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By LARRY DALEDaily Courier Staff Writer

FOREST CITY — Cancer is one of the most frightening words anyone will ever hear, but a Rutherford County family is proof that the dreaded disease can be overcome.

Gleena Bright is a 17-year sur-vivor of breast cancer, and her husband, Max, is a 13-year sur-vivor of prostate cancer. Both are 67.

But it doesn’t stop there. Gleena’s 84-year-old mother, Geneva Jenkins, is a 40-year breast-cancer survivor. Gleena’s father, Jack Jenkins, 86, is an 18-year prostate cancer survivor.

Starr Bright Morrow, Gleena’s daughter is a survivor of mouth cancer.

And other family members have had cancer over the years. Geneva’s sister, for example, had breast cancer.

Gleena, who was treated in Rutherford County by Dr. Bob Terry, had a needle biopsy, a lumpectomy, and then a partial mastectomy.

Her husband and her moth-er and father were treated in Spartanburg. S.C.

Gleena recalls the moment she first heard that she had cancer.

“Dr. Terry told me on the phone,” she said, “and they don’t usually do that. I knew the nurse and I asked her, and she said, ‘Gleena, I can’t tell you.’ When she said that, I figured it. So he came to the phone, and he said, “It is cancer, but I want to see you tomorrow.’”

She also remembered, “My pas-tor came straight over. And we cried. You know, those words are scary when you first hear them.”

Gleena was fortunate that the type of cancer she had does not typically spread as easily as oth-er forms.

“The kind I had is most of the time contained inside the breast, so it had not spread,” she said. “I had a little complication with mine; it burst open twice, and I had friends that came and packed it for me.”

Max, who does not have an extensive family history of can-cer, had a recurrence of prostate cancer, but he now is free of the disease.

“I never had any symptoms whatsoever,” Max recalled. “Mine was found through blood work. I had my surgery and mine came back in two years. I had 6 1/2 weeks of radiation and ever since then my PSA (a protein manufactured in the prostate) has been zero. I am just checked once a year now, but I used to go

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By JEAN GORDONDaily Courier Staff Writer

LAKE LURE — The town is buying 200 acres north of Lake Lure from Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy that is part of a 1,527-acre Weed Patch Mountain Tract purchased by CMLC in December. No town funds have to be used for the purchase.

The town got a $450,000 grant from the N.C. Parks and Recreation Trust Fund (PARTF) to buy the property and develop it for recreational use. The town is receiving the land, formerly in the Grey Rock community, at less than half the appraised value. With the grant award and bar-gain sale, the town is buying the new parkland without town money, Town Manager Chris

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Hot Nights Cool Rides

Cristy Packett of Forest City shines the hub cabs of the 1968 Camaro SS she and husband, Mike Packett, brought to the car show.

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Residents talk aboutsurviving cancer

Town celebrates annual eventBy JEAN GORDONDaily Courier Staff Writer

FOREST CITY — Shiny red, polished blue, incredible black, bright yellow, gold, amaz-ing purple and John Deere green cars, trucks, motorcycles and one tractor lined the streets here Saturday as folks from the North and South chose favorites.

The 19th annual Hot Nights Cool Rides event in downtown Forest City was just what promoters wanted —lots of people looking and buying wares from shop owners.

Craig and Sue Holbrook will be permanent residents of Ellenboro in a couple months, relocating from upstate New York. To bet-

ter acquaint themselves with the area, they entered their 1978 Datsun 280Z in the event.

The couple was looking for a home in Hendersonville but found houses there to be “too pricey,” so they found their Campfield Church Road home on eBay.

Sitting in lawn chairs Saturday, they admitted their polished silver 1978 Datsun 280Z wasn’t the coolest ride in town to the Southern crowd, but they are proud of their “Un-American” favorite.

Visitor Scott Summers liked it a lot. “These are very rare,” adding that so many of the cars rusted out.

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Trees cover 200 acres that the Lake Lure is buying from Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy. No town money is being used for the purchase.

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Jean Gordon/Daily CourierHundreds strolled downtown Forest City on Saturday for the 19th annual Hot Nights Cool Rides event. Car enthusiasts from the county and area showed off their pride and joy.

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Billy Boone of Shelby chose a ‘55 Chevrolet, but his friend, Cliff Dyer, chose the 1973 Camaro. “I have a 1974,” he said.

Ethan Toney, 8, walking with his mother, Lisa Toney, loved the “Blue Z Car” and the Rat Rodz. He’s getting a Rat Rodz when he turns 16.

Scott Clary of Boiling Springs had not been to the Forest City car show, but he will be back. His favorite was a 1970 Chevrolet truck.

“This is the nicest car show anywhere because there is a variety of cars,” Clary said.

From Huntersville, Janet White was busy polishing the door handles on the 1975 Ford F100 Explorer she and husband Robert White bought when it was new.

They show it a lot of places and were equally impressed with the show. “We had a Cruise-In (in South Carolina)

last night and we came on up here.” The truck just has 5,000 miles on its

second engine.Big sister Arianna Banks picked up

little sister Tatiana so she could get a better look inside the incredible inte-rior of an Excalibur convertible.

While Mike Packett of Forest City met the public, his wife, Cristy, pol-ished hubcaps on their 1968 Super Sport Camero.

Tim and Melissa Gosnell of Lake James ventured to the show with their 1955 Chevrolet at the persuasion of their friend, Melissa Cantrell.

A very bearded Santa Claus, alias Earl D. Crowder, arrived a bit early for Christmas, although his “1901 Olds” convertible was a favorite of Mitchell Lecroy of Blacksburg, S.C.

Sporting a bright red shirt and white shorts, Santa handed candy to chil-dren and played Christmas songs as he rode through the streets.

Nicholas Smith, 6, was walking with his dad with he spotted the best look-ing site on the streets — a 410 John

Deere tractor. The Power of the Past Tractor Club

of Charlotte was selling raffle tick-ets and, holding dad’s hand, Nicholas pointed to the tractor.

With four quarters clutched tightly in his dad’s hand, he turned them loose for what he hopes will be the winning ticket.

Proceeds go to the Holy Angels in Gastonia, a home for severely handi-capped children and adults.

Vendors, including Steve Houser of Conover, were selling lunch food and event snacks around lunch time. Houser described himself as the “new kid on the block.” hoping to sell funnel cakes from an area off Main Street.

Forest City Police officer C.J. Byers predicted the crowd at about 1:30 p.m. as being 500, but said “thousands” would arrive before the end of the event Saturday night.

Show winners will be announced next week.

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Big sister Arianna Banks picked up little sister Tatiana so she could get a better look inside the incredible interior of an Excalibur convertible.Forest City Police officer C.J. Byers predicted the crowd at about 1:30 p.m. as being 500, but said “thousands” would arrive before the end of the event Saturday night.

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IPDC setshousingmeetingFrom staff reports

RUTHERFORDTON — The Isothermal Planning and Development Commission is seeking strategies and solutions to the many housing relat-ed issues facing Rutherford County.

As a part of this ongoing pro-cess, the commission is hosting a meeting Thursday to gather input from the community. This meeting is 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.

“We at Isothermal Planning and Development Commission are constantly seeking ways to better serve our communities,” said Scott Carpenter, execu-tive director of the Rutherford County Housing Initiative, a part of IPDC. “This series of meetings is designed to enhance the dialogue between our staff, the service provid-ers, and local residents. We want to know first hand what the people think about vari-ous issues relating to housing in our area. And we want to encourage more open commu-nication. The more we com-municate, the better we will be able to work smarter in bring-ing solutions throughout our region,” Carpenter said. IPDC’s staff intends for the meet-ing to be a listening session to assess the needs and desires of Rutherford County. Topics to be discussed will include affordable housing and work-force housing, infrastructure for existing or future housing, home construction, energy efficiency programs, hous-ing rehabilitation and urgent repair programs, land recycling and economic development. Information gathered at the meetings will be used to pre-pare for a larger regionwide meeting to be held in thes-pring. Call Amy Bridges, Grant Services project manager, 287-2281, ext. 1250, or abridges@regionc.org

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RALEIGH (AP) — A blistering report this week identifying how North Carolina’s state crime labora-tory workers misrepresented blood evidence in dozens of cases over 16 years covered only two of Roy Cooper’s years as attorney general.

But it’s all Cooper’s task to clean up the problems at the State Bureau of Investigation lab and overcome questions about its work. The Democrat faces a long road back to restoring trust in the lab that helps state and local law enforcement.

The lab will need to regain faith from attorneys and the public, as well as the lawmakers who approve funding for the lab and its crime-fighting tools.

“It is credibility that’s going to have to be earned back,” said Rep. Rick Glazier, D-Cumberland, an attor-ney who once represented a man exonerated in 2001 when DNA evi-dence proved him innocent of a rape for which he had been imprisoned. “There are going to have to be a lot of folks working to regain the pub-lic’s trust and the system’s trust of the forensic results coming out of the lab.”

Cooper has been a popular state leader who won re-election hand-ily in 2008 and whose name floats often as a candidate for governor and U.S. Senate. He was praised for his handling of the Duke lacrosse case. His future in elections and working with the General Assembly may hang on whether he carries out reforms in the independent review, and even goes beyond them.

“Cooper has done a good job as attorney general, and this is a cri-sis that he had to solve,” said Jack Cozort, a state government lobby-ist and ex-appeals court judge who began in Democratic politics in 1971 working in former Gov. Jim Hunt’s first statewide campaign. “If he doesn’t solve and deal with it wisely and efficiently, it could be an issue for him in the next election.”

An independent review of blood testing performed in the lab from 1987 to 2003 found 190 cases in which suspects were charged but the final lab report omitted evidence that contradicted preliminary tests indicating blood at a scene. Three of the 190 cases resulted in executions. Four other people convicted are on death row. The report doesn’t con-

clude, however, that innocent people were convicted.

Cooper asked for the review in March after an SBI agent testified the crime lab once had a policy of excluding complete blood test results from reports offered to defense law-yers before trials. That testimony led to February’s exoneration of Greg Taylor, who had served 17 years for a murder conviction.

Cooper faced the criticism squarely Wednesday, listening in person to a former FBI leader and lab expert detail omitted or misrepresented results that could have led to confes-sions or pleas because more favor-able evidence may have been hidden.

Cooper took questions and said all the report’s recommendations would be implemented by new SBI direc-tor Greg McLeod. His office also announced late last week the lab director would be replaced.

“It is important that lessons are learned even though most of these things occurred in the (1980s) or

’90s,” he told reporters. “You have to be careful that no vestiges of these problems remain.”

Previous attorneys general Lacy Thornburg and Mike Easley oversaw the SBI lab during most of the peri-od covered by the review. But law-yers and other more partisan critics of the SBI have questioned why it took this long for Cooper — now in his 10th year as attorney general — to find the problems.

“He’s got a lot of explaining to do, and I’m not sure he can explain all of this,” state Republican Party Chairman Tom Fetzer said, suggest-ing that the issues should be front and center if Cooper seeks re-elec-tion in 2012 from a GOP challenger or even a primary opponent. “Cooper certainly had the chance to rectify some of these issues.”

He already made changes before the report came out. Cooper replaced Robin Pendergraft, his choice to run the SBI for months after he took office in January 2001,

with McLeod, who was Cooper’s leg-islative lobbyist.

Lawmakers said the best way to restore confidence in the lab’s actions would be to make the state’s crime lab an agency independent from the Department of Justice that Cooper runs.

“It appears from this report that it went just beyond human error,” said Rep. Larry Hall, D-Durham, a law-yer and critic of Cooper’s successful effort at the Legislature last month to expand DNA testing to some crime suspects. “Is this an indepen-dent, unbiased lab, or is it to be used as a tool for the prosecution?”

Cooper said Wednesday “every-thing should be on the table” but qualified that he wouldn’t support changes that he said would harm police in fighting crime.

Cooper, a 52-year-old Rocky Mount native, has had a good rela-tionship with the General Assembly, where he served for 14 years in both the House and Senate.

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Scathing crime lab report puts pressure on AG

Associated Press Attorney General Roy Cooper listens as independent analyst Chris Swecker discusses the results of an outside review of past serology practices at the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation Laboratory during a press conference in Raleigh last week Analysts at North Carolina’s crime lab omitted, overstated or falsely reported blood evidence in dozens of cases, including three that ended in executions and another where two men were convicted of killing Michael Jordan’s father, according to a scathing independent review released Wednesday.

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*Be a pregnant woman; a breastfeeding woman who has had a baby in the last 12 months; a woman who has had a baby in the last six months; or child up to the fifth birthday;

*Reside in North Carolina and in the health delivery area of the WIC agency;

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The great debate in American politics just how much the federal government should be

involved in the lives of the people has been at the core of our politics through-out our history.

These arguments began with our earliest debates over whether the state or federal government would have pre-dominance and continue today in vari-ous guises, including the discussions of the federal government’s role in social policy.

What makes these discussions so intriguing to political watchers is that, despite what some think, there is no pure ideological consistency in the sup-port for a limited or for an expanded government role. Nor, we suspect will that ever be the case.

Americans are in many ways spoiled. We want some of the big government benefits. We have become accustomed to all that federal aid that helps build roads, fund schools and provide finan-cial aid for college, etc. We have few qualms about unemployment and dis-ability payments. We do resent paying for those very benefits.

We are much like the child who wants the parents to give us the keys to the car and expect the gas money and oil changes to be included.

Over the years, politicians have put our government into an difficult posi-tion. They paid for the car and the gas and threw in the oil change. Now that the tires are wearing out, they find a public wanting a brand new car — with the gas money and oil changes and a weekly care wash included.

Our ViewsPolitical divide often deceiving

RALEIGH – Last year, my wife and I were audited by the IRS.

At times, the back-and-forth correspondence between govern-ment agency, our accountant and ourselves became a bit con-fusing. In the end, we paid a bit more taxes which the accountant made up for by waiving his fees for the following year’s returns.

One of the more astonishing aspects of the audit was a plain and obvious mistake by the IRS. Initially, auditors claimed that I had failed to declare as income some winnings from a fishing tournament.

I was almost certain they were wrong, for a couple of reasons: One, I was pretty sure that I recalled including the 1099 form documenting the winnings in the materials sent to our accoun-tant; two, I had won more mon-ey from the same tournament organization and just had put the latest 1099 form in the stack of materials that would be sent to our accountant when we filed our next returns.

Ultimately, my less-than-per-fect memory was on the mark.

But the audit left me wonder-ing how auditors could be so incompetent as to not be able to match up a claim of income distributed by one party with

a claim of income earned by another? After all, it was right there in the handful of docu-ments that they were auditing.

These days, it’s the state tax man who is under scrutiny fol-lowing revelations by the News & Observer of Raleigh that a 2009 policy change combined with a 2007 legal change could have allowed the state to keep money from taxpayers who over-paid their taxes.

Until last year, that had never been the case. The state Department of Revenue had a policy of promptly returning any overpayments discovered.

Then, legislators passed a law in 2007 setting up new proce-dures to settle tax disputes. The law made clear that the depart-ment could only send back overpayments when a three-year statute of limitations has not expired, the amount shown due on the return was not correct, and that correction showed that

the taxpayer overpaid.Two years later, the depart-

ment passed a policy essentially saying that an overpayment error wasn’t an error until an agency employee had verified it, and not when a computer flagged it. That meant a tax-payer might not be notified of an overpayment until after the three-year statute of limitations had run out.

Department officials respond-ed to the revelations by saying that they never intended for the policy change to be a means of slickly capturing money to which they weren’t entitled.

In other words, blame bureau-cratic incompetence not outright pilfery. OK, will do.

Gov. Beverly Perdue — her head surely spinning from scan-dals, budget woes and the dour economy that she’s inherited — said she was incensed. Within a few days, she had guaranteed that any affected taxpayers would be made whole and 80 department employees were leaf-ing through tax returns to cor-rect overpayments.

Wonder whether that’s ever happened at the IRS?

Mooneyham is executive director of the Capitol Press Association.

Spiritual insight is needed to understand the timesThe words of 2 Samuel 3:1

are quite prophetic of our day, “Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: but David waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker.”

Here, David is symbolic of the time that Christ would ascend to the Throne of God and stand as King and Lord over all the earth following His ascension.

Most know the Scriptures reveal that Christ will come again, known as The Second Coming, and will bring eter-nal peace and righteousness on the earth.

King Saul would die on the battlefield fighting the Philistines and David would succeed him to establish that lineage from which Christ would come. David was from the tribe of Judah and his physical progenitor, Jesus Christ, would be given throne rights as David’s heir. Sadly, a spiritual war con-tinues.

This may seem superflu-ous but may I remind you that even in Islam, there is a great division among Arabs, specifically the Sunnis and Shiites, as to who is the rightful “heir” of Mohammed’s teachings and authority.

Most Americans who are immersed in their demo-

cratic mindsets, do not understand these issues with regards to the Old Testament Hebrew issues of lineage and succession and the tribal issues that still pervade many cultures, including the Arab nations.

Even in the Garden of Eden, the issue that faced Adam and Eve was not doc-trinal but authority or the right to rule. Eve was offered the chance to decide apart from God and “be like God knowing good from evil.”

Autonomy from God’s authority was the central issue and all sin flows from that rebellion to God’s authority to rule over us.

Possessing spiritual insight will help us see what we need to see concerning our-selves and the path the fallen world is on.

As David abode in Ziklag, many of the people in Israel began to come to him prior to his coming to the throne to replace Saul. Saul is sym-bolic of the rule of flesh as compared to the rule of the spirit, as we see Paul reveal principally in Romans 6. 1

Chronicles 12:32 reads, “And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their com-mandment.”

This Scripture records who, of the different tribes, that came to David as Saul’s rule was coming to an end. It is significant to note that Issachar means “reward.”

There were 12 tribes in Israel and all their names carried a specific mean-ing. Additionally, each of the names of the 12 tribes speaks of a spiritual mean-ing and insight that is reflected in the body of Christ. When Paul speaks of having the “mind of Christ” he is saying that the Body of Christ is to have Issachar reflected in that mindset, or said another way, be able to discern the times.

When Jesus spoke of the end of the age, He told His disciples to “lift up your heads, your redemption draws near.” He also spoke of those who were spiritu-ally blind to the times, Mat 16:1-3.

What we see unfolding regarding the building of a mosque near the site of 9-11 is part and parcel of those “times” Jesus spoke of. Let us note that the word in 1

Chronicles 12 that translates “understanding” also means to separate mentally or dis-tinguish.

While the world’s evange-listic message is tolerance, the Scriptures teach no such thing. The ultimate discrimination will be seen at the Great White Throne Judgment, with the court date already determined by God the Father, yet unknown as yet to man. God is the determiner of the times, the One who had ulti-mate understanding of His times and the understanding of man.

So while the entire world is watching the issue with the building of this mosque, this is all moving towards the consummation of the age. “When will it be” you may muse. I do not know the day or hour even as Jesus remarked. But we see the coalescence of forces and events happening before our eyes. Mohammed and The Koran and Jesus Christ and the Bible cannot both be right.

The social decline, the social battles and the out-right attack against Godly family values all point towards one thing; apostasy and that great falling away is what must happen at the end of the age. Do we have the eyes to see?

The world may continue

for many, many years to come, yet we see a world in great rebellion and the clash of civilizations and the three major religions.

To some, the issue of build-ing a mosque at the site of 9-11 is about religious free-dom. To others, it is insen-sitive and about conquest. To many Muslims, it is about converts and bringing people together. You must understand that Muslims evangelize as do other groups.

Looking deeply at the Word of God and the Koran one will see a conflict. It is there, it is inevitable and it will not change. Time and space will not allow for an in depth discussion, but this is primarily centered on Israel and America’s alliance with her.

