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Wednesday, March 24, 2010, Forest City, N.C.

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By JEAN GORDONDaily Courier Staff Writer

FOREST CITY — A 48-year-old man walking across U.S. 74A at 5 a.m. Tuesday stepped in front of a vehicle and was struck and killed.

Robert Levette McEntire of Sherrill Street died instantly, Forest City Assistant Chief Bob Ward said. McEntire is the county’s first traffic fatality of 2010.

According to the police, Phyllis L. Mock, 53, of Coopers Gap Road, Rutherfordton, was driving east on U.S. 74A in a 2000 Toyota on her way to work in Forest City when McEntire stepped in front of her car. She told police she did not see anyone until impact.

She dialed 911 to report the incident. She did

not sustain any physical injuries.Ward said McEntire was walking to

McDonald’s from his Sherrill Street home to meet his girlfriend, a third shift employee, and they were planning to go to Wal-Mart before going back home.

“He walks quit a bit,” Ward said.No charges are being filed.Assisting at the scene were Forest City police,

firefighters, Rutherford County EMS, North Carolina Crime Control and Vassey’s Wrecker Service.

Mock’s car sustained an estimated $800 in damages.

Contact Gordon via e-mail at [email protected].

By SCOTT BAUGHMANDaily Courier Staff Writer

FOREST CITY — Rutherford County’s official Web site got a B minus grade for government transparency from the Sunshine

Review — one of the highest scores in the Tar Heel state.

The non-profit group reviews sites of local, state and national governments to see if they are user friendly and if they present information that is both

easy to find and required by law.According to their Web site;

“The Sunshine Review is a non-profit organization dedicated to state and local government transparency.

The Sunshine Review collects and shares transparency information and uses a 10-point Transparency Checklist

to evaluate the content of every state and more than 5,000 local government Web sites. Sunshine Review collaborates

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Jean Gordon/Daily CourierEmergency personnel at the scene of a fatality at 5 a.m. Tuesday on U.S. 74A in front of the Tri-City Mall.

BRWA drought policies shelved

Pedestrian struck by car dies

County’s Web site gets OK on transparency

Backpack food programs helping kidsBy ALLISON FLYNNDaily Courier Staff Writer

SPINDALE — “Is today the day?” a young child at Spindale Elementary recently asked Amy Revis, site coordinator for Communities in Schools of Rutherford County.

The child is one of 44 students at the school who receive backpacks each Friday filled with various foods to take home for the week-end as part of the Backpack Food Program.

At Spindale, the program is in its first year. Nationally, the program began as a pilot program in 1995. The National Council of Feeding America approved the Backpack Program as an official national program of the network in July 2006.

“It began nationally when teach-ers noted students were complain-ing of tummyaches and dizziness on Monday mornings,” Revis said.

Children are identified for the program by school staff and a per-mission letter sent home to the

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Allison Flynn/Daily CourierCommunities in Schools of Rutherford County Site Coordinator Amy Revis looks inside cabinets at Spindale Elementary School in a room designated for the school’s backpack food program. While Spindale’s program is facilitated by Communities in Schools, other Rutherford County Schools also have the program, which is run by volunteers and school staff.

By SCOTT BAUGHMANDaily Courier Staff Writer

RUTHERFORDTON — Broad River Water Authority ended drought restrictions at their March meeting Tuesday night and agreed to hear a proposal from Foothills Connect on using their water towers for high speed Internet service.

Jim Brown of Foothills Connect Business and Technology Center came before the BRWA board to talk about the newly formed Foothills Connections — a point-to-point wireless Internet service that hopes to use the utility’s water towers for their radio transmitters free of charge.

“It has been very clear to me for a long time that broadband access has become just as much a part of the infrastructure as water lines, roads, electricity and all of those things we all help maintain,” Brown said. “Foothills has been in exis

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RUTHERFORDTON — United Way of Rutherford County’s Community Engagement Team will pres-ent an educational forum for parents and caregivers, “What Does Your Child Know About Drugs That You Don’t?” on Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Cliffside Elementary School audito-rium.

The forum will feature a panel of local behavioral health and substance abuse experts to answer your ques-tions.

“Today’s youth are bom-barded by a culture that encourages them to grow up faster … and when it comes to drugs and getting high, our children have easier access to pills, alcohol and

other drugs than we like to admit,” a press release about the event notes. “So how do we protect our children from the dangers of drugs? For starters, we have to find out what our children know about drugs and where they’re getting their informa-tion, and we have to learn how to talk with our kids effectively to help steer them away from drugs.”

Not sure how to talk with your child about drugs?

Wondering how to recog-nize signs of substance use?

What kinds of drugs are local law enforcement offi-cers seeing on the street?

The panel can answer those and other questions about kids and drugs. Parents can also submit questions anony-

mously by writing them down and dropping them in a question box at the forum.

The expert panel includes: Lynne Barnette, licensed clinical addiction spe-cialist with Home Care Management; Rachael Haynes-Wood, children’s program coordinator with Pavillon Treatment Center; Dr. Matthew Joseph, psy-chiatrist and medical direc-tor of Insights Psychiatric Resources of Rutherford Hospital; detectives Chris Roach and Brandon Rothrock with the Forest City Police Department; Brett Sculthorp, prevention coordinator with Phoenix Prevention and Treatment Services; and Jerry Wease, youth advocate with Youth

Empowerment Center.Faye Hassell, executive

director of United Way of Rutherford County noted that the event is not just for people in the Cliffside School area and it’s not just for par-ents.

“It can be grandparents or other relatives or others who are just interested people, from churches to others who might be mentors,” she said. “It’s for a lot of different types of people as they relate to the youth about drug use. It’s an opportunity to try to educate people.”

The event is an ideal time for law enforcement to pres-ent a positive image in the community, Hassell said.

“One of the things that we really need to try to work

hard in the community with is to make sure that law enforcement is not always seen in the negative,” she noted.

Communication is the key, Hassell said, commenting, “It’s very important that the parents learn to commu-nicate with their children and educate themselves. Hopefully this forum will open the door. Hopefully this will be seen as a way to pro-tect our children by educat-ing our parents.”

Hassell said she hopes to offer similar events at other locations in the county.

Childcare for school-age children will be available Thursday.

For more information call 286-3929.

By LARRY DALEDaily Courier Staff Writer

CAROLEEN — Details of a three-part USDA Rural Development loan program were presented at the Community Engagement Team meet-ing Tuesday morning at Caroleen United Methodist Church on Mills Street.

Of particular interest to partici-pants was a housing repair and reha-bilitation program that provides a source of funding for very low income owner-occupants for removal of safe-ty hazards, sanitation hazards and repairs to existing properties.

One aspect of the 504 Repair and Rehabilitation Program is grants of $7,500 per lifetime for people 62 years old or older. The 504 Repair and Rehabilitation program also offers loans of $20,000 for a maxi-mum 20-year term at a fixed 1 per-cent interest rate.

The various programs were present-ed by Nick Lattanzi, area specialist with USDA Rural Development out of Shelby.

The 502 Direct Program offers 100 percent financing for a 33-year-term with a fixed interest rate to purchase

or build. There is no down payment, no Private Mortgage Insurance and no prepayment penalty.

The 502 Guarantee Program offers 102 percent financing for a 30-year term, with a fixed interest rate, no down payment, no Private Mortgage Insurance, no seller concession limit and no prepayment penalty.

There are various eligibility require-ments on both the housing programs.

Lattanzi may be contacted at 704-471-0235-4 or at http://www.ruraldev.usda.gov/nc. He said the USDA programs have been helped tremendously by stimulus money, so now is a good time to look at them.

In a similar vein, Nell Bovender, executive director of the Rutherford Housing Partnership, gave an update on that organization’s efforts.

The group’s December newsletter reported that RHP completed 109 urgent repairs in 2009, including 23 handicapped ramps built, 24 leaky roofs repaired or replaced and 35 dangerous steps, porches or floors repaired.

RHP provides materials, Bovender said, and, where a professional is not needed, volunteers provide labor.

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tence since 2005 and one of our concerns has been not to compete with private business. We have waited five years and no one has stepped forward to offer broadband access to the rural areas of Rutherford County.”

Foothills will be partnering with Skyrunner — a wireless provider out of Asheville. Brown said there were several areas of Rutherford County where residents were lucky to get dial-up access to the Internet. Foothills has worked on government grants to get 100 miles of high speed broadband fiber optic cable placed in the county for schools and public services.

“The students have great access at school now, but when they go home, they may not have access at all,” Brown said. “Our role here is to provide access not make money. We’re offering an ultra-level access for $60 a month and if you choose that level you’ll get the highest level of access we can offer and $10 each month will go toward our schol-arship fund to help students get access at home.”

The board voted unanimously to allow Brown to come back soon with a formal proposal for free use of the towers for one year.

In other business, the board also voted to extend developer agreements for three years that govern refunds for water line connections.

Previously, government issued permits had a two or five year expiration date, but because of the economic slowdown state law has been changed to extend the deadlines. The utility has several agreements in place for when a developer puts in a waterline. For every tap made by a new home, BRWA pays the developer $2,500. The utility pays $1,000 and $1,500 comes from the customer, up to the amount the developer spent on the water line. There are about 51 sites eligible for refunds and since 2007 BRWA has only paid out five. The board voted unanimously to extend each of the agreements by three years.

Finally, the board heard a report that the county has been out of drought conditions since September 2009, and so voted unanimously to end stage one water restrictions.

Contact Baughman via e-mail at [email protected].

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FOREST CITY — Rutherford County women will trade their purses for tool belts on Mother’s Day Weekend.

Habitat will kick off its Women Build Program on Saturday, May 8.

Working under the supervision of experienced crew leaders, a team of 30 local women volun-teers will arm themselves with tools and building materials and work on a Habitat home already in progress in Rutherford County.

The one-day build event will take place from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m., breakfast will be provided by Bojangles, lunch will be pre-pared and served by Habitat’s Monday and Tuesday work crews who are trading their hammers in that day for aprons and spatu-las.

Habitat for Humanity Inter-national has designated the week of May 1-9 as National Women Build Week.

The national program, under-written by Lowe’s, brings women from all walks of life together to learn construction skills and then use those skills to be part of the solution to poverty housing.

A national partner of Habitat for Humanity, Lowe’s will be offered several free hands-on workshops for women volunteers

to gain basic construction skills and prepare them for the build event.

The Women Build Program offers an exciting opportunity for women to learn construction skills in a safe and supportive environment. Working with oth-er women on a build site encour-ages women to step up and take roles that they might not tradi-tionally attempt.

A Women Build house is built using work crews comprised entirely of women.

While there may be male con-struction supervisors overseeing the construction activities and providing instruction, the key goal of the program is to ensure that the women are doing the actual, hands-on building of the house.

Women Build is not about excluding men — it is about including women — empowering them to build Habitat homes, and enabling them to positively impact the lives of families by making the dream of homeown-ership a reality.

Since the program’s inception in 1998, Women Build volun-teers have constructed more than 1000 homes throughout the world.

Rutherford County Habitat is still seeking women from the community to volunteer for the

Mother’s Day Women Build. Sponsorships and donations are also being accepted.

Businesses and individuals can sponsor the Mother’s Day Event at the Diamond Hammer ($100), Ruby Hammer ($50) or Pearl Hammer ($25) levels.

Donors may designate their contribution in honor or in memory of their mother or a special woman in their life.

If requested, a Mother’s Day Card acknowledging the gift will be sent to the honoree. Names of donors and those honored or memorialized will be placed on a Mother’s Day Women Build ban-ner which will be displayed on the work site and later moved to the Habitat ReStore.

If you would like to donate, sponsor or become a Women Build Volunteer, please contact Linda Tribou at 245-0716.

Contributed photoHabitat’s women builders erect a wall frame during work on a project. The Women Build Program is gearing up for its next project.

Women builders program gets ready for its next Habitat effort

A picture of Dr. Mike Greene that appeared in the Sunday, March 14, edition of The Daily Courier should have stated Greene was performing the tendon release treatment, not a massage on a woman at the Foothills Women’s Lifestyle Show. The Courier regrets the error.

Clarification

Hospice is offering free clinicsFOREST CITY — Free Advance Directive Clinics

will be offered twice a month at the Hospice Annette Cash Whitaker Center of Living. A medi-cal social worker or trained facilitator will explain Advance Directives including Living Wills, Health Care Powers of Attorney, and the new MOST forms — Medical Orders for Scope of Treatment.

Clinics scheduled the first Tuesday of each month from 12:30 to 2 p.m., are April 6, May 4, June 1, July 6, Aug. 3, Sept. 7, Oct. 5, Nov. 2 and Dec. 7.

Classes on the third Tuesday of each month from 5 to 6:30 p.m., are April 20, May 18, June 15, July 20, Aug. 17, Sept. 21, Oct. 19, Nov. 16 and Dec. 21.

Call 245-0095 to register or receive more infor-mation.

KidSenses event plannedRUTHERFORDTON — “Wacky Evening,” a

celebration of the world of Dr. Seuss will be held Thursday, March 25 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at KidSenses children’s musuem and everyone is invited to attend the free event.

The Gardner-Webb University School of Education and KidSenses is sponsoring the jour-ney through Seuss stories such as “One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish”, “Mr. Brown Can Moo,” “Go Dog Go,” and “The Tooth Book” and more.

The evening concludes with a fantastical pro-duction by GWU students in the theater exhibit, Light! Camera! Action!

Scholarship applications availableFOREST CITY — The Symphony of Rutherford

County is seeking applications for its third annual Betty Jo Carpenter Music Scholarship. Given in honor of Betty Jo Carpenter, who served as presi-dent of the Symphony for a number of years, the scholarship will be awarded at the orchestra’s spring concert on May 2.

To be eligible for the non-recurring scholarship of $500 an applicant must be a graduating senior from Rutherford, Polk, or Cleveland County and must be accepted as a music major at an accredited college, conservatory, or university. Applications are available through high school music teachers or they may be obtained directly by contacting the Symphony Scholarship Chairperson Seth Carson, at 828-305-0785 or [email protected]

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

Jodi V. Brookshire/ publisherSteven E. Parham/ executive editor

601 Oak Street, P.O. Box 1149,Forest City, N.C. 28043Phone: 245-6431 Fax: 248-2790E-mail: [email protected]

One of the disconcerting facts about American politics is that the intensity of individual

involvement has an often negative side effect.

People take their political issues very personally, and when especially contro-versial issues arise, emotions run hot.

We clearly saw that with the months-long debate about health care reform.

The fact that people take issues seri-ously, and that they get involved is a good thing. That they sometimes lose control in the heat of the battle, is not so good.

Most observers of the American political scene have seen a lot of heated, emotional debates. They are always painful to watch. This debate over health care reform has been one of those.

Now that the vote has been taken and a bill has been passed, it is time now to step back from the heat of the moment and look at where we are.

Those who opposed the bill and those who supported it now have to work together to make it effective or to fix the problems that remain.

That cannot happen unless everyone comes back to the process with a clear head and a commitment to civility.

Our Views

Health debate on a new level

Our readers’ viewsUrges writer to slow down and buckle up

To the editor:This is a response to Ralph

Haulk’s letter on 3/20. You think you should be able

to speed and not wear a seatbelt without repercussions.

You sound like someone who thinks that their actions don’t affect others. You are wrong.

Let’s hope that I, nor one of my family members, are not kept in the emergency room waiting for the doctor who is putting your body back together when you get into an accident from speeding while not buckled up.

That one stupid decision may keep police away from helping someone who may be robbed. It could keep doctors away from heart attack victims. It could make others go to a loved one’s funeral.

So do us all a favor, slow down and buckle up. It will definitely be for your own good.

Barbara SaneRutherfordton

Laments the passage of health care reform

To the editor:Wasn’t it nice to wake up

Sunday morning while we Americans still felt like we were in America?

But today, Monday, it feels like we are now a communist nation — a President who gets his way on any new legislation, right or wrong.

When did it become normal policy to buy votes to get your pet projects approved?

In my opinion, this is illegal and those promoting it and those accepting it should be tried in a court of law .... Hmmm, I wonder how our federal court sytems are ... Corrupt? Why not ... that

seems to be the mode of our present government. This is not totally a Democrat or Republican problem, it is both parties with corrupt leadership.

I do agree that our present health care system needs tweek-ing, but why in the world should we supply health care to illegal aliens who have never contrib-uted?

Why should we continue to give, give, give to those who would not hold down a job and be responsible adults under any circumstances?

Why should we have money withdrawn from our seniors’ Medicare when they are not able to work and maintain like they once did?

Why do we have all the “pet” projects in every new legislation?

This money could be used to support real issues rather than padding someone’s pocket.

Why should we have to pay four years in advance before the actu-al benefit (if there is any) goes into effect?

With our deficit in the tril-lions of dollars and a liberal government in the White House, I expect we will soon be under control of a foreign government takeover.

Wake up America, the clock is ticking! It breaks my heart to see what my kids, grandkids, and great-grandkids are facing. They will never know the America I grew up in. How sad.

Ray SchaferBostic

Complains that state not sending tax refund

To the editor:Just had my income taxes done

and found out the State of North Carolina is in need of my money and they feel that they have that right to keep it as long as they need.

And some others think that we should have more government control over our lives with health care.

When I decided to leave my husband, I had three young chil-dren, one of them handicapped.

I knew that if I had to work two jobs to support them, I would. And I did. Never one time did I think of going on welfare or ask for government assistance.

One of the biggest problems that we have today is there are too many people on government programs.

We need to stop asking for hand outs from the government and learn to stand on our own two feet.

I am not addressing those who are out of work due to the lousy economy. I am talking to those who think it is their God-given right to these freebies.

It is costing the rest of us too much money in the way of taxes and controlling too much of our daily lives.

JT RussellRutherfordton

Wonders why alcohol threats get a pass

To the editor:With all the news on medical

marijuana and cigarettes and how they are bad for you, I won-der why no one says anything about alcohol.

It causes cirrhosis of the liver, other cancers and diseases, and drunk driving.

You can die of alcohol poison-ing in one night, and its medical properties could also be debated.

It is as bad or worse as ciga-rettes and marijuana, yet you can buy it seven days a week.

