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Girl who fell from pickup returns homeTeen who fell off platform at church remains hospitalized By JEAN GORDONDaily Courier Staff Writer

FOREST CITY — R-S Central sophomore Ashley Lambert is recov-ering at home after she was released Thursday from Carolinas Medical Center, where she has been a patient since Tuesday night.

Lambert fell from the back of a pickup while helping transport band equipment from the R-S band room to the football stadium to practice for Friday night’s homecoming game.

Sgt. Randy Carothers, the school’s security officer, said Lambert and another student were trying to bal-ance heavy equipment on the back of the truck when the equipment shift-ed and Lambert fell from the back of the vehicle as it entered U.S. 221 from the school driveway. A truck driver behind the students watched it happen.

“This was awful,” Carothers said. “Luckily, the man behind her got stopped. She could have been killed.”

“We told all these students the first of the year not to ride in a non-passenger area of a vehicle, since we’ve had students to fall off cars,” Carothers said. Previous incidents have included students hood surfing and a student falling off the side of a car.

Principal Phil Rogers told students via the intercom system Wednesday morning to stay out of non-passenger areas of vehicles.

No charges were filed in the acci-dent.

In another, unrelated accident, Zach Sisk, 19, of Forest City, contin-ues to recover at Carolinas Medical Center after he fell from a platform at the Element Church on Sunday morning. Sisk, an active member of the church, was recovering the Celebration Service from a 3-foot platform when he fell.

He struck his head on the con-crete f loor and taken to Cleveland Regional Medical Center before he was transferred to CMC.

Wreck involved house, hydrant, parked car

Student facing juvenile charges

Two hurt in ‘T-bone’ collisionat Ferry, Big Island roads By JEAN GORDONDaily Courier Staff Writer

FOREST CITY — Two people were hurt Friday morning in a wreck at Ferry and Big Island roads.

Danny Petty, 48, of Forest City and Ashley Nicole Duncan, 20, of Mooresboro were taken to Cleveland Regional Medical Center by Rutherford County EMS.

The wreck happened about 6 a.m.Trooper J.A. Spence of the N.C. Highway

Patrol said Duncan was driving a 1996 Ford Mustang south on Island Ford when she pulled in front of Petty’s 1991 Ford pickup, which was headed east on Ferry

Road. “They had a T-bone collision, and when the vehicles separated, the pickup truck hit a utility pole, a fire hydrant and a parked car,” Spence said.

Duncan’s car traveled through the yard and struck Naomi Norville’s home at 2589 Ferry Road. The parked car also belonged to Norville.

“She was asleep,” Spence said, “but was soon awakened.”

There was minimal damage to the house, but the fire hydrant, utility pole and Norville’s 1995 Oldsmobile were totaled. Petty’s pickup and Duncan’s mustang were totaled as well.

“This was a bad one,” Spence said.Petty was transferred to Carolinas

Medical Center, and Duncan was released from Cleveland.

By JEAN GORDONDaily Courier Staff Writer

RUTHERFORDTON — A R-S Central High School ninth-grader at has been referred to the Department of Juvenile Justice after he was accused of starting a fire at school Monday afternoon.

The student, 15, will face the juve-nile officials regarding punishment for the fire he admitted to starting in the boys’ locker room at 1:15 p.m. Monday.

Rutherford County Schools securi-ty officer Sgt. Randy Carothers said the student is being charged with a Class H Felon that could result in a fine or juvenile detention.

He has not been at school since the incident and was given a 10-day suspension pending further investi-gation.

“Burning a school with occupants inside is a very serious matter,” Carothers said.

Students were evacuated for about 90 minutes before returning inside the building after the scene was cleared by firefighters and school staff.

According to Carothers, five lock-ers were damaged and two may have to be completely be replaced. “Burning tennis shoes is like burn-ing tires,” Carothers said of the heavy smoke caused by sports shoes and clothing burning.

He said contents of the lockers incurred heavy smoke damage or burns, and the ceiling and areas of the locker room also sustained dam-age.

‘We cannot afford to wait. Our students need equitable access to technology resources now.’

— Janet Mason, RCS superintendent

East Middle School Principal Brad Teague instructs teachers on the basics of learning to use their new MacBooks.

Schools ‘Going Global’County teachers receive MacBooks, students next

By ALLISON FLYNNDaily Courier Lifestyles Editor

RUTHERFORDTON — Phase one of Rutherford County Schools Going GLOBAL — Growing Learning Opportunities Beyond All Limits — has begun.

During a half-day professional development event Wednesday, all RCS middle and high school teachers received new MacBooks. Ideally, Superintendent Dr. Janet Mason said, phase two — when students in grades sixth through 12th will receive MacBooks — will happen in the second semes-ter.

“Teaching is not an 8 to 3:30 job as some might think,” Mason said. “The good news and the bad news about having a work laptop is you can work at home.”

Joking aside, Mason continued by thanking teachers for the time they put in outside the instruc-tional day, and that she was pleased the system could provide a tool for professional use in the classroom and for times when they needed to be away from the classroom.

Please see Global, Page 6A

Barry Adams of Apple’s education division spoke with county teachers about the importance of edu-cation moving towards a digital learning environ-ment.

Rutherford County teachers received hands on instructions on the basic usage of their MacBooks.

Photos by Garrett Byers/Daily Courier

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Fall festivalsThe following church-

es have announced fall festivals:

Family festival: Oct. 16, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church; spon-sored by the Hispanic community; food, music and activities; proceeds go to tne new church building.

Fall Festival: Golden Valley Missionary Methodist Church will host a Fall Festival, Saturday, Oct. 16 from 2 p.m. until 6 p.m. with food, games, a cake walk, a silent auction and more. The public is invited.

Fall festival: Oct. 16, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Advent Lutheran Church; yard, bake and flower bulb sale; proceeds go toward church.

Hallow him: Oct. 30, 3:30 to 7 p.m., New Bethel Baptist Church.

9th Annual Harvest Festival: Oct. 30, 6 to 8:30 p.m., New Harvest Church; inflatables, games and more; trunk-or-treat will begin at 8 p.m.; conces-sions sold throughout event; for information, call 287-6800.

Fall event: Nov 6, 9 a.m. until, Alexander Missionary Methodist Church; gospel singing, bingo, silent auction items, hot dog and bar-becue plates with chips for $2, baked goods and drinks; proceeds will be used in the church building/repair fund.

Music/concertsGospel Singing:

Oct. 17 at Piney Knob Baptist Church at 6 p.m. Performers include The Griggs from Stanley.

Singing: Oct. 17, 11 a.m., Church of the Exceptional; featuring In Cahoots Instruments and Singers.

Gospel singing: Oct. 24, Harris First Baptist Church; fea-turing Bradleys from Rutherfordton.

Gospel singing: Oct. 31, 6 p.m., Joshua Baptist Church; featur-ing Tyler Dodson and Mountain Tradition.

Concert: Oct. 31, 6 p.m., Crestview Baptist Church, Forest City; featuring Mark Trammel Quartet.

Singing: Nov. 7, 7 p.m., Riverside Baptist Church; featuring Truly Blessed.

Gospel concert: Nov. 14, 6 p.m., Harriett Memorial Free Will Baptist Church; featur-ing Higher Praise.

Special servicesReinventing yourself

2010: Through Nov. 8, 182 Hardin Road,

Forest City; nine-week course on Sundays at 9:30 a.m. or Mondays at 7 p.m.; free.

Special services: Oct. 14-16, 7 nightly, Temple of Jesus Church, Lake Lure; guest speaker, the Rev. Jackie Turner of Kentucky.

Ole Timer’s Day: Oct. 17, 11 a.m., Pilgrim Baptist Church; Far City Boys will be per-forming; lunch served after service.

Revival: Through Oct. 17, 7 nightly, 6 p.m. Sunday, Alexander Missionary Methodist Church.

Ladies Spiritual Retreat and Brunch: Oct. 16, 10 a.m., Providence United Methodist Church Family Life Center; buffet brunch with des-sert, tea and coffee; praise and worship ser-vice with guest speaker Janet Roller will begin at 11 a.m.; cost is $5 to cover the cost of the event; if your church will attend, please RSVP to Mary Ellen Davis, 245-5229.

Church anniversary/homecoming: Oct. 17, 11 a.m., Piney Ridge

CME Church.

Homecoming: Oct. 17, 11 a.m., Henrietta First Baptist Church; guest speaker the Rev. Pete Bridges; covered dish lunch will be served following the service.

Fill your pew day: Oct. 17, 11 a.m., Main Street Baptist Church; featuring NASCAR’s Randy MacDonald.

Tent revival: Oct. 18-23, 7 nightly, behind Charles Watkins Service Center; speak-ers for the week are the Rev. LC Wright Jr., the REv. Milton Hopkins, the Rev. Brad

Sheehan, the Rev. Rachel Twitty, the Rev. Daniel Crawford and the Rev. Chad Sisk; sponsored by Spindale Fellowship Holiness Church; in case of inclement weather the program will be held at Fellowship Holiness Church in Spindale.

Revival services: Oct. 20-22, St. Luke FBH Church; speak-ers are as follows: Wednesday, Tonya Boykins, 6 p.m., Thursday, Travis McEntire, 7 p.m. and Friday, Lee Lynch, 7 p.m.

Ecumenical (Unity) service: Oct. 24, 3 p.m., New Salem CME Church; evangelist will be Todd Johnson of Mount Zion Tabernacle Church in Inman, S.C.

Fall revival: Oct. 24-27, High Shoal Baptist Church; guest speakers – Oct. 24, 11 a.m., Dr. Larry McDonald; Oct. 25, 7 p.m., Dr. Anton Roos; Oct. 26, 7 p.m., Dr. Steve Patton; Oct. 27, 7 p.m., the Rev. David Easler.

Anniversary ser-vices: Oct. 24, 4 p.m., St. Luke FBH Church; speaker Bishop Shun Hopper.

Revival: Oct. 25-29, Holy Ground Community Church, 6 nightly; guest preach-er Chris Clayton of Marion; for more infor-mation, call 247-4881.

Lecture/workshop on community com-munion: Oct. 30, 8;30 a.m. to noon, Harvest House Baptist Church; concert will follow on Oct. 31 at 6 p.m.; guest clinician will be Chris Kingdom Grier, pas-tor of worshiop and the arts of Maple Avenue Ministries in Michigan.

Special service: Oct. 31, 3 p.m.; honoring Dorothy Staley; guest speaker will be the Rev. Cecelia Miller of Gethsemene Baptist Church in Chesnee; dinner will be served at 2 p.m.

Missionary Sunday: Oct. 31, 3:30 p.m., New Salem CME Church; guest speaker, the Rev. Lillian Nesbitt, pastor of the Church of the Living God.

Domestic violence candlelight service: Oct. 31, 6 p.m., Union Hill AME Zion Church; to remember those who have lost their lives because of domestic violence and to cel-ebrate with those who have survived; if you have lost someone to domestic violence or are a survivor and would like to share your story, please contact the Rev.

Thelena Jackson, 403-0508.

Special service: Nov. 7, 3 p.m., New Salem CME Church; Wheat’s Creek Baptist Church will be worshipping with New Salem; guest speaker will be the Rev. Phil Forney.

Revival: Nov. 15-19, 7 nightly, Harriett Memorial Free Will Baptist Church; guest preachers each night are as follows: the Rev. Jerry McClain, the Rev. Harold Holcomb, the Rev. Carvy Hensley, the Rev. Jeff Boone and the Rev. Jeff Silver.

FundraisersSpaghetti suppers

fundraisers: The first Wednesday in September through November, 6:30 p.m., Golden VAlley Missionary Methodist Church; menu includes spaghetti, salad, gar-lic bread, dessert and drink; cost is by dona-tion; proceeds will go to Haiti.

Yard sale: Oct. 16, 7 a.m., Stinson’s Used Car lot; sponsored by New Forest Chapel.

Fundraiser: Oct. 16, noon, St. John AME Zion Church, Rutherfordton; pro-ceeds go to building fund.

Car wash: Oct. 16, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Burger King; fundraiser spon-sored by the men’s group at Zion Hill Faith Temple.

Poor man’s sup-per: Oct. 16, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., High Shoal Baptist Church; adults $5, kids 6 to 12, $2.50, younger than 6 free.

Poor man’s supper: Oct. 16, 4 to 7 p.m., Floyd’s Creek Baptist Church.

Chicken plate/sand-wich sale and yard sale: Oct. 16, Masonic Lodge in Spindale; menu includes chicken, pinto or white beans, cole slaw, potato salad, cornbread, drinks for $6, hot dogs $1.25, hamburgers, $2; spon-sored by the trustee board of St. Paul AME Zion Church.

Church News

Contributed photoThe Singing Echoes will be in concert today at 11 at Fellowship Holiness Church. A building fund benefit dinner will follow. Plates, which include meat, veg-etables, dessert and drink, are $6 for adults and free for children 12 and younger.

Singing EchoesChurch announcements Submit items for the church calendar in the following

ways: n E-mail: lifestyles@thedigitalcourier.comn Fax: 248-2790n Mail: P.O. Box 1149, Forest City, NC 28043n In person: 601 Oak St., Forest CityItems received by noon Thursday will be published in

Saturday’s paper on a space available basis.

Church to hold open house

Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church in Forest City is holding an open house today.

The new church, which encompasses more than 11,000 square feet, is based on the classic, gothic cruciform cathedral. The open house is 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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Guard your thoughtsDo not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that

you may prove what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

R.S.V. Romans 12:2

.Perhaps the only thing more difficult than controlling our tongues is con-

trolling our minds. The person who can control his or her mind is poised to do great things. Good thoughts will usually lead to good actions while bad thoughts will more often produce bad actions.

We have a tendency to think that what goes on in our mind is a purely private and subjective matter that we can hide from others, but what we think about, especially if we think about it habitually or obsessively, does indeed make its way into the world via our speech and actions.

Eventually what is on our mind comes out in our words and actions. So, we should keep our

thoughts wholesome and pure, contemplating how we can make the world a better place and how we might be of service to our fellow man. Greater is he who con-

quers himself than he who conquers a thou-sand armies.

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Homemade veg-etable soup: Oct. 16, 2 to 5 p.m., Johnson Memorial Baptist Church; $3 per person, includes bowl of soup, cornbread or crack-ers, dessert and tea; all proceeds got to the church’s food pantry.

Homemade vegeta-ble soup sale: Spindale United Methodist is selling homemade vegetable soup for $6 a quart; freezes well. Order by Oct. 17 by calling 286-2800 or 286-2281; pick up Oct. 23 between 9 a.m. and noon. Bake sale Oct. 23 as well.

Hot dog, hamburger and bake sale: Oct. 23, 11 a.m. unitl, Greene’s Memorial parking lot; sponsored by Sunshine United Methodist Church; proceeds will go to local missions.

Poor man’s supper: Oct. 22, 4 to 8 p.m., Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, Forest City; plates $5, children five and younger free, eat in or take out; fundraiser for the building pro-gram.

Fish fry: Oct. 23, 11 a.m., Wells Springs United Methodist Church; menu includes fish or chicken with slaw, potato salad or baked beans; drinks and dessets while sup-plies last; cost is $7 per dinner or $3.50 per sandwich; sponsored by United Methodist Men; for information or delivery requests, call 245-9391.

Country ham and chicken pie supper: Oct. 30, 4:30 p.m. until, Mount Vernon

Clubhouse; cost is $8 for adults, $5 children ages 6 10 12 and free for children 5 and younger; please bring one non-perishable food item for the community pantry; all proceeds go to the Mount Vernon Baptist Church Children and Youth Programs.

Fall bazaar: Nov. 6, 7 a.m. to 2 p.m., Mountain Creek Baptist Church; breakfast from 7 to 10 a.m., lunch from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.; crafts, soup, yard sale, bake sale and pickles.

Fall harvest sale and auction: Nov. 13, Big Springs Baptist Church; yard sale/breakfast, 7 a.m.; auction begins at 10 a.m.

Other Chase Corner

Ministries is now open the first Saturday of each month from 8 a.m. to noon. The community is also wel-come to bring yard sale items and set up in the parking lot on these Saturdays. The store is located on Chase High Road, directly across from the high school.

Family and friends day picnic: Oct. 16, 10 a.m., Crestview Park; hosted by Piney Ridge CME Church.

Extreme Spiritual Makeover Women’s Conference: Oct. 23, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Cliffside Baptist Church; fea-turing speakers Carol DAvis, Janet Roller and Merrie Johnson; tickets, which are $25, include breakfast, Chick-fil-A lunch and a gift bag; to register, call 657-6044.

Youth/children’s fellowship: Every Saturday night, 7 p.m., Johnson Memorial Baptist Church; games, fun, refreshments.

Youth night: Fridays at 6 p.m. at East Rutherford Church of God.

NA/AA meetings: Every Monday at 7 p.m., at New Life Christian Fellowship Church of God, 601 E. Main St., Spindale; contact James Keeter at 247-4681 for more information.

