.S. can’t compete with countries like China, India or Mexico where labor costs are a fraction of those here. Likewise, cost pressures will continue to push
information technology jobs overseas. American workers will need to be retrained in the coming years to have a shot at the jobs that will be created. George says these jobs will require specialized knowledge, such as how to install energy-saving systems in buildings. Community colleges and vocational schools that train people for such jobs could become as important as fouryear universities. Plenty of today’s unemployed could benefit from such training. A record 4.98 million people had been out of work 27 weeks or longer in August, in part because this recession, which started in December 2007, has stretched longer than any since World War II. That has forced a record number of people into parttime work. People forced to work part-time jobs because they can’t get full-time positions has jumped 54 percent from a year ago to 9 million. For those who still have a full-time job, flexibility is key. At a factory that makes foundry equipment in suburban Birmingham, teams that once did specific jobs — welding, grinding castings, fitting parts, assembling machines — have had to learn multiple skills. The shop, which once had 150 workers, now employs only 30. “The ones we have now have to do it all,” foreman Gerry Peoples says. That includes sweeping the floors since the janitors were laid off. About 40 percent of workers are now over 55 or older, the highest level since it was 40.8 percent in 1961, according to a Pew Research Center survey released this summer. More workers are delaying retirement for economic and personal reasons, locking up jobs that are sought by younger workers entering the work force. Years ago, Jerry Bannister, 67, anticipated a more leisurely routine at his age. He oversees 10 maintenance workers at the Mays Chapel Ridge retirement community and has no plan to quit soon. He took the job seven years ago, after working 38 years
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at a Bethlehem Steel plant. His Social Security and retirement benefits might be enough to live on, but he couldn’t quit without making big changes to his lifestyle, such as cutting out vacations and golf. Fewer workers these days feel as confident as Bannister does about controlling their destiny. Job security has diminished after every recession since the 1970s, says David Lipsky, professor at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations. As workers fought to get their jobs back, unions dropped long-held contract provisions like cost-of-living adjustments and job-security clauses, he says. That contributed to declining union membership, further weakening workers’ bargaining position with employers. Among white-collar workers, job security began to disappear in the recession of the early 1990s as technology allowed jobs to be shipped abroad. It may be gone now. Over the past year, the unemployment rate jumped 64 percent for managers and professionals like lawyers, doctors and fund managers. That compares with a 56 percent increase in overall unemployment, according to Labor Department data. Among people with a bachelor’s degree or higher, the unemployment rate is still low at 4.7 percent, but it’s up from 2.7 percent a year ago. For some younger whitecollar workers, job insecurity is so high that just hanging on has replaced asking for a raise or a promotion. Rusty Meador, 35, a development manager at Plantation Building Corp., a construction company in Wilmington, N.C., walks past empty desks daily. He once worked in the office as a general manager and had a team of project leaders who reported to him from the field. Now he’s back on job sites, doing the work of laidoff colleagues — without a word of complaint. Even if the economy turns around, the memory of this recession will stick with him. “You’re so grateful to have a job,” he says.
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someone coming in your house and taking something that you had as your own. But some people, they just don’t care and leave everything behind.” The proprietors of such businesses often have little idea of the exact circumstances that led to a foreclosure. But rummaging through a family’s belongings, they often pick up clues about their personal triumphs and tragedies. “Oftentimes, a lot of stuff left behind paints a picture in terms of who might have been there — number of people who were there, what their lifestyle might have been like,” says Steve Turner, general manager in the Triangle region, which extends to Guilford County, for 1-800-GOT-JUNK?” I’ve had people leave behind Christmas cards, leave behind gifts. So, you get a vague collage of what those individuals may have been like.” Steve Tilman has a picture in his mind of a what a typical foreclosed home is like. “Smells real musty,” the Winston-Salem home inspector says. “Usually a lot of stained carpet. No way to check anything because the systems aren’t on. They shut everything down, ’winterize’ it. No electrical, no water, no air conditioning running. You see evidence of damage from lack of maintenance.” What happens when a house is left empty with no heating or air conditioning is the interior temperature goes into equilibrium with the external temperature, resulting in mold. Condensation builds up, streaking the walls. With no one around, gutters aren’t cleaned, so water doesn’t drain properly and accumulates in the crawl space. Tilman steps into a foreclosed house in WinstonSalem that his wife had purchased as an investment and walks over to a hallway in the middle. “Watch your step,” he says, inside the home near Peters Creek Parkway. The floor in the hallway sags an inch, like a half pipe. The soil underneath got soft from water, and as the house settled, the girder in the middle cracked. The place smells like an old basement. The linoleum in the kitchen is curled at the edges. Tilman suspects some sort of fungus is lurking underneath the carpet. But, he says, “this one’s actually in pretty good shape, relative to a lot of what I’ve seen.” That includes houses that have been vandalized, broken into and stripped of all their fixtures, cabinets, sinks and toilets. But at least those homes have usually already been cleaned up somewhat. What the junk removers see can run the gamut of deprav-
Matt Hambright of Junk King gathers belongings headed for the truck.
I have had some where I have a feeling that no one has lived there in a long time. We have houses where it looks like the people just moved out and kept the house clean and fixed up nicely. We have others where it looks so trashed you wonder whether you should bulldoze it. Usually people don’t leave them spotless, though, because they’re getting out under unfortunate circumstances. ity, some of it created by tenants who are bitter about the foreclosure process. “Microwave ovens that’ll have a pizza half-cooked in it,” says Thad Loftin, owner of Junkyard Dogs in Greensboro. “Banisters and stairs torn off. There was an entire room used as an aluminum can disposal, where you had to wade through the cans. The worst was a situation where it looked like a dog had been left in the house and there was dog feces and hair mixed into the parquet floors.” As Loftin didn’t actually see a dog, he assumes the owners left one there for a while to make a mess and then came back for it. He did, however, once find someone sleeping on the kitchen floor of a house he was hired to clean. “We left and said, ’Sorry, we bothered you,’ “ he says. “We didn’t know who the person was. In a situation like that, you just call the Realtor.” When Loftin, who had formerly worked for UPS, started his business in 2005, he went to his bank and asked if they had any foreclosed houses that needed to be cleaned out. They said, Loftin recalls, “There’s nothing there, maybe one a year.” This year, Guilford County had 343 real estate foreclosures in June, down 2.1 percent from the same period last year but up slightly from May, according to the Guilford County Business Index. Nationally, foreclosure filings were down 1 percent from July to August but were still up 18 percent from a year ago, according to RealtyTrac.
As is the case with most junk-removal services in the area, foreclosure trash-outs make up only a small part of Junkyard Dogs’ business. Loftin focuses mainly on cleaning out basements, garages and storage units for people who no longer have room for their belongings. These days, though, he does two or three foreclosure trash-outs a month. In those situations, junk removers are usually contacted by a real estate agent and have no contact with the former occupant of the home, who is supposed to be long gone by the time they come. Realtor Burton Kennedy, who works for KellerWilliams, says the trash-out process can start anywhere from a few weeks to a few months after a resident leaves. If anything is still in the house, the real estate agent will usually post a notice on the door with a number for the occupant to call if he wants to retrieve his belongings. “I have had some where I have a feeling that no one has lived there in a long time,” he says. “We have houses where it looks like the people just moved out and kept the house clean and fixed up nicely. We have others where it looks so trashed you wonder whether you should bulldoze it. Usually people don’t leave them spotless, though, because they’re getting out under unfortunate circumstances.” For that reason, some banks offer a “cash for keys” program — in exchange for leaving the house in relatively good condition, the occupants receive anywhere from $500 to $1,000. When Loftin arrives at a
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house, he’ll check the perimeter first and then knock on the door to make sure no one is still inside. How big a crew he brings depends on the size of the house and condition of the property, but usually he has four to six people. They can empty a house in about two to five hours. He takes items that are still usable to Goodwill, Habitat ReStore and Handy Capable. “It’s a lot of old newspapers, magazines,” Loftin says. “You see some clothing over here, some socks over there, a plant pot turned over. All sorts of mail has been left behind. Pretty much any household item you can imagine.” The Hambright brothers pull up to a house in McLeansville and back their dump truck to the front door. The grass outside looks as if hasn’t been cut for months. Inside, the carpet has cigarette burns and pet stains. It looks like it once might have been gray but now has a color approaching that of caramel. The walls are marred with black scuff marks. The window sills are covered in dust and dead bugs. “That master bedroom — you get a nicotine rush just going in there,” Drew Hambright says. When Matt Hambright started Junk King four years ago, he did steady business cleaning debris from new home construction sites. When that business dried up, he started looking into the foreclosure market, which he estimates now makes up about a third of his business. At the McLeansville house, a one-story, three-bedroom domicile, the brothers discover piles of life-insurance documents, fraud-notification forms and copies of the Danville Register & Bee from April. On the floor are some U.S. Postal Service change of address forms. Eleven cents in change is scattered in one corner. Matt Hambright goes into a shed in the backyard, where he finds some tools that might be of use to him.
He can also glean much about the interests and tastes of a family from what they leave behind. “You might see certain type of glassware or maybe a lot of beer mugs,” he says. “I remember one house had a cabinet full of beer. You open up a refrigerator, and you might see the person was a vegetarian or that they loved fish, so you get profiles on people.” The junk removers say that regardless of what they find, they try to be nonjudgmental about the people who once lived in the homes. “From our standpoint, we understand these things happen,” Turner says. “We know they happen to good people, unfortunately, who may have run upon hard times. We look at what’s left behind, and we may have some discussion about it. But we don’t get sidetracked trying to evaluate right and wrong.”
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better off than three months ago.” Buyers in Southern cities are attacking the lower end of the market. This year, nearly 89 percent of sales in Charlotte, N.C., have been for homes priced at $350,000 and under, said Donna Anderson, president of the Charlotte Regional Realtor Association. Charlotte’s market saw sales fall 22 percent and prices dip about 4 percent, to $161,000. Affordability also is key in Little Rock, where sales of homes $150,000 and lower have fueled the market, said Ethan Nobles, spokesman for the Arkansas Realtors Association. Sellers are not hitting the mark in other markets, however. In Raleigh-Durham, N.C., and Baltimore, 32 percent of listings had their prices reduced at least once, according to data provided by Trulia.
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“These look like they might still work,” he says picking up some work lamps. “And there’s stuff like this tape measure. This costs 10 or 12 bucks. And it’s still good.” The brothers rifle through the kitchen cabinets and pull out aluminum foil pans, empty tins and jars. A bottle of seltzer is all that remains in the refrigerator. They sweep up, lock the doors and throw some PVC pipes and timbers in the back of the truck, which is about three-quarters full. The job took about two hours. They divide what they collect into items going straight to the landfill and those that can still be used. Matt Hambright says he occasionally keeps some items, such as the tools from the McLeansville home, for himself, but he takes most of what he finds to a ministry with which he works. Sometimes, however, the previous owner will come back. “They say, ’Don’t take that, that’s mine,’ “ he says. “You kind of get into confrontations, sometimes. ... But you feel bad for the person, so we offer the stuff to them.” Loftin says it’s difficult to go into a house, see pictures of a family and not think about who once resided there. “It’s a necessary thing that needs to be done, but it’s definitely not a feel-good part of our business,” he says. Turner, who oversees 1-800-GOT-JUNK? affiliates in the area, says he remembers going into one house and seeing the children’s report cards still stuck to the refrigerator. “They evidently had a young female, who I think was in elementary school,” he says. “It was straight A’s and B’s, and it was still prominently displayed there with a magnet. And you think, ’Wow, they didn’t even have time to grab this,’ or maybe it was just an oversight. But that was a good student who lived in that house.”
Joyce Keller’s life was made miserable by back pain. For 15 years she was unable to perform the most basic daily tasks, such as cooking and doing housework. After trying several conservative treatment options without long-term relief, Joyce made an appointment with Dr. John Davis, an orthopedic spine surgeon at Mid-Carolina Orthopedic and Spine in Forest City, NC. Given the severity of Joyce’s condition, Dr. Davis recommended that she consider having a new, minimally invasive procedure called XLIF. Joyce took Dr. Davis’ advice and had the minimally disruptive procedure. Today not only is Joyce able to perform her daily tasks again, but she is also able to bicycle with her grandchildren and deliver meals to shut-ins. “I even jumped on a trampoline with my grandchildren,” says Joyce. “That’s an activity that I would never have attempted prior to having surgery. I feel like Dr. Davis has given me my life back.” Unlike typical spine surgery approaches, the XLIF procedure accesses the spine laterally, through a small incision on the patient’s side. This means that compared with traditional procedures, XLIF provides patients with benefits including minimal scarring, shorter hospital stay, reduced recovery time, and faster return to normal activity. John Davis, MD specializes in minimally invasive spine surgery and is very pleased with the outcome of Joyce’s procedure. If you or a loved one suffer from chronic back or leg pain, he invites you to visit his website at www.mcosnc.com or call Mid-Carolina Orthopedic and Spine at 828-286-4298 to make an appointment today. Mid-Carolina Orthopedic and Spine, PA 112 Sparks Dr. Forest City, NC 28043
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10A â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Sunday Courier, Forest City, NC, Sunday, September 27, 2009
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Nation Today NY students suspended
LEWISTON, N.Y. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A western New York high school has been roiled by a hazing ritual that entailed hurling raw meat at new players on the girlsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; varsity soccer team. Schools Superintendent Chris Roser said Friday 10 LewistonPorter High School students were suspended for three to five days because of the Labor Day weekend incident. He says administrators learned this week about the episode, which also involved putting eggs and flour in three or four new playersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; hair. No one was hurt, but Moser says officials wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t accept any â&#x20AC;&#x153;behavior that would demean another student.â&#x20AC;?
Sheriff seeks publicâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s help
LINCOLN, Ill. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Authorities are seeking the publicâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s help in solving the slayings of five members of a central Illinois family, saying the suspect or suspects may be injured. Police wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t say if they are seeking one or more suspects in the deaths. But Logan County Sheriff Steven Nichols said Saturday that a â&#x20AC;&#x153;violent struggle took placeâ&#x20AC;? and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s highly likely that the person or people responsible also are injured. Nichols is asking the public to â&#x20AC;&#x153;take a look at everyone ... they may encounterâ&#x20AC;? for recent injuries, especially to arms, the head and the upper body.
Medical chopper crashes
GEORGETOWN, S.C. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A medical transport helicopter crashed in coastal South Carolina, killing all three people on board,
authorities said Saturday. The company that owned the helicopter, Addison, Texas-based Omniflight, said a pilot, flight nurse and paramedic were on board when it crashed Friday night. National Transportation Safety Board investigators were en route to the scene Saturday. Agency spokesman Peter Knudson says no patients were on board the helicopter, which had dropped off a patient at about 9:35 p.m. Friday in Charleston, about 60 miles southwest of Georgetown County. The helicopter crashed shortly thereafter, at about 11:30 p.m., Knudson said. A thunderstorm moved through the area shortly before the crash, according to the National Weather Service. Authorities have not said if weather conditions contributed to the accident.
4 bodies found in home MOUNT AIRY, Md. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Authorities said they found four members of a family slain Friday in a home in central Maryland, but they said they were not searching for any suspects. State troopers found the four â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a man, a woman, a boy and a girl â&#x20AC;&#x201D; about 5:30 p.m., Maryland State Police spokesman Greg Shipley said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Troopers who were inside say it obviously was a murder scene,â&#x20AC;? Shipley said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Each body sustained trauma.â&#x20AC;? He said it was not clear how the injuries were inflicted. Shipley said troopers had determined there was â&#x20AC;&#x153;no further threat.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what we have here,â&#x20AC;? Shipley said Friday night, adding that investigators have yet to look for evidence at the scene.
