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By JEAN GORDONDaily Courier Staff Writer

FOREST CITY — The Hickory Log Barbecue is not for sale, and although the rumors are out there, owner Bill Gold said his restaurant is open five days a week as always.

He admits, however, he has had to

restructure some things, has had to “tem-porarily lay-off” some employees and has had to cut back.

Gold said his business has faced trying times in the past months, not only with the state of the economy, but with the weather, and just recently, a water leak closing the business for a few days.

“People would come by and say, ‘OK,

they’re closing down.’” “I’m not trying to sugar coat this. It’s

been a tough time for the business,” he said. “My problem is I just didn’t adjust quickly enough for the economy.”

“We are continuing to serve barbecue in these economic times.”

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By SCOTT BAUGHMANDaily Courier Staff Writer

SPINDALE — Dest Family Dentistry is one step closer to opening a clinic in the former Coldwell-Banker building in White Oak Plaza.

Officials with the N.C. Rural Center announced Thursday Dr. Richard Dest was eligible for a $156,000 grant to help

with renovating the building and would receive the money as soon as he provided proof of his ownership of the facility.

The Town of Spindale will administer the grant for the clinic.

“Dest Family Dentistry is pleased to have the opportunity to open an office in Rutherford County,” Dest said. “I appreci-ate the assistance and support that I have

received from the community. I am work-ing with the town of Spindale to meet all the requirements of the grant. I look for-ward to serving the citizens of Rutherford County.”

As part of the grant proposal, Dest has promised to create 13 full-time jobs at the

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Jean Gordon/Daily CourierDavidson College students undertake the monumental task of moving this mulch pile. Later they were offered the use of a front loader to haul the mulch.

By JEAN GORDONDaily Courier Staff Writer

LAKE LURE — Renovating bathrooms, pour-ing cement, constructing a green house and mulching trees might not be the idea of a spring break for some college students, but for eight Davidson students, it was their choice for a week-long reprieve from studying.

Last week Davidson students, Tim Hudson, Mari O’Connell, Shirley Akrasih, Kia Hunter,

Stephanie Hunt, Jennie Indersby, Julia Fearrington and Keith Taylor volunteered at The Mary B. Mullen Bible Camp off Freemantown Road, doing much needed chores.

They arrived in the Lake Lure area last week-end and stayed at the St. John’s Church parson-age near the Bible camp and participated in a Black History Month program at the church on

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Students and faculty at Rutherfordton Elementary School ducked and cov-ered for a scheduled tornado drill Friday. “I think we did very well for our first drill in this new building,” Principal Linda Edgerton said. The prac-tice was part of a severe weather awareness activi-ty at all Rutherford County Schools.

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Owners: Hickory Log not closing

College students spend their spring break working at camp

Dental clinic qualified for grant funding

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FOREST CITY — Wilbert Plastic Services has acquired the operating assets of United Southern Industries, which operates two plants in town.

The move was effective Friday.

“The acquisition of United Southern Industries allows us to expand our manu-facturing footprint in the Southeast U.S. region,” said Greg M. Botner, president/CEO of Wilbert Plastic Services.

“USI’s history of effec-tive operations, customer service, and long-term rela-tionships with its custom-ers made this acquisition a good fit for our business. We look forward to con-tinued success and growth with these customers by providing quality products and exceptional levels of service and product devel-opment support.”

Wilbert Plastic Services, a full-service manufacturer of plastic component and assemblies, has its head

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Music/concertsSinging program: Saturday, March 6, 5 p.m., Mt. Pisgah United Church of God, 246 Doggett Grove Road, Forest City; spon-sored by the Women’s Conference Committee.

The Snyder Family Band will be in concert Saturday, March 6, at Big Springs Baptist Church, Hollis Road, Ellenboro. Singing begins at 7 p.m. A love offering will be accepted.

Singing: Sunday, March 7, 11 a.m., Fellowship Holiness Church, 405 Deviney St., Spindale; featuring New Salem of Winston-Salem.

Singing: Sunday, March 7, 2 p.m., Village Chapel Church, 141 Huntley St., Forest City; featuring The Ray Davis Family of Forest City.

Singing: Sunday, March 7, 7 p.m., Riverside Baptist Church, Hogan Road, Harris; featuring the Royal Quartet of Forest City.

Singing program: Sunday, March 7, 5 p.m., Haynes Grove Baptist Church, Cliffside; on program — Lasting Peace, Joy Gospel Singers of Shelby, Camp Family of Henrietta, and the Camp Family of Caroleen.

The Royal Quartet will be in concert Saturday, March 13, at Holy Ground Community Church, 139 S. Powell St., Forest City. Singing begins at 6 p.m.

Singing: Sunday, March 14, 6 p.m., Grays Creek Baptist Church; featuring The Phillips Family of Gaffney.

The Primitive Quartet of Candler, will sing Sunday, March 14, at Harriett Memorial Free Will Baptist

Church, 1938 Hwy. 221-A in Caroleen. Music begins at 6 p.m. Love offering concert.

Special services Service cancelled: The ser-vice scheduled for tonight Temple of Jesus Church, Lake Lure, has been can-celled.

Special service: Friday, March 12, 7 p.m., New Life Christian Fellowship Church of God, 601 E. Main St., Spindale; guest speaker, Bishop Donagrant McCluney of Shelby.

Missions Conference: March 14-17, 7 nightly, Cornerstone Baptist Church, 4357 W. Dixon Blvd., near the intersection of US 74 and N. Academy St., Mooresboro, (at the caution light); different speakers each night; nurs-ery available.

Rainbow Tea: Sunday, March 14, 3 p.m., Union Hill AME Zion Church; sponsored by the Home Mission Department.

Men’s Day program: Sunday, March 14, 3 p.m., New Life Christian Fellowship Church of God, 601 E. Main St., Spindale; guest speaker, Pastor Willie S. Workman of Spartanburg, S.C.

Revival: March 14-18, Robertson Creek Free Will Baptist Church, Pea Ridge Road, Bostic; guest speaker, Rev. Jeff Duncan from Going Home FWB Church in Marion; Sunday service 6 p.m.; Monday-Thursday, 7 nightly.

Lenten services: St. Francis Episcopal Church, Rutherfordton, every Tuesday through March 30; Elie Wiesel (Remembrance), Pope John Paul II (Human Dignity), Mother Teresa (Compassion), and Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (Truth); soup/bread sup-per 6 p.m., service begins at 6:15 p.m.

Lenten services: Advent Lutheran Church, 102 Reveley St., Spindale, every Wednesday through March 24, from 7 to 7:30 p.m.; soup and sandwich supper at 6:30 p.m., reservations appreciated for the meal; call 287-2056 by noon each Tuesday.

Lenten services: Spindale United Methodist Church, each Wednesday through March 24 with different speakers and topics weekly; meal at 5:15 p.m., each week, program begins at 6 p.m.

Lenten services: First Baptist Church of Spindale, 105 East Wilson St., each Wednesday through March 31; worship time at noon; lunch promptly at 12:30 p.m.; lunch $4 per person; different speakers and top-ics each week; sponsored by the churches of Central Rutherford County.

“Women in White”: Sunday, April 18, 3 p.m., Union Hill AME Zion Church; guest speaker, Rev. Juanita Staley from Zion Grove AME Zion Church, Rutherfordton; sponsored by the deaconess board.

FundraisersFish fry: Saturday, March 6, 4 to 7:30 p.m.; Tanner’s Grove United Methodist Church, 151 Tanner’s Grove Road, Forest City; adults $8, ages 12 and under, $5; proceeds for the building fund.

Spaghetti supper: Saturday, March 6, begins at 4 p.m., Thermal City United Methodist Church, Union Mills; adults $7, children $3; prices include spaghetti, salad bar, home-made desserts.

Benefit: For Keith and Tammy Cogdell, who lost everything in a house fire; Sunday, March 6, 6 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Cane Creek Clubhouse; breakfast and lunch; silent auction 1 p.m.

Country ham supper: Saturday, March 6, 4 to 8 p.m., Duncan’s Creek Presbyterian Church, Ellenboro.

Chili cook off: Saturday, March 6, begins at 5 p.m., East Rutherford Church of God, Ellenboro/Henrietta Exit, off US 74; $5 per per-son, includes chili, bread, dessert and drink.

Buffet Breakfast: Saturday, March 6, 7 to 10:30 a.m., Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, Mt. Pleasant Church Road, Forest City; $5 per person, all you can eat.

Soup dinner: Saturday, March 6, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.; High Shoal Baptist Church, Henrietta; soups, corn-bread, sandwiches, desserts, drinks and more; adults $5; ages 6-12, $2.50; under 6 free; proceeds to the Needy Family Christmas Fund.

Spaghetti supper: Wednesday, March 10, 5 to 6:45 p.m., Long Branch Road Baptist Church, 621 Long Branch Road, Forest City; no set price, dona-tions accepted; proceeds for Team Kids.

Yard sale: Saturday, March 13, 7 a.m. to noon, Trinity Christian School in the school gym; rain or shine.

Talent Night: “Make a Joyful Noise”; Saturday, March 20, 6 p.m., West Point Baptist Church, 1160 Union Road, Rutherfordton; Christian and/or uplifting talent desired; donation requested for entry fee; prizes will be given; proceeds for mission trip to Jamaica; call 287-0165.

Auction: 10th Annual Johnny Hill Memorial Auction; Saturday, April 24, at West Point Baptist Church, Union Road, Rutherfordton; viewing and breakfast 8 to 10 a.m., auc-tion follows; lunch begins at 11 a.m.; proceeds for the building fund.

Other Free clothes closet: Saturday, March 6, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Heavenbound Baptist Church, 285 Friendship Dr., Ellenboro; free clothes and household items will be given away to those in need; drinks, coffee and sausage biscuits avail-able (donations accepted).

Open support group: “Let’s Talk About It” will meet every Monday from 7 to 8 p.m., beginning March 8, at New Life Fellowship Church, 601 E. Main St., Spindale. This group is for anyone who needs to talk about any issues.

Preschool registration: The kindergarten 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.

Fall registration: The Tot Learning Center at First United Methodist Church, Rutherfordton, will begin registration for fall classes on March 1. Contact Cathy Watson at 287-3704 for more information.

Mom’s Hope is a ministry 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, Forest City. Next meeting Feb. 11. For more information con-tact Chris at 287-3687.

“The Way Home”: A sup-port group for anyone recovering from an addic-tion; meetings are held each Monday at noon, Harvest House Church; 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. For more infor-mation 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 second Saturday of each month 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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

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

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

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

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

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Contributed photoMount Pleasant Baptist Church held a groundbreaking ceremony on Feb. 21, for a new 15,500 square foot multi-purpose worship center, which will be constructed on the site adjacent to the existing sanctuary located at 397 Mt. Pleasant Church Road.

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The fourth spiritual work of mercy is to comfort the sorrowful. Unfortunately, the world is full of pain and suffering, and we need not look far to find someone in need of comfort-ing. Philosophers have often referred to this realm as a “veil of tears,” suggesting that sorrow is the essence of our earthly existence. But surely, that goes too far. There is joy amongst the sadness, and great evils often give rise to incredible acts of mercy and for-giveness.

Life is a mixed bag, some good and some bad, and what gives our lives meaning is the abil-ity to improve the balance of good over bad. Sometimes, this involves increasing the happi-ness of others and at other times it means decreasing their pain. Comforting the sorrowful may be as simple as sending a sympathy card to someone who has lost a loved one, or it may be as complicated as rescuing someone who is suicidal. Often, the other person just needs someone to be with and listen to them. We should not feel compelled to give them advice

nor should we presume that we under-stand what they are going through. More appropriately, we should just let them know that we truly care about them and are there to listen and help. We may wish to consider suggesting or even arranging professional help for the person suffer-ing. Most people who are deeply suffering would benefit from professional counsel-ing of some kind, whether it is with their pastor, their doctor, or a psychotherapist. Finally, although we should not assume that we can do the work of a trained pro-fessional, we should try to be there for them in their hour of need.

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Man arrested for shooting GAFFNEY, S.C. (AP) — A North

Carolina man has been arrested in a shooting death at a South Carolina bar last month.

Multiple media outlets reported that 20-year-old Calvin O’Brian Gullatte of Shelby has been arrested in the shooting of another man at a bar in Gaffney on Valentine’s Day.

Police detective Jonathan Blackwell says Gullatte was arrested without incident in Shelby on Thursday and is awaiting extradition to South Carolina.

He’s accused of killing 20-year-old Sergio Trevon Leary of Boiling Springs, N.C., outside the bar a block from the Gaffney Police Department.

Police say about 100 men and women ran from the bar after the shooting.

Ice climber diesLAUREL SPRINGS (AP) —

Emergency workers have recovered the body of a man who was ice climb-ing alone along North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Parkway.

Multiple media outlets reported authorities haven’t released the iden-tity of the man, whose body was recovered Thursday afternoon in Alleghany County by rescue workers who rappelled down a steep slope to reach him.

Ice climbing is allowed on the area known as Ice Rock when that part of the parkway is closed to traffic because of snow and ice, as it has been recently. The spot is about five miles north of N.C. 18.

An ice climber from Cary died there in 1997.

Texas fugitive capturedHOUSTON (AP) — A former Texas

prison guard wanted in the slayings of his wife and mother-in-law has been captured in North Carolina.

According to a statement issued Friday by the U.S. Marshals Service, a tip led authorities to Albert James Turner Jr. He was taken without incident at a Concord, N.C., shopping mall.

Marshals credit publicity from the television show “American’s Most Wanted” for generating the tip that led to the 44-year-old fugitive.

Authorities had been looking

for Turner since Dec. 27, when his 39-year-old wife, Keitha Turner, and 66-year-old mother-in-law Betty Joe Frank were found stabbed to death at Frank’s home in Rosenberg, a Houston suburb. Investigators say the women had been stabbed to death in front of at least two of the Turner’s children.

Perdue unveils proposalWINSTON-SALEM (AP) — Gov.

Beverly Perdue says a new initiative will help more North Carolina firms win federal small business loans and get banks more involved in such bor-rowing programs.

Perdue announced her new efforts Friday in Winston-Salem.

The two-pronged effort will include providing advice to small businesses so they can write stronger loan appli-cations and teaching North Carolina banks how to take advantage of U.S. Small Business Administration loans.

The plan includes what Perdue’s office calls “banker boot camps” to educate loan officers and community banks.

Perdue says community banks think they’re over-regulated by Washington and are hesitant to lend, preventing small businesses from growing and creating jobs. She wants Congress and President Obama to find ways ease credit markets.

UNC dedicates gardenCHAPEL HILL (AP) — The

University of North Carolina has marked the second anniversary of the shooting death of the school’s former student body president with the dedi-cation of a garden in her memory.

