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The 1,500 workers for Shaw Construction at Duke Energy’s Cliffside Steam Station were evacuated from the project Tuesday after a bomb threat was made against the property. About 15 deputies from Rutherford and Cleveland county sheriff’s departments helped search for the bomb, but found nothing.
Bomb threat stops work at plant By SCOTT BAUGHMAN Daily Courier Staff Writer
CLIFFSIDE — The possibility of an imminent explosion shut down work at the Cliffside Steam Station for approximately three and a half hours Tuesday as law enforcement from two counties searched in vain for a bomb on the prop-
erty. A threat called in to the Rutherford County Sheriff’s office at about 11 a.m. made specific mention of the construction site for Duke Energy’s Cliffside Unit 6 coal fired power plant. The $2.4 billion project is being built adjacent to existing Unit 5 which runs to generate electricity for the surrounding counties and the city
of Charlotte. Officials with Shaw Construction — the engineering firm in charge of building the new generator and turbine — began evacuation procedures as soon as sheriff’s departments from both Rutherford and Cleveland counties contacted them. Please see Plant, Page 6A
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Twenty-month-old Jacob Sharpe prepares to ride at the Colfax Free Fair in Ellenboro on Tuesday. He is joined by his mother, Kim Sharpe, and Cameron Sharpe, 8. They live in Ellenboro, and came out for the opening night of the fair, which continues through Saturday at the site of the former high school in town. Proceeds from the fair go to Ellenboro Elementary School.
RUTHERFORDTON — Two Forest City men are charged in connection with alleged sales of false driver licenses. Mario Ziranda, 27, of 272 Roberson Rd., and Elvis Hugo Sanchez, 28, of 469 S. Broadway St., were arrested by the Division of Motor Vehicles’ License and Theft Bureau. Each was charged early Tuesday morning with selling false driver licenses/permits and common law forgery. They were each placed in the Rutherford County Jail under $75,000 secured bonds and each had a first court appearance Tuesday morning. More charges could be forthcoming upon the pending investigation, a press release from the DMV says. Sanchez has no legal United States documentation, the press release indicates. Jail information shows that both men are from Los Angeles. The DMV release says, “Search warPlease see License, Page 6A
Page 5A Caroline McGinnis and Sandi Ries, both of Florida, and Diane England, formerly of Baltimore, visit the site at Lake Lure where actor Patrick Swayze practiced the lift scene with Jennifer Grey in the blockbuster hit, Dirty Dancing.
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LAKE LURE — The telephones were ringing off the hooks at the 1927 Lake Lure Inn & Spa and at the Hickory Nut Gorge Chamber of Commerce Tuesday with questions about Patrick Swayze. Swayze, who died Monday after a battle with cancer, and other members of the crew stayed at the inn
during the filming of the 1987 hit Dirty Dancing. Much of the movie was filmed off Boys Camp Road at the former Chimney Rock Camp for Boys and Girls. “What room did he stay in?” McClean Alley said was among questions posed to him Tuesday. Swayze stayed in Room 215 at the Inn while filming the movie that Please see Swayze, Page 2A
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made him an overnight sensation and put Lake Lure, Chimney Rock and the Hickory Nut Gorge on the world map. “We’ve had calls even from the U.K.,” said Alley, marketing director at the Lake Lure Inn. “I am astounded,” Alley said he had so many calls from reporters and fans from across the country, he didn’t have time to locate pictures of Swayze and the Dirty Dancing stars at the wrap-up party in 1987. “Those pictures are here,” he said. Alley said just two weeks ago five young women from eastern North Carolina arrived at the Inn, wanting to stay in Room 215. “They came here just because of the movie,” he said. The ‘Swayze-suite’ was already rented, but the women took a boat tour and saw the spot where Swayze and Jennifer Grey practiced the famous dance lift scene from the movie’s finale. The area is now Firefly Cove, owned by John Cloud and Tuesday visitors to the area were arriving to remember Swayze. “They ought to have a memorial out here to him,” Caroline McGinnis of Florida said. She and friends Diane England and Sandi Ries, are vacationing in Lake Lure and spent time Tuesday afternoon reflecting on one of their favorite movies and Swayze. “We were sitting in the Lake Lure Inn last night at the bar when it came on the news that Patrick Swayze had died,” Caroline said. “It was very sad.” Dirty Dancing is the only movie starring Swayze that McGinnis really enjoyed and she loved it. Lake Lure Mayor Jim Proctor, who lives about onequarter mile from where the movie was shot, said Dirty Dancing definitely has had an impact on Lake Lure. Proctor said almost every time he and wife Robin were outdoors doing yard work, a visitor will stop by with questions about the former movie set. “The movie caught us all by surprise. I don’t think anybody, including Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze thought it would turn out to be what it turned out to be,” Proctor said. “The ratio of what it cost to produce and what it brought
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in, is the biggest ever.” The film cost about $6 million to produce and has made $211 million. The owner of the Lake Lure Inn at the time, John Mojjis, was offered a percentage of the gross of the movie proceeds, but opted to charge the film company — Vestron Pictures — for rent to stay at the Inn. He didn’t charge a fee for the company to use his property off Boys Camp Road for filming. Room 215 still looks much the same as it did in 1987 when it was set up for Swayze, Alley continued. There is a kitchenette, huge jacuzzi and a big four poster bed. The room rents for about $135 per night and is very popular with honeymooners and corporate visitors, Alley said. Proctor said when the movie was being filmed he often walked down to watch the production. “But then, nobody had heard of any of them, but it was fun to watch,” the mayor said. “We were limited to what they let locals do, but it was a fun. Almost all the dancing was done here.” Jennifer Grey issued a statement about filming Dirty Dancing with Swayze
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and how they practiced the lift scene in “that freezing lake.” At the Hickory Nut Gorge Chamber of Commerce, Melissa Messer said the telephones started ringing at 8 a.m. Tuesday. “Oh, my gosh,” she said. She and the staff fielded questions all day from at least seven television stations and dozens of newspapers. Television reporters arrived on the scene to talk with anyone and everyone with a memory of Swayze. “This never occurred to us,” she added. Dick Anderson of Los Angeles, a reporter for The Rutherford County News in 1987, recalled going to the movie set. “The day I went up the Lake Lure Inn to look at filming was the day they were filming the ‘Do You Love Me?’ scene,” he said. “Patrick Swayze was most famous for ‘North and South’ (the miniseries) at that point. I didn’t get to talk the cast, only the producer (Linda Gottlieb), and she said they were afraid people would think ‘Dirty Dancing’ was a porno. “I stood maybe 10 feet from Swayze, who was movie-star
handsome. And I remember the dancers bursting into appaluse after filming a take. But I never thought that film would make a dime in theaters,” Anderson added. Neal Craig of Forest City was 21 when he auditioned for a part as an “Extra Dancer” in the film and was selected. He auditioned first at UNC-Asheville and then at the Lake Lure Inn. He said he made about $30 a day. “Patrick Swayze was really a nice guy, down to earth,” Craig said. “On one occasion, he walked onto the movie set and had his dog. It was a really big dog,” Craig said. “He walked up to me and asked me to hold his dog for a minute. He said he had to go over there and ‘do this stuff,’ referring to acting.” He also recalled the weekend he left the area to go meet with his wife for a horse competition. “At the time, the movie didn’t seem like a big deal, I was just an extra, but looking back on it, it was a lot of fun,” Craig added. Craig was in several scenes, including the final dancing scene. He was also in the scene where Swayze walks
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into the “smoky room, the secret room and when he walks in, he hands his coat over to me. And when they change the tempo when he and Cynthia Rhodes dance down the middle, with the extras lined up on two sides I was right behind him,” Craig said. “At the time, they were making the movie, they didn’t even know if it would be produced,” he said. Craig was among dozens of folks from Rutherford County attending the Dirty Dancing premiere in Hendersonville. “That was a lot of fun and afterwards, we all went back to the Lake Lure Inn for a party.” The days of filming were very long, Craig and others said. Jim Sparks of Rutherfordton talked about his parents, the late Bud and Sue Sparks, who were also extras in the movie. “Bud Sparks liked dogs and he really got into Swayze’s dogs,” Jim said. “They were up there for about a week and thoroughly enjoyed it.” Jim said his mother was a bit reluctant to be in a movie with such a title as Dirty Dancing and refused to wear clothes the wardrobe folks asked her to wear. “They took her to the wardrobe to get a dress and she told them she wasn’t wearing those nasty things,” Jim said. He said his mother told the staff, she had better stuff than that at home. Sure enough Sue Sparks chose a “pea green” dress from her wardrobe and wore that during her filming. Jim said his mother owned a copy of the movie and they always watched it. “Mother watched it up until she didn’t care about TV anymore,” he said. The couple’s daughter, Linda Haire, said the time was special for the Sparks. “They had to be up at Lake Lure at 5:30 a.m. and it was during mom and daddy’s 50th anniversary and that was special to them,” Linda said. Other Rutherford County extras included Mr. and Mrs. Bill Edgerton and the late Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McBrayers. The Hickory Nut Gorge Chamber of Commerce is hosting a Patrick Swayze Memorial candlelight service at 7 p.m. Saturday in the Firefly Cove area.
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Carolina Today N.C. Cancer Hospital dedicated
CHAPEL HILL (AP) — University of North Carolina system President Erskine Bowles says a new cancer hospital will provide citizens statewide the most innovative treatments in the nation. Bowles and other university and state leaders spoke at Tuesday’s dedication of the North Carolina Cancer Hospital on the UNC campus in Chapel Hill. The 315,000 square-foot hospital replaces an aging building originally used as a tuberculosis sanitarium. The General Assembly authorized $180 million in debt for the project in 2004. It took four years to build before the first patients arrived a few weeks ago. Gov. Beverly Perdue also attended, wearing red in honor of Kay Yow, the North Carolina State University women’s basketball coach who died earlier this year after a long fight against breast cancer.
N.C. doctor faces murder charge
RALEIGH (AP) — A North Carolina doctor has been charged with second-degree murder after police say he caused a wreck that killed a 20-yearold ballerina. Multiple media outlets reported Tuesday that Raymond Dwight Cook of Raleigh surrendered his medical license before appearing in a Wake County courtroom for a hearing in connection with death of Elena Bright Shapiro. Cook’s vehicle struck the back of Shapiro’s car Friday night after he was traveling 85 miles per hour in a 45 zone. The ballerina trainee from Winston-Salem later died of her injuries. Cook’s bond was set at $250,000 on Tuesday. He has agreed to enter a substance abuse treatment program.
Anti-foreclosure campaign pushed
RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina officials on Tuesday expanded a foreclosure prevention program to all homeowners, seeking to prevent recession-stretched borrowers from losing their homes. The state banking commission said it is expanding free financial counseling to all mortgage-holders in hopes it will hold down the rising number of foreclosures as more borrowers lose their jobs and are unable to repay lenders. The expansion is also seen as undercutting scammers who promise to obtain loan modifications for struggling homeowners in exchange for an upfront fee. It is illegal under state law to charge an upfront fee for foreclosure assistance.
Court again tackles gov’s powers
RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina courts weighed in again Tuesday on how far a governor can go to balance the state’s budget, this time ruling then-Gov. Mike Easley was wrong to transfer $80 million from a road-building fund to pay for other government operations. In a split decision, a three-judge panel of the state Court of Appeals ruled the state constitution doesn’t allow a governor to transfer money appropriated by the General Assembly for one purpose and use it for another purpose without legislative approval. Easley transferred the money from the Highway Trust to the state’s general fund with a February 2002 executive order to help close a shortfall in that year’s budget that ultimately reached $1.6 billion. Two former state officials sued later that year, arguing trust fund revenues must only be used for purposes outlined in state law.
Charlotte police officers escort a man identified as Royce Mitchell to an awaiting police car, Monday, Sept. 15, 2009 in Charlotte, N.C. Police said Tuesday they were investigating whether the 36-year-old adopted brother of a pregnant teenager killed at a school bus stop fathered the girl’s baby. Royce Mitchell was also being questioned in the death of his adopted sister Tiffan Associated Press
Adoptive brother charged with rape CHARLOTTE (AP) — An adoptive relative of a slain pregnant teen was accused of raping her, and police said Tuesday they were also investigating him in her shooting death at a school bus stop. Authorities said they were also looking into whether Royce Mitchell, 36, was the father of Tiffany Wright’s baby. Tiffany was gunned down Monday morning in a shooting police said stemmed from a domestic dispute, but they have not elaborated. Her baby was delivered at a hospital. Mitchell was a person of interest in her killing, said CharlotteMecklenburg Police spokesman Bob Fey. Mitchell turned himself in Monday on an outstanding warrant charging him with statutory rape and taking indecent liberties with Wright, a minor. Police were investigating the rape allegation before Tiffany’s death, but did not bring charges until after her death. Mitchell, a street maintenance worker for the city, was being held in the Mecklenburg County Jail without bond and will likely get an attorney after an initial court hearing. Tiffany, who was eight months pregnant, was a junior at Hawthorne High School. She
was shot once in the head while she waited at a stop in north Charlotte. Wright’s baby was in critical condition Monday, but a hospital spokeswoman refused to give an update a day later. Tiffany’s grandmother said she was in the process of trying to adopt her granddaughter. “You can’t imagine the pain my family is going through,” said Shirley Boston of Cheektowaga, N.Y., a Buffalo suburb. “Tiffany wanted to leave so badly. She wanted to live with me. She went through so much in her life. And then this? It’s so wrong. How could someone do this to her?” Boston said Tiffany was born in Buffalo, placed in foster care soon after her birth and later adopted. The family lost track of her, but eventually she turned up in Kings Mountain, N.C., and was raised there by the foster mother who adopted her, Alma Faye Wright. Tiffany’s uncle, Israel Robbs, 83, of Eden, N.C., said that after his sister died, Tiffany moved in with Mitchell in his Charlotte home. Mitchell was Wright’s son. “That’s what she wanted. She thought he would take good care of her,” Robbs said. Tiffany lived with Mitchell in
Charlotte for about three weeks before she was placed in foster care. Robbs said the family was surprised that Mitchell might be a suspect in Tiffany’s death. In a cruel twist, in the late 1990s Tiffany’s biological mother called and told Boston that Tiffany was dead, but didn’t disclose any details, Boston said. Confused, she made some calls and tracked her to North Carolina. “It was a great reunion. We talked and I told her everything would be OK,” she said. Boston left Tiffany with a cell phone and $50 and before heading back to Buffalo. She also told her granddaughter that she would try to get custody of her. Boston said she wanted Tiffany and her baby to come to Buffalo to live with her. It was Tiffany’s biological mother who called Monday and again said Tiffany was dead. This time, Boston didn’t believe her until another relative confirmed it. Now that Tiffany’s dead, Boston wants custody of the baby. “This is something I have to do. No matter what it takes,” said Boston, who is flying to Charlotte on Wednesday.
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Our Views Career lab is door to future
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ats off to the Community in Schools of Rutherford County for helping us see a new advent in education that, in a very short time, has intrigued students. Thanks to a grant obtained by the CIS program, a synergistic career lab was installed at R-S Middle School. “What that paid for is the equipment, software, programs and teachers salary for the first year,” said Chris Fuller, interim executive director of CIS. Fuller gave credit to the program’s initial executive director, Mary Brown, for spearheading the project. In this lab, students participate in a curriculum called STEM. That stands for science, technology, engineering and math. The program is divided into modules of learning about such topics as alternative energy, audio broadcasting, bioengineering, biotechnology, CADD, CNC manufacturing, computer graphics and animation, electricity, engineering bridges, forensic science, horticulture, interior design, plastics and polymers, practical skills, robots and rocket science. Principal John McSwain said, “They’re starting to see why things are important and what goes along with making a career choice.” Another situation that is breaking the stereotype of public education is that students are arriving at other classes late because they are hanging in at the career lab to continue their work. “Their light bulbs are going on and that’s what we want to see,” McSwain said. The lab’s other purpose is to keep students from dropping out. Studies have shown how important it is to get students interested and energized before they enter high school. The schools have made big strides in recent years with the addition of highspeed Internet access and interactive whiteboards that engage students in a new, involved type of learning. Having this new lab is another tool in the fight to keep students in school and to help them see specific possibilities for a work life after their formal education is completed.
