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Forgotten rooms Seminars address the poor

More than 10,000 in county live in poverty States expand efforts to fight ‘funny honey’ Page 3A

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Blanton will soon be destroyed

By LARRY DALE Daily Courier Staff Writer

‘Cutest baby’ continues his devotion to fair Page 9A

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FOREST CITY — When the former Blanton Hotel is demolished, 85 years of history will come crashing down along with the bricks.

But after many years of decline, the old structure is now a wreck inside.

The building is owned by the town of Forest City, and commissioners this month decided that the building is too far gone to save. Last Monday, the board voted to begin the process of seeking bids for its demolition.

Town Planner Danielle Withrow explained recently that the building had been shown to various developers, but no one was willing to commit to fixing it.

A reporter and photographer toured the building at 123-125 Depot St. this week.

The building is in such disrepair now

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that it would have to be gutted, with probably only the walls remaining. Sunlight can be seen when looking up in the thirdfloor hallway where the roof has collapsed above, and pigeon droppings cover many floors and other surfaces. A pigeon carcass lay near a staircase, and live pigeons inhabit some parts of the old hotel.

The floorboards are rotting, and ceiling tiles have fallen in many places. Vandals recently broke out window panes, so broken glass covers some room floors too.

Old, outdated bathroom fixtures still stand in some places. Old television sets, probably used in the hotel rooms at one time, are stacked in hallways.

Warped and rotting wood hangs from the ceiling. The structure has been heavily water damaged in places.

Because the building is a historic strucPlease see Blanton, Page 10A

By JEAN GORDON Daily Courier Staff Writer FOREST CITY — Americans living in poverty increased to a 51-year high in 2009, the U.S. Census Bureau reports, and a record 50.7 million people in America were without health insurance last year.

Statistics show one in every seven people in America are living in poverty.

The loss of health insurance put more people below the poverty line.

The poverty rate in the country was 43.6 million in 2009, an increase from 39.8 million in 2008. The poverty rate is the highest since poverty estimates were published in 1959.

Two adults and two children living in a household with annual earning of $21,756 earnings is in the poverty level.

The national poverty rate of 14.3 percent, up from 13.2 percent in 2008, was the highest since 1994.

Rutherford County’s rate is 16.8 percent, with 10,387 people living in poverty.

Neighboring Cleveland County’s poverty rate is 17.5 percent, Polk County;12.3 percent; and McDowell 14.6 percent.

According to latest data, an estimated 24 percent to 26 percent of Rutherford Countians are uninsured, a reason for the poverty rate increases here.

Matt Webber, communications director at Rutherford Hospital, said one in 10 patients are uninsured.

The Community Clinic, Trade Street, Forests City, provides services for those below the poverty level and the uninsured residents.

“We are seeing more and more patients here, those with no income Please see Poverty, Page 6A

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Right, Town Planner Danielle Withrow and Assistant Police Chief Bob Ward talk on the second floor of the former Blanton Hotel Above, fallen ceiling tiles litter a floor in the second-floor hallway. Below, old television sets are stacked on top of each other in the third-floor hallway of the Blanton.

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Work remains difficult to find Rutherford still has second highest rate in the state

By SCOTT BAUGHMAN Daily Courier Staff Writer FOREST CITY — Rutherford County’s unemployment rate dropped 0.1 percent in August, bringing it to 14.6 percent.

The infinitesimal decrease was not enough to keep the county from having the second highest rate in the Tarheel state, just behind Scotland County’s rate of 15.7 percent.

“It isn’t a surprise to me that we’re ranked second just from talking to other managers around the state and our area,” said Sandra Miller, manager of the Employment Security Commission office on Trade Street in Forest City. “Some other counties seem to be rebounding a lot quicker than we are, but our surrounding counties are still pretty high.”

Currituck County had the state’s lowest rate at 4.1 percent.

“Unemployment rates continued to drop in most of the state’s 100 counties in August,” said ESC Chairman Lynn R. Holmes. “However, while the rates have lowered, current economic conditions continue to be a challenge for many communities across North Carolina as the unemployment rate remains at 10 percent or over in half of the state’s counties.

Our staff across the state continues to provide assistance to those seeking unemployment benefits and those seeking employment opportunities.”

The recent announcement by Please see Work, Page 6A

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Nearly 600-pound N.C. man trims down to help a friend

GASTONIA (AP) — Two pounds shy of 600, Marvin Glenn of Gastonia was tired of looking how he looked and feeling how he felt because of his girth.

His friend, William Anthony Gardin, had already lost a coworker to obesity-related health issues and wanted to help.

They started working out together at the walking track next to York Chester Middle School a couple of months ago and their efforts have not only helped Glenn drop more than 75 pounds, but they’ve inspired some of their fellow First Antioch Interdenominational Church members to join them in getting fit.

“It’s very encouraging for me to seem them come out,” Glenn said. “I look at it as a support group. We really encourage one another. Some of the older people in the church want to come out and begin to walk. Even other people at the track began to join us and work out.”

For Glenn, just making it around the track one time was a struggle initially. But Gardin, a fitness fanatic who wakes up at 5 a.m. daily to work out and runs four to five miles most Sundays before going to church, kept pushing.

Glenn can now walk a mile around without stopping and can run 25 to 50 yards nonstop. Gardin, a 1980 Hunter Huss grad and former U.S. Army veteran who served in Operation Desert Storm, also puts Glenn, members of their church community and whoever else decides to join them at their Saturday morning or Monday night workouts through light weight training and boot camp-style exercises inspired by his military and football background.

In addition to running stairs, Gardin has Glenn running with sandbags, swinging

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‘I had to start easy, but I’m a firm believer that if you want it, you’re going to give it everything you’ve got.’

— William Anthony Gardin, friend to Marvin Glenn dumbbell and doing jumping jacks. By the time they’re done with their workouts, they’re both sopping wet.

“I had to start easy, but I’m a firm believer that if you want it, you’re going to give it everything you’ve got,” said Gardin, who got into fitness and conditioning seriously during his time in the military. “I push him really hard because I want him to get in the habit of working out hard.”

The two met when Glenn started attending First Antioch in Gastonia two years ago.

Gardin asked Glenn back then if he wanted to work out, but at the time Glenn wasn’t motivated. Still, Gardin kept prodding his new friend about getting in better shape.

Said Gardin: “Not even really knowing him, I got concerned. He was a member of our church and because of the Christian love I have for each person, my heart really went out to him.”

Glenn said he put on the excess weight through bad living, bad choices and lots of fast foods. Back in high school, he could run two miles in less than 15 minutes, but before he started working out with Gardin, it had been every bit of seven years before he had even attempted to work out.

Because of the weight gain, he suffers from several health issues, including diabetes, high blood pressure and cholesterol and sleep apnea.

Finally this summer, still reeling from his coworker’s death, Gardin approached Glenn with a serious question do you want to live or do you want to die?

They started working out

together the next week.

“I’m really grateful that he never gave up on me,” Glenn said. “He let me know that whenever I got ready, he was ready to help me get the weight off. I really thank God for the brother. He doesn’t have to do this. He takes care of his body, regardless of whether I work out or not.”

The difference the regular workouts have made so far has been nothing short of amazing, Glenn said. His doctor is excited about his progress and he’s eating better. He walks at least a mile every night. He can play with his kids more and he go shopping with his wife without becoming tired after a few minutes.

“It’s a blessing to be at a point even now where I can move around without having to sit down or be out of breath,” he said.

Right now, Glenn and Gardin have a two year plan — the goal is to get Glenn down to 400 pounds in that span so he can get gastric bypass or another weight reduction surgery. Glenn eventually wants to slim down between 250 and 300 pounds and to get to where he can run a mile around the track.

“That’s going to be nice because I’ll be able to go out and buy clothes again,” he said. “It’s hard for me to find clothes, especially shirts big enough to fit. It’ll be nice to be able to put a suit on again to wear to church.”

He’ll feel better. So will Gardin.

“Marvin is a good Christian brother and a good friend of mine,” Gardin said. “I’m really proud of him.”

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NAACP files complaint over Wake Co. schools

RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina civil rights groups want the federal Department of Education, which spends nearly $78 million a year on Wake County schools, to overturn the school board’s decision to end a diversity program.

With the complaint filed Friday, the coalition opposed to changes in the diversity policy takes a major legal step in its campaign to restore busing aimed at achieving socio-economic balance in North Carolina’s largest school system.

“We’ve prayed, we’ve talked, we’ve walked, we’ve tried nonviolent civil disobedience,” the Rev. William Forest City Daily Courier_Ruth Co People_1.833inx3in Barber, head of the state NAACP, told The Associated Press before a Saturday news conference to announce the

by Scott Jackson complaint. “We have Making the tried every other option.” adjustMent The complaint was In the aftermath of the filed by the NAACP, readjustment in home prices, a Wake County youth sellers must be careful not to group called Heroes hang on to the past. One of the Emerge Among Teens biggest mistakes that sellers and 18-year-old student can make is to insist on too high an asking price for their homes.

Quinton White, who Those selling their homes in the was transferred from the current market must adjust to high school he had been new realities and remember that attending until this year.

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they too, will pay less than they would have two years ago for their next house. This is where the real estate agent can provide perspective, by doing research on comparable homes in the area that have sold recently. Careful examination of these “comps” will help sellers price their homes attractively so that they stand the best chance of selling.

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Barber said the groups supporting the complaint, including the Southern Coalition for Social Justice, the North Carolina Justice Center and others, expect more citizens to endorse the action.

Calls to members of the school board were not immediately returned.

The complaint is based on a provision of the 1964 Civil Rights Act that forbids the use of tax dollars in discriminatory ways.

The complainants seek to prove intentional discrimination on the part of the board, that the new policies backed by the board would disproportionately harm non-Pag whites and that Wake schools’ discipline policies have been enforced in a discriminatory manner.

That third aspect predates last year’s school board elections, which gave a 5-4 majority to board members who favored ending the decade-old socioeconomic diversity program.

According to research done by the NAACP, 94 percent of students expelled by Wake schools in the last five years have been black, although blacks make up roughly a quarter of the total student population of more than 140,000.

“The only thing that can explain that is race,” said Al McSurely, a lawyer representing the NAACP.

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States expand efforts to combat ’funny honey’

RALEIGH (AP) — You might call them the Honey Police — beekeepers and honey producers ready to comb through North Carolina to nab unscrupulous sellers of sweet-but-bogus “funny honey.�

North Carolina is the latest state to create a standard that defines “pure honey� in a bid to curb the sale of products that have that label but are mostly corn syrup or other additives. Officials hope to enforce that standard with help from the 12,000 or so Tar Heel beekeepers. “The beekeepers tend to watch what’s being sold, they watch the roadside stands and the farmer’s markets,� said John Ambrose, an entomologist and bee expert at North Carolina State University who sits on the newly created Honey Standards Board.

Florida was the first state to adopt such standards in 2009. It’s since been followed by California, Wisconsin and North Carolina.

Similar efforts have been proposed in at least 12 other states, including North and South Dakota, the nation’s largest producers of honey, together accounting for roughly one-third of U.S. output.

Beekeepers and honey packers around the country are fuming about products masquerading as real honey, and they hope the state-by-state strategy will secure their ultimate goal: a national rule banning the sale of any product as pure honey if it contains additives.

Americans consume about 350 million pounds of honey per year, but just 150 million pounds are made domestically, creating a booming market for importers and ample temptation to cut pure honey with additives such as corn syrup that are far less expensive to produce.

This month, the U.S. attorney’s office in Chicago announced the indictments of 11 German and Chinese executives and six companies on charges that they avoided nearly $80 million in honey tariffs and sold honey tainted with banned antibiotics.

The scale of the problem nationwide is hard to gauge. It’s largely a concern for the big producers who make most of America’s honey, said Bob Bauer, vice president of the National Honey Packers and Dealers Association. “The honey industry is looking to be proactive and take whatever steps are necessary not only to keep it from becoming a widespread problem, but to get rid of it entirely,� he said.

The most passionate supporters of the laws tend to be beekeepers and other small producers outraged at what they see as the corruption of their craft. “They’re trading on the good name of honey to sell their product,� Kenosha, Wis., beekeeper Tim Fulton said of phony honey peddlers.

Ambrose said the North Carolina board — formed by the state Department of Agriculture

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In this photo taken Thursday, honey bee’s on a comb at the North Carolina Arboretum in Raleigh.

and Consumer Services and the state Beekeepers Association — won’t be a “honey patrol.�

The board will instead respond to complaints about improperly marketed honey, which under state law is now defined as what honeybees produce: no more, no less. Once a complaint has been received, a state-approved lab will test the product.

If it’s not pure honey, the state can order it to be removed from sale and impose fines for subsequent violations. “You can go to roadside stands throughout the western part of the state and they’ll try to sell you Karo syrup and swear it’s sourwood honey,� said Charles Heatherly, a North Carolina beekeeper.

Sourwood — Heatherly calls it “the Cadillac of North Carolina honey� — is mostly found in the state’s mountainous west. It can cost up to $10 a pound, making it an attractive target for adulteration. It was a similar impersonation of local honey that provoked Nancy Gentry, a beekeeper who owns Cross Creek Honey in Interlachen, Fla., to launch a bid to get a honey standard not just in her home state, but around the country. “People were taking raw honey, adding high fruc-

tose corn syrup and marketing it as grade A USDA No. 1 honey, but there is no such thing,� said Dick Gentry, Nancy’s husband and a retired trial lawyer who helped steer the campaign in Florida.

But the real sting in the Florida provision, and in standards adopted in California, Wisconsin and North Carolina, is that it makes it easier to file lawsuits against purveyors of bogus honey.

Agencies have been reluctant to create standards for honey ever since a Michigan jury in 1995 found in favor of a honey processing firm that had been accused of cutting the product with an additive.

The jurors said there weren’t enough regulations governing honey to make the charge stick and that the government failed to identify the additive.

Under the new laws, it isn’t necessary to know out what’s being added to honey. Any additive, from cane sugar to corn syrup, deprives it of the label “pure honey.�

That could prompt retailers or beekeepers to file more lawsuits. “For us, it is through the civil courts, then, that we take back the product,� Nancy Gentry told an industry group in Fresno, Calif., according to a transcript of her speech.

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Our Views Public civility must be restored

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he lack of civility in our public discourse is a problem that must be addressed if our community expects to find solutions to the problems that confront us.

It seems that many public meetings held these days take place in an atmosphere of tension and conflict. People insult, intimidate and scoff at those who disagree with them. The arrogance and disrespect of these behaviors are obvious to any thinking observer. The possibility of positive results coming from these sessions is clearly reduced.

We have reached a point where many people are not willing to take part in public discussions because they do not want to be subjected to this negative atmosphere.

When the public arena becomes dominated by those whose agenda is to promote their own ideas by bullying others and driving those with opposing viewpoints to the sidelines, the people are being poorly served. The bullies take the field and then claim because no one is opposing them, they must be right.

These are not new tactics, but they have become the preferred political tool of choice.

In a free society, we champion people’s rights to hold and to express their opinions without fear, to bring their concerns to the public arena for discussion and to have their ideas and suggestions given fair hearing. We find it sad that this core belief in our democracy is now threatened with extinction as people carry on with behaviors that previous generations of Americans would find abhorrent. Too many of us today have not learned from those previous generations.

State’s voting laws get high marks RALEIGH — It’s a rather tricky balance, encouraging voter participation while preventing voter fraud.

In North Carolina, legislators have sparred over finding that balance for a number of years, with Democrats generally pushing on the access side and Republicans on the voter fraud part of the equation.

With their majorities in the state legislature, Democrats have had their way. Over the last dozen or so years, the legislature has approved no-excuse early voting, one-stop voting and same-day registration.

Republicans, meanwhile, have fussed about requiring voters to produce picture ID at the precinct house, vowing to approve the requirement if they take control of the legislature this fall.

Considering the divide and the results, a recent report from liberal policy groups giving North Carolina high marks on its laws protecting voter rights should come as no surprise.

Election reform group Demos and government reform group Common Cause examined election laws in 10 swing states to see how rules in those states might affect voter access and the fairness of elections.

The report found that North Carolina is “the state with the

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greatest number of laws and practices that are helpful to voters and to fair elections.”

The report focused primarily on issues of voters access and practices that could disenfranchise voters. Its authors praised same-day registration at onestop voting sites and state voter information campaigns. It also touted that the state does not impose voter ID restrictions beyond those required by the federal government.

The report comes as North Carolina prepares for a first ever statewide instant run-off vote for a state Court of Appeals seat, something not addressed by the report.

Activists who worry about another kind of problem — botched election tallies caused by man or machine — say the instant runoff creates the potential for errors by those counting the vote and confusion by those casting votes. State Elections Director Gary Bartlett says he’s confident in procedures being

worked out to avoid problems, which include testing of those procedures prior to the election.

If recent history is any indicator, politicians and voters should worry more about voting machine malfunctions than widespread voter fraud.

In 2004, a malfunctioning voting machine in Carteret County wiped clean 4,438 ballots. Legislators responded with a 2005 law that required voting machines to keep paper backups.

It is true that elections officials have investigated allegations of vote-buying — sometimes confirmed, sometimes not — over the years. Rumors swirl of dead people voting or people voting multiple times.

Finding a recent case in North Carolina where real or imagined voter fraud made a difference in an election is another story. The threat of felony conviction tends to dissuade that kind of activity.

And in a hectic world, early voting and one-stop sites have clearly made getting to the polls easier and improved participation in choosing our elected representatives.

Anyone who believes that’s a bad thing probably ought to move to China.

Mooneyham is executive director of the Capitol Press Association.

The message of Christianity cannot be bound Before Jesus Christ ascended to His Father He commissioned the apostles to make disciples of all the nations of the earth. This was not a request but a command.

Truly faithful believers take this command seriously and the church through the ages has sought to follow this call even to martyrdom.

Not surprisingly, the adversary seeks to stop the spread of the gospel. The tactics are deceptive, consistent and pointed. The name of Jesus is completely hated by many in the world, fulfilling Jesus’ prophecy to His disciples that they would be hated and persecuted for His name’s sake.