The hypocrisy runs real deep. Just a thought.

Stephen LedfordForest City

N.C. consumers could really use strong advocateRALEIGH — The state leg-

islator was indignant. “It’s the counties’ money.

Why shouldn’t they decide how to spend it?” he asked.

He and his colleagues then began discussing “stakehold-ers,” a nice legislative word for special interests, and how each had been consulted about the legislation being pondered.

Feeling a bit mischievous, I asked a couple of lobby-ists seated at the back of the committee room to point out the consumer stakeholder in the room. They laughed.

In the absence of any such person, the angry legislator had no one to remind him that, in fact, the money being discussed didn’t really belong to county government. It belonged to taxpayers. It came from consumers. It resulted from those consum-

ers’ hard work and their eco-nomic activity.

The episode served as a reminder of just how weak or non-existent true consumer advocates are at the North Carolina General Assembly, how little the pocketbooks of the middle class come into the conversation as legisla-tion is considered.

Yes, advocacy groups for the poor are often in the room and have their say. Nonprofits created to look out for the welfare of chil-dren make themselves heard. There’s no shortage of envi-

ronmental groups to press their positions.

Conservative and anti-tax groups, whether the Locke Foundation or Americans for Prosperity, enter the fray.

At times, the interests of each these groups can over-lap with those of middle-class consumers. None, though, are true consumer advocates, looking out for consumers without other agendas or ideological stanc-es.

So, when the state’s utility companies began negotiating renewable energy require-ments for their electricity generation, environmental-ists got in on the conversa-tion. Consumers weren’t so lucky.

When legislators debated a bailout of the health insurance plan for state employees, employee groups

complained about rising deductibles and co-pays. Those same groups yelled about plans to charge smok-ers and the obese more for their health care coverage. In-state pharmacists grum-bled about plans that could have cut them out when it came to filling drug pre-scriptions for state employ-ees. Insurer Blue Cross said its administrative costs weren’t to blame.

But no consumer groups stood up to talk about the long-term viability of a sys-tem where employees don’t pay premiums and what kind of financial pressure that creates on the rest of state government.

When lawmakers looked to fix a state-backed coastal homeowners insurance plan, representatives of the insurance companies and

home builders filled meeting rooms. People representing coastal communities made sure that they had a seat at the table. There was no seat for the consumers who could be forced to pick up the tab if the Hurricane Katrina hit the state and wiped out the coastal plan’s reserves.

That consumer groups are

absent isn’t the fault of legis-lators.

The political world is increasingly polarized and fractured. Those with very specific stakes in the legis-lative process will gain the resources necessary to fight.

The stakes for consumers are more generalized.

It doesn’t mean they are any less important.

Mooneyham is executive director of the Capitol Press Association.

Scott Mooneyham

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Sheriff’s Reportsn The Rutherford County

Sheriff’s Office responded to 121 E-911 calls Monday.n Rhonda Burke Barron

reported the theft of a check.n The theft of gasoline

from a truck was reported by the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office.n Grady Allen Henderson

reported damage to a 1996 Toyota Tercel and an assault.n Herbert M. Walker

reported the theft of a Sentry safe.

Rutherfordtonn The Rutherfordton Police

Department responded to 42 E-911 calls Monday.

Spindalen The Spindale Police

Department responded to 22 E-911 Monday.

Lake Luren The Lake Lure Police

Department responded to two E-911 calls Monday.

Forest Cityn The Forest City Police

Department responded to 61 E-911 calls Monday.

n An employee of Mid-Carolina Orthopedic and Spine reported an incident of obtain controlled substance by fraud.n Dean Scaturro reported

an incident of obtain prop-erty by false pretense.n Ruth Black reported

an incident of violation of domestic violence protective order.n An employee of Wilco-

Hess reported the theft of gasoline.

Arrestsn Kyle Kevin Whitley, 23,

of 174 Plum Trail; charged with failure to comply; placed under a $1,167.68 cash bond. (RCSD)n Dylon Scott Lowery, 16,

of 319 Ellenboro/ Henrietta Road; charged with posses-sion of drug paraphernalia; freed on a custody release. (RCSD)n Tyler Steven Burnett, 20,

of 491 Webb Road; charged with driving while license revoked; placed under a $1,500 secured bond. (RCSD)n Timothy Lee Pruett, 18,

of 6201 New House Road; charged with possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana and possession of

drug paraphernalia; placed under a $10,000 secured bond. (RCSD)n Shasta Dawn Wilson,

26, of 145 Shapphire Drive; charged with fictitious/ altered title/registration card/ tag and expired/ no inspection; released on a $500 unsecured bond. (RCSD)

EMS/Rescuen The Rutherford County

EMS responded to 24 E-911 calls Monday.n The Volunteer Life

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

Fire Callsn Forest City firefighters

responded to a motor vehicle crash.n Rutherfordton firefight-

ers responded to a fire at an unoccupied house on Cleghorn Street.n SDO firefighters

responded to an electrical fire and to a structure fire, assisted by Cliffside and Sandy Mush firefighters.n Spindale firefighters

responded to a mulch fire.

James WatsonJames Edward Watson,

62, of Rutherfordton, died Monday, March 22, 2010, at Rutherford Hospital.

A native of Polk County, he was a son of the late Holland Watson and Dolon Thompson Watson.

He was a member of Gilboa United Methodist Church, a retired trucking company traffic manage,, and a Navy veteran of Vietnam.

He is survived by his wife, Libby Watson of Rutherfordton; two sons, Chad Watson of Grover and Corey Watson of Cherry Point; two stepsons, Scottie Berryhill of Marion and Dustin Berryhill of Asheville; and two sisters, Alex Russell of Green Creek and Norma Hill of Columbus.

Memorial services will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday at Gilboa United Methodist Church in Gilkey with the Rev. Allen Marsh officiating.

McMahan’s Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Online condolences www.mcmhansfuneralhome.com.

Robert McEntireRobert “Bone” McEntire,

48, of 170 Third St., Forest City, died Tuesday, March 23, 2010, at Rutherford Hospital.

Arrangements are incom-plete and will be announced by Thompson’s Mortuary.

Sue ButtsSue Butts, 48, of

Walterboro, S.C., died Sunday, March 21, 2010, at Trident Hospital in Summerville, S.C.

Born in Caldwell County, she was preceded in death by her father, Grady Sanders, and her husband of more than 25 years, Robert Butts.

She worked as a conve-nience store clerk.

Survivors include her moth-er, Catherine Blanton; two daughters, Heidi Coggins of Walterboro, and Amanda Butts of Gaffney, S.C.; three sisters, Tammie Padgett of Bostic, Lisa Keever of Sunshine, and Rebecca Morris of Maiden; four brothers, Grady Sanders and David Sanders, of Lenoir, Sandy Sanders of Spindale, and Darroll Sanders of Baton; and eight grandchil-dren.

Memorial services and visitation will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the home of Sandy Sanders, 106 Edwards St., Spindale, with the Revs. Wiley Sanders and Kenneth Sanders officiating.

In lieu of flowers, memo-rials may be made to Harrelson Funeral Home, 1251 US Hwy., Forest City, NC 28043 to help defray cre-mation costs.

Online condolences www.harrel-sonfuneralhome.com.

Obituaries

SANFORD (AP) — A North Carolina man has been sentenced to life in prison without parole after pleading guilty to two unre-lated murder charges.

The Fayetteville Observer reported that 27-year-old Kevin Lance Key of Sanford pleaded guilty Monday in Sanford.

Key had been charged in 2008 with killing his father, Eddie Key. A week later, Kevin Key was charged with killing an 11-year-old boy in 2004.

Lee County District Attor-ney Susan Doyle says she didn’t seek a death sentence at the request of Key’s family. Doyle says questions about Key’s mental capacity also might have eliminated a pos-sible death sentence.

She says both Key’s family and the family of 11-year-old Bradley Way supported the plea agreement.

Twenty-five-year-old Victor Jermaine Gamble already is serving a life prison sentence for the boy’s death.

Man gets life sentence for killing two

Police Notes

Four charged after man, 88, is found beaten in his homeBy JEAN GORDONDaily Courier Staff Writer

SPINDALE — Four people were arrested Wednesday afternoon and charged in connection of a brutal attack of an 88-year-old Spindale man, March 16.

Lector Mayse of 908 Spindale Street was assault-ed at his home when three people allegedly broke in, stole money and beat him. A fourth person is charged with accessory after the fact of a felony.

Mayse was released from Rutherford Hospital Monday.

Detective Glen Harmon of the Spindale Police Department said the arrests were made Tuesday after-noon.

Elijah Burt Geer, 29, of 406 Oakland Road, Apt. B1, Spindale, is charged with first degree burglary, com-mon law robbery and assault inflicting serious bodily injury.

He is being held in the Rutherford County Detention Facility under a $75,000 bond.

Earl J. Lilly, 25, of 201 Maple Street, Rutherfordton, is charged with first degree burglary and common law robbery. He is also in jail under a $75,000 bond.

Mary Elizabeth Laughter, 30, of 406 Oakland Road, Apt. B1, Spindale, is charged with first degree burglary and common law robbery. She is also in jail under a $75,000 bond.

Charged with accessory after the fact of a felony is Martha L. Crawford, 55, of the same Oakland Road address as Geer and Laughter. She was released from custody under a $25,000 bond.

Harmon said Mayse was broken into some time in the evening on March 16 and was discovered by his son on Wednesday night.

He had been badly beaten and sustained serious inju-ries on his head.

The alleged suspects took $150 from Mayse’s wallet.

Harmon said everyone except Crawford entered the residence or stood on the porch. Everyone except Lilly was arrested at their homes. Lilly was already in jail under a credit card charge.

Contact Gordon via email: [email protected]

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FOREST CITY —Drivers of two separate vehicles sus-tained injuries in a motor vehicle accident Sunday at 6:30 p.m.

Olivia Martin Hopper, 21, of Mooresboro was driving a 2001 Honda on State Line Road and Don Bonds, 59, of Abbeville, was traveling north on U.S. 221A when Hopper attempted to cross

U.S. 221A and traveled into the path of the Bonds’ 1995 Ford pick-up truck.

Hopper and Bonds were taken to Rutherford Hospital.

On Saturday afternoon, a motor vehicle accident occurred on U.S. 221, north of Rutherfordton, injuring a passenger in Danny Wyatt’s 2001 Chrysler. Wyatt, 29, of

Marion, was driving north and Rodney Dietz, 53, of Union Mills, was travel-ing south. Deitz started to make a turn into the Gilkey store in front of Wyatt, who swerved to the right, but Wyatt struck the store sign.

Jamie Wyatt was taken to Rutherford Hospital for treatment.

Three are injured in accidents

Man dies hiking mountain in Hawaii

LIHUE, Hawaii (AP) — Kauai Fire Department offi-cials say a 65-year-old visitor from North Carolina died after collapsing atop a small mountain he climbed over the weekend.

The man hiked Mt. Nonou with his son and daughter-in-law on Sunday.

He sat down at a picnic table after reaching the top of the 1,200 foot peak.

He collapsed when he got up to take a picture.

Authorities didn’t release the man’s name or home-town.

The department said Monday the man’s son

administered cardiopul-monary resuscitation. The daughter-in-law ran down the trail to call for help.

Firefighters responded by helicopter and by climbing the mountain.

The man was taken to Wilcox Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

An autopsy is being con-ducted to determine the cause of death.

USDA declares disaster areas

WASHINGTON (AP) — Thirteen counties in North Carolina have been designat-ed as primary natural disas-ter areas because of losses caused by rain and flooding.

A statement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture

on Monday said Camden, Granville, Orange, Carteret, Greene, Pasquotank, Craven, New Hanover, Pender, Currituck, Onslow, Washington and Durham counties.

The declaration covers the period from Nov. 1 through Dec. 31, 2009.

The department issued the designation on March 18, making all qualified farm operators in the designated areas eligible for low inter-est emergency loans from USDA’s Farm Service Agency, provided they meet eligibility requirements.

Farmers in eligible coun-ties have eight months from the date of the declaration to apply for loans to help cover part of their actual losses.

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Barney “Bill” Hoover HopperBarney “Bill” Hoover

Hopper ,81, of Hopper Road, Rutherfordton, died on Sunday March 21, 2010, at the VA Medical Center in Asheville.

A native of Rutherford County, he was born on August 8, 1928, to the late James Otto and Vada Jenkins Hopper.

In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by three sisters, Selma Shiflet, Norma Head and Flayree Murray and two brothers Pete Hopper and Jack Hopper.

Bill was a faithful member and vital part of Kistler’s Chapel United Methodist Church, where he was a member of the choir, served as lay leader and in many areas on various boards and com-mittees. One of his greatest joys was serving as a teacher of the Adult Men’s class for over 35 years.

He will be remembered in many ways, but especially for his strong belief in the power of prayer. As family and friends, we have known the sincerity and power of his prayer for us, by name and no doubt if you have known him at all, you have also been in his prayers.

He loved and fought for his country in the Korean War. His service began in 1948 and was sent to Korea in 1950, where he was wounded. After spend-ing two years in Army Hospitals, he received a Purple Heart and was discharged in 1952. Upon his return home, he completed his education by receiving a degree in business from Howard’s Business College.

His professional career began in banking as an accountant at the former Union Trust Company in Forest City. Then he chose a different path with the US Postal Service, both at the Forest City and Rutherfordton Post Offices as a rural mail carrier. After years of serving people in his mail routes, he started what would become many years of employ-ment as a bookkeeper, as well as a long lasting friendship with the Byers family at North State Gas Company. In each of these areas of employment he gave his all to his employers, co-workers and to the people he served. Many life-long friendships were made through his work and beyond.

In addition to his wife of 57 years, Irene Johnson Hopper, he leaves to cherish many happy memories, one daughter, Lisa Hopper Epley (Eric) of Columbus NC.; one son, Michael Hopper of Villa Rica GA; two step grandsons, Tommy Crane of St. Augustine FL and Stephen Crane of Temple GA; two sisters-in-law, Lois Johnson of Rutherfordton and Shirley Johnson of Rutherfordton; two brothers-in-law, Lester Murray of Mooresboro and David Johnson of Forest City; also many loving cousins, nieces and nephews.

The family will receive friends Wednesday March 24th from 6 to 9 p.m. at McMahan’s. A memo-rial and celebration of life will be held 11 a.m., Thursday, March 25, at Kistler’s Chapel United Methodist Church, 3060 Poors Ford Road, Rutherfordton NC, with the Rev. Ricky Johnson and the Rev. Ad Hopper officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery with military honors.

The family is at the home at 900 Hopper Road.

Memorials may be made to Kistler’s Chapel United Methodist Church Building Fund, 3060 Poors Ford Road, Rutherfordton NC 28139.

McMahan’s Funeral Home and Cremation Services is assisting the Hopper family.

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parents, Revis said. Distribution of the backpacks each week, which include snacks and foods that are easy to prepare, are done discreetly. There is no cost to students or parents to take part, but the backpack has to be returned each week to the school.

Food donations, Revis said, have come from churches, civic groups, Boy Scouts, school employees, busi-nesses, individuals and other groups.

“We’ve all taken clothes and donated them to Hospice or Yokefellow,” Revis said. “There’s something about pick-ing up food and knowing it’s in a bag on Friday that’s touching.”

When the program first began, one classroom in the school was desig-nated to house the food. Now, the non-perishable food items are stored throughout the school in unused fil-ing cabinets and pantries. It began with 20 students and continues to grow, Revis said.

“When there were 20 students it took half of Wednesday to get the backpacks ready,” she said. “Now it takes all day Wednesday to pack them.”

And students get the backpacks back each Monday almost without fail, she said.

CISRC would like to expand the pro-gram into other schools, and is using this year at Spindale as an oppor-

tunity to “establish the blueprint as to how the program should go,” said Board Member Chris Fuller.

“Especially when children are depending on that backpack,” said Executive Director Charlotte Epley. “Before we expand, we want to make sure it’s successful here.”

Forest City-Dunbar also offers a backpack food program, said Linda Bridges, assistant principal, as do Sunshine and Harris Elementary Schools. The program started at Forest City-Dunbar in January, and is

set up very similar to Spindale’s. There are 20 children in the pro-

gram currently, Bridges said. “We would like to do more,” she said.

Both schools said they packed extra foods in the bags before missed days for snow and holidays and will also pack extra for the upcoming spring break.

“We’re customizing each bag too,” Bridges said. “One girl’s mother is diabetic and she shares with her and asked for sugar-free foods.”

The program at both schools are meant to tide children over when school’s out and help families that need extra support.

For Jennifer Craig – who has two children taking part in the program at Forest City-Dunbar and two at home – it’s meant being able to have snacks for her children on the week-ends.

“I think all the schools should have it, including middle and high schools,” Craig said. “It has really helped – I’m grateful for it.”

Forest City-Dunbar has stopped accepting food donations for this year; Spindale’s program will accept donations, but Revis said if you would like to help, to choose items with an expiration date in 2011 or 2012 if pos-sible.

To make a donation to CISRC’s pro-gram, call Revis at 286-2861.

Contact Flynn via e-mail at [email protected].

Health/educationFree Advance Directive Clinics, to discuss Living Wills and Health Care Powers of Attorney, are offered twice a month at the Hospice Annette Cash Whitaker Center of Living. The first Tuesdays from 12:30 to 2 p.m., and the third Tuesdays from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Call 245-0095 to register or for infor-mation.

Meetings/other Public meeting: Thursday, March 25, 7 p.m., at the American Legion Building, Boss Moore Road, Caroleen; anyone interested in the future and restoration of Frank West Park is urged to attend.

Senior Dance: Thursday, March 25, 7 to 10 p.m., at the MooseLodge; dances are held the second and fourth Thursday of each month; all senior citizens (ages 50 and up) are welcome; for more information call 289-5852.

