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BOSTIC — Members of the clergy are typically happy with their jobs. We are led to believe as much, anyway. A PBS show “Religion & Ethics Weekly,” which airs locally Sunday at 10 a.m., paints a markedly less colorful picture. The 10-minute segment of the weekly newsmagazine will feature five clergy members, including the Rev. Lynda Ferguson, pastor of Salem United Methodist Church in Bostic. Ferguson, pastor at Salem for the past seven years, recounts a trying time for the church last spring, a period, she said, categorized by “a lot of loss.” A TV crew for PBS visited Rutherford County and Bostic last week to speak with Ferguson and
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Above, PBS camera crew members Mark Barroso (left) of Pittsboro and Bob Gunter of Durham film Salem United Methodist Church pastor the Rev. Lynda Ferguson, as she talks with Colby Behrns during a fellowship supper. Below, Ferguson is filmed as part of a segment for an upcoming news magazine.
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High-speed Internet on its way to county Leaders gather, discuss access to broadband
‘We’re going to invest $19 billion this year in our networks nationwide mostly focused on our wireless network — 3G — and our Uverse television service.’
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RUTHERFORDTON — New highspeed Internet fiber is on its way to the county, and local officials met Wednesday to discuss how to get homes and businesses connected to it. The group gathered at Isothermal Planning and Development Commission to talk about strategies. As part of the recent fiber optic buildout from the federal government, more fiber is going to be buried in the county along U.S. 74. But the latest project is still part of the “Middle Mile” of fiber in the county and won’t be run directly to homes and buildings. “It was suggested to me several weeks ago with broadband being a current and hot topic in the county it might be useful
—AT&T spokesman Lavoy Spooner for the local governments in the county to meet and share ideas about where we’ve been and what our prospects are going forward,” said IPDC Executive Director Jim Edwards. Internet service providers such as AT&T, SkyCatcher Internet and Foothills Connections sent representatives to the meeting to talk about their upcoming plans. “We’re going to invest $19 billion this year in our networks nationwide mostly focused on our wireless network — 3G — and our Uverse television service,” AT&T spokesman Lavoy Spooner said. “We will
invest in DSL but not with as much energy as in the past because of the interest in 3G and Uverse.” Edwards replied, “We know that cost consideration is always the deciding factor for those decisions since you are a publicly traded company.” “We do have plans at SkyCatcher for making our wireless footprint bigger,” said Bill Price of SkyCatcher. “The reason we’re all here is broadband and getting it spread out more. We’re trying to do our part as far as making that more available in other areas. We do have maps of our current coverage area on our website.” Foothills Connections has service levels around 6 Mbps (megabits per second) downloads and 2 Mbps uploads, and the service has 33 customers online. The main impediment to this kind of wireless internet service is topography and trees, officials said. But the receivers used for Please see Internet, Page 6A
MIXED MESSAGES Campaign signs at Railroad Avenue in Rutherford at Green Street and Whiteside Road run counter to a message posted across the street.
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state
Lawmaker: Lab still needs improvements
RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina’s embattled crime laboratory appears better equipped to ensure test results for DNA, blood and other human material are accurate and complete compared to the findings of past work in an independent report, a key legislator said Thursday. Rep. Rick Glazier, D-Cumberland, said presentations by State Bureau of Investigation lab officials to a legislative panel examining problems uncovered with how blood tests were reported over a 16-year period ending in 2003, gives him “a better certainty and confidence level” in the work going on today.
The report found lab analysts didn’t always include all blood test results on lab reports provided to courts, and it recommended local prosecutors reexamine 190 cases that were omitted or unclear and someone was arrested. But he’s not yet persuaded all rank-andfile lab workers have been trained well enough or use streamlined terminology to ensure the full science is presented to both defense attorneys and prosecutors. “Clearly we’re looking at a time frame that was different,” said Glazier, the panel’s co-chairman. “There are changes in protocol, there are changes in the number of requirements.
“Whether those changes have been fully institutionalized remains another question that we’ve got to have answered.” Mike Budzynski, chief of the SBI lab’s forensic biology and DNA section, said standards have been raised as new technology and testing procedures are being used. In keeping with the requirements of an accreditation group and FBI quality assurance standards, lab work undergo a peer review to ensure tests run and conclusions made were proper, Budzynski said. And all reports — including handwritten lab notes — are made public in the electronic case file. “If we’ve got prob-
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the process by which the SBI lab is accredited and whether those standards should have prevented or caught the problems with incomplete results. The lab’s primary accrediting agency, the American Society of Crime Lab Directors/Laboratory Accreditation Board, said the standards for reporting analytical work also have become more detailed and expanded compared to those required to be followed in early 1990s. The accrediting agency doesn’t have enough resources to review all lab reports, and the lab’s leaders must be conscientious to reduce the possibility of error, outgoing society President Beth Greene said. “Accreditation is not a silver bullet,” she said. The committee is expected to present recommendations to the full General Assembly as it returns to work in late January, but Glazier said it’s possible the panel could keep meeting well into 2011.
Advocates urge against closing Dix RALEIGH (AP) — Mental health advocates are asking North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue not to close the Dorothea Dix Hospital in Raleigh. The News & Observer of Raleigh reported a coalition of groups delivered a letter to Perdue’s office Wednesday asking that the psychiatric hospital not be essentially closed by the end of the year. The Wake County Chapter of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, the North Carolina Public Service Workers Union and other groups say the central part of the state doesn’t have enough communitybased mental health services. They say state hospital beds are needed for specialized treatment. Most patients are being transferred to hospitals in Butner and Goldsboro. Health and Human Services Secretary Lanier Cansler says the state doesn’t have enough money to keep Dix open.
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Four people killed in wreck on wet road
RALEIGH (AP) — Four people, including two children, were killed Thursday when the sport utility vehicle they were traveling in skidded off a rainslicked highway and tumbled into a ditch filled with water, troopers said. State Highway Patrol Trooper Gary Edwards said troopers initially reported five people were killed because two children, 3-year-old twins, did not have a pulse when emergency workers arrived on scene. The patrol said in a press release that one of the twins died later Thursday. Edwards said the family of five from Atlanta was traveling westbound on U.S. 64 east of Creswell around 12:20 p.m. when their Jeep Cherokee hit a patch of standing water, hydroplaned and skidded off the highway into the ditch. Creswell is approximately 145 miles east of Raleigh. The four killed were identified as the driver, Daniel Alvarez, 25; his wife, Natalie Owens, 26; Zacharia Alvarez, 3; and Ariela Alvarez, 1. Zacharia’s twin, Ezekiel, was taken to a hospital in Greenville, N.C. The worst of the rain fell in North Carolina,
where Jacksonville picked up 12 inches — nearly a quarter of its typical annual rainfall — in the six hours between 3:30 and 9:30 a.m. The rain was part of a system moving ahead of the remnants of Tropical Storm Nicole, which dissipated over the Straits of Florida on Wednesday. Much of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast were starting to move into a drought after the dry summer, and the fall storm provided several inches of muchneeded rain. In Walpole, N.H., Erin Bickford said the deluge was a welcome sight for her eight acres of vegetables. She said she hoped the moisture also would recharge wells that went dry in the town. “We had almost no rain at all. Often, we could see it raining across the river, but it didn’t come here. “It was just dust. Even if it did rain, it would be a tiny bit, maybe half an inch,” she said. Crews throughout the northeast worked to pull fallen leaves from storm drains. Schools in North Carolina were closed and some farther north planned to cancel classes Friday
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Our Views Most shelter pets are not so ‘Lucky’ One hundred fifteen animals. And counting. A couple of weeks ago we ran a story about the temporary closing of the Rutherford County Animal Shelter. The floors were being resealed, and the shelter stopped taking animals for about a week. The repairs were needed to satisfy state inspectors, who on the whole haven’t been terribly satisfied with the county’s shelter. They’ve inspected it five times since April, with decidedly mixed results. The shelter failed state inspection in April, May and June. Facilities, including structure and repair and drainage, were a continuing problem. An inspector noted in April: “Cross contamination is still a main problem at this facility. Measures must be taken to ensure waste and wastewater does not enter other primary enclosures.” To be fair, the shelter passed a July inspection, but an inspector wrote the facility must “continue to move forward on all projects at this facility making it more than just adequate.” The shelter also passed an inspection in August, but not without this scathing comment, which appears on the inspection report: “Equipment that is used for safety and the most humane way of extracting feral animals for euthansia needs to be in place ASAP. Cat grabbers will not be accepted. The word “not” was underlined. Let’s assume the county is doing what it can to care for animals that others care little about. And let’s assume the commissioners and sheriff have the best of intentions in proposing a shelter as part of the Daniel Road project, including an area for pet adoptions. Conversely, we need to assume little in regard to Community Pet Center volunteers, who truly care for the animals and continue to fight battles in a war in which victory is unattainable. Their commitment and dedication to these forlorn cats and dogs cannot be discounted. CPC will continue to raise money for a new shelter, including an event Oct. 23 at the Foundation and a “Fine Wines for Felines and Canines” on Nov. 11. We should support their efforts. No matter the assumption, animals continue to die. When the shelter closed earlier this month, people came in droves to adopt any available animal, which typically have about 72 hours before they are put to death. As the news spread after the original story, all 85 dogs and cats at the shelter were adopted by 2 p.m. “Even the barn cats were adopted,” volunteer Lynne Faltraco told The Daily Courier’s Jean Gordon. The apparent outpouring of community support for the shelter offered an encouraging sign for the waiting animals of Rutherford County. Or so we thought. Things soon returned to normal. Some 30 dogs and about that many cats pass through the shelter each day. Most will die. As of Thursday, the shelter housed 70 animals. County residents, those who supposedly care about the animals, should have spoken up years ago. They did not, and the animals at the shelter, which is inadequate and bordering on deplorable, continue to live in purgatory until they are either adopted — or more likely — put to sleep. In a follow-up story we talked about a dog named “Lucky,” who was rescued from the shelter at the 11th hour. We have little explanation as to why the county rallied around the animals when we announced it would be closed for repairs and the remaining animals would probably be euthanized. It was probably an anomaly, as animals continue to die each Friday and sometimes on Wednesdays. One hundred fifteen animals. And counting. That’s how many animals have died since the shelter reopened Sept. 13. Somewhere along the line, one of those dogs or cats will be named “Lucky.”
Our readers’ views Says media not doing its job on election To the editor: The Founding Fathers of our nation made specific provision in the Constitution of the United States for freedom of the press. On Dec. 15, 1791, the first ten Amendments (e.g., Bill of Rights) were ratified with the first Amendment noting: “Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press ... ,” thereby establishing the freedom of the press in the Republic. There are a number of reasons why a free press is important in a democracy which are as valid today as when they were included into the founding documents of our nation. For our nation to survive, the press remains charged with specific responsibilities to report on the actions of government and to provide comprehensive and truthful information for the public. A primary responsibility for the press is to criticize the actions of government and to ensure that the public secures all information including what the government does not want the public to hear. Our nation is at a cross-road to retain the Republic that our forefathers fought for, risked their lives for, and some died for. Voters must be informed independently of the government to avoid governmental abuse of power, to question authority of
those in control, and to provide opportunities for individuals to freely express their opinions in seeking the truth and in deciding who shall represent them in the government. At the present time, there remains a colossal failure of those in the free press assigned with the fundamental responsibilities associated with the right to protect the Republic. As we approach the bi-election in November, it is important for the voters to become aware of the actions of those in our three branches of government and to understand the direction that both elected officials and individuals appointed to positions in the government are leading this nation. Elections do have consequences and it is important that the voters understand the consequences of the last election and the opportunity voters have in the upcoming election to step back from socialism that the current administration and Congress are leading our nation. Thomas M. LaBreche Rutherfordton
Offers comments on property valuation To the editor: I guess everyone read the article about property reappraisals in The Daily Courier on Saturday, Sept. 25. If I understand this correctly, the tax administrator and tax department will monitor land and house sales since the 2008
appraisals until December 2010. Well, I can save them some work. It seems on the lower end of the county, houses have been and are now being sold below the appraisals on the tax books. One thing that has concerned me for some time now, is if you are going to appraise property in a neighborhood. I believe each property should be appraised alone, not by the highest priced home in that neighborhood. Also. it should not be appraised higher because someone comes to a neighborhood and pays way too much for a house or land. Appraise each property on its own merit. Also, if someone has land that floods when a river over flows its banks or if the land has swampy area, then that part of the property should be called waste land and should be appraised as such. Also, if a property falls in a watershed, then according to the watershed ordinance, there is a 30-foot buffer along creek or river banks, so that might mean a reduction. To me, it just seems there are a lot of factors the tax department should look at when they are appraising property. The way I see it, with the economy in the shape it is, with people out of work, businesses are closing or fighting to keep their doors open, this is truly not a time to even think about raising property tax. Johnny Lowery Henrietta
We need to bring broadband home Our officials are not always quick on the draw here in Rutherford County, but I wanted to take this opportunity to point out they are doing a really great job with being pro-active on the high-speed Internet situation. Yes it’s true that there are many, many homes and businesses that don’t have high speed access or even DSL access to the Internet right now. But the overall backbone of our countywide network is strong. With the most recent federal funding announced for building the fiber optic network across North Carolina, Rutherford County will see even more fiber laid in the ground — this step has to be buried, it can’t be aerial according to federal guidelines. This part is going to be run right along U.S. 74 so essentially it’ll be a bright strand of light running right through the heart of the county. All of these fiber build projects, though, are part of the “middle mile” of fiber you hear tech-heads talk about so often. I haven’t really taken the time to get too deep into the different “miles” in most of my news articles about the topic, so I’ll take a second here to explain. You have your “First Mile” providers which are the ones that connect the larger networks to the Internet as a whole. Those are
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generally enormous server farms where a boatload of machines are all switching and routing their microchips off so they can make sure you get to that item on eBay in time to outbid that dude in South Dakota. Or outbid that guy in South Korea, for that matter. Then there are the “Middle Mile” providers, which are companies like PANGAEA and ERC in Asheville that connect areas like Rutherford County and Polk County and so on to the “First Mile” group. That’s the major project for our county right now, putting the fiber in to connect us to the rest of the Internet. Finally, you have your “Last Mile” providers, which are companies that connect your house or business right to the fiber optic network. This is the part we’re missing in the county as you well know if you’ve tried to get high speed service. To be fair, there are a few providers out there trying to reach people, but this is mostly being done with wireless Internet services that use a lot of line-ofsight technologies.
I’ve written about this before with some county residents taking the time and personal expense to set up giant radio transmission and reception towers in their backyards. But even those extraordinary efforts fail sometimes as people’s homes just aren’t in the correct line or have too many trees or mountainsides in the way of their receiving the signal. On Wednesday, I got to go to a broadband technologies meeting with various company officials and found out there were a great many folks trying to figure out a way to make the “Last Mile” of the network profitable or at least self-sufficient. The business implications of high speed fiber are almost selfevident these days, but there’s also the benefit to our educational institutions. As part of the fiber build from MCNC, Isothermal Community College will be one of the community anchor institutions in our county. Right now, the plan calls for it to be the only one but this fiber connection will make ICC part of the network of community colleges across the state. Someday soon, after all these expansions, students will have the same kind of high speed access at home than they do at school. And that’s some good news.
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Police Notes
Obituaries
Sheriff’s Reports
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n The Rutherford County Sheriff’s Department responded to 160 E-911 calls Wednesday. n James Larry Kilgo Jr. reported vandalism to a mailbox. n James Grant reported the theft of a John Deere grooming mower and other items. n Ray Chester Watson reported the theft of gasoline. n David Lee Petty reported the theft of jewelry and other items. n Sherwin William Carter reported the theft of tools. n Gertrude Wilma Silver reported the theft of a pocketbook.
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n The Rutherfordton Police Department responded to 27 E-911 calls Wednesday.
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n The Spindale Police Department responded to 30 E-911 calls Wednesday.
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n Lake Lure Police Department responded to five E-911 calls Wednesday.
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n The Forest City Police Department responded to 76 E-911 calls Wednesday.
Arrests
n Hugh Couch, 57, of South Broadway Street, Forest City; arrested on a warrant for assault on a female; released on a written promise to appear. (FCPD) n Rocky Richardson, 19, of South Broadway Street, Forest City; arrested on warrants for second-degree trespassing and simple assault; released on a written promise to appear. (FCPD) n Gene Charles Davis, 22, of the 100 block of Red Wing Drive; charged with contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile; released on a
Nation Today Jury convicts man for killing 2 Charlotte officers
CHARLOTTE (AP) — A jury has convicted a man for killing two Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officers in 2007. Multiple media outlets reported Thursday that Demeatrius Montgomery was found guilty of two counts of first-degree murder, one day after deliberations began. Authorities say 34-year-old Sean Clark and 35-year-old Jeff Shelton were responding to a domestic dispute when they were shot outside an apartment complex. Prosecutors contended that Montgomery disliked all Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officers. Montgomery faces life in prison. A judge previously ruled out the death penalty in the case.