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In this Aug. 11 file photo, Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., left, listens to an unidentified man, center, voice his complaints during a town hall meeting in Lebanon, Pa. At right is a security guard. Beware the wrath of the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s seniors.
On health care, beware of the wrath of seniors An AP News Analysis By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Beware the wrath of the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s seniors. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lesson both political parties have learned the hard way about the potent over-65 voting bloc, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one that Republicans are working to turn to their advantage in the highstakes fight over President Barack Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s health care overhaul. The tactic has left Democrats on the defensive, in the unenviable position of trying to assuage the fears of a segment of the population that opposed Obama in the last election and that polls show is disproportionately against the partyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s health care plans. So this past week, Republicans seized upon seniorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; concerns about losing benefits and high-quality care as their own cause celebre. GOP leaders, who for decades have called for scaling back Medicare and just this spring proposed eventually ending it, now are arguing that Democratsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; proposed prescriptions for remaking the costly and inefficient U.S. health care system would lead to benefit cuts for the elderly. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The irony is not lost on me. ... Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the way Washington works sometimes,â&#x20AC;? says Bill Novelli, who as the former head of the powerful seniorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; lobby AARP has seen both parties on both sides of the fight to activate elderly votersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; anger. This time itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Democrats â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the party that created Medicare as well as the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s other social programs â&#x20AC;&#x201D; who have found themselves scrambling to prove they are on the side of seniors. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Democrats have spent the past 40 years protecting Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s seniors,â&#x20AC;? protested Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., as his staff peppered reporters with examples of past GOP votes that Democrats say hurt the elderly. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The other sideâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s insistence on spreading fear above all else is what will truly hurt our seniors.â&#x20AC;? There are good reasons for the intense partisan competition for seniorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; perceptions. And thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s every indication that whoever can persuade them that Medicare â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the federal program that serves them â&#x20AC;&#x201D; is either at risk or safe will have won an important battle in the health care fight. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a group that is by nature skeptical, votes faithfully and in large numbers, and is keenly aware of how the governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s actions can affect their circumstances. They were the focus this past week of a partisan spat over proposed cuts to Medicare Advantage, a program that lets private insurers contract with Medicare to provide coverage. Democrats argued itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a wasteful initiative that can be trimmed without any reductions in enrolleesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; benefits. Republicans countered that seniors would be hurt by the cuts, and they got a major boost from Congressâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; nonpartisan budget analyst, who told a Senate panel that benefits could indeed be reduced. The disagreement led to conten-
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Katherine Maree Bailey was born on August 7, 2009 at 10:47AM. She weighed 8 lbs. 10 oz. and was 20â&#x20AC;? long. Proud parents are Kevin and Holly Bailey of Rutherfordton. Katherine has a sister, Kelly. Grandparents are Philip and Carolyn Bailey of Rutherfordton and Ken and Karen Bailey of Rutherfordton. Great grandparents are James and Polly Lowery of Caroleen, Mary and the late Walter Brock of Inman, SC and the late Solomon and Valoree Bailey of Ellenboro. She has a special aunt, Hope Bailey.
Her proud parents are Kevin and Holly Bailey of Rutherfordton. Kelly has a sister, Katherine. Her grandparents are Philip and Carolyn Bailey of Rutherfordton and Ken and Karen Bailey of Rutherfordton. Greatgrandparents are James and Polly Lowery of Caroleen, Mary Brock and the late Walter Brock of Inman, SC, and the late Solomon and Valoree Bailey of Ellenboro.
tious deliberations at the Senate Finance Committee over a nearly $900 billion health overhaul measure. In an indication of just how worried Democrats are about a backlash from seniors, the committee chairman, Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., called for â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and got â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a federal investigation into whether private insurers were misleading their elderly patients and using â&#x20AC;&#x153;scare tacticsâ&#x20AC;? to try to derail the legislation. Republicans and Democrats alike fearfully recall seniorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; backlash in the late 1980s against a Medicare expansion that both parties supported. Elderly protesters revolted against the cost of the new plan, at one point mobbing Democratic Rep. Dan Rostenkowski, chairman of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, at an event in his Chicago district, and chasing him into a waiting car waving signs demanding the lawâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s repeal. Congress did so shortly thereafter. About 15 years later, Democrats working to kill President George W. Bushâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plan to add a voluntary prescription drug benefit to Medicare showed videos of the Rostenkowski mob scene as a reminder that triggering seniorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; fears could be politically fatal for Republicans â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and potentially a winning strategy for them. The plan passed anyway, but Republicans soon had buyerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s remorse as polls showed seniors were dissatisfied with the benefit. Bush again felt the singe of seniorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; fears in 2005 after Democrats stoked their opposition to his plan to add private investment accounts to Social Security. He offered only an outline of his idea and left Congress to fill in the blanks â&#x20AC;&#x201D; much as Obama did this year on the health overhaul. That gave Democrats the chance to frame the plan as a costly privatization of the bedrock social program that would ultimately slash seniorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; benefits. The plan went nowhere, and Republicans lost control of the House and Senate in the 2006 elections. Now GOP strategists say they have a chance to capitalize on the same dynamic to take down Democratsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; health care plans and in the process earn votersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; trust on the issue, traditionally a weak point for the party. An Associated Press-GfK poll conducted this month showed that while the public in general was opposed to Democratsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; health care proposals, seniors were almost twice as likely to be concerned. Opponents of Democratsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; plans outnumbered supporters 49 percent to 34 percent. Among seniors, 59 percent were opposed compared with 31 percent in support. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not at all clear that Republicans can gain the upper hand in the health care debate. Distrust of Democrats doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t necessarily translate into trust of Republicans among seniors or any other group. What seems certain, however, is that Democratsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; ability to push through a health overhaul along the lines of what Obama has called for will depend in large part on their capacity to convince seniors that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good deal for them.
The Sunday Courier, Forest City, NC, Sunday, September 27, 2009 — 11A
Nation/world
Internet security debates raising key questions
WASHINGTON (AP) — There’s no kill switch for the Internet, no secret on-off button in an Oval Office drawer. Yet when a Senate committee was exploring ways to secure computer networks, a provision to give the president the power to shut down Internet traffic to compromised Web sites in an emergency set off alarms. Corporate leaders and privacy advocates quickly objected, saying the government must not seize control of the Internet. Lawmakers dropped it, but the debate rages on. How much control should federal authorities have over the Web in a crisis? How much should be left to the private sector? It does own and operate at least 80 percent of the Internet and argues it can do a better job. “We need to prepare for that digital disaster,” said Melissa Hathaway, the former White House cybersecurity adviser. “We need a system to identify, isolate and respond to cyberattacks at the speed of light.” So far at least 18 bills have been introduced as Congress works carefully to give federal authorities the power to protect the country in the event of a massive cyberattack. Lawmakers do not want to violate personal and corporate privacy or squelching innovation. All involved acknowledge it isn’t going to be easy.
For most people, the Internet is a public haven for free thought and enterprise. Over time it has become the electronic control panel for much of the world’s critical infrastructure. Computer networks today hold government secrets, military weapons specifications, sensitive corporate data, and vast amounts of personal information. Millions of times a day, hackers, cybercriminals and mercenaries working for governments and private entities are scanning those networks, looking to defraud, disrupt or even destroy. Just eight years ago, the government ordered planes from the sky in the hours
U.S. officials acknowledge that their networks are scanned or attacked millions of times a day. Spies have breached the electrical grid. In July, hackers simultaneously brought down several U.S. government Web sites and sites in South Korea. Home computers are targets, too. A study by security software provider McAfee Inc. says as many as 4 million computers are newly infected each month and turned into “botnets” — armies of computers used by someone without their owners’ knowledge. As many as 10 percent of the world’s computers might be unknowingly infected.
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In this July 8 file photo, an employee of Korea Internet Security Center works at a monitoring room in Seoul, South Korea. There is no kill switch for the Internet, no secret on-off button in an Oval Office drawer. Yet when Congress was exploring ways to secure computer networks, a plan to give the president the power to shut down Internet traffic to Web sites in an emergency set off alarms. Corporate leaders and privacy advocates protested the idea earlier this year, saying the government must not seize control.
after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Could or should the president have the same power over the Internet in a digital disaster? If hackers take over a nuclear plant’s control system, should the president order the computer networks shut down? If there’s a terrorist attack, should the government knock users off other computer networks to ensure that critical systems stay online? And should the government be able to dictate who companies can hire and what they must do to secure the networks that affect Americans’ daily life. Government officials say the U.S. must improve efforts to share information about cyberthreats with private industry. They also want companies to ensure they are using secure software and hiring qualified workers to run critical systems. Much like the creation of the Department of Homeland Security, cybersecurity has attracted the interest of a number of House and Senate commit-
Gitmo deadline in doubt
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama may not be able to meet his stated goal of closing the much-criticized Guantanamo Bay prison by January.
Senior administration officials acknowledged for the first time Friday that difficulties in completing the lengthy review of detainee files and resolving other thorny questions mean the president’s promised January deadline may slip.
tees, all hoping to get a piece of the oversight power: n Bills in the House Homeland Security Committee bills would protect the electric grid and require the department to secure its networks. n The Senate Homeland Security and Government Reform Committee is writing legislation aimed largely at federal agencies. n The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee is working on a bill that promotes public awareness and technical education, raises the planned White House cyberadviser to a Cabinet-level position and calls for professional cyberstandards. An early draft would have given the president the power to shut down compromised federal or critical networks in an emergency. Bloggers howled that the government was taking over the Internet. Business leaders protested, and Senate aides reworked the bill. Early versions of the second draft are more vague, giving the president only the author-
ity to “direct the national response” to a cyberthreat. Committee spokeswoman Jena Longo said the bill “will not empower a government shutdown or takeover of the Internet and any suggestion otherwise is misleading and false.” She said the president has the constitutional authority to protect the American people and direct the response to a crisis — including “securing our national cyberinfrastructure from attack.” Privacy advocates say the government has not proven it can do a better job securing networks than the private sector. “The government needs to get its own cybersecurity house in order first before it tries to tell the private sector what to do,” said Gregory T. Nojeim, senior counsel for the Center for Democracy and Technology. Nojeim said the Senate Commerce Committee bill appears to leave “tough questions to the president, and that isn’t comforting because some presidents will answer those questions in troubling ways.”
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Shutting down a compromised system may sound like a good idea, but “it’s not like the Internet has an on-off switch somewhere you can press,” said Franck Journoud, manager of information security policy for the Business Software Alliance. Most industries are federally regulated, so the government should work within those systems to plan for disasters, said Journoud, whose group has met with lawmakers and the White House on cyberpolicies. Rather than setting minimum standards, business groups say the U.S. should endorse existing voluntary industry ones. Cyberexperts also argue that when hackers infiltrate a critical network, the solution is not to shut down the system, but to isolate and filter out the offending computer codes. Private companies are willing and able to protect their systems without government mandates, said Tom Reilly, president of ArcSight, a cybersecurity software company. He said the government should concentrate on protecting critical infrastructure and data privacy, and promote education on cybersecurity. “People want to know if they are one of the 10 percent of the computers that are infected,” he said. “They just don’t know what to do. Most people just hope they’re one of the other nine.”
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Nation/world World Today 40 dead in flooding in northern Philippines
MANILA, Philippines (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; More than a monthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worth of rain fell in just 12 hours Saturday as Tropical Storm Ketsana slammed ashore in the Philippines, killing at least 40 people and stranding thousands on rooftops in the capitalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worst flooding in more than 42 years. The government declared a â&#x20AC;&#x153;state of calamityâ&#x20AC;? in metropolitan Manila and 25 stormhit provinces, said Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro. That allows officials to withdraw emergency money for relief and rescue.
U.S. drone crashes in northern Iraq
During a patrol with U.S. Marines from Bravo Company, 1st Battalion 5th Marines, Navy Corpsman HM3 Nicholas Rudy, of Oakwood, Ohio, applies a dressing to an Afghan boyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s injured foot, at the request of the boyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s father, in Nawa district, Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Saturday. Associated Press
Afghanistan decision looms large An AP News Analysis By ANNE GEARAN AP National Security Writer
BAGHDAD (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A U.S. military drone crashed Saturday in northern Iraq, hitting a regional office of Iraqâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest Sunni political party in an area that remains an insurgent stronghold, an American military official said. The unmanned aerial reconnaissance vehicle crashed into the local office of the Iraqi Islamic Party in Mosul, an area the U.S. military has called the last stronghold of al-Qaida in Iraq.
Terror threats prompt German flight ban
BERLIN (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; German authorities banned all flights over Munichâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual Oktoberfest beer festival on Saturday after a series of Islamic terror threats targeted Germany for its role in Afghanistan. Some 6 million visitors a year pack the massive tents that dot Munichâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sprawling 77-acre (31-hectare) Theresienwiese beer garden during the 16-day festival known across the globe. This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s event began Sept. 19. The ban â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a measure normally reserved for high-ranking state visits â&#x20AC;&#x201D; is to remain in place through the end of the festival on Oct. 4.
WASHINGTON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Potomac River is a physical as well as a figurative divide between the White House and the Pentagon, and occupants of each building often refer to the other address as a slightly foreign place â&#x20AC;&#x153;across the river.â&#x20AC;? The gulf is suddenly on display as President Barack Obama contemplates whether to widen the U.S. commitment to the 8-year-old war in Afghanistan, a battle that is losing political and popular support even as it replaces Iraq as the militaryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s No. 1 priority. The White House is now uncertain whether to stick with a long-planned military recalibration of the war, a hesitance that has stoked new tensions with the Defense Department. After nine months of harmony, officials say itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nowhere near the schism that cleaved the military and the Clinton administration in the 1990s. But how the young Democratic administration and its commanders navigate this turbulence will play a critical role both in the management of the war and the cultivation of support from both the military and the American public. A senior administration official described it as â&#x20AC;&#x153;a realignment checkâ&#x20AC;? and played down suggestions that military leaders feel undercut. Pentagon officials insisted there is no crisis of confidence on either side but acknowledged raw feelings and a sense of impatience.
Several officials in Washington and Afghanistan spoke on condition of anonymity because Obama has not decided on his next move. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the commanding general they chose for Afghanistan, Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal, are â&#x20AC;&#x153;completely comfortable,â&#x20AC;? Morrell said. Mullen, however, signed off on McChrystalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s blunt warning that without reinforcements the war will soon be beyond winning. Mullen endorsed more troops. White House officials were startled and irritated by some of Mullenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s remarks, which came as Obama and senior aides were debating a shift. Obama has since said he wants to make sure that underlying assumptions about the war still hold and he denied that McChrystal was told to pocket his request for more forces. For many in the uniformed military, backed by prominent Republicans in Congress, the question is whether Obama will listen to his top generals. For the young administration, the better question is whether the United States is fighting the right war in the right place, and whether victory on paper in Afghanistan is worth the price. Gates has not publicly endorsed McChrystalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s conclusions. Obama doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have forever to decide whether to send thousands of U.S. forces to the war, said Cordesman, who helped McChrystal draft a brutal assessment of backsliding conditions there.
Obama has sent 21,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan this year, with little to show for it. During a summer of heavy fighting, Marines pushed into parts of Helmand province and other areas once under Taliban control, but there are not enough of them to fully hold all the territory. Troops and hundreds of U.S. civilians flowed into the country to protect voters during last monthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s election. But inconclusive results and allegations of massive fraud leave the U.S. unsure who will be in charge and whether Afghans will see their government as legitimate. Clinton entered office as the object of some suspicion among many in the military because he had famously avoided service in Vietnam, and he made matters far worse with what even supporters in the Pentagon thought was a ham-handed approach to the question of whether gays could serve openly. Obama has avoided Clintonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s early missteps and earned points among skeptics for agreeing with his generals to leave more forces in Iraq longer than he planned, stop the release of potentially inflammatory photos of detainees and replace the previous Afghanistan commander with McChrystal. Retired Gen. Wesley Clark, who witnessed some of the strains of the Clinton years as a commander in Kosovo and later in Europe, said some of the impatience over the troop decision is misplaced. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You have to give the administration time to do its homework,â&#x20AC;? Clark said.
