Greene expresses love for muscle cars

Downtowntheater plan progressingBy LARRY DALEDaily Courier Staff Writer

FOREST CITY — Forest City is taking another step toward bringing a movie theater to downtown.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture–Rural Development is involved in the process because it is being asked to provide a USDA Rural Development Loan Guarantee to help East Coast Entertainment in the construction of a multi-screen theater.

The project is still in the works, and the latest step is another attempt toward making sure everything is in order if the deal goes through.

Forest City has been trying to bring a theater to downtown for years as part of the town’s downtown redevelopment plan, but the most recent attempt fell through about two years ago.

A legal notice in today’s issue of The Daily Courier is called, “Final Notification of Rural Development’s Finding of No Significant Environmental Impact.” The notice is running today, Sunday and Tuesday.

The notification is aimed at the demo-lition of five town-owned buildings should the theater project come to frui-tion.

Four of the five buildings are on Main Street, side by side at 106, 108, 110 and 112 East Main. The other building is at 125 Depot St. It is the site of the former Blanton Hotel.

Town Planner Danielle Withrow on Friday said the buildings range in age from 1915 to the 1970s. She noted that the former Blanton Hotel, from 1925, has been empty since 1972.

Mayor Dennis Tarlton said Friday that this is the final paperwork on the USDA

Please see Theater, Page 6A

County wants to complete projectsBy SCOTT BAUGHMANDaily Courier Staff Writer

FOREST CITY — Two high-profile developments owe hundreds of thousands in back taxes to Rutherford County. And with the failure of Grey Rock and Queen’s Gap to build roads, the county is looking to complete construc-tion projects there, too.

According to County Tax Administrator Kep Kepley, Grey Rock owes $1,325,422 in back taxes; Queen’s Gap $354,251.

But beyond the tax dol-

lars, both developments are left incomplete with needed roads, waterlines and sewer lines missing. To help prop-erty owners who have already invested or built homes there, county officials required the developers to put up perfor-mance bonds.

Now that the developers have failed to meet their obli-gations, the county has called in those bonds — essentially cashing the checks for the millions of dollars the devel-opers provided in good faith.

For Grey Rock, the bond-

ed amount was $26 mil-lion from Bond Safeguard Insurance Co., and $15.3 mil-lion from AMS Surety. But the $15.3 million bond from AMS Surety was found to be a fraudulent bond and the William Ray Miller II, owner of the issuing company, is now in federal prison.

The county has sued Bond Safeguard Insurance Co., as that company has said it is not responsible for the failure of Grey Rock as a develop-ment.

For Queen’s Gap, four bonds

are being called:n the first is for Phase I

road construction in the amount of $5,801,969n the second is for Phase I

water distribution and is for $5,248,213n the third is for Phase I

sewage treatment and is for $800,000n the fourth is for a Phase I

sewage collection system and is for $602,000

The bonds are held by Lexon Insurance Co.

Please see Projects, Page 6A

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Larry Dale/Daily CourierGary Greene says Corvettes, the Chevelles, the Camaros, the Shelbys— are “just in my blood.” He will display his work during the Hot Nights Cool Rides car, truck and motorcycle show, which runs 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. today in downtown Forest City.

By LARRY DALEDaily Courier Staff Writer

FOREST CITY —It was probably inevitable that Gary Greene would love cars, par-ticularly muscle cars.

Greene grew up around automobiles.

”It started with my dad,” Greene, of Greene’s Auto Sales, said recently. “My dad, (Howard “Bud” Greene) was a car man and traded cars all the time.”

“There were seven of us kids, and I’m the youngest of seven, and all of us have been car people. We grew up in that era of the old cars, the clas-sic cars, and the muscle cars, especially in the ’60s and ’70s. And I saw all my broth-ers and sisters and the cars they had — the Corvettes, the Chevelles, the Camaros, the Shelbys— and it’s just in my blood.”

Even family lore is about automobiles.

“Mom used to tell me how

Please see Cars, Page 6A

Garrett Byers/Daily CourierFriday night football officially began last night, as Chase High School fans took to the stands to cheer on the Trojans at Chase High School. East Rutherford and R-S Central also took to the fields as they both met their opponents in away games. For complete reports on all the games, see Page 7A.

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VBSThe following church-

es have announced Vacation Bible School:

Matthew Chapel AME Zion Church, Aug. 21, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.; for people of all ages.

Music/concertsSpecial singing: Aug.

22, 2 p.m., Full Gospel Revival Church; featur-ing In His Glory.

Singing: Aug. 22, 6 p.m., Bostic Missionary Methodist Church; fea-turing Promised.

Concert: Aug. 22, 2 p.m., Casar United Methodist Church; featuring the Chuck Wagon Gang.

Singing: Aug. 22, 4 p.m., Angel Divine Faith Church; featuring groups from North and South Carolina.

Gospel singing: Aug. 29, 6 p.m., Joshua Baptist Church; featur-ing Emily Smith of Old Fort; a love offering will be received.

Concert: Aug. 29, 6 p.m., Mount Vernon Baptist Church; featuring Gaither Homecoming’s Ann Downing; love offer-ing will be received; www.mountvernonbap-tistchurch.org.

Singing: Aug. 29, 6 p.m., Grays Creek Baptist Church; guest singers will be Neil Pope and The Rocky Creek Boys.

Singing: Aug. 29, 2 p.m., Faith Baptist Church, Forest City; featuring Southern Sounds.

Singing: Sept. 5, 7 p.m., Riverside Baptist Church, Harris; fea-turing Golden Valley Crusaders.

Concert: Sept. 5, 11 a.m., Shiloh Baptist Church; featuring The Blackwood Brothers Quartet.

Concert: Sept. 5, 6 p.m., Crestview Baptist Church; featuring The Blackwood Brothers Quartet.

Special servicesHomecoming: Aug.

22, 11 a.m., Robertson Crek Freewill Baptist Church; covered dish lunch will follow in fel-lowship hall.

Homecoming: Aug. 22, Sunday School, 9 a.m., morning worship, 10 a.m., West Point Baptist Church; covered dish meal and time of fellowship will follow; Kelly Murphy will share through testimony and music following the meal.

Church anniver-sary: Aug. 22, 3 p.m., St. John AME Zion Church; guest speaker the Rev. Herbert Grant; theme is “Continuing in Faith, Rebuilding the Walls of Zion;” revival begins Aug. 23-26, 7 nightly.

Homecoming: Aug. 22, 3 p.m., Wheat Creek Baptist Church; guest

speaker will be the Rev. Ronnie Sullivan of Catawba View Baptist Church in Kings Mountain.

Homecoming: Aug. 22, 11 a.m., Union Hill AME Zion Church; the Rev. Thelena Jackson will speak; at 4 p.m., the Rev. Bobby King and choir will be guests; fellowship meal between the services.

Revival services; Aug. 22-25, First Baptist Church, Henrietta; feautring the REv. Brian Cooper (11 a.m.) and the Rev. Joseph Cantrell (6 p.m.) Aug. 22; speak-ers are as follows for the week at 7 p.m.: Monday, Dr. Wayne Blackwood; Tuesday, the REv. Wesley Smith; Wednesday, the Rev. John Ware.

Tabernacle services: Aug. 23-27, 7 nightly, Angel Divine Faith Church; speaker James Wiley from Liberty Temple in Shelby.

Revival: Aug. 23-25, 7 nightly, Wheat Creek Baptist Church; revivalist wilbe Dr. Clinton Feemster, pastof of Mount Zion Baptist Church, Kings Mountain.

Revival: Aug. 25-27, 7 p.m., Union Hill AME Zion Church; guest speaker the Rev. RobRoy Staley, pas-tor Zion Grove AME in Rutherfordton.

Revival: Aug. 26-27, 7 nightly, Faith Temple Church; guest speak-er the Rev. Matthew

Hartley of Cleveland, Tenn.

Praise and wor-ship service: Aug. 28, 10 a.m., Faith Temple Church; led by Brother Jay McDowell.

Usher program: Aug. 29, 3 p.m., St. Paul’s AME Zion Church; speaker Margie Forney.

FundraisersBuffet breakfast:

Aug. 21, 7 to 10:30 a.m., Mount Pleasant Baptist Church; $5 for all you can eat.

Fish fry: Aug. 21, 4 to 7:30 p.m., Tanner’s Grove United Methodist Church pro-ceeds will go to the building fund.

Chicken pie din-ner: Aug. 28, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., High Shoal Baptist Church; all you care to eat, chicken pie, vegetables, desserts, tea or coffee; adults $5, children ages 6 to 12, $2.50, younger than 6 free; proceeds go to the family in need Christmas fund.

Fish fry: Aug. 28, noon to 7 p.m., Temple of Jesus Church, Lake Lure.

Spaghetti suppers fundraisers: The first Wednesday in September through November, 6:30 p.m., Golden VAlley Missionary Methodist Church; menu includes spaghetti, salad, gar-lic bread, dessert and drink; cost is by dona-

tion; proceeds will go to Haiti.

Poor man supper: Sept. 9, 4 to 7 p.m., Providence United Methodist Church; menu includes pintos, white beans, black eyed peas, greens, cooked cabbage, macaroni and cheese, livermush, corn-bread, slaw, pickles, desserts and drinks; cost is $5; proceeds will go to the “Feed the Hungry” ministry.

Other Tickets are on sale

for the gospel play “After the Pain” by Pamela Harrison, to be presented Sept. 3 at The Foundation; spon-sored by the Carver Alumni Association; see an alumni member for tickets or call The Foundation box office at 286-9990.

Back to school rally: Aug. 21, 10 a.m., Pine Ridge CME Church, Union Mills; speaker is Ronnie “R.J.” Aiken Jr.; youth praise dancers from Jones Tabernacle CME Church in Lawndale.

Food giveaway: Aug. 21, 9 a.m. until, Forest City Foursquare Church.

Feeding those in need: Aug. 28, 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., New Dimension Church.

Free family concert and movie night: Sept. 5, 6 p.m., Abundant Life CWC; concert starts at 6 p.m., movie starts after sunset; bring a lawn chair or blanket.

Youth night: Fridays at 6 p.m. at East Rutherford Church of

God.

NA/AA meetings: Every Monday at 7 p.m., at New Life Christian Fellowship Church of God, 601 E. Main St., Spindale; contact James Keeter at 247-4681 for more information.

Hispanic Baptist Church “Cristo Vive:” Services on Sunday afternoons in English, 6 p.m., every Sunday. The church is located at 929 Oakland Road. Contact the Rev. Jairo Contreras at 289-9837.

Soup KitchensCommunity

Outreach: “Give By Faith Ministries” of Piney Mountain Baptist Church provides a soup kitchen, clothes closet and food pantry to those in need the sec-ond Saturday of each month from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Samaritan Breakfast: Thursdays from 6 to 8 a.m., at St. Francis Episcopal Church, 395 N. Main St., Rutherfordton. Carry-out breakfast bags.

St. Paul AME Zion Church, Forest City, each Monday at 6 p.m.

St. Gabriel’s Episcopal Church, Wednesdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., 330 N. Ridgecrest Ave., Rutherfordton.

First Baptist Church in Spindale, 11:30 to 12:30 p.m. each Tuesday.

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Soup Kitchen, Thursdays from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at Green River Baptist Association, 668 N. Washington St., Rutherfordton.

Church announcements Submit items for the church calendar in the following

ways: n E-mail: lifestyles@thedigitalcourier.comn Fax: 248-2790n Mail: P.O. Box 1149, Forest City, NC 28043n In person: 601 Oak St., Forest CityItems received by noon Thursday will be published in

Saturday’s paper on a space available basis.

RUTHERFORDTON – First United Mehtodist Church will host “Festival in the Park” beginning Aug. 22 from 2 to 5 p.m. at Crestview Park at the picnic shelter.

The community is invited to take part in music, crafts, balloons and ice cream, as well as having opportunity to get a free blood pres-sure check, play kickball, softball and Frisbee and shoot soda bottle rockets.

Free toys will be given to the first 30 chil-dren and ice cream will be served starting at 3 p.m.

Mission projects information will be avail-able; please bring a can of food to donate to the needy. If you are in need of assistance of any kind, please let a church member know – they’ll be wearing church tee shirts.

For more information, call 287-3704.

‘Festival in the Park’ today from 2 to 5

The endowment committee of First United Methodist Church in Forest City is now tak-ing applications from nonprofit organizations for its 2011 Endowment Grants. If you are inter-ested, please call 245-6446 for an application. Applications are due back by Sept. 15.

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In St. Paul’s inventory of the fruit of the spirit, in the fifth chapter of Galatians, we find kindness, the translation of the Greek word “chrestotes.” The Greek word “chrestotes” has the connotation of goodness, and not just goodness as a quality, but goodness as expressed in actions or deeds. The person who exemplifies this type of kindness will be a genuinely good per-son, expressing their goodness by acting in ways that are gentle, patient and self-controlled. The person who is kind in this sense will naturally put others at ease because they can be more relaxed, knowing that this person will be kind and gentle. We do well to remember that when St. Paul speaks of the “fruit of the spirit,” that fruit is singular, not plural. If we are truly walk-ing by the spirit, we will possess all of these virtues. This surely does not

mean that we won’t struggle, perhaps with some more than others, but rather that we should strive for the kind of overarch-ing goodness or kindness that makes us a thoroughly good person. And, not just good in this or that respect, but good across the board. Of course, no one is perfect, but by striving to be kind and good in all of our dealings, both at work and at home, and with our friends as well as our adversaries, we will be well on our way to perfecting our character and becoming more godlike.

KindnessPut on then, as God’s Chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassion,

kindness, lowliness, meekness and patience.

r.S.V. Colossians 3:12

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AAA video showsdanger of driving while distractedFrom staff reports

FOREST CITY — Superintendents representing 17 school districts surrounding Buncombe County, including Rutherford, have received free educa-tional videos from AAA to spread the message of the dangers of distracted driving.

Videos to aid in the ongoing educational effort since the tragic death of Ashley Johnson of Asheville will be sent by the AAA Carolinas Foundation for Traffic Safety to all school district superintendents in Western North Carolina.

“We will share the tragic story of Asheville teen Ashley Johnson with our students in an effort to educate students about the dangers of distracted driving,” said Janet Mason, school superinten-dent. “It is important for teens, and all drivers, to understand that no text, tweet, Facebook message, e-mail, or phone call is more important than their lives. Seeing and hearing the relatively local story of Ashley Johnson brings this message home.”

Johnson was killed texting while driving, and her family helped create a video to warn her fellow students that similar behavior could result in the loss of their own life or someone else’s.

“Traffic accidents are the number one killer of teenagers, and texting while driving is a pain-ful contributor to this cultural epidemic,” said Tom Crosby, president of the AAA Carolinas Foundation for Traffic Safety.

“The anti-texting message needs presentation in as many ways as possible — graphic to statistical to anecdotal — to reach young, inexperienced and text-happy drivers.” Superintendents received a 30-second PSA that AAA continues to air across the Carolinas. It shows the most graphic images of the original video. They received a four-minute version that can be seen at AAA.com/Automotive/Safety/distracteddriving.htm.

The entire video is a 30-minute short movie portraying a young girl’s family and daily routine before the accident and how her loved ones are traumatized after the fatal accident.

The foundation is also distributing free bum-per magnets that say “Hang Up and Drive” that remind drivers to concentrate on the road in front of them.

Motorists may request a free “Hang Up and Drive” bumper magnet to spread this important message by calling AAA Carolinas’ Traffic Safety Department at (888) 862-0437.