Multiple media outlets reported that several hundred people gath-ered on the Chapel Hill campus on Thursday to dedicate the Eve Marie Carson Garden, which is located in Polk Place, a grassy area behind the Campus Y.

The 22-year-old student from Athens, Ga., was found shot death in the early morning of March 5, 2008, in a Chapel Hill neighborhood.

Two men are charged in her death.The garden also features an inscrip-

tion wall made of Georgia marble with a quote from Carson.

WRAL-TV reported that Carson’s parents were at the ceremony but did not speak.

WASHINGTON (AP) — On the other side of the obstacle course that President Barack Obama must clear to get his health care overhaul, a final trapdoor is lurking: the divisive politics of abortion.

The issue pits House Democrats against each other just when Obama is calling on them to unite for one last push on health care in a perilous election year. The fate of the sweep-ing legislation to expand coverage and revamp the health insurance market hangs in the balance.

House Democrats opposed to abor-tion, as well as their counterparts who support abortion rights, are resisting funding restrictions on the procedure spelled out in the Senate health care overhaul bill. But the plan Democratic leaders have worked out for the health care endgame calls for House Democrats to pass that same Senate bill, with little prospect of changing the abortion language.

Although each chamber is also sup-posed to pass a companion package of agreed-upon changes, abortion funding is not among them. It doesn’t appear likely to be included.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi vented her frustration Thursday, telling report-ers she will not stand for health care legislation getting dragged down in a battle over abortion. “This is not

about abortion,” said Pelosi, D-Calif. “This is a bill about providing qual-ity affordable health care for all Americans.”

She may not have a choice, says a leading abortion foe.

Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., says he and a dozen fellow Democrats who supported the House bill will vote against it this time unless the Senate language is replaced with stiffer restrictions previously adopted by the House. The House health care bill passed by 220-215 last November, only after Pelosi was forced to give Stupak a floor vote that incorporated his strict abortion funding provision in the measure.

Nothing has changed, says Stupak. “I don’t think they have the votes to pass it,” he said.

It’s not clear, however, that every lawmaker who voted with Stupak the first time will stick with him.

Rep. Dale Kildee said he’s keep-ing an open mind as he studies the Senate bill. “I’m looking at the lan-guage in the Senate bill to see if it carries out the purpose of the Hyde amendment,” said Kildee, D-Mich. “If it does so to my satisfaction, I think I could go along with it.”

The long-standing Hyde amend-ment bars federal funding for abor-tion except in cases of rape, incest or to save the mother’s life.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The government said Thursday it has received more than 60 complaints from Toyota drivers who say their cars have sped up by themselves even after being fixed to correct the problem.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it is contacting every owner to learn more about the consumer reports. The complaints, which are submitted online or through a NHTSA hot line, have not been independently verified.

“We are determined to get to the bottom of this,” NHTSA administrator David Strickland said in a statement.

The new complaints, while small in number com-pared to Toyota’s population of recalled vehicles, raise questions about whether Toyota’s repairs will prevent reports of sudden unintended accelera-tion or if there could be electronic causes behind the safety issues. The world’s No. 1 automaker has recalled more than 8 million vehicles worldwide to address gas pedals that can become sticky or trapped under floor mats, prompting scrutiny from Congress and federal prosecutors.

NHTSA has linked 52 deaths to crashes allegedly caused by Toyota’s acceleration problems.

Toyota dealers have been installing a metal piece the size of a postage stamp and shortening gas pedals to address the problems. But the govern-ment said if the remedy provided by Toyota is not addressing the issue, NHTSA could order Toyota to provide a different solution.

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Associated PressRep. Walter Jones, D-N.C., right, accompanied by Rep. Gene Taylor, D-Miss., speak about health care and NAFTA during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday.

Abortion coverage dispute divides House Democrats

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JILL CATALDOIt’s time again to answer reader mail from people like you who are learning to Super-Coupon:Q: “I’ve been reading your columns with great interest. Prices seem so high right now in the grocery store. If I just buy the store brand of products, won’t I save more money than using coupons on the big brands?”A: This is a common misconception among new coupon shoppers. It’s true that when you compare the shelf price of store brands with the price of name-brand products, the store brands often appear to save us more money. But with rare exceptions, we can almost always buy the name-brand products that we like and prefer – with coupons – at an even better price than the store brand.Why is this? Quite simply, there are many more coupons and discounts available for name-brand products than for store-brand products. If you look at your coupon inserts from the newspaper and the wide variety of coupons available on the Internet, you’ll quickly notice that there are typically no coupons for store-brand items. Large, brand-name product manufacturers work very hard to encourage us to try their products. They feature their brands and products in the coupon inserts, offering shoppers significant discounts to try them. Many times, it’s also possible to find store coupons for the same products. If we stack a store and manufacturer coupon together, we’re reaching an even larger savings on the brand-name item than we could by simply purchasing the store brand at its regular low price.As with all things, there are always exceptions. If your store happens to offer coupons for its own brands, that’s a great way to save. Here’s a perfect example. Recently, my store had coupon dispensers set up in the aisle offering $1 coupons for “any [store-brand] paper product.” During this sale, store-brand rolls of paper towels, boxes of facial tissue and packages of the napkins were all on sale for $1. Now, if you’re a regular reader of my column, you know that using a $1 coupon on a $1 sale is one of my favorite ways to get things for free!Speaking of coupon dispensers, our next question this week pertains to them.

Q: “I often see coupon machines on the shelves of the grocery store, but the coupons in them aren’t usually for things on sale. Is there a strategy for getting good discounts with these?”A: Absolutely! You’re right in noticing that most of the time, the coupons in the store’s coupon dispensers don’t link up to the best sales in the store. That’s also true of the coupons we receive in the newspaper each week. Their greatest value comes when the price of the featured item takes a big dip. I regularly “shop” the coupon dispensers in my stores. If I see coupons for an item I like, I will take a few to hold onto until the sale price drops. About six weeks ago, my store’s coupon dispenser offered $2 coupons for turkey bacon. But the turkey bacon was on sale for $4.99, a relatively high price. I took a few coupons from the dispenser and held onto them for four weeks… when the price of the turkey bacon went down to $2.99. Now, I took home turkey bacon for 99 cents a package! If I had used those coupons the week I found them in the dispenser though, I would still have paid $2.99 a package – three times the price.

Reader Mail: Can I savemore with store brands?

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North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper appears determined in his efforts to

restore faith and confidence in the state’s crime lab.

Cooper announced Friday that two former FBI executives — Mike Wolf, who led an inspection team that fixed problems at the FBI crime lab in 1998 and 1999, and Chris Swecker, who was in charge of nine FBI divisions, includ-ing the science and forensic lab divi-sions — will conduct an independent review of the state lab.

The crime lab has been put under a cloud by testimony in a recent hearing before the state Innocence Commission.

“An outside review is important for the integrity of the process and public confidence in the work of the SBI lab,” Cooper said.

We absolutely agree.By acting quickly and decisively on

this matter, the questions about the labs performance can be answered and problems can be fixed.

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Our readers’ viewsRestates objections to TJCA lawsuit

To the editor:On March 3, George Shinn’s

letter “Defends TJCA’s efforts to get additional funds” incredu-lously asked why the char-ter school’s lawsuit against Rutherford County Schools (RCS) has created a “big controversy.”

Apparently, he didn’t read my letter of Feb. 6 where I detailed exactly why this lawsuit is indeed an outrage.

I won’t repeat everything, but the basic facts are this: TJCA is filing suit to require RCS to provide the charter school with a portion of the funds which RCS receives for special programs like More at Four, Head Start, Smart Start, ROTC and others. TJCA does not have these programs.

The funding for these programs is mandated by state and federal law to be used exclusively for these programs.

Should TJCA somehow, against all logic and fairness, win this lawsuit, RCS will be forced to either suspend the programs or, more likely, find nearly $900,000 (and an annual sum of about one third of that amount in perpetuity) from elsewhere in the operating budget to satisfy TJCA’s demands.

I hope that is clear enough for Mr. Shinn and everyone to understand.

Mr. Shinn’s letter also includ-ed a heavy dose of typical boos-terism for the charter school — that is his right — but the fact remains that whether or not TJCA is a good school is utterly

irrelevant to this case. The charter school’s govern-

ing body is, for whatever reason, seeking to acquire funds that by law they are not entitled to receive because the funds — again as per specific federal and state law — are for specific pro-grams the charter school does not offer. Indeed, the bulk of the funding is for student popula-tions that TJCA does not serve.

The only possible grounds for this case is to force RCS (and once the precedent is set, all oth-er North Carolina school systems with charter schools) to base the percent of allocation given to TJCA on the system’s total operating budget rather than the operating budget actually allo-cated to RCS’s general student population. If this happens, the charter school’s per student allo-cation would be higher than the RCS per student allocation and not only for one year, but perma-

nently.So, how is it — as Mr. Shinn

states — that “TJCA is not trying to rob anybody of their money: they just want what is right-fully theirs?” How is funding for programs—and types of students — that TJCA doesn’t have “right-fully theirs?”

Technically, I suppose this law-suit isn’t robbery, but it is just as ethically reprehensible as it requests that the charter school funding law trump all other laws.

This action by TJCA’s leadership certainly doesn’t inspire “hope” nor does it make me “grateful” — quite the opposite.

As I stated in my first letter, hopefully others in Rutherford, Cleveland and Polk counties will begin investigating the facts of this lawsuit and questioning the motives behind it.

David K. YeltonRutherfordton

Health insurers are not the villains in this storyRALEIGH – If you want to

know why President Obama, leaders of the Democratic Congress, and their allies in activist groups and the press are trying to sell their health care program by bashing insurance companies, you need only to look at a few numbers.

But I don’t mean the num-bers on health care spending, inflation, or profitability.

Those figures show that the vast majority of the dol-lars spent on health care go to providers – to doctors, hospitals, medical devices, and pharmaceuticals – rather than to insurers for their overhead and return to shareholders.

The profit margin in health insurance is low, typi-cally 4 percent or less. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of North Carolina, that boogeyman of the state’s liberal imagina-tion, posted a net margin of just over 2 percent last year.

So the fact that Blue Cross is planning double-digit increases in its premiums next year does not identify the culprit. It just identi-

fies the problem – excessive demand for medical services of marginal benefit, financed in ways that insulate patients from the real prices of the care they consume.

The numbers that really matter to Obama & Co. are the results of public-opinion polls. Consistently, they show that voters generally like medical providers and gener-ally don’t like health insur-ers. That’s why the latter are being targeted.

The Left needs villains to make their fictional account of health care inflation seem plausible. It’s really as simple as that.

You can see the problem clearly by taking a look at the results of a poll Gallup did last summer.

Asked about names or groups whose health-care

reform recommendations they had confidence in, 73 percent of respondents expressed confidence in doc-tors and 61 percent said the same about hospitals. Even drug companies (40 per-cent) got a higher rating than health insurers (35 percent).

Since then, the only signif-icant change in public senti-ment has been a dramatic decline in public confidence in the ability of President Obama and Democrats in Congress to recommend the right course of action.

Republicans started low on the scale and likely haven’t improved their situation much.

Voters have little faith in politicians of both parties at the moment, a sentiment that is both reasonable and reassuring.

What health insurers can do to improve their public image is a question beyond the scope of this column or my expertise.

But policymakers could do something, if they were so inclined.

The existing health insur-

ance industry is not itself a creation of free markets coordinating individual deci-sions and enterprises. It is the creation of government interference in the market.

For decades, for example, if people bought medical ser-vices with cash, it has cost them as much as 50 percent more than paying for the same services via an insur-ance claim, because of the income and payroll taxes applied to cash but not to insurance premiums.

In the absence of this dis-tortion, it is highly likely that health insurance would look more like other forms of insurance.

Individuals and fami-lies would own their own policies, rather than hav-ing employers make all the decisions and workers feel trapped in their jobs because they can’t take their health plan with them if they leave.

These individual and fam-ily subscribers would pay reasonable premiums, often fixed for multi-year terms, and most would file insur-ance claims only rarely, after

being in a serious accident or developing a major illness.

That’s the direction employers and individuals are moving now, thanks to the proliferation of consum-er-driven health plans that combine high-deductible insurance policies with tax-free savings accounts from which patients pay for rou-tine services.

The John Locke Found-ation decided years ago to offer two such plans to our employees, and we have experienced virtually no pre-mium increase over the past two years.

We don’t hate our health insurer.

As consumer-driven health care continues to grow, other Americans may change their perceptions of health insur-ers, too. That’s one reason why the Left must destroy consumer-driven health care and impose government-run health care soon, before they run out of villains to bash.

Hood is president of the John Locke Foundation.

Syndicated columnist

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Shirley MeltonShirley B. Melton, 74, of 154

Big Springs Ave., Forest City, died Wednesday, March 3, 2010, at Hospice House.

Born in Spartanburg County, S.C., she was a daughter of the late James Floyd Phillips and Bernice Henley Phillips.

She was a member of Harmon Street Baptist Church and worked at PPG for 23 years.

Survivors include two sons, Kenneth Phillips of Spindale, and John Rollins of Rutherfordton; one sister, Rachel Louise Packard of Bostic; six grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and a number of nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Monday at Harrelson Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Bobby Hedgepath officiating. Interment will follow in Cleveland Memorial Park. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.

At other times, the family will gather at 911 Old US 74 Hwy., Bostic.

Online condolences harrelsonfu-neralhome.com.

Charlie Bob Williams

Charles “Charlie Bob” Robert Williams, 72, of Spindale, died Friday, March 5, 2010, at Hospice House in Forest City.

A native of Rutherford County, he was a son of the late Claude and Bertie Williams, and the widower of Frances Hendley Williams.

He was a retired man-ager of Spindale Farm and Garden, and a member of Second Baptist Church.

He is survived by two daughters, Vickie Ward and Leisa Snyder, both of Rutherfordton; two sisters, Sybil Hamrick of Spindale, and Geraldine Laughter of Marion; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchil-dren.

Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Second Baptist Church in Rutherfordton with Dr. Keith Stephenson and the Rev. Brandon Wood officiat-ing. Interment will follow in the Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church cem-etery. Visitation will be held Saturday from 5 to 8 p.m. at Crowe’s Funeral Home.

In lieu of flowers, memori-als may be made to Hospice of Rutherford County, P.O. Box 336, Forest City, NC 28043.

Online condolences crowemortu-ary.com.

Sandy LandrumSandra Ann “Sandy”

Landrum, of 362 Forest St., Forest City, died Thursday, March 4, 2010, at Rutherford Hospital.

