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By ALLISON FLYNNDaily Courier Lifestyles Editor

RUTHERFORDTON – The name and owners may have changed, but there are familiar flavors – and familiar feelings – associated with MiMi’s Dairy-O on U.S. 64.

Opened May 1 by Cindy and George List, MiMi’s Dairy-O occupies the building that first began as the Rainbow Grill and then operated for more than 50 years as Kay’s Dairi-O.

Kay’s closed earlier this decade following the death of owner Donald Ford, Cindy List said.

“It had to be one of the saddest days in this county when it shut down,” Cindy said.

According to Rutherford County Historian

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By JEAN GORDONDaily Courier Staff Writer

FOREST CITY — Fireworks displays for the Fourth of July weekend drew huge crowds for the “absolutely exquisite” show, said Melissa Messer, Tourism Manager at the Hickory Nut Gorge Chamber of Commerce.

She estimated a crowd of 6,000 people who watched the show from Morse Park, Lake Lure and said people were parked everywhere they could find a space in Lake Lure and along U.S. 64/74.

In Forest City, Deneen Hamrick said the crowd for Saturday night’s fireworks was much larger than last year when an estimated 4,000 viewed the show from the mall area and along U.S. 74A.

While the fireworks shows went off very successfully, there were minimal calls dispatched by the Communications Center with no serious automobile injuries or other holiday related injuries in the county. There was one major house fire early Saturday morning that heavily damaged a family’s vacation home near the Pumpkin Center, but everyone got out safely.

“We were very quiet,” said Sgt. Roman Scruggs at the Communications Center Monday afternoon.

“We got a lot of complaint calls last night about people shooting fireworks,” he said.

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Holiday relatively quiet in county

Garrett Byers/Daily CourierCindy List, owner of MiMi’s Dairy-O, hands Neely Holland, 8, a vanilla ice cream cone dipped in chocolate. Holland was with her father, Robin, Friday ordering the cold treats. It was her first time at the drive-in that recently reopened after being closed for several years.

Garrett Byers/Daily CourierMiMi’s Dairy-O makes its own waffle cones to serve ice cream to customers.

Bernice Williams with a favorite painting on display at the Norris Library, Rutherfordton. The art exhibit is hosted by the Rutherford County Visual Arts Guild and is open to the pub-lic during regular library hours.

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By JEAN GORDONDaily Courier Staff Writer

RUTHERFORDTON — Bernice Williams was in college where a friend discovered a “hidden” art talent Williams said she never knew she had.

But today at age 87, Williams is showing her art work for the first time to the public at an exhibit at Norris Public Library.

The library has several of her pieces of work on display, including a photograph of her-self, she had taken for a gentleman friend. It remains one of her favorite photographs today.

Williams hasn’t painted in a long time, she said, but remembers how much she enjoyed painting.

She said she would paint flowers, land-scapes or other things when she saw them visibly. And others, she saw visions of the beautiful flowers and painted from her own memory.

She paints with oil, water color and acrylics, Williams was a student at Appalachian

State Teacher’s College in the 1950’s when a friend noticed her art work and proceeded to encourage Williams to paint. She took the prompting from her friend and the rest is his-tory. In addition to her exhibit at Norris, she has other work in her home and has painted for others.

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By JEAN GORDONDaily Courier Staff Writer

RUTHERFORDTON — Town officials believe the restoration of the former Kodiak build-ing on Central Street here will be a “boon” for Rutherfordton and on Wednesday night, Town Council will take action regard-ing a renovation project when it meets at 5:30 p.m. at town hall.

Kenneth Appling, business-man and entrepreneur is ask-ing for council’s approval to apply for a Building Reuse and Restoration Program grant from the North Carolina Rural Center to renovate the building to become JD’s Sports Bar and Grill.

In a letter to the Rural Center, Mayor Jimmy Dancy said the town is very pleased to support Appling’s plans for renovation.

“The building is a historic structure centrally located in our downtown and has been vacant since the local economy took a serious downtown in 2008. The town looks forward to having this beautiful build-ing occupied once again with a vibrant business,” Dancy said.

The business will generate six additional jobs.

“As a show of support, the town of Rutherfordton has committed a $1,961.87 in-kind match towards the grant,”

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This sweet puppy is a cuddly female beagle mix named Oreo. She can be found in kennle three and along with oth-ers is ready for adoption. This and many other loving animals are looking to find a good home and can be adopted at the Rutherford County Animal Shelter on Laurel Hill Drive in Rutherfordton. The shelter’s hours are noon to 4 p.m. Monday -Thursday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday - Saturday. For more information call 287-6025. For the Community Pet Center volunteers office call 287-7738. Due to the Holiday the shelter will be closed on Monday July 5, but will re-open Tuesday July 6 at noon. Monthly Report for June 2010: Dogs/puppies picked up or surrendered to shelter, 113/65; cats/kit-tens picked up or surrendered to shelter, 53/168; total number of animals picked up or surrendered-399. Dogs/puppies eutha-nized this month at the shelter, 78/27; cats/kittens euthanized this month at the shelter, 47/155; total number of animals euthanized at the shelter, 307. Total num-ber of animals adopted from the shelter this month, 31. Total number of animals returned to owners this month, 10. Total number of animals rescued by groups this month, 29. Animals remaining in shelter as of 06-30-10 62. Animals remaining in shelter at the end of last month, 55. Calls for animal pick-up/drop off (does not reflect transports to vet), 123. Cruelty/complaint investigations, 31. Bite case investiga-tions, 5. Total number of animal control calls for the month, 159. Total amount of money deposited for the month, $1,560.

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GREENSBORO (AP) — A North Carolina man said gun-men fired dozens of bullets into his Rockingham County house because they were angry at his older son over a recent stabbing incident.

Michael Stephen Smith said he first thought people were shoot-ing fireworks outside his home near Mayodan around 3 a.m. Sunday. Then he realized the danger.

“They were aiming to kill somebody. This wasn’t a ran-dom, drive-by shooting. They unloaded some high-powered stuff into my house,” Smith told The News & Record of Greensboro.

Rockingham County deputies said at least two shooters fired about 30 rounds into Smith’s home, knocking out windows,

damaging the siding and scat-tering debris around the rental house on U.S. 220 Business. Smith said it was more like 50 or 60 bullets.

“It’s amazing that no one was shot,” sheriff’s spokesman Dean Venable said “The house was riddled.”

Smith thinks the shooters were angry with his older son and wanted to send him a mes-sage. Leon Michael Smith faces an assault charge for a stabbing about 100 miles away in Stokes County more than a week ago and authorities continue to look for him.

“We had been told by a bunch of people they were going to retaliate,” Michael Smith said.

Smith was sleeping with his 7-year-old granddaughter in a

back bedroom and his wife was asleep in the living room when the shooting started.

Bullets ripped into her chair, and Smith said his wife was so scared she couldn’t move. He left his granddaughter sleeping in the bed and tried to get a look at the people shooting.

Then he turned back to his wife, saying he counted about 25 bullet holes in her chair.

“I told my wife she must have nine lives,” Smith said. “She has a guardian angel.”

The family spent the night in another home. Smith figures the shooting did about $10,000 in damage.

“My landlord probably ain’t going to like it,” Smith said. “The house was shot all to piec-es.”

RALEIGH (AP) — Democrats proud to have passed the North Carolina state budget on sched-ule for the first time since 2003 will have to keep a pretty short to-do list if they are to hold their shortest even-numbered year session since 1996, too.

The longer the General Assembly lingers before gaveling out the budget-adjustment session, the list can grow as rank-and-file legislators try to argue their pet piece of legislation is indispens-able.

“It’s better to get out quick, rather than let all the bad stuff come out of committee,” said Rep. Bill Owens, D-Pasquotank, the House Rules Committee chairman.

Heading into what could be the final week of the session, legislative leaders hope to gather their focus largely upon passing a broad ethics, cam-paign fundraising and government reform pack-age, followed by an economic incentives bill.

“When you shake it all down, front and cen-ter is the ethics bill. That’s what we’ve got to do,” said Senate Majority Leader Martin Nesbitt, D-Buncombe.

The investigation into activities surrounding former Gov. Mike Easley and his campaign has entered a second year, and calls to stop “pay-to-play” politics are mounting. Given that, Democrats and Republicans alike can’t afford to be seen as doing nothing on the issue, especially during an election year. Gov. Beverly Perdue also has offered her own ethics package.

The House and Senate have competing packages that now appear to have bipartisan support. They both make it a felony to give at least $10,000 in illegal campaign contributions in a single election. It’s currently a misdemeanor. The state ethics laws would cover more people, and elected officials would have to file another financial disclosure statement once they leave office to shed light on potential conflicts of interest.

Differences stem from what are considered the best ways to reduce the perception outsiders can unfairly influence politicians.

The economic incentives package is in danger of getting scuttled or delayed since a Senate finance committee inserted a provision late last week that would create a state trust designed to manage the Yadkin River and its dams currently owned by Alcoa Inc. The House rejected a similar trust last year.

Perdue said lawmakers must give her more gen-erous tax credits to revive the state’s ailing film industry and create breaks to make the state a destination for computer simulation program firms.

“I’ll be very direct. If we do not pass this bill, North Carolina will be able to kiss those indus-tries good bye,” Perdue said.

Lawmakers will take up some other topics in the final days. Liquor store reforms and redistribut-ing 911 emergency phone fees are expected to pass before adjournment, but a ban on sweepstakes machines and a referendum on eminent domain face uncertain futures.

Attorney General Roy Cooper appears to have momentum on his side to pass a bill so police can take DNA samples from people arrested for seri-ous crimes — without having to wait until convic-tion as they do now. Cooper held a news confer-ence last week featuring a rape victim speaking out in favor of the measure.

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Jean Gordon/Daily CourierBernice Williams holds a favorite photograph of herself, also on display at Norris. She had the photograph made for a male suitor. “He kept the one of me smiling more,” she explained.

“I guess people just don’t want people to celebrate. It’s a national holiday.”

At the S-D-O Fire Department Monday morning, secretary Melissa Carlisle said the fire department answered about 11 calls during the holiday weekend, and most were medical calls. There were two motor vehicle accident calls, but no one was transported to the hospital, she said. There were also a few fire calls, but nothing significant, she said.

“It was way better than last year,” she said. A year ago on July 1, Carpenter Design off Poors Ford Road, caught fire and S-D-O and other firefighters were on the scene for days.

At the North Carolina Highway Patrol office in Asheville, a spokes-person confirmed state highways in Rutherford County had been quiet.

At the Hickory Nut Visitor’s Center, Messer said at least 600 people walked into the center on July 4 with a variety of tourism related questions.

“(They) wanted to know about the fire works, places to go to get wet, wanted to know about Chimney Rock Park, tour boats and where to park for the fireworks,” she said.

Messer watched the fireworks display from her home as did Mary Jaeger-Gale, general manager at Chimney Rock Park at Chimney Rock State Park.

“We have guests from all over the world here today,” Jaeger-Gale said from the Park Monday morning where she was on duty. “With the cooler temperatures and nice breez-es, a lot of people were hiking and enjoying the park. Business is stron-ger than last year and not only have we had more guests in the Park, but there have been a lot of people in the Village shops.”

Saturday night’s fireworks at the Tri-City Mall were equally as suc-cessful said Deneen Hamrick.

We were all very tired Saturday night, but well pleased,” she said. “The fireworks were about a 20 min-ute show and they were absolutely beautiful,” Hamrick said.

She and other sponsors of the Freedom Celebration will begin planning soon for the third annual event.

The summer home of the Harry Cronon family sustained significant damage Saturday morning when it caught fire.

The house is located on U.S. 64/74 near Pumpkin Center of the South and the family was at home when the fire was discovered at about 1:30 a.m. Everyone got out safe.

Bill’s Creek Fire Chief Jim Howell said firefighters from Bill’s Creek, Shingle Hollow, Green Hill, Lake Lure, Fairfield, Chimney Rock, Rutherfordton, Sunny View and Sugar Hill all responded to the fire.

“The way the house was construct-ed, we had to do a lot of work inside the house,” Howell explained.

“The fire was channeled in between floors and that created quite a prob-lem for us,” he said.

About 50 firefighters helped extin-guish the fire in the two-story home that included an attic completely filled with items and there was also a large workshop attached to the house.

“There was a lot of water damage to the house and the roof burned off,” Howell continued.

Bill’s Creek firefighters left the scene about 8 a.m.

Howell said, the fire is not suspi-cious but the cause is under inves-tigation by the Rutherford County Fire Marshal’s office.

“We don’t know how it started,” Howell added.

He said at about 11 p.m. Friday, the Cronon’s daughter thought she smelled smoke in the house but, after looking, no one saw anything and the family went to bed.

At about 1:30 a.m., the daughter got up again and the smoke alarms were going off throughout the house and it was burning.

The Cronon’s live in Orlando, Fla., and use the house as a second home. Their daughter and grandchildren were staying with the Cronons for the week.

The American Red Cross arrived at the scene and provided emergency housing, food and clothing for the family.

On another sad note, Dean Givens, Lake Operations director for Lake Lure, who was anticipating a huge crowd on the lake and was sched-uled to work during the holiday, was called away due to death of his brother. Walter Wade Givens, 43, of Hendersonville, was killed Friday afternoon.

He was riding a motorcycle when he was struck from behind by a 2003 Chevrolet. He was thrown from the motorcycle and then struck by the vehicle.

About the accident, Trooper J.A. Cloud was quoted in the Hendersonville Times-News, “It was a bad start to our weekend.”

The holiday weekend officially ended Monday night and at 9 a.m. Tuesday work resumes by the Department of Transportation on major road construction projects, including the U.S. 221 widening project.

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So far no one else in the family has shown the talent of painting, she said.

“No one has shown up yet, but it almost passed me by,” she said.

The daughter of Berlin Dexter Williams and Queen Isabella Arrowood Williams, she has five sis-ters and a brother. She also graduated from Alexander Schools, Inc., and Gardner-Webb Junior College.

She was a high school English teacher in Kentucky, Georgia, Maryland and North Carolina, including Rutherford County,

Williams and her sisters tell the story of the day Williams was in an English class at Appalachian, singing and learning folk songs and ballads. Her professor taught mountain bal-lads and was impressed by Williams’

knowledge of the songs he was sing-ing. She informed him, her mother, Isabella, had taught her numerous ballads similar to the ones she was learning in class.

He was impressed, Williams actu-ally taped her mother singing some of the ballads. She took the tape back to school and the professor submitted the tape to the Library of Congress.

The family has the originals of Williams taping her mother singing.

Williams said that for her, life has been “interesting and enjoyable,” but “also difficult in a lot of other ways.”

