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By JEAN GORDONDaily Courier Staff Writer

FOREST CITY — Polls open at 6:30 a.m. and remain open until 7:30 p.m. Tuesday for the Primary Election. There are 17 polling places in Rutherford County where registered voters will cast ballots in national, state and local races.

Republican voters will select candi-dates for the N.C. House District 112 race, County Commissioner District 1 and District 4, a sheriff’s candidate, Clerk of Court nominee and also Coroner nominee. Although the coroner candidates are on the primary ballot, the General Assembly will address eliminat-ing the position when it convenes beginning May 12.

Democrats will elect its nomi-nees for County Commissioner District 4, County Commissioner District 5 and Clerk of Court.

Voters will also elect U.S. Senate and U.S. Congressional candi-dates. 46th District N.C. Senator Debbie Clary, Republican, is run-ning unopposed. She represents Rutherford and Cleveland coun-ties,.

Republican N.C. House candi-dates Mike Hager, Jimmy Wayne Newton and Alan Toney are vying for an opportunity to face Democrat candidate Jim Proctor in November. Incumbent Rep. Bob England is retiring.

Republican District 1 County Commissioner incumbent Paul McIntosh is being challenged by Bill Eckler in the race to face Democrat Eddie Parker in November.

In District 4, incumbent

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By ALLISON FLYNNDaily Courier Staff Writer

FOREST CITY — If the budget revealed last week by Gov. Beverly Perdue becomes the final budget approved by the North Carolina House and Senate, it would mean further tightening the belt of the budget for Rutherford County Schools.

The Rutherford County Schools Board of Education received information last Tuesday during a board budget workshop on how Perdue’s proposed budget would affect the system.

Perdue released her recommended changes to the second year of the two-year budget approved by the General Assembly and

signed by the governor last summer on April 20.

Among the recommendations by the gov-ernor are to restore an average 1.8 percent step salary increase for schoolteachers, cost-ing $61.1 million; pay $62.5 million to state employees and teachers in the form of a one-time bonus equal to 0.5 percent of salaries taken away in 2009 as part of furlough; and provide three days’ leave to rank-and-file state employees and another day off Dec. 23.

Perdue’s overall budget calls for local school districts to find another $215 million in dis-cretionary spending reductions.

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By SCOTT BAUGHMANDaily Courier Staff Writer

RUTHERFORDTON — County Manager John Condrey will present information about the Daniel Road Project and the future of the county’s building program at the May 3 County Commission meeting.

Purchased in 2008 for about $4.8 mil-lion, the more than 40-acre site is envi-

sioned to be home to soccer fields, a new animal shelter, a farmer’s market, live-stock arena, a possible new library and walking trails.

It has also been the topic of much dis-cussion during campaign appearances and community forums in the race for the county commission.

The original plan for the Daniel Road Project was to include selling part of the land adjacent to U.S. 74A to offset the

cost of the purchase price. Although the tax value for the land is

listed at around $1.2 million, appraisals from Tanner Real Estate Services done in May of 2008 — prior to the county’s pur-chase — show the four parcels at a value of $4,568,722.

“A value is required to be assessed to all real estate in the county,” said Kep Keply,

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Larry Dale/Daily CourierMarcie “The Balloon Fairy” McGrath, a magivian and balloon artist entertained MayFest visitors Saturday, creating fun and colorul creatures to the delight of observers. The annual MyFest drew huge crowds to downtown Rutherfordton, even as clouds filled the skies.

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With 5 mugs By LARRY DALEDaily Courier Staff WriterRUTHERFORDTON — Three Demo-crats and two Republicans are vying for clerk of court in the primary, including

incumbent Clerk Robynn Spence.Spence, a Republican, is seeking re-election to the post she won in 2008. She will face Edna Walker in the GOP primary.The Democrats competing to face off against the Republican candidate are

Ramona Hall, Donnie H. Henson and Libby Parton.Robynn SpenceSpence is a Mecklenburg County native who has resided in Rutherford County for almost 18 years. She has almost completed the work to obtain a bach-

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1993, when she transferred to Rutherford County and went to work for then Clerk of Court Keith Melton. She worked in the clerk’s office until 2002, then went to work for a real estate attor-ney in the county until 2004. At that time, Spence went to work at the Department of Social Services. When she decided to seek the clerk of court job she was the child support supervisor.

“This was my dream, so here I am,” Spence said. “Working in the court sys-tem is just something I have always loved. And I knew probably 1996, 1997 that to run for clerk of court would be my ultimate goal at the right time. And in 2008 it was the right time. I was for-tunate to win in a Democrat year.

“To me, this office needs to be nonpartisan. We have to be neutral with everything. I’ve tried very hard to keep politics out of here, because before this was a very politi-cal office. And I’ve made it clear politics doesn’t play a part in here. We represent everybody. We help every-body.”

Spence cited the things she has achieved since taking office.

“We’ve done some remodel-ing,” she said. “When I came there was a safe that you couldn’t walk in, because of all the evidence. You didn’t know what was what in there. There were things that should have been destroyed 20 years ago. We’ve gone through every bit of evi-dence.

“If the cases were disposed, we get court orders so we can destroy it (evidence) if it is some kind of paperwork. But more than likely, it is turned over to the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office forensics unit, and they take it and destroy it. Lots of drugs were in there. Lots and lots of guns.”

She said hundreds of the guns have been turned over to the Sheriff’s Office so they can be traded in to buy new equipment for officers.

Spence praised the efforts of the clerk of court workers.

“This office wouldn’t run without all my staff,” she said. “I have an excellent staff. They have bent over backwards to do whatever we needed to get done. We found so many files that should have been purged years ago. I mean there are thousands. People just don’t realize the amount of paper-work that comes in and out of here. And if you don’t take care of it, you have what we have now, a complete night-mare.”

She also said workers are being cross-trained in case of an emergency.

Spence noted several changes that have helped the system run more smooth-ly. She signs uncontested divorces to cut down on the domestic court backlog, and she is available anytime to get a warrant from the clerk’s office.

Spence also cited several ongoing efforts, such as

bringing in a new sound sys-tem and a new security sys-tem, cleaning out the base-ment in order to put some offices, such as the estate office, down there, and working on trying to get an ATM in the courthouse as a convenience to people, since the court doesn’t take per-sonal checks.

She also cited improvement in relationships within the system and with the public.

“The district attorney’s office, the sheriff’s office and the clerk have a wonder-ful working relationship,” Spence said. “We all do what it takes to get things done. The judges have been won-derful. They have watched out for me and helped me and guided me on things I didn’t know about.

“This is an office that for many, many years didn’t have a very good reputation for being friendly and open. There is such an atmosphere change here now. I think the public that comes in here and deals with the office a great deal, knows I have an open-door policy. They don’t have to ask to speak to me. They can walk into my office.

“I think I have accom-plished a great deal, but there is so much more to accomplish. A lot of stuff needs to be replaced here. And we’re working on that. It is just going to take time. You can’t come in here in 14 or 15 months and change years and years of not updat-ing when you should.”

Edna WalkerWalker is an attorney in

Rutherfordton. She is mar-ried to Bryan Walker, and they have an almost six-year-old daughter, Faith. They live in the Gilkey community.

She is a member of Second Baptist Church, a member of the Gilkey Ruritan Club, and sits on the board of directors for Trinity Christian School.

She said she is running for clerk because of her love for the county.

“I signed the application to run for clerk and sacrificed savings to pay the filing fee because I love Rutherford County,” Walker said. “I will never lose that sense of awe that comes from seeing the mountains in the distance as I drive out of Rutherfordton on 221 to Gilkey. It was not for personal gain or to have control of the courthouse. I believe in giving back to the community. This is my way to serve the citizens of Rutherford County.”

Walker said her work as an attorney makes her qualified for the clerk’s job.

“I am the only candidate who is a licensed attorney,” she said. “As an attorney, I work for my clients, apply the law on a daily basis, and handle cases in every area of the clerk’s office—from estates, trusts, incompetency determinations, guardian-ships, adoptions, foreclo-sures, to partition actions.

“In addition, my education in trust and estate adminis-tration is an asset. I ask the voters of Rutherford County to serve them. Rutherford County needs a clerk who knows how to apply law. The clerk of court functions as

judge of probate and must apply the law on a daily basis. The judicial functions of the clerk will sail more smoothly with an attorney at the helm.”

She also noted that her business experience would be an asset.

“I have operated my own business for the past 13 years. My business experi-ence will prove invaluable in leading the clerk’s office on a day-to-day basis. This expe-rience, along with a master’s in business administration and degree in trust and estate administration are invaluable when performing the everyday duties required of the clerk.”

Walker said that her back-ground is a key asset.

“One does not have to work in the clerk’s office to have the experience to be a successful clerk,” she said. “Experience is an asset, but there will always come a day, no matter how experienced you are, when a new situ-ation arises. At that point, it is important to have a foundation from which to draw from. I have a strong foundation—a law degree, an undergrad degree in busi-ness, specifically trust and estate administration, and a master’s in business admin-istration. I am a graduate of Leadership Rutherford and am a certified Superior Court mediator.”

Walker said she wanted to clarify the situation concern-ing her connection to Judge Laura Bridges.

“I am my own person,” she said. “I make my own deci-sions, based on my research and investigation, not based on who I am related to or who I am friends with. Actions do speak louder than words. I ask that the citizens of Rutherford County con-sider my actions and how I for the past 12 years have professionally interacted with my mother-in-law, Judge Bridges. I have taken the utmost care to make sure that my actions did not give the appearance of impropri-ety. I ask that you consider why I choose not to have my cases heard in her court. With full disclosure it is pos-sible for us to practice before each other.

“Instead, I choose to sched-ule my cases before another judge and have even sched-uled a case out of county, to avoid the appearance of favoritism. The clerk of court is not controlled by the resi-dent Superior Court judge. They are independent. They will remain independent. The public perception is that I always agree with Judge Bridges. This is not true.

“Judge Bridges does her job. She is not giving me any political favors by following North Carolina law regard-ing the allegations against the current clerk. If this is a political favor, then who needs enemies?”

Walker said she would implement a clerk’s media-tion program.

“Mediation is a tool avail-able to the clerk that is not being utilized,” she said. “Mediation allows parties to have input into their own case and the ability to decide their own case without going

to court. It is a proven fact that mediation saves time and money.

“The mediation training I completed, together with my natural inclination to ‘meet in the middle,’ provides a strong foundation for imple-menting a Clerk’s Mediation Program in Rutherford County.”

She also cited her manage-ment approach.

“I will adopt a collabora-tive approach to manage-ment,” she said. “A collabora-tive approach is necessary so that each independent office (Clerk’s Office, District Attorney’s Office, Sherriff’s Office and judges) functions together as a team to support our court system. This does not mean that I will do what Judge Bridges wants, or what the sheriff wants, or what the DA wants. This means that I will take into consideration all positions before making a decision so that our court system is supported in an effective, efficient, accessible, and user-friendly manner for use by you—the voter.”

Ramona HallRamona Hall worked in the

courts for 26 years. When Spence won the last election she did not reappoint Hall to the clerk of court staff.

Hall worked for Hamrick and Hamrick, Attorneys at Law, from 1982 to March 1987. She then took a job as deputy clerk of Superior Court in Rutherford County, where she remained for more than 21 years, until November 2008.

Hall is a Rutherford County native who graduated from R-S Central High School in 1972. She has been married to Wayne Hall for 36 years. He is the owner of a pri-vate investigation/ security group. Hall has one child, LaBreeska Holtsclaw.

Hall attends Word of Faith Fellowship in Spindale and sings on the praise and wor-ship team, and is involved in the prison, hospital and nursing home ministries.

She is a member of the State Employees Association of North Carolina, the Rutherford County Adult Care Home Community Advisory Committee and the Association of Assistant and Deputy Clerks of Court, where she is on the scholar-ship committee and liaison committee, and is historian on the Executive Committee.

Hall graduated from Leadership Rutherford in 2004 and has received pro-fessional development and leadership management training sponsored by the state of North Carolina from 1992 until the present time.

She received a certificate in office systems technology from Isothermal Community College in 2007 and received an interaction manage-ment certification from Development Dimensions International in 2008. Also, she expects to receive an associate of applied science from ICC in May of this year.

Hall said she decided to run for the office of clerk because “I have served the citizens of Rutherford County for over 26 years, and I want to continue to serve them with the excellence and

professionalism that the citi-zens of this county deserve.”

She said she would bring to the office of clerk those “years of dedicated service and integrity, and a standard of excellence in accuracy and efficiency that the citizens can depend on.”

Increased staff training to better serve the public would be one of her goals if elected, Hall said.

“I would work to improve the quality of service and efficiency for the citizens of Rutherford County,” she said. “I would implement a higher standard of staff training that would result in standardized procedures and information output for the citizens to receive a timely and knowledgeable answer to their questions and par-ticular needs.”

She also cited other areas on which she would focus as clerk.

“During our current eco-nomic conditions, chal-lenges face the clerk’s office in the Special Proceedings Department,” she said, and added, “I look forward, with anticipation, to work to bring better quality of service to the citizens of Rutherford County.

“I would be a servant to the public, a team player with other agencies and organiza-tions that work with the clerk of court office, and a leader for the hard-working staff at the clerk’s office.”

Hall said it is time to elect a new clerk “to meet the growing demands of the Rutherford County popula-tion and to establish dignity, integrity, efficiency, and pro-fessionalism in the clerk of Superior Court office, treat-ing each member of the pub-lic with respect and courtesy.

“I believe that whether you are a Democrat, a Republican, or unaffiliated, you should be treated with respect as an individual by a professional clerk of court. As a taxpayer in Rutherford County your tax dollars should be funding a profes-sional and efficient clerk of court who treats all members of the public with the same respect.”

Donnie HensonHenson is in management

with Quad Core Wholesale. He is married to Kim Allen Henson, and they have two children, Hunter, 12, and Will, eight. They attend Holly Springs Baptist Church, and Henson is the church bus driver.

Henson’s civic activities include: Chase FFA alumni, R-S Central FFA volunteer, Chase Little League board of directors and member of Rutherford County Farm Bureau.

“My drive to run for clerk of court comes from the compassion I have to help people,” he said. “I feel that it takes a caring heart and listening ear to relate to people no matter who they are or what situation you may encounter them in. I have always worked in a cus-tomer-oriented field, and it would be my pleasure to help them and take time to get to

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He cited a number of qualifications for the clerk job.

“I can bring leader-ship, management, sta-bility and professional-ism to the job,” he said. “I have spent the last 15 years in management and understand what it takes to give the citi-zens 100 percent satis-faction in their time of need.

“The primary role of the clerk of court is to be an ideal public ser-vant to the community and citizens within it. In leadership training I learned many things but hold this quality the closest: To be a good servant, you must put God first, others second and yourself third. I have applied this to my life, and it has made me a better person for it.”

Henson talked about what he sees as the key issues in the race.

“Key discussions dur-ing the race have been dependability, trust-worthiness and acces-sibility to the clerk,” he said. “I would have an open-door policy which would allow for open communication among the staff and a welcom-ing environment to any citizens who visit the courthouse. I want the clerk of court’s office to be a place that people find helpful and not intimidating.”

Henson talked about ideas he would like to implement in the clerk’s office.

“I want to make sure there is good working morale in the workplace and among the staff,” he noted. “I want the entire staff to be team players and help one another so everything runs smoothly, effi-ciently and effectively.

“I want to cross train

the staff members so when someone is absent, people can still get the answers and help they seek. I want to offer the public infor-mative seminars to enlighten them on laws in question and what rights they have to take action.

“I want to inform the public on exactly what services the clerk’s office offers. I also want to publish a budget to show the citizens where exactly the money goes that is collected through the clerk’s office and the court-house.”

Henson cited steps he would take to make the courthouse more conve-nient.

“I feel that the court-house has done a great job at being a conve-nient place for the pub-lic, but I feel that it is up to the clerk’s office to extend an extra hand of support and go the extra mile to make the public feel like they can come back again if the need arises.

“It would be my goal as clerk to have a set schedule that will allow for accessibility to my co-workers and make the citizens feel well-taken-care-of, know-ing that their time is valuable and well spent when they come for a particular purpose.”

Libby PartonParton, a Rutherford

County native, worked at and managed the North Carolina Drivers License Office in Forest City for 17 years She is married to David L. Parton. She has two grown daughters, Beth Brown and Astin Yeton.

Parton was awarded numerous certificates of accomplishment for exceptional job perfor-mance and managerial skills in: conflict man-agement, interaction management, stress

management, time management, team building, concepts of leadership, interview-ing, cultural diversity and fiscal management.

Parton said honesty is the key component to being a good clerk.

“For several weeks now, I have listened to political candidates speak of their extensive education, their awards and accommodations, their years of service on various jobs or in posi-tions held—all things that would qualify them for the office they seek,” she said. “I’m sure everyone running, if given the chance, could adequately do the job they seek, but some jobs require going above and beyond the duties set before them. In my opinion, the number one requirement for all these positions, includ-ing clerk of court, is to be honest with the peo-ple you represent and honest in the decisions you make for them.

“It’s not what a per-son says about their abilities or accomplish-ments that connects them with people. It’s not about speaking at all. It’s about listening. Really listening. And caring about what you hear.

“I enjoy listening and working with people. I like to think there are a few people who can say I made a difference in their lives simply by lis-tening to what they had to say.”

She said her job at DMV provided her with the abilities that a clerk needs.

“Not all of my 17 years of experiences at the DMV have been filled with happy teenagers getting their learner’s permit or driver’s license for the first time,” she said. “On an average day, I will see between 30 to 50 peo-ple. Most individuals are there for a simple

license renewal that is routine and uncompli-cated. But many people come in with various issues and situations.

“As an examiner, I must size up a situation or problem in a mat-ter of minutes and use all the experience I’ve learned through the years to make the best decision for everybody concerned while stay-ing within the laws and guidelines mandated by the state of North Carolina.

“Applying the law with fairness and understanding can be difficult at times. But you have to make the best decision, make it with compassion and respect, then take the time to think of other ways to help resolve their problem.

“Some of my deci-sions, though difficult, can be very rewarding, such as the time a per-son returned to thank me for sending him for an eye exam because if he had not gone, he probably would be dead, as his eye test revealed the presence of cancer. Or the time I received a thank you for sending a woman to the eye doctor because she learned she had a progressive eye disease that would have left her blind if not caught in time to be treated.”

She said she has the widespread experience necessary for the clerk’s job.

“Throughout my career, I have dealt with every age, gender and ethnic background,” she said. “There were many people who were mentally challenged or physically disabled, people that ranged from completely illit-

erate to intellectually brilliant. I have man-aged to communicate with people who are deaf and mute as well as the non-English speaking population we now have in Rutherford County. I have done all this with honesty and fairness, without being partial or prejudiced.”

She cited her manage-ment experience, too.

Parton noted manag-ing three other exam-iners so all deliver the highest level of cus-tomer service possible, overseeing the interior and exterior mainte-nance of the License Bureau building, pre-paring and deliver-ing the daily, weekly and monthly reports required by Raleigh, interfacing with other agencies and multitask-ing while making each customer feel his or her situation is the most

important to cross her desk.

“There are no hidden agendas shaping my candidacy for clerk of court,” Parton said. “I bear no grudges. I have no political entangle-ments. If I did, I could never be impartial with my decisions and judg-ments.

“The clerk of court, in executing the duties defined by the North Carolina’s Constitution, must remain politically neutral. Otherwise the position becomes more important than the people it serves. And that, in my opinion, is anything but honest.”

Editor’s note: The Daily Courier was not able to contact Parton with a list of questions, so the informa-tion cited here is from her website.

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Voters across North Carolina will have a chance on Tuesday to pick the men and women they

want to contend for public offices from Washington to Main Street.

It is an opportunity they should not skip.

Primary elections and non-presiden-tial election years rarely generate the highest levels of excitement, but they are no less important.

This year, county voters will be pick-ing candidates for county commission, sheriff, clerk of court, state House, the U.S. House and Senate and a couple of state judicial posts.

All of these jobs are important and voters get to decide who will get them.

This is our Democracy at work. This is where people have their strongest voice.

Voting is a right. It is a right earned by bloodshed over the centuries.

Americans pride themselves on being a strong Democracy. That pride cannot be justified if we do not go to the polls to participate in the most fundamental part of our government.

So be proud. Go vote!

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RALEIGH – In recent years, North Carolina’s system for choosing judges has been alter-nately praised and condemned..

The praise comes from those impressed with the state’s 2002 reforms for electing appel-late court judges, changes that allowed candidates to qualify for public financing.

To date, the reforms have largely prevented large sums of special interest money from pouring into races for the North Carolina Court of Appeals and North Carolina Supreme Court. Other states have had a different experience, seeing huge amounts dumped into court races, often by groups interested in the out-come of cases decided by the judges up for election.

The condemnation is aimed at the fact that North Carolina even holds judicial elections. Many people who work in the legal community want a system of judicial appointment, arguing that the reforms do nothing to improve voters’ knowledge of the judicial candidates whom they elect.

When it comes to the outcome of judicial races, there’s plenty of evidence suggesting that gen-der and ballot position are more important than qualifications.

But less political will to change the system exists today than a decade ago, when state legislators regularly debated the issue.

This year, North Carolinians will elect four judges to the state Court of Appeals and one justice to the state Supreme Court. Two contested primaries will be held to whittle the nonpartisan races down to two candidates for the fall.

Court of Appeals Judge Ann Marie Calabria faces two chal-lengers, Superior Court Judge Mark Klass and District Court Judge Jane Grey, in a bid to keep her seat on the court.

Calabria has been on the court since 2003. Prior to her election, she was a District Court Judge in Wake County. She previ-ously practiced law in Cary and Fayetteville, and worked for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Klass, who lives in Lexington, has been a Superior Court judge

since 1999. He previously worked both as a private practice lawyer and as an assistant district attor-ney.

Gray, who lives in Raleigh, has been a Wake County District Court judge since 2002. She worked in the state Attorney General’s office for 18 years and as general counsel to the House speaker for two years.

In the other contested primary, Court of Appeals Judge Rick Elmore faces three challengers – state Supreme Court clerk Steven Walker, Hillsborough lawyer Leto Copeley and Lillington law-yer Alton Bain.

Elmore has been on the Court of Appeals since 2003. Prior to his election, he was a private practice lawyer in Greensboro.

Walker has been clerk for state Supreme Court Justice Ed Brady since 2005, his first position after getting his law license that same year.

Copeley has worked as a private

practice lawyers since 1998 and is a graduate of Harvard Law School.

Bain has been a partner in a Lillington law firm since 2001 and worked as a clerk to the Court of Appeals in the mid-1980s.

So what do you think, is the recession over?Have you heard the good

news? Many economists think the recession is actu-ally over. Indeed, these econ-omists say the economy has been recession-free since last summer. If true, this means we’ve been in an economic recovery for almost a year!

Yet when we look around and see the unemployment rate at double-digits, many families still struggling to pay bills and governments having to cut services to make budgets balance, how can any knowledgeable economist say the recession is over?

Here, I have to stick up for my colleagues, because based on the technical, economic definition of a recession, it could very well be a thing of the past.

The problem is there’s a difference between how an economist defines a reces-sion and how a recession is considered among the gen-eral public.

