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Garrett Byers/Daily CourierEight-year old Laniah Snow jumped at the chance to take a seat on one of Henderson County’s Police Motorcycles Friday at the Kids and Cops event held at Forest City Dunbar Park. Officer Chris Stepp with the Henderson County Sheriff’s Department was standing by to provide details about the the bikes on display.

By LARRY DALEDaily Courier Staff Writer

FOREST CITY — Except for the heat, 13 was a lucky number for lots of kids and cops Friday.

The 13th annual Kids & Cops event, sponsored by the Forest City Police Department, was held at Forest City Dunbar Park, and the festivities drew the usual large crowd under a clear, hot sky.

Estimates of the crowd ranged from 1,500 to 2,000, with some saying it was more than that.

The day is intended as a time for fun, but it also gives young-sters a chance to see public servants, who usually wear uni-forms and seem imposing, in a new light.

“We’re having a lot of fun,” said Lt. Chris Francis with the Lake Lure Police Department. “We’re having a good time get-ting to meet the public. We have an opportunity to portray that police are friendly and care for the kids. People come up and ask questions.

“We appreciate the Forest City Police Department putting this on every year. It’s a great oppor-tunity for the community to see us in a different way.”

Jason Spence of the N.C. State Highway Patrol also fielded questions from visitors.

“We’ve had a good flow of peo-ple,” he said. “A lot of kids have asked a lot of questions. It’s been a beautiful day, but it’s hot.”

Regional One, the helicop-ter from Spartanburg Regional Hospital, was there to show what an airborne medical facility

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By SCOTT BAUGHMANDaily Courier Staff Writer

RUTHERFORDTON — Economic incentives for a pos-sible new distribution center and 50 new jobs were approved by county commissioners dur-ing a special meeting Thursday as part of a package that could total $50,000.

CMI Enterprises is consider-ing relocating a warehouse and distribution center from Miami to Rutherford County.

“We believe Rutherford County would be an ideal loca-tion based on the textile histo-ry,” said Michael Novick, CEO of CMI. “The operation would begin ramping up sometime in July, if possible, and would employ about 50 people or more in the next few years. Our initial plan is to relocate two employees here to train local residents to take these jobs.”

CMI has been in business for 26 years and is a supplier of soft materials — such as leath-er — to the automotive, nauti-cal and health-care industries.

Novick said 50 jobs were the initial plan, but more may come later.

“The incentive agreement is based on jobs and will provide up to $1,000 per job, but the

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By JESSICA OSBORNEDaily Courier Correspondent

MOORESBORO — Matt Tiller, pastor of the Spanish ministry at Liberty Baptist Church in Mooresboro, hopes to bridge the gap between English and Spanish speakers by offering a free course.

Fifteen members of Liberty Baptist attended the Spanish class Wednesday evening.

The program started June 16 and spans four weeks — Wednesday nights until July 7.

The course is designed to familiar-ize people with the Spanish language, explain the basic concepts of the language and give people free resources and advice for continuing to learn.

Tiller uses a tool through prezi.com to do his presentations for the class.

“It’s kind of like a huge thinking-map,”

said Tiller, a Spanish teacher at East Rutherford High School.

Tiller began the class by asking class members in Spanish how they were doing and to respond in that language. The pas-tor told the class about a trip he took to Venezuela, which involved writing a tes-timony and translating it. When asked to read it back to his traveling companion,

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Annual event is still a hit

Larry Dale/Daily CourierForest City Fire trucks turned on the water to provide a place for Kids & Cops participants to get wet and cool off on a hot summer day.

Spanish class for English speakers offered

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RUTHERFORDTON — Rutherford County’s roads are playing host to a pilot program into researching the feasibil-ity of growing biofuel crops on highway rights of way.

Since 2009, the N.C. Department of Transportation and N.C. State University have partnered on the program to plant and harvest canola, with the aim of making fuel for diesel engines. The program encompasses four sites in North Carolina, including a right of way at U.S. 74 and Union Road, said Peder Zone, an N.C. DOT spokesman.

This year’s crop, which has been harvested, totaled about 10 acres on four plots along roadways in Raleigh, Faison, Mount Airy and Rutherford County. N.C. State will pro-cess the crop using equipment designed to extract oil from the

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es have announced Vacation Bible School:

Montford Cove Baptist Church, VBS, June 27-July 1, 6 to 8:30 p.m; evening mealswill be served; for ages two through high school; for information, call Jason Ray at 738-3354.

West Point Baptist Church, “Egypt: Jospeh’s Journey from Prison to Palace,” July 25-29, 6 to 9 p.m.; fam-ily night July 30 at 6 p.m.; call 287-0165 for more information.

Cornerstone Fellowship Church, “Around the World,” Aug. 14, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; for all children ages 2 to 11; for more information, con-tact Kassie Wilson at 980-5041.

FundraisersYard sale: June 26,

7:30 a.m., Green River Baptist Association; sponsored by Pleasant Grove Baptist Church; proceeds to help send Youth/Kids to summer camp.

Spaghetti sup-per: June 26, 4 p.m. until, Mount Vernon Clubhouse, hosted by Mount Hebron and Centennial United Methodist Churches and Mount Vernon Baptist Church; spa-ghetti, salad, bread, tea and desserts; $6 adults, $3 children ages 6 to 10, free to children five and younger; special music

provided by Heavenly Echoes.

Music/concertsFourth Sunday

Night Singing: June 27, 6 p.m., Sandy Level Baptist Church; featur-ing The Layman.

Gospel singing: June 27, 6 p.m., Chase Baptist Church; featur-ing the Phillips Family of Gaffney, S.C.

Singing: June 27, 6 p.m., Golden Valley Missionary Methodist Church; featuring Rick Strickland.

Singing: June 27, 6 p.m., Henrietta First Baptist Church; featur-ing the Crist Family; a love offering will be taken.

Gospel celebration singing: June 27, 3 p.m., New Salem CME Church, Rutherfordton; featuring The Harris Brothers, Anointed Sisters in Christ, Tanner Sisters, Green Creek All-Male Group and others.

Gospel singing: July 4, 2 p.m., Village Chapel Church, Forest City; featuring the Morgan Family from South Carolina.

Singing: July 4, 7 p.m., Riverside Baptist Church; featuring Living by Faith.

Gospel singing: July 4 ,2 p.m., Bible Way Baptist Church, Green Creek; featur-ing Winners Either Way and the Lamberts.

Special servicesCountywide Youth

Rally: June 24, 6:30 p.m., Restoration Church; guest speak-ers, Russell Sellers; Anointed Praise and Worship from Father’s Vineyard, skits and songs will be presented from various churches.

Tent revival: June 24-26, 7 p.m., across from Alexander Pawn Shop and the Sportsman’s Shop off US 221-A; speakers are Chad Sisk and Fred Williams Jr.; special singing each night.

Homecoming ser-vices: Sunday, June 27, 10:30 a.m. New Beginings Baptist Church, 864 Bostic-Sunshine Hwy, Bostic. Services will begin with Rick Strickland in concert, a homecom-ing lunch will be served immediately following the morning service. Everyone is invited to attend.

Women’s Day Program: June 27, 3 p.m., Wheat Creek Baptist Church, Rutherfordton; guest speaker will be Claudette King of Bethany Baptist in Charlotte; colors for this year are gold and purple.

Pastor’s apprecia-tion: June 27, 4 p.m., Zion Hill Faith Temple; celebrating 17 years with District-Elder Tony A. Giles; guest speaker Bishop Willie Rookard of Greater Bibleway in Inman, S.C.

Other Chase Corner

Ministries is now open the first Saturday of each month from 8 a.m. to noon. On June 22, the ministry will hold a $4 bag sale from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The community is also wel-come to bring yard sale items and set up in the parking lot on these Saturdays. The store is located on Chase High Road, directly across from the high school.

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

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

Foothills Harvest Ministry: Next week, everything in the store half price.

Monthly food give-away: First Baptist Church in Spindale holds a food giveaway the third Thursday of each month. Devotion and prayer service between 6 and 6:30 p.m. Bags of food given away afterwards.

Open support group: “Let’s Talk About It” meets every Monday from 7 to 8 p.m., at New Life Fellowship Church,

601 E. Main St., Spindale. This group is for anyone who needs to talk about any issues.

Preschool registra-tion: Spindale United Methodist Church is now accepting fall reg-istration for ages 2-5. Contact Gail Jones at 429-5598, or the church office at 286-2281.

Preschool registra-tion: The kindergar-ten preschool of First United Methodist Church, 341 East Main St., Forest City, is now taking fall registration for ages 2-5. Limited openings. Contact Preschool Director Jill Smith at 245-6446, or drop by the church office.

Mom’s Hope is a min-istry that offers hope and support for mothers who face daily struggles and fears when their children are addicted to drugs or alcohol. The group meets at 6:30 p.m. the second Thursday of each month at Missionary Wesleyan Church, 811 Doggett Rd., Forest City. Next meeting Feb. 11. For more information con-tact Chris at 287-3687.

“The Way Home”: A support group for any-one recovering from an addiction; meetings are held each Monday at noon, in the base-ment of Harvest House Church, Big Springs Ave., Forest City; call Sheila at 828-447-1880 for more information.

“Celebrate Recovery” is a weekly Christ-centered program that meets every Friday from 6:30 to 9 p.m., at Cornerstone Fellowship

Church, 1186 Hudlow Rd., Forest City. The group is open to any-one who wishes to find healing no matter what you’re going through. For more information call 245-3639.

Soup KitchensCommunity

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

Mobile pantry: Tuesday, June 15, 10 a.m., Calvary Baptist Church, Mooresboro; please bring a basket/box for food items; for Rutherford County resi-dents only.

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

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

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

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

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The old adage to “forgive and forget” is often much easier said than done. It seems that a part of us just won’t let us forget; and, if we can’t forget the wrong that was done to us, it may be nearly impossible to forgive.

And although sometimes it just feels so good to hold onto that “righteous” anger; we should ask ourselves, who we are actually harming by holding onto all of this negative energy.

The person who slighted us, whether in reality or just in our imagination, may be bliss-fully unaware of the great wrong which they have committed. Meanwhile, we are stew-

ing in anger, resentment, and all kinds of negativity. So, we should get over it.

It may be wise to remem-ber who lied to us or cheated us, if only to avoid repeating past mistakes, but this doesn’t require holding onto all of the attendant negative emotions. If we can’t let go of our anger, perhaps we should talk to the person we are angry with, after we have had a chance to calm down.

But, we should do so with an eye towards resolving our differences rather than win-ning the fight or shaming our enemy. The sooner we let our anger go, the sooner we can move on to more productive pursuits.

Forgive and ForgetTherefore, putting away falsehood, let every one speak the truth with his neighbor, for

we are members one of another. Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and give no opportunity to the devil.

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canola seeds to make biodiesel, a news release said.

Zane said the project is a research initiative only. The next phase will be the planting of sunflowers in all four plots and safflower in Raleigh and Faison. The sites were cho-sen because of their accessibility to conventional tractor and harvest-ing equipment, as well as for their diverse climates.

“Rutherford County was chosen,” Zane said, “because, one, it’s in the western part of the state and two, it’s accessible for the equipment.”

Researchers will experiment with different methods of tillage and, at the end of the two years, look at what worked and what did not.

The N.C. DOT and N.C. State experimented with sunflowers last year as the program’s inaugural crop. Yields averaged almost 550 pounds of sunflower seed per acre. After processing, it is possible to generate about 40 gallons of biodiesel from each acre of sunflowers.

The pilot project is scheduled to end in May of next year.

Modeled after a Utah-based ini-tiative called Freeways to Fuel, the North Carolina program utilizes land otherwise unsuitable for food crops or livestock.

“The biodiesel program is one example of our department’s over-all commitment to creating a more livable, sustainable future in North

Carolina,” Transportation Secretary Gene Conti said in a statement. “We are constantly exploring innovative ways to realize this vision, whether we are using alternative fuels like biodiesel and solar power, conserving energy at the state’s first green rest area or recycling construction mate-rials.”

N.C. State researchers calculated that the cost of biodiesel production would equal the cost of purchas-ing gasoline or diesel fuel, and have less environmental impact. Biodiesel crops require minimal maintenance, along with possessing aesthetic value.

“This program is an excellent exam-ple of what can be done through a successful partnership, and gives us the opportunity to work with the university to explore the feasibility of growing biofuel,” state roadside envi-ronmental field operations engineer Ted Sherrod said in a statement.

Sherrod chairs the biofuels research project.

“Biodiesel plants like canola and sunflower produce beautiful blooms that make our roadsides more attrac-tive, and beyond that, provide a source of cleaner-burning fuel.”

The N.C. DOT’s diesel-powered fleet uses B20 biodiesel, a mixture of 20 percent biofuel and 80 percent ultra-low sulphur diesel fuel. Since 2006, the department estimates it has saved about 4 million gallons of fossil fuel by using biodiesel fuel, and for every gallon of biodiesel used, the amount of particulate matter released into the air is reduced by 20 percent.

he missed a few words and made the man burst into laughter and tears.

He then asked other people in the class to share their experiences.

Tiller told the class about why he decided to start the Hispanic minis-try at Liberty.

“One night, God gave me a vision of standing behind a pulpit and preach-ing in Spanish to Spanish-speaking people,” said Tiller. “I brushed it off, but the idea wouldn’t leave me alone.”

Tiller later realized that God was calling him to become a pastor in the Spanish ministry. He and his wife had a lot of ideas, but it wasn’t until Father’s Day of last year that Tiller was ordained.

He continued to tell the class about the first service he held for the Spanish ministry and how it has grown, as 15 to 20 people attend each Sunday.

“We have been doing the Spanish ministry for a year now and it has truly been a blessing,” Tiller said. “It’s just something I love to do.”.

The one-year anniversary of the Spanish Ministry at Liberty Baptist Church is Sunday.

Tiller on Wednesday asked the class to think back to words and sayings they had learned the previ-ous week, things such as “Christo te amo” which means Christ/Jesus love you and “predicador,” which means preacher.

For their homework, class members visited Spanish101.com and answered 15 questions. They also spoke to a native Spanish speaker and brought a Spanish word to share with the

group.Tiller went over the masculine and

feminine nouns from last week and how to use them properly according to gender and even objects.

He taught the class a new saying so they could remember how to tell whether a word was masculine or feminine — “Oh boy, it’s a girl.” He hopes the saying will teach class members to know that if a word ends in the letter O it’s masculine, and if the word ends with an A it’s femi-nine.

“But that’s not always the case for other words,” he said.

Tiller talked about the names of foods as a preview to the coming week. He told the class how he get’s a kick out of food names such as “gordita,” which literally translates to “little fat girl.”

The next homework assignment involves visiting translate.google.com and creating five simple sentences in present tense that mean something personal or something they can relate to, then translate it into Spanish.

Tiller also started the class because Isothermal Community College was offering an ESL class, and it was published in the church bulletin. Someone from the church asked him if he was teaching it and when it would come to the church. He decid-ed it might be a good idea to start up the class.

“The class helps to bridge the lan-guage barrier, and that’s one of the things I hope to get done,” Tiller said. “You don’t have to necessarily be fluent in the language, but at least be able to communicate with the Hispanic community at the church, as well as in Rutherford County.”

Associated PressJeanie Falcon, back, works at her desk as her dog “Zola” lays nearby at the offices of Replacements, Ltd., in McLeansville Thursday. Friday was the 12th annual Take Your Dog to Work Day.

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SPINDALE — Greg Millwood, an electrician from Mooresboro, has filed for a seat on the Rutherford County school board, District 3.

Incumbent Shannon Buckley, a for-

ester from Rutherfordton, has filed in the race for Soil and Water super-visor.

