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By SCOTT BAUGHMANDaily Courier Staff Writer

FOREST CITY — Tough economic times won’t keep Rutherford County resi-dents from offering help to their neigh-bors, and several groups are preparing community meals for Thanksgiving Day or collecting and distributing food.

Word of Deliverance Christian Assembly Church will be working with Thomas Jefferson Classical Gramar School to put on a community meal for the fourth year in a row.

“We’ve had a great volume of people come out every year and I’m trying to get it out there even greater this year with the economy being the way it is now,” said Sonya Brown from the church. “People can come out and enjoy their holidays. I don’t want them to be so sad and down and we want people to know

they can come out and be involved in the community. We’re providing clothing and canned goods this year as well. We really just want to do something to help our community.”

Last year the meal and service saw about 300 people. The activities will be from 9 a.m. to noon.

New Beginning Soup Kitchen in Rutherfordton will serve a meal from 4:30 to 6 p.m. and the staff is also pre-paring for about 300 people.

“We are preparing a traditional Thanksgiving dinner,” said Jennifer Naskov who runs New Beginning with husband Zoran. “We’ll have turkey, dress-ing, gravy, sweet potato souffle, dinner rolls, green beans and a dessert.”

The donations from the community

Please see Feasts, Page 6A

By LARRY DALEDaily Courier Staff Writer

FOREST CITY — Brandi Powers, minister of youth and children at First Baptist Church, reminded people Tuesday at the community Thanksgiving service at the church that there is a difference between thank-fulness and giv-ing thanks.

Also, retiring Mayor Jimmy Gibson was honored at the service.

Powers presented the sermon on “Thanks Giving.”

“When I think of Thanksgiving, I think of family and food, and friends and food, and games and food, and parades and food, and more food and more food and more food.”

Powers commented that from now until New Year’s, fellowship is centered around food.

“Food makes us appreciate what we have,” she said.

Powers told the audience how her husband’s family and her family celebrate Thanksgiving,

Please see Service, Page 6A

By SCOTT BAUGHMANDaily Courier Staff Writer

FOREST CITY — Shoppers are getting ready for Black Friday, and retailers are find-ing that gift cards are a more popular item this year.

“We sell gift cards for our store so they’re good for any of our items,” said Julie Fisher, store manager for Main Street Emporium in Rutherfordton. “We have Vera Bradley handbags, and we have Jim Shore, Willow Tree, Tyler Candles and many other brands. We have seen many gift cards being sold. We’re waiting for some stock to come in and people have been buying them because there are items coming out they want to get pretty

soon.”At Wal-mart, gift cards are a big item this

year, too, but the superstore isn’t limiting it to just their own merchandise. Shoppers can find cards for restaurants such as Chili’s, Cracker Barrel, Outback Steakhouse and oth-ers, but also AMC theater gift cards and even American Express branded cards that can be used anywhere the card is accepted.

“We do sell the gift cards for our store and for many other restaurants, movie theaters and other places like that,” said Kelly Fender, a line manager at Wal-mart. “They’re on the aisles there with our checkout lines. People

Please see Cards, Page 6A

Gift cards are still popular

Giving thanks the key

MAN CRITICALLY INJURED IN ACCIDENT

Rescue workers rush to free Torry Brent Littlejohn, 29, of New Hampshire Street, Spindale, from his Voyager van after it was struck Wednesday at about noon on U.S. 74B near the Callahan-Koon Road intersection. Littlejohn was trapped in the vehicle for about 30 minutes before he was freed. He was transported by Rutherford County EMS to the Regional One landing zone at the old K-mart shopping center. The van was struck by a Parker Landscape truck driven by Michael Hunt, 29, of Countryside Drive, Forest City. Sgt. Eric Collins of the Spindale Police said Littlejohn was traveling east and appar-ently crossed over the center line and sideswiped the truck in the rear. The truck was traveling west. Responding at the scene were Spindale police, Highway Patrol, Spindale and Forest City fire departments, and rescue crews. Littlejohn is in critical condition in the neuro-trauma unit at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center.

Jean Gordon/Daily Courier

Community feasts planned

n Mayor Jimmy Gibson honored at annual town Thanksgiving service

Gibson

Garrett Byers/Daily CourierCashier Ashley Morris holds up a selection of gift cards available for purchase at Smith’s Drug Store in Forest City.

County offices will be closed today

RUTHERFORDTON — County offices not used for emergency ser-vices will be closed today, the first of several planned, unpaid furloughs for county employees.

County employees were asked to take three days of unpaid leave between now and June 13, 2010, to make up a $350,000 budget shortfall.

Lower than expected sales tax rev-enues and state budget changes have led to the shortfall in the county’s budget at the end of the first quarter of fiscal year 2009-2010.

The shortfall is due to lower sales tax collections for four of the past five months. State budget cuts have also hit the county.

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By JEAN GORDONDaily Courier Staff Writer

LAKE LURE — Four Lake Lure police officers and the department were recognized Friday night at the fourth annual Evening of Honor hosted by Larkin’s on the Lake with four community businesses also sponsoring the event.

Larkin’s owner Mark Hammond told the overflow crowd of supporters that “having you here shows our officers how much you care for them and the town.”

Hammond presented a

check for $2,000 to Police Chief Eric Hester. The dona-tion was raised through the dinner and from the spon-sors of the event.

Hammond and Lewis Bentley, manager of Larkin’s, thanked officers for their rapid response to call at the restuarant and area.

“We have very confident and competent police,” Bentley said.

Mayor-elect Bob Keith told police officers, “You have a lot of challenges and thank goodness, we have a lot of confidence in our police force.”

He also thanked officers for their “good spirit” and cama-raderie” among all the other town departments.

The four officers receiving awards Friday night were: n Patrol Officer Chris

Shuford, Rookie of the Year Award, sponsored by Chimney Rock Park. The award is presented to a first-year officer making significant contributions to the town and department. Mary Jaeger-Gale, general manager of Chimney Rock Park, and Hester presented the award.

n Sgt. Chip McIntosh, Distinguished Service Award, sponsored by Mountain 1st Bank. Bank manager Edith Bond and Hester made the award presentation. The DSA is presented to an officer with five years in the department and who has demonstrated dedicated service to the com-munity and department.

n Corp. Derek Papesh, Community Service Award, presented to an officer whose contribution to the commu-nity goes above and beyond the call of duty. Hickory

Nut Gorge Chamber of Commerce sponsored this award and Chamber presi-dent Heather Alley assisted Hester with the award pre-sentation.

n Lt. Det. Chris Francis, Officer of the Year. an award given to an offier exemplify-ing the highest standards of service to the community. Russ and Lynn Pitts spon-sored the award. It was pre-sented by Hester and Lynn Pitts.

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

Lake Lure community honors its police officers

Jean Gordon/Daily CourierFour Lake Lure police officers received outstanding awards Friday night at the fourth annual Evening of Honor. Officers and a representative from each sponsor are shown (l-r) Edith Bond, Distinguished Service Award winner Sgt. Chip McIntosh; Mary Jaeger-Gale, Rookie of the Year Patrol Officer Chris Shuford, Lynn Pittis, Officer of the Year Lt. Det. Chris Francis, Heather Alley and Community Service Award recipient Corp. Derek Papesh.

Jean Gordon/Daily CourierLake Lure Police Chief Eric Hester (right) received a $2,000 check from Larkin’s on the Lake owner Mark Hammond at an Evening of Honor Friday night at the restaurant.

SPINDALE — The churches of the Spindale area will once again kick off the Advent and Christmas Season with a candlelight walk from the churches to the Spindale House Sunday, Nov. 29 at 6 p.m.

The churches involved include Spindale United Methodist, New Zion Baptist, St. Luke’s Episcopal, First Baptist Church of

Spindale, The Church of The Brethren, Main Street Baptist, Spindale Presbyterian, Advent Lutheran, Mt. Hebron United Methodist, Mt. Vernon Baptist, Well Springs United Methodist, and Spencer Baptist Church.

The outlying churches will either gather with one of the town churches or meet at another location to begin the

walk through town toward the Spindale House. Others who would like to participate are encouraged to join this pilgrimage from one of these locations.

There are two purposes for this celebration. One is to signal the beginning of the season.

The other is to symbolize the unity of the churches in their ministry to the town.

Everyone is encouraged to bring a sheltered candle, such as in a jar, and join in this celebration.

Once every one has gath-ered at the Spindale House at 6 p.m. there will be a time of singing led by a brass ensem-ble. Donald Brown will serve as the master of ceremony.

Jim Whitlow and Dennis Tomlinson will read the Christmas story from the

Gospel Of Luke, and Billy Vaughn will read a children’s book, The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey, to the children. Andy Evans and Bill Kirk will share prayers.

Ron Fink of Advent Lutheran will bring a short meditation on the meaning of Christmas.

Mickey Bland, Mayor of Spindale will turn the lights on the tree.

Spindale’s Candle Walk is scheduled for Sunday

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In this Aug. 13 file photo, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford responds to questions about the state attorney general asking the state ethics commis-sioners to review his trav-els after the Budget and Control Board meeting in Columbia.

Solons question impeachmentCOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A

cool-headed legal debate has replaced the once-passionate calls to oust Gov. Mark Sanford that began after his tearful summertime admission that he disappeared from the state to pursue an extramarital affair in Argentina.

A panel on Tuesday began debating whether his failure to inform his staff of his where-abouts and put anyone in charge rise to the high standard of impeachment, usually reserved for officeholders who break the law.

Two proponents of a measure to remove Sanford likened his five-day absence to a soldier leaving his post. But others on a seven-member legislative panel questioned whether the two-term Republican’s actions rose to a high enough level to warrant removal.

“To speak about dereliction of duty, absence without leave, abandoning one’s post are terms that ordinarily are reserved for those who are in uniform and who are not civilian citizens of our state and nation,” said Rep. Walt McLeod, D-Prosperity. “It may constitute something. But it doesn’t constitute dereliction of duty because those are military terms.”

Sanford returned in June to confess to an affair that shat-tered his marriage and dimmed a once-bright political future. He told reporters in Charleston on Tuesday that it’s obvious he wanted to keep an affair secret.

“Yes, I had a moral failing. I was gone for five days. I failed my marriage on a number

of fronts. I mean, we’ve been through all of that. I don’t know how many times one apologizes for that,” he said. “How many times do we want to say the obvious? The nature of having an affair is you want to hide it.”

Later investigations found the governor may have violated state ethics laws for travel and campaign finances, and he faces 37 civil charges that he used his office to personally benefit himself. Those charges weren’t discussed Tuesday, but they’ll be added to the panel’s debate at later hearings.

Sanford has brushed aside repeated calls to step down before his tenure ends in January 2011, and his lawyers say they’ll answer the ethics questions at separate hearings on them in January.

The four Republicans and one Democrat who co-sponsored the impeachment measure contend Sanford neglected his office and was wrong to mislead staffers into thinking he was hiking the Appalachian Trail when he left the country.

Their measure says in part that Sanford’s “conduct under these circumstances has brought extreme dishonor and shame to the Office of the Governor of South Carolina and to the reputation of the State of South Carolina.”

The committee will meet at least three more times before deciding whether to forward the measure to the House Judiciary Committee. On Tuesday, law-makers said they would add the ethics charges to their delibera-tions, greatly broadening the

issues they’ll deal with in the next two weeks.

The resolution’s chief sponsor said Sanford evaded his security detail when he left the state and should have told the lieutenant governor he was leaving.

“He left his post, he left his state. He left his country without notifying anyone in authority,” said state Rep. Greg Delleney, R-Chester. “He was AWOL.”

The governor’s lawyer said in a later statement that those don’t constitute “a serious crime or serious misconduct in office that has corrupted the system of gov-ernment in South Carolina.”

“This standard is intentionally high,” attorney Ross Garber said in a statement Tuesday. “The Governor’s temporary absence from the state in June does not meet this high standard.”

Delleney conceded Sanford hadn’t committed a serious crime but said lawmakers decide what the threshold is for “serious misconduct,” the second element allowed for impeachment.

“Impeachment is a political process. It is not a legal process,” he said.

The ethics probe of Sanford followed a series of Associated Press investigations that showed the governor had for years used state airplanes for political and personal trips, flown in pricey commercial airline seats despite a low-cost travel requirement and failed to disclose trips on planes owned by friends and donors. The State newspaper in Columbia also questioned whether Sanford properly reim-bursed himself from his cam-paign cash.

Governor Perdue visits shelterRALEIGH (AP) — Gov. Beverly Perdue says

it’s important to be thankful this week for North Carolina residents trying to rebuild their lives and the volunteers who help them succeed.

Perdue visited the Raleigh Rescue Mission on Tuesday, speaking with homeless women living there while trying to get back on their feet dur-ing the bad economy. She also talked with mission workers collecting food and cooking turkeys on a big grill for Thanksgiving.

She said volunteering through state organiza-tions, churches and civic groups helps give a hand to fellow citizens who have fallen into poverty.

PETA’s Thanksgiving ad bannedRALEIGH (AP) — Four NBC affiliates broad-

casting the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade are banning a commercial promoting veganism sponsored by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

PETA spokesman Michael Lyubinsky said Tuesday the organization wanted to air the com-mercial during the parade but stations in Raleigh, N.C., Columbia, S.C., Savannah, Ga., and Little Rock, Ark., had banned it.

The commercial depicts a young girl saying grace at Thanksgiving, giving thanks for “the turkey farms where they pack them into dark, tiny little sheds for their whole lives.”

The ad encourages viewers to “Go vegan.”Brad Moses, general manager of Raleigh’s

WNCN, said he decided to ban the ad in Raleigh and Savannah because it’s not appropriate for the spirit of the parade.

Innocence Commission sets reviewRALEIGH (AP) — The North Carolina

Innocence Commission has scheduled a hearing in the case of a convicted murderer.

WRAL-TV reports that Superior Court Judge Donald Stephens ordered Taylor’s case to be brought before a three-judge panel on Feb. 9 at the Campbell University Law School in Raleigh.

Greg Taylor of Cary has spent 16 years in prison for the stabbing and beating death of 26-year-old Jacquetta Thomas, whose body was found on a Raleigh street in September 1991. Another man, Craig Taylor, has confessed to the crime.

Man found shot to death at motelGREENSBORO (AP) — Police are investigating

the shooting death of a man at a North Carolina motel, the third shooting victim at the motel since Oct. 20.

Multiple media outlets reported police were called to a room at the LandMark Inn in Greensboro early Tuesday. Officers found the body of 28-year-old Willie James Bolden Jr.

Police have no suspects or motive.Bolden is the third victim connected with the

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Many Rutherford County resi-dents will be out on the roads today and through the week-

end for holiday visits with family or get their Christmas shopping started.

We urge everyone to be extremely careful on the roadways this week.

Far too many families have seen the joy of the holiday season become a sad occasion because of highway accidents.

Please don’t let that happen to you.The N.C. Highway Patrol offers these

holiday safety tips:■ Buckle up - drivers and passengers.■ Allow plenty of time to get to your

destination.■ Avoid crowded roads by starting as

early as possible. ■ If you are driving through any

major metropolitan areas, leave time for delays and congestion.

■ Check the weather in your town, your destination, and points along the way.

■ Be prepared by having a good trav-el kit for your trunk including snow chains, an ice scraper, a good pair of gloves, flares and a flashlight. Warm blankets, water and snacks are a good idea, too.

■ Let the people you are visiting know your route and your expected time of arrival.

■ Don’t speed. The leading cause of collisions in North Carolina is speed. Every 17 minutes, someone is killed or injured on N.C. highways in a speed-related accident. Speeding doesn’t save that much time on a longer trip.

■ Take breaks when going long dis-tances. AAA recommends that drivers stop every two hours for a 15-minute break.

■ Turn on your headlights and leave them on throughout the trip.

■ Stay out of the pack of cars to leave you room for any sudden stops.

■ Steer into a skid. Take your foot off the gas, but do not brake. If you have to brake and you have antilock brakes, apply a firm and steady pressure to the brake pedal. In older cars without anti-lock brakes, gently pump the brake pedal.

■ Don’t drink and drive.Let’s all be safe out there.

Our Views

Be safe on roads this weekend

Our readers’ viewsThanks emergency teams for their help

To the editor:Recently we had a fire at an

apartment complex in Spindale. Thanks to the quick and profes-sional response by the Spindale Fire Department, police depart-ment and sheriff’s department, no one was injured, and damage was minor.

Thanks to all for a job well done.

W.D. KennedyForest City

Says mailbox vandals should be punished

To the editor:I have a granddaughter who

lives in the Hollis area. She had just put up a very expensive mail-box and frame. This was cement-ed in the ground. She had a fall scene at the bottom of the frame, straw, pumpkins and flowers. She came home from work Thursday morning and her mailbox was torn from the ground, destroyed and thrown across the road. Her scene was torn up.

Someone thought they were having fun. If I had come along while the low life’s were hav-ing fun, we could have had fun together. I would have had school on the side of the road. When class was over, mailboxes would not enter their minds for a long time.

Amos Jones Forest City

Urges votes against health care reform bill

To the editor:While Laura Bishop is asking

our lawmakers to vote for the Obama health care bill, I am ask-ing them to please vote against it. I feel that this bill is just a quick fix for right now, and a few years down the road, we will be where

we are with Medicare today — broke and broken. I, for one, like to be in charge of my own desti-nation and future and I like tak-ing care of myself.

Our government is the one that bankrupted the Medicare system to begin with. And it was on their watch that the system became corrupted with fraud and the mishandling of funds.

I still say the private sector is the way to go. It will give us con-trol and choices. And with insur-ance companies competing with each other, I feel that we will get better prices and service. By taking a small percentage from everyone’s income, the monies would go directly to their insur-ance company. Everyone would then be paying into the system. Would this not work?