To an economist, being in a recession doesn’t mean everything is bad, financially speaking, and being out of a recession doesn’t mean everything is good. Instead, a recession is part of the cycle we observe most econo-mies going through – some-thing we call the business cycle.

There are two parts to the business cycle, expan-

sion and recession. During expansion, the economy is growing, sales are increas-ing, jobs are being added and optimism about the future is improving. During recession, the opposite happens – the economy is shrinking (reced-ing), sales are declining, jobs are being cut and pessimism about the future takes hold.

One complete business cycle includes an expansion and its corresponding reces-sion. So the process over time is an expansion follow-ing by a recession, then fol-lowed by another expansion, then followed by another recession and so on. We are now in the 11^th of these business cycles since World War II.

Fortunately, the average recession is not as severe as its matching expansion, so the economy does make progress over time. For example, in the 10 business cycles since the 1940s previ-ous to the current one, the average expansionary period lasted almost five years, while the average recession spanned only 10 months.

Now, here’s the clincher – here’s what distinguishes an economist’s view of a reces-sion from that of a non-econ-omist. An economist says a recession is over once the economy has bottomed out and begins to move higher – that is, begins to expand again. As long as the eco-nomic indicators are moving higher, that’s all it takes for a recession to end. This is in spite of the possibility that it may take months, or even years, for the economy to return to pre-recessionary levels.

An analogy may be help-ful. Think of the economy as a car being driven up a hill. As long as the car moves upward, the economy is expanding. However, let’s say the car stalls and moves back down the hill 1,000 feet. Now, we would say the economy is in a recession. But once the car stops and the driver is able to resume

climbing the hill, we would say the recession is over.

The difference between an economist and a non-economist is the economist says the recession is over even though it may take sev-eral minutes for the driver to make up the lost 1,000 feet. A non-economist’s view is the recession is over only when the 1,000 feet have been reclaimed.

So from an economist’s perspective, what’s the evi-dence the economy is moving forward? Several indica-tors suggest this is the case. Our broadest measure of economic activity, Gross Domestic Product (GDP), has been increasing since last June. Likewise, factory out-put, orders at service firms, retail sales and household wealth have all been improv-ing since last year. Even one measure of jobs has been increasing since last fall.

But how long will it take for

the non-economist’s defini-tion of a recession – that it’s not over until pre-recession-ary levels of economic mea-sures are reached – to occur? GDP may actually complete-ly recover by late this year. However, jobs are a whole other matter. The current thought is it will be three to four /years/ before the jobs lost during the recession are recovered. And even then, most of them will be differ-ent jobs.

There is no right or wrong answer about when a reces-sion ends. Importantly, it depends on the definition of a recession.

The economists’ definition is more lenient – a recession is over as long as major eco-nomic indicators are improv-ing. The non-economist’s definition is stricter – a recession is not over until all that was lost during the recession is recovered. You decide what standard makes most sense to you. If you choose the second definition, I’ll understand.

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

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An economist says a recession is over once the economy has bottomed out and begins to move higher – that is, begins to expand again. As long as the economic indicators are moving higher, that’s all it takes for a recession to end. This is in spite of the possibility that it may take months, or even years, for the economy to return to pre-recessionary levels.

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local/obituaries

Eugene FranklinCarl Eugene Franklin, 77,

died Friday, April 30, 2010, at Hospice House in Forest City.

He was born in Gastonia, to Carl Benjamin Beatty Franklin and Alwain Welch Franklin. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son.

He served in the National Guard for two years, was retired from Bigelow-Sanford Mill in Landrum, S.C., and was a member of Adaville Baptist Church.

Survivors include his wife, Betty West Franklin of the home; one son, Dale Franklin of Harris; two grandsons; one granddaughter; three great-grandchildren; and a number of nieces and neph-ews.

The funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. today at Crowe’s Funeral Chapel, with visitation one hour prior to the service. Burial will be in the cemetery of Adaville Baptist Church.

In lieu of flowers, memo-rials may be made to the American Cancer Society.

Crowe’s Mortuary is assist-ing the Franklin family.

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

Nathan HippNathan Scott Hipp, 20, of

Rutherfordton, died Friday, April 30, 2010, at his home.

A native of Rutherford County, he is survived by his parents, Albert Ray Hipp and Lisa Marlene Nelon of Rutherfordton; five brothers, Dusty Ray Hipp, Jonathon Ray Hipp, Douglas Ryan Hipp, Christopher Ray Hipp and Jason Daryll Hipp, all of Rutherfordton; his grandfather, the Rev. Jack Upton of Bostic; and two grandmothers, Jackie Upton of Bostic and Patsy Hipp of Rutherfordton.

The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. Monday at the Little White Country Church, Rutherfordton. A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. at the Little White Country Church Interment will be in the church cemetery.

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

Online condolances may be made at www.mcmahansfuneralhome.com

Delores Radinz

Delores Ann Craft Radinz, 73, of 140 Beaver St., Forest City, died Friday, April 30, 2010, at Spartanburg Regional Hospital.

Born in Letcher County, Ky., she was a daughter of the late Willie Jack Craft and Ellen Mae Saylor Craft.

She worked in textiles for several years and was a homemaker. She was of the Baptist faith.

She was also preceded in death by her husband, Louis Radinz, and two brothers.

Survivors include her six children, Debra Craft of Forest City, Michael Spangler of Ellenboro, Penny Whelchel of Sandy Mush, Tony Spangler and Dickie Spangler, both of Forest City, and Jack Spangler of Shiloh; three sisters, Helen Anchetta of Fayetteville, Mary Stamper of Forest City and Janice Fleming of Pekin, Ind.; three brothers, Lonnie Craft and Danny Craft, both of Forest City, and David Craft of Ellenboro; 10 grand-children; and 10 great-grand-children.

A memorial service will be conducted at noon Tuesday at the Harrelson Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Ricky Poteat officiating. The family will receive friends one hour prior to service time at the funeral home.

Harrelson Funeral Home is serving the family.

A live webcast of the service and an online obituary are available at www.harrelsonfuneralhome.com

Louise Hudgins

Louise Kiser Hudgins, 91, died Saturday, May 1, 2010, at White Oak Manor.

Arrangements are incom-plete at this time and will be announced by Crowe’s Mortuary.

ObituariesPET OF THE WEEK

Police NotesFire damages house in Forest City

FOREST CITY — A resi-dence was heavily damaged by fire Friday night, but no one was injured.

The Forest City Fire Department was called out at 10:27 p.m. to 460 E. Main St., to the residence of Ronald Fish.

Chief Mark McCurry said the house was not a total loss, but it was heav-ily damaged, particularly in the kitchen. An incident report indicates approximate damage of $5,000 to the residence and $5,000 to the contents. The fire apparently began from a cigarette in a trash can, the report says.

The house is owned by Dennis Fisher of 151 Arlington St., Forest City.

The fire department was on the scene for about two hours.

Early reports had indi-cated that someone was in the house during the fire, but that turned out not to be true.

Sheriff’s Reportsn The Rutherford County

Sheriff’s Office responded to 101 E-911 calls Friday.

Rutherfordtonn The Rutherfordton Police

Department responded to 32 E-911 calls Friday.

Spindalen The Spindale Police

Department responded to 19 E-911 Friday.

Lake Luren The Lake Lure Police

Department responded to six E-911 calls Friday.

Forest Cityn The Forest City Police

Department responded to 60 E-911 calls Friday.

Arrestsn Austin Ray Green, 20, of

126 Tate St.; charged with possession with intent to sell or deliver schedule VI con-trolled substance; released on a $10,000 unsecured bond. (FCPD)n Steve Paul Sander, 20,

of 269 Cherry Mountain St.; charged with possession of drug paraphernalia; released on a $500 unsecured bond. (FCPD)n Mark Edward Greene,

22, of 288 Cherry Mountain St.; charged with posses-sion of drug paraphernalia; released on a $500 unse-cured bond. (FCPD)n James Clarence Sosebee,

42, of 302 W. Faris Road; extradition/ fugitive other state; placed under a $10,000 secured bond. (RCSD)n Murphy Alan Terry,

45, of 841 Jack McKinny Road; charged with assault on a female; placed under a 48-hour hold. (RCSD)

n Karen Dianne Boswell, 51, of 540 Old Wagy Road; charged with fictitious/ altered title/ registration card/ tag and drive/ allow drive motor vehicle with no registration; released on a written promise to appear. (RCSD)n Zullyann Acosta, 26, of

203 Roberson Road; charged with unauthorized use of a motor vehicle; released on a $500 unsecured bond. (RCSD)

n Tam Wayne Stacy, 42, of 1659 Rock Road; charged with driving while impaired and driving while license revoked; placed under a $500 secured bond. (SPD)

EMS/Rescuen The Rutherford County

EMS responded to 18 E-911 calls Friday.n The Volunteer Life

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

Fire Callsn Bostic firefighters

responded to a motor vehicle accident.n Cliffside firefighters

responded to a woods fire.n Ellenboro firefighters

responded to a motor vehicle accident.n Forest City firefighters

responded to a house fire.n Spindale firefighters

responded to a motor vehicle accident.

Garrett Byers/Daily CourierThis sweet momma cat and four kittens are looking to find good homes. They all are avail-able for adoption in the cat room at the Rutherford County Animal Shelter on Laurel Hill Drive in Rutherfordton. The shelter’s hours are noon to 4 p.m. weekdays, and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. For more information call 287-6025. For the Community Pet Center volunteers office call 287-7738.

FOREST CITY — An eco-nomic development plan will be presented to the Board of Commissioners on Monday.

The Strategic Economic Development Plan 2010-20, in conjunction with a $100,000 grant from the N.C. Rural Center, will be offered by Dr. Paul Combs, NCSTEP Program coach, and Town Planner Danielle Withrow.

STEP stands for Small Town Economic Prosperity Program.

The plan has five overarch-ing “areas for development.”

The text of the document is available at the town’s web-site: www.townofforestcity.com

Also at the meeting, the board will consider adopt-ing an Optional Temporary Relocation Assistance Policy. Withrow will present that plan.

A smoking policy for out-door playing fields will be offered by Jody Wright.

In other matters, the board

will:n Discuss water drainage

on Greenwood Street. Mayor Dennis Tarlton will lead the discussion.n Consider approv-

ing a North Carolina League of Municipalities Environmental Assessment Coalition project participa-tion agreement.n Have a brief discussion of

the 2010-11 budget prepara-tion.

The board meets at 6 p.m. in the board room upstairs at Town Hall.

FC will review strategic plan

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Reva Virginia Rich Radford

Reva Virginia Rich Radford of Raleigh and formerly of Cliffside, NC, born in Flippin, Kentucky, February 20, 1917, died on April 26, 2010, at age 93.

She was a dedicated school and Sunday school teacher who especially loved little chil-dren, a volunteer, and a faithful Christian and supporter of her church. Her love for her family helped her husband and daughter physicians serve the community. Alzheimer’s took her mind, but she always kept her smile. She would love to be remembered for her kind heart.

Reva would want to thank all those who befriended her from her church family as well as the dedicated and loving staff at Sunrise of Raleigh and the Ruth Sheets Adult Care Center. Her family is grateful for the care in her last days from the volunteers and staff of Hospice of Wake County.

Reva is predeceased by her hus-band of 52 years, Dr. Howard L. Radford, and her siblings, Clayton and Clemmons Rich and Ruth Henderson. She is sur-vived by her daughter Dr. Wanda L. Radford, son-in-law Nelsen J. Niehaus, granddaughter Virginia Radford Niehaus, sister-in-law Mary Rich, niece Nancy Rich, brother-in-law Floyd Radford and wife Betty, nephew Michael Radford, brother-in-law Earl Radford and wife June, niece Carol Plambeck, nephew Dr. James Radford, niece Judy Sivley, and nephew James Henderson.

The family will receive visitors at 3 pm at McKinney- Landreth funeral home on Friday, April 30th. A graveside service will follow at 5 p.m. at the Rutherford County Cemetery. In lieu of flow-ers, memorials may be made to the Christmas fund for the staff of Sunrise of Raleigh at 4801 Edwards Mill Road, Raleigh NC 27612; Cliffside Baptist Church at 220 Old Main Street, Cliffside NC 28024; or Hospice of Wake County Foundation at 250 Hospice Circle, Raleigh NC 27607.

Condolences may be made at McKinney- Landreth website at www.mckinneylandrethfuneral-home.com

Neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything like in creation can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:38-39.

McKinney Landreth Funeral Home in Cliffside is serving the Radford family.

PAID OBIT

Carl Eugene Franklin

Mr. Carl Eugene Franklin, age 77, passed away Friday, April 30, 2010, at Hospice House in Forest City.

Eugene was born March 5, 1933, in Gastonia, N.C., to Carl Benjamin Beatty Franklin and Alwain Welch Franklin. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, Rickey Eugene Franklin.

Eugene served in the National Guard for two years, was retired from Bigelow-Sanford Mill in Landrum, S.C., and was a member of Adaville Baptist Church.

Survivors include his wife, Betty West Franklin of the home; one son, Dale Franklin of Harris, N.C.; two grandsons, Ryan Franklin of Bostic, N.C. and Daniel Franklin of Rutherfordton, N.C.; one grand-daughter, Sydney Franklin of Asheville, N.C.; three great-grand-children and a number of nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held 3 p.m. Sunday, May 2, 2010, at Crowe’s Funeral Chapel, with visi-tation one hour prior to the service. Burial will be in the cemetery of Adaville Baptist Church.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.

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

Crowe’s Mortuary is assisting the Franklin family.

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Calendar/loCal

In Rutherford County, the reduc-tion would mean a loss of $7.8 mil-lion in funding. However, with federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Stabilization Funds factored in, the impact is $5.6 mil-lion.

“We strongly question whether it is a wise expenditure to make cuts so we can give a pay increase to a group of employees,” said outgoing Superintendent John Kinlaw.

“It will mean we would have to send some people home and have larger class sizes.” Kinlaw also pointed out that this is the last year for stabiliza-tion funds.

The language of Perdue’s budget, Kinlaw continued, states that any cuts made cannot affect class sizes in kin-dergarten through third grades.

“It will be felt by fourth through 12th grades,” he said.

In the breakdown of how the bud-get could impact the system as far as reductions are concerned, if passed,

the system could lose up to 102.8 positions.

“We would love to handle any reduc-tion in personnel through attrition, including retirements,” said Janet Mason, who is succeeding Kinlaw in the Superintendent’s job.

Last year, Mason continued, the sys-tem did everything it could to maxi-mize the resources it had and shifted people around.

“We’ll be looking at and notifying our probationary teachers, and by law have to do that by May 15,” she said. “But that will come before the budget’s adoption. This projected loss of funding is our best estimate of the worst-case scenario.”

The amount provided by ARRA Stimulus Funds through Title I and Title VI-B isn’t yet known, Mason said. Individual schools can use those funds to hire teachers, she said.

The board is expected to adopt a local budget to go to the Rutherford County Commissioners during it’s regular meeting Tuesday night. That budget is expected to include a request for an increase of $63,396 to cover the state-mandated increases.

The board is also expected to take action on new policies related to probationary teachers: non-renewal, professional employees: demotion and dismissal and career status, a revision to a code of ethics for school board members policy and a new policy on opportunities for development for board members.

Also on the agenda for Tuesday night’s meeting is: n Recognitions of R-S Central

Junior ROTC Rifle Team, North Carolina Teaching Fellows, Governor’s School Selections, Duke TIP Scholars and Chase High School North Carolina State Beta Club honorsn A report from RCS teachers who

took part in the Worldview India tripn First reading of a comprehensive

health education program policy revi-sionn LS3P Design Award for

Rutherfordton ElementaryThe board will meet at 7 p.m. in the

Cool Springs Administrative Offices Board Room.

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

Democrat Margaret Helton is facing Democrat Gail Strickland in the primary and will face Republican Bo Richard in November.

Three Democrats, Rob Bole, Bob Howard and Rodney Robbins are running to become the nominee for District 5 Commissioner. Julius Owens and Harry Owens are seeking the Republican nod.

In the race for Sheriff, Republicans Chris Francis and Darren Hodge are seeking the nomination to face Sheriff Jack Conner, Democrat, in November.

In the race for Clerk of Superior Court, Democrats Ramona Hall, Donnie Henson and Libby Parton, are seeking the party’s nomination to face

either incumbent Republican Robynn Spence or Edna Walker.

County Coroner candidates are Democrat Bill Moore, Republicans Randy Bennett, Freddie Garrett and Tommy Raye.

There are a few opportunities in the Primary Election that might call for a Second Primary on June 22.

If a top vote getter doesn’t receive at least 40 percent of the vote, the second place can-didate has the right to request a second primary.

“Every election is important, so please go out there and vote,” Elections Director Debbie Bedford said Friday afternoon.

Turn out for Early Voting, Bedford said, was comparable to the 2002 Primary Election, but not quite as heavy as the 2006 election.

red CrossThe following blood drives are scheduled:May 7 — Forest City Fire Department, 186 S. Church St., Forest City, 1 to 6 p.m., call 245-2111;May 8 — Cliffside Masonic Lodge, 7:30 a.m. to noon, call 245-7606;May 11 — Harris Elementary School, Forest City, 1:30 to 6 p.m., call 248-2354;May 12 — Rutherford Hospital, 288 S. Ridge Crest Ave., Rutherfordton, noon to 5 p.m., call 286-5338;May 17 — Red Cross Rutherford Chapter, 838 Oakland Road, Forest City, 2 to 6:30 p.m., call at 287-5916;May 24 — Spindale United Methodist Church, 3 to 7 p.m., call 245-8554;May 27 — Rutherford County Government, 289 N. Main St., Rutherfordton, noon to 4:30 p.m., call 287-6145;May 31 — Lowe’s, 184 Lowes Blvd., Forest City, 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., call 351-1023;All presenting donors will be entered in a drawing for a chance to win a cruise for two.

Meetings/otherAmerican Legion try outs: Sunday, May 2, beginning at 3 p.m., at R-S Central High School. Junior and senior tryouts.

DAR Chapter meeting: Griffith Rutherford NSDAR Chapter will meet Wednesday, May 5, at the county annex in Rutherfordton, beginning at 3 p.m.; year end awards and event.

Rutherford County Shag Club will meet Friday, May 7, at Club LA in Spindale. Visitors welcome. DJ Mike McDaniel. For information Call 287-9228.

SWEEP meeting: (Solid Waste Environmental Education Panel) meets at noon on the first Friday of each month. The next meeting is May 7, at GDS, 141 Fairgrounds Road, (near the Farmer’s Market). Website www.sweeprecycles.com.

reunionsR-S Central reunion: The R-S Central High School Class of 1965 is planning a 45-year reunion. A meeting will be held Thursday, May 6, at Spindale Restaurant, beginning at 6 p.m. All classmates welcome to attend. Contact Jack Huss at 287-2190, or Pat Nanney at 245-2246.

Carver all-class reunion meet-ing: Saturday, May 8, at the Carver Center in Spindale; board meeting at noon; general meeting at 1 p.m.

MiscellaneousYokefellow Service Center will hold a storewide, half-price sale May 3-8. The store is located at 102 Blanton St., Spindale. Hours 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday-Friday.

Foothills Harvest Outreach Ministries will hold a storewide, half-price sale May 3-8. The store is located at 120 E. Trade St., Forest City.

Family Fun Day: Hosted by Union Mills Learning Center; Saturday, May 8, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Thermal City Gold Mine, 5240 US 221 Hwy., Union Mills; gold panning, gem fluming, hot dog lunch; call 286-3016 for further information.

Low-cost rabies clinic: Saturday, May 8, noon to 1 p.m.; Thunder Road Animal Hospital; $10 cash, one-year rabies; $12 cash, three-year rabies; other discounted vac-cines available; call 286-0033.

FundraisersGolf tournament: Lake Lure Lions Club 23rd annual golf tournament; Monday, May 3, shotgun start 8:30 a.m., Apple Valley Golf Course, Lake Lure; not to late to sign up; contact Buddy Gregg at 828-625-0793; funds from this event go to help the blind and deaf.

Relay for Life fundraiser: On Friday, May 7, Mi Pueblito’s in Rutherfordton and Forest City, will give 10 percent of all sales to the Little Warriors Relay for Life team.

Community yard sale: Saturday, May 15, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Red Cross Chapter House; set up begins at 6:30 a.m.; spaces available, $10 each (tables not included); first-come, first served basis; donations of yard sale items for the ARC Disaster Team to sell (no clothes please) may be brought to the Chapter House through May 14; call 287-5916 for further details. Golf tournament: Sponsored by VFW Harold Hawkins Post 5204; Saturday, June 5, shotgun start 1 p.m., Dogwood Valley Golf Course, 328 Dogwood Valley Road, Forest City; captain’s choice; entry fee $40 per player; contact Jimmy Reynolds at 657-5645 to sign up; rain date June 12; all proceeds will be used to assist local veterans.

county tax administrator. “Reappraisals are conducted using mass sales data of the prior two or three years to arrive at the assessed value, with the greatest importance placed on sales as close to the reap-praisal as possible.”

Kepely went on to say that a fee appraisal — similar to what a person would need if they get a loan on a house or property they are buying — is more comprehensive than the coun-ty’s tax appraisal.

“During a reappraisal process, Rutherford County is responsible to put a value on approximately 58,000 parcels of property at a point in time,” Kepley said. “The cost for the county to conduct that reappraisal is approxi-mately $1.2 million or about $24 per parcel.”

A fee appraisal can run as much as $300.

Offsetting the purchase price in addition to sale of the commercial lots is a $500,000 grant from the state of North Carolina Parks and Recreation Trust Fund announced in 2009.

“In the master plan for the prop-erty, it was proposed that the county align a new entry road into the prop-erty with the stop light at White Oak Plaza,” Condrey said. “It is conceptu-ally planned that up to three commer-cial lots would be available to be sold at the new entrance road. I would

expect based on prices I have seen in the area that these three lots will have a value in total between $1.0 and $2.0 million.”

Several lots in the area have sold for prices ranging from $300,000 for five acres to $700,000 for one acre.

“Before the county purchased the property, I met with the Isothermal Community College Board of Trustees,” Condrey added. “The ICC board was very supportive of this pur-chase in that it provided protection for the entire eastern boundary of the college. In the master plan the major-ity of that property bordering the college is reserved for future college expansion.”

When they meet Monday, Commissioners will also review a request from NCDOT to purchase county property along U.S. 221 and discuss budget workshop dates for the 2010-11 fiscal year.

But first, commissioners will make appointments to the Criminal Justice Advisory Board. County Manager John Condrey will ask commission-ers to appoint Anya Huneycutt, Bryan Branch, and Lori Green. It will also be requested that John Condrey, Margaret Helton and Karen Long-Moore be reappointed.

As part of the U.S. 221 widening project, the NCDOT is interested in purchasing a section of land the coun-ty owns near the intersection of U.S. 221 and Henson Road.