Filing ends July 2, and the general election is Nov. 2.

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RALEIGH (AP) — Republican and Democratic candidates alike had problems recording and reporting the value of private air travel during their 2004 and 2008 campaigns for gov-ernor, according to a report issued Friday.

All gubernatorial campaigns using private aircraft in the 2004 and 2008 election cycles struggled to report aircraft use fully and accu-rately, State Board of Elections Executive Director Gary Bartlett said in an accompanying memo.

“However, no evidence surfaced indicating any intent of wrongdoing,” Bartlett wrote.

The North Carolina Republican Party last year asked state elections officials to investigate Democratic Gov. Beverly Perdue’s campaign for potential campaign finance viola-tions after some private campaign flights were reported after free or discounted air travel became a politi-

cal issue.The state elections board ordered

former Gov. Mike Easley’s campaign committee to pay $100,000 in penal-ties after failing to report dozens of flights he took over several years.

Perdue’s campaign committee last year reported 40 flights that had not been disclosed or accounted for in her 2004 campaign for lieuten-ant governor and 2008 campaign for governor.

Some of the aircraft provided to Perdue were owned by people who had already given her campaign the maximum allowed by law.

Friday’s report said that Perdue’s campaign committee on Thursday paid for another flight — a September 2007 trip to a Michigan fundraiser.

The elections board said eight gubernatorial hopefuls in 2004 and 2008 reported not using aircraft in their campaigns.

Official: All campaigns erred on air travel rule

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RUTHERFORDTON — Two public roads in Rutherford County will be closed for between 24 and 48 hours for repairs to the CSX rail line that runs across them.

Whiteside Road in Rutherfordton will be closed beginning between

7 and 8 a.m. Monday. Centennial Road will be closed either Tuesday or Wednesday for repairs.

The repairs, said CSX Representative Jerry Fowler, will include tearing out old crossties and replacing them.

Roads will be closed temporarily

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SAVING WITH THE COUPON QUEENJill Cataldo saves hundreds on groceries by making

the cost of the common coupon count. You can, too.

JILL CATALDO“I’ve been Super-Couponing for about four months now, and I am amazed

at how many things I’m getting for free. I don’t think we will ever have to buy another tube of toothpaste or bottle of shampoo again! I have a question on meats specifically. How can I save more on these, too?”

Once you’ve cut your grocery bill significantly with coupons, your attention will likely turn to the area that this reader asks about - saving on meat. It’s true that it’s not always easy to find coupons for meats, but they’re out there at times. A better way is to pay attention to meat prices.

The best ways to save on meats are to note the 12-week cycle lows. In past columns, I’ve discussed the grocery store’s price cycle, where every-thing in the store hits its lowest price point once every 12 weeks. This holds true for meats, too! If you watch and pay attention to the meat prices at your store, you will likely notice a range in price for the same cuts and packages. Once you start to learn the highs and lows, you want to buy meats when they’re at the low end of that cycle.

My rule of thumb is the $1.99 mark. Any time a meat cycles at or below that price, whether it’s beef, poultry, pork or seafood, it’s a buy - simply because that’s the cycle low at my local stores. Occasionally it may dip even lower than that. Chicken breasts sometimes will go on sale as cheaply as $1.69/pound, and fish fillets sometimes go down to $1.29/pound - but if we need a particular kind of meat and it’s under $2/pound, it’s time to buy.

Then, when that good sale comes around, I’ll look for coupons, too. There indeed are coupons for meats - think of the many brand-name manufactur-ers that package poultry and pork products. Many of these manufacturers’ Web sites also will have printable coupons at times to further reduce the prices of ground turkey, frozen chicken patties, pork chops or similar prod-ucts.

I also check the wording on coupons for name-brand pre-packaged deli meats that I see in my newspaper inserts. Many times, these coupons will say something like “$1 off prepackaged turkey slices or 1 pound of deli meat.” Many of the same companies that offer packaged meats also sell name-brand meats at the deli counter, and I can enjoy freshly sliced meats at a savings, too.

Your store itself may offer meat coupons at times during certain promo-tions. About three weeks ago, I received a Catalina coupon at the register for beef. It stated “$10 off when you purchase $35 or more of beef at our meat counter.” The coupon’s expiration date was 30 days out. I kept an eye on the steaks, ground beef and other beef products at this store, but they were all cycling very high. Still, I hung onto that coupon though it seemed unlikely to me that I might use this one before it expired.

Then this week, the store ran a special on steaks. The steaks, formerly $5.50/pound, were on sale for $1.99/pound. That’s a buy in my book - though it took 18 pounds of steaks to get over the $35 mark! But my 18 pounds of steak, at $35.82, qualified for me to use that valuable $10 cou-pon, bringing my total for the steaks down to $25.82 - or $1.43/pound! That’s a steal for any meat, especially steaks that were previously priced at more than five dollars a pound.

If you’re stocking up on meats, just as we stock up on nonperishables, it definitely helps to have a second freezer. Especially with a larger family, I’ve found my chest freezer to be an invaluable tool for stockpiling meats and frozen goods. I can stock up when great meat sales come around, like the one above. Now, we’ll enjoy those steaks for several months, knowing they were purchased at an incredible price!

Where is the beef for coupon shoppers JILL CATALDO

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Football, or soccer as it is known in the United States, has long been the most popular sport

around the globe.Now, the success of the American

national team in the 2010 World Cup is generating excitement for the game even in this country.

The sport has been gaining in popu-larity in the states for the past 30 years or so — since it became a staple in the youth sports line-up of many local rec-reation programs.

Soccer teams are now a fixture on the landscape of high school and college sports in much of the country too.

Still, our appreciation for the game as a nation has moved at a much slower pace. That could speed up now. The success of Team USA in South Africa is highlighting the fact that American soccer is coming of age.

Our national men’s team has for some time been climbing the world rankings and have been knocking on the door of the Top 10. Our national women’s team is the world powerhouse.

We doubt that soccer will displace our football, basketball and baseball as America’s favorite spectator sports, but in time it should join those games at the upper levels.

Meanwhile, those not familiar with the game should call a friend who is and arrange to watch today’s USA-Ghana game in the World Cup round of 16 (that’s at 2 p.m. today on the ABC/ESPN network).

If you miss that game, there are plenty of others to watch over the next week. You just might be surprised and find that the game is more entertaining and exciting than you thought. These are the best players in the world and they can put on quite a show.

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Our readers’ viewsAccident victim’s mom wants to say thanks

To the editor: On Friday, June 18th, my son,

Josh, was in a serious car acci-dent on Railroad Avenue in Rutherfordton.

As I sat at work, I heard the sirens but never dreamed it was my son that was involved.

I received a phone call from an unknown gentleman asking if I was Josh’s mom. The very next words were, “He is OK”.

He told me he had been in an accident and then handed the phone somehow through the destroyed car to my son, who was pinned in.

I cannot express how reassur-ing this was. After pulling up at the scene and seeing my son’s car, I would have lost it, if I hadn’t talked to my son already.

I don’t know who the man was and neither does my son, but my son said he stayed by his side the entire time.

I want to personally thank you, whoever you are, for the good samaritan that you are and for the kind and gentle spirit that you showed to my son on that day.

Cindy HillRutherfordton

Charity wants public’s help to stop theft

To the editor: Chase Corner Ministries deeply

appreciates the communities donations and support so that we may help those in need. With the present economical crunch, that need has grown greater than in the past.

We operate totally on donations whether that be those left on the dock, non-perishables for the pantry or financial. Sales from the thrift store go into our gen-eral fund.

We do, however, have a prob-lem. There are people who steal items off the dock after store hours and even in the middle of the night. We monitor activity around the premises 24 hours a day.

If people are in need of help, we would love to help them. Our hours of operation are 8:30 to 2:30 p.m, Monday through Friday.

We would like to ask the com-munity for help in this matter. When passing by our store, if you see anything that looks suspi-cious, please call 911 so that our law enforcement officers can handle it.

Thanks again for your support. We have been truly blessed with love and donations.

Dwala HardinChase Corner Ministries

Says magazine article ruined a great general

To the editor:It is sad! In fact, it is outra-

geous that the President of the United States of America was

backed into a corner and had to retire (fire) General Stanley McChrystal from his command in Afghanistan. We are talking about a decorated, distinguished warrior who believes in tak-ing the fight to the enemy. This is not always prudent, but in Afghanistan, it is.

General McChrystal took Michael Hastings, a Rolling Stone magazine reporter into his staff meetings, no doubt believing what went on would be reported without bias. It was not.

What has this done for the morale of our soldiers on the front lines and for our enemy, the Taliban?

This should not have happened. An American hero and patriot

was betrayed and a Rolling Stone mole hurt our military, our people at home, and helped our enemy.

Richard Bass Forest City

Politicians are still finding ways to confuse meRALEIGH – I admit it. I’m

confused. North Carolina politicians are confusing me.

Which state politicians are confusing me? The leaders of the North Carolina General Assembly, for starters.

Their position appears to be that allowing private citizens to set up and play video-gambling machines at legal establishments would be morally abominable, even if the resulting business would throw off tens if not hundreds of millions of tax dollars into state and local treasuries.

North Carolina govern-ments shouldn’t be paying their bills from ill-gotten gambling revenues, they say.

But these same legislative leaders thought it was okay several years ago for the gov-ernment to set up its own gambling enterprises, under the purview of the state lot-tery commission, and take an active part in encouraging North Carolinians to gamble to generate tax revenue.

These same leaders also think it’s okay for North Carolina governments to own and control liquor stores, gouging customers with high prices and poor service to generate yet more

revenue from the sale of demon rum.

And these same legisla-tive leaders want to give tens of millions of dollars in tax credits to Hollywood film-makers who choose North Carolina as the location for making movies that often contain graphic violence, nudity, and prurient mate-rial.

If their real concern were government tolerating and encouraging immoral behav-ior, their policies would be different.

The only explanation that makes any sense is that these politicians simply want to increase the ability of gov-ernment to own, control, and manipulate private business-es, so as to maximize both government revenue and their own power.

In which case, they should at least have the decency to stop invoking the subject of morality.

State legislators aren’t the only politicians whose words and deeds are confusing to me.

Take those Democrats try-ing to defend Bob Etheridge’s “Who Are You?” meltdown.

While not exactly excusing the longtime congressman’s behavior, they seem to think that the mysterious identity of the two “students” with video cameras represents a mitigating factor. Weren’t the two videographers just vicious Republican opera-tives using a carefully baited trap to set up Etheridge?

Well, let’s say they were. So what?

Having watched the vid-eo several times, I find it incomprehensible that any reasonable person would react the way Etheridge did to a couple of kids in suits asking if a Democratic con-gressman “fully support[ed] the Obama agenda.”

Egads! I wonder how vio-

lent Etheridge would have become had the two miscre-ants done something really provocative, such as chal-lenging him to a game of Scrabble or demanding that he abstain from immanentiz-ing the eschaton.

In his righteous indigna-tion, the feeble Mr. Etheridge might have felt compelled to pull a knife on those scary young punks in neckties.

And finally, I continue to be confused by the odd behavior of the state chapter of the NAACP and its leader, Rev. William Barber.

When conservatives took control of the Wake County Board of Education in last fall’s elections, Barber and his allies became apoplectic at the possibility, now the certainty, that the district would abandon forced bus-ing.

They’ve gone as far as to stage acts of civil disobedi-ence, complete with arrests

at a recent board meeting, all the while promising a fed-eral lawsuit to overturn the board’s new neighborhood-schools policy.

Yet neither Barber nor any other liberal activist I know of has staged a sit-in pro-test in Charlotte, Durham, Winston-Salem, or any of the other North Carolina school districts that years ago adopted student-assignment policies identical or similar to the policy Wake County is about to adopt.

Why is Wake being singled out? Is it because its neigh-borhood-schools policy is being adopted resolutely by a conservative board rather than being adopted reluc-tantly by a liberal board bowing to public opinion and the clear direction of the federal courts? Is it, in other words, about politics rather than education?

I just hope that, in my confused state, no North Carolina politician has the audacity to accost me on a public sidewalk this after-noon and ask me the time. I can’t be held responsible for what might happen.

Hood is president of the John Locke Foundation.

Syndicated columnist

John Hood

I just hope that, in my confused state, no North Carolina politician has the audacity to accost me on a public sidewalk this afternoon and ask me the time. I can’t be held responsible for what might happen.

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Ina HardinIna Elnora Arrowood

Hardin, 99, of Rutherford-ton, died Thursday, June 24, 2010, at Hospice House in Forest City.

A native of Rutherford County, she was a daughter of the late Alfred Benjamin Franklin and Myrah Flynn Arrowood. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Joe Lewis Hardin Sr.

She was a member of Piney Knob Baptist Church and a homemaker.

She is survived by one son, J.L. Hardin of Rutherfordton; three daughters, Betty Hill of Rutherfordton, Louise Millwood of Forest City and Alice Hollifield of Pine Tops; 13 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; and 38 great-great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held Sunday at 3 p.m. at Piney Knob Baptist Church with the Revs. Steven Cooper, Don Hollifield, Jerry Campbell and Rick Wall officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the church.

Memorials may be made to Piney Knob Baptist Church, 1534 Piney Knob Road, Rutherfordton, NC 28139.

Crowe Mortuary & Crematory is in charge of arrangements.

Online condolences may be made at www.crowemortuary.com.

Flora MartinFlora Womick Martin, 89,

a resident of Colonial Manor, died Thursday, June 24, 2010, in Rutherfordton.

A native of Rutherford County, she was a daugh-ter of the late John Sherrill Womick and Alice Freeman Womick.

She was a graduate of

Harris High School and Asheville Business College. She lived most of her adult life in Spartanburg, S.C., and worked as an execu-tive secretary for both Ivey Construction and the General Baking Company. She was a long-time member of the First Baptist Church of Spartanburg.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, William C. Martin Jr.

A graveside service will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery with the Rev. Ernest Brown officiat-ing. The family will receive friends from 1 p.m. until service time at Harrelson Funeral Home and a proces-sion will follow to the cem-etery.

Memorials may be made to Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, 397 Mount Pleasant Church Road, Forest City, NC 28043.

Online condolences may be made at www.harrelsonfuneralhome.com.

Pauline DillPauline Robbins Dill,

90, of Caroleen, died Thursday, June 24, 2010, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center.

A native of Rutherford County, she was a daughter of the late James Madison Robbins and Allie Branch Robbins.

She was a life-time member of Caroleen Baptist Church. She worked many years for Burlington Industries before her retirement.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 63 years, Monte Christo Dill.

Survivors include her son, Ronald Dill of Spartanburg, S.C.; one grandson; three sisters, Lillian Robertson and Reba Lowe, both of

Caroleen, and Frances Jolley of Chesnee, S.C.; and one great-grandson.

Funeral services will be held Sunday at 3 p.m. at Caroleen Baptist Church with the Rev. Lanny J. Funchess officiating. Burial will follow at Rutherford County Memorial Cemetery. The family will receive friends Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Harrelson Funeral Home.

Memorials are suggested to Caroleen Baptist Church, P.O. Box 489, Caroleen, NC 28019.

Online condolences may be made at www.harrelsonfuneralhome.com.

Mary QuijanoMary Jane Quijano, 64, of

Waters Road, Bostic, died Thursday, June 24, 2010, at Hospice House in Forest City.

A native of Madison County, Ill., she was the daughter of the late Enzo Tognarelli and Viola Crotts Tognarelli.

She was formerly an administrative clerk for Royce Lumber and Waters Lumber, and member of Sunshine United Methodist Church.

Survivors include her husband, Charlie Quijano of the home; two sons, David Quijano of Bostic and Michael Quijano of Pensacola, Fla.; two daugh-ters, Sara and Amee Quijano, both of Bostic; and five grandchildren.