She was a daughter of the late Johnnie and Angeline Proctor Landrum.

Survivors include two sons, Adarryl Landrum and Shawn Landrum; two sisters, Doris Walls and Barbara Landrum, both of Forest City; and five granddaughters.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday at New Bethel Independent Church, Forest City, with the Revs. Zane McMillian and Jerry Logan officiating. The body will lie in state one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

Thompson’s Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.

George McKinneyGeorge Edward McKinney,

60, of 289 Abrams & Moore Road, Rutherfordton, died Tuesday, March 2, 2010, at The Brian Center in Weaverville.

Survivors include two brothers, the Rev. Walter E. McKinney of Michigan and Ronnie McKinney of Kings Mountain; two sisters, Mae McKinney Phillips of Forest City and Diane McKinney Simpson of Polk County.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday at St. Paul AME Zion

Church, Forest City, with the Rev. Buford Brown officiat-ing. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

Thompson’s Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.

Valarie MesserValarie Messer, 35, of

Dalton, Ga., died Wednesday, March 3, 2010, at her resi-dence.

Born in Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., she is survived by her husband, Chris Messer; her parents, James Sanford and Margaret Lino; a son, Josh Messer; two daughters, Valarie and Tiffany Messer; three brothers, Wesley Sanford, Jason Sanford and Joseph Sanford; and numer-ous aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins.

A celebration of life ser-vice will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Melrose Chapel of Ponders Funeral Home in Dalton with the Rev. Danny Cochran officiat-ing. The family will receive friends at the funeral home, beginning at 9 a.m. until the funeral hour.

Online condolences www.ponders-funeralhome.com.

Herman JacksonCharles Herman Jackson,

76, of 1055 Coopers Gap Road, Mill Spring, died Thursday, March 4, 2010.

He was a son of the late Bob and Sallie Walker Jackson.

Mr. Jackson was self-employed in pulpwood bull-dozing, attended Coopers Gap Baptist Church and served in the Army.

He is survived by his wife, Joyce Flynn Jackson; two foster daughters, Patty Crabtree of Mooresville, and Minnie Mathis of Franklin; a brother, Hoyle Jackson of Mill Spring; three sisters, Reba Doty of Cleveland, Ala., Doris Holbert of Tryon, and Bobbie Jo Hendrix of Pooler, Ga.; and five grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Coopers Gap Baptist Church conducted by the Revs. David Turner, John Godfrey and Bob Philbeck. Burial will fol-low in the church cemetery with military honors. The family will receive friends Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Petty Funeral Home, Landrum, S.C.

The family will be at the home.

Memorials may be made to Hospice of the Carolina Foothills, 130 Forest Glen Dr., Columbus, NC 28722; or to Coopers Gap Baptist Church, Cemetery Fund, 730 Coopers Gap Road, Mill Spring, NC 28756.

Online condolences www.pettyfu-neralhome.com.

Sheriff’s Reportsn The Rutherford County

Sheriff’s Office responded to 160 E-911 calls Thursday.n Yeshica Shamanda

Mosley reported a breaking and entering and the theft of a laptop computer.n Crystal Lynn Bledsoe

reported the theft of a 1995 Dodge Caravan.n Dennis Frank Harris

reported the theft of a wheel-chair.

Rutherfordtonn The Rutherfordton Police

Department responded to 33 E-911 calls Thursday.n The North Carolina

Department of Transport-ation reported a roadway sign being knocked down.

Spindalen The Spindale Police

Department responded to 26 E-911 Thursday.

Lake Luren The Lake Lure Police

Department responded to six E-911 calls Thursday.

Forest Cityn The Forest City Police

Department responded to 49 E-911 calls Thursday.n An officer of the Forest

City Police Department reported an incident of found property.n An employee of West

Pawn reported an incident of obtaining property by false pretense.n An employee of Kenny’s

Tire reported an incident of fraud.

Arrestsn James Morrow, 22, of

Beaver Street, Forest City;

charged with two counts of obtaining property by false pretense and uttering a forged endorsement; placed under a $12,000 secured bond. (FCPD)n Otis McEntire, 61, of

Oakland Road, Spindale; charged with driving while impaired; freed on a custody release. (FCPD)n Derrick Devall Lake, 20,

of 197 Emrill Hill; charged with misdemeanor proba-tion violation; placed under a $3,000 secured bond. (Probation)n Wenceslado Tomas, 51, of

50 Hope Circle; charged with failure to comply on com-munity service and driving while license revoked; placed under a $700 secured bond. (RCSD)n Howard Edward Guy

III, 48, of 375 Harmon St.; charged with harass-ing phone call; released on a $500 unsecured bond. (RCSD)n Roy Odell Bradley, 49,

of 164 Harvey Logan Road; true bill possession with intent to manufacture, sell and deliver schedule II con-trolled substance, possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug parapher-nalia; released on a $30,000 unsecured bond. (RCSD)n James Dustin Morrow,

24, of 139 Beaver St.; charged with felony proba-tion violation; placed under a $12,000 secured bond. (RCSD)

n William Scott Buckner, 17, of 411 U.S. 74; charged with assault on a female; released on a written prom-ise to appear. (RCSD)n Trevor Ray Pitman, 19,

of 555 Sunshine Lake Road; charged with misdemeanor larceny; placed under a $100

secured bond. (RCSD)n Chasity Lynn Medina,

30, of 141 Spinner St.; charged with communicating threats; released on a written promise to appear. (RCSD)n Candice Danyelle

Harrison, 27, of 352 Mayse Road, Forest City; charged with larceny; released on a $1,000 unsecured bond. (RPD)n Jamie Todd Mitchell, 40,

of 181 W. Court St., Apt. 22, Rutherfordton; charged with simple assault; placed under a $500 secured bond. (RPD)

Citationsn Marlon Antoine Morris,

37, of 3609 Chepstow Court, Charlotte; cited for driving while license revoked. (RPD)n Kenneth Bryan Daves,

41, of 180 Cherry Mountain St., Forest City; cited for driving without a license. (RPD)

EMS/Rescuen The Rutherford County

EMS responded to 33 E-911 calls Thursday.

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

Fire Callsn Bill’s Creek firefighters

responded to a motor vehicle accident.n Ellenboro firefighters

responded to a motor vehicle accident.

n SDO firefighters responded to a structure fire.n Spindale firefighters

responded to a motor vehicle accident.

Associated PressIn a Thursday, Feb. 18, file photo, Greg Taylor talks to his mother on the phone at his daughter’s home in Durham, Attorney General Roy Cooper has ordered an independent review of the state’s crime lab following revelations about practices there that led to a groundbreaking exoneration of Taylor, who was wrongly accused of murder.

RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina’s attorney general on Friday ordered an inde-pendent review of the state’s crime lab following revela-tions about practices that led to a groundbreaking exon-eration of a man wrongly accused of murder.

Attorney General Roy Cooper told The Associated Press that two former assis-tant directors of the Federal Bureau of Investigation will review the practices of the lab, managed by the State Bureau of Investigation. The review of cases dating to the 1990s will begin in about a week, he said.

“An outside review is important for the integrity of the process and public confi-dence in the work of the SBI lab,” Cooper said Friday in an interview.

The lab’s practices were a critical issue in the case of Greg Taylor, who served more than 16 years behind bars for the murder of a pros-titute in Raleigh before he was exonerated last month.

Also Friday, Taylor filed a request for a pardon with Gov. Beverly Perdue. He’s eligible for $750,000 in com-pensation if she grants a par-don based on innocence.

“I perceive it more as a for-mality,” Taylor said. “I’d like the governor to acknowl-edge my innocence and have something to put on my wall.”

Perdue said she would “aggressively pursue” Taylor’s request.

“If I had been in the state prison system for the last 17 years of my life, I’d be very angry,” she said “Whatever the state is supposed to pay him, I wouldn’t take that for 17 weeks of my life.”

Taylor said the outside review is necessary.

“I believe that if people are calling that crime lab into question then there is a need to have an audit of those records then it should be done independently,” Taylor said.

The independent investiga-tors will review SBI crime lab cases and practices from the early 1990s and current methods, Cooper said.

“Clearly, I was concerned about what I heard and if there were any deficiencies, in the crime lab, then or now, then they have to be fixed,” Cooper said.

Perdue said she sup-ported the review, adding that Taylor is not the first

North Carolina prisoner to be wrongly convicted. “I applaud the general’s deci-sion,” she said. “A lot of us think this should have hap-pened after the first case.”

The two who will review the lab are Mike Wolf, who led an inspection team that fixed problems at the FBI crime lab in 1998 and 1999, and Chris Swecker, who was in charge of nine FBI divi-sions, including the science and forensic lab divisions. Swecker, an attorney, also is a former FBI special agent in charge for North Carolina.

During Taylor’s innocence hearing, an SBI agent testi-fied that agents were told to write in lab reports that evidence gave chemical indi-cations for the presence of blood when the first test for blood came back positive. Agent Duane Deaver said agents were told to use that language even when a follow-up test was negative.

The information about a negative follow-up test would be part of an agent’s notes, but wasn’t included in the lab reports routinely provided to courts, Deaver said.

SBI Director Robin Pendergraft later confirmed the testimony.

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Hickory Log is also not undergoing foreclosure.

He reported having his most suc-cessful Friday with the lunch crowd.

Gold’s business began to see its first slow down when the textile industry began closing down in the county.

Hickory Log catered meals for the textile plants.

“At Cone, we’d do three meals a year for 2,000 employees. That’s 6,000 meals in a day,” he said.

Gold said Hickory Log is an icon in Forest City and has been in business 40 years.

He and his wife Patsy have been sole owners of the restaurant since 1978. The restaurant opened in 1968 with Gold and other partners.

Contact Gordon via e-mail at jgordon@thedigitalcourier.com.

quarters in Belmont.Primary plastic processes focus

around industrial thermoforming and injection molding.

With current sales of $200 million annually, Wilbert Plastic Services is considered one of the largest sup-pliers in the industry. Some of the industries served are transportation, agriculture, consumer products, medical and recreation.

Wilbert Plastic Services has eight facilities with more than one million square feet of manufacturing space, a news release from the company notes.

Health/educationDiabetic Shoe Clinic: Friday, March 12, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Ruth-erford County Senior Center, 193 Callahan-Koon Road, Spindale; for people covered by Medicare Part B; a specialist will measure each patient and provide a prescription form to be filled out by a physician.

Community Health Clinic of Rutherford County provides access to primary medical care, well-ness education, medications and preventative programs. The clinic, open Monday through Thursday, is located at 127 E. Trade St., B 100, Forest City. Patients seen by appointment only. The clinic does not accept patients with private insurance, Medicaid or Medicare. Call 245-0400.

Meetings/otherCarolina Nature Photographers Association, Foothill Region, Rutherford County, will meet Monday, March 8, at the county annex Building at 6:30 p.m. For more information call 429-5096.

Sports recognition program: Chase High Athletic Boosters will hold its winter sports banquet Monday, March 8. Refreshments 6:30 p.m., awards program at 7 p.m., in the auditorium.

Alumni breakfast: Harris High School alumni breakfast; Tuesday, March 9, begins at 9 a.m., at Turner’s Restaurant, Chesnee, S.C.; Dutch treat; for more information, contact Joan at 245-2658. Monthly meeting: Rutherford County Beekeeper’s Club will meet Tuesday, March 16, at the Cooperative Extension Office. The meeting begins at 6 p.m. NC Bee Inspector Jack Hanel will speak on diseases and pests.

MiscellaneousLow-cost rabies clinic: Saturday, March 13, noon to 1 p.m.; Thunder Road Animal Hospital; $10 cash, one-year rabies; $12 cash, three-year rabies; other discounted vac-cines available; call 286-0033.

Reading program: KidSenses will offer its second session of the “Littlest Readers” program; begins March 10, 9 to 10 a.m., every Wednesday for six weeks; ages birth - 3; call to register, 286-2120; $55 for members, $65 non-members, payment plans available.

Scholarship opportunity: The Women’s Conference Committee from the Doggett Grove Community offers two scholarships to graduat-ing seniors at Chase, East and R-S Central high schools. To obtain an application contact Denise McKinney (248-2812), Mary Harris (245-7372), or Tinnie Dawkins (245-1419).

Foothills Harvest Outreach Ministries will hold a 75 percent sale on all winter items March 8-13. The store is located at 120 E. Trade St., Forest City.

Cosmetology specials: Open to the public March 23-26. The specials include hair cut, perm or relaxer, and style for $10 (regular rates $28). Appointments are requested but walk-ins will be accepted. TWTh, clients will be accepted between 9 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. and Friday 26th, 8:15 and 11 a.m. only. We do have a huskins (high school) afternoon class that could be a part of this special taking clients at 1:00 PM only Tuesday - Thursday.

Basket-Making Workshop: Saturday, March 13, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Ruby Lowery will teach the making of a Williamsburg basket; limited space. The Visual Arts Center is located at 160 N. Main St., Rutherfordton. Register for classes by calling 288-5009 or download application from www.rcvag.com.

FundraisersHaiti benefit: Saturday, March 13, 5 to 7 p.m., open fire cooking including chili beans, fried cabbage, boiled potatoes, cornbread and apple cobbler. Proceeds will benefit Danita’s Orphanage in Haiti.

Fish fry, rib plates: Saturday, March 13, begins at 11 a.m., Unionville Lodge, 703 Ledbetter Road, Spindale; plates $6; sand-wiches $3; NY stuled hot dogs $2; carry outs available; all proceeds for the building fund.

Benefit steer raffle: Saturday, March 13, 10 a.m. to noon, West Pawn and Trading, 1304 West Main St., Forest City; hot dog sale, half and half raffle, baked goods and more; all proceeds to sponsor deaf children at a 3-day summer camp, Strength of HIS Hands Ranch, Forest City; for information contact Angel West at 828-223-3855.

Benefit ride: For 12-year-old Hayden Clark (diagnosed with Myoepithelioma); Saturday, March 20, at Rutherford County Moose Lodge; yard sale begins at 7 a.m.; barbecue plates, 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.; benefit ride starts at 2 p.m., $15 per single rider, $20 for dou-bles; music by Bandana and Double Cross, 6 to 9 p.m.; door prizes, T-shirts, 50/50 tickets and more; for information call 429-5195.

Feb. 28. Even last Tuesday when the fourth

snow event of the season arrived, students worked at the camp to do as much work as possible.

Only when the nearby mountains became completely white with the snow did Davidson’s students realize they had to go inside for the remain-der of the afternoon.

Yvonne Gordon — board president for the camp — became acquainted with the Davidson students after being introduced to Davidson’s Anthropology Professor Dr. Nancy Fairley through mutual friends, Wayne and Charlotte Epley of Rutherfordton. The Epleys visited St. Johns Church one Sunday and after seeing the need for workers at the camp, introduced Fairley to Gordon.

