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Tuesday, September 15, 2009, Forest City, N.C.
Cavs battle CentralEast Rutherford and coun-ty rival R-S Central battled on the soccer pitch Monday
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SpindaleOllie FreemanRonald McSwain
Forest CityRay CarverKeona Miller
HenriettaSteven Williams
MooresboroGeneva Scruggs
ElsewhereBob SchmelzCarl Morrison Sr.
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By LARRY DALEDaily Courier Staff Writer
ELLENBORO — An ugly truck contest is a new feature of this year’s Colfax Free Fair, which opens today at the old Ellenboro School fairground.
The contest will be held from 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday, the last day of the fair, in conjunction with the traditional classic car and truck show. Trophies will be presented at 6 p.m. Saturday. The ugly truck entry has to be in running condition, but does not have to have a tag.
The fair kicks off today at 6 p.m. with an opening ceremony featuring music by the East Rutherford High School band. The fair continues through Saturday.
The theme of this year’s fair is “Honoring Those Who Serve.” Among non-competitive exhibits illustrating the theme are uni-forms of Ellenboro veterans and memorabilia from the Ellenboro Volunteer Fire Department.
Please see Fair, Page 6
By SCOTT BAUGHMANDaily Courier Staff Writer
RUTHERFORDTON — More than 70 Rutherford County citizens joined with 1.5 million protestors Saturday in Washington, D.C., to oppose President Barack Obama’s proposed health care reforms and other programs.
An extension of the Rutherford County Tea Party group from tax day protests, the group took personal vehicles and rode on buses chartered from Charlotte.
“It took us about eight hours to get there, and we had five kids with us, so it felt like three days,” said Jennifer Naskov, who drove to the capital with her husband and neighbor’s kids. “We had nine people who came up on Friday and got there about 5 p.m. We had about 70 people go from Rutherford County, a bunch on a bus out of Charlotte.”
While organizers were mainly there to oppose the health care bill, protestors were also upset about higher taxes and the cap and trade carbon emissions pro-gram.
“We were supposed to march by state, but the crowd was so huge that my fam-ily ended up marching with Georgia,” Naskov said. “We got off at Pennsylvania and Constitution avenues and watched for two hours as crowds of people con-tinued to stream by. We sang as we marched — ‘God Bless America’ — and then we all shouted together ‘Taxed Enough Already’ and ‘USA’ and various other chants.”
Naskov said it was her first Washington, D.C., protest, just as the protests at the Rutherford County Courthouse earlier this year were her first protests ever.
“Our first tea party in Rutherford County we got our permit for 200 peo-ple, but that was closer to 1,000,”
Please see Rally, Page 6
By ALLISON FLYNNDaily Courier Staff Writer
RUTHERFORDTON – Some Ruther-ford County middle schoolers are getting a little real-world experience in a new career lab at R-S Middle School.
The synergistic career lab, which is new for the 2009-10 school year, is based on STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) curriculum. Modules were cho-sen based on the fastest growing sectors of careers that focus heavily on science and math.
This growth was projected by the U.S. Department of Labor and local offi-cials with Isothermal Planning and Development Commission and Isothermal Community College.
A collaboration between Communities in Schools of Rutherford County (CIS) and Rutherford County Schools, funding for the lab came from a dropout prevention grant awarded to CIS. R-S Middle School was selected as the recipient for
Please see Lab, Page 3
By SCOTT BAUGHMANDaily Courier Staff Writer
SPINDALE — On the death of long time Spindale Town Council member Bob Ensley, Saturday, friends, family members and fellow council members are remembering a man they called a dedicated public servant.
“Bob served as a commis-sioner for about 16 years total,” Spindale Mayor Mickey Bland
said. “He was on for about ten years and then he had a period where he did not run and he came back and ran for commis-sioner again in 2003.
“And he’s served since then. I was on the board with him for two years before I became mayor. Bob had the town’s inter-est at heart and he was always concerned about the expenditure of money and concerned that the town spent it wisely and the
town employees did their jobs as they should.”
Ensley, who suffered from cancer, left behind his wife of almost 50 years, Patricia, and his daughter Robin.
Beyond his work on the town council, Ensley also worked for 32 years as a firefighter for the town, including serving as chief for three years during the 1970’s.
Please see Ensley, Page 6
Clockwise from top: Danny Vance and Requan Miller work to create plastic golf tees in the plastics and polymers module in R-S Middle School’s new synergistic career lab. Another module is a robotics mod-ule where students program a robot to perform various tasks. Other modules include forensics, where students work with fingerprints and DNA and horticulture, where they plant and breed plants.
Colfax Fair will be open tonight
Locals join Taxpayer Rally in D.C.
Larry Dale/ Daily CourierSmokey Mountain Amusements’ workers set up rides Monday afternoon in Ellenboro for the annual Colfax Free fair.
Career lab opening eyes
Spindale mourns a town leader
Bob Ensley
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2 — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, TUESDAY, September 15, 2009
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Sheriff’s Reportsn The Rutherford County
Sheriff’s Office responded to 221 E-911 calls Saturday and Sunday.n Michael James Miller re-
ported damage to a tractor seat.n Jeanette Greene reported the
theft of money.n Sherry Lynn Dotson report-
ed the theft of audio and video DVDs and tapes, and other items.n James Douglas Goforth
reported the theft of radio, TV, VCR and stereo equipment.n Laura Mae Couch reported
the theft of medications.n Clement Eugene Suhy
reported the theft of a mailbox.n Jason E. Boyd reported dam-
age to a bike.
Rutherfordtonn The Rutherfordton Police
Department responded to 48 E-911 calls Saturday and Sunday.n Dan James Heggeman filed
a noise complaint.n Damage to glass was report-
ed at Monograms & More.n Cecil R. Robbins reported
eggs thrown at cars.n The theft of a 1996 Acura
Integra was reported at Jerry’s Used Cars.n Gennifer Lee Walker report-
ed stolen money and damage to a cell phone.
Spindalen The Spindale Police
Department responded to 25 E-911 calls Saturday and Sunday.
Lake Luren The Lake Lure Police
Department responded to 16 E-911 calls Saturday and Sunday.
Forest Cityn The Forest City Police
Department responded to 131 E-911 calls Saturday and Sunday.n An employee of Collins
Metal reported an incident of attempted obtaining property by false pretenses. (See arrests of Tipton and Garner.)n An employee of Forest City
Bumper reported an incident
of larceny. (See arrest of Tipton and Garner.)n Donna Morrow reported a
larceny.n An employee of Wal-Mart
reported an incident of attempt-ed obtaining property by false pretenses. (See arrests of Ort and Ellison.)n Jackie Lail reported a lar-
ceny.
Arrestsn Cory Richard Kingery, 25, of
Cherry Mountain Street, Forest City; charged with driving while impaired and driving while license revoked; freed on a cus-tody release. (FCPD)n Joseph Richard Garner,
IV, 43, of Henrietta Street, Henrietta; charged with larceny, possession of stolen property and attempting to obtain prop-erty by false pretenses; released on an $11,500 unsecured bond. (FCPD)n Joshua Dwayne Tipton,
19, of Flack Road, Forest City; charged with larceny, posses-sion of stolen property and attempting to obtain property by false pretenses; released on an $11,500 unsecured bond. (FCPD)n George Francis Ellison, Jr.,
44, of Highway 70 West, Old Fort; charged with attempting to obtain property by false pre-tenses; placed under a $15,000 secured bond. (FCPD)n Jean Martha McSwain,
59, of Poors Ford Road, Rutherfordton; charged with driving while impaired; freed on a custody release. (FCPD)n Kenneth Edward Ort, 24, of
U.S. 70 West, Old Fort; charged with attempting to obtain prop-erty by false pretenses; placed under a $15,000 secured bond. (FCPD)n Tonya Christine Deviney,
20, of Allen Loop Road, Rutherfordton; charged with provisional licensee and driving while impaired; freed on a cus-tody release. (FCPD)n Richard Michael Johnson,
40, of 140 Ted Smith Rd.; charged with assault on a female; placed under a 48-hour hold. (RCSD)
n Tammy Lynn Green, 29, of 140 Ted Smith Rd.; charged with assault and battery; placed under a 48-hour hold. (RCSD)n Chad Jordan Bailey, 16, of
123 Eastview Drive; charged with injury to personal prop-erty and injury to real property; released on a written promise to appear. (RCSD)n Karen Lorraine Holland,
54, of 452 Jonise Rd.; charged with assault and battery; placed under a 48-hour hold. (RCSD)n Kevin Andrew Stinchcomb,
30, of 108 Lynch St., Lot 4, Rutherfordton; charged with larceny; released on a written promise to appear. (RPD)n Lisa Kay Surratt, 32, of 147
Smith St., Forest City; issued a show cause order for failure to pay. (RPD)
Citationsn Chad Jordan Bailey, 16, of
Eastview Drive, Bostic; cited and released for aid and abet larceny. (FCPD)n Kelby Andrew Wood, 16, of
Harmon Road, Ellenboro; cited and released for larceny of road signs. (FCPD)n Dale Devon Davis, 20,
of Race Path Church Road, Ellenboro; cited and released for possession of schedule III con-trolled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. (FCPD)
EMS/Rescuen The Rutherford County EMS
responded to 53 E-911 calls Saturday and Sunday.n The Volunteer Life Saving
and Rescue, Hickory Nut Gorge EMS and Rutherford County Rescue responded to 35 calls.
Fire Callsn Cliffside responded to a
motor vehicle accident.n Forest City responded to an
electrical fire, to a power line fire and to a structure fire.n Green Hill responded to a
motor vehicle accident.n Lake Lure responded to a
motor vehicle accident.n Sandy Mush responded to an
appliance fire.
Police Notes
the lab based on guidelines set by the Department of Public Instruction, who awarded the grant. R-S Middle was eligible because it is the feeder school for R-S Central High School, which had the coun-ty’s lowest cohort rate.
“What that paid for is the equipment, software, programs and teachers salary for the first year,” said Chris Fuller, interim executive director of CIS.
The class is one of the students exploratory offer-ings; in a six-week period students can complete around three of the modules offered, said Teacher Rita Wyss. Modules include alternative energy, audio broadcasting, bioengineering, biotechnology, CADD, CNC manufacturing, computer graphics and animation, electricity, engineering bridges, forensic science, horticulture, interior design, plastics and polymers, practical skills, robots and rocket science.
Students have been using the lab since the second day of school, said Principal John McSwain.
“They’re starting to see why things are important and what goes along with making a career choice,” McSwain said.
On Thursday students were working with plastics and polymers, robotics and forensics.
Seventh graders Danny Vance and Requan Miller were creating plastic golf tees. Both said the class was one of their favorites.
Wyss said the synergistic software pairs students up and keeps a log of what modules each student has completed.
Modules are designed to take around nine school days to complete, Wyss said, but it’s taken a couple of extra days to do them.
“It’s new to us and to them,” she said. “I did have a three day training on the forensics module, but for the others I’m learning them as the kids are doing them.
“I’ve taught business education for 15 years and on my 16th year I’ve gotten a new career – actually 16 new careers.”
When planning for the career lab, Fuller said, former CIS Executive Director Mary Brown and members of the board visited career labs in other schools.
“She took us to Thomasville one day and said ‘You guys have to see this,’” Fuller said. “What was there is very similar to what’s in here.
Wyss said students and staff were enjoying work-ing with the modules. Some students enjoy the class so much they have to have notes for their next class because they stayed late working on a mod-ule.
“It’s keeping them involved and keeping them wanting to come back to school,” she said.
That, McSwain and Fuller agreed, is part of the purpose of the lab.
“Their lightbulbs are going on and that’s what we want to see,” McSwain said.
Contact Flynn via e-mail at [email protected].
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4 — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, TuesDay, september 15, 2009
■ A daily forum for opinion, commentary and editorials on the news that affects us all.
James R. Brown/ publisherSteven E. Parham/ executive editor
601 Oak Street, P.O. Box 1149,Forest City, N.C. 28043Phone: 245-6431 Fax: 248-2790E-mail: [email protected]
All those who felt President Clinton gave away the farm (or the textile industry) when he
signed the NAFTA agreement, need to pay attention to President Barack Obama’s effort to hold China to a trade pact on tires.
Proclaiming that trade agreements only work when they are enforced, the president raised tariffs on Chinese-produced tires to 35 percent.
It didn’t take long for China to punch back. The Chinese immediately filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization.
This could simply be gamesmanship on the part of the U.S., leading up to an economic summit that both the U.S. and China will attend.
Tire worker unions say that thousands of U.S. tire workers have lost their jobs because of the flood of tires imported from China.
Questions to be answered, as this situ-ation develops, include: Will the U.S. let the tariff increase stand? Will China negotiate at all? Will this trade initia-tive have a negative impact on our eco-nomic recovery? Only time will tell.
Our Views
Will rubbermeet the road?
Our readers’ viewsAgrees that traffic at school poses problems
To the editor: In response to Marie Moore’s
“impatient drivers in school zones” article, I personally travel through this particular intersec-tion daily, during the morning and at dismissal time for Cliffside School.
Trust me this happens numer-ous times daily, especially during the afternoon.
The first four days of this school year, there were two officers, one “Dare Officer” and one “traffic coordinator” on duty to direct traffic and protect our children from these impatient and reck-less drivers.
I have been informed that the school had to pay for this ser-vice, I ask why? Why the school should be charged for services to protect our children in school zones when we, as taxpayers, are already paying for protection.
And I am sure this is not the only school in the county having traffic problems.
Can we as taxpayers not get protection for our children in problem school zones?
Where are all the Law Enforcement Officers?
Just think how many tickets they could write if they were just on the scene.
Do not think that the county law enforcement officials are not aware of this problem intersec-tion during these times. This intersection has been a problem for many years. Our children need protection from these reck-less drivers.
I beg our county officials to
address this situation before some family has the need to visit the business just south of this intersection.
J.W. Jones Forest City
Says democracy far from being charming
To the editor:It takes all kinds to make a
democracy, which oftentimes is an annoyance — yet it’s still as it should be. Too often, however, as at the present time, it becomes more than an annoyance.
Since the beginning of the health care controversy (the eco-nomic crisis aside) democracy in America has degenerated into what the late philosopher John Dewey might have depicted as “chaos.”
If there is one vital thing that citizens of a democracy should have in common, it is a habit of thinking for oneself — depending on rationalism to appropriately evaluate issues and to make deci-sions. If issues were evaluated strictly on an individual basis, our democracy might have been spared the kind of turbulence that has ensued from every attempt at social reform.
Philosopher Dewey was think-ing along similar lines when he observed that “we naturally asso-ciate democracy with freedom of action, but freedom of action without freed capacity of thought behind it is only chaos.”
Democracy is not, as Plato described it, “a charming form of government,” when it is replete with rumor, propaganda, distor-tion, misconception, ad infinitum
— much if not most of it gener-ated and circulated by a technol-ogy which can be exploited by all kinds.
Sam Ayers Rutherfordton
Says Obama makes many unfomfortable
To the editor:In regards to Obama’s speech to
the school children, as I see it. It was left up to each school. Only a few parents were opposed to it being shown.
The other parents did not respond because they didn’t care one way or the otherl.
The speech was on the Internet for any one that did want to see it. So what is the big deal?
And for the parents that did not want their child to watch the speech, maybe it has to do with that comfort thing. There are some us that are not comfortable with Obama. And it has nothing to do with party or color. It has to do with him as a person.
Joyce RussellRutherfordton
No time to read? Why not try out ‘flash fiction’?“I just can’t read all those
books you write about in your column,” a reader told me the other day.
“So tell me the one North Carolina book or author that I should read,” she contin-ued.
Now, that is a difficult assignment. In fact it is an impossible one for me. Which of the thousand North Carolina-related books that come out each year would be the right one for that reader—or for you?
I just can’t help you, except to say, Go to your local book-store and tell the owner or manager about books you have already read and liked. I will bet that he or she will have two or three “must read” options for you in a flash.
There is another way. A new book, published just a few days ago, makes it pos-sible to quickly read a good sample of the work of 65 of
North Carolina’s best fiction writers.
You can try the authors out and pick the ones who are best for you.
The new book, “Long Story, Short” (edited by Marianne Gingher and published by UNC Press) has assembled a set of very, very short stories, one for each author.
Each story is so short you can read it in less than five or ten minutes.
The name for such short shorts is “flash fiction.” While they are short, the sto-ries have character, plot, and some resolution or message to go along with the enter-tainment they deliver.
For example, Lee Smith’s “Sex, Love, Death, Sex, High School” puts the reader in the shoes of a Virginia mountain high school girl who puts aside the warnings about the dangers of “pet-ting” and finds “romantic fever” in the front seat of a “rusty old pick up.”
Lee’s former student, Jill McCorkle, writes in “Viewmaster” about a second wife’s effort to deal with a photo her husband keeps in his office. The photo shows her husband and his ex-wife in a very happy pose. The second wife wonders why he keeps this picture close by and why he does not understand that it makes her upset.
Sarah Dessen, a former student of Jill McCorkle, gives us a story of a jilted bride-to-be dealing with the follow-ups to a called-off wedding. In “Registry,” Dessen writes in the voice
of the jilted woman, who wonders, among many other things, why she must return the wedding gifts.
Michael Malone takes his favorite North Carolina local law enforcement office to Christmastime in New York City. In “Nero,” our fellow Tar Heel, Cuddy Mangum, with the help of a cat, solves a murder in fewer than five pages, perhaps a world’s record for the shortest mur-der mystery.
Daniel Wallace’s “Laura, Linda, Sweetie Pie” is a humorous look at authors’ use of real people in their fiction.
Haven Kimmel’s “The Dream” gives readers a look at the changing friendship of two 14-year-old girls, one of whom is carried away by her attraction to her new boy-friend and the excitement of sex, while the other painfully remembers the joy of friend-ship before boys.
Will Blythe’s “The End,” is a story made up mostly of one or two sentence descrip-tions of the deaths of many different people. Here is a sample: “He died of a mas-sive coronary while trying to sneak his ball from the rough on the ninth hole of Pinehurst #2, leaving the other members of his four-some in a quandary about whether to joke about this with his widow.”
These seven authors recent-ly read their stories in less than an hour at an event cel-ebrating the 50th anniversa-ry of the Chapel Hill Public Library. Their stories and 58 more are waiting for you in “Long Story, Short.”
It is a literary smorgasbord.