J.T. RussellRutherfordton

Says county can get money at gun range

To the editor:Since the county government is

in need of money, the commis-sioners could open up the police firing range to the public. When the police are not using it, they could charge $5 per gun. There is not a week that goes by that someone calls me and asks where they can go to shoot their guns.

Another way the county could generate revenue is by getting in touch with C&E Gun Shows and see about getting on their schedule to have gun shows in Rutherford County.

If you go to shows now, you have to drive to Asheville, Greenville, Charlotte or Hickory. Since we are located about center of all these locations, I know it would be a success. Admission price is generally $7 to $8 a per-son. Vendors pay $35 to $50 to rent an 8-foot table for two days. Also, the vendors must have a place to stay and eat while they are in the county. So that would

bring in business to local motels and restaurants.

Also, they could have an arts and craft show for mountain artists and craftsmen to display their work.

Johnny LoweryHenrietta

SA director says thanks for the warm welcome

To the editor:Christmas is fast approach-

ing and I hope this letter prints in your paper. I am fairly new to Rutherford County and at present am the Salvation Army Director of Social Services.

When I first came to this county, several people told me how the community here helps each other in time of need. I have seen this with the volunteers who have come forward to help with Christmas Cheer. Times are hard for so many and everyone does need to come together as a car-ing community. I am proud to be part of this community and have met such wonderful people. The Salvation Army is a Christian-based organization, and it is our Christian duty to help all that we can. But, we do not do it alone, for it takes volunteers and caring people to complete any mission. The saying “Jesus Is The Reason For the Season” still stands true.

For those of you who have wel-comed me to this community, I thank you. And all those who have volunteered and have signed up to volunteer, I thank you. If there is anyone who would like to drop by for a visit or have any questions about what the Salvation Army is about, feel free to come by anytime. We welcome all those from the community.

I am proud first and utmost to be a Christian. And I am proud to be a member of the Salvation Army, and proud to be a part of this community.

Annie Elrod-OberleForest City

What’s important? Graduation or actual learningRALEIGH — It’s funny

how the talk of improving four-year graduation rates at University of North Carolina schools always seems to coin-cide with state budget woes.

Of course, it’s no coinci-dence. The state subsidizes the cost of higher education at the 16 public univer-sity campuses, as it should. Otherwise they wouldn’t be public institutions, would they?

The sooner students gradu-ate, the less subsidy per stu-dent.

So, when budget crunches come around, the talk at the legislature and in university administrators’ offices inevi-tably turns to trying to fig-ure out ways to get students out the door more quickly.

Legislators come up with bright ideas like charging students more for staying

in school past four years. Administrators wring their hands and revise student advisory programs to try to move students on their way.

These days, University of North Carolina system president Erskine Bowles is proposing holding individual schools accountable for their retention and graduation rates by tying those rates to money for additional enroll-ment.

Outside academia, a con-servative group based in Raleigh suggests giving bonuses to faculty based on

freshman retention.I have another sugges-

tion: Allow students to pay professors a few bucks for a few extra points on a test. Students will avoid Ds and Fs, getting more credit hours and moving more quickly toward graduation.

Such a system will surely garner national recognition. It did when a Wayne County middle school tried it.

Setting aside the sarcasm for a moment, does anyone really believe that these other alleged solutions wouldn’t have the same effect as purchasing grades, that is, promote grade inflation and devalue college diplomas?

Bowles’ idea, on its face, seems like a good one. Perhaps schools shouldn’t be getting more money to enroll new students if they aren’t graduating the ones already

there. Taking money for new enrollment will certainly get the attention of administra-tors.

But it will also give them an incentive to lower aca-demic standards, the easiest path to higher graduation rates.

Not that lowering stan-dards hasn’t already been occurring, especially when college administrators become obsessed with bogus U.S. News & World Report rankings that emphasize graduation and retention rates instead of learning.

One study shows student grade-point averages at pub-lic universities rising by 0.6 points over the past 15 years.

Seemingly missed in all this fuss is how much stu-dent bodies, especially those at public universities, have changed since the 1950s

and 60s when most students graduated in four years.

Today, most students aren’t affluent. Many work. Most don’t have some life path set out in front of them.

That kind of diversity tends to happen when you expand enrollment. Since 1980, the number of students enrolled at UNC campuses has nearly doubled.

The increase in enrollment is no accident. Policymakers have made a conscious decision to improve access to higher education. But improving access isn’t simply a matter of admitting more students.

It also involves understand-ing that more will take lon-ger to graduate.

Scott Mooneyham is executive director of The Capitol News Service.

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Abe Pollin WASHINGTON

(AP) — Abe Pollin, the Washington Wizards owner who brought an NBA championship to the nation’s capital and later had the mettle to stand up to Michael Jordan, died Tuesday. He was 85.

“The NBA family has lost its most revered member, whose stew-ardship of the Wizards franchise, together with his wife Irene, has been a study in unparalleled dedication to the city of Washington,” NBA com-missioner David Stern said.

Pollin was the NBA’s longest-tenured owner. With his death, a group led by longtime AOL executive Ted Leonsis is poised to take owner-ship of a Washington-area sports empire that began when Pollin pur-chased the Baltimore Bullets in 1964.

A moment of silence was observed in Pollin’s memory before the Wizards’ home game Tuesday night against the Philadelphia 76ers.

In the changing world of professional sports, Pollin stood out for decades as an owner who tried to run his teams like a family busi-ness.

He bemoaned the run-away salaries of free agency and said it would have been difficult for him to keep the Wizards if it weren’t for the NBA’s salary cap.

Pollin considered his greatest accom-plishment the Verizon Center. He risked much of his fortune to build the arena in a neglected D.C. neighborhood, and it has spearheaded a revitalization of down-town Washington since its opening in 1997.

A builder by trade, Pollin also constructed the Verizon Center’s predecessor, origi-nally known as the Capital Centre, in the Washington suburbs in 1973.

He renamed his NBA team in 1997 because of the violent connotation of the word “Bullets,” particularly in a city associated with crime.

The Bullets won the 1978 NBA title, and Pollin maintained he would not sell the fran-chise until it won anoth-er championship.

Charis WilsonSANTA CRUZ, Calif.

(AP) — Charis Wilson, who modeled in more than half of celebrated photographer Edward Weston’s nudes, has died. She was 95.

Wilson was Weston’s model, muse, driver and companion from 1934-1945. She is the subject of some of his most famous pictures, including Nude in the Doorway. The pair were married seven years.

Sheriff’s Reportsn The Rutherford County

Sheriff’s Office responded to 122 E-911 calls Tuesday.

n Cindy Leigh Watt reported a breaking and entering and the theft of a car stereo.n Ronald Keith Starnes

reported the theft of medica-tions.n Stephen Wayne

Greenholtz reported the theft of a utility building.n Jamie Wayne Langley

reported the theft of medica-tions.n Tammy L. Stanley report-

ed the theft of a car stereo.n Chad Wayne Alley report-

ed the theft of a car stereo.

Rutherfordtonn The Rutherfordton Police

Department responded to 33 E-911 calls Tuesday.n Gloria Doster Edwards

reported the setting of a fire inside a vehicle.

Spindalen The Spindale Police

Department responded to 36 E-911 calls Tuesday.

Lake Luren The Lake Lure Police

Department responded to one E-911 call Tuesday.

Forest Cityn The Forest City Police

Department responded to 69 E-911 calls Tuesday.n An officer of the Forest

City Police Department reported a breaking and entering and larceny at In Style Salon, on South Church Street.n Cynthia Lovingood, Aaron

Marshall, Joseph Ervin, William Thompson, Tysanna Alexander, Teresa Ellison, Wilburn Lee, Keith Marshall, Buffy Vaughn and Whitney Terry reported incidents of breaking and entering and lar-ceny from automobiles.n Paul McFarland reported

an incident of breaking and entering to an automobile.

Arrestsn Larry Creasman, 17, of

Conner Street, Forest City; charged with possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia; placed

under a $1,500 secured bond. (FCPD)n Linda Sue Creasman, 47,

of Conner Street, Forest City; charged with possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia; placed under a $1,500 secured bond. (FCPD)n Laurel Vaughn Turner,

32, of 812 Rabbit Moffitt Rd.; charged with failure to appear on driving while license revoked, driving while license revoked and possession of an open container/ consume alco-hol in the passenger area of a motor vehicle; placed under a $6,000 secured bond. (RCSD)n Robert Bruce Johnson,

41, of 174 Hazelwood Drive; charged with misuse of 911 system; placed under a $1,000 secured bond. (RCSD)n Allison Michelle Smith,

43, of 226 Montgomery Rd.; charged with failure to com-ply; placed under a $5,000 secured bond. (RCSD)

EMS/Rescuen The Rutherford County

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

and Rescue, Hickory Nut Gorge EMS and Rutherford County Rescue responded to three E-911 calls Tuesday.

Fire Callsn Forest City firefighters

responded to an industrial fire alarm.n Hudlow firefighters

responded to a motor vehicle accident.

Accidentsn A 44-year-old woman was

transported to Rutherford Hospital Tuesday afternoon after her F150 pick-up truck crashed off Painter’s Gap Road.

North Carolina Highway Patrolman J.S. Spence said Lorie Kendall of Arrowood Road ran off the road to the left, hit a ditch bank and over-turned. She was trapped in the truck for several minutes before being freed. She was taken to Rutherford Hospital by Rutherford County EMS. Spence charged her with lane control.

Also assisting were Shingle Hollow Volunteer Fire Department.

Police Notes

CRANES ON THE JOB

Hovering more than 50 feet above ground, construction workers Gregory Sanchez and his brother Beto Sanchez fit trusses in the new sanctuary build-ing Saturday morning at Crestview Baptist Church. Under a bright blue sky and warm temperatures, employ-ees from Southeastern Construction Group, Raleigh, and C.F. Reece Co., Rutherfordton, had a productive build-ing day. Southeastern’s owner, Paul Banks, said the Sanchez siblings have been with his company since 1997, working primarily with projects high above the ground. The new facility will seat about 800 people, a church mem-ber said.

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FAYETTEVILLE (AP) — The father of a North Carolina girl who was kidnapped and killed said Tuesday he made the best decision he could at the time when he let her live with her mother, who has since been charged with prostituting the child.

Bradley Lockhart said during an inter-view on NBC’s “Today” show that he regrets how the decision turned out, but thought he was making the right choice for the daughter he had raised himself.

“We obviously make decisions in life that sometimes have repercussions or

adverse situations that drift from our decision. We just have to continue to believe in God and hope that our deci-sions are the correct ones,” he said.

Lockhart said he last saw Shaniya in early October as he left for an out-of-state work assignment. The girl moved in with Antoinette Davis, 25, about a week later after initially staying with Lockhart’s sis-ter, he said.

The father said he spoke to Davis after she reported the girl missing Nov. 10. Police said she was killed the same day. Lockhart said he hasn’t spoken to Davis

since she was charged last week with human trafficking and child abuse by prostitution of her daughter.

Mario McNeill, an aquaintance of Davis, is charged with murder, rape and kidnapping.

Lockhart said he didn’t think he missed any warning signs that Shaniya would be at risk if he accepted Davis’s request to help raise the girl. He has said Davis struggled financially over the years, but she had recently obtained a job and her own place.

Dad defends letting girl go with mom

From staff reports

RUTHERFORDTON — CBS News has filmed a segment on the Foothills Connect farming initiative in Rutherford County, and the footage apparently will air nationally tonight.

The latest word is that the story will be included on the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric. Whether the segment actu-ally makes it on the show tonight depends

on breaking news that may bump it until later.

A CBS News crew was in the county and in Charlotte recently filming the story. Foothills Connect has been a leader in making farming a viable option for more families in the county.

Using intensive horticultural methods and the connectivity provided by the Internet, farmers have been successfully selling produce to Charlotte chefs, for example.

The farm initiative has drawn wide-spread interest throughout the state.

The Foothills Connect effort apparently will air on “The American Spirit,” seen on the evening news. CBS, on its Web site, says, “The American Spirit embodies the heart and soul of America. We’re look-ing for people who are inspiring, helping, working towards, or having a positive impact on the lives of other people.” Those segments run on Wednesdays and Fridays.

Foothills Connect spot set to air tonight

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are buying them a lot this year and there’s a big selection.”

Despite a national trend showing a decline in gift card sales during the 2008 holiday season, retailers are hopeful that the cards will be more popular this year.

According to the National Retail Federation, card sales were down about 6 percent to $24.9 billion in 2008. This was the first year they declined since the federation began tracking the figures in 2002. Retailers are also getting ready for Black Friday.

In preparing for Black Friday sales, many local merchants are playing it by ear.

“We like to do impromptu things,” Fisher said. “So we might do some-thing for Friday. People should come by and see what we have set up.”

Wal-mart will be open for normal store hours — 24 hours a day — on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 26. And their “doorbuster” sales will begin at 5 a.m. on Friday. The store will allow shoppers to camp out inside the store next to their desired items starting on Thanksgiving Day. Sale prices will be guaranteed, but only valid from 5 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Nov. 27.

Items featured at the Forest City store will be an HP laptop computer for $298, a Magnavox Blu-Ray player for $78 and a Sony 32-inch LCD HDTV for $378 among other deals. The electronics and other items will be spread throughout the store to cut down on traffic.

For a map of where the items will be, customers are encouraged to check out their circular or visit wal-mart.com for an interactive map of the Forest City location.

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

and she said the children at the church make a list of things they are thankful for.

“Thankfulness is great,” Powers said. “It’s good this time of year to be thankful. But thankfulness is reflec-tive. We reflect on things we are grateful for.

“But how often do you find yourself saying thank you. We have no prob-lem sitting around a table and saying I am so thankful for so and so.”

She noted, though, “Enter with thanksgiving. Enter with thankful-ness. But give thanks. It is so easy just to sit back and be thankful. The test is going up to someone and saying thank you. So this year, during our Thanksgiving season, I challenge you to walk up to that person or persons and say thank you.”

Barry Keys, pastor of First Baptist, offered an expression of gratitude to

town servants for all they do for the community. He said, “Jan. 1, New Year’s Day, 2010, I will have been pastor here 14 years. I remember dis-tinctly when I came, there was some-thing very different and unique about my calling to this local expression of God’s church.

“It was apparent to me I was not being simply called to the church, but to the community, and I have had the distinction over these years of getting to know so many of you.

“My distinct privilege at this moment is to bestow honors on our past mayor, Jimmy Gibson.

“I can tell you something about Jimmy and Margaret both. They deeply and dearly love Forest City.”

A plaque was to have been present-ed to the mayor, but due to an emer-gency situation, the plaque was not ready in time for the service.

The pastor asked for applause for the mayor as “an expression of grati-tude for what he has meant to us for

so long,” and Gibson received a loud ovation.

Ricky Poteat, pastor of Forest City Foursquare Church, welcomed those attending the service. He noted that the East Rutherford Middle School Chorus, which provided singing for the event, seems to grow every year.

The invocation was given by pas-tor Leroy Staley of New Bethel AME Zion Church. He said, “We invite you into this place and into our hearts,” he said.

Psalm 100 was the focus during the reading of scripture, by Jim Shroyer, pastor of First Presbyterian Church.

The scripture includes: “Enter into his gates with thanksgiving and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.”

The hymn “My Country ‘tis of Thee” was sung, and Wes Judy, pastor of First United Methodist Church, gave the benediction.

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

Meetings/other Annual board meeting: Ruther-fordton Little League will hold its annual meeting and board elections on Monday, Nov. 30, at the county annex. The meeting begins at 6 p.m. Contact Donna at 287-9213 or Amy at 287 0316 for more information.

Christmas party: Thursday, Dec. 3, 6:30 p.m., Union Mills Community House, 6097 Hudlow Road, Union Mills; bring a covered dish and fruit, candy or nuts for Christmas Cheer boxes and shut-ins; also bring Bingo prizes.

Annual meeting: S.D.O. Fire Department will hold its annual Board of Directors meeting Saturday, Dec. 5, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., at the fire department; all tax payers in the S-D-O District are eli-gible to vote; bring picture ID and proof of property owned.

CHS Boosters: Chase High Athletic Boosters will meet Monday, Dec. 7, at Mud Bones in Rutherfordton. Dutch treat. Meeting begins at 6:30 p.m.

Schools/studentsWorkshop, open house: Tuesday, Dec. 1, Chase High School media center; open house 4 to 6 p.m., financial aid workshop begins at 6 p.m., juniors and seniors and their parents are encouraged to attend.

Food Drive: Students at Forrest Hunt Elementary School are hold-ing a food drive. Canned goods and other non-perishable food items may be dropped off during school hours at Forrest Hunt.

MiscellaneousThe Central Landfill and all con-venience centers will be closed Nov. 25 and 26 for Thanksgiving. Regular hours resume Friday.

Foothills Harvest Outreach Ministries will hold a half-price sale on all winter sweaters Nov. 23-28. The store will be closed Nov. 26 for Thanksgiving. Located at 120 E. Trade St., Forest City.

Yokefellow Service Center will hold a storewide half-price Nov. 30 - Dec. 7. The store is located at 102 Blanton St., Spindale.

Chase Corner Ministries will be closed Nov. 26 and 27 in obser-vance of the Thanksgiving holiday. Regular hours resume Nov. 30 fully stocked with Christmas merchan-dise. Located on Chase High Road.

FundraisersCountry ham supper: Saturday, Dec. 5, 4 to 8 p.m., Duncan’s Creek Presbyterian Church, 1658 Duncan’s Creek Road, Ellenboro. Christmas sale: Saturday, Dec. 5, begins at 8 a.m., Crestview Baptist Church, Forest City; sausage bis-cuits and baked goods; gently used Christmas decorations and related items; proceeds for building fund.