Hispanic Baptist Church “Cristo Vive:” Services on Sunday afternoons in English, 6 p.m., every Sunday. The church is located at 929 Oakland Road. Contact the Rev. Jairo Contreras at 289-9837.

Women’s Community Bible Study, “Living Life with Purpose:” For eight weeks, begin-ning July 15, from 7 to 8 p.m., Abundant Life CWC; class is free.

Children’s Bible study: Wednesdays at 7 p.m. at Johnson Memorial Baptist Church.

Monthly food give-away: First Baptist Church in Spindale holds a food giveaway the third Thursday of each month. Devotion and prayer service between 6 and 6:30 p.m. Bags of food given away afterwards.

Open support group: “Let’s Talk About It” meets every Monday

from 7 to 8 p.m., at New Life Fellowship Church, 601 E. Main St., Spindale. This group is for anyone who needs to talk about any issues.

Mom’s Hope is a ministry that offers hope and support for mothers who face daily struggles and fears when their children are addicted to drugs or alcohol. The group meets at 6:30 p.m. the second Thursday of each month at Missionary Wesleyan Church, 811 Doggett Rd., Forest City. Next meeting Feb. 11. For more information con-tact Chris at 287-3687.

“The Way Home”: A support group for any-one recovering from an addiction; meetings are held each Monday at noon, in the base-ment of Harvest House Church, Big Springs Ave., Forest City; call Sheila at 828-447-1880 for more information.

“Celebrate Recovery” is a weekly Christ-centered pro-gram that meets every Friday from 6:30 to 9 p.m., at Cornerstone Fellowship Church, 1186 Hudlow Rd., Forest City. The group is open to anyone who wishes to find healing no matter what you’re going through. For more information call 245-3639.

Soup KitchensCommunity

Outreach: “Give By Faith Ministries” of Piney Mountain Baptist Church provides a soup kitchen, clothes closet

and food pantry to those in need the sec-ond Saturday of each month from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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

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

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

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

New Beginnings

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

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Fla. pastor wins car for canceling Quran burning

SOUTH BRUNS-WICK, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey car dealer plans to keep his word after offering Florida pastor Terry Jones a new car if he promised to not burn a Quran.

Car dealer Brad Benson made the offer in one of his dealership’s quirky radio ads, which focus more on cur-rent events than cars. But he was surprised when a representative for Jones called to col-lect the 2011 Hyundai Accent, which retails for $14,200.

“They said unless I was doing false adver-tising, they would like to arrange to pick up the car,” Benson recalled. At first he thought it was a hoax, so Benson asked Jones to send in a copy of his driver’s license. He did.

Jones, of Gainesville, Fla., never burned a Quran but told The Associated Press on Thursday that the offer of a car was not the rea-son, saying he learned about the offer a few weeks after Sept. 11.

He said he plans to donate the car to an organization that helps abused Muslim women.

“We are not trying to profit from this. We are not keeping the car for ourselves,” Jones said.

The pastor will have to pick up the car so he can fill out paperwork.

Jones had threatened to burn the Muslim holy book on the anni-versary of the Sept. 11 attacks over plans to build an Islamic center and mosque near where terrorists brought down the World Trade Center nine years ago.

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

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

601 Oak Street, P.O. Box 1149,Forest City, N.C. 28043Phone: 245-6431 Fax: 248-2790E-mail: dailycourier@thedigitalcourier.com

Many baseball fans around Rutherford County, like most around the south, are Atlanta

Braves fans. This week an era ended for the Braves

organization and for its fans when manager Bobby Cox retired.

Cox did something no one thought would ever happen, he made the Braves into a major league powerhouse. He took a team whose fans suffered through more than two decades of mostly losing and won 14 division titles, five National League pennants and a World Series championship.

No matter how you analyze, that is a tremendous record and for Braves fans it was a dream come true.

Cox ended his tenure as manager of the Braves with a playoff loss to the Giants earlier this week.

All we can say now is thank you, Bobby Cox, for the memories.

Our Views

Baseball fans owe Cox thanks

Our readers’ viewsSays this is most important election

To the editor: Mid-term election of 2010 is

the most important election of my lifetime.

Prior to World War II we let our guard down and Japan came in the back door and invaded our country and we almost lost our freedom.

Well in 2008 we let our guard down again, but this time look what came in the front door.

We need to do everything pos-sible to take America back. We have lost the freedom that this country was founded on.

We have lost the fear and respect for God the father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit and replaced it with what we call equal rights. There is nothing equal about other gods.

We need to make sure that we put people in office that are not ashamed of the living God.

When we think that we can get together as one people and worship different gods then it is time for America To repent and get back to God’s word. God’s Word tells me that I shall have no other gods before me.

We got a peek at change and now it is time to get back to basics. Your vote this November speaks of y our faith in God and your determination to keep America free. We need God fear-ing men and women in office to get our country back on track.

Whether it is city, county, state, or a national election seek God’s

guidance and don’t put your faith in man.

Remember the election of 2008 and do not let history repeat itself or it will be too late.

Rodger HallBostic

Scoffs at reports on high-speed Internet

To the editor:What a waste of newspaper

ink!Front page news: Flash! “High-

speed Internet on it’s way to county.”

That’s the headlines of The Courier for the second of October. The only problem is that it’s not entirely true. For years we have been hearing about high-speed internet com-ing to Rutherford County.

First it was PANGEA. In their pitch to Golden Leaf,

they were going to bring high speed to residents. But what materialized was high speed only to businesses that happen to be along the fiber line; resi-dential high speed never hap-pened.

Now the sub-headline “Leaders gather, discuss access to broad-band.”

And that’s all that will happen.Lavoy Spooner of AT&T said

that his employer was going to spend 19 billion dollars nation-wide.

Hmm, lets see there are 3,140 counties or equal county govern-ments across the U.S. Do the math, that’s not much for each

county. Oh, and consider this, do you really think that it’s going to be spread evenly. The big compa-nies are not in business to bring broadband to rural American.

They are in the business of making money and there is money to be made in metro-politan areas so that’s where the money will go. Forest City, and Rutherfordton will see the broadband, maybe, but not on Painter Gap Road.

There is a digital “slick” less than a quarter mile from my house, all they have to do is install the digital subscriber line access card, they don’t need to lay a single inch of wire or fiber and I could have high speed, but no! We are rural, no money to be made so no card.

Don’t be fooled by a meeting or headlines, it’s smoke and mirrors just to make you feel good.

Bob HowardRutherfordton

Advice for politicians, don’t bring the bacon homeRALEIGH – Incumbent

lawmakers, regardless of party or position, have a favorite slogan for this stage in a political campaign: “Re-elect me, or else our dis-trict will lose its pull.”

I detest this argument, and seriously consider its utterance as a reason to vote for the challenger, any chal-lenger, as long as he or she is not an evident crook, dema-gogue, or economic illiterate (advocacy of trade protec-tionism or “living wage” laws is an automatic disqualifier, naturally). I’d rather be rep-resented by a backbencher with principle than by a footpad with “pull.”

Perhaps the most-objec-tionable reason offered to return an incumbent to office is a promise to “bring money back home.”

It represents a repudiation of fiscal responsibility and a poverty of imagination.

If election officials agree that much government spending is wasted – be it at the federal or state lev-els – and then vow, smiling conspiratorially, to get “our fair share” anyway, they

are helping to perpetuate a costly fraud. The relative pittance of taxpayer funds that a “powerful” member of Congress or the General Assembly can deliver to a local district pales in sig-nificance when compared to the cost of extracting taxes from the district, shipping the money to a capital city, skimming off shipping and handling charges (the politi-cal class gets paid first), and then sending the money back denominated in giant novelty checks.

Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. But he does not reside in Raleigh or Washington. There is noth-ing magical or wonderful about government pork. When politicians announce their masterful finagling of the system to secure a local

grant, taxpayers should respond with scorn, not cel-ebration.

The funding system is rigged to make virtually everyone poorer, give virtu-ally everyone the impression that he is getting a little richer, and leave virtually everyone with the sneaking suspicion that everyone else is getting a lot richer – and it’s all because the local rep-resentative doesn’t yet have enough seniority! How con-venient.

This is not an argument against representative gov-ernment. It is better than the alternative. It makes sense to apportion legislative power by district, among politicians who are elected from specific geographi-cal constituencies, so as to ensure that a wide variety of talents, experiences, and viewpoints gets rolled into the policy making process.

But representative govern-ment should not devolve into a system of regional sales reps, each one peddling his supposed legislative influ-ence to dangerously unin-formed voters as if selling

vacuum cleaners door-to-door. Which, come to think of it, is an apt metaphor for what most lawmakers do – suck the money out of your pockets, purses, and couch-es, all the while telling you what a great bargain you’re getting.

At this point, my more-cynical readers are probably waving my argument away dismissively. Idealistic non-sense – the system is what it is, let’s just get at least our share.

No. The system is what it is because we allow it to be. We have the power to send our lawmakers a message: that we want governmental leaders to start leading, to start addressing major pub-lic problems with concerted, thoughtful action.

I have my own list of actions I want to see my rep-resentatives in Congress and the state legislature take up next year. For example, now that government spending makes up nearly 40 percent of America’s gross domestic product, lawmakers should start by closing our yawning budget deficits without more

taxes. We’re taxed enough already.

Next, reform the tax code. Reform Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and other fast-growing entitle-ments that threaten our fiscal future. Expand choice and innovation in education. Defeat Islamic totalitarian-ism. Redirect our transpor-tation dollars to alleviate congestion and get America moving again. Combat the crime, disorder, and social decay that continue to inhibit progress in our inner cities. Defend our constitu-tional rights against their enemies, foreign and domes-tic. Restore freedom of speech and property-rights protection.

Once significant prog-ress is evident on these key priorities, maybe we’ll be willing to watch a few press conferences at which you announce your latest teapot-spout-to-nowhere. Until then, save your breath and save our money.

Hood is president of the John Locke Foundation.

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Lewis SpainLewis Madison Spain,

89, of Rutherfordton, died Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010, at Autumn Care in Forest City.

He was a son of the late Edward Osborne Spain and the late Susan Cosby Spain.

He was a Navy Veteran of World War II. He was a member of Spencer Baptist Church and attended West Memorial Baptist Church. He attended Rutherford Life Care.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Alma Stewart Spain.

Survivors include two daughters, Sherry Fowler of Rutherfordton and Nancy Bowers of Edgefield, S.C.; two sons, Michael Spain of Rutherfordton and Frank Spain of Shelby; 11 grand-children; and four great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at McMahan’s Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Steve Durham officiating. Burial will be at Camp Creek Baptist Church Cemetery with military honors pro-vided by Rutherford County Honor Guard. The family will receive friends Saturday from 12:30 to 2 p.m. at McMahan’s Funeral Home & Cremation Services.

Memorials may be made to Rutherford Life Care, 859 Thunder Road, Spindale, NC 28160 or West Memorial Baptist Church, 320 Piedmont Road, Rutherfordton, NC 28139.

Online condolences: www.mcma-hansfuneralhome.com

Donald AndersDonald Wayne Anders,

62, of Rutherfordton, died Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010, at Willow Ridge Rehabilitation & Living Center.

A native of Rutherford County, he was a son of the late Grady Anders and the late Margaret Ferree Anders.

He was an Army Veteran of the Vietnam War, and was a graduate of East Carolina University. He was a for-mer resident of Greenville and was retired from the N.C. Employment Security Commission.

Survivors include a brother, Hoyt R. Anders of Rutherfordton.

Memorial services will be held Saturday at 5 p.m. at McMahan’s Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Terry Honeycutt officiating. The family will receive friends one hour before the service at the funeral home.

Memorials may be made to Hospice of Rutherford County, P.O. Box 336, Forest City, NC 28043.

Online condolences: www.mcma-hansfuneralhome.com

General JohnsonCHARLOTTE (AP) —

General Johnson, lead singer of the popular beach music trio Chairmen of the Board, has died. He was 69.

Funeral director Terrence Dortch at the Williamson Mortuary in Riverdale, Ga., said Friday a death certifi-cate was not completed and the cause of death is unclear. Johnson lived in East Point, Ga.

The Chairmen of the Board formed in Detroit in 1970, but moved south in the early 1980s and established a record label in Charlotte.

Johnson was the lead on two hits, “Give Me Just A Little More Time” and “(You’ve Got Me) Dangling on a String.” Johnson also won a Grammy for writing the rhythm and blues classic “Patches,” which was record-ed by Clarence Carter.

Larry SiegfriedCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP)

— Former Ohio State star Larry Siegfried, who helped the Buckeyes to their only championship in 1960 and won five NBA titles in seven years with the Boston Celtics, died Thursday night. He was 71.

The Celtics won five

titles from 1964 to ‘69 with Siegfried playing guard.

A native of Shelby, a small community between Cleveland and Columbus, Siegfried was captain and MVP of the 1960-61 Ohio State team and was a sec-ond-team All-American. A No. 3 pick in the draft by the Cincinnati Royals, he played two seasons in the American Basketball Association with the Cleveland Pipers before joining Bill Russell and for-mer Ohio State teammate John Havlicek with the Celtics.

His scoring average was in the double figures for the Celtics each year from 1965-66 to 1969-70. In the 1968-69 season, he aver-aged a career-best 14.2 points a game along with 3.6 rebounds and 4.7 assists.

He finished out his career playing for San Diego, Houston and Atlanta, finish-ing with almost 6,000 NBA points.

He later coached, coun-seled prisoners at the Mansfield Correctional Institution and did motiva-tional speaking.

Roger GootersFARGO, N.D. (AP)

— North Dakota State University says a member of its Athletic Hall of Fame was killed in Florida.

NDSU says 66-year-old Roger Grooters of Gulf Breeze, Fla., was finishing a cross-country bicycle ride to raise money for victims of the Gulf oil spill when he was hit by a pickup truck in Florida’s Bay County on Oct. 6. He died at the scene.

Grooters was a four-year Bison letterman, the 1964 North Central Conference cross country champion and the head coach of NDSU’s national championship men’s cross country team in 1972.

James W. ReeseLARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — A

member of Wyoming’s 1943 national championship bas-ketball team has died.

James W. “Jimmy” Reese died Tuesday at age 87. He was one of two surviving members of the champion-ship team.

A statement from UW says Reese was born in Cumberland, Wyo., in 1923. After attending UW, he served in the Navy during World War II.

UW says Kenny Sailors of Laramie is now the lone sur-viving member of the 1943 NCAA championship team.

Sheriff’s Reportsn The Rutherford County

Sheriff’s Department responded to 116 E-911 calls Thursday.

Rutherfordtonn The Rutherfordton Police

Department responded to 31 E-911 calls Thursday.

Spindalen The Spindale Police

Department responded to 26 E-911 calls Thursday.

Lake Luren Lake Lure Police

Department responded to six E-911 calls Thursday.

Forest Cityn The Forest City Police

Department responded to 74 E-911 calls Thursday.n An officer of the Forest

City Police Department assisted a victim in reporting an incident of domestic vio-lence and a sexual offense. The incident occurred on

Rollins Street.n An employee of Murphy

USA, on Plaza Drive, report-ed an incident of felony lar-ceny.

Arrestsn Jonathan Scruggs, 26,

of Willow Run Drive, Forest City; arrested on a warrant for second-degree trespass-ing and simple assault; released on a $300 unse-cured bond. (FCPD)n Mark Steven Demas,

50, of the 100 block of Farmwood Circle; charged with misuse of 911 system; freed on a custody release. (RCSD)

Citationsn Kenneth Allen, 16, of

Wilson Drive, Forest City; cited for consuming alcohol while underage; released on a written promise to appear. (FCPD)

EMSn Rutherford County

Emergency Medical Services

responded to 39 E-911 calls Thursday.n The Volunteer Life

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

Fire Callsn Cliffside firefighters

responded to a motor vehicle accident, to a smoke report and to a vehicle fire.

n Rutherfordton firefight-ers responded to two motor vehicle accidents.n SDO firefighters

responded to a motor vehicle accident.

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BOILING SPRINGS — A “Get Your Pink On” musicfest and cookout will be held today at the Masonic Lodge in Boiling Springs to benefit Amanda Ridings Roethlisberger, who is bat-tling breast cancer.

A former Cleveland County resident, Roethlisberger was diagnosed with invasive

ductal carcinoma in her left breast, and lymph nodes in her neck and clavicle area also showed signs of cancer. She is undergoing chemo-therapy. Proceeds from the event will help offset her medical expenses.

The event, which includes a corn hole tournament, face painting, half-and-half

raffle, silent auction, music and more, will be held from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Admission is $7 and includes live enter-tainment and a hot dog plate.

For more information, con-tact Shawn Henline at 828-289-5252 or Lesly Gibbon at ljgibbon@gmail.com.

The cost of the new Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church in Forest City is $3.4 mil-lion. Incorrect informa-tion appeared in the Daily Courier.

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Cancer fundraiser scheduled for today

Associated PressAdam Baker, father of missing Zahra Clare Baker, leaves his residence in Hopkins, N.C. Friday afternoon.

