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Jason Matheny rings the bell dur-ing the Tolling of the Bell tribute at the 9/11 Memorial Service Friday morning.

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By ALLISON FLYNNDaily Courier Staff Writer

FOREST CITY -- Country music on a baseball field in the middle of a small town. Americana at its finest.

McNair Field played host to Grammy-winning country music star LeAnn Rimes Friday night. It is the first in what organizers hope will be many such events to be held on the field during the off-season of the Forest City Owls.

Local folks waited in line around 5:30 Friday afternoon for gates to open. Originally to open at 5, a car wreck earlier in the day caused a momentary power glitch. Fans talked about their surprise at learning Rimes would be in town.

“We couldn’t believe - not in Forest City,” said Cheryl Carson, who said she purchased tickets

Please see Rimes, Page 3

By JEAN GORDONDaily Courier Staff Writer

RUTHERFORDTON — Attired in dark-purple American Cancer Society “Survivor” shirts, more than 200 men and women, boys and girls made a lap around the R-S Middle track to begin the 2009 Relay for Life as hundreds of supporters lined the track applauding.

Landon Johnson, 4, diagnosed with leukemia in 2007, had the honor of cutting the ribbon to begin the event. Jacob Jenkins, 8, diagnosed with leukemia in 2005, held the ribbon for Landon. They are members of the Little Warriors team.

Survivors also included Dillon Ford, 8, diagnosed with leukemia just four months ago. His uncle Walter Steed, 36, walked hand-in-hand with him. Steed

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Jean Gordon/Daily CourierLandon Johnson, 5, cut the ribbon and his friend, Jacob Jenkins, 8, held the ribbon to begin the 2009 Relay for Life Survivor’s Walk Friday night. More than 200 survivors joined the youngsters for the walk around the track, celebrating life.

By ALLISON FLYNNDaily Courier Staff Writer

SIX POINTS — Seven isn’t J.B. Scruggs lucky number. Since hitting a $50,000 lottery on Wednesday, nine is his new favorite number.

Scruggs purchased a $2 scratch off lottery card Sept. 9 at Earl’s Short Stop along with another shopper. Scruggs said the man bought one, then he and so on until he had three cards.

“After three I said, ‘That’s $6, that’s

enough,’” he said. When he scratched off the third card,

Scruggs saw he’d won $50,000. “I don’t buy a lot of them,” he said. “I

thought I was going to pass out.”

Store Manager Amy Hull said Scruggs was shaking when he handed it to her.

“He looked white,” she said. “He was trembling so bad I asked him if I needed to get him a seat. He asked ‘Tell me did I really win this.’

“My first reaction was I thought he won

maybe $1,000.”Hull said everyone wanted to look at

it, including the store owner who was in awe. After verifying the ticket was indeed a winner with the N.C. Education Lottery, Scruggs learned he could go to Asheville to receive his payment.

“I kept it in the console of my truck beside me the whole time,” he said.

Please see Lucky, Page 6

Garrett Byers/Daily CourierFans lined up before 5 p.m. to see Grammy-winning country music superstar LeAnn Rimes, who performed Friday night at McNair Field. Opening for Rimes were 90’s band Ricochet and newcomers Fast Ryde.

See related stories, Page 13, 20By LARRY DALEDaily Courier Staff Writer

FOREST CITY — “Sept. 11, 2001, was a horrible day. But it was also a day in which patriots, heroes, chose unparalleled courage and love.”

Those words by Forest City Fire Department Chief Mark McCurry were at the heart of the service held Friday morning at the Fire Department in memory of the 9/11 attack on America.

He reminded his audience that real heroes advance, even in the face of seemingly impossible odds.

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Music/concertsMissionary program: Sunday, Sept. 13, 4 p.m., Doggett’s Grove AME Zion Church; on program — Green Creek All-Male Choir, Men of Faith and others.

The Far City Boys will be in concert Sunday, Sept. 13, at Faith Temple Christian Church, 111 Kentucky St., Spindale. Music at 6 p.m.

Singing: Sunday, Sept. 13, 6 p.m., Cooper Springs Congregational Holiness Church, Bostic-Sunshine Hwy.; featuring The Adkins Family of Taylors, S.C.

Anniversary singing: St. John Male Choir; theme “Come as You Are”; Sunday, Sept. 13, 4 p.m., St. John AME Zion Church, Rutherfordton; on program — Change of Inman, S.C., Golden Trumpets of Forest City, New Telenares of Forest City, and Zion Grove AME Zion Choir from Polk County. Singing: Sunday, Sept. 20, 6 p.m., Sandy Level Baptist Church; featuring Joe Willis of Morganton.

The Voices of Inspiration will be in concert Saturday, Sept. 26, at Jesus Lighthouse Tabernacle, 143 Old Wagy Rd., Forest City. Music begins at 4 p.m.

Singing: Sunday, Sept. 27, 2 p.m., Harris First Baptist Church; featuring Darin and Brooke Justice Aldridge of Cherryville.

Special servicesSunday School Convention picnic: Saturday, Sept. 12, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Crowe Park, Forest City; hosted by Gold Hill Baptist Association; all Sunday School members of the association are invited; free food, games and fun for children and adults.

191st Homecoming: Sunday, Sept. 13, worship service 11 a.m., Big Springs Baptist Church, Hollis com-munity; Pastor Paul Scott will deliver the message; a covered dish lunch will fol-low the service.

Homecoming: Sunday, Sept. 13, worship service 11 a.m., Caroleen Baptist Church; Rev. Richard Spencer, a former pastor of the church, will preach; Jim Bishop will lead music; fel-lowship meal afterwards.

Homecoming: Sunday, Sept. 13, worship service 11 a.m., Fellowship Baptist Church, C.C. Mtn. Rd., Golden Valley; fellowship meal afterwards; afternoon singing.

Special services: Sunday, Sept. 13, 3 p.m., Owens Chapel, Union Mills; guest speaker, Rev. Richard Blanton; also on Sept. 20, at 4 p.m., Pastor Tinsley Cheeks will speak.

Revival: Sept. 13-18, Johnson Memorial Baptist Church, 129 Groce St., Forest City; guest speaker, Evangelist Bobby Bolin; Sunday services 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; M-F, 7 nightly.

Homecoming: Sunday, Sept. 13, services begin at 10 a.m., Harriett Memorial Free Will Baptist Church; Caroleen; Rev. Howard Messer of Lancaster, S.C., will bring the message; music by The Dosses of Denton; church located at 1938 Hwy. 221-A.

Revival: Sept. 13-16, 7 nightly, Mt. Vernon Baptist Church, Hudlow Road; guest speaker, Dr. Chuck Bugg; Janet Roller will lead the music.

Revival: Sept. 13-16, 7 nightly, Hopewell AME Zion Church, Harris; guest speaker, Rev. William Staley.

Revival: Sept. 18, 19 and 20, at Spindale Church of the Brethren on Friday and Saturday 7 nightly, and Sunday at 11 a.m. service; guest speaker, Rev. Jeremy Dykes, associate pastor of Jackson Park Church of the Brethren, Jonesbourgh, Tenn.; church located on Midland St., Spindale; Perry Jones, pastor.

5th pastoral anniver-sary: In honor of Rev. J.K. Miller; Saturday, Sept. 26, 5 p.m.; Gold Hill Assembly Building, Spindale; tickets are $10 for non-members; purchase by Sept. 13; guest speaker, Rev. Harris, pastor of Bunton CME Church.

Ladies night out: “Restoration of Hope” will be hosted by Sister Chicks in Christ on Monday, Sept. 28, at The Foundation, Isothermal Community

College. Kellie Williams of Fort Myers, Fla., will be the keynote speaker. Music will be provided by Larry Lawson and Celebration Worship Team, and drama by Jennifer Bishop. A light supper will be served from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Music at 6 p.m., and program from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tickets are $5 per person and available at Spindale Drug/Coffee Shop or by calling Janice Morrow, 245-9994; Susie Eury 625-4833; or LeeAnn Critcher, 429-6608.

Pastoral installation service: For Elder Tracy Lewis Martin; Sunday, Oct. 4, 3 p.m., at Faith Temple Christian Church, 111 Kentucky St., Spindale; guest speaker, Bobby Hogue, from Remnant Holy Tabernacle Church, Greer, S.C.; refreshments and fel-lowship afterwards.

Revival: Oct. 4-7, 7 nightly, West Memorial Baptist Church, 320 Piedmont Rd., Rutherfordton; guest speak-er, Chris Wells, chaplain of ESPA BASS PRO Tours.

FundraisersCar wash: Saturday, Sept. 12, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., at Faith Temple Christian Church, 111 Kentucky St., Spindale; sponsored by the church youth.

Yard sale: Saturday, Sept. 12, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Shoe Show (beside Wal-Mart); baked goods and hot dog sale; sponsored by Stony Knoll CME Church; proceeds for mission out-reach.

Car wash: Saturday, Sept. 12, begins at 8 a.m., at McDonald’s in Spindale; sponsored by Community Worship Center; $5 per car, donations accepted; pro-ceeds for the roof fund.

Fish fry: Saturday, Sept. 19, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Forest Chapel CME Church, 137 Chapel St., Forest City; fish and chicken plates; adults $8; fish sandwich and drink $3.50; baked goods, indi-vidually wrapped treats and whole cakes.

Benefit singing/supper: Saturday, Sept. 19, Gray’s Creek Baptist Church; hots dogs, chips, drink, dessert from 4 to 6 p.m.; singing 6 to 8 p.m., featuring Just As I Am, Blessed Hope Quartet, The Ray Davis Family, and Gray’s Creek Singers; pro-ceeds for Freedom Baptist Church.

Italian Night Out: Saturday, Sept. 19, 4 to 7 p.m., Oak Grove United Methodist Church, near Ellenboro; spaghetti, lasagna, and other Italian dishes; $8 for adults; ages 12 and under, $4; includes salad, drink and dessert; sponsored by the UMM.

Other Endowment applications: The First United Methodist Church of Forest City is now accepting applications for its endowment for non-prof-it organizations. Application deadline Sept. 30. For more information call 245-6446.

Free clothes: A tractor trailer full of clothes (men, women, boys, girls and infants) will be given away free on Saturday, Sept. 12, at Spindale Fellowship Holiness Church, begin-ning at 7 a.m. The church is located at 405 Deviney St., Spindale. The truck will be parked in the lower parking lot behind the church. Call 288-9088 for information.

Youth Fest 2009: Saturday, Sept. 19, 3 to 7 p.m., Spencer Baptist Church, Spindale; Tabacco Prevention Program with Dr. Tom LaBreche, Dr. Gary Schafer, and Jamie Ingraham, RN; talent show with youth from area churches; free pizza, prizes and T-shirts; for middle grades and high school stu-dents; to reserve seating or for more information call 286-5502.

Outreach Festival: Saturday, Sept. 26, noon to 2 p.m., at Amity Apartments in Forest City; music, food, singing and fellowship; sponsored by New Dimension Church, Rutherfordton.

Fall festival: “Fall for Jesus” fall festival; Saturday, Oct. 3, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Lake Lure Baptist Church; fun for the entire family; inflatables, games, prizes, NASCAR show car, baked goods, crafts, food and much more; the church is located on US Hwy. 64/74 across from the entrance to Riverbend.

UNION MILLS — Centennial United Methodist Church will be in revival Sept. 20-23, with the Rev. Clyde Ramsey Sr. of Apopka, Fla., as guest evange-list.

A native of Rutherford County, Clyde is a son of the late Rev. Carl M. Ramsey Sr. and Inez Ramsey of Forest City. He entered the United States Air Force in 1960 and retired as a master sergeant in 1980. Following his military career, Clyde held several jobs which included teaching Air Force ROTC at Berkeley High School for 18 years.

In 1994, Clyde felt that God was calling him to pastoral min-istry. He soon became the pas-

tor of Monck Corner Church of the Nazarene and completed the course of study for ordi-nation in the Church of the Nazarene through the Nazarene Bible College. He served as a Bi-Vocational pastor in Moncks Corner until 2002 and relocated to Apopka in 2003.

Following retirement from pas-toral ministry in 2005, Clyde currently serves as associate pastor of Parkside Fellowship Church of the Nazarene in Longwood, Fla., where he teach-es an adult Sunday School class and coordinates the adult minis-try program.

He is a graduate of the North American School of Conservation, a graduate of the

Carolina School of Ministry, and holds an associate of arts degree from Isothermal Community College.

Clyde is married to the former Peggy Jean Smith of Apopka. They have three children, Clyde Jr., Laura, and Mary.

Centennial UMC is located at 1473 Boy Scout Rd., Union Mills. The Sunday services will be held at 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m., and MTW, 7 nightly. Special music will be presented each night. The church will also host a kick off cookout on Saturday, Sept. 19, beginning at 5 p.m.

Carl Ramsey Jr., pastor of the church, invites the public to attend.

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UNION MILLS — Piney Ridge CME Church will host a praise celebration on Sunday, Sept. 13, featuring the anointed singer Larry Greene Jr. of Charlotte. The New Vernon Baptist Church choir will also render a song ministry for this service, which begins at 3:30 p.m.

Greene Jr., son of Larry W. Greene and Elizabeth Greene Carson, was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. He was raised in Rutherfordton and educated in Rutherford County Schools. Growing up in a church-going family, Larry often attended choir practice with his mother, and at the age of 9 he told his mother he could lead the song they were practicing. Larry began to sing and the choir members were amazed at how talented he was. At that time, he joined the adult choir as a lead vocal-ist.

Larry served in the United States Army and was stationed in Saudi Arabia during the Gulf War. He is a member of Central Church of God in Charlotte and recorded the CD “Lift Up A Praise” in July 2008. Larry, along with a delegation of mem-bers from his church, recently traveled to Africa to assess the spiritual needs in underprivileged areas of that country. He currently serves on staff at Central Church of God, as well as the Jail and Prison Ministry Outreach.

Larry is married to the former Kimberly Brown, also of Rutherford County, and they have two daughters, Shauntel and Danielle.

Piney Ridge CME Church is located at 4421 Hudlow Rd., Union Mills. The public is invited to attend.

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Life often seems to alternate between abundance and scarcity. Sometimes there is too much rain, and at other times, not enough. Before addressing how to create more abundance in our lives, we should first ask whether we should want more abundance, and if so, what kind. It is possible to have an abundance of bad things or even too much of a good thing. The promotion at work that comes with a raise in pay may also come with so many headaches that we find our self wanting our old job back. Sometimes the quickest route to a life of abundant joy is to simplify our life and get rid of some of our material possessions. Wisdom warns that material things can be “golden shackles” that tie us down and make us miserable. So, how do we attract positive abundance in our lives? Trust in God’s goodness, but also work hard and work smart. Live simply, and live within, or even better, under our means. Save something from every paycheck,

but also be sure to be generous, giving to charity, to our church, and to those less fortunate than us. Paradoxically, those who give the most seem to attract the most abundance; fruit grows on the trees and wheat in the fields, and God wants us to both live and to give abundantly.

Life in AbundanceAnd God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance, so that you may

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online the first day they were on sale.“We rushed to get here as early as we could.”

Amber Martin has been a fan of Rimes since she was a little girl and said it was exciting to be able to see the performer practically in her back-yard.

“This is small town and stuff like that doesn’t happen,” she said.

Fans had only been waiting a short amount of time compared to the time spent by workers who had been at the field since 8:15 Friday morning and planned to be in place until 5 a.m. Saturday.

“I’ve been setting up chairs, putting up poles and signs, setting up tents and moving beer,” said Chris Kuchar.

“We had a few power mishaps, but we have generators,” he said.

When asked how he’d keep up with the demands of nearly a 24-hour work day, Kuchar responded, “I’ll face that problem when it comes to me.”

In the concession stands, Lisa Melton said it was exciting to be a part of the night.

“I’m excited,” she said. “We met the guy practicing right now.

“I go to concerts all the time, but this is my first one to work.”

Miranda Ferguson, who was working with Melton, said those in the conces-sion stand Friday were “half baseball staff, half friends.” She credited the success of the Owls and the support of the community for an event like the concert finally being in town.

“It’s really the community atmo-sphere the Owls have set,” she said.

Ricochet opened the concert, per-forming hits such as “Daddy’s Money” and new single “Feel Like Fallin’.” The band also presented their version of a drum line, complete with bass drums, snares and quads.

“We borrowed these from the guys over at Chase High School,” said lead singer Heath Wright.

Country newcomers Fast Ryde fol-lowed Ricochet, performing their single “That Thang” and entertain-ing with covers of Jon Michael Montgomery’s “Sold” and a rastafarian take on “I Shot the Sheriff.”

Main event Rimes took the stage, thanking Forest City for allowing her to play. Rimes performed until close to 11.Contact Flynn via e-mail at aflynn@the-digitalcourier.com.