Although she has always enjoyed working outdoors and indoors, she said health problems lately have pre-vented her from doing a lot of things she enjoys.

“But I am working feverishly to make it happen. Miracles can hap-pen,” she smiled.

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Forecasters: Heat wave coming to N.C. this week

RALEIGH (AP) — Forecasters say the heat wave gripping the northeast U.S. is poised to move south into North Carolina this week.

Several places across the state enjoyed record or near-record lows in the 50s and 60s at the start of the Independence Day holiday weekend. But the high pressure system that brought the cool weather has moved east, bringing heat and humidity back.

By Wednesday, highs should be approaching 100 across much of the state, with areas in the mountains around 90.

The humidity will be rising, mak-ing it feel several degrees hotter.

It already has been a warm sum-mer in North Carolina. Raleigh and the Triad reported their hottest June in a number of decades.

Business for boom is booming for textile plant

LIBERTY, N.C. (AP) — Business is booming for a North Carolina textile company that helps make the absor-bent boom soaking up oil in the Gulf of Mexico.

Supertex owner Edward W. Cumins told The News & Record of Greensboro that his company was on the brink of insolvency three years ago, but now his 40 employees at his

Liberty plant work around the clock.Supertex makes high-strength knit

tubing, which contractors then stuff with absorbent material to make boom, which stretch for miles in the Gulf of Mexico, capturing oil before it reaches the beaches.

Cumins says he has mixed feelings making money on the catastrophe in the Gulf, but he’s glad money used to clean up the spill is going to his com-pany and not overseas.

Duke scientists discover more on fish, mercury

RALEIGH, (AP) — Scientists at Duke University have figured out why mercury poses a bigger hazard in seafood caught in the ocean than fish caught in fresh water.

The researchers told The News & Observer of Raleigh that the chloride in ocean salt sticks to the more dan-gerous form of mercury, known as methyl mercury, in a way that makes it harder for sunlight to break down the metal.

The scientists found it took at least 10 times longer to break down the mercury in salt water than in fresh water.

One of the study’s authors Heileen Hsu-Kim says more research needs to be done on how mercury cycles through the marine environment.

The findings were published in Nature Geoscience.

WINSTON-SALEM (AP) — Officials in one North Carolina city are offering to let their employees work four days a week as long as it doesn’t affect city services.

The Winston-Salem Journal reports that Winston-Salem officials made the offer to city employees after passing a budget that offers no raises for the second straight year. The employees would work 10-hour days.

Department heads and City Manager Lee Garrity will have to approve the request to work four days, and city services will have to stay the same.

Workers in Winston-Salem’s streets division have already agreed to the four-day schedule.

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North Carolina lawmakers are expecting to wrap up their shorts session possibly as early

as this week, but they have work that needs to be done.

The major items remaining on the agenda are a proposed ethics reform bill and an incentives bill that targets several potential clients that could bring new jobs to the state. One item still on the agenda is a bit controversial.

That bill would allow police to take DNA samples from people arrested for serious crimes without waiting to see whether those people are found guilty.

The motivation for DNA collection is clearly understandable, but this bill at this time should give thinking people a bit of concern.

State Attorney General Roy Cooper has defended the bill and argues that there are protections for the innocent in the bill. Those protections amount to this: if a person is found not guilty the sample would be destroyed.

On the surface, you might say this is fair. But in a state where a series of high-profile mistakes and abuses by prosecutors, investigators and the state crime lab have recently led to over-turned convictions and the release of innocent people, it is difficult to put a lot of faith in the promises of fairness and accuracy.

In fact, the state crime lab is now being examined by independent exam-iners because of problems revealed in a recent case.

We would much rather see the state step back on this bill until they can assure the people that these problems are fixed and that these DNA samples will be handled appropriately,

Our ViewsRush to pass bill on DNA a mistake

RALEIGH – Let’s suppose that police find some stranger snoop-ing around your property, look-ing at your home’s windows and checking at the doors.

Without an alternative expla-nation, the obvious conclusion would be that this stranger was about to break into your home. But would logical supposition be enough to charge the person with a crime that they have yet to commit?

Under our legal standards, it wouldn’t. Sure, the guy might be charged with trespassing. If he had burglary tools, he could face more serious charges.

Kevin Geddings and his law-yers might not like that analogy to describe what happened to the former state lottery commis-sioner in 2006. But the federal honest services law that prosecu-tors used to convict Geddings has similarities to pursing bur-glary charges against someone for snooping around a home.

Geddings, a political consul-tant and one-time chief of staff to former South Carolina Gov. Jim Hodges, was released from prison last week after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down sig-nificant portions of the federal honest services fraud law.

That law says that the public enjoys a right to expect “honest services” from publicly elected and appointed government offi-cials, meaning they shouldn’t be double-dealing or having known, undisclosed conflicts of interest.

The nation’s high court ruled

that only if someone acts on that conflict, only if they take a bribe or a kickback, are they guilty of a crime. In other words, the per-son must actually break in or try to break in the home.

Geddings never acted on his conflict. He barely had the chance.

He resigned from the fledg-ling state lottery commission in 2005 following revelations that he had been on the payroll of Scientific Games, one of the two big lottery operators seeking a state contract to run the game here. The commission was the entity responsible for awarding the contract, but had yet to do so when Geddings resigned.

Federal prosecutors gained the conviction against Geddings because he failed to disclose the lottery firm payments on a state economic disclosure form. Under state law at the time, failure to disclose the information wasn’t a crime. It was grounds for remov-al from office.

The effect of the high court’s decision won’t stop with those who, like Geddings, were already sentenced using the honest ser-vices fraud law.

The ruling could also shape the ongoing federal corruption probe of the administration of former Gov. Mike Easley.

Last winter, Geddings for-mer lawyer, Tommy Manning told me, “I don’t think that the Department of Justice is going to change its headlong use of the honest services fraud statute until they get stopped with a choke chain.”

The choke chain has just been jerked.

That doesn’t mean federal prosecutors don’t have at their disposal adequate laws — fraud, bribery and even racketeering charges — to pursue public cor-ruption cases.

Manning, like a majority of the nation’s high court, would say that those laws are enough.

Avoiding those Latin phrases that lawyers love, there is legal principle that a crime require both intent and act.

Mooneyham is executive director of the Capitol Press Association.

Has this recession put capitalism up for grabs? More so than at any time

in the last 70 years, our fun-damental economic system — capitalism — is being questioned.

Capitalism is a system of private ownership of resources and private deci-sions about how those resources are used.

While we certainly don’t have a pure form of capital-ism — public decisions (gov-ernment) do play a major role in our economy — busi-ness decisions about what to produce and what prices to set and household decisions about where to work and what to buy are largely left in private hands.

But some are now saying the capitalist system has failed us.

The basis for their state-ment is the recession. While recessions occur with some degree of regularity, the severity of the recession which began in late 2007 has shocked most people. It has revived ideas that capi-talism is inherently unstable and requires more govern-ment control.

What is the intellectual basis for this claim? There are two fundamental roots to the argument. One comes

from the English economist Keynes who believed capi-talist economies go through periods of optimism and pessimism.

During the optimistic times, consumer spending is high and investment returns are significant. Then, some-thing sparks a mood change to pessimism. Investors sell, returns fall and consumers retreat by curtailing spend-ing and increasing saving. These economic conditions prompt a recession.

Several factors could cause the change in attitude (“ani-mal spirits” in Keynes’ lan-guage).

Bad weather could cause crop failures or floods. International political ten-sions could increase the chance of war. Or tech-nological advances may cause investors initially to over-estimate the resulting investment returns.

Then, when reality sets in, there’s an investment pull-

back (a bust) and subsequent decline in the broader econ-omy.

In the 1970s the econo-mist Hyman Minsky offered a somewhat different, although related, cause for capitalism’s instability.

Minsky focused on the banking system and the instability caused by frac-tional reserve banking.

Fractional reserve banking results in depositors’ total claims on banks’ reserves exceeding those reserves.

For example, a bank may have $10 million in loans but only $2 million in reserves.

The system works fine when the banks’ loans suc-ceed. But if a substantial number of the loans fail, the result can be a run on the bank by depositors and col-lapse of the financial system.

Some observers say a “Minsky moment” occurred in the 2007-09 recession, when a drop in housing val-ues effectively prompted a run on the “shadow” bank-ing system (hedge funds, investment banks) and brought the nation — and world — close to a financial calamity.

Believers in either of these two bases for capitalism’s instability see a need for

greater regulation of our economic system, including restrictions on how financial managers are compensated, what products financial firms can offer and addi-tional public funds to be used for the rescue of large (too big to fail) companies. Some of these ideas are embodied in legislation cur-rently being considered by Congress.

But there is an alterna-tive view, which says that rather than private decision-makers making capitalism inherently unstable, it is the actions of /public /decision-makers that are the source of the problem.

The Federal Reserve can create economic instabil-ity by alternatively increas-ing and then decreasing the availability and cost of credit.

This realization led the economist Milton Friedman to propose replacing the Federal Reserve Board with a computer programmed to increase the credit supply at a constant rate.

Public decision-makers can also create instability by changing tax rules and gov-ernment spending programs.

Indeed, a strong argument

can be made that the hous-ing market crash and 2007-2009 recession resulted from easy and ample credit provided by the Federal Reserve in the early 2000s, a change in the tax law in the late 1990s increasing the tax value of homeowner-ship and the aggressive pro-motion of homeownership by the quasi-governmental agencies Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae.

Many economic historians have argued that capital-ism has brought more pros-perity to more people than any other economic system developed. But the economic events of the last two years have called the system into question.

Each person will have to decide the degree to which capitalism is at fault. My own advice, as a professional economist, is to carefully consider any changes.

Dr. Walden is a William Neal Reynolds Professor and North Carolina Cooperative Extension economist in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics of N.C. State University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. He teaches and writes on personal finance, economic outlook and public policy.

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Dorothy DavisDorothy Lee Morris Davis,

88, of Rutherfordton, died Sunday, July 4, 2010, at Oakland Living Center.

A native of Cluster Springs, Va., she was a daughter of the late William Samuel and Rose Etta Morris. She was the widow of Troy Verl Davis.

She was a homemaker and a member of Spencer Baptist Church.

She is survived by one son, Billy Davis of Rutherfordton; two daughters, Connie Mills of Rutherfordton and Faye Ford of Wilson; four sis-ters, Annie Hayes, Alvernia Goodson, and Elenor Russell, all of Richmond, Va., and Ruth Bailey of Seattle, Wash.; five grand-children; 11 great grandchil-dren; and four great-great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Spencer Baptist Church with the Rev. Billy Vaughn officiating. Interment will follow at Sunset Memorial Park. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service in the Family Life Center of the church.

In lieu of flowers, memori-als may be made to Spencer Baptist Church, 207 N. Oak Street, Spindale, NC 28160, or Hospice of Rutherford County, PO Box 336, Forest City, NC 28043.

Online condolences at www.crowemortuary.com.

Tommy FrazierWilliam Thomas “Tommy”

Frazier of Turner Road, Rutherfordton, died Monday July 5, 2010, at Rutherford Hospital.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Crowe’s Mortuary & Crematory.

Hazel McCurryHazel Grigg McCurry, 97,

of Eastwood Village Bostic, died Monday July 5, 2010, at Fair Haven Rest Home.

A native of Illinois, she was a daughter of the late Samuel and Bessie Gold Grigg. Besides her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Claude McCurry.

She was a member of Cliffside Baptist Church and was retired from Cliffside Mill. She was a seamstress.

She is survived by two sons, Warren Russell McCurry of Orlando, Fla., and Melvin McCurry of Ellenboro; one sister, Lallage Grigg

Freeman of Morganton; three grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and two step-great-grandchil-dren.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, at the A.C. McKinney Memorial Chapel at McKinney-Landreth Funeral Home with the Rev. Joey Cantrell officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Burial will follow in Cliffside Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to the Cliffside Baptist Church Children’s Playground Fund at P.O. Box 336, Cliffside, NC 28024 or to Hospice of Rutherford County, P.O. Box 336, Forest City, NC 28043.

Guest register at www.mckinney-landrethfuneralhome.com.

Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah

BEIRUT (AP) — The lead-ing Shiite cleric in Lebanon and one of the sect’s most revered religious authorities, Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, died Sunday after a long illness. He was 75.

Seen by some as a spiritual mentor to the Hezbollah militant movement and by others as a voice of pragma-tism and religious modera-tion, Fadlallah enjoyed a fol-lowing that stretched beyond Lebanon’s borders.

Police Notes

ObituariesPerson of interest sought in death

HARRELLS (AP) — Investigators say they have someone they want to talk to about the shooting death of another man at a rural North Carolina racetrack.

Sampson County Sheriff Jimmy Thornton told multi-ple media outlets he was not ready to release the name of the person of interest.

Authorities say 29-year-old Timothy McKoy of Garland was gunned down after an argument Sunday during a car, truck and motorcycle show at Harrells Raceway.

The sheriff says his depu-ties don’t answer a lot of calls at the track, but he asked the owner Monday to beef up security.

The raceway is privately owned and isn’t sanctioned by the International Hot Rod Association or regulated by the state.

Fireworks set fire that damages house

ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say fireworks appear to have sparked a fire that burned a vacant South Carolina house.

Rock Hill fire officials told The Herald of Rock Hill that the back porch, roof and sid-ing of the house burned early Monday morning, causing about $3,000 in damage.

Rock Hill officials say fire-fighters also fought nine other small grass and trash fires they think were started by fireworks over the holiday weekend.

No one was injured in the blazes.

Woman’s body found in river

WILMINGTON (AP) — Authorities say an autopsy will be needed to determine what killed a woman found dead in a North Carolina river.

Wilmington police told The StarNews of Wilmington that officers found the wom-an’s body in the Cape Fear River on Sunday afternoon.

Investigators say there are no signs of injury or foul play on the body of the woman, whose identity won’t be released until her family is

notified.An autopsy has been

scheduled for Tuesday.

Train derails near downtown Raleigh

RALEIGH (AP) — Several train cars have derailed near downtown Raleigh, but offi-cials say no one has been hurt and there have been no evacuations.

Multiple media outlets report the cars left the track at a rail yard in North Carolina’s capital around 4 p.m. Sunday.

Norfolk Southern says seven cars derailed, and at least one of them contains ethanol.

Special equipment is being sent to put the cars back on the track.

Raleigh police say the derailment isn’t causing any major traffic problems.

Woman trapped in burning shed dies

EASLEY (AP) — Authorities say a South Carolina woman died after a piece of lawn equipment caused a fire that burned a shed in Easley.

Investigators told multiple media outlets that 47-year-old Cheryl Kinsela was with her husband Saturday in the outbuilding when the blaze started.