To have the mindset of the men of Issachar is to see that there are choices that must be made. There are voices of evangelism seeking converts, whether it is the voice of the world preach-ing pleasure, tolerance, non-judgmentalism and secularism or the ancient creeds of Judaism, Islam or Christianity.

Jesus Christ presents Himself as the way, truth and life. Before we can lift our eyes to the heavens and see, our eyes must be healed to see.

Artful dodging, artful taxing

Scott Mooneyham

Today in North Carolina

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Sunday Conversation

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Robert Swink

Robert Lee Swink, 67, of Mooresboro, died Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010 at the Wendover Hospice of Cleveland County.

A native of Cleveland County, he was a son of the ate John Grady Swink and Mary Ellen Smith Swink; former Cone Mills employee.

Survivors include his wife of 42 years, Katherine Swink; three sons, Carmen Swink, of Mooresboro, Kevin Swink, of Ellenboro and Ivan Swink, of Mooresboro; two brothers, Paul Swink and Charles Swink, of Forest City; three sisters, Ruth Greer of Ellenboro, Jennette Apling and Louise Buff of

Morganton; four grandchil-dren.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday at the Harrelson Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Ralph Jones and Rev. Gene Bumgarner officiat-ing. Interment will follow in Sunset Memorial Park.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.

Memorial donations are suggested to Wendover Hospice of Cleveland County, 951 Wendover Height Drive, Shelby, NC 28150.

An online guest registry is avail-able www.harrelsonfuneralhome.com

PET OF THE WEEK

This sweet 2-year old female beagle is looking for a good home. She is in kennel No. 3 at the Rutherford County Animal Shelter on Laurel Hill Drive in Rutherfordton. The shelter’s hours are noon to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday and Saturday. For more information, call 287-6025. For the Community Pet Center volunteers office, call 287-7738.

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Sheriff’s Reportsn The Rutherford County

Sheriff’s Department responded to 180 E-911 calls Friday.

Rutherfordtonn The Rutherfordton

Police Department respond-ed to 45 E-911 calls Friday

Spindalen The Spindale Police

Department responded to 33 E-911 calls Friday.

Lake Luren Lake Lure Police

Department responded to 14 E-911 calls Friday.

Forest Cityn The Forest City Police

Department responded to 68 E-911 calls Friday.

Arrestsn Buffy Davage Harris,

36, of 1549 Old Mooresboro Road, Mooresboro, was charged Saturday morn-ing with simple assault, two counts of first-degree

trespass, simple assault and breaking and entering and communicating threats; he was released from custody on a $7,000 unsecured bond. (RCSD)

n Tony Gailey Mooney, 34, of 480 Short Road, Ellenboro, was charged with driving while impaired, pos-session open container, con-suming alcohol in the pas-senger area; released from custody. (RCSD)

n Brandon Charles Kirby, 22, of 707 Kirby Road, charged with assault on a female, 48-hour hold. (RCSD)

n Ronnie Dale Pearson, 36, of 436 McSwain Road, charged with domestic vio-lence protective order viola-tion; 48 hour hold. (RCSD)

n Jeffery Elijah Whitesides, 24, 401 Duke St., failure to appear posses-sion marijuana up to half an ounce; in jail under a $1,000 bond. (RCPD)

n Andra Shanelle Simpson, 17, of 928 Oakland Road, Spindale, charged with local ordinance consumer beer/wine under age 19; released on a $500 unsecured bond. (RCSD)

n Daveion Marke Flack 18, of 448 Seitz drive, Forest City, failure to appear on misdemeanor, robbery dan-gerous weapon; in jail under a $10,000 bond. (RCSD)

n Brent Foster, 29, 227 Deviney Street, Spindale, possession marijuana great-er than half to 1 1/2 ounc-es; released on a $3,000 secured bond. (SPD)

n Misty Dawn Ledford, 28, 1736 U.S. 74 Business, charged with cyberstalk-ing, communicating threats; released on a $3,000 bond. (RCSD)

EMSn Rutherford County

Emergency Medical Services responded to 33 E-911 calls Friday.

n The Volunteer Life Saving and Rescue, Hickory Nut Gorge EMS and Rutherford County Rescue responded to 14 calls.

Fire Callsn Forest City Fire Dept.

and SDO responded to motor vehicle accidents.

North Carolina TodaySchool chief: hard decision on education funds

CHARLOTTE (AP) — The Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools superintendent says it’s a difficult decision but he will recommend against using $25 million in new federal money to immedi-ately restore teacher jobs.

Superintendent Peter Gorman told a breakfast meeting Saturday he prefers to bank the money until spring, noting a “funding cliff” looms once federal stimulus money disappears.

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools cut about 400 teaching posts earlier this year, but recently announced plans to restore 141 jobs due to improving finances.

Gorman says the federal money could pay for about 500 jobs. He has until Tuesday to make a formal recommendation, calling it a difficult decision.

Mary McCray, president of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Association of Educators, called for hiring as many teachers as possible right away.

Unfiled tickets in office of fired officer

RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina authorities are investigating 10 traffic tick-ets that appear not to have been filed, along with an unserved arrest warrant,

found in the office of a fired Butner police officer.

The News and Observer in Raleigh reported Saturday that the tickets and warrant were found by officers clean-ing out the office of former Butner Public Safety Maj. Anthony W. Moss.

No record could be found in the state court system database that the traffic citations were pursued.

Butner Public Safety Chief Wayne Hobgood says the State Bureau of Investigation is looking into the tickets.

Moss was one of four offi-cers fired over the mishan-dling of a traffic stop of an off-duty trooper suspected of drunken driving.

No home phone listing for Moss could be found Saturday.

Andie MacDowell debuts baseball doc-umentary in N.C.

ASHEVILLE (AP) — Andie MacDowell will be at a North Carolina ballfield to show a seven-minute short film she helped make this summer about a day in the life of the park.

The Asheville Citizen-Times reported that “Before the First Pitch” will be shown Sunday night on the scoreboard at McCormick Field in Asheville.

The film shows behind-the-scenes work before the single-A Rockies affiliate Asheville Tourists take the field.

A native of Gaffney,

S.C., MacDowell lives in Asheville. She and film-maker Rod Murphy plan to make another documentary together about the Miss Gay Latina transgender beauty pageant in Asheville.

The star of “Four Weddings and a Funeral” and “Groundhog Day” says she has been working on a Fox TV series called “Lone Star” and plans to start work in the fall on a remake of the 1980s hit “Footloose.”

City gets grant for wireless network

CHARLOTTE (AP) — North Carolina’s largest city is getting nearly $17 million in federal money to build a wireless broadband network that will aid police, ambu-lances and firefighters.

The city of Charlotte found out last week that is has been awarded the grant by the U.S. Department of Commerce.

The system could one day allow doctors at a hospital to see live video of a patient’s condition while he’s driven in an ambulance.

Or police at headquarters could watch a traffic stop in real-time video shot by a patrolman’s cruiser.

The city along with Mecklenberg County and other towns in the county will have their own high-speed 4G wireless network that officials say will work faster because it won’t be shared with regular cell phone users.

Sellerstown shooting story told by survivor

WILMINGTON (AP) — Rebecca Nichols was a month short of her ninth birthday in 1978 when the angry man with a gun walked into her parents’ house.

The man’s wife had left him. She’d taken refuge with Rebecca’s parents. The Rev. Robert F. Nichols was pas-tor of Free Welcome Holiness Church in Sellerstown, an unincorporated commu-nity south of Whiteville in Columbus County. Rebecca’s mother, Ramona Nichols, helped with the congregation and led a gospel music group when she had time.

Suddenly the man fired. Little Rebecca saw the shots hit her mother and father. She saw her father on the floor. She had to run next door, through the night, to get help. Now, 32 years later, Rebecca Nichols Alonzo tells the story of that night, and more, in her memoir “The Devil in Pew Number Seven,” released this month by Tyndale Books. She’ll tell that story again Saturday in Wilmington, when she signs copies of her book beginning at 2 p.m. at The Salt Shaker bookstore, 750 S. Kerr Ave.

“My parents taught me that we don’t have any control over the things that happen in our lives,” Alonzo said in a phone interview from her home in Franklin, Tenn. “What we can control are our responses, our attitudes.”

“The book caught my eye because it happened so close to home,” said Salt Shaker owner Claire Efird. “But what really stuck with me was the element of forgive-ness.” One of her employees knew Alonzo’s parents, Efird added.

Rebecca Alonzo ended up taking phone calls from a second man who had tor-mented her family and when he apologized, she told him he was forgiven.

Her remarkable story made headlines in Southeastern North Carolina for years. The shootings of March 25, 1978 which left Ramona Nichols dead and Robert Nichols a cripple were just one terrible chapter.

Nichols, a Navy veteran from Alabama, had been called to Free Welcome in 1969, before his daughter was born. A cheerful, charis-matic man who stood 6 feet

3 inches tall, he drew Sunday worshipers from as far away as Shallotte. From barely a dozen members, the congre-gation expanded to the point that it needed a larger chapel.

Not everyone, though, was happy with Nichols’ ministry. Chief among them was Horry James Watts, a Columbus County commissioner, a wealthy man who lent money to local farmers when banks would not. Watts, who lived next door to the parsonage, was not a member of Free Holiness. Still, he served on the building committee and sat every Sunday in pew No. 7.

Robert Lee Swink

Robert Lee Swink, age 67, of Mooresboro, NC, died Saturday, August 21, 2010 at the Wendover Hospice of Cleveland County.

Robert was born on August 13, 1943 in Cleveland County to the late John Grady Swink and Mary Ellen Smith Swink. He worked for Cone Mills for 38 years before his retirement and enjoyed raising livestock, working on old cars and fish-ing.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by three sisters, Pauline Dalton, Ophina Whitstine, Madge Swink and one brother, Orlo Swink.

Survivors include his wife of 42 years, Katherine Swink; three sons, Carmen Swink and wife, Tracey, of Mooresboro, Kevin Swink and wife, Rachel, of Ellenboro and Ivan Swink also of Mooresboro; two brothers, Paul Swink and wife, Cathey, and Charles Swink all of Forest City; three sis-ters, Ruth Greer of Ellenboro, Jennette Apling and hus-band, William, and Louise Buff and husband, Obie, all of Morganton, NC. He is also survived by four grandchil-dren, Carmen Ray Swink II, Amanda Renee Swink, Stacey Donette Swink and John Lewis Swink.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, August 23, 2010 at the Harrelson Funeral Chapel with Reverend Ralph Jones and Reverend Gene Bumgarner officiat-ing. Interment will follow in Sunset Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. on Sunday at the funeral home.

Memorial donations are sug-gested to Wendover Hospice of Cleveland County, 951 Wendover Height Drive, Shelby, NC 28150.

Harrelson Funeral Home is serving the family of Robert Lee Swink.

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

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6A — The Sunday Courier, Forest City, NC, SundAy, August 22, 20106

Gleena Bright, right, sits with her parents, Jack and Geneva Jenkins, at the cancer survi-vors dinner at R-S Central High School this month.

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Braund said. Lake Lure plans to leave most of the track in its natural state but will develop trail-head park-ing and a picnic area, as well as public trails. These would be among the first links in a trail system that one day might circumnavigate Lake Lure, said Kieran Roe, CMLC executive director.

The proposed 30-mile Summits Trail would connect the new parkland with other recreational resources in the area, including Chimney Rock State Park.

Braund told the town commission-ers that Lake Lure town hopes to close on the 200-acre property in October or November. Some apprais-als have to be completed before the final closing date.

The town hasn’t done formal plan-ning for use of the area as town park land, though Braund told commis-sioners the PARTF grant has some minimal development requirements over a three- to five-year period.

The town has applied for a federal planning grant, and although the grant will not be a monetary award it would provide staff assistance to cre-ate maps and develop plans for the property.

Braund also told the commissioners that when the land deal closes prog-ress on the development of trails and recreational amenities will be guided by the pace of the town’s budget. He said development “can be accelerated by the award of grant funding.”

The town hopes to develop multi-use trails for hikers, equestrians and

mountain bikers, in addition to spur trails that provide access to large boulders and rock outcrops for moun-tain and rock climbing enthusiasts.

Dr. Bob Wald, past president of CMLC, is happy with the PARTF grant. “CMLC is in partnership with Lake Lure in trying to bring addition-al park land to Lake Lure, and this fit perfectly,” he said. Wald served as Mayor pro tem for Chimney Rock Village.

The section of property the town is buying is accessible from Buffalo Creek Road just north of the Rumbling Bald Resort. The land, once part of the 4,000-acre “Grey Rock at Lake Lure” residential subdivision, was owned by Land Resources and was intended for development until Land Resources filed for bankruptcy and the land became available.

According to CMLC, Weed Patch Mountain is a place of uncommon beauty and natural diversity. Not only is it home to a number of rare plant and animal species, but it also harbors more than 20 miles of trout streams, breathtaking waterfalls, pan-oramic views and creates an essential link to a burgeoning trail network. The tract overlooks Lake Lure and is one of the region’s extraordinary nat-ural treasures, Roe said.

Rare species include the green salamander (Aneides aeneus) and broadleaf tickseed (Coreopsis latifo-lia). The low elevation cliff and rock outcrops on the property have been identified in the Wildlife Resource Commission’s State Wildlife Action Plan as critical habitats for several rare birds and amphibians.

“If homes were to start popping

up on Weed Patch it would not only take away a beautiful vista, but more importantly it would disturb the ground, increase muddy run-off and make it harder for water to penetrate the bedrock that refreshes Lake Lure,” says Lynn Carnes Pitts, a CMLC executive trustee and an avid Lake Lure water skier. “Conservation of Weed Patch is about clean water, healthy recreation, and adding anoth-er protected emerald to the crown of conserved land near Chimney Rock State Park.”

“We simply can’t afford to put Weed Patch in the ‘gone forever’ column” says David Efird, a longtime resi-dent of Lake Lure and secretary of the CMLC board of trustees. “The water that comes off Weed Patch — the flow, the falls — the streams are unduplicated in our area. Weed Patch will be huge in terms of recreation and preserved green space in the area. A win for everybody.”

When CMLC bought the property it was discounted because of the bank-rupt residential development.

The final closing price was $2.29 million dollars, at $1,500 per acre for the 1,527 acres.

CMLC received a $620,000 dona-tion from philanthropist Fred Stanback and was approved for a $1.6 million loan through the Conservation Trust of North Carolina for the purchase.

The land in Grey Rock was valued at $4.5 million but is being sold through bankruptcy court, so the price has been reduced.

Contact Gordon via e- mail at jgordon@thedigtalcourier.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.

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. CPR for the professional rescu-er: 8:30 a.m., Rutherford County Red Cross; health care providers may take this class and receive a two year certification; must prepay to register; call 287-5916 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.

Monday, aug. 30 Homemade ice cream sale: 11 a.m. until, State Employees Credit Union; proceeds benefit Relay for Life. Free hunter safety course: 6 to 9 p.m., tonight through Sept. 1 (must attend all three nights), N.C. Cooperative Extension Office; to register, visit www.ncwildlife.org or call Officer Dan Vogel at 447-0882 between 9 am. and 9 p.m.

Tuesday, aug. 31GRACE: For anyone caring for a loved one, held the first Tuesday of each month from 4 to 5:30 p.m. at Rutherford Life Services; today’s topic is “Legal issues for caregiv-ers” with attorney John B. Crotts; hosted by Hospice of Rutherford County.

every three months, six months.”Family, friends and church members

backed the family through the various ordeals.

“You really lean on people,” Gleena said. “People were real supportive of all of us. I was the church secretary for 31 years (at Bethel Baptist). People have just been great.”

Gleena said the American Cancer Society does outstanding work, and she urged others to become involved in the fight against cancer. The Relay for Life is scheduled Sept. 10 at R-S Middle School.

“My mother has been a Reach to Recovery volunteer for 36 years,” Gleena said. “She is still an active vol-unteer.

“My mother is just special. Everybody knows her. She has worked with the Cancer Society for many years, even before she retired.

“They both worked in the school sys-tem. Dad was a principal and mom worked with special (education) chil-dren. They have been an encourage-ment to everybody about the Cancer

Society. Mom goes to Pink Ladies.The American Cancer Society Reach

to Recovery program has helped people (both females and males) cope with their breast cancer experience.

“And we’ve never missed a Relay for Life walk,” Gleena said, “and we always buy luminaries and support in other ways. Our children and grand-children also attend. My two grand-daughters’ dance studio is having a booth up there this year for the first time.”

Gleena said the survivors walk is an emotional time.

“When you walk that walk, some years I actually cry, because every-body that’s walking is a survivor,” she said. “It makes you feel special when you walk around and people are clap-ping for you. And they clap for you the whole time you are walking.

“Some of the luminaries have our names on them. It’s a special night. More people should attend, and I encourage some of my friends who have had cancer and never partici-pated.”

Gleena also encourages people to take the necessary detection steps.

“My daughter, since her grand-mother and I have both had it, she has already started getting mammo-

grams,” Gleena said. “She’s 45 and I think she has already had one or two.

“I’ve always had mammograms, but I actually found mine myself through self-examination. So women need to have mammograms and do self-examinations. I had just had a mam-mogram about six months before that, and they saw a little something, but it was in what they call the milk duct, and they said if they called everybody back that they saw that on the scan that they would be calling a lot of people back. So I am glad I found it. When I found it, it was about as big as a nickel.”

And she added, “Our son is 42, and I think the recommendation is for men to get checked at 45, so he will cer-tainly do that.”

Gleena commented that the facili-ties in Rutherford County have made major advances over the years, so much of the work in the cancer fight can now be done locally.

The Jenkins and Bright families are optimistic.

“As far as we know,” Gleena said, “we are all cancer free. The cancer part is, hopefully, in the past.”

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Business NotesTroubled contractor agrees to pay fines

WASHINGTON (AP) — The troubled security firm formerly known as Blackwater will pay $42 million in fines to settle thousands of violations of U.S. export control regulations, according to The New York Times.

The newspaper reported on its website Friday that the Moyock, N.C.-based company now known as Xe (zee) Services reached a settlement agreement with the State Department.

The alleged violations includ-ed providing sniper training for Taiwanese police offi-cers, illegal weapons exports to Afghanistan and making unauthorized proposals to train troops in south Sudan, the newspaper said. The State Department requires govern-ment approval before the trans-fer of certain types of military technology or knowledge to other countries.

A company spokeswoman confirmed the deal to The Associated Press but did not immediately know the amount. State Department spokes-man P.J. Crowley said he was unaware of the settlement and had no comment.

The settlement involves prac-tices from before Blackwater was rebranded as Xe Services.

The private company pro-vided guards and services to the U.S. government in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere. It became one of the most respected defense contractors in the world but also attracted sharp criticism over its role in those missions.

It has been trying to reha-bilitate its image since a 2007 shooting in Baghdad that killed 17 people and outraged the Iraqi government. A federal grand jury has indicted five Blackwater officials on conspir-acy weapons and obstruction of justice charges.

The company still has con-tracts to provide security for both the State Department and the CIA in Afghanistan. In June, the CIA gave Xe an addi-tional $100 million contract to provide security for its regional offices in Afghanistan.

Photographer and AP dropping claims NEW YORK (AP) — A pho-tographer who took a pic-ture that the Barack Obama “HOPE” image was based on dropped his claim Friday that he owns the copyright to the photograph, instead of The Associated Press. The AP also dropped its claim against him.

The stipulation between the AP, photographer Mannie Garcia, and artist Shepard Fairey and his related compa-nies was filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, where a judge is presiding over a legal fight to decide whether Fairey infringed AP copyrights when he based his artwork on the AP’s photograph dur-ing Obama’s 2008 run for the presidency. Garcia, 56, of Kensington, Md., said he owned the copyright to the pic-ture after Fairey sued the news cooperative last year, saying his creations did not infringe AP copyrights. In a countersuit, the AP said the uncredited, uncom-pensated use of its picture violated copyright laws and threatened journalism. Garcia’s attorney, Warren Zinn, said his client was relieved to drop the lawsuit, which resulted from a picture Garcia took in 2006 when then-Sen. Obama was at the National Press Club in Washington.