Father of missing Hickory girl: ‘I just want to find her’

HICKORY (AP) — The father of a missing 10-year-old said Friday that he is still not sure whether his wife was involved in the girl’s disappearance.

Baker said he just wants to find Zahra Clare Baker and take her back to the family’s native Australia if she wants to go. Police believe the girl is dead.

Baker and his wife Elisa, the girl’s step-mother, reported her missing Oct. 9. They said they had last seen Zahra — who used hearing aids and a prosthetic leg because of bone cancer — in her bed at their home in Hickory, about 50 miles northwest of Charlotte. But police don’t believe them.

Investigators said Zahra may have been alive when the family moved to a new home in North Carolina in mid-September, but they’ve had trouble finding anyone else who has seen her in recent months.

Elisa Baker, 42, is being held on an obstruction of justice charge after police say she tried to throw them off with a fake ran-som note. Her court-appointed attorney says she is “scared to death” and very emotional.

Adam Baker, 33, said Friday that he hasn’t talked to his wife and remains unsure if she had anything to do with his daughter’s dis-appearance.

“Maybe,” Baker told AP. “I’m still trying to figure it all out.”

Hickory police searched his house and property again Friday, though he insists he had nothing to do with her disappearance. Police have not ruled him out as a suspect.

The ordeal has worn on him, he said, “but the last thing I’m worried about is myself. I just want to find her.”

He would not comment on allegations that his wife abused Zahra, who never showed up to start fifth grade this fall at Hudson Elementary, where teachers remember her

as a warm, caring child. Elisa Baker said she was going to home-school the girl.

“This whole thing is just so tragic,” said Caldwell County school district spokeswom-an Libby Brown.

Last year, Brown said, Zahra and a friend picked up litter around the school and later told the principal they were going to start an environmental club in the fall.

“They were so thrilled about it. They were so enthused. They wanted to do something to beautify the school,” Brown said.

Then Zahra told the principal he should head up the club because he would “be a great president.”

But the girl’s home life was less than happy, according to friends and neighbors who said in interviews with the AP and court records that Elisa Baker had a short temper and hit Zahra.

Former neighbor Kayla Rotenberry said Elisa Baker told her the Caldwell County Department of Social Services investigated the family because Kayla went to school with bruises and a teacher alerted school officials.

Brown said Friday that while she couldn’t comment on specifics, teachers tried to help Zahra.

“The school personnel did not drop the ball on Zahra,” she said. “And they made all the contacts needed for all the available resourc-es for her well being. I can say that with con-fidence.”

The social services department issued a statement Friday saying it was prohibited by law from discussing the case.

Meanwhile, friends anxiously awaited word in Australia, where Zahra lived with Adam Baker until he met his wife online and moved to North Carolina, where she was raised.

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ongoingFoothills Harvest Ministry: Oct. 11-15, 25 cent clearance sale on select skirts, shoes, shirts, slacks and many other items. Store hours, Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m,. and Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Town of Forest City smoking lines for infiltration: Through Oct. 13; to check for damaged sewer lines, the Town of Forest City will be smoking the lines. You may see smoke in your house; it is not harmful and will not damage any-thing, but if you have smoke in your house let the town and fire depart-ment know by calling Forest City Public Works, 245-0149, or Forest City Fire Department, 245-2111.

Hospice Resale Shop: Storewide half price sale Oct. 7-9; save half on entire stock, including clothing priced at 25 cents; store hours 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Washburn Community Outreach Center: Winter clothing has arrived, half price selection in the store, 25 cent sale on the porch; hours are Thursday through SAturday, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Saturday, oct. 16Country breakfast: 7 to 10:30 a.m., Mount Vernon Club House; country ham, sausage, biscuits, gravy, grits, pancakes, eggs, orange juice and coffee for $5 per plate, three and younger free; proceeds got to maintenance at the club house.

R-S Central car show: 8 a.m. to noon registration, show from noon to 3 p.m.; cash prizes; for more information, call 447-0695.

“Basics for Beginners” writers workshop: 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., Father’s Vineyard Church; topics to be covered include how to become the writer you’ve always dreamed of being, writing fot the freelance market, basics of magazine writing, hot trends and tips in children’s publishing and more; for more information or to pre-register, call Rita at Father’s Vineyard at 287-2868 or Linda Tomblin, 447-3946; workshop is being held in conjunc-tion with the Encouragers Christian Writers’ Group; fee for workshop is $30 per person; enrollment is lim-ited, and payment is due morning of workshop.

Second Annual Ride for Life: Registration 9 to 10 a.m., ride begins at 10:30 a.m.; sponsored by Gregory’s on Main Street and Cuttin’ Up on Mane Street; cost is $20 for one rider, $30 for two riders; meal provided at end of ride for all paid bikers courtesy of Gregory’s; five percent of Gregory’s sales on Oct. 16 go to the American Cancer Society; Cuttin’ Up on Mane will be cutting hair for Pantene Beautiful Lengths, call 287-5504 for information or to schedule an appointment; for more information on the ride, call Kelleigh Hayes, 287-2171, or Renee Samuel, 286-1816. Fish fry and rib plates: 11 a.m. until, Unionville Lodge; plates $7, sandwiches $3.50, New York style hot dogs $2; carry outs welcome; all proceeds for the building fund.

Ceremony in memory of Sgt. Frank Barrett: 11 a.m., VFW; host-ed by Marine Corps League and VFW; Barrett wasn’t officially rec-ognized as killed in action, which occurred in 1952, until recently.

The Boy Scouts of America and the Isothermal Amateur Radio Club of Rutherford County will hold a Jamboree On The Air, Saturday, Oct. 16 at the parking lot in White Oak Plaza. The event starts at 9 a.m. and the public is invited to see what a Jamboree On The Air is all about.

The Forest City Lions Club and Hardins Drug will hold a free vision screening at First Baptist Church of Forest City, 211 W. Main Street on Oct. 16 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Sunday, oct. 17Pancake breakfast: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Fairfield Mountains Volunteer Fire Department; menu includes pancakes, sausage and a beverage; cost is by donation only to benefit the fire department. Southeastern Rhododendron Society meeting: 2 p.m., St. John in the Wilderness Church, Flat Rock; annual plants for members sale; for information, call Ray Head, 287-3529.

Monday, oct. 18Hospice Volunteer Training: Oct. 18 through 20, Hickory Nut Gorge office in Lake Lure, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Cost for the class is $15 for materials, but the fee is returned if you become an active volunteer.Alanon: 7 p.m., First United Methodist Church, Rutherfordton; for anyone who has a friend or fam-ily member suffering from alcohol-ism; meets on the second floor of the church.

Tuesday, oct. 19Preschool story time: 10 a.m., Rutherford County Library Main Branch; for ages 2 to 5; free.

Questions have been asked as to why the system decided to go with Apple computers..

“Members of our community, par-ents and some of our own staff have asked this question,” Mason said, “particularly when we see laptop com-puters priced around $400 to $500 in local stores.”

For a deployment as large as the one the system is undertaking, she explained, additional parameters had to be considered — and price was a consideration, but not the deciding factor.

“The technical aspect of the MacBooks factored greatly in our decision,” she said, adding compat-ability, reliability and replacement of parts and components were also con-sidered.

“Our negotiated lease of your com-puters also includes cases, software, servers, wireless networks, profes-sional development, imaging services, extended warranties and technical support,” Mason said.

Another question Mason addressed was why proceed with a 1:1 learning environment during a time when cuts had been made to the system’s bud-get.

“We cannot afford to wait,” she said “Our students need equitable access to technology resources now.”

Following Mason’s introduction, Barry Adams of Apple’s education division provided more information on a digital learning environment. Typically, he said, he provided dem-onstrations to college and university campuses.

“It is better to have that with the future right here, right now,” he said, speaking on from where those univer-sity and college students come.

Adams used a play on the Wayne Gretzky quote, “I don’t skate to where the puck is but where it is going,” also using an example of a soccer player goalie trying to cover the net, antici-pating where the ball might land.

“She has to anticipate her environ-ment,” he said. “What we have to do as educators is appreciate and antici-pate the environment we are in.”

Students no longer just look at books for information anymore, he said. They are visually aware of their world around them.

“One of the challenges we face in education includes what skill sets students will need, and what will a learning environment look like in a 21st century classroom,” Adams said. Teachers also heard a presentation on ANGEL Learning Software in addi-tion to receiving their MacBooks.

The move toward a 1:1 learn-ing environment began in June 2008 with the formation of the 21st Century Blue Ribbon Commission by RCS and the Rutherford County Board of Commissioners. Prior to that improvements to the technological infrastructure at the schools began, Mason said. A committee made up of teachers, principals and administra-tors traveled to Mooresville over the summer to learn how 1:1 was estab-lished there. A presentation by teach-ers who attended was given during the August meeting of the board of education; it was at that time Mason and Board Chair Dr. John Mark Bennett said the initiative would be implemented during the 2010-11 school year.

Funding for Going GLOBAL — which will involve more than 5,000 MacBooks — will come from grants sought by RCS as well from pri-vate donations and grant fund-ing through the Rutherford County Schools Education Foundation, which was established in 2009. Donations through the foundation are tax deductible, Mason said.

A 1:1 learning environment has been in place at Rutherford Early College High School since 2008.

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Burr says Senate bid is part of dC solutionHENDERSONVILLE (AP) — When

Richard Burr tells North Carolina vot-ers he’s offered conservative leadership and effective service during his first U.S. Senate term, his supporters mur-mur agreement and offer anecdotes.

A veteran at a campaign rally event in Hendersonville thanks Burr for help-ing him get benefits. Another candi-date explains Burr’s office cut red tape to help fly World War II veterans to Washington.

But as he seeks a second six-year term, Burr’s getting another message from an electorate restless even with his fellow Republicans: You’re on a short leash.

“If they don’t make the changes, then we’re going to vote them out like we’re voting the Democrats out this time,” says Tony Riffice, a 49-year-old unem-ployed carpenter from Forest City who spoke with Burr at a campaign stop in Rutherfordton.

Burr acknowledges Republicans fell short on carrying out the their fiscal principles when George W. Bush was president and they controlled Congress. And he agrees the criticism is fair game for Democratic challenger Elaine Marshall. But he contends he voted against bloated spending plans even before President Barack Obama was elected in 2008 or the Democrats took

control of Congress in 2006.“I don’t run from the blame when

we had the White House and had the majority,” Burr, 54, said in an interview.

He believes he is still the best choice to help get the economy back on track. As he said during a recent debate, “If in fact you believe this country is headed in the right direction, if you’re support-ive of a government that costs too much and that’s too large, then I’m not your candidate.”

Voter support is something Burr’s longtime friends believed he’d never need. After graduating from hometown Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, Burr took a job at an appli-ance wholesaler, where he rose to national sales manager. Friends were floored when Burr said he would run for Congress in the early 1990s after increased frustration with tax increases.

Back in college, “Richard was not very interested in politics in those days,” said state Republican Party Chairman Tom Fetzer, who went to Wake Forest with Burr and considers him one of his clos-est friends. But “when he sets his mind on something, he gets real serious about it. “

He lost to incumbent Democrat Steve Neal in 1992, but Neal retired and Burr rode the Republican wave to victory two

years later. In the House, he shepherded laws to modernize the Food and Drug Administration and a long-awaited buy-out of the federal tobacco quota system.

The buyout helped with his 2004 Senate victory over former White House chief of staff Erskine Bowles. He’s shifted now to veterans and education issues and sits on the powerful Armed Services Committee. While mentioned briefly as a vice-presidential candidate in 2008, Burr is rarely in the national spotlight and has cultivated the persona of a policy wonk.

Democratic critics say he continues to value corporate interests who give him campaign money.

The nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics said Burr’s cam-paign committee has collected more than $2 million from political action committees during the 2010 election cycle — ranking him seventh highest among Senate colleagues.

The American Conservative Union gave Burr a top 100 rating for his vot-ing record in 2009. He scored only a 74 in 2008, in part for voting for the $700 billion bailout of the nation’s financial industry.

“I still believe today that if we had not done that, we would have had a finan-cial meltdown,” he said.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumer prices, excluding energy, were flat in September for the second straight month, a sign that cost-conscious consumers are making it difficult for businesses to charge more.

The Labor Department said Friday that the Consumer Price Index edged up 0.1 percent in September, after a 0.3 percent rise in August. But outside food and energy, core consumer prices were unchanged. And in the past 12 months, core prices rose by only 0.8 percent, the smallest yearly gain in more than 49 years.

Overall consumer prices rose by 1.1 percent in the past year, the depart-ment said.

That’s below the Federal Reserve’s preferred range of 1.5 to 2 per-cent, and heightened expectations among economists that the central bank will take additional steps next month to spur economic growth.

In a Friday speech, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said the central bank is prepared to buy Treasury bonds but is still wrestling with how big the program should be. The goal of the bond purchases would be to lower interest rates and encourage more borrowing and spending.

Bernanke also said that with the economy still weak, “the risk of deflation is higher than desirable.” Deflation is a widespread drop in prices, wages and the values of stocks and homes.

The consumer price index figures show that deflation isn’t far off. But most economists don’t expect defla-tion to take hold. Food prices are likely to keep rising as U.S. crop harvests have come in below expec-tations. Food prices rose by 0.3 per-cent last month, the most in almost

two years. And modest economic growth should prevent outright price declines, some economists said.

Retail sales, for example, increased by 0.6 percent in September, the Commerce Department said Friday, the third straight increase.

“With the dollar falling and com-modities surging, we do not expect disinflation to continue for much longer,” John Ryding, an economist at RDQ Economics, wrote in a note to clients.

Overall housing costs, which make up more than 40 percent of the index, fell by 0.1 percent last month. That includes hotel prices, which declined 0.2 percent.

Clothing prices fell by 0.6 percent in September, the second straight drop, while used car prices fell 0.7 percent and recreation dipped 0.3 percent.

“Businesses’ pricing power remains nonexistent across the broader econ-omy,” said Neil Dutta, an economist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

Consumers are holding back on spending, with unemployment high and wages stagnant. That makes it difficult for retailers to pass on any price increases.

The modest price increases mean that 58 million Social Security recip-ients won’t receive any cost-of-living increases in their benefits next year, for the second straight year. It will be only the second year without an increase since automatic adjust-ments for inflation were adopted in 1975.

Food and energy prices rose. Gas prices increased by 0.7 percent, while the cost of meat, cereals and baked goods, and dairy products also moved up.

Ex-S.C. councilman is sentenced for tax evasion

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Columbia’s longest-serving city councilman has been sentenced to a year and a day in prison on federal tax evasion charges.

Multiple media outlets report that 65-year-old E.W. Cromartie II was sentenced Friday. Cromartie and prosecutors had previously agreed on the sentence, and a judge recommended that Cromartie be sent to a federal prison camp in Williamsburg County.

Cromartie pleaded guilty in April to income tax evasion and aggra-vated structuring.

He previously admitted failing to pay more than $25,000 in federal income taxes. Cromartie also said he made more than $200,000 in cash deposits and withdrawals just below the IRS minimums for trans-action reporting rules.

Cromartie served on the Columbia City Council for more than 25 years.

Trial for nursing home shootings won’t move

CARTHAGE (AP) — The North Carolina man accused of killing eight people in a nursing home shooting rampage last year will go on trial in the county where the deaths occurred.

The Fayetteville Observer report-ed Friday the death-penalty trial for Robert Stewart will stay in Moore County, but jurors will be brought in from elsewhere. Defense attor-neys argued Stewart couldn’t get a fair trial in the county shaken by the killings at Pinelake Health and Rehab Center.

Judge James Webb also ruled Thursday that prosecution experts can evaluate Stewart’s mental health. The judge said Stewart

should be held at the local jail instead of a state prison where his housing and medical fees have cost the county $54,000.

NC detectives say new info solves 1974 slaying

FAYETTEVILLE (AP) — North Carolina sheriff’s deputies say they’ve solved a 1974 homicide after a friend of the victim steered detec-tives to a man who died more than a decade ago.

The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office said Friday one of 21-year old Anthony King’s friends recently contacted detectives about the slay-ing and provided information.

King was shot in the chest and his body found in a street.

Detectives say the new informa-tion pinned the killing on Waylon Perry Sauls, who died in 1997.

Investigators say Sauls killed King over a $300 drug debt owed to Sauls’ son. Both Sauls and King were from Sanford.

Man pleads to killing Spartanburg woman

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — A Greenville man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after admit-ting he stabbed a Spartanburg woman to death 10 years ago.

Multiple media outlets reported that 40-year-old Frederick Eugene Johnson pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter during his murder trial in Spartanburg on Thursday.

Johnson was arrested two years ago in the 2000 stabbing death of 29-year-old Iris Tina Rhinehart. Prosecutors say Johnson was charged after his DNA matched evidence collected in Rhinehart’s death.

Johnson already was serving a 25-year sentence for an unrelated assault and robbery case.

State/Nation Today

Consumer prices are flat, excluding gasoline

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder says the federal government will enforce its marijuana laws in California even if voters next month make the state the first in the nation to legalize the drug.

