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FOREST CITY — When voters elect candidates for Rutherford County Board of Commissioners, residents will elect three new members, one each from Districts 1, 4 and 5. Vying for the District 1 seat are Democrat Eddie Parker and Republican Bill Eckler, both of Rutherfordton. Commissioner Paul McIntosh was defeated in the May primary. Parker, a county commissioner from

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1988 to 1991 and lifelong Democrat, said he decided to seek a seat on the county board after he was encouraged by Rutherford County residents. He ran for office four years ago, but McIntosh beat him by 59 votes. “I want to get back on the board,” Parker said. During his time as a commissioner 22 years ago, the new school building program was started, and the county con

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Russ Thomas always wanted to ride Route 66 on his motorcycle and what better time to take the 5,200 mile round trip than age 66. After his birthday on May 6, Thomas began making plans. He rode solo three weeks, from Sept. 21 to Oct. 10, and stopped by last week to share his story. For more pictures and the story, see Page 1B today.

Voters will decide whether felons can run for sheriff From staff and wire reports

FOREST CITY — As North Carolina voters cast ballots Tuesday, they also will be asked to vote on a constitutional amendment that could affect names on future ballots. The 2010 General Assembly approved a measure that would ban convicted felons from serving as sheriff in the state. The proposed amendment would add language stating if individuals convicted of a felony in North Carolina or any other state would be ineligible to serve as a sheriff in North Carolina, whether or not his or her rights of citizenship have been restored. A majority of voters will have to say “for”

if the amendment is passed. If the majority of voters vote, “against” the amendment, a convicted felon will be eligible to be a county sheriff in North Carolina. Rutherford County Sheriff Jack Conner, who is seeking re-election as the Democrat party’s candidate, said convicted felons can’t carry firearms, “but every sheriff doesn’t have to carry a gun. “But if you have a criminal background, you can’t be a law enforcement officer and if you can’t be a law enforcement officer, you shouldn’t be allowed, if a convicted felon,” Conner said. Deputy sheriff’s can’t be conPlease see Voters, Page 6A

SPINDALE — Town Council’s decision to leave sewer consumption rates unchanged hasn’t sat well with some local business owners. But city fathers say finances have tied their hands on making rate changes in the middle of the budget year. If the town decreased the sewer rate by 5 percent, they’d see a total loss of $32,389 in revenue. A decrease of 20 percent would see a decrease of $129,557. Sewer rates for out of town industrial customers were set at $5 per 1,000 gallons in the current budget — a rate town officials say is the absolute bare minimum needed to continue operating the system. “We’ve been so close on the budget, pinching every dollar,” Mayor Mickey Bland said. “One of the main reasons is we paid $20,000 for an engineering study to see how much money it would take to operate the sewer system, and our professional engineer recommended that rate.” In August, representatives from Ultimate Textiles and Manual Woodworkers and Weavers — the town’s biggest sewer users — came to the board to ask for some relief after the new rate was established. Both companies noted they had their own sewer flow

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Early voting continues at the Rutherford County Annex and the Rutherford County Board of Elections through Saturday, Oct. 30 at 1 p.m. Voting Tuesday at the county were Sandra and Robert Balfour (right) of Green Hill and Bobby and Carolyn Lowery of Union Mills. Elections Judge Royce Bailey assists Balfour as he begins the voting process. Nearly 4,000 people have already voted early/or absentee. Anyone who is not registered to vote, can do so at Early Voting with ID and correct address. Early voting is 8:30 a.m to 5 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 30 from 8:30 to 1 p.m.

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Accidents leave several Carolina Today indicted in death county people injured Man of police chief ’s daughter From staff reports

FOREST CITY — Carol Byers suffered minor injuries in a single-car crash Tuesday morning on Old U.S. 74. She was headed south in a 2000 Dodge pickup when she ran off the road to the right, crossed the center line, ran off the road to the left and struck a utility pole and mailbox. She was charged with failure to maintain lane control, having fictitious tag and no insurance. M.D. McSwain of the Highway Patrol investigated the wreck. n Julius William Dean, 81, and Phenia Davidson Dean, 71, of Thompson Road in Rutherfordton were treated at Rutherford Hospital on Monday evening after suffering injuries in a two-car wreck on Oak Street Extension at Plaza Drive. Phenia was driving a 2005 Subaru on Oak Street Extension, and Erica

Lindsey Epley, 17, of Gibson Drive in Rutherfordton was driving a 2006 Saturn and making a left turn from Plaza Drive onto Oak Street Extension. She turned into the path of the Subaru and was charged with unsafe movement. The Saturn had $6,000 in damage; the Subaru had $7,000. n Elizabeth Kay Thrift, 32, of Mooresboro was treated at Rutherford Hospital on Wednesday morning for injuries suffered in a crash near Cooperline and Hotel Street in Henrietta. Thrift was a passenger in a 2000 Chevrolet driven by Donald Ray Thrift, 42, of Ellenboro. According Trooper James Henson of the Highway Patrol, Thrift was traveling west when he ran off the left and took the curve too fast. The vehicle traveled down a deep ravine, and Thrift was charged with exceeding a safe speed.

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CHARLOTTE (AP) — A Mecklenburg County grand jury has indicted a man for murder in the death of a police chief’s daughter. Michael Neal Harvey is accused of killing 23-year-old Valerie Hamilton, who is the daughter of Concord Police Chief Merl Hamilton. The Charlotte Observer reports that Harvey was also indicted for larceny of a motor vehicle. The 34-year-old Harvey has said he is innocent and that Hamilton overdosed in her sleep. The indictment was handed down on Monday. Police said Valerie Hamilton was seen leaving a tavern with Harvey on Sept. 15, shortly before she was reported missing. Hamilton was found dead in a storage unit Sept. 18. Harvey was arrested in Niagara Falls, N.Y., on Sept. 20.

2 more accused in death of man found in freezer RALEIGH (AP) — Authorities say two juveniles conspired with a woman to kill a Raleigh man whose body was found in a freezer in his home. Multiple media outlets reported that the juveniles helped 41-year-old

Wendy Edmond Green kill David Reuben Green Jr., who was her live-in boyfriend. Wendy Green is already charged with first-degree murder and now faces a felony conspiracy charge. The Wake County Sheriff’s Office wouldn’t identify the juveniles, and would only say juvenile petitions had been filed.

Faking war claims could cost man up to 16 years WILMINGTON (AP) — A North Carolina man charged with lying about Vietnam-era battles and collecting $30,000 in compensation could face more than 16 years in prison. Michael Hamilton made a first appearance Tuesday in a federal courtroom in Wilmington. The Daily-News of Jacksonville reported a judge read the charges against the 67-year-old Richlands man that could carry more than 16 years in prison and $600,000 in fines. Hamilton is charged with telling Veterans Affairs officials that he saw repeated bloodshed during combat in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. He is accused of taking more than $30,000 in veteran’s benefits for service-related ailments.

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venience centers also became a reality. “We started both of those two things, which were good accomplishments in those years,” Parker said. Parker said the county’s greatest need is jobs, and that will be his primary focus. “I think now that we are in the downturn of the economy, things are a little rough all over, everywhere all the way around.” During the campaign, Parker joined other Democrat commissioner candidates Rob Bole and Gail Strickland, for visits to several agencies and businesses in Rutherford County. Among the visits was to the Economic Development Commission office in Forest City. “We are concentrating on jobs. We have talked with (Tom) Johnson, the EDC director, and there are some things he needs help with. We will do anything we can do to help him,” Parker said. “EDC is our salvation for good jobs, and we have to concentrate on jobs as much as anything.”

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We are concentrating on jobs. We have talked with (Tom) Johnson, the EDC director, and there are some things he needs help with. We will do anything we can do to help him. — Eddie Parker

historical site. “At this point in time, we have inherited the project, the property and the $4.5 million. We will have to sit back and wait to see what is going to happen with revaluation and see where we are financially in the county. I believe we’ll move forward,” he said. Campaigning in 2010 has been different from his 2006 campaign and different than in 1988, the first time he ran, Parker said. “We didn’t have to make a lot of speeches. Now we have to speak about everywhere we go.” Parker has been a business-

Parker said commissioners recently approved spending $4.5 million for a new EMS station in Henrietta, improvements at the county’s Daniel Road property and also for updating county parks and the Bechtler Mint

man in Rutherford County for more than 45 years. “My experience as a businessman will be helpful on the board of county commissioners,” he said. Republican Bill Eckler said he would bring his experience in business management to the board of county commissioners, if elected. He decided to seek office because he is not pleased with the direction of the county. “I want a more conservative government. I would like re-direction and less spending,” Eckler said. “In this economy, we are spend-

Eckler said there are 100 counties in the state hoping to attract new businesses. “We have to be above and beyond,” other counties. “When small businesses have to spend a lot of money on taxes, they can’t grow,” he said. “We have got to make sure those guys are taken care of. The small businesses can’t grow with high taxes.” During the campaign Eckler has visited about 100 businesses who have asked him to “stop spending”. He said education will also be a focus if he’s elected. He said funding for schools will be less from the state and federal government and from the state lottery. “We need to be innovative

State GOP sees fundraising increase

RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina Republicans are benefiting from a fundraising surge in the fall campaign that, combined with big money from an outside group, threatens the Democrats’ almost continuous control of the Legislature for more than a century. The state Republican Party raised $3.3 million between July 1 and mid-October, according to its campaign finance report filed at Monday’s deadline. The GOP raised $1.5 million during the same period two years ago,

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and find ways to do more with less. I’m not sure what the answers are, but reasonable people can figure it out,” Eckler said. Broadband is an issue, but he said that perhaps a wireless company could come into the county and expand the lines. “With the 1:1 (program in county schools) there will be a demand for people like myself, who don’t have the service. I don’t want taxpayers to foot the bill. It would be up to the private sector to provide the final mile.” He would have voted for the construction of a EMS Satellite station in Henrietta, but probably not voted for the improvements on the Daniel Road property. “But that’s OK,” Eckler said. Any changes he might make to the county personnel would be based solely on job performance, he said. “I would not pretend to know about job performance looking in from the outside,” he said. “The campaign has been an experience I wouldn’t trade, win, lose or draw. I’ve enjoyed meeting people. It has broadened my experience,” Eckler said. And he believes the county commissioners should work closely with all municipal governments in the county for a better county. “We are all in this together.”

ing more than we need. This is adding to the debt. Debt, spending, and taxes are all together. For businesses to flourish we have got to stop spending.” On the campaign trail, people are “screaming for jobs,” Eckler said. “County commissioners’ responsibility is not to locate new businesses, but to provide the environment for new businesses. It’s the tax structure and infrastructure that will make the companies want to come to Rutherford County. It’s up to the EDC and the North Carolina Department of Commerce to find the companies to locate them, but we have to give them reasons to want to come here,” Eckler said.

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Our Views We need fair, honest politics

n a few days, the election of 2010 will be over and for many, that moment cannot come too soon. As usual, voters have been assaulted with campaign ads, commercials and mailers — all claiming to have the facts. The problems is that facts are the one thing that it seems difficult to find in some of the material that has been presented. If there are facts, they are skewed so fantastically that no one would recognize them. This is a significant problem and no political party can claim innocence. Thus, we have a challenge for those who get elected to the state legislature and to the U.S. Congress and Senate. We challenge them to enact a truth in political advertising law that has real teeth in it. The people deserve to get honest straightforward information so that they can make sound decisions when they evaluate candidates for public office. They are not getting that today. What we have seen is a steady diet of material that has been warped, twisted and even fabricated to promote one candidate or damage another. We should all be ashamed at how low we have let our politics become. It is time to return to a higher plane.

Our readers’ views Endorses Chris Francis for county Sheriff To the editor: Having had several opportunities to talk with Sheriff candidate Chris Francis, I would like to share some issues that I find important to this office and the views that Chris holds on these issues. Cooperation and communication is the key to a better way of life in Rutherford County. This mission is important for all areas and departments in our county, but ever so important in how our county fights crime. I believe Chris Francis is focused to do just that if elected sheriff. In his previous experiences in law enforcement, he has already developed relationships and partnerships with areas that our sheriffs department must work closely with to ensure the well being of our county. Our safety depends on more than just arresting people. It depends on the knowledge of departments like social services, juvenile justice, fire, EMS, local community police, organizations like Family Resources, schools, and mental health. Chris is a professional who knows that all the above employ expert professionals as well. He knows and has worked with all these various departments and agencies. He is eager to cooperate with them and lead a sheriff’s department in the 21st century that will be effective, professional, and dependable. I have no doubt he has the expertise, personality, and experience to effectively work with the above and to lead a sheriff’s department we can all be proud of, work with, and have confidence in. On a personal note, I have known Chris for many years. He

is a man of character, responsibility and values which are qualities that I find essential for leadership. His deep affection for his church and family is evident when you listen to him share his thoughts and desires on how to make this county a better place to live, work and raise a family. For these reasons, I will vote Chris Francis for sheriff on Nov. 2. I hope you are focused on the same things he is and will cast your vote for him. He is the right man for the safety and well being of our county. David H. Roach Rutherfordton

Says Francis is best candidate for Sheriff To the editor: The safety of my county and my family are of the utmost importance to me. It is for that reason I feel that Chris Francis should be elected as the next sheriff of Rutherford County. Chris’s vision for our county includes a passion for the safety of our citizens. His wide range of experience gives me confidence that he has the knowledge base to lead our county’s law enforcement agency and that he will utilize modern technologies to fight criminals and bring them to justice. He has stated that he will lead “a more professional, sensibly equipped, and proactive department to meet the challenges” that 21st century criminals pose. I believe that his education, law enforcement experience, and proven character make him the person we need to keep our communities actively involved in the safety of our families and neighbors. I encourage the voters of Rutherford County to become

educated voters. Know the issues at hand. Visit his website (francisforsheriff.com) and see what he has planned for our county’s sheriff’s department. I think you will see that you share his vision as well. Clint Houser Bostic

Says government has some essential tasks To the editor: Seems that each letter I read the writer has the answer to all our problem. We must have less government, less regulations, and less taxes. This seems to apply to every thing we have in government. We have short memories. Have we forgotten that fewer regulations, and those not enforced, just about destroyed our economy? Lack of enforced regulations resulted in the greatest oil spill in our history. There are problems that government must take charge of and regulate if they are to be solved. We had less taxes while we fought two (are fighting) wars and gave gigantic tax cuts and put the costs on Chinese credit cards and 46 percent of the Bush deficits were the result of tax cuts. I wonder if it makes sense to cut taxes of billionaires and borrow money from China to pay our bills? Ronald Reagan said government didn’t solve problems but was the problem. He could not have been more wrong. There are tasks that only government must do; if it’s done with tax money or borrowed money is determined by the governing bodies. Ray Crawford Rutherfordton

In senate race, no one wants to be establishment RALEIGH – This campaign season, creatures of Washington aren’t and those that aren’t are. So it has gone in the race between Republican U.S. Sen. Richard Burr and his Democratic challenger, Elaine Marshall. Libertarian Mike Beitler has been happy to play the role of outsider. Marshall, 64, has never held office in Washington. She has been North Carolina’s secretary of state — responsible for lobbying regulation, and business and non-profit organizational oversight – since 1997. She previously served two terms in the state Senate. Marshall’s party affiliation has been enough for Burr and his campaign to paint her as part of the problems plaguing Washington. In ads and during three

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debates, Burr, 54, has tried to tap into voter discontent over government spending, portraying Marshall as another Democrat who will exacerbate out-of-control, deficit spending. Burr has been a bit vague when it comes to where he’d like to see spending cut. Instead, he’s talked about the federal stimulus legislation, which he voted against, as a failure. Specificity can get a politician in trouble. The Marshall camp has been trying to pin Burr

down on Social Security. Burr supported George W. Bush’s partial-privatization plan back in 2005, and a campaign spokeswoman indicated back in the summer that he still favored the concept. After Labor Day, Burr reversed course. He says he supports only tweaks to the program, but looks forward to the recommendations of a bipartisan commission looking at ways to bring down spending. Marshall says Burr is all over the place on Social Security. Burr’s supporters say she’s engaging in fear mongering, and that Marshall herself has backed away from comments indicating that raising the retirement age may need to be considered to keep the program solvent.