Fairley brought Kristen Booher of Davidson’s Community Service Office to look at the camp and it became a mission project alternative for spring break.

There are several camp volunteers who worked with the Davidson stu-dents during the week. Ricky Logan instructed students on the proper way to mulch. Calvin Freeman helped students with setting up a greenhouse and Charles Sullivan provided gravel for the newly constructed bathroom and provided a front loader for mulching.

Alfred Wilkerson used the front loader to help them move the mulch to strategic locations and Kenneth Lynch provided tools.

Kia Hunter chose Davidson’s alter-native spring break program in order to get to know Davidson’s students better and to help others. “Plus I

didn’t have any major spring plans,” she quipped.

Mari O’Connell, one of two group leaders, said the alternative service program is a “cool way to get to know an issue in another part of the coun-try. “

“Those kids are some hard-working kids,” Gordon said Friday afternoon. “It even took a lot of convincing from me to get them to take this after-noon off to go to the movies or visit around.” Gordon said even one of the leaders kept asking if they could doing something else.

Students worked and mulched around trees all over the 52 acre camp, she said. “They prepared the floor for the green house, leveled the floor for the bathroom for the plumb-er and moved that pile of mulch.”

Contact Gordon via email at jgordon@the-digitalcourier.com

clinic, post the want ads for those positions in Rutherford County and set a pay rate between $11 and $17 per hour. The jobs would have full ben-efits, including health insurance and a 401k retirement plan.

“The next process will be for the Rural Center to forward the papers to the town for us to sign the agree-ment — if our attorney and the board approve the agreement,” Spindale Mayor Mickey Bland said. “The board could still turn the grant down if the wording in the repayment is not to our satisfaction. It isn’t a completely done deal at this point. We will prob-ably discuss this again at our meeting March 15.”

If Dest is awarded the grant and fails to create the jobs and keep them for at least six months, Dest will have to repay some or all of the grant depending on how many jobs are cre-ated.

“The town will not be responsible for the repayment, but we would be responsible to help collect from Dest if he has to repay,” Bland said. “That being the case, we need to find out what measures [the Rural Center] expect us to take.”

During Dest’s initial proposal at town council’s January meeting, some local dentists spoke against the appli-cation saying they were opposed to taxpayer funded competition.

Dest defended his proposition by saying the clinic would serve a great number of Medicaid patients in the county who were going to out-of-

county clinics for service — includ-ing many low-income children and adults.

“To me the dental clinic will serve a lot of adults, too, and no one will see these adults,” said Smart Start Executive Director Barry Gold. “They are elderly and need dental care, too. Only a few dentists will see Medicaid patients now, the vast majority of our dentists will not. It is not going to take their client base away, I don’t understand why they are so opposed.”

At the January meeting Dest said he was committed to opening the clinic even if the grant fell through. Dest could not be reached for comment for this story.

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

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Jean Gordon/Daily CourierYvonne Gordon (right) with Jenni Indersby, discuss the day’s chores at Mary B. Mullen Bible Camp.

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The camp was founded by Mary Mullen in 1906 for the purpose of providing an education for African Americans. The camp became inactive in recent years.

The camp, formerly named The Mullen Bible Training School, was a unique setting for the education of African Americans; first as a grade school, then as a high school. The school remained active until 1943 when it was temporarily closed due to financial difficulties. The school reopened in 1948. It closed again in 1953. Subsequently, the camp was uti-lized periodically.

During the 1990’s, the camp again experienced many “ups and downs.” The camp is being restored.

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RUTHERFORDTON — A tele-phone survey being conducted for the state Internet authority by Foothills Connect has reached its midpoint. More than 3,670 surveys have been completed.

The survey continues through Saturday, March 13.

Two shifts of callers have been working since the first of March to determine the penetration of broadband access across Rutherford County and throughout the state.

The business and technology center in Rockingham County is also work-ing on the project.

Those willing to participate in the survey are asked whether they have Internet access available in their homes and what types of technology are used in the home.

Internet access survey under way

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Mills .Lane .honored .by .boxing .writers

NEW YORK (AP) — Longtime boxing referee Mills Lane will be honored with the James J. Farley Award by the Boxing Writers Assocation of America.

The award is given out peri-odically to those who exemplify “honesty and integrity” in box-ing.

Lane boxed as an amateur and for a short time as a pro-fessional.

BASEBALL1 p.m. R-S Central and East Rutherford at Myrtle Beach Baseball Tournament

7:30 a.m. (ESPN2) English Premier League Soccer Man-chester City vs. Tottenham Hotspur. 12 p.m. (WBTV) (WSPA) Col-lege Basketball West Virginia at Villanova. 12 p.m. (ESPN) College Bas-ketball Texas A&M at Okla-homa. 12 p.m. (ESPN2) College Basketball Florida State at Miami. 1 p.m. (WYFF) Gymnastics American Cup. 1 p.m. (FSS) Women’s College Basketball ACC Tournament, First Semifinal: Teams TBA. 1:30 p.m. (WLOS) College Basketball Maryland at Vir-ginia. 1:30 p.m. (WYCW) College Basketball Auburn at Ala-bama. 2 p.m. (WBTV) (WSPA) College Basketball Kansas at Missouri. 2 p.m. (ESPN) College Bas-ketball Syracuse at Louisville. 2 p.m. (ESPN2) College Basketball South Carolina at Vanderbilt. 3 p.m. (WYFF) PGA Tour Golf Honda Classic, Third Round. 3 p.m. (WGN-A) MLB Pre-season Baseball Chicago White Sox at Chicago Cubs. 3:30 p.m. (FSS) Women’s College Basketball ACC Tour-nament, Second Semifinal: Teams TBA. 4 p.m. (WBTV) (WLOS) Col-lege Basketball Virginia Tech at Georgia Tech. 4 p.m. (WSPA) College Basketball UCLA at Arizona State. 4 p.m. (WYCW) College Bas-ketball Mississippi at Arkan-sas. 4 p.m. (ESPN) College Bas-ketball Texas at Baylor. 4 p.m. (ESPN2) College Basketball Big South Tourna-ment, Final: Teams TBA. 5 p.m. (TS) College Basketball Georgia at LSU. 6 p.m. (ESPN) College Bas-ketball Tennessee at Missis-sippi State. 6 p.m. (ESPN2) College Bas-ketball Atlantic Sun Tourna-ment, Final: Teams TBA. 7 p.m. (FSS) NHL Hockey Carolina Hurricanes at Flori-da Panthers. 7:30 p.m. (TS) NHL Hockey Atlanta Thrashers at Tampa Bay Lightning. 8 p.m. (ESPN2) College Basketball Ohio Valley Con-ference Tournament, Final: Teams TBA. 9 p.m. (ESPN) College Bas-ketball North Carolina at Duke. 9 p.m. (SHO) Boxing Vic Darchinyan vs. Rodrigo Guer-rero. 9:30 p.m. (HBO) Boxing De-von Alexander vs. Juan Ura-ngo, Junior Welterweights.

Associated PressQuarterback Jake Delhomme wipes tears from his eyes as he discusses being cut from the Carolina Panthers NFL football team during a news conference in Charlotte Friday.

Emotional .Delhomme, .Panthers .part .waysBy MIKE CRANSTONAP Sports Writer

CHARLOTTE — Jake Delhomme walked into the interview room with red eyes and sunglasses in his hand, joking that his allergies were bad.

He started crying before he could get a word out.

Acknowledging he was “blindsided” by his release, Delhomme on Friday vowed his career wasn’t over in an emotional day that marked the end of an era and left his former bosses in tears, too.

“Six of my seven years playing here have been outstand-ing. It’s been a great run,” Delhomme said in between sniffles. “I’m leaving with no

animosity whatsoever.”A few hours earlier, general manager

Marty Hurney choked up while calling it the toughest decision he’s ever made. Coach John Fox welled up with tears

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John Fox

Chase pitcher Rebecca Bailey delivers a pitch to the plate during the game against Kings Mountain Friday.

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Lady Trojans pound Kings MountainBy JACOB CONLEYDaily Courier Sports Editor

FOREST CITY — The Chase Trojans softball team exploded for five runs in the first and six runs in the sixth to pound former conference foe, Kings Mountain, 11-2, in the team’s season opener.

“I’m really pleased with our offensive effort today,” said Chase coach Daniel Bailey. “This year the pitching circle

has been moved back from 40 to 43 feet so there are going to be more runs scored, but I think that plays to our strength.”

Kings Mountain was the team that put on a power-hitting display early however, as the Mountaineers’ clean-up hitter smashed a two out, two run homer to put Chase in an early 2-0 hole.

Chase wasted little time digging out as the Trojans plated five runs in

the bottom half of the inning. Pitcher Rebecca Bailey helped her cause with a two run double, while Makinzie McCraw cleared the bases later in the inning with three RBI double to put the home team up 5-2 after the 1st.

From that point, both pitchers set-tled down and did not allow a runner past second until the 5th when Kings Mountain put the lead off runner on

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Garrett Byers/Daily CourierCentral’s Sydney (Alli) Pugh (4) battles for the ball with an East Henderson defen-sive player during the soccer game at R-S Central High Friday.

Central tops Eagles, 1-0By KEVIN CARVERDaily Courier Sports Reporter

RUTHERFORDTON — Morgan Gilreath posted the only goal as R-S Central beat East Henderson, 1-0, in girls soccer on Friday.

In the 64th minute, Daryl Brown of R-S Central was set up for a corner kick on the far side of the field. Her boot shot into the box and a running header by Gilreath darted past the Lady Eagles keeper and into the back of the net.

“We are not going to measure our sea-son with wins and losses. We want to be a presence on the field and battle to the bitter end,” R-S Central girls soccer coach Ashley Fromson said. “Tonight, it worked out, we got the win and I saw leadership and cohesion, which was bet-ter than from the night before.”

R-S Central (2-1) fell to West Henderson, 3-2, on Thursday.

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BASEBALLMajor League BaseballSpring Training Glance

AMERICAN LEAGUE W L PctTexas 1 0 1.000Detroit 2 1 .667Toronto 2 1 .667Baltimore 1 1 .500Boston 1 1 .500Minnesota 1 1 .500New York 1 1 .500Seattle 1 1 .500Tampa Bay 1 1 .500Chicago 0 0 .000Cleveland 0 0 .000Los Angeles 0 0 .000Kansas City 0 1 .000Oakland 0 1 .000

NATIONAL LEAGUE W L PctChicago 1 0 1.000Colorado 1 0 1.000Florida 1 0 1.000San Francisco 1 0 1.000Atlanta 3 1 .750New York 3 2 .600Houston 1 1 .500Philadelphia 1 1 .500Cincinnati 0 0 .000Los Angeles 0 0 .000Arizona 0 1 .000Milwaukee 0 1 .000Pittsburgh 0 2 .000San Diego 0 1 .000St. Louis 0 1 .000Washington 0 3 .000

Thursday’s GamesPhiladelphia 3, N.Y. Yankees 2Toronto 9, Detroit 7Houston 15, Washington (ss) 5Tampa Bay 6, Baltimore 5Florida 10, Washington (ss) 4Atlanta 4, Pittsburgh 2N.Y. Mets 17, St. Louis 11Chicago Cubs 9, Oakland 3Colorado 11, Arizona 1Seattle 9, San Diego 3San Francisco 5, Milwaukee 3Texas 13, Kansas City 3L.A. Angels 4, Chicago White Sox 4, tieBoston 2, Minnesota 1 Friday’s GamesMinnesota 5, Boston 0N.Y. Mets (ss) 7, St. Louis 3Tampa Bay 12, N.Y. Yankees 7Detroit 17, Houston 7Atlanta 11, Washington 8Toronto 14, Philadelphia 9Florida 4, N.Y. Mets (ss) 3, 10 inningsCleveland 9, Cincinnati 2Chicago Cubs 8, Arizona 7San Francisco 7, Colorado 4 (ss)L.A. Dodgers 8, Chicago White Sox 3Kansas City 4, Texas 2San Diego 9, Seattle 3Oakland 8, Milwaukee 7Colorado 7 (ss), L.A. Angels 5Pittsburgh vs Baltimore at Sarasota, Fla., lateSaturday’s GamesToronto vs N.Y. Yankees at Tampa, Fla., 1:05 p.m.Atlanta vs Houston at Kissimmee, Fla., 1:05 p.m.Boston (ss) vs Tampa Bay at Port Charlotte, Fla., 1:05 p.m.N.Y. Mets vs Washington at Viera, Fla., 1:05 p.m.Philadelphia vs Pittsburgh at Bradenton, Fla., 1:05 p.m.Baltimore vs Detroit at Lakeland, Fla., 1:05 p.m.St. Louis vs Florida at Jupiter, Fla., 1:05 p.m.Minnesota vs Boston (ss) at Fort Myers, Fla., 1:05 p.m.Chicago White Sox (ss) vs L.A. Dodgers at Glendale, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.Chicago White Sox (ss) vs Chicago Cubs at Mesa, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.Seattle vs San Diego at Peoria, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.San Francisco (ss) vs Milwaukee (ss) at Phoenix, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.Kansas City vs Texas at Surprise, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.L.A. Angels vs Oakland at Phoenix, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.Cincinnati vs Cleveland at Goodyear, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.Arizona vs San Francisco (ss) at Scottsdale, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.Milwaukee (ss) vs Colorado at Tucson, Ariz., 3:10 p.m. Sunday’s GamesFlorida vs St. Louis at Jupiter, Fla., 1:05 p.m.N.Y. Yankees vs Minnesota (ss) at Fort Myers, Fla., 1:05 p.m.Houston vs Atlanta at Kissimmee, Fla., 1:05 p.m.Detroit vs Toronto at Dunedin, Fla., 1:05 p.m.Minnesota (ss) vs Pittsburgh at Bradenton, Fla., 1:05 p.m.Tampa Bay vs Philadelphia at Clearwater, Fla., 1:05 p.m.Boston vs Baltimore at Sarasota, Fla., 1:05 p.m.Washington vs N.Y. Mets at Port St. Lucie, Fla., 1:10 p.m.Oakland vs L.A. Angels at Tempe, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.San Diego vs Seattle at Peoria, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.Cincinnati vs Milwaukee at Phoenix, Ariz., 3:05

p.m.Texas vs Cleveland at Goodyear, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.Chicago Cubs (ss) vs Chicago White Sox at Glendale, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.Colorado (ss) vs Arizona (ss) at Tucson, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.San Francisco vs Kansas City at Surprise, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.L.A. Dodgers vs Chicago Cubs (ss) at Mesa, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.Arizona (ss) vs Colorado (ss) at Tucson, Ariz., 3:10 p.m.