Our readers’ views Says principal handled speech issue properly To the editor: I would like to express my sincere thanks to Mt. Vernon-Ruth principal, Keith Ezell. Mr. Ezell sent out a phone message to all parents informing us that President Obama’s speech was going to be recorded and shown first to the faculty of our school. The faculty would then vote on whether or not the speech was appropriate to show to the whole student body. As trusted educators of my children, the faculty watched and then voted to view the speech the next day. This decision was made with care and concern for our children. Parents were given the option whether or not their student watched the President’s speech. I believe that this was the best way to handle this situation. Furthermore, I find it ludicrous that fault was found with this decision. Personally, I am appreciative that all media material is screened before it is presented to my children. In reference to a comment printed earlier, more than nine others and I believe a more educated and informed opinion should be heard. School menus are determined by county nutritionist and not the individual schools. Jill Crowe Mt. Vernon/Ruth Elementary PTO President
Offers some thoughts on speech debates To the editor: My horoscope for September 09 warned that my peers would lose respect if I didn’t express courage in my convictions. I believe my convictions reflect
a strong belief in my certainty and opinions. Therefore peers, I hope to retain your respect after this letter. I am a registered political independent. I proudly shun the liberal and conservative label to sit on the fence, as the two major parties like to infer, which gives me great satisfaction. Fence sitters get to vote for the lesser of the two evils with a clear conscience. Let’s not kid ourselves folks, it’s most often the only choice we have. The recent national and local uproar over our President’s speech to school children is nothing short of absurd! Both parties often exhibit extreme idiotic behavior, but in this case, the conservatives take the “Blue Ribbon.” The fact that some conservative parents withheld their children from school to keep them from hearing our President express the importance of staying in school, working hard towards their goals and believing in themselves, is ludicrous. The speech was released to the media several days prior to airing for everyone to review. If that speech in any way promoted a political agenda, I missed it. Locally, RCSS Dr. (John) Kinlaw avoided a target on his back by passing the decision of whether to air the speech off to the individual schools. Slick move, one this fence sitter can accept. Now the political monkey is on the backs of those principals who chose to censure. I realize the speech was outside normal curriculum, but honestly people, censure? One last conviction, if I may. I’m all for charity and this past weekend’s Labor Day Telethon for MS is no exception. However, host Jerry Lewis’ language was deplorable. The net-
work seems to ignore his cursing. I suppose because the telethon is a big money maker for ABC Network, as well as MDA. At one point, Lewis broke the 4th Commandment by taking the name of the Lord our God in vain. This is unacceptable to me and should be to every Christian American, be they conservative, liberal or independent. Ron Atchley Forest City
Says criticism of our presidents common To the editor: Over the past couple of weeks, I have read letters from Ray Crawford and Tara Wright about all of the hate, petty partisanship and total disrespect for President Obama. Where have you been for the past eight years? I have never seen a president called so many names and totally disrespected like President George Bush. There was even one major news anchor man who lost his job because he ran a story that was not true. Now that President Obama is in office, are we to sit back and not express our thoughts? If we do, does that mean that democracy and freedom is gone from this country. As far as health care not being for illegal aliens, you must have forgot about all the lawyers that are fighting for their rights in this country. They have been able to overturn two state laws that would keep them from getting driver’s license. As soon as this bill is past, they will start on it, and they will have health care, too. Mike Crain Rutherfordton
Perdue’s veto kills bill aimed at expanding secrecy RALEIGH — It’s been said that a governor’s veto power is a lot like a shotgun. It’s best kept hidden in a corner, behind a door, but occasionally alluded to by its owner so that any scoundrels know that they could be staring down the barrel should they decided to trespass. Sometimes, though, scoundrels must actually be convinced that you’ll pull the trigger. So, Gov. Beverly Perdue did. She hit the North Carolina General Assembly with a pretty fair blast. Perdue’s first veto undid a bill that dealt with how the General Assembly operates and what people can learn about who’s doing the operating. The bill made changes to confidentiality requirements for the documents and
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requests that become part of drafting legislation. A lot of those documents are already confidential, and the bill’s sponsor, Democratic Rep. Rick Glazier of Fayetteville, said that wouldn’t have changed much under the bill vetoed by Perdue. Perdue and her staff disagreed, saying more documents would be made confidential. She was particularly concerned about information kept by the state agencies under her control. “These are the people’s doc-
uments,” Perdue told reporters last week. Glazier may be correct that current law already keeps secret bill drafting requests by legislators to legislative staff and most supporting documents that accompany those requests. But the vetoed legislation would clearly have done damage to people’s ability to know how their government operates and who stands behind public policy positions. Any requests to legislators to draft bills — whether it be from Joe Six Pack or Joe CEO — would have also been tucked into the legislative secrecy file. And former legislative employees who violated the secrecy provisions could have faced misdemeanor criminal charges. Neither Perdue, legislators
nor press coverage focused on what might have proven the most damaging change. While current law gives legislative employees protections to prevent them from being compelled to disclose any nonpublic information gained in the course of their employment, the bill would have simply banned them from doing so. A protection would have become a chilling burden and limitation. Under such a law, any staff member would be foolish to ever again chat with a reporter, speak to a community group, or answer the simplest question from the taxpayers who pay his or her salary. Oh, and this almost law would have applied to both current and former legislative employees. What’s next? A CIA-like
oath of secrecy to work in the building? That ought to really encourage the best and brightest to work in the legislature. Legislative leaders say they will skip trying to override Perdue’s veto despite unanimous votes for the bill in both chambers. Perdue, meanwhile, gets a needed boost in positive publicity by taking on an easy target — other politicians largely amorphous and unknown to the broader public. So what if they were her former colleagues? Doing so, she lives up to a campaign promise to make government more transparent. It was a smart, sure step. Scott Mooneyham is executive director of the Capitol News Service in Raleigh.
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Vendors sought for Jenkins festival
FOREST CITY — The Snuffy Jenkins Festival Reunion recently announced by Rutherford County Arts Council and Isothermal Community College also includes as a major partner the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service. The Arts Council and Cooperative Extension collaborated for several decades on the Spring Thing Festival and have been working on
plans for the Snuffy Jenkins Festival for some time. Cooperative Extension will coordinate vendors and demonstrators for the Snuffy Jenkins Festival Reunion under the supervision of Tracy Davis. Heritage Crafts and regional foods will be featured, along with food and craft demonstrations. For-profit vendors will be charged a fee of $50 plus 10 percent of gross sales above the fee; nonprofit organizations may sell their products with no vendor fee, but will be asked to contribute 10 percent of gross sales towards the general budget of the festival. Cultural groups wishing to have information and demonstration booths, may do so at no charge. Individuals, businesses and organizations wishing to participate are invited to call Extension Agent Tracy Davis at 828-287-6010 to discuss whether their product or service qualifies for inclusion in this year’s event. Other cooperating agencies include the Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce, Rutherford County Historical Society, the Rutherford County Visual Artists Guild, the NC Department of Commerce and the Rutherford CountyTourism Development Authority.
Police Notes Sheriff’s Reports
n The Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office responded to 151 E-911 calls Monday.
n Kathy Ellen McCurry reported a burglary/ forcible entrance. n Houser’s Auto Sales, 1625 N.C. 120, Mooresboro, reported the theft of heavy construction/ industrial equipment.
Rutherfordton
n The Rutherfordton Police Department responded to 35 E-911 calls Monday.
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n The Spindale Police Department responded to 23 E-911 calls Monday.
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n The Lake Lure Police Department responded to one E-911 call Monday.
Forest City
n The Forest City Police Department responded to 43 E-911 calls Monday.
n An officer of the Forest City Police Department reported an incident of violation of a domestic violence order. The incident occurred on South Broadway Street. (See arrest of Hargett.) n An employee of D&H Garage, on Hammertown Road, reported a larceny.
Arrests
n Joshua Bailey, 22, of Newton Cole Road, Forest City; arrested on warrants for breaking and entering, felony larceny, breaking into a motor vehicle and larceny; placed under a $45,000 secured bond. (FCPD)
n Joshua Maxwell, 17, of Hudlow Road, Forest City; charged with breaking and entering, felony larceny and breaking into a motor vehicle; placed under a $45,000 secured bond. (FCPD) n James Anthony Chapman, 38, of 379 Coopertown Rd.; charged with driving while impaired; placed under a $1,000 secured bond. (FCPD)
n Sylvia Kay Hargett, 36, of West Main Street, Forest City; charged with violation of a domestic violence order; placed under a 48-hour hold. (FCPD) n William Cody Valls, 18, of 543 Newton Cole Rd.; charged with no operator’s license, driving while
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FOREST CITY — Habitat is hosting an information session on Tuesday, Sept. 22, at 6 p.m. in the fellowship hall of First Baptist Church in Rutherfordton. In this brief meeting Habitat volunteers and staff will explain the qualifications and requirements of owning a Habitat house. The three criteria for becoming a habitat homeowner include: A housing need; ability to pay for the low mortgage; and willingness to provide sweat equity in building their house. Anyone interested is encouraged to attend the meeting. Call 245-7411 for more information.
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Steven Thomas Williams, 15, of 2409 Harris-Henrietta Rd., Henrietta, died Saturday, Sept. 12, 2009, at his residence. Born in Rutherford County, he was a son of Lorie Ann Whisenant Givens and the late Donnie Ray Williams. He was a sophomore at Chase High School and a member of Concord Baptist Church, where he was very active in the youth group. In addition to his mother, he is survived by a sister, Delinda Wells of Alabama; grandparents, Mildred Givens of Rutherfordton, Thomas Givens of Forest City, and Tommy and Joann Whisenant of Bostic. He is also survived by two aunts, one niece, six cousins and a host of friends. Funeral services will be conducted at 4 p.m. Thursday at Concord Baptist Church with the Rev. Frank Hoyle officiating. A private interment will follow in the Caroleen-Henrietta Cemetery. The family will receive friends Wednesday from 6 to 9:00 p.m. at Harrelson Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to the American Diabetes Association, Suite 336M, 222 South Church St., Charlotte, NC 28202. Online condolences www.harrelsonfuneralhome.com.
Bruce Neal John Bruce Neal, 64, of Hickory, a former resident of Forest City, died Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009, at Hospice of Catawba County. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by The Padgett and King Mortuary.
impaired and driving left of center; placed under a $2,200 secured bond. (NCHP) n Jessica Lynn ConnerGuffey, 28, of 392 Lane Rd.; charged with domestic criminal trespassing; placed under Ruth Scannell a 48-hour hold. (RCSD) Ruth Scannell, 85, of Jamestown, died Monday, n Thomas Edward Byers, Sept. 14, 2009. 50, of 903 Jim Elliott Rd.; A funeral mass will be held charged with obtain property at 1 p.m. Friday at Our Lady by false pretense and failof Grace Catholic Church in ure to appear; placed under Greensboro. a $9,000 secured bond. Born in Chimney Rock, (RCSD) she is survived by her son, n Randy Dale Price, 20, of Ed Scannell of Jamestown; 1525 Pearidge Rd.; charged a brother, Arthur Nelon of with felony probation violation; placed under a $30,000 Forest City; and a sister, Betty Rhodes of Asheville. secured bond. (RCSD) Mrs. Scannell will be laid to rest this Saturday in Mill n Gladys Lee Moore, 68, of 119 Seal Court; charged with Spring. Arrangements by Hanes resisting a public officer; Lineberry Sedgefield Chapel. placed under a $100 secured bond. (RCSD) Online condolences www.mem. n Gregory Matthew com. Mahler, 33, of 303 Rexford Drive; charged with no operKeona Miller ator’s license; placed under a $1,000 secured bond. Keona Lamont Miller, (RCSD) infant son of Ocie Sierra n Kenjerian Calshon Miller of 156 Reid St., Forest Littlejohn, 20, of 127 City, died Friday, Sept. 11, Lovelace Lane; charged 2009. with resisting a public offiHe is also survived by his cer; placed under a $2,000 grandmother, Tonya Miller of secured bond. (RCSD) Forest City; and great-grandn Juwan Rayford Tyner, father, Charles Steven Davis 20, of 132 Gold Medallion of Spindale. Drive; charged with secondThe family will receive degree burglary and crimifriends at noon Wednesday nal contempt; placed under at Mtn. View Baptist Church a $30,000 secured bond. with the Revs. James Lytle (RCSD) and Arrie Melvin officiating. Burial in the New Salem n David Tracy Kennedy, 45, CME Church cemetery in of 1150 Buffalo Creek Rd.; Rutherfordton. charged with trafficking opiPruitt Funeral Home has um or heroin; placed under charge of arrangements. a $30,000 secured bond. (RCSD) Ollie Freeman n Rebecca Lynn Shirlen, Ollie Patricia Freeman, 27, of 129 Cherry Knoll Drive; charged with second- of 715 Ledbetter Rd., Spindale, died Thursday, degree trespassing; released on a $1,000 unsecured bond. Sept. 10, 2009, at White Oak Manor Nursing Home, (RPD) Rutherfordton. Mrs. Freeman was a EMS/Rescue daughter of the late Alonzo n The Rutherford County and Sofa Lucy Freeman EMS responded to 24 E-911 of Spindale. She was a calls Monday. retired registered nurse for Rutherford Hospital n The Volunteer Life and a member of New Zion Saving and Rescue, Hickory Missionary Baptist Church, Nut Gorge EMS and Spindale. Rutherford County Rescue Survivors include her responded to 12 E-911 calls nephew, Gary Freeman of Monday. Spindale, and several other nieces, nephews and cousins. Funeral services will Fire Calls be conducted at 2 p.m. n Cliffside firefighters Wednesday at New Zion responded to a motor vehicle Missionary Baptist Church accident. in Spindale with the Rev. Donald Brown officiating. n Spindale firefighters Burial will follow in the St. responded to a motor vehicle John Baptist Church cemaccident. etery in Lake Lure. The body
will lie in state one hour prior to the service. Thompson’s Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Todd Crowder Todd Crowder, 53, of 906 Crescent Ave., Shelby, died on Monday, Sept. 14, 2009 at Hospice Cleveland County following a short battle with pancreatic cancer. Born in Cleveland County, he was a son of James L. Crowder of Shelby, and the late Peggy Hopper Crowder. He was a 1975 graduate of Shelby High School. He was employed by Cleveland Vocational Industries for 22 years and part-time at the Cleveland County Landfill. His prior employment was with Rutherford County Vocational Workshop and the City of Kings Mountain. In addition to his father, he is survived by a sister, Cara Crowder Harriman, a niece and nephew, an aunt and numerous cousins The family will receive friends Thursday from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Cecil M. Burton Funeral Home & Crematory in Shelby. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Central United Methodist Church with the Rev. Craig Langston officiating. Burial in the Sunset Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Cleveland Vocational Industries Inc., 650 N. Post Rd., Shelby, NC 28150; Hospice of Cleveland County, 95l Wendover Heights Dr., Shelby, NC 28150; Central United Methodist Church, 200 E. Marion St. Shelby, NC 28150; or to The Special Olympics of North Carolina, P.O. Box 27728, Raleigh, NC 27611-7728. Online condolences www.cecilmburtonfuneralhome.com.