3rd Annual Christmas Home Tour: Saturday, Dec. 5, 2 to 8 p.m.; van departs at 2 p.m., and 5 p.m., from Long Branch Road Baptist Church; tour directions also avail-able for anyone who wants to provide their own transportation; tickets $5 per person; proceeds for a new fellowship hall; call 248-9555 or 287-1408 for more information.

reunionsMcNair 20th anniversary: The Robert and Janice McNair Educational Foundation will cel-ebrate its 20th year anniversary on May 14, 2010. If you are a McNair ROPE recipient, contact the founda-tion at rope2010@att.net or www.mcnairedfoundation.org.

Support groups“The Way Home”: A support group for anyone recovering from an addiction; meetings are held each Monday at noon, in the basement of Harvest House Church, Big Springs Ave., Forest City; call Sheila at 828-447-1880 for more information. Alanon: Patience Alanon offers help for families and friends of alcoholics. Meetings are held at 7 p.m. every Monday at Spindale First Baptist Church. Contact Alma at 245-3728.

Support group: For anyone who wants to end an addiction and get their life back. The group will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 14, at Spindale Church of The Brethren, Midland St., Spindale. Call 289-6851 for more information.

Mom’s Hope is a ministry that offers hope and support for moth-ers who face struggles and fears when their children are addicted to drugs or alcohol. The group meets at 6:30 p.m. the second Thursday of each month at Missionary Wesleyan Church, 811 Doggett Rd., Forest City. For information, contact Chris Park at 289-6467, or Karen Elliott at 286-2308.

have been pouring in to help with the various meals.

“We’ve had 23 turkeys donated by people and many desserts,” Naskov said. “We are looking forward to sharing God’s love with the people of Rutherford County and are thank-ful for the privilege of spending Thanksgiving with so many. Give thanks to the Lord for he is good.”

At the Grace of God Rescue Mission in Forest City, volunteers are readying the kitchen for about 250 people and will start serving at 11 a.m.

“We’re going to keep serving until everyone is fed,” director Terry Hagaman said. “I think that’ll be around 2 p.m. We’re cooking our turkeys and going around picking up everything we need for the meal. I expect we’ll have a little higher turn out this year with the economy being the way it is right now. If anyone wants to come out and help us, just come on and join us.”

In Lake Lure, Shepherd’s Care took the meals to the people instead of try-ing to bring the people to the food. The group collected about 150 boxed meals to distribute.

“We had 130 that we had signed up

for the baskets, and so far we’re up ten more,” said Mary Ann Ransom with the group. “We’re assuming that we’ll give out about 150 baskets. We were able to get enough food and ingredients to make that many bas-kets. We’re in our food pantry right now and so we’re trying to supple-ment what we have in the pantry here and take it to the drop off center which is next door to Subway in Lake Lure. We hope to have more baskets for Christmas, because whoever we serve for Thanksgiving we also serve for Christmas.”

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

According to Rutherford County Sheriff Jack Conner, this time of year attracts more shopping-related criminal activity because of larger crowds and extended store hours. These factors and the usual distraction of shopping, he said, creates a more favorable environment for petty thieves and other offenders. The following are safety tips Conner advises shoppers to follow:

Shopping safetyn A single shopper is the best target for

theft. Always shop with a friend or a rela-tive. n When going shopping, tell someone

where you are going and what time you expect to return. Also, make sure they know what you are wearing, as well as the type of vehicle you are driving. n Shop during daylight hours. If you shop

at night, park your vehicle in a well-lit area. n Dress casually and comfortably and

avoid wearing expensive jewelry. If carry-ing cash, keep it in your front pocket rather than in a purse or wallet. Also, store car keys in a pants or jacket pocket. If your purse is stolen, you will still be able to drive home. n Pay careful attention to your surround-

ings and avoid overloading yourself with packages. It is important to have clear vis-ibility and freedom of motion to avoid mis-haps. n When returning to your vehicle, check

around it and in the back seat. Be aware of strangers approaching you for any reason. Have your car keys in your hand. n If you feel uneasy returning to your

vehicle alone, find a security guard.

According to Conner, during this time of year busy holiday shoppers become care-less and vulnerable to other crimes as well. Credit card fraud and gift card fraud are on the rise. However, taking a few preventative measures can help.

Credit card fraudn Keep a close watch on your credit card

every time you use it, and make sure you get it back as quickly as possible. n Never write your PIN number on the

card. n Never leave your credit cards or

receipts lying around. n Shield your credit card number so that

others around you can’t copy it or capture it on a mobile telephone or other camera. n Only carry credit cards that you abso-

lutely need.

n Shred anything with your credit card number written on it. n If you’re planning to purchase online,

make sure the Web page where you enter your credit card information is secure through SSL (Secure Socket Layer.) You can tell if the Web page is secure by looking for the gold lock or key icon at the bottom cor-ner of your browser window. n If you’re not comfortable submitting

your information through the Internet, call the seller and give them your information over the telephone. Never send your credit card information via e-mail. n Check out the company. Only do busi-

ness with companies that provide a physical address and telephone number. n Keep good records. Always print out a

copy of online products or services you pur-chase.

Gift card fraud n Never buy gift cards from online auc-tion sites. This is a large source of gift card fraud. Many of the gift cards are stolen, counterfeit or used. n Only buy gift cards directly from the

store issuing the gift card or from a secure retailer’s Web site. n Don’t buy gift cards off of publicly dis-

played racks in retail stores. Only purchase gift cards at the sales terminal from the cashier. n Always carefully examine both front

and back of a gift card before you buy it. If you see a PIN number, ask for a different card. If the card looks like it has been tam-pered with in any way, put it back. n Always ask the store cashier to scan

the gift card in front of you. This will guar-antee that your card is valid when you buy it and that it reflects the balance you just charged it with. n Always keep your receipt as a proof of

purchase as long as there is money stored on the gift card. n If possible, register your gift card at the

store’s Web site. n Never give your Social Security num-

ber, date of birth or any other unneeded private information. No reputable company will ask for this information.

In light of these problems, Sheriff Conner warns shoppers to be careful that they don’t become the victim of criminal activity.

“Unfortunately, when shopping, people have a tendency to let their guard down,” Conner said. “However, paying attention and taking precautions can help eliminate their chances of being victimized.”

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Arrowood, .Baldwin .Grand .Marshals .of .Christmas .Parade

FOREST CITY — Forest City Owls Ryan Arrowood and Seth Baldwin will be grand mar-shals at this year’s Forest City Christmas parade. Arrowood and Baldwin are Rutherford County natives. The parade begins at 3 p.m., Sunday and travels down Main Street in downtown Forest City.

Arrowood graduated from R-S Central High School and now attends Appalachian State University. He was 10-0 on the mound for the Owls during the 2009 season with a 1.88 ERA and 64 strikeouts. He was 2-0 in the Petitt Cup Playoffs with a 1.29 ERA and 10 strikeouts. Arrowood was named the Rawlings Co-Defensive Player of the year for the Coastal Plain League.

Baldwin graduated from East Rutherford High School and is in his sophomore year at UNC-Chapel Hill. Baldwin played in 21 games for the Owls in 2009 batting .230 with 10 RBI and one home run.

The Petitt Cup Championship trophy will accompany Arrowood and Baldwin in the parade.

NASCAR .wants .France .info .kept .from .Jeremy .Mayfield

CHARLOTTE (AP) — NASCAR has asked a federal court to stop lawyers for sus-pended driver Jeremy Mayfield from collecting information from the ex-wife of chairman Brian France.

Mayfield’s attorneys subpoe-naed Megan France last week requesting documents about a lawsuit filed against her by Brian France. The attorneys also asked for joint tax returns and mail addressed to Brian France.

NASCAR filed a motion in U.S. District Court on Monday asking that Megan France be barred from producing the documents.

The Frances were divorced in April 2008, and Brian France sued his ex-wife in North Carolina Superior Court in September of that year. All documents relating to that case were sealed in December.

“They are attempting to improperly bring private, irrel-evant information concerning Mr. France’s domestic rela-tions into this litigation as a means of retaliation,” NASCAR claimed in its filing.

Mayfield was suspended May 9 for failing a random drug test.

WRESTLING4 p.m. Indian Duals Tournament R-S Central at St. Stephens

4:30 p.m. (ESPN2) College Basketball EA Sports Maui Invitational Third Place Game — Teams TBA. 7 p.m. (ESPN2) College Bas-ketball NIT Season Tip-Off Semifinal — Teams TBA. 7:30 p.m. (ESPN) NBA Basketball Miami Heat at Orlando Magic. 7:30 p.m. (TS) NHL Hockey Atlanta Thrashers at Detroit Red Wings. 9:30 p.m. (ESPN2) College Basketball NIT Season Tip-Off Semifinal — Teams TBA. 10 p.m. (ESPN) College Basketball EA Sports Maui Invitational Final — Teams TBA.

There’s a picture of a McSwain in the Daily Courier again today.

Back in the 1970s, the Daily Courier ran a whole lot of pictures with McSwains in them. Some of the pic-tures just had them standing and smiling, while they were holding a tro-phy. Other pictures have them jump-ing, or running in football, basketball and track and field.

I never saw Chuck, or Rodney, or Gigi McSwain play at Chase High. I did see Chuck and Rodney on TV back when they played at Clemson. Never thought I’d meet them, let alone get to know Chuck so well. Funny how life works that way.

But, today, the picture isn’t of Rodney scoring a touchdown or Chuck dunking a basketball; nope, it’s Chuck’s son Tyger wearing the No. 12 jersey of the Chase Steelers.

Tyger and the Steelers just won their second consecutive Super Bowl and I have a funny feeling that someday I’m going to get to write an awful lot about the young McSwain.

Congrats, Steelers.

Hail to the Chiefs: Sam Hooper is R-S Central’s athletic director and I have to avoid talking to him until at least February.

That’s because Hooper is a big fan of the Kansas City Chiefs. Yes, the Kansas City Chiefs.

The Chiefs humbled my beloved Pittsburgh Steelers this past weekend, 27-24, despite the fact that Pittsburgh out-gained Kansas City by some-thing like 500-yards to 20-yards. The Steelers still lost and Hooper has to happy about that.

Happy Thanksgiving, Sam. Oh, and since I’m not talking to you — Merry Christmas.

Owls Report: I did speak with Owls Head Coach Matt Hayes this past week.

Hayes told me his roster is just about full and, yes, Ryan Arrowood is com-ing back for the 2010 season.

Arrowood will join Seth Baldwin in Forest City’s Christmas Parade as Grand Marshalls. The parade is Sunday and it will begin at 3 p.m. The

duo will have the Pettit Cup in the car with them in case you haven’t seen the Coastal Plain League championship trophy.

The 2010 Owls are taking shape and Hayes feels he has assembled a very competitive team. The full ros-ter should be made available within a couple of weeks and the Courier will give you a rundown.

Four by Johnson: Daily Courier’s NASCAR correspondent Kevin Carver issued a public apology to Jimmy Johnson’s fans after picking Carl Edwards to win the 2009 Sprint Cup.

Carver explained his decision to Central’s head basketball coach and longtime Johnson fan Greg Wright this way, “Hey, I had to pick somebody else.”

Carver had picked Johnson for three consecutive years, but didn’t trust his luck (Carver’s or Johnson’s) for a fourth title.

Thanksgiving Day Turkeys: The NFL didn’t do anybody any favors with its’ Thanksgiving line-up this year.

Green Bay 34, Detroit 13.Oakland 16, Dallas 6.New York Giants 27, Denver 21.

Local boys are doing well, thankfully

Scott .Bowers

Off The Wall

WINSTON-SALEM (AP) — Riley Skinner’s career at Wake Forest will end the same way it began — against Duke’s Thaddeus Lewis.

The quarterbacks made their mutual starting debuts against each other four years ago, and since then, both have written their names throughout their schools’ record books while help-ing turn their programs around.

But with both the Demon Deacons

(4-7, 2-5 ACC) and Blue Devils (5-6, 3-4) out of the bowl picture, this weekend’s season finale in Durham also will mark the last college appear-ances for the four-year stars.

“It’s neat that it was Thad’s first start. ... He’s had an unbelievable career,” Skinner said Tuesday. “Their seasons haven’t gone as well as they wanted, but I know him, personally, he has been doing a lot for that pro-

gram. ... To end our careers together is going to be pretty neat.”

That the leading passers in both Duke and Wake Forest history will end their starting careers on the oppo-site sidelines of the same field — just as how they began them — is a fitting measure of symmetry for two players who have established themselves as

Please see Careers, Page 9A

CHAPEL HILL (AP) — From the start of the season, North Carolina’s players and coaches knew their success largely would be determined by how well their talented defense carried the burden for a young offense.

Judging by where the No. 23 Tar Heels stand as they close the regular season, that unit has lived up to its responsibil-ity.

North Carolina ranks in the top 12 nationally in four major defensive cat-egories, including fifth in total defense (261.6 yards) and 12th in scoring (15.9 points). They’ve become more opportu-nistic with takeaways in the Tar Heels’ four-game winning streak and have even scored four touchdowns in the past two weeks heading into this weekend’s finale at rival North Carolina State.

“Defense is the one thing that can be consistent,” coach Butch Davis said Monday. “You may not catch the ball or throw the ball as well. There’s a lot of variables that may happen, and you can’t control the weather.

“There’s been some games where we’ve played well offensively, but certainly the defense has been the one rock we’ve been able to count on.”

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Duke’s Thaddeus Lewis (9) Wake’s Riley Skinner (9)

Careers come full circle for 2 QBs

Defense still key for No. 23 Tar Heels

Associated PressNorth Carolina’s Deunta Williams (27) hoists teammate Kendric Burney (16) into the air as they celebrate after Burney returned an interception 30-yard for a touch-down during the first half against Boston College in an NCAA college football game, on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009 in Boston.

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FOOTBALLNational Football League

AMERICAN CONFERENCEEast

W L T Pct PF PANew England 7 3 0 .700 290 164Miami 5 5 0 .500 242 244N.Y. Jets 4 6 0 .400 213 189Buffalo 3 7 0 .300 155 228

South W L T Pct PF PAIndianapolis 10 0 0 1.000 269 157Jacksonville 6 4 0 .600 199 235Houston 5 5 0 .500 232 208Tennessee 4 6 0 .400 209 272

North W L T Pct PF PACincinnati 7 3 0 .700 215 167Pittsburgh 6 4 0 .600 231 184Baltimore 5 5 0 .500 237 171Cleveland 1 9 0 .100 115 263

West W L T Pct PF PASan Diego 7 3 0 .700 269 205Denver 6 4 0 .600 170 183Kansas City 3 7 0 .300 169 239Oakland 3 7 0 .300 108 234

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W L T Pct PF PADallas 7 3 0 .700 231 175Philadelphia 6 4 0 .600 266 204N.Y. Giants 6 4 0 .600 266 235Washington 3 7 0 .300 146 178

South W L T Pct PF PANew Orleans 10 0 0 1.000 369 204Atlanta 5 5 0 .500 252 228Carolina 4 6 0 .400 193 239Tampa Bay 1 9 0 .100 164 294

North W L T Pct PF PAMinnesota 9 1 0 .900 306 193Green Bay 6 4 0 .600 262 203Chicago 4 6 0 .400 206 225Detroit 2 8 0 .200 181 301

West W L T Pct PF PAArizona 7 3 0 .700 250 197San Francisco 4 6 0 .400 208 210Seattle 3 7 0 .300 196 233St. Louis 1 9 0 .100 113 270

Thursday, Nov. 26Green Bay at Detroit, 12:30 p.m.Oakland at Dallas, 4:15 p.m.N.Y. Giants at Denver, 8:20 p.m.Sunday, Nov. 29Miami at Buffalo, 1 p.m.Carolina at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.Seattle at St. Louis, 1 p.m.Tampa Bay at Atlanta, 1 p.m.Indianapolis at Houston, 1 p.m.Cleveland at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.Washington at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.Kansas City at San Diego, 4:05 p.m.Jacksonville at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m.Arizona at Tennessee, 4:15 p.m.Chicago at Minnesota, 4:15 p.m.Pittsburgh at Baltimore, 8:20 p.m.Monday, Nov. 30New England at New Orleans, 8:30 p.m.

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W L Pct GBBoston 10 4 .714 — Toronto 6 8 .429 4 Philadelphia 5 8 .385 4 1/2New York 3 10 .231 6 1/2New Jersey 0 13 .000 9 1/2

Southeast Division W L Pct GBAtlanta 11 3 .786 — Orlando 11 3 .786 — Miami 8 5 .615 2 1/2Charlotte 4 9 .308 6 1/2Washington 3 9 .250 7

Central Division W L Pct GBCleveland 10 4 .714 — Milwaukee 8 4 .667 1 Chicago 6 6 .500 3 Indiana 5 6 .455 3 1/2Detroit 5 9 .357 5

WESTERN CONFERENCESouthwest Division

W L Pct GBDallas 10 3 .769 — Houston 8 6 .571 2 1/2San Antonio 6 6 .500 3 1/2New Orleans 6 9 .400 5 Memphis 5 9 .357 5 1/2

Northwest Division W L Pct GBDenver 9 4 .692 — Portland 10 5 .667 — Utah 7 6 .538 2 Oklahoma City 7 7 .500 2 1/2Minnesota 1 12 .077 8

Pacific Division W L Pct GBPhoenix 11 3 .786 — L.A. Lakers 10 3 .769 1/2Sacramento 5 8 .385 5 1/2L.A. Clippers 5 9 .357 6 Golden State 4 8 .333 6

Tuesday’s GamesToronto 123, Indiana 112Washington 108, Philadelphia 107Golden State at Dallas, lateNew Jersey at Denver, lateOklahoma City at Utah, lateNew York at L.A. Lakers, lateWednesday’s GamesL.A. Clippers at Indiana, 7 p.m.Toronto at Charlotte, 7 p.m.Miami at Orlando, 7:30 p.m.Philadelphia at Boston, 7:30 p.m. Milwaukee at New Orleans, 8 p.m.Denver at Minnesota, 8 p.m.Cleveland at Detroit, 9 p.m.Golden State at San Antonio, 9 p.m.Dallas at Houston, 9 p.m.Memphis at Phoenix, 10 p.m.New Jersey at Portland, 10 p.m.New York at Sacramento, 10:30 p.m.