“Two locations owned by the coun-ty have been identified by DOT,”

Condrey wrote in his memo to com-missioners. “As a point of informa-tion, the county owns 73.86 acres toward Bridges Farm Road and 32.22 acres toward Leach Road. The 32.22 acre tract has the most road frontage on US 221. DOT is proposing to buy 5.737 acres. The county purchased approximately 109 acres in 2004 for $545,851 or $5,007 per acre. The pro-posed purchase price from DOT for this property is $6,009 per acre. The county is still awaiting information on exactly what property might be need-ed at the Danieltown Convenience Center site.”

Also at the meeting, the board will hear the first round of customers from PANGAEA to use the county’s high speed fiber optic Internet con-nections.

Finally, the board will determine possible dates for budget workshops.

“We’re in the process of running the budget,” Condrey said. “On Monday night we’ve asked the commissioners to give us their good and bad dates over the next 60 days so we can start lining up meetings with the college, and the individual workshops some-time before June 30.”

Other items may be added to the agenda. The Rutherford County Commission will meet Monday at 6 p.m. at the County Annex.

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

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VotingContinued from Page 1A

Polling placesFOREST CITY — Voters will cast ballots at the

following precinct polling place Tuesday beginning at 6:30 a.m. until 7:30 pm.

Bostic-Sunshine: Cedar Grove United Methodist Church, Bostic

Camp Creek-Mount Vernon: Hudlow Fire Department

Caroleen-Cliffside: Cliffside Baptist ChurchChimney Rock: EMS-Library building, Bill’s

Creek RoadDanieltown-Sulphur Springs: Sulphur Springs

Baptist ChurchDuncan Creek-Golden Valley: Golden Valley

Missionary Methodist ChurchEllenboro: Ellenboro Fire DepartmentForest City No. 1: First Baptist ChurchForest City No. 2: First United Methodist ChurchGilkey-Morgan: Gilkey ClubhouseGreen Hill: Green Hill Fire DepartmentHaynes: Floyd’s Creek Baptist ChurchRutherfordton No. 1: County Office BuildingRutherfordton No. 2: Second Baptist ChurchSandy Mush: Sandy Mush Fire DepartmentSpindale: Spindale Community BuildingUnion: West Point Baptist Church Social Hall

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Business Notes

By DAVE CARPENTERAP Personal Finance Writer

CHICAGO — The fear that stocks are overdue for a correction has gnawed at many investors for months.

Now they have new cause for con-cern, statistically at least. The arrival of May means the beginning of a six-month period in the stock market when returns typically are meager at best and often negative.

Is it time to scale back?A seasonal timing strategy with a

hard-to-ignore record for reliabil-ity suggests it is. “Sell in May and go away” holds that if you shift your holdings out of stocks into bonds, return to the market in November

and do the same thing again every year, you’ll come out way ahead.

Investors could be forgiven for smirking at the notion. Many finan-cial professionals do.

“There’s no easy formula regarding the best time to buy and sell invest-ments,” says Jonathan Bergman, a certified financial planner with Palisades Hudson Financial Group in Scarsdale, N.Y. “And don’t try to time the markets.”

Yet this is no gimmick that forecasts the market based on numerology or the Super Bowl. It has enough his-torical accuracy behind it that plenty of financial advisers pay attention even if they don’t agree or adhere to

it, according to Austin Frye, a plan-ner with the Frye Financial Center in Aventura, Fla.

“Sell in May” is more an indicator than a strategy. You’d be hard-pressed to find investors who withdraw their holdings on May 1 and put them back into stocks Nov. 1. But it may help guide investing decisions to know the implications of buying or selling at various times of year.

The concept has compelling support:n Since 1950, the Dow Jones indus-

trial average has produced an average gain of 7.4 percent from November through April and 0.4 percent from

Please see May, Page 8A

Associated PressProtesters Richard Hanzel, left, Brendan Hutt, and Richard Shavzin, right, of the Screen Actor Guild, dressed as Wall Street bankers, march from Goldman Sachs office to a rally in Federal Plaza demanding Wall Street reform, Wednesday, April 28, 2010, in Chicago. The rally was organized by the Chicago Federation of Labor. Illinois Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias spoke during the rally.

By MARCY GORDONAP Business Writer

WASHINGTON — Shares of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. plunged 9 percent Friday after word that the Justice Department had opened a criminal investigation of the Wall Street power-house over mortgage securities deals it arranged.

The criminal inquiry follows civil fraud charges filed by the government against Goldman two weeks ago and as Congress pushes toward enacting sweeping legisla-tion aimed at preventing another near-meltdown of the financial system.

The investigation by the U.S. attor-ney’s office in Manhattan stems from a criminal referral by the Securities and

Exchange Commission, a knowledgeable person said Thursday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the inquiry is in a preliminary phase.

The SEC brought civil fraud charges against Goldman and a trader in connec-tion with the transactions in 2006 and 2007. The agency alleged the firm mis-led investors by failing to tell them the subprime mortgage securities had been chosen with help from a Goldman hedge fund client, Paulson & Co., that was bet-ting the investments would fail. Goldman and the trader, Fabrice Tourre, have denied wrongdoing and said they will contest the allegations in court.

Please see Goldman, Page 9A

Henson Building consolidating sites

FOREST CITY — The staff of Henson Building Materials has announced the relocation of their store at 188 Whiteside Road in Rutherfordton. Being one of 12 locations in North Carolina and Georgia, this building supply outlet has merged into their main store at 177 Duke St. in Forest City, only four and a half miles away from the Ruth location.

All employees will move to the Forest City Store, including Bill McGowan, the general manager of the Rutherfordton location for the last 11 years.

“In an effort to reduce compa-ny overhead during a four year ongoing housing recession, this business decision was neces-sary, but not initiated until our ability to offer the same service, products and employee stability at Forest City was insured,” said Jerry Newton regional manager for Henson Building Materials. “For our loyal Ruth customers, you will find that nothing has changed except the address. So we cordially solicit your ongoing patronage as we work hard to insure your satisfaction and sup-port of this change.”

Northland Cable is changing its name

FOREST CITY — Northland Cable Television, a leading pro-vider of quality entertainment and communication services in the community, has announced is new company name, Northland Communications.

Northland began in 1981 as a cable television provider. Supplying the highest quality video services to the community, Northland has rapidly evolved over the years into a full-service communications provider.

“We saw an opportunity to better reflect our identity as a company,” said Lee Johnson, Divisional Vice President for Northland Communications. “As technology continues to advance and evolve, so will Northland.”

Nick Stover, general manager for the Forest City area, said, “Our company name may have changed, but we remain true to what Northland has always strived for: to provide the very best services supported by our outstanding professional local employees.”

Northland will be phasing in the company name change first in the Southeast region, then on to the Southwest region, and finally the Western region.

Spectrum Mills locating in McDowell

RALEIGH — Spectrum Mills LLC will locate in McDowell County.

The company, which will manufacture specialty textured yarns, plans to create 49 jobs and invest $2.7 million during the next three years. The project was made possible in part by a $135,000 grant from the One North Carolina Fund.

Spectrum Mills is a privately owned company headquartered in Marion. The company will make textured and color poly-ester yarns for use in wholesale and retail applications, includ-ing sewing, needlework and piece goods. The company’s predecessor was Spectrum Dyeing and Finishing, which was purchased from bankruptcy by a private investor who plans to consolidate two inactive facilities into one operation in Marion and restart production.

Salaries will vary, but the annual average wage for the new jobs will be $33,286, not includ-ing benefits.

An AP Member Exchange By FRAN DANIELWinston-Salem Journal

WINSTON-SALEM — It’s not every day that a business is formed out of a tragedy, but that’s what happened with SnapCrowd Inc.

In 2002, John McBride’s home in Winston-Salem was burglarized. Among the items stolen was his home computer.

Gone were the baby photos of his daughter, Mary, who was 6 months old at the time. He’d stored them and other family photos on the comput-er’s hard drive.

“We don’t have any of the pictures when she was born,” McBride said.

That’s when he got the idea for an online image and docu-ment storage site that would be based in Winston-Salem.

McBride and three busi-ness partners, Jimmy Nelson, Francis Perez and Dominic Gray, founded SnapCrowd.com in 2006. Perez and Gray are also the owners of Convergexe Inc., another com-pany based in Winston-Salem that developed the site.

SnapCrowd.com went live in summer 2008. The site’s fea-tures include unlimited stor-age, the ability to upload from a phone, personalized address book and contacts, and the ability to store the original size and quality of photo-graphs.

Once customers sign up for membership, they have access to their original photos with

Please see Photos, Page 8A

Associated PressIn this photo taken, April 27, Trader Albert Young works from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York. The arrival of May means the beginning of a six-month period in the stock market when returns typically are meager at best and often negative.

Market adage has roots in data

Goldman problems grow

Company spawned by loss of photos

Sell in May?

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8A — The Sunday Courier, Forest City, NC, Sunday, May 2, 2010

Business/finance

May through October.n An investor who sank $10,000 into the Dow

during the “best” six-month period (November through April) and switched to bonds during the “worst” six months in every year since 1950 would have posted a return of $527,388, according to the Stock Trader’s Almanac. Doing the reverse would have cost the investor $474.

n Applying the approach to the Standard & Poor’s 500 index, its returns from November through April have beaten those during the follow-ing May-October period 71 percent of the time dat-ing to 1945.

n Adhering to the practice also would have reduced risk. For whatever reason, the stock mar-ket crashes of 1929, 1987 and 2008 occurred between May and October.

Why does it work?While skeptics call it a random pattern or sta-

tistical anomaly, the period from Memorial Day to Labor Day features less market activity during vacation season, weighing on returns. And the rest of the year benefits from end-of-year bonuses, tax refunds and pension-fund contributions that trans-late to increased buying.

This year, the approach may seem especially timely to those who believe the market is poised for a pullback after a period of remarkable gains.

Roaring back from the financial meltdown of 2008 and early 2009, the S&P 500 has risen 75 percent since bottoming out nearly 14 months ago. The Dow Jones has rebounded 68 percent.

“Should you believe this bull market has come too far, too fast, and believe a challenging period lies ahead for stocks, you may want to consider this semi-annual rotation strategy,” says Sam Stovall, chief investment strategist at Standard & Poor’s.

Current stock values suggest a disappointing rest of the year in the market, according to Jason Hsu, chief investment officer at Research Affiliates in Newport Beach, Calif. “Valuation levels across the board are pretty well stretched.”

All the positive developments about the economic recovery are priced into the market, Hsu main-tains, while none of the bad things are: the outlook for continued high unemployment, rising federal debt, states’ deepening fiscal woes and the pros-pect for higher taxes.

One problem with making a shift this May is that bonds don’t have a great outlook, either, with inter-est rates expected to rise as the economy strength-ens. When rates increase, bond prices decrease. As Stovall puts it, “Sell in May and go where?”

Then there’s the matter of the adage not having held to form in 2009, when the Dow jumped 18.9 percent from May through October. (In the just-ended November-through-April period, it rose 13.3 percent.)

“Had we sold in May last year, we would have

missed a huge rally on Wall Street and I would have faced a veritable client revolution in November,” says Frye. “Given how well the market has done over the past twelve months, perhaps this is the year that the theory will work like a charm.”

the original resolution, not a compressed image, which McBride said gives his company an advantage over some of its competitors.

Storage, for now, is free.McBride said that original per-

sonal photos and documents can be stored and shared safely and securely as SnapCrowd.com uses Microsoft’s Silverlight technol-ogy.

“Nothing is 100 percent safe,” McBride said, “but ours is 99.9999 percent safe.”

SnapCrowd Inc. has three dif-ferent servers in three different states for security backup.

The company is actually fea-tured in an online showcase highlighting the best uses of Silverlight.

Because there is no advertis-ing on the SnapCrowd.com site, McBride is always asked how his company makes money.

“We want to make the log-in experience as smooth as pos-sible, but what we do plan to do is have services,” he said.

Two of those services are SnapDigital and SnapArt.

SnapCrowd Inc. charges cus-tomers $69.99 to digitize up to 150 of their old photos and upload them to their own per-sonal SnapCrowd.com account, where they can share them with family and friends. That’s SnapDigital.

For the same price, the compa-ny will digitize up to 25 kinder-garten and preschool works of art, up to 12 inches by 18 inches in size. This SnapArt, from fin-ger painting to drawings, will also be uploaded to the custom-er’s SnapCrowd.com account.

The company returns the originals along with a CD of the images for both services.

SnapCrowd.com has 1,050 accounts, of which 200 have given the company some type of business through SnapDigital and SnapArt, McBride said.

Eventually, the company plans to charge for storage, but McBride, said it would still offer unlimited storage and size.

Convergexe is developing appli-cations to share photos and files with other Web sites, technolo-gies to access member accounts with smart phones and other handheld devices.

McBride said they’re also work-ing on ways for customers to upload digital audio and video files.

His goal is to have 10,000 cus-tomers in six months and 1 mil-lion in three years.

Salem Academy & College started parking its picture files on SnapCrowd.com last summer.

“I think it’s been great for Salem,” said Ellen Schuette, an associate director of commu-nications for Salem Academy & College. “We have books and books of photos that go back years and years.”

She said that having a SnapCrowd.com account is a good way for the academy and college to store them and give departments on campus access to them instead of having a lot of people at one time in the public relations and communications office looking at CDs and going through picture books.

“When somebody needs a pho-tograph, we can give them the password and say, ‘Look under this particular file,’ either acad-emy or college, and there it is.”

Schuette also has a personal account with SnapCrowd.com.

“Recently, I inherited about 400 slides from my dad and had no clue what to do with them,” she said. “SnapCrowd copied them and the quality was great. These went back to the ‘40s on up to (my) childhood, so I was able to share them with my cousins, and my brother and my mother.”

MayContinued from Page 7A

CINCINNATI, Ohio — James Roberson of Forest City, and Ryan Elkins of Shelby, have been named to the President’s Council, the elite pro-duction club at Western & Southern Life (W&S Life) for high perfor-mance in sales and service.

“The individuals recognized with membership into our President’s Council have performed their duties at a very high level and have earned this distinction,” said Bryan C. Dunn, CLU, ChFC, president of W&S Agency Group.

“Western & Southern Life is pleased to recognize Roberson and Elkins for their outstanding work on behalf of their clients.”

Qualification for President’s Council is based on sales and ser-vice. Less than two percent out of the

Company’s 2,000+ sales force qualify annually for membership.

The Western and Southern Life Insurance Company, and its wholly owned subsidiary Western-Southern Life Assurance Company, both members of Western & Southern Financial Group, offer life insurance, interest-sensitive life insurance, fixed annuities, retirement strategies and personalized needs analysis for indi-viduals, families and businesses in the middle-income market.

They have 181 field offices nation-wide, plus a nationally-recognized Client Relationship Center and con-sumer Web site, WSLife.com.

Roberson and Elkins are located in the Shelby office at 1312 W. Dixon Blvd. They can be contacted at 704-487-9661.

Roberson

Elkins

Two get company honor

PhotosContinued from Page 7A

McBride said they’re also working on ways for customers to upload digital audio and video files. His goal is to have 10,000 custom-ers in six months and 1 million in three years.

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celebrates her 2nd birthday on May 2, 2010.

Her proud parents are Jason and Christy Ruff of Forest City. She has a brother, Jacob and a

sister, Madison. Maternal grandparents are Daryll and Libby Cheshire of Forest City. Paternal

grandparents are Steve and Doris Duncan of Forest City. Great-

grandparents are Bill and Betty Harrill of Forest City and Bill Davis of

Bald Mountain.

Blythe Elizabeth Ruff

Hip & Leg Pain?Call Dr. Burley, D.C., FACO

Chiropractic OrthopedistRutherford County / Boiling Springs

Chiropractic Center828-245-2442 / 704-434-2911

Parents are Chris White and Lisa Mayse White of Forest City. Born March 17th at 2:12 am he weighed 5 lbs. 12 oz.

and was 18 inches long. Grandparents are Roger and Linda Mayse of Forest City and Bill and Geraldine White of

Shelby. Weston was born at Mission Memorial in Asheville.

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408.57 325.53 Dow Jones Utilities 387.95 -.57 -.15 -2.53 +13.107,743.74 5,311.43 NYSE Composite 7,474.40 -227.21 -2.95 +4.03 +34.221,994.20 1,374.45 AMEX Index 1,927.65 -54.63 -2.76 +5.63 +33.862,535.28 1,661.40 Nasdaq Composite 2,461.19 -68.96 -2.73 +8.46 +43.161,219.80 847.12 S&P 500 1,186.69 -30.59 -2.51 +6.42 +35.23

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3,405.48 2,261.67 Lipper Growth Index 3,307.15 -98.33 -2.89 +8.14 +41.45

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THE WEEK IN REVIEW

PIMCO TotRetIs CI 125,962 11.13 +1.1 +15.1/C +7.5/A NL 1,000,000American Funds GrthAmA m LG 67,825 28.66 +0.7 +33.9/D +4.8/B 5.75 250Vanguard TotStIdx LB 63,652 29.62 +2.2 +41.2/A +3.5/B NL 3,000Fidelity Contra LG 58,318 61.28 +1.7 +36.9/C +6.5/A NL 2,500American Funds CapIncBuA m IH 58,013 47.91 -0.2 +25.9/D +4.3/C 5.75 250American Funds CpWldGrIA m WS 55,947 33.80 -0.5 +34.1/D +6.4/B 5.75 250Vanguard 500Inv LB 50,594 109.43 +1.6 +38.8/B +2.6/C NL 3,000American Funds IncAmerA m MA 50,104 15.93 +0.9 +33.3/A +4.0/C 5.75 250American Funds InvCoAmA m LB 49,629 26.94 +1.1 +33.9/D +3.2/B 5.75 250Vanguard InstIdx LB 47,376 108.70 +1.6 +39.0/B +2.7/C NL 5,000,000Dodge & Cox Stock LV 42,708 103.45 +1.2 +45.3/A +1.4/D NL 2,500American Funds EurPacGrA m FB 40,410 38.05 -1.5 +36.1/B +8.0/A 5.75 250American Funds WAMutInvA m LV 39,096 25.84 +1.5 +34.3/D +1.8/C 5.75 250Dodge & Cox IntlStk FV 38,943 32.65 -1.2 +47.4/A +6.4/A NL 2,500American Funds NewPerspA m WS 33,256 26.09 -0.6 +37.5/C +7.1/A 5.75 250PIMCO TotRetAdm b CI 32,107 11.13 +1.0 +14.8/C +7.2/A NL 1,000,000American Funds FnInvA m LB 31,990 34.26 +0.7 +36.9/C +5.8/A 5.75 250Fidelity DivrIntl d FG 31,331 27.76 -1.5 +33.9/D +4.0/D NL 2,500FrankTemp-Franklin Income A mCA 30,818 2.14 +2.5 +39.2/A +5.5/A 4.25 1,000American Funds BalA m MA 30,432 16.99 +1.1 +28.2/C +3.6/C 5.75 250Vanguard TotStIAdm LB 30,325 29.63 +2.2 +41.3/A +3.6/B NL 100,000Vanguard 500Adml LB 29,886 109.44 +1.6 +39.0/B +2.6/C NL 100,000Vanguard Welltn MA 29,486 29.94 +0.7 +29.8/C +5.9/A NL 10,000Fidelity GrowCo LG 29,164 74.76 +2.2 +44.1/A +7.8/A NL 2,500American Funds BondA m CI 27,231 12.06 +1.2 +16.6/B +3.1/E 3.75 250Vanguard TotIntl d FB 27,194 14.38 -1.7 +39.0/A +5.7/B NL 3,000Fidelity LowPriStk d MB 26,567 35.46 +2.5 +46.4/C +6.6/A NL 2,500Vanguard InstPlus LB 26,416 108.71 +1.6 +39.0/B +2.7/C NL200,000,000T Rowe Price EqtyInc LV 16,648 23.00 +3.3 +43.9/A +3.2/B NL 2,500Hartford CapAprA m LB 10,075 31.78 -0.4 +38.4/B +5.4/A 5.50 2,000Pioneer PioneerA m LB 4,428 37.93 +1.0 +37.1/C +3.1/B 5.75 1,000Goldman Sachs ShDuGovA m GS 1,503 10.39 +0.2 +3.2/B +4.8/A 1.50 1,000Alliance Bernstein GrowIncA m LV 1,253 3.07 -0.3 +30.0/E -0.2/E 4.25 2,500DWS-Scudder REstA m SR 469 16.27 +7.3 +66.9/C +4.0/C 5.75 1,000Hartford GrowthL m LG 192 16.10 +2.0 +36.1/C +3.0/C 4.75 0

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

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Word of the Justice Department action came two days after Goldman execu-tives were grilled and pub-licly rebuked by senators at a politically charged hearing. And it arrived a day after a group of 62 House law-makers, including Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, D-Mich., asked Attorney General Eric Holder to order a criminal probe of Goldman.

“This is welcome news indeed,” Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, said in a state-ment Friday. “The American people deserve justice in the matter of Wall Street banks. Federal authorities should leave no rock unturned as they root out any potential fraud that triggered the cri-sis and caused thousands of families to lose their savings and their homes.”

A related online peti-tion drive organized by lib-eral groups claimed to have amassed 140,000 signatures.

SEC spokesman John Nester declined any com-ment on the matter, as did Yusill Scribner, a spokes-woman for the U.S. attor-ney’s office in Manhattan.

Goldman spokesman Lucas van Praag said, “Given the recent focus on the firm, we’re not surprised by the report of an inquiry. We would cooperate fully with any request for information.”

Following news of the probe, Standard & Poor’s Equity Research analysts downgraded Goldman’s shares to “Sell” from “Hold” and lowered their target price by $40 to $140.

Investors took a pessimis-tic view of the downgrade as well as the federal prosecu-tors’ probe, notwithstand-ing that it is far from certain that the inquiry will result in criminal charges being brought. Goldman’s stock fell $14.64, or 9.1 percent, to $145.60 in afternoon trad-ing. The stock is down 21 percent since the SEC sued

Goldman on April 16. The shares tumbled 13 percent that day but had recovered slightly in recent trading.

The Justice Department move was the latest in a dra-matic series of turns in the Goldman saga, which has pitted the culture of Wall Street against angry law-makers in an election year, in the wake of the finan-cial crisis that plunged the country into the most severe recession since the Great Depression of the 1930s.

“Wall Street Overdrafted Our Economy” and “Reclaim America,” said signs carried by protesters as thousands of workers and union lead-ers marched on Wall Street Thursday to express ire over lost jobs, the taxpayer-fund-ed bailout of financial insti-tutions in the crisis and lend-ing practices by big banks.

At the Capitol Thursday, following days of failed test votes sought by Democrats, the Senate lurched into action on legislation backed by the Obama administra-tion that would clamp down on Wall Street and the sort of high-risk investments that nearly brought down the economy in 2008.

And two days earlier, a daylong showdown before a

Senate investigative panel put Goldman’s defense of its conduct in the run-up to the financial crisis on display before indignant lawmak-ers and a national audience. The panel, which investigat-ed Goldman’s activities for 18 months, alleges that the Wall Street powerhouse bet against its clients — and the housing market — by taking short positions on mortgage securities and failed to tell investors that the securities it was selling were at very high risk of default.