Deaths Darren Sutherland LONDON (AP) — Darren Sutherland, a boxer who won a bronze medal for Ireland at the Beijing Olympics, was found hanged at his home Monday. Frank Maloney, his manager, discovered the body of the 27-year-old fighter and was so unnerved he was admitted to a hospital. Sutherland was unbeaten in his first four pro fights. Police said his death is not being treated as suspicious, a suggestion that no one else was involved. John Rarick ST. FRANCISVILLE, La. (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. John Rarick, a segregationist who served four terms in Congress from Louisiana and later carried the American Independent Party banner for president after George Wallace left the upstart third party, has died. He was 85. Born in Waterford, Ind., in 1924, Rarick served in the Army for three years during World War II. After being captured at the Battle of the Bulge, he escaped from a German prison camp, said Sam Hyde, a history professor and author at Southeastern Louisiana
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University where Rarick donated his official papers. Rarick graduated from Tulane University Law School in 1949 and was elected a state district judge in 1961. In 1966 he won the first of four congressional victories as a Democrat. Homer Edgeworth JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Homer Edgeworth, whose long life took him from a run-in with gangster George “Machine Gun” Kelly in 1932 to a judgeship in a case involving the man who integrated the University of Mississippi decades later, has died. He was 102. Edgeworth was born in Shannon in 1907 and graduated from the Tupelo Military Institute. He wore many hats during his lifetime — arson investigator, state Parole Board member, judge and election commissioner. He was most known as the bank teller robbed by Kelly and his gang. He never tired of telling his harrowing story about Kelly and had recounted the bank robbery just weeks ago to historical crime novelist Ace Atkins, who was working on a book based on Kelly’s exploits. Edgeworth’s brush with the notorious bandit came Nov. 30, 1932, when Kelly and his accomplices, including another gangster named Albert Bates, robbed the Citizens State Bank at Tupelo, Miss. Edgeworth was chief teller. The thieves got away with $38,000 in cash — quite a score in those days — as well as bonds and travelers checks. They left behind only one $2 bill, Baker said, though Kelly carried a .38 caliber pistol instead of his trademark machine gun.
Steven Thomas Williams Steven Thomas Williams, age 15, of 2409 Harris-Henrietta Road, Henrietta, NC, died Saturday, September 12, 2009, at his residence. Steven was born September 28, 1993, in Rutherford County to Donnie Ray Williams and Lorie Ann (Whisenant) Givens. He was a sophomore at Chase High School. Steven will always be known for his charismatic personality and his ability to make friends. He was a member of Concord Baptist Church and was very active in the youth group. He loved swimming and jet skiing. He was a loving son, grandson, nephew, cousin and friend. Steven was preceded in death by his father and also by his great grandmother, Gladys Hardin. In addition to his mother, he is survived by his sister, Delinda Wells of Alabama; one niece, Kaylen Wells; his grandparents, Mildred Givens of Rutherfordton, Thomas Givens of Forest City, Tommy and Joann Whisenant of Bostic. He is also survived by Josh and Deana Hallman of Bostic; two aunts, Crystal Melton of Ellenboro and Regina Parker and her husband, Joshua, of Knoxville, TN; six cousins, Hailey Beheler, Natalie Stacey, Danielle Parker, Abbey Parker, Nikki Kelly, Olivia Hallman and a host of friends. Funeral services will be conducted at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 17, 2009 at Concord Baptist Church with Reverend Frank Hoyle officiating. A private interment will follow in Caroleen-Henrietta Cemetery. The family will receive friends Wednesday, September 16, 2009 from 6:00 until 9:00 p.m. on Wednesday at Harrelson Funeral Home. The family requests memorial donations be given to the American Diabetes Association, Suite 336M, 222 South Church Street, Charlotte, NC 28202. Harrelson Funeral Home is serving the family. An online guest registry is available at www.harrelsonfuneralhome.com Paid obit
6A — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Wednesday, September 16, 2009
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‘Week of Caring’ set for Oct. 17-27 By JEAN GORDON Daily Courier Staff Writer
Health/education Free screenings: September is Prostate Awareness Month. The Community Clinic of Rutherford County will offer free prostate screenings on Wednesday, Sept. 23. Call 245-0400 for an appointment. You do not have to be a current patient of the clinic.
Meetings/other Habitat meeting/session: Tuesday, Sept. 22, 6 p.m. in the fellowship hall of First Baptist Church, Rutherfordton; Habitat volunteers and staff will explain the qualifications and requirements of owning a Habitat house; anyone interested is encouraged to attend; call 245-7411 for more information.
FOREST CITY — Volunteers from across Rutherford County are gearing up for the eighth annual Week of Caring, Oct. 17-27. The Week of Caring is an expansion of the National Make a Difference Day, Oct. 24, and the week-long event here pairs volunteers with projects from community nonprofit agencies and senior adults. There is never a lack of projects, but there is always a need for more volunteers, says United Way Executive Director Faye Hassell and Rutherford Housing Partnership Executive Director Nell Bovender. For eight years, the two nonprofit organizations have partnered to bring hundreds of volunteers together to make housing
repairs for the low income and senior citizens across the county. There is an even greater need for help this year due to the economic situation, said Hassell. “The needs go up in low income times. But when people have less money to give, they can certainly give through their time and talents. Hopefully, there will be more people who have time to volunteer. “The needs do not go away when people don’t have jobs,” Hassell continued. “This is all about people helping each other.” Projects will include urgently needed repairs for low-income families and will range from building handicapped ramps to repairing floors to raking leaves. Volunteers will adopt dozens of projects to complete during the Week of Caring.
United Way of Rutherford County and Rutherford Housing Partnership have been partners with the Week of Caring for the past eight years and encourage volunteers from all walks of life to become involved. The Week of Caring kicks off on Saturday, Oct. 17, with the illumiNATION program of Salem United Methodist Church, Bostic. The church pairs youth groups from across the county with RHP work projects as part of a weekend mission retreat. Individuals, groups, youth and businesses willing to volunteer during the Week of Caring can call Bovender at 248-3431. Contact Gordon via e-mail at jgordon@thedigitalcourier.com.
Endowment applications: The First United Methodist Church of Forest City is now accepting applications for its endowment for nonprofit organizations. Application deadline Sept. 30. For more information call 245-6446. RCST Fall open house: Rutherford County Swim Team (Raiders) will hold open house on Saturday, Sept. 19, at the Isothermal Community College pool; activities 1 to 2:30 p.m.; all youth ages 5-18, who are water safe and interested in competitive swimming, are invited to attend; refreshments, swim demonstrations, coaching staff, parents and other swimmers will be available to answer any questions; for further details visit www.lanelines. org. Hours changing: All Rutherford County Convenience Centers will be closed on Sundays, beginning Nov. 1. Also the convenience centers will now close at 7 p.m., beginning Nov. 2.
Miscellaneous Girl’s softball tryouts: Carolina Rally Cats 14U tryouts will be held Thursday, Sept. 17, at R-S Central High School, beginning at 6 p.m. For more information call 286-4921. Chase Corner Ministries will hold a half-price sale Sept. 21-25, on all summer items. On Saturday, Sept. 28, all fall and Halloween decorations will be out. The store is located on Chase High Road, directly across from the high school. Shag lessons: Beginner Shag lessons will begin Oct. 5. To register or for more information call 287-9228. Lessons sponsored by Rutherford County Shag Club. Spindale Fall Festival: Sept. 18, 6 to 10 p.m., Street Dance and Classic Car Show on Main Street; Saturday, Sept. 19, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., on the Spindale House lawn; arts, crafts, children’s activities, entertainment, gem mining, clowns, petting zoos, church yard sales, and lots of food.
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After about three and a half hours, workers were given the all clear to return to work. Officials are still investigating who called in the threat and have no suspects yet.
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“Even though there was no device found, we took this threat very seriously,” said Andy Thompson, a Duke Energy spokesperson. “We worked with local law enforcement and did everything they told us.” More than 1,500 workers from Shaw were on-site Tuesday, and all had to be evacuated and accounted for during the emergency. Duke Energy had about 60 personnel to be accounted for — the daily staff that run the Unit 5 generator. “Basically, we got together with Duke officials and evacuated the workers then proceeded to do an
Annual Jesus Jam: Saturday, Sept. 19, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., at Cliffside Park, Hwy. 120; music all day, kid’s activities, free barbecue, and lots of other activities; sponsored by Temple Baptist Church, Henrietta.
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Outreach Festival: Saturday, Sept. 26, noon to 2 p.m., at Amity Apartments in Forest City; music, food, singing and fellowship; sponsored by New Dimension Church, Rutherfordton.
rants issued at the (Roberson Road) Forest City residence resulted in ledgers indicating hundreds of fake document sales weekly.
Fall Festival: Saturday, Sept. 26, from 4 to 8 p.m., Walls Baptist Church, Bostic; barbecue plates and sandwiches (donations only), snow cones, candy apples, hay rides, inflatables, music and games; all proceeds to fund the community Thanksgiving dinner in November.
Fundraisers Car wash: Saturday, Sept. 19, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Harriett Memorial Free Will Baptist Church, 1938 Hwy. 221-A, Caroleen; cars $5; hot dogs and drinks will also be sold; sponsored by the church youth; proceeds to help purchase a sound system for the church. Car Show: Saturday, Sept. 19, begins at 9 a.m., in the parking lot of Mighty Dollar in Forest City; baked goods, hot dogs and drinks for sale; car show entry fee $10; prizes will be given; sponsored by the class leaders of St. John AME Zion Church. Poor man’s supper: Saturday, Sept. 26, 4:30 to 7:30 p.m.; Pleasant View Community Church, 129 Michael Dr., Forest City; adults $5; ages 4-10, $3; take outs available, call 248-2261.
Religion 58th Homecoming: Sunday, Sept. 20, worship service 10:30 a.m., Sandy Mush Baptist Church; a covered dish lunch will follow. Homecoming: Sunday, Sept. 20, worship service 11 a.m., New Bethel Baptist Church, Harris; Rev. Terry Roach, a former pastor of the church, will deliver the message; lunch will be served afterwards. Revival: Sept. 28 - Oct. 2, 7 nightly, Pleasant View Community Church, 129 Michael Dr., Forest City; Rev. Randy Bane will be the guest speaker.
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Driver licenses from California, Florida, Tennessee, Texas, Ohio and North Carolina were found at the location, along with Social Security cards and a Maryland birth certificate. Also seized at the location was $8,000 in cash and 15 grams of cocaine. The Forest City arrests, along with three Gaston County arrests, resulted from an investigation into the operation of a document lab, the DMV
extensive search of the premises,” said Rutherford County Sheriff’s Department’s Bob Holler. “There weren’t any specific areas threatened at the site, but we wanted to be cautious. Once we found nothing, we spoke with Duke officials again and when they felt comfortable they ordered the workers back to the site.” Workers stood idle for about three and a half hours until the all clear was given around 2 p.m. A sea of employees clad in neon yellow and orange safety vests swarmed around a small storage shed about 300 feet back from the main construction site. As company officials came to make announcements and give updates, the workers craned their necks to try and
hear the information. Once the all clear was given, one shift of workers quickly made their way to their vehicles to leave for the day, as the shift change occurred during the evacuation preventing them from leaving at their normal time. “Obviously when you have a project of this size whenever you have a down time or lost hour,s you see setbacks,” Thompson said. “But we think that today’s events will only result in a small loss and hopefully won’t affect the project’s overall time line.” Officials are still investigating who called in the threat and have no suspects yet.
reports. The lab reportedly contained equipment and materials to manufacture counterfeit resident alien cards, Social Security cards, birth certificates and driver licenses from six states.
and Theft Bureau personnel for their hard work on this investigation,” Commissioner of Motor Vehicles Mike Robertson said Tuesday. “It also speaks highly of our driver license examiners that they assist in reporting these crimes and increase the integrity of our offices across the state.” License and theft inspectors from Gaston, Burke, Lincoln, Catawba and Cleveland counties conducted the investigations and made the arrests, the DMV reports.
A Gaston County driver license examiner assisted in the investigation. Inspectors also arrested Claudia Morales Rodriguez, 29, and Alfredo Lopez Hernandez, 29, both of Gastonia, and Juan Alberto Goddy Vasquez, 37, of Kings Mountain on charges of attempting to bribe a state driver license examiner to obtain a driver license. They are being held on $10,000 bond each in the Gaston County jail. The DMV press release indicates that all three are believed to be in the U.S. illegally. “I am proud of the DMV License
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Law enforcement officials from the Forest City Police Department, the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office and the Gaston Police Department assisted with the arrests. The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency has been notified of the arrests.
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Rowe wins tourney at Meadowbrook RUTHERFORDTON — Clint Rowe shot a 65 to win the Meadowbrook Monday Senior Tournament by one-stroke, on Monday. Rowe clipped Graham Sinclair (66) and Jim Thrift (66) for the win. Curt Gladin claimed fourth place with a 67, while four golfers shared fifth place at 68. Rowe’s victory earned him $60.
Roberts wins RGC Amateur tourney RUTHERFORDTON — Kevin Roberts fired a two-day tally of 129 to win the championship of the Rutherfordton Golf Club’s Amateur Golf Tournament, on Sunday. Roberts was two-strokes better than runner-up Josh McMillan (131). Jake Watson finished third with a 132. R-S Central’s Zach McKelvey lead all the juniors with a 146. Rick Oates lead all senior golfers with a 146. The Championship B Flight was claimed by Freddie Jones and Robert Reynolds with a 145. Danny Hollingsworth fired a 147 to win the First Flight. Brad Joyner shot a 157 to win the Second Flight. Tony Ross claimed the win in the Third Flight with a 167.
Duke says no QB controversy with Lewis, Renfree DURHAM (AP) — Duke coach David Cutcliffe is content to play Thad Lewis as his starting quarterback. He’s also promising that freshman backup Sean Renfree will play, too. Cutcliffe went to Renfree in the second half of the Blue Devils’ weekend win at Army. Renfree responded by throwing for 106 yards and two touchdowns. But Cutcliffe says the senior will remain in the lead role while Renfree has earned the opportunity to see some snaps at No. 22 Kansas.
Bears LB Urlacher lost for the season LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher will miss the rest of the season after undergoing surgery to repair his dislocated right wrist — a major blow for a team with high expectations. Urlacher, a 10-year veteran, apparently was injured in the first quarter of Sunday night’s 21-15 loss at Green Bay making a tackle on Packers running back Ryan Grant. He played in the second quarter, but left on the Packers’ first drive of the second half.
Local Sports SOCCER 6 p.m. Chase at R-S Central 6 p.m. Madison at Thomas Jefferson 6 p.m. East Rutherford at Patton
On TV 7 p.m. (ESPN) MLB Baseball Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim at Boston Red Sox. 8 p.m. (ESPN2) WNBA Basketball Eastern Conference Semifinal Game 1 — Teams TBA. 10 p.m. (ESPN) MLB Baseball Colorado Rockies at San Francisco Giants. 10 p.m. (ESPN2) WNBA Basketball Western Conference Semifinal Game 1 — Teams TBA.
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East Rutherford’s Chelsea Medford, left, sends a return into the air during the volleyball game against county rival, Chase on Tuesday. Medford’s teammates Jaclyn Boever (1), Kelly Brooks (14) and Sally Harrill (3) watch the action.
East Rutherford serves up a loss to Chase By JACOB CONLEY Daily Courier Sports Reporter
FOREST CITY — If there is one constant in all of sports, it is that when two rivals meet, records go out the window. Chase and East proved this old adage once again, as the Cavs handed the Trojans their first loss of the sea-
son, 3-1 (25-20, 28-26, 22-25, 25-18) in volleyball action Tuesday. “I told the team that we did not have any pressure,” said East coach Julie Powell. “Chase had the pressure, because of their record and I think we played well and did not panic when we got behind.” East broke out to an early 6-4
lead in game 1 thanks to an ace by Makayla Harellson, but Chase fought back to tie the score after two consecutive Euleatha Davis kills. The two squads traded points until the Cavs took a 22-18 advantage on a Davis attack error. Chase was unable to Please see Prep, Page 8A
Panthers stand by their man
CHARLOTTE (AP) — Travel around this city and you’d think Jake Delhomme was not only a turnover machine, but responsible for the double-digit unemployment, the stalled condominium projects downtown and maybe even the relentless humidity. Radio talk show callers stay on hold for hours to spit venom at the Carolina quarterback. The Jake-hating message board threads are too numerous to count. Then there’s the Craigslist posting
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This is an Aug. 2, 2009, file photo showing Carolina Panthers’ Jake Delhomme. Delhomme has been an NFL starter for seven years. Yet when he trots on the field Sunday in Atlanta after committing 11 turnovers in the last 6 quarters, it may be the Please see Panthers, Page 8A most important game of his career.