Plan could keep N.C. jobless from repaying benefits
RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina’s unemployment benefits agency says it has a plan to prevent tens of thousands of jobless people from having to return $28 million in overpayments received by mistake. The Employment Security Commission announced late Thursday the plan affecting 38,000 people after meetings with Gov. Beverly Perdue. The commission said it would work with the U.S. Department of Labor to pay back the overpayments that were given out because of administrative errors between January and May. U.S. labor officials also would review the claims on an accelerated schedule the state hopes will prevent the unemployed from having to return the money.
Commission Chairwoman Lynn Holmes apologized for the problem and said she could have done a better job
written promise to appear. (RCSD) n Lashun Maurice Black, 32, of the 500 block of Warmack Lake Road; charged with felony possession of marijuana, possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana and maintain place for controlled substance; released on a $20,000 unsecured bond. (RCSD) n Jennifer Elaine Banks, 27, of the 200 block of Sunny Brook Lane; charged with disorderly conduct and shoplifting/ concealment of goods; placed under a $100 secured bond. (RCSD) n Michael Wayne Fortune, 30, of the 300 block of Kingswood Drive; charged with communicating threats, harassing phone call and communicating threats; placed under a 48-hour hold and a $500 secured bond. (RCSD) n William Shane Taylor, 20, of the 100 block of Biddy Lane; charged with resisting a public officer and assault on a government official/ employee; placed under a $5,000 secured bond. (RCSD) n Larry Carson Jackson, 53, of the 500 block of West Main Street, Forest City; charged with misdemeanor larceny; placed under a $300 secured bond. (RPD)
Anna Greene, 88, of Pea Ridge Road, Bostic, died Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010, at Hospice House, Forest City. She was the daughter of the late Worth and Zennie Biggerstaff Greene, and was a member of Sandy Level Baptist Church. She is survived by many nieces and nephews, and a special caregiver, Beth Greene. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 3 p.m. at Sandy Level Baptist Church with the Revs. Robbie Hensley and Matt Mills officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from one hour before the service at the church prior to the service. Washburn & Dorsey Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences: www.washburndorsey.com
Nellie Lewis Nellie Twitty Lewis, 94, of
Rutherfordton, died Friday, Sept. 24, 2010, at Colonial Manor Health Center in Rutherfordton. Survivors include Yvonne Miller of Seattle, Eugene C., Bernard W., John T. and Marcus L. Miller of Trenton, N.J. Funeral services will be Saturday at 11 a.m. at St. Gabriel’s Episcopal Church with the Rev. James F. Curl officiating. Burial will be at the church cemetery. Thompson’s Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Daniel Earley Daniel Baxter Early, 83, of Spindale, died Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010, at Rutherford Hospital. A native of Rutherford County, he was a son of the late Roy Martin and Eva Greene Earley. He was a member of Spencer Baptist Church, a former member of the Spindale Rotary Club and a retired textile employee. He was an Army veteran serving in World War II. Survivors include his
wife, Alice Bowen Earley of the home; a daughter, Phyllis Earley Bailey of Rutherfordton; a son, Mike Earley of Spartanburg, S.C.; two sisters, Joanne Conner and Joyce Hunnicutt, both of Ellenboro; four grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. A celebration of life will be held Friday at 11 a.m. at Spencer Baptist Church with the Revs. Billy Vaughn, Bruce Caldwell and Malone Thomason officiating. Military honors will be provided by members of the Rutherford County Honors Guard. The family will receive friends Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Crowe’s Mortuary. Memorials may be made to Spencer Baptist Church Youth Fund, 207 N. Oak St., Spindale, NC 28160 or to the American Heart Association, 7272 Greenville Ave., Dallas, TX 75231. Online condolences: www. crowemortuary.com
Raises approved for workers
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The board overseeing a South Carolina company that fosters technology jobs approved Thursday increasing employees’ pay by $290,000 in an EMS effort to make their salaries n Rutherford County Emergency Medical Services more competitive. The executive committee of responded to 22 E-911 calls the South Carolina Research Wednesday. Authority approved an avern The Volunteer Life Saving and Rescue, Hickory age pay raise of 6.5 percent. Amounts will vary by Nut Gorge EMS and employee, with some of the Rutherford County Rescue 240 getting nothing. Raises responded to no E-911 calls should come in November Wednesday. checks. Officials said they could not provide a breakFire Calls down, saying that’s yet to be n Forest City firefighters worked out. Only chairman responded to an industrial Bill Masters objected: “At a fire alarm. time when the state is going n Rutherfordton firefight- through extreme financial ers responded to an indusstress, I can’t support it,” trial fire alarm. said Gov. Mark Sanford’s appointee. But other memn Spindale firefighters bers said the company is responded to a gas leak. losing employees and prospects because of its low pay. Officials said 10 percent of employees left last year, an unusually high turnover rate for the high-tech industry. communicating about the Base salaries at the comerrors. pany, created through a 1983 state law and expanded in Powder found at 2005 — over Sanford’s objechome of chief’s tions — are at 25 percent of the national market average daughter of high-tech industries, with CHARLOTTE (AP) — bonuses boosting some pay Search warrants reveal to nearly 50 percent, accordthat detectives searching ing to a salary study by the the apartment of a North Hay Group consulting firm. Carolina police chief’s daugh- Officials would not give ter recovered a stun gun and reporters copies of the study, an unspecified white powder. saying the details could hurt The search warrants show the company’s ability to comthat Charlotte-Mecklenburg pete. Police detectives also searched The board’s intention is for the home of a man who left the 6.5 percent base pay raise a tavern with 23-year-old to be the first increment of a Valerie Hamilton, who was three-year process, with two the daughter of Concord more at 6.5 percent each, Police Chief Merl Hamilton. though those will be voted on Interviews with the six later. roommates who shared a Chief Executive Officer Bill home with accused killer Mahoney, whose salary is Michael Neal Harvey said $237,100, said the company he brought home a woman is self-supporting and has he called Valerie less than an grown by 60 percent annuhour later. Harvey then spent ally for several years. Since the next day cleaning the 2005, he said, revenues have house, something a roommate increased from $75 million said he never did. One roomto $172 million. He said the mate did not see Hamilton company’s revenue largely because she had overdosed on comes from federal defense heroin and was at the hospicontracts, and low salaries tal. could hamper efforts to continue to grow. Driver charged Since 2006, the company has gotten between $2 milin SUV attack on lion and $6 million from another woman private donors who can get state tax credits, with the latASHEVILLE (AP) — A ter representing 4 percent North Carolina woman may lose her leg after witnesses say of the company’s operations, Mahoney said. she was hit by a sports util“It would be very foolity vehicle driven by another ish and shortsighted to get woman who appeared angry mediocre people at low salathat the victim was talking ries. Our salaries are at the with the motorist’s husband. bottom,” said Larry Wilson, Multiple media organizaa committee member and tions reported that 23-yearpartner with a venture capital old Amy Nicole Roberts firm. In research technology, was hurt late Tuesday as she he added, “talent is the only sat on a patio fence behind thing that makes a difference, an Asheville pub. Robert Gonzales says he saw an SUV and you can’t get talent on pulled up next to Roberts and the cheap.” A Sanford spokesman said two male friends. The pub’s the vote provided lavish raiscook says the driver squealed es that are an affront to taxthe tires as she backed up about 20 feet, accelerated into payers. “Only in state governthe fence, then screamed at ment can raises of almost the injured Roberts.
$300,000 be dished out with seemingly no recognition of the fact that state government is facing a billion dollar shortfall next year,” Ben Fox said.
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Joseph Bradley Middleton Joe Middleton died on September 16, 2010, while on his annual vacation with his brothers. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, October 2, 2010, at 4 p.m. at St. Francis Episcopal Church in Rutherfordton with the Rev. Dee Ann de Montmollin officiating. One of nine children, Joe was born in Alexandria Virginia to Champ Clark Middleton and Rosina Pulzone Middleton. He was preceded in death by his parents, three sisters and a brother, as well as in-laws Marilois Moore Keeter and Jack Elmer Keeter, who considered him a son. Survivors include his wife of 48 years, the former Sandra Keeter, two sons Brad (Joseph Bradley Middleton Jr.) of Macon Georgia, and Eric (Eric Christian Middleton) and Masami Suzuki Middleton of Atlanta Georgia, along with beloved grandchildren Elsie and JJ. Also surviving in his family are three brothers and their spouses, Clark and Evelyn, Edgar and Joanne, Ben and Kaye, and sister Maria and her husband Thomas. On the Keeter side of the family are Jack Keeter (a fraternity brother of Joe’s and brother of Sandra) and his wife Carolyn, and Scott Keeter (also a brother of Sandra) and his wife Rosemary Jann. There is a loving host of nephews, nieces and cousins in both families. Joe was a graduate of North Carolina State University, where he was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon and president in his senior year. The bond with these brothers remained strong until his death, a true brotherhood in every sense of the word. A natural athlete, Joe played football in high school and college. He was an avid sports fan who loved running and completed marathons, and enjoyed biking and playing golf. Joe began his work career in 1962 with E.I. DuPont. He retired in 1997 from Servidyne Inc., an Atlanta-based energy engineering company operating in all 50 states and 40 countries. Joe’s volunteer service spanned decades and embraced many organizations including Habitat for Humanity, Boy Scouts, United Way, the AARP’s program to assist low income seniors with their tax returns, and, most recently, court mediation. Known as “the detail man” and a tireless worker, he had the privilege of serving on numerous boards. He volunteered in Soup Kitchens and anywhere there was a need. Working in and through his church, he gave highest priority to his faith and family throughout his life. He served on the vestry, as a lay reader, usher, choir member, Christian education teacher, faithful attender at Sunday School and Mens’ Bible Study. Joe was a happy person who will be remembered as someone who endured adversity gallantly, always giving thanks for the good times and love. McMahan’s Funeral Home and Cremation Services is in charge of the arrangements. PAID OBIT
6A — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Friday, October 1, 2010
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Ongoing Foothills Harvest Ministry: Sidewalk sale, Sept. 27-Oct. 1; final markdown on summer shoes, skirts, shirts, shorts and slacks; store hours Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday 10 a.m. to 4:40 p.m.; donations of non-perishable food items are being accepted for the food bank. Hospice Resale Shop: Storewide half price sale Oct. 7-9; save half on entire stock, including clothing priced at 25 cents; store hours 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Washburn Community Outreach Center: Hours Thursday-Saturday, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.; volunteer training Sept. 30 at 7 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 30 Blood drive: 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Lowe’s; please call 351-1023 for information or to schedule your appointment; all presenting donors will be entered in a drawing for a chance to win a $1,000 gift card.
to tape parts of the report. Sundays’ segment also features interviews with clergy members from Raleigh, New Jersey and Connecticut. A self-diagnosed “workaholic,” Ferguson remembers being “really, really tired.” “I was physically and mentally exhausted,” she said. “Ministers are under a lot of stress these days for a lot of different reasons. We go into a lot of dark places, and it takes a toll on you.” Deborah Potter, a PBS contributor who worked on the segment, found clergy members to be increasingly stressed, depressed and struggling with their weight. She referred to a study co-authored by Rae Jean Proeschold-Bell, director of the Clergy Health Initiative of Duke Divinity School, and Sara H. LeGrand, a research scholar there. The study, according to a story by Linda Bloom of the United Methodist News Service, says “United Methodist clergy in the state have an ‘alarming’ prevalence of obesity and its related chronic diseases. Job stress seems to play a key role.”
“A study,” Bloom wrote, “published online in May in Obesity, the journal of the Obesity Society, found that the obesity rate among United Methodist clergy ages 35 to 64 is close to 40 percent — 10 percent higher than other North Carolina residents.” Why are they so stressed? Potter asked. Pastors, she found, are, aside from the inherent emotions associated with their work, are faced with growing, or at least maintaining, church membership, as well as keeping up with members in a society that allows us to communicate 24-7. “The profession is not a well-paid one,” Potter said. “It’s rewarding in other ways, but not well-paid.” The segment explores how pastors manage and combat the ever-burgeoning stress. Potter said Ferguson “freely admits she pushes herself too hard. She came close to collapse and knew she had to change.” Ferguson, a graduate of the Duke Divinity School, said before she was ordained the church expressed concerns that she worked too much. “It turned out to be a prophetic voice,” she said. She took some time off this year, and it proved more than helpful. She and her daughter, as well as some parishioners, accompanied her brother and his wife on a mis-
sion trip to Nicaragua by Samaritans International, which, according to its website, “is a charitable non-profit corporation organized for the sole purpose of feeding and helping destitute children.” Her brother is Dr. Steve Ferguson, chair of the board for Samaritans International. His wife is Dr. Amy Ferguson. Dr. Lori Dickson, a member of Salem and Forest City Family Medicine, took the trip as well. “It was a great time of renewal,” she said. “We worked very hard there, but it was renewing. It was wonderful.” Students from Duke this summer preached at the church and picked up a lot of Ferguson’s duties. Ferguson is working to better manage the stress, is exercising and is eating healthier. One reason PBS decided to visit the church in Bostic, Ferguson said, is because they wanted to portray a congregation that is both supportive and active in ministry with their pastor. “Salem has really supported me and helped me do God’s work in a lot of different ways,” she said. Visit pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/schedule/ for more information about the show. Contact Trump via e-mail at jtrump@thedigitalcourier.com
Preschool story time: 10:30 a.m., Rutherford County Library Mountains Branch; for ages 2 to 5; free. Blood drive: 2 to 7 p.m., Trinity School; call 286-3900 for information or to schedule your appointment; all presenting donors will be entered in a drawing for a chance to win a $1,000 gift card.
Rutherford County IT director Rhonda Owens, County Manager John Condrey (second row) and Economic Development Commission Board Member Omar Causey listen to discussion about broadband technology Wednesday at Isothermal Planning and Development Commission in Rutherfordton.
Blood drive: 3 to 7:30 p.m., Crestview Baptist Church; call 286-9758 for information or to schedule your appointment; all presenting donors will be entered in a drawing for a chance to win a $1,000 gift card. Little Detroit Museum meeting: 6:30 p.m., Bennett Classics Auto Museum; anyone with area automotive history, repair, transport, sales or racing, may attend; for information, Gary Barnett, 2471767 or 248-1510, or e-mail bennettclassics@bellsouth.net.
Friday, Oct. 1 SWEEP (Solid Waste Environmental Education Panel) meeting: Noon, GDS, 141 Fairground Road; if you are concerned about recycling in Rutherford County you may attend. Fall Family Fun Night: 3:30 to 7:30 p.m., Rutherfordton Elementary School inflatables, games, bingo, food and more. Third annual variety show: 7 p.m., Isothermal Community College Library; presented by Oak Grove Healthcare Center; admission is free.
Saturday, Oct. 2 Yard and bake sale: 7 a.m. until, Bill’s Creek VFD; serving sausage biscuits, biscuit and gravy; lunch will begin at 10 a.m. with hot dogs and hamburgers, chips and drinks; furniture and household items, craft and gift items, books, etc. For information, call Barbara Welge, 828-625-5517. Miniature golf tournament: 10 a.m., Putt and Go Video; twoplayer teams, $10 per player, three rounds of golf and lunch included; hole sponsors $20; benefits Chase Lions Club, who provides assistance to the blind and visually impaired. Widow/Widower’s Young at Heart senior citizens club: 11 a.m., Rollins Cafeteria; dutch treat lunch at 11:30 a.m.; fellowship and bingo; for information, contact Roy McKain, 245-4800. Putting for Paws: Second annual golf tournament benefitting the Rutherford County Humane Society; 1:45 p.m. at Forest City Golf Club; $200 per four-man team; captain’s choice format; Please contact Linda (864) 7060452 or Rick (864) 327-7883) Kwasniewski or at (828) 248-1419 for more information.
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the wireless service can accept cards to allow usage of “whitespace” bandwidth — signal spectrum previously used by broadcast television stations before the transition to digital television. “This whitespace signal is really revolutionary technology and the people with the capital are willing to spend the money,” said Economic Development Commission board member Omer Causey. “It is faster than DSL and the main thing is, it is symmetrical with uploading and downloading speeds. You’ve got a lot
Democrat Party Headquarters: Open Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 1 to 6 p.m. and Tuesday and Thursday, 4 to 7 p.m, through Nov. 2.