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Off The Wall
Weathering The Storm
Scott Bowers
How to be a great NFL fan Some in this community may know Randy Tucker, the offensive coordinator of the Chase Trojans. I’d dare say none know Randy Tucker, fan of the NFL. Tucker’s philosophy on how to be a great fan needs to be studied and shared. It may just save a Carolina Panthers’ fan from a heart attack. Two years ago, the New England Patriots were 17-0 and marching toward perfection. Tucker was proud as a new papa for his boys in Red, White and Blue. Tucker could sit and nearly wax poetic on the beauty of Tom Brady’s well-thrown spirals, the grace that is Randy Moss and the tough-nosed, never quit attitude of 4-foot-11 Wes Welker. Then came the Super Bowl. The Giants won. Tucker beamed with pride, and was thrilled beyond belief that his long-time favorite team, the New York Giants had pulled off the incredible upset. His boys in Red, White and Blue stood tall and proud. Tucker nearly wrote a sonnet to describe the flight of a well-thrown Eli Manning pass, and he seriously considered pursuing his ambition as a country singer just so he could sing songs with the words, ‘Osi Umenyiora,’ in them. But, as all football fans know — the season must end. The 2008 NFL season rekindled Tucker’s passion for the highest level of the game. In week one, Tucker could describe in great detail the power of the Miami Dolphins’ Wildcat offense. By midseason, Tucker, a life-long Tennessee Titans’ fan was thrilled that Kerry Collins appeared poised to take the former Oilers franchise to the Super Bowl. And, by January of ’09, Tucker, who’s heart always bleeds Black and Gold, was ready to cheer his heart out for the Pittsburgh Steelers. He wrote an epic poem that he simply called, ‘Polamalu.’ Last week, prior to the Trojans big 30-6 win over West Lincoln, I stopped Tucker and asked him what he thought about his New England Patriots. “You must have me confused with someone else,” said Tucker. “I’ve always been a Giants’ man, myself.” The line struck me, and I thought long and hard about the brilliance of Tucker’s approach to fan-hood. Tucker’s heart is never broken with disappointment, he never sulks beside his TV after a game on Sunday or Monday, and he never has to hear any ill-word spoken — all because Tucker’s favorite team is always a winner. And, you never know which one. I thought about his approach to fan-hood after receiving gleeful calls from Rutherford County’s small cadre of Chicago Bears fans. Mostly holdovers from 1985. They were thrilled with the precision of Jay Cutler, overjoyed at the explosive speed of Devin Hester and ready to claim that they had never heard of a linebacker named, Brian Urlacher. All because they won, 17-14. Tucker may be on to something, but me? I’ll remain Black and Gold, forever. And this week, Tucker will be cheering on his Cowboys. Or, his Panthers. Either way.
Central’s fans stay vocal and supportive despite the heavy rains during the football game Friday between the Hilltoppers and East Rutherford. Central won 24-0. Garrett Byers/Daily Courier
Has the gridiron power shifted? By SCOTT BOWERS and KEVIN CARVER Daily Courier Sports Reporters
FOREST CITY — By late 2005 there was simply no doubt as to which of the three public high schools playing in the NCHSAA held the upper hand on the football field. The Cavaliers had reeled off an impressive run from 2000 to 2005, in which East won six straight ‘county titles.’ The two years prior to that, Chase, lead by Keyon Whiteside and JaVon McKinney, ended the 20th century as the counties top team. But, since 2006 R-S Central has quietly become the counties top program. In the last seven meetings with East and Chase, the Hilltoppers now stand at 6-1. Central will play at Chase this Friday, Oct. 2, and may push that mark to 7-1 over the last eight meetings. Are the Boys in Blue now the top gridiron team in the county? Just five years removed from a stretch that witnessed the Hilltoppers record a 1-33 mark. “That was our goal, starting out,” said Central’s Mike Cheek. “When we first got here — that was our goal. But, we want bigger things than just a county title, or being the best in the county. Garrett Byers/Daily Courier “With us, we are in a county right now Central’s Oddie Murray (44) runs through the East Rutherford defense during Please see Football, Page 3B Friday night’s football game. Murray tallied 90 yards in the Hilltoppers 24-0 win.
Ga. Tech runs past Tar Heels
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Georgia Tech quarterback Josh Nesbitt (9) gains yardage as he breaks away from North Carolina linebacker Kevin Reddick (48) and defensive end Quinton Coples (90) during the football game, at Bobby Dodd Stadium, Saturday, in Atlanta. Tech won 24-7.
ATLANTA (AP) — Quarterback Josh Nesbitt ran for two touchdowns and Georgia Tech’s defense made the most of a change to its scheme to beat No. 22 North Carolina 24-7 on Saturday. Georgia Tech (3-1 overall, 2-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) opened in a 4-3 scheme instead of the 4-2-5 it ran in last week’s 33-17 loss at Miami. The Yellow Jackets held North Carolina (3-1, 0-1) to 154 yards. Jonathan Dwyer, the 2008 ACC player of the year, had 158 yards rushing for his first 100-yard game of the season. He
Cowboys, Panthers search for answers ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Zip sacks and no turnovers are a big and unprecedented concern for the Dallas Cowboys. “We’ve got to reinvent some stuff, play a little bit better, get some pressure,” linebacker Bradie James said. “We’ve been on (quarterbacks), we just haven’t been able to sack them.” Not even Eli Manning of the New York Giants, who was sacked 12 times in two games against Dallas last season, but last weekend escaped pretty much unscathed in a last-play victory. The same defense that led the NFL with 59 sacks last season and still has individual leader Please see Answers, Page 8B
Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo
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2B — The Sunday Courier, Forest City, NC, Sunday, September 27, 2009
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Scoreboard BASEBALL National League
East Division W L Pct 89 64 .582 84 70 .545 82 72 .532 66 88 .429 52 102 .338 Central Division W L Pct St. Louis 89 65 .578 Chicago 80 73 .523 Milwaukee 76 78 .494 Cincinnati 73 81 .474 Houston 71 82 .464 Pittsburgh 57 95 .375 West Division W L Pct Los Angeles 92 62 .597 Colorado 87 67 .565 San Francisco 82 72 .532 San Diego 72 83 .465 Arizona 66 88 .429
Philadelphia Atlanta Florida New York Washington
5 7 23 37
GB — 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2
GB — 8 1/2 13 16 17 1/2 31 GB — 5 10 20 1/2 26
Friday’s Games Atlanta 4, Washington 1 Pittsburgh 3, L.A. Dodgers 1 N.Y. Mets 6, Florida 5 Cincinnati 10, Houston 4 Milwaukee 8, Philadelphia 4 Colorado 2, St. Louis 1 San Diego 4, Arizona 0 Chicago Cubs 3, San Francisco 0 Saturday’s Games Atlanta 11, Washington 5 Chicago Cubs 6, San Francisco 2 Cincinnati 10, Houston 4 L.A. Dodgers at Pittsburgh, late Philadelphia at Milwaukee, late Florida 9, N.Y. Mets 6 San Diego at Arizona, late St. Louis at Colorado, late Sunday’s Games N.Y. Mets (Misch 1-4) at Florida (Jo.Johnson 15-5), 1:10 p.m. Atlanta (D.Lowe 15-9) at Washington (Li. Hernandez 8-12), 1:35 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 8-8) at Pittsburgh (D.McCutchen 0-2), 1:35 p.m. Cincinnati (Cueto 10-10) at Houston (W.Rodriguez 13-11), 2:05 p.m. Philadelphia (Blanton 11-7) at Milwaukee (Bush 5-8), 2:05 p.m. St. Louis (Lohse 6-8) at Colorado (De La Rosa 15-9), 3:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs (R.Wells 11-9) at San Francisco (Cain 13-7), 4:05 p.m. San Diego (Mujica 3-4) at Arizona (Buckner 2-6), 4:10 p.m. American League
x-New York Boston Tampa Bay Toronto Baltimore
Detroit Minnesota Chicago Kansas City Cleveland
Los Angeles Texas Seattle Oakland
East Division W L Pct 99 56 .639 91 63 .591 78 75 .510 71 84 .458 60 93 .392 Central Division W L Pct 82 71 .536 80 73 .523 74 80 .481 63 91 .409 62 91 .405 West Division W L Pct 90 63 .588 84 69 .549 80 75 .516 74 80 .481
x-clinched playoff berth Friday’s Games
GB — 7 1/2 20 28 38 GB — 2 8 1/2 19 1/2 20 GB — 6 11 16 1/2
Cleveland 4, Baltimore 2 N.Y. Yankees 9, Boston 5 Toronto 5, Seattle 0 Texas 8, Tampa Bay 3 Minnesota 9, Kansas City 4 Chicago White Sox 2, Detroit 0 Oakland 3, L.A. Angels 0 Saturday’s Games Toronto 5, Seattle 4, 10 innings N.Y. Yankees 3, Boston 0 Baltimore at Cleveland, late Detroit 12, Chicago White Sox 5 Minnesota at Kansas City, late Tampa Bay at Texas, late Oakland at L.A. Angels, late Sunday’s Games Baltimore (Tillman 2-4) at Cleveland (D.Huff 10-8), 1:05 p.m. Boston (P.Byrd 1-2) at N.Y. Yankees (Pettitte 13-7), 1:05 p.m. Seattle (Rowland-Smith 4-3) at Toronto (Tallet 7-9), 1:07 p.m. Detroit (E.Jackson 13-7) at Chicago White Sox (D.Hudson 0-1), 2:05 p.m. Minnesota (Liriano 5-12) at Kansas City (Greinke 15-8), 2:10 p.m. Tampa Bay (Price 9-7) at Texas (McCarthy 7-4), 3:05 p.m. Oakland (Ed.Gonzalez 0-3) at L.A. Angels (J.Saunders 14-7), 3:35 p.m.
FOOTBALL National Football League AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF N.Y. Jets 2 0 0 1.000 40 New England 1 1 0 .500 34 Buffalo 1 1 0 .500 57 Miami 0 2 0 .000 30 South W L T Pct PF Indianapolis 2 0 0 1.000 41 Houston 1 1 0 .500 41 Jacksonville 0 2 0 .000 29 Tennessee 0 2 0 .000 41 North W L T Pct PF Baltimore 2 0 0 1.000 69 Pittsburgh 1 1 0 .500 27 Cincinnati 1 1 0 .500 38 Cleveland 0 2 0 .000 26 West W L T Pct PF Denver 2 0 0 1.000 39 San Diego 1 1 0 .500 50 Oakland 1 1 0 .500 33 Kansas City 0 2 0 .000 34
PA 16 40 45 46 PA 35 55 45 47 PA 50 27 36 61 PA 13 51 34 51
NATIONAL CONFERENCE N.Y. Giants Dallas Philadelphia Washington
W 2 1 1 1
Atlanta New Orleans Carolina Tampa Bay
W 2 2 0 0
Minnesota Green Bay Chicago Detroit
W 2 1 1 0
San Francisco Seattle Arizona St. Louis
W 2 1 1 0
East L T 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 South L T 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 North L T 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 West L T 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0
Pct 1.000 .500 .500 .500
PF 56 65 60 26
PA 48 54 58 30
Pct 1.000 1.000 .000 .000
PF 47 93 30 41
PA 27 49 66 67
Pct 1.000 .500 .500 .000
PF 61 45 32 40
PA 33 46 35 72
Pct 1.000 .500 .500 .000
PF 43 38 47 7
PA 26 23 37 37
Sunday’s Games Washington at Detroit, 1 p.m. Tennessee at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m. Green Bay at St. Louis, 1 p.m. Cleveland at Baltimore, 1 p.m. San Francisco at Minnesota, 1 p.m. Jacksonville at Houston, 1 p.m. Atlanta at New England, 1 p.m. N.Y. Giants at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m. Kansas City at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. Chicago at Seattle, 4:05 p.m. New Orleans at Buffalo, 4:05 p.m. Miami at San Diego, 4:15 p.m. Denver at Oakland, 4:15 p.m. Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 4:15 p.m. Indianapolis at Arizona, 8:20 p.m. Monday’s Game Carolina at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. College Football Major Scores EAST Albany, N.Y. 22, Sacred Heart 9 Boston College 27, Wake Forest 24, OT Bryant 20, Robert Morris 13 Bucknell 17, Marist 16 Cent. Connecticut St. 22, Columbia 13 Colgate 20, Fordham 12 Connecticut 52, Rhode Island 10 Cornell 14, Yale 12 Howard 14, Georgetown, D.C. 11 Massachusetts 44, Stony Brook 17 Navy 38, W. Kentucky 22 New Hampshire 44, Dartmouth 14 Princeton 17, Lehigh 14 Temple 37, Buffalo 13 Villanova 56, Northeastern 7 Wagner 56, St. Francis, Pa. 48, OT SOUTH Alabama 35, Arkansas 7 Alabama A&M 28, Ark.-Pine Bluff 7 Appalachian St. 20, Samford 7 Butler 28, Morehead St. 21, OT Charleston Southern 34, North Greenville 0 Chattanooga 38, Wofford 9 Delaware St. 21, Hampton 6 East Carolina 19, UCF 14 Elon 28, Georgia Southern 14 Florida A&M 31, Tennessee St. 12 Georgia Tech 24, North Carolina 7 Jacksonville St. 60, Nicholls St. 10 LSU 30, Mississippi St. 26 Louisiana-Monroe 27, Florida Atlantic 25 MVSU 10, Alabama St. 3 Marshall 27, Memphis 16 Monmouth, N.J. 31, Old Dominion 28 Morgan St. 12, Towson 9 N.C. State 38, Pittsburgh 31 Norfolk St. 40, Bethune-Cookman 14 Richmond 38, VMI 28 Rutgers 34, Maryland 13 South Florida 17, Florida St. 7 TCU 14, Clemson 10 Tulane 42, McNeese St. 32 Virginia Tech 31, Miami 7 MIDWEST Carthage 34, Valparaiso 24 Cent. Michigan 48, Akron 21 Cincinnati 28, Fresno St. 20 Dayton 24, Duquesne 17 Idaho 34, N. Illinois 31 Kansas 35, Southern Miss. 28 Kansas St. 49, Tennessee Tech 7 Michigan 36, Indiana 33 Minnesota 35, Northwestern 24 N. Iowa 35, Missouri St. 7 Ohio St. 30, Illinois 0 South Dakota 44, SE Louisiana 13 Wisconsin 38, Michigan St. 30 Youngstown St. 28, Indiana St. 0 SOUTHWEST Texas 64, UTEP 7 Troy 30, Arkansas St. 27 FAR WEST Air Force 26, San Diego St. 14 Cent. Washington 33, Idaho St. 22 Montana St. 25, N. Colorado 7 Oregon 42, California 3 Weber St. 36, Portland St. 29 Wyoming 30, UNLV 27
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Kenny Perry hits from the sand on the 15th hole during the third round of the Tour Championship golf tournament at the East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta Saturday.