The candidates also have sparred over cap-and-trade energy legislation (Burr’s campaign says Marshall supports it; Marshall says she won’t vote for legislation that would hurt small business) and the federal bank bailout (Marshall points to Burr’s vote for it; Burr notes a second vote to block release of half of the money). Meanwhile, Beitler, a UNC-Greensboro economics professor, has been urging voters not to choose between two political parties that he says are really no different. But as the Republican and the Democrat try to depict each other as examples of what’s wrong with government, both are in fact pretty down-to-earth as politicians go. Burr, a former lawn equipment and heating systems

salesman, served a decade in the U.S. House before being elected to his first term in the U.S. Senate. He still drives himself around and avoids the entourages that accompany most U.S. senators. Marshall has been a fixture of the North Carolina political scene for more than two decades. But she’s never met a stranger. As I wrote nearly a decade ago, her diverse campaign rallies look like North Carolina. Still, Burr and Marshall are seasoned, successful politicians. They didn’t get to where they are without learning the art of political compromise and without staying fairly true to their respective party ideologies. Mooneyham is executive director of the Capitol Press Association.

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Obituaries Marilyn Parker

Marilyn Elaine Parker, 56, of 4297 Cove Road, Union Mills, died Sunday, Oct. 24, n The Rutherford County 2010. Sheriff’s Department She was a member of responded to 121 E-911 calls Nealsville Church of God Monday. in McDowell County, where n Marshal Leroy Baynard she was the pianist and was reported the theft of a genactive with the youth of the erator. church. She also worked for n Chad Steven Bailey Sr. reported the theft of an out- many years in the tax office at the Rutherford County door grill. Courthouse. n Steven Clay Chester Survivors include her reported the theft of mail. parents, Carl Grogan n Ronald Mark Walker reported the theft of a license Parker and Emma Inez Arrowood Parker of the plate. home; one brother, Gary n The theft of food items Parker of Union Mills; and was reported at Earl’s Save one sister, Gail Pressley of More. n Thomas H. Clark report- Rutherfordton. Funeral services will be ed the theft of a flatbed held Wednesday at 2 p.m. truck. at Nealsville Church Of n Johnnie Dover reported God with the Revs. Douglas the theft of a cell phone. Carpenter, Jack Crain and n Joshua Travis Baynard Kenneth Hensley officiatreported the theft of a heat ing. Concluding services pump. will be held in the church n Rodney M. Moore cemetery with the Rev. Ned reported the theft of a bear Pressley officiating. The statue. body will be placed in the n James Ray Wilson reported the theft of propane church 30 minutes before the service. Visitation will be tanks and other items. Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Crowe’s Funeral Chapel in Rutherfordton Rutherfordton. n The Rutherfordton Police Memorials may be made responded to 21 E-911 calls to The Rutherford County Monday. Relay For Life.

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Roy F. Lovelace, 74, of 139 Greene Road, Forest City, Lake Lure died Monday, Oct. 25, 2010, n Lake Lure Police reat his residence. sponded to six E-911 calls A native of Rutherford Monday. County, he was a son of the late Roy Lee Lovelace and Forest City Lula Belle Morgan Lovelace. He was an Army veteran, n The Forest City Police having served in the Korean responded to 63 E-911 calls War. He was a longtime Monday. n An employee of Culinary member of Harris First Baptist Church where he Hearts Educational Foods, taught the Men’s Sunday on North Main Street, School Class. He worked as Rutherfordton, reported a planning clerk for the texan incident of larceny by tile mills, having worked for employee. The incident occurred on South Broadway Stonecutter Mill for 10 years and J.C. Cowan Plant for Street in Forest City. 35 years before retiring. He n Montoya Concepcion played for and coached the reported an incident of lost Cowan Softball team. or stolen property. Survivors include his wife n An employee of Cedar Village, on West Main Street, of 45 years, Julia Stacey Lovelace; two daughters, reported a breaking and Kelly Sloan of Hampstead entering and larceny. and Angie Price of Pacolet, n An employee of the DolS.C.; one son, Ryan of lar General, on West Main Shiloh; seven grandchildren; Street, reported a larceny. and four great-grandchil(See arrest of McDonald.) dren.

Arrests

n Jeffery Robert Callahan, 25, of Hollis Road, Ellenboro; charged with simple possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia; placed under a $1,500 secured bond. (FCPD) n Joseph McDonald, 32, of Pea Ridge Road, Bostic; charged with larceny; placed under a $1,500 secured bond. (FCPD) n Timothy Dewayne Cole, 34, of the 500 block of Hopper Road; charged with injury to personal property, misdemeanor larceny and misdemeanor probation violation; placed under a $20,000 secured bond. (RCSD) n Deborah Ann Middlemiss, 40, of the 300 block of McCraw Road; charged with resisting a public officer; placed under a $1,000 secured bond. (RCSD) n Joshua Ross Butler, 22, of the 300 block of McCraw Road; charged with no operator’s license and reckless driving/ wanton disregard; placed under a $1,500 secured bond. (RCSD)

EMS

n Rutherford County Emergency Medical Services responded to 31 E-911 calls Monday. n The Volunteer Life Saving and Rescue, Hickory Nut Gorge EMS and Rutherford County Rescue responded to 13 E-911.

Fire Calls

n Bills Creek responded to a mulch fire. n Bostic responded to an unknown fire. n Forest City responded to a motor vehicle accident.

Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 2 p.m. at Harris First Baptist Church with the Rev. George Whitmire officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery with military honors being accorded by the Rutherford County Honor Guard. Visitation will be held one hour prior to service time at the church. Harrelson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences: www.harrelsonfuneralhome.com

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A native of Gaston County, she was the daughter of the late Roy and Ethel Miller Johnson. She worked in textiles. She was also preceded in death by her first husband, the Rev. Augusta Harold Putnam Sr.; and her second husband, Billy Joe Goins. Survivors include four daughters, Barbara Putnam Curtis of Ellenboro, Betty Jean Putnam and Malinda Putnam Goodson, both of Lincolnton, and Ginger Putnam Houser of Bostic; two sons, Augusta Harold Putnam Jr. of Atlanta and Harold Anthony “Tony” Putnam of Conover; 15 grandchildren; 32 greatgrandchildren; and 15 greatgreat-grandchildren. Funeral services will be Wednesday at 3 p.m. at Warlick Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Gary Smith officiating. Burial will follow at Cherryville City Cemetery. Visitation will be Wednesday from 2 to 2:45 p.m. at the funeral home.

Zenebia Greene Zenebia Pauline Edwards Greene, 97, of 149 Fair Haven Drive, Forest City, died Monday, Oct. 25, 2010. She was a daughter of the late Wilson S. and Kate Higgins Edwards. She was a member of Cliffside Baptist Church. She graduated from Asheville Normal and Teachers College in 1923 and was a teacher in the public school system, teaching at Cliffside School for 30 years. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Nollie Joe Greene. Survivors include a daughter, Deborah Greene Hawkins of Atlanta; two grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 10:30 a.m. at the A.C. McKinney Chapel with the Rev. Joey Cantrell officiating. Burial will follow at Cleveland Memorial Park. Visitation will be held Wednesday from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at McKinney-Landreth Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to Hospice of Rutherford County, P.O. Box 336, Forest City, NC 28043; Cliffside Baptist Church, P.O. Box 336, Cliffside, NC 28024; or Cliffside Elementary School Text Book Fund, P.O. Box 338, Cliffside, NC 28024. Online condolences: www.mckinneylandrethfuneralhome.com

Macie Lee Ramsey Houser Macie Lee Ramsey Harris Houser, 92, of Eastwood Village, Bostic, died Saturday at Fair Haven Home after a period of declining health. She was born in Rutherford County on July 15, 1918, a daughter of the late Roy and Fannie McGinnis Ramsey. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, John Harris; her second husband, Lee Houser; a sister, Gertrude Harrill; and five brothers, R.B. Ramsey, Guy Ramsey, Harry Ramsey, Hugh Ramsey and Dewitt Ramsey She is survived by a brother, Charles Ramsey and wife, Marianne of Mooresboro; stepdaughter, Kaye Houser Crosby of Weddington; three stepsons, Troy L. Houser and wife Frances of Morganton; R. Scott Houser and wife Phyllis of Cliffside, and Dan C. Houser and wife, Lisa of Boiling Springs; seven stepgrandchildren; six step-greatgrandchildren, and a number of nephews and nieces. The funeral wase held at 3 p.m., Monday at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church of Mooresboro with the Rev. Bobby Gettys officiating. Visitation was from 2 to 3 p.m. Burial was at Cleveland Memorial Park at 11 a.m., Tuesday. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, 1301 Mount Pleasant Church Road, Mooresboro, NC 28114. McKinney-Landreth Funeral Home of Cliffside, NC is assisting the family A guest online register is available at www.mckinneylandrethfuneralhome.com PAID OBIT

Macie Houser Macie Lee Ramsey Harris Houser, 92, of Eastwood Village, Forest City, died Saturday, Oct. 24, 2010, at Fair Haven Home. A native of Rutherford County, she was the daughter of the late Roy and Fannie McGinnis Ramsey. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, John Harris; and her second husband, Lee Houser. Survivors include a brother, Charles Ramsey of Mooresboro; a stepdaughter, Kaye Houser Crosby of Weddington; three stepsons, Troy Houser of Morganton, R. Scott Houser of Cliffside and Dan C. Houser of Boiling Springs; seven stepgrandchildren; and six step-great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Monday at 3 p.m. at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church of Mooresboro with the Rev. Bobby Gettys officiating. Visitation will be held one hour before the service. Burial will be Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Cleveland Memorial Park. Memorials may be made to Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, 1301 Mount Pleasant Church Road, Mooresboro, NC 28114. McKinney-Landreth Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences: www.mckinneylandrethfuneralhome.com

John Wilkins John Loyal Wilkins, 76, of 238 Forest St., Forest City, died Monday, Oct. 25, 2010, at Rutherford Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Thompson’s Mortuary.

Deaths Roy Skinner NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Roy Skinner, the quiet and dapper basketball coach at Vanderbilt as the Commodores emerged as a Southeastern Conference power to rival Kentucky, has died. He was 80. The school said Tuesday that Skinner died at a Nashville hospital Monday of respiratory failure. In the mid-1960s, Skinner made the groundbreaking decision to recruit Perry

Zenebia Pauline Edwards Greene Zenebia Pauline Edwards Greene, 97, of 149 Fair Haven Drive, Bostic, passed away Monday, October 25, 2010. She was the daughter of the late Wilson S. and Kate Higgins Edwards. She was a member of Cliffside Baptist Church. She graduated from Asheville Normal and Teachers College in 1923, and was a teacher in the public school system teaching at Cliffside School for thirty years. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, Nollie Joe Greene, her sisters, Jewel Edwards Smith, Geraldine Edwards Boyce, Margaret Edwards Huggins, Inez Edwards Bonner; and a brother W. Barton Edwards. She is survived by one daughter, Deborah Greene Hawkins of Atlanta; two grandchildren, Kate Tidd and husband Eric, Kimberly Mealer and husband Tim; three great-grandchildren, Zoe Tidd, Sydney Tidd and Kevin Mealer. Funeral services will be held Thursday, October 28, 2010, at 10:30 a.m. at The A.C. McKinney Chapel with the Rev. Joey Cantrell officiating. Burial will follow in the Cleveland Memorial Park. Visitation will be held Wednesday, October 27, 2010, from 6:30 until 8 p.m. at McKinney-Landreth Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to Hospice of Rutherford County, PO Box 336, Forest City, NC 28043, to Cliffside Baptist Church, PO Box 336, Cliffside, NC 28024, and to Cliffside Elementary School Text Book Fund, PO Box 338, Cliffside, NC 28024. McKinney-Landreth Funeral Home is serving the Greene family. A guest online register is available at www.mckinneylandrethfuneralhome.com PAID OBIT

Wallace, integrating the SEC with its first black player. Skinner was just 28 years old when he became acting coach of the Commodores in 1958, then took the job permanently in 1960 and coached until 1976, compiling a 278-135 record (.673) and leading Vanderbilt to a Top 10 ranking in eight different seasons. His 1965 team lost to Michigan by two points in the NCAA Tournament’s regional round. Skinner was born in Paducah, Ky. He began coaching at Paducah Junior College before joining the Vanderbilt staff. Vince Banonis ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — Vince Banonis, who was a center for the Detroit Lions championship teams in 1952-53, has died at the age of 89. Banonis was a star at the University of Detroit as a linebacker and center and was drafted in 1942 by the Chicago Cardinals. His sports career took a break while he served as a Navy lieutenant during World War II, but he was able to help Chicago win the 1947 title before his career with Detroit. He retired after winning the second of two titles in Detroit. He was inducted into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame in 1975 and the College Football Hall of Fame in 1986. Andy Holmes LONDON (AP) — English rower Andy Holmes, who won Olympic gold in 1984 and ‘88, has died after a short, sudden illness. He was 51. Reports say that he fell ill last Monday with what is thought to have been leptospirosis, a waterborne bacterial disease. He died in the hospital Sunday. Holmes won gold in the coxed four at Los Angeles in 1984 and the coxless pairs at Seoul in 1988, teaming with five-time Olympic champion Steve Redgrave in both races. Holmes also was the Commonwealth Games champion in 1986 in the coxed four and coxless pairs. He returned to rowing as a coach two years ago.

