daily courier may 20 2010

Thursday, May 20, 2010, Forest City, N.C.

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By ALLISON FLYNNDaily Courier Staff Writer

SPINDALE – The Rutherford County Department of Social Services received its second allo-cation for the subsidized employ-ment program, but the amount received wasn’t what the depart-ment was expecting.

“We did receive our second allocation, but it’s not what we had hoped for,” said county DSS Director John Carroll.

The department received $124,363 for its second alloca-tion, which was the same amount as the first allocation. Carroll told the board during its May meeting Wednesday that because the second allocation was no larger than the first, it had caused the department to have to make decisions on the program.

“After the second allocation, we made decisions on how to cut some of the positions, but keep people employed part-time and help out employers in keeping positions,” he said.

Funding for the program comes through the TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) Emergency Contingency Fund through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. DSS partnered with PSU (Personnel Services Unlimited) to provide job training for those individuals who meet criteria to take part in the program.

Carroll said some of the employers, who had planned to hire people permanently at the program’s end, had already done so. In all, 12 positions were cut and hours were reduced to 22.

“We now have 32 positions, 22 are part-time and 10 are full-

Please see DSS, Page 6

DSS sees cut in job program funding

Teachers get new school tour

Garrett Byers/Daily CourierBryan King welcomes Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy’s grammar school teachers to their new school Wednesday.

Garrett Byers/Daily CourierThis sign greets those arriving at the new Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy’s grammar school.

By ALLISON FLYNNDaily Courier Staff Writer

FOREST CITY — A big yellow bus pulled up to the new Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy’s gram-mar school, and those riding the bus were hanging out the windows, screaming and cheering.

And it wasn’t the students who’ll be educated there this fall.

The school’s teachers and fac-ulty members got their first glimpse inside the school in a surprise visit Wednesday afternoon. Principal Jason Cole had told them they were going to have a staff meeting in the afternoon, but as teachers headed to it they figured out what was going on.

“They had their measuring tapes with them,” said Candice Edwards, core knowledge director.

Once parked, teachers got off the bus and anxiously awaited entering the building.

“Teachers,” said Bryan King, a mem-ber of the school’s board who is also over the grounds and facilities com-

Please see TJCA, Page 6

Garrett Byers/Daily CourierActors Thomas Sneed, left facing, and Ben Asher act out a scene atop the water tower as (l-r) director of photography Wade K. Ramsey, film director Tim Rogers and production manager Steve Ross look on.

By JESSICA OSBORNEDaily Courier Correspondent

SPINDALE — A filming crew from Bob Jones University in South Carolina shot a scene from a nar-rative film about mill baseball in Upstate South Carolina in the 1920s.

Actors Ben Asher and Thomas Sneed acted out one of the scenes from the film on a water tower in Spindale.

The scene is being filmed at a water tower across from Spencer Baptist church because it was eas-ily accessible. A smaller water tower was needed to film the scene and it will be used for lower shots. Another tower will be used for lon-ger shots to make the characters look like they are traveling higher up the tower.

Please see Film, Page 6

By SCOTT BAUGHMANDaily Courier Staff Writer

FOREST CITY — Some Western North Carolina U.S. Census workers have had trouble getting their pay-checks, and Congressman Heath Shuler (D-Waynesville) has formally requested

the Department of Commerce investigate.

“My district office in Asheville has received over 50 calls from constituents regarding issues with payments,” Shuler said in a statement. “Some workers did not get paid at all, others were paid less than they were promised, and at least one

worker was overpaid.”In his request to Todd Zinser, inspec-

tor general with the Department of Commerce, Shuler said his constituents were told by the Asheville Census Office

Please see Census, Page 6

Census payroll questions being asked

Film crew shooting in Spindale

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By JEAN GORDONDaily Courier Staff Writer

FOREST CITY — Merchants and church members from Cornerstone Fellowship, are working together to bring the traditional fireworks display to the Tri-City Mall on July 3. They have just over a week to raise half of the money needed for the event.

After learning the Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce was not going to sponsor the event,

Deneen Hamrick, Cornerstone member and Carey Davis, owner of Village Coffee and also a member of Cornerstone, have accepted the task to spearhead a drive to raise $8,000 for the fireworks.

Friday, May 28, is the dead-line to raise, $4,000, said Carey Davis, owner of Village Coffee.

“We are trying as hard as we can and we are beating down everybody’s door,” Davis said. They have talked to foundations and sent at least 30 letters to churches across the county ask-ing for donations.

Having the annual fireworks display in Forest City is an American tradition, he said. “This community is so pro-grammed to coming out here for the fireworks,” Davis said. Last year an estimated 4,000 people

watched the fireworks from the Tri-City Mall area.

Chamber of Commerce direc-tor Rick Austin said the board of directors made the decision not to sponsor the fireworks display again this year.

“We lost money on it last year and when we (board members) discussed it, we asked, ‘Are peo-ple going to miss the fireworks? I was told there will be at least eight fireworks going on and this was not going to be that big of a deal.

Austin said people in the area will have the opportunity to see fireworks in Forest City at the Forest City Owls game at McNair Stadium July 4.

Rural communities of Green Hill, Mt. Vernon and Gilkey often sponsor fireworks events. Rumbling Bald, Lake Lure has a private fireworks display and the Hickory Nut Gorge will sponsor fireworks on July 4.

“We don’t get any government money or anything else, it all comes from sponsors,” Austin said. “We are not in the fire-works business. We are trying to help businesses survive right now.”

In the past few years, the chamber has struggled to find enough sponsors to finance the fireworks display and at times

it was questionable the event would be possible due to lack of sponsors and support.

The chamber took over the leadership role several years ago after the Tri-City Mall mer-chants concluded its former sponsorship of the event.

The chamber-sponsored fireworks event last year was also the conclusion of July 3 events hosted by Cornerstone Fellowship in the parking area behind the Tri-City Mall.

“The church is planning anoth-er event this year,” said Hamrick. The event will be similar to its inaugural event last year.

It will include musicians, food and beverage vendors, a car show, rock climbing wall, inflat-ables and the fireworks display at the end of the day.

“We are working on involving other churches in Rutherford County, but we are in the early stages of planning,” Hamrick said. “We would love to be able to provide those somehow, and are working on making that hap-pen as well.”

If interested in helping raise money, contact Davis at [email protected] or 429-6862 or Hamrick at 447-4484.

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

If there is to be a fireworks show in Forest City this July 4th, Cornerstone Fellowship will need the help of others in the community

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Cornerstone seeks fireworks aid

By JESSICA OSBORNEDaily Courier Staff Writer

LAKE LURE — Shepherd’s Care is starting a free senior program for adults over 50 who live in the Hickory Nut Gorge Community. The Senior Gorgers Program starts Friday, May 21, in Lake Lure.

“We hope this program will enhance and promote togetherness in our community, said Mary Ann Ransom of Shepherd’s Care. “We are not trained to accommodate people who are not mobile, however; indi-viduals with disabilities are welcome to come with their caregivers.”

From 10 to 11 a.m., participants can receive a health check that cov-ers blood pressure and weight and gives them a chance to talk with Park Ridge Hospital staff.

Coffee and snacks will be served

during this time as well as newspaper swapping, small group games and puzzles, and power and loop walking.

Bingo will be held from 11 to noon and a light lunch will be served from noon to 12:30 p.m.

A variety of special programs such as art therapy, dance/movement ther-apy, genealogy, healthy eating dem-onstrations, storytelling, and crafts will take place after lunch from 12:30 to 2 p.m.

During the special programs time, the computer lab will be available from 1 to 2 p.m.

The program will be held every Friday morning at the Municipal Center located on Memorial Highway.

The health component of the pro-gram will be sponsored by Park Ridge Hospital.


FOREST CITY — Singer Rita Gumm, known as the First Lady of the Carolina Opry at Myrtle Beach, S.C., and singer, hit songwriter Archie Jordan, will be in concert at Florence Baptist Church, Sunday, May 23, at 6 p.m.

Gumm is an original cast member of Calvin Gilmore’s “The Carolina Opry” which opened in 1986 and is celebrating her 25th season with the show.

Gumm, who lives in Myrtle Beach, said in an online interview, her favorite song is “Amazing Grace.”

“Gospel music over-all is my favorite. And “He’s Alive,” which is what I closed with at the Christmas show. I don’t really stay up on contem-porary music right now; the music that I listen to is older music. I actually read a lot. I love Dolly Parton. I grew up with her songs.”

Gumm says, “God is everything to me. My faith is everything. I feel that is why I am doing what I do. I feel like I wouldn’t be in music if not for that. It’s what I was born to do.”

Jordan, a two-time Grammy nominee and recipi-ent of numerous awards, will share his testimony and talent through word and song. Also known for his humorous side, Jordan will play the piano and guitar, and sing some of his most popular songs.

He has written eight number one hit songs including, “It Was Almost Like A Song,” “Let’s Take The Long Way Around The World” and “What A Difference You’ve Made In My Life.” More than 100 artists have recorded his music, includ-ing Ronnie Milsap, Barbara Mandrell, Kenny Rogers, Tina Turner, Engelbert Humperdinck, B.J. Thomas, The Tams, Amy Grant, Shirley Caesar, Larnelle Harris, and Steven Curtis Chapman.

After many years in Nashville, he now divides his time between writing songs from his studio located on the old family farm in Perkins, Ga., and per-forming in concerts.

Contact Gordon at [email protected].

Senior Gorgers program starts Friday in Lake Lure

Contributed photoCarolina Opry star Rita Gumm.

Carolina Opry stars perform here on Sunday

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RALEIGH (AP) — The state Senate gave tentative approval Wednesday to a nearly $19 billion plan to run North Carolina state govern-ment for the coming year that largely gave public edu-cation a break from the worst cuts at the expense of health care and other programs.

The chamber voted 32-17 in favor of a plan that clos-es what Democratic lead-ers call a projected 4 per-cent revenue shortfall. All Democrats present joined three Republicans in support of the adjustments rolled out on the floor only a week after the Legislature convened this year’s session.

Speakers used the word “pain” several times during the nearly two-hour debate about a budget that would trim expenses in dozens of agencies and reduce spend-ing in the Department of Health and Human Services

by 9 percent compared to what had already been approved for the new year. Local school districts and the University of North Carolina system also would receive authority to furlough teach-ers and other employees to help avoid the potential loss of 1,600 jobs.

“No one wants to be fur-loughed,” said Sen. A.B. Swindell, D-Nash, one of the Senate’s chief budget-writers, but “I promise that we will all feel our state’s pain.”

The Senate will give its final approval Thursday before sending it to the House, whose leaders are aiming to get its version approved by June 3. It would give lawmakers roughly three weeks to negotiate a final plan and send it to Gov. Beverly Perdue before the new fiscal year begins July 1.

The budget would trim the second year of the two-year

spending plan approved last summer by nearly $600 mil-lion and spend $187 million less than Perdue’s budget offer last month. The chang-es are designed to narrow a projected budget gap of $800 million to $1 billion caused by flagging state revenues.

“We keep North Carolina sound fiscally,” said Sen. Linda Garrou, D-Forsyth.

But Republicans contend the budget actually increases government spending when compared to actual state spending for this year when up to 5 percent was held back by Perdue. It also fails to prepare the state for the loss of more than $1 bil-lion in stimulus funds in 2011 by freezing spending at current levels, said Senate Minority Leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham.

Still, GOP Sens. Fletcher Hartsell of Cabarrus County, Stan Bingham of Davidson

County and Richard Stevens of Wake County voted for the budget bill. The three voted for the Senate’s version of the budget last year, too.

Overall, the public schools would see a 3 percent reduc-tion, or about $219 mil-lion less to a budget of $7.1 billion. The Senate plan doesn’t eliminate a require-ment that school districts locate another $80 million in cuts. And budget writers declined to accept Perdue’s request to expand the cuts by a combined $215 mil-lion. There would be no pay raises for teachers and other state employees for a second straight year.

Perdue got less than half of the $39 million she sought for expanding the use of hand-held computers by teachers in elementary schools. Senate Democrats rejected a Republican amendment that would have

taken most of the $15 million set aside for Perdue’s com-puter effort and funneled it to eliminate a one-year mor-atorium on new school bus purchases.

The state’s largest teach-er lobbying group said it’s unfair that UNC system spending will stay essentially flat and the community col-lege system got 5 percent to pay for a surge in enrollment while public schools took a cut.

The bill contains no broad tax increases but keeps in place higher temporary sales and income taxes approved last year. It generates $22.2 million in new and addition-al court criminal fees and sets aside $50 million for business-related tax breaks, most of which would cut the tax rate for owners of small businesses from 7.75 percent to the 6.9 percent rate paid by corporations.

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

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

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

State lawmakers took action Wednesday and several items are aimed at helping the state’s small

business owners and creating jobs.The proposed moves could do a lot to

help.In the House, a committee approved a

package of job creation tax credits that would cost the state $80 million over three years.

The proposal would give job tax cred-its of $1,000 to businesses with fewer than 25 employees for every job created and maintained for three years; allow a $250 tax credit to help pay insurance costs for employees earning less than $40,000 per year; expand an invest-ment tax break and add funding to existing programs that benefit small businesses.

The Senate, meanwhile, approved in its budget proposal a cut in the state’s highest marginal tax rate for small business from 7.75 percent to the corpo-rate rate of 6.9 percent.

These efforts aimed at small business have been sorely needed. The state has long tried the incentives route with big companies, but little effort has been put toward the small operations which are the backbone of our economy.

What is sad is that it took an econom-ic crises to get the legislature to take a look at these possibilities.

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Small business focus is needed

Our readers’ viewsResponds to writer’s political assessment

To the editor:After reading Ray Crawford’s

letter to the editor dated 5/14, I had a thought.

How could I be wrong about so many things on so many levels. I mean it’s obvious that one of us has the wrong idea because we don’t agree on much at all.

I printed the letter out so I could comment on it and be sure that I was using his words and not making anything up.

So here it goes. 1. And I quote, “If the present

administration is in favor of any-thing, it is an automatic no vote from all Republicans.”

I thought we were trying to work together, why would you be in favor of an automatic no vote.

2. “They cry a lot about social-ized medicine. There is nothing resembling socialized medicine in the health care reform.”

How can the government take over the health care industry, say that if you don’t have health care you will be required to take the government plan or be fined, and it not be considered socialism?

Oh yeah, everybody else has to pay for it. While I know that there are people who really need help, and I don’t have a problem with that, there are a lot of dead beats and illegals out there who should not get anything.

Last, but certainly not least. 3. “I have already admitted that

I do not understand the events; however, I have a strong suspi-cion that there are a lot of folks who cannot accept the leadership of a black president.”

I have yet to have one of my conservative friends say the reason they don’t like Obama is because he is black. They believe like I do, and that is we don’t care what color he is. If he was the right man for the job, I would have voted for him, bottom line.

Well I had a lot more to say, but this is running a little long, so I’ll

save the rest for later. Well, one last comment. In

Saturday’s paper There was a headline that read, Congress eyes tax cut deal. Ever notice how the headline reads like this and you find out that they are just extend-ing a Bush tax break. If you just read the headline, you wouldn’t know that ... interesting isn’t it.