As the apostles began their mission in Jerusalem, they were met with harsh words and recalcitrant hearts.

The leaders of Judaism commanded them not to preach in the name of Jesus and many of them would be put to death for following the Lord’s command.

There were few hypocrites in those days as true believers were identified, not by their word alone but by their testimony, which was the shedding of their own blood for the cause of Christ. It is one thing to be punished for something one has done and another to be punished for

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being faithful.

Joseph of Egypt comes to mind in the book of Genesis.

Here was a young man despised by his brothers and sold to a band of Ishmaelites traveling to Egypt. Joseph ends up in Potiphar’s house as a slave and Potiphar’s wife has an adulterous eye for the young Jewish boy.

He spurns her advances and she falsely accuses him of trying to force himself on her and Joseph lands in a prison cell. He was punished for doing the right thing.

He was punished for being faithful to his God, Jehovah.

The apostle Paul identifies himself in one of his Epistles as a prisoner of Christ in Ephesians 3:1.

All of us are prisoners of something or someone. One is either a slave to sin or to God. The apostle Paul shed the legalistic robes of Judaism and took on the garments of praise and glory of the risen Lord. Paul, as others would do, found far greater peace and joy in being

bound to God and His Word than a corrupt religious system. Paul would stand before kings and men of high degree to be faithful to Jesus’ command.

This commitment on the part of a true Christian will cost something. To be a burden bearer for the Lord and the kingdom’s sake will come with some persecution and resistance.

Many of you will no doubt remember the ministry of Paul and Silas as they entered the town of Philippi in Acts 16.

Paul and Silas were preaching the gospel, having been sent and authorized by the leaders of the elders at Jerusalem. Paul and Silas were going to a place of prayer and encountered a young girl who had a spirit of divination, one who tries to predict the future.

At a point in time Paul turned to the girl and rebukes this evil spirit and she is set free. Verse 19 of Acts 16 tells us the owners of the slave girl were very disturbed because their continued hopes of making money through her demonic activity were gone. This has a contemporary application as well. Much of the resistance against Christianity is motivated out of money and power. The purveyors of

drugs, ungodly movies and innumerable vices and the like do not want Christians or anyone else taking money out of their pockets.

When people really become Christ-like, they stop their vices and sins.

Paul and Silas are then seized by the girl’s handlers and dragged into the market place for a kangaroo court.

Then, as now, public pressure eclipses truth so the preachers Paul and Silas are made to be the villains. We fight this same battle today and it will continue.

Finally, Paul and Silas are thrown into jail just like Joseph, for doing the right thing; preaching the gospel as commissioned by the Lord.

And now a lesson is to be learned by all faithful believers. These events have been an inspiration to me for many years. Paul and Silas have been severely beaten and thrown into the inner cell with their feet fastened with stocks. When many of us would be blaming God and anyone else around, these two men did something that should be a life lesson for all of us. Verse 25 says, “At midnight Paul and Silas prayed and sang hymns of praise to God as the other prisoners listened to them.”

Then suddenly, there was a

shaking of the prison to the foundations and the prison doors were opened and all the prisoner’s chains were loosed. The jailer, in fear that he would be executed, was told by Paul to be at rest. All of the prisoners were there. The jailer then asked Paul, “What must I do to be saved?” Paul’s answer is the same that we Christians share today.

“Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you shall be saved; you and your household.”

There is a threat today to silence the witness of the church. But we should not be afraid or dismayed. An ungodly world will not hold captive the messengers of the truth. There are forces in this world that seek to silence the witness of the church but there is no prison on earth that will take captive God’s message from His people.

As hard as they may try, the Word of God is not bound and those who carry that message will always walk in true freedom. The Truth has set us free and a Spirit-filled heart is free indeed.

The Rev. Lankford is pastor of St. Luke’s Church. He can be contacted at 286-8078 or revjlankford@ gmail.com.

The Sunday Courier, Forest City, NC, Sunday, September 26, 2010

The 2006 scandal that ousted one of America’s most prominent preachers forced independent charismatic and evangelical churches to consider how to keep a closer eye on their leaders, an issue raised again this week with lawsuits accusing another megachurch pastor of misconduct.

It’s too early to say whether the sex allegations against Bishop Eddie Long, the famed pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in suburban Atlanta, will spur the kind of soul-searching that followed the downfall of the Rev. Ted Haggard in Colorado.

Regardless, pastors and experts say the Long case demonstrates how vulnerable the country’s independent churches still are to being damaged by the misbehavior — sexual, financial or otherwise — of leaders whose considerable influence often comes with temptation and little accountability.

“The more powerful a Christian leader becomes, the fewer restraints that other people can put on them,” said the Rev. H.B. London Jr., vice president of ministry outreach for Focus on the Family. “Some of these men and women become so powerful that no one can tell them ’no.”’

In one of the biggest shocks ever for independent churches, Haggard resigned from the Colorado Springs megachurch he founded after a Denver man accused him of paying for sex. The fall of Haggard, who drove a pickup truck and made church salaries public information, shook the independent churches who considered him a spotless success story.

“Ted was not viewed as being one of the extravagant people,” said J. Lee Grady, a contributing editor at Charisma Magazine and the author of “The Holy Spirit is Not For Sale.” said. “Ted was viewed as one of the sensible people. That was a huge blow to the movement.”

Haggard said the risk for all pastors lies in how they understand their relationship to God and the members of the congregation.

“Some preachers see themselves as with the people,” he said. “Some see themselves as leading the people. And some preachers see themselves as on the mountaintop with God, above the people.”

Having recently started a new church, Haggard said he’s always tried to be a pastor who is with the people.

There have been subsequent scandals for independent churches since 2006, but none has involved a leader as prominent as Long.

Over the last 20 years, Long became one of the most powerful independent church leaders in the country. He led New Birth as it grew from a suburban Atlanta congregation of 150 to a 25,000-member powerhouse with a $50 million cathedral and a roster of parishioners that includes athletes, entertainers and politicians.

This week, four young men who once belonged to New Birth filed lawsuits, claiming Long pushed them into sex-

Daisy West

Daisy W. West, 92, of Forest City, died Friday, Sept. 24, 2010, at Oakland Living Center.

She was born May 21, 1918, in Rutherford County to the late Elijah Waters ual relationships when they and Frankie Biggerstaff were 17 or 18 years old with Waters. gifts including cars, cash and She worked in textiles travel. Three of the young most of her life and was men live in Georgia, while the oldest living member of the other was a member of a Caroleen United Methodist satellite church in Charlotte, Church.

N.C., run by Long.

In addition to her parents, Long denies the charges she was preceded in death and plans to respond at by her husband of 55 years, Sunday worship services.

Henry West, and by one Even before the allegabrother. tions of sexual misconduct, Survivors include two New Birth was one of six daughters, Merle Crawley ministries targeted in 2007 of Sandy Mush and Barbara

by Sen. Charles Grassley, Wilson of Mooresboro; and R-Iowa, over the handling three grandchildren, six of their finances. Long was great-grandchildren and singled out by Grassley for one great-great-grandchild. questions over whether he, The funeral service will rather than New Birth’s be conducted at 11 a.m. board of directors, holds sole Tuesday at the Harrelson authority over the organizaFuneral Chapel with the tion.

Rev. Phillip Park officiatIt’s a question that applies ing. Interment will folto many Pentecostal and low in Rutherford County independent charismatic Memorial Cemetery. The churches around the counfamily will receive friends try, which often have little from 10 a.m. until service or no affiliation with other churches and which sometimes have leaders who seem bigger than the church itself.

Lavish lifestyles and autocratic leadership can comSheriff’s Reports bine to create a kind of religious celebrity and the tempn The Rutherford County tations that go along with Sheriff’s Department that, according to Christian responded to 156 E-911 journalist J. Lee Grady. calls Friday.

“In some ways, they’re like television personalities,” Rutherfordton Grady said. “When they fall, n The Rutherfordton it’s loud, because everybody Police Department knows them. It’s almost like responded to 37 E-911 calls success destroys people.”

Friday.

After Haggard’s scandal, churches began new programs of training for pastors Spindale and looked to adopt safen The Spindale Police guards against misconduct.

Department responded to London, who counsels pas45 E-911 calls Friday. tors, advises church leaders to always have at least Lake Lure two people holding them n Lake Lure Police accountable — to the point Department responded to of being able to access their computer and phone records. seven E-911 calls Friday.

The abundance of clerical scandals at churches with Forest City more formal, hierarchical n The Forest City Police structures is proof that such Department responded to safeguards can’t completely 88 E-911 calls Friday. eliminate misconduct, with the Roman Catholic Church’s Arrests sex abuse saga a prime example. n Joshua Darren Tipton, “The main check on lead19, of 732 Crow Dairy ership that goes berserk is Road; charged with posreally the congregation,” said session of drug parapherHarvard Divinity School nalia; placed under a $500 professor Harvey Cox, secured bond. (FCPD) an expert on Pentecostal n Georgia Michelle and charismatic churches.

Fullard, 46, of 319 Willow “You’ve got to keep the conRun Road; charged with gregation with you, or they misdemeanor larceny; no can toss you out.”

At the time of Haggard’s fall, he led the National Association of Evangelicals.

The organization, which ELON (AP) — Elon includes Pentecostal and University officials say a charismatic churches freshman from New Jersey along with Presbyterians, Lutherans, and other longer- has died after collapsing while walking to a morning established bodies, is developing a clergy code of ethics class.

University spokesman for its members, according to Dan Anderson told multiple David Neff, editor-in-chief media outlets that Michelle of Christianity Today and a A. Pfleger died Friday. member of the committee Officials think she had an developing the code. existing medical condition, Neff cautions that such but a cause of death was not measures are not foolproof. immediately released.

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In lieu of flowers, memorial donations are suggested to the Caroleen United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 187, Caroleen, NC 28019, or to Hospice of Rutherford County, P.O. Box 336, Forest City, NC 28043.

Harrelson Funeral Home is serving the family.

A live webcast of the service and an online guest registry are available at www.harrelsonfuneralhome.com

Nellie Lewis Nellie Lewis, 94, of 191 N. Ridgecrest St., Rutherfordton, died at Colonial Manor Health Care of Rutherfordton on Friday, Sept. 24, 2010.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Thompson’s Mortuary of Forest City.

Marina Smith Marina Sue Rollins Smith, 74, of 107 Gold Medallion Drive, Bostic, died Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010. Arrangements will be announced at a later date.

Online condolences may be made at www.crowesmortuary.com

William Edgerton Jr. William Lee Edgerton Jr., 84, of 3381 Hudlow Road, Forest City, died Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010.

He was a graduate of N.C. State University and worked as an agricultural teacher for Sunshine and East Rutherford High School.

He is survived by his wife, Grace Edgerton; daughters, Linda Edgerton, Sarah Edgerton, Lee Anna Edgerton and Deb Toney; one sister, Ruth Edgerton Jones; and two grandchildren.

The family will receive friends today from 1 to 3 p.m. at Crowe’s Funeral Home. Services will be held on Monday at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Gladys Logan officiating at Mount Vernon Baptist Church. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Hospice of Rutherford County, P.O. Box 379, Forest City, NC 28043.

Online condolences may be made at www.crowemortuary.com

Police Notes bond listed. (RCSD) n Rhonda Denise Hill, 52, of 294 Brooklyn Road; charged with shoplifting/ concealment of goods; released on a written promise to appear. (RCSD) n William Andrew Autry, 24, of 872 Old Hollis Road; charged with two counts of disorderly conduct and two counts of resisting a public officer; freed on a custody release. (RCSD) J n eremy Mark Deyton, 24, of 661 Rock House Road; charged with break or enter a motor vehicle and misdemeanor larceny; placed under a $10,000 secured bond. (RCSD)

EMS n Rutherford County Emergency Medical Services responded to 25 E-911 calls Friday. n The Volunteer Life Saving and Rescue, Hickory Nut Gorge EMS and Rutherford County Rescue responded to two E-911 call Friday.

Fire Calls n Bills Creek firefighters responded to a brush fire, assisted by Forestry Services personnel. n Cliffside firefighters responded to an industrial

Freshman at Elon dies

Drought leads to restrictions

SOUTHERN PINES, (AP) — The town of Southern Pines has enacted mandatory water restrictions as drought conditions in central North Carolina worsened.

Southern Pines Town Manager Reagan Parsons told The Fayetteville Observer for a story Saturday that the town’s water source has registered low water f low for five consecutive days.

Parsons said the measures will stay in place for 30 days or until the water in

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Drowning Creek rises above low f low for five days.

The restrictions mean restaurants can’t serve drinking water except by request and residents can’t wash their cars or water their lawns more than once every four days.

Violators can be fined $500.

The National Weather Service says the region has had less than an inch of rain in September.

Forecasters are expecting up to two inches of rain this weekend.

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The university said the young woman from Hackettstown, N.J., was an Odyssey Scholar and the recipient of the Mac Mahon Family Scholarship.

The school planned a memorial for Sunday evening at the Moseley Center.

William Lee Edgerton Jr. William Lee Edgerton Jr. age 84 of 3381 Hudlow Road, Forest City, NC passed away on September 25th, 2010. Bill was a graduate of NC State University, and worked as an Agricultural Teacher for Sunshine and East Rutherford High school.

He is survived by wife Grace Edgerton, and daughters Linda Edgerton, Sarah Edgerton and husband Russell Hyde, and Lee Anna Edgerton and Deb Toney. Bill had one sister Ruth Edgerton Jones, and two grandchildren Logan Amaya Edgerton, and Taber Hyde.

The family will receive friends on Sunday, September 26th from 1-3 PM at Crowe’s Funeral Home. Services will be held on Monday September 27th at 2PM with Rev. Gladys Logan officiating at Mount Vernon Baptist Church. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Hospice of Rutherford County, PO Box 379, Forest City, NC 28043. Online condolences maybe made atwww.crowemortuary.com Paid obituary

fire alarm. n Ellenboro firefighters responded to a motor vehicle accident. n Green Hill firefighters responded to a grass fire. n Hudlow firefighters responded to a motor vehicle accident. n Rutherfordton firefighters responded to an industrial fire alarm, to a grass fire and to a smoke report. n SDO firefighters responded to a smoke report. n Spindale firefighters responded to a brush fire. n Shingle Hollow firefighters responded to a brush fire, assisted by Bills Creek and Forestry Service firefighters. n Sandy Mush firefighters responded to a grass fire, assisted by Cliffside and Forestry Service firefighters, and to a brush fire, assisted by SDO and Forestry Service firefighters.

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Ongoing Foothills Harvest Ministry: Sidewalk sale, Sept. 27-Oct. 1; final makrdown on summer shoes, skirts, shirts, shorts and slacks; ; store hours Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday 10 a.m. to 4:40 p.m.; donations of non-perishable food items are being accepted for the food bank.

Yokefellow Service Center: Three-day summer clothing clearance, Sept. 23-25, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; all you can fit in a plastic grocery bag, $2 per bag.

Chase Corner Ministries: Declining bag sale beginning Sept.

20 with $5 per bag; ends Thursday with bring your own bag. Store closed Friday to restock for fall.

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

30.

Washburn Community Outreach Center: Hours Thursday-Saturday, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.; volunteer training Sept. 30 at 7 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 26 Southeastern Rhododendron Society meeting: Joint meeting with the Azalea Society at the Bullington Center in Hendersonville; guest speaker will be John Bodiford, horticulturist at the South Carolina Botanical Garden; for information, call Ray Head, 287-3529.

Concert: 3 p.m., Rutherfordton Presbyterian Church; presented by the Rutherford County heritage Singers; free.

Monday, Sept. 27 Blood drive: 2 to 6:30 p.m., Tanner Company; call 287-4205 for information or to schedule your appointment; all presenting donors will be entered in a drawing for a chance to win a $1,000 gift card.

Democrat Club meeting: 7 p.m., Forest City Headquarters.

Tuesday, Sept. 28 Preschool story time: 10 a.m., Rutherford County Library Main Branch; for ages 2 to 5; free.

Preschool story time: 10 a.m., Spindale Library; every Tuesday; for information, call 286-3879.

Band fundraiser: 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., Domino’s Pizza in Rutherfordton; 10 percent of proceeds during these hours will be given to R-S Central Band for its trip to Washington, D.C. Isothermal Amateur Radio Club meeting: 7 p.m., Rutherford County Health Department conference room; for information, call 223-3929.

Alanon meetings: Lake Lure Alanon Family Group meets every Tuesday at 7:30 p.m., at Lake Lure Mountains Branch Library, 150 Bills Creek Road, Lake Lure; call 625-0456 for additional information.

Wednesday, Sept. 29 Preschool story time: 11 a.m., Rutherford County Library Haynes Branch; for ages 2 to 5; free.

Thursday, Sept. 30 Blood drive: 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Lowe’s; please call 351-1023 for information or to schedule your appointment; all presenting donors will be entered in a drawing for a chance to win a $1,000 gift card.

Preschool story time: 10:30 a.m., Rutherford County Library Mountains Branch; for ages 2 to 5; free.

Little Detroit Museum meeting: Sept. 30, 6:30 p.m., Bennett Classics Auto Museum; anyone with area automotive history, repair, transport, sales or racing, may attend; for information, Gary Barnett, 247-1767 or 248-1510, or e-mail bennettclassics@bellsouth. net.

Little Detroit Museum meeting: 6:30 p.m., Bennett Classics Auto Museum; anyone with area automotive history, repair, transport, sales or racing should attend; for information, call Gary Barnett at 247-1767 or 248-1510 or e-mail bennettclassics@bellsouth.net.

Blood drive: 2 to 7 p.m., Trinity School; call 286-3900 for information or to schedule your appointment; all presenting donors will be entered in a drawing for a chance to win a $1,000 gift card.

Blood drive: 3 to 7:30 p.m., Crestview Baptist Church; call 2869758 for information or to schedule your appointment; all presenting donors will be entered in a drawing for a chance to win a $1,000 gift card.

and no insurance,” clinic executive director Sandra McGriff said.

