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Traffic Jams In LibertyYes, that is what I said. So how can a little town with only three stop lights have traffic jams? Well bring together an

Award Winning Antique Festival, an Annual Chamber Antique Car/ Tractor/ Bike Show, an Alpaca Day, Hurricane Jane's Customer Appre-ciation Day, Annual Lib-erty Ruritan Fried Chicken and BBQ Sale,

and yard sales on every corner of town, and I know I missed something, that is how you have a traffic jam. I spoke to a beautiful southern lady in town that had a yard sale that Saturday and she lives near one of the stoplights. She ex-plained to me she had never seen so much traffic all day long. She explained it was wonderful to see all the ex-citement in town. Now I know all this was the truth, for not only is this lady a true southern lady, she bleeds Carolina Blue, so to be a true Tarheel fan, no lies comes out. Well now with all the funning around, it lets talk about this great weekend. The last weekend in April and September is putting Liberty

on the maps. It is great to see the community open up and great all the people from out of our area. The An-tique Festival had a great turnout of not only vendors but also visitors. As people made their ways back to their vehicles they dragged all their loot of

the day with them. Then the restaurants was a buzz of all the hunger pains and their appetites were filled. Then after their stomach was filled with great local foods, it was time to venture to the Car/Tractor show. It was amazing to see the turn of unique vintage vehicles. This year Cold Stone Creamery was on hand with their ice cream. Mmmmmm, it hit the spot. The one unique thing I saw this year in several location was the American Flag flapping proudly in the warm autumn winds. Numerous cars and tractors in the Show had them dis-played, but numerous homes that had yards sales going on had them posted. I even saw a few vendors with the Flag posted. Well, sometimes pictures are worth more than words.

Biker For BoobsBreast Cancer EventPage 5

The Liberty LeaderFree Community Paper By The Community And For The Community

RTC Helps SchoolsRTC Give Classroom Bags Out....Page 11

Rockin F FarmHarvest Days kick off fall in the areaPage 15

Colored CanvasNew Art Program Hits LibertyPage 19

Free Monthly Newspaper OCTOBER 2010 Volume 6 * Issue 10Teen Night Hurricane Jane’s Sunday Night Teen SpotPage 21

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Chamber LuncheonChamber luncheon, great food, fellowship and factsPage 21

New Poem WriterMeet Mexana Oxedine...New Poem writerPage 12

Happy moments, PRAISE GOD. Difficult moments, SEEK GOD. Quiet moments, WORSHIP GOD.

Painful moments, TRUST GOD. Every moment, THANK GOD

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"Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Garvey of Essex, NY are pleased to announce the marriage of their daughter, Lindsay Erin Garvey, to Justin Samuel, son of Mr. and Mrs. John T. Gaines, on July 10, 2010 at Revolution Mill Studios in Greensboro, NC.  The couple have a home in Liberty, NC." 

HABITAT UPDATEThe “Wednesday Work Crew” reported for work at the third Liberty Habitat Home #3 on our regular 2nd and 4th Wednesdays in September. Two workers from Liberty, one from Randleman, one from Franklinville, one from Sea-grove and two Habitat Supervisors worked both Wednes-days. ork centered around installing soffit and hardie board on the rear of the dwelling, installing the crawl space door, and finishing overhangs and painting on the utility build-ing. A Liberty couple who attends First United Methodist donated funds to provide lunches both days at Hurricane Jane’s in downtown Liberty. On Tuesday, September 14, about ten members from Habitat Randolph journeyed to Liberty and hosted a whopper breakfast catered by Sammy’s Catering of Staley held at Hurricane Jane’s in Liberty (talk about cooperation between competitors!) for around 25 members of the Liberty business community to familiarize them on the impact on the lives of those touched by Habitat and educate others on the requirements for owning a home built by Habitat. Additionally, a plea was made for funding and laborers to finish the third home in Liberty. If you or your company can provide some level of funding (no amount is too small) or labor (no level of expertise is necessary), call Executive Director Wanda Pegg at 625-1429 or Rodney Overcash (Con-struction Coordinator) at 336-953-2929. On the “Volunteer Front”, Lauren Osborne, ERHS Career Development Coordinator, and new Vo-Tec Teacher Jason Overman will canvass the clubs at Eastern to determine if there is a role some of their students can play in pro-viding some labor on some of the future Saturdays during October, November and De-cember. For Habitat, Tom, Meacham

Yard Tip:Just a reminder now that we've gotten a steady bit of rain that if your interested in overseeding / core aeration (aka "plugging) in your yard, Paul Bruchon Lawn Care and they will give you an estimate, same goes for leaf removal. This is for commercial and residential customers, and they would love to help you out in any way possible, let PBLC make your yard look its best. Give them a call me if you are interested.

Plan of SalvationBecause of our sin, we are separated from God. "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God."  Romans 3:23The penalty for our sin is death. "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Jesus Christ our Lord."  Romans 6:23The penalty for our sin was paid by Jesus Christ! "But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us."  Romans 5:8If we repent of our sin, then confess and trust Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, we will be saved from our sins!"For whosever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."  Romans 10:13"...if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.  For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation."  Romans 10:9-10Can you be sure that if you ask Christ to save you, He will?"Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God... These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God; that you may know that you have eternal life." 1 John 5:1,13

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Digging Into The WordAUTHOR’S NOTE: Recently a church member sent me an arti-cle on the young four year old girl who was tortured and mur-dered by her mother’s boy-friend in Smithfield, NC. The

church member wanted answers from God’s Word on how to deal with this horrific event… this is how I re-sponded to her.

“The only way to understand this horrible situation is to seek to understand SIN. Not each person's individual sin, but Sin as a whole that infects the human race. Ro-mans 5:12 says: "When Adam sinned, SIN entered the world. Adam’s sin brought death, so death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned".

When we think of sin, we generally think of our sin: lying, stealing, cheating and sex outside of marriage. Those things are sin... but the Sin we have to consider today is Sin in general. That kind of evil has been passed down from parent to child since Adam & Eve. That sin affects the whole world as we know it. Romans 8:20-21 says: "Against its will, all creation was subjected to God’s curse. But with eager hope, the creation looks forward to the day when it will join God’s children in glorious freedom from death and decay." Not what is the result of sin? Romans 6:23 says: "For the wages of sin is death". Wherever sin is allowed freedom, death is the natural result. What we saw in this horrific event was Sin having its natural result in this little girl's life.

You maybe thinking: "What about the guy that did this? Does he have no responsibility?" YES! The Bible clearly teaches that each of us has a choice. Romans 6:16 says: "You can be a slave to sin, which leads to death, or you

can choose to obey God, which leads to (good) living". If what has been said is true, this man chose to be a slave to sin which led to this little girl's death. 

What does the Bible say should be done to him? Again, if this man is proven guilty, then Romans 13:2 says: "So anyone who rebels against (the government) is rebelling against what God has instituted, and they will be pun-ished". What punishment does he deserve? Justice de-mands death in this situation and God has always given the government the right to take someone's life in the name of justice. Romans 13:4 says: "The government has the right to carry out the death sentence. It is God’s ser-vant, an avenger to execute God’s anger on anyone who does what is wrong". (GWT) What about forgiveness? This man can receive forgiveness if he asks God for it... this is not the unpardonable sin. However, forgiveness of sin doesn't mean freedom from consequences--he should still die.

What about the little girl? This is where you have to really see things through God's eyes. Every indication is that this girl stayed in a living hell. If the charges of sex-ual molestation & physical beatings are true, then she was a tormented soul indeed. Now, what is the most loving thing God could do for her? Well, based on Scrip-ture the most loving thing He could do for her was take her to Heaven through death. Heaven is a place so awesome that a tortured man once said: "Our suffering is light and temporary and is producing for us an eter-nal glory that is greater than anything we can imagine". 2 Corinthians 4:17 (GWT) He's saying that even the worst four years here on Earth for that little girl would seem like nothing once she experienced Heaven for a moment. You see for the Christian and children under the age of accountability (which this girl most certainly was), death is a blessing--not a curse. Death is a door that leads to eternal blessings, happiness and safety. Death is the greatest gift God could give this little girl.

God showed His love for her by taking her to Heaven.

Even with all this amazing truth from God's word, this is still a hor-rible event. My heart breaks for this child and is full of righteous anger at this man. BUT, seeing things through God's truth is always bet-ter. We can take heart that our good & loving God was in control of this event and is in control of our lives today.”

By Pastor Randy Hand

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Town of Liberty Small Town Main Street CommitteeDate: September 14, 2010 , Present for the Executive Committee meeting from 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.: Town Manager, Roger Davis, Billy Hardin, STMS Chair, JB Griffin, ER Chair, Carol Wall & Kevin Bowman, Promotions Chair, Phillip Wright, Design Chair and STMS staff, Sherry Adams and Lew Hol-loway. •Updates and reports were given at the Executive Committee from the chairs of each committee - (Updates are below in STMS updates).•The executive committee took action and ap-proved the following as the STMS Liberty Mission Statement: The mission of the Liberty Small Town Main Street program is to lead the development of downtown Liberty following the four-point ap-proach to downtown revitalization which is: or-ganization, design, economic restructuring and promotion in order to achieve our vision.•Sherry Adams briefly discussed with the commit-tee a plan of action for sustaining the organization after June 30, 2011.Present for the Full-STMS Liberty Meeting 6 – 7:15: Carolyn Vickery, Phillip Wright, Rhonda Murray, Carol Wall, Kevin Bowman, Miles Hopson, Tonya Shoffner, Fay Morgan, JB Griffith, Billy Hardin, Terry Caviness, Tyson Nixon, Mayor Jackson, Mayor Jim Parker, Roger Davis, Sherry Adams and Lew Holloway.

Call to Order for Full – STMS meeting by Chairman Billy Hardin. Sherry Adams welcomed everyone back after the summary and congratulated them on some very visible projects that have started such as the corner lot park project and planters. She also thanked and recognized council members present, Terry Caviness and Tyson Nixon and Mayor Jim Parker for being a part of the council to approve

$10,000 in the town budget to go toward downtown façade incentive and capital improvement grants as well as an additional $8,000 to spend on downtown specific projects.

1.Updates:oDesign: work began on the corner project over the sum-mer by removing the vault, adding a gazebo, tables with umbrellas and chairs planters were obtained for the downtown area and Mr. Davis reported that Trees Asheboro may volunteer to donate and plant trees/plantings within these containersSTMS Design committee will continue to encour-age people who could use façade improvements to take advantage of the Façade Incentive Grant (FIG) programoEconomic Restructuring: Mr. Davis reported that the Nature Library opened this summer and that Our State magazine is doing an article on it for the November issueThere is renewed interested in people looking to open a business downtownoPromotionsCarol Wall reported that the summer music events in the park (and even those that had to be moved indoors were successfulCarol Wall and Kevin Bowman have recruited new members to their committee – Miles Hopson who will be assisting with the downtown website development; Fay Morgan & Tonya ShoffnerThey are continuing to work on programming some entertainment downtown on a consistent basis along with shops staying open2.Action Item: Sherry Adams asked for a motion to approve the change of the monthly meeting date to the 3rd Tuesday of the month with the exception of September, December and June. The reasoning is that the STMS program accepted Troy into the pro-gram for 2010-2011 and since Liberty, Troy and Waxhaw were all within 70-80 of each other and the furtherest towns east that Adams and Lew Hollo-way travel to it made logistical sense for the STMS

staff to travel to Liberty the same week as the Wax-haw week incorporating Troy into the week which is the 3rd week of the month. STM staff will travel to Troy immediately following their Liberty meet-ing and stay overnight. This is at no extra expense to the Town of Liberty or Waxhaw.Kevin Bowman made a motion to approve the change of meeting date from the second Tuesday of the month to the third with the exception of Sept., Dec. and June. Carolyn Vickery seconded and all in favor voted yea. The motion passed unanimously.

3.Committees met and the following are highlights from the individual committees:a.Economic Restructuring agreed that it would be helpful to consider having an architect who could work with property owners when they need to talk with the county building inspector when the prop-erty owner is consider rehabilitating their build-ings. Sherry Adams has agreed to compile a list of architects to send to Mr. Davis. Committee agreed this would be a good use of resources and needed.b.Designc.Promotions

4.Adjournment at 6:45 p.m. The next meeting is scheduled for October 19, 2010 from 5:30 p.m. – 6:45 p.m. at Town Hall.Prepared by Sherry Adams, NC Small Town Main Street Coordinator, Western Region

Hey have you heard.... October is Customer Appreciation Month At

Randy’s Produce. Yeh, not only great service but free gifts this month. With a purchase of $20 or

more you get either a free 2 Liter Drink or free

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LIBERTYMountain Cabbage, Fresh Pintos, Sweet Potatoes, Seasoning Meet, Hoop CheeseMmmmm, does that get you in the mood for fall weather or trip to a road side mountain produce stand? Well , it does to me. At least I do not have to travel several hours to get these great finds. Actually it is right here in my back yard. Randy's Produce is located on S Greensboro St in Liberty (in the Dollar General Shopping Center). Little people know this little tid bit of information, did you know most of all their items come from local producers. For example ,their meats such as country ham, side meat, fat back and even their home made butter comes from a local producer just down the road in Mocksville, NC. That would be W. G. White. Even their homemade sausage comes from a company in Concord. Why not stop in and check them out. As a thank you to their loyal customers in the month of October, they are giving away free items with a $20 purchase. By Kevin Bowman

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Bikers for Boobs Cancer RideSeptember 25th at Cox’s Harley David-son in Ashe-boro there was an event like no other that I had the pleas-ure of attend-ing and pho-tographing. Fay Morgan, Joy Hicks and Robbie Cox held the 1st annual Bikers for Boobs Cancer Ride. To hear Fay

talk about this event for months I thought I knew what to expect. Needless to say as the day unfolded I had no other word to say but “WOW.” To see bike after bike roll into the parking lot from before 8 AM until after 3 PM was impressive to say the least. There were well over 600 bikes there by the end of the day. During the day I photographed men and women wearing pink shirts, men with pink beards, vendors, hard working people setting up, volunteers, kids jumping in bounce house, Rhythm Masters Cloggers, Troupe Bellysima belly dancers, Harley Davidson

Pink Line fashion shows, 50/50 tickets, silent auction, survivors posing by the pink Cadil-lac convertible, and a custom Harley David-son bike that was being given away and

survivors signing and posing by Kayla the Fire Truck. That’s just the short list for the day.