A graveside service will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church cemetery with the Rev. Jim Johnson officiating. No formal visita-tion has been planned.

The Padgett and King Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.

Online condolences may be made at www.padgettking.com.

Sheriff’s Reportsn The Rutherford County

Sheriff’s Office responded to 139 E-911 calls Thursday.n Family Dollar Store, at

428 Main St., Ellenboro, reported the theft of a ceramic cat plaque.n Darlena Dupree reported

the theft of a license tag.n Daphne P. Lane reported

the theft of a water heater.n Misty Dawn Mulawka

reported the theft of American Racing chrome wheels and tools.

Rutherfordtonn The Rutherfordton Police

Department responded to 40 E-911 calls Thursday.

Spindalen The Spindale Police

Department responded to 29 E-911 Thursday.

Lake Luren The Lake Lure Police

Department responded to 10 E-911 calls Thursday.

Forest Cityn The Forest City Police

Department responded to 86 E-911 calls Thursday.

Arrestsn Fredrick Marquis Camp,

24, of 251 Peppertown Road; charged with driving while license revoked; placed under a $1,000 secured bond. (FCPD)n Brian Franklin Moore,

37, of 1503 Withrow Road; charged with driving while impaired and failure to stop at a steady red light; freed on a custody release. (NCHP)n Kevin Owen Peeples, 38,

of 1035 Cross Creek Drive; charged with driving while impaired and reckless driv-ing to endanger; freed on a custody release. (NCHP)n Danny Hoyle Lynch,

48, of 221 Dockridge Road; charged with harassing phone call; released on a written promise to appear. (RCSD)n William Todd Scruggs,

44, of 387 Toms Lake Road; charged with possession of a firearm by a felon, assault by pointing a gun, assault on a female and communicat-ing threats; placed under a $10,000 secured bond. (Bondsman)

EMS/Rescuen The Rutherford County

EMS responded to 25 E-911 calls Thursday.n The Volunteer Life

Saving and Rescue, Hickory Nut Gorge EMS and Rutherford County Rescue responded to four E-911 calls Thursday.

Fire callsn Forest City firefighters

responded to a motor vehicle accident.n Hudlow firefighters

responded to a smoke report.n Rutherfordton firefight-

ers responded to a motor vehicle accident.

Former official wants out of prison

RALEIGH (AP) — A sweeping decision on Thursday by the U.S. Supreme Court may have giv-en a former North Carolina lottery commissioner an opportunity to leave prison early and have his conviction overturned.

U.S. District Judge James Dever III wrote in an order, also issued Thursday, that the high court’s ruling in the unrelated case of for-mer Enron executive Jeffrey Skilling calls into ques-tion the conviction of Kevin Geddings.

Geddings was convicted in 2006 on five counts of hon-est services mail fraud for hiding his financial ties to a company that was expected to bid for the state’s lottery business. In May 2007, he was sentenced to four years in federal prison.

But the Supreme Court ruled in the Skilling case that criminal convictions are only valid in honest services fraud cases if bribes or kickbacks are involved, and not merely conflicts of interest.

“Geddings was not convict-ed under a bribe or kickback theory at trial,” Dever wrote. “Rather, Geddings was con-victed under the undisclosed-self-dealing theory that the Supreme Court expressly rejected in Skilling.”

Dever ordered the U.S. Attorney’s Office to weigh in by June 29 on whether Geddings should be imme-diately released from prison and have his conviction thrown out.

Messages seeking comment were left with that office Friday, but not immediately returned.

“What he did was not hon-est services fraud,” Jonathan Edelstein, Geddings’ New York-based lawyer, said Friday. “We’re looking for-ward to Mr. Geddings being released immediately.”

Groups to meet with health board

LUMBERTON (AP) — Animal rights advocates plan to tell the health board in a North Carolina county about their concerns regarding the animal shelter.

The Fayetteville Observer reported Friday the advo-cates suing the Robeson County Animal Shelter will speak with health board

members at a hearing the board requested.

Attorney Calley Gerbert of Raleigh represents the advo-cates and says the hearing is an attempt to settle the dis-pute out of court. The lawsuit says shelter staff regularly euthanize animals even after rescue groups call to adopt them, and includes other complaints.

Former shelter manager Jeff Bass was transferred last week to another job because of fear for his safety. Bass says his life has been threat-ened.

Trooper charged with drunk driving

RALEIGH (AP) — An off-duty North Carolina Highway Patrol trooper has resigned after his arrest on charges of drunken driving and felony hit and run.

Patrol spokesman Sgt. Jeff Gordon said Master Trooper Timothy Scott Stiwinter of Hendersonville resigned effective Friday. He had been with the patrol since 1999.

The Asheville Citizen-Times obtained court papers that say a vehicle driven by Stiwinter ran a red light Thursday night and hit another car at an Asheville intersection.

Investigators say Stiwinter was stopped by an Asheville police officer a couple hours later who smelled alcohol on Stiwinter’s breath and saw he was unsteady.

Authorities say Stiwinter refused to take a field sobri-ety test or a breath-alcohol test, so a search warrant was filed to test his blood.

Spinach recall has been expanded

RALEIGH (AP) — A recall of bagged spinach prompted by tests in North Carolina has expanded to additional states and product brand names.

Lancaster Foods of Jessup, Md., announced on Friday the voluntary recall includes spinach sold under the names Krisp-Pak, Lancaster Fresh, Giant and America’s Choice.

The produce is sold in 8, 10 and 12-ounce packages with “best enjoyed by” dates of June 19 through June 27.

The recall includes spin-ach sold in North Carolina, Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Carolina Today Obituaries

Police Notes

RALEIGH (AP) — A for-mer aide to Democratic U.S. Rep. Larry Kissell announced Friday he won’t challenge his old boss in the fall election even though a petition drive generated enough signatures to put him on the ballot as an indepen-dent candidate.

Wendell Fant, who was the target of the union-backed North Carolina Families First group, said he wouldn’t run for the 8th Congressional District seat although at least 21,000 voter signa-tures had been verified by elections officials. But Fant, who resigned from Kissell’s Concord district office last month, had to take the final step and file the peti-tion information with the State Board of Elections by Friday’s deadline.

“I have to put my family ahead of my own political ambitions, and for that rea-son I will not be a candidate for Congress this year,” said Fant, 42, of Concord.

North Carolina Families First, which mounted a drive to collect nearly 17,000 sig-

natures for an independent bid to challenge Kissell because of his opposition to the health care overhaul, can’t use the signatures now to replace Fant with another candidate.

Petition candidate now says he will not run for election

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Pauline Dill Pauline Robbins Dill, age 90, of Caroleen, died Thursday, June 24, 2010 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Pauline was born on March 24, 1920 in Rutherford County, NC to the late James Madison Robbins and Allie Branch Robbins. She was a life-time and faithful member of Caroleen Baptist Church. She worked many years for Burlington Industries before her retirement and will be known as a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 63 years, Monte Christo Dill; two brothers, Charles Robbins, J.D. Robbins and three sisters, Murriel Arrowood, Lucille Byers and Mary Sue Hawkins. Survivors include her son, Ronald Dill and wife, Helen, of Spartanburg; one grandson, Marc Dill and wife, Emily, of Mt. Pleasant, SC; one great-grandson, Mason Alexander Dill; three sis-ters, Lillian Robertson, Reba Lowe both of Caroleen and Frances Jolley of Chesnee, SC and one sister in-law, Ethel Robbins also of Caroleen. Funeral services will be con-ducted at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, June 27, 2010 at Caroleen Baptist Church with Reverend Lanny J. Funchess officiating. Interment will follow at Rutherford County Memorial Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. on Saturday at Harrelson Funeral Home. Memorials are suggested to Caroleen Baptist Church, PO Box 489, Caroleen, NC 28019. Harrelson Funeral Home is serv-ing the family of Pauline Robbins Dill.An online guest registry is avail-able at:www.harrelsonfuneralhome.com

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Flora Martin Flora Womick Martin, age 89, a resident of Colonial Manor, died Thursday, June 24, 2010 in Rutherfordton, NC. Flora was born on April 23, 1921 in Rutherford County, NC as the youngest daughter to the late John Sherrill Womick and Alice Freeman Womick. She was a graduate of Harris High School and Asheville Business College. She lived most of her adult life in Spartanburg, SC and worked as an executive secretary for both Ivey Construction and the General Baking Company. She was a long-time member of the First Baptist Church of Spartanburg. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, William C. Martin, Jr. and by four brothers and three sisters. Survivors include a host of niec-es and nephews, whom she loved dearly. A graveside service will be con-ducted at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 26, 2010 in Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery with Reverend Ernest Brown officiat-ing. The family will receive friends from 1:00 p.m. until ser-vice time at Harrelson Funeral Home and a procession will fol-low to the cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family request memorials to Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, 397 Mt. Pleasant Church Road, Forest City, NC 28043. Harrelson Funeral Home is serv-ing the family of Flora Womick Martin. An online guest registry is avail-able at:www.harrelsonfuneralhome.com

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looks like.“We’re a medical helicopter out of

Spartanburg,” said Brandi Merchant. “We do scene flights, like accident scenes, or somebody is having a heart attack or stroke and it’s going to be a while before they can get to the hospi-tal — we call it our facility flights. We do everything that EMS does, that the hospital does. We just continue what they are doing, just a lot faster.”

The day included many visiting law enforcement officers from surround-ing counties. Flashing red and blue lights were the order of the day wher-ever law enforcement vehicles were on display. The Henderson County Sheriff’s Office was there with a bus that can transport 22 prisoners at a time. Inside, it looks much like a school bus, but with the added secu-

rity doors that lock.Personnel from District Attorney

Brad Greenway’s office were on hand to give out green balloons.

Ken Johnson, the vendor who designed and printed the commemo-rative t-shirts for the event, said he had sold about 100 by about half-way through the festival. The shirts, with blue and black lettering, said, “Kids-n-cops, working together for a better tomorrow. Forest City Police Department, “the best serving the best.”

A highlight of the event every year is when the Forest City Fire Department connects the water going to Tower One from a hydrant, and the kids can run under a flow of about 400 to 500 gallons a minute being sprayed down from atop the ladder truck.

Children, some in bathing suits and others in just shorts and tops, waited along the sidewalk, hoping the water would soon be turned on. When the water began to flow, a yell went up

from the crowd as children raced to get soaked.

“The water is so heavy it’s floating my shoes,” said one preteen as his mother told him to hand the shoes to her before they went sailing down the hill in the water runoff.

Wilted parents, most of whom didn’t get in the water, were often glad to get back to their vehicles afterward. As one mom said to her two daugh-ters as they got back into the car to leave, “Hurry, hurry, hurry. We’ll get the air conditioner cranking.”

Ironically, the Forest City Police Department had moved the event from July to June in hopes it would not be so hot. Mother Nature, how-ever, merely laughed at the thought of Kids & Cops without hot weather.

But for the kids, it was an unforget-table summer day.

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

sooner the jobs are created the closer to that $1,000 the company will receive,” said Tom Johnson, Economic Development Commission executive director. “For jobs created between July 1 and June 30, 2011, the incen-tive is $1,000 per job. For July 1, 2011, through June 30, 2012, each job will be worth $666. Jobs created July 1, 2012, through June 30, 2013, will be worth $333 each.”

Commissioners approved the incentive package unanimously, but Johnson cautioned that this was only an offer and not an announcement of a new business.

“There’s still a lot of work that needs to be done before we’re ready to announce this is opening,” Johnson said.

The commissioners also discussed another economic development proj-ect, voting to act as grant adminis-trator if a county man can secure an N.C. Rural Center grant to convert a former bank building into a restau-rant.

Building owner Kenneth Appling asked for help in applying for a grant of about $100,000 from the N.C.

Rural Center. The grant would be part of the building reuse program from the Rural Center and could come to $12,000 per job created at the restaurant, which would be in the former home of BB&T bank at 599 U.S. 221A.

“Our end of the county has taken a beating with the loss of textiles,” Appling said. “This restaurant should bring about nine jobs. I don’t think we’re going to compete with the res-taurants around Tri-City Mall since we’re a Greek restaurant and a lot of people on our end of the county leave the county to go out to eat. So this will keep some business in Rutherford County.”

Appling met with EDC representa-tives earlier this month, and officials agree it is the first time a restaurant has asked for a Rural Center grant.

Condrey said if the board members did agree to administer the grant they should ask the EDC to make a policy for the future, either saying N.C. Rural Center grants should be geared more toward industry or that it’s OK to use them for restaurants and other commercial enterprises.

“I am concerned about the prec-edent,” Commissioners Chairman Brent Washburn said. “It seems like we keep breaking new ground. I sup-

port it, and I take Mr. Appling at his word that the county won’t face a risk if he fails to create the jobs. It seems to me there are nine jobs to be gained and not a lot of risk behind it.”

Commissioner Susan Crowe said, “The only thing that worries me is we start this now, what will we say to all the restaurants that have been built before and didn’t get grant money?”

The board passed the motion to sup-port by a vote of 4-1, with Crowe dis-senting.

In other business, the board passed a resolution for the N.C. Department of Transportation secondary road paving program by a vote of 3-2, with commissioners Margaret Helton and Crowe voting no.

Rob Bole was reappointed to the Broad River Water Authority board. Jim Proctor and Bill Withrow were reappointed to the Historic Preservation Commission.

Isothermal Community College was given permission to spend $41,000 from their capital funds for a new lawn mower and a used Ford F-450 truck.

The commissioners will meet again on Monday at 6:30 p.m.

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

ongoingCamp Harmony: Monday through Friday, through July 2, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Callison Recreation Center; volunteers need to sign up on June 21 at 8:45 a.m.

Saturday, June 26Kids’ Computer Corner: Every Saturday, 10 a.m. to noon, Union Mills Learning Center; free to the public and geared toward children preschool through third grade who may not have access to a computer or the Internet at home; educational software and adult-supervised access to the Internet.

Young at Heart Senior Club: Young at Heart Senior Club will meet Saturday, June 26, at Spindale Restaurant; meeting begins at 11 a.m.; Dutch treat lunch, 11:30 a.m.; fellowship and bingo; for more information, contact Roy McKain, 245-4800.

Carver Alumni Meeting: noon, board meeting, followed at 1 p.m. by the general meeting, Carver Center in Spindale.

The Foothills Chapter of the Overmountain Victory Trail Association is sponsoring a clean-up day Saturday on a certified sec-tion of the Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail. Volunteers should meet at the parking lot past the Tanner Store at 10 a.m. The trail section to be cleaned is about 1.2 miles between Tanner and U.S. 64. It also is part of the local Thermal Belt Rail Trail.

Sunday, June 27Artists reception: 2 to 4 p.m., Rutherford County Library; featur-ing Dru Bouffard, Pam Peter and Lin Venhuizen of the Rutherford County Visual Artists Guild.

Monday, June 28Classical Conversations Inform-ation Meeting: 7 a.m., Cornerstone Fellowship Church, Hudlow Rd. Free for any families in home-schooling or learning more about CC. For more information, please contact Jennifer Naskov 288-8058.

Camp Harmony: Monday through Friday, through July 2, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Callison Recreation Center; volunteers need to sign up on June 21 at 8:45 a.m.

Health and wellness class: “Nutrition and immune boosting,” 6:30 p.m., HEAL Marketplace; $10 fee to cover materials; to register, call 287-8787.

Rutherford County Commission special meeting: 6:30 p.m., County annex building.

Democrat Club meeting: 7 p.m., at the headquarters on West Main Street, Forest City.