BASKETBALLNational Basketball Association

EASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic Division

W L Pct GBBoston 38 21 .644 — Toronto 31 28 .525 7 Philadelphia 22 38 .367 16 1/2New York 21 39 .350 17 1/2New Jersey 6 54 .100 32 1/2

Southeast Division W L Pct GBOrlando 42 20 .677 — Atlanta 39 21 .650 2 Miami 31 31 .500 11 Charlotte 29 31 .482 12 Washington 21 37 .362 19

Central Division W L Pct GBCleveland 48 14 .774 — Milwaukee 31 29 .517 16 Chicago 31 30 .508 16 1/2Detroit 21 40 .344 26 1/2Indiana 20 41 .328 27 1/2

WESTERN CONFERENCESouthwest Division

W L Pct GBDallas 41 21 .661 — San Antonio 34 24 .586 5 Memphis 32 30 .516 9 New Orleans 31 31 .500 10 Houston 30 30 .500 10

Northwest Division W L Pct GBDenver 40 21 .656 — Utah 39 22 .639 1 Oklahoma City 36 24 .600 3 1/2Portland 37 27 .578 4 1/2Minnesota 14 48 .226 26 1/2

Pacific Division W L Pct GBL.A. Lakers 46 17 .735 — Phoenix 39 25 .609 7 1/2 L.A. Clippers 25 36 .410 20 Sacramento 21 40 .344 24 Golden State 17 43 .283 28 1/2

Thursday’s GamesMemphis 105, Chicago 96Miami 114, L.A. Lakers 111, OTUtah 116, Phoenix 108Friday’s GamesCharlotte 98, L.A. Lakers 83Milwaukee 102, Washington 74Cleveland 99, Detroit 92Toronto 102, New York 96Boston 96, Philadelphia 86Golden State at Atlanta, lateOrlando at New Jersey, lateSacramento at Dallas, lateIndiana at Denver, lateNew Orleans at San Antonio, lateOklahoma City at L.A. Clippers, lateSaturday’s GamesGolden State at Charlotte, 7 p.m.Atlanta at Miami, 7:30 p.m.New Jersey at New York, 7:30 p.m.Dallas at Chicago, 8 p.m.San Antonio at Memphis, 8 p.m.Houston at Minnesota, 8 p.m.Cleveland at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m.L.A. Clippers at Utah, 9 p.m.Indiana at Phoenix, 9 p.m.Sunday’s GamesPhiladelphia at Toronto, 12 p.m.L.A. Lakers at Orlando, 2:30 p.m.Houston at Detroit, 6 p.m.Washington at Boston, 8 p.m.Oklahoma City at Sacramento, 9 p.m.Portland at Denver, 10:30 p.m.

HOCKEYNational Hockey League

EASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GAPittsburgh 64 38 22 4 80 203 185New Jersey 62 38 21 3 79 166 147Philadelphia 62 33 26 3 69 190 169N.Y. Rangers 64 29 27 8 66 169 175N.Y. Islanders 64 26 30 8 60 167 203

Northeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAOttawa 65 36 25 4 76 180 187Buffalo 62 33 20 9 75 169 158Boston 62 28 23 11 67 153 160Montreal 65 30 29 6 66 170 180Toronto 63 19 32 12 50 165 216

Southeast Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GAWashington 64 43 13 8 94 255 182Atlanta 62 28 24 10 66 192 199Tampa Bay 63 26 26 11 63 166 194Florida 63 25 28 10 60 164 185Carolina 63 26 30 7 59 177 196

WESTERN CONFERENCECentral Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GAChicago 63 42 16 5 89 207 153Nashville 63 35 23 5 75 178 178Detroit 63 29 22 12 70 165 172St. Louis 64 30 25 9 69 174 175Columbus 64 25 28 11 61 169 207

Northwest Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAVancouver 63 39 22 2 80 204 158Colorado 64 36 22 6 78 185 167Calgary 63 30 24 9 69 156 160Minnesota 62 31 27 4 66 175 178Edmonton 63 19 38 6 44 158 220

Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GASan Jose 64 41 14 9 91 210 159Phoenix 65 38 22 5 81 172 164Los Angeles 63 38 21 4 80 192 171Dallas 63 28 23 12 68 177 197Anaheim 63 30 26 7 67 180 193

Thursday’s GamesBoston 3, Toronto 2, SOPittsburgh 5, N.Y. Rangers 4, OTWashington 5, Tampa Bay 4Carolina 4, Ottawa 1Atlanta 6, N.Y. Islanders 3Nashville 4, Los Angeles 2St. Louis 6, Dallas 1Phoenix 3, Colorado 1San Jose 3, Montreal 2Friday’s GamesPhiladelphia at Buffalo, lateDetroit 5, Nashville 2Vancouver at Chicago, lateNew Jersey at Calgary, lateMinnesota at Edmonton, lateSaturday’s GamesDallas at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.Boston at N.Y. Islanders, 2 p.m.Toronto at Ottawa, 7 p.m.N.Y. Rangers at Washington, 7 p.m.Carolina at Florida, 7 p.m.Atlanta at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.Anaheim at Phoenix, 8 p.m.St. Louis at Colorado, 9 p.m.Montreal at Los Angeles, 10 p.m.Columbus at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.Sunday’s GamesDetroit at Chicago, 12:30 p.m.Boston at Pittsburgh, 3 p.m.Vancouver at Nashville, 3 p.m.Calgary at Minnesota, 3 p.m.Carolina at Atlanta, 5 p.m.Buffalo at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.Toronto at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.New Jersey at Edmonton, 8 p.m.Montreal at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

RACINGNASCAR-Sprint Cup

Kobalt Tools 500 LineupAt Atlanta Motor Speedway

Hampton, Ga.

(Car number in parentheses)1. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 192.761.2. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 192.28.3. (42) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 192.106.4. (5) Mark Martin, Chevrolet, 191.814.5. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 191.774.6. (9) Kasey Kahne, Ford, 191.688.7. (39) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 191.549.8. (19) Elliott Sadler, Ford, 191.436.9. (00) David Reutimann, Toyota, 191.186.10. (99) Carl Edwards, Ford, 191.087.11. (2) Kurt Busch, Dodge, 191.054.12. (47) Marcos Ambrose, Toyota, 190.935.13. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 190.85.14. (17) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 190.791.15. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 190.692.16. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 190.64.17. (6) David Ragan, Ford, 190.574.18. (33) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 190.561.19. (56) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 190.548.20. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 190.424.21. (71) Bobby Labonte, Chevrolet, 190.267.22. (31) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 190.221.23. (98) Paul Menard, Ford, 189.987.24. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 189.915.25. (43) AJ Allmendinger, Ford, 189.857.26. (83) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 189.798.27. (66) Dave Blaney, Toyota, 189.59.28. (12) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 189.571.29. (20) Joey Logano, Toyota, 189.189.30. (36) Mike Bliss, Chevrolet, 189.144.31. (13) Max Papis, Toyota, 189.112.32. (82) Scott Speed, Toyota, 189.079.33. (87) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, 189.06.34. (21) Bill Elliott, Ford, 189.021.35. (29) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 189.015.36. (77) Sam Hornish Jr., Dodge, 188.97.37. (38) David Gilliland, Ford, 188.341.38. (78) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 187.958.39. (7) Robby Gordon, Toyota, 186.403.40. (34) Travis Kvapil, Ford, Owner Points.41. (37) Kevin Conway, Ford, Owner Points.42. (26) Boris Said, Ford, Owner Points.43. (55) Michael McDowell, Toyota, 188.758.

Scoreboard

Associated PressAtlanta Braves’ Jason Heyward blows a bubble en route to scoring on a home run hit by teammate Freddie Freeman during the fourth inning of a spring training baseball game against the Washington Nationals, Friday, in Kissimmee, Fla.

base. Bailey recovered by striking out the side to preserve the 5-2 Chase lead.

The Trojans flashed the leather in the top of the sixth as Euletha Davis made a diving catch on a sinking line drive, behind the second base bag. Davis’s play seemed to spark the Trojans’ bats, including her own, as Chase exploded for six runs in the sixth. Davis topped her play in the field as the senior unloaded on a pitch and sent it over the fence for a two run shot.

The six-run outburst put the game away, as Chase moves to 1-0 on the year.

MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers quarter-back Ben Roethlisberger is being investigated in an allegation of sexual assault at a Georgia nightclub, police said Friday.

Officers said the alleged assault occurred early Friday morning in Milledgeville, about 85 miles southeast of Atlanta. The player owns a home nearby.

The two-time Super Bowl champion and some of his friends were seen visiting local restaurants and bars Thursday night.

“He’s been identified as being at the scene and there are alle-gations naming him as the per-petrator,” Deputy Chief Richard Malone said.

Malone said Roethlisberger had been with three other people who were mingling with another group that included the alleged victim. Malone said the woman and her party contacted a near-by police officer following the alleged assault.

Several areas of the bar were considered a crime scene, but Malone would not elaborate.

Roethlisberger and the alleged victim have been interviewed and the woman was taken to a hospital, where she was treated and released, Malone said.

Separately, Roethlisberger has been sued by a woman who claims he raped her in 2008 at a Lake Tahoe hotel. The Steelers star denies those allegations and has asked for counter-damages.

“Last night, Ben and his friends met a group of women and everyone mingled together throughout the evening,” the player’s agent, Ryan Tollner, said in the statement.

“We have spoken to law enforcement. Based on informa-tion currently available, an alle-gation was made against Ben, which appeared to be dismissed after a preliminary investigation last night. Obviously, given the prior accusation against Ben, we are skeptical of motive, but we will continue to cooperate with everyone involved.”

Steelers spokesman Dave Lockett said the team was gath-ering information and had no more comment.

HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) — Dale Earnhardt Jr. cap-tured the pole for the Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway with a blistering speed of 192.761 mph.

Earnhardt’s lap on a cool Friday night was faster than any pole-winning speed for a Sprint Cup race in 2009. Mark Martin was the pole-sitter last year in the spring race with a speed of 187.045.

“It’s good to be on the pole and I’m real proud of it,” Earnhardt said. “Getting a pole anywhere is good for our team. We’re so hungry to do well on Sunday.”

He’s coming off a miserable season in which he failed to win a race, cracked the top 10 only five times, led a mere 146 laps in 36 races and finished 25th in the overall standings — despite racing for Hendrick Motorsports, the best team in the busi-ness.

Martin went much faster this time (191.814) but it was only good enough for fourth. Kyle Busch will start from the outside of the front row Sunday, fol-lowed by Juan Pablo Montoya. Jeff Gordon was fifth, giving Hendrick Motorsports three of the top five spots. The fourth Hendrick driver, Jimmie Johnson, managed only the 16th-best speed on the 1.54-mile trioval.

KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP)—Derek Lowe(notes) got off to a solid start after a rough first season in Atlanta, pitching two hitless innings in the Braves’ 11-8 victory over the Washington Nationals on Friday.

The Braves new closer, Billy Wagner(notes), did not fare so well. He gave up three hits and two runs in the third inning.

Yunel Escobar(notes) went 3 for 3 with two RBIs and two runs scored and Melky Cabrera(notes) had two hits and an RBI for the Braves. Rookie Jordan Heyward had a hit and stole his second base of the spring.

Ian Desmond(notes) homered and drove in six runs for the Nationals.

Washington starter Miguel Batista(notes) gave up two runs on three hits and two walks.

Steelers QB accused of sexual assault in Georgia

SoftballContinued from Page 7

Junior on pole in Atlanta

Braves’ Lowe throws two scoreless innings in win

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while pleading with fans to remember the good moments.

It was something hardly anyone could’ve antici-pated a year earlier, when the Panthers gave the only quarterback to lead the franchise to the Super Bowl a lucrative contract extension. But after one miserable season, the 35-year-old Delhomme was sent packing despite still being owed more than $12.5 million in guaranteed money.

The reason to go with upstart Matt Moore as the starter came down to this: a career-high 18 inter-ceptions in 2009, and 23 in Delhomme’s final 12 games.

“I was blindsided, I will say that,” Delhomme said. “I think the main reason was I think every-body knows the contract and monetarily those things that went along with it.

“When I got a call yesterday that I needed to call Foxy I thought it was more so that, ’We’re going with Matt and you’re going to be the backup.’ ... But they wanted to go in another direction. It’s probably for the best.”

And just like that the Louisiana native who toiled as a backup in NFL Europe before burst-ing onto the scene in Carolina was out of work. After a 58-40 record as a starter over seven sea-sons, a stunning one-year decline ended his time in Charlotte.

But Delhomme said he’s “not ready to go home and play with the horses just yet,” and said his agent had already started talking to teams.

“He’s done some great things for this team. Two (NFC) championship games, a Super Bowl, all those comeback victories,” Fox said. “I’m not sure I’ve had any more respect for an NFL football play-er than Jake Delhomme.”

The Panthers also released defensive tackles Damione Lewis and Maake Kemoeatu, and line-backers Na’il Diggs and Landon Johnson in the start of a youth movement.

None of those moves, however, resonated around these parts like releasing Delhomme.

“I wear my heart on my sleeve and this is me,” Delhomme said, tears flowing. “And the reason it’s emotional and you walk in here and all the faces and the relationships you have with guys through the good and the bad. That’s what you’re going to miss. ... We did some good things here.”

Delhomme led Carolina to the 2003 Super Bowl, the 2005 NFC championship, made the Pro Bowl, recovered from reconstructive elbow surgery in 2007 and holds nearly every franchise passing record.

But Delhomme began a quick demise in the 2008 playoffs. After helping Carolina to a 12-4 record and the NFC South title, Delhomme threw five interceptions and lost a fumble in an ugly 38-13 home loss to Arizona in the NFC divisional play-offs.

Undeterred, the Panthers gave Delhomme a contract extension last spring and brought in no legitimate competition in training camp. Then Delhomme threw four more interceptions and lost a fumble in Carolina’s Week 1 loss to Philadelphia.

It was then that his confidence waned.“When I play I try to sling it around. I wasn’t

doing that last year,” he said. “I was trying not to make the mistake. I don’t play that way.”

It only got worse, and Carolina was 4-7 when Delhomme broke a finger on his throwing hand. Moore relieved him and threw eight touchdown passes and two interceptions as the Panthers won four of their last five games to finish 8-8.

The Panthers on Wednesday gave the 25-year-old Moore the highest restricted free-agent tender of $3.043 million for one season. The next day, Delhomme was let go instead of having him return as a backup.