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Garrett Byers/ Daily CourierCountry singing star LeAnn Rimes belts out a song during her concert Friday night at McNair Stadium in Forest City.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Federal regulators on Friday said they seized Corus Bancshares Inc., a major Chicago-based lender to con-dominium, office and hotel projects, adding it to the long list of banks that have succumbed this year to the recession and waves of loan defaults.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. took over Corus Bank, which

had $7 billion in total assets, and $7 billion in deposits. The deposits will be assumed by MB Financial Inc., also based in Chicago.

Corus Bank’s 11 branches will open on their next normally scheduled business day as branches of MB Financial Bank.

The closure of Corus Bank, one of the largest banks to fail this year, will cost the FDIC $1.7 billion.

JACKSONVILLE, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina officials arresting a man charged with growing mari-juana also discovered 51 malnour-ished pit bulls on his property.

The Onslow County Sheriff’s Office arrested 37-year-old Lethen Delstonio Pollock of Jacksonville on Thursday for possessing and manufacturing drugs.

Officials were responding to complaints of drug use and pit bull fighting on Pollock’s property when agents found the dozens of dogs chained around marijuana crops and a house.

Authorities say they dogs showed signs of neglect and malnutrition. They were handed over to Onslow County Animal Control.

Jail officials would not say if Pollock had an attorney. He was being held Friday on $105,000 bond.

State Supreme Courtdelays freedom hearing

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — The North Carolina Supreme Court has delayed a hearing over whether a man who has spent 20 years in a state hospital for kill-ing four people and wounding five others in a 1988 shooting spree will be freed.

WXII-TV in Winston-Salem reports that the decision by the high court Friday means Michael Hayes will stay at Dorothea Dix Hospital until Sept. 26, 2010.

The state Court of Appeals ruled last month that Hayes should get a new hearing on whether he should be recommitted.

The Supreme Court is expected to review that decision soon.

Hayes said he thought he was shooting at demons when he alleg-edly fired a .22-caliber rifle into cars stopped at a rural Forsyth County intersection in July 1988.

A jury found him not guilty by reason of insanity the next year.

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

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There are passionate differences of opinion on the present attempt to change our health care delivery

system.But as one of our letters today reflects,

there are many, in Rutherford County and across our country, who need bet-ter options and ways to access our health care system.

Too many are forced to the only place they can go: the local hospital’s emergency room, which experts say is the level of treatment that is the most expensive.

Therefore, we encourage those craft-ing these plans to include legitimate responses for:

■ the millions who have no health care insurance at all.

■ probably as many, who have pre-existing conditions that affect the insurance they can obtain.

No matter what emerges, these two problems need to be solved.

Our Views

Plan must solvetwo key issues

Our readers’ viewsReady for an overhaul, and it’s well overdue

To the editor:For the fortunate who still have

jobs in this great U.S. of A,, and who still have jobs with their employer paying a big percentage of their health care insurance — keep your private insurer. Who cares? At least you still have a job and insurance.

Before the company where I was employed for 26 years went abroad, I loved my job too. I had that private insurer also, and on my wife too. For the last 12 or 15 years of employment with this company, every year I would get a raise as did my private insurer — from my paycheck. So much for my raise.

I loved the freedom of picking my own doctors. Ever hear the phrase, out of network? Well, Webster calls it, and I quote: A system of interlacing tracks, channels or lines; an intercon-nected system. I heard that phrase a lot. Guess I forgot to look at the list of doctors and/or health provisions that my private insurer provided for me.

How about the phrase, pre-existing illness? I loved this one. Boy, my insurer worked hard for me, If I couldn’t tell them my ill-ness was pre-existing, my insurer would go out of its way to try and prove that it was. Face it, that’s why it’s called insurance. They don’t work for you. You work for them.

Ever think something’s wrong with this system? Everything wears out sooner or later and needs a good overhauling. Face it, this system has been worn out and/or broken for a long time now. My wife and I checked around everywhere for health

insurance after we were unfor-tunate and lost our jobs. We just couldn’t pay the $2,000 a month due to pre-existing illnesses we have. Our doctor bills and medi-cines didn’t come to half that amount each month. Are we the only ones who see something wrong with this system?

I found a job out of state. I travel 70 miles a day to work (have for the past four years). But, it’s fading fast. I am down to 24 hours per week. I can no longer pay for the private insurer at work and for the cost of living. My wife and I are not in the best of health, and we’ve about given up. We’re ready for change.

We look forward to an overhaul of our health system and I know I speak for a lot of the millions of people without health insurance in the U.S. What do we do about this problem? Nothing? As we have for many, many years? Any ideas will be greatly appreciated. You can bet the private insurers have about 10 ideas. They’ve got both hands stretched out.

Zale CoffeyEllenboro

Offers a defense for oil exploration

To the editor:Some facts to think about.We get about 40 percent of

our oil from domestic produc-tion, and a vast majority of our imported oil comes from non middle eastern sources. Canada sends us as much oil as the entire Persian Gulf region. Mexico, not much less. U.S. geological survey-ors estimate we’ve got just shy of six trillion barrels of oil.

In 1995, the USGS said that the Bakken formation, in North Dakota and Montana, had

modest amounts of oil. It now believes there are three to four billion barrels of oil. The Mineral Management Service insisted in 1987 there were a mere nine-billion barrels of oil in the gulf of Mexico. Twenty years later, that estimate jumped to 45-bil-lion barrels of oil. Prudhoe Bay, Alaska has generated 15-billion barrels of oil, even though the government insisted it would be empty at nine-billion.

Right now, the MMS guesses that the Atlantic and Pacific out-er continental shell has 14.2 bil-lion barrels of oil. But that num-ber is almost surely very low. The American Petroleum Institute estimates that if we opened the areas that have been off limits to drilling, it would generate some 160,000 new jobs over the next 15 years and raise $1.7 trillion in government revenue to Obama.

U.S. Energy Administration, offshore oil drilling has a 99.99 percent safety record since 1975. One-thousandth of one percent of the oil pumped since then has spilled, mostly in relatively tiny quantities that were easy to clean up. Seventy-five percent of the oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico were hit by the two back-to-back category five hurricanes, Katrina and Rita, in 2005, according to Mineral Management Service.

Highland Capital, who focuses on clean technology, said at a conference, that if you increase the efficiency of coal by one per-cent, “you will replace all the power from solar by a factor of 30.” The U.S. has 29 percent of the world’s reserves of oil. The Iranian oil company, one percent. Obama wants only wind, solar and biofuels energy.

John KurtzBostic

It’s time for all to calm down, quit being jerksRALEIGH – If Forrest

Gump’s mama was right that “stupid is as stupid does,” then there are quite a few North Carolina politicians, activists, and political com-mentators whose recent pub-lic behavior makes them as thick as old molasses.

It has become all the rage to ridicule one’s political opponents as not just mis-taken but stupid. Democrats are doing it right now by making fun of the so-called Birthers who question President Barack Obama’s place of birth. They refer to polls indicating that signifi-cant numbers of Republican-leaning voters aren’t con-vinced that Obama was born in the United States.

It wasn’t that long ago, however, that it was the Republicans doing the name-calling. Back in the 2006-08 period, they had a field day pointing out the large number of Democratic-leaning voters who thought that the 9/11 attacks were an inside job. They were called Truthers – which is,

of course, what the term Birther is a response to.

I don’t think it’s an accident that GOP types resorted to ridicule back when their political prospects first dark-ened, and that Dem types are resorting to it now that their favorite public poli-cies and politicians are in trouble. When things don’t appear to be going your way, there is a strong temptation to come up with excuses.

In politics, those facing or coping with electoral losses save their egos and their heartfelt beliefs by blaming the ignorance (if not always the stupidity) of the voters. It’s a phase. When the politi-cal winds shift, as inevitably they do, the voters suddenly become wise and knowledge-able.

With regard to Truthers, Birthers, and other Flat-Earthers, my advice is for everyone to just calm down and stop making such jack-asses of themselves.

Instead of assuming the worst, take a closer look at the particular poll questions involved and apply a little common sense. For example, when a voter responds to a question about where Obama was born with uncertainty, don’t assume that he must necessarily believe the presi-dent was born in Kenya, Indonesia, or the planet Vulcan. Some of these voters may indeed doubt the official story but others are likely just not sure whether Hawaii became a state before or after Obama’s birth, and whether that matters in determining his citizenship.

Rather than yanking a sin-gle poll question out of con-text and using it to declare large swaths of the voting population to be idiots, folks should look at broader mea-sures of voter knowledge.

They’ve been around for decades.

For example, the Pew Research Center has released a number of nationwide surveys through its Pew Knowledge Project. The most recent one, from April 2009, examines public knowledge of such issues as the reces-sion, bank bailouts, and for-eign policy. Here are some of the key findings:

■ Out of 12 questions on the news survey, the average number of correct answers was 7.4. The highest rate of right answers, 83 percent, involved a question about the federal government creating policies to encourage banks to lend. The lowest rate, 38 percent, came when respon-dents were asked how many American troops had died in Iraq.

■ Republicans were slightly more likely (8.1) than Democrats (7.2) or Independents (7.3) to answer questions correctly. This is a familiar finding in such quizzes. You’ll also typi-cally find that men score a

little better than women, older voters score better than younger voters, and the pro-pensity to answer correctly rises with income and educa-tion.

None of these findings necessarily speaks to intel-ligence, by the way. Differing patterns of news consump-tion probably explain a lot of it. And if you think that only those who can remember the current Dow Jones average or war casualty counts are capable of casting wise votes or are worth paying atten-tion to, you have a distorted view of human wisdom in my opinion.

Both of America’s political coalitions, the Center-Right and the Center-Left, include people who know a lot about current events and people who know little. The pro-portions don’t differ all that much. It is silly to pretend otherwise. Some might even say it’s stupid.

Hood is president of the John Locke Foundation.

Syndicated columnist

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LocaL/obituaries

Bill Doggett Thomas C. “Bill” Doggett

Sr., 89 of 723 Bethany Church Rd., Forest City, died Friday Sept. 11, 2009 at Hospice House in Forest City.

A native of Rutherford County, he was a son of the late John Simpson Doggett and Ida Carroll Doggett.

He was a member of Bethany Baptist Church, where he was a deacon and served on various commit-tees. He was employed by the Paul Doggett Oil Company of Forest City for 35 years and retired from Robbins Oil Company.

He was also preceded in death by his wife of 53 years, Edith Roberts Doggett who died in 1997. He and his wife founded Edgewood Rest Home in Forest City, which they operated from 1964 until 1971.

Survivors include his son, Tommy Doggett of Forest City, two grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Bethany Baptist Church with the Rev. Marvin Green offi-ciating. Interment will fol-low in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the church.

Memorials may be made to Bethany Baptist Church, 760 Bethany Church Rd., Forest City, NC 28043; or to Hospice of Rutherford County, P.O. Box 336, Forest City, NC 28043.

The Padgett and King Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.

Online condolences www.padgett-king.com.

Ollie FreemanOllie P. Freeman, 76, of

715 Ledbetter Rd., Spindale, died Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009 at White Oak Manor in Rutherfordton.

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

Richard McKinneyRichard McKinney, 79, of

289 Abrams & Moore Rd., Rutherfordton, died Friday, Sept. 11, 2009 at Rutherford Hospital.

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

Gertrude BainesLOS ANGELES (AP) —

Although she liked her bacon crispy and her chicken fried, she never drank, smoked or fooled around, Gertrude Baines once said, describing a life that lasted an astonish-ing 115 years and earned her the title of oldest person on the planet.

It was a title Baines quietly relinquished Friday when she died in her sleep at Western Convalescent Hospital, her home since she gave up living alone at age 107 after break-ing a hip.

She likely suffered a heart attack, said her longtime physician, Dr. Charles Witt, although an autopsy was scheduled to determine the exact cause of death.

Baines was born in Shellman, Ga., on April 6, 1894, when Grover Cleveland was in the White House, radio communication was just being developed and television was still more than a half-century from becom-ing a ubiquitous household presence.

She was 4 years old when the Spanish-American War broke out and 9 when the first World Series was played. She had already reached middle age by the time the U.S. entered World War II in 1941.

Throughout it all, Baines said last year, it was a life she thoroughly enjoyed.

“I’m glad I’m here. I don’t care if I live a hundred more,” she said with a hearty laugh after casting her vote for Barack Obama for president. “I enjoy nothing but eating and sleeping.”

Her vote for Obama, she added, had helped fulfill a

lifelong dream of seeing a black man elected president.

“We all the same, only our skin is dark and theirs is white,” said Baines, who was black.

The centenarian, who worked as a maid at Ohio State University dormitories until her retirement, had out-lived all of her family mem-bers. Her only daughter died of typhoid at age 18.

Herbert GabhartNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP)

— Herbert C. Gabhart, who worked at the helm of the Belmont University as chan-cellor for the past 27 years, has died. He was 95.

The private Christian uni-versity said he died Thursday morning in Nashville.

Gabhart served as presi-dent of the private university starting in 1959 when it was called Belmont College and enrolled just 360 students. By the time he retired as president in 1982, the school’s enrollment had grown to more than 2,000.

William FedericiSANTA FE, N.M. (AP)

— Former New Mexico Supreme Court Chief Justice William Federici has died at age 92.

Federici, who served on the court from 1977 to 1986, died Wednesday at his Santa Fe home.

The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in 2000 honored him for “sterling character and unquestioned integrity.”

Marilyn WilliamsWAPPAPELLO, Mo. (AP)

— Marilyn Williams, a state representative from south-east Missouri through most of the 1990s, has died of can-cer.

Williams’ family said she died Wednesday at her home in Wappapello. She was 55.

Williams was a Democrat first elected in a special elec-tion in 1991. She was defeat-ed by Republican Rob Mayer of Dexter in the 2000 elec-tion.

Robert H. MillerTOPEKA, Kan. (AP) —

Former Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Robert H. Miller has died. He was 90.

Miller was appointed to the court in 1975 by Gov. Robert Bennett. He served as chief justice from September 1988 until he retired from the bench in September 1990.

His legal career began in 1946, after four years in the Army. He went on to serve as Paola city attorney and Miami County attorney. He became a Miami County dis-trict court judge in 1961, then a federal magistrate in 1969.

Juanita BrooksNEW ORLEANS (AP) —

New Orleans blues and jazz singer Juanita Brooks, who performed at popular clubs in her hometown and all over the world, has died.

Details surrounding the singer’s death have not yet been released, but close family friend Benny Jones says Brooks died sometime between Wednesday night and early Thursday morning.

He said Brooks was in her 50s.

Sheriff’s Reportsn The Rutherford County

Sheriff’s Office responded to 122 E-911 calls Thursday.n Drema Annette Taylor

reported the theft of audio and video recordings.n T.J. Boykins reported the

theft of an all-terrain vehicle.n Gilbert Charles Sorg

reported the theft of a gun and jewelry.n William Keith Crook

reported the theft of money from a motor vehicle.

Rutherfordtonn The Rutherfordton Police

Department responded to 24 E-911 calls Thursday.

Spindalen The Spindale Police

Department responded to 23 E-911 calls Thursday.

Lake Luren The Lake Lure Police

Department responded to four E-911 calls Thursday.

Forest Cityn The Forest City Police

Department responded to 59 E-911 calls Thursday.n An officer of the Forest

City Police Department reported damage to property. The incident occurred on Heritage Avenue.n An employee of Wal-

Mart reported a larceny.

n An employee of Murphy USA reported the theft of motor fuel.

Arrestsn Charles Glenn Bradley

Jr., of Greenfield Drive, Forest City; arrested on a warrant for failure to appear and also charged with resist, obstruct and delay; placed under a $400 cash bond. (FCPD)n Steven Brock McGinnis,

28, of 166 McGinnis Rd.; charged with three counts of misdemeanor proba-tion violation; placed under a $15,000 secured bond. (Probation)n Amanda Lee Shelton, 26,

of 109 Park Circle; charged with simple assault; placed under a 48-hour hold. (RCSD)n Montavious Eugene

Parks, 18, of 166 Pointer Rd.; charged with injury to personal property; released on a $200 unsecured bond. (RCSD)n Brandon Lee Conner, 18,

of 2010 U.S. 64/74; charged with misdemeanor larceny; released on a $5,000 unse-cured bond. (RCSD)n Kaylene Ruhnke, 16, of

157 Cable Tower Rd.; charged with resisting a public officer and disorderly conduct; freed on a custody release. (RCSD)n Roger Dale Holland,

22, of 394 Buck Collins Rd.; charged with assault and

battery; released on a $1,000 unsecured bond. (RCSD)n Otis Everett Adams,

21, of 2131 Wilmore Drive; charged with obtain property by false pretense and fail-ure to appear; placed under a $10,000 secured bond. (RCSD)n Thomas Martin Elfers,

49, of 104 Butternut Lane; charged with manufacture marijuana, maintain place/ vehicle/ dwelling for con-trolled substance and posses-sion with intent to sell and deliver marijuana; released on a $20,000 unsecured bond. (RCSD)

EMS/Rescue

n The Rutherford County EMS responded to 31 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 Forest City firefighters

responded to an unknown type of fire.n Hudlow firefighters

responded to a motor vehicle crash.

n Rutherfordton firefight-ers responded to a fire alarm.n Spindale firefighters

responded to a gas leak.