Tuesday, June 29Alanon 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, June 30Children’s summer reading program: Every Wednesday, 9 a.m., through Aug. 4, Union Mills Learning Center; for preschool and early readers as well as older chil-dren; poetry reading and storytell-ing will be featured as well; each week will feature a different subject and guest; everyone in attendance will receive at least one free book (all ages and reading levels).

Buy one, get one free sale: Through Saturday, Yokefellow Service Center; buy any clothing item, get one of equal or lesser value free, floor restocked daily; store hours, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; cash, credit and debit only.

Thursday, July 1Washburn Community Outreach Center: Open Thursday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., last week of porch sale for $2 per bag; new center hours begin July 1 – Thursday and Friday, noon to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Friday, July 2Hot dog sale to benefit Relay for Life: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., on the side-walk at The Hair Castle in Forest City; hot dogs, chips, lemonade and desserts for sale.

Relay for Life team registration deadline: 5 p.m.; register online at www.relayforlife.org/rutherfordnc. Anyone wishing to have an official 2010 Relay for Life participant shirt must be registered.

912/Tea Party Group Meeting: 7 p.m., NC Cooperative Extension. For more information visit ruther-ford912.org.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama declared victory Friday after congressional negotia-tors reached a dawn agreement on a sweeping overhaul of rules overseeing Wall Street.

Lawmakers shook hands on the compromise legislation at 5:39 a.m. after Obama administration officials helped broker a deal that cracked the last impediment to the bill — a pro-posal to force banks to spin off their lucrative derivatives trading busi-ness. The legislation touches on an exhaustive range of financial trans-actions, from a debit card swipe at a supermarket to the most complex securities deals cut in downtown Manhattan.

Speaking to reporters as he left the White House to attend an economic summit of world leaders in Toronto, the president said he was “gratified” for Congress’ work and said the deal included 90 percent of what he had proposed. He said the bill, forged in the aftermath of the 2008 financial meltdown, represents the toughest financial overhaul since the Great Depression.

“We’ve all seen what happens when there is inadequate oversight and insufficient transparency on Wall Street,” he said. “The reforms work-ing their way through Congress will hold Wall Street accountable so we can help prevent another financial crisis like the one that we’re still recovering from.”

Asked by reporters whether he can get the financial measure through the Senate, Obama said, “You bet.” He said he will discuss the regu-lations with other leaders at the Toronto meeting because the recent economic crisis proves that the world’s economies are linked.

Lawmakers hope the House and Senate will approve the compromise legislation by July 4. Republicans complained the bill overreached and tackled financial issues that were not responsible for the financial crisis.

The bill would set up a warning system for financial risks, created a powerful consumer financial protec-tion bureau to police lending, forced large failing firms to liquidate and set new rules for financial instru-ments that have been largely unregu-lated.

“It took a crisis to bring us to the point where we could actually get this job done,” Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd said.

In its breadth, the legislation would affect working class homebuyers negotiating their first mortgage as well as international finance minis-ters negotiating international regula-tory regimes.

The bill came together in during a time of high unemployment for American workers, huge bonuses for bankers and rising antipathy toward bank bailouts.

“It is reassuring to know that when public opinion gets engaged it will win,” said Rep. Barney Frank, the chairman of the House-Senate panel that merged House and Senate bills into one piece of legislation.

House negotiators voted a party line 20-11 in favor of the final agree-ment; senators voted 7-5, also along party lines.

Frank and Dodd set a furious pace for lawmakers in their last day of talks, pushing them into the late hours to resolve the most nettlesome differences between the House and Senate.

Their goal, in part, was to equip Obama with a legislative agree-ment as he meets with leaders of the Group of 20 nations this weekend in Toronto.

While the legislation addressed the causes of the last meltdown — and more — it left for later any restruc-turing of the government-related mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

While many tough provisions in the bill survived, securing the votes of moderate Democrats in the House and a handful of Republicans in the Senate meant softening some provi-sions in the bill.

Under the bill, banks could lose bil-lions in lucrative trading business, though negotiators blunted some of the harsher measures under consid-eration.

In a blow to Obama, the consumer

protection agency would not regu-late auto dealers, even though they assemble loans for millions of car buyers. Payday lenders and check cashers would be regulated, but enforcement would be left to states or the Federal Trade Commission.

To pay for the costs of the bill, negotiators agreed to assess a fee on banks with assets of more than $50 billion and hedge funds of more than $10 billion in assets to raise $19 bil-lion over 10 years.

The final agreement capped an all-night marathon session of pub-lic and private deal making. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi stepped in to press agreement on one of the final obstacles.

As they worked toward the home stretch early Friday, negotiators softened a contentious Wall Street restriction that would force large bank holding companies to spin off their lucrative derivatives business.

The deal, negotiated between the White House and Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., eliminated one of the last major sticking points. Congressional leaders were eager to wrap the bill up, with hopes of get-ting final House and Senate passage next week.

Derivatives are complex securities often used by corporations to hedge against market fluctuations. But they also have become speculative instru-ments for financial institutions, the most notorious of which were credit default swaps that hedged against loan failures.

In the House, moderate Democrats and members of the New York con-gressional delegation fought to remove Lincoln’s language.

Under the agreement banks would only spin off their riskiest deriva-tives trades. Banks get to keep some of their lucrative business based on trades in derivatives related to inter-est rates, foreign changes, gold and silver. They could even arrange credit default swaps, the notorious instru-ments blamed for the meltdown, as long as they were traded through clearing houses. Banks also would be allowed to trade in derivatives with their own money to hedge against market fluctuations.

Negotiators also limited the ability of banks to carry out their own high-risk trades or invest in hedge funds and private equity funds.

Bank holding companies that have commercial banking operations would not be permitted to trade in speculative investments. But negotia-tors agreed to let bank holding com-panies invest in hedge funds and pri-vate equity funds, setting an invest-ment limit of no more than 3 percent of their capital. There are no such conditions on banks now.

House, Senate finalize financial reform plan

Fewer women have kidsWASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 1

in 5 American women beyond child-bearing years never gave birth as fewer couples, particularly higher-educated whites, view having chil-dren as necessary to a good mar-riage.

An analysis of census data by the Pew Research Center, being released Friday, documents the changes in fertility rates that are driving govern-ment projections that U.S. minorities will become the majority by midcen-tury.

The figures show that among all women ages 40-44, about 18 percent, or 1.9 million, were childless in 2008. That’s up from 10 percent, or nearly 580,000 in 1976.

Broken down by race, roughly 20 percent of white women are childless, compared with 17 percent of blacks and of Hispanics and 16 percent of Asians. Still that gap has been nar-rowing: Since 1994, childlessness for blacks and Hispanics has grown by 30 percent, about three times the rate for whites.

The numbers coincide with broader U.S. trends of delayed marriage and

increased opportunities for women, who now outnumber men in the work force and have drawn even with them in advanced degrees. After reach-ing a high of 3.7 children per woman during the baby boom, the U.S. fertil-ity rate dropped to a historic low of 1.7 during the mid-1970s and stands at about 2.

The findings also come amid a historic demographic shift in which blacks, Hispanics, Asians and mul-tiracial people are growing rapidly in the U.S. population and wielding more influence in politics and soci-ety. Minority babies now make up nearly half of all U.S. births.

While higher-educated women overall are more likely to be child-less, that may be slowly changing. In 2008, about 24 percent of women ages 40-44 with a master’s, doctoral or professional degree did not have children, a decline from 31 percent in 1994.

In the meantime, childlessness has risen sharply for women with less than a high school diploma — from 9 percent in 1994 to 15 percent in 2008.

Associated PressPresident Barack Obama arrives for the G8 and G20 summit at the Deerhurst resort, near Huntsville, Ontario, Canada, Friday.

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EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A 15-year-old Mexican boy shot and killed by a U.S. Border Patrol agent was among El Paso’s most wanted juvenile immi-grant smugglers, according to fed-eral arrest records reviewed by The Associated Press.

The records show Sergio Adrian Hernandez Huereka had been arrested at least four times since 2008 and twice in the same week in February 2009 on suspicion of smug-gling illegal immigrants across the U.S.-Mexico border. Hernandez was repeatedly arrested along the U.S. side of the border near downtown El Paso, not far from where he was killed, but was never charged with a crime by federal prosecutors.

A Border Patrol agent shot and killed Hernandez June 7 while try-ing to arrest illegal immigrants crossing the muddy bed of the Rio Grande. Some witnesses said a group of people on the Mexican side were throwing rocks at the agents. Agents are generally permitted to use lethal force against rock throwers.

The records show that in at least one case Hernandez was to be paid $50 a person for smuggling four peo-ple into the U.S.

The records also show that in one case, federal prosecutors declined to charge Hernandez because there were no “extenuating circumstances or endangerment.”

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Associated PressSkyla Cromley, 8, of Pensacola, Fla., watches as boats skim oil just off the beach in Pensacola Beach, Fla., Friday. Much of the oil that washed up on Pensacola Beach over the last few days has been cleaned up and officials have reopened the public beaches. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon disaster continues to wash ashore along the Alabama and Florida coasts.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Tests show BP is on target for mid-August completion of a relief well in the Gulf of Mexico, the best hope of stopping the oil that’s been gushing since April, the company said Friday.

The crew drilling the first of two wells ran a procedure this week to confirm it is on the cor-rect path, spokesman Bill Salvin said.

“The layman’s translation is, ’We are where we thought we were,”’ he said.

Several such tests are needed to determine the relief well’s location relative to the well that blew out April 20 when the off-shore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon exploded. Once the new well intersects the blown-out one, BP plans to pump heavy drilling mud in to stop the oil flow and plug it with cement.

Salvin said the relief well should be done by mid-August, but that didn’t seem to help the company’s stock price, which plunged following the company’s announcement that the price tag for the response has risen to $2.35 billion.

BP shares fell more than 6 per-cent in New York on Friday to a 14-year low. If the decline holds, BP will have lost more than $100 billion in market value since the spill.

The company’s shares closed at $60.48 the day of the rig blast. On Friday, they dipped as low as $26.92 — their lowest level since July 1996. They traded at $27.06 Friday afternoon, down $1.68. At that price, shares have lost $104.6 billion in value since April 20 and $14.71 billion this week alone.

Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen said Vice President Joe Biden will head to the Gulf on Tuesday to visit a command center in

New Orleans and the Florida Panhandle, where a section of a popular beach was closed because large pools of oil washed up.

Meanwhile, officials kept a wary eye on an area of low-pressure in the Caribbean that threatened to turn into the first tropical depression of the Atlantic season.

BP would need about five days to move all of its equipment out of harm’s way if a storm threat-ens, Salvin said. So far, the com-pany hasn’t started that process.

Lt. Cmdr. Dave Roberts, a Navy hurricane specialist at the National Hurricane Center, said an Air Force reconnaissance plane was on its way to inves-tigate the system Friday and would likely know later in the day whether it will develop fur-ther.

The equipment to be secured would include ships working to process oil being sucked to the surface from a containment device and the rigs drilling the two relief wells. The way the sys-tem is set up now, oil would flow unabated into the Gulf if BP had to abandon its containment effort because of a storm.

The first well, started May 2, reached a depth of 16,275 feet on Wednesday before workers paused for the first test known as a ranging run. Although the first relief well is only 200 feet laterally from the original well, the crew still has to drill around 3,000 feet deeper before it can intercept the original well, according to Salvin.

“We have to hit a target essen-tially nine inches in diameter,” he said.

The second relief well, started on May 16, has reached a depth of 10,500 feet.

Worst-case government esti-mates say about 2.5 million gal-lons are leaking from the well, though no one really knows for sure.

August seems a long way off to many dealing with the fallout that includes oil washing up on beaches and creeping into deli-cate wetlands.

Along Pensacola Beach in Florida, part of which was closed Thursday, lifeguard Collin Cobia wore a red handkerchief over his nose and mouth to block the oil smell. “It’s enough to knock you down,” he said.

Others weren’t happy about the situation but declined to second-guess the BP engineers.

“I have no clue at all about the correct way to stop it,” said Rocky Ditcharo, a sea-food dock owner in Louisiana’s Plaquemines Parish. “’Powerless’ — that’s a good word for it.”

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NEW YORK (AP) — BP shares fell more than 6 per-cent in New York on Friday to a 14-year low as the costs rise for containing the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

It looks like BP shares will close lower for the ninth week in a row. BP will have lost more than $100 billion in market value since a rig it operated exploded and sank in the Gulf two months ago.

The escalating costs, plus potential legal liabilities and BP’s continuing struggles to contain the leak — now esti-mated at between 1.5 million and 2.5 million gallons per day — have eroded investor confidence.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Stymied by Republicans, Democrats are at a loss as they struggle to help pump up the economy in the run-up to congressio-nal elections this fall.

The demise of their jobs-agenda legislation Thursday means that unemployment benefits will phase out for more than 200,000 people a week. Governors who had counted on fresh federal aid will now have to consider more budget cuts, tax increases and layoffs of state workers.

Senate Democrats cut billions from the bill in an attempt to attract enough Republican votes to overcome a filibuster. But the 57-41 vote fell three votes short of the 60 required to crack a GOP fili-buster, leaving the way forward unclear.

“Democrats have given Republicans every chance to say ‘yes’ to this bill and support economic recov-ery for our middle class,” said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. “But they made a choice to say ‘no’ yet again.”

President Barack Obama will keep pressing Congress to pass the bill, his spokesman said. But Democrats haven’t shown they can come up with the votes.

The setback forced congressional Democrats to settle for a much smaller victory: Congress passed a bill temporarily sparing doctors from a 21 per-cent cut in Medicare payments, sending the mea-sure to Obama for his signature.

The Medicare funding had been a part of the larger bill to provide extended unemployment ben-efits for laid-off workers and provide states with billions of dollars to avert layoffs. When it became clear Senate Republicans would block the larger bill, Democrats begrudgingly voted for the smaller Medicare fix.

“It is clear that Senate Republicans have no intention of passing any jobs legislation, whether it is tied to physician payments or not,” said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.

Congressional Democrats began the year with an aggressive agenda of passing a series of bills designed to create jobs. One has become law, offer-ing tax breaks to companies that hire unemployed workers. Others stalled as lawmakers, after hear-ing from angry voters, became wary of adding to the national debt, which stands at $13 billion.

“The debt is out of control,” said Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass.

The rejected bill would have provided $16 billion in new aid to states, preserving the jobs of thou-sands of state and local government workers and providing what White House officials called an insurance policy against a double-dip recession. It also included dozens of tax breaks sought by busi-ness lobbyists and tax increases on domestically produced oil and on investment fund managers.

“This is a bill that would remedy serious chal-lenges that American families face as a result of this Great Recession,” said Max Baucus, D-Mont., the chief author of the bill. “This is a bill that works to build a stronger economy. This is a bill to put Americans back to work.”

The legislation had been sharply pared back after weeks of negotiations with GOP moderates Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins of Maine, but they were not persuaded to support the measure. The latest draft would have added $33 billion to the deficit.

The Medicare bill that passed Thursday would delay cuts in payments to doctors until the end of November — after congressional elections — when lawmakers hope the political climate is better for passing a more permanent, and expensive, solu-tion.

There was some urgency to approve the funding because Medicare announced last week it would begin processing claims it had already received for June at the lower rate. Lawmakers said some doc-tors have already stopped seeing new Medicare patients because of the cuts.

The bill would increase payments to providers by 2.2 percent. The legislation, which costs about $6.5 billion, is paid for with a series of health care and pension changes that both Democrats and Republicans agreed to.

The Medicare cuts were required under a 1990s budget-cutting law that Congress has routinely waived. The latest extension expired May 31 after concerns about adding to the budget deficit held up the larger bill that also included unemployment benefits.

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CHARLOTTE (AP) — The Charlotte Bobcats have made a one-year, $6.2 million quali-fying offer to Tyrus Thomas, making the power forward a restricted free agent.