Young at Heart Club meeting: Saturday, March 27, 11 a.m., Rollins Cafeteria; special program by Kathy Biggerstaff; all senior citizens wel-come; contact Roy McCain at 245-4800 for more information. Welcome reception: In honor of James H. Hines Jr., newly appoint-ed health director, Rutherford County Health Department; Monday, March 29, drop-in from 3 to 5:30 p.m.; open to the public; for information call 287-6101; hosted by RPM District Board of Health.

reunionsJ.C. Cowan plant reunion: Saturday, June 19, at Crowe Park in Forest City. The Dogwood and Forest City shelters are reserved for the event. Both have picnic areas with playground equipment for children. Bring a covered dish and drinks to share (no alcohol). Cups, plates, napkins, utensils, ice and tea provided. Bring lawn chairs and wear an old BI shirt or cap, if you still have one. For more information contact Don or Jackie Wilson at 657-5021 or via email at [email protected].

MiscellaneousWashburn Outreach Community Center is now stocked with spring clothing. Weekly specials posted at the center, which is located at 2934 Piney Mtn. Church Rd., Bostic. Thursday-Saturday 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Spring yard sale coming soon.

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

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

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.

FundraisersBenefit supper, karaoke night: For Keith and Tammy Cogdell, who lost everything in a house fire; Saturday, March 27, at Cane Creek Clubhouse, beginning at 7 p.m.; hot dogs and hamburgers will be sold; $3 for karaoke, donations accepted; all proceeds for the Cogdells.

Formal dress sale: Wednesday, March 31, 3 to 4 p.m., R-S Central High School, English Hall; dresses start at $10; donations accepted daily at the school before 4 p.m.; Proceeds for Hospice of Rutherford County.

religionFellowship lunch, singing: Sunday, March 28, Johnson Memorial Baptist Church, 129 Groce St., Forest City; Sunday School 9:45 a.m.; Preaching 11 a.m.; covered dish lunch at noon; afternoon sing-ing at 2.

Four Gospels service: Sunday, March 28, 4 p.m., Forest Chapel Church, 137 Chapel St., Forest City; guest speakers, Rev. Albrutus Hines, Rev. Bernice Suber, Rev. Johnny Logan and Sister Tonya Mills.

ICC classesThe following continuing edu-cation classes are offered at Isothermal Community College:Healing from the Hive: March 25, 6 to 9 p.m.; learn how people have used honey, royal jelly and bee pollen as valuable medicines and recent scientific validation of their benefits; fee $29; course #16136. Intro to Cheese Making: March 27, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; basic tech-niques, pasteurization and sanita-tion while making cheese to take home; fee $35; course #16041.To register for any of the above classes call 286-3636, ext. 346.

with individuals and organizations throughout America in the cause of an informed citizenry and an accountable government.”

The group checked Rutherford County’s site for information on budgets, meeting schedules, elected officials and contact information, administrative officials, permits and zoning information, audits, contracts, lobbying information, public records requests and local taxes.

The site got high marks in all cat-egories except contracts, lobbying and public records.

“Of course I would prefer a grade of A plus,” said County Information Technology Director Rhonda Owens. “We strive to make our site very infor-mative and we have put a lot of infor-mation out there for our citizens and visitors.”

Executive Officer and Clerk to the County Board Hazel Haynes added, “We have not reviewed sites of those counties/municipalities that had a higher grade, but you can be assured that we will be doing that and trying to improve our grade.”

Polk County’s site received a D minus, McDowell received a D minus and Cleveland County’s site got a C minus. Although one of the highest in the state, county staff are still striving for a higher grade.

“We have had meetings and discus-sions about updating our site, but budget constraints have limited us because this is an expensive venture,” Haynes said. “We have lots of ideas that can be incorporated when funds become available. Improving the web-casting of our Commissioners’ meet-ings is high on the priority list. We are very proud of the webcasting we have presently even though we have only been able to purchase one cam-era and our Information Technology Department provided the expertise

and labor. We use a free site for the webstreaming.”

Users can find a link to streaming video from commissioner meetings at the county’s site at www.rutherford-countync.gov. The site got high marks for timeliness.

“Department heads are asked to make sure all information is current and accurate on a monthly basis,” Owens said.

One area where the county site got minuses was the access to pub-lic records requests, but that might change soon.

“We can add a page that would send an e-mail to our office and we would forward it to the appropriate depart-ment,” Owens said.

“In the meantime, departments list e-mail addresses so a citizen can make a request to an individual department,” Haynes said.

Contact Baughman via e-mail at [email protected].

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Items included in backpacks for the Backpack Food Program:

Individual boxes of cerealGranola or cereal barsRavioli and Spaghetti-OsSmall Chef Boyardee mealsVienna sausageRamen noodlesJuice boxes (100 percent juice) Mixed fruit cupsApplesaucePudding cupsRaisinsPop-TartsIndividual fruit snacksIndividual packs of crackersSmall packets of pretzelsIndividual mac ‘n cheese

What’s in pack?

STUDENT ART DISPLAYED

Samples of the more than 116 pieces of art by Rutherford County school students, exhibited last weekend at The Foundation at Isothermal Community College.

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St . .John’s .to .interview .Georgia .Tech’s .Hewitt

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Tech has granted permis-sion for St. John’s to interview Yellow Jackets coach Paul Hewitt.

Georgia Tech associate ath-letic director Wayne Hogan said St. John’s was given the OK on Tuesday to speak with Hewitt. Hogan said he did not know when the interview will take place.

Hogan said the request was granted after he said earlier Tuesday that St. John’s had not asked to speak with Hewitt.

“What’s happened from there, I don’t know,” Hogan said.

Hewitt, who is from New York, coached Georgia Tech to the second round of the NCAA tournament.

Hewitt has guided Georgia Tech to five NCAA tourna-ments, including the 2004 Final Four, in his 10 seasons. His New York background and NCAA experience match St. John’s athletic director Chris Monasch’s stated criteria for a new coach.

Earnhardt .downplays .Bristol .radio .rant

CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Dale Earnhardt Jr. blamed his profanity-laced rant at Bristol Motor Speedway on frustration from a a speeding penalty.

And being mad in the car, he figured, is a good thing.

“You’re going to have days where you get a little hot on the radio and I haven’t really been hot on the radio in a long, long time,” Earnhardt said Tuesday during a test session at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Earnhardt, in the midst of a 62-race winless streak, had just cracked the top five in Sunday’s race when NASCAR flagged him for speeding on pit road. He vented over his radio for several minutes, and snapped at crew chief Lance McGrew’s attempt to calm him down.

Some die-hard listeners to Earnhardt’s in-race radio speculated that Earnhardt was angry over McGrew, who at one point urged Earnhardt not to “lay down” the rest of the race — instructions that infuri-ated NASCAR’s most popular driver.

BASEBALL7 p.m. East Rutherford at Brevard

SOFTBALL4:30 p.m. East Rutherford at St. Stephens

GIRLS SOCCER5 p.m. Madison at Thomas Jefferson6 p.m. Shelby at Chase6 p.m. R-S Central at Patton (Catawba River Valley Complex)

1 p.m. (ESPN) MLB Pre-season Baseball Philadelphia Phillies at Atlanta Braves. 7 p.m. (ESPN) NBA Basket-ball Denver Nuggets at Bos-ton Celtics. 7 p.m. (ESPN2) College Basketball NIT Tournament, Third Quarterfinal: Teams TBA. 7 p.m. (TS) NBA Basketball Orlando Magic at Atlanta Hawks. 9 p.m. (ESPN2) College Basketball NIT Tournament, Fourth Quarterfinal: Teams TBA.9:30 p.m. (ESPN) NBA Bas-ketball Los Angeles Lakers at San Antonio Spurs.

Chase hires new football coachBy SCOTT BOWERSDaily Courier Sports Editor

CHASE — Chase High announced the hiring of Steve McCurry as head football coach, Tuesday.

McCurry comes to Chase after one season at Mooresville and two previ-ous seasons at Greeneville High in Tennessee.

“I’m really excited about this oppor-tunity and the commitment to win-ning that the administration is mak-ing,” said McCurry.

The administration was equally excited about the hiring of McCurry.

“We are very pleased,” said Chase Principal Greg Lovelace. “We wanted the best top level coach that we could get and I feel we have found that.

“He was a part of two state title teams while he was at A.C. Reynolds and he comes in as a recognized top coach.”

McCurry, who received his BA

from Western Carolina, was an assis-tant coach under Bobby Poss at A.C. Reynolds when the program won two state titles. He was promoted to head coach at Reynolds and spent four years at the helm where his teams went 36-13.

“I enjoyed some great years at Reynolds and Greeneville came with an offer that I couldn’t turndown,” said McCurry.

McCurry took the head job at Greeneville High and in two seasons his teams complied a 21-6 overall mark, including back-to-back confer-ence titles.

McCurry left Greeneville to take the head coaching position at Mooresville in 2009. His team went 0-11 and McCurry stepped down after one year.

“My wife and I wanted to get back to North Carolina and, unfortunately, things didn’t work out in Mooresville,”

Please see Football, Page 9A

Special to Courier/Mooresville TribuneSteve McCurry was named head football coach at Chase High, Tuesday.

Garrett Byers/Daily CourierCentral’s Taylor Sullivan, center, singles during the softball game against Freedom, Tuesday.

From staff reports

RUTHERFORDTON — The Lady Hilltoppers did it again.

R-S Central (7-0, 3-0) overcame a four-run deficit in the seventh inning to force extras before taking a 5-4 victory over Freedom in the ninth on Tuesday.

The Lady Hilltoppers’ Klinnin Carson came home on a passed ball with the bases-loaded to lift Central to the win.

Central had scored four times in the bottom of the seventh when Carson, Mariah Lattimore, Cori Hipp and Mackaulie Prescott, running for Kaley Holmstrom, all crossed the plate.

Lattimore picked up the win from the hill after working two-thirds of an inning in relief of starter Chelsea Smith, who pitched 8 and a third.

Madison 19, TJCA 0FOREST CITY — Carrie Jeffrey

pitched a no-hitter for Madison County as Thomas Jefferson fell, 19-0, on the

Please see Softball, Page 9A

Lady Hilltoppers down Freedom

Garrett Byers/Daily CourierChase’s Jay Turner (2) slides safely into second base during the baseball game against Burns, Tuesday.

Gaffney, Johnson lead Trojans to winBy JACOB CONLEYDaily Courier Sports Reporter

CHASE — The Chase Trojans used a 3-for-3 night from Tyler Gaffney and a 10 strikeout performance from Robert Johnson to capture an important confer-ence win over the Burns Bulldogs, 7-2, on Tuesday.

“Tyler just brings a whole different dynamic to the game with his speed,” said Trojans coach Matt Tipton. “He puts pressure on the defense and just makes things happen.

“As for Robert, he was dominant at times tonight and once he got a lead, he was more relaxed and he did not have to nibble with his pitches.”

Chase struck first plating a run in their initial turn at the plate as Gaffney turned in a hustle double and scored on a Mitchell Parris sacrifice fly.

Burns scored single runs in the secondPlease see Chase, Page 9A

Garrett Byers/Daily CourierTJCA’s Will Beam, above, connects for a single during the baseball game against Madison, Tuesday.

Gryphons slayed by MadisonBy KEVIN CARVERDaily Courier Sports Reporter

FOREST CITY — Errors and Cody Shook hampered Thomas Jefferson’s baseball team as they lost to Madison, 13-9, in a back-and-forth contest on Tuesday.

Shook came up with two hits and 3 RBI for the Patriots in the contest and a long six-run, fifth inning for Madison riddled by three crucial Thomas Jefferson errors pushed the game out of reach down the stretch.

“Make no mistake — Thomas Jefferson is coming to play some base-ball and we are a legitimate team,” Thomas Jefferson baseball coach Chris White said. “We made some mistakes tonight while in the lead and I take

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AMERICAN LEAGUE W L PctCleveland 12 5 .706Tampa Bay 13 7 .650Detroit 11 8 .579Toronto 9 7 .563Minnesota 9 8 .529Kansas City 8 8 .500Oakland 9 10 .474Boston 9 11 .450New York 8 11 .421Baltimore 8 12 .400Seattle 7 11 .389Chicago 6 10 .375Texas 6 12 .333Los Angeles 5 11 .313

NATIONAL LEAGUE W L PctSan Francisco 15 6 .714Colorado 13 8 .619Atlanta 11 7 .611Philadelphia 10 7 .588Chicago 11 8 .579Houston 11 8 .579Florida 11 9 .550Milwaukee 11 9 .550New York 11 9 .550Arizona 10 10 .500San Diego 9 10 .474Cincinnati 8 9 .471St. Louis 8 10 .444Los Angeles 7 10 .412Pittsburgh 5 12 .294Washington 5 13 .278

Tuesday’s GamesPhiladelphia 4, Tampa Bay 3Houston 11, Pittsburgh 1Florida 5, Baltimore 2N.Y. Mets 7, Atlanta 6Milwaukee 10, Cleveland 2Kansas City 5, Chicago Cubs 5, tieSeattle 6, L.A. Angels 4San Francisco 6, Chicago White Sox 1San Diego 9, Colorado 6Detroit 6, Washington 2Boston vs Minnesota at Fort Myers, Fla., lateWednesday’s GamesPhiladelphia vs Atlanta at Kissimmee, Fla., 1:05 p.m.Boston vs Pittsburgh at Bradenton, Fla., 1:05 p.m.Toronto vs Tampa Bay at Port Charlotte, Fla., 1:05 p.m.Florida vs Minnesota at Fort Myers, Fla., 1:05 p.m.Baltimore vs St. Louis at Jupiter, Fla., 1:05 p.m.Houston vs N.Y. Mets at Port St. Lucie, Fla., 1:10 p.m.Arizona vs Chicago White Sox at Glendale, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.Kansas City (ss) vs L.A. Angels at Tempe, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.Chicago Cubs vs Texas at Surprise, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.San Francisco (ss) vs Cincinnati at Goodyear, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.Washington vs N.Y. Yankees at Tampa, Fla., 7:05 p.m.San Francisco (ss) vs Kansas City (ss) at Surprise, Ariz., 9:05 p.m.Seattle vs San Diego at Peoria, Ariz., 10:05 p.m.L.A. Dodgers vs Oakland at Phoenix, 10:35 p.m.

BASKETBALLNational Basketball Association

EASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic Division

W L Pct GBBoston 45 25 .643 — Toronto 35 34 .507 9 1/2New York 25 45 .357 20 Philadelphia 24 47 .338 21 1/2New Jersey 7 63 .100 38

Southeast Division W L Pct GBx-Orlando 50 21 .704 — Atlanta 45 25 .643 4 1/2Miami 37 34 .521 13 Charlotte 35 34 .507 14 Washington 21 47 .309 27 1/2

Central Division W L Pct GBy-Cleveland 56 15 .789 — Milwaukee 39 30 .565 16 Chicago 33 37 .471 22 1/2Indiana 24 46 .343 31 1/2Detroit 23 47 .329 32 1/2

WESTERN CONFERENCESouthwest Division

W L Pct GBDallas 46 24 .657 — San Antonio 42 27 .609 3 1/2Memphis 38 33 .535 8 1/2Houston 36 33 .522 9 1/2New Orleans 34 38 .472 13

Northwest Division W L Pct GBDenver 47 23 .671 — Utah 46 25 .648 1 1/2Oklahoma City 42 27 .609 4 1/2Portland 42 29 .592 5 1/2Minnesota 14 57 .197 33 1/2

Pacific Division W L Pct GBx-L.A. Lakers 52 18 .743 — Phoenix 45 26 .634 7 1/2L.A. Clippers 26 44 .371 26 Sacramento 24 47 .338 28 1/2Golden State 19 51 .271 33

x-clinched playoff spoty-clinched divisionMonday’s GamesOrlando 109, Philadelphia 93Miami 99, New Jersey 89Chicago 98, Houston 88Milwaukee 98, Atlanta 95Toronto 106, Minnesota 100New Orleans 115, Dallas 99San Antonio 99, Oklahoma City 96Utah 110, Boston 97Memphis 102, Sacramento 85Phoenix 133, Golden State 131Tuesday’s GamesCharlotte 95, Washington 86, OTIndiana at Detroit, lateDenver at New York, lateL.A. Clippers at Dallas, lateWednesday’s GamesOrlando at Atlanta, 7 p.m.Denver at Boston, 7 p.m.Minnesota at Charlotte, 7 p.m.Washington at Indiana, 7 p.m.Utah at Toronto, 7 p.m.Sacramento at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m.Philadelphia at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.Cleveland at New Orleans, 8 p.m.Houston at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.L.A. Lakers at San Antonio, 9:30 p.m.Memphis at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.Thursday’s GamesMiami at Chicago, 8 p.m.L.A. Clippers at Houston, 8:30 p.m.Dallas at Portland, 10:30 p.m.

NCAA Tournament Glance

Opening RoundTuesday, March 16

At UD Arena

Dayton, OhioArkansas-Pine Bluff 61, Winthrop 44

EAST REGIONAL

First RoundThursday, March 18

At New Orleans ArenaNew Orleans

Kentucky 100, ETSU 71Wake Forest 81, Texas 80, OT

At HP PavilionSan Jose, Calif.

Washington 80, Marquette 78New Mexico 62, Montana 57

Friday, March 19At HSBC Arena

Buffalo, N.Y.West Virginia 77, Morgan State 50Missouri 86, Clemson 78

At Jacksonville Veterans Memorial ArenaJacksonville, Fla.

Cornell 78, Temple 65Wisconsin 53, Wofford 49

Second RoundSaturday, March 20


Kentucky 90, Wake Forest 60At HP Pavilion

San Jose, Calif.Washington 82, New Mexico 64

Sunday, March 21At HSBC Arena

Buffalo, N.Y.West Virginia 68, Missouri 59

At Jacksonville Veterans Memorial ArenaJacksonville, Fla.

Cornell 87, Wisconsin 69At The Carrier Dome

Syracuse, N.Y.Regional SemifinalsThursday, March 25

West Virginia (29-6) vs. Washington (26-9), 7:27 p.m.Kentucky (34-2) vs. Cornell (29-4), 30 minutes following

Regional ChampionshipSaturday, March 27

Semifinal winners

SOUTH REGIONAL


At Dunkin’ Donuts CenterProvidence, R.I.

Villanova 73, Robert Morris 70, OTSaint Mary’s, Calif. 80, Richmond 71


Old Dominion 51, Notre Dame 50Baylor 68, Sam Houston State 59

Friday, March 19At Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena

Jacksonville, Fla.Duke 73, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 44California 77, Louisville 62

At Spokane ArenaSpokane, Wash.