Perry races past Woods at Tour Championship ATLANTA (AP) — Kenny Perry already has had a week to remember at the Tour Championship. He was honored with the Payne Stewart Award, which he called the greatest accomplishment of his career. He was so overcome by the stifling heat in the opening round at East Lake that he thought he might throw up after five holes and was lucky to shoot a 72. How about this to top it off? A two-shot lead going into Sunday, a final pairing with Tiger Woods, his entire family in town, and a chance to capture the Tour Championship, and maybe even the $10 million bonus for winning the FedEx Cup. “It might be magical,” Perry said Saturday. “We’ll see.” His round Saturday was magical enough. Perry birdied the opening four holes — all on putts inside 8 feet — to quickly catch up to Woods, then kept bogeys off his card the rest of the way for a 6-under 64. “Four birdies in a row puts you in a good mood is all I can say,” said Perry, who was at 8-under 202. “That set the tone for the day.” Woods had a 12-foot birdie putt on the first hole that slid by the cup, and that set the tone for his day. He missed a half-dozen chances from 15 feet or under, yet his only significant birdies came on putts of 20 and 55 feet. The other was a two-putt on a par 5. He wound up with a 69, his eighth consecutive round in the 60s during the FedEx Cup playoffs, yet this one cost him the lead. “I got fooled a few times there,” Woods said, confused by the slope and grain on the greens. Perry has 14 career victories, yet only two of them has come with Woods in the field.
Don’t bet on NASCAR gambling DOVER, Del. (AP) — Gentleman, stop your wagering. The idea of putting $5 to win on the No. 5 has gone bust at Dover. This could have been the weekend when gamblers and sports fans wagered on the NASCAR race at the Dover Downs casino and walked over to the Dover International Speedway to see if they picked a winner or should tear up their ticket. Those plans are now on hold. After an expensive court battle, plans by state leaders and casino operators to offer betting on single games in multiple sports were struck down. Delaware can only offer betting on at least three NFL games per wager, called parlay bets. The only NASCAR action Sunday at the newly opened Race & Sports Book will be on the big-screen TVs. “We’re a small state with a small population and we need all the help we can get,” Dover Motorsports president Denis McGlynn said Saturday. “I think the sports betting could have had the ability to draw new people into NASCAR just to give them some other reason to watch.”
The sports betting parlor, which likely would have been stuffed with bettors on a Friday night, instead had plenty of good seats available to stop in for a burger, beer and good view of the Phillies game. Sports betting in Delaware officially got under way on Sept. 10. Sports wagers made at the state’s three racetrack casinos totaled only $257,870 during the first week of the betting lottery. State officials are appealing the ruling by the federal appeals court and are still hoping to offer more popular single-game bets, and wagering on a variety of sports. “I have hopes. Not sure they’re realistic,” McGlynn said. NASCAR did not take a public stance on the issue, but the sport has held races in Las Vegas for years. “To the extent that our fans would like it and enjoy it, I think it’s a good thing,” NASCAR spokesman Ramsey Poston said. The casino will have live table games by next summer, though not in time for the first Cup weekend at Dover.
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Bowyer claims win at Dover DOVER, Del. (AP) — Clint Bowyer raced to his second Nationwide Series victory of the season on Saturday, taking the lead with 83 laps to go on the concrete at Dover International Speedway. His celebration was ignored as all attention turned to a brief, but heated, confrontation on pit road between Denny Hamlin and Brad Keselowski. They made contact late in the race, sending Hamlin to the garage. Keselowski finished third and was greeted when he got out of his car by an angry Hamlin. They exchanged words, and Hamlin shoved Keselowski. Keselowski’s public relations rep shoved Hamlin. Keselowski crew chief Tony Eury Jr. ended it after a brief chat with Hamlin.
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sports R-S Central 24, East Rutherford 0 ER — 0 0 0 0 — 0 RS — 10 7 0 7 — 24
First Quarter RS — Cody Owens 26 yard FG RS — Jacob Kinlaw 21 yard run (C. Owens PAT) Second Quarter RS —Vic Staley fumble recovery in end zone (C. Owens PAT) Fourth Quarter RS — Cameron Green 8 yard run (C. Owens PAT)
RUSHING ER — T. Hamilton 12-63; T. Wilkerson 5-23; A. Wilkins 5-(-3); M. Baxter 2-(-15); J. Barksdale 1-0. RS — C. Green 18-59-TD; O. Murray 16-90; L. Brown 8-37; J. Kinlaw 8-37-TD; W. Lynch 5-15; T. Abrams 1-10. PASSING ER — M. Baxter 7-16-52. RS — J. Kinlaw 6-13-49. RECEIVING ER — T. Hamilton 3-14; Z. Price 2-27; O. Wilkins 1-10; R. Snow 1-1. RS — L. Brown 3-17; D. Watkins 1-18; C. Green 1-8; T. Abrams 1-8.
Patton 13, Chase 6 CH — 0 0 0 6 — 6 PA — 7 0 6 0 — 13
First Quarter PA — B. Bethel 49-yard run (K. Stone PAT) Third Quarter PA — B. Bethel 31-yard run (PAT blocked) Fourth Quarter CH — T. Gossett 9-yard pass to T. Gaffney (twopoint conversion no good)
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Central’s Oddie Murray (44) looks for running room during the game against East Rutherford Friday.
Football Continued from Page 1B
where football isn’t real big. To the players and coaches it’s big, but to the rest of the county —it’s probably not as big as other places. And we are all guilty of playing good ball for a few years RUSHING and then playing bad ball for a CH — T. Gossett 17-56, J. Miller 12-46, D. Hines few years.” 7-29, T. Gaffney 3-8 The reason the Hilltoppers rise PA — B. Bethel 14-231-2 TD, J. Bristol 10-25, J. to the top of the county has been Reed 7-23, T. Buchanan 3-(-9), D. Flowers 1-5, so quiet is do to the fact that PASSING unlike Chase or East, which had CH — T. Gossett 5-11-3 INT-TD-15 seasons in which they complied PA — T. Buchanan 1-8-INT-9, B. Bethel, 0-1-INT 11, 12 and even a 13 win season, RECEIVING the Hilltoppers have struggled CH — T. Gaffney 3-7-TD, K. Crawford 2-8 outside of county play. PA — J. Bristol 1-9 Central’s best mark, prior to this season, was last season’s 7-5 overall record that included a first round playoff loss to Asheville. It is for that reason that Cheek stopped two Central players from dousing him with Gatorade TJ — 6 0 0 0 — 6 as the final seconds ticked off MT — 27 35 7 8 — 77 the clock in the game against East. First Quarter “We haven’t done anything yet,” MT — Shawn Jackson 14-yard run (Thomas said Cheek. “We don’t play this Buchanan kick) game to win the county. Until MT — Logan Jensen 73-yard run (kick failed) we understand that, well, we will MT — Dylan Forbes 14-yard run (kick failed) have a long way to go.” TJ — W. Beam 21-yard pass to Ryan Spurlin (kick failed) East Rutherford MT — Jensen 12-yard run (S. Jackson run) vs. R-S Central Second Quarter RUTHERFORDTON — The MT — R. Sparks 37-yard pass from L. Jensen (T. Hilltoppers entered Friday Buchanan pass from L. Jensen) night’s matchup against East MT — L. Jensen 60-yard run (kick failed) with some clear goals in mind. MT — M. Styles 28-yard interception return (J. First, stop the East offense; Bennett pass from L. Jensen) and second, utilize a no-huddle MT — B. Bomar 24-yard pass from L. Jensen approach to keep the Cavs in (kick failed) MT — D. Forbes 57-yard run (T. Buchanan kick) base defense as much as possible. Third Quarter “Our worst feeling was watchMT — M. Styles 50-yard run (T. Buchanan kick) ing that rain fall and we worried Fourth Quarter about turnovers,” said Cheek. MT — J. Hoilman 1-yard run (J. Hoilman run) “On a dry field it’s hard to stop their top guys, and our first goal RUSHING was to shut down No. 21. But, TJ — W. McCraw 8-15; W. Beam 7-(-9); A. we really worried about missed Conner 2-1; A. Helton 1-1 tackles or turnovers in the rain.” PASSING Cheek was simply worried for TJ — Will Beam 15-34-1 TD-144-4 INT no reason. RECEIVING TJ — M. Martin 4-74; R. Spurlin 6-41-TD; A. Central controlled the game Conner 4-18; H. Blice 1-3 with and without the rain falling, a point East Coach Clint Bland conceded. “As I watched the tape, it was clear that they won the battle up By SCOTT BOWERS front,” said Bland. The Hilltoppers have been Daily Courier Sports Editor winning that ‘battle up front’ for AVONDALE — One of the more startling stats most of the year. from the Gryphons loss to the Mountaineers was Mitchell’s incredible 17.2 yards per carry. Mitchell rushed for 464 yards on 27 carries and scored seven touchdowns of 20 yards or more. The Gryphons will face Avery next Friday, Oct. 2. Avery clipped Owen, 14-7, in conference action this past Friday night.
Mitchell 77, Thomas Jefferson 6
TJCA needs run support
“Defensively, we’ve played great, with the exception of that first half against Tuscola,” Cheek said. “I think Jason (Watson) and the guys on that side of the ball have done an outstanding job.” The Cavaliers crossed the 50 yard line just once in the contest — on their first possession — and were held to a 120 yards for the game. On the other side of the football, the changes Cheek installed, including the no huddle, worked to perfection. And they worked, according to Cheek, because of his experienced offensive line. “We wanted to keep them in the same front as much as possible, when you huddle up you play a bit of a guessing game. Our kids are capable of handling the no huddle, and our offensive line is able to make the adjustments,” said Cheek. “They are a smart group of kids (the offensive line) and several of them have 3.8 and 3.9 GPAs, they understand what we are trying to do.” The win snapped several streaks. It was the first win for the Hilltoppers at the school they call, ‘The Palace,’ since the high school moved out to US 221 in 1993. And, the shut out also marked the first time the Cavaliers had been shut out in 149 games — a streak that was the third longest in the state, behind only Reidsville (167 games) and Independence (152 games). Upon further review: In the second quarter, it appeared that Central’s Cameron Green had scored the first of what would become two rushing touchdowns. Officials on the field, however, ruled that Green fumbled the ball prior to breaking the plain of the end zone. Central’s Vic Staley recovered the fumble and has been awarded the touchdown.
Chase at Patton MORGANTON — The first South Mountain Athletic Conference game was close, but a young Chase football team was literally stuck in neutral for most of Friday night’s game with Patton. Despite allowing 136 first half yards and 231 overall yards
to Panther’s tailback Brandon Bethel, Chase was able to hang around, losing a slim 13-6 contest on the road. “We were just stuck all night on offense and there was no execution until that last drive,” Chase football coach Brad Causby said. “I am proud of them though, we had a chance. I thought we showed heart as the game came down to the end.” Chase couldn’t get out of their own way in the first half and the struggling started early for Chase as time of possession and field position were critical. Chase managed to keep the ball just nine minutes for 25 total yards as opposed to 15 minutes and 181 yards for Patton. The average field position for Chase—at their own 15-yard line, while Patton began three of it’s five first half possessions in Chase territory. Yet the defense stepped up when needed, only trailing by seven at the break. The Trojans came up with four Patton turnovers, but only one of those were capitalized for points. Raheem Hampton led the defense with two interceptions, while Carlos Watkins had an outstanding game as well. Watkins recorded a sack, blocked a point after, came up with a fumble recovery and had several tackles on the night. Terrell Smith came up with the other fumble recovery. Keyshon Crawford, Dion Hines and Jalen Smith each came away with several tackles in the effort. While the game went rather quickly, the clash between the two teams, didn’t come without injury. Five Trojans were injured during the contest with two returning to the field later on. Only sophomores, Tyreece Gossett and Julius Miller combined for 102-yards of offense for the Trojans. “I was pleased with Gossett and Miller in the fourth quarter,” Causby said. “I feel like they are both becoming leaders for this team.” Although, Chase couldn’t hold on to the ball with time running out to try and tie the game, Causby and Chase haven’t thrown in the towel and they can’t allow that to happen. The loss ended a two-game win steak, but five games still remain. Chase will suit up next Friday at home against R-S Central.
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sports NC State rallies to beat Pitt; Wake falls to BC
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RALEIGH (AP) — Toney Baker scored from 2 yards out with 6:28 left and North showed no sign of the shoulder injury that limited Carolina State’s defense made him to five carries for 7 yards against Miami. a late stand to preserve a 38-31 Nesbitt added a career-high 32 carries for 97 victory over Pittsburgh on yards. Georgia Tech had 317 yards rushing in Saturday. its spread option offense while holding North In a wild game in which the Carolina to 17. teams combined for 830 total North Carolina’s only touchdown came on T.J. yards, Russell Wilson threw Yates’ 40-yard pass to Erik Highsmith early in the four touchdown passes for the fourth quarter. third straight week and finished Georgia Tech then put the game away with 21 of 35 for 322 yards for the a 17-play, 76-yard touchdown drive, capped by Wolfpack (3-1). Nesbitt’s 10-yard run. The drive lasted 8 minutes, Wilson also rushed 10 times for 15 seconds. 91 yards and led three straight second-half touchdown drives Morgan Burnett had two interceptions for for N.C. State. The last was kept Georgia Tech, including one that ended North alive by two pass-interference Carolina’s final drive with 1:34 remaining. calls on third downs against Yates was 11 of 26 for 137 yards with the two Pitt. Baker raced untouched interceptions and one touchdown. Nesbitt was through the left side two plays 7-for-17 for 89 yards. later to give N.C. State its first — A 35-yard run by Dwyer was the highlight as Georgia Tech drove 88 yards on its first possession. and only — lead. Bill Stull was 12 of 23 for Roddy Jones’ 13-yard run gave the Yellow Jackets a 206 yards with two touchdown 7-0 lead. passes while Dion Lewis had Georgia Tech extended its lead after a Tar Heels two early scoring runs for the turnover. Yates lined up in the shotgun but wasn’t Panthers (3-1). looking for the snap when the ball shot past him. Georgia Tech defensive end Derrick Morgan recovBoston College 27, ered the fumble at the North Carolina 32, setting Wake Forest 24, OT up Scott Blair’s 34-yard field goal for a 10-0 halftime lead. BOSTON (AP) — Wes Davis Continued from Page 1B
recovered a fumble in overtime to foil Wake Forest’s drive for a winning touchdown as Boston College held on for a 27-24 win behind Dave Shinskie’s three scoring passes on Saturday. The Demon Deacons had rallied behind Riley Skinner ’s two touchdown passes in the last 3:44 of regulation before the Eagles (3-1, 1-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) went ahead on a 23-yard field goal by Steve Aponavicius on the first series of overtime. Wake Forest (2-2, 0-1) then got its chance to start at the 25-yard line and moved to a first down at the 4 on four running plays. It tried another run but no one was in position to take a handoff and Skinner ran to the left without blockers. Isaac Johnson forced the fumble and Davis recovered, ending the game and sending BC’s players rushing onto the field.
East Carolina 19, UCF 14 GREENVILLE (AP) — Dwayne Harris scored two touchdowns, including a 3-yard catch midway through the fourth
Ask the Guys Dear Classified Guys, For years I have been after my husband to sell a clunky old desk he keeps in our den. After much convincing, he agreed to put it in the yard sale we were holding. I priced it to sell at only $20. After three hours I was getting nervous since it had no takers. Just when I was about to lower the price, a woman came and offered me $10 for it. "Absolutely yes!" was what I wanted to say, but before I could, another person offered me the full $20. Not wanting to be outdone, the first woman haggled back, "$25!" Before I knew it, that old clunker was going to net $45. I obviously accepted the higher offer from the second person. The first woman was so upset that she stormed off and left the sale. Then the surprise. The second woman decided not to take the desk! As you may have guessed, its now back in our den and my husband is sitting pretty. I thought bidding wars were a good thing. Should I have just accepted the first offer?