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Calendar/Local BLOOD DRIVE Ongoing Foothills Harvest Ministry: Oct. 25-30, 25 cent clearance sale on select shoes, skirts, sacks and many other items; donations of non-perishable food items for the food pantry also accepted.

Rocky Green, HVAC technician, for Timken Company at Shiloh Plant, participated in the recent blood drive there where 41 units of blood was collected. The plant, U.S. 221, sponsors a blood drive each spring and fall. There is also a blood drive Friday, Oct. 29, Chili’s of Forest City, 1-5:30 p.m. If interested in sponsoring a blood drive, call the American Red Cross at 287-5916. All presenting blood donors will be entered in a drawing for a chance to win one of two pairs of Delta Airline Tickets.

Washburn Community Outreach Center: Two for 25 cents porch sale, half-price sale inside store including winter; hours are Thursday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.; TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) is coming on Oct. 21 at 5:30 p.m. at the FLC of Salem United Methodist Church, for information call 223-6355.

Wednesday, Oct. 27 Preschool story time: 11 a.m., Rutherford County Library Haynes Branch; for ages 2 to 5.

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Thursday, Oct. 28 “Dine Out for Kids:” Hickory Log Barbecue; proceeds from the event will help fund Communities in Schools of Rutherford County’s programs such as backpack for food, Starbase program, reading programs, mentoring and Stuff the Bus. Preschool story time: 10:30 a.m., Rutherford County Library Mountains Branch; for ages 2 to 5. Meet the Democratic Candidates: 6 to 8 p.m., The Swinging Pig in Cliffside; free barbecue meal served. Halloween Carnival: 6 to 8 p.m., Oak Grove Healthcare Center; games 50 cents, cake walk $1; pizza, chips, dessert and drink combo $5; Halloween costume contest begins at 6:15 p.m., with one prize for specific age groups (up to three years, 4 to 7 years and 8 years and older.)

Friday, Oct. 29 Blood drive: 1 to 5:30 p.m., Chili’s of Forest City; please call Stewart Williams, 286-0008, for information or to schedule your appointment; all presenting donors will be entered in a drawing for a chance to win one of three pairs of Delta Airline roundtrip tickets. Meet the Democratic candidates: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Democrat Headquarters, Forest City; free hot dog meal. Halloween Fun Festival: 6 to 9 p.m., Cool Springs Gym; $5, includes hot dog, drink, chips and unlimited fun, games and door prizes; parents are free and $1 for a meal ticket; sponsored by Forest City Youth Football/Cheerleading Inc.

Saturday, Oct. 30 Remembering Jan: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Campfield Memorial Baptist Church; barbecue plates (includes barbecue, slaw, baked beans, chips, dessert and drink) sold for $8; silent auction from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.; singing starts at 1 p.m. featuring men’s gospel quartet Southern Sounds and Angel McGinnis; all proceeds go to the Jan Owens Memorial Fund. 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. Meet and greet: 2 to 5 p.m,. Old Dunbar Center; featuring internationally-known artist and author and Rutherford County native David Driskell; for more information, call 247-4142.

Monday, Nov. 1 PROMISE Support Group: 10 a.m., for four weeks beginning today; group is for any parent who has lost an adult child; offered at no cost; group will also be conducted next quarter.

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meters installed that showed different numbers from what the town bills recorded. “Based on our average flow figures, the difference between the water meter and our flow meter is almost 20 percent,” Ultimate Textiles owner Rocky Guariello said. “That would equate to approximately $15,383 a year.” Guariello indicated at the August meeting that this amount was substantial for his fabric-dying operation, a field of textiles where profit margins are historically very thin. Still, Bland and the board voted earlier this month to leave rates unchanged and hope for the best for industries such as Ultimate Textiles and Manual Weavers and Woodworkers. “We certainly hope the businesses don’t close up shop because of the sewer-consumption rate, but the option we have is to close up shop with the town of Spindale,” Bland said. “Our rate is the lowest it can be this year. We simply cannot change it during the budget year.” Guariello and some others at the October meeting noted the town had offered industrial incentives to new

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victed felons. “To become an officer, we need to know the background and if he runs for the office of sheriff, there should be some type of criteria.” Conner said. Conner’s challenger, Republican Chris Francis, said he is strongly in favor of the referendum and does not think a convicted felon should be allowed to be the sheriff. Six candidates for sheriff who were known felons ran unsuccessfully during the May primary, which sparked the referendum to be on the ballots. N.C. Sheriffs Association President Sam Page said passing the amendment would maintain the integrity of the office. The Libertarian Party wants voters to choose “no.” Party leaders argue someone shouldn’t be punished for a lifetime for what could have been a youthful mistake. Eddie Caldwell, executive vice president and general counsel, N.C.

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amended since 2004, has few restrictions on people running for elected office. There are minimum ages to serve as governor or state legislator. Current law allows a convicted felon to be elected sheriff or to another elected office once the felon’s rights of citizenship are restored after completing a prison sentence, probation or parole. The rights are restored automatically. Although all six ex-felons lost in May, James received 41 percent of the vote in his county. The sheriffs’ association isn’t aware of felon being elected sheriff in North Carolina history, but the candidacies threatened to damage the importance of an office that goes back hundreds of years, Cumberland County Sheriff Moose Butler said. “The sheriffs felt it was a reflection on the office of sheriff and reflected on all of us,” Butler said. Page said the association hasn’t made a formal effort urging voters to vote yes on the referendum beyond local sheriffs expressing their support back home.

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Sheriffs’ Association, said the sheriff’s association is strongly opposed to any convicted felon being a sheriff. “The North Carolina Sheriffs’ Association does not want something as crucial and fundamental to professional law enforcement as the public trust to be placed in the hands of a known felon, having been found to be such in a court of law,” Caldwell said in a statement sent across the state Tuesday. Under the current law, a convicted felon who has fully completed the sentence imposed by the court automatically has their “rights restored” by operation of the law, and is then eligible to vote and to hold public office in the state, including the office of sheriff. Legislative interest in the constitutional amendment grew after six known felons ran for sheriff during the May 4 primary election, including ex-Washington County Sheriff Stanley James and former Davidson County Sheriff Gerald Hege. None of the six won. The constitution, which hasn’t been

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

the board was unable to set up the program because it was prevented by state law. “We realize the property tax that I tried to offer could not be done, although I thought it was a great idea but we couldn’t do it,” Bland said. “One reason we didn’t offer any incentives recently is the town just could not afford it. But we did tell (Ultimate Textiles and Manual Woodworkers and Weavers) that we’d be willing to work with them next year and maybe cut their rate.” The town’s plant is operating far below capacity now, and Bland said he was hopeful a new customer or series of new customers could come in and pick up some of the loss of processing. The plant is licensed to process up to 6 million gallons a day but only hits about 3 million gallons on a high day. “The residents of Spindale cannot make up the loss of industrial sewer rates,” Bland said. “One thing I’m trying to do that I think would help is we have $160,000 in unpaid sewer fees. We have got to start a campaign to collect that in earnest. Even if we only collected half, that could save us about four cents on the property tax rate.” Contact Baughman via e-mail at sbaughman@thedigitalcourier.com.

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businesses in the past, but they were unable to offer any kind of consideration for the existing businesses of Ultimate and Manual Woodworkers. In 2006, the town offered an incentive package worth $81,152 to then First Choice Armor — now Diamondback Tactical — to lure the body armor manufacturer to the former Stonecutter Mills No. 2 plant. “I have personally been involved with trying to bring new business directly to Spindale when I put a deposit on the Stonecutter plant and spent $50,000 of my own money trying to make it happen,” Guariello said. “I could not get any incentives or a dime out of the Rutherford County Economic Development folks. Less than a year later they gave away the Burlington Plant to Mako, who (left) when they had to ante up the rent after five years. So the trends are attract the unknowns who always go high when they promise jobs, and blame someone or something when it doesn’t happen. So, yes, I do feel the current long-standing businesses who are supporting the county’s economy, and might not have all the ghost jobs the newcomers promise are being mistreated.” In 2009, Bland proposed a tax incentive for anyone building new homes in the town with a $179,000 or greater tax value which would rebate property taxes for three years. But

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UNC’s CB Burney cleared to play CHAPEL HILL (AP) — North Carolina cornerback Kendric Burney has been cleared to play this weekend against William & Mary. Burney recently completed a six-game suspension issued by the NCAA for receiving improper benefits connected to trips, but missed last weekend’s loss at Miami due to what the school described as an “unresolved issue.” The status of two players — defensive lineman Michael McAdoo and fullback Devon Ramsay — remain in question. The NCAA launched an investigation in the summer focused on agent-related benefits, though it expanded to possible academic violations. Those cases were handled primarily by the school’s student judicial system, though privacy laws prevent the school from discussing in detail any player’s involvement in the academic review.

Maryland views DeSouza injury as ‘rallying call’ COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — The Maryland football team has rallied around injured offensive tackle Pete DeSouza, who remains hospitalized with two broken legs after being involved in a motor scooter accident last week. DeSouza was riding a scooter on campus Thursday night when he was struck by a vehicle. The other driver was ticketed for failing to yield right of way. DeSouza, a redshirt freshman, had surgery to repair fractures in both legs and is doing well, according to Terps coach Ralph Friedgen. In their first game without DeSouza, the Terrapins beat Boston College on the road last Saturday. Maryland can become bowl eligible with a win over Wake Forest this weekend, and winning for DeSouza is part of their motivation. Quarterback Danny O’Brien calls it a “rallying call.”

Rams RB Jackson has finger surgery ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis Rams running back Steven Jackson set the franchise rushing record over the weekend — despite playing with a broken finger. Coach Steve Spagnuolo said Jackson had surgery on his left ring finger Monday. The Rams said two pins were put into the finger, and his status for this Sunday’s home game against Carolina was unknown. Spagnuolo says Jackson broke the finger during Sunday’s loss at Tampa Bay.

Local Sports SOCCER 6 p.m. TJCA at Owen

On TV 7 p.m. (FSCR) NHL Hockey Washington Capitals at Carolina Hurricanes. 7:30 p.m. (WHNS) MLB Baseball World Series, Game 1: Teams TBA. 8 p.m. (ESPN) NBA Basketball Chicago Bulls at Oklahoma City Thunder. 8 p.m. (TS) NBA Basketball Atlanta Hawks at Memphis Grizzlies. 10:30 p.m. (ESPN) NBA Basketball Portland Trail Blazers at Los Angeles Clippers.

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Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy’s Levy Floyd (22) moves the ball against the Hendersonville defense during the soccer game Tuesday.

Bearcats blister Gryphons By JACOB CONLEY Sports Reporter

AVONDALE — Hendersonville’s mens soccer team scored five first half goals and rode that effort to a 7-0 win over Thomas Jefferson Tuesday. Hendersonville scored two quick goals in the opening ten minutes of play as the Bearcats’ team speed stretched the TJCA defense. The visitors then pulled players forward and scored three more goals in quick succession to take a commanding 5-0 lead. Thomas Jefferson’s best scoring chance in the half came when David Snyder stole the ball at midfield and raced down the left sideline. When he reached the box, he fed the ball to Alan Colnot. Colnot’s shot was just wide leaving the halftime score at 5-0. The Gryphon’s played much better early in the 2nd half as Richard Petty made several nice stops, but the Bearcats still managed two more scores before the contest was halted midway

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Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy’s Jonathan Bass (17) boots the ball Please see Soccer, Page 8A against Hendersonville during the soccer game Tuesday.

Lady Blue Devils join the men with preseason No. 1 ranking By JOE JOHNSON Special to the Courier

GREENSBORO — Duke coach Joanne P. McCallie said she didn’t mind having the label of preseason favorite placed on her team Tuesday at the ACC women’s basketball media day at the Greensboro Coliseum. “It’s a preseason poll; we’re comfortable,” McCallie said. “That’s where we

want to be always. At Duke, basketball across the board is pretty interesting. “But on the flipside of it, it’s a beauty contest (right now). That’s what other people think of it right now. What is more important is what we create for ourselves.” Duke received 24 of the possible 33 first-place votes by the panel of national and local media, while

North Carolina was picked to finish second with six first-place votes. Florida State, which tied Duke in the 2009-10 regular-season race, was chosen third. N.C. State, which lost to Duke in the ACC Tournament final, was picked to finish sixth. The preseason All-ACC team included Duke’s Jasmine Thomas, Please see Duke, Page 8A

What a long, strange weekend it was In honor of Halloween week, I went out and got myself some of this ‘Head & Shoulders,’ that Pittsburgh Steelers S Troy Polamalu has been selling on TV. Let me tell you — that stuff is amazing. Look at the results I got after just one long weekend. The photo will run in color on Sunday so that you can see the full locks I’m sporting for Halloween. I will need to get a haircut soon, though — I’d forgotten what a pain hair can be. n Okay, I have read all I can on the Polk County-Thomas Jefferson game. The debate has hit our Facebook page and the message boards of several prep football websites. I re-read Jacob Conley’s story and read the follow-up in the Asheville Citizen-Times. The follow-up includes this: Wolverines coach Bruce Ollis said Friday’s officials told him at halftime that Thomas Jefferson did not want the mercy offering.