There was also a concert provided by Wolf 93.1 staring Sunny Sweeney and her band. There were so many incredible things that happened through out the

day it’s hard to pick a favorite. I will say that to have a dream, dreamt up by two ladies is one thing, but to see how successful the day was, how emotional, and to see that so many people can come together for a cause, an important cause, the reality of

the dream was breath

tak-ing. The support that they received to carry this event to the end has to be impressive even if you did not have the chance to attend.

Whether you are a rider or not this event was for every-one and was to bring the

com-munity together to

raise money for an important cause. Proceeds are going to “The Randolph Cancer Center Patient Assistance/Mammogram Fund”. This will go to fund mammograms for women who cannot afford them at Randolph Hospital. Fay and Joy are both survivors of cancer and to have the pleasure of meeting Fay and being able to capture the day for her was an honor.

Fay is one of the most incredible, strong willed and positive people I have had the pleasure to meet. I was honored to have been a part of this event and can’t wait till next year to do it all over again on September 24th 2011.Story by Sandy WoosleyPhotos Courtesy of Sandy Woosley

Liberty Public Library239 South Fayetteville Street

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October 5 Happy Birthday Winnie the Pooh 12 Itsy Bitsy Spider 19 Pumpkin Time 26 Let’s Pretend * Wear your favorite costume

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Local Winner Of The Bike...Sherry Yow

Pictured Above, Robbie, Jane, Joy, Fay and Winners Sherry Yow Thomas with Hubby, John

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Thought you might find this interesting! DID YOU KNOW? As you walk up the steps to the building which houses the U.S. Supreme Court you can see near the top of the build-ing a row of the world's law givers and each one is facing one in the middle who is facing forward with a full frontal view ... It is Moses and he is holding the Ten Commandments! DID YOU KNOW? As you enter the Supreme Court courtroom, the two huge oak doors have the Ten Commandments en-graved on each lower por-tion of each door.DID YOU KNOW?As you sit inside the court-room, you can see the wall, right above where the Supreme Court Judges sit, a display of the Ten Commandments!DID YOU KNOW?There are Bible verses etched in stone all over the Federal Build-ings and Monuments in Washing-ton , D.C.DID YOU KNOW?James Madison, the fourth president, known as 'The Father of Our Consti-tution' made the Following statement:'We have staked the whole of all our political Institutions upon the capacity of mankind for Self-government, upon the ca-pacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves, to control  ourselves, to sustain ourselves according to The Ten Commandments of God.'DID YOU KNOW?Every session of Congress begins with a prayer by a paid preacher, whose salary has been paid by the taxpayer since 1777.DID YOU KNOW?Fifty-two of the 55 founders of the Constitution were mem-bers of the established Orthodox churches in the colonies.. DID YOU KNOW? Thomas Jefferson worried that the Courts would overstep their authority and instead of Interpreting the law would begin making law an oligarchy the rule of few over many. How then, have we gotten to the point that

everything we have done for 220 years in this Country is now suddenly wrong and Unconstitu-tional?Lets put it around the world and let the world see and remem-ber what this great country was Built on The Holy Bible and belief in GOD!

Third Thursday Block Party Well, this months FREE Corner Block Party has me all excited. This month we have on tap two local groups. The Royal Har-monizer (Remember They Are Celebrating 50 Years Of Serving The Area In Music) and The Hopson Family (Which Several Have Heard at the past few years at the Christmas Tree Lighting Event.) will be our two groups performing. So bring your lawn chairs and kick back on the corner of S Greensboro St and W Swannanoa Ave at the new location of corner park under de-velopment and enjoy a great night of FREE music. Why not invite your favorite friends or neighbors to come hang out with you. We will see you there. Do not miss out on this free night of fun. While there, you can try some samplings from local baker, Peggy Holbrook. We will also have a local artist showing her jewelry and other items. Bring a chair, bring a friend, bring a bag meal, bring yourself....help us build the Third Thursday Downtown Block Party. Story By Kevin Bowman

So Who Is The Cake Lady?Who - Peggy Holbrook (Byrd) What – Homemade cakes and pies When – Call and place as needed Where – Out of her home Why – Much better than any store bought or chain bakery can ever make.  All are from scratch! Detail -(Cost, contact, etc.) Reasonable cost. For more infor-mation for you bakery needs call 336-6224739 or leave a message at 336-622-2004. Delivery upon request for an additional fee.

Contact Information:Name- Peggy HolbrookAddress – 3055 Byrd House Road  Staley NC 27355 Phone- 336-622-4739 orleave message at 336-622-2004 with Debbie

PS---The News-paper Boy (Kevin) Really enjoyed the last pound cake...most and yummmmm-myyyyyyy!!!!!!

At The Corner Block Downtown LibertyThursday October 21st - 7pm to Until

FREE BLOCK PARTYFeaturing Local Groups

The Royal Harmonizer

,The Hopson Family

& Aprille Miller

Tasting Of Local Baker - Peggy HolbrookLocal Jewelry Artist On Display

Come on out to Staley Fire Department Oct 30

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Lillian O'Briant, Virginia Fogleman, Hazel Poulin, Margel Arrington, Helen Brady  all

dress up in their hats for Hat Day

Jean Henry celebrated her September

Birthday at the Liberty Senior Center.

Sarah Cheek, Virginia Fogleman and Marie Warren celebrated their August Birthday at the Liberty Senior Center.

Liberty Senior Center

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Liberty Senior Center

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128 S Fayetteville Street Liberty, NC 27298

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128 S Fayetteville Street Liberty, NC 27298

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Calendar of ActivitiesOctober, 2010

Apple/State Fair Month

Calendar of ActivitiesOctober, 2010

Apple/State Fair Month

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Games Day Exercise Day Music/Craft

DayLunch &

LearnBingo Day Special

Events9:30 Koffee Klatch Club/Facts from the Past w/ Laurel

10:00 Chair Tai Chi10:30 Fitness Room/Board Games/ 4th: Faith Community Nurse-BP 11:00

12:00 Scrabble

25th 9:30 Birthday Party10:30 Randolph Hos-pital Home Health – BP

6:00 pm Hatha Yoga

9:30 Koffee Klatch Club

Trivia/Stretch & Wig-gle 9:45

10:00 Fitness Room & Shopping

10:30 Chair Yoga

12:00 Table Tennis

1:00 Walking/Shuffleboard-Freedom Park

Tai Chi 6:00 pm

9:30 Koffee Klatch Club/TV

Bible Study Club 9:45 10:00 Fitness Room/ Craft Class:13th Jewelry Making Class20th Fall Craft w/ Carol

Fall Concert Series: 10:306th Betty Craven 13th County Music Concert20th Alex Roncat27th Betty Allred

12:00 Spite & Mal-ice1:15 Book Club

9:30 Koffee Klatch ClubBrain Aerobic w/ Amy 9:30 – 10:30

10:00 Fitness Room

Lunch & Learn: 7th Program w/ Universal Health Care14th Senior Career Day/J. Tillman NC Senator 21st Senior Nutri-tion: Nut Day28th Halloween

12:15 Line Dancing

1:15 Chat & Cro-chet

9:30 Koffee Klatch Club/Word Games

9:45 What is Jeop-ardy?

10:00 Fitness Room/ Chair Aero-bic

10:30 Bingo:8th Bingo with Home Health22nd State Fair Bingo

12:00 Canasta12:15 Walking Club

Flu Clinic: Friday, October 8, 1:00 – 3:00 pm

3 - 9 Fire Preven-tion Week4th Guardian Angels Day13th Jewelry Making Class 10:00 am14th Senior Career Day/J. Tillman15-21st Gourmet Coffee Week20th Fall Craft 18th – 22nd State Fair Week19th State Fair Trip23rd Health Fair @1st United Meth-odist Church Drop In Activities:Exercise room, card & board games, table tennis, books, and video library

Visit from JesusRuth went to her mail box and there was only one letter. She picked it up and ;ooked at it before opening, but then she looked at the envelope again. There was no stamp, no postmark, only her name and address. She read the letter: Dear Ruth: I`m going to be in your neighborhood Saturday afternoon and I'd like to stop by for a visit. Love Always, Jesus. Her hands were shak-ing as she placed the letter on the table. 'Why would the Lord want to visit me? I'm nobody special. I don't have anything to offer.' With that thought, Ruth remembered her empty kitchen cabi-nets. 'Oh my goodness, I really don't have any-thing to offer. I'll have to run down to the store and buy some-thing for dinner.' She reached for her purse and counted out its contents. Five dollars and forty cents. Well, I can get some bread and cold cuts, at least.' She threw on her coat and hurried out the door. A loaf of French bread, a half-pound of sliced turkey, and a carton of milk....leaving Ruth with grand total twelve cents to last her until Monday.. Nonetheless, she felt good as she headed home, her meager offerings tucked under her arm.. 'Hey lady, can you help us, lady?' Ruth had been so absorbed in her dinner plans, she hadn't even noticed two figures huddled in the alleyway. A man and a woman, both of them dressed in little more than rags. 'Look lady, I ain't got a job, you know, and my wife and I have been living out here on the street, and, well, now it's getting cold and we're getting kinda Hungry and, well, if you could help us. Lady, we'd really appreciate it.' Ruth looked at them both. They were dirty, they smelled bad and frankly, she was certain that they could get some kind of work if they really wanted to. 'Sir, I'd like to help you, but I'm a poor woman myself. All I have is a few cold cuts and some bread, and I'm having an important guest for dinner tonight and I was planning on serving that to Him.' 'Yeah, well, okay lady, I understand. Thanks anyway.' The man put his arm around the woman's Shoulders, turned and headed back into the alley. As she watched them leave, Ruth felt a familiar twinge in her heart. 'Sir, wait!' The couple stopped and turned as she ran down the alley after them. 'Look, why don't you take this food. I'll figure out something else to serve my guest.' She handed the man her grocery bag. 'Thank you lady. Thank you very much!' 'Yes, thank you!' It was the man's wife, and Ruth could see now that she was shivering 'You know, I've got another coat at home. Here, why don't you take this one.' Ruth unbuttoned her jacket and slipped it over the woman's shoulders. Then smiling, she turned and walked back to the street...without her coat and with nothing to serve her guest. 'Thank you lady! Thank you very much!' Ruth was chilled by the time she reached her front Door, and wor-ried too. The Lord Was coming to visit and she didn't have anything to offer Him. She fumbled through her purse for the door key. But as she did, she noticed an-other envelope in her mailbox. 'That's odd.. The mail-man doesn't usually come twice in one day.' Dear Ruth: It was so good to see you again. Thank you for the lovely meal. And thank you, too, for the beautiful coat. Love Always, Jesus The air was still cold, but even without her coat, Ruth no longer noticed.

Liberty Senior Center October Calendar

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Randolph County Senior Adults AssociationMerry Christmas Breakfast The Randolph County Senior Adults Associa-tion is looking for sponsors to help the Association host the Merry Christmas Breakfast.  The break-fast is for senior 60 years and older and will he held at the Eastside Baptist Church, Asheboro.  A great way to advertise your business, church or organization by sponsoring a table.  Sponsors will be re-sponsible for hosting a table of 6 seniors at $5.00 per person for a total of $30 plus a table centerpiece as a door prize. Please make your check out to RCSAA.  Mailing address: PO Box 336 Liberty, NC 27298. Liberty Senior CenterKaffy Kivett, Director, Phone 622-5844

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The PGHS Star Barn Quilt was unveiled on Tuesday and now adorns the front of Providence Grove High School’s renovated barn. Drive by and check it out.