Friday’s move will allow the Bobcats to match any offer Thomas gets from another team when free agency begins next week. Thomas said on Tuesday he wants to sign a long-term deal with the Bobcats.

The fourth overall pick in the 2006 draft by Chicago, Thomas was traded by the Bulls to the Bobcats in February in exchange for Flip Murray, Acie Law and a future first-round pick.

Thomas averaged 10.1 points and 6.1 rebounds in 25 games with Charlotte. He closed the season with 21 points and nine rebounds in a playoff loss to Orlando.

Montoya .takes .pole . .at .New .Hampshire

LOUDON, N.H. (AP) — Juan Pablo Montoya turned a lap of 132.337 mph and has won the pole at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

Kasey Kahne was second and Kurt Busch third in Friday’s qualifying.

Montoya won his first pole of the season after taking two last season. He set a track record at New Hampshire last September to win the pole and parlayed that into a third-place finish.

Mark Martin was fourth and Ryan Newman fifth for Sunday’s race.

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Coastal Plain League 7 p.m. Forest City Owls at Asheboro Copperheads

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By SCOTT BOWERSDaily Courier Sports Editor

FOREST CITY — The McCurry Deck/Ostas Football and Life Skills Camp got underway at Chase High, Friday.

The two day camp, hosted by athletic apparel maker Ostas International, brought in current and former NFL players, including several homegrown talents, to instruct a group of 30 young men ranging in age from 6 to 17.

“It’s a start,” said former Chase Trojans and Indianapolis Colts linebacker Keyon Whiteside. “It’s about giving these young men hope and allowing them to see the potential that they can reach.

“We come in and teach them some of the things that we learned. They can take those things with them regardless of the level they reach.”

The camp’s instructors included cur-rent Indianapolis Colts linebacker Tyjuan Hagler, former East Rutherford quarterback and current North Carolina A&T wide receiver Giorgio Lowrance, former Houston Texans offensive tackle Cliff Washburn, and former Carolina Panthers wide receiver Troy Fleming. In addition, Chase coaches and others pitched in to lend their help to the camp.

“I come from a small community in Tennessee,” said Fleming. “I know how it was as a kid looking up to the guys I looked up too.

“I had two older cousins that worked with me and helped me out coming up. It would be very selfish of me to not give back.”

The camp was about more than foot-ball and at midday the campers headed

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Garrett Byers/Daily CourierKeyon Whiteside, left, watches as Kishon Crawford hauls in a pass during the McCurry Deck/Ostas Football and Life Skills Camp at Chase High on Friday. Whiteside, who played his high school ball at Chase, went on to play for the Tennessee Volunteers before having a brief career in the NFL. Whiteside’s career was cut short due to a knee injury and he is using his experiences to help young men understand that there will be life after football.

Camp is offering more than Xs & Os

Chase Trojans DL Carlos Watkins, center, works on a drill as former Houston Texans OL Cliff Washburn looks on dur-ing the McCurry Deck/Ostas Football and Life Skills Camp Friday at Chase High.

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Forest City’s Will Skinner, above, slides into second base during the game against the Gastonia Grizzlies Friday at McNair Field. The Owls’ Konstantine Diamaduros (25) and Grant Buckner (28) get fired up before the game. The Owls held a one-game lead over the Grizzlies with three games remaining before the first half of the Coastal Plain League season ends on Monday, June 28. Please see Owls, Page 2B.

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BASEBALLAMERICAN LEGION

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W L Pct GBAtlanta 42 31 .575 —New York 41 31 .569 1/2Philadelphia 38 32 .543 2 1/2Florida 35 37 .486 6 1/2Washington 33 40 .452 9

Central Division W L Pct GBSt. Louis 40 32 .556 —Cincinnati 40 33 .548 1/2Chicago 32 40 .444 8Milwaukee 32 40 .444 8Houston 28 45 .384 12 1/2Pittsburgh 25 47 .347 15

West Division W L Pct GBSan Diego 42 30 .583 —San Francisco 39 32 .549 2 1/2Los Angeles 39 33 .542 3Colorado 38 34 .528 4Arizona 28 45 .384 14 1/2

Thursday’s GamesTampa Bay 5, San Diego 3Philadelphia 12, Cleveland 3Chicago White Sox 2, Atlanta 0Houston 7, San Francisco 5Milwaukee 5, Minnesota 0Chicago Cubs 3, Seattle 2, 13 inningsBaltimore 11, Florida 5Toronto 5, St. Louis 0Detroit 6, N.Y. Mets 5Texas 6, Pittsburgh 5Boston 13, Colorado 11, 10 inningsL.A. Dodgers 10, L.A. Angels 6Friday’s GamesChicago White Sox 6, Chicago Cubs 0Philadelphia 9, Toronto 0Washington at Baltimore, lateArizona 1, Tampa Bay 0Cincinnati 10, Cleveland 3N.Y. Mets 5, Minnesota 2San Diego 3, Florida 0Atlanta 3, Detroit 1Houston at Texas, lateSeattle at Milwaukee, lateSt. Louis at Kansas City, lateColorado at L.A. Angels, latePittsburgh at Oakland, lateN.Y. Yankees at L.A. Dodgers, lateBoston at San Francisco, lateSaturday’s GamesMinnesota (Pavano 8-6) at N.Y. Mets (J.Santana 5-4), 1:10 p.m.St. Louis (Hawksworth 1-4) at Kansas City (Davies 4-5), 2:10 p.m.Houston (Banks 0-0) at Texas (C.Wilson 5-3), 3:05 p.m.Arizona (I.Kennedy 3-5) at Tampa Bay (Price 10-3), 4:05 p.m.Philadelphia (Hamels 6-5) at Toronto (Marcum 6-3), 4:05 p.m.Washington (L.Hernandez 6-4) at Baltimore (Bergesen 3-4), 4:05 p.m.Detroit (Scherzer 4-6) at Atlanta (Kawakami 0-9), 4:10 p.m.Seattle (Fister 3-3) at Milwaukee (Wolf 5-6), 4:10 p.m.Boston (Buchholz 10-4) at San Francisco (J.Martinez 0-1), 7:10 p.m.Chicago Cubs (Silva 8-2) at Chicago White Sox (F.Garcia 8-3), 7:10 p.m.Cleveland (Masterson 2-6) at Cincinnati (LeCure 1-4), 7:10 p.m.N.Y. Yankees (A.J.Burnett 6-6) at L.A. Dodgers (Kuroda 6-5), 7:10 p.m.San Diego (Garland 7-5) at Florida (Jo.Johnson 8-2), 7:10 p.m.Colorado (Cook 2-4) at L.A. Angels (J.Saunders 5-8), 10:05 p.m.Pittsburgh (D.McCutchen 0-2) at Oakland (Cahill 6-2), 10:05 p.m.Sunday’s GamesCleveland at Cincinnati, 1:10 p.m.Minnesota at N.Y. Mets, 1:10 p.m.San Diego at Florida, 1:10 p.m.Detroit at Atlanta, 1:35 p.m.Philadelphia at Toronto, 1:35 p.m.Washington at Baltimore, 1:35 p.m.Arizona at Tampa Bay, 1:40 p.m.Chicago Cubs at Chicago White Sox, 2:05 p.m.Seattle at Milwaukee, 2:10 p.m.St. Louis at Kansas City, 2:10 p.m.Colorado at L.A. Angels, 3:35 p.m.Boston at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m.Pittsburgh at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.Houston at Texas, 8:05 p.m.N.Y. Yankees at L.A. Dodgers, 8:05 p.m.Monday’s GamesPhiladelphia at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.Washington at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m.Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m.Houston at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m.Arizona at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m.Colorado at San Diego, 10:05 p.m.L.A. Dodgers at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.

American LeagueEast Division

W L Pct GBNew York 45 27 .625 —Tampa Bay 43 29 .597 2Boston 44 30 .595 2Toronto 39 34 .534 6 1/2Baltimore 20 52 .278 25

Central Division W L Pct GBMinnesota 40 32 .556 —Detroit 39 32 .549 1/2Chicago 37 34 .521 2 1/2Kansas City 30 43 .411 10 1/2

Cleveland 26 45 .366 13 1/2West Division

W L Pct GBTexas 44 28 .611 —Los Angeles 41 34 .547 4 1/2Oakland 34 40 .459 11Seattle 30 42 .417 14

Thursday’s GamesTampa Bay 5, San Diego 3Philadelphia 12, Cleveland 3Chicago White Sox 2, Atlanta 0Milwaukee 5, Minnesota 0Chicago Cubs 3, Seattle 2, 13 inningsBaltimore 11, Florida 5Toronto 5, St. Louis 0Detroit 6, N.Y. Mets 5Texas 6, Pittsburgh 5Boston 13, Colorado 11, 10 inningsL.A. Dodgers 10, L.A. Angels 6Friday’s GamesChicago White Sox 6, Chicago Cubs 0Philadelphia 9, Toronto 0Washington at Baltimore, lateArizona 1, Tampa Bay 0Cincinnati 10, Cleveland 3N.Y. Mets 5, Minnesota 2Atlanta 3, Detroit 1Houston at Texas, lateSeattle at Milwaukee, lateSt. Louis at Kansas City, lateColorado at L.A. Angels, latePittsburgh at Oakland, lateN.Y. Yankees at L.A. Dodgers, lateBoston at San Francisco, lateSaturday’s GamesMinnesota (Pavano 8-6) at N.Y. Mets (J.Santana 5-4), 1:10 p.m.St. Louis (Undecided) at Kansas City (Davies 4-5), 2:10 p.m.Houston (Banks 0-0) at Texas (C.Wilson 5-3), 3:05 p.m.Arizona (I.Kennedy 3-5) at Tampa Bay (Price 10-3), 4:05 p.m.Philadelphia (Hamels 6-5) at Toronto (Marcum 6-3), 4:05 p.m.Washington (L.Hernandez 6-4) at Baltimore (Bergesen 3-4), 4:05 p.m.Detroit (Scherzer 4-6) at Atlanta (Kawakami 0-9), 4:10 p.m.Seattle (Fister 3-3) at Milwaukee (Wolf 5-6), 4:10 p.m.Boston (Buchholz 10-4) at San Francisco (J.Martinez 0-1), 7:10 p.m.Chicago Cubs (Silva 8-2) at Chicago White Sox (F.Garcia 8-3), 7:10 p.m.Cleveland (Masterson 2-6) at Cincinnati (LeCure 1-4), 7:10 p.m.N.Y. Yankees (A.J.Burnett 6-6) at L.A. Dodgers (Kuroda 6-5), 7:10 p.m.Colorado (Cook 2-4) at L.A. Angels (J.Saunders 5-8), 10:05 p.m.Pittsburgh (Undecided) at Oakland (Cahill 6-2), 10:05 p.m.Sunday’s GamesCleveland at Cincinnati, 1:10 p.m.Minnesota at N.Y. Mets, 1:10 p.m.Detroit at Atlanta, 1:35 p.m.Philadelphia at Toronto, 1:35 p.m.Washington at Baltimore, 1:35 p.m.Arizona at Tampa Bay, 1:40 p.m.Chicago Cubs at Chicago White Sox, 2:05 p.m.Seattle at Milwaukee, 2:10 p.m.St. Louis at Kansas City, 2:10 p.m.Colorado at L.A. Angels, 3:35 p.m.Boston at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m.Pittsburgh at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.Houston at Texas, 8:05 p.m.N.Y. Yankees at L.A. Dodgers, 8:05 p.m.Monday’s GamesToronto at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m.Chicago White Sox at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m.Detroit at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m.

NCAA College World Series Glance

Friday, June 25TCU 6, UCLA 2Game 12 — Clemson (45-23) vs. South Carolina (50-16), lateSaturday, June 26Game 13 — UCLA (51-14) vs. TCU (54-13), 2 p.m.Game 14 — Clemson (45-23) vs. South Carolina, 7 p.m., if necessary

Championship SeriesBest-of-3

Monday, June 28: Game 11 or 13 winner vs. Game 12 or 14 winner, 7:30 p.m.Tuesday, June 29: Game 11 or 13 winner vs. Game 12 or 14 winner, 7:30 p.m.x-Wednesday, June 30: Game 11 or 13 winner vs. Game 12 or 14 winner, 7:30 p.m.

RACINGNASCAR-Sprint Cup

Lenox Industrial Tools 301 Lineup

(Car number in parentheses)1. (42) J. Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 132.337.2. (9) Kasey Kahne, Ford, 132.158.3. (2) Kurt Busch, Dodge, 132.062.4. (5) Mark Martin, Chevrolet, 131.998.5. (39) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 131.966.6. (00) David Reutimann, Toyota, 131.875.7. (87) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, 131.742.8. (77) Sam Hornish Jr., Dodge, 131.633.9. (33) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 131.556.10. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 131.456.11. (20) Joey Logano, Toyota, 131.329.12. (47) Marcos Ambrose, Toyota, 131.315.13. (98) Paul Menard, Ford, 131.279.14. (12) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 131.211.15. (82) Scott Speed, Toyota, 131.189.16. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 131.18.17. (31) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 131.103.18. (78) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 131.049.19. (6) David Ragan, Ford, 131.035.20. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 131.017.21. (99) Carl Edwards, Ford, 130.945.22. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 130.801.23. (36) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 130.734.24. (29) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 130.626.25. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 130.599.26. (56) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 130.586.27. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 130.456.28. (43) A J Allmendinger, Ford, 130.367.29. (83) Reed Sorenson, Toyota, 130.313.30. (19) Elliott Sadler, Ford, 130.3.31. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 130.22.32. (13) Max Papis, Toyota, 130.024.33. (17) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 130.02.34. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 129.714.35. (46) J.J. Yeley, Dodge, 129.626.36. (66) Dave Blaney, Toyota, 129.6.37. (55) Michael McDowell, Toyota, 129.278.38. (26) David Stremme, Ford, 129.221.

39. (37) David Gilliland, Ford, 128.893.40. (71) Andy Lally, Chevrolet, 127.997.41. (34) Kevin Conway, Ford, Owner Points.42. (7) Bobby Labonte, Toyota, Owner Points.43. (64) Todd Bodine, Toyota, 128.178.

SOCCER2010 WORLD CUP

SECOND ROUNDSaturday, June 26

Game 49At Port Elizabeth, South Africa

Uruguay vs. South Korea, 10 a.m.Game 50

At Rustenburg, South AfricaUnited States vs. Ghana, 2:30 p.m.

Sunday, June 27Game 51

At Bloemfontein, South AfricaGermany vs. England, 10 a.m.

Game 52At Johannesburg

Argentina vs. Mexico, 2:30 p.m.Monday, June 28

Game 53At Durban, South Africa

Netherlands vs. Slovakia, 10 a.m.

Game 54At Johannesburg

Brazil vs. Chile, 2:30 p.m.Tuesday, June 29

Game 55At Pretoria, South Africa

Paraguay vs. Japan, 10 a.m.Game 56

At Cape Town, South AfricaSpain vs. Portugal, 2:30 p.m.

QUARTERFINALSFriday, July 2

Game 57At Port Elizabeth, South Africa

Netherlands-Slovakia winner vs. Brazil-Chile winner, 10 a.m.

Game 58At Johannesburg

Uruguay-South Korea winner vs. United States-Ghana winner, 2:30 p.m.

Saturday, July 3Game 59

At Cape Town, South AfricaGermany-England winner vs. Argentina-Mexico winner, 10 a.m.

Game 60At Johannesburg

Paraguay-Japan winner vs. Spain-Portugal win-ner, 2:30 p.m.

TRANSACTIONSFriday’s Sports Transactions

BASEBALLMajor League Baseball

MLB_Suspended minor league OF Prentice Redman (Albuquerque-PCL) 50 games, after testing positive for an amphetamine, a perfor-mance-enhancing substance.