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“I can’t make any apologies,” Ollis said, to the Citizen-Times. “Scoring 90 points is not something you try to do. We’re still in the middle of a conference championship race, so it was important to get our starters some time. But they didn’t play it down in the second half. We finished the game with our (junior-varsity) kids in there.” Thomas Jefferson Coach Tony Helton confirmed the refusal of a running clock. “We’re not going to run the clock — we haven’t run it all year and we have no plans to do that,” Helton told me on Saturday. Seriously, this isn’t that black-andwhite.

Polk County ran 17 plays in the first half and scored 70 points. Down 70 to 0, Helton had to make the call he felt best for his program and its overall development. He had to make that call. All the Monday morning quarterbacking in the world, isn’t going to change it — or decide whether it was right or wrong. I can’t and won’t question Coach Bruce Ollis on this one either. It is not his duty, or his job, to keep his team from scoring. Coaches do not teach their teams to lay down. The idea of Ollis ordering his team not to score is more sickening and disturbing to me, than the fact that they ended the game with 90. And, that would have been far more insulting to TJCA. n Honestly, how many were picking a Rangers-Giants World Series? More importantly, will MLB see an increase in ratings over last season’s

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Scoreboard BASEBALL 2010 Postseason Baseball Glance WORLD SERIES Wednesday, Oct. 27 Texas (Lee 12-9) at San Francisco (Lincecum 16-10), 7:57 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 28 Texas (Wilson 15-8) at San Francisco (Cain 13-11), 7:57 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 30 San Francisco (Sanchez 13-9) at Texas (Lewis 12-13), 6:57 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 31 San Francisco (Bumgarner 7-6) at Texas (Hunter 13-4), 8:20 p.m. Monday, Nov. 1 San Francisco at Texas, if necessary, 7:57 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 3 Texas at San Francisco, if necessary, 7:57 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 4 Texas at San Francisco, if necessary, 7:57 p.m.

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Gamecocks focused on Vols

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; South Carolina keeps creeping closer to a first division title since joining the Southeastern Conference 18 years ago, but Gamecocks coach Steve Spurrier isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ready to focus on that yet. If South Carolina beats Tennessee this weekend and a few other things fall into place, including a Georgia win over Florida, the Gamecocks could play for a spot in the SEC title game the next week at home against Arkansas and not have everything hinge on the trip the following week to take on the Gators in Gainesville, a place theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never won. But Spurrier and South Carolina fans have seen things fall apart before. In the past three years, the Gamecocks have gone 4-11 in their final five games of the regular season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been 5-2 a bunch of times, as we all know,â&#x20AC;? Spurrier said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whether or not we can finish strongly remains to be seen.â&#x20AC;? The Gamecocks should get a critical piece of their offense back Saturday. Spurrier said leading rusher freshman Marcus Lattimoreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sprained ankle should be healed enough for him to get significant playing time, if not the start. Fitting a topsy-turvy year for the SEC East, the teams in this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tennessee-South Carolina game are coming from different directions in the standings. These arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the typical Vols, trying to stay in the SEC East race. Instead, they are 0-4 in the SEC, coming off a pair of 41-14 losses to Georgia and Alabama. The Gamecocks are on top of the division at 3-2 and are a couple of fourth quarter meltdowns away from even bigger things. But Tennessee has the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s full attention this week. After all, it was less than two weeks ago the Gamecocks followed up a win over than No.1 Alabama with their first loss in more than a decade to Kentucky. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just thinking about that Kentucky game puts a bitter taste in our mouths and we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to experience that again,â&#x20AC;? wide receiver Tori Gurley said.

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UNCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jessica Breland, Miamiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Shenise Johnson, Boston Collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Carolyn Swords and Florida Stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Courtney Ward. Duke also had a pair of freshmen on the newcomer watch list, including guard Chelsea Gray and forward Richa Jackson. UNC, which finished with its first losing record in ACC games since 2000-01, should have better team chemistry and cohesion with the return of Breland, who missed the entire season while Continued from Page 7A undergoing successful treatment for Hodgkinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lymphoma. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She brings great leadership through the second half due to lightning. and scoring,â&#x20AC;? UNC coach Sylvia TJCA has a match on the road versus Owen Hatchell said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We missed her today and will learn their playoff fate Monday, greatly last year. We didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really Nov. 1.

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have anybody who played her position like she could. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Last year, without her, we were young. But this year, those young players are so much better and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing so much better.â&#x20AC;? Next to Duke, which brought in what many consider to be the best recruiting class, Maryland also got a nice group of talented players that Coach Brenda Frese is excited about. The Terrapins have some veteran returners, but the the newcomers will make an impact almost immediately. Frese seems to have had her best seasons at Maryland when her teams have had young, talented players. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I love coaching freshmen,â&#x20AC;? Frese said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I can live through their mistakes. If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re ready to play, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to be on the floor.

TRANSACTIONS Tuesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sports Transactions

BASEBALL American League CHICAGO WHITE SOX_Exercised their 2011 contract options on C Ramon Castro and LHP Matt Thornton. Released RHP Carlos Torres. National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS_Named Alan Trammell bench coach, Don Baylor hitting coach, Eric Young first-base coach and Charles Nagy pitching coach. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association MILWAUKEE BUCKS_Exercised the contract option on general manager John Hammond and signed coach Scott Skiles through the 2012-13 season. FOOTBALL National Football League NFL_Fined Minnesota coach Brad Childress $35,000 for criticizing officials and disclosing confidential conversations with the officiating department. CINCINNATI BENGALS_Placed CB Adam â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pacmanâ&#x20AC;? Jones on injured reserve. Signed TE J.P. Foschi. Waived TE Daniel Coats. CLEVELAND BROWNS_Waived RB James Davis and WR Yamon Figurs. Claimed RB Thomas Clayton off waivers from New England. Signed WR Demetrius Williams. DENVER BRONCOS_Signed DT Le Kevin Smith. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS_Placed OT Eben Britton on injured reserve. signed OT Erik Pears. NEW YORK JETS_Signed LB Josh Mauga from the practice squad. Waived DT Howard Green. Signed LB Kenwin Cummings to the practice squad. SEATTLE SEAHAWKS_Signed RB Quinton Ganther. Released LB Chris McCoy from the practice squad. Signed OT Breno Giacomini and RB Chris Henry to the practice squad. Canadian Football League WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS_Added QB Justin Goltz to the practice roster. HOCKEY National Hockey League ATLANTA THRASHERS_Assigned G Ondrej Pavelec to Chicago (AHL) for conditioning. Recalled D Noah Welch and G Peter Mannino from Chicago. BUFFALO SABRES_Called up F Luke Adam from Portland (AHL). CAROLINA HURRICANES_Recalled F Jiri Tlusty from Charlotte (AHL). COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS_Assigned D Nate Guenin to Springfield (AHL). MONTREAL CANADIENS_Assigned F Dany Masse from Hamilton (AHL) to Wheeling (ECHL). TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING_Recalled F Blair Jones from Norfolk (AHL). WASHINGTON CAPITALS_Recalled D Brian Fahey from Hershey (AHL). American Hockey League MILWAUKEE ADMIRALS_Announced G Chet Pickard has been reassigned to Cincinnati (ECHL) and G Jeremy Smith has been recalled from Cincinnati. SYRACUSE CRUNCH_Signed F Gabe Gauthier. ECHL IDAHO STEELHEADS_Traded D Lane Caffaro to Ontario for future considerations. UTAH GRIZZLIES_Acquired D Nick Tuzzolino from Wheeling for future considerations SOCCER MLS COLUMBUS CREW_Signed G Chase Harrison.

COLLEGE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE_Suspended Mississippi State LB Chris Hughes one game for his hit to the head of a defenseless player during Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game against UAB. FORDHAM_Named Derrick Phelps menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball video coordinator. NORTH CAROLINA_Announced CB Kendric Burney has been cleared to play by the NCAA, following a six-game suspension.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Last year was a transition year. This year reminds me a lot of the 2006 national championship team.â&#x20AC;? Frese said the number of talented freshmen coming into the ACC bodes well for the next three or four seasons. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It says a lot about our league,â&#x20AC;? Frese said of the recruits. N.C State coach Kellie Harper will try to avoid a second-year drop off like she experienced at Western Carolina during her first coaching stop. Her debut season with the Wolfpack exceeded expectations. The ACC placed six teams in the 2010 NCAA Tournament, with the Blue Devils going the deepest. Florida State made it to the regional semifinals before losing. UNC, N.C. State, Georgia Tech and Virginia all lost in the first round.

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sports Equestrian Team Rides High

Time for Favre to finally say goodbye for good By TIM DAHLBERG AP Sports Columnist

Members of Fern Hollow Farm, above, in Ellenboro competed at State Fair in Raleigh, recently. The team includes Grace Camp (l to r), Sarah Howell, Mary Elise Monroe, Karina Jones, Caroline King, and Taylor Kinter. The team earned several ribbons including second and third place finishes. The Thomas Jefferson Equestrian Team, led by Freda Jessen of Fern Hollow Farm in Ellenboro competed at the BRHJA Show in Tryon. TJCA’s Mattie Roberts, left, is seen aboard Top Gun at that event. Contributed Photo

Riverdogs Claim Fall Blowout

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The Carolina Riverdogs 13- and under baseball team were the champions of the Nations Baseball Fall Blowout Tournament in Gastonia on Oct. 23-24. The Riverdogs are: Matt Bridges, AJ Lombardo, Riley Riffle, Reece Oliver, Ethan Steward, Elijah Spurling, Russ Branch, Austin Sain, Matthew Overton, and Caleb Burnham. Coaches are: Brett Bridges, Chico Lombardo and Brian Branch.

Fury Capture Hub City Title

There was always the possibility it could all turn sour, though Brett Favre could never have imagined this when his teammates and the promise of more glory lured him off his Mississippi farm for what was supposed to be one last magical season. Six games into that season, his body has taken a beating. So has his reputation, for reasons that go further than the three interceptions he threw in the second half Sunday night against the Packers. His team may not even make the playoffs, much less the Super Bowl. And the coach who personally chauffeured him to training camp when he signed with the Minnesota Vikings seems to be as tired of his act as his former fans in Green Bay. With all of that going on, the discovery of a stress fracture in his ankle Monday couldn’t have come at a better time. Because now Brett Favre can finally retire. Yes, retire. Only this time, don’t waste our time waffling about it. Get on a plane and get out of town before your 291-game consecutive streak — 315 if you count the playoffs — can be snapped. Go back to your wife on the farm before the NFL’s investigation into your frat boy antics goes any further. Get out now because it can only get worse. Tough love, sure. Especially tough for a guy who just can’t seem to understand that 41-year-old grandfathers shouldn’t be playing in a league filled with fast and fearsome 20-somethings. But if there ever was a good time to walk away from it all, it’s now. Not next week or next month, but now. Granted, the brutal loss to the Packers isn’t the way Favre wants to end his remarkable career. In a perfect world, he would end it walking off the field at Cowboys Stadium next Feb. 6 and announcing to everyone that he was going to Disney World. But circumstances have moved beyond Favre’s ability to control them. He’s no longer totally in charge of his future, and his heartwarming story of playing way beyond his years isn’t so endearing anymore in the wake of allegations he sent lewd pictures to a woman who worked for the New York Jets and left suggestive messages on her phone. There’s no denying he still gives us great drama. The television ratings for Sunday night’s game were huge, and the sight of Favre after the game stopping every few feet to exchange hugs with guys who minutes earlier were trying to plant him face first into the turf at Lambeau Field was as touching as you’ll ever get on a football field. But the NBC camera crew that followed Favre into the locker room also showed us an old gunslinger who now just looks old. The statistics show the same thing, with interceptions and fumbles occurring with alarming regularity and Favre’s quarterback rating sinking to the lowest of his career.

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The Forest City Fury 12- and under baseball team won the Hub City Baseball Tournament in Boiling Springs, S.C., on Oct. 23-24th. The Fury are: Jacob Presnell (bottom, l to r), Nick Strickland, Weston Randall, Max McKinney, Jacob Baldwin; Bryson Ward (middle, l to r), Houston Wright, Tyler Bridges, Daniel Painter, Dai Dai Davenport; Assistant Coach Kent Baldwin (back, l to r), Terry Wright, Danny Painter and Head Coach Drew Christopher. Not pictured: Gehrig Christopher and Caleb Greene.

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Things got so bad Sunday night that coach Brad Childress was one series away from taking Favre out of the game in the third quarter. The legend would have been benched in prime-time for all to see, something that would have been just as humiliating to Favre as the pictures he allegedly took that are posted on the Internet. Childress would follow that after the game by chastising Favre for throwing balls he had no business throwing. He also made it clear that he would be the one deciding whether Favre’s ankle is healed enough to play Sunday against New England, streak or no streak. “We have to do what is right for the Minnesota Vikings,” Childress said. “That’s what I get charged with at the end of the day. I’m not worried about someone getting one more start or one more yard to equal 300.” Favre can save Childress from having to make that call. In the time it takes the Vikings to implement a few routes Randy Moss can actually run, he can have his agent negotiate a settlement of however many millions are left on his contract, clean out his locker and head home. It won’t be the storybook ending that both Favre and his fans might want. But it beats the ending Favre will have if he insists on carrying it through to the bitter end. His body is not going to miraculously heal under the pounding he gets every time he steps on the field. His play is not going to get miraculously better, either, even if the occasional touchdown pass rekindles memories of the Favre magic of old. At some point Childress will almost surely have to bench him. At some point there could be an angry confrontation between player and coach. He’s a tired, old quarterback with issues both on the field and off. They will only go away when he does.

The Raiders absolutely demolished the Continued from Page 7B Broncos. I wondered for awhile if the Broncos Yankees-Phillies World had even arrived at the right stadium. Series? I like the Rangers in six. n The goal line call in the Steelers-Dolphins n What is going on was correct — in accorwith Cleveland and dance with NFL rules. Oakland? The Browns The Steelers, who got ripped the Saints with one of the more bizarre lucky to get the win, took a big loss with the NFL victories I can injury to DE Aaron recall. The Browns Smith. scored on two interceptions returns by n The Dallas 270-pound LB David Cowboys’ 2010 season Bowens, who admitted to ESPN that his 40 time is ‘Four-Ever.’ The punter, Reggie Hodges rolled 68 yards on a fake punt that has to be seen to be believed.