Tuesday, Oct. 5 Christmas Cheer applications: 9:15 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m., DAV Building, Withrow Road, Forest City; applicant must present original photo ID, Social Security card, Social Security card or birth certificate for each child, Social Security card for other adults and older age children living in the home and copies of previous month’s bills. For more guidelines, call 704-482-0375. Preschool story time: 10 a.m., Rutherford County Library Main Branch; for ages 2 to 5; free.
year from the Internet, but here with this county — and its around 14 percent unemployment — this in and of itself is the most important thing for this county. This county has what it needs. I’m originally from Asheville, and that place is way too expensive to live. If the county would take the bull by the horns with Internet service you could bring in a lot more revenue. I see that sign coming in from I-40 that says e-commerce certified. Well, can you show me where that is?” Officials agreed to work together to come up with a plan for making highspeed service more widely available. Contact Baughman via e-mail at sbaughman@thedigitalcourier.com
Jimmy Carter lands in DC after hospital stay WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Jimmy Carter landed in Washington on Thursday after spending two nights in an Ohio hospital recovering from a viral infection that doctors say likely gave him stomach problems. Carter, wearing a dark blazer, landed in a small private jet at Reagan National Airport just before 3 p.m. Thursday. He walked down the steps from the plane onto the runway and stepped into an SUV that immediately drove away. An airport police car escorted his SUV and two others from the airport. Doctors advised Carter, who turns 86 on Friday, to remain at
MetroHealth Medical Center after he was rushed from an airplane to the emergency room Tuesday morning with an upset stomach. He headed to the nation’s capital after hospital officials said the viral infection had cleared up. Carter was in Washington for a long-planned, private meeting, spokeswoman Deanna Congileo said. Carter became ill during a Delta Air Lines flight from Atlanta to Cleveland, causing rescue crews to rush him to the hospital after the plane landed. His medical team recommended that he stay a second night for additional monitoring, hospital spokeswoman Susan Christopher said. The hospital stay has interrupted
Carter’s tour to promote his new book, “White House Diary.” Carter canceled book signings in Ohio, North Carolina, South Carolina and Washington. Carter, a former peanut farmer elected to the White House in 1976, has worked in recent years as an advocate for peace and human rights, efforts that won him the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002. In the new book, Carter said he pursued an overly aggressive agenda as president that may have confused voters and alienated lawmakers. But he said the tipping points that cost him the 1980 election were the Iran hostage crisis and the Democratic primary challenge by U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy.
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of clients that have a lot of money put up in this stuff.” County Commission Chairman Brent Washburn was focused on treating high speed Internet like any other public utility such as water, sewer and electricity. “One of the comments I hear often about fiber expansion is the cost of fiber,” Washburn said. “But I would argue that the cost of fiber optic pales in comparison to the cost of sewer lines and water lines and other services we have designated as critical.” Brian Plemmons, owner of Superbike Supply, was also at the meeting. “I’m an Internet-based company,” Plemmons said. “I do seven figures a
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Trojans At The Gates
Right: Chase’s Davon Hines. Top: Central Coach Mike Cheek talks with Vick Staley (21). Below: Central’s offense huddles. Garrett Byers/Daily Courier
Two key SMAC games highlight gridiron action By SCOTT BOWERS Daily Courier Sports Editor
FOREST CITY — Two important games will be played in the 3A/2A South Mountain Athletic Conference, tonight, for two very different reasons. The Trojans (1-5) will travel up US 221 North to visit the Hilltoppers (2-4) in a county clash. Both teams are reeling after tough losses last Friday. Chase was shut out 34-0 by Patton, the second time this season the Trojans have been blanked, and to make matters worse the Trojans were held to zero rushing yards in the game — a tough figure to swallow for a team built around the run. If misery loves company, Chase and Central should get along just
fine. The Hilltoppers fell to county rival, East Rutherford as Central struggled to move the ball against the stingy Cavs defense. Central tallied just seven first downs in the conference-opening loss. Tonight will be gut-check time for both units, if one of them is to turn around their 2010 season. In Morganton, tonight, East Rutherford will venture north to face a Patton team that has surprised under first year coach, Chris Deal. The Panthers are playing well on both sides of the ball, and the Cavs must look for a way to slow one of the conference’s top QBs, Trevor Buchanan. In 2A/1A Western Highlands play, Thomas Jefferson will also venture north to face Avery County. The Gryphons will face a tough Vikings team that fell
to Owen, 24-21, last week. TJCA (0-6) lost to Mitchell in its conference opener last Friday. All three games have a kick off scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
Chase at R-S Central RUTHERFORDTON — Neither Coach Mike Cheek nor Coach Daniel Bailey was sugar-coating the current predicament that each program finds themselves in, but both feel strongly their charges know what’s at stake. “These kids know one another and they all have cousins that play for Central and friends they have known for a long time, so it is a bragging rights thing,” Chase’s Bailey said. “I can’t imagine either Please see Football, Page 9A
East Rutherford RB Adrian Wilkins.
Lady Cavs take down Freedom
Local Sports FOOTBALL 7:30 p.m. Chase at R-S Central 7:30 p.m. East Rutherford at Patton 7:30 p.m. TJCA at Avery
By KEVIN CARVER Sports Reporter
On Radio FOOTBALL 7 p.m. (WCAB AM 590) Chase at R-S Central
On TV 8 a.m. (ESPN) Golf Ryder Cup, Day One. 7 p.m. (FSCR) MLB Baseball Milwaukee Brewers at Cincinnati Reds. 7:30 p.m. (TS) MLB Baseball Philadelphia Phillies at Atlanta Braves. 8 p.m. (ESPN) College Football BYU at Utah State. 10 p.m. (ESPN2) High School Football Hamilton (Ariz.) at Chandler (Ariz.). 11:45 p.m. (SHO) Boxing
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East Rutherford’s Paige Campfield, left, spikes the ball during the JV volleyball game against Freedom Thursday.
FOREST CITY — Despite a wild second set, East Rutherford’s volleyball team took a three-game sweep over Freedom with a 25-10, 31-29, 25-15 victory at home, Thursday. East cruised in the first set by 15 points and seemed to have the second game in the bag at 24-11 — but that wasn’t a safe enough lead against the Lady Patriots. Freedom reeled back to tie the game on 13 straight points for a 24-all score. The Lady Cavaliers out-lasted Freedom, as the Lady Patriots committed a serving error and a side-out to hand East the decisive two-point decision. The third set wasn’t even close as East’s Makayla Harrelson blasted an ace and Kaziah Miller’s push pass that flopped over the net landing between two defenders allowed the home to grab a 5-3 lead. DeeAnna Miller continued the onslaught with a power alley kill and back-to-back powerful aces by Jaclyn Boever stretched it to a five-point East Rutherford advantage at 11-6. Please see Prep Report, Page 8A
8A — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Friday, October 1, 2010
sports Duke nabs top national prospect Austin Rivers
WINTER PARK, Fla. (AP) — The son of Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers and one of the nation’s most highly recruited players says he is heading to Duke. Austin Rivers posted on his Twitter site Thursday: “World i have decided to go to duke! Let’s go blue devils ha’.” Rivers, who later made the announcement on ESPN, chose Duke over Kansas and North Carolina. The 6-foot-4 guard of Winter Park, Fla., is considered a terrific athlete and prolific scorer. He verbally committed to Florida in 2008 but reopened his search after the Gators struggled to sustain the success that won them back-to-back national titles. Rivers led Winter Park High School to the Class 6A championship last season.
Forest City named 2010 CPL Organization of the Year
FOREST CITY — The Coastal Plain League announced today that the Forest City Owls have been selected as the 2010 CPL Organization of the Year. The Owls were selected after team owners, general managers, head coaches, players, umpires, and league officials voted on various areas of concentration regarding the past season. Forest City, which won the honor in 2008, continued to operate on a top level in 2010. In addition to their regular season home games, the Owls also hosted the CPL All-Star Game, which was a large success; and later went on to win the 2010 Petitt Cup championship. Forest City received high marks in several areas, including – but not limited to – ballpark appearance, strong communication with teams and league office personnel, good field preparation, concessions, professionalism and competiveness of team, CPL WebPass broadcast, after-game meals, and exhibiting a true, positive relationship with the community. “This speaks to the job that Ken (Silver), James (Wolfe), Denise (Holland) and the rest of the Owls staff do on a consistent basis,” said Coastal Plain League President and Commissioner Pete Bock. “They have done a wonderful job in helping keep the Owls a success. We are happy to recognize the entire Forest City organization, as well as their fans, and the community, with the honor of being our 2010 Organization of the Year.”
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Paige Campfield provided a middle kill with Jessica Dotson adding an ace and three key Kristen Hollifield digs also contributed to East’s 14-9 run to close out the match. The Lady Cavaliers, 5-3 in conference, will hit the road on Tuesday for a match with Shelby.
R-S Central 3, Shelby 0
SHELBY — R-S Central easily took care of Shelby in three sets on Thursday evening with a 25-12, 25-13, 25-16 victory in Cleveland County. The Lady Hilltoppers are now 8-3 overall, 7-2 in conference (tied for second) and will play host to Burns on Tuesday.
Ladies Tennis East Rutherford 6, Freedom 3
FOREST CITY — East Rutherford Ladies Tennis team bolstered their record past the .500 mark with a 6-3 victory over Freedom at Callison Recreation Center on Thursday. East swiped four singles matches and then two doubles on senior night in the final home game of the regular season. Ansley Henson came away as a 3-6, 6-1, 10-2 winner as East Rutherford’s No. 1 seed. Seniors, Breezy Robertson and Rebecca Hill followed by claiming wins in their final home game as lady Cavaliers. Robertson, the No.2 seed grabbed 6-2, 6-2 victory and Hill as the No.3 seed convincingly swatted a 6-0, 6-1 triumph. Emily Hitchins also won in singles play as the No.4 seed at 6-1, 6-2. Makayla Brown was defeated 4-6, 2-6 and Emily Hodge was dealt the same result, but three sets 6-4, 1-6, 1-8. During doubles, Henson and Hill earned the match with a 10-2 win. Hutchins and Robertson won with a 10-2 score, while Brown and Hodge fell in their doubles match, 10-1. JV Football Scores: Chase 16, R-S Central 6.
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x-clinched division Wednesday’s Games St. Louis 4, Pittsburgh 1 L.A. Dodgers 7, Colorado 6 Milwaukee 8, N.Y. Mets 7, 1st game Atlanta 5, Florida 1 Philadelphia 7, Washington 1 Houston 2, Cincinnati 0 Milwaukee 3, N.Y. Mets 1, 2nd game San Diego 3, Chicago Cubs 0 San Francisco 3, Arizona 1 Thursday’s Games San Francisco 4, Arizona 1 Chicago Cubs 1, San Diego 0 Cincinnati 9, Houston 1 Milwaukee at N.Y. Mets, late Pittsburgh at Florida, late Colorado at St. Louis, late Friday’s Games Milwaukee (M.Rogers 0-0) at Cincinnati (Tr. Wood 5-4), 7:10 p.m. Pittsburgh (Maholm 9-15) at Florida (Mendez 1-2), 7:10 p.m. Washington (Zimmermann 1-2) at N.Y. Mets (Misch 0-4), 7:10 p.m. Philadelphia (K.Kendrick 10-10) at Atlanta (Beachy 0-1), 7:35 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Coleman 3-2) at Houston (Norris 9-9), 8:05 p.m. Colorado (De La Rosa 8-6) at St. Louis (Westbrook 3-4), 8:15 p.m. Arizona (Kroenke 0-0) at L.A. Dodgers (Ely 4-9), 10:10 p.m. San Diego (Richard 13-9) at San Francisco (M.Cain 13-10), 10:15 p.m. Saturday’s Games Colorado at St. Louis, 1:10 p.m. Milwaukee at Cincinnati, 1:10 p.m. Washington at N.Y. Mets, 1:10 p.m. Philadelphia at Atlanta, 4:10 p.m. San Diego at San Francisco, 4:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Houston, 7:05 p.m. Pittsburgh at Florida, 7:10 p.m. Arizona at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m. Sunday’s Games Milwaukee at Cincinnati, 1:10 p.m. Pittsburgh at Florida, 1:10 p.m. Washington at N.Y. Mets, 1:10 p.m. Philadelphia at Atlanta, 1:35 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Houston, 2:05 p.m. Colorado at St. Louis, 2:15 p.m. San Diego at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m. Arizona at L.A. Dodgers, 4:10 p.m. American League z-Tampa Bay z-New York Boston
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z-clinched playoff berth x-clinched division Wednesday’s Games Texas 6, Seattle 5 L.A. Angels 2, Oakland 1, 11 innings Cleveland 4, Detroit 0, 1st game Toronto 8, N.Y. Yankees 4 Baltimore 2, Tampa Bay 0 Cleveland 4, Detroit 3, 2nd game Chicago White Sox 5, Boston 2 Minnesota 4, Kansas City 2 Thursday’s Games Detroit at Baltimore, ppd., rain L.A. Angels at Texas, late Boston at Chicago White Sox, late Tampa Bay at Kansas City, late Toronto at Minnesota, late Oakland at Seattle, late Friday’s Games Detroit (Bonderman 8-9) at Baltimore (Tillman 1-5), 4:35 p.m., 1st game N.Y. Yankees (Pettitte 11-3) at Boston (Matsuzaka 9-6), 7:10 p.m. Detroit (Porcello 10-11) at Baltimore (Guthrie 10-14), 8:05 p.m., 2nd game L.A. Angels (Jer.Weaver 13-12) at Texas (Tom. Hunter 13-4), 8:05 p.m. Cleveland (Carmona 12-14) at Chicago White Sox (T.Pena 5-2), 8:10 p.m. Tampa Bay (J.Shields 13-14) at Kansas City (Chen 11-7), 8:10 p.m. Toronto (R.Romero 13-9) at Minnesota (Pavano 17-11), 8:10 p.m. Oakland (Cahill 17-8) at Seattle (French 5-6), 10:10 p.m. Saturday’s Games Toronto at Minnesota, 1:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Boston, 4:10 p.m. Cleveland at Chicago White Sox, 7:05 p.m. Detroit at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m. Tampa Bay at Kansas City, 7:10 p.m. L.A. Angels at Texas, 8:05 p.m. Oakland at Seattle, 10:10 p.m. Sunday’s Games Detroit at Baltimore, 1:35 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Boston, 1:35 p.m. Cleveland at Chicago White Sox, 2:05 p.m. Tampa Bay at Kansas City, 2:10 p.m. Toronto at Minnesota, 2:10 p.m. L.A. Angels at Texas, 3:05 p.m. Oakland at Seattle, 4:10 p.m.
FOOTBALL National Football League AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF N.Y. Jets 2 1 0 .667 68 Miami 2 1 0 .667 52 New England 2 1 0 .667 90 Buffalo 0 3 0 .000 47 South W L T Pct PF Houston 2 1 0 .667 77 Indianapolis 2 1 0 .667 89 Tennessee 2 1 0 .667 78 Jacksonville 1 2 0 .333 40 North W L T Pct PF Pittsburgh 3 0 0 1.000 72
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1 0 .667 59 55 1 0 .667 44 41 3 0 .000 45 57 West W L T Pct PF PA Kansas City 3 0 0 1.000 68 38 San Diego 1 2 0 .333 72 61 Denver 1 2 0 .333 61 65 Oakland 1 2 0 .333 52 76 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA Philadelphia 2 1 0 .667 83 62 Washington 1 2 0 .333 56 67 Dallas 1 2 0 .333 54 53 N.Y. Giants 1 2 0 .333 55 85 South W L T Pct PF PA Atlanta 2 1 0 .667 77 46 New Orleans 2 1 0 .667 63 58 Tampa Bay 2 1 0 .667 50 59 Carolina 0 3 0 .000 32 71 North W L T Pct PF PA Chicago 3 0 0 1.000 66 51 Green Bay 2 1 0 .667 78 47 Minnesota 1 2 0 .333 43 38 Detroit 0 3 0 .000 56 78 West W L T Pct PF PA Seattle 2 1 0 .667 72 57 Arizona 2 1 0 .667 48 77 St. Louis 1 2 0 .333 57 49 San Francisco 0 3 0 .000 38 87 Sunday’s Games Denver at Tennessee, 1 p.m. Detroit at Green Bay, 1 p.m. N.Y. Jets at Buffalo, 1 p.m. Seattle at St. Louis, 1 p.m. San Francisco at Atlanta, 1 p.m. Baltimore at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. Carolina at New Orleans, 1 p.m. Cincinnati at Cleveland, 1 p.m. Houston at Oakland, 4:05 p.m. Indianapolis at Jacksonville, 4:05 p.m. Arizona at San Diego, 4:15 p.m. Washington at Philadelphia, 4:15 p.m. Chicago at N.Y. Giants, 8:20 p.m. Open: Kansas City, Dallas, Minnesota, Tampa Bay Monday’s Game New England at Miami, 8:30 p.m.