D.G. Martin is the author of “Interstate Eateries,” a guide to family owned homecooking res-taurants near North Carolina’s interstate highways www.inter-stateeateries.com
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Keona MillerKeona Lamont Miller,
infant son of Ocie Sierra Miller of 156 Reid St., Forest City, died Friday, Sept. 11, 2009.
He is also survived by his grandmother, Tonya Miller of Forest City; and great-grandfather, Charles Steven Davis of Spindale.
The family will receive friends at noon Wednesday at Mtn. View Baptist Church with the Revs. James Lytle and Arrie Melvin officiat-ing. Burial in the New Salem CME Church cemetery in Rutherfordton.
Ronald McSwainRonald Lee McSwain,
40, of 555 Poors Ford Rd., Spindale, died Saturday, Sept. 12, 2009, at his resi-dence.
A native of Rutherford County, he was a son of Ronnie McSwain and wife Shirley of Forest City, and Martha Jean Condrey McSwain of Spindale.
He was employed by Rutherford Life Services.
In addition to his parents, he is survived by one brother, Richard Tatum McSwain of Forest City, and his mater-nal grandfather, Robert Lee Condrey of Forest City.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at the A.C. McKinney Memorial Chapel of McKinney-Landreth Funeral Home with the Rev. Steven Cooper officiating. Burial will fol-low in the Rutherford County Memorial Cemetery. Visitation will be held Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m. at McKinney-Landreth Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made to Rutherford Life Services, 230 Fairground Rd., Spindale, NC 28160.
Online condolences mckinneylan-drethfuneralhome.com.
Steven WilliamsSteven Williams, 15, 2409
Harris-Henrietta Rd., Henrietta, died Saturday, Sept, 12, 2009, at his home.
Arrangements are incom-plete and will be announced by Harrelson Funeral Home.
Raymond CarverRaymond Glenn “Ray”
Carver, 56, of Forest City, died Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009.
A native of Rutherford County, he was a son of the late Rev. William Brantley and Pearlie Irene Hooper Carver. He was a mem-ber of Providence United Methodist Church and a tal-ented musician.
Survivors include four sis-ters, Bonnie Swofford of Chesnee, S.C., Betty Burns of Winston-Salem, Geraldine Searcey of Forest City, and Dorothy Williams of Charlotte; three brothers, W.B. Carver Jr. of Chesnee, and Hubert Carver and Michael Carver, both of Forest City; and a number of other relatives and friends also survive.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Crowe’s Funeral Chapel. The family will receive friends Wednesday from 1 to 3 p.m. at the funeral chapel. Burial
to follow in the Rutherford County Memorial Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memori-als may be made to Hospice of Rutherford County, P.O. Box 336, Forest City, NC 28043; or to Rutherford County Relay for Life.
Ollie FreemanOllie Patricia Freeman,
of 715 Ledbetter Rd., Spindale, died Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009, at White Oak Manor Nursing Home, Rutherfordton.
Mrs. Freeman was a daughter of the late Alonzo and Sofa Lucy Freeman of Spindale.
She was a retired regis-tered nurse for Rutherford Hospital and a member of New Zion Baptist Church, Spindale.
Survivors include her nephew, Gary Freeman of Spindale, and several other nieces, nephews and cousins.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday at New Zion Baptist Church in Spindale with the Rev. Donald Brown officiating. Burial will fol-low in the St. John Baptist Church cemetery in Lake Lure. The body will lie in state one hour prior to the service.
Thompson’s Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Geneva ScruggsGeneva Wilson Scruggs, 73,
of 954 Goodes Grove Church Rd., Mooresboro, died Saturday, Sept. 12, 2009, at home.
Born in Burke County, she was a daughter of the late Rev. Thomas Taylor and Jean Bagwell Taylor.
She was a member of Cliffside Baptist Church and the former owner and opera-tor of Wilson’s Greenhouses. She also worked with Helping Hands Nursing Service.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two husbands, Woodrow Wilson and Bill Scruggs and a granddaughter, Amanda Christine Stone.
Survivors include two sons, Tim Wilson of Fallston, and Woodrow Michael Wilson of Shelby; two daughters, Debbie Stone and Terri Wilson, both of Shelby; a stepdaughter, Mary Scruggs of Mooresboro; a stepson, Bill Scruggs Jr. of Gaffney, S.C.; three brothers, Bobby Taylor of Sherrills Ford, David Taylor of Oak Island, and Ed Taylor of Maiden; five sisters, Helen Morris of Casar, Sue Jones of Gaffney, and Dott Crotts, Pat Carpenter and Joyce Earl, all of Cherryville; and six grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday
at Cliffside Baptist Church with the Revs. Joey Cantrell and Larry Flemming officiat-ing. The body will be placed in the church 30 minutes prior to the service. Burial will follow in the Buffalo Baptist Church cemetery in Shelby. Visitation was held Monday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Stamey Funeral Home in Fallston.
Memorials may be made to Cliffside Baptist Church, Building Fund, P.O. Box 336, Cliffside, NC 28024.
Online condolences www.stamey-funeralhome.com.
Bob SchmelzRobert “Bob” Schmelz,
82, died Saturday, Sept. 12, 2009, after an extended bat-tle with Alzheimer’s disease.
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, he played on the Florida State University football teams (1948-52) and was former-ly married to the late Jett Munroe. He began teach-ing and coaching in 1952 at Shanks in Quincy and Leon High School before start-ing a long career at Fort Lauderdale High School as a teacher and football coach. He retired as principal of North East High School in Broward County. He was a volunteer with Habitat for Humanity in Rutherford County.
He is survived by his wife, Suzanne, and his children, Cathy Ballard and David Schmelz, all of Tallahassee, Fla.; two brothers, Donald, of Marietta, Ga., and Richard, of Potomac, Md.
A memorial service will be conducted at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Culley’s MeadowWood Riggins Road Chapel.
In lieu of flowers, memo-rials may be made to Alzheimer’s Project, Inc. 301 East Tharpe St., Tallahassee, FL 32303; or to Big Bend Hospice, 1723 Mahan Center Blvd., Tallahassee, FL 32308.
Carl Morrison Sr. Carl Lee Morrison Sr.,
80, of 105 Winchester Dr., Shelby, died Friday, Sept. 11, 2009 at Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte.
Born in Cleveland County, he was a son of the late Clarence M. Morrison and Ruth Brydges Dellinger, and stepson of Janie Morrison. He was also preceded in death by his first wife, Myra Eskridge Morrison.
He served as a master ser-geant in the Army during the Korean Conflict, stationed in Germany. He was the owner of Morrison Construction Company Inc., and a member of Lafayette Street United Methodist Church, where he
was a founding member of the BYKOTA Sunday School Class.
He is survived by his wife, Linda Bult Morrison; two sons, Carl L. “Ace” Morrison Jr. and Charles A. Morrison, both of Shelby; two daugh-ters, Paula Morrison Kunka of Shelby, and Sandra Morrison Sanchez of Buford, Ga.; a stepson, Tyler Sanchez of Vancouver, BC; a step-daughter, Lisa Chansky of Durham; three sisters, Sarah Margaret Murtiashaw of Washington State, and Emmalyn Preston and Bertha Jane Lowman, both of Shelby; and several grand-children.
Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Lafayette Street United Methodist Church with Dr. Thomas Steagald officiating. Burial will follow in the Cleveland Memorial Park. Visitation was held Monday from 6 to 9 p.m. at Cecil M. Burton Funeral Home & Crematory, Shelby.
Memorials may be made to Cleveland Rutherford Kidney Association, 1017 N. Washington St., Shelby, NC 28150; or to Lafayette Street United Methodist Church, Bob Hamrick Scholarship, 1420 S. Lafayette St., Shelby, NC 28152
Online condolences www.cecilm-burtonfuneralhome.com.
Crystal Lee SuttonRALEIGH (AP) — Crystal
Lee Sutton, whose fight to unionize Southern textile plants with low pay and poor conditions was dramatized in the film Norma Rae, has died. She was 68.
Actress Sally Field por-trayed a character based on Sutton in the movie and won a best-actress Academy Award.
Jody PowellWASHINGTON (AP) —
A close associate says Jody Powell, who was White House press secretary during Jimmy Carter’s presidency, has died.
Paul Burke PALM SPRINGS,
California (AP) — Paul Burke, who was twice nomi-nated for an Emmy for his role as Det. Adam Flint in the gritty crime hit “Naked City,” died Sunday. He was 83.
Patrick Swayze LOS ANGELES (AP) —
Patrick Swayze, the hunky actor who danced his way into viewers’ hearts with Dirty Dancing and the broke them with Ghost, died Monday after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 57.
A three-time Golden Globe nominee, Swayze became a star with his performance as the misunderstood bad-boy Johnny Castle in Dirty Dancing.
A coming-of-age romance starring Jennifer Grey as an idealistic young woman on vacation with her family and Swayze as the Catskills resort’s sexy (and much older) dance instructor, the film made great use of both his grace on his feet and his muscular physique.
It became an international phenomenon in the summer of 1987, spawning albums, an Oscar-winning hit song in “(I’ve Had) the Time of My Life,” stage productions and a sequel, 2004’s “Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights,” in which he made a cameo.
Swayze performed and co-wrote a song on the sound-track, the ballad “She’s Like the Wind,” inspired by his wife, Lisa Niemi. The film also gave him the chance to utter the now-classic line, “Nobody puts Baby in a cor-ner.”
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Raymond GlennCarver
Mr. Raymond Glenn “Ray” Carver, age 56, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, September 13, 2009.
A native of Rutherford County, he was a member of Providence United Methodist Church and a talented musician. Ray was preceded in death by his par-ents, Rev. William Brantley and Pearlie Irene Hooper Carver and one son, Alan Carver.
Left to cherish his memory are four sisters, Bonnie Swofford of Chesnee SC, Betty Burns of Winston-Salem, Geraldine Sear-cey of Forest City and Dorothy Williams of Charlotte; three brothers, W.B. Carver, Jr. of Chesnee, SC, Hubert Carver and Michael Carver both of Forest City and a number of other rela-tives and friends.
Funeral services will be held at 3 PM, Wednesday, September 16, 2009 at Crowe’s Funeral Chapel with burial to fol-low in the Rutherford County Memorial Cemetery. The fam-ily will receive friends from 1-3PM Wednesday, September 16 at Crowe’s Mortuary.
In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Hospice of Rutheford County, PO Box 336, Forest City, NC 28043 or to Rutherford County Relay for Life.
Online condolences may be made at:
www.crowemortuary.com
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Ronald McSwain
Mr. Ronald Lee McSwain, 40,
of 555 Poors Ford Rd., Spindale, died Saturday, September 12, 2009 at his residence.
A native of Rutherford County, Ronald was a son of Ronnie McSwain and wife, Shirley of Forest City and Martha Jean Condrey McSwain of Spindale. Ronald was employed by the Rutherford Life Services.
In addition to his parents he is survived by one brother, Richard Tatum McSwain of Forest City; maternal grandfather, Robert Lee Condrey of Forest City, aunts and uncle, Carolyn Condrey Webb of Raleigh, Paula Radford of Forest City, Wanda Conley abd Cathy Brown both of Boiling Springs, SC, Angie Maffhey of Chesnee, SC and Donnie T. McSwain of Forest City.
Funeral services will be held at 10AM, Thursday, September 17, 2009 at The A.C. McKinney Memorial Chapel at McKinney-Landreth Funeral Home with Rev. Steven Cooper officiating. Burial will follow in Rutherford County Memorial Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 6-8PM, Wednesday, September 16 at McKinney-Landreth Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made to Rutheford Life Services, 230 Fairground Rd., Spindale, NC 28160.
McKinney-Landreth Funeral Home is seving the family.
An online guest register is available at:
www.mckinneylandrethfuneralhome.com
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Carl L. Morrison, Sr.
Mr. Carl Lee Morrison, Sr., age
80, 105 Winchester Dr., Shelby, died Friday, September 11, 2009 as Carolinas Medical Center.
A native of Cleveland County, he was a Master Sergeant in the U. S. Army during the Korean Conflict, he was stationed in Germany. He was the owner of Morrison Construction Com-pany, Inc., Inc. He was a mem-ber of Lafayette Street United Methodist Church where he was a founding member of the BYKOTA Sunday School Class. Member of The Association of General Contractors. Carl was a former 30-year member of the Shelby Rotary Club where he received The Paul Harris Fellow. He was a former member of the Board of Visitors at Cleveland Community College and a Former Board of Trustees for the Cleveland Regional Medical Center for 12 years.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Myra Eskridge Morrison, his father, Clarence M. Morrison, his mother, Ruth Brydges Dellinger, step mother, Janie Morrison and father-in law, Herman Eskridge
He is survived by his lov-ing wife, Linda Bult Morrison; sons, Carl L. Morrison, Jr. “Ace” and wife, Mel and their son, Richie of Shelby, Charles A. Morrison and wife, Sandra and their children, Carly, Dylan, and Megan of Shelby; daugh-ters, Paula Morrison Kunka of Shelby, Sandra Morrison Sanchez and husband, Noel and their daughter, Myra of Buford, GA and step-son Tyler Sanchez of Vancouver, BC; step-daugh-ter, Lisa Chansky and husband, Matt and their daughter, Emma of Durham, NC.; sisters, Sarah Margaret Murtiashaw of Wash-ington State, Emmalyn Preston and husband, Marc, Bertha Jane Lowman and husband, Roy all of Shelby. Also his mother-in law, Mabel Anthony Eskridge of Shelby, brother-in-law, Dr. Jerry L. Eskridge and wife, Lynn of Kings Mountain; loving K-9 com-panions; Betsy, J.R., and Buddy
Funeral services will be at 1:30pm Tuesday, September 15, at Lafayette Street United Methodist Church with Dr. Thomas Steagald officiat-ing. Burial will be at Cleveland Memorial Park. Visitation was Monday, September 14, from 6-9pm at Cecil M. Burton Funeral Home and Crematory.
Memorials may be made to Clveland Rutherford Kidney Association 1017 N. Washing-ton St. Shelby, NC 28150 of Lafayette Street United Methodist Church att. Bob Hamrick Scholarship 1420 S. Lafayette St. Shelby, NC 28152
Cecil M. Burton Funeral Home & Crematory is serving the fam-ily.
Guest Registry is available at www.cecilmburtonfuneralhome.com
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RobertSchmelz
Robert “Bob” Schmelz, 82, passed away September 12, 2009 after a long and coura-geous battle with Alzheimer’s disease. He was born on July 17, 1927 in Cleveland, Ohio.
Bob is survived by his lov-ing wife, Suzanne and his devoted children, Cathy Ballard (Bob) and David Schmelz, all of Tallahassee, his brothers, Donald (Dixie) of Marietta, GA, and Richard (Margaret) of Potomac, MD.
Bob was an FSU football player on the 1948-52 teams and was formerly married to Tallahassean, Jett Munroe, now deceased. He began teaching and coaching in 1952-53 at Shanks in Quincy and Leon High School before beginning a long career at Fort Lauderdale High School as teacher and football coach. He finished his career as principal of North East High School in Broward County for ten years. Bob was a mas-ter gardener and an avid golfer in his retirement and enjoyed his volunteer work for Habitat for Humanity in Rutherford County, NC.
Memorial service will be held at 3pm Wednesday, September 16, 2009 at Culley’s MeadowWood Riggins Road Chapel. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Alzheimer’s Project, Inc., 301 East Tharpe St., Tallahassee, FL 32303 or Big Bend Hospice, 1723 Mahan Center Blvd., Tallahassee, FL 32308.
Our family would like to thank the wonderful staff at Clare Bridge and Big Bend Hospice for their loving care of our husband and father.
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Other exhibits are planned, including one by Woodworkers of Rutherford County.
Workers accepted entries all day Monday for the competitive exhibits, which are set up in Davis Gym, at the former school site.
First-, second- and third-place awards and ribbons will be given in categories that include canned goods, jams and jellies, horticulture (fruits and vegetables), field crops, potted plants and cut flowers, clothes, sew-ing, needlework, baked goods and candies and miscellaneous. There is also a 4-H Youth Division.
Margaret Helton, who is in charge of the exhibit hall, said she expects a lot of entries this year. “We’ve had a good season this year for grow-ing things,” she noted. She said early Monday afternoon that entries were slow coming in, but she thought they would pick up by the end of the day. “I enjoy seeing the people,” Helton added.
The exhibit hall will be open from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, from 6 to 10 p.m. Friday and from 1 to 9 p.m. Saturday. Helton said exhib-itors may pick up their items from 9 to 10 p.m. Saturday or from 1 to 2
p.m. Sunday.Other features of the fair are old
engines, tractors and farm machin-ery, which will be on display Tuesday through Saturday, with trophies being presented at 4 p.m. Saturday.
Live music is planned for Friday and Saturday nights. The fair tra-ditionally has bluegrass and gospel music. Ellenboro Elementary School Principal Bill Bass said Monday that Christian contemporary music also will be featured Friday night.
Rides, games and food are always a major part of the fair, too.
Smokey Mountain Amusements has provided rides at the fair for the last nine years, and will be returning this year. That group will have some ven-dors, and some local vendors will set
up at the fair.Sets of ride tickets may be pur-
chased at the ticket booths near the rides. Saturday from 1 to 5 p.m. will be Armband Day, when an armband for rides can be purchased for $15.The rides will be open until 9:30 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, and will be open until 11:30 p.m. or midnight on Friday and Saturday.
Proceeds from the annual fair help Ellenboro Elementary School. Bass said the school gets a cut of the rides, but its major source of income is from bingo and school concession stands that offer food and drinks. The school also will receive funds from a money raffle and from rent for vendor spac-es.
Bass said the last year’s event raised $30,000 for the school, and he added he is hopeful for another successful fair this year if the weather cooper-ates. The principal said the school is very dependent on the fair for funds to buy supplies, computers and other items needed for students, especially since Ellenboro does not hold other fund-raisers during the year.
“Community involvement, including civic organizations and the PTO, is really good here,” Bass said, “and I am very pleased about that.”
Contact Dale via e-mail at [email protected]
He was instrumental in securing and restoring the town’s 1926 fire engine.
“They were cleaning out a garage and he found the fire truck and started the ball rolling by moving it out and getting it to one of the local garages,” said Robin. “The gas tank had problems and so they made a new gas tank for it, got it painted and got the new upholstery. It actually had wooden spokes in the wheels so they had to make new wheels. It was a long restoration and they started from the ground up. I’m really glad he was able to do that because it was something that he was happy to show off. There aren’t many departments that still have their very first truck.”