What we learned, or should have learned It is very hard to not write a column ripping Carolina Panthers QB Jake Delhomme. But, at this point, if I did — I’d get flagged for piling on. The ripped and torn metal from the train wreck that is Delhomme’s career was not even cold before the boos turned into Tweets, Facebook posts, message board statements and even Charlotte Observer columns calling for everything short of the quarterback’s head on a platter. The Observer, which has spent the last four seasons making excuses for Delhomme, even ran a headline asking, “Is Feeley the answer?” What in the heck was the question — Can the Panthers find a worse quarterback than Delhomme? Yes, they can. I’m not going to rip Delhomme, though, because not all of the disaster that was called, ‘opening day,’ was his fault. The coaching of the Panthers was awful, the line play was awful and, if anyone doubted it, they shouldn’t now, the Panthers do not have a receiving corps. What they do have is one wide receiver named Steve Smith and a collection of guys, who may not be on the field with any other NFL team. Save for Muhsin Mohammad. He
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could start in a number of NFL cities looking for middle-aged guys, who are hanging on for no real reason — Buffalo springs to mind. Let’s return to the coaching. In one quote that I came across from the most-loved man in Philadelphia and Arizona, Panthers coach John Fox, the head coach admitted that, the Eagles did some things, defensively, that surprised them. What!?! Yeah, Fox, I suppose the Eagles sending out 11 guys came as a real shock. Maybe, it was a defense that blitzes — by the way, Fox, that isn’t against league rules. Maybe, it was defense that makes (gasp) adjustments to what the offense is doing. Whatever it was that ‘surprised’ Fox and Co., it should be enough to send them packing. In the last two meaningful games the Panthers have played, Fox and Friends, have been completely outcoached. Completely.
The situation in Charlotte, as bad as it is, can get much, much worse in a hurry. The Panthers go to Atlanta and then to Dallas for a Monday Night Football game against the Cowboys. That is a schedule that screams, ‘0-3!’ Carolina, following those two games, will get an early bye week. If the Panthers are indeed 0-3, then owner Jerry Richardson has some more firing to do, and this time it won’t be family members. The Hilltoppers have indeed cracked the AP North Carolina Prep Football Poll’s Top 10. Central now 4-0 comes in ranked No. 9 in the state in the 3A after receiving 18 points in this week’s voting. The Hilltoppers are the first Rutherford County team to make the poll since the 2005 East Rutherford Cavaliers reached as high as No. 2. Central’s Mike Cheek is happy with the ranking, but wants players and fans to keep it all in perspective. “All season long, the only thing I say, ‘one game at a time,’” said Cheek. “To be in the Top 10 is really nice, it’s big for us. When I got here we were 1-33 and there was no energy for, or around, this football team. The guys have put in a lot of work. “But, we have a lot more to do.”
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sports Simply one surprise after another at US Open
NEW YORK (AP) — Any chance he got, on TV and on the Web, Juan Martin del Potro wanted to watch replays of Roger Federer’s last shot sailing out to end the U.S. Open final. It was as if del Potro himself could not quite believe that he is now a Grand Slam champion — or, perhaps, could not quite believe that Federer had failed to win his sixth consecutive title at Flushing Meadows and 16th major overall. “I still feel chills,” the del Potro said Tuesday, a day after his startling 3-6, 7-6 (5), 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2 comeback victory over Federer. “I can’t explain with words.” That pretty sums up the way this whole, wild U.S. Open went. Seeing Federer clutching the runner-up’s silver tray under his left arm Monday night, a blank expression on his face, while del Potro’s big silver trophy was a few feet away, stood as only the latest of a series of extraordinary images from the past 15 days: n Serena Williams’ finger-pointing, profanityladen tirade at a lineswoman; n Kim Clijsters’ 18-month-old daughter, Jada, cavorting on court, posing for a horde of photographers, after Mom won the U.S. Open; n The word “Believe” stamped on the sneakers of Melanie Oudin, the 5-foot-6 17-year-old from Marietta, Ga., who knocked off Maria Sharapova and others on the way to the quarterfinals. One of the reasons we follow sports is because of their unscripted nature: You might think you know who’s going to win — and you might think you know what’s going to happen — but you never really know. Even del Potro and his coach, Franco Davin, acknowledged Tuesday that they didn’t exactly arrive in New York convinced that a championship would be the end result. “I won’t say we prepared for this U.S. Open planning to win it,” Davin said. “We came to the U.S. Open with a chance.” Del Potro, who rose one spot to No. 5 in the rankings Tuesday, won’t turn 21 until later this month and had never won a Grand Slam semifinal before this tournament. It was only on Sunday, as the Argentine was powering his way to a 6-2, 6-2, 6-2 victory over Rafael Nadal, that del Potro really began to think about what he was getting quite close to accomplishing. This, he said Tuesday, is what was running through his mind during that match: “If I beat Nadal, maybe I can win the tournament.” Maybe. Turned out, maybe anything could happen.
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National League East Division W L Pct 82 60 .577 76 68 .528 75 68 .524 63 81 .438 50 93 .350 Central Division W L Pct St. Louis 85 60 .586 Chicago 74 68 .521 Houston 70 74 .486 Milwaukee 69 74 .483 Cincinnati 65 79 .451 Pittsburgh 55 87 .387 West Division W L Pct Los Angeles 86 59 .593 Colorado 82 63 .566 San Francisco 78 66 .542 San Diego 65 80 .448 Arizona 63 82 .434
Philadelphia Florida Atlanta New York Washington
National Football League GB — 7 7 1/2 20 32 1/2 GB — 9 1/2 14 1/2 15 19 1/2 28 1/2 GB — 4 7 1/2 21 23
Monday’s Games Cincinnati 3, Houston 1 Chicago Cubs 2, Milwaukee 0 St. Louis 11, Florida 6 Arizona 4, San Diego 2, 10 innings L.A. Dodgers 6, Pittsburgh 2 San Francisco 9, Colorado 1 Tuesday’s Games Philadelphia 5, Washington 0 Cincinnati 5, Houston 4 Atlanta 6, N.Y. Mets 0 Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs, late Florida at St. Louis, late Arizona at San Diego, late Pittsburgh at L.A. Dodgers, late Colorado at San Francisco, late Wednesday’s Games Florida (Jo.Johnson 14-4) at St. Louis (Pineiro 14-10), 2:15 p.m. Pittsburgh (K.Hart 4-6) at L.A. Dodgers (Kuroda 6-6), 3:10 p.m. Arizona (D.Davis 7-13) at San Diego (Mujica 3-4), 3:35 p.m. Washington (Li.Hernandez 8-10) at Philadelphia (Blanton 9-7), 7:05 p.m. Houston (Bazardo 0-1) at Cincinnati (Lehr 4-2), 7:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Parnell 3-8) at Atlanta (D.Lowe 14-9), 7:10 p.m. Milwaukee (Looper 12-6) at Chicago Cubs (Harden 9-8), 8:05 p.m. Colorado (De La Rosa 14-9) at San Francisco (Cain 13-5), 10:15 p.m. Thursday’s Games Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m. Washington at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m. Florida at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m. American League New York Boston Tampa Bay Toronto Baltimore Detroit Minnesota Chicago Cleveland Kansas City Los Angeles Texas Seattle Oakland
East Division W L Pct 93 52 .641 84 58 .592 73 71 .507 65 79 .451 58 85 .406 Central Division W L Pct 77 66 .538 72 72 .500 71 73 .493 61 82 .427 57 86 .399 West Division W L Pct 86 57 .601 80 63 .559 74 70 .514 65 78 .455
Monday’s Games N.Y. Yankees 5, L.A. Angels 3 Tampa Bay 8, Baltimore 4 Detroit 6, Toronto 5, 10 innings Oakland 9, Texas 0 Minnesota 6, Cleveland 3 Tuesday’s Games Kansas City at Detroit, late Baltimore 10, Tampa Bay 5 Toronto at N.Y. Yankees, late Boston 4, L.A. Angels 1 Oakland at Texas, late Cleveland at Minnesota, late Chicago White Sox at Seattle, late
GB — 7 1/2 19 1/2 27 1/2 34 GB — 5 1/2 6 1/2 16 20 GB — 6 12 1/2 21
AMERICAN CONFERENCE East L T Pct PF 0 0 1.000 25 0 0 1.000 24 1 0 .000 24 1 0 .000 7 South W L T Pct PF Indianapolis 1 0 0 1.000 14 Houston 0 1 0 .000 7 Jacksonville 0 1 0 .000 12 Tennessee 0 1 0 .000 10 North W L T Pct PF Baltimore 1 0 0 1.000 38 Pittsburgh 1 0 0 1.000 13 Cincinnati 0 1 0 .000 7 Cleveland 0 1 0 .000 20 West W L T Pct PF San Diego 1 0 0 1.000 24 Denver 1 0 0 1.000 12 Kansas City 0 1 0 .000 24 Oakland 0 1 0 .000 20 W New England 1 N.Y. Jets 1 Buffalo 0 Miami 0
NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF N.Y. Giants 1 0 0 1.000 23 Dallas 1 0 0 1.000 34 Philadelphia 1 0 0 1.000 38 Washington 0 1 0 .000 17 South W L T Pct PF New Orleans 1 0 0 1.000 45 Atlanta 1 0 0 1.000 19 Carolina 0 1 0 .000 10 Tampa Bay 0 1 0 .000 21 North W L T Pct PF Green Bay 1 0 0 1.000 21 Minnesota 1 0 0 1.000 34 Chicago 0 1 0 .000 15 Detroit 0 1 0 .000 27 West W L T Pct PF San Francisco 1 0 0 1.000 20 Seattle 1 0 0 1.000 28 Arizona 0 1 0 .000 16 St. Louis 0 1 0 .000 0 Thursday’s Games Pittsburgh 13, Tennessee 10, OT Sunday’s Games Atlanta 19, Miami 7 N.Y. Jets 24, Houston 7 New Orleans 45, Detroit 27 Denver 12, Cincinnati 7 Baltimore 38, Kansas City 24 Dallas 34, Tampa Bay 21 Minnesota 34, Cleveland 20 Philadelphia 38, Carolina 10 Indianapolis 14, Jacksonville 12 Seattle 28, St. Louis 0 N.Y. Giants 23, Washington 17 San Francisco 20, Arizona 16 Green Bay 21, Chicago 15 Monday’s Game New England 25, Buffalo 24 San Diego 24, Oakland 20 Sunday, Sept. 20 Houston at Tennessee, 1 p.m. Minnesota at Detroit, 1 p.m. Carolina at Atlanta, 1 p.m. St. Louis at Washington, 1 p.m. New England at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m. Oakland at Kansas City, 1 p.m. Cincinnati at Green Bay, 1 p.m. New Orleans at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. Arizona at Jacksonville, 1 p.m. Tampa Bay at Buffalo, 4:05 p.m. Seattle at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m. Pittsburgh at Chicago, 4:15 p.m. Baltimore at San Diego, 4:15 p.m. Cleveland at Denver, 4:15 p.m. N.Y. Giants at Dallas, 8:20 p.m. Monday, Sept. 21 Indianapolis at Miami, 8:30 p.m.
PA 24 7 25 19 PA 12 24 14 13 PA 24 10 12 34 PA 20 7 38 24 PA 17 21 10 23 PA 27 7 38 34 PA 15 20 21 45 PA 16 0 20 28
Central Division W L OT Pts GF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Northwest Division W L OT Pts GF Vancouver 1 0 0 2 2 Calgary 0 0 0 0 0 Colorado 0 0 0 0 0 Edmonton 0 0 0 0 0 Minnesota 0 0 0 0 0 Pacific Division W L OT Pts GF Anaheim 0 0 0 0 0 Dallas 0 0 0 0 0 Los Angeles 0 0 0 0 0 Phoenix 0 0 0 0 0 San Jose 0 0 0 0 0 Chicago Columbus Detroit Nashville St. Louis
GA 0 0 0 0 0 GA 1 0 0 0 0 GA 0 0 0 0 0
Monday’s Game Vancouver 2, N.Y. Islanders 1 Tuesday’s Games Florida 3, Ottawa 1 Boston 2, N.Y. Rangers 1 Columbus at Pittsburgh, late Minnesota at St. Louis, late Edmonton at Calgary, late Los Angeles (ss) at Phoenix (ss), late Phoenix (ss) at Los Angeles (ss), late Wednesday’s Games Boston at Toronto, 7 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at New Jersey, 7 p.m. Florida at Ottawa, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Tampa Bay at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Edmonton, 9 p.m. Phoenix at Anaheim, 10 p.m.
SOCCER Major League Soccer EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF Columbus 11 4 9 42 36 Chicago 10 6 9 39 34 D.C. United 8 6 12 36 39 Toronto FC 9 9 7 34 33 New England 9 8 6 33 28 Kansas City 7 11 6 27 25 New York 4 17 4 16 20
GA 26 29 38 36 32 32 42
WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF Houston 11 8 7 40 32 Los Angeles 9 5 11 38 31 Seattle FC 9 6 10 37 31 Colorado 10 8 6 36 38 Chivas USA 11 9 3 36 25 Real Salt Lake 9 9 7 34 36 FC Dallas 7 11 6 27 39 San Jose 5 12 5 20 27
GA 24 29 24 30 24 28 40 40
Friday’s Games New England at New York, 7:30 p.m. Colorado at San Jose, 11 p.m. Saturday’s Games Chivas USA at Seattle FC, 3 p.m. FC Dallas at Kansas City, 8:30 p.m. Real Salt Lake at Houston, 8:30 p.m. Toronto FC at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. Sunday’s Games Columbus at Chicago, 3 p.m. Wednesday’s Games San Jose at Colorado, 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26 Los Angeles at Columbus, 7:30 p.m. Seattle FC at New England, 7:30 p.m. Toronto FC at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Colorado at Kansas City, 8:30 p.m. Real Salt Lake at FC Dallas, 8:30 p.m. New York at Chivas USA, 10:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 27 San Jose at D.C. United, 3 p.m.