TRANSACTIONS Thursday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League ANAHEIM ANGELS_Agreed to terms on a twoyear working agreement with Inland Empire (Cal). BASKETBALL National Basketball Association LOS ANGELES LAKERS_Waived G Anthony Roberson and C Russell Hicks. MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES_Requested waivers on F DerMarr Johnson. FOOTBALL National Football League NFL_Fined Green Bay LB Frank Zombo $7,500 for his hit on Chicago QB Jay Cutler in a Sept. 25 game. NEW YORK JETS_Signed DE Trevor Pryce. Released DL Howard Green. NEW YORK GIANTS_Signed DB Michael Coe to the practice squad. HOCKEY National Hockey League ANAHEIM DUCKS_Placed D Brett Festerling and D Danny Syvret on waivers. CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS_Recalled F Brandon Pirri from Rockford (AHL). Assigned G Alec Richards to Rockford. COLLEGE NCAA_Suspended junior basketball G Dee Bost nine games for failing to withdraw properly before the NBA draft’s deadline in May.
Bulldogs continue to show improvement By JACOB CONLEY Sports Reporter
BOILING SPRINGS — Gardner-Webb coach Steve Patton is a lot happier with the pride, passion and enthusiasm that his team displayed against Sam Houston State. Unfortunately, that did not translate into a win as GWU fell to the Bearkats, 30-14. “We played so much better than we did against Western,” said Patton. “We just had a few things go against us in the first half and couldn’t come up with the win.” Those few things began even before the Bulldogs took the field. Heavy rains forced the team to skip pregame workouts. “We had to sit around in a cramped locker room while they got to warm up in an indoor practice facility,” said Patton. “And while that is far from the only reason we did not play well in the first half, it certainly did not help.” In that ill-fated first half, one in which GWU was outscored 23-7, Patton points to three plays that turned the tide against the Bulldogs. “There was an option where a young player was being aggressive and over ran the play. The other touchdowns were scored when a corner slipped on the wet field and when their quarterback made a great play and broke containment,” said Patton.
“You can’t really be mad with the team for that — you just got to keep encouraging them when things like that happen.” Patton may have to use his skills as an encourager more often in the coming weeks due to a large number of young players filling in for injured veterans. “We are down to our thirdstring tight end and our thirdstring receiver at two of the three slots,” said Patton. “Not to mention the injuries on special teams. “What fans may not realize is that losing the tight ends and receivers not only hurt our passing game, but our running game as well because of our blocking schemes.” Patton and the rest of the Bulldogs cannot afford to dwell on the injury situation for long with a tough Old Dominion Monarchs squad up next. “They (ODU) have only had a football program for a couple of years, but the players they have are very familiar with their system,” said Patton. “They remind me a lot of Coastal Carolina when they first started a program.” Like GWU, the Monarchs enter Saturday’s contest with a 2-2 record, a fact that is not lost on Patton. “Both teams are going to fight like crazy to get above .500 and Old Dominion is a good football team,” said Patton. “They
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were a dropped pass away from beating 13th ranked William & Mary and they play in the same conference as James Madison and everybody knows what they did to Virginia Tech. So, we are going to have to be at our best to win.” One advantage the Bulldogs have coming into the game is familiarity with the ODU offense, which runs the spread from the pistol formation. “They run basically the same offensive formation that we do, so the defense shouldn’t be surprised by anything they do,” said Patton. “The biggest thing for the team to remember is that if they make a mistake, move on to the next play.” While on offense, Patton is confident that the Bulldog receivers can get open and make plays down the field. “Teams have started to blitz our quarterbacks a lot, beginning with Western, and covering our receivers one on one. Western was the first team to blitz heavily and we had six turnovers. Sam Houston did the same thing, but we only had one,” said Patton. “John and Chandler are making better decisions all the time and if the line can hold long enough, I think the passing game will be very successful and hopefully come away with a win.” Kickoff for the Old Dominion contest is slated for 6 p.m.
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Travel club holds fundraising game FOREST CITY — The Forest City Fury 12- and under baseball team are looking to raise money for an upcoming trip to Cooperstown, N.Y. The team will be holding a special one-day softball tournament at Crowe Park on Sat. Oct. 9. The entry fee is $150 and prizes will be given to the firstand second-place teams, in addition to the winner of the Home Run Derby. Please contact Tony Strickland for additional details at (828) 289-6557.
UNC’s Searcy cleared to return by NCAA CHAPEL HILL (AP) — North Carolina safety Da’Norris Searcy has been cleared to return this weekend against East Carolina after missing three games amid an ongoing NCAA investigation. Searcy started all 13 games last season, but the school held him out of the first three games to determine his eligibility. Thirteen players missed the opener against LSU while the NCAA reviewed agent-related benefits and possible academic violations in the football program. Tailback Shaun Draughn was cleared to return against Georgia Tech, while the NCAA announced a six-game suspension for cornerback Kendric Burney and a four-game suspension for safety Deunta Williams last week. The status of nine players remains in question, including NFL prospects Marvin Austin and Robert Quinn.
Smith takes in another Bobcats practice WILMINGTON (AP) — A smiling Dean Smith has taken in his second Charlotte Bobcats practice in as many days. The 79-year-old former North Carolina coach watched from a chair at midcourt at UNC Wilmington on Thursday as the Bobcats went through a midday workout. Smith spent an extended time chatting with Coastal Carolina coach Cliff Ellis during the practice and Bobcats coach Larry Brown after it ended. Ellis says Smith was “very alert” and reminiscing about old times. Smith’s family announced in July that he has a “progressive neurocognitive disorder” that affects his memory. Brown, a member of Smith’s first team at North Carolina in 1961-62, says he had dinner with Smith on Wednesday night. Smith won 879 games and two national titles before his retirement in 1997.
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East Rutherford’s Adrian Wilkins (21) earned the Daily Courier/Edward Jones Gridiron Great award after rushing for 247 yards and two touchdowns in the Cavaliers 24-12 win over R-S Central. East’s Jeremy Clark (56) was named Daily Courier/Edward Jones Lineman of the Week, by the East Rutherford coaches, for his performance in the game with Central. Edward Jones’ David Smith (l to r), East Coach Clint Bland, Edward Jones’ Frank Faucette and Edward Jones’ George Allen attended the presentation.
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team not being able to get up for this game.” Central’s Cheek echoed the feelings held by Bailey. “We played hard last Friday night, but not well enough to win — and the credit goes to East,” Cheek said. “Our kids have shown up (for practice) ready to play, and to move on. “We have to do, what we need to do.” When Chase has the ball: The Trojans will be looking to rebound with their Flex-option offense after being held to zero rushing yards, last week. The Hilltoppers have been made well aware that Chase will be focused. “Chase is going to give us their best effort,” said Cheek. “We must play sound, assignment football — they will hit on some passes if you fall asleep on them. “But, we must read our keys on the fullback, the quarterback and the pitchman.” When Central has the ball: The Hilltoppers’ Wing-T and spread offense was held in check, last week, but Bailey remains impressed with the size and diversity of Cheek’s playbook. “They have a pretty large play book, I mean in addition to getting ready for the Wing-T, which they run well, you have to prepare for their spread packages, which they also run well,” said Bailey. Chase player to watch: FB/LB Davon Hines. Hines has missed two full games due to an injury, but he is expected to be back in the fold tonight. R-S Central player to watch: WR/LB Darrien Watkins. Watkins, who began his prep career at Chase, hauled in a touchdown pass, last week, and narrowly missed a catch on a deep pass. In addition, Watkins is able to get upfield quickly on blitzes.
Key to the game: Who wants it more. All the Xs and Os will come down to execution and effort. The team that gives more, gets more.
East Rutherford at Patton FOREST CITY — The Cavaliers, fresh off a 24-12 win over rival R-S Central, will face the hottest team in the SMAC — the Patton Panthers. The Panthers (6-0), who are in just their third year of varsity football, can match the school’s win total from the program’s first two years (7), with a win tonight. Patton is lead by QB Trevor Buchanan (39 of 71, 594 yards, 11 TD and 4 INT), who has tossed for at least one touchdown in every game this season. Buchanan is joined in Coach Chris Deal’s spread offense by RBs De’Quan Hayden and Winfield Johnson. Hayden provides the speed to Johnson’s power-running style. The Panthers’ defense, though, deserves a lot of the credit for the team’s undefeated start. Patton is holding opponents to just over 10 points a game on 168 yards of total offense. All taken together, it has left East Coach Clint Bland even more impressed with a coach he already admired. “When we were preparing to play Thomasville last year in the playoffs, we saw Lexington on film and Deal was doing a great job with them, you could see it on the film,” Bland said. “All I’ve heard is good stuff and the more I see, the more impressed I am with the job he has done.” Player to watch: RB Adrian Wilkins. Wilkins now has 905 rushing yards, 14 total TDs and will be facing a tough, run-stopping defense. Something’s got to give. Key to the game: Don’t settle. If the Cavaliers believe their season is complete with a win over Central, then the month of October will be a long one at East. But, if the Cavs want to win a conference title, tonight, is an important step.
Bowers inspired by memory of father, mentor season, matching his total from a year ago. He’s also shown the speed and strength that made him the country’s No. 1 high school prospect in 2008. But it wouldn’t have happened without guidance from Clemson defensive star Gaines Adams
and his father, Dennis. Adams died in January after unexpectedly going into cardiac arrest. Dennis died in August after collapsing at a concert given by his gospel group. The Tigers (2-1) open Atlantic Coast Conference play against No. 16 Miami (2-1).
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Thomas Jefferson at Avery County AVONDALE — In football, it’s not always who you play, but when you play them that matters. The Gryphons will benefit from that football adage when they meet the Avery Vikings, tonight. The Vikings QB Alex Villanueva (56 of 102, 949 yards, 10 TD and 3 INT), one of the Western Highlands Conference’s best QBs is out for the game, and maybe the season, with a broken collarbone. “The Vikings ran the Notre Dame Box against Owen, last week, and we think they may run their normal spread offense this week for a number of reasons,” said Helton. “They were sort of forced into running something last week, but now that they have had another week of practice they may go back to their spread.” Prior to the injury, Villanueva’s favorite target was WR Andy Gonzalez, who has caught 21 passes for 432 yards and 7 TDs. Gonzalez will remain a big part of the Vikings’ attack. An attack they hardly needed last season in a 51-0 win. “Last year, we gave up a punt return for a touchdown, a kick return for a touchdown, an interception return for a touchdown and a fumble return for a touchdown. We gave up points in a whole lot of ways, and things you just can’t do and expect to win,” said Helton. Player to watch: QB Will Beam. Beam has thrown for over 1,200 yards and nine TDs, but the senior has also thrown 14 picks in five games. Beam must be careful with the football in a hostile environment tonight. Key to the game: Consistency. The Gryphons’ high-flying passing game is easily grounded when passes are not being caught. TJCA must do a better job of avoiding turnovers and three-and-outs.
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In this file photo, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel laughs as he takes some good natured ribbing about his recent comment about someday wanting to be mayor of Chicago while participating in the sixth annual Richard J. Daley Global Cities Forum in Chicago. Two people familiar with Rahm Emanuel’s plans, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they did not want to pre-empt Emanuel’s announcement, said Thursday that he will resign as White House chief of staff on Friday, and will begin his campaign for Chicago mayor by meeting with voters in the city on Monday.
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In probably the best-known last month that he will not seek a seventh term. shocking suicide of a college student case, 13-year-old Megan Meier of Emanuel’s victory in the race is not whose sex life was broadcast over Daddenne Prairie, Mo., hanged hera sure thing, with rivals certain to the Web illustrates yet again the self in 2006 after she received mesInternet’s alarming potential as a sages on MySpace — supposedly from attack the longtime political operameans of tormenting others and rais- a teenage boy — cruelly dumping her. tive and former congressman as a brusque outsider who belongs more to es questions whether young people in An adult neighbor was later found Pennsylvania Avenue than Michigan the age of Twitter and Facebook can guilty of taking part in the hoax, but Avenue, more to the halls of Congress even distinguish public from private. the conviction was overturned. than City Hall. Cruel gossip and vengeful acts Earlier this year, 17-year-old Alexis Two people close to him said once confined to the schoolyard or Pilkington of West Islip, N.Y., who Thursday they did not know when the dorm can now make their way had landed a college soccer scholarEmanuel would officially declare he around the world instantly via the ship, killed herself after receiving a was entering the mayoral race, but Internet, along with photos and live stream of nasty messages. that he would launch a website with a video. Gregory Jantz, founder of A Place “It’s just a matter of when the next of Hope, a Seattle mental health care message to Chicago voters in the near suicide’s going to hit, when the next center, said young people who use the future. Emanuel has certainly left his attack’s going to hit,” said Parry Internet to spread something damagmark on Washington, D.C., where Aftab, a New Jersey lawyer who runs ing about others often don’t realize his departure, expected by the politithe website WiredSafety. how hurtful it can be because many cal world ever since Daley’s surprise Last week, Tyler Clementi, a shy, of them have grown up in a world announcement, remains an unques18-year-old Rutgers University freshthat has blurred the line between tioned loss for Obama. man and gifted violist, jumped to his public and private. The president has counted on death from the George Washington “Our kids are in a different zone Emanuel’s intensity, discipline and Bridge after his roommate and now,” Jantz said. Aftab said young congressional relationships to keep another classmate allegedly used a people who would never bully somethe White House focused and aggreswebcam to secretly broadcast his one face to face do it online in part sive. Holding a job with nearly unridorm-room sexual encounters with because of the often-false sense of another man. The two classmates anonymity that the Internet provides. valed pressure and power, Emanuel has been true to form at the White have been charged with invasion of “They’ll also jump on because House — a briskly moving political privacy, with the most serious chargthey don’t want to be the next tarmanager who is prone to profanity es carrying up to five years in prison. get,” Aftab said. In Clementi’s case, and driven to delivering on the presiThe suicide shocked and disturbed prosecutors said that his roommate, gay rights activists and others on Dharun Ravi of Plainsboro, N.J., and dent’s directives. Obama is expected to install campus. Molly Wei of Princeton, N.J., both senior adviser Pete Rouse, a calm “Had he been in bed with a woman, 18-year-old freshmen, transmitted White House presence with his own this would not have happened,” said a live image of Clementi having sex seasoned understanding of how Rutgers student Lauren Felton, 21, of on Sept. 19 and that Ravi tried to Warren, N.J. “He wouldn’t have been webcast a second encounter on Sept. Washington work, to serve as interim chief of staff. Gibbs said the presiouted via an online broadcast, and 21, the day before Clementi’s suicide. dent has “complete loyalty and trust” his privacy would have been respectLawyers for Ravi and Wei did not in Rouse, though he wouldn’t coned and he might still have his life.” return calls. Luanne Peterpaul, vice firm Rouse had been tapped for the The Associated Press found at least chairwoman of the gay rights group interim post. The president is likely 12 cases in the U.S. since 2003 in Garden State Equality and a former to choose a permanent chief of staff which children and young adults New Jersey prosecutor, said authoriafter the Nov. 2 midterm elections. between 11 and 18 killed themselves ties might be able to pursue the case Emanuel has made no secret of his after falling victim to some form of as a hate crime under state law if they interest in running for mayor, saying “cyberbullying” — teasing, harassare able to establish that the defenin an April television interview that ing or intimidating with pictures or dants acted because they believed if Daley, the mayor since 1989, ever words distributed online or via text Clementi was gay. This map shows high temperatures, type of precipitation expected and location of frontal systems at noon.