The Justice Department strongly opposes California’s Proposition 19 and remains firmly committed to enforcing the federal Controlled Substances Act in all states, Holder wrote in a letter to former chiefs of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. The Associated Press obtained a copy of the letter, dated Wednesday.

“We will vigorously enforce the CSA against those individuals and organizations that possess, manu-facture or distribute marijuana for recreational use, even if such activi-ties are permitted under state law,” Holder wrote.

The attorney general also said that legalizing recreational marijuana in California would be a “significant impediment” to the government’s joint efforts with state and local law enforcement to target drug traffick-ers, who often distribute marijuana alongside cocaine and other drugs.

He said the ballot measure’s pas-

sage would “significantly undermine” efforts to keep California communi-ties safe.

The ex-DEA chiefs sent a let-ter to Holder in August calling on the Obama administration to sue California if Proposition 19 passes. They said legalizing pot presented the same threat to federal authority as Arizona’s recent immigration law that spurred a federal lawsuit.

If California voters approve the ballot measure, the state would become the first to legalize and regulate recreational pot use. Adults could possess up to one ounce of the drug and grow small gardens on private property. Local governments would decide whether to allow and tax sales of the drug.

The state has clashed with fed-eral authorities over marijuana since 1996, when voters approved a first-of-its-kind ballot measure that allowed people to grow and use pot for medical purposes. Thirteen other states and the District of Columbia have legalized medical marijuana.

Under federal law, marijuana is still strictly illegal. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the federal gov-ernment has the right to enforce its ban regardless of state law.

Feds weigh in against legalizing marijuana

Associated PressMadeline Davila, 43, a single mom, shops for for discounts at Target in the Harlem section of New York. Consumer prices, excluding gasoline, were flat last month.

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Parents: Lee & Tiffany SmithMaternal Grandparents: Johnny & Sharon

Lovelace, BosticPaternal Grandparents: Bonnie Smith, Casar

& the Late Horace Lee SmithGreat-Grandparents: J.C. & Pauline

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●Its A Girl! Nancy Ellen Greenley was born on August 16th at 8:26 am. She weighed 9lbs and 6.75 oz, she was 21 inches long. Her proud parents are David Patrick Greenley and Geneva Earley Greenley of Forest City. She has two sisters, Rebecca and Madison Earley. Nancy’s grandparents are Al Greenley of Hilton Head, S.C. and the late Patricia Greenley; the late Allen and Nancy Collins. A special thanks goes to Dr. Steven Chamberlain and his staff at Kings Mountain Women’s Care and all the nurses at Cleveland Regional Medical Center who gave excellent care!

8A — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, SATurDAy, October 16, 2010

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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke addresses a Federal Reserve conference, in Boston Friday. The Federal Reserve is pre-pared to take further steps to rejuvenate the economy by buying Treasury bonds but is wrestling with how big the program should be, Bernanke said Friday.

STOCKS OF LOCAL INTERESTYTD

Name Div Yld PE Last Chg%ChgYTD

Name Div Yld PE Last Chg %ChgAT&T Inc 1.68 5.9 12 28.33 -.17 +1.1Amazon ... ... 68 164.64 +9.11 +22.4ArvMerit ... ... ... 16.53 +.04 +47.9BB&T Cp .60 2.7 21 22.64 -.24 -10.8BkofAm .04 .3 80 11.98 -.62 -20.5BerkHa A ... ... 17124800.00-812.00 +25.8Cisco ... ... 18 23.36 +.29 -2.4Delhaize 2.02 2.9 ... 69.18 -1.16 -9.8Dell Inc ... ... 17 14.49 +.22 +.9DukeEngy .98 5.6 13 17.59 +.01 +2.2ExxonMbl 1.76 2.7 13 65.19 -.11 -4.4FamilyDlr .62 1.4 17 45.57 -.14 +63.7FifthThird .04 .3 ... 12.13 -.21 +24.4FCtzBA 1.20 .6 8 186.95 -2.80 +14.0GenElec .48 2.9 17 16.30 -.86 +7.7GoldmanS 1.40 .9 8 150.69 -.90 -10.7Google ... ... 24 601.45+60.52 -3.0KrispKrm ... ... 85 5.11 -.08 +73.2

LeggPlat 1.08 4.5 20 23.80 +.01 +16.7

Lowes .44 2.0 17 21.56 -.12 -7.8

Microsoft .64 2.5 7 25.54 +.31 -16.2

PPG 2.20 2.9 19 76.77 +.44 +31.1

ParkerHan 1.08 1.5 21 71.03 -.14 +31.8

ProgrssEn 2.48 5.5 14 44.70 +.44 +9.0

RedHat ... ... 90 40.40 +.73 +30.7

RoyalBk g 2.00 ... ... 54.83 +.01 +2.4

SaraLee .44 3.0 16 14.87 +.06 +22.1

SonicAut ... ... 10 10.53 -.02 +1.3

SonocoP 1.12 3.2 17 34.52 +.01 +18.0

SpectraEn 1.00 4.2 17 23.60 +.09 +15.1

SpeedM .40 2.5 27 15.72 +.03 -10.8

Timken .52 1.3 41 40.15 -.38 +69.3

UPS B 1.88 2.7 24 69.31 -.09 +20.8

WalMart 1.21 2.3 14 53.35 +.10 -.2

STOCK MARKET INDEXES

MUTUAL FUNDS

DAILY DOW JONES

11,258.01 9,614.32 Dow Industrials 11,062.78 -31.79 -.29 +6.09 +10.674,812.87 3,546.48 Dow Transportation 4,694.78 -10.39 -.22 +14.52 +16.69

408.57 346.95 Dow Utilities 406.23 +1.06 +.26 +2.07 +6.337,743.74 6,355.83 NYSE Composite 7,520.60 -25.99 -.34 +4.67 +5.422,117.14 1,689.19 Amex Market Value 2,100.63 -4.61 -.22 +15.11 +12.902,535.28 2,024.27 Nasdaq Composite 2,468.77 +33.39 +1.37 +8.80 +14.461,219.80 1,010.91 S&P 500 1,176.19 +2.38 +.20 +5.48 +8.14

852.90 651.78 S&P MidCap 819.76 +1.09 +.13 +12.81 +15.8112,847.91 10,573.39 Wilshire 5000 12,399.98 +23.90 +.19 +7.37 +10.16

745.95 553.30 Russell 2000 703.16 -1.53 -.22 +12.44 +14.12

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

THE MARKET IN REVIEW

PIMCO TotRetIs CI 144,752 11.67 +1.8 +11.7/B +8.6/A NL 1,000,000Vanguard TotStIdx LB 67,000 29.32 +5.1 +10.4/A +2.5/B NL 3,000American Funds GrthAmA m LG 62,279 28.82 +5.6 +7.8/D +3.0/C 5.75 250American Funds CapIncBuA m IH 57,298 49.96 +2.9 +8.8/C +4.9/C 5.75 250Fidelity Contra LG 55,855 64.23 +6.2 +14.4/A +5.4/A NL 2,500American Funds CpWldGrIA m WS 53,561 35.31 +5.4 +6.5/D +5.9/B 5.75 250American Funds IncAmerA m MA 50,016 16.37 +3.1 +12.6/A +4.6/B 5.75 250Vanguard InstIdxI LB 48,658 107.65 +4.7 +9.5/B +2.0/C NL 5,000,000Vanguard 500Inv LB 47,989 108.35 +4.7 +9.3/B +1.9/C NL 3,000American Funds InvCoAmA m LB 46,302 26.86 +5.4 +8.7/C +2.5/B 5.75 250Dodge & Cox Stock LV 40,048 99.68 +4.4 +5.7/C -0.3/D NL 2,500Dodge & Cox IntlStk FV 39,751 35.37 +8.0 +7.7/A +6.0/A NL 2,500American Funds EurPacGrA m FB 38,548 41.25 +6.6 +7.0/B +7.2/A 5.75 250American Funds WAMutInvA m LV 36,847 25.85 +4.2 +10.9/A +1.8/B 5.75 250PIMCO TotRetAdm b CI 35,095 11.67 +1.8 +11.4/B +8.4/A NL 1,000,000FrankTemp-Franklin Income A m CA 32,274 2.13 +2.5 +13.8/A +5.5/A 4.25 1,000American Funds NewPerspA m WS 31,425 27.60 +6.5 +9.7/B +6.6/A 5.75 250Vanguard TotStIAdm LB 31,061 29.33 +5.1 +10.6/A +2.6/B NL 10,000American Funds FnInvA m LB 30,461 34.59 +5.1 +9.0/B +4.6/A 5.75 250American Funds BalA m MA 30,004 17.22 +3.2 +10.6/B +3.7/C 5.75 250Vanguard 500Adml LB 29,323 108.36 +4.7 +9.5/B +2.0/C NL 10,000Vanguard Welltn MA 29,123 30.12 +2.8 +8.7/C +5.6/A NL 10,000PIMCO TotRetA m CI 28,457 11.67 +1.8 +11.2/B +8.2/A 3.75 1,000American Funds BondA m CI 27,872 12.48 +1.1 +10.2/C +4.0/E 3.75 250Vanguard TotIntl d FB 27,753 15.60 +6.6 +7.0/B +5.4/B NL 3,000Vanguard InstPlus LB 27,516 107.65 +4.7 +9.5/B +2.0/C NL 200,000,000Fidelity GrowCo LG 26,604 76.50 +5.7 +15.4/A +6.2/A NL 2,500Fidelity DivrIntl d FB 26,259 29.55 +6.7 +4.7/D +3.3/C NL 2,500T Rowe Price EqtyInc LV 16,351 21.92 +3.1 +7.1/C +2.1/B NL 2,500Hartford CapAprA m LB 8,339 31.95 +4.6 +6.8/D +3.4/A 5.50 2,000Pioneer PioneerA m LB 4,161 37.83 +5.8 +10.4/A +2.4/B 5.75 1,000Goldman Sachs ShDuGovA m GS 1,296 10.48 +0.4 +2.4/D +5.0/B 1.50 1,000Alliance Bernstein GrowIncA m LV 1,144 3.12 +4.0 +8.5/B -0.2/D 4.25 2,500DWS-Scudder REstA m SR 497 17.14 +2.2 +34.7/B +4.1/B 5.75 1,000Hartford GrowthL m LG 179 16.25 +7.5 +9.2/C +1.9/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.

NYSE7,520.60 -25.99

AMEX2,100.63 -4.61

NASDAQ2,468.77 +33.39

STOCK EXCHANGE HIGHLIGHTS

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

dd dd uuGAINERS ($2 OR MORE)

Volume

Name Vol (00) Last ChgPwShs QQQ957791 51.49 +1.07SeagateT 754301 15.51 +2.82Microsoft 679675 25.54 +.31Intel 629657 19.32 ...SiriusXM 602380 1.38 -.02Yahoo 555599 16.25 +.32Oracle 532252 28.90 +.57Comcast 455842 18.95 +.57Cisco 454376 23.36 +.29Apple Inc 302420 314.74+12.43

MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE)

LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)

Name Last Chg %ChgNexxusLtg 2.70 +.54 +25.0SeagateT 15.51 +2.82 +22.2ShamirOpt 14.33 +1.97 +15.9ChinaMda 16.20 +2.18 +15.5NF EngSv 5.66 +.67 +13.4SkystarB s 8.01 +.91 +12.8ChinaBiot 13.02 +1.47 +12.7Google 601.45+60.52 +11.2BrdwyFn 3.43 +.33 +10.5Inhibitex 2.01 +.19 +10.4

Name Last Chg %ChgDJSP un 2.96 -.92 -23.7WSB Hldgs 2.27 -.25 -9.9OxygenBio 2.11 -.23 -9.8MetaFincl 18.95 -1.84 -8.9YRC Ww rs 3.70 -.35 -8.6CarverBcp 3.11 -.29 -8.5Fst M&F 3.50 -.30 -7.9GenMark n 3.42 -.28 -7.6BonTon 11.57 -.94 -7.5JA Solar 9.11 -.74 -7.5

DIARYAdvanced 1,257Declined 1,329Unchanged 156Total issues 2,742New Highs 185New Lows 26

2,176,529,917Volume

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MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE)

GAINERS ($2 OR MORE)

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Name Last Chg %ChgPhrmAth 3.19 +1.21 +61.1LGL Grp 33.20 +3.67 +12.4NIVS IntT 2.65 +.24 +10.0Taseko 6.76 +.56 +9.0ChaseCorp16.76 +1.36 +8.8HeraldNB 2.60 +.21 +8.8ChIntLtg n 2.92 +.21 +7.7Geokinetics 7.45 +.39 +5.5PudaCoal 9.35 +.49 +5.5AmLorain 3.06 +.15 +5.2

Name Last Chg %ChgNTS Rlty 3.49 -.29 -7.8NewConcEn 4.20 -.30 -6.7InvCapHld 3.75 -.23 -5.8SuprmInd 2.36 -.14 -5.5BioTime wt 3.70 -.20 -5.1SinoHub 2.15 -.11 -4.9Rubicon g 3.76 -.18 -4.6Cohen&Co 4.95 -.23 -4.4Bcp NJ 10.50 -.47 -4.3PacGE pfE 23.51 -1.04 -4.2

DIARYAdvanced 185Declined 273Unchanged 52Total issues 510New Highs 22New Lows 2

Name Vol (00) Last ChgCitigrp 10361695 3.95 -.11BkofAm 5871785 11.98 -.62S&P500ETF2183994117.70 +.24GenElec 1914083 16.30 -.86WellsFargo 1434036 23.58 -1.14JPMorgCh 1400623 37.15 -1.57SPDR Fncl 1293133 14.35 -.25iShEMkts 821428 46.72 -.06iShR2K 682875 70.29 -.24DirFnBear 646107 13.11 +.53

MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE)

GAINERS ($2 OR MORE)

LOSERS ($2 OR MORE)

Name Last Chg %ChgCSGlobWm 6.75 +.62 +10.2CKanghui n19.43 +1.62 +9.1ParkDrl 4.81 +.36 +8.1WDigital 31.89 +2.40 +8.1PMI Grp 4.53 +.32 +7.6ChinaSoAir35.94 +2.40 +7.2GtAPc39 17.05 +1.10 +6.9Furmanite 6.25 +.40 +6.8UnivTravel 4.87 +.30 +6.6SchiffNutr 8.08 +.48 +6.3

Name Last Chg %ChgCapOne wt 12.67 -1.67 -11.6ReneSola 13.03 -1.52 -10.4IDT Corp 16.27 -1.79 -9.9PrepaidLg 55.06 -6.05 -9.9IDT Cp C 13.35 -1.45 -9.8LeeEnt 2.43 -.25 -9.3JPM FTLgC30.77 -3.13 -9.2NoahEduc 2.02 -.20 -9.0TrinaSol s 27.87 -2.75 -9.0Gannett 12.85 -1.24 -8.8

DIARYAdvanced 1,198Declined 1,830Unchanged 116Total issues 3,144New Highs 232New Lows 10

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11,200Dow Jones industrialsClose: 11,062.78Change: -31.79 (-0.3%)

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NEW YORK (AP) — Google’s upbeat earnings report sent technology stocks higher Friday, while the rest of the stock market lagged on concerns about banks’ foreclosure problems.

The tech-focused Nasdaq composite index rose more than 1 percent with a boost from Google Inc.’s 11 percent gain. While all three major mar-ket indexes rose for the week, the Nasdaq’s 2.7 percent jump more than doubled the performance of other measures.

Stocks across the board initially rose after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke reiter-ated that the central bank is ready to do more to stimulate the economy. Bernanke’s comments were the latest confirmation the central bank is about to step up its purchase of Treasury bonds to spark growth.

But that burst of optimism couldn’t fully over-come worries about how banks like Bank of America Corp. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. han-dled the foreclosure process on mortgages. Both banks, along with General Electric Co., were the primary culprits in sending the Dow Jones indus-trial average down more than 30 points.

“The market is not going to continue to rally if financials accelerate to the downside,” said Maier Tarlow, a managing director at Raven Securities. “It’s a major roadblock.”

A small drop in the University of Michigan/Reuters consumer sentiment survey countered reports of growth in retail sales and manufactur-ing activity in New York.

Economists polled by Thomson Reuters expect-ed the preliminary reading on October consumer sentiment to rise slightly. Retail sales climbed in September by more than economists had forecast. Manufacturing activity in New York surged in October and pointed to continued expansion in the coming months.

The Dow fell 31.79, or 0.3 percent, to 11,062.78. It had been up as much as 47 points shortly after the opening bell. It was up 0.5 percent for the week.

The Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose 2.38, or 0.2 percent, to 1,176.19. It was up 1 percent for the week.

The Nasdaq jumped 33.39, or 1.4 percent, to 2,468.77. It was up 2.8 percent for the week. Tech stocks got a lift from Google’s 32 percent jump in third-quarter earnings. The Internet search com-pany’s results were well above analyst’s estimates. The company reported big gains in advertising revenue.