“Last year AAA Carolinas started the process of attacking distracted driving, specifically texting, by educating teens in the Carolinas of the dan-gers of texting while driving,” said Steve Phillips, Driver Education manager for AAA Carolinas.

“We have used many different outlets to educate the public, such as billboards, gas pump ads, high school contests, and a distribution of over 8,000 magnet bumper stickers with the slogan “Hang Up and Drive.”

“We would like to offer our assistance to help educate young drivers of the consequences of this deadly behavior,” Phillips said.

Associated PressDaniel Green, 35, serving a life sentence for the July 1993 death of former NBA basketball star Michael Jordan’s father James Jordan, listens to questions during an interview at the Harnett County Correctional Institute in Lillington on Friday, Aug. 20. Green’s case is one of 190 cases flagged for further review in a report on North Carolina State Bureau of Investigations crime lab practices.

Convicted Jordan killer believes he will go free

LILLINGTON (AP) — A man convicted of killing Michael Jordan’s father said in an inter-view Friday that he will one day walk free from prison, contend-ing a new report on mistakes at North Carolina’s crime lab shows the evidence against him is fall-ing apart.

Daniel Andre Green told The Associated Press the finding that investigators mishandled lab reports in his case indi-cates exculpatory evidence was improperly withheld from him. He said he’s been working largely by himself for years to prove he’s innocent of killing James Jordan in 1993, though he admits he helped dispose of the body.

“I’ve always known that I’m walking out of prison,” Green said while sitting at a con-crete picnic table in the yard of Harnett Correctional Institution. “I’ve known that because I’ve believed, ultimately, the truth has to come out.”

Green is trying get his case back in court, having filed a 122-page motion on his own in 2008 that raised questions about how his prosecution was handled. The 35-year-old has studied law books for years and fluently quotes both Latin phrases and North Carolina statutes from memory.

The latest development in Green’s case hinges on blood evidence. A State Bureau of Investigation expert testified at his 1996 trial that she found a small amount of blood in the passenger seat of Jordan’s car. But according to the review released on Wednesday, the SBI found only “indications” blood was present in an initial test, and four follow-up tests were incon-clusive. The report also found flaws in nearly 200 other cases.

Green’s current attorney was already working on an appeal when the report came out, and one of his trial attorneys said he doesn’t think the follow-up blood tests were ever disclosed to the defense.

Green insists he had noth-ing to do with Jordan’s murder. Declining to discuss too many details on the advice of lawyers,

he said that he was not present when Jordan was killed and that he helped cover up the crime because a close friend asked him for help. That friend, Larry Demery, testified at trial that Green fired the shot that killed Jordan.

“I made certain decisions out of loyalty to a friend,” Green said.

He acknowledged several regrets, including some of the most damaging details of the trial: that he helped get rid of Jordan’s body and used some of his possessions, like a car and jewelry. James Jordan’s body was found in a South Carolina swamp.

Michael Jordan, now owner of the Charlotte Bobcats, declined to comment through an assis-tant.

This week’s SBI report has led state prosecutors to seek a full review of 190 cases, while attor-neys in cases not included in the inquest believe the crime lab’s mistakes could help them win new trials. The SBI announced Friday that it is replacing the director of the crime lab. The North Carolina Police Benevolent Association called for a criminal investigation. Green, meanwhile, isn’t so sure about punishing those who made mistakes han-dling evidence.

“I wouldn’t say they’re bad people,” he said. “I would say they made bad decisions the same way I’ve made bad decisions. Instead of people just looking to point fingers, which is the easy thing, I’m saying we should get serious ... to try to fix the problems and try to get people out of prisons that shouldn’t be in prisons.”

In the 1996 trial that cap-tured the country’s attention, Green’s lawyers questioned the lack of physical and blood evi-dence. Demery had testified that Green shot Jordan at near point-blank range in the vehicle where Jordan had been sleep-ing. There was little or no blood found in the car, no conclusive match between what authorities said was the murder weapon and a bullet in James Jordan’s body, nor was there gunshot residue in the car.

Authorities said that weapon was found in Green’s house.

Past attorneys for Green theo-rized that Demery was the killer and only pleaded guilty to save himself. Demery remains impris-oned for murder and declined an interview.

Green spent years working alone on his innocence claims, and was only recently appointed a new attorney on the strength of his 2008 motion.

“I’m definitely glad that it’s coming out,” Green said. “I’m glad that people are just getting to see that you can’t blindly trust authority. I’m not saying that you should distrust authority, but I think we should be more critical in the way we examine anything.

SBI removes director after week of tumult

RALEIGH (AP) — The direc-tor of the State Bureau of Investigation removed the agen-cy’s lab chief Friday, ending a tumultuous week of scrutiny in which an independent inquest found some 200 mishandled cases.

SBI director Greg McLeod said in an interview that the agency will conduct a nationwide search for a candidate to replace Jerry Richardson. He will convene a panel of law enforcement offi-cials, defense attorneys and pros-ecutors to aid in the effort.

“What I have decided is to fur-ther strengthen the management team at the SBI,” McLeod said. “And to move forward at the SBI crime lab, we need someone with significant scientific experience that is willing to come in and take a fresh look at things and ask lots of questions, be open to criticism and run a more trans-parent operation.”

Richardson has been removed from his position and did not return a call seeking comment. He has held the job since 2002 and has served with the SBI since 1987. McLeod declined to discuss specifics on why Richardson was removed but said he is waiting for details on state personnel laws before deciding what to do next.

N.C. company subjectof religious bias suit

DURHAM (AP) — A federal agency is suing a North Carolina educational testing company after a worker said she was fired after saying she couldn’t work on Saturdays because of religious beliefs.

The News & Observer of Raleigh reported Friday the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued Durham-based Measurement Inc. last week. The lawsuit alleges the company discriminated against team leader Jacqueline Dukes.

The lawsuit states Dukes told the company she was a member of a Christian denomination that observed the Sabbath from sunset Friday to sun-set Saturday, but the firm told her in 2008 she would need to work Saturdays.

Measurement Chief Executive Officer Henry Scherich says the company is looking forward to get the matter settled. The company says Duke had been hired full-time in 1993.

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■ A daily forum for opinion, commentary and editorials on the news that affects us all.

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The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is beginning to fade from the headlines as other news comes

along. This is the normal course of news, but this does not mean that events, especially those of this signifi-cance, have ceased to have impact.

There will remain issues and prob-lems related to the spill for many years to come. This is true of any natural or man-made disaster.

The Gulf Coast area of the U.S. is still grappling with problems created by Hurricane Katrina.

Sadly, as news reporting on these situ-ations fades, so too does the impetus to pursue action that might help prevent incidents or help us be better prepared to deal with them. That should not hap-pen, especially in this case.

We may not be able to devise defenses against all possible natural disasters, but we can do much more to prevent those made by people. In this case, we need to learn lessons and act on them.

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Our readers’ viewsSays history proves tax cut theory wrong

To the editor:I’d like to respond to Mr.

Harris’ letter of Aug. 14, stating that an economy in trouble can-not sustain a tax increase with-out an economic collapse, and only across the board tax cuts will fix an economic crisis.

There is a great resource on the web that shows a visual representation of our economy and income which I would urge everyone to check out. It’s called Visualizing Economics, and it’s a site that is full of graphic rep-resentations of all matters relat-ing to economics in an easy to understand format.

One collection there is particu-larly relevant to this discussion — visualizingeconomics.com/category/growth-of-income-inequality/ — because it shows how the middle class is literally disappearing before our eyes, and the time line in which this has happened.

Why is this important? If you compare the time lines here, to the taxation time lines I offer below, you will see how they go hand in hand. As the middle class disappears, the economic strength of the country collapses. As the gap widens between the very rich and the rest of us, you see how that economic inequal-ity goes hand in hand with eco-nomic instability.

What does this mean? It’s not higher taxes that threaten our economic stability, but the

inequality of income and the widening gap between the top 1-2 percent in wealth and the rest of the country.

You can see from the graph here — visualizingeconom-ics.com/2008/05/04/aver-age-income-in-the-united-states-1913-2006/ — when the greatest economic growth was, based on average income, and whose administrations over-saw this growth. Pay particular attention to the fact that during the period of greatest increase of wealth and economic stabil-ity, the rich were being taxed at their highest rates of between 63 percent and 94 percent, and we never saw a collapse of the econ-omy during that time frame.

Quite the opposite, in fact. We saw an explosion of growth in the areas of income and infra-structure, despite our involve-ment in three separate wars (WWII, Korea, and Vietnam).

What’s more, the rich remained rich, even with that staggering tax rate. We didn’t really begin to see our personal income and economic stability threatened until the last part of Richard Nixon’s time in office. It’s been wavering ever since, with a few peaks and valleys, but nothing substantial enough to carry us further than a single administra-tion’s own time line.

Today, the same people who sustained their wealth while car-rying a tax burden up to 94 per-cent a few decades ago, now only pay 35 percent and use more loopholes and tax shelters today than ever before.

What is being proposed by the Obama administration is a tax increase on that top tier of wealth by only 3 percent, bring-ing their tax burden up to 38 percent.

People act like our entire economy will collapse if such a tax burden is levied against the wealthy. But looking at history, that fear proves irrational.

Mr. Harris states, “Across-the-board tax cuts that benefit everyone have worked for the country and for every country in Europe. Raising taxes has never worked in a slow economy.”

Clearly, if you look at our actual history and the taxation timetable I’ve provided here, you will see that this is completely false. They want you to believe in the “trickle down theory” of eco-nomics that Ronald Reagan pro-posed, even though it was proven to be an abysmal failure.

Asking our citizens to pay their fair share, which is fairly adjusted by income to allow a stable personal economy while supporting a stable government economy is not unfair. It’s how society and government must work to sustain itself in the long term.

I urge everyone to please quit listening to the propaganda that higher taxation at any level of income collapses the economy and economic health of the nation because it is simply not true. Research it for yourself, because the facts don’t lie.

Tara WrightForest City

Governor needs to ask questions of revenue team RALEIGH – After the

Raleigh News & Observer reported that changes in law and policy may have allowed the state of North Carolina to keep taxpayers’ money to which it was not entitled, Gov. Beverly Perdue did the right thing.

She was “incensed,” according to her press office, that some North Carolinians who had mistakenly over-paid their taxes were being penalized by a process that seemed rigged in favor of the state.

The Perdue administration has now assigned 80 people to work through the state’s backlog of flagged taxpayer files, authorizing a refund when appropriate regard-less of whether the case falls within the three-year statute of limitations.

Good for the governor. But I think she ought to go fur-ther. I don’t think the state’s flawed process for review-ing tax files was simply an accidental oversight. I think it was designed to maximize revenue to the state.

You can call the strategy

“aggressive cash-flow man-agement” if you want to be diplomatic. If you’re inclined towards blunt cynicism, the term “mildly larcenous” might be a better fit.

North Carolina’s income-tax returns have long been reviewed by computers pro-grammed to flag mistakes.

Until recently, it was the policy of the Department of Revenue to consider a pos-sible mistake to have been discovered when the com-puter flagged it, even though it would typically still be necessary for an employee to review the file before notify-ing the taxpayer of the error and arranging for a refund.

But in 2009, the depart-ment’s policy changed. Now, it would consider a possible mistake to have been discov-ered only when an employee

reviewed and assessed the file.

What’s the difference? Keep in mind that there is a statute of limitations. If taxpayers didn’t request a refund during the time allotted, they weren’t legally entitled to one.

How could taxpayers sub-mit a timely request unless the department informed them of a possible problem? And what happened if the department failed to review a flagged file before the three-year window was up?

The taxpayer was out of luck.

Revenue officials denied that their change of policy was designed to increase how long the state held on to overpaid taxes. But the News & Observer obtained e-mail correspondence within the department that suggested at least some employees considered the policy change unfair and potentially abu-sive.

One was Nancy Pomeranz, director of the personal taxes division.

“My folks were told not to

process any refunds in any situation where the statute has run now because no refund is ‘discovered’ until someone actually looks at it or handles it,” Pomeranz wrote in an October e-mail. “I do not agree and, as I mentioned in my earlier e-mail, this is contrary to our long-standing position.” Pomeranz went on to say that in her opinion the policy would harm some taxpayers who were owed refunds.

Still, the higher-ups at the Department of Revenue didn’t budge. It took a news-paper expose several months later to force a change.

I’m not going to deny that many flawed public policies persist not because of bad faith but simply because of inertia. In this case, howev-er, Revenue officials seemed to have dismissed internal concerns about a policy that, at the very least, would be difficult to defend if made public – which it was.

Consider the context here. North Carolina’s state gov-ernment had been under fiscal stress for several

years. Fearing the worst, policymakers had given the Department of Revenue new tools to go after what the state considered to be tax underpayments, from both individual and corporate fil-ers.

The result was hundreds of millions of dollars in increased revenue collec-tions, money that legislators and administration officials were delighted to receive. They hoped for more.

Is it really so difficult to believe that, given the pressure to maximize state revenue during a budget crunch, some Revenue officials thought it expedi-ent to change the policy on overpayments in ways that would let the state hold on to taxpayers’ money longer, if not permanently?

Gov. Perdue needs to ask some tough questions of Revenue Secretary Ken Lay and his subordinates.

Hood is president of the John Locke Foundation.

Syndicated columnist

John Hood

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The Sunday Courier, Forest City, NC, SaTurday, august 21, 2010 — 5a

local/state

From staff reports

FOREST CITY — Eight people suffered minor inju-ries in a three-vehicle wreck Wednesday afternoon on E. Main Street in Spindale.

According to Spindale police reports, Earnest Ray Greene, 66, of Twin Leaf Lane in Rutherfordton was traveling west in a 1995 Dodge and was unable to stop before hit-ting a 2002 Nissan driven by Christin Danialle Davis, 21, of Monfredo Street in Rutherfordton.

The Nissan then hit a 2001 Chevrolet that was driven by Gabrielle Logan Head, 41, of Mountain Creek Road, Rutherfordton. The Dodge and Nissan were both stopped in traffic.

The three drivers and five passengers in Head’s vehicle were taken to Rutherford Hospital’s emergency room for treatment.

The children in the vehicle were between ages 6 and 14. Property damage is esti-mated at $8,000 on all three vehicles.

Wrecks reported by the state Highway Patrol on Thursday:

n Tasha Crain, 18, of Rutherfordton, was taken to Rutherford Hospital on Tuesday as the result of a two-vehicle crash at U.S.

221 and Poors Ford Road in Rutherfordton. Crain was traveling east in 1994 Toyota on Poors Ford and approach-ing U.S. 221.

Leah Morrison, 25, of Mill Spring was driving a 2009 Nissan west on Poors Ford and failed to yield by making a left hand turn onto Poors Ford and struck the Toyota.

Morrison was charged with a yield violation. Crain was taken to the emergency room for treatment.

n Brenda Giles, 62, of Florida, was taken to Cleveland Regional Medical Center after she was hurt in a two-vehicle crash on U.S. 74E Tuesday afternoon.

She was driving a 2001 Toyota and had stopped for traffic when Joshua David Philbeck, 25 of Ellenboro, failed to reduce speed in his 2008 Toyota and struck her car. Philbeck was charged with failure to reduce speed.

n Jermaine Anthony Ray, 30, of Orlando, Fla. was injured but not transported to the hospital Thursday after the 2006 International van liner he was driving on Cleghorn Mill Road crossed the center line, ran off the road to the left and struck trees before stopping.

He was charged with exceeding a safe speed.