CAR TAKES OUT POWER POLE

A power pole was struck on West Main Street in Forest City, at about 3 p.m. Friday just as school was dis-missed in many areas. The road was closed temporarily until util-ity workers could reset another pole and tie it to the broken pole. Jean McSwain was driving a Chevrolet Cavalier when she went off the road and hit the utility pole. She was not injured. Hoyle said the traffic flow through the area was expected to resume at about 4 p.m. Power was shut down at about 3:30 p.m. to its lone customer, Wilco-Hess, for at least an hour. Rutherford County EMS, Forest City Fire Department, Forest City police, Forest City Public Works Department and Crime Control assisted at the scene.

ICC will not mail annual catalogue

SPINDALE — Due to the current budget situation, the Isothermal Community College Fall 2009 LINKS Continuing Education cata-logs will not be mass mailed to the community.

The catalog will be avail-able online at www.iso-thermal.edu/conedu/. If you would like to receive a catalog, or to pre-register for classes, call 286-3636, ext. 346 and one will be mailed to you.

Catalogs will also be avail-able at various public sites throughout the community.

Reading program will begin Monday

RUTHERFORDTON —The Littlest Reader Program begins Monday at KidSenses children’s museum in Rutherfordton. Children ages 3 to 5 are invited to partici-pate in the 10-week program.

Cost is $125 for museum members and $150 for non-members.

The Literacy and Language Development Program, Kinesthetic Learning, will be from 9:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. each Monday.

The program uses a unique combination of high energy physical routines with engag-ing literacy and language development activities to promote optimal early child-hood development.

Every Monday will be an intensive multi-sensory approach that continuously challenges young students.

The program is designed to develop physiological and neurological readiness skills essential for classroom suc-cess. Take-home extension activities will be provided. Call 286-2120 to register.

Elliott will be at library today

BILLS CREEK — Todd Elliott of Union Mills will talk about his Honeybee

Project during a “Back to School” event at Mountains Branch Library today at noon.

The library is located at 150 Bill’s Creek Road, Lake Lure. Elliott will render a lively and fun lesson on the impor-tance of the honeybee from as he sings, dances and plays the fiddle. The goal is to raise awareness, educate and demystify the honeybee.

Village Council meets on Tuesday

FOREST CITY — Chimney Rock Village Council will meet Tuesday in the Community Meeting Room at the fire department for its regular business session.

Council will discuss a pro-posed resolution regarding a Dept. of Transportation proj-ect to replace a bridge over the Broad river on US Hwy. 64/74 near Bill’s Creek Road.

Council will also receive routine reports from Mayor Barbara Meliski, council and staff.

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“Heroic firefighters and police officers responded to the World Trade Center attack,” McCurry said. “Courageously they went up the stairs as everyone else was coming down. These heroes knew that they were in a very dangerous situation, but they did not hesitate.

“This is what heroes do. They act in spite of great danger. They help oth-ers. They risk their lives for us.

“Three hundred and forty-three fire-fighters and 72 police officers died in the line of duty on that day. They per-formed their duty at the highest level possible. They were patriots, and we will never forget them.”

A particularly wrenching moment in the ceremony was the Tolling of the Bell tribute, a firefighter tradition.

The program for the memorial explained that, “When a firefighter died in the line of duty, the fire alarm officer would tap out a special signal. That signal was five measured dashes,

then a pause, then five measured dashes, another pause … then five more dashes.”

“Today, the bell rings in tribute, honor and memory of those who served,” firefighter Dennis Matheny told those attending the ceremony Friday. Tears glistened as the ceremo-nial silver bell at the FCFD rang out the sequence of five taps, three times.

Thomas Jefferson Classical Grammar School students attended the service to lead the pledge of allegiance and to sing “God Bless America.” Chief McCurry said, “I want to say a special thank you to this group of kids for coming today. A lot of them are too young to remember Sept. 11, 2001, but we appreciate you coming today and helping us with this memorial.”

Assistant Chief Ferrell Hamrick offered opening remarks on this eighth anniversary of the Sept. 11 tragedy.

“Patriot Day is an annual service that occurs on Sept. 11, in honor and remembrance of those who were injured or died during the terrorist attack on the United States on Sept.

11, 2001,” he said. “Many Americans refer to Patriot Day as 9/11 or Sept. 11. It’s held in memory of nearly 3,000 people who died during the terrorist attacks that occurred in New York; Washington, D.C.; Shanksville, Pa.; and other places in the United States.”

Jerry Ruppe, pastor of Long Branch Road Baptist Church, provided the invocation, noting, “We are grateful that we have the privilege today to remember those who were willing to give their lives for someone else.”

The audience also watched a video of compelling 9/11 images on a large-screen television provided by R&R Satellites. And McCurry told the audience that the Marine Corps League got up early Friday morning to put out American flags downtown.

McCurry ended the service by say-ing, “Let’s be patriots. Let’s support our military personnel, our firefight-ers, our police, our emergency person-nel. They are out here risking their lives for us.”

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Scruggs said after taxes, he was left with around $36,000 – money to use to pay off his truck and for fun.

“I went and bought a TV this morn-ing,” he said.

The odds of winning a $50,000 prize on a scratch off card, accord-ing to the North Carolina Education Lottery, is 1 in 1.5 million. Scruggs said the lottery’s Web site said there

were only eight winning cards. “I’m disabled too. This just made my

day,” he said. Scruggs’ win has also brought nota-

riety to the store. A copy of his win-ning ticket and the amount hangs above the checkout counter and as shoppers made purchases, several asked about it.

“Did you really have someone who won?” asked Patti Bland. “I want to buy a ticket now.”

Hull said the lottery officials said sometimes there are several winning

tickets in the same store. The lottery will also provide a banner to place outside the store saying a $50,000 winning ticket was sold there.

“I love seeing people we know win,” she said.

“It was close to 9 when I scratched it off too,” Scruggs said. “Nine is defi-nitely my lucky number now.”

Scruggs said he’d won a couple of hundred dollars before and might try for the $100,000 now.

“If I won the $100,000, you might as well just go ahead and bury me.”

Support groupsGrace Support Group: The Grace Caregiver Support Group will hold the following meetings:Friday, Sept. 18, 1 to 2:30 p.m., at the Senior Center; topic — Finding Humor In Caregiving; speaker, Mary Mitchell; Tuesday, Oct. 6, 5:30 to 7 p.m., at Rutherford LIFECare; topic — Survival Tips for Demenia Patient Caregivers; speaker, Dr. Larry Hedgemapt, MD; Friday, Oct. 16, 1 to 2:30 p.m., at the Senior Center; topic — Self Care, Stress Management and Sharing Experiences; facilitator, Patty Olson, BSW.

reunionsBeaver family reunion: Sunday, Sept. 12, Big Springs Baptist Church, Ellenboro; call 657-6385 for more information.

Camby family reunion: Sunday, Sept. 20, covered dish lunch 1 p.m., at Pleasant Grove Church in Fairview.

FundraisersPlant auction, hot dog supper: Saturday, Sept. 19, 3 p.m., Crestview Park, Rutherfordton; large variety of registered daylilies and other perennials; sponsored by Foothills Daylily Society.

Benefit barbecue: For Myrtle Greenholtz (kidney transplant patient), and Gary Zenker, (kidney donor); Saturday, Sept. 19, begins at 11 a.m., at First Wesleyan Church, Forest City; plates $7; whole butts $30, includes slaw and sauce; baked goods, yard sale items, auction, car wash and live music; orders must be placed in advance for whole butts, call 245-4064.

Historical Society fundraiser: The Rutherford County Historical Society will tour of the Washburn Historic District and nearby prop-erties on Saturday, Sept. 26, from 9 a.m. until noon. Tickets are $5 each and may be purchased on the day of the event at Washburn General Store, 2426 Bostic-Sunshine Highway. All proceeds will benefit the Historical Society. For more information call (828) 447-1474.

MiscellaneousYouth Fest 2009: Saturday, Sept. 19, 3 to 7 p.m., Spencer Baptist Church, Spindale; Tabacco Prevention Program with Dr. Tom LaBreche, Dr. Gary Schafer, and Jamie Ingraham, RN; talent show with youth from area churches; free pizza, prizes and t-shirts; for middle grades and high school stu-dents; to reserve seating or for more information call 286-5502.

Hours changing: All Rutherford County Convenience Centers will be closed on Sundays, beginning Nov. 1. And will now close at 7 p.m., beginning Nov. 2.

Book sale: Spindale Public Library will hold a book sale Saturday, Sept. 19, beginning at 10 a.m., (during the Spindale Fall Festival) at the Spindale House.

Foothills Harvest Outreach Ministries will hold a 50 percent off sale on all men’s clothes. The store is located at 120 E. Trade St., Forest City.

Celebration of the Arts: Sept. 18-22, at the ICC Foundation build-ing lobby; 9 to 5 daily, and Sunday 1 to 5 p.m.; works of 50 artists will be on display; registrations for fall studio art classes will also be taken. For information visit rcvag.com or call 828-288-5009.

ICC classesTo receive the ICC Continuing Education Fall 2009 catalog, call 286-3636, ext. 346, and a copy will be mailed to you. The catalog is also available online at www.isothermal.edu/conedu/.

Real Estate Broker course: Real Estate Broker Pre-Licensing Course; must be at least 18 to take the state exam; MTTh, Sept. 14 - Oct. 12, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; fee $175; required texts $100.93; course #14750; call 286-3636, ext. 346 to pre-register.

Fitness Swim (lap swim): Must pre-register and pay prior to class, but you can enter at any time dur-ing the session; MWF, Sept. 14 - Dec. 11, 7 to 7:50 a.m.; course #14745; or MTWTh, Sept. 14 - Nov. 12, 5:30 to 6:20 p.m.; course #14745; fee $59; call 286-3636, ext. 346 to pre-register.

Water Exercise: Must pre-register and pay prior to class, but you can enter at any time during the ses-sion; MWF, Sept. 14 - Dec. 11, 9 to 9:50 a.m.; course #13423; or MTWTh, Sept. 14 - Nov. 12, 4:40 to 5:30 p.m.; course #14737; fee $59; call 286-3636, ext. 346 to pre-register.

Adult Learn To Swim/Family Swim: Must pre-register and pay prior to class, but you can enter at any time during the session; MW, Sep. 14 - Dec. 21, 7:45 to 9 p.m.; course #14739; or Saturday, Sept. 19 - Jan. 2, 9 to 11:30 a.m.; course #14742; fee $59; call 286-3636, ext. 346 to pre-register.

was walking in his first Survivor’s Walk, although he’s been a can-cer survivor 21 years, having been diagnosed at age 15. Steed came to support his nephew. They hung out together with the Cutting up on Mane Relay Team.

Among those sharing their sto-ries were Ann Hutchins, 21 years surviving breast cancer; Linda Cunningham, two years; Phyllis Deese, eight years, breast cancer.

Teresa Stevens was celebrating her first year as a survivor. She was at Relay for Life last year, but not as a cancer survivor. In fact, she said, she was between doctor’s visit and a diag-nosis.

“There were tears because I wasn’t sure what was ahead,” Stevens said.

The diagnosis that came just days after Relay was cancer. Friday night she walked the Survivor’s Walk with husband Crayton, a six-year prostate cancer survivor.

“We’re proud to be wearing purple,”

they said.Geneva Jenkins is nearing her 40th

year as a breast cancer survivor. She walked with her husband, Jack, a prostate survivor since 1992. Their daughter Gleena Bright, a breast can-cer survivor for 17 years and her hus-band, Max Bright, a 12-year survivor of prostate cancer, walked together. Their daughter Starr Morrow and daughter-in-law Sherry Bright were manning the Dance Weavers booth, raising money for further research.

Brenda Morrow has been survivor of melanoma 18 years and her daughter, Amanda Morrow, is a two-year survi-vor of thyroid cancer.

Joining them was another family member, Janet Carpenter, a two-year breast cancer survivor.

Alison Gantt, diagnosed with a brain tumor at age 6, is a 14-year survivor. A student at Isothermal Community College, Grant is one of the top fund raisers each year at Florence Baptist Church. She made the lap with several of her fellow church members, also survivors.

Some survivors walked hand-in-hand, others were in wheelchairs, oth-

ers used walkers. Many carried the white and purple balloons.

Survivors are evidence the money raised through Relay for Life is saving lives of those stricken with cancer as research continues daily.

The Survivors Walk was among the highlights of the annual Relay for Life event Friday evening as nearly 40 teams gathered to complete months of fundraising, reaching toward a $200,000 goal.

There was plenty of home-made ice cream, pop corn, jewelry, hot dogs, beverages, balloon, bubbles and the AGI store was a huge hit.

At 9 p.m. the lights were out as luminaries were burning along the track and in the bleachers in memory of those who lost their fight with can-cer. The crowd became very quiet as each person left their campsites to walk around the track together, read-ing quietly the names.

Games and activities were to last almost all night and at 8:30 a.m. today teams will break-up camps.

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Amy Hull, manager of Earl’s Short Stop in Six Points, is pictured with J.B. Scruggs who on Wednesday pur-chased a $2 scratch off lottery ticket and won $50,000. After winning on Sept. 9, Scruggs said 9 is his new lucky num-ber.

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Chase .JV .wins . . . . . . . . . .on .last .minute .TD

CHERRYVILLE — Blake Martin burst into the end zone with just over a min-ute remaining to put the JV Trojans on the scoreboard.

The 6 yard run left Chase trailing 7-6, and the Trojans’ coaching staff rolled the dice for the win.

Martin slammed into the end zone with a 2-point conversion to give the Trojans the win.

Chase will face West Lincoln next Thursday, Sept. 17.

Thomas .Jefferson .wins .second .straight

AVONDALE — Following a number of close early season losses, the Thomas Jefferson soccer team has won two straight contests after get-ting past West Lincoln 3-2, on Thursday night.

David Snyder, who earned the game-winning header on Wednesday against Mitchell, captured his second game-winning shot of the week, as he ran through the box finish-ing a kick for goal, to prevail them over the Rebels. Michael Mellnik was credited with the assist that allows the Gryphons to move their record to 2-6 overall, but 1-0 in conference since the game was a non-con-ference match.

Snyder also finished off a play in the first half for his first goal on the night, thanks to an Aaron Shumate assist, but West Lincoln led 2-1 at the break.

Billy Krier and Michael Dedmon tied it up in the sec-ond half on a corner kick. Krier spotted Dedmon, who squared the ball for a header, setting up for Snyder’s heroics.

9:55 a.m. (ESPN2) English Premier League Soccer Liv-erpool vs. Burnley. 12 p.m. (WBTV) (WSPA) U.S. Open Tennis Men’s Semifinals. 12 p.m. (WLOS) College Football Stanford at Wake Forest. 12 p.m. (WYCW) College Football Troy at Florida.12 p.m. (ESPN) (ESPN2) College Football Teams TBA. 12 p.m. (FSS) College Foot-ball Iowa at Iowa State.3 p.m. (WYFF) PGA Tour Golf BMW Championship — Third Round. 3:30 p.m. (WSOC) (WLOS) College Football Notre Dame at Michigan. 3:30 p.m. (WMYA) College Football Appalachian State at McNeese State. 3:30 p.m. (ESPN2) College Football BYU at Tulane. (FSS) College Football Hous-ton at Oklahoma State. 4 p.m. (WHNS) MLB Base-ball Atlanta Braves at St. Louis Cardinals. 4 p.m. (ESPN) College Foot-ball UCLA at Tennessee. 7 p.m. (ESPN2) College Football South Carolina at Georgia. 7 p.m. (FSS) College Foot-ball Mississippi State at Auburn.7 p.m. (TS) College Football Tennessee State at Jackson State. 7:30 p.m. (WSOC) (WLOS) NASCAR Racing Sprint Cup — Chevy Rock & Roll 400. 8 p.m. (WBTV) (WSPA) U.S. Open Tennis Women’s Final. 8 p.m. (ESPN) College Foot-ball USC at Ohio State. 10 p.m. (SHO) Boxing Mik-kel Kessler vs. Gusmyl Per-domo. 10:15 p.m. (FSS) College Football Purdue at Oregon.

By JACOB CONLEYSports Corresondent

CHASE — Chase’s Julius Miller did his best Julius Peppers impression, pressuring and inter-cepting a Thomas Bass pass that sealed Chase’s first victory of the season, a 10-7 win over Cherryville.

“I’m so proud of the kids and in particular (Tyreece) Gossett who ran our offense well,” said Brad Causby. “The future looks bright for Chase.”

On their second play from scrimmage, Devon Hines, who finished with 106 yards on the night, broke off a 42-yard run. Chase was able to gain another first down on the drive, but Gossett was sacked on a fourth down play to turn the ball over.