 QuitSmart Classes As a Tobacco-Free facility, Randolph Hospital is pleased to once again bring QuitSmart, the Smoking Cessation Pro-gram, to area residents who wish to gain freedom from the three chains that bind you to cigarettes and tobacco-products: physical addiction, habit and emotional depend-ence. This three part series will be held on Tuesday, October 5, 19 & 26 at 6:30 p.m. at Randolph Hospital.  The classes will be held in the conference room of the Home Health Building located at 341 N. Fayetteville St., Asheboro (across from the main hospital campus). During the classes, par-ticipants will learn several proven techniques to ease off nicotine, as well as decide if they need medication and ulti-mately break the habit of smoking. QuitSmart is a proven series and the success rate for this program is twice that of other methods.  Why is QuitSmart so successful? Most smokers try to quit cold turkey using willpower alone to stop. To overcome physical withdrawal symptoms, the QuitSmart System has smokers quit "warm chicken." Nico-tine addiction is reduced gradually by switching each week to cigarettes at 40 to 50 percent less nicotine. After two weeks, with much of the nicotine out of the body, the smoker will be able to quit much easier.  To overcome psy-chological dependence on cigarettes, QuitSmart teaches positive thinking (similar to reinforcement strategies used by successful athletes), decision-firming techniques and hypnosis. The classes are free and funded through a grant from the Randolph Hospital Community Health Founda-tion. For more information or to register, please call (336) 629-8836.

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Randolph Entrepreneurial Summit Oct. 16 At RCC Randolph Community College will host the Randolph Entrepreneurial Summit on Satur-day, Oct. 16, from 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at the Asheboro Campus."Interested individuals should attend and discover the programs and opportunities available at Randolph Commu-nity College to unleash the entrepreneur that lives inside of you," said Lonnie Hamm, direc-tor of RCC's Small Business Center, which is sponsoring this unique networking opportu-nity. The event will feature a ribbon cutting for GATE entrepreneurs. Growing America Through Entrepreneurship (GATE) is a dem-onstration program funded by the U.S. De-partment of Labor that helps rural dislocated (laid-off) workers approach self-employment as an alternative career path to finding a job.The Summit will also include a small business panel for questions and advice, a NCLeap presentation on legal services, and opportuni-ties to meet bankers and to network with other business owners. Attendees will be able to meet with representatives from the North Carolina REAL (North Carolina Rural Entre-preneurship through Action Learning) Insti-tute, the North Carolina Rural Center, and SCORE. SCORE, Counselors to America’s Small Business, is a nonprofit association dedicated to educating entrepreneurs and helping small business start, grow and suc-ceed nationwide. Any small business owner can register to set up a table at this free event. For more information, contact Lonnie Hamm at 336-633-0240 or Marty Brown, RCC GATE counselor, 336-633-0306.

Putting All The Pieces Together

Local Economy...Things Are Looking Up

The Randolph County Economic Development Corporation sees many positive signs in the local and regional economy. Despite gloomy messages from national economists, we see encouraging news

across Randolph County. A substantial majority of local companies report increased demand for products and serv-ices with growth forecast through 2011. Local manufactur-ers are hiring again after two years of downsizing and their existing employees are working more hours. Companies that include Timken, Energizer, Sapona, Teleflex Medical and Technimark are hiring, investing in training, and poised for additional growth. Companies are building new capacity through investment in machinery and equipment and in some cases building expansions. Business recruit-ment activity has increased with active projects in Arch-dale, Liberty, and Seagrove. We are submitting buildings and sites across Randolph County for projects in food re-processing, apparel, plastics, automotive, and consumer goods. Availability of buildings and sites remains a key

driver for fast moving projects. The EDC is working with local governments to support these projects by

seeking grants for public water and sewer as well as building reuse grants for vacant buildings. All grant projects are linked to new job creation and capital investment. Grants are funding public infrastructure and laying a foundation for future growth through expanded access to water and sewer. And growth is not limited to the industrial sector. We are working with projects ranging from a grocery store to medical services to specialized housing. Beneficiaries of all these projects will include the hard hit construction industry with new industrial facilities planned in Asheboro and Randleman and building reno-vations and expansions under consideration in Asheboro, Ramseur and Trin-ity. Major capital projects underway will impact our county and region for decades to come. Construction of Interstate74 will be complete by the end of 2012, wa-ter from the Randleman Reservoir will begin flowing in the next few weeks, and new water lines on US 64 will extend water to a fast growing area of the county. You can’t drive along our major highway corridors without seeing construction activity. Major transportation and utility arteries are pipelines for growth and a competitive advantage for our community. Some problem areas remain…the ability to borrow capital is constrained, cash flow for some small businesses is very tight, and some companies face challenges in hiring skilled workforce. Local and state government revenues will remain flat or contract over the next couple of years. There are numerous efforts to over-come these issues. Check out this newsletter or visit www.blnc.gov. We learned this week that the recession officially ended in the summer of 2009. Across Randolph County, we see daily evidence of economic growth and positive energy. Challenges remain but the future outlook is getting brighter by the day!!!

• HERE IT IS! 2360 NC HWY. 62 E., Julian. 10 acres with spring, wooded and open; huge amount road frontage. Brick ranch home with almost full drive in basement. Also comes with a small rental home as well…all for only $199,000.

• 8583 Hinshaw Shop Rd., Liberty. 2 ½ + acres on paved road in Pleasant Hill area; two bed, one bath upgraded cottage….59,900.

• 183 South Fayetteville St.; huge 3 Bed, 1 Bath, high ceilings, huge windows, in 1920’s condi-tion. $72,000

• 123 E. Highfill Ave.; 2 or 3 Bed, 1 Bath on town lot across from elementary school. NEW PRICE….$47,500

• 734 South Fayetteville St.; upgraded 1 ½ story 2 Bed, 1 Bath with double garage on large town shaded lot with garden space and large pecan trees. $89,900

• 260 Flynt Rd.; large 3 Bed, 2 Bath 2000 year model Oakwood doublewide on brick founda-tion. One acre wooded country lot. NEW PRICE $60,000 (with possible owner financing)

• 25+ acres on southern city limits $205,000 or may sell ½ for 112,500. call for details.

• Building lots from 1 to 5 acres in all areas around Liberty. Some are site built only lots, some modular, some doublewide lots. $21,000 to 39,900

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Visitors have recently enjoyed coming to the Liberty Nature Research Library.

The children especially enjoy having their picture taken with the Kachina doll.

(Ethan Frye liked the Kachina doll)

New and interesting items are on display at the library. One is about ponds and streams with different statues of the wildlife that live in and around them. Our other display is some rocks and minerals, some found locally. We hope you have a chance to see what we have to offer.

If you have an interesting nature collection or idea, please let us know. The Nature Research Library is located at the Roy Reitzel Center, 128 S. Fayetteville St., Liberty NC. Mon 9-1, Wed 1-5 and Sat 9-1. Ph 622-4605 for information.

Medicare Changes For 2011 You will soon receive your “Annual Notice of Change” from your Medicare Advantage or Medicare Part D Prescription Drug plan inform-ing you of changes for 2011. Twenty-Three of the Medicare Advantage Plans and fourteen of the Part D Prescription Drug plans in Randolph County will no longer be available for 2011. On November 4, 2010 at 2pm at the First United Methodist Church of Liberty there will be a pub-lic seminar explaining these changes and assis-tance will be available to search and enroll for a new plan for 2011. Those wishing to enroll in a Medicare Advantage plan or Medicare Part D plan must do so during open enrollment from November 15 - December 31. There will be a new Dis-enrollment Period January 1 – February 14 for those who wish to disenroll from their Advantage Plan and go back on Original Medicare and a Part D plan. If you have questions or are unsure if you need to get a new plan come November 4 or call FUMC 622-4682 and ask to speak to the Faith Community Nurse Lori Cobb (available on Tues-days and Thursdays) who is also your Randolph County SHIIP Volunteer for the Liberty area.

The Edge Hair Studio- Lets Get The Edge On The LadySo downtown Liberty is home to a new hair salon. Kimberly Lackey is pleased to announce the opening of her new Styling Salon “The Edge” located at 116 W. Swannanoa Ave. in the heart of Downtown Liberty. So lets get the sharp edge look on this great lady opening up this new business. Kimberly was born in Greensboro and moved to Smyrna, Tennessee with her family when she was 9 years old. She also graduated from Smyma High School and went on to earn her Cosmetology License from the “Volunteer” Beauty Academy in 1986 and brings that experience to her new shop. Her parents, Jim & Brenda Gantt also live in the Liberty area and are excited about her venture as any proud parents would be. She would also like to extend a special thanks to her aunt, Cathy Gantt for the encouragement and sup-port needed in starting her own business. Kimberly credits her Grandfather, Grady Lee Oakley, for teaching her the importance of being strong and gentle but at the same time , treating people with

respect. Wow, what great instructions for live. Kimberly has three children, Ethan 20, Carson 17 & Morgan is 15. Having this many teenagers has given her the opportunity to keep up with the latest hairstyles for the younger generation in our area. She is also skilled

in cutting and styling men’s hair and “tradi-tional” hairstyles for both men and women. An in-teresting fact I learned was that during her years in Tennessee she had the oppor-tunity to work with numerous performers and singers from the Nashville area while kept them looking their best while both on

and off-stage. Kimberly returned to the Liberty area about two years ago and began working toward opening a place of her own.

“For the last 25 years I have wanted my own shop and decided to take the chance with “The Edge”, Kimberly stated. The official open house for “The Edge” is Thursday, October 2l, which is the same night of the Third Thursday Block Party Downtown Liberty. However, she will be open for business as of now, so stop in and visit with her. She plans to offer manicures and pedicures, and professional hair care products in the weeks to come. There is a beautiful display of jewelry available for sale in the shop as well. Gift certificates will also be available for the upcoming Holiday Season. Kimberly looks forward to meeting her new customers and seeing her existing customers coming in to her new shop. Drop by or call 622-3779 for an appointment you will not be dis-appointed. Story By Kevin Bowman

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LOCAL ANIMAL SHELTER AND GIRL SCOUTS INVITE PUBLIC TO PARTY WITH THE ANIMALS Randolph County Animal Shelter is having a party, and all local residents are invited. The sec-ond annual Fall Fling will be on October 9, from 10am until 2pm, at the shelter. Driving directions can be found at www.rcaspets.org. Guests are in-vited to meet and play with adoptable pets and enjoy a brief show by our miniature horse, Star-gazer. Local photography will be available for purchase as well as designer dog accessories. Everhart Farms of Asheboro will be on site offering local produce, pumpkins and more. Come hungry and enjoy a hot dog, snow cone or cupcake, with a portion of your purchase benefiting the shel-ter’s adoptable animals. The Girl Scouts of Troop 40680 have worked with shelter staff to make this event a success. Girl scouts will be on hand to assist potential adopters, and toys made by the scouts will be part of adoption goody bags. The Randolph County Animal Shel-ter is a county run shelter that serves Asheboro and the surrounding towns and rural areas. The shelter offers animals for adoption weekly from

9am to 4pm. The adoption fee is $15, cash. All adopters

are required to have their pet spayed or neutered within 30 days of adoption. A current list of available pets

can be seen at www.rcaspets.org.The animal shelter is located at 1370 County Land Road, Randleman, NC, 27317. Contact: Leigh Casaus 336-682-8235

lacasaus@co.randolph.nc.us or MiMi Cooper 336-318-6217 Randolph County Animal Shelter , 1370

LIBERTY PARKS & RECREATIONFALL PROGRAMSHere are some opportunities for students, parents, teachers, and school support staff that the Liberty Parks & Recreation Department is offering this fall. For further information please call us at 622-3955 or visit our website: www.liberty-nc.com.Youth Basketball/Cheerleading Registration for the 2010-11 youth bas-ketball season will be held at the Liberty School gym lobby, Monday-Thursday, October 4-7 from 6-8 p.m. This program is for boys ages 5-15 and girls ages 5-12 that reside in the Liberty/Staley area. Your age for this season is your age on Octo-ber 16, 2010. Beginner Tennis Lessons-Youth ages 6-12Held at Freedom Park on Tuesdays & Thursdays from 5:30-6 p.m. for three weeks starting October 12. Cost $30. Deadline to register 10/810Beginner Tennis Lessons-Adult ages 13-upHeld at Freedom Park on Mondays & Wednesdays from 5:30-6 p.m. for three weeks starting October 11. Cost $30. Deadline to register 10/8/10Intermediate Tennis Lessons-Youth 6-12 Held at Freedom Park on Tuesdays & Thursdays from 6:15-6:45 p.m. for three weeks starting October 12. Cost $30. Deadline to register 10/8/10Intermediate Tennis Lessons-Adult ages 13-up Held at Freedom Park on Mondays & Wednesdays from 6:15-6:45 p.m. for three weeks starting October 11. Cost $30. Deadline to register 10/8/10 Hatha Yoga-Adult ages 14-up Held at the Reitzel Center, 128 S. Fayet-teville Street, Liberty on Mondays from 6-7 p.m. for six weeks starting November 1. Cost $33. Deadline to register-10/29/10.Tai Chi-Adult ages 14-up Held at the Reitzel Center, 128 S. Fayet-teville Street, Liberty on Tuesdays from 6-7 p.m. for six weeks starting November 2. Cost $33. Deadline to register 10/29/10

Classrooms Helped by Randolph Telephone DSL CustomersCaption: L-R General Manager Frankie Cagle, Marketing Director Aaryn Slafky and Marketing Representative Jeni Andrews prepare kits to de-liver to local schools.

September 16, 2010 ♦ Ashe-boro, N.C. – Tissues, hand sanitizer, dry erase boards…all key ingredients for any class-room these days. Forty-three local classrooms and teachers will receive just that and more in a Classroom Helper Kit this month from Randolph Telephone. Randolph held a

promotion in August for new DSL broadband Internet customers to pick a classroom to receive a free kit. Ran-dolph staff is in the process of deliver-ing the kits now.