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Benjamin Fred "Benjy"

Thompson Benjamin Fred "Benjy" Thompson, US Army Retired, age 73, of South Powell Street, Forest City, NC died Friday, August 20, 2010 at Rutherford Hospital. He was a native of Rutherford County and a son of Virginia Hamrick Thompson of Forest City and the late B.W. "Dub" Thompson. He was also a mem-ber of First Baptist Church of Forest City, a graduate of Cool Springs High School Class of 1956 and attended Wake Forest University where he played foot-ball. He was a retired Chief Warrant Officer in the United States Army and served two tours of duty during the Vietnam War. In addition to his mother, he is survived by his wife, Martha Jo Harris Thompson of the home; two sons, Brad Joseph Thompson of Nashville, TN, and Tye Worth Thompson and his wife, Julie of San Antonia, TX; a daughter, Portland Thompson Canipe and her husband, Bert of Hollis, NC; a brother, Van Thompson of Matthews, NC and two sisters, Jerre Thompson Foster and hus-band, Claude and Nan Thompson all of Forest City. There are also six grandchildren, Keller Worth Thompson, Tyeler Philip Thompson, Lindsay Elizabeth Gastrell, Taylor Harris Thompson, Mallory Ann Thompson, and Carlton Gray Canipe. Graveside services will be held at two o'clock Sunday, August 22, 2010 in the Cool Springs Cemetery officiated by Reverend Dr. Bobby Gantt and Reverend Dr. George Thompson. Military honors will be accorded by the Rutherford County Honor Guard. The family will receive friends immediately following the ser-vice at the residence at 160 South Powell Street. Memorials may be made to Hospice of Rutherford County, Post Office Box 336, Forest City, NC 28043. The Padgett and King Mortuary is in charge of arrangements and an online guest registry is avail-able at: www.padgettking.com

Paid obit

Police NotesObituariesGlenn Hamrick

G. Glenn Hamrick of Clearwater, Fla., 95, for-merly of Ellenboro, died Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010.

He was a veteran of World War II.

Survivors include his wife, Betty Jane Hamrick of Clearwater, Fla.; two sons, Glen Hamrick Jr. of Jefferson City, Tenn., and Gary Hamrick of Tampa, Fla.; a daughter, Rita Brubaker of Clearwater; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held Sunday at Curlew Hills Funeral Home in Palm Harbor, Fla.

Benjy ThompsonBenjamin Fred “Benjy”

Thompson, 73, of South Powell Street, Forest City, died Friday, Aug. 20, 2010, at Rutherford Hospital.

A native of Rutherford County, he was a son of Virginia Hamrick Thompson of Forest City and the late B.W. “Dub” Thompson. Retired from the U.S. Army, he was a member of First Baptist Church of Forest City, a graduate of Cool Springs High School Class of 1956 and attended Wake Forest University, where he played football. He was a

retired chief warrant officer in the U.S. Army and served two tours of duty during Vietnam War.

In addition to his mother, he is survived by his wife, Martha Jo Harris Thompson of the home; two sons, Brad Joseph Thompson of Nashville, Tenn., and Tye Worth Thompson of San Antonio, Texas; a daughter, Portland Thompson Canipe of Hollis; a brother, Van Thompson of Matthews; two sisters, Jerre Thompson Foster and Nan Thompson, both of Forest City; and six grandchildren.

Graveside services will be held at Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Cool Springs Cemetery officiated by Dr. Bobby Gantt and Dr. George Thompson. Military hon-ors will be accorded by the Rutherford County Honor Guard.

The family will receive friends immediately fol-lowing the service at the residence, 160 S. Powell St. Memorials may be made to Hospice of Rutherford County, P.O. Box 336, Forest City, NC 28043.

The Padgett and King Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.

Online condolences: www.padgettking.com

Sheriff’s Reports

n The Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office responded to 100 E-911 calls Thursday.

n Loynell Morris Lahrmer reported the theft of a pres-sure washer and weed trim-mer.

n Doris Murray Pool reported the theft of jewelry.

n Michael Edward Doster reported damage to a bicy-cle.

n James Hugh White reported that 30 watermel-ons were smashed.

n Hayden Eugene Wilson reported the theft of a shot-gun and other items.

n Dianne L. Smith report-ed the theft of medication.

Eric S. Moore reported the theft of tools.

Rutherfordton

n The Rutherfordton Police Department responded to 35 E-911 calls Thursday.

Spindale

n The Spindale Police Department responded to 18 E-911 calls Thursday.

Lake Lure

n The Lake Lure Police Department responded to six E-911 calls Thursday.

Forest City

n The Forest City Police Department responded to 73 E-911 calls Thursday.

n The Forest City Police

Department is currently investigating an incident that left a 15-year-old girl with serious injuries. The incident occurred on Crowe Park Road after the child was riding on the hood of a vehicle being driven by Patricia Smith Hill of Big Springs Avenue in Forest City. The child was trans-ported to the Rutherford Hospital and then trans-ferred to Mission Hospital in Asheville.

Arrests

n Teneza Lewis Crenshaw Jr., 56, of Washington Heights, Forest City; charged with driving while impaired and failure to comply with license restric-tion; placed under a $1,000 secured bond. (FCPD)

n Gary Noal Cooke, 51, of Wells Drive, Forest City; arrested as a fugitive from Virginia; placed under a $50,000 secured bond. (FCPD)

n Terry Scott Davis, 42, of Cherry Knoll Drive, Rutherfordton; charged with damage to real property, damage to personal prop-erty and larceny from build-ing; placed under a $16,000 secured bond. (FCPD)

n Randall Burton Allen, 45, of Horry Drive, Cowpens, S.C.; charged with larceny of motor vehicle; placed under a $15,000 secured bond. (FCPD)

n Eugene Carl Wilson, 26, of 297 Willow Run Drive; charged with driving while license revoked, no opera-tor’s license and driving without two headlamps; placed under a $1,500 secured bond. (LLPD)

n Brenton Michael Glenn, 29, of 234 Pate Road; charged with felony proba-tion violation; placed under a $10,000 secured bond. (Probation)

n Ronnie Dale Pearson, 36, of 438 McSwain Road; charged with assault on a female and communicat-ing threats; placed under a 48-hour hold. (RCSD)

n David Wade Marlowe, 46, of 305 Shiloh Road; charged with assault by pointing a gun; released on a $500 unsecured bond. (RCSD)

n Angelo Markeith Boyce, 26, of 409 Dogwood Lane; charged with failure to appear and unsealed wine/ liquor in the passenger area of a vehicle; released on a $1,000 unsecured bond. (RCSD)

n Carl Randolph Ledford, 66, of 1437 Cedar Creek Road; charged with two true bill counts of indecent liber-ties with a child; released on a $50,000 unsecured bond. (RCSD)

EMS/Rescue

n The Rutherford County EMS responded to 26 E-911 calls Thursday.

n The Volunteer Life Saving and Rescue, Hickory Nut Gorge EMS and Rutherford County Rescue responded to six E-911 calls Thursday.

Fire calls

n Cliffside firefighters responded to a water leak.

n Ellenboro firefighters responded to an industrial fire alarm.

Eight hurt in wreck

From staff reportsFOREST CITY — A

15-year-old rising freshman at East Rutherford High School is a patient at Mission Hospitals in Asheville after she fell from the hood of a car, driven by her mother on Thursday evening.

Assistant Chief Bob Ward said Kyndra Rae Roberts of Big Springs Avenue and a friend, Jac Tucker, 14, were given permission by her mother, Patricia Smith Hill, 59, to ride on the hood of the 1999 Volvo as they apparent-

ly were leaving Crowe Park.Ward said the car was trav-

eling down Crowe Park Road when Kyndra fell off the hood of the car and hit her head.

She was taken to Rutherford Hospital by Rutherford County EMS and airlifted to by MAMA to Mission Hospitals. She is in a regular patient room, a hospital spokeswoman said.

Smith told Ward the car was traveling about 15 mph when Kyndra fell from the hood.

Student hospitalized after falling from hood of car

By LARRY DALEDaily Courier Staff Writer

RUTHERFORDTON — A teenager has been arrested in the recent theft of laptop computers from R-S Middle School.

John Earl Lynch, 17, of 192 Church St., is charged with breaking and entering and theft.

The Rutherfordton Police Department arrested him Thursday, and he was placed in the Rutherford County Jail under a $10,000 secured bond.

Police are seeking at least two other suspects in the case.

Officials at the school, on 545 Charlotte Road, report-ed the theft of three comput-ers Aug. 11.

The school’s security video showed three white males entering different buildings and different parts of the school, the police report says. Someone climbed through a window leading into the

main office.All of the males in the vid-

eo appeared to be juveniles.Initially, one laptop com-

puter was reported stolen, but shortly after-ward it was found that two more computers were missing.

The RPD reportedly received some infor-mation in the case, and Lt. Kenny Kempter found Lynch at his workplace and talked with him there.

Kempster said Lynch con-fessed to involvement in the crime.

Two of the school’s comput-ers were recovered by offi-cers.

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

Teen charged with taking computers

Lynch

North Carolina TodayMarine helicopters depart for Pakistan

CHERRY POINT (AP) — A North Carolina-based Marine Corps helicopter unit is headed to Pakistan as part of a larger U.S. force provid-ing relief for flooding vic-tims. About 70 Marines and four CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters will leave Cherry Point on Friday on U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster jets.

The helicopters will be fol-lowed by 2,000 Marines and sailors from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, which received orders to deploy a month ahead of schedule to help with relief operations.

Flooding in Pakistan began July 29 in the northwest section of the country after exceptionally heavy rains. The floods have swamped thousands of towns and villages in the Punjab and Sindh provinces.

At least 6 million people have lost their homes.

Local board refuses to block range

FAYETTEVILLE (AP) — A county board has refused to stop plans for a shoot-ing range in eastern North Carolina.

The Fayetteville Observer reported the Cumberland County Board of Adjustment on Thursday night fell one vote short of blocking the opening of the TigerSwan Collaborative Training

Center. Tigerswan plans to open the first of seven shoot-ing ranges on a 250-acre site. TigerSwan Inc. was founded in 2005 by former members of Delta Force, the Fort Bragg-based counter-terrorist unit. The company contracts with the military to train active-duty person-nel in heavy weapons, urban warfare and other special-ties.

CEO Jim Reese says the remaining firing ranges should open by May.

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“The county has sued Bond Safeguard Insurance Company (the issuer of the bonds on phase 1 and 2 of the Grey Rock Subdivision) in the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina,” County Manager John Condrey said in an e-mail. “Bond Safeguard has asserted various affirmative defenses and claims that it is not liable on the Grey Rock bonds. The county intends to press forward in attempting to obtain a judgment against Bond Safeguard on the Grey Rock bonds as part of that ongoing litigation.”

Legal counsel for Lexon Insurance

Co., which issued the Queen’s Gap bonds, has been contacted, and the county is waiting on a response.

Until the money shows up from the bonds, the county has no funds to complete any construction at either development.

The high-profile failures may lead to changes in the way the county approves real estate developments.

“This economic recession has prompted jurisdictions every-where to re-evaluate their policies,” County Planner Danny Searcy said. “Rutherford County is no differ-ent; the county may very well view future large scale developments and, or developments using perfor-mance guarantees (bonds) differently. Potentially, the planning commission along with the county commission-

ers may exercise greater discretion in promoting smaller phases followed by further completion before any addi-tional phases are considered.”

Still, officials say the situation wasn’t helped by what amounts to a perfect storm for economic depres-sion.

“No one knew what the future held, and the county has no history of developer defaults on construction performance,” Searcy said. “I think one thing we need to keep in mind is that there is a consensus among econ-omists that this was the worst reces-sion since the Great Depression, and this type situation occurred all over the country.”

Contact Baughman via e-mail at sbaugh-man@thedigitalcourier.com.

ongoingFoothills Harvest Ministry: $5 plastic grocery bag sale, $7 tall kitchen bag sale, $9 30-gallon trash bag sale; bags can be filled with clothes and shoes.

Silent auctions for Relay for Life: Held weekly through Sept. 10. Photos and details will be posed on the Rutherford County govern-ment website at www.rutherford-countync.gov. Items will be posted each Monday and bids end each Friday at noon. For information or to place a bid, e-mail Debra Conner, debra.conner@ruther-fordcountync.gov.

Luminaria sale and can food drive: Relay for Life Rutherford County is selling luminarias, which will be lighted Sept. 10 at Relay for Life, for $10; luminarias may be purchased online at www.relayforlife.org/rutherfordnc or by calling Gail Strickland, 245-2156 or 233-1735. In addition, canned foods will be used to weigh downt he luminarias. After Relay, the canned foods will be donated to Communities in Schools and Grace of God Rescue Mission; cans should be 11 to 15 ounces to best fit in the luminarias.

Real estate broker pre-licensing courses: Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., beginning Aug. 21; $175 plus books; visit www.isothermal.edu/learnstuff or call 286-3636 ext. 346.

Washburn Community Outreach Center: Ladies wearing apparel half-price; hours Thursday and Friday, noon to 6 p.m., Saturday from 9 a.m.t o 2 p.m.; contact the center regarding the GED program offered by ICC at 245-5603.

Saturday, aug. 21Yard sale: 7 a.m. to 1 p.m.; spon-sored by Pearidge Ruritan Club; breakfast biscuits, hot dogs and hamburgers forsale at lunch; call 289-0109 for more information.

Kids’ Computer Corner: Every Saturday, 10 a.m. to noon, Union Mills Learning Center; free to the public and geared toward children preschool through third grade who may not have access to a computer or the Internet at home; educa-tional software and adult-super-vised access to the Internet.

Free travel seminar: 10 a.m. to noon, Mountains Branch Library; hosted by Cruise Planners; mate-rials will include river cruises in Europe and the U.S., Alaska, travel for religious groups and more.

Chopped sirloin supper: 4 to 8 p.m., Hopewell-Hollis Community Clubhouse; menu includes salad bar, French fries, baked potato, desserts; cost is $8 adults, $5 chil-dren ages 6 to 12 and free for those 6 and younger.

Relay’s Got Talent: 5 p.m., R-S Central Auditorium; $2 adults, $1 children younger than 6; food and refreshments on sale; all pro-ceeds go to the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life.

Monday, aug. 23

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

Tuesday, aug. 24Freshman orientation and open house: 9 a.m., Chase High School.

Relay for Life fundraiser: Ten percent of all proceeds at Zaxby’s between 5 and 8 p.m. will be given to Relay for Life of Rutherford County.

HOPE Support Group: Tuesdays, at 6 p.m. at the Center of Living for any adult in the commu-nity who has lost a loved one. Offered at no cost by Hospice of Rutherford County.

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

Thursday, aug. 26Charity golf tournament: begin-ning at 8 a.m., Bald Mountain Golf Course; part of the Hickory Nut Gorge Olympiad; for information, visit www.hickorynutolympiad.com.

ON MY OWN Series: 1:30 p.m., Carolina Event and Conference Center; featuring information about how to deal with stress and anxiety; hosted by Hospice of Rutherford County.

Saturday, aug. 28Community yard sale: 8 a.m. to noon, Florence Baptist Church Life Enrichment Center; proceeds will go to Relay for Life.

Ride for a Cure: Various level rides beginning at 8 and 8:30 a.m.; $20 entry fee; benefits Relay for Life; for information, call Scott Moore at 657-6044.

daddy had traded five times in a week,” Greene said. “He would buy a car, and fix everything about it, and then go trade it for something else and start on another one.

“That is where I’ve got building these cars from, because I’ll do that. I’ll buy a car and fix everything and make it nice and sell it or trade it. I’ve been doing this for 35 years. I’ve been fortunate. My hobby is my job.”

Greene and an older brother, Dennis, do much of the work them-selves.

“Me and Dennis stayed in it through the years,” Greene said. “My older brothers and sisters have kind of got out of it. They still like the stuff, but me and Dennis have stayed in it.