HOCKEYNational Hockey League

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Southeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAWashington 24 13 5 6 32 85 73Tampa Bay 21 9 5 7 25 56 63Atlanta 20 10 7 3 23 71 61Florida 22 10 9 3 23 62 71Carolina 23 5 13 5 15 53 83

WESTERN CONFERENCECentral Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GAChicago 22 15 5 2 32 70 49Nashville 22 13 8 1 27 53 57Columbus 22 12 7 3 27 69 79Detroit 22 11 7 4 26 68 64St. Louis 21 8 9 4 20 50 54

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GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — There could be a blackout at Florida Field on Saturday.

An eye blackout that is.Florida fans are urging everyone to wear eye

black Saturday — with or without inscribed bible verses — in honor of quarterback Tim Tebow’s final home game.

It’s a fitting tribute to a player who wants to be remembered more for what he accomplishes off the field than on it.

Tebow, the 2007 Heisman Trophy winner, has worn those black, oval patches below both eyes in each of his last 20 games. He started doing it two weeks after his famous promise that followed a 31-30 loss to Mississippi in October 2008. While some players scribble their hometown area codes or messages to friends and family members on their eye black, Tebow goes with bible verses.

“I think it’s great,” coach Urban Meyer said. “I’ve got three children. I don’t mind when my daughter, my middle daughter Gigi, texts me every time what he’s wearing. She looks up the verse and texts it to me. I think that’s pretty cool.”

Several groups of Florida fans agree, although there are others who believe Tebow shouldn’t be singled out on senior day. It’s unclear who origi-nated the idea to have everyone wear eye black for Tebow’s finale against rival Florida State, but the plan has spread quickly through Twitter, Facebook, Internet message boards and blogs.

Even Meyer, who said he shut his computer down weeks ago to avoid distractions, got wind of it.

“I think that’d be a tremendous tribute,” he said.Tebow holds a few NCAA records, several

Southeastern Conference marks and even more school records. He has helped the top-ranked Gators (11-0) win two national championships in three seasons and has them at the forefront of the title picture again.

His football success also has provided him with a platform to spread his Christian message. He spends much of his spare time on mission trips, works with underprivileged youth, and visits hos-pitals and prisons. His eye black gets the word out, too, whether it’s John 3:16, Psalms 23, Philippians 4:13, Romans 1:16 or some other passage.

“It’s just kind of what’s in my heart or what I think would be a good verse or appropriate,” Tebow said. “I’ll talk to my family and friends about it. I always try to get people’s opinions on things, too. But it’s really just what I’m feeling in my heart or a good verse or something that’s appropriate or appropriate with what I’m going through. What I feel in my heart is the biggest thing.”

Although Tebow’s too-good-to-be-true persona gets routinely mocked by fans of Florida’s rivals, it has been widely accepted by teammates and coaches who believe he is a true role model.

“I really respect Tim Tebow for a lot of things he does,” linebacker Ryan Stamper said. “A lot of peo-ple can’t handle the pressures he goes through. ... Before he came here, we really weren’t doing a lot of charity work and things. Just the stuff that he does pretty much motivated us as a team.”

Stamper and the Gators admire Tebow’s strong convictions and are quick to point out that he never pushes his beliefs on anyone. Unlike his fiery demeanor on the field on-field, Tebow seems more reserved when it comes to religion.

“People are never going to believe it if it’s some-thing that you’re telling them and it’s something that you’re beating them over the head with,” Tebow said. “How you’re going to influence some-one is if they see something in you that seems dif-ferent or seems special or they see something in you.”

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Associated PressFlorida quarterback Tim Tebow has a laugh with a fan prior to an NCAA college football against Florida International in Gainesville, Fla, in this Nov. 21, 2009, file photo.

Black and blue affair for Tebow’s home finale

By DOUG FERGUSONAP Golf Writer

NEW YORK — Each year brought more recognition to Curtis Strange. He was the first PGA Tour player to earn $1 mil-lion in a season in 1988, then he became the first player in nearly a half-century to win the U.S. Open in consecutive years.

Success brought another perk, even if it sounds silly now to mention it with the others.

He was invited to play in the Skins Game.

“That was huge,” Strange said in a telephone interview. “Remember, we didn’t play for that kind of money back then. More importantly, it was huge for everyone because of the exposure you got for two straight days. Careerwise, it meant you had arrived.”

The original Skins Game has left the sports landscape, maybe for good.

Thanksgiving weekend will have its usual television lineup of NFL games in Detroit and Dallas, college rivalries such as Alabama-Auburn, Florida-Florida State and USC-UCLA, and way too many meaningless college basketball games.

It will not include the Skins Game for the first time since it became a Thanksgiving tradition in 1983, when Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Gary Player and Tom Watson played in a made-for-TV sensation.

Will anyone notice that the Skins Game is gone?

Probably not.The Skins Game was canceled

when it lost its corporate spon-sor, and Frank continues the search for another. Golf sponsor-ship is a tough sell these days.

It is easy to blame the demise of the Skins Game on the play-ers it attracted. The years of Palmer, Nicklaus, Lee Trevino, Fuzzy Zoeller and Fred Couples gave way to Fred Funk, Rocco Mediate and Brett Wetterich.

Golf became so rich that stars had little reason to spend Thanksgiving in the California desert with no guarantee of a paycheck. Strange earned $200,000 for his second U.S. Open title in 1989. He won the Skins Game five months later and made $265,000.

Prize money at the Skins Game remained $1 million. First prize was more than that at 27 PGA Tour events last year.

“I don’t think it went wrong, it got bypassed,” said Alastair Johnston, vice chairman at IMG who delivered the Fab Four for the inaugural Skins Game. “When the money didn’t become

competitive, when the silly sea-son became overburdened, when golf was on television 52 weeks, it wasn’t something special. There was no point of distinc-tion.”

Johnston said the Skins Game in 1983 was “a relief from foot-ball,” which sounds ludicrous now until put into context.

Back then, golf went off the air after the World Series of Golf at Firestone. The PGA Tour had eight more tournaments through the end of October, and the only coverage came from print.

Then along came a unique event among four superstars, big money up for grabs on every hole.

“The Skins Game had money at stake on every shot, and peo-ple were watching,” Johnston said. “It wasn’t like the Shell’s Wonderful World of Golf. It was real time.”

Thanksgiving weekend, minus the Skins Game

Associated PressFred Funk, in this Nov. 26, 2005, file photo, celebrates sinking a 28-foot eagle putt on the ninth hole for six skins and $225,000 to take the lead in the first day of the Skins Game golf event at Trilogy Golf Club in La Quinta, Calif.

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Steelers Win Super Bowl ... Again

Contributed PhotoThe Chase Steelers 11- and 12-year olds won their 2nd consecutive Super Bowl title, recently. The Steelers are: D’Andre Kelly (front, l to r), Brice Hamrick, Trey Whiteside, Tommy Toney, Austin Smith, Elijah Alexander, Brendon Cromer; Jack White (middle, l to r), Aaron Epley, Wesley Harris, Tyrise Wright, Martravon Owens, Tyger McSwain, Jharen Bristol; Tyrell Boykins (back, l to r), Cody Derreberry, Coach Brian White, Coach Jay Jackson, Head Coach Darren Blanton, Lucas Hewitt, and Tyson Blanton.

Washington Wizards owner Pollin dies, 85

WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington Wizards owner Abe Pollin has died. He was 85.

His death was announced by his company, Washington Sports & Entertainment. He died Tuesday but no details were disclosed.

Pollin, the NBA’s longest-tenured owner, suffered from a rare brain disorder that impairs movement and balance. He had heart bypass surgery in 2005.

Pollin tried to run his pro sports teams like a family business. He bemoaned the runaway sala-ries of free agency and said it would have been dif-ficult for him to keep the Wizards if it weren’t for the NBA’s salary cap.

His Washington-area sports empire began when he purchased the Baltimore Bullets in 1964.

North Carolina (8-3, 4-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) had nine starters back on a unit that ranked among the nation’s best in forcing turn-overs last season. Compare that to an offense that had lost three receivers to the NFL draft and key offensive linemen to injury early in the season, hin-dering the team both with running and throwing the ball.

But North Carolina has held eight opponents to fewer than 20 points this year and forced 22 turn-overs in the last six games after a slow start.

The only blips on the radar came in a 24-7 loss at Georgia Tech in which the offense managed 154 yards and left the defense on the field for 42 minutes against the Yellow Jackets’ option attack, and a 30-27 loss to Florida State in which the Seminoles rallied from a 24-6 third-quarter deficit on Oct. 22.

North Carolina hasn’t lost since.The unit’s play has been particularly impres-

sive in the past four games, starting with hold-ing Virginia Tech to 17 points on the road before recovering the fumble that led to the last-play field goal for the win.

It followed by holding Duke’s prolific passing attack to 125 total yards, then harassing Miami’s Jacory Harris into four interceptions — with two returned for touchdowns — in an upset of the then-No. 12 Hurricanes two weeks ago.

Last week, the defense returned a fumble and an interception for touchdowns within 46 seconds of the first quarter in the 31-13 win at BC. Overall, the Tar Heels forced six turnovers, helping offset a so-so day from an offensive unit that has played better in recent weeks.

Now the Tar Heels are playing with a chance to improve their bowl positioning, not to mention earn nine wins in a season for the first time since Mack Brown’s last team here went 11-1 and fin-ished sixth in the country a dozen years ago.

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Cardinals’ Albert Pujols wins 2nd straight NL MVP Award

NEW YORK (AP) — Albert Pujols was unanimously vot-ed National League MVP on Tuesday, becoming the first play-er to repeat since Barry Bonds won four in a row from 2001-04.

Pujols received all 32 first-place votes and 448 points in balloting announced by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.

It was the third MVP award for the St. Louis Cardinals star, who also won in 2005. He became the first unanimous MVP since Bonds in 2002.

Pujols said he concentrates on World Series titles, not MVPs. He won his only championship in 2006.

“I always make a joke. I got 10 fingers. I want to get nine more rings,” he said. “I want to get as many as Derek Jeter has so far (five). Obviously that’s hard to do.”

Pujols does have one individual goal — the Hall of Fame.

“Obviously, there is still a long way to go,” he said.

Pujols led the majors in home runs (47), runs (124), slugging percentage (.658) and intentional walks (44), and topped the NL in on-base percentage (.443). He was second in the league in doubles (45) and third in batting average (.327) and RBIs (135).

He was especially dangerous with the bases loaded, going 10 for 17 with five grand slams, three doubles and 35 RBIs.

“I think it was the most consis-tent year,” he said. “I was pretty much hot April until almost September.”

Florida’s Hanley Ramirez, the NL batting champion, was sec-ond with 233 points, followed by Philadelphia’s Ryan Howard (217) and Milwaukee’s Prince Fielder (203), who tied Howard for the big league lead in RBIs.

Pujols didn’t homer in his final 89 regular and postseason at-bats after Sept. 9. He had minor surgery Oct. 21 to remove a bone spur from his right elbow. He had feared he might need liga-ment replacement, causing him to miss the first half of next sea-son.

“My elbow was fine,” Pujols said. “I don’t put that as an excuse. I was still playing every day out there.”

Pujols, who turns 30 in January, joined Hall of Famer Al

Simmons (11) as the only players with 100 or more RBIs in each of their first nine seasons. He also set a big league record for assists by a first baseman with 185.

Pujols became just the fourth player to win the NL MVP three times. Bonds won seven in the 1990s and 2000s. Stan Musial (1940s), Roy Campanella (1950s) and Mike Schmidt (1980s) each won three.

Five players have won three AL MVPs: Jimmie Foxx, Joe DiMaggio, Yogi Berra, Mickey Mantle and Alex Rodriguez.

In addition to Pujols and Bonds, the only unanimous NL winners were Orlando Cepeda (1967), Schmidt (1980), Jeff Bagwell (1994) and Ken Caminiti (1996). Unanimous AL winners have been Hank Greenberg (1935), Al Rosen

(1953), Mantle (1956), Frank Robinson (1966), Denny McLain (1968), Reggie Jackson (1973), Jose Canseco (1988), Frank Thomas (1993) and Ken Griffey Jr. (1997).

St. Louis players have won 17 MVPs, second in the majors behind 20 for the Yankees. Pujols has been voted among the top 10 in nine consecutive years, finishing second in 2002, 2003 and 2006; third in 2004; fourth in 2001; and ninth in 2007.

Pujols receives a $200,000 bonus for winning the award. He is signed for next season at $16 million, and the Cardinals hold a $16 million option for 2011, so the sides may soon turn their attention to a contract extension.

Joe Mauer of the Minnesota Twins was voted the AL MVP on Monday, receiving 27 of 28 first-place votes.

Associated PressSt. Louis Cardinals’ Albert Pujols watches the flight of a solo home run hit off of San Diego Padres pitcher Edward Mujica during the fourth inning of a baseball game in San Diego in this Aug. 23, 2009, file photo. Pujols was unanimously voted National League MVP on Tuesday, becoming the baseball first player to repeat since Barry Bonds won four in a row from 2001-04.

the faces of their respective programs.“It’s amazing. Every time Riley’s on the field

and we play against each other, it’s been a great game even though he’s been on the winning side of things,” said Lewis, who’s 0-3 against Skinner. “Just to go out with two guys that started their careers playing against each other and now they’re going to end their career playing against each oth-er, it’s funny how that panned out.”

Skinner’s impact on the Demon Deacons’ pro-gram was felt almost immediately. His emergence as a mop-topped redshirt freshman in 2006 helped to propel Wake Forest to an unlikely Atlantic Coast Conference title and an Orange Bowl appearance, and he followed that up by guiding his team to vic-tories in the Meineke and Eaglebank bowls.

Along the way, he set nearly every school passing record — including career marks for pass attempts (1,311), completions (875), yards (9,390), touch-downs (55) and completion percentage (66.7) — but ultimately may have become a victim of his own high expectations.

After that meteoric rise four years ago, Wake Forest’s victory total has decreased steadily from that school-record 11 to nine, eight and finally to their current mark. They’ve lost five straight since a 4-2 start, with two losses in overtime and three others by a combined seven points.

“In the big picture, it’s a little hard to digest because we started out so well,” Skinner said. “We started out winning the conference and going to the Orange Bowl. You set the bar pretty high.”

Lewis’ numbers mostly are better than Skinner’s — he has 9,678 career yards passing, breaking Ben Bennett’s 26-year-old school record last week in his hometown of Miami, and has thrown for a school-record 64 touchdowns.

“Riley’s going to hate me to say this,” Wake Forest defensive lineman John Russell said, “but (Lewis) is probably the toughest quarterback in the confer-ence.”

The conclusion of their careers gave everyone pause to reflect on just how far everyone has come since that day in September 2006 when Skinner replaced an injured Ben Mauk in the starting lineup and Lewis took over the Blue Devils. Wake Forest coach Jim Grobe called it “a panic situation” and Skinner joked that the coaches “were scared to let me throw.”

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Bus collision injures 17 LEBANON, Ohio (AP) — Two

school buses have collided at a red light, sending 17 children to several Ohio hospitals.

School Superintendent Valerie Browning says the accident occurred Tuesday in Lebanon, about 25 miles south of Dayton. Browning says four buses filled with eighth-graders were traveling to a vocational school.

Eighth-grader Amanda Shutte says she was aboard the first school bus when it was rear-ended.

The superintendent says most of the injured students have shoulder and neck pain.

Paula Deen hit by hamATLANTA (AP) — Celebrity chef

Paula Deen got an unexpected serv-ing of ham — across her face.

The Food Network star was help-ing unload 25,000 pounds of donat-ed meat for an Atlanta food bank on Monday when someone threw one of the hams like a football and acci-dentally smacked her.

Deen tells WGCL-TV: “I thought it busted my lip, but it didn’t.”

Though smiles and laughter, Deen added: “I’m OK. It just knocked me for a little bit.”

She says she was unloading hams when she tossed one to a man, who then said “Back at ’ya.” Thinking he meant it only as a sentiment, she turned around to get another ham when the errant swine came at her.

“He really meant, ’Back at ’ya.”’

Cops see ’ginger’ attacksCALABASAS, Calif. (AP) —

Authorities say there were at least five attacks on red-haired students at a Southern California middle school after a Facebook group announced “Kick a Ginger Day.” However, nobody was seriously hurt and no arrests were made.

A 12-year-old boy reported being

kicked and hit by classmates on Friday at A.E. Wright Middle School in Calabasas. A sixth-grade girl told KABC-TV that some fellow students kicked her in the legs from behind. Los Angeles County sheriff’s Sgt. Fray Lupian says there were at least five victims.

Investigators say the Facebook message may have been inspired by a “South Park” TV episode that sati-rized racial prejudice by portraying a campaign against red-haired, fair-skinned “ginger” people.

Man pleads not guiltyNEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A

Connecticut man has pleaded not guilty to charges he set his girlfriend on fire and tried to set her 12-year-old daughter ablaze.

Fifty-year-old Howard Stewart of New Haven appeared in court Tuesday. He’s charged with arson, assault and other crimes.

Police say Stewart doused 35-year-old Christina Lee and her daughter with an accelerant and set Lee on fire on Nov. 15. They say the girl had accused Stewart of abusing her and he argued with Lee about the allega-tion.

Alleged spy faces trialHONOLULU (AP) — A Maui man

accused of selling military secrets to China has been found competent to stand trial.

In part, Noshir Gowadia is accused of providing data on mak-ing cruise missiles and other aircraft less visible to radar or heat-seeking devices.