American LeagueBOSTON RED SOX_Recalled LHP Fabio Castro from Pawtucket (IL). Optioned OF Josh Reddick to Pawtucket.CLEVELAND INDIANS_Recalled LHP Aaron Laffey from Columbus (IL).KANSAS CITY ROYALS_Signed SS Christian Colon and assigned him to Wilmington (Carolina).MINNESOTA TWINS_Selected the contract of OF Jason Repko from Rochester (IL).SEATTLE MARINERS_Activated RHP Doug Fister from the 15-day DL. Placed RHP Shawn Kelley on the 15-day DL, retroactive to June 16.

National LeagueATLANTA BRAVES_Purchased the contract of LHP Andy Oliver from Erie (EL).CHICAGO CUBS_Activated INF Aramis Ramirez from the 15-day DL. Designated INF Chad Tracy for assignment.FLORIDA MARLINS_Called up RHP Jose Veras from New Orleans (PCL). Designated LHP James Houser for assignment.SAN DIEGO PADRES_Reinstated INF Everth Cabrera from the 15-day DL. Optioned C Dusty Ryan to Portland (PCL). Reinstated C Yorvit Torrealba from the suspended list.ST. LOUIS CARDINALS_Recalled RHP Adam Ottavino from Memphis (PCL). Optioned RHP Fernando Salas to Memphis.WASHINGTON NATIONALS_Agreed to terms with CF Connor Rowe, 1B Russell Moldenhauer, RF Rick Hughes and RF Wander Nunez.

Eastern LeagueALTOONA CURVE_Announced LHP Daniel Moskos and OF Alex Presley were promoted to Indianapolis (IL) and OF Brandon Jones was assigned to the team from Indianapolis.READING PHILLIES_Announced OF Domonic Brown was promoted to Lehigh Valley (IL) and INF Neil Sellers and OF Rich Thompson were assigned to the team from Lehigh Valley.

Southern LeagueCAROLINA MUDCATS_Called up RHP Brad Boxberger from Lynchburg (Carolina).

United LeagueLAREDO BRONCOS_Released RHP Emmanuel Ulloa.

BASKETBALLNational Basketball Association

CHARLOTTE BOBCATS_Made a one-year qualifying offer to F Tyrus Thomas making him a restricted free agent.

FOOTBALLNational Football League

CINCINNATI BENGALS_Signed WR Dezmon Briscoe.DETROIT LIONS_Signed OT Jason Fox to a three-year contract.

HOCKEYECHL

GWINNETT GLADIATORS_Agreed to terms with F Matt Francis on a one-year contract.

COLLEGENORTH CAROLINA STATE_Named Debbie Yow athletic director.OKLAHOMA_Named Deren Boyd director of operations and Ryan Krueger video coordinator for men’s basketball.PROVIDENCE_Named Chris Driscoll men’s assistant basketball coach.SHENANDOAH_Named Jaime Terenzi women’s volleyball coach.SOUTH CAROLINA_Named Matt Lucas men’s assistant tennis coach.

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Cubs’ Zambrano, Lee seperated in dugoutCHICAGO (AP) — Cubs pitcher Carlos

Zambrano had to be separated from teammate Derrek Lee in the dugout after the first inning of a game against the crosstown Chicago White Sox on Friday.

Zambrano was seen screaming as he walked down the steps past Lee after allowing four runs and stormed toward the other end. Lee appeared to yell something, and as Zambrano headed back toward him, manager Lou Piniella, pitching coach Larry Rothschild and bench coach Alan Trammell stepped between them.

Sports NotebookHOCKEYOilers tap Hall with No. 1 pick

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Edmonton Oilers have selected forward Taylor Hall with the No. 1 pick in the NHL draft.

The league-worst Oilers chose Hall over fellow OHL forward Tyler Seguin on Friday, making the toughest call at the top of a draft in several years.

The Boston Bruins eagerly grabbed Seguin moments later with the No. 2 pick.

Most NHL scouts and executives couldn’t choose a favorite between Hall, a physical left wing from the Windsor Spitfires, and Seguin, a smooth-skat-ing center from the Plymouth Whalers. Both play-

ers expect to be on NHL rosters this fall.

GOLFRose fires to lead at Travelers

CROMWELL, Conn. (AP) — Justin Rose shot an 8-under 62, birdieing five consecutive back-nine holes for the second straight round, to take a four-stroke lead over Kevin Sutherland on Friday in the Travelers Championship.

Rose, the Memorial winner who failed to qualify for the U.S. Open last week at Pebble Beach, broke the tournament record for the first 36 holes, fin-ishing at 14-under 126. The 62 was one off the course record at TPC River Highlands.

Owls bomb Grizzlies, 9-2 By KEVIN CARVERSports Reporter

FOREST CITY — Dusty Quattlebaum stepped up as the designated hitter by crushing two home runs in a key 9-2 win over Gastonia Friday at McNair Field.

The win gives the Owls a two-game lead in the West Division of the Coastal Plain League with two games to go in the first half. The Owls only need one more win to wrap up a playoff spot.

“Winning tonight makes tomorrow that much more important,” Owls coach Matt Hayes said. “Quattlebaum is an experienced and polished hit-ter, he has been around the league and he did a great job tonight.”

Quattlebaum (3-for-4, 5 RBI) let loose during a four-run fourth inning as he smashed a two-run shot over the right field fence and then added a three-run shot in the seventh to pull away easily in the win.

The Owls crossed their first run of the game dur-ing the fourth after Grant Buckner walked and Cade Stallings doubled into the left field gap for a 1-0 lead. Quattlebaum’s shot followed and Danny Canela added a solo home run as the Owls took a 4-0 lead.

Gastonia pushed two runs across in the top of the sixth to cut the lead, 4-2, but RBIs by Colin Durburow and Danny Canela (1-for-4, 2 RBI) put the lead back at four, 6-2.

Quattlebaum’s three run home run in the sev-enth brought home Buckner and Stallings. Both had reached on free passes. The three run blast increased the Owls lead to seven, 9-2.

Owls starting pitcher Anthony Tzamtzis was relieved by Nick Lomascolo after suffering an elbow injury on a pitch delivered to Gastonia’s David Chester. Chester singled on the offering and it was the only hit Tzamtzis allowed all night.

Lomascolo notched the win on the hill.“Its tough for a pitcher to come in during the

second inning to relieve another pitcher, but Lomascolo proved that he is mentally tough to take on the challenge and was exceptional tonight,” said Hayes.

The Owls took a 12-6 win, Thursday, over Martinsville. Forest City knocked out 15 hits in that win.

Tonight, the Owls (18-8) will travel to Asheboro to face the Copperheads (12-14). Forest City is 3-2 on the season against Asheboro.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Matt Purke and Tyler Lockwood held UCLA to four hits and Taylor Featherston hit the biggest of TCU’s three home runs, leading the Horned Frogs to a 6-2 victory Friday that keeps them alive in the College World Series.

TCU (54-13) forced a second Bracket 1 title game on Saturday, with the winner going to the best-of-three finals beginning Monday.

TCU downs UCLA, 6-2

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Edwin Jackson settled down after a wild start to throw the fourth no-hitter of the season of the pitcher, leading the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 1-0 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday night.

Jackson threw a whopping 149 pitches, a sea-son high, and walked eight, all but one in the first three innings, in the second no-hitter in Diamondbacks’ history. This is the third time the Rays have been no-hit since last July, including Dallas Braden’s perfect game at Oakland on May 9.

“I didn’t pay attention to the pitch count at the end; I didn’t want it on my mind,” Jackson said.

Colorado’s Ubaldo Jimenez no-hit Atlanta on April 17 and Philadelphia’s Roy Halladay tossed a perfect game at Florida on May 29.

Jason Bartlett grounded to shortstop for the final out and Jackson’s teammates mobbed him on the field. He was hit with a pie in the face by a team-mate as he was doing an on-field interview.

Adam LaRoche homered off Jeff Niemann (6-2) with one out in the second, all the support Jackson would need.

Jackson (5-6) pitched for the Rays from 2006-08. His only other shutout in 126 career starts came for Tampa Bay in 2007.

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to the gym to discuss a wide-range of topics, including stay-ing in school, having plans for life without football, and money management.

“They asked great questions,” said Whiteside. “It is important that they use their minds. We tried to stress the importance of school and education.”

The importance of money management, making sound decisions and understanding that there is life after football — no matter how long one plays — are all important to Whiteside. The former running back and linebacker at Chase was seri-

ously injured as a member of the Colts and sustained career-end-ing knee injuries.

After the roundtable discussion it was back to the field for more instruction and wisdom from a group of guys who had played the game at the highest level.

“Look,” said Washburn, at one point in a blocking drill, “One of my coaches was an NFL Hall-of-Famer. How many of you guys heard of Bruce Matthews? Na, your too young, I know. Matthews played in the NFL for 21 years and the one thing he said to those of us on the offen-sive line again and again was this: ‘Die a slow death.’”

Washburn went onto explain the 3-second rule that offensive linemen must live by if they are

to survive in the NFL. The young men attending the

camp were thankful.“I think it’s great,” said Chase

lineman Carlos Watkins. “I think these guys really care about our community.”

R-S Central quarterback Taylor Ledbetter was happy to receive the extra instruction.

“It’s a great camp,” Ledbetter said. “I’ve learned a lot.”

The camp concludes today, but Whiteside and his friends at Ostas hope to return next year with a bigger camp.

“I feel there is a lot we can accomplish ... to help young men see what it takes to make that next level — whether that is col-lege or even to go on to the pros,” Whiteside said.

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Garrett Byers/Daily CourierFormer East Rutherford quarterback Giorgio Lowrance, third from right, was on hand to help out at the McCurry Deck/Ostas Football and Life Skills Camp Friday at Chase High. Lowrance is a wide receiver for North Carolina A&T.

Marathon man Isner loses quickly WIMBLEDON, England

(AP) — One day after winning the longest tennis match in his-tory, John Isner lost the shortest men’s match at Wimbledon so far this year.

It was back to normal, mean-while, for defending champion Roger Federer, who showed he was back at the top of his game by sweeping Arnaud Clement in straight sets to reach the fourth round in his bid for a seventh Wimbledon crown.

Marathon man Isner looked weary from the outset Friday, required treatment for a neck injury and was beaten by unseeded Thiemo de Bakker of the Netherlands 6-0, 6-3, 6-2.

The second-round match was over in just 1 hour, 14 minutes, and the five games won by Isner is the fewest by a male player this week.

It was a complete turnaround from Isner’s epic three-day vic-tory over Nicolas Mahut, which lasted 11 hours, 5 minutes and went to 70-68 in the fifth set.

What’s more, Isner served no aces Friday after hitting a record 112 against Mahut.

“I’ve never been this exhausted before,” Isner said. “Mentally and physically, I was obviously a bit drained.”

Starting shortly after noon in warm sunshine, Isner received a standing ovation when he walked onto court. He immedi-ately lost his serve — something that didn’t happen once in his never-ending fifth set against Mahut.

“The turnaround time — he just didn’t have enough time to get his body right,” said Isner’s coach, Craig Boynton.

Federer looked perfectly fresh as he demolished Clement 6-2, 6-4, 6-2, playing like the old grass-court master himself after being stretched to five sets in his first-round match and four in the second.

“I get standing ovations 99 per-

cent of the time — doesn’t mat-ter if the performance was great or not so great,” he said. “I think they’re happy to see me, and they love tennis. ... But of course, when I end up winning, and they give me a reception like this, it feels good at the heart.”

Federer will next play 16th-seeed Jurgen Melzer, who beat Feliciano Lopez in four sets. Federer and the Austrian played doubles together as juniors but have never faced each other in singles on the tour.

“I’m excited about having a weekend off, because it’s been a tough first week,” Federer said. “Not as tough as Isner and Mahut, of course, but still some-what tough mentally. So I’m

looking forward to Monday.”The man Federer has beaten in

three Wimbledon finals, Andy Roddick, served 28 aces in a 7-5, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-3 win over Philipp Kohlschreiber to make the round of 16.

In women’s play, five-time champion Venus Williams moved into the fourth round by beating Russia’s Alisa Kleybanova 6-4, 6-2. Williams was down 3-1 in the first set before taking control with her power game as both players went for big shots from the baseline.

Williams took a tumble in the last game as she slipped on the grass, but appeared unscathed. The No. 2-seeded Williams next faces Australian Jarmila Groth, and could eventually meet top-ranked sister Serena in the final.

Justine Henin and Kim Clijsters — two Belgians mak-ing Wimbledon comebacks — won in straight sets to set up a fourth-round showdown Monday.

Clijsters, seeded eighth, beat No. 27 Maria Kirilenko 6-3, 6-3. Henin, seeded 17th, defeated No. 12 Nadia Petrova 6-1, 6-4.

Clijsters and Henin will play each other for the 25th time, but the first time in a Grand Slam since 2006. Their rivalry stands at 12-12 and has become friend-lier over the years.

No. 4 Jelena Jankovic beat No. 28 Alona Bondarenko 6-0, 6-3. No. 11 Marion Bartoli, the 2007 runner-up, defeated Greta Arn 6-3, 6-4.

No. 3 Novak Djokovic reached the round of 16 by beating No. 28 Albert Montanes 6-1, 6-4, 6-4.

That sets up an intriguing fourth-round battle against 2002 champion Lleyton Hewitt. The 15th-seeded seeded Australian, enjoying a resur-gence after returning from hip surgery, advanced with a 6-3, 7-6 (9), 6-4 win over Frenchman Gael Monfils.

PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — David Villa and Andres Iniesta each scored as Spain beat Chile 2-1 on Friday at the World Cup, a result that sends both teams on to the round of 16.

Villa got his goal on a shot from 45 yards out in the 24th minute, when goalkeeper Claudio Bravo came out of his area and cleared a ball straight to the Spain striker.

Iniesta doubled the advantage by beating Bravo with a right-footed shot from the edge of the area in the 37th, with Marco Estrada ejected after col-lecting his second yellow card on the play.

Chile didn’t back down, pressing and scoring on substitute Rodrigo Millar’s deflected shot in the 47th.

Spain finished at the top of Group H with six points and will play Portugal in the next round. Chile was second and will play Brazil. Switzerland was third and Honduras was last.

Villa’s goal at Pretoria’s Loftus Versfeld Stadium halted Chile’s early momentum.

He ran on to the loose ball and curled a high, left-footed shot from just inside the Chile half into an open goal after Bravo had rushed out of the area to clear Alonso’s long ball as Fernando Torres chased it down.

Later, Villa and Iniesta — returning from a right leg injury — worked the ball down the field togeth-er with Iniesta side-footing it past Bravo into the far corner.

Switzerland 0, Honduras 0BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) —

Honduras held Switzerland to a 0-0 draw in Group H of the World Cup on Friday, a result that knocked both teams out of the tournament.

The Swiss could have locked up a spot in the sec-ond round with a two-goal win over Honduras. But Switzerland played with little urgency or creative flair until late in the match, and it couldn’t turn its domination of possession into quality scoring opportunities.

Brazil 0, Portugal 0DURBAN, South Africa (AP) — Portugal reached

the second round of the World Cup on Friday after a 0-0 draw with group winner Brazil as two of soc-cer’s most powerful offenses couldn’t score.

Brazil had already secured advancement and won Group G with seven points, two more than Portugal. Ivory Coast, which beat North Korea 3-0, was third with four points. The Koreans end-ed with zero.

The result kept alive a 19-match unbeaten streak for Portugal, which hasn’t lost since a 6-2 defeat at Brazil in a 2008 friendly. It halted Brazil’s seven-match winning streak.