“Dennis helps here at the shop. It’s hard for one man to do it. And he’ll help me tear a car apart and put it back together.”

“I don’t paint,” he added. “I have people who paint my cars.”

The Greene family’s love of muscle cars was evident to others, too.

“We were raised right beside Murray’s TV,” Greene said, “and there was always hot rods sitting out there. People come up to me and say, ‘I remember all those cars beside Murray’s TV.’

“At one time you would see a ’70 Chevelle Supersport, a ’68 Roadrunner, a GT 500 Shelby, a ’69 Z28, a ’68 Camaro, all at one time sit-ting in one yard. And that’s what we drove. And the next week it might be all different cars.”

Gary Greene’s first car was a 1964 Plymouth Fury.

“That got me started,” he said. “My second car was a ’55 Chevrolet. So I bounced around from Chrysler to Chevrolet, but finally ended up all Chevrolet, pretty much. I still like all cars, but specialize mostly in Chevelles and Camaros.”

“Those cars are from the muscle era, and I’m a muscle car guy.”

Greene said the economic downturn has had a serious impact on his busi-ness. Restoring old cars is a luxury, and it’s one that fewer people can afford.

“It is very expensive,” Greene said. “When times were good, you could actually make a good living doing it, and I made a good living doing it. But now it’s not feasible to do a total res-toration on a car.”

“Money is tight. I’ve backed off a little bit and started messing with $20,000 and less cars. I was buying $20,000, $30,000 $40,000, $50,000 cars. But there is no money there right now.”

Greene said the downturn was an inevitable correction.

“The economy has driven this thing downward,” he said. “It got driven upward way too quick, too, when there was a lot of money around. Everybody was wanting to buy an old car.

“People were making good money at that time and weren’t afraid to spend it because they weren’t afraid of the economy. Now it just slowed down a lot. It really has. And it was time. It was time to pull all these prices back down. It got out of hand.”

When it comes to restoring cars, both parts and labor are expensive.

“You would think parts would come down, and be cheaper, but they have gone up,” Greene said. “I’m sure that they are feeling the crunch, too. They are selling fewer parts, so they are trying to make a little more on their parts.

“But it hurts me, restoring these cars. These paint jobs are not cheap, either. You can’t get a good paint job for less than $3,000, $3,500. That’s about where they start. Now it can go on up to seven, eight, nine, 10 thou-sand.”

Because Greene has been in the automobile business for decades, he has built up a network of acquain-tances.

“Because I have been doing this for so long,” he said, “I’ve met a lot of people. I trade with people all over the United States; people I have met at these shows.

“People call me every day. They have a car for sale, or know where a car is at, or want to know what I’ve got. Or want to know information about an old car — What is this car worth? What do I need to look for? Is this the right motor for this car?”

And many times the acquaintances become friends.

“If I sat here and listed all the peo-ple that I have got to know in this business, we’d be here a long time,” Greene said. “I’ve got some good friends around here. We all help each other, trade around with each other. If I’ve got a part they need, they’re welcome to it, and if they’ve got some-thing I need.

“Good people do this. There are some really good people that mess with old cars. I really enjoy being with people that’s got it here (pointing to his heart), and they aren’t thinking about the money. I’ve got a lot of good friends all over.

“I used to work at Barry’s Tire years ago; it was Big O Tires then. And a guy came in a black Camaro. He was from Chesnee. And his name was Eugene McAbee. And I got to know Eugene real good. And we traded around a lot.

“He loved Chevelles and Camaros and Corvettes. I’d go to Chesnee and help him work on his cars and he’d help me work on mine. And we had a real good friendship. We’d go drag racing and trade cars. But he passed away. I’ll never forget Eugene McAbee. He had it here in his heart. He loved those old cars.”

For people who are fans of old automobiles, car shows are a treat. And Greene said the upcoming “Hot Nights and Cool Rides” show is a win-ner.

“I try to hit all the big shows,” he said, “to look, to buy, to sale, to trade, to buy parts.”

But there is more.“You go to a show and there will

be a guy there with a ’70 Chevelle Supersport, and he will tell you he’s pulled the engine out and rebuilt it,” Greene said. “He has a story with his car. And that is interesting. It’s a lot of fun.

“This (Hot Nights and Cool Rides) is one of the best shows around. Matter of fact, I wish they would do it twice a year, maybe in May and at the end of September.

“It’s such a huge show. I mean, you have 500 cars. And there will be 5,000 or 6,000 people come to see these cars. I look forward to it every year.”

Contact Dale via e-mail at ldale@thedigi-talcourier.com

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part of the plan. “It is just clearing the hurdle on the government side,” he said.

This step, he said, would then allow East Coast Entertainment to “go secure funds.”

“It’s not a done deal,” he said.No demolition would be done unless

a theater deal is signed.Withrow said it is just one more

piece of the effort to enhance the downtown.

“There’s not one silver bullet,” she said, adding, “We are looking at any-thing promising.”

Withrow cited the new restaurants

that are opening as another aspect of the resurgent downtown.

Rural Development has determined that the demolition would poten-tially impact the Main Street Historic District, and adds, “It has been deter-mined that there is no practicable alternative to avoid these impacts.”

The USDA notification specifies, however, that mitigation measures will be taken to minimize the impact on the district.

These include:n Documented proper methods of

demolition and disposal of waste to ensure worker safety, sedimentation and erosion controls and storm-water management.n Project design will be compatible

with the historical character of the area.n A permanent interpretive display

in the redevelopment site will explain the historic significance of the demol-ished buildings.

The notice also says Rural Development will not be preparing an environmental impact statement for the proposed demolition because it has been determined there is no significant impact on the human environment. The USDA is seeking comments from the public on the pro-posed project for 15 days. The adver-tisement gives a Shelby address for mailing comments.

Contact Dale via e-mail at ldale@thedigi-talcourier.com

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Three charged in boat crashes that killed four

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Three South Carolina men have been charged in a pair of boat crashes on Lake Murray that killed four people earlier this year.

Multiple media outlets report-ed that 25-year-old Steven Kranendonk of Irmo and 25-year-old Steven Miller of Irmo each are charged with two counts of felony boating under the influence of alco-hol. Twenty-four-year-old David Porth of Gilbert is charged with boating while intoxicated.

Officials say Kranendonk was driving a boat that hit another boat, killing 25-year-old Kelli Bullard of Lexington and 24-year-old Amber Golden of Woodville, Ala.

Miller’s boat was carrying 21-year-old Kyle Howk of Columbia and 36-year-old Randall Carter of Irmo, who died when Miller’s boat collid-ed with a boat driven by Porth.

Second Iowa firm recalls eggs in slamonella case

WASHINGTON (AP) — A sec-ond Iowa farm is recalling eggs due to salmonella poisoning. The FDA says the recall is related to an ongo-ing investigation of an outbreak that has sickened more than 1,000 people.

Iowa’s Hillandale Farms said Friday that it was recalling its eggs after laboratory tests confirmed ill-nesses associated with them. The company did not say how many eggs were being recalled or if it is connected to Wright County Egg, the Iowa farm that recalled 380 million eggs earlier this week.

An FDA spokeswoman said the two recalls were related. The strain of salmonella poisoning is the same strain linked to Wright County Egg.

Eggs were distributed under the brand names Hillandale Farms,

Sunny Farms, Sunny Meadow, Wholesome Farms and West Creek.

Driver fined $100 in Va. for having goat in trunk

BEDFORD, Va. (AP) — A driver has been convicted of animal cru-elty and fined $100 after Virginia authorities found a goat stuffed in the trunk of her car.

Bedford County sheriff’s deputies discovered the goat bound and in the trunk during a drunken driving checkpoint in June.

Fiona Ann Enderby of Washing-ton, D.C., told police she bought the goat from a farmer to give to four passengers in her car, who are from Kenya but reside in Lynchburg in central Virginia.

Moon may be shrinking, but very, very slowly

WASHINGTON (AP) — The moon may be shrinking.

Not to worry though, lovers and crooners, it won’t be disappearing any time soon.

New research indicates cracks in the moon’s crust that have formed as the interior has cooled and shrunk over the last billion years or so. That means the surface has shrunk, too, though not so you’d notice just from gazing at it.

Scientists have identified 14 land-forms called lobate scarps scat-tered over the surface of the moon, explained Thomas R. Watters of the Center for Earth and Planetary Studies at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum.

The size of the scarps indicates a shrinkage in the size of the moon of about 100 meters (328 feet), which wouldn’t be nearly enough to be noticed with the naked eye. The moon is about one-fourth the size of the Earth in diameter.

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ST. JOHNS, Ariz. (AP) — A forest ranger who alertly spotted a pair of fugitives at a remote Arizona camp-site was hailed Friday as “a true hero” after his tip allowed a heavily armed law enforcement contingent to capture the couple.

The efforts by the ranger came at great risk. Fugitive John McCluskey had a gun in his possession and told officers he wished he would have shot the forest ranger when he had the chance, authorities said.

“He is a true hero,” Apache County Sheriff Joseph Dedman said. “He made contact. He was out there doing his job when he saw these two fugitives.”

McCluskey and Casslyn Welch were captured after a three-week manhunt that made them two of the most wanted fugitives in America and drew hundreds of false sight-ings.

It’s not clear where the fugitives traveled while on the run. They are suspected in several crimes, includ-ing the killing of a couple in New Mexico.

McCluskey fled July 30 with two other inmates from a private prison in northwest Arizona and evaded authorities in at least six states before being caught Thursday evening just 300 miles east of the prison.

Authorities arrested McCluskey, 45, and his alleged accomplice Casslyn Welch, 44, at a campsite in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest in eastern Arizona.

Welch, who is McCluskey’s fiancee and cousin, reached for a weapon but dropped it when she realized she was outgunned by a swarming SWAT team, said David Gonzales, U.S. marshal for Arizona.

Officers apprehended McCluskey without incident after finding him lying in a sleeping bag outside a tent. He told authorities he had a gun in his tent and would have shot them if he had been able to reach for it.

It was a peaceful close to a man-hunt that authorities had said was likely to end in a bloody shootout between officers and desperate out-laws who fancied themselves as a modern-day Bonnie and Clyde.

“The nightmare that began July 30 is finally over,” Gonzales said.

The fugitives’ ruse began to crum-ble about 4 p.m. Thursday when a U.S. Forest Service ranger investi-gated what appeared to be an unat-tended campfire, Gonzales said. He found a silver Nissan Sentra backed suspiciously into the trees as if some-one were trying to hide it.

The ranger had a brief conversa-tion with McCluskey, who appeared nervous and fidgety. A SWAT team and surveillance unit surrounded the campsite and swarmed on the fugi-tives about three hours later.

McCluskey and Welch were being held in the Apache County Jail in St. Johns.

A photo released by authorities showed McCluskey wearing dirty blue jeans and no shirt with an “Arizona” tattoo across his chest.

“I hope the citizens of Arizona and the nation can rest easier this

evening,” said state Corrections Department Director Charles Ryan.

Authorities will spend Friday look-ing through the campsite looking for any evidence that could link the fugitives to other crimes during their time on the lam.

Gonzales said investigators looked into 700 tips from nearly every state in a manhunt that had officers swarming into small towns from Montana to Arkansas. Authorities said the trail had gone cold since McCluskey and Welch were last seen Aug. 6 in Billings, Mont.

It’s unclear how long they were in Arizona, but Gonzales said authori-ties suspected they might return to the state they know best.

Corrections officials have said that Welch helped McCluskey and fellow inmates Tracy Province and Daniel Renwick escape from the private prison near Kingman by cutting through a security fence.

Renwick was recaptured in Rifle, Colo., on Aug. 1, and Province was found in Meeteetse, Wyo., on Aug. 9.

Renwick and Province were serv-ing time for murder. McCluskey was serving a 15-year prison term for attempted second-degree murder, aggravated assault and discharge of a firearm.

Province, McCluskey and Welch have been linked to the slayings of Gary and Linda Haas of Tecumseh, Okla., whose burned bodies were found in a travel trailer Aug. 4 on a remote ranch near Santa Rosa, N.M. They had been traveling to Colorado on an annual camping trip.

Officials said the stolen car found Thursday at the Arizona campsite had New Mexico license plates sto-len around the time the Haases were killed.

“That’s the best news we’ve had in 10 days. Everybody just broke down and cried for a little bit,” Sheila Walker, one of the Haases’ best friends, told The Associated Press late Thursday. “That was the one thing we wanted to hear.”

The family was grateful that their prayers had been answered and that no one else was hurt during the hunt for the fugitive and his accomplice.

The arrests came hours after offi-cials discussed a report that outlined a series of embarrassing security breakdowns that allowed the escape.

The prison has a badly defective alarm system, a perimeter post was unstaffed, an outside dormitory door had been propped open with a rock and the alarms went off so often that prison personnel often just ignored them, the report said. Also, opera-tional practices often led to a gap of 15 minutes or longer during shift changes along the perimeter fence, Ryan said.

Prison staff told a review team that the dormitory door was left open because of the heavy amount of foot traffic. That open door allowed the three inmates to reach a 10-foot chain-linked fence that hadn’t been topped with razor wire. They scaled that fence and hid out for a time behind a building in an area that isn’t visible to staff from the yard.

Associated PressIn this image provided by the U.S. Marshals Service, fugitive John McCluskey is shown being taken into custody Thursday by U.S. Marshals in eastern Arizona. McCluskey and his fiancee Casslyn Welch have been on the lam since July 30th. Both were apprehended at an eastern Arizona campground on the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest.

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BEIJING (AP) — Rescue crews searched Friday for scores of peo-ple left missing and feared dead in southwestern China after torrential rains triggered massive mudslides during a summer plagued by deadly rains and flooding.

Rainfall hampered efforts to find 80 people missing in Puladi town-ship, a remote mountain community in Yunnan province. Hillsides loos-ened by rain crashed down on the

riverside township early Wednesday, covering all but the tallest buildings with a layer of mud and rock several feet (meters) thick. Twelve people were killed, the official Xinhua New Agency said Friday.

It was just the latest landslide to strike China. The worst carnage came Aug. 8 in the town of Zhouqu in the northwestern province of Gansu, where 1,407 people were killed and 358 are still missing.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Plunging into the Mideast peacemaker’s role that has defeated so many U.S. lead-ers, President Barack Obama on Friday invited Israel and the Palestinians to try anew in face-to-face talks for a historic agreement to establish an inde-pendent Palestinian state and secure peace for Israel.

Negotiations shelved two years ago will resume Sept. 2 in Washington, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said. Obama will host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas for dinner the night before.

The goal: a deal in a year’s time on the toughest issues that have sunk previous negotiations, including the borders of a new Palestinian state and the fate of disputed Jerusalem, claimed as a holy capital by both peoples.

“There have been difficulties in the past, there will be dif-ficulties ahead,” Clinton said. “Without a doubt, we will hit more obstacles.”

Indeed, soon after Clinton’s announcement the militant Hamas movement that controls the Gaza Strip, which along with the West Bank is sup-posed to be part of an eventual Palestinian state, rejected the

talks, saying they were based on empty promises.

Winning agreement to at least restart the direct talks makes good on an Obama campaign promise to confront the fester-ing conflict early in his presi-dency, instead of deferring the peace broker’s role as former President George W. Bush did.

Bringing the two sides to Washington for a symbolic handshake also will saddle Obama with one of the world’s most intractable problems just when many other things, from a jobless recovery to probable midterm election losses, are not going well.

“This is the Pottery Barn rule for Obama. He owns this now,” said Aaron David Miller, a scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center who advised presidents during two decades of attempts at a Mideast settlement.