Authorities say the hus-band escaped with minor injuries, but Kinsela was trapped in a closet where she was later found by firefight-ers.

Easley fire and police are investigating the blaze along with the State Law Enforcement Division.

Teen drowns in waves at beach

EDISTO BEACH, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a Bamberg County teen has drowned after being knocked over by a big wave in rough water off the South Carolina coast.

Investigators told mul-tiple media outlets that 19-year-old James Jordan of Denmark was at Edisto Beach with his family and friends Saturday.

Authorities say Jordan and three others were knocked off their feet. Jordan disap-

peared, while another in the group was injured, but climbed from the ocean.

Rescue teams found the teen’s body about two hours later.

Authorities say the ocean at the beach was about as rough as it gets Saturday.

Canoeists on N.C. river find body

ASHEVILLE (AP) — A man and woman canoeing on a North Carolina river have found the body of a man face down on a rock.

Authorities told the Asheville Citizen-Times that the canoeists found the body Saturday afternoon, then pulled their canoe out of the French Broad River and called for help.

Asheville police didn’t give the man’s name because his family has not been notified, but they said he was home-less.

Investigators say there were no signs of foul play, but an autopsy has been scheduled.

Police say they don’t know exactly when the man died, but said he appeared he had been in the river for a while.

Wife charged with killing her husband

MOYOCK (AP) — Authorities say a North Carolina man having marital problems was killed by his bodybuilding wife in their Currituck County home.

Deputies told The Virginian-Pilot of Norfolk, Va., that 38-year-old Lateisha Jandreau was arrested Saturday by officers with a search warrant after they found her 51-year-old husband’s body hidden in the couple’s garage.

Mike Jandreau says his brother Paul told him he was having problems with his wife, but wasn’t scared. The two had been married for about eight years after meet-ing in a kickboxing class and Lateisha Jandreau won a state bodybuilding champi-onship last month.

Jandreau is charged with first degree murder and is being held at the Currituck County jail without bond. It wasn’t immediately clear if she had an attorney.

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Sheriff’s Reportsn The Rutherford County

Sheriff’s Department responded to 323 E-911 calls during the holiday weekend.

Rutherfordtonn The Rutherfordton Police

Department responded to 59 E-911 calls during the week-end.

Spindalen The Spindale Police

Department responded to 63 E-911 calls during the week-end.

Lake Luren Lake Lure Police

Department responded to 60 E-911 calls during the week-end.

Forest Cityn The Forest City Police

Department responded to 141 E-911 calls during the holiday weekend.

Arrestsn Antonio Prudencio

Cabrera, 26, 1055 W. Main Street, Forest City; charged with driving while impaired, open container after con-suming alcohol; placed under a $1,000 secured bond. (NCHP).

n Christopher Martise McKinney, 19, Silverplate Grill Road, Rutherfordton; charged with failure to appear on misdemeanor; placed under $5,000 bond. (RCSD)

n Holly Joanna Mathis, 21, 112 Capri Park Drive;

charged with breaking and entering, larceny after breaking and entering, mis-demeanor larceny, breaking or entering a motor vehicle; released under a $50,000 unsecured bond. (RCSD)

n Wesley Jonathan White, 23; charged with misde-meanor larceny; placed under a $1,000 bond. (RCSD)

n Leevurn Logan, 65, of 153 Greenfield Drive; charged with driving while impaired; placed under a $2,000 bond. (RCSD)

n Michelle Lynn Harrison, 35, 131 Lukes Drive; charged with intoxicated and disrup-tive, resisting public officer; placed under a $3,500 bond. (LLPD)

n Gregory Stephen Garner, 19, of 183 Hamilton Road; charged with two counts misdemeanor violation pro-bation; released from jail. (RCSD)

n Tina Ann Miller, 49, of 207 Aqua Drive; charged with first-degree trespass and injury to real property; written promise to appear. (RCSD)

EMSn Rutherford County

Emergency Medical Services responded to 46 E-911 calls and rescue crews responded to 20 calls during the holiday weekend.

Fire Callsn Residential fire alarms

in the Chimney Rock, Green Hill, Lake Lure and Shingle Hollow fire districts brought firefighters from the respec-tive districts to answer calls

during the weekend.n Bostic fire fighters

responded to a carbon mon-oxide leak.

n Ellenboro fire firefighters responded to a brush report and a smoke report.

n Hudlow was dispatched to an electrical fire.

n Lake Lure fire fight-ers responded to a brush fire, grass fire and a smoke report.

n Rutherfordton fire fight-ers responded to a woods fire.

n S-D-O responded to a motor vehicle accident and a grass fire.

n Spindale firefighters responded to a grass fire.

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Thomas J. Clyburn, Sr.

Mr. Thomas Jefferson Clyburn, Sr., age 82, of 194 Silver Plate Grill Road, Rutherfordton, was born on September 19, 1927, in Kershaw, S.C. He died Thursday, July 1, 2010, at Rutherford Hospital. He was the son of the late James Monroe and Candis Drakeford Clyburn.

At birth he was given the nick name, “Tom” and thereafter was always called “Tom” by family, friends and everyone.

He was a faithful member of Gold Hill Baptist Church where he served as a deacon, former trustee, missionary and mem-ber of The Laymen League. He was a member of the N.A.A.C.P. and a member of Hospice. Also Mr. Clyburn was a member of The Sunbeam Lodge #46, and a participant in their Masonic Choir. Tom enjoyed traveling and participating with the Senior Citizens Club of Forest City.

He was preceded in death by his wife of 62 years, the late Elloree McCain Clyburn.

Mr. Clyburn is survived by two daughters, Patsy C. Howell and her husband, Lowell R. Howell of Cherryville, N.C., and Carolyn C. Logan of Rutherfordton; a son, Thomas J. Clyburn Jr. and his wife, Libby Clyburn of Rutherfordton; nine grandchildren: Lowell E. Howell of Shelby, N.C., Raphael J. Howell of Charlotte, N.C., Felicia Maddox of Morganton, N.C., Jeffrey McDowell of Atlanta, Ga., Chance Mock, Nichole Pugh and Brandon Logan, Jr., all of Charlotte, N.C., Chris Watkins of Spindale, N.C., and Kecia Long of Forest City; fourteen great-grandchildren.

In addition to his parents and wife, Tom was preceded in death by 12 siblings; but he leaves to cherish his beloved memories, one sister, Candis “Tip” Carey of Charlotte, N.C., and a host of other relatives and friends.

Funeral services will be held at 2 PM Wednesday, July 7, 2010, at Gold Hill Baptist Church, Rutherfordton.

Visitation will be from 1:30 until 2:00. Also the body will lie in state from 12:30 until 1:30 p.m.

The family will be at the home of his son, Thomas J. Clyburn, Jr., 178 Silver Plate Grill Road, Rutherfordton.

The Thompson Mortuary and Chapel is serving the family.

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Hazel Grigg McCurry

Hazel Grigg McCurry, 97, of Eastwood Village Bostic, North Carolina, died Monday, July 5, 2010, at Fair Haven Rest Home.

A native of Illinois, she was born July 25, 1912, a daughter of the late Samuel and Bessie Gold Grigg.

Besides her parents she was preceded in death by her hus-band Claude McCurry and one brother Wendell Grigg.

Hazel was a member of Cliffside Baptist Church and was retired from Cliffside Mill. She was a seamstress all her life and enjoyed doing alterations for many of her friends.

She is survived by two sons, Warren Russell McCurry and wife, Frances of Orlando, Florida; and Melvin and Judy McCurry of Ellenboro; one sis-ter, Lallage Grigg Freeman of Morganton; three grandchildren, two step grandchildren, six great grandchildren, and two step great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 7, at the A.C. McKinney Memorial Chapel at McKinney-Landreth Funeral Home with the Reverend Joey Cantrell officiat-ing.

Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service.

Burial will follow in Cliffside Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to the Cliffside Baptist Church Children’s Playground Fund at P.O. Box 336, Cliffside, NC 28024 or to Hospice of Rutherford County, P.O. Box 336, Forest City, NC 28043.

McKinney-Landreth Funeral Home is serving the family.

A guest online register is avail-able at www.mckinneylan-drethfuneralhome.com

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Robin Lattimore, who interviewed Ford years ago, the drive-in restau-rant was built in 1947 and opened under the name Rainbow Grill.

“The building was a kaleidoscope of colors in the ’50s and had neon pip-ing and tubing with pink and green,” Lattimore said.

Ford’s wife worked at the old Dairy Queen. When Ford bought the Rainbow Grill in the 1950s, he renamed it for his wife, who ran it alongside him.

“Nobody called it Kay’s Dairi-O,” Lattimore said. “It was just ‘The Dairi-O.’”

Cindy and George bought the build-ing in 2006, and have spent the past four years renovating the inside and bringing it up to code. While they were doing renovations, the couple also decided what menu items they’d like to offer at the drive-in.

“The Fords had a huge menu,” Cindy said. “We did keep some of what they had, but we also wanted to have our own things on the menu. We tried to add what we thought everyone would like.”

Food offerings include standards such as burgers, fries, hot dogs and chicken tenders, soft serve and hand-dipped ice cream cones and cups, and something new – pizza.

“George is from northern New Jersey and from an Italian back-ground and does his own pizzas,” Cindy said. “The dough and sauce recipes are family recipes. Everything is made from scratch.”

Pizza is selling pretty well, but hands-down, peanut butter milk-shakes are the No. 1 seller.

“Mr. Ford said he was the first, in 1970, to offer a peanut butter milk-shake,” Lattimore said. “He said it was an overnight sensation.”

Cindy said Ford’s son, Tony, shared the secret to making the popu-lar shake with her just before they opened. And Ford’s granddaughter, Tabitha, works with the Lists in the drive-in.

“The footlong hot dogs are also pop-ular,” she said.

The couple’s first week in business was emotional.

“Everybody was coming to the win-dow with stories,” Cindy said. “Some said, ‘I had my first date here,’ or ‘I proposed to my wife here.’

“It was like something had died and come back to life.”

And just as Ford named his business after his wife, George List followed suit and named his dairy-o for Cindy.

“Up until about six months before we opened we didn’t have a name,” Cindy said. “I asked what name, and he said Mimi. Our grandbaby calls me Mimi, and he said when the baby started calling me mimi there was no more precious sound.

“We’re extremely close to him and spent much time here with him until he started school.”

Business, Cindy said, has been steady. Lattimore – who frequented the Dairy-O in the past – said he’s already visited and plans to continue the tradition.

“It is really a blast from the past,” he said. “It was always nice just to sit under the trees on a summer after-noon with friends and family.”

MiMi’s Dairy-O is open Tuesday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

“Business has been really, really good,” Cindy said. “We feel so blessed.”

Contact Flynn via e-mail at aflynn@the-digitalcourier.com.

ongoingBook sale: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Rutherford EMC; hard-back books, $1, paperback books 50 cents and some miscellaneous books four for $1; proceeds go to benefit Relay for Life.

Tuesday, July 6GRACE support group for anyone caring for a loved one: GRACE is conducted the first Tuesday of each month from 4 to 5:30 p.m. at Rutherford Life Care and the third Friday of each month from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the Rutherford County Senior Center. Adult Care services are available on Tuesday evenings.

Relay For Life Team Captain’s meeting: 5:30 p.m., ICC Library theater; points will be given for a prize.

HOPE Support Group: Mondays beginning July 6, at 6 p.m. at the Center of Living for any adult in the community 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.

Wednesday, July 7Children’s summer reading program: Every Wednesday, 9 a.m., through Aug. 4, Union Mills Learning Center; each week will feature a different subject and guest.

Town of Rutherfordton Town Council meeting: 5:30 p.m., Rutherfordton Town Hall.

Saturday, July 10Kids’ Computer Corner: Every Saturday, 10 a.m. to noon, Union Mills Learning Center; education-al software and adult-supervised access to the Internet.

Benefit for Charles Wilkie: 6:30 p.m., Sunshine Elementary School; hamburger and hot dog supper at 5 p.m. followed by “Memories of Elvis” with Michael Hoover; admission $1 person, with a lov eoffering to be taken; Wilkie is in need of a kidney transplant and monies raised will go to him.

Monday, July 12Hospice Volunteer Training: July 12 through July 14, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Carolina Event and Conference Center. Call for more information.

Tuesday, July 13Adult CPR class: 6 p.m. until, American Red Cross Rutherford County Chapter House; 287-5916.

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.

Wednesday, July 14Children’s summer reading program: Every Wednesday, 9 a.m., through Aug. 4, Union Mills Learning Center.

Thursday, July 15Child and Infant CPR class: 6 p.m., until, American Red Cross Rutherford County Chapter House; 287-5916.

Financial aid deadline: Students who will be applying for financial aid at Isothermal Community College have until 4:30 p.m. to complege both their financial aid file and admissions file. A com-pleted finanical aid file means a 2010-11 FAFSA has been submit-ted and received by the college and all requested paperwork has been turned in. Students should check with the admissions office for further requirements by calling 286-3636.

Friday, July 16Widow/Widower’s Lunch Bunch meeting: Third Friday of each month at the Carolina Event and Conference Center. From 11:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. for anyone in the community who has lost a spouse. Cost for lunch is $5. Participants must register in order to reserve lunch. Sponsored by Hospice of Rutherford County.

Blood drive: 1 to 5:30 p.m., Forest City Fire Department, 186 S. Church St., Forest City; all pre-senting donors will be entered in a drawing for a chance to win a $1,000 gift card; please call 245-1111 for further information or to schedule your appointment.

Dancy added.Appling is investing $65,925 of his

own money into the project with a request from the Rural Center of $65,395.50. The Rural Center money, if granted, will be used for renova-tion of the roof, painting and general maintenance of the structure.

Should Appling not follow through with the plans, the town will have to repay the money to the Rural Center and Appling has agreed to allow a lien to be placed against this property to ensure the town would have the funds to repay the grant.

The sports bar will be aimed strictly at adults, with a target population of

those 30-years old and above.Curt Hall, owner of the Courtside

Steaks, will operate the business with Jerry Donovan as general manager. He has more than 20 years of experi-ence in the service and management industry.

A public hearing on the matter will precede action by the board.

Also Wednesday, Council will receive a request from Rutherfordton Raiders for use of the Crestview Park, utilizing two ball fields and the all purpose field, four times a week from August-November. Rutherfordton Raiders pledged $500 per year for five years for the new lighting at Crestview Park.

Also Wednesday, Hal and Penny Davis will request the town to per-manently close a portion of Woodland

Circle. All legal requirements have been made for the requests with the Davises paying the cost incurred. A public hearing will also be held on the matter before action is taken.

Council will revisit a request from SWEEP volunteer Patricia Kuess for $500 to purchase 14-gallon bins and 90-gallon roll-outs for classrooms in elementary and middle schools for collecting and recycling mixed paper.