Goldman CEO Lloyd Blankfein testily told the investigative subcommit-tee that clients who bought the subprime mortgage securities from the firm in 2006 and 2007 came look-ing for risk “and that’s what they got.” Blankfein said the company didn’t bet against its clients — and can’t sur-vive without their trust. He repeated the company’s assertion that it lost $1.2 bil-lion in the residential mort-gage meltdown in 2007 and 2008. He also argued that Goldman wasn’t making an aggressive negative bet — or short — on the mortgage market’s slide.

In addition to the $2 billion so-called collateralized debt

obligation that is the focus of the SEC’s charges against Goldman, the subcommit-tee analyzed five other such transactions, totaling around $4.5 billion. All told, they formed a “Goldman Sachs conveyor belt,” the panel said, that dumped toxic mortgage securities into the bloodstream of the financial system.

A collateralized debt obli-gation or CDO is a pool of securities, tied to mortgages or other types of debt, that Wall Street firms packaged and sold to investors at the height of the housing boom. Buyers of CDOs, mostly banks, pension funds and other big investors, made money off the investments if the underlying debt was paid off. But as U.S. homeown-ers started falling behind on their mortgages and default-ed in droves in 2007, CDO buyers lost billions.

It wasn’t immediately known whether the Justice Department’s inquiry also encompasses the five other transactions.

The investigation, even though at a preliminary stage, opens a momentous new front in the legal after-math of the near-meltdown of the financial system.

That the Justice Depart-ment has started a criminal inquiry “should not come as a surprise” since Justice and the SEC often work in parallel on such cases, not-ed Robert Mintz, a former federal prosecutor in New Jersey

Such criminal investiga-tions by Justice don’t always result in charges being brought, and indictments against companies — as opposed to individual execu-tives — have been rare. “The more complex the case, the more a variety of factors get thrown into the mix,” said Mintz.

Still, he suggested, there’s a risk that the mere acknowl-edgment of the criminal probe could have “serious repercussions for Goldman Sachs.”

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and the SEC have previ-ously launched wide-ranging investigations of companies across the financial services industry. But a year after the crisis struck, charges haven’t yet come in most of the probes. In addition to fallen mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp. and bailed-out insur-ance giant American International Group Inc., the investigations also have targeted government-owned mortgage lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and crisis casualty Lehman Brothers.

Last August, a federal jury in New York convicted for-mer Credit Suisse broker Eric Butler of conspiracy and securities fraud for his role in a $1 billion subprime mort-gage fraud. But the swift acquittal in November of two former Bear Stearns execu-tives in the government’s criminal case tied to the financial meltdown showed how tough it can be to prove that investment bank execu-tives committed fraud by lying to investors. The SEC sued the two executives in a civil suit, and that case is still pending.

The government must show that executives were actu-ally committing fraud and not simply doing their best to manage the worst financial crisis in decades, some legal experts say.

The SEC civil fraud case against Goldman — even with the lower required bur-den of proof than in a crimi-nal case — also could be dif-ficult and faces pitfalls, in the view of some experts. To prove it, they say, the agency must show that Goldman misled investors or failed to tell them facts that would have affected their financial decisions. The greatest chal-lenge, the experts say, will be boiling the case down to a simple matter of fraud: the issues involved are so complex that Goldman may be able to introduce enough complicating factors to shed some doubt on the SEC’s claims.

GoldmanContinued from Page 7A

Associated PressGoldman Sachs chairman and chief executive officer Lloyd Blankfein, center, and his team of people, prepare to leave the hearing room after testifying before the Senate Subcommittee,

Dell postpones NC plant closure to early 2011

WINSTON-SALEM, (AP) — Computer mak-er Dell Inc. has post-poned the closing date for a North Carolina manufacturing plant a fourth time, now push-ing the target date into next year.

Dell spokesman David Frink said Friday the Texas-based company has seen improved demand for personal computers and will keep production humming in Winston-Salem until early January.

The plant has 400 employees and a num-ber of contract workers Frink wouldn’t disclose.

The company announced last October it would close the plant within three months, eliminating 900 work-ers.

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Nation Today17 caught in search for Ariz. deputy’s attackers

PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities have captured 17 suspected illegal immi-grants in southern Arizona as they continued their manhunt Saturday for smugglers who they say shot and wounded a sheriff’s deputy in a remote desert area 50 miles south of Phoenix.

Three of those captured overnight Friday matched descriptions from the wounded Pinal County deputy and were being questioned Saturday, sheriff’s Lt. Tamatha Villar said. The deputy was released from the hospi-tal, and was recovering at home.

The shooting came amid a growing national debate over the state’s new law cracking down on illegal immi-gration. A backlash over the law has erupted, with civil rights activists, concerned it will lead to racial profil-ing, calling for protests and boycotts.

Criticism of the law was sure to figure prominently at dozens of immigrants rights marches and ral-lies planned for Saturday across the nation, including one set for the grounds of the Arizona state Capitol.

The new law’s passage came amid increasing anger in Arizona about violence, drug smugglers and illegal immigration drop houses. The issue gained renewed attention a month ago when a southern Arizona rancher was shot and killed by a suspected illegal border crosser.

Arizona politicians called Friday’s shooting an outrage and urged the federal government to do more to secure the U.S.-Mexico border.

The violence “should show the rest of the country what we Arizonans have known for too long — the unse-cured border poses a very real and very immediate danger,” said U.S. Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick, a Democrat whose district includes part of Pinal County.

On Friday afternoon, Deputy Louie Puroll, 53, was patrolling near Interstate 8 when he came upon a stash of marijuana bales and five sus-pected smugglers. At least one of the suspects opened fire on him, tearing a chunk of skin from his back.

Puroll radioed in that he was shot, setting off a frantic hourlong search for the deputy in the remote desert, Villar said.

The area is a well-known smug-gling corridor for drugs and illegal

immigrants headed from Mexico to Phoenix and the U.S. interior.

State and federal law enforce-ment agencies deployed helicopters and scores of officers to search a 100-square-mile zone for the sus-pects. The Arizona Republic reported that officials said more than one of the choppers came under fire during the manhunt on Friday.

Puroll, a 15-year department vet-eran, had been on the lookout for smugglers when he discovered the suspected smugglers, two armed with rifles, authorities said.

Rallies expect boost after Ariz. immigration law

CHICAGO (AP) — Activists said outrage over Arizona’s controver-sial immigration law “awakened a sleeping giant” Saturday as rallies demanding federal immigration reform kicked off in cities across the country.

In New York, labor organizer John Delgado said anger over the law — which requires local law enforcement to question people about their immi-gration status if there is reason to suspect they’re in the country illegal-ly — drew more than 5,000 people to a rally at Manhattan’s Foley Square.

“She’s awakened a sleeping giant,” Delgado said, referring to Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, who signed the law.

In Los Angeles, singer Gloria Estefan kicked off a massive down-town march to demand immigra-tion reform and protest the Arizona law. Estefan spoke in Spanish and English atop a flatbed truck, pro-claiming the United States is a nation of immigrants. She said immigrants are good, hardworking people, not criminals.

Cardinal Roger Mahony stood on the truck chanting in Spanish, “Si, se puede,” or “Yes we can.”

Organizers believe opposition to the law could be the catalyst to draw tens of thousands to rallies in dozens of cities. Four years ago, more than a million people across the country united to protest ultimately unsuc-cessful federal legislation that would have made being an illegal immi-grant a felony.

The movement fractured and annu-al May 1 rally attendance dropped sharply as attempts to reform federal immigration policy fizzled.

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By FRANK JORDANS and GARANCE BURKEAssociated Press Writers

During its nine years at sea, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig oper-ated by BP suffered a series of spills, fires — even a high seas collision — because of equipment failure, human error and bad weather. It also drilled the world’s deepest offshore well.

But Deepwater Horizon’s lasting legacy will undoubtedly be the envi-ronmental damage it caused after it exploded and sank, killing 11 crew and releasing an estimated 210,000 gallons of oil a day into the Gulf of Mexico.

What likely destroyed the rig in a ball of fire last week was a failure — or multiple failures — 5,000 feet below. That’s where drilling equip-ment met the sea bed in a compli-cated construction of pipes, concrete and valves that gave way in a man-ner that no one has yet been able to explain.

Oil services contractor Halliburton Inc. said in a statement Friday that workers had finished cementing the well’s pipes 20 hours before the rig went up in flames. Halliburton is named as a defendant in most of the more than two dozen lawsuits filed by Gulf Coast people and businesses claiming the oil spill could ruin them financially. Without elaborating, one lawsuit filed by an injured technician on the rig claims that Halliburton improperly performed its job in cementing the well.

Remote-controlled blowout preven-ters designed to apply brute force to seal off a well should have kicked in. But they failed to activate after the explosion.

Scott Bickford, a lawyer for several Deepwater Horizon workers who survived the blast, said he believes a “burp” of natural gas rose to the rig

floor and was sucked into machinery, leading to the explosion.

Before last week’s catastrophe, Deepwater Horizon’s most recent “significant pollution incident” occurred in Nov. 2005, when the rig spilled 212 barrels of an oil-based lubricant due to equipment failure and human error. That spill was probably caused by not screwing the pipe tightly enough and not ade-quately sealing the well with cement, as well as a possible poor alignment of the rig.

Following that spill, MMS inspec-tors recommended the company increase the amount of cement it uses during this process and apply more torque when screwing in its pipes.

Experts say the number of safety incidents experienced by Deepwater Horizon isn’t unusual for an industry operating in harsh conditions. And it is difficult to draw any connections between those problems and last week’s deadly explosion, they say.

“These are big, floating cities,” said Tyler Priest, a historian of off-shore oil and gas exploration. “You’re always going to have minor equip-ment failure and human error, and of course they’re operating in a hur-ricane prone environment.”

Because vessels like the Deepwater Horizon operate 24 hours a day, Coast Guard officials said minor equipment problems appear fre-quently. But if they go unfixed such incidents could mushroom into big-ger concerns.

Guy Cantwell, a spokesman for the rig’s owner Transocean Ltd., said Friday that the Swiss-based company planned to conduct its own investiga-tion.

“Any prior incidents were investi-gated,” he said. “Any speculation that they are related to the Deepwater Horizon incident is speculation.”

VENICE, La. (AP) — The surface area of a catastrophic Gulf of Mexico oil spill quickly tripled in size amid growing fears among experts that the slick could become vastly more dev-astating than it seemed just two days ago.

The newly named federal point man for the oil spill said it was impos-sible to pinpoint how much oil is leaking from a ruptured underwa-ter well. Commandant Adm. Thad Allen, head of the U.S. Coast Guard, told a conference call Saturday that “any exact estimation of what’s flow-ing out of those pipes down there is impossible” because the site is about a mile underwater.

Frustrated fishermen eager to help contain the spill had to keep their boats idle as another day of rough seas kept crews away from the slick, and President Barack Obama planned a Sunday trip to the Gulf Coast.

Documents also emerged showing BP PLC downplayed the possibil-ity of a catastrophic accident at the offshore rig that exploded. BP oper-ated the rig, which was owned by Transocean Ltd.

How far the spill will reach is unknown, but the sheen already has

reached into precious shoreline habi-tat and remains unstopped, raising fears that the ruptured well could be pouring more oil into the gulf than estimated.

The Coast Guard has estimated that about 200,000 gallons of oil are spewing out each day — which would mean 1.6 million gallons of oil have spilled since the April 20 explosion that killed 11 workers. The environ-mental mess could eclipse the Exxon Valdez disaster, when an oil tanker spilled 11 million gallons off Alaska’s shores in 1989.

The slick nearly tripled in just a day or so, growing from a spill the size of Rhode Island to something closer to the size of Puerto Rico, accord-ing to images collected from mostly European satellites and analyzed by the University of Miami.

On Thursday, the size of the slick was about 1,150 square miles, but by Friday’s end it was in the range of 3,850 square miles, said Hans Graber, executive director of the university’s Center for Southeastern Tropical Advanced Remote Sensing. That suggests the oil has started spilling from the well more quickly, Graber said.

Rig had history of spills, fires before the big one

Associated PressWork crews with Ashland Cleaning Services lay oil retention booms in Bay St. Louis, Miss., Saturday.

Surface area of Gulf oil spill has tripled

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ATLANTA (AP) — The Southern Co. believes it can break ground on the coun-try’s first nuclear plant in 30 years, but it will need a new generation of workers to run it.

Plans for building a wave of nuclear reactors would create a need for 12,000 to 21,000 new workers ranging from specially trained main-tenance crews to nuclear physicists and engineers. The need for labor is compound-ed since more than a third of the country’s existing nuclear workers will be eligible for retirement in four years.

To cope with the demand, nuclear power firms nation-wide are partnering with more than 40 community colleges on a new curricu-lum designed to train entry level workers and give them

a head start when it comes to finding a job.

In Georgia, Augusta Technical College began accepting applications in April from students inter-ested in a two-year course to prepare them for entry-level jobs at the Southern Co.’s expanded Plant Vogtle and elsewhere.

If the Atlanta-based Southern Co. wins federal approval to build the reac-tors, the company hopes they will be fully operational by 2017 and provide 850 local jobs. Power companies have submitted 17 applications to build and operate nuclear reactors across the country, from Texas and Michigan to Missouri and South Carolina.

“We’re putting together work force development pipelines,” said Andrew

Bouldin, who helps coordi-nate recruiting for Southern Co.’s nuclear subsidiary. “The technical colleges have a good track record of teaching technical education, and it’s a great way to make sure we have technically savvy candi-dates.”

Nuclear power companies have not faced a large need to hire workers for decades. All the nation’s 104 operat-ing reactors won permission to build by 1978. By the late 1970s, the industry was stall-ing because a bad economy cut the overall need for elec-tricity and soaring interest rates made nuclear plants expensive to build.

In 1979, a nuclear melt-down at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania turned public sentiment against the indus-try. Hiring dwindled as com-panies shied away from new

reactors. Meanwhile, safety improvements required after the accident caused delays in plants where building was under way, further reducing the need for new employees.

Many of the workers who were hired during that peri-od are approaching the end of their careers. A 2009 sur-vey by the Washington-based Nuclear Energy Institute showed 38 percent of indus-try workers will be eligible for retirement by 2014.

“It’s not worrisome, but it’s something we need to plan for,” said Carol Berrigan, the institute’s senior director of industry infrastructure. “We haven’t had the need to bring people in because we were pretty much fully staffed for quite some time.”

One need is for workers who can monitor control systems, perform routine

maintenance and check for radiation. Nuclear plants need far more of these tech-nicians than higher-level plant operators, said Bruce Meffert, who launched a training program in 2004 at Linn State Technical College in Missouri.

Utilities once had better success hiring staff from the U.S. Navy, which trains sail-ors for its nuclear-powered fleet. However, the size of the fleet has shrunk, and the Navy now pays better retention bonuses to keep its skilled workers, Meffert said.

He began the program after an official at power utility AmerenUE told him about the difficulty of find-ing new radiation protection workers. The firm operates a nuclear power plant in Missouri.

Nuclear industry to hire for growth, retirements

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To The Voters of Rutherford County from Paul McIntosh:

During this Primary election there has been a lot of information circulated about Rutherford County government and finances that is simply NOT TRUE. Here are some facts about Rutherford County finances and government for the past seven years that I am proud of accomplishing:

• EstablishedZero Based Budget process.• Reduced tax rate from .66 to .62 (2003).• Reduced tax rate from .62 to .61 (2006).• Reduced tax rate from .61 to .53 (2007).• Improved County tax rate from 36th lowest to 22nd lowest in the State.• Increased County Fund Balance Available for Appropriation (savings account) from $7.3 M (2003) to $13.3 M in 2009.• Reduced County budget by over $6.6 million in last three years.• Expanded EMS services to Bill’s Creek and Bostic areas. More expansion to come in the southern part of the County.• Expanded Broadband services to all County schools, libraries, EMS and fire stations. • Completed construction of the Rutherford 74 Industrial Park.• Established the Recreation, Cultural and Heritage Department to preserve the County’s vast historical archives and recreation facilities.• Enhanced the long term building fund to pay for the future building needs of the County.• Provided funding for additional road and other officers in the Sheriff’s Department and implemented the E-911 Emergency Medical Dispatch system.• Sponsored 31 business expansions or re-locations through the EDC Department.• Expanded airport facilities allowing for more aircraft registrations and private hangar development in the County.• Increased school funding to provide for the most modern technology available for the classroom.• Completed construction on Sunshine, Ellenboro, Rutherfordton, Spindale Elementary, and REaCH Schools. And expanded Dunbar, Harris and Chase Schools.

ALL WHILE REDUCING TAXES!!For more information about the truth in Rutherford County finances go to my

web site: www.votepaulmcintosh.info and click on the “Learn More” header.

This is an important election for our County and you should have the correct information when making your decisions at the Polls.

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SCOTLAND, Ark. (AP) — Leveled homes, overturned vehicles and uprooted trees were scattered across central Arkansas on Saturday after sev-eral tornadoes ripped through the state, killing a woman and injuring two dozen others, authorities said.

At least one person drowned after heavy rain fell in western Arkansas, said Renee Preslar, spokeswoman for the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management.

The woman killed by a tornado was among three people in one of many homes destroyed by the Friday night storms in the small community of Scotland, about 75 miles north of Little Rock, said Van Buren County Sheriff Scott Bradley. The two others were hurt, but Bradley did not believe their injuries were life-threatening.

A large pig rooted through debris of a fallen home and demolished hog pen in Scotland on Saturday morning, while

chain saws buzzed nearby as fallen trees were cleared from roadways.

“It will never look the same here again, but our people help each other out,” Bradley said. “We’ll get through this.”

Ronnie Lindsey, 44, sifted through the rubble of the trailer that he shared with his brother. Lindsey was in Mayflower when the storm hit, and he said his brother, a paraplegic, sought safety in a nearby storm shel-ter. The storm destroyed their trailer, littering nearby fields with debris, but it spared the five pigs they had been raising. One, named Bacon, wandered through the wreckage Saturday morning.

Lindsey said he didn’t know what the brothers would do next.

“There ain’t insurance here, and who can afford it?” he said.

Severe damage was reported in broad swaths from near the Missouri border to the north to Saline County about 20 miles south of Little Rock, said Brian

Smith, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Little Rock. But officials were working Saturday to determine exactly how many twisters hit.

“There appear to be at least a half-dozen tracks, but in some cases there may have been one long track,” Smith said. “We’re out there trying to determine exactly what happened.”

The storm took off the roof and one wall of Parent’s home, and another wall was partially caved in.

High water swept a car off a low-water bridge about 9 p.m. Friday in Scott County, south of Fort Smith on the Oklahoma line, and the driver drowned after getting out of the vehicle and being swept away.

More storms, including tor-nadoes, could hit the state Saturday, Smith said. He cited lingering warm, moist air and instability expected to persist into the evening. Flash flooding also was a threat, mainly in east-ern Arkansas.

LUMBERTON (AP) — An animal welfare advo-cate is accusing the Robeson County animal shel-ter of euthanizing dogs even after people express interest in adopting them.

Multiple media outlets reported Saturday that advocate Susan Barrett won a temporary restrain-ing order that prevents the shelter from killing ani-mals after steps toward an adoption start.

Barrett told The Fayetteville Observer that dogs have been put down after groups told the shelter they were interested in adoption.

A court hearing is scheduled for Friday.

CHARLOTTE, (AP) — A North Carolina man has been sen-tenced to nearly three decades in prison in the beating death of his 83-year-old mother.

The Charlotte Observer reported that 56-year-old Jerry Heath was sentenced to 27 years in prison after pleading guilty Thursday to second-degree murder.

Authorities say Heath killed his mother over $35. Prosecutors say Jerry Heath hit Annie Heath with a lamp in November after she refused to give him more money.

The Charlotte man wept as his relatives told a judge they weren’t mad at Heath.

His attorney says Heath had been drink-ing and smoking crack the night of the killing.

She also says her cli-ent had been waiting for an appointment at a Veteran’s Affair clinic for a refill of his antide-pressant medication.

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Associated PressTara Crider removes her cousins dog Biscuit after a tornado destroyed homes in Scotland, Ark., Saturday. Biscuit was found under debris Saturday morning. Leveled homes, overturned vehicles and uprooted trees were scattered across central Arkansas on Saturday after several tornadoes ripped through the state, killing a woman and injuring two dozen others, authorities said.

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The besT of TimesThe present provides first-time buyers with the best opportunity in many years. It is safe to say that prices are lower for the first-time buyers than they were two, three, and four years ago. At the same time, interest rates have remained relatively low. As long as buyers have good credit scores and sufficient funds for a down payment, there is a large inventory of homes at attractive prices from which to choose. At this point, first-time buyers should be more concerned with getting themselves a home that is bound to be worth more than they paid for it in a few years’ time than watching the market hit the bottom. After all, bottoms to markets are only identified in retrospect.

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Arabs back indirect peace talks CAIRO (AP) — Arab nations on Saturday

endorsed indirect peace talks between the Palestinians and Israelis, a move that likely paves the way for the start of long-stalled U.S.-brokered negotiations.

The United States has proposed the talks to end the impasse between Israelis and Palestinians over the conditions for resuming negotiations, which broke down more than a year ago amid Israel’s military offensive in the Gaza Strip.

The green light from Arab foreign ministers comes after a first attempt to get indirect talks going collapsed in March when Israel announced a new Jewish housing project in east Jerusalem.

Greek unions protestATHENS, Greece (AP) — Hundreds of youths

rioted in Athens on Saturday, throwing Molotov cocktails and stones at police who responded with tear gas at a May Day rally against auster-ity measures being enacted by the cash-strapped government to secure foreign loans to stave off bankruptcy.

Police made at least nine arrests, including six people suspected of looting a shop. Seven officers were injured along with two demonstrators.

Responding to calls from the country’s two main labor unions, several thousand people marched in major Greek cities Saturday against the anticipated spending cuts and consumer tax hikes.

Explosions inside mosque kill 30MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Two bombs

exploded inside a small mosque in Mogadishu’s main market on Saturday, killing at least 30 peo-ple in the first Iraq-style bombing inside a house of worship in Somalia, officials said.

The blasts in the Bakara market went off while people were sitting inside the Abdala Shideye mosque waiting for noon prayers. The bombings highlight the increasingly violent path Somali militants are taking following an influx of insur-gents into the country from the Afghanistan con-flict.

3 civilians, 3 militants killedMINGORA, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber

on Saturday killed three civilians and three other militants in a busy market area in a northwest-ern Pakistani region wrested from the Taliban last year, an army commander said.

Seven soldiers and five civilians were also wounded in the blast.

Maj. Gen. Ashfaq Nadeem, who commands military operations in Swat, said the blast hap-pened when security forces with help from two recently captured insurgents traced two other militants in the city of Mingora and asked them to surrender.

ABOARD THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS’ CAMPAIGN BUS (AP) — Opposition Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg appealed Saturday for an over-haul of British politics, saying he wanted changes to an electoral system that has kept the coun-try’s Labour and Conservative parties in power for generations.

Clegg’s perennially No. 3 party has done spectacularly well in the polls, throwing the British electoral contest wide open in one of the most exciting races in decades. But even with a surge in support, Clegg is still not expected to capture enough seats in the May 6 election to win a majority in Parliament, and speculation has centered on who Clegg might choose to form a coalition.

The party leader said his focus was on electoral reform, and proceeded to talk up the gulf between himself and Tory leader David Cameron, who has resist-ed such change.