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CHICAGO (AP) — The central U.S. has been hit with a massive storm with wind gusts up to 81 mph. Tuesday’s storm snapped trees and power lines, ripped off roofs, delayed flights and soaked commuters hunched under crumpled umbrellas. The storm spanned from the Dakotas to the eastern Great Lakes. The unusual system had barometric pressure similar to a Category 3 hurricane, but with much less destructive power. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said the system’s pressure reading was among the lowest ever in a nontropical storm in the mainland U.S. Agency spokeswoman Susan Buchanan says the storm is within the top 5 strongest storms in terms of low pressure, but may not be the strongest on record.

Leak fixed, shuttle good for next Monday launch

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA has cleared space shuttle Discovery for one last flight after fixing a leaky fuel line. NASA’s senior managers met Monday and set Discovery’s last liftoff for next Monday. Launch time is 4:40 p.m. This will be Discovery’s 39th and final mission as NASA retires its three remaining shuttles. The White House wants NASA to focus on developing spaceships that can take astronauts out of orbit and into deep space. As the launch team prepped Discovery for its flight to the International Space Station, Mission Control kept a wary eye on a piece of junk that was threatening to come dangerously close to the orbiting lab and its six inhabitants.

The unidentified object was projected to pass within one-tenth of a mile of the space station Tuesday morning. If necessary, flight controllers could move the space station out of harm’s way two hours beforehand. Over the weekend, technicians replaced a pair of seals in a fuel line aboard Discovery that had been leaking. NASA said the repairs apparently solved the problem. Engineers suspect contamination may have hampered the original seals. While Discovery’s impending retirement did not come up at Monday’s flight review, it was on the minds of many. Discovery, after all, is the shuttle fleet leader, first rocketing into orbit in 1984. “It’s going to be hard to see her retire,” said launch director Mike Leinbach. “But we need to do what we need to do for the agency. So we’ll get on with her final flight. We’ll make it the best one ever.”

Pa. man complained to police about bad pot UNIONTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A southwestern Pennsylvania man called 911 to complain about some terrible marijuana he had just purchased, which turned out to be something other than pot. Police say the man told officers he bought the substance earlier that day and that “it was nasty” when he smoked it. Uniontown Detective Donald Gmitter says a field test determined the substance wasn’t pot at all, but police didn’t say what it was. Even though the 21-year-old man didn’t technically buy marijuana, he isn’t off the hook. Sgt. Wayne Brown tells the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review that Wednesday’s incident remains under investigation, and the man could face a charge of possessing a counterfeit controlled substance.

Associated Press

Elisa Baker, center, stepmother of Zahra Clare Baker, appears before District Court Judge Gregory Hayes on an obstruction of justice charge Wednesday, Oct. 13, in Newrton. Baker is flanked by her attorneys, Jared Amos, left, and Scott Reilly, as she listens to Judge Hayes read the charges against her. She is accused of trying to throw off investigators with a fake ransom note.

Police: Missing girl’s stepmother cooperates HICKORY (AP) — The stepmother of a missing 10-year-old girl is cooperating with investigators who are searching in rural North Carolina for the disabled child or evidence in her disappearance, police said Tuesday. Elisa Baker, the stepmother of Zahra Clare Baker, and her lawyer are talking with investigators, said Maj. Clyde Deal, deputy police chief in Hickory, where the child was reported missing Oct. 9. Police believe the girl is dead. She uses hearing aids and has a prosthetic leg because of bone cancer. Authorities in recent weeks have combed wooded areas and a landfill for evidence or her body. Deal said Tuesday that Elisa Baker, 42, was taken earlier this week to a home where she once lived. But he declined to elaborate. “We’re working with her attorney to see what information she has and what she is willing to share. We’re treating her like every other source of information,” he said. A telephone message left for Elisa Baker’s attorney, Scott Reilly, was not immediately returned. The stepmother has been charged with obstruction of justice. Police said she acknowledged to writing a bogus ransom note found at the scene of a fire in the family’s back yard on the day Zahra Clare Baker was reported missing. The girl’s father, Adam Baker,

was arrested Monday on unrelated charges. He and his daughter are from Australia. He and his daughter moved to North Carolina in 2008 after he married Elisa Baker, whom he had met on the Internet. Adam Baker, 33, is facing one count each of assault with a deadly weapon and failure to return rental property, two counts of communicating threats and five counts of writing worthless checks, authorities said. The timing of his arrest raises questions because the charges against him were filed over the past few months. Hickory Police Chief Tom Adkins had said authorities delayed taking action because he was cooperating with police. Deal said investigators haven’t talked to Adam Baker since his arrest. He also said Adam Baker did not have an attorney. Adam Baker was being held in a western North Carolina jail on $7,000 bond. Elisa Baker is at the same jail. Police have not found the girl’s body and haven’t charged anyone with killing her. A statement from Hickory police Tuesday afternoon said investigators seized a mattress found by workers at a Caldwell County landfill when the area was being regraded following a search last week. The statement said the mattress will be tested for DNA evidence.

DA describes role of wife in Marine slaying case CLINTON (AP) — A former Camp LeJeune Marine who was convicted of murdering a pregnant colleague did not get help from his wife in the killing or in eluding capture, a prosecutor said Tuesday, adding that the wife helped authorities track down and arrest her husband. District Attorney Dewey Hudson said Christina Laurean submitted to multiple interrogations and provided DNA samples, and was seen in public at times that cleared her of suspicion in the slaying of Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach in 2007. Christina Laurean also didn’t help her husband, Cesar, when he fled to his native Mexico weeks after clubbing Lauterbach to death with a crowbar and burning her corpse in a backyard firepit. Cesar Laurean was convicted of first-degree murder in August and sentenced to life in prison. Hudson said he decided to issue a statement because the Marine Corps had ordered Christina Laurean not to speak and she would not defend herself against accusations. Her husband’s defense attorney suggested during the trial that Christina Laurean might have been involved in the slaying. She is currently a defendant in a lawsuit filed over Lauterbach’s death. “There is no credible evidence that Christina Laurean was involved with the murder of Maria Lauterbach or assisted her husband in avoidH H H H H H H H H H H H H H H

ing arrest,” Hudson said in a statement. “She cooperated with the law enforcement officers who investigated this brutal murder and assisted in the apprehension of Cesar Laurean.” Authorities had described Christina Laurean as a cooperating witness and never charged her with any crime. But her involvement in the case has never been fully explained. She chose not to testify at her husband’s murder trial. A North Carolina rule prevents prosecutors from using spousal communications, so that information was never shared with jurors. Christina Laurean’s attorney, Jacksonville lawyer Chris Welch, did not return calls to The Associated Press seeking comment. In December, Lauterbach’s family named Cesar and Christina Laurean as defendants in a wrongful death lawsuit. The Laureans and Lauterbach were all Marines based at Camp Lejeune at the time of the killing in 2007. Prosecutors and detectives said during Cesar Laurean’s months in Mexico that his wife stayed in contact by e-mail and a social-networking site at the request of investigators. She refused his pleas for help, and his efforts to stay in contact with his wife and family eventually led law officers to arrest him on a street in the small town of San Juan de la Vina in Tacambaro.

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11,280 OPTIONS. DowROLLOVER Jones industrials

Close: 11,169.46 Change: 5.41 (flat)

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%Chg -18.6 -18.3 -18.1 -15.7 -13.2 -12.8 -11.9 -10.3 -9.8 -9.5

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Judge says Amazon sales data protected

RALEIGH (AP) — Lists that identify the books, music and movies individual customers bought from online retailer Amazon.com Inc. are protected from North Carolina tax collectors, a federal judge has ruled. Amazon said in a lawsuit it filed in April in its hometown of Seattle that disclosing the names, addresses and purchases of its customers as requested by the North Carolina Revenue Department would harm anyone who may have bought controversial books or movies. U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman ruled late Monday that the First Amendment protects a buyer from the government demanding to know the books, music, and audiovisual products they’ve bought. Amazon and the American Civil Liberties Union, which later joined the case, “have established that the First Amendment protects the disclosure of individual’s reading, listening, and viewing habits,” Pechman wrote. At stake are potentially millions of dollars in taxes that North Carolina contends Amazon was responsible for collecting for years before a state law was changed last summer.

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Earnings news helps stocks eke out gains

NEW YORK (AP) — Mixed earnings reports and a stronger dollar helped stocks finish about where they started Tuesday. The Dow Jones industrial average wavered within a 100-point range as traders attempted to parse the direction of the economy amid a drop in home prices, a batch of weak earnings reports and a slight rise in consumer confidence. Stocks started the day with losses after disappointing results from Texas Instruments Inc., U.S Steel Corp., Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. Du Pont, one of the 30 companies that make up the Dow average, fell 1 percent even though it beat estimates. Investors have been having high expectations this season with three out of every four companies besting analyst estimates. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 5.41 points, or 0.1 percent, to 11,169.46. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose 0.02 to 1,185.64, while the technology-focused Nasdaq composite index rose 6.44, or 0.3 percent, to 2,497.29. The 30 stocks in the Dow were split down the middle, with half falling and half rising. Microsoft Corp. rose 2.8 percent to lead the index, while Procter & Gamble fell 1.1 percent as the measure’s laggard. A gain in consumer confidence this month helped stocks pare their losses and then edge higher in afternoon trading. Ford Motor Co. and Coach Inc. were among the few bright spots in the big batch of earnings reports released Tuesday. Shares of Netflix Inc. rose $10.78, or 6.4 percent, to $177.62 amid rumors that the company may be a target of an acquisition by Apple Inc. Traders were moving out of riskier assets as the dollar strengthened. A stronger dollar makes stocks and commodities more expensive because they are priced in dollars. The dollar rose against Japan’s yen and the euro Tuesday. Home prices slid in August, renewing concerns about the health of the housing market. Fifteen of the 20 cities measured in the Standard & Poor’s/ Case-Shiller home price index saw price declines. Bond prices fell slightly. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note, which moves opposite its price, rose to 2.64 percent from 2.56 percent late Monday.

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Carrie Warden, manager of The Sconelady’s Coffee Shop, paints a sign for their fall coffee sale in Lawrence, Kan., Monday. Americans’ confidence in the economy rose only slightly in October from September, according to a monthly survey, as they continue to grapple with job worries. Associated Press

Consumer confidence up slightly NEW YORK (AP) — Americans’ confidence in the economy stayed stuck in gloomy territory in October, with Wall Street’s gains in recent months not boosting spirits much. Coaxing shoppers out of their shells will be the major challenge for retailers heading into the holiday season. That could mean they’ll be continuing to push big discounts. The confidence report, released Tuesday by the Conference Board, comes in the face of a rebounding stock market. But many shoppers, grappling with weak job prospects and a renewed slide in home prices, see their personal financial health tied more to Main Street, not Wall Street. Another report, released Tuesday from a key home pricing index, showed home prices are weakening across the country. “The things that matter most to consumers are either not improving or worsening,” said Mark Vitner at Wells Fargo. “We are definitely going to see a heavily promotional holiday shopping season.” The Conference Board, a private research group, said its Consumer Confidence Index rose to 50.2 from a revised 48.6 in September. Economists surveyed by Thomson Reuters expected 49.2. September’s reading was the index’s lowest point since February. An index of 90 indicates a healthy economy. That hasn’t been approached since the recession began in December 2007. Economists watch confidence closely because consumer

spending accounts for about 70 percent of U.S. economic activity and is critical to a strong rebound. The index, which measures how Americans feel about business conditions, the job market and the next six months, has recovered only fitfully since hitting an all-time low of 25.3 in February 2009. The Dow Jones industrial average fell about 10 points to 11153.91 after rising Monday to its highest close since late April. For the year, the Dow is up 7.1 percent. But while the stock market has been on an upward path, confidence has been moving sideways. In October 2009, the index stood at 48.7. Since then, it has mostly hovered in a tight range between the mid-40s and the high 50s. May 2010 proved to be the only exception at 62.7, but even that is weak. One component of the index, which measures how shoppers feel about the economy right now and is most closely correlated with consumer spending, is actually even lower than it was two years ago heading into the presidential election. The measure increased slightly to 23.9 in October from 23.3. Back in October 2008, it was 43.5. The index’s other component, which assesses consumers’ outlook over the next six months, improved to 67.8 in September from 65.5. But Wells Fargo’s Vitner said he’s not comforted by rising expectations because in this case, it means that things are so bad, the future has to look better. Such lack of confidence

will weigh heavily on the Nov. 2 elections, when voters worried about increasing deficits and the economy will decide whether to keep Democrats in power in Congress. While fears have eased that the economy isn’t heading toward a double-dip recession, companies aren’t making a lot of job offers. In fact, in September, unemployment remained stuck at 9.6 percent, but the Labor Department’s job report also showed a net loss of 95,000 jobs because of rampant layoffs of teachers and other local government workers that offset hiring in the private sector. The Conference Board survey, based on a random survey mailed to 5,000 households from Oct. 1 to Oct. 19, underscored worries about job prospects. Meanwhile, the outlook for housing is weaker. The Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller 20-city home index showed that home prices are falling around the country, even in metro areas that were showing strength earlier in the year. The index fell 0.2 percent in August from July. Fifteen of the cities showed monthly price declines. Prices are expected to drop further in the coming months. Home prices had risen in many markets from April through July. But those increases were mostly fueled by government tax credits, which have expired. Now that the peak buying season is over, foreclosures, job concerns and weak demand from buyers are pushing prices down.

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World

Tsunami, volcano leave scores dead in Indonesia

MOUNT MERAPI, Indonesia (AP) — A volcanic eruption and a tsunami killed scores of people hundreds of miles apart in Indonesia — spasms from the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” which spawns

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disasters from deep within the Earth. Tuesday’s eruption of Mount Merapi killed at least 18 people, forced thousands to flee down its slopes and spewed burning ash and smoke high into the air on the island of Java. Meanwhile, off the coast of Sumatra, about 800 miles (1,300 kilometers) west of the volcano, rescuers battled rough seas to reach Indonesia’s Mentawai islands, where a 10-foot tsunami triggered by an earthquake Monday night swept away hundreds of homes, killing at least 113 villagers, said Mujiharto of the Health Ministry’s crisis center. Up to 500 others are missing.