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decided to step down he’d be interested in running. While Emanuel lives in Washington, he did not sell his house in Chicago, choosing to rent it out. But earlier this week, news surfaced that the couple living in the home is refusing his request to break their lease so he and his family can move back in. One election law attorney, Bert Odelson, argues the rental flap highlights a more serious question — whether Emanuel’s absence could mean he is no longer a city resident with the right to run. Odelson said Emanuel’s move last year means he no longer is a resident. “His actions are very clear,” Odelson said. “He doesn’t comply with the statute.” Friends and supporters say Emanuel’s decision to rent his house and not sell it is a clear indication he’s always planned to move back to Chicago and say he’s continued to use the address to vote absentee. Chicago Board of Elections spokesman Jim Allen said Thursday he couldn’t speak specifically to Emanuel’s situation. But, generally, he said a candidate or voter who takes “some type of out of town assignment” but maintains registration and votes absentee “has given an indication of an intent to return and is considered a resident.” Dawn Clark Netsch, a law professor and constitutional scholar who helped write the Illinois Constitution, said called residency “a matter of intent.” “If you register to vote and vote that’s a pretty good sign of intent and therefore residency,” Netsch said. Legal resident or not, Emanuel will surely have to defend himself against attacks that he’s an outsider. That might explain why, as people close to him have said, one of the first things he plans to do upon returning to Chicago is visit neighborhoods and talk to voters. While Emanuel and his supporters say he was attentive in representing his North Side district in Congress from 2003 to 2009, others will try to remind voters that it’s been a couple years since he did much more than vote in the city. “They will go back to (voters) and say remember when I busted my ass to get your street light fixed, can I count on your vote?” said Mike McKeon, a national pollster based in suburban Chicago. None of the other potential contenders have Emanuel’s national name recognition, but are all well known to local voters. They include Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart, who has been telephoning friends to say he is running; former U.S. Sen. Carol Moseley Braun, whose supporters are circulating nominating petitions; U.S. Reps. Danny Davis and Luis Gutierrez; and State Sen. James Meeks, a prominent black minister.
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Chg +1.13 +.37 +.70 +1.00 +.16 +.17 +.60 +.20 +.18 +.21
%Chg +31.5 +21.4 +10.0 +9.2 +7.8 +7.8 +7.5 +7.1 +6.2 +5.8
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Name Last AmDGEn n 2.98 BioTime wt 2.80 CAMAC n 3.19 BioTime n 4.75 NTS Rlty 3.32 GoldResrc 18.66 SearchMed 2.60 GoldStr g 4.93 Metalico 3.83 MinesMgt 2.20
MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE) Name Vol (00) Last Chg Citigrp 4515568 3.91 -.01 S&P500ETF2543135114.13 -.34 BkofAm 1404171 13.10 -.01 SPDR Fncl 1042989 14.35 -.03 iShR2K 734292 67.50 -.17 DirFnBear 598969 13.38 +.01 GenElec 571775 16.25 -.11 iShEMkts 569413 44.77 +.26 JPMorgCh 536110 38.06 -.35 PrUShS&P 464725 29.59 +.15
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Chg -1.87 -2.51 -.42 -.23 -.26 -.31 -.20 -3.99 -.32 -1.58
%Chg -15.3 -14.5 -13.8 -8.7 -8.5 -8.0 -7.7 -7.3 -7.2 -7.2
MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE) Name Vol (00) Last Chg PwShs QQQ1017763 49.07 -.22 Intel 735922 19.20 -.04 Microsoft 585153 24.49 -.01 Cisco 556348 21.90 +.03 Oracle 413930 26.85 -.32 Qualcom 349277 45.13 +.82 Dell Inc 321829 12.97 -.02 MicronT 317442 7.21 -.08 NewsCpA 310891 13.06 -.13 SiriusXM 308513 1.20 +.02 Advanced Declined Unchanged Total issues New Highs New Lows Volume
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CI 141,885 LB 61,740 LG 57,889 IH 54,531 LG 50,996 WS 49,365 MA 47,650 LB 45,058 LB 44,398 LB 42,852 LV 36,729 FV 35,626 FB 35,326 CI 34,887 LV 34,596 CA 30,980 WS 28,903 CI 28,710 MA 28,597 LB 28,315 LB 28,219 CI 28,009 MA 27,705 LB 27,026 FB 25,240 LB 24,819 FB 24,209 LG 24,208 LV 15,194 LB 7,967 LB 3,816 GS 1,456 LV 1,065 SR 477 LG 161
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+8.4/A +1.1/B +1.5/C +3.9/C +3.8/A +4.7/A +3.4/B +0.7/C +0.6/C +1.3/B -1.5/D +4.4/A +5.9/A +8.1/A +0.7/B +4.4/B +5.1/A +7.9/A +3.0/B +1.2/B +3.0/A +3.8/E +4.7/A +0.7/C +3.9/B +0.7/B +1.8/C +4.7/A +0.9/B +2.0/A +1.0/B +4.9/B -1.3/D +2.1/C +0.3/D
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AIG bailout exit doesn’t resolve losses NEW YORK (AP) — American International Group finally has a plan to exit the biggest of the Wall Street bailouts a month before midterm elections. But much as embattled Democrats might wish otherwise, the book on TARP won’t close anytime soon. There’s no guarantee taxpayers who gave AIG a $182 billion bailout will be made whole under the plan the company announced Thursday. Under the deal, Treasury will swap its majority stake in AIG for common stock and then sell those shares over time. The government loses its authority to tap Troubled Asset Relief Program funds on Sunday. Democrats facing tough re-elections hope voters will see the bailouts as nearing an end. That will be a tough case to make. Close to $190 billion in TARP money remains unpaid, and the Congressional Budget Office estimates that taxpayers will never get back about $66 billion of it. The public remains angry about the bailouts, which were launched in the Bush administration’s final months. Americans have been particularly furious over the outsize bonuses that bailed-out firms paid to executives. The anger may dissipate as the economy improves, but it will linger until most sitting lawmakers are out of office, said Norman Ornstein, resident scholar at the conservative American Enterprise Institute. “Finding a way to reduce the anger, much of it misplaced, over what
TARP did, is a pretty strong political goal” for the Democrats, he said. It will be an uphill battle, Ornstein said. TARP, which Obama administration officials say helped stabilize the financial system, has been targeted by the tea party movement as a wasteful giveaway that rescued Wall Street while ordinary Americans suffered the effects of the Great Recession. Democratic and Republican lawmakers who voted for the bailout have had to defend their votes. The deal will give Treasury a 92.1 percent stake in AIG before it begins selling its shares. But it can’t be completed until AIG proves its strength by displaying its ability to raise money from private investors and regain a top rating from credit agencies. Otherwise, “this deal won’t go through,” CEO Robert Benmosche said in an interview Thursday. “The Treasury wants to assure itself it’s investing in a company with the strength to be competitive in the marketplace.” Benmosche said he expects the transaction to take place in the first quarter of 2011. S&P credit analyst Kevin Ahern said AIG’s rating will likely be upgraded in a month’s time, after it sells off a life insurance subsidiary and spins off another in an initial public offering. Before the stock swap, AIG will repay about $20 billion in loans it received from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. AIG plans to
repay that debt in part through earnings it generates and the sale of some its subsidiaries. AIG has been selling some of its units since it received the initial bailout in September 2008. CEO Benmosche said he would have preferred to put off an exit agreement until November, after the completion of some sales. But he said he wanted to make sure that as TARP expired, AIG wasn’t again thrust into the spotlight as a “ward of the state.” Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner praised the agreement. He said it “puts taxpayers in a considerably stronger position to recoup our investment in the company.” The government will receive about 1.66 billion shares of AIG common stock in exchange for its $49.1 billion investment. The shares would be worth about $29.67 apiece. In trading Thursday, shares rose $1.65, or 4.4 percent, to $39.10. So if the government is able to sell shares at their current price, it would make $15.8 billion in profit on that part of its stake. Part of the government AIG’s $182 billion bailout went unused. The rest is expected to be recovered from the sale of assets. Treasury’s work on the bailouts is hardly finished. As of Aug. 31, Treasury had tapped $460 billion from TARP for banks, auto makers and mortgage companies. Of that, $386 billion was disbursed, and $187 billion had not been repaid. AIG and
automakers GM and Chrysler held the bulk of that money. The government is in the process of selling back shares of Citigroup Inc., which received $45 billion in taxpayer support in one of the largest bank rescues by the government. The government said Thursday it raised $2.25 billion from the sale of trust-preferred shares, and has raised $16.4 billion so far from the sale of Citigroup common stock. The bank repaid another $20 billion in December 2009. The government’s remaining shares of common stock have a value of $14 billion at Thursday’s closing stock market price. AIG was one of the financial companies hit hardest by the credit crisis and received the largest bailout the government doled out. The insurance giant was not undone by its traditional business. Rather, it was felled by its dealings in complex derivatives. AIG also drew criticism for continuing to pay out bonuses to employees after it received the bailout. Some of those employees worked in the division that nearly destroyed the company. The government stepped in to rescue AIG because the insurer worked with hundreds of financial institutions throughout the world. The government believed at the time that a collapse of AIG would further hurt the already fragile credit markets, which had been shaken by the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers.
Stocks end bullish month on weak note
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks ended a monthlong rally on a weak note, but still chalked up the best September in 71 years. Indexes rose sharply at the open Thursday following some better news on the economy, but stumbled at midmorning and stayed lower the rest of the day as traders pulled out profits following a spectacular run for the market in September. The Dow Jones industrial average closed down 47 points, having been up as many as 113 earlier in the day. The Dow gained 7.7 percent in the month, making it the strongest September since 1939, at the dawn of World War II. However that runup followed a dismal August, and the Dow is still only up 3.5 percent for the year and is 3.7 percent below its closing high for 2010 reached on April 26. Technology shares, which have been among the best performers this month, led Thursday’s pullback. Major technology companies like Apple Inc., Dell Inc. and Google Inc. were all down about 1 percent. “You can’t underestimate people taking profits,” said T.C. Robillard Jr., a managing director
at investment bank Signal Hill. Robillard said that like most reports throughout the month, Thursday’s batch of data only confirmed that the economy is growing very slowly. Major indexes have been surging all month on signs of incremental improvement in the economy, which have allayed worries that the country would fall back into recession. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 47.23, or 0.4 percent, to 10,788.05. The Dow had risen 113 in the opening minutes of trading on improved economic news before pulling back. Brett D’Arcy, chief investment officer at CBIZ Wealth Management Group, said traders might have also pulled back because the Dow was approaching the psychological barrier of 11,000. The Dow came within 52 points of that level Thursday morning. It has not touched 11,000 since May 4. “We haven’t broken out of that mental cycle that this market might be range bound,” D’Arcy said. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index fell 3.53, or
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0.3 percent, to 1,141.20, while the Nasdaq composite fell 7.94, or 0.3 percent, to 2,368.62. Traders were initially upbeat Thursday after a reading on regional manufacturing in the Chicago area jumped in September. Economists had expected the Chicago Purchasing Managers Index to fall slightly. That regional manufacturing report bodes well heading into Friday’s monthly report on national manufacturing activity from the Institute for Supply Management. “The jump in Chicago PMI was nothing short of shocking,” said Nick Kalivas, vice president of financial research at MF Global. “It was complemented by the drop in (unemployment) claims.” The Labor Department said Thursday that first-time claims for unemployment benefits fell more than economists had predicted last week. Applications are still at levels that indicate employers aren’t necessarily ramping up hiring, but at least the pace of firings seems to be slowing.
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Roommate’s drinking is worrying Dear Abby: I live with two of my best friends. We get along great because we respect each other’s personal space and business. My problem is my roommate “Michelle” drinks alone in our apartment. She consumes eight to 12 alcoholic beverages in an evening. She does this once a week, usually during the week. The next morning she’ll complain that she’s “sick” when she has to get up for work, but I know she’s hung over. How should I approach Michelle about this? — Fearful Dear Fearful: You are right to be concerned about Michelle. The way to approach her is to tell her you’re worried. Eight to 12 drinks in an evening is a huge amount of alcohol. And if she’s going to work hung over, it is already having a negative impact on her job. Offer to attend an AA meeting with Michelle. (They are listed in most telephone directories.) When you get there you’ll find pamphlets are available that contain a self-test people can take to determine whether they need help. Dear Abby: I have just become engaged to “Egon,” who is from Norway. He has a great job and is studying to be a masseur. My problem is my sister “Ellen.” She’s happy about our engagement, but she keeps asking my fiance for lower back and thigh rubs. She
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claims she gets cramps from being on her feet all day. What bothers me is Ellen makes embarrassing sounds of pleasure when Egon massages her. I’m upset with her because she constantly asks my fiance for massages, but I also get annoyed with Egon because — in a weird way — it feels like he’s cheating on me. He says it’s his job and I’m being silly. What I want to tell my sister is, “Sorry, but those intimate rubdowns belong to me now. Find someone else for yours!” — Rubbed the Wrong Way Dear Rubbed the Wrong Way: If you are going to marry someone who makes his living as a masseur, you need to understand that he will be working on all kinds of clients. Your fiance may enjoy his work, but it IS work and he will receive compensation for his efforts. If the back and thigh rubs Ellen is requesting have become so frequent that it’s making you uncomfortable, I suggest you and Egon agree that he shouldn’t be giving away what he’s selling, and instead he should offer your sister a “family” discount.
Did med cause skin condition? Dear Dr. Gott: While in Vietnam, I was taking a dapsone pill daily, as the Army suggested. Unknown to me, I had an allergy to the pill and became methemoglobinemic. I stopped taking the pill, but still have lichen planus on my legs and buttocks that comes and goes. I read that the dapsone could be the cause of the onset of the lichen planus. Can you tell me if this is right or wrong? Dear Reader: Dapsone is commonly prescribed to treat dermatitis, herpetiformis (a skin condition that commonly appears on the elbows and knees), acne, infection and more. Lichen planus appears in the mouth or on the skin as an itchy, swollen rash. Methemoglobinemia is a blood disorder that occurs when an abnormal amount of a type of hemoglobin builds up in the blood. There are two inherited forms. The first is passed on by both parents, who don’t ordinarily have the condition themselves but carry a gene that causes it. The second form is known as hemoglobin M disease, caused by a defect in the hemoglobin molecule itself.
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Ask Dr. Gott Dr. Peter M. Gott In this case, only one parent passes on the abnormal gene. My guess is that you were prescribed dapsone because of lichen planus. While you may have been allergic to the medication, I don’t believe it was the cause of your lichen planus but was the treatment of choice because of it. If I have misinterpreted your letter, we can take it up again at a later date. To provide related information, I am sending you a copy of my Health Report “Blood — Donations and Disorders.” Other readers who would like a copy should send a self-addressed stamped No. 10 envelope and a $2 check or money order made payable to Newsletter and mailed to Newsletter, P.O. Box 167, Wickliffe, OH 44092-0167. Be sure to mention the title.
IN THE STARS Your Birthday, Oct. 1;
Many opportunities might come your way in the next solar cycle. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) - Be extremely careful what you promise because you’ll be asked to deliver. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) - If you’re going to take a gamble on anybody, it had better be on yourself. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) - Confidential information should not be discussed in public. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) - Nobody is expected to know everything. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) - A joint endeavor in which you’re involved needs to be monitored extremely carefully. PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) - Keep an open mind, even if some suggestions issue from companions. ARIES (March 21-April 19) - When gabbing with friends, let everybody else put in their two cents. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) - Be prepared to sink or swim all on your own. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) - Gird thyself: your well-meaning in-laws will soon poke their noses in. CANCER (June 21-July 22) - Even if your friends are piling it on rather thick, don’t attempt to follow suit. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) - Resist any temptations to spend your future material blessings before they have a chance to arrive VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) - Don’t buckle under to a big mouth who always has all the answers and knows better than everybody else.
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Various crafters and vendors, as well as children’s activities will take over Main Street in Rutherfordton Saturday during the 39th Annual Hilltop Fall Festival. Contributed photo
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Hilltop Fall Festival returns for 39th annual event From staff reports
A Rutherford County festival is just shy of 40, and returns Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. with food, music, fun and more. The 39th Annual Hilltop Fall Festival, hosted by Rutherford Town Revitalization in downtown Rutherfordton, is one of the area’s most anticipated events, organizers said. “We are really looking forward to this year’s festivities and the celebration of the festival’s 39th year. We have added some unique and exciting entertainment and attractions that are sure to be crowd pleasers,” explained Cindy Adair, festival director. The free community festival, which attracts more than 5,000 people, benefits Rutherfordton’s revitalization efforts. As a member of the NC Main Street Program; Rutherford Town Revitalization’s mission is to work in cooperation with the Town of Rutherfordton to create a positive economic impact on the downtown district. For more information about the Hilltop Fall Festival or Rutherford Town Revitalization, visit www.RutherfordTown.com or call 287-2071. Highlights of this year’s festival include:
Overmountain Victory Trail 5K and Fun Run
The 5K race/walk begins at 8:30 a.m. in front of the Annex
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Building on Main Street. The Fun Run begins at 9:15 a.m. Prizes will be awarded. All proceeds from the race will benefit Rutherford Town Revitalization. For more information or to register online, visit www. Rutherfordtown.com.
Tour de Pumpkin
The 2010 version of the Tour de Pumpkin will be the best yet, organizers said. A free post-ride meal has been added, and a partnership formed with Rutherford Housing Partnership, who will receive a portion of the ride proceeds. RHP is a local non-profit that assists low-wealth citizens with much-needed housing repairs. The registration fee is $20 and riders will get an event T-shirt, goodie bag, meal and a chance at door prizes; T-shirts will only be given to the first 100 entrants. Check-in is from 8 to 9 a.m. and the ride starts at 9:15 a.m. For more information or to register, visit www.rutherfordoutdoor.org.