Purdue 72, Siena 64Texas A&M 69, Utah State 53



Saint Mary’s, Calif. 75, Villanova 68At New Orleans Arena

New OrleansBaylor 76, Old Dominion 68

Sunday, March 21At Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena

Jacksonville, Fla.Duke 68, California 53


Purdue 63, Texas A&M 61, OTAt Reliant Stadium

HoustonRegional Semifinals

Friday, March 26Saint Mary’s, Calif. (28-5) vs. Baylor (27-7), 7:27 p.m.Duke (31-5) vs. Purdue (29-5), 30 minutes fol-lowing

Regional ChampionshipSunday, March 28

Semifinal winners

MIDWEST REGIONAL



Ohio 97, Georgetown 83Tennessee 62, San Diego State 59

At The Ford CenterOklahoma City

Northern Iowa 69, UNLV 66Kansas 90 Lehigh 74

Friday, March 19At The Bradley Center

MilwaukeeGeorgia Tech 64, Oklahoma State 59Ohio State 68, UC Santa Barbara 51


Michigan State 70, New Mexico State 67Maryland 89, Houston 77



Tennessee 83, Ohio 68At The Ford Center

Oklahoma CityNorthern Iowa 69, Kansas 67

Sunday, March 21At The Bradley Center

MilwaukeeOhio State 75, Georgia Tech 66


Michigan State 85, Maryland 83At Edward Jones Dome

St. LouisRegional Semifinals

Friday, March 26Ohio State (29-7) vs. Tennessee (27-8), 7:07 p.m.Northern Iowa (30-4) vs. Michigan State (26-8), 30 minutes following

Regional ChampionshipSunday, March 28

Semifinal winners

WEST REGIONAL

First RoundThursday, March 18At The Ford Center

Oklahoma CityBYU 99, Florida 92, 2OTKansas State 82, North Texas 62

At HP PavilionSan Jose, Calif.

Murray State 66, Vanderbilt 65Butler 77, UTEP 59

Friday, March 19At HSBC Arena

Buffalo, N.Y.Gonzaga 67, Florida State 60Syracuse 79, Vermont 56

At The Bradley CenterMilwaukee

Xavier 65, Minnesota 54Pittsburgh 89, Oakland, Mich. 66

Second RoundSaturday, March 20At The Ford Center

Oklahoma CityKansas State 84, BYU 72

At HP Pavilion

San Jose, Calif.Butler 54, Murray State 52

Sunday, March 21At HSBC Arena

Buffalo, N.Y.Syracuse 87, Gonzaga 65

At The Bradley CenterMilwaukee

Xavier 71, Pittsburgh 68At Energy Solution Arena

Salt Lake CityRegional SemifinalsThursday, March 25

Syracuse (30-4) vs. Butler (30-4), 7:07 p.m.Kansas State (28-7) vs. Xavier (26-8), 30 minutes following

Regional ChampionshipSaturday, March 27

Semifinal winners

FINAL FOURAt Lucas Oil Stadium

IndianapolisNational Semifinals

Saturday, April 3East champion vs. South championMidwest champion vs. West champion

National ChampionshipMonday, April 5

Semifinal winners

National Invitation Tournament

First RoundTuesday, March 16

Connecticut 59, Northeastern 57N.C. State 58, South Florida 57UAB 65, Coastal Carolina 49Texas Tech 87, Seton Hall 69North Carolina 80, William & Mary 72Mississippi State 81, Jackson State 67Jacksonville 67, Arizona State 66

Wednesday, March 17Kent State 75, Tulsa 74Dayton 63, Illinois State 42Cincinnati 76, Weber State 62Virginia Tech 81, Quinnipiac 61Rhode Island 76, Northwestern 64Mississippi 84, Troy 65Nevada 74, Wichita State 70Illinois 76, Stony Brook 66Memphis 73, St. John’s 71

Second RoundFriday, March 19

Mississippi 90, Memphis 81Saturday, March 20

North Carolina 76, Mississippi State 74Texas Tech 69, Jacksonville 64UAB 72, N.C. State 52

Monday, March 22Rhode Island 85, Nevada 83Virginia Tech 65, Connecticut 63Illinois 75, Kent State 58Dayton 81, Cincinnati 66

QuarterfinalsTuesday, March 23

Mississippi 90, Texas Tech 87, 2 OTNorth Carolina (18-16) at UAB (25-8), late

Wednesday, March 24Rhode Island (25-9) at Virginia Tech (25-8), 7 p.m.Dayton (22-12) at Illinois (21-14), 9 p.m.

SemifinalsTuesday, March 30

At Madison Square GardenNew YorkSemifinals

First Game, 7 p.m.Second Game, 9:30 p.m.

ChampionshipThursday, April 1

Semifinal winners, 7 p.m.

HOCKEYNational Hockey League

EASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GAPittsburgh 73 42 25 6 90 225 208New Jersey 71 42 25 4 88 189 169Philadelphia 72 37 30 5 79 212 199N.Y. Rangers 72 31 32 9 71 186 197N.Y. Islanders 72 29 33 10 68 189 222

Northeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GABuffalo 71 39 22 10 88 200 180Ottawa 73 38 30 5 81 196 212Montreal 73 36 30 7 79 196 200Boston 71 32 27 12 76 176 181Toronto 72 26 34 12 64 192 238

Southeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAy-Washington 72 48 14 10 106 283 203Atlanta 72 32 29 11 75 218 230Florida 71 29 31 11 69 186 209Carolina 72 30 34 8 68 201 226Tampa Bay 72 28 32 12 68 188 225

WESTERN CONFERENCECentral Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GAChicago 71 45 19 7 97 234 179Nashville 73 42 26 5 89 206 203Detroit 72 36 23 13 85 196 193St. Louis 72 34 29 9 77 196 199Columbus 72 29 31 12 70 187 229

Northwest Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAVancouver 72 44 24 4 92 236 187Colorado 72 40 25 7 87 216 194Calgary 72 36 27 9 81 184 181Minnesota 72 35 31 6 76 198 211Edmonton 72 23 42 7 53 184 248

Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAPhoenix 73 46 22 5 97 201 179San Jose 72 43 19 10 96 232 192Los Angeles 71 42 24 5 89 211 188Anaheim 71 34 29 8 76 203 217Dallas 72 31 27 14 76 208 230

y-clinched divisionMonday’s GamesDetroit 3, Pittsburgh 1Ottawa 2, Montreal 0Los Angeles 4, Colorado 3, OTTuesday’s GamesFlorida 4, Toronto 1New Jersey 6, Columbus 3Boston 4, Atlanta 0Philadelphia at Ottawa, lateCarolina at Tampa Bay, lateDallas at Nashville, lateSan Jose at Minnesota, latePhoenix at Chicago, lateAnaheim at Calgary, lateVancouver at Edmonton, lateWednesday’s GamesN.Y. Islanders at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.Pittsburgh at Washington, 7 p.m.Montreal at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m.St. Louis at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.Los Angeles at Colorado, 9 p.m.Anaheim at Vancouver, 10 p.m.Thursday’s GamesTampa Bay at Boston, 7 p.m.N.Y. Rangers at New Jersey, 7 p.m.Calgary at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.Minnesota at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.Washington at Carolina, 7 p.m.Toronto at Atlanta, 7 p.m.Chicago at Columbus, 7 p.m.Florida at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.Los Angeles at St. Louis, 8 p.m.Phoenix at Nashville, 8 p.m.Dallas at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

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PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) — Tommy Hanson took another step forward while Oliver Perez struggled with his command again.

Perez was pulled after walking consecutive bat-ters in the fifth inning, part of a shaky outing in the New York Mets’ 7-6 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday.

Perez’s control problems continued to hurt him. He issued a leadoff walk to Brian McCann before Yunel Escobar hit a two-run homer in the fourth.

The erratic left-hander allowed three runs and five hits in 4 1-3 innings. He walked four and struck out three.

“I think the key today was I was behind the count to the batter (McCann) in the (fourth) inning and I walked him, and after that Escobar hit me,” Perez said. “He had two balls, no strikes and he took advantage of the pitch count.”

New York is counting on Perez to bounce back this season after struggling last year.

Hanson pitched five innings for the Braves, yield-ing two runs and four hits. The 23-year-old right-hander struck out five and walked three while throwing a spring-high 91 pitches in his fourth start.

“This is the farthest I’ve gone so far,” he said. “I didn’t even know I threw 91 pitches, but it’s good to get 91 out there, and my arm and everything feels good and I didn’t feel tired one bit. It’s good to throw that many pitches and still feel good.”

Former Braves star Jeff Francoeur hit a solo homer for New York, and Jason Bay also singled in a run.

Hanson solid in start, but Braves fall 7-6

Associated PressCharlotte Bobcats forward Gerald Wallace (3) loses the ball against Washington Wizards forward Andray Blatche, left, during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Tuesday, in Washington.

Bobcats set win record, beat Wizards in OT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Gerald Wallace had 17 points, 19 rebounds and got two opponents to foul out in overtime to help the Charlotte Bobcats set a franchise record for victories Tuesday night with a 95-86 win over the Washington Wizards.

The win was No. 36 on the season for Charlotte, one more than the previous high set last season, and advanced the team a step closer to the first playoff berth in franchise history.

The loss moved the Wizards closer to a dubious bit of history. Washington has dropped 12 straight and will tie the franchise mark if it loses at Indiana on Wednesday.

The Wizards haven’t won since defeating lowly New Jersey 89-85 on Feb. 28.

The Bobcats outscored the Wizards 13-4 in over-time, aided when Wallace drew an offensive foul on Al Thornton and drew contact from JaVale McGee on a drive to the basket in the first two minutes of the extra period.

Those were the sixth fouls on both players for a Washington team that played most of the game short-handed after coach Flip Saunders benched Andray Blatche in the first quarter.

Boris Diaw also scored 17 points, and Stephen Jackson had 16 for the Bobcats, who are jostling with the Miami, Toronto and Chicago for the final three playoff spots in the Eastern Conference. Charlotte needed a win at Washington to salvage a three-game road trip that started with losses at Atlanta and Miami.

Mike Miller scored 15 points for the Wizards. McGee had 14 points and 12 rebounds, and Thornton had 10 points.

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Contributed PhotoThree members of the TJCA Equestrian Team competed individually this past weekend in the BRHJA Spring Premier in Tryon. Nikki Orsky, above, competed in the Long Stirrup Division. Mattie Roberts competed in the Short Stirrup Division winning a 5th place in Hunter Under Saddle Flat Class, and Taylor Kinter competed in the Pre-Children’s 2’6” Division. Taylor came away with three 5th’s on Saturday and two 2nds, two 3rds and a 4th on Sunday.

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Contributed PhotoBrandon Huntley, left, a senior at R-S Central High, won scholarship money at two recent tournaments. Huntley received $300 for winning the Southgate tour-ney and $350 for winning the Star Lanes tourney. In addition, Huntley bowled a perfect game at Little River in January. Huntley is the son of Randy Huntley and Terry Grant of Rutherfordton.

By JOHN MARSHALLAP Basketball Writer

There’s Dominique Sutton flying past everyone for an offensive rebound, kicking out to a shooter on the wing. Now he’s chest-to-chest with the opponents’ best player, playing a game of keep-away without the ball. Charge! He’s doing that, too.

Shooting? Nah, only if he has to. Attention? Doesn’t need it.

The ever-in-motion forward from Kansas State is a glue guy, a player who performs just out of the spotlight’s reach to give his team a chance to shine in it.

“I know what I need to do to help the team win,” Sutton said. “I’m really the spark to the team. The team kind of goes how I go. If I continue to give us a spark on defense or grab rebounds to give us easy baskets in transition, that’s my job, that’s what I do.”

Every team needs stars, someone to take over when things get tight. But it’s the role players who hold good teams together. They do the little things that can make the biggest difference: defending, boxing out, setting picks, maybe spotting up for 3-pointers.

They’re not Robin to the stars’ Batman. They’re more like Alfred, working behind the scenes.

Even the best one-man shows need a supporting cast.

Larry Bird relied on defensive stopper Brad Miley and second scoring threat Carl Nicks to get Indiana State to the 1979 NCAA title game. Danny Manning wouldn’t have taken Kansas to the 1988 national championship without Chris Piper, Kevin Pritchard and the rest of the Miracles setting picks, rebounding and playing defense.

This year’s NCAA tournament is no different. It’s got plenty of stars: Kentucky’s John Wall, Evan Turner at Ohio State, Jacob Pullen at Kansas State, suddenly famous Ali Farokhmanesh of Northern Iowa.

Behind them are the guys who keep the machine moving, give the big names a chance to stay on the marquee.

There’s Sutton at Kansas State and Northern Iowa’s bear of a forward Lucas O’Rear. Ohio State relies on Jon Diebler to hit 3-pointers and little else; DeAndre Liggins is the guy Kentucky coach John Calipari can point to the other team’s best player and say: “Go get ’em.”

Jon Diebler comes off the bench shooting 3s at Ohio State, Lane Thomas rebounds and defends with ferocity at Duke, long-armed Justin Holiday of Washington swallows up anyone who tries to score against him. Tennessee’s J.P. Prince is a defensive stopper one minute, a scorer the next, while Draymond Green does a little of everything for Michigan State.

“Sometimes you look at guys and for whatever reasons, they don’t quite look the part but they’re sneaky athletic,” said Kansas coach Bill Self, who relied on Tyrel Reed and Brady Morningstar to jump-start his team this season.

O’Rear is a dynamic game changer for Northern Iowa.

A lookalike for Wolverine from X-Men — he’s got great chops — the 6-foot-6, 255-pound junior plays with the mentality of a middle linebacker, seek-ing out contact. He sets picks with vigor, crashes the boards like a falling redwood and defends like a concrete wall, usually walking away with a little smirk when he gets under his opponent’s skin.

O’Rear averages 4.2 points, 4.5 rebounds and 3.5 takedowns — a rough estimate — per game.

“You’ve just got to do the little things to make the big things happen,” he said.

Some glue guys, such as Ohio State’s Diebler, have more specific roles.

The 6-foot-6 junior doesn’t rebound, get many assists, play great defense, or get to the free-throw line. Diebler shoots 3s. And, boy, is he good at it.

Diebler’s job is to stand at the arc and wait for Turner, David Lighty or William Buford to find him.

So as you watch the rest of the NCAA tourna-ment, take a look just outside the spotlight’s glare. The players often don’t fill up the stat sheet in the usual ways, but they’re essential, the below-ground pillars who keep the tower from falling.

“It’s not about scoring points, it’s about winning,” Sutton said. “That’s the mindset I’ve always had as a basketball player.”

Just like the rest of the glue guys.

Role players the glue that holds teams together

softball diamond Tuesday at Crowe Park.

Jeffrey fanned nine Lady Gryphons and issued just three walks in a dominating perfor-mance on the rubber as her fast-ball was untouchable.

On the other side of the equa-

tion, Madison struck for 10 runs in the first inning, four in the second and a lone run in the third and five more in the fourth.

The visitors closed out the bot-tom half of the fourth without a Lady Gryphon reaching scoring position.

Thomas Jefferson did have two great defensive plays on the afternoon as Haley Wease

caught a line drive in self-defense at third base in the third inning.

Teammate, Kaitlin Sizemore followed that up in the fourth inning with a self-defense-play to end the top half of the fourth on another line-drive catch, but Thomas Jefferson could get no run support in the loss.

Scott Bowers and Kevin Carver con-tributed to this report.

SoftballContinued from Page 7A

said McCurry. “Greeneville had under gone some changes and we were looking to get back home.

“We were unable to sell our home in Tennessee and I resigned at the end of the sea-son.”

McCurry and his wife, Holly

have two children, Kyndall, 11, and Jackson, 8.

McCurry is pleased with the opportunity to be closer to his North Carolina roots and under-stands the challenge ahead.

“It is a smaller school com-peting against Shelby and R-S and programs that are larger,” McCurry said. “But, I recall from my time at Reynolds that Chase has had some quality teams and the administration wants suc-

cess, wants to turn the program around.”

To that end, McCurry hopes to instill both an offense and a defense that plays a physical style of football.

“I want to make an evalua-tion of the talent, but I’d like to run the spread and still be able to pound the football, which you can do from that offense,” McCurry said. “On defense, we will be physical.”

and third innings to take a 2-1 lead.

The Trojans tied the score as Gaffney, again, showcased his speed by legging out a Baltimore chopper, stealing second and third before scoring on a deep fly ball by Johnson.

Johnson complimented his RBI by escaping a two on, one out jam by striking out the final two men in the inning, leaving the score at 2-2 after four innings of play.

Chase made a bid to take the lead in the in the fifth when Brandon Holland singled back through the box. The Burns hurler walked two Trojans, sand-wiched between a sacrifice bunt. A Bulldogs’ miscue allowed Chase to take a 3-2 lead and the home team added some insur-ance when Jarred Allen lined a two-run single down the left

field line to put Chase up 5-2.Chase added two more insur-

ance runs in the fifth when Holland and Gaffney strung together back-to-back doubles and Johnson chased Gaffney home with a single to make the score, 7-2.

The five-run cushion was more than enough for Johnson, who struck out two in his final inning of work as Chase ran their win-ning streak to two games and 2-1 in conference play.

Lady Trojans 9, Burns 3CHASE — Chase’s offense

propelled the Lady Trojans over Burns, 9-3, in conference action Tuesday.

“We have been relying on our offense this season,” said coach Daniel Bailey. “And we have been swinging the sticks well lately.”

The Trojans took an early 1-0 lead thanks to two field-ing errors by Burns and a sac-

rifice fly off the bat of pitcher Rebecca Bailey that scored Sam Carpenter. Euletha Davis scored later in the inning to put the Lady Trojans up 2-0 after one.

Chase tacked on a run in the third when Ashley Dale and Crestin Walker registered sin-gles. Dale then came around to score on a deep fly ball by Blair White.

After Burns scratched out two runs in the fourth, Chase got them back in the in the bottom half with the big blow coming off the bat Mackenzie McCraw who laced a two-run double to the fence in left.