The Community Clinic will relocate to a larger building at the end of the year because of an increasing number of clients. Some of the grant funding programs at the clinic are ending, and there is always a need for donations, she said.

Food stamp benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program helped keep 2.3 million more people out of poverty, the Census Bureau also reported.

About 11,320 people in Rutherford County applied for food assistance in July 2009; the number increased to 13,205 in July 2010, a 17 percent increase, Department of Social Services director John Carroll said at a recent DSS meeting. The allotment, Carroll said, also increased. The total monthly allotment for July 2009 was $1.3 million; it increased to $1.6 million in July 2010.

With Rutherford County’s unemployment the second highest in the state and the latest news of 200 jobs to be lost at Watts Regulator within a year, the jobless rates, number of people uninsured and those falling into the poverty level, will only increase.

To help communities better understand the issues of poverty, two public workshops are scheduled Oct. 10 and Oct. 11 to talk about poverty and how it affects individuals and communities.

Sponsored by Communities In Schools, Rutherford County, and the Calvary Baptist Church in Rutherfordton, the workshops are open to the public.

Charlotte Epley, executive director of Communities in Schools, says it is important for people to attend one of the seminars. “A lot of time we look at things with our own filters without looking at someone else. This will help us take our blinders off and it is a great opportunity to understand the situations.

“Even in the dire situations we are in, most of us have a middle-class mindset,” Epley continued. “This will really help us see some of the differences, the approaches and how difficult it is to make a change,” Epley said.

“This workshop will make you say, ‘Wow’, I had no idea.”

Larry Gregg, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, says understanding

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Watts Regulator that they would cease manufacturing in their Spindale facility by the end of the year hasn’t affected the mathematical unemployment rate yet, but Miller said she expects it to in January or February.

the framework of poverty often difficult to understand.

“I confess that often I feel the need to better understand the social and cultural dynamics of the economic issues we face in the community in order to avoid the easy stereotypes and fallacious assumptions that are often made about the poor,” Gregg said.

“My involvement with both Yokefellow and Youth Empowerment have heightened my sense of need for a better understanding of these issues.

“I know all of us are deeply concerned about the economic circumstances of both our country and our county. Daily we live and work at the intersection of the material, social, economic, psychological, and spiritual needs of people of the county. “ Susan Pennock, Communities in Schools of North Carolina, is leading the workshop and will address issues of poverty and her vision of the role of various constituencies to address the issue in productive ways.

The session is designed for mentors, community leaders, educators, community of faith members, site leaders, site coordinators and others working with people who live in poverty.

Pennock will share her extensive knowledge of how living in poverty affects a person’s life, mindset and behavior in many ways.

She will discuss distinctions

between generational poverty and situational poverty, and how different sections of a community can address poverty-related issues.

She will talk about how poverty impacts learning, work habits and decision-making.

Pennock will share with the audience how the reality of being poor brings out a survival mentality and turns attention away from opportunities taken for granted by others.

The seminar provides practical, real-world support and guidance for overcoming barriers and helping others succeed.

“If you work with or support people in poverty, understanding how different their world is from yours will be valuable, how different their world is and how the reality of being poor brings out a survival mentality and turns attention away from opportunities taken for granted by others,” said The seminar will provide practical, real world support and guidance for overcoming barriers and helping others succeed, Gregg said.

Sessions are Oct. 10 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Calvary Baptist Church on Chimney Rock Road in Rutherfordton, and also on Oct. 11 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the library auditorium at Isothermal Community College.

“The announcement by Watts will have an impact, but hopefully by then we may have some of the people that are out of work now will be back to work,” Miller said. “We have had some phone calls from employees that will be affected, about job training and other topics. We have a tentative date for going out and meeting with the plant officials next month to meet with the affected employees.”

The rate’s decrease was almost

unnoticed by the ESC office staff.

“It’s been steady for us and we haven’t noticed many changes,” Miller said.

“We have picked up a few more job openings, but as far as unemployment insurance claims it is the same. We have about 54 job openings in the system right now.”

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Lohan freed from LA jail after posting bail LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lindsay Lohan was freed from a suburban Los Angeles jail late Friday night, well short of the nearly monthlong stay a judge had intended for the actress following a failed drug test.

Lohan was released at about 11:40 p.m. after posting $300,000 bail, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department spokesman Steve Whitmore said early Saturday.

Celebrity website TMZ.com reported her release just before midnight.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Elden Fox had ordered Lohan held without bail during a brief hearing Friday morning, But his ruling

later was overturned after the “Mean Girls” star’s attorney, Shawn Chapman Holley, filed a late-afternoon appeal seeking bail.

Judge Patricia Schnegg, who is an assistant supervising judge of LA’s criminal courts, issued a ruling shortly before 6 p.m., saying that since the starlet had been convicted of misdemeanors, she was entitled to bail.

The actress is not entirely free. She will be required to wear an ankle alcohol monitor and stay away from establishments that primarily sell alcohol.

She is also due back in court on Oct. 22, when the judge who curtly sent her to jail will decide what her punishment

will be for failing a drug test roughly two weeks after he released her early from rehab.

At that hearing, Fox will formally determine whether Lohan, 24, violated her probation by failing a court-mandated drug test. The positive result came after the judge released Lohan early from inpatient rehab at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.

Fox did not say why he had ordered no bail for the actress Friday morning, or state what drug appeared in her system during the recent test.

Friday marked the third time Lohan has been sent to jail in a three-year-old drug and drunken driving case.

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Crotts named a partner at King Law firm

FOREST CITY — King Law Offices recently announced John Crotts as a partner in the firm.

Crotts has worked as senior associate attorney with King Law Offices for five years, where he has maintained a litigation and estate planning practice. Crotts represents clients in Crotts the areas of business law, civil litigation, family law, wills and estates and elder law.

Additionally, as contract attorney for several government bodies throughout Rutherford County, Crotts devotes a substantial portion of his practice to municipal law.

Crotts received his associate degree in criminal justice from Isothermal Community College and completed his bachelor’s degree at Lees McCrae College, where he majored in criminal justice and minored in sociology. He graduated cum laude from the Appalachian School of Law in Grundy, Va., where he received his juris doctorate degree.

Crotts is licensed to practice law in North and South Carolina and is a member of the North Carolina State BAr, South Carolina State Bar, NC Bar Association and the Christian Legal Society.

He currently serves as the president of the 29-A Judicial District Crime Prevention Council and Consumer Credit Counseling.

In addition, he enjoys educating the community through frequent workshops and seminars.

Cary-based SciQuest shares soar after IPO

NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of SciQuest Inc. soared on the business software maker’s first day of trading after its initial public offering.

Shares of SciQuest Inc., a fastgrowing company that makes software for businesses to order supplies, jumped $2.77, or 29 percent, to $12.27 Friday.

The Cary, N.C., company was founded in 1995 and had already gone public once, in 1999. It was taken private in 2004 by two venture capital firms.

It has grown steadily since.

Last year, its revenue topped $36 million and turned a profit after four years of losses.

SciQuest said it plans to use the proceeds from the IPO to buy back preferred shares, and for general purposes. Its IPO priced at $9.50, the low end of its expected range.

Durham LED maker Cree adds 240 jobs

DURHAM (AP) — Durhambased Cree Inc. plans to hire 240 new workers in the second big expansion for the company since last October.

The office of Democratic U.S. Rep. Brad Miller says the announcement is being made in Durham on Monday. The new jobs will be part of a $130 million investment the company is making.

Company executive Greg Merritt says the new jobs are in addition to a plan announced last year to hire 575 new workers by the end of 2012.

Cree makes energy-efficient LED lighting. Their products have been used everywhere from the Olympic Games in Beijing to the cafeteria in a congressional office building.

Stimulus helps save jobs at a N.C. plant An AP member exchange

By JOHNNY WHITFIELD The News & Observer of Raleigh

Associated Press

In this photo taken Thursday, a security guard stands guard outside a luxury shopping center in downtown Beijing, China. China, now the world’s second largest economy, spent tens of billions of dollars on a dazzling Beijing Olympics in 2008 and has sent astronauts into space. Yet it also remains a major recipient of foreign aid, a fact that a growing number of taxpayers and lawmakers in donor countries are questioning.

China’s growth has many asking question BEIJING (AP) —China spent tens of billions of dollars on a dazzling 2008 Olympics. It has sent astronauts into space. It recently became the world’s second largest economy. Yet it gets more than $2.5 billion a year in foreign government aid — and taxpayers and lawmakers in donor countries are increasingly asking why.

With the global economic slowdown crimping government budgets, many countries are finding such generosity politically and economically untenable.

China says it’s still a developing country in need of aid, while some critics argue that the money should go to poorer countries in Africa and elsewhere.

Germany and Britain have moved in recent months to reduce or phase out aid. Japan, long China’s biggest donor, halted new low-interest loans in 2008.

“People in the U.K. or people in the West see the kind of flawless expenditure on the Olympics and the (Shanghai) Expo and it’s really difficult to get them to think the U.K. should still be giving aid to China,” said Adrian Davis, head of the British government aid agency in Beijing, which plans to wrap up its projects in China

by March.

“I don’t think you will have conventional aid to China from anybody,

really, after about the next three to five years,” he said.

Aid to China from individual donor countries averaged $2.6 billion a year in 2007-2008, according to the latest figures available from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

Ethiopia, where average incomes are 10 times smaller, got $1.6 billion, although measured against a population of 1.3 billion, China’s share of foreign aid is still smaller than most. Iraq got $9.462 billion and Afghanistan $3.475 billion.

The aid to China is a marker of how much has changed since 1979, when the communist country was breaking out in earnest from 30 years of isolation from the West. In that year, foreign aid was a paltry $4.31 million, according to the OECD. Today’s aid adds up to $1.2 billion a year from Japan, followed by Germany at about half that amount, then France and Britain.

The U.S. gave $65 million in 2008, mainly for targeted programs promoting safe nuclear energy, health, human rights and disaster relief. The reason Please see Aid, Page 8A

WENDELL — More than 600 people in Nash, Johnston and eastern Wake counties still have jobs because of provisions in a federal stimulus package that loosened underwriting rules for loans to companies in rural areas.

Mortex, headquartered in Wendell, makes sportswear from raw materials and sells them under brand names such as Eagle to companies that print logos on them and sell them to colleges and universities across the country.

The company employs 601 people at facilities in Wendell, Middlesex, Spring Hope and Princeton. Most of those jobs 385 of them - are in Wendell.

Mortex owner Ed Morrell met with U.S. Rep. Brad Miller last week to explain how the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development office helped work out the details for a loan that kept his company afloat.

Morrell said his bank informed him in April 2009 that it would no longer extend a $3 million line of credit the company used for its daily operations.

That notice gave Morrell about three months to secure another source of funding, but there weren’t many takers.

Morrell met with several other lending institutions before calling on Capital Bank. Officials there were interested in working with Mortex, but said they couldn’t go it alone.

Capital’s Todd Warwick suggested the company and the bank work on an application to the USDA. Under the terms of the deal, Capital Bank loaned Mortex $2.6 million on a 15-year note. The bank loaned the company an additional $500,000 on a 10-year note. The bank also extended a $750,000 line of credit, which Morrell says he does not plan to use. The loans are collateralized by the buildings and Morrell’s personal savings.

Mortex didn’t borrow any money from the government, a point Morrell made in a meeting with employees. The deal calls for the USDA to guarantee 80 percent of the loans.

That means if Mortex defaults, the USDA would pay Capital Bank 80 percent of the loan balance.

And because the loans are fully collateralized, Capital Bank’s exposure is limited.

Please see Jobs, Page 8A

Obama’s economic team changing WASHINGTON (AP) — The departure of President Barack Obama’s top economic adviser at the end of the year could provide the White House with an opportunity to revamp its economic team after the November elections, when voters are expected to take out their anxieties on Democrats.

The White House said Tuesday that Lawrence Summers, director of the National Economic Council, would leave at the end of the year to return to Harvard University. Though administration officials said Obama had known for some time that Summers would depart this year, news of his pending exit comes amid deep concern over the sluggish pace of the recovery, as well as criticism of the team that conceived the administration’s economic policies.

Summers was the chief architect of many of those policies, playing a cenAssociated Press tral role in the massive economic stimulus and the government bailout of the In this 2009 file photo, Lawrence Summers, White House chief economic adviser, auto industry. He also was an advocate speaks at the Buttonwood Gathering in New York. Summers, plans to leave the White House at the end of the year, a move that comes as the administration strugPlease see Obama, Page 8A gles to show an anxious public it’s making progress on the economy.

8A — The Sunday Courier, Forest City, NC, Sunday, September 26, 2010

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Washington gives so little is because it still maintains the sanctions imposed following the 1989 military crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators at Tiananmen Square, said Drew Thompson, a China expert at the Nixon Center in Washington, D.C. China is also one of the biggest borrowers from the World Bank, taking out about $1.5 billion a year.

Asked why China still needed foreign aid after making so much economic progress, the Commerce Ministry ed back that China remains a developing country with 200 million poor and big environmental and energy challenges.

The current debate spotlights the challenges of addressing poverty in middle-income countries such as China, India and Brazil, where economic growth is strong but wealth is unequally spread. After the U.S., China has the world’s most billionaires, yet incomes averaged just $3,600 last year.

Roughly three-quarters of the world’s 1.3 billion poor people now live in middle-income countries, according to Andy Sumner, a fellow at the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex in the U.K. That’s a major shift since 1990, when 93 percent of the poor lived in low-income countries, Sumner said. It raises the question of who should help the poor in such places: their own governments or foreign donors?

Experts say it’s hard to justify giving aid to China when it spent an estimated $100 billion last year equipping and training the world’s largest army and also holds $2.5 trillion in foreign reserves.

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Yet when, for instance, it is called on to agree to binding reductions in carbon emissions, it replies that it can’t because it’s still a developing country.

At this week’s U.N. global summit on fighting poverty, Premier Wen Jiabao pledged to expand Chinese foreign aid and announced an additional $200 million in aid to flood-hit Pakistan.

But he also stressed that China still had to help its own tens of millions of poor. And when Europe’s top diplomat, Catherine Ashton, visited China this month, her hosts made sure to take her to a poor village in the remote southern province of Guizhou.

Development aid is not always solely based on need either. Aid groups say China is an ideal place to try out projects, because

the authoritarian government can expand successful ones rapidly on a large scale.

But China is effectively robbing the poor by competing for grants, said Dr. Jack C. Chow, who was the lead U.S. negotiator in talks that set up the Geneva-based Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, a major funder of health programs.

The $1 billion China has been awarded in grants from the fund could have paid for 67 million anti-malarial bed nets, 4.5 million tuberculosis treatments, or nearly 2 million courses of AIDS therapy in poorer countries, Chow said.

“I think the milestone that China is now the second largest economy, arguably, I would say that it’s no longer a developing country with the likes of subSaharan Africa,” Chow said in an interview. “Having money from the Global Fund going to China really detracts and depletes that mission of helping people in the poorest of countries.”

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That puts the pressure on Morrell and his family, which owns the privately held company. “(Morrell’s wife) Kissie and I are on the hook,” Ed Morrell told employees. “If we fail, we lose everything we have.”

At one point last year, Morrell was concerned that would happen. He said he had met with a bankruptcy attorney as he struggled to find a bank to work with him.

The loans provide cash for the company, which has a $242,000 payroll, to manage its daily operations. Without that liquidity, Mortex wouldn’t be able to make payroll, manage its inventory or take care of other routine obligations.

Mortex is an anomaly in the U.S. textile industry. While most companies have closed or moved overseas, the Morrells have committed to a domestic operation.

The domestic operation means goods cost more than other manufacturers charge, but Ed Morrell points out that his company can provide a quicker turnaround time for customers than his competitors can.

That kind of service generates the customer loyalty Mortex depends on.

The Mortex deal has become a poster child for the USDA, which touts the arrangement as an example of how the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has not only created jobs, but saved others.

Miller made that point to Mortex employees during his visit.

“If you hear of people who say the stimulus package never saved a job, you can look at them and tell them it saved yours,” Miller said.

There was speculation that Obama might turn to a corporate executive to replace Summers as a way to deflect criticism that his administration is antibusiness. Also, the White House is acutely aware that there are no women in top economic posts following Romer’s departure; nor do the current advisers have significant private-sector experience.

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Global Fund spokesman Jon Liden said China has not taken any money away from other countries so far, because the organization has had sufficient funds to approve all applications “of quality” that it has received.

But China could help by contributing more to the fund, he said.

The World Bank defends its Continued from Page 7A assistance to China, saying it enables the bank to work with for the financial regulatory legislation Obama Beijing on climate change and projects in sub-Saharan Africa. signed into law earlier this year.

But with those issues behind him and the end of his two-year leave from Harvard looming, a senior “Sometimes there’s a simplisadministration official said Summers felt it was tic view that there should just the right time to go. be the developed countries and Summers, who served as treasury secretary durthe very poorest countries,” ing the Clinton administration, hadn’t planned the bank’s president, Robert Zoellick, said recently in Beijing. to return to government, the official said, but felt compelled to do so by the president and the eco“But that would run exactly nomic conditions facing the country. against ... the changes in the He only wanted to stay for a year, but Obama world economy, where the role asked him to stay through 2010 to oversee finanof the emerging economies are cial regulation and the implementation of the to support demand, to take on stimulus. responsibilities as stakeholders Obama has already lost two other high-level with the environment, to help economic advisers: budget director Peter Orszag support other poor countries.” and the chief of the Council of Economic Advisers, Christina Romer, both of whom resigned this summer. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner would be the only one of Obama’s top-tier economic advisers to remain.

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China provided around $1.4 billion in aid to Africa last year, according to Professor Deborah Brautigam, an expert on ChinaAfrica relations at the American University in Washington, D.C. Japan has cut its aid down to grants and technical help for environmental and medical projects. Germany’s current projects are due to be completed by 2014.

China is cautious about its new status. It is proud of having lifted half a billion people out of poverty and is beginning to flex the muscle that comes with being an economic power.

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Japan’s generosity has historically been driven at least in part by a desire to make amends for its invasion of China in the 1930s.