“Back-to-school is a popular time for people to sign up for our DSL Internet as they prepare to take classes online or their kids need the Internet to help with school projects and homework assignments. So, we

thought what better way to help some of our local schools than to pair a promotion with a special gift for teach-

ers,” said Frankie Cagle, general manager of Randolph Telephone. “It’s a win-win because customers got a free month and free installation for signing up while helping our schools.”

High-speed Internet is available to 100 percent of Randolph Telephone’s service area. Nearly 50 percent of Randolph Telephone customers use DSL Internet today, as measured by num-ber of access lines. The Internet has grown in popularity not only for online classes but for research, shopping, communications, social networking, business applications and more. According to the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project, “a majority of home broadband users see a home high-speed connection as ‘very important’ to at least one dimension of their lives and community.” This finding was in the 2009 Home Broadband Adoption report, which reported that home broadband users rank broadband as critical, particularly for community activities, communicating with medical providers, contributing to economic growth and sharing their views.

Small Town Main Street Economic Restructuring Committee. Both Liberty and Wilkesboro approved to fund both Façade Incentive Grant and Capital Improvement Grant programs. Recognizing that both programs will benefit both the property/business owner and the community as a whole, both towns took a proactive step when they approved to budget for these grant programs. Liberty’s town board approved $10,000 in their budget to be used toward either Façade mprovements or Capital Improve-ments. Their grant is a matching 50/50 grant of up to $1000 per application. Wilkesboro’s council voted to approve $7,000 for the Façade Incentive Grant program and $7,000 for the Capital Improvement program with a cap of $3,500 per project (minimum $500). Both towns are also in the process of creating Loan Poolprograms and both towns are also desig-nated as National Historic Register Districts meaning that certain properties (reha-bilitation projects) within the district could possibly take advantage of the Historic Tax Credits. Wilkesboro is located in Wilkes County and Liberty in Randolph and are in the Western STMS region.

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Meet The New Poem Writer For The PaperMexana Oxend-ine is our new poetry writer. She is the lead teacher at Tiny Tots Daycare. Mexana was born November 4, in Red springs, NC. She has received her GED, and  has College Credits for early childhood education. Ms Ox-endine enjoys gardening, sewing, reading, and garage selling. She has 3 children and 4 grandchildren. If we want to know more about her,  I must ask some ques-tions. Lets get to know the woman behind the words. What lead you to writing? Ms Oxendine stated with a big grin, “ Since my youth after learning to write and read, I’ve enjoyed writing poetry. One day I would love to write my own book. I also enjoy writing stories. I’ve got that creative instinct in my mind. I have had a great opportunity to make stories for children at the day-care,” So Ms oxendine , who has been you favorite role model been and why? “ Sister Frances is a very hum-bled women. She gives and gives, not looking to receive anything in return. Ms Frances Has a spiritual link with GOD, which I believe takes much praying, fasting, and reading His Word, getting filled up on all that good food. She never kept that desire for the Lord from her family, and in that she openly taught them the gospel of Jesus Christ. I know you’ve gone through a lot of test and trials. I know we over come our sadness with joy. “I asked, what do you do in your day that up lifts you? "Well Miles , I never really thought about it, but it would have to be touching someone with the good news of Jesus Christ, wether its as simple as saying to them Jesus loves you". Also at the end of the day when my body is earning for rest, looking back over the day seeing all the task I have completed. I then thank God for all that HE has done for me, and that right there makes my day. "Wow that is awesome!", I said desper-ate to hear more. So I just had to ask to ask a question asked by many people like myself. If you had one thing Ms Oxendine to say to someone who is going through something that you have gone through, what would it be? "Never give up on yourself, but most of all Never, Ever give up on GOD. You may have to wait, but wait for GOD's best, don't settle for anything less". Greatly said. In your time with writing poems, what is your best memory? " In the time that I have spent writ-ing poems I have found that the words that go from my mind to the paper don't just touch me, but the readers also. I see that the little things we do can bless people and have a impact in their life. Many people tell me how these GOD given word's touch their hearts. Ms Oxendine can you please tell the readers a little bit more about yourself? Well, I was saved Nov 1967, I grew up on a farm as a tenant farmer. GOD has impressed upon me, to witness more to be ready to talk to anyone, with every opportunity I get. The more I read the Word of GOD, I find we fall short of sharing the good news, where we should be more concerned a-bout others than ourself. I believe this is what GOD wants for us to do. I guess the greats question for all the readers is will you live for Christ Jesus, for HE died for you. Will you? Its has been great getting to know you better Ms Oxendine, I look forward to reading the word that GOD gives you. Thank you!  Story By Miles Lee Hopson

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At The Well At the center of the Village is a deep well of life-giving water where the townspeople meet. As they draw water their voices blend in the culture, society and wisdom that they share. Each month meet here at the well to hear those voices.It is true that we don’t know what we’ve got till it is gone. Think of what you would not want to find yourself without. It would not be material things, except for sur-vival needs; food, water, shelter. Granna has been such a blessing and a joy to our lives. We have taken her for granted, though a part of us knows that she won’t be with us for-ever. Why then, did we wait until a medical event woke us up? Granna felt vague symptoms of unwellness. She has aged gracefully and is without the 15 drugs that most folks her age struggle with. She is active and strong. This day she was taken to the emergency room, in spite of her fuss, just to be sure that her ‘indigestion’ was not something more. While there, the doctors gave her medica-tions, ‘just in case’ and a dose of insulin. They insisted that it was protocol along with the x-rays they took of her chest. $1,500 later, Granna was in insulin shock and had a reaction to those heart medications that were given, before the x-rays showed that she did not need it. We took a much more sickened Granna back home with a long recovery ahead for her. When back at home she asks, “Did anyone remember to feed my sourdough?” We look at one another. “Nothing is wrong with her memory!” someone says. “I sure hope it will be ok,” she continues, while moving to the kitchen to do what we had not. Her life has meaning. Her sourdough needs her. “I have fed this sourdough since before you were born”, she tells me. Now she has my attention. “I feed it and it feeds you, me, and all who need to be fed.” I feel something within me that wants to be needed by sourdough and by a healthy, well-fed fam-ily. Nobody in the family knew what Granna knew about this. She had always produced the fresh bread and the waffles each breakfast, from this very important unassuming glob that had lived as long as I.“Will you tell me how to care for it?” I ask, feeling the heaviness of a responsibil-ity to feed and use this EVERY day until my great-grandchildren ask me about it. “Sure, it’s not much trouble” she says. This comment, coming from a woman who had her children born at home and who raised her own siblings after her mother took ill, was a little skewed. She went on talking, while I scribbled notes on a paper. She could talk and do the things faster than I could write it down. “First, we’ll feed it, since it is hungry” she says. “It can’t feed us since we did not feed it, so we cannot make bread today”. She dips a one-cup measure into the bin of Rye flour and dumps it into the big clear bowl where the sourdough lives. “Next, it needs water for life” she continues as the water flows in riverlets through the dry flour. Stirring with a wooden spoon, which stays in the bowl, she says, “Now we can just cover it with the cloth and put it back on top of the fridge. Tomorrow morning we will have fresh waffles and prepare to make bread. It will be strong and ready to feed us.” Granna is tired from the trauma of her hospital trip and glad to be back home. She rests, while her well-fed sourdough rests. Morning comes, Granna feels better and takes the sourdough from the fridge top to make waffles. I am ready with my note pad. Eight wooden spoons of sour-dough, one egg, cinnamon, salt, Rumford baking powder with a tablespoon of melted butter. “Heat the waffle iron” she says while she takes out two cups of the remaining sourdough to make her loaf of bread. “Do you want to feed it today?” she asks me. “I sure will” I say, realizing that this is the beginning of my long relationship with sourdough. Granna may not be with me forever, but I will make sure that her sourdough is, and that it never goes hungry. After all, if I feed it, it will feed me and all the world if it needs to. “Sort of like loaves and fishes” I say aloud, not realizing that no one has heard my thoughts. “What?” Granna asks. “Nothing” I say as I dip the one-cup measure into the flour bin. More mira-cles than one have happened here. I notice that giving life to the sourdough, and giving life to her family has given life to Granna. It has even brought her back quickly from a near medical disaster. Next time Granna feels sick, it just may take only her sourdough to make her feel better. Mysteries of life are everywhere, if we only choose to see them.

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Come to…The Bargain Shop

(Thrift store operated by the Liberty Association of Churches)125 S. Greensboro Street, Liberty

See us for fall clothing, baby equipment, toys, household furnishings, Halloween décor items and costumes, and many

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Your dollars spent here help your neigh-bors in need

Can you help?The food pantry sponsored by the Liberty Association of Churches (LAC) is running low on food supplies for those in our community who are in need.Last year there were 650 adults and 476 children who were given food through the LAC pantry. Through July of this year there have been 404 adults and 203 children who have received food. The local need for food does not go away. Last year there were 494 repeat clients who received emergency services through the LAC ministry; this year there have been 316 repeat clients through July. Last year there was a total of 41 new clients, and this year there have been 59 new clients through July. These are our neighbors who have had serious economic difficulties during this recession. The Bargain Shop, the thrift store operated by the LAC, supplies funds for the emergency assistance ministry. During 2009, 33 adults and 53 children received clothing and a few basic household necessities from the Shop; this year through July, 45 adults and 45 children have received goods. When you donate clean, gently used items to the Bargain Shop and when you shop there, you are helping to fund the emergency assistance ministry. In addition to emergency food needs and Shop vouchers for basic material needs, this ministry helps with utilities, rents, and medications. There is also a great need for mone-tary donations to fund this vital ministry. Come to the Bargain Shop (125 S. Greensboro St., Liberty) for fall clothing for the whole family. You will find baby equipment, toys, household furnishings, back packs for school, décor items and many unique finds. Many thanks to you, a caring community, who have so gener-ously supported this ministry for over 15 years. If you wish to help in any way, please call the Bargain Shop, 336-622-0031 or the Assistance office, 336-622-8312. The Bargain Shop-Shop with us: Thursday 9 to 1, Friday 9 to 5, Saturday 9 to 1

Liberty American Legion Post 81 Fall Golf Tournament atSandy Creek Golf Club

5454 Whites Chapel Rd., Staley, N.C. (off 49 S toward Ramseur from 421 in Liberty)

Saturday October 23, 2010 Fundraiser for American Legion Programs. Bring your own Teams

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Rocking F Farm Fall HarvestThe Communities Kick Off To AutumnWell as in the years past, it appear Rocking F Farm in Climax is the one that sets the stage to kick off the autumn season. On Sat-urday September 11, Rockin F Farm was trans-formed into a mini State Fair in its own rights. From pumpkins to Petunia. Yes I said Petunia, but not the flower, it is the pot belly pig that calls Rockin F Farm home. I have grown to love this beautiful crea-ture. Whether she is greeting customers in-side or outside during a Fall Harvest Day, she is there in all her glory. I still remem- ber when my young daugh-ters would reach down and pet Petunia. Before you knew it, she had rolled over to have her belly rubbed. Well, that day was full of all the farm animals to be pet-ted, to hayrides, to great live music, great food (from hotdogs to desserts..my favorite was the Lemon Chess Pie I took home), to numerous yard sale setups, to vendors , to crafts and the list goes one. Let's not forget the store itself that had great sales that day. From their farm raised beef to great produce and to homegrown items from all over the Carolinas. Need that special arrangement for a loved one or your own home, it was there.

If you have not ventured down to Climax to visit Rockin F Farm, well it is your loss. Make a short drive down there and you will be surprised on what you will find. They are located at 6741 Monnett Rd in Climax. Why travel out of town for the old timey Country Store and Florist, when you have it in your own back yard. See you there soon.Story By Kevin Bowman

Movie Night Just Down The RoadWow, I can not believe we are getting ready to have another year of the Free movie night down at the orchard. I look so forward to seeing all the chil-dren and adults having fun together. From the tire swings, to the bond fires, to the pumpkins, to the hayrides and my most favorite.... yes... the fami-lies all snuggled together to spend quality time together watching a time-less favorite movie. It’s The Great Pumpkin! This event would not be possible if it was not for the gracious hospitality of Millstone Creek Orchard allowing their area be turned into a place of great fun. Special thanks to all the Liberty folks that have helped make this possible. Randolph Tele-phone is providing free balloons, Loflin Funeral Home is providing their great popcorn, Celebrate Liberty’s Children and Liberty Tax is providing free art area for children to decorate their pumpkin, Liberty Leader for getting the work out to all the kids. So kids tell your parents to come out so you all can heave some great fun.

See you there!!!

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ST. PAUL HELP ME HOLY GHOSTMISSION BAPTIST CHURCH

251 N ASHEBORO STREET -  LIBERTY, NC 27298Sunday School...............................10:00 amMorning Worship...........................11:00 amBible Study - Wednesday.....7 pm - 8:30 pm

Communion First SundayPastor Isaac Fortune, Sr. - 336-501-3306

The Women Of ST. Stephen AME Church

Proudly PresentsWomen’s Day Celebration 2010

Friday, October 22- Sunday, October 24, 2010All Events will be at St. Stephen AME Church

705 S. Kirkman Street Liberty, NC 27298

Friday, Oct. 22nd -kickoff & musical groups @ 7:00pm

Saturday, Oct. 23rd - Morning praise, work-shops, afternoon praise starting at 10:00 am

Sunday, Oct. 22nd- Grand finale- Annual Women’s DAy service @ 11:00 am

Ph: 336-376-8972

Jeremiah 32:27: "I am the Lord, the

God of every person on the earth.