“I was taught a long time ago that you have to make the right decision at that time for your foot-ball team,” Hurney said. “And we just came to the decision that it was time. I think when you come to that decision, that’s when you make it.”

Fox wouldn’t say if they’ll pursue another veteran quarterback to add depth.

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Associated PressDuke’s Nolan Smith (2) and Jon Scheyer (30) celebrate Scheyer’s basket against Clemson during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Durham, in this Jan. 2010 file photo. Duke is leaning heavily on Scheyer, Smith and Kyle Singler as it sits atop the ACC standings.

LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — Julius Peppers joined the Chicago Bears in the biggest move by a team that showed it’s intent on contending again after missing the playoffs the past three seasons.

The five-time Pro Bowl defensive end and top free agent prize agreed Friday to a six-year deal worth poten-tially $91.5 million.

Agent Carl Carey said a record $42 million is guaranteed, with Peppers earning $20 million in the first year. The deal includes incen-tives for sacks, making the Pro Bowl and win-ning Defensive Player of the Year.

“It’s one thing to play football in this league and make a living, but it’s a totally different thing to come to a place with a rich tradition like the Bears,” Peppers said.

Besides Peppers, the Bears lured running back Chester Taylor from NFC North cham-pion Minnesota with a four-year contract and blocking tight end Brandon Manumaleuna from San Diego with a five-year deal. Taylor’s contract is worth $12.5 million with $7 million guaranteed, according to a person with knowl-edge of the negotiation. The person spoke to the AP on the condition of anonymity because the deal had not been announced.

By landing one of the league’s top pass rush-ers and a running back who could challenge incumbent Matt Forte, Chicago showed just how serious it is about contending in the NFC after missing the play-offs the past three years.

General manager Jerry Angelo and coach Lovie Smith are operating on a win-or-else mandate from above after a 7-9 season that left many in Chicago calling for sweeping changes.

Bears ink deal with Peppers

The view from both benches for Duke-UNCBy BRYAN STRICKLANDSpecial to the Courier

DURHAM — With a victory tonight against North Carolina, Duke’s recruited seniors would claim their first home victory over their biggest rival in their final game at Cameron Indoor Stadium.

A victory also would give the Blue Devils 17 wins at Cameron in a sea-son for the first time in school histo-ry and secure an unblemished record at home.

And most of all, Duke would earn at least a share of the ACC’s regular-season championship.

Without a victory?The Blue Devils don’t even want to

think about it.“We have a lot at stake, but we defi-

nitely don’t look at it as pressure,” senior Jon Scheyer said. “You want to be in big games and have champion-ships on the line.

“So for us, it’s not about pressure. It’s about a great opportunity, and we just want to take that.”

Rather than worrying about feel-ing too much pressure, the No. 4 Blue Devils (25-5, 12-3 ACC) are guard-ing against feeling the effects of too much excitement against the Tar Heels (16-14, 5-10).

The annual buildup for UNC’s trip to Durham previously has ended in disappointment for seniors Scheyer, Lance Thomas and Brian Zoubek (and for the rest of the team, minus fifth-year senior Jordan Davidson).

Three of Duke’s six home losses over the past four seasons have come on senior day. In 2006 and ’08, their lone loss at Cameron came on senior day, and in 2009, their lone loss at home was to the Tar Heels.

“They’re not drained after the first half; they’re drained after warmups,” Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said of the impact the senior swan song can have on a team. “They have to get a second wind. The first two minutes, they’re gasping for air, wondering what in the heck is happening.

“We’ve talked to them about that, about pacing themselves. It’s not like

you give them fiery speeches to get them going, because you don’t want to use it up. You might have to sub or call timeout if you do see that.”

Tar Heels look to extend streak against Duke

CHAPEL HILL — Four seasons ago, a group of four North Carolina freshmen went into Cameron Indoor Stadium and upset top-ranked Duke, spoiling the senior night of first-team All-Americans J.J. Redick and Shelden Williams.

Since then, the Tar Heels have not lost in Durham and Marcus Ginyard, who was one of the freshmen on the 2005-06 squad, hopes to keep that streak alive tonight when UNC trav-els to Duke for the regular season finale.

“I couldn’t tell you I’ve been looking forward to playing in a game more than I have this one,” Ginyard said.

The Tar Heels are riding a wave of confidence after beating Wake Forest and Miami for their first back-to-back wins since the end of December. Ginyard said the team has been play-ing with more effort, while Coach Roy Williams said the players are understandings things better than in January when they went 2-7.

“I think that we have sort of turned a corner, and it happenend a lot later than we wanted to,” Ginyard said. “But I think the last couple of games we’ve found success because, one, we’ve been playing a little smarter, but really we’ve just been competing a lot more.”

Of course the Tar Heels (16-14, 5-10 ACC) might have gotten a shot of confidence, but they still are huge underdogs for tonight’s matchup. The No. 4 Blue Devils, who could clinch a piece of the ACC regular-season title with a victory, won in Chapel Hill earlier this season 64-54 despite shooting 22.5 percent in the first half.

Williams said Duke (25-5, 12-3) has a tremendous ability to score, thanks to its inside-outside balance.

Ravens acquire WR Boldin

BALTIMORE (AP) — The Baltimore Ravens couldn’t pass up the opportunity to add a talented pass catcher to their roster: three-time Pro Bowl standout Anquan Boldin.

Baltimore obtained Boldin from the Arizona Cardinals on Friday for a third- and fourth-round pick in the 2010 draft. Boldin has amassed at least 1,000 yards receiving in five of his seven seasons, including 1,024 yards on 84 catches last season.

Boldin received a new four-year, $28 million deal with Baltimore.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A California man killed in a shootout with Pentagon police drove cross-country and arrived outside the mili-tary headquarters armed with two semiautomatic weapons, authorities said Friday. Internet postings linked to the lone shooting suspect reflect long-held anti-government anger.

John Patrick Bedell, 36, pulled a handgun at a Pentagon entrance, shot two police officers and was mor-tally wounded in an exchange of gun-fire, authorities said. The two officers were hospitalized briefly with minor injuries.

A blog connected to Bedell via the social networking site LinkedIn out-lines his growing distrust of the fed-eral government. It gives credence to the idea that a criminal enterprise run out of the government could have staged the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

It was one of several conspiracy-laden Internet postings linked to Bedell to surface since Thursday night’s shooting.

Authorities said Bedell, of Hollister, Calif., had previous run-ins with the law. They found no known connec-tion to terrorist groups or ideologies, investigators said.

The attack outside the massive Defense Department headquarters appeared to be a case of “a single individual who had issues,” Richard Keevill, chief of Pentagon police, said Friday.

Bedell died Thursday night from head wounds. Officials said the two wounded guards were officers Jeffery Amos and Marvin Carraway, both of whom returned fire. They said a third guard they did not name also fired.

Reached by telephone, Amos declined to answer any questions about the shooting but said he was doing OK.

“I’m fine and my family is fine,” he told The Associated Press. “I just thank the Lord that he shielded me when all of this took place.”

Bedell drove across country, including a stop at a motel in Reno,

Nevada, law enforcement officials said.

It was not immediately clear how long he stayed there, or if it was any-thing more than a stopover on his way to a violent end.

Hints of a deep-seated mistrust of government emerged in Internet postings linked to Bedell. A blog connected to his LinkedIn profile contained a two-part treatise on big government, including its vulnerabil-ity to being controlled by a criminal organization.

“This organization, like so many murderous governments throughout history, would see the sacrifice of thousands of its citizens, in an event such as the September 11 attacks, as a small cost in order to perpetuate its barbaric control,” the blog post read.

Keevill described Bedell as “very well-educated” and well-dressed, wearing a suit that blended with commuters when he showed up at the Pentagon’s subway entrance about 6:40 p.m. But he was concealing two 9 millimeter semiautomatic weapons and “many magazines” of ammuni-tion, Keevill said.

When Bedell seemed to reach into his pocket for worker identification, he was instead reaching for a gun, Keevill said.

“He just reached in his pocket, pulled out a gun and started shoot-ing” at point-blank range, Keevill said. “He walked up very cool. He had no real emotion on his face.”

Although the gunfire near the sub-way exit in Arlington, Va., lasted less than a minute, Keevill said, numer-ous shots were fired.

There was more ammunition in Bedell’s car, which authorities found in a nearby mall parking garage.

“He came here from California,” Keevill said. “We were able to iden-tify certain locations that he spent that last several weeks making his way from the West coast to the East coast.”

Keevill said he did not know what motivated the shooting: “I have no idea what his intentions were.”

GM to reinstate dealersNEW YORK (AP) — General

Motors Co. will reinstate 661 deal-erships it sought to drop from its sales network.

GM executives said Friday that the dealerships — more than half of those seeking to stay with the auto-maker — will receive letters giving them the option to remain open. GM said it would not have enough time to negotiate with all 1,100 dealerships that appealed the auto-maker’s decision to close them with-in a four-month window imposed by the federal government.

“By doing this we save a lot of time, energy and dollars,” said Jim Bunnell, GM general manager of network support, saying the com-pany wished to avoid a “very large arbitration process.”

As part of its restructuring, GM last year told about 2,000 dealer-ships it would not renew their fran-chise agreements once they run out in October 2010. But the dealerships have said GM treated them unfairly, and last month Congress passed a law requiring an appeals process for the dealers.

Death penalty rejectedHOUSTON (AP) — A Texas judge

in the county that sends more inmates to death row than any oth-er in the nation is apparently taking a stand.

Saying he could assume that inno-cent people have been executed, state District Judge Kevin Fine ruled in a pre-trial motion in a capi-tal murder case on Thursday that the death penalty was unconstitu-tional and found himself on Friday facing a torrent of criticism from a

string of high-profile Texans includ-ing Gov. Rick Perry.

Fine, a Democrat who is heavily tattooed and says he is a recovering alcoholic and former cocaine user, answered some of the criticism dur-ing a court hearing Friday.

“To say that I am ignoring prec-edent or legislating from the bench I think is slightly overreaching,” he said.

Fine said there was no precedent to guide him in resolving the issues raised by defense attorneys in a case involving a man accused of fatally shooting a Houston woman and wounding her sister during a rob-bery in front of their home in June 2008.

Attorneys for John Edward Green Jr. argued Texas’ death penalty statute is unconstitutional because it violates their client’s right to due process of law under the 5th Amendment since hundreds of innocent people around the country have been convicted and sent to death row and later exonerated.

Doctor found guilty CLEVELAND (AP) — An Ohio

doctor accused of lacing his wife’s calcium supplement with cyanide so he could be with his mistress was convicted Friday of aggravated murder.

The jury heard weeks of testimony before returning the verdict against Dr. Yazeed Essa, 41. His wife, Rosemarie Essa, collapsed while driving Feb. 24, 2005, and crashed her car into another vehicle about five miles from the couple’s home.

Essa was an emergency room doc-tor in Akron but fled to Lebanon after his wife’s death.

WASHINGTON (AP) — New York Democratic Rep. Eric Massa, facing a harassment complaint by a male staffer, said Friday that he is stepping down from his seat with “a profound sense of failure.”

“I am guilty,” Massa said in an interview with a Corning, N.Y., news-paper columnist.

Later in the day, Massa released a statement saying that after discover-ing he had a recurrence of cancer, he learned he was the subject of an ethics complaint by a male staffer who felt “uncomfortable” during an exchange with Massa. The exchange reportedly had sexual overtones.

“I will resign my position,” Massa said in the statement.

“There is no doubt in my mind that I did in fact, use language in the privacy of my own home and in my inner office that, after 24 years in the Navy, might make a chief petty officer feel uncomfortable,” Massa added. “In fact, there is no doubt that this ethics issue is my fault and mine alone.”

Earlier Friday, a visibly upset Massa said he didn’t want to put his family through an ethics committee investi-gation.

“It would tear us apart,” Massa said, according to Joe Dunning, a colum-nist for The Leader newspaper. “It’s not that I can fight or beat these alle-gations, I’m guilty.”

Nation Today

Anti-government writing linked to Metro gunman

Congressman resigns after male staffer files complaint

Associated PressAlease Turner, far right, with Metro, welcomes people to a shuttle bus headed for the Pentagon at the Pentagon City Metro stop in Arlington, Va., Friday after a shoot-ing at the Pentagon Metro stop on Thursday temporarily closed down the stop.

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business/finance

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks jumped Friday after the government’s employment report showed fewer jobs were cut in February than expected.

Major stock indexes climbed more than 1 per-cent, including the Dow Jones industrial average, which rose 122 points to add to strong gains for the week. Treasury prices slid as demand for safe havens eased.

The Labor Department’s monthly report is seen as the most important measure of the economy’s health. A drop in unemployment is necessary for the economy to make a sustained rebound.

The better-than-expected jobs report helped push oil and other commodities higher on expecta-tions that demand for resources would increase as the economy strengthens. That helped energy and material companies like ExxonMobil Corp. and Chevron Corp.

Meanwhile, Apple Inc. shares reached a new high after the company said its iPad tablet computer will hit store shelves on April 3.

The market extended its gains in the final hour of trading after the Federal Reserve reported that consumer borrowing rose in January to break a record 11 straight months of drops. The gain came from an increase in auto loans.

The report raised expectations that consum-ers are starting to increase their spending. On Thursday, many retailers posted stronger sales for January.

Friday’s gains followed a jump at the start of the week on a handful of corporate takeover announcements. Traders often look to buyouts as a sign of confidence among corporate leaders. Though employers aren’t yet adding full-time staff, jobs growth is fundamental to a recovery because it puts money in more workers pockets, allowing them to increase spending.

The Dow rose 122.06, or 1.2 percent, to 10,566.20, its highest close since Jan. 20. It was the Dow’s best point and percentage gain since Feb. 16.

The Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose for a sixth straight day, rising 15.73, or 1.4 percent, to 1,138.70. The Nasdaq composite index added 34.04, or 1.5 percent, to 2,326.35.

Five stocks rose for every one that fell on the New York Stock Exchange, where consolidated volume rose to 4.2 billion shares from 4 billion Thursday.

For the week, the Dow rose 2.3 percent, its best advance since the week ended Feb. 19. The S&P 500 index jumped 3.1 percent and the Nasdaq rose 3.9 percent. The indexes erased their losses for 2010 during the week.

Meanwhile, bond prices fell on signs of the improving economy. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note, which moves opposite its price, rose to 3.69 percent from 3.61 percent late Thursday.

The prospect of future job growth also encour-aged traders. Temporary workers, which are often seen as a precursor to employers adding full-time staff, rose 48,000 last month. Average hourly earn-ings rose by 3 cents to $22.46.

The dollar fell against other major currencies, while gold rose.

The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies rose 13.55, or 2.1 percent, to 666.02.