But in recent years Japanese lawmakers and officials have repeatedly questioned whether the money flow should continue, pointing to China’s emergence as a donor to African countries.

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‘Cutest baby’ continues devotion to fair

By LARRY DALE Daily Courier Staff Writer

ELLENBORO — Since he was voted cutest baby at the fair in the fall of 1953, it is not surprising that Tommy Tisdale is devoted to the annual event.

The latest edition of the Colfax Free Fair/ Ellenboro School Carnival wrapped up Saturday night, and Tisdale hasn’t missed a single one in his lifetime.

He doesn’t remember his first few fairs, of course, but he said Friday, “To my knowledge, I haven’t missed a year in 57 years, at least coming by.”

Tisdale, born in March of 1953, explained that his mother told him he was selected as the cutest baby at the fair that year, when he was about 6 months old.

Then he added with a laugh, “Mike Rhyne (a friend and fellow Ellenboro resident) told me that whenever he heard I was the prettiest baby, there must have been a lot of ugly babies born that year.”

Later, Tisdale’s son also was voted cutest baby at the fair. The cutest baby contest is no longer a part of the festivities, but the fair remains a very popular event in Rutherford County.

For Ellenboro students, even the days leading up to the fair were once special.

“The things I remember,” Tisdale said, “is when we were in school here in Ellenboro, if you were in a classroom that was facing the fairgrounds, you would see them as they came in and started building the fair, and putting up the tents and that sort of thing.

“That would get us excited and, of course, we would go trim our pencils an awful lot. So I think pencil sales

went up pretty dramatically during fair time.”

Then, when opening day finally arrived, it was time to start building memories that last a lifetime.

“The big thing was,” Tisdale recalled, “you would meet your friends here. And you would go ride the rides.

“You would have so much money to spend, so we would ride the ones we wanted to ride first and then, as our money ran out, we would go to the cheaper rides. Back then you could ride for a nickel or a dime.

“And one of the other things I remember is there were a couple of guys that were local folks, that actually helped with the fair, running the rides, and occasionally they would give you your ticket back, so that you really got to ride for free.

“Especially when they knew you were getting low on money. R.P. Freeman was one of them that would do that for some of the kids.”

Some things about the fair have changed over the years, Tisdale noted.

“There are more rides now than there were then,” he said.

“The exhibits were bigger in the exhibit hall. There was more agriculture then, so there were a lot more displays. When I was growing up, though, we didn’t care too much for the displays. We were here for the rides and the fellowship.

“The rides are a little bigger now.

They used to have a really, really nice carousel, with old ceramic horses and that sort of thing. It was really pretty.

“But other than that, it is pretty much the same.”

Likewise, he said, the food array has become more diverse.

“There are more food choices now.

Of course we always had the ham-

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Tommy Tisdale, a sales representative for PhilChem, manned the Boy Scout booth at the fair for part of the week. Tisdale was a Scout himself from age 11 until he aged out at 18. Then he helped with the Explorer Scouts at Spindale Mills when he worked there. He has been the scoutmaster of Troop 126, in Ellenboro, since 1991. Tisdale is shown here with grandson Coleman Thomas Tisdale.

burgers and the hot dogs that the school sold, in the same building that they are in now. And that was always good.

The addition of the corn on the cob and the barbecue and some of the other vendors is more than what I remember at the fair.”

But all of those are relatively superficial changes compared to the real reason people go to local fairs.

“One of the reasons we keep coming back is to see old friends,” Tisdale said. “It’s kind of like a reunion.

“I also have memories of what my parents and other people would say about the fair.

“I remember my mom saying her dad would plant a plot of cotton and then they would go pick the cotton and use that as their fair money.

“It’s just friends more than anything else.

“The memories are friendship and fellowship and seeing people that you haven’t seen since last year.”

Contact Dale via e-mail at ldale@thedigitalcourier.com

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local/CAROLINAS Blanton Continued from Page 1A

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A one-time functional second-floor hallway at the Blanton Hotel is now, with the building having been vacant for some 30 years, only a shell of its former self.

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Forest City’s information on the building came from Sanborn maps and oral history.

The three-story brick building began its life during the booming 1920s.

It was constructed in 1925 by George Jones, from Boston, for offices. But by 1928 James Blanton had purchased the site as a hotel.

The Blanton Hotel mostly accommodated traveling salesmen, on the second floor, and the Blanton family lived on the third floor. Some rental rooms had private bathroom facilities.

No rooms had closets, and the building originally had no heat. Later, radiators heated the rooms.

The building is described as having a parapet roof and a heavy metal cornice on the facade.

The first floor has three bays composed of storefronts on either side of a central door to the upstairs. The second and third floors have seven bays.

Windows are two-over-two with flat brick lintels. A substantial concrete block addition to the rear faces Mill Street.

The structural system is solid masonry with concrete slab floors.

But now, with the building having been vacant for some 30 years, the once functional, practical building is only a shell of its former self.

When bids are opened on Oct. 5, demolition of the building will be one step closer.

Taking down the building, however, may only uncover other problems at the site.

Contamination at the adjoining Florence Mill location has delayed redevelopment of the area for years.

The contaminated soil at the mill project was found under and around the location of former dry cleaning establishments on Depot Street, next to the hotel building. Extensive and costly cleanup was required there.

Finding out whether those dry cleaning chemicals leeched into the soil under the old hotel will be the next step in the process of redeveloping the site.

Contact Dale via e-mail at ldale@thedigitalcourier.com

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Karney was injured after the bullet struck a wall and was treated and released from a hospital.

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Off The Wall

To The Victor Go The Spoils

Scott Bowers

The rain may be falling up You know it is awful nice to sit in the stands, or in the press box, and coach a perfect game.

To see the field so clearly, to know exactly what should be called and how it should be executed before each and every play.

Every school; no, every team in the nation has a group of folks who know more football than the men who get paid to coach.

Now, you’d think with so much football genius sitting in the stands and in the press box that coaches would be smart enough to just turn the game over to the experts in the stands, and in the press boxes.

But, their not.

No, they insist on calling games and plays; inserting players and wasting time outs week in and week out.

All they need to do is simply turn around and ask the fans in the stands, or the geniuses in the press box what to do next.

It’s really that simple.

But, gosh darn it, they just keep insisting that they have something called, ‘experience.’

I was intending to sing the praises of East Coach Clint Bland for a job well done in Friday night’s 24-12 win over R-S Central.

Instead, I’m going to sing the praises of the coach that lost — Mike Cheek.

Now, some folks seem to have forgotten what a terrible, dirty little joke Hilltopper football was before Cheek arrived.

According to these revisionists, Central was a football mecca. A place where other teams came to die.

Maybe die laughing.

In one 14 year stretch of the series between Central and East —the Hilltoppers won just once. Once.

In another stretch, Central scored 37 points — over eight games. I almost fell out of my chair writing that sentence. It doesn’t get more lopsided than that.

Now, as I understand it, from folks who do have a perfect record in coaching high school football the problem with Central is — Cheek.

What? Did I just wake up in Wacky Land with unicorns dancing the Macarena, and free chicken wings on Thursday? I didn’t think so.

It’s real nice to be nameless and faceless on the Internet and demand that coaches be replaced like bald tires on a Chevy.

It’s real nice to offer constant critique without having to shoulder any responsibility.

It’s real nice to be able to not see a bigger picture where high school football is about building men, who understand that in the real world you will win and lose and you will get back up and fight again.

And, it’s real nice to live in a world where one can disparage the character of a man, who has worked tirelessly to instill that character into young men, only to be told he didn’t call the right play on a 3rd and 7.

It’s one thing to be upset when you lose a close game. It’s one thing to be upset when you lose to a rival.

But, it is clearly another when the path of the coward is taken, instead of the road of a champion.

Since no one else will say it, or write it, I will — Thank you, Coach Mike Cheek for all that you have done to make Central football respectable.

Garrett Byers/Daily Courier

Cavaliers’ fans celebrate an Adrian Wilkins’ touchdown run during the football game Friday between R-S Central and East Rutherford. East won 24-12.

Will East’s win propel them forward?

From staff reports

FOREST CITY — Adrian Wilkins continues to make his case for Player of the Year honors in both county and conference.

Unofficially, Wilkins has gained 921-yards rushing on the season. Through six games, that’s 153.5 yards per game.

In addition, Wilkins has scored 14 total touchdowns — rushing, receiving and returns — so far in the 2010 season.

“Someone (college programs) is going to have to call me about this kid,” said East Coach Clint Bland. “I simply cannot believe that my phone isn’t ringing more. He is playing at such a high level.”

Wilkins carried the ball 25 times in Friday’s 24-12 win over R-S Central and produced 247 yards and two touchdowns in the victory.

Among the many highlight reel runs was a 31 yarder that found Wilkins hemmed in on the far sideline. Wilkins broke past one Hilltopper and back into the middle of the field, before being dragged down at the Central 10.

“He looked like he was hoping someone would tackle him,” Bland said. “He was tired. He had just run so hard all night.”

The run that many in attendance will recall, a 55 yard run to the end zone following a whistle from the stands, left Coach Bland with mixed emotions.

“I hate that people will talk about it, but we can’t help it,” said Bland. “I’m glad that Adrian didn’t stop playing, though.”

According to several in attendance at the game, the whis-

Please see Football, Page 3B East Rutherford RB Adrian Wilkins.

Wilson, N.C. State overpower Tech

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North Carolina State’s T.J. Graham comes down with a catch for a touchdown as Georgia Tech’s Dominique Reese defends in the fourth quarter a college football game in Atlanta Saturday.

ATLANTA (AP) — Russell Wilson passed for a career-high 368 yards and three touchdowns and North Carolina State answered Georgia Tech’s fourthquarter rally to beat the Yellow Jackets 45-28 on Saturday and remain unbeaten.

Wilson completed 28 of 41 passes and ran for a touchdown as North Carolina State (4-0, 1-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) continued its best start since winning its first nine games in 2002.

N.C. State gained 527 yards and scored its most points in the series with Georgia Tech.

Please see NC State, Page 3B

Tar Heels hold off Rutgers for 1st win PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — T.J. Yates threw a go-ahead third-quarter touchdown and North Carolina’s defense made two late stands to lead the undermanned Tar Heels to a 17-13 victory over Rutgers on Saturday.

Yates gave North Carolina (1-2) the lead with a 5-yard touchdown pass to Ryan Taylor as the Tar Heels avoided their first 0-3 start since 2003.

Matt Merletti intercepted Tom Savage’s pass at the Tar Heels 6 with less than 3 minutes left. North Carolina forced Rutgers to turn the ball over on downs after the Scarlet Knights took over at the Tar Heels 34 with 2:21 remaining.

Bruce Carter set up the Tar Heels other two scores with an interception and

Associated Press

North Carolina quarterback T.J. Yates (13) passes the ball under pressure by Rutgers defensive end Jonathan Freeny (99) during the first half of a football game Please see Tar Heels, Page 3B Saturday, in Piscataway, N.J.

2B — The Sunday Courier, Forest City, NC, Sunday, September 26, 2010

sports Football Stats East Rutherford 24, R-S Central 12 RS — 6 0 6 0 — 12 ER — 0 7 7 10 — 24

First Quarter RS — J. Kinlaw 14 yard pass to D. Watkins (PAT blocked) Second Quarter ER — A. Wilkins 41 yard run (J. McDaniel PAT) Third Quarter ER — A. Wilkins 55 yard run (J. McDaniel PAT) RS — J. Kinlaw 11 yard pass to J. Smith (2-pt. conversion failed) Fourth Quarter ER — T. Wilkerson 1 yard run (J. McDaniel PAT) ER — J. McDaniel 24 yard FG

RUSHING RS — C. Green 10-49; J. Kinlaw 6-28; D. Atchley 5-25; J. Smith 4-(-3); T. Ledbetter 1-(-8).

ER — A. Wilkins 25-247-2 TD; J. Barksdale 8-41; M. Stamey 5-3; T. Wilkerson 2-3-TD; C. Ledbetter 1-3.

PASSING RS — J. Kinlaw 4-6-INT-30-2 TD; T. Ledbetter 4-9-20.

ER — M. Stamey 2-4-INT-7.

RECEIVING RS — V. Staley 3-11; D. Watkins 2-19-TD; J. Smith 1-11-TD; J. Kinlaw 1-9.

ER — J. Barksdale 1-5; Z. Price 1-2.

PATTON 34, CHASE 0 PT — 7 12 15 0 — 34 CH — 0 0 0 0 — 0 First Quarter PT — W. Johnson 8-yard run; B. Benson PAT Second Quarter PT — T. Buchanan 24-yard pass to J. Singleton; PAT blocked PT — T. Buchanan 47-yard pass to J. Singleton; 2-pt. conv. fails Third Quarter PT — W. Johnson 23-yard run; T. Buchanan 2-pt conv. pass to C. Presley; PT — T. Buchanan 12-yard run; B. Benson PAT

RUSHING PT — D. Hayden 11-41, T. Buchanan 10-66-TD, W. Johnson 3-33-2 TD, B. Smith 3-11, L. Woody 7-0, J. Brittain 3-3, Z. Cole 1-13.

CH — T. McMullens 8-21, T. Gossett 7-(-9), T. Gaffney 4-(-9) C. Watkins 3-(-5), T. Camp 1-(-3), B. Martin 1-(-9), K. Crawford 1-5.

PASSING PT — T. Buchanan 11-13-212-2 TD. CH — T. Gossett 5-8-52, T. Gaffney 2-3-28.

RECEIVING PT — C. Presley 4-43, J. Singleton 3-79-2 TD, Z. Cole 2-60, B. Smith 1-31, D. Hayden 1-(-1).

CH — K. Crawford 3-26, T. Camp 2-22, S. Pearson 1-15, B. Martin 1-17.

Mitchell 53, Thomas Jefferson 15

MH — 20 20 13 0 — 53 TJ — 0 7 8 0 — 15 First Quarter MH — J. Hughes18 yard run (Edwards PAT) MH — M. Styles 24 yard run (PAT missed) MH — M. Styles 21 yard run (Edwards PAT) Second Quarter MH — J. Hughes 1 yard run (Edwards PAT) MH — J. Hughes 45 Int. return (PAT missed) MH — J. Hughes 11 yard run (Edwards PAT) TJ — W. Beam 23 yard pass to M. Martin (Snyder PAT) Third Quarter MH — J. Hughes 26 yard run ( Edwards PAT) MH — J. McClellan 3 yard run (PAT missed) TJ — W. Beam 5 yard pass to M. Gullatte (M. Martin 2-pt. conversion) RUSHING TJ — W. Beam 12-54; W. McCraw 9-39.

PASSING TJ — W. Beam 10-33-3 INT-112-2 TD. RECEIVING TJ — M. Martin 3-68-TD.

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Scoreboard BASEBALL National League East Division W L Pct 93 61 .604 87 68 .561 76 77 .497 74 79 .484 66 89 .426 Central Division

W L Pct Cincinnati 86 68 .558 St. Louis 79 75 .513 Houston 74 80 .481 Milwaukee 72 81 .471 Chicago 70 84 .455 Pittsburgh 53 100 .346 West Division

W L Pct San Francisco 87 67 .565 San Diego 86 67 .562 Colorado 82 71 .536 Los Angeles 75 79 .487 Arizona 62 92 .403

Philadelphia Atlanta Florida New York Washington

GB — 6 1/2 16 1/2 18 1/2 27 1/2 GB — 7 12 13 1/2 16 32 1/2 GB — 1/2 4 1/2 12 25

Friday’s Games St. Louis 7, Chicago Cubs 1 Washington 8, Atlanta 3 Houston 10, Pittsburgh 7 Philadelphia 3, N.Y. Mets 2 Milwaukee 6, Florida 2 San Francisco 2, Colorado 1 L.A. Dodgers 3, Arizona 1 San Diego 4, Cincinnati 3 Saturday’s Games Atlanta 5, Washington 0 Chicago Cubs 7, St. Louis 3 San Diego 4, Cincinnati 3 Houston at Pittsburgh, late N.Y. Mets at Philadelphia, late Florida at Milwaukee, late L.A. Dodgers at Arizona, late San Francisco at Colorado, late Sunday’s Games Atlanta (Beachy 0-1) at Washington (Li. Hernandez 10-12), 1:35 p.m.

Houston (Happ 6-2) at Pittsburgh (Maholm 8-15), 1:35 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Misch 0-4) at Philadelphia (Hamels 12-10), 1:35 p.m.

Florida (Mendez 1-1) at Milwaukee (Capuano 3-4), 2:10 p.m.

St. Louis (Westbrook 2-4) at Chicago Cubs (Samardzija 2-1), 2:20 p.m.

San Francisco (M.Cain 12-10) at Colorado (De La Rosa 8-5), 3:10 p.m.

Cincinnati (H.Bailey 3-3) at San Diego (Richard 13-8), 4:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Billingsley 11-11) at Arizona (J.Saunders 3-6), 4:10 p.m.

Monday’s Games Philadelphia at Washington, 7:05 p.m.

Florida at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m.

Milwaukee at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at San Diego, 10:05 p.m.

American League East Division W L Pct 92 61 .601 92 62 .597 85 68 .556 78 75 .510 61 92 .399 Central Division

W L Pct x-Minnesota 92 61 .601 Chicago 81 72 .529 Detroit 78 75 .510 Kansas City 63 90 .412 Cleveland 63 91 .409 West Division

W L Pct Texas 85 68 .556 Oakland 77 76 .503 Los Angeles 75 78 .490 Seattle 58 95 .379

Tampa Bay New York Boston Toronto Baltimore

GB — 1/2 7 14 31 GB — 11 14 29 29 1/2 GB — 8 10 27

x-clinched division Friday’s Games Boston 10, N.Y. Yankees 8 Cleveland 7, Kansas City 3 Detroit 10, Minnesota 1 Toronto 6, Baltimore 4 Tampa Bay 5, Seattle 3 Chicago White Sox 2, L.A. Angels 1 Texas 10, Oakland 3 Saturday’s Games Toronto 5, Baltimore 4, 11 innings Texas 4, Oakland 3 Boston 7, N.Y. Yankees 3 Kansas City at Cleveland, late Minnesota at Detroit, late

Seattle at Tampa Bay, late Chicago White Sox at L.A. Angels, late Sunday’s Games Kansas City (Chen 11-7) at Cleveland (Carmona 12-14), 1:05 p.m.