After the teams swapped possessions, Chase got good field position at the Cherryville 39-yard line.

From that point, the Trojans gave the Ironmen a steady dose of Gossett and Hines; with Gossett covering the final eight yards on a designed draw to give Chase a 7-0 lead with 11:02 left before half.

Cherryville began its next series by running away from the interior of the Chase defensive line as Barron Freeman ripped off several long runs, but the Trojans stiffened and forced the visitors

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By KEVIN CARVERSports Correspondent

RUTHERFORDTON — R-S Central might have been looking back or ahead when it hosted McDowell Friday night, considering they were coming off a big win over Polk County and anticipating a battle with Tuscola next week.

Those who thought that, would be wrong, as the Hilltoppers (4-0) got offensive production on the ground and through the air and put together another strong defensive effort to take a 48-6 win over the Titans (0-4).

Central built a 28-0 lead in the first half behind a 173-total yards of offense in the first half, including 68-yards passing.

Central took over at its own 37 for its first possession and used 11 plays to march 63 yards for a score. Quarterback Jacob Kinlaw tallied 32 yards rushing to lead the way and Oddie Murray took it into the end zone on a four-yard run up the middle. Cody Owens kicked the point after to give the Hilltoppers an early 7-0 lead.

The Hilltoppers then put together

a 7-play scoring drive after regain-ing possession at the Titans 42 yard line. Kinlaw combined with receiver Darrien Watkins on two big passes for a combined 24 yards to set up Corey Jimerson’s 16-yard touchdown catch. Owens added his second PAT to make it 14-0 at the end of the opening quar-ter.

McDowell drove to the Hilltoppers 18-yard line early in the second period before Watkins picked off a pass for the Hilltoppers and returned it 63 yards, setting up the next Central

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R-S Central coaches give players direc-tions during a time out in the action in Friday’s game against McDowell.

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Hilltoppers crush Titans, 48-6

Trojans get first victory

Daily Courier photoChase defender Blake Greene (68) pulls a Cherryville runner to the ground during the fourth quarter of the Trojans’ Friday night battle.

By SCOTT BOWERSDaily Courier Sports Editor

FOREST CITY — East Rutherford’s Adrian Wilkins finished with 216 total yards and two touchdowns as the Cavaliers clipped West Henderson, 25-21, Friday.

Wilkins caught a 59-yard touchdown pass and rushed for a 41 yard score, but his most important run didn’t result in points, at least not directly.

East (2-2), backed up at its own 10-yard line, and trailing by three, 21-18, late in the third quarter, pitched the ball to Wilkins on first down. The speedy junior zigged and zagged on a 65-yard run that seemed to cover two different zip codes and resulted in a first down at the West 25-yard line. Two plays later, Justin Barksdale powered into the end zone from 13 yards out for the eventual game-winning touchdown. East’s Ryan Bailey tacked on the extra and the Cavs took the 25-21 lead.

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Daily Courier photoEast Coach Clint Bland eyes the action as the second quarter drew to a close with his team trailing, 21-18, to West Henderson. The Cavaliers rallied to take a 25-21 victory.

Cavs rally past Falcons, 25-21

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FOOTBALLNational Football League

AMERICAN CONFERENCEEast

W L T Pct PF PABuffalo 0 0 0 .000 0 0Miami 0 0 0 .000 0 0New England 0 0 0 .000 0 0N.Y. Jets 0 0 0 .000 0 0

South W L T Pct PF PAIndianapolis 0 0 0 .000 0 0Houston 0 0 0 .000 0 0Jacksonville 0 0 0 .000 0 0Tennessee 0 1 0 .000 10 13

North W L T Pct PF PAPittsburgh 1 0 0 1.000 13 10Baltimore 0 0 0 .000 0 0Cincinnati 0 0 0 .000 0 0Cleveland 0 0 0 .000 0 0

West W L T Pct PF PADenver 0 0 0 .000 0 0Kansas City 0 0 0 .000 0 0Oakland 0 0 0 .000 0 0San Diego 0 0 0 .000 0 0

NATIONAL CONFERENCEEast

W L T Pct PF PADallas 0 0 0 .000 0 0N.Y. Giants 0 0 0 .000 0 0Philadelphia 0 0 0 .000 0 0Washington 0 0 0 .000 0 0

South W L T Pct PF PAAtlanta 0 0 0 .000 0 0Carolina 0 0 0 .000 0 0New Orleans 0 0 0 .000 0 0Tampa Bay 0 0 0 .000 0 0

North W L T Pct PF PAChicago 0 0 0 .000 0 0Detroit 0 0 0 .000 0 0Green Bay 0 0 0 .000 0 0Minnesota 0 0 0 .000 0 0

West W L T Pct PF PAArizona 0 0 0 .000 0 0St. Louis 0 0 0 .000 0 0San Francisco 0 0 0 .000 0 0Seattle 0 0 0 .000 0 0

Thursday’s GamesPittsburgh 13, Tennessee 10, OTSunday’s GamesMiami at Atlanta, 1 p.m.N.Y. Jets at Houston, 1 p.m.Detroit at New Orleans, 1 p.m.Denver at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.Kansas City at Baltimore, 1 p.m.Dallas at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.Minnesota at Cleveland, 1 p.m.Philadelphia at Carolina, 1 p.m.Jacksonville at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.St. Louis at Seattle, 4:15 p.m.Washington at N.Y. Giants, 4:15 p.m.San Francisco at Arizona, 4:15 p.m.Chicago at Green Bay, 8:20 p.m.Monday’s GameBuffalo at New England, 7 p.m.San Diego at Oakland, 10:15 p.m.Sunday, Sept. 20Houston at Tennessee, 1 p.m.Minnesota at Detroit, 1 p.m.Carolina at Atlanta, 1 p.m.St. Louis at Washington, 1 p.m.New England at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.Oakland at Kansas City, 1 p.m.Cincinnati at Green Bay, 1 p.m.New Orleans at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.Arizona at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.Tampa Bay at Buffalo, 4:05 p.m.Seattle at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m.Pittsburgh at Chicago, 4:15 p.m.Baltimore at San Diego, 4:15 p.m.Cleveland at Denver, 4:15 p.m.N.Y. Giants at Dallas, 8:20 p.m.Monday, Sept. 21Indianapolis at Miami, 8:30 p.m.

National League

East Division W L Pct GBPhiladelphia 80 59 .572 — Florida 75 66 .536 5 Atlanta 72 68 .514 8 New York 62 79 .443 18 Washington 49 92 .343 32

Central Division W L Pct GBSt. Louis 84 57 .596 — Chicago 72 67 .514 11Houston 68 72 .486 15 1/2Milwaukee 66 73 .475 17 Cincinnati 63 78 .450 21Pittsburgh 54 84 .391 28 1/2

West Division W L Pct GBLos Angeles 83 58 .589 — Colorado 81 60 .574 2 San Francisco 76 64 .543 6 1/2San Diego 63 78 .447 20 Arizona 62 79 .440 21

Wednesday’s GamesChicago Cubs 8, Pittsburgh 5St. Louis 5, Milwaukee 1San Diego 4, San Francisco 2Philadelphia 6, Washington 5Florida 6, N.Y. Mets 3Houston 2, Atlanta 1Colorado 4, Cincinnati 3Arizona 4, L.A. Dodgers 3Thursday’s GamesColorado 5, Cincinnati 1Washington 8, Philadelphia 7Florida 13, N.Y. Mets 4Atlanta 9, Houston 7Friday’s GamesChicago Cubs 6, Cincinnati 4Philadelphia 4, N.Y. Mets 2Washington 5, Florida 3Pittsburgh at Houston, lateAtlanta at St. Louis, lateMilwaukee at Arizona, lateColorado at San Diego, lateL.A. Dodgers at San Francisco, lateSaturday’s GamesCincinnati at Chicago Cubs, 1:05 p.m.Atlanta at St. Louis, 4:10 p.m.N.Y. Mets at Philadelphia, 4:10 p.m.Washington at Florida, 6:10 p.m.Pittsburgh at Houston, 7:05 p.m.Milwaukee at Arizona, 8:10 p.m.L.A. Dodgers at San Francisco, 9:05 p.m.Colorado at San Diego, 10:05 p.m.Sunday’s GamesN.Y. Mets at Philadelphia, 1:05 p.m., 1st gameWashington at Florida, 1:10 p.m.Pittsburgh at Houston, 2:05 p.m.Atlanta at St. Louis, 2:15 p.m.Cincinnati at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m.Colorado at San Diego, 4:05 p.m.L.A. Dodgers at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m.Milwaukee at Arizona, 4:10 p.m.N.Y. Mets at Philadelphia, 8:05 p.m., 2nd game

American League

East Division W L Pct GBNew York 91 50 .645 — Boston 81 58 .583 9 Tampa Bay 72 68 .514 18 1/2Toronto 64 77 .450 27 1/2Baltimore 56 83 .403 34

Central Division W L Pct GBDetroit 75 65 .540 — Minnesota 70 70 .500 5 1/2Chicago 70 71 .496 6 Cleveland 60 80 .432 15 1/2 Kansas City 56 85 .393 20

West Division W L Pct GBLos Angeles 84 55 .604 — Texas 79 60 .568 5 Seattle 72 69 .511 13 Oakland 62 77 .446 22

Wednesday’s GamesTexas 10, Cleveland 0N.Y. Yankees 4, Tampa Bay 2Minnesota 4, Toronto 1Boston 7, Baltimore 5Kansas City 5, Detroit 1Chicago White Sox 4, Oakland 3, 13 inningsL.A. Angels 6, Seattle 3Thursday’s GamesToronto 3, Minnesota 2Kansas City 7, Detroit 4L.A. Angels 3, Seattle 0Friday’s GamesKansas City 2, Cleveland 1Toronto 6, Detroit 4Tampa Bay at Boston, ppdBaltimore at N.Y. Yankees, lateSeattle at Texas, lateOakland at Minnesota, lateChicago White Sox at L.A. Angels, lateSaturday’s GamesBaltimore at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m.Oakland at Minnesota, 1:10 p.m.Chicago White Sox at L.A. Angels, 4:10 p.m.Kansas City at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m.Toronto at Detroit, 7:05 p.m.Tampa Bay at Boston, 7:10 p.m.Seattle at Texas, 8:05 p.m.Sunday’s GamesBaltimore at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m.Kansas City at Cleveland, 1:05 p.m.Toronto at Detroit, 1:05 p.m.Tampa Bay at Boston, 1:35 p.m.Oakland at Minnesota, 2:10 p.m.Seattle at Texas, 3:05 p.m.Chicago White Sox at L.A. Angels, 3:35 p.m.

BASKETBALLWomen’s National Basketball Association

EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GBy-Indiana 22 11 .667 — Atlanta 18 15 .531 4Detroit 17 16 .515 5 Chicago 16 17 .485 6 Connecticut 15 18 .469 6 1/2Washington 15 17 .469 6 1/2New York 12 21 .364 10

WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GBy-Phoenix 23 10 .697 — x-Seattle 19 14 .576 4 x-Los Angeles 16 16 .500 6 1/2San Antonio 15 18 .455 8 Minnesota 14 18 .438 8 1/2Sacramento 11 22 .333 12

y-clinched conferencex-clinched playoff spot

Thursday’s GamesDetroit 94, New York 87, OTChicago 86, Indiana 79Phoenix 92, Seattle 84, OTSan Antonio 80, Sacramento 71Friday’s GamesAtlanta 88, Connecticut 64Minnesota at Los Angeles, lateSaturday’s GamesAtlanta at Washington, 7 p.m.Detroit at Chicago, 8 p.m.Seattle at San Antonio, 8 p.m.Sunday’s GamesIndiana at Connecticut, 3 p.m.Los Angeles at Phoenix, 3 p.m.Washington at New York, 4 p.m.Minnesota at Sacramento, 9 p.m.

SOCCERMajor League Soccer

EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GAColumbus 10 4 9 39 34 25Chicago 10 6 8 38 33 28D.C. 8 5 12 36 38 36New England 9 7 6 33 28 30Toronto FC 8 9 7 31 30 34Kansas City 6 11 6 24 24 32New York 4 16 4 16 20 41

WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GAHouston 11 7 7 40 31 22Los Angeles 9 4 11 38 28 23Colorado 10 7 6 36 36 27Seattle 8 6 10 34 29 23Chivas USA 10 9 3 33 23 24Real Salt Lake 9 9 6 33 35 27FC Dallas 6 11 6 24 33 37San Jose 5 12 5 20 27 40

Saturday’s GamesColorado at Toronto FC, 3:30 p.m.Seattle FC at D.C. United, 7:30 p.m.Kansas City at New York, 7:30 p.m.Chicago at Real Salt Lake, 9 p.m.FC Dallas at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.Sunday’s GamesNew England at Chivas USA, 3 p.m.Houston at Columbus, 5 p.m.

RACINGNASCAR-Sprint Cup

Chevy Rock & Roll 400 LineupRace Saturday At Richmond International

Raceway, Richmond, Va.

(Car number in parentheses)1. (5) Mark Martin, Chevrolet, 126.808 mph.2. (1) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet3. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota4. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet5. (9) Kasey Kahne, Dodge6. (83) Brian Vickers, Toyota7. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet8. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota9. (09) Brad Keselowski, Chevrolet10. (99) Carl Edwards, Ford.11. (43) Reed Sorenson, Dodge12. (12) David Stremme, Dodge13. (2) Kurt Busch, Dodge14. (42) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet15. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet16. (47) Marcos Ambrose, Toyota17. (44) A J Allmendinger, Dodge18. (33) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet19. (29) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet20. (82) Scott Speed, Toyota.21. (39) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet.22. (31) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet23. (00) David Reutimann, Toyota24. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford.25. (26) Jamie McMurray, Ford26. (6) David Ragan, Ford27. (20) Joey Logano, Toyota28. (17) Matt Kenseth, Ford29. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet30. (7) David Gilliland, Toyota31. (71) Mike Bliss, Chevrolet32. (66) Dave Blaney, Toyota33. (77) Sam Hornish Jr., Dodge34. (19) Elliott Sadler, Dodge35. (78) Regan Smith, Chevrolet.36. (87) Joe Nemechek, Toyota37. (96) Bobby Labonte, Ford38. (07) Casey Mears, Chevrolet39. (34) John Andretti, Chevrolet40. (55) Michael Waltrip, Toyota41. (36) Michael McDowell, Toyota.42. (98) Paul Menard, Ford43. (13) Max Papis, Toyota

Scoreboard

Associated PressIn this Aug. 30, 2008 file photo, North Carolina quar-terback T.J. Yates (13) looks to pass against McNeese State during the second half of a football game in Chapel Hill.

No. 19 UNC looks to stop UConn running attack

STORRS, Conn. (AP) — North Carolina line-backer Bruce Carter can expect a lot of attention when the No. 19 Tar Heels visit Connecticut on Saturday, especially when UConn punts.

Carter blocked three punts last year against the Huskies, helping North Carolina roll over a ranked UConn squad in Chapel Hill, 38-12.

It will be the first major non-conference test for the North Carolina defense, which was dominant in last Saturday’s season-opening 40-6 victory over The Citadel. The Tar Heels gave up just 153 yards, including 30 rushing yards, and forced four turn-overs.

This week, they’ll have to stop a pair of run-ning backs who each hit the 100-yard mark in Connecticut’s 23-16 win over Ohio.

Stanford looks to avoid jet lag at Wake ForestWINSTON-SALEM (AP) — After helping give

Stanford a quick start in its opener, redshirt fresh-man quarterback Andrew Luck and the Cardinal are looking for a different kind of early wake-up call.

The Cardinal are aiming to open with consecu-tive wins for the first time since 2004. But they must deal with a Wake Forest team still reeling from its lackluster opener and an early start time Saturday that can bother western teams that travel cross-country.

The Cardinal (1-0), who arrived in Winston-Salem on Thursday to adjust to the time change, hope their internal clocks could become just as synchronized as their on-the-field timing was last week.

They’re coming off their most productive opener since 2005: A 39-13 beating of Washington State that left them atop the Pac-10 standings — if only for a short while, because they’re the league’s only team to win a conference game.

Upbeat Army awaits DukeWEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — Rich Ellerson

already is in the Army record books after just one game as head coach, and he doesn’t even want to talk about it.

“By the Tuesday of another week, we tend to want to treat last week as ancient history,” Ellerson said earlier this week. “You’re going to have to force me to visit about that.”

OK coach, consider yourself forced.Ellerson, who replaced Stan Brock in December,

guided Army to a 27-14 victory over Eastern Michigan on Saturday.

Next up is Duke (0-1) at Michie Stadium on Saturday, and last week’s triumph apparently really is ancient history.

The Blue Devils figure to be in a nasty mood. They’re coming off a 24-16 home loss to Richmond, the reigning champions of the Football Championship Subdivision.

N.C. State, Murray State meet SaturdayRALEIGH (AP) — It took only one terrible per-

formance for North Carolina State to blow all the optimism around the program heading into the season. The Wolfpack can’t afford a repeat perfor-mance when it hosts Murray State on Saturday.