Harry HallmanBostic

Thanks all who helped with campaign effort

To the editor:I want to express my gratitude

to all who supported me in my campaign.

Thanks ...To my wife for her support,

encouragement and hard work.To those who contributed finan-

cially.To my campaign team who

worked hard and sacrificially.To all those throughout the

county who displayed signs and got the word out.

To all the voters who had con-fidence in me and helped launch our campaign toward November.

Bill EcklerGreenhill

Responds to writer on school lawsuit

To the editor:One recent letter writer has

evidently not been following the school lawsuit argument from the beginning. Parents of TJCA students from other counties are the ones not paying Rutherford County property taxes.

What do illegal aliens have to do with anything? If illegal aliens own or rent a piece of property, they are directly or indirectly paying property taxes just like the rest of us. Let’s not confuse property taxes with income taxes.

I personally have no problem with school uniforms. If it is practical for the traditional pub-lic schools to require uniforms and the board decides to do so,

that works for me. It would cer-tainly save me money.

However, as far as the five young men are concerned, I feel the writer made several assump-tions: first, that the five kids are undesirables; second, that they attend a Rutherford County traditional public school; and, third, that children in Rutherford County public schools are allowed to dress as they please at school.

These kids were at Barley’s, not at school. Just because some-one wears a uniform to work or school does not mean they will wear proper attire at other times. Hmm … maybe all people should wear uniforms all the time.

Finally, I do realize that all children benefit from tax funds. However, the issues at hand should not be generalized.

This is a Rutherford County issue that has to do with very specific funds that are reserved for very specific programs that TJCA does not offer.

Like I said before, my kids have never, and will never benefit from these funds if they do not participate in the programs.

Likewise, TJCA kids should not benefit from these funds if they do not participate in these programs. It does not get much simpler than that.

Betsy LaneRutherfordton

Everyone was right, days of childhood pass too quickly“The baby” is turning 4

tomorrow. And even though he is

quick to point out to you he’s not a baby – he’s a little boy – Nathan will forever be “the baby” in our house.... and maybe even if another little Flynn comes along one of these days.

Making his debut in the world less than 24 hours after my water broke, Nathan stole the hearts of his family immediately. He has been my blessing even before his birth – I found out I was pregnant with him a little less than six months after my mother died.

And to say he’s been a joy would be an understatement.

An inquisitive baby, Nathan

pushed his little head up off my shoulder at just three days old, looking around the home he would eventually run around, running Hot Wheels cars into the walls. He hit all the milestones right on target and gave up his bottle so easily that I was the one who had withdraw-als.

He is quick to point out things he likes and dislikes – not unlike his mother – and is rarely without his best

pal Froggy in tow. He has a quick little temper, but can be the sweetest little boy you’ve ever met. (Again, not unlike his mother!)

A somewhat strong-willed

child (sigh – yep, me again), he doesn’t always listen to what he’s told. He pushes the limit and questions every-thing around him. I wouldn’t have it any other way. While his inquisitiveness may yet be the death of me, I’m proud he cares that much about the world around him.

We’ll be celebrating tomor-row by taking him to Chick-fil-A – which was where he requested to eat when given the choice of restaurants. Why? Because he loves their chicken nuggets and lemon-ade. And he’ll party with his preschool pals Saturday.

From holding his head up to crawling, to walking and to talking, it seems like only yesterday he was com-

pletely dependent on us to do everything for him. Now he’s mostly independent, even making his own peanut but-ter sandwiches and pouring his own juice (with assis-tance.)

I now know why everyone with children has encour-aged me to enjoy these days, because they really have flown by way too fast.

And I know that this next year – his last as a preschool-er, will go in the blink of an eye.

And before he’s too big or he no longer wants me to do it, I’m going to hold onto him and to this precious child-hood for as long as I can.

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

Allison Flynn

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Charles JonesCharles Ruben Jones, 71,

died Sunday, May 16, 2010, at Country Club Manor, Amarillo, Texas.

He was a native of Atlanta, Ga., and a son of the late Walter and Ethel Gorman Jones.

He was an Army veteran and a truck driver.

He is survived by two broth-ers, Glenn B. Jones of Clover, S.C., and Raymond A. Jones of Rutherfordton; one niece, one nephew; and one great niece and one great nephew, all of Rutherfordton.

There will be no funeral services.

Cathy RadfordCathy Radford, 48, of

Carver Lane, Spindale, died Tuesday, May 18, 2010.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Harrelson Funeral Home.

Bob BreitbardSAN DIEGO (AP) — Bob

Breitbard, who owned the NBA’s San Diego Rockets and was a high school class-mate and close friend of Ted Williams, has died of natural causes. He was 91.

Breitbard had been in ail-ing health. His death Monday morning was confirmed by the San Diego Hall of Champions, which Breitbard founded.

“He was a good man,” said Al Kidd, the Hall of Champions president. “He did a lot for the community.”

Breitbard owned the San Diego Rockets from their expansion season of 1967-68 until he sold them in 1971 to Texas businessmen who moved the team to Houston. He also owned a minor league hockey team, the San Diego Gulls.

Breitbard was a driving force in the construction of the San Diego Sports Arena, where the Rockets and Gulls played. The arena later served as home for the San Diego Clippers, who moved to Los Angeles in 1984.

Breitbard founded the Breitbard Athletic Association in 1946 to honor local high school, amateur and professional athletes. The association later spawned the Breitbard Hall of Fame, which was housed at the San Diego Hall of Champions, which he opened in Balboa Park in 1961.

Breitbard enjoyed showing off a bat used by Williams when he hit .406 in 1941.

“He just loved taking pic-tures with the Ted Williams bat,” Kidd said. “Anybody who’s anybody who came through, he would show them the bat. He literally took hun-dreds of pictures with people and the bat.”

Williams was among those honored at the annual Salute to the Champions banquet sponsored by the Hall of Champions.

Breitbard played football at San Diego State and later coached the freshman team at the school.

Sheriff’s Reportsn The Rutherford County

Sheriff’s Office responded to 160 E-911 calls Tuesday.

n James William Ferguson reported an incident of breaking and entering/burglary forcible entry and an incident of larceny after breaking and entering.

n Tonya J. Suber reported an incident of injury to per-sonal property and criminal damage to property. Damage to vehicle valued $1,500.

n James Gary Edgerton reported an incident of attempted breaking and entering/burglary forcible entry.

n Norman Arrowood reported an incident of lar-ceny of motor vehicle/motor vehicle theft of automobile from 64 & Vine Auto Sales.

Rutherfordtonn The Rutherfordton Police

Department responded to 36 E-911 calls Tuesday.

Spindalen The Spindale Police


Lake Luren The Lake Lure Police


Forest Cityn The Forest City Police


n An employee of Belk reported an incident of lar-ceny.

n An employee from D & H Garage reported an incident of larceny.

Arrestsn David Russell Haynes,

40, of 346 Parris Rd.;

charged with driving while impaired and driving left of center, released on a custody bond. (RPD)

n Amanda S. Little, 40, of 133 Harris/Henrietta Rd.; charged with assault and battery and injury to real property, released after 48 hours. (RCSD)

n Michael Drew Jones, 19, of 124 Monfredo St.; charged with cyberstalking, released on a $500 bond. (RCSD)

n Tyler Steven Burnette, 21, of 511 Webb Rd.; charged with two misdemeanor pro-bation violations, released on

a $90,000 bond. (RCSD)n Jimmie Lewis Blanton,

60, of 420 Boiling Springs Rd.; charged with two counts of indecent liberties with a child, released on a $60,000 bond. (RCSD)

EMS/Rescuen The Rutherford County

EMS responded to 27 E-911 calls Tuesday.

n The Volunteer Life Saving and Rescue, Hickory Nut Gorge EMS and Rutherford County Rescue responded to seven E-911 calls Tuesday.

Fire Callsn Forest City firefighters

responded to a motor vehicle crash.

n Fairfield firefighters responded to an industrial fire alarm.

n Lake Lure firefighters responded to a motor vehicle crash and an industrial fire alarm.

n Rutherfordton firefight-ers responded to a motor vehicle crash.

n Spindale firefighters responded to a motor vehicle crash.

By SCOTT BAUGHMANDaily Courier Staff Writer

SPINDALE — To celebrate EMS Appreciation Week, May 16-22, Rutherford County’s Emergency Medical Services have hosted several events and plan to cap it off with a EMS picnic Saturday.

“This week is recognized as National EMS Week throughout the country,” said Richard Pettus, emer-gency services director for the county. “Specifically here in Rutherford County, the Board of County Commissioners have signed an EMS Week Proclamation claiming this week as EMS Week for our emergency medical responders that serve the community.”

Pettus said since his arrival as director earlier this year, he’s been hard at work increasing efficiencies and trying to make the work load

a little easier on employees. One major change has result-ed in supervisors being free to handle paperwork and other office related responsi-bilities and no longer having to ride on ambulances with the employees they supervise.

The week is set to honor, not just the county’s 38 full time and 20 part time employees, but also EMTs at volunteer fire departments and the Hickory Nut Gorge EMS in the Lake Lure area.

“There are three basic levels of EMS in the county,” Pettus said. “We have basic EMTs, like those with the rescue organizations and then the intermediate level EMS who can run drugs intravenously and dispense medication and then there are the advanced EMS agents who are para-medics that can also give cardiac medications and do chest decompressions.”

In addition to the planned picnic, the county’s EMS also

had breakfast at Rutherford Hospital, a helicopter class at Isothermal Community College and a burn unit class at ICC.

The festivities will cul-minate with the picnic on Saturday at Crowe Park.

Pettus said he hopes the picnic will become an annual event and was surprised to learn the county didn’t have one in the past.

“We’re all very much looking forward to the pic-nic,” said paramedic Tracy Walker. “This whole week being set aside — and recog-nized by the county — has done a lot to increase our morale in the department. I want to thank everyone who has donated food, drinks or door prizes for our picnic. It means a lot.”

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

Obituaries

FOREST CITY — Five people, including three children were taken to Rutherford Hospital Tuesday following a 7:15 p.m. automobile accident on U.S. 221 near Duncard Church Road, off Crowe Dairy Road.

According to the North Carolina Highway Partrol, Cindy Lou Davis, 22, of Marion, was driving a 2008 Chevrolet SUV and Lauren Nicole Rose, 30, of Rutherfordton, was driving a 2007 Dodge. Rose was stopped on U.S. 221 southbound, waiting to make a left turn onto Duncard Road. Davis was traveling south and when she saw the Rose vehicle stopped, she tried to stop but couldn’t and skidded into the Dodge. She was charged with failure to reduce speed.

Davis, Rose and three children in Rose’s car were taken to the hospital for treatment. The three children were Jason Rose, Bill Evans and Mashalya Rose.

Five injured in accident

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Scott Baughman/Daily CourierParamedics Tracy Walker and Rick Daniels restock an ambulance with oxygen and other necessary equipment at Rutherford County EMS Headquarters Wednesday afternoon. May 16 through 22 is EMS appreciation week in the county and nationwide.

EMS week being celebrated

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CHIMNEY ROCK — Village Council expects to adopts its 2010-11 fiscal year budget on June 15 with very little changes to the proposed budget it reviewed Tuesday night during the regular busi-ness meeting.

The proposed general fund budget of $137,375 is slight lower than last year’s $148,150 and reflects no spe-cial projects.

The town is partnering with the Town of Lake Lure on its new recycling project. New recyclable trash cans are located at the site of public rest rooms and at the picnic area on Rocky Broad River.

Property taxes are proposed to stay the same at 7.5 cents per $100 property valuation.

The Municipal Service District tax also remains the same at 6 cents per $100 property valuation.

Expenditures added are the recycling service and $200 more dollars to the health and safety department.

The town’s Water Fund Budget is $69,150, slightly lower than last years $72,000 budget. The town owns its own water system and con-tinues to make two payments each year to the State of North Carolina for the low-interest Water Improvement Loan.

A public hearing on the budget will be held June 18 when the business meeting convenes at 7:30 p.m.

Contact Gordon via e-mail at [email protected]

Village budget is down slightly

Victim now listed in serious condition

FOREST CITY — The con-dition of Rutherfordton pas-tor Keith Stephenson, 46, has been upgraded to serious, a spokesperson at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center said Wednesday morning.

He is in intensive care recovering from injuries he sustained in a head-on colli-sion on I-40 Monday after-noon, returning from UNC Hospitals, where he was visit-ing a church member.

He underwent surgery Monday for broken bones and the removal of his spleen, church secretary, Karen Hughes said in a letter to the church members and friends Tuesday.

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mittee, “welcome to your school.” Inside, teachers pointed to different

things and went from room to room to see what each one held.

“Wow,” said one teacher as she walked through. Another was excited to see cubbies for students in the classrooms.

“I’ve hidden it all, I haven’t even shown them pictures,” Cole said. “They’re excited.”

The school’s current building, locat-ed on Hardin Road, is 33,000-square

feet. Cole said the new facility is 57,000-square feet and cost $7 mil-lion to construct. It will house kinder-garten through sixth grades.

“The limitations to the current building is the facility itself,” Cole said. “It was not designed for technol-ogy.”

The new facility is state-of-the-art, he said. TJCA Headmaster Joe Maimone said one of the building’s features he’s most excited about is the kitchen.

“At first we thought we were not going to have a cafeteria, but the Challenge Foundation made sure we were going to have hot meals for the

kids,” Maimone said. Construction on the building took

right at a year, Cole said, and teachers will begin moving in the first week in June. The building was constructed by J.S. Clark Construction, who also built the high school building, Maimone said.

“Just picture us the night before the first day of school?” Maimone said. “None of us will sleep.”

The school will open to students in August.


that pay-related issues were limited and related to improper paperwork completion on behalf of the employee.

“We’re doing everything we can to make sure our workers are getting paid in a timely and correct manner,” said Steve Buckner, Census spokes-person. “We welcome the inspector general looking into it and we will cooperate fully with this investiga-tion.”

The Census has hired over 1,500 workers in the Western North Carolina region with regional offices in Asheville and Gastonia hiring vari-

ous workers from Rutherford County.“My congressional district is home

to the counties with the highest unemployment rate and the third highest rate in the state,” Shuler said. “Graham County currently has a rate of 17.2 percent and Rutherford County has a rate of 16.5 percent. While the region I representative welcomed the infusion of job oppor-tunities available through the Census, the hard-working men and women who filled those vacancies are in great need of the wages that come with those jobs.”

The Census has set up a toll free hotline for employees to work through payroll issues at 877-233-4776. This number is listed in the employee

handbooks given to newly hired work-ers.

“It is my understanding that paper files are taken by courier from outly-ing offices to Asheville, verified, and again taken by courier to Charlotte,” Shuler wrote when discussing pos-sible causes for the delays. “This could be a potential cause of delays and missing deadlines for submission ... I respectfully request that a for-mal investigation of these particular events and an assessment of the over-all functionality of the payment sys-tem for temporary Census workers in Western North Carolina be conducted as soon as possible.”