The visitors added another run in the top of the fifth, but Chase broke the game open with four runs in their last at-bat.

Up next for Chase is an impor-tant 2A matchup with Shelby on Friday.

“Friday’s game has playoff implications and you can’t win the state championship without making the playoffs,” said Bailey.

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ChaseContinued from Page 7A

responsibility for that.”The Gryphons looked at a 1-0

deficit after a half inning of play, but grabbed the lead quickly in the bottom half of the first.

Thomas Jefferson’s Matthew Westbrook hit a double and Mark Trimble followed up with a walk for the Gryphons as Aaron Conner stepped to the plate. Conner got both runs home unconventionally as an error at

second base allowed his ground-er to roll into right field for a 2-1 lead. Jonathan Bass followed with a base hit to score Conner from second as the Gryphons held a 3-1 lead after an inning of play.

Madison picked up a run each in the top of the second and third to tie the game back at 3-3. However, in the bottom half of the inning, Thomas Jefferson had the answer.

Westbrook scored on a McKinnon Martin bloop sin-gle to right and a double steal

scored Mark Trimble soon after to hand the Gryphons back a 5-3 lead.

Madison put up two more runs in the fourth inning to knot it at 5-5, but an atrocious fifth inning that sent 11 Patriots to the plate for six runs on five hits and three Gryphons’ errors was the difference on the scoreboard.

Austin Taylor then closed the game out for Madison.

In JV action, Lucas Cole was the winning pitcher as TJCA downed Madison, 15-5.

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The White House says it isn’t worried that 13 state attorneys general are suing to overturn the massive health care overhaul, and many legal experts agree the effort is futile.

But the lawsuit, filed in federal court seven minutes after President Barack Obama signed the 10-year, $938 billion health care bill, under-scores the divisiveness of the issue and the political rancor that has sur-rounded it.

Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum led the effort to file the suit that claims Congress doesn’t have the constitutional right to force people to get health coverage. It also says the federal government is vio-lating the Constitution by forcing a mandate on the states without pro-viding resources to pay for it.

“To that I say, ’Bring it on,”’ said White House domestic policy chief Melody Barnes, who cited similar suits filed over Social Security and the Voting Rights Act when those were passed. “If you want to look in the face of a parent whose child now has health care insurance and say we’re repealing that ... go right ahead.”

A 14th state, Virginia, did not join the bigger lawsuit, but filed its own, which other states are also consider-ing.

McCollum, a Republican run-ning for governor, has been talking about suing to overturn the bill since December. This month he invited other attorneys general to join him. So far South Carolina, Nebraska, Texas, Michigan, Utah, Pennsylvania, Alabama, South Dakota, Idaho, Washington, Colorado and Louisiana have agreed.

All the attorneys general are Republican except James “Buddy” Caldwell of Louisiana, a Democrat, who said he signed on because Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal asked him to and he felt the effort had merit.

The lawsuit, filed in Pensacola, asks a judge to declare the bill unconsti-tutional because “the Constitution

nowhere authorizes the United States to mandate, either directly or under threat of penalty, that all citizens and legal residents have qualifying health care coverage.”

Robert Sedler, a constitutional law professor at Wayne State University in Detroit, said the effort isn’t going anywhere.

“This is pure, pure political pos-turing and they have to know it,” he said.

But South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley disputed that charac-terization, saying his state will have to cut education and other programs to make up for increased Medicaid costs under the overhaul.

“This isn’t about attorneys general trying to break into the realm of telling what needs to happen with health care reform,” he said. “This is attorneys general saying you went too far with unfunded federal mandates. You exceeded your power under the Constitution.”

Not so, said Bruce Jacob, a con-stitutional law professor at Stetson University in Florida, who said the suit seems like a political ploy and is unlikely to succeed.

“The federal government certainly can compel people to pay taxes, can compel people to join the Army,” he said.

Some more states, including Missouri, may join the multistate suit. Still others are looking at other ways to avoid participating, like pass-ing legislation to block requirements in the bill.

McCollum predicted his suit would eventually end up before the U.S. Supreme Court.

The lawsuit claims the health care bill violates the 10th Amendment, which says the federal government has no authority beyond the powers granted to it under the Constitution, by forcing the states to carry out its provisions but not reimbursing them for the costs.

RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina’s big-city motorists are losing nearly on average the cost of a tank of gas every week to pay for their troubles from pot holes, longer waits in traffic and perilous roads.

A national transportation research group released a report Tuesday esti-mating a driver in North Carolina’s two largest urban areas loses $1,350 a year because of lost time and gaso-line costs sitting in traffic, car repairs and accidents where roadway design likely contributed to a wreck.

The study by the Washington-based nonprofit group TRIP, based largely on federal highway and traffic safety data, may reinvigorate the discussion state transportation boosters want to persuade the Legislature to approve new ways to raise road construction funds.

The state estimated years ago it had a $65 billion funding gap through 2030 between projected transpor-tation needs and the current fund-ing sources to pay for them. But the

General Assembly has lacked the political will to dramatically narrow the shortfall.

The $838 million in federal stimu-lus money for ready-to-build roads and bridges only provides short-term assistance for North Carolina, where population is expected to grow by one-third to 12 million and vehicle travel by 45 percent by 2030.

The study said the costs above and beyond normal driving and mainte-nance for Charlotte drivers ($1,350 a year) and Raleigh-Durham ($1,351) area drivers are essentially the same, while drivers in Greensboro and Winston-Salem on average face $900 in expenses.

Statewide, congested and dete-riorating roads and those that lack improved safety features cost drivers $5.7 billion, according to the TRIP report. North Carolina has the sec-ond largest state-maintained high-way system but ranks fourth-lowest in the nation for per-mile capital spending on those roads.

Diversity plan reversedRALEIGH (AP) — The school

board in North Carolina’s capital city agreed Tuesday to roll back the district’s policy of busing students to achieve diversity, following a heated public hearing in which three people were arrested.

Dozens spoke at a hearing before the Wake County school board voted 5-to-4 to approve a new assignment policy aimed at placing students in schools near their homes.

The issue stoked passions echoing an earlier time. Terms like “segre-gation” peppered many arguments. A crowd of students sitting outside the doors of the meeting chanted so loudly that they briefly disrupt-ed the hearing. Three people were arrested and others were forcibly removed by extra police officers who were on hand to provide extra secu-rity.

Racial tensions have lingered for weeks as the school board moved forward with its plans. After Margiotta referred to his oppo-nents as “animals out of the cages,” state NAACP chief William Barber recently accused the new board majority of having “racist attitudes.”

Court hears appeal RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Lawyers

for a former Army doctor convicted of murdering his pregnant wife and two daughters argued Tuesday that new DNA evidence and a wit-ness statement show he’s innocent of the grisly crime 40 years ago that spawned the book and television miniseries “Fatal Vision.”

Jeffrey MacDonald’s attorneys told the federal appeals court that the evidence, including a federal marshal’s claim that a prosecutor in North Carolina threatened a key witness, support his assertion that four drug-crazed hippies killed his family.

Federal prosecutors argued the DNA test results cannot be con-

sidered by the appeals court at this time, that the threat claim lacks merit and that MacDonald is rehashing a lot of old evidence from previous unsuccessful appeals.

“At some point the litigation in this case must come to an end,” Justice Department lawyer John De Pue told a three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

The panel is expected to decide within a few weeks whether MacDonald should get a new trial.

MacDonald is serving three life terms at the federal penitentiary in Cumberland, Md., for the 1970 slay-ings of his wife Colette and daugh-ters Kimberley, 5, and Kristen, 2, at their Fort Bragg, N.C., home. The killings shocked a nation still reel-ing from the Charles Manson mur-ders six months earlier.

Murder charges filed NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — One night

in 1978, five teenage boys disap-peared without a trace in what would become one of the longest and most baffling missing-persons cases New Jersey has ever seen.

Thirty-two years later, prosecutors announced the arrests of two men and disclosed the victims’ gruesome fate: They were herded at gunpoint into an abandoned building in a dis-pute over missing drugs and burned to death in a blaze that obliterated nearly all evidence.

A relative of one of the victims said that one of the men charged with the crimes, 56-year-old Lee Evans, confessed to him 18 months ago, setting investigators on the task of corroborating the confession. On Tuesday, authorities would only say that a witness came forward.

Arrested late Monday were Evans, of nearby Irvington, who routinely hired teenagers to help with odd jobs; and Philander Hampton, 53, of Jersey City. They allegedly acted in retaliation for the theft of some marijuana.

Associated PressIdaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden, center, gives a news conference in Boise, Idaho on Tuesday on the state’s decision to sue the federal government over health care reform legislation. Attorneys general from 13 states sued the federal government Tuesday, claiming the landmark health care overhaul is unconstitutional just seven minutes after President Barack Obama signed it into law.

Health care lawsuit not given great odds

Study: N.C. roads costly

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Business/finance

MIAMI (AP) — Home sales in the South rose nearly 8 percent in February, as federal tax credits and bargain prices enticed buyers.

Last month, 113,000 homes were sold in the region, but the median sales price dipped 4 per-cent from a year ago to $139,600, the National Association of Realtors said Tuesday. Sellers cut asking prices to compete with low-priced foreclo-sures that are entering some Southern markets at a steady pace.

Nationally, sales of previously occupied homes climbed 8 percent from February last year to a non-seasonally adjusted mark of 302,000. The median home price dropped almost 2 percent from a year ago, to $165,100.

The looming expiration of two federal tax cred-its at the end of April likely attracted more house shoppers in the South, as did low interest rates.

But the housing recovery remains on shaky ground. Foreclosure sales are expected to continue pulling down prices. High unemployment and tight lending standards are keeping many buyers on the sidelines.

Sales of previously occupied homes in February declined in 13 out of 19 Southern cities covered by the Associated Press-Re/Max Monthly Housing Report, also released Tuesday. Median sales prices slid in 12 of the 19 Southern cities.

Still, there are positive signs. For instance, sales in the Florida cities of Miami, Orlando and Tampa increased significantly in February, keeping a months-long trend intact.

A steady flow of migration to Florida, and more interest in second homes from Northerners whose stock portfolios have improved, are reasons for tempered optimism.

“The problems remaining are huge, but this is a bit of information that is encouraging,” said Dave Denslow, a University of Florida economist.

The AP-Re/Max report analyzes sales transac-tions in the metropolitan statistical areas recorded by all real estate agents, regardless of company affiliation.

Leading the way in sales was Orlando, which saw a surge of 42 percent compared with last February, the AP-Re/Max report showed. Prices fell 23 per-cent to $109,950, the biggest drop among the 19 Southern cities covered by the report.

Fast condo sales were a major influence on sales activity and prices in Orlando. Buyers are snap-ping up foreclosed condo units at prices as low as $50,000 — cash.

BOSTON (AP) — What’s not to like about this stock market? It’s been steadily rising for more than a month. And it’s been the kind of gentle climb that appeals to investors eager for a respite from a couple years of sharp ups and downs.

As stocks have ticked upward from a Feb. 8 low, a measure of the market’s volatility has sunk to its lowest level in nearly two years. The Chicago Board of Index Options’ Volatility Index — informally known as Wall Street’s fear gauge — has closed below 17 points for five trad-ing days in a row, and finished Tuesday at 16.35. The last time the VIX closed below 17 was May 16, 2008. It’s even slightly below its historic average of around 19 points.

The VIX measures market expectations of volatility over the next 30 days by tracking the prices investors are willing to pay for options — contracts to buy or sell a stock at a specified price and time. Investors buy options to protect themselves against fluctuating stock prices. When stocks are volatile, inves-

tors are afraid, and willing to pay higher prices for options. That raises the VIX.

Lately, investors have become more comfortable that they can predict the market’s direction.

“There is just not the demand for the kind of protection that options offer,” says Dan Deming of Stutland Equities, who trades options tied to the VIX.

The return to normalcy fol-lows a dizzying couple years that saw the VIX hit a historic clos-ing peak of 80 after the Lehman Brothers collapse.

The index sank into the teens late last year, then briefly returned to the 20s in late January amid fears about Greece’s shaky finances and broader worries about the global economy. Now VIX is back in the teens, despite the mixed signals investors continue to get about the pace of economic recovery.

But stocks have been resilient.“Each time it looks like the

market will break down a bit, it’s been able to find fresh money,” Deming says.

After starting the year on an

up note, stocks began falling in late January. The bull market got back on track starting Feb. 9, and the Standard & Poor’s 500 has since risen 10.8 percent. That climb has been smooth, with few big one-day swings, and overall the index is up 5 per-cent for the year.

Deming figures the market’s rise is slightly ahead of where it should be, given the uncertainty about the economy as govern-ment stimulus measures are withdrawn. For example, a $1.25 trillion Federal Reserve program to buy up mortgage securities is set to expire March 31, which many fear could trigger a rise in mortgage rates.

“The market looks pretty tired,” says Deming, who believes the S&P 500 is likely to slip around 5 percent in the next month. “There are certainly areas of the economy, like housing, that need to show some signs of life for the market to really go much higher.”

If the market starts to decline, the VIX would likely rise, as investors are willing to pay more for protection from stock swings.

In this Aug. 7, 2006 file photo, a Wall Street street sign is seen in front of flags at the New York Stock Exchange. Stock futures edged higher Tuesday, March 23, 2010, as the market appears set to extend its slow, steady climb _ a trend that has become the norm in recent

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Name Div Yld PE Last Chg %ChgAT&T Inc 1.68 6.3 13 26.55 +.15 -5.3Amazon ... ... 64 129.26 -1.21 -3.9ArvMerit ... ... ... 13.86 +.93 +24.0BB&T Cp .60 1.9 27 32.10 +.10 +26.5BkofAm .04 .2 ... 17.13 +.17 +13.7BerkHa A ... ... 24123430.00-70.00 +24.4Cisco ... ... 26 26.64 +.36 +11.3Delhaize 2.01 2.4 ... 82.14 -.36 +7.1Dell Inc ... ... 21 15.22 +.60 +6.0DukeEngy .96 5.8 14 16.46 +.02 -4.4ExxonMbl 1.68 2.5 17 66.95 -.02 -1.8FamilyDlr .62 1.7 17 36.53 +.17 +31.3FifthThird .04 .3 19 13.46 +.03 +38.1FCtzBA 1.20 .6 19 206.02 -.38 +25.6GenElec .40 2.2 18 18.33 +.26 +21.2GoldmanS 1.40 .8 8 174.83 -1.33 +3.5Google ... ... 27 549.00 -8.50 -11.4KrispKrm ... ... ... 4.01 +.03 +35.9

LeggPlat 1.04 4.8 29 21.71 +.17 +6.4

Lowes .36 1.4 21 24.83 -.08 +6.2

Microsoft .52 1.7 17 29.88 +.28 -2.0

PPG 2.16 3.3 23 66.05 +.57 +12.8

ParkerHan 1.00 1.5 38 66.57 +1.02 +23.6

ProgrssEn 2.48 6.2 13 39.85 -.04 -2.8

RedHat ... ... 74 30.17 +.17 -2.4

RoyalBk g 2.00 ... ... 59.25 +.84 +10.6

SaraLee .44 3.1 12 14.02 +.12 +15.1

SonicAut ... ... 12 12.51 +.12 +20.4

SonocoP 1.08 3.4 21 31.45 +.38 +7.5

SpectraEn 1.00 4.4 17 22.48 +.22 +9.6

SpeedM .40 2.6 ... 15.67 -.23 -11.1

Timken .36 1.3 ... 28.61 +.72 +20.7

UPS B 1.88 2.9 30 64.62 +.66 +12.6

WalMart 1.21 2.2 15 55.89 +.27 +4.6

STOCK MARKET INDEXES

MUTUAL FUNDS

DAILY DOW JONES

10,819.90 7,278.78 Dow Industrials 10,888.83 +102.94 +.95 +4.42 +42.154,439.24 2,517.16 Dow Transportation 4,410.39 +29.08 +.66 +7.58 +65.73

408.57 320.44 Dow Utilities 380.97 +1.56 +.41 -4.28 +14.317,497.88 4,832.15 NYSE Composite 7,478.76 +59.74 +.81 +4.09 +47.681,925.54 1,321.21 Amex Market Value 1,896.10 +6.72 +.36 +3.90 +39.132,401.21 1,482.15 Nasdaq Composite 2,415.24 +19.84 +.83 +6.44 +59.261,169.84 772.31 S&P 500 1,174.17 +8.36 +.72 +5.30 +45.66

799.05 464.38 S&P MidCap 799.95 +6.16 +.78 +10.08 +64.5212,250.82 7,801.35 Wilshire 5000 12,287.44 +91.22 +.75 +6.40 +50.40

686.94 405.71 Russell 2000 690.30 +7.39 +1.08 +10.38 +65.78

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

THE MARKET IN REVIEW

PIMCO TotRetIs CI 122,927 11.05 +1.1 +16.4/C +7.7/A NL 5,000,000American Funds GrthAmA m LG 64,425 28.49 +6.8 +42.3/D +4.2/B 5.75 250Vanguard TotStIdx LB 59,564 29.25 +7.8 +49.2/B +2.8/B NL 3,000American Funds CapIncBuA m IH 56,242 48.07 +3.5 +30.9/C +4.3/C 5.75 250Fidelity Contra LG 55,524 60.38 +6.8 +40.5/D +5.6/A NL 2,500American Funds CpWldGrIA m WS 53,078 33.96 +6.4 +43.0/D +6.2/A 5.75 250American Funds IncAmerA m MA 48,457 15.81 +3.8 +37.4/B +3.8/B 5.75 250Vanguard 500Inv LB 47,853 108.58 +7.4 +45.8/B +2.1/C NL 3,000American Funds InvCoAmA m LB 47,616 26.82 +6.5 +40.6/E +2.8/B 5.75 250Vanguard InstIdx LB 44,500 107.88 +7.4 +45.9/B +2.2/C NL 5,000,000Dodge & Cox Stock LV 40,010 102.69 +8.0 +59.1/A +0.8/D NL 2,500American Funds EurPacGrA m FB 38,069 38.31 +6.5 +46.2/B +7.8/A 5.75 250American Funds WAMutInvA m LV 37,537 25.62 +6.3 +39.9/D +1.6/C 5.75 250Dodge & Cox IntlStk FV 35,758 32.82 +8.5 +65.5/A +5.8/A NL 2,500PIMCO TotRetAdm b CI 31,614 11.05 +1.0 +16.1/C +7.4/A NL 5,000,000American Funds NewPerspA m WS 31,553 26.21 +6.4 +47.3/C +6.8/A 5.75 250American Funds FnInvA m LB 30,216 34.07 +7.0 +44.3/C +5.1/A 5.75 250Fidelity DivrIntl d FG 29,870 27.96 +6.2 +43.2/D +3.8/D NL 2,500FrankTemp-Franklin Income A m CA 29,675 2.10 +4.1 +45.7/A +4.8/A 4.25 1,000American Funds BalA m MA 29,546 16.89 +4.6 +33.9/C +3.4/C 5.75 250Vanguard 500Adml LB 28,279 108.60 +7.4 +45.9/B +2.2/C NL 100,000Vanguard TotStIAdm LB 28,262 29.26 +7.8 +49.3/B +2.9/B NL 100,000Vanguard Welltn MA 28,252 29.99 +4.9 +33.5/C +5.8/A NL 10,000American Funds BondA m CI 27,481 12.00 +0.9 +19.0/B +3.2/E 3.75 250Fidelity GrowCo LG 27,150 73.62 +9.3 +50.6/A +7.2/A NL 2,500PIMCO TotRetA m CI 25,333 11.05 +1.0 +15.9/C +7.2/A 3.75 1,000Vanguard TotIntl d FB 25,302 14.56 +7.0 +52.0/A +5.5/B NL 3,000Fidelity LowPriStk d MB 24,867 34.80 +8.0 +61.7/B +5.3/A NL 2,500T Rowe Price EqtyInc LV 15,542 22.41 +8.1 +52.5/A +2.3/B NL 2,500Hartford CapAprA m LB 9,595 32.11 +7.1 +54.7/A +5.1/A 5.50 2,000Pioneer PioneerA m LB 4,231 37.81 +7.0 +45.8/B +2.6/B 5.75 1,000Goldman Sachs ShDuGovA m GS 1,496 10.36 -0.1 +3.5/B +4.9/A 1.50 1,000Alliance Bernstein GrowIncA m LV 1,216 3.10 +6.2 +35.8/E -0.2/E 4.25 2,500DWS-Scudder REstA m SR 430 15.33 +12.2 +90.3/C +3.9/C 5.75 1,000Hartford GrowthL m LG 180 15.83 +8.9 +43.9/C +2.8/C 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.