The breakthrough after a near-ly two-year hiatus in face-to-face negotiations brings the two sides back to where they were when the last direct talks began in November 2007, near the end of the Bush administration.

Those talks broke down after Israel’s 2008 military operation in Gaza, followed by Netanyahu’s election last year on a much tougher platform than his predecessor.

Friday’s announcement came after months of shuttle diplo-macy by the Obama adminis-tration’s Mideast envoy, former Sen. George Mitchell.

It also followed a period of chilly U.S. relations with Netanyahu, primarily over expansion of Jewish housing on disputed land.

Under the agreement, Obama will hold separate discussions with Netanyahu and Abbas on Sept. 1 and then host the din-ner, which will also be attended by Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak and Jordan’s King Abdullah II.

Egypt and Jordan already have peace deals with Israel and will play a crucial support role in the new talks. Also invited is former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, the special representa-tive of the “Quartet” of Mideast peacemakers — the U.S., the U.N., the European Union and Russia.

On Sept. 2, Clinton will bring Abbas and Netanyahu together for the first formal round of direct talks since December 2008. At that point the parties will decide where and when to hold later rounds as well as lay out what is to be discussed. U.S. officials have said following rounds are likely to be held in Egypt.

Israel, Palestinians will talk

Special Mideast peace envoy George Mitchell step away from the podi-um after meeting with the media to discuss Mideast peace talks. Israel and the Palestinians have agreed to resume their long-stalled direct negotiations in Washington early next month, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday.

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South Korea arrests activist SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Authorities

arrested a South Korean religious activist Friday as he returned home across the heavily fortified border after an illegal trip to North Korea.

U.N. Command spokesman Kim Yong-kyu said South Korean officials took the Rev. Han Sang-ryol into custody as he walked through the truce village of Panmunjom along the border separating the two Koreas.

The U.N. Command — which oversees an armistice that ended the 1950-53 Korean War — has jurisdiction over the southern half of the village. The command and South Korea say Han’s crossing violated the armistice as well as a South Korean law barring its citizens from visit-ing the North without government permission.

Somali militants burn aid foodMOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Islamist fight-

ers in Somalia said Friday that they seized food from the World Food Program from markets in Mogadishu and burned more than 500 bags of maize and wheat.

Sheik Ali Mohamed Hussein, an official with al-Shabab — Somalia’s most powerful militant group — said the food was expired. A spokes-man for WFP said the group does not distribute expired food.

“We have burned the expired food in public and we will continue the operation to check what is left in the markets to take care of the health of our people,” Hussein said.

Photos of the burning showed white bags of wheat bearing an American flag and the stamp USAID — the U.S. government’s aid arm. Other bags were stamped World Food Program.

Australians go to polls todayCANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australians

choose Saturday whether they will cut down their first woman prime minister after only two months in power and return to conservative rule in a cliffhanger election that threatens the sur-vival of a first-term center-left government.

Voters face an unusual choice between two relative unknowns: a prime minister whom they didn’t elect and a fledgling opposition leader who barely gained the endorsement of his own party eight months ago.

Opinion polls point to a close contest between the ruling center-left Labor Party and the con-servative Liberal Party-led coalition that has mostly been in government since World War II. Both Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Liberal leader Tony Abbott ended their five-week elec-tion campaigns on Friday by warning voters their opponent’s untested leadership threat-ened the prosperity of Australia’s 1.3 trillion Australian dollar ($1.2 trillion) economy.

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Scores still missing after mudslides

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Final Notification of Rural Development’s Finding ofNo Significant Environmental Impact

The US Department of Agriculture – Rural Development, through its Rural Business & Cooperative Programs Service, has received an application for financial assistance from Surrey Bank and Trust. The specific elements of this proposed action is to provide a USDA Rural Development Loan Guarantee to assist the end recipient, East Coast Entertainment of Forest City, in the construction of a multi-screen theater in downtown Forest City, NC.

Rural Development has assessed the potential environmental impacts of this proposed action and determined the planned improvements would potentially impact the Forest City Main Street Historic District. It has been determined that there is no practicable alternative to avoid these impacts. However, potential impacts will be minimized by the following mitigation measures that will be incorporated in the conditional commitment for granting financial assistance and are to be included in the plans and specifications.

1. The developer for the theater project has agreed in the Development Agreement with the Town to coordinate the design of the new in-fill cinema with the North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO). Plans for the cinema will be submitted to the SHPO’s Raleigh and Western Offices for review and comment once they are completed. Proper methods for demolition and disposal of demolition wastes will be incorporated into project plans and specifications to ensure worker safety including protection with regard to hazardous substances. Best management construction practices will be incorporated into project plans and specifications including sedimentation and erosion controls and storm water management. 2. A “Memorandum of Agreement” with the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation has been prepared to seek consultation as required by Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. Project design will ensure compatibility with the historical character of the area and proposed plans will be submitted for approval by the SHPO.

3. The Town of Forest City shall document all buildings that are to be demolished utilizing a Recordation Plan provided by the North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office and will erect a permanent interpretive display within the redevelopment site to explain the historical significance of the buildings.

4. A public notice has been published in the local paper which requested comments and concerns from the public.

Rural Development has further determined that this proposed action will not significantly affect the quality of the human environment. Therefore, Rural Development will not prepare an environmental impact statement for this proposed action.

Any written comment regarding this determination should be provided within fifteen (15) days of this publication to Lamar Wortman, Business Program Specialist, USDA Rural Development, 844 Wallace Grove Drive, Shelby, NC 28150. USDA – Rural Development will make no further decisions regarding this proposed action during this fifteen-day period. Request to receive a copy of, or to review the USDA – Rural Development environmental assessment upon which this determination is based, should be directed to Lamar Wortman, Business Programs Specialist at the address above or by phone at 704-471-0235 ext 119.“USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer and lender.” To file a complaint of discrimination write USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, DC 20250-9410 or call (800) 795-3272 (voice) or (202) 720-6382 (TDD).

A general location map of the proposed action is shown below.

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Brazil .coach .Menezes .turns .to .youth .

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil coach Mano Menezes called up more young players Friday for a week of training with the national side.

Menezes announced 18-year-old midfielder Philippe Coutinho has been added to the squad that will train in Spain Sept. 2-8.

Brazil’s Football Confederation had hoped to arrange for a friendly dur-ing that period, but failed to find an opponent. As a result, Menezes opted to use only those players who are already playing in Europe.

Inter Milan midfielder Coutinho will join 18-year-old striker Neymar and 20-year-old striker Alexandre Pato of Milan.

Marlins .C .Ronny .Paulino .suspended .

MIAMI (AP) — Marlins catcher Ronny Paulino has been suspended 50 games by Major League Baseball for test-ing positive for a performance-enhancing substance.

Paulino’s suspension begins immediately.

11 a.m. (ESPN) Little League Baseball World Series: Teams TBA. Noon (ESPN2) MLL Lacrosse First Semifinal: Teams TBA. 1 p.m. (ESPN) Little League Baseball World Series: Teams TBA. 2 p.m. (WBTV) PGA Tour Golf Wyndham Champion-ship, Third Round. 2 p.m. (WSPA) PGA Tour Golf Wyndham Champion-ship, Third Round. 2 p.m. (ESPN2) ATP Ten-nis U.S. Open Series - West-ern and Southern Financial Group Masters, First Semifi-nal. 3 p.m. (WSOC) (WLOS) Little League Baseball World Series: Teams TBA. 3 p.m. (ESPN) Basketball Global Community Cup: Lithuania vs. United States.4 p.m. (WYFF) PGA Tour Golf Champions: JELD-WEN Tradition, Third Round. 4 p.m. (WHNS) MLB Base-ball Regional Coverage. Atlanta Braves at Chicago Cubs or Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim at Minnesota Twins or Texas Rangers at Baltimore Orioles. 4 p.m. (ESPN2) Baseball Junior League, Final: Teams TBA. 6 p.m. (ESPN) Little League Baseball World Series: Teams TBA. 7 p.m. (ESPN2) ATP Ten-nis U.S. Open Series - West-ern and Southern Financial Group Masters, Second Semifinal. 7 p.m. (WGN-A) MLB Base-ball Chicago White Sox at Kansas City Royals. 7:30 p.m. (WSOC) (WLOS) NASCAR Racing Sprint Cup: Irwin Tools Night Race. 8 p.m. (WSPA) NFL Pre-season Football New York Jets at Carolina Panthers.8 p.m. (ESPN) Little League Baseball World Series: Teams TBA. 10 p.m. (SHO) Strikeforce Challenger Series Muhammed Lawal vs. Rafael Cavalcante. Muhammed Lawal vs. Rafael Cavalcante; Tim Kennedy vs. Ronaldo de Souza. 11 p.m. (ESPN2) WNBA Bas-ketball Los Angeles Sparks at Seattle Storm.

By RICHARD WALKERSpecial to the Courier

BESSEMER CITY — A pair of youthful high school football teams coming off historic sea-sons met Friday night at Jack Dixon Stadium.

Unfortunately for host Bessemer City, one of R-S Central’s expe-rienced players was fullback Cameron Green.

Green rushed 28 times for 166 yards and two touchdowns as the Hilltoppers overcame two touchdown inter-ception returns to post a 32-13 victory in the opening game of the season.

Green is one of four return-ing starters off R-S Central’s record-setting 9-win team of a year ago that claimed the school’s second postseason win in history.

He scored the game’s first two touchdowns and R-S Central never looked back, even as the Yellow Jackets rallied behind their defense.

Zack Cole returned a second-quarter interception 27 yards for Bessemer City’s first touch-down and Jhalen Adams’ ran back a fourth-quarter intercep-tion 64 yards for the second score. Adams score pulled the Yellow Jackets within 19-13 with 11:37 to play.

But R-S Central’s Wing-T offensive attack simply wore Bessemer City into submission.

How dominating were the Hilltoppers on offense?

On one four-play stretch late in the fourth quarter, game officials called timeouts three times as Yellow Jackets’ players were attended to and assisted to the sideline with cramps.

“They just pounded that full-back on us,” said Bessemer City coach Larry Boone, who guided the Yellow Jackets last year to back-to-back seasons with play-off victories for the first time since 1953. “The Wing-T does that to you. A lot of my guys were going both ways and they just got tired.”

Green’s effort led a 396-yard, 64-play offense for the Hilltoppers, who also got 146 yards and one touchdown from Dustin Atchley.

“Right now, we’re young and inexperienced,” said R-S Central coach Mike Cheek, who has two offensive starters and two defensive starters back from last year’s 9-4 team. “But this should give us some confi-dence.”

Bessemer City’s top defender, Jordan Coleman, helped cre-ate the only hardship for R-S Central when his blindside sack of returning starting quarter-back Jacob Kinlaw knocked Kinlaw out of the game with a bruised elbow. The second-quarter play resulted in an 8-yard loss.

“We had planned on using

Please see Central, Page 3B

Garrett Byers/Daily CourierChase’s Devon Hines (40) holds his ground against the East Henderson defense Friday during the game at Chase High School.

By SCOTT BOWERSDaily Courier Sports Editor

CHASE — East Henderson’s Shaq Davis rolled for 166-yards and four touchdowns to spoil Daniel Bailey’s coaching debut with the Trojans, 27-13, Friday at Chase High.

Davis scored on runs of one, five, six and 39-yards to provide the Eagles (1-0) with all the offense they would need in a season-opening victory.

Chase (0-1) simply found no defensive answer for the elusive Davis, but the

Trojans were trailing by just one point with five minutes left to play when the wheels came off.

The Trojans, at that point, trailed 14-13 when East took over at the Chase 39-yard line following a punt.

Davis, on the first play from scrim-mage, found a small crease and broke it wide open for the scamper to pay dirt. Daniel Valdez added the point after to increase the Eagles’ lead to eight at

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LINCOLNTON — Brandon Wilson and Wesley Terkins accounted for six of seven touchdowns as Lincolnton rolled to a 52-20 win over East Rutherford in the season opener for both teams Friday night.

Wilson passed for two scores and ran for two others. Terkins had two interceptions and returned both for touchdowns.

Lincolnton bolted to an early lead, going up 21-0 in the first quarter and

never looked back.The Cavaliers, after a struggle on

offense on the first half, put three quick scores on the board in the third period, but could not slow down the Wolves.

Adrian Wilkins scored all three touchdowns for the Cavs, including one on a spectacular 79-yard punt return. That special teams score made it 38-20 with just over two minutes to play in the third quarter, but Lincoln came right back with a score of its own to regain the momen-

tum.Lincolnton opened up a 31-0 lead in

the first half.A 44-yard opening kick-off return

by Jaylon Littlejohn got Lincolnton going early. The run gave the Wolves a first down at the Cavaliers 37 yard line. Quarterback Brandon Wilson then hit Jonathon Gidney for a 16-yard pass completion at the Cavs’ 8-yard line. Two plays later, Brandon Wilson scampered into the end zone

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BASEBALLNational League

East Division W L Pct GBAtlanta 72 50 .591 —Philadelphia 69 52 .567 2 1/2Florida 60 60 .500 10 1/2New York 62 61 .496 11Washington 52 70 .430 19

Central Division W L Pct GBCincinnati 70 51 .579 —St. Louis 65 53 .551 3 1/2Milwaukee 57 64 .471 13Houston 53 67 .442 16 1/2Chicago 50 72 .410 20 1/2Pittsburgh 40 82 .331 30 1/2

West Division W L Pct GBSan Diego 73 47 .608 —San Francisco 68 54 .557 6Colorado 62 58 .517 11Los Angeles 62 60 .508 12Arizona 47 75 .385 27

Thursday’s GamesWashington 6, Atlanta 2San Diego 5, Chicago Cubs 3Florida 4, Pittsburgh 2San Francisco 5, Philadelphia 2Houston 3, N.Y. Mets 2Cincinnati 9, Arizona 5L.A. Dodgers 2, Colorado 0Friday’s GamesAtlanta 5, Chicago Cubs 3N.Y. Mets 7, Pittsburgh 2Philadelphia 1, Washington 0 Houston at Florida, lateSan Diego at Milwaukee, lateSan Francisco at St. Louis, lateColorado at Arizona, lateCincinnati at L.A. Dodgers, lateSaturday’s GamesAtlanta (Hanson 8-8) at Chicago Cubs (Gorzelanny 6-7), 4:10 p.m.N.Y. Mets (Niese 7-5) at Pittsburgh (Ja.McDonald 2-2), 7:05 p.m.Washington (Strasburg 5-3) at Philadelphia (K.Kendrick 8-5), 7:05 p.m.Houston (W.Rodriguez 9-11) at Florida (Volstad 6-9), 7:10 p.m.San Diego (Correia 10-7) at Milwaukee (Narveson 9-7), 7:10 p.m.San Francisco (Lincecum 11-7) at St. Louis (C.Carpenter 13-4), 7:15 p.m.Colorado (Jimenez 17-3) at Arizona (Enright 3-2), 8:10 p.m.Cincinnati (Cueto 11-3) at L.A. Dodgers (Billingsley 9-7), 10:10 p.m.Sunday’s GamesHouston at Florida, 1:10 p.m.N.Y. Mets at Pittsburgh, 1:35 p.m.Washington at Philadelphia, 1:35 p.m.San Diego at Milwaukee, 2:10 p.m.San Francisco at St. Louis, 2:15 p.m.Atlanta at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m.Cincinnati at L.A. Dodgers, 4:10 p.m.Colorado at Arizona, 4:10 p.m.Monday’s GamesChicago Cubs at Washington, 7:05 p.m.Houston at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.St. Louis at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.Atlanta at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.Cincinnati at San Francisco, 10:05 p.m.