“As litigation can, it’s taken a toll on him personally and pro-fessionally. He thought he’d be better suited to focus his efforts on what he knows, taking photographs like the Obama image,” he said.

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LISA E. WILKINS INSURANCE AGENCY LLC

Lisa Wilkins is opening Lisa E. Wilkins Insurance Agency LLC at 719 S. Broadway St. in Forest City. The planned opening is this coming Wednesday. She will be offering auto, home, life, health, commercial, workers comp and annuities, through GMAC, The Hartford, Travelers, Progressive, Donegal Group, Foremost, N.C. Grange and RBC/Liberty Life. Wilkins has 13 years of experience as an agent/office manager.

Golf clubs dropping in the rough

Greg Schimoler of Mamaroneck, N.Y., drives the ball down a fairway at the Saxon Woods public golf course in Scarsdale, N.Y. The recession and changing family dynamics have taken a toll on both public and private golf course.

Associated Press

MAMARONECK, N.Y. (AP) — A few weeds have popped up on the fairways, and summer’s heat has scorched the grass here and there, but the golf course at the Hampshire Country Club is still tidy and sce-nic, its little waterfall still burbling through the rocks.

Not that there’s anyone around to notice. The Hampshire’s 18-hole course on Long Island Sound, along with its tennis courts, pool and res-taurant, is closed this year. Members cited rising costs upwards of $25,000 a year for a membership as the roster fell from several hundred at its peak to about 100.

“There was a lot of talk last year about the increasing costs, people not sure what they could pay, the assess-ments always going up,” said Barbara Mines, a member for 15 years who lives in a house on the Hampshire course. “I wasn’t really surprised when it closed.”

The same thing has happened in recent years at hundreds of other courses nationwide — even in the golf meccas of Florida, Arizona and California — as the economic melt-down and changes in family dynam-ics combine to threaten club life. Whether it’s a $45,000 initiation fee for a private club or a $5 increase in the cost of a round at a public course, the price of a golf habit is giving

some duffers pause.“It’s definitely connected to the

economic conditions and the abil-ity of potential private club members to pay the fairly significant initia-tion fees and annual dues,” said Jay Mottola, executive director of the Metropolitan Golf Association, repre-senting 120,000 golfers and 500 golf courses in the New York region.

In 2009, about 140 of the 16,000 golf facilities in the country closed and 50 opened, said Greg Nathan, a vice president at the National Golf Foundation, which represents 4,000 courses nationwide. Mottola said that the industry has lost 100 clubs a year for the past four years. (The figures count nine-hole courses as half a facility.)

Many members who “have had their individual problems with the recession” quit the clubs for financial reasons, Mottola said. Initiation fees for MGA clubs averaged just under $50,000 last year; annual dues were about $10,500. Mottola said while the fees were “trending downward” they remained the highest in the country.

The changing lifestyles of family golfers are also at play.

“It used to be that the man of the house could just say ‘bye, honey,’ and go to the club all day Saturday and Sunday,” Nathan said. “That dynamic

has really changed over the last three or four decades.”

Some clubs are trying to become more family friendly as a result, allowing adults to bring their kids in while they tee off and opening com-puter lounges for busy professionals.

“You can check your stocks and e-mails before you tee off,” said Donald DeMasters, manager of the revamped Brynwood club in subur-ban Armonk.

In areas of the country where golf is played year-round, many courses were built to raise the prices of new houses around them, said Roger Garrett, a Phoenix real estate agent who has sold more than 150 golf courses nationwide.

Now, with the housing market depressed, a dozen or more golf prop-erties in Arizona are in foreclosure or bankruptcy proceedings, he said. The family owned Sea Island Co. — with a stretch of private beaches and ancient oaks in coastal southern Georgia — has also filed for federal bankruptcy protection, proposing to sell its resorts and golf courses, where presidents Coolidge, Eisenhower and George W. Bush have been guests.

A dwindling in the ranks of golfers followed an oversupply of golf courses

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Name Div Last Chg %Chg%ChgAT&T Inc 1.68 26.45 -.27 -1.0 -5.6Amazon ... 127.76 +3.07 +2.5 -5.0ArvMerit ... 13.82 -.46 -3.2 +23.6BB&T Cp .60 23.11 -.72 -3.0 -8.9BkofAm .04 12.87 -.36 -2.7 -14.5BerkHa A ...116700.00+1520.00+1.3+17.6Cisco ... 22.23 +.87 +4.1 -7.1Delhaize 2.02 67.95 +1.65 +2.5 -11.4Dell Inc ... 12.07 +.06 +0.5 -15.9DukeEngy .98 17.06 +.05 +0.3 -.9ExxonMbl 1.76 58.89 -1.02 -1.7 -13.6FamilyDlr .62 42.83 -.09 -0.2 +53.9FifthThird .04 11.56 -.57 -4.7 +18.6FCtzBA 1.20 173.59 -7.20 -4.0 +5.8GenElec .48 15.03 -.35 -2.3 -.7GoldmanS 1.40 148.24 +.16 +0.1 -12.2Google ... 462.02-24.33 -5.0 -25.5KrispKrm ... 3.79 ... ... +28.5

LeggPlat 1.08 19.58 -.10 -0.5 -4.0

Lowes .44 20.64 +1.05 +5.4 -11.8

Microsoft .52 24.23 -.04 -0.2 -20.5

PPG 2.20 65.40 -.91 -1.4 +11.7

ParkerHan 1.08 63.23 -.02 ... +17.4

ProgrssEn 2.48 42.14 -.56 -1.3 +2.8

RedHat ... 32.54 +1.61 +5.2 +5.3

RoyalBk g 2.00 49.05 -.10 -0.2 -8.4

SaraLee .44 14.80 +.25 +1.7 +21.5

SonicAut ... 8.83 +.30 +3.5 -15.0

SonocoP 1.12 31.54 -.03 -0.1 +7.8

SpectraEn 1.00 20.98 -.29 -1.4 +2.3

SpeedM .40 13.09 -.19 -1.4 -25.7

Timken .52 33.72 -.57 -1.7 +42.2

UPS B 1.88 65.10 +.66 +1.0 +13.5

WalMart 1.21 50.22 -.18 -0.4 -6.0

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WEEKLY DOW JONES

11,258.01 9,116.52 Dow Jones Industrials 10,213.62 -89.53 -.87 -2.06 +7.444,812.87 3,546.48 Dow Jones Transportation 4,209.28 +7.47 +.18 +2.67 +11.72

408.57 346.95 Dow Jones Utilities 385.63 -2.07 -.53 -3.11 +1.267,743.74 6,338.09 NYSE Composite 6,813.15 -47.89 -.70 -5.17 +2.051,994.20 1,631.95 AMEX Index 1,864.60 -32.31 -1.70 +2.17 +9.212,535.28 1,929.64 Nasdaq Composite 2,179.76 +6.28 +.29 -3.94 +7.861,219.80 978.51 S&P 500 1,071.69 -7.56 -.70 -3.89 +4.44

12,847.91 10,079.36 Wilshire 5000 11,224.04 -51.49 -.46 -2.81 +6.13745.95 546.96 Russell 2000 610.78 +1.29 +.21 -2.34 +5.03

3,405.48 2,625.83 Lipper Growth Index 3,008.92 +11.53 +.38 -1.61 +9.29

52-Week Wk Wk YTD 12-moHigh Low Name Last Chg %Chg %Chg %Chg

THE WEEK IN REVIEW

PIMCO TotRetIs CI 137,039 11.50 +1.9 +12.3/B +8.1/A NL 1,000,000Vanguard TotStIdx LB 63,566 26.61 -0.9 +9.2/A 0.0/B NL 3,000American Funds GrthAmA m LG 61,323 26.10 -1.1 +6.1/D +0.6/B 5.75 250American Funds CapIncBuA m IH 55,373 46.73 +1.1 +8.1/C +3.2/C 5.75 250Fidelity Contra LG 53,952 57.21 -0.5 +12.2/A +3.0/A NL 2,500American Funds CpWldGrIA m WS 51,442 31.61 +0.7 +5.3/D +3.7/A 5.75 250American Funds IncAmerA m MA 48,436 15.36 +0.9 +12.2/A +2.7/B 5.75 250Vanguard 500Inv LB 46,968 98.95 -0.9 +8.4/B -0.6/C NL 3,000Vanguard InstIdxI LB 46,671 98.32 -0.9 +8.6/B -0.5/C NL 5,000,000American Funds InvCoAmA m LB 45,460 24.47 -1.4 +6.3/D +0.1/B 5.75 250Dodge & Cox Stock LV 39,482 90.77 -2.4 +5.9/C -2.7/D NL 2,500American Funds EurPacGrA m FB 36,776 36.35 +0.7 +5.3/B +5.0/A 5.75 250Dodge & Cox IntlStk FV 36,687 30.59 +0.8 +6.6/A +3.4/A NL 2,500American Funds WAMutInvA m LV 36,140 23.92 +0.1 +10.2/A -0.5/B 5.75 250PIMCO TotRetAdm b CI 33,800 11.50 +1.8 +12.0/B +7.8/A NL 1,000,000FrankTemp-Franklin Income A mCA 31,232 2.05 +0.6 +15.4/A +3.8/B 4.25 1,000American Funds NewPerspA m WS 30,154 24.45 -0.5 +7.8/C +4.0/A 5.75 250American Funds FnInvA m LB 29,724 31.54 -0.4 +8.7/B +2.1/A 5.75 250Vanguard TotStIAdm LB 29,636 26.62 -0.9 +9.3/A +0.1/B NL 100,000American Funds BalA m MA 29,359 16.28 +0.9 +10.0/B +2.0/C 5.75 250Vanguard Welltn MA 28,516 28.64 +0.5 +9.1/C +4.2/A NL 10,000Vanguard 500Adml LB 28,336 98.97 -0.9 +8.5/B -0.5/C NL 100,000PIMCO TotRetA m CI 28,027 11.50 +1.8 +11.8/B +7.6/A 3.75 1,000American Funds BondA m CI 27,718 12.40 +1.6 +11.5/C +3.6/E 3.75 250Fidelity DivrIntl d FB 26,227 25.87 +0.2 +2.0/C +0.9/C NL 2,500Vanguard TotIntl d FB 26,161 13.71 +1.3 +5.3/B +3.2/B NL 3,000Fidelity GrowCo LG 25,891 68.23 +0.4 +14.0/A +3.7/A NL 2,500Vanguard InstPlus LB 25,529 98.33 -0.9 +8.6/B -0.4/C NL200,000,000T Rowe Price EqtyInc LV 15,923 20.42 -0.8 +8.3/B -0.2/B NL 2,500Hartford CapAprA m LB 8,668 29.19 +0.2 +6.3/D +1.6/A 5.50 2,000Pioneer PioneerA m LB 4,057 34.19 -0.7 +8.1/B -0.1/B 5.75 1,000Goldman Sachs ShDuGovA m GS 1,455 10.44 0.0 +2.6/D +4.9/B 1.50 1,000Alliance Bernstein GrowIncA m LV 1,126 2.83 -1.4 +4.5/D -2.8/D 4.25 2,500DWS-Scudder REstA m SR 486 15.53 +1.7 +36.1/B +1.3/C 5.75 1,000Hartford GrowthL m LG 174 14.26 -0.8 +6.1/D -1.0/D 4.75 0

Total Assets Total Return/Rank Pct Min InitName Obj ($Mlns) NAV 4-wk 12-mo 5-year Load Invt

CA -Conservative Allocation, CI -Intermediate-Term Bond, ES -Europe Stock, FB -Foreign Large Blend, FG -Foreign LargeGrowth, FV -ForeignLarge Value, IH -World Allocation, LB -Large Blend, LG -Large Growth, LV -Large Value, MA -Moderate Allocation, MB -Mid-Cap Blend, MV - Mid-Cap Value, SH -Specialty-heath, WS -World Stock, Total Return: Chng in NAV with dividends reinvested. Rank: How fund performed vs. others withsame objective: A is in top 20%, E in bottom 20%. Min Init Invt: Minimum $ needed to invest in fund. Source: Morningstar.

NYSE6,813.15 -47.89

AMEX1,864.60 -32.31

NASDAQ2,179.76 +6.28

WEEKLY STOCK EXCHANGE HIGHLIGHTS

Stock Footnotes: g = Dividends and earnings in Canadian dollars. h = Does not meet continued-listing standards.lf = Late filing with SEC. n = New in past 52 weeks. pf = Preferred. rs = Stock has undergone a reverse stock split of at least50 percent within the past year. rt = Right to buy security at a specified price. s = Stock has split by at least 20 percent with-in the last year. un = Units. vj = In bankruptcy or receivership. wd = When distributed. wi = When issued. wt = Warrants.Mutual Fund Footnotes: b = Fee covering market costs is paid from fund assets. d = Deferred sales charge, or redemptionfee. f = front load (sales charges). m = Multiple fees are charged. NA = not available. p = previous day’s net asset value. s= fund split shares during the week. x = fund paid a distribution during the week.Gainers and Losers must be worth at least$2 to be listed in tables at left. Most Actives must be worth at least $1. Volume in hundreds of shares. Source: TheAssociated Press. Sales figures are unofficial.

dd dd uuGAINERS ($2 OR MORE)

Volume

Name Vol (00) Last ChgIntel 4035327 18.91 -.24Cisco 3627760 22.23 +.87PwShs QQQ3070019 44.92 +.20Microsoft 2424731 24.23 -.04Dell Inc 1521762 12.07 +.06Symantec 1240803 13.80 +1.46Nvidia 1127820 9.97 +.58CorinthC 1116662 4.49 -2.17Oracle 1089435 23.02 +.36eBay 1069100 23.37 +1.87

MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE)

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Name Last Chg %ChgBSD Med 2.25 +1.17 +108.3Osteotech 6.39 +2.55 +66.4WHX Corp 9.48 +3.15 +49.8ValVis A 2.17 +.71 +48.6VocalT rs 38.00+12.10 +46.7ProspMed 8.53 +2.41 +39.4Cardica h 2.34 +.65 +38.5ChelseaTh 4.06 +1.11 +37.6HiSoft n 15.87 +4.30 +37.2HaupgDig 3.00 +.81 +37.0

Name Last Chg %ChgCorinthC 4.49 -2.17 -32.6ECOtal rs 2.45 -1.16 -32.1Kirklands 12.15 -4.65 -27.7SinoCkg n 12.33 -4.35 -26.1EducMgt n 9.15 -2.98 -24.6SchoolSp 13.86 -3.24 -18.9ChinaNGas 5.42 -1.22 -18.4FstCapVA 4.49 -1.01 -18.4NwLead rs 6.49 -1.46 -18.4Strayer 163.25-36.76 -18.4

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Name Vol (00) Last ChgGrtBasG g 142723 2.04 +.19GoldStr g 138220 4.60 +.20KodiakO g 118663 2.71 -.23Taseko 96599 4.39 +.18AmO&G 73572 7.00 -.18NovaGld g 71173 6.79 +.22NwGold g 60857 5.72 +.16VantageDrl 56961 1.29 +.02VistaGold 51692 1.95 +.48NA Pall g 50004 3.13 -.08

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Name Last Chg %ChgLGL Grp 18.00 +5.92 +49.0InvCapHld 3.60 +.53 +17.1ChinaNet 4.48 +.65 +17.0Fronteer g 7.37 +1.04 +16.4OrienPap n 4.99 +.66 +15.2CAMAC n 3.05 +.38 +14.2GlblScape 2.85 +.34 +13.5AlldNevG 22.00 +2.51 +12.9Solitario 2.03 +.23 +12.8AmDGEn n 2.78 +.31 +12.6

Name Last Chg %ChgEver-Glory 2.36 -.47 -16.6EngySvc un 4.90 -.80 -14.0IncOpR 5.03 -.82 -14.0SinoHub 2.09 -.34 -14.0PernixTh 2.95 -.47 -13.7BovieMed 2.40 -.37 -13.4OrionEngy 2.34 -.36 -13.3AlldDefen 2.86 -.42 -12.8Chrmcft 2.15 -.30 -12.2HallwdGp 33.34 -4.44 -11.8

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Name Vol (00) Last ChgCitigrp 21356027 3.75 -.13S&P500ETF8691471107.53 -.78BkofAm 6723671 12.87 -.36SPDR Fncl 3344416 13.83 -.24GenElec 3056918 15.03 -.35FordM 2842132 11.77 -.38iShR2K 2596214 61.15 +.08SprintNex 2391885 4.19 -.29Pfizer 2362061 15.92 -.16iShEMkts 2034761 41.02 +.34

MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE)

GAINERS ($2 OR MORE)

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Name Last Chg %Chg3Par 18.04 +8.39 +86.9McAfee 47.03+17.09 +57.1Potash 149.67+38.33 +34.4JinkoSol n 24.73 +5.82 +30.8TAM SA 21.03 +4.34 +26.0CameltInf n13.19 +2.54 +23.8OwensC wtB2.17 +.38 +21.2Cenveo 6.54 +1.04 +18.9Compellent13.95 +2.09 +17.6StageStrs 11.87 +1.76 +17.4

Name Last Chg %ChgGtAPc39 13.72 -3.58 -20.7ITT Ed 52.22-12.11 -18.8AcornIntl 3.24 -.71 -18.0AmbacF pfZ 7.26 -1.44 -16.6Triple-S 16.08 -3.12 -16.3HighOne n 11.31 -2.10 -15.7Reddy Ice 2.18 -.40 -15.5DB3xShUST19.48-3.12 -13.8Care Inv 7.77 -1.19 -13.3GMX Rs 4.43 -.67 -13.1

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Dow Jones industrialsSCHEDULE A FREERETIREMENT REVIEW.

and then the great recession hit.Since 2005, when it peaked at

30 million, Nathan said there’s been “a slow leak” in the num-ber of U.S. golfers, dropping to 27.1 million in 2009 (including anyone over age 6 who played a round). Rounds played were down 2.7 percent in the first half of this year, Nathan said.

A building boom in the 1990s and early 2000s brought an oversupply of both public and private courses. Mottola said courses owned by municipalities are “by and large doing OK.”

The town of Woodbridge, Conn., bought the Woodbridge Country Club last year for $7 million to keep it from being developed.

“We did not want to lose that green space,” said First Selectman Ed Sheehy. “...the nice thing is, it’s green space

with an income stream” — $950,000 the first year, with golfers paying only $3,500 for a full membership.

The recession has also taken a toll on public courses. The Links at Shirley, in Shirley, N.Y., which had advertised itself as “a public course with a private feel” has closed.

Clubs still need to do more, said golfer Greg Schimoler of Mamaroneck, teeing off at the public Saxon Woods course in Scarsdale. “The social life kids have today is not the country club lifestyle,” Schimoler said.

Clubs are looking at several strategies to lure people back. At the private Superstition Mountain Golf & Country Club in Gold Canyon, Ariz., opens one of its two 18-hole courses to the public each day, said general manager Gene Blum. In addition, the initiation fee was slashed from $100,000 to $15,000 as the club went through bankruptcy proceed-ings.

“It was maybe that or lock the

doors,” he said.Some private clubs have been

able to stay open by selling to investors.

The struggling Canyon Club in Armonk was sold last year, renamed Brynwood and turned over to Troon Golf, which manages 200 golf courses. DeMasters, the general man-ager, said the club now has kids’ activities, a fitness center and a computer lounge to make it family friendly and “one-stop shopping.” The changes tripled membership from about 100 before the sale to 331, he said.

The Muttontown Club in East Norwich temporarily dropped its initiation fees — once as high as $60,000 — and wel-comed members from a nearby club that closed, said president Mitchell Mandel.