Minnesota (Duensing 10-2) at Detroit (Porcello 9-11), 1:05 p.m.

Baltimore (VandenHurk 0-0) at Toronto (Marcum 12-8), 1:07 p.m.

Seattle (French 4-6) at Tampa Bay (J.Shields 13-13), 1:40 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (T.Pena 4-2) at L.A. Angels (Jer.Weaver 13-11), 3:35 p.m.

Texas (C.Lewis 11-13) at Oakland (Cahill 17-7), 4:05 p.m.

Boston (Matsuzaka 9-6) at N.Y. Yankees (Moseley 4-3), 8:05 p.m.

Monday’s Games Detroit at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.

Baltimore at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.

Seattle at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

Boston at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m.

Minnesota at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m.

Oakland at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.

FOOTBALL National Football League AMERICAN CONFERENCE East L T 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 South W L T 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 North W L T 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 West W L T 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0

W Miami 2 N.Y. Jets 1 New England 1 Buffalo 0

Pct 1.000 .500 .500 .000

PF 29 37 52 17

PA 20 24 52 49

Houston Jacksonville Tennessee Indianapolis

Pct 1.000 .500 .500 .500

PF 64 37 49 62

PA 51 55 32 48

Pct 1.000 .500 .500 .000

PF 34 39 20 28

PA 20 48 24 33

Pct 1.000 .500 .500 .500

PF 37 52 48 29

PA 28 34 38 52

Pct .500 .500 .500 .000

PF 40 45 55 27

PA 37 56 59 40

Pct 1.000 1.000 .500 .000

PF 37 39 50 25

PA 21 31 22 51

Pct 1.000 1.000 .000 .000

PF 46 61 46 19

PA 34 27 54 28

Pct .500 .500 .000 .000

PF 45 24 28 27

PA 37 54 56 33

Pittsburgh Cincinnati Baltimore Cleveland

Kansas City San Diego Denver Oakland

NATIONAL CONFERENCE East L T 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 South

W L T Tampa Bay 2 0 0 New Orleans 2 0 0 Atlanta 1 1 0 Carolina 0 2 0 North

W L T Chicago 2 0 0 Green Bay 2 0 0 Detroit 0 2 0 Minnesota 0 2 0 West

W L T Seattle 1 1 0 Arizona 1 1 0 San Francisco 0 2 0 St. Louis 0 2 0

Washington N.Y. Giants Philadelphia Dallas

W 1 1 1 0

Sunday’s Games Dallas at Houston, 1 p.m.

Buffalo at New England, 1 p.m.

Cleveland at Baltimore, 1 p.m.

Atlanta at New Orleans, 1 p.m.

Tennessee at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m.

Cincinnati at Carolina, 1 p.m.

San Francisco at Kansas City, 1 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.

Detroit at Minnesota, 1 p.m.

Washington at St. Louis, 4:05 p.m.

Philadelphia at Jacksonville, 4:05 p.m.

San Diego at Seattle, 4:15 p.m.

Oakland at Arizona, 4:15 p.m.

Indianapolis at Denver, 4:15 p.m.

N.Y. Jets at Miami, 8:20 p.m.

Monday’s Game Green Bay at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 3 Denver at Tennessee, 1 p.m.

Detroit at Green Bay, 1 p.m.

N.Y. Jets at Buffalo, 1 p.m.

Seattle at St. Louis, 1 p.m.

San Francisco at Atlanta, 1 p.m.

Baltimore at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.

Carolina at New Orleans, 1 p.m.

Cincinnati at Cleveland, 1 p.m.

Houston at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.

Indianapolis at Jacksonville, 4:05 p.m.

Arizona at San Diego, 4:15 p.m.

Washington at Philadelphia, 4:15 p.m.

Chicago at N.Y. Giants, 8:20 p.m.

Open: Kansas City, Dallas, Minnesota, Tampa Bay Monday, Oct. 4 New England at Miami, 8:30 p.m.

RACING NASCAR Nationwide Dover 200 Results (Start position in parentheses) 1. (2) Kyle Busch, Toyota 2. (1) Joey Logano, Toyota 3. (3) Carl Edwards, Ford 4. (6) Reed Sorenson, Toyota 5. (9) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet 6. (8) Trevor Bayne, Toyota 7. (5) Paul Menard, Ford 8. (12) Jason Leffler, Toyota 9. (7) Justin Allgaier, Dodge 10. (13) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet 11. (15) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford 12. (10) Steve Wallace, Toyota 13. (23) Brian Scott, Toyota 14. (36) Erik Darnell, Ford 15. (11) Michael Annett, Toyota 16. (20) Brendan Gaughan, Toyota 17. (4) Brad Keselowski, Dodge 18. (17) Mike Bliss, Chevrolet 19. (25) Mike Wallace, Chevrolet 20. (26) Willie Allen, Chevrolet 21. (27) Kelly Bires, Ford 22. (41) Kenny Wallace, Chevrolet, 23. (30) Marc Davis, Chevrolet 24. (40) Tony Raines, Chevrolet 25. (32) Joe Nemechek, Chevrolet 26. (34) Mark Green, Chevrolet 27. (33) Jason Keller, Chevrolet 28. (43) Michael McDowell, Dodge 29. (19) Eric McClure, Ford 30. (37) Morgan Shepherd, Chevrolet 31. (16) Elliott Sadler, Chevrolet 32. (21) Drew Herring, Ford 33. (38) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet 34. (35) Derrike Cope, Dodge 35. (42) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet 36. (24) Tim Andrews, Ford 37. (22) Danny O’Quinn Jr., Chevrolet 38. (14) David Gilliland, Chevrolet 39. (29) Josh Wise, Toyota 40. (31) Johnny Chapman, Chevrolet 41. (39) Brian Keselowski, Dodge 42. (18) Dennis Setzer, Dodge 43. (28) Jeff Green, Chevrolet

TRANSACTIONS Saturday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League BOSTON RED SOX_Signed INF Felipe Lopez.

Transferred OF Jacoby Ellsbury to the 60-day DL. National League HOUSTON ASTROS_Agreed to terms with pitching coach Brad Arnsberg, third-base coach Dave Clark, first-base coach Bobby Meacham, bench coach Al Pedrique and bullpen coach Jamie Quirk on two-year contract extensions.

FOOTBALL National Football League MIAMI DOLPHINS_Signed OT Patrick Brown.

Waived OT Jermey Parnell.

ST. LOUIS RAMS_Released CB Kevin Dockery.

Signed DE Jermelle Cudjo from the practice squad.

SAN DIEGO CHARGERS_Signed OT Marcus McNeill.

HOCKEY National Hockey League CAROLINA HURRICANES_Assigned F Nicolas Blachard, F Stefan Chaput, F Nick Dodge, F Matt Kennedy, F Mike McKenzie, F Oskar Osala, F Chris Terry, D Brett Bellemore, D Casey Borer, D Zack Fitzgerald, D Michal Jordan, D Kyle Lawson and G Mike Murphy to Charlotte (AHL).

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS_Assigned F Brandon Bollig, F Rob Klinkhammer, F Brandon Pirri, D Jonathan Carlsson, D Simon DanisPepin, D Ryan Stanton and D Ivan Vishnevskiy to Rockford (AHL). Released F Rastislav Pavlikovsky, F Nick Tarnasky and D Wade Brookbank.

NEW YORK RANGERS_Placed D Wade Redden on waivers.

WASHINGTON CAPITALS_Assigned G Braden Holtby and D Patrick Wellar to Hershey (AHL).

Kyle Busch wins Nationwide at Dover DOVER, Del. (AP) — Kyle Busch took a dominating romp on the concrete and rolled into the NASCAR record book.

Busch set a single-season record for wins in the Nationwide Series, taking the checkered flag for the 11th time in only 23 races on Saturday at Dover International Speedway.

Busch was tied with Sam Ard for the previous record with 10 wins. Busch also won 10 races in 2008, matching the record Ard set in NASCAR’s second-tier series in 1983.

“It’s very special,” Busch said.

“Sam is a great individual and was a great driver in his time.”

Busch has been all about total control this season on a partial schedule. Imagine how out in front he’d be with the record if he drove every race.

And he’s not done breaking records: Busch is closing in on Mark Martin’s career Nationwide mark of 48 wins.

Busch is in second at 41.

He led 192 of 200 laps, received a big ovation after the race and waved his index finger out the window.

“It’s very cool,” Busch said.

“We’ve still got more races to

go. I’m looking forward to more wins hopefully.”

Joey Logano was second and Carl Edwards third.

Danica Patrick ran into the wall early in the race and was forced into the garage. She returned in the No. 7 Chevrolet and finished 94 laps down in 35th place.

“It’s hot out there. I just took a nice little break in the middle 100 laps,” Patrick said. “No, I was really disappointed.”

Busch wasn’t disappointed with another stellar outing on the 1-mile concrete track. He also has three wins in Sprint Cup and five in the Trucks Series this season. He became the first driver in the 15 years that NASCAR has been running three national series to win all of them in the same week when he did it last month at Bristol Motor Speedway.

About the only time Busch didn’t dominate Dover was during a 10 minute, 42-second red flag caused by a vicious accident that took out Drew Herring and Elliott Sadler. Debris, oil and fluid covered the track after the scary wreck. Both drivers

walked away fine.

Patrick continued to struggle in her first season in NASCAR. She called her string of poor finishes in Nationwide “humbling” and hoped running Friday at Dover in low-tier developmental series would help her handling of the track.

“Every time I think I’m going to do well, I don’t do well,” she said. “I don’t know what I need out of the car to be good in the race. We’ll get this car to the front by the end of the year and we’ll figure it out.”

Busch has 18 top-fives this season running a partial schedule in the No. 11 Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing. He’s third in the points standings behind leader Brad Keselowski and Edwards.

“I would have liked to have run the whole season,” Busch said.

“But I look back and I know what the bigger picture is. The bigger picture is Sunday.”

He means Sprint Cup where he’s still chasing his first championship.

Busch’s name is alone in the win total, but he gave plenty of love to his crew. He even dragged his veteran car chief Leo Thorsen into Victory Lane.

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Arkansas wide receiver Joe Adams (3) is pulled down by Alabama linebacker Nico Johnson (35) during the first quarter of the NCAA college football game in Fayetteville, Ark., Saturday.

Alabama pulls down Razorbacks

The two teams that played for the national championship last season trailed by 10 at halftime Staturday.

No. 1 Alabama rallied from its deficit on the road and earned a tough 24-20 victory against No. 10 Arkansas, behind the hard running of Mark Ingram.

For No. 7 Texas, that 10-point hole only got worse as UCLA rolled to a 34-12 victory in Austin.

In the biggest game in Fayettville, Ark., Ingram ran for 157 yards and scored the decisive touchdown on a 1-yard run with 3:18 to play for the defending national champions.

Robert Lester set up the score with his second interception of the day against Ryan Mallett.

He returned it to the Arkansas 11, and Nick Saban gave the ball to Ingram on three straight plays to get the eventual winning score.

The Crimson Tide (4-0, 1-0 SEC) was able to run out the clock after Mallett threw his third interception, this time to Dre Kirkpatrick. Alabama faced fourth-and-inches in its own territory, but Greg McElroy picked up the first down with a sneak with less than a minute left.

That sent Arkansas (3-1, 1-1) and its record home crowd of 76,808 away disappointed.

Texas will drop in the rankings before it plays No. 8 Oklahoma in the Red River Rivalry and doesn’t look anything like the team that played Alabama in the BCS title game last season.

Johnathan Franklin rushed for 118 yards and a touchdown to lead UCLA to another stunning win in Austin, 13 years after the Bruins walloped the Longhorns 66-3 in the same stadium.

UCLA sent Texas fans heading to the exits early by forcing four first-half turnovers, then letting its grinding ground game chew up the second half.

No. 2 Ohio State 73, Eastern Michigan 20 COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Dane Sanzenbacher tied two school records by catching four touchdown passes from Terrelle Pryor, and the Buckeyes scored their most points in 60 years.

No. 11 Wisconsin 70, Austin Peay 3 MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Freshman James White rushed for four touchdowns and Scott Tolzien threw for three more

Tar Heel Continued from Page 1B

a blocked punt. The pick set up a 1-yard run by Johnny White and the block led to a 25-yard field goal by Casey Barth.

Appalachian State 35, Samford 17

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — DeAndre Presley passed for two touchdowns and ran for two Saturday as Appalachian State beat Samford 35-17.

Presley scored on 1- and 16-yard runs, and threw touchdown passes of 30 yards to Matt Cline and 15 yards to Ben Jorden as the Mountaineers (4-0, 2-0 Southern Conference) built a 28-10 halftime lead.

Presley completed 16 of 27 passes for 176 yards and rushed for 97 yards on 15 carries.

Both of Presley’s rushing touchdowns resulted from turnovers.

Mark LeGree set up Presley’s first touchdown with an interception return to the Samford 13 late in the

scores for Wisconsin.

No. 16 Stanford 37, Notre Dame 14 SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Owen Marecic scored on a run and interception return 13 seconds apart and Nate Whitaker kicked a career-high five field goals, making the Cardinal 4-0 for the first time since 1986.

No. 18 Iowa 45, Ball State 0 IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Ricky Stanzi threw for 288 yards and three touchdowns as the Hawkeyes bounced back from last week’s loss at Arizona.

No. 20 S. California 50, Washington State 16

tle was blown in the Central stands. The field judge on the Central sideline indicated that the whistle came from behind him.

According to sources familiar with the situation, security personal entered the stands. There was no report on whether the whistle-blower was discovered.

East Rutherford (4-2) will have no time to rest on their laurels. The Cavaliers will travel into Morganton to face the undefeated Patton Panthers (6-0), next Friday.

“You know they (Patton) are riding high. How can’t you be?” said Bland. “They have won six in a row. We’ve won four in a row and our kids are feeling really good about themselves. So, I know their kids must be feeling great.”

The schedule for the Cavs is not an easy one following the road game with Patton and a bye week, East will battle Burns (home), Freedom (away), Shelby (home), and close with the county championship game against Chase.

“I’m going to continue to keep looking at them one game at a time, one week at a time,” said Bland. “But, look this is a good conference. It’s a tough conference and each and every week it’s going to be a challenge.

“We have to maintain our focus and stay prepared. There no easy ones from here on out.”

Friday Night Lights n In addition to the stellar play of Wilkins, East’s Zach Price turned in a high-level performance.

Price delivered big hits and made a tremendous play on QB Jacob Kinlaw’s lone interception. Price leapt high into the air, and turned while airborne, to bring the ball into his chest. Price then landed flat on his back, while maintaining his control of the ball. n R-S Central QB Jacob Kinlaw. Lost in the shuffle, somewhat, was the play of Kinlaw. The senior signal-caller made several big plays and big throws. Kinlaw’s first touchdown pass was a perfectly thrown ball into the chest of Darrien Watkins on a 14-yard slant route. Kinlaw set up the TD pass, two plays earlier, with a 35 yard keeper on an option play. n Chase QBs Tyreece Gossett and Tyler Gaffney were a combined 7-of-11 for 80 yards. n Thomas Jefferson WR Mac Martin caught three balls for 68 yards and a touchdown.

Numbers and Notes

n Payback? In 2009, the Hilltoppers’ defense held East to 120 yards of total offense and seven first downs. Last night, the Cavaliers held Central PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — to 141 yards of total offense and seven first downs.

Matt Barkley completed 16 of n Chase was held to negative yards on ten plays, 25 passes for 290 yards and including six sacks by Patton. The Trojans were three touchdowns as the Trojans shut out for the second time in three weeks. looked like their old selves. n The Gryphons allowed Mitchell 53 points, down from last season’s 77, but TJCA has allowed No. 21 Michigan 65, 221 points in five games. Last season, through five Bowling Green 21 games, the Gryphons had surrendered 252 points.

Offensively, the Gryphons have scored 104 points ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The only scare Michigan got on — well up from last season’s 38 points through five games.

Saturday came from an injury n R-S Central hosts Chase, Friday; East to star quarterback Denard Rutherford and Thomas Jefferson travel.

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first quarter, and D.J. Smith set up the second score two possessions later with a return to the Samford 16.

Fabian Truss rushed for 100 yards on eight carries and scored on a 74-yard run for Samford (2-2, 0-1).

Army 35, Duke 21 DURHAM (AP) — Brian Cobbs ran for two first-half scores and Army converted four turnovers into touchdowns to beat Duke 35-21 on Saturday.

Trent Steelman threw for two scores and ran for another for the Black Knights (3-1), who snapped a seven-game losing streak against Atlantic Coast Conference teams.

Army jumped to a 14-0 lead in the first quarter, a margin that allowed it to stay with the yard-churning and clock-controlling triple-option offense against a Duke team still reeling from last week’s ugly loss to top-ranked Alabama.

The Blue Devils (1-3) got off to a horrendous start with Sean Renfree throwing two quick interceptions, then watched things get worse the rest of the afternoon.

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Georgia Tech (2-2, 1-1) scored two quick fourth-quarter touchdowns to trail only 31-28 before Wilson answered with two touchdown drives.

Wilson threw a 23-yard scoring pass to T.J. Graham to cap a nineplay, 74-yard drive, and Mustafa Greene added a 5-yard scoring run with 4:08 remaining.

Wilson also threw touchdown passes to Steven Howard and Jarvis Williams, who returned a blocked punt for a touchdown.

Wilson had help from the Wolfpack’s running game. Dean Haynes had 18 carries for 75 yards and Greene had 13 carries for 68 yards and a touchdown.

Jerrard Tarrant’s 33-yard interception return cut N.C. State’s lead to 31-28 early in the fourth quarter.