The Fed has hinted in recent weeks it would resume a program it ran during the recession to stimulate the economy.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve is prepared to take further steps to rejuvenate the economy by buying Treasury bonds but is wrestling with how big the program should be, Chairman Ben Bernanke said Friday.

Bernanke also indicated that Fed policymakers are trying to craft a plan to lift inflation from super-low levels. He made his remarks in a speech at a Fed conference in Boston.

Bernanke said the Fed must both weigh the risks of a Treasury-buying program and determine how the debt pur-chases should be paced. The Fed’s bond purchases would be intended to lower long-term interest rates to stimulate buy-ing and spending and help lower unemployment.

Those Treasury purchases would inject many more dollars into the financial system. And that poses a longer-term risk: High inflation.

Fed policymakers are wide-ly expected to announce a Treasury buying program at their next meeting Nov. 2-3.

“There would appear — all else being equal — to be a case for further action,” Bernanke said.

World stocks rose after Bernanke’s remarks. But the prospect of more dollars swirl-ing around the financial system did nothing to help the dollar itself, which slid further after the Fed chief spoke.

The economy is growing at

a pace “less vigorous than we would like,” Bernanke acknowl-edged.

Unemployment, now at 9.6 percent, has been stuck near double digits for more than a year. Bernanke indicated that the Fed is concerned that eco-nomic growth is likely to remain lackluster and that unemploy-ment will decline only slowly next year. High unemployment is likely to keep consumers cau-tious in their spending.

During the recession, the Fed launched a $1.7 trillion pro-gram, buying a mix of mortgage securities and government debt. The effort was credited with forcing down mortgages rates and providing support to the weakened housing market.

The new program is likely to be smaller. One Fed official has suggested a $500 billion pro-gram, while another has sug-gested it be $100 billion or less.

The Fed is again resorting to such unconventional meth-ods — called quantitative eas-ing — to stimulate the economy because it has already sliced its key interest rate to a record low near zero. The anticipated second round is being dubbed quantitative easing two.

“Bernanke gives green light for QEII,” TJ Marta, a mar-ket strategist at Marta on the Markets, said after Bernanke’s speech.

For now, the Fed is more inter-ested in seeing prices rise— rather than fall

Because the economy is weak, “the risk of deflation is higher than desirable,” Bernanke said. Deflation is a widespread drop in prices, wages and the values of stocks and homes.

As Bernanke was speaking, the government issued a report that pointed to why a new Treasury-buying program may be necessary to ward off defla-tion. Consumer prices excluding the volatile categories of food and energy were flat or a second straight month.

A prolonged drop in prices for goods, for wages and in the values of homes and stocks is dangerous for the economy and individual Americans. Workers suffer pay cuts. Corporate prof-its decline. Stock values fall. People, businesses and the gov-ernment find it costlier to pare debt. Foreclosures and bank-ruptcies rise.

And people spend less, con-vinced prices will fall even fur-ther if they just wait. That trend is already evident in the housing market. Many would-be buyers are standing on the sidelines, expecting home prices to fall further.

Bernanke’s comments come as the Fed is weighing steps to try to raise people’s expectations of where they think inflation is heading in the months ahead. A signal from the Fed that it would accept higher-than-normal inflation could aid the economy. Here’s how:

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration said Friday the federal deficit hit a near-record $1.3 trillion for the just-completed budget year.

That means the government had to borrow 37 cents out of every dollar it spent as tax rev-enues continued to lag while spending on food stamps and unemployment benefits went up as joblessness neared dou-ble-digit levels in a struggling economy.

While expected, the eye-pop-ping deficit numbers provide Republican critics of President Barack Obama’s fiscal steward-ship with fresh ammunition less than three weeks ahead of the midterm congressional elec-tions. The deficit was $122 bil-lion less than last year, a modest improvement.

Voter anger over deficits and spending are a big problem for Democrats this election year. Republicans are slamming Democrats — who face big loss-es in November — for votes on Obama’s $814 billion economic stimulus last year and on for-mer President George W. Bush’s $700 billion bailout of Wall Street.

Democrats say the recession would have been worse if the government hadn’t stepped in

with those programs to prop up the economy. They also note that most of the bailout, which began during the previous administration and was sup-ported by many Republicans in Congress, has been repaid.

“The FY 2010 deficit remained elevated as a result of the severe economic recession, high unem-ployment, and the financial crisis inherited by the cur-rent administration,” Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and acting White House bud-get director Jeffrey Zients said in a statement announcing the results.

Rising deficits will present headaches for policymakers regardless of which party con-trols Congress after November.

The administration is project-ing that the deficit for the 2011 budget year, which began on Oct. 1, will climb to $1.4 tril-lion. Over the next decade, it will total $8.47 trillion. Deficits of that size will constrain the administration’s agenda over the next two years and will certainly be an issue in the 2012 presi-dential race.

“Since the Democrat majority has taken control of the nation’s checkbook, deficits have risen to staggering levels and will aver-age $1 trillion annually for the

next decade under the presi-dent’s policies,” said Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H. “These abrupt and shocking changes in our fiscal situation cannot be dis-missed as ’inherited’ problems when the tally of the majority’s spending spree has climbed into the trillions.”

Government revenues rose by $

57.4 billion in 2010 compared to 2009, but more than two-thirds of that increase reflect-ed higher payments from the Federal Reserve to the Treasury on all the investments the cen-tral bank has made to support the economy and the financial system during the recession.

Income tax revenue fell slightly as unemployment stays near 10 percent nationwide, though corporate tax receipts were up almost 40 percent as the economy slowly pulls out of the worst recession since the Great Depression.

Leading officials with the National Association for Business Economics forecast this week that the 2011 defi-cit will total $1.2 trillion, only slightly better than the admin-istration’s estimate. They cited excessive federal debt as their single greatest concern, even more so than high unemploy-ment.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Defense Department on Friday warned gay troops that if they disclose their sexual orientation now, they could still get in trouble.

In a new memo, the Pentagon’s top personnel chief cited a “legally uncertain environment” fac-ing service members during a court battle over the 1993 law known as “don’t ask, don’t tell.”

The Obama administration is appealing a ruling by a federal judge in California on Tuesday that struck down the law, which bans openly gay ser-vice members.

The Defense Department has said it will com-ply with the court order for now — freezing any discharge proceedings and technically ending its decades-long policy of discriminating against gays. But it is uncertain what would happen if the court grants the administration’s request for a temporary stay on the ruling.

If the court agrees to the stay, it is presumed the military would reinstate the old policy.

“We note for service members that altering their personal conduct in this legally uncertain environment may have adverse consequences for themselves or others should the court’s decision be reversed,” wrote Clifford Stanley, the undersecre-tary of defense for personnel and readiness.

The Defense Department will continue not to ask service members or recruits about their sexual orientation and to “treat all members with dignity and respect,” he wrote.

His memo, released publicly on Friday, was addressed to the civilian chiefs of each military service.

Advocates of lifting the ban have been warn-ing gay troops not to disclose their sexual identity because the court’s ruling could be overturned. They say that Congress should step in and repeal the law.

Repeal legislation has passed the House but failed to advance in the Senate because Republicans objected on procedural grounds. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., says he will try again to pass the measure in the lame duck session after the November elections.

In the meantime, troops said no one was sure how to interpret the Pentagon’s declaration on Thursday that it planned to comply with the court order.

“To me, that’s really signaling that this whole thing is over,” said one gay Air Force officer, who co-founded an underground support group for gay troops called OutServe and who uses the pseud-onym J.D. Smith.

But, Smith added, the uncertainty will keep him from disclosing his identity.

“What do we do right now? It’s creating a lot of confusion at the unit level,” he said.

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CHARLOTTE (AP) — The Charlotte Bobcats have waived guard Javaris Crittenton after he failed to impress in his return from an ankle injury and a lengthy suspension for his role in the Gilbert Arenas gun flap.

Friday’s move comes after Crittenton scored just 13 points on 4 of 17 shooting in four exhi-bition games.

The Bobcats signed Crittenton to a non-guaranteed contract last month, hoping he could provide depth in the backcourt. Crittenton missed all of last season after two surgeries on his left ankle. He was also sus-pended for the final 38 games after he and Arenas took guns into the Washington Wizards locker room following a dispute over a card game.

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GREENSBORO (AP) — An autopsy report says an ath-lete trying out for the North Carolina A&T University track team died of a blood problem that could have been caught if he’d had a physical exam.

The News & Record of Greensboro reported Friday the autopsy determined 20-year-old Jospin Milandu of Knightdale died in August as a result of complications of sick-le-cell disease.

The genetic blood disorder causes red blood cells to form an abnormal sickle shape that can damage organs and cause other serious problems.

9:55 a.m. (ESPN2) Eng-lish Premier League Soccer Manchester United vs. West Bromwich. Noon (WBTV) (WLOS) Col-lege Football Maryland at Clemson. Noon (WSPA) College Foot-ball Vanderbilt at Georgia. Noon (ESPN) (ESPN2) Col-lege Football Teams TBA.Noon (FSCR) College Foot-ball Missouri at Texas A&M.2 p.m. (TS) College Football Furman at Samford. 2:30 p.m. (WYFF) College Football Western Michigan at Notre Dame. 3:30 p.m. (WBTV) (WSPA) (ESPN) College Football Teams To Be Announced. 3:30 p.m. (WSOC) (WLOS) College Football Iowa at Michigan. 3:30 p.m. (FSCR) College Football California at USC. 4 p.m. (ESPN2) Horse Rac-ing Breeders’ Cup Challenge. 4 p.m. (TBS) MLB Baseball American League Champion-ship Series, Game 2: Teams TBA. 6 p.m. (ESPN2) College Foot-ball Teams To Be Announced. 7 p.m. (ESPN) College Foot-ball Ohio State at Wisconsin.7 p.m. (FSCR) College Foot-ball McNeese State at LSU.7 p.m. (TS) College Football Iowa State at Oklahoma. 7:30 p.m. (WSOC) (WLOS) NASCAR Racing Sprint Cup: Bank of America 500. 7:30 p.m. (WHNS) MLB Baseball National League Championship Series, Game 1: San Francisco Giants at Philadelphia Phillies9:15 p.m. (ESPN2) College Football Teams To Be An-nounced. 10:15 p.m. (ESPN) College Football Oregon State at Washington.

R-S Central QB Jacob Kinlaw (9) waits for WR Darrien Watkins (24) to bring in the play during a recent football game. The Hilltoppers played host to Patton Friday.

By KEVIN CARVERSports Reporter

RUTHEFORDTON -- The ground and pound attack was back for R-S Central in a 21-7 win over Patton in a homecoming game at The Palace Friday.

The Hilltoppers had three 100-yard rushers inn the game. Cameron Green (102), Dustin Atchley (115) and Marquez Carson (108) helped Central dominate Patton. The trio combined for 325 of the Central 375 yards rushing as the Hilltoppers snapped a four-game losing

streak.Central’s defense also played a big part,

holding Patton to just 61 yards for the first half until a Zack Cole 50-yard run.

The only play that counted on the score-board in the first half for Central came on Atchley’s 2-yard fullback dive in the sec-ond quarter with 7:12 remaining.

The eight-play drive was set up by a Panthers’ fumble as Central’s Marquez Carson jarred the ball loose and team-

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Garrett Byers/Daily CourierEast Rutherford RB Adrian Wilkins (21) breaks free for a gain during the football game against Burns Friday.

Garrett Byers/Daily CourierEast Rutherford’s Adrian Wilkins (21) leaps up for the interception in front of Burns WR Jonah Brooks (20) during the game Friday.

By SCOTT BOWERSDaily Courier Sports Editor

FOREST CITY — It was billed as a game featuring two of the top teams in the 3A/2A South Mountain Athletic Conference between East Rutherford and Burns Friday.

Instead, the homecoming crowd at East was treated to an ugly dis-play of football as the Cavaliers and Bulldogs combined for 27 penal-ties, including six unsportsmanlike conduct calls against the Bulldogs, who claimed a 52-18 victory. The Bulldogs scored 24 unanswered points after East had narrowed the lead to 10, 28-18, midway through the third.

The Bulldogs QB Brandon Littlejohn overcame the penal-ties to toss five touchdowns passes and the junior ran for one score to lead Burns to the conference win. Littlejohn was nearly flawless in the first half as he completed 11-of-12 passes for 203-yards and two touch-downs — Littlejohn’s only mistake of the half was intercepted by East’s Adrian Wilkins.

Wilkins, who along with Littlejohn will be a candidate for player of the year, rushed for 144 yards in the first half, scored a rushing touchdown and threw a touchdown pass to Zachariah Price go along with his

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By JACOB CONLEYSports Reporter

SHELBY — Shelby jumped out to a big lead in the first half and went on to take a 41-10 win over Chase in a SMAC football clash Friday night.

The Golden Lions, cele-brating homecoming, scored four times in the opening half against a Chase team that played well, but had three crucial turnovers, including an interception that thr=warted an early scoring threat.

Kipton Key got Shelby on the board first with a three yard touchdown run early in the first quarter. Ben Cheney was good with the point after kick to give the Golden Lions a 7-0 lead.

In the second quarter Bryan Moss scored three timesr, on runs of three yards, 11 yards and 32 yards. Cheney was two of three on PAT kicks as they Golden Lions opened up a 27-0 lead.

Chase moved the ball effectively at time in the opening half, but their best scoring chance came when they drove to the Golden Lions’ 30-yard line. That drive was snuffed out when Shelby came up with an interception in the end zone.

Chase quarterback Tyler Gaffney had a solid game. Gaffney had rushed for 68 yards in that first half, including runs of 18 yards, 24 yards and 21 yards. Gaffeney finished with 128 yards rushing and nine yard passing.

Two other Trojans trips into Shelby territory ended with turnovers on fumbles.

In the second half, Shelby’s Key scored his second touchdown of the night early in the third period and Cheney added the PAT to make it 34-0.

The Trojans got on the board in the final period when Tajae McMullen scored on a one-yard run. Blake Moffitt’s kick made it 34-7.

Shelby’s final score came on a 15-yard run by Raheim Huskey and Cheney added the PA to make it 41-7.

Chase closed out the scor-ing with a 42-yard field goal from Moffitt with just under two minutes remaining.

From staff reportsBURNSVILLE —

Mountain Heritage dis-patched Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy, 73-27, in Burnsville Friday.

The Cougars (6-2, 3-1) burst to a 40-point advan-tage by half and never looked back. The Cougars picked off TJCA QB Will Beam three times to help pace their offensive efforts.

Beam did close with three touchdown passes with all three strikes going to freshmen wideout Travis Waldroup-Rodrigues.

TJCA RB Will McCraw added a touchdown run in the conference loss to the Cougars.

The Gryphons fall to 1-7 on the season and 1-3 in conference play.

TJCA will return home next Friday to face, 2A Polk County.

Shelby blasts Chase

Bulldogs crush Cavs

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Central smacks Panthers

Cougars demolish Gryphons

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GREENVILLE (AP) — East Carolina hosts instate rival North Carolina State on Saturday.

The Pirates (3-2) have lost both of their noncon-ference games this season, though they’ve also proven in Conference USA wins against Tulsa and Southern Miss that they can win close games. The Wolfpack (5-1) rebounded from a loss to Virginia Tech that knocked it out of the national rankings but rolling past Boston College last week to match its win total for all of last season.

N.C. State has performed well in matchups with instate Bowl Subdivision opponents, winning seven of 10 games under coach Tom O’Brien. That includes a pair of wins against the Pirates, one coming on the road and one at home two years ago.

Wake Forest vs. Virginia TechBLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — A team heading up

will meet one heading down at Lane Stadium on Saturday.

That’s when Virginia Tech (4-2, 2-0 ACC) will try for its fifth consecutive victory while trying to send Wake Forest (2-4, 1-2) to its fifth consecutive loss.

The Hokies aren’t taking anything for granted.Defensive tackle John Graves says freshman

quarterback Tanner Price looks poised beyond his years in the pocket for the Demon Deacons. Price threw for 326 yards and two touchdowns last weekend against Navy. He also ran for a touch-downs and is continually improving.

The Hokies resurgence has been led by quarter-back Tyrod Taylor. He leads the ACC in passing efficiency and has had a 70-plus yard scoring run in the past two games.

Duke vs. MiamiDURHAM (AP) — Miami spent the past week

trying to move forward following a catastrophic loss.

The perfect remedy might come in the form of this week’s opponent: Duke, which knows that feeling all too well.

The Hurricanes on Saturday will look to put their lopsided loss to rival Florida State in the past. Next up is a Duke team that hasn’t beaten a Bowl Subdivision opponent since last October.

The biggest challenge for the Hurricanes (3-2, 1-1) might be forgetting about that 45-17 loss to the archrival Seminoles.

North Carolina vs. VirginiaCHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Virginia is

waiting for perhaps its favorite opponent.Virginia (2-3, 0-2) will try for its 15th consecu-

tive home victory in its longtime series with North Carolina (3-2, 1-1) on Saturday night.