BASKETBALL Women’s National Basketball Association Playoff Glance
HOCKEY (x-if necessary) recover from the miscue as East took game 1, FIRST ROUND (Best-of-3) 25-20. National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE In game two, it was the Trojans that took an early Indiana vs. Washington EASTERN CONFERENCE Thursday, Sept. 17: Indiana at Washington, 7 5-4 lead thanks to a Sam Carpenter ace, and that p.m. Atlantic Division lead grew to 12-9 on consecutive Davis smashes Saturday, Sept. 19: Washington at Indiana, 7 W L OT Pts GF GA p.m. that found the floor. Chase’s lead grew to four Wednesday’s Games New Jersey 0 0 0 0 0 0 x-Monday, Sept. 21: Washington at Indiana, 8 Cleveland (Laffey 7-5) at Minnesota (Blackburn N.Y. Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 when Jesse Alexander hammered a kill close to p.m. Atlanta vs. Detroit 9-11), 1:10 p.m. Philadelphia 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wednesday, Sept. 16: Atlanta at Detroit, 8 p.m. the net as the Trojans led, 19-15. After a lengthy Kansas City (DiNardo 0-0) at Detroit (Bonine Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 0 0 Friday, Sept. 18: Detroit at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. 0-0), 7:05 p.m. N.Y. Islanders 0 1 0 0 1 2 delay due to a power outage, Chase maintained x-Sunday, Sept. 20: Detroit at Atlanta, 3 p.m. Tampa Bay (Sonnanstine 6-9) at Baltimore Northeast Division their lead after yet another Davis point. But the (Tillman 2-3), 7:05 p.m. W L OT Pts GF GA WESTERN CONFERENCE Toronto (Tallet 7-9) at N.Y. Yankees (Pettitte Boston 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cavs fought back to tie the game at 24-24. After Phoenix vs. San Antonio 13-6), 7:05 p.m. Buffalo 0 0 0 0 0 0 Thursday, Sept. 17: Phoenix at San Antonio, the teams traded points on numerous occasions, L.A. Angels (J.Saunders 13-7) at Boston (P.Byrd Montreal 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 p.m. 1-1), 7:10 p.m. Ottawa 0 0 0 0 0 0 the Cavs finally broke through for a 28-26 win to Saturday, Sept. 19: San Antonio at Phoenix, Oakland (Cahill 8-12) at Texas (Nippert 5-2), Toronto 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 p.m. 8:05 p.m. Southeast Division go up 2-0. x-Monday, Sept. 21: San Antonio at Phoenix, 10 Chicago White Sox (G.Floyd 11-10) at Seattle W L OT Pts GF GA East began game three with a 7-5 lead, in large p.m. Seattle vs. Los Angeles (Rowland-Smith 3-3), 10:10 p.m. Atlanta 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wednesday, Sept. 16: Seattle at Los Angeles, Thursday’s Games Carolina 0 0 0 0 0 0 part due to numerous Trojans errors. But the visi10 p.m. Kansas City at Detroit, 1:05 p.m. Florida 0 0 0 0 0 0 tors took a 10-9 lead on a Brittney Enriquez kill. Friday, Sept. 18: Los Angeles at Seattle, 10 Chicago White Sox at Seattle, 6:40 p.m. Tampa Bay 0 0 0 0 0 0 p.m. Tampa Bay at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m. Washington 0 0 0 0 0 0 The teams then embarked on a series of trading x-Sunday, Sept. 20: Los Angeles at Seattle, 5 L.A. Angels at Boston, 7:10 p.m. points that was punctuated by several beautip.m. Cleveland at Oakland, 10:05 p.m. WESTERN CONFERENCE ful plays from both squads leaving the game tied at 22-22. From that point, Chase scored three straight points to force game four after a 25-22 interceptions and two posted a 14.7 passer rat- for perhaps the most win. more with lost fuming before being yanked important game of his The Cavs broke out to an to an 8-3 lead following bles. Combined score: Sunday is keeping the career. Continued from Page 7A two service aces by Harrelson. East maintained Opponents 71, Panthers team together? “I’d like to erase any their inspired play and pushed that advantage to 23. Don’t write it off as doubts,” Delhomme 24-18 and Harrelson slammed a kill from the back claiming Delhomme is But walk into the simple athlete-speak. said, his eyes fixed on row to seal the win and send Chase to their first Carolina locker room The players, coaching the other stalls in the for sale: setback on the season. this week and this is staff and front office locker room. “I don’t “Loyal. Needs a what’s heard: still believe in the guy think they have any. I Loving Home. Serious who led them within a really don’t think they “I love that guy,” Offers, Please. Trades East ladies down Polk on court last-second field goal do.” said left tackle Jordan Accepted. Contact: FOREST CITY — East Rutherford’s ladies tenof a Super Bowl title in Fox and general manGross, one of the high(coach) John Fox.” nis team dropped Polk County, 5-4, Monday at the 2003, an NFC chamager Marty Hurney are est-paid linemen in After 11 turnovers in Callison Recreation Center. pionship game appearall for it. Their futures the game. “He was one the last 6 1/2 quarters, East’s Ansley Henson won from her No. 1 spot, ance two years later may be linked to the it seems as if everybody of the main reasons I while teammate Cindy Flores took a victory at No. has lost confidence and a 12-4 record last 34-year-old getting out wanted to re-sign here. 6 singles. year. of his funk. I love blocking for him in Delhomme — with In doubles, the Lady Cavs took wins in all three They don’t think Three months after and he’s our quarterone big exception: the matches with Henson and Breezy Robertson winDelhomme, who made Delhomme threw five back.” Panthers locker room. ning at No. 1 doubles. Jenny Brooks and Lillie the Pro Bowl in 2005, interceptions and lost Added center Ryan Delhomme and the Mayfield teamed up to win No. 2 doubles, while has turned into Chuck a fumble in a stunning Kalil: “He’ll take all of Panthers imploded in sisters Micaela and McKenzie Brown took the win the playoffs in January Knoblauch, Steve Sax playoff exit, he was (the abuse) regardless at No. 3 doubles. or any other athlete rewarded with a fiveagainst upstart Arizona if it’s his fault or not. I who simply lost it one year, $42.5 million conthink that’s something and then in the seaday before disappearing tract. that’s very inspiring son opener Sunday from the stage. The move cleared and it’s something that against Philadelphia. “What he needs more salary-cap space for keeps this team togethDelhomme has started than teammates is real this year, but it also er.” 22 drives in those two friends and friendship,” included $20 million in A quarterback who games. 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Role reversal helps Wake offense shine
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Tiger Woods drops his club after his tee shot on the 9th hole during the final round of the BMW Championship golf tournament in Lemont, Ill., Sunday.
Golf playoffs make sense until the ‘Super Bowl’ By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer
LEMONT, Ill. — PGA Tour officials would like you to believe no trophy is tougher to win than the FedEx Cup. They may be right. The trick is not to mistake difficulty for significance. The most important trophies are handed out four times a year in the major championships, which define great players (Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods) and identify others (Jack Fleck, Shaun Micheel). What makes the FedEx Cup so difficult to win? Woods has been saying for the last dozen years that the key to winning majors is to peak at the right time, which means having your game come together for one week in April, June, July and August. Playing the best golf in the final week of September at the Tour Championship to win the FedEx Cup isn’t necessarily enough. Players first have to qualify for the 30-man field at East Lake, a process that could take all year (Woods, Steve Stricker), one month (Padraig Harrington, Marc Leishman) or one week (Heath Slocum). Even with points worth quintuple value in the postseason, everyone at East Lake is inside the top 50 on the money list. Woods is the No. 1 player in the world and — at the moment — in the FedEx Cup. His six victories are twice as many as anyone else, the most recent win coming at Cog Hill in the third playoff event. But if he doesn’t win the Tour Championship, there’s a chance someone else will be kissing the cup. Is that fair? About as fair as the New England Patriots going 18-0 and losing the Super Bowl. About as fair as the Cleveland Indians winning 111 games in 1954 for the highest winning percentage in American League history, and then getting swept in the World Series. Woods hasn’t been perfect this year, although in some respects, he is undefeated. He has the most victories. He has won the most money. He has the best scoring average. It was clear that Woods had not studied the points system when he arrived at The Barclays to begin the playoffs. He was deflated to learn he could win all three playoff events, finish second at the Tour Championship and lose the FedEx Cup. Even more disheartening was to hear that someone could capture the FedEx Cup without ever having won a tournament all year. Mathematically possible, but logical? You be the judge.
Jim Furyk, who has not won in more than two years, could win the FedEx Cup by finishing third at East Lake. That would require Woods finishing eighth and Stricker fourth. It can happen. And that would be the nightmare scenario for the PGA Tour. Woods understands the analogy of the Patriots going undefeated and losing the Super Bowl. He also raises an important distinction. “That’s their biggest prize,” he said. Not so in golf. Maybe that’s why too much time is spent on what the FedEx Cup is not, instead of considering what it is — a competition that brings together the best players on the PGA Tour when they otherwise might be home watching football like everyone else. “There’s too much comparing going on,” Stewart Cink said. Every shot counted the first nine months, and it counted even more the last three weeks. It counts the most at East Lake. While it is easy to poke fun of the points system, this version worked beautifully. The eight players with multiple victories this year all qualified for Atlanta. So did the four major champions. And with an emphasis on the last three playoff events, seven players outside the top 30 when the playoffs began made it to the Tour Championship by playing great golf. If there is a problem, it comes at the finish line. The Tour Championship used to be a meaningful event only by accident. The last time was in 2003, when Woods and Vijay Singh were battling for the money title and campaigning for player of the year. This one promises to be meaningful, but at what cost? There is no guarantee the best player will win the FedEx Cup. Tour officials made sure of that by resetting the points after three playoff events so that all 30 players at East Lake have a mathematical chance. The top five need no help from anyone; they only have to win the Tour Championship to collect the prize. Yet if the tour had left the system alone, there was a chance of the golf’s Super Bowl having as much interest as a preseason game. “The whole idea of the playoffs was for us to get into the top five,” Woods said. “And now, it’s basically a sprint. It’s one tournament, a sprint, assuming one of the top five guys wins the tournament.” The FedEx Cup pays out $10 million to the winner. The value of the trophy will depend on the name inscribed on it.
WINSTON-SALEM (AP) — Wake Forest’s two leading rushers are wide receivers. The winning touchdown last week was set up by a long pass to a player who entered the preseason as a backup running back. The Demon Deacons’ offense has turned backwards to move forward. “It’s given us a little bit of a different dimension,” coach Jim Grobe said Tuesday. “We’re not always having to hand the ball to the tailback or always having to throw to the split end.” That role-reversing recipe has worked well in recent years, helping Wake Forest (1-1) rise from the Atlantic Coast Conference cellar and establish itself as a consistent bowl team. These days, it appears to be clicking again. Devon Brown averages a team-best 46 yards rushing per game while fellow receiver Chris Givens is averaging nearly 40. Both have found a groove taking a steady stream of sweeps and end-arounds — just as Carolina Panthers receiver Kenneth Moore did for Wake Forest in 2006 and ’07. Givens, a redshirt freshman, seems to be a particularly natural fit in the Demon Deacons’ misdirection system. The former Texas high school running back said he was impressed by the way Moore became the focal point of Wake Forest’s offense two years ago both as a rusher and receiver. “I love how they use the slot in this offense,” he said. “The more dimensions of our offense we have, the better.” Brown played a supporting role last season, carrying five times for seven yards before emerging as a serious threat this season. Both he and Givens did their best Moore impressions in last week’s win against Stanford: Givens averaged better than 10 yards on five carries with a 17-yard carry while Brown finished with 47 yards on eight carries, taking one of them 19 yards. But the biggest play of the game was made by a former running back in the passing game: Lovell Jackson got behind the Stanford secondary and caught the 44-yard touchdown pass that set up Riley Skinner’s game-clinching quarterback sneak. Jackson came to preseason camp as
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Wake Forest Tommy Bohanon (42) reaches for yards as Sanford player Clinton Snyder (20) misses the tackle during the second half of an NCAA college football game in Winston-Salem, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2009.
the fourth-string running back. The Demon Deacons certainly could have used those kinds of contributions last season. When Moore graduated, the team struggled to replace his versatility. D.J. Boldin was more of a prototypical pass-catching receiver than a factor in the run game, netting just 80 yards rushing for the season while his 81 receptions marked the secondmost in school history. Consequently, Wake Forest — annually one of the ACC’s top rushing teams — slid to ninth in the league on the ground, averaging 121 yards. “The fun thing for us is, we’ve got some speed guys again in the slot position that we used so well those first few years we were here,” Grobe said. “We kind of lost that a little bit after Kenny left, and now we’re back to having a couple of guys that can go a little bit. And with Lovell Jackson, if we can get Lovell coached up, that gives us three of those guys that have pretty good foot speed. So that gives us some new things to do, not only throwing the football, but running it.”
ECU looks for a complete game GREENVILLE (AP) — Skip Holtz isn’t too encouraged by No. 24 North Carolina’s knack for starting slowly. Not when his East Carolina team has had even more trouble finishing. Two games into the season, and the Pirates (1-1) have wasted quick starts in both with stumbling finishes. Outscored by a combined 31-2 after halftime against Appalachian State and West Virginia, questions have popped up about everything from the execution of the offense to what’s being said in the locker room at halftime. “We’re not clicking,” Holtz said. “Right now, there’s a little something missing, whatever that ingredient is. The first half of both games, I felt pretty pleased with how we played as an offense. ... Talked (Sunday) as a staff about evaluating what we’re doing at halftime. We’re not doing anything different than we’ve done in the last four years. But for some reason, we just haven’t been able to gel.” A sweat-it-out victory over
Appalachian State and a loss at West Virginia certainly weren’t what many expected from a veteran-laden program. The Pirates entered the year riding the upswing of a Conference USA title, the return of quarterback Patrick Pinkney for a sixth season and plenty of bust-the-BCS buzz generated by a pair of high-profile upsets in 2008. But one thing is clear: If the Pirates expect to knock off another nationally ranked team this week in Chapel Hill, they’ll need to put two halves together. That didn’t happen in the opener, when they led Appalachian State 29-7 before the Mountaineers made it a five-point game and the defense sealed the win with a critical stop. And that definitely didn’t happen last week in Morgantown, W.Va., where the defense allowed two touchdown passes of at least 45 yards while giving up three 80-yard scoring drives in a 35-20 loss.
AP NC Prep Football Poll RALEIGH (AP) — The Associated Press state high school football poll for the week of Sept. 15, with firstplace votes in parentheses, records and total points as voted upon by a statewide panel of prep sports writers:
Class 4-A 1. Charlotte Independence (9) 4-0 126 2. Matthews Butler (4) 3-0 119 3. Fayetteville Britt 4-0 100 4. Jamestown Ragsdale 4-0 88 5. Richmond County 3-1 70 6. West Forsyth 4-0 57 7. Wake Forest-Rolesville 4-0 56 8. Mallard Creek 3-1 31 9. Greensboro Dudley 3-1 22 10. Winston-Salem Reynolds 4-0 11
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5, Pikeville Aycock 5, Western Alamance 4, Kings Mountain 3, Wilson Hunt 3, Marvin Ridge 2, Fayetteville Westover 1. Class 2-A 1. Reidsville (10) 4-0 126 2. Newton-Conover (2) 4-0 113 3. Tarboro (1) 4-0 107 4. SouthWest Edgecombe 4-0 89 5. Kinston 4-0 69 6. East Duplin 3-0 57 7. Canton Pisgah 3-1 35 8. Shelby 2-1 28 9. Pittsboro Northwood 4-0 15 10. Mountain Heritage 3-0 14 (tie) Catawba Bandys 3-0 14
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Others receiving votes: Greensboro Page 10, Southeast Raleigh 6, Lake Norman 5, Raleigh Leesville Road 5, East Mecklenburg 3, Greensboro Grimsley 2, Asheville Reynolds 2, Harnett Central 1, Southern Pines Pinecrest 1.
Others receiving votes: Lincolnton 12, East Bladen 9, Jacksonville Northside 6, South Granville 6, WinstonSalem Carver 6, Louisburg 5, East Lincoln 3, East Burke 1.
Class 3-A 1. West Rowan (13) 4-0 130 2. Eastern Alamance 3-0 102 3. Shelby Crest 3-0 89 4. Lenoir Hibriten 4-0 77 5. Havelock 3-0 70 6. Belmont South Point 3-1 49 7. Rocky Mount 2-1 44 8. Hertford County 4-0 35 9. R-S Central 4-0 18 10. Asheville 1-1 16
Class 1-A 1. Mt. Airy (7) 4-0 124 2. Albemarle (6) 4-0 121 3. Williamston 3-0 85 4. Elkin 3-0 80 5. Hendersonville 3-0 79 6. Southwest Onslow 4-0 76 7. East Surry 3-0 42 8. Warsaw Kenan 2-1 29 9. Monroe 4-0 23 10. Manteo 3-0 21
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Others receiving votes: Fayetteville Byrd 14, Charlotte Catholic 13, Kannapolis Brown 11, Waynesville Tuscola 11, Northern Guilford 7, Southern Nash 6, West Craven
2 1 3 4 5 6 9 8 — —
Others receiving votes: Cherokee 8, Wallace-Rose Hill 8, Murphy 6, Robbinsville 6, Bessemer City 4, South Stanly 2, Pender County 1.
To patients and friends of Dr. Paul H. Cartwright: Our father practiced chiropractic in Rutherford County for as long as we can remember. Many of you may have known him through his practice, Forest City Chiropractic, on Main Street in Forest City. He worked hard at being the best doctor he could be, and he loved caring for all of you. He was planning to retire, and turn his practice over to someone who could take care of those that he could no longer help. He was having a hard time giving up his practice, and retired before he could let everyone know his plan. He planned to leave you in the hands of Dr. Charles Sayre, an excellent doctor, who could continue caring for those he left behind. Dr. Charles Sayre is a native of Rutherford County. His father practiced dentistry here for 25 years. Dr. Charles Sayre graduated from RS Central High School, and received his Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Life University in Georgia. After practicing in Tennessee and Alabama for the last 11 years, he has returned home to care for the people here. Dr. Sayre is still caring for and treating those of you who seek help at Forest City Chiropractic. He may not be dad, but he works hard at being the best doctor he can be and cares for those he helps. Forest City Chiropractic is still open and still caring. May God Bless you, Krista, John, Ali, and Hannah Cartwright
10A — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Weather/Nation Weather The Daily Courier Weather Today
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Nation Today Man denies terrorist ties
NEW YORK (AP) — A Colorado man who’s the target of a terrorism probe that led to several police raids in New York City denies he did anything wrong. A law enforcement official tells The Associated Press Tuesday that the FBI had put Najibullah Zazi under surveillance in connection with a suspected plot to make homemade bombs. Zazi told The Associated Press that he had recently visited New York and was pulled over by police in a traffic stop while driving into the city. But he says he hasn’t committed a crime. New York officials say the FBI and New York City police raided three homes early Monday searching for explosives and possible links to alQaida after tailing Zazi. There were no arrests.