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

red CrossThe following blood drives are scheduled: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.

Health/education Life Line Screening: Saturday, June 17, at Forest City Foursquare Church, 121 Mitchell St., Forest City; packages start at $139; all five screenings take 60-90 minutes to complete; appointments begin at 10 a.m.; Pre-registration required; call 877-237-1287 or visit www.lifeline-screening.com.

Meetings/otherSports awards program: Chase High School will hold its spring sports recognition program on Thursday, May 27. Refreshments in the commons area at 6:30 p.m. Awards program begins at 7, in the auditorium.

Rutherford County Democrat Club: will meet Monday, May 24, at 7 p.m. at the headquarters building on Main Street in Forest City.

MiscellaneousMemorial Day service: Sunday, May 30, 2:30 p.m., Rutherford County Memorial Cemetery, in the Chase community.

reunionsHollis School reunion: Saturday, June 5, at Big Springs Baptist Church FLC; doors open at 3 p.m.; meal served at 5 p.m.; $10 person; deadline May 28; call 453-7457 for more information.

Harris, Longan family reunion: Saturday, July 3, at Crowe Park, Forest City; meet at 10:30 a.m., cook out begins at 1:30 p.m.; Sunday, July 4, family members will gather at New Zion Baptist Church in Henrietta; call 828-980-2075 for more information.

FundraisersFish fry and rib plates: Saturday, May 22, 11 a.m. until; Unionville Lodge, 703 Ledbetter Road; plates $6 (with all trimmings, drinks and dessert), sandwiches $3, N.Y. style hot dogs, $2; all proceeds for the building fund; carryouts welcome.

Fun day: Saturday, June 12, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., High Shoal Baptist Church, 284 High Shoals Church Road, Henrietta; for all ages with games, hot dogs, hamburgers,c hips, dessert and drins; proceeds to help build a well for those in need in India. For additional information, call 657-6447.

Relay for Life Day: Saturday, May 22, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the First Baptist Church of Forest City; car wash, bake sale, silent auction and hot dog lunch; all proceeds for ACS Relay for Life.

Breakfast buffet: Saturday, May 22, 7 to 10 a.m., Long Branch Road Baptist Church, 621 Long Branch Road, Forest City; no set price, donations accepted; proceeds for the building fund.

Music/concertsThe Chuck Wagon Gang will be in concert Friday, May 21, at Concord Baptist Church, Bostic. Music begins at 7 p.m. Other guest singers include The Royal Quartet, Miles Cooper, Buster Kendrick and Ernie Phillips. Barbecue dinner beginning at 5 p.m. Cost $8 per person.

Singing: Sunday, June 6, 7 p.m,, Riverside Baptist Church, Hogan Road, Harris; featuring the Land of the Sky Boys from Asheville.

Singing program: Sunday, June 13, 4 p.m., Angel Divine Faith Church, Rutherfordton; featuring the Kings of Joy from Forest City, and other groups from North and South Carolina.

religionMemorial Day service: Sunday, May 23, Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, 130 Pleasant Grove Road, Rutherfordton; Sunday School 9:45 a.m.; worship service 11 a.m.; a cov-ered dish lunch will follow.

Fellowship Baptist Church, 210 Silvers Lake, Rutherfordton, will be having revival meetings May 23 through May 26. Sunday morning service will begin at 11 a.m. and all evening services will begin at 7 p.m.

Mass Choir Anniversary: Sun-day, May 23, 11 a.m. Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church, Forest City.

time,” Carroll said. During the April meeting, Carroll

had reported to the board there were 45 people actively employed.

The weekly payroll, including what is paid to PSU for the service, is $12,559 per week, Carroll said. With the second allocation, Carroll said he hoped it will carry the program through mid-July.

Finance Officer Terri Morgan told the board the budget continues to be tight with the county’s administrative costs being higher. The program costs

to the county for the department, however, she said are lower.

“The travel line items are one area that has shown where we are keeping the budget down,” Morgan said. Non-essential travel has been curbed, but travel is a very essential part of the agency.

“Especially for the foster care work-ers and child protective and adult protective services,” Morgan said. “We can cut anything non-essential, but we’ll always have travel expenses.”

Morgan said there had been savings for the department with the telephone system, in part because the county has contracted with a different long distance provider and because some

cellular phone contracts had been changed.

“Our salaries and fringe benefits are up slightly, and the fringe is mainly because of increases in health insur-ance,” she said.

The department’s meeting with the county on the 2010-11 budget has not been set yet, she added.

In other business, the board learned about a Medicare savings program and viewed a video on North Carolina Vulnerable Adult and Elder Abuse Awareness Month, which is from May 10 to June 18.


The water tower that the scene was filmed on was repainted prior to the shooting to fit the time period.

This was the first day of filming and they will be filming this particular

scene for the next three days. Three different scenes from the movie will be filmed at the tower.

Everyone involved in the film, including the interns, are from Bob Jones University in South Carolina. All the interns helping with the film are cinema students.

The scene being filmed is a third

of the way into the movie, for which shooting will take place all through the summer and into the fall.

Director Tim Rogers has been in film for 45 years and has been a director for 20 years.

Wade K. Ramsey is the director of photography.

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Central .downed .by .Tuscola .in .playoffs

WAYNESVILLE — The Hilltoppers witnessed two late game leads disappear as Tuscola came from behind to win, 13-12, in eight innings on Tuesday.

The loss knocks R-S Central out of the 3A NCHSAA Playoffs.

Central lead by five, 10-5, going into the bottom of the seventh, but Tuscola struck for five to knot the game.

In the eighth, Central pushed two runs across to grab a 12-10 advantage.

In the bottom of the frame, Tuscola again mounted a come-back and pushed three runs across for the win. Central’s Dylan Hipp was saddled with the loss in the eighth after sur-rendering a two run, home run.

Central’s Christian Pfaff drew the start with J.M. Spangler, Hipp and Denver Tate working in relief.

“We had big two out hits throughout the game and the kids played hard, but we just fell short,” said Central Head Coach Chadd Fowler.

Escalera .claims .fifthHARRIS — Chase High

senior Rene Escalera took fifth place at the 2A NCHSAA Track & Field Championships in Greensboro, this past week-end, in the 800-meter Run.

Soccer .try-outs .being .held .at .R-S .Central

RUTHERFORDTON — The ’97 Rumble classic soccer team will be holding try-outs on May 27 and 28 at R-S Central.

The cost is $10 per player and all those wishing to try-out are asked to bring water and shin guards.

Childress, .Favre .are .texting, .‘not .talking’

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — Vikings coach Brad Childress says he doesn’t have an update from Brett Favre about his playing status for next season, or a possible sur-gery on his injured left ankle.

Childress was asked by reporters for the latest word on Favre following practice on Wednesday. The Minnesota coach said he hasn’t spoken with the 40-year-old quarter-back recently.

Childress says he has exchanged text messages with Favre during the offseason, but insisted that “texting is not talking.”

Last month, Favre issued a statement on his personal web-site about the injury. He said his condition “is not debili-tating” and that surgery is only one factor in his decision whether to play.

Marcus .Thornton .picks .Georgia

ATLANTA (AP) — Marcus Thornton says he is coming to Georgia, giving coach Mark Fox a big name for his 2010-11 freshman class.

1 p.m. (TS) MLB Baseball Cincinnati Reds at Atlanta Braves. 1 p.m. (WGN-A) MLB Base-ball Chicago Cubs at Philadel-phia Phillies. 7 p.m. (TS) College Baseball Florida at South Carolina. 8 p.m. (ESPN2) MLS Soccer Columbus Crew at Red Bull New York. 8:30 p.m. (ESPN) NBA Bas-ketball Eastern Conference Final, Game 2: Teams TBA.

BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Before leaving the practice field, Cleveland’s new start-ing quarterback looked up and noticed the sky was Carolina blue.

Jake Delhomme felt at home.Eager to erase the memories of a mis-

erable final season with the Panthers, Delhomme is relishing a fresh start with the Browns, who signed the highly respected 35-year-old veteran to a two-year free agent contract in March.

Delhomme’s boyish exuberance, strong work ethic and professionalism have already made a strong impression on his new coaches and teammates.

“I don’t like making comparisons, but I will,” Browns coach Eric Mangini said Wednesday. “He reminds me a little bit of (Brett) Favre that way. He enjoys prac-tice. He enjoys being around the guys. He’s able to be serious and still keep things light. He has a good rapport with the offensive guys, defensive guys and you just see it in their interaction in the weight room and all the different areas.

“It’s positive, really positive.”And positive has been in short supply

around the Browns in recent years —

Please see Delhomme, Page 9

In all the time I have been cover-ing softball and baseball, here in the county, I can’t recall three more heart-breaking playoff losses in one day.

The Lady Hilltoppers received the news that longtime assistant coach Spanky Radford’s wife, Cathy, had suddenly died hours before taking the field against South Point.

I want to extend my deepest sym-pathies to the Radford family and Spanky.

Coach Larry Guffey stepped into Radford’s shoes, Tuesday, and did an admirable job on short notice.

Central hasn’t been the same club since pitcher Mariah Lattimore left the team in late April, but none of the various distractions the club has dealt with was used as an excuse by Head Coach Melvin Digh. Digh has contin-ued to put a quality club on the field and the Lady Hilltoppers claimed their second conference title in the last three years (co-champs this sea-

son with Chase). Just a tough way to end what was

otherwise a great season.The Lady Trojans faced a similar

situation — losing shortstop Ashley Dale. The Trojans, by all accounts, played a strong game, but simply came out on the wrong end of the score.

Chase left 12 runners on base and fell victim to three double plays in an opening-round loss to Cuthbertson.

Another tough way to end a season.The Hilltoppers’ baseball team took

the third and final tough loss of the day. After leading by five, and going into the final frame, the wheels just

came off. Central surrendered five in the seventh and three more in the eighth, after taking a two run lead in the top of the eighth, to fall to Tuscola.

One of the toughest losses I can recall.

High school sports often have sud-den and dramatic conclusions. I took in the Central softball game and it was tough watching young ladies I have covered since little league walk off in tears —many for the final time. It seems like yesterday that play-ers like Central’s Chelsea Smith and Chase’s Rebecca Bailey were playing in little league tournaments — now, they, and others like them, are gradu-ating in a few days, their prep softball careers coming to an end.

The county’s title hopes — in softball and baseball — now rest in the bats and gloves of East Rutherford. The Cavs and Lady Cavs remain alive and are looking for rings.

Get out and cheer them on.

County teams take three tough losses

Associated PressCleveland Browns quarterback Jake Delhomme, left, takes a snap from center Alex Mack during a voluntary NFL football practice Wednesday, in Berea, Ohio.

Scott .Bowers

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Delhomme starting over with Browns

North Carolina Tar Heels baseball team takes batting practice in this May, 2009, file photo. The Tar Heels may be on the outside looking in when it comes to the ACC Tournament, this season.

Associated Press

Tar Heels are running out of chancesBy BRIANA GORMANSpecial to the Courier

CHAPEL HILL — The North Carolina baseball team, which has been in the College World Series the past four years, will get one last shot to qualify for postseason play when it takes on No. 12 Virginia Tech in its final series of the season starting today at 6 p.m. at Boshamer Stadium.

But if the Tar Heels hope to sneak into the ACC Tournament, which begins Wednesday in Greensboro, they will need a little help from the rest of the league.

UNC (33-20, 11-16 ACC), N.C. State (33-20, 12-15) and Boston College (28-24, 13-14) all are within two wins of each other with one conference series left. The ACC Tournament takes just the top eight teams, with the top two teams from the Atlantic and Coastal Divisions earning automatic bids, and the Tar Heels are currently sitting in ninth place.

But an ACC Tournament bid won’t be the only thing on the line, as the Tar Heels are in danger of missing the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2001 and just the second time in Coach Mike Fox’s 12 seasons.

“I really think that if they get into the ACC Tournament then they’ll be in a regional,” said Aaron Fitt, the national college baseball writer for Baseball America. “If they don’t get into the ACC Tournament, I think they’re in trouble.

“No team that has ever missed the ACC Tournament has ever gotten into one, and I don’t think this is the year that the committee is going to make an exception for North Carolina.”

And the matchups this weekend don’t make the Tar Heels’ task any

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BASEBALLNational League

East Division W L Pct GBPhiladelphia 24 14 .632 —Florida 21 19 .525 4Atlanta 20 20 .500 5Washington 20 21 .489 5 1/2New York 20 21 .489 5 1/2

Central Division W L Pct GBCincinnati 23 16 .590 —St. Louis 23 17 .575 ½Chicago 18 22 .450 5½Pittsburgh 17 22 .436 6Milwaukee 15 24 .385 8Houston 13 26 .333 10

West Division W L Pct GBSan Diego 23 16 .590 —San Francisco 22 16 .579 ½Los Angeles 22 17 .564 1Colorado 19 20 .487 4Arizona 16 24 .400 7½

Tuesday’s GamesCincinnati 5, Milwaukee 4Florida 8, Arizona 0Pittsburgh 2, Philadelphia 1Atlanta 3, N.Y. Mets 2Chicago Cubs 6, Colorado 2St. Louis 3, Washington 2San Francisco 7, San Diego 6, 12 inningsL.A. Dodgers 7, Houston 3Wednesday’s GamesChicago Cubs 4, Philadelphia 1Pittsburgh 6, Milwaukee 4N.Y. Mets 5, Washington 3Atlanta 5, Cincinnati 4Colorado at Houston, lateFlorida at St. Louis, lateSan Francisco at Arizona, lateSan Diego at L.A. Dodgers, lateThursday’s GamesChicago Cubs (Dempster 2-4) at Philadelphia (Blanton 1-2), 1:05 p.m.Cincinnati (Leake 4-0) at Atlanta (Hanson 3-3), 1:05 p.m.Florida (N.Robertson 4-3) at St. Louis (Wainwright 5-2), 1:40 p.m.Milwaukee (Narveson 3-1) at Pittsburgh (Maholm 3-3), 7:05 p.m.N.Y. Mets (Maine 1-3) at Washington (Atilano 3-0), 7:05 p.m.Colorado (Jimenez 7-1) at Houston (Oswalt 2-5), 8:05 p.m.San Francisco (Lincecum 5-0) at Arizona (R.Lopez 2-2), 9:40 p.m.San Diego (Correia 4-3) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 3-2), 10:10 p.m.Friday’s GamesAtlanta at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.Baltimore at Washington, 7:05 p.m.Boston at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.Cincinnati at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m.N.Y. Yankees at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.Chicago Cubs at Texas, 8:05 p.m.Tampa Bay at Houston, 8:05 p.m.Colorado at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m.Florida at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m.Milwaukee at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m.L.A. Angels at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m.Toronto at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.San Francisco at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.Detroit at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.San Diego at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

American League East Division

W L Pct GBTampa Bay 28 11 .718 —New York 25 14 .641 3Toronto 24 17 .585 5Boston 20 20 .500 8½Baltimore 13 27 .325 15½

Central Division W L Pct GBMinnesota 24 15 .615 —Detroit 22 17 .564 2Chicago 16 22 .421 7½Cleveland 15 22 .405 8Kansas City 15 25 .375 9½

West Division W L Pct GBTexas 22 18 .550 —Oakland 20 20 .500 2Los Angeles 18 23 .439 4½Seattle 14 25 .359 7½

Tuesday’s GamesToronto 11, Minnesota 2Chicago White Sox 6, Detroit 2Tampa Bay 6, Cleveland 2Boston 7, N.Y. Yankees 6Baltimore 4, Kansas City 3, 10 inningsTexas 8, L.A. Angels 7Oakland 6, Seattle 5, 10 inningsWednesday’s GamesKansas City at Cleveland, lateTampa Bay at N.Y. Yankees, lateBoston 3, Minnesota 2

Baltimore at Texas, lateL.A. Angels at Chicago White Sox, lateDetroit at Oakland, lateToronto at Seattle, lateThursday’s GamesKansas City (Hochevar 3-2) at Cleveland (Talbot 5-2), 12:05 p.m.Detroit (Bonderman 1-2) at Oakland (T.Ross 1-1), 3:35 p.m.Toronto (R.Romero 4-1) at Seattle (J.Vargas 3-2), 3:40 p.m.Tampa Bay (J.Shields 4-1) at N.Y. Yankees (Pettitte 5-0), 7:05 p.m.Minnesota (Liriano 4-2) at Boston (Lester 3-2), 7:10 p.m.Baltimore (Matusz 2-3) at Texas (Feldman 1-4), 8:05 p.m.L.A. Angels (E.Santana 2-3) at Chicago White Sox (Buehrle 2-5), 8:10 p.m.