“When things were boom-ing, you add $500 or $1,000 to the dues and it wasn’t even an issue,” he said. “But in the last three years or so, not only can’t you raise dues but people were looking for a reduction.”

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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea appears to have added Facebook to the social net-working sites it recently joined to ramp up its pro-paganda war against South Korea and the U.S.

The account opened late Thursday under the Korean username “uriminzokkiri,” meaning “on our own as a nation,” an official at South Korea’s Communications Standards Commission said Friday.

The account opened hours after the commission blocked North Korea’s 1-week-old Twitter account from being accessed in the South for containing information that is illegal under South Korean security laws, the official said.

North Korea’s government-run website, Uriminzokkiri, announced last week that it has a Twitter account and a YouTube channel created in July.

The Twitter account, under the name uriminzok (“our nation” in Korean), gained more than 8,500 followers in a week though it posted just 30 tweets linking to reports praising North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and lambasting South Korea and the U.S. over ongoing joint military drills.

Uriminzok has “content that praises, promotes and glorifies” North Korea that was confirmed to be “illegal information” under South Korea’s National Security Law, a commission statement said Thursday. The commission said it has no immediate plan to block the North’s YouTube channel. A South Korean government warning saying “Illegal content” pops up when an attempt is made to access the Twitter account in South Korea. Commission official Han Myung-ho said the new Facebook account could be subject to the same fate.

“We are aware of the Facebook account and the police and the National Intelligence Service are currently investigating the site to verify whether it is indeed run by the North Korean government,” Han said Friday.

“If we find that this Facebook account also car-ries content violating the National Security Law, we will do our duty of shutting it down as well.”

The Facebook account, which describes itself as male, says it is interested in men and is looking for networking. The account had 50 friends as of Friday. Its profile picture is of the Three Charters for National Reunification Memorial Tower, a 100-foot (30-meter) monument in Pyongyang that “reflects the strong will of the 70 million Korean people to achieve the reunification of the country with their concerted effort,” according to the offi-cial Korean Central News Agency.

The Facebook account calls itself “a page repre-senting the intentions of North and South Koreas and compatriots abroad, who wish for peace, pros-perity, and unification of our homeland.”

North Korea joins Facebook,reports says

Sweden seeks WikiLeaks founderSTOCKHOLM (AP) — The founder of

WikiLeaks was accused of rape in a Swedish arrest warrant Saturday that turned the spotlight onto the former hacker who’s infuriated govern-ments with his self-proclaimed mission to make secrets public.

The accusation was labeled a dirty trick by Julian Assange and his group, who are preparing to release a fresh batch of classified U.S. docu-ments from the Afghan war.

Swedish prosecutors urged Assange — a nomad-ic 39-year-old Australian whose whereabouts were unclear — to turn himself in to police to face questioning in one case involving suspicions of rape and another based on an accusation of molestation.

They issued a warrant for his arrest, a move that doesn’t necessarily mean that criminal charges will be filed. Investigators want him in cus-tody because they believe there is a risk he will obstruct the probe by destroying evidence, said Karin Rosander, a spokeswoman for the Swedish Prosecution Authority.

“The next step is that we interrogate him,” she said. “Then we’ll see what happens.”

Assange has no permanent address and trav-els frequently — jumping from one friend’s place to the next. He disappears from public view for months at a time, only to reappear in the full glare of the cameras at packed news conferences to discuss his site’s latest disclosure.

He was in Sweden last week seeking legal pro-tection for the whistle-blower website, which

angered the Obama administration for publishing thousands of leaked documents about U.S. mili-tary activities in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Rosander didn’t know whether Assange was still in Sweden, but said authorities had not issued an international arrest warrant.

Assange dismissed the rape allegations in a statement on WikiLeaks’ Twitter page, saying “the charges are without basis and their issue at this moment is deeply disturbing.”

The first files in its “Afghan War Diary” revealed classified military documents covering the war in Afghanistan from 2004 to 2010. Assange said Wednesday that WikiLeaks plans to release a new batch of 15,000 documents from the Afghan war within weeks.

The Pentagon says the information could risk the lives of U.S. troops and their Afghan helpers and have demanded WikiLeaks return all leaked documents and remove them from the Internet.

On its official blog, WikiLeaks appeared to sug-gest that that work would go on despite the alle-gations against Assange.

“While Julian is focusing on his defenses and clearing his name, WikiLeaks will be continuing its regular operations,” said a statement signed by “The WikiLeaks team.”

Little is known about Assange’s private life — he declined to talk about his background at a news conference in Stockholm a week ago. Equally secretive is the small team behind WikiLeaks, reportedly just a half-dozen people and casual volunteers who offer their services as needed.

A WikiLeaks spokesman, who says he goes by the name Daniel Schmitt in order to protect his identity, told The Associated Press in a telephone interview from Iceland that the “extremely serious allegations” came as a complete surprise and that efforts to find lawyers for Assange are under way.

Schmitt said he assumed Assange was still in Sweden and would contact authorities there.

“I didn’t ask him but I can’t imagine that any-body would try to run away in such a situation,” he said.

Schmitt said he has worked closely with Assange over the past three years and cannot imagine the allegations to be true.

“But I think he’s intelligent enough to know that he now has to face this,” Schmitt told the AP.

Apart from the comment from Assange, WikiLeaks’ Twitter page had a link to an article in Swedish tabloid Expressen, which first report-ed the allegations.

“We were warned to expect ’dirty tricks.’ Now we have the first one,” it said.

“Expressen is a tabloid; No one here has been contacted by Swedish police.

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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).

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Associated PressSam Mazzola, left, arrives at his exotic animal farm Friday in Columbia Station, Ohio, where a caretaker was mauled by a bear Thursday night. The man, Brent Kandra, of Elyria, Ohio, died later in a Cleveland hospital.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The father of a 24-year-old Ohio man who was killed by a captive bear says the animal is dead.

John Kandra says several relatives watched a veterinarian euthanize the bear on Saturday. It had attacked Kandra’s son, Brent, after he opened the bear’s cage for a routine feeding Thursday.

The bear’s owner, Sam Mazzola, had said Kandra’s family would decide its fate. Mazzola’s lawyer didn’t return a call for comment on Saturday. Kandra’s father describes his son as a blond boy who fished his way through childhood in the rivers of northeastern Ohio.

He says his son had returned to tending to Mazzola’s exotic animals just weeks before he was killed.

In comments to reporters outside his compound, Mazzola said he was the only witness to the attack.

He declined to describe what hap-pened, but said the bear was the vic-tim’s favorite.

“It’s one that he played with con-stantly, every time that he was here,” Mazzola said. Mazzola showed off a facial scar he got from a bear encounter and said he had gotten

2,000 stitches from injuries suffered while working with animals.

“These are the things that happen when you deal and love these type of animals,” he said.

Kandra was an experienced worker who helped Mazzola maintain the compound in Columbia Township, the owner’s attorney, John Frenden, said Friday. Mazzola had filed for bankruptcy this year and had con-victions for illegally selling and transporting animals. Authorities will investigate before deciding on any criminal charges.

The property held about seven to nine bears and 20 wolves, and pos-sibly a lion and three or four tigers, Drozdowski said.

Neighbors said he also kept coy-otes. Mazzola said in his bankruptcy filing in May in federal court in Cleveland that he owned two white tigers, two Bengal tigers, an African lion, eight bears and 12 wolves.

The filing also listed “Ceasar the Wrestling Bear” as a Mazzola trade-mark. For more than 20 years, Mazzola took money from people to wrestle a bear or have a picture taken in a cage with his other bears or a tiger.

Captive bear that killed Ohio man is euthanized

N.J. man accused in teens’ 1978 deaths freed

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A man charged with murdering five New Jersey teens who disappeared in 1978 has been freed from jail after relatives posted his reduced bail.

Lee Evans, of Irvington, left the Essex County jail Friday evening and had no comment as he got into a pickup truck driven by his son.

Prosecutors say the now-56-year-old Evans and his cousin killed the teens in a dispute over missing drugs. They say they herded them at gunpoint into a building and set it on fire. Bail was set at $5 million but was lowered to $950,000 after Evans’ relatives put up properties to spring him from jail as he awaits trial.

Judge orders offender write report on pot

GARDNVERVILLE, Nev. (AP) — A Nevada judge has an unusual sen-tence for a 25-year-old Sacramento man who sold marijuana to a police informant in a casino parking lot at Lake Tahoe. District Judge Dave Gamble ordered Matthew Palazzolo to write a report on what the judge

called the “nonsensical character” of California’s medical marijuana law.

Gamble gave Palazzolo 90 days to complete the paper discussing his realization that marijuana led him to use more powerful narcotics.

Palazzolo, who works for a Sacramento law firm, was arrest-ed outside a Stateline casino in February after selling the informant a quarter-pound of pot for $1,060. Palazzolo said he grew it after using complaints of a sore back to get a California medical marijuana card.

Ohio dog shot 6 times to move in with Vick dogs

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A German shepherd that survived six gunshots in Ohio soon will move to a no-kill shel-ter that took in pit bulls seized from Michael Vick’s dogfighting ring. The Best Friends Animal Society says Sarge will leave for his new home in southern Utah by the end of the month.

He’ll be with about 1,700 other ani-mals. Humane Society workers in Toledo had said Sarge wouldn’t be put up for adoption after he bit two employees, but the Utah shelter has agreed to take him in. Authorities say Sarge’s owner and another man took turns shooting the dog while he was in a cage.

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — For months, the U.S. government talked with a boot-on-the-neck toughness about BP, with the president won-dering aloud about whose butt to kick.

But privately, it worked hand-in-hand with the oil giant to cap the runaway Gulf well and chose to effectively be the company’s banker — allowing future drilling revenues to potentially be used as collateral for a victim compensation fund.

Now, with a new round of investi-gative hearings set to begin Monday on BP’s home turf and the disaster largely off the front pages, there’s worry BP PLC could get a slap on the wrist from its behind-the-scenes partner. That could trickle down to states hurt by the spill and hop-ing for large fines because they may share in the pie.

“I don’t think they’ve been as tough as they should have been from Day 1,” said Billy Nungesser, president of Lousiana’s hard-hit Plaquemines Parish. “We were at war. You don’t go to war and hope people respond.”

In the past few weeks, public mes-sages from BP and the government

have been almost in lockstep. The government even released a report — criticized by academic research-ers and some lawmakers as too rosy — asserting that much of the oil released into the Gulf is gone, playing into BP’s message that its unprecedented response effort is working. A recent AP poll shows that BP’s image, which took a beat-ing after the oil spill, is recovering.

Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., said Thursday that White House support for the oil report shows the admin-istration’s “pre-occupation with the public relations of the oil spill has superseded the realities on the ground.”

That differs from the atmosphere early on, when BP was the recipi-ent of some very tough talk from the government. A little more than a week after President Barack Obama’s on-air comment about “whose ass to kick” in early June, BP executives encouraged White House officials at a meeting in Washington to back off on the rheto-ric. They reminded the government that a bankrupt company pays no bills, according to a person who was briefed on the details of the meeting

and spoke on condition of anonym-ity because of the sensitivity of the talks.

In mid-July, BP finally capped its runaway well and is now very close to sealing it from the bottom once and for all.

With the crisis shifting from response to recovery, the focus will be on who’s to blame and how much they should pay. The BP-government partnership raises questions about the government’s ability to be impar-tial in meting out punishment for the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history.

Many of those investigating the spill are not independent.

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The Deepwater Horizon joint investigation team that Andersen is on will hold its fourth set of hear-ings beginning Monday in Houston, where BP’s U.S. offices are located. The panel is charged with reaching conclusions about what happened.

Congress and the Justice Department also are investigating,

and various government agencies will be determining how much BP and others should pay in fines for the April 20 explosion that killed 11 workers and spilled 206 million gal-lons of oil.

The amount of spilled oil alone could mean a fine of up to $21 bil-lion if BP were found to have com-mitted gross negligence, and crimi-nal charges could be in order if neg-ligence is found.

The figure is important to the Gulf because Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., is pushing legislation that would require that at least 80 per-cent of the civil and criminal penal-ties charged to BP under the Clean Water Act be returned to the Gulf Coast for long-term economic and environmental recovery.

So if the government reaches a settlement with BP on fines that are significantly lower or, on the criminal side, lets them off easy, that could rub a lot of Americans the wrong way. By the same token, if the government comes down too hard on BP, that might hurt the govern-ment’s interests, because BP’s finan-cial health and its ability to meet its spill obligations are tied together.

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BUSHEHR, Iran (AP) — Trucks rumbled into Iran’s first reactor Saturday to begin loading tons of uranium fuel in a long-delayed startup touted by officials as both a symbol of the coun-try’s peaceful intentions to produce nuclear energy as well as a triumph over Western pres-sure to rein in its nuclear ambitions.

The Russian-built Bushehr nuclear power plant will be internationally supervised, includ-ing a pledge by Russia to safeguard it against materials being diverted for any possible use in creating nuclear weapons. Iran’s agreement to allow the oversight was a rare compromise by the Islamic state over its atomic program.

Western powers have cautiously accepted the deal as a way to keep spent nuclear fuel from crossing over to any military use. They say it illustrates their primary struggle: to block Iran’s drive to create material that could be used for nuclear weapons and not its pursuit of peaceful nuclear power.

Iran has long declared it has a right like other nations to produce nuclear energy. The country’s nuclear chief described the startup as a “symbol of Iranian resistance and patience.”

“Despite all pressure, sanctions and hard-ships imposed by Western nations, we are now witnessing the startup of the largest symbol of Iran’s peaceful nuclear activities,” Ali Akbar Salehi told reporters inside the plant with its cream-colored dome overlooking the Persian Gulf in southern Iran.

In several significant ways, the Bushehr plant stands apart from the showdowns over Iranian uranium enrichment, a process that can be used both to produce nuclear energy or nuclear weap-ons. It also could offer a possible test run for proposals to ease the impasse.

The Russian agreement to control the sup-ply of nuclear fuel at Bushehr eased opposition by Washington and allies. Bushehr’s operations are not covered by U.N. sanctions imposed after Iran refused to stop uranium enrichment. And last week, State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said the Russian oversight at Bushehr is the “very model” offered Tehran under a U.N.-drafted plan unveiled last year.

That proposal — so far snubbed by Iran — called for Iran to halt uranium enrichment and get its supplies of reactor-ready material from abroad. Western leaders fear Iran’s enrichment labs could one day churn out weapons-grade material. Iran claims it has no interest in nucle-ar arms, but refuses to give up the right to make its own fuel.

Iran has some of the world’s biggest oil reserves, but lacks refinery capacity to meet domestic demand and must repurchase fuel on international markets.

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Chase placekicker and punter Blake Moffitt was getting loose prior to Friday night’s game with East Henderson. Moffitt lofted kick after kick, from varying distances, up and over the crossbar.

The ball landing 30 to 40 yards away and hopping in the strange manner that footballs often hop when they hit the ground.

Standing off to Moffitt’s right, during the pre-game warm-ups, Coach Chuck McSwain watched the field with a slight Clemson Tigers’ smile on his lips.

“It’s all about the bounces, sometimes,” said McSwain. “If we get a couple to bounce our way tonight, well, you know, it helps.”

At the 10 minute mark of the 4th quarter, Chase got a good bounce.

East Henderson QB Seth Owen found Jalen Ashe on a quick slant. Ashe gained 7-yards when the ball popped out.

The ball bounced back toward the East Henderson goal and Chase DE Carlos Watkins scooped up the ball.

Watkins rumbled to the 15-yardline of the Eagles.

Four plays later, Thomas Camp swept to his left and into the end zone for a touchdown. The point after was blocked, and Chase trailed by one point, 14-13, following the fortuitous bounce.

At the five minute mark, Chase got a bad bounce.

The Eagles had forced the Trojans into a punt after three plays failed to convert for a first down.

Moffitt, with his back against his own goalline, sent a solid end-over-end boot down the field.

It was a punt that by all appearances was going to clearly bounce one way or the other. It bounced back at the Trojans, going out of bounds at the Chase 39.

One play later, the Eagles’ Shaq Davis was dancing in the end zone. Eagles 21, Trojans 13.

Bad bounces, good bounces — Chase got a little of both.

Timing is everything in foot-ball. A bad bounce in the first quarter isn’t usually fatal. In the fourth, well, it can be.

For many, it might seem like Chase has had more than its fair share of bad bounces. I think I just heard a few “amens,” after typing that sen-tence.

One blocked field goal went against Chase Friday night, but a few years earlier it went the other way.

“Two or three years ago, we beat them off a similar blocked field goal. The ball laid on the field and our guys picked it up and ran 60 or 70 yards for a touchdown,” said Daniel Bailey, who made his head coaching debut.

But, sometimes it isn’t just the bad bounces — it’s how you deal with it. How you overcome them.

Friday night was a learn-ing experience for prep foot-ball players from around our county.

Some, learned some positives; while others are feeling the sting of a rough Friday night.

Either way, they will tee it up and do it all over again next Friday.

Maybe, we’ll get some good bounces. But, when and if we don’t our young men must keep their heads up and continue to fight for a full 48 minutes.

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Carolina Panthers’ Steve Smith, left, jokes with Jimmy Clausen, right, and Kenneth Moore, center, during practice at the NFL football team’s training camp in Spartanburg, S.C., Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010.

Youthful Panthers hard to predict

Associated PressCarolina Panthers quarterbacks, from right, Matt Moore, Tony Pike, Jimmy Clausen, and Hunter Cantwell, practice handoffs during the NFL football team’s training camp in Spartanburg, S.C., Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010.

By MIKE CRANSTONAP Sports Writer

CHARLOTTE — So many signs in Carolina seemingly point to cost-cut-ting.

Over 30? Making decent money? Chances are you were cut, traded or allowed to walk via free agency by the Panthers in the offseason. Nine starters from last year are gone, leaving 31-year-old Steve Smith as the oldest position player.

Even the folks left over have little security. Coach John Fox is in the last year of his contract. So is start-ing quarterback Matt Moore, running back DeAngelo Williams, cornerback Richard Marshall and numerous other veterans.

A year before a potential work stop-page, the team owned by the co-chair-man of the NFL committee responsible for labor negotiations is suddenly the league’s third-youngest team with-out stalwarts Julius Peppers, Jake Delhomme and Muhsin Muhammad.

But suggest to general manager Marty Hurney — himself with an uncertain contract situation — that the Panthers are just shedding payroll ahead of a potential new NFL salary structure and he bristles.

“We’ve said it over and over and over again: We made a decision to have young players,” Hurney said Thursday. “You have to make tough decisions.

Please see Panthers, Page 3B

Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — Alabama will start this season where it ended last season.

The Crimson Tide is on top.Coach Nick Saban has the Tide roll-

ing the way Bear Bryant did in his day, first in The Associated Press preseason poll for the first time since 1978.

Alabama received 54 of 60 first-

place votes from the media panel and 1,491 points to easily outdistance sec-ond-ranked Ohio State in the Top 25 released Saturday.

The Buckeyes, who have been ranked no lower than 11th in the last eight preseason polls, received three first-place votes.

Boise State is third, its best pre-season ranking, following another

undefeated season. Underdogs no more, the Broncos even received one first-place vote.

Florida, Alabama’s Southeastern Conference rival, is fourth. Fifth-ranked Texas received a first-place vote.

The rest of the top 10 has TCU

Please see Tide, Page 4B

Associated PressAlabama running back Mark Ingram, center, holds the championship trophy with his teammates after winning the BCS Championship game against Texas in Pasadena, Calif., in this Jan. 7, 2010, file photo.