Robin said her father was always community minded and was a big fan of bluegrass music.
“He never met a stranger,” she added. “Whenever he met people he would usually end up as their friend.”
The fire department never stopped being a priority for Ensley during his
tenure as a council member, provid-ing key votes on response equipment purchases and fighting for the depart-ment’s budget requests every year.
“Bob could be a little bit cantanker-ous at times but I attribute that to his earnest desire to make sure the town and the council were doing their jobs well,” Bland said. “He had a little stubborn streak in him, but that was related to his desire to see the town run in a proper manner. Bob and I got along well in the years we worked together. He was a really good friend and I’m going to miss him. It took me a while to understand Bob, but after I did we never had a cross word.”
Town council will begin the process to appoint someone to finish Ensley’s term at the board’s October meeting.
A few of Ensley’s lasting projects were the J.D. Melton Memorial Park — which he and Melton started work-ing on together — and the historical room refurbished with items from the Coxe family at the Spindale House.
“He and Mark Crowe and Jack Metcalf went to Knoxville, Tenn. and they were able to get Wal-Mart here in the county back during the 1980’s,” Robin said. “They spent three days up there at the mall company’s head-
quarters. Back then we had Sky City and Rose’s and we had no K-mart. That was one of the major things that was brought into town during his terms.”
Ensley also worked diligently at his church and in other community proj-ects.
“He was on council when they built the Charles B. Deviney recreation park and when they built the swim-ming pool, tennis courts and picnic areas,” Robin said. “He went down there one day and helped them set some of the rafters on the sheds and all.”
Robin said her father’s community minded spirit oversaw everything he did.
“Most of all, I want people to remember my father as a man who loved his neighbors and made friends everywhere he went,” Robin added. “He always said he gave this town a big portion of his life, and he really did. He was always a people person and he cared about Spindale and the people who live here.”
Contact Baughman via e-mail at [email protected].
Health/educationHealth Fair: Friday, Oct. 2, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Lake Lure Town Hall; sponsored by Lake Lure Lions Club; vision screening (Lions Vision Van), hearing tests, blood pressure, blood sugar testing, chiropractor, acupuncture, Hospice, diabetic edu-cation and general wellness/health care education.
Flu vaccines: Flu shots will be given Thursday, Oct. 15, from 5 to 7:30 p.m., at Double Springs Baptist Church FLC; fee $30; free for those Medicare Part B card; must bring card or a copy; for questions, call Karen Bridges at 704-284-0194; this is a service for the commu-nity from Double Springs Baptist Church Health Care Ministry.
red Cross The following Red Cross classes are scheduled.First Aid: Preventing Disease Transmission; Saturday, Sept. 26, begins at 8:30 a.m.Babysitting Class: Friday, Oct. 9, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.All classes must be paid in advance. Call 287-5916 for further informa-tion.
Meetings/otherDemocrat meeting: Rutherford County Democrat Club will meet Monday, Sept. 28, at Democrat Headquareters in downtown Forest City. The meeting begins at 7 p.m.
Chase Athletic Boosters will meet Monday, Oct. 5, at 6:30 p.m., in the office conference room.
Clothes Closet: Saturday, Sept. 26, 8 a.m. to noon; Cane Creek Baptist Church; large selection of cloth-ing for men, women and children, (summer and winter); all free.
reunionsTaylor family reunion: Sunday, Sept. 20, Gilkey United Methodist Church; covered dish lunch 1 p.m.; for more information contact Kim Beam at 287-9480.
Rollins family reunion: Sunday, Oct. 4, Mountain View Baptist Church fellowship building, Hwy. 221 south, Rutherfordton; lunch will be served at 1 p.m.; bring a well-filled basket; contact Todd Rollins at 287-9748 for more infor-mation.
35-year reunion: R-S Central Class of 1974; classmates will meet Oct. 9 at the homecoming game, then go to Barley’s in Spindale for food, music and socializing. Contact Steve Neely at 287-0323 for more information.
40-year reunion: R-S Central High School Class of 1969 will hold its 40th reunion on Oct. 10. Classmates who have not received information, contact Kathy McDonald at 429-2366, or Tom Miller at 429-0048.
FundraisersCar wash: Saturday, Sept. 19, begins at 7 a.m., at the One Stop in Rutherfordton; cars $5, trucks $7; sponsored by Angel Divine Faith Church.
Breakfast, yard sale: Saturday, Sept. 19, begins at 7 a.m., Spencer Baptist Church, Spindale; adults $6; ages 3-12, $4; under 3 free; all you can eat; large number of yard sale items; proceeds to benefit vari-ous church projects and needs.
Car wash: Saturday, Sept. 26, 8 to 11 a.m., at Long Branch Road Baptist Church; sponsored by the church youth.
Music/concertsOld fashion gospel singing: 7th Annual Autumn in the Foothills Southern Gospel Singing: Sept. 25, 6 p.m., and Sept. 26, 5 p.m.; Glenwood Baptist Church, Bostic; concessions open one hour before the singing both days; grilled hot dogs, hamburgers, barbecue and homemade desserts; bring lawn chairs; church located 2 miles east of Forest City, off Hwy. 74 Bsn.; call 245-0571 for information.
Singing: Sunday, Oct. 4, 7 p.m., Riverside Baptist Church, Hogan Road, Harris; featuring Truly Blessed of Clover, S.C.
religionHomecoming: Sunday, Sept. 20, Thermal City United Methodist Church; a covered dish meal will follow the 11 a.m. worship service. Special service: Sunday, Sept. 20, 4 p.m., New Life Christian Fellowship Church of God, 601 E. Main St., Spindale; guest speaker, Pastor Phillip Emory of Bernardsville.
Revival: Sept. 20-24, Zion Hill Faith Temple; Sunday service 4 p.m.; MTWTh, 7 nightly; several speakers on program; Zion Hill Temple in located at 159 Ragtown Rd., Henrietta.
Tent revival: Sept. 24-26, 7 nightly, Ledbetter Rd., Spindale, across from the Spindale Prison camp; speakers, Chad Sisk, Bobby Brown and Fred Williams; special singing each night.
Naskov said. “The permit for our protest in D.C. was for 7,000 people, but we had about 1.5 million show up. The police were not prepared for this. They didn’t have enough streets closed and they made us start an hour early because they weren’t prepared
for all of us.” Some Georgia protestors came in
costume as Revolutionary War re-enactors and led the march with fife and drums.
“The magnitude of this march can-not be overstated,” said Shannon Jones.
Udo Stillmeyer, who helped organize the march from the Rutherford Tea Party added, “This was not a mob,
not Nazis and not astro-turfers. These were Americans who gave of their own time and money and endured hardship — like my wife Donna and me on a bus for two days with no sleep — to express their point of view that the president and congress work for we the people.”
Contact Baughman via e-mail at [email protected].
LAKE LURE — Four people were treated at the scene of a two-car colli-sion Sunday afternoon at the intersec-tion of N.C. 9 and Island Creek Road.
The four passengers were treated by Hickory Nut Gorge EMS and were not transported to the hospital.
The Lake Lure Police Department reported James Franklin Brewer Jr., 59, of Lake Lure was driving a 2002 Nissan and Brittany Renee Forthman, 18, of Columbus, was driv-ing a 1998 Saturn.
Brewer was stopped on N.C. 9 when Forthman failed to decrease her speed and struck the Nissan in the rear.
The two drivers and their pas-sengers, Patti Conrad Brewer and Richard Wade Knight, of Mill Spring (Forthman’s vehicle) were treated.
Forthman was charged with failure to decrease speed.
Another rear-end collision sent one woman to Rutherford Hospital Saturday at about 9:20 a.m. at
the intersection of U.S. 64/74 and Cooper’s Gap Road, Rutherfordton.
The North Carolina Highway Patrol reported John Bedford Monday, 80, of Ellenboro was driving a 1987 Mercedes and had stopped to make a turn, when Marilyn Kay Smith, 71, of Rutherfordton, driving a 2003 Ford, failed to stop and struck the Mercedes in the rear. Rachel Monday, 72, was taken to Rutherford Hospital for treatment. Smith was charged with failure to reduce speed.
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Williams .apologizes .for .her .’outburst’
NEW YORK (AP) — Serena Williams apologized Monday for what she called her “inap-propriate outburst” during her semifinal loss to Kim Clijsters at the U.S. Open.
Williams was short on con-trition in the postmatch news conference after her profanity-laced, finger-pointing tirade at a lineswoman Saturday night — and again in a prepared statement Sunday.
“I want to sincerely apologize FIRST to the lines woman, Kim Clijsters, the USTA and mostly tennis fans everywhere for my inappropriate outburst,” Williams’ latest statement said. It was released by the U.S. Tennis Association about a half-hour before Williams and her sister, Venus, played in the women’s doubles final, which they won for their 10th Grand Slam title as a team.
Williams was fined $10,000 Sunday for unsportsmanlike conduct and could face further penalties — including a higher fine and a possible suspension — for what U.S. Open tour-nament director Jim Curley described as her “threatening manner.”
In an interview Sunday, Curley also said the tour-nament considered — and decided against — preventing Williams from participating in the doubles final.
The Williams sisters beat defending champions Cara Black and Liezel Huber 6-2, 6-2 Monday for their first U.S. Open doubles championship since 1999.
Two days earlier she lost her temper after the lineswoman called a foot fault, resulting in a double-fault. That moved Clijsters one point from victory. Williams then was penalized a point for her outburst. Because it happened to come on match point, it ended the semifinal with Clijsters ahead 6-4, 7-5. Clijsters went on to win the championship Sunday.
Eury .Sr . .involved . . . . . .in .2-car .accident
MOORESVILLE, N.C. (AP) — JR Motorsports crew chief Tony Eury Sr. is being treated for minor injuries received in a two-car accident.
JRM says the accident took place Sunday afternoon near China Grove, and Eury was held overnight at Carolinas Medical Center-Northeast. The team says he is expected to be released this afternoon.
Eury is the uncle of Dale Earnhardt Jr. and was his crew chief at the start of his Cup Series career.
He’s currently crew chief for Brad Keselowski in the Nationwide Series.
VolleyballChase at E. Rutherford 4:30/6pmThomas Jefferson at Mountain Heritage 5pm
Ladies TennisThomas Jefferson at Hendersonville
Cross CountryChase, E. Rutherford, R-S Central at Freedom
2:30 p.m. (FSS) UEFA Champions League Soccer Be-siktas vs. Manchester United. 7 p.m. (FSS) MLB Baseball Houston Astros at Cincinnati Reds. 10 p.m. (WGN) MLB Base-ball Chicago White Sox at Seattle Mariners.
Carolina Panthers’ Jake Delhomme (17) is sacked by Philadelphia Eagles’ Akeem Jordan (56) in the first half during an NFL football game in Charlotte Sunday,
Fox: Delhomme is still the man
Hilltoppers blank Cavs on the pitch
Potro upsets Federer in Open final
By KEVIN CARVERSports Correspondent
FOREST CITY — Deadlocked after 40 minutes of soccer play, R-S Central changed it’s strategy at the half and capitalized on the East Rutherford defense to claim a 3-0 win in the SMAC conference opener for both clubs.
“I thought we played a little slug-gish to start out the match, but once we scored a goal, then the second, it sort of broke their momentum,” R-S Central soccer coach Jason Hipp said. “I thought we got good contribution from Brett Thompson, Dylan Owens
and Matt Simmons, and it was nice to get some players in late into the game to see some minutes.”
Central (3-1-1) changed up it’s up-field passing scheme in the second half and that allowed the Hilltoppers to slowly work the ball into East (1-4-1) territory.
Davis Choun posted up a shot from the right side toward the north goal, but the Cavaliers’ Bailey had the ball slide off his fingers on a save attempt. Standing in the right place at the right time was Alex Harris, who punched it into the near post for a 1-0 Central lead during the 51st minute of play.
Central continued the pressure on the defense, attempting five more times before connecting for a second time. Simmons placed a ball from the right side that seemed to be heading for goal, but Bailey swooped out only to have the ball slide off his finger-tips again. With the ball still in play, Choun countered with the putback for Central to up the Hilltopper lead to 2-0.
Central finalized the score when Simmons, from the right side, smashed a kick that skipped out of the reach of Bailey and into the left side of the net
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NEW YORK (AP) — Normally so cool, so consistent, so in control of his emo-tions and his matches, Roger Federer let the U.S. Open championship slip from his grasp.
Two points from victory against inex-perienced, unheralded Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina, two points from a sixth consecutive title at Flushing Meadows and a record-extending 16th Grand Slam overall, Federer, quite sim-ply, fell apart Monday.
He railed at the chair umpire. His legs grew weary. His double-faults mounted. He could not figure out a way to stop the 6-foot-6 del Potro from pounding fore-
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CHARLOTTE (AP) — Jake Delhomme is still Carolina’s starter — even after 11 turnovers in two games.
He does have a new backup, however, with the arrival of A.J. Feeley to replace the injured Josh McCown.
Coach John Fox defended Delhomme on Monday, saying his beleaguered quarterback’s status “hasn’t changed” a day after he threw four interceptions and lost a fumble in the Panthers’ 38-10 loss to Philadelphia.
Pressured all game, but also making poor throws and decisions, Delhomme nearly matched his six-turnover performance in Carolina’s blowout playoff loss to Arizona in January. His turnovers Sunday led to 24 Eagles points, and Fox pulled him after he threw consecutive interceptions in the third quarter.
In Carolina’s last 22 possessions against the Cardinals and Eagles, Delhomme has thrown nine interceptions and lost two fumbles.
Yet, Delhomme will start next week at Atlanta.“It’s like Tiger Woods doesn’t win every tourna
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Associated PressJuan Martin del Potro, of Argentina, backhands a return shot to Roger Federer, of Switzerland, during the men’s finals championship at the U.S. Open tennis tourna-ment in New York Monday,
R-S Central’s Brett Thompson (15) battles East Rutherford’s Lupe Escalera (7) for the ball during the Monday game at East Rutherford High School.
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from 30-yards out on a fantastic goal to lift Central to a 3-0 win.
East Rutherford, which had just four shots in the second half, only had one that was any threat in the early half. Dobbins shaved the crossbar on a corner kick. Walt Washburn hit the post late.
It actually was East that charged out of the gate in the first half as Trevor Dobbins had a try from 25-yards and then again from in front, but Central’s keeper, J.T. McClain easily made catch saves on the attempts.
It was then Central, in the 10th minute, which had a perfect opportunity with Simon King’s pass from the right side and into the heart of the defense for Simmons. Simmons took the shot from just outside the box, but Ryan Bailey dove to the left for a nice save.
The rest of the half was a battle for midfield or on defense.
The Hilltoppers’ McClain collected just three saves on the night. Bailey had nine saves for the Cavs, but six in the second half. East also earned two yellow cards — in what was another physical match between the cross-county rivals.
“They (R-S Central) made a few second half adjustments and took advantage of some opportu-nities and some tired players in the second half,” East Rutherford soccer coach Neil Van Dyke said. “I am proud of the effort by the guys, but the result is not what we wanted. I thought we played well, it just didn’t go our way in the second half.”
In other county soccer action, Avery shutout Thomas Jefferson 6-0 in a conference match-up and Chase fell 3-0 to Patton in league play.
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FOOTBALLNational Football League
AMERICAN CONFERENCEEast
W L T Pct PF PAN.Y. Jets 1 0 0 1.000 24 7New England 1 0 0 1.000 25 24Buffalo 0 1 0 .000 24 25Miami 0 1 0 .000 7 19
South W L T Pct PF PAIndianapolis 1 0 0 1.000 14 12Houston 0 1 0 .000 7 24Jacksonville 0 1 0 .000 12 14Tennessee 0 1 0 .000 10 13
North W L T Pct PF PABaltimore 1 0 0 1.000 38 24Pittsburgh 1 0 0 1.000 13 10Cincinnati 0 1 0 .000 7 12Cleveland 0 1 0 .000 20 34
West W L T Pct PF PADenver 1 0 0 1.000 12 7Oakland 0 0 0 .000 0 0San Diego 0 0 0 .000 0 0Kansas City 0 1 0 .000 24 38
NATIONAL CONFERENCEEast
W L T Pct PF PAN.Y. Giants 1 0 0 1.000 23 17Dallas 1 0 0 1.000 34 21Philadelphia 1 0 0 1.000 38 10Washington 0 1 0 .000 17 23
South W L T Pct PF PANew Orleans 1 0 0 1.000 45 27Atlanta 1 0 0 1.000 19 7Carolina 0 1 0 .000 10 38Tampa Bay 0 1 0 .000 21 34
North W L T Pct PF PAGreen Bay 1 0 0 1.000 21 15Minnesota 1 0 0 1.000 34 20Chicago 0 1 0 .000 15 21Detroit 0 1 0 .000 27 45
West W L T Pct PF PASan Francisco 1 0 0 1.000 20 16Seattle 1 0 0 1.000 28 0Arizona 0 1 0 .000 16 20St. Louis 0 1 0 .000 0 28
Thursday’s GamesPittsburgh 13, Tennessee 10, OTSunday’s GamesAtlanta 19, Miami 7N.Y. Jets 24, Houston 7New Orleans 45, Detroit 27Denver 12, Cincinnati 7Baltimore 38, Kansas City 24Dallas 34, Tampa Bay 21Minnesota 34, Cleveland 20Philadelphia 38, Carolina 10Indianapolis 14, Jacksonville 12Seattle 28, St. Louis 0N.Y. Giants 23, Washington 17San Francisco 20, Arizona 16Green Bay 21, Chicago 15Monday’s GameNew England 25, Buffalo 24San Diego at Oakland, lateSunday, Sept. 20Houston at Tennessee, 1 p.m.Minnesota at Detroit, 1 p.m.Carolina at Atlanta, 1 p.m.St. Louis at Washington, 1 p.m.New England at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.Oakland at Kansas City, 1 p.m.Cincinnati at Green Bay, 1 p.m.New Orleans at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.Arizona at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.Tampa Bay at Buffalo, 4:05 p.m.Seattle at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m.Pittsburgh at Chicago, 4:15 p.m.Baltimore at San Diego, 4:15 p.m.Cleveland at Denver, 4:15 p.m.N.Y. Giants at Dallas, 8:20 p.m.Monday, Sept. 21Indianapolis at Miami, 8:30 p.m.