American League

East Division W L Pct GBNew York 75 47 .620 —Tampa Bay 74 47 .612 1/2Boston 69 53 .566 6 1/2Toronto 63 57 .525 11 1/2Baltimore 43 79 .352 32 1/2

Central Division W L Pct GBMinnesota 70 51 .579 —Chicago 66 55 .545 4Detroit 59 63 .479 11 1/2Kansas City 51 70 .421 19Cleveland 50 72 .413 20 1/2

West Division W L Pct GBTexas 68 53 .558 —Los Angeles 61 61 .500 7Oakland 60 60 .500 7Seattle 49 73 .397 19 1/2

Thursday’s GamesN.Y. Yankees 11, Detroit 5Baltimore 4, Texas 0L.A. Angels 7, Boston 2Chicago White Sox 11, Minnesota 0Cleveland 7, Kansas City 3Oakland 4, Tampa Bay 3Friday’s GamesDetroit 6, Cleveland 0 Seattle 6, N.Y. Yankees 0Texas 2, Baltimore 0Toronto at Boston, lateChicago White Sox at Kansas City, lateL.A. Angels at Minnesota, lateTampa Bay at Oakland, lateSaturday’s GamesSeattle (J.Vargas 9-5) at N.Y. Yankees (Vazquez 9-9), 1:05 p.m.L.A. Angels (T.Bell 1-3) at Minnesota (Slowey 11-5), 4:10 p.m.Texas (Cl.Lee 10-6) at Baltimore (Bergesen 4-9), 4:10 p.m.Cleveland (Tomlin 1-2) at Detroit (Scherzer 8-9), 7:05 p.m.Chicago White Sox (F.Garcia 10-5) at Kansas City (Bullington 1-2), 7:10 p.m.

Toronto (R.Romero 10-7) at Boston (Matsuzaka 8-4), 7:10 p.m.Tampa Bay (Price 15-5) at Oakland (Bre.Anderson 3-4), 9:05 p.m.Sunday’s GamesCleveland at Detroit, 1:05 p.m.Seattle at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m.Texas at Baltimore, 1:35 p.m.Toronto at Boston, 1:35 p.m.Chicago White Sox at Kansas City, 2:10 p.m.Tampa Bay at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.L.A. Angels at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m.Monday’s GamesKansas City at Detroit, 7:05 p.m.N.Y. Yankees at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.Seattle at Boston, 7:10 p.m.Minnesota at Texas, 8:05 p.m.Tampa Bay at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.

FOOTBALLNational Football League

AMERICAN CONFERENCEEast

W L T Pct PF PANew England 2 0 0 1.000 55 34Buffalo 1 1 0 .500 51 63Miami 1 0 0 1.000 10 7N.Y. Jets 0 1 0 .000 16 31

South W L T Pct PF PAHouston 0 1 0 .000 16 19Jacksonville 0 1 0 .000 27 28Tennessee 0 1 0 .000 18 20Indianapolis 0 2 0 .000 38 71

North W L T Pct PF PABaltimore 1 0 0 1.000 17 12Cleveland 1 0 0 1.000 27 24Pittsburgh 1 0 0 1.000 23 7Cincinnati 1 1 0 .500 40 40

West W L T Pct PF PAOakland 1 0 0 1.000 17 9San Diego 1 0 0 1.000 25 10Denver 0 1 0 .000 24 33Kansas City 0 1 0 .000 10 20

NATIONAL CONFERENCEEast

W L T Pct PF PAN.Y. Giants 1 0 0 1.000 31 16Philadelphia 1 0 0 1.000 28 27Washington 1 0 0 1.000 42 17Dallas 1 1 0 .500 25 24

South W L T Pct PF PAAtlanta 1 1 0 .500 30 44Carolina 0 1 0 .000 12 17New Orleans 0 1 0 .000 24 27Tampa Bay 0 1 0 .000 7 10

North W L T Pct PF PAMinnesota 1 0 0 1.000 28 7Chicago 0 1 0 .000 10 25Detroit 0 1 0 .000 7 23Green Bay 0 1 0 .000 24 27

West W L T Pct PF PAArizona 1 0 0 1.000 19 16San Francisco 1 0 0 1.000 37 17Seattle 1 0 0 1.000 20 18St. Louis 0 1 0 .000 7 28

Thursday’s GamesBuffalo 34, Indianapolis 21New England 28, Atlanta 10Friday’s GamePhiladelphia at Cincinnati, late

Saturday’s GamesBaltimore at Washington, 7 p.m.Pittsburgh at N.Y. Giants, 7 p.m.Miami at Jacksonville, 7:30 p.m.St. Louis at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m.Kansas City at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.N.Y. Jets at Carolina, 8 p.m.Houston at New Orleans, 8 p.m.Oakland at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.Dallas at San Diego, 9 p.m.Detroit at Denver, 9 p.m.Green Bay at Seattle, 10 p.m.Sunday’s GameMinnesota at San Francisco, 8 p.m.Monday’s GameArizona at Tennessee, 8 p.m.Thursday, Aug. 26St. Louis at New England, 7:30 p.m.Indianapolis at Green Bay, 8 p.m.Friday, Aug. 27Atlanta at Miami, 7 p.m.Washington at N.Y. Jets, 7 p.m.San Diego at New Orleans, 8 p.m.Philadelphia at Kansas City, 8 p.m.Saturday, Aug. 28Cleveland at Detroit, 5 p.m.Cincinnati at Buffalo, 6:30 p.m.N.Y. Giants at Baltimore, 7:30 p.m.Jacksonville at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.Dallas at Houston, 8 p.m.Tennessee at Carolina, 8 p.m.Seattle at Minnesota, 8 p.m.Arizona at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.San Francisco at Oakland, 9 p.m.Sunday, Aug. 29Pittsburgh at Denver, 8 p.m.

TRANSACTIONSBASEBALLMajor League BaseballMLB—Suspended Florida C Ronny Paulino for

testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance.American LeagueBOSTON RED SOX—Placed 2B Dustin Pedroia on the 15-day DL. Called up INF Yamaico Navarro from Pawtucket (IL).MINNESOTA TWINS—Placed INF Nick Punto on the 15-day DL. Recalled INF Matt Tolbert from Rochester (IL).OAKLAND ATHLETICS—Placed OF Conor Jackson on the 15-day DL. Recalled INF Jeff Larish from Sacramento (PCL).TEXAS RANGERS—Recalled LHP Michael Kirkman from Oklahoma City (PCL). Optioned LHP Derek Holland to Oklahoma City.National LeagueST. LOUIS CARDINALS—Optioned OF Nick Stavinoha to Memphis (PCL).

BASKETBALLNational Basketball AssociationNBA—Suspended free agent G Delonte West for ten games for carrying a concealed weapon and wearing, carrying, and transporting a handgun.

FOOTBALLNational Football LeagueNFL—Suspended Buffalo TE Shawn Nelson for four games for violating the NFL’s substance abuse policy.DALLAS COWBOYS—Signed TE Martin Rucker. Released QB Matt Nichols.DENVER BRONCOS—Signed LB Worrell Williams. Waived LB Devin Bishop.JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS—Placed LB Freddy Keiaho on injured reserve. Signed LB Alvin Bowen.NEW YORK GIANTS—Signed G Shawn Andrews. Waived OL Cliff Louis.

COLLEGEALABAMA—Named Amy Bragg director of per-formance nutrition.ALABAMA-HUNTSVILLE—Named Mike Warde men’s assistant ice hockey coach.ALVERNIA—Named Jason Kilgore men’s and women’s track and field coach.ILLINOIS-CHICAGO—Named Howard Moore men’s basketball coach.JUNIATA—Named Kevin Moore men’s volleyball coach.LONG BEACH STATE—Named Ryan Hellenthal director of basketball operations.ROSE-HULMAN—Named Kevin Robinson wom-en’s golf coach and women’s assistant basket-ball coach, Tony Karras defensive line coach, and Akeem Leviston quarterbacks coach.SACRED HEART—Named Matt McGreevy men’s golf coach.SAINT AUGUSTINE’S—Named Rachel Sloan Bullard women’s basketball coach.

RACINGNASCAR-Sprint Cup

Irwin Tools Night Race LineupAfter Friday qualifying; race Saturday

At Bristol Motor SpeedwayBristol, Tenn.

(Car number in parentheses)1. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 123.475.2. (99) Carl Edwards, Ford, 122.937.3. (20) Joey Logano, Toyota, 122.764.4. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 122.584.5. (00) David Reutimann, Toyota, 122.497.6. (39) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 122.372.7. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 122.287.8. (42) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 122.248.9. (56) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 122.178.10. (43) A J Allmendinger, Ford, 122.154.11. (9) Kasey Kahne, Ford, 122.131.12. (98) Paul Menard, Ford, 122.131.13. (5) Mark Martin, Chevrolet, 122.022.14. (17) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 121.999.15. (12) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 121.999.16. (31) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 121.968.17. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 121.952.18. (83) Reed Sorenson, Toyota, 121.89.19. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 121.867.20. (2) Kurt Busch, Dodge, 121.813.21. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 121.79.22. (47) Marcos Ambrose, Toyota, 121.651.23. (82) Scott Speed, Toyota, 121.512.24. (33) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 121.474.25. (77) Sam Hornish Jr., Dodge, 121.466.26. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 121.42.27. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 121.382.28. (29) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 121.29.29. (78) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 121.274.30. (09) Bobby Labonte, Chevrolet, 121.113.31. (26) Jeff Green, Ford, 120.999.32. (66) Scott Riggs, Toyota, 120.953.33. (34) Travis Kvapil, Ford, 120.915.34. (38) David Gilliland, Ford, 120.915.35. (55) Michael McDowell, Toyota, 120.915.36. (64) Todd Bodine, Toyota, 120.816.37. (07) Robby Gordon, Toyota, 120.763.38. (6) David Ragan, Ford, 120.71.39. (37) Tony Raines, Ford, 119.678.40. (7) Kevin Conway, Toyota, Owner Points.41. (19) Elliott Sadler, Ford, Owner Points.42. (71) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, Owner Points.43. (13) Casey Mears, Toyota, 120.664.

Failed to Qualify44. (36) Dave Blaney, Chevrolet, 120.286.45. (87) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, 120.241.46. (4) Kevin Lepage, Chevrolet, 119.269.47. (46) J.J. Yeley, Dodge, 118.863.48. (92) Brian Keselowski, Dodge, 117.957.49. (32) Mike Bliss, Toyota, 112.997.

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Associated PressAtlanta Braves’ Derrek Lee tips his helmet to the crowd before his first at bat against the Chicago Cubs during a baseball game Friday, in Chicago.

CHICAGO (AP) — Rick Ankiel hit a bases-loaded triple off a wild Carlos Marmol with two out in the ninth inning, lifting Derrek Lee and the Atlanta Braves to a 5-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Friday.

Marmol entered with a 3-2 lead and walked three of the first four batters he faced. After Melky Cabrera struck out, Ankiel lined a 2-2 pitch into the right-field corner.

Lee, traded to the Braves on Wednesday after nearly seven seasons with the Cubs, received a standing ovation before his first at-bat and went 0 for 4 in his first game with Atlanta. The big first baseman struck out, flied out and lined out against best buddy Ryan Dempster before striking out against Marmol for the first out of the ninth.

Billy Wagner retired three straight hitters after Darwin Barney’s leadoff single in the Cubs ninth, earning his 30th save and No. 415 for his career. He also struck out two to move into a tie with Jesse Orosco for the most Ks by a left-handed reliever with 1,169.

Marmol (2-3) walked Martin Prado, Brian McCann and Alex Gonzalez before Ankiel’s hit. His fifth blown save in 26 chances sent the Cubs to their eighth straight home loss — their longest skid in four years — and prevented Dempster from winning his fourth consecutive start.

Dempster allowed two runs and four hits in eight innings, retiring the last nine batters he faced.

The NL East-leading Braves, who won for the eighth time in 10 games, lead the majors with 22 victories in their final at-bat.

Peter Moylan (5-2) pitched a perfect eighth in relief of Jair Jurrjens, who gave up three runs and nine hits in seven innings for Atlanta.

The Cubs got on the board in the second inning on consecutive two-out singles by Blake DeWitt, Xavier Nady and Koyie Hill. Atlanta tied it in the third on Omar Infante’s home run and grabbed a 2-1 lead on Gonzalez’s RBI double in the fourth — the final hit allowed by Dempster.

Ankiel’s triple lifts Braves past Cubs, 5-3

BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — Jimmie Johnson crossed winning at Bristol Motor Speedway off his to-do list in March. Now he’ll try to make it two in a row by starting from the pole in Saturday night’s race.

The four-time defending NASCAR champion turned a lap at 123.475 mph in Friday’s qualifying to put his Chevrolet on the front row.

“Everybody wants to win here,” Johnson said. “We all know how hard I fought this track myself, my own demons, whatever it is that we finally got over in the spring to win here. I would love to go out and win again. If not, just have a really solid race.”

Johnson bettered Carl Edwards, who earned the second starting spot with a lap at 122.937 in a Ford. His hold on the pole was for just a few minutes — Johnson ran his lap two cars after Edwards’ attempt.

Busch moves another step toward sweep

BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — Kyle Busch has moved one step closer to sweeping the weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Busch won the Nationwide Series race Friday night to give him two wins in two races at Bristol. He won the Truck Series race this week, and will try to win the Sprint Cup Series race on Saturday night.

Busch had a lengthy battle with Brad Keselowski for the lead, and passed the Nationwide series points leader with 31 laps to go. But contact after the pass caused Busch to slide back to second.

He immediately caught Keselowski, tapped him back, and caused Keselowski to wreck.

Keselowski finished 14th.

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21-13.Chase took over following the kick

off at its’ own 20-yard line. Four plays found the Trojans turning the ball over to the Eagles at the Chase 13-yard line.

The Eagles need just three plays for Davis to plow into the end zone from a yard out with the game-cap-ping touchdown. Valdez’s extra was blocked, but East Henderson held on for the 27-13 win.

The night for the Trojans got off to a great start under interim coach Bailey. Chase drove 80-yards on 13 plays to

eat up nearly eight minutes of the first quarter as the Trojans grabbed a 7-0 lead. Chase QB Tyreece Gossett found Blake Martin from 28 yards out to cap the drive that featured 12 running plays and the lone scoring pass. The Trojans’ Blake Moffitt tacked on the extra for the early lead.

East Henderson responded quickly. The Eagles assembled a 12 play, 68-yard drive that lasted nearly six minutes with Davis going in from five yards out for the equalizer. Valdez’s point after knotted the game at 7-7 four minutes into the second quarter.

The Trojans stumbled over their next seven plays before punting the ball back over to the Eagles.

East and Chase then exchanged pos-

sessions before the Eagles once more found the end zone.

The Eagles, taking over at the Chase 45, used four pass completions off the arm of Seth Owen (10-15-101) to find themselves inside the Trojans’ 10. Davis broke to the outside and found pay dirt on a six-yard run for his second touchdown of the game. The Valdez PAT pushed East to a 14-7 lead at the half.

Chase will look to regroup before hosting Chesnee next Friday, Aug. 27. East Henderson will return home but continue its tour of Rutherford County football as the R-S Central Hilltoppers (1-0) pay the Eagles a visit.

two quarterbacks, but after that hit we decided to rest him (Kinlaw),” Cheek said.

On the next play, Hilltoppers’ back-up Taylor Ledbetter was intercepted by Zack Cole, who broke several tack-les down the left sideline on his way to the 27-yard touchdown return.