NYSE7,478.76 +59.74

AMEX1,896.10 +6.72

NASDAQ2,415.24 +19.84

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 ChgIntel 638314 22.67 +.43PwShs QQQ565920 48.25 +.33ETrade 522783 1.62 +.11Cisco 466320 26.64 +.36Dell Inc 461044 15.22 +.60Microsoft 413017 29.88 +.28ApldMatl 394303 13.23 +.46Yahoo 308338 16.03 -.31LibtyMIntA 264978 14.83 -.03Oracle 253463 25.99 +.43

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LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)

Name Last Chg %ChgCostPlus 2.40 +.53 +28.0RetOpp un 15.50 +3.10 +25.0Sequenom 6.64 +1.11 +20.1StarScient 2.28 +.38 +20.0GlenBurnie 11.51 +1.80 +18.5SptChalB 3.36 +.48 +16.7WldHeart 2.37 +.34 +16.7DeerfldCap 5.92 +.82 +16.1IntriCon 4.05 +.55 +15.7WCA Wste 4.68 +.63 +15.6

Name Last Chg %ChgOncothyr h 3.49 -1.29 -27.0RXi Phrm 5.96 -2.15 -26.5Exceed un 10.61 -1.99 -15.8VlyNBc wt 3.00 -.48 -13.8DonegalB 16.47 -2.53 -13.3JAlexandr 4.21 -.60 -12.4OrrstwnF n 30.50 -4.00 -11.6JeffersnB 4.40 -.55 -11.1Willdan 2.18 -.27 -11.0HenryBros 3.93 -.37 -8.7

DIARYAdvanced 1,795Declined 871Unchanged 153Total issues 2,819New Highs 262New Lows 18

2,255,065,019Volume

Name Vol (00) Last ChgRentech 42170 1.09 +.01GoldStr g 35071 3.79 +.06ChinaMda 34754 14.54 +2.26ChiArmM 32297 8.55 +.30AdeonaPh 28726 1.16 +.01NovaGld g 27628 7.76 +.16KodiakO g 22316 3.19 +.19AmO&G 19042 6.36 +.46NthgtM g 18300 3.14 +.10RexahnPh 16195 1.65 +.05


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Name Last Chg %ChgSunLink 2.97 +.78 +35.6ChinaMda 14.54 +2.26 +18.4BioTime wt 4.92 +.56 +12.8Engex 3.55 +.35 +10.9RELM 3.54 +.27 +8.3PolyMet g 2.32 +.17 +7.9AmO&G 6.36 +.46 +7.8ChiGengM 3.05 +.22 +7.8NewConcEn 4.49 +.30 +7.2ChNEPet n 9.38 +.60 +6.8

Name Last Chg %ChgUQM Tech 3.83 -.36 -8.6MercBcp 2.22 -.17 -7.2HMG 3.85 -.25 -6.1EmersnR h 3.17 -.20 -5.9AdmRsc 19.92 -1.18 -5.6PernixTh 3.99 -.22 -5.2StreamG un 7.25 -.40 -5.2ShengInn n 7.95 -.38 -4.6Bcp NJ 13.40 -.61 -4.4AmLorain n 3.63 -.15 -4.0

DIARYAdvanced 305Declined 181Unchanged 45Total issues 531New Highs 17New Lows 2

Name Vol (00) Last ChgCitigrp 4114349 4.13 +.09S&P500ETF1689957117.41 +.82FordM 1636394 13.90 -.09BkofAm 1291540 17.13 +.17GenElec 1067910 18.33 +.26SprintNex 753298 3.83 +.13Pfizer 724433 17.54 +.39SPDR Fncl 643802 15.90 +.13iShR2K 565759 69.23 +.87DirFBear rs 533685 13.67 -.26


GAINERS ($2 OR MORE)

LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)

Name Last Chg %ChgMaguirePr 3.54 +.87 +32.6MauiLnd h 7.34 +1.64 +28.8Nwcstl pfB 16.90 +3.15 +22.9Maguir pfA 15.55 +2.50 +19.2PMI Grp 3.64 +.50 +15.9Newcastle 2.63 +.28 +11.9Triumph 67.52 +6.30 +10.3Nwcstl pfC 14.44 +1.32 +10.1Nwcstl pfD 14.44 +1.24 +9.4StdPac 4.75 +.41 +9.4

Name Last Chg %ChgBarcAsia8 47.10 -9.45 -16.7MLSPRt5-103.33 -.67 -16.7ConcMed n 7.10 -.72 -9.2Steelcse 6.65 -.56 -7.8BeckCoult 64.22 -4.88 -7.1CBL Asc 13.99 -.99 -6.6ChinaSoAir21.32 -1.25 -5.5DB AgriDL 7.59 -.41 -5.1DrxSOXBr 35.68 -1.79 -4.8MkVRMB 40.23 -1.96 -4.6

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Claiming a historic tri-umph that could define his presidency, a jubilant Barack Obama signed a massive, nearly $1 trillion health care overhaul on Tuesday that will for the first time cement insurance coverage as the right of every U.S. citizen and begin to reshape the way virtually all Americans receive and pay for treat-ment.

After more than a year of hyperpartisan struggle — and numerous near-death moments for the measure — Obama declared “a new season in America” as he sealed a victory denied to a line of presidents stretching back more than half a cen-tury. Democratic lawmakers cheered him on, giving the White House signing cere-mony a rally-like atmosphere as they shouted and snapped photos with pocket cameras or cell phones.

Not everyone was cheer-ing. The Democrats pushed the bill through Congress without GOP support, and the Republicans said Tuesday that those Democratic law-makers would pay dearly in this November’s elections. Opinion polls show the pub-lic remains skeptical, too, and Obama will fly to Iowa on Thursday for the first of a number of appearances that will be more like a continu-ing sales job than a victory lap.

Aside from the huge, real-life changes in store for many Americans, the White House hopes the victory — even as a companion Senate “fix-it” bill moves through the Senate — will revitalize an Obama presidency that has been all but preoccupied with health care for his first year and two months in office. Vice President Joe Biden was caught whispering a profan-ity as he exclaimed to the president what a big deal it was.

Indeed, the reshaping of

one-sixth of the U.S. econ-omy, to be phased in over several years, ranks among the biggest changes ever devised by Washington. That was a main complaint from Republicans who character-ize the measure as a costly, wrongheaded government power grab.

The core of the massive law is the extension of health care coverage to 32 million who now lack it, a goal to be achieved through a complex cocktail of new mandates for individuals and employ-ers, subsidies for people who can’t afford to buy coverage on their own, consumer-friendly rules clamped on insurers, tax breaks, and marketplaces to shop for health plans.

The law’s most far-reaching changes don’t kick in until 2014, including a require-ment that most Americans carry health insurance — whether through an employ-er, a government program or their own purchase — or pay a fine. To make that a real-ity, tax credits to help cover the cost of premiums will start flowing to middle-class families and Medicaid will

be expanded to cover more low-income people. Insurers would no longer be allowed to deny coverage to people with health problems.

Among the new rules on insurance companies that take effect this year are ban-ning lifetime dollar limits on policies and policy cancel-lations when someone gets sick. Insurers also will have to allow parents to keep children on their plans up to age 26. But a much-touted provision to protect children in poor health has a gap. Insurers would still be able to deny new coverage to kids with health problems until 2014, although they could no longer refuse to pay for a particular condition once the child is covered.

The changes are to be paid for with cuts in pro-jected government payment increases to hospitals, insur-ance companies and others under Medicare and other health programs, an increase in the Medicare payroll tax for some, fees on insurance companies, drug makers and medical device manufac-turers, a new excise tax on high-value insurance plans

and a tax on indoor tanning services.

For seniors, the plan will gradually close the “dough-nut hole” prescription coverage gap and improve preventive care. But it also will cut funding for popu-lar private insurance plans offered through Medicare Advantage.

Democrats, led by Obama, celebrated a “new wind at our backs” from an achieve-ment accomplished after more than a year of high tension and deep division — stretching back to shouted protests that interrupted lawmakers’ town hall meet-ings on the subject last sum-mer.

“Our presence here today is remarkable and improbable,” Obama said, his grin wider than any in recent memory. “With all the punditry, all of the lobbying, all the game-playing that passes for gov-erning in Washington, it’s been easy at times to doubt our ability to do such a big thing, such a complicated thing.”

At a second celebration later, he said, “After a cen-tury of striving, after a year

of debate, after a historic vote, health care reform is no longer an unmet promise. It is the law of the land.”

The president now faces the task of selling to the public a bill that satisfies neither side of the political spectrum.

Obama’s explanatory hurdle is not an easy one, given the law’s multilayered provisions and timetables. A bumper-sticker slogan it is not. But he must help protect the Democrats — particu-larly those from conserva-tive-leaning districts — who stand to suffer in the fall elections from their votes.

Republicans face a chal-lenge as well. Aware of traditional American suspi-cions of government intru-sion, they cast themselves throughout the process as against major changes. They now must explain to vot-ers impatient for action in Washington why nothing was their best choice.

More than a dozen Republican senators intro-duced legislation to repeal the law that Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., said would “force taxpayer funding of abortions, raise health costs, hike taxes, cut Medicare, raid Social Security and put bureaucrats between patients and their doctors.”

“Repeal and replace,” Sen-ate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said.

And attorneys general from 13 states acted on their oppo-sition immediately, filing suit to stop the overhaul just minutes after the bill signing. Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum took the lead in the lawsuit that contends the legislation is unconstitution-al, joined by colleagues from South Carolina, Nebraska, Texas, Michigan, Utah, Pennsylvania, Alabama, South Dakota, Louisiana, Idaho, Washington and Colorado. Other GOP attor-neys general may join the lawsuit later or sue sepa-rately.

Obama signs health care bill; fight goes on

Associated PressPresident Barack Obama signs the health care bill in the East Room of the White House in Washington Tuesday.

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Six teams from area churches and businesses battled it out in the Adaville Baptist Church dodgeball tourna-

ment on Saturday.The finals saw Florence Baptist

Church’s The Rage facedown the Forest City Rumble — also a soccer team. In heated best-two-out-of-three action, The Rage came out on top.

“We raised around $600,” said Chad Dillard, head referee and Adaville Baptist Church Minister of Students. “All of that money will help youth attend Fort Caswell — a

discipleship camp at Oak Island — and participate in a Home Mission Project. During our Home Mission Project, we are partnering with the Rutherford Housing Partnership to make repairs to homes here in Rutherford County. Our teens will work during the day and worship together in the evenings. Last sum-mer we went to Canada to do this kind of work. We decided to help the people right here in Rutherford County this summer.”

Organizers say they will try to do the tournament again in 2011.

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Thar She Blows!We have a divided bone of

contention in the newsroom. It’s actually pretty silly, but never-theless, it’s an ongoing debate. No names will be mentioned and no noses will be taken into custody .... yet.

I’ll get straight to the point. There are many things which may be considered rude and disgusting when done the wrong way. One of these many things is blowing your nose, not so much the blowing (it has to be done), but where to do it tis the question.

I’ll be up front, I’m on the side of the fence that says “do it in private.”

Most of us carry through life the things we’re taught as children. Sometimes we stray from it, but generally how we’re taught is how we conduct our-selves throughout life — most people anyway.

When my brother and I got old enough to take care of our own noses my Mom taught us to go in the bathroom for that particular hygienic task, and under no circumstance could we blow our nose at the table. That would have been almost as bad as the time my brother said the “d” word while we were eat-ing. Not the bad “d” word, the kid “d” word (dookey). My Dad was not happy.

However, with toddlers and little ones, you basically chase them down and get the nose clean where you can. Then once they get past the “a sleeve is not a tissue” stage of life you teach them nose blowing etiquette.

As one who suffers from aller-gies day in and day out, I am most sympathetic to leaky and/or stopped up nostrils. I don’t mean to chastise anyone, but just because you do not mind watching another person blow their nose does not mean that someone else doesn’t mind watching you blow your nose.

While there are times when we all have emergencies that may cause us to need to blow our nose in front of someone else, it is best to try to avoid it (according to nose blowing eti-quette 101).

It is also highly frowned upon to blow your nose in a restau-rant. Full of other patrons. Trying to enjoy their food. There’s just no excuse in a pub-lic eatery where restrooms are available.

And to go one step further, please do not inspect the land-fill of debris you’ve just forced through your nostril. That is even more disgusting. There is no hidden treasure in there. No body parts you need to retrieve. Once you have finished blow-ing your nose, throw the tissue directly into the garbage. It’s as simple as that.

Some defend their nose blow-ing actions by saying if you’ve gotta blow, you’ve gotta blow; or it’s better than sniffing it back; or it’s better to blow than have it running down your lip.

OK. I can go along with all of the above, but take it outside or in the restroom or in a private corner to yourself. Everyone doesn’t like to share the dis-gusting noises and images of nose blowing.

That’s just snot proper eti-quette.

Byers in the Courier lifestyles editor. Contact her via e-mail at [email protected].

Having a ball while dodging one too

Although a soccer team most Saturday’s, Forest City’s Rumble (team member above) made a good showing to finish second in the Adaville dodgeball tournament. One player (at right) prepares to pelt a ball at his opponents, while another scoops up a ball.

Adaville Baptist Church’s youth team, the Ninja Cobras, prepare for the next game during semi-final round action.

Members of the Rumble and the Rage race for dodgeballs in the finals. A heated best-two-out-of-three confrontation saw the Florence Baptist Church Rage come out on top.

Art Smith motions to Sitting Ducks teammates, while John Miracle (left) looks on. The most experi-enced team, the Sitting Ducks, also included Adaville Church pastor Cal Sayles.

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SPINDALE – Author Darnell Arnoult will share her thoughts about her poetry and fiction as this year’s Spratt Literary Series speaker.

The event, sponsored by the Isothermal Community College Cultural Events Committee, will be held at the college’s library auditorium on Friday, March 26, at 7 p.m. There is no charge and the public is encouraged to attend.

Arnoult is the prize-winning author of “What Travels With Us: Poems” (LSU Press) and the novel “Sufficient Grace” (Free Press). Her shorter works have appeared in a variety of journals.

She holds a M.F.A. from University of Memphis and a M.A. from North Carolina State University, and is a regular faculty mem-ber of the Duke Writers Workshop, Tennessee Young Writers Workshop, John C.

Campbell Folk School and Learning Events.

Arnoult is a recipi-ent of the Weatherford Award for Appalachian Literature, SIBA Poetry Book of the Year, Mary Frances Hobson Medal for Arts and Letters, and in 2007 was named Tennessee Writer of the Year by the Tennessee Writers Alliance.

“We are very excited to welcome Darnell Arnoult to campus this year,” said Jeremiah Councill, the instruc-tor who coordinates the event. “I’m sure we are in for a treat as she con-tinues the Spratt Series’ tradition of excellent writers.”

Since its inception in 1986, the Spratt Literary Series has brought outstanding writers to the campus. The series was initi-ated by the late Frances Spratt as a memorial tribute to her husband, Robert Spratt, an original member of the Isothermal board of trustees. The series has

become a mainstay for cultural programming at the college.

Many remember Mrs. Spratt as a long-term English teacher at Chase High School, as a lover of literature and as a voracious reader. Others may remember her service as a valued trustee of the college from 1978 to 1996. The Spratt Literary Series is part of the legacy she left to Isothermal upon her retirement. She died in Matthews in January 2005 at the age of 87.

The Spratt speak-ers have been likened to “a role call of the state’s literary greats,” by Dr. Nancy Womack, Isothermal’s retired dean of Arts and Sciences.