BASKETBALLNational Basketball Association

Playoff Glance

CONFERENCE FINALSEASTERN CONFERENCE

Boston 2, Orlando 0Sunday, May 16: Boston 92, Orlando 88Tuesday, May 18: Boston 95, Orlando 92Saturday, May 22: Orlando at Boston, 8:30 p.m.Monday, May 24: Orlando at Boston, 8:30 p.m.x-Wednesday, May 26: Boston at Orlando, 8:30 p.m.x-Friday, May 28: Orlando at Boston, 8:30 p.m.x-Sunday, May 30: Boston at Orlando, 8:30 p.m.

WESTERN CONFERENCEL.A. Lakers 1, Phoenix 0

Monday, May 17: L.A. Lakers 128, Phoenix 107Wednesday, May 19: Phoenix at L.A. Lakers, lateSunday, May 23: L.A. Lakers at Phoenix, 8:30 p.m.Tuesday, May 25: L.A. Lakers at Phoenix, 9 p.m.x-Thursday, May 27: Phoenix at L.A. Lakers, 9 p.m.x-Saturday, May 29: L.A. Lakers at Phoenix,8:30 p.m.x-Monday, May 31: Phoenix at L.A. Lakers, 9 p.m.

HOCKEYNational Hockey League

Playoff Glance

CONFERENCE FINALSEASTERN CONFERENCEPhiladelphia 2, Montreal 0

Sunday, May 16: Philadelphia 6, Montreal 0Tuesday, May 18: Philadelphia 3, Montreal 0Thursday, May 20: Philadelphia at Montreal, 7 p.m.Saturday, May 22: Philadelphia at Montreal, 3 p.m.x-Monday, May 24: Montreal at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.x-Wednesday, May 26: Philadelphia at Montreal, 7 p.m.x-Friday, May 28: Montreal at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

WESTERN CONFERENCEChicago 2, San Jose 0

Sunday, May 16: Chicago 2, San Jose 1Tuesday, May 18: Chicago 4, San Jose 2Friday, May 21: San Jose at Chicago, 8 p.m.Sunday, May 23: San Jose at Chicago, 3 p.m.x-Tuesday, May 25: Chicago at San Jose, 9 p.m.x-Thursday, May 27: San Jose at Chicago, 8 p.m.x-Saturday, May 29: Chicago at San Jose, 8 p.m.

TRANSACTIONSWednesday’s Sports Transactions

BASEBALLAmerican League

BOSTON RED SOX—Placed RHP Josh Beckett on the 15-day DL. Called up RHP Joe Nelson from Pawtucket (IL).CLEVELAND INDIANS—Placed OF Grady Sizemore on the 15-day DL. Recalled OF/1B Shelley Duncan from Columbus (IL).MINNESOTA TWINS—Recalled RHP Jeff Manship from Rochester (IL). Optioned INF Matt Tolbert to Rochester.TORONTO BLUE JAYS—Granted 1B Randy Ruiz his release and announced he has signed with Tohoku Rakuten (Pacific League-Japan). Recalled OF Jeremy Reed from Las Vegas (PCL).

National League

CHICAGO CUBS—Recalled RHP Jeff Stevens from Iowa (PCL). Placed RHP Esmailin Caridad on the 15-day DL.FLORIDA MARLINS—Placed RHP Chris Leroux on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 18. Recalled RHP Tim Wood from New Orleans (PCL).NEW YORK METS—Placed LHP Jonathon Niese on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 17. Selected the contract of RHP R.A. Dickey from Buffalo (IL).

International LeagueLEHIGH VALLEY IRON PIGS—Called up RHP Ty Taubenheim from Reading (EL).

Midwest LeagueQUAD CITIES RIVER BANDITS—Transferred OF Devin Shepherd to Palm Beach (FSL).

Frontier LeagueEVANSVILLE OTTERS—Released INF Roberto Payano.FLORENCE FREEDOM—Released RHP Mario Guilin.GATEWAY GRIZZLIES—Signed SS Tyler Heil. Released OF Ryan Crespi and SS Ryan Shay.NORMAL CORNBELTERS—Released RHP Sam Heaps, OF Kellen Kmiecik and RHP Kyffin Marcum.OAKLAND COUNTY CRUISERS—Released RHP Anthony Carillo, RHP Aaron Kalb, RHP Andrew Layfield and OF Kyle Mannus.RIVER CITY RASCALS—Activated RHP Josh Lowey from the suspended list.SOUTHERN ILLINOIS MINERS—Released LHP Trevor Fox and C Cody Neer.WASHINGTON WILD THINGS—Released RHP Ryne Nelson.WINDY CITY THUNDERBOLTS—Released LHP Tim Dennehy, RHP Kyle Kobernus, C Sam Palace, C Pete Paris, RHP Diego Soto and RHP Jacob Wiley.

Golden LeagueCALGARY VIPERS—Agreed to terms with LHP Brant Stickel.ORANGE COUNTY FLYERS—Acquired the rights to OF Sergio Pedroza from Victoria.

United LeagueAMARILLO DILLAS—Acquired INF Jermel Lomack from Gary (Northern) for a player to be named.LAREDO BRONCOS—Released 1B Andrew Starr. Placed SS Dale Swinford and OF Selwyn Langaigne on the inactive list. Placed RHP Nick Utley on the suspended list.RIO GRANDE VALLEY WHITEWINGS—Signed C Salvador Paniagua, C/1B Joel Roa and RHP Misael DeJesus.

BASKETBALLNational Basketball Association

NEW JERSEY NETS—Announced the contract of general manager Kiki Vandeweghe will not be renewed.

Women’s National Basketball AssociationATLANTA DREAM—Released F Chamique Holdsclaw. Signed C Yelena Leuchanka.

American Basketball AssociationABA—Granted an expansion team to Lafayette, La., nicknamed United, to begin play in the 2010-2011 season.

FOOTBALLNational Football League

CHICAGO BEARS—Signed S Danieal Manning to a one-year contract.DENVER BRONCOS—Announced the retire-ment of G Matt McChesney.SEATTLE SEAHAWKS—Released TE Patrick Devenny and WR Victor James. Signed TE Michael Allan and QB J.P. Losman.

Canadian Football LeagueEDMONTON ESKIMOS—Signed DB Gary Albury, DE Marc-Antoine Beaudoin-Cloutier and DE Neil Puffer.

GOLFUSGA—Named Jim Noel chief legal officer.

HOCKEYNational Hockey League

NEW JERSEY DEVILS—Signed D Eric Gelinas and D Dan Kelly.OTTAWA SENATORS—Re-signed F Ryan Keller to a one-year contract.ST. LOUIS BLUES—Re-signed F Adam Cracknell.

TENNISITF—Banned Wayne Odesnik for two years for possessing a prohibited substance without a therapeutic use exemption.

MOTORSPORTSNASCAR—Placed driver Clint Bowyer on proba-tion until June 16 for aggressive driving.

COLLEGEAPPALACHIAN STATE—Named Samantha Dabbs women’s assistant volleyball coach.BYU—Denied a request by RB Harvey Unga to be readmitted for the fall semester.IOWA STATE—Dismissed OT Scott Houghton from the football team for violating team rules.MINNESOTA—Announced men’s basketball G Justin Cobbs will transfer.PRESBYTERIAN—Named Mike Gongas lacrosse coach.UNC GREENSBORO—Named Wes Miller men’s assistant basketball coach.WASHINGTON, MD.—Named Jane O’Donnell women’s assistant basketball coach.WESTERN WASHINGTON—Announced the resignation of softball coach Lonnie Hicks.

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DOVER, Del. (AP) — Sam Hornish Jr. has always found his way in May.

In the open wheel series, he won the Indianapolis 500. In NASCAR, he’s twice raced his way into the All-Star race.

But that May success hasn’t translated into prestige victories — or results — since Hornish made the full-time shift to stock cars in 2008.

Though the Indy 500 win in 2006 catapulted to him to one of his three open-wheel titles, his non-points win last season in NASCAR has yet to help him find his way into Victory Lane in any of the 36 Sprint Cup races that count in the standings.

Hornish doesn’t regret the move to NASCAR, even as the smallest of successes have been hard to find.

“We’d like to do a lot more with where we’re at,” he said. “We’ve gone to places this year where

I’ve felt if we made a change here, a change there, that we’re capable of running in the top five. It’s just getting there and doing it on a consistent basis. Once you start doing it, you know what it takes from each weekend.”

Hornish has failed to find the right combination in his first three years. The results are glar-ing on the back of those slick pictures outside the hauler that bill Hornish as “The Man” and are there for fans to use for auto-graphs.

The Hornish Highlights: 19 wins in open wheel, 10 poles, one Indy 500 win, three champion-ships.

On the left-hand side, his numbers for Cup races and Nationwide races include no poles, no wins, no champion-ships, just seven top-10 Cup fin-ishes.

Hornish has added 12 more

starts this season to his career total — with no more top-10s.

“The unfortunate thing is, there’s been so many people that were so used to me winning all the time over there that they expected that it was going to happen right away over here,” he said. “They’re negative about it at times and it puts me in a bad mood. I’d like to be a lot farther along than what we are right now, but that’s not been in the cards so far.”

He hopes to start chang-ing his results this week at the Showdown and the All-Star race. Hornish qualified for the All-Star race in 2008 after a second-place finish in the show-down and won the qualifying race last season to compete against Cup racing’s best.

Hornish would have automati-cally qualified for the All-Star event had he won a points race last season or this season.

easier.Even though UNC has won 10 of the past 11 game

against Virginia Tech, the Hokies (36-16, 16-11) are having one of their best seasons in the program’s history and are led by a potent offense.

N.C. State, however, will face one of the bottom teams in the ACC standings when the Wolfpack hosts Duke (29-24, 8-19) beginning today at 6:30 p.m. at Doak Field. Boston College, which has a two-game edge over the Tar Heels, hosts No. 13 Georgia Tech (42-10, 19-8) in Chestnut Hill.

The Tar Heels hold the tiebreaker in a head-to-head matchup with the Pack since they won the series in April, but UNC and BC didn’t meet in the regular season. The next tiebreaker would be how each team did against the No. 1 seed — and if both have the same record, next is how they did against the No. 2 seed and so forth until one team has a better record against a common opponent.

If the Wolfpack, Eagles and Tar Heels are tied at the end of the weekend, then BC would get the No. 7 seed because it swept N.C. State, while UNC would be the No. 8 seed because of its series win over the Pack.

But the Tar Heels need a lot of help, and wins, over the next three days and Fitt said UNC’s still a longshot to make the ACC Tournament.

“I think N.C. State is not only going to take care of business against Duke, I think N.C. State can score a lot of runs and Duke’s pitching is a little suspect,” Fitt said. “And I think Virginia Tech is a tough matchup for Carolina because Virginia Tech can really swing the bats a lot better than Carolina can.

“I don’t envision North Carolina getting into the ACC Tournament, so I see them at home for regionals.”

Tar HeelsContinued from Page 7

Hornish hopes to make May his month, again

Associated PressAtlanta Braves’ Jason Heyward hits a triple in the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds Wednesday, in Atlanta.

Heyward lifts Braves over Reds

ATLANTA — Jason Heyward crushed a 3-2 pitch into the right field corner to score Martin Prado and lift the Braves to 5-4 win over Cincinnati in the ninth inning Wednesday.

Heyward finished 3-for-5 with two runs scored and the game-winning RBI as the Braves rookie continues to make his case for Rookie of the Year honors.

The Braves relief pitcher Billy Wagner took the win after blowing the save in the top of the ninth. Wagner offered up a hanging slider to the Reds’ pinch-hitter Chris Heisey that landed over the left field wall.

Wagner had entered with a one run lead, 4-3.Lost in the mix was a solid six innings of work

by Kenshin Kawakami. The beleaguered Braves starter worked six innings, scattered five hits and struck out five while keeping the Reds off the scoreboard.

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Turner or Wall? Wizards not talkingWASHINGTON (AP) — Flip

Saunders says Evan Turner is “maybe the most versatile player in the draft.” He calls John Wall “the most dynam-

ic player in the draft.”But the Wizards coach isn’t tip-

ping his hand over which player he’d choose with the No. 1 overall pick.

especially at quarterback.This franchise has gone through

eight opening-week starters since 1999, a carousel of confusion at a position demanding continuity.

Delhomme isn’t making any guar-antees on what he’ll deliver for Cleveland, coming off a turbulent 5-11 season. Any talk of Super Bowls is for down the road. But Delhomme, who won 53 games as a starter in Carolina, promises to do all he can to make the Browns better.

“I play this game for one reason and one reason only: to win,” said Delhomme, entering his 14th NFL season. “That’s what’s this game’s about. There’s something about walking into the locker room after a game, those 10 minutes when it’s just the coaches and the players, there’s nothing greater. There’s nothing greater than seeing a mission accom-plished from the work you’ve put in. That’s why I play this game.

“I just want to help this team win.”Delhomme still is pained by his

final season with the Panthers.“For me it’s like a fresh start,” he

said. “I loved every minute I had in Carolina. Well, I shouldn’t say that; I

loved six of the seven years I had in Carolina. I’ll be perfectly honest with you, everything was great. Last sea-son just wasn’t a lot of fun.”

Far from it.One year after returning from

elbow surgery and leading the Panthers to five come-from-behind wins, a 12-4 record and an NFC South title, Delhomme’s career began to nose-dive when he threw five interceptions in a 38-13 home playoff loss to Arizona.