It was Wilson’s first interception on his 136th pass of the season. Wilson, a junior, set the NCAA record with 379 attempts without an interception in a streak that overlapped his

freshman and sophomore seasons.

Orwin Smith and Roddy Jones had touchdown runs for Georgia Tech.

Joshua Nesbitt threw a 32-yard touchdown pass to Tyler Melton in the fourth quarter as the highlight of his poor passing day.

With N.C. State leading 31-14, Nesbitt completed a 50-yard pass to Anthony Allen before his scoring pass to Melton capped a drive that covered 90 yards in three plays.

Tarrant’s interception gave Georgia Tech hope, but the Yellow Jackets couldn’t stop the Wolfpack.

Asa Watson blocked a punt, Williams picked up the loose ball and scored from the 1 to give N.C. State a 7-0 lead in the opening quarter.

The Wolfpack needed an official review to score their second touchdown. Leading 10-7 late in the first half, Wilson’s pass to Howard at the back of the end zone was ruled an incomplete pass. The review with only 22 seconds remaining determined Howard had control of the ball with one foot in the end zone, giving N.C. State a 17-7 halftime lead.

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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli setofficials on both sides of the conflict The Royal Canadian Mounted tlers have hauled bulldozers, cement have refused to discuss the negotiaPolice said it was investigating mixers and other construction equip- tions. Some in Israel have proposed, whether the incident was a “terrorment into a Jewish settlement deep for example, that limited building will ism hoax.” inside the West Bank, Israeli and resume but not the relatively unfetThe plane was traveling from Palestinian officials said Saturday, a tered construction that prevailed Toronto to Karachi when the pilot day before the end of a governmentbefore the Israeli moratorium. asked to land after Canadian authormandated halt to settlement building.

Netanyahu declared the slowdown, ities received a tip that a passenger The lifting of the construction which put a halt to most new housing was carrying explosives. restrictions late Sunday presents the starts, last November with the hope A SWAT team detained the susfirst major crisis in the new round of of coaxing the Palestinians back to pect as he was evacuated from the Mideast peace talks, launched earlier the negotiating table. aircraft along with the other passenthis month at the White House by The Palestinians initially rejected gers. An Associated Press reporter President Barack Obama. the gesture, because it contained at the airport saw the passengers Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin loopholes that allowed construction boarding yellow airport buses Netanyahu, who imposed the slowto proceed on thousands of settleparked near the aircraft. down 10 months ago as a peace ment apartments. With peace talks Police described the suspect as a gesture, says he will not extend the now under way, the Palestinians Canadian citizen of Pakistani origin, restrictions. But the Palestinians, who say it is essential that Israel leave aged about 30, but said they had not oppose all Israeli construction on ter- the restrictions in place. Abbas has confirmed his identity. ritories they claim for a future state, repeatedly said he will be forced to A spokesman for the state-owned say they will not continue negotiawalk away from the negotiations if Pakistan International Airlines tions if building resumes. construction resumes. said the suspect was a 25-year-old With the clock ticking, U.S. The Palestinians claim all of the Canadian national.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton West Bank, home to 300,000 Jewish Stockholm police spokesman Kjell was racing to broker a compromise settlers, as part of a future state, and Lindgren told AP that a prosecutor before the Sunday deadline in hopes say that by expanding settlements, decided to let the man go after quesof averting a breakdown in talks.

Israel is imposing facts on the ground tioning. Lindgren declined to give Palestinian President Mahmoud that make it increasingly difficult for details and said investigators would Abbas and top Israeli officials, them to establish a viable country. release more information about the including the defense minister and At the same time, Netanyahu faces incident later Saturday.

Netanyahu’s chief negotiator, are all heavy pressure within his pro-settler The tip was “called in by a woman in the U.S. working on the issue. But governing coalition to resume conin Canada,” police operation leader Israeli and Palestinian officials said struction. Hardline elements in the Stefan Radman said, adding that Saturday a deal was far from certain. coalition could try to bring down the Swedish police took the threat seriNo details have emerged on what government if Netanyahu extends the ously. the compromise could entail, and settlement slowdown.

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spokesman Sgt. Marc LaPorte said an anonymous caller called twice Friday saying a man on the flight had explosives.

“The first call provided vague information. It did lay out that there was an individual on that specific flight in possession of explosives and then the second call provided more details with regards to the identity of the person,” LaPorte said.

He declined to elaborate on the caller, saying there was potentially a criminal offense involved.

“We take any call of this nature very seriously.

Basically we have to ascertain the credibility and reliability of the call and try to determine whether there was a deliberate intent on behalf of the caller to mislead the police or if it falls into the definition of a terrorism hoax.”

In Washington, the FBI was assisting Swedish and Canadian authorities in their investigation, FBI spokesman Paul Bresson said Saturday.

Swedish police said the man was not on any international no-fly lists and had cleared a security check in Canada. He didn’t resist when the SWAT team took him into custody.

In Pakistan, a spokesman for staterun PIA confirmed the incident involved Flight PK782 to Karachi.

The passengers waited at the “international holding area” at the airport as they and their luggage were scanned and searched, airline spokesman Sultan Hasan said.

Pakistani diplomats were at the airport to coordinate with the security officials.

PIA said there were 255 passengers and 18 crew members on the plane. Of the passengers, 102 were Canadian nationals, 139 Pakistanis, eight U.S. citizens, three Indians and one each from Japan, Malaysia and Bangladesh.

The Canadian Embassy in Stockholm was in contact with local authorities to gather additional information, Foreign Affairs spokesman Alain Cacchione said.

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Ask the Guys Dear Classified Guys, While planning my wedding, I quickly learned that the guest list wasn't about whom I wanted to invite. It was more about my mom shaking the old family tree and seeing who fell out.

When she asked me to invite her long-lost rich cousins, I expected the mystery relatives would at least bring a nice gift. However, when we unwrapped the gifts, we found a shocker. Their gift was a beautiful crystal punch bowl, but when I turned it over, I found a bright green $5 price tag that was obviously from a yard sale. We paid $125 per plate, and she gave me a $5 punch bowl. My husband said I should let it go, but don't you guys think spending $5 on a wedding gift from a yard sale is ridiculous?

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Cash: Of course spending $5 on a

crystal punch bowl is ridiculous. Your relatives could have at least haggled it down to $3!

Carry: Although I can understand your frustration with your new-found relatives, it seems you had the wrong expectations. Regardless of whom your Mom shook out of the family tree, you should have been delighted that

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they attended your wedding.

Anticipating an expensive gift in return was an error on your part.

Cash: Now I have to agree that leaving the price sticker on the punch bowl was a major oversight and one that can be found offensive.

Carry: It seems the problem was not the fact that your relatives purchased the gift at a yard sale, but that they actually got caught. By your own admission, the crystal bowl was a beautiful gift.

Cash: It's difficult to say whether etiquette should discourage giving a wedding gift from a yard sale. There are many who would say that if the

bowl was still new and in the original box, the gift is perfectly fine. That is, if the price sticker is removed first.

Carry: Personally, I wouldn't have a use for a crystal punch bowl unless it's to change the oil in my car. Yet other people may find it to be the perfect wedding gift.

Cash: As a newlywed, you may want to reconsider your husband's advice and let it go. Send your relatives a nice thank you card for attending the wedding and bringing a gift.

Carry: Besides, if it's like many wedding gifts, you’ll probably try to sell it at your next yard sale!

Reader Humor Keep Giving

How much did you spend on the last wedding gift you bought? Although the relation of the bride or groom does play a role in many people's decision, the average attendee spends $85 on a wedding present according to The Association of Bridal Consultants. To top off the occasion, the association claims that wedding couples average about 100 gifts from the ceremony.

Inaddition to hours of unwrapping, that makes for a lot of handwritten thankyou cards.

I find all sorts of items at yard sales, sometimes brand new and never used.

At the last sale, I came across a beautiful sterling silver picture frame and thought it would be a perfect gift for an upcoming wedding I had to attend.

When I went to pay for it, the woman explained that it has been passed around many times.

"Someone actually regifted it to me at my wedding," she said.

"That's amazing," I replied. "But how did you know?"

She laughed as she replied, "They forgot to change the names on the gift tag!"

(Thanks to Diedra M.)

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When is it okay to regift? Some may respond, "Never!", but according to a survey commissioned by ebay, 64% of people admit to regifting, or secretly giving away unwanted gifts to others.

That means most are not alone in the process. To avoid any embarrassment, it's advisable to make sure the item is actually new and not from a company that went out of business. If the idea of regifting makes you uncomfortable, you can always save all those items for your next yard sale.

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NORTH CAROLINA RUTHERFORD COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE BEFORE THE CLERK 10 SP 381 IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY NYRIE PALOULIAN AND DAROL A. PREMDAS DATED July 7, 2005 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 848, PAGE 226, AND RE-RECORDED IN BOOK 888, PAGE 643, RUTHERFORD COUNTY REGISTRY, TO BB&T COLLATERAL SERVICE CORP, TRUSTEE. NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in that certain deed of trust executed by NYRIE PALOULIAN AND DAROL A. PREMDAS dated July 7, 2005 to BB&T COLLATERAL SERVICE CORPORATION, Trustee for BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY, recorded in Book 848, Page 226, and re-recorded in Book 888, Page 643, RUTHERFORD County Registry; default having been made in payment of the indebtedness thereby secured; and the necessary findings to permit foreclosure having been made by the Clerk of Superior Court of RUTHERFORD County, North Carolina; the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the property conveyed in said deed of trust, the same lying and being in the County of RUTHERFORD and State of North Carolina, and more particularly described as follows: Being all of Lot 117 as shown on survey by R.L. Greene, PLS entitled “GreyRock Subdivision Phase 1B” as recorded in Plat Book 25 at Page 205, said plat being one of a series of plats recorded in Plat Book 25, Page 205 through 208 of the Rutherford County, NC Registry, reference to said recorded plats being made for a more particular description of said Lot 117.

Subject to all easements, restrictions and rights of ways of record and a non-exclusive appurtenant easement for ingress, egress and regress is conveyed over and upon all private subdivision roads for GreyRock at Lake Lure as shown on the above described plats and the plats for Phase 1A as shown on plats recorded in Plat Book 25, at Pages 188 through 192 and to the covenants, conditions and restrictions for GreyRock as recorded in Book 858, at Page 122 of the Rutherford County, NC Registry and also being recorded in Book 3827, Page 764 of the Buncombe County, NC Registry.

Being a portion of that property conveyed to LR Buffalo Creek, LLC by deeds recorded in Deed Book 855, at Page 816 of the Rutherford County, NC Registry and as recorded in Deed Book 3793, at Page 665 of the Buncombe County, NC Registry.

PROPERTY ADDRESS/LOCATION: Lot 117, Phase 1B, GreyRock at Lake Lure, Gray Rock Parkway, Lake Lure, NC 28746 DATE OF SALE: October 5, 2010 TIME OF SALE: 10:30 A.M. LOCATION OF SALE: RUTHERFORD County Courthouse RECORD OWNER(S): Nyrie Paloulian and Darol A. Premdas TERMS OF THE SALE: (1) This sale will be made subject to: (a) all prior liens, encumbrances, easements, right-of-ways, restrictive covenants or other restrictions of record affecting the property; (b) property taxes and assessments for the year in which the sale occurs, as well as any prior years; (c) federal tax liens with respect to which proper notice was not given to the Internal Revenue Service; and (d) federal tax liens to which proper notice was given to the Internal Revenue Service and to which the right of redemption applies.

(2) The property is being sold “as is”. Neither the beneficiary of the deed of trust, nor the undersigned Substitute Trustee, makes any warranties or representations concerning the property, including but not limited to, the physical or environmental condition of the property. Further, the undersigned Substitute Trustee makes no title warranties with respect to the title to the property.

(3) The highest bidder will be responsible for the payment of revenue stamps payable to the Register of Deeds and any final court and/or auditing fees payable to the Clerk of Superior Court which are assessed on the high bid resulting from this foreclosure sale.

(4) At the time of the sale, the highest bidder will be required to make a cash deposit of five percent (5%) of the bid, or $750.00, whichever is greater, with the remaining balance of the bid amount to be paid on the day following the expiration of the applicable ten (10) day upset bid period.

(5) 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.

(6) An order for possession of the property being sold may be issued pursuant to N.C.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.

This the 8th day of September, 2010.

SMITH DEBNAM NARRON DRAKE SAINTSING & MYERS, L.L.P. www.smithdebnamlaw.com _______________________________________ Adam M. Gottsegen, Attorney for Jeff D. Rogers, Substitute Trustee P. O. Box 26268 Raleigh, NC 27611-6268 (919) 250-2000 KMA 97392787

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Medium sized black male dog (looks like a lab) Lost 9/17 from John C Logan Rd., Mt. Vernon area. Call 287-7426 Short stocky black male dog w/white on chest & feet, graying muzzle, lg. ears that stick up. Shy & timid, indoor dog. Lost on 9/18 from Padgett Burns Rd., Mt. Vernon area.

Call 289-1856 or 287-3174

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Found

Small m dog, b/w coat Shih Tzu mix. Not fixed, wearing flea collar. Found 9/21 vicinity of J. Morgan St, FC. Call 828-919-9299

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0512 Musical Merchandise

Looking for new home for pipe organ located in home basement. 6 working ranks.

Free to church, school or charitable organization. For info, call 287-3434 or email: musketman49@msn.com

0554 Wanted to Rent/Buy/ Trade

I PAY CASH FOR DIABETIC TEST STRIPS Up to $10 per 100 ct. Call Bob 828-577-4197

Junk Cars Wanted

Paying $200 per vehicle.

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Cats/Dogs/Pets

1 1/2 yr old Golden Retriever Mix Housebroken and very well mannered. Call 286-2338 btwn 1P-5P & ask for Roland 2 male 3.5 mo. old ShihTzu puppies, shot, well taken care of. $200 ea. 828-289-8491

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Unfurnished Apartments

2BR Apt in Forest City Newly updated! $400/mo. + sec. dep. Call 828-228-5873

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No pets! 828-429-4288

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Homes for Rent

1, 2 & 3BR Close to downtown Rfdtn. D/w, stove, refrig., w/d hook up. No pets! 287-0733

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2BR Apt. on W. Court St. in Rfdtn. $350/mo. + dep. and ref's. Call 287-3535

3BR/2BA 107 Cobra Dr., FC (off Crowe Dairy Rd.) Appliances incld. $600/mo.

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2 Commercial buildings for rent

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Clean 3BR/1BA House on 2 acres with 2 door metal bldg. $650/mo. Call 828-429-3004

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The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA-Part B, Public Law 108.446) Project at Lake Lure Classical Academy is presently being amended. The Project describes the special education programs that Lake Lure Classical Academy proposes for Federal funding for the 2010-2011 School Year. Interested persons are encouraged to review amendments to the Project and make comments concerning the implementation of special education under this Federal Program. All comments will be considered prior to submission of the amended Project to the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction in Raleigh, North Carolina. The IDEA-Part B Project is open to the public for review and comments during the week of September 27-September 30, 2010 at 2520 Memorial Highway, Lake Lure, NC 28746. Please contact Ms. Caroline Upchurch at (828) 625-9292 regarding this matter.

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3 Bedroom/2 Bath in quiet park. $350/mo. and up Call 287-8558

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Panthers QB Clausen in spotlight against Bengals

By MIKE CRANSTON

go through all those learning pains that rookies go through their rookie year.

“Knowing whether I can fit balls in certain holes against NFL style defenses and not quite having that confidence, I think that is the negative about playing your first year.”

AP Sports Writer

CHARLOTTE — An inexperienced Jimmy Clausen is taking over at quarterback on a struggling team amid a swirl of attention and a long line of detractors.

Sound familiar? Three years after being thrust into the starting job as a true freshman at Notre Dame after just one game, the winless Carolina Panthers waited two before giving the Clausen control of the offense for Sunday’s game against the Cincinnati Bengals.

“It’s similar. There was a lot of tension being at Notre Dame and there’s a lot of tension being here in Carolina,” said Clausen, who replaces the turnover-prone Matt Moore.

“It’s just going to be a fun week.”

Five days he turned 23, the former high school phenom and Notre Dame lightning rod will get his chance to prove the rest of the NFL wrong for bypassing him in the first round of the draft in April. It won’t be easy.

The 48th overall pick is taking charge of an offense that has scored only two touchdowns and committed eight turnovers; has only one reliable receiver; hasn’t run the ball as well as it did last year; and has protection issues. Plus he’s facing the Bengals (1-1), who ranked fourth in defense last season and held Baltimore to one touchdown in a 15-10 win last week.

“You can usually get him frustrated and making bad throws. It’s a big plus for us,” Cincinnati defensive end Antwan Odom said of facing a rookie QB. “We’ve just got to frustrate him and get in his face. ... He’s going to be fairly jittery.”

The Bengals, who intercepted Joe Flacco four times last week, are ready to pounce. But after falling behind 30-3 to New England in Week 1 and winning last week despite being held without a touchdown, Cincinnati needs its own offensive spark.

The tandem of Chad Ochocinco and Terrell Owens has been far from spectacular, and running back Cedric Benson has been held to 121 yards in two games.

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Carolina Panthers quarterback Jimmy Clausen (2) congratulates Steve Smith (89) after a first-down catch during an NFL football game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Charlotte, in this Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010, photo.

As the defending AFC North champions try to end a five-game road losing streak, the Panthers (0-2) have rallied behind the maturing Clausen, who has gone out of his way to say and do the right things after rumblings he was cocky and arrogant in college.

His transformation has been noticeable to Panthers long snapper J.J. Jansen, who was a senior at Notre Dame in 2007 when Clausen started nine games as a freshman on a 3-9 team.

“Three years at Notre Dame, there’s a maturity level that comes with that and being on the stage,”

Jansen said. “There’s a lot of humility that comes with having to be in there and fighting with guys.”

But is he ready to start in the NFL after an underwhelming 16-18 record as a starter with the Fighting Irish?

Bengals quarterback Carson Palmer, who is trying to get his own offense in gear this week, never got on the field as a rookie in 2003. Palmer said he made those inevitable rookie mistakes in Year 2 instead.