The twin disasters happened hours apart in one of the most seismically active regions on the planet. Scientists have warned that pressure building beneath Merapi’s lava dome could trigger its most powerful explosion in years. But Gede Swantika, a government volcanologist, expressed hope the 9,737-foot (2,968-meter) mountain, which sent rocks and debris cascading down its southern slope, could be releasing steam slowly. “It’s too early to know for sure,” he said, adding that a big blast could still be coming. “But if it continues like this for a while, we are

looking at a slow, long eruption.” A 2006 eruption at Merapi killed two people, one in 1994 killed 60 people, and a 1930 blast killed 1,300. After refusing to budge from the volcano’s fertile slopes, saying they wanted to tend to their crops and protect their homes, villagers started streaming by the thousands into makeshift emergency shelters late Tuesday. Many carried sleeping mats, bags of clothes and food as they settled in. Officials said earlier that by closely monitoring the volcano 310 miles southeast of the capital of Jakarta, they thought they could

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avoid casualties. But the death toll rose quickly. Police and volunteers were shown on Metro TV pulling at least 14 ash-covered bodies and carrying them to waiting vehicles. Among the dead was a 2-month-old baby, said Mareta, a hospital worker who goes by only one name. The infant’s tiny body was draped in a sheet as his mother cried. Three people at Panti Nugroho hospital died of burns after being hit by a searing cloud of ash, said Agustinus Parjo, a spokesman. Even as they contended with the volcano — one of 129 to watch in the world’s largest archipelago — officials were trying to assess

the impact of Monday night’s 7.7-magnitude earthquake off Sumatra that triggered the killer tsunami. The quake, just 13 miles (20 kilometers) beneath the ocean floor, was followed by at least 14 aftershocks, the largest measuring 6.2, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The fault also caused the 2004 quake and monster Indian Ocean tsunami that killed 230,000 people in a dozen countries. After Monday’s quake and tsunami, many panicked residents fled to high ground and were too afraid to return home. That could account in part for the more than 500 people still missing.

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Some sweet news to use this Halloween

We are now entering the period a friend refers to as “the grazing season.” Snacks, morsels, tidbits, candy and other goodies will be floating around in the newsroom pretty soon. I find it awfully hard to resist them – especially those of the sweet variety – and am probably going to have to put on blinders to avoid it. Food Network is pulling out all of it’s Halloween episodes, and I’ve enjoyed seeing Giada’s creations – and laughing at the absurd costumes Sandra Lee dons. My favorite, thus far, though, has been Kid in a Candy Store – because it showed how my favorite Halloween treat, the Reese’s Pumpkins, are made.

The peanut butter, it seems, is extruded through metal pumpkins. And the peanut butter is ground fresh at the Hershey’s facility where the pumpkins are made in Virginia. From start to finish, it only takes the perfect peanut butter prizes 45 minutes to go from peanut butter to chocolatey covered goodness. Other Halloween candies shown on the show were gummy hearts – full-size replicas of human hearts made right here in North Carolina – and Warheads, which are sour and not on my list of approved candies. A favorite of mine and Nathan’s is candy corn. After checking Wikipedia, I learned candy corn has been around since the 1880s (and Lewis Black would say all of it has literally been around that long, as he has a theory they just resale the same bags over and over each year.) Candy corn is primarily sugar, corn syrup, artificial color and binders. And it’s fat free! Candy pumpkins are made much the same way, just in the shape of pumpkins instead of corn. And as a kid, didn’t you hate to get raisins or apples in your treat bag? I sure did. As an adult, I understand the purpose of giving out fruit ..... wait, no, no I don’t. I’m still a kid in that respect, I guess.

Nathan’s begging to eat it all, chocolate, sour or in between, on Halloween night. “Mommy, I can’t wait to get all of that sweet, sweet candy,” he told me recently. When asked what he hoped he’d get he replied “A lot.” But, as he already knows, too much candy isn’t good for you. And he’ll get to eat a few pieces but the rest will be put out of his reach – and sight – to be given out in moderation. In my research on Halloween candy, I came across a story stating 1-800-Dentist has said eating candy responsibly is the key to keeping your teeth from decaying during the Halloween holiday. So home we’ll go after a night of cavorting for candy to brush our teeth – maybe twice. And guess which mom scheduled a dentist appointment for the next day? Happy Halloween!

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replaced by I-40, Route 66 lives on in signs. “I decided when I turned 66 (May 6) I had a bike capable hen Russ of doing the trip and it was Thomas turned time to fulfill that old fantasy 66 years old in of riding Route 66,” he said. May, he made He picked Route 66 up in the decision to ride Route 66 Joplin, Mo., and headed west. — the highway that wouldn’t “I found the route, well, as die — sitting high in the much of it as I could. Some seat of his candy apple red of it is lost and the signs are Yamaha V-Star 1300. not that good,” he said. He Thomas thought of a slice couldn’t find the route in of cherry pie from Pie Town, Chicago. N.M., was just the stimulation “The thing that surprised he needed to get serious about me most were the people from his trip. He’d read about Pie all over the world coming to Town and nearly tasting the ride,” he said. He met people from Brazil, cherry pie. He took out the Germany, New Zealand and road maps and started planChina – all who had shipped ning. their bikes to the United Leaving his home in Forest States so they could experiCity on Sept. 21, Thomas headed out for the 5,200 mile ence Route 66. Some started in Chicago and would round trip. He returned home either go west or others started in Oct. 10 with an album of pho- Los Angeles and went east. tographs, a heart of gladness “It’s not just a tourist attracfor the people he met along tion for Americans, but for the way and an itching to try the world, but I was surprised it again. the signage was so bad,” he Thomas began the motorcy- said. cle ride traveling to Missouri “The best part was meetand rode as far as Flagstaff, ing the people from all over Arizona. the world,” he continued. He In Scottsdale he spent said he met 100 or more bika night at the home of a ers on Route 66. He didn’t nephew and family; all the meet as many on the way other nights he stayed in back, because he took another hotels. Although Route 66 route. was decommissioned by the Please see Route, Page 2B Federal government in 1985,

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Russ Thomas is back home after spending three weeks on the road, driving his Yamaha along Route 66, and visiting sites such as the Grand Canyon, one of his favorite spots. With an oversized Route 66 sign off Route 66 in Depew, Ok, youngsters Tyler and Chase, greeted Thomas on the side of the road and posed for a picture.

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not much there, except the restaurant and they make home made pies everyday. Continued from Page 1B So I had a slice of very good, very expensive cherry pie,” he said. A slice of pie was $5. He met a couple from He also wanted to see the Brazil, riding west, just largest road runner sculpas he was. Thomas took ture in the country, at Fort Presidential dollar coins to use as tips in restaurants and Stockton, Texas, so he traveled there. He also visited to give people he met along the way. “And for people who Dinosaur State Park in Glen Ross, Texas. “It was great. would be helpful when I got There are real dinosaur foot lost,” he said. prints in a stream bed.” He gave coins to the After seeing the sights on Brazilian couple and bid his list, ‘the rest was adgood-bye. The next day when libbed” toward home. he walked into the visitors His journey home took him center at the Grand Canyon, along the Natchez Trace. “the same couple was five paces ahead of me. I couldn’t “Similar to the Blue Ridge believe it,” he said. They pre- Parkway, it is a major northwest route between the sented him a Brazil lapel Appalachian and Mississippi pin, which he wears proudly beside his Route 66 lapel pin. River. It’s also the route Andrew Jackson took his soldiers south to the Battle of In Roswell, he received his Alien’s Driver’s license at the New Orleans,” he said. He ran out of gas once. “It famous Area 51. “It was not was a nice, hot dry dusty day as much a tourist trap as I thought,” he said. The license in Arizona,” he said. His motorcycle stopped near utilhas a picture of an Alien ity workers about 40 feet Thomas displays proudly. high in a bucket truck. “I holThere he also paid $10 for lered and asked if they had a National Park pass he can a cell phone,” Thomas said. use for the rest of his life. “They did and I was about Thomas stayed in motels, 10 miles from my nephew’s and took only the essentials for the trip – grooming items house and he came with a and a very small digital cam- can of gas.” era. The purchase of the digiBefore nephew Seth tal camera was his first step Thomas arrived with the gas, into the world of technolthe utility workers offered ogy. He does not own a cell Thomas cold water from phone. their cooler. Thomas spent an average of $80 per day for the three Thomas escaped bad week journey. weather. “I had a rain suit Thomas had never ridand never had to wear it,” he den more than 250 miles said. in one day when he set out He was in New Mexico Sept. 21. His first day toward when a rain front came Route 66 was a 340 mile trip. “Nearly killed me, but I through and he delayed his leaving time. “I didn’t want stopped frequently,” he said. to ride on the wet road. “Some of that was on the Another time he heard from expressway,” he said. the Weather Channel in his motel room of imminent Getting across Texas was thunder storms. “So I went unbelievable, Thomas said, and he wondered if he’d real- out and covered my bike. It was a downpour. ly ever get through the Lone “Motorists were very kind,” Star State. he continued. “I was very It was on his way home careful when the big-semis when he visited Pie Town, went by. They create a lot of the reason he got serious turbulence, but I was very about the trip. “There is

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The first six weeks honor roll at Spindale Elementary School has been announced by Angel King, principal. Those students named to the list are: A Honor Roll 3rd grade Tera Crawford, Chad Hannon, Gracie Hill, Jada McKinney, Ben Petrella, Rachel Roberson, Madison Sisk, Emma Wilkie, Zachary Yelton. 4th grade Allie Crotts, Autumn Dobbins, Ethan Henderson, Baylie Higginbotham, Paige McIntyre, Jessica Murray, Jayden Waddell. 5th grade Jimmy Baynard, Faith Boone, Destiny England, Mashaila Hines, Kiley Hughes, Kevin Keever, Christina Murphy, Prem Patel, Evan Revis, Joshua Ruppe, Jacob Smith, Jericho Toney. B Honor Roll 3rd grade Myasia Carson, Cassandra Collier, Dayton Cook, Justin Cook, Emilee Dobbins, Angelica Franklin, Shakayla Goodlett, Adrian Hardy, Noah Harris, Ethan Henderson, Candace Herold, Seth Honeycutt, Shaquayla Huskey, Brett Jackson, Karly Lee, Jared McGee, Briniya McKinney, Hannah Metcalf, Simaya Murray, Sierrra Oehler, Khyati Patel, Mikie Ruppe, Tyler Segers, Hallie Taylor, Ryan Wallace, Trinity Washington, Tyion Watkins, Madison Whisnant, Delonte’ Williams, Jovarius Williams, Maggie Womick. 4th grade Katelyn Alexander, Madison Davis, Joseph Detetta, Abigail Gilbert, Elijah Henderson, Natalie James, Gage Martinez, Patrick McIntyre, Taylor Owens, Aubrey Petty, Lily Taylor, Daquanta Whitesides, Bryston Williams.

5th grade Asia Allen, Kahjii Brown, Essynce Canno, Kelsey Cook, Samantha Detetta, Hannah Dorsey, Marisa Gidney, Michael Hensley Matthew Hopkins, Zachary Hudson, Kaley Jones, Zachary Landrum, Jaylaan Littlejohn, Jarvis Lynch, Jada Melton, Tracy Miller, Cheyenne Moore, Kayla Nanney, Carla Parker, Jayla Pittman, Kendra Ross, Brandon Walker,

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The first six weeks honor roll at Mt. Vernon/Ruth Elementary School has been announced by Keith Ezell, principal. Those students named to the list are: A Honor Roll 3rd grade Fiona Bowers, Payton Diver, Erin Geese, Andrew Watson. 4th grade Jake Fry, Abbey Hamrick, Rachel Lane, Sierra Lewis, Sadie Scripps. 5th grade Jace Crowe, Victoria Dinh, Nataly Dominguez, Jacalyn Poole, Olivia Turner. B Honor Roll 3rd grade Josie Brock, Morgan Brooks, Troy Brooks, Megan Gold, Bailey Hooper, Reagan Jarrett, Caleb Long, Dylan McMahan, Merrill Mason, Brooklyn Militello, Josie Robbins, Patrick Thompson, Hunter Walker, Jayden Wingo. 4th grade Ethan Cooper, Jasmine Dinh, Christopher Hutchins, Matthew Long, Kinsley Mayse, Katie McIntosh Jeremiah Morrow, Elisabeth Norris, Tradd Richardson, Tori Rose, Tyson Samuel, Kila Santi, Peyton Teague, Patrick Ward, Trinity Wilkins, Dennis Yelton. 5th grade Stephen Hargett, Adam Hudson, Samuel Lovelace, Lydia McMahan, Eli Morrison, Jamie Owens, Alexis Parker, Rachel Parker, Blakely Robbins, Colton Shelton, Brandon Smith, Landon Smith, Haley White.

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The first six weeks honor roll at Forest City/ Dunbar Elementary School has been announced by Sally Blanton, principal. Those students named to the list are: A Honor Roll 3rd Grade Chelsea Carpenter, Shawn Curtis, Tina El-Amoor, Alondra Hernandez, Iola Hudson, Brooke Unangst. 4th Grade Cassie Enloe.

B Honor Roll 3rd Grade Amanda Bartlett, Riley Beaumont, Jayda Chapman, Natalie Collins, Julia Earley, Noah Gonzalez, Christopher Greene, Aaron Hampton, Joshua Jordan, Zachariah Kaid, Rodney Lattimore Jr., Deanna Laws, Denzel Littlejohn, Kamya McClain, Naomi McMullens, Kenetra Murray, Chelsea Rippy, Gabin Thompson. 4th Grade Chizo Abara, Alexi Arbaiza, Alex Barron, Lillian Bridges, Jahad Burris, Celeste Castle, Avery Champion, Melina Degree, Madison Feeney, San’toria Harris, Torri Littlejohn, Destiney Logan, Ja’qualyn Logan, Demetrius Mauney, Samuel Moore, Amana Nalley, Kayla Nolan, Rodvie Reynolds, Cameron Simmons, Michael Stanland, Sadarie Suber, Virginia Torres Ojeda, Khalah White. 5th Grade Shanara Anderson, Dakota Coggins, Hannah Elliott, Pierre Flores, Contrell Gist, Dalyn Harris, Emily Haynes, Veronica Herrera, Jamari Hill, Melvin James, Keiara Lattimore, Dwayne Ledbetter, Brooklyn Lewis, Nahum McMullens, Josue’ Molina, Lucas Monteith, Issaac Odell, Elijah Parks, Davion Patterson, Shyon Randolph, Evennie Rosales.