The Dow Jones industrial average closed the week up 240.94 points, or 2.3 percent, at 10,566.20. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose 34.21, or 3.1 percent, to 1,138.70. The Nasdaq com-posite index rose 88.09, or 3.9 percent, to 2,326.35.

The Russell 2000 index, which tracks the perfor-mance of small company stocks, rose 37.46, or 6 percent, for the week to 666.02.

The Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index — which measures nearly all U.S.-based companies — ended at 11,726.82, up 383.65, or 3.4 percent.

WASHINGTON (AP) — At last, the unemployment crisis seems to be easing. That’s the good news.

The bad news? Job creation remains scant because compa-nies still lack enough confidence in the economy to ramp up hir-ing.

The U.S. jobless rate held steady at 9.7 percent in February. And employers cut 36,000 jobs — fewer than pre-dicted. Those figures signaled that the job market is slowly healing.

Some economists said the job-less rate may have peaked and predicted the employment report for March will kick off a string of monthly job gains.

“We’re on the cusp of some job growth, finally, finally,” said Stuart Hoffman at PNC Financial Services Group.

But there’s a long way to go. The recession eliminated about 8.4 million jobs. The slow-motion recovery means hiring is expected to remain feeble for the rest of the year — at most a net gain averaging about 100,000 a month.

To put that in perspective, about 125,000 new jobs are needed each month just to keep up with population growth and prevent the unemployment rate from rising.

To reduce the jobless rate sig-nificantly, employers would need to create 200,000 to 300,000 jobs a month. But most of them are waiting to see stronger sales, more spending by consumers and businesses, and a more vig-orous global rebound to stimu-late demand for U.S. goods and

services.Clifford Adkins of ARC

Products LLC in suburban St. Louis, which makes gurneys to evacuate buildings, would like to hire. He said he doesn’t need to see a prolonged boost in sales. He would hire if even a few of the government agencies and schools he serves step up spend-ing.

But orders are falling. His cash flow just can’t support new workers.

Some encouraging signs that consumers are more willing to spend emerged in reports ear-lier this week. Shoppers hit the malls and spent more freely in February. And activity in both the manufacturing and services industries of the economy is growing.

The jobs picture is gradually brightening at a time when the U.S. economic rebound is far-ing better than Europe’s. The 16 nations that use the euro cur-rency scarcely grew in the fourth quarter, scratching out a 0.1 percent gain. Spain is suffering from 18.8 percent unemploy-ment.

Still, the U.S. economy is lag-ging behind those in Asia. Economies such as China and South Korea largely escaped the downturn that followed the 2008 financial crisis.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and most economists are forecasting only a modest rebound. That’s why economists say it could take at least four years to restore the 8.4 mil-lion jobs wiped out by the worst recession since the 1930s.

Most economists had expected

the unemployment rate to rise to 9.8 percent in February. In October, the rate hit 10.1 per-cent, a 26-year high. Some experts now think that might have marked the peak. Others note that if people who stopped looking for work resume their job searches, the rate could tick up.

In February, 1.2 million people abandoned their job searches — 473,000 more than did so in February a year ago.

All told, nearly 14.9 million Americans are now unemployed. That’s nearly twice as many as when the recession began in December 2007.

Evidence of the fierce competi-tion for jobs was seen in a rise in the so-called under-employment rate, which includes the unem-ployed, plus those who have giv-en up looking for work and those who are working part-time but would prefer to work full-time. The under-employment rate rose to 16.8 percent, from 16.5 per-cent in January.

Doubts about last month’s data arose because winter storms that pounded the Eastern half of the country occurred on the same week that the government surveys businesses about their payrolls.

Employees who could not make it to work and were not paid were not included on those pay-rolls. On the other hand, people who worked even one hour were counted as employed.

Without the storms, the econ-omy likely would have seen a net jobs gain in February for only the second time since the reces-sion began.

Jobs report helps to give stocks a jump

Unemployment rate steady

In this Feb. 10, 2010 photo, Sharon Phillips, left, William Wright, center, and Tim Paliwoda, right, all of Detroit, fill out appli-cations while attending a job fair in Detroit. The unemployment rate held at 9.7 percent in February as employers shed fewer jobs than expected, evi-dence that the job market may be slowly healing.

STOCKS OF LOCAL INTERESTYTD

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Name Div Yld PE Last Chg %ChgAT&T Inc 1.68 6.7 12 24.99 +.03 -10.8Amazon ... ... 64 128.91 +.38 -4.2ArvMerit ... ... ... 12.30 +.28 +10.0BB&T Cp .60 2.1 24 28.53 +.72 +12.5BkofAm .04 .2 ... 16.70 +.30 +10.9BerkHa A ... ... 24125000.00+920.00 +26.0Cisco ... ... 24 25.21 +.26 +5.3Delhaize 2.01 2.5 ... 80.48 -.25 +4.9Dell Inc ... ... 19 13.88 +.21 -3.3DukeEngy .96 5.8 14 16.46 +.13 -4.4ExxonMbl 1.68 2.5 17 66.47 +1.07 -2.5FamilyDlr .62 1.7 17 35.47 +.23 +27.5FifthThird .04 .3 18 12.73 +.40 +30.6FCtzBA 1.20 .6 17 185.40 +4.81 +13.0GenElec .40 2.4 16 16.35 +.24 +8.1GoldmanS 1.40 .8 8 167.18 +3.57 -1.0Google ... ... 28 564.21 +9.62 -9.0KrispKrm ... ... ... 3.70 +.20 +25.4

LeggPlat 1.04 5.0 27 20.61 +.34 +1.0

Lowes .36 1.5 20 24.05 +.26 +2.8

Microsoft .52 1.8 16 28.59 -.04 -6.2

PPG 2.16 3.4 22 63.29 +.38 +8.1

ParkerHan 1.00 1.6 36 62.93 +.86 +16.8

ProgrssEn 2.48 6.4 13 38.88 -.11 -5.2

RedHat ... ... 74 30.27 +.39 -2.0

RoyalBk g 2.00 ... ... 56.24 +.49 +5.0

SaraLee .44 3.2 12 13.95 +.04 +14.5

SonicAut ... ... 11 11.82 +.13 +13.8

SonocoP 1.08 3.6 20 29.98 +.15 +2.5

SpectraEn 1.00 4.5 17 22.10 +.38 +7.8

SpeedM .40 2.4 ... 16.75 -.29 -4.9

Timken .36 1.3 ... 27.74 +.74 +17.0

UPS B 1.88 3.2 27 59.49 +.29 +3.7

WalMart 1.21 2.2 15 54.14 +.18 +1.3

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10,729.89 6,469.95 Dow Industrials 10,566.20 +122.06 +1.17 +1.32 +59.444,265.61 2,134.21 Dow Transportation 4,195.84 +35.66 +.86 +2.35 +91.16

408.57 288.66 Dow Utilities 378.20 +3.99 +1.07 -4.98 +27.397,471.31 4,181.75 NYSE Composite 7,291.31 +118.24 +1.65 +1.48 +70.181,908.81 1,234.81 Amex Market Value 1,919.00 +16.28 +.86 +5.15 +51.362,326.28 1,265.52 Nasdaq Composite 2,326.35 +34.04 +1.49 +2.52 +79.801,150.45 666.79 S&P 500 1,138.70 +15.73 +1.40 +2.12 +66.63

763.23 397.97 S&P MidCap 770.47 +11.31 +1.49 +6.03 +88.7811,941.95 6,772.29 Wilshire 5000 11,906.56 +170.63 +1.45 +3.10 +71.68

653.88 342.59 Russell 2000 666.02 +13.55 +2.08 +6.50 +89.72

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PIMCO TotRetIs CI 122,927 10.99 +0.4 +17.1/C +7.3/A NL 5,000,000American Funds GrthAmA m LG 62,872 27.84 +7.4 +63.0/C +3.0/B 5.75 250Vanguard TotStIdx LB 59,564 28.32 +7.7 +74.6/B +1.4/B NL 3,000American Funds CapIncBuA m IH 56,411 47.66 +4.2 +41.5/C +3.5/C 5.75 250Fidelity Contra LG 55,524 59.19 +7.6 +57.9/D +4.5/A NL 2,500American Funds CpWldGrIA m WS 53,325 33.42 +6.9 +65.2/D +4.9/A 5.75 250American Funds IncAmerA m MA 48,112 15.64 +4.4 +50.9/B +2.7/B 5.75 250Vanguard 500Inv LB 47,853 105.21 +7.0 +70.5/B +0.6/C NL 3,000American Funds InvCoAmA m LB 46,864 26.09 +5.8 +59.1/E +1.4/B 5.75 250Vanguard InstIdx LB 44,500 104.52 +7.0 +70.7/B +0.7/C NL 5,000,000Dodge & Cox Stock LV 40,010 99.41 +6.8 +87.2/A -0.4/C NL 2,500American Funds EurPacGrA m FB 38,266 37.63 +7.1 +67.3/C +6.5/A 5.75 250American Funds WAMutInvA m LV 37,278 25.00 +5.6 +62.0/D +0.2/C 5.75 250Dodge & Cox IntlStk FV 35,758 31.94 +7.0+100.2/A +4.3/A NL 2,500PIMCO TotRetAdm b CI 31,614 10.99 +0.4 +16.8/C +7.0/A NL 5,000,000American Funds NewPerspA m WS 31,178 25.68 +7.2 +68.6/C +5.4/A 5.75 250Fidelity DivrIntl d FG 29,870 27.53 +7.0 +67.5/D +2.6/D NL 2,500American Funds FnInvA m LB 29,675 33.25 +7.1 +67.5/C +3.8/A 5.75 250FrankTemp-Franklin Income A m CA 29,675 2.06 +3.1 +60.4/A +3.6/B 4.25 1,000American Funds BalA m MA 29,215 16.53 +3.6 +48.3/C +2.2/C 5.75 250Vanguard 500Adml LB 28,279 105.23 +7.0 +70.7/B +0.7/C NL 100,000Vanguard TotStIAdm LB 28,262 28.33 +7.8 +74.8/B +1.5/B NL 100,000Vanguard Welltn MA 28,252 29.36 +4.4 +47.0/C +4.7/A NL 10,000American Funds BondA m CI 27,514 11.97 +0.2 +19.1/B +2.8/E 3.75 250Fidelity GrowCo LG 27,150 71.00 +9.4 +72.3/B +5.8/A NL 2,500PIMCO TotRetA m CI 25,333 10.99 +0.4 +16.6/C +6.8/A 3.75 1,000Vanguard TotIntl d FB 25,302 14.30 +7.7 +80.3/A +4.3/B NL 3,000Fidelity LowPriStk d MB 24,867 33.69 +8.2 +87.1/B +3.8/A NL 2,500T Rowe Price EqtyInc LV 15,084 21.61 +7.2 +84.4/A +0.9/B NL 2,500Hartford CapAprA m LB 9,595 31.26 +6.8 +83.9/A +3.4/A 5.50 1,000Pioneer PioneerA m LB 4,231 36.76 +7.8 +68.0/C +1.3/B 5.75 1,000Goldman Sachs ShDuGovA m GS 1,496 10.38 -0.1 +3.8/B +4.9/A 1.50 1,000Alliance Bernstein GrowIncA m LV 1,216 3.02 +6.7 +60.0/E -1.7/E 4.25 2,500DWS-Scudder REstA m SR 430 14.42 +10.0+126.4/C +1.6/C 5.75 1,000Hartford GrowthL m LG 180 15.32 +8.1 +63.2/C +1.1/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.

NYSE7,291.31+118.24

AMEX1,919.00 +16.28

NASDAQ2,326.35 +34.04

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 ChgPwShs QQQ568546 46.44 +.69Cisco 558487 25.21 +.26Microsoft 546510 28.59 -.04Intel 446806 20.79 +.26MarvellT 358547 20.40 +.27Apple Inc 310305 218.95 +8.24TiVo Inc 279670 17.50 +.97Qualcom 261605 38.76 -.49Palm Inc 245503 5.71 -.25CienaCorp 243473 16.01 +2.04

MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE)

LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)

Name Last Chg %ChgInterMune 23.28 +8.67 +59.3WestwdO n11.39 +2.89 +34.0Irid wt13 2.61 +.52 +24.9RCN 15.15 +2.89 +23.6HovnEn pf A 8.32 +1.57 +23.3NewBrdgeB 3.38 +.51 +17.8Stereotaxis 5.68 +.80 +16.4Analyst rs 2.80 +.38 +15.7StratDiag 2.05 +.27 +15.4VillBk&Tr 4.78 +.63 +15.2

Name Last Chg %ChgOhioLegacy 2.46 -.84 -25.5Satcon h 2.28 -.42 -15.6DynMatl 16.34 -2.72 -14.3Neurcrine 2.30 -.30 -11.5ProvCmBc 2.01 -.24 -10.7Solarfun 6.84 -.69 -9.1PSB Hldg 3.67 -.36 -8.9Arbinet 2.04 -.19 -8.5BkVA 3.07 -.28 -8.4SutorTech 2.87 -.26 -8.3

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Name Last Chg %ChgNewConcEn 3.80 -.76 -16.7VirnetX 6.00 -.90 -13.0Libbey 11.78 -.96 -7.5ChinaPhH n 3.41 -.26 -7.1SagaComm16.04 -1.23 -7.1ChinaNet 4.00 -.30 -7.0SuprmInd 2.56 -.19 -6.9RELM 3.82 -.28 -6.8PolyMet g 2.09 -.14 -6.3B&HO 3.20 -.20 -5.9

DIARYAdvanced 328Declined 164Unchanged 46Total issues 538New Highs 34New Lows ...

Name Vol (00) Last ChgCitigrp 2980843 3.50 +.07BkofAm 1662845 16.70 +.30S&P500ETF1582805114.25 +1.61FordM 1048610 13.00 +.21SPDR Fncl 734907 15.22 +.29iShEMkts 695601 40.95 +1.04DirFBear rs 652797 15.84 -1.03Pfizer 639226 17.48 +.15GenElec 638518 16.35 +.24iShR2K 451990 66.62 +1.33

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Name Last Chg %ChgPrime pfB 3.10 -.40 -11.4BkA BM RE 3.39 -.34 -9.1DirREBear 10.83 -.97 -8.2DirEMBr rs 47.95 -4.02 -7.7PrepaidLg 38.76 -3.10 -7.4OvShip 43.76 -3.23 -6.9DirLatBear 40.45 -2.74 -6.4GpoRadio 8.40 -.56 -6.3Resolute wt 2.07 -.14 -6.3Cryolife 6.99 -.46 -6.2

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Dear Dr. Gott: My husband had laparoscopic surgery in 2008 to have one kidney removed due to a large cancerous tumor. Two months later, a blood clot was found between his knee and ankle. He takes Coumadin to reduce further clotting.