Kuess is asking the money come from funds the town received from the state’s rebate recycling program.

Also Wednesday, Council will make committee and board appointments and will conduct a closed session for economic development issues.

Contact Gordon via e-mail at jgordon@the-digitalcourier.com.

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If you haven’t noticed all the cars surrounding the now re-opened “Dairy-O,” it’s hard to miss the man in white who smiles pleasantly at passersby.

MiMi’s Dairy-O owners George and Cindy List bought “Luigi” on eBay from a man in Indianapolis before opening their business on U.S. 64.

“He stood outside Mardi Gras Pizza,” Cindy List said. “His name there was Mardi. Due to code restrictions, he couldn’t stay and his owner put him up on eBay.”

Cindy was shocked one night when George turned to her and asked if she’d ever been to Indianapolis and to start packing, because they were going.

“We took a flatbed trailer,” she said. “We already knew what we were going to do with him.”

Luigi was decorated for every holiday in his past life as Mardi, and it’s a tra-dition Cindy said she’ll continue.

“People are already stopping and getting pictures made with him.”

Garett Byers/Daily CourierLuigi stands guard at the road just about at 7062010MiMi’s Dairy-O, which serves homemade pizza by the slice. Owners George and Cindy List bought Luigi on eBay from a man in Indianapolis.

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CLIFFSIDE — Rutherford-ton’s Makayla Crain pitched another gem to defeat Forest City, 10-0, in five innings for the District One Senior Little League softball title at Cliffside Park Sunday.

Crain tossed a one-hitter from the mound, walked one and struck out three, which allowed Rutherfordton to cap-ture the coveted banner.

Shelby Smith led Rutherford-ton with two RBI and Katie Carpenter captured the only other RBI of the game. Four Forest City errors scored five Rutherfordton runs. Rutherfordton crossed two more by way of wild pitches.

Forest City hurlers Allison Sayre, Makayla Murray and Amber Sayre allowed just eight Rutherfordton hits.

Rebekah Hensley was the only Forest City batter to get a hit.

With District One host-ing the Senior League state softball tourney this year in Rutherfordton, both teams advance to that round which starts July 17 at Crestview Park.

Tiger .bogeys .way . . . . .to .7-over-par .round

ADARE, Ireland (AP) — Tiger Woods looked just as out of form in a celebrity pro-am as he did on the PGA Tour.

The world’s No. 1 golfer arrived Monday in Ireland just hours after his 46th-place fin-ish at the AT&T National in Pennsylvania and shot a 7-over 79 in the first round of the J.P. McManus Invitational Pro-Am.

The unranked event in County Limerick featuring Hollywood celebrities and Irish billionaires was his first overseas event since revelations of his extramarital affairs sur-faced last year.

While more than 40,000 Irish golf fans offered him a friendly and forgiving wel-come, Woods’ opening round at the 7,453-yard, par-72 Adare Manor Golf Resort was often dreadful. He bogeyed six holes, double-bogeyed the 7th, and managed a lone birdie on the 17th.

He followed that up by game-ly trying to reach the green on the 18th — a five-par 548-yard hole on the far side of the River Maigue — in two. His risky second shot fell short into the riverside reeds for a final bogey, the third time he had found water in his round.

Woods seemed to take his lackluster play in his stride, showing only mild frustration at off-target shots.

CPL BaseballGastonia at Forest City, 7 p.m.Legion BaseballRutherford County at Burke County, 7 p.m.

1:30 p.m. (ESPN) World Cup Soccer First Semifinal: Teams TBA. 7 p.m. (FSCR) MLB Baseball Cincinnati Reds at New York Mets. 8 p.m. (ESPN2) WNBA Basketball Connecticut Sun at San Antonio Silver Stars. 10 p.m. (ESPN2) WNBA Basketball Phoenix Mercury at Los Angeles Sparks.

By KEVIN CARVERSports Reporter

FOREST CITY — Ruther-ford County’s Nick Houser had a great night on Saturday at the plate and backed it up 24 hours later.

Houser, who smacked three hits for four RBI on Saturday accounted for three more hits during game four in an 11-2 win over Pineville for the Post 423 American Legion team Sunday at McNair Field.

The win gave Post 423 the decisive third win to wrap up the best-of-five first round playoff series.

They will now face sec-ond round opponent, Burke County, in Morganton starting at 7 p.m. today.

Post 423 pitcher Danny Fraga was also a huge fac-tor in game four as he tossed a complete-game, four-hitter and fanning five.

Fraga, Derek Deaton (RBI), Stephen Crowe, Dylan Hipp and Kyle Holmstrom (two RBI) each accumulated two hits. Houser’s three hits for an RBI and Jonathan Hamlet’s two RBI rip accounted for all of Rutherford County’s 14 base knocks on the night.

Rutherford County also took advantage of six Pineville errors and stole five bases.

Pineville took an early 1-0 lead in the top of the first, but Rutherford County put up two runs in the bottom half of the inning to overtake the visitors for good.

Post 423 added two runs each in the third, fifth and seventh frames before punch-ing up their final three runs in the eighth.

Garrett Byers/Daily CourierWill Skinner and his teammates on the Forest City Owls hosted Thomasville in CPL base-ball action Monday night. For details, please see Page 8.

By JACOB CONLEYSports Reporter

BOILING SPRINGS — Rutherfordton’s Jace Crowe delivered a go ahead RBI in the top of the sixth and Josh Searcy struck out the side in the bottom half as the Rutherford 9-10 year old All Stars defeated Boiling Springs, 11-9

Rutherfordton got off to a good start in the top of the first, loading the bases with no outs and came away with two runs thanks to RBIs by Josh Searcy and Levi Parks.

After Boiling Springs tied the contest in the bottom half, Rutherford drew three consecutive walks to begin the sec-ond. Cameron Snethen and Searcy reg-istered back-to-back singles to give their squad a 4-2 lead.

After Rutherfordton tacked on a fifth run, Boiling Springs struck for two runs during their next turn at the dish to leave the score at 5-4.

Snethen delivered a two-run triple and

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Rutherfordton gets win

Post 423 advances with two victories

By JENNA FRYERAP Auto Racing Writer

CHARLOTTE — NASCAR fans are reluctant to change, even when tweaks are made to grossly outdated policies and procedures. They like how things were done “in the old days” and are quick to criticize new ideas.

So there’s been a decent amount of consternation about the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship, the 10-race, title-deciding format adopt-ed in 2004 and altered three years later.

Now NASCAR chairman Brian France is again considering a tweak or two, and it’s imperative that he keep in mind just how fans will react. After all, every move of late has been made with a focus on stopping the slide in both attendance and televi-sion ratings.

And while many recent changes have greatly improved the on-track product, NASCAR is not receiving an overwhelming return on its invest-ment.

“There’s always a number of things that are working against you or for

you at any one time,” France said last week at Daytona International Speedway, where he cited competi-tion against the Winter Olympics, the World Cup and the economy for underwhelming attendance and rat-ings so far this season.

What France didn’t address is the faction of race fans who simply have lost interest in the sport. Although NASCAR has in past years received favorable feedback from its “fan council,” there remains a large group

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In this photo provided by the USO, made June 29 John Fox, Carolina Panthers head coach, right, talks with Sgt. John Loyd during a tour stop at the USO Warrior Center at Landsthul Regional Medical Center in Germany. Fox, along with NFL coaches Andy Reid of the Phildelphia Eagles, Marvin Lewis of the Cincinnati Bengals and Brad Childress, of the Minnesota Vikings, are visiting troops in Germany and Afghanistan as part of the the NFL-USO coaches tour.

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BASEBALLNational League

East Division W L Pct GBAtlanta 48 35 .585 —New York 46 36 .561 2 1/2Philadelphia 43 38 .525 4 1/2Florida 38 43 .469 9Washington 36 47 .434 12

Central Division W L Pct GBCincinnati 47 36 .566 —St. Louis 45 37 .549 1 1/2Milwaukee 37 46 .446 10Chicago 36 47 .434 11Houston 32 51 .386 15Pittsburgh 30 52 .366 16 1/2

West Division W L Pct GBSan Diego 49 33 .598 —Los Angeles 45 36 .556 3 1/2Colorado 44 38 .537 5San Francisco 42 40 .512 7Arizona 32 51 .386 17 1/2

Sunday’s GamesN.Y. Mets 9, Washington 5Pittsburgh 8, Philadelphia 5St. Louis 7, Milwaukee 1Cincinnati 14, Chicago Cubs 3Colorado 4, San Francisco 3, 15 inningsSan Diego 3, Houston 2L.A. Dodgers 3, Arizona 1Florida 3, Atlanta 2

Monday’s GamesChicago Cubs 9, Arizona 4San Francisco 6, Milwaukee 1Philadelphia 3, Atlanta 1Cincinnati at N.Y. Mets, lateFlorida at L.A. Dodgers, late

Tuesday’s GamesAtlanta (Jurrjens 1-3) at Philadelphia (Hamels 6-7), 7:05 p.m.San Diego (Richard 6-4) at Washington (L.Hernandez 6-4), 7:05 p.m.Cincinnati (Undecided) at N.Y. Mets (J.Santana 5-5), 7:10 p.m.Pittsburgh (B.Lincoln 1-2) at Houston (W.Rodriguez 5-10), 8:05 p.m.San Francisco (Bumgarner 0-2) at Milwaukee (Wolf 6-7), 8:10 p.m.St. Louis (Hawksworth 2-5) at Colorado (Francis 2-3), 8:40 p.m.Chicago Cubs (Silva 8-2) at Arizona (Enright 1-0), 9:40 p.m.Florida (Volstad 4-7) at L.A. Dodgers (Padilla 2-2), 10:10 p.m.

Wednesday’s GamesAtlanta at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.San Diego at Washington, 7:05 p.m.Cincinnati at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.Pittsburgh at Houston, 8:05 p.m.San Francisco at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m.St. Louis at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.Chicago Cubs at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.Florida at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.

American League

East Division W L Pct GBNew York 50 31 .617 —Boston 49 33 .598 1 1/2Tampa Bay 48 33 .593 2Toronto 41 42 .494 10Baltimore 25 57 .305 25 1/2

Central Division W L Pct GBDetroit 44 37 .543 —Minnesota 44 38 .537 1/2Chicago 43 38 .525 1 1/2Kansas City 36 46 .439 8 1/2Cleveland 32 49 .395 12

West Division W L Pct GBTexas 48 33 .593 —Los Angeles 46 39 .548 3 1/2Oakland 41 42 .494 8Seattle 34 47 .420 14

Sunday’s GamesOakland 3, Cleveland 1Seattle 8, Detroit 1N.Y. Yankees 7, Toronto 6, 10 inningsBaltimore 6, Boston 1Tampa Bay 7, Minnesota 4Chicago White Sox 5, Texas 3L.A. Angels 11, Kansas City 0

Monday’s GamesDetroit 12, Baltimore 9Chicago White Sox 9, L.A. Angels 2Boston at Tampa Bay, lateCleveland at Texas, lateN.Y. Yankees at Oakland, lateKansas City at Seattle, late

Tuesday’s GamesBaltimore (Arrieta 2-2) at Detroit (Galarraga 3-2), 7:05 p.m.Minnesota (Pavano 9-6) at Toronto (Litsch 0-3), 7:07 p.m.Boston (Doubront 1-0) at Tampa Bay (Niemann 6-2), 7:10 p.m.Cleveland (Masterson 3-7) at Texas (C.Wilson 6-4), 8:05 p.m.L.A. Angels (Jer.Weaver 8-3) at Chicago White Sox (Peavy 7-6), 8:10 p.m.N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 10-3) at Oakland (Cahill 8-2), 10:05 p.m.Kansas City (Greinke 4-8) at Seattle (Bedard 0-0), 10:10 p.m.

Wednesday’s GamesBaltimore at Detroit, 7:05 p.m.Minnesota at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.Boston at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.Cleveland at Texas, 8:05 p.m.L.A. Angels at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m.N.Y. Yankees at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.Kansas City at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

RACINGNASCAR Sprint Cup

Coke Zero 400 Powered By Coca-Cola Saturday

At Daytona International Speedway

(Start position in parentheses)1. (1) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet2. (20) Kasey Kahne, Ford3. (5) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet.4. (13) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet5. (8) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet6. (12) Carl Edwards, Ford7. (6) Kurt Busch, Dodge8. (24) Reed Sorenson, Toyota9. (35) Mike Bliss, Chevrolet10. (27) Scott Speed, Toyota11. (19) David Reutimann, Toyota

12. (32) Robby Gordon, Toyota13. (39) Steve Park, Chevrolet14. (33) Kevin Conway, Ford15. (7) Matt Kenseth, Ford16. (37) Bobby Labonte, Chevrolet17. (15) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet18. (23) Paul Menard, Ford19. (41) J.J. Yeley, Dodge20. (10) Greg Biffle, Ford21. (30) Sam Hornish Jr., Dodge22. (29) Elliott Sadler, Ford23. (34) Robert Richardson Jr., Ford24. (4) Denny Hamlin, Toyota25. (9) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet26. (14) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet27. (22) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet28. (11) Mark Martin, Chevrolet29. (16) Joey Logano, Toyota30. (26) Brad Keselowski, Dodge31. (2) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet32. (28) Marcos Ambrose, Toyota33. (31) Regan Smith, Chevrolet34. (38) Travis Kvapil, Ford35. (18) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota36. (21) A J Allmendinger, Ford37. (36) David Stremme, Ford38. (25) David Ragan, Ford39. (17) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet40. (3) Kyle Busch, Toyota41. (42) Joe Nemechek, Toyota42. (40) Max Papis, Toyota43. (43) Dave Blaney, Toyota

Race StatisticsAverage Speed of Race Winner: 135.719 mph.

Time of Race: 3 hours, 3 minutes, 18 seconds.Margin of Victory: 0.092 seconds.Caution Flags: 9 for 37 laps.Lead Changes: 47 among 18 drivers.

Lap Leaders: J.Johnson 1; K.Harvick 2-9; J.Gordon 10; K.Harvick 11-13; G.Biffle 14; Ky.Busch 15-17; K.Harvick 18-24; E.Sadler 25-26; Ky.Busch 27; E.Sadler 28; Ku.Busch 29-30; K.Harvick 31; Ku.Busch 32-39; E.Sadler 40-41; S.Hornish Jr. 42; E.Sadler 43-48; S.Hornish Jr. 49-55; J.Montoya 56-63; J.Gordon 64-69; B.Keselowski 70; J.Gordon 71-73; J.Montoya 74; D.Hamlin 75-78; S.Hornish Jr. 79-84; Ky.Busch 85-103; J.Burton 104-105; R.Gordon 106; M.Martin 107-111; J.Montoya 112-113; J.Gordon 114; J.Burton 115-117; D.Stremme 118; S.Park 119; T.Stewart 120-125; J.Burton 126-127; T.Stewart 128; C.Bowyer 129; K.Harvick 130; C.Bowyer 131; K.Harvick 132-133; J.Burton 134-137; Ku.Busch 138-141; K.Harvick 142-145; C.Bowyer 146-156; J.Gordon 157-158; C.Bowyer 159-164; K.Harvick 165-166.

Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): K.Harvick, 8 times for 28 laps; Ky.Busch, 3 times for 23 laps; C.Bowyer, 4 times for 19 laps; Ku.Busch, 3 times for 14 laps; S.Hornish Jr., 3 times for 14 laps; J.Gordon, 5 times for 13 laps; J.Burton, 4 times for 11 laps; E.Sadler, 4 times for 11 laps; J.Montoya, 3 times for 11 laps; T.Stewart, 2 times for 7 laps; M.Martin, 1 time for 5 laps; D.Hamlin, 1 time for 4 laps; R.Gordon, 1 time for 1 lap; S.Park, 1 time for 1 lap; G.Biffle, 1 time for 1 lap; B.Keselowski, 1 time for 1 lap; J.Johnson, 1 time for 1 lap; D.Stremme, 1 time for 1 lap.

Top 12 in Points: 1. K.Harvick, 2,684; 2. J.Gordon, 2,472; 3. J.Johnson, 2,459; 4. Ku.Busch, 2,439; 5. D.Hamlin, 2,400; 6. Ky.Busch, 2,376; 7. M.Kenseth, 2,322; 8. J.Burton, 2,319; 9. T.Stewart, 2,251; 10. G.Biffle, 2,234; 11. D.Earnhardt Jr., 2,177; 12. C.Edwards, 2,170.

GOLFAT&T National Scores

At Aronimink Golf ClubNewtown Square, Pa.

Justin Rose 69-64-67-70—270Ryan Moore 67-70-69-65—271Jeff Overton 68-68-69-67—272Charlie Wi 69-65-70-69—273J.B. Holmes 70-67-71-66—274Carl Pettersson 67-72-65-71—275Marc Leishman 71-70-67-68—276Nick Watney 66-71-70-69—276Vijay Singh 71-70-67-69—277Jason Day 66-68-72-71—277Daniel Chopra 69-70-72-67—278Vaughn Taylor 70-71-70-67—278Sean O’Hair 71-68-70-69—278Stuart Appleby 71-69-69-69—278Bo Van Pelt 69-68-70-71—278

Garrett Willis 71-69-73-66—279Joe Ogilvie 66-72-73-68—279Ricky Barnes 70-72-69-68—279Aaron Baddeley 69-70-71-69—279Brandt Snedeker 71-70-69-69—279John Mallinger 67-70-72-70—279Brian Gay 67-70-71-71—279Jonathan Byrd 70-70-68-71—279John Merrick 72-70-66-71—279George McNeill 71-69-71-69—280Steve Elkington 73-70-68-69—280Lucas Glover 71-68-71-70—280Ted Purdy 69-70-71-70—280Chris DiMarco 72-70-68-70—280Bryce Molder 69-70-69-72—280Steve Marino 68-71-69-72—280Bob Estes 68-73-71-69—281Brett Quigley 67-73-73-69—282Tim Petrovic 72-69-72-69—282Richard S. Johnson 72-70-71-69—282Brendon de Jonge 70-72-71-69—282Graham DeLaet 70-69-73-70—282Nicholas Thompson 72-67-73-70—282Kris Blanks 69-68-71-74—282Jim Furyk 69-70-69-74—282Briny Baird 70-72-71-70—283Charley Hoffman 69-67-75-72—283Webb Simpson 72-70-68-73—283Arjun Atwal 66-72-71-74—283Robert Allenby 70-67-71-75—283Jeff Quinney 74-68-77-65—284

Scott McCarron 68-75-73-68—284Ben Crane 71-70-73-70—284Tiger Woods 73-70-70-71—284Ryuji Imada 68-70-74-72—284Jimmy Walker 71-69-70-74—284Nathan Green 71-69-69-75—284Tim Herron 68-74-75-68—285Chris Stroud 71-71-70-73—285Derek Lamely 69-72-71-73—285Fredrik Jacobson 70-73-74-69—286D.A. Points 74-69-70-73—286Michael Letzig 67-74-70-75—286Billy Mayfair 68-71-70-77—286Justin Leonard 71-69-74-73—287Tom Pernice, Jr. 69-73-72-73—287Pat Perez 74-68-76-70—288David Toms 70-71-74-73—288Charles Howell III 71-72-72-73—288Spencer Levin 72-69-73-74—288Scott Verplank 71-71-72-74—288Robert Garrigus 73-69-76-71—289Troy Merritt 69-73-74-74—290Andres Romero 71-68-75-76—290Jason Dufner 70-73-72-76—291Michael Connell 77-66-78-72—293

SOCCER2010 World CupFIRST ROUND

GROUP A GP W D L GF GA Ptsx-Uruguay 3 2 1 0 4 0 7x-Mexico 3 1 1 1 3 2 4South Africa 3 1 1 1 3 5 4France 3 0 1 2 1 4 1

x-advanced to round of 16South Africa 1, Mexico 1Uruguay 0, France 0Uruguay 3, South Africa 0TMexico 2, France 0Uruguay 1, Mexico 0South Africa 2, France 1

GROUP B GP W D L GF GA Ptsx-Argentina 3 3 0 0 7 1 9x-South Korea 3 1 1 1 5 6 4Greece 3 1 0 2 2 5 3Nigeria 3 0 1 2 3 5 1

x-advanced to round of 16Saturday, June 12South Korea 2, Greece 0Argentina 1, Nigeria 0Argentina 4, South Korea 1Greece 2, Nigeria 1Nigeria 2, South Korea 2Argentina 2, Greece 0

GROUP C GP W D L GF GA Ptsx-USA 3 1 2 0 4 3 5x-England 3 1 2 0 2 1 5Slovenia 3 1 1 1 3 3 4Algeria 3 0 1 2 0 2 1

x-advanced to round of 16England 1, United States 1Slovenia 1, Algeria 0United States 2, Slovenia 2England 0, Algeria 0England 1, Slovenia 0United States 1, Algeria 0

GROUP D GP W D L GF GA Ptsx-Germany 3 2 0 1 5 1 6x-Ghana 3 1 1 1 2 2 4Australia 3 1 1 1 3 6 4Serbia 3 1 0 2 2 3 3

x-advanced to round of 16Ghana 1, Serbia 0Germany 4, Australia 0Serbia 1, Germany 0Australia 1, Ghana 1Germany 1, Ghana 0Australia 2, Serbia 1

GROUP E GP W D L GF GA Ptsx-Netherlands 3 3 0 0 5 1 9x-Japan 3 2 0 1 4 2 6Denmark 3 1 0 2 3 6 3Cameroon 3 0 0 3 2 5 0

x-advanced to round of 16Netherlands 2, Denmark 0Japan 1, Cameroon 0Netherlands 1, Japan 0Denmark 2, Cameroon 1Japan 3, Denmark 1Netherlands 2, Cameroon 1

GROUP F GP W D L GF GA Ptsx-Paraguay 3 1 2 0 3 1 5x-Slovakia 3 1 1 1 4 5 4New Zealand 3 0 3 0 2 2 3Italy 3 0 2 1 4 5 2

x-advanced to round of 16Italy 1, Paraguay 1New Zealand 1, Slovakia 1Paraguay 2, Slovakia 0Italy 1, New Zealand 1Slovakia 3, Italy 2Paraguay 0, New Zealand 0

GROUP G GP W D L GF GA Ptsx-Brazil 3 2 1 0 5 2 7x-Portugal 3 1 2 0 7 0 5Ivory Coast 3 1 1 1 4 3 4North Korea 3 0 0 3 1 12 0

x-advanced to round of 16Ivory Coast 0, Portugal 0Brazil 2, North Korea 1Brazil 3, Ivory Coast 1Portugal 7, North Korea 0Portugal 0, Brazil 0Ivory Coast 3, North Korea 0

GROUP H GP W D L GF GA Ptsx-Spain 3 2 0 1 4 2 6x-Chile 3 2 0 1 3 2 6Switzerland 3 1 1 1 1 1 4Honduras 3 0 1 2 0 3 1

x-advanced to round of 16Chile 1, Honduras 0Switzerland 1, Spain 0Chile 1, Switzerland 0Spain 2, Honduras 0Spain 2, Chile 1Switzerland 0, Honduras 0

SECOND ROUNDSaturday, June 26Uruguay 2, South Korea 1Ghana 2, United States 1, OTSunday, June 27Germany 4, England 1Argentina 3, Mexico 1Monday, June 28Netherlands 2, Slovakia 1Brazil 3, Chile 0Tuesday, June 29Paraguay 0, Japan 0, Paraguay wins 5-3 on penalty kicksSpain 1, Portugal 0

QUARTERFINALSFriday, July 2Netherlands 2, Brazil 1Uruguay 1, Ghana 1, Uruguay wins 4-2 on pen-alty kicks Saturday, July 3Germany 4, Argentina 0Spain 1, Paraguay 0SEMIFINALSTuesday, July 6Uruguay vs. Netherlands, 2:30 p.m.Wednesday, July 7Germany vs. Spain, 2:30 p.m.

THIRD PLACESaturday, July 10At Port Elizabeth, South Africa

CHAMPIONSHIPSunday, July 11At JohannesburgSemi-final winners

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By KEVIN CARVERSports Reporter

FOREST CITY — Forest City was quiet for most of the night until a three-run seventh inning pro-pelled the Owls to a 7-4 win over Thomasville, Monday at McNair Field.

Down 4-2 entering the seventh, the Owls worked three different Thomasville relief pitchers.

Terran Senay and Will Skinner found base on errors and a double by Dusty Quattlebaum off the wall in right plated Skinner to the tie the game at 4-4. Later, Cade Stallings’ bloop single to right proved to be the game-winner as it scored pinch-runner, Jake Koenig.

The lone noise Forest City could make against Thomasville’s starting pitcher, Michael Hamann (throwing a four-hitter through six innings) hap-pened in the second inning.

Following two outs, Reed Harper got the frame on track for the Owls as he doubled into the left field gap and Danny Canela doubled into right-centerfield to score Harper for a 1-0 lead.

Colin Durborow reached on an infield error to put runners on the corners and Mark Dvoroznak’s base hit to right scored Canela. Durborow tried to make it home on the same play, but was thrown out at the plate.

Thomasville tied the game in the third follow-ing an RBI triple by Alex Yarbrough and a Tanner Mathis single.

Owls starting pitcher, Ryan Arrowood got out of the inning without anymore damage thanks to the Owls’ defense.

Thomasville’s Mathis, attempted to take second base, but was thrown out by Canela. Will Skinner threw out the Hi-Toms Cass Hargis later at the plate after a hit to right field.

Thomasville grabbed its first lead at 3-2 in the fourth after Chris Fritts reached on a Owls error and a single by David Roney.

The Hi-Toms added another run in the fifth fol-lowing three straight walks by Arrowood and a RBI groundout by Fritts for the 4-2 lead.

Things begin to cook again for the Owls in the sixth following a walk to Grant Buckner. Stallings then smashed a drive into the gap between right and center, but Thomasville’s Hargis came up with a tremendous catch reaching toward right field at the warning track to end the sixth inning.

The Owls added two more runs in the eighth to pad the lead.

Justin Poovey from Florida just came into town for the Owls and threw three solid innings, strik-ing three out in his debut. Chase Boruff closed out the ninth.

Searcy followed with another RBI to put Rutherford up 8-4.

The battle continued after Boiling Springs cut the deficit to 8-7 going to the fourth.

The All Stars from Cleveland County escaped a jam in the top of the fourth by turning a beautiful 5-3 double play.

After Boiling Springs failed to score in the bot-tom half, Rutherfordton used the Snethen connec-tion to plate a run in the top of the fifth as Keaton and Cameron hit back to back doubles to give Rutherford a 9-7 lead.

Once again, Boiling Springs refused to go away tying the score at 9-9 going into the final frame.

Jace Crowe put his team in the lead again with a two-RBI single. Searcy slammed the door in the bottom of the sixth by striking out the side to secure the win for Rutherfordton.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Roy Halladay pitched his major league-best seventh complete game this season, Greg Dobbs hit a two-run homer and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Atlanta Braves 3-1 on Monday night.

Halladay (10-7) allowed five hits and struck out seven to record his second straight complete game. The All-Star right-hander outdueled Derek Lowe (9-7) and needed just 93 pitches to finish.

Chipper Jones homered for the NL East-leading Braves.

The two-time NL champion Phillies, who lost three of four to lowly Pittsburgh over the weekend, need to win this three-game series to avoid losing more ground in the division. They’re 17-23 in the last 40 games and trail Atlanta by four games.

Lowe allowed two runs and six hits in seven innings, striking out six.

Lowe was cruising until Jayson Werth hit a one-out single in the sixth. Dobbs hit the next pitch into the seats in right-center for his second homer and a 2-1 lead.

Juan Castro, who came in as a defensive replace-ment for Dobbs at third base in the eighth, gave the Phillies a 3-1 lead with a two-out, RBI single. Castro delivered after missing a suicide squeeze and Raul Ibanez was tagged out.

Jones gave the Braves a 1-0 lead in the first when he hit the first pitch he saw from Halladay into the seats in left-center for just his sixth homer.

Phils bop Braves

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of one-time enthusiasts who just don’t like what’s become of the stock-car series.

Time and time again they rail against the Chase, which they blast as manufactured entertainment. After 29 years of crowning a champion based on a season-long accumulation of points, NASCAR devised a 10-driver, 10-race “playoff” that would create excitement when auto racing goes head-to-head with college football, the NFL and the World Series.

In 2007, France expanded the field to 12 drivers and tacked on a “seeding” system that ranked drivers based on 10-point bonuses they earned by winning “regular-season” races.

The results under both for-mats have been mixed: The inaugural year had five drivers in mathematical contention heading into the season finale, and Kurt Busch edged Jimmie Johnson by eight points. In the first year of the expanded field, Johnson and Hendrick Motorsports teammate Jeff Gordon waged an epic cham-pionship battle that resulted in Johnson beating his mentor by 77 points.

Those two years were the exception, not the rule, and Johnson’s reign of four con-secutive championships hasn’t helped drum up excitement for the Chase.

So now NASCAR is taking another look at what could be done differently, and ideas being bandied about are a 15-driver field, elimination rounds, different Chase tracks and a system that could send a handful of drivers into the season finale for a winner-take-all situation.