His personality may make him a difficult defendant, U.S. Magistrate Kevin S.C. Chang said in a ruling issued late Friday, several hours after Gowadia’s competency hearing ended. But the defendant’s unwill-ingness to thoroughly consult with his lawyers does not equate with an inability to do so, Chang said.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Holiday shoppers should look out for toy hazards such as small parts, loud sounds, soft plastics and lead con-tamination, consumer advocates warned Tuesday.

These dangers were highlighted by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group in its 24th annual “Trouble in Toyland” report, the first since sweeping consumer safety legislation went into effect earlier this year.

“This is definitely a time when people are going to be thinking about making purchases for the holidays, so we want people to be aware of these hazards,” said Elizabeth Hitchcock, public health advocate for U.S. PIRG.

The organization focused on four hazards: small parts that can choke children younger than 3-years-old, loud toys that can cause hearing damage, lead-tainted toys and soft plastic toys that contain chemicals called phthalates.

Hitchcock encouraged parents to use http://toysafety.mobi, specially designed for use with mobile phones, to look up toy hazards while they are shopping.

The Toy Industry Association responded with a statement warn-ing parents not to be “needlessly”

frightened by these types of reports, which “often ignore or misinterpret the facts.”

Government safety officials assured shoppers that toys are safer this year than in previous holiday seasons.

“We feel that parents should have more confidence this year for toys than past years because we are enforcing the new Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act,” Consumer Product Safety Commission Chairwoman Inez Tenenbaum said in an interview.

Choking is the number one cause of toy-related deaths and injuries, according to the report. Hitchcock said not all toys bear the required choking warnings and that if a toy can fit into a toilet paper tube it is too small for children under three.

The group is also concerned about toys that just barely meet CPSC stan-dards on small parts. U.S. PIRG encouraged the agency to make the choking standards more strict.

U.S. PIRG also focused on loud toys, because nearly 15 percent of children between 6 and 17 years old show signs of hearing loss. The CPSC recently adopted new standards addressing this risk.

Nation Today

ATLANTA (AP) — Let us give thanks — and pass the Purell.

Your family might be sharing more than turkey and pumpkin pie this Thanksgiving. Swine flu may also be on the table — and at crowded air-ports and shopping malls.

Just as the pandemic seems to be waning around the country, some health officials are worried that holi-day gatherings could lead to more infections. So the government has launched a new travel-health cam-paign.

“It’s important to remember the things that everybody can do to stay healthy,” said Dr. Beth Bell of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Thanksgiving is typically fol-lowed by at least a modest bump in early seasonal flu cases, according to reports from the past few years. But this, of course, is not a typical year. Swine flu is a new virus that accounts for nearly all flu cases right now.

Despite weeks of declining infec-tions, health officials are staying vigilant. The federal government is putting up posters in airports, sea-ports and border crossings in time for Thanksgiving. The campaign also includes advertisements with slogans such as “Stop, Wash & Go.”

The CDC urges people to travel only if they are well, get vaccinated against swine and seasonal flu, wash their hands often, and cover coughs and sneezes with a tissue or sleeve.

Some 33 million Americans are expected to hit the nation’s highways over the Thanksgiving holiday, a slight increase from last year. About 2.3 million more will travel by air-plane.

The elbow-to-elbow conditions expected on many flights may pose more of an infection threat than a runny-nosed tike at the other end of a Thanksgiving dinner table. One CDC official even suggested asking that a sick passenger be moved to another part of a plane.

But that’s not likely to happen on a crowded airliner or bus, and it isn’t much of a solution anyway, said a few people waiting at Atlanta’s downtown Greyhound station on Tuesday morn-ing.

“That’s just putting it next to some-body else,” said Judd Nelson, 39, waiting to start a two-day bus trip to Phoenix.

Nelson had not been vaccinated against swine flu, and he did not have any hand sanitizer. He was resigned to his fate if someone with swine flu happens to be aboard his bus.

“The way I look at it is, if I get it, I’m going to get it no matter what,” he said.

Swine flu has sickened an estimat-ed 22 million Americans, hospital-ized about 98,000 and killed 4,000 since it was first identified last April. It is similar to seasonal flu but poses a much bigger threat to children and young adults.

Associated PressA couple wearing masks for protection from the swine flu rolls their luggage after fly-ing in from Puerto Rico at Logan International Airport in Boston Tuesday.

CDC warns holiday may spread more flu

Consumer groups issue toy safety reminders

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LeggPlat 1.04 5.3 73 19.78 +.08 +30.2

Lowes .36 1.6 19 22.01 +.13 +2.3

Microsoft .52 1.7 19 29.91 -.03 +53.9

PPG 2.16 3.6 27 59.85 -.68 +41.1

ParkerHan 1.00 1.8 27 54.88 +.54 +29.0

ProgrssEn 2.48 6.3 13 39.21 +.12 -1.6

RedHat ... ... 61 27.50 -.10+108.0

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UPS B 1.80 3.1 34 57.92 -.24 +5.0

WalMart 1.09 2.0 16 54.85 +.17 -2.2

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MUTUAL FUNDS

DAILY DOW JONES

10,495.61 6,469.95 Dow Industrials 10,433.71 -17.24 -.17 +18.88 +23.054,066.40 2,134.21 Dow Transportation 3,950.37 -33.09 -.83 +11.68 +16.41

388.86 288.66 Dow Utilities 378.21 +1.48 +.39 +2.01 +1.387,266.51 4,181.75 NYSE Composite 7,170.26 -16.07 -.22 +24.55 +33.391,887.23 1,130.47 Amex Market Value 1,799.87 -3.69 -.20 +28.79 +33.892,205.32 1,265.52 Nasdaq Composite 2,169.18 -6.83 -.31 +37.55 +48.091,113.69 666.79 S&P 500 1,105.65 -.59 -.05 +22.41 +28.96

717.75 397.97 S&P MidCap 692.89 -1.91 -.27 +28.72 +43.2711,470.47 6,772.29 Wilshire 5000 11,313.30 -49.03 -.43 +24.50 +32.82

625.30 342.59 Russell 2000 592.58 -2.23 -.37 +18.65 +33.71

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THE MARKET IN REVIEW

PIMCO TotRetIs CI 111,038 11.02 +1.5 +20.3/C +7.1/A NL 5,000,000American Funds GrthAmA m LG 61,982 27.08 +1.8 +41.5/C +3.1/A 5.75 250American Funds CapIncBuA m IH 56,647 48.41 +1.8 +27.7/D +4.5/C 5.75 250American Funds CpWldGrIA m WS 53,772 34.35 +1.5 +44.4/C +7.0/A 5.75 250Fidelity Contra LG 52,867 57.21 +2.0 +34.8/D +4.9/A NL 2,500Vanguard TotStIdx LB 52,578 27.11 +1.9 +36.2/B +1.2/B NL 3,000American Funds IncAmerA m MA 47,485 15.49 +2.5 +32.0/C +3.2/B 5.75 250American Funds InvCoAmA m LB 46,374 25.76 +3.1 +33.6/C +1.9/B 5.75 250Vanguard 500Inv LB 45,505 102.24 +2.6 +33.2/C +0.7/C NL 3,000Vanguard InstIdx LB 40,396 101.60 +2.6 +33.3/C +0.8/C NL 5,000,000American Funds EurPacGrA m FB 38,984 39.08 +0.6 +54.0/A +8.8/A 5.75 250Dodge & Cox Stock LV 37,893 95.19 +1.9 +41.6/A -0.2/D NL 2,500American Funds WAMutInvA m LV 37,017 24.66 +4.2 +26.3/D +0.5/C 5.75 250Dodge & Cox IntlStk FV 34,519 32.04 -1.4 +62.5/A +6.7/A NL 2,500American Funds NewPerspA m WS 31,027 25.66 +1.7 +48.6/B +6.3/A 5.75 250Fidelity DivrIntl d FG 30,998 28.20 0.0 +47.1/D +4.7/D NL 2,500PIMCO TotRetAdm b CI 29,461 11.02 +1.4 +20.0/C +6.8/A NL 5,000,000American Funds FnInvA m LB 28,754 32.40 +1.8 +41.8/A +4.1/A 5.75 250American Funds BalA m MA 28,593 16.30 +2.9 +28.6/D +2.4/C 5.75 250FrankTemp-Franklin Income A m CA 27,892 2.02 +1.1 +46.1/A +3.6/B 4.25 1,000American Funds BondA m CI 27,597 11.92 +1.5 +20.5/C +2.7/E 3.75 250Vanguard Welltn MA 26,971 29.08 +2.6 +31.9/C +5.3/A NL 10,000Vanguard 500Adml LB 26,340 102.26 +2.6 +33.3/C +0.8/C NL 100,000Fidelity GrowCo LG 25,826 66.25 +1.6 +47.7/B +4.4/A NL 2,500Vanguard TotStIAdm LB 25,120 27.12 +2.0 +36.3/B +1.3/B NL 100,000Vanguard TotIntl FB 24,329 14.73 0.0 +51.6/A +6.4/A NL 3,000Vanguard InstPlus LB 23,676 101.60 +2.6 +33.3/C +0.8/C NL 200,000,000Fidelity LowPriStk d MB 22,842 31.01 +0.3 +55.2/B +3.5/A NL 2,500T Rowe Price EqtyInc LV 14,422 20.83 +1.4 +33.9/B +1.1/B NL 2,500Hartford CapAprA m LB 9,041 30.13 +1.9 +54.2/A +4.0/A 5.50 1,000Pioneer PioneerA m LB 4,047 35.30 +2.6 +28.6/E +1.3/B 5.75 1,000Goldman Sachs ShDuGovA m GS 1,363 10.54 +0.7 +6.7/B +4.8/A 1.50 1,000Alliance Bernstein GrowIncA m LV 1,179 2.95 +2.1 +39.4/B -1.2/E 4.25 2,500DWS-Scudder REstA m SR 386 13.13 +2.7 +45.2/B 0.0/B 5.75 1,000Hartford GrowthL m LG 177 14.80 +0.4 +42.2/B +0.4/D 4.75 0

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

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

NYSE7,170.26 -16.07

AMEX1,799.87 -3.69

NASDAQ2,169.18 -6.83

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.

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DIARYAdvanced 246Declined 292Unchanged 45Total issues 583New Highs 4New Lows 7

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Sober view ofeconomy pullsstocks lowerBy SARA LEPRO and TIM PARADISAP Business Writers

NEW YORK — A disappointing report on con-sumer confidence and a more sober read on the economy pulled stocks from 13-month highs Tuesday.

Major indexes posted modest losses in light trad-ing as drops in financial and industrial stocks were tempered by gains in health care companies. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 17 points a day after jumping by 133.

Stocks pulled off their lows of the day after the Federal Reserve released minutes from its latest rate-setting meeting, during which it pledged to keep rates low for the foreseeable future and said inflation remained at bay. The Fed raised its expec-tations for economic growth during the second half of this year, but said unemployment will remain high.

Stocks had been falling prior to the report after the government revised its calculation of third-quarter economic growth down to 2.8 percent from its original estimate of 3.5 percent, the lat-est sign that the recovery is likely to be slow and bumpy.

Meanwhile, the Conference Board said its Consumer Confidence Index rose to 49.5 in November from a revised reading of 48.7 in October. While better than expected, the report shows that consumers remain gloomy heading into the holiday season. A reading above 90 means the economy is on solid footing.

“It’s all about the daily data,” said Howard Ward, chief investment officer of the GAMCO Growth Fund. “Today’s was uninspiring.”

Ward said a warning from China’s central bank that commercial banks there should control their lending also weighed on the market, financial stocks in particular. The comments raised concerns that the government could take more measures to reduce liquidity in the system in the coming months, which would be an impediment to growth in one of the biggest trade partners of the U.S.

The market’s modest moves came after a big rally on Monday carried the Dow Jones industrials up 133 points to their highest level in just over a year.

According to preliminary calculations, the Dow fell 17.24, or 0.2 percent, to 10,433.71. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index fell 0.59, or 0.1 per-cent, to 1,105.65, while the Nasdaq composite index fell 6.83, or 0.3 percent, to 2,169.18.

Bond prices rose after a strong auction of five-year notes. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note, which moves opposite its price, fell to 3.32 percent from 3.36 percent late Monday. The yield on the five-month note dropped to 2.10 percent from 2.18 percent.

Falling stocks narrowly outpaced those that rose on the New York Stock Exchange, where volume came to a light 952 million shares, compared with 979.9 million Monday.

Analysts expect trading to be choppy this week amid light trading volume heading into the Thanksgiving holiday.

In other trading, the Russell 2000 index of small-er companies fell 2.23, or 0.4 percent, to 592.58.

By JEANNINE AVERSAAP Economics Writer

WASHINGTON — The economy is growing modestly, with consumers too wary about spending to invigorate the recov-ery.

That’s the picture that emerged from reports Tuesday on the economy and the confidence of consumers, who power 70 per-cent of it.

Unemployment and tight credit have sapped shoppers’ willing-ness and ability to spend freely as retailers enter their crucial holiday season. And Americans are expected to grow more cau-tious about spending next year. That would make for a plodding recovery.

The economy grew at a 2.8 per-cent rate last quarter. Forecasts for the current quarter are for similarly lackluster growth before a drop-off next year.

“It’s hardly a rip-roaring recov-ery,” said Stuart Hoffman, chief economist at PNC Financial Services. “Usually coming out of a recession you get growth more like a rodeo bull — at a pace of 6 or 7 percent in the early quarters of recovery. That isn’t happen-ing. It is coming out of the stalls more like a fat cow.”

The Federal Reserve doesn’t expect the rebound to be strong enough to quickly drive down the jobless rate, now at 10.2 per-cent, according to documents of its meeting earlier this month. The Fed foresees a gradual recovery, with an elevated unem-ployment rate over the next sev-eral years.

Most Fed policymakers said it could take “five or six years”

before the economy and the job market will be consistently healthy.

The Commerce Department’s revised estimate of gross domes-tic product for July through September was less than the 3.5 percent growth rate foreseen just a month ago.

And the estimate for GDP — the value of goods and services produced in the United States — was a tad less than the 2.9 per-cent growth rate that economists surveyed by Thomson Reuters had expected.

The main factors behind the downgrade: Consumers didn’t spend as much. Commercial construction weakened. And imports exerted more of a drag on the economy.

Businesses also trimmed more of their stockpiles, further restraining growth.

At the same time, the Conference Board’s latest survey of consumer confidence found gloom among shoppers.

“I really won’t be spending money on Christmas,” said Ivan Horne, 47, of Tampa, Fla., who has been out of work for about a year. “I’m barely able to make enough to survive.”

An Associated Press-GfK poll released this week found that 93 percent of Americans say they’ll spend less this holiday season or about the same as last year.

Also Tuesday, the Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller home price index of 20 major cities sug-gested that the summer’s trend of rising home prices has faded. And analysts expect prices to dip again this winter as foreclo-sures rise.

The tepid reading on economic

growth and consumer confi-dence caused stocks to retreat Tuesday from their 13-month highs. Over the past few months, though, the stock market has surged. A rally on Monday car-ried the Dow up 133 points to its highest point in just over a year.

In part, stocks have been pow-ered by a weak dollar and low interest rates. Lower rates let companies and investors borrow cheaply. They also cause some to shift money out of cash and bonds and into investments that promise higher returns, such as stocks.

Stocks also have benefited from higher corporate profits. Companies have managed to squeeze out more profits without the cost of higher production or payrolls. They’ve done so by boosting their workers’ produc-tivity and drawing down their existing stockpiles of goods.

The GDP report showed the economy finally started to grow again from July through September, after a record four straight losing quarters. For the current quarter, some analysts think economic growth will slow to around a 2.5 percent pace, but it could hit a pace of around 3 percent if holiday sales turn out better than expected.

Though cautious, consumers are holding up despite high per-sonal debt, a tight job market and hard-to-get credit.

A government report out Wednesday is expected to show consumer spending rose 0.5 per-cent in October, compared with a 0.5 percent drop in September. Incomes, the fuel for future spending, are expected to edge up 0.2 percent, after being flat.

Economy grows; spending slow

Associated PressWorkers build a new commercial building in Warrensville Heights, Ohio. The economy grew at a 2.8 percent pace last quarter, as the recovery got off to a slower start than first thought.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — War-weary Americans will sup-port more fighting in Afghanistan once they understand the perils of losing, President Barack Obama declared Tuesday, announcing he was ready to spell out war plans virtually sure to include tens of thou-sands more U.S. troops.

He is expected to make his case to the nation in a Tuesday night speech, even as the military completes plans to begin sending in reinforcements in the spring.

Eight years after the Sept. 11 attacks led the U.S. into Afghanistan, Obama said it is still in America’s vital national interest to “dismantle and destroy” al-Qaida terrorists and extremist allies. “I intend to fin-ish the job,” he said.

Obama said he would announce after Thanksgiving his deci-sion on additional troops, and military, congressional and other sources said the occasion would be a Tuesday night televised speech laying out his plans for expanding the Afghan conflict — and then ultimately ending

America’s military role.Republican critics

have been pressing him for months to decide on a next step in Afghanistan, but Obama has said repeat-edly he was more con-cerned with making a decision that was right rather than quick.

Neither he nor his advisers has detailed an exit plan, but the strategy he is expected to describe next week would include specific dates that deployments could be slowed or stopped if necessary, a

senior military official said. The official and others spoke on con-dition of anonymity because the decision was not final.

With U.S. com-bat deaths climbing on Obama’s watch and more than half the American public opposed to escalation, the president seemed to acknowledge Tuesday that he has a lot to explain.

“I feel very confi-dent that when the American people hear a clear rationale for

what we’re doing there and how we intend to achieve our goals, that they will be support-ive,” he said, speak-ing at a White House news conference with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

“I can tell you, as I’ve said before, that it is in our strategic interest, in our national security interest to make sure that al-Qaida and its extremist allies cannot operate effectively” in the area, he said. “We are going to dismantle and degrade their capa-bilities and ultimately dismantle and destroy their networks. And Afghanistan’s stabil-ity is important to that process.”