“The positive for Clausen is he will have experience going into his second year,” Palmer said. “Because I didn’t have that experience I had to

“I really want to get the running game going and get Ced going for us,” Ochocinco said. “The running game opens up the passing game and I think that’s where our success will come from.”

While Palmer said “you can’t” keep all his strong-willed, flamboyant receivers happy, Clausen can only dream about having those kinds of targets. Four-time Pro Bowl receiver Steve Smith has scored both of Carolina’s touchdowns, but no other receiver on the roster has more than two catches. The Panthers started rookie Brandon LaFell in Week 1 and rookie David Gettis last week.

It’s why the Panthers would like to get their signature running game going.

DeAngelo Williams and Jonathan Stewart have combined for 171 yards and no touchdowns after each went over 1,100 yards last season.

Who’s for real at 2-0?

By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer

Just three weeks into the NFL season and it takes some searching to find matchups between unbeaten teams.

Look hard enough and you’ll find them: Pittsburgh at Tampa Bay — yes, Tampa Bay — and Green Bay at Chicago — yes, Chicago.

These two games figure to play out in entirely different manners.

Steelers at Buccaneers will have a defensive emphasis, particularly on Pittsburgh’s part.

That D has a classic Steel Curtain look.

The Monday nighter in Chicago will feature a lot more scoring, especially if the Bears can keep their roll going.

Victories by the Buccaneers and Bears will stamp them as surprise contenders in the NFC. Wins by the Steelers and Packers will further stamp them as Super Bowl candidates.

After shutting down Atlanta and Tennessee, teams that managed big offensive outputs in their other two games, the Steelers are just 2½-point favorites at Tampa. The reason is their uncertainty at quarterback, where either a preseason fourth-stringer (Charlie Batch) or a QB who was cut on the weekend, then re-signed Monday (Byron Leftwich) will start. Plus, the Bucs seem to be maturing on both sides of the ball.

Still, wins over Cleveland and Carolina don’t provide enough evidence that the Bucs are ready for James Harrison, Troy Polamalu and company.

STEELERS, 15-3

Other picks: PACKERS, 27-13 CARDINALS, 20-10 TITANS, 20-17 TEXANS, 27-21 DOLPHINS, 17-13 PATRIOTS, 28-10 RAVENS, 23-7 BENGALS, 23-17 SAINTS, 24-23 49ERS, 19-16 VIKINGS, 27-16 REDSKINS, 21-13 EAGLES, 23-21 COLTS, 31-17 CHARGERS, 21-20

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Sunday Brunch Jean Gordon

All can help make a difference

We’re getting a face lift. And you can make a difference.

On Oct. 23, volunteers across America are coming together for Make A Difference Day to do just that.

And in Rutherford County, Rutherford Housing Partnership and United Way of Rutherford County once again will bring volunteers from all aspects of life together for the annual Week of Caring, designated Oct. 16-23. The majority of projects will be done Oct. 23.

This year’s projects will be aimed toward neighborhood clean up. There are so many areas in need of a face lift, yet senior citizens aren’t able to do the work. That’s where you can make a difference.

Beginning this week, senior citizens who go to a satellite meal site each day for lunch will receive a Week of Caring form to complete, listing cleanup projects needed at home.

Senior citizens at the Shingle Hollow Fire Department, Southern Baptist Church, Bethel Baptist and at Henrietta First Baptist, meal sites will also receive the forms for project consideration as well as seniors in others part of the county.

However, because of the strong interest in the program, project coordinators want everyone to know, volunteers might not be able to meet all requests for service.

First priority, said RHP’s Nell Bovender, will be given to senior adults with limited income or physical disabilities who did not receive help during last year’s Week of Caring.

Areas out in the county and in municipalities will be targeted for the Community Facelift where groups of volunteers will assist with the clean up.

In the past, some of the county’s larger manufacturing plants allowed employees to volunteer during the week, while still on the clock. But as the jobs have dwindled, the target areas to receive new volunteers will be the small businesses, although Tanner Companies and Timken still plans to sponsor groups of volunteers during the Week of Caring.

Maybe your small business or your group of friends could volunteer a few hours that week or on Saturday and help the senior citizens with work they cannot do alone.

There is a job and a job site for you.

As a project of this magnitude will draw a large number of volunteers, Make a Difference, also touches all facets of people who will help coordinate the projects.

Dumpsters will need to be placed out in the county for trash collection and the dumpster placements are costly.

Maybe you’d like to help place a dumpster in an area.

There will probably be a need for people with pick up trucks to return to the areas of clean up the following week to haul trash and debris to the landfill.

The landfill closes at 12:30 p.m.

Saturday.

Transportation is going to be needed to take large groups of young people to the job sites and the Department of Transportation’s liter crews will be asked to assist with orange garbage bags and collections.

There are things you can do. You can help locate senior citizens in dire need, you can become a volunteer, you can make a donation and cooperate in whatever area needed.

Afterall, who doesn’t need a facelift?

Call Bovender at the RHP office, 248-3431.

Contact Gordon via e-mail at jgordon@thedigitalcourier.com.

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Terry Ware, front row far right, is a member of the 60th Basic Law Enforcement Training Class at Isothermal Community College. Ware, 59, decided to return to law enforcement to minister in a different way.

Answering the call to

protect and serve At 59, Terry Ware decided to enroll in BLET courses

By ALLISON FLYNN Daily Courier Lifestyles Editor

Above, Terry Ware turned 18 in the U.S. Marine Corps, which he said helped prepare him for the physical training that goes along with BLET. At right, Ware’s PE instructors said they thought the physical aspects of training would cause him to quit, and were pleasantly surprised when it didn’t.

BLET Director Rick Gilbert described Ware as a “modern-day Rocky Balboa.”

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At a time in his life when he could be considering retirement, instead Terry Ware is spending his time in class, planning a future that will include protecting and serving others.

Ware, 59, is a member of the 60th Basic Law Enforcement Training Class at Isothermal Community College.

This isn’t Ware’s first foray into law enforcement – following his time in the U.S. Marine Corps, Ware served as a police officer in Spindale.

“They (the Marine Corps) would send you to career school before you got out,” he said.

“Towns recruited Marines for police officers. I took a 240-hour course at Coastal Community College.”

Feeling the calling to preach since age 13, Ware left the police force and went to seminary to be a pastor of a congregational holiness church.

“I give the Lord all credit for anything good about me,” he said. “My main thing and what’s brought me to where I am is Jesus Christ.”

Earlier this year, though, Ware felt led to use his ministry in another way. A way that would lead him back to law enforcement.

“I started to wait one session,” he said. “My wife said ‘Why?’ I know you can do it.’

She encouraged me. We’ve been married 43 years,” he said.

Ware’s wife, Sonja, was right.

He was meant to be in the class he’s in now, he said.

“There’s some of them I know I’ve helped,” he said. “I know some of them wanted to quit but they see an old man behind them and how can they?”

Ware’s instructors believed he would quit shortly after PT (physical training) began.

“I believed he would not last more than 15 minutes,” said Sgt. Scott Hamby, one of the PE instructors. “After 15 minutes he was still there. Then he made it to the end of the first hour. After that I decided the daily grind of PE would wear him down. But he proved me wrong.”

Hamby, said Ware, is a like a Please see Ware, Page 8C

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Out & About

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Freakshow Trio, who received second overall national teen duet/trio, were Farrin Eddy, Crystal Meeks, Amie Sessoms and Megan Long.

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Competition students at Little Broadway got to attend a covention in New York City for six days, dancing with the Radio City Rockettes, touring Ground Zero and watching Broadway Shows. Pictured are Bryanna Melaugh, Savanna Spence, Kylee Sprouse, Mary Poteat, Salem Bush, Megan Long, Courtney Arms, Macie Ward and Farrin Eddy.

Little Broadway students travel to S.C., NYC

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Those who won National Champion Top Overall Large Group included Courtney Arms, Farrin Eddy, Megan Long, Savanna Spence, Mary Poteat, Kylee Sprouse, Meredith Bennett, Darby Williams, Maci Poteat, Macie Ward and Crystal Meeks.

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Students at Little Broadway Studio attended Kids Artistic Revue National in Myrtle Beach, S.C., recently. While there, they won numerous top first, elite top first, national overall awards, special judges awards and top overall cash prizes. They competed with studios from North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Ohio, Virginia, Indianapolis and Tennessee, which made up more than 800 entries in the five-day national competition. The studio won National Champions with the Teen Elite Large Group “Lovestoned,” a routine choreographed by Amanda Pruitt. Students also won a special judges award for “fast and funky tap,” along with first overall teen elite large group and were also awarded a $500 cash award.

Competition students at Little Broadway Studio were awarded a KAR kids dance scholarship to attend a convention in New York City in the 2010 competition dance season.

Attending were Megan Long, Farrin Eddy, Courtney Arms, Macie Ward, Salem Bush, Savanna Spence, Kylee Sprouse, Mary Poteat and Bryanna Melaugh.

They traveled to New York City for six days and stayed at the Marriot Marquis in Times Square. While there they attended dinners at Planet Hollywood and Hard Rock Cafe, took a four-hour bus tour of all of New York and visited Central Park and Ground Zero.

Students were also given the opportunity to take classes at Broadway Dance Center and spent an entire day in class with the Radio City Rockettes, and at the end of that day did a mock audition with the Rockettes and were given feedback as if they were trying out for the Rockettes. They also got to do an in-depth tour of Radio City Music Hall.

Students attended two Broadway shows – “In the Heights” and “The Lion King.” At the end of “The Lion King” they were able to do a meet-and-greet with the cast of the actual Broadway show. They also took a Broadway workshop with the cast of “Wicked.”

The last night of the trip students took a formal dinner cruise around New York City and stopped at the Statue of Liberty. Special awards and plaques were also given out on the cruise.

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local Customer appreciation day

More than 100 people were in attendance at the new Henson HomeWorks Design Center grand opening and ribbon cutting Friday, Sept. 10.

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Business after hours

Lunch and learn

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Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours at Yokefellow ministries was enlightening and entertaining. this week! Guests had delicious homemade Ice cream, cookies and lemonade, while celebrating the end of summer.

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A Peak Energy Performance Seminar was held as a Chamber Lunch and Learn recently, presented by Carolina Chiropractic Plus owner Dr. Sarah Merrison.

Winners announced for Rash fiction, poetry contests

The Broad River Review and GardnerWebb University recently announced the winners of the inaugural Ron Rash Awards for Fiction and Poetry.

Christine Bates of Winterville won for her short story “The Night I Killed the Devil.”

Sarah Gordon of Athens, Ga., won for her poem “Apertures: Andalusia.”

Both winners receive $500, publication in the 2011 volume of The Broad River Review, and an invitation to share the stage with Ron Rash at the upcoming Ron

Kathy Ackerman

Rash Festival in Boiling Springs. The festival is the first event of a new, biennial Southern Appalachian Culture Series sponsored by

Forest M. Edwards Insurance Agency, Inc. Service and Protection Since 1929

Gardner-Webb University.

George Singleton of Easley, S.C., and Keith Flynn of Asheville served as judges for the fiction and poetry contests, respectively. The next deadline for the Rash Awards will be in October 2011. Full details will be available online in the summer of 2011 at broadriverreview.com.

Kathy Ackerman of Tryon was a finalist in poetry with “Belladonna’s Designer Wigs.” Other finalists include:

Fiction

Thomas Rain Crowe of

Cullowhee, “Back Porch Blues” Thomas McConnell of Spartanburg, S.C., “The Diggers” Steve Mitchell of Winston Salem, “The Naming of Ghosts” Jan B. Parker of Fuquay Varina, “Mayme” Robert Wallace of Durham, “I Demand to Know When You’re Coming Home”

Poetry

Catherine Carter of Cullowhee, “Occult Bat Encounters” Jessie Carty of Charlotte,

“Hoarders” Thomas Rain Crowe of Cullowhee, “Newgrange” Laura Lomax of Greensboro, “Pelicans at Prayer” Valerie Nieman of Greensboro, “No More Haints” Grace C. Ocasio of Charlotte, “Ruth, the Moabitess” and “Stralande” Maureen Sherbondy of Raleigh, “Rapunzel at the Beach” Jeffrey T. Williams of Goldsboro, “Reconstructing the Whale”

Fair Haven

“Where Humor Makes Life Better.”

Edwards Insurance Adds Retirement, Business and Estate Planning Services Clark L. Ward, CLU ChFC has joined Forest M. Edwards Insurance Agency, Inc. He will provide Insurance Services for Families and Small Businesses.

Clarke has more than 30 years of experience in Retirement and Estate Planning. He specializes in programs for owners and key employees of small businesses.

Clarke graduated from east Tennessee State University and is a member of the Society of Financial Service Professionals and the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors.

Clarke L. Ward

Clarke and his wife Margaret recently purchased a home in Rutherford County.

They look forward to sharing the many assets of this area with their children and grandchildren.

If you have questions about your retirement, estate, or business planning, call Clarke at Edwards Insurance (828) 287-3236. We offer no obligation reviews to make sure your plans are current in our ever changing world.

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Assisted Living Rehabilitation 245-9095

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Engagements

Reunions

Hutchins, Moore

Norville

The Norville reunion will be held Sept. 26 at 1 p.m. at Cane Creek Baptist Church Family Life Center. A covered dish dinner will be held. For information, call 287-5069.

Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hutchins of Rutherfordton announce the engagement of their daughter, Allison Jill Hutchins, to Lance Aaron Moore, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roger Moore of Union Mills.

A Saturday, Nov. 6, 2010, wedding is planned for 4 p.m. at Rick Springs Baptist Church.

The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Betty and Everett Hutchins of Rutherfordton and Nancy Upton of Bostic. She is employed by LaVie Rehabilitation at Oak Grove Healthcare Center as a physical therapist assistant.

The future bridegroom is the grandson of Earl Moore of Lake Lure. He is employed by Pike Electric as a lineman in Hendersonville.

R-S Central High Class of 1965

The R-S Central High School Class of 1965 will hold a 45 year reunion Oct. 16 at the Water Oak Restaurant in Rutherfordton. class members Gettys who have not received information The Gettys reunion will be held about the event should contact Pat Oct. 3 at 1 p.m. at Duncan’s Creek Nanney, 245-2246, or Jack Huss, Presbyterian Church in Ellenboro.

Bring covered dishes and old photos; 287-2190. A planning meeting is Gettys history books will be available scheduled for Aug. 5 at 6 p.m. at Spindale Restaurant. for purchase. For more information, call Marietta Floyd at 704-487-5480.

Chase High Band Alumni

Jill Hutchins and Lance Moore

Weddings Powell, Nelon exchange vows

Brook Nicole Nelon, daughter of Brian and Lisa Nelon, and Rodney Curtis Powell, son of Rodney and Vonda Powell, were married Aug. 21, 2010, at 3 p.m. at Golden Valley Missionary Methodist Church.

The couple live in Dysartsville.

New Arrivals

RUTHERFORDTON – The following babies were born recently at Rutherford Hospital: William Mike Smith and Nicki Ann Gosnell of Sunny View, a son and a daughter, William Jackson Smith and Whitney Joann Smith, Sept. 13.

Ken “Spike” and Ashley Maxey of Caroleen, a son, Michael AlexanderScott Maxey, Sept. 13.

Cruise Hampton and Holli Rogers of Forest City, a daughter, Aliza

Mills community. For more information, call 248-1116.

The Chase High School Trojan Band will hold an alumni reunion Oct. 29 during the last home football game. Cost is $25 per alumni and includes a meal catered by City Table Barbeque, alumni band T-shirt, admission to the game; this is a fundraiser for the marching band to purchase new uniforms. Bring your own instrument and play pep music in the stands. There will be a registration form on the band’s website at www.trojanmarchingband. org. Former band directors are also invited. For information, contact Band Director Michael Henderson at mhenderson@rcsnc.org.

East Rutherford High Class of 1980

Reign Hamton, Sept. 14.

Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Scott Pegram of Forest City, a daughter, Tabitha Isabella-Zone Pegram, Sept. 15.

Mr. and Mrs. Chris Ellis of Gaffney, S.C., a daughter, Eva Ann Ellis, Sept. 16.

Mr. and Mrs. Theron H. Shelton Sr. of Rutherfordton, a son, Theron Hunter Shelton Jr., Sept. 17.

Mr. and Mrs. Zack Freeman of Mooresboro, a daughter, Coraline Luna Freeman, Sept. 18.

The East Rutherford High Class of 1980 is planning its 30th reunion for Saturday, Oct. 9, at the Forest City Clubhouse. Any classmates who have not been contacted should call Angela Flack, 245-8821.

Alexander Mills

The Alexander Mills reunion will be held Saturday, Oct. 9, at noon at Four Seasons Farm, 1031 Doggett Road, Forest City; covered dish.

Reunion is for anyone who lived or attended church in the old Alexander

Chase High Class of 1965

Chase High School Class of 1965 is planning its 45th reunion for Saturday, Oct. 16, at the Rutherfordton Clubhouse.

If you have not received an invitation, please contact one of the following people and give them your address: Ronnie Holland, 245-1516; Donna Hughes, 286-2710; Donnis Baynard, 704-482-5753; or Janice Swing, 657-6180.

East Rutherford Class of 1985

East Rutherford Class of 1985 will hold its 25th reunion Oct. 15 and 16.

For more information, call Tracy L. Fuller, 287-0943, or Penni Keyes, 704-995-6915.

Cool Springs Class of 1960

The Cool Springs High School Class of 1960 will hold its 50th reunion Oct. 22 and 23. For information, call Barry Jones, 704-300-1824 or jones4842@yahoo.com.

East Class of 1965

The East Rutherford High School Class of 1965 is having its 45th class reunion at the VFW in Shelby Oct. 23. If you have not been contacted or received your invitation, call Sandra Bumgardner at 286-3754 or Janice Haynes, 245-0052.

Planning a reunion?