Then he was found to have an inci-sional hernia in his abdominal area.

In April 2009, the surgery for the hernia occurred. But within a day or two, it was obvious that it had failed.

The surgeon told my husband that he needed to lose weight before surgical repair could be consid-ered again. My husband is trying to lose weight, but he can only walk because other exercises put too much strain on the hernia. He weighs 300 pounds. Is there anything that can contain the hernia?

Dear Reader: Even though it’s not a cure, your husband probably would have benefited from the use of a girdle or elastic support garment that would have put pressure on the area of the hernia, helping it to stay

in place. It is important to avoid activities such as bending or heavy lifting that place excessive strain on the abdomen. Obesity can worsen hernias.

I am shocked your husband’s sur-geon blamed his hernia on abdomi-nal fat and weakened muscles. After such an ordeal, one can hardly be blamed for not being as active and fit as before, especially immediately fol-lowing the situation.

While I believe your husband would be better off losing weight, I do not think that postponing the hernia repair is in his best interests. He should begin a simple diet, exercise as much as possible without overdo-ing it, and seeking a second opinion.

Hernia needs second opinion

Dear Abby: I am being married in August.

I’m going to have my bridal portrait taken, and I need to know if I’m sup-posed to wear my wedding ring in the photo session or my engagement ring.

Also, how soon do I need to sched-ule the portrait session? — Bride-to-be

Dear Bride-to-be: Congratulations on your forthcoming nuptials.

According to my wedding expert, you should schedule your wedding portrait to be taken sometime in the month before your wedding, and you should be photographed wearing only your engagement ring.

Oops! That didn’t come out right. You should also be wearing your wedding gown.

Dear Abby: I have an incredible career and was recently promoted to a position that requires frequent travel, which I love.

Part of my job involves providing educational programming.

I invited my sister to help me with a couple of training sessions, and I cov-ered the cost of her travel and meals.

Now she expects to travel with me on every trip.

She has booked her own flights on two other trips already this year.

I have a hard time telling my sister

no, but at the same time, I’m work-ing when I am on these trips. I have meetings and events that I cannot include her in. She says she wants to learn “everything” about what I do so she can do it, too.

Abby, I worked more than 25 years to get to this point in my career.

I would love for her to be in the same field, but she has never worked in it and doesn’t always know how to talk to people.

She jokes and makes inappropriate comments that leave me embarrassed and angry.

How do I tell her I can’t keep hav-ing her along for the ride? — Road Warrior

Dear Road Warrior: By stiffening your backbone, informing your sister what it was she has said — and to whom — that made you feel embar-rassed and angry, and telling her that from now on you will be flying solo.

The last thing you need at this point in your career is for her behavior to reflect on your performance. And it could.

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Your Birthday, March 6;

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The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, SATURDAY, March 6, 2010 — 13

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Having qualified as Executor of the estate of CEDRIC EDWARDS of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said CEDRIC EDWARDS to present them to the undersigned on or before the 20th day of May, 2010 or the same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment.

This is the 20th day of February, 2010.

Steve Edwards, ExecutorP.O. Box 1086Ellenboro, NC 28040

NORTH CAROLINAMECKLENBURG COUNTY

DISTRICT COURT DIVISION09-CvD-4725

Johnny Lovelace

vs.

Margie Vernice Simmons Lovelace

NOTICE OF SERVICE BY PUBLICATION

TO: Margie Vernice Simmons Lovelace, Defendant

TAKE NOTICE that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-entitled action, wherein the plaintiff is seeking an absolute divorce. YOU ARE required to make defense to such pleading not later than April 9, 2010, exclusive of said date, and upon failure to do so, the party seeking service against you will apply to the Court for summary judgment for the relief sought on or after the week of April 29, 2010.

This February 24, 2010.

John G. Walker, (State Bar ID #4520)PO Box 222111Charlotte, NC 28222

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Having qualified as Executor of the estate of DOROTHY C. MELTON of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said DOROTHY C. MELTON to present them to the undersigned on or before the 13th day of May, 2010 or the same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment.

This is the 13th day of February, 2010.

Don Calton Melton, Executor3520 NC Hwy 226Bostic, NC 28018

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Having qualified as Executor of the estate of MARTHA HARVIN of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said MARTHA HARVIN to present them to the undersigned on or before the 13th day of May, 2010 or the same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment.

This is the 13th day of February, 2010

Virginia F. Duffey, Executor1012 Miller St.Spindale, NC 28160

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITYPOLICE OFFICER FOR

TOWN OF FOREST CITY

The Town of Forest City is accepting applications for a police officer with starting salary of $33,259.00. Preferred applications will have a good knowledge of modern police practices, laws relating to arrest, search and seizure, apprehension of criminals and traffic control. SPECIALREQUIREMENTS: Applicants must possess NC General Law Enforcement Certification, high school diploma/GED, establish county residence within one year of employment, have no felony convictions and a valid NC class “C” driver’s license. Prior to employment, applicants must successfully complete a physical/drug screen examination, psychological, polygraph and extensive background investigation.

Application packets may be received in person at Forest City Police Department or by contacting

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Church Street, Forest City, NC 28043 by March 12, 2010.

The Town of Forest City considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national

origin, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation or any other legally protected status.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Having qualified as Executor of the estate of HERBERT FARRELL ROBBINS of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said HERBERT FARRELL ROBBINS to present them to the undersigned on or before the 27th day of May, 2010 or the same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment.

This is the 27th day of February, 2010.

Margie Annette Robbins, Executor1813 Harris-Henrietta RoadMooresboro, NC 28114

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Having qualified as Executor of the estate of RUTH MORROW MOORE of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said RUTH MORROW MOORE to present them to the undersigned on or before the 27th day of May, 2010 or the same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment.

This is the 27th day of February, 2010.

Gary Edward Moore, ExecutorPO Box 5844North Myrtle Beach, SC 29597

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APPLIANCES. 247-6215 or 429-7728

Want To Buy

Total Gym & treadmill$200 obo Includes

weight set. 286-8346donnak1941@gmail.com

HAY FOR COWS4x5 rolls $15 per roll

Call 828-863-4918

Cyclone Rake $900Fully equipped!Call 245-3033

Cemetery plot andconcrete vault at

Sunset. Vault value $1,200. Both for

$1,000. 245-6694

2 Burial Plots in Ruth Co Memorial Cemetery

Love section 243, spaces 1 & 2 beside

the road. $2,000Call 828-429-3313

For Sale

All K Scruggs Heating & Air Conditioning

has immediate openingsfor Service technicianwith 5-10 yrs. exp. and Installer with 3-5 yrs. exp. Mail resume to:

1200 Ferry Rd., Mooresboro, NC

28114 or fax 657-0087

Semi Truck & CarMechanic w/tools. Pay is DOE. Some benefits.Call for appt 248-9723

Part time customerservice Afternoons & Sat. Apply in person at Folk’s Cleaners in the Rockwood Plaza

Help Wanted

Local company isseeking a Professional

individual to join our team in the Operations Dept. Responsibilities will include, but not limited to, customer

service and invoicing. Successful candidate will possess excellent

communication, computer and

organizational skills. Dependability is a

must. This is a 3rd shift position.

Please send resume, references & salary

requirements to: PO Box 1149 • Box B Forest City, NC 28043

Massage therapist needed Mon., Fri.,

Sat. Apply in personat Lifestyle Wellness &

Spa business office Mon-Fri 8A-4P

Now hiring experiencedKitchen Manager or

Asst Kitchen ManagerCompetitive salary and benefits. Call for appt.

La Strada at Lake Lure 828-625-1118 after 10am www.

lastradaatlakelure.com

Full time electricianand helper wanted.

Minimum 5 yrs. exp., valid NC driver’s license

Send resume to: PO Box 1149 • Box AForest City, NC 28043

BAYADA NURSESis now hiring

full and part time CNA’s for Polk

County area. Call 828-696-1900

to apply

Help Wanted

Autumn Care of Forest City has the following

position: 2nd shift LPN 3pm-11pm and

every other weekend. Great benefits and competitive salary. Please apply in

person: 830 Bethany Church Rd., FC, Gina Walker, RN, DON or

April Sisk, RN, ADON 828-245-2852

or fax resume: 828-248-2590 or

email Admin122@autumncorp.com

EOE

Help Wanted

Will cut grass, mulch,gutters, trim hedges, landscaping, etc. Call 429-4924 or 748-1548

Work Wanted

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SAGE Technical Services&

ProfessionalTruck Driver

TrainingCarriers Hiring

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

Instruction

3BR DW in Harris.Water & sewer incld.

$450/mo. + dep.828-748-8801

2BR/2BA on large lot in Rfdtn area $350/mo. + $300 dep. Landlord ref’s. Call 286-4333

2BR near East High$300/mo. Dep. & ref’s req. Senior discount.

Call 248-1909

2BR/1BA on Taylor Rd. in Rfdtn $300/mo. + $300 dep. No pets.

Call 287-2511

2 Bedroom/2 Bath inEllenboro. Cent. heat& gas logs. $100/wk + $200 dep. 453-8250

Clean 3BR/2BAin quiet area. Stove, refrig. No pets! $400/ mo. + dep. 287-7043

Mobile Homes

For Rent

Homes R UsSingle Wides, Double Wides and Modulars.

We’ve Got you covered!

Plus Receive $6,500 - $8,000 for purchasing a home. Call 828-433-8455

3BR/2BA DW on 1/2 acre Danieltown areaOwner financing with

DP. $64,900 657-4430

Spring Time Specials!!

Spring is on the way. Call 828-433-8412

and be in a new home by Spring. Use your Taxes as Down

Payment Plus Get $6,500-$8,000

back to move in 828-433-8412

Mobile Homes

For Sale

Houses, mobile homes & apartmentsfor sale & rent. Owner

fin. avail. 453-9946

Homes For

Rent or Sale

1, 2 & 3 BEDROOMHOUSES & APTS.

FOR RENT!$285/mo.-$750/mo.

Rentals Unlimited 245-7400

2BR/1BA House in FC. Cent. h/a, range, refrig. No pets! $450/

mo. + ref’s. & sec. dep.Call 245-9247

4BR/2BA in Lake Lurearea, gated community$900/mo. + dep. and ref’s. 704-482-2810

3BR/1BA Brick homein Chase area.

$725/mo. + dep. Call 828-748-8801

Homes

For Rent

3BR/1BA Brick home Nice out building

Also, 3BR/2BA DW on property. Owner financing with DP.

$119,900 657-4430

FSBO 3BR/2BA Upper Greenhill Owner fin.

w/10% down. $161,000 Call 828-287-1022

Homes

For Sale

Arlington Ridge Spacious 1 & 2BRSome utilities paid

by landlord. Winter special: 1 mo. rent free w/1 yr. lease!Call 828-447-3233

Special $200 dep.!2BR/2BA Nice,

large Townhome Private deck, w/d hook up. Water

included! $485/mo. 1-888-684-5072

Richmond Hill Senior Apts. in Rfdtn 1BR Units w/handicap

accessible units avail. Sec 8 assistance avail.

287-2578 Hours: Mon., Tues., & Thurs.

7-3. TDD Relay 1-800-735-2962 EqualHousing Opportunity. Income Based Rent.

1BR APT Bostic area Appliances & water

furnished. No pets or smoking. $350/mo. + dep. Call 245-1883

Apartments

Call today toplace your ad!

Male Miniature PincherBlack with brown trim, pure bread, no papers. Born 2/4 $200 453-1876

Free to a good homeMale and female cats.

All shots, neutered and/or spayed.

Call 828-245-9795

Lost

Male Beagle wearing black collar. Lost 2/24 Shiloh area. Reward!

447-1613 or 245-9770

Have you lost or found a pet? Are you giving something

away for free?Place an adtoday at nocost to you!

YARD SALESPECIAL

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TOMORROW!Don’t forget tocheck it out inThe Sunday

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14 — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, SATURDAY, March 6, 2010

TREE CARE

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ROOFING

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Mark Reid828-289-1871

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WINDOWS & SIDINGENTRANCE DOORS STORM DOORS

VETERINARIAN

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GRADING & HAULING

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PAINTING

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GUTTERS

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Repairs New & OldVinyl Siding

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The North Carolina Department of Transportation is seeking bids from mowing contractors for the following counties: Rutherford

A mandatory pre-bid meeting will meet atShiloh-Danieltown-Oakland Fire Dept. ; 115 Tom’s Lake Rd. ; Forest City , NC 28043 on Friday, March 12, 2010 at 10:00 am. It is mandatory that all bidders attend the full meeting, including all mowing locations and the office presentation. Only bidders present at the mandatory pre-bid meeting will be allowed to bid. Only sealed bids in bid forms furnished by the Department of Transportation and sealed in envelopes furnished by the Department of Transportation at the pre-bid meeting will be considered. Bids will be opened Friday, March 19, 2010 at 10:00 am in the office of the Division Right of Way Agent of the Department of Transportation located at 79 Turtle Creek Drive ; Asheville , NC 28803. All Sealed Bids shall be delivered to the above address or mailed to Robert L. Haskett , Jr. Division Right of Way Agent, 79 Turtle Creek Drive ; Asheville , NC 28803, prior to 10:00 am, Friday, March 19, 2010 or the bid will not be considered. The Department of Transportation reserves the right to reject any and all bids. For full particulars, contact the above-mentioned office at the given address or telephone ( 828) 274-8435. In accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, minority business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color or national origin.

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,BURKE COUNTY

In the District CourtCase 09 CVD 2566

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION

Complaint and Summons for absolute divorce in Burke Co.

TO: TONY WRAY SIMPSON

Take notice that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-entitled action. The nature of the relief being sought is as follows: Absolute Divorce. You are required to make defense to such pleading not later than April 16, 2010, and upon your failure to do so the party seeking service against you will apply to the court for the relief sought.

This the 6th day of March, 2010.

Russell R.Becker, 204 A East McDowell Street,Morganton, NC 28655.

TOWN OF FOREST CITYREQUEST FOR BIDS

TRACTOR WITH BOOM MOWER

The Town of Forest City is requesting proposals for a tractor with boom mower. Specifications and bid information may be obtained from Bob Daniels, Forest City Public Works Department, 131 Wilkie Street, or from the City Clerk, Town Hall, 128 N. Powell Street, Forest City.

Sealed proposals will be received in the City Clerk’s Office until 2pm on March 26, 2010, at which time they will be opened and read.

The Town of Forest City reserves the right to reject any and all proposals and waive technicalities.

For further information contact Bob Daniels 828-245-0149.

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