“The big design is to have playoff-type moments that only can be, in any sport, created when there’s a lot on the line at any one moment, right? That’s what the essence of Game 7s, eliminations, and all that are,” France said. “What we’re talking about is enhancing it in a way that will bring out more of the winning moments, the big moments that happen in sports.

“And if there’s a way we can do that — and there are a couple of ways — we’re going to give that a lot of weight.”

It’s absolutely the right thing to do, even if the initial reac-tion to France’s remarks wasn’t overly positive.

NEW YORK (AP) — Amare Stoudemire is headed to the New York Knicks, and both sides are hoping he’s not com-ing alone.

The Knicks said Monday they intend to sign Stoude-mire to a contract later this week when the free agent moratorium period ends. Stoudemire’s agent, Happy Walters, said the deal is for the maximum allowed, which would be nearly $100 million over five years.

Wearing a blue Knicks hat, Stoudemire said he looked forward to rebuilding a fran-chise and bringing the Knicks back to the top — maybe with a player such as LeBron James or Dwyane Wade with him.

“I feel great about being a pioneer and showing my lead-ership,” he said at Madison Square Garden, where signs throughout the entrances showed the player pictured in a Knicks uniform and reading “Welcome, Amare Stoudemire.”

The deal can’t be signed until Thursday, after the sal-ary cap for next season has been set.

It was a desperately needed score in free agency for the Knicks, who spent two sea-sons clearing enough cap space to afford two top play-ers. They met with James, Wade and Chris Bosh last week and believe they could still land one of them.

Stoudemire has already started recruiting, saying he spoke to James’ people and directly to Wade last week. And he said he won’t be affected if those players say no to New York.

“Totally comfortable, totally confident that my leader-ship qualities will uplift all of us to do something great this upcoming season,” Stoudemire said. “So again, the Knicks are back.”

The move reunites Stoude-mire with Mike D’Antoni, his former coach in Phoenix. Stoudemire averaged more than 20 points in every sea-son they were together and immediately becomes the best player D’Antoni has coached since leaving the Suns.

SPA, Belgium (AP) — On a day of chaos and crashes, riders tumbled like dominoes in the rain and littered the road in a scene Lance Armstrong called “surreal.”

The seven-time champion did not escape the mayhem at the Tour de France on Monday. He was left searching for his bike, nursing scrapes and bruises to his hip and elbow and joking about the deci-sion to come out of retirement.

He was in good company, joining dozens of riders who hit the asphalt on a slippery downhill run some likened to ice skating.

Sylvain Chavanel of France was among few to avoid trouble. He sped to victory after breaking away early in the 125-mile trip from Brussels to Spa and taking the yellow jersey from Switzerland’s Fabian Cancellara. With the pack banged-up, he finished nearly four minutes ahead.

With so many riders down in crashes, organizers said they briefly considered canceling the stage altogether. But under the race rules, the spills were too spread out to warrant a cancellation.

Armstrong returned to the RadioShack team bus with his team outfit torn and a bloody scrape on his thigh. His team said he also injured his elbow but otherwise was all right.

“You had people everywhere. It was sur-real. When I got back on my bike ... I saw crash, after crash, after crash,” Armstrong said, noting riders laid out on the ground. “It was like war.”

Chavanel began the stage in 87th place and knocked everyone on the leader-board down a notch: Cancellara dropped to second, 2 minutes, 57 seconds behind. Germany’s Tony Martin is third, 3:07 back.

Armstrong sits fifth, 3:19 back, and defending champion Alberto Contador of Spain is seventh, 3:24 behind. The Spanish two-time Tour winner bruised his right hip, knee and elbow but was expect-ed to start Tuesday.

Some riders believed a motorcycle crash in the race caravan before the pack passed left oil on the road, creating an especially slick mix with the rain.

On the descent from the midlevel Stockeu Pass, Armstrong, Contador and 2009 runner-up Andy Schleck all went down. Armstrong said he knew he was not badly hurt, but he did have other concerns.

“I knew I was fine,” he said. “My first thought was: ’Where is my bike?’ I tried to find my bike. You know in the rain these guys are very good downhill. I’m not one of them. But even the good ones, with something like that: No chance. Absolutely no chance.”

Everybody finished, except French rider Mickael Delage, who slammed into a road barrier early in the stage. The Omega Pharma-Lotto rider was taken to hospital with a concussion, a broken bone in his face and shoulder, knee and hand injuries.

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Rafael Nadal looked like a guy who absolutely couldn’t wait to get out there, clutching his racket and hopping in place near the entrance to Centre Court before the Wimbledon final.

He jiggled his left leg, unable to sit still on the sideline. He even bopped around during the prematch coin toss. When it was finally time to start warming up, he zigzagged to the baseline in a full sprint.

And when it ended, Nadal marked his victory with a cel-ebratory somersault. That endless energy, and so many superb strokes, allowed the No. 2-seeded Nadal to outclass No. 12 Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic 6-3, 7-5, 6-4 Sunday for his second Wimbledon tro-phy and eighth Grand Slam title overall.

A year ago, sidelined by pain-ful knees, 2008 Wimbledon champion Nadal was planted on his couch at home in Spain and watched the final on television, only the fifth man in the his-tory of a tournament that dates

to 1877 who couldn’t defend his championship because of injury.

“Now last year is past,” Nadal told The Associated Press as he leaned back in the gray leather seat of a courtesy car ferrying him away from the All England Club on Sunday night. “I know what happened one year ago, and how difficult it was for me, how much I had to work to be back at my best level.”

He paused, tapping his chest with his left hand, and added: “That’s something special for me.”

In 2009, his 31-match French Open winning streak ended, he missed Wimbledon, went more than eight months without a title anywhere, lost the No. 1 ranking, and, hardest of all, dealt with his parents’ separa-tion.

This year, he is 47-5 with five titles, both tour highs. He won 24 matches in a row in one stretch, regained his Roland Garros title and the No. 1 rank-ing last month, and managed the tricky transition from clay to grass by winning the French Open and Wimbledon in the

same year for the second time.There is no doubt he’s the best

player in tennis today.“He’s showing in the last few

months,” Berdych said, “that he’s really the champion.”

Nadal won his 14th match in a row at Wimbledon, essentially, because he saved all four break points he faced and broke the big-serving Berdych four times.

“The biggest difference between us,” Berdych explained, “was that when he (got) a chance, he just took it.”

Give Nadal the tiniest open-ing, and the left-hander barges through. It’s no accident he has a silhouette of a bull’s horns stamped on the back of his left sneaker’s heel (the right one reads, “Rafa”).

Still, Nadal acknowledged being “a little bit more ner-vous than usual” before facing Berdych. Asked why, Nadal said simply: “If you are not nervous in the final of Wimbledon, you are not human.”

This was the first men’s final since 2002 at the All England Club that did not involve Roger Federer.

Associated PressSpain’s Rafael Nadal holds his trophy aloft after defeating Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic in the men’s singles final at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon, Sunday,

Armstrong joins spills in Tour’s second stage

Nadal wins his 8th major title

Associated PressFabian Cancellara of Switzerland, wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey, right, is cheered by supporters as he arrives for the start of the second stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 201 kilometers (125 miles) with start in Brussels and finish in Spa, Belgium, Monday.

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11 injured at fireworks accident in central Pa.

PALMYRA, Pa. (AP) — A fire-works accident injured 11 people gathered to celebrate Independence Day and the long-planned 250th anniversary of the borough of Palmyra in central Pennsylvania.

Two people, including a child, remained hospitalized Monday afternoon with injuries that did not appear life-threatening, Palmyra police said.

“This accident occurred after one of the firework charges misfired, causing an explosion, sending fire-work material into a nearby crowd located near the games and ride area. ... This accident also propelled fireworks material across the foot-ball field and beyond,” Palmyra Borough Police Department said in a news release.

July 4th partiers fall 3 stories in Ala.; 1 dead

HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — A wooden deck crumpled under a group of Fourth of July partiers in Alabama,

killing one person and injuring six others.

Seven partygoers plummeted three stories when the deck at an apartment complex in the Birmingham suburb of Hoover col-lapsed Sunday night. Two uninhab-ited decks below were crushed by the falling debris.

Hoover Fire Department spokes-man Rusty Lowe said one person was pronounced dead at the hospi-tal, another is in critical condition and three are hospitalized with serious injuries. Two were treated for minor injuries and released.

Del. fishing buddies reel in stolen, dumped cars

NEW CASTLE, Del. (AP) — A couple of fishing buddies from Delaware have been catching more than just bass. They’ve been helping police reel in cars.

Larry Newirth and Dan Cathell spotted a white BMW 750 sedan on June 17. Then on Friday, they found a late-model Honda Accord.

Police say the cars were stolen and abandoned. No arrests have been made.

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NEW YORK (AP) — The heat wasn’t going to keep Jerryll Freels inside on his vacation.

The 28-year-old made his way through Times Square on Monday, combating the hot weather with a wet white washcloth over his head and a water bottle in hand.

“It’s hot, but I know how to stay cool,” said Freels, visiting from Minneapolis.

A string of hot days were expected this week, with temperatures en route to 100-plus degrees in some places. Temperatures reached into at least the 90s Monday from Maine to Texas, into the Southwest and Death Valley.

In the East, warm air is “sitting over the top of us, and it’s not really going to budge much for the next day or two,” said Brian Korty, a meteo-rologist with the National Weather Service in Camp Springs, Md. He said after that, a system coming in off the Atlantic Ocean would bring in cooler temperatures.

Monday was a day off for many to mark Sunday’s Independence Day holiday. The extended weekend aided utilities by lowering demand for power, said Lissette Santana, a spokeswoman for PPL Electric Utilities in Allentown, Pa.

For others, though, there was no getting away from the heat.

Richard Willis, 52, was one of a few dozen homeless men in Franklin Square, a small park in downtown Washington. He spent his day drink-ing water and staying in the shade.

“That’s all you can do, really,” said Willis, who wore jeans and a long-sleeve shirt and sat under a tall tree near a fountain.

In New York, Yasser Badr manned his steel food cart in the sun out-side Penn Station. Surrounded by the grill, fryer and gyro rotisserie all going full throttle, he was already covered in sweat. A question about the heat elicited only a resigned laugh.

“This kind of metal, it makes everything more hot,” he said, pat-ting the wall of the cart.

The long weekend had more people out seeking relief. Five Connecticut state parks had to stop admitting people because they had reached capacity.

A major utility restricted water use on the New Jersey shore, forbidding residents from watering lawns and washing cars.

About 17,000 customers in north-

ern New Jersey lost power at about 1 p.m. Monday, though Jersey Central Power and Light spokesman Jim Markey said it was too early to know whether the outage was heat-related.

While some tried to stay inside, others chose to brave the heat, including tourists who wanted to make the most of their holiday trips. In Washington, people were out exploring the city on the final day of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National Mall.

Ben Mullen just returned from Iraq, “so he’s really used to it,” said his wife, Stephanie Mullen. The cou-ple from upstate New York planned to walk by the White House and visit the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

“We just told each other we’ll go slow, and if we get too tired, we’ll go back to the hotel and go sit by the pool,” she said.

In Philadelphia where the high-90s heat was rising from the sidewalk, Yvette Valiente, 40, of Baltimore walked nearly a mile round-trip to try to sample Jim’s Steaks — with four young sons and a niece in tow. But with the line wrapped around the building, they went elsewhere for the Philly specialties. The family was sightseeing in the city after some of the children visited on a class trip.

“We just got our cheesesteaks, so we’re doing OK,” said Valiente, who said the family could not reschedule the trip despite the heat. “It’s the last day off before we go back to work.”

In the mid-Atlantic, the heat was expected to get worse Tuesday, with highs of up to 102 degrees. Wednesday was forecast to be the most humid day of the stretch.

Santana, the Pennsylvania utility spokeswoman, cautioned consumers to conserve energy on hot days.

“Tomorrow’s another day, and you never really know with the weather,” she said.

Demand is anticipated to increase when offices reopen, said Bob McGee, spokesman for Consolidated Edison in New York. He said Con Ed was preparing for peak usage to break the record set on Aug. 2, 2006.

Korty reiterated that danger from increasing temperatures is likely to grow.

“As the temperature and humid-ity both get higher, the stress it can put on the human body increases,” he said, “and therefore the higher the temperature and higher the humid-ity, the greater the chance of people having problems.”

NEW YORK (AP) — The biggest clue that New Yorkers were going a little royalty-crazy was when some-one stopped Tony Packwood on a city bus after hearing his British accent to ask him if he was here to see the queen.

“Why would I come here to see the queen?” he marveled Monday at the British food shop where he works.

Customers coming to Carry on Tea & Sympathy have been asking about Queen Elizabeth II’s upcoming trip to New York City, her first in 34 years. Though her visit is scheduled to last just five hours, her arrival Tuesday morning has sent some anglophiles aflutter.

“The Americans seem to be a lot more psyched than the English,” said Packwood, a Liverpool native, sur-rounded by shelves of specialty teas, Cadbury chocolates and ornate tea pots. A British-flag tea cozy and a mosaic depicting the queen hang nearby.

“We’re kind of brought up with it — it’s not that big an event. But you guys love it,” he said.

Some New York residents were hoping to catch a glimpse of the 84-year-old monarch, who will be visiting ground zero for the first time and making her first address in over half a century to the U.N. General Assembly.

The New York stop comes after a visit to Canada, where the queen was wrapping up a nine-day trip with a tour of the headquarters of BlackBerry-maker Research in Motion and a dinner with the prime minister.

The queen was 31 years old when she last addressed the U.N. in 1957 — four years after she was crowned queen and a little more than a decade after the organization offi-cially came into existence.

Accompanied by her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, the queen also was to lay a wreath at the former site of the World Trade Center to pay tribute to victims of the 2001 terror-ist attacks. She also was to open the British Garden of Remembrance in nearby Hanover Square to honor the 67 British citizens killed on 9/11.

New York anglophiles all aflutter for the Queen

Associated PressBritain’s Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip wear 3D glasses to watch a 3D film, at the Pinewood Studios in Toronto, Canada Monday

Associated PressA child cools off in the East River during a visit to the Brooklyn Bridge Park Monday in New York.

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Dear Dr. Gott: Any advice on how to treat tinnitus?

Dear Reader: Yes, but first let me explain the condition. Tinnitus is a roar-ing, hissing, clicking, buzzing or ringing in the ears that is likely related to an underlying disorder such as ear injury, hearing loss or disorder of the circula-tory system. Some of the more common causes for the condition include repeat-ed exposure to loud noises, as with using a lawn mower or chain saw or listening to music through earphones; excessive wax buildup in the ears; the normal aging process; and abnormal changes in bone growth. Less common causes include Meniere’s disease, injury, hypertension and benign tumors called acoustic neuromas. A number of medi-cations, including aspirin taken in high doses, some antibiotics, diuretics and others can cause tinnitus or worsen it.