The series is one of the oldest in the south, and the oldest in the ACC. North Carolina leads over-all, but hasn’t won at Scott Stadium since 1981 — before these Tar Heels were born.

North Carolina might like its chances. Running back Ryan Houston returns to the lineup after missing the first five games because of an NCAA investigation, and Virginia has had trouble stop-ping the run. The Cavaliers allowed 733 rushing yards in their last two games.

BASEBALL2010 Postseason Baseball Glance

LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIESAmerican League

Friday, Oct. 15New York (Sabathia 21-7) at Texas (Wilson 15-8), lateSaturday, Oct. 16New York (Hughes 18-8) at Texas (Lewis 12-13), 4:07 p.m.Monday, Oct. 18Texas (Lee 12-9) at New York (Pettitte 11-3), 8:07 p.mTuesday, Oct. 19Texas (Hunter 13-4) at New York (Burnett 10-15), 8:07 p.m.Wednesday, Oct. 20Texas at New York, 4:07 p.m., if necessaryFriday, Oct. 22New York at Texas, 8:07 p.m., if necessarySaturday, Oct. 23New York at Texas, 8:07 p.m., if necessary

National LeagueSaturday, Oct. 16San Francisco (Lincecum 16-10) at Philadelphia (Halladay 21-10), 7:57 p.m.Sunday, Oct. 17San Francisco (Sanchez 13-9) at Philadelphia (Oswalt 13-13), 8:19 p.m.Tuesday, Oct. 19Philadelphia (Hamels 12-11) at San Francisco (Cain 13-11), 4:19 p.m.Wednesday, Oct. 20Philadelphia at San Francisco, 7:57 p.m.Thursday, Oct. 21Philadelphia at San Francisco, 7:57 p.m., if necessarySaturday, Oct. 23San Francisco at Philadelphia, 3:57 p.m. or 7:57 p.m., if necessarySunday, Oct. 24San Francisco at Philadelphia, 7:57 p.m., if necessary

FOOTBALLNational Football League

AMERICAN CONFERENCEEast

W L T Pct PF PAN.Y. Jets 4 1 0 .800 135 81New England 3 1 0 .750 131 96Miami 2 2 0 .500 66 92Buffalo 0 5 0 .000 87 161

South W L T Pct PF PAHouston 3 2 0 .600 118 136Jacksonville 3 2 0 .600 107 137Tennessee 3 2 0 .600 132 95Indianapolis 3 2 0 .600 136 101

North W L T Pct PF PABaltimore 4 1 0 .800 92 72Pittsburgh 3 1 0 .750 86 50Cincinnati 2 3 0 .400 100 102Cleveland 1 4 0 .200 78 97

West W L T Pct PF PAKansas City 3 1 0 .750 77 57Oakland 2 3 0 .400 111 134Denver 2 3 0 .400 104 116San Diego 2 3 0 .400 140 106

NATIONAL CONFERENCEEast

W L T Pct PF PAWashington 3 2 0 .600 89 92N.Y. Giants 3 2 0 .600 106 98Philadelphia 3 2 0 .600 122 103Dallas 1 3 0 .250 81 87

South W L T Pct PF PAAtlanta 4 1 0 .800 113 70Tampa Bay 3 1 0 .750 74 80New Orleans 3 2 0 .600 99 102Carolina 0 5 0 .000 52 110

North W L T Pct PF PAChicago 4 1 0 .800 92 74Green Bay 3 2 0 .600 119 89Minnesota 1 3 0 .250 63 67Detroit 1 4 0 .200 126 112

West W L T Pct PF PA

Arizona 3 2 0 .600 88 138Seattle 2 2 0 .500 75 77St. Louis 2 3 0 .400 83 96San Francisco 0 5 0 .000 76 130

Sunday’s GamesSeattle at Chicago, 1 p.m.Miami at Green Bay, 1 p.m.Kansas City at Houston, 1 p.m.Cleveland at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.San Diego at St. Louis, 1 p.m.Detroit at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m.Baltimore at New England, 1 p.m.Atlanta at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.New Orleans at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.N.Y. Jets at Denver, 4:05 p.m.Oakland at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m.Dallas at Minnesota, 4:15 p.m.Indianapolis at Washington, 8:20 p.m.Open: Buffalo, Cincinnati, Arizona, CarolinaMonday’s GameTennessee at Jacksonville, 8:30 p.m.

HOCKEYNational Hockey League

EASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GAPhiladelphia 4 2 1 1 5 10 9N.Y. Islanders 4 1 1 2 4 13 14Pittsburgh 5 2 3 0 4 13 13N.Y. Rangers 3 1 1 1 3 13 13New Jersey 5 1 3 1 3 9 17

Northeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAToronto 4 4 0 0 8 16 9Montreal 4 2 1 1 5 10 10Buffalo 5 1 3 1 3 9 14Ottawa 4 1 2 1 3 7 12Boston 2 1 1 0 2 5 5

Southeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GATampa Bay 3 3 0 0 6 12 8Washington 4 3 1 0 6 14 9Carolina 3 2 1 0 4 8 7Atlanta 3 1 2 0 2 8 10Florida 3 1 2 0 2 6 5

WESTERN CONFERENCECentral Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GANashville 3 3 0 0 6 11 6Detroit 4 2 1 1 5 12 11Chicago 5 2 2 1 5 16 15St. Louis 3 2 1 0 4 10 6Columbus 3 1 2 0 2 7 10

Northwest Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAColorado 4 3 1 0 6 14 13Edmonton 3 2 1 0 4 9 6Minnesota 3 1 1 1 3 8 8Vancouver 3 1 1 1 3 6 7Calgary 3 1 2 0 2 3 8

Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GADallas 3 3 0 0 6 13 8Los Angeles 3 2 1 0 4 6 5San Jose 2 1 0 1 3 5 5Phoenix 2 1 1 0 2 5 5Anaheim 4 1 3 0 2 6 16

Thursday’s GamesTampa Bay 3, Philadelphia 2Ottawa 3, Carolina 2Nashville 4, St. Louis 3Minnesota 4, Edmonton 2Dallas 4, Detroit 1Florida 3, Calgary 0Friday’s GamesColorado 3 New Jersey 2Toronto 4, N.Y. Rangers 3N.Y. Islanders at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.Chicago 5, Columbus 2Montreal 2, Buffalo 1Atlanta at Anaheim, lateVancouver at Los Angeles, lateSaturday’s GamesPittsburgh at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.Ottawa at Montreal, 7 p.m.Boston at New Jersey, 7 p.m.Colorado at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.Tampa Bay at Florida, 7 p.m.Washington at Nashville, 8 p.m.Columbus at Minnesota, 8 p.m.St. Louis at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.Buffalo at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.Detroit at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

Edmonton at Calgary, 10 p.m.Atlanta at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

RACINGNASCAR-Sprint Cup

Bank of America 500 Lineup

(Car number in parentheses)1. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 191.544.2. (99) Carl Edwards, Ford, 191.455.3. (43) A J Allmendinger, Ford, 190.921.4. (5) Mark Martin, Chevrolet, 190.914.5. (98) Paul Menard, Ford, 190.678.6. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 190.644.7. (83) Reed Sorenson, Toyota, 190.409.8. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 190.382.9. (19) Elliott Sadler, Ford, 190.382.10. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 190.342.11. (39) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 190.322.12. (20) Joey Logano, Toyota, 190.275.13. (56) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 190.275.14. (47) Marcos Ambrose, Toyota, 190.121.15. (2) Kurt Busch, Dodge, 190.101.16. (00) David Reutimann, Toyota, 190.067.17. (17) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 190.007.18. (31) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 189.813.19. (77) Sam Hornish Jr., Dodge, 189.793.20. (33) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 189.753.21. (82) Scott Speed, Toyota, 189.707.22. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 189.607.23. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 189.527.24. (29) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 189.52.25. (9) Kasey Kahne, Ford, 189.494.26. (6) David Ragan, Ford, 189.334.27. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 189.268.28. (09) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 189.255.29. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 189.168.30. (10) Bobby Labonte, Chevrolet, 189.023.31. (12) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 189.009.32. (78) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 188.89.33. (46) Michael McDowell, Chevrolet, 188.871.34. (42) J. Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 188.857.35. (26) Patrick Carpentier, Ford, 188.805.36. (38) David Gilliland, Ford, 188.719.37. (21) Bill Elliott, Ford, 188.232.38. (71) Andy Lally, Chevrolet, 187.669.39. (7) Robby Gordon, Toyota, 187.533.40. (36) J.J. Yeley, Chevrolet, 187.363.41. (37) Dave Blaney, Ford, Owner Points.42. (34) Travis Kvapil, Ford, Owner Points.43. (64) Jeff Green, Toyota, 187.305.

TRANSACTIONSFriday’s Sports Transactions

BASEBALLAmerican League

KANSAS CITY ROYALS_Acquired RHP Kevin Pucetas from San Francisco to complete an earlier trade.

National LeagueARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS_Reassigned direc-tor, player development Mike Berger to a scout-ing role within the organization. Named Rico Brogna director, player development.COLORADO ROCKIES_Announcecd major league hitting coach Don Baylor will not be retained in his current position for the 2011 season. Named Carney Lansford major league hitting coach.

BASKETBALLNational Basketball Association

CHARLOTTE BOBCATS_Waived G Javaris Crittenton.

FOOTBALLNational Football League

NFL_Rejected the appeal of Cincinnati DE Antwan Odom on his four-game suspension for violating the league’s policy on performance-enhancing substances.

HOCKEYNational Hockey League

NHL_Fined Ottawa F Nick Foligno $2,500 for an illegal check to the head of Carolina RW Patrick Dwyer during an Oct. 14 game.CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS_Recalled D Jassen Cullimore from Rockford (AHL).DALLAS STARS_Named Gary Roberts player development consultant.WASHINGTON CAPITALS_Assigned G Dany Saborin to Hershey (AHL).

American Hockey LeagueHAMILTON BULLDOGS_Activated F Ryan Russell from injured reserve.

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Associated PressNorth Carolina State’s Mustafa Greene (33) breaks away from Georgia Tech’s Brandon Watts during the third quarter of a college football game in Atlanta Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010.

Wolfpack, Pirates meet in instate rivalry

By BRIANA GORMANSpecial to the Courier

CHAPEL HILL — North Carolina coach Roy Williams admits that he did not enjoy the offseason.

Williams spent the past six months analyzing and thinking about his toughest season as a coach after missing the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 20 years. UNC struggled to a 20-17 record, and the 2009-10 season ended with a loss to Dayton in the NIT champion-ship game a year after winning the NCAA Tournament title.

But the adversity also has made Williams more deter-mined than ever to succeed, and he hopes his players feel the same way.

“I’m hopeful it’s made the players as hungry as it’s made me,” Williams said Thursday at UNC’s media day. “I’m hopeful it’s given them the strength and the stamina in the offseason more than they would have done in the past.”

The Tar Heels kicked off the 2010-11 season with “Late Night with Roy” Friday in the Smith Center, and the players are ready to put the 2009-10 memo-

ries behind them.Junior Larry Drew II said the

past season was a humbling experience, as the Tar Heels had more losses since the 2001-02 team went 8-20.

“Everybody has the same mindset that we don’t want to go through the same thing again,” Drew said.

Gone are some of the most vis-ible pieces of that squad. Guard Marcus Ginyard and forward Deon Thompson graduated, while forward Ed Davis was the 13th overall pick by the Tornoto Raptors in the NBA Draft.

Also gone are forwards David and Travis Wear, who abruptly left the program and transferred to UCLA at the beginning of the summer.

The Tar Heels did add Alabama transfer Justin Knox to help a thin frontcourt, but they unexpectedly lost anoth-er player a week ago when Williams dismissed fifth-year senior Will Graves for failure to comply with team rules.

Graves, who had been sus-pended for the second half of the 2008-09 season, had been expected to be a leader this season, and Williams said that if he had remained, the Tar

Heels would have been the best 3-point shooting team since the 2009 national championship squad.

“In 23 years as a head coach, that was the most difficult time I’ve ever had — it’s not even close,” Williams said. “But you have to move on.”

The three players who are expected to have the biggest impact for the Tar Heels this season — freshmen Harrison Barnes, Reggie Bullock and Kendall Marshall — spent Thursday silently hovering and eavesdropping on the interviews with the veteran players.

Even though the Tar Heels are sticking to their tradition of not allowing freshmen to speak with reporters until they have played in a game, plenty was said about them.

Williams praised all three and said they are more mature than a typical freshman class. He said he believes Barnes, the nation’s No. 1 recruit, could han-dle the pressure of carrying the Tar Heels this year, much the way Tyler Hansbrough did five seasons ago.

“Harrison has more focus than Tyler,” Williams said, about his freshman recruit.

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East’s coach Brad Levine talks with his defense during a break in the action against Burns Friday.

first half interception.The Bulldogs claimed the first points

of the night on a 13 play, 70 yard drive following a turnover-on-downs by East Rutherford. Burns’ Littlejohn closed the drive with a one-yard keep-er play and Curtis Cabaniss booted the extra to lift the Bulldogs to a 7-0 lead.

East’s Wilkins fumbled on the ensu-ing Cavaliers possession to set up the Bulldogs at their own 15.

Littlejohn guided a four play, 85 yard drive that was capped with an explosive 82-yard pass-catch-and-run from the QB to Jonah Brooks. Cabaniss again added the extra and the Bulldogs established a 14-point lead.

The Cavs struck back quickly. Wilkins took the kickoff 31-yards to

the East 36 and then took the ensu-ing handoff. The speedy senior outran the Burns defense on a 64-yard run to paydirt. The extra point try failed, however, and East trailed 14-6 mid-way through the second quarter.

The Bulldogs (7-1, 3-0) quickly answered with a six play, 73 yard drive. Burns’ Littlejohn connected with Brandon Whitworth on a 68-yard strike that set up a 23 yard scoring strike to Whitworth moments later. Cabaniss was again true on his extra and Burns led, 21-6.

The first half which witnessed a flea-flicker by Burns and a Statue of Liberty play by East found the Cavs dipping into the school yard playbook for its final score of the half. Wilkins took a pitch from QB Maddox Stamey and rolled to his right, pulled up and delivered a spiral down the field in the direction of Price. Price turned his defender around, made the catch, and strolled — untouched — into the end

zone on the 49 yard play. East tried for two, but came up short and the score stood at 21-12 at the break.

Burns added two touchdowns in the third frame, including a 68-yard pass from Littlejohn to Brooks and a 4-yard completion featuring the same Bulldogs’ duo.

East added one touchdown as T.J. Watkins strolled in from 5 yards out. Watkins was in at quarterback for Stamey, who had taken a hard hit along the Burns sideline. Stamey would eventually return to action.

The Watkins’ touchdown was fol-lowed by another failed 2-point attempt and the points left East trail-ing 28-18.

From there, Burns simply exploded for 24 points to take the ugly confer-ence win.

East will be on the road in Morganton, next week, looking to regroup from its’ first loss since late August against Freedom.

mate Stephen McEntyre fell on the pigskin at the R-S Central 45.

Cameron Green carried the load on six carries for 47 yards, including a 19-yard scamper that allowed Central to get to the Patton 27-yard line before Atchely finally fell into the end zone five plays later.

Cody Owens added the point after as Central held a 7-0 lead at the half.

The momentum shifted in the sec-ond half.

Central’s Darrien Watkins fumbled the opening kickoff and Patton’s Winfield Johnson jumped on the pig-skin at the Central 14.

A five-yard penalty for a substitu-tion violation moved Patton to the 9, where Panther quarterback Trevor Buchannan broke through for a rush-ing touchdown on the next play. A Kevin Stone extra point tied it up at 7-7, just 45 second into the half.

The Hilltoppers methodically answered on an 18-play, 84-yard drive that took more than nine minutes off the clock. Green, Atchley, Jamel Smith and Jacob Kinlaw each played a role as the running pounded at the Patton defense.

Kinlaw ran the final two yards for the score on a quarterback keeper around the left side and Owens put up the extra point for a 14-7 Central lead with two minutes to go in the third.

Central’s defense, which allowed

Patton into Hilltopper territory just four times in the contest, held the Patton offense to just five plays before forcing a punt with Central getting the ball at its own 17.

Central took four more minutes off the clock before punting with 8:37 to go in the fourth quarter.

It was the Central defense that had to step up once again, forcing Patton to a fourth down with just 5:23 remaining in the game.

Central started at its own 21. Atchley carried for a yard, before Carson broke loose for 80-yards and a touchdown to pad the lead with just four minutes left.

Vic Staley got an interception with just 2:20 to go to seal the game for the Hilltoppers (3-6, 1-3).

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CONCORD (AP) — Brad Keselowski is piling up the wins in the Nationwide Series.

Keselowski pulled away on a late restart at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Friday night, earning his fifth Nationwide victory of the season.

Keselowski extended his advantage in the season stand-ings to 450 points, leading the final 35 laps.

Martin Truex Jr. finished second, followed by Justin Allgaier, Joey Logano and Clint Bowyer, who started on the pole but had a costly pit-road speeding penalty late.