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unwanted items and find them useful homes. For most people a successful sale is when they sell everything they had out, not necessarily how much money they made in the process. Cash: With that goal in mind, it's best to sell your items to the first person that gives you a reasonable offer. You could always take the name of a second person in case things don't work out. Carry: In the future, you may want to leave the bidding wars to the auction houses. For everyday items at a yard sale, just remember that selling them means one less thing you have to put back in your den!
quarter, to help East Carolina defeat Central Florida 19-14 on Saturday. Harris was a threat all over the field for the Pirates (2-2, 1-0 Conference USA), who defeated the Knights for the fourth consecutive season. The wide receiver made 10 catches for 121 yards and rushed the ball three times on direct snaps for 27 yards and a touchdown.
Appalachian State 20, Samford 7 BOONE (AP) — Armanti Edwards ran for a touchdown and threw for another to lead Appalachian State to a 20-7 victory over Samford on Saturday. Edwards was 19-for-28 passing for 194 yards and a 13-yard touchdown pass to Jordan Gary that gave the Mountaineers a 17-0 lead with 5:06 left in the second quarter. Edwards’ 13-yard scoring run gave Appalachian State (1-2, 1-0 Southern Conference) a 7-0 advantage with 6:47 remaining in the first quarter. Devon Moore led Appalachian State with 106 yards rushing.
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My mother is kind of quirky. To make sure she has money wherever she goes, she puts a bill in the pocket of all her clothes. I had forgotten about that fact until I helped her go through her closet for a yard sale. She sat on the bed while I held up items from the wardrobe. Her job was to decide what to charge for each piece. First I held up a blouse. When I asked what it was worth, she told me $20 and then reached into the pocket and pulled out a $20 bill. When I held up a pair of pants she said to charge $5. Sure enough, I checked the pocket and pulled out a $5 bill. Holding up a jacket she never wore, I asked, "How much for this one?" "Oh that one's worthless," she said, "It has no pockets!" (Thanks to Janet C.)
Greedy Scheme Being greedy rarely pays off as best proved by Charles Ponzi. Born in Italy in 1882, Charles became one of the most famous con men. He created a scheme that promised investors a 50% to 100% return by buying postal reply coupons. He paid off early investors with the money he made from new investors. His scheme racked up millions in losses in the 1920's and coined the now famous term "Ponzi Scheme". Charles Ponzi was eventually convicted of mail fraud and larceny. His final year was spent in poverty at a charity hospital in 1949. •
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Community agency is seeking Mental Health QPs and Licensed Therapists (must be NC Board Eligible). If interested please e-mail resume to esherlin@umhs.net Musician/Minister of Music New Vernon Baptist Church, Rev. J.K. Miller, is seeking a musician/minister of music. If interested please contact Deacon Joe Hunt 245-1100 or Lena Wilkerson 287-2471
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6B — The Sunday Courier, Forest City, NC, SUNDAY, September 27, 2009 IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION RUTHERFORD COUNTY BEFORE THE CLERK 2009-SP-87 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY DARREN R. VANCE AND THERESA S. VANCE DATED SEPTEMBER 10, 2001, AND RECORDED SEPTEMBER 12, 2001 IN BOOK 0641 AT PAGE 0230, IN THE RUTHERFORD COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORMAN M. YORK, JR. AND/OR GINGER LEE RUSSELL, SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE (S)
IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION RUTHERFORD COUNTY BEFORE THE CLERK 2009-SP-123 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY RICKY JASON HOUSER AND DATED NOVEMBER 23, 2005, AND RECORDED NOVEMBER 29, 2005 IN BOOK 873 AT PAGE 531, IN THE RUTHERFORD COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORMAN M. YORK, JR. AND/OR GINGER LEE RUSSELL, SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE (S)
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Pursuant to an Order of the Clerk of Superior Court and under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in the above-referenced Deed of Trust and because of default in the payment of the indebtedness thereby secured and failure to carry out and perform the stipulation and agreements therein contained and, pursuant to demand of the owner and holder of the indebtedness secured by said deed of trust, the undersigned substitute trustee will expose for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at the county courthouse of said county at 2:00 pm on the 29th day of September, 2009 the following described real estate and any improvements which may be situated thereon, situated in RUTHERFORD County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows:
Pursuant to an Order of the Clerk of Superior Court and under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in the above-referenced Deed of Trust and because of default in the payment of the indebtedness thereby secured and failure to carry out and perform the stipulation and agreements therein contained and, pursuant to demand of the owner and holder of the indebtedness secured by said deed of trust, the undersigned substitute trustee will expose for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at the county courthouse of said county at 2:00 pm on the 29th day of September, 2009 the following described real estate and any improvements which may be situated thereon, situated in RUTHERFORD County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows:
SCHEDULE “A” PROPERTY DESCRIPTION
ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED IN HIGH SHOALS TOWNSHIP, RUTHERFORD COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
Situate, lying and being in Morgan Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina, being a part of that tract or parcel of land which was conveyed by J. Christopher Callahan and wife, Donna H. Callahan to Nancy H. Morgan by deed dated December 29, 1989, and recorded in Deed Book 552, at Page 417, Rutherford County Registry; said portion herein conveyed being more particularly described as Lot 3 and by courses and distances accordingly to a plat of recent survey by Nathan Odom, Registered Land Surveyor, dated December 11, 1989, revised September 19, 1990 and also revised March 28, 1994, as follows: BEGINNING at a PK nail located in the centerline of North Carolina State Secondary Road #1358 (a/k/a Elliott Road), said PK nail being located South 25 deg. 12 min. 15 sec. West 557.20 feet from a PK nail located in the intersection of North Carolina State Secondary Road 1358 and North Carolina State Secondary Road 1331, said beginning PK nail also being located in the western boundary line of the property of Donald W. Arrowood, et ux (now or formerly) as described in deed recorded in Deed Book 302, at Page 24, Rutherford county Registry, and running thence from said beginning PK nail with the western boundary of the said Arrowood property South 04 deg. 11 min. 00 sec. East 723.05 feet to a new iron pin; thence running a new line North 76 deg. 24 min. 00 sec. West 375.72 feet (passing a new iron pin at 364.80 feet) to a PK nail located in the centerline of the North Carolina State Secondary Road 1358; thence running with the centerline of the North Carolina State Secondary Road 1358 the following two (2) courses and distances: (1) North 26 deg. 27 min. 38 sec. East 223.41 feet to a PK nail; and (2) North 26 deg. 11 min. 39 sec. East 482.30 feet to the point and place of BEGINNING; and containing 2.96 acres, more or less. Being the same and identical property which was conveyed by Patricia H. Vance, divorced to Darren R. Vance and wife, Theresa S. Vance by deed dated September 10, 2001 and of record in Deed Book ___, at Page ____, Rutherford County Registry. Reference is also made to deed of record in Deed Book 642, at Page 88, Rutherford County Registry. T-als Pr-spr Doc-ddt/drvance.ddt ALSO 1997 Clay Mobile Home Vin # CAP003458TNAB And Being more commonly know as: 1064 ELLIOT ROAD, RUTHERFORDTON, NC 28139 The present record owners is: DARREN R. VANCE AND THERESA S. VANCE The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance "AS IS, WHERE IS". Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by said deed of trust/security agreement, or both being foreclosed, nor the officers, attorneys, agents or other authorized representative of either Trustee or holder of the Note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to such condition expressly are disclaimed. This sale is made subject to all prior liens and encumbrances, and unpaid taxes and assessments including but not limited to any transfer tax associated with the foreclosure, for paying, if any. 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. The sale will be held open for ten (10) days for upset bids as required by law. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. Should the foreclosure action be dismissed for any reason prior to the receipt of the bid amount from the third party bidder, the bid deposit will be returned to the third party bidder by certified mail return receipt requested and no other remedies will be assertable by the third party bidder. This the 1st day of September, 2009. ______________________________ Norman M. York, Jr. Substitute Trustee
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SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN HIGH SHOALS TOWNSHIP, RUTHERFORD COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, AND BEING A PORTION OF THAT PROPERTY CONVEYED BY DEED RECORDED IN DEED BOOK 797 AT PAGE 581, RUTHERFORD COUNTY REGISTRY, AND BEING KNOWN AS ALL OF LOT NUMBER 17 OF THE CREEKSIDE SUBDIVISION AS SHOWN ON PLAT DULY RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS FOR RUTHERFORD COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, IN PLAT BOOK 11 AT PAGE 08, TO WHICH REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE FOR A MORE FULL AND COMPLETE DESCRIPTION, AND SAID LOT NUMBER 23 CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY .496 ACRES, MORE OR LESS. TOGETHER WITH A '45 RIGHT OF WAY OVER THAT EXISTING PRIVATE ROAD KNOWN AS SHADE BRANCH TRAIL AS SHOWN ON SAID RECORDED PLAT. And Being more commonly know as: 196 Shade Branch Trail, FOREST CITY, NC 28043 The present record owner is: RICKY JASON HOUSER The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance "AS IS, WHERE IS". Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by said deed of trust/security agreement, or both being foreclosed, nor the officers, attorneys, agents or other authorized representative of either Trustee or holder of the Note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to such condition expressly are disclaimed. This sale is made subject to all prior liens and encumbrances, and unpaid taxes and assessments including but not limited to any transfer tax associated with the foreclosure, for paying, if any. 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. The sale will be held open for ten (10) days for upset bids as required by law. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. Should the foreclosure action be dismissed for any reason prior to the receipt of the bid amount from the third party bidder, the bid deposit will be returned to the third party bidder by certified mail return receipt requested and no other remedies will be assertable by the third party bidder. This the 1st day of September, 2009. _____________________________ Norman M. York, Jr. Substitute Trustee
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Roar and an upset from Lions?
NEW YORK (AP) — Yes, the Detroit Lions are losers of historic proportions. Should they fall at home to Washington on Sunday, they will drop into a morass visited by only one team in NFL annals. After becoming the only club to go 0-16 in a season, the Lions have lost their first two games this year. Add on a loss in the 2007 finale, and that makes 19 straight. By falling to the Redskins, Detroit would trail only the 1976-77 Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who lost the first 26 games of their existence: 0-14, then 0-12 before taking their final two matches in 1977. Now, here come the Redskins, who squeezed by weak St. Louis 9-7 at home last Sunday. The Skins are 6½-point favorites at Ford Field, even though they’ve been among the most disappointing teams through two weeks of the schedule. Washington’s offense has scored one touchdown. “All you can do is scratch your head,” receiver Santana Moss said. “I mean, yeah, it’s true, we have the talent. You’re sitting there saying, ‘Man, we should be doing this, we should be doing that.’ But ‘should be’ ain’t good enough, you know what I mean?” The Lions know all about not being good enough. Already, fans are calling for coach Jim Schwartz to bench top overall draft pick Matthew Stafford for Daunte Culpepper. After so much losing this decade, why should they be patient? But Schwartz should be, particularly with the best matchup Detroit will get until November. Dare we? We dare ... LIONS, 14-13 Jacksonville (plus 4½) at Houston BEST BET: A chance for Texans to back up their big win at Tennessee and eradicate that ugly opener vs. Jets. TEXANS, 27-14 Tennessee (plus 2) at New York Jets A smart man who once did these picks says teams not good enough to be 3-0 won’t be. Same
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The Detroit Lions last won a game in 2007 and a loss to the Washington Redskins, today, would be the team’s 20th in a row.
goes for bad and 0-3 teams. TITANS, 16-14 Kansas City (off) at Philadelphia Donovan McNabb’s uncertain availability means no point spread. Eagles need to rebound regardless of their QB. EAGLES, 23-7 Cleveland (plus 14) at Baltimore Mangini’s Mess vs. Rollicking Ravens. Do Browns have enough pride to make it close? RAVENS, 24-13 New York Giants (minus 6½) at Tampa Bay Tough turnaround for Giants. Normally could be a trap, but not against these Bucs. GIANTS, 27-10 Green Bay (minus 8½) at St. Louis Packers blew one against Bengals. They won’t blow another to weak opponent. PACKERS, 24-7 San Francisco (plus 6½) at Minnesota A pair of 2-0 teams and first home game for Vikings. Difficult spot for developing Niners. VIKINGS, 16-7 Atlanta (plus 5) at New England Is this the week real Patriots show up? Or have we seen the real Patriots? PATRIOTS, 21-17
Chicago (minus 1) at Seattle Seahawks need Matt Hasselbeck at QB to have a chance. BEARS, 15-13 New Orleans (minus 6) at Buffalo It could be windy in Orchard Park. Or it could be Brees-y. SAINTS, 27-14 Miami (plus 7½) at San Diego Let’s see if the Dolphins can hold the ball for 55 minutes and still lose. CHARGERS, 21-14 Pittsburgh (minus 6) at Cincinnati Still can’t believe how poorly Steelers played in Chicago. That almost never happens in Cincinnati. STEELERS, 20-10 Denver (plus 2½) at Oakland Hard to believe Broncos might be 3-0. Or that Raiders might be 2-1. BRONCOS, 20-17 Indianapolis (pick ‘em) at Arizona Colts play on Monday night, then must travel out to the desert the next week? Doesn’t seem fair. CARDINALS, 27-24 Carolina (plus 9½) at Dallas (Monday) Does Jerry Jones move the ‘Boys back to Texas Stadium if they lose this one? COWBOYS, 21-14
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DeMarcus Ware rushing from end is now the only team that heads into Week 3 without a sack or a forced turnover. Maybe that finally changes when the Cowboys (1-1) play Monday night against Carolina (0-2), which has an NFL-high nine turnovers (three fumbles, six interceptions). The Panthers have also given up six sacks, a total surpassed by only four other teams. “It’ll be two teams who are licking their wounds trying to get a way to get a win,” Panthers quarterback Jake Delhomme said. Never since sacks became an official NFL stat in 1982 had the Cowboys gone consecutive games without a sack or a turnover. The last time they had been blanked in both categories even in a single game was nearly five years ago, in November 2004. Making that even more confusing is that coach Wade Phillips, whose strength is defense, added the role of coordinator this season. There were only six games in the previous 27 seasons he was head coach or coordinator that his team didn’t have a sack or a takeaway, and 1994 was the last time one of his teams went consecutive games without sacking a quarterback. “If you’re aggressive, like we are, things will turn out fine. We’re working at it,” Phillips said. “The most important thing is winning the game.” Especially for a team whose last playoff victory was in the 1996 NFC wild-card game before losing to Carolina the following week, and a coach in the final season of his three-year contract. To be fair, the Cowboys had an interception in the season opener that was wiped out by an illegal contact penalty against another defender away from the ball. Mike Jenkins, who had the pick that was taken away in Tampa Bay, gets his turn as the starting cornerback Monday instead of Orlando Scandrick, who had a poor performance and was repeatedly beaten by the Giants. The Cowboys plan to keep alternating the second-year cornerbacks as starters so far opposite Terence Newman. “I remember 32 (Scandrick) because they’ve been playing him on ESPN pretty frequently,” Panthers receiver Steve Smith said, followed by a laugh. “By the scouting report we got, he probably won’t be in because he’s been playing continually on the rotation on ESPN.” The Giants’ Steve Smith had 10 catches for 134 yards against the Cowboys last week, while Mario Manningham also had 10 catches for 150 yards. New York had gone 13 games with a 100-yard receiver, then had two against the Cowboys. When Carolina’s Smith last played against the Cowboys in 2007, he had nine catches for 137 yards and a touchdown. Most of the time, no matter which side he lines up on, Smith will be going against Newman, who is coming off an admittedly poor performance of his own.