Nothing is impossible for me."

WWJD

A Pumpkin Message At HalloweenBeing a Christian is just like a pumpkin! Let me try to explain, I brought this pumpkin here to help me illustrate what I mean. (Proceed to carve the pumpkin.) First, God picks you from the pumpkin patch and brings you in from the field. The Bible says He selects us out of the world. We are in the world, but no longer of the world. He then washes all the “dirt” off the outside that we received from being around all the other pumpkins. All the outside influences of our former life must be cleaned up. Old things are passed away and all things are become new. Then, He carefully removes all the “yucky stuff” called “sin” out from the inside. Look at this! Yuk! Sin will not have such internal power. He then changes us from the inside out by the Power of His Word. That’s why it is important to go the church and learn about God’s Word. He carefully removes all those seeds of doubt, hate, greed, and fear. He replaces them with the seeds of faith, hope and love. After Jesus is invited inside, you begin to experience the changing power of God’s love in your life. Then He carves a new smiling face. Our countenance is changed by the power of His presence in our life. We then become so grateful. It can even show on our face! Now we are going to light this candle inside. Look! This pumpkin now reflects the light from inside out. So too, when Jesus, who is called the Son of Light, lives inside of us, He shines through our life for all to see. We can let His light reflect through us to reveal His presence. “Let your light so shine before men that they may be able to see your good works and glorify your Father, who is in heaven.”So you see, we Christians are really like this pumpkin! We will never be the same with Jesus in-side of us. We can say like this jack-o-lantern, “Thy presence, my light!”{cut off top of pumpkin}Lord, open my mind so I can learn new things about you.{remove innards}Remove the things in my life that don’t please you.Forgive the wrong things I do and help me to forgive others.{cut open eyes}Open my eyes to see the beauty you’ve made in the world around me.{cut out nose}I’m sorry for the times I’ve turned my nose at the good food you provide.{cut out mouth}Let everything I say please You.

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Bicyclist Death In Liberty Due To Hit And Run Friends of a slain cyclist want a killer to come forward. State troopers say a driver fatally hit 48-year-old Michael Pellegrino and took off. It happened on Highway 421 between Old Liberty Road and Troy Estates Road. Someone spotted the body around 7:30 Sunday morning, but investigators don't know exactly when the crash happened. Pellegrino's roommates said he often took long cycling trips - more than once to New Jersey, and last month to Knoxville, Tennessee. Brian Marcum last saw his friend Saturday, when he headed for the beach from their Stokedale home. He wanted to go because he had never seen the North Carolina coast, said Marcum. Trooper Matthew Mitchell said someone struck Pellegrino from behind. Mitchell is not sure whether Pellegrino was riding or walking his bike on Highway 421."I'm sure they knew they hit something," Mitchell said of the driver. "Obvioiusly it wasn't a deer. I mean for some reason they kept driving." Investigators recovered pieces of broken headlight glass at the scene. They're using that to try to identify the vehicle that struck Pellegrino. Trooper Mitchell also noted there were no skidmarks. He said that means the driver did not brake before or after the crash. Mitchell said it appears the driver gradually veered onto the shoulder and struck Pelle-grino. His roommates hope someone will come forward with information. "He was too good of a guy to die that way," said Marcum. If you have any information about the crash, you can contact the highway patrol at 334-5500.

OBITUARIES JULIAN — Mrs. Alice Smith Coble, 90, passed away on Friday, Sep-tember 3, 2010 at her residence. Mrs. Coble was born on May 4, 1920 in Guilford County. Alice was a homemaker and a member of Coble's Lutheran Church. She enjoyed crocheting, baking and taking care of her family, always being attentive to their needs. She was preceded in death by husband, Dwight B. Coble; parents, James and Minnie Clapp Smith; three brothers and four sisters. Survivors include daugh-ter, Debbie Jones and husband Wayne of Julian; sister, Pansey Smith Johnson of Winston Salem; grandchildren, Kelley Jones Ward and husband Mike, Michael Wayne Jones, both of Julian.JULIAN — Mrs. Theba Collins Coble, 77, of Julian passed away on Thursday, September 2, 2010. She was daughter of the late Howard Lee Collins and Grace Bailey Collins and was also preceded in death by one son, Mike Coble; two brothers Ken and Bill Collins and two sisters Gwendolyn Collins and Sarah Partin. Surviving is her husband of 57 years, Reggie B. Coble; two daughters, Diane Kirkman and Nina Coble; two sons, Jeff and Darrell Coble; two grandsons, Ross and Reid Kirkman; two sisters, Teresa Scott and Reba Britt; and three brothers, Correll Collins, Carlton Collins, and Howard L. Collins, Jr.LIBERTY — Mrs. Vivian Greene, 75, died Saturday, October 2, 2010. Burial will follow at Fairview Cemetery.JULIAN — Tommy Glenn Neese, 63, died Thursday, September 23, 2010. Lowe Funeral Home and Crematory is serving the Neese fam-ilyLIBERTY — Grady Patterson died Sunday, September 19, 2010, at Randolph Health and Rehabilitation Center, Asheboro, NC. Survivors include his wife, Ruth D. Patterson of the home; son, Grady L. Patter-son, Jr. of Greensboro, NC; daughters, Linda P. Cheek of Siler City, NC, Mary P. White of Liberty, NC, Janice Y. Patterson of Greensboro, NC and Ruth P. Alston of Ramseur, NC; sister, Gerona Haith of Snow Camp, NC; 20 grandchildren; 28 great grandchildren; and two God-daughters.JULIAN — Mrs. Mettawea Coble Ray, 87, died September 21, 2010 at Universal Healthcare in Ramseur, NC.A native of Julian, NC, Met-tawea was born May 24, 1923, the daughter of the late Charlie and Winnie Coble. She was a member of Coble's Lutheran Church and was predeceased by her husband of 60 years, James Robert "Bob" Ray. Mama/Grannie Ray will be fondly remembered by her family for her "sweet tea", blackberry cobbler, homemade biscuits and "Met-tawea" pickles! She showed much love to her family and friends with the meals she prepared for us over the years, the many flower and vegetable gardens she tended to and the great care that she took of her and Daddy's home. Survivors include her son, James Thomas Ray and wife, Martha, of Liberty; daughters Patsy Ray Allred and husband, Bill, of Ramseur and Anne Ray Beasley and husband, Wayne of Ram-seur; grandsons, Jeremy Ray and wife, Tracey of Thomasville; Ste-phen Allred and wife, Kristi of Randleman, Nathan Beasley and wife, Ashley of Asheboro; Matthew Beasley of Ramseur; granddaughters, Rachel Hinshaw and husband, Allen, of Ramseur and Hannah Bea-sley of Ramseur. Great-grandchildren, Ivy and Jimmy Ray; Addie and Ava Beasley. Brother, Newell Coble of Liberty and many nieces and nephews.LIBERTY — Mr. John Flynt Smith, 82, passed away on Friday, Sep-tember 3, 2010 at Moses Cone Hospital. A graveside service will be held on Monday, September 6, 2010 at 11 a.m. at Gilmore Memorial Park. The family will receive friends on Sunday evening from 6 until 8 p.m. at the funeral home. He was the son of the late Will Maurice and Mary Etta Flynt Smith and was also preceded in death by his wife, Lois Sawyer Smith and by three sisters and four brothers. Surviving is his daughter, Sheila Smith Coble and her husband, Tommy and one granddaugh-ter, Kristen Coble.LIBERTY — Cleo Billy "Bill" Wilson, Jr., 66, of 718 North Fayet-teville Street, died Sunday, September 12, 2010 at Moses Cone Hos-pital He was born November 3, 1943 in Guilford County to the late Cleo Billy Wilson, Sr. and Thelma Hall Wilson. Bill was the retired owner and operator of Best Paint Company, Bill's Ice Cream & Deli, and Wilson's Catering. After retirement, he worked for Walker's Ex-press. He is survived by three children, Rhonda Meeks of Greens-boro, Michael Todd Wilson of McLeansville, and Shay Sampson and husband Russell of Greensboro; one sister, Margaret Denny Burton and husband Thomas of Greensboro; five grandchildren, Ashley Hand, Brittany Meeks, Michael Meeks, Aaron Dabbs, and Taylor Dabbs; two great grandchildren, Myah Anders and Chelsea O'Bryant; two nephews, Gary Denny and Jeffery Denny; and one niece, Beth

For any additional information please contact us (336)622-2124

October 17th 3pmFreedom Park Liberty

PBLC Its been quite a while since PBLC has had an article in this wonderful paper, primarily due to the fact that this won-derful town has kept us busy. I'd like to kindly remind you of our quality services this fall and winter and would like to touch on the ones that will benefit you, the customer the most. As the weather cools down, the leaves begin to fall, and the days get shorter, your lawn and landscape mainte-nance needs are going to gradually decline, but other small tasks will arise that Paul Bruchon and his staff at Paul Bruchon Lawn Care (PBLC) can take care of for you with ease. See the list below!Core Aeration/Over seeding: per-fect for prepping for grass in the spring so your yard can be at its best. Lime, Fertilizer, and grass seed all should be out by the first frost of the fall/winter season to have time to Germinate (root) and have the best effect.Pressure Wash-ing: Nasty looking walkways? Grimed up vinyl siding? Ask us about pressure washing, we'll be glad to make your home look great for the Christmas season. Chicken house pressure washing: Our newest service, basically if you own chicken houses and don't want to lay hand on cleaning those nasty things on your down time, call us and we'll take care of it for you. $350.00 for fans and curtains, $450.00 for fans, curtains, lines etc. per house, 5% discount if you let us use your water hookup! Firewood sales: We've gotten into

firewood sales, where we sell by the bundle, half chord, and chord. Please make an order today! Prices: $4.00 a bundle, $112.00 a face/half chord, $225.00 a chord. We also would like to thank Leggett and Platt Inc. of Liberty, and Dollar General of Ramseur for their business, they are our newest corporate accounts. To all our Customers, friends, family, and to an amazing God....Thank you! (336) 509-1752 for all your quality lawn care needs!

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Hickory Grove UMC - Liberty Annual Hot Dog Supper & Auction

Nov 13Mark Your Calendars

Fountain Of Youth Located On Main Street LibertyAs you can see from the pictures, downtown Liberty now has a new secret, The Fountain Of Youth. Just check out the photos, before and after. Hmmm, makes you wonder. Well the pots are real. In the photos below you can see Liberty Town Manager,

Roger Davis, as he supervises the instal-lation of these new pots that line the streets of Liberty. They will soon be filled with great trees and more.

This is just

one of many new things com-ing. Be on the look out for more im-prove-ments. Story By Kevin Bowman

Events at Hickory Grove (10068 Silk Hope-Liberty Road. From Liberty, follow East Dameron Street and it becomes Silk Hope-Liberty Road): The community is welcome to come to all of these events. You do not need to be a member of Hickory Grove or any

church to come.

Sunday, October 10: Youth Fun Day 2:00-6:30. Games, Activities, and a Hot Dog Supper.

Everyone welcome

Friday October 15: 7:00-8:30 PM Revival Service led by Rev. John Gumbo of Shepherd's House UMC in Durham. Rev. Gumbo was born in Zimbabwe, a country in Africa and came to the USA several years ago. Shepherd's House UMC is primarily made of Native Zimbabweans, but it is grow-ing and more and more Americans are becoming part of the congrega-tion. Rev. Gumbo is an inspiring preacher and a true man of God!

Saturday October 16: 4:00-? Covered Dish meal and Fellow-ship followed by Prayer and Presentations on Africa. Several Members of Rev. Gumbo's congregation will bring African dishes, and we can bring our favorite American dishes. This is a great chance to fellowship with people from a different culture, but with whom we share our faith.

Sunday, October 17: 11-12:30 Conclusion of Revival at our regular 11 AM service

Saturday, October 30: 6:00-8:30 Trunk-Or-Treat at Hickory Grove. Come for candy, snacks, hay rides, games, crafts, and other activities.

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After

Annual Holiday Bazaar & Win-Tasting Angelia's Pizza's at Forest Oaks will be holding their annual holiday bazaar and wine tasting on Sunday, November 14th, 2010 from 2:00-5:00. Anyone interested in displaying their wares or selling their products please contact Angelia's Pizza at 336-674-0060.  There is no charge to set up a ta-ble and there is no charge for the wine tasting.  This is a community event to kick off the holiday shopping season and introduce local vendors and their products.  Please join us for some holi-day cheer! Items are to be available for purchase that day or be ordered for quick shipment.  Wine will be available for purchase on site and if we run out, the orders will be delivered within two days. In the past we have had:  Many jewelry vendors, Avon, Partylite, Southern Living at Home, Paintings, Longaberger Baskets, Coffee etc. Space is limited so it will be on a first come first serve basis for the vendors. 