While Danica Patrick post-ed her best finish in her nine Nationwide races — 21st although she was two laps down at the end — Keselowski had little competition once Kyle Busch had handling problems after halfway through the race.

CONCORD (AP) — JR Motorsports locked in Danica Patrick for the first four Nationwide Series races of 2011, and the rest of her schedule will depend on her IndyCar commitments.

Team co-owner Kelley Earnhardt said Friday that Patrick will run at Daytona, Phoenix, Las Vegas and Bristol next season. It will be her first trip to Bristol’s .533-mile bullring.

“That will be kind of neat for her to get to experience what NASCAR

is all about and that’s basically going around Bristol,” said crew chief Tony Eury Jr.

Patrick will take a break from NASCAR after Bristol to concentrate on the IndyCar schedule through the Indianapolis 500 in May. She’ll then resume Nationwide racing that will be coordinated with her IndyCar com-mitments.

Earnhardt said Patrick can run up to 14 races in the No. 7 Chevrolet, but

the car will run the full season. Dale Earnhardt Jr. is expected to run four races in the car.

Patrick said she knows at some point next season she’ll have to make a decision about her commit-ment to NASCAR. The race Friday at Charlotte was the ninth of 13 sched-uled Nationwide races this season.

She ended the IndyCar season two weeks ago, finishing 10th in the final standings.

Patrick commits to four Nationwide races

Keselowski gets 5th win in Charlotte

RALEIGH (AP) — Ryan Harrow knows North Carolina State fans already have high expectations for three freshmen who have yet to play a college game.

Coach Sidney Lowe is cau-tioning everyone from expect-ing too much right away from the newcomers on a team with plenty of experienced returnees.

“He’s not trying to put too much pressure on us,” Harrow said Friday during the team’s preseason media day. “What if we don’t live up to everybody’s expectations and then every-body comes down on us? We are only freshmen, but I think we’re pretty good freshmen.

“We’ll just have to see how we do. Then, if we do well, then all of y’all can boost us up and that’ll be great.”

No one can blame N.C. State’s fans — or Lowe — for being excited about the potential of Harrow, C.J. Leslie and Lorenzo Brown.

Harrow brings a talent lack-ing at point guard in Lowe’s first four seasons, Leslie is an athletic big man and Brown is a guard who figures to be physi-cally ready for significant min-utes after spending last season at prep school as an academic nonqualifier.

That group could hold the key to whether Lowe ends up in the NCAA tournament or out of a job at the end of the season. Lowe will also count on returning all-Atlantic Coast Conference big man Tracy Smith, a veteran point guard in Javi Gonzalez and a talented long-range shooter in Scott Wood.

“They are talented but they are young,” Lowe said. “There’s a learning curve. ... These guys are talented but they do have things to learn and they’re going to play against other talented freshmen and sopho-mores and juniors and seniors. It’s not so much to protect them as much as it is to be realistic.”

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Owner remains silent as Panthers begin 0-5

CHARLOTTE (AP) — Owners of two of the NFL’s three win-less teams came forward last week to try to explain what’s gone wrong.

Jed York of San Francisco was ultra-positive, declaring the 49ers would rebound and “win the division” this year in an exchange with ESPN. Buffalo Bills owner Ralph Wilson warned it would take three years to rebuild, telling The Associated Press, “I’m not going to try to explain it or make excuses. It’s bad.”

Jerry Richardson of the Carolina Panthers stayed quiet.

It’s been nearly three years since the 74-year-old Richardson has answered ques-tions from anyone other than the team-run magazine. During his silence he’s had a lifesaving heart transplant, fired two sons from top jobs with the organi-zation, decided against extend-ing coach John Fox’s contract to make him a lame-duck this season and ordered a payroll-slashing roster overhaul that’s produced the NFL’s youngest team and worst offense.

Richardson also raised ticket prices, so fans paid more to watch the Panthers (0-5) fail to reach double digits in all three home games so far this sea-son — contests in which they were outscored 63-20. Carolina enters its bye weekend off to its worst start in 12 years and with a load of unanswered questions.

“Rebuilding the team is some-thing I’m confident is para-mount in his mind,” said Max Muhleman, a Charlotte-based sports consultant who helped Richardson’s efforts to get the expansion franchise in the early 1990s. “How he’s doing it, prob-ably only he and a very small need-to-know group of people in the franchise know.”

It was just two years ago Carolina went 12-4 and won the NFC South. Now the Panthers are averaging 10.4 points a game with five touchdowns and 16 turnovers.

“I don’t think you envision something like this,” said quar-terback Matt Moore, benched after Week 2. “It’s something that snuck up on us quickly.”

The Panthers let high-priced

defensive end Julius Peppers and other veterans go in the offseason while making no major free-agent signings, and some wondered if Carolina was guarding against the chance of a work stoppage next season — Richardson is co-chairman of the NFL’s management council executive committee. He told the in-house Roar magazine his moves had nothing to do with the league’s labor situation.

“We were at a point with our football team that we had to make tough football decisions which were separate from the CBA (collective bargaining agreement),” Richardson said in April. “We have a number of younger players who showed promise at the end of last season and need to get on the field.”

With the way things have

turned out, Richardson’s motives are being questioned again.

“It seems likely it’s a factor in his process for sure,” Muhleman said of the CBA talks. “He’s probably as preoccupied with that as anybody, if not every-body, in the league.”

Yahoo! Sports quoted an unidentified person at the March league meetings who said Richardson made an impas-sioned speech with colorful language, telling owners “we’re going to take back our league” after signing what he thinks was a bad labor deal in 2006.

Preparing for a possible lock-out next year and a potential new world order of player con-tracts could explain why more than half the roster is made up of rookies.

By JIM LITKEAP Sports Columnist

As long as he doesn’t overthink it, this should be easy.

Ben Roethlisberger returns to the starting lineup Sunday in Pittsburgh somehow still lead-ing a charmed existence. He’s back after from a four-game suspension that Commissioner Roger Goodell dished out for a booze-fueled birthday party during which Roethlisberger embarrassed himself, his family, team, town and the NFL.

And remember: Had charges been filed, things could have turned out much worse. But Roethlisberger has been nothing lately if not lucky.

Back in March, when police were investigat-ing the second allegation of sexual misconduct against him in less than two years, Tiger Woods’ escapades were still dominating the news cycle. This week, Brett Favre’s alleged shenanigans pushed Roethlisberger’s return so far down the page readers would have to scan the small type in “Transactions” to know he was even eligible.

Better still, the Steelers roared out of the start-ing gate at 3-1, having rediscovered their run-ning game and relying on a defense that never went anywhere. On top of that, a well-rested Roethlisberger makes his 2010 debut against a Cleveland team that’s overmatched, beat up and starting Colt McCoy at quarterback. He’s never thrown a pass in a real NFL game, let alone against the Steelers’ heat-seeking blitz packages.

So the last thing Roethlisberger needs to do is call much attention to himself. But just in case, Pittsburgh coach Mike Tomlin should close his pregame speech by looking straight into his quar-terback’s eyes and saying, “Just don’t screw this up.”

That shouldn’t be a problem. While only Roethlisberger knows whether he’s a changed man, at least he’s had the good sense to lay low.

The Steelers coach, old-school ownership and fan base were plenty aggravated in March, but by the time summer rolled around, Roethlisberger’s transgressions were largely forgotten. He got a warm reception during training camp and the exhibition season, and he’s done nothing to cool it off since.

He’s piled up extra-credit hours of community service and gone out of his way in the locker room to cultivate teammates who fell outside his previ-ously tight circle of friends. Roethlisberger has even been saying all the right things — about chewing his fingernails to the nubs while watch-ing games, and how once he gets back at the con-trols, “We don’t want to force anything.”

“That,” he added, “is going to be key for me.”Besides, it’s not as though Steelers fans are

expecting much, at least not right away. After a month of watching Charlie “He’s Still Around?” Batch and Dennis “Who?” Dixon impersonate a quarterback, most of what Roethlisberger has to do is hand the ball to Rashard Mendenhall and get out of the way.

Tomlin must know that impulse control was nev-er Roethlisberger’s strong suit. How much that has changed might have a lot to say about how much slack the coach allows him.

CONCORD, (AP) — Danica Patrick will run the first four rac-es of the Nationwide Series in 2011 for JR Motorsports.

The rest of her NASCAR schedule is undetermined. But Kelley Earnhardt says they hope to use Patrick in up to 14 races.

Patrick says determin-ing her NASCAR sched-ule depends on the IndyCar schedule.

So far, she is com-mitted to racing at Daytona, Phoenix, Las Vegas and Bristol.

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — Coach Brad Childress says the Minnesota Vikings were not trying to run up the score late in last season’s 34-3 playoff victory over the Dallas Cowboys.

Brett Favre threw a touchdown pass to Visanthe Shiancoe with less than 2 minutes to play in the game for the final margin. The play prompted Dallas linebacker Keith Brooking to confront Childress on the sideline and call it “disgusting and classless,” accusing the Vikings of running up the score.

“People can do what they want,” coach Wade Phillips said on Wednesday. “That’s what they chose to do. It’s not what I would’ve done.”

The Vikings led 27-3 late in the game when they had a fourth-and-3 at the Cowboys 11. Favre found a wide open Shiancoe for his fourth touch-down pass of the day with 1:55 to go.

Childress said Thursday the team was just try-ing to get a first down to keep the clock mov-ing, and ultimately scored instead. He says the

Cowboys were still blitzing aggressively late in the game, so the Vikings had no choice but to throw the ball.

“If you’re slamming people at the formation nothing says that you have to go in there and have everybody shorten their necks so they stop us,” Childress said. “Now we have to make a decision, ‘Do we have to kick a field goal?’ The easiest thing is to get a first down.

“That’s all we’re trying to do is get a first down. We happened to score. It would probably be a good idea to cover the guy. Generally on defense you have to cover the deep plays.”

Shiancoe was equally baffled by the accusations. He pointed to the Cowboys using their timeouts late in the fourth quarter and continuing to blitz despite being down 24 points.

“You keep on blitzing though,” Shiancoe said Thursday. “I mean c’mon man ... I’m not trying to say anything bad about them, but if you keep on blitzing, what do you want us to do? Just keep on taking hits to the mouth?”

Change we can believe in with Roethlisberger?

Pittsburgh Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger.

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Dear Dr. Gott: My son is 12 years old and had never wet the bed until recently. Now, all of a sudden, he has wet the bed for the past seven nights in a row. We have taken him to see a doctor, but thus far they have taken a urine sample that came back nor-mal.

Dear Reader: Bedwetting is com-mon in children up to age 6 or 7. Most children outgrow bedwetting on their own. By age 5, 15 percent of children wet the bed, and this is fur-ther reduced to less than 5 percent of children between ages 8 and 11. It affects boy more than girls. Most cases of bedwetting are simply due to a slow development of the central nervous system.

It may also be the result of a small bladder, a hormone imbalance, uri-nary-tract infection, diabetes, sleep apnea, chronic constipation, stress or a defect in the neurological or urinary system.

Because your son is 12 and didn’t previously wet the bed on a regular

basis, his pediatrician or a pediat-ric urologist should examine him to determine whether there is an underlying reason. Treatment isn’t necessary in most cases but varies depending on the cause. Treating any underlying cause should also be beneficial in reducing or eliminating bedwetting.

If time and retraining don’t help, medication may help. Desmopressin acetate (DDAVP) can boost natu-ral levels of antidiuretic hormone (ADH), which slows nighttime urine production. It does carry the serious side effect of seizures so it’s not pre-scribed for minor cases of bedwet-ting if other remedies are appropri-ate.

Sudden-onset bedwetting needs testing

Dear Abby: I’m a 12-year-old girl with a big problem. My class recently learned about reproduc-tion.

All of the girls accepted it in a mature manner, but it’s another story with the boys.

Now all the boys look at me fun-ny when I walk through the hall.

It makes me feel awkward. Should I ignore them?Or should I say something? —

EmbarrassedDear Embarrassed: Right now,

I suspect most of your classmates are feeling awkward.

A frank discussion about repro-duction has been known to make students older than you uncom-fortable.

It is, however, a part of life — and contrary to what some may think, ignorance isn’t bliss.

Acting the way the boys are is normal for their age.

But if it continues, rather than saying anything to them — which might encourage more of the same — talk to a teacher about

Dear Abby: Shortly before I started college, a relative intro-duced me to “Paul,” who would be attending the same school, and told us we were distant cousins.

Paul and I became friends. We socialized together often and

all our friends knew us as cousins.It wasn’t until after graduation

that our parents told us that while we have a relative in common, it is by marriage, and we are not relat-ed to each other.

Paul and I have a lot in common, and he has expressed an interest in pursuing a relationship with me.

Paul is a great guy, but I’m reluc-tant to date him because all our friends think we’re related.

It almost feels like we are doing something wrong.

Can you please share your opin-ion on this situation? — It’s All Relative

Dear It’s All Relative: There is nothing to stop you and Paul from becoming romantically involved if you’re both leaning in that direc-tion.

The way to deal with it would be to tell your friends, before you start being seen together, how “amusing” it is that you were led to believe the two of you were related, when it turns out that you AREN’T.

It was all a big mistake. (Ha-ha.)That should quell most of the

gossip you’re concerned about. And if you’re asked directly,

repeat what you told me.

Boys with funny looks are a fact of life

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Dear Abby

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) - Be hopeful as to where you’ll end up.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) - Everything we do is scrutinized by observers.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) - Possessing a genuine willingness to be coopera-tive will go a long way.

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20) - You have a natural ability to quickly turn a casual acquaintance into a friend.

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LOCAL COMPANY PROVIDING JOB OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE COUNTY FOR THE PAST 22 YEARS IS HIRING

SET- UP OPERATORSThis position involves changing dies and trim dies, repair shot arms, hot oil lines, tips, hoses,etc. Change and adjust ladles and reciprocators as needed. Program machine and set limitswitches to approved processes. Some heavy lifting required. Must be able to operate a forkliftand complete Lockout/ Tagout training. Previous experience in plastic injection molding or diecasting is preferred. Good attendance is a must. This position will require the flexibility to workany shift as needed for training purposes (6 weeks on-the-job training). Must be able to workany shift.

MAINTENANCE TECHSThese are hands on positions for someone who can handle multiple tasks & meet specifieddeadlines. We are seeking applicants who possess electrical/hydraulic and mechanicaltroubleshooting skills. Experienced w/robotics, plc controlled equipment, welding and basicfabrication. Die casting or plastic injection molding experience a plus. Some heavy liftingrequired. Pay commensurate with skills and experience level. Must be able to work any shift.

We offer competitive wages & excellent benefits including:health/dental insurance, 401(k), tuition reimbursement, paid holidays and vacations.

Applicants must pass a drug test prior to employment.

Please apply in person at:Aallied Die Casting

401 Aallied Drive, Rutherfordton, NC 28139(Just off Hwy 221 South) EOENO PHONE CALLS PLEASELive, Work, & Buy Locally!

NOTICE TO THOSE INTERESTED IN PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION POSITIONS AT CLEARWATER PAPER CORPORATION’S SHELBY, NC FACILITY.

Clearwater Paper Corporation is accepting applications for production and distribution positions at its Shelby, NC facility. Candidates for this work force must be safety conscious, self directed, highly motivated and team oriented. Employees must be able to work a 12 hour rotating shift schedule. Successful applicants must complete 24 hours of pre-employment training prior to being hired.

For a complete job description and qualifications, go to http://www.clearwaterpaper.com/careers/.

The on-line application process will be open through October 22, 2010.

Clearwater Paper Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Homes for Rent0620

2BR/1BA , newly remodeled,furn., Spindale, $400/mo, $350deposit, application required.

Call 828-442-0799 or 828-442-1099

Rfdtn: Nice clean priv 3BR/2BA $650/mo. + securities.Call 286-1982 or 748-0658

Business Places/Offices

0670

Used Car Lot For Rent. 178S. Broadway. Nice office, 2

clean up stalls. Rentreasonable. Call 429-7141

cell phoneMobile Homes for

Rent0675

2 & 3 BedroomsStove, refrigerator,

cable and trash included. No cats!

Call 453-0078 or 429-8822

2BR $65/$75 week.Furnished. Call 245-6136

2BR/2BA 14x70, $375/mo.$275 dep. ref. required. No

pets. Call 453-84832BR/2BA Cent. h/a, 22'

screened room. No smoking orpets! $500/mo. 828-625-0073

2BR/2BA Cent. h/a, stove,refrig. No pets. $425 + $300dep. 245-5703 or 286-8665

3 Bedroom/2 Bath in quiet park. $375/month

Call 287-8558

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

Homes for Sale0710

Real Estate AuctionNominal Opening Bid: $10,000

3477 Mount Olivet Road,Zirconia 3BR 2BA

1,600sf+/-Sells: 7:15PMMon., Oct. 25 on site

802 Charles Rd, Shelby 3BR2BA 1,895sf+/-180 Sunset Dr.,

Rutherfordton3BR 2BA1,212sf+/-All properties sell:

3:30PM Wed., Oct. 20 at 802Charles Rd, ShelbyOpen to the Public

williamsauction.com800-801-8003 Many properties

now available for onlinebidding! A Buyerʼs Premium

may apply. Williams &Williams NC RE LIC#220266

DEAN C. WILLIAMSBROKER,

Lots & Acreage0734

20+/-ac., with farmhouse Mixture of

wooded, pasture tillablebottom land.