Still, the Panthers believed he was their guy and gave Delhomme a con-tract extension. He then threw four picks in Carolina’s opener, and his confidence quickly disappeared like the air escaping a punctured foot-ball. He finished with a career-high 18 interceptions in 11 games before a broken finger landed him on injured reserve.

With young Matt Moore ready to take over, Delhomme was cut in March. At his farewell news con-ference, Delhomme broke down in tears, saying one word.

“I put so much on myself,” said Delhomme, who led Carolina to the Super Bowl in 2003. “I came back after an arm injury and we went 12-4 and was so excited for the playoffs. I played so poorly in that playoff game.”

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The day Randy Bernard was announced as the CEO of the IndyCar Series, it became clear he understood the importance of fielding competitive American drivers.

“What we have found is very impor-tant in this sport is Americans want to see Americans win,” he during his introductory press conference in February. “There’s no question about it.”

There have been few American victories lately. Only two U.S. driv-ers — Buddy Rice in 2004 and Sam Hornish in 2006 — have won the Indianapolis 500 in the past 10 years.

Americans dominated the series’ signature event for decades before Brazilian Emerson Fittipaldi won the 1989 race. Since then, 13 of the 20 winners have come from foreign soil.

Things don’t look much better for the Americans this year.

Australia’s Will Power leads the point standings. Ryan Hunter-Reay is the top American in fourth place, and Marco Andretti (13th) and Danica Patrick (16th) are the only others in the top 20. Hunter-Reay won the Long Beach Grand Prix on April 18, but Patrick is the only other U.S. driver since the start of

the 2008 season to win an IndyCar event.

Among the favorites heading into this year’s Indy 500 are Power, three-time winner Helio Castroneves (Brazil) and Scott Dixon (New Zealand), who won the race in 2008 and drove the fastest lap in prac-tice on Tuesday (226.549 mph) and Wednesday (226.971).

Terry Angstadt, president of IndyCar’s commercial division, wouldn’t mind seeing a few more Americans near the top.

“If we just could take out a clean sheet of paper and we had a wish list, yeah, I’d like to see more American drivers. I think that’s natural,” he said. “But given the diversity of where we race, how we race, caring so much about diversity that it is one of our brand attributes, we really do embrace the international makeup of our field.”

While IndyCar executives know the United States plays a key role in growing the brand, they also rec-ognize the importance of what lies beyond. Angstadt said the season-opening event in Sao Paulo drew about 7 million viewers in Brazil, even though it garnered just a 0.4 TV rating in the United States.

John Andretti peeks around a pit cart in the pit area during practice for the Indianapolis 500 auto race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Wednesday.

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No charges in fatal wreck MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (AP)

— Police in South Carolina say no criminal charges will be filed in a wreck last week that killed motor-cycle drivers from Florida and New York.

The Post and Courier of Charles-ton reported Wednesday that Mount Pleasant police have decided to file only a minor traffic citation against the driver of a sports utility vehicle that hit the bikers May 11.

A police report states that 38-year-old Charles J. McDonald of Meggett was driving the SUV that hit the bikers who were stopped at a traffic light, pushing them into the car in front of them.

Man found dead in lakeFAIR PLAY, S.C. (AP) — The body

of a North Carolina man has been found floating in a lake in South Carolina.

Multiple media outlets reported the body of 75-year-old James Edward Baine of Hendersonville, N.C., was found in Lake Hartwell about 1 p.m. Tuesday.

Oconee County Coroner Karl Addis says Baine’s body was found in less than two feet of water only about five feet from shore.

Addis says it appears Baine drove a golf cart to the lake where there is a ramp and a dock. Addis says

there’s about a three-foot drop into the water and Baine might have stumbled into the lake Monday night.

Addis says there’s no indication of foul play. An autopsy is planned Wednesday in Anderson.

Man guilty in boat crash CONWAY, S.C. (AP) — A South

Carolina man has pleaded guilty to charges in a spree that led to the death of a teen in a boat crash on the Intracoastal Waterway.

Multiple media outlets reported that 29-year-old Nicholas Macklen of Myrtle Beach pleaded guilty Tuesday to first-degree burglary and leaving the scene of an accident involving a death and serious inju-ries.

Easley aide seen at courtRALEIGH (AP) — The former

mayor of ex-Gov. Mike Easley’s hometown and Easley’s one-time aide visited the federal courthouse where a grand jury interested in activities surrounding North Carolina’s former chief executive was scheduled to meet.

Multiple media reports said former Southport Mayor Norman Holden entered the courthouse Wednesday morning. He declined to comment when leaving in the afternoon.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Kansas City auto parts dealer who had sworn allegiance to al-Qaida pleaded guilty Wednesday to taking part in a conspiracy to provide finan-cial support to the terrorist group.

Khalid Ouazzani, 32, a Moroccan native who became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2006, admitted that he sent $23,500 to al-Qaida between August 2007 and mid-2008.

Although Ouazzani talked with others about ways to support al-Qai-da, including plans for them to fight in Afghanistan, Iraq or Somalia, U.S. Attorney Beth Phillips said he did not pose a threat to the Kansas City area, where he briefly operated a business that sold auto parts and used vehicles.

“At no point prior to his arrest was he any threat to cause imminent harm or danger to the citizens of our community,” Phillips said at a news conference.

Ouazzani was arrested in February on 33 counts contained in a sealed grand jury indictment charging him with bank fraud, money laundering, interstate fraud and making false statements to the government. There was no mention of any terrorism charges in the initial indictment.

He pleaded guilty to one count of money laundering and one count of bank fraud and to an additional count of conspiracy to provide mate-rial support to a terrorist organiza-tion.

ROBERT, La. (AP) — Federal sci-entists said Wednesday that a small portion of the oil slick from the blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico has reached a powerful current that could take it to Florida.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists said they have detected light to very light sheens in the loop current, which cir-culates into the Gulf and takes water south to the Florida Keys and the Gulf Stream.

The agency says that any oil would be “highly weathered” and could evaporate before reaching Florida. And it might never reach the state at all. But scientists said diluted oil could appear in isolated locations if persistent winds push the current toward Florida.

The Coast Guard announced Wednesday that tar balls wash-ing ashore in the Florida Keys were not from the Gulf spill, but that did little to soothe fears the oil could spread damage along the coast from Louisiana to Florida.

The U.S. and Cuba were holding talks on how to respond to the spill, U.S. State Department spokesman Gordon Duguid said, underscoring worries about the oil reaching the loop current and being carried to the Florida Keys and the pristine white beaches of Cuba’s northern coast.

BP said Wednesday it hopes to begin shooting a mixture known as drilling mud into the blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico early next week.

Engineers would like to start the procedure known as a “top kill” by Sunday. If it works, it should stop the oil that has been gushing since the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon exploded off the coast of Louisiana April 20 and sank two days later.

“This is all being done at a depth of

5,000 feet and it’s never been done at these depths before,” said Doug Suttles of BP PLC, the oil giant that was leasing the rig when it exploded.

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee addressed the spill at a hearing Wednesday where leading Republicans including John Mica of Florida sought to pin blame on President Barack Obama’s administration. He cited Interior Secretary Ken Salazar’s acknowledg-ment Tuesday that his agency could have more aggressively monitored the offshore drilling industry.

Outlining what he called the “Obama oil spill timeline,” Mica said the administration failed to heed warnings about the need for more regulation and issued “basically a carte blanche recipe for disaster” in approving drilling by the Deepwater Horizon, leased by oil giant BP PLC, and several dozen other wells.

He also said the spill could have been contained more quickly if the Coast Guard and other agencies had a better plan.

“This went on and on,” he said. “I’m not going to point fingers at BP, the private industry, when it’s govern-ment’s responsibility to set the stan-dards.”

Committee Chairman James Oberstar, D-Minn., took issue with the criticism, saying the drilling was approved early in the Obama admin-istration, essentially continuing practices from President George W. Bush’s administration, and that deci-sions were made by career officials.

“I think it’s inflammatory to call it the Obama oil spill, and wrong,” Oberstar said.

Questions remained about just how much oil is spilling from the well.

New underwater video released by BP showed oil and gas erupting under pressure in large, dark clouds from its crippled blowout preventer.

Associated PressWorker Pedro Gomez loads oil absorbent material onto boats at the Louisiana Fish and Wildlife management area in Pass a Loutre, La., Wednesday. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill is infiltrating the coast of Louisiana.

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Name Div Yld PE Last Chg %ChgAT&T Inc 1.68 6.6 12 25.57 -.02 -8.8Amazon ... ... 55 124.59 -1.69 -7.4ArvMerit ... ... ... 14.06 -.85 +25.8BB&T Cp .60 1.9 33 32.29 -.25 +27.3BkofAm .04 .2 78 16.31 +.36 +8.3BerkHa A ... ... 22113700.00+400.00 +14.6Cisco ... ... 21 24.26 -.10 +1.3Delhaize 2.02 2.5 ... 82.18 +1.99 +7.1Dell Inc ... ... 21 14.98 -.02 +4.3DukeEngy .96 5.8 13 16.49 -.21 -4.2ExxonMbl 1.76 2.8 14 62.45 -.34 -8.4FamilyDlr .62 1.5 18 41.33 +1.28 +48.5FifthThird .04 .3 20 13.30 -.13 +36.4FCtzBA 1.20 .6 10 199.30 -2.09 +21.5GenElec .40 2.3 18 17.26 +.03 +14.1GoldmanS 1.40 1.0 6 140.10 +2.74 -17.0Google ... ... 22 494.43 -3.94 -20.3KrispKrm ... ... ... 3.74 -.08 +26.8

LeggPlat 1.04 4.4 25 23.60 -.23 +15.7

Lowes .36 1.5 20 24.82 +.12 +6.1

Microsoft .52 1.8 15 28.24 -.36 -7.3

PPG 2.16 3.4 19 64.36 -1.27 +9.9

ParkerHan 1.04 1.6 27 63.63 -1.32 +18.1

ProgrssEn 2.48 6.3 13 39.28 -.51 -4.2

RedHat ... ... 65 29.36 -.69 -5.0

RoyalBk g 2.00 ... ... 58.04 +.04 +8.4

SaraLee .44 3.0 35 14.89 +.12 +22.2

SonicAut ... ... 9 9.63 -.30 -7.3

SonocoP 1.12 3.5 19 32.24 -.29 +10.2

SpectraEn 1.00 4.7 15 21.11 -.42 +2.9

SpeedM .40 2.7 ... 15.02 -.39 -14.8

Timken .52 1.7 ... 29.85 -1.49 +25.9

UPS B 1.88 2.9 26 65.13 -.16 +13.5

WalMart 1.21 2.3 14 53.04 -.67 -.8

STOCK MARKET INDEXES

MUTUAL FUNDS

DAILY DOW JONES

11,258.01 8,087.19 Dow Industrials 10,444.37 -66.58 -.63 +.16 +24.014,812.87 2,971.98 Dow Transportation 4,374.84 -45.54 -1.03 +6.71 +39.34

408.57 325.67 Dow Utilities 371.39 -4.10 -1.09 -6.69 +12.317,743.74 5,552.82 NYSE Composite 6,927.21 -32.00 -.46 -3.59 +18.001,994.20 1,451.26 Amex Market Value 1,787.81 -16.64 -.92 -2.04 +16.602,535.28 1,677.54 Nasdaq Composite 2,298.37 -18.89 -.82 +1.29 +33.021,219.80 869.32 S&P 500 1,115.05 -5.75 -.51 ... +23.42

852.90 539.03 S&P MidCap 771.22 -7.72 -.99 +6.13 +36.6812,847.91 8,900.27 Wilshire 5000 11,698.44 -77.16 -.66 +1.30 +26.59

745.95 473.54 Russell 2000 674.40 -8.35 -1.22 +7.84 +37.82

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

THE MARKET IN REVIEW

PIMCO TotRetIs CI 128,736 11.14 +0.7 +12.9/C +7.4/A NL 1,000,000American Funds GrthAmA m LG 67,975 26.75 -7.6 +20.2/E +2.7/B 5.75 250Vanguard TotStIdx LB 65,222 27.81 -6.6 +27.5/A +1.5/B NL 3,000Fidelity Contra LG 59,228 57.68 -6.2 +24.3/B +4.5/A NL 2,500American Funds CapIncBuA m IH 57,634 45.49 -6.0 +14.2/D +3.1/C 5.75 250American Funds CpWldGrIA m WS 55,402 30.98 -10.0 +15.1/E +4.4/B 5.75 250Vanguard 500Inv LB 51,508 102.98 -6.7 +25.3/B +0.7/C NL 3,000American Funds IncAmerA m MA 50,350 15.21 -4.9 +22.7/A +2.9/B 5.75 250American Funds InvCoAmA m LB 49,825 25.30 -7.1 +20.5/D +1.5/B 5.75 250Vanguard InstIdxI LB 48,636 102.31 -6.7 +25.4/B +0.8/C NL 5,000,000Dodge & Cox Stock LV 43,365 95.61 -8.6 +25.8/B -0.8/D NL 2,500American Funds EurPacGrA m FB 39,521 34.64 -10.7 +13.5/B +5.7/A 5.75 250American Funds WAMutInvA m LV 39,349 24.41 -6.0 +22.3/C +0.2/C 5.75 250Dodge & Cox IntlStk FV 38,799 29.46 -11.5 +19.6/A +4.0/A NL 2,500American Funds NewPerspA m WS 32,886 24.15 -8.9 +20.0/C +5.1/A 5.75 250PIMCO TotRetAdm b CI 32,666 11.14 +0.7 +12.6/C +7.1/A NL 1,000,000American Funds FnInvA m LB 32,183 31.80 -8.2 +21.0/D +3.8/A 5.75 250FrankTemp-Franklin Income A m CA 31,694 2.03 -3.7 +28.0/A +4.5/A 4.25 1,000Vanguard TotStIAdm LB 31,416 27.82 -6.6 +27.7/A +1.6/B NL 100,000American Funds BalA m MA 30,732 16.35 -4.1 +19.5/C +2.3/C 5.75 250Vanguard 500Adml LB 30,360 102.99 -6.7 +25.4/B +0.8/C NL 100,000Fidelity DivrIntl d FG 30,024 25.17 -11.6 +11.3/E +1.9/D NL 2,500Vanguard Welltn MA 29,838 28.82 -4.4 +19.5/C +4.8/A NL 10,000Fidelity GrowCo LG 29,370 69.63 -7.3 +29.8/A +5.1/A NL 2,500Fidelity LowPriStk d MB 27,372 33.28 -6.6 +31.5/C +4.5/A NL 2,500American Funds BondA m CI 27,146 12.09 +1.0 +14.9/B +3.2/E 3.75 250Vanguard TotIntl d FB 27,032 12.98 -12.3 +14.2/B +3.5/B NL 3,000Vanguard InstPlus LB 26,786 102.31 -6.7 +25.5/B +0.8/C NL 200,000,000T Rowe Price EqtyInc LV 17,190 21.47 -6.8 +28.8/A +1.3/B NL 2,500Hartford CapAprA m LB 10,065 29.72 -8.1 +21.2/D +3.6/A 5.50 2,000Pioneer PioneerA m LB 4,492 35.48 -7.5 +24.3/C +1.2/B 5.75 1,000Goldman Sachs ShDuGovA m GS 1,476 10.41 +0.3 +3.1/C +4.8/A 1.50 1,000Alliance Bernstein GrowIncA m LV 1,235 2.91 -6.7 +17.8/E -1.8/E 4.25 2,500DWS-Scudder REstA m SR 502 15.25 -0.8 +60.3/C +1.8/C 5.75 1,000Hartford GrowthL m LG 195 14.83 -8.9 +21.8/D +0.5/D 4.75 0