Man killed with sword
BALTIMORE (AP) — A Johns Hopkins University student armed with a samurai sword killed a suspected burglar in a garage behind his off-campus home early Tuesday, hours after someone broke in and stole electronics. Some shocked neighbors said they heard bloodcurdling screams in an area just blocks from the university. Police held the student, a junior chemistry major who turns 21 on Sunday, for several hours, but no charges were filed by early afternoon, said police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi. Around 1:20 a.m., the student heard noises behind the home and noticed a door to the garage was open, Guglielmi said. He grabbed the sword and confronted the intruder — identified by police as Donald D. Rice, 49, a habitual offender who had just been released from jail. Rice was crouching beneath a
counter, police said. The student asked him what he was doing and threatened to call police. “When he said that, the suspect lunged at him, kind of forced the kid against the wall, and he struck him with the sword,” Guglielmi said.
Suspect ‘wanted revenge’ FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A onetime Kentucky political star whose reputation was tarnished by an exgirlfriend’s domestic violence allegations told police of wanting revenge when he was arrested in a cemetery hours after she was shot to death. Republican Steve Nunn, who had aspirations of using what one lawmaker called his family’s “magic name” to follow his father into the governor’s office, instead sat Tuesday in a rural jail cell after being charged with murder the previous night. He was arrested Friday by police investigating the death of the woman who had months earlier accused him of attacking her — and cost him his job in state government.
Student stabbed to death MIAMI (AP) — One student stabbed another to death during a fight Tuesday in a courtyard at their suburban high school, authorities said. School officials identified the victim as 17-year-old sophomore Juan Carlos Rivera. Police did not identify the attacker, who was taken into custody immediately after the stabbing at Coral Gables Senior High School. School Superintendent Alberto Carvalho said a fight happened sometime after 9 a.m. as students moved from first- to second-period classes. He could not say what the two students were arguing about or how many others saw the stabbing. No information was released about the student who died.
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Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., speaks with the press on progress in committee on a health care reform package following a meeting on Capitol Hill Tuesday in Washington.
Obama health care plan stipulations tie up Dems WASHINGTON (AP) — Caught off guard, congressional Democrats are grappling with President Barack Obama’s unexpected call for immediate access to insurance for those with pre-existing medical conditions, as well as richer Medicare drug benefits than envisioned in early versions of health care legislation. Additionally, Obama’s pledge in last week’s prime-time speech to hold the overall cost of legislation to about $900 billion over a decade has spread concern among House Democrats, who have long contemplated a costlier measure. Yet another late complication, according to several Democrats, is the president’s statement that he will not sign a bill “if it adds one dime to the deficit, now or in the future, period. And to prove that I’m serious, there will be a provision in this plan that requires us to come forward with more spending cuts if the savings we promised don’t materialize.” The $900 billion target is “very difficult,” Rep. Charlie Rangel, D-N.Y., chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, told reporters. “This is reducing coverage for poor and working people.” Rangel spoke of other “restrictions the president has given in his speech,” commenting after senior House Democrats pressed top administration officials in a private meeting for an explanation of Obama’s $900 billion price tag. Obama outlined his conditions in last week’s speech and an accompanying fact sheet posted on the White House Web site as Democrats point toward votes in the House and Senate this fall. After months of bipartisan negotiations on a health care overhaul bill, Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, on Tuesday made it official that he’s moving ahead without Republican support. He told reporters he intends to unveil a detailed
outline of legislation on Wednesday and convene the committee next week to vote on it. Despite numerous gestures to Republicans, Baucus fell short in his quest to assemble a coalition of senators from both parties behind his plan. Baucus’ proposal is certain to shun the liberals’ call for the government to sell insurance, and rely instead on co-ops to offer coverage in competition with private industry. His approach includes a requirement for individuals to buy insurance, with financial penalties for those who don’t. Rather than a mandate for larger businesses to provide coverage for employees, they would be required to defray the cost of any government subsidies their employees would qualify for. “I expect by the time we finally vote in the committee, there will be Republican support,” Baucus said, but other Democrats said they believed Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, may be the only one of the panel’s 10 GOP members to vote for the package. Sens. Charles Grassley of Iowa and Mike Enzi of Wyoming have also been involved in the marathon negotiations, but both have raised late objections. Liberals, too, expressed their unhappiness. “The way it is now there is no way I can vote for the package,” Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., said. Grassley applauded Baucus’ effort at bipartisanship, but complained that Senate Democratic leaders and the White House had imposed an artificial deadline on the negotiators and that Democratic leaders “haven’t made a commitment to back a broad bipartisan bill through the entire process.” He cited Republican concerns over cost, taxpayer funding for abortion services, medical malpractice and subsidies for illegal immigrants in any health care bill.
Police have ‘person of interest’ in Yale slaying NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Police investigating the slaying of a Yale graduate student zeroed in on a “person of interest” Tuesday after keeping tabs on an ever-tightening circle of people connected to the medical lab where her body was found stuffed behind a wall. Authorities on the case have been tightlipped almost since the minute 24-year-old Annie Le was reported missing Sept. 8, just a few days before her wedding day. Police say they have ruled out her fiancee, a Columbia University graduate student, but they have provided little additional information — other than to deny reports that a suspect was in custody. On Tuesday, investigators descended in large numbers on the home of a Yale animal research technician who lives in an apartment in Middletown,
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about 20 miles from the New Haven campus. Le worked for a Yale laboratory that conducted experiments on mice, and investigators found her body stuffed in the basement wall of a facility that housed research animals. It was unclear whether the technician was the “person of interest,” and whether police were giving the same attention to any others who had access to the lab where Le worked. Detectives have questioned more than 150 people, many of them believed to be connected to the busy medical research building where Le was a rising star. Officials had promised Tuesday to release an autopsy report that would shed light on exactly how Le died. But then prosecutors blocked release of the results out of concern that it could hinder the investigation.
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The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Wednesday, September 16, 2009 — 11A
Business/finance
THE MARKET IN REVIEW
STOCK EXCHANGE HIGHLIGHTS
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NYSE
6,917.07 +37.08
GAINERS ($2 OR MORE)
Name Last CenPacF 2.72 MSSPBw12 8.00 MStewrt 8.14 Keithley 5.45 LIN TV h 4.89 Belo 4.87 Synovus 4.35 FredM pfQ 2.80 BoydGm 11.27 CIT pfA 3.09
Chg +.48 +1.37 +1.29 +.77 +.68 +.62 +.55 +.35 +1.33 +.36
%Chg +21.4 +20.7 +18.8 +16.5 +16.2 +14.6 +14.5 +14.3 +13.4 +13.2
LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)
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AMEX
1,805.13 +16.61
GAINERS ($2 OR MORE)
Name Last Invitel 6.42 Aerocntry 17.25 ExeterR g 4.76 Gainsco rs 16.75 FredHolly 2.46 ACmtPT 7.25 KodiakO g 2.35 GenMoly 3.55 SilvrcpM gn 4.85 ChinaGrn n13.48
Chg +1.62 +2.36 +.51 +1.76 +.25 +.63 +.20 +.28 +.37 +1.02
%Chg +33.8 +15.8 +12.0 +11.7 +11.3 +9.5 +9.3 +8.6 +8.3 +8.2
LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)
Name Last Chg %Chg Primedia 2.65 -.30 -10.2 GlimchRt 3.98 -.40 -9.1 Citigrp 4.12 -.40 -8.8 Kroger 20.46 -1.65 -7.5 IFC VI pf 2.50 -.20 -7.4 PSCrudeDS79.30 -6.20 -7.3 CoventryH 23.07 -1.75 -7.1 FstPfd pfA 5.58 -.42 -7.0 DBCmdDS 63.00 -4.55 -6.7 BkA BM RE 5.57 -.39 -6.5
Name Last ChinNutri n 3.32 TriValley 2.25 CagleA 4.10 ASpectRlty 20.40 AmLorain n 2.46 NewConcEn6.66 ReadyMix 3.52 MastchH n 4.09 AlphaPro 5.27 UnvSecInst 5.51
MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE) Name Vol (00) Last Chg Citigrp 12644735 4.12 -.40 GenElec 2059385 16.00 +.65 SPDR 1718912 105.72 +.44 BkofAm 1531227 16.79 -.20 SPDR Fncl 997091 14.75 +.03 SprintNex 846063 4.06 -.09 DirFBear rs 803781 22.02 -.29 LVSands 784551 19.56 +1.50 RegionsFn 682282 6.06 +.55 MGMMir 664392 13.37 +1.03
MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE) Name Vol (00) Last Chg CelSci 654727 1.36 +.44 Sinovac 173318 10.24 +.44 EldorGld g 82913 11.71 +.22 GoldStr g 52428 3.52 +.13 KodiakO g 45520 2.35 +.20 NthgtM g 37586 2.99 +.22 Hemisphrx 32518 2.01 -.01 NovaGld g 28674 5.30 +.16 Rentech 27952 1.93 +.07 NwGold g 20258 3.89 +.21
Advanced Declined Unchanged Total issues New Highs New Lows Volume
DIARY
2,182 891 81 3,154 239 2 6,282,883,101
Chg %Chg -.34 -9.3 -.20 -8.2 -.35 -7.9 -1.60 -7.3 -.19 -7.2 -.49 -6.9 -.25 -6.6 -.26 -6.0 -.33 -5.9 -.34 -5.8
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Advanced Declined Unchanged Total issues New Highs New Lows Volume
356 203 44 603 35 1 238,548,018
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NASDAQ
Dow JonesANNUITY industrials Close: 9,683.41 Change: 56.61 (0.6%)
2,102.64 +10.86
GAINERS ($2 OR MORE)
Name Last FortuNet 2.45 LexiPhrm 2.63 eDiets.com 2.60 Clearfield 4.11 KellySB 13.65 SupcndTch 3.55 RexEnergy 7.81 1stCntyBc n 4.50 TEL Off 5.50 EmmisC pf 4.95
Chg +1.20 +1.01 +.76 +1.02 +2.52 +.65 +1.36 +.75 +.88 +.75
%Chg +96.0 +62.3 +41.3 +33.0 +22.6 +22.4 +21.1 +20.0 +19.0 +17.9
LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)
Name Last ZoomTech 9.64 DNB Fnl n 5.80 Phazar 3.80 WPCS Intl 3.52 SptChalB 3.63 Unify Corp 2.95 QuestEngy 2.02 Schmitt 4.18 InsWeb 3.00 SuprtlH pfB19.18
Chg -3.05 -1.13 -.60 -.51 -.52 -.42 -.27 -.52 -.37 -2.33
%Chg -24.0 -16.3 -13.6 -12.7 -12.5 -12.5 -11.8 -11.1 -10.9 -10.8
MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE)
Name Vol (00) ETrade 1396643 PwShs QQQ812724 Yahoo 617026 Cisco 497738 Intel 470157 Microsoft 432744 HuntBnk 386790 DryShips 366279 FifthThird 244296 Comcast 244211
Advanced Declined Unchanged Total issues New Highs New Lows Volume
Last Chg 1.80 +.02 41.81 +.13 16.41 +.84 22.98 +.19 19.55 +.19 25.20 +.20 4.35 +.26 7.01 -.14 10.30 +.45 17.42 -.02
DIARY
1,571 1,099 159 2,829 118 7 2,333,479,652
52-Week High Low
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REVIEW TODAY.
11,483.05 5,227.53 458.87 8,201.24 1,944.73 2,318.43 1,265.12 809.79 12,922.73 761.78
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6,469.95 2,134.21 288.66 4,181.75 1,130.47 1,265.52 666.79 397.97 6,772.29 342.59
STOCK MARKET INDEXES Name
Dow Industrials 9,683.41 Dow Transportation 4,015.16 Dow Utilities 378.71 NYSE Composite 6,917.07 Amex Market Value 1,805.13 Nasdaq Composite 2,102.64 S&P 500 1,052.63 S&P MidCap 692.55 Wilshire 5000 10,899.86 Russell 2000 604.84
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12-mo %Chg
-12.44 -20.19 -15.37 -11.24 -1.66 -4.77 -13.26 -10.04 -12.08 -14.89
MUTUAL FUNDS
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Total Assets Obj ($Mlns) NAV
Total Return/Rank Pct Min Init 4-wk 12-mo 5-year Load Invt
CI 104,023 LG 61,595 IH 56,167 WS 52,603 LB 50,934 LG 50,782 MA 46,710 LB 46,485 LB 45,011 LB 39,179 LV 38,148 FB 38,005 LV 37,399 FV 33,241 FG 30,568 WS 30,481 MA 28,488 LB 28,315 CI 27,791 CI 26,918 CA 26,682 MA 26,324 LB 26,060 LG 25,845 LB 24,330 FB 23,301 LB 23,263 MB 22,770 LV 14,574 LB 8,978 LB 4,009 LV 1,184 GS 1,156 SR 383 LG 178
+1.9 +12.3/A +6.8/A NL 5,000,000 +4.8 -6.4/B +3.7/A 5.75 250 +4.5 -2.3/D +5.2/C 5.75 250 +6.8 -0.6/B +8.0/A 5.75 250 +5.5 -8.6/C +1.6/B NL 3,000 +5.6 -7.4/C +5.2/A NL 2,500 +4.1 -2.4/C +3.3/B 5.75 250 +5.0 -5.2/A +1.9/B 5.75 250 +5.0 -9.3/C +0.7/C NL 3,000 +5.1 -9.2/C +0.9/C NL 5,000,000 +7.6 -7.1/B +1.1/C NL 2,500 +7.6 +5.2/A +10.1/A 5.75 250 +4.5 -12.6/E -0.1/D 5.75 250 +8.4 +0.5/B +8.6/A NL 2,500 +6.5 -6.5/D +6.2/C NL 2,500 +7.3 +2.1/A +7.3/A 5.75 250 +3.3 -3.8/D +2.1/C 5.75 250 +5.5 -7.2/B +4.9/A 5.75 250 +1.9 +12.0/A +6.5/A NL 5,000,000 +1.4 +2.7/E +2.4/E 3.75 250 +2.8 +2.2/B +3.5/B 4.25 1,000 +3.8 +0.6/A +5.3/A NL 10,000 +5.1 -9.2/C +0.8/C NL 100,000 +6.7 -4.8/B +5.4/A NL 2,500 +5.5 -8.5/C +1.7/B NL 100,000 +6.4 +0.8/B +7.8/A NL 3,000 +5.1 -9.2/C +0.9/C NL200,000,000 +6.2 +0.7/A +5.2/A NL 2,500 +5.4 -7.8/B +1.5/B NL 2,500 +4.7 -6.1/B +5.0/A 5.50 1,000 +5.1 -13.3/E +1.6/B 5.75 1,000 +3.3 -11.2/D -1.3/E 4.25 2,500 +0.5 +5.9/A +4.6/A 1.50 1,000 +9.8 -23.2/C +1.9/C 5.75 1,000 +6.2 -3.5/A +0.6/D 4.75 0
10.84 25.95 46.96 32.77 26.10 53.93 14.86 24.46 97.46 96.86 93.04 37.53 23.25 31.24 27.34 24.52 15.50 30.93 10.84 11.66 1.96 27.96 97.49 63.84 26.11 14.20 96.86 30.39 20.21 28.70 33.45 2.81 10.47 12.98 14.30
CA -Conservative Allocation, CI -Intermediate-Term Bond, ES -Europe Stock, FB -Foreign Large Blend, FG -Foreign LargeGrowth, FV -Foreign Large Value, IH -World Allocation, LB -Large Blend, LG -Large Growth, LV -Large Value, MA -Moderate Allocation, MB -Mid-Cap Blend, MV Mid-Cap Value, SH -Specialty-heath, WS -World Stock, Total Return: Chng in NAV with dividends reinvested. Rank: How fund performed vs. others with same objective: A is in top 20%, E in bottom 20%. Min Init Invt: Minimum $ needed to invest in fund. Source: Morningstar.