Military officials expect an infusion of approximately 32,000 to 35,000 troops to begin in February or March, the largest expansion since the beginning of the war and one that could bring the cost above $75 billion annually.

Returning to a cam-paign theme, Obama said the Afghan effort had been starved for resources and atten-tion during the Bush administration and he intended to finish the war.

To that end, much of the White House dis-cussion during months of deliberations has centered on how the U.S. would end its mili-tary role.

Obama held his 10th war council meeting Monday evening, and officials said it was his last. The Situation Room sessions that began in September were the most visible markers of a strategic and political debate inside the adminis-tration about how to address a resurgent Taliban and other insurgents and whether the U.S. was creating its own enemies the longer it remained.

Military officials have said Obama is choosing one of the least risky options he was present-ed, but one still expect-ed to lead to increased

U.S. casualties without guarantee of success.

War commander Gen. Stanley McChrystal has warned that the war risks failure without a large troop infusion. Although he preferred a higher figure — about 40,000 — McChrystal is expected to tell Congress next week that this lesser addition still gives him the tools to better combat insur-gents in the south and east of Afghanistan.

The expected increase would include at least three Army brigades and a single, larger Marine Corps contin-gent, officials said.

Both Democrats and Republicans in Congress has been miffed that the admin-istration blocked McChrystal from testi-fying during what many Republicans considered an inordinately long decision-making peri-od. His testimony has not been scheduled, but would probably come late next week or early in the week after.

Among others likely to take part in con-gressional hearings are Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen and U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Karl Eikenberry.

Obama will send more troops to Afghanistan

Associated PressIn this image released by the White House, President Barack Obama holds meet-ing on Afghanistan in the Situation Room of the White House Monday.

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Talking turkey

Thankful....

Rutherford County Schools elementary aged students share their turkey artwork, and recipe ideas for cooking the perfect

Thanksgiving turkey.

At Spindale Elementary, first graders in Mrs. Walker’s class disguised their

turkeys to keep them from being eaten for

Thanksgiving. Like this Elvis turkey made by Kennedy Bradley.

thankful very much

First I would buy the turkey. Then I would heat the oven over to 3,000. Then, when I put the turkey in the oven I will heat the oven to 1,000. Then we will cut the turkey in half. And we will eat it. – Anna Hammers,

second grade, Pinnacle Elementary

One of the easiest ways to draw a turkey is tracing your own hand, like this one from Pinnacle.

Students even drew the places where mom and dad buy turkeys too, like this one from Forrest Hunt.

If I would cook a turkey, I would go to the grocery store and buy the turkey and take it home. After that I clean and pluck the feathers and put the turkey in the oven for two to three hours cook-ing it at 9 degrees. Then I would go to the family room and fix everything. Finally I would take the turkey out of the oven, and take it to the fam-ily room. Then my

whole family comes and sits down and eats turkey. When they leave and there is still some more turkey I will take it to school for lunch. I will eat it all by myself. Once I get back home I’m going to eat a lot more tur-key all afternoon. Shoooo ..... boy, am I stuffed!

— Joel Stone, second grade, Mount Vernon-Ruth Elementary

I got a turkey at the woods. So I had to cook the turkey in the oven and he was not feeling good. — Ivey, first

grade, Forrest Hunt Elementary

You go turkey hunting. You can find a turkey. Put it on a flat pan and put it on 10 and wait for one minute. — Benson, first grade, Forrest Hunt Elementary

Please See Pages 2B and 10B for more turkey recipes and artwork

Jive turkeys.A turkey sat on a backyard

fence and this is what he had to say: “Gobble, gobble, gobble, gobble, Gobble, gobble, gobble, gobble, I don’t like Thanksgiving Day!”

I think I’ve known that tune my whole life, or at least since sec-ond or third grade.

If I were a turkey, guess I’d be singing the blues too. Turkey and dressing is my favorite part of the Thanksgiving meal, but I probably wouldn’t be nearly as excited if I were the one plopped on Mama’s turkey platter.

That’s exactly why I decided to visit a local turkey farm and get the scoop first hand. Just how do the turkeys feel about Thanksgiving Day?

Okay. I’m here at the farm. Putting on my reporter hat and adjusting the microphone. The scene is not what I expected at all. I assumed there would be a barnyard full of turkeys strutting about, more or less, oblivious to what’s happening this week. But, it’s just the opposite.

Here comes one now.Reporter: Excuse me, Mr.

Turkey. Could I have a moment of your time?

Turkey: Make it quick prudy mama, I got somewhere to be.

Reporter: Why are you dressed like Elvis? Are you trying to dodge your Thanksgiving Day plight.

Turkey: No, prudy mama. I ain’t scared of no farmer with an axe. Uh. Do you really think I look like Elvis? You can’t see my tail feathers in this jumpsuit, can you?

Reporter: No, not at all. It’s a pretty clever disguise, but ...

Turkey: Hey, don’t step on my blue suede shoes.

Reporter: Oh, sorry. (Gun shots in the background). Hey, where are you going? I’m not finished.

Turkey: Maybe next time, purdy mama, Elvis is leaving the barnyard.

Let me just wander around here, and, oh, okay, I see some-thing leaned up against that tree.

Reporter: Hi, Mr. Turkey. Can I have a word?

Turkey: Sure, baby. You can have a word, but make it quick I’m a business man. (Swinging his gold chain watch attached to a belt loop).

Reporter: Oh, really. What kind of business are you in?

Turkey: Can you keep a secret?Reporter: Sure.Turkey: You see all these pretty

little hens running around.Reporter: Yep.Turkey: That’s my job. I keep up

with the hens.Reporter: Hmm. So, why are

you dressed in a purple pin stripe suit and white patent platform shoes... Wait a minute. Why, you’re a pimp! Shame on you.

Turkey: It’s called production, baby. I’m the farmer’s best friend.

Well, I never. Let me go on the other side of the barn and see what’s happening over there.

Oh my. There’s the biggest, most beautiful turkey I’ve ever seen. I have got to talk to him.

Reporter: Mr. Turkey, what is your name please?

Turkey: Tom, Maam, (hiccup) Tom the Turkey at your service.

Reporter: My, Tom. You’re so plump and perfect, but should you really be smoking that cigar? And, is that a gallon of wine?

Turkey: Come a little closer. (He said in a whisper)

Reporter: Okay.Turkey: I know I’m the best

turkey in the lot. I’m plump and juicy and have everything it takes to make a Thanksgiving Day platter perfect. But, let’s face it, who wants to eat an intoxicated, cigar smoking turkey. Heh, heh, heh.

Then he winked at me and stumbled off laughing.

Gotta love those jive turkeys.Happy Thanksgiving!

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Mount-Vernon Ruth Elementary Mrs. Armentrout and Mrs. Morrison’s first graders

First, I wash the turkey. Then, I let it dry out for a little bit. After that, I put it in the overn and check the tem-perature to see if it’s high or low. I carve it and eat it. – Ian Gainey

You wash the turkey. Put the ther-mometer in. Put it in the oven. Then, squeeze out the juice. Cut it and then eat it. – Kendred Ward

I wash it. I check if it’s the right tur-key. I put the thermometer in to see if its good or not. Then, I put foil over it and put it in the oven. I cook it for three hours on low. I take it out and take the foil off. I carve it and eat it. – Joseph Oaks

I wash it and put it in the pan. I put it in the foil. Then, I put it in the oven and cook it for two hours. Then, I take the turkey out of the oven. – Anthony Walker

We cook the turkey in the micro-wave. Make sure the turkey does not get burnt. – Ashley Cole

Get a turkey from the market. Then, take the foil off. Then, wash it and use the baster so the top of the turkey isn’t dry. And then, you put foil over it again and then you put it in the oven, grill or microwave and cook it for about two hours on medium. Stick a fork in it to see if it’s done. Check the temperature and if it’s all white take it ouf of the oven with mitts on. Then, let it cool and see if it’s good enough to eat. Take it to the table and then care the turkey and make sure you take the feathers off because you can’t eat feathers. Get a spoon, fork and knife and get you a drink and then, eat it! – Caleb Long

Get a turkey. Then, wash it and dry it. Put it in a pan. Put tin foil on it. Then, put it in the oven. Take it out and check it with a thermometer. Then, baste your turkey. Tehn, carve the turkey. Bring it to the table and eat it. – Katlyn Holland

First, go to the store and buy a tur-key. Then, you clean it. Wrap it up with tin foil. Then, you it on a pan and put it in the oven. Cook it for two hours. Then, get it out and poke it with a fork to see if it’s done. Then, you get a fork and push the juice out. Let it sit down for a little bit because it will burn you. Then,you eat it. – Hunter Adkins

First, wash the turkey. Next, put it in the oven. Then, check it with a thermometer to see if it’s hot or cold. After that, take it out of the oven. And finally, you carve it and eat it. – Tiffany Cardwell

Put it in the stove. Then, you check it and put the thermometer in the turkey. Then, see how hot it is. When it’s ready you let it cool off. Then, you eat it. – Xavier Harris

First, wash the turkey. Then, you let it drain for a little while. Put it in the oven for four minutes and put a thermometer in there. Take out the turkey and take off the tin foil and let it cool off. You get the thing that squeezes out the juice and you prepare it. Then, cut it and eat it. – Cheyanne Aldridge

First, I wash the turkey. Then, I cook it for five hours. Then, I check it to make sure it’s not burnt. NOw it is done. Now we can eat it. – Alexis Godfrey

First, you wash the turkey. Then, you dress the turkey. NOt dress it with real clothes, fix it to eat. Put it on the grill for 20 minutes. Then, put it in the refrigerator. Wait for 30 minutes or until you’re hungry. Then, you cut it up and eat it. – Lindsey King

Get a turkey. Cook the turkey. Wait for 100 minutes and take the turkey out of the oven. Cut the turkey and eat it. – Bryson Wilkie

Lee Murray’s second gradersFirst of all I would go into the

woods and kill my turkey. Then I need to clean the turkey by putting it into the sink and washing it. Next I will preheat my oven to 8 degrees and get it ready to put in. I put my turkey in the pan and put pepper, salt and sour cream. My turkey is to cook for two to three hours. Then, I take it out and carve it. Finally I set the table with a pretty tablecloth. I will tell my mommy, daddy and both brothers that it is time to eat the yummy turkey that I fixed. Come and get it!! We all had a seat and I will say the blessing. – Katelin Michaels

First, go to Wal-mart. Next I go home. Second I put it in the freezer for 213 hours. Then I get it out and cook it. After that I put butter and salt on it, then I put butter on the pan and let it melt. Meanwhile I take the guts out. Then I put it in

the oven and set my temperature for 312 hours. Finally it is time to eat Thanksgiving dinner. – Kailtlyn Brock

Mrs. Hutchins second gradersFirst you go to a store. Then you

buy a juicy turkey. Next you set the time how you want it to be. Then you wait for the oven to ring. When it rings you take it out of oven. Then you gobble it up. – Bingham Higgins

First go out and shoot a turkey. Second take the feathers out. Third, roast the meat. Fourth, give it a shot to check it’s temperature. – Emma Grace Humphries

Go to the store and buy a turkey. Take out all the bones or your oven will burn. Then put it in the oven. Then your family comes. Take it out of the oven. Then eat it. – Dominic Bean

Get a turkey at the woods or store. Pick the feathers off. Put it in a pan. Put apples and vegetables and fruits around it. Put salt and pep-per on it. Put it in the oven. Enjoy your Thanksgiving and turkey. When you’re done there’s a bone and you pull on both sides and whoever wins gets a wish. – Alesha

Pinnacle Elementary Ellen Moyer and Linda Atchley’s second graders

I would shoot Carve the feathers off. First I would preheat the oven to 350 and then I would season it with pepper. Next I would stick it in the oven. Then I would eat it. Delicious!

– Laurel Watkins

First I would get it at Wal-mart. Then I’d defrost it. Next I’d season it. I’d put it in the oven. I put the oven on 1,000 hours. Then when it is done I would take it out then I would carve it. Then I will eat it. – Jaylin Jackson

First I would go to Wal-mart and buy it and go home and let it defrost for five minutes. Then I would put in some aluminum foil I will put some turkey sauce on the turkey. Next I would put it in the oven for five hours. Last I would get it out and cut it up and then I would let it cool down then I would eat it. – Mason Garland

Forrest Hunt ElementaryMrs. Thompson’s first graders

To make a turkey you have to put it in the oven and then put it in for 20 minutes. Then wait until it is done and take it out and then put some salt on it. – Emily

You can find a turkey in the woods or in the forest. You should cook the turkey about one hour or 10 minutes. You should set the temperature at 25 or 10. – Allen

You get a turkey from a farm and bring it home and put it in te oven for 30 minutes. Then put some seasoning on it. – Kody

My mom bought some tur-key and she is going to cook it for Thanksgiving and I’m going to help her too. I think she is going to put oil in it and I think she is going to put salt in it and seasoning and some butter and I think she is going to put some pepper too.– Layla

I cook a turkey and I cook it because I love turkey. It is good, real good. Mom, you made a good turkey. – Mackenzie

I get a turkey. I got it. Then we cook it. We put some salt. We eat the tur-key. It was good. – Manuel

I saw a turkey at a farm.What you do with a turkey is put it in the oven for one minute then you take it out of the oven at 10 minutes. – Haygen

First you go to Bi-Lo. Then go to your house. Then take your turkey and put it on a pan. Put the oven on 30 degrees and bake it for a few min-utes. – Sophie

How you cook a turkey is put the turkey in the oven. – Ty

I get a turkey from Wal-mart. I put it on for 10 minutes. I gave one to my friend. We ate it all gone. – Bryce

How you buy a turkey is you have to go to the flea market and then you have to go home and put it in the freezer. Then you put the turkey in the oven. – Kerstin

I saw a turkey in the store. – CezarI put the turkey in the oven for 20

seconds. – HarleyI go to the turkey and I cook it. –

IsaiahPut the turkey on the pan and put it

in the oven for one hour. – DelaneyYou get a turkey from a barn. Then

cook it for one hour. – RyanYou put it in the oven for 19 sec-

onds. You cook the turkey at the chicken barn. – Blakely

How do you cook a turkey? Let students tell you

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Forrest Hunt ElementaryMrs. Hill’s third grad-ers

Go and buy a turkey at Wal-mart. (Cost about $10.) Go and take it home and put it in the oven for one hour. Take it out and leave it sitting for three minutes. Then you get the fried rice and cook it for five min-utes and after that you will put the fried rice in the turkey. Then you call everybody over to eat, and don’t forget to pray (and break the wish bone.) If you don’t want to do all that stuff then go to Ingles. Then you cook mashed potatoes for six minutes. Then you’re done. Then you make gravy. Cook gravy for four minutes. – Trey Brocken

Ingredients: Carrots, celery, onions, pepper, turkey, a knife, pan, chicken broth, onion powder, a spoon, tin foil and a string. Directions: First you put the tur-key in a pan. Then with a knife you cut in the middle of the turkey. Next you cut the car-rots, celery and onions. Then you season thm with pepper and basil. Next mix it with a spoon. Then stuff it in the turkey. Then pour a little bit of chicken broth in the pan. Next with your hands rub on onion powder and pep-per. Then put a string on it. Next put til foil on the turkey. Then set the oven for 540 degrees. Next put it in and wait for two hours. Finally take it out and get string and tin foil off and eat it. – Jenna Elisabeth Bailey

Ingredients: A turkey, salt and pepper, 2-1/2 cups of hot water and butter. Directions: First pluck the feathers then stuff it then put 2-1/2 cups of hot water. After that put the butter on top of the turkey. Tehn put it in the oven at 350 degrees for one hour but check on it in about 30 minutes. Then take it out and see if the but-ter has melted if the butter did melt put salt and pepper if it didn’t put the turkey in the microwave then put salt and pepper on it but the very, very first thing to do is put the turkey in the fridgerater and make sure you put tin-foil over it before you do everything else. – Rhyne Howard

Ingredients: Turkey, pepper, salt, stuffing and red shaking pepper. Directions: First step, gut the turkey. Second step, pre-heat the oven at 100 degrees. Third step, put stuffing in the turkey. Fourth step, turn oven to 180 degrees.

RecipesContinued from Page 2B

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A Honor Roll9th gradeSteven Aebersold,

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Valeria Zavala.10th gradeJenna Biddix, Jaclyn

Boever, Micaela Brown, Robert Gray, Cherianne Harvath, Ansley Henson, Kaila Hollifield, Rebekah Hunt, Christian Kelly, Tori McKinney, Kaziah Miller, Lucas Owens, Stephanee Seres, Kimberly Staley, Matthew Stamey, Alan Toney II, Benjamin Trull.

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Hallie Cilone, Brittany Edwards, Taylor Greene, Jordan Hawkins, Cortney Henderson, Haley Holland, Emily

Hutchins, Stephanie Jarrell, Makwaria Littlejohn, Carl Sappenfield, Shawn Waters.

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Ryan Bailey, Mikhail Baxter, Erin Bridges, Jessica Bridges, Lacy Brigman, Brandy Carl, Preston Childers, Sonya Crain, Sarah Dale, Johnathan Daniel, Tyler Dobbins, Trenton Dorsey, Tamara El-Amoor, Lupe Escalera, Cayla Green, Allyson Greene, Sally Harrill, Brittany Lancaster, Sarah Lawing, Katlyn Lowder, Anthony Lynch, Joshua Messer, Patrick Millwater,

Chelsea Moore, Megan Owens, Drew Reynolds, Alison Ruppe, Mariah Simmons, Justyn Sisk, Allen Strickland, Jessica Swink, Nathaniel Toney, Kinsey Williams.