Live Music
On the Courthouse Stage, Rambling Gypsies will perform at 11:15 a.m., Old 74 Jazz Band will play at 1:15 p.m. and at 2:30 p.m. Triad.
Street Entertainment
Main Street Rutherfordton will be filled with street entertainers beginning at 10:05 a.m. with Thomas Jefferson Classical
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In years past, there have been demonstrations by the Overmountain Victory Trail Association. OVTA will hold a public event on Sunday at the historical site in Gilbert Town.
Academy Dance Project. Dancin’ Stars and IGA Gymnastics will perform at 11:30 a.m., Ray Rice Martial Arts at 1 p.m. and Little Broadway Dancers at 2 p.m. The Chamber of Commerce will host “Minute 2 Win It” games on the hour at Court and Main Streets and there will be a pet costume contest hosted by Paws & Purrs on the Courthouse Stage at 10:45 a.m.
Street Vendors
Beginning at 9 a.m., Main
Street Rutherfordton will be lined with more than 100 Downtown Rutherfordton merchants, arts and crafts vendors from the Carolinas, as well as food vendors serving barbecue, burgers, funnel cakes, ice cream and more.
Truman’s Playland
Children will have tons of fun in Truman’s Playland, sponsored by Rutherford Weekly. There will be inflatables, rock climbing wall, games and muchmore.
At Your Leisure Hobbies and crafts
Ann’s Cozy Quilts & Fabrics, Rutherfordton: Upcoming classes – Beginning quilting, paper piecing, fabric doll Making, jacket, purse, sampler and more
Off the Beaded Path, Forest City: Ongoing – Try-it-Tuesdays, brief jewelry-making demos Oct. 1 – Fall foliage earrings, 5:30 to 9 p.m. Oct. 2 – Diamond windows bracelet, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 5 – Fall fever bracelet, 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 9 – Colossal crystal necklace, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 14 – Stonewall wire earrings, 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 16 – Beginner viking
knit, 5:30 to 9 p.m. Oct. 21 – Scroll earrings, 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 23 – Nothing but net bracelet, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 26 – Right angle weave box ring (also Oct. 28), 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 30 – Bead club, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Good Earth Pottery Studio, Forest City: Pottery classes – Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 6 to 9:30 p.m.; Tuesdays and Fridays from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Independent study – Tuesdays from 6 to 9:30 p.m.; Wednesdays and Thursdays from 1:30 to 5 p.m. Continued Page 8B
Autumn at Oz in Beech Mountain will be held this weekend. Visitors will have the opportunity to meet their favorite Oz characters. See details Page 8B. Contributed photo
2B — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Friday, October 1, 2010
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Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh pose with their children, Kelly 5, and Jamie, 2 1/2 in this Sept. 19,1961 file photo prior to their departure on the SS Argentina for the Argentine where Curtis was to do location filming for the movie “Taras Bulba.” Curtis died Wednesday at his Las Vegas area home of a cardiac arrest at 85 according to the Clark County, Nev. coroner. Associated Press
Defiance, resilience marked career of Tony Curtis Associated Press
From dressing in drag to posing nude for his 80th birthday, Tony Curtis truly was a defiant one. He overcame early typecasting as a lightweight pretty boy to become a serious actor in such films as “Sweet Smell of Success,” “Spartacus” and “The Defiant Ones,” the latter earning him an Academy Award nomination. He resisted obsolescence, continually reshaping himself and taking lesser roles to find steady work in a business that prizes youth. He subdued alcohol and drug addictions, lived through six marriages and five divorces, and found peace with a new art as a painter. Curtis, whose wildly undefinable cast of characters ranged from a
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Roman slave leading the rebellious cry of “I’m Spartacus” to a jazz age musician wooing Marilyn Monroe while disguised as a woman in “Some Like It Hot,” died Wednesday night. The 85-year-old actor suffered cardiac arrest at his home in Henderson, Nev., near Las Vegas, the coroner said Thursday. “My father leaves behind a legacy of great performances in movies and in his paintings and assemblages,” Jamie Lee Curtis — his daughter with first wife Janet Leigh, co-star of “Psycho” — said in a statement. “He leaves behind children and their families who loved him and respected him and a wife and in-laws who were devoted to him. He also leaves behind fans all over the world.” Starting his career in the late
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3 Family FC: 237 Stoneybrook Dr. Sat. 8A-til Household & childrens items and more!
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Administrator of the estate of HERMAN ELBERT RAMSEY of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said HERMAN ELBERT RAMSEY to present them to the undersigned on or before the 24th day of December, 2010 or the same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment. This is the 24th day of September, 2010. Loyce Ramsey Snider, Administrator 518 Shepherds Creek Circle Rutherfordton, NC 28139
NORTH CAROLINA RUTHERFORD COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS We, LINDA G. PUTNAM, JOHN REX GURLEY, JR. and KATHY G. ALMOND have qualified as Co-Executors of the Estate of NORMA LAND GURLEY, deceased, formerly of Rutherford County. This is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the decedent to present them to us at the address shown below on or before January 2, 2011, or your claim will be barred pursuant to North Carolina General Statute 28A-19-3. We hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations indebted to the decedent to make immediate payment to us. This the 27th day of September, 2010. Linda G. Putnam, John Rex Gurley, Jr. and Kathy G. Almond, Co-Executors Estate of NORMA LAND GURLEY Post Office Box 2608 High Point, North Carolina 27261 Grant W. Almond KEZIAH, GATES & SAMET, L.L.P. Post Office Box 2608 300 North Main Street, Suite 400 High Point, North Carolina 27261 (336) 889-6900 Publish: October 1, 8, 15, 22, 2010.
1940s and early 1950s with bit parts as a juvenile delinquent or in such forgettable movies as the talkingmule comedy “Francis,” Curtis rose to stardom as a swashbuckling heartthrob, mixing in somewhat heftier work such as the boxing drama “Flesh and Fury” and the title role in the film biography “Houdini.” Hindered early on by a Bronx accent that drew laughs in Westerns and other period adventures, Curtis smoothed out his rough edges and silenced detractors with 1957’s “Sweet Smell of Success,” in which he played a sleazy press agent who becomes the fawning pawn of a ruthless newspaper columnist (Burt Lancaster). “Curtis grew up into an actor and gave the best performance of his career,” critic Pauline Kael wrote in
her book “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.” Yet it was sheer stardom, not critical acclaim, that drove Curtis, said his sixth wife, Jill Curtis. “All Tony ever wanted to be was a movie star. He didn’t want to be the most dramatic actor,” Jill Curtis said. “He wanted to be a movie star, ever since he was a little kid.” A year after “Sweet Smell of Success,” Curtis was nominated for a best-actor Oscar in “The Defiant Ones” as a white escaped prisoner forced to set aside his racism to work with the black inmate (Sidney Poitier) to whom he is handcuffed. “He’s one of those actors who in the ’50s was a beautiful, charismatic leading man, who became sort of iconic as a sex symbol. Not somebody who you originally thought had a lot of depth.”
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3 FAMILY FC: 290 Bethany Church Rd., Lot 1 Saturday 7A-until Childrens & adult plus size clothes, bedspreads, lots more!
CHURCH YARD SALE AND BREAKFAST Gilkey Methodist Church 108 Aydlotte Rd. Saturday 7A-until Lots of great items and yummy food!
HUGE YARD SALE Bostic: 177 South Main St. Sat. 8A-until Clothes (Abercrombie, Hollister) antiques, tools, furniture and many other items!
YARD SALE CLEARANCE FC: 208 Springdale Dr. Sat. 7A-1P Lots of furniture, collectibles, plants and much more! Everything must go!
Community wide yard sale: Rftdn: Cottages at Crestview, 182 Cottage Lane, Sat. 8A-until. Something for everyone
Huge yard sale to benefit the Rutherford Co. Historical Society (St. John's Church), Rfdtn., 316 N. Main St., Sat. 8A-until. Books, glassware, furniture, misc.
3 Family Rfdtn: 134 Fernwood Dr. (off N. Washington St.) Sat. 7A-until Attic cleaning, household, girls stuff, uniforms, odds 4 FAMILY FC: 284 Georgia Ave. Sat. 8A-until Collectible Barbie dolls, baby & adult clothes, dishes, comforters and much more! 5 FAMILY YARD SALE at Patz Salon, 231 Oak Street, FC. Sat. 7:30A-until Household, antiques, childrens clothes, toys (lots), jewelry, designer clothing (Lauren, Hollister, Aeropostale, Banana Republic, Kasper - all sizes). Too much to list. Big 4 Family Yard Sale FC: 446 Tanners Grove Rd. Sat. 8A-til Something for everyone! 2002 Club Car Golf Kart BIG YARD SALE Ellenboro: 630 Bugger Hollow Rd. Sat. 7A-1P Clothes, furniture and miscellaneous Big yard sale, Ellenboro: 237 Ellenboro Henrietta Rd., Sat 7A-Noon. No early birds. Lots of everything CAT & FIDDLE UNIQUES AND ANTIQUES 214 S. Main St. Campobello, SC 864-468-4133 is celebrating its first anniversary with a 30% off sale on entire stock September 30, October 1-2.
Ellenboro: 179 Vanity Lane Sat. 7:30A-until Crossbow exercise machine, crib, high chair, stroller, chest, housewares, boys clothing and much more! ESTATE SALE Danieltown: 324 Tanners Grove Rd. Fri. & Sat. 7A-1P Chest freezer, household items, clothes, linen, books and more!
GARAGE SALE Cliffside: Estates, 204 Jamerson Rd., Fri. and Sat. 8A-2P Craftsman tools, sports equipment, clothing, Christmas items, copier, fax HUGE 3 FAMILY Ellenboro: 548 Piney Mountain Church Rd. Fri. 4P-until & Sat. 7A-until Completely restocked. Too much to mention! HUGE YARD & BASEMENT SALE! Spindale: Ohio Street Sat. 8A-until Broyhill dining set, vintage bedroom furniture, rockers, household essentials, furnishings, like new plus clothes, accessories, over 200 books, tapes, Nordic Track, cook stove, original paintings (canvas, milk cans, saws)
Rutherford County Board of Elections Schedule of Absentee Meetings The following is a list of the days and dates on which the Rutherford County Board of Elections will meet (if necessary) to approve the applications for absentee ballots for the General Election to be held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010. The meetings will be held at the board of elections office, 298 Fairground Road, Spindale, NC, pursuant to G.S. 163.230.1(c1). Other business may be transacted by the board at this time. 8:30 A.M. October 12, October 19, October 26, October 29, November 8 5:00 P.M. November 1. Syble T. Scruggs, Chairman Rutherford County Board of Elections
Inside Yard Sale: Spindale United Methodist Church, Sat., 6:30A-11A. Sausage biscuits. Help with youth missions. MULTI FAMILY FC: 204 J. Morgan St. Sat. 8A-12P Household items, lamps, clothing. A little of everything! MULTI FAMILY FC: 786 Tanners Grove Rd. Sat. 7A-until No early birds! Kids clothes, various household items, swing set, recliner
Multi-family Rfdtn: 340 Fernwood Dr. Fri. & Sat. 8A-until Linens, rugs, clothes, furniture, shoes, purses, glassware, holiday decor, books, pictures, tools, some free items Multi-family yard sale: Caroleen area, 623 Kelly Rd., Sat. 6A-until. Clothes, furniture, some tools
Multi-family: Harris, 446 Jack McKinney Rd., Sat. 7A-until. Large variety. Something for everyone Multi-family: Oakland area 180 Sunset Memorial, Sat. 7:30A-until.
Yard Sale 1007 Coxe Rd. (off Hwy 221S) Sat. 8A-12P Ladies/men clothing, h/h, books, shoes, misc.
YARD SALE FC: 215 Sunnyside Street (behind Food Lion, off Broadway) Sat. 6A-6P Tools, household, clothes, misc and much more! YARD SALE Rfdtn: 182 West Court St. Sat. 7:30A-11:30A Clothes, household, some furniture and lots more! YARD SALE Shiloh: 1573 Poors Ford Rd. Sat. 7A-1P Household, miscellaneous, baby items, adult, baby & boys clothing and more!