Ivory Coast 3, North Korea 0NELSPRUIT, South Africa (AP) — Yaya Toure,

Koffi Romaric N’Dri and Salomon Kalou all scored for Ivory Coast in a 3-0 win over North Korea at the World Cup, but the Elephants didn’t advance to the round of 16.

Ghana is the only one of six African teams to advance to the second round.

North Korea lost all three matches, giving up 12 goals and scoring just one.

Associated PressPortugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo gestures during the World Cup group G soccer match between Portugal and Brazil at the stadium in Durban, South Africa, Friday. Associated Press

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LeggPlat 1.04 4.8 22 21.46 +.32 +5.2

Lowes .44 2.1 17 21.33 +.09 -8.8

Microsoft .52 2.1 13 24.53 -.47 -19.5

PPG 2.16 3.4 18 62.95 -.16 +7.5

ParkerHan 1.04 1.8 25 58.21 +1.57 +8.0

ProgrssEn 2.48 6.3 13 39.28 -.11 -4.2

RedHat ... ... 66 31.07 +.29 +.6

RoyalBk g 2.00 ... ... 51.19 +.23 -4.4

SaraLee .44 3.0 34 14.58 -.19 +19.7

SonicAut ... ... 9 8.77 +.29 -15.6

SonocoP 1.12 3.6 18 31.20 +.20 +6.7

SpectraEn 1.00 4.8 15 20.91 +.15 +2.0

SpeedM .40 2.8 ... 14.27 +.45 -19.0

Timken .52 1.8 ... 28.51 +.70 +20.2

UPS B 1.88 3.1 24 60.35 +.26 +5.2

WalMart 1.21 2.5 13 48.80 -1.23 -8.7

STOCK MARKET INDEXES

MUTUAL FUNDS

DAILY DOW JONES

11,258.01 8,087.19 Dow Industrials 10,143.81 -8.99 -.09 -2.73 +20.214,812.87 2,988.88 Dow Transportation 4,241.20 +34.20 +.81 +3.45 +29.98

408.57 342.02 Dow Utilities 366.21 +.74 +.20 -7.99 +2.937,743.74 5,552.82 NYSE Composite 6,763.93 +33.69 +.50 -5.86 +14.511,994.20 1,497.10 Amex Market Value 1,862.12 +22.09 +1.20 +2.04 +17.032,535.28 1,727.05 Nasdaq Composite 2,223.48 +6.06 +.27 -2.01 +20.961,219.80 869.32 S&P 500 1,076.76 +3.07 +.29 -3.44 +17.18

852.90 539.03 S&P MidCap 745.27 +7.94 +1.08 +2.56 +29.2212,847.91 8,900.27 Wilshire 5000 11,324.40 +60.28 +.54 -1.94 +20.22

745.95 473.54 Russell 2000 645.11 +11.94 +1.89 +3.15 +25.70

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

THE MARKET IN REVIEW

PIMCO TotRetIs CI 128,736 11.21 +1.3 +12.6/C +7.3/A NL 1,000,000American Funds GrthAmA m LG 61,893 26.25 +1.3 +15.4/D +1.7/B 5.75 250Vanguard TotStIdx LB 61,334 26.77 +0.5 +21.3/A +0.7/B NL 3,000Fidelity Contra LG 54,199 57.87 +3.1 +21.7/A +4.0/A NL 2,500American Funds CapIncBuA m IH 53,415 45.07 +2.0 +12.1/D +2.7/C 5.75 250American Funds CpWldGrIA m WS 49,180 30.55 +4.2 +13.1/D +4.1/B 5.75 250American Funds IncAmerA m MA 47,155 14.96 +1.2 +19.1/A +2.3/B 5.75 250Vanguard 500Inv LB 46,774 99.62 +0.4 +19.3/B 0.0/C NL 3,000Vanguard InstIdxI LB 45,318 98.99 +0.4 +19.4/B +0.1/C NL 5,000,000American Funds InvCoAmA m LB 45,159 24.33 +0.3 +14.1/E +0.6/B 5.75 250Dodge & Cox Stock LV 39,123 92.12 -0.4 +20.5/B -1.7/D NL 2,500American Funds WAMutInvA m LV 35,843 23.52 +0.7 +17.2/D -0.4/C 5.75 250American Funds EurPacGrA m FB 34,973 35.27 +6.0 +14.3/B +5.8/A 5.75 250Dodge & Cox IntlStk FV 34,147 29.64 +5.4 +18.9/A +3.7/A NL 2,500PIMCO TotRetAdm b CI 32,666 11.21 +1.2 +12.4/C +7.1/A NL 1,000,000FrankTemp-Franklin Income A m CA 29,848 2.02 +3.2 +22.2/A +3.6/B 4.25 1,000American Funds NewPerspA m WS 29,662 24.21 +4.0 +18.0/B +4.9/A 5.75 250American Funds FnInvA m LB 29,264 31.37 +2.5 +18.1/C +3.2/A 5.75 250Vanguard TotStIAdm LB 29,243 26.77 +0.5 +21.5/A +0.8/B NL 100,000American Funds BalA m MA 28,927 15.95 +0.4 +15.9/C +1.9/C 5.75 250Vanguard 500Adml LB 28,138 99.65 +0.4 +19.4/B +0.1/C NL 100,000Vanguard Welltn MA 27,976 28.32 +0.6 +15.0/D +4.3/A NL 10,000American Funds BondA m CI 27,183 12.14 +0.8 +12.8/C +3.1/E 3.75 250Fidelity GrowCo LG 26,620 68.30 +1.3 +23.9/A +4.3/A NL 2,500PIMCO TotRetA m CI 26,554 11.21 +1.2 +12.1/C +6.8/A 3.75 1,000Fidelity DivrIntl d FG 25,880 25.35 +5.2 +10.2/E +1.6/E NL 2,500Fidelity LowPriStk d MB 24,848 32.45 +1.4 +26.5/C +3.4/A NL 2,500Vanguard InstPlus LB 24,831 99.00 +0.4 +19.5/B +0.1/C NL 200,000,000T Rowe Price EqtyInc LV 15,797 20.64 -0.1 +23.0/A +0.5/B NL 2,500Hartford CapAprA m LB 9,080 28.86 +0.5 +16.6/D +2.6/A 5.50 2,000Pioneer PioneerA m LB 4,086 34.11 -0.1 +16.8/D +0.5/B 5.75 1,000Goldman Sachs ShDuGovA m GS 1,433 10.43 +0.3 +3.3/C +4.8/A 1.50 1,000Alliance Bernstein GrowIncA m LV 1,135 2.81 +0.4 +11.1/E -2.4/E 4.25 2,500DWS-Scudder REstA m SR 470 15.45 +4.4 +63.9/C +1.5/C 5.75 1,000Hartford GrowthL m LG 175 14.30 +0.1 +15.5/D -0.7/D 4.75 0

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

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

NYSE6,763.93 +33.69

AMEX1,862.12 +22.09

NASDAQ2,223.48 +6.06

STOCK EXCHANGE HIGHLIGHTS

Stock Footnotes: g = Dividends and earnings in Canadian dollars. h = Does not meet continued-listing standards.lf = Late filing with SEC. n = New in past 52 weeks. pf = Preferred. rs = Stock has undergone a reverse stock split of at least 50percent within the past year. rt = Right to buy security at a specified price. s = Stock has split by at least 20 percent within thelast year. un = Units. vj = In bankruptcy or receivership. wd = When distributed. wi = When issued. wt = Warrants. Mutual Fund Footnotes: b = Fee covering market costs is paid from fund assets. d = Deferred sales charge, or redemption fee.f = front load (sales charges). m = Multiple fees are charged. NA = not available. p = previous day’s net asset value. s = fundsplit shares during the week. x = fund paid a distribution during the week.Gainers and Losers must be worth at least $2 to belisted in tables at left. Most Actives must be worth at least $1. Volume in hundreds of shares. Source: The Associated Press.Sales figures are unofficial.

uu uu uuGAINERS ($2 OR MORE)

Volume

Name Vol (00) Last ChgSiriusXM 2395240 1.09 +.02Microsoft 998577 24.53 -.47Intel 822501 20.03 -.29PwShs QQQ768125 45.27 -.08Cisco 669495 22.18 -.39Oracle 563148 22.66 +.44Dell Inc 461425 12.93 +.00RschMotn 438726 52.23 -6.35ApldMatl 272989 12.95 +.18MicronT 272274 9.46 -.16

MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE)

LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)

Name Last Chg %ChgSuperGen 2.89 +.55 +23.5BridgeBcp 27.11 +4.91 +22.1Wowjoint 6.04 +1.02 +20.3eLoyalty 6.55 +1.05 +19.1FiberTw rs 4.82 +.76 +18.7OneidaFn 9.54 +1.44 +17.8ValueLine 20.18 +3.04 +17.7PMFG 16.99 +2.49 +17.2AmerisBc 11.55 +1.65 +16.7Omeros n 7.72 +1.10 +16.6

Name Last Chg %ChgFstBcMiss 7.35 -1.34 -15.4Isramco 49.50 -7.51 -13.2MSTISRS11 6.42 -.96 -12.9Synutra 18.20 -2.65 -12.7Viasyst n 14.82 -2.14 -12.6PlumasBc 2.51 -.35 -12.2NaviSite 2.54 -.31 -10.9RschMotn 52.23 -6.35 -10.8Codexis n 9.00 -1.08 -10.7Cowlitz rs 4.90 -.59 -10.7

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3,190,807,796Volume

Name Vol (00) Last ChgGoldStr g 256751 4.63 +.22GranTrra g 208405 5.14 +.07Rentech 175083 1.07 +.04KodiakO g 133206 3.65 +.16TrnsatlPt n 86584 3.56 +.06LadThalFn 79216 1.63 ...AntaresP 58073 1.95 +.15ParaG&S 56295 1.33 -.03InovioPhm 53122 1.09 ...CapGold n 52676 4.24 +.21

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Name Last Chg %ChgAdcareH wt 2.50 +.50 +25.0AoxingP rs 4.16 +.62 +17.5OpkoHlth 2.55 +.35 +15.9CmtyBkTr 2.45 +.32 +15.0UtdCap 25.03 +2.76 +12.4HawkCorp 26.18 +2.73 +11.6HQ SustM 5.50 +.55 +11.1CaracoP 4.83 +.48 +11.0UMH Prop 10.90 +.96 +9.7LucasEngy 2.66 +.22 +9.0

Name Last Chg %ChgGerovaFn 9.50 -4.16 -30.5HKN 3.60 -1.36 -27.4NeoStem 2.07 -.47 -18.5Gerova un 13.21 -1.75 -11.7Neuralstem 2.93 -.37 -11.2ATS Corp 2.60 -.30 -10.3StreamGSv 5.98 -.67 -10.1CagleA 5.82 -.48 -7.6AdcareHlt 4.10 -.26 -6.0ImpacM n 2.82 -.18 -6.0

DIARYAdvanced 317Declined 162Unchanged 35Total issues 514New Highs 11New Lows 12

Name Vol (00) Last ChgCitigrp 5903521 3.94 +.16S&P500ETF1925855107.87 +.45BkofAm 1670066 15.42 +.40SPDR Fncl 1242831 14.64 +.39FordM 1196151 10.75 -.03GenElec 1102323 14.91 -.17BP PLC 888763 27.02 -1.72BerkH B s 796797 81.90 +3.04ExxonMbl 782011 59.10 -.97DirFBear rs 762886 14.80 -1.17

MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE)

GAINERS ($2 OR MORE)

LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)

Name Last Chg %ChgDoverMot 2.02 +.26 +14.8AEqInvLf 11.39 +1.37 +13.7TRC Cos 3.32 +.33 +11.0HorizLns 4.50 +.42 +10.3LexRltyTr 6.58 +.58 +9.7Generac n 15.15 +1.28 +9.2Sparton 5.45 +.45 +9.0CIBER 2.93 +.24 +8.9MillerInds 15.00 +1.22 +8.9ProtLife 22.86 +1.76 +8.3

Name Last Chg %ChgCrwfdB 3.20 -.66 -17.1JPM FTLgC27.34 -4.75 -14.8AlpTotDiv 5.16 -.86 -14.3AlpGlbDD 6.27 -1.03 -14.1VersoPap 2.74 -.42 -13.3Compx 11.46 -1.55 -11.9StdRegis 3.18 -.36 -10.2Calix n 10.35 -1.06 -9.3KB Home 11.12 -1.10 -9.0GlbGeoph n 8.00 -.75 -8.6

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10,640Dow Jones industrialsClose: 10,143.81Change: -8.99 (-0.1%)

10 DAYS

NEW YORK (AP) — Bank stocks shot higher Friday after an agreement on a financial regulation bill reassured inves-tors that new rules won’t devastate finan-cial companies’ profits.

Banks outdistanced the rest of the mar-ket after congressional negotiators agreed on a bill that increases the regulation of financial companies, but that doesn’t include some of the harshest provisions that the government originally proposed.

The legislation imposes new rules on the complex investments known as derivates, but the rules aren’t as strict as investors feared. It also includes a far milder ver-sion of what’s been called the Volcker rule. That rule, named after former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker, would have banned commercial banks from trad-ing simply to increase their profits, a prac-tice known as proprietary trading.

Analysts said the deal removes a huge cloud that has hovered over the financial industry for much of this year. Investors have feared that intense regulation would devastate bank profits. Now, the market seems to believe that financial companies would do well even with the new limits on their business.

“They come out of this big-time win-ners,” Bob Froehlich at Hartford Financial Services, said of financial companies. “Two years later, people will look back and say ’My gosh, nothing really changed.”’

Banks were the market’s big performers on a day when the Dow Jones industrial average fell almost 9 points and the other major indexes had only slim gains.

Investors had feared that the financial regulation bill would sharply curtail bank profits by limiting financial companies’ ability to trade in derivatives.

The stock market’s overall gains were limited by the government’s final report on the gross domestic product for the first quarter. The Commerce Department said the GDP, the broadest measure of the economy’s health, rose at a 2.7 percent annual pace rather than the 3 percent previously estimated. The report follows a string of weaker-than-expected econom-ic numbers in the past week and raised investors concerns about the recovery.

The Dow fell 8.99, or 0.1 percent, to 10,143.81. The broader Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose 3.07, or 0.3 percent, to 1,076.76, and the Nasdaq composite index rose 6.06, or 0.3 percent, to 2,223.48.

For the week, the Dow is down 2.9 per-cent, while the S&P 500 is down 3.6 per-cent and the Nasdaq is off 3.7 percent. The market fell sharply Wednesday and Thursday in response to the disappointing economic reports.

The indexes fluctuated for much of the day, in part because of the annual reshuf-fling of stocks in the Russell indexes. That forces investors to buy and sell certain stocks if they have portfolios that follow the indexes.

The Russell 2000 index of smaller com-panies rose 11.94, or 1.9 percent, to 645.11.

Treasury prices rose, driving down inter-est rates. The 10-year Treasury note’s yield fell to 3.11 percent from 3.14 percent late Thursday.

Almost four stocks rose for every one that fell on the New York Stock Exchange, where volume came to a heavy 2.56 billion shares.

Workmen manufacture windows at Northeast Building Products in Philadelphia in this photo taken April 2. The govern-ment lowered its estimate of how much the economy grew in the first quarter of the year, noting that con-sumers spent less than it previously thought.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The eco-nomic recovery won’t be catching fire any time soon.

Businesses and governments are likely to reduce spending in the second half of the year. Consumers, who drive most economic growth, aren’t expected to take up the slack.

The Commerce Department said Friday that the economy grew at an annual rate of 2.7 percent in the first quarter, offering its third and final estimate for the period. It was slower than initially thought because consumers spent less and imports rose faster that previously calculated.