The speakers have included Fred Chappell, Doris Betts, Lee Smith, Elizabeth Spencer, Tim McLauren, Jill McCorkle, Kay Gibbons, William Price Fox, Nikki Giovanni, Clyde Edgerton, Eliot

Engle, Jerry Bledsoe, Robert Morgan, Kathryn Stripling Byer, Tony Earley, Brad Barkley, Silas House, Pamela Duncan, Ron Rash, Tommy Hays, Bob Inman and Judson Mitcham. Last year’s Spratt speaker was Charles Price.

The Spratt Literary Series has been coordinated by vari-ous members of the Department of English at Isothermal. Tom Callison, appointed as the first coordinator, served in this role until his retirement in 1999. Since then, other facul-ty members, including Bryan Oesterreich, Dr. Kathy Ackerman and Councill, have taken over this responsibility.

For more information on the Spratt Literary Series, contact Councill at 828-286-3636, ext. 279.

For more information on Arnoult, please visit www.darnellarnoult.com

FOREST CITY — Krucifyd Ministries has made it over one hurdle in gaining approval from the Town of Forest City Council in January to hold a gospel music festival in downtown Forest City, May 8.

Now, event orga-nizer David Coffin is looking for volunteers to help pull the event off as well as financial sponsors.

Budget for the event is around $8,000, Coffin said. There are options for businesses to purchase advertis-ing packages or ven-dor spaces and ways for churches, organi-zations and individu-als to contribute.

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performance event will be held on Trade Street from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Co-headlining the event are Kevin Thornton, a former member of the 90s pop group Color Me Badd, and Jamie Thietten, a mul-tiple Indieheaven Momentum Award recipient.

Local acts who will take part are A Cry For Truth, Caleb Blanton, Sword and Shield and the James Radford Band.

The event is free to the public.

For more informa-tion or to take part in the event, visit www.krucifyd.org or e-mail Coffin at [email protected].

Arnoult to be Spratt Series speaker Ministry seeks volunteers to help with concert

Honor RollsChase Middle School

The fourth six weeks honor roll at Chase Middle School has been announced by Joey Glenn, principal.

Those students named to the list are:

A honor roll6th gradeJohn Baker, Braxton

Bright, Cole Buckner, Summer Byers, Haley Cockerham, Megan Ensley, Taylor James, Trevor James, Alysa McGinnis, Andrew Price, Charles Roach, Cypress Snyder, Courtney Wantuch.

7th grade

Kaylyn Adams, Micheal Bailey, Tiffany Barnes, Jacob Blanton, Eric Brigman, Keynari Brown, Juan Castrellon Jr., Ricky Chavez, Emilyn Conner, Morgan Deck, Taylor Funderburke, Regina Glover, Richard Gown, Sydnie Holden, Jacob Horton, Megan Hoyle, Kaylee Jones, Breanna Lytle, Kaitlin Owens, Tyra Phillips, Makenzie Reynolds, Samuel Scarlett, Summer Shytles, Adrionna Young.

8th gradeHarley Burgess,

Devyn Gowan, Mason Womack.

A-B Honor Roll

6th gradeAmbria Badger,

Virginia Bailey, Corey Ballesteros, Alan Baynard, Tyler Branch, Kristin Bridges, Gwendolyn Caban, Donald Carr, Dakota Carroll, James Childers, Suzannah Chinn, Logan Clawson, Cody Cogdell, Kayla Crowe, Alyson Culp, Zion Deshommes, Christopher Frontena, Jamila Hamilton, Kaylan Hampton, Timothy Hardin, Hunter Henson, Carrie Jones, Suzanne Jones, Bethany Kinsey, Mark Lattimore, Zackary McGinnis, Takirah McKinney, Chanslee

Morrow, Kaylee Parris, Jesica Pogue, Noah Radford, Madison Reep, Melia Roberts, Hannah Ruppe, Kaylei Scott, Zellie Scott, Thomas Smith, Anna Tate, Avery Tate, Keely Thomas, Brendan Thompson, Kristal Villatoro, Haylee Waldrop, Madison Wall, Jack White, Drew Wood, Haley Wood.

7th gradeRyan Badger, Taylor

Biggerstaff, Jennifer Brainard, Ashley Brown, Lauren Buckner, Clarke Burleson, Hydea Carson, Mia Chapman, Makayla Crawford, Erika Dover, Audra

Dowden, Marshal Downey, Matthew Edwards, Madison Francis, Christopher Gilbert, Audrey Gorman, Casey Haynes, Trent Head, Austin Hicks, Kayla Hollifield, John Horton, Jose Jimenez, Kyle Johnson, Ryan Johnson, Brianna Kingery, Joshua Lane, Caleb McGill, Dylan McNeill, Dennis Moore II, Victoria Moore, Tyler Nguyen, Reese Palmeri, Garet Parry, Tyrell Peeler, Elizabeth Phillips, Stephan Phillips, Dakota Reid, Gaither Rollins, Skyler Roper, Jacqueline Ross, Cody Thompson, Haley Thompson,

Ashley Turney, Brittney Weaver, Shannon Yelton.

8th gradeKenley Adams, Ashley

Allen, Cierra Alley, Jennifer Bain, Nadia Berry, Kelsey Bridges, Jacob Bright, Kaylee Campbell, Chandler Casner, Emily Dotson, Robert Evans, Matthew Glynn, Phillip Gosey, Cindy Hoyle, Jessica Huffman, Micheal Kuykendall, Michaela Langley, Haley Laughter, Tristan Maness, Hannah Mitchem, Kaleb Morrow, McKenzie Morrow, Joelle Murray,

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Marsden Murray, Joshua Parks, Colby Pettit, Linita Pruett, Cameron Reynolds, Devin Scoggins, Kelsey Spurlin, Alexandra Vickers, Alyssa Watson, Brittany Williams, Tacy Williams, Sydney Wilson.

Forrest Hunt Elementary SchoolThe fourth six weeks honor roll at Forrest Hunt Elementary School has been announced by Brad Richardson, principal.Those students named to the list are:

A Honor Roll3rd GradeCarlee Arrowood, Shana Briscoe, Garrett Haney, Kristin McBrayer, Diana Romero, Caitlin Roper, Riley Smith, Precious Vanegas, Morgan Wheeler, Anna Yelton.4th GradeChancellor Saine.5th GradeJessica Alley, Elizabeth Bradley, Zeke Brandle, Arianna Edwards, Grey Griffith, Hayden Hutchins, Drew Melton, Lauren Mode, Will Yelton.

B Honor Roll3rd GradeJenna Bailey, Brittney Bomer, Aniston Buff, Nicolas Conner, Zach Dalton, Skyler Donehew, Jesus Enrique, Lexi Francis, Collin Hipp, Rhyne Howard, Katelyn Jones, Kaleb Logan, Salyric McKinney, Alexis Mendoza, Tasha Newton, Jessica Spainhour, Stesha

Turner, Blake Walker, Stanley Wilkins, Corbin Yelton.4th Grade Asia Allen, Ashton Armstrong, Sarah Bradley, Bethany Coffey, Ashlyn Cox, Kaitlyn Doggett, Morgan Earp, Landon Fagan, Ciera Hardin, Noelle Harris, Maddie Hawkins, Jordan Hicks, Katie Hoyle, Shannice Lopez-Carranza, Darius Lovett, Melissa Lugo-Mejia, Brianna Lynch, Lauren Millette, Trevor Mode, Madison Morrow, Brayden Potter, Alivia Pruett, Morgan Rogers, Zack Waters, Andrea Womick.5th GradeBryce Arrowood, Danielle Chavez, Cheyenne Chavez, Latia Cureton, Tiffany Dotson, Miranda Dysart, Kayla Frady, Sam Hansen, Blake Hoyle, Diana Newton, Chandler Patrick, Elizabeth Randall, Jaquelyn Romero-Rojas, Zhaniya Thomas, Dylan Thrift, Mark West.

Pinnacle Elementary SchoolThe fourth six weeks honor roll at Pinnacle Elementary School has been announced by LaRonda L. Whiteside, principal.Those students named to the list are:

A Honor Roll3rd gradeAnna Lawson.4th gradeSidney Campbell, Callie Dalton, Brooke Hargett, Mayden McDaniel, Madison Pressley, Julia Teears, Noah Thornton, Emily Williams.

5th gradeDrew Fier, Haven Fleming, Emily Lane, Mallorie McCollum, Autumn McEntire, Madison Roach, Cindy Whitener, Leah Williamson.A/B Honor Roll3rd gradeSydnee Arrowood, Rebekah Atchley, Lindsey Byars, Justin Craig, Pandora Flack, Katlynn Hansford, Jacob Hardin, Joshua Hargett, Austin Henderson, Tyler Holland, Chloe Holtzclaw, Carmen Huffman, Klaire Jackson, Carmen Jones, Noah Larson, Cameron Morrison, Makinzie Phillips, Brook Reed, Emma Russell, Mariah Seebode Kennedy, Sara Shepherd, Stephen Snyder, Haley Toms, John Torvinen, Joseph Whitener.4th gradeKathryn Alton, Jessie Aroche Rios, Dalton Boyd, Taylor Bridges, Tyler Brown, Brittany Carr, Robert Clapper, Lauren Cole, Gregory Cope, Madison Crain, Seth Griffin, Malik Hipp-Smith, Jayden Holland, Scarlett Hollifield, Damarcus Johnson, Ian Keeter, Kodi McMinn, Jesse Moore, Karen Russell, Kristen Searcy, Taylor Sentz, Haley Stackpole, Kedgren Ware, Gage Whitaker.5th gradeMelissa Alexander, Adam Brown, Hannah Bynum, Samantha Crain, Emily Fleming, Dominic Gardella, Tyler Harris, Kierstin Keeter, Thomas Kursch, Kelsey Ledford, Casey Lewis, Alecia Martin, Teirra Murray, Shana Ownbey, Savannah Parton, Rusty Sanders, James Teears.

Rutherford Opportunity CenterThe fourth six weeks honor roll at Rutherford Opportunity Center has been announced by Larry King, principal.Those students named to the list are:B Honor Roll7th gradeJoshua Morrow, Christopher Whitener.8th gradeSamantha Alderson, Kevonda Moore.

Sunshine Elementary SchoolThe fourth six weeks honor roll at Sunshine Elementary School has been announced by Neil

Higgins, principal.Those students named to the list are:

A - Honor Roll3rd GradeLaine Bailey, Hannah Epley, Rachel Hollifield, Christian Walker, J.T Waters. 4th GradeWill Mann, Jacob Penson. 5th Grade Adam Barnette, Brandon Biggerstaff.

]B – Honor Roll3rd gradeTravis Beaty, Ashley Birchfield, Chris Carpenter, Julie Carter, Emily Carver, Heather Golden, Wesley Hammond, Addie Harris, Keirsten Ledbetter, Kamryn McDonald, Caitlin Melton, Hunter

Robinson, Branson Steed, C..J Sturgeon, Ashlyn Westbrook, Shelby Whiteside, Cheyenne Yelton, Ariana Young-Holycross. 4th gradeCameron Greene, Hayden Hamrick, Preston Helton, Skyler Hoyle, Billy Hurdt, Naomi Ledford, Michael Mull, Clayton Padgett, Garrett Padgett, Heather Putman, Katy Walker, Colin Watts, Riley West, David Westbrook, Grayson Wright. 5th gradeRichie Bink, Jaden Bostic, Amy Collins, Jeremiah Earls, Amtillah Ghaleb, Brooke Greene, Bryce Johnson, Lydia

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Dear Dr. Gott: Please give some advice on hormone-replacement therapy. I am 52 and have been mar-ried to my second husband for nearly 10 years. We have enjoyed a wonder-ful intimate relationship, but now, as I approach menopause, I feel that I am losing interest, and I don’t want that to happen.

I have friends who rave about what hormone-replacement therapy has done for them. I’m interested but not comfortable discussing the topic with my male doctor.

Dear Reader: As a woman enters menopause, the ovaries decrease production of both estrogen and progesterone. This reduction causes menstruation and fertility to ulti-mately cease. Common side effects of menopause include hot flashes, vagi-nal dryness, mood swings and more.

Until several years ago, these symp-toms were thought to be best treated with hormone-replacement therapy (HRT). It appeared simple enough.

What the body was no longer able to provide could be handled easily by medication. At the time, it was also thought that elevated estrogen levels could ward off osteoporo-sis and heart disease and improve quality of life. However, a large clinical trial known as the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) determined that HRT didn’t provide what was expected and, in reality, posed some health risks. As the number of haz-ards involving HRT grew, physicians became less likely to prescribe hor-mone therapy. Estrogen alone has been associated with a slight increase in the number of strokes and some menopausal symptoms.

Hormone-replacement has benefits

Dear Abby: I’m a 27-year-old wom-an who is a “klutz,” which explains why I often have bruises on my legs and elbows. The other day, while lunching with friends I hadn’t seen in a while, one of them brought up the subject of my bruises. (I had rolled up the sleeves of my blouse and was wearing a skirt.)

I laughed and explained how I got them — running off an elevator before the door had opened all the way, tripping while climbing some stairs, and crashing into the coffee table and nearly breaking my leg. My friends exchanged knowing looks and told me if I ever needed anything — ANYthing at all — they were there for me and offered protection!

It became obvious that they think my fiance caused the bruises. I explained that I am often in a hurry and accident-prone. They didn’t believe me. They just nodded and said, “Uh-huh ...”

I feel so humiliated. A birthday get-together is coming soon and I don’t feel comfortable going now. How do I set the record straight? — Just Clumsy

Dear Just Clumsy: You won’t set the record straight by hiding out and refusing to face them. Doing so will only fuel their unfounded suspicions, so attend the party. And at the next girls’ lunch tell them, warmly, that you appreciate knowing

they’ll always be there for you, and if they ever need you for anything — ANYthing at all — you’ll be there for them, too. Say it sweetly, with a smile, and above all, do not appear defensive.

Deaer Abby: I have a horrible secret. I have cheated on my husband with multiple strangers. I have tried to tell him I have an addiction, but he blows me off. When I first met him, I had been with two people. Since our wedding, I have lost count.

I think about sex constantly and often arrange to meet men anony-mously many times during the week. I have tried to stop, but I just can’t seem to.

Believe me, I have tried.I have attempted to talk to my hus-

band about this so he will listen — but I’m afraid to estimate how many times I have cheated because I fear he will leave me. Please help me. — Can’t Stop

Dear Can’t Stop: At this point the only thing worse than telling your husband what’s been going on would be not to.

Friends think bruises are abuse

Your Birthday, March 24;

A more adventurous you might emerge in the year ahead.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) - You might believe you’re right, but unless you express yourself without pushing your view on oth-ers, they won’t buy what you’re selling.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) - Although you’re gifted with a keen mind, you must be careful not to use it against yourself.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) - An old obligation you failed to handle might rear its ugly head today.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) - One-on-one relation-ships must be handled with much greater tact than you usually apply.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) - Know you can first handle your own responsibilities before assuming anybody else’s burdens.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) - There is nothing you like better than getting something for nothing, but don’t resort to gambling.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) - That pressure cooker could be boiling over in your household today.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) - Keep your strong opinions to yourself if you know others in the room don’t readily share what you believe.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) - Be careful about doing business with a firm or individual who has what you consider to be a shady reputation.

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Keener, Laney Kelley, Kaitlin LaForge, Lexey Lovelace, Angela Sayre, Abby Smith, Samantha Steed, Renee Sturgeon, Emma Toney, Cassidy Upton, Mason Walker, Sydney Williams, Nicholas Workman, Cole Yelton.

Ellenboro Elementary

The fourth six weeks honor roll at Ellenboro Elementary School has been announced by Bill Bass, principal.


A Honor roll3rd gradeSabie Bright, Gabriella

Day, Harrison Dyess, Drew Greene, Dakota Hendrick, Jordon Maner, Vivica Moore, Trenton Moore, Cameron Sharpe, Macie Sherburne, Emily Taylor.

4th gradeGracie Bennett, Camryn

Bernhardt, Abby Bland, Nathan Brock, Hannah Conner, Skyla Cooper, Amber Culleton, Ally Flack, Mia Flores, Tucker Hamrick, Adam Hensley, Courtney Hensley, Adam Hollifield, Addie Hopper, Victoria Kelly, Addie Lavender, Makayla Moore, Cassie Padgett, Sam Ryan, Victor Santiago, Nick Schmidt, Hunter Scruggs, Holly Sherburne, Dallas Snyder.

5th gradeZach Barnes, Tyler

Bridges, Taylor Byers, David Hunt, Grace Morgan, Katie Sessoms, Ashlyn Wilson.

B Honor Roll3rd gradeSarah Boyd, Kaylee

Camp, Josh Clark, Noah Conner, Dylan

Curtis, Adrian Escalera, D’Ana Flores, Addison Greene, Aaliyah Hardy, Kinsley Harrill, Haley Humphries, Justin Lovelace, Makaili Marshall, Andrew McNeely, Ethan Miller, Jesse Mitchell, Sarah Morrow, Damian Parker, Lily Price, Abbey Ranta, Makayla Waters, Kaitlyn Whisnant, Dylan Wright.

4th gradeJacob Baldwin,

Austin Cordell, Heather Crawford, David Davis, Noah Downey, Chase Elliott, Bryson Ellis, Clay Gordon, Lawson Jolley, Dylan Litaker, Blake Lovelace, Storm Mace, Blake McLamb, Madison Miller, Josie Morrow, Jonathan Newton, Billie Owens, Kassidy Patrick, Logan Price, Caitlynn Reynolds, Jordyn Stroup, Samir Thompson, Kelly Wallace, Ashley Williams, Katie Wilson, Syerria Winters, Jay Wright, Holly Yelton.

5th gradeBrittany Bailey, Dakota

Blanton, Noah Blanton, Tyler Bradshaw, Jessie Byers, Chris Causby, Jerica Coffey, Michael Cournoyer, Ashton Davis, Emily Elgin, Gissell Escalera, Paige Floyd, Bridget Friddle, Ashley Godfrey, Erik Guerin, Taylor Hardin, Corrina Hughes, Kelsea Jackson, Carson Marshall, Kendall McGowan, Christian McNeely, Tisha Mengel, Tiffany Messer, Shynia Oaks, Bryson Parris, Samuel Peticos, Taylor Pinion, Rachel Quijano, Weston Randall, Cameron Smith, Caleb Stewart, Sarah Thurman, Rebecca Toney.