   

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"God Loves Us Like I love Alex Rodriguez."As I see school buses on the road, Halloween costumes in the stores, and loads of candy on the shelves I am re-minded of a few things. First, I need to pick up a bag of candy corn before the store supplies run dry! Second, the coming of autumn (though you would not know it from the weather) reminds of the coming Fall Classic, the base-ball World Series. With baseball in mind, there is some-thing I must admit: I am a New York Yankees fan. Grow-ing up in Louisville, KY this fact did not win me many friends among the Cincinnati Reds and Chicago Cubs faithful.  While going to college in St. Louis and living among the St. Louis Cardinals fanatics my Yankees allegiance persevered.  Now, while living in the North Carolina my Yankee-loving ways (consid-ered a personality "flaw" by many) have not endeared me to the Atlanta Braves contingent. But nevertheless...I re-main committed to the Yankees in all their glory, all their faults, and among all their enemies. As a Yankees fan one of the most frequent questions I hear is, “How do you like that team?” Or more specifically, “Do you like Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez?” “Are you really cheering for him to break the homerun records?” I can think of a million reasons to not like Alex Rodriguez. From a base-ball standpoint, he's no Derek Jeter. He's not a clutch per-former. He has a history of not getting the big hit when it counts the most. He admitted to using steroids, if for only a brief time. He's the highest paid player in the history of baseball ($33,000,000...yes...33 million this year alone!). From a personal standpoint, his life is less than exemplary for most. His private life is dotted by apparent selfishness, self-glorification, and egotism. But I want to like him. I want to cheer for him...And so I do. I wonder if it's not this way with God and us. Does not God will God's self to love us? Has God not committed God's self to us in Christ? In spite our faults, flaws, and shortcomings has not God pledged God's allegiance to us? In God's repeated calling of Israel back to a right relationship with himself, God remained steadfast in God's promises of love and deliverance. In the life, death, a resurrection of Christ God committed God's love, mercy, and grace to us, God's crea-tion. I am reminded of this love each time we celebrate Holy Communion. In the liturgy we proclaim: "Christ died for us while we were yet sinners; that proves God's love

toward us" (Romans 5:8). My "forced" love and commitment for A-Rod pales in comparison to my love for God and God's love for us. But the slightest simi-larity and the holiest fact remains: God has...God does...God will...love us.

Story By:David GarvinPastor, Shiloh United Methodist Church

“Release the Artist in you!”

“The Colored Canvas” offers children and adults an opportunity to create your own completed painting in just one group session. We provide every-

thing you will need.Girls Night Out - Date Night - Birthday PartiesRekindle your passion for painting --Try Something NewGet Schedules, View monthly paintings and Register at:

Woosley Photography128 W Swannanoa Ave., Liberty, NC Ph(252) 717-4770

OrMasten’s Music & Art

135 W Swannanoa Ave., Liberty, NC Ph (336) 622-3121Twenty-four participants max per group session. Come in today and sign up.

The Colored CanvasWhat happens when you combine the art of photog-raphy and painting, you get The Colored Canvas. Edi Smith from Masten’s Music and Art and Sandy Woosley from Woosley Photo have decided to bring a new avenue of art to Liberty. Starting this October they will be holding group painting classes for all ages at Hurricane Jane’s. Beginning with a blank canvas and acrylic paint they take you through the steps of creating a completed painting that you can take home. Each painting session will last 2 to 3 hours and materials will be provided. They intro-duce you to new painting techniques, assist you in mixing your colors and advise you on positioning your subject. They leave you with plenty of room for your own creative style; in fact they encourage all participants to take from their instructions only what you feel fits your style. No one canvas will be the same and you will find by attending the class that it will release the artist in you.

Since Mastens Music and Art opened this past April Edi has been asked by several customers about do-ing painting classes. In discussions, Edi and Sandy thought it might be fun if they took photographs of Sandy’s and use them as the subjects for the paint-ings there by creating “The Colored Canvas.” They both paint the subjects prior to the classes in order to show how easy it is to make your own rendition of the photographs. Since they have opened their stores in Liberty they have spent time trying to think of ways of bringing life to downtown Liberty. They have had the opportunity of meeting so many peo-ple, sharing ideas with the public and have received hands down positive feedback and support from the community. In addition to the “Life To Downtown Celebration” and the “Third Thursday” pickin event this is another way they are trying to bring people to downtown Liberty in hopes that people can meet others that might have similar interest.

The town of Liberty and community have been ex-tremely supportive to Edi and Sandy in their en-deavors. With that Ron and Jane from Hurricane Jane’s stepped up and offered to have the painting classes held at the newly converted and artistically renovated game room.

For those of you that feel that you can not draw a stick figure, this is a perfect opportunity to sit with friends or come by yourself and enjoy a pressure free art session. This class will offer an excellent location for a social event for airls night out, date night, birthday party, rekindle your passion for painting or simply to do something new.

The Colored Canvas will offer two adult group classes and two group children classes per month. Each class will offer a new painting subject. Due to limited seating each session can accommodate a maximum of twenty-four seats so sign up early. Masten’s Music and Art and Woosley Photo will have the subjects displayed in their stores. Come visit both of these locations, select which subject you would like to paint and register for the class.

North Carolina Cinderella Scholarship Pageant Press Release NC Cinderella Scholarship Program is coming to your area on October 16th, 2010 and is open to young ladies ages 0-26 and young men ages 0-6.The Cinderella Scholarship program is considered to be the largest and most prestigious youth development program of its kind in the world. We are cele-brating our 33rd year, where we proudly give over $200,000 in college scholar-ships and other awards annually. Cinderella is more than just a “Beauty Pag-eant”; it is a youth development program that starts at a local level and can advance p to the International level. Contestants will compete in a Group In-terview or Baby Playtime, Casualwear, Partywear or Evening Gown, Photo-genic and Talent or Tot Personality. Previous modeling experience or pageant experience is not necessary. Cinderella is a “Natural” pageant and glitzy attire is not recommended. We are looking for “Real Kids In Real Clothes”. We strive on helping each child follow their dreams and reach their highest potential. To gain more information on the NC Cinderella Scholarship Program, feel free to visit our website at www.nccinderella.com For more information regarding the local preliminary which will be held on October 16th,  at Flag Springs United Methodist Church.                                                                     Please contact Stacey Mabe at mabedors@juno.com or Sheri Martin at sherbear0819@gmail.com. Follow your dreams and come experience some “Cinderella Magic”.

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A beautiful lesson! house was directly across the street from the clinic en-trance of Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore .  We lived downstairs and rented the upstairs rooms to out-patients at the clinic.  One summer evening as I was fixing supper, there was a knock at the door.  I opened it to see a truly awful looking man.  "Why, he's hardly taller than my 8-year-old," I thought as I stared at the stooped, shriveled body.  But the appalling thing was his face, lopsided from swelling, red and raw.  Yet his voice was pleasant as he said, "Good evening.  I've come to see if you've a room for just one night.  I came for a treatment this morning from the eastern shore, and there's no bus 'til morning." He told me he'd been hunting for a room since noon but with no success, no one seemed to have a room.  "I guess it's my face .... I know it looks terrible, but my doctor says with a few more treatments ..."  For a moment I hesitated, but his next words con-vinced me: "I could sleep in this rocking chair on the porch.  My bus leaves early in the morning."I told him we would find him a bed, but to rest on the porch..  I went inside and finished getting supper.  When we were ready, I asked the old man if he would join us.  "No, thank you.  I have plenty."  And he held up a brown paper bag. When I had finished the dishes, I went out on the porch to talk with him a few minutes.  It didn't take a long time to see that this old man had an oversized heart crowded into that tiny body.  He told me he fished for a living to support his daughter, her 5 children, and her husband, who was hopelessly crip-pled from a back injury. He didn't tell it by way of com-plaint; in fact, every other sentence was preface with a thanks to God for a blessing.  He was grateful that no pain accompanied his disease, which was apparently a form of skin cancer. He thanked God for giving him the strength to keep going... At bedtime, we put a camp cot in the children's room for him.  When I got up in the morning, the bed linens were neatly folded and the little man was out on the porch.  He refused breakfast, but just before he left for his bus, haltingly, as if asking a great favor, he said, "Could I please come back and stay the next time I have a treat-ment?  I won't put you out a bit.  I can sleep fine in a chair."  He paused a moment and then added, "Your children made me feel at home.  Grownups are both-ered by my face, but children don't seem to mind." I told him he was welcome to come again. And, on his next trip, he arrived a little after 7 in the morning.  As a gift, he brought a big fish and a quart of the largest oys-

ters I had ever seen!  He said he had shucked them that morning before he left so that they'd be nice and fresh.  I knew his bus left at 4:00 a.m. and I wondered what time he had to get up in order to do this for us. In the years he came to stay overnight with us, there was never a time that he did not bring us fish or oysters or vegeta-bles from his garden.  Other times we received packages in the mail, always by special delivery; fish and oysters packed in a box of fresh young spinach or kale, every leaf carefully washed.  Knowing that he must walk 3 miles to mail these, and knowing how little money he had made the gifts doubly precious.  When I received these little remembrances, I often thought of a comment our next-door neighbor made after he left that first morning. "Did you keep that awful looking man last night?  I turned him away! You can lose roomers by putting up such people!" Maybe we did lose roomers once or twice.  But, oh!, if only they could have known him, perhaps their illnesses would have been easier to bear. I know our family always will be grateful to have known him; from him we learned what it was to accept the bad without complaint and the good with gratitude to God. Recently I was visiting a friend, who has a greenhouse, as she showed me her flowers, we came to the most beautiful one of all, a golden chrysanthemum, bursting with blooms.  But to my great surprise, it was growing in an old dented, rusty bucket.  I thought to myself, "If this were my plant, I'd put it in the loveliest container I had!" My friend changed my mind.  "I ran short of pots," she ex-plained, "and knowing how beautiful this one would be, I thought it wouldn't mind starting out in this old pail.  It's just for a little while, till I can put it out in the garden." She must have wondered why I laughed so delightedly, but I was imagining just such a scene in heaven. "Here's an especially beautiful one," God might have said when he came to the soul of the sweet old fisherman.  "He won't mind starting in this small body." All this happened long ago - and now, in God's garden, how tall this lovely soul must stand. The LORD does not look at the things man looks at.  Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart." (1 Samuel 16:7b) Friends are very special.  They make you smile and encourage you to succeed.  They lend an ear and they share a word of praise.  Show your friends how much you care.  Pass this on, and brighten some-one's day. Nothing will happen if you do not decide to pass it along.  The only thing that will happen if you DO pass it on is that someone might smile (because of you). www.libertyshowcase.net

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Want a BLESSING from GOD ???? Come on out on Thursday nights to hear great teachings from the Bible and great testimonies --- We meet every Thursday at 7:00 pm at FREEDOM FAMILY CHURCH in Liberty, N.C. --- Don't know about you but, I need a pick me up in the middle of the week --- Very uplifting and in-spirational --- GET OUT OF THE BOAT AND COME ON OUT !!!!! Remember in this world you are not alone, don’t be controlled by the past. Let GO of the things which hold you so deep in bondage. Tell your self “I am going to let go and let GOD”. Jesus is the way, the truth, the life, so let HIM be your guide. Psalm 63:1;7 1) O GOD, You are my GOD Early will I seek You; My soul thirst for You, My flesh longs for You. In a dry and thirsty land, Where there is no water. 2) So I have looked for you in the sanctuary, To see Your power and Your glory. 3) Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, My lips shall praise You. 4) Thus I will Bless you while I live; I will lift up my hands in your name. 5) My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness, And my mouth shall praise You with joyful lips. 6) When I remember You on my bed, I meditate on You ion the night watches. 7) Because You have been my help, Therefore in the shadow of Your wings I will rejoice.Come out to praise GOD, and in that very moment with your arms out stretched you will receive a blessing, not from man but from GOD

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P.O. Box 1103101 S. Fayetteville St, Liberty, NC 27298

Phone (336)622-3844

Come To Visit Us Soon!!