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Putting meaning behind a habit “Bless you.” “Bless you.” “God Bless you.” “Bless You.” At least four times voices of four co-workers were heard speaking those two simple words, spontaneously, in the newsroom after another employee began sneezing in an adjoining office. Then came an obvious response, “Thank you.” Wonder how many times a day or a week, do we respond, “Bless You” or “Gezundheit” when a person sneezes? Are the words really spoken from the heart of a person asking for the other person to be blessed? Or it is out of habit? Or simply being courteous? Author Kate Nowak says in her book, “May You Be Blessed,” the idea of blessing someone when they sneeze is rooted in superstition, an archaic belief that in the act of sneezing the soul is thrown from the body, and a blessing is needed for spiritual protection. She adds, however, today the blessing is offered as no more than a courtesy, a polite response that has come to be socially accepted and actually expected. The thought of actually being blessed after sneezing came to Nowak as she was facing tough times because of the death of her father. During those times, she was in a store when she sneezed. She said she consciously counted 11 “Bless Yous.” Moments later, she began to notice a difference in herself. Her sadness had begun to lift a bit. She had been blessed. She said she began to feel more connected and empowered than she had in the days before. Nowak said as she began to feel stronger, she came to a realization everything was going to be OK. In her mind, Nowak said the “bless yous” spontaneously spoken were probably spoken out of habit. And if they were from habit, what a shame people were giving such needed gifts as a blessing, unaware of the impact of what had been done. Although the nearly dozen people didn’t know her and may not have ever realized what had happened, Nowak was the recipient of a blessing unexpected. The sounds of the “Bless Yous” changed her life as she realized the incredible power behind those two words. Today when Nowak says “Bless You” she thinks more on the act of a blessing for the person and recognizes the blessing as one of the most powerful and practical ways a person can have for reconnecting with each other. She won’t forget the day the “Bless Yous” changed her life. She was blessed unexpectedly in a time when she needed it most. A blessing can be a simple release from pain or a reminder we are made of love, light and goodness, a feeling of comfort. We can pass the blessing on. The next time I hear a sneeze, I want the “Bless you,” not to be spontaneous words from habit, but a true hope for blessings. A little child in our church gets it right. The other day with two simple, profound words to the Lord, he prayed, “Bless you.” And who among us doesn’t need a little shot of inspiration today in our efforts to move forward and attempt to do the right things. Bless you. Contact Gordon via e-mail at jgordon@thedigitalcouriercom.
Fall comes to the hilltop Annual . festival returns for 38th year Fall is in the air and the 38th annual Hilltop Fall Festival is just around the corner. Hilltop Fall Festival officially opens with the annual 5K race Saturday, Oct. 3, at 8:30 a.m. and is immediately followed by the Tour de Pumpkin Bike Ride and the 1K fun run. Live music begins at 10:15 a.m. on the main stage on the courthouse lawn featuring Mike Rogers and Friends. Rocky Yelton and The Hired Guns will perform at 1 p.m. followed by Calm and Collective at 3 p.m. The annual Canine Costume Contest begins at 11 a.m. on the courthouse lawn. Local celebrities will be this year’s judges for the contest. Truman’s Playland, sponsored by Kidsville, will
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Gaylord Cowan demonstrates woodturning at the Rutherford County Woodworkers booth at the Hilltop Fall Festival in Rutherfordton. This year’s event is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 3.
have inflatibles, a rock climbing wall, games and more. The street stage, located at Court and Main Streets, will showcase local talents from IGA’s Dancin Stars, TJCA Dance Project, Ray Rice Martial Arts and more. AM radio station, WCAB, will do a live remote broadcast from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. More than 100 arts and crafts vendors from the Carolinas as well as food vendors serving barbecue, burgers, hot dogs funnel cakes, homemade ice cream, roasted corn and much more.
2 p.m. and tournament play begins shortly after 2 p.m. Winners will be awarded $500 in total cash prizes. Look for Guitar Hero Tourney in the old Kodiak at First and Central Streets. Rutherford Weekly is sponsoring free shuttle service again. Shuttle service will be provided from the Old Food Lion Parking Lot and Fred’s Parking Lot with drop off/pickup locations at Second and Central, First and Central (Main Street Park) and Court and Central.
Video game enthusiasts won’t want to miss the Guitar Hero Tourney. Open qualifying is from 10 a.m. to
For more information about the festival go to www.rutherfordtown.com or contact us at 828-287-2071.
Promise Remains tour takes the stage tonight SPINDALE — The Promise Remains Tour featuring Building 429 and Todd Agnew with Kimber Rising, is coming to The Foundation, Isothermal Community College, at 6 tonight. Tickets are $15 at the door and $12 in advance. Building 429 and Todd Agnew have been long
time-partners with World Vision and in the past year, Building 429 and the organization paired up for the “Truth Hope and Love Tour” and the World Vision Summerfest tour. “It’s been over five years since Todd and Building have toured together,” said Building 429 lead singing Jason Roy. “When we drew
up a vision for the tour, the thought process was simple: God’s promises remain true today, even with the economic hardships and the continuing wars that are being waged around the world. “The world has changed, economic hardship has hit everyone and wars continue to be waged around the
world,” Roy said. “This is God’s timing without question, and we are thrilled to spend a touring season with each other,” he continued “Our respective fan bases are sure to leave each night reminded of the fact God is still in control and all of His promises are guaranteed for
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Bringing history to life Overmountain . Victory Trail stories . to be shared in October By JEAN GORDON Daily Courier Staff Writezr
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Seen in this file photo are marchers with the Over Mountain Victory Trail during one of their re-enactment events held near the area.
RUTHERFORDTON — Gilbert Town, the first county seat in Rutherford, will be the setting Friday, Oct. 2, and Sunday, Oct. 4, as the Overmountain Victory Trail Association re-enactors share stories of the Revolutionary War marches and camps here. History will come alive from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday as nearly 800 school students will hear stories from re-enactors, gunsmithers and artists about the Overmountain Victory marchers time spent in Gilbert Town. Eighth graders from all three public middle schools, middle school students from Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy and Trinity, will hear about gunsmithing from Roger Byers; re-enactors will share personal stories; Janet Pyatt will discuss the layers of clothing worn by the soldiers; and artist Richard Luce will share history through art work. Four stations will be set up at Gilbert Town where Colonial life and history will be shared. Students will also have opportunity to interact with the marchers, said Kim Conner, event organizer. Students will also have an opportunity to walk a portion of the trail and visit the grave of Major James Dunlap, who was wounded during a surprise attack on Maj. Patrick Ferguson’s army by the OVTA. Ferguson’s Loyalist Army and the citizen soldiers who became known as the Overmountain Men camped at Gilbert Town during their march towards Kings Mountain. Located off Rocks Springs Road, outside of Rutherfordton, is the only location where both sides camped at different times. The same events will be repeated Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. at Gilbert Town.The addition of events is due to a National Parks Foundation Grant awarded to Rutherford County earlier in the year. The historic trail is a finalist in the “Active Trails 2009” initiative. Alan Bowen, president of OVTA, said the grant will be used to attract visitors to enjoy the recreational opportunities and learn the historic significance of the Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail in their community, “The anticipated benefits derived from employing Please see OVTA, Page 8C
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Out & About Pony Rides at The Festival
Celebration of The Arts
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Isaac Dills, 9, from Rutherfordton, gets a horseback ride during the Spindale Fall Festival on Sept. 19 at the festival area in front of Advent Lutheran Church on Main Street.
Pie on Your Face... Yum!
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Susan Peterson of Spindale weaves for visitors at last Friday’s Celebration of the Art at The Foundation, Isothermal Community College. Peterson joined more than 50 other Rutherford County Visual Artist Guild members at the annual gala as the RCVAG also celebrated its 10th anniversary.
Pauline Griffin Jones sent comments from Kentucky about her former home, Spindale. She talked about the hamburgers at Keller’s, the fabric at Mitchell Company and the Biltmore ice cream shop. She also ordered a Spindale history book from author Robin Lattimore.
Nicholas Bradley chows down on the remains of his pie from the Munchie Town pie eating contest at the Spindale Fall Festival on Sept. 19. Scott Baughman/ Daily Courier
The last ”Ruff’Ton Live” event of the season will be held Thursday, Oct. 1, on the courthouse lawn from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. featuring the Honkabilly band Hard Times. The trio consists of Brendan McEnnerney, Devin McEnnerney, and Phil Ruff. For more information contact Rutherford Town Revitalization at 287- 2071. Lake Lure, where Patrick Swayze played a heartthrob dance instructor in the movie “Dirty Dancing,” held a memorial service for the iconic star last Saturday night at Firefly Cove, a housing development that was a summer camp when the movie was
filmed in 1987, and where several outdoor scenes were filmed. Much of the cast and crew stayed at the Lake Lure Inn and Spa during the filming. Last week, the NC Tourism Division worked with Rutherford County TDA’s Michelle Whitaker and Foothills of the Blue Ridge to get over 1,500 placements with a media value of $2.5 million; the pieces reached more than 11 million viewers from the Carolinas to Texas and across the U.K. and Australia. The 3rd Annual Trial of Terror will be held every Friday and Saturday in October beginning at 7:30 each night. Location: 481 Brooks Rd., Bostic, off Whitesides Road. This year’s proceeds will go toward a canned food drive and buying Christmas for needy families in the community that have lost their jobs. Trail of Terror Benefit is also on Facebook. Call 828-748-9945 for more information.
Ferris-Wheel Fun
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The midway at the Colfax Free Fair, Ellenboro School carnival, provided such rides as the popular FerrisWheel. Here a young boy and his passengers seemed locked in on beginning the ride.
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Cliffside Historical Society meets Oct. 9
CLIFFSIDE — The and marketing for Eagle 3rd annual Cliffside Building Systems, Inc. Historical Society of Chapin, S.C. Gathering will take A number of people place Friday, Oct. 9 at will participate in a 7 p.m. in the Cliffside recognition of Eugene Baptist Church fellowLipscom, who helped ship hall. This year’s build and maintain program is titled “Let Cliffside structures over Us Now Praise Famous many years. Men.” The Gathering, held Ann Beatty Culbreth the evening before and Brenda Beatty Cliffside Day, will allow Waters will speak participants to start the about their father, H. C. Cliffside Day celebraContributed photo Beatty, who was printion a few hours early. Team Mashed and Splashed (a group of breast cancer survivors) competed in its first Dragon Boat Race on cipal of Cliffside School The Gathering is free Aug. 29, placing third in their division. for a number of years. and open to the public. Ann holds degrees Also, all those becomfrom Middle Tennessee ing members of the State University, UNCCliffside Historical Chapel Hill and UNCSociety on Friday night, Greensboro. She has or prior to 3 p.m. at FOREST CITY — “Team the effort these cancer survifrom North and South Carolina taught in Statesville, Cliffside Day, will be Mashed and Splashed,” a group vors put forward to help others,” joining the team and see them Charlotte and Durham entered in a drawing for of breast cancer survivors, a colstated Jill Miracle, Executive working together to help women as well as Lawton, a lifetime membership laboration of cancer support Director of Rutherford Hospital’s in Rutherford County. There Okla., and Cleveland, in the Society (a $100 groups from Rutherford and Foundation. Miracle adds, “Each couldn’t be a better testament Tenn. She is currentvalue). Spartanburg County, competed year the Foundation provides than the spirit of these ladies ly the supervisor of Doors open at 6 p.m. in its first Dragon Boat Race on screening mammograms for that there is life after a cancer accountability and fedCome early and visit. Aug. 29 and placed third in their 80-100 women in our county diagnosis. I hope this encourages eral programs for the division. As most of the team and the majority of the fundother cancer survivors to join a Cleveland City Schools. Contact Don Bailey, had never been in a dragon boat ing comes from individuals or support group and get involved.” Brenda holds degrees Cliffside Historical prior to August 13, the feeling groups of women committed to Barbara Krumpe, breast cancer from UNC-Chapel Society president, at was the team did very well. helping others.” survivor, agreed, stating, “The Hill and UNC828-891-3501 for furThe motivation for these surviThe Dragon Boat Race in joy of living and inner strength Greensboro. She has ther information about vors to hit the water and paddle August was part of the Hickory exhibited by these wonderful taught in Charlotte the society. Don may their hearts out was to raise Nut Gorge Olympiad event that ladies is absolutely contagious!” and in the Dorchester also be reached via money to support Rutherford raises money for local chariFor more information on the and Richland County email at ELADON@ Hospital Foundation’s ties. Jamie Ingraham, Cancer Pink Ladies Cancer Support school districts in South MCHSI.COM or P.O. Mammogram Program. The Outreach Coordinator for Group or the mammograms Carolina. She is curBox 1272 Etowah, N.C. program helps women who are Rutherford Hospital and the programs offered through rently in accounting 29729. medically uninsured and unable team’s captain, said, “It is an Rutherford Hospital’s Cancer to afford a screening mammohonor to be designated as one of Resource Center, please call gram obtain one free of charge. the charities supported by the Jamie Ingraham at 245-4596. If “This is one of many fund Olympiad. This year, we wanted you are interested in supporting raising events that support the to help by participating and fund these projects financially, please Mammogram Program but raising for the event. It was grat- call the Rutherford Hospital ASU releases graduation list none is more appreciated then ifying to have cancer survivors Foundation at 286-5070.
Breast Cancer Survivors take to the water
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Philip McMahan (far right), Food Lion of Rutherfordton store manager, is pictured with members of the R-S Central football team: Matt Atkins (from left), Drew Thompson, Nick Beaver, Logan Hartzog and Cody Thomas. Food Lion of Rutherfordton is a sponsor of the R-S Central Football program and will be collecting Gatorade and Powerade drinks through the end of October for the team.
BOONE — Appalachian State University has released its graduation list for the second summer term 2009. A total of 248 graduate students and 551 undergraduate students received degrees in August. Students from Rutherford County include: Cliffside — Benjamin Almerine Humphries Jr., Master Of Arts, Educational Media; Ellenboro — Kimberly Dayberry Lawson, Master Of School Admin/School Administration; Tammie Sprouse, Master Of School Admin/ School Administration; Forest City — Mary Alicia Clinton, Master Of School Admin/School Administration; Brandon Hill, Master Of School Admin/School Administration; Tiffany Ruppe Walker, Master Of School Admin/School Administration; Andrew Blake Wheeler/Bachelor Of Science, Criminal Justice; Mill Spring — Lauren Nicole Benoist, Bachelor Of Science, Psychology; Rutherfordton — Marcus Allen Godfrey, Master Of Science, Accounting; Caleb Paul Humphries, Bachelor Of Science, Communication, Advertising; Stephanie Cole Long, Master Of Library Science, Library Science, General; Jeanne Lynn Goin Hagen Metcalf, Master Of Library Science, Library Science, General; Natalie Brooke Smawley, Master Of School Admin/School Administration; Spindale — Sanna Sheridan Smawley, Master Of School Admin/School Administration.
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RUTHERFORDTON — The following babies were born at Rutherford Hospital. Michael McHenry and Shannon Shuemaker, Ellenboro, a boy, Ryan Lee McHenry, Sept. 13. Mr. and Mrs. Dathan Miller, Lake Lure, a boy, Max Bradley Miller, Sept. 14. Archie Porter and Casey Landis, Forest City, a boy, Braylon Jacobi Porter, Sept. 14. Mr. and Mrs. Casey Ross, Forest City, a boy, Tanj Rashad Ross, Sept. 15. Melanie Woods, Forest City, a boy, Jeremiah Alexander Woods, Sept. 15. Caleb and Amanda Searcy, Union Mills, a boy, Mason Paul Searcy, Sept. 16. Katrina Alexander, Lake Lure, a girl, Alayshia désha Alexander, Sept. 16. Branda L. Davis, Forest City, a girl, Aeryana Taylor Davis, Sept. 16. Aaron and Haley Ammons Perry, Rutherfordton, a girl, Isla Bren Perry, Sept. 17.