“There’s such momentum behind the reforms we’re talk-ing about,” Clegg told The Associated Press during an interview aboard his campaign bus as it traveled through south-west England and Wales. “That momentum becomes unstoppa-ble. I personally don’t think that any politician after the election

can deny the case for very exten-sive political reform. I’m amazed David Cameron is choosing to do so.”

Clegg wants a change to Britain’s “first past the post” voting system, in which candi-dates need the highest number of votes — rather than an abso-lute majority — to win a seat in Parliament. The system has tended to stack the electoral math in favor of Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s Labour Party, which enjoys broad support across Britain, at the expense of the Liberal Democrats and Tories, whose support is more uneven.

Many analysts have said that Clegg would demand the system be overhauled in return for any help forming a coalition govern-ment.

Cameron has dismissed the idea of reform, calling the proportional representa-tion demanded by the Liberal Democrats a “great con” that would lead to coalition govern-ments hammering out policy in back room deals.

Cameron has little choice but to resist reform, said Bill Jones, a professor of politics at Liverpool Hope University.

Allowing proportional repre-sentation would open the door to a center-left coalition of Labour

and the Liberal Democrats, which would crowd the Tories out of power — perhaps for sev-eral election cycles to come.

Clegg’s criticisms of the Tory leader come on the back on an interview in The Guardian news-paper in which Clegg said there was “a gulf in values between myself and David Cameron.”

“They have no progressive reform agenda at all, only an unbearable sense of entitlement that it’s just their time to gov-ern,” the left-leaning publication quoted him as saying.

In an accompanying editorial, the traditionally Labour-friendly paper threw its support behind the Liberal Democrats. Although the paper’s circulation is relative-ly small (only one-tenth of pro-Tory Sun, for instance) pundits seized on the endorsement as a sign of Clegg’s momentum.

So far, Liberal Democrat party leaders all claim to be complete-ly focused on picking up as many votes as possible, campaigning across the country in the final weekend before the election.

At campaign stops, Clegg repeatedly urged supporters to vote their conscience.

“This time we have a once in a generation opportunity,” he said at a shopping mall. “This time vote your heart — vote for the kind of change you want.”

An effigy depicting Britain’s Conservative Party leader David Cameron, is being hung during a demonstra-tion outside the Houses of Parliament in cen-tral London, Saturday. Hundreds of demonstra-tors set up a camp on Parliament Square and held a public ‘trial’ and mock ‘execution’ of the party leaders. Britain goes to the polls in a general election on May 6,

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By KEVIN CARVERSports Reporter

RUTHERFORDTON — The sound that Devin Price loved most — the ping of a base-ball hitting off a bat — came to life at three baseball fields Saturday in a tournament that honors Price’s memory.

The Rutherfordton Women’s League held the Devin Price Memorial Baseball Tournament on Saturday with games at R-S Central High, R-S Middle and Crestview Park with 22 USSSA (United States Sports Specialty Association) teams showing up among five divisions.

Price was felled by a congeni-tal heart defect in 2008.

Though he knew of his heart condition at a young age, Devin loved and played the game of baseball. That in itself is some-thing to admire, but Saturday’s cause was more than just about the game as organizers came up with a way for two chari-ties to split the proceeds this year. So far, hundreds of people have attended and that success will benefit the Communities in Schools Back Pack Program and Rutherford Life Care Center for 2010.

Representative of the Women’s League, Vickie Thompson, shared how the event hit another home run while working the conces-sion stand at Crestview Park, Saturday.

“Every year, our club does a big fundraiser for the commu-nity and we raised $15,000 for

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Associated PressBilly Mayfair chips onto the 15th green during the third round of the Quail Hollow Championship golf tournament at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte Saturday.

Associated PressCalvin Borel rides Super Saver to victory during the 136th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs Saturday in Louisville, Ky.

CHARLOTTE (AP) — Winless for almost 12 years on the PGA Tour, Billy Mayfair will take whatever he can get.

There was that Friday game he won a few weeks ago at Whisper Rock, the Arizona club where members include Geoff Ogilvy and Paul Casey. He won a match against his wife, a good college player. And he won a qualifier Monday, significant because it gave Mayfair a tee time in the Quail Hollow Championship.

Now comes a chance for the real thing.

Mayfair kept the ball in play Saturday and kept the lead at Quail Hollow, shooting a 1-under 71 to take a two-shot lead over Masters cham-pion Phil Mickelson and Carolina favorite Davis Love III.

A victory would be his first since the 1998 Buick Open, and the first time a Monday qualifier won on the PGA Tour since Fred Wadsworth in the 1986 Southern Open.

“Today was a real test for me,” Mayfair said. “I kept it going for 18 holes and still have the lead going into tomorrow.”

It is hard for Mayfair not to get caught up in the possibilities.

He lost his PGA Tour card after the worst season of his career, and a vic-tory would sure take care of that. He only got into Quail Hollow because of a Monday qualifier that he almost missed. Mayfair was late arriving in Charlotte, had to race to the course to make his tee time and then shot a

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — They don’t call him Bo-rail for nothing.

Calvin Borel grabbed the rail and didn’t let go Saturday, sloshing through the slop on another flawless ride to win his third Kentucky Derby in four years.

The most wide-open Derby in years ended with a sure thing — Borel crossing the finish line and punching the air with this right fist, raising it toward the gray sky.

The jockey’s magic touch on his home track gave trainer Todd Pletcher his first Derby victory after 24 fail-ures.

“Calvin Borel is a great rider any-where he goes, but at Churchill

Downs he’s even five lengths better,” Pletcher said. “He knows how to ride this track and gets along with his colt beautifully.”

Borel’s ride nearly duplicated the one he turned in last year aboard 50-1 shot Mine That Bird, except he and Super Saver went off at lower odds and were never in last place.

He was confident enough in his colt and his knowledge of the track to take him off the lead in the early going of the 1 1/4-mile race. In all but one of his six previous races, Super Saver had never been farther back than second in the early stages.

Borel knew that strategy wouldn’t work in a 20-horse Derby field on

a tiring, sloppy track that had been pelted by heavy rain early in the day. Breaking from the No. 4 post, he immediately tucked his colt along the rail — a predictable move considering his nickname — and there they stayed almost the entire way.

Super Saver was timed in 2:04.45 as the 8-1 second-choice behind favorite Lookin At Lucky, whose 6-1 odds tied Harlan’s Holiday in 2002 for the lon-gest priced favorite in 136 runnings. He paid $18, $8.80 and $6.

Borel is the first jockey to win three derbies in four years; Bill Hartack won three in five years from 1960-64.

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Super Saver wins run for the roses

Mayfair clings to lead; Love, Mickelson lurking

CHARLOTTE (AP) — Armanti Edwards finished running a route Saturday morning and Carolina offen-sive coordinator Jeff Davidson hustled over for a critique. Seconds later, Panthers coach John Fox chimed in before clapping with encouragement.

After Edwards caught a pass over the middle, receivers coach Tyke Tolbert shouted, “That’s it, Armanti!”

Before the workout was over, Edwards was praised for quickly learning the proper tech-nique of fielding a punt.

Nobody on Carolina’s ros-ter is getting more attention at this weekend’s minicamp, and for a good rea-son. The former Appalachian State quarterback is the Panthers’ big-gest draft gamble.

“I’ve got a lot to learn,” Edwards said.Indeed, the wiry, speedy, elusive QB

who engineered the Mountaineers’ stunning upset of Michigan in 2007 and delivered two FCS national cham-pionships, is not behind center any-more.

The 5-foot-11, 182-pound Edwards is running routes as a receiver, something he hasn’t done since his junior year of high school. He’s also fielding punts for the first time in his life.

“It was expected,” Edwards said of his position change. “I’m undersized so I basically knew I was making the tran-sition to receiver right away.”

Few expected Edwards to go so high in the draft, or have a team go to such lengths to take the only player in NCAA Division I history to pass for 10,000 yards and rush for 4,000 more.

Panthers general manager Marty Hurney was so determined to get Edwards that he traded next year’s sec-ond-round pick to New England for the

Please see Edwards, Page 3B

Former ASU star learning on the job

Asssociated PressCarolina Panthers’ draft pick Armanti Edwards catches a pass.

Kevin Carver/Daily CourierLula Mae Price takes a moment at Crestview Park to view tourney action, Saturday. The tourney is held in honor of her grandson Devin Price.

On TVSunday

1 p.m. (WSOC) (WLOS) NBA Bas-ketball First-Round, Game 7: Teams TBA. If necessary. (ESPN) College Baseball LSU at Florida. (TBS) MLB Baseball Chicago White Sox at New York Yankees. (TS) College Softball Florida at Mis-sissippi State. 1:30 p.m. (FSS) MLB Baseball Houston Astros at Atlanta Braves.2 p.m. (WYFF) NHL Hockey Con-ference Semifinals: Teams TBA. (WGN-A) MLB Baseball Arizona Diamondbacks at Chicago Cubs. 3 p.m. (WBTV) (WSPA) PGA Tour Golf Quail Hollow Championship.(TS) College Baseball Kentucky at Tennessee. 3:30 p.m. (WSOC) (WLOS) NBA Basketball First-Round, Game 7: Teams TBA. If necessary.5:30 p.m. (ESPN2) Beach Volleyball AVP Nivea Tour: Men’s Final. 8 p.m. (ESPN) MLB Baseball New York Mets at Philadelphia Phillies.

Monday

7 p.m. (ESPN) MLB Baseball Teams TBA. (FSS) MLB Baseball New York Mets at Cincinnati Reds. (TNT) NBA Basketball First-Round Playoff: Teams TBA. (Live)9:30 p.m. (TNT) NBA Basketball First-Round Playoff: Teams TBA.

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BASEBALLNational League

East Division W L Pct GBNew York 14 10 .583 — Philadelphia 13 10 .565 1/2Washington 13 11 .565 1/2Florida 12 12 .500 2 1/2Atlanta 10 14 .417 4

Central Division W L Pct GBSt. Louis 16 8 .667 — Cincinnati 12 12 .500 4 Chicago 12 13 .480 4 1/2Pittsburgh 10 13 .435 5 1/2Milwaukee 9 14 .391 6 1/2Houston 8 15 .348 7 1/2

West Division W L Pct GBSan Diego 15 8 .652 — San Francisco 14 9 .609 1 Arizona 11 13 .458 4 1/2Colorado 11 13 .458 4 1/2Los Angeles 9 14 .391 6

Friday’s GamesChicago Cubs 11, Arizona 5N.Y. Mets 9, Philadelphia 1Washington 7, Florida 1Atlanta 4, Houston 2Cincinnati 3, St. Louis 2San Diego 3, Milwaukee 0L.A. Dodgers 6, Pittsburgh 2San Francisco 5, Colorado 2Saturday’s GamesChicago Cubs 7, Arizona 5St. Louis 6, Cincinnati 3Atlanta 10, Houston 1Philadelphia 10, N.Y. Mets 0San Francisco 6, Colorado 1Florida 7, Washington 1Milwaukee at San Diego, latePittsburgh at L.A. Dodgers, lateSunday’s GamesWashington (Lannan 1-1) at Florida (Jo.Johnson 2-1), 1:10 p.m.Houston (Norris 1-2) at Atlanta (D.Lowe 3-2), 1:35 p.m.Cincinnati (Harang 1-3) at St. Louis (Carpenter 3-0), 2:15 p.m.Arizona (E.Jackson 1-2) at Chicago Cubs (Gorzelanny 0-3), 2:20 p.m.Colorado (Chacin 0-0) at San Francisco (J.Sanchez 2-1), 4:05 p.m.Milwaukee (Wolf 2-1) at San Diego (Garland 2-2), 4:05 p.m.Pittsburgh (Karstens 0-0) at L.A. Dodgers (Kuroda 2-1), 4:10 p.m.N.Y. Mets (J.Santana 3-1) at Philadelphia (Moyer 2-2), 8:05 p.m.Monday’s GamesSt. Louis at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.N.Y. Mets at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.Arizona at Houston, 8:05 p.m.Colorado at San Diego, 10:05 p.m.

American League

East Division W L Pct GBTampa Bay 17 7 .739 — New York 15 8 .652 2 Toronto 12 13 .480 6 Boston 11 13 .478 6 Baltimore 6 18 .217 12

Central Division W L Pct GBMinnesota 15 8 .652 — Detroit 15 10 .600 1 Chicago 10 14 .417 5 1/2Kansas City 10 14 .391 6Cleveland 9 13 .409 5 1/2

West Division W L Pct GBOakland 13 12 .520 — Texas 12 12 .500 1/2Los Angeles 12 13 .480 1 Seattle 11 13 .458 1 1/2

Friday’s GamesBaltimore 5, Boston 4, 10 inningsN.Y. Yankees 6, Chicago White Sox 4Detroit 10, L.A. Angels 6Minnesota 9, Cleveland 3Toronto 10, Oakland 2Kansas City 3, Tampa Bay 2Texas 2, Seattle 0, 12 inningsSaturday’s GamesChicago White Sox 7, N.Y. Yankees 6Detroit 3, L.A. Angels 2Oakland 4, Toronto 3Texas 6, Seattle 3Kansas City 4, Tampa Bay 2, 11 innings Baltimore 12, Boston 9Minnesota at Cleveland, lateSunday’s GamesChicago White Sox (Buehrle 2-3) at N.Y. Yankees (P.Hughes 2-0), 1:05 p.m.L.A. Angels (Jer.Weaver 3-0) at Detroit (Verlander 1-2), 1:05 p.m.Minnesota (Liriano 3-0) at Cleveland (D.Huff 1-3), 1:05 p.m.Oakland (Sheets 1-2) at Toronto (Marcum 0-1), 1:07 p.m.Boston (Beckett 1-0) at Baltimore (Millwood 0-3), 1:35 p.m.Kansas City (Greinke 0-2) at Tampa Bay (W.Davis 2-1), 1:40 p.m.Texas (C.Wilson 2-1) at Seattle (Fister 2-1), 4:10 p.m.Monday’s GamesBaltimore at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m.Toronto at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m.L.A. Angels at Boston, 7:10 p.m.Detroit at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m.Kansas City at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m.Texas at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.

BASKETBALLNational Basketball Association Playoff

FIRST ROUNDEASTERN CONFERENCECleveland 4, Chicago 1

Cleveland 96, Chicago 83Cleveland 112, Chicago 102Chicago 108, Cleveland 106Cleveland 121, Chicago 98Cleveland 96, Chicago 94

Orlando 4, Charlotte 0Orlando 98, Charlotte 89Orlando 92, Charlotte 77Orlando 90, Charlotte 86Orlando 99, Charlotte 90

Milwaukee 3, Atlanta 3Atlanta 102, Milwaukee 92Atlanta 96, Milwaukee 86Milwaukee 107, Atlanta 89Milwaukee 111, Atlanta 104Milwaukee 91, Atlanta 87Atlanta 83, Milwaukee 69x-Sunday, May 2: Milwaukee at Atlanta, 1 p.m.

Boston 4, Miami 1Boston 85, Miami 76Boston 106, Miami 77Boston 100, Miami 98Miami 101, Boston 92Boston 96, Miami 86

WESTERN CONFERENCEL.A. Lakers 4, Oklahoma City 2

L.A. Lakers 87, Oklahoma City 79L.A. Lakers 95, Oklahoma City 92Oklahoma City 101, L.A. Lakers 96Oklahoma City 110, L.A. Lakers 89L.A. Lakers 111, Oklahoma City 87L.A. Lakers 95, Oklahoma City 94

San Antonio 4, Dallas 2Dallas 100, San Antonio 94San Antonio 102, Dallas 88San Antonio 94, Dallas 90San Antonio 92, Dallas 89Dallas 103, San Antonio 81San Antonio 97, Dallas 87

Phoenix 4, Portland 2Portland 105, Phoenix 100Phoenix 119, Portland 90Phoenix 108, Portland 89Portland 96, Phoenix 87Phoenix 107, Portland 88Phoenix 99, Portland 90

Utah 4, Denver 2Denver 126, Utah 113Utah 114, Denver 111Utah 105, Denver 93Utah 117, Denver 106Denver 116, Utah 102Utah 112, Denver 104

CONFERENCE SEMIFINALSEASTERN CONFERENCE

Cleveland vs. BostonBoston at Cleveland, lateMonday, May 3: Boston at Cleveland, 8 p.m.Friday, May 7: Cleveland at Boston, 7 p.m.Sunday, May 9: Cleveland at Boston, 3:30 p.m.x-Tuesday, May 11: Boston at Cleveland, TBDx-Thursday, May 13: Cleveland at Boston, TBDx-Sunday, May 16: Boston at Cleveland, 3:30 p.m.

WESTERN CONFERENCEPhoenix vs. San Antonio

Monday, May 3: San Antonio at Phoenix, 7:30 or 10:30 p.m.Wednesday, May 5: San Antonio at Phoenix, 6 or 9 p.m.Friday, May 7: Phoenix at San Antonio, 8:30 or 9:30 p.m.Sunday, May 9: Phoenix at San Antonio, 7 or 8 p.m.x-Tuesday, May 11: San Antonio at Phoenix, TBDx-Thursday, May 13: Phoenix at San Antonio, TBDx-Sunday, May 16: San Antonio at Phoenix, TBD

Utah at L.A. LakersSunday, May 2: Utah at L.A. Lakers, 3:30 p.m.Tuesday, May 4: Utah at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.Saturday, May 8: L.A. Lakers at Utah, 8 p.m.Monday, May 10: L.A. Lakers at Utah, 10:30 p.m.x-Wednesday, May 12: Utah at L.A. Lakers, TBDx-Friday, May 14: L.A. Lakers at Utah, TBDx-Monday, May 17: Utah at L.A. Lakers, 9 p.m.

HOCKEYNational Hockey League Playoff Glance

FIRST ROUNDEASTERN CONFERENCEMontreal 4, Washington 3

Montreal 3, Washington 2, OTWashington 6, Montreal 5, OTWashington 5, Montreal 1Washington 6, Montreal 3Montreal 2, Washington 1Montreal 4, Washington 1Montreal 2, Washington 1

Philadelphia 4, New Jersey 1Philadelphia 2, New Jersey 1New Jersey 5, Philadelphia 3Philadelphia 3, New Jersey 2, OTPhiladelphia 4, New Jersey 1Philadelphia 3, New Jersey 0

Boston 4, Buffalo 2Buffalo 2, Boston 1Boston 5, Buffalo 3Boston 2, Buffalo 1Boston 3, Buffalo 2, 2OTBuffalo 4, Boston 1Boston 4, Buffalo 3

Pittsburgh 4, Ottawa 2Ottawa 5, Pittsburgh 4Pittsburgh 2, Ottawa 1Pittsburgh 4, Ottawa 2Pittsburgh 7, Ottawa 4Ottawa 4, Pittsburgh 3, 3OTPittsburgh 4, Ottawa 3, OT

WESTERN CONFERENCESan Jose 4, Colorado 2

Colorado 2, San Jose 1San Jose 6, Colorado 5, OTColorado 1, San Jose 0, OTSan Jose 2, Colorado 1, OTSan Jose 5, Colorado 0San Jose 5, Colorado 2

Chicago 4, Nashville 2Nashville 4, Chicago 1Chicago 2, Nashville 0Nashville 4, Chicago 1Chicago 3, Nashville 0Chicago 5, Nashville 4, OTChicago 5, Nashville 3

Vancouver 4, Los Angeles 2Vancouver 3, Los Angeles 2, OTLos Angeles 3, Vancouver 2, OTLos Angeles 5, Vancouver 3Vancouver 6, Los Angeles 4Vancouver 7, Los Angeles 2Vancouver 4, Los Angeles 2

Detroit 4, Phoenix 3Phoenix 3, Detroit 2Detroit 7, Phoenix 4Phoenix 4, Detroit 2Detroit 3, Phoenix 0Detroit 4, Phoenix 1Phoenix 5, Detroit 2Detroit 6, Phoenix 1

CONFERENCE SEMIFINALSEASTERN CONFERENCEPittsburgh 1, Montreal 0

Pittsburgh 6, Montreal 3Sunday, May 2: Montreal at Pittsburgh, 2 p.m.Tuesday, May 4: Pittsburgh at Montreal, 7 p.m.Thursday, May 6: Pittsburgh at Montreal, 7 p.m.x-Saturday, May 8: Montreal at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.x-Monday, May 10: Pittsburgh at Montreal, 7 p.m.x-Wednesday, May 12: Montreal at Pittsburgh, TBD

Boston 1, Philadelphia 0Boston 5, Philadelphia 4, OTMonday, May 3: Philadelphia at Boston, 7 p.m.Wednesday, May 5: Boston at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.Friday, May 7: Boston at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.x-Monday, May 10: Philadelphia at Boston, 7 p.m.x-Wednesday, May 12: Boston at Philadelphia, TBDx-Friday, May 14: Philadelphia at Boston, 7 p.m.

WESTERN CONFERENCEChicago vs. Vancouver

Vancouver at Chicago, lateMonday, May 3: Vancouver at Chicago, 9 p.m.Wednesday, May 5: Chicago at Vancouver, 9:30 p.m.Friday, May 7: Chicago at Vancouver, 9:30 p.m.

x-Sunday, May 9: Vancouver at Chicago, 8 p.m.x-Tuesday, May 11: Chicago at Vancouver, 9:30 p.m.x-Thursday, May 13: Vancouver at Chicago, 8 p.m.