Tide starts where it finished: No. 1

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BASEBALLNational League

East Division W L Pct GBAtlanta 72 50 .590 —Philadelphia 69 52 .570 2 1/2Florida 61 60 .504 10 1/2New York 61 61 .500 11Washington 52 70 .426 20

Central Division W L Pct GBCincinnati 71 51 .582 —St. Louis 65 54 .546 4 1/2Milwaukee 58 64 .475 13Houston 53 68 .438 17 1/2Chicago 50 73 .407 21 1/2Pittsburgh 40 82 .328 31

West Division W L Pct GBSan Diego 73 48 .603 —San Francisco 69 54 .561 5Colorado 62 59 .512 11Los Angeles 62 61 .504 12Arizona 48 75 .390 26

Friday’s GamesAtlanta 5, Chicago Cubs 3N.Y. Mets 7, Pittsburgh 2Philadelphia 1, Washington 0Florida 9, Houston 0Milwaukee 10, San Diego 6San Francisco 6, St. Louis 3Arizona 4, Colorado 3, 10 inningsCincinnati 3, L.A. Dodgers 1Saturday’s GamesChicago Cubs 5, Atlanta 4N.Y. Mets at Pittsburgh, late, rain delayWashington at Philadelphia, lateHouston at Florida, lateSan Diego at Milwaukee, lateSt. Louis 5, San Francisco 1Colorado at Arizona, lateCincinnati at L.A. Dodgers, lateSunday’s GamesHouston (Figueroa 3-1) at Florida (Nolasco 14-8), 1:10 p.m.N.Y. Mets (J.Santana 10-7) at Pittsburgh (Duke 5-12), 1:35 p.m.Washington (Olsen 3-5) at Philadelphia (Oswalt 8-13), 1:35 p.m.San Diego (Garland 12-8) at Milwaukee (M.Parra 3-9), 2:10 p.m.San Francisco (Zito 8-7) at St. Louis (J.Garcia 10-6), 2:15 p.m.Atlanta (Minor 1-0) at Chicago Cubs (R.Wells 5-11), 2:20 p.m.Cincinnati (Arroyo 13-7) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 11-7), 4:10 p.m.Colorado (J.Chacin 5-9) at Arizona (D.Hudson 3-1), 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, 10:15 p.m.

American League

East Division W L Pct GBNew York 75 47 .615 —Tampa Bay 74 48 .607 1Boston 69 54 .561 6 1/2Toronto 64 57 .529 10 1/2Baltimore 43 80 .350 32 1/2

Central Division W L Pct GBMinnesota 71 51 .582 —Chicago 66 55 .545 4 1/2Detroit 59 63 .484 12Kansas City 51 70 .421 19 1/2Cleveland 50 72 .410 21

West Division W L Pct GBTexas 68 53 .562 —Oakland 61 60 .504 7Los Angeles 61 62 .496 8Seattle 49 73 .402 19 1/2

Friday’s GamesDetroit 6, Cleveland 0Seattle 6, N.Y. Yankees 0Texas 2, Baltimore 0Toronto 16, Boston 2Minnesota 7, L.A. Angels 2Chicago White Sox at Kansas City, ppd., rainOakland 5, Tampa Bay 4Saturday’s GamesN.Y. Yankees 9, Seattle 5L.A. Angels 9, Minnesota 3Baltimore 8, Texas 6Detroit 5, Cleveland 2Chicago White Sox at Kansas City, late, 1st gameToronto at Boston, lateTampa Bay at Oakland, lateChicago White Sox at Kansas City, late, 2nd gameSunday’s GamesCleveland (J.Gomez 3-1) at Detroit (Verlander 13-8), 1:05 p.m.Seattle (French 2-3) at N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 16-5), 1:05 p.m.Texas (Tom.Hunter 9-2) at Baltimore (Millwood 2-13), 1:35 p.m.Toronto (Marcum 11-6) at Boston (C.Buchholz 14-5), 1:35 p.m.Chicago White Sox (Danks 12-8) at Kansas City (Greinke 8-11), 2:10 p.m.Tampa Bay (Garza 12-7) at Oakland (Braden 8-8), 4:05 p.m.L.A. Angels (Jer.Weaver 11-8) at Minnesota (S.Baker 10-9), 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 34Miami 1 0 0 1.000 10 7Buffalo 1 1 0 .500 51 63N.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 PAPittsburgh 2 0 0 1.000 47 24Baltimore 1 0 0 1.000 17 12Cleveland 1 0 0 1.000 27 24Cincinnati 2 1 0 .667 62 49

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 PAWashington 1 0 0 1.000 42 17Dallas 1 1 0 .500 25 24N.Y. Giants 1 1 0 .500 48 40Philadelphia 1 1 0 .500 37 49

South W L T Pct PF PAAtlanta 1 1 0 .500 30 38Carolina 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 GamesCincinnati 22, Philadelphia 9Saturday’s GamesBaltimore at Washington, latePittsburgh 24, N.Y. Giants 17Miami at Jacksonville, lateSt. Louis at Cleveland, lateKansas City at Tampa Bay, lateN.Y. Jets at Carolina, lateHouston at New Orleans, lateOakland at Chicago, lateDallas at San Diego, lateDetroit at Denver, lateGreen Bay at Seattle, lateSunday’s GamesMinnesota 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

TRANSACTIONSSaturday’s Sports Transactions

BASEBALLNational League

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Activated 1B Ryan Howard from the 15-day DL. Placed OF Ross Gload on the 15-day DL.

American AssociationGRAND PRAIRIE AIRHOGS — Released INF Jason Stokes.

Atlantic LeagueNEWARK BEARS — Signed P Nick Renault and C Arthur Barone. Announced player/coach Willie Banks will become the full-time pitching coach. Placed OF Elijah Dukes on the inac-tive list.

Can-Am LeagueBROCKTON ROX — Released RHP Paul Lussier.SUSSEX SKYHAWKS — Signed RHP Chris Nowlin.

FOOTBALLNational Football League

SAN DIEGO CHARGERS — Announced the retirement of OT Tra Thomas.

COLLEGEPENN STATE — Announced the resignation of assistant softball coach Michele Hawkins to take a similar position at Delaware.

LOCAL SPORTSMonday, Aug. 23

SoccerPolk at R-S Central, 6 p.m.Bandys at East Rutherford, 6 p.m.

VolleyballTJCA at WCAA, 5 p.m.

Scoreboard

CHICAGO (AP) — Aramis Ramirez had three hits and two RBIs, Tom Gorzelanny pitched seven strong innings and the Chicago Cubs held on to beat the Atlanta Braves 5-4 on Saturday.

The win didn’t come without another scare for the Cubs. Reliever Sean Marshall entered with the bases loaded and one out in the eighth inning. After striking out pinch-hitter Melky Cabrera, Brooks Conrad followed with a long fly off the center-field ivy. Derrek Lee and Alex Gonzalez came around to score. David Ross was held at third but was waved in when shortstop Starlin Castro dropped the relay throw for an error to make it 5-4.

Marshall intentionally walked Omar Infante and hit Jason Heyward with a pitch to load the bases again. But he ended the inning by getting Martin Prado to ground out to shortshop.

After giving up a three-run triple to Rick Ankiel in the ninth in Friday’s loss, Cubs closer Carlos Marmol pitched a scoreless ninth for his 22nd save in 27 opportunites.

Gorzelanny (7-7) allowed one run and seven hits. He struck out nine, walked two and retired the final six batters he faced after giving up an RBI double to Alex Gonzalez in the sixth inning.

Heyward had two hits for the NL East-leading Braves, who lost for just the third time in 11 games.

The Cubs ended an eight-game skid at home and won just for the second time at Wrigley Field this month.

Braves starter Tommy Hanson (8-9), who came into the game with a 1.93 ERA in eight starts since July 9 despite going winless in that span, allowed five runs, four earned, and seven hits. He struck out four and walked four. He is 0-4 in his last nine starts and has not won since July 3 against Florida.

Kosuke Fukudome led off the first inning with a double into the left-center gap. With two outs, Ramirez lined a single to left. Fukudome scored from second as left fielder Matt Diaz’s throw was cut off by third baseman Martin Prado. Prado then had a chance to get Ramirez trying to take second on the throw, but Prado’s throw was off the mark and the ball wound up in center field allow-ing Ramirez to advance to third.

Tyler Colvin followed with a hit to second base-man Omar Infante, Infante fielded the ball in the outfield grass and his late throw went over the head of Derrek Lee at first as Ramirez scored.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Ben Roethlisberger is back on the field for the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Roethlisberger is playing for the first time since being sus-pended six games by the NFL for violating its personal con-duct policy, starting against the New York Giants in a preseason game on Saturday night.

Roethlisberger completed an 8-yard pass to Heath Miller on the Steelers’ second play and he hit Miller for 12 yards on the next play. The opening drive bogged down after that.

Roethlisberger, who has led the Steelers to two Super Bowl titles, tried to throw deep to Mike Wallace on the Steelers’ second drive and was intercept-ed by cornerback Corey Webster. He finished 6-for-8 for 76 yards and the team scored a lone field goal during his playing time.

Associated PressAtlanta Braves starter Tommy Hanson delivers a pitch against the Chicago Cubs in the first inning of a baseball game in Chicago, Saturday.

Braves fall just short vs. Cubs

Roethlisberger draw start vs. Giants

Associated PressPittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger (7) looks to pass during the first quarter of a preseason NFL football game as New York Giants cornerback Terrell Thomas (24) rushes the passer at New Meadowlands Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., Saturday.

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That’s the decision we made. We’ll see if our young players are ready.”

That will define whether owner Jerry Richardson’s Panthers can rebound from last season’s disap-pointing 8-8 record and contend in the competitive NFC South.

It will also determine if Fox, enter-ing his ninth season, will be fired or become one of the NFL’s top coach-ing free agents.

“We feel comfortable with the guys we have,” Fox insisted. “Obviously, we all liked and miss Jake. But there are other guys — Muhsin Muhammad, Brad Hoover, a lot of guys — that have been a big part of this organization for some time. Now we’ve just got a younger bunch.”

It starts with the 26-year-old Moore, the laid back Californian who was promoted to starting quar-terback after the Panthers released Delhomme, their seven-year start-er. That wasn’t cost-cutting — the Panthers still owe Delhomme $12.7 million in guaranteed money — but a move made necessary by Delhomme’s 18 interceptions in a miserable 2009 season.

Moore went 4-1 to close the year after Delhomme was injured. But all eight of his NFL starts have come

when the Panthers have been all but eliminated from playoff contention.

Moore’s grip on the starting job appeared perilous when Carolina drafted Jimmy Clausen of Notre Dame in the second round. But Moore has been far superior in camp, displaying a strong arm and good decision making.

If Moore stays healthy, the Panthers may let the promising Clausen play spectator as a rookie.

“His demeanor is excellent,” Hurney said of Moore. “He’s got a calm confidence about him that is contagious to players. I think players respect him and he enjoys playing the game. He’s got a lot of leadership qualities.”

Moore will have one of the NFL’s top targets in four-time Pro Bowl pick Steve Smith, whose recovery from a broken left forearm suffered in an offseason flag football game is on schedule for him to be ready for Week 1.

But Carolina is still trying to find a No. 2 receiver to replace Muhammad, who wasn’t re-signed and later retired. Dwayne Jarrett and rookie Brandon LaFell appear to be the top candidates in a weak group.

The best bet for Moore may be to not throw much at all.

“He hands the ball off well,” Williams joked.

R-S Central 32, Bessemer City 13

RS — 13 3 3 13 – 32BC — 0 7 0 6 – 13

First quarterRS – C. Green 1 run (C. Owens PAT)RS – C. Green 4 run (PAT failed)

Second quarterBC – Z. Cole 27 interception return (T. Blake PAT)RS – C. Owens 31 FG

Third quarterRS – C. Owens 29 FG

Fourth quarterBC – J. Adams 64 interception return (PAT failed)RS – D. Atchley 55 run (Pass failed)RS – J. Smith 10 run (C. Owens PAT)

RUSHINGRS — Green 28-166, Atchley 14-146, Smith 9-48, Jacob Kinlaw 3-0. BC — J. Adams 5-17, Raheem McMiller 4-8, James Setzer 2-2, Blake 1-0, Brad James 7-minus 27.

PASSINGRS — Kinlaw 4-6-0 36, Taylor Ledbetter 0-4-2 0. BC — James 8-12-0 72.

RECEIVINGRS — Tyler Abrams 2-16, Kevin Miller 1-14, Darrien Watkins 1-6. BC — Blake 5-57, D.J. Huskey 2-17, J. Adams 1-minus 2.

Prep Notebook

FOREST CITY — The 2010 season-opening results mirrored the 2009 season-opening results for the three county football teams that began play on Friday.

R-S Central opened with a win, while both Chase and East Rutherford took game one losses.

Their were some silver-linings — mostly for the Hilltoppers — and some dark clouds looming on the horizon.

Cool runningsCentral’s Wing-T was in high gear in Bessemer

City.Fullback and All-County player Cameron Green

rumbled for 166-yards on 28 carries with two touchdowns. Green wore out the Yellow Jackets and speedster Dustin Atchley added another 146-yards and a score as he strolled past the wind-ed Bessemer City squad.

Flight delaysAll three county teams struggled to pass the ball

with any effectiveness on Friday night. R-S Central’s Jacob Kinlaw sustained an elbow

injury during he contest with Bessemer City. Prior to the injury, Kinlaw had been the night’s most consistent passer, completing 4-of-6 for 36-yards. The 66-percent completion rate for Kinlaw stood in stark contrast to the county’s other signal-call-ers.

Kinlaw’s replacement, Taylor Ledbetter got off to a rough start in his first varsity action of 2010. Ledbetter went 0-4 with two interceptions — both returned for touchdowns.

In one of the oddest stats from opening night — all four interceptions thrown by Rutherford County quarterbacks were returned for touch-downs.

East’s Maddox Stamey struggled in his first varsity action as he tossed two picks that were returned for points by Lincolnton.

Stamey and Chase’s Tyreece Gossett threw the night’s only touchdown passes. Stamey hit Wilkins on a shuffle pass that gained 24 yards, while Gossett found Blake Martin open on a play-action post pattern from 28-yards out.

By the numbersCounty QBs: 15 completions on 37 total attempts

for 176-yards with 4 INTs and 2 TDs.Toting the rock: East’s Adrian Wilkins had 15

total touches for 177-yards and three TDs.

From the coaches“He (Kinlaw) was throwing a pass and got hit.

He saw the doctor today, but I don’t think we’ll really know anything until Monday.”

Central’s Mike Cheek, on QB Jacob Kinlaw’s injury.

“At halftime, we didn’t even talk about what we were doing wrong, the kids knew what was going wrong. We didn’t even talk about football, it was more about growing up and showing some fight.”

East’s Clint Bland, on his halftime talk with the Cavs trailing Lincolnton, 31-0.

“There’s a miscue here, or a miscue there and it cost us the ballgame. The blocked field goal made a difference and we dropped some interceptions along the way. The kids gave us the effort, but the execution isn’t quite there yet.”

Chase’s Daniel Bailey, on his debut as the Trojans interim head coach.

Scott Bowers and Kevin Carver contributed to this report.

East Henderson 27, Chase 13

EH — 0 14 0 13 27CH — 7 0 0 6 13

First QuarterCH — T. Gossett 28-yard pass to B. Martin (B. Moffitt PAT)

Second QuarterEH — S. Davis 5-yard run (D. Valdez PAT)EH — S. Davis 6-yard run (D. Valdez PAT)

Fourth QuarterCH — T. Camp 5-yard run (PAT failed)EH — S. Davis 39-yard run (D. Valdez PAT)EH — S. Davis 1-yard run (PAT failed)

RUSHINGEH — S. Davis 23-166-4 TD; S. Owen 5-(-34); J. Maybin 4-13; J. Anders 1-4.CH — D. Hines 11-28; T. Gossett 11-23; C. Watkins 7-39; T. McMullens 5-10; T. Camp 4-18-TD; T. Gaffney 3-18; B. Martin 1-5; M. Cash 1-2.

PASSINGEH — S. Owen 10-15-101CH — T. Gossett 3-6-35-TD

RECEIVINGEH — S. Land 4-53; J. Ashe 2-20; S. Davis 2-14; J. Anders 1-12; M. Riley 1-2.CH — B. Martin 2-35-TD; T. Camp 1-0

Lincolnton 52, East Rutherford 20

LN — 21 10 7 14 52ER — 0 0 20 0 20

First QuarterLN—Bn. Wilson 7-yard TD run; K. Miller PATLN— W. Perkins 17-yard intercep-tion return for TD; K. Miller PATLN— B. Ebert 15-yard run; K. Miller PAT

Second QuarterLN— Bn. Wilson 79-yard pass to Brad Wilson; K. Miller PATLN— K. Miller 24-yard field goal

Third QuarterLN— W. Perkins 44-yard Interception returned for TD: K. Miller PATER— A. Wilkins 12-yard run; T. Dobbins PATER— M. Stamey 24-yard pass to A. Wilkins; T. Dobbins PATER— A. Wilkins 70-yard punt return for TD: PAT blockedLN— Bn. Wilson 21-yard run; K. Miller PAT

Fourth QuarterLN — Bn. Wilson 48-yard pass to J. Gidney; K. Miller PAT

RUSHINGLN— Bran. Wilson 12-99-2TD; B. Ebert 7-35-TD; D. Littlejohn 6-31; A. Duncan 6-27, B. Brown 3-12 ER— T. Wilkerson 6-52; A. Wilkins 10-35; J. Barksdale 8-33; C. Ledbetter 4-1; M. Stamey 4-(-5)

PASSINGLN— Bran. Wilson 6-13-181-2TD; ER— M. Stamey 8-21-2INT-105-TD

RECEIVINGLN— Brad Wilson 2-93-TD; J. Gidney 2-64-TD; K. Poole 1-13; B. Ebert 1-9; ER— A. Wilkins 4-72-TD; K. Wood 1-20; T. Horne 1-11; T. Wilkerson 1-4; Z Price 1-(-2).

BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — Brian Vickers had heart surgery last month as part of his treatment for blood clots, but the NASCAR driver said he fully expects to resume his racing career next season.

Vickers has been out since May because of clots in his leg and lungs. In his first update in three months, Vickers said Saturday he had two procedures in July to close a hole in his heart and insert a stent into a vein in his left leg.

Although doctors diagnosed him with the blood-clot disorder May-Thurner syndrome, Vickers believes

he’ll be off blood thinners by Jan. 1 and driving for Red Bull Racing when next season begins.

“They gave me full clearance for next year,” the 26-year-old driver said at Bristol Motor Speedway. “I will be back next season racing in January. I’m really excited about that. I had two issues I never knew about fixed. It’s a bit of fresh air for me to really kind of know part of what caused this.”

Vickers was hospitalized in May with chest pains that led to the dis-covery of blood clots in his leg and lungs.

Vickers: Had heart surgery for blood clots

Mixed results from 2010 season openers

Associated PressJustin Leonard hits from a trap on the 15th hole during the third round of the Wyndham Championship golf tournament in Greensboro, Saturday.

Arjun Atwal takes 3-shot lead at Wyndham

GREENSBORO (AP) — Arjun Atwal had to play his way into the Wyndham Championship. He’s spent most of the week outplaying every-one else.

Atwal built a three-stroke lead Saturday through three rounds of the PGA Tour’s final pre-playoff event. He shot a 5-under 65 to reach 17-under 193, and he has either led or shared the lead after each of the first three days.

Not bad for someone who lost his tour card and had to win a qualify-ing tournament just to earn a spot at Sedgefield Country Club.

“I’m not your typical Monday quali-fier,” Atwal said.

Scott McCarron closed his 63 with four consecutive birdies and was at 14 under along with Scott Piercy (64) and Lucas Glover (67). Will MacKenzie (65), Garrett Willis (65),

David Toms (65), Justin Leonard (66), John Rollins (68) and second-round co-leader Brandt Snedeker (69) were at 13 under.