B Honor Roll9th gradeJohnathon Bright,

Roger Bright, Sierra Brush, Rashad Carson, Trevor Dobbins, Jaman Edgerton, Endiah Forney, Kayla Goodwin, Kaytlin Hutchins, Kasey Logan, Todd Maloney, Brooke McDaniel, Averia Padgett, Carlos Perez, Michael Sersland, Michael Waters.

10th gradeStephen Buff, Demont

Garrison, Jessie Hodge, Sara Hoyle, Adam Lawing, Tabitha Lowe, Anderson McKinney, Ryan Medford, Austin Penson, Cierra Stone, Cedric Wilkerson.

11th gradeDakota Danner,

Trashawn Davenport, Rebecca Hill, Dejonta Jackson, Teighlor Logan, Trey Quarles, Donald Self, Megan Walker, Tajdre Wilkerson, Cecilia Zirannda.

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By EMILY FREDRIXAP Food Industry Writer

NAPERVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Workers at Butterball’s turkey-tips hot line are used to oddball situations:

—The woman who cleaned out her turkey with a scrub brush and asked if that was OK to do. (You don’t need to do that.)

—People who thaw a turkey in the bathtub while washing their kids. (Don’t do that, either.)

—A man looking for a quick way to cook his turkey who put it in the oven on the cleaning cycle. (Also not advis-able.)

For Butterball, the nation’s top-selling tur-key brand, preparing for such out-of-left-field calls is serious business.

Each year, Butterball L.L.C. puts on Butterball University — this year, five days of training for newcom-ers to the hot line that answers 12,000 calls on Thanksgiving Day alone.

Dozens of 3-inch-thick blue binders await trainees, all of whom are armed with degrees in nutrition, food science, or home economics. The bind-ers are so stuffed with turkey information they weighed nearly as much as the bird itself.

Through the nearly three decades the Turkey-Talk Line has been around, thousands of people have called in frantic moments to ask its experts every-thing. These binders anticipate it all: cook-ing temperatures, thawing techniques, cooking times, meat thermometers, carv-ing knives, turkey sizes, presentation tips, food safety concerns and the eternal question of how much stuffing is too much.

“On Thanksgiving Day alone, there is nev-er a point in time where we can stop. There’s always somebody wait-ing to talk to us,” said Nicole Johnson, who delayed her honey-moon in 2001 to work her first shift on the hotline.

The hot line (at 800-288-8372) functions year-round, mainly as an automated tip line. The goal is to position the nation’s best-selling turkey brand as the expert in the field.

But each November and December — prime turkey-eating time — the hot line goes live. Fifty-five operators are on hand as the hot line receives 100,000 calls.

Before each live sea-son starts, experts who have worked on the hot line for three years or less gather for several days of intensive turkey training from their tur-key elders. Some of the women — yes, they’re all women — have worked on the hot line since its inception.

The dozen or so newer workers also learn about the brand from marketers from Butterball, which is based in Garner, N.C. Butterball is a joint ven-ture of Maxwell Farms, LLC/Goldsboro Milling Co. Inc. and pork pro-ducer Smithfield Foods Inc.

After a turkey over-view that includes information on buying

and thawing turkeys, trainees get the day’s main task.

Each is assigned a turkey and given direc-tions to make it with a different method, from an open pan to a cook-ing bag. The idea is to be familiar with all the ways people might make a turkey. Even in the microwave.

And it’s not just Butterballs they cook. The company trains specialists on differ-ent brands of turkeys, because anyone can call the hotline — not just Butterball buyers.

They pore through recipes, noting what’s popular each year, because that’s what callers will ask about.

But they end up mak-ing the basics: roasters, ovens, and even grills and deep-fryers, which have grown in popular-ity.

It’s not just about cooking ability. Turkey-making is just as much about confidence. That’s what Mary Clingman, director of the Turkey Talk-Line, likes to instill in her callers, many of whom are first-time turkey makers.

“As you go through these things step by step ... they’re feeling better about themselves because they realize what they’re going to do is not as bad as they thought it was going to be.”

At turkey boot camp, no need for scrub brush

AP Photo Butterball Turkey Talk-Line Director Mary Clingman demonstrates how to properly prepare a turkey during a Butterball University session at the plant’s headquarters in Garner, N.C. on Monday, Nov. 17, 2009. About 20 military spouses from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in Goldsboro and Fort Bragg in Fayetteville attended the special version of Butterball University.

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Dear Dr. Gott: I often read in my newspaper or hear on television about clinical trials for different dis-eases. I even have a friend who has been asked to participate in one. Are they really on the level?

Dear Reader: Yes, they are, as long as the trials are done through repu-table facilities by trained personnel. Researchers are always looking for better ways to treat and prevent dis-ease. Most clinical trials are related to health and follow a predetermined protocol. Specific guidelines for par-ticipation include the type of disease, gender, age of a patient, prior treat-ment given and more.

Doctors, nurses, social workers and other health-care professionals will monitor people at the beginning, during and end of each study.

There are both positive and poten-tially negative side effects involved. On the positive side, each participant gets to be actively involved in his or her own health care.

We would be a healthier nation if we all took an active role in our own health issues. Professional medi-cal care will be provided at lead-ing health facilities by top-notch researchers in the field. Each partici-pant will be on the cutting edge of new treatments, and will play a role in helping sufferers of the specific disorder being studied.

Risks include the possibility of additional time and attention being spent following protocol regarding when and how to take treatment or medication.

Any experimental drug might not be as effective as desired and may carry serious unwanted side effects.

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Dear Abby: Our family has had a difficult year. We have gone from one drama or trauma to another, but have always managed. There’s one issue, however, that I can’t fix. My husband, “Arthur,” can’t keep our problems private. He seems compelled to tell EVERYONE he meets about what’s going on in our family.

I have told Arthur repeatedly, “What happens at home should stay at home,” and begged him not to take our problems to the neighbors, who have enough of their own. It’s embar-rassing when our friends, neighbors and extended family are informed about the dramas going on in our home. But Arthur becomes defensive when I tell him I don’t like it and says he won’t stop — that I’m being “too sensitive.” Abby, I feel my husband’s blabbing is disloyal. I’m worried that he is ruining our reputation because he can’t keep his mouth shut. Please help. — Town Crier’s Wife

Dear Wife: Your husband may be looking for attention or sympathy. He also appears to lack good judgment and impulse control, and does not understand what consequences his “blabbing” might bring.

However, I can’t muzzle him and neither can you. It may bring small comfort to remember that these days people are so preoccupied with their own problems they are likely to be less judgmental about your drama

and trauma.Dear Abby: I am a single mother

finishing my undergraduate degree in English. I have a 6-year-old son. His father, “Gil,” and I are on great terms. We kept everything out of the courts, and he pays me monthly child support. Gil sees our son whenever he likes, which is often.

I have an opportunity to go to law school 200 miles away, and I’m considering leaving my son with his dad to do so. I have no problem tak-ing him with me, but as parents we thought that uprooting our son for three years was not a good idea.

I trust Gil when he gives me his word on an agreement. Many of my friends are supportive, but some of the stay-at-home moms are making me feel like a terrible person and mother. — Uncertain

Dear Uncertain: Stop listening to the criticism and proceed with ensur-ing a bright future for you and your boy. Spend time with your son during school breaks and during the sum-mer months.

Wife can’t get husband to shut up

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WASHINGTON — The head of the Consumer Product Safety Commission promised swift action to get dangerous prod-ucts off the market, after acknowledging Tuesday that it didn’t move quickly enough on a record recall of more than 2 million cribs linked to four deaths.

“We were not advanc-ing this case as quickly as possible,” Chairman Inez Tenenbaum said in an interview with The Associated Press. “So, I put all of the resources for the agency on this project so that they could accomplish this goal of recalling the crib.”

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one side that moves up and down to allow par-ents, especially shorter adults, to lift children from the cribs more easily. There have been 110 incidents of the drop-side detaching from the Stork Craft cribs, according to the agency.

In the case of Stork Craft and other drop-side cribs, the hardware used to put the crib together can break, deform or become miss-ing after years. There also can be problems with assembly mistakes by the crib owner.

Parents often take the crib apart after one child has grown out of it, and then reassemble the crib later for anoth-er baby — and that can lead to parts that aren’t assembled properly. The hardware and misas-sembly problems can cause the drop-side to detach, creating a dangerous V-like space between the drop-side and the crib mat-tress, where a child can become trapped and suffocate.

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CPSC is consider-ing mandatory stan-dards for crib design. Given the history of troubles with drop-sides, Tenenbaum said there is a compel-ling reason to ban the cribs altogether. If she had a baby, she said she would not put the infant in a drop-side crib.

She advised parents with drop-sides in their homes to check the hardware; make sure it’s not cracked or miss-ing.

The Stork Craft cribs were manufac-tured and distributed between January 1993 and October 2009. They were sold at major retailers including BJ’s Wholesale Club, Sears and Wal-Mart stores and online through Target and Costco. They sold for between $100 and $400, and were made in Canada, China and Indonesia.

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Associated PressThis undated handout photo provided by the Consumer Product Safety Commission, shows a drop-side crib by Stork Craft Manufacturing of Canada. More than 2.1 million drop-side cribs by Stork Craft Manufacturing of Canada are being recalled following reports of four infant suffocations. The CPSC said the recall involves 1.2 million cribs in the United States and almost 1 million in Canada, where Stork Craft is based.

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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINACOUNTY OF RUTHERFORD

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICESUPERIOR COURT DIVISION

BEFORE THE CLERK09 SP 420

In the Matter of ForeclosureOf Claim of Lien filed againstMANFRED W. BERGER and wife,NANCY C. BERGERUnder Power of Sale

NOTICE OF SALE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that by virtue of the power of sale contained in the Master Declaration of Covenants and Restrictions recorded in Deed Book 386, Page 404, and all subsequent amendments thereto, and also pursuant to North Carolina General Statute §§ 47A-22 and 47F-316, and because of default in the payment of association assessments, the undersigned attorney and agent for the Trustee shall on DECEMBER 3, 2009, at 11:00 AM., at the door of the Rutherford County Courthouse, offer for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property:

LEGAL DESCRIPTION: The Interval Ownership Interest known as Foxrun Townhouse Bldg 30-SA, Townhouse Unit 84, Week 52 as shown on plat of record in Plat Book 13, Page 35, revised, and as more specifically described in that deed recorded in Deed Book 516, at Page 168, Rutherford County Registry.

The terms of the sale are that the real property hereinabove described will be sold for cash to the highest bidder and that the undersigned may require the successful bidder at the sale to immediately deposit cash in the amount of ten (10%) percent of the high bid up to $1,000.00, plus five (5%) of any excess of $1,000.00. The real property hereinabove described will be sold subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, restrictions and easements of record, tax liens and assessments.

The sale will be held open for ten (10) days for upset bids as by law required. The record titleholders to said property, ten (10) days prior to posting this Notice, are: Manfred W. Berger and wife, Nancy C. Berger.

This the 28th day of October, 2009

Jarald N. Willis, Trustee

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINACOUNTY OF RUTHERFORD

NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTYFILE NO.: 09 SP 0001

UNDER AND BY VITRUE of the power and authority contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed and delivered by Kenneth H. Jordan and Paula S. Jordan, dated August 22, 2007, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Rutherford County, North Carolina, on August 22, 2007, in Book 973, beginning at Page 229, and an Order entered by the Asst. Clerk of Superior Court of the above County on October 27, 2009; and because of default in the payment of the indebtedness secured thereby and/or failure to carry out and perform the stipulations and agreements contained therein; and pursuant to the demand of the owner and holder of the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust: the undersigned Substitute Trustee will place for sale, at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at the Rutherford County Courthouse, in Rutherfordton, North Carolina at 10:30 a.m. on the 2nd day of December, 2009, that parcel of land, including improvements thereon and described as follows:

TRACT ONE:

Situate, lying and being in Chimney Rock Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina and being a portion of Lots #21, 22 & 23 of Block Three as shown on plat in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Rutherford County, North Carolina in Plat Book 2 at Page 1, being described from survey entitled "William Lewis" dated march 26, 1998, by Professional Surveying Services as follows:

BEGINNING at an existing iron pin, said existing iron pin being the southeasternmost corner of Lot #35 of the aforementioned plat, the property now or formerly owned by Martyn D. Watts and wife, Susan, as described and recorded in Deed Book 617, at Page 483, Rutherford County Registry, from said BEGINNING point, North 84 deg. 00’ 11" East 74.66 feet to an existing iron pin; thence North 12 deg. 50’ 42" West 23.12 feet to a new iron pin; thence North 84 deg. 00’ 11" East 68.92 feet to an existing iron pin at the edge of a pathway; thence running along and with the edge of said pathway South 13 deg. 38’ 24" East 124.86 feet to an existing iron pin; thence South 82 deg. 25’ 19" West 76.27 feet to a new iron pin; thence South 80 deg. 38’ 05" West 73.24 feet to a point; thence South 73 deg. 53’ 40" West 9.45 feet to a new iron pin; thence North 05 deg. 21’ 08" West 108.97 feet to the point and place of BEGINNING, containing 0.39 acres, more or less. PIN# 16-27044

TRACT TWO:

Situate, lying and being in the Town of Lake Lure, Chimney Rock Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina and being the remaining portion of that property conveyed by deed dated September 17, 1984, and recorded in Deed Book 462, at Page 122, Rutherford County Registry, and being all of Lot #23 of Block Three as shown on plat duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Rutherford County, North Carolina in Plat Book 2 at Page 1, to which reference is hereby made for a more full and complete description. PIN# 22-5779

Address of Real Property:2414 Memorial Highway, Lake Lure, NC 28746

Present Record Owner: Kenneth H. Jordan and wife, Paula S. Jordan

The terms of the sale are that the real property hereinbefore described will be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The Substitute Trustee reserves the right to require a cash deposit or a certified check not to exceed the greater of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or Seven Hundred Fifty and N0/100 Dollars ($750.00). In the event the Owner and Holder is exempt from paying the same, the successful bidder may also be required to pay revenue stamps on the Trustee’s Deed, any Land Transfer Tax, and the tax required by N.C.G.S. § 7A-308(a)(1).

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

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

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

Any order for possession of the property may be used pursuant to G.S. 45-21-29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the Clerk of the Superior Court of the county in which the property is sold.

Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the Notice of Sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

Dated: 11/11/09

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE:RAINTREE REALTY AND CONSTRUCTION, INC.BY:s/s A. Robert YorkA. Robert York, PresidentP.O. Box 8942Asheville, NC 28814-8942828-253-9063 (Telephone)Posted: 11/12/09Witness: R. Warren

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NORTH CAROLINARUTHERFORD COUNTY

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICESUPERIOR COURT DIVISION

BEFORE THE CLERKFILE NUMBER: 09 SP 421

IN THE MATTER OF THEFORECLOSURE OF THE DEED OF TRUST OF:ROBERT ANDERSON AND WIFE,TERRY ANDERSON

Grantor,

TO

Jarald N. Willis, Substitute Trustee,

As recorded in Deed of Trust Book 829, Page 715, RutherfordCounty Registry.

NOTICE OF SALE

Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in that certain deed of trust executed by Robert Anderson and wife, Terry Anderson, to A. Jervis Arledge, Trustee for Rick Rastrelli and Alfredo J. Rastrelli, dated March 4, 2005, and recorded in Deed of Trust Book 829, Page 0715, of record in the Rutherford County Registry, N. C.; and under and by virtue of an Order of the Clerk of Superior Court of Rutherford County, N. C., made and entered on the 28th day of October, 2009, default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness thereby secured and said deeds of trust being by the terms thereof subject to foreclosure and the holder of the indebtedness thereby secured having demanded a foreclosure thereof for the purpose of satisfying said indebtedness, the undersigned trustee will offer for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the courthouse door in Rutherfordton, North Carolina at 11:30 AM ON THURSDAY THE 3RD DAY OF DECEMBER, 2009, the property conveyed in said deed of trust, same lying and being in Morgan Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows:

Situate, lying, and being in Morgan Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina, and being all of Lot Number 38 of Indian Head Acres as shown on plat duly recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Rutherford County, North Carolina, in Plat Book 9, at Page 56, and containing 2.61 acres, more or less. Subject to the Restrictions of Indian Head Acres Subdivision as described in Deed Book 751, Pages 308-310, Rutherford County Registry.

THERE IS ALSO CONVEYED HEREWITH A RIGHT OF WAY AND EASEMENT across private roads in said subdivision and across private roads of others to N.C. Highway No.1008 as more particularly described in instruments of record in Deed Book 363, Page 313, and Deed Book 363, Page 316, and Deed Book 363, Page 319, all of the Rutherford County Registry.

Being the same and identical property which was conveyed by Rick Rastrelli and wife, Kathy Lynn Rastrelli and Alfredo Rastrelli and wife, Marlene R. Rastrelli to Robert Anderson and wife, Terry Anderson by deed dated February 28, 2005, and of record in Deed Book 867, Page 161, Rutherford County Registry.

The record owners of the above described real property as reflected on the records of the Rutherford County Register of Deeds not more than ten (10) days prior to the posting of this notice are Robert Anderson and wife, Terry Anderson.

Pursuant to North Carolina General Statute Section 45-21.10(b) and North Carolina General Statute Section 45-21.9A, and the terms of the Deed of Trust, any successful bidder will be required to deposit with the Trustee immediately upon conclusion of the sale a cash deposit of the greater of 5% of the total bid or $750.00 of the bid as a forfeit and guarantee of compliance with this bid, the same to be credited on his /her bid when accepted. Any successful bidder shall be required to tender the full balance purchase price so bid in cash or by certified check at the time the Trustee tenders to him a deed for the property or attempts to tender such deed, and should said successful bidder fail to pay the full balance purchase price so bid at that time , he shall remain liable on his bid as provided for in North Carolina General Statute Section 45.21.30(d) and (e).