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NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 10 SP 402 Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Loren E Schieler and Kellicia D Schieler to CB Services Corp, Trustee(s), which was dated April 15, 2004 and recorded on April 20, 2004 in Book 0785 at Page 0618, Rutherford County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Brock & Scott, PLLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on October 5, 2010 at 11:30AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Rutherford County, North Carolina, to wit: Situate, lying and being in Cool Springs Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina, and being Lot NO. 22 and the southern portion of Lot 21 of Forest Lake Acres as shown on plat of record in Plat Book 6, Page 123, and being described in accordance with a new plat of survey done by Professional Surveying Services dated 03-04-91 as follows: Beginning at an existing iron pin located on the eastern right of way edge of Aqua Drive, SR 1603, said beginning existing iron pin being the common northernmost corner of Lot 22 and Lot 23, and running thence from said beginning existing iron pin along and with the eastern right of way edge of Aqua Drive on the following calls: North 27 degrees 47 minutes 32 seconds East 18.88 feet to a point; thence North 15 degrees 46 minutes 57 seconds East 24.75 feet to a point; thence North 06 degrees 36 minutes 37 seconds East 58.22 feet to an existing iron pin; thence North 18 degrees 24 minutes 10 seconds East 43.65 feet to an existing iron pin, said pin being the common westernmost corner of the tract herein described and the John David Griffin, Sr., lot described in Deed Book 508, Page 382; thence leaving the eastern right of way edge of Aqua Drive and running along and with the Griffin southern boundary South 79 degrees 46 minutes 46 seconds East 155.63 feet to a point in the shoreline of Forest Lake, passing a new iron pin at 150.63 feet, said point being the common easternmost corner of the tract herein described and the aforementioned Griffin lot; thence leaving the Griffin boundary and running along and with the shoreline of Forest Lake on the following calls: South 38 degrees 33 minutes 45 seconds West 33.80 feet to a point, thence South 08 degrees 33 minutes 33 seconds West 66.99 feet to a point, thence South 11 degrees 17 minutes 06 seconds West 19.90 feet to a point, thence South 42 degrees 35 minutes 52 seconds East 74.26 feet to a point; thence South 19 degrees 55 minutes 26 seconds East 49.24 feet to a point; thence South 09 degrees 00 minutes 48 seconds East 18.91 feet to a point; thence South 16 degrees 01 minute 17 seconds West 55.35 feet to a point; thence South 31 degrees 12 minutes 08 seconds West 20.72 feet to a new iron pin, said new iron pin being the common easternmost corner of Lot 22 and Lot 23; thence leaving the shoreline of Forest Lake and running along and with the Lot 23 boundary North 46 degrees 07 minutes 35 seconds West 275.00 feet to the point and place of Beginning, containing 0.90 acre, more or less. (tax map 222/2/65) Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as: 237 Aqua Drive, Forest City, NC 28043 Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, and the court costs of Forty-Five Cents (45¢) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) pursuant to NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Loren E. Schieler and wife, Kellicia D. Schieler. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Brock & Scott, PLLC Substitute Trustee Jeremy B. 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IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION RUTHERFORD COUNTY 10 sp 352 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY THEODORE W. JOHNSTON AND DEBORAH M. JOHNSTON DATED MAY 16, 2005 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 841 AT PAGE 284 IN THE RUTHERFORD COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA NOTICE OF SALE 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 secured indebtedness and failure to perform the stipulation and agreements therein contained and, pursuant to demand of the owner and holder of the secured debt, 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 11:30 AM on October 8, 2010 the following described real estate and any other improvements which may be situated thereon, in Rutherford County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Lying and being in Camp Creek Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina, and being the northern portion of the property described in that deed recorded in Book 409 at Page 674, Rutherford County Registry and being more particularly described by metes and bounds as follows: Beginning at a railroad spike in the center of Centennial Road, being State Secondary Road No. 1504, also being the beginning point in the above referenced deed, and running thence South 18-04-17 East 270.00 feet to an iron pin; thence North 89-4024 West 241.81 feet to an iron pin; thence North 11-46-16 East 254.80 feet to a railroad spike in the center of Centennial Road; thence with the center of said road as it curves South 85-41-27 53.45 feet and North 79-23-49 East 53.70 feet to the Point of Beginning. The above legal description being the same as the last Deed of record, no boundary survey having been made at the time of this conveyance. And Being more commonly known as: 109 Miller Hill Ln, Union Mills, NC 28167 The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Theodore W. Johnston and Deborah M. Johnston. The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale. Any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. This sale is made subject to all prior liens and encumbrances, and unpaid taxes and assessments including but not limited to any transfer tax associated with the foreclosure. 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. This sale will be held open ten days for upset bids as required by law. Following the expiration of the statutory upset period, all remaining amounts are IMMEDIATELY DUE AND OWING. Failure to remit funds in a timely manner will result in a Declaration of Default and any deposit will be frozen pending the outcome of any re-sale. SPECIAL NOTICE FOR LEASEHOLD TENANTS: If you are a tenant residing in the property, be advised that an Order for Possession of the property may be issued in favor of the purchaser. Also, if your lease began or was renewed on or after October 1, 2007, be advised that you may terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days written notice to the landlord. You may be liable for rent due under the agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. The date of this Notice is September 8, 2010. /s/____________________________ Grady I. Ingle Or Elizabeth B. Ells Substitute Trustee 10130 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 400 Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 333-8107 http://shapiroattorneys.com/nc/ 10-000782
4B — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Friday, October 1, 2010 NORTH CAROLINA RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION 09-SP-560 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF THE DEED OF TRUST OF JEFFERY DALE HAMRICK AKA JEFFREY DALE HAMRICK and APRYL DANIELLE LOWERY AKA APRYL DANIELLE HAMRICK, Grantor, To MARK T. ADERHOLD, ESQUIRE Substitute Trustee, AS RECORDED IN BOOK 520 AT PAGE 474 OF THE RUTHERFORD PUBLIC REGISTRY NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed and delivered by JEFFERY DALE HAMRICK and APRYL DANIELLE LOWERY, dated October 30, 1997, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Rutherford County, North Carolina, in Book 520 at Page 474, and because of default in the payment of the indebtedness thereby secured and failure to carry out or perform the stipulations and agreements therein contained and pursuant to the demand of the owner and holder of the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, and pursuant to the Order of the Clerk of Superior Court for Rutherford County, North Carolina, entered into this foreclosure proceeding, the undersigned, MARK T. ADERHOLD, Substitute Trustee, will expose for sale at public auction on the 14th day of October, 2010 at 12:30 PM at the door of the Rutherford County Courthouse, Rutherfordton, North Carolina, the real property described in Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference (including permanent structures, if any, and any other improvements attached to the real property including any mobile home or manufactured home, whether single wide or double wide, located thereon). EXHIBIT “A” Situate, lying and being in Colfax Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina and being all of Lot #2 of an unrecorded plat of survey entitled “Berryhill Subdivision, by Burnt Chimney Surveying, Charles D. Owens, RLS, dated August 1, 1995 and being more particularly described by metes and bounds from said survey as follows: BEGINNING at a point in the centerline of Berryhill Ave, said point lying South 09 degrees 37 minutes 27 seconds West 261.54 feet from an existing iron pin, said existing iron pin being the Southwestern most corner of the property now or formerly owned by Dennis and Angela Goodrich as described and recorded in Deed Book 576 at Page 134, Rutherford County Registry, from said BEGINNING point and running along and with the centerline of said Avenue South 64 degrees 10 minutes 50 seconds East 104.41 feet to a point, said point being the northwestern most corner of the Lot #3 of the aforementioned subdivision; thence leaving the centerline of said Ave. South 09 degrees 37 minutes 27 seconds West (crossing a new iron pin at 24.33 feet) a total distance of 291.93 feet to a new iron pin; thence North 62 degrees 35 minutes 10 seconds West 105.30 feet to a point, said point lying South 55 degrees 35 minutes 30 seconds East 9.84 feet from a new iron pin, said point being the Southeastern most corner of Lot #1 of the aforementioned subdivision; thence North 09 degrees 37 minutes 27 seconds East (crossing a new iron pin at 270.40 feet) a total distance of 288.88 feet to the point and place of BEGINNING, containing 0.668 acres more or less. The sale will be made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, restrictions and easements of record and assessments, if any. The record owner of the above described real property as reflected on the records of the Rutherford County Register of Deeds not more than ten (10) days prior to the posting of this Notice is JEFFERY DALE HAMRICK and APRYL DANIELLE LOWERY. Pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes Section 45-21.10, and the terms of the Deed of Trust, any successful bidder may be required to deposit with the Substitute Trustee immediately upon conclusion of the sale a cash deposit not to exceed the greater of five percent (5.0%) of the amount of the bid or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00). Any successful bidder shall be required to tender the full balance purchase price so bid in cash or certified check at the time the Substitute Trustee tenders to him a deed for the property or attempts to tender such deed, and should said successful bidder fail to pay the full balance purchase price so bid at that time, he shall remain liable on his bid as provided for in North Carolina General Statutes Sections 4521.30(d) and (e). Should the property be purchased by a third party, that party must pay the tax of Forty-five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) pursuant to N.C.G.S. §7A-308(a) (1). Please be advised that the Clerk of Superior Court may issue an order for possession of the property pursuant to N.C.G.S. §45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving this notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. Upon termination of such rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. The property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale. transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS”. Neither the Substitute Trustee nor the holder of the Universal Note secured by the deed of trust being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representatives of either the Substitute Trustee or the holder of the Universal Note make any representation of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed.
STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP, MANAGEMENT AND CIRCULATION Title of publication: The Daily Courier Publication Number: 204-920 Date of Filing:10/01/2010 Frequency of daily issue: Daily — Tuesday through Sunday No. of issues published annually —313 Annual subscription price: $129.00 Complete mailing address of known office of publication: Paxton Media Group DBA: The Daily Courier., P.O. Box 1149, Forest City, N.C. 28043. Complete mailing address of the headquarters of general business offices of the publisher: Paxton Media Group Inc., P.O. Box 1680, Paducah, KY 42002. Full names and complete addresses of publisher, editor, and managing editor: Publisher - Jodi Brookshire, 601 Oak St., Forest City, NC 28043; Editor - Steve Parham, 601 Oak St., Forest City, NC 28043; Managing Editor - N/A. Owner: Forest City Publishing Company, P.O. Box 1149, Forest City, NC 28043; PMG Acquisition LLC, P.O. Box 1680, Paducah, KY 42002; Paxton Media Group LLC, P.O. Box 1680, Paducah, KY 42002; Mary Mitchell Canter, P.O. Box 7367, Paducah, KY 42002-7367; James Fred Paxton Q-Tip Trust, Richard Paxton and James Frederick Paxton, Jr., Trustees, P.O. Box 1680, Paducah, KY 42002; James Frederick Paxton Unified Credit Trust, Richard Paxton and James Frederick Paxton, Jr. Co-trustees, P.O. Box 1680, Paducah, KY 42002; Frank R. Paxton, 420 Wincanton Place, Venice, FL 34293; Joyce W. Paxton, 420 Wincanton Place, Venice, FL 34293; James F. Paxton, Jr., P.O. Box 1680, Paducah, KY 42002; David M. Paxton, P.O. Box 1680, Paducah, KY 42002; Nancy L. Paxton, Trustee of Nancy L. Paxton Trust dated 8/5/2004, 49 James Avenue, Atherton, CA 94027; Elliott C. Mitchell III, 2110 Ashwood Avenue, Nashville, TN 37212; Frederick Mitchell & Linda Mitchell, Jointly Without Right of Survivorship, 1108 Calico Court, Bowling Green, KY 42104; Martha P. Sinquefield, 193 Rainbow Dr. #9343, Livingston, TX 77399-1093; James L. Sinquefield, 193 Rainbow Dr. #9343,, Livingston, TX 77399-1093; Estate of W.J. Brockenborough, 3901 Court Avenue, Paducah, KY 42001; Richard E. Paxton, P.O. Box 1680, Paducah, KY 420022; Andrew F. Paxton, 3740 Park Blvd., #417, San Diego, CA 92103; Dia Paxton, 339 Morton St., Ashland, OR 97520; Douglas E. Paxton, 2495 15th Street, San Francisco, CA 94114; George H. Sullivan, Trustee U/A 7/30/85 FBO Margery du Val d’Epremesnil, 2929 Broadway, Paducah, KY 42001; George H. Sullivan, Trustee U/A DTD 6/23/99 FBO Diame M. d’Epremesnil, 2929 Broadway, Paducah, KY 42001; George H. Sullivan, Trustee U/A DTD 4/30/99 Alain du Val d’Epremesnil, 2929 Broadway, Paducah, KY 42001; Edwin John Paxton IV Revocable Trust under Agreement DTD 10/5/05, 2250 Olivet Church Road, Paducah, KY 42002; F. Gordon Spoor Trustee, Louise P. Gallagher Trust, under agreement dated 10/17/1989, 6830 Central Ave., Suite A, St. Petersburg, FL 33707; Bruce P. Brockenborough, P.O. Box 722, Paducah, KY 42001; William E. Brockenborough, 2030 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94115; James P. Brockenborough, 64 Rue Bonaparte, Paris 75006, France; Bryan Sinquefield, 2325 Highland Avenue, Fall Church, VA 22046; Jennifer Sinquefield, 189 3rd Street, Apt. 411, Oakland, CA 94607. Known bondholders, mortgages, and other security holders owning or holding 1 percent or more of the total amount of bonds, mortgages or other securities: NONE. 13. The Daily Courier 14. Issue Date for Circulation Data Below: 10/1/09-9/27/10. 15. Extent and Nature of Circulation A. Total No. of Copies (Net Press Run) B. Paid Circulation (By Mail and Outside the Mail) (1) Mailed Outside-County Paid Subscriptions Stated on PS Form 354 (include paid distribution above nominal rate, advertiser’s proof copies and exchange copies) (2) Mailed In-County Paid Subscriptions Stated on PS Form 3451 (include paid distribution above nominal rate, advetiser’s proof copies, and exchange copies) (3) Paid Distribution Outside the Mails Including Sales Through Dealers and Carriers, Street Vendors, Counter Sales, and Other Paid Distribution Outside USPS (4) Paid Distribution by Other Classes of Mail Through the USPS (e.g. First-Class Mail) C. Total Paid Distribution (Sum of 15b. (1), (2), (3), and (4) D. Free or Nominal Rate Distribution (By Mail and Outside the Mail) (1) Free or Nominal Rate Outside-County Copies included on PS Form 3541 (2) Free or Nominal Rate In-County Copies Included on PS Form 3541 (3) Free or Nominal Rate Copies Mailed at Other Classes Through the USPS (e.g. First-Class Mail) (4) Free or Nominal Rate Distribution Outside the Mail (Carriers or other means) E. Total Free or Nominal Rate Distribution (Sum of F. Total Distribution (Sum of 15c and 15e) G. Copies not Distributer H. Total (Sum 15f and g) I. Percent Paid (15c divided by 15f times 100)
/s/_______________________________ MARK T. ADERHOLD, Substitute Trustee 2596 Reynolda Road, Suite C Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27106 (336) 723-3530 Publication dates: October 1, 2010 and October 8, 2010
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This sale will be held open ten (10) days for upset bids as required by law. This the 10th day of September, 2010.
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North Carolina, Rutherford County NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 10 SP 396
AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 09 SP 474
Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Charles Wallace Langdon, Sue Ann Langdon to Radey & Layton, PLLC, Trustee(s), which was dated June 8, 2007 and recorded on June 11, 2007 in Book 961 at Page 471, Rutherford County Registry, North Carolina.
Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Steve M Calyore and Lisa M Calyore, married to each other and Eric A Levine and Catherine D Levine, married to each other to PRLAP, INC., Trustee(s), which was dated April 4, 2006 and recorded on April 4, 2006 in Book 893 at Page 302, Rutherford County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Brock & Scott, PLLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on October 5, 2010 at 11:30AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Rutherford County, North Carolina, to wit:
Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Brock & Scott, PLLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on October 5, 2010 at 11:30AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Rutherford County, North Carolina, to wit: Situate, lying and being in Logan Store Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina, and being a portion of the lands of Barry K. Jones and wife, Rebecca Jones, by a deed recorded in Deed Book 694 at Page 341, Rutherford County Registry, and being more particularly described by metes and bounds according to a map of survey by Davis Surveying, Stephen R. Choun, Registered Land Surveyor, bearing drawing number 10-230, and dated September 28, 2006, as follows: Beginning at an unmarked point in the centerline of Hudlow Road (SR 1510) serving as the original northwest corner of the Jones lands hereinabove referenced, and said point being the southwest corner of the lands of Barry K. Jones and wife, Rebecca G. Jones, by a deed recorded in Deed Book 738 at Page 643, Rutherford County Registry; and running thence from said point of beginning along the southern boundary of the Jones lands by Deed Book 738 at Page 643 North 67 degrees 08 minutes 00 seconds East (passing a new iron stake at 24.34 feet, an existing iron stake at 210.06 feet, and an existing iron stake at 539.72 feet) a total distance of 741.57 feet to an existing iron stake (bent), northernmost corner of the Jones land by Deed Book 694 at Page 341; thence South 12 degrees 24 minutes 53 seconds West (passing an axle at 41.64 feet) a total distance of 61.07 feet to a new iron stake, northernmost corner of the 2.58-acre tract also created by this same said survey from the Jones lands by Deed Book 694 at Page 341; thence South 58 degrees 30 minutes 38 seconds West (passing a pine tree on the line) 514.65 feet to a new iron stake; thence South 05 degrees 30 minutes 36 seconds West 89.80 feet to a new iron stake; thence South 56 degrees 58 minutes 51 seconds West (passing a new iron stake at 133.67 feet) a total distance of 157.63 feet to a point in the centerline of Hudlow Road, said point lying by the folllowing five (5) courses and distances from a point in the center of the intersection of Hudlow Road with Highway 64: (1) North 22 degrees 42 minutes 07 seconds West 37.17 feet, (2) North 23 degrees 39 minutes 08 seconds West 75.03 feet (3) North 24 degrees 52 minutes 21 seconds West 38.78 feet, (4) North 23 degrees 15 minutes 08 seconds West 35.94 feet, and (5) North 23 degrees 23 minutes 43 seconds West 36.43 feet; thence along the centerline of Hudlow Road by the following four (4) courses and distances: (1) North 23 degrees 23 minutes 43 seconds West 37.20 feet to a point, North 22 degrees 52 minutes 40 seconds West 72.63 feet, (3) North 22 degrees 41 minutes 51 seconds West 59.66 feet, and (4) North 22 degrees 22 minutes 04 seconds West 64.33 feet to the point and place of BEGINNING, containing 2.00 acres, more or less. Being all that portion of the Grantor’s lands from Deed Book 694 at Page 341 remaining after prior conveyance to Timothy D. Mace and wife, Lois M. Mace, by a deed recorded in Deed Book 918 at Page 190, Rutherford County Registry (Tax reference 733-1-12G). Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as: 2978 Hudlow Road, Forest City, NC 28043 Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, and the court costs of Forty-Five Cents (45¢) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) pursuant to NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Charles W Langdon and wife Sue Ann Langdon. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Brock & Scott, PLLC Substitute Trustee Jeremy B. Wilkins, NCSB No. 32346, 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No. 10-13624-FC01, 748401 9/24, 10/01/2010
BEING all of Lot 147 as shown on survey by R.L. Greene, PLS entitled “Greyrock Subdivision Phase 1B as recorded in Plat Book 25 at Page 207, said plat being one of a series of plats recorded in Plat Book 25, Page 205 through 208 of the Rutherford County, NC Registry, reference to said recorded plats being made for a more particular description of said Lot 147. TOGETHER WITH AND SUBJECT TO all easements, restrictions and rights of ways of record and a nonexclusive appurtenant easement for ingress, egress and regress is conveyed over and upon all private subdivision roads for GreyRock at Lake Lure as shown on the above-described plats and the plats for Phase 1A as shown on plats recorded in Plat Book 25, at Pages 188 through 192 and to the Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions for GreyRock as recorded in Book 858, at Page 122 of the Rutherford County, NC Registry and also being recorded in Book 3827, page 764 of the Buncombe County, NC Registry. BEING a portion of that property conveyed to LR Buffalo Creek, LLC by deeds recorded in Deed Book 855, at Page 816 of the Rutherford County, NC Registry and as recorded in Deed Book 3793, at Page 665 of the Buncombe County, NC Registry. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as: Lot 147 on Winter Star Road at Greyrock Resort, Lake Lure, NC 28746 Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, and the court costs of Forty-Five Cents (45¢) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) pursuant to NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Steven M. Calyore and Wife, Lisa M. Calyore. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Brock & Scott, PLLC Substitute Trustee Jeremy B. Wilkins, NCSB No. 32346, 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No. 09-20937-FC01, 747335 9/24, 10/01/2010
North Carolina, Rutherford County NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 10 SP 397 Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Michael A Corona and Kathryn J Corona, husband & wife to PRLAP, Inc., Trustee(s), which was dated April 6, 2005 and recorded on April 7, 2005 in Book 834 at Page 348, Rutherford County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Lisa S. Campbell, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on October 5, 2010 at 11:30AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Rutherford County, North Carolina, to wit: Situate, lying and being in Chimney Rock Town Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina and being all of the 1.500 acre tract shown as Lot #97 on plat entitled “Sweetbriar Farms Phase Six,” as shown on plat of record in Plat Book 26, at Page 28, Rutherford County Registry. Being a portion of that 44.33 acres conveyed in Deed from Linwood Crump and wife, Lucille Crump to Mtn. Creek Land Co., Inc., dated September 30, 2004 and of record in Deed Book 855, at Page 834, Rutherford County Registry. Subject to all notes shown on plat hereinabove referred to and further subject to any restrictions or rights of way of record and Subject Further To all provisions and restrictions of record as set forth in Declaration of Covenants and Restrictions of Sweetbriar Farms dated March 3, 2004 and of record in Deed Book 841, at Page 0066, Rutherford County Registry and any additional supplemental declarations pertaining thereto. Being the same identical property which was conveyed by Mtn. Creek Land Co., Inc., a North Carolina corporation to Michael A. Corona and wife, Kathryn J. Corona by deed dated April 6, 2005 and of record in Deed Book _____, at Page _____, Rutherford County Registry. T-als PR-spr Doc-deeds/ macorona.ded. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as: Lot 97 Westridge Drive, Lake Lure, NC 28746 Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, and the court costs of Forty-Five Cents (45¢) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) pursuant to NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Michael A. Corona and wife Kathryn J. Corona. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Lisa S. Campbell, Substitute Trustee, PO Box 4006 Wilmington, NC 28406 PHONE: (910) 392-4971 FAX: (910) 392-8051 File No. 09-20435-FC01, 748361 9/24, 10/01/2010
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6B — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Friday, October 1, 2010 North Carolina, Rutherford County
North Carolina, Rutherford County NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 10 SP 388
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 10 SP 375
Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Royal Reid Allen, and wife Clara Culbreth Allen to Jim C Hodge, Trustee(s), which was dated February 26, 1999 and recorded on March 3, 1999 in Book 0559 at Page 0860, Rutherford County Registry, North Carolina.
Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Jeffrey C Shriner and Amy G Shriner, husband and wife to William R Echols, Trustee(s), which was dated April 30, 2002 and recorded on May 6, 2002 in Book 0671 at Page 0433, Rutherford County Registry, North Carolina.
Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Brock & Scott, PLLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on October 5, 2010 at 11:30AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Rutherford County, North Carolina, to wit:
Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Lisa S. Campbell, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on October 5, 2010 at 11:30AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Rutherford County, North Carolina, to wit:
Being a part of the Rufus J. Wilkie property, which was subdivided and sold on the 22nd day of October, 1955, by the Huntley-Auction Company, same being surveyed and a plat made by F. A. Wilkie, Surveyor, said plat being recorded in Book 5 of Plats at Page 154, in the office of the Register of Deeds for Rutherford County, N.C. and being Lots Numbers 8, 9, 10 and 11 as shown on said plat, reference to which is hereby made for a more complete description. The above described lands were conveyed to the Grantors by Perry Guffey and others. See Deed Book 230, Page 213. Less And Excepting that property conveyed in Deed Book 338 at Page 511, Rutherford County, NC Registry. Less And Excepting that property conveyed in Deed Book 607 at Page 506, Rutherford County, NC Registry.
Being all of Lot #10 of the Windy Hill Subdivision as shown on plat duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Rutherford County, North Carolina, in Plat Book 22 at Page 09, to which reference is hereby made for a more full and complete description. Together With A Right Of Way over the existing road known as Cobra Drive as shown on the above reference plat. Additional Collateral: One 1999 Fleetwood, Lake Springs Mobile Home, Model #4563T, Serial #NCFLX69ABCD17598LS12. JShriner, dew Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as: 151 Cobra Drive, Forest City, NC 28043
Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as: 778 Big Island Road, Forest City, NC 28043 Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, and the court costs of Forty-Five Cents (45¢) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) pursuant to NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Clara Culbreth Allen. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Brock & Scott, PLLC Substitute Trustee Jeremy B. Wilkins, NCSB No. 32346, 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No. 08-14626-FC03, 748306 9/24, 10/01/2010 North Carolina, Rutherford County NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 10 SP 414 Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Todd E. Kempfert & Marjorie A. Kempfert husband and wife to Bristol County, RI, Trustee(s), which was dated February 28, 2006 and recorded on March 6, 2006 in Book 888 at Page 402, Rutherford County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Brock & Scott, PLLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on October 12, 2010 at 11:30AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Rutherford County, North Carolina, to wit: Situate, lying and being in Chimney Rock Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina lying on the North Side of Elliot Drive, and being described by metes and bounds in accordance with a survey and plat by professional surveying services, Dated February 28, 1994 as follows: Beginning at an iron pin on the North Side of an existing drive, said iron pin Located North 40 Degrees 59 Minutes 24 Seconds West, 108.31 feet to a PK Nail in Elliot Drive, North 27 Degrees 06 Minutes 33 Seconds East, 26.07 feet to an iron pin and North 27 Degrees 05 Minutes 22 Seconds East, 70.96 feet from a PK Nail set in the intersection of a private drive and Elliott Drive and proceeds thence from said beginning point, North 37 Degrees, 33 Minutes 48 Seconds West, 46.00 feet to an iron pin in the common boundary with properties of D.R. Mauney, Jr.; thence, along and with the common boundary of the properties of Mauney, North 48 Degrees 35 Minutes 14 Seconds East, 113.44 feet to an iron pin near a Seawall; thence following the Seawall, South 17 Degrees 35 Minutes 14 Seconds East, 113.44 feet to an iron pin near a Seawall; thence following the Seawall, South 17 Degrees 11 Minutes 50 Seconds East, 10.85 feet; South 12 Degrees 07 Minutes 00 Seconds East, 40.53 feet; South 13 Degrees 13 Minutes 38 Seconds East, 8.66 feet to a point at the seawall; thence along and with the properties of Daniel R. Rollins, South 40 Degrees 18 Minutes 51 Seconds West, crossing an iron pin at 10.00 feet, a total distance of 90.29 feet to an iron pin on the North Side of an existing drive; thence North 38 Degrees 00 Minutes 01 Second West, 20.00 feet to the point and place of beginning containing 0.14 acres, more or less. Together with all of grantors’ right, title and interest in and to that certain road leading from the Western Edge of grantors’ property, being approximately 20 feet in width and leading to Elliott Drive, as shown on map by Professional Land Surveying services Dated February 28, 1994 and revised July 15, 1995, under Map #14364L. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as: 182 Dockside Drive, Lake Lure, NC 28746 Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, and the court costs of Forty-Five Cents (45¢) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) pursuant to NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Todd E. Kempfert and wife, Marjorie A. Kempfert.
Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, and the court costs of Forty-Five Cents (45¢) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) pursuant to NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Jeffrey C. Shriner and wife, Amy G. Shriner. An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Lisa S. Campbell, Substitute Trustee, PO Box 4006 Wilmington, NC 28406 PHONE: (910) 392-4971 FAX: (910) 392-8051 File No. 10-11703-FC01, 748400 9/24, 10/01/2010
North Carolina, Rutherford County NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 10 SP 293 Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Randall Lee Schneider, Linda J Schneider, Husband & Wife to Charles W. McGuire, Trustee(s), which was dated March 23, 2007 and recorded on March 28, 2007 in Book 948 at Page 344, Rutherford County Registry, North Carolina. Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Brock & Scott, PLLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on October 12, 2010 at 11:30AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Rutherford County, North Carolina, to wit: Being the same property as described in deed from Charles J. Carver, Jr. and wife, Lynda R. Carver to Winford Lee Tomerlin and wife, Pamela M. Tomerlin dated September 8, 1993 and recorded in Deed Book 618 on Page 196, Rutherford County Registry, the property hereby conveyed being described according to said deed as follows: Situate, lying and being in Rutherfordton Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina, and being Lot No. 9, Block C of Forest Hills South Subdivision as shown in Plat Book 14 Page 149, and being the same property as that described in Deed Book 581 Page 331, Rutherford County Registry, and being described in accordance with a new plat of survey done by Professional Surveying Services dated August 18, 1993 as follows: Beginning at an existing iron pin located on the western right of way edge of Brightmore Circle, said beginning existing iron pin being the common easternmost corner of the lot described herein and Lot 10 and running thence from said beginning existing iron pin along and with the northern boundary of Lot 10 South 65 degrees 28 minutes 22 seconds West 451.77 feet to an existing iron pin located in the Hill boundary, Deed Book 468 Page 171; thence leaving the Lot 10 boundary and running along and with the Hill boundary North 27 degrees 24 minutes 42 seconds East 287.64 feet to a large beech tree corner, said tree being the common westernmost corner of Lot 9 described herein and Lot 8, Deed Book 554 Page 121; thence leaving the Hill boundary and running along and with the southern boundary of Lot 8 North 72 degrees 40 minutes 07 seconds East 219.60 feet to an existing iron pin located on the western right of way edge of Brightmore Circle; thence leaving the Lot 8 boundary and running along and with the western right of way edge of Brightmore Circle South 27 degrees 21 minutes 48 seconds East 150.01 feet to The point and place of Beginning, and containing 1.29 acres, more or less. Tax Map 107-4-42. Subject To Protective Covenants as recorded in Deed Book 452 Page 249 of the Rutherford County Registry, and Amendment to Protective Covenants as recorded in Book 528 Page 654, Rutherford County Registry, such being incorporated herein by reference as if fully set out. See copy of plat attached to deed recorded in Deed Book 618 Page 196. Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record. Said property is commonly known as: 154 Brightmore Circle, Rutherfordton, NC 28139 Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, and the court costs of Forty-Five Cents (45¢) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) pursuant to NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Randall Lee Schneider and Linda J. Schneider.
An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.
An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.
If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.
If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.
Brock & Scott, PLLC Substitute Trustee Jeremy B. Wilkins, NCSB No. 32346, 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No. 10-14423-FC01, 750447 10/1, 10/08/2010
Brock & Scott, PLLC Substitute Trustee Jeremy B. Wilkins, NCSB No. 32346, 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No. 10-14503-FC01, 750629 10/1, 10/08/2010
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Red Planet Games & Hobbies, Forest City: Monday – Family Board Game Night, 6 p.m. Tuesdays — Magic the Gathering Tournament, 6 p.m. Wednesdays — New comic books arrive, Dungeons & Dragons Encounters, 6 to 9 p.m. Thursdays — The Spoils Tournament, 6 p.m. Fridays — Friday Night Magic starts at 6 p.m. Saturdays — Hero Clix Tournament, 1 p.m.; Monsterpocalypse, 6 p.m.
Restaurants and bars Dove’s Cove, Forest City: Tuesday – Karaoke at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday – Line dancing, 5 p.m. unitl Thursday – Open mic Friday – Live DJ playing top 100 hits Saturday – Live band: Mother Loade M Squared Restaurant, Spindale:
Wednesdays – Trivia, 8 p.m. Gaesthaus Salzburg Restaurant, Lake Lure: Octoberfest 2010, Saturday nights and Sunday afternoons in October, live German music and sing-alongs.
Arts Rutherford County Visual Artists Guild, Rutherfordton: Oct. 9 – “Four for Fun,” Saturday morning workshops; workshops feature kudzu crafts and cuisines, wooven wire mosaic jewelry, Nantucket mini basket and stitching and senciling techniques for making an heirloom holiday stocking or pillow. Gardner-Webb University’s Department of Fine Arts, Boiling Springs: Ceramics and Photography exhibit, Communications Studies Hall Gallery, through Oct. 15. Artist gala concert and art exhbiit, Sept. 25, 7:30 p.m., Blanton Auditorium in Hamrick Hall.
Gregory’s Original Thanks to our community for your continued support!
Tryon Fine Arts Center, Tryon: Explore the Arts – first Thursday of every month “Taylor 2” – Oct. 8, 8 p.m. Hot 8 Brass Band – Nov. 19 Danu –March 10 Cleveland County Arts Council, Shelby, 704-484-2787: Eighth Annual Art of Sound Music Festival, Oct. 21-23, uptown Shelby
Performances Union Mills Learning Center, Union Mills: Bluegrass – Every Friday in the auditorium, 7 p.m.; $5, younger than 12 free; concessions start at 6 p.m.; this week’s concert features George Watson, South Mountain Connection, Fibergrass and more. The Foundation, Spindale: Jon Reep – Oct. 21, 8 p.m. Otherwise Known As Sheila the Great – Oct. 27, 10 a.m. and noon Harold and the Purple Crayon – Nov. 2, 10 a.m. and noon Pianafiddle – Nov. 13, 7:30 p.m. The Littlest Angel – Dec. 2, 10 a.m. and noon Kathy Mattea – Dec. 4, 7:30 p.m.
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Sellers should not underestimate the value of a wellkept lawn. One of the primary factors that prospective buyers carefully assess is the size and condition of the front lawn. Even more important in the eyes of most buyers is the backyard. Nearly every home tour concludes its visit of the groundfloor living space with a look at the backyard. By stepping outside, prospective buyers have a chance to envision their kids on swing sets or themselves relaxing in hammocks and chaises. Every yard should feature a flat section of lawn, where the kids can kick soccer balls, throw a softball around, or play a game of volleyball. A beautiful backyard is part of nearly every buyer’s vision. Whether you are seeking a home with a large yard, or a smaller lot that requires less maintenance, we can find you what you are looking for! At ODEAN KEEVER & ASSOCIATES, we have a successful history of assisting buyers in your community. Reach us at (828) 286-1311. We will arrange to show you properties that have the ‘bells and whistles’ you desire. Our office is conveniently located at 140 U.S. Highway 64, Rutherfordton. We look forward to meeting you!
James Gregory – Jan. 21, 8 p.m. Chamber Orchestra Kremlin – Feb. 11, 7:30 p.m. A Second Helping: The Church Basement Ladies Sequel – March 10, 2 and 7:30 p.m. John Davidson – March 21, 7:30 p.m. Stuart Little – March 31, 10 a.m. and noon Dr. Etta, Family Specialist – April 1, 8 p.m. We the People – April 6, 10 a.m. Tryon Little Theater, Tryon: “Welcome to Mitford” – Sept. 30-Oct. 3 “MonkY Business” – Nov. 11 “Oliver!” – Feb. 11-20 “Done to Death” – April 28-May 8 Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, Asheville: Gilbert & Sullivan’s “The Mikado,” Nov. 13, 7:30 p.m. Eaglesnest Entertainment, Maggie Valley: Jeff Bates in concert, Oct. 2, 7:30 p.m.
Family Dance N Play in Spanish, Rutherfordton: Latin dancing classes for adults – Thursdays from 6 to 7:15 p.m., $35/month Latin dancing classes for children – Tuesdays from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., $35/month Zumba – Monday through Friday evenings, Saturdays 10 to 11 a.m. Drum lessons – Tuesdays at 4 p.m. (limited to two students per class), $38/month
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Gardner-Webb University, Boiling Springs: Williams Observatory Open House, Oct. 4, opens at sunset; call 704-406-3804. Pound the Pavement 5K, Oct. 23, 7:30 a.m.; $20 in advance, $25 day of race; call 704406-3552.
Ache Around the Lake: Oct. 2, Lake Lanier. A 8- or 5K or a two-mile Fun run are part of the event that benefits St. Luke’s Hospital Foundation. Registration before Sept. 29 at 9 p.m. (online only) is $40; otherwise, registration is $35.
Upcoming events
Autumn at OZ: Oct. 2-3 in Beech Mountain at the site of the Land of Oz. The event Dixie Classic Fair: includes live music, Located in the city of a tour of Dorothy’s Winston-Salem, this House, a mini Oz year’s fair will be held museum, Judy Garland Oct. 1-10. The theme Memorial Overlook is “Unleashed.” The 10-day fair features car- Gazebo, visits with Tin Man, Dorothy, Lion and nival rides and games, Scarecrow and more. entertainment, food Sessions are at 10 a.m., and beverages and noon and 2 p.m. Tickets exhibits for livestock, are $16.50 in advance poultry, fine arts and and $20 at the event. crafts.
Doug & Pat Hunnicutt Your Employees Thank You for Over 30 Years of Service
Hint: When it comes to backyard in-ground pools, some prospective buyers consider that a bonus (almost like a vacationhome retreat) while others find them to be a detriment.
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