Diagnosis begins with an examina-tion to determine whether simple ear-wax impaction might be to blame. A medical history that includes drugs and over-the-counter medicines or supple-ments will help a physician determine whether the medication is to blame. If

so, a change or discontinuation might be appropriate. While tinnitus of unknown cause cannot be cured, there are a num-ber of treatments that can reduce or mask its severity. Protect your ears with plugs, cotton or muffs when exposed to loud noises. If appropriate, reduce your alcohol intake, because it dilates blood vessels and causes a greater flow to the already damaged ears. To pro-vide related information, I am sending you a copy of my Health Report “Ear Infections and Disorders.” Other read-ers who would like a copy should send a self-addressed stamped No. 10 enve-lope and a $2 check or money order to Newsletter, P.O. Box 167, Wickliffe, OH 44092-0167. Be sure to mention the title or print an order form off my website at www.AskDrGottMD.com.

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Dear Abby: On May 13, “Diana in Lakewood, Calif.,” asked you how to reuse or donate little jewelry boxes. You offered some great tips, but you should have let folks know about two terrific resources for giving away or recycling odd things. Freecycle.org is an online network where people can give away or find free stuff in their local neighborhood. It is a great way to recycle items — like the jewelry boxes — to a local thrift store, a crafter or a teacher. Earth911.com is also an amazing directory of local reuse and recycling options. I work at a thrift store for home improve-ments. (Instead of donating cloth-ing or furniture, some people give us lumber, kitchen cabinets, hardware, etc.) Most people don’t know that stores like ours exist. Reusing items from your neighbors wastes no ener-gy and builds a sense of community. Abby, thanks for touching on this important topic. — Ruthie

Dear Ruthie: Many readers wrote to remind me that one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. Read on:

Dear Abby: I am an activity direc-tor at a small long-term-care facility and would love to receive those jew-elry boxes. People don’t realize how grateful we are to provide a home for their extra greeting cards, craft supplies, fabric scraps, wrapping paper, games, cards — the list goes

on and on. Diana should consider contacting her local nursing home activity director and put those boxes to good use. Budgets are tight. With every cut our state and federal gov-ernments make to nursing homes, activity directors are always happy to give new life to no-longer-needed items. — The Activity Goddess

Dear Abby: I have another sug-gestion for Diana in Lakewood. Quit buying so much stuff!

Recycling is only a partial solution to a wasteful lifestyle. Millions of tons of plastic, no matter how many times it is recycled, end up in our oceans, where Texas-sized flotillas of plastic goo will outlast us all. The key is to generate less in the first place.

When considering a purchase, con-sider all four “R’s”: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Repair. In this case, the option to “Reduce” should be observed by either buying less jew-elry, or asking the vendors to quit over-packaging the stuff. — Dr. James Bohanan

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IN THe STARSYour Birthday, July 6;

Although family is of utmost importance to you, so will be your social involvements.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) - Don’t just wish and wait for good things to happen.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) - The results for which you’re hoping will be there for you.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) - An important les-son you’re likely to learn firsthand isn’t apt to be gleaned from books.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) - You’re especially gifted to fit yourself into constructive situations.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) - Thankfully you’ll take plenty of time to study.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) - An appre-ciative recipient of your past thoughtfulness will try to return the favor.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) - One of your more impressive achieve-ments will come about with assistance.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) - You’re capable of being a strong finisher.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) - It’s a good day for making agreements.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) - Keep all your options open.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) - This would be an excellent day to take that short trip.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) - Let events unfold naturally instead of trying to manipulate everything to conform to your schedule. You’ll be far better off follow-ing loosely structured arrangements.

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WASHINGTON — U.S. officials boast that al-Qai-da has never been weaker, its upper ranks decimated because of the stepped-up drone attacks in Pakistan and special operations raids in Afghanistan.

At the same time, they warn, in seeming contradic-tion: An even greater num-ber of well-trained terrorists are setting their sights on the United States.

Across the remote tribal lands between Afghanistan and Pakistan where terror groups hide, U.S. officials say they’ve seen a fusion of al-Qaida and others targeted by U.S. forces, including the Haqqani group and the Pakistani Taliban, who for-merly focused only on their local areas.

Adm. Mike Mullen, chair-man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the groups have become a “synergy of terror-ist groups” with “an expand-ing desire to kill Americans.” He was speaking last week at the Aspen Institute secu-rity forum in Colorado.

At the same forum, National Counterterrorism Center Director Michael

Leiter warned that the “trou-bling alignment” extends all the way to Yemen and Africa. The dispersed net-work is making terror plots harder to spot and prevent, he said.

The officials are speaking publicly in an effort to con-vince the American public — and U.S. ally Pakistan — that the time to hit harder is now, while al-Qaida is weakened. Failure to do that means an even stronger ene-my, they argue.

A high-level U.S. counter-terrorist delegation is head-ed to Pakistan this week to try to persuade Pakistan to keep the pressure on the militant groups that now operate almost as one with al-Qaida. The Pakistani gov-ernment has denied news reports that it has reached out to its former ally, the Haqqani tribe, to secure its participation in talks with the Afghan government. U.S. officials want to make sure that remains the case.

The other part of that administration message, that the campaign has diminished the al-Qaida leadership, is aimed at an American public increas-ingly weary of the 9-year-old war. In June, at least 60

U.S. troops were killed in Afghanistan, making it one of the deadliest months of the conflict. Polls now find a majority of Americans no longer think the Afghanistan war is worth fighting.

Purely by the numbers, al-Qaida has been devas-tated by the past 18 months of drone attacks and raids, Leiter said. Although Osama bin Laden remains at large, half of al-Qaida’s leadership has been killed in the past year, he said.

The organization is down to only 50 to a 100 “card-carrying” members inside Afghanistan and roughly 300 operatives in Pakistan, he said. Al-Qaida agents in Pakistan are hemmed in, mainly north of Peshawar, as well as North Waziristan, where they have based them-selves with the Haqqani network and the Pakistani Taliban, and a small number in the Quetta area, where the exiled Afghan Taliban mainly hold sway.

These groups have coop-erated for years, even pre-dating the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, said New America Foundation’s Peter Bergen, cautioning against describ-ing that as a new develop-ment.

The Haqqani group fought

beside the Afghan Taliban to help return the Taliban, al-Qaida’s former host, to control of Afghanistan. The Pakistani Taliban have sought to overthrow the central government in Islamabad. Lashkar-e-Taiba, another group that works with al-Qaida, has concen-trated on attacking Indian targets, like the three-day assault on Mumbai in 2008 that killed 170 people.

But the difference now, U.S. officials contend, is that the local groups are sharing manpower, weaponry and ideology with al-Qaida.

The Pakistani Taliban have already made an attempt on the U.S., through Times Square bombing sus-pect Faisal Shahzad. That attempt followed the pattern of al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, based in Yemen, which dispatched Nigerian suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab to try to bring down a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas Day.

U.S. intelligence analysts, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly, say even though neither the Haqqani net-work nor Lashkar e-Taiba has been linked to plots aimed at the mainland U.S.,

the United States now must assume the groups aspire to strike there, or at the very least help prepare and fund such attacks.

The Haqqanis, estimated by a senior defense official to be between 2,000 and 5,000 strong, have already supported attacks on U.S. targets within Afghanistan, including an al-Qaida and the Taliban suicide bombing that killed seven CIA opera-tives in Khost, in the suicide bombing last December.

Don Rassler, of the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point, N.Y., says the group’s leader, Sirajuddin Haqqani, has been careful not to publicly support direct attacks on the United States, despite repeated question-ing in online militant Jihadi forums.

“He knows where the red lines are and he’s careful not to cross them, so as not to become even more of a target than he already is,” Rassler says.

Counterterrorism chief Leiter said monitoring the spread-out terrorist threat is a growing undertaking. The counterterrorism center receives 8,000-10,000 pieces of counterterrorist informa-tion every day, he said.

Militants’ interaction is posing new threats

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NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE10 SP 252

Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Anna Maria Lease, single and Inge Ruth Gudmundson, single to CB Services Corp., Trustee(s), which was dated August 30, 1999 and recorded on September 3, 1999 in Book 0575 at Page 0638, Rutherford County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Brock & Scott, PLLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on July 15, 2010 at 11:30AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Rutherford County, North Carolina, to wit: Situate, lying and being in Chimney Rock Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina and being the same and identical property as described in Deed recorded in Deed Book 294, Page 553, and Deed Book 738, Page 63, Rutherford County Registry and being described according to said Deed as follows: Situate, lying and being in Chimney Rock Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina, and Being Tract #1 of the T.E. Flynn Lands which was allotted to Audrey Flynn by Report of Commissioners dated May 19, 1961, in that certain Special Proceeding entitled, “Audrey Flynn, single, John V. Flynn, and others vs. Kelly D. Flynn, single, and others”, which Report of Commissioners is of record in Deed Book 260, Page 734, Rutherford County Registry, said Tract #1 being described by metes and bounds as follows: BEGINNING on an iron pin in the old outside line, said iron pin being the Southwest corner of Tract #6, and running thence with said old outside line South 6 degrees 30 minutes East 430 feet to a stake, an old corner; thence with another old line South 80 degrees 25 minutes East 222 feet to a persimmon, an old corner; thence another old line South 15 degrees 30 minutes East 157 feet to a cherry tree, an old corner; thence with another old line South 50 degrees 25 minutes East 294 feet to a poplar, an old corner; thence with another old line South 33 degrees 30 minutes East 110 feet to a stone, an old corner; thence with another old line North 10 East 310 feet to an iron pin in said old line, a new corner, the same being the Southwest corner of Tract #2; thence a new line with the line of Tract #2, North 37 degrees 30 minutes West 855 feet to an iron pin on the North side of a farm road, a new corner in the line of Tract #6, the same being the Northwest corner of Tract #2; thence with line of Tract #6, South 51 West 165 feet to the place of BEGINNING, containing 5.8 acres, more or less.

Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as: 185 Kincaid Drive, Lake Lure, NC 28746

Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, and the court costs of Forty-Five Cents (45¢) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) pursuant to NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing.

Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Anna Maria Lease.

An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Jeremy B. Wilkins, NCSB No. 32346, 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No. 10-11069-FC01, 717596 7/6, 07/13/2010

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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINACOUNTY OF RUTHERFORD

NOTICE OF SALEFile No: 10 SP 235

TAKE NOTICE THAT: William Richard Boyd, Jr., Substitute Trustee, has begun proceedings to FORECLOSE under the Deed of Trust described below, and by under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in such Deed of Trust, and an Order entered by the Clerk of Superior Court of the above County, will sell the below described property at public auction as follows:

1. The instrument pursuant to which such sale will be held is that certain Deed of Trust executed by Joseph N. Sabatello and wife, Ruth Sabatello, original mortgagors, and recorded in the Office of the Rutherford County Register of Deeds in Deed of Trust Book 914, at Page 747. The record owner of such property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds not more than ten (10) days prior to posting this Notice of Sale, if not the original mortgagors, is: N/A

2. The property will be sold by the Substitute Trustee at 11:00 a.m. on the 15th day of July, 2010 at the Rutherford County Courthouse door in the City of Rutherfordton, North Carolina.

3. The real property to be sold is generally described as .95 acre lot Shenandoah Drive, Spindale, NC 28160 and described as follows:

Situate, lying and being in Cool Springs Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina and being a portion of the property conveyed by Logan Martin, single to Portfolio Management, Inc., a Nevada Corporation and Southeast Investment & Holdings, Inc., a Florida Corporation by deed dated June 2, 2006 and of record in Deed Book 905, at Page 274, Rutherford County Registry and being shown as Tract Three in said Deed and being more particularly described in that certain Deed of Trust recorded in Book 914, at Page 747 of the Rutherford County, North Carolina Public Registry and said description is incorporated herein by reference.

Containing 0.95 acres, more or less.

Being the same and identical property which was conveyed by Portofolio Management, Inc., a Nevada Corporation and Southeast Investment & Holdings, Inc., a Florida Corporation by and through its attorney in fact, Gene R. Conley to Joseph N. Sabatello and wife, Ruth Sabatello by deed dated August 25, 2006 and of record in Deed Book 912, at Page123, Rutherford County Registry.

Any property described in the Deed of Trust which is not being offered for sale is described as follows: Subject to any and all Release Deeds of Record in the Rutherford County, North Carolina Registry.

4. Any buildings located on the above-described property are also included in the sale.

5. The property will be sold by the Substitute Trustee to the highest bidder for CASH. The highest bidder will be required to deposit IN CASH with the Substitute Trustee at the date and time of the sale the greater of five percent (5.0%) of the amount of the bid or Seven Hundred Fifty and no/100 Dollars ($750.00).

6. All bidders bid for the property AS IS on the date of sale. Absolutely no warranties are made as to the condition, value or title of the property. While the Substitute Trustee believes the title to be good, all bidders are advised that they should obtain independent counsel to examine record title as the property is sold subject to prior record interests. The Noteholder has reserved the right to withdraw the sale up to and until the Deed is delivered by the Substitute Trustee.

7. The property will be sold subject to all unpaid taxes and special assessments.

8. The property being sold is all of that property described in the Deed of Trust except as specifically set forth above. It is the intention to extinguish any and all rights or interests in the property subordinate to the Deed of Trust.

9. Additional Notice Where the Real Property is Residential with Less Than 15 Rental Units: An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the Clerk of Superior Court of the County in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the Notice of Sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a bona fide lease or tenancy may have additional rights pursuant to Title VII of 5.896- Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act which became effective May 20, 2009.

THIS the 15th day of June, 2010.

__________________________William Richard Boyd, Jr. Substitute Trustee474 Mountain Cove RoadWaynesville, North Carolina 28786Dates: July 6, 2010 and July 13, 2010DMS:4852-6672-1798v1|2233-2233-0685|6/14/2010

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE10 SP 199

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Matthew Spicer and Shari Spicer (PRESENT RECORD OWNER(S): Matthew Lyle Spicer and Shari Ann Spicer) to M. Patricia Oliver, Trustee(s), dated the 13th day of April, 2007, and recorded in Book 952, Page 549, in Rutherford County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Rutherford County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door at 229 North Main St in the City of Rutherfordton, Rutherford County, North Carolina, or the customary location designated for foreclosure sales, at 1:30 PM on July 13, 2010 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the County of Rutherford, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows:

BEING KNOWN AND DESIGNATED as Lot 144 as shown on the Map of Yellowtop Mountain Estates, Phase Nine, Plat Book 26, Page 140-142, in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Rutherford County, North Carolina, reference to which is hereby made for a more particular description.Together with improvements located thereon;

Said property being located at:147 Saratoga Drive, Bostic, North Carolina

Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23.