Harris Elementary

The fourth six weeks honor roll at Harris Elementary School has

been announced by Don Ingle, principal.


A Honor Roll3rd gradeGarrett Buckner,

Clint Condrey, Madison Galloway, Cassie Hawkins, Carsyn Kilgo, Caitlin Lovelace, Bryson McGinnis, Autumn Moore, Geordy Randlett, Hanna Reep, Brian Sanders, Haley Searcy, Chloe Vickers, Heath Waldrop.

4th gradeMegan Bright, Will

Campbell, Stephen Cotarelo, Cole Francis, Ethan Goode, Anna Kate Jackson, Brianna Jenkins, Estephani Juarez, Michaela Owens, Autumn Spalding.

5th gradeMary Grace Braley,

Reagan Davis, Cheyenne Dills, Lindsay Ficklin, Clay Fowler, Kellan Jones, Dillon Phillips, Brad Sanders, Caleb Smith, Mackenzie Snyder, Erika Walters, Job Wease.

B Honor Roll3rd gradeJaden Beheler,

Lyndazha Burkins, Autumn Camp, Kai Casner, Seth Cooper, Nathan Cox, Katelyn Crowe, Jamie Davis, Dalton Dunkle, Garrett Evans, Tyler Ford, Annsley Harrill, Jamie King, Alex Ledford, Sidney McCranie, Nicholas Newon, Kassidy Owens, Luke Parton, Betsy Perez, Tyler Pinkerton, Makenzie Russ, Bethany Scott, Ceara Scott, Linzy Smith, Tyler Stafford, Sully Stevens, Luis Basquez, Jacob Wease.

4th gradeBlake Aldridge, Adilene

Almeyda, Tommy Bailey, Bridget Bledsoe, Madison Branch, Austin Causby, Penny Cheek, Joseph Conner, Noah

Crawford, Kody Dunn, Lewis Freeman, Maddie Hammett, Summer Keever, Justin Lail, Max Libera, Harley Morrow, Jordan Murray, Cody Parris, Gracie Powell, Jake Quilty, Jeffery Quilty, Nathan Roach, Savannah Roach, Stephanie Roach, Michaela Rudolph, Nick Scherer, Brandon Walker, Madison Weast.

5th gradeJada Barksdale, Austin

Beheler, Kaitlin Callahan, Austin Cole, Dominick Feaster, Lauren Frashier, Cenyetta Hamilton, Brenn Harrill, Samantha Henson, Chelsea Hill, Ty Houser, Parker Jackson, Braxton Keller, Katie Lewis, Erika Parris, Cassidy Pinkerton, Joshua Pittman, Dalen Roberson, Nate Rodriguez, Jeffery Rollins.

R-S MiddleThe fourth six weeks

Principal’s List and Honor Roll at R-S Middle School has been announced by John McSwain, principal.


A Honor Roll6th GradeElizabeth Alexander,

Jonathan Barnes, Kaitlin Clark, Caleb Cox, Sarah Daniel, Lauren Gray, Tatiana Magee, Jonathan McEntire, Haley Newton, Matthew Pendleton, Samantha Shuford, Gentry Turner, Christopher Wellmon.

7th GradeAdam Burnette,

James Francis, Kaileigh Gray, Philip Guadagno, Sarah Jones, Kayla Kirkland, Danielle Lane, Christopher Rector, Savannah Self, Shivani Sheth, Spencer White, Kennedy Whiteside, Allyson Yelton.

8th GradeHunter Atchley,

Caely Cuthbertson, Avery Dominguez, Macy Frazier, Emily Hargett, Shawn Hines, Jay’Len Hollis,Michael Johnston, Zoe Koon, Jacob Lambert, Rachel McLaughlin, Lauren Montieth, Donald Penson, Hanna Wilson.

B Honor Roll6th GradeCassandra Alamilla,

William Amos, Cody Arrowood, Hali Barnard, Alexis Baynard, Taylor Beam, Ashley Briscoe, Kayla Champion, Mikaela Clontz, Brooke Crane, Summer Dale, Levy Erskine, Savannah Hollifield, Alexis Jeffries, Morgan Jones, Karsyn Kearns, Madison Keller, Madyson King, Aurora Martin, Imani McCain, Katie McEntire, Julia Melton, McKenzie Metcalf, Clint Mooney, Yadira Morales, Mary Owens, Kendall Patterson, Amber Ponder, Benjamin Putnam, Lauren Revis, Crystal Rodriguez, Taylor Ruppe, Savannah Scala, Kristin Sellers, Kaleb Sells, Ashlynn Simpson, Haley Sims, Lucas Smith, Derrik Staley, Andrew Steptoe, Alexandra Still, Leeanna Torvinen, Pansy Waters, Lucas Wilson, Cody Wolfe, Zackery Wright, Alyssa Yelton.

7th GradeDevin Adell, Joshua

Ashe, Matthew Atchley, Journey Bradley, Jadaeja Brown, Riley Buchanan, Olivia Caldwell, Hannah Collin, Neal Craig III, Charles Dobbins, Sarah Dula, Lilana Gonzalez, Teryn Greenway, lexan-dra Grishaw, Ricardo Gutierrez Jr., Briana Hemphill, Christopher

Hill, Sarah Huffman, Chrisana Hughes, Priscilla Jones, Harley Lattimore, Allyshia Logan, Alexis Maher, Karen Martin, Sierra Morse, Emma Nance, Caleb Owens, Assem Patel, Emily Pocock, Kaylee Schappert, Alyssa Searson, Candice Simmons, Samuel Snyder, Nichole Stoehrer, Paul Stpierre, Haley Thompson, Benjamin Tomerlin, Malanie Wall, Samantha Washburn, Caylin Whiteside, Cecilie Wilkins, Zachary Wilson.

8th GradeBethany Acree,

Courtney Arms, Allison Baynard, Holly Baynard, Sarah Bearden, Leann Bittle, Jessie Bland, David Briscoe III, Tia Bristol, William Bunch III, Sarah Carpenter, Kyle Clark, Colin Cope, Dawn Craig, Makayla Crain, Andrew Daigle, Harley Davis, Alexis Dixon, Coty Doty, Emily Drummond, Jada Edwards, Taylor Fier, Brigitte Fowler, Sierra Fowler, James Hollis, Andrea Keever, Shannon Kennedy, Brooklyn Lail, Chandler Lane, Stacey Lasay, Thomas Lasay, Devonte Logan, Kenneth Lovelace, Kaitlyn Manelski, Kasey Martin, Matthew McEntire, Michaela McEntire, Haley McKinney, Emily McLaughlin, Jesse McMahan, Alexis Morse, Hewett Nichols, Catherine O’Neil, Theresa O’Neil, Mary Poteat, Samuel Pyatt, Mikayla Randolph, Robert Rothrock, Megan Schoenfeldt, Alexandria Shepherd, Alyssa Smith, Bethany Thorn, Haley Vance, Sierra Wilkins, Amy Williams, Rebecca Wilson.

The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, WEDNESDAY, March 24, 2010 — 5B

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Having qualified as Executor of the estate of ESTELLE P. SHEHAN of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said ESTELLE P. SHEHAN to present them to the undersigned on or before the 3rd day of June, 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 3rd day of March, 2010.

Patricia S. Sutton, Executor104 Winners CirclePerry, GA 31069

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Having qualified as Executor of the estate of LOTTIE M. SCRUGGS of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said LOTTIE M. SCRUGGS to present them to the undersigned on or before the 24th day of June, 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 24th day of March, 2010.

Janet M. Nanney, ExecutorPO Box 792Spindale, NC 28160

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Having qualified as Executor of the estate of MARYFRANCES SMITH of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said MARY FRANCES SMITH to present them to the undersigned on or before the 24th day of June, 2010 or the same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment.


Nelson Eugene Smith, Executor67 Imperial Ct.Asheville, NC 28803

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Having qualified as Executor of the estate of ANNE L. BOOZER of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said ANNE L. BOOZER to present them to the undersigned on or before the 17th day of June, 2010 or the same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment.


William L. Boozer, Jr., Executor211 Eastview DriveBostic, NC 28018

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Having qualified as Executor of the estate of EVA B. PRUETTE of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said EVA B. PRUETTE to present them to the undersigned on or before the 24th day of June, 2010 or the same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment.


Elizabeth Nan Nation, Executor732 Deerfield DriveMt. Holly, NC 28120

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Having qualified as Executor of the estate of ELBERT GRAYSON WHITENER of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said ELBERT GRAYSON WHITENER to present them to the undersigned on or before the 17th day of June, 2010 or the same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment.


Shelley Crook Owens, Executor169 Collett StreetRutherfordton, NC 28139

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Having qualified as Administrator of the estate of JAMES EDWARD ALLEN of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said JAMES EDWARD ALLEN to present them to the undersigned on or before the 24th day of June, 2010 or the same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment.


Gregory D. Allen, Administrator347 Baywood DriveCampobello, SC 29322

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.

8062.000031810-SP-013

NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'S FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY

UNDER AND BY VIRTUE of the power and authority contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed and delivered by Dane Markham, single, dated May 25, 2007 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Rutherford County, North Carolina, recorded on May 25, 2007, in Book 958 at Page 702; and because of default in the payment of the indebtedness secured thereby and failure to carry out and perform the stipulations and agreements contained therein and, pursuant to demand of the owner and holder of the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, the under-signed Substitute Trustee will place for sale, at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at Rutherford County Courthouse, in Rutherfordton, North Carolina at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, April 7, 2010, that parcel of land, including improvements thereon, situated, lying and being in the City of Rutherfordton, County of Rutherford, State of North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows:

Situate, lying and being in Sulphur Springs Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina, being the same and identical property as described in Deeds recorded in Deed Book 581, Page 489, and Deed Book 814, Page 73, Rutherford County Registry, and being described herein according to said Deeds as follows:

TRACT ONE:Situate, lying and being in Sulphur Springs Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina, being the same and identical property as described in that Deed from Mary Sue Roach, widow to Phyllis R. Cole, divorced as recorded in Deed Book 581, Page 489, Rutherford County Registry, and being described according to said Deed as follows:

Lying and being in Sulphur Springs Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina, and being a part of the property described in that Deed recorded in Deed Book 242 on Page 682, Rutherford County Registry, and being described by metes and bounds according to a survey by Professional Surveying Services dated July 17, 1991 as follows:

BEGINNING at a point in the center of the Harris-Holly Springs Road, State Road No. 1135, which point is South 79 degrees 13 minutes 41 seconds East 251.82 feet from a PK nail at the intersection of the center line of said Harris-Holly Springs Road, State Road No. 1135, with the center line of Holly Springs Church Road, State Road No. 1134, and runs thence from the beginning North 05 degrees 41 minutes 48 seconds East passing through an iron pin offset on the road at 22.66 feet, a total distance of 277.75 feet to an iron pin; thence South 82 degrees 47 minutes 23 seconds East 427.90 feet to an iron pin; thence South 27 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East passing through an iron pin at 88.49 feet, and another iron pin at 298.59 feet, a total distance of 336.59 feet to a point in the center of the Harris-Holly Springs Road, State Road No. 1135; thence with the center of said road North 82 degrees 43 minutes 26 seconds West 609.81 feet to the BEGINNING, containing 3.31 acres, more or less.

TRACT TWO:Situate, lying and being in Sulphur Springs Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina, and being the same and identical property as described in that Deed from Mary Sue Henson Roach to Brenda Phyllis Roach Cole and Wyvonne Lou Roach Coates as recorded in Deed Book 814, Page 73, Rutherford County Registry, and being described according to said Deed as follows:

Adjoining the lands of W.P. Henson, Lloyd Williamson, Leroy Gowan, Robert Gordon, and others and being Lots Nos. 12 and 13 of the H.H. and Sara P. Mott property, known as the Mrs. Annie Briscoe Farm, located in Sulphur Springs Township, this property was surveyed and subdivided by M.D. Justice, Surveyor, and sold by J.K. Harrill and Sam Cook, Selling Agents of Forest City, North Carolina, in June 1947; a plat of this property is on record in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Rutherford County, N.C., in Map Book 5 at Page 1, to which reference is hereby made for a full and complete description.

Being the same lands conveyed by H.H. Mott and wife, to F.Z. Dale and wife, by Deed dated January 20, 1948, and recorded in Rutherford County Registry, in Deed Book 200, Page 372.

Address of property:1550 Harris Holly Springs Road, Rutherfordton, NC 28139

Present Record Owners: Dane Markham

The terms of the sale are that the real property hereinbefore described will be sold for cash to the highest bidder. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. In the event that the Owner and Holder or its intended assignee is exempt from paying the same, the successful bidder shall be required to pay revenue stamps on the Trustee's Deed, and any Land Transfer Tax.

The real property hereinabove described is being offered for sale "AS IS, WHERE IS" and will be sold subject to all superior liens, unpaid taxes, and special assessments. Other conditions will be announced at the sale. The sale will be held open for ten (10) days for upset bids as by law required.

If the Trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the Trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the Trustee, in his sole discretion, if he believes the challenge to have merit, may declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

Additional Notice Where the Real Property is Residential With Less Than 15 Rental Units:

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

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

Dated: March 18, 2010

David A. Simpson, P.C.Substitute TrusteeBy:_________________________Attorney at LawRogers Townsend & Thomas, PCAttorneys for the Substitute Trustee704-442-9500Posted:____Witness:_____Assistant/Deputy Clerk of Superior Court

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Licensure as a PT, CPR Certification.

New grads welcome! Duties include: provide

PT evaluation and treatment services for outpatient population. PRN position available

for acute care services & Outpatient.

Send resume to: smcdermott@

saintlukeshospital.comor fax 828-894-0538

Help Wanted

Have you lostor found a pet?Place an ad atno cost to you!828-245-6431

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TREE CARE

Carolina Tree Care& Stump Grinding

Chad Sisk(828) 289-7092Senior Citizen Discounts

10% discount on all workValid 9/17-11/1/09

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ROOFING

Todd McGinnisRoofing

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74 Bypass

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*up to 101 UI

PAINTING

John 3:16

Interior & Exterior22 years experience

Great referencesFree Estimates

AIR CONDITIONING & HEATING

“We’re Not Comfortable Until You Are”“Serving Rutherford & Cleveland County For 30 Years”

NC License 6757 • SC License 4299

FAST RELIABLE SERVICE ON ALL BRANDSFree Estimates • Best Warranties

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24 Hour Emergency

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• Painting• Replacement

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* roofing * concrete* decks & steps* painting * carpentry* skirting * plumbing* sheet rock* room additions* metal roofing

NNo Job Too SmallDiscount for Senior Citizens

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Decks • Porches • WindowsDoors • Floors • Bathrooms Tiled Showers • Tile • Trim

Carpentry • PaintingKitchens And Much More

Metal Roofing(Energy-Star Rated • 30% Return on Taxes)

YOURAD

COULDBE

HERE!

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GUTTER AND VINYL SIDING

286-2094245-7779

Installs Gutter GuardsCleans Gutters

Repairs New & OldVinyl Siding

FREE ESTIMATES! WORK GUARANTEED!

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Improvements- Carpentry- Paint- Tile- Hardwood Flooring- Landscape Services

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GRADING/PAVING

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OVER 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE

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FFL DEALER

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PAINTING

Campbell’s Paint

Interior & Exterior

Residential and Commercial

No Job Too Smallor Too Big

FREE ESTIMATES38 yrs experience

Charles Campbell

828-289-6520

FOREST LAKE LANDSCAPINGLandscape and Lawn

Maintenance

Commercial – ResidentialFree Estimates

Phillip Dowling248-2585

LANDSCAPING

CONSTRUCTIONGreene Construction

Residential & Commercial

828-289-2743

Licensed and InsuredBenjamin Greene

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Hutchins Remodeling828-245-1986SeamlessGuttersDecksPorchesRoofingPaintingHandicap RampsRoom AdditionsFree Estimates~Lance Hutchins~


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Upscale Casual Dining • Banquet/Private Dining • Wedding Cakes

Fresh Hand-Cut Steaks & Chops

Free Range Organic PoultryFresh Seafood

Made-from-Scratch Desserts & Breads

Banquet Facilities for up to 40 people

Maple Bar with Beer, Wine and Cocktails

Garden Patio & Gift Certificates

Lunch Hours: Tues. - Sat 11:30am - 2:30pm • Dinner Hours Wed. - Sat. 5:30pm - 9:00pm

828-287-2932 205 Fashion Circle • Rutherfordton, NC

Just Two Minutes Off Main Street!

www.thewateroakrestaurant.com

Classical guitarist Edward Cook plays every Friday and Saturday night for your listening pleasure

FREE DESSERTGood on Wednesday & Thursday Night.

*not valid with any other coupon, limit one per table Expires 4/30/10

ATTENTIONADULTS AGE 55+

In these unusual economic times, planning for future health care needs is more crucial than ever. One option available is EASTWOOD VILLAGE,

Rutherford County’s only complete retirement and health care concept.

Homes are individually owned and designed for maintenance-free livingwith the following amenities:

• A Large Clubhouse

• Swimming Pool

• Lawn Maintenance

• Meal Delivery

• Transportation

• 24 Hour Emergency Nursing Services

• Skilled Care & Assisted Living Care available on campus

EASTWOOD VILLAGEHwy. 74 East, Forest City, NC

In addition to the 34 existing homes, lots are available for theconstruction of your custom retirement home.

For information or a tour, please contact:John Cilone, Broker — 245-9095

Ruby Lowery, Broker — 248-2018Mack McKeithan, Broker — 245-9095

TJCA’s Renaissance Faire

Allison Flynn/Daily CourierStudents at Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy (top right) portray knights, kings, rooks and more in a live version of chess. The game was part of the school’s first-ever Renaissance Faire held on the grammar school campus Saturday. Above, kids play with fake plastic swords outside under blue skies at the Renaissance Faire. At right, children are given last minute instructions before taking part in the faire. The faire was held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the grammar school campus on Hardin Road.

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