The Wolfpack (0-1) managed just 133 total yards in last week’s 7-3 home loss to South Carolina, a nationally televised game that was supposed to showcase the program and all-Atlantic Coast Conference quarterback Russell Wilson. It was a surprisingly inept showing for a team that reached a bowl game with a strong second-half surge and had been mentioned as a contender in the league’s Atlantic Division.

Now the Wolfpack is hoping to accomplish a sim-ple goal against the Racers (1-0) — finding the end zone.

ECU looks for 2nd straight win over W.Va.MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia

coach Bill Stewart anticipates another strong showing from East Carolina’s quarterback Patrick Pinkney when the Mountaineers host the Pirates this weekend.

Last year Pinkney finished 22 of 28 for 236 yards with a touchdown and East Carolina held West Virginia without a touchdown for the first time in seven seasons in a 24-3 win that propelled the Pirates into the Top 25.

By JACOB CONLEYSports Correspondent

BOILING SPRINGS — If it accomplished nothing else, Gardner-Webb’s 58-14 victory over Mars Hill did a lot for the Bulldogs psyche.

“It’s the first time in a while that the kids have been able to look at the standings and see GWU at 1-0 and teams like Liberty and Coastal at 0-1,” said Gardner-Webb coach Steve Patton. “Regardless of the oppo-nent, a win to open the season gives us a huge boast of confi-dence.”

The Dogs will need all the con-fidence they can muster as they embark on a four-game road trip that will include visits to Division I foes N.C. State and Buffalo.

But before the team can turn their attention to the Wolfpack, GWU will have to face an

improving Western Carolina squad.

“This game is going to be more evenly matched — numbers and scholarship wise,” said Patton. “I told the team that if they came out like they did last week they will be down 24-0, instead of just 7-0, because Western is so talented.”

One area where the Catamounts showcase this talent is the cornerback position a fact which is not lost on Patton.

“Western has a lot of confi-dence in there corners, so they will put eight or nine people in the box and force us to throw,” said Patton. “That means that our receivers are going to have to be on the same page with Stan and make some big plays just like they did last week.”

On the defensive-side ball, the Bulldogs make no bones about their game plan — put pressure on the quarterback.

“I spoke with the Vandy head coach on Sunday and he felt that putting pressure on Western’s quarterback was a key part of their game plan,” Patton said. “Obviously, Vanderbilt is stron-ger and quicker in the line, but we are definitely going to pick our spots and send some blitzes.”

If GWU were to execute their game plan and come away with a win against Western, Patton believes it would mean much more to the program than sim-ply moving to 2-0 on the season.

“Western has name recognition in this community,” said Patton. “That’s who people around here judge you by. I’d rather win the conference games, of course, but if we beat Western, it will give the community a greater sense of pride in our program and that would be huge.”

Kickoff for this pivotal contest is scheduled for 6 p.m.

Bulldogs, Patton ready for the Catamounts

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EASTDuke (0-1) at Army (1-0)Pittsburgh (1-0) at Buffalo (1-0)UNC (1-0) at Connecticut (1-0)Syracuse (0-1) at Penn St. (1-0)Maine (1-0) at Northeastern (0-1)Kent St. (1-0) at Boston CollegeRichmond (1-0) at Delaware (1-0)Louisiana Tech (0-1) at Navy (0-1) .Howard (0-0) at Rutgers (0-1)East Carolina (1-0) at West Virginia Lehigh (0-1) at Villanova (1-0)

SOUTHStanford (1-0) at Wake Forest (0-1)Troy (0-1) at Florida (1-0).Campbell (1-0) at Birmingham-

Southern (0-1)Lenoir-Rhyne (1-1) at Davidson (0-1)Elon (1-0) at Presbyterian (0-1)Marshall (1-0) at Virginia Tech (0-1)Duquesne (1-0) at Nicholls St. (0-1)McNeese St. (1-0) at App St. (0-1)BYU (1-0) at Tulane (0-1)TCU (0-0) at Virginia (0-1)UCLA (1-0) at Tennessee (1-0)SMU (1-0) at UAB (1-0).Furman (1-0) at Chattanooga (1-0Jacksonville St. (0-1) at Florida St.

(0-1)J. Madison (0-0) at Maryland (0-1)Norfolk St. (1-0) at N. C. A&T (1-0)Murray St. (1-0) at N.C. State (0-1)Virginia Union (1-1) at Old Dominion

(1-0)Gardner-Webb (1-0) at WCU (0-1)Fla. International (0-0) at Alabama

(1-0)Mississippi St. (1-0) at Auburn (1-0)South Carolina (1-0) at Georgia (0-1)Vanderbilt (1-0) at LSU (1-0)N.C. Central (0-1) at Liberty (0-1)Kansas St. (1-0) at La-Lafayette (1-0) Memphis (0-1) at Middle Tennessee

(0-1)Jacksonville (1-0) at Samford (0-1)UCF (1-0) at Southern Miss. (1-0)Cent. Conn St. (1-0) at William &

Mary (1-0)Char Southern (0-1) at Wofford (0-1)S. Florida (1-0) at W. Kentucky (0-1)

MIDWESTW. Michigan (0-1) at Indiana (1-0)Iowa (1-0) at Iowa St. (1-0), NoonCent. Michigan (0-1) at Michigan St.

(1-0)E. Michigan (0-1) at Northwestern

(1-0)Fresno St. (1-0) at Wisconsin (1-0)E. Illinois (1-0) at Indiana St. (0-2)Urbana (1-1) at Dayton (0-0)Butler (1-0) at Franklin (1-0)Morgan St. (0-0) at Akron (0-1)Arkansas St. (1-0) at Nebraska (1-0)Notre Dame (1-0) at Michigan (1-0)Tenn.-Martin (1-0) at Missouri St.

(0-1)Austin Peay (1-0) at Youngstown St.

(0-1)South Dakota (1-0) at N. Iowa (0-1)New Hampshire (1-0) at Ball St. (0-1)Illinois St. (0-1) at Illinois (0-1)Air Force (1-0) at Minnesota (1-0)Bowling Green (1-0) at Missouri (1-0)Georgia Southern (1-0) at S. Dakota

St. (0-0)SE Missouri (1-0) at Cincinnati (1-0)W. Illinois (1-0) at N. Illinois (0-1)Southern Cal (1-0) at Ohio St. (1-0)

SOUTHWESTHouston (1-0) at Oklahoma St. (1-0)Ohio (0-1) at North Texas (1-0)Idaho St. (0-1) at Oklahoma (0-1)N. Dakota St. (0-1) at Sam Houston

St. (0-1)Texas College (0-2) at Stephen

F.Austin (0-1)Rice (0-1) at Texas Tech (1-0)Kansas (1-0) at UTEP (0-1)

FAR WESTDixie St. (1-1) at Montana St. (0-1)Idaho (1-0) at Washington (0-1)Texas (1-0) at Wyoming (1-0)San Diego (1-0) at N. Colorado (0-1)S. Oregon (1-0) at Portland St. (0-1)Weber St. (0-1) at Colorado St. (1-0)E. Washington (1-0) at California

(1-0)Hawaii (1-0) vs. Washington St. (0-1)Sacramento St. (0-1) at Cal Poly (0-0)Miami (Ohio) (0-1) at Boise St. (1-0)Tulsa (1-0) at New Mexico (0-1)Prairie View (1-0) at New Mexico St.

(0-1)S. Utah (1-0) at San Diego St. (0-1)N. Arizona (0-0) at Arizona (1-0)Montana (1-0) at UC Davis (0-1)Purdue (1-0) at Oregon (0-1)Utah (1-0) at San Jose St. (0-1)Oregon St. (1-0) at UNLV (1-0)

College FootballTodayscore.

The Hilltoppers, started at the McDowell 22. After a five-yard penalty against the Titans, Murray got into the end zone for his second score of the night on a 17-yard run. Owens added the point after.

After forcing McDowell into a three and out, Central took over at its own 41-yard line. Kinlaw hit Tyler Abrams on a 14-yard pass play at the Titans’ 45. Leon Brown took a sweep around the left end and raced 45-yards for a touchdown. Owens’ kick gave the Hilltoppers a 28-0 lead, which they took to the half.

Central continued its offensive attack early in the second half, marching 57 yards in seven plays.

The Hilltoppers jump started the drive with a 27-yard pass play from Kinlaw to Jimerson who out-leaped a Titans’ defend-er to make the grab. Kinlaw followed that with a 16-yard run. Brown went for five more yards and Murray went for 10, set-ting up Kinlaw’s short yardage sneak into

the end zone for a score. Owens hit his fifth point-after kick.

McDowell started the final period with an eight-play drive to score their only touchdown of the night. Ryan Lambert caught a 36-yard pass from Dakota Arrowood for the score. The point-after kick was no good, and the score was 35-6.

Central added two more scores.William Lynch’s 48-yard return on the

kickoff, after the Titans’ score, set the Hilltoppers up at the 32 of McDowell. Jamal Smith carried the ball twice, the first time for 31-yards and the second time for a one-yard touchdown run. Owens’ point after was blocked.

McDowell held onto the ball for the next six minutes, but then turned the ball over on downs at the Central 42 yard line.

Dustin Ashley then raced through the Titans defense on a 58-yard scoring run for the Hilltoppers. Owens was good on the point after, with 48-seconds to play in the game.

Kinlaw finished the night 6 of 9 passing for 95 yards and 44 yards rushing and a touchdown on 10 carries.

The Hilltoppers journey to Waynesville to face Tuscola.

to punt. The Ironman punter however fielded the snap on one knee and was ruled down, setting up the Trojans with another scoring opportunity.

Blake Moffitt cashed in on that chance by booting a 36-yard field goal to give Chase a 10-0 lead just before halftime.

Cherryville opened the second half with consecutive first downs by Freeman that moved the Ironmen across midfield, but the Chase defense held.

The Trojans’ offense took advantage of the defensive stop by beginning a long, time-consuming drive that featured long pass completions to Keyshon Crawford and Josh Waters that took seven minutes off the clock. The Cherryville defense

held.The Ironmen took procession of the ball

and marched down the field on the legs of quarterback Thomas Bess as he reeled off several long runs that set up his one-yard plunge that cut the lead to 10-7 with 10 minutes left in the contest.

Faced with a critical drive, Chase moved the ball down the field, but Moffitt’s field goal was blocked.

As the clock wound down, Chase’s defense looked as if it had sealed the game when Raheem Hampton broke up a long fourth-down pass.

The Trojans took over on downs, but Hines fumbled on the next Chase play, setting up Cherryville at its own 25-yard line and setting up Miller’s interception and sealing the win for the Trojans.

Chase plays host to West Lincoln next Friday night.

Cavs had burst to an early 10-0 lead in the game’s first five minutes.

East’s Wilkins took in a screen pass, on the second play from scrimmage and raced 59 yards to pay dirt. Bailey trotted on and booted the extra point just one minute into the game to lift the Cavs to a 7-0 lead.

The Falcons’ second play from scrim-mage resulted in the night’s first turnover — the first of six turnovers for the two teams. West’s tailback Kevin Thomas was hit on an isolation run and fumbled the ball, with East recovering at the Falcons’ 36 yard line.

The Cavs’ moved 29 yards on six plays, but had to settle for a 25 yard field goal from Bailey after the drive stalled at the Falcons’ 7 yard line. The points lifted East to a 10-0 lead.

The Falcons responded in a big way.West ripped off 21 unanswered points

over an 11 minute stretch from the first quarter into the second.

The first points for the Falcons came on West’s second possession of the night. West quarterback Dillon Baker found Thomas open down the sideline, on a 3rd and 17 from the East 39 yard line, for a touchdown. Falcons’ placekicker Sebastian Castellanos tacked on the extra to narrow the East lead to three, 10-7. The Falcons drove 64 yards in eight plays for the score.

The Cavs seemed to be poised to extend the lead after driving 17 yards on six plays, but East’s Tyler Hamilton lost the handle on the football and West pounced on it.

The turnover set up the Falcons at the East 43 yard line and West needed just seven plays to find the end zone. Fullback Kevin Richardson capped the drive with a 12 yard rumble and Castellanos’ extra lifted the Falcons to a 14-10 lead.

West wasn’t done.

Moments after the score, East’s Mikhail Baxter floated a pass intended for Lydell Watkins down the near sideline. Watkins appeared to lose the ball in flight and West’s Ryker Heatherly gathered in the interception. Heatherly raced to the East 19-yard line before being pushed out of bounds.

West found the end zone two plays later when Baker threw a perfect fade to Tanner Keyse. Keyse brought in the foot-ball and Castellanos was true on the free point to give the Falcons the 21-10 lead.

The Cavs were unable to move the ball on their ensuing possession, but got a lucky break on the punt. Bailey lifted a nice punt 32 yards through the air that hit the Falcons’ Colby Thelen in the chest. Thelen lost the football and East landed on the muffed punt near mid-field.

East needed just four plays to convert the mistake into points. Wilkins, on a 4th and three, took a pitch and sprinted 41 yards for a touchdown. The Cavs’ Mikhail Baxter took a keeper in for the 2-point conversion and East trailed 21-18.

The two teams swapped possession before going to the half.

The second half produced two more turnovers, but only one score — the Barksdale run — the rest of the way. The two teams swapped the football back-and-forth with West holding onto the ball for nine minutes of the third quarter, but unable to produce points. The Falcons had reached the East 10-yard line and went for the conversion on a 4th and 3, only to be turned away by the Cavs defense.

The turnover on downs was followed by the long run from Wilkins and the even-tual game-winning points.

West’s Kevin Thomas lead the Falcons with 137 yards on 23 carries. West fin-ished with 297 total yards offense.

East’s Wilkins lead the way with 124 rushing yards and 92 receiving yards as the Cavs produced 274 yards total offense.

East will travel to Bessemer City, next Friday, for its final non-conference game.

CentralContinued from Page 7

Albemarle 14, Thomasville 13Alexander Central 26, Mooresville 21Alleghany County 19, North Wilkes 6Apex 17, Lee County 13Apex Middle Creek 22, Holly Springs 14Asheville 32, Lawndale Burns 7Asheville Reynolds 37, Canton Pisgah 21Asheville School 18, Andrews 13Avery County 51, Cloudland, Tenn. 20Belmont South Point 28, T.C. Roberson 7Bertie County 47, Northampton-East 0Bessemer City 46, Gastonia Highland Tech 6Brevard 14, North Buncombe 7Bunn 41, Oxford Webb 16Burlington Cummings 26, S.Alamance 21Mountain Heritage 31, Robbinsville 8Cameron Union Pines 48, North Moore 12Carolina Pride 58, Village Christian 0Carrboro 34, East Chapel Hill 17Charlotte Independence 35, West Charlotte 2Charlotte Latin 34, Charlotte Catholic 7Northside Christian 12, Wake Christian 0Charlotte Vance 28, Monroe Sun Valley 10China Grove Carson 33, West Davidson 0Davie County 26, Providence Day 7Dunn Midway 40, Rosewood 7Durham Hillside 28, Fayetteville Smith 14Durham Jordan 24, Greensboro Grimsley 21East Columbus 27, North Brunswick 13East Davidson 16, SW Randolph 14East Duplin 41, Wallace-Rose Hill 34East Gaston 28, East Lincoln 27East Rowan 28, Hickory Ridge 22East Rutherford 25, West Henderson 21Eastern Randolph 28, Asheboro 22Eden Morehead 34, Martinsville, Va. 10Edenton Holmes 27, Perquimans County 14Northeastern 20, Pasquotank County 6Enka 37, East Henderson 28Farmville Central 44, Ayden-Grifton 19Fayette Britt 48, Scotland County 14Fayette Sanford 36, Raleigh Broughton 21Fayette Seventy-First 42, Southern Lee 12Fayette Westover 27, Fayette Pine Forest 14Fors County Day 36, N. Raleigh Christian 14Franklin 10, Swain County 6Fuquay-Varina 34, Cary 0Gastonia Huss 19, Concord 14Greene Central 21, Eastern Wayne 6Harnett Central 62, Spring Lake Overhills 33Hendersonville 48, Rosman 0Cedar Ridge 14, Southern Vance 12Hope Mills Gray’s Creek 27, Cape Fear 21Hope Mills South View 48, Hoke County 35Jones County 27, Clinton Union 0Kinston 48, Southern Wayne 16Lake Norman 31, West Iredell 6Lenoir Hibriten 21, East Burke 19Lexington 29, North Rowan 0Lincolnton 37, North Gaston 7Madison County 26, Hayesville 13Mallard Creek 40, Charlotte Garinger 6Marvin Ridge 41, Central Cabarrus 0Matthews Butler 38, Richmond County 31Monroe 49, Monroe Central 0Monroe Piedmont 42, Union Academy 6Murphy 62, Sylva Smoky Mountain 7New Bern 23, Jacksonville Northside 22Newton-Conover 29, St. Stephens 10North Lincoln 20, North Iredell 7Panther Creek 37, Raleigh Sanderson 7Pembroke Swett 48, Red Springs 0Pittsboro Northwood 42, Chapel Hill 0Polk County 21, Landrum, S.C. 14Ral Athens Drive 33, Green Hope 7Ral Cardinal Gibbons 21, Ral Ravenscroft 13Ral Enloe 34, Knightdale 24Ral Leesville Road 28, East Wake 0Ral Millbrook 46, Northern Durham 19Richlands 38, Lejeune 0Lakewood 22, Spring Creek 6Jordan-Matthews 26, West Montgomery 14South Johnston 23, Smithfield-Selma 22South Lenoir 26, North Lenoir 6South Mecklenburg 28, Charlotte Harding 12Southeast Raleigh 20, New Hanover 7Southern Nash 21, Roanoke Rapids 16Southwest Onslow 24, White Oak 7Weddington 28, Charlotte Ardrey Kell 21West Brunswick 31, Wilmington Laney 7West Stanly 21, Mt. Pleasant 20Western Alamance 13, Graham 7Whiteville 10, Lumberton 7Wilkes Central 41, West Wilkes 7Wilmington Ashley 29, Topsail 15

POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONSNorth Davidson vs. Central Davidson, ppd. to Sep 28.