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Hurricane Jane's - Teen Hang-out For Sunday NightsAre you a teen wanting to connect with other teens? How great it is to see area teens to come together and meet on Sunday nights at Hurricane Jane's (which is located In Liberty) to come together and fellowship and grow in the Lord. Each Sunday night at 6:30pm, Jane has opened up her building to allow the teens to come out and grow in the Lord. Freedom Family Church is currently hosting the event and the focus is on a great book, "Are You Dateable" I have had the pleasure to be at the last two events. As you can see from the

pictures, the teens are having an awesome time. It is a time for fellowshipping with other teenagers, enjoy some great Christian music by the latest bands, munch on some great snacks and then dive into the Word. I was amazed at how these teens have opened up and

talked. With all the pressure of other teens, school and other influences, I was so excited that the teens have a place to come and open up and get answers. Seeing them share their experiences and learn together is so awesome. If you have teens, if you are a teen or if you know some-one with a teen, send them on out. This is a free event held every Sunday night from 6:30pm to 7:30pm. See you at the next event.Story By Kevin Bowman

Rain Rain Go Away.... But Did Not Dampen The Chamber Fall Luncheon

With over 5 or more inches of rain falling over a 48 hour pe-riod, the rainy day did not dampen the turnout for the annual Liberty Chamber Fall Luncheon held on Wednesday September 29 at the Liberty American Legion Post. This year's menu was the same in years past, Gerald Sharpless, owner of the Liberty Subway was on spot to pass out his fresh subs with all the fixings. Let's not forget my favorite, the Subway cookies. The board of the chamber pulled off another great networking and luncheon event. A comment made by our Liberty Post Master, Karl , rang true in my eyes and ears. He has stated to me and the Liberty Rotary group later that night how blessed we are to have a small town as we do. Karl stated, "The post office is the busiest from about 10 to noon everyday. However, it is not the picking up of the mail that is the creation of the busyness, it is the fellowship. That is the time when the local gather at a cen-tral gathering place to share life stories, check on how fellow friends are doing, talk about local and national events and the list goes on. " Well that is what I remember most about the Chamber Lunch-eon. It would be the fellowship of local business people that share the same common roads and paths in Liberty not only as colleagues but also friends. It was so warming to see people jumping from one person to another person to just share a friendly conversation. That is what I love about Liberty. Sometimes I believe we take that for granted. Well on to the event. Current President of the Chamber, Justin Gaines (also the President of Fidelity Bank of Liberty) welcomed the group. Our keynote speaker was Pat Hurley, our State Repre-sentative. She brought the group up on numerous state issues that is happening. Following this great educational information was the director and chief nursing officer of the new Chatham Hospital that is just 15 minutes down the road in Siler City. Their main point was to tell everyone that you can re-ceive state of the art service with a small personal experience just a few minutes down the road . Then Roger Davis, Town Manager, gave us an up-date on all the exciting new changes coming from the downtown grant program. We then had sev-eral guest give short keynotes of upcoming events. If you are not a member of the Liberty Chamber of Commerce, you do not know the great benefits you are missing out on. Story By Kevin Bowman

Open Mon to Sat 11m to 5pmLots of new and gently worn fall & winter fashions.

Start your Christmas shopping now ( Lay away)

We Accept Master Card & VISA

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Call For Artists : HospiceDear Artist/Crafter: As the volunteer/special events coordinator for Hospice of Randolph County, this year marks the silver anniversary of our annual Hospice Auction-BBQ, as well as our 27th year in business as a non-profit organization in this area.  The Auction-BBQ event is scheduled for Saturday, November 6th, at Southwest Randolph High School, Asheboro.  Since this is a special event and our largest fundraiser of the year, we'd like to have some nice art pieces (paintings, watercolors, knitting/crocheting, quilting, woodwork, etc.) to include in our list of offerings.  Would you be willing to make a dona-

tion of one of your creations for this year's event? If so, I will be glad to provide you with a tax-deductible receipt for your donation.  I would certainly appreciate any assistance you could provide.  Thank you, in advance, for your consideration of this re-quest. With warm regards, Kathy Wright, Hospice of Randolph County

Partnership for Children Elects Officers & MembersThe Randolph County Partnership for Children recently elected officers and added two new members to its Board of Directors.

Duffy Johnson of Asheboro was elected as board chair for the Partnership. Additional officers serving for the 2010-2011 period in-clude: Attorney Jim Young, vice chair; Dr. Patri-cia Chamberlin of Asheboro Children’s Health, secretary; and Mel Neill, community volunteer, treasurer.

New members of the board include: Stacy Griffin, Human Resources Director for Ran-dolph County, and Lynn Jones, Vice President/City Executive of the State Employees’ Credit Union.

Retiring as board chair is Attorney Tom Robins of Bunch, Robins, and Stubblefield. The Part-nership for Children recognized Robins for his six years of service as a board member and as board chair at the August board of directors meeting. Robins was presented with his favorite childhood book, a French copy of The Story of Babar. The book, which was read to him in French by his grandmother, was given to the Randolph County Public Library in his honor. In addition, a framed photo of Robins as a child will be displayed at the Partnership, alongside childhood photos of other past board chairs.

Childhood Photo Of Tom Robins

Laurelyn Dossett in Concert at Randolph Comm College Oct. 13The Randolph Community College Cultural Arts Committee will present Lau-relyn Dossett in Concert on Wednesday, Oct. 13, at 7 p.m. in the R. Alton Cox Learning Resources Center auditorium on the Asheboro Campus. Admission is free, but seating is limited. Composer/songwriter Laurelyn Dossett (www.laurelyndossett.com); lives and writes in the Piedmont of North Caro-lina, and her songs tend to reflect the stories of the region, both traditional and contemporary. One of the most sought‑after voices in creative collaborations, she cofounded Polecat Creek with singing partner Kari Sickenberger and has partnered with Triad Stage's Preston Lane on four plays featuring regional folklore and original music: Brother Wolf, Beautiful Star: An Appalachian Na-tivity, Bloody Blackbeard, and Providence Gap. A song from Brother Wolf, "Anna Lee," was featured on Levon Helm's Grammy‑winning record, Dirt Farmer. Laurelyn is also a regular performer at regional music festivals such as Merlefest, a guest on the radio show Prairie Home Companion, and most re-cently, a writer and performer with the North Carolina Symphony. She is cur-rently performing with songwriters Alice Gerrard and Diana Jones, "Redbird Round," and premiered composer Kenneth Frazelle's song cycle, "Songs in the Rear View Mirror," at Reynolda House in Winston‑Salem. She is currently commissioned to write a song cycle for the North Carolina Symphony for 2011 and will be in residence at the Virginia Center for Creative Arts. She is the 2009‑10 recipient of the North Carolina Arts Council Fellowship for songwrit-ing. Go to www.randolph.edu/newevents/culturalarts.php to download a free ticket. For more information on the Cultural Arts Series at Randolph Commu-nity College, call 336-633-0244. RCC's Asheboro Campus is located at 629 In-dustrial Park Avenue. Take the McDowell Road exit off of U.S. 220 Bypass/I73-74 and follow the signs.

Fall Festival & Trunks Of TreatsNews from Tabernacle United Methodist Church (located @ 5601 Liberty Road across from Food Lion) 674-2941  Come out for the Fall Festival & Trunks of Treats on Halloween Night—Sunday, October 31 Hotdog Supper & Games sponsored by Jr. High UMYF 5:00-7:00pm in Fellowship Hall$4.00 for meal includes hotdog, chips, drink & dessert$0.25 per ticket for games8th Annual Trunks of Treats Sponsored by Education Committee 5:30-7:00pm in Parking lot near Fellowship Hall(Your children are invited to safely trick or treat from the trunks in our parking lot.  Don’t miss the fun!)

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Keep The Story Ideas ComingPh 336-404-9791

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Gwen Taylor - Owner / Preparer728 S Greensboro St, Liberty

(Former Video Villa Location)

William Prather York Post 8721Veterans Of Foreign Wars of the US - Sept Meeting    The William Prather York Post 8721 meet at the Reitzel Center on the second Tuesday of each month at 7p. We meet at Hurricane’s Jane at 6p for a meal.   The meeting was opened by Commander McMasters,  after saluting the Colors, and opening prayers by QM Terry Stutts. All the membership was welcome to the meeting and QM Terry Stutts read the minutes and finance report from the last meeting. The minutes & finance report were ap-proved as read.  The flags that we use at the ceme-teries for Veterans & Memorial Day were dis-cussed and some new ones are needed. A motion by Arthur Coble to buy new ones at the best price break and seconded by Ron Johnson. Motion car-ried. Terry is to order the flags.   Buddy Poppy sale was discussed and several were sold at the Post Office. QM Stutts said that we have several poppies on hand and will not need any for a while.   Commander McMasters covered the General Orders for September 2010. Fall Council meeting are at the North Raleigh Hilton on 8-10 October 2010. The meetings start Friday afternoon. Post election reports were discussed at length. QM Stutts stated that our election report was already turned in too the District Commander and De-partment.   The VFW Programs were discussed and plans are to get to the schools and to get the Voice of Democracy, Patriots Pen and Teacher of the Year Programs underway. The students at the schools can learn a lot from our programs if they work them.   The VFW Memorial was talked about and de-cided to add four words to the Memorial, “ FREE-DOM IS NOT FREE”. This was approved by the VFW Post 8721 to be done.    Membership for the Post 8721 was discussed and we have signed about 3 or 4 new members, which is good. We need new memberships to grow and get new ideas.   A fundraiser was mentioned and decided to discuss it later in the year. We normally sell BBQ by the pound in the fall but may do it in the early part of next year.   With not further business and after the closing prayers by QM Stutts the meeting was closed in due form….                         Submitted by Cary A. McMasters  

Liberty American Legion Post 81 September 2010 Meeting A meal of spaghetti, salad, rolls & apple cobbler was served to the 38 members and guests present. The meal was prepared by Earl Morin, & Perry Marbert & dessert by Cary McMasters.    The meeting was opened by Commander Tommy Parham, after saluting the colors, POW/MIA Ceremony and Pledge of Allegiance. The Commander did a roll call of officers and a quorum was declared. There were several guests at the meeting;   Dario D. Phetmixay from E.R. and his family were at the meeting to report on his week at North Carolina Tar Heel Boy’s State in June. He reported that it was an interesting week and he had learned a lot about government.   The Scout Unit Leaders were present to receive the plaque that was given at the Department Convention in June. The Cub Scout Leaders were Joe & Trish Redding for doing an outstanding job as den leaders.    The 2010 Legionnaire of the Year Award was presented by District Com-mander Tommy Parham. The 2010 Award went to Cary A. McMasters for outstanding service to the American Legion Post 81 and to the community.   The Ladies Auxiliary Unit 81was then excused for their meeting. The min-utes from the August meeting was read and approved as read. A motion to accept the minutes as read by Terry Stutts and seconded by Earl Morin. Mo-tion carried. J.R. Beard gave finance report for the month.  Earl Morin moved to accept the report as reported and seconded by Herbert Handley. Motion carried.   The Commander covered the monthly mailing……Fall Conference in Ral-eigh, 14-17 October 2010. Cary, Tommy & Ritchie plan to attend. Reservations by 02 October 2010.Perry Marbert reported on the Boy’s State for next year. Ritchie York discussed the Oratorical Contest and is getting the paperwork to the schools. Pull Tabs for the Ronald McDonald house was discussed and all were asked to bring tabs to meetings. Scout Awards, Law Officers, Employer’s of the Year were other programs that were discussed. A $1000.00 Accidental Death card is mailed with all paid members to be mailed to the Insurance Company and is good until 2016. Please mail the cards in.Sick CallHarold Coley, L.T. Smith, Roy Coltrane & Jeff Cole.    This membership year we have 115 paid which is about 50%. We need new members and hopefully the present membership will renew.   The Department Commander Bill Oxford’s Homecoming will be 18 Septem-ber 2010 in Lenoir, N.C.    The 15th District meeting will be in Asheboro, 12 September 2010 at 1p.m. A III Division Meeting is to be held in Liberty Post 81 on 20 November 2010 at 1p with a meal. Hopefully Post 81 will have a good group to attend.    A report on the Board Of Trustees was given which included future fund-raisers. A golf tournament is planned for 23 October 2010 at Sandy Creek Golf Club. BBQ Sale, eat in or Take Out on 13 November 2010. A Raffle is planned for December with a $200.00 VISA Gift card. All these fundraisers will help with the American Legion Programs we support.    Helen Shephard reported on the Blood Drive and they collected 166 units of blood that will help 498 people. Helen THANKED ALL that gave and helped with the drive.   A letter was read from Grady Lawson thanking all that made contributions to the American Legion Baseball Program.He said expenses for the two teams this year was around $15,000.00. He also Thanked us again for our support.   A special letter was read about Jeff Cole and his health issues and asking for cards and calls and prayers for him at this time.   A flyer for a Golf Tournament by the AMVETS Post 905 in Asheboro was passed out for members to see.   Cary McMasters gave a report on the Randolph County Veterans Council meeting held in August. The Veteran’s Day Parade is November 11, 2010 at 4p and a rain date on Sunday. A benefit for an Asheboro Veteran, Specialist Joshua Craven was held a Holly Buff Camp in late August. Craven is in Walter Reed Army Medical Center recovering from combat wounds.  Tommy Heilig won the 50/50 and donated part of the money back to the Post.     With no further business and after closing prayer the meeting was closed in due form.                         Submitted by Cary A. McMasters, PDC                     

Local Blood Drives10/23/10Faith Community Nurse Blood DriveFirst United Methodist Church123 N. Fayetteville Street, Liberty9:00 AM to 1:30 PMCall Lori Cobb or the office of First UMC at 622-4682 to schedule your life saving appointment!10/24/10Shiloh Community7394 Shiloh Ch. Rd., Liberty1:00 PM to 5:30 PM