Wall Street gains on more upbeat news
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In this photo made Monday, Aug. 11, a shopper moves through the aisles at Kohl’s department store in Springfield, Ill. The Commerce Department said Tuesday retail sales rose more than expected in August; sales excluding autos up 1.1 percent. Associated Press
Retails sales were up in August WASHINGTON (AP) — Hopes for an economic recovery drew support Tuesday from retail sales figures that topped expectations. But weak results from two major stores sent a more sobering message: Americans probably aren’t ready to spend in force again. Auto sales soared in August, partly because of Cash for Clunkers government rebates. Even apart from autos, sales gains came in ahead of what analysts were looking for. But lackluster sales reports from Best Buy and Kroger signaled that shoppers remain wary. And with the job market still weak, wages flat and credit tight, economists warned that the August gains could be shortlived. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Tuesday that while the recession is probably over, at least technically, “it’s still going to feel like a very weak economy for some time.” The Commerce Department reported that retail sales rose a seasonally adjusted 2.7 percent last month after falling 0.2 percent in July. That’s the largest gain since January 2006 and easily beat analysts’ expectations. While the figures were welcome, “we need more data to
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Humor Me Abbe Byers
Falling for fall all over again
To everything — turn, turn, turn. This past weekend, I busied myself with any reason I could think of to be outside. I love Indian summer. I shuffled around the basement, dragging out scarecrows and pulling last year’s fall wreaths off the old rusty nails where they’d been stored. There’s just something about the rich colors of fall that makes me feel good. Our maple tree has been showing signs of autumn for a couple of weeks now with hints of reddish-burgundy leaves scattered about. Overnight, it seems like the mornings became darker and evenings are shorter. Along my drive to work, I’ve noticed square bales of hay strategically placed in pyramids on several lawns, topped with fall scenery. Seasonal wreaths and flags are popping up everywhere, and naturally, it would be remiss not to mention the seasonal allergies, yet another sign of fall. The onset of autumn brings along a nice package of nostalgia for me ... the start of a new school year. Listening to the big yellow buses make their way up and down my road in the mornings. Football season, apple festivals and fairs. Muscadines and pumpkins. Many of the things I enjoy. I can see my Granny Hettie peeling and slicing apples for baking and preserving, using her special knife with the worn handle. Always thinking ahead and finding ways not to waste anything. She would peel pails of apples and never seemed to tire of it. Her house always had the most wonderful smells coming from the kitchen, but it seems like this time of year stands out in my mind the most. It was also around fall that she’d distribute the handmade quilts she worked on during the spring and summer. Various friends and relatives would take them to sell for her, which added to her cash flow for the winter. And, she always made sure family members had a special quilt too. I wouldn’t trade mine for anything. My feeling of nostalgia takes me back in time to my other grandmother as well. Granny Goode is what we called her, but when my youngest son came along he dubbed her Goo Goo. Either way, she made the best pancakes ever. When I was a little girl, Goo Goo would came to our house in the mornings because my Mom had to be at work very early at the hospital. My brother and I would wake up to the smell of Goo Goo’s pancakes. Made from scratch and topped with Mrs. Butterworth’s syrup, she used an iron skillet instead of a griddle. The cakes were never burned, but browned just right ... and so good. As the days get cooler, I’ll sit on my front porch in Goo Goo’s old rocker, wrapped up in her red sweater that she loved, and I’ll rock with thoughts of her in my mind. I miss my grandparents so much, and now that I’m an adult, I can think of so many things I’d like to talk to them about and share with them. And because there is a time for every purpose under heaven, I will see them again someday and share many special moments. There is a season — turn, turn, turn. Byers is the Courier lifestyles editor. Contact her via email at abyers@ thedigitalcourier.com.
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Sept. 11
Photos by Garrett Byers At left and below, Grammywinning country singer LeAnn Rimes headlined a concert Friday night in Forest City. Opening act was Ricochet, below, who performed their own hits “Daddy’s Money” as well as a cover of AC/ DC’s “Back in Black.”
At left, country newcomers Fast Ryde brought down the house with cover tunes and more. Below, one couple danced the night away and even snuck a kiss during one ballad.
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Get a soil test before you start to fertilize
By DEAN FOSDICK For The Associated Press You won’t need a dirt doctor to tell you when the soil in your yard is ailing; the vital signs will be obvious. Turf grass becomes thin and crowded with weeds. Garden vegetables die back. Flowers
fade before blooming. Fruit is slow to ripen. Chances are your planting beds are starved for nutrients — some fertilizer. But what kind and how much? That’s when the horticultural equivalent of a physical exam comes into play: a soil test.
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“Whether you choose to buy manure or commercial fertilizer is up to you, but a soil test will determine which nutrients are needed,” said Steve Heckendorn, manager of the soiltesting lab at Virginia Tech. “You’re not fertilizing the plant. You’re fertilizing the soil that feeds the plant. In effect, you’re putting food into the plant’s refrigerator.” There are hundreds of different soil types in America, each with its own characteristics. A soil test rates them for many things, ranging from texture and water retention ability to their yield potential for specific crops. Nutrient deficiencies are identified along with recommendations for changes. Used to be, shopping for fertilizer blends was a challenge in chemical code breaking, but the standardized threedigit grade labels now required on bags show at a glance what you need to know. The first number represents the amount of nitrogen available in the mixture, the second the available phosphate and the last is potash. If the bag label reads “10-10-10,” that means a mixture of 10 percent nitrogen, 10 percent phosphate and 10 percent potash. “Nitrogen is associated with color, phosphorous with flowering and potassium with growth,” said Dennis Lukaszewski, urban gardens director for the University of See Soil, Page 4B
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The 2009 Hickory Nut Gorge Olympiad committee members presented checks to representatives of 16 area charities last Thursday night during a celebration event in Lake Lure. The Olympiad committee reported $20,000 in proceeds from the annual sporting event held Aug. 27-30. Receiving checks were Bat Cave Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department, Bills Creek Volunteer Fire Department, Camp Lurecrest, Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy, Chimney Rock Volunteer Fire Department, Community Pet Center, Dragon Boat Racing of Lake Lure, Fairfield Mountains Volunteer Fire Department, Friends of the Mountains Library, Hickory Nut Gorge EMS, KidSenses, Lake Lure Lion’s Club, Cancer Resource Center, Hospice of Rutherford County, Rutherford County Humane Society and Shepherd’s Care.
Hunters’ big game harvest report has new element RALEIGH – The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission is reminding hunters to enter their Harvest ID number on this year’s big game harvest report card. This Harvest ID number is located beside the name of each big game species. Hunters will be required to enter the appropriate Harvest ID number when they register their harvest either online, by telephone or through a Wildlife Cooperator Agent. “This number will streamline the telephone and online reporting pro-
cesses,” said Ryan T. Myers, a wildlife biologist and surveys and research analyst with the Commission. “It will validate the customer’s information and take them directly to the questions specific to the species harvested. This will make the system much easier and more efficient for our customers.” For more information on reporting big game harvests in North Carolina, including a diagram of the big game harvest report card, visit the license help page on www.ncwildlife.org
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Snuggie shows new styles at New York Fashion Week By LISA TOLIN Associated Press Writer
NEW YORK — All the big names came out for New York Fashion Week: Marc. Vera. Snuggie.
Yes, Snuggie — the blanket with sleeves — staged a runway show on Tuesday, complete with high-fashion models and a new “urban jungle” line of zebra and leopard prints.
The silhouette, if you can call it that, remained the same — a cross between monk robes and “Alvin and the Chipmunks” sweaters. Accessories included remote controls.
“You’re here at — let’s just say it — the future of fashion,” said host Ross Matthews, better known as Ross the Intern from Jay Leno’s “Tonight” show. The much-parodied Snuggie infomercial, in which Snuggie-clad actors eat popcorn and read on the couch and stand to cheer at a football game, was intended to have “a little cheek,” said Linda Hotz of the Allstar Marketing Group, which makes the Snuggie.
But the company had no idea it would become a pop culture touchstone.
“People just took it to the next level and we decided to go with them,” she said.
Snuggies have been the butt of late-night TV jokes, hundreds of parodies on YouTube and countless Snuggie pub crawls — with groups looking like some kind of boozy, wizard cult. Its competitors include the Slanket, the Freedom Blanket, the Blankoat and the wearable towel, a sort of faux-toga. The show on Tuesday was a gimmick, sure, but also a real effort to introduce new colors and styles that included animal prints, tie-dye, camouflage, a “luxury microplush” and — in a possible stroke of marketing genius — college logos. Also shown were Snuggies for children and dogs. “He can change the channel! He can read! He can text his friends! All while wearing his Snuggie,” Matthews said as Marley, a Shih Tzu-Yorkie mix, pranced happily around the stage.
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Models (above, left) laugh after taking pictures of themselves wearing sleeved blankets backstage before the Snuggie fall 2009/winter 2010 collection show during Fashion Week Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009, in New York. (Above, right) Sleeved blankets are modeled. At left, A sleeved blanket for dogs is modeled.
A larger dog named Percy put his head between his paws and quickly turned his back on the audience, as if mortified. Backstage his owner, Melissa O’Dell, chalked it up to a combination of nerves and fatigue: “We ran 5 miles this morning to make sure he’d be calm.”
Guinea pigs are cuddly choice for rodent pets By LINDA LOMBARDI For The Associated Press
Guinea pigs may be exciting in the movies, but for Shannon Cauthen, the pleasure they give in real life is just the opposite.
“They’re very soothing,” says Cauthen, who runs the Cavy Care guinea pig shelter in Aurora, Colo. “They just seem to take the stress right out of you.” Unlike most other rodent pets, guinea
pigs (also called cavies) are active during the day, so won’t keep you awake with noises at night, and they’re just not as busy. “Gerbils are supersmart — they’re industrious, they have
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This March 2009 photo released by the Texas Rustlers Guinea Pig Rescue shows one of the more than 100 guinea pigs that took part in the Forth Annual Guinea Pig Hoedown in Grapevine,Tx.
things to do, places to go,” Cauthen says. “Hamsters are the same way.” But guinea pigs are content to cuddle. “Out of the small pets, you can hold them in your lap for the longest time,” says Jenny Bumgardner of Texas Rustlers Guinea Pig Rescue of the Dallas/ Fort Worth area. In fact, they’re handleable enough that at the Rustlers’ annual Guinea Pig Hoedown fundraiser, there’s even a costume contest. In between the cuddles, though, there’s definitely some work involved. You’ll want to consider the following: — Guinea pigs drink more than other rodents. “Two piggies will drink most of a 16-ounce water bottle each day,” Bumgardner warns. That means more frequent cleaning. — They need more space, and not just because they’re larger. People will put their pig in a small cage, Bumgardner says, “and
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then say, it doesn’t do anything, it just sits there.” They need room to run around in order to be contented, interesting pets. — They are social animals, although “we do get some that are divas, that have learned that they don’t want to compete and share,” Cauthen says. But in most cases you will want to keep at least two, which means twice the mess. — Some people have allergies to the hay that pigs need to eat, or the dust from wood shavings used for bedding. Never use pine or cedar shavings, which have oils that irritate the animals. Recycled paper bedding is best but also the most costly. — Guinea pigs have been domesticated for many centuries, so they’re not wild animals, but finding a vet that’s experienced with them may mean going to an “exotics” specialist, which can be expensive. — They’re not ideal pets for small children
because they’re delicate. Cauthen says many pigs end up in rescue because in six months to a year, the kids get tired of them. So, she says, “Mom has to be in love with them.” — Guinea pigs are fairly long lived — five to seven years is average but 12 to 15 is not unheard of. You may still be cleaning that cage when your kids leave for college. If you do decide that a guinea pig is for you, the most crucial aspect of their care is proper diet, said Michelle Hawkins of the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital at the University of California, Davis. Some tips: — Like people but unlike most other animals, guinea pigs need vitamin C. Make sure you buy guinea pig pellets, which contain the vitamin; similar-looking diets for rabbits and other animals don’t. Vitamin C is perishable, so make sure See Guinea, page 4B
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Eliminating the guess work in soil chemistry By The Associated Press
You can buy the most attractive plants in the greenhouse or order the best seeds, but they won’t produce if your garden lacks nutrients.
A soil test is the best way to check growing potential and deter-
mine which, if any, fertilizers are needed. It eliminates the guesswork about soil chemistry. A routine soil test is inexpensive — generally around $10 for residential growers. No charge is assessed commercial crop growers in many
agricultural states. Price includes a soil test kit with written instructions, an appraisal of at least nine different elements (including pH), an explanation of the findings, suggested amendments and the return postage. “It’s a one- or two-
day process,” said Steve Heckendorn, whose soil-testing lab at Virginia Tech processed 56,000 samples in each of the past two years. “When fertilizer prices jumped, so did the increase in farm samples (tested),” Heckendorn said. “I attribute the increase of residential lawn and garden samples to greater interest in gardening and educating homeowners and lawn care companies on how they can contribute in
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In this July 31, 2009 photo, Tim Judge, 16, holds a guinea pig as his mother, Stacey, looks on at Pam’s Pets in Abilene, Texas. A diabolical madman attempts to take over the world and a specially trained team of secret agents step in to foil the plan, but this time the heroes are two-pound guinea pigs. And now kids want one of their own. Guinea pig sales have spiked with the recent release of Disney’s animated film, “G-Force.”
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othy, oat or grass hay, not alfalfa, which has a high calcium content Continued from Page 3B that can cause health problems. you use pellets within Hawkins also cauthe expiration date. tions never to keep your Don’t use supplements guinea pig in a wirethat you add to water bottomed cage, which because they lose their potency in as little as 15 can cause serious foot and leg injuries. She minutes. also strongly recommends spaying even if — Guinea pigs should you only keep pigs of get a variety of fresh one sex, since it will vegetables, but more prevent common reprothan tiny quantities of ductive tract problems. fruit will cause serious digestive problems. To find your new pet, a rescue organization — Hay is essential, is a great place to start. especially because the They can share their roughage keeps their experience with hunconstantly growing teeth in check. Use tim- dreds of guinea pigs
Wisconsin-Extension. “There are other micronutrient blends out there for feeding specific plants, but those are the big three.”