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Victoria Teseniar and Anthony Ryan Belue wed
Victoria Nicole Teseniar and Anthony Ryan Belue were united in marriage Saturday, July 25, 2009 at Goodes Creek Baptist Church with the Reverends Cecil Lovelace and Bob Philbeck officiating. Penny Ingle provided music for the six o’clock ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Donald and Mary Jo Teseniar of Forest City. The groom is the son of Rodney and Kim Mode of Forest City. Escorted to the altar and given in marriage by her father, the bride wore a formal gown of white satin adorned with Swarovski crystals and sequins. She carried a bouquet of miniature white roses and canna lilies with a small Bible given to her by her grandmother. Caroline Teseniar of Forest City, attended her sister as maid of honor. She wore a plum-colored dress featuring a floor-length skirt and halter neckline, and carried a single yellow rose. Gowned identically to the maid of honor, bridesmaids were Paige Jolley of Cliffside, Brooke Wall of Rutherfordton, Emily Hopper of Harris, and Erin Hoyle and Brandy Barker, both of Forest City. The groom chose his father as best man.
Groomsmen were Jeremy Walker, Josh Boone, Matthew Short, and Nathan Lowe, all of Forest City, and Mark Godfrey of Charlotte. Nicole Hill, cousin of the bride, served as flower girl, and Jabin Hoyle, was ringbearer. Sarah Koone presided at the guest register. A reception followed in the church fellowship hall. The tables, covered with white linens, were decorated with purple place mats and centered with floral arrangements in the bride’s colors. A sit-down dinner of ham, green beans, various salads, yeast rolls and banana pudding was served. The meal was prepared by Sondra Childress. The three-tiered wedding cake was placed atop a purple flowing fountain and flanked by two double-tiered satellite cakes made by the bride’s aunt, Angela Hill. Denise Gardner was the wedding and reception coordinator, assisted by Geneva Dixon. Reception attendants were Macy Phillips, Madelyn Ford and Elizabeth Fox. The bride is a graduate of Chase High School and currently pursuing a career in nursing. The groom is a graduate of Chase High School
and employed by Invista of Spartanburg, S.C., as a Class A operator. The couple honeymooned at a resort in Myrtle Beach, S.C., a gift from the bride’s parents. They reside in Forest City.
Parties/showers A Christmas shower was held at the home of the bride’s parents, hosted by the bride’s sister. A household shower was held in March at Goode’s Creek Baptist Church, given by the bride’s parents, the women of the church, and the bride’s grandmothers and aunts. On June 28, a pantry shower was held at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, hosted by the groom’s parents, his grandmother and aunt. Victoria was honored with a bridal luncheon on July 11, at the home of Evelyn Melton, with Lynn Melton as co-hostess. Paige Jolley hosted a lingerie shower on July 18, at the home of the bride’s parents, and Erin Hoyle hosted a lingerie shower at her home on July 19. The groom’s parent entertained with a rehearsal dinner at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church fellowship hall. A barbecue meal was served.
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Five generations of the Ruby Morgan Wingo family gathered recently. Pictured (from left) are Marci Emerson of Shelby; 23-months-old Victor Cupil, Marci’s son; Molly Greenlee Emerson of Shelby, grandmother; Mary Ellen Wingo Buchanan of Nichols, S.C., great-grandmother; and Mrs. Wingo of Rutherfordton, greatgreat-grandmother. The family met at the home of Rueben and Cheryl Wingo in Rutherfordton to celebrate Ruby’s 84th birthday on Sept. 20. Approximately 35 guests attended.
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Storyteller, musician and vocalist Todd Elliott performed at Mountains Branch Library’s back-to-school event on Sept. 12. The event was sponsored by The Friends of the Mountains Branch Library.
COLUMBIA, SC — Army Pvt. Matthew B. Connell has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness, and received instruction and practice in basic combat
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Chatham and Koch married at West Point Farms
Kristen Ashley Chatham and Aaron Matthew Koch were joined in marriage Saturday, August 15, 2009 in a four o’clock wedding. The outdoor ceremony was performed at the Grotto at West Point Farms in Rutherfordton. The Reverend Ad Hopper, pastor of the Piedmont Baptist Church, officiated. Traditional bagpipe music was played by Steve Agan. The bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Chatham of Rutherfordton and Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Clevenger of Shelby, arrived at the ceremony carried by her childhood horse, Molly. Escorted to the altar and presented in marriage by her father, the bride wore a formal, strapless gown of candlelight Duchesse satin featuring a draped bodice, sweetheart neckline, and a sheath silhouette with a chapel-length train. The bridal bouquet included red roses, miniature white calla lilies, white freesia, mango calla lilies and orange freesia, accented with green hypericum berries, sprengeri and fiddle head ferns, and wispy circlets of lily grass finished with a cuff of white satin. Teresa Ingle of Forest City, attended the bride as matron of honor. Bridesmaids were Sarah Koch of Tanzania, Africa, sister of the groom, Summer Koch of Shelby, sister-in-law of the groom, Amy Mayo of Charleston, S.C., and Abbie Balman of California. The bride’s attendants wore strapless tea-length gowns of
auburn satin, designed with a narrow belt and crystal clasp. Each carried a handtied bouquet similar to the bride’s. Mackenzie Ingle served as the flower girl. The groom is the son of Paul Koch, Jr. of Shelby and the late Mary Koch. Serving the groom as best man was his brother, Paul J. Koch III of Shelby. Groomsmen were Aaron Chatham and Tyler Chatham, of Rutherfordton, brothers of the bride, and Alan Justice of Shelby. Justin Laughter and Colt Prince, both of Rutherfordton, served as ushers. Emily Cline of Wilmington, cousin of the bride, greeted guests at the register. Immediately following the ceremony, the bride’s parents hosted a reception and dance in the Pavilion at West Point Farms. The three-tiered wedding cake, placed on a silver plateau, was covered with butter cream frosting and dusted with sugar crystals. Auburn organza ribbon accented each layer. The cake was topped with a bouquet of red roses, mango calla lilies, orange freesia, hypericum berries and fern. Music was provided by DJ Doug McCraw, as well as the guitar trio of Aaron Chatham, Justin Laughter and Colt Prince. The wedding was directed by aunts of the bride, Angela Chatham Cline of Wilmington, and Kimberly Hamrick James of Camden, S.C.
Engagements Jessica Price and Mark Quinn
Jessica Price and Mark Quinn are engaged and plan to be married Saturday, December 12, 2009 at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church in Forest City. The ceremony will begin at 11 a.m. The bride-elect is the daughter of Dale and Diane Price of Forest City. Jessica graduated from R-S Central High School in 1999 and is employed full time by the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Department as a 911 Telecommunicator. The groom-elect is the son of Becky Quinn and the late Larry Quinn of Forest City. Mark graduated from Chase High School in 1998 and holds a bachelors degree in business
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and religious studies from Gardner-Webb University (2004). He is employed full time by Rutherford County EMS.
Kristen Wilson and Jerry Elixson Kristen Wilson and Jerry Elixson are engaged and plan to be married Saturday, December 12, 2009. The bride-elect is the daughter of Anna Wilson of Ellenboro. She is a 2008 graduate of Isothermal Community College. The groom-elect is the son of Jerry and Melissa Bradley of Rutherfordton. He currently attends Isothermal Community College.
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The bride is a 2008 graduate of Gardner-Webb University with a Bachelor of Arts degree. She is a professional photographer and owner of Broad River Photography, and a dental assistant for Forest City Family Dentistry. She is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Boyce Chatham of Rutherfordton, and the late Mr. and Mrs. H. Joe Hamrick of Shelby. The groom is co-owner of Artisan Tile Service in Shelby and also employed as a granite specialist with Tile Collection, Inc. of Charlotte. He is the grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. Paul Koch, Sr. of Shelby, and Mr. and Mrs. John Nugent. After a wedding trip to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, the newlyweds will be at home in Shelby.
Parties/showers A couple’s shower and cook-out was hosted by the groom’s brother and sister in law, Paul and Summer Koch, at their home in Shelby on May 30. On June 13, a honey-do shower and cook-out was hosted by Lynn Carpenter, great-aunt of the bride, at her home in Shelby. Ashley was honored with a champagne brunch and bridal shower at the Water Oak Restaurant in Rutherfordton on June 27. Angela Chatham Cline of Wilmington, aunt of the bride, was hostess. A Pampered Chef shower was hosted by Teresa Ingle, Sabrina Beam and Becky Boone, at the Beam home
Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Matthew Koch
in Rutherfordton. Sabrina and Becky are cousins of the bride’s family. On August 14, Ashley was honored with a bridesmaids’ luncheon at Deer Brook Golf Club Restaurant in Shelby, hosted by Kim James of
Camden, S.C., aunt of the bride. Following the wedding rehearsal, a dinner was held at West Point Farms in Rutherfordton. The buffet meal was prepared by Chef Bruce Brown.
Students at TJCA earn AP Scholar designation AVONDALE — Fourteen students at Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy: A Challenge Foundation Academy (TJCACFA) have earned the designation of AP Scholar by the College Board this year in recognition of their exceptional achievement on the college-level Advanced Placement Program (AP) Exams. The College Board’s Advanced Placement Program offers students the opportunity to take challenging college-level courses while still in high school, and to receive college credit, advanced placement, or both for successful performance on the AP Exams. Only 18 percent of the more than 1.6 million high school students in more than 16,000 secondary schools worldwide who took AP Exams performed at a sufficiently high level to merit the recognition of AP Scholar. Students took AP Exams in May 2009 after completing challenging college-level courses in high school. The College Board recognizes several levels of achievement based on a student’s performance on AP Exams. At TJCA-CFA, 14 students received AP recognition: Four students qualified for the AP Scholar with Distinction Award by earning an average grade of at least 3.50 on all AP Exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams. These students are Harrison Compton
(UNC Chapel Hill freshman), Alexandra Dedmon (Salem College freshman), David Lloyd (Davidson College freshman) and Kyle Thomas (Appalachian State University freshman). Two students qualified for the AP Scholar with Honor Award by earning an average grade of at least 3.25 on all AP Exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams. These students are Sunset Appleton (UNC Asheville freshman) and Mary Tongel (TJCACFA senior). Eight students qualified for the AP Scholar Award by earning a grade of 3 or higher on three or more AP exams. These students are Terrance Demas (TJCA-CFA senior), Tyler Layman (Davidson College freshman), Emily Mellnik (TJCA-CFA senior), Brendan Nichols (Georgia Institute of Technology freshman), Eva Parke (Gardner Webb University freshman), Rebecca Spurlin (Elon University freshman), Mary Thelen (TJCACFA senior), and Samantha Thompson (TJCA-CFA senior). Through 37 different collegelevel courses and exams, AP provides motivated and academically prepared students with the opportunity to earn college credit and to stand out in the competitive college admissions process. AP is accepted by 3,600 colleges and universities worldwide for college credit, advanced
college placement or both. In addition, research shows that AP students who score 3 or higher on AP exams typically experience greater academic success in college than students who do not participate in the AP program. The College Board’s mission is to connect students to college success and opportunity.A notfor-profit membership organization committed to excellence and equity in education. the association was founded in 1900 and is composed of more than 5,000 schools, colleges, universities and other educational organizations. Each year, the College Board serves over seven million students and their parents, 23,000 high schools, and 3,500 colleges through major programs and services in college admissions, guidance, assessment, financial aid, enrollment and teaching and learning. Among its best known programs are the SAT®, the PSAT/NMSQT® and the Advanced Placement Program® (AP®). The College Board is committed to the principles of excellence and equity, and that commitment is embodied in all of its programs, services, activities, and concerns. TJCA-CFA is a tuition-free public charter school whose students come from Rutherford, Cleveland, Polk and McDowell Counties.
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Russell Hyde (right) and his son, Tabor, met each other in Albuquerque, N.M., while each were involved in cross country flights — but in opposite directions. Contributed photo
Flying Hydes have chance meeting in New Mexico By SCOTT BAUGHMAN Contributed photo
SWNC Charles R. Schwacke Jr. (right) is congratulated by Stephanie M. Jones, Commanding Officer for the NCTC. Schwacke graduated with honors from the Naval Construction Training Center on July 1.
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down where he was headed and decided I could surprise him and meet up with him.” The father and son duo have been flying to various locales together all over the Western Hemisphere for years. Tabor earned his wings to become a licensed pilot when he was 16 and has been flying solo for four years. He’s also a frequent fixture at the Planewerks hangar. “I grew up out there and don’t know anything else but that,” Tabor said. “Dad and I were wanting to meet up somewhere out there in the Southwest, and you can’t really surprise him too much.” Still, the two had been leaving voicemail messages for each other on cell phones as they landed for fuel stops. “There was some weather involved and some bad winds out West over the mountains and in a small airplane that can be a real challenge as the down drafts can slam you into the mountains,” Tabor said. “I left on a Thursday afternoon and got there on Saturday morning. We left at about the same time and got back about the same time.” The meet up happened in
RUTHERFORDTON — Russell Hyde has seen some amazing sights flying airplanes across the country. But during a recent trip to New Mexico he was surprised to see his son meeting up with him from the other side of the nation. “I was flying a Cessna Cardinal East, back toward North Carolina,” Russell said. “I had picked it up from Long Beach, GULPORT, MS — SWNC Charles R. Schwacke Calif., for a customer and was Jr. graduated with honors from the Naval making very good time coming Construction Training Center (NCTC) in Gulfport, back across the southwestern Miss., on July 1. He was awarded his diploma and part of the country. I figured was “capped” as a Seabee by Stephanie M. Jones, my son, Tabor, was going to be the Commanding Officer for the NCTC. Charles is in the same general area. But I the son of Robert and Jill Schwacke of Morganton didn’t know we’d get to see each and the grandson of Ruth B. Wright and the late other.” J.C. Wright of Spindale. As his dad was working for After completing US Navy basic training a customer for his business — at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Planewerks, based at Marchman III. Charles immediately reported to Naval Field at the Rutherford County Construction Training Center, Gulfport, for Airport — Tabor Hyde was makSteelworker “A” School. Students are immersed in ing a plane delivery of his own hands-on training as well as classroom instrucfor another customer. tion. Steelworkers are trained to weld, cut steel and “I was going to Tucson, Ariz., install sheet metal assemblies and systems. At the to deliver a plane for a customer end of their training, steel workers are able to erect moving it to the new buyer,” said steel buildings, bridges, storage tanks, and towers. Tabor. “I did know that dad was Upon completion of and graduation at NCTC going to be coming back from Steelworker “A” School, Schwacke reported for California around the same time. Expeditionary Combat Skills Training. This is I used some software to track an intense combat training in which they receive weapons training, learn to navigate, layout defensive plans, conduct patrols and other combat related skills. Charles completed ECS Training August 27, 2009. He reported for duty to Battalion II (Lucky Eleven) which is stationed in Gulfport, Tuesday, Sept. 29 August 29,2009. 7 a.m. Farmers Market Seabee’s provide responsive military support to Old Fairground Road, Spindale Navy, Marine Corps and other forces during miliEvery Tuesday and Friday tary operations. They conduct base facilities and conduct defensive operations. In addition to standard construction, the Seabee’s also perform speTuesday, Sept. 29 cialized construction such as: erect and provide 7 p.m. Dulcimer Music Night public works support to Fleet, construct, inspect Visual Arts Center and repair ocean facilities, water well drilling and North Main Street, Rutherfordton battle damage repair. They are able to work and defend themselves at construction sights outside Thursday, Oct.1 of their base camp and convoy through unsecured 5:30 p.m. Ruff’ton Live! areas. In times of emergency or disaster, they Rutherford County Courthouse Lawn conduct disaster control and recovery operations. Featuring “Hard Times” Seabees superb flexibility in rendering humanitarian and disaster recovery assistance remains a unique and highly valued capability to those recipiFriday, Oct. 2 ents of the Seabees efforts. Thousands of people 10 a.m. Health Fair assisted by Seabees applaud not only the unit’s Lake Lure Town Hall mission readiness, but their sense of compassion as Sponsors: Lake Lure Lions Club well.