Call 704-481-0548,828-289-8507 or

828-429-0081LAND FOR SALE 5.6 acres,

Rutherford County. Call 843-450-6972 or email csauten@yahoo.com

Mobile Homes for Sale

0741

Oakwood, gold medal series,1,920 sqft. 3 Bedroom/2 Bath, 4 private acres

with small creek.Immaculate. Cliffside nearnew Duke plant. $89,900

Call 287-9826

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Campers/Trailers0820

1998 American TraditionClass A, Cummins 300HPdiesel, Allison Trans, all

maintenance records sincenew, 12mpg, 2 leather sofas,

2 roof airs, 2 solar panels.Exceptionally clean, $48,000

828-388-0109

DAycARE

Day Care Licensed1599

Wee The People has opening for Infant andschool age children. Cash

Payers and Vouchersaccepted. Ask for Jackie or

Janete 288-2844

MERcHANDISE

Furniture0533

2 piece sectional sofa, withrecliner on each end, light blue

$350. 828-305-5553

Machinery & Tools0545

Machinery & tools: Sawsharpening equip., tiller, pushmower, weed eater, drill press,

chop saw Call 245-2584

Wanted to Rent/Buy/Trade

0554

Junk Cars WantedPaying $200 per vehicle.

Call Jamie Fender(828) 286-4194

Junk Vehicles WantedNo title required. Paying $245& up. Any size vehicles, Cashon the spot PLUS Free Large

Pizza included. Picking upvehicles 24 hrs, 7 days/alsobuying catalytic converters

$35 each, any amount. Call 828-202-1715

Misc. Items for Sale0563

2 window air conditioners 12KBTU Whirlpool $125, 8K BTU

GE, $80. Call 305-8661

Washer/dryer, white, $250.Maytag washer, 1 yr old, $175.

Call 305-8661

REAL ESTATE FOR RENT

Unfurnished Apartments

0610

2BR/1BA Apt 244 Collet St.,Rfdtn Stove, refrig., water &sewer incld. W/d hook up$375/mo. + dep. 247-1147

3BR/2BA single leveltown home, with

attached garage, great neighborhood, conveniently

located inside Rutherfordton city limits. No pets! 828-429-4288

Forest City, Main St. convenience. Walk to neweateries & upcoming shops.1 & 2BR avail. Starting at

$375. Call for details.Arlington Ridge, 247

Arlington St. 828-447-3233

Very nice large remodeled1, 2 & 3 BedroomTownhome Apts.

Starting at $375/mo.Washer/dryer hookupand water included.

Carriage House Apts.1-888-684-5072

Homes for Rent0620

135 Arlington St., FC 3BR/1BA $500/mo. + $300 sec.

dep. No pets! 864-576-9340

General Help0232

IGA Adventure Center is Seeking PT Staff to teach

Gymnastics. You must have aheart for kids and seeing them

succeed. Staff needed formorning mobile program andafternoon/evening classes atour 10,000 sq. ft. facility. Weare looking for a high energyteam player to be part of ourgrowing business. Pay based

on exp. Call to apply828-288-3547

EXPERIENCEDCashier for Convenience Store Must be able to work AM/PM

hours & wkendsVerifiable ref. req. Apply in

Person 2-4p Only! Cove Creek Mkt. & Grille

4305 Hwy 64/7A(Green Hill Area)

Rutherfordton, NCNO PHONE CALLS!

Smoke Free Workplace

Trucking0244

Truck Service, Inc.is hiring Part-Time &

Casual CDL Drivers to joinour fleet of Professional

Drivers. If you still have thedesire and ability to travel the

country but don't have theneed to work on a full-time

basis, we have theopportunity for YOU!! ONLYPROFESSIONAL DRIVERS

with 2 yrs. verifiableexperience & clean driving

record need to apply.Call Truck Service at

828-245-1637 ext. 125 & talk to Rita.

PETS

Cats/Dogs/Pets0320

Free mixed Pitt Bull/Labpuppies, 7 weeks old, Call

704-472-5706 leave message

Miniature Dachshund pupsCute little wieners CKC reg., 6wks. old, black or tan, male orfemale $250 FC 828-248-1023

Must find home ASAP catsand kittens, most spayed,

neutered. Call 828-245-1871after 10 AM leave message

FARM

Farm Market0410

Bright Orange PumpkinsPriced from $1.00 - $6.00Come out to the farm forlocal grown pumpkins

4 mi. past Washburn Storeon Salem Church Road

Call 453-0396 or 223-3397

GRASS FED BEEFAll natural, antibiotic free,local. Quarter, half, whole.

Cut to customer specs.Email fivelakesfarm@bellsouth.net or call

828-248-3143

Garage/Estate Sales0151

YARD SALE Rfdtn: 697Thompson Rd. (near RS

Central High, follow signs) Sat. Oct. 16th, 2010 7A-until

Lots of items!

Yard Sale: Spindale, 200 OhioSt., Fri & Sat. 8A-3P. Plussize clothes, home decor,

jewelry and misc.Instruction0180

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EMPLOyMENT

Education/Teaching0216

Lead Teacher 2nd shift, parttime 2:30-8:30pm at Kids 'R

Us Carousel in Rutherfordton.Call Pat at 247-1717

Medical/Dental0220

White Oak Manor -TryonAccepting applications for :Full-Time Dietary Aide/Relief

Cook. Cooking and dietaryexperience preferred. Workschedule includes rotating

weekends and able to work 1stand 2nd shift. Benefits

includes Medical, Dental,Vision, Life Ins., 401K and

Paid Time Off. Apply at WhiteOak Manor of Tryon, 70 OakSt. or fax resume to Dietary

Director at 828-859-2073EOE

White Oak Manor- TryonRN Nursing SupervisorM-F 2nd shift- Full-time

Experience in long term care &supervision preferred.

Must be organized and workwell with people. Excellent

benefits with a well establishedcompany. Apply in person at70 Oak Street, Tryon, NC orfax resume to (828)859-2073Attn: Michelle Mullis, D.O.N.

EOEGeneral Help0232

Convenience Store lookingfor Gas Pump Attendant

Must be able to work AM/PMhours & wkends

Mature & Responsible persononly! Prior work ref. req.

Apply in Person 2-4p Only!Cove Creek Mkt. & Grille

4305 Hwy 64/7A(Green Hill Area)

Rutherfordton, NCNO PHONE CALLS!

Smoke Free Workplace

Garage/Estate Sales0151

4 Family FC: across fromChase High Sat. 8A Plus size

ladies clothes, sheetinsulation. Lg. variety, no junk!

ESTATE YARD SALECaroleen: 133 Henrietta St.

Saturday October 16th7A-12P Furniture, householdgoods, clothing and lots more!

FC: 162 Toms Lake Rd., Fri &Sat. 8A-7P. Tools, dishes,

clothes, odds and ends.Good deals

FC: 337 Weatherstone Dr.Sat. 6:30A-til Antiques,

office desks, select comfortnumber bed, furn., h/h, North

American floor polisher,more! 245-2713

FC: 711 Toms Lake Rd., turnat SDO fire dept. Sat. 7A-11A

Rain or shine. Toys,household, dishes,lighting, clothing

For Breast Cancer: ButterflyLife Women's Fitness Center,

368 Charlotte Rd, next toVerizon, Sat. 8A-NoonProceeds go to charity!

GARAGE SALE Rfdtn: 151Davenport Rd. (off Poors FordRd.) Fri. 7A-7P & Sat. 7A-1P

Girls toddler clothes,household, miscellaneous.Huge Sale Hwy 221N to

Darlington Rd., follow signs toCarpenter Rd., then TimberRidge Sat. 9A-3P Tools, h/h,

nice clothes. Lots of nice stuff!Inside Garage Sale FC: 541Butler Rd. Saturday 8A-1PHousehold items, chest type

freezer, drill press, pushmower, Christmas decorations

Moving FC: 187 Griffin Rd.Fri. & Sat. 8A-until Furniture,10x8 metal shed, tables, TV,

stereo system,refrigerator and more!

MOVING SALE Fri., Sat. & Sun., Oct. 15th, 16, 17th8A-until Antique furniture,

collectibles, household goods,tools, plumbing and electrical

supplies and more!345 Lower Switchback Road

Union Mills, NC Take 221 North (toward Marion), turn left onto

Nanneytown Road, follow tostop sign and turn left. Turn

right on next gravel road ontoPinnacle Parkway, take first

left (at mailboxes) ontoLower Switchback Road, then

go 1/2 mile to 345 Lower Switchback Road

Neighborhood Sale FC: S.Magnolia & Bentwood Dr. Sat.

7:30A-til Furniture, clothes,animal cages, tools, kitchen

items, plus moreShop/Yard Sale: Rft., 531Railroad Ave., Fri. & Sat.,

8A-4p, fabrics, new and olddolls, sewing items, much,

much more.

Spindale: Pilots arecleaning house. Rutherford

Life Service, 230Fairground Rd, next toFarmer's Market Sat.7A-Noon. Furniture,knick-knacks, clothes

ANNOUNcEMENTS

Special Notices0107

Cheap Tractor Work:Bush hogging, boxblade,

fix driveways, lot scraping &hauling Call 828-748-0174

Personals0135

Need travel companion todrive to Ontario, Ohio or

Michigan. Expenses paid.828-980-4037 or 286-3945

Lost0142

Black female lab Big feet &ears, wearing red collar. Lost9/29 in Hollis area. Reward.

Call 453-9943Lost lower denture teeth,between 5th 3rd Bank &Powell St. Small reward.

245-8585Reward Lost fiberglass

extension ladder. Fri morningOct 15, Cleghorn/Shiloh roads.

286-3193Found0149

Big black dog, brown chin,paws, eyebrows, chest,

neutered, Elliott Rd. 288-7317Calico cat. Friendly. FoundTues., Oct.12. on Hwy 120.

Call 657-6254Large black and white dog

with new collar. Found10/9 near Robbins Brick

Call to describe 245-3099

GARAGE /ESTATE SALES

Garage/Estate Sales0151

2 Family 1190 Hwy 120 Near EarlSavemore Sat 7- til kidsclothes, hotwheels, homeinteriors, christmas items,

and more!2 FAMILY YARD SALE Rfdtn:

167 Harris St. (across fromMcMahan's Funeral Home)

Sat. 8A-12P Household,clothing, misc. & more!ADVENT LUTHERAN

CHURCH FALL FESTIVALYard, Bake & Flower bulb sale

118 Reveley St., Spindale(next to Spindale House)

Saturday 8A-2P2 Family

Ellenboro: 170 Tiney Rd. Sat8- until Winter clothes all sizes

Baby items, householdvideo games and more!BIG SALE Spindale: 226Maryland St. Fri. & Sat.7A-until Bicycles, misc.,

winter coats, lots of glasswareand much more!

Big, Rfdtn, 173 Allen St. offRailroad Ave., Sat. 7A-until.Early birds welcome. Boys,girls clothes (like new/new),

toys, electronics 1st Annual Community

Wide Yard SaleMorning Star Lake Rd, off 221

Danieltown, Sat. 7A-until Rain date 10/23

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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Obama administration on Thursday endorsed frag-ile Afghan efforts to negotiate peace with the Taliban, back-ing off its prior stance that talks with the Taliban were prema-ture until the war is all but won.

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who only last month had said it was too soon for high-level reconciliation talks, struck a different chord at NATO head-quarters in Brussels, Belgium.

“Whenever opportunities arise that are worth exploring, I think we ought to take advantage of that,” Gates said.

Senior U.S. officials have long said they didn’t expect the Taliban to talk peace as long as the militants believed they were winning, and at least some administration officials had been cool to peace feelers put forth by President Hamid Karzai.

The new acceptance of rec-onciliation could be seen as an admission that the war is going badly. Or it may reflect the view of U.S. military commanders that NATO troops have dam-aged the insurgency following the surge of more than 30,000 U.S. forces ordered by President Barack Obama.

Some administration officials recently said stepped-up NATO operations, as well as U.S. drone attacks on militants across the border in Pakistan, have shak-

en the Taliban enough to coax them into negotiations.

Publicizing U.S. support for any peace talks also could be a sign that the administration is looking for ways to demonstrate a commitment to ending the war short of calling home large numbers of troops. The war has claimed the lives of more than 2,000 NATO troops, including at least 1,228 Americans. Gates spoke on a day that eight NATO service members were killed across Afghanistan.

There have been no formal negotiations yet between the Afghan government and the Taliban, only some contacts and signals, according to the Afghan government.

Former Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani, leader of the country’s newly formed peace council, said Thursday that the Taliban have not com-pletely rejected a peaceful reso-lution of the war.

“They have some conditions to start the negotiations process,” he told a news conference. “It gives us hope that they want to talk and negotiate.”

Those conditions are believed to include U.S. first releas-ing Taliban prisoners from Guantanamo Bay and the U.N. removing scores of militants from its sanctions list.

A senior NATO official said that coalition forces are now allowing safe passage for top Taliban leaders to attend talks

— some of them in Kabul.But Taliban representatives

insisted Thursday they will not negotiate so long as foreign troops occupy their country, saying no one who speaks for the group is in talks with the Afghan government.

“Nobody is coming from the Taliban,” spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. “We will not come. We don’t believe in such a peace session. They are just saying these things to show the world that there is some positive movement in Afghanistan because they are ashamed that they’re losing on the ground.”

U.S. and NATO officials have argued that pulling the 140,000-strong international forces out of Afghanistan too early would embolden the Taliban.

But Obama wants to start to reduce the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan in July 2011, if conditions on the ground allow. It is believed that Obama’s goal of drawing down troops by next summer has led Karzai and the Pakistanis to seek deals with the militants, calculating that coalition forces will not be in the country long enough to defeat them.

Although the Afghan people are weary after nine years of war, some oppose talks with the Taliban.

MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) — Mexican marines battled sus-pected drug cartel gunmen whose allies erected at least a dozen road-blocks in the northeastern city of Monterrey, authorities said Friday. One marine and three gunmen were killed.

The gunmen opened fire and threw grenades at a marine patrol Thursday night on a highway on the western city limits, according to a Navy statement.

At the same time, gang members used buses and other vehicles to block at least a dozen main ave-nues in downtown Monterrey, said Alejandro Garza y Garza, the attor-ney general of Nuevo Leon state,

where Mexico’s third-largest city is located.

Such blockades have become a common cartel tactic across north-eastern Mexico to impede security forces from calling in reinforcements during shootouts. The region has become one of Mexico’s most violent this year since a turf war broke out between the Gulf cartel and its for-mer ally, the Zetas gang of hit men.

The Navy statement said it sus-pected the gunmen belonged to the Zetas.

Three marines were wounded, the Navy said. Two of the three gunmen who died perished when their car caught fire during the shootout.

Soldiers and contrac-tors have dinner at T.G.I Friday’s restaurant in Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Friday.

Associated Press

U.S. backs Afghan peace effort

Mexican marines battle gunmen in Monterrey

Missile attack kills 3 in Pakistan MIR ALI, Pakistan (AP) — Suspected U.S.

unmanned aircraft launched two missiles at a vehicle in the Pakistani tribal region along the Afghan border Friday, killing three people, Pakistani intelligence officials said.

A militant attack on an Army checkpoint killed five Pakistani soldiers, other officials said.

The missile attack was in the village of Machi Khel, near Mir Ali in North Waziristan, two officials said on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk with the press.

The officials said the three killed have not yet been identified, but the village is known to house a mix of militants from the Afghan Taliban and local Pakistani insurgent groups.

The U.S. has sharply escalated its use of unmanned drone missile strikes targeting mili-tants in Pakistan’s border region in the last two months.

Iran said ready to resume talks BRUSSELS (AP) — Iranian Foreign Minister

Manouchehr Mottaki said on Friday that Tehran was ready to resume talks about its nuclear program with the international commu-nity within a matter of weeks.

“From our point of view October or November is a good time for the re-establishment of nego-tiations,” Mottaki said.

He spoke to reporters as he arrived for a meet-ing of the so-called Friends of Democratic Pakistan group, which was formed two years ago to support the country’s moves toward democracy. Participants are discussing increased aid to Islamabad in the aftermath of the devastation caused by this summer’s floods.

British aid worker abductedMOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A witness says

masked gunmen have abducted a British aid worker and a Somali from a compound in west-ern Somalia.

Moalim Bashir says that he did not know who had taken the two men from the town of Adado on Thursday evening, near the border with Ethiopia. He said Friday that tensions in the town were high as a militia was massing to the south and might attempt to try to take the town from those currently in control.

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