This sale shall be subject to all outstanding taxes, prior liens, judgments and encumbrances, rights of ways, easements, and restrictive covenants of record. This sale will be held open ten (10) days for upset bids as required by law.

IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY.

This the 28th day of October, 2009

Jarald N. Willis, Substitute Trustee

929.000086109-SP-490Freddie Mac 440105501

NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'S FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY

UNDER AND BY VIRTUE of the power and authority contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed and delivered by Milton Morton Veazey and Danielle Bently Veazey (husband and wife), dated August 8, 2006 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Rutherford County, North Carolina, recorded on August 17, 2006, in Book 913 at Page 735; and because of default in the payment of the indebtedness secured thereby and failure to carry out and perform the stipulations and agreements contained therein and, pursuant to demand of the owner and holder of the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, the under-signed Substitute Trustee will place for sale, at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at Rutherford County Courthouse, in Rutherfordton, North Carolina at 11:00 AM on Wednesday, December 9, 2009, that parcel of land, including improvements thereon, situated, lying and being in the City of Bostic, County of Rutherford, State of North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows:

BEING KNOWN AND DESIGNATED as Lot 29 as shown on the Map of South Mountain Peaks, Phase Two, Sheet One of Two (Revision), as recorded in Plat Book 27, Page 222, in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Rutherford County, North Carolina, reference to which is hereby made for a more particular description.

Address of property:200 Woodgate Drive a/k/a 540 Woodgate Drive, Bostic, NC 28018

Present Record Owners: Milton M. Veazey a/k/a Milton Morton Veazey and Danielle B. Veazey a/k/a Danielle Bently Veazey

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dated: November 19, 2009

_____________________________________David A. Simpson, P.C.Substitute Trustee(704) 619-6551Posted:____Witness:_____Assistant/Deputy Clerk of Superior CourtNORTH CAROLINA,

RUTHERFORD COUNTY

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE09 SP 413

Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Scott I. Grant to PRLAP, Inc., Trustee(s), dated December 14, 2006, and recorded in Book 932, Page 666, Rutherford County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Rutherford County, North Carolina, and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustees will offer for sale at the Courthouse Door in Rutherford County, North Carolina, at 10:15AM on December 09, 2009, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property, to wit:

ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT OF PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED IN MORGAN TOWNSHIP, RUTHERFORD COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEING LOT NUMBER 9 OF QUEEN'S GAP, PHASE 1, AS DESCRIBED MORE FULLY IN PLAT RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 27, PAGES 280-292, ("THE PLAT"), RUTHERFORD COUNTY REGISTRY, TO WHICH PLAT REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE FOR A MORE FULL AND ACCURATE DESCRIPTION. SUBJECT TO DECLARATION OF COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS FOR QUEEN'S GAP AS RECORDED IN BOOK 917, PAGE 402-442, RUTHERFORD COUNTY REGISTER OF DEEDS, AND RECORDED IN BOOK 891, PAGE 624-664, MCDOWELL COUNTY REGISTER OF DEEDS AND ANY AMENDMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTS THERETO. SUBJECT TO ALL MATTERS SHOWN ON SUBDIVISION PLAT OF QUEEN'S GAP, PHASE 1, AS RECORDED IN PLATBOOK 27, PAGES 280-292, RUTHERFORD COUNTY REGISTER OF DEEDS, AND PLATBOOK 13, PAGES 60-72, MCDOWELL COUNTY REGISTER OF DEEDS, HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS "THE PLAT".

Said property is commonly known as:Lot #9 off Shire Extension Rd., Queens Gap Subdivision, Rutherfordton, NC 28139

Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, pursuant to N.C.G.S. 105-228.30, in the amount of One Dollar ($1.00) per each Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or fractional part thereof, and the Clerk of Courts fee, pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7A-308, in the amount of Forty-five Cents (45) per each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or fractional part thereof or Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), whichever is greater. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the bid, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale and must be tendered in the form of certified funds. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts will be immediately due and owing.

Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance AS IS WHERE IS. There are no representations of 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. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, special assessments, land transfer taxes, if any, and encumbrances of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Scott I. Grant.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold.

Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days' written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, that tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

___________________________________Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc.Substitute Trustee 1587 Northeast ExpresswayAtlanta, GA 30329(770) 234-9181Our File No.: 158.0930249NCPublication Dates: 11/25/2009 & 12/02/2009

NORTH CAROLINA,RUTHERFORD COUNTY

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE09 SP 58

Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Symantha R. Crowell to PRLAP, Inc., Trustee(s), dated February 20, 2007, and recorded in Book 942, Page 510, Rutherford County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Rutherford County, North Carolina, and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustees will offer for sale at the Courthouse Door in Rutherford County, North Carolina, at 10:15AM on December 09, 2009, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property, to wit:

All that certain lot or parcel of land situated in Morgan Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina, and more particularly described as follows: Being Lot Number 130 of Queen's Gap, Phase I, as described more fully in plat recorded in Plat Book 27, Pages 280-292, ("the Plat"), Rutherford County Registry, to which plat reference is hereby made for a more full and accurate description. Subject to declaration of covenants, conditions, and restrictions for Queen's Gap as recorded in Book 917, Page 402-442, Rutherford County Register of Deeds, and recorded in Book 891, Page 624-664, McDowell County Register of Deeds, and any amendments and supplements thereto. Subject to al matters shown on subdivision plat of Queen's Gap, Phase I, as recorded in Plat Book, Pages 280-292, Rutherford County Register of Deeds, and Plat Book 13, Pages 60-72, McDowell County Register of Deeds, hereinafter referred to as "the Plat".

Said property is commonly known asDevin Ridge Ln - Lot 130 Queens Gap, Rutherfordton, NC 28139

Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, pursuant to N.C.G.S. 105-228.30, in the amount of One Dollar ($1.00) per each Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or fractional part thereof, and the Clerk of Courts fee, pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7A-308, in the amount of Forty-five Cents (45) per each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or fractional part thereof or Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), whichever is greater. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the bid, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale and must be tendered in the form of certified funds. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts will be immediately due and owing.

Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance AS IS WHERE IS. There are no representations of 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. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, special assessments, land transfer taxes, if any, and encumbrances of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Symantha R. Crowell.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold.

Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days' written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, that tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

___________________________________Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc.Substitute Trustee 1587 Northeast ExpresswayAtlanta, GA 30329(770) 234-9181Our File No.: 158.0818097NC /RPublication Dates: 11/25/2009 & 12/02/2009

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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINACOUNTY OF RUTHERFORD

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE09 SP 483

Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Larry C. Ferguson and Elizabeth Ferguson to Stephen C. Wilkie, Substitute Trustee, dated April 18, 2006 and recorded in Book 895 at Page 448 in the Rutherford County, North Carolina Registry, the undersigned Substitute Trustee declares as follows:

There is a default by the Owner or other person(s) owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said Deed of Trust, or by their successor in interest, with respect to provisions therein which authorize sale in the event of default of such provision; and the undersigned as Substitute Trustee, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Rutherford County, North Carolina, and the Owner and Holder of the Note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the Courthouse door or other usual and customary location as designated by the Clerk's Office on December 10, 2009,at 2:30 pm, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described real property situated in Rutherford County, North Carolina, to wit:

Situate, lying and being in the Town of Lake Lure, Chimney Rock Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina and being Lot Number 19, 0.52 acres, of Blue Heron Point Subdivision as shown on plat of survey done by Brooks & Medlock Engineering, PLLC, dated December 21, 2005 and recorded in Plat Book 27, Page 17, Rutherford County Registry, to which reference is hereby made for a more full and complete description.

To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owners of the property are Larry C. Ferguson and Elizabeth Ferguson.

Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, and the court costs of forty-five cents (45¢) per one hundred dollars ($100.00), up to a maximum of $500.00. A cash deposit (cashier's check or certified funds, no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all of the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. Should the foreclosure action be dismissed or any portion have to be redone for any reason, the bid deposit will be returned to the third party bidder and no other remedies will be able to be asserted. The third party bidder acts upon their own risk if they expend any funds in favor of the foreclosed property prior to the receipt of a deed from the Substitute Trustee.

Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, if any, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. There are no representations of 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. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, special assessments, and encumbrances of record.

Additional notice where the real property is residential with less than 15 rental units: An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the Clerk of Superior Court of the County in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 day written notice to the landlord. Upon termination of the rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement pro-rated to the effective date of the termination period.

Date: 11-18-2009

_________________________________Stephen C. Wilkie, Substitute Trustee285 East Allen StreetHendersonville, NC 28792

62.000107509-SP-460

NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'S FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY

UNDER AND BY VIRTUE of the power and authority contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed and delivered by David Odom and wife Heidi Odom, dated May 1, 2006 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Rutherford County, North Carolina, recorded on May 1, 2006, in Book 897 at Page 345; and because of default in the payment of the indebtedness secured thereby and failure to carry out and perform the stipulations and agreements contained therein and, pursuant to demand of the owner and holder of the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, the under-signed Substitute Trustee will place for sale, at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at Rutherford County Courthouse, in Rutherfordton, North Carolina at 11:00 AM on Wednesday, December 9, 2009, that parcel of land, including improvements thereon, situated, lying and being in the City of Lake Lure, County of Rutherford, State of North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows:

TRACT ONE:Situate, lying and being in the Town of Lake Lure, Chimney Rock Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina and being the northern 60 feet of Lot #5, of the J.B. Thomas property as shown on plat of same prepared by F.A. Wilkie, Surveyor, from survey of June, 1960, recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Rutherford County, in Plat Book 6, Page 118, and being all that property conveyed by deed from Grace Guidry Alford and husband, Elmer Guy Alford Sr. to Elmer Guy Alford Jr., dated September 4, 1979, and of record in Deed Book 406, at Page 518, Rutherford County Registry, and being herein described in said deed as follows:

BEGINNING on a stake in the western edge of a street as shown on said plat, same being the southeastern corner of Lot #6 as shown on said plat and runs thence with the dividing line between said Lots #5 and #6 South 82 degrees 30 minutes West 79 feet to the 992 contour of Lake Lure, southwestern corner of said Lot #6; thence with the 992 foot contour of Lake Lure, as it meanders, South 18 degrees 15 minutes East 60 feet to a stake, a new corner, which is located 21 feet North 18 degrees 15 minutes West from the northwestern corner of Lot #4 as shown on said plat; thence a new line North 82 degrees 30 minutes East 78 feet to a stake in the western edge of said road as shown on said plat, said stake being located 12 feet North 15 degrees West from the northeastern corner of said Lot #4; thence with the western edge of said road North 15 degrees West 60 feet to the BEGINNING, subject to such rights or easements which the Carolina Mountain Power Company, Inc., may have in such portion of the above described property that may lie between contours 992 feet and 995 feet above sea level, as based on the Bench Marks of the U.S. Geological Survey, and subject further to such easements or rights of way for utilities and to such covenants, restrictions, and limitations of record, or municipal, that may affect the premises.

This conveyance is subject to restrictions recorded in Deed Book 406, at Page 518, Rutherford County registry.

TRACT TWO:Situate, lying and being in the town of Lake Lure, Chimney Rock Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina, and being all that property which was conveyed by Keith L. Mose, single, to Elmer Guy Alford Jr. and wife, Margaret K. Alford, by deed dated April 15, 1997 and of record in Deed Book 688, Page 518, Rutherford County Registry, and being herein described in said deed as follows:

Situate Lying and being in Chimney Rock Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina and being a portion of that property described and recorded in Deed Book 495, at Page 669, Rutherford County Registry and being more particularly described by metes and bounds as follows:

BEGINNING at an existing iron pin at the edge of a private driveway, said exisisting iron pin being in the line of the of Elmer Guy Alford Jr. as described and recorded in Deed Book 406, at Page 518; Rutherford County Registry, said existing iron pin lying South 82 degrees 10 minutes 01 seconds West 30.00 feet from a new iron pin, said new being the Northern most corner of the aforementioned Alford, Jr. property, from said BEGINNING point and running along and with the line of Alford, Jr., South 82 degrees 10 minutes 01 seconds West 75.05 feet to a point at the edge of the waters of Lake Lure; thence leaving the line of Alford, Jr. and running along and with the edge of the waters of Lake Lure, North 16 degrees 42 minutes 43 seconds East 40.00 feet to a point; thence a new line North 88 degrees 28 minutes 39 seconds East 66.00 feet to a new iron pin; thence another new line South 05 degrees 59 minutes 26 seconds West 30.00 feet to the point and place of BEGINNING, containing 0.05 acres, more or less.

THERE IS ALSO HEREIN CONVEYED a right of way for the purpose of egress and ingress from a private drive to the herein described property as described by metes and bounds as follows:

BEGINNING at an existing iron pin, said existing iron pin being the BEGINNING point of the hereinabove described tract, from said BEGINNING point and running along and with the Eastern most line of the hereinabove described tract North 05 degrees 59 minutes 26 seconds East 30.00 feet to a new iron pin; thence leaving said Eastern line a new line North 88 degrees 28 minutes 39 seconds East 29.32 feet to an existing iron pin; thence another new line South 05 degrees 51 minutes 39 seconds West 26.67 feet to a new iron pin in the line of the property of Elmer Guy Alford, Jr. as described and recorded in Deed Book 406, at Page 518, Rutherford County Registry; thence running along and with the line of Alford, Jr. South 82 degrees 10 minutes 01 seconds West 30.00 feet to the point and place of BEGINNING.

The above courses and distances taken from survey dated March 11, 1997, by Professional Surveying Services, Nathan Odom, RLS Map #18507L.

The above described two tracts are the same and identical property which was conveyed by Elmer Guy Alford Jr. and wife, Margaret K. Alford to David Odom and wife, Heidi Odom, by deed dated April 20, 2006, and of record in Deed Book______, Page _______, Rutherford County Registry.

Address of property:111 Lost Cove Road, Lake Lure, NC 28746

Present Record Owners: David Odom and Heidi Odom

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dated: November 18, 2009

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

NORTH CAROLINA,RUTHERFORD COUNTY

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE09 SP 412

Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Sarah T Grant aka S. Tamzen Grant and Eric P. Grant to PRLAP, Inc., Trustee(s), dated February 06, 2007, and recorded in Book 940, Page 391, Rutherford County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Rutherford County, North Carolina, and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustees will offer for sale at the Courthouse Door in Rutherford County, North Carolina, at 10:15AM on December 09, 2009, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property, to wit:

All that certain lot or parcel of land situated in Morgan Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina, and more particularly described as follows: Being Lot Number 145 of Queen's Gap, Phase I, as described more fully in plat recorded in Plat Book 27, Pages 280-292, ("the Plat"), Rutherford County Registry, to which plat reference is hereby made for a more full and accurate description. Subject to Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions for Queen's Gap as recorded in Book 917, Page 402-442, Rutherford County Register of Deeds, and recorded in Book 891, Page 624-664, McDowell County Register of Deeds, and any amendments and supplements thereto. Subject to all matters shown on subdivision plat of Queen's Gap, Phase I, as recorded in Plat Book 27, Pages 280-292, Rutherford County Register of Deeds, and Plat Book 13, Pages 60-72, McDowell County Register of Deeds, hereinafter referred to as "the Plat".

Said property is commonly known as:145 Queens Gap, Rutherfordton, NC 28139

Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, pursuant to N.C.G.S. 105-228.30, in the amount of One Dollar ($1.00) per each Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or fractional part thereof, and the Clerk of Courts fee, pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7A-308, in the amount of Forty-five Cents (45) per each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or fractional part thereof or Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), whichever is greater. A deposit of five percent (5%) of the bid, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale and must be tendered in the form of certified funds. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts will be immediately due and owing.

Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance AS IS WHERE IS. There are no representations of 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. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, special assessments, land transfer taxes, if any, and encumbrances of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Sarah TGrant aka S. Tamzen Grant and Eric P. Grant.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold.

Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days' written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, that tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

___________________________________Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc.Substitute Trustee 1587 Northeast ExpresswayAtlanta, GA 30329(770) 234-9181Our File No.: 158.0930141NCPublication Dates: 11/25/2009 & 12/02/2009

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINACOUNTY OF RUTHERFORD

NOTICE

The undersigned, having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of William McArthur Smith, late of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned on or before February 18, 2010, or this Notice will be plead in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This the 18th day of November, 2009.

Elizabeth T. Miller - AdministratorDALTON & MILLER, L.L.P.PO Box 800Rutherfordton, NC 28139(828) 286-8222

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Having qualified as Administrator of the estate of REBA LYNCH WASHINGTON of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said REBA LYNCH WASHINGTON to present them to the undersigned on or before the 25th day of February 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 25th day of November, 2009.

Tara M. Washington, Administrator168 Friar Tuck RoadForest City, NC 28043

Notice of SalePursuant to the provisions of G.S. 44A-40, various items of personal property contained in the warehouses listed below will be sold at public auction at Stor-Away Self Storage located on KJ Lane, Forest City, on Tuesday December 15th at 11:00a.m.

Unit #4Unit #10

Frances Christen, Property ManagerRentals Unlimited and Stor-AwayPO Box 605Forest City, NC 28043

RUTHERFORD COUNTY AUCTION

Rutherford County will be auctioning the following vehicles on-line through GovDeals during the month of December. Anyone interested in bidding on these vehicles can do so by visiting www.govdeals.com.

•1979 Chevrolet Silverado Truck•1992 Chevrolet Caprice•2000 Ford Ranger•3 Dodge Vans•8 Ford Crown Victorias•3 Ford Explorers

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10B — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, WeDnesDay, november 25, 2009

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Colorful turkeys are less likely to be eaten, or at least that’s the hope of these stu-dents from Mount Vernon-Ruth (top drawing) and Spindale Elementary (bottom.)

This Spindale Elementary ninja turkey (above) will fight you if you try to baste him, and the Groucho Marx turkey (left) will make you laugh.

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