San Jose 1, Detroit 0San Jose 4, Detroit 3Sunday, May 2: Detroit at San Jose 8 p.m.Tuesday, May 4: San Jose at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.Thursday, May 6: San Jose at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.x-Saturday, May 8: Detroit at San Jose, 10 p.m.x-Monday, May 10: San Jose at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.x-Wednesday, May 12: Detroit at San Jose, TBD

GOLFQuail Hollow Championship Scores

At Quail Hollow Club, Charlotte

Billy Mayfair 68-68-71 — 207 -9Davis Love III 70-71-68 — 209 -7Phil Mickelson 70-68-71 — 209 -7J.J. Henry 68-71-71 — 210 -6Dustin Johnson 73-65-72 — 210 -6Angel Cabrera 70-67-73 — 210 -6Rory McIlroy 72-73-66 — 211 -5Anthony Kim 72-69-70 — 211 -5Bill Haas 71-70-70 — 211 -5Jim Furyk 75-65-71 — 211 -5Paul Goydos 68-70-73 — 211 -5Scott McCarron 70-75-67 — 212 -4Steve Marino 73-72-67 — 212 -4Bubba Watson 70-73-69 — 212 -4Bo Van Pelt 65-76-71 — 212 -4Camilo Villegas 67-72-73 — 212 -4Jason Day 73-71-69 — 213 -3Charley Hoffman 72-72-69 — 213 -3Brendon de Jonge 70-73-70 — 213 -3Heath Slocum 69-74-70 — 213 -3Trevor Immelman 74-68-71 — 213 -3Robert Allenby 71-70-72 — 213 -3Nick Watney 70-71-72 — 213 -3Geoff Ogilvy 68-72-73 — 213 -3Kevin Sutherland 72-68-73 — 213 -3Matt Jones 74-71-69 — 214 -2Ross Fisher 72-73-69 — 214 -2Chad Collins 74-70-70 — 214 -2Padraig Harrington 72-72-70 — 214 -2Rickie Fowler 73-70-71 — 214 -2Carlos Franco 72-71-71 — 214 -2Kevin Na 72-69-73 — 214 -2Garth Mulroy 69-71-74 — 214 -2Tom Gillis 71-69-74 — 214 -2J.P. Hayes 74-64-76 — 214 -2Mark Wilson 73-72-70 — 215 -1Will MacKenzie 71-74-70 — 215 -1Chris Stroud 73-71-71 — 215 -1Hunter Mahan 71-71-73 — 215 -1Ricky Barnes 69-72-74 — 215 -1Greg Chalmers 70-71-74 — 215 -1Brian Stuard 69-76-71 — 216 EStuart Appleby 75-70-71 — 216 ELee Westwood 73-72-71 — 216 EGreg Owen 74-71-71 — 216 EBlake Adams 73-71-72 — 216 EChris Tidland 72-71-73 — 216 EBrad Faxon 68-75-73 — 216 EJoe Ogilvie 73-69-74 — 216 ELucas Glover 71-71-74 — 216 EChad Campbell 72-70-74 — 216 ED.J. Trahan 73-72-72 — 217 + 1Henrik Bjornstad 72-73-72 — 217 + 1Aron Price 75-69-73 — 217 + 1Zach Johnson 71-73-73 — 217 + 1Johnson Wagner 73-70-74 — 217 + 1Bill Lunde 73-72-73 — 218 + 2Tim Petrovic 74-71-73 — 218 + 2Ryuji Imada 74-71-73 — 218 + 2Rod Pampling 70-75-73 — 218 + 2Brett Quigley 73-72-73 — 218 + 2Mark Calcavecchia 71-74-73 — 218 + 2Aaron Baddeley 73-72-73 — 218 + 2Andres Romero 68-76-74 — 218 + 2Jarrod Lyle 71-72-75 — 218 + 2John Merrick 72-70-76 — 218 + 2Tim Herron 71-74-75 — 220 + 4Kenny Perry 66-79-75 — 220 + 4Charles Howell III 74-71-75 — 220 + 4Rocco Mediate 70-75-75 — 220 + 4Brian Gay 73-71-76 — 220 + 4Michael Connell 76-69-76 — 221 + 5Roger Tambellini 74-71-76 — 221 + 5Brandt Snedeker 70-75-76 — 221 + 5D.A. Points 72-73-77 — 222 + 6Steve Wheatcroft 75-70-78 — 223 + 7Carl Pettersson 74-71-78 — 223 + 7

RACINGNASCAR Nationwide-BUBBA Burger 250

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(Start position in parentheses)1. (4) Brad Keselowski, Dodge.2. (7) Greg Biffle, Ford3. (27) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet4. (1) Kyle Busch, Toyota5. (3) Carl Edwards, Ford6. (5) Joey Logano, Toyota7. (11) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet8. (2) Reed Sorenson, Toyota9. (17) Brendan Gaughan, Toyota10. (8) Matt Kenseth, Ford11. (25) Kelly Bires, Toyota12. (18) James Buescher, Chevrolet13. (14) Mike Bliss, Chevrolet14. (20) Jason Keller, Chevrolet15. (9) Justin Allgaier, Dodge16. (12) Jason Leffler, Toyota17. (19) Steve Wallace, Toyota18. (30) Coleman Pressley, Chevrolet19. (26) Paul Menard, Ford20. (15) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford21. (6) Trevor Bayne, Toyota22. (36) Kenny Wallace, Chevrolet23. (22) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet24. (28) Tony Raines, Chevrolet25. (37) Steve Arpin, Chevrolet26. (40) Michael Annett, Toyota27. (43) Willie Allen, Chevrolet28. (13) Brian Scott, Toyota29. (32) Michael McDowell, Dodge30. (10) Shelby Howard, Chevrolet31. (39) Eric McClure, Ford32. (41) Hermie Sadler, Ford33. (38) Johnny Chapman, Dodge34. (33) Scott Lagasse Jr., Ford35. (16) Joe Nemechek, Chevrolet36. (21) Morgan Shepherd, Chevrolet37. (31) Josh Wise, Ford38. (24) Kevin Lepage, Toyota39. (29) David Gilliland, Chevrolet40. (42) Mike Wallace, Chevrolet41. (23) Mark Green, Chevrolet42. (35) Derrike Cope, Dodge43. (34) Brian Keselowski, Dodge

Race StatisticsAverage Speed of Race Winner: 91.194 mph.Time of Race: 2 hours, 4 minutes, 21 seconds.Margin of Victory: 0.261 seconds.Caution Flags: 7 for 45 laps.Lead Changes: 4 among 3 drivers.Top 10 in Points: 1. Bra.Keselowski, 1,469; 2. K.Harvick, 1,410; 3. K.Busch, 1,385; 4. J.Allgaier, 1,289; 5. C.Edwards, 1,266; 6. J.Logano, 1,228; 7. P.Menard, 1,191; 8. G.Biffle, 1,039; 9. B.Gaughan, 976; 10. B.Scott, 955.

Scoreboard

ATLANTA (AP) — Even during the worst days of his slump, Troy Glaus never lost faith in his skills.

“I’ve felt better than the results have been,” he said. “However, this is a result-oriented profession. At some point, the balls have to fall.”

Glaus drove in four runs, rookie Jason Heyward homered again and Tim Hudson pitched well into the seventh inning to help the Atlanta Braves beat the Houston Astros 10-1 on Saturday.

The Braves have won two straight after ending a nine-game skid that was their worst in nearly four years. Houston lost its fifth straight.

Giants 6, Rockies 1SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Matt Cain gave up

one hit over eight innings, Juan Uribe hit a three-run homer and the San Francisco Giants beat the Colorado Rockies 6-0 on Saturday.

Aubrey Huff and Bengie Molina also homered while helping the Giants improve to 6-2 on their current nine-game homestand.

Phillies 10, Mets 0PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Once Roy Halladay

neared the end, he made sure to finish.Halladay threw a three-hitter for his second shut-

out in three starts, Shane Victorino hit a three-run homer and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Mets 10-0 Saturday to end New York’s eight-game win-ning streak.

Cardinals 6, Reds 3ST. LOUIS (AP) — Skip Schumaker gave the St.

Louis Cardinals the clutch hit they lacked the pre-vious game.

Schumaker singled to snap an eighth-inning tie after the Cincinnati Reds twice rallied to even the score in a 6-3 victory Saturday.

Cubs 7, Diamondbacks 5CHICAGO (AP) — Alfonso Soriano homered,

Derrek Lee delivered the go-ahead two-run single and the Chicago Cubs rallied from three down again to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-5 on Saturday.

Soriano’s two-run shot off former Cub Bob Howry in the seventh tied it at 5, and Lee made it 7-5 with a two-run bases-loaded single in the eighth off Juan Gutierrez (0-3).

Tigers 3, Angels 2DETROIT (AP) — Johnny Damon’s first home

run in a Detroit uniform came in the ninth inning Saturday and gave the Tigers a 3-2 win over the Los Angeles Angels.

White Sox 7, Yankees 6NEW YORK (AP) — Andruw Jones hit two

more home runs off a shaky Javier Vazquez, A.J. Pierzynski boomed a go-ahead double and the Chicago White Sox seesawed past the New York Yankees 7-6 Saturday.

Athletics 4, Blue Jays 3TORONTO (AP) — Josh Donaldson has the ball

from his first big league home run, and it’s going to sit beside a pile of splinters in his trophy case.

Rangers 6, Mariners 3SEATTLE (AP) — Mariners ace Felix Hernandez

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Hernandez lasted just 4 1-3 innings, tagged for five runs and eight hits by the Rangers.

Associated PressAtlanta Braves’ Martin Prado, right, celebrates after scoring on a Troy Glaus double in the third inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves Saturday.

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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Now, Kyle Busch said, he knows.

Busch overruled his team Friday night when a late caution came out in the final laps of the Nationwide race at Richmond International Raceway, opting to stay on the track for the antici-pated green-white-checker fin-ish, even when race leader Brad Keselowski pitted.

Running second, Busch assumed the lead with fellow risk-taker Justin Allgaier along-side on the restart, and neither had a chance with Keselowski on new tires with two laps to pass.

“If anybody wanted to know what it takes to stay out — that’s what it took to stay out, and that’s what happens when you stay out,” Busch said after Keselowski easily blew by both.

He said crew chief Jason Ratcliffe wanted him to pit, like almost all the cars behind him did, but “I just wanted to see what it would just do. You have to hold them off for a green-white-checkered, and obviously this is the best that I could fight them off.”

The tendency for late-race cau-tions and NASCAR’s new policy of three attempts at two-lap

sprints to the finish has made it a tough call for the race leader in such situations, but several times this season, after pitting for new tires, the leader has rallied to win.

Denny Hamlin did it at Martinsville, even when he restarted ninth, by almost slam-ming his way through traffic on new tires for the victory, and Keselowski rallied Friday night.

Busch said trying, even failing, was a good learning experience.

“I gambled and stayed out there and tried to see what we could do, if we could hold them off or not,” he said of Keselowski’s superior car. “I didn’t think it was going to hap-pen.”

Keselowski said he figured Busch and Allgaier, running third, would not pit.

“I wanted to play offense,” he said. “I wanted to be the guy with tires.”

EARLY DOMINATION: Kyle Busch should work on his quali-fying.

After earning the pole posi-tion for just the sixth time in 196 career starts, Busch was clearly the dominant car early

on Saturday night at Richmond International Raceway.

Busch led the entire first third of the 400-lap event, usually by wide margins, and had already put Greg Biffle (third in points coming in), Dale Earnhardt Jr. (eighth) and two-time series champion Tony Stewart (14th) a lap down before the second third started on lap 134.

By then, only 17 of the 43 cars that started the race remained on the lead lap.

MISS AMERICA, PART II: Miss America Caressa Cameron was at NASCAR’s premier series for the second week in a row, and hoping her appearance would go better than last week-end.

Cameron was supposed to sing the national anthem last Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway, but was overcome by heat and instead was taken to the infield care center for evaluation.

She sang “God Bless America” at Richmond on Saturday night without a problem.

“I am feeling fantastic,” she said, her glistening silver crown perched on her head.

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“We think he has the talent to warrant that,” Hurney said. “You’re talking about him having a year to develop and a year to train at the wide receiver position and returns or however we decide to use him.

“Hopefully in a year we’ll see that it was the right thing to do. He has a lot of qualities that make you think he is going to be a very good football player.”

The Panthers hope Edwards can became another Josh Cribbs or Antwaan Randle-El, converted col-lege QBs who have thrived at receiver and returner in the NFL.

It’s a big undertaking. The only two-time winner of the Walter Payton Award as the top FCS player in the nation is scrambling to learn a position he hasn’t played in six years.

“It’s a drastic difference because this is the NFL now. This isn’t high school cornerbacks,” Edwards said. “These are the best the cornerbacks in the league, so I’ve got to work hard very quickly.”

Edwards, who ran the 40-yard dash in 4.43 sec-onds at his pro day, is working out at punt return-er, too, along with Captain Munnerlyn and newly signed Trent Guy.

Edwards said Saturday was the first time he’s felt comfortable back there.

“It took him one day to learn how to catch punts. Yesterday he was all down here,” Munnerlyn said, dropping his arms below his waist. “Today I was impressed. I told him to keep just working hard. I know it’s not going to be easy from playing quar-terback, but he should be a pretty good player.”

Edwards is far down the depth chart for now, running routes after obscure names such as Wallace Wright and David Gettis. While there has been speculation the Panthers could use him in some version of the wildcat, that hasn’t happened yet.

For now, the quiet Edwards is soaking in all he can from as many sources as possible, including four-time Pro Bowl receiver Steve Smith.

“From a quarterback going to a wideout I think it may not be as hard as people think because as a quarterback you have the responsibility to know where everyone is on the field,” Smith said. “I think for him he has to focus on being the wideout so he doesn’t have as many tasks as a quarterback gener-ally has. I don’t think it will be that much harder.

“Just getting that lingo together coming that spread offense. But I think he will do pretty good. I wouldn’t say he’s going to struggle.”

NOTES: Starting CB Richard Marshall, upset with his contract situation, missed his second straight day. The restricted free agent still hasn’t signed his one-year, $1.759 million tender, so he can’t be fined for missing the mandatory camp. ... LB Thomas Davis took the day off after practicing on Friday. He’s working his way back from a knee injury. ... Geoff Schwartz has been working with the starters at RG. ... The Panthers signed RB Josh Vaughan to provide depth with DeAngelo Williams and Jonathan Stewart recovering from injuries.

Associated PressDriver Brad Keselowski celebrates winning the NASCAR Nationwide Bubba Burger 250 auto race at the Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Va., Friday.

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Associated PressCarolina Panthers’ receiver Steve Smith (89) shows some moves to Wallace Wright, left, during rookie foot-ball mini-camp on Saturday.

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Kyle Busch says lesson learned

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Brad Keselowski raced to his second straight NASCAR Nationwide Series victory, dominating all night and then rallying from fourth in a green-white-checker finish Friday at Richmond International Raceway.

Keselowski began rebuilding his series points lead, cut to 10 points after he won at Talladega last week and then failed post-race inspection and was docked 50 points. The victory gave Keselowski a 59-point advantage over Kevin Harvick.

Keselowski, an eight-time winner in his Nationwide career, was on pace to lead the last 192 laps, but pitted as the leader under caution with five laps to go, handing Kyle Busch the lead.

But Keselowski reasserted his dominance by powering through the field on new tires to pass Busch and teammate Justin Allgaier, who had also stayed out, to win by 0.261 seconds.

“We made the right moves today,” Keselowski said. “We had the car to beat.”

Greg Biffle rallied from fifth on the restart to finish second. Jamie McMurray was third, fol-lowed by Busch and Carl Edwards. Allgaier was hurt by his late strategy, falling to 15th.

Biffle, who also pitted before the last dash, had no chance to slow Keselowski.

Keseloski takes Nationwide win

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — For the time being, Tim Tebow will be less improv artist and more pocket passer.

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Tebow got off on the right foot during the Broncos’ rookie minicamp this weekend, impress-ing his new coach, Josh McDaniels, with his moti-vation to improve.

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65, his best score of the year.All that’s left is to hold off

Mickelson, Love and a collec-tion of players who have won far more recently than Mayfair.

“I’ve got to put it out of my mind,” he said. “I’ve got to use my 21 years of experiences out here, and I’ve got to say, ’You know what? I’ve been out here.’ I’m a tour veteran, I’ve got a lot of veterans that are chasing me. I’ve been doing this for a long time, and I know what I need to do tomorrow and how to handle it. And try to do the best I can.”

He has been good enough so far, finishing three rounds at 9-under 207. It’s his first 54-hole lead in four years.

Mickelson, in his first start since winning a third green jacket, overcame food poison-ing at the start of the week and a few errant shots to put him-self in a great position to join a strong list of champions at Quail Hollow.

He birdied the par 5s on the back nine, and he closed with a tough two-putt from 60 feet for a 71.

He made par, and he made a point.

It was such an impossible putt that Mickelson told his cad-die to leave the pin in the cup because he wasn’t aiming at the hole, wanting to avoid any chance of the ball going down

a slope. Instead, he hit it well to the right, then made about a 6-footer for par.

“For as beautifully designed as this golf course is tee to green, the greens are by far the worst designed greens we play on tour,” Mickelson said. “Even though they’re in immaculate shape, I would say that 18 would be the worst green that we have on tour, except that it’s not even the worst on this golf course — 12 is.”

Love birdied three of his last five holes for a 4-under 68 and will play in the final group with Mayfair.

For a tournament that no longer has Tiger Woods, who missed the cut, it is not lacking in star power. Two-time major champion Angel Cabrera had a 73 and was in the group at 6-under 210 that included Pebble Beach winner Dustin Johnson (72) and J.J. Henry (71).

Another shot back was Jim Furyk, who already has won twice this year. Furyk had a 12-foot birdie putt on the final hole that caught the lip and spun 5 feet away, he wound up three-putting for bogey. He still shot 71 and was right in the mix.

So was Rory McIlroy, who had to make eagle on his 16th hole Friday to make the cut on the number. Playing early Saturday, McIlroy made birdie on half of his holes for a 66. By the end of the day, he was only four shots out of the lead.

Ten players were within four shots of the top, a margin that doesn’t seem so large consider-

ing how long it has been since Mayfair has been tested like this.

The 43-year-old Mayfair is a five-time winner and still the only player to beat Woods in a playoff on the PGA Tour. That was in the 1998 Nissan Open, and he won the Buick Open later that year. That was his last vic-tory.

He was tested the most Saturday in the middle of his round, hitting his tee shot into the creek on the par-5 seventh and making a bogey as his lead dropped to one shot. He made a tough par after hitting a tree with his tee shot on the next hole, made a good par save on the ninth, then hit a wedge to about 6 feet for birdie on the 10th.

“Once I birdied 10, I kept the momentum going,” Mayfair said.

Mickelson didn’t have much and was happy to shoot the score he did. He made birdie after hit-ting a spectator in the head on the par-5 10th, and despite not feeling crisp, made only three bogeys.

Mickelson has never won in his first start after the Masters.

“I didn’t have it today,” Mickelson said. “I didn’t have great control over my ball-striking and missed a number of putts that I probably could have made. But I controlled the miss-es, I kept the round in check, and because of the difficult con-ditions was able to shoot a num-ber that kept me in contention for Sunday. So I’m excited about my opportunities tomorrow.”

Associated PressDavis Love III hits to the 18th green during the third round of the Quail Hollow Championship golf tournament at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte Saturday. Love is two-shots off the lead set by Billy Mayfair and tied with Phil Mickelson going into Sunday’s final round.

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Phil Mickelson reacts as he misses a birdie putt on the 16th hole during the third round of the Quail Hollow Championship golf tournament at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte Saturday,

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WILD FOR MICKELSON: The large crowd bunched together near the clubhouse was yelling “Phil! Phil! when Phil Mickelson was still inside signing his scorecard.

A man started chanting “Here we go Lefty, here we go!” as Mickelson began a television interview.

Eliminate Tiger Woods from the weekend, add a few afternoon cocktails to a Saturday crowd that didn’t seem to be thinned much by the world’s No. 1 player missing the cut, and Mickelson became the top attraction at the Quail Hollow Championship.

“I think that’s Charlotte, though,” Mickelson insisted after his 1-under 71 left him tied for sec-ond, two shots behind Billy Mayfair. “We get a lot more people at this tournament and they’re very supportive. I think it might be that.”

But it’s clear with Mickelson coming off another Masters victory and in contention for his first win here, he’ll be followed by a large gallery on Sunday when he’s in the next-to-last group.

“To be within a couple shots of the lead, I felt like I had to fight hard today and play hard because I didn’t have my best stuff,” Mickelson said as the fans shouted his name again. “I had to control my misses.”

GOOD AND BAD: Davis Love III was born in Charlotte and attended North Carolina. His daughter is with him this week and he heard plen-ty of “Go Heels!” chants while shooting a 4-under 68 on Saturday to put himself into contention for his first victory in two years.

But he’s not the only golfer who enjoys coming to Quail Hollow. Even a guy who missed the cut didn’t want to leave.

“I went out to pitch this morning and Derek Lamely was out there just working on his game and he goes, ’Isn’t this place so nice?”’ Love said. “I’m like, ’Yeah.’ I guess he missed the cut and he was just out practicing, and he was happy.”

Lamely didn’t make the weekend after shoot-ing 75-72. But his feelings about Quail Hollow are shared by many on the PGA Tour.

“This is a great place to play golf,” said Love, who went bogey-free Saturday to move within two shots of the lead and earn a pairing with leader Billy Mayfair in the final group Sunday. “It’s like a mini-major.”

Not that everyone is completely happy with the setup. Mickelson had his caddie keep the flagstick in on a long putt on 18 where he said he couldn’t play it toward the hole.

“For as beautifully designed as this golf course is from tee to green, the greens are some of the worst designed greens that we have on tour,” Mickelson said. “I would say 18 is the worst on this tour, but it’s not the worst on this golf course. Twelve is, and we have some ridiculous putts here that you just can’t keep on.”

KIM’S TROUBLE: Anthony Kim, the 2008 Quail Hollow champion who finished third in the Masters, was in good shape heading to the 16th hole at 7 under after consecutive birdies.

Trouble was, Kim soon was walking down the wrong fairway.

His tee shot on the par 4 was so far right he was “in the junk, let’s say very nicely,” according to Kim. He then got aggressive, trying to hit “a mira-cle shot.”

It didn’t work, the ball hit a tree and bounced backward, forcing him to play his third shot down the parallel 18th fairway.

Kim then faced a shot where he had to hit it over the grandstand.

“It was a pretty good shot,” Kim said. “I couldn’t see the flag properly because there were so many people, but you saw the top of it.”

Kim got it on the green, but missed the putt for bogey — and still was cheered — before finishing with consecutive pars and a 2-under 70 that left him four shots behind leader Billy Mayfair.

“I love North Carolina,” Kim said. “I may just buy a house out here. This is my favorite tournament.”

McILROY BOUNCES BACK: Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy left the Masters two days early with a wayward game and an aching back, wondering if he needed a long break.

Three weeks later, his back and game are loosen-ing up.

McIlroy, who needed an eagle late in his round Friday to make the cut, shot a 6-under 66 on Saturday at Quail Hollow. It left him just four shots off the lead and energized after his painful stretch that included two missed cuts.

“It’ll probably take another two or three months to clear fully,” McIlroy said of his back. “But I feel as if I can swing with a lot more freedom and I can actually practice more, hit more balls and spend more time on the range, which has definitely helped.”

McIlroy, who finished tied for 10th at the U.S. Open and tied for third at the PGA Championship last year, got off to a quick start in 2010 before his back first flared up in February when he finished sixth in Dubai.

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Associated PressBoston Bruins defenseman Zdeno Chara, left, holds off Philadelphia Flyers center Darroll Powe (36) from getting to the puck during the third period of Game 1 of a second-round NHL hockey playoff series in Boston Saturday. The Bruins won 5-4 in overtime. In his first game in almost two months, Marc Savard scored on a delayed penalty 13:52 into overtime. Tuukka Rask stopped 32 shots for Boston, Dennis Wideman had three assists, and Miroslav Satan and Patrice Bergeron each had a goal and an assist. Brian Boucher stopped 41 shots, and Mike Richards had a goal and two assists for the Flyers.

MORELIA, Mexico (AP) — Ai Miyazato handled the gusting, can-yon-blown wind better than her two long-hitting playing partners.

Miyazato moved into position for her third victory of the season, shoot-ing a 2-under 71 on Saturday to take a one-stroke lead over Michelle Wie and Brittany Lincicome in the Tres Marias Championship.

“I like to play in the wind because I grew up in a windy place,” said Miyazato, raised in the small village of Higashison on the Japanese island of Okinawa. “It’s still tough playing in the wind for me, but I have a good image in my head even if I am play-ing in tough, windy conditions.”

The winner of the season-opening events in Thailand and Singapore, Miyazato had a 13-under 206 total at Tres Marias Country Club.