Economists anticipate even slower growth ahead as compa-nies bring their stockpiles more in line with sales. Factory output has climbed this year. But it was driven more by businesses replenishing their warehouses after the reces-sion and less by consumer demand.

“The economy is growing, but still at a disappointingly slow pace,” said Zach Pandl, an economist at Nomura Securities. Take away businesses restocking their inven-tories and “you still have a luke-

warm recovery,” he said.Other factors could hold back

growth. Federal government stimu-lus spending is expected to fade. The European debt crisis could slow U.S. exports and world trade. And state and local governments are likely to rein in spending and raise taxes as they struggle to close budget gaps.

“This is still the weakest and longest economic recovery in U.S. postwar history,” said Paul Dales with Capital Economics.

High unemployment and tight credit have kept consumers from ramping up their spending as in past recoveries. The housing indus-try has played a big role after pre-vious recessions. But this time it is slumping and subtracting from economic growth.

Most economists expect the unemployment rate, currently at 9.7 percent, to remain above 9 per-cent through the end of the year.

The economy has grown for three consecutive quarters after shrink-ing for four straight during the recession — the longest contraction since World War II.

In normal times, 2.7 percent

growth would be considered healthy. But it’s relatively weak for a recovery after a steep recession. After the last sharp downturn in the early 1980s, GDP grew at rates of 7 percent to 9 percent for five straight quarters.

The department’s report is the third of three estimates it makes for each quarter’s GDP, the broad-est measure of the nation’s eco-nomic output. Friday’s figure is below last month’s 3 percent esti-mate of first quarter growth. The rate declined from earlier reports because consumers spent less than previously estimated, while the nation imported more goods.

The government updates the fig-ures with new information that is released after the initial reports.

Consumer spending rose by 3 per-cent, almost double the pace of the previous quarter. That’s below the previous month’s estimate of a 3.5 percent increase. Businesses ratch-eted up their spending on equip-ment and software by 11.4 percent.

Growth of roughly 3 percent is needed just to generate enough jobs to keep up with increasing population.

A worker completes a fuel delivery at gas pumps in Lynnfield, Mass., in this photo made Feb. 1, Abundant supplies of oil and gasoline coupled with tepid demand because of high unemployment and the uncertain economy should keep gasoline and oil prices in check through Labor Day, analysts say.

Economic growth rate reduced

Bank stocks soar after reform deal

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SHOE by Chris Cassat and Gary Brookins

BROOM-HILDA by Russell Myers

ARLO AND JANIS by Jimmy Johnson

THE GRIZZWELLS by Bill Schoor

DILBERT by Scott Adams

THE BORN LOSER by Art and Chip SansomGIL THORP by Jerry Jenkins, Ray Burns and Frank McLaughlin

FRANK AND ERNEST by Bob Thaves

Dear Dr. Gott: I cannot understand my husband’s habitual drinking. I’m embarrassed, ashamed and frustrated, and we’re considering divorce. We are a well-educated couple. He’s a profes-sional with a good job, and of all things, I’m a counselor. We have three children who have been damaged because of this.

Dear Reader: My recommendations may be difficult to handle. Your fam-ily needs help, and that help must start with you. Find the nearest Al-Anon meeting. Don’t be embarrassed about attending. Everyone there is in the same boat. What is said there stays there, and you will realize you are not alone with the burden of an alcoholic. You will learn to cope, to find your own path. Your children can attend Alateen meet-ings to get themselves on the right path, as well.

When confronted by your partner, and you will likely be verbally accosted, explain that your pleading fell on deaf ears for too long and it was too pain-ful to sit back doing nothing. You were powerless and needed to take a stand. A

victim — and that’s just what you are — can then ask if his or her husband, wife, partner, son, daughter, parent or friend will consider seeing a counselor, get in-house professional rehabilitation, or attend AA meetings. There are facilities across the country that work in a pro-fessional manner with their residents.

An alcoholic is an alcoholic is an alco-holic. There is no age limit, no ethnic pattern, no financial guideline, no edu-cational group targeted — only broken promises, frustration and repeated heartbreak. Anyone can fall prey to this ghastly addiction. So there can be no excuses. If your suggestion fails, at least you will have tried your best and you will be stronger for making the effort. If it works, you will both have the ability to mend the relationship.

Wife struggles with husband’s alcoholism

Dear Abby: “Todd” and I have been close friends since eighth grade. We’re now in our mid-20s, and over the years I have gotten to know his family. His mother, “Cindy,” is a kind and darling woman and I like her a lot. The problem is, she has it in her head that I am perfect for Todd. On more than one occasion she has gone so far as to ask me why I don’t marry him. Todd and I have always been close, but I have never had any interest in him beyond friendship. In fact, I am involved in a serious relationship right now with a man I love dearly. Is there a way to stop Cindy from making suggestive com-ments without hurting her feelings? — Holding my Tongue

Dear Holding your Tongue: Todd’s mother’s attempts at matchmak-ing may be annoying, but they’re the greatest compliment a mother can pay a young woman. The next time she does it, smile and tell her that if you could clone yourself you would because you think she’d be the best mother-in-law in the world, but you’re seeing someone and the rela-tionship is serious.

Dear Abby: I am a 48-year-old man about to be married for the sec-ond time. My bride, “Jennifer,” is sig-nificantly younger than I, but aside from that, we’re alike on most issues. We have lived together for five years and have two beautiful daughters,

ages 3 and 7.We are now involved in making

wedding plans. I know it’s a woman’s special day, but when I ask the nor-mal question of “How much does it cost?” Jennifer becomes unglued. She says she’s aware that we don’t have an unlimited budget, and she’s sick and tired of my always asking about the costs and saying things are too expensive. Today she went off again when I said that the diamond-encrusted wedding band she wants me to wear was too expensive, and a simple gold band is fine for me. I told Jennifer to cut out the Bridezilla atti-tude. Am I being an idiot to worry about the money, or is Jennifer being unrealistic by ignoring it and stifling my concerns? — Groom (?)

Dear Groom (?): You’re not an idiot. You are asking some very intel-ligent questions. One of the most frequent causes of divorce is argu-ments over money. So before you go any further, stop the music and insist that the two of you get premarital counseling.

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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Tens of thousands of North Koreans rallied in their capital to condemn the United States and South Korea on the 60th anniversary of the start of the Korean War, while Seoul told Pyongyang to admit responsibil-ity for a deadly warship sinking.

One large poster at the rally Friday in Pyongyang depicted a man kicking an American sol-dier and the slogan “U.S. Army, Get Out.” Another sign said, “Kick Them Out With a Single Punch,” according to footage shot by broadcaster APTN.

At least 120,000 people marched through the streets, “raising shouts for hatred and wrath at the U.S. imperialists and the South Korean group of traitors kowtowing to them,” according to the official Korean Central News Agency.

The mood surrounding the 60th anniversary of the war’s outbreak is far different from that at the 50th, which came just days after the conclusion of the first-ever summit between the Koreas in Pyongyang.

Tensions are high following the March sinking of the South Korean warship Cheonan in which 46 sailors died. South Korea has blamed the North for the attack, which Pyongyang denies. Relations were already sour since conservative President Lee Myung-bak took office in 2008 in Seoul with a harder line toward the North than his lib-eral predecessor.

The Korean conflict started in the early hours of June 25, 1950, with an attack on the

South by North Korean troops. The Korean peninsula had been divided in 1945 after colonial ruler Japan’s defeat in World War II.

The United States and 15 oth-er countries sent troops to aid South Korea, while Chinese sol-diers fought with the North and the Soviet Union provided air support. Three years of combat devastated both sides. The fight-ing ended with an armistice, not a permanent peace treaty, leav-ing the peninsula in a technical state of war.

At Friday’s Pyongyang rally, North Korean soldiers and civil-ians crammed the city’s central square to shout slogans and lis-ten to a speech condemning the U.S., the APTN footage showed.

“In order to establish our people’s dignity and our coun-try’s autonomy, our people and army will continue to strength-en nuclear deterrence for self defense,” Kim Ki Nam, secre-tary of the Central Committee of North Korea’s Workers’ Party, told the gathering.

North Korea, which has car-ried out two underground nucle-ar tests, often trumpets its suc-cess in atomic development as its ultimate means of defense and guarantee of independence.

The isolated nation’s leader Kim Jong Il was not seen at the event, which took place in Kim Il Sung Square — named for his late father, the country’s founder and leader during the Korean War. The elder Kim died in 1994.

The North, which calls the con-flict the Fatherland Liberation

War, says it was started by the United States. On Thursday, KCNA carried a massive 4,300-word article listing damage the North says the country suffered at U.S. hands since 1945.

KCNA cited the “Committee for Investigation into Damage Done by the U.S. to the Northern Half of Korea” as find-ing the total monetary cost for North Korean suffering came to a staggering $65 trillion. That amount is five times the U.S. national debt of about $13 tril-lion.

In Washington, the U.S. ridi-culed North Korea on Friday for the monetary claim, with State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley calling it “preposterous” and describing the country as an “economic basket case.”

In Seoul, South Korea held a ceremony to remember the war, widely known as “6/25” for the date it began. President Lee Myung-bak presented plaques of appreciation to representatives of countries that sent soldiers or supplies to aid the war effort.

“North Korea should clearly and frankly admit and apologize for its wrongdoing over its prov-ocation,” Lee said in a speech, referring to the sinking of the Cheonan. He also called on the country to assume a responsible attitude in the international community.

South Korea and the United States accuse North Korea of fir-ing a torpedo they say sent the ship down. Pyongyang denies any role in the incident and has vowed war if it is punished.

Bodies found beheadedKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Three interna-

tional troops were reported killed and the bodies of 11 men, some beheaded, were found Friday in rising violence across Afghanistan.

Mohammad Khan, deputy police chief in Uruzgan province, said a villager in the Bagh Char area of Khas Uruzgan district spotted the bodies in a field and called police.

“They were killed because the Taliban said they were spying for the government, working for the government,” he said.

The acting Uruzgan governor, Khudia Rahim, said five or six of the 11 victims had been behead-ed.

Meanwhile, NATO reported that a U.S. service member was killed in an insurgent attack Friday in eastern Afghanistan and another American died following a roadside bombing in southern Afghanistan on Thursday. NATO did not provide the exact location of the attacks.

A third service member died in an explosion Friday in southern Afghanistan, NATO said.

Pakistan scours net for blasphemyISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan will start moni-

toring seven major websites, including Google, Yahoo and Amazon, for sacrilegious content, while blocking 17 other, lesser-known sites it deems offensive to Muslims, an official said Friday.

The moves follow a temporary ban imposed on Facebook in May that drew both praise and condemnation in a country that has long strug-gled to figure out how strict a version of Islam it should follow.

Both the Facebook ban and the move announced Friday were in response to court orders. The sites to be monitored include Yahoo, Google, MSN, Hotmail, YouTube, Amazon and Bing, said Pakistan Telecommunication Authority spokesman Khurram Mehran.

“If any particular link with offensive content appears on these websites, the (link) shall be blocked immediately without disturbing the main website,” Mehran said.

Korea marks war anniversaryWorld Today

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HUNTSVILLE, Ontario (AP) — President Barack Obama carried a fresh con-gressional victory on tighter U.S. financial rules Friday to a summit of world lead-ers debating how to keep the world economy growing. There was little expectation of major breakthroughs from sessions here and in Toronto.

Divided on economic rem-edies, the leaders searched for common ground on other issues, such as confronting nuclear standoffs with Iran and North Korea, maternal and infant health care and dealing with the AIDs epi-demic.

Despite a big win early Friday as congressional negotiators in Washington reached a hard-fought com-promise on new Wall Street banking rules, Obama has been stymied on his pleas to Congress for more jobs and stimulus money. It seemed doubtful he could claim much momentum from the legislative win in corralling world leaders behind stron-ger global banking rules.

Obama’s call for more spending to keep world economies from slipping back into recession was being rebuffed by leaders in Europe and Japan who instead have emphasized cutting government spending and even raising taxes.

Leaders of the so-called Group of Eight — an aging club of rich democracies that include the U.S., Canada, Britain, Germany, France and Japan plus Russia — met for their annual session at a resort in Canada’s sprawl-ing Muskoka region of lakes and vacation cottages several hours drive north of Toronto.

On Saturday and Sunday, the focus was to shift to Toronto, where they will be joined by 12 leaders repre-senting fast-growing devel-oping economies including China, India and Brazil. At a time when leaders were

discussing fiscal auster-ity, Canada’s prime min-ister, Stephen Harper, has come under criticism over the projected costs of the summits, including at least $900 million for security and $2 million for a theme park inside the media cen-ter that includes an artificial lake with canoes, trees, deck chairs and a fake dock.

The so-called Group of 20 has been gradually overshad-owing the Group of Eight as the world’s premier forum for discussing and coordinating economic policy.

After showing strong soli-darity in earlier sessions dur-ing the height of the financial crisis, the leaders are divided now over whether to stimu-late economic growth with more spending — as Obama wants — or to rein in budget deficits in light of debt crises in Greece and other heavily

indebted nations.Britain’s new conserva-

tive prime minister, David Cameron, clearly is siding with budget austerity and sounded a skeptical tone Friday over the ability of leaders to carry out their soaring promises.

Cameron’s government unveiled an emergency bud-get Tuesday that included higher taxes and the tough-est cuts in public spending in decades. “Those countries with budget deficits need to do that and, as a world, we need to address the imbal-ances,” he said Friday after meeting with Harper, the summit host.

And in an opinion piece published Friday in the Canadian newspaper the Globe and Mail, Cameron wrote that calls to action and pledges issued regularly by the Group of Eight and other economic groupings seldom

bear fruit.“The G-8 needs to demon-

strate to the public that when we get together and sign up to these things, we mean it,” Cameron said.

Unmet pledges getting spe-cial attention this year: the G-8’s vow in Scotland five years ago to double interna-tional aid to Africa by 2010 and to make significant strides in providing access to AIDs treatment to all who need it. Neither of those goals have been achieved.

The G-8 was holding an outreach session with lead-ers of seven African nations. Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said the G-20 — which now has only one African member, South Africa — should be expand-ed.

“We are talking about the global village. What affects one nation affects the other. If African nations have chal-

lenges, the West also pays for it,” Jonathan said in an inter-view with The Globe and Mail. Nigeria is Africa’s most populous country.

Another top discussion point for the G-8 was a pro-posal by Canada’s Harper to bolster support for maternal and child health care in poor nations.

While most attention this year focused on economic issues, the leaders were also expected to discuss the world’s tense hot spots, including the long-lasting war in Afghanistan, ten-sions in the Middle East and nuclear ambitions of Iran and North Korea. Those dis-cussions were planned for Friday night.

The U.S. and its allies will be looking to convince China to support U.N. Security Council action to hold North Korea accountable for the sinking of a South Korean warship in March.

On Iran, the U.S. and European nations will push other major powers to join them in imposing tough new sanctions on Tehran over its nuclear program, building on expanded Security Council measures adopted earlier this month.

But China and Russia only reluctantly supported the sanctions, and have balked at new unilateral steps against Iran, saying any measures should not exceed those called for by the Security Council.

Russia’s bid to join the World Trade Organization — for which Obama voiced strong support on Thursday after a meet-ing in Washington with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev — could also come up. Obama pledged to help Russia speed up its more than decade-long bid in hopes that Moscow could win acceptance as early as Sept. 30.

World leaders seek economic common ground

Associated PressPresident Barack Obama talks with fellow leaders after taking the 2010 G8 Summit family photo at the Deerhurst Resort in Huntsville, Ontario, Canada, Friday. From left are, Obama. French President Nicolas Sarkozy, and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper

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