Let your classmates know the details by sending reunion announcements to The Daily Courier. Here’s how: n E-mail: lifestyles@thedigitalcourier.com n Mail: P.O. Box 1149, Forest City, NC 28043 n Fax: 248-2790 n In person: 601 Oak St., Forest City

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Hospice announces upcoming events FOREST CITY – Hospice of Rutherford County announces the following upcoming events. To register, please call 245-0095. n Hospice Remembrance Service: Remembering patients who have died and those who cared for them, Thursday, Oct. 21, at 6 p.m. at Carolina Event and Conference Center.

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Third grade students (above and below) at Forest City-Dunbar made rock ‘n roll ice cream Sept. 3. Students learned the scientific secret is salt. After five to eight minutes of shaking their bagged creations, they were able to go outside and enjoy their treat.

n GRACE support group: For anyone caring for a loved one. The group is offered the first Tuesday of each month from 4 to 5:30 p.m. at Rutherford Life Services and co-sponsored by Hospice. Adult day care services are available if you RSVP to Hospice at 2450095. Call Joey Revis at Hospice for more infor-

mation. n HOPE Support Group: Tuesdays beginning Sept. 7 for four weeks at 10 a.m. at the Center of Living for any adult in the community who has lost a loved one. Offered at no cost. n PROMISE Support Group: Conducted for four weeks beginning Nov. 1 at 10 a.m. This group is for any parent who has lost an adult child The group will also be conducted next quarter, so call to register. Offered at no cost. n Volunteer training: Available on DVD and taking place Oct. 18-20 at the Hickory Nut Gorge office in Lake Lure from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Oct. 11-14 from 6 to 9 p.m. at Carolina Event and Conference Center.

n Widow/Widower’s Lunch Bunch Meeting: Third Friday of each month at the Carolina Event and Conference Center, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. for anyone in the community who has lost a spouse.

Topics for these upcoming meetings include information about the following: Finding new hobbies and interests, personal safety, grief and loss, setting goals for the rest of our lives, advanced care planning, volunteerism, Alzheimer’s disease, how to start dating again, getting remarried, Hospice overview, exercise and it’s benefits on our health and Is it grief or depression?

Cost for lunch is $5.

Participants MUST register in order to reserve lunch.

Area Happenings

Broad River Review seeks submissions

Submissions are now being taken for The Broad River Review, a publication of GardnerWebb University.

Submissions of original and unpublished poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction are welcomed. Artists and photographers are also encouraged to submit samples of their work for possible cover art.

The Broad River Review is an annual literary magazine sponsored by the Department of English Language and Literature at GardnerWebb University.

Simultaneous submissions are encouraged, as long as the publication

is notified if your work is accepted elsewhere; submissions in multiple genres is accepted.

Please limit poetry to five poems (up to 10 pages) and prose submissions to 4,000 words.

Submissions should be send to The Broad River Review, P.O. Box 7224, Gardner-Webb University, Boiling Springs, NC 28017.

Submissions should include your name, address, e-mail, telephone number and short bio.

You may also submit submissions via e-mail as a Word attachment to broadriverreview@gardner-webb.

NAMI to offer education class

A free 12-week Family-to-Family education class will be sponsored by NAMI (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill) Rutherford County is going on now on Thursdays from 6:30 to 9 p.m.

The free course will be held at United Way of Rutherford County, 668 Withrow Road, Forest City.

More than 150,000 people in the US, Canada and Mexido have completed the

course. The class is limited to 20 participants.

Illnesses covered will be major depression, bipolar disorder (manic depression), obsessive compulsive disorder, schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder, panic disorder, borderline personality disorder, co-occurring brain disorders and addictive disorders.

For information or to register, call affiliate president Betty Frye at 704-583-0845.

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DAV memorial bricks to honor those who served

Lake Lure Lions Club to hold golf fundraiser

FOREST CITY – Rutherford County Disabled American Veterans Chapter No. 25, with the National Guard Unit based in the Forest City Armory, have joined together to honor the men and women who served in the military from Rutherford County.

The Lake Lure Lions Club will hold a unique fundraiser Nov. 6 at 3:30 p.m. at Rumbling Bald Golf Course.

The club plans to “rain” golf balls on the course. The ball that drops into the cup or is closest to the hole will win up to $5,000 in cash. To participate, you may purchase a golf ball for $20; the club hopes to sell 1,000 golf balls. There will also be a second and third prize, with $1,000 and $500 respectively.

Yellow five-by-seven registration cards have been placed in the Lake Lure Visitors Center, the Lake Lure, Apple Valley and Rumbling Bald golf courses, Mountains Branch Library and other business locations.

The golf ball drop is sponsored by Lake Lure Lions Club, and beneficiaries include Shepherd’s Care, juvenile diabetes and other local charities.

For more information, contact Lion Paul Galletti at 828-625-1048 or Lion Diane Barrett at 828-625-2812.

Memorial bricks — to honor those who are deceased or living who served in the military — can be purchased for $50. The mission of the sale is to remove grass from around the Armory and replace it with memorial bricks honoring veterans.

Each brick consists of three engraved lines, each with up to 13 characters.

To receive an order form, call 288-1595 and leave your name and address and a form with instructions will be mailed to you.

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Students at Rutherfordton Elementary School celebrated Constitution Day on Friday, September 17th, with a variety of events. All during the week, teachers explored and provided lessons and special activities related to learning about the nation’s founding document and its importance for today’s society. On Friday morning, all students were excited to have a special visit from Benjamin Franklin, the oldest and one of the most famous signers of both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. After lunch, students in the third, fourth and fifth grades assembled in the gym to hear Judge Laura Powell speak about the Judicial Branch of our nation’s government as set forth by the Constitution.

Salvation Army to take Christmas Cheer applications

The Salvation Army will take applications Oct. 5, 6, 7 and 8 for its annual Christmas Cheer toy and food distribution.

Each year the Salvation Army helps provide Christmas to hundreds of needy residents in the area.

Applications can be filled out from 9:15 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m. on those days at the Disabled American Veterans building, 890 Withrow Road., Forest City.

Guidelines are as follows: n Applicant must present Original Photo Identification n His or Her Social Security Card (original - no copies) n Must present Social Security Card or Birth Certificate for each child n Social Security Card for other adults or older age children living in home n Copies of previous month’s bills.

The Salvation Army will provide for children 0 thru 12 years of age.

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Sunshine Elementary School learned the importance of the events leading up to, during and after the signing of the Constitution of the United States. Weekly highlights included a live ride-by of Paul Revere, wall murals and art projects. Visits from George Washington, Benjamin Franklin and Dr. Hugh Williamson, (one of the three representatives from North Carolina who signed the Constitution) highlighted the school morning news. On Friday, Constitution Day was celebrated with a visit from Uncle Sam and a patriotic song tribute.

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Sunday Break

Dog left home alone causes concern for worried owners Dear Abby: My husband and I have a precious 2-year-old Boston terrier, “Bailey,” who is our life. We consider him our child and are heartbroken any time we must leave him alone.

I am wondering if there is any way I could train Bailey to use a fire blanket in case of a fire if we’re not there. Bailey loves to burrow into blankets, so it’s not too much of a stretch.

I couldn’t bear the thought of our little one not being able to help himself if he was locked in during a fire. Any suggestions?

— Bailey’s Mom Dear Bailey’s Mom: I have two words for you: dog sitter! If there was a fire and you weren’t there, Bailey could die of smoke inhalation. A dog sitter is insurance that even in

Dear Abby Abigail van Buren

case of fire someone is around to ensure his safety.

Dear Abby: I am a 29-yearold woman with one child.

Having always wanted to adopt, I looked into international adoptions and foster care adoptions. I also became a foster care provider for two years. I have always wanted to expand my family, but adoption is expensive and foster care wasn’t the right fit.

My younger sister, “Caitlin,” married her abusive high school boyfriend and imme-

diately became pregnant. She filed for divorce last year.

Because he still controlled her, they reconnected and she’s now pregnant with a second child.

They are still divorcing, and this time she has no intention of reconciling.

I would desperately love to adopt this baby. When I approached Caitlin about it she said allowing me to adopt her child would make her feel “too guilty.” How do I convey to her my great desire to adopt her child without making her feel like less than a parent? I wouldn’t feel so strongly if I thought she actually wanted this baby, but she acts like this pregnancy is a burden. — Maternal Dear Maternal: Your sis-

ter is experiencing a difficult pregnancy for many reasons, so please do not pressure her.

I’m sure she already knows how much you want a baby — so be supportive and let her know you are there for her. Period.

Dear Abby: My supervisor “Valerie” is smart and beautiful.

However she is a few pounds overweight. The problem is she thinks she can still squeeze into a size 8. You can tell she’s interested in looking professional and stylish by the clothes she picks out, but she still looks terrible. She is obviously in denial about her appearance, and her co-workers and underlings talk about her behind her back.

Because Valerie is my supervisor, I do not feel comfortable telling her how unprofessional

she really looks. I am surprised that none of her friends has told her (tactfully), or that her supervisor hasn’t told her how unprofessional it is that we all can see the outline of her underwear.

The shame of it is that it’s hard to take Valerie seriously in her professional capacity when all one can think about is her clothes don’t fit. How does one approach such a subject with someone who isn’t really a friend? — Grossed Out Dear Grossed Out: If one is a subordinate, one doesn’t. Poor Valerie may be in denial about her weight gain, or she may be having trouble shedding the pounds. Someone who could have a word with her about it would be her supervisor.

Osgood-Schlatter growing pains

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Dear Dr. Gott: I wonder why you didn’t mention Osgood-Schlatter disease in your column about growing pains. Our son, who is now 38, had this condition when he was 12 and had to have both legs (one at a time) put into a cast for two months.

Dear Reader: OsgoodSchlatter (OS) causes a painful lump below the kneecap (where the tendon attaches to the shinbone) in some children.

It results from growth spurts during puberty and typically occurs in children who participate in sports that involve jumping, running and swift changes in direction.

OS was more common in boys in the past, but as more girls become active in sports, this gap is narrowing.

It affects about one in five adolescent athletes.

Because puberty occurs at different ages between genders, OS commonly affects girls around age 11 or 12 and boys around age 13 or 14.

Symptoms of OS include tightness of the muscles around the knee, especially the thigh muscles; pain, swelling and/or tenderness of the uppermost portion of the shinbone, just below the kneecap; and knee pain that worsens with activity and improves with rest.

The cause of OS is repeated stress. Children have

Our column this week is dedicated to honoring and showing our appreciation for our many youth volunteers.

This summer the volunteers at the Community Pet Center have been especially fortunate and blessed to have the active assistance of many young people who have become dedicated volunteers.

We would like to extend a hearty and heartfelt thank you to each of you who have shown your concern and compassion for the animals in so many ways over the past couple of months: Sarah Bearden, Dominique Capaldo, Christian Henderson, Christopher Henderson, Shayne Ferguson, Brittany Funderburke, Taylor Funderburke, Moriah Griffin, Taylor Kinter, Lindsey Reed, Samantha Schiefelbein, Devin Sisk, Kimmie Sisk, Madison Snyder, Cypress Snyder, Amber Thompson, Dylan Thompson, Erica Toms, Cheyenna Vassey, Megan Watson and Amy Williams.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR VOLUNTEER EFFORTS THIS SUMMER! We look forward to seeing many of you again next summer or in the near future.

To other young people, students, teachers and adults who might be aware of or interested in the cause, there is always work to do at the Community Pet Center office at Animal Control or out in the community at one of our many events. Please call us if you would like to participate. We welcome your active involvement. Helping the homeless or abandoned animals in this community is a grassroots movement. We at the

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growth plates at the ends of bones, which are made of cartilage.

These growth plates are not as strong as bone, and recurrent stress can cause injury.

When the tendon that holds the kneecap in place is pulled constantly, it can begin to separate from the bone.

In some cases, the body may try to bridge the gap by building more bone, causing a tender lump.

Osgood-Schlatter typically improves without treatment and disappears once the bones stop growing.

In the meantime, if the swelling and pain become truly bothersome, over-thecounter anti-inflammatory medications or pain relievers may be used.

Rest is also important to prevent further injury.

In some cases, this may include wrapping the knee or discontinuing or reducing the offending activity.

In some instances, physical therapy or strengthening exercises may be beneficial.

Home treatments include stretching, ice, rest and even switching to different activities that don’t involve running or jumping until symptoms resolve.

IN THE STARS Your Brithday, Sept. 26; There are strong indications that you might not completely fulfill one of your more ambitious undertakings.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) Especially if the person is your friend, analyze in detail a joint endeavor you’re contemplating.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -You are often better off being unencumbered with partners.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) - If you’re not tuned into the plight of a friend who is asking a favor of you, you’re apt to turn down his/her request.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Should you hear some juicy, succulent gossip about a friend, be cognizant of what you’re doing before spreading it around any further.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) Attempting to use flattery in order to screen your real purpose is likely to backfire on you, especially if your interlocutor knows you well.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) - Be careful if you get involved in a deep conversation with a sensitive friend.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) - This might not be one of your better days to go shopping, because you could find the latest fads simply irresistible.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) - Your lack of commitment to friends’ plans is likely to make your companions go off and do their own thing.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) - Unless you don’t mind getting into trouble, take care of your responsibilities first before scampering off with your pals.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) - Don’t let it turn your head if someone you know is extremely complimentary.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) - Some days it seems like everything that we do falls flat. If this should turn out to be one of those times for you, don’t start pointing a finger at everybody else.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) - Watch yourself when at a social gathering should religion or politics become part of the discussion.

Community Pet Center hope to spread the message of humane treatment of the less fortunate creatures we share our lives with through as many of you who will open your hearts and raise your hands and your voices on their behalf.

Call us at 287 - 7738

The Pet Project Produced by Jo-Ann Close and Lynne Faltraco Community Pet Center

Organize school lunch supplies DEAR SARA: I hate packing lunches. It is my absolute most despised chore. I will have to pack four a day, and only one kid can reheat leftovers. I’m thinking of setting up a sort of lunch-packing station — a hidden place stocked with individual portions of snacks and lunch stuff that I can just grab and pack. Sort of like an assembly line. Then maybe have fruit and veggies for the week already cut and portioned out in containers in the fridge. I’m even thinking of getting some covered bowls and dishing out the breakfast cereal for the week. My kids are going to be getting the bus at 7:30 a.m., so mornings are going to be really hectic.

Any other ideas for making lunch packing easier? — Carla, Canada DEAR CARLA: I like to do as much as possible the night before, and I wake up early and give myself plenty of time.

I have a section of counter reserved for lunch boxes. My pantry has pull-out shelves, and I reserve one shelf for lunch foods and supplies. If you don’t have pantry space, try a plastic tote/bin just for lunch supplies. The rest of our lunch foods are organized by the built in drawers in my refrigerator (produce, deli foods). I pack the foods that don’t need to be refrigerated in lunch boxes the night before with napkins and any needed utensils. I put other foods that do need refrigeration into reusable containers. I reserve the front part of one shelf in the refrigerator for filled lunch containers and drinks. This makes it easy to pull out in the morning. I wait until the morning to make sandwiches.

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That’s simply my personal preference. You can make and freeze some ahead of time.

In the morning, I just add the containers of food into the lunch boxes with a freezer pack, add a drink and make sandwiches. It takes about 5 minutes.

My kids don’t have access to a microwave, but I have insulated food jars. If I send them with hot food, then I need a little extra time in the morning. I boil water in the microwave and pour it into their Thermos to pre-heat their food jars, and then I heat their food and place it into the food jar. It stays hot for about 5 hours.

When the kids come home, they bring their lunch boxes to the kitchen.

I wash the insides, and the containers are washed with dinner dishes.

I have a lunch box menu list of ideas, too. My kids help put some of their choices into the containers.

Sometimes, when I’m cleaning up after dinner, I’ll have them put their nonrefrigerated lunch foods into their lunch box. Visit www.frugalvillage.com/forums/foodkids/133292-mix-match-lunchbox-ideas.html for my school lunch box ideas list.

The list can help kids make healthy choices. I ove pack their lunch boxes a bit because my kids have sports activities after school.

They have their extra snacks (usually fruit or raw vegetables) ready before we head out.

8C — The Sunday Courier, Forest City, NC, Sunday, September 26, 2010

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“I was ready because of the Marine Corps,” he said. “I wasn’t so shocked because I’d been through that.”

Of 20 students who began BLET with Ware, only nine remain.

“You gotta want it,” he said. “Because if you don’t, your mind will fail you. If you go with heart, the inner person won’t give up – you persevere and overcome things or they overcome you.”

Ware – whose nickname from his instructors is an exaggerated version of his last name – has bonded with his classmates. They’ve become a brotherhood, he said, spending Monday through Thursday nights from 6 to 10 together.

“It’s like police academy – you’re at the college, but you’re not.”

In addition to his coursework, Ware works part-time at the Rutherford County Detention Center. It also gives him an opportunity to minister to those who have committed crimes.

“I’m not there to push them around, but to make sure they’re there to do their punishment,” he said. “When you treat them like they ought to be treated ... you overhear them sometimes ....

If someone jumped me in that jail there would probably be 10 who’d get him.

“If you still treat them like people you might can help them.”

BLET Director Rick Gilbert described Ware as a role model.

“He is a modern-day Rocky Balboa,” Gilbert said. “For anyone who thinks they are too old to pursue their dreams, Terry Ware is an example that it is never too late. His achievement reflects a core philosophy of life strongly emphasized in BLET – never quit, never surrender.”

Ware isn’t worried his age will slow him down when it comes to being a good police officer or detective.

“I figure I’ve got a minimum of 10 good years,” he said, smiling. “I’m 45 right now.”

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Terry Ware and his classmates are preparing to take the state exam in early October. The class began with 20 participants; there are nine left. Ware hopes to become a detective or a beat officer after completing training.

Contact Flynn via e-mail at aflynn@thedigitalcourier. com.

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Let your classmates know the details by sending reunion announcements to The Daily Courier. Here’s how: n E-mail: lifestyles@thedigitalcourier.com n Fax: 248-2790 n Mail: P.O. Box 1149, Forest City, NC 28043 n In person: 601 Oak St., Forest City

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