R-S Central’s defense virtually shut

down Bessemer City’s offense com-pletely, limiting the Yellow Jackets to 72 yards total offense in 31 plays.

But Bessemer City was its own worst enemy after its best offensive drive of the night ended on downs late in the fourth quarter.

Sparked by three Brad James pass completions, including a 34-yarder to Travis Blake, the Yellow Jackets moved from their own 28 to the R-S Central 1 when trailing 25-13. But two procedure calls, an incomplete pass

and three rushing plays that lost 21 yards drove Bessemer City back to the R-S Central by the end of the posses-sion.

“We got down pretty good, then just shot ourselves in the foot,” Boone said. “I don’t know if that’s tired or what, but it was certainly disappointing.”

R-S Central then quickly moved 68 yards in seven plays to ice the contest on Jamel Smith’s 10-yard scoring run with 2:13 to play.

from 7 yards out on a quarterback keeper. Kevin Miller kicked the point after to give Lincolnton a 7-0 lead.

After a couple of punt exchanges, the Cavs had the ball deep in their own territory. East quarterback Maddox Stamey tried to hit Zach Price on a pass in the flat, but the throw was intercepted by Lincolnton’s Wesley Terkins who returned it 17 yards for the second Wolves’ touchdown.

Miller added a point after kick to make it 14-0 with 5:23 to play in the first quarter.

The Lincolnton defense, which held the Cavs in check throughout the fist half, again stymied the Cavs offense and force a punt. A miscue on the kick resulted in a 7-yard punt that set the Wolves up at the Cavs’ 40-yard line.

Lincolnton needed just four plays to score again.

On first down, Dee Littlejohn rushed for 7 yards. Brad Wilson then caught a 15-yard pass from Brandon Wilson. D. Littlejohn carried for four more yards on a run, and from the Cavs’ 15, Brad Evert bulled his way through the Cavs’ defense for a touch-down. Miller added the point after

to make it 21-0 at the end of the first quarter.

On Lincolnton’s next possession, the Wolves starting from their 18-yard line, found tough going against a fired up Cavs defense. Two running plays netted a yard each, bringing up a third and 8 at the Lincolnton 20-yard line. Then Brandon Wilson hooked up with Brad Wilson on a pass across the middle which Brad caught at the 45-yard line and carried the final 55 yards for a touchdown. Miller’s point after gave the Wolves a 28-0 lead.

Late in the half, Miller added a 24-yard field goal to cap an eight-play drive, that included a big 27-yard run by Brandon Wilson, to give the Wolves a 31-0 lead.

Lincolnton opened the second half just like they started the game. On the third play of the second half, Terkins intercepted a Maddox pass and returned it 44-yards for a touchdown. Miller kicked the pint after to make it 38-0.

The Cavs then came to life.Wilkins got the Cavs on the board

with a 12-yard run around end to cap a 5-play, 58-yard drive. Wilkins score was set up by a 29-yard run by Tajdre Wilkerson run. Trevor Dobbins kicked the point after to make it 38-7.

The Cavs then got a turnover. Ryan Riffle recovered a Lincolnton fumble at the Wolves 29-yard line.

Moments later, on a fourth and five, the Cavs gambled. Stamey connected with Wilkins on a shovel pass and Wilkins took off for the end zone. Dobbins point after kick made it 38-14.

Lincolnton was forced to on its next possession. Wilkins fielded the ball at his own 21-yard line and was off to the races. The point after was no good, but the cavs had cut a 38-point deficit to 18 with 2:28 to play in the third quarter.

Lincolnton got untracked with a 44-yard kickoff return by Joshua Littlejohn that ended up on the Cavs 36-yard line.

Wilson carried the ball three straight times, on the third one he sprinted 21 yards into the end zone. Miller added a point after to make the score 45-20. That was the way the third period ended.

Lincolnton added one more score in the final period.

The Wilson hit Gidney on a 48-yard scoring pass with nine minutes remaining in the game. Miller’s point after made it 52-20.

BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — JR Motorsports says it expects to field a Nationwide Series car again next season for Danica Patrick.

JRM co-owner Kelley Earnhardt says the team is waiting for the IndyCar schedule to be released before finalizing Patrick’s 2011 schedule.

Patrick signed on to drive 13 races in the Nationwide Series this year in JRM’s No. 7 Chevrolet. Her best finish of six starts so far has been 24th at Chicago last month.

Patrick’s average finish is about 30th. Earnhardt says Patrick is still adapting to stock cars.

Earnhardt also says her brother, Dale Earnhardt Jr., will run between four and six Nationwide Series races next season in the No. 7.

Aric Almirola was signed this week to drive the team’s flagship No. 88.

Clemson’s Kyle Parker relieved to get future settled with Rockies

CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Kyle Parker says the best thing he got out of his baseball deal with the Colorado Rockies was a sense of relief.

The Clemson quarterback was taken No. 26 overall in the Major League Baseball draft last June.

He and the Rockies agreed to a deal of about $1.4 million right before Monday night’s deadline.

While the Tigers’ two-sport standout says he can concen-trate on football this fall and not worry about his athletic future, not everything is locked up.

A second-straight strong sea-son on the football field could vault Parker into the higher rounds of next spring’s NFL draft and start another “What should I do?” debate.

But for now, Parker said he is focused on getting Clemson back to the ACC championship game this fall.

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Panthers want more offense

CHARLOTTE (AP) — Carolina Panthers quarterback Matt Moore has collected praise from all direc-tions in the preseason.

Teammates have staunchly defended him and squashed any talk he might lose the starting job to rookie Jimmy Clausen. Coach John Fox thinks he’s more comfortable than a year ago. General manager Marty Hurney describes Moore’s performance in camp as “excellent.”

Moore, longtime starter Jake Delhomme’s replacement, has seem-ingly done everything except get the Panthers in the end zone. Sustained drives are a priority for Carolina as it hosts the New York Jets Saturday night in the second preseason game.

“Where are we? I’m sure we can still get better,” said Moore, expected to play the entire first half against the Jets. “We can still improve on some things as a whole. There are still steps we need to take.”

That’s despite the offense’s strug-gles in a team scrimmage and then again in the opening exhibi-tion game against Baltimore. The Panthers were held without an offensive touchdown in the 17-12 loss to the Ravens, with Moore fin-ishing 4 of 7 for 32 yards. He was sacked once and fumbled, which Carolina recovered.

Fox blamed much of the struggles on poor pass protection and pen-alties. With right tackle Jeff Otah (knee) still sidelined and Mackenzy Bernadeau and Duke Robinson competing for the open right guard spot, the offensive line seeks a bet-ter performance when it faces a tough Jets defense.

New York will be without star cor-nerback Darrelle Revis, who is hold-ing out in a contract dispute. While receiver Steve Smith (broken arm) practiced in full Friday for the first time, he’s not expected to play.

Moore’s targets will be Dwayne Jarrett, Kenny Moore, Brandon LaFell and Wallace Wright. No receiver has jumped to the front in the competition for the starting job opposite Smith.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Archie Griffin knows that one day he won’t be the only mul-tiple Heisman winner.

“Somebody’s going to do it three times,” the former Ohio State star said. “It’s not going to be an easy deal, but some-body out there can get it done.”

Enter Alabama’s Mark Ingram.

The Crimson Tide running back has a chance this season to win his second, and if he sticks around for his senior year, possibly a third.

Last season he became the third straight sophomore to strike the Heisman pose, when only juniors and seniors had previously won the award.

But Florida’s Tim Tebow couldn’t do it. He made two unsuccessful runs at winning a second Heisman.

And Oklahoma’s Sam Bradford had his quest for a two-peat end early with a shoulder injury last season.

For his part, Ingram side-steps talk of a Heisman repeat.

“You really can’t worry about that type of stuff,” the compact tailback said.

But it’s there, and will likely be there all season. So will the scrutiny, the attention and of course the trophy — which is on display in Alabama’s foot-ball building. It’s the only one, after all, a Tide player has ever won.

Before the sophomore sur-plus, 11 juniors had won the Heisman since Griffin cap-tured his second straight in 1975. Only Oklahoma running back Billy Sims (1978), BYU quarterback Ty Detmer (1990), Oklahoma quarterback Jason White (2003) and Southern California quarterback Matt Leinart (2004) returned for another shot.

Associated PressArjun Atwal lines up a putt on the ninth hole during the second round of the Wyndham Championship golf tournament in Greensboro Friday.

GREENSBORO (AP) — Brandt Snedeker feels right at home in central North Carolina, no matter which course he plays.

Snedeker shot a 65 Friday and shared the lead with Arjun Atwal at 12-under 128 after two rounds of the Wyndham Championship.

Snedeker had an eagle and three bird-ies to move into familiar territory atop the leaderboard of golf’s final pre-play-off event. He won this tournament in 2007 and shared the lead after a rainy first day last year.

He again has company in the lead: Atwal, who lost his tour card last month and is bidding to become the first Monday qualifier to win an ensuing tournament in 24 years. He followed his tournament-record-tying first round with a 67.

Since the Wyndham returned to the par-70 Sedgefield Country Club in 2008, both winners — Carl Pettersson in 2008 and Ryan Moore last year — either held or shared the lead after two rounds.

Kevin Streelman (65), Lucas Glover (65) and John Rollins (65) were at 11 under, while Webb Simpson (64) was

at 130. Justin Leonard, whose 63 was the best round of the day, joined Boo Weekley (67) and Tim Herron (64) at 131.

Snedeker’s only tour victory came at the Wyndham, when it was held across town at Forest Oaks Country Club. He was in the lead last year when severe weather forced an early end to the first day of play, and finished in a tie for fifth, two strokes behind Moore.

“I feel comfortable here. Though the golf courses are different, they’re the same kind of grass and greens, stuff I grew up on, very similar,” Snedeker said. “And I don’t know what it is about this time of year. I seem to be playing my best golf come this time of year. I don’t know if it’s I’m playing into form, or see the finish line at the end of the year.”

Snedeker, who was two strokes behind Atwal at 7 under after the first round, came up with a second consistent trip around Sedgefield, calling it “the best back-to-back ball-striking rounds I’ve had in a while.” He started on the back nine and eagled the par-5 15th, then had three birdies on the front nine of his bogey-free round.

Two share Wyndham lead

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10,760Dow Jones industrialsClose: 10,213.62Change: -57.59 (-0.6%)

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WILMINGTON (AP) — A Virginia energy com-pany has asked the federal government to lease 213 square miles of ocean off the North Carolina coast so it can build a massive wind farm.

The StarNews of Wilmington reported Friday that Apex Wind Energy of Charlottesville, Va., wants to lease the area more than 20 miles off the coast because of its sustained winds.

The site also is close to Wilmington and Morehead City, where the electricity generated from the farm could be brought ashore.

Experts say if Apex’s request is approved, the company will complete a five-year site assess-ment study before applying for final government approval.

A 2009 study by University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill researchers found North Carolina had several areas feasible for wind farms.

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks closed moderately lower Friday as investors’ pessimistic view of the economy deepened.

There was little reason for investors to buy. There were no reports to offset Thursday’s dis-appointing news that growth in the domestic economy con-tinues to slow. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 57 points a day after falling 144. The other major indexes also fell moder-ately.

“We’re not seeing any signifi-cant growth prospects,” said Peter Costa, president of Empire Executions. “Why be in the market if there’s no (near-term) prospects for growth?”

Oil prices fell again on worries that future demand will wane if economic growth remains tepid. Energy stocks were among the worst performers, including oil companies Chevron Corp. and ConocoPhillips.

Overseas markets also fell, reacting to reports Thursday that initial claims for unemploy-ment benefits in the U.S. rose last week and that manufactur-ing in the Mid-Atlantic region shrank.

“We’re probably on a con-tinuation from yesterday’s dis-turbing claims number,” said

Paul Zemsky, head of asset allocation at ING Investment Management. “There’s really nothing to hang your hat on.”

The Dow fell 57.59, or 0.6 per-cent, to 10,213.62. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index fell 3.94, or 0.4 percent, to 1,071.69, while the Nasdaq composite index rose 0.81, or 0.04 percent, to 2,179.76.

For the week, the Dow fell 0.9 percent, while the S&P 500 index fell 0.7 percent and the Nasdaq rose 0.2 percent. The indexes seesawed through the week as investors shuttled between optimism and pessi-mism about the economy.

About three stocks fell for every two that rose on the New York Stock Exchange, where consolidated volume came to 3.8 billion shares, down from 4.4 billion Thursday.

Traders’ vacations have left volume exceptionally low this month. The uncertainty about the economy has made those who are working hesitant to make any big moves.

Data has shown in recent months that private employers are reluctant to hire new work-ers because they are unsure how strong business will be in the coming quarters. That, in turn, has people worried about their

jobs and spending less. But until spending picks up, unemploy-ment could remain high. The vicious circle has investors turn-ing away from stocks.

Mark Luschini, chief mar-ket strategist at Janney Montgomery Scott, said com-panies are also reluctant to hire because of worries about taxes and government programs like the health care reform passed earlier this year.

“The uncertainty that exists on regulatory and income taxes has (employers) in stall mode,” Luschini said. Companies are worried about whether higher taxes and costs associated to regulation reform will impact profit margins and cause shop-pers to reduce spending if they are paying more taxes, Luschini said.

The unemployment rate remains at 9.5 percent and ana-lysts widely agree it needs to fall to lead to a stronger rebound.

Benchmark crude for October delivery fell 97 cents to settle at $73.82 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

Bond prices fell. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note, which moves opposite its price, rose to 2.62 percent from 2.58 late Thursday.

RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina’s unem-ployment rate dipped to 9.8 percent in July after 16 months in the double-digits, the state Employment Security Commission said Friday.

The North Carolina jobless rate has declined for five straight months but remains higher than the national figure of 9.5 percent for July. The state rate has topped the national figure since February 2008 and had been above 10 percent since January 2009.

Friday’s report showed even more workers left jobs in July than fell off the unemployment rolls, suggesting the falling jobless rate wasn’t thanks to a boost in hiring.

“As the labor force falls, the unemployment rate looks better,” said Hal Snarr, an economics pro-fessor at North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro.

North Carolina led the country with the larg-est decrease in people holding jobs between June and July, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said. There were about 3.9 million North Carolina resi-dents holding a non-farm job in July, once adjust-ed for seasonal differences, a drop of 29,800 jobs since June.

Local governments strained by falling tax collec-tions shed 26,500 workers over the month, espe-cially public school teachers and school support staffers, the employment commission said. Some of those jobs may be restored as a result of federal funds.

Most other fields added or cut a few hundred jobs over the month, with the only significant gainer being trade, transportation and utilities, which added 2,800 workers.

“We experienced job growth in some sectors but had a large loss in government due mostly to declines in local school employment,” ESC chair-woman Lynn Holmes said.

Since the national recession began in December 2007, North Carolina has lost 274,200 jobs.

Christopher Carella, a trader with Kellog Capital Markets, looks at a trad-ing monitor from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York. Stocks fell moderately Friday as investors sold heavily for the second straight day over worries about the pace of the recovery.

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I recently went into a pain manage-ment/surgical center. They looked at me and said there was nothing they could do and placed me on Kadian.

On a happier note, after my first acci-dent, I was in a pool playing with my kids for four hours. I started doing kick-less laps using “noodles” and stretching my aching limbs. I think this has helped me a lot.

DEAR READER: RSD is a complex pain disorder. I have chosen to print your letter because it offers a glimpse of life with a chronic pain disorder; it shows that holding on to hope is still possible. Despite your difficult situation, you have found a way to ease your pain in a medi-cation-free way and are unwilling to give up when things get tough. If hydrothera-py provides relief, I highly endorse it.