I Am Just A No Body , Trying To Tell Everybody About Somebody, Who Can Save AnyBody. Try taking a step back letting go of your life. Our thoughts on how we want our life to go  must cease. Why not let go and let GOD have control of the wheel. It seems easy but its not. Fleshly wants to interfere with GOD’s plan for us. What if we all grew a desire to follow GOD. How great the little Town of Liberty, NC would be. We have children, young and old walking around with their head drooped to the ground lost, not because they can’t do nothing about it. The world has told them drugs, sex, money, fame is all they need. The devil is a Lier! I use to be apart of that game. I put money, sex, drugs, and fame before GOD. Then what, I lose it all only to come back to Jesus Christ with His loving arms spread out wide welcoming me back in.  At that point in time I look back trying to figure out how could GOD love me after all that which I have done. What have I done to deserve something so great. Noth-ing, nothing but hell fire and brim stones. Ephesian 2:8 “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of your-selves; it is the  gift of GOD.” Jesus said in Corinthians 12:9 " my grace is sufficient ( enough) for you, for my strength is made per-fect in ( your) weakness". My brothers and sisters stop trying to shut GOD out of your life and welcome Him in. You wonder why your children are doing wrong, why won’t they just listen. Ask yourself the same question. Why don't you listen, to the words spoken by GOD, which has been spoken so many times. Man , that just my consciences talking, thats not the voice of God. I hear this a lot, how could someone be so foolish? They think just be-cause they don't see the sin in their life, that its not there. I'm not perfect, I still deal with sin in my daily life, like pride. The ene-my doesn't want you to have a relationship with Jesus. How many times have you been in a place filled with people all around you, and you hear someone calling your name. Its not your mind just playing tricks on you. Stop hiding from the truth. Open up the Word of GOD and dig deep. Pray to Jesus, it doesn't have to be this long drawn out prayer. Talk to GOD as you would talk to a person that you respect, love, and care for. Romans 12:11;14   And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand. Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light. Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust not in strife and envy. But, put on the Lord JESUS CHRIST and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts. Liberty its is time for us to crawl out from under the rock and let the light of Jesus Christ shine. Will you come? I love you all, but most of all GOD loves you...   By Miles Lee Hopson

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Liberty American Legion Post 81 At 604 South Greensboro Street BAR B QUE Sale Saturday, November 13, 2010 EAT IN or TAKE OUT11:00 a.m.--------7:00p.m. $6.00 per plate or $7:00 per lb. BBQ, Baked Beans, Slaw, Chips, Rolls

D Coffee, Tea, & Lemonade Assorted dessertsProceeds go to American Legion Programs American

Legion Baseball, Boy’s State, Oratorical Contest,

Sew Together Celebrate the Art and Tradition of

Quilting Liberty Public Library

Sunday, October 24 - 2:00 PM

For information, please phone 622-4605This program is free and the public is invited.

Refreshments will be served. In addition to providing warmth and comfort on a cold winter’s night,Quilts tell the stories of our lives -- births, weddings, friendships and deaths. Today, as in the past, quilting

guilds in communities across

America ensure that this art form continues.

COMMUNITY MEDICARE INFORMATIONAL SEMINARThursday, November 4, at 2PM Fellowship Hall of First United Methodist Church123 N. Fayetteville Street, Liberty Information on 2011 Medicare Changes Jo Ellen Needham and Lori Cobb

Seniors’ Health Insurance Information Program (SHIIP) You may be eligible for extra help if

you can not pay for your medications? Come see if you qualify.

Find out about Medicare Part D, Advantage Plans and Medicare Supplements COME AND BRING YOUR PRESCRIPTION MEDICA-TIONS, FILL OUT PAPERS, AND HEAR FIRSTHAND ABOUT THE CHANGES Call 622-4682 if you have questions

Forest Oaks Community Yard Sale

Sat Oct 9th - 8am to Noon

Maps to homes with yard sales will be

available at the entrance at Liberty Road

and Forest Oaks Drive

YARD SALES

Saturday, October 23, 4-7pmTabernacle UMC Boy Scout Troop 426 Barbeque DinnerBarbeque Pork Dinner: BBQ sliced or chopped, baked

beans, coleslaw, roll, dessert, beverage. Adults: $6; kids:

$4. Eat in or take. Pounds - chopped or sliced: $6; Pork

Butts (10-12 pds. uncooked wt.) - $25. Butts must be pre-ordered by 10/20 at 674-9848 or mwheeler56@triad.rr.com 5601 Liberty Road, Greens-boro

Staley Fire Dept Annual BBQ SupperSaturday Oct 9 (4 to 8pm)

Eat In Or Take Out$7 A Plate (BBQ, Slaw, Hushpuppies, FF,

Desert, Tea) or $7 Per pound**Will Be Ac-cepting Can

Food Donation For Church

Food Bank***

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COMMUNITY COMMUNITY

MEDICARE MEDICARE

INFORMATIONAL SEMINARINFORMATIONAL SEMINAR

Thursday, November 4, at 2PM

Fellowship Hall of First United Methodist Church

123 N. Fayetteville Street, Liberty

Information on 2011 Medicare Changes

Jo Ellen Needham and Lori Cobb

Seniors’ Health Insurance Information Program (SHIIP)

You may be eligible for extra help if

you can not pay for your medications?

Come see if you qualify.

Find out about Medicare Part D,

Advantage Plans and Medicare Supplements

COME AND BRING YOUR PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS,COME AND BRING YOUR PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS,

FILL OUT PAPERS, AND HEAR FIRSTHAND ABOUT THEFILL OUT PAPERS, AND HEAR FIRSTHAND ABOUT THE

CHANGES CHANGES

Call 622-4682 if you have questions

Liberty School Fall FestivalFriday, October 8th 2010 4 PM – 8 PM

Chicken Pie or Tender Dinner 5 PM – 7 PMAdults $6 Kids 12 & under $3

In or Take Out

GAMES, FOOD & FUNGIANT TIGER SLIDE,

ROCK WALL & MUCH MORE

Purchase a wristband for $20 each and get unlimited rides on all inflatables!!

Pre order wrist bands from Masten’s Music and Art or Woosley Photography for $15.00 from September 20th

through October 6th

Shady Grove Baptist ChurchBBQ or Hamburger Steak Dinner

( LIVE AUCTION) @Staley Fire Dept.

Oct. 23rd Supper starts @ 2-7pmAuction starts @ 7pm

$7 plates(Ages Under 4 FREE)

Please Join us for our BB&T Annual Customer Appreciation Day

Wednesday October 20, 201011:00 am to 3 p.m.

We’ll be serving BBQ with all the fixins

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Federal Energy Tax Credit up to $1,500 - Expires 12/31/10 - Do Not Miss

SPECIAL - Goodman 16 SEER At The 14 SEER Pricing!!!!

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Town of Ramseur Hosts Exhibit by Eddie E. LesterThe Town of Ramseur will host an art exhibit entitled "Ramseur and Beyond" from September 9 through October 21. This joint exhibit will include both a photography collection by Eddie E. Lester featur-ing portraits, landscapes, flowers and critters from Ramseur, Frank-linville and beyond, and a collection of woodwork and crafts by Fred Morgan.Eddie Lester, owner of Eddie Lester Photography in Ramseur, specializes in creating innovative portraits for individuals, families and groups. Eddie's interest in photography blossomed later in life than most. At age 54, he faced a crossroads in his life. Although employed in textiles, he was faced with the potential that his job would not last until he reached retirement. Believing that an unemployed textile worker near retirement age would have a diffi-cult time landing a job, he began investigating the potential of going back to school to train for a new vocation. During this period of uncertainty, Eddie's wife, Vickie, encouraged him to develop some computer skills. A complete novice, Eddie began working with an old computer obtained from his sister-in-law, and eventually de-cided to obtain a digital camera. Eddie purchased a 5 megapixel digital camera and began taking pictures of everything. He quickly realized that he had a natural aptitude for photography, a fact which was reinforced by the ravings of family and friends. In 2005, a year after that pivotal camera purchase, Eddie decided to return to Ran-dolph Community College full time to pursue a degree in photogra-phy. Despite suffering a heart attack in his second semester of the program, Eddie continued to persevere and in August of 2008 he received an Associate of Applied Science in Photography degree with a concentration in Portrait Studio Management. He immedi-ately opened Eddie Lester Photography which is currently located at his home at 5833 Old Siler City Road in Ramseur. Although his in-door and outdoor studio is a work in progress, he offers the services of a full-service studio, including weddings, reunions, babies, chil-dren, families, seniors, sports, pets, glamour, and lifestyle photogra-phy. Eddie takes pride in viewing each person as an individual with individual needs, and he particularly enjoys creating beautiful col-lages that are highly personalized. Samples of Eddie's work are available for viewing on his website: www.elphotographync.com.  Fred Morgan was born the son of a Montgomery County carpen-ter. He recalls working with his dad from an early age, and states that he hasn't been able to get woodworking out of his system. Thus, he still enjoys meddling in his backyard cabinet shop as a retiree. Despite his affinity for woodworking, Fred has never made a living at the craft. He spent four years in the Navy as a young man, after which he landed a job as an industrial engineer at Ramtex. After 23 years with Ramtex, he left to take a similar job with Stedman, and eventually moved on to become manager of purchasing at the Elastex plant of Texfi Co. Fred ultimately retired from Texfi after eighteen years of service. Although now retired, Fred continues to spend time in his workshop, and he jokingly states that his hobby helps to keep him off the street. Fred's re-tirement has not left him idle. In addition to his woodworking, Fred enjoys gardening and he serves as the lead trustee at First Christian Church in Ramseur. Fred and his wife, Dot (whom Fred met by knocking on the wrong door when calling on a date in an unfamiliar neighborhood), have lived in Ramseur for 55 years. They have two daughters and one granddaughter. This joint ex-hibit, on display at Ramseur Town Hall located at 724 Liberty Street in Ramseur, will open with a reception on September 9, 2010 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. The public is invited to attend this free event which is sponsored by Ramseur's Downtown Revitalization Committee. Refreshments will be served. For more information, please feel free to contact me. I hope you will drop by for the re-ception Thursday evening to meet Eddie and Fred and view their work. If you are unable to make it to the reception, please make plans to visit during regular business hours to view the exhibit. Thanks, Kevin P. Franklin, Town Administrator, Ramseur

TRY ZUMBAFirst Class FREE!!!

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ZUMBA combines high energy and motivating music with unique moves and combinations that allow you to dance away your worries, ZUMBA is not only great for

the body, but is also great for the mind.

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Providence Grove High Congratulations to the 2010 Homecoming court. Freshman Court:Paige BradySavannah ColeChloe DixonBlakeley FoglemanSophomore Court:Allison GambleAshlyn HodgesNadia RouthChandler SmithJunior Court:Paris AlstonLia JohnsonSydney ShoffnerMadison ThomasBrooke WhittSenior Court:Maggie BarringtonLeah BiancoBrenna DodsonCasey HaithcoxJessie LoftisAna MartinezKirsti Oxendine

October 15th Friday 4:30pmProvidence Grove

High SchoolHomecoming Parade

Theme “Board Games”Come Out And See

A Great Parade

Community Yard SaleOct 15, 16, 17

4984 Starmount Rd - Liberty

Everyone Welcome To Set UpThere Is No Set Up FeeCampers Are WelcomeCamping In The Ruff

There Will Be Farm Equipment ECTAll Kinds Of StuffBring Your Goods

And Sale For 3 Days

For More InfoCall Roger At

622-3245

No Alcohol Or Drugs Allowed

NCBAM ProgramOn Wednesday, October 20, 2010 at 2:00 the SALT Council (Seniors And Law Enforcement Together) will have a presentation on the NC Baptist Aging Minis-try (NCBAM) at the Randleman Senior Center, 144 W. Academy Street, Randle-man. Speaker Debbie Pilson from NCBAM will discuss the services NCBAM provides to the senior community. Refreshments will be provided. This pro-gram is open to the public. The SALT Council is a partnership of law enforce-ment, senior citizens and community groups who work together to reduce the victimization of older adults. For more information contact SALT Secretary, Margie DiDona at the Asheboro Senior Center at 625-3389 or 1-800-252-2899.

Experience

In Liberty Downtown Why not take a stroll downtown Liberty....

Why not set a spell with your best friends and catch up on a bench on main street....

Why not set under the gazebo and remember the good olde days with friends....

Experience Liberty This Fall!!!!!!

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SAHM has 2 FT openings available:*$65 weekly fee includes: meals, art, aca-demic works, and most field trips!!*sibling discounts I am a married, mother of 4 who lives about 2 miles from Liberty Elementary. I have kept children for over 7 years in my home and before I worked as a Pre-K teacher for a daycare program. I am currently enrolled in schooling to earn my BA degree in Psychology with a minor in Child Development. My hours are de-pendent on the care you need!!*also offering drop-off care and school bus drop off afterschool care!Call Nichole at 336-839-0476 (dial 336) or email @ nlhg0721@aol.com

WantedF/T Sales position for wholesale floral supply telephone sales. Full-time with some weekends. Benefits available. send resume to billy@hardins.com

For Sale Wanted / Services

Reduced!!!$80,000

124 W Swannanoa AveHistoric Downtown Liberty

Call To Visit 622-2929 or 339-9313Must See To Appreciate

*Facade Grant Available**Contact Town Hall For Info*

Front And Back EntranceOffice 1,080 sq ft

Warehouse 650 sq ft

For Sale

AlterationsAll Your Sewing

NeedsBrenda Rathbone6415 Richland Ch Rd

LibertyPh 541-2454

Locals Make A Difference DowntownRhonda Murray, owner and operator of Liberty Hard-ware, has kept our downtown in style for each season and holiday. However, I believe a lot do not know sev-eral people help behind the scene. Many thanks to our local folks who shared their cornstalks this year for the festive touch. Thanks goes to Mr Sonny Cheek, Mr James Pike and Jewel Sawyer. If we all would take a small step as other do, our town will get better and better. The best part, is that if everyone would do a little a big impact can happen.