The AP Top 25
The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sept. 12, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking: Record Pts Pvs 1. Florida (56) 2-0 1,491 1 2. Texas (1) 2-0 1,404 2 3. Southern Cal (1) 2-0 1,396 3 4. Alabama (2) 2-0 1,328 4 5. Mississippi 1-0 1,145 6 5. Penn St. 2-0 1,145 7 7. BYU 2-0 1,122 9 8. California 2-0 1,058 10 9. LSU 2-0 951 1110. Boise St. 2-0 945 1211. Ohio St. 1-1 840 812. Oklahoma 1-1 835 1313. Virginia Tech 1-1 749 1414. Georgia Tech 2-0 683 1515. TCU 1-0 609 1616. Oklahoma St. 1-1 445 517. Cincinnati 2-0 407 2318. Utah 2-0 405 1719. Nebraska 2-0 365 2220. Miami 1-0 364 2021. Houston 2-0 341 —22. Kansas 2-0 271 2423. Georgia 1-1 260 2124. North Carolina 2-0 250 1925. Michigan 2-0 169 —
Others receiving votes: Missouri 93, Pittsburgh 87, Oregon St. 64, Texas Tech 54, UCLA 44, Notre Dame 40, West Virginia 30, Auburn 26, Iowa 23, Boston College 19, Baylor 15, Clemson 10, Oregon 5, Arizona 4, Arkansas 3, Colorado St. 2, Florida St. 1, Minnesota 1, South Florida 1.
BASEBALLNational League
East Division W L Pct GBPhiladelphia 82 60 .577 — Florida 76 67 .531 6 1/2Atlanta 75 68 .524 7 1/2New York 63 81 .438 20 Washington 50 93 .350 32 1/2
Central Division W L Pct GBSt. Louis 84 60 .583 — Chicago 73 68 .518 9 1/2Houston 70 74 .490 13 1/2Milwaukee 69 73 .486 14 Cincinnati 65 79 .448 19 1/2Pittsburgh 55 86 .390 27 1/2
West Division W L Pct GBLos Angeles 85 59 .590 — Colorado 82 62 .569 3 San Francisco 77 66 .538 7 1/2San Diego 65 79 .451 20 Arizona 62 82 .431 23 Sunday’s GamesPhiladelphia 5, N.Y. Mets 4, 1st gameWashington 7, Florida 2Pittsburgh 2, Houston 1Atlanta 9, St. Louis 2Chicago Cubs 5, Cincinnati 2San Diego 7, Colorado 3San Francisco 7, L.A. Dodgers 2Milwaukee 5, Arizona 3Philadelphia 1, N.Y. Mets 0, 2nd gameMonday’s GamesCincinnati 3, Houston 1Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs, lateFlorida at St. Louis, lateArizona at San Diego, latePittsburgh at L.A. Dodgers, lateColorado at San Francisco, lateTuesday’s GamesWashington (Mock 3-7) at Philadelphia (Cl.Lee 6-2), 7:05 p.m.Houston (Oswalt 8-6) at Cincinnati (K.Wells 1-4), 7:10 p.m.N.Y. Mets (Misch 1-2) at Atlanta (Hanson 9-3), 7:10 p.m.Milwaukee (Gallardo 12-11) at Chicago Cubs (Zambrano 8-6), 8:05 p.m.Florida (West 6-5) at St. Louis (Wainwright 18-7), 8:15 p.m.Arizona (Haren 13-8) at San Diego (LeBlanc 2-1), 10:05 p.m.Pittsburgh (Duke 10-14) at L.A. Dodgers (Haeger 1-1), 10:10 p.m.Colorado (Jimenez 13-10) at San Francisco (Zito 9-12), 10:15 p.m.Wednesday’s GamesFlorida at St. Louis, 2:15 p.m.Pittsburgh at L.A. Dodgers, 3:10 p.m.Arizona at San Diego, 3:35 p.m.Washington at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.Houston at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.N.Y. Mets at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m.Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m.Colorado at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.
American League
East Division W L Pct GBNew York 93 52 .639 — Boston 84 58 .592 7 Tampa Bay 73 71 .503 19 1/2Toronto 65 78 .455 26 1/2Baltimore 58 85 .408 33
Central Division W L Pct GBDetroit 77 66 .535 — Minnesota 71 72 .497 5 1/2Chicago 71 73 .493 6 Cleveland 61 81 .430 15 Kansas City 57 86 .399 19 1/2
West Division W L Pct GBLos Angeles 86 57 .606 — Texas 80 62 .563 6 Seattle 74 70 .514 13 Oakland 64 78 .451 22
Sunday’s GamesBoston 3, Tampa Bay 1, 1st gameN.Y. Yankees 13, Baltimore 3Kansas City 7, Cleveland 0Detroit 7, Toronto 2Texas 7, Seattle 2, 1st gameMinnesota 8, Oakland 0L.A. Angels 3, Chicago White Sox 2Seattle 5, Texas 0, 2nd gameBoston 4, Tampa Bay 0, 2nd gameMonday’s GamesN.Y. Yankees 5, L.A. Angels 3 Tampa Bay 8, Baltimore 4Detroit 6, Toronto 5, 10 innings Oakland at Texas, lateCleveland at Minnesota, lateTuesday’s GamesKansas City (Tejeda 2-1) at Detroit (Washburn 9-8), 7:05 p.m.Tampa Bay (Niemann 12-5) at Baltimore (Berken 4-11), 7:05 p.m.Toronto (Halladay 14-9) at N.Y. Yankees (Gaudin 1-0), 7:05 p.m.L.A. Angels (Lackey 10-7) at Boston (Matsuzaka 1-5), 7:10 p.m.Oakland (Ed.Gonzalez 0-2) at Texas (McCarthy 7-2), 8:05 p.m.Cleveland (Carmona 3-10) at Minnesota (S.Baker 13-8), 8:10 p.m.Chicago White Sox (Garcia 1-2) at Seattle (Snell 4-2), 10:10 p.m.Wednesday’s GamesCleveland at Minnesota, 1:10 p.m.Kansas City at Detroit, 7:05 p.m.Tampa Bay at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.Toronto at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m.L.A. Angels at Boston, 7:10 p.m.Oakland at Texas, 8:05 p.m.Chicago White Sox at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.
BASKETBALLWomen’s National Basketball Association
Playoff Glance
FIRST ROUND(Best-of-3)
(x - if necessary)
EASTERN CONFERENCEIndiana vs. Washington
Thursday, Sept. 17: Indiana at Washington, 7 p.m.Saturday, Sept. 19: Washington at Indiana, 7 p.m.x-Monday, Sept. 21: Washington at Indiana, 8 p.m. Atlanta vs. DetroitWednesday, Sept. 16: Atlanta at Detroit, 8 p.m.Friday, Sept. 18: Detroit at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.x-Sunday, Sept. 20: Detroit at Atlanta, 3 p.m.
WESTERN CONFERENCEPhoenix vs. San Antonio
Thursday, Sept. 17: Phoenix at San Antonio, 9 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 19: San Antonio at Phoenix, 10 p.m.x-Monday, Sept. 21: San Antonio at Phoenix, 10 p.m. Seattle vs. Los AngelesWednesday, Sept. 16: Seattle at Los Angeles, 10 p.m.Friday, Sept. 18: Los Angeles at Seattle, 10 p.m.x-Sunday, Sept. 20: Los Angeles at Seattle, 5 p.m.
SOCCERMajor League Soccer
EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GAColumbus 11 4 9 42 36 26Chicago 10 6 9 39 34 29D.C. 8 6 12 36 39 38Toronto FC 9 9 7 34 33 36New England 9 8 6 33 28 32Kansas City 7 11 6 27 25 32New York 4 17 4 16 20 42
WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GAHouston 11 8 7 40 32 24Los Angeles 9 5 11 38 31 29Seattle 9 6 10 37 31 24Colorado 10 8 6 36 38 30Chivas USA 11 9 3 36 25 24Real Salt Lake 9 9 7 34 36 28FC Dallas 7 11 6 27 39 40San Jose 5 12 5 20 27 40
NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.———Wednesday’s GamesD.C. United 1, Kansas City 0Saturday’s GamesToronto FC 3, Colorado 2Seattle FC 2, D.C. United 1Kansas City 1, New York 0Real Salt Lake 1, Chicago 1, tieFC Dallas 6, Los Angeles 3Sunday’s GamesChivas USA 2, New England 0Columbus 2, Houston 1Friday, September 18New England at New York, 7:30 p.m.Colorado at San Jose, 11 p.m.Saturday, September 19Chivas USA at Seattle FC, 3 p.m.Real Salt Lake at Houston, 8:30 p.m.FC Dallas at Kansas City, 8:30 p.m.Toronto FC at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.Sunday, September 20Columbus at Chicago, 3 p.m.
RACINGNASCAR-Sprint Cup - Chevy Rock & Roll 400
At Richmond International RacewayRichmond, Va.
(Starting position in parentheses)1. (3) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 400, $238,075.2. (13) Kurt Busch, Dodge, 400, $170,825.3. (7) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 400, $169,776.4. (1) Mark Martin, Chevrolet, 400, $136,300.5. (8) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 400, $147,598.6. (18) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 400, $111,275.7. (6) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 400, $116,273.8. (33) Sam Hornish Jr., Dodge, 400, $104,360.9. (19) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 400, $122,428.10. (21) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 400, $112,654.11. (4) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 400, $130,326.12. (5) Kasey Kahne, Dodge, 400, $117,448.13. (24) Greg Biffle, Ford, 400, $95,225.14. (27) Joey Logano , Toyota, 400, $121,476.15. (10) Carl Edwards, Ford, 400, $122,256.16. (11) Reed Sorenson, Dodge, 400, $112,651.17. (29) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 400, $93,473.18. (22) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 400, $117,756.19. (14) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 400, $109,098.20. (23) David Reutimann, Toyota, 400, $100,023.21. (15) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 400, $89,150.22. (16) Marcos Ambrose, Toyota, 400, $88,448.23. (17) A J Allmendinger, Dodge, 400, $74,550.24. (30) David Gilliland, Toyota, 400, $92,110.25. (28) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 400, $116,990.26. (12) David Stremme, Dodge, 400, $105,790.27. (25) Jamie McMurray, Ford, 400, $90,725.28. (42) Paul Menard, Ford, 399, $102,906.29. (39) John Andretti, Chevrolet, 399, $80,075.30. (38) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 398, $87,750.31. (37) Bobby Labonte, Ford, 398, $99,254.32. (40) Michael Waltrip, Toyota, 398, $76,975.33. (26) David Ragan, Ford, 398, $77,800.34. (34) Elliott Sadler, Dodge, 396, $76,725.35. (36) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, 396, $69,575.36. (20) Scott Speed , Toyota, 396, $80,498.37. (43) Max Papis , Toyota, 394, $68,300.38. (9) Brad Keselowski, Chevrolet, Engine, 376, $68,175.39. (2) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, Accident, 325, $103,040.40. (35) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, Accident, 174, $67,925.41. (41) Michael McDowell, Toyota, Engine, 113, $67,775.42. (31) Mike Bliss, Chevrolet, Transmission, 38, $67,655.43. (32) Dave Blaney, Toyota, Brakes, 36, $68,022.
Average Speed of Race Winner: 96.601 mph.Time of Race: 3 Hrs, 06 Mins, 20 Secs. Margin of Victory: 0.378 Seconds.Caution Flags: 10 for 56 laps.Lead Changes: 12 among 4 drivers.Lap Leaders: M. Martin 1-3; D. Hamlin 4-66; J. Gordon 67-107; D. Hamlin 108; M. Waltrip 109; J. Gordon 110-150; D. Hamlin 151-174; J. Gordon 175-182; D. Hamlin 183-188; J. Gordon 189-193; D. Hamlin 194-203; J. Gordon 204-205; D. Hamlin 206-400.Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led): D. Hamlin 6 times for 299 laps; J. Gordon 5 times for 97 laps; M. Martin 1 time for 3 laps; M. Waltrip 1 time for 1 lap.
Top 12 in Points: T. Stewart - 3,806; J. Gordon - 3,627; J. Johnson - 3,534; D. Hamlin - 3,491; Kurt Busch - 3,322; M. Martin - 3,291; K. Kahne - 3,280; C. Edwards - 3,280; R. Newman - 3,272; J. Montoya - 3,251; G. Biffle - 3,249; B. Vickers - 3,203.
Scoreboard
GREENVILLE (AP) — East Carolina may be without leading rusher Dominique Lindsay this weekend when the Pirates visit No. 24 North Carolina.
Coach Skip Holtz said Monday
that Lindsay injured his right shoulder in last week’s 35-20 loss at West Virginia and says he’s not very hopeful that Dominique will play.
Holtz lists Lindsay as doubt-
ful and says the senior will have an MRI on the AC joint in his shoulder.
He is averaging 66.5 yards per game and has scored two of his team’s three rushing TDs.
RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina State took a giant step forward last week by putting 65 points on the scoreboard.
The opponent may have been a Football Championship Subdivision team, but that didn’t stop coach Tom O’Brien from seeing improvement beyond the boxscore.
“You can tell if a guy’s in a good blocking position or good tackling position or backpedaling prop-erly,” O’Brien said Monday. “That’s why we talk all the time, it doesn’t matter what it says on the jersey or the helmet, you have to respect the game and play the game.”
The Wolfpack’s offense — neutralized during a season-opening 7-3 loss to South Carolina — is feeling much more confident after a 65-7 rout of Murray State last week. Now comes Gardner-Webb, another team from the FCS, which visits Raleigh on Saturday night.
N.C. State (1-1) found the end zone just 87 sec-onds in against the Racers and led 45-0 at half-time, giving the impression that the offense may have found its groove.
Two running backs scored three touchdowns each, and dropped passes — a critical part of the loss to South Carolina — were almost nonexistent.
“We had to get better pass protection, we had to get better at throwing and catching, doing a lot of things,” O’Brien said. “We did (get better). From a technical standpoint, we were in a good position, running routes the right way, and the quarterback was throwing the ball on time.”
Wilson ran his school-record streak to passes without an interception to 293. Among college quarterbacks, he trails only Kentucky’s Andre Woodson, who threw 325 passes without an inter-ception in 2006 and 2007.
Teammate Julian Williams said the streak shows how far the redshirt sophomore has come in a short time.
“The quarterback position is so hectic,” said Williams, the starting left tackle. “I think, the things he does as far as studying the game, he’s just so comfortable with the offense. It’s mind-blowing how good he is, not just his athletic ability but his understanding of what we’re trying to do.”
N.C. State’s defense seemingly has a firm grip on its opponents after two weeks, having allowed 14 total points.
However, O’Brien said pursuit to the ball was a problem that was addressed in practice last week. He wants the players to prepare the same way every week, whether the opponent is Gardner-Webb or South Carolina or any of the Wolfpack’s Atlantic Coast Conference rivals.
“We had too many loafs the first game. That’s coaching, and that’s effort on their part,” O’Brien said. “We coached ’em a little better, and they ran a little better.”
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Tom Brady threw two touchdown passes in a 1:16 span late in the fourth quarter, rallying the New England Patriots past the Buffalo Bills 25-24 in the star quarter-back’s regular-season return.
Brady hardly was dominant until the final min-utes Monday night, when he hit Benjamin Watson for an 18-yard touchdown to make it 24-19. Buffalo’s Leodis McKelvin surprisingly took the ensuing kickoff out of the end zone, and fumbled at the Bills 31, with kicker Stephen Gostkowski recovering.
Then Brady, who missed all but the first quar-ter of last year’s opener with a knee injury, found Watson for 16 yards to win it.
Brady finished 39 of 53 for 378 yards.
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Drew Brees looked even better than last year, which was bad news for a Detroit Lions team trying to win for the first time since 2007.
Brees tied a Saints record with six touchdown passes and threw for 358 yards in a 45-27 vic-tory Sunday that extended the Detroit Lions’ regular-season losing streak to 18.
Two of Brees’ touchdown pass-es went to Jeremy Shockey, who hadn’t scored since being traded from the New York Giants to New Orleans last season.
Brees connected with Marques Colston for 9 yards, Robert Meachem for 39, Shockey for 1 and 15, Devery Henderson for 58 and Heath Evans for 13.
Matthew Stafford’s first start had its ups and downs. The 2009 top overall draft choice was 16 of 37 for 205 yards with three interceptions. He led two touchdown drives, capping one with his first NFL score on a short keeper. Lions safety Louis Delmas also returned a fumble for a 65-yard touchdown.
Detroit is still eight losses off the NFL record of 26 straight defeats by Tampa Bay in 1976-77.
Vikings 34, Browns 20CLEVELAND (AP) — Brett
Favre threw a 6-yard touchdown pass to rookie Percy Harvin in his debut with the Vikings, and Adrian Peterson scored three touchdowns.
Peterson scored on a pair of 1-yard plunges and capped his day with an electrifying 64-yarder. Peterson, held to 25 yards in the first half, finished with 180 on 25 carries.
Broncos 12, Bengals 7CINCINNATI (AP) — Brandon
Stokley caught a tipped pass and outran Cincinnati’s shocked defenders for an 87-yard touch-down with 11 seconds left.
After Cedric Benson’s 1-yard run put Cincinnati ahead 7-6 with 38 seconds left, Kyle Orton — in line to shoulder the blame for a Denver loss — threw a desperate pass into a crowd at the sideline, hoping Brandon Marshall would somehow come down with it.
Marshall never got close. Cornerback Leon Hall bat-ted the ball in the air, and the carom went right into the arms of Stokley, who was behind the defense and had a clear path to the end zone.
Giants 23, Redskins 17EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J.
(AP) — Eli Manning threw a
30-yard touchdown pass to Mario Manningham, and defen-sive end Osi Umenyiora ran back a fumble 37 yards in his return from a knee injury.
Lawrence Tynes added three field goals, including a 45-yarder in the fourth quarter set up by an offside penalty by Redskins $100 million defensive tack-le Albert Haynesworth, who had an average game in his Washington debut.
49ers 20, Cardinals 16GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) —
Shaun Hill and the rest of San Francisco’s offense had an awful second half, except for one mag-nificent possession.
Hill directed a 15-play, 80-yard drive for the winning touchdown on a 3-yard pass to Frank Gore, and the 49ers spoiled the season debut of defending NFC cham-pion Arizona.