RSD helped by hydrotherapy

DEAR ABBY: I’m a teen mom who is being taken advantage of by my newborn’s grandmother. (“Liz.”) My baby’s father, “Todd,” lives with her. They provide no financial support.

Liz constantly makes me feel bad if she can’t have the baby that day or take her to a certain place. She has wanted to take my baby out of town. I don’t want my daughter going out of town unless I am with her.

I feel obligated to let Todd’s mother see the baby all the time to avoid the drama she would cause in my life if I don’t. I don’t want to be mean, but how do I approach her? -- YOUNG MOM

DEAR YOUNG MOM: No one can be taken advantage of unless she (or he) allows it. Do not allow anyone -- no matter how well-intentioned -- to do anything with your baby that makes you uncomfortable. You may be young, but as a mother you are responsible for your child’s welfare.

Do not “approach” Liz; let her approach you. When she does, be polite, firm and stand your ground. If she tries to turn it into a power strug-gle, end the conversation. Do not allow her to make you lose your temper.

BMy boyfriend of four years, “Omar,” and I have been having major argu-ments lately. They’re about the rela-tionship he has with his sister. I feel he confides in her more than he does me.

I realize she’s his sister, but he con-sults her about finances, what kind

of pet to buy, how things are going at work, etc. He’s never open with me about those issues. He shuts me out to the point that I have told him if it doesn’t change, we’re through. He says I’m “overreacting.”

Even more peculiar, she makes phone calls for Omar -- like when his mortgage payment was late or when he had to ask the IRS a tax question. Omar is 34 and should be handling these things himself.

It galls me when he puts her on a pedestal and puts me down when I make a mistake. I’m a single mom, doing well on my own, but he refuses to acknowledge it. What should I do? -- SECOND FIDDLE

DEAR SECOND FIDDLE: It is possible that Omar’s sister has been running his life for so long that she’s the first person he thinks of when he gets into a bind. And obviously she has done a capable job of it, or he wouldn’t keep having her intercede for him.

It should be clear to you by now that putting yourself in competition with her is getting you nowhere. So accept the two of them as a package deal or find a man who is independent.

Teen mom gets pushed around

Abigail van Buren

Dear Abby

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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITYPump Maintenance Worker

Town of Forest City

The Town of Forest City is accepting applications for a pump maintenance worker.This position performs responsible semi-skilled work assisting in the operation,maintenance, repair, installation and replacement of machinery and equipment inthe water and/or wastewater treatment plants, pumping systems, and elevatedwater storage tanks. Applicants must be able to obtain a North Carolina CDL with atanker endorsement and a North Carolina Water Pollution Control Collection SystemOperator Certification.

Applications will be received at Town Hall, 128 N. Powell Street, Forest City, beginning Wednesday, August 18,

2010. Applications will close on Wednesday, August 25, 2010. For further information contact Randy Pennington at 248-5205.

Successful applicant must pass a drug test and a criminal background check prior toemployment. The Town of Forest City is an equal opportunity employer.

Full time Chaplain Needed with Hospice of Rutherford County

Masters of Divinity with 4 units of CPE REQUIRED. Hospice experience preferred.

Email resume to:tsmith@hospiceofrutherford.org

NORTH CAROLINARUTHERFORD COUNTY

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICEDISTRICT COURT DIVISION

FILE: 10 JA 77

RUTHERFORD COUNTY DEPT. OFSOCIAL SERVICES,PETITIONERS,

FOR PETITION FOR NONCOMPLIANCE

MLM a minor child.

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION

To: Amy McCurry Tony Dale McCurry

TAKE NOTICE that a petition seeking relief against you hasbeen filed in the above entitled proceedings for Petition forNoncompliance: MLM, born the 9th day of May, 1997.

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that you must make yourdefense to such pleadings no later than 40 days following the14th day of August, 2010, the date of first publication of thisNotice upon you, in order to participate in and receive furthernotice of the proceedings. If you fail to do so, the petitionerwill apply to the court for the relief sought. Respond to theClerk of Superior Court, 229 N. Main Street, Rutherfordton,NC 28139.

This the 14th day of August, 2010.

Brian W. King, Attorney for PetitionersKing Law Offices, PLLC215 N. Main StreetRutherfordton, NC 28139828-286-3332

US Cellular is planning to construct a telecommunicationstower, Site #405434, at 166 Cone Street, Mooresboro,Rutherford County, North Carolina.

If there are any comments to the anticipated impact onhistoric properties please respond within 30 days of publicnotice to: Terracon, Inc., 5217 Linbar Drive, Suite 309,Nashville, TN 37211 Attn: James Duncan. Please referenceSite Number and Address with any comments.

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2 & 3 BR Close to downtownRfdtn. D/w, stove, refrig., w/dhook up. No pets! 287-0733

2 BR Sandy Mush area.$400/mo. + $400 dep.429-3878 or 245-3491

2BR Apt in Forest City Newly updated! $425/mo. +sec. dep. Call 828-228-5873

Lake Lure prof. bus. apts inprivate B&B resort, free

satellite & wireless. Pool, hottub & sauna. short & long term

lease German rest. on site.828-625-0093

Move In Specials: 1, 2, &3BR Townhouse Apts.

Water & sewer furnished.$150 dep. $375-$500/mo.Houses and apartments

$285-$1,000/mo. RentalsUnlimited 828-245-7400

Very nice large remodeled1, 2, 3 BedroomTownhome Apts.

Starting at $375/mo.Washer/dryer hookupand water included.

Carriage House Apts.1-888-684-5072

Homes for Rent0620

2BR/1BA House in Spindale.Cent. h/a, range, refrig. No

Pets! $450/mo. + ref'sand dep. Call 429-4323

2BR/1BA, 1.3 ac. in UnionMills. Air, carport, workshop.$550 + dep. Ref's. 288-9591

Newly remodeled 2BR onprivate lot in Ellenboro. $400/mo. + dep. Call 828-748-6840

Rent Country Home 2 BR/2BA, laundry room, dishwasher,more, near Bostic. $550/mo.828-245-6858. See: www.

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Rent0675

14X70 on private lot withstream. Older mobile home forrent in Rfdtn. $325/mo. + $300

dep. Call 286-16382BR/2BA Cent. h/a, stove,

refrig. No pets. $425 + $300dep. 245-5703 or 286-86652BR/2BA, mobile home forrent in Ellenboro area. Call

828-429-0389

3 Bedroom/2 Bathon private lot in

Ellenboro area. Central h/a.No pets! $525/mo. + $525

dep. References req.Call 828-248-1681

3BR/2BA Modular Home withlarge yard Cove Rd. $620/mo.

+ dep. Call 704-472-44033BR/2BA near Harris Elem.

$100 week. 2BR/1BA, privatelot, Spindale, $75 week. Call828-245-6312 or 447-5432

3BR/2BA SW in Rutherfordton

RENT TO OWN!Will Finance! No banks!

Hurry! You pay nolot rent, insurance,taxes or interest!

Neg. $99 week + dep.704-806-6686

Bostic: Newer DW, 3BR/2BA,and bonus room, with largecovered deck.Refrigerator,stove furnished. $500/mo +

dep. 828-280-71392BR Cent. h/a, water, private

lot $80/week + depositCall 828-748-8827

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Homes for Sale0710

3BR/2BA DW on 1 acre Close to Duke Power Plant

$62,500 Owner financing withDP! Call 657-4430

House, office, kids play house.12x16 finished, insulated, deck

steps AIR $2750 Paul245-6858 See www.onlinebuygeorge.com/cabin.jpg

Lots & Acreage0734

Approximately 39 acres investment property

in Spindale with all utilities,an excellent natural source

of water, artesian well.$195,000. Call 287-2640

or 429-0109 or 429-3976

Restaurant0260

Apply in person Tues.-Fri.Granny's Sub Shoppe Bakery219 West Main St., Spindale

NOW HIRING Earn $65k,$50k, $40k (GM, Co Mgr,

Asst Mgr) We currently havemanagers making this, andneed more for expansion.1 yr. salaried restaurantmanagement experiencerequired. Fax resume

to 336-431-0873

Part-time Employment

0268

PT Music Director needed.Send resume by 8/31/10 toinfo@highshoalbaptist.org.

PETS

Cats/Dogs/Pets0320

Free puppies: Collie/red bonemix, 2 brown & 4 black/white,6 wks. old. Save us from the

pound. Call 288-0439

Free to loving home sweet,adorable kittens, also availablemature cats, spayed/neutered.245-1871 leave message

MERCHANDISE

Furniture0533

Oak four posted twin bedwith chest of drawers $175

Call 828-289-4066

Wanted to Rent/Buy/Trade

0554

Junk Cars WantedPaying $225 per vehicle.

Call Jamie Fender(828) 286-4194

Swafford Auto Salespaying $250 and up for your

junk vehicles You Call- We Haul 245-1054

Wanted for Beginner:Amplifier, mic, electric guitar.

Must be reasonable! 287-9216

WILL BUYYOUR JUNK

CARS & TRUCKSPick up at yourconvenience!Call 223-0277

Misc. Items for Sale0563

25 cuft. freezer $100 oboDryer $50 2 small colored TV's

$25 ea. 980-4706

REAL ESTATE FOR RENT

Industrial Trade0236

MAINTENANCE Aallied DieCasting of NC has immediate

openings for experiencedMaintenance technicians.

These are hands on positionsfor someone who can handle

multiple tasks under highpressure deadlines. We are

seeking applicants withknowledge of electrical/

hydraulic troubleshooting, PLCcontrols and mechanical

devices & welding. Experiencein die casting or plastic

injection molding a plus. Paycommensurate with skills andexperience level. Along withan excellent benefit package,

Aallied also offers theopportunity to further your

education. Please fax your resume with salary requirements, or apply in

person to: Human ResourceManager, Aallied Die CastingCo. of NC, 401 Aallied Drive,

Rutherfordton, NC 28139Fax (828) 286-4006 EOE

Skilled Trade0240

Help wanted for licensedmassage therapist. Apply inperson at business office atLifestyle Wellness & Spa.

Call 288-9282Wastewater Technician

An area industrialmanufacturer is seeking anexperienced "WastewaterTechnician" for hands on

technical operation of a 1.3MGD wastewater treatment

facility. The technician will bepart of a team performing

daily wastewater operationsincluding laboratory testing,

minor maintenance and otherenvironmental tasks. Theoperator must possess athorough knowledge of

biological, physical & chemicalwastewater treatment methods

and the ability to operate apersonal computer. Specialrequirements: Three years

working experience in awastewater environment,current NC Wastewater

Operator Certifications forGrade II Wastewater & Grade IPhysical Chemical Treatmentalso a valid driver's license.

Company offers starting pay of$17.54 per hour including a

benefit package withmedical/dental and life

insurance, 401K & definedcontribution retirement plan.

Interested candidatesshould submit their resume

to: Box C, PO Box 1149, Forest City, NC 28043

Trucking0244

Truck Service, Inc.is hiring Part-Time &

Casual CDL Drivers to joinour fleet of Professional

Drivers. If you still have thedesire and ability to travel the

country but don't have theneed to work on a full-time

basis, we have theopportunity for YOU!! ONLYPROFESSIONAL DRIVERS

with 2 yrs. verifiableexperience & clean driving

record need to apply.Call Truck Service at

828-245-1637 ext. 125 & talk to Rita.

Garage/Estate Sales0151

Multi-family: Spindale, 121Winder St., behind Spindale

Rest. Fri. 5P-7P, Sat.8A-Noon. Clothing, baby

items, household items, toys

Rfdtn: 140 Phil Meadow Dr.off Thompson Rd. between 64

and 221. Sat. 7:30a-Noon.New and old collectibles

plus clothing

Yard Sale: Rfdtn., 201Cleghorn Mill Rd., behind

Shiloh Church, Fri. afternoon and Sat. 7A-until

Instruction0180

(828)286-3636 ext. 221www.isothermal.edu/truck

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EMPLOYMENT

Sales0208

National framed artmanufacturer needs an inside

sales rep with sales exp.,telephone and computer skills.

Email resume tosales@boothframing.com

or fax 828-863-1267Medical/Dental0220

Job opening for RN, MDSCoordinator with at least 1-2years experience in long term

care assessments. Able towork independently with

excellent time mgmt. skills.Apply in person at Autumn

Care of Forest City, 830 Bethany Church Rd.,

or email resume to admin122@autumncorp.comPT position available in Tryon

for LPN/Med Tech. Medicalexp. & computer literacy req'd.Hrs. flexible, paid vac. benefit.Fax resume to 828-859-2268

General Help0232

Mountain Creek BaptistChurch in Gilkey, NC is

searching for a part time youthpastor. Send resume to 710 Mountain Creek Rd Rutherfordton, NC 28139

by Sept 15, 2010

Garage/Estate Sales0151

2 Family Yard Sale: FC.Withrow Rd., United Wayparking lot, Sat. 7A-until.

Wide variety of items

5 FAMILY Patz Hair Salon,Oak St., FC Sat. 7A-12P

Women's/men's/kids clothes,toys, TV, changing table.

Too much to mention!BIG YARD SALE FC: 421 Big

Island Rd. Sat. 7A-untilHousehold, boys (4-5, 5-6)

and girls clothes,men's/women's clothes, toys

BIG YARD SALE Union Mills:261 Nanneytown Rd. (off221S) Sat. 7A-until Large

variety of everything!Rain or shine!

Big Yard Sale: FC, 490 DixieTrail, Fri. & Sat. 7A-Noon.

Records, exercise equipment,luggage, matching couch,chair, antique typewriterGarage Sale: Cliffside

Estates, 204 Jamerson Rd.,Fri. and Sat., 8A-2P

Craftsman workbench, sportsequip. small tools, router,

wardrobe, clothingHENSON BUILDING

MATERIALS 188 WhitesidesRd. (off Railroad Ave.) !!!!RuthStore Moving Sale!!!! Friday,

August 20th 8A-5P & Saturday, August 21st 8A-12

Noon Huge selectionand discounts!

Moving/Yard Sale: Rfdtn.,500 Cleghorn Mill Rd., Sat.

9A-until. Special on 56" RCATV, washer/dryer specialMULTI FAMILY FC: 116

Beheler Rd. (follow signs fromPiney Ridge) Sat. 7A-12P

Clearance - everythingmust go!

MULTI FAMILY FC: 488Bethany Church Rd. Fri.

3P-until & Sat. 7A-until Kidsitems, twin mattress, tools,motorcycle, much more!

Multi-Family Yard Sale: FC,464 Butler Rd., behind themall. Sat., 7A-until. Adult,

boys, girls clothes,household, toys, books

Multi-family Yard Sale: FC,786 Tanners Grove Rd.,

Sat, 7A-until. No early birds!Kids clothes, various

household itemsMulti-Family Yard Sale:

Rfdtn, 164 Union Rd., Sat.7A-Noon. Name brand

clothing, several Game Boy,TV game systems, much more

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Lost0142

2 yr. old female Shih Tzuwhite w/blondish markings.

8/15: Piedmont/Maple CreekRd., Rfdtn. Reward. 287-5870

Found0149

Male white young dog (possible boxer or pit bull)

wearing red collar. Found 8/13on Salem Church Rd., Bostic.

Call 828-429-8382Mini pincher or manchesterterrier Male, black and brown.

Found 8/13 in SpindaleCall 286-8468 to identify

GARAGE /ESTATE SALES

Garage/Estate Sales0151

2 FAMILY Spindale: 334Missouri St. Sat. 7A-untilWomen's clothing, lots ofhousehold items, furniture

and much more!2 FAMILY YARD SALE FC:

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