Should the property be purchased by a third party, that person must pay the tax of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1). The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws. A cash deposit or cashier’s check (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale.

An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, except as stated below in the instance of bankruptcy protection.

IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY. This 15th day of June, 2010.

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC.SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEEBY: Attorney at LawThe Law Firm of Hutchens, Senter & Britton, P.A.Attorneys for Substitute Trustee Services, Inc.P.O. Box 10284317 Ramsey StreetFayetteville, North Carolina 28311http://sales.hsbfirm.comCase No: 1032824

NORTH CAROLINA Special Proceedings No. 10 SP 190RUTHERFORD COUNTY Substitute Trustee: Philip A. Glass

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE

Date of Sale: July 13, 2010 Deed of Trust:Time of Sale: 1:30 p.m. Book: 0689 Page: 0347Place of Sale: Rutherford County Courthouse Dated: September 17, 2002Description of Property: See Attached Description Grantors: Walter L. Sluder, unmarried Record Owners: Walter L. Sluder Original Beneficiary: First CharterAddress of Property: 190 Ridgecrest Drive Bank Lake Lure, NC 28746

SCHEDULE “A”PROPERTY DESCRIPTION

Situate, lying and being in Chimney Rock Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina, and being all of Lot number 27 of Cedar Creek Section in Lake Lure Mountain Estates subdivision. As recorded in Plat Book 9, Page 112, Rutherford County Registry, to which reference is hereby made for a full and complete description.

SUBJECT TO restrictions of record and rights of way for roads.

Acceptance of this deed certifies that the Grantees are the purchasers of the property shown and described herein, which is located in the subdivision jurisdiction of Rutherford County, and that they hereby accept this plan with their free consent, establish minimum building set back lines, and dedicate all streets for private use. Furthermore acceptance of this deed indicates the purchaser’s knowledge that there is not any public water or sewer available to this subdivision. All water and sewer will be private.

Being the same and identical property which was conveyed by Shirley Herkert Finley and husband, Charles L. Finley and Christopher D. Shubert and wife, Donna S. Cody Shubert to Walter L. Sluder by deed dated September 18, 2002 and of record in Deed Book 805, at Page 589, Rutherford County Registry.

Including Manufactured Home 1994 Clayton VIN - CLH019036TNA-B

CONDITIONS OF SALE: Should the property be purchased by a third party, that person must pay the tax of Forty-five Cents (.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by N.C.G.S. §7A-308(a)(1).

This sale is made subject to all unpaid taxes and superior liens or encumbrances of record and assessments, if any, against the said property, and any recorded leases. This sale is also subject to any applicable county land transfer tax, and the successful third party bidder shall be required to make payment for any such county land transfer tax.

A cash deposit of 5% of the purchase price will be required at the time of the sale. Any successful bidder shall be required to tender the full balance of the purchase price so bid in cash or certified check at the time the Substitute Trustee tenders to him a deed for the property or attempts to tender such deed, and should said successful bidder fail to pay the full balance purchase price so bid at the time, he shall remain liable on his bid as provided for in North Carolina General Statutes Section 45-21.30 (d) and (e). This sale will be held open ten (10) days for upset bids as required by law.

Residential real property with less than 15 rental units: an order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

Dated: 04-13-10

/s/_________________________Philip A. Glass, Substitute TrusteeNodell, Glass & Haskell, L.L.P.

North Carolina, Rutherford County

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE10 SP 257

Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Chad Y. Walker and Dawn W. Walker to CB Services Corp., Trustee(s), which was dated May 28, 2003 and recorded on June 3, 2003 in Book 0732 at Page 0782, Rutherford County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Brock & Scott, PLLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on July 15, 2010 at 11:30AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Rutherford County, North Carolina, to wit: Situate, lying and being in Colfax Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina, and being all of Lot Number 17 of the Guss Walker Property as shown and set forth on a plat duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Rutherford County, North Carolina, in Plat Book 20, Page 76, reference to which is hereby made for a more complete description. subject to restrictions of record. CWalker.dcw. One 2000, 60 x 28 Colony Bay, Mobile Home, Serial Number CLF004643NCAB.

Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as: 311 Leonard Lane, Ellenboro, NC 28040

Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, and the court costs of Forty-Five Cents (45¢) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) pursuant to NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing.

Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Chad Young Walker.

An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy. Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Jeremy B. Wilkins, NCSB No. 32346, 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587 File No. 10-11263-FC01, 717593 7/6, 07/13/2010

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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF RUTHERFORD

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICESUPERIOR COURT DIVISION

09-SP-429

IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE of a Deed of Trust from 4 B & T Corp, LLC dated November 13, 2007 and recorded on November 13, 2007 in Book 984 at Page 59 of the Rutherford County Public Registry by Robert L. Mebane (Substitute Trustee).

AMENDED NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY

On December 30, 2009 a previous foreclosure sale was conducted under the power and authority contained in the Deed of Trust (as defined herein) but the foreclosure proceeding was stayed during the ten day upset bid period as a result of 4 B & T Corp, LLC filing a bankruptcy petition on January 8, 2010 with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of North Carolina, Case Number 10-40015. On April 27, 2010, an Order Granting Motion for Relief from Stay of SunTrust Bank (the “Stay Order”) was entered allowing this foreclosure sale to proceed in accordance with state law. This Amended Notice of Substitute Trustee’s Foreclosure Sale of Real Property is being filed, posted, published and served in accordance with North Carolina General Statute Section 45-21.22.

Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in a certain Deed of Trust executed and delivered by 4 B & T Corp, LLC dated November 13, 2007 and recorded on November 13, 2007 in Book 984 at Page 59 of the Rutherford County Public Registry (the “Deed of Trust”) and because of default in the payment of the indebtedness thereby secured and failure to carry out or perform the stipulations and agreements therein contained and pursuant to the demand of the owner and holder of the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, and pursuant to the Order of the Clerk of Superior Court for Rutherford County, North Carolina, entered in this foreclosure proceeding, the undersigned, Robert L. Mebane, Substitute Trustee, will expose for sale at public auction on the 14th day of July, 2010, at 11:00 a.m., at the appropriate place for foreclosure sales at the Rutherford County Courthouse, 229 North Main Street, Rutherfordton, North Carolina, the real property (including any improvements thereon) which is more particularly described on Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein. This sale shall not include any portion of the real property that has been released by recorded releases or any real property described in the Deed of Trust which is not listed and included on Exhibit A attached hereto.

EXHIBIT ALegal Description

Situate, lying and being in the Town of Lake Lure, Chimney Rock Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina, and being all of that property shown as Lot 1 (Revised) on plat prepared by Nathan Odom, Registered Land Surveyor on May 19, 2006 entitled “Valley Market Inc”, bearing map number 21540 and of record in Plat Book 27, page 163, Rutherford County Registry, containing 1.77 acres, according to said survey, reference to which is hereby made and incorporated herein by reference.

BEING the same and identical property which was conveyed by Valley Market, Inc. to 4 B & T Corp., LLC, a North Carolina Limited Liability Company, by deed dated May 30, 2006 and of record in Deed Book 905, Page 58 of Rutherford County Registry.

The sale will be subject to any and all superior mortgages, deeds of trust and liens, including without limitation, the lien of unpaid taxes and assessments, easements, conditions, restrictions and matters of record. This sale will be further subject to the right, if any, of the United States of America to redeem the above-described property for a period of 120 days following confirmation of the sale.

The above-described real property will be sold “AS IS, WHERE IS.” Neither the Substitute Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the Deed of Trust being foreclosed nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representatives of either the Substitute Trustee or the holder of the note secured by the Deed of Trust being foreclosed make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the real property being sold, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such conditions expressly are disclaimed.

The record owner of the above-described real property as reflected on the records of the Rutherford County Register of Deeds not more than ten (10) days prior to the posting of this notice is 4 B & T Corp, LLC.

Pursuant to North Carolina General Statute Section 45-21.10(b), any successful bidder may be required to deposit with the Substitute Trustee immediately upon conclusion of the sale a cash deposit of the greater of five percent (5%) of the last bid or $750.00. Any successful bidder shall be required to tender the full balance purchase price so bid in cash or certified check at the time the Substitute Trustee tenders to him a deed for the property or attempts to tender such deed, and should said successful bidder fail to pay the full balance of the purchase price so bid at that time, he shall remain liable on his bid as provided for in North Carolina General Statutes §45-21.30(d) and (e). The owner and holder of the indebtedness secured by the Deed of Trust may make a credit bid.

This sale will be held open ten (10) days for upset bids as required by law.

If the real property to be sold pursuant to this notice of sale is residential property with less than fifteen rental units then: (i) an order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to North Carolina General Statute Section 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the real property is sold; and (ii) any person who occupies the real property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving this notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon ten (10) days’ written notice to the landlord, and upon termination of the rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

This the 14th day of June, 2010.

____________________________________ Robert L. Mebane, Substitute TrusteeHamrick, Bowen, Mebane & Lloyd, LLPP.O. Box 790Rutherfordton, NC 28139Telephone: 828-286-9152Facsimile: 828-287-9101

NORTH CAROLINARUTHERFORD COUNTY

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICESUPERIOR COURT DIVISION

BEFORE THE CLERKFILE NO. 10 SP 263

IN THE MATTER OF THEFORECLOSURE OF THE DEED OF TRUST OF

SCOTT CROOK, unmarried, and NATOSHA EVANS, unmarried, GRANTORS,

TO

Robert W. Wolf,

Trustee,

As recorded in Deed of TrustBook 1032, Page 503,Rutherford County Registry.

NOTICE OF SALE OF FORECLOSURE

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in that certain deed of trust executed by Scott Crook and Natosha Evans, to Robert W. Wolf, Trustee, dated October 21, 2008, and recorded in Deed of Trust Book 1032, Page 503, Rutherford County Registry; and under and by virtue of an order of the Clerk of Superior Court of Rutherford County, N.C., made and entered on the 22nd day of June, 2010, default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness thereby secured and said deed of trust being by the terms thereof subject to foreclosure and the holder of the indebtedness thereby secured having demanded a foreclosure thereof for the purpose of satisfying said indebtedness, the undersigned trustee will offer for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the courthouse door in Rutherfordton, North Carolina at 12:00 o’clock noon on the 14th day of July, 2010, the property conveyed in said deed of trust, same lying and being in Cool Springs Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows:

EXHIBIT A

Situate, lying and being in Cool Springs Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina, and being a part of the P.V. Bostic homeplace and described as follows: BEGINNING at a stake in the road, a corner of a small tract formerly sold; thence with line of said sale North 9-1/4 East 510 feet to a stake in a gully; thence North 79 East 25 feet to a red oak; thence South 20-1/2 East 404 feet to a rock pile; thence South 41 East 362 feet to the center of the road; thence with the road North 84 West 300 feet; North 57 West 221 feet to the BEGINNING, containing 2.75 acres, more or less.

SAVING AND EXCEPTING that certain 1.029 acre tract which was conveyed by Larry Daljev and wife, Djuja Daljev, to Jess Taylor by deed dated March 9, 2000, and recorded in Deed Book 749, Page 713, Rutherford County Registry, which is more particularly described as follows: Situate, lying and being in Cool Springs Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina, on the north side of Walker Mill Road, and being a portion of that tract of land described in Deed Book 623, Page 46, Rutherford County Registry, and being described herein according to a survey and plat by Charles D. Owens, Jr., Registered Land Surveyor, on March 20, 1998, as follows: BEGINNING on a point in the centerline of Walker Mill Road, said point being the southwest corner of Franklin Dale Bostic as described in Deed Book 697, Page 224, Rutherford County Registry, and being evidenced by an iron pin offset in the north edge of said road; runs thence with the centerline of said road as follows: North 86 degrees 15 minutes 00 seconds West 108.09 feet; North 81 degrees 51 minutes 43 seconds West 105.69 feet; North 78 degrees 16 minutes 07 seconds West 71.67 feet; North 73 degrees 08 minutes 58 seconds West 58.77 feet and North 60 degrees 04 minutes 36 seconds West 22.87 feet to a point, said point being evidenced by an iron pin offset in the north edge of said road; runs thence a new line North 32 degrees 12 minutes 08 seconds East 241.53 feet to an iron pin in the line of Bostic; runs thence with the line of Bostic South 40 degrees 29 minutes 17 seconds East 364.94 feet to the point and place of BEGINNING, containing 1.029 acres, according to said survey. (Crook.Evans/abs)

The record owner of the above-described real property as reflected on the records of the Rutherford County Register of Deeds not more that ten (10) days prior to the posting of this notice is Scott Crook and Natosha Evans.

Pursuant to North Carolina General Statute Section 45-21.10(b), and the terms of the Deed of Trust, any successful bidder will be required to deposit with the Trustee immediately upon conclusion of the sale a cash deposit of the greater of 5% of the total bid or $750.00 of the bid as a forfeit and guarantee of compliance with this bid, the same to be credited on his bid when accepted. Any successful bidder shall be required to tender the full balance purchase price so bid in cash or by certified check at the time the Trustee tenders to him a deed for the property or attempts to tender such deed, and should said successful bidder fail to pay the full balance purchase price so bid at that time, he shall remain liable on his bid as provided for in North Carolina General Statute Section 45.21.30(d) and (e).

The foregoing conveyance and sale shall be made subject to all prior liens, encumbrances, outstanding taxes, easements, rights of way and restrictive convenants of record. The property subject of this action is being sold AS IS, where is, with no warranties, either express or implied.

This sale will be held open ten (10) days for upset bids as required by law.

/s/__________________________Robert W. Wolf, Trustee138 South Broadway StreetForest City, NC 28043Telephone (828) 245-7366State Bar No. 4808

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINACOUNTY OF RUTHERFORD

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICEDISTRICT COURT DIVISION

10 CVD 607

KYLE EUGENE LONG Plaintiff,v.

CARA LINDSEY BRADLEY Defendant.

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION

To Cara Lindsey Bradley:

Take notice that a pleading seeking relief against you hasbeen filed in the above-entitled action. The nature of reliefbeing sought is as follows:

The Plaintiff, Kyle Eugene Long, has filed a Complaint for aDomestic Violence Order of Protection and Child Custody.You are required to make defense to such pleading not laterthan August 6, 2010, and upon your failure to do so, the partyseeking service against you will apply to the Court for therelief sought.

This the 22nd day of June, 2010.

__________________________Judi BertrandAttorney for the PlaintiffP.O. Box 2276Asheville, NC 28801828-253-0406

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