Arizona rallied from 10 points down to go up 16-13 on Neil Rackers’ 44-yard field goal with 14:52 to play. But the 49ers regained control with the drive that used up nearly half of the final quarter.
Seahawks 28, Rams 0SEATTLE (AP) — Matt
Hasselbeck, playing his first game since Thanksgiving Day, overcame two interceptions in his first three throws to connect with John Carlson for two touch-downs.
Hasselbeck finished 25 of 36 for 279 yards, his most for an opener. Seattle beat its divi-sion rival for the ninth consecu-tive time with its biggest win to begin a season since a 38-0 vic-tory over Philadelphia in 1998.
Jets 24, Texans 7HOUSTON (AP) — As good as
Mark Sanchez was in his NFL debut, the Jets’ defense was bet-ter.
Sanchez, the fifth overall pick in this year’s draft, threw for 272 yards and a touchdown in his NFL debut, Thomas Jones scored twice, and the Jets shut down Houston’s high-powered offense.
It was easy to see Rex Ryan’s stamp on this defense in his first game as Jets head coach after leading Baltimore’s stingy unit for the past several years. Houston’s offense got past mid-field just once in the first three quarters.
Ravens 38, Chiefs 24BALTIMORE (AP) — Joe
Flacco went 26 for 43 for 307 yards and three touchdowns, all career highs. The Ravens ruined the head coaching debut
of Kansas City’s Todd Haley as they amassed a franchise-record 501 yards, yet needed a 31-yard touchdown catch by Mark Clayton with 2:06 left to break a tie.
Willis McGahee scored from the 1 with 31 seconds remaining to clinch it.
Cowboys 34, Buccaneers 21TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tony
Romo threw for 353 yards and three long touchdowns, spoil-ing the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ debut under coach Raheem Morris.
Miles Austin avoided two tack-lers on the sideline to score on a 42-yard reception just before halftime. Roy Williams streaked through a mistake-prone sec-ondary on a 66-yard TD play early in the third quarter.
Cadillac Williams, back after having surgery twice in 15 months, finished with 97 yards on 13 carries and scored a TD.
Falcons 19, Dolphins 7ATLANTA (AP) — Tony
Gonzalez hauled in a touchdown pass and became the 21st player in NFL history with 11,000 yards receiving. Linebacker Mike Peterson forced a fumble with a vicious hit and picked off a pass for the Falcons.
The matchup between the two most surprising teams of 2008 wasn’t much of a game. The Falcons’ defense, highly suspect after letting go five starters and looking shaky during the pre-season, came up with four turn-overs and thoroughly shut down a team that won the AFC East after going 1-15 two years ago.
Matt Ryan threw a pair of touchdown passes for the Falcons.
Colts 14, Jaguars 12INDIANAPOLIS (AP) —
Peyton Manning threw for one touchdown, Joseph Addai ran for another and the Colts’ defense stopped Jacksonville twice in the fourth quarter.
Indy allowed only 228 yards, 114 each on the ground and through the air.
Packers 21, Bears 15GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) —
Aaron Rodgers brought the Packers back late in the fourth quarter, heaving a 50-yard touchdown pass to Greg Jennings with 1:11 remaining to give Green Bay a victory over Chicago.
Facing third-and-1 at the 50-yard line, Rodgers faked play action and heaved a rainbow of a throw deep to Jennings, who ran in for the go-ahead score.
Green Bay Packers’ Al Harris (31) and Atari Bigby (20) break up a pass intended for Chicago Bears’ Earl Bennett (80) during the second half of an NFL football game Sunday, in Green Bay, Wis.
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ment. (Roger) Federer doesn’t win every tourna-ment,” Fox said. “There’s a lot of people out there that practice and get paid, too.”
Delhomme is soon to have a new teammate. Feeley, a free agent who was cut by the Eagles ear-lier this month, agreed to a contract and was on his way to Charlotte late Monday. He’ll replace Josh McCown, who was headed to injured reserve after injuring his left foot and knee in relief of Delhomme Sunday.
McCown was in a protective boot Monday and was using a crutch as Delhomme said he “took his medicine” in a film session that had to resemble a horror flick.
“Did I beat myself up last night? Absolutely. But it happens. That’s just how this business is,” Delhomme said. “That’s why these seats are so pre-cious. There are only 32 of us in the world.”
Delhomme, who was booed unmercifully by the home fans Sunday, still has a seat at that table.
Three months after his playoff debacle, the Panthers gave the 34-year-old Delhomme a new five-year, $42.5 million contract. It immediately freed up needed salary-cap space this year, but it also included $20 million in guaranteed money. The Panthers then didn’t sign another QB and Delhomme had no serious competition in training camp.
McCown beat out Matt Moore for the No. 2 job — and the inexperienced Moore will likely remain No. 3 behind Feeley.
But while Feeley may eventually replace Delhomme, several teammates rushed to their teammate’s defense Monday.
“Jake, we didn’t give him a chance,” left tackle Jordan Gross said.
Added center Ryan Kalil: “In all reality, it’s kind of tough for him to make plays when he’s got guys in his face.”
The offensive line, with all five starters return-ing from last season, was considered Carolina’s strength coming into the season. But it crumbled against the Eagles’ relentless blitzing.
Fox even hinted Carolina’s more freewheeling style hurt Delhomme. His sack and fumble that was returned for a touchdown and one of his inter-ceptions came on screen pass calls.
Still, Delhomme clearly faces one of the most difficult weeks of his career. After going from an unknown backup in New Orleans to leading Carolina to a Super Bowl appearance in his first season in town in 2003, Delhomme has had a love-hate relationship with fans.
He’s played in two NFC championship games, was selected to the Pro Bowl in 2005 and has led 12 game-winning drives in the final 2 minutes or overtime.
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hand after forehand past him. In a result as sur-prising for who lost as how it happened, the sixth-seeded del Potro came back to win his first Grand Slam title by upsetting the No. 1-seeded Federer 3-6, 7-6 (5), 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2.
“Can’t have them all,” Federer said.He had won 40 consecutive matches at Flushing
Meadows. He had won 33 of his previous 34 Grand Slam matches. And he has made the final at 17 of the past 18 Grand Slam tournaments, 21 overall.
Del Potro? This was the 20-year-old’s first Grand Slam final, and he was 0-6 against Federer until now. But after handing Rafael Nadal the most lop-sided loss of his Grand Slam career in the semifi-nals Sunday, del Potro came back the next day and rattled Federer.
Until Monday, Federer was 2-5 in Grand Slam finals against his nemesis, Nadal, and 13-0 against everyone else. Somehow, del Potro never seemed intimidated by the setting or the man many con-sider the greatest tennis player in history.
The usually unflappable Federer argued with chair umpire Jake Garner during a changeover, using a profanity and saying, “Don’t tell me to be quiet, OK? When I want to talk, I talk.”
Del Potro, meanwhile, managed to have the time of his young life, high-fiving front-row fans after winning one point, and reveling in the soccer-style serenades of “Ole!” ringing through the stadium.
The 4-hour, 6-minute match was the first U.S. Open final to go five sets since 1999, and there were no early signs to indicate it would be this competitive — much less end with del Potro down on his back, chest heaving, tears welling, a Grand Slam trophy soon to be in his arms. He is the first man from Argentina to win the U.S. Open since Guillermo Vilas in 1977.
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Chad Earl Schaffner is escorted into the federal courthouse in Jefferson CIty, Mo., after being captured in Kingdom City, Mo. Schaffner is a suspect in 10 bank robberies occurring in six states in the Southeast.
KINGDOM CITY, Mo. (AP) — A man suspected of robbing 14 banks in six states has been captured in Missouri after a former state trooper recognized him from media reports, authorities said.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol said in a news release Sunday that Chad E. Schaffner was arrested Saturday at a motel in the small town of Kingdom City, about 25 miles east of Columbia.
The 37-year-old Indianapolis man was wanted on felony warrants for bank robbery, burglary, armed rob-bery and receiving stolen property. He is suspected of robbing banks in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, North and South Carolina and Tennessee.
Sgt. Paul Reinsch of the Missouri State Highway Patrol said the former trooper is from the St. Louis area and had seen the suspect’s picture on the evening news after a bank robbery in nearby Caseyville, Ill. He also had seen the suspect profiled on the television show “America’s Most Wanted.”
Reinsch said the former trooper recognized the suspect at a restau-rant in Kingdom City and went to the “America’s Most Wanted” Web site, which included a list of vehicles that the suspect might be driving. A 1996 Chrysler Concorde with Tennessee plates, found in the restaurant’s park-ing lot, was one of the listed vehicles.
“Serial bank robbers are very rare and especially to locate them the way they did through ‘America’s Most
Wanted’ is a unique story,” Reinsch said.
Authorities said Schaffner was arrested without incident and is jailed without bond in Callaway County.
FBI spokeswoman Bridget Patton said Schaffner was expected to appear Monday in U.S. District Court in Jefferson City before being remanded into the custody of the U.S. Marshal’s Service.
It was not immediately known whether he had an attorney.
The FBI turned to electronic bill-boards to try to catch the robbery suspect after traditional investiga-tions failed. Agents say the billboards worked: Schaffner was identified as a suspect within 24 hours of bank sur-veillance photos popping up on wall-size electronic highway signs in eight states.
Schaffner was released from an Indiana prison in December after serving time for armed robbery, according to a criminal complaint filed in federal court in Tennessee to support an arrest warrant.
In each of the recent cases, authori-ties say Schaffner entered the bank, waved a handgun and threatened to use it. He demanded money then fled. He sometimes wore a red base-ball cap but never tried to hide his face, which officials said was uncom-mon.
The FBI-posted picture has appeared on electronic billboards in Alabama, Kentucky, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.
Pregnant teen shotCHARLOTTE (AP) — A pregnant
15-year-old was shot in the head and killed Monday as she waited at a North Carolina school bus stop, and her baby was in critical condition.
The shooting followed a domestic dispute and authorities had identi-fied a supect, said police spokesman Rob Tufano, who declined to elabo-rate.
Tiffany Wright, who was eight months pregnant, was shot before dawn at a stop in north Charlotte. She attended Hawthorne High School, a school with a special pro-gram for pregnant teens.
Wright was found by her foster mother, who had just walked Wright to the bus stop and returned home, Tufano said. She heard at least three gunshots and went outside to find Wright in the street.
Wright was rushed to Carolinas Medical Center, where she later died. Hospital spokeswoman Katie Ratchford said the baby was in criti-cal condition.
Man indicted in slayingCINCINNATI (AP) — A southwest
Ohio man faces murder charges in the death of the wife he had report-ed missing.
Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters says 30-year-old John Strutz also has been charged by a grand jury with gross abuse of a corpse and tampering with evidence.
Strutz reported 28-year-old Kristan Strutz missing from their suburban Cincinnati home on Aug. 15, and was later arrested and held on an evidence-tampering charge.
Bail set at $30 millionPLACERVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A
judge on Monday set bail at $30 million for a Northern California
man accused of kidnapping a girl and holding her captive for 18 years.
In setting the high amount, El Dorado County Superior Court Judge Douglas Phimister cited the serious nature of the charges, inju-ries to the girl and the fact that Phillip Garrido was on parole at the time of the alleged abduction.
Police investigate deathSANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Police
are investigating the death of a man who was found beaten in the middle of the street just blocks from a huge Santa Fe festival.
Police say 44-year-old Gilbert Roybal was taken off of life support Sunday. Roybal was a hair salon owner and Gov. Bill Richardson’s barber. Police have no suspects or motive.
Prosecutor seeks deathBRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — A
prosecutor says he will seek the death penalty for a 22-year-old man charged with killing his father and seven others inside the family’s mobile home in coastal Georgia.
A Glynn County grand jury indict-ed Guy Heinze Jr. on eight counts of murder Monday.
District Attorney Stephen Kelley says the mass killings justify the death penalty.
Suspect unfit for trialCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An
Ohio judge says an autistic teenager is not competent to stand trial in the fatal beating of his mother and should be institutionalized.
Portage County Common Pleas Judge John Enslow says in the ruling Monday that 18-year-old Sky Walker is guilty of murder-ing his mother, 60-year-old Trudy Steuernagel.
Yale student’s slaying looks like an inside job
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (AP) — Clues increasingly pointed to an inside job Monday in the slaying of a Yale graduate student whose body was found stuffed inside a wall five days after she vanished from a heav-ily secured lab building accessible only to university employees.
Police on Monday sought to calm fears on the Ivy League campus, say-ing the death of 24-year-old Annie Le was a targeted act. But they declined to name a suspect or say why anyone would want to kill the young woman just days before she was to be married.
“We’re not believing it’s a random act,” said officer Joe Avery, a police spokesman. No one else is in danger, he said, though he would not provide details and denied broadcast reports that police had a suspect in custody.
Yale officials said the building where Le worked would reopen under increased security. Still, some students worried about their safety.
“I’m not walking at nights by myself anymore,” said student Natoya Peart, 21, of Jamaica. “It could happen to anyone, anytime, anywhere.”
Michael Vishnevetsky, 21, of New York, said he did not feel safe when
he made a late trip to his lab Sunday in a different building. “It felt very different than how I usually felt,” he said.
Twenty-year-old Muneeb Sultan said he’s shocked that a killing could take place in a secure Yale building.
“It’s a frightening idea that there’s a murderer walking around on cam-pus,” said Sultan, a chemistry stu-dent.
Police found Le’s body about 5 p.m. Sunday, the day she was to marry Columbia University graduate stu-dent Jonathan Widawsky, lovingly referred to on her Facebook page as “my best friend.” The couple met as undergraduates at the University of Rochester and were eagerly await-ing their planned wedding on Long Island.
Police have said Widawsky is not a suspect and helped detectives in their investigation.
The building where the body was found is part of the university medi-cal school complex about a mile (two kilometers) from Yale’s main campus. It is accessible to Yale personnel with identification cards. Some 75 video surveillance cameras monitor all doorways.
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9,680Dow Jones industrialsClose: 9,626.80Change: 21.39 (0.2%)
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Trader Gerard Farco stops to check prices at a post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Monday.
By STEPHEN BERNARDAP Business Writer
NEW YORK — A federal judge on Monday rejected a $33 million settlement between the Securities and Exchange Commission and Bank of America Corp., saying the SEC’s accusations of inadequate disclosure by the bank over bonuses paid at Merrill Lynch must now go to trial.
Separately, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo’s office is preparing to file charges within the next couple of weeks against several high-rank-ing executives at Bank of America, claiming they failed to disclose details about the bank’s acquisi-tion of Merrill Lynch, according to a person famil-iar with the investigation.
The ruling in the SEC case comes one month after the agency and Bank of America thought they had put a thorny issue behind them, and leaves the SEC with the task of mounting a case against BofA over one of the most sensitive issues of the finan-cial crisis — executive pay on Wall Street.
The SEC announced last month that it had set-tled its civil charges against BofA, which agreed to buy the New York investment bank last year, without the bank admitting or denying guilt in the case. BofA has said it didn’t violate disclosure rules.
U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff held up his approval of the settlement, however, and ordered the SEC last month to explain why it didn’t pur-sue charges against specific executives at Bank of America over the accusations.
Rakoff, in his ruling, found that the settlement “suggests a rather cynical relationship between the parties: the SEC gets to claim that it is exposing wrongdoing on the part of the Bank of America in a high-profile merger, the bank’s management gets to claim that they have been coerced into an oner-ous settlement by overzealous regulators. And all this is done at the expense, not only of the share-holders, but also of the truth.”
Cuomo’s office is likely to file civil charges against the executives over their role in failing to alert shareholders to mounting losses and acceler-ated bonus payments at Merrill, said the person, who requested anonymity because no charges have been filed yet.
Both the attorney general’s office and Rakoff have questioned whether the bank knowingly hid details about the acquisition from shareholders ahead of a vote to approve the deal.
After receiving additional statements from the SEC and BofA last week, Rakoff ruled Monday that the proposed settlement “cannot remotely be called fair,” and ordered that the case go to trial beginning Feb. 1.
“We disagree with today’s ruling,” Bank of America said in a statement, adding that the bank would consider its legal options in the coming days. The SEC said in a statement the agency believes the proposed settlement “properly balanced all of the relevant considerations.”
“I’ve never seen this,” said James Cox, a Duke University law professor and securities law expert. “To me, it’s long overdue.
“It’s truly a come-to-Jesus moment for Bank of America and its relationship with its various offi-cers,” Duke’s Cox said.
By STEPHEN BERNARD and TIM PARADISAP Business Writers
NEW YORK — Stocks clawed back from early losses to post moderate gains as traders fun-neled money into utilities and industrial stocks.
Major market indexes ended at their highest levels in nearly a year.
Stocks slid at the open fol-lowing a drop in overseas mar-kets on worries that a trade war would erupt between the U.S. and China. But the mar-ket recovered from an early dip that sent the Dow Jones indus-trial average down 100 points as investors seized on the oppor-tunity to inject new money into shares. The Dow ended with a gain of 21 points.
Utility AES Corp. helped pull the market higher after The Wall Street Journal reported that China’s investment arm is interested in buying a stake in the company.
Analysts said the day’s mod-est gains were impressive given the market’s strong run last week. They follow a powerful six-month rally that has lifted the Standard & Poor’s 500 index 55.1 percent.
“We open lower and buy-ers seem to chip away, and we climb higher,” said Adam Gould, senior portfolio manager at Direxion Funds in New York. “It’s somewhat healthy that we’re rallying this way — slowly.”
According to preliminary cal-culations, the Dow rose 21.39, or 0.2 percent, to 9,626.80.
It had been down about 109
points at its low.The broader Standard & Poor’s
500 index rose 6.61, or 0.6 per-cent, to 1,049.34, an 11-month high. The Nasdaq composite index rose 10.88, or 0.5 percent, to 2,091.78.
The day’s early losses came after the U.S. government late Friday imposed trade penalties on tires coming from China. The Chinese government filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization. Investors had worried it would erupt into a tariff dispute that could damage an economic recovery.
Monday’s zigzags came in sharp contrast to the tumult of a year ago, when the collapse of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. sent the Dow Jones indus-trial average down 500 points in one day and jammed the credit markets that power the world’s economies. The S&P 500 index is still down 16.2 percent from that time and 33 percent from its peak in October 2007.
Traders reacted coolly to a speech across the street from the New York Stock Exchange from President Barack Obama, who warned the financial indus-try against repeating the reck-lessness that led to collapse of Lehman Brothers.