Kevin Na matched the tournament record with a 61 in the morning to reach 12 under.

But without question, the story at Sedgefield has been Atwal.

The 37-year-old player from India may be winless on the big tour, but he has won on the European, Asian and Nationwide tours. Now he’s one good round away from becoming the first Monday qualifier to win the ensuing tournament since Fred Wadsworth at the 1986 Southern Open.

“I’ve never won on the PGA Tour, but I’ve won on almost every other tour I’ve played on,” Atwal said. “And I don’t see why it’s going to be differ-ent trying to win here.”

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sixth, followed by Oklahoma, which received a first-place vote, Nebraska, Iowa and Virginia Tech.

The 10th-ranked Hokies face Boise State at FedEx Field, home of the Washington Redskins, on Labor Day night in the season’s first huge game.

As for Alabama, Bryant was coach the last time the Crimson Tide was the AP’s preseason No. 1. The Tide started and finished that 1978 sea-son on top of the rankings, the first of two straight national champion-ships for Alabama. The only other time Alabama was preseason No. 1 was 1966, when Bear’s boys were coming off back-to-back national championships.

Saban’s Tide, led by Heisman Trophy winner Mark Ingram, will try to make Alabama the first program to win back-to-back AP titles three times. Oklahoma and Nebraska also have done it twice.

Saban has been trying to down-play this team’s No. 1 worthiness since the morning after the Tide beat Texas 37-21 at the Rose Bowl to win the BCS championship.

Back in January he practically was lamenting the fact that his team likely would be preseason No. 1 in 2010, quick to point out that while the Tide’s offense would be return-ing most of its stars, its dominant defense was facing major turnover.

Gone are All-Americans Terrence Cody, Rolando McClain, Javier Arenas and six other starters from last season.

Stepping in will be a cast of for-mer five-star recruits and talented players who will be asked to expand their roles.

“We have confidence in our defen-sive players. I think it’s more a mat-ter of knowledge and experience and maturity that the defense is going to have to develop,” Saban said.

Dont’a Hightower returns from a knee injury to fill McClain’s spot at middle linebacker and defensive end Marcell Dareus, the star of the BCS title game, becomes the headliner up front — as long as an NCAA investi-gation doesn’t sideline him.

“You can’t really promote guys into leadership roles,” Saban said. “I think that it’s something that sort of grows, develops and happens because of personality types and respect that other players have.”

There’s no doubting Alabama has

the credentials to be No. 1, but poll history suggests the odds are against the Tide finishing on top again.

Only 10 of the 60 previous pre-season No. 1 teams have won the national championship. And only two (Florida State in ’99 and Southern California in ’04) have held the top spot for the entire season.

The second 10 in the preseason Top 25 starts with Oregon. The defend-ing Pac-10 champion Ducks are No. 11.

No. 12 is Wisconsin and Miami is 13th.

Southern California is No. 14. The last time the Trojans started a sea-son outside the top 10 was 2002, Pete Carroll’s second season as coach. Carroll is gone and USC is dealing with NCAA sanctions under new coach Lane Kiffin that prevent the Trojans from playing in the post-season this season.

Pittsburgh, the highest-ranked Big East team, is No. 15.

Georgia Tech, Arkansas, North Carolina, Penn State and Florida State round out the top 20.

No. 21 LSU is followed by Auburn and Georgia, giving the SEC six teams in the preseason rankings, the most of any conference. The Atlantic Coast Conference is second with five ranked teams.

Oregon State is No. 24 and West Virginia is 25.

By JAY REEVESAssociated Press Writer

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Forty years ago, Alabama football fans watched Southern California and a black running back named Sam Cunningham trounce coach Paul “Bear” Bryant’s Crimson Tide in a game widely credited with helping start the integration of Southern football.

Fans weren’t the only ones watch-ing Alabama foot-ball back then. The FBI, apparently with the approval of then-director J. Edgar Hoover, was secretly keep-ing an eye on a civil rights lawsuit filed by blacks against the legendary coach during the same period.

Documents released to The Associated Press under the Freedom of Information Act show that for almost two years, agents tracked the suit filed by a prominent black law-yer against Bryant, the University of Alabama and others to make Bryant recruit black football play-

ers. Building a file, agents followed the court docket and snipped sto-ries from newspa-pers about the case, sending the find-ings to the agency’s office responsible for investigating civil rights crimes.

The FBI won’t explain why it was

interested in a civil lawsuit by a black student organization against a prominent white football coach. The agency kept track of possible civil rights violations and often moni-tored public figures and civil rights leaders under Hoover.

But one of the FBI forms in the Bryant file is marked twice with a handwritten capital “H” — a clear indication that Hoover both saw the document and approved of the snooping, said author Curt Gentry, who wrote “J. Edgar Hoover: The Man and the Secrets,” a definitive biography on Hoover and the FBI under his leadership.

“He was the only one in the bureau allowed to use the ’H’ initial,” Gentry said. “It means he saw it, and he obviously approved it if he didn’t do anything to stop it. He didn’t person-ally approve everything, but some-thing like that he certainly would have known about.”

Bryant, one of America’s best-known sports figures at the time, already had won three national

championships with the Crimson Tide. The black lawyer who sued him, U.W. Clemon, had made a name for himself by taking on Alabama’s all-white establishment in numerous court fights over desegre-gation and police brutality. He later would become the state’s first black federal judge.

Clemon said in a recent interview that he never knew of the FBI moni-toring until informed by AP. He had his suspicions about why it was authorized, however.

“Bear Bryant was a god in Alabama in those days; maybe it was just a matter of keeping up. And you have to recall the thinking of some of the Southern FBI agents at the time,” Clemon said. “Maybe they thought I was doing something illegal. Maybe they just wanted to pursue it because black people were suing Bear Bryant.”

The agent who sent notes on the Bryant case to Washington died years ago. A retired agent who once worked in the FBI’s Birmingham office, Larry A. Long, said in an interview the bureau likely moni-tored the Bryant case because it claimed violations of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

“When you received an allegation of a civil rights violation, the civil rights unit had to be advised,” said Long, who left the FBI in 1999 after 30 years. “This sounds typical for the time.”

Filed in 1969, the suit was dis-missed in 1971 after the university gave a handful of scholarships to black athletes. The monitoring end-ed then, too, when Bryant’s FBI file was just 27 pages thick.

Bryant and the integration of inter-collegiate athletics in the South were a major topic throughout the 1960s.

The Civil Rights Act outlawed racial segregation in areas includ-ing public education, but progress was slow in overturning practices of the Jim Crow era in the Deep South. It wasn’t until 1966 that Kentucky signed the first black football players in the Southeastern Conference.

In both a sworn statement in the lawsuit and in interviews from the period, Bryant said he’d been trying to recruit black athletes to play foot-ball at Alabama for years before the Afro-American Association of the University of Alabama filed the suit in July 1969.

Bryant already had blacks on his team as non-scholarship walk-on players, but it wasn’t until five months after the federal suit was filed that Alabama signed its first black football player to a scholarship, Wilbur Jackson. The next year, 1971, another player became the first black to appear in a varsity football game for ’Bama.

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Associated PressOhio State head coach Jim Tressel works the sideline during the first quar-ter against Oregon at the Rose Bowl, in Pasadena, Calif., in this Jan. 1, 2010, file photo.

FBI tracked desegregation suit against Bryant, ’Bama

Bryant

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BROOKLYN, Mich. — When Jack Roush returned to the racetrack after being released from the hospi-tal, he went out of his way to praise his team for not missing a beat while he recovered after being seriously injured in a plane crash last month.

With layers of experienced man-agement running the competi-tion and business aspects of Roush Fenway Racing, the NASCAR team was well-equipped to handle nearly losing its leader — a scenario it had already faced in 2002, when another plane the owner was flying crashed into a pond in Alabama.

“Roush Fenway Racing will out-live me, and it will outlive any-body else that is with the company today,” Roush said last weekend at Michigan International Speedway. “We’ve got the plans in place for that. This was a little test case. How can you do without Jack? Well, it’s bigger than me. It’s bigger than any-body. The organization has been very strong.”

Roush’s team isn’t the only one in NASCAR that has shown strength in the face of catastrophe.

A Hendrick Motorsports plane crashed in 2004, killing 10 people

— including the son, brother and two nieces of team owner Rick Hendrick, along with two team executives. The tragedy took a heavy emotional toll on the Hendrick fam-ily and its employees, but the team never faltered on the racetrack.

In the wake of those incidents, having a succession plan in place has become a bigger priority for NASCAR teams — which today function as midsize corporations instead of the grass-roots, weekend-warrior operations that built the sport.

“I would say it’s been more recent,” said Jay Frye, general manager of Red Bull Racing. “Obviously, these are big businesses now, and it’s changed over the last 10 years. There’s got to be a what-if plan in place.”

As remarkably as Roush and Hendrick handled their challenges, the fate of Dale Earnhardt Inc. pro-vides a cautionary tale.

The team tried to stay competi-tive after Dale Earnhardt’s death in 2001, but its leaders — including Earnhardt’s widow, Teresa — even-tually decided to merge with Chip Ganassi’s team.

Roush Fenway president Geoff Smith said having layers of experi-enced managers in place might be the main reason why Roush and Hendrick, which were bigger and more established than DEI, man-aged to avoid turmoil.

“In the case of Hendrick and us, we understood how corporate America works on succession, and attempted not to build our organization around one person or personality and (say), ’Don’t worry about it, because noth-ing will ever happen,”’ Smith said. “No matter how strong a single indi-vidual is, or powerful in market-ing in the case of Dale Earnhardt, I’ll say this: If I was advising Mrs. Earnhardt, my advice would have been, ’You are not the right type of successor for this kind of business, and you should not do this.’ But with Rick and with us, we’re layered with these managers.”

Smith said the team’s management learned lessons from nearly losing its leader the first time around, in 2002. They were capable of handling Roush’s absence on the competi-tion side back then, but decided they needed to do more long-term plan-

ning to ensure the team’s financial future.

“The 2002 accident just highlight-ed for me that there had to be some more affirmative planning,” Smith said.

The team developed more senior managers, then made a big move to secure its long-term future in 2007, partnering with the Fenway Sports Group.

Smith said the move was necessary because NASCAR teams don’t have the same inherent value as fran-chises in sports such as the NFL and Major League Baseball, where the limit on the number of teams drives up their worth. In NASCAR, any-one, theoretically at least, can form a team and try to qualify for a race, so there’s far less incentive for a pro-spective NASCAR owner to buy an existing team.

“These businesses, whether they were designed on purpose this way by NASCAR or not, they’re set up to fail,” Smith said. “In the end, they’re set up to fail. The idea is to exhaust all the money that you have from sponsorship, and then all your per-sonal wealth, and when that’s all gone, then you have to retire, right?”

Roush crash shows teams must plan for catastrophe

5b

Welcome WagonWe lived in the same house for ten

years and never really met any of ourneighbors.

A few months ago we put our houseon the market. But after accessing themarket, we decided to stay and tookdown the "for sale" sign.

The next Saturday there was aknock at our door. My husbandanswered it and returned holding abig fruit basket. When I asked himwho was at the door, he told me itwas the neighbors welcoming us tothe neighborhood.

"Did you tell them we've been liv-ing here for ten years," I asked sur-prisingly.

"I was going to," he grinned, "butthis was a really nice basket."

(Thanks to Alvin B.)

Reader Humor

Laughs For Sale

Duane “Cash” Holze & Todd “Carry” Holze

www.ClassifiedGuys.com

Straight A'sDo your homework. FSBO's account

for about 9% of the homes sold on themarket today. But many of thesehomeowners struggle with parts of thesale. According to a survey by theAssociation of Realtors, handling thepaperwork was found to be the mostdifficult task of the sale. Preparing thehouse for sale ranked second. Sobefore you venture into a FSBO, talkwith an attorney about closing the dealand leave enough time to get yourhouse in order. After all, doing yourhomework can result in a better grade.Cordially Invited

Invitations are for more than justweddings. Whether you plan to sellyour home on your own or through areal estate agent, send an open houseinvitation to all the neighbors in yourarea. Since home sales often comefrom word of mouth, it can be of greatbenefit to use your neighbors as addi-tional sales people. Since many neigh-bors often like to see how their housecompares, the open house should bewell attended.

Fast FactsDear Classified Guys,I need the scoop on this real estate"open house" thing. I've alreadyadvertised FSBO in my newspaperone week in advance, plastered theneighborhood with signs and toldeveryone I know that I am trying tosell my house. I know there has tobe more that real estate agents do toearn their commission, but what? Mylimited creativity has beentapped. So unless you giveme some ideas, I'm justgoing to swing open thefront doors, put on mymost dapper smile, and hopefor the best on selling my home.

• • •Cash: Your great attitude should

make for a good open house. You don'tfind too many people with a "dapper"smile these days.

Carry: Although as a FSBO (For SaleBy Owner), you have your work cut outfor you. Real estate agents usually han-dle much of the work involved in sellinga home, thus earning their commissions.

Cash: It sounds like you have agood start on advertising. The moreyou can get the word out, the better.Typically, real estate agents list a homein their multiple listing service toinform other agents of the house.

Carry: Since you are selling FSBO,you will have to be more creative in yourapproaches. Telling everyone you knowis a good start, but go a step further.Send announcements on the open houseto everyone in your neighborhood. Theymay know of friends or relatives who arein the market for a new home.

Cash: Showing your home can be abit tricky. You should think about hav-ing a third party at the open house. Theowners of a house sometimes intimidatebuyers. Real estate agents, for example,act as a buffer allowing potential buyersto talk freely about the house.

Carry: Consider asking a friend toshow the house while you greet people

at the door or answer questions.Cash: And treat the rest of the fami-

ly to a movie or other event for the day.It doesn't help to have children runningaround and screaming while you showthe house.

Carry: Have a flyer with a picture, adescription of the home and your con-tact information. Visitors can take itwith them to remind them of the houseor pass on to others.

Cash: Finally, be prepared early. Ifyou planned on starting at 2 pm, beready at noon. People love to show upearly. The last thing you need is some-one showing up while you're cleaningthe bathroom.

Ask the Guys

This horse mustbe the size of a house!

©2010 The Classified Guys®

08/22/10

• • •Do you have a question or funny story about theclassifieds? Want to just give us your opinion?We want to hear all about it! Email us at:comments@classifiedguys.com.

HORSE FOR SALE

3BR, 2 Bth, over 2000 sq ft.

Call for appointment.

Skilled Trade0240

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

Call 288-9282

Wastewater TechnicianAn area industrial

manufacturer 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

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

PT position available in Tryonfor LPN/Med Tech. Medical

exp. & computer literacy req'd.Hrs. flexible, paid vac. benefit.Fax resume to 828-859-2268

General Help0232

Drivers NeededProfessional Transportation

Inc. is seekinglocal drivers for

7-passenger mini-vansin the Bostic, NC area.

Drug Screen, driving recordand criminal backgound

check required.1-800-471-2440

Reference 27

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

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.com

Instruction0180

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

SAGE Technical Services&

ProfessionalTruck Driver

TrainingCarriers Hiring

Today!• PTDI Certified Course• One Student Per Truck• Potential Tuition Reimbursement• Approved WIA & TAA provider• Possible Earnings $34,000 First Year

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 828-429-8382

Mini pincher or manchesterterrier Male, black and brown.

Found 8/13 in SpindaleCall 286-8468 to identify

Have you lost or found a pet? Place an ad at no cost to you! Call 245-6431 or stop by the office Mon.-Fri. 8am-5pm ADVERTISE TODAY

FIND YOUR NEXT JOB in the Classifieds! New

listings every Tuesday through

Sunday

Do you have a job opening at your

company? Advertise it in

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Call 245-6431Mon.-Fri. 8a-5p

NOTE: This is a court ordered sale and must stand open for an upset bid period. All Terms & Conditions of the sale will be explained sale day. *You will be required to pay a 10% deposit on sale day - Balance within 15 days after confirmation of sale by Clerk of Superior Court & Superior Court Judge - Cash or Approved Check Only*

Joe SimpsonNCAL #4791 AuctioneerSCAL #4097 Auctioneer

“Auctions Good For The Sold”

Court ordered real estate auCtionSat. August 28th, 2010 @ 10:00 am

Margaret elms estate (living)1998 us #221-n Hwy, rutherfordton, nC 28139

Marvin sparrow, Commissioner 10 sP 109direcTionS - 5 miles north of rutherfordton on US #221 Hwy. in the

Gilkey community on the right. (Watch for signs)*House & 3.27 Acres Divided Into 2 Lots: LOT ONE - 6-room - Bath & 1/2 - Brick Home with Utility room on 1.62 Acres - Single carport - Forced Air - oil Heat & central Air - Approx. 1900 sq. ft. - nice Lot with Shade Trees & Garden Spot. LOT TWO - 1.65 Acres adjoining lot with nice building site - Shade trees - Garden spot - Good lot for investment opportunity or business.

• ALL PROPERTY SELLS AS-IS-WHERE-IS WITH NO WARRANTIES OR GUARANTEES EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED •

open for inspection Friday, august 27th - 2:00 pm till 5:00 pm - sale day 9:00 am till sale timeThis is a good home for the first time buyer or great rental income producing property. BE SURE TO COME OUT AND TAKE A LOOK BEFORE SALE DAY.

HOUSE SHOWN BY APPOINTMENT ONLY

6B — The Sunday Courier, Forest City, NC, Sunday, august 22, 2010

STATEWIDE CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING NETWORK

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REAL ESTATE•FORECLOSED HOME AUCTION. 650+ SE Homes. Auction: 9/11. Open House: 8/28, 8/29 & 9/4. REDC. View Full Listings: www.Auction.com. RE Brkr 20400 •NC MOUNTAIN LAND SALE! Lake Lure - August 21st! 4+ Acres- Views- $19,900! 5 Acres- Riverfront-$39,900! 4+ Acres- Log Home Package - $49,900! Paved Roads/Utilities. 800-455-1981, ext.101. •OWNER MUST SELL this NC Mountain log cabin, $87,900. 2.58 acre wooded setting w/large creek, cathedral ceilings, 1288sf covered porches. EZ to finish. 866-738-5522. •NC MOUNTAINS- Best Land Buy! 2.5 acres, spectacular views, gated, paved road. High altitude. Easily accessible, secluded. Bryson City. $45,000. Owner financing: 1-800-810-1590. www.wildcatknob.com

SCHOOLS/INSTRUCTION•ATTEND COLLEGE ONLINE from home. Medical, Business, Paralegal, Accounting, Criminal Justice. Job placement assistance. Computer available. Financial aid if qualified. Call 888-899-6918. www.CenturaOnline.com •AIRLINES ARE HIRING- Train for high paying Aviation Career. FAA approved program. Financial aid if qualified. Job placement assistance. Call Aviation Institute of Maintenance. 877-300-9494.

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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

Mobile Homes for Rent

0675

3BR/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. 828-280-7139

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

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

Unfurnished Apartments

0610

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

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

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

onlinebuygeorge.com/593.jpg

Mobile Homes for Rent

0675

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

dep. Call 286-1638

2BR/2BA Cent. h/a, stove,refrig. No pets. $425 + $300dep. 245-5703 or 286-8665

2BR/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 704-472-4403

REAL ESTATE FOR RENT

Unfurnished Apartments

0610

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

Creekside Crossing Apartments

Taking applications for 1 & 2bedroom apartments!

Located at:450 West Street, Spindale, NC

828-288-3738Tuesday- Friday8:00am - 4:00pm

55+ or 45+ if handicapped or disabled

SECTION 8 WELCOMECertified Energy Star unitsallows for 5% discount onelectric services. Equal

Housing Opportunity! Disabilityaccessible units.

Professionally managed byPartnership Property

Management, an equalopportunity employer and

provider.