R-S Middle School The first six weeks Principal’s List and Honor Roll at R-S Middle School has been announced by John McSwain, principal. Those students named to the list are: A Honor Roll 6th grade Faith Archer, Alison See Honor, Page 5B

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4B — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Wednesday, October 27, 2010 SHOE by Chris Cassat and Gary Brookins

THE GRIZZWELLS by Bill Schoor

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Dying woman still celebrated holidays Dear Abby: I am a rabbi who was asked by a funeral director to talk with a family dealing with the wife’s terminal illness. When I met Mindy, I was touched by her bravery and sensitivity in confronting her disease. She shared that she and her family were taking charge of the calendar and moving all the holidays forward so they could squeeze in as many celebrations as possible in the coming weeks. Regardless of the actual date on the calendar, they were celebrating secular and religious holidays, birthdays and anniversaries. These events included decorating, serving the appropriate food associated with the observance — even wearing costumes for Halloween. On my last visit, Mindy described something else she had done. She invited relatives who lived far away to be with her and gave them quilts she had created over her lifetime. She remarked that it made sense for her to be able to say her goodbyes rather than miss that opportunity. She described it as a “living wake.” A few weeks later, she was gone. Let loved ones know today how important they are to you. If there is a way of resolving a family disagreement, do it as soon as possible. Life is too short for many of these disagreements. Finally, appreciate and enjoy the time we have with family, relatives and friends. It is truly irreplaceable. —

Dear Abby Abigail van Buren

Rabbi Albert Slomovitz Dear Rabbi Slomovitz: Well said. I confess that your account of Mindy’s final weeks and her passing left me feeling very emotional. It is a profound lesson for us all, as is a poem that is a favorite of my dear mother’s and mine: THE TIME IS NOW — Author Unknown If you are ever going to love me, Love me now, while I can know The sweet and tender feelings Which from true affection flow. Love me now While I am living. Do not wait until I’m gone And then have it chiseled in marble, Sweet words on ice-cold stone. If you have tender thoughts of me, Please tell me now. If you wait until I am sleeping, Never to awaken, There will be death between us And I won’t hear you then. So, if you love me, even a little bit, Let me know it while I am living So I can treasure it.

Vitamin C keeps you looking young Dear Dr. Gott: In a recent column, you suggested vitamin C for collagen synthesis. Would a C supplement be helpful to prevent skin wrinkles, which I understand are associated with collagen breakdown? I take 500 mg a day of vitamin C and have relatively few wrinkles at age 66. Dear Reader: Three years ago, CBS News reported the findings of a study to determine the impact of nutrients from foods rather than supplements for skin aging. It was found that people who ate vitamin C-rich foods had fewer wrinkles than did people who ate substantially fewer foods containing C, proving that we are what we eat. The study was based on results from more than 4,000 women between the ages of 40 and 74 who had extensive dermatologic exams designed to evaluate the wrinkling and aging of their skin. They found that eating a diet low in C appeared to be a risk factor for wrinkling and skin dryness.

Puzzle

Ask Dr. Gott Dr. Peter M. Gott

This was followed by several physicians who remain skeptical. For them, other factors come into play, such as good genes and protecting the skin from the damaging rays of the sun. Using a good face cream to keep skin moist is critical. Furthermore, these physicians feel people should not smoke. Vitamin C products can be expensive. The most common form of supplementation is in pill form, often chewable pills. It is by far less expensive, safer and tastier simply to eat a healthful, balanced diet rich in fruits and vegetables, many of which are packed with vitamin C and other vitamins, minerals and nutrients.

IN THE STARS Your Birthday, Oct. 27;

A creative endeavor you conceive in the next 12 months is likely to do well. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) - When entertaining, if you permit a pal to bring along an additional guest, grin and bear it. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) - Do your best to restrict a sticky family issue to the household. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) - When involved in a group endeavor, try to include people. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) - Conditions in general indicate that material success is coming. PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) - Proceed with ideas as you envision them. ARIES (March 21-April 19) - Don’t try to shift the blame for your personal burdens onto someone else. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) - This should be a pleasant day for you. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) - Stop exerting undue pressure on yourself. CANCER (June 21-July 22) - When conversing with friends, you should know better than to allow heavy issues to be introduced. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) - If you want to spoil what should be a very pleasant day, start attacking the family’s spending habits. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) - The quickest way to lose a friend is to attack the motives of your pal. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) - If you’re on a roll, be careful not to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Don’t question why things went the way they did.

The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Wednesday, October 27, 2010 — 5B

local Honor

Elizabeth Alexander, William Amos, Hali Barnard, Jonathan Continued from Page 3B Barnes, Alexis Baynard, Taylor Beam, Baylee Boone, Clarissa Benton, Kinsley Bowling, Ashley Briscoe, Buchanan, Arianna Anastasia Brownfield, Edwards, Emily Kayla Champion, Fleming, Brianna Alexis Cheek, Kaitlin Moore, Gabriel Neira, Clark, Mikaela Clontz, David Norris III, Matthew Dailey, Kandis Charity Salyers, Bradly Dalton, Abagayle Sanders, Henry Scripps, Dixon, Levy Eerskine, Robert Womick, Emily Fullington FrazerYelton. Somoza, Lauren Gray, 7th grade Cody Arrowood, Caleb Stephen Griffith, Alexander Hendren, Cox, Sarah Daniel, Hannah Hooper, Kayla Savannah Hollifield, Hunt, Nikki James, Alexis Jeffries, Aurora Martin, Katie McEntire, Morgan Jones, Karsyn Kearns, Madison Clint Mooney, Yadira Morales, Haley Newton, Keller, Madyson King, Caleb Lail, Tyshawna Matthew Pendleton, Littlejohn, Josef Lyons, Kaleb Sells, Samantha Tatiana Magee, Imani Shuford, Lucas Smith, McCain, Makayla Alexandra Still, McFarland, McKenzie Christopher Wellmon. Metcalf, Mary Owens, 8th grade Kendall Patterson, Matthew Atchley, Amber Ponder, Chye Adam Burnette, Olivia Raye, Lauren Revis, Caldwell, Hannah Taylor Ruppe, Savannah Collin, James Francis, Scala, Kristin Sellers, Bradley Freels, Davonne Simmons, Kaleigh Gray, Philip Ashlynn Simpson, Haley Guadagno, Haily Jones, Sims, Keira Singleton, Harley Lattimore, Brian Stafford, Leanna Emma Nance, Assem Torvinen, Gentry Patel, Chelsea Pruett, Savannah Self, Kennedy Turner, Natalie Vassey, Kayla Von Briel, Lucas Whiteside, Allyson Wilson, Zackery Wright, Yelton. Alyssa Yelton. B Honor Roll 8th grade 6th grade Devin Adell, Zachary Melissa Alexander, Allen, Joshua Ashe, Emily Bailey, Matthew Autumn Bailey,Codie Bailey, Sarai Barbee, Erin Biggerstaff, Garrett Belinski, Jadaeja Brown, Riley Buchanan, Blanton, Kanaan Brock, Christian Clark, Neal Adam Brown, Cameron Craig III, Adrianna Brown, Allye Butler, Cuthbertson, Charles Preston Byrd, Emily Dobbins, Sarah Dula, Case, Rocio Cervantes, Darcy Dupree Jr., Alina Chavez, Elise Kacci Ferguson, Alesi Crowe, Travis Davis, John Deaver, Samantha Floyd, Alexandra Grishaw, Faith Harris, Ellenburg, Tyler Euten, Christopher Hill, Andrew Fier, Jr.,Kiana Maleek Holmes, Sarah Forney, James Fowler, Huffman, Chrisana Dominic Gardella, Hughes, John Hutchins, David Griffith, Karsyn Kipling James, Jennifer Guffey, Victoria Jimenez, Loyd Jolley, Gutierrez, Bryson Deshawn Jones, Joshua Hamrick, Timothy Jones, Priscilla Jones, Hardin, Ricki Head, Sarah Jones, Kayla Grant Hernandez, Kirkland, Anna Landis, Cara Johnson, Deion Danielle Lane, Lexie Jones, Grace Jones, Lowery, R’Kashia Lynch, Jared Knowles, Taylor Alexis Maher, Matthew Koon, Thomas Kursch, McBrayer,Caleb Juliet Lambert, Markus Owens, Brandy Raye, Landrum, Emily Christopher Rector, Lane, Jacob Lane, Kaylee Schappert, Matthew Lattimore, Alyssa Searson, Micah Laughter, Shivani Sheth, Elijah Kelsey Ledford, Shipman, Andrew Austin Luckadoo, Simmons, Nichole Malorie McCollum, Stoehrer, Paul StPierre, Adam McDowell, Kimberly Sumerel, Autumn McEntire, Haley Thompson, Alexander Militello, Sarah Thompson, Autumn Moore, Skylar Paige Walker, Malarie Moran,Keri Morris, Wall, Haley Wallace, Teirra Murray, Shana Samantha Washburn, Ownbey, Allison Pyatt, Spencer White, Caylin Madison Roach, Sergio Whiteside, Desmond Rodruquez, James Whitesides, Hannah Sanders, Marilyn Sessoms, Tyler Shackley, Wilson, Zachary Wilson. Justin Shehan, Michael Shipp II, Cecil Smith, Natylee Sprouse, Orville Stafford Jr., Brandy Stiltner, Genesis Vance, The first six weeks Brianna Watson, Anna honor roll at East Weast, Jori Whiteside, Rutherford High School Leah Williamson. has been announced by Tony Smith, principal. B Honor Roll Those students named 7th Grade to the list are: Harland Adams,

East Rutherford High School

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Light Brown F Chihuahua approx. 8lbs. wearing orange collar. Lost 10/20: Gettys St., FC 828-447-3984 or 289-3412

F Part Black Lab & Beagle Brown face & feet, black body 5 yrs. old Lost 10/21: Harrison St., Bostic. Reward! 289-4726

M Yorkie Black & brown, red collar Lost 10/11: Doggetts Grove area. 828-228-1455 or 245-0492 after 4:30p

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Male Pit Bull Brindle with white chest. Lost 10/22 from Tanner Rd., Rfdtn Polk Co. line Call 828-863-4441 Solid white female bob-tail cat with small black streak on top of head. Lost 10/24: Union Mills on Hwy 221N 289-1026

A Average 9th Grade India Anderson, Erika Brooks, Joshua Conner, Victoria Craig, Ryan Date, Megan Dobbins, Alexandria Elgin, Ava Gonzalez, Matthew Guffey, Mark Heller Jr, Matthew Humphries, James Hunt, Ashley Johnson, Jade Jolley, Jacob Melton, Valarie Messer, Rachel Murray, Dakota Painter, Reva Parker, Kendra Russell, Samantha Shaffer, Erica Smith, John Stamey, Austin Street, Jasmine Wood. 10th Grade Mary Bennett, Susan Dodson, Kelsey Fletcher, Kalsey Hyder, Meredith Mason, Preston Philbeck, Richard Wesley, Amie Sessoms, Makayla Smith, Anna Swink, William West. 11th Grade Charles Bayley, Jenna Biddix, Tommy Bolt, Micaela Brown, India Campfield, Paul Clinton, Tiquelle Hampton, Cherianne Harvath, Ansley Henson, Rebekah Hunt, Chris Jolly, Jeremy Jones, Adam Lawing, Darrian McEntyre, Mark McFarland, Tori McKinney, Kaziah Miller, Emily O’Shall, Gregory Payne, Danielle Rossman, Stephanee Seres, Matthew Stamey, Benjamin Trull. 12th Grade Heather Brooks, Mercedes Brush, Whitney Callahan, Derek Deaton, Katie Downs, Brittany Edwards, Leigh Freeman, Jordan Hawkins, Kevin Helton, Cinthia Hernandez, Rebecca Hill, Thomas Horne, Heather Jones, Lindsay Koonce, Teighlor Logan, Kylie Murray, Victoria Murray, Jonathan Padgett, Brianna Robertson, Carl Sappenfield, Donald Self, Morgan Sisk, Megan Walker, Adrian Willkins. B Average 9th Grade Tabatha Alley, Erika Altman, Crystal Beaty, Meredith Bennett, Devonte’ Boykins, Deanna Bradley, Rachel Camp, Joshua Carver, Colten Costa, Kayla Ensley, Kylie Fisher, Sthefany Flores, Carolyn Gonzalez, Hannah Goode, Joshua Goodwin, Cari Greene, Justine Greene, Na’llah Griffin, Austin Hall, Megan Hall, Ferrell Hamrick, Kenedi Hamrick, Rebekah Hensley, Grayson Hill, Austin Hollifield, William Hollifield, Kierra Jackson, Melody James, Chase Jenkins, Amber Keeter, Patrik Kiser, Anna Lewis, Ty’Ree Lindsay, Antinque Lockett, Kyle Lynn, Sadarrien McCluney, Kala McCurry, Cameron Moore, Mckenzie

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Drewry, Wesley Gantt, Jason Gettys, Samantha Gosnell, Makayla Harrelson, Ryan Harris, Cortney Henderson, Haley Holland, Stephanie Jarrell, Richard Johnson, Steven Jones, Alex Ledbetter, Phillip Ledford, Makwaria Littlejohn, Anna Lockett, Elisabeth Lovelace, Abigail Lynch, Amber Marlowe, Justin McDaniel, Michelle Molina, Ashley Morrison, Daniel Myers, Benjamin Park, Amanda Peeler, Christina Perez, Taylor Peyton, Trey Quarles, Adilene Ramirez, Brittany Ruppe, Lauren Smith, Macey Strickland, Wesley Thompson, Amanda Toney, D’Yanna Twitty, Cecilia Vasquez, Aaron Vickers, Nigel White, Cecilia Ziranda.