Richard Ross, global technical strategist at Auerbach Grayson in New York, said the economy still faces obstacles but that the market could extend its recovery because investors are more opti-mistic than major stock indica-tors plunged to 12-year lows in early March.
“Questions remain but a lot of the uncertainty has largely been
removed. That sort of doomsday scenario has been taken off the table,” he said.
Investors have little economic news to provide insight into whether they have been right to bet on an economic recov-ery. Reports on retail sales, inflation, industrial production and housing are due this week. Improvements in consumer spending and the housing mar-ket are considered crucial to allowing the economy to mount a strong rebound.
Stocks posted modest losses Friday. The gains for the week were still big: The S&P 500 index rose 2.6 percent, as much as it has in some years.
Crude oil fell 43 cents to settle at $68.86 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Bond prices fell, pushing yields higher. The yield on the bench-mark 10-year Treasury note rose to 3.42 percent from 3.35 per-cent late Friday.
The recovery in the credit mar-ket in the past year has been pronounced. When Lehman collapsed investors began rush-ing into the safety of govern-ment debt. Since early this year, borrowing costs have fallen as government’s have injected cash into financial markets.
The dollar traded mixed against other major curren-cies, while gold prices fell to $1,000.05. The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies rose 6.44, or 1.1 percent, to 600.03.
Two stocks rose for every one that fell on the NYSE, where volume came to 1.2 billion shares compared with 1.6 billion Friday.
Judge rejectsBofA bonus deal;charges possible
Stocks fight back to make gain
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Business/finance
By JIM KUHNHENNAssociated Press Writer
WASHINGTON — One year after Wall Street teetered on the brink of collapse, seven out of 10 Americans lack confidence the federal government has taken safeguards to prevent another financial industry meltdown, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll.
Even more — 80 percent — rate the condition of the economy as poor and a majority worry about their own ability to make ends meet. The pessi-mistic outlook sets the stage for President Barack Obama as he attempts to portray the financial sec-tor as increasingly confident and stable and presses Congress to act on new banking regulations.
The public sentiment also poses a challenge to central elements of Obama’s governing agenda. Half of those surveyed said deficit reduction should be a national priority over increased spend-ing on health care, education or alternative energy.
“I know a lot of people who don’t have health care and really can’t afford it,” said Judy Purkey, a 57-year-old grandmother from Morristown, Tenn., who has raised four grandchildren and is living on disability payments. But she added: “The economy is so bad. You’ve heard the expression getting blood out of a turnip? — Well, that’s what’s going on.”
The president, in a CBS interview that aired Sunday on “60 Minutes,” acknowledged the public’s quandary.
“This is a very difficult economic environment. People are feeling anxious,” he said. “And I think it is absolutely fair to say that people started feeling some sticker shock.”
Only one out of five surveyed said Obama bore responsibility for the recession; 54 percent blamed former President George W. Bush and 19 percent blamed former President Bill Clinton.
Financial institutions, however, bore the brunt of the criticism — 79 percent of those surveyed said banks and lenders that made risky loans deserve quite a bit of the blame. Sixty-eight percent held the federal government responsible for not ade-quately regulating banks and 65 percent blamed borrowers who could not afford to repay loans.
In a glimmer of good news for the administra-tion, 17 percent of those surveyed said the govern-ment’s massive economic stimulus has improved the economy, a 10 percentage point increase over July. Nearly six out of 10, however, said they are not confident that $787 billion that Congress approved to lower taxes and inject spending into the economy will do any good.
The White House has been promoting the stimu-lus package as a job creator and job saver that has helped keep unemployment from rising above its current 9.7 percent level — the highest since 1983.
Michael Painter, a 38-year-old unemployed plumber from Orlando, Fla., said that while he believed that spending package would ultimately stimulate the economy, it had yet to help him or his laid-off wife and teenage daughter.
He said he approved of Obama’s job performance so far, but not Congress’.
A Wall St. sign hangs in front of the New York Stock Exchange. Investors put stocks back on an upward path Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2009, encouraged by news of a rebound in consumer con-fidence and more healing in the housing industry.
By BEN FELLERAssociated Press Writer
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama sternly warned Wall Street against returning to reckless and unchecked behavior that had threatened the nation with a second Great Depression.
Even as he noted the U.S. economy and financial system were pulling out of a downward spiral, Obama warned finan-cial titans on Monday — the first anniversary of the Lehman Brothers collapse — they could not count on any more bailouts.
He credited his administra-tion and the $787 billion stimu-lus package rammed through Congress in the first days of his taking office for pulling the country back from the brink.
“We can be confident that the storms of the past two years are beginning to break,” he said.
And even as the economy begins a “return to normalcy,” Obama said, “normalcy cannot lead to complacency.”
Nevertheless, Obama said, “Instead of learning the les-sons of Lehman and the crisis from which we are still recover-ing, they are choosing to ignore them.”
His tough message warned the financial community to “hear my words: We will not go back to the days of reckless behavior and unchecked excess at the heart of this crisis, where too many were motivated only by the appetite for quick kills and bloated bonuses.”
Obama spoke at Federal Hall in the heart of Wall Street before an audience that included mem-bers of the financial community, lawmakers, and top adminis-tration officials. He planned lunch with former President Bill Clinton after the speech,
before returning to Washington. Administration officials would not disclose any details of the luncheon discussion.
In marking his determination to prevent a repeat of the crisis that nearly brought down the global financial system last fall, Obama said he was attacking the problem on several broad fronts, including new rules to protect consumers and a new Consumer Financial Protection Agency to enforce those rules and closure of regulator loopholes and over-lap that “were at the heart of the crisis” because it left key officials without “the authority to take action.”
At the Pittsburgh G-20 eco-nomic meeting later this month, Obama said the U.S. will focus on ways “to spur global demand but also to address the underly-ing problems that caused such a deep and lasting global reces-sion.”
Obama and others seek-ing ways to better monitor the financial system and to police the products banks sell to con-sumers have been opposed by lobbyists, lawmakers and turf-protecting regulators. Mergers and sales of banks have consoli-dated lending power in even few hands. And those large firms still bet far more than the capital they have on hand.
Yet regulations have not moved. Much of the legislative motivation in Washington has been consumed by the conten-tious debate over changes to the health care system.
Government intervention into private automakers such as General Motors have left law-makers skittish to move further into corporate board rooms. And it’s not as if another collapse is obviously imminent.
Five of the biggest banks — Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Citigroup and Bank of America — posted second-quarter profits totaling $13 billion.
That’s more than double what they made in the second quarter of 2008 and nearly two-thirds as much as the $20.7 billion they earned in the second quarter of 2007 — when the economy was considered strong.
The failure of Lehman Brothers — the biggest bank-ruptcy in U.S. history — and the panicky sales of Bear Stearns to JPMorgan Chase and Merrill Lynch to Bank of America trans-formed Wall Street and gave fewer competitors increased market power.
As of June 30, three banks — JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo and Bank of America — held $2.3 trillion in domestic depos-its, or $3 out of every $10 in deposit in the United States. Three years ago those three institutions held about 20 per-cent of the industry total.
Obama has sought tougher capital requirements for banks, arguing that banks’ buying of exotic financial products without keeping enough cash on reserve was a key cause of the crisis. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has urged the Group of 20 nations to agree on new capital levels by the end of 2010 and put them in place two years later.
The administration also has proposed increased transparency of markets in which banks trade the most complex — and poten-tially risky — financial products. Obama’s broad plan also would give the Fed new oversight powers and impose conditions designed to discourage compa-nies from getting too big.
Obama states no more bailouts
U.S. confidencein Wall Streetlags, poll finds
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By LAURAN NEERGAARDAP Medical Writer
WASHINGTON — Flu sea-son’s in full swing two months early this year — and nearly all the cases are the new swine flu strain that so far is targeting mostly children and younger adults.
That doesn’t mean older people are off the hook. They some-times catch swine flu. Also, we could see a one-two punch when regular flu strains start circulat-ing as the weather gets colder. You probably won’t know which kind you have. Very few people will get the specialized testing to tell. That doesn’t matter — treat-ment’s the same for both.
Here are answers to some questions about what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention predicts will be a busy and long flu season.
Q: Where’s the vaccine, and how many shots will I need?
A: Many people will need to line up twice. One vaccine pro-tects against regular winter flu, and that vaccine’s available now. A separate vaccine to protect against swine flu — the 2009 H1N1 strain — will arrive in October.
It appears that adults will need one dose of that vaccine; dose studies are under way in children to see if they’ll need a booster.
Q: Why couldn’t both kinds be put into one shot?
A: Bad timing. Swine flu didn’t burst onto the scene until April, after manufacturers had already begun brewing this fall’s regular flu vaccine and too late to add into that mix.
Q: How does swine flu com-pare to regular flu strains?
A: So far it doesn’t seem any
more deadly than regular flu, which kills 36,000 Americans a year and hospitalizes 200,000. But swine flu does sicken the young much more frequently than the old, and it spreads very easily, especially in crowd-ed schools. A University of Washington study found the typ-ical sick school student infects two to three classmates — so keep sick kids at home.
The sad reality: You can be contagious up to 24 hours before you show symptoms, one reason flu spreads so easily.
Q: Who’s at highest risk of severe illness or even death?
A: Children under 5. Pregnant women. People 65 or older. And people of any age with asthma or other lung disorders; diabe-tes; heart, kidney, liver or blood disorders; neurodevelopmental disorders such as cerebral palsy; or a weakened immune system.
Q: I think I had swine flu over the summer. Do I still need the vaccine?
A: Yes, says CDC flu special-ist Dr. Anne Schuchat. Other viruses mimic flu so it’s hard to be sure what you had.
Q: How does swine flu affect children, and what symptoms should prompt a race to the pediatrician?
A: Symptoms are the same regardless of age: Fever, aches, cough, sore throat, sneezing or runny nose, sometimes diarrhea and vomiting.
The CDC says to seek immedi-ate care if a child has difficulty breathing or is breathing fast, turns bluish, isn’t drinking enough fluids, has severe vomit-ing, is hard to wake up or lethar-gic, or is so irritable the child doesn’t want to be held.
Also seek care if the fever breaks and then later returns,
sign of a possible bacterial infec-tion.
Q: What are emergency signs for an adult?
A: Difficulty breathing, pain or pressure in the chest of abdo-men, dizziness, confusion, severe vomiting or a rebound fever.
Q: Won’t I or my child need those anti-flu medicines, Tamiflu or Relenza?
A: No, most won’t, stresses CDC’s Schuchat. Most people will recover with rest and fluids — don’t get dehydrated.
But people at high risk should make a plan with their doc-tor now, before they’re sick, Schuchat advises. They may need Tamiflu within the first 48 hours of symptoms, and some doctors may agree to an advance prescription if they promise to call with symptoms — saving time and exposing others in the waiting room.
Q: How long should sick kids stay out of school or day care?
A: For 24 hours after the fever breaks naturally, not because of fever-reducing medicine. And never give a child aspirin, only non-aspirin fever reducers. For a child under 5, ask a doctor first about type and dose.
You’re considered more con-tagious while feverish. But children especially can be conta-gious for over a week, so doctors say use common sense — stay home if you’re still sick after the fever breaks.
Q: Is it true that not everyone gets a fever?
A: Yes. There are no good esti-mates although the CDC thinks it’s not too common.
Q: Someone’s sick in my office. How long until I know if I caught it?
A: Up to a week.
By The Associated PressWho needs vaccine against regular
winter flu, and who should be first in line for the swine flu shot? There’s lots of overlap.
Regular flu vaccine is available now, and people who need it most include:
n Adults 50 and older.n All children age 6 months to 18
years.n Pregnant women.n People of any age with chronic
health problems like asthma, heart disease or a weakened immune sys-tem.
n Health workers.
n Caregivers to the high-risk, including babies younger than 6 months.
Don’t like shots? There’s a nasal spray version of the vaccine, called FluMist, available for people ages 2 to 49.
Once the swine flu vaccine starts arriving next month, the government says first in line will be:
n Pregnant women.n The young, from age 6 months
up through age 24.n Health workers.n Younger and middle-aged adults
with those chronic health conditions.
By RANDOLPH E. SCHMIDAP Science Writer
WASHINGTON — In what may be the scariest shower news since Alfred Hitchcock’s “Psycho,” a study says shower heads can harbor tiny bacteria that come spraying into your face when you wash.
People with normal immune systems have little to fear, but these microbes could be a concern for folks with cystic fibrosis or AIDS, people who are undergoing cancer treatment or those who have had a recent organ transplant.
Researchers at the University of Colorado tested 45 showers in five states as part of a larger study of the microbiology of air and water in homes, schools and public buildings. They report their shower findings in Tuesday’s edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
In general, is it dangerous to take showers? “Probably not, if your immune system is not com-promised in some way,” lead author Norman R. Pace says. “But it’s like anything else — there is a risk associated with it.”
The researchers offer suggestions for the wary, such as getting all-metal shower heads, which microbes have a harder time clinging to.
Still, shower heads are full of nooks and crannies, making them hard to clean, the researchers note, and the microbes come back even after treatment with bleach.
People who have filtered shower heads could replace the filter weekly, added co-author Laura K. Baumgartner. And, she said, baths don’t splash microbes into the air as much as showers, which blast them into easily inhaled aerosol form.
It doesn’t seem as frightening as the famous murder-in-the-shower scene in Hitchcock’s classic 1960 movie. But it’s something to be reckoned with all the same.
The bugs in question are Mycobacterium avium, which have been linked to lung disease in some people.
Indeed, studies by the National Jewish Hospital in Denver suggest increases in pulmonary infec-tions in the United States in recent decades from species like M. avium may be linked to people tak-ing more showers and fewer baths, according to Pace.
Symptoms of infection can include tiredness, a persistent, dry cough, shortness of breath, weak-ness and “generally feeling bad,” he said.
Shower heads were sampled at houses, apartment buildings and public places in New York, Illinois, Colorado, Tennessee and North Dakota.
The researchers sampled water flowing from the shower heads, then removed them, swabbed the interiors of the devices and separately sampled water flowing from the pipes without the shower heads.
They found that the bacteria tended to build up in the shower head, where they were much more common than in the incoming feed water.
Soon-to-be kinder-gartners rub hand sanitizer on their hands before going to lunch at a summer school program in Montgomery County’s Brookhaven Elementary School, in Rockville, Md. in July.
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In this photo provided by CBS, Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, talks after appearing on CBS’s “Face the Nation” in Washington, Sunday.
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUSAssociated Press Writer
JACKSON, Miss. — States with high levels of poverty and unemployment have been strug-gling with growing Medicaid budgets during the recession, and some governors worry their financial burdens could get worse as Congress works on a comprehensive health care bill.
They’re especially worried about possible expansion of Medicaid, the federal-state health insurance program for the needy and disabled.
“If the federal government wants to expand health care to everybody in the country, they should not force the states to pay part of the bill. If they want to do that, the federal government should pay for it,” said Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, who is chairman of the Republican Governors Association.
Democratic U.S. Sen. Max Baucus of Montana is part of a bipartisan group of Finance Committee members — the so-called Gang of Six — grappling with health care legislation. Part of Baucus’ proposal would expand Medicaid to cover more low-income people. For example, childless adults making up to $14,404 — equal to 133 percent of the current poverty level for an individual — would be eli-gible for the first time, starting in 2014.
Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer, chairman of the Democratic Governors Association, said in July that he worried the federal government’s push to expand Medicaid might force states to borrow money to pay for new health expenses.
Since then, Schweitzer said he has spoken to President Barack Obama and Democratic con-gressional leaders and has been assured that the final version of health care legislation won’t include unfunded mandates for the states.
Across the country, Medicaid budgets are already strained, especially in states with higher than average poverty and unem-ployment rates:
n In New Mexico, 18.4 percent live below the poverty level, well above the national average of 13.3 percent. Medicaid enroll-ment there has increased nearly 10 percent since mid-2008, and Human Services Secretary Pam Hyde said the program could overspend its budget by $35 mil-lion to $40 million this fiscal year.
n In Michigan, where unem-ployment hit 15 percent in July, Republicans who control the state Senate propose saving money by trimming 8 percent from the Medicaid reimburse-ment rates for physicians, hos-pitals and other health care providers in the state fiscal year that begins Oct. 1.
n In Georgia, Republican Gov. Sonny Perdue ordered 3 percent funding cuts for Medicaid and public schools and 5 percent cuts for most other state programs because of weak state tax col-lections in late July, just three weeks into the new fiscal year.
“If we’re asked to pick up on state increased costs in health care, it’s going to take away from infrastructure, it’s going take away from environment, trans-portation, education, public safe-ty — all the other things that we as states do,” said Perdue.
n In Mississippi, where 21.1 percent of residents live in pov-erty and 20 percent are enrolled in Medicaid, paying for health care has long been a struggle. Barbour said a mandate to cover more people could lead to tax increases.
Barbour won the Mississippi governorship in 2003 after criti-cizing a 33 percent growth in Medicaid enrollment in four years under his Democratic predecessor. Enrollment has grown 5 percent since Barbour took office in January 2004. Mississippi saw an unexpected hiccup in Medicaid numbers in March, when enrollment jumped by 21,620. It was the largest sin-gle-month increase the program had seen since April 2001.
Barbour cut 2.9 percent from the $6 billion state budget this month because of lagging income and sales tax collections,
but didn’t cut Medicaid because he expects more people to enroll as unemployment climbs. The state’s seasonally adjusted unem-ployment rate jumped from 7.3 percent in July 2008 to 9.7 per-cent in July 2009.
Some Mississippi officials say a Medicaid expansion would be an efficient way to cover the uninsured. The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation says 55.5 percent of Mississippi’s poor and low-income residents lack health insurance. The national figure is 36.5 percent.
Because of Mississippi’s pover-ty, the federal government pays a generous share of Medicaid expenses, referred to as match-ing funds. Until December 2010, when federal stimulus money is scheduled to disappear, the fed-eral government is paying for 84 percent of Medicaid costs in Mississippi. That’s up from the usual 76 percent.
“One of the most frustrat-ing things about dealing with Medicaid over the years has been the obsession in the Legislature with reducing Medicaid spend-ing at a time when we have the most favorable Medicaid (fed-eral) match in the nation,” said Democrat Hob Bryan, chairman of the state Senate Public Health Committee and supporter of an expanded role for Medicaid. “Mississippi is a winner because of our incredible match.”