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

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

Restaurant0260

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

Part-time Employment

0268

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

People Seeking Employment

0272

Will clean houses orbusinesses, ironing, windows,dust, mop, vacuum. Honest,hardworking. 828-447-4190

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

Trucking0244

$1,225This is what our driversaverage pay per week!

Plus:*WEEKLY Home Time

*APU Equipped* NO NYC

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Call 800-968-8552Truck Service,

Inc.Forest City, NC

Restaurant0260

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

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By HOWARD FENDRICHAP Tennis Writer

In 35 years of women’s tennis rankings, never before has the No. 1 player missed the U.S. Open.

Serena Williams will be the first.About 1½ weeks before the year’s last Grand

Slam tournament begins, the U.S. Open lost its female favorite and one of its leading characters when three-time champion Williams withdrew, saying she still is recovering from surgery to repair cuts on her right foot.

“It is with much frustration and deep sadness that I am having to pull out of the U.S. Open,” Williams said in a statement released Friday by her publicist.

Williams, whose 13 major singles titles are the most among active women, said doctors advised her not to play so her foot can heal. She called missing the tournament “one of the most devastat-ing moments of my career.”

Last year, she lost in the U.S. Open semifinals after a tirade at a line judge over a foot-fault call, an outburst that drew a record fine.

The 28-year-old American reportedly was hurt by a broken glass at a restaurant while she was in Munich last month — shortly after winning her fourth Wimbledon singles title on July 3, and before playing in an exhibition match against Kim Clijsters that drew a tennis-record crowd of 35,681 in Brussels on July 8.

Williams had surgery in Los Angeles on July 15. She already had pulled out of three hard-court tournaments she was scheduled to enter in prepa-ration for the U.S. Open and also skipped playing World TeamTennis.

Williams’ withdrawal also means she won’t team with older sister Venus to defend the doubles title they won in New York last year. Venus, who hasn’t competed on tour since Wimbledon because of a bothersome left knee, is expected to play singles at Flushing Meadows.

Andy Roddick, the 2003 U.S. Open champion, said Serena Williams’ absence is a “fairly big-sized hit for the tournament.”

“I haven’t had a chance to talk to her about it, but I do know the U.S. Open is probably her favor-ite event, so obviously, if she’s this far out and is not going to play, it’s got to be something pretty serious, which is unfortunate,” Roddick said, “because there’s no doubt about who the top draw card is in New York City as far as the women’s side of the draw.”

Williams is the only No. 1 woman to miss the U.S. Open since the rankings began in 1975, according to the U.S. Tennis Association.

IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — Michael Phelps dropped out of the 200-meter individual med-ley heats on Saturday at the Pan Pacific championships, leaving teammate Ryan Lochte as the favorite.

Coach Bob Bowman said Phelps chose to focus on swim-ming in the evening 400 medley

relay final.Bowman said Phelps told him

Friday night that he didn’t think he could swim the heats and final of the 200 IM, then come back later to help the United States in the medley relay on the final night of the year’s biggest international meet.

“It’s going to take three really

good swims to get through that and neither one of us feel like he has three in him,” Bowman said. “I agreed because I know his physical condition.”

Phelps won the 100 butterfly on Friday night, then returned later to lead off the victorious 400 free relay, in which the Americans beat Australia.

Phelps drops out of 200 IM at Pan Pacs No. 1-ranked Williams pulls out of US Open

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Troop 129 of Spindale was repre-sented by 23 scouts and three leaders; Troop 132 of Rutherfordton fielded 13 scouts and three leaders; and Troop 125 of Forest City had one contin-gency member, Chris Robinson. He applied for the honor, a selected post that carries a few extra perks and an opportunity to participate in all activities.

But the end of the 10-day jamboree, Chris admitted he was more than ready to get home and in the air con-ditioning.

“Every day was black flagged,” Chris said, as temperatures were above 90 degrees every day of the Jamboree.

“It was 124 degrees in my tent one day. That’s why we were drinking water all the time,” he said.

Lee Roberts, 16, of Troop 129, said officials and camp leaders actually obsessed over scouts drinking enough water.

“Even our bus driver said one day, ‘I don’t see anyone drinking water on my bus,’” Lee said.

Aaron St. Clair of Troop 129 said as far as scouts could see throughout the property were pallets and pallets of bottled water.

Troop 129 was at the Jamboree four days and nearly everyone’s highlight was the arena show. For more than 40 minutes, fireworks were displayed and paratroopers jumped into the arena from helicopters during the fireworks and light show.

Scouts also had an opportunity to work on 101 of the 110 total Boy Scout merit badges that could be completed within a few hours at the Jamboree. Another popular activity at the Jamboree was patch trading. Robinson collected numerous embroi-dered patches from scouts across the country.

Scouts trade these patches between each other to grow their own personal collection.

Troop 132 Scouts were among thou-sands of scouts who opted to visit the Jamboree rather than actually camp there. After a four-hour visit,

the Rutherfordton scouts were off to Washington, D.C., to tour.

Dustin Atchley of Spindale said a highlight of the trip was going to Arlington National Cemetery, although he thoroughly enjoyed the Jamboree.

“It was really humbling to see (how) all the people had fought and died for our country. It was an honor to be a part of the wreath laying ceremony,” Dustin said.

Matt Atchley enjoyed the music, lights and the people at the arena show.

The Atchley brothers commented President Obama sent a video to the jamboree instead of appearing in per-son. “He went to “The View,” Dustin said of his appearance on the talk show that drew negative comments from the scouting world.

Dustin said the trip reminded him of his pride of being an American.

“It shows what all it has taken for

Contributed photoSome Rutherford County Boy Scouts were among the thousands in attendance at the National Jamboree July 26 through Aug. 4 held at Fort A.P. Hill, Va. Below, during the arena show, Scouts were treated to performances by paratroopers and fire-works.

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A 10 day adventure

Contributed photoScouts were divided into subcamps during Jamboree, and troops from Rutherford County were part of Pit Crew. More than 36,000 Scouts attended Jamboree.

Text by Jean Gordon

Somewhere in a crowd of 43,000 Boy Scouts attending the National Jamboree in Fort A.P. Hill, Va., recently were 37 Rutherford County scouts enjoying the activities and enduring the heat.

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An afternoon drive Sunday to visit family reminded of a time when my family got in one car to visit grandparents.

A feel-good moment hap-pened as I passed by a home where a grandpa was in an out-door swing watching his grand-daughter create chalk art.

Oh, the memories.Growing up our family vis-

ited one set of grandparents and then another almost every Sunday afternoon.

As I was driving along Long Branch Church Road, I couldn’t help but smile as I thought of the days when the six of us trav-eled that same path to see the Gordons then the Crawfords. They lived within a mile of each other. A blessing I didn’t realize until years later.

Arriving at the place where my paternal grandparents lived last Sunday, I could see the old house with its long front porch, the back yard and China Berry tree where Grandma swept dirt with her house broom. I passed by the old Champion place where a sister got her tiny foot stuck in a wooden fence, escap-ing seconds before a bulldog had her foot.

Aunts and uncles always gath-ered in the front yard at my maternal grandparents’ home.

We sat in yard chairs that rocked and shared a double glider that would pinch fingers nearly as fast as a bulldog could bite a kid’s stuck foot.

We played croquet and hide ‘n seek. The best hiding place was the barn loft. After climbing six ladder rungs to the loft, we’d hide among bales of hay where mice were hiding, too.

We’d walk through a jungle of kudzu to the old Bailey house, running, tripping and falling all the way and laughing like we were having a ball.

The most precarious of our games was getting into empty feed barrels for fast rides over terraces in the pasture where the cows lived. By the way, it only took once to get a finger smashed before knowing hands belong inside. Dodging cow patties was half the fun.

We bounced over terraces nearly to the creek, where we often spent time digging into the banks for clay fit for a pot-tery bowl, created by the hands of children with incredible imaginations. Moss was used for cleaning.

There were Sundays when our cousins visited our house. Heading for the woods, we’d sneak behind trees waiting for the howls of neighbors’ dogs, pretending they were man-eat-ing dogs and then we’d run like crazy to safety.

A nearby steep hill was the best magic slide this side of Gatlinburg and from a vine swing, we were no doubt the best trapeze artist this side of Barnum & Bailey.

Walking a little further into the woods we arrived at Bethany Creek where we fished with cane poles, a line, sinker, a bobble and a fat freshly dug earth worm. We caught knotty heads and crayfish and dared them to pinch us; searched for frogs and hoped to eye a snake just so we could scream.

The creek took children through a tunnel with the most amazing acoustics where laugh-ter never ended.

Adventures are all around. Take children. They’ll never for-get it. Trust me.

Contact Gordon via e-mail at jgor-don@thedigitalcourier.com.

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to be here,” he said.“Scouting teaches

you not only about out-door skills, but lessons in life, helps you to build leadership skills that will influence you throughout your life,” Matt added.

Both scout troops vis-ited Washington before

returning home. Among highlights

were laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Solider at Arlington National Cemetery. Four scouts from each troop were given the honor.

Also in Washington, scouts went to the Capitol. Troop 129 met Congressman Heath Shuler, heard Speaker

of the House Nancy Pelosi discuss the 75th anniversary of Social Services from the capi-tal steps and they also witnessed a protest.

Scouts also toured the Smithsonian museums, war memorials and war monuments.

Contact Gordon via e-mail at jgordon@thedigitalcou-rier.com.

Contributed photoTroop 129 Scouts (left to right) back — Dustin Atchley, Vaughn Freeman; front — Aaron St. Clair and Drew Henderson, prepare to lay a wreath at Tomb of the Unknown at Arlington.

Contributed photoBoy Scout Troop 129, Spindale Scouts attending the National Jamboree and visiting Washington, D.C. were Matt Atchley, Dustin Atchley, Drew Henderson, Vaughn Freeman, Aaron St. Clair, Jordan Gorman, Kenny Lovelace, South Bright, Lee Roberts, Wyatt Frazer, Fullington Frazer, Philip Guadagno, Ethan Yelton, Ethan Wallace, Cameron Fowler, Matt Robinson, Christian Gold, Cole Price, Adam Blecher, Egan Newton, William Newton, Charles White and Allistar Wilkie. Scoutmaster Terry Henderson and Assistants Kim Henderson and Tim Atchley accompanied the Scouts. The troop is sponsored by Spencer Baptist Church.

Contributed photoTroop 132 (left to right) front — Spencer White, Kaleb Munjas, (back) Jake Wells and Konner Munjas laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Arlington National Cemetery.

Contributed photosAbove, Piedmont Council’s Senior District Executive Travis Walker (right) with other scout officials at the Jamboree. They are (l-r) Tico Perez, National Commander, Boy Scouts of America; Tom Riggs, former Regional President, BSA; Wayne Brock, Deputy. Chief Scout Executive. At left, Boy Scout Troop 132, Rutherfordton traveled to the National Jamboree and to Washington, D.C. last week and includ-ed (left to right) front row —Harley Lattimore, Matthew Lattimore, Spencer White, Devon Reeves, Joshua Ashe, John Henry Deaver; second row — Will Bunch, Doug Munjas, Jake Carpenter, Ben Harris, Konner Munjas, Kaleb Munjas, Jake Wells, Scoutmasters/Assistants Dean Perry, Eric Wells and Mel Bunch. The troop is sponsored by First Baptist Church, Rutherfordton.

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Out & AboutDiva ball

Contributed photoDreamweavers Dance Studio held a princess and diva grand ball July 30 at KidSenses.

Chase Baptist Church on Mission held Vacation Bible School at Judy’s Childcare Centers recently for children who may not be able to attend VBS outside their daily schedules. The theme was “Saddle Ridge Ranch” and Chase Baptist’s Sharon Butler led the children through songs and dance.

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Tourism Development Authority Acting Director Michelle Whitaker intro-duced herself at a recent at the Heritage Tourism Council meeting as having deep roots in Rutherford County, although she has lived in other areas most of her life. “I’m a seventh gen-eration family member liv-ing on the family farm.”

Frankie McWhorter told the group attend-ing the same meeting, “I hear it’s the place to be for Singles over 50” refer-ring to the bluegrass event every Friday night at the Union Mills Learning Center. Cost is just $5 and goes to support the opera-tion of the center.

During a recent busi-ness seminar at Isothermal Community College, Pam Lewis, senior vice president for entrepre-neurial development at Advantage West had this to say:

“If a business owner has a problem and their hair is on fire, they need someone local they can call.”

When Board Member David Reno arrived at the August meeting of the Rutherford County Department of Social Services, he was surprised to see a full crowd in attendance and said, “Do you see anything wrong with this picture?”

To which Board Member Margaret Helton replied, “Yes; you didn’t bring the donuts!”

During the Owls’ semifinals game against the Peninsula Pilots, Forest City catcher Danny Canela provided a little bit of play-by-play.

“Buckner’s up. He’ll either line out or smack a double here,” commented Canela.

Owls’ 1B Grant Buckner promptly smacked an RBI double to left center field.

“I can do this all day,” Canela said with a smile.

Jean Gordon/Daily CourierFriends (l-r) Joyce Hoyle of Union Mills, Billie Lee of Rutherforton and Vesteen Logan of Spindale, were among a capacity crowd of Charlie Daniels fans attending his concert last Thursday night at the Foundation, Isothermal Community College. The threesome travel all over the place enjoying concerts, shopping, eating and activities at the senior center. And although Vesteen said she’d not heard of him before, she’s always ready. “When they say ‘let’s’, I say ‘Go,’” she said.

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Larry Dale/Daily CourierAbout 400 people attended the Relay for Life survivors’ dinner Tuesday eve-ning at R-S Central High School. The 2010 Relay for Life of Rutherford County is scheduled Sept. 10 at RS Middle School. The American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life website reports, “A survivor is anyone who has ever heard the words ‘You have cancer.’ And we invite all cancer survivors in the community to attend Relay for Life.”

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Kathryn Elizabeth Sheets, daugh-ter of Dr. and Mrs. Douglas Sheets of Rutherfordton, and Zachary Clay Walker, son of Larry and Rosalind Walker of Forest City, are engaged and plan to be married Oct. 9, 2010, at Carolina Event & Conference Center.

The bride-elect is a graduate of R-S Central High School and Western Carolina University with dual degrees in environmental health sciences and biology She is an environmental health specialist at Rutherford Polk McDowell Health Department.

The future bridegroom is a gradu-ate of East High School and served four years in the United States Navy. He is currently a student at Isothermal Community College.

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Robyn Nicole Reinsel and Jordan Michael Rowell were married Saturday, July 10, 2010, at Redeemer Church in Hudson, Ohio.

The Rev. Mark Evans officiated the 4 p.m. ceremony.

The bride is the daughter of James and Christine Reinsel of Hudson. The bride-groom is the son of Jim and Beverly Rowell of Rutherfordton.

The bride was given in marriage by her father. Maid of honor was Lisa White. Bridesmaids were Kelly Adams, Beth

Hill, Allison Stanley and Emily Ingram. Junior bridesmaid was the bridegroom’s niece, Hannah Rowell.

The bridegroom chose his father and his brother, Brandon Rowell, as best men. Ushers were Jeremy Adams, the bride’s brother, Ryan Reinsel, Blane Kingsmore, Jay McKinnon and Andy Hines. Junior grooms-man was the bride-groom’s nephew.

A reception was held after the ceremony at Roses Run Country Club in Stow, Ohio.

The bride is a 2008

graduate of Messiah College in Pennsylvania with a degree in ele-mentary education. She is employed as a fifth grade teacher at Helena Elementary School in Timberlake. The bride-groom is a 2005 gradu-ate of Appalachian State University with a degree in business management. He is employed by Health Link of America in Raleigh in human resources.

After a wedding trip to Secrets Resorts at Maroma Riviera, Cancun, the couple live in Timberlake.

WeddingsReinsel and Rowell exchange vows July 10 in Ohio

Mr. and Mrs. Jordan Rowell

Mr. and Mrs. Larry Frazier of Spindale announce the engagement of their daughter, Jennifer Lynne Frazier of Spindale, to Brandon Coleman Toney, son of Mr. and Mrs. Coleman Toney of Forest City.

An Oct. 10, 2010, wed-ding is planned at Firefly Cove in Lake Lure.

The bride-elect is the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Norman Greene, Robert Frazier and the late Dorothy Frazier. She is a 2004 graduate of R-S Central High School and is self-employed by JLynne Design.

The future bridegroom is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene

Morgan, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Toney and Geraldene Hester. He is a 2003 graduate of Chase High school and is employed by Advance Auto Parts.

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reunion will Aug. 22 at Providence United Methodist Church Family Life Center. A covered dish lunch will begin at 1 p.m.

HarrisThe 31st annual

Harris family reunion covered dish lunch will be Aug. 22 at 1 p.m. at the White House Community Center.

Carver High The Carver High

School All-Class reunion will be held Labor Day weekend, beginning Thursday, Sept. 2. On Friday

classmates will gather at The Foundation at Isothermal Community College for registra-tion and for a play. On Saturday, a parade through Spindale end-ing at Carver Center will be held, followed by an association meet-ing and the Eagle Gala, a dinner/dance. The group will attend wor-ship service Sunday afternoon.

A golf tournament will be held Sept. 3 at 11 a.m. at Meadowbrook Golf Course. Purse will be based on participa-tion. Registration will be held from 9 to 10 a.m.; cost is $40 per golfer. Proceeds go to

CHACR scholarship fund. For information, call Dainnye Mayes, 429-2121, or Carver Jackson, 1-864-787-2206, or e-mail jack-soncarver4@aol.com.

Miller/LynchThe descendants

of Amos Miller and Carrie Lynch will hold a reunion Sept. 10-12 in Polk County. For information, call Velma Logan, 828-863-2997, or Cynthia Logan, 247-0726. Please RSVP by Aug. 25.

East Rutherford Class of 2000

The East Rutherford Class of 2000 will hold a reunion Sept. 18. For details, please contact Amber Guffey Fowler at 289-1766 or visit the class’ Facebook page.

R-S Central Class of 1970

The R-S Central

High School Class of 1970 will hold its 40th reunion Sept. 25 at the Rutherfordton Clubhouse. Any class-mates who have not been contacted should call Delores Greene Hill at 287-7192 (day) or 286-4315 (night).

Chase High Band Alumni

The Chase High School Trojan Band will hold an alumni reunion Nov. 5 during the last home football game. There will be a registra-tion form on the band’s website at www.tro-janmarchingband.org. Former band directors are also invited. Former members are invited to bring their instru-ments and play pep music in the stands. For information, contact Band Director Michael Henderson at mhender-son@rcsnc.org.

East Rutherford High Class of 1980

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

R-S Central High Class of 1965

The R-S Central High School Class of 1965 will hold a 45 year reunion Oct. 16 at the Water Oak Restaurant in Rutherfordton. class memebers who have not received information about the event should contact Pat Nanney, 245-2246, or Jack Huss, 287-2190. A planning meeting is scheduled for Aug. 5 at 6 p.m. at Spindale Restaurant.

Chase High Class of 1965

Chase High School

Class of 1965 is plan-ning its 45th reunion for Saturday, Oct. 16, at the Rutherfordton Clubhouse.

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

East Rutherford Class of 1985

East Rutherford Class of 1985 will hold its 25th reunion Oct. 15 and 16. For more infor-mation, call Tracy L. Fuller, 287-0943, or Penni Keyes, 704-995-6915.

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Timothy and Rachel Crotts of Ellenboro, a son, Domanic Aiden Crotts, Aug. 5.

Jessica Adams and Gabriel Lockett of Rutherfordton, a son, Dominic Gene Adams, Aug. 5.

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Kayla Lowery and Eric Pruett of Rutherfordton, a daughter, Saydie Grace Pruett, Aug. 8.