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

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

NYSE6,927.21 -32.00

AMEX1,787.81 -16.64

NASDAQ2,298.37 -18.89

STOCK EXCHANGE HIGHLIGHTS

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

dd dd ddGAINERS ($2 OR MORE)

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Name Vol (00) Last ChgPwShs QQQ1531259 46.06 -.37Intel 887527 21.60 +.17ETrade 769817 1.55 +.06Microsoft 608631 28.24 -.36Cisco 607810 24.26 -.10SiriusXM 587016 1.05 -.04NewsCpA 414122 13.39 -.36Apple Inc 357372 248.34 -4.02ApldMatl 356544 13.02 +.08MicronT 292360 8.96 -.12

MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE)

LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)

Name Last Chg %ChgTufco 5.00 +.80 +19.0DARA h rs 4.25 +.56 +15.2Mod-Pac 5.10 +.59 +13.1GlblSrcs 7.68 +.85 +12.4Cardtronic 11.96 +1.25 +11.6Amarin 2.49 +.24 +10.7Schmitt 3.84 +.37 +10.7InnerWkgs 7.48 +.71 +10.5MillIndia 2.84 +.24 +9.2QuestSft 19.29 +1.59 +9.0

Name Last Chg %ChgTongxin un 5.80 -2.41 -29.4WestwdO n10.19 -2.86 -21.9Cowlitz rs 2.94 -.75 -20.3MillIndia un 2.30 -.46 -16.5Exceed wt 3.12 -.58 -15.7Cyclacel pf 3.82 -.67 -14.9Dennys 2.94 -.45 -13.3CmtyCntrl 2.26 -.34 -13.1AehrTest 2.35 -.34 -12.6Wowjoint 5.01 -.71 -12.4

DIARYAdvanced 652Declined 2,081Unchanged 96Total issues 2,829New Highs 16New Lows 78

2,537,622,662Volume

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Name Last Chg %ChgTandyLthr 4.91 +.40 +8.9DGSE 2.95 +.20 +7.3CorMedix n 3.04 +.20 +7.0Arrhythm 6.50 +.33 +5.3MetroHlth 4.14 +.16 +4.0AdcareH wt 2.65 +.10 +3.9Barnwell 4.00 +.15 +3.9ChiMetRur 2.07 +.07 +3.5Gerova un 16.53 +.53 +3.3GabGUtil 20.01 +.61 +3.1

Name Last Chg %ChgBioTime wt 4.19 -.75 -15.2Versar 3.16 -.44 -12.2ChinaNet 3.43 -.47 -12.1CheniereEn 2.81 -.35 -11.1ExeterR gs 6.53 -.77 -10.5NA Pall g 3.40 -.38 -10.1PlatGpMet 2.14 -.23 -9.7NovaGld g 7.23 -.76 -9.5DocuSec 3.00 -.30 -9.1ChiArmM 4.52 -.44 -8.9

DIARYAdvanced 115Declined 387Unchanged 32Total issues 534New Highs 5New Lows 12

Name Vol (00) Last ChgCitigrp 8711147 3.81 +.08S&P500ETF3652481111.76 -.64BkofAm 2526105 16.31 +.36SPDR Fncl 2226964 14.94 +.02GenElec 1326605 17.26 +.03FordM 1301691 11.55 +.01iShEMkts 1242788 38.06 -.37DirFBear rs1080244 14.94 -.05SprintNex 1029615 4.58 -.12iShR2K 1025002 67.54 -.81


GAINERS ($2 OR MORE)

LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)

Name Last Chg %ChgMLDJREst105.92 +.65 +12.4BkA BM RE 3.10 +.32 +11.5DHT Hldgs 4.40 +.35 +8.6ProUSSlv rs35.42 +2.65 +8.1Pactiv 29.79 +1.89 +6.8AdvAmer 4.70 +.28 +6.3DirLatBear 50.67 +3.02 +6.3Nautilus 2.58 +.15 +6.2CAI Intl 12.93 +.72 +5.9US Airwy 7.40 +.40 +5.7

Name Last Chg %ChgGoldcp wt 5.65 -1.32 -18.9Compx 10.74 -2.15 -16.7Chicos 11.98 -2.18 -15.4FtBcp pfE 7.89 -1.11 -12.3ReneSola 5.52 -.76 -12.1Medifast 30.90 -4.18 -11.9WhitingTr 16.75 -2.17 -11.5FtBcp pfB 7.75 -1.00 -11.4CaptlTr pf 2.66 -.33 -11.0CapTr12 pf 3.00 -.35 -10.4

DIARYAdvanced 682Declined 2,430Unchanged 73Total issues 3,185New Highs 18New Lows 39

6,808,033,944Volume 152,167,544

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10,960Dow Jones industrialsClose: 10,444.37Change: -66.58 (-0.6%)

10 DAYS

NEW YORK (AP) — Another wave of selling hit stocks Wednesday in response to growing fears that Europe has no quick fix for its debt crisis.

The Dow Jones industrial average fell about 67 points after having been down as much as 186. It was the Dow’s ninth drop in 12 days.

The extent of investors’ worries became clear after the euro bounced off a four-year low but stocks still fell. The euro has been driving stock trading for weeks.

The Standard & Poor’s 500 index, widely con-sidered one of the best measures of how the stock market is doing, neared a 10 percent drop from the 2010 trading high it reached last month. That would mark the first time the market has had what’s known as a “correction” since it bounced off a 12-year low in March last year. Most analysts say a correction is a drop of at least 10 percent.

The latest worry came from Germany, where reg-ulators banned what’s called naked short selling. That occurs when traders bet against investments they don’t hold. The rule covers European govern-ment bonds, credit default swaps and the shares of several financial companies.

Germany enacted the short-selling rule in hopes of curtailing sudden swings in European debt mar-kets, like the ones that crippled Greece’s ability to borrow money after the rates on its bonds shot higher earlier this year.

European leaders agreed last week to a nearly $1 trillion bailout program to help countries like Greece that face mounting debt problems. The deal was initially embraced by financial markets, but traders quickly became concerned that the aus-terity measures tied to the rescue package would upend a rebound.

The Dow fell 66.58, or 0.6 percent, to 10,444.37 after dropping 115 on Tuesday.

The S&P 500 index fell 5.75, or 0.5 percent, to 1,115.05. At its low Wednesday, the index was down 9.8 percent from its 2010 trading high. Based on where it closed Wednesday, the S&P 500 index is down 8.4 percent from its peak this year. Analysts at S&P who have evaulated the events driving the market this year say that a drop of as much 15 per-cent is possible.

The Nasdaq composite index fell 18.89, or 0.8 percent, to 2,298.37.

Bond prices slipped, pushing yields higher. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note rose to 3.37 percent from 3.35 percent late Tuesday. Bond yields have been falling in recent weeks as investors flock to safe investments.

Crude oil rose 46 cents to $69.87 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Gold fell.

U.S. investors haven’t been focusing on the U.S. economy but given the downbeat mood on Wall Street downbeat news drew some attention.

The Mortgage Bankers Association reported that the number of homeowners who missed at least one payment on their mortgage rose to a record in the first quarter. That signaled that foreclosures could rise and suggested that troubles in the U.S. housing sector are far from over.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumer prices fell in April for the first time in 13 months, giving the Federal Reserve more room to keep interest rates at historic lows to aid the economy. That’s good news for borrowers, but not for savers.

Record-low rates help borrow-ers who qualify for loans and want to take on more debt. The prime lending rate, used to set rates on some credit cards and consumer loans, is at its lowest point in decades.

But low rates hurt savers. They’re especially hard for peo-ple on fixed incomes who earn scant returns on their savings.

The 0.1 percent decrease in overall prices last month was pulled down by gas prices, which are expected to drop further this summer.

Core inflation, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, was flat in April, according to the Labor Department report Wednesday. Over the past 12 months, core inflation has risen just 0.9 percent — the smallest increase in 44 years.

The recession in 2007 and 2008 has kept inflation so low that some economists worry

about the possibility of deflation — a destabilizing period of fall-ing prices and wages.

“With the unemployment rate so close to 10 percent, it is entirely understandable that the Fed wants to stick with its commitment to leave rates at near-zero,” said Paul Ashworth, senior U.S. economist at Capital Economics.

Ashworth said he thinks the Fed won’t start raising rates until late next year — and possi-bly not until 2012.

Economists had expected over-all prices and core prices to edge up 0.1 percent in April. The drop in overall prices was the first decline since a similar dip in March 2009.

Energy prices fell 1.4 percent, the biggest one-month decline since March 2009. Gasoline prices dropped 2.4 percent. Analysts said they expect further declines in coming months as crude oil prices are down nearly 20 percent since April.

Food costs rose 0.2 percent, the same modest increase posted in March. Economists had expect-ed a bigger increase because of a winter freeze on Florida veg-etable and citrus crops.

Clothing costs dropped by 0.7 percent in April. The cost of new vehicles was unchanged last month. Airline tickets rose by 2.2 percent, one of the few areas to show price pressures last month.

Joel Naroff, president of Naroff Economic Advisors, said stable prices have allowed consum-ers to spend more freely despite slow growth in income and high unemployment. He said most businesses are “dealing with a sluggish economy and that means they have very little pric-ing power.”

Inflation at such low levels raises concerns of deflation. But most economists believe that threat remains remote. The over-all economy has begun growing again and hiring is starting to pick up. The United States has not had to battle deflation since the 1930s.

Europe’s woes drag markets down again

Falling energy prices a big help

In this May 8 photo, electrical power genera-tion lines are seen below storm clouds in a rural field near Newtown, Pa. The Labor Department reported Wednesday that consumer prices edged down 0.1 percent last month, reflecting a big fall in energy prices.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans vot-ed Wednesday to delay final action on a sweeping financial regulation bill, raising an obstacle to the legislation as it approached the home stretch.

The vote was 57-42, three votes shy of the 60 needed to pass. Three Democrats joined 39 Republicans in voting against the measure. Among them was Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who switched his vote from yes for procedural reasons. Reid said he’d seek a new vote Thursday.

With Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., absent, Democrats needed one more vote to demonstrate to Republicans that they would eventually prevail and set the stage to pass the biggest rewrite of financial regulations since the Great Depression.

The legislation would set up a mechanism to watch out for risks in the financial system, create a method to liquidate large failing firms and write new rules for complex securities blamed for help-ing precipitate the 2008 economic crisis. It also would create a new consumer protection agency, a key point for President Barack Obama.

Republicans this week have escalated their attacks on the legislation, arguing the bill had grown worse and did not address root causes of the 2008 financial meltdown.

While the bill appears ultimately headed for final passage, Wednesday’s vote put the end game in question, including the fate of several contentious amendments that remained unresolved.

Among them was a measure that would allow states to impose their interest rate caps on finan-cial institutions that issue credit cards. Currently, banks and credit card companies are only required to charge the interest rate permitted in the state where they are headquartered.

Democratic Sens. Jeff Merkley of Oregon and Carl Levin of Michigan were awaiting a vote on their proposal to ban commercial banks from trading in speculative investments with their own accounts. .

While those measures would increase regulations on banks, senators also were scheduled to vote on a measure that would let auto dealers avoid any regulations passed by a proposed consumer protec-tion agency.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The mortgage crisis is dragging on the economic recovery as more homeowners fall behind on their payments.

Analysts expect improvement soon, but the number of hom-eowners in default or at risk of foreclosure will have a lingering effect on the broader economy.

More than 10 percent of hom-eowners with a mortgage had missed at least one payment in the January-March period, the Mortgage Bankers Association said Wednesday. That’s a record high and up from 9.1 percent a year ago.

A big jump in the number of borrowers who have missed three months of mortgage pay-ments drove the increase.

One encouraging sign is the number of homeowners just starting to show trouble is trend-ing downward. As of March, nearly 3.5 percent of borrow-ers had missed one month of mortgage payments, down from about 3.8 percent a year earlier.

Around 4.3 million homeown-ers, or about 8 percent of all Americans with a mortgage, are at risk of losing their homes, the trade group’s top economist esti-mates. They have either missed

at least three months of pay-ments or are in foreclosure.

Should loan modification pro-grams fail to help, their homes will go up for sale either as a foreclosure or short sale — when the bank agrees to sell the prop-erty for less than the original mortgage amount.

Many analysts have been fore-casting home prices will dip again as more of these homes go up for sale at deeply discounted prices.

“It’s certainly a weight on the economy,” said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics, who predicts home prices will fall about 5 percent and hit the bottom next spring. “Nothing works all that well in the economy when house prices are falling.”

Federal tax credits boosted home sales this spring but they expired last month. As a result, mortgage applications to pur-chase homes fell to the lowest level in 13 years this week, the Mortgage Bankers Association said in a separate report Wednesday.

The latest foreclosure fig-ures from the trade group are adjusted for seasonal factors. For example, heating bills and holi-

day expenses tend to push mort-gage delinquencies up near the end of the year. Many of those borrowers become current on their loans again by spring.

Without adjusting for seasonal factors, the delinquency num-bers dropped, as they normally do from the winter to spring.

More than 4.6 percent of hom-eowners were in foreclosure, also a record. But that number, which is not adjusted for seasonal fac-tors, was up only slightly from the end of last year.

Jay Brinkmann, the trade group’s chief economist, said the foreclosure crisis appears to have stabilized. Seasonal adjustments may be exaggerating the change from the previous quarter, he added.

“I don’t see signs now that it’s getting worse, but it’s going to take a while,” he said. “A bad situation that’s not getting worse is still bad.”

The Obama administration’s $75 billion foreclosure preven-tion program has barely dented the problem.

About 25 percent of the 1.2 million homeowners who started the program over the past year had received permanent loan modifications as of last month.

Mortgage woes drag on recovery

Senate battling on financial bill In this May 13 photo, a

brand-new $1.1 million, 5,200 square foot home in Davie, Fla. is offered for short sale. The number of homeowners who missed at least one payment on their mortgage surged to a record in the first quarter of the year, a sign that the foreclosure crisis is far from over.

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Associated PressSupreme Court nominee Elena Kagan meets Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., and his dog Dakota, on Capitol Hill in Washington Wednesday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Judiciary Committee chair-man moved quickly Wednesday to advance Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan down a so-far smooth road to confirmation, setting hear-ings for June 28.

Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., said the schedule should allow the hearings to be completed before senators leave for a weeklong break in early July. In announcing it, Leahy was seizing the momentum building behind Kagan’s nomination just over a week after President Barack Obama selected her to succeed retiring Justice John Paul Stevens.