Medicaid financing is a pub-lic policy discussion with real-world implications for some of Waymon Tigrett’s customers at his family’s store, Brandon Discount Drugs.
Tigrett, a pharmacist, said as Mississippi lawmakers have fin-ished the state budget the past several years, unfounded rumors have spread that hospitals were turning away Medicaid patients, or that pharmacies were reduc-ing the number of prescriptions they’d fill for people on the pro-gram. Tigrett said he has told Medicaid customers not to wor-ry and has continued filling their prescriptions for blood-pressure pills, diabetic supplies and other essentials.
“It’s a panic thing,” Tigrett said.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate health care nego-tiators said Monday they’ve cut the cost of their 10-year coverage plan to under $880 billion, but they’re not ready to shake hands yet on a biparti-san deal.
Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., said he’ll have a formal proposal by mid-week — maybe as early as Tuesday — to meet a deadline for moving ahead on President Barack Obama’s top domestic priority with or without Republican support.
At the same time, Baucus said the bipartisan talks could continue even as his Finance panel begins its formal bill-drafting session next week. Talks continued during the day Monday, and more meetings were expected Tuesday.
“It’s not just tomorrow or the next day,” said Baucus. “We’re going to keep working.”
His small group of three Democrats and three Republicans has been laboring for weeks in hopes of finding a bipartisan path toward guaranteeing coverage for all and trying to control the rise in health care spending. Staff aides on both sides said Monday the negotiators are close, but it’s unclear if they’ll get agreement.
The three Republicans — Mike Enzi of Wyoming, Chuck Grassley of Iowa, and Olympia Snowe of Maine — are under intense pressure from lead-ers of their own party, some of whom have pub-licly dismissed Baucus’ framework as a Democrat’s plan. Baucus may not be able to get any of the them to agree. But he seems to have a chance of persuading at least Snowe.
Monday, the negotiators said they discussed ille-gal immigration, benefits for the poor, medical malpractice and restrictions on abortion coverage.
Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., said they’re close on a verification system to prevent illegal immigrants from getting government subsidies to buy health coverage.
“We’re very close to conclusion on how to pre-vent people who are here illegally from benefiting,” Conrad said.
Negotiators also said they’ve found ways to reduce the cost of a planned expansion of Medicaid to cover more people near the federal poverty line. The issue is critical to winning support from gov-ernors, since the states share in the cost of the pro-gram. Baucus said his staff is trying to schedule a conference call with governors for Tuesday.
On medical malpractice, Conrad said the nego-tiators agreed that the federal government should provide funding for states to experiment with a range of alternatives to lawsuits.
On abortion, the negotiators are trying to come up with language that would extend current restrictions that prohibit federal funding for the procedure, except in cases of rape, incest, or to save the life of the mother.
Baucus’ plan would require all Americans to get health insurance, either through an employer, a government program, or on their own. New con-sumer protections would prohibit onerous insur-ance companies practices, such as denying cover-age because of a prior health problem, or charging more to those who are sick.
The majority of people already covered through an employer plan would not see major changes. But self-employed people and small businesses would now be able to buy more affordable coverage through a new purchasing pool called an exchange. Government tax credits would be provided.
The plan would be financed mainly through cuts in Medicare and Medicaid, but Baucus has also proposed a new tax on high-cost insurance compa-nies, an assessment on employers whose workers end up getting government subsidies, and a series of multibillion-dollar “fees” on medical industries.
Even if Baucus can’t get Republican support, the plan already reflects some major GOP priorities.
Negotiators onhealth planannounce cuts
Health care plans concern states
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Dear Dr. Gott: My 49-year-old ex-husband has recently been diag-nosed with Parkinson’s disease. We divorced because he drank a lot of alcohol to relieve some of the trem-ors. He was a truck driver but lost his job because he could not hold onto the steering wheel and was taken off the job by ambulance. I recently took him to detox.
His tremors started around age 8, but the symptoms have become more severe. His primary-care physician diagnosed him with the Parkinson’s. He doesn’t want to see a neurologist because of the expense, especially now that he no longer has an income. The neurologist wants $350 just to walk in the office. I am trying to help him get state help and Medicaid.
Should he stay with his primary-care physician? Or should he “bite the bullet” and see the specialist?
Also, I just found out that his son from another marriage started hav-ing tremors at the age of 6. He is now
8. Should he be concerned? Should I tell the boy’s mother to take the child to a neurologist?
I know that my ex and I are no longer married, but he has no one around, and I just can’t let him “hang out to dry,” so I appreciate any help you can give us.
Dear Reader: Based on your letter, I believe your ex-husband needs to be seen by a neurologist.
There are several causes for trem-ors but very few that begin at such a young age. Also, given your husband’s use of alcohol to reduce the trem-ors, I believe that the diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease is premature, if not inappropriate.
Tremors affect father and son
Dear Abby: “J.J. in South Carolina” (July 12) is dating a man whom she suspects cannot read. My grandfa-ther is illiterate, and he’s the smartest man I know.
He and Grandma have successfully operated their own business for over 40 years. Papa can read and draw blueprints. He can also complete a mathematical equation before I can punch it into my calculator. He “invents” and builds all kinds of gad-gets that make life easier for us.
Papa had only a second-grade edu-cation. As the oldest of 11 children, he worked in the fields to help support his family. My grandparents, married for 51 years, are the glue that holds our family together. Papa is intel-ligent, self-educated through years of hard work and life experience—as well as kind and generous.
I hope J.J. will give John a chance. At this point in his life, being able to read shouldn’t be an issue. If J.J. can open her heart and let him in, it may be the best decision she ever made in her life.—Proud Granddaughter
Dear Proud: Your grandfather is a fine example of someone who devel-oped coping skills and succeeded despite his lack of formal education. You have every right to be proud. Read on:
Dear Abby: I have a master’s degree and a teaching credential. My husband could neither read nor
write. He was always the one to fix things or called upon to help out. He could assemble anything without reading the instructions because he was smart and capable. He had many friends and never had a negative word to say about anyone. He was a wonderful husband, a devoted father, and no one ever considered him “illit-erate.”
J.J. should rethink her priorities, or let this man go so he can meet some-one who will appreciate him for who he is.— R.B.
Dear Abby: Illiteracy is a far larger problem in this country than most people realize. It keeps folks from enjoying life fully. Can you imagine not being able to read your child a bedtime story? What if you can’t read street signs or write a check?
There are literacy councils in most communities that provide free, effec-tive tutoring for adults who want to improve their reading and writing skills. Your local literacy council may be a solution if you want to raise the quality of life for someone you love.—Changing The World
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BEIJING — As Beijing launched a case Monday against new U.S. tariffs on Chinese tires, President Barack Obama defended the duties, saying trading agree-ments must be enforced in order for trading systems to work.
The conflict adds to a series of disputes over poultry, auto parts and other goods that have threatened to strain relations as Beijing and Washington cooperate on complex issues including the economic crisis and North Korea.
It comes as the two world powerhouses prepare for a global economic summit next week.
News of China’s fil-ing with the World Trade Organization sent Asian markets down 2 percent and more Monday on wor-ries about the potential impact on the global eco-nomic recovery. But investors appeared to take a less dire view of the dispute as the day wore on. European markets were down marginally by late in the trading and U.S. markets were flat by midday.
While China’s quick response to Friday’s tariff decision threatened to esca-late the battle, many private economists said they expect-ed both sides would find a way to avoid a full-blown trade war that would harm producers in both countries.
“The big message from China to the United States is think twice, think three times before repeating this kind of relief for a U.S. industry because if you do this again, we are going to hit you again,” said Gary Hufbauer, a trade expert at the Peterson Institute, a Washington think tank.
Economists said that both nations have too much at stake economically to allow
the dispute to get out of con-trol.
The United States, as the world’s largest economy, rep-resents a huge export market for Chinese products while China is the largest holder of U.S. Treasury securities at a time when U.S. govern-ment debt is exploding as the recession and efforts to stabilize the banking system have sent the federal imbal-ance to more than $1 trillion in the current budget year.
In a speech Monday in New York, Obama said he did not act to be provocative or to promote protectionism. He said expanded trade and new trade agreements are essen-tial to U.S. economic growth and enforcing such agree-ments is part of maintaining
an open and free trading system.
The Chinese complaint to the WTO in Geneva trig-gers a 60-day WTO process in which the two sides are to try to resolve the dispute through negotiations. If that fails, China can request a WTO panel to investigate and rule on the case.
The U.S. tariffs are “a seri-ous case of trade protection-ism, which China resolutely opposes,” said a deputy com-merce minister, Zhong Shan, quoted by the official Xinhua News Agency. Beijing’s quick response to the tariff decision shows the urgency communist leaders attach to maintaining exports, employment and social sta-bility. Officials have said as
many as 30 million laborers lost factory jobs last year as exports plummeted. Many have found new employment, but the government is anx-ious to avert more job losses.
Chinese leaders are sensi-tive to public anger, which is easily triggered by sug-gestions that foreign nations are treating China unfairly. Frustration over the tire tariffs has been fanned by news reports citing a rubber industry group that said as many as 100,000 jobs could be affected and losses to Chinese producers could top $1 billion.
But the decision to go through the WTO could reflect China’s desire to con-fine the dispute and prevent it from disrupting relations
with Washington.Beijing has sometimes
retaliated in disputes with the United States in the past by slowing or breaking off talks on other matters. But now the two governments are cooperating on a wide array of issues that they both deem critical, including the global slowdown, climate change and ending North Korea’s nuclear program.
Washington and Beijing are key participants in a summit of the Group of 20 leading economies planned in Pittsburgh on Sept. 24-25 to discuss efforts to end the worst global downturn since the 1930s. Both sides want the meeting to be a success.
Obama approved the tire duties to slow the rapid growth of U.S. imports of Chinese-made tires blamed for the loss of thousands of American jobs.
The White House said Obama acted under a pro-vision in the U.S.-Chinese agreement on Beijing’s acces-sion to the WTO that allows Washington to slow the rise of Chinese imports to give time to American industry to adjust.
The United Steelworkers brought the tire case in April and said annual Chinese tire exports to the United States tripled from 2001 to 2004 to 41 million. It said more than 5,000 tire workers have lost their jobs since 2004 and said annual imports should be capped at 21 million.
After a U.S. panel recom-mended tariffs, Beijing launched an unusually high-profile diplomatic offensive to head them off, sending a deputy commerce minister to Washington in August to lobby the White House.
Obama’s order raised tariffs for three years on Chinese tires — by 35 percent in the first year, 30 percent in the second and 25 percent in the third.
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Associated PressChinese workers seen near tires at a Chinese auto factory for buses in Beijing Friday, Sept. 11, 2009. China strongly opposed President Barack Obama’s decision to impose punitive tariffs on imports of car and light truck tires calling it protectionism that violates World Trade Organization rules.
China fights new U.S. tariffs leveled on tires
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NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE09 SP 182
Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made by Julia Ann Copeland and Delbert H. Copeland by Julia Ann Copeland, Attorney-in-Fact (PRESENTRECORD OWNER(S): Julia A. Copeland (Julia A. Copeland, deceased) (Heirs of Julia A. Copeland: Delbert H. Copeland, Mark Copeland and Unknown Heirs of Julia A. Copeland) (Mark Copeland, deceased) (Heir of Mark Copeland: Mark Hunter Copeland and Unknown Heirs of Mark Copeland) to Jackie Miller, Trustee(s), dated the 6th day of August, 2007, and recorded in Book 974, Page 22, in Rutherford County Registry, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Substitute Trustee Services, Inc. having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Rutherford County, North Carolina and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door at 229 North Main St in the City of Rutherfordton, Rutherford County, North Carolina at 1:30 PM on September 22, 2009 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following real estate situated in the Township of Chimney Rock, in the County of Rutherford, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows:
Lying and being in Chimney Rock Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina, being Lot Number 15 of Phase 1 of The Peaks at Lake Lure, LLC, as shown on plat recorded in Plat Book 24, Page 71, Rutherford County Registry, reference to which is hereby made for a more complete and accurate description. Together with improvements located thereon;
Said property being located at197 Boulder Ridge, Lake Lure, North Carolina
Trustee may, in the Trustee's sole discretion, delay the sale for up to one hour as provided in NCGS §45-21.23.
Should the property be purchased by a third party, that person must pay the tax of Forty-Five Cents ($0.45) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) required by NCGS §7A-308(a)(1).
The property to be offered pursuant to this notice of sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance "AS IS, WHERE IS." Neither the Trustee nor the holder of the note secured by the deed of trust/security agreement, or both, being foreclosed, nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representative of either the Trustee or the holder of the note make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed. Also, this property is being sold subject to all taxes, special assessments, and prior liens or encumbrances of record and any recorded releases. Said property is also being sold subject to applicable Federal and State laws.
A cash deposit or cashier’s check (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale.
An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold.
Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.
THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, except as stated below in the instance of bankruptcy protection.
IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY.
This 1st day of September, 2009.
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC.SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEEBY:Attorney at LawThe Law Firm of Hutchens, Senter & Britton, P.A.Attorneys for Substitute Trustee Services, Inc.P.O. Box 10284317 Ramsey StreetFayetteville, North Carolina 28311http://sales.hsbfirm.comCase No: 1004979
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Having qualified as Administrator of the estate of MYRTLE JOYCE DIGH JOLLEY of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said MYRTLE JOYCE DIGH JOLLEY to present them to the undersigned on or before the 15th day of December 2009 or the same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment.
This is the 15th day of September, 2009.
Deborah Louisa Jolley Bedford, Administrator228 Brookridge DriveForest City, NC 28043
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Having qualified as Administrator CTA of the estate of MILDRED HORTON REID of Rutherford County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said MILDRED HORTON REID to present them to the undersigned on or before the 1st day of December 2009 or the same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment.
This is the 1st day of September, 2009.
Cynthia C. Moore, Administrator CTA164 Azalea DriveRutherfordton, NC 28139
8806.0000169 09-SP-238 Fannie Mae 1692574803
NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'S FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY
UNDER AND BY VIRTUE of the power and authority contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed and delivered by John D. Moyers, dated August 7, 2003 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Rutherford County, North Carolina, recorded on August 11, 2003, in Book 746 at Page 428; and because of default in the payment of the indebtedness secured thereby and failure to carry out and perform the stipulations and agreements contained therein and, pursuant to demand of the owner and holder of the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will place for sale, at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place of sale at Rutherford County Courthouse, in Rutherfordton, North Carolina at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, September 23, 2009, that parcel of land, including improvements thereon, situated, lying and being in the City of Ellenboro, County of Rutherford, State of North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows:
LYING AND BEING in Colfax Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina and being the southeastern portion of the property described in Deed Book 455, at Page 763 (the parent tract) and being more particularly described as follows:
BEGINNING at a 36" White Oak, said White Oak marking the southeastern corner of the parent tract and running thence South 83 degrees, 18 minutes, 35 seconds West a distance of 242.05 feet to an iron pin; running thence North 68 degrees, 13 minutes, 26 seconds West a distance of 89.11 feet to an iron pin; continuing thence North 68 degrees, 13 minutes, 26 seconds West an additional distance of 30.00 feet to a point located in the center margin of Walker Store Road; running thence along and with the center margin of said Walker Store Road the following four (4) calls: North 12 degrees, 13 minutes, 03 seconds West a distance of 23.30 feet; thence North 19 degrees, 14 minutes, 28 seconds West a distance of 68.85 feet; thence North 24 degrees, 21 minutes, 18 seconds West a distance of 34.23 feet; and thence North 27 degrees, 21 minutes, 19 seconds West a distance of 60.37 feet; thence leaving the center margin of said Walker Store Road and running North 69 degrees, 13 minutes, 50 seconds East a distance of 24.16 feet to an iron pin; continuing thence North 69 degrees, 13 minutes, 50 seconds East an additional distance of 464.44 feet to an iron pin located in the eastern line of the parent tract; running thence along and with the eastern line of the parent tract the following two (2) calls: South 16 degrees, 00 minutes, 00 seconds East a distance of 118.44 feet; and thence South 15 degrees, 32 minutes, 53 seconds West a distance of 257.40 feet to the place and point of BEGINNING. Containing 2.83 acres, more or less.
Address of property:812 Walker Store Road, Ellenboro, NC 28040
Present Record Owners: John Douglas Moyers
The terms of the sale are that the real property hereinbefore described will be sold for cash to the highest bidder. The Substitute Trustee reserves the right to require a cash deposit or a certified check not to exceed the greater of five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00). In the event that the Owner and Holder is exempt from paying the same, the successful bidder may also be required to pay revenue stamps on the Trustee's Deed, any Land Transfer Tax, and the tax required by N.C.G.S. §7A-308 (a) (1).
The real property hereinabove described is being offered for sale "AS IS, WHERE IS" and will be sold subject to all superior liens, unpaid taxes, and special assessments. Other conditions will be announced at the sale. The sale will be held open for ten (10) days for upset bids as by law required.
If the Trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the Trustee(s). If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the Trustee(s), in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.
Additional Notice Where the Real Property is Residential With Less Than 15 Rental Units:
An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.
Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a bona fide lease or tenancy may have additional rights pursuant to Title VII of 5.896 - Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act which became effective on May 20, 2009.
Dated: August 7, 2009
David A. Simpson, P.C. Substitute TrusteeBy:_________________________ Attorney at Law Kellam & Pettit, P.A. Attorneys for the Substitute TrusteePosted:____Witness:____Assistant/Deputy Clerk of Superior Court
PUBLIC NOTICE
The Town of Ruth will hold a special meeting on Tuesday, September 15, 2009, 6:00 pmat the Town Hall located at 221 Northview Dorsey Street, Rutherfordton. The purpose of this meeting is to meet with DOT engineer Jay Mcinnis to discuss the 74A bypass. Any interested citizens may attend.
Amy Goode-HanawayTown of Ruth
Shepherd type dogDark in color, 30-35 lbs.has collar. Found 8/31 in Oak Grove Church community 453-7322
YOUNG DOG, light colored, has collar. Found in Concord
Church community. 245-9070
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Female yellow tigercat 1 year old, skinny.
Lost 9/4 from Cane Creek Rd. in Rfdtn
Call 287-5737
2 Cocker SpanielsOne white, one blonde Lost 8/24 from Trojan Ln., FC. Reward! Call 429-6017 or 289-9125
Female Calico CatApprox. 1 yr. old, no collar. Lost 8/5 from
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Tenn. fainting goat,buck kid, DOB 5/09, black/white, $50 obo
828-652-5517
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FREE KITTENS to an indoor home only.