Wie, a stroke ahead after two rounds, shot a 73, and Lincicome had a 72 on the mountainside course. Wie won her lone LPGA Tour title 5 1/2 months ago in the Lorena Ochoa Invitational in Ochoa’s hometown of Guadalajara.

Ochoa, the top-ranked star retiring after the tournament to raise a fam-ily and work on her charity founda-tion, was sixth at 10 under after a 70. She has won the tournament three times in the last four seasons, finish-ing at 25 under the last two years.

Miyazato, far shorter off the tee than Wie and Lincicome, used her control and accuracy to play more

consistently. All players battled the 6,500-foot altitude, where the ball travels about 10 percent farther.”

“Honestly, I thought some holes were not fair because they (Wie and Lincicome) hit too long,” Miyazato said, drawing a laugh. “But I have confidence with my short game and my putting is really comfortable right now.”

Mississippi Gulf Resort ClassicSAUCIER, Miss. (AP) — David

Frost matched the course record with a 6-under 66 in windy con-ditions to join Brad Bryant and David Eger atop the leaderboard in the Champions Tour’s inaugural Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic.

Bryant took a one-stroke lead into the final hole, but closed with a bogey for his second consecutive 68. Eger also shot a 68 to match Frost and Bryant at 8-under 136 on the Fallen Oak Golf Club course. Jay Haas (68) was 6 under, and Tom Kite (68), Joey Sindelar (69), Rod Spittle (69) and Tommy Armour III (69) were at 5 under.

Spanish OpenSEVILLE, Spain (AP) — England’s

Mark Foster shot a 3-under 69 in windy coditions to take a three-shot lead in the Spanish Open.

Foster, winless on the European tour since the 2003 Dunhill Championship, had a 12-under 204.

Miyazato takes LPGA lead BRUINS NIP FLYERS

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myself, I know how difficult it can beto pass up a sale while driving aroundtown. So when I hold my annualgarage sale, there are very few devo-tees who surprise me. However, thisyear I met one woman who takes theprize for most obsessive.

While paying for her items, shementioned that her husband wasgoing to be very upset with her forstopping by my sale today. "Maybenot," I smiled back to her. "Just tellhim about all the bargains you got."

"That probably won't do it," shesaid nodding at her husband in the car."He's waiting for me to drive him tothe hospital to pass his kidney stone."

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CorneredIn the words of Robert Frost, "Good

fences make good neighbors." Andwhile fences can come in all shapesand sizes, most pale in comparison tothe longest fence in the world locatedin Australia. This fence, stretchingmore than 3,488 miles, was built in the1880's to keep dingo's out of the fertilesoutheast part of the continent and pro-tect sheep flocks. The fence is 5.9 feettall and extends another foot into theground. It has been relatively success-ful over the years protecting sheepherds and limiting the number of dingooffspring that have passed through.

Fast FactsDear Classified Guys,When my neighbors decided to havea yard sale, I thought it was a greatidea. Things have been piling up intheir yard for years and have slowlybeen creeping to the fence betweenour houses. A yard sale was sure toclean things out. However, I didn'tanticipate my husband's interest. Onthe day of their sale, he came homewith snow shovels, rakes and even anew golf bag. I was okay with that,but then the clothes started. Whenhe realized he was the same size asour neighbor, he bought the wholewardrobe! Unfortunately, our neigh-bor had a fashion style from 30 yearsago. My husband loves the pantsthat are already worn in and thinksthe pre-stretched flannel shirts arecozy. On top of the horriblesense of style, I reallydon't like the idea of myhusband wearing theclothes from the guy nextdoor. What will the neighborsthink? How do I get my husband topass these things along and quickly?

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Carry: If your husband found a fewthings at a yard sale that got him excit-ed, let him have fun. How often is itthat men get thrilled about shopping orclothing for that matter? And besides,since he found a new golf bag, he cer-tainly needs a matching outfit for thegolf course!

Cash: Unfortunately, if you're not afan of the wardrobe your husbandpicked up for himself, you probablyhave a tough road ahead. Trying toalter your husband's fashion sense maytake some time. Most men are notexactly known for being in vogue.

Carry: The good news is that thereare a lot of men's clothes that can stay

in style. Some of the jeans, t-shirts andsweatshirts from his newly acquiredwardrobe may not be much differentthan anything else currently in yourhusband's closet.

Cash: If you give him a little time,you may find that he will settle in to his"favorites". When that happens, youcan work on him to clean out the itemshe doesn't wear or the pieces you findmost objectionable. Then again, it'sunlikely you'll be able to pry away acomfy pair of jeans or a cozy flannelshirt.

Carry: However, if you're lucky,maybe you can go to the next yard saleand find a bargain wardrobe for yourself!

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M Miniature Schnauzerwhite shaggy, black collar w/silver tags. Lost 4/25: Old Ross

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Kevin Carver/Daily CourierTwenty-two teams are competing in the Devin Price Memorial baseball tournament in Rutherfordton this week-end. The event honors a young baseball player who died from a congenital heart disease.

charity last year at this tourna-ment,” Thompson said. “This year, we had four charities pres-ent and two received the same vote, so we just choose both of those to help out.”

The entry fee for the tourna-ment is $5 for Adults, or $3 for seniors citizens and students. Concessions and 50/50 raffle tickets are also being sold. For those who can’t make it to the park, they can donate, by cutting a check to the Rutherfordton Women’s League.

Thompson went on to thank Drew Christopher of USSSA baseball for putting on the tour-ney, sponsoring the event, get-ting umpires together, getting the fields ready for play and directing it all for free of charge.

“I am happy to run this tour-ney, especially to do this at the parks where Devin used to play ball,” Christopher said. “The Women’s League works very hard and I thank Amy Clark and all the Rutherfordton Little League parents who helped with preparing the field for play today.”

Last year, the tournament wasn’t named in Devin’s honor,

but after asking his grandmoth-er and guardian this year, Lula Mae Price, she couldn’t resist the idea.

“There has been so much love from all the people here and to know that he had such an impact,” as Lula Mae Price stopped to compose herself, “They are all here playing for Devin and it’s so overwhelming.”

Devin was a rising star in the ranks of youth baseball in Rutherford County and was an 11-12 year old Rutherfordton All-Star in 2006. Devin, a third basemen, smashed a home run in center at Dunbar Park in one game and then made an unbe-lievable leaping grab for the final out to wrap up the District 8 Championship, a game later.

However, Lula Mae claims there is no need to bring up the past, the future is where Devin can pose the greatest positive influence.

“We should focus on his legacy and how he changed people’s lives,” Price said. “I want the young people to strive to be bet-ter kids and demonstrate the behavior that Devin had in him.”

Devin is described by those who knew him as “one of a kind.”

He was a very quiet individual with a gentle soul. And if he thought he hurt your feelings, he

would quickly apologize, Lula Mae stated.

Around 60 volunteers are working the event this weekend and even former teammates stepped up to the plate to spend time working at the park in Devin’s memory.

“We played together on the Firedogs in travel ball and he never said a bad word about anybody,” former teammate and current R-S Central JV baseball player Mackie McMahan said. “People from all over knew he was our home run hitter, but he would do anything for anybody and never showed anger if some-thing didn’t go his way.”

As for Lula Mae, the most important thing of Devin, hap-pened just a year before he died, when he accepted Jesus Christ into his life.

“He would be so proud to know that he was helping out these charities in his honor today,” Price said.

Though it has been over two years since his death, Devin’s presence was still felt Saturday, as bright sunshine beamed over-head with many believing he watched from a distance.

The tournament will conclude at all three venues, (Crestview, R-S Central High and R-S Middle) today.

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Baseball

East Rutherford 12, Freedom 0MORGANTON — Drew Reynolds pitched

six solid innings of three-hit baseball as East Rutherford whipped Freedom 12-0 on the road, Friday.

East Rutherford (20-2, 9-1) held just a 2-0 lead after five innings, but came up with 10 runs in the next two frames.

The Cavs’ Dakotah Thomas demolished his sev-enth homer of the year in Friday’s win.

Girls Soccer

TJCA 1, Polk 0COLUMBUS — Thomas Jefferson literally saved

their best shot for last on Friday night as they beat Polk County for the second time this week, 1-0, in girls soccer action.

Freshman, Anna Dedmon clanged in the win-ning goal with seven seconds remaining from the left side on a wide angle at 15-yards out. Wendy Harmon was credited with the assist.

“It was very physical on both sides and a real battle today,” Thomas Jefferson girls soccer coach Brian Espinoza said.

The Lady Gryphons improve to 14-1 overall and 10-1 in conference play. The ladies will take on heated 1A foe, Hendersonville, on the road, Monday, and then Owen on Wednesday at home.

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“Calvin Borel is amazing. He is fearless,” trainer Bob Baffert said. “He takes control of the race, and you have to give him a lot of credit. He’s a great rider.”

Baffert should know. He thought he had his fourth Derby victory in the bag last year until front-running Pioneerof the Nile was overtaken in the stretch by Borel and Mine That Bird.

Baffert’s Lookin At Lucky wound up sixth, clearly compromised by starting on the rail. His other colt, Conveyance, finished 15th after setting the pace for more than three-quarters of a mile.

Trained by Nick Zito, Ice Box returned $11.20 and $8 after nipping Paddy O’Prado at the wire for second. Paddy O’Prado paid $7.40 to show.

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The official recognition of National Volunteer Week was over on Friday, April 30, but our gratitude is never ending.

Yesterday across Rutherford County, hundreds of volunteers were out doing chores for those who needed a job done.

It was the second consecu-tive Saturday of the statewide “Operation In As Much” as vol-unteers gathered to work.

People were raking leaves, trimming bushes, mowing grass, cooking casseroles, mopping floors, roofing, building handi-capped ramps and other proj-ects. For the past three weeks, hundreds of volunteers worked on similar projects in church sponsored events.

Can you imagine your commu-nity without its volunteers?

Sometimes walking into an unfamiliar place, the first face you see is that of a volunteer.

Someone works tirelessly every day on a job without pay. The rewards are not earthly.

Every organization, institu-tion, school, church, civic group or childrens’ group functions because of volunteers.

Thousands of hours given by volunteers equals millions of dollars.

Highly skilled laborers build-ing, roofing, plumbing and wiring could have made lots of money yesterday, but they chose to volunteer their time.

Church youth groups, mission groups, scouts, Little League, 4-H’ers, after-school programs, school/parent organizations and human service programs exist because of volunteers.

In every area of life, volunteers are there.

Museums, educational foun-dations and libraries function because people volunteer.

Festivals of all types, including yesterday’s May Festival, hap-pened because people got up very early in the morning and stayed up late to offer the fun-filled day for the community and county.

Senior citizens were less lonely Saturday because a volunteer came by with a dish of food and time. Some folks who live alone need visitors.

Residents and nursing home patients sometimes go months without a visit. A volunteer I knew went to a rest home every week to visit those without fam-ily. At Christmas she bought tokens and gifts for those with-out friends. They enhanced her joy, not to mention what the vol-unteer meant to each of them.

I probably became acquainted with my first one-on-one vol-unteer as a baby in a church nursery. Someone in the church nursery watched after me and as I grew older, a Sunday School teacher read me stories and taught me the motions to “Deep and Wide.”

At grammar school, Grade Mothers brought cupcakes and Kool-Aid on special days and back in the day, Grade Mothers also drove us on our field trips. I’ll never forget the day in the fifth grade when one of the cut-est boys I’d ever seen, invited me to ride in his mother’s car to Kings Mountain Battleground.

As a first grader, another Grade Mother brought her pre-school age child to a party and he got stuck under the book case. I can still see his legs and our Grade Mother and teacher dragging him loose.

A 4-H leader tasted a dish of snacks I have to take to a meet-ing — pimento cheese on celery, and offered nice compliments.

My early adventures to theme parks were because of volun-teers.

Thanks, volunteers.

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“This will go down as one of the coolest things I’ve ever done,” Jenna Wolfe, NBC’s TODAY

Weekend anchor, said Wednesday morning in Lake Lure. With her teeth chattering and goose bumps on her arms, Wolfe was describing her re-creation of Jennifer Grey’s dance lift scene from the 1987 blockbuster “Dirty Dancing.”

In the frigid waters of Lake Lure at Firefly Cove, in unseasonably cold 47 degree weather, where Patrick Swayze lifted Grey for the movie scene, Asheville ballet dancer Lyle Laney played his part perfectly, lift-ing Wolfe above his head for the swan pose.

Wolfe said she and TODAY’s week-end producers/associate producers were in Western North Carolina last week “celebrating the area” filming on the Blue Ridge Parkway, in honor of the parkway’s 75th anniversary.

She had a personal request to visit the movie set and asked Elizabeth Sims, Blue Ridge Parkway’s Media Relations/Communications, if it would be possible to visit the famous area where “Dirty Dancing” was filmed, particularly the scene where Patrick Swayze lifts Jennifer Grey in the lake.

Sims contacted John Cloud, owner of Firefly Cove, where the lift scene was filmed, and other key players and the plan was made.

Wolfe described the event as one of the “coolest” ever, because of the nostalgia of recreating a movie scene where so many people have memo-ries.

“Jenna just fulfilled every girl’s dream of wanting to be Jennifer Grey,” Katie Billman, TODAY Weekend associate producer said, as Wolfe wrapped herself in towels after the lake plunge.

Wolfe wore a white short-sleeved shirt and tan pants, just as Grey wore in the movie. Laney was bare-chested as was Swayze in the scene.

Cloud reminded the group the origi-nal movie scene was also filmed in the cold weather.

Wolfe and Laney practiced the lift only five minutes at the Lake Lure Marina before the small contingent of folks made their way to Firefly Cove.

Producer Robert Ciridon issued a few suggestions as the filming was about to begin.

“How cold is the water?” Wolfe asked.

“I mean, I’m not going to die, am I?” Wolfe asked, concerned about the lake temperature.

Cloud responded, “You’re much more intrepid on the show than you seem today.”

She reminded him of all the dare-devilish things she has done for the show, including, a scene where she was in a locked car submerged in water. “That was intrepid,” she quipped.

Wolfe told Billman and Ciridon, “Now when we get in there, roll it. I ain’t doing it again.”

The second after filming, “we’ll be back in the boat. Right?” she contin-ued.

Cloud drove Wolfe and Laney in his boat just a few feet from the dock.

Hesitating before getting in the water, “Just get in Jenna,” Billman called out.

“I can’t do this. It’s so cold,” she said.

Finally in the waist deep water, she

screamed and meandered toward Laney. Wolfe yelled again, for the camera crew to get going. “Shoot.”

Billman and Ciridon filmed the lift scene in just two takes and Wolfe was back in the boat.

“You know when I did the swan pose, I didn’t even feel cold and in the far, far off distance I was hearing music,” Wolfe said, grinning from ear to ear and proud of the shoot.

“I put 100 percent effort into this. I was afraid I’d have to do it again,” she said.

“My feet were the worst, they felt like needles were sticking in them,” she said.

After filming, Wolfe asked everyone on the dock to join her for a group picture.

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Jenna Wolfe, weekend anchor/correspondent for NBC’s Today show with Asheville ballet dancer Lyle Laney, recreates the scene in “Dirty Dancing” where Jennifer Grey practices her lift with Patrick Swayze.

Wolfe and the NBC crew visited Lake Lure and Chimney Rock early Wednesday morning as tem-peratures were about 47 degrees and the water temperature was about 60 degrees.

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Out & AboutBear Foot RaceMedia Team in Asheville

Jean Gordon/Daily CourierKrissy Mabry (second from left), a daughter of former R-S Central High School football coach Mike Mabry, (1987-2001) is shown with her CNN colleagues from Washington, DC, at the Asheville Regional Airport last Sunday. She was among media covering the departure of President Barack Obama aboard Air Force One after his weekend vacation in Asheville. Former Coach Mabry lives in his hometown Marion and teaches some classes at McDowell Tech.

Contributed photoThe Fifth Annual Bear Foot Race at Sunshine Elementary was held Saturday, April 24. The race is held to promote health and fitness and also serves as a fund-raiser for the school. There were 231 registered runners in the event, which is a half mile. The overall winner for the 5K was Cody Danner, a junior at East Rutherford High School. Other race results can be found at www.totalracesolutions.com.

Tree Planted For Earth Week

Contributed photoEast Rutherford High School students Whitney Callahan, (from left) Breezy Robertson, Amber Marlowe and Jordan Hawkins, planted a tree Tuesday at the school for Earth Week. The tree was also planted in honor of Rad Mayfield, a teach-er at ERHS.

“I had a Smoky Burgess baseball card when I was a kid, too,” State House Speaker Joe Hackney said of the Rutherford County baseball star, as he took the microphone at last week’s Democratic Party Spring Gala in Spindale.

Winners in the annual 4-H Fashion Reveue were: Madalyn Fleming, Madison Breedlove, Brooklyn Breedlove, Savannah Bell, Emily Hutchins, Emma Corbin, Ordina Corbin, Andreu’ Bell, Daphne Bickley, Kristin Webster, Joah Jickley and Autumn Corbin.

District 4 County Commissioner candidate Gail Strickland says Election Night in Rutherford County always has her on “pins and needles” because she always helps with computer print-outs for all candi-dates and the press. But Tuesday night, Strickland figures she’ll on “pins and needles” for another rea-son. The shoe is on another foot since she is actually a candidate and she’ll be wanting print-outs.

During a discussion of retirement benefits costs in the Town of Spindale’s 2010-2011 budget, Mayor Mickey Bland explained how some former employ-ees — including himself — were able to draw both state and local government retirement plans. “I get the local retirement from Isothermal Planning and Development Commission and I still draw full state retirement,” Bland said.

“Next thing you know he’ll go work at the post office so he can get some federal retirement,” Commissioner Toby Tomblin joked.

“I think he’s going to work for the postal service on Saturdays,” Commissioner Nancy Walker quipped.

Clothing Giveaway

Contributed photoMembers of High Shoal Baptist Church sponsored a Clothing Giveaway last Saturday from 9 a.m. until noon that was well received by the community. Children and adult clothes were given away free to those in need. Another clothing giveaway is planned for May 11. Michael Pardue is the pastor of High Shoals Church, which is located at 284 High Shoals Church Road, Henrietta. For more information call 657-6448.

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Contributed photosRutherford County Junior Miss 2011 Sarah Coyne (center) is flanked by the four finalists in last Saturday night’s program at The Foundation. They are (l-r): Morgan Sisk, third runner-up; Macey Strickland, first runner-up; Jordan Hawkins, second runner-up; and Adrienne Reavis, fourth runner-up. The Junior Miss contestants (below) are shown in costume for the opening number of the evening, which also featured Caroline Pocock (in front), Rutherford County’s Junior Miss 2010.

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Local students selected to attend 2010 Governor’s School program

FOREST CITY — This summer, 600 distinguished North Carolina rising high school juniors and seniors will attend the 2010 Governor’s School. This year’s attendees were chosen from more than 1,700 public and private school nominees to attend the six-week summer program for academically or intellectually gifted students.

Attending from Rutherford County Schools are Jordan R. Hawkins (East Rutherford High School), daughter of Scott and Sarah McKinney and Ted and Tina Hawkins; and Daryl L. Brown (R-S Central High School), daughter of Chris and Martha Brown. Jordan will be attending for math and Daryl for Natural Science.

N.C. Department of Public Instruction Exceptional Children Director Mary Watson con-gratulated the students on their selection.

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This is the first year a tuition fee is required for selected students to attend Governor’s School. Due to the state’s economic situation, funding to cover program costs was reduced, which resulted in a $500 tuition fee for each student. Tuition pay-ments are the responsibility of the public school system, charter school or private school that nomi-nated the student. Each school or school system will determine how it will assess and collect the fee. Options include paying the fee from local bud-gets, obtaining a corporate sponsor or requesting parents to cover the cost.

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ed in 1963 by former Gov. Terry Sanford, is the oldest statewide summer residential program for academically or intellectually gifted high school students in the nation. It also is the model on which other states’ programs have been fashioned. The program, which is open to rising seniors only, with exceptions made for rising juniors in select-ed performing/visual arts areas, is located on two campuses: Governor’s School West and East. Governor’s School West is located at Salem College in Winston-Salem and Governor’s School East is located at Meredith College in Raleigh. The 2010 session runs from June 13 - July 24.

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FOREST CITY — Fiction and nonfiction writer Tony Earley, formerly of Rutherfordton, will deliver the main address at the 2010 Warren Wilson College Commencement May 15. About 200 degree candidates, a record number for the college, are expected for the ceremony beginning at 10 a.m. on the lawn of Sunderland Residence Hall.

A 1983 graduate of Warren Wilson after growing up in Rutherford County, Earley is the author of four books including the highly praised novels “Jim the Boy” and “The Blue Star.” He

also has writ-ten a collec-tion of stories titled, “Here We Are in Paradise,” as well as the personal essay collection “Somehow Form a Family.”

Earley, win-ner of a National Magazine Award for fiction, was named one of the 20 best writers of his generation by both Granta and

The New Yorker. His writing has appeared in Harper’s, Esquire, The New Yorker, The Oxford American, The New York Times Book Review, Best American Short Stories, New Stories from the South and many other maga-zines and anthologies.

Since 1997 Earley has taught at Vanderbilt University, where he is the Samuel Milton Fleming Associate Professor of English. He teaches beginning, inter-mediate and advanced fiction workshops, along with a seminar on Hemingway and American fiction.

Earley to address Warren Wilson graduates

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Invention Convention Held at Trinity

Contributed photoLauren Crotts’ 4th grade class at Trinity Christian School presented Invention Convention commercials to parents and fellow students on April 1. Students had the option of creating a new product or improving an exist-ing product. Students pictured with their inventions are (l-r): Chloe Parton, Automatic Water Dispenser; Amber Thompson, Golf Tee Setter; Nicholas Bradley, Remote Controlled Trash Can; Stephen Arrowood, Beeping Remote; Maricela De Leon, Incredible 14 PS; Haleigh Wilson, Sprush; Karsten Kemick, Go Green Garden Watering; Sarah Cain, No Dash Leash; Saylor Hardin, Mud Buster; Jaxon Gardinier, L Box; and Lydia Arrowood, Five Legged Safety Chair.

HENDERSONVILLE — Historic Johnson Farm presents “Help the Grandkids are Coming” on Wednesday, May 12, at 1 p.m., with farm volunteer Marcia Grant, a retired educator and grandpar-ent. The focus will be on creative ideas for spend-ing time with your grandchildren. The fee for adults is only $5 and includes a 30 page booklet of hints, crafts, daytrips and more. Call 828-891-6585 to reserve a place. The program will be held at the Johnson Farm Interpretive Center at 3346 Haywood Road, Hendersonville.

Historic Johnson Farm was a late 19th-century tobacco farm that became a popular summer tour-ist retreat. In its heyday, visitors paid $5 a week for a room and three mouth-watering, home-cooked meals per day. In addition they enjoyed the plea-sures of farm life, social events such as square dancing, and the clean fresh air of the mountains. With the death of Sallie Johnson, her two bach-elor sons Vernon and Leander closed the boarding house. But they formed a close friendship with area schoolchildren, eventually bequeathing their farm to the public schools. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and was named a NC Cultural Treasure in 1996 by the Governors Year of the Mountains Commission. The 1870s brick farmhouse is said to be the oldest brick home in Henderson County.