“I would urge everybody to come to the hearing with an open mind, lis-ten to her answers to those questions, and we will make sure that every senator — both sides of the aisle — has ample time to ask the questions they want,” Leahy said.

The Judiciary Committee already sifted through much of Kagan’s record and background for its 2009 hearings on her nomination to be solicitor general, and the 50-year-old former Harvard Law School dean was confirmed then on a bipartisan Senate vote. Leahy said that history, plus Kagan’s lack of experience as a judge — something Republicans have criticized — should make getting ready for these hearings “less labor-intensive.”

The timetable mirrors the one Leahy’s panel followed last year with Obama’s first court choice, Justice Sonia Sotomayor. It would put the Senate on track to meet the presi-dent’s goal of installing Kagan on the court by the time its new session begins this fall.

Leahy settled on it over the objec-tions of Republicans, who said they wanted more time to review docu-ments from Kagan’s past, particularly from her years serving in the Clinton White House.

But GOP Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, the panel’s ranking mem-ber, said his party would “try to do our best to conduct an effective hear-ing” in the time provided.

“We’ll discuss judicial activism, faithfulness to the Constitution, and I expect it to be a vigorous and important hearing,” Sessions said.

Kagan, 50, stepped aside Monday from her job as solicitor general, in which she represented the Obama administration before the Supreme Court. She was back on Capitol Hill Wednesday for one-on-one meetings with a group of Democratic senators.

Kagan has met with nearly a quar-ter of the Senate, where Democrats have more than enough votes to con-firm her and Republicans have so far shown little inclination to block the move.

The White House on Tuesday sent the Judiciary Committee thou-sands of pages of Kagan’s speeches and writings, including her work as solicitor general and her articles as an undergraduate staff writer on Princeton University’s campus news-paper.

The papers were a response to a questionnaire sent to Kagan by the judiciary panel, and they emerged as the White House tried to paint a fuller picture of Obama’s nominee, whose thin record of legal writings has left Republicans and even some Democrats suspicious of her views.

Obama’s team on rounded up a group of former aides to then-Pres-ident Bill Clinton who served with Kagan in the White House to tout her qualifications in a conference call Wednesday with reporters.

Praising her as “wicked smart” and “extremely highly qualified” for the Supreme Court, former White House Chief of Staff John Podesta nonethe-less stressed that Kagan’s work for Clinton said more about her then-boss’ policy agenda than about hers.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration moved on Wednesday to abolish the belea-guered agency that oversees offshore drilling and replace it with three sep-arate entities.

The plan by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar would eliminate the Minerals Management Service and replace it with two bureaus and a revenue col-lection office. The name Minerals Management Service would no lon-ger exist, a spokeswoman said.

Members of Congress and President Barack Obama have criticized what they call the cozy relationship between regulators and oil compa-nies and have vowed to reform MMS, which both regulates the industry and collects billions in royalties from it.

Under the latest plan — the second proposed restructuring of the drilling agency since the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico last month — the agency’s three main functions would be split up to avoid what Salazar called a “real or perceived” conflict of interests.

The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement would inspect oil rigs and enforce safety regulations. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management would oversee leasing and development of offshore drilling. And the Office of Natural Resources Revenue would collect billions of dollars in royalties for onshore and offshore drilling.

“These three missions — energy development, enforcement and reve-nue collection — are conflicting mis-sions and must be separated,” Salazar said at a news conference.

Employees of the minerals agency “deserve an organizational struc-ture that fits the mission that they are asked to carry out,” Salazar said. Under the proposed restructuring, employees would get greater clarity for their roles and responsibilities, strengthening oversight of companies that develop oil, natural gas and oth-er resources, he said.

The enforcement and energy bureaus would report to an assistant Interior secretary for land and min-erals management, while the revenue office would report to a policy, man-agement and budget official, Salazar said.

It was not clear how much of the proposed restructuring would need

congressional approval. Salazar and other officials said the administra-tion would work with Congress to complete the reforms.

Former Interior Secretary James Watt created the Minerals Management Service by secretarial order in 1982, consolidating several functions that had been performed by the U.S. Geological Survey, the Bureau of Land Management and the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Salazar said it was important for Congress to set the direction for the minerals agency, the way it has with other Interior agencies such as the Fish and Wildlife Service and National Park Service.

“This is an agency that has a responsibility of protecting American taxpayers and generates $13 billion a year in revenue. And it also has the responsibility of protecting the resources of the Outer Continental Shelf. It needs to be a much more robust organization,” Salazar said.

The 1,700-employee agency collects and distributes more than $13 bil-lion per year in revenues from fed-eral leases for offshore and onshore drilling. It also sells leases for drill-ing operations and enforces laws and regulations that apply to drilling.

Critics have long said the agency’s roles conflict, leading to accusations of being too cozy with the oil and natural gas industry. There is grow-ing bipartisan sentiment in Congress in favor of toughening oversight of MMS. At a minimum, lawmakers want to ensure the agency’s director is a Senate-confirmed position.

The current director, Elizabeth Birnbaum, was appointed by President Barack Obama but did not require Senate confirmation. She did not attend Salazar’s news conference Wednesday or a similar event last week when he proposed splitting the minerals agency in two.

Still, Salazar expressed confidence in Birnbaum, saying she has “brought in a fresh perspective” to the direc-tor’s job. Unlike many of her prede-cessors she did not work in the oil and gas industry before joining the government.

Rep. Nick Rahall, D-W.Va., chair-man of the House Natural Resources Committee, called Salazar’s proposal “a bold initiative to shake up a badly troubled agency by separating its three basic missions.”

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Confronting soaring frustration over illegal immigration, President Barack Obama on Wednesday condemned Arizona’s crackdown and pushed instead for a federal fix the nation could embrace. He said that will never happen without Republican support, pleading: “I need some help.”

In asking anew for an immigration overhaul, Obama showed solidarity with his guest of honor, Mexican President Felipe Calderon, who called Arizona’s law discriminatory and warned Mexico would reject any effort to “criminalize migra-tion.” The United States and Mexico share a

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Obama sought to show that he, too, is fed up with the govern-ment’s failure to fix a system widely seen as broken. He said that would require solv-ing border security, employment and citi-zenship issues all at once — the kind of effort that collapsed in Congress just three years ago.

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The immigration theme dominated a day of pageantry and showy support for Calderon, who enjoyed a state visit with his wife, Margarita Zavala.

The Mexican presi-dent was treated to a grand welcome on the South Lawn in the morning. Wednesday night, 200 guests were invited for a state din-ner in the East Room followed by entertain-ment back on the lawn under cover of an enor-mous tent. Obama repeatedly offered U.S. support for Calderon’s government, particular-ly in his aggressive fight against drug traffick-ers, a violent battle that has left roughly 23,000 people dead since the end of 2006.

On immigration, Obama’s criticism of the Arizona law is easier than the fix he wants: getting his own party and Republicans to pass an immigration overhaul.

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Dear Dr. Gott: My 5-year-old grandson sometimes awakens in the night with pain in his legs, ankles or wrists. My daughter says he has growing pains. Is this true?

Dear Reader: Yes, it is, sort of. Up to 40 percent of children experience “growing pains” during two periods — from the ages of 3 to 5 and 8 to 12. There is no evidence to substantiate that bone growth causes pain. What is experienced is likely caused by activities such as running, jumping, climbing on a jungle gym, and being extremely active during the day.

Most of the pain is concentrated in muscles behind the knees, in the calves and on the front portion of the thighs.

It is often severe enough to awaken a child in the middle of the night, leaving a parent unsure of what to do.

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should be involved. There may be something going on that truly needs to be addressed.

In the case of a serious medical condition, a child will prefer not to be touched, because movement com-monly increases pain; however, if the child has growing pains, massage, stretching, the use of a heating pad and general comforting techniques will be welcomed.

Keep in mind that your grandson can awaken refreshed and free of pain.

This does not imply he is seeking attention or faking an illness. It’s simply the way the condition pres-ents.

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Dear Abby: I can empathize with “Deeply Hurt in Arizona” (March 16), who travels back to her hometown to see her large extended family and struggles to make time for her long-time friend “Judith,” who nonetheless feels slighted.

My husband and I grew up in the Northeast but now live out of state. We have flown hundreds of miles with our children to visit our fami-lies back there. Once we arrived, it seemed we were expected to continue traveling from town to town to do all the visiting. It became very stressful.

These people made little effort to visit us in our state or even come to our “base” while we were in their area. While “Hurt” visits her elderly parents, Judith appears to be sitting around waiting for her and making little effort.

Why doesn’t Judith go to the par-ents’ home? Or, better yet, have a girls’ weekend in Arizona or some-where in between?

We have gotten past our irritation with family and friends and do two things: 1. We tell people in advance when we’re coming so they can make plans. Groups — especially friends — can double up, and see us and see each other. 2. We use our time the way we want and not the way we feel we are obligated to.

“Hurt” should urge Judith to try to come to her. The road goes both

ways. — Worked it outDear Worked it Out: Thank you

for writing. The scenario in “Hurt’s” letter hit a nerve with a number of readers. Read on:

Dear Abby: When my kids visit from out of state, I have an open house so the family can come to one place and spend time with them. This gives my kids more time to visit with me and any special friends they may want to see.

It also lessens the guilt of not being able to see everyone. This has worked well for us, and now the fam-ily expects me to do it every time the kids come back. — Diana

Dear Abby: I agree that Judith is selfish and immature. I have friends all over the U.S., and when they come to visit, I understand that most of their time will be spent with family.

Judith needs to grow up and realize that not everything revolves around her.

Instead of complaining about the lack of time “Hurt” has for her, Judith should make the most of the time she does get to spend. — Shellie

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WASHINGTON — Dazed and confused. The biggest primary night of the season left the two parties strug-gling Wednesday to figure out their next steps in an increasingly volatile election year.

House Republicans tried to explain their costly defeat in a special election in Pennsylvania, a contest they had hoped would launch them toward big gains in November’s midterm elec-tions. President Barack Obama failed for a fifth time to push Democratic choices to victory, a troubling sign for the White House.

Despite the White House support, Sen. Blanche Lincoln was forced into a runoff with union-backed Lt. Gov. Bill Halter in Arkansas and is clinging to her politi-cal life. Arlen Specter saw his long Senate career end altogether with Joe Sestak’s nomination in Pennsylvania.

Tea party activists scored a big victory in Kentucky, rejecting Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s hand-picked GOP nomi-nee — Trey Grayson — for the state’s other Senate seat in favor of political upstart Rand Paul.

In several states, voters flocked to self-described out-siders at a time when support for Congress is low, anger at Washington high and back-ing for Obama divided.

However, the themes that

surfaced in Tuesday’s dispa-rate primaries may tell little about the likely outcomes of upcoming primaries in other states, much less how the general election in some five months will play out. More clear is that this is shaping up to be a raucous campaign season, with col-liding variables and a host of unknowns.

While public attention focused on the Senate rac-es, party leaders eyed the Pennsylvania House result.

Rep. Eric Cantor, the No. 2 House Republican, predicted a GOP takeover of the House this fall, although he said the loss in Pennsylvania was “evidence of the fact that we have a lot of work to do and we can’t get ahead of our-selves.”

Countered Tim Kaine, the Democratic Party chairman: “The party’s failure to take a seat also shows that while conventional wisdom holds that this cycle will be tough for Democrats, the final chapter on this year’s elec-tions is far from written.”

A Republican victory for that Pennsylvania House seat would have advanced the party’s claims that major gains are certain this fall, and a takeover of the House is possible — a narrative officials had hoped to rein-force this Saturday in a spe-cial election to fill out the term of former Rep. Neil Abercrombie of Hawaii.

In Hawaii, Republican Charles Djou runs ahead in the polls while two Democrats split a prepon-

derance of their party’s vote. Despite efforts at diplomacy, neither former Rep. Ed Case nor Colleen Hanabusa has agreed to withdraw, and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee recently announced it was halting its activity in the race after spending more than $300,000.

But what does it all mean? It’s an unpredictable politi-cal environment in which Republicans will seek to take control of Congress this fall and Democrats will try to curtail losses. Some GOP gains are expected because Obama’s party is the one in power at a time when the economy continues to sput-ter and joblessness persists. Those economic issues are voters’ top concerns.

“The message clearly is that they’re tired of business as usual in Washington, regard-less of party. ... The people want new faces and new fresh ideas,” Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown, who rode a wave of voter anger to office in January, said.

Kaine deflected questions about whether Obama’s polit-ical influence was waning, saying that after the prima-ries are over in states “that’s when you’ll see the president going in.” He ignored the fact that over the past seven months Democratic candi-dates Obama campaigned for or supported in other ways lost gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey, fell to Brown in Massachusetts, lost the Senate primary in Pennsylvania and ended up

in an Arkansas runoff.Sen. Bob Menendez of

New Jersey, who leads the Senate Democrats’ campaign efforts, said of the president: “Hopefully, he can continue to create a greater contrast between the Democratic vision and the Republican one” while also continuing fundraising and campaign appearances.

Lincoln’s run-off as well as the defeats of Specter and Grayson also raised ques-tions of whether political parties — the establishment in elections — are losing power and, if so, what that means for coalition building and the influence of outside groups, if not for democracy.

Seeing tea party activists successfully sidestep the will of leaders in Washington, voters could increasingly turn to the Internet to air grievances, mobilize and force change. Certainly, can-didates nominated without their party’s support owe little or nothing to their party leaders and, thus, it may become tougher to build coalitions to get things done on Capitol Hill.

And big-monied special interest groups might just be emboldened by Halter’s success so far to overtake the traditional party roles of recruiting and funding can-didates.

Union leaders who nudged Halter into the Arkansas race vowed to carry him to victory in the runoff over Lincoln. Said AFL-CIO political director Karen Ackerman: “We are certain-

ly ready and able to spend whatever we need to spend on behalf of Halter.”

Organized labor has already spent more than $5 million to oust Lincoln, a moderate who angered unions by opposing legisla-tion to make it easier for workers to organize and working to kill a government insurance option in health care legislation that passed Congress.

Less than 24 hours after the primaries, the shape of the fall campaign was quick to form.

In Pennsylvania, Republic-ans rolled out a new website and video against Sestak, pointing out that the con-gressman votes with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats most of the time and was endorsed by the progressive MoveOn.org. “Just how liberal is Joe Sestak?” the spot asks and answers: “Way too liberal for Pennsylvania.”

In Kentucky, Democrats portrayed Paul as out of touch. They released a video that contrasts the state’s 10.7 percent unemployment with Paul’s calls to eliminate the Education Department and corporate taxes. The video also highlights his opposition to curtailment of Medicare payments to doctors; he’s an eye doctor.

“The one payment Paul doesn’t want to cut is his own salary,” says the video that claims Paul is “against help-ing Kentuckians” but “for helping himself.”