Prep scores

TrojansContinued from Page 7

CavsContinued from Page 7

DENVER —West Lincoln rolled over and through Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy for a 62-0 win, Friday.

The Rebels’ Devyn Travis rushed for 194 yards on 16 carries and three touchdowns, and Travis’ backfield mate, Kyle Arias added another 159 yards on 10 carries and found the end zone four times in the rout.

West Lincoln (3-1) grabbed an early 21-0 lead in the first quarter and added three addi-tional scores in the second.

West scored three more times in the third, before call-ing off the assault in the final quarter of play.

Thomas Jefferson falls to 0-3 on the year and will face Southside Christian Academy of Greenville, SC, next Friday.

The Gryphons gained just 26 yards on the night.

West Lincoln thumps TJCA

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Associated PressLon Morris College freshman LaQuadium Forman wears a face mask after the school administration distributed them in Jacksonville, Texas, Thursday. Officials say the colleges was taking health precautions after more than 30 students were treated for flu-like symptoms in one day.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Influenza is circulating unusually early this year with cases in all 50 states — nearly all the swine flu variety, gov-ernment health officials said Friday.

The highest concentration of flu cases is in the Southeast and a few other states, Dr. Anne Schuchat of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said at a briefing.

The good news is that testing of vaccines for swine flu show that they work with a single dose and take effect rapidly.

Supplies of swine flu vaccine are expected to be available in mid-October, but the seasonal flu vaccine is available now and officials have encouraged people to get it.

The H1N1 swine flu broke out in the spring and never went away, Schuchat said. It struck in many summer camps, spread into the Southern Hemisphere and now is widening its range. Currently 98 per-cent of the flu viruses circulating are swine flu.

Cases are mainly occurring in chil-dren and young adults.

The finding that the swine flu vac-cine works in a single dose in healthy adults “shortens the window of worry,” Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said. “There’s no better protection against the flu than vaccine.”

There had been concerns that it would take two doses to build up immunity, delaying the protection.

While the single dose works in adults, testing is still under way to determine the effectiveness of the vaccine in children and pregnant women, said Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease.

He said the tested vaccines were made by Sanofi Pasteur and CSL Ltd. and both produced “robust” immune responses.

In people aged 18 to 64, 96 percent had a strong response to the Sanofi version and the response was 80 percent for CSL. Fauci played down the difference, noting the tests were done after only eight to 10 days and immune response could be the same in both groups as it increases after that point.

In addition, there were no signifi-cant side effects, Fauci said.

People over 65 did not respond as strongly, but still got enough of an immune reaction that they should seek out the shots when their turn comes, officials said.

First on the list for the swine flu shots, however, are children and young adults, pregnant women and others with health problems, since the H1N1 flu seems to strike them more often.

On the Net: Flu information: www.flu.gov

RALEIGH (AP) — Former North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley and his wife accepted a $137,000 discount on a water-front lot in 2005, a Raleigh newspaper reported Friday, citing settlement papers that appeared to contradict what the Democrat’s aides have previously stated.

Closing documents reviewed by The News & Observer show the Easleys got a 25 percent “seller discount” for the prop-erty on Bogue Sound in Carteret County. The deed registered with the county doesn’t include the discount, recording the price as $549,880. A spokeswoman for Easley in 2006 had said that the

governor paid the nonnegotiable asking price for the lot.

Ace Smith, a political con-sultant now working with the Easleys, told the newspaper it would be “ridiculous” to suggest the discount was a gift.

“He was assured he received the same offer as everyone else,” Smith said.

Man charged in deathsOWOSSO, Mich. (AP) — A

Michigan prosecutor says a man has been charged in the shooting deaths of an anti-abortion activist and a business owner and that he planned to kill a third man.

Shiawassee County Prosecutor Randy Colbry says Harlan James Drake is accused of shooting 63-year-old James Pouillon and 61-year-old Mike Fuoss Friday morning. It was not immediately clear whether he had an attorney.

Pouillon was protesting outside a high school about 70 miles north-west of Detroit when he was gunned down in front of horrified students and parents. Authorities say Drake then drove to a gravel pit company and killed Fuoss.

Man dies in plane crashROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) — A North

Carolina businessman has died in a single-engine plane crashed in South Carolina.

York County Coroner Sabrina Gast says 49-year-old William “Skipper” Beck, of Charlotte, N.C., died in the crash around 7:15 a.m. Friday at the Rock Hill/York County Airport. He had small part ownership of the Charlotte Bobcats and for many years owned an import car dealer-ship.

Gast and the Federal Aviation Administration say Beck was the

only person aboard the Cirrus SR22. Witnesses say the plane returned shortly after take off, but crashed as it tried to land and caught fire.

Whistle-blower rehiredRALEIGH (AP) — A North

Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles whistle-blower who reported on agency wrongdoing is getting his job back under a legal settlement signed this week.

The News & Observer of Raleigh reported Friday that Ken Cassidy was fired from his job as an assis-tant supervisor in the DMV’s License and Theft Bureau in March 2008. He was accused of violating an order not to talk to any DMV employees in the emissions pro-gram.

Siblings share rare datesFAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — At

least it will be easy to remember their birthdays.

An Arkansas couple welcomed a new baby girl into their lives Wednesday — giving her the birth-date of 9-9-09. Andy and Alison Miller’s newest daughter Molly Reid will come home to sister Campbell, who was born on August 8, 2008, or 8-8-08.

The coincidences don’t stop there. Molly Reid has nine letters to her name, while Campbell has eight.

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Wilmington84/66

Greensboro85/61

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Fayetteville88/65

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Report: Easleys got big discount on property

Flu season comes early; most cases are H1N1

From staff reports

FOREST CITY — H1N1 flu has been reported in 81 counties in North Carolina, reports the Rutherford-Polk-McDowell Health Department’s Brenda Greene.

CDC reports that nationwide there have been 9,079 hospitalizations and 593 deaths. The state reports that there have been 193 hospitalizations and nine deaths.

H1N1 was heavily tested for in the beginning because it was new. It is now being tracked like the seasonal flu. The prevention and treatment measures for H1N1 are the same or similar for the seasonal flu.

People with symptoms of sickness should visit a personal physician first instead of going to the emergency room.

The best way to combat the flu is to prevent it in the first place. To help protect against infection:n Avoid close contact with people

who are sick. When you are sick, keep your distance from others to protect them from getting sick too.n If possible, stay home from work,

school, and errands when sick. n Cover your mouth and nose with

a tissue when coughing or sneezing. If you don’t have a tissue, cough or sneeze into your sleeve, change the clothing as soon as possible.n Wash your hands, using soap

and water, often. Alcohol based hand sanitizers are also an effective. (use one with a 60 percent concentration of alcohol)n Avoid touching your eyes, nose or

mouth. Germs are often spread when a person touches something that is contaminated then touches his or her eyes, nose, or mouth.n Get plenty of sleep, be physically

active, manage stress, drink plenty of fluids, and eat nutritious food.

There will be both a seasonal flu and a H1N1 flu vaccine available.

When the vaccines are available, health department officials will make announcement.

There are priority groups that will be eligible to receive the H1N1 vac-cine first. Those groups are: pregnant women; health care and emergency personnel; people who live with or care for infants younger than 6 months; people between 6 months and 24 years old; and adults ages 25 to 64 with chronic health disorders or compromised immune systems.

Call 287-6101 for more information or questions.

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

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9,680Dow Jones industrialsClose: 9,605.41Change: -22.07 (-0.2%)

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NEW YORK (AP) — Investors pulled money out of stocks after a five-day rally left the market at its highest levels in nearly a year.

Even with the latest surge, stocks have little to show for the past decade. Eight years to the day after the 9/11 terror attacks, the Dow Jones indus-trial average finished within one-tenth of a point where it ended on Sept. 10, 2001, illustrating how hard markets have been hit by the recession.

Stocks slipped in quiet trading Friday after the recent string of gains and a drop in oil prices. Crude slid 3.7 percent, which hurt energy stocks like Exxon Mobil Corp. That overshadowed a rosier profit forecast from FedEx Corp. and a govern-ment report on improving sales at wholesalers.

Even with the losses, stocks still logged big gains for the week.

The forecast from FedEx is important because its delivery business is seen as an indicator of how healthy the economy is. FedEx cited stronger international shipments and cost-cutting for the improvement. Investors track demand at industrial companies because rising orders would be one of the first signals that the economy is strengthening.

Separately, the Commerce Department reported that sales at the wholesale level rose in July by the biggest amount in more than a year, even though inventories fell for a record 11th straight month.

The gains in industrial stocks came at the expense of areas that have been leaders in the mar-ket’s six-month rally such as technology and finan-cial shares.

The Dow Jones industrial average fell 22.07, or 0.2 percent, to 9,605.41. The index closed Thursday at its highest level since October. Because of the steep slide that began in the fall of 2007, stocks are still stuck at about the same level they were at eight years ago. On Sept. 10, 2001, the Dow ended at 9,605.51; that is nearly identical to Friday’s close of 9,605.41.

The broader Standard & Poor’s 500 index fell 1.41, or 0.1 percent, to 1,042.73, and the Nasdaq composite index fell 3.12, or 0.2 percent, to 2,080.90.

About four stocks rose for every three that fell on the New York Stock Exchange, where volume came to 1.3 billion shares, compared with 1.5 billion Thursday.

For the week, the Dow rose 1.7 percent, the S&P 500 index added 2.6 percent and the Nasdaq rose 3.1 percent.

Meanwhile, gold again rose above $1,000 to its highest level since February.

The S&P 500 index is up 54.1 percent since hit-ting a 12-year low in March, although it is still down 33.4 percent from its peak in October 2007.

Rising commodity prices and signs of life in cor-porate dealmaking pushed stocks higher during the week, which was made shorter by the Labor Day holiday. Investors rising commodities prices as a signal that industrial activity could be pick-ing up. Kraft Foods Inc.’s thus-far unsuccessful bid for rival Cadbury PLC this week was also seen as a sign of growing confidence among U.S. companies.

A rush of economic data next week could help investors determine whether the expected econom-ic rebound is on track. Reports are due on retail sales, industrial production, housing and infla-tion. Analysts will be paying particular attention to reports on retailers because consumer spending accounts for about 70 percent of U.S. economic activity. Any rebound in the economy will have to be accompanied by a greater flow of money into cash registers.

Bond prices were mixed after spiking Thursday when a government debt auction produced strong demand. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note was flat at 3.35 percent from late Thursday.

Light, sweet crude fell $2.65 to settle at $69.29 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

Stocks take dip after a five-day streak of gains

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Inspector General David Kotz testi-fies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday before the Senate Banking Committee hearing regarding Bernard Madoff.

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SEC pledges to fix its problemsWASHINGTON (AP) —

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s watchdog has recommended “employee-by-employee” action to ensure the agency fixes the breakdowns that allowed Bernard Madoff’s colossal fraud to go undetected for years.

The question of whether SEC employees will individually be held accountable for the agency’s embarrassing failure to detect the multibillion-dollar pyra-mid scheme that Madoff ran for more than a decade emerged at a hearing Thursday by the Senate Banking Committee.

“The first thing you have to do is clean house,” insisted Sen. Robert Menendez, a Democrat.

No SEC employees have been fired specifically in relation to the bungled investigations of Madoff, though the heads of the agency’s enforcement division and inspections office, which conducted the probes, have left the SEC in recent months.

David Kotz, the SEC inspector general, testified Thursday that more than 20 employees were involved in the failed examina-tions.

“The entire SEC should be held accountable for what happened,” he said.

Two top SEC officials pledged to fix the problems that led to the agency’s failure to uncover for 16 years what could be the biggest pyramid scheme on record despite numerous cred-ible red flags raised by outsiders.

In pyramid schemes, new inves-tors’ money is used to pay earlier investors, creating a large rate of return that cannot be sustained.

The heads of the SEC’s enforce-ment division and inspec-tions office said they “deeply regret” the agency’s failure in the Madoff affair and promised changes to avoid future break-downs.

SEC Enforcement Director Robert Khuzami, who joined the agency in March, said he has started the most extensive restructuring of his division in at least 30 years.

“We intend to learn every les-son we can,” he said. “There are no sacred cows.”

Khuzami said every stone will be turned in revamping the agency, including personnel deci-sions on a case-by-case basis.

Harry Markopolos, the fraud investigator who brought his allegations to the SEC about improprieties in Madoff’s busi-ness starting in 2000, suggested in his testimony that more than half of the agency’s professional staff should be fired.

“They need to start weed-ing out staff. ... There’s a lot of turkeys that need to be let go,” Markopolos said.

Khuzami disputed that, saying the deficiencies in the Madoff case are not “emblematic of the entire (enforcement) division.”

Markopolos, who determined there was no way Madoff could have been making the consistent returns he claimed, repeatedly

and specifically raised warnings to SEC staff members in Boston and New York about Madoff’s operations.

Madoff, who pleaded guilty in March, is serving a 150-year sen-tence in federal prison in North Carolina for a pyramid scheme that destroyed thousands of peo-ple’s life savings, wrecked chari-ties and gave the financial sys-tem another big jolt. The legions of investors who lost money included Hollywood celebrities, ordinary people and famous names in business and sports — as well as big hedge funds, inter-national banks and charitable foundations worldwide.

Kotz revealed in a detailed report last week how the agency bungled five investigations of Madoff’s business between June 1992 and last December, when the financier confessed.

SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro, appointed by President Barack Obama, has brought changes to the agency and revamped enforcement efforts.

Kotz said Schapiro’s actions and the progress cited by Khuzami and John Walsh, act-ing director of the SEC’s inspec-tions office, are real.

“This thing has really affected the SEC greatly,” Kotz testified. “The SEC understands, I believe, that things need to be done and (they) are taking action.”

Markopolos said “the pace of reform is rapid but (the SEC) needs to keep that pace going.”

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators closing in on a comprehensive health care bill have whittled away all but the most contentious issues and one of those loomed large Friday: coverage for illegal immigrants.

Negotiators on the Senate Finance Committee thought they’d already resolved the question. That was before Republican Rep. Joe Wilson’s shout of “You lie!” as President Barack Obama said in a speech Wednesday that illegal immigrants wouldn’t be covered under his health plan.

That led senators to revisit the issue to make sure they have provisions in place to enforce prohibi-tions against illegal residents getting federally sub-sidized coverage.

“What we are trying to prevent is anyone who is here illegally from getting any federal benefit,” said Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., a member of the so-called Gang of Six of three Democratic and three Republican members of the Finance Committee. The group is facing a deadline early next week to produce a bipartisan deal.

If they don’t succeed, Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., plans to go it alone with a Democratic bill.

The outcome remains very much in doubt. A suc-cessful effort could form the basis for legislation that could appeal to a majority in the Senate since the Finance Committee has a moderate makeup that resembles the Senate as a whole.

This weekend will be critical as aides and law-makers themselves hammer out language not just on illegal immigration, but also a handful of other thorny issues including abortion, medical malprac-tice and how much states must pay for an expan-sion of Medicaid.

The deal-or-no-deal question could be answered as early as Monday when the group meets again.

Baucus’ plan largely mirrors what Obama laid out in his speech Wednesday: expansion of cover-age to most of the nearly 50 million uninsured, new requirements for individuals to obtain insur-ance, new prohibitions against insurance company practices like denying coverage based on personal health history and creation of a new marketplace called an exchange where consumers could shop for different health plans.

If Congress ends up creating a new government-run insurance plan it would be offered through the exchange, but unlike the four partisan bills that have emerged so far, Baucus’ bill will substitute nonprofit co-ops for the public plan.