Litter box trained. Call 287-4944 after 5pm
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Free beautiful whitemale cat, blue eye and green eye, has rabies
shot, 6 months old, 288-9923 or 287-7861
Chihuahua puppies6 weeks old. 1 male, 3
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AKC Shih Tzu puppies 8 wks $300
Call 828-429-5290or 828-429-3866
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2003 Honda CivicEX 4 door, 132K mi.,
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18 — The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, TUESDAY, September 15, 2009
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE LAKE LURE ZONING REGULATIONS
Town of Lake Lure, North Carolina
Notice is hereby given that a Public Hearing will be held by the Town Council of Town of Lake Lure in the Council Meeting Room of the Lake Lure Municipal Center, 2948 Memorial Highway, Lake Lure, North Carolina on the 1st day of October, 2009, at 7:00 p.m. or shortly thereafter, for the purpose of considering an ordinance amending the Zoning Regulations of the Town of Lake Lure creating a new §92.042 requiring vacation rental operating permits and otherwise regulating the use of single-family residences and duplexes as residential vacation rentals; defining residential vacation rentals as rentals for a period of time less than 30 days; providing other definitions; deleting boarding and rooming houses, non-profit retreats and non-profit lodges as conditional uses in the R-2 zoning district; making residential vacation rentals a permitted use subject to special requirements in the R-1, R-1A, R-1B, R-1C, R-1D, R-2, M-1, R-3, R-4, C-1, CN, CTC, CG and S-1 zoning districts; providing for further study of the issue of the impacts of residential vacation rentals.
The public is advised that it has the right to appear at said public hearing and comment on the proposed ordinance. Copies of the proposed ordinance, identified as Ordinance Number 09-10-01, are available for review at the Lake Lure Municipal Center.
PUBLIC HEARINGSECONDARY ROADS IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
In accordance with the General Statutes of North Carolina, representatives of the Board of Transportation and Department of Transportation will meet with the Board of Commissioners of Rutherford County and all interested citizens to discuss proposed plans and proposals for the Secondary Roads Improvement Program for Rutherford County. This meeting will be held at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, October 5, 2009 at the Rutherford County Office Building, Commissioner’s Meeting Room, 289 North Main Street, Rutherfordton, North Carolina.
The proposed program, along with a marked county map indicating proposed projects, will be posted at the County Courthouse for public review.
NORTH CAROLINARUTHERFORD COUNTY
IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICEBEFORE THE CLERK
09 SP 262
IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BY RONALD W. LEHTONEN AND WIFE ROSARIA LEHTONEN DATED March 15, 2005 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 831, PAGE 406, RUTHERFORD COUNTY REGISTRY, TO BB&T COLLATERALSERVICE CORP, TRUSTEE.
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE
Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in that certain deed of trust executed by RONALD W. LEHTONEN AND WIFE ROSARIA LEHTONEN dated March 15, 2005 to BB&TCOLLATERAL SERVICE CORPORATION, Trustee for BRANCH BANKING AND TRUSTCOMPANY, recorded in Book 831, Page 406, RUTHERFORD County Registry; default having been made in payment of the indebtedness thereby secured; and the necessary findings to permit foreclosure having been made by the Clerk of Superior Court of RUTHERFORD County, North Carolina; the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the property conveyed in said deed of trust, the same lying and being in the County of RUTHERFORD and State of North Carolina, and more particularly described as follows:
Being known and designated as Lot 28 as shown on the Map of The Summit, Phase One (sheet two of two), as recorded in Plat Book 26, Page 16, in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Rutherford County, North Carolina, reference to which is hereby made for a more particular description.
PROPERTY ADDRESS/LOCATION:Lot No. 28, The Summit, Phase One, Bostic, NC 28018
DATE OF SALE: September 16, 2009TIME OF SALE: 10:30 A.M.LOCATION OF SALE: RUTHERFORD County Courthouse
RECORD OWNER(S): Ronald W. Lehtonen
TERMS OF THE SALE:
(1). This sale will be made subject to: (a) all prior liens, encumbrances, easements, right-of-ways, restrictive covenants or other restrictions of record affecting the property; (b) property taxes and assessments for the year in which the sale occurs, as well as any prior years; (c) federal tax liens with respect to which proper notice was not given to the Internal Revenue Service; and (d) federal tax liens to which proper notice was given to the Internal Revenue Service and to which the right of redemption applies.(2). The property is being sold "as is". Neither the beneficiary of the deed of trust, nor the undersigned Substitute Trustee, makes any warranties or representations concerning the property, including but not limited to, the physical or environmental condition of the property. Further, the undersigned Substitute Trustee makes no title warranties with respect to the title to the property.(3). The highest bidder will be responsible for the payment of revenue stamps payable to the Register of Deeds and any final court and/or auditing fees payable to the Clerk of Superior Court which are assessed on the high bid resulting from this foreclosure sale.(4). At the time of the sale, the highest bidder will be required to make a cash deposit of five percent (5%) of the bid, or $750.00, whichever is greater, with the remaining balance of the bid amount to be paid on the day following the expiration of the applicable ten (10) day upset bid period.(5). Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days written notice to the landlord. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.(6). An order for possession of the property being sold may be issued pursuant to N.C.G.S. §45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession, by the Clerk of Superior Court of the county in which the property is sold.
This the 19th day of August, 2009.
SMITH DEBNAM NARRON DRAKESAINTSING & MYERS, L.L.P._______________________________________Adam M. Gottsegen, Attorney for Jeff D. Rogers, Substitute TrusteeP. O. Box 26268Raleigh, NC 27611-6268(919) 250-2000CBM 97391582
NORTH CAROLINARUTHERFORD COUNTY
IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICEBEFORE THE CLERK
09 SP 251
IN THE MATTER OF THE FORECLOSURE OF A DEED OF TRUST EXECUTED BYLAWRENCE G. BATES AND WIFE, MARY E. BATES DATED October 7, 2005 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 864, PAGE 684, RUTHERFORD COUNTY REGISTRY, TO BB&TCOLLATERAL SERVICE CORP, TRUSTEE.
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE
Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in that certain deed of trust executed by LAWRENCE G. BATES AND WIFE, MARY E. BATES dated October 7, 2005 to BB&TCOLLATERAL SERVICE CORPORATION, Trustee for BRANCH BANKING AND TRUSTCOMPANY, recorded in Book 864, Page 684, RUTHERFORD County Registry; default having been made in payment of the indebtedness thereby secured; and the necessary findings to permit foreclosure having been made by the Clerk of Superior Court of RUTHERFORD County, North Carolina; the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the property conveyed in said deed of trust, the same lying and being in the County of RUTHERFORD and State of North Carolina, and more particularly described as follows:
Being known and designated as Lot 159 as shown on the Map of Yellowtop Estates, Phase Ten (Sheet 1 of 2), as recorded in Plat Book 26, Page 211, in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Rutherford County, North Carolina, reference to which is hereby made for a more particular description.
PROPERTY ADDRESS/LOCATION:Lot #159 Yellowtop Mountain Estates, West Ridge Dr., Bostic, NC 28018
DATE OF SALE: September 16, 2009TIME OF SALE: 10:30 A.M.LOCATION OF SALE: RUTHERFORD County Courthouse
RECORD OWNER(S): Lawrence G. Bates & Mary E. Bates
TERMS OF THE SALE:
(1). This sale will be made subject to: (a) all prior liens, encumbrances, easements, right-of-ways, restrictive covenants or other restrictions of record affecting the property; (b) property taxes and assessments for the year in which the sale occurs, as well as any prior years; (c) federal tax liens with respect to which proper notice was not given to the Internal Revenue Service; and (d) federal tax liens to which proper notice was given to the Internal Revenue Service and to which the right of redemption applies.(2). The property is being sold "as is". Neither the beneficiary of the deed of trust, nor the undersigned Substitute Trustee, makes any warranties or representations concerning the property, including but not limited to, the physical or environmental condition of the property. Further, the undersigned Substitute Trustee makes no title warranties with respect to the title to the property.(3). The highest bidder will be responsible for the payment of revenue stamps payable to the Register of Deeds and any final court and/or auditing fees payable to the Clerk of Superior Court which are assessed on the high bid resulting from this foreclosure sale.(4). At the time of the sale, the highest bidder will be required to make a cash deposit of five percent (5%) of the bid, or $750.00, whichever is greater, with the remaining balance of the bid amount to be paid on the day following the expiration of the applicable ten (10) day upset bid period.(5). Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days written notice to the landlord. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.(6). An order for possession of the property being sold may be issued pursuant to N.C.G.S. §45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession, by the Clerk of Superior Court of the county in which the property is sold.
This the 19th day of August, 2009.
SMITH DEBNAM NARRON DRAKESAINTSING & MYERS, L.L.P._______________________________________Adam M. Gottsegen, Attorney for Jeff D. Rogers, Substitute TrusteeP. O. Box 26268Raleigh, NC 27611-6268(919) 250-2000CBM 97391572
NORTH CAROLINA,RUTHERFORD COUNTY
AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE08 SP 41
Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by MERKESHA T LOGAN, AN UNMARRIED WOMAN to WILLIAM R ECHOLS, Trustee(s), which was dated February 15, 2008 and recorded on February 20, 2008 in Book 995 at Page 783, Rutherford County Registry, North Carolina.
Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Brock & Scott, PLLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Rutherford County, North Carolina, and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on September 29, 2009 at 2:00PM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Rutherford County, North Carolina, to wit:
Description of Property
Situate, lying and being in Rutherfordton Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina and lying on the western side of Hunter Carver Lane and being Lot No. 14 as shown on Plat Book 8 Page 27 and being the same property as that described in Deed Book 536 Page 464 and being described in accordance with a new plat of survey done by Professional Surveying Services dated July 12, 1995 as follows:
BEGINNING at an existing iron pin located 15.1 feet west of the centerline of Hunter Carver Lane, said beginning existing iron pin being the common easternmost corner of the tract described herein and Lot 13 belonging to Hampton, see Deed Book 650 Page 311, and running thence from said beginning existing iron pin along and with the western right of way edge of Hunter Carver Lane South 09 degrees 21 minutes 27 seconds West 99.70 feet to an existing iron pin located 16.7 feet west of the centerline of Hunter Carver Lane, said existing iron pin being the common easternmost corner of the tract described herein and Lot 15 belonging to Allen, see Deed Book 545 Page 177; thence running along and with the Allen Lot 15 boundary North 75 degrees 02 minutes 07 seconds West 175.97 feet to an existing iron pin located in the eastern boundary of Lot 1; thence leaving the Allen Lot 15 boundary and running along and with the eastern boundary of Lot 1 and subsequently Lot 2 North 08 degrees 23 minutes 43 East 93.00 feet to an existing iron pin, said pin being the common westernmost corner of the tract described herein and the aforesaid Lot 13; thence leaving the Lot 2 boundary and running along and with the southern boundary of Lot 13 South 77 degrees 15 minutes 00 seconds East 177.00 feet to the point and place of BEGINNING and containing 0.39 acres more or less.
ALSO BEING the same and identical property as described in deed dated July 18, 1995 to Waverly A. Littlejohn and Teresa Davis, and recorded in Deed Book 653 at Page 491, Rutherford County Registry.
Tax Map: 246-4-9Parcel No.: 16-08885
See copy of plat attached to Littlejohn deed.
Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.
Said property is commonly known as162 Hunter Carver Lane, Forest City, NC 28043
Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, and the court costs of Forty-Five Cents (45¢) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) pursuant to NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing.
Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Merkesha T. Logan.
An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.
If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.
THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, EXCEPT IN THE INSTANCE OF BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION. IF YOU ARE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS A RESULT OF A BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING, THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT AND FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED AS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT OR AS AN ACT TO COLLECT, ASSESS, OR RECOVER ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE DEBT FROM YOU PERSONALLY.
Substitute TrusteeBrock & Scott, PLLCJeremy B. Wilkins, NCSB No. 323465431 Oleander Drive Suite 200Wilmington, NC 28403PHONE: (910) 392-4988FAX: (910) 392-8587File No.: 08-15980-FC01
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Norway’s government re-electedOSLO (AP) — Two exit polls showed that
Norway’s left-leaning government narrowly won re-election Monday in an election focused on how to manage the Nordic nation’s soaring oil wealth and seal cracks in its welfare system.
If confirmed by the official results, it would be the first time a government in Norway has sur-vived an election in 16 years.
An exit poll by national broadcaster NRK showed Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg’s Labor-led coalition winning 86 seats in the country’s 169-seat Parliament. The opposition parties got a combined 83 seats in the Synovate survey.
Shoe thrower’s release delayedBAGHDAD (AP) — The expected release on
Monday of the Iraqi television reporter jailed for throwing his shoes at former President George W. Bush was postponed a day, two of his brothers said, citing delays in processing his paperwork.
Muntadhar al-Zeidi’s family had gathered shortly after dawn outside an Iraqi army base in central Baghdad where he was expected to be released from prison.
After waiting more than five hours, his brother Dargham said he had received a phone call from al-Zeidi telling him he would not be released until Tuesday because of the delays.
Netanyahu rejects building freezeJERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday rejected U.S. calls to freeze all settlement construction in the West Bank and east Jerusalem, angering Palestinians and putting a New York summit in question.
Netanyahu’s announcement came on the eve of a crucial meeting with President Barack Obama’s Mideast envoy, George Mitchell.
CAIRO (AP) — Osama bin Laden said in a new audiotape that President Barack Obama’s strategy in Afghanistan is “hope-less” and called on Americans to resolve the conflict with al-Qai-da by ending the war there and breaking the U.S. alliance with Israel.
In the message marking the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the al-Qaida leader avoided his usual rhetoric of jihad and instead took a more analytical tone, claiming its differences with the U.S. stemmed from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
But analysts said Monday that the message’s tone and its unusually short length — only 11 minutes, far shorter than others released by al-Qaida to mark the anniversary — was an indication that al-Qaida was struggling to maintain interest eight years after its most shattering terror attacks.
“You might interpret this as a sign of weakness, the suggestion being that they don’t really want to fight the U.S.,” Jeremy Binnie, an analyst with Jane’s Terrorism and Insurgency Center, said of bin Laden’s tone.
Arabs and Muslims’ more positive feelings toward the new U.S. president are believed to have helped deflate al-Qaida’s anti-American rhetoric, which found a receptive audience dur-ing the administration of for-mer President George W. Bush, who was widely resented in the region. Also, the Iraq war —
once a main front for al-Qaida’s militants — has become less prominent as violence eased over the past two years and the pres-ence of U.S. troops was reduced.
The main front now is Afghanistan, where the Obama administration is contemplat-ing sending more troops to bat-tle al-Qaida’s ally, the Taliban. Gen. Stanley McChrystal, com-mander of U.S. and NATO forces said Friday he sees no signs of a major al-Qaida presence in the country.
In the audiotape, posted late Thursday on Islamic militant Web sites, bin Laden sought to depict Obama as merely continu-ing the policies of Bush and for-mer Vice President Dick Cheney.
“If you end the (Afghan) war, so be it, but otherwise we will continue the war of attrition against you,” he said, address-ing the American people. “You are waging a hopeless and losing war, a war in which the end is not visible on the horizon.”
But bin Laden used most of the message to detail the reason for al-Qaida’s campaign against the United States.
“The cause of our disagreement with you is your support to your Israeli allies who occupy our land of Palestine,” he said, add-ing that this support “pushed us to undertake “the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.
He argued that Washington — even under Obama — was under the thrall of “neoconservatives and the Israeli lobby.” He said
Obama and White House offi-cials “act like Cheney and Bush and promote the previous poli-cies of fear to market the inter-ests of big companies” and pull Americans into wars that he said have bankrupted the United States.
If America reconsiders its alli-ance with Israel, he said, al-Qai-da will respond on “sound and just bases.”
The Saudi construction mag-nate’s son-turned “holy warrior” has frequently sought to wrap al-Qaida in the Palestinian cause, seeking to draw support in the Arab world, where the issue is one of the public’s top concerns.
However the Palestinians themselves — even the militant Hamas organization — have dis-tanced themselves from al-Qai-da and cracked down on those espousing a similar extremist ideology inside the Gaza Strip.
The short message was in sharp contrast to others issued around the Sept. 11 anniversary. In 2007, al-Qaida marked the anniversary with multiple videos by several of its leaders, includ-ing bin Laden’s deputy Ayman al-Zawahri. Just last year, it issued a massive 90-minute opus summing up seven years of struggle around the world.
Evan Kohlman, a terrorism expert at globalterroralert.com, said al-Qaida appears to have been unable to come up with a way to confront the popular-ity of the new U.S. president.
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Foreign troops in helicopters strafed a car Monday in a Somali town con-trolled by Islamist insurgents, killing two men and capturing two others who were wounded, witnesses said. U.S. military officials said U.S. forces were involved in the raid.
The commando-style action took place in a village near Barawe amid
growing fears that al-Qaida is gain-ing a foothold in this lawless nation.
Two U.S. military officials said forces from the U.S. Joint Special Operations Command were involved. The officials gave no details about the raid or its target, and they spoke on condition of anonymity because the operation was secret.
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To patients and friends of Dr. Paul H. Cartwright:
Our father practiced chiropractic in Rutherford County for as long as we can remember. Many of you may have known him through his practice, Forest City Chiropractic, on Main Street in Forest City. He worked hard at being the best doctor he could be, and he loved caring for all of you. He was planning to retire, and turn his practice over to someone who could take care of those that he could no longer help. He was having a hard time giving up his practice, and retired before he could let everyone know his plan. He planned to leave you in the hands of Dr. Charles Sayre, an excellent doctor, who could continue caring for those he left behind. Dr. Charles Sayre is a native of Rutherford County. His father practiced dentistry here for 25 years. Dr. Charles Sayre graduated from RS Central High School, and received his Doctor of Chiro-practic degree from Life University in Georgia. After practicing in Tennessee and Alabama for the last 11 years, he has returned home to care for the people here. Dr. Sayre is still caring for and treating those of you who seek help at Forest City Chiropractic. He may not be dad, but he works hard at being the best doctor he can be and cares for those he helps. Forest City Chiropractic is still open and still caring. May God Bless you, Krista, John, Ali, and Hannah Cartwright
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