Both parties seek insights in primary results

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IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICEOF NORTH CAROLINA

SUPERIOR COURT DIVISIONRUTHERFORD COUNTY

10 SP 148

IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY JANE ELLEN YOUNG RICKETTES AKA JANE ELLEN YOUNG RICKETTS DATED SEPTEMBER 28, 1999 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 577 AT PAGE 394 IN THE RUTHERFORD COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA

NOTICE OF SALE

Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in the above-referenced deed of trust and because of default in the payment of the secured indebtedness and failure to perform the stipulation and agreements therein contained and, pursuant to demand of the owner and holder of the secured debt, the undersigned substitute trustee will expose for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at the county courthouse of said county at 1:00 PM on May 26, 2010 the following described real estate and any other improvements which may be situated thereon, in Rutherford County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows:

Being all the remaining lands of Rash Young and wife, Gertrude Young, both now deceased, as same is more fully described in Deed Book 338 at Page 197 of the Rutherford County Deed Registry, hereby incorporated by reference as if fully set out and to which reference is hereby made and being further described hereinafter below. Said remaining lands are believed to contain 1.5 acres.

Tract I:

All that certain tract of land situate in Morgan Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina and lying South of Sate Road No. 1328 adjoining the lands of F.V. Harris, D.N. Ledbetter, Clyde Flynn, Wayne Hall, U.V. Patton and the Montford Cove Baptist Church property and being the greater of part of the 53 acres tract conveyed by F.V. Harris to Early Lytle and wife, by deed dated January 2, 1968, recorded in Deed Book 305, at Page 294 of the Rutherford County Deed Registry and three-fourths (3/4) undivided interest having been conveyed to William M. Jordon and wife, by deed dated May 10, 1968, recorded in Book 309 at Page 34, Rutherford County Deed Registry, and described herein as surveyed by Clyde Sorrells, January 1968.

Beginning on a stone on the South edge of Highway No. 1328. which is the Northwest corner of the Fred Flynn 4/10 acre tract and which is located, North 52 West 76 feet from a concrete post which marks Fred Flynn's original purchase of the 1 1/2 acre tract and runs thence, along the South edge of said highway, North 58 West 305 feet and North 62 West 200 feet to an iron pin in Wayne Hall's line;t hence, with his line, South 15 West 210 feet to a stake; thence, with another of his lines, North 65 West 210 feet to a stake, Clyde Flynn's corner; thence, with Flynn's line South 15 West 100 feet to a stake. his corner; thence with the Southern line of Flynn's 4/10 acre tract so as to exclude it from this conveyance (1) South 89 West 179 feet to a hickory; (2) North 60 West 300 feet to an iron pin, corner of D.N. Ledbetter's 1/2 acre tract; thence with the Southern line of same so as to exclude the same from this conveyance, North 60 degrees West 287 feet to a stoke, Ledbetter's corner of F.V. Harris' line; thence with Harris' line North 73 degrees WEst 29 feet to two persimmon trees about 12 feet south of the branch; thence with Harris' line South 61 degrees West 563 feet to a stone, corner of 1.1 acre tract conveyed by Earl Lytle to the trustees of the Montford Cove Baptist Church; thence with the East line of same so as to exclude the same from this conveyance, South 27 West 650 feet to a stone in the outside line; thence with the old line, South 100 feet and crossing the branch to a stone; thence, South 73 East 358 feet to a sycamore tree; thence South 30 East 565 feet to a stone, old corner of 10.8 acre tract formerly owned by George Harris; thence, with his line, South 78 East 940 feet to a dogwood on a ridge; thence North 10 East 640 feet to a point in the center of Cove Cree; thence with the center of Cove Creek as follows: North 9 West 280 feet; North 72 East 375 feet to a point in the creek with a cherry tree pointer on the West bank; thence with the western line of Fred Flynn's 4/10 acre tract so as to exclude it, North 30 degrees East 451 feet to the beginning, containing 50 acres, more or less.

Tract II:

Adjoining Tract I above described, and the lands of Montford Cove Baptist Church and situate, lying in Montford Cove Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina, and being formerly a part of the Montford Cove Baptist Church Property.

Beginning at a stone the Southeast corner of the Montford Cove Baptist Church property, said stone being located South 65 degrees East 264 feet from a point in the center of Cove Road, said Cove Road being known as "Rural Pave Road No. 1001" and runs thence, with a new line, North 27 degrees East 20 feet to a stone; thence North 65 degrees West 312 feet to a point in the center of the Cove Road (aka RR #1001); thence with the center of said Road South 42 degrees East 48feet to a point in the center of the road; thence, leaving the road and running, South 65 degrees East 264 feet to the Beginning, containing .1 acre, more or less.

Courses and distances taken from a survey and map made by Clyde C. Sorrels, Surveyor, April 1986.

Saving, excepting and reserving from the operation of this conveyance are all the lands previous-l yconveyed from the parent tracts above noted, included by not limited to the following for illustration and not for description:

(1) 4/10 acre, more or less, conveyed to Clyde Flynn, et ux;(2) 4/10 acre, more or less, conveyed to Fred Flynn, et ux;(3) 1/2 acre, more or less, conveyed to D.N. Ledbetter, et ux;(4) 1.1 acres, conveyed to the Trustees of Montford Cove Baptist Church(5) Deed Book 349, at Page 392;(6) Deed Book 370, at Page 431;(7) Deed Book 510, at Page 192;(8) Deed Book 515, at Page 211;(9) Deed Book 525, at Page 110;(10) Deed Book 569; at Page 681;(11) Deed Book 644, at Page 316;(12) Deed Book 656, at Page 286

Subject to repairian rights of others and Cove Creek as the same may affect the subject property.

Subject to the right of way for RR #1001, "Cove Road" to its full legal width.

And Being more commonly known as:5271 and 5279 Painter Gap Rd, Union Mills, NC 28167

The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Jane Ellen Young Rickettes aka Jane Ellen Young Ricketts.

The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance "AS IS, WHERE IS." Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale. Any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. This sale is made subject to all prior liens and encumbrances, and unpaid taxes and assessments including but not limited to any transfer tax associated with the foreclosure. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, is required and must be tendered in the form of certified funds at the time of the sale. This sale will be held open ten days for upset bids as required by law. Following the expiration of the statutory upset period, all remaining amounts are IMMEDIATELY DUE AND OWING. Failure to remit funds in a timely manner will result in a Declaration of Default and any deposit will be frozen pending the outcome of any re-sale.

SPECIAL NOTICE FOR LEASEHOLD TENANTS: If you are a tenant residing in the property, be advised that an Order for Possession of the property may be issued in favor of the purchaser. Also, if your lease began or was renewed on or after October 1, 2007, be advised that you may terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days written notice to the landlord. You may be liable for rent due under the agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

The date of this Notice is May 5, 2010.

Grady IngleSubstitute Trustee8520 Cliff Cameron Drive, Suite 300Charlotte, NC 28269(704) 333-8107http://shapiroattorneys.com/nc/10-002800

PUBLIC NOTICE

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA-Part B, Public Law 108.446) Project is currently being amended. The Project describes the special education programs that Rutherford County Schools proposes for Federal funding for the 2010-2011 school year. Interested persons are encouraged to review these amendments and make comments concerning the implementation of special education under this Federal Program. All comments will be considered prior to submission of the amended Project to the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction in Raleigh, North Carolina. The IDEA-Part B Project is open for public review and comments during the week of May 21 - May 26, 2010 in the office of Tom Griffin located at the Rutherford County Schools Central Office, 382 West Main Street, Forest City, N.C., phone number is 828-288-2350.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

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

This is the 13th day of May, 2010.

Judy D. Migala, Executor470 Duncan RoadRutherfordton, NC 28139

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Having qualified as Collector of Affidavit of the estate of TERI JOAN SEAY of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said TERI JOAN SEAY to present them to the undersigned on or before the 6th day of August, 2010 or the same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment.


Joan Stacey, Collector of Affidavit763 Stacey RoadRutherfordton, NC 28139

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

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


Daniel Bruce Owens, Co-Executor144 Harmon RoadEllenboro, NC 28040

Douglas Ray Owens, Co-Executor259 Bent Tree DriveRutherfordton, NC 28139

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10 sp 161

IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY FRANK J. HARRIS AND JUDY HARRIS DATED MARCH 7, 2006 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 888 ATPAGE 778 IN THE RUTHERFORD COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA

NOTICE OF SALE


All that certain property situated in the Township of Cool Springs in the County of Rutherford and State of North Carolina, being more fully described in a deed dated 11/15/1996 and recorded 11/15/1996, among the land records of the County and State set forth above, in Deed Volume 681 and Page 57.

Situate, lying and being in Cool Springs Township Rutherford County, North Carolina and being all that property conveyed to James E. Rash as described and recorded in Deed Book 386 at Page 541, Rutherford County Registry and being more particularly described by metes and bounds as follows:

Beginning at an existing iron at the edge of the right of way of Willow Run Drive, said existing iron pin lying North 43 degrees 08 minutes 02 seconds West 33.17 feet from a PK nail in the intersection of Willow Run Drive and Cherry Street, said existing iron pin also being the Northeastern most corner of the Ernest R. Allen as described and record in Deed Book 284 at Page 324, Rutherford County Registry, from said beginning point and running along and with the line of Allen South 76 degrees 50 minutes 39 seconds West 86.24 feet to an existing iron pin; thence continuing with the line of Allen North 15 degrees 42 minutes 08 seconds West 23.18 feet to an existing iron pin; thence continuing with the line of Allen South 78 degrees 21 minutes 42 seconds West 60.08 feet to a new iron pin in the line of the property of Gardner Webb College as described and recorded in Deed Book 454 at Page 51 and being Lot #3 as shown on plat duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds in Plat Book 6 at page 141; thence leaving the line of Allen and running along and with the line of Lot #3 North 11 degrees 28 minutes 33 seconds West 61.90 feet to a new iron pin, said new iron pin being the Southwestern most corner of the Margaret T. Scruggs as described and recorded in Deed Book 333 at page 457, and being Lot #2 of the aforementioned plat; thence leaving the line of Lot #3 and running along and with the line of Lot #2 North 77 degrees 47 minutes 04 seconds East (crossing an existing iron pin at 141.13 feet) a total distance of 150.00 feet to a point in Willow Run Drive; thence leaving the line of Lot #2 South 10 degrees 07 minutes 13 seconds East 84.27 feet to the point and place of Beginning, containing 0.259 acres more or less.

The above courses and distances taken from survey dated November 11, 1996, by Lattimore and Peeler Surveying Co., Dobbins Lattimore, RLS, Map # 96-424B.

And Being more commonly known as:348 Willow Run Dr, Forest City, NC 28139

The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Frank J. Harris.







10 sp 73

IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY JOHNNIE B. DAVENPORT AND JOSIE DAVENPORT DATED SEPTEMBER 29, 1999 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 577 AT PAGE 822 IN THE RUTHERFORD COUNTY PUBLIC REGISTRY, NORTH CAROLINA

NOTICE OF SALE


Lying and being situated in RUTHERFORD County, North Carolina, and more particularly described as follows:

FIRST TRACT: BEGINNING on an iron stake, Southeast corner of Johnnie B. Davenport's own land and the Northeast corner of the aforesaid tract purchased from Robert P. Head, and running thence with the old line and Johnnie B. Davenport's line North 63-1/4 West 226 feet to an iron stake, Davenport's Southwest corner; thence two new line (1) South 42 East 198 feet to an electric pole; (2) South 57 East 52 feet to an iron stake in the old line; thence with the old line North 21 East 75 feet to the BEGINNING.

SECOND TRACT: Being Lots Numbers 18 and 19 of the W. S. Moss property, as surveyed by J. A. Wilkie, Surveyor, and shown on a plat in the office of the Register of Deeds for Rutherford County in Plat Book 4, page 39, reference to which is hereby made for a full and complete description.

Lot #18 has a frontage of 50 feet on an alley and runs back 319 feet on the South side and 305 feet on the North side, and is 58 feet wide on the back line; Lot #19 has a frontage of 50 feet on an alley and runs back 226 feet on the South side and 200 feet on the North side, and is 50 feet wide in the back boundaries.

And Being more commonly known as:1730 Highway 221A, Caroleen, NC 28019

The record owner(s) of the property, as reflected on the records of the Register of Deeds, is/are Roy S. Davenport.





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(AP) — Taliban insurgents armed with rockets, gre-nades and suicide vests stormed the giant U.S.-run Bagram Air Field before dawn Wednesday, triggering an eight-hour firefight that killed an American contrac-tor and at least 10 attackers and wounded nine U.S. ser-vice members.

As troops and contractors huddled in secure bunkers, the militants fired their weapons over American defenses into the base, according to Maj. Virginia McCabe, a spokeswoman for U.S. forces at Bagram. White smoke could be seen rising from the garrison as U.S. attack helicopters whirred overhead.

It was the second major Taliban assault in the Kabul area in as many days, break-ing a nearly three-month lull in insurgent attacks around the Afghan capital. Eighteen people, including five U.S. soldiers and a Canadian colonel, were killed Tuesday in a suicide car bombing in Kabul.

Those brazen assaults underscore the militants’ ability to strike at the heart of the U.S.-led mission and appear part of a new Taliban offensive against NATO forc-es, foreign diplomats, con-

tractors and Afghan govern-ment officials. The attacks are expected to serve as a morale booster for insur-gents and their supporters as the U.S. prepares for a major operation against the Taliban in their southern heartland.

The Taliban announced their offensive this month on the eve of President Hamid Karzai’s visit to Washington. On that trip, Karzai dis-cussed long-term ties with

the United States and his government’s attempts to reach out to the militants, including the Taliban leader-ship. The latest attacks sug-gest the Taliban are rejecting Karzai’s agenda, including peace overtures.

U.S. officials said about 30 insurgents — some wearing military-style uniforms — launched the attack about 3 a.m. against the gates of the Bagram base, one of the

biggest and most important military installations in the country. The base is located about 30 miles (50 kilome-ters) north of Kabul.

Taliban spokesman Zabiul-lah Mujahid, who telephoned reporters before the U.S. announced the attack, said 20 to 30 fighters breached the defenses of the base, which serves as the con-trol hub for U.S. forces in Afghanistan.

Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said the attackers “were not successful in pen-etrating the perimeter.” He told reporters in Washington that some of the attackers were wearing suicide vests but were killed by U.S. forces before they could detonate them.

Whitman said one civilian contractor was killed and nine service members were wounded.

An Afghan provincial police commander, Gen. Abdul Rahman Sayedkhail, said the attack began when U.S. guards spotted mili-tants in a car just outside the base. The Americans opened fire, triggering running gun-battles in which at least one militant triggered his suicide vest and U.S. troops hunted down the other attackers.

Four of the slain insurgents had intended to be suicide bombers, U.S. forces said=.

At one point, residents of the area discovered a mili-tant hiding in a garden, said Lutf Rahman Reshad, an Afghan police official. They called police, but the attacker lobbed grenades at the offi-cers who arrived. The police fired at the man, who then detonated his explosives vest. The insurgent was wearing what appeared to be a mili-tary-style uniform.

Associated PressAfghans walk near the wall of U.S.-run Bagram Air Field after the insurgents launched an assault in Bagram, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday. Insurgents launched a brazen pre-dawn assault Wednesday against the giant U.S.-run Bagram Air Field.

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