Here are some fertilizing do’s and don’ts: -Manure has been the fertilizer of choice since the first gardeners turned their first clumps of earth. But and help you find a pet be cautious if you have access to the nitrogenthat suits you. rich farmyard variety. “Make sure it’s fully “We have superstars whose personalities are composted,” said Mike very obvious, and those Goatley, the extension that are introverts,” says turfgrass specialist at Virginia Tech. “Fresh Cauthen. “We can tell manures can burn up you this one’s cuddly plants. Odors can be and this one’s shy. We a problem. It may be can definitely give you something you want to more background, and avoid if it’s at a stage give you more support where it’s unattractive in the long run.” to the touch or smell.” On the Net: UC Davis guinea pig care sheet: http://bit.ly/l0SES Texas Rustlers Guinea Pig Rescue: http://www.theguineapigrescue.com/index.htm Cavy Care Inc. Guinea Pig Shelter: www.cavycareinc.org Cages to build and buy: http://www.guineapigcages. com/
-Beware synthetic fertilizers blended with herbicides or insecticides. “The fertilizers we use for lawns are not intended for the vegetable garden,” Goatley said. “They may contain ingredients that
reducing water pollution.” Here’s how it’s done: -Pick up a soil test kit from your county extension office. Many garden centers also stock them. -Soil samples can be taken any time of year, even in winter, provided you can poke a trowel into the frozen ground. It’s probably best done in spring or fall, however, so the recommended amendments can be added don’t belong in the food chain.” -If some fertilizer is good, more is not necessarily better. “You can overload the system,” Goatley said. “You’ll get too much green and too much growth but too little flowering. All that nitrogen will produce is vegetation when what you really want is fruit.” -Slow-release fertilizers can be effective over long periods of time but they’re not a quick fix. You may want to apply a faster-acting product if your ground is nutrient-deficient. -Know when to apply. “Fertilizing a lawn in the fall will benefit you in the spring,” Goatley said. Also, “Fertilize gardens when something is actively growing. That’s when you get the most benefit.” -Organic products generally are a safer way to fertilize. “You won’t run the risk of a plant taking off” with leggy growth, Wisconsin’s Lukaszewski said. “You’ll get a good nutrient balance.”
well before the plants go in. Mix the sediment from at least five different sites. Discard extraneous grass or litter. -Do not take samples when the ground is unusually wet. Also, do not mix soil with specimens taken from where the ground has been heavily limed or fertilized. Those should be packaged separately. -Mail soil samples and fee to the laboratory address specified on the kit. -Don’t forget the soil pH or its degree of acidity and alkalinity. An acidic soil has a pH value of less than 7 on a scale of 1 to 14. Acidity influences the vulnerability of plants to disease and the availability of soil nutrients. If soils are acidic, amend them by adding agricultural lime or fireplace ashes. Applying sulfur can neutralize alkaline soils, or those testing above 7. “My bottom line is, learn what you’re doing before you waste money and harm the environment,” Lukaszewski said. “The commercial stuff that’s out there has been pretty much tested and will be of benefit. But you’ve got to know what you need and what the product will do.” On the Net: See this North Carolina Agronomic Division fact sheet about fertilizer labels: http://www.ncagr.gov/ cyber/kidswrld/plant/ label.htm You can contact Dean Fosdick at deanfosdick(at) netscape.net
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Let someone else do the talking Dear Abby: I am a male in my early 20s and lucky to have several good friends and acquaintances. I’m invited to gatherings and parties pretty regularly. I have no problem relating to people I know well. But when I have to converse with people I don’t know — the “friends of friends” — I feel uncomfortable. It’s not that I am particularly shy. It’s that I stumble and become tongue-tied when I try to talk to someone I don’t know very well. The conversation lags, and I think the other person ends up feeling as uneasy as I do. In the scheme of things, I realize this is not like some of the other serious issues I see in your column, but I believe you have mentioned becoming better in social situations before. I don’t want to come across as stuck up or unfriendly, and I’m afraid that’s what might be happening. Can you help? — Dialogue Dear Dialogue: The phrase “seek and ye shall find” is one I heard years ago. It stuck in my memory because it can be applied to so many different things. It applies in your situation because, believe it or not, when it comes to making conversation, being a good listener will do more for you than being a good talker. If you want to make a hit with people, show an interest by asking them
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questions about themselves. People enjoy talking about themselves and what they’re into. Give them a chance, and they’ll think you’re a great conversationalist. Just remember to be tactful, discreet and not too personal. Example: Do not ask someone you’ve just met how much he or she paid for something, or whether the person always drinks as much as it appears he or she has that evening. Be generous with compliments, but be sure they’re sincere. Most people can spot a brown-noser within five minutes. Stay informed about current events. The more you know about what’s going on in the world, the better company you’ll be. Read the news and editorials and — of course — Dear Abby. These commonsense suggestions and more are contained in my booklet “How to Be Popular.” It can be ordered by sending your name and mailing address, plus a check or money order for $6 (U.S. funds), to Dear Abby, Popularity Booklet, P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, IL 610540447.
Oatmeal may lower cholesterol Dear Dr. Gott: I read a recent article of yours in my local newspaper on ways to control cholesterol levels. I was a little surprised that you did not mention eating oatmeal several times a week as an aid to lowering cholesterol numbers. I also read that a 1/2 cup of pinto beans a day for eight weeks will drop your figures by eight points. I have used both, along with a diet low in saturated fats, and so far have managed to stay off medication. I am fortunate to have no high blood pressure and good HDL and triglyceride levels, just a high total cholesterol. Hopefully, this remedy will help someone else. Dear Reader: Eating oatmeal to lower cholesterol is certainly a good idea. Many people are under the impression that simply adding it to their diets will improve their numbers. This isn’t true. The reason oatmeal can help lower cholesterol is that is takes the place of high-fat, low-fiber foods, such as eggs and
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sausage or bacon, that are often consumed for breakfast each day. It also appears to somewhat reduce absorption of cholesterol when 10 or more grams (equivalent to about 2-1/4 cups of oatmeal) is eaten daily. Oatmeal is not a miracle food; it works because it’s low in fat and high in fiber. I expect that the same holds true for pinto beans. All people with elevated cholesterol levels should be on a lowfat, low-cholesterol diet. This can often be achieved by replacing highfat foods, such as ice cream, whole milk, cheese, eggs and red meat, with similar but lower-fat options such as frozen yogurt, fat-free milk, chicken, turkey, fish and egg whites.
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Your Birthday, Sept. 16; When partnership situations fulfill a specific hankering and/or a mutual need, they will work out. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — If you’re smart, you’ll let compassion govern your behavior. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — You’re well aware of friends’ frailties and shortcomings and won’t be easily deceived by them. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — By setting your sights on that which could lead to material well-being, you’ll place yourself in the position of probable gains. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Use a “here’s what I can do for you” presentation instead of a hard sell. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — If you want a favor from someone, don’t outline what you want this person to do and how you want him or her to do it. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — Because you are far more popular with peers than you realize, another who is jealous might try to upstage you. PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — If your interest is only lukewarm, you aren’t likely to win any races. ARIES (March 21-April 19) — It’s foolish to believe others should do what you won’t do. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — Unselfish desire is likely to be the only thing that will get you to rise to the occasion. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — The key to a harmonious relationship is to be supportive of your significant other. CANCER (June 21-July 22) — This is a better-thanusual day for implementing corrections in your spending habits. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Affectations and extravagant gestures will simply drive people away.
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8062.0000153 09-SP-298 Fannie Mae NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'S FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY UNDER AND BY VIRTUE of the power and authority contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed and delivered by Nelson A. Munoz, a single person and Carlos Perez and wife, Maria Antonia Perez, dated September 15, 2006 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Rutherford County, North Carolina, recorded on September 18, 2006, in Book 918 at Page 376; and because of default in the payment of the indebtedness secured thereby and failure to carry out and perform the stipulations and agreements contained therein and, pursuant to demand of the owner and holder of the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will place for sale, at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at Rutherford County Courthouse, in Rutherfordton, North Carolina at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, September 30, 2009, that parcel of land, including improvements thereon, situated, lying and being in the City of Lake Lure, County of Rutherford, State of North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Situate, lying and being in Chimney Rock Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina, and being all of Lot 341 in Riverbend at Lake Lure, Section 2, a subdivision located in Chimney Rock Township, as recorded in Plat Book 10, at pages 76-81, of the Public Records of Rutherford County, North Carolina, to which reference is hereby made for a full and complete description Acceptance of this deed certifies that the Grantees are the purchasers of the property shown and described herein, which is located in the subdivision jurisdiction of Rutherford County, and that they hereby accept this plan with their free consent, establish minimum building set back lines, and dedicate all streets for private use. Furthermore acceptance of this deed indicates the purchaser's knowledge that there is not any public water or sewer available to this subdivision. All water and sewer will be private. The purpose of this statement is to comply with G. S. 136-102.6 Subject to the right reserved by Developer for the right, privilege and easement to enter upon, use and occupy temporarily the above referenced property for the purpose of constructing roads and drainage and for the accommodation of construction equipment, materials and excavated earth, over and across said property Subject to all restrictions of record. Being the same and identical property which is conveyed by J. Garlon Prewitt and wife, Cynthia L. Prewitt to Carlos Perez and Nelson A. Munoz, by deed dated September 15, 2006 and of record in Deed Book 914, at Page 63, Rutherford County Registry. Address of property: 129 Teal Lane, Lake Lure, NC 28746 Present Record Owners: Nelson A. Munoz and Carlos Perez The terms of the sale are that the real property hereinbefore described will be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The Substitute Trustee reserves the right to require a cash deposit or a certified check not to exceed the greater of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00). In the event that the Owner and Holder is exempt from paying the same, the successful bidder may also be required to pay revenue stamps on the Trustee's Deed, any Land Transfer Tax, and the tax required by N.C.G.S. §7A-308 (a) (1). The real property hereinabove described is being offered for sale "AS IS, WHERE IS" and will be sold subject to all superior liens, unpaid taxes, and special assessments. Other conditions will be announced at the sale. The sale will be held open for ten (10) days for upset bids as by law required. If the Trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the Trustee(s). If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the Trustee(s), in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Additional Notice Where the Real Property is Residential With Less Than 15 Rental Units: An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a bona fide lease or tenancy may have additional rights pursuant to Title VII of 5.896 - Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act which became effective on May 20, 2009. Dated: September 9, 2009 David A. Simpson, P.C. Substitute Trustee By:_________________________ Attorney at Law Kellam & Pettit, P.A. Attorneys for the Substitute Trustee Posted:____ Witness:_____ Assistant/Deputy Clerk of Superior Court
2BR/1BA, Ellenboro Hopewell/Hollis Rd. brick home, appliances furnished, hardwood floors. No pets! Ref’s. Call 453-7717 2BR house in Rfdtn area. Central h/a. $400/mo. Dep. and ref’s. Call 286-9383
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Mobile Homes For Rent Single wide Shiloh: 2BR/2BA No Pets! $400/mo. + $300 dep. 245-5703 or 286-8665
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Several 2BR & 3BR mobile homes for rent in Ellenboro area. $280/mo. + dep. No pets! Call 657-4430 Nice, Clean, Private 3BR/2BA in Rfdtn. $650/mo. + securities. 286-1982 or 748-0658
Vacation Property For Rent: Lake Lure Fox Run Townhouse 2BR/2BA sleeps 6 Avail. Oct. 10th-14th $125 per night Call Frank 505-280-5815
Commercial Property Main St., Rfdtn, office or retail space for rent, utilities furnished, ready to move in! $550/mo. 287-0983 or 223-1112
Daycare Wee The People Child Care, has openings for 6 weeks to 3 years of age. Located on West St., Spindale
288-2844 Help Wanted RN SUPERVISOR White Oak Manor Rutherfordton is now accepting applications for a full time, first shift RN Supervisor with five years or more of Long Term Care experience. Monday Friday with flexible hours. Excellent benefits. If you are interested, please stop by the Human Resource Dept. to complete an application at 188 Oscar Justice Rd., Rutherfordton, or call Gail Eller, RN, Director of Nurses at 828-286-9001 EEOC
NORTH CAROLINA RUTHERFORD COUNTY NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE 09-SP-300 FR# 200900934 Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Robert G. Jenkins, Jr. and Betty L. Jenkins, husband and wife to John J. Owens, Trustee(s), dated July 30, 2002, and recorded July 31, 2002, in Book 682, on Page 194, Rutherford County Public Registry, the undersigned Substitute Trustee declares as follows: There is a default by the Owner or other person(s) owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said Deed of Trust, or by their successor in interest, with respect to provisions therein which authorize sale in the event of default of such provision; and the undersigned, on behalf of Frances S. White, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Rutherford County, North Carolina, and the Owner and Holder of the Note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustees will offer for sale at the Courthouse door or other usual and customary location as designated by the Clerk's Office on September 30, 2009, at 12:00 pm, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the real property secured by the above-described Deed of Trust recorded July 31, 2002 in Book 682, on Page 194, situated in Rutherford County, North Carolina, as more particularly described therein, which legal description is made a part hereof and incorporated herein by reference as if fully set forth herein. Said property as shown on the above-described Deed of Trust is commonly known as: 1180 Piney Ridge Rd, Forest City, North Carolina 28043 To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property within 10 days of the posting of this notice is/are Robert G. Jenkins, Jr and Betty L. Jenkins. In the event the property which is the subject of this Notice of Sale is residential real property with less than fifteen (15) rental units, an order for possession of the property 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. 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 ten (10) days’ notice to the landlord. The tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of termination. Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, and the court costs of forty-five cents (45¢) per one hundred dollars ($100.00), up to a maximum of $500.00. A cash deposit (cashier's check or certified funds, no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all of the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. Should the foreclosure action be dismissed or any portion have to be redone for any reason, the bid deposit will be returned to the third party bidder and no other remedies will be assertable. The third party bidder acts upon their own risk if they expend any funds in favor of the foreclosed property prior to the receipt of a deed from the Substitute Trustee. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, if any, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, special assessments, and encumbrances of record. Dated: September 8, 2009 Frances S. White, Substitute Trustee P.O. Box 30368 Charlotte, NC 28230-0368 704-909-5656 TAC: 860031N PUB: 9/16, 9/23
The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, WEDNESDAY, September 16, 2009 — 7B Help Wanted
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Female Calico Cat Approx. 1 yr. old, no collar. Lost 8/5 from Lawing Mill Rd. Reward! 288-9591
FREE KITTENS to an indoor home only. Litter box trained. Call 287-4944 after 5pm
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8B — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Wednesday, September 16, 2009
LOCAL
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R-S Central hosts Mid-Atlantic Wrestling Championship featuring appearance by Ric Flair, Buff Bagwell Photos by Scott Baughman
Ric Flair, the 16-time world champion, interacted with fans and signed autographs during the Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling event, Saturday at R.S. Central High School. Fans lined up for about two hours to meet The Nature Boy and get his signature. “People asked me if I was really coming to a show in Rutherfordton,” Flair said. “And I told them I’ve wrestled in Rutherfordton, Spindale and all over the cities of North Carolina and I’m proud to come see y’all and see the greatest sheriff in the state — Jack Conner.”
Above, former WCW tag-team champion and current MACW Heavyweight champion Marcus ‘Buff’ Bagwell wowed fans as part of the show. “I’ve wrestled in front of huge crowds of 100,000 people,” Bagwell said. “But I enjoy wrestling in these smaller federations now, because I really get to come out here and meet the fans.” Below, local grappler Chris Hamrick locks Donnie Dollars in an arm bar Saturday night. The former ECW star Hamrick wowed the audience of about 500 fans with high-flying aerial attacks and some more technical mat-based wrestling.
ATTENTION ADULTS AGE 55+ In these unusual economic times, planning for future health care needs is more crucial than ever. One option available is EASTWOOD VILLAGE, Rutherford County’s only complete retirement and health care concept. Homes are individually owned and designed for maintenance-free living with the following amenities:
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EASTWOOD VILLAGE Hwy. 74 East, Forest City, NC
Spindale Family Laser & Cosmetic Center Hair Removal
In addition to the 34 existing homes, lots are available for the construction of your custom retirement home. For information or a tour, please contact: John Cilone, Broker — 245-9095
Spider Vein Removal Skin Rejuvenation Skin Tightening Chemical Peels
Ruby Lowery, Broker — 248-2018 Mack McKeithan, Broker — 245-9095
Send us your
OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS to be included in our BRAND NEW
Birthday Calendar
Call for a FREE Consultation! All Services Provided by a Licensed Physician and Nurse Practitioner
Send your name or your loved one’s name and birth date with One Dollar to be included in our
GIFT CERTIFICATES AVAILABLE
286-3072
208 Reservation Drive www.spindalefamilylaser.com
Birthday Calendar to be published the first of October. Submit birthdays for October by September 25th
Send to: The Daily COurier Attn: Birthday Calendar 601 Oak Street Forest City, NC 28043 Name: Birth Date:
EXPIRES 9/30/09. Delivery extra. Please present coupon when ordering. Not valid with any other offer.
EXPIRES 9/30/09. Delivery extra. Please present coupon when ordering. Not valid with any other offer.
EXPIRES 9/30/09. Delivery extra. Please present coupon when ordering. Not valid with any other offer.
EXPIRES 9/30/09. Delivery extra. Please present coupon when ordering. Not valid with any other offer.
EXPIRES 9/30/09. Delivery extra. Please present coupon when ordering. Not valid with any other offer.
EXPIRES 9/30/09. Delivery extra. Please present coupon when ordering. Not valid with any other offer.
EXPIRES 9/30/09. Delivery extra. Please present coupon when ordering. Not valid with any other offer.
EXPIRES 9/30/09. Delivery extra. Please present coupon when ordering. Not valid with any other offer.
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