Today the farm is owned by the Henderson County Public School system, and operated as a heritage education center. It is managed by the non-profit Henderson County Education Foundation and farm volunteers. The property fea-tures an 1880s boarding house, a barn-loft muse-um and shed, 10 historic buildings, and 15 acres of fields, forests and streams. Picnicking is permitted. (828) 891-6585; www.historicjohnsonfarm.org.

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Melissa-Anne Marie Clause and Clayton Bowen Turner II are engaged and plan to be married Saturday, June 5, 2010 at Forest City Fire Department.

The bride-elect is the daughter of Lynn Hernandez and the late Rose Aysenne of New Orleans, La. She is a graduate of Assumption High School, Napoleonville, La., and employed by BB&T, New Bern.

The groom-elect is the son of Mr. and

Mrs. Clayton Turner of Forest City. He is a graduate of Chase High School and employed by MCAS Cherry Point Fire Department.

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50th Anniversary

Clause, Turner

Melissa-Anne Clause, Clayton Turner II

Jaleeca De’Yonna Hamilton and Christopher Ryan Davis are engaged and plan to be married Saturday, May 15, 2010 at New Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Spindale.

The bride-elect is the daughter of Jimmy and Dolores Hamilton of Forest City. Jaleeca is a 2006 graduate of R-S Central High School and will graduate from Western Carolina University on May 8, with a BS in social work.

The groom-elect is the son of Christopher and Tracy Davis of Forest City. Ryan is a 2004 gradu-ate of Chase High School and serves in the United States Air Force, currently stationed at FE Warren Air Force Base, Cheyenne, Wyo.

Jaleeca Hamilton and Ryan Davis

Tom and Shirley Deviney of Forest City, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary April 16, 2010 at Lake Bowen with their family. The couple has four children, six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

RUTHRFORDTON — The Rutherford County Visual Arts Center is now taking applica-tions for its week-long Summer Arts Workshops for ages 8 to 14. Each day students will explore a different art form – working with paint, clay, mosaic, and

wood. Instructors are mem-bers of the Visual Artists Guild. Workshops will be held the weeks of June 21-26; July 12-16 and July 26-30. Hours are 9 a.m. to noon. The $60 fee includes all materials.

Applications may be picked

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SPINDALE (April 27, 2010) – Officials are seeking nominations for this year’s Outstanding Alumnus Award at Isothermal Community College.

The deadline is Monday, May 3. Nominations are being solicited from faculty, staff, students and members of the community.

The Isothermal Community College Alumni Association Board of Directors created the award in 1983 to annually recognize the accomplish-ments of a former student.

To be eligible for the award a nominee must have received a degree, diploma or certificate in a voca-tional, technical or college transfer program at

Isothermal. Members of the Alumni Association Board of Directors are not eligible.

The award will be presented during the college’s Commencement Program on Monday, May 17.

Nominations should include the name and address of the nominee, year of graduation from Isothermal and a detailed statement of accom-plishments that qualify the nominee for the award. Forms are available at the switchboard in the Administration Building.

Nominations should be mailed to Isothermal Community College, Box OA, P.O. Box 804, Spindale, NC 28160. For more information, con-tact Vicki Hoyle at 828-286-3636, ext. 210, or Judy O’Dell at 828-286-3636, ext. 209.

Outstanding alumnus deadline extended

Contributed photoKatie Bell, Lauren Revis and Emily Lane create with clay during one of the 2009 summer workshops sponsored by the Rutherford County Visual Arts Center.

Summer arts workshop now taking applications

‘Pennies For PATH’

Contributed photoFourth grade students at Spindale Elementary School recently collected $160 to purchase and put together kits for children at the PATH homeless shelter. “Pennies for PATH” was a learn and serve grant activity. The idea came from a class set of How to Steal a Dog by Barbara O’conner, which is about a ten year old little girl who is homeless and sleeps in her car with her family. Students read the book and worked on comprehension activities. They collected money during two weeks where they got pledges to read chapters in their AR books. The stu-dents then purchased items such as toothbrushes, toothpaste, stuffed animals, toys, notebooks, shampoo, and soap. Each bag had seven items in it. The students packed the bags and wrote letters of encouragement to the child who will receive it.

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localGod and Country Awards Pack 165 Pinewood Derby Winners

Pilot Club Makes Donation

Contributed photoThe God and Country award was presented to ten boy scouts from BSA Troop 129 on April 11, at Spencer Baptist Church, Spindale. They are (l-r): in front — Adam Whitner, South Bright, Matt Robinson, William Newton, Ethan Wallace, Rev. Bruce Caldwell, (counselor); in back — Bill Giles, (counselor), Matt Atchley, Kenny Lovelace, Adam Blecher, Egan Newton, Lee Roberts. BSA Troop 129 is sponsored by Spencer Baptist Church.

Contributed photoCub Scout Pack 165 held it 38th annual Pinewood Derby Race on April 25, at the First United Methodist Church of Rutherfordton. The winners are (from left) Gabriel Edwards, champion, with his parents Denise and Greg Edwards; Ben Hutchins, first runner up, with his parents Laura and Jim Hutchins; Cape Dickerson, second runner up, with his dad Pete Dickerson; and Pack 165 Cubmaster David Hunt. The 2010 champion and two runner’s up will compete in the Chimney Rock District winner’s Pinewood Derby Race which takes place May 1, during May Festival in downtown Rutherfordton. The three top cars and boys from the District Race will travel to Hickory for the Piedmont Council Race. Absent from the photograph is Dr. Jerald DeLaGarza, champion of the Pack No. 165 “Parents Unlimited Class” Race with his bath tub shaped racer.

Contributed photoThe Pilot Club of Rutherford County recently presented a check for $1,082.95 to Ellenboro School for classroom supplies including a cash register, sand and water craft play table, an egg incubator with egg turner, an Anchor Audio Little Big Hornmegaphone, and a laptop for their projector. Shown presenting the check is Pilot Club President, Joyce Ferguson, (from left); classroom instructor, Heather Sims; Principal Bill Bass; Pilot projects coordinator, Wanda Price; classroom assis-tant, Caryn Yorke; and a number of excited students.

Liston Ramsey Award

Jean Gordon/Daily CourierMartha Doggett (center) received the annual Liston Ramsey Award Thursday night at the Democratic Party Spring Gala at The Foundation, Isothermal Community College. Doggett of Forest City is a former officer with the Rutherford County Democratic party. The award is presented each year in memory of Ramsey who served in the North Carolina House of Representatives for nearly four decades. With Doggett are North Carolina Speaker of the House Rep. Joe Hackney (left) and Luke Hyde, chairman of the 11th Congressional District Democratic Executive Committee.

England Recognized

Jean Gordon/Daily CourierRetiring North Carolina House Rep. Bob England (left) receiving a plaque of appreciation for his years of service by T. Eugene Mitchell, Rutherford County Democractic Party Chair. England received the award last Thursday night at the annual spring gala.

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RUTHERFORDTON — Marine Corps JROTC cadets from R-S Central High School are continu-ally involved in community service projects. Annually, cadets typically contribute more than 3500 man-hours of volunteer service in JROTC sponsored events. The last month is a snapshot of the unit’s commitment to service in the local area.

JROTC recently hosted a blood drive at R-S Central. Cadets were involved in recruiting, setting up, registration, running the canteen and cleanup afterwards. Cadets, stu-dents, faculty and family members contributed 112 units of whole blood, exceeding the drive’s goal by 12 per-cent. The very next day, cadets pro-vided assistance at Rutherfordton Elementary School’s spring carni-val. Thirty cadets were involved and helped primarily with running the inflatable attractions.

Nearly every day for a week, cadets manned phones in the evenings at WNCW public radio as the sta-tion held its spring fund drive. On a recent day, cadets conducted two events simultaneously. More than twenty provided manpower support at the county track meet while sever-al others assisted the Rutherfordton Kiwanis Club in preparing for its annual auction. Just a few days later, twenty-five cadets assisted at the March of Dimes Walk for Babies held at ICC.

The unit has more events on their spring schedule. At MayFest, cadets will help with the Hammer Time 5K Run. The following week, the unit will be conducting its semiannual cleanup of U.S. Highway 221 as part of the Adopt-A-Highway Program; this has been an ongoing commit-ment for JROTC for more than ten years.

JROTC cadets spend time giving back to community

Contributed photosCadet Sergeant Gabe Abele (above) and Cadet Staff Sergeant Ashley Davis hand out water to thirsty walkers at the March of Dimes Walk for Babies, held recently at Isothermal Community College. Cadet Sergeant Ian Clay (right) hooks up a young climber at Rutherfordton Elementary School’s spring carnival.

Contributed photoCadet Sergeant Cole Flack, a first-time donor, looks enthusiastic at the blood drive sponsored by R-S Central MCJROTC.

RUTHERFORDTON — Norris Public Library has released the following list of new books on its shelves.Fiction:Requiem by Fire, Wayne

Caldwell Hell Gate, Linda Fairstein The Burying Place, Brian

Freeman The Killing Edge, Heather

Graham Deception, Jonathan Kellerman From Cradle to Grave, Patricia

MacDonald Hannah’s List, Debbie

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Return to Sender, Fern Michaels Known to Evil, Walter Mosley Fang, James Patterson Strip, Thomas Perry A River in The Sky, Elizabeth

Peters Every Last One, Anna Quindlen Think Twice, Lisa Scottoline Non-Fiction:Oprah, by Kitty KelleyBeyond the Cleavage, Raquel

Welch.

Norris Public Library is located at 132 North Main St., Rutherfordton. Website www.rutherfordton.net.

DEERFIELD BEACH, FL — Bloody Mary Relish, Bearnaise sauce, and Tomato Stack with aged balsamic vinegar and Italian parsley, are just a few of the delicious recipes from Jennifer Schaertl’s debut cookbook “Gourmet Cooking in Crappy Little Kitchens.”

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no dishwasher, no pantry space, a refrigerator about half her size and a floor that slopes. Here, she shares her guidelines for cooking in a less-than-ideal space.

The book includes everything from appetizers and sal-ads to soups and one-pot wonders to side dishes and entrees, and of course, dessert is included along with Jennifer’s tried-and-true advice for working with limit-ed space, applianc-es, cookware, and ingredients all on a limited budget.

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New books at Norris Library

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Fels-Naptha soap is a multi-use product that’s been around for over 100 years. It’s manu-factured by the Dial Corp. I’ve mentioned it a couple of times as an ingredient to make homemade laundry soap. But it can be used in many other ways in your home and gar-den, too. If you’re unable to find it (and other hard-to-find products such as washing soda) locally, it can be bought cheaply from Soaps Gone Buy (www.soapsgonebuy.com). Owner Stephanie Woods was kind enough to share some of the many uses for Fels-Naptha, so I’m passing some of them along to you.

TO CLEAN YOUR SHOWER: Rub a nonabrasive scouring sponge with a wet bar of Fels-Naptha and start cleaning. It will take a little hard work the first time you use it but it will be a breeze after that.

POISON IVY TREATMENT: Fels-Naptha Soap has been used for over 100 years for the treatment and prevention of poison ivy, sumac and oak rash. If you think you have been exposed to poison ivy, oak or sumac, shower immediately with Fels-Naptha to remove the resin from your skin, and it will help to dry up the rash, as well. This will greatly reduce and in most cases prevent any skin reaction to the poison ivy oil. Make sure to launder your clothes in some shaved or grat-ed fels naptha (about 1/16th of the bar) to remove the resin from your clothes. Poison ivy resin can stay on your clothes for over 1 year even if the clothes have been washed with normal detergent.

DEER REPELLENT: This requires a little work and smells bad but it works.

1 bar of Fels-Naptha soap — grated

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4 eggs — whole1 small can of chili powder Fill a 5-gallon bucket with

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STAIN REMOVER AND PRE-TREATER: It works especially well on oil-based stains. Just rub the stain with a wet bar of Fels-Naptha Soap. Let it sit for a while and laun-der as usual. It works great on baby clothes, which often have formula stains.

— Chocolate smudge on clothes. Rub the stain with Fels-Naptha Soap and let sit in your filled washer with 20 Mule Team Borax for 30 min-utes. Launder as usual.

Sunday Break

Husband’s e-mail flirt lacks stamp of approvalDear Abby: I have been

married to my husband, “Ted,” for many years. He is a people person with close friends of both sexes. I have never had a problem with his having female friends because I trust him, and because these women are my friends, too.

Recently, however, a woman I’ll call “Ellie” has become infatuated with my husband. At least I think she has, and I need an unbi-ased perspective. Ted has a separate e-mail account and he has shown me some of her messages. She calls him “Dearest” and says things like, “You are amazing; you are inspirational; you are my

special friend; and you ras-cal, you.” He either doesn’t reply or is very careful how he does.

Abby, I sense that Ellie is trying to establish a separate relationship with Ted. He and I have discussed it. He thinks it’s funny and we have joked about it, but we’re both becoming uncomfortable around her.

We have mutual friends we see once a month for din-ner. We’d have to explain to them why we want to cut off

contact with Ellie. They may understand because Ellie’s flirting has been escalating at these dinners. Am I being paranoid? — Wondering

Dear Wondering: If you and Ted have both become uncomfortable because of Ellie’s advances, you’re not paranoid. Yes, you can with-draw from the dinners so you have less exposure to Ellie. But there is another way to handle it. Your husband can inform the woman that her attentions are making him uncomfortable and, if she wants to communicate via e-mail, she do it using your joint account — and block her from his private one.

Dear Abby: My husband,

“Gerald,” and I have been married since the ‘70s, and in all that time we have never taken a trip or shared a vacation by ourselves. He makes the plans (even ask-ing me where I’d like to go), but we always end up visiting one of his relatives or friends instead. And I end up doing the same things there I do at home — cooking meals, cleaning, doing dishes and laundry — while Gerald sits and enjoys himself.

The last time I mentioned that we have never been anywhere by ourselves, he seemed to really consider it. The next day he said, “OK, let’s take a cruise.” Then he said, “I’ll call my brother and

see if he and his wife want to come with us!”

Am I wrong in feeling upset that my husband doesn’t care enough to go anywhere with just me or to a place that I want to visit? —Needs a vacation

Dear Needs: Not in my book. It appears that your husband doesn’t consider one-on-one time with you to be special, and that IS upset-ting. When he suggested inviting his brother and sister-in-law along on the cruise, I hope you responded with a resounding “No!” But if you didn’t, I’m recom-mending that for your next vacation, YOU make the res-ervations.

Abigail van Buren

Dear Abby

Dear Dr. Gott: I read an article about a person who broke blood vessels frequently. I used to break them at least three times a week, so my doctor ran blood tests. She told me to increase my vitamin C intake, which I did. But what really helped was when I started drinking tart cherry-juice concen-trate, usually taken for joint pain. I still break blood vessels but not as frequently and only in my fingers or toes.

Dear Reader: A contu-sion or bruise occurs when tiny blood vessels near the surface of the skin are damaged or broken. This is often the result of a direct blow to the skin, such as hitting a hand or shin against a piece of fur-niture. Blood leaks from the injured blood vessels into the surrounding tis-sues, and a colorful bruise results. We tend to bruise much more readily as we age, perhaps because blood vessels become more frag-ile and skin thins. Also, a number of medications, including aspirin and anticoagulants, can cause bruising at the slightest pressure.

Vitamin C is a water-soluble vitamin that can’t be manufactured in the human body. This vital component is obtained through diet and supple-

ments but must be taken in moderation, because excesses can lead to abdominal distress, an increase in iron absorption and kidney stones. Vitamin C is necessary for synthesis of collagen, an important structural component of blood vessels. This anti-oxidant is necessary for the growth and repair of tissues and the healing of wounds. With deficiency, easy bruising, weakened blood vessels, joint pain and bleeding can result.

Vitamin K, produced by bacteria in the intestines, aids in blood clotting. Low levels of that vitamin can lead to excessive bleeding.

Cherry-juice concentrate has been touted to control symptoms of gout, arthri-tis, headaches and a host of other ailments. The Food and Drug Administration warns manufacturers with regard to making false statements. Nonetheless, it certainly is possible that if you have less joint pain, you are less likely to stub your toes, bang your knees or whack your hands. The product cannot harm you and may be safer than some prescription drugs.

Broken blood vessels plague readerThe American Humane Association

has announced “Be Kind to Animals Week May 2 – 8, 2010 and invites us to join the event that’s been celebrated every year since 1915. This annual tra-dition commemorates the role animals play in our lives, promotes ways to continue to treat them humanely, and encourage others, especially children, to do the same. Be Kind to Animals Week is celebrated with shelter infor-mation and resources, special American Humane merchandise, and the annual Be Kind to Animals™ Kid Contest that recognizes children who go above and beyond to create a better world for ani-mals. And while Be Kind to Animals Week is celebrated only once a year, there are ways people can be kind to animals every day.

Speak out for animalsGet informed about policies and legislation

that can impact the animals in your com-munity and throughout the country. Also, go to www.americanhumane.org to regis-ter to receive Action Alerts from American Humane — you’ll be able to speak out for animals with just the click of a mouse. Advocacy for animals can make a huge dif-ference in their safety and well-being.

Report animal abuseAnimal cruelty and abuse is not only tragic

for animals, but also an indicator that other forms of abuse such as domestic violence could be happening. If you see something that looks suspicious — a dog chained in your neighbor’s yard that looks underfed, a child putting a cat in a box and kicking it around the yard — don’t hesitate.

Appreciate wildlifeAll animals deserve to be treated humanely

— animals in the wild as well as family pets Create an inviting space in your yard and garden for butterflies, hummingbirds and other creatures. If wildlife comes too close to home, look for ways to coexist with animals or to protect your property humanely.

Adopt a pet from a shelter or rescueEvery year, an estimated 3.7 million ani-

mals are destroyed at our nation’s shelters because they could not be adopted into loving homes. Help animals find a second chance at happiness by adopting your next pet from your local shelter or rescue group. American Humane has tips on the website that will help you find the animal compan-ion that’s right for you and develop a bond that will last a lifetime. This information is also available by contacting volunteers at the Community Center office at Animal Control.

Take care of your petPets are like children who never grow up.

They need you to help keep them healthy and safe throughout their lives.

Keep your animal’s vaccinations up-to-date.

Make sure he’s wearing proper identifica-tion.

Take your pet to the veterinarian regularly. Know what it takes to be a responsible

owner.

Be kind to animals Week starts now

PUZZLEYour Birthday, May 2;

In the year ahead, evaluate all the pos-sibilities you have for putting one or more of your creative ideas to work for you.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — It’s one of those days when you won’t have to do anything special in order to draw attention to yourself. You’ll be noticed whether you are one among many or the lone person in the room.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Although you may feel that it is better to give than to receive, others may feel you deserve something nice for yourself for all the unselfishness you’ve displayed. It’s your turn to be the getter.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — One of your greatest gifts is the ability to help others envision things as they could be and not just as they are. Today your encouragement will be greatly appreci-ated by someone special.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Instead of seeking advice from co-workers or asso-ciates regarding career or work-related issues, use your own good judgment. You’ll get the right answer if you’re hon-est with yourself.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Some of the more valuable things we can learn in life may not necessarily come from books but from personal experiences.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — When it comes to a joint endeavor, it might be more important to be supportive.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — One of your greatest assets today will be your spirit of cooperation. A willing-ness to work agreeably with others will stimulate a similar reaction in return. Togetherness succeeds.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — It should be no surprise that involve-ments that challenge your imagination and creativity will be the ones you’ll find to be most rewarding.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — When making a decision that affects oth-ers as well as yourself, let your compas-sionate instincts prevail.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — Sometimes requirements of those you love may take precedence over your own interests.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Remember, the ability to view things from an unprejudiced perspective will net the most beneficial results.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — All people are entitled to do something nice for themselves once in a while. If there is something you really want that costs more than you usually spend, get it.

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Development director; Mary Jaeger-Gale, general manager, Chimney Rock State Park, and Michelle McConnell Yelton of The McConnell Group Public Relations, Inc. were among those at the scene.

After filming, the TODAY crew visited Gale’s Gift Shop in Chimney Rock Village where Wolfe eyed a hon-ey pot, before driving to Asheville for the flight back to New York.

The crew spent Tuesday night at the Lodge on Lake Lure, arriving there Tuesday after a five-day trip on the Blue Ridge Parkway.

Wolfe and the crew flew into Roanoke, Va., early last week. They drove to Mabry’s Mill and ate pan-cakes, visited the Blue Ridge Music

Center near Galax, Va., where they were treated to some traditional mountain music and Wolfe got a les-son in buck dancing.

Wolfe’s favorite adventure was riding a bicycle on the Linn Cove Viaduct.

“I breathed the beauty of the area,” she said. “It was wonderful.”

She said she does not take her job for granted as she travels around the world. “My eyes are taking in so much beauty.”

They also visited the Orchard at Altapass, took a hay ride and tasted apple stack cake, also a favorite of Wolfe.

The show is scheduled to air Sunday, May 16, on NBC’s TODAY, Cridion said.

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

LAKE LURE — Fans of the cult-classic “Dirty Dancing” will relive memories of Baby’s first dance at the inaugural “Dirty Dancing Festival” in the film’s original, breathtaking back-drop of Lake Lure on Sept. 17-18.

Hosted by the Hickory Nut Gorge Chamber of Commerce in Lake Lure, the celebratory weekend will include:

n Lakeside film screening, Friday evening: Guests will remember the magic of “Dirty Dancing” while watching the movie against the waterfront site of “the lift” on the original location of Johnny’s cabin.

n The Dirty Dancing Festival, Saturday afternoon: This outdoor festival will showcase live music by Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs (singer and writer of the platinum hit, “Stay” from the “Dirty Dancing” soundtrack), dance performances by the “A-Lure” Dirty Dancing Review Dancers, Dirty Dancing storytellers, family-friendly games, dance lessons, a dance competition and more.

n The Time of Your Life Gala, Saturday evening: Have the time of your life and complete the weekend with an elegant 1960s-inspired gala featuring surprise dance perfor-mances from the film, a silent auc-tion of movie memorabilia, a live 1950s/1960s band, and a professional and amateur shag competition.

Named the “No. 1 Most-Watched Film by Women” in 2009 by the BBC News, “Dirty Dancing’s” impact on pop culture remains timeless. The film’s ongoing success has resulted in “Dirty Dancing: The Musical” that was also written by the movie’s origi-nal writer Eleanor Bergstein.

Tickets for the “Dirty Dancing Festival” are already on sale and a portion of the proceeds will benefit local arts organizations.

For more information, visit www.dirtydancingfestival.com, or call the Hickory Nut Gorge Chamber of Commerce at 877-625-2725.

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NBC’s TODAY Weekend anchor Jenna Wolfe was in Lake Lure and Chimney Rock Wednesday where she filmed a piece for Sunday, May 16. Wolfe (left) selects a honey pot from Gale’s Gifts on Main Street; Wolfe and weekend producers Robert Cridion and Katie Bullman (below) give Wolfe a preview of the film they shot of her recreat-ing the dance lift scene from “Dirty Dancing.”

Wolfe talks with Firefly Cove owner John Cloud.

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