The White House says that Obama does not want illegal immigrants to be able to buy insurance through the exchange as they would be allowed to do under Democratic legislation in the House.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A morning of remembrance turned into one of flashbacks, fear and media missteps Friday when a Coast Guard exercise — unfold-ing near Pentagon ceremonies marking the Sept. 11, 2001, anniversary — was mistaken as an attack. The false reports of gunfire on the river briefly spooked the capital, sending FBI agents to the scene and ground-ing flights.

The episode left the Coast Guard promising to “take a good hard look at what we did here today” and military families sore that officials would simulate a confrontation on the Potomac River on a day of raw emotions and high security.

But the exercise, involving speeding boats and at least one helicopter, probably would have passed unnoticed except that two TV networks confused simulated chatter over a Coast Guard radio for actual events and reported that the Coast Guard had opened fire on a sus-picious vessel near ceremonies attended by President Barack Obama.

A chain of errors on televi-sion and online raised fears the capital might be under assault eight years to the day — almost the moment — after the terror-ist attack on the Pentagon. CNN reported 10 shots had been fired,

based on information it heard over the network’s police scan-ner.

On Twitter, the network reported: “Coast Guard con-fronts boat as Obama visits Pentagon, police scanner reports say shots fired.”

After the Reuters news agency reported on what CNN was say-ing, Fox News followed suit, tell-ing viewers: “Here is what we are learning. The U.S. Coast Guard ship of some type fired on what is considered a suspicious boat in the Potomac River.”

Anchor Bill Hemmer said: “I can’t recall a time or moment like this, on an American river, where the Coast Guard has opened fire.”

In fact, no shots were fired and there was no trouble on the river.

The Coast Guard’s chief of staff, John Currier, said partici-pants in the exercise were given simulated instructions by radio to fire 10 rounds, and someone said “bang, bang, bang,” — the routine signal of compliance in drills that don’t involve live fire.

Unaware that it was an exer-cise, CNN opened its report-ing on the incident by saying at least one boat was intruding in a security zone on the river and the Coast Guard was chas-ing it. As the network showed pictures of the river, a banner read: “Breaking News: Coast Guard fires 10 rounds at boat on

Potomac River.”“This is pretty incredible,” said

the anchor, Heidi Collins. CNN played audio from the scanner, with a man saying: “Stop your vessel. ... You will be fired on.”

The exercise played out on the stretch of the Potomac closest to the Pentagon — between the 14th Street and Memorial bridg-es — as Obama joined families of the victims in remembrance of the attack that killed 184 people when hijacked American Flight 77 plowed into the building.

The Coast Guard began the drill at 9:30 a.m., five min-utes after Obama arrived at the Pentagon for ceremonies keyed to 9:37 a.m. — the time of the 9/11 attack. Other agencies were not widely notified of the drill because the Coast Guard consid-ered the exercise routine.

Currier said no apology was necessary for conducting a rou-tine drill. Still he said, “We’re going to take a good hard look at what we did here today and ensure that if we need to modify procedures, if we need to modify notification, we will do so in the future.”

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano asked the Coast Guard commandant, Adm. Thad Allen, “for a full account of what happened,” said Sara Kuban, speaking for the secretary.

U.S. Coast Guard boats are seen on the Potomac River in Washington Friday. The Coast Guard was conducting a training exercise in the Potomac River moments before President Barack Obama crossed a nearby bridge for a Sept. 11 commemo-ration.

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EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — Space shuttle Discovery and its seven astronauts took a cross-country detour and landed safely in California on Friday after stormy weather prevented them from return-ing home to Florida for the second day in a row.

Discovery swooped through the sky and touched down at Edwards Air Force Base an hour before sunset, ending its delivery trip to the inter-national space station.

“Welcome home, Discovery,” Mission Control radioed. “Congratulations on an extremely

successful mission.”Stormy weather made it too risky

to bring Discovery back to its home port Thursday, and conditions were even worse Friday. So flight director Richard Jones opted for the sunny skies of the Mojave Desert.

NASA prefers Florida landings because the cross-country ferry trip, which involves transporting the shut-tle atop a modified jumbo jet, costs $1.7 million and takes more than a week.

Thunderstorms also delayed the beginning of Discovery’s mission.

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Obama marks 9/11 with memorial, call to service

Associated PressPresident Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama tour a Habitat for Humanity project site in Washington Friday as they highlight community service on the eighth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. The man second from right is Kent Adcock, Humanity Chair for Habitat for Humanity.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — On his first 9/11 anniversary as president, Barack Obama urged Americans to come together in service just as they united after the terror-ist attacks eight years ago.

“We can summon once more that ordinary good-ness of America, to serve our communities, to strengthen our country and to better our world,” Obama said at a memorial at the Pentagon.

Obama on Thursday declared the anniversary of the attacks a national day of remembrance and ser-vice. And he and first lady Michelle Obama led the way Friday, visiting a Habitat for Humanity construction site in Washington, where they pitched in by painting a liv-ing room wall.

Earlier, the Obamas partic-ipated in the anniversary rit-uals that have become famil-iar in the eight years since the attacks on New York and Washington. They began the day by observing a moment of silence on the South Lawn of the White House at pre-cisely 8:46 a.m., the moment the first jetliner struck the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001.

Nearly 200 White House staffers — from chief of staff Rahm Emanuel to kitchen workers — gathered under a heavy downpour. Moments

before the president and first lady stepped outside, the rain subsided and it held off as they placed their hands over their hearts and bowed their heads.

After the Obamas walked back into the White House, the rain resumed.

As a presidential candidate, Obama marked last year’s anniversary in New York at the site of the World Trade Center. This year, the com-mander in chief spoke at a Pentagon memorial service, and laid a wreath in honor of the 184 people who died there.

About 500 family members of the victims and survivors of the attacks gathered at the site. Obama told them he would never waver in his defense of the country.

“Let us renew our resolve against those who perpetrat-ed this barbaric act and who plot against us still,” he said. “In pursuit of al-Qaida and its extremist allies, we will never falter.”

Those words echoed Obama’s predecessor, for-mer President George W. Bush, who said in a speech to Congress immediately fol-lowing the attacks, “We will not tire, we will not falter and we will not fail.”

Though Obama has sought to distance himself from many of the Bush anti-ter-ror policies that followed the Sept. 11 attacks, he has

inherited his legacy in the form of two wars. Long a critic of the war in Iraq, Obama is drawing down troop levels there, while increasing the American presence in Afghanistan, where al-Qaida and the Taliban have regained strength.

At the Pentagon, Obama said the strongest rebuke against the terrorist attack-ers is the nation’s renewal of a common purpose.

“Let us remember how we came together as one nation, as one people, as Americans, united not only in our grief, but in our resolve to stand with one another, to stand up for the country we all love,” Obama said.

Bush issued a statement Friday expressing his con-dolences to the victims and their families, and urging Americans to “renew our determination to prevent evil from returning to our shores.”

In New York, Vice Presi-dent Joe Biden laid flowers at the site of the World Trade Center.

In a letter sent Thursday to intelligence officials, CIA Director Leon Panetta recommitted the spy agency to the fight against al Qaida and its sympathizers. “There is no higher priority and no greater focus,” he wrote. “No life lost in this attack or bat-tle shall be lost in vain.”

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and five partner countries have accepted Iran’s new offer to hold talks, even though Iran insists it will not negotiate over its disputed nuclear pro-gram, the State Department said Friday.

Department spokesman P.J. Crowley told reporters that although Iran’s proposal for international talks — pre-sented to the six nations on Wednesday — was disap-pointing for sidestepping the nuclear issue, it represented a chance to begin a direct dialogue.

“We are seeking a meeting now based on the Iranian paper to see what Iran is pre-pared to do,” Crowley said. “And then, as the president has said, you know, if Iran responds to our interest in a meeting, we’ll see when that can occur. We hope that will occur as soon as possible.”

Such a meeting could less-en immediate pressure on President Barack Obama to abandon his diplomatic out-reach to Tehran, which has yet to yield concrete results. Obama said in July that Iran should show a willingness to negotiate limits on its nucle-ar program by September or face consequences.

Crowley stressed that the U.S. and its negotiating part-ners agree they must keep pressure on Iran while also seeking talks.

In its proposal, Iran ignored a demand by the six world powers — the U.S., Russia, China, France, Britain and Germany — for a freeze of its uranium enrich-ment, which is suspected of leading to production of a nuclear weapon.

Iran pronounced itself ready to “embark on compre-hensive, all-encompassing and constructive negotia-tions.”

On Monday, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahma-dinejad said his country will neither halt uranium enrich-ment nor negotiate over its nuclear rights but is ready to sit and talk with world pow-ers over “global challenges.”

Crowley said Iran’s lack of interest in addressing its nuclear program is not a rea-son to refuse to talk.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal deficit surged higher into record territory in August, hitting $1.38 tril-lion with one month left in the budget year.

The Treasury Department said Friday that last month’s deficit was $111.4 billion, below the $152 billion that economists expected. Still, the imbalance added to a flood of red ink already accu-mulated through a severe recession and massive spend-ing needed to stabilize the banking system.

The soaring deficits have raised worries about the will-ingness of foreigners to keep purchasing Treasury debt. The Chinese, now the larg-est foreign owners of U.S. Treasury securities, have expressed concerns about runaway deficits. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and other administration officials have sought to address those concerns by insisting that once the cur-rent downturn is over and the financial system is stabi-lized, the administration will move forcefully to get the deficits under control.

However, Republican critics contend the administration does not have a credible plan to address future deficits. Private economists worry the country could face the grim prospect of seeing interest rates soar in future years and the dollar weaken as foreign-ers dump their U.S. holdings.

The Obama administration last month trimmed its fore-cast for this year’s deficit to $1.58 trillion, from an earlier $1.84 trillion. The recovery of the banking system led to the reduced estimate as it meant the administration did not need to get an additional $250 billion in bailout sup-port for banks.

The $1.58 trillion estimate for the full budget year sig-nals that that administra-tion expects the imbalance in September to be around $200 billion. That would be a sharp deterioration from September 2008 when the government closed out that budget year with a $45.7 bil-lion surplus.

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Dear Dr. Gott: When I was 52 years old in 1967, I came down with a terrible case of gout. I was unable to walk on my foot, so I literally leaned on my husband and hopped into the doctor’s office. He gave me a prescription and told me to come back in a week. If I wasn’t better by that time, he would put me in the hospital. I put the pills on my night-stand and didn’t take them. I asked my husband to bring me the hot-water bottle filled with hot water. It didn’t help, so I asked him to put in ice water this time. It helped some. I went back to the doctor who was astounded to see me walking. He asked if the medicine was respon-sible. I told him that I didn’t take the pills and proceeded to explain exactly what I did. He said the shock of very hot to a very cold had broken up the uric acid in my toe and caused it to flow away in my bloodstream. I asked the doctor why I had got-ten gout, He told me that it is really

caused by uric acid. I asked what caused uric acid, and he said, “It’s due to a major upheaval in life...” I am now 93 years old and, thankfully, haven’t had gout again.

Dear Reader: I am glad to hear that you found a simple remedy to solve your painful gout; however, I must disagree with your physician about the cause. Gout is, in a way, caused by uric acid. When levels of this acid become too high, it can harden into urate crystals, which then can settle into various joints. Uric acid is always present in the body, since it is the result of break-ing down purines, which are found in certain foods, such as organ meats.

Gout not from fight-or-flight

Dear Abby: I’m 19 and currently dating a guy I can’t stand. I don’t know what to do. He’s leaving next year and my friends tell me I should just bear with it until then. I don’t know if I can.

He doesn’t respect my opinions, makes fun of my taste in music and literature and is basically a know-it-all. Religion is also an issue: He’s an atheist and I’m a Christian. I don’t feel comfortable being serious with someone who has no qualms about calling my beliefs “b.s.” to my face as well as behind my back. I also don’t feel comfortable with premarital sex, but he’s sure he can change my mind. He constantly reminds me how “patient” he can be about it.

Abby, it’s such a mess. I feel like hiding in my room and not answer-ing the phone. — Desperate

Dear Desperate: It’s time to stand up for yourself. Do not hide or avoid picking up the phone. The next time that egotistical creep — and that’s what he is — calls, say, “It’s over!” If he asks why, tell him you’re not interested in having anything to do with anyone who belittles you and calls your religious beliefs “b.s.,” and regardless of how “patient” he is, you will never sleep with him. Do not talk to him after that. Screen your calls, and if he asks to see you “just one more time,” avoid him.

Dear Abby: All of my boyfriend

“Alex’s” close friends have been in jail or in rehab. I know they’re good people who made some poor choices, but I don’t like associating with them or inviting them to events with my friends and family.

Alex understands why they’re not invited and hangs out with them on his own time, and I understand that he’s loyal to his friends.

Alex has a good job. He comes from a good family and makes good deci-sions in life. None of his friends can say the same.

I realize my boyfriend is different from them, but I’m concerned about why he continues associating with them. Can you help me understand? — Choosy

Dear Choosy: Your boyfriend asso-ciates with them because he is com-fortable with them, and I don’t blame you for being concerned. Granted, Alex comes from a good family, has a good job and makes “good decisions in life.” But I’d be worried, too.

It could indicate that although Alex has everything going for him, he may not feel good about himself.

It’s tough dating Mr. Wrong

Your Birthday, Sept. 12;

You are likely to be travel-ing on a number of unex-plored paths.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Unless you’re mind-ful of protocol, you’re likely to offend an old pal.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Don’t expect to automatically get support or cooperation from others with regard to a new objec-tive of yours.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Keep ideas to your-self, especially if negative-thinking people surround you.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — New busi-ness deals must always be carefully examined before you spend your hard-earned money on them.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Don’t be unyielding just because you don’t like someone.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — There’s a good chance you could find yourself involved in something way beyond your talents.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Give yourself ample time to get to know a new acquaintance you find appealing.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — When it comes to an issue or problem that affects your entire family, don’t make a unilateral decision.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — If the implementa-tion of a new idea is based solely upon fear, get anoth-er’s opinion.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Be on guard when around an individual who doesn’t manage his or her finances prudently.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — You’re the one who will establish whether or not you get cooperation from others.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — A couple of old, neglected responsibilities are likely to be cluttering your path.

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NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE09 SP 283

Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by CHRISTOPHER A GLAWSON AND NEVA T GLAWSON, HUSBAND AND WIFE to ROBERT LMEBANE ATTY AT LAW, Trustee(s), which was dated October 15, 2004 and recorded on October 15, 2004 in Book 0811 at Page 0396, Rutherford County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Brock & Scott, PLLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Rutherford County, North Carolina, and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on September 15, 2009 at 12:00PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Rutherford County, North Carolina, to wit:

Being the same property as described in deed from Clara Mae Walker, widow to Albert Dewitt Lowery and wife, Ruth Helen Lowery dated May 23, 1967 and recorded in Deed Book 299 on Page 571, Rutherford County Registry, the property hereby conveyed being described according to said deed as follows:

BEING Lot Number Six (6) of the Mauney Subdivision in the town of Ellenboro, North Carolina as shown on plat of same recorded in the Office of the Registry of Deeds of Rutherford County, North Carolina in Plat Book 6, at Page 6; reference to which is hereby made for a more full and complete description.

This being the same property conveyed by deed dated February 23, 1956 and recorded in Book 231 at Page 242 in Rutherford County Registry.

This being the same property as that described in Deed Book 709, Page 372, Rutherford County Registry.

Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as233 Church Street, Ellenboro, NC 28040

Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, and the court costs of Forty-Five Cents (45¢) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) pursuant to NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing.

Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Christopher A. Glawson and wife, Neva Tessnear Glawson.

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

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

THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, EXCEPT IN THE INSTANCE OF BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION. IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY.

Substitute TrusteeBrock & Scott, PLLCJeremy B. Wilkins, NCSB No. 323465431 Oleander Drive Suite 200Wilmington, NC 28403PHONE: (910) 392-4988FAX: (910) 392-8587File No.: 09-12863-FC01

NORTH CAROLINA,RUTHERFORD COUNTY

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE09 SP 155

Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by JUDYDIXON AKA JUDY LYNN DIXON to WILLIAM R. ECHOLS, Trustee(s), which was dated January 17, 2003 and recorded on January 28, 2003 in Book 0710 at Page 0047, Rutherford County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Brock & Scott, PLLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Rutherford County, North Carolina, and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on September 15, 2009 at 12:00PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Rutherford County, North Carolina, to wit:

Being all of Lot #6 of the WINDY HILL SUBDIVISION as shown on plat duly recorded Office of the Register of Deeds for Rutherford County, North Carolina, in Plat Book 22 at Page 9, to which reference is hereby made for a more full and complete description. JDison.dew

Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as140 Cobra Lane, Forest City, NC 28043

Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, and the court costs of Forty-Five Cents (45¢) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) pursuant to NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing.

Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are All Lawful Heirs of Judy Lynn Dixon.

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

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

THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, EXCEPT IN THE INSTANCE OF BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION. IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY.