Schwacke graduates NCTC with honors
Albuquerque, N.M. “When I stopped in Lake Habasue, Ariz., I filed my flight plan for Albuquerque and we headed for our next stop,” Russell said. “I think that’s when he knew we were going to be able to see each other.” When Russell landed and began to taxi down the runway at Albuquerque, he saw a tail-fin he recognized. “I had kind of guessed he was going to find me, but it was still a great surprise to see him there,” Russell said. “We had dinner together and then the next morning I took off Easterly toward Tennessee and he left West to head for Tucson.” For Tabor, the meeting with his dad was just another in a long line of fond aviation memories. And those memories have given him a direction for his future. “I’m studying engineering technology because you have to have a four-year degree to be a professional pilot for the bigger companies like Fed-Ex or UPS,” Tabor said. “My end-goal is to fly freight, not passenger flights. I’m sure I’ll have to fly passenger to get that experience. As soon as I get out of college I’ll have to start working my way up.”
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Man’s badgering makes wife doubt her sanity Dear Abby: My husband berates and belittles me constantly. He calls me “worthless, stupid, lazy, no-good and crazy.” He controls my every move and follows me around the kitchen when I’m trying to cook. I got so nervous last week that I dropped a kettle of soup and burned myself. He followed me into the laundry room, watched me load the washer before putting in the detergent, then yelled at me that I was doing it “backward.” He removes the dishes from the dishwasher and rearranges them so they’re the way he thinks they should be. He says I can’t do anything right, and
Dear Abby Abigail van Buren
I’m starting to believe him. I leave the house only to buy groceries because I’m afraid people are laughing and staring at me. I sleep half the day. I used to go out and have fun; now I sit at home with the drapes drawn. I don’t have the energy to clean the house. I cry every day. Our two boys are 8 and 11. He controls their every move, too. There’s so much stress in this house they are starting to turn against him. The emotional abuse
IBS shouldn’t need surgery Dear Dr. Gott: Please help me. I am an 88-yearold female who has had irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) for a few years now. I would give anything to eat fresh fruits and vegetables again. My condition is so bad that I have no warning at all. I have to wear a special absorbent undergarment whenever I leave the house. It is embarrassing. Two years ago, I had surgery to remove about eight inches of my bowel that had become dilated. My doctor gave me a small printout about IBS. I am at my wits’ end and hope you can give me some advice about what I can do. I was told that there is nothing that can be done for me, but I refuse to believe it. There has to be something that can help me. Dear Reader: Irritable bowel syndrome used to be a diagnosis of exclusion, meaning all other causes had to be ruled out first. Today, patients can be diagnosed with IBS if they meet certain criteria. The printout you received from your physician is incredibly outdated. It is a reprint from a book copyrighted in 1994. That makes the information 15 years old and, in terms of medicine, practically archaic.
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Ask Dr. Gott Dr. Peter M. Gott
Irritable bowel syndrome was once considered a type of colitis (inflammation of the large intestine), but today it is known that this is not so. IBS is considered a functional disorder, meaning the primary problem lies with the working function of the bowel rather than a physical or structural deformity. There are three types of IBS: with constipation, diarrhea or with alternating bouts of both. Symptoms include constipation, diarrhea, bloating, intestinal gas, abdominal pain or cramping and mucus in the stool. Treatment often includes avoiding foods that worsen the symptoms. This may not help everyone, since only some have certain foods that trigger a problem. Eating fiber to add bulk to the stool and avoiding gas-causing foods may be beneficial for both constipation and diarrhea but must be done carefully and with physician approval to ensure symptoms are not worsened. For those with constipation-type IBS, increasing fluid intake may also help.
started a couple of years ago. When I try to discuss it, he calls me crazy and a liar and denies it. I used to be healthy as a horse, but now I have headaches and stomach pains. Friends say I should leave, but I can’t just pick up and walk out with two sons to raise. He threatens to get custody because I am “insane.” I stay because I don’t want to lose my boys. I’m afraid to see a doctor. He may say I’m crazy, too. Please help me. — Less than zero Dear Less than zero: Please trust me and consult a doctor immediately. Your symptoms are probably stress-related. You may also
be depressed from the unrelenting abuse. You are not crazy, but your husband may be. Once you have spoken to your doctor, contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline. They can help you and the boys escape. Their toll-free number is (800) 799-7233. Whether your husband is sick or just an abusive bully remains to be seen. But for your sake and your children’s, do not tolerate this situation. If you stay, he will not only destroy you emotionally, but also your boys. Dear Abby: I live with a wonderful woman with whom I am completely in love. I know she feels the
same. My problem is she won’t tell me what year she was born. She told me that in her previous relationships her husband and boyfriend left her for younger women. What can I do to make her understand that her age is unimportant to me so far as how I feel about her? Or should I just forget about ever knowing her true age? — In Love Dear In Love: You’ve done all you can. Your lady friend has been “snake bit” twice. So if you really love her and don’t care about her age, drop the subject, since you know it’s a painful one for her. Got it?
Gizmo to Moose: happy tail of a foster family When Gizmo arrived at the shelter he was an extremely undernourished puppy. We immediately took him to Hinkle’s Veterinary Hospital where he was given a thorough examination. There, it was determined that he was a five month old boxer puppy weighing in at only 7lbs! He had worms, a cough, and an infection. Although the prognosis was bleak, he had a twinkle in his eye and a will to live so we knew we had to save him. The first ten days we had to feed him 1/3 cup of a special dog food every two hours. He was also on four different medications that had to be given throughout the day. Poor Gizmo. During those first weeks he had good days and bad days, but we were still optimistic. After he finished all his medications he began to feel much better. He loved to play with everyone —people and animals and went everywhere with us. We took him to Florida and realized how much he enjoyed long car rides. He was always eager to jump in and go for an adventure when he knew we were going somewhere. When he was home he enjoyed playing with our other dogs. They would chase each other around the pool. One day, Gizmo stopped running and decided to jump on the float that was in the pool. He laid down and enjoyed himself while the other dogs tried to figure out what he was doing. Gizmo also has an obsession with sticks. Everyday, he sneaks one in and we find a pile of chips in the house! Our neighbors watched as he gained weight and started feeling better. They couldn’t believe that this little dog actually enjoyed their company. They mentioned that they
IN THE STARS Your Birthday, Sept. 27; Although your hopes and expectations might be grander than usual in the year ahead, they could serve to get your juices flowing more than normal. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) —You know what needs to get done, so don’t make any excuses about doing what is necessary. In fact, you’ll feel good about yourself when you look back. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) —Old relationships that have stood the test of time will once again prove worthy of your valuable time and interests, leaving you with wonderful feelings about what you’ve established. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) —Things won’t happen all by themselves, but your material desires and expectations can be fulfilled. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) —Should you find yourself having to choose between taking a shortcut or following a slower, traditional line, the latter will actually get you there quicker. Go slowly. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) —Actually, you could be quite lucky where investments are concerned, but only if you know what you’re doing. Be sure to investigate thoroughly before jumping into a money deal. PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) —Although the unexpected might be a bit annoying, nothing is likely to trip you up if you keep your head. When you put your mind to it, you’re capable of handling erratic conditions. ARIES (March 21-April 19) —Politely excuse yourself from doing anything with someone who has a habit of wasting time. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) —If you are ever mindful of your behavior, you will make that favorable, lasting impression on someone you meet. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) —A tough personal objective is attainable, but you must first lay out a workable game plan and be persistent enough to stick to it. If you find yourself slipping a bit, stop and reassess your actions. CANCER (June 21-July 22) —Should a situation arise where it comes to choosing sides, be true to yourself and your values. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) —Be careful not to be free and easy with your money. You can both manage your funds and have fun at the same time. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) —You’re likely to get the best results by following standard procedures.
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might be interested in adopting him. They took care of him for us one day and when we came home they said they definitely wanted him. Since being adopted, Gizmo got a new name —“Moose.” He has grown into a wonderful companion and a great guard dog. He is 38 lbs and still seems to be growing. He is a spectacular dog with an amazing story. This story was written by Gretchen Lantz who fostered Gizmo. She and her mom, Stephany, worked hard to get him well and ready for adoption. The Community Pet Center volunteers and Gizmo thank them for everything they have done for this lucky little dog.
Ways to ease mild sore throat Dear Sara: Just wondering if you have any tried-andtrue home remedies for sore throats. I’ve had a mild sore throat for the past two to three days off and on, and I’m getting tired of it. My throat looks red and irritated. Any help would be much appreciated. —Q.M., e-mail Dear Q.M.: I’m not a doctor, so my first suggestion is to see your physician to rule out anything serious. To ease the discomfort from a mild sore throat, I’ve gargled warm saltwater; taken an over-thecounter pain reliever, a decongestant or throat lozenges; plugged in a humidifier; drank hot tea with lemon and honey and alternated with plenty of water, frozen juice pops or fruit smoothies. I’ve also used Chloraseptic after a hot shower. Dear Sara: Best way to use up dip/salad dressing? I have purchased marked-down veggie trays, which have ranch dressing, and wondered if you have any ideas to use it up. I thought of marinating chicken and dusting in flour or cracker crumbs and baking or adding to meatloaf. Any other ideas? I would appreciate them. It is an ongoing problem. —Fannie, California Dear Fannie: You can use it to make chicken-salad sandwiches, in a pasta salad or on baked potatoes or in mashed potatoes, on homemade pizza or hamburgers. Serve it with chicken nuggets or wings or breaded, fried mushrooms. Hidden Valley Ranch (www. hiddenvalley.com/recipes.php) has some recipes, too. Dear Sara: I’m planning a shopping jaunt on Friday, and I want to look for thrift
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shop(s) along the way where I can stop. Do you shop on certain days? Go looking for certain items during certain parts of the year? Find the best deals move from store to store? How do you plan your thrift shopping? —Judi, New Hampshire Dear Judi: Keep a wish list of items you want or need handy in your purse. Know your size and the sizes of family and friends (for possible gifts). Write down measurements, such as windows or table sizes. Bring a tape measure just in case, too. Remember: If you won’t use it, don’t buy it. But think creatively. Consider things that can be reused or refashioned into something else. Dress comfortably. Bring cash. Some thrift stores accept only cash. Have a good idea of what items cost when brandnew so you don’t pay too much. Merchandise changes rapidly. Take your time looking. Some items can be misplaced elsewhere in the store. Don’t forget to inspect items closely and try items on to be certain they fit, since items are sold “as is,” and many thrift stores don’t allow returns. Know their store policy. Double-check for safety, too. Here’s a handy safety checklist: www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/ pubs/thrift/thrftck.html. Many thrift stores have color-coded-tag discount days, seasonal discounts or discounts by department.
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LOCAL Hard Times Band
Artists’ Guild winners
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Hard Times a Honkabilly trio (above) will present the final “Ruff’Ton Live” concert event of the season on Thursday, Oct. 1, at 5:30 p.m. on the Rutherford County Courthouse lawn. Hard Times is Brendan McEnnerney, lead singer and plays electric guitar, Devin McEnnerney, plays bass and sings harmony, and Phil Ruff, drummer. Hard Times is American music, Southern style. In addition to music, Kidz Play presents a children’s play area at the courthouse area. Bring lawn chairs.
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Two-dimensional artist Elaine Harding (center) received a first place award for her collage “Blowing in the Wind” at Celebration of the Arts Friday night. With Harding are Nancy Winker (left) and Sandy Fox. Dale McEntire was judge for the annual Celebration of the Arts contest. More than 65 artists displayed work during the three day show that included the Gala Reception.
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Junie B. Jones will be presented by Theatre for Young Audiences, Tuesday, Oct. 6, at The Foundation, Isothermal Community College. Shows are 10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., recommended for kindergarten through fifth grades. Colorful, funny, fast-paced musical about new friends, new glasses, sugar cookies, and the annual kickball tournament and other various first-grade angstridden situation. The new musical is Barbara Park’s series. Call The Foundation box office, 286-9990, for tickets. All seats $4. Visit www.theatreworksusa.org for more information about the theatre group.
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Thursday, Oct. 15 6 p.m. Art for Fun Night Visual Arts Center, Rutherfordton A “Make It and Take it” special event
Heirloom bulbs for fall planting Thursday, Oct. 22-24 Noon Pumpkin Carving Contest Black Pearls Farm
Donation $6 minimum; call 287-3356 or 434-1918 or 245-6746 Tickets are $12 at the door; all seven concerts of the season, $60
Glass sculptor artist Fred Mead Center) of Forest City received the Best in Show Award Friday night at the Celebration of the Arts, Isothermal Community College, sponsored by the Rutherford County Visual Artist Guild. With Mead art Guild members Nancy Winker, (left) and Sandy Fox.
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Green of World Vision. “Both have been incredible partners and artists over the past year, and we are excited Continued from Page 1C to see the continued impact they Coming in will have on lives around the world Thursday, Oct. 29 November through child sponsorship.” those who know Him as King.” Spindale is one of 40 towns the 7 p.m. R-S Central n 18th annual “We are really excited about getting band will visit on its “Promise High School Fiddlers’ and Ellenboro back on the road this fall,” Agnew Remains Tour” beginning Sept. 17. Carolina Gospel Bluegrass Convention said. “We look forward to sharing Saturday, Oct. 17 Building 429 came on the music Association concert n Farm House Live some songs from the new record and scene in 2004 with their first project 10 a.m. Autumn are really glad to be back with some Featuring Perrys with Dinner Theatre on a major label, Space in Between Festival special guest Master n Saturday, Nov. 14, dear friends, Building 429. We’re also Us. The album’s breakout single, Arts and crafts festihappy to have Kimber Rising back Praise 6 p.m. “Glory Defined,” was a recordval Lake Lure with us after touring together last 5:30 p.m. Spaghetti “A Wonderful breaker at radio, a chart-topper that Christmas. It should be a great tour Books, Bulbs & More Supper before each Journey: You Raised earned the band a wide mantle of and we are excited to see what God Book sale accolades and industry recognition. concert; Them” will do this fall.” Topping eight separate charts and Building 429 will be performing declared as BMI’s Song of the Year, songs off their latest self-titled release the band went on to capture the Dove grams in future years and increased including their current and powerful Award for New Artist of the Year. membership in OVTA.” single, “Always” and upcoming single Jason Roy (lead vocalist), Michael Conner also announced the local “Overcome” that was released to Anderson (drums) and Jesse Garcia Continued from Page 6C OVTA received its official charter, radio this month. (keys, lead guitarist, background Carolina Foothills Chapter on Aug. Agnew will be playing fan favorites, vocalist) moved forward to release “Grace Like Rain” and “This Fragile the grant will include increased com- 29. The area includes Rutherford, the next two of their studio efforts, Burke, Polk, McDowell and Breath” as well as giving audiences a munity awareness of improved health 2006’s “Rise,” and 2007’s “Iris to Cleveland counties. preview of new songs off his upcomderived from outdoor activities, an Iris,” which were received favorably, ing record “Need” release on Oct. 6. increased sense of ownership by the making significant appearances “We are in great anticipation of the communities for their heritage, a Promise Remains Tour with Building on Billboard’s Christian charts and Contact Gordon via e-mail at jgordon@ stronger community willingness to heavily impacting Christian radio. thedigitalcourier.com 429 and Todd Agnew,” said Benn expand and grow events and pro-
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