Jessica Spainhour, Nathan Toms, Stesha Turner, Blake Walker, Zaharie Washburn, Demitri Williams. 5th Grade Ashton Armstrong, Kiana Burns, Joerik Castillo, Ashlyn Cox, Kaitlyn Doggett, Montgomeri Gallion, Aaron Hamilton, Ciera Hardin, Noelle Harris, Maddie Hawkins, Matthew Hayes, Brian Hernandez, Nathan Hoyle, Jonathan Jimenez, Courtney Johnson, Grant Lanser, Brianna Lynch, Justin McClain, Daniel Melton, Evan Metcalf, Lauren Millette, Trevor Mode, Mayghan O’Connell, Alivia Pruett, Mark Robinette, Chancellor Saine, Courteney Saine, Amber Suttle, Julia Teears, Andrea Womick.

Forrest Hunt Elementary School

Chase Middle School

The first six weeks honor roll at Forrest Hunt Elementary School has been announced by Brad Richardson, principal. Those students named to the list are: A Honor Roll 3rd Grade Lucas Barker, Alexander Cofer, Nicolas Crosland, Mariah Elliott, Manuel Galvan, Peyton Lee, Kiersten Pope, Ethan Richardson, Tyler Sisk, Carmen Vargas. 4th Grade Carlee Arrowood, Shana Briscoe, Zach Dalton, Garrett Byers, Rhyne Howard, Kristen McBrayer, Betsy Perez, Caitlin Roper, Riley Smith, Morgan Wheeler, Anna Yelton. 5th Grade Ania Alexander, Sarah Bradley, Bethany Coffey, Morgan Earp, Katie Hoyle, Darius Lovett, Melissa LugoMejia, Morgan Rogers, Madison Snyder, Christian Toney. B Honor Roll 3rd Grade Chloe Brittain-Hardin, Destiny Greene, Garrett Hampton, Angel Hernandez, Gavin Hipp, Emma Jackson, Kaylon Jones, Haley Logan, Kendall Lynch, Ashley Porter, Lesly Santiago, Gabriel Short, Marisa Yelton. 4th Grade Jenna Bailey, Brittney Bomer, Trey Bracken, Matthew Bridges, Aniston Buff, Christian Byers, Rylan Champion, Nicolas Conner, Tamia Dobbins, Skyler Donehew, Jesus Enriquez, Lexi Francis, Jacob Gordon, Colin Hipp, Griselda Jimenez, Katelyn Jones, Neftali Juarez, Danielle Newton, Xavier Owens, Diana Rojas-Romero, Naomi Sanney, Nathan Smith, Daisy Soto,

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Commercial Concrete Construction Co. Wayne Brothers, Inc. is seeking experienced Carpenters, Carpenter Helpers, Laborers and a Field Safety Supervisor. Carpenter Helpers with Symons, Peri Formwork experience. EEO/AAP Employer. www.waynebrothers.com 195 Ervin Woods Dr., Kannapolis, NC 28081 miltonc@waynebros.com 704-939-7052

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The first six weeks honor roll at Chase Middle School has been announced by La’Rhonda Whiteside, principal. Those students named to the list are: A Honor Roll 6th grade Jessica Alley, Lauren Arrowood, Erica Arthur, CJ Babb, Charles Beheler, Hunter Dills, Lindsay Ficklin, Clayton Fowler, Cody Green, David Greene, Samantha Henson, Rebekah Hopkins, Christopher Mangas, Austin Mech, Maggie Robbins, Tyler Sargent, Alyssa Silvers, William Yelton 7th grade Virginia Bailey, Tyler Branch, Braxton Bright, Cole Buckner, Summer Byers, Christopher Frontena, Taylor James, Alysa McGinnis, Kaylee Parris, Andrew Price, Noah Radford, Matthew Roach, Cypress Snyder, Keely Thomas, Brendan Thompson, Domineque Valentine, Hunter Walker 8th grade Jordan Baker, Tiffany Barnes, Taylor Biggerstaff, Jacob Blanton, Morgan Bristol, Clarke Burleson, Juan Castrellon Jr., Madison Francis, Taylor Funderburke, Richard Gowan, Casey Haynes, Megan Hoyle, Jose Jimenez, Kyle Johnson, Ryan Johnson, Brianna Kingery, Caleb McGill, Dylan McNeill, Jessica Morrow, Fernando Nieto, Kaitlin Owens, Reese Palmeri, Elizabeth Phillips, Tyra Phillips, Marissa Ray, Makenzie Reynolds, Samuel Scarlett, Courtney Scherer, Jarett Scoggins, Justin Smith, Cody Thompson, Ashley Upton, Shannon Yelton See Honor, Page 8B

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6B — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Wednesday, October 27, 2010 0264

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Free to a good home Male Boxer/Pit Mix Brindle with white markings 5 mo. old 245-8742 after 4pm Miniature Dachshund pups Cute little wieners CKC reg., 7 wks. old, black or tan, male or female $250 FC 828-248-1023

Auction Sales

Near Blue Ridge Parkway 18 +/- Acres, 4,000 +/-sf Log Home under construction. AUCTION, Friday, October 29th, 4pm. www. RogersAuctionGroup.com Spectacular views! Amenities! 800-442-7906, NCAL #685

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Furniture

Roll top desk and computer desk 828-305-0464

Gardner-Webb University is searching for a person to fill the position of

0554 Wanted to Rent/Buy/ Trade Junk Cars Wanted

Paying $200 per vehicle.

Call Jamie Fender

(828) 286-4194

Junk Vehicles Wanted

No title required. Paying $245 & up. Any size vehicles, Cash on the spot PLUS Free Large Pizza included. Picking up vehicles 24 hrs, 7 days/also buying catalytic converters $35 ea. Call 828-202-1715

Scrap Wars

Get it SOLD in the Classifieds! 245-6431

DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR

0563 Misc. Items for Sale 3 bird cages, exc. cond. 1 dome shape, Cockatiel or Love Birds 828-245-3370 Toshiba TV (not thin) $225 obo 828-245-3370 Very large well built dog house, w/shingle roof. 828-245-3370

EAL ESTATE FOR RENT

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Unfurnished Apartments

2BR in Rfdtn, close to downtown and hospital. Nice older apt. Central h/a, range, refrig, w/d hookup $400/mo. 288-0922

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Unfurnished Apartments

2 BEDROOM/1 BATH APARTMENT in Chase Community Appliances furnished! $450/mo. + $450 dep. References required. Call 248-1681 3BR/2BA single level town home, with attached garage, great

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located inside Rutherfordton city limits. No pets! 828-429-4288

Deposit reduced! 433 E. Main, 2BR w/single garage. ALL appl. $475/mo. 447-3233 Large 1BR/1BA apt. Water and trash included, central h/a. $375/mo, $100 dep. 748-9398 Richmond Hill Senior Apts. in Rfdtn 1BR Units w/handicap accessible units avail. Sec 8 assistance avail. 287-2578 Hours: Mon., Tues., & Thurs. 7-3. TDD Relay 1-800-735-2962 Equal Housing Opportunity. Income Based Rent.

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Having qualified as Administrator of the estate of GARRETT LEE PRICE of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said GARRETT LEE PRICE to present them to the undersigned on or before the 6th day of January, 2011 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 6th day of October, 2010.

Having qualified as Executor of the estate of LUCY MAE HAMPTON of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said LUCY MAE HAMPTON to present them to the undersigned on or before the 6th day of January, 2011 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 6th day of October, 2010.

Donna Renay Price, Administrator 140 Gypsy Street Forest City, NC 28043

Robert Earl Hampton, Executor 226 Woodburn Dr. Forest City, NC 28043

Very nice large remodeled 1, 2 & 3 Bedroom Townhome Apts. Starting at $375/mo. Washer/dryer hookup and water included. Carriage House Apts.

1-888-684-5072

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Homes for Rent

2BR/2BA Carport, washer/ dryer fully furn. & equipped log cabin in gated community $650/mo. $650 dep. Call Ed 386-569-6952

3BR cent. a/c, newer windows, 136 Fuller Court by RS Central $425/mo., $300 dep. Call Ed 386-569-6952

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AMENDED NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY UNDER AND BY VIRTUE of the power and authority contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed and delivered by Mitchel D. McNeely and Vanessa A. McNeely, dated August 17, 2007 and recorded on August 17, 2007, in Book No. 972, at Page 547 in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Rutherford County, North Carolina; and because of default in the payment of the indebtedness secured thereby and failure to carry out and perform the stipulations and agreements contained therein and, pursuant to demand of the holder of the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will place for sale, at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at Rutherford County Courthouse, Rutherfordton, North Carolina on November 9, 2010 at 11:00 AM that parcel of land, including improvements thereon, situated, lying and being in the City of Rutherfordton, County of Rutherford, State of North Carolina, and being more particularly described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. Address of property: 166 Carolina Paradise, Rutherfordton, NC 28139 Tax Parcel ID: 1642536 Present Record Owners: Mitchel D. McNeely and Vanessa A. McNeely The terms of the sale are that the real property hereinbefore described will be sold for cash to the highest bidder. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. In the event that the Owner and Holder or its intended assignee is exempt from paying the same, the successful bidder shall be required to pay revenue stamps on the Trustee’s Deed, and any Land Transfer Tax. The real property hereinabove described is being offered for sale “AS IS, WHERE IS” and will be sold subject to all superior liens, unpaid taxes, and special assessments. Other conditions will be announced at the sale. The sale will be held open for ten (10) days for upset bids as by law required. If the Trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the Trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the Trustee, in its sole discretion, if it believes the challenge to have merit, may declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Additional Notice Where the Real Property is Residential With Less Than 15 Rental Units: An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a bona fide lease or tenancy may have additional rights pursuant to Title VII of 5.896 - Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act which became effective on May 20, 2009.

Having qualified as Administrator of the estate of MARY LOUISE TUCKER WILSON of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said MARY LOUISE TUCKER WILSON to present them to the undersigned on or before the 6th day of January, 2011, 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 6th day of October, 2010. Agnes Wilson Splawn, Administrator PO Box 163 Forest City, NC 28043

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Let the heirs please be advised that Adverse Possession will take place against 120 Benton Lane, Rutherfordton, NC 28139, as Per A. Goude. 30 days notice.

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CLASSIFIED ADS GET RESULTS!!! STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF RUTHERFORD IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION BEFORE THE CLERK File No.: 10M____ RUTHERFORD COUNTY, Plaintiff, vs. ALL UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW OF CLEOPHAS JEFFRIES and JOHNNY (JOHNNIE) JEFFRIES as well as UNKNOWN SPOUSES OF HEIRS AT LAW, all assignees, heirs at law, and devisees of CLEOPHAS JEFFRIES and JOHNNY (JOHNNIE) JEFFRIES, UNKNOWN CHILDRENOF LORENE JEFFRIES AND ROBERT N. DAWKINS, ELIZABETH JEFFERS (JEFFRIES), CHRISTINE GOMILLION, GEORGE DAWKINS, STEPHANIE JEFFRIES ARMSTRONG, AARON GOMILLION and any and all persons claiming an interest in the estate(s) of CLEOPHAS JEFFRIES AND JOHNNY JEFFRIES Defendant(s). NOTICE OF DOCKETING TAX FORECLOSURE JUDGMENT Pursuant to the requirements of G.S. 105-375(c), notice is hereby given to: Listed Owner(s): Cleophas Jeffries and Johnny Jeffries Heirs Current Owner(s): Cleophas Jeffries and Johnny Jeffries Heirs Lienholder(s): N/A that a judgment of foreclosure will be docketed against the property described below on 11/29/2010.

Dated: October 7, 2010

Parcel #: 09-15894 also known as .44 acres at Peppertown Road, Forest City, NC 28043 Tax lien as of 09/21/2010: $552.18 (plus advertising cost)

Posted:_______________________ Witness: Assistant/Deputy Clerk of Superior Court

Parcel # 09-15893 also known as .30 acres on Peppertown Road, Forest City, NC 28043 Tax lien as of 09/21/2010: $340.91 (plus advertising cost)

David A. Simpson, P.C., Substitute Trustee By:________________________________ Attorney at Law Rogers Townsend & Thomas, PC Attorneys for David A. Simpson, P.C., Substitute Trustee 2550 West Tyvola Road, Suite 520 Charlotte, NC 28217 (704) 697-5809

Execution will be issued on the judgment, and the property will be sold as provided by law. The tax lien, including interests and costs, may be paid before the judgment is docketed and at any time thereafter as allowed by law. Rheba K. Ward, Chief Deputy Tax Collector PO Box 143 229 North Main Street Rutherfordton, NC 28139 828-287-6218 (Tax Collection Specialist) Date Notice Prepared - 09/21/2010 Publication Dates: 10/20/2010 & 10/27/2010

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Alan Baynard, Charlie Beheler, Adrienne Boggs, Allison Bridges, Kristin Bridges, Riley Bright, Anna Campbell, Suzannah Chinn, Haley Cockerham, Cody Cogdell, Kayla Crow, Alyson Culp, Devin Davis, Cody Dobbins, Corey Dover, Christopher Ellison, Megan Ensley, Joshua Epley, William Ferguson, Terra Fowler, Harlee Freeman, Zachary Garner, Audrey Gettings, Travis Greene, Alexis Guardian, Jamila Hamilton, Kaylan Hampton, Blade Hannon, Trey Hawkins, Hunter Henson, Kelsey Hollifield, Shana Hoyle, Trevor James, Jacob Jenkins, Dylan Johnson, Carrie Jones, Mason Jones, Suzanne Jones, Bethany Kinsey, Mark Lattimore, Erlinda Maldonado, Zackary McGinnis, Leah McKinney, Takirah McKinney, Emily Medina, Moenasia Miller, Austin Moore, Kierston Mullinax, Jessica Pogue, Austin

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District Judge A JUDGE who is TRUSTED: • • • •

Served as Attorney for the Town of Forest City over 19 years Appointed Arbitrator for 29th Judicial District Served as Public Administrator for Rutherford County Former member and past Chairman Rutherford County Board of Elections • Former Member and past Chairman of the Rutherford Hospital Board of Trustees where he has served over 18 years. • District Court Judge 5 years. Paid for by the Committee to Keep Tommy Davis Judge

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