Chad and Renee Davis of Rutherfordton, a son, Zachary Landon Davis, Aug. 10.

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Sonya and David Washburn of Rutherfordton, a daughter, Ava Elizabeth Washburn, Aug. 12.

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Jeremiah and Alice McCluney of Rutherfordton, a daughter, Miah Grace McCluney, Aug. 14.

Elizabeth Stoner, a teacher at Harris Elementary, represent-ed Rutherford County Schools at the North Carolina Farm Bureau Ag in the Classroom Summer Reading and Science Workshop July 12-14.

Fifty-three kindergar-ten through fifth grade teachers from across the state attended the workshop, which was designed to pro-vide educators with strategies and lesson plans for teaching sci-ence and literacy skills while emphasizaing the importance of agricul-ture in today’s society.

Ag in the Classroom, an educational program sponsored by North Carolina Farm Bureau, is dedicated to fostering a better understand-ing of the importance

of agriculture in North Carolina. Ag in the Clasroom (AITC) ben-efits North Carolina public and private, charter and homeschool teachers by promoting an appreciation for our state’s food and fiber production from the raw source to the con-sumable product. AITC also focuses on the

importance of the peo-ple involved with the various stages of agri-cultural production, the employment opportuni-ties afforded by agricul-ture and the industry’s statewide economic impact. AITC enables teachers to meet the educational needs of their students through competency-based, grade level specific cur-ricula, teacher inservice workshops and local support through con-tact with county Farm Bureau members.

Activities making up the workshop included lesson demonstra-tions, hands-on learn-ing activities and a full day of farm tours. The group visited the N.C. State Research FAcility at Lake Wheeler and the Raleigh Farmers Market.

Contributed photoWhile at the North Carolina Farm Bureau Ag in the Classroom Summer Reading and Science Workshop this summer, Elizabeth Stoner got to visit the Raleigh Farmer’s Market.

Stoner takes part in Ag in the Classroom

Elizabeth Stoner

Contributed photoMembers of the Jacobus family attended a reunion held by the East High Band Aug. 7. Those who attended included Amanda Whittemore, Jennifer Jacobus Easler, Rita Jacobus Whittemore, Grace Whittemore, Sandra Todd, Tyler Jacobus, Christopher Whittemore, Kasey Whittemore, Danny Todd, Kelby Wood and Wallace Easler.

With band record-ings from the ‘60s and ‘70s playing in the background, former members of the East Rutherford High School Cavalier Band gath-ered to share stories and memories during a reunion held Aug. 7.

The Cavalier Band celebrated the life and legacy of W.W. Jacobus (band director from 1966-1976) coinciding with the 40th anniver-sary of the the band’s participation in the World Music Festival in Kerkrade Holland on Aug. 8, 1970.

Two former assistant band directors were present.

Danny Todd, who was assistant with Jacobus in the early 1970s, and his wife, Sandra Todd, who was a drum major for Jacobus when he was band director for a high school in Loris, S.C., in the ‘60s, and Charles Page, who was assistant with Jacobus in the mid and late 1960s, and went with the band on the Europe trip in 1970 came attended.

The commons area walls were decorated with memorabilia from

the “Jacobus Years.” An “In Memory of...” table was displayed to honor the Jacobuses and 15 band members who are now deceased. Kathy Weir, former band member and former ERHS band director for 10 years, led alumni on tours of the band room and trophy cases. Alumni directories with contact informa-tion were designed and distributed by Marty Beam, a former band member.

A catered barbecue meal was served in the school’s cafeteria. Dr. Tony Beam, a for-mer band member, was the emcee for the evening. Rita Jacobus Whittemore, daugh-ter of W.W. and Vernie Jacobus, shared some stories about her father and her experiences with the band. A rep-resentative from each graduating class shared stories from their per-spectives as band stu-dents.

A recording of Band President LuJuan Gibson taped in the stands at the European Preview presentation in Bryan Harrill Stadium on July 25, 1970,

was played. Richard Mauney, currently serv-ing as a missionary in Romania, was brought to the reunion via “skype,” with help from Mike Jolley, Debbie Jolley Bedford and Patrick Smith, current ERHS band director.

Don Addis, the first band member under W. W. Jacobus to actually graduate and become a band director him-self, led the alumni in a “kazoo” version of “The Horse” and “The East High Fight Song.” A poignant segment of the program began with “Leader of the Band,” written and sung by Dan Fogleberg, softly in the background as each band alumnus was asked to stand as their names were read. The program ended with Eddie Digh, Mack McKeithan and members of the class of 1967 leading every-one in the East High “Alma Mater” – one of Jacobus’ traditions was to have everyone stop what they were doing as the band pulled back into the school parking lot after an event and sing the alma mater in unison.

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FOREST CITY — Former Rutherfordton resident Gene Bryson has received a new kid-ney. He updated his “A Bryson in China” web-site with the latest on the July 11 transplant.

A businessman in furniture manufactur-ing, Bryson returned home from his com-pany’s plant in China to Winston-Salem at least a year ago to await the transplant he has need-ed for several years.

He underwent the transplant at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center and returned home about four days later.

“As the days and weeks are now pass-ing along, I’m getting stronger and healthier

by the day. At least I sure think so. And the doctors seem to be con-curring,” he wrote on his website. “Seems I was in such good health they sent me along so they could tend to the backlog of patients.

They’ve been rather busy lately. They did nine transplants the weekend I was held over, and three more the following Tuesday. I don’t know if that is an inordinate number, but it seemed like a lot to me, and the hospital staff was strained to handle the increase of patients.”

“These first few months are critical to assuring my body does not reject this new kid-ney. So the meds are extensive, and the care is close. I have to limit public exposure dur-ing this period too, so I cannot go to games, church, or other events for another few weeks, and have to be careful even after that.”

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FOREST CITY—Belk of Tri-City Mall hosted a Kid’s Fest Saturday, Aug. 14. The event began at noon with a fashion show held directly across from the children’s depart-ment.

Sixteen kids between the ages of 3 and 12 par-ticipated in the fashion show and modeled two to three outfits of Belk’s new Back-to-School fall fash-ion line.

After the fashion show, festivities continued out-side until 3 p.m. as kids played a variety of games, participated in a coloring contest, got their faces painted and ate snow cones.

All Belk stores par-ticipated in Kid’s Fest. Activities varied at indi-vidual store locations.

Kid’s Fest held Aug. 14

Ansley Hodge, 6, was one of the models dur-ing a fashion show held at Belk during the store’s Kid’s Fest. At left, more than 10 chil-dren took part in the fashion show.

FOREST CITY – On Aug. 14, staff and fam-ily members from River Textile Services, Inc. (RTS), headquartered in Rutherford County, grilled and served din-ner to the children at Rutherford Hospital’s Camp Wheezknot, a weekend camp for chil-dren between the ages of 7-12 who are living with asthma.

Camp WheezKnot was funded entirely through a generous donation to the Rutherford Hospital Foundation from RTS Charities, the philan-thropic branch of River Textile Services, Inc.

“We are just so grate-ful to RTS for their

kindness and generos-ity,” said Patti Brown, coordinator for the camp. “Thanks to them, we were able to open another whole lodge with 28 additional beds this year. For the first time, we didn’t have to worry about money. That wouldn’t have been possible without RTS.” This summer’s camp hosted 45 camp-ers and 12 counselors.

To show their appre-ciation, the camp’s children designed and signed a banner of appreciation. They pre-sented the banner to RTS Chairman/CEO, George Ferencz, during the festivities.

Contributed photo Camp WheezKnot Coordinator Patti Brown and a Wheezknot camper (left) presents River Textile Services, Inc. Chairman/CEO George Ferencz (right) a banner of thanks for the company’s generous support of this year’s summer camp.

Camp Whezknot made possible through corporate donation

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Moving can be exciting and stressful. Whether it’s your first apartment or a move into a new-to-you home, you’ll be tempted to buy new furnishings and home decor. Many interior decorating accents and solutions can be either handmade projects or purchased secondhand.

Here are a few suggestions. SPLURGE ON: Some of

your larger anchor pieces, such as couches, dining or kitchen tables, mattresses and bed frames, can be more high-end items. One reader, Carla from Canada, shares: “I felt we should buy a quality couch, as it is something that gets a lot of use and should last a long time. I also felt it was worth paying extra if needed to get something that was actually comfortable to sit on. We bought a solid wood entertainment center, too. I would never get a cheap particle board one again, as we wasted so much money on replacing ones that bent and fell apart.”

SCRIMP ON: Curtains can be found secondhand, bought cheap or made yourself. Kim from Alabama, adds: “I have a twin-size flat sheet as a curtain on my bedroom window. It’s pulled back and fastened with a decorative drapery tie with tassel. The fitted sheet I used to cover two long pillows to make a padded headboard for my bed that sits right on top of the mattresses. I have just a Hollywood frame and didn’t want to spend the money for a wooden headboard. Now the curtains and the head-board match. It works for me since the set of sheets was used and was given to me!

The pillows for the headboard were ‘salvaged’ foam sofa cushion cut to the desired size.”

SPLURGE ON: Consider furniture that has a dual purpose, such as chests that can be used as storage and a table. A large dresser can be used for clothes, as a make-shift buffet, in the garage as a potting bench or to hold miscellaneous tools. Jen D., shares: “I took an old dresser from my childhood and turned it into a media stand. I took out the top two draw-ers, popped out their bottoms and used the bottoms as the shelf in the newly vacated space. My DVD player sat there so it could pick up a sig-nal from the remote. As for the drawers themselves (what was left of them), I took the handles off and hung them nearby on the wall as square shelves that held two small speakers and a small knick-knack.

A quick repaint in soft white and I had a beautiful little entertainment center!”

SCRIMP ON: Artwork can be made cheaply. Use pho-tos, make collages or shadow boxes from keepsakes. Frame children’s art, vintage greet-ing cards, fabric or handker-chiefs.

Scan and frame book illustrations, or make your own silhouette art (visit www.designspongeonline.com/2008/04/diy-project-custom-paper-silhouettes.html).

Sunday Break

new wife tries to exorcise late wife from man’s lifeDear Abby: My wife, “Jan,”

is having problems related to my late wife, “Ellen.” Ellen and I were married 31 years. We built a business together and raised three sons. Obviously, I have a life-time of memories associated with her. I admit that I still grieve, but I have tried to move on.

I am forbidden to mention Ellen’s name around Jan. She says five years should be long enough to “forget.” When we married two years ago, she moved into my home because it was bigger and closer to my business than hers. Jan now says she has no “place” in this house, although we moved most

of her furniture in and sold mine.

Abby, Jan won’t let me have a photo of Ellen, even in a drawer. I had to buy her a second piano because she refused to play the one that Ellen had played on, nor will she consider a certain make of car to replace hers because Ellen drove one.

She says she feels like “the other woman” in our mar-riage. It’s not a threesome, and I’m not trying to mold her into my first wife. Did

I make a mistake marry-ing just three years after my wife died? Am I inconsider-ate of Jan’s feelings, or is she being unreasonable? — Remarried

Dear Remarried: It’s not unusual for a second wife who moves into an existing home to want to “steril-ize” the interior so she can make it her own. However, I agree that Jan’s reaction is extreme. Obviously, you married a woman with seri-ous insecurities. Her insis-tence that the name of the mother of your children not be mentioned, or a photo of her kept — even in a drawer — is unrealistic and heavy-handed.

If you made a “mistake” it may have been in marrying while you were still griev-ing. Because you and Jan are at odds, I strongly advise scheduling some sessions with a marriage counselor.

Dear Abby: I was laid off recently and my husband does not make much money. We have lived within our means, but due to a recent rash of bad luck, necessary home repairs, kids’ braces and medical bills, I don’t know what to do.

My parents are not helping us in this time of need, and I am becoming resentful. They are elderly and we are always helping them — cut-ting grass, painting, driving

them to family get-togethers and doctor’s appointments. These are things they would have to pay someone else for, but we do for free.

I want to say, “I need your help NOW, not an inheri-tance down the road.” I have no siblings nearby and I know my parents’ care will eventually fall to me, put-ting even more stress on my situation. Am I wrong to feel resentful, knowing they can afford to help us out but don’t? — Dutiful Daughter

Dear Dutiful Daughter: Before you allow your resentment to build any fur-ther, have a talk with your parents. Have you asked them for help and been

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Dear Abby

Dear Dr. Gott: I would like to know more about tricuspid regurgitation.

I’ve been exercising for more than 25 years and just learned I have this condition.

It has been called mild. I see my specialist later this

month but don’t know how to exercise with the diagnosis.

Dear Reader: Tricuspid regurgitation, also known as insufficiency, occurs when this particular valve in the heart fails to close properly.

This causes blood to flow backward into the right atri-um (upper-heart chamber) when the right ventricle (low-er-heart chamber) contracts.

There are several reasons this may occur, including but not limited to injury to the right ventricle, radiation therapy, carcinoid tumors, rheumatoid arthritis, rheu-matic fever, Marfan syn-drome and, in the presence of Ebstein’s anomaly, a congeni-tal heart disorder.

Without pulmonary hyper-tension, there may be no symptoms at all.

When pulmonary hyperten-sion and moderate to severe tricuspid regurgitation occur together, patients may expe-rience fatigue, pulsing of the neck veins, decreased urinary output, weakness, symptoms of right-sided heart failure and edema of the feet, ankles and stomach.

A physician can make a diagnosis if he or she feels a pulse over the liver or swell-ing of the liver and spleen, when a murmur or abnormal sounds are heard through a

stethoscope. A physician may choose

to order a chest X-ray, EKG or echocardiogram to cor-rectly diagnose the disorder. Laboratory testing may reflect abnormal liver func-tion and hyperbilirubinemia (jaundice).

Some medications may cause symptoms and include those for Parkinson’s disease, migraine headaches and obesity.

Mild cases may not require any treatment at all. More advanced cases may require brief hospitalization to ver-ify the diagnosis and bring symptoms under control.

Any underlying conditions would be addressed during the hospitalization. Should surgery be required, it may include repair or replacement of the valve.

Patients should reduce their salt intake and may find relief by elevating the head of their beds to combat feelings of shortness of breath.

If you haven’t already, I recommend you engage the services of a cardiologist and rely on his or her judgment when it comes to how much exercise you should under-take.

I am unaware of any other medical conditions you might have and cannot make that decision.

Must exercise be halted?Cesar Millan, the Dog Whisperer, who has

saved countless dogs and their families from emotional trauma because of unacceptable canine behavior (really unproductive human behavior), now has a website www.cesarw-way.com. The site is filled with interesting and helpful topics for dog owners interested in improving the lives of their canine com-panions. The current Cesar’s Way newsletter offers the following information regarding international efforts to stop pet overpopula-tion primarily through spay/neuter programs. Read his message below.

“August 21, 2010 marks the 19th Annual International Homeless Animals Day. In an effort to raise awareness about the extreme overpopulation affecting animal shelters The International Society for Animal’s rights (ISAR) will hold events and candlelight vigils across the world in honor of those animals that have lost their lives due to overpopulation.

Every year more than 4.5 million dogs and cats die in local animal shelters due to a lack of space—(around 3.000 animals are destroyed yearly in Rutherford County alone). For the past 19 years, organizations such as ISAR have promoted new ideas and efforts to reduce pet over-population with spay and neuter programs. One of the kindest acts people can perform to save the lives of animals is to spay or neuter their pet, which prevents homeless animals from ever being born in the first place.

From a simple spread of the message, to attending fundraisers for shelters to help keep their spay/neuter programs thriving, we all can help the cause in keeping shelter populations at a minimum.

We have heard this Ghandi quote many times: “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” We would add here that it has to begin at the local level because a great nation is comprised of great communities!.

Two vigil events will be held in North Carolina and information is available at the Cesar’s website.

Or visit www.gratefulness.org to learn more about online vigils and how you can contribute to this event by making an online donation.

Remember you always have the option of supporting our own local Rutherford County low cost spay/neuter programs by sending donations to the Community Pet Center at P.O. Box 623, Rutherfordton, NC 28139-0623

Spay or neuter your animal today

PuZZLEYour Birthday, Aug. 22;

Before considering a career change in the year ahead, be sure you’ve done everything you can to become valuable.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) - When seeking direction for a personal situa-tion, talk to those who will tell you the truth.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) - If you are a creature of habit, it may be time to make a change.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) - One of your most effective assets is your ability to get along with people from all walks of life. You can use this to improve your dealings with a difficult person.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) - Larger-than-usual rewards can be generated through sheer determination and hard work.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) - Whether you realize it or not, every time you open your mouth, your words have a big impact on others.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) - If you’re in the market for something special, this might be a good day to go exploring to see if it is out there.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) - It’s great to be helpful to friends and fam-ily alike, but don’t get so immersed in their affairs that you forget about your own needs.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) - Get together with a close friend if s/he is available, and let this person help you thrash out what’s been bothering you.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) - Go digging in that scrap heap for a lost interest that can be resurrected.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) - Fences can be mended if you desire, but you will have to be the one who extends the hand of friendship.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) - The best way to assure success in a col-lective endeavor is to look out for the interests of everyone.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) - Pay attention to every detail and aspect in your business dealings, and don’t take anything for granted.

In THE STaRS Scrimp or Splurge on furnishings

The Pet Project

Produced byJo-Ann Close and Lynne Faltraco

Community Pet Center

Dr. Peter M. Gott

Ask Dr. Gott

by Sara Noel

FrugalLiving

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8C — The Sunday Courier, Forest City, NC, Sunday, august 22, 2010

LOCAL

August 25 - 27Wednesday —

Manager’s choiceThursday —

Manager’s choiceFriday — Manager’s

choiceAugust 30 - 31Monday — Pepperoni

pizza, buttered corn, pineapple chunks.

Tuesday — Corndog, potato puffs, apple crisp, ice juicee.

Choice of milk with each meal.

RCS announces first week menu

FOREST CITY — The deadline for the Rutherford County Tourism Development Authority photography contest is Sunday.

Submitted photos can show any natural, histori-cal or cultural subject in the area. Photos must depict Rutherford County from a public vantage point and one that a visitor could access as it appears in real life. Photos with a front porch view or those with a porch in them are encouraged but not required as judges are looking for a diverse collection of entries.

Participants may submit up to three digital photos to the contest’s official Flickr account.

The deadline for submission of photos has now

been extended to August 31, 2010.

To enter, please visit http://blueridgefrontporch.com/photocontest and complete the online form before upload-ing your photo to the contest’s Flickr account.

A panel will judge the photos based on originality, artistic composition, photographic technique and technical exe-cution. Finalists will be cho-sen from all entries and win-ners will receive assorted priz-es for their work. Winners will receive recognition for only one of their submitted photos.

Some prizes include one complimentary night at The

Esmeralda Inn, one round of golf and scenic lake cruise from Rumbling Bald Resort, four-hour fishing trip pro-vided by Lewis No Clark and a $25 gift certificate from M Squared Restaurant

Winning and other selected photographs will be used in any Lake Lure & the Blue Ridge Foothills marketing and promotional materials and displayed on Rutherford Tourism’s website.

Winning photographs will also be displayed Sept. 14-19 at the Celebrating of the Arts-Visual Arts Guild & Foundation- Guild Gallery.

The contest will commence on July 15, 2010 and end on August 31, 2010.

To enter please visit http://

blueridgefrontporch.com/photocontest and complete the online form before upload-ing your photo to the contest’s Flickr account.

Minor digital enhancement such as cropping, rotating, red-eye removal and resizing are permitted, however signif-icantly modified or unnatural looking images will be dis-qualified.

For a complete list of rules and regulations, entry form and link to Flickr account, vis-it http://blueridgefrontporch.com.

For questions regarding the contest contact Michelle Whitaker at Michelle.Whitaker@rutherfordcoun-tync.gov or call 245-1492.

TDA extends photo contest deadline

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