Substitute TrusteeBrock & Scott, PLLCJeremy B. Wilkins, NCSB No. 323465431 Oleander Drive Suite 200Wilmington, NC 28403PHONE: (910) 392-4988FAX: (910) 392-8587File No.: 09-06754-FC01

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17 — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, SATURDAY, September 12, 2009

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Having qualified as Executor of the estate of BILLYRAY GREEN of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said BILLY RAY GREEN to present them to the undersigned on or before the 29th day of November 2009 or the same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment.

This is the 29th day of August, 2009.

Clarence Oates Turner Jr., Executor144 Callahan StreetRutherfordton, NC 28139

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Having qualified as Executor of the estate of BRENDA JOYCE GOODE of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said BRENDAJOYCE GOODE to present them to the undersigned on or before the 29th day of November 2009 or the same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment.

This is the 29th day of August, 2009.

Lillie Winifred Owens, Executor267 Coffey RoadForest City, NC 28043

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Having qualified as Executor of the estate of LINAESTILENE GOODE WATERS of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said LINAESTILENE GOODE WATERS to present them to the undersigned on or before the 29th day of November 2009 or the same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment.

This is the 29th day of August, 2009.

Mary Blandine Waters Tate, Executor2444 Washburn RoadShelby, NC 28150

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Having qualified as Executor of the estate of PEARLE NASH MCBRAYER of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said PEARLE NASH MCBRAYER to present them to the undersigned on or before the 12th day of December 2009 or the same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment.

This is the 12th day of September, 2009.

Ramona M. Ross, Executor105 Hillside Dr.Gaffney, SC 29340

NORTH CAROLINA,RUTHERFORD COUNTY

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE09 SP 186

Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by JAMES MICHAEL WYATT aka James Wyatt AND WIFE, DONNA MCSWAIN WYATT aka Donna M. Wyatt to ATLANTIS TITLE COMPANY, Trustee(s), which was dated July 7, 2005 and recorded on July 19, 2005 in Book 850 at Page 214, Rutherford County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Brock & Scott, PLLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Rutherford County, North Carolina, and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on September 22, 2009 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Rutherford County, North Carolina, to wit:

TRACT ONE: Being the same property as described in deed from Thomas C. Doggett and wife, Edith R. Doggett to Earl Callahan and wife, Pauline D. Callahan dated April 20, 1971 and recorded in Deed Book 332 on Page 660, Rutherford County Registry, the property hereby conveyed being described according to said deed as follows:

Lying and being on the West side of the Town and County Road (North Carolina Rural Road #2168) and being described by calls and distances as follows: BEGINNING at a point in the center of the Town and County Road, which point is located 495 feet (should be 395 feet) South 5 degrees 45 minutes West from the intersection of the center line of the Town and Country Road with the center line of the Bethany Church Road, same being corner to lot conveyed to John Doggett et ux and the line runs thence with the center of the Town and Country Road South 5 degrees 45 minutes West 300 feet to a point in said road at the corner of a lot conveyed to Earl W. Callahan et ux; thence North 86 degrees.

West 286 feet to a stake; thence North 6 degrees West 304 feet to a stake; thence South 86 degrees West 349 feet to the place of BEGINNING, containing 2.1 acres, more or less.

TRACT TWO: Being the same property as described as TRACT NUMBER TWO in deed from T.C. Doggett et al., to Earl W. Callahan and wife, Pauline D. Callahan dated February 18, 1969 and recorded in Deed Book 323 on Page 349, Rutherford County Registry, the property hereby conveyed being described according to said deed as follows:

Lying and being situate on the West side of Town and Country Road (North Carolina Rural Road #2168) and lying on the North side of the 2.95 acres tract described in Deed Book 30 at Page 387, Rutherford County Registry, and being described by calls and distances as follows: BEGINNING at a point in the center of Town and Country Road at the Northeast corner of the land described in Deed Book 300 at Page 387 and the line runs thence with the old J. S. Doggett line North 86 degrees West 833 feet to a stake in the Curtis Hudgins line; thence with the Hudgins line North 4 degrees East 100 feet to a stake, corner of lot conveyed to John Doggett et ux in the Hudgins line; thence South 86 degrees East 836 feet to a point in the center of Town and Country Road, Southeast corner of lot conveyed to Thomas C. Doggett et ux.; thence with the center of said road South 5 degrees 45 minutes West 100 feet to the place of BEGINNING, containing 1.9 acres, more or less.

Subject, however, to an indebtedness due T.J.R. Ltd., a N.C. general partnership of Forest City, North Carolina, which is secured by a Deed of Trust on the above described property and which indebtedness the grantee agrees to assume and pay at a part of the purchase price hereof.

See also agreement filed in Book 555 Page 183, Rutherford County Registry.

Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as168 Countryside Drive and, 172 Countryside Drive, Forest City, NC 28043

Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, and the court costs of Forty-Five Cents (45¢) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) pursuant to NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing.

Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are All Lawful Heirs of James Michael Wyatt.

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

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

THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, EXCEPT IN THE INSTANCE OF BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION. IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY.

Substitute TrusteeBrock & Scott, PLLCJeremy B. Wilkins, NCSB No. 323465431 Oleander Drive Suite 200Wilmington, NC 28403PHONE: (910) 392-4988FAX: (910) 392-8587File No.: 09-10220-FC01

NORTH CAROLINA,RUTHERFORD COUNTY

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE09 SP 288

Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by WILLIAM BEERS AND CLARICE BEERS, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS TENANTS IN COMMON to BYERS, MARTELLE, & WILLIAMS, P, Trustee(s), which was dated December 8, 2005 and recorded on December 14, 2005 in Book 876 at Page 186, Rutherford County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Lisa S. Campbell, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Rutherford County, North Carolina, and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on September 22, 2009 at 10:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Rutherford County, North Carolina, to wit:

Situate, lying and being in Rutherfordton Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina and being the same and identical property as that described in Deed Book 409, Page 251, and lying northwest of the intersection of Westview Street and S. Ridgecrest Avenue, and being described in accordance with a plat of survey by Professional Surveying Services dated August 30, 1991 as follows:

BEGINNING at an existing iron pin located on the northern edge of Westview Street, said beginning iron pin being located North 61 degrees 04 minutes 04 seconds West 22.90 feet from a PK nail set in the centerline of the intersection of Westview Street with S. Ridgecrest Avenue; and running thence from said beginning existing iron pin along and with the northern side of Westview Street North 89 degrees 44 minutes 19 seconds West 255.00 feet to a new iron pin, said new iron pin being the common southernmost corner of the tract herein described and the Alfred W. Fairer property described in Deed Book 274, Page 327; thence leaving Westview Street and running along and with the Fairer boundary North 03 degrees 39 minutes 14 seconds West 55.04 feet to a new iron pin; thence North 83 degrees 53 minutes 58 seconds East 255.00 feet to a PK nail set on the western right of way edge of S. Ridge Crest Avenue, said PK nail being the common easternmost corner of the tract herein described and the aforementioned Fairer property; thence leaving the Fairer boundary and running along and with the western right of way edge of S. Ridgecrest Avenue South 03 degrees 24 minute 16 seconds East 83.33 feet to the point and place of BEGINNING and containing 0.40 acres, more or less.

Being the same and identical property which was conveyed by David L. Henderson and wife, Lynn H. Henderson to Clyde D. Wilkins and wife, Alesia G. Wilkins by deed dated June 6, 1994 and of record in Deed Book 632, at Page 654, Rutherford County Registry.

Being the same and identical property which was conveyed by Clyde D. Wilkins and wife, Alesia G. Wilkins to William Beers and wife, Clarice Beers by deed dated February 28, 2002 and of record in Deed Book 792, at Page 670, Rutherford County Registry.

Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as222 South Ridgecrest Avenue, Rutherfordton, NC 28139

Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, and the court costs of Forty-Five Cents (45¢) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) pursuant to NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing.

Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Williams Beers and wife, Clarice Beers.

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

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

THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, EXCEPT IN THE INSTANCE OF BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION. IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY.

Lisa S. CampbellSubstitute TrusteePO Box 4006Wilmington, NC 28406PHONE: 910-392-4971 FAX: 910-392-8051File No.: 08-17499-FC01

The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, SATURDAY, September 12, 2009 — 18

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Rioters set fires at Abu Ghraib BAGHDAD (AP) — Abu Ghraib prison inmates

rioted for a second straight day Friday to demand better conditions, setting fire to mattresses and seizing an assault rifle from a guard before authorities said the situation was brought under control.

Lawmaker Zeinab al-Kinani, who was part of a delegation that negotiated with the prison-ers, said they demanded pardons and also the replacement of prison staff who they said were mistreating inmates.

After the delegation agreed to form a commit-tee to study giving amnesty to some prisoners, most of the inmates returned to their cells, al-Kinani said. A small group who had refused to end their protest were forced back into their cells by authorities, and four prisoners were injured.

Deadly riots continue in UgandanKAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Rioters angry over

political and land issues clashed with govern-ment forces for a second day Friday and at least six people were killed in the capital and an outly-ing area.

The violence in which at least 13 people have died since Thursday stems from disputes between the government and members of the Buganda, one of Uganda’s four ancient king-doms. Members of the Buganda ethnic group have clashed previously with the government over land rights.

Barricades of burning tires were erected in the capital as stone-throwing mobs roamed the streets, underlining growing tensions in a nation hailed for its relative stability and economic growth. Some of the unemployed also reportedly joined the rioting.

The possibility that the violence will continue into Saturday increased after police said they would prevent Buganda King Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II from traveling to a political rally.

Rocket fire sparks retaliationBEIRUT (AP) — Two rockets were fired from

southern Lebanon into Israel on Friday, prompt-ing Israel to respond with artillery fire, Lebanese security and military officials said.

The exchange, in which no casualties were reported by either side, was the latest in persist-ing tensions between the two countries. It was the fourth time rockets have been fired from Lebanon into Israel, each time bringing Israeli retaliation.

It was not immediately known who fired the rockets Friday. But radical Palestinian factions in Lebanon have been blamed in the previous barrages this year.

The border has been tense since Israel and the Lebanese Shiite guerrilla group Hezbollah fought a brutal 34-day war in 2006.

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan arrested the spokesman for the Taliban in the Swat Valley and four other senior command-ers, the military said Friday, in the latest of several victories against militants in the country’s northwestern region close to Afghanistan.

The arrests are a coup for the military, which had been criti-cized for failing to capture or kill any top Taliban leaders in a four-month offensive in the Swat Valley that cleared the insur-gents from most of the one-time tourist haven.

The army announced the arrests on the eighth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in the United States. Drawing attention to that fact, the mili-tary released photos of the two highest-ranking detainees — spokesman Muslim Khan and commander Mahmood Khan — in custody with the date printed in bold underneath.

The Swat offensive has some-what reassured the West that Pakistan is committed to fight-ing militants hiding out in its rugged northwest who are blamed for plotting and car-

rying out attacks on U.S. and NATO forces in neighboring Afghanistan.

An army statement said the two Khans and commanders Fazle Ghaffar, Abdul Rehman and Sartaj Ali were arrested in the suburbs of Mingora, the Swat Valley’s main city. It did not say when. The Khans had bounties of 10 million rupees ($121,000) on their heads, the army said.

Interior Minister Rehman Malik urged other commanders to surrender.

“This has been our policy from day one when we started the operation that there will be no negotiations with the terrorists,” Malik said. “They have no other option. Either they get killed or get arrested.”

The detainees were being inter-rogated and security forces were conducting operations based on information they had given, the army said.

Muslim Khan, 54, was an elo-quent defender of militant Islam and frequently called local and foreign media to claim respon-sibility for attacks and threat-en more. The white-bearded

spokesman was also a very senior figure in the organization.

In an interview with The Associated Press in April, he said Osama bin Laden was wel-come to stay in the valley.

Since the offensive, Khan — who lived for several years in the United States where he worked as house painter — had rarely been quoted by the media.

The army launched its offen-sive in the scenic valley in May after the Taliban seized control of the region following a two-year reign of terror in which they burned girls’ schools and beheaded opponents.

Prior to the operations, the government struck a peace deal with the militants that allowed them to implement Islamic law there, but it quickly collapsed after the militants used it to advance into the neighboring Buner region, just 60 miles (100 kilometers) from the capital, Islamabad.

The military claims to have killed more than 1,800 insur-gents in the offensive, which caused up to 2 million people to flee the valley and surrounding regions.

A Pakistani girl collects oil spilled from tankers after two cargo trains collided in Kotri near Hyderabad, Pakistan on Friday. At least five people were injured when the two cargo trains collided on Thursday in south Pakistan and six wagons have been overturned, official said.

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NEW YORK (AP) — With familiar rituals of grief and a new purpose to honor those who rushed into danger to help, the nation marked eight years since the Sept. 11 terror attacks Friday, with volun-teers reading the names of the World Trade Center lost.

Memorials in New York, at the Pentagon and at the crash site of United Airlines Flight 93 in Pennsylvania all took place under gray skies, and those reading names at ground zero spoke under tents to protect against rain.

“We miss you. Life will never be the same without you,” said Vladimir Boyarsky, whose son, Gennady Boyarsky, was killed. “This is not the rain. This is the tears.”

President Barack Obama, observing his first Sept. 11 as president, had signed an order declaring it a day of service. He had first lady Michelle Obama marked a moment of silence outside the White House as a bugler played taps.

The president said the nation came together after the attacks, “united not only in our grief but in our resolve to stand up for the country we love.”

In Shanksville, Pa., bells tolled for the 40 victims of the fourth hijacked jetliner that crashed there eight years ago.

At the trade center site, vol-unteers — from soup kitch-ens, advocacy groups, the Red Cross, the United Way — joined relatives of the lost to read the names of those

killed in the twin towers.“I ask that you honor my

son and all those who per-ished eight years ago ... by volunteering, by making some kind of act of kindness in their memory,” said Gloria Russin, whose son, Steven Harris Russin, was killed on 9/11.

Around the country, Americans packed up care packages for soldiers, planted gardens for low-income fam-ilies and painted abandoned, boarded-up homes. The anniversary was declared a day of service for the first time this year to honor the spirit of those who rushed to the burning towers to save lives.

Renewing what has become a poignant tradition, the relatives called out greetings

and messages of remem-brances when they reached the names of their own loved ones.

“We love you, Dad, and we miss you,” said Philip Hayes Jr., whose father, long retired from the Fire Department, rushed to the site that 2001 morning and ultimately gave his life.

Umbrellas bloomed and whipped inside-out at ground zero, where moments of silence were observed at 8:46, 9:03, 9:59 and 10:29 a.m. — the precise times that jetliners struck the north and south towers of the trade center and that each tower fell.

“From this day forward, we will safeguard the memories of those who died by rekin-dling the spirit of service

that lit our city with hope and helped keep us strong,” New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said at the cer-emony.

Vice President Joe Biden, speaking during a break in the list of names, told the several hundred gathered that “there’s a special frater-nity for those of us who’ve lost spouses and children.” Biden’s daughter and first wife died in a 1972 car acci-dent.

Biden also joined families who laid flowers in a reflect-ing pool on the site where the towers once stood.

Relatives and friends of vic-tims visited a partially built, street-level Sept. 11 memo-rial plaza that had not been there a year ago. The memo-rial will ultimately include

two square pools evoking the towers’ footprints, with victims’ names surrounding them and waterfalls cascad-ing down the sides.

On Friday, William Weaver placed a single red rose in a temporary reflecting pool at the plaza, a photograph of his son, police Officer Walter E. Weaver, pinned to his jacket. He said the memo-rial was taking too long and he did not like it. “It should have been a graveyard-type of thing,” said Weaver, 69, of Levittown.

Adding tension to an already emotionally charged day, the Coast Guard con-ducted a training exercise in the Potomac River near the Pentagon, with vessels circling in the water near a bridge where Obama’s motorcade had passed.

In the confusion, depar-tures from Reagan National Airport were halted for 22 minutes. They resumed at 10:30 a.m., Federal Aviation Administration spokes-woman Diane Spitaliere said. Federal agents also scrambled to the river, said a law enforcement official who spoke on condition of ano-nymity because the official was not authorized to dis-cuss the incident.

George W. Bush, whose presidency was defined in part by that day, had no pub-lic appearances planned. A spokesman said he would be working in his office. In a statement, he said he and his wife, Laura, were think-ing of the victims and their families.

Sept. 11 marked with mourning, service

A woman is com-forted as friends and relatives of the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks gather for a commemoration cere-mony at Zuccotti Park, adjacent to ground zero on the eighth anniversary of the ter-rorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Friday in New York.

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For example, boneless, skinless chicken breasts are a perfect example of a price-volatile item. Last week at my grocery store, chicken breasts were on sale for $1.79/pound. This week, they’re $5.29/pound. While I may not plan to make a meal with chicken breasts this week, I know that because they were at their low price point last week, it will be about 3 months before I see them at that great price again. Last week, I bought enough chicken to